>> GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME T THE FIRST MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FOR THE YEAR. MY NAME IS AURIN CHOWDHURY, I'M THE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE. BEFORE WE BEGIN, I'D LIKE TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD AND OUR VIEWING PUBLIC, THAT AS A RESULT OF THE ONGOING CONC D
CONNECTED WITH THE PRESENCE OF FEDERAL AGENTS AND ONGOING I.C.E. OCCUPATION IN THE COMMUNITY THE COUNCIL HAS TEMPORARILY RECONSTRUCTED OURSELVES. THE TEMPORARY RESTRUCTURING
ESSENTIALLY CONSOLIDATES ALL OF OUR STANDING MEETINGS INTO A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. ALSO KNOWN AS SUPERCOMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. THIS BODY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REGULAR WORK OF ALL STANDING COMMITTEES, WHICH IS TO REVIEW, REVISE, REFINE, AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS
ON ALL MATTERS AND SUBMITTING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS IN A SINGLE REPORT TO THE FULL COUNCIL. OURALENDAR REFLECTS THAT WE'VE MOVED FROM A STANDARD TWO-WEEK CYCLE TO A COMPRESSED ONE-WEEK CYCLE WITH COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE AND COUNCIL MEETING
EACH AND EVERY WEEK. -- EVERY OTHER WEEK. WE'LL HAVE A SECOND CONSOLIDATED CYCLE THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 16th TO THE 20th. WITH THIS COMMITTEE MEETING AGAIN ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17th AT 9:30:00 A.M. FOLLOWED BY THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE FULL
COUNCIL ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19th AT 9:30:00 A.M. AS USUAL, ALL OF THOSE MEETINGSILL BE CONDUCTED IN THIS CHAMBER. AND WILL BE BROADCAST AND LIVE STREAMED IN REAL TIME FROM OUR PUBLIC ACCESS CHANNELS AND OUR CITY WEBSITE.
WITH THAT, I WILL CALL TO ORDER TODAY'S MEETING OF THE SUPERCOMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FOR TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3rd, 2026. AT THIS TIME, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL AND VERIFY THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE. >> PRESENT. >> WONSLEY. >> PRESENT.
>> RAINVILLE. PRESENT. >> VETAW. >> PRESENT. >> WARREN. >> PRESENT.>> OSMAN. IS ABSENT. >> PRESENT. >> STEVENSON. >> PRESENT. >> CHAVEZ. IS ABSENT. WHITING. >> PRESENT. >> PALMISANO. >> PRESENT.
>> VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI. >> PRESENT. >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> PRESENT. >> THERE ARE 11 MEMBERS PRESENT. . >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE HAVE A QUORUM. COLLEAGUES, I'D LIKE TO START BY GROUNDING US WHERE WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY
TODAY. WE, AS A COUNCIL, HAVE TAKEN THIS EXTRAORDINARY STEP TO CONSOLIDATE OUR MEETING AND TO ADJUST OUR NORMAL CADENCE OF MEETINGS SO WE CAN RESPOND TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND CONSTITUENTS. BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THIS MOMENT DEMAN OF US AS LOCAL GOVERNMENT. UNDER THIS
I.C.E. OCCUPATION, EACH PART OF OUR CITY IS GRIPPED IN THE DAILY HARDSHIP FACED BY PEOPLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. WE MUST BE ABLE TO SHOW UP FORHEM. MINNEAPOLIS HAS BEEN FORCED TO RESPOND TO A CRISIS CREATED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, OUR CITY HAS BEEN TARGETED BY THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT, AND I EXPERIENCED THE HEAVY-HANDED PRESENCE OF IMMIGRATION AND BORDER CONTROL AGENTS AT UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS. I'M SORRY AGENTS OUTSIDE OF OUR SCHOOLS, CIRCLING APARTMENT BUILDINGS, WAITING FOR OUR NEIGHBORS TO LEAVE FOR WORK,
RACING THROUGH OUR STREETS, STAGING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS. OUR COMMUNITY HAS SEEN FIRSTHAND THE RACIAL PROFILING OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND THE INTIMIDATION OF THOSE WHO USE THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO DOCUMENT THE EGREGIOUS ACTIONS AT UNFOLD IN FRONT OF US.
WE HAVE SEEN KIDS BE TAKENROM OUR COMMUNITY AND FAMILIES TORN APART. WE ARE NOT OKAY. THE PEOPLE OF MINNEAPOLIS ARE NOT OKAY. YET WHILE EVERYERSON IN THIS CITY IS ASKED MORE THAN THEY SHOULD EVER BE ASKED TO DO,
THEY KEEP RISING TO THE MOMENT WITH AN UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL OF COURAGE AND COMMITMENT TO THEIR NEIGHBOR. SURELY SOMETHING -- THE HISTORY BOOKS WILL REMEMBER OF THE PEOPLE OF MINNEAPOLIS. THAT IS WHO WE ARE. A WELCOMING CITY. ONE THAT BENDS TOWARDS
JUSTICE AND SAYS "WE LOVE OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS AND THEY MAKE OUR CITY GREAT!" IT'S BEEN ALL CONSUMING. COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE BEEN RESPONDING TO AN UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL OF CONSTITUENT NEED BY PRIORITIZING BEING WITH PEOPLE IN OUR
COMMUNITY. AND THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE UNTRUSTED TO REPRESENT. BUT IT'S MORE THAN JUST US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED. OUR ENTIRE CITY ORGANIZATION. AL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS. EACH OF THE
THOUSANDS OF PROFESSIONALS WHO WORK IN OUR DEPARTMENTS AND DELIVER ESSENTIAL CITY SERVICES AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS. WE'VE ALL BEEN IMPACTED. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, WE THANK YOU THAT HAS BEEN WORKING DAY IN AND DAY
OUT TO DO THIS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT WORK OF PUBLIC SERVICE. WE SEE YOUR SOLIDARITY WITH EACH OTHER, AND WITH OUR ENTIRE MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY. AND TO MY COLLEAGUES ON THE CITY COUNCIL, THIS IS NOT HOW WE
ANTICIPATED TO SRT OUR TERM FOR. FOR OUR RETURNING MEMBERS AND, OF COURSE, OUR NEW MEMBERS. 'M PROUD OF US AND THE WAYS WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO COME TOGETHER AND SHOWING UP FOR EACH OTHER. WITHOUT EVEN THE CONSIDERATION OF THE BOUNDARIES MUCOF OUR WARD.
THREE OF OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE DIED AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE AGGRESSIVE POSTURING BY FEDERAL AGENTS. THROUGH E AG LETHAL FORCE OR THE HORROR INFLICTED IN THE DETENTION PROCESS. RENEE GOOD, VICTOR
MANUEL DIAZ, ALEX PRETTI SHOULD BE WITH US TODAY. THEY SHOULD BE ALIVE AND HERE WITH THEIR FAMILIES. THEIR DEATHS WERE TRAGIC, UNNECESSARY, AND COMPLETELY PREDICTABLE. WE MOURN THEIR DEATHS ALONGSIDE OUR COMMUNITIES, THE NATION, AND THE
WORLD. AND AS WE CONTINUE TO PUSH BACK AGAINST WHAT WE BELIEVE TO BE AN UNWARRANTED, OVERBLOWN, AND HARMFUL PRESENC BY FEDERAL AGENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND SAYING COLLECTIVELY I.C.E. OUT IMMEDIATELY AND IF FOR GOOD. WE SHOULD TAKE TIME TO PAUSE, TO COMMEMORATE THE LIVES THAT HAVE
BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED. SO I'D LIKE TO ASK EVERYONE TO JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF REFLECTION. TO HONOR RENEE GOOD, VICTOR DIAZ, ALEX PRETTI, AND EXPRESS OUR SOLIDARITY WITH
OUR FAMILIES, FRIENDS, AND NEIGHBORS THAT HAVE BEEN
AFFECTED.
[ MOMENT OF SIDARITY ] THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING, I WANT TO OFFER A FRIENDLY REMINDER TO ALL MEMBERS, STAFF, AND THE PUBLIC
THESE MEETINGS ARE BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THESE BROADCASTS INCLUDE REAL TIME CAPTIONING TO INCREASE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR PROCEEDINGS TO THE COMMUNIT THEREFORE, ALL SPEAKERS NEED 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 PLEASE MODERATE THE SPEED AND ARITY OF THEIR COMMENTS. SO, COLLEAGUES, TODAY WE HAVE A VER LENGTHY AGENDA PROCESS BEFORE US. THAT IS WHY IT'S SUPER COW.
I'VE INFORMED STAFF WE'LL START WITH ITEMS ON OUR DISCUSSION AGENDA. THOSE ITEMS INCLUDE MATTERS WHERE A FORMAL PRESENTATION IS EITHER REQUIRED OR HAS BEEN REQUESTED. AND WHERE WE ANTICIPATE POTENTIAL SIGNIFICT DISCUSSION BEFORE ANY ACTION. THOSE ITEMS ARE
LISTED AS ITEMS 65 THROUGH 71 ON THE AGENDA. ONCE WE'VE DISPENSED WITH THE ITEMS, WE'LL RETURN TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH HAS A TOTAL OF 64 ITEMS. ADDITIONALLY, I'M GOING TO PROPOSE TO CHANGES TO THE AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER 60 RELATED
TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING SERVICES THE SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY CENTER WILL BE MOVED TO DISCUSSION. WE'LL WORK OUR WAY THROUGH E DISCUSSION ITEMS LISTED IN THE AGENDA, 65 TO 71, AND THEN TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER 60 AT THE END. OR, ACTUALLY, I MIGHT HAVE THAT BEFORE WE TAKE
UP ITEM NUMBER 71. AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, ITEM NUMBER 70, WHICH IS A BUDGET AMENDMENTRELAL SERVICES WAS INTENDED FOR A CONSENT AGENDA. AND ERRONEOUSLY GOT INCLUDED IN DISCUSSION. I WILL BYPASS THAT ITEM DURING
DISCUSSION. AND NOTE THE LEAD AUTHOR, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, HAD AN APPOINTMENT THIS MORNING THAT HE HAD TO MAKE. AND HE'S -- WHEN HE'S BACK FOR CONSENT, HE'LL SPEAK TO THAT ITEM. I'LL ALSO NOTE IF THIS
FIRST PART OF DISCUSSION GETS US TO NOON. IILL BE GIVING US A RECESS FOR LUNCH FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT MY PROPOSAL TO
REORDER THE AGENDA? OKAY. YOU'RE GOOD. I'LL ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN AND COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY HAVE JOINED US. OH, YOU WERE
HERE EARLIER? OKAY! ALL RIGHT. SUPER C.O.W.! THEN WE'LL PROCEED WH THE AGENDA AS I REORDERED IT. OKAY. OUR FIRST ITEMS 65 AND 66 ON THE AGENDA BOTH OF WHICH CONCERN THE CITY'S
2026 LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AND POLICY POSITIONS. AN UPDATE ON THE FEDERAL ISSUES. HERE TO PRESENT ON THOSE ITEMS IS OUR INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS DIRECTOR, KATIE TOPENKA.
>> WE'RE HAPPY TO BE HERE TO PRESENT ON THE 2026 LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AND POLICY POSITIONS. AND BEFORE WE DIVE INTO THE CONTENT. I WANT TO GIVE A COUPLE OF REMINDERS ABOUT WHO THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS TEAM IS, AND WHAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR. SO THIS IS THE
OVERVIEW OF OUR PRESENTATION. RIGHT INTO IT. HALF OF OUR TEAM IS IN THEOOM RIGHT NOW. AND MS. FALA NA WILL BE ASSISTING WITH THE PRESENTATION LATER ON.
WE HAVE A SMALL BUT MIGHTY TEAM. AND OUR ROLE IS TO REPRESENT THE CITY WITH OTHER LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND TRY TO ADVANCE THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AND POLICY POSITIONS THAT YOU ALL APPROVE. WITH OUR STATE AND FEDEL PARTNERS AND WORK
CLOSELY WITH COUNTIES, SCHOOL, PARK BOARD PARTNERS ON A REGULAR BASIS, AS WELL. SO JUST AN OVERVIEW OF IGR. THIS IS OUR MISSION. WE PARTNER ACROSS GOVERNMENTS AND GANIZATIONS ON BEHALF OF MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENTS AND THE CITY ENTERPRISE TO ADVANCE THEIR NEEDS, STRENGTHEN COLLABORATION,
AND CREATE LASTING IMPROVEMENTS AND QUALITY OF LIFE. AND SO TODAY WE'RE TALKING PRIMARILY ABOUT THIS FIRST BULLET HERE OF DEVELOPING AND ADVOCATING THE CITY'S POLICY AGEND AND THIS SLIDE IS PRETTY HARD TO READ BUT MEANT AS A REFERENCE TOOL FOR
YOU ALL. THIS IS THE WAY WE DIVIDE UP OUR WORK. WE ASSIGN DIFFERENT ISSUES TO DIFFERENT TEAM MEMBERS. SO THAT TEAM MEMBERS CAN WORKLOSELY WITH THE RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS AND DEVELOP SUBJECT MATTERXPERTISE TO WORK ON ADVANCING POLICY PRIORITIES UNDER THOSE AGENDA
ITEMS.. WE HAVE REWORKED THIS A LITTLE BIT GOING INTO THIS YEAR'S LEGISLATIVE SESSION, GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY HAPPENING AROUND FEDERAL ISSUES. LAUREN OLSON HAS PRIMARILY BEEN OUR LEAD ON FEDERAL AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE. I'M GOING TO BE
DOING MORE AROUND FEDERAL RELATIONS, AS WELL. AND MS. FALANA AND MR. HUSBANDER WILL BE TAKING THE LEAD AT THE STATE. MS. FALANA IS TAKING ON A COUPLE OF ISSUES I TYPICALLY COVER AROUND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TAXES AND WORK FORCE. WE'RE ADAPTING, AS
NEEDED, GIVEN THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE IN. AND NOW A BRIEF PREVIEW OF WHAT TO EXPECT THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION. IT STARTS TWO WEEKSES FROM TODAY. ONEBRUARY 17th. WE ARE GOING INTO A SESSION
WHERTHEY -- THE STATE PASSED A BIANNUAL BUDGET LAST YEAR. SO THEY DO NOT HAVE TO PAS A NEW BUDGET. THERE MAY BE SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON CHANGES AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL THROUGH THE ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ACT LAST YEAR. THERE ARE GOING TO BE A
NUMBER OF CUTS TO MEDICAID THAT GO INTO EFFECT NEXT YEAR. SO WE EXPECT THERE WILL BE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT POTENTIAL BUDGET MODIFICATIONS TO ADDRESS FUTURE HOLES IN STATE BUDGETS AS A RESULT OF THAT. THERE A PROJECTED DEFICIT FOR THE STATE IN THE OUTYEARS. BUT
ERE IS A BIT OF A SURPLUS OF ONE-TIME MONEY THIS YEAR. THE LEGISLATURE REMAINS VERY EVENLY DIVIDED. IT'S SPLIT DOWN THE MIDDLE BETWEEN DFL MEMBERS AND REPUBLICAN MEMBERS IN THE HOUSE. THERE ARE TWO NEW DFL
MEMBERS WHO WON SPECIAL ELECTIONS LAST WEEK IN SAINT PAUL AND MAPLEWOOD. THEY ARE EVLY DIVIDED AGAIN IN. IN T SENATE THERE'S A ONE-SEAT DFL MAJORITY. IT'S AN ELECTION YEAR FOR THE GOVERNOR, THE HOUSE, AND THE SENATE. AND SO THAT DYNAMIC
WILL PLAY INTO HOW THINGS GO DURING SESSION. SO WE ANTICIPATE THERE BE A LOT OF DEBATES. POTENTIAL I WILL NOT A POTENTIAL I WILL LY A TON OF ACTION. I MEAN
BILLS PASSING BECAUSE OF THE CLOSELY DIVIDED NATURE. SOME OF THE TOPICS WE ANTICIPATE A LOT OFISCUSSION AROUND ARE FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY. WHICH, OF COURSE, IS AFFECTING ALL OF US VERY DEEPLY. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR REMARKS ABOUT THAT EARLIER, CHAIR
CHOWDHURY. BUT IT'S AFFECTING COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE. AND SO WE ANTICIPATE WE'LL BE HEARING -- THERE WILL BE A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT. WE ALSO ANTICIPATE DISCUSSION ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION. PARTICULARLY IN RESPONSE TO THE SHOOTING AT ANNUNCIATION LAST
FALL. AND YOU'LL SEE BOTH OF THESE ITEMS ELEVATED ON OUR AGENDA. WE'LL GET TO THAT IN A FEW SLIDES. WE ALSO ANTICIPATE THEY'LL CONTINUE TO BE DISCUSSION ABOUT FRAUD. AND THEN WE ARE HOPEFUL THERE WILL BE AOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND A BONDING
BILL. AND THOSE -- THE COUNCIL LAST OCTOBER APPROVED THE CITY'S BONDING PRIORITIES THROUGH A RESOLUTION. THAT'S THE STATE'S REQUIREMENT GOING INTO AN EVEN-NUMBERED YEAR. THAT WE GET A RESOLUTION FROM OUR GOVERNING BODY IN THE FALL PRIOR GOING INTO THE SESSION. AND SO THOSE ITEMS THAT WERE APPROVED LAST
FALL ARE REFLECTED IN THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, AS WELL. SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MS.ALA IN, A TO TALK ABOUT THE INTERNAL PROCESS FOR WHICH WE SEEK UPDAT TO THE AGENDA THROUGH STAFF. YOU
RECEIVED A PRESENTATION ON THIS FOR RETURNING COUNCIL MEMBERS. YOU RECEIVED A PRESENTATION ON THIS LAST NOVEMBER. AND THAT IS LINKED TO THE LIMS FILE. MS. FALANA WILL GIVE A BRIEF RECAP OF THAT. >> COUNC MEMBERS, GOOD
MORNING. I'M WITH THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL LATIONS DEPARTMENT AND THE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS DEPARTMENT. I'LL BE CONTINUING ON WITH THE PRESENTATION COVERING THE NEXT TWO SLIDES HERE. SO AN OVERVIEW OF OUR POLICY LIAISON TEAM. OTHERWISE KNOWN AS PLT. IT'S T COORDINATED BY US, THE IGR
DEPARTMENT. AND IS OUR ANNUAL PROCESS EVALUATE AND PROPOSE CHANGES FOR POSSIBLE INCLUSION ON THE CITY'S LEGISLATIVE POLICY POSITIONS AND AGENDA. THIS BEGINS IN THE SUMMER AND CONCLUDES IN THE FALL. THE PROPOSED CHANG INCLUDE POLICY, TECHNICAL, AND LANGUAGE UPDATES.
THE POLICY LIAISON TEAM ITSELF IS MADE UP OF INTERDEPARTMENTAL CITY STAFF. EACH DEPARTMENT HEAD SELECTS A FEW STAFF MEMBERS FROM THEIR DEPARTMENT TO BE POLICY LIAISON TEAM MEMBERS. AND THIS IS WHAT MAKES UP THE POLICY LIAISON TEAM.
SO THE TEAM, THEY BRING PROPOSALS, THEY REVIEW PROPOSALS, AND SUGGEST POLICIES FOR INCLUSION. THIS YEAR WE HAD 1 10 RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH YOU'LL SEE ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO THESE RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO OUR EXISTING POLICY POSITIONS PLATFORM. AND UNDERLINED AS NEW LANGUAGE IN THE MARKED UP VERSION YOU HAVE RECEIVED OF THE 2026 LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AND POLICY POSITIONS
PACKET. AND I'LL CALL BACK UP THDIRECTOR. . >> THANK YOU. AND SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO WHAT'S IN THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA DOCUMENT. AND JUST WANTED TO GIVE A COUPLE
OF REMINDE AS WE GO INTO THAT. SO THE DOCUMENT THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE LIM FILE CALLED 2026 LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AND POLICY POSITIONS IS MADE UP OF TWO COMPONENTS. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE FIRST COUPLE OF PAGES AFTER THE TABLE OF CONTENTS. WHICH IS THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. THOSE ARE
THE ITEMS THAT WE ANTICIPATE SPENDING, YOU KNOW, BEING MOST PROACTIVE ABOUT AS WE MOVE INTO THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. AND THE WAY WE GET T THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS IS THROUGH A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS. ONE, IS THROUGH THE POLICY LIAISON TEAM PROCESS. THAT YOU
JUST HEARD ABOUT. ANOTHER IS THROUGH BOTH COUNCIL ACTIONS AND CONVERSATIONS WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND THE MAYOR. SO THE CITY POLICY MAKERS. AND THEN, ALSO, JUST AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE DYNAMICS GOING INTO SESSION. SO WHAT WE KNOW WILL BE TOPICS
OF CONVERSATION, AND THINKING THROUGH HOW THE CITY SHOULD BE POSITIONED TO WEIGH INN THOSE TOPICS. THE REST OF THE DOCUMENT, THE POLICY POSITIONS DOCUMENT, IS UPDATED EVERY YEAR. AND YOU'LL SEE THE CHANGES IN UNDERLINE.
THE POLICY LIAISON TM PROPOSALS ARE REFLECTED IN UNDERLINED IN THE POLICY POSITION DOCUMENT. THAT DOCUMENT HELPS GUIDE THE TEAM'S WORK THROUGHOUT THE SESSION, AS WELL. AS WELL AS TOPICS COME UP AT THE CAPITOL. GIVES US THE ABILITY TO WEIGH IN ACCORDINGLY BASED ON THE POLICY POSITIONS
THAT THE CITY HAS ADOPTED. SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO GO INTO THE NEXT FEW SLIDES ABO THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. THIS FIRST ITEM THAT YOU'LL SEE UNDER THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA IS ABOUT AT WE ARE EXPERIENCING IN OUR
CITY FROM FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES. WE -- THIS IS A NEW POSITION, OF COURSE, BECAUSE WE HADN'T ANTICIPATED THIS EVEN LAST FALL WHEN WE CAME TO PRESENT TO YOU. OR ANTICIPATED AT THIS LEVEL AT THIS TIME. SO OUR EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT IS IN THE PROCS OF WORKING ACROSS CITY DEPARTMENTS AND WITH OUTSIDE STAKEHOLDERS TO MEASURE THE IMPACT THAT WE'RE FEELING FROM THE FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. BUT WE KNOW ALREADY THAT THERE'S BEEN TREMENDOUS COST TO THE CITY AS
AN ENTERPRISE. JUST FROM ON ANTICIPATED THINGS LIKE PUBLIC SAFETY, OVERTIME COSTS, PUBLIC WORKS COSTS. JUST ACROS THE BOARD. WORK THAT THE CITY WAS NOT ANTICIPATING HAVING TO TAKE ON. AND THAT WE NOW ARE NEEDING
TO TAKE ON IN RESPONSE TO WHAT'S GOING ON TO OUR CITY BEYOND THAT, THOUGH, THE ECONOMIC IMPACT TO RESIDENTS AND BUSINEES IS ALSO, WE KNOW, VERY, VERY LARGE. IT'S BEEN EXTREMELY CHALLENGING FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WE HAVE BEEN -- THE CPED
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT TEAM HAS BEEN REACHING OUT TO BUSINESS OWNERS. AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT BUSINESSES MAY BE LOSING AS MUCH AS 10 TO $20 MILLION IN REVENUE A WEEK. AS THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON. WE ALSO KNOW THAT RESIDENTS ARE NERVOUS ABOUT BEING ABLE TO MAKE
THEIR RENT PAYMENTS. AND YOU'VE ALL RECOGNIZED THAT ALREADY THROUGH ACTIONS YOU'VE TAKEN. BUT WE ALSO KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE A NEED FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE. I KNOW THAT'S ANOTHER DISCUSSION ITEM FOR YOU LATER. BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT W HAVE ADDED HERE ON THE
LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. BECAUSE THE NEEDS ARE GOING TO BE GREAT. WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE'S JUST GOING TO BE ONGOING RECOVERY NEEDS FOR MTHS AND PROBABLY YEARS INTO THE FUTURE. AROUND MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS FOR
COMMUNITY. AND SO THAS WHAT THIS ASK IS ABOUT. SEEKING ASSISTANCE FROM THE STATE FOR HELPING TO ADDRESS THOSE LONG-TERM -- THOSE IMMEDIATE RECOVERY NEEDS AND LONG-TERM RECOVERY NEEDS. SO THIS WILL CONTINUE TO BE FLUSHED OUT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AS
WE'RE GATHERING DATA AND HAVE MORE TO SHARE WITH ALL OF YOU. AND WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS. BUT WE ARE SEEKING YOUR SUPPORT FOR ADDING THIS AS AN AGENDA ITEM GOING INTO THE LEGISLATIVE
SESSION. AND I WL TURN IT BACK OVER TO MS. FALA IN, NA. I'M SORRY. R. HUSER. >> WELCOME. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. I'M STEVE HUSER. I'M WITH THE IGR DEPARTMENT. I'M GOING TO COVER E COMMUNITY SAFETY AGENDA ITEMS FOR THIS SESSION. THE FIT ONE IS WE WILL BE ELEVATED FROM SOME POLICY POSITIONS WE HAD ALREADY IN OUR LEGISLATIVE
POLICIES TO ELEVATE THEM UP TO OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. AFTER THE TRAGEDY AT ANNUNCIATION CHURCH. THE CITY WILL BE ADVOCATING FOR GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION MEASURES, INCLUDING AN ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN AND HIGH-CAPACITY MAGAZINE BAN.
WE'RE AWARE OF LEGISLATION THAT HAS BEEN INTRODUCED. AND WE'LL BE HITTING THE GROUND RUNNING WITH THOSE ADVOCATES AND COLLABORATING WITH THEM IN ORDER TO SEE WHAT IS POSSIBLE AT THE LEGISLATURE AT THIS LEGLATIVE SESSION ON THIS FRONT. THE NEXT IS TO SUPPORT POLICIES THAT ARE ENSURING THE SAFETY FOR
PUBLIC OFFICIALS, INCLUDING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TOAVE A BAN FOR WEAPONS IN CITY BUILDINGS. WE ANTICIPATE THERE WILL BE THE TOPIC OF ELECTED OFFICIAL SAFETY GIVEN THE ASSASSINATION OF
SPEAKER. THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION, AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE THREAT THAT WAS POSED BY THAT ASSASSIN. WE ANTICIPATE THAT BEING A DISCUSON FOR THE LEGISLATORS ABOUT THEIR OWN SAFETY. WE
INTEND TO REMIND THEM THAT THEY ARE NOT THE ONLY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT THAT IS FACING THAT KIND OF A THREAT. AND SO WE WILL BE BRINGING THAT TO THEIR ATTENTION AND HOPING TO COLLABORATE WITH THEM ANY LAW CHANGES THAT CAN BE DONE TO INCREASE SAFETY FOR ALL I
ELECTED OFFICIALS. WE'LL BE LOOKING AT WHETHER THEY'LL BE GIVING US THE AUTHORITY TO ALLOW WHAT WEAPONS WE ALLOW IO CITY-OWNED BUILDINGS. THERE'S TALK OF LEGISLATION TO THAT EFFECT THAT WE'LL BE WORKING WITH OTHERS TO, HOPEFULLY, GET
ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. AND THE LASTULLET IS SUPPORT FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY SAFETY INITIATIVES. THIS IS A PRETTY BROAD ATEMENT. IT BASICALLY MEANS THAT IF THERE WERE TO BE A SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET OR ANY KIND OF POLICY BILLS THAT ARE MOVED IN THE COMMUNITY SAFETY SPACE THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WE INTEND TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO
EXPAND THINGS LIKE OUR BEHIOR CRISIS RESPONSE TEAMS, OUR VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS PROGRAMS, OR OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAMS THAT OUR CITY INITIATIVES THAT WE CAN POTENTIALLY BE COLLABORATING WITH THE STATE ON TO FURTHER THAT WORK.
AND I THINK NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU. >> BEFORE WE HAVE MS. FALA IN HA COME UP. COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE HAD A QUESTION, I BELIEVE, FOR THE DIRECR. I'LL ASK HER TO COME BACK UP.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. YEAH. YOU MENTIONED ESTIMATED 5 TO $10 MILLION A WEEKF REVENUE LOSS FOR OUR BUSINESSES. I'VE HAD SOME PRELIMINARY CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR LRO TEAM ABOUT DOING A MOR FORMAL STUDY
ON THESE FEDERAL IMPACTS. I'M WONDERING IF ANY INITIATIVE LIKE THAT IS BEING THOUGHT OF AT THE STATE LEVEL. BECAUSE WE KNOW THIS IS GOING TO HAVE A STATE-WIDE ECONOMIC IMPACT. AND IT'S A QUESTION THAT YOU MIGHT HAVEN ANSWER FOR. OR IT MIGHT BE A CAN YOU MAKE SURE TO
CONNECT WITH THE DIRECTOR BAKKENS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE COLLABORATING WIT THE RESEARCH RESOURCES AT THE STATE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
>> THERE ARE THOSE TRYING TO GATHER THAT TO UNDERSTAND STATEWIDE. WE W, WE CAN WORK WITH THE DIRECTOR BAKKENS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING THAT WORK DONE. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER
RAINVILLE. >> THANKOU. DIRECTOR, YOU MENTIONED THE PUBLIC SAFETY COST THAT WE'RE BEING BURDENED WITH. FIRE, POLICE, PUBLIC WORKS, EMERGENCY. TO WE HAVE ANY IDEA? IS THAT MOSTLY OVERTIME?
>> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. I KNOW WE'RE STILL PULLING NUMBERS TOGETHER. I DO KNOW THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT OVERTIME COSTS SPECIFILLY FOR POLICE. BUT I CAN'T PUT A NUMBER ON IT IN THIS MOMENT. OR
SPEAK TO WHETHER OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE ALSO EXPERIENCING THAT. BUT WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU WITH MORE INFORMATION AS THOSE NUMBERS ARE BEING PULLED TOGETHER. I THINK A LOT OF DATA IS STILL BEING GATHERED. >> GREAT. AND THERE'S NO RUSH ON THAT. BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE POWERFUL PIECE OF INFORMATION TO PUT BEFORE THE STATE
LEGISLATURE. >> YES. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. SO WE CAN CONTINUE. >> ALL RIGHT. >> CONTINUING ON WITH THE PRESENTATION. ENOMIC PROPERTY
TAX RELIEF. SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE SUPPORT OF TAX CREDITS, OTHER TOOLS TO CONVERT, VACANT AND COMMERCIAL SPACE TO RESIDENTIAL OR OTHER USES. SO WE HAD A BILL THAT WE INTRODUCED LAST SESSION RELATED TO THIS. WE PLAN TO WORK ON IT AGAIN. ESSENTIALLY IT WOULD
PROVIDE TAX CREDITS FOR THE CONVERSIONS OF OTHER UNDERUTILIZED BUILDINGS OR OTHER TOOLS FOR THE SAME PURPOSE. OUR BILL LAST YEAR MOVED A LOT AND RECEIVED A LOT OF HEARINGS. WE'LL CONTINUE TO JUST HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH LEGISLATORS ABOUT THAT. AND THE NEXT ONE IS UPDATING THO
INCLUDE NORTH LOOP AND MAINTAIN THE CURRENT RATES. SO WE JUST WANT TO EXPAND THE DOWNTOWN TAXING BOUNDARY AREA TO ENCOMPASS A GEOGRAPHY BRINGING MORE IN LINE WITH THE SCOPE OF DOWNTOWN ACTIVITY AS IT EXISTS
TODAY. AND AS IT SAYS, TO INCLUDE THE NORTH LOOP NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THEN SUPPORT FOR ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS, PUBLIC ART AND SIGN AGE, AND SOCIAL DISTRICTS. THIS WAS A PROPOSAL INTRODUCED DURING THE PROCESS THIS YEAR. IT AIMS TO
CREATE AN EERTAINMENT DISTRICT THAT CAPTURES EXCESS REVENUE AND VALUE FROM THE INTRODUCTION AND PERMITTING OF AUTHORIZED DIGITAL OUTDOOR SIGN AGE. AND THESE FUNDS WOULD BE EARMARKED TO FUND OR ENHANCE PUBLIC ART INITIATIVES OR SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS. AND OTHER
JURISDICTIONS THAT DO THIS. INCLUDING ATLANTA, BALTIMORE, AND THEN DENVER. SO STATE LAW PREVENTS US FROM SIMPLY CHARGING A FEE. THAT'S WHY WE WOULD BE GOING TO THE LEGISLATURE TO ASK FOR THE AUTHORITY TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS. THROUGH SPECIAL
LEGISLATION. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE LEGISLATION LAST SESSION THAT WOULD -- THAT WOULD -- SO WE WOULD -- WE'RE GOING TO THE STATE TO ASK FOR THE AUTHORITY TO HAVE THE SOCIAL DISTRICT.
AND THEN THE BOUNDARIES WOULD BE DEFINED BY THE COUNCIL AND ALLOW INDIVIDUS TO BE ABLE TO OPEN CARRY ALCOHOL IN THAT CONFINED AREA. THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD BE GOING TO THE CAPITOL TO CONTINUE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS. THIS YEAR. AND THE LAST BULLET POINT THERE INCREASE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT AID OR OTHER PROPERTY TAX RELIEF. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ADVOCATE FOR EVERY SINGLE YEAR. IT'S AN INCREASE. AND WE WOULD ALSO BE WORKING AGAINST CUTS TO THE FORMULA, AS WELL. AND THIS IS A PERENNIAL ISSUE.
AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS. FUNDINGO ADDRESS THE FISCAL CLIFF, EXISTING HOMELESS SERVICES IN HENNEPIN COUNTY AND CHANGING TO FEDERAL FUNDING. WE WORKED WITH THE COUNTY LAST YEAR TO ADVOCATE FOR THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SHELTER LEGISLATION. AND THEN
THIS WAS LEGISLATION THAT PROVIDED FUNDING FOR SPECIFIC SERVICES, SUCH AS 24/7 OPERATION IN EXISTING SHELTERS AND SHELTER DIVERSION PROGRAMMING AND HOUSING FOCUSED CASE MANAGEMENT. THERE'S OFTEN GS IN THE FUNDING. THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR SOME STATE FUNDING
FOR THESE SERVICES. UNFORTUNATELY, WITH THE LACK OF THE AVAILABLE FUNDING LAST SESSION, WE DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY FUNDING FOR THE UPCOMING SESSION. WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY ASHEY CONTINUE TO HAVE THEIR CONVERSATIONS AND
ADVOCATE FOR FUNDING FOR THIS BILL. AND I'LL PAUSE FOR QUESTIONS. >> YES. I HAVE A QUESTION, MS. FALANA. WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT FOR CONTEXT ABOUT THIS FISCAL CLIFF
AND WHERE IS AT CURRENTLY. I THINK IT WOULD BE VALUABLE FOR US TO RESET, LIKE, THE NEW MEMBERS KNOW WHAT WE'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION. AND THEN I'M KIND OF WONDERING. GIVEN
THE CHALLENGES AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL IF WE'RE EXPECTING THE ASK THE LEGISLATURE TO SHIFT THIS TIME AROUND. AND IF YOU'VE HEARD ANYTHING FROM HENNEPIN COUNTY ABOUT THAT. >> YES. SO I'LL START WITH THE LAST QUESTION FIRST. I HAVEN'T
HEARD ANYTHING RECENTLY FROM HENNEPIN COUNTY IN TERMS OF A CHANGE OF THE STRATEGY. THERE IS A -- IN THE OUTYEARS, THERE'S JUST SOME STATE FUNDING. I GUESS MORE OF A DEFICIT IN THE OUT YEARS. HOWEVER, THEY PLAN
TO ADVOCATE FOR THE FUNDING THEY NEED TO CONTINUE SERVICES. FOR HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE. AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE FISCAL CLIFF, THE FISCAL CLIFF WAS, UNFORTUNATELY, MADE POSSIBLE BY ARPA FUNDS THAT HAD EXPIRED,
ESSENTIALLY. SO US, ALONG WITH THE COUNTY, WE PUT A LOT OF MONEY TOWARD HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE AND SERVICES. AND AS A RESULT OF ARPA FUNDS NO LONGER BEING ABLE TO USED, THAT'S WHERE THE FISCAL CLIFF IS. SO ...
>> YEAH. THANK YOU. AND I'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT FOR MY COLLEAGUES. THIS FISCAL CLIFF E LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION IT WAS, LIKE, $13 MILLION. AND ON HEADING HOME HENNEPIN, WHERE THE
MAYOR IS A CO-CHAIR, I SERVE -- SERVED. WE STILL HAVE TO SELECT WHO IS GOI TO BE ON OUR UPCOMING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. THIS HAS BEEN A PRESSING ISSUE FOR US AS A COUNTY. BECAUSE IF WE HIT THE FISCAL CLIFF, AND IF WE DON'T FILL THE SERVICES, WE
LOSE CRITICAL SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. PECIALLY SHELTERS. AND THAT WOULD BE PRETTY CATASTROPHIC FOR THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE. AND, LIKE, IT COLORED A LOT OF WHAT WE HAD
TO TACKLEN OUR CITY BUDGET. THE MAYOR PROPOSED $1 MILLION TO GO OVER TO HENNEPIN COUNTY FOR WHEN EMERGENCY WINTER BEDS AND EXTENDING THAT. AND WE, AS A COUNCIL, PASSED AN ADDITIONAL $1 MILLION FOR SHELTER OPERATIONS.
AND I THINK IT'S IT REALLY IMPORTANT TO STATE THAT IT'S GOOD THAT WEID THOSE THINGS. BUT THAT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE FOR US TO TAKE ON AS LOCAL GOVERNMENT ALONE. AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED THE STATE TO ACT. AND IT WAS REALLY HARD TO MOVE
OUR STATE LEGISLATORS, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. WHEN ME AND COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON WENT AND TRIED TO TALK TO THEM TO GET THE FUNDING. AND SO MY HOPE IS THAT WE PURSUE A MORE COLLECTIVE
STRATEGY. I'D LOVE TO SEE MORE COUNCIL MEMBERS ENGAGED IN THAT AND TALKING TO THE MEMBERS IN THEIR DISTRICT. BECAUSE TS IS JUST A REALLY BIG ISSUE THAT WE'RE KIND O DELAYING THE PAIN ON. AND SEEING PARTS OF IT RIGHT NOW. SO THOSE ARE MY
REMARKS. I'M NOT SEEING ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THE NEXT SLIDE IS OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND PACKAGE OF AGENDA ITEMS. THE FIRST IS TRANSIT FUNDING AND POLICY THAT MEET THE NEE OF THE REGION AND THE CITY. WE'RE ANTICIPATING IF THERE IS ANY SUPPLEMENTAL TRANSPORTATION BUDGET BILL THAT THERE COULD BE DISCUSSION AROUND TRANSIT. OR
AT LEAST THAT'S OUR HOPE. WE'LL BE ADVOCATING FOR THE NEEDS OF MINNEAPOLIS. ESPECIALLY OUR TRANSIT-DEPENDENT RESIDENTS. BUT EVERYBODY. JUST TO ENSURE THAT THE STATE IS DOING ITS PART TO INVEST IN THAT SYSTEM IN OUR CITY. AND TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY
OF THE GOVERNANCE AROUND THE FUNDING IN THOSE POTS OF MONEY INCLUDES THE CITY AND TAKES US INTO ACCOUNT. AND THE NEXT BULLET IS STATE FUNDING TO ADDRESS ADA INFRASTRUCTURE IROVEMENTS. THIS IS AN ASK WE'VE HAD OVER SEVERAL YEARS NOW. WE HAVE
ABOUT $400 MILLION, YOU KNOW, BACKLOG OF WORK TO UPDATE OUR CITY STREETS TO BE ADA COMPLIANT. SO EVERY YEAR WE RECENTLY HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR STATE PARTNERSHIP TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS. THE NEXT IS FUNDING FOR COMPLETE STREETS AND TRAFFIC CALMING.
THIS IS A CARRYOVER FROM LAST SESSION. AGAIN, ANY OTHER SUPPLEMENTAL TRANSPORTATION BUDGET WILL BE, AGAIN, ASKING FOR COMPLETE STREETS AND TFFIC CALMING FUNDING. WE DID GET A ONE-TIME APPROPRIATION LAST SESSION. IT WAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY, BUT IT'S MEANINGFUL AMOUNT OF MONEY TO ALLOW US TO
DO SOME OF THAT WORK TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY OF INTERSECTIONS FOR BOTH PEDESTRIANS, BICYCLISTS, AND THOSE DRIVINGS ON OUR STREETS. THE NEXT IS FUNDING FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. WE'LL BE ASKING THE STATE TO PARTNER WITH THAT. ANY OTHER DETAILS OR QUESTIONS
YOU HAVE ABO THAT, I MIGHT DIRECT TO MS. FALANA. AND THE NEXT IS ALSO SUPPORT FOR ZERO WASTE INITIATIVES. RELATED TO WHAT THE CITY DOES WITH THE WASTE AND HOW WE CAN REDUCE WHAT WE ARE PUTTING IN THE LANDFILLS OR INCINERATING. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT BULLET,
AS WELL, I WOULD TURN YOU TO MS. FALA IN, A. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. >> THANK YOU..
>> FEEL FREE TO BUTT ON THIS, CITY ATTORNEY, IF IT'S INAPPROPRIATE. I'MONDERING GIVE THE FEDERAL FUNDING CLIMATE HOW IT MIGHT BE SHAPING HOW THE STATE LEGISLATURE IS ADDRESSING SOME OF THESE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS. >> MADAM CHAIR, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT PAYNE. I DON'T KNOW THAT THE FEDERAL -- WELL, TWO THINGS. THE AMOUNT OF FEDERAL PASS THROUGH DOLLARS THAT WOULD BE COMING TO THE STATE THA WOULD BE A POTENTIAL FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT WHAT IT WAS WHAT WE SAW IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. WITH THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION. SO THERE IS
THAT PART OF IT. I WOULDN'T SAY THAT IT WOULD -- THAT THAT CLIMATE IS NECESSARILY IMPACTING THEM. WHAT THE STATE IS DOING WITH STATEOLLARS FOR TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE. I THINK WHAT IT WILL BE DRIVING THAT THIS SESSION IS MORE THE POLITICAL CLIMATE WITHIN THE
LEGISLATURE ITSELF. AND THE DIVIDE THAT WE SEE THE DIVIDED 67-67 HOUSE AND A ONE-VOTE MAJORITY IN THE SENATE MAKES THOSE NEGOTIATIONS -- ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR FOR SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET BILL. BUT, ALS FOR A BONDING BILL. WHERE YOU COULD
FUND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTSINCLUDING ROAD AND BRIDGE FUNDING. A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A CHALLENGE. I HAVE HEARD CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM ABOUT A BONDING BILL. THE GOVERNOR DID BRING OUT A $700 MILLION
PROPOSAL WITH ADDITIONAL GL BONDS AND ANOTHER $200 MILLION IN OTHER TYPES OF BONDS. SO THERE'S WORK BEING DONE THERE. BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THE FEDERAL CLIMATE IS NECESSARILY ENACTING THAT. IT'S MORE OF THE REALITY OF THE COMEXION OF THE
LEGISLATURE AS IT IS TODAY. IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION. >> YEP. >> THANK YOU. NEXT I'LL RECOGNIZE VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU TO THE IGR TEAM AND
MR. H USER FOR YOUR PRESENTATION SO FAR. I'M WONDERING IF YOU CAN -- AND I THINK IT MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR MS. FALANA. I'M WONDERING IF YOU CAN SPEAK TO POTENTIAL ZERO WASTE INITIATIVES THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING UP. AND WHICH -- AND WHETHER THOSE
THINGS ARE PRIORITIES FOR US AT THE CAPITOL. >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI. YES. I CAN SPEAK TO A COUPLE OF BILLS THAT ARE -- LIKE, THAT WE MAY SEE.
SO, THE FIRST BILL I WOULD LIKEG BI. IN RESPONSE TO A BILL THAT WAS PASSED INTO LAW IN 2017-2018 THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS BEING ABLE TONACT A FEE IN
TERMS OF THE USAGE OF PLASTIC BAGS. AND THAT BILL WAS IN DIRECT RESPONSE TO THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL 2017 OR 2018 TRYING TO DO THAT. SO WE WERE WORKING WITH REPRESENTATIVE JORDAN IN THE STATE HOUSE TO REVERSE THAT
PREEMPTIVE BILL. ANOTHER BILL IS THE BATTERY AND ELECTRONIC WASTE OR E-WASTE BILL. AND THEN THOSE TWO BILLS WERE MOVING AS ONE LAST YEAR. IT ALMOST MADE IT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. BUT FOR A NUMBER OF RSONS, IT DID NOT. SO WE
ANTICIPATE THAT IT'LL BE BROUGHT BACK AGAIN UP FOR DISCUSSION. AND THEN MOVING SEPARATELY THIS SESSION. AND THE BILL WOULD ESSENTIALLY PUT THE ONUS ON MANUFACTURERS IN TERMS OF CHARGING THEM INSTEAD OF HAVIN
CONSUMERS PAY. SO RIGHT NOW, AS IT CURRENTLY IS, RESIDENTS HAVE TO BRING THEIR UNUSED CELL PHONES, LAPTOPS, ELECTRONICS TO RECYCLE. AND THEY HE TO PAY A FEE FOR THAT. SO THIS BILL, IF
PASSED INTO LAW, WOULD THEN NO LONGER HAVE THE FEE PASSED ON TO THE CONSUMER. AND WOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE MANUFACTURER FOR THE END OF LIFE OF THEIR OWN PRODUCTS. THAT'S ANOTHER BILL THAT WE ANTICIPATE THATILL, HOPEFULLY, BECOME LAW
THIS YEAR. SO ... >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. >> THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. OH, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU. ACTUALLY A FOLLOW UP ON THAT QUESTION. I'M
CURIOUS TO KNOW RELATED TO THE HE HERC CLOSURES. I THOUGHT THERE WERE LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS MOVED LAST SESSION OR THE SESSION BEFOREHAND ADDRESSING EITHER WHAT WILL BE NEEDED FROM THE STATE IN ORDER TO CONTRIBUTE
TOWARDS THE CLOSURE OR ALLOW MANDING CERTAIN TERMS AND CONDITIONS BEFORE THE HERC CAN BE CLOSED. BUT KNOWINGOME OF THE LEGISLATIVE WORK BACK TO THAT. >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD RIGHT NOW. BUT I WILL
FOLLOW UP WITH YOU IN A WRITTEN MEMO TO GET YOU SPECIFIC DETAILS ON THAT. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> GREAT. >> WE'LL NOTE IT AS ADMINISTRATIVE FOLLOW UP FOR THE IGR TEAM.
>> THANK YOU. THE NEXT IS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PRIORITIES SLIDE. THIS WAS A RESOLUTION THAT THE COUNCIL DID CONSIDER A PASS, I BELIEVE, IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR. THIS IS NOT DIFFERENT. SO WE DO HAVE THE COMMUNITY SAFETY TRAINING AND WELLNESS FACILITY ASK ON THIS
LIST. STRUCTURAL RENEW OF CONNECTING DOWNTOWN TO NORTH. THE ADA TRANSITION PLAN, IMPLEMENTATION. SO THIS IS A DIFFERENT BONDING ASK. THIS IS AN ASK OF STATE DOLLARS FOR $5 MILLION, WHICH IS DIFFERENTEN FROM THE AGENDA ITEM. WHICH IS FOR THE UNDER OUR INFRASTRUCTURE
BULLET. THAT'S FOR ASKING THE STATE TO ACTUALLY BUDGET STE GENERAL FUND DOLLARS FOR THAT PURPOSE. THIS IS A BONDING ASK FOR A SIMILAR TYP OF IMPROVEMENT IN THE CITY. AND THEN THE NEXT THREE ARE FLOOD MITIGATION AND SANITARY SEWER PROJECTS. THE 13th
AVENUE NORTHEAST STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT. 35th AVUE NORTH FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECT. AND ALDRICH AVENUE SOUTH SANITARY REHABILITATION. WE DID A PRESENTATION LAST YEAR ON THESE. BUT HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> I'LL RECOGNIZE VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'M WONDERING -- I CANNOT RECALL THE, UMM THE PRESENTATION IN OCTOBER. IF I'M BEING COMPLETELY HONEST. SO YOU'LL HAVE TO REFRESH MY MEMORY. CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT THE FIRST ITEM ON THECAPI, THE COMMUNITY TRAINING SAFETY AND WELLNESS FACILITY. THE $19 MILLION REQUEST. IS THIS COMMUNITY SAFET TRAINING AND WELLNESS FACILITY THE SAME THAT WAS DISCUSSED AS PART OF THE
CAPITAL BUDGET LAST YEA >> MADAM CHAIR AND CHAIR CHUGHTAI. YES. IT'S, I BELIEVE, WE'RE CALLING THE SAME DISCUSSION IT WAS PART OF THAT.S TWO MEETINGS MAYBE WHERE THE
PROJECT WAS DISCUSSED. THE ONE I'M RECALLING WAS THE ONE IN OCTOBER WHERE WE BROUGHT FORWARD THE RESOLUTION RANKING THE CITY'S CAPITAL INVESTMENT PROJECTS. THE PURPOSE OF DNG THAT WAS WE WERE TRYING TO GET OUR PROJECTS TO THE GOVERNOR AND THROUGH THE MMB, MINNESOTA
MANAGEMENT BUDGET OFFICE PROCESS TO HAVE THESE PROJECTS CONSIDERED FOR THE GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDED BUDGET. ONLY NO LOCAL PROJECTS WERE INCLUDED IN THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL. THERE'S A PLACE HOLDER OF $35 MILLION, WHICH WILL LELY, IF THERE'S A CAPITAL INVESTMENT
BILL, LIKELY NEED TO BE LARGER FOR A BILL LIKE THAT TO PASS THE LEGISLATURE. SO THAT WAS THE OCTOBER MEETING I'M SPEAKING TO. SO I THINK WE MAYBE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME MEETING. AWESOME. PERFECT. I KNOW THERE ARE STS OF QUESTIONS
ABOUT HOW WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS TRAINING AND WELLNESS FACILITY. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT PLAYED OUT OVER THE COURSE OF THE BUDGET PROCESS LAST YEAR. AND I WOULD IMAGINE IS GOING TO CONTINUE AS THE CAPITAL BUDGET IS FORMULATED FOR THIS UPCOMING
YEAR THROUGH THE PROCESS AND THE MAY YOU WERE'S RECOMMENDED BUDGET. AS WE CONTINUE TO, YOU KNOW, PUSH FORWARD THESE
PRIORITIES, IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFINE THAT BUDGET REQUEST BASED ON ANY CHANGES THAT MAY BE MADE TO THAT CAPITAL -- WELL, PROJECT WITHIN
THE CITY'S SCOPE FIRSTYOU KNOW. >> MADAM CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI, IF I AM UNDERSTANDING YOUR QUESTION CORRECTLY, YES. I THINK WE DO RANK THESE PROJECTS IN OUR RESOLUTION. I WOULD SAY, THOUGH, THAT OFTEN WE PUT MORE
IN OUR BONDING ASK OF THE STATE THAN WE REASONABLY EXPECT TO GET IN A GIVEN YEAR. OFTEN IT IS USEF T TO ADD THEM INTO THE LIST OR HAVE THE DISCUSSIONS OVER MANY YEARS WITH LEGISLATORS TO INFORM NOT ONLY OUR MINNEAPOLIS DELEGATION MEMBERS
ON THE METE METERS OF THE PROJECT, AND T NEED. BUT HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE. I WOULD SAY THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE REALITY OF HOW THIS ENDS UP GETTING INTO A BILL, WE HAVE TO MAKE A JUDGMENT CALL AS A CITY
THAT AS IGR STAFF TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS POSSIBLE TO GET INCLUDED IN ANY GIVEN BONDING BILL. EACH YEAR THAT THE -- ON PAPER, IT LOOKS LIKE A SIMILAR PROCESS. EVERY YEAR IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, THOUGH. BECAUSE YOU'RE DEALING WITH DIFFERENT NEEDS OF THE STATE, DIFFERENT
PERMPEPERSONALITIES INVOLVED. I THINKF I'M ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION MORE DIRECTLY, THIS CAN BECOME A LITTLE BIT OF A FLEXIBLE LIST IN RMS OF HOW WE PRIORITIZE IT. BUT THAT'S THE KIND OF THING WE'LL COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CITY ENTERPRISE TO TRY TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT IS OUR BEST ASK IN ANY GIVEN MOMENT. ASSUMING WE HAVE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOMETHING INCLUDED IN THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT BILL. >> THAT IS SO HELPFUL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. >> THANK YOU. WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. SO WE CAN
CONTINUE. . >> >>: SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. IF THERE ARE FURTHER QUESTIONS, WE'RE HAPPY TO ADDRESS THEM. BUT WE HAVE NO MORE SLIDES.
>> GREAT. WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY I. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. NO QUESTIONS, BUT MORE SO COMMENTS AROUND SOME OF THE PRIORITIES THAT DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO BE HIGHLIGHT THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT. AND, ALSO, ARE INCLUDED IN THIS LEGISLAVE
AGENDA, AS A RESULT OF A LOT OF LEADERSHIP AND EFFORTS MADE BY CITY COUNCIL OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. OF COURSE, IT'S FURTHER AMPLIFYING WHICH WILL BE RELATED TO AN ITEM WE TAKE UP LATER REGARDING RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
CAN'T OVEREMPHASIZE THE NEED WE NEED TO SEE STATE LEADERS MOVE SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE LOOMING EVICTION CRISIS THAT IS GOING TO IMPACT NOT JUST MINNEAPOLIS BUT CITIES ACROSS THE STATE. THAT'S
WHY WE ANONYMOUSLY ADOPTING A RESOLUTION URGING THE GOVERNOR TO DECLARE EVICTION MORATORIUM. IT'S FEBRUARY 3rd, AND RENT WAS DUE ON SUNDAY. CLEARLY THAT MORATORIUM ISN'T IN PLACE. SO WE NEED OUR STATE LEADERS NOT ONLY TO BE MOVING RESOURCES.
AND SOMETHING WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR AND MIGHT BRING SOME MORE SPECIFIC OR SPECIFY LANGUAGE AHEAD OF THURSDAY. I GOVERNOR WALZ WILL NOT ACT, AND IF WE'RE ANTICIPATING FURTHER STATE OF EMERGENCIES, LIKE WE'RE EXPERIENCING NOW. THROUGH ATTACKS BY THE TMP ADMINISTRATION. WE SHOULD, AS A
CITY, BE ABLE TO BE MORE NIMBLE AND PROACTIVE IN PASSING ORDINANCES THAT PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS. WE SHOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO THEN PASS OUR OWN EVICTION MORATORIUMS. AS OPPOSED TO WAITING ON THE TIMELINE OF THE GOVERNOR'S POLITICAL WILL OR THE STATE SESSIONS. LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE LAUAGE RELATED TO THAT. WE HAVE SOME SUGGESTIONS AROUND WHAT THAT LOCAL AUTHORITY LANGUAGE COULD INCLUDE. I KNOW WE DO HAVE A GENERAL LOCAL AUTHORITY SECTION IN OUR AGENDA. BUT I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKE IT ATTUNED TO THOSE
FEDERAL IMPACTS. SPECIFICALLY THE LIMITATIONS OF OUR STATE GOVERNMENT IN ASSISTING US RIGHT NOW. THAT SAID, ALSO, I KNOW WE STEERED AWAY FROM LISTING SPECIFIC FISCAL FIGURES IN OUR RESOLUTIONS. BUT JUST EVEN THINKING ABOUT THE RENTAL
ASSISTANCE PIECE. JUST TO TALK ABOUT THE SCALE OF NEED, AS WE'RE IN CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR STATE LEADERS THINKING OF HENNEPIN COUNTY RIGHT NOW. HAS BACKLOG THAT GOES THROUGH -- THEY HAVEN'T LOOKED AT APPLICATIONS FROM AUGUST OF LAST YEAR. AND THE FIGURE ATTACHED
TO THE APPLICATIONS THAT IS CURRENTLY BACKLOGGED FROM AUGUST OF 2025, IS $50 MILLION. THAT'S THE BASELINE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOU IN TERMS OF THE NEED FOR MAKING SURE RESIDENTS, PRIOR TO THIS CRISIS, CAN REMAIN HOUSED. AND SO WE SHOULD IMAGINE THAT IS
JUST, AGAIN,XTREMELY HIGHER. CONSIDERING AUGUST THROUGH NOW WITH OPERATION OF METRO SURGE BEING IN FULL EFFECT HERE. SO, REALLY, LOOKING FORWARD TO TALKING TO STATE LAWMAKERS AROUND WE DON'T NEED $10 MILLION. WE DON'T NEED YOU AT A
BASE LEVEL OF $50. THAT SAID, I WANTED TO EMPHASIZE SOME COMMUNITY SAFETY PROJECTS TS BODY HAS ALSO EITHER SPEARHEADED. THAT'S ALLOWING FOR A STATE-WIDE EMBRACE OF THESE TYPE OF AERNATIVE OR NONTRADITIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY
MEASURES. ONE OF WHICH IS RELATED TO PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING. AS YOU KNOW, THIS BODY ALSO ALLOCATED FUNDS LAST BUDGET SESSION TO ACTUALLY INSTALL PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING TO ENHANCE SAFETY. BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE
SAFETY ISN'T JUST CONFINED T SOMEONE WEARING A GUN AND BADGE. IT'S AROUND THE CONDITIONS OF YOUR ENVIRONMENT. SAME WITH TRAFFIC CALMING. ARE WE MAKING SURE OUR STREETS ARE SAFER? CAN PEOPLE WALK DOWN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND HAVE ELIMINATION OF THEIR SIDEWALKS IN ADDITION TO THEIR STREETS,
WHICH WE AUTOMATICALLY GUARANTEE FOR CARS. I KNOW THIS IS A PRIORITY THAT CAME OUT OF MY WARD. SPECIFICALLY DINKYTOWN THAT HAS BEEN ASKING FOR THIS IF FOR MANY YEARS. CHAIR CHOWDHURY, YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS. THIS IS SOMETHING STUDENTS ASKED FOR TO SUPPORT
THEIR SAFETY NEEDS ON CAMPUS. AND PROUD O THE FACT THAT THIS BODY MADE ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS OF OVER MILLION TO SEE THE FIRST HALF OF PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING BEIT THERE'S STILL MORE NEED. I'M SORRY, IT WASN'T A MILLION. IT
WAS ABOUT HALF A MILLION. BUT EXCITED TO SEE THAT THIS IS PART OF THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. I ABSOLUTELY SEE THIS AS PART OF CAPITAL INVESTMENTS OF HOW WE'RE ENHANCING INFRASTRUCTURE. SPECIFICALLY FROM A PEDESTRIAN POINT OF VIEW. ALSO, BIG PIECE OF WOR THAT
THIS BODY UPLIFTED LAST YEAR THAT ACTUALLY WAS LED BY OUR PARTNERS IN SAINT PAUL THE INCLUSION OF A NONFATAL TASK FORCE. AND WE HAD TONS OF DELIBERATION AND DISCUSSION LAST YEAR OF KNOWING THAT MINNEAPOLIS HAS SOME OF THE WST CLEARANCE
RATES. BY CLEARANCE WE MEAN RATES OF CASES BEING SOLVED BY OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE ARE SOME OF THE WORST RATES IN THE COUNTRY. AND, REALLY, WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT ARE SOME INNOVATIVE WAYS WE CAN STRENGTHEN THE INVESTIGATIONS OF CASES. BECAUSE WE CURRENTLY HAVE A BACKLOG OF 5,000 CASES.
THAT ARE NOT SOLVED RIGHT NOW. AND THIS RANGES FROM HOMICIDES DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TO CRIMES THAT IMPACT CHILDREN. AND THAT 5,000 FIGURE REPRESENTS 5,000 FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS IN OUR CITIES WHO HAVE NOT RECEIVED SOME LEVEL OF CLOSURE OR
JUSTICE. SO OUR NONFATAL TASK FORCE ALLOCATION WE MADE AT THE END OF BUDGET LAST YEAR REALLY WAS A SOLIDIFYING FACTOR THAT WE WANT TO TRY INNOVATIVE MEANS AND REVAMPING WHAT DOES LAW ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES LOOK LIKE
TO ACTUALLY ENHANCE AND IMPROVE AND INCREASE THAT CLEARANCE RATE. AND WE KNOW IT'S POSSIBLE. BECAUSE FOLKS ACROSS THE RIVER DID IT. AND THEY SAW THEIR CLEARANCE RATES MORE THAN DOUBLE BY IMPLEMENTING THE SAME INITIATIVE. I'M EXCITING TO SEE THAT WE'RE ALSO AIMING TO HAVE
SUPPORT STATEWIDE FOR THIS. AND SHOWING THAT, AGAIN, WE NEED TO BE RETHINKING HOW LAW ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES ARE UTILIZED TO ACTUALLY FOSTER GREATER SAFETY FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. AND INVESTIGATIONS IS ONE OF THOSE CRITICA PIECES. ANOTHER THING THAT I THINK IS
IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE IN OUR CURRENT CLIMATE IN THIS LEGISLATIVE AGENDA ALSO INCLUDES STATE LEGISLATORS TO BAN THE USE OF MASKS BY STATE AND FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENTS. WE KNOW RIGHT NOW THE IMPEDIMENT TO ACTUALLY
ARRESTING AND PROSECUTING OR EVEN IDENTIFYING THE OFFICERS WHO HAVE EVEN SHOT AND KILLED OUR RESIDENTS MOST RECENTLY. THAT BEING OF RENEE GOOD AND ALEX PRETTI. AND THE DOZENS MORE THEY HARMED OVER OPERATION METRO SURGE. THE IMPEDIMENT OF
IDENTIFYING THEM. THEY CLEARLY COME IN AS MASKED THUGS AND HARM OUR COMMUNITIES. AND WE DON'T ALLOW THAT STANDARD FOR ANY OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THE REFORM EFFORTS HAS REALLY PRIDED ITSELF ON WEEED TO IDENTIFY THE OFFICERS. YEAH. YOU CAN WEAR A BODY CAM AND POSSIBLY SHOOT PEOPLE. AT LEAST
WE HAVE A BODY CAM TO TRACE THAT. SAYING YOU SHOULD NOT BE GOING INTO COMMUNITIES AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY IN FULL DISGUISE AND EVADE CON CONSEQUENCES WHEN YOU BRUTALIZE RESIDENTS. I'M PROUD OF THE FACT THIS IS PART OF IT. I HOPE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS
ADOPTED BY OUR STATE LEGISLATURE. REGARDLESS OF SPLITS AND DIDES AMONGST THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM THERE. AND,ASTLY, SOMETHING WE'LL HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON AND WE DEFINITELY DIP OUR TOE IN. THE ISSUE, I THINK IS ALSO TIED
TO PUBLIC SAFETY, IS THE ANTONYMOUS SELF-DRIVING CARS THAT SPECIFICALLY WAYMO. I LEARNED THEY'RE TESTING ALL ACROSS THE STATE. THEY HAVE TESTED IN M WARD. THERE WAS NO PERMISSION OR ANYTHING GIVEN. AND JUST AS WE SAW WITH THE
BLOWBACK FROM UBER AND LYFT OF THE TECH COMPANIES COMING IN WHEN THERE'S NO BASELINE OF REGULATION AND THEN BEING ABLE TO USE THAT TO THEIR ADVANTAGE TO EXPLOIT WORKERS. AND, ALSO, LEAD DIVESTMENTS IN PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TO ROUTE FURTHER
PROFITS IN CONCENTRATION WITHIN THEIR OWN BUSINESS MODEL. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEHE OPPORTUNITY TO GET AHEAD OF. IT'S TOOK 10 YEARS TO CATCH UP ON REGULATION AND UBER AND LYFT. AND SHOULDN'T TAK10 YEARS TO DO IT WITH WAYMO AND OTHER
SELF-DRIVING OR ANTONYMOUS-DRIVING VEHICLES. AND A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON PROTECTING THE WORKERS. IN OTHER CITIES, IT HASN'T BEEN THE CASE. SO WE ALREADY SAW WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE CAB INDUSTRY
WAS DECIMATED AND HOW IT CREATED AN OPENING FOR PREDATORY COMPANIES LIKE UBER AND LYFT. WE DON'T WANT TO BE IN THE SAME PREDICAMENT. I'M HOPEFUL EVEN THESE -- IT'S BROAD STROKES OF BEHALF IS INCLUDED RELATED TO
SELF-DRIVING VEHICLES IN THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. BUT I AT LEAST WANTED TO SAY I'M -- MORE COIDERATION AROUND STRONGER REGULATORY LANGUAGE BY THE STATE LEGISLATORS AND BE PRO ACTIVE ABOUT THIS. AND IT DOESN'T COME WITH FURTHER PREEMPTION. THAT
IS ALSO TIED TO LOCAL AUTHORITY. ONCE AGAIN, IF THE STATE DOESN'T WANT TO HOLD CORPORATIONS ACCOUNTABLE. DON'T PENALIZE STUDIES WHO ACTUALLY WANT TO DO THE WORK AND PROTECT THEIR WORKERS AND PROTECT THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE. SO JUST WANT TO SHARE THOSE THOUGHTS ON SOME KEY PRIORITIES THAT DIDN'T GET SOME AIR TIME.
BUT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE IGR STAFF TO WORK WITH THE OFFICES TO HAVE THEM BE REFLECTED IN THE AGENDA. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. THERE AREN'T ANY OTHERS IN QUEUE. I'LL JUST
QUICK STATE THAT I THINK THIS LEGIATIVE AGENDA, AND GOING INTO THE LEGISLATURE THIS YEAR FEELS REALLY IMPORTANT TO GET REURCES INTO OUR CITY. WE WERE ALREADY IN THE NEED OF RESOURCES. BUT WITH THE
OCCUPATION OF I.C.E. AND HOW IT'S BEEN DECIMATING OUR COMMUNITY IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE. BUT ESPECIALLY ECONOMICALLY, LIKE, WE NEED OUR STATE LEGISLATURE TO GIVE MINNEAPOLIS AND OTHER CITIES RESOURCES BACK.
I'M INTERESTED IN US LINKING ARMS WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND HAVING THE SHARED AGENDA TO PUSH FOR THAT. A SHARED AGENDAL GOVERNMENT AID. BECAUSE WE HAVE
THREE YEARS OF THIS FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION IN FRONT OF US. AND THEN GOD KNOWS WHAT'S AFTER THAT. AND I ALSO SEE THAT A HUGE PRIORITY OF US IN THE CITY IS CONTINUING TO MAINTAIN LOCAL AUTHORITY IN MANYHAPES AND FORMS. PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY
MEMBERS, OUR WORKERS, AND THEN, ALSO, ENSURING EVEN WHILE WE'RE IN A CRISIS. EVEN WHILE WE'RE IN TOUGH TIMES, THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS IS STILL ABLE TO BE A LEADER IN ALL ISSUE AREAS. FROM THE ENVIRONMENT TO HOUSING
TO SAFETY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION. NOW WE CAN MOVE TO THE FEDERAL
PRESENTATION.
>> PO OY GOOD MORNING. LAUREN OLSON. MEMBER OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS TEAM. I'M A SENIOR GOVERNMENT RELATIONS REPRESENTATIVE. AND TODAY I'VE BEEN ASKED TO FOCUS ON GIVING YOU AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF THE FEDERAL BUDGET. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT GOING ON
FEDERALLY. BUT MY PRESENTATION IS FOCUSED ON THE 2026 BUDGET. AND THERE'S POTENTIAL DISCUSSION TAKING PLACE IN CONTEXT OF THE 2026 BUDGET AFFECTING DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY POLICIES.
SO WE'LL GET INTO THAT. SO, FIRST, REMIND YOU WHERE WE ARE WITH THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET. A FEW BILLS PASSED A BACK IN NOVEMBER. AND THAT INCLUDED THE AGRICULTURAL BILL, MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS'
AFIRS, AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCH FUNDING THAT CONGRESS AND THEIRE AGRICULTURE BILL PASSED EARLIER THIS YEAR AND FUNDED PROGRAMS LIKE SNAP AND WICC, THERE'S NOT A RISK DURING THE SHUTDOWN THAT THOSE PAYMENTS WILL NOT BE MADE.
I CAN'T SAY IF IT HAPPENED TO BE LONG-TERM SHUT DOWN WHETHER THERE IS ADMINISTRATIVE HICCUPS. IN GENERAL, S.N.A.P. ABOUT WICC ARE NOT CONSIDERED A CONCERN FOR THE SHUTDOWN WE'RE IN NOW, ACTUALLY. AT THE TIME THAT CONGRESS
APPROVED A FEW BILLS FOR THE FULL BUDGET YEAR, THEY ALSO FUNDED SOME OTHER PARTS OF THE GOVERNMENT. JUST THROUGH JANUARY 30th. AS YOUNOW, WE CAN SEE THE LIST HERE. WE'LL BE DISCUSSING EACH OF THE FURTHER. SO THESE ARE THE BILLS
THAT WE'RE GOING TO EXPIRE ON JANUARY 30th WITHOUT ACTION BY CONGRESS. ON THE 30th, THE SENATE PASSED A PACKAGE THAT WOULD TAKE FIVE OF THOSE BILLS AND APPROVE THEM FOR FISCAL YEAR
2026. AND WOULD FUND THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY THROUGH FEBRUARY 13th TO ALLOW MORE TIME FOR DISCUSSION ABOUT POTENTIAL REFORMS TO AGENCIES OR POLICIES WITHIN DHS. RIGHT NOW ALL OF THESE SIX PIECES ARE
STILL ONE BUNDLE. AS THEY GO FORWARD. AND NOW THE HOUSE NEEDS TO VOTE ON THAT PACKAGE. THEY'VE ADAPTED SOME RULES YESTERDAY THAT WOULD ALLOWHEM TO POTENTIALLY TAKE THIS UP TODAY FOR A VOTE. AND SO THE VOTE THEY WOULD BE TAKING TODAY IS WHETHER TO ACCEPT THAT ENTIRE
PACKAGE. AND, THEREFORE, MOVE THOSE AREASORWARD. AND MOVE DHS FORWARD FOR TWO MORE WEEKS FUNDING. THE IDEA OF MOVING THIS PACKAGE FORWARD TO SUPPORT OF DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP AS WELL AS THE WHITE
HOUSE. HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME HURDLES AHEAD. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT TRANSPIRES TODAY AND MORE IN COMING DAYS. DEPENDING ON HOW IT GS. THERE ARE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE FREEDOM CAUCUS THAT DID N WANT TO SEPARATE OUT DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION BUT
WANTED THEM ALL FUNDED. THERE ARE ALSO DEMOCRATS THAT DON'T WANT TO SUPPORT VOTE IN FAVOR OF DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FUNDING, EVEN IF IT'S A TWO-WEEK EXTENSION. AND THEN THERE'S OTHERS WHO WANT TO MOVE IT FORWARD IN ORDER TO HAVE THE
DISCUSSION ABOUT POTENTIAL REFORMS. THIS IS A LOT OF DYNAMICS AT PLAY. WE'LL SEE WHAT TRANSPIRES POTENTIALLY TODAY. AS THE THING YOU'VE BEENHEARINGS THAT DEMOCRATIC LEADERS HAVE
SAID THEY WANT TO DISCUSS ABOUT REFORMS WHIN HOMELAND SECURITY. AND SPECIFICALLY IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT IS TO END WHAT THEY CALL ROVING PATROLS. TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A JUDICIAL WARRANT TO ENTER A HOME OR MAKE AN
ARREST. TO REQUIRE BODY CAMERAS. TO REQUIRE PEOPLE TO POTENTIAL I WILL NOT WEAR MASKS, AND SHOW IDENTIFICATION THAT IS OUTWDLY CLEAR TO PEOPLE. A CODE OF CONDUCT. AND ADOPT SPECIFIC USE OF FORCE STANDARDS. SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE IDEAS
THAT ARE FLOING AROUND. AND THEN REPUBLINS, LIKE SENATOR GRAHAM, HAVE SAID, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHANGES, THIS IS A TIME TO TALK ABOUT TO SO-CALLED SANCTUARY CITY POLICIES. SO, WE SHALL SEE.
SO, AGAIN, WE'RE IN A SHUTDOWN RIGHT NOW. THAT BEGAN VERY EARLY ON SATURDAY MORNING. AGAIN, IT'S PARTIAL. SOME PARTS OF THE GOVERNMENT ARE FUNDED AND SOME PARTS ARE NOT FUNDED. AS USUAL,SSENTIAL SERVICES AND ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEES GENERALLY
STAY ON DURING A SHUTDOWN. COMMUNICATION WITH AGENCIES ON ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS, YOU KNOW, CAN GET GUMMED UP. AND THE CITIES WORK WITH OUR AGENCIES CAN SOMETIMES GET SLOWED DOWN DURING A SHUTDOWN. BUT IN OTHER CASES, THINGS CONTINUE TO FLOW.
SO TENDS TO BE KIND OF CASE-BY-CASE. SO JUST TO LOOK AT IF THE CONGRESS DOES MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS BUDGET TT'S IN FRONT OF THEM NOW, I'LL GIVE YOU SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT'S IN THIS
BUDGET. FOR THOSE W WERE HERE LAST TERM, WE HAD A PREVIEW OF WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE WANTED, WHAT THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WANTED WITHIN AND WHAT THE SENATE WANTED. I THINK WE SHOULD FOLLOW UP ON THE CONVERSATION. IT'S PRETTY DRACONIAN CUTS PROPOSED. I WANT
TO SHOW YOU WHERE IT'S LANDING AT THE MOMENT. SO IN THE REALM -- AND I PULLED EXAMPLES THAT MIGHT BE OF INTEREST. I'M HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP ON ANY SPECIFIC PROGRAMS LATER, IF YOU'D LIKE. BUT HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, FOR EXAMPLE, THE PROGRAM FOR
LOW-INCOME HEATING AND COOLING IS SLIGHTLY INCREED. LIHEAP. TITLE 10B X FAMILY PLANNING IS KEPT FLAT. WHICH IS BETTER THAN
SOME OF THE INITIAL PROPOSALS. YOU KNOW, THE WHITE HOUSE WANTED DRAMATIC CUTS FOR THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH BUT THEY'RE KEPT PRETTY LEVEL. WE'LLE ADDRESSING THE FACT THAT
SOMETIMES WHAT CONGRESS APPROPRIATES IS NOT NECESSARILY HOW THE PROGRAM GETS ADMINISTERED. WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT FURTHER. WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT IT REFLECTS WHAT CONGRESS IS WILLING TO DO HERE.
SO AN INCREASE TO HEAD START. THERE IS A DECREASE TO RESOURCES THAT HELP REFUGEES AND ASYLUMMEES WITH SOME RESOURCES. IT'S STILL FUNDED AT $5.2 BILLION BUT THAT'S A DECREASE. THERE'S FUNDING FOR
COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS HELPING COMMUNITY-BASED CLINICS. AND THE EDUCATION AND LABOR AREA. P.E.L.L. GRANT FUNDING THE SAME, ADULT TRAINING SLIGHTLY DOWN. YOUTH FUNDING UP. TITLE I
FUNDING IMPORTANT RESOURCE FOR SCHOOLS WITH A LOT OF LOW-INCOME STUDENTS IS INCREASED. SO THAT'S GOOD. AND SOME OTHER PROGRAMS THAT THE WHITE HOUSE PROPOSED TO ELIMINATE ENTIRELY WHICH REMAIN IN EXISTENCE AND
FUNDING. YOU CAN SEE THE LIST THERE. NOW REGARDING THE WHAT IS IN THE CURRENT HOMELAND SECURITY BILL THAT IS ALSO PART OF THE PACKAGE RIGHT N. SO THERE'S $32
BILLION WHICH IS AN INCREASE OVER THE 2025 FUNDING LEVELS FOR FEMA AND THERE'S AN INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR FOR THE URBAN AREAS SECURITIES INITIATIVE GRANT. A GRANT LIKE URBAN AREAS LIKE US TEND TO USE.
THERE'S ALSO AN INCREASE IN THE SAFER GRANT, WHICH HELPS SUPPMENT SUPPORT FOR FIREFIGHTERS AND ANOTHER GRANT WE HAVE RECEIVED IN THE PAST. THERE ALSO IMPLEMENTING SOME PENALTIES FOR FEMA FOR THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, IF THEY
ARE LATE IN REPORTING ON THE DISASTER RELIEF FUND STATUS. OR IF THERE'S TOO MANY REQUESTS FOR A DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY THAT ARE SITTING TOO LONG. AND, ALSO, THERE'S THE NEW INITIATIVE THAT CONGRESS MUST BE NOTIFIED BEFORE ANY GRANTS OR
TRAINING FUNDS ARE PAUSED. AND THE CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION AREA, THERE IS A REDUCTION IN THE ANNUAL AMOUNT OF ANNUAL FUNDING FROM THE 2025
SPENDING LEVELS. A LITTLE BIT. HOWEVER, WE WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE RECONCILIATION BILL LAST JULY ADDED A LOT OF MONEY INTO THIS BUCKET ALREADY. SO BUT THERE'S A REDUCTION COMPARED
TO THE 2025 SPENDING LEVELS. AN INCREASE IN FIELD OPERATIONS. YOU KNOW, MONEY TO MAINTAIN THE PATROL AGENTS. THERE WAS A PROGRAM THAT REIMBURSED CITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR
SERVICES THAT NONCITIZENS WERE IN THE MIDST OF AN IMMIGRATION OCEEDING MAY NEED TO HELP THEM GET BY. AND THAT WAS A $650 MILLION PROGRAM. THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM IS ELIM ELIMINATED. AGAIN, SO EVEN THOUGH THE
FUNDIN LEVELS ARE JUST A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN, LIKE, A NORMAL FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET, AGAIN, THE ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL INFUSED A LOT OF THESE AGENCIES WITH LARGE ONE-TIME FUNDS. SO CUSTOMS AND BORDER PATROL
RECEIVED ABOUT $66 BILLION IN THAT BILL ALONE. SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THEIR ANNUAL BUDGET BEING ROUGHLY $18 BILLION, AND LAST JULY THEY GOT AN ADDITIONAL $6 BILLION. THEY HAVE A LOT OF
FUNDING. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMT THEY'RE ALSO KEPT LEVEL FUNDING FOR, LIKE, THEIR GENERAL FISCAL YEAR APPROPRIATION OF ABOUT $10 BILLION. $5.5 BILLION FOR ENFORCEMENT REMOVAL OPERATIONS,
WHICH IS AN INCREASE TO THAT BUCKET. THERE IS THAT PROVISION TT IS SUPPOSED TO ALLOW MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO ACCESS DETTION FACILITIES. AND THAT'S IN THERE. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF NUANCES INVOLVED WITH WHETHER OR
NOT RULES CAN BE PUT ON THAT. THEIR ABILITY TO GO IN AND REQUIRING THEM TO WAIT SEVEN DAYS, AND SO ON. BUT, AGAIN, THE RECONCILIATION BILL THAT WAS PASSED IN JULY PROVIDED $75
BILLION FOR I.C.E. SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, $7 7.5 TIMES ANNUAL APPROPRIATION. EVEN THOUGH WE'RE ACKNOWLEDGING THEIR FUNDING IS FLAT, THEY RECENTLY RECEIVED TT INFUSION. AND I WANTED -- I CHOSE TO END
ON SOME SLIGHTLY MORE POSITIVE NOTES. SO THE TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING AREA. THERE'S SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN FAA PEOPLE. OBVIOUSLY THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME INVESTMENT THERE.
CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS THAT SUPPORT A LOT OF OUR, LIKE, LIGHT RAIL AND BUS RAPID TRANSIT TYPE PROJECTS. THAT AMOUNT IS DECREASED BUT STILL THERE. IT'S BEEN INCREASE IN HIGHWAY MONEY. THE BUILD GRANT STILL EXISTS,
TOO, BUT WITH LESS FUNDING. WHEN IT COMES TO HUD, COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANT IS FUNDED AT THE SAME LEVEL. WHICH IS GOOD, THE WHITE HOUSE ORIGINALLY WANTED TO PROPOSE TO ELIMINATE THAT. HE H.O.M.E. PROGRAM ALLOWS US TO
PRODUCE A VERY DEEPLY AFFORDABLE -- HELPS PRODUCE THAT DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THE FUNDING IS THE SAME, WHICH IS GOOD. THERE'S AN INCREASE TO THE HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS, WHIC INCLUDES PROGRAMS LIKE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANTS, CONTINUUM OF CARE. IT'S IMPORTANT TOOL TO HELP US
ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS. THAT'S A POSITIVE SIGN THERE, AS WELL. I'M NOT QUITE DONE ... LET ME CONCLUDE OR EXPLAIN SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS BUDGET.
SO, WELL, ONE THING THAT SHOWS. THIS PARTIALLY SHOWS THAT THESE PRRAMS DO HAVE SUPPORT. GENERALLY. THAT THE PUBLIC PROBABLY DOES LIKE THESE PROGRAMSND THAT MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ACROSS THE AISLE WOULD HAVE A HARD TIME CUTTING THESE PROGRAMS. IT ALSO SHOWS YOU
THAT THE -- THAT THE SENATE ALSO IS A VERY INFLUENTIAL PART OF THIS NEGOTIATION. BECAUSE THE SENATE WAS ALWAYS CLOSER TO THESE NUMBERS. THE HOUSE WAS MUCH MORE DRACONIAN CUTS. SO THE FACT THAT THE FILIBUSTER EXISTS IN THE SENATE REQUIRES
THAT 60-VOTE THRESHOLD TO TAKE UP THE BUDGET HELPS THAT LAND IN A PLACE WHERE THE -- WHERE WE AVOIDED DRACONIAN CUTS HERE. BUT I WILL -- I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE SEEN
SOME CHALLENGES WITH CONGRESS APPROPRIATES FUNDS AND KIND OF EXPRESS SOME INTEND WITH THEIR APPROPRIATIONS. BUT WHEN THE ADMINISTRATION ACTUALLY ADMINISTERS PROGRAMS, WE'VE RUN INTO PROBLEMS WHERE THE -- FOR
WHEVER REASON, THEY DECIDE THE CRITERIA OF THE PROGRAM HAS CHANGED OR THAT CERTAIN PEOPLE AREN'T ELIGIBLE FOR THE FUNDS. AND SO ON. THERE HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANT IMPEDIMENTS TO ACTUALLY CARRYING OUT THE PROGRAMS. IN A WAY THAT YOU MIGHT THINK THEY ARE GOING TO BE
CARRIED OUT BASED ON FUNDING. I'M BEING CAUTIOUS ABOUT THAT. AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION AND BUDGET OFFICE HAS BEEN OPEN TO USING SOME PRETTY UNIQUE BUDGETARY TOOLS. INCLUDING, LIKE, RESCISSION WHERE THE WHITE HOUSE
CAN LATER SAY THEY WANT TO SIP SOME FUNDING. THAT IS YET NOT YET FULLY OBLIGATED. AND THAT IS A PROCEDURE THAT REQUIRES A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF VOTES. SO THERE'S A VARIETY OF THINGS
THAT, YOU KNOW, COULD CHANGE THESE PROGRAMS. SO, AGAIN, THIS IS THE PACKAGE THAT'S ON THE TABLE RIGHT NOW. AND HAS NOT, YOU KNOW, NOT YET FULLY PASSED. AND WE WILL FIND
OUT TODAY HOW THEY PROCEED. MOST LIKELY WE'LL FIND OUT TODAY. TODAY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. OLSON. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS IN QUEUE. FIRST, I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATIO I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, SEEING AS I'M NEW AROUND HERE. WHAT DOES OUR FEDERAL ADVOCACY LOOK LIKE? >> UH-HUH. WELL, THAT'S A BIG QUESTION. EXCUSE ME, MADAM
CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER. I'M NOT SURE I KNOW HOW TO ANSWER THAT. BUT THE DIRECTOR IS WELCOME TO JOIN ME, AS WELL. MAYB.
>> MAYBE START WITH THE LOBBY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. WE HAVE A CONTRACT IN PLACE. >> YEAH. THANKS FOR THE ASSI! >> YEAH. >> WELL CERTAINLY, WE'RE IN REGULAR COMMUNICATION WITH THE FEDERAL DELEGATION. WE ALSO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF OUR FEDERAL LOBBYING TEAM THE RAMSEY
STRATEGY GROUP. THE MAYOR WAS JUST IN D.C. WE HELPED SUPPORT THAT TRIP. HE, ACTUALLY, TALKED TO JEFFREYS ABOUT HIS CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE. WE ARE MEMBERS OF ORGANIZATIONS WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD TO INFLUENCE. INCLUDING THE
NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES AND THE LEUE OF MINNESOTA CITIES AND METRO CITIES. WE'VE BEEN WORKING A LOT WITH PARTNERS ALL ACROSS -- FROM CITIES LOCALLY TO CITIES NATIONALLY. WE'RE ALSO PART OF THE JOINT INFORMATION
CENTER. PART OF MY PORTFOLIO, BESIDES KEEPING AN EYE ON MONEY, WHICH HAS BEEN UNDER THREAT SINCE JANUARY 21st. A LOT OF THAT HAS BEEN REQUIRED A LEGAL STRATEGY. BY THE WAYS THEY'RE TRYING T WITHHOLD MONEY BASED
ON CLAIMS OF, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE HAVE EQUITY HERE OR SANCTUARY CITY THERE. SO WE'VE BEEN BALING THREATS TO DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES. AND BETTER COMING IN A DIFFERENT WAY SINCE JANUARY 21st. WE COORDINATE WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
AND MAKE SURE THAT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, WE'RE STRATEGIZING ABOUT THE BEST WAY TO SUPPORT THE FUNDING. I WORK CLOSELY WITH THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT REFUGEE AFFAIRS. I NEED TO UNDERSTAND A LOT ABOUT OUR POLICIES THAT AFFECT THOSE
COMMUNITIES. SO, AGAIN, WE CAN KIND OF STRATEGIZE AND WORK WITH FEDERAL FOLKS. THINK WHAT ARE THE BEST WAYS TO TRY TO TACKLE THESE ISSUES. AND THEN SOMETIMES IF WE -- THERE'S NOT ALWAYS A GREAT PATH FORWARD
THROUGH CONGRESS THAT SAY TO REFORM SOME OF THESE THINGS. THEN WE WORK ON HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY TO OUR RESIDENTS TO HELP THEM NAVIGATE THESE CHALLENGES. SO I'M VERY
INVOLVED IN THAT. AND RIGHT NOW IT'S ALL HANDS ON DECK, ESSENTIALLY, ACROSS THE ENTERPRISE. IGR IS PART OF THE, YOU KNOW, TEAM THAT, OF COURSE, IS WORKING ON TACKLING -- ADDRESSING ALLHE DIFFERENT CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACING. AND DID YOU WANT TO ADD
ANYTHING? >> FOLLOW UP QUESTSTION. DO WE HAVE, LIKE, WE HAVE A LIST OF PRIORITIES FOR O STATE LEGISLATIVE. DO WE HAVE THE SAME FOR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? >> WE DO NOT HAVE A FORMAL AGENDA FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, NO.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. AND I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION TO ASK, COCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. I'LL JUST SAY THAT ANNUALLY THE LAST FEW YEARS, THERE'S BEEN A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF COUNCIL
MEMBERS THAT HAVE GONE TO THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES WHERE WE HAVE MET WITH OUR CONGRESSIONAL ELECTED LEADERS. AND WE DIRECTLY SHARED WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR CITY AND WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE FROM OUR COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S, LIKE,
SHIFTED PRETTY DRAMATICALLY FROM YEAR TO YEAR ON WHAT THOSE PRIORITIES LOOK LIKE. A THEN I'LL JUST, LIKE, SAY AND GIVE MS. OLSON A LOT OF CREDIT. SHE MANAGES AND OVERSEES, BASICALLY, THE ENTIRE FEDERAL PORTFOLIO.
AND I THINK HAS ONE OF THE REALLY, REALLY TOUGH JOBS ON THE IGR TEAM. SHE IS ALWAYS DELIVERING US BAD NEWS. BUT IMPORTANT NEWS. AND SO SHE'S JUST AN EXCELLENT RESOURCE TO JUST CONNECT -- GET CONNECTED INTO ANYTHING REGARDING
FEDERAL-LEVEL ADVOCACY. WHETHER IT'S FROM YOUR OFFICE OR KIND OF THINKING THROUGH THINGS YOU MIGHT WANT TOP ADVOCATE FOR. THE IGR TEAM HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THE CONVERSATIONS IN PAST YEARS AROUND EARMARKS FROM THE
SENATOR'S OFFICE, TINA SMITH, AND AMY KLOBUCHAR AND ILHAN OMAR AND GETTING RESOURCES BACK TO THE CITY FOR A NBER OF PROJECTS. WHETHER IT'S INFRASTRUCTURE OR HOUSING
PROJECTS. WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY NEXT. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. I WANT TO PREFACE MY COMMENTS. THIS IS NOT REFLECTIVE ON YOU. YOU'RE REPORTING THE BAD NEWS. MORE SO FOR OUR FEDERAL DELEGATION. UMM, AND I'M
THINKING, AGAIN, RESPONDING RATHERLY TO WHATS ARTICULATED ON SLIDE FOUR. IN TERMS OF THE REFORMS THAT OUR DEMOCRATI LEADERS HAVE REALLY RALED AROUND AS THEY'RE NEGOTIATING
DHS'S FUNDING PACKAGE. I HAVE TO SAY, THESE PROPOSALS TRULY SET THE BAR BELOW HILL OF WHAT SHOULD BE EXPECTED IN AND DEMANDED OF REGARDING IMMIGRATION AFFAIRS IN OUR COUNTRY RIGHT NOW. I DO NOT BELIEVE HOW YOU CAN
LIVE THROUGH MULTIPLE MOMENTS RELATED TO POLICING AFTER HUNDREDS OF BLACK PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES AND SAW THESE SAME PROPOSALS. SIMILAR PROPOSALS BE USED AS A RESPONSE AND SEE THE LACK OF EFFECTIVENESS IN SAVING BLACK LIVES FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AT THE LOCAL LEVEL AND SAY LET'S
APPLY THAT TO THIS AGENCY UNDER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND BE LIKE THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. THE IDEA THAT BODY CAMS, WHICH DIDN'T SAVE GEORGE FLOYD IN 2020, WILL SOMEHOW, THROUGH DOCUMENTATION, THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, WOULD HAVE SAVED ALEX OR
RENEE GOOD JUST A WEEK AGO OR THREE WEEKS AGO IS INSULTING. THE IDEA THAT ENFORCEABLE CODE OF CONDUCT WOULD HAVE SOMEHOW PREVENTED LITTLE LIAM,
5-YEAR-OLD LIAM FROM BEING ABDUCTED AND BEING USED AS A PAWN TO LURE HIS FAMILY OUT. TO ALSO BE DETAINED IS PREPOSTEROUS. AND THE FACT THAT THIS IS WHERE OUR -- FOR CONTINUING FUNDING THIS AGENCY
THAT ESSENTIALLY ITS GOAL IS TO GIVE RESOURCES TO BE EQUIPPED TO GO TO WAR WITH OTHER LOCAL CITIES AND STATES THAT REFUSE TO BEND THE KNEE TO THIS CRUEL AND FASCIST AGENDA OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. AND TO THEN GO PAY THE SALARIES OF BORDER
PATROL AGENTS WHO USE HORRIBLE TACTICS ON IMMIGRANTS AT THE BORDER TO THEN BE ABLE TO USE THOSE SAME SKILLS AND TACTICS ON CILIANS IN THEIR LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD, AS WAS DONE WITH ALEX PRETTI A WEEK AND A HALF
AGO. THE FACT THEY BELIEVE ARE SAVING GRACE OF THIS MOMENT SHOWS HOW DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP NATIONALLY IS SO DISCONNECTED. FROM WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE, FROM THE REALITIES BEING EXPERIENCED NOT JUST HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS. BUT THE FACT THESE REALITIES ARE COMING TO A CITY NEAR YOU. AND
AESSE ESSENTIALLY ALLOWING IT TO BRING IT TO A CITY NEAR YOU. IT DOESN'T ALLOW FOR THE ELIMINATION OF CAMPAIGNS OF CRUELTY, DOMESTIC TERRORISM TO END. ND THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD GET THERE IS -- AND I GET IT'S SCARY. ABOLITIONIST SCARY
FOR OUR DEMOCRATIC LEADERS. BUT THAT IS WHAT IT WILL TAKE FULL ABOLITION OF I.C.E. AND I CAN SAY THATITH THE FULL CHEST. I KNOW MOST OF US UP HERE ACTUALLY LIVE LIVES -- AND THAT'S RARE. ARE ACTUALLY OLDER
THAN I.C.E. WE KNOW THERE'S A POSSIBILITY IF THERE WAS MUCH POLITICAL WILL, CREATIVITY, INNOVATION BY OUR ELECTED LEADERS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL TO SAY LET'S FIGURE OUT HOW TO BUILD A GOVERNING AGENCY THAT ACTUALLY TREATS IMMIGRATION WITH THE HUMANITY, DIGNITY, AND CONSTITUTIONALITY IT DESERVES.
THAT THEY COULD ACTUALLY MAKE AND VE MOUNTAINS AROUND HOW IMMIGRANTS ARE NOT JUST TREATED AT THE BORDERS. BUT HOW IT'S USED TO WEAPONIZE TO THEN TARGET 5-YEAR-OLDS, TO TARGET BLACK PEOPLE, TO TARGET NURSES IN METROPOLITAN CITIES. SO THAT IS WHERE I WOULD LIVE TO
SEE THE IMAGINATION OF OUR NATIONAL LEADERS MOVE TOWARDS. AS OPPOSED TO, AGAIN, BASIC REFORMS THAT DO NOT AUALLY HELP TO SAVE LIVES. THAT DOES NOT MITIGATE DAMAGE THAT HAS BEEN CAUSED. AND THAT WILL JUST ALLOW THIS DOMESTIC WAR
MACHINERY TO JUST GO AND TRAUMATIZE AND DESTROY OTHER LOCAL CITIES FOR THEIR REMAINING TIMES OF THIS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. SO JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT. AGAIN, NO BEEF WITH Y'ALL. YOU DID YOUR JOBS. BUT THIS IS SO
ANGERING. ND THE FACT THAT THEY ARE LIKELY STILL POISED TO PASS FUNDING. AND THEN GO ON TO USE THESE AS POTENTIAL LENS FOR THE MIDTERMS AND SAY "SEE WHAT WE DELIVERED FOR YOU."
RICULOUS. JUST RIDICULOUS. SO I JUST WANTED TO NAME THAT. GET THAT OFF MY CHEST. I WAS LIKE, THIS IS -- IT'S REALITY. SO THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS GIVING US THE HARD TRUTH. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
COUNCIL MEMB WONSLEY. NEXT I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION WITH THEEF. DOES THAT INCLUDE THE DHS
AGENCIES THAT ARE PAYING INDIVIDUAL PERSONAL CARE PROVIDERS? OR THINGS LIKE THAT? BECAUSE I'M GETTING A LOT OF CALLS FROM CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE PROVIDING HOME HEALTH CARE SERVICES THROUGH MULTIPLE DIFFERENT AGENCIES THAT ARE STATING THEY HAVE NOT BEEN PAID SINCE DECEMBER FROM THOSE
AGENCIES. AND THAT TRE'S A HOLD ON PAY. THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO PAY THEIR BILLS AND TAKE CARE OF THEIR FAMILIES. BUT THEY'RE STILL PROVIDING THESE ESSTIAL SERVICES AS, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIAL WORKERS FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO
CANNOT ULTIMATELY CARE FOR THEMSELVES. >> MADAM CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. I THINK I WOULD NEED TO LOOK INTO THE SPECIFICS TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. I'M SORRY I CAN'TNSWER IT NOW. I'M HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT AND GIVE DETAILS.
>> YEAH. >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY AND COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THAT. I THINKT MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH ACTIONS TAKEN AT THE STATE LEVEL, AS WELL. AROUND SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS. SO WE WILL GET SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT QUESTION AND GET BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S IMPORTANT THEY GET PAID. PEOPLE ARE -- THEY'RE WORKING. I UNDERSTAND THERE'S HOLDS UNDERNEATH ALL OF THE INVESTIGATION OF FRAUD AND WHAT HAVE YOU, BUT THEY'RE STILL TAKING CARE OF OUR ELDERLY AND SENIOR COMMUNITIES. AND
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, CARE FOR THEMSELVES AND PROVIDE FOR THEMSELVES. THEY'RE PUTTING IN THE WORK. THEY'RE PUTTING IN THE TIME. BUT THEY'RE SUFFERING AT HOME AND THEY'RE SHOWING UP EVERY DAY AMIDST OF THE CHAOS AND CONFUSION WE'RE HAVING IN OUR CITY TO MAKE SURE THOSE
INDIVIDUALS ARE BEING PROPERLY CARED FOR. AND THEY'RE NOT BEING PAID. >> THANK YOU. I'LL ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS IF OUR IGR TEAM.
OKAY. SO SEEING NONE. THK YOU SO MUCH TO THE INTERGOVERNMENT TAL RELATIONS TEAM. WE DO HAVE TO TAKE A VOTE ON THE 2026 LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. MAY I GET A
MOTION. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> CLERK, PLEASE CAL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY. AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> IS ABSENT. WARREN. >> AYE. >>SMAN. >> AYE. >> SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE.
>> CHAVEZ IS ABSENT. PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> WHITING. >> AYE. >> 11 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THOSE ITEMS HAVE BEEN APPROVED. AND WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE FULL COUNCIL IT'S CONSIDERATION AT OUR
REGULAR MEETING IN TWO DAYS. ON THURSDAY. NEXT WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 67, WHICH IS THE FOURTH QUARTER ENCAMPMENT CLOSURE REPORT. WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED BY DIRECTOR OF REGULATORY SERVICES, DIRECTOR ENRIQUE VELAZQUEZ.
BEFORE I WELCOME YOU, DIRECTOR, I'LL ASK COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE FOR THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. >> YES P THANK Y, MADAM CHAIR. >> GREAT. WE'LL HAVE THE CLERKS NOTE THAT. AND WITH THAT, WELCOME, DIRECTOR HAVE
VELASQUEZ. >> THA YOU VERY MUCH CHAIR CHOWDHURY AND VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI. SUPER C.O.W. MEMBERS, I'M ENRIQUE VELASQUEZ PRESENTING THE FOURTH QUARTER ENCAMPMENT
CLOSURE REPORT FOR 2025. SO REPORTING ORDINANCE, IT REQUIRES SOME DIFFERENT ELEMENTS WE BRING FORWARD AS PART OF THIS PROCESS. CLOSUREOVER THE SPECIFIC TIME FRAME, OUR INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION,
OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT LOOKS LIKE WITH RESPECT TO THOSE ENCAMPMENTS CLOSED DURING THE PERIOD, WHAT ARE THE HOUSING OUTCOMES OVER EACH ONE OF THOSE, THE TIME FRAME FOR THOSE DIFFERENT ENCAMPMENTS OVER SOME OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OUTCOMES, COMMUNITY IMPACTS, AND
THEN DOCUMENTATION OF DISPOSITION OF RESIDENTS' PERSONAL BELONGINGS. FOR THOSE THAT ARE IN THE ENCAMPMENTS THAT WERE REMOVE FROM THE ENCAMPMENTS. IN TERMS OF THE DATA COLLECTION PROCESS, IT INVOLVES MULTIPLE
DIFFERENT ENTITIES WITHIN THE CITY. AS WELL AS OUTSIDE OF WITHIN THE CITY AS REGULATORY SERVICES, PUBLIC WORKS, MINNEAPOLIS 3-1-1, POLICE DEPARTMENT, 9-1-1, AND THEN, ALSO, HENNEPIN COUNTY THEY PROVIDE SOME ASSISTANCE WITH
RESPECT TO SHELTER AND HOUSING OUTCOMES. ABOUT THIS SPECIFI REPORT, WE INCLUDE AN OVERVW MEMO, A DATA
DICTIONARY, SHELTER AVAILABILITY, ENCAMPMENT CLOSURE DATA FOR T SPECIFIC PERIOD, AND THEN HOUSING OUTCOMES. OUR DECISION TO CLOSE, WE LOOK AT FOUR SPECIFIC FACTORS WITH
RESPECT TO CLOSING. NUMBER ONE IS PUBLIC HEALTH. NUMBER TWO IS PUBLIC SAFETY AND LIFE SAFETY. NUMBER THREE, IS COMMUNITY LIVABILITY. AND THE FOURTH ONE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE GRAY. ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER FACTORS. SO WE LOOKT WHAT ARE SOME OF
THOSE EXTERNAL TALTIES THAT COULD INFLUENCE THEECISION TO CLOSE. IT COULD BE ENVIRONMENTAL IN NATURE, EXTREME HEAT EXTREME COLD, EXTREME HAZE, OR THERE COULD BE SOME OTHER VULNERABILITIES VULNERABLE
POPULATIONS IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OR ADJACENT TO THAT ENCAMPMENT PROMPTING US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A CLOSURE. SO FOR THIS SPECIFIC TIME FRAME, FOURTH QUARTER, A SHORT SUMMARY. THERE WERE ZERO CLOSURES IN
FOURTH QUARTER OF 2024 THAT WERE CITY SUPPORTED. WE DID ENGAGE WITH LOT OF DIFFERENT RESIDENTS. SO I DID INCORPORATE THAT INFORMATION INTO THIS REPORT. JUST SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT ENGAGEMENT OUTCOMES AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. WHETHER
THERE'S A CLOSURE OR EVEN NOT A CLOSURE. IN TERMS OF OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT, THE HOMELESS RESPONSE TEAM, THEY ENGAG AT ENCAMPMENTS 433 TIMES. 659 OVERALL. 433 SPECIFIC TO
ENCAMPMENTS. 59 AT VEHICLE-ONLY SITES. AND THEN HOT SPOTS 34 TIMES. SO HOT SPOTS ARE DEFINED AS PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CON GRA GAIT AND GATHER. EITHER DURING THE DAY OR NIGHT. THERE ARE NO TENTS OR
STRUCTURES WHATSOEVER. IT'S A PLACE WHERE PEOPL ARE GATHERING. SO WE DO SEND HOMELESS RESPONSE TEAM MEMBERS. WE DO CONNECT WITH OTHER OUTREACH PARTNERS TO GO TO THOSE LOCATIONS, AS WELL. FOR THE PURPOSES OF PROVIDING SERVICE TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
PROVIDED SUPPLIES 125 TIMES. BENEFITING ABOUT 300 INDIVIDUALS. WITH AN ESTIMATE OF ABOUT THREE PEOPLE AT EACH ONE OF THE DIFFERENT SITES WHERE THEY REQUESTED SUPPLIES. SOCKS, UNDERWEAR, FOOD, SNACKS, WATER. THINGS OF THAT HAVE NATURE.
MOBILE MEDICAL UNIT, THEY ALSO ENGAGED AT COMMUNITY EVENTS. THEY HAVE A CALENDAR OF EVENTS WHERE PEOPLE CAN REQUEST FOR THE MOBILE MEDICAL UNIT TO BE PRESENT. SO THEY'VE APPEARED AT EIGHT OF THOSE. PERFORMED STREET OUTREACH 35 TIMES.
SOMETIMES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HOMELESS RESPONSE TEAM. AND HAVE NOT BEEN DEPLOYED FOR EMERGENCIES IN THIS SPECIFIC QUARTER. YOU'LL NOTE IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER, WE DISPATCHED THE MOBILE MEDICAL UNIT FOR A SHOOTING THAT OCCURRED AT AN ENCAMPMENT.
AND LEADIN UP TO THAT. IN TERMS OF MOBILE MEDICAL UNIT ENGAGEMENTS, THEY ENGAGED WITH JUST OVER 1100 INDIVIDUALS. AT EACH ONE OF THESE DIFFERENT EVENTS. PRETTY SUCCESSFUL. THEY DISTRIBUTED 207NARCAN.
EACH PACKAGE THEY DELIVER IS TWO DOSES. SO IT'S OVER 400 DOSES THAT WERE PROVIDED. AND PROVIDED MEDICAL ASSISTANCE 161 TIMES. IN TERMS OF HOUSING OUTCOMES, FOR THE INDIVIDUALS
THAT THE HOMELESS RESPONSE TEAM ENGAGED WITH, THE 247, WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE 66 HOUSING REFERRALS AND SUCCESSFULLY MADE 10 SHELTER RESERVATIONS. WE DID NOT IDENTIFY ANY INDIVIDUALS THAT WANTED TO GO TO SHELTER THAT WERE DENIED ACCESS OR THE
SHELTER WAS FULL AT THOSE TIMES WHEN THEY REQUESTED SHELTER. AND WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE TWO HOUSING INTAKE ASSESSMENTS. WE'LL NOTE THAT TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, 2025, THE HOMELESS RESPONSE TEAM STARTED DOING INTAKE ASSESSMENTS AS PART
OF THE COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM. SO NOW WE'RE ABLE TO ENGAGE IN A SIMILAR FASHION AS A LOT OF HOUSG PROVIDERS ARE. BY QUALIFYING THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND GETTING THEM ON THE LIST VERSUS IDENTIFYING A NEED AND CALLING ANOTHER THIRD-PARTY OVER TO TRY
TO ENGAGE AND FIND THAT INDIVIDUAL AGAIN. TO HELP THEM WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS. WE'RE ABLE TO ELIMINATE ONE OF THOSE PROP EXCESS STEPS AND DO THAT DIRECTLY OURSELVES. HENNEPIN COUNTY REPORTED 133 INDIVIDUALS MOVED FROM UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS INTO
STABLE HOUSING OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST QUARTER. 133 IS AGL PIECE OF NOTE, I'LL CONTINUE TO ADD THIS IN HERE UNTIL IT'S NO
LONGER TRUE. HENNEPIN COUNTY IS NOT ABLE TO LINK THEIR HOUSING OUTCOMES WITH SPECIFIC ENCAMPMENT SITES. THEY DO NOT ASK THE QUESTION OF "WHERE DID YOU STAY THE NIGHT BEFORE" BEFORE THAT INDIVIDUAL MOVES INTO STABLE PERMANENT HOUSING.
THEY JUS INQUIRE "ARE YOU UNSHELTERED?" AND FLAG IT THAT WAY. THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO LK IT. SO WE CAN'T SEE WHAT'S THE CORRELATION BETWEEN OUR ACTIO HERE AT THE CITY WHEN IT COMES TO ENCAMPMENTS OR ENCAMPMENT CLOSURES AND THAT OUTCOME OF MOVING SOMEBODY INTO PERMANENT
STABLE HOUSING. SO SOME OF THE LEARNINGS. HENNEPIN COUNTY AND THE CITY ARE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP TOGETHER ON REFINING OUR DATA COLLECTION PRACTICES. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED SIMILAR
TO WHAT JUST MENTIONED IS WE HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL AT MAPPING THE JOURNEY OF AN INDIVIDUAL FROM THEIR PATHWAY FROMNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS IN WHATEVER KAC CAPACITY IT LOOKS LIKE TO PERMANENT STABLE HOUSING. THE COUNTY MADE CHANGES OVER THE COURSE OF THE
LAST QUARTER TO TWO QUARTERS THAT WE HOPE TO SEE SOME DIVIDEND IN THE NEXT QUARTER TO TWO. AFTER THEY'VE MADE SOME CHANGES AND, ALSO, RINED THEIR INTAKE PROCESS TO HELP US SEE WHAT THAT JOURNEY LOOKS LIKE FOR INDIVIDUALS. SO THAT WE CAN GET
DOWN TO THAT TBRAN GRANULAR LEVEL OF WHICH SERVICES AND SUPPORTS ARE WORKING, WHICH AREN'T, AND HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO REFINE OUR APPROACHES SO WE CAN MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE AND PROVIDE THEM WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.
AND JUST MORE OF AN INTERNAL FOCUSED OPPORTUNITY IS HOW COMMUNICATE INTERNALLY WITH RESPECT TO WHEN AN ENCAMPMENT IS GOING TO BE CLOSED. IT'S MORE OF WORD OF MOUTH, TEXT MESSAGG, INCORPORATING MORE OF
A SYSTEMIZED APPROACH WHERE IT'S EASIER TO TRACK AND HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT I'M LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW. AND, ALSO, NOT ON THIS SLIDE, JUST KIND OF WANTED TO CALL IT OUT WITH RESPECT TO ALL THE
FEDERAL ACTIONS THAT WE SEE HAPPENING PRESENTLY AND THE IMPACT TO OUR UNSHELTERED COMMUNITY. WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN PARTNER WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL WARMING SPACES OR SHELTER OPPORTUNITIES SO THAT
OUR UHELTERED RESIDENTS WHO ARE ALREADY THE TARGET OF SO MUCH ACTITY DO NOT BECOME THE UNWITTING TARGETS FOR FEDERAL AGENTS. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE STARTING UP. WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN PARTNER
TOGETHER. WHICH PARTNERS ARE WILLING TO COME ALONGSIDE US, AND TAKE CARE OFUR PEOPLE. THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'LL STAND FOR COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, DIRECTORVE
COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR VELASQUEZ. I APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION. WE'RE SEEING, YOU KNOW, LESS ENCAMPMENTS THAN LAST FEW YEARS. CAN YOU JUST
EXPLAIN. IS IT PEOPLE THA ARE GETTING HOUSED OR, LIKE, ENFORCINAND BEING -- I GUESS, YOU KNOW, SUPER ENFORCING. N HAVING ENCAMPMENTS ON THE STREET OR CITY-OWNED LOTS. AND HOW
MANY ENCAMPMENTS ARE ACTIVE RIGHT NOW IN OUR CITY? >> THROUGH THE CHAIR CHOWDHURY, THANK YOU COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. SO THERE'S A COMBINATION OF FAK FACTORS WE'VE SEEN TAKE PLACE OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF. WE HAVE
THE POLICE CHIEF SPECIAL ORDER THAT DIRECTED PATROL ON HOW TO RESPOND WHEN THEY SEE CAMPMENTS AND SEE PEOPLE ATTEMPTING EITHER BREAKING INTO CITY PROPERTY, CUTTING THROUGH THE FENCE, OR ATTEMPT TO SET UP AN ENCAMPMENT. AND THOSE ACTIONS HAVE KIND OF CHANGED THE
BEHAVIORS AND CHANGED THE LANDSCAPE FOR UNSHELTERED RESIDENTS. THEY MACON GRATE MAY CONGREGATE MORE. WE SEE ENCAMPMENTS LESS. WE HAVE INTAKE ASSESSMENTS. INSTEAD OF HAVING THE HANDOFF WHEN WE HAVE
THE RELATIONSHIP AND ABLE TO CONNECT WITH THE INDIVIDUAL AND HAND IT OFF TO THE SOMEBODY ELSE. WHEN THE RESIDENT MIGHT NO LONGER BE IN THE MIND SET THEY WISH TO GO INTO HOUSING. THAT CREATES RISK. BY PULLING THAT
PROCESS INTO OUR WORK, THAT HELPS US MITIGATE THE RISK AND HELPS US ENGAGE WITH THEM RIGHT THEN ON THE SPOT. MAKE THE RESERVATION ON THE SPOT. DO THE ASSESSMENT RIGHT THERE ON THE SPOT. SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT FACTORS LIKE THAT. MOBILE MEDICAL UNIT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HOMELESS RESPONSE TEAM. THAT'S BEEN
SUCCESSFUL. UTILIZING MOBILE MEDICAL AS AN ENGAGEMENT MECHANISM. SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE NOT THINKING BEYOND THE IMMEDIATNEED, THE IMMEDIATE INJURY OR WHATEVER THE HEALTH CONCERN IS. TO THINK ABOUT O EVEN GET CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THEIR
JOURNEY LOOKS LIKE AS THEY -- AS WE TRY TO ENGAGE WITH THEM ON HOUSING. THEY'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT HOUSING NOW. I'M WORRIED ABOUT MY INFECTED FINGERS, FEET, THE MOST IMMEDIATE NEED.
HELPING ADDRESSING THOSE NEEDS HELPS REDUCE THE BARRIER TO ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE AND HELP THEM ON THEIR PATHWAY. AND WE ARE SEEING MOR PEOPLE MOVE INTO HOUSING. I BELIEVE IT WAS ABOUT 2600 PEOPLE THAT THE COUNTY REPORTED LAST YEAR THAT MOVED INTO STABLE SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING. WE'RE SEEING QUARTER OVER QUARTER PEOPLE, ASIDE FROM Q4, IT'S BEEN CONSISTENT BETWEEN TWO AND 300 PEOPLE THAT MOVED FROM TRANSITION UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS INTO STABLE HOUSING. SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF FACTORS THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING.
AND FOR THE LAST PART, HOW MANY ENCAMPMENTS DO WE HAVE PRESENTLY. IT'S ABOUT 13 ENCAMPMENTS. AND ABOUT0 VEHICLES. IN TOTAL, WE ESTIMATE ABOUT 97 INDIVIDUALS. DOWN FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN PRIOR YEARS.
BUT 97 TOO MANY. >> I'M SORRY. NO, I REALLY HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT TO OUR STAFF. HAVING ENCAMPMENTS, HAVING INDIVIDUALS, YOU KNOW, COME TO A PLACE THAT'S NOT HEALTHY FOR
THEM. OR, LIKE, IT'S NOT LIVABLE CONDITION. IT'S FRIGID MPERATURE. HAVING FOLKS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, REALLY INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE STRUGGLING
WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND CHALLENGES. AND HAVING A SHOOTING THERE. HAVING FIRE, YOU KNOW, IN THE PREVIOUS LAST FEW YEARS, IT'S BEEN VERY DIFFICULT. IF YOU HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE GATHERED IN ONE PLACE. THERE'S ALWAYS DISASTER
THAT ENDS UP. WE ALWAYS REACT BY CLOSING DOWN OR MAKING THOSE PEOPLE THEIR LIFE EVEN MORE MISERABLE. KICKING THEM OUT. WHAT THEY HAVE BI BUILT SO
FAR. AND, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO BE THE RESOURCE AND THE OUTREACH WE NEED BUILDG THAT RELATIONSHIP. I SEE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS. BUT I'M STILL SEEING OTHER
GOVERNMENT LIKE COUNTY LAN AND MNDOT OR LAND. IS IT HANDS OFF ON OUR SIDE OF THE CITY? IS THAT THEIR PROBLEM? I'M LOOKING. AND I HAVE ONE PLACE, AN EXAMPLE THAT IS, YOU KNOW, CEDAR AVENUE. HIAWATHA. IT'S
LIKE THREE DIFFERENT GOVERNMENTS. IT'S LIKE MNDOT-OWNED BRIDGE OVER THERE, THE CITY OWNS 17th, AND, ALSO, WE HAVE A METRO TRANSITION. WHO HAS NOT DONE -- I E-MAILED THEM MULTIPLE TIMES TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. WE HAD AN
INDIVIDUAL WHO LOST HIS LIFE. YOUNG. EAST AFRICAN. MAN WHO WAS TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, CROSS ONE SIDE OF THE BRIDGE TO THE OTHER. AND HE GOT HIT. LOST HIS LIFE. AND THAT -- WE STILL HAVE, LIKE, 50 PEOPLE A DAY
JUST, YOU KNOW,ANGING OUT AND STAYING UNDER THAT BRIDGE. WHICH CREATES SAFY FOR THEMSELVES. WHICH CREATES SAFETY FOR THE PUBLIC AND TRAFFIC. WHICH CREATES A LOT OF CHALLENGES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. I CONTACTED THE MAYOR. I
CONTACTED THE DIRECTORS OF PUBLIC WORKS AND COO. AND, FINALLY, ABLE TO HAVE METRO TRANSIT REACH OUT TO THEM. AND THEY'RE LIKE, OH, SOMETHING IS BEING DONE ON THE SUMMER. I DON'T THINK WE CAN WAIT UNTIL
THE SUMMER. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE OTHERWISE DISASTER WILL HAPPEN. SO IN YOUR WORK, YOU'VE BEEN DOING, DEALING WITH THE CITY-OWNED LANDS AND DEALING WITH HELPING THOSE FOLKS GET THE RESOCES THEY NEED. WHAT ARE WE DOING. AND DO WE HAVE ANY
PLAN OF WORKING WITH OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, LIKE COUNTY AND MNDOT TO GET THIS ISSUE SOLVED RIGHT AWAY? >> YES. THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN. THAT SPECIFIC LOCATION THAT YOU
MENTIONED IS EXTREMELY CHALLENGING. AS YOU MENTIONED, METRO TRANSIT OWNS THE TOP PART OF THE DECK. THE UNDERSIDE IS OWNED BY MNDOT, CERTAIN SECTIONS ARE OWNED BY METRO TRANSIT, THE COUNTY, BY -- WHO AM I MISSING,
MNTOT, CITY. REGARDLESS OF THE OWNERSHIP, THE HOMELESS RESPONSE TEAM ENGAGES. WE DON'T -- WE DO LOOK AT THE MAP ONLY TO IDEIFY WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY. SO WE KNOW WHO TO CONNECT. OTHER THAN THAT, W ARE AGNOSTIC. IF THERE IS AN UNSHELTERED PERSON OUT
THERE, WE'LLNGAGE. IF THERE ARE UNSHELTERED PEOPLE, WE'LL LOOK AND FIND THE RESOURCES TO TRY TO CONNECT THEM. IN THAT SPECIFIC AREA, IT'S BEEN REOCCUPIED MULTIPLE TIMES. MULTIPLE TIMES. EVEN WHEN IT GETS CLEARED OUT. THEY RETURN. SOMETIMES THE SAME DAY. METRO TRANSIT, THEY CLEAN OUT THE
LOCATION AT LEAST OE A DAY. AND PEOPLE WILL JUST FLOOD BACK. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE IT LESS ATTRACTIVE FOR PEOPLE TO KEEP ON CONGREGATING. ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT, IT'S ABOUT HOW DO WE
ENGAGE WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS SO THAT THERE ARE OTHER OUTLETS FOR THEM VERSUS JUST LOOKING FOR DIFFERENT PLACE TO CONTINUE TO CONGREGATE. THAT'S MY FOCUS. SO THAT WE C RESTORE THAT COMMUNITY LIVABILITY, REOPEN THE CORRIDOR. SO THAT, AS YOU
MENTIONED, SO THAT PEOPLE DO NOT FEEL UNSAFE TRYING T CROSS THE BRIDGE. BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO STEP OUT INTO TRAFFIC TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. >> SURE. >> SO IT IS -- YEAH. IT'S A MULTIFACETED PROBLEM. I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER. >> SURE. >> WE ARE LOOKING AT IT EVERY SINGLE DAY.
>> I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND. YOU'RE DOING A FABULOUS JOB. I'M PROUD OF THE WORK YOU'RE DOING. OVERALL, I THINK I'M GOING TO CALL THE ADMINISTRATION AND SAY, LISTEN, WE HAVE TO HAVE A PLAN WITH OUTSIDE GOVERNMENT, MNDOT YOU KNOW, HAVIN A COUPLE
OF PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES. THERE'S ALWAYS NEVER A WAY -- SOME KIND OF ROAD MAP HOW TO DEAL WITH THIS KIND OF ISSUE. ESPECIALLY IF IT'SNDOT. WE'RE GOING TO E-MAIL THEM. THAT'S NOT A PLAN. WE NEED A ADMINISTRATION WHO IS THE SPOKE
PERSON FOR THE CITY TO REALLY PUT A PLAN TOGETHER TO SAY, "HEY, WHEN WE'RE TAKING CARE OF OUR OWN LANDS. WE NEED THE MNDOT AND COUNTY AND OTHERS TO STEP IT UP." THERE SHOULD BE SOME KIND OF TASK FORCE TO
ADDRESS THIS KIND OF CHALLENGES IN OUR CITY. AND I'M GOING ♪TO CALL OUT AND SAY THAT SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ON HIAWATHA AND FRANKLIN. BECAUSE DIASTER IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. AND I'LL JUST NOTE FOR EVERYONE, WE HAVE
SEVERAL MEMBERS IN QUEUE. AND SO I WANT TO BE CONSCIOUS OF THAT. IF YOU HAVE -- IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN THREE QUESTIONS AT A TIME. I ASK THAT YOU JUST GET BACK INTO QUEUE TO ASK
AGAIN. SO EVERYONE CAN HAVE THE ABILITY TO ASK WHAT THEY NEED TO ASK WITH THE LIMITED TIME THAT WE HAVE BEFORE LUNCH. SO I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR, FOR BEING HERE. WE HAVEN'T HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING YET. I'M
EXCITED TO MEET. I HAVE MET SOME OF THE ON-THE-GROUND HOMELESS RESPONSE TEAM IN MY PREVIOUS WORK. AND SO I HAVE MET THEM. AND KNOW THEY HAVE GOOD HEARTS A THEY'RE WORKING HARD. AS PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER,AYBE BEFORE YOU CAME
IN, THE PERSON/STAFF WHO WAS REPORTING ON FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES. WHO WAS REFERRED TO AS THEY BRING US BAD NEWS. I, UNFORTUNATELY, A HAVE TO BRING BAD NEWS FROM THE STREETS ABOUT THE WHOLE SITUATION. BUT I WANT TO, FIRST,
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I KNOW THAT THE STAFF ON THE GROUND ARE WORKING VERY HARD AND THEY ARE ATTEMPNG TO DO THEIR BEST. THE FIRST BAD NEWS I HAVE TO GIVE IS THAT OUR STAFF, OUR HOMELESS RESPONSE TEAM, ARE SEEN IN THE COMMUNITY AS SNITCHES. I UNDERSTAND THAT'S VERY DIFFICULT
TO HEAR. BUT BECAUSE IT SAYS THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS ON IT, AND BECAUSE OUR DATA IS ACCESSIBLE TO MPD. WHEN PEOPLE ON THE STREETS SEE OUR HOMELESS RESPONSE TEAM. THEY GO "OH, WE'RE ABOUT TO BE CLEARED. WE'RE ABOUT TO BE PUSHED OUT OF HERE." AND SO THAT -- I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT FOR MY
COLLEAGUES. THAT OUR STAFF DO NOT HAVE THE STRONG REPUTATION. AND IT IS NOT BECAUSE OF THEM AND THEIRHARACTER. IT'S BECAUSE MPD AND THE ADMINISTRATION HAVE BEEN
RUTHLESS, HONESTLY RUTHLESS AT SWEEPING PEOPLE OUT OF WHERE THEY ARE. YOU MENTIONED ♪THE SPECIAL DIRECTIVE FROM A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. THAT HAS BEEN A CATASTROPHE FOR PEOPLE SLEEPING ON THE STREETS. AND SO THIS IS WHAT LEADS INTO OUR STAFF BEING
SEEN SO POORLY. YOU MENTIONED -- I'M SORRY. MY COLLEAGUE ASKED WHY THERE ARE NO ENCAMPMENTS. IT'S THAT POLICY OF THE POLICE HAVE NOT ALLOWED PEOPLE TO STAY IN ONE SPOT FOR, REALLY, ANY MEANINGFUL AMOUNT OF
TIME. WHICH HAS BEE AN UNMITIGATED DISASTER FOR PEOPLE'S HEALTH. IT HAS ALSO MEANT THERE ARE LESS ENCAMPMENTS. AND A LOT IS BECAUSE SO MANY AT THE PRESENT AT THETENTS HAVE BEEN THROWN AWAY. PEOPLE HAVE RUN OUT OF TENTS AND SUPPLIES. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL OUT, YOU
MENTIONED THAT SOMETIMES ENCLOSURES ARE CONSIDERED WHEN THERE'S EXTREME HEAT A EXTREME COLD. AND I JUST WANT TO CALL OUT THAT CLOSING AN ENCAMPMENT DURING EXTREME HEAT AND EXTREME COLD IS A RECIPE FOR KILLI PEOPLE. BECAUSE SOCIAL COHESION, HAVING PEOPL TO LOOK
OUT FOR EACH OTHER IS HOW WE'RE KEEPING OURSELVES SAFE IN THIS TIME. WITH I.C.E. AND THE SAME IS TRUE FOR OUR HOMELESS NEIGHBORS. THEY NEED TO LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER. AND IN TIMES OF EXTREME COLD AND HEAT. THEY SHOULD NOT BE OUTSIDE. WE COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THAT. WE'RE IN TOTAL AGREEMENT. AND
THEY ARE OUTSIDE. AND SO THAT, I JUST LIKE TO CALL THAT OUT. WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT MUCH MORE OF THIS IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY. I KNOW THAT WE WILL. AND SO I WON'T BE ABLE TO GET TO EVERYTHING. BUT I WANTED TO CALL OUT ONE OTHER THING IN THE
REPORT. I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES ON THE DAIS UNDERSTAND THIS BUT MAYBE SOME FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE OR AT HOME MAY NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND. BUT I'M LOOKING AT SOME OF THE ENCAMPMENT OR CLOSURE Q4 REPT. I'M
SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT THE SHELTER INFORMATION. ABOUT WHEN BEDS WERE AVAILABLE, AND HOW MANY BEDS WERE AVAILABLE. AND I JUST WANT TO CALL OUT THAT IT WOULD BE VERY EASY TO READ THIS CHART -- NO ONE ELSE IS SEEING THE CHART EXCEPT ME. SO I'LL TRY TO EXPLAIN. AVAILABLE AT
10:00 A.M. THE TOTALS THERE'S A CERTAIN NUMBER. AVAILABLE AT 7:30 A CERTAIN NUMBE AND 10:00 P.M. THERE'S A CERTAIN NUMBER. IT WOULD BE EASY TO READ THE CHA AS SAYING YOU WOULD ADD THOSE TOTALS UP AND THAT WOULD BE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF BEDS AVAILABLE THAT NIGHT.
BUT IT'S ACTUALLY THE OPPOSITE. IN THE MORNING, JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, I'M GOING TO PICK A RANDOM DAY. NOVEMBER 8th. IN THE MORNING, THERE WERE 74 BEDS. AND THEN BY THE EVENING, THERE
WERE 65 BEDS. AND THEN BY AT NIGHT, THERE WERE 52 BEDS. THAT MEANT THE BEDS WERE GETTING FILLED. OT THAT BEDS WERE BEING ADDED TO. THIS IS A -- TUALLY, AN EXTREMELY HIGH DAY. WHICH MAKES ME THINK A SHELTER OPENED ON THAT DAY. AS A WINTER
SHELTER, OR THERE WAS SOME KIND OF MAJOR CLEARANCE. BECAUSE PREVIOUS DAYS THERE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, NOVEMBER 6th, OR SOMETHING, WOULD BE 27 AND THEN 11 AND THEN ZERO. AND SO I JUST WANTED PEOPLE WHO MAY BE LOOKING AT THE REPORTS TO KNOW THAT THESE ARE NOT ESCALADING
NUMBERS. THESE ARE DECLINING NUMBERS. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO LOOK MUCH MORE INTO THESE REPORTS AND TALK MUCH MORE ABOUT HOW WE CAN IMPROVE MINNEAPOLIS' REPUTATION AMONG PEOPLE ON THE STREETS. AS SOMEONE WHO WORKED IN HOMELESS OUTREACH, WE DID NOT WORK WITH
THE HOMELESS RESPONSE TEAM. BECAUSE OF THAT. NOW, WE MET WITH THEM AND KIND TO EACH OTHER. WE SPECIFICALLY DID NOT WORK WITH THEM BECAUSE OF THE REPUTATION THAT THEY ARE A BAD THINGS FOR PEOPLE ON THE STREETS. VERY EXCITED TO GET
INTO THE WORK. I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN WORKING HARD ON THIS. I KNOW OUR SFF HAS BEEN WORKING INCREDIBLY HARD. AND SO THERE IS SO MUCH MORE WORK TO BE DONE. I APOLOGIZE THIS WAS A SMATTERING OF MANY DIFFERENT THINGS BUT I COULDN'T LET NOT ONE OF THESE REPORTS GO BY WITHOUT HIGHLIGING THAT THIS
IS -- THIS IS A DEEP EMERGENCY. THESE NUMBERS ARE SHOWING A DEEP EMERGENCY THAT WE'RE IN. AND WHILE WE ARE PROJECTING CONFIDENCE AND PROJECTING A SENSE OF OPTIMISM, I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO LEAVE HERE THINKING
THAT WE ARE IN A GOOD PLACE. AND I KNOW THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT. AND THAT YOU'RE WORKING VERY HARD TO CORRECT THAT. SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBE NEXT I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. >> YES, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
AND THANK YOU, DIRECTOR HAVE A HAS VELASQUEZ. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. AND VERY SIMPLE QUESTION. AT LEAST PROBABLY SHOULD BE KIND OF FOR MY OWN EDIFICATION HERE. HOW DOES THE CITY -- ADDS AN OFFICE,
AS AN ENTERPRISE, DEFINING WHAT CONSTITUTES AN ENCAMPMENT? I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHEN WE SAY ENCAMPMENT, WHAT DOES IT ACTUALLY MEAN? AND WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? SIZE? NDIVIDUALS THAT ARE
THAT'S MY QUESTION OUT OF CURIOSITY. >> OUR DEFINITION IS SIMPLE. IT'S A STRUCTURE. ONE PERSON, ONE STRUCTURE, THAT'S AN ENCAMPMENT. IF THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE CONGREGATING AND THERE
ARE NO STRUCTURES, IF THEY'RE IN A VEHICLE, WE FLAG THAT AS A VEHICLE-ONLY SITE. >> THANK YOU. >> CERTAINLY. >> THANK YOU, I HAVE MYSELF NEXT IN QUEUE. I HAVE A COUPLE
QUESTIONS HERE. DIRECTOR, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AS ALWAYS. FIRST IS A SHORT QUESTION, SO THE VEHICLE-ONLY SPOTS, COULD YOU HELP DEFE THAT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER? THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'M HEARING THAT TYPE OF VERBIAGE MYSELF.
>> SURE, IT'S SOMETHING THAT OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST YEAR, WE IDENTIFIED THAT NOT EVERYBODY EXPERIENCING UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS RESIDES IN AN ENCAMPMENT AND OUR DATA IS REFLECTING ENCAMPMENTS. SO IF
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DASH BOARD, ALL OF THE MEMBERS CONTINUE TO SPEAK TO ENCAMENTS. I WANTED TO FLESH THAT OUT FURTHER AND BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHERE ARE PEOPLE CONGREGATING? WHERE ARE THEY LIVE? WHERE ARE THEY IN
THESE SPACES UNFIT FOR HABITATION. SO WE STARTED TO FLAG, YES, WE RECOGNIZE PEOPLE ARE UNSHELTERED, WHERE ARE THEY LIVING? WHAT ARE THE TYPE OF SITUATIONS OR CONDITIONS SO WE
CAN DIG DEEPER. VEHICLE-ONLY IS SIMPLY THAT, INDIVIDUALSIVING IN THEIR VEHICLES, TRUCKS, CARS, R.V.s, SO THAT'S WHAT THAT SPECIFICALLY REFERS TO.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I SEE IT VISITS. DO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF HOW MANY VEHICLE-ONLY SITES THERE ARE? >> I CHECKED THE DASHBOARD THIS MORNING, THERE ARE 34. >> AND THEN -- >> IT COULD BE 1 VEHICLE OR 2.
WE TYPICALLY DON'T SEE MORE THAN 2 VEHICLES. >> THERE COULD BE MULTIPLE VEHICLES AT ONE SITE AND THEN MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS PER VEHICLE? >> RIGH TYPICALLY ONE TO TWO PEOPLE PER VEHICLE, MAYBE AN ANIMAL AS WELL. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. I WILL JUST
LIKE CALL OUT TO MY COLLEAGUES LEGISLATION THAT ME AND COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ AND COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGTAI WERE WORKING ON LAST YEAR WAS REALLY TRYING TO
ENVISION SAFE OUTDOOR SPACES FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS FACING SHELTERED HOMELESSNESS AND ONE VERSION OF SAFE OUTDOOR SPACES WE WERE WORKING ON IS SAFE PARKING, REALLY MODELED AFTER THE SAFE BAY MODEL IN DULUTH, WHERE THEY HAVE A SAFE, SECURE
PARKING SPACE FOR PEOPLE WITH VEHICLES, LIVING IN THEIR VEHICLES WITH A LOVED ONES OR A PET, WHERE THEY HAVE A ONE STOP SHOP TO RESOURCES AND SAFETY. THEY DO A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS THERE AND THAT'S SOMETHING I HOPE TO BRING FORWARD THIS NEXT
YEAR AND FURTHER. I THINK THIS DATA POINT IS OF INTEREST TO ME BECAUSE IT SHOWS IN OUR CITY THAT THERE IS A CLEAR NEED AND Y TO HELP A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS GET BETTER CONNECTED INTO RESOURCES AND GET TO PERMANENT
HOUSING. I JUST WANTED TO CALL THAT OUT. I HAVE A SECOND QUESTION, JUST IN REGARDS TO THE COMPOUNDING CRISES THAT WE'RE FACING AS A CITY RIGHT NOW. SO JANUARY WAS A TERRIBLY COLD MONTH. WE HAD WEATHER THAT WAS,
I THINKHE FURTHEST WAS -26 OR -25, JUST BITTEY COLD. I HAD HEARD FROM SO MANY DIFFERENT COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT THERE WERE UNHOUSED RESIDENTS FACING THIS
BITTER COLD AT THE SAME TIME FACI FACING TARGETING BY I.C.E. AGENTS. I KNOW IT'S NOT ABOUT THIS FOURTH QUARTER REPORT, BUT I THINK IT'SMPORTANT TO COVER.
I WANTED TO SEE HOW THE HOMELESS RESPONSE TEAM AND YOUR DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN ENGAGING WITH UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS WITH THIS INCREASED PRESENCE OF FEDERAL AGENTS AND THEN HOW HAVE YOU ALL BEEN WORKING WITH FOLKS THIS LAST MONTH IN THE BITTER
COLD AMIDST THE OCCUPAON. >> THANK YOU CHAIR CHOWDHURY. YES, BITTER COLD AND JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE PREVIEW, THEY SET UP AN EMERGENCY WARMING CENTER DURING THE LOW HEAT OR NO HEAT SEASON, MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER
THROUGH MIDDLE OF APRIL, AND THEY HAVE CONTRACT PROVIDERS FOR ADDITIONAL WARMING SPACES WHEN THE TEMPERATURES GO BELOW 0. SO NNESOTA INDIAN RESOURCE CENTER, COLA IS ANOTHER
LOCATION, WHERE THEY WILL OPEN UP AND EXPD FOR ADDITIONAL CAPACITY. SO WE WATCH THE WEATHER. W KEEP TRACK AND AS WE SEE THAT TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE DANGEROUSLY COLD OR THAT
WE'RE APPROACHING THAT TYPE OF SEASON, THE HOMELESS RESPONSE TEAM SHIFTS FROM JUST PROVIDING SNACKS AND OTHER THINGS AS PART OF ENGAGEMENT TO OKAY, IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY COLD. LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR PLAN TO GET INDOORS. HERE ARE SOME DIFFERENT
PLACES YOU CAN GO TO. HERE ARE THE NUMBERS TO CALL AND BEING OUT THERE AND BEING PRESENT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION. NOT EVERYBODY CHOOSES TO TAKE US UP ON THOSE OFFERS. MAYBE FOR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT REASONS, INCLUDING
WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER STENSON MENTIONED BEFORE. WE DO MAKE THAT EFFORT. WE COMMUNICATE AS MUCH AS WE CAN BOTH VERBALLY, AS WELL AS IN WRITING, ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY PARERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL DOING THE SAME KIND OF WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT PPLE GET INDOORS AND STAY
SAFE. WE PROVIDE HOT HAND WHICH PROVIDES A TEMPERATURE AND IMMEDIATE RELIEF, BUT IT'S NOT A SOLUTION. INDOOR SHELTERS ARE THE SOLUTION. AND THE BUILD UP
AND THE TARGETING OF OUR UNSHELTERED RESIDENTS, WE HAVE CHANGED AND TRIED TO BE MINDFUL OF HOW WE COME ACROSS IN COMMUNITY. SO, THERE WILL BE NO
NECK GATORSNOTHING COVERING YOUR FACE, WEAR STREET CLOTHES. SHOW YOU ARE NOT PART OF THOSE FEDERAL ACTIONS HAPPENING. WE DO HAVE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT BODIES ON OUR HOMELESS RESPONSE TEAM. SOME CAN GIVE THE APPEARANCE THAT THIS COULD BE
SOMEBODY ON ONE OF THOSE ANCIENTS, -- AGENTS, IF YOU WANT TO CALL THEM THAT, FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. JUST WANT TO BE MINUL OF HOW WE SHOW UP, HOW WE REPRESENT OURSELVES, AND IF IT FEELS UNSAFE FOR OUR STAFF
AND THE PERSON WE'RE ENGAGING WITH, IF THEY ARE UNCOMFORTABLE, THEN THAT PERSON NEEDS TO SEPARATE. THE FOCUS IS NOT ON OUR STAFF, IT'S ON HELPING THOSE INDIVIDUALSROGRESS ALONG THEIR
JOURNEY TOWARDS STABLE HOUSING. SO IF MY PRESENCE IS CAUSI A CONFLICT FOR THAT PERSON, I WILL TAG OUT AND ALLOW OTHERS TO CONTINUE. >> THANK YOU, I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. I WILL JUST
CLOSE WITH THE FACT THAT I JUST REALLY CONCUR WITH COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON THAT WE ARE REALLY IN A TOUGH BAD PLACE WHEN IT COMES TO HOMELESSNESS IN OUR CITY, EVEN AS THERE HAV BEEN
PLACES OF PROGRESS, IT'S A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY. YOU CAN SEE THAT REALLY CLEARLY WHEN YOU GO TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR CITY WHERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE JUST DOING THEIR BEST TO JUST MAKE IT ALIVE THROUGHHIS WINTER AND SEVERAL UNHOUSED RESIDENTS THIS YEAR HAVE DIED
DUE TO THE BITTER COLD IN OUR REGION AND THAT IS A REALITY THAT WE FACE EVERY YEAR. THAT IS WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR US, I WOULD SAY. AS WE GET THROUGH THIS WINTER AND GO INTO THE WARMER MONTHS TO BETTER PLAN FOR
THE COLDER MONTHS, WITH THE I.C.E. AGENTS ON OUR STREETS, I HEARD OF SO MANY INDIGENOUS NEIGHBORS, ANYONE THAT LOOKS BROWN AND BLACK THAT ARE OUTSIDE BEING INDISCRIMINATELY TARGETED
AND THERE IS AN EXTRA LEVEL OF THIS SET OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS BEING EVEN MORE VULNERABLE BECAUSE THEY WERE ALREADY VULNERABLE TO BEGIN WITH. THE ONLY FEW THINGSHAT HAVE KIND OF STOOD BETWEEN THOSE
DISCRIMINATE ATTACKS AND KIDNAPPING OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAS BEEN RESIDENTS DOING, OBSERVING, RAPID RESPONSE, AND FOR THE SERVICE PROVIDERS LIKE MIWRC, OTHER SHELTERS, THEY HAD
TO REALLY QUICKLY TRY TO ATTAIN FUNDING, REALLY FROM FUNDRAISING FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND SEEING IF THERE IS ANY POSSIBILITY FROM PHILANTHROPY TO EXPAND THEIR OPERATION SO THEY CAN BRING PEOPLE INSIDE, SO THEY CAN SEEK SAFETY AS THE TARGETING IS GOING
ON. I JUST REALLY WANT US AS AN ORIG ORIGINALATION, AS WE HAVE ALL OF FEBRUARY BEFORE US, NO COMMITMENTS ON A NUMBER OF AGENTS BEING WITHDRAWN OR AN END TO A METRO SURGE THAT WE HAVE A REALLY STRONG PLAN TO PROTECT OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS AND GIVE
THEM ADDITIONAL WAYS TO KNOW WHERE TO GO AND CHECK IN WITH THE SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT ARE BUILDING UP ADDITIONAL SERVICES TO GET THROUGH THIS PERIOD OF TIME. IT IS HAVING A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ECONOMICALLY ON THEM BUT ALSO I KNOW MENTALLY, IT'S
HAVING A HUGE IMPACT ON ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT DO THE WORK RIGHT NOW OF CARING FOR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS. WITH THAT, I WILL GO TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEMBER IN QUEUE AND THAT IS COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU
DIRECTOR VALAZQUEZ. I HAD A QUESTION REGARDING CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO WHAT IS THE PERCEPTION OF SHRINKING ENCAMPMES IN MINNEAPOLIS. I WANTED TO KNOW IF WE ALL OR AT THE CITY LEVEL CONNECT WITH ST. PAUL'S
EQUIVALENT ENCAMPMENT RESPONSE. THE REASON I MENTIONED THAT IS WHILE WE MAY HAVE SEEN A DECREASE IN ENCAMPMENT CLOSURES OR A NUMBER OF THEM IN THE LAST QUARTER, ST. PAUL EXPERIENCED A SLIGHT UPTICK. THERE HAS BEEN LOTS OF INFORMATION ON THE
GROUND AROUND OUR CONTINUOUS EVICTION POLICY AROUND ENCAMPME UNSHELTERED NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE RIVE IN ST. PAUL, THEY ARE EXPERIENCING THE BYPRODUCTS OF THAT AND ALSO HAVING TO CONTEND WITH HOW THEY ALSO RESPOND TO
THAT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF WE DID ANY PARTICULAR TRACKING. I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THE COUNTY DOESN'T TRACK LOCATION-WISE, BUT ARE WE IN CONVERSATION AROUND MIGRATION PATTERNS AS WELL? >> CERTAINLY, THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. WE ARE IN
DIRECT CONTACT WITH MY COUNTERPART AT THE CITY OF ST. PAUL, AS WELL AS OUR HOMELESS RESPONSE TEAM IS CONNECTED TO ST. PAUL'S HOMELESS ACTION RESPONSE TEAM. ANY TIME THAT WE HAVE A CLOSURE THAT IS OCCURRING EITHER ON THE BORDER OR ALONG
TRANSIT IN EITHER CITY, WE ARE SURE TO NOTIFY EACH OTHER IN CASE THAT ANY OF THOSE UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS DO MIGRATE OVER ACROSS THE BORDER, IF YOU WILL. AS WE DO ENGAGEMENT IN BOTH CITIES, WE DO IDENTIFY
WHERE PEOPLE CAME FROM, IF THEY DOT APPEAR FAMILIAR, BECAUSE OUR TEAMS ARE IN THE FIELD EVERY SING DAY. SO THEY RECOGNIZE PEOPLE WHO ARE PART OF THAT TRANSIENT ENVIRONMENT WITH THEIR UNSHELTERED RESIDENTS. SO IF
THEY SEE PEOPLE THAT ARE LESS FAMILIAR ASK QUESTIONS OF WHICH SITE DID YOU COME FROM? WERE YOU AT AN ENCAMPMENT? SO IF WE SEE THAT HAPPENING IN EITHER CASE, WE DO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER TO FIND OUT OKAY, WHAT HAPPENED? WHY IS THISERSON
OVER HERE VERSUS IN MINNEAPOLIS OR WHY ARE THEY IN MINNEAPOLIS INSTEAD OF IN ST. PAUL? WHAT IS THE TRIGGER? WHAT IS THE MECHANISM, JUST SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT ONLY TRACKING, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE WE'RE PROVIDING THE RIGHT LEVEL OF SERVICES, BECAUSE OUR HOMELESS
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS ARE NOT NECESSARILY CONNECTED. WE'RE IN TWO DIFFERENT CONTINUUMS OF CARE. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHICHEVER CITY THEY ARRIVE IN, THAT THEY ARE GETTING CONNECTED TO THE SERVICES, IF THEY ARE NOT ALREADY CONNECTED, THAT THEY ARE CONNECTED WITH THEIR CASE
MANAGEMENT, AND THAT WE ARE SHARING THAT INFORMATION BACK AND FORTH. >> IS THERE A WAY TO HAVE THAT? I'M NOT SEEING IT IN THE MEMO, TO HAVE THOSE FIGURES BE INCLUDED IN THE NEXT REPORTING, JUST SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE
NUMERICALLY. >> CERTAINLY, IT'S VERY RARE, BUT WE WILL INCLUDE THAT. >> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER. NEXT WE WILL GO TO COUNCIL MEMB
>> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. I GOT A FEW QUESTIONS AND I SEE THAT THERE IS ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER IN QUEUE, SO I WILL GET BACK IN QUEUE, SO YOU WILL HEAR FROM ME A COUPLE TIMES DIRECTOR. IT'S A
PLEASURE WHEN YOU COME TO SPEAK TO US AND UPDATE US ON THE WORK THAT REGULATORY SERVICES IS DOING EVERY SINGLE DAY TO SUPPORT RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS I WANT TO TRY TO BE A LITTLE BIT LONL CA
CAL -- LOGICAL ABOUT THEM. SOMETHING THAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION IN YOUR PRESENTATION WAS, I THINK IT WAS SLIDE 8. YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT HOUSING OUTCOMES AND THAT THERE WERE --
OF THE 247 ENGAGEMENTS THAT LED TO 66 HOUSING REFERRALS, 10 SHELTER RESERVATIONS, 2 INTAKE ASSESSMENTS, IT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION THAT YOU MAY HAVE MENTIONED THAT THE HELESSNESS RESPONSE TEAM DID NOT ENGAGE WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE UNABLE
TO SUCCESSFULLY HAVE A SHELTER RESERVATION MADE, BUT AS I AM LOOKING THRGH THE MEMO THAT YOU SHARED WITH US, I DO SEE IN THE HOUNG AND SHELTER OUTCOME SECTION, THAT THERE WERE SIX INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE UNABLE --
I THINK IT'S LISTED AS ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUALS UNABLE TO SECURE RESERVATIONS. SO I AM TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, DOES THAT MEAN -- IS THAT DATA SET LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, WHEN OUR HOMELESS RESPONSE TEAM IS OUT AND THEY ARE TALKING TO SOMEONE THAT IS
READY TO GO INTO SHELTER AND THEY CALL ADULT SHELTER CONNECT, TRYING TO GETHEM A RESERVATION MADE AND THERE ARE NO BEDS AVAILABLE. AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT RRECTLY? >> YES, THAT'S CORRECT. >> OKAY, AWESOME. OKAY, I THINK THAT IT CATCHES -- IT'S VERY
STARK, RIGHT? OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE WE'RE TALKING TO, ABOUT AS MANY PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY GET INTO SHELTER AS WERE UNABLE TO G A RESERVATION BECAUSE OF SHELTER CAPACITY IN OUR ENRE REGION.
YOU KNOW, THAT IS AN IMPACT THAT FIRST AND FOREMOST AFFECTS THOSE SIX INDIVIDUALS THAT WE SPOKE TO WHO WANTED TO GET INTO SHELTER AND WERE UNABLE TO. THEN IT HAS THIS COMPOUNDING OR RIPPLE
EFFECT IMPACT ON THE BROADER COMMUNITY WHEN OUR NEIGHBORS ARE -- YOU KNOW, TRYING TO DO EVERYINGLE THING RIGHT AND JUST ARE NOT ABLE TO GET THE LEVEL OF CARE THAT THEY NEED AND
ARE SO DESERVING AND WORTHYOF. MY NEXT QUESTION ISROUND THE MOBILE MEDICAL UNIT. SO, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS AROUND THAT. CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND
THIS -- OF THE 1,100 OR ALMOST 1,200 TOTAL ENCOUNTERS AT EVENTS THROUGH THE MOBILE MEDICAL UNIT, I SEE REFRALS MADE AS A SUBSET OF THAT DATA. CAN YOU JUST HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS,
WHAT ARE THESE REFERRALS AND WHERE ARE THEY BEING MADE TO. >> SO THE MOBILE MEDICAL UNIT, WE'VE BEEN DOING SOME CROSS TRAINING WITH THE HOMELESS RESPONSE TEAM IN THE MOBILE MEDICAL UNITS. SO THEY'RE PROVIDING SOME HOUSING REFERRALS
AND UTILIZING THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY. SO WE HAD THE HOMELESS RESPONSE TM ENGAGE AND DO CO-VISITS WITH MMU STAFF AND WHEN HRT IS NOT ABLE TO BE THER THEY ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION, HELP THEM CONNECT, THEY HAVE THE SAME CTACT
INFORMATION, PHONE NUMBERS, SO WE'RE TRYING TO AMPLIFY THAT CONNECTION OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. >> AWESOME, THANK YOU. IT'S SUCH A BIG DEAL THAT THE CROSS TRAINING IS REALLY AWESOME TO
HEAR. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE CATCH THE RIGHT PERSON AT THE RIGHT TIME, WE CAN TAKE CARE OF SEVERAL OF THEIR NEEDS ALL AT ONCE, THAT'S THE IDEAL THAT WE SHOULD ASPIRE TO. THANK YOU FOR
HIGHLIGHTING THAT. MY LAST QUESTION BEFORE I COME BACK TO YOU IN A LITTLE BIT IS THINKING ABOUT THE BITTER WINTER, THE
COLD WEATHER WE HAD THIS YEAR SO FAR, IN OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY, IS THERE A FIGUREUT THERE OR ONE WE CAN
COULD ACCESS TO HELP US UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF COLD WEATHER ON THE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. IN PARTICULAR, I AM TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW SEVERE IS THE UPTICK IN AMPUTATIONS AS A
RESULT OF PEOPLE BEING OUTSIDE IN SUB-ZERO TEMPERATURES THAT IS UNSAFE TO EVERYBODY. >> THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION AND ONE I HAVE BEEN PONDERING MYSELF RECENTLY BECAUSE IT IS
BITTER COLD. I HAVE A MORBID CURIOSITY TO FIND OUT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE FREEZING TO DEATH OR DYING OF CARBON MONOXIDE ASPHYXIATION FROM WHATEVER HEATING ELEMENT THEY ARE UTILIZING IN THEIR TENTS OR AMPUTATIONS OR UPTICKS IN
FROSTBIT I DON'T HAVE THAT DATA BUT I ASPIRE TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY AND HENNEPIN HEALTH TO GET THAT GRANULAR LEVEL OF DEIL SO WE
SHOULD SHIFT OUR OPERION. >> I AREUATE -- APPRECIATE THAT. FROM THE FIRST TIME YOU REPORTED TO TODAY, I HAVE SEEN SO MUCH GROWTH. AT THE FIRST ONE, WE
WERE WORKING OUT DATA SHARI WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY AND NOW A NUMBER OF THESE DATA SETS ARE AVAIL AVAILABLE. I APPRECIATE YOU ARE
ALWAYS CURIOUS AND CONTINUING TO CHASE DOWN AND FIGURE OUT NEW WAYS FOR US TO BETTER COLLECT DATA, TO UNDERSTAND IT, AND THEN TO ULTIMATELY SO WE CAN ACT ON IT AND ERADICATE HOMELESSNESS IN OUR CITY AND STATE. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU VICE CHAIR. NEXT WE WILL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. >> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND DIRECTOR FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I HAVE A
COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO THE HOMELESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND THE RESERVATIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS IN SHELTER. YOU STATED THAT THERE IS AN INCREASE IN STABILIZED
HOUSING IN INDIVIDUALS BEING ABLE TO SUSTAIN HOUSING. IS THAT IN INDEPENDENT LIVING OR GROUP LIVING CONDITIONS OR CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY TREATMENT, AND WHAT DOES THE RECIDIVISM RATE LOOK LIKE FOR INDIVIDUALS RETURNING TO THE STREET SHOULD THEY NOT BE
ABLE TO MAINTAIN THEIR HOUSING. >> THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. HOUSING IS PRIMARILY FOCUSED NOT ON GROUP SETTINGS OR RECOVERY OR TREATMENT. THAT IS
STILL ANOTHER DATA SET THAT WE'RE KNOCKING ON THE DOOR ON TRYING TO GET INTO. IT'S PURELY SUPPORTIVEOUSING AND THE RECIDIVISM RATE, I BELIEVE IT'S
86% REMAIN STABLY HOUSED. I BELIEVE THAT'S THE FIGURE I HAVE SEEN FROM HENNEPIN COUNTY, BUT I WILL HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT. >> THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. THE REASON I ASKED THAT QUESTION IS BECAUSE FROM MY EXPERIENCE IN THE TIME I SPENT WORKING IN HOUSING OR
HOUSING UNSHELTERED RESIDENTS IS THAT WHEN THEY GO INTO SHELTER OR SHELTER ENVIRONMENTS, IF THEY ARE MOVED FROM SHELTER INTO STABLE HOUSING, IF THEY DO NEED TO SEEK OTHER TREATMENTS OR OTHER SERVICES OF THAT NATURE,
THEN THAT COUNTS AS STABILIZED HOUSING. WHEN THEY LEAVE, THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO GO BACK INTO THE STABLE HOUSING ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY WERE BEFORE WHICH PUSHES THEM OUT TO THE STREETS AND REINTRODUCES WHATEVER CONDITION IT WAS THEY WERE EXPERIENCING WHEN THEY WERE HOMELESS TO BEGIN
WITH. I'M TRYING TO SEE WHERE AT CONNECTION CAN BE MADE WITH INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING SERVICES AND HOUSING A THEN CREATING THAT, YOU KNOW, SEAMLESS TRANSITION FOR THEM TO STABILIZE THEMSELVES AND MAINTAIN THAT SUPPORT IN THAT HOUSING SETTING
SO THEY DON'T GO BACK INTO THE STREETS. >> YES, THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT INFORMATION I HAVE AVAILABLE NOW, ALTHOUGH I THINK IT WOULD PROBABLY BE WORTHWHILE TO PULL IN HENNEPIN COUNTY, TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT COMPLETE PICTURE
AND PROVIDE THAT ASSESSMENT OF HOW THEY HELP RESIDENTS PRO S PROGRESS. THE OVERALL GOAL IS TO MAKE UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS RARE, BRIEF, AND UNREOCCURRING
AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE WITH THESE HOUSI SETTINGS AND BEING ABLE TO ARTICULATE THAT MORE CLEARLY THAN I COULD. >> IF THEY ARE IN HOUSING AND THERE IS A CRISIS, AND THEY ARE REMOVED FROM THEIROUSING MORE THAN 30 DAYS, THEY NO LONGER
HAVE THAT HOUSING. THEY CAN'T DUAL SERVICE WITH BEING IN MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT, WHATEVER THEIR CRISIS BECOMES. THEY CAN'T HAVE SOMEONE HELP SUPPORT THEM, PAYING THEIR RENT STABILITY, AND THEN RECEIVING
SERVICES IN OTHER PLACE, SO THEY LOSE THEIR PLACE OF STABILITY AND THEN THEY GO BACK TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PICKING LIST OF WHEN THEY GET HOUSED AT THAT TIME, AND THEN YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S A MEASURE OF LONG-TERM HOMELENESS, RIGHT? SO WITH THE
MEASUREMENT OF LTH BEING DISRUPTED BECAUSE OF SERVICES, THEN THEY ARE BACK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST, MAKING THEM AT RISK TO BEING OUT ON THE STREETS FINDING OTHER MEANS OF HOUSING, WHICH IS THEN NOT MEASURED IF
THEY GO AND CRASH ON THEIR BROTHER'S COUCH OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, RIGHT? >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> SO, I AM TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN MERGE THAT CONNECTION TO MAKE IT SEAMLESS, THAT IF I AM GETTING HELP, I CAN GO BACK TO THE PLACE OF STABILITY FOR ME
SO THAT THE RECIDIVISM ENDS AND I AM NOT BACK OUT INTO THE STREETS LEFT TO BE, YOU KNOW, PUT INTO THE SAME PREDICAMENT THAT CAUSED ME TO BE UNSHELL TERRORED TO BEGIN WITH. >> RIGHT. >> OKAY, I'LL WAIT FOR THAT REPORT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. WE WILL GO BACK TO VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI AND THEN IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, I WANT TO CLOSE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON AND THEN WE CAN RECESS FOR LUNCH.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. DIRECTOR VALAZQUEZ, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT OFHE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND OPERATION METRO SURGE ON THIS BODY OF WORK. YOU HIGHLIGHTED SEVERAL EXAMPLES AND I THINK IT
CONTINUES TO STRIKE ME THAT Y KNOW, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WHO DISPROPORTIONATELY MAKE UP OUR HOMELESS POPULATION IN THIS CITY, IN THE STATE, AND CERTAINLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS WELL ARE BEING TARGETED BY
FEDERAL AGENTS ON LAND THAT IS INDIGENOUS TO THEIR PEOPLE AND YOU KNOW, BEING RASSED, ABUSED, ABDUCTED, ALL OF THOSE ARE EXAMPLES I KNOW THAT HAVE COME TO US THROUGH COMMUNITY.
SO, I THINK THERE ARE TWO ASPECTS THAT I WANT TO TOUCH ON, FIT STARTING WITH THE DIRECTLY IMPACTED PEOPLE, FOLKS WHO ARE EXPERIENNG UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS. ARE YOU -- CAN Y GIVE US ANY INSIGHT INT
CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, ABOUT HOW WE ARE UNIQUELY WORKING TO PAIR OUR IMMIGRATION LEGAL ASSISTANCE WORK AND THOSE EXPERIENCING
HOLESSNESS AS WELL. THOSE ARE TWO BODIES OF WORK THAT EXIST IN SEPARATE PLACES IN THE ENTERPRISE AND THE COUNTY AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS AS WELL. SO I'M THINKING ABOUT IN PARTICUR FOLKS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS, WHO LIV THROUGH ENCAMPMENT CLOSURES OR EVICTIONS, WILL OFTEN HIGHLIGHT LOSING CRITICAL PAPERWORK LIKE PASS PORTS, BIRTH CERTIFICATES, THINGS THAT PROVE THEIR IDENTITY
AND LEGAL STATUS IN THIS COUNTRY. I'M THINKING ABOUT HOW FOLKS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ARE EXISTING IN THIS UNIQUE INTERSECTION WITHOUT A PLACE TO GO, THE COLD WEATHER, OVERBURDENED SHELTERS, AND NOT
HAVING CRITICAL DOCUMENTATION TO PROVE THEIR IDENTITY. THAT'S A SCARY RECIPE. ARE THERE CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING ABOUT HOW WE ARE DIRECTING RESOURCES OR EXPEDITING HOW QUICKLY WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS THEIR DOCUMENTATION
ACCOUNTED FOR. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? >> YES, THANK YOU. COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT CHUGTAI -- OH, SORRY, VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI. SO OUR
HOMELESSESPONSE TEAM, THEY ARE ALSO IN THAT PROVIDER SPACE, THEY ARE ABLE TO APPLY AND WORK WITH THAT INDIVIDUAL THAT LOST THEIR DOCUMENTATION. THEY ARE ABLE TO APPLY FOR DOCUMENTATION
ON THEIR BEHALF. AS SOON AS WE DISCOVERED SOMEONE HAS LOST THEIR DOCUMENTATION, WE CAN WORK WITH THEM A APPLY. IN OTHER INSTANCES WHERE WE HEARD OF A RASH OF INDIVIDUALS WHO LOST THEIR DOCUMENTATION, WE CTAC
CONTACTED D.P.S. TO INQUIRE ABOUT THEIR MOBILE UNIT, SO THEY CAN BRING THAT OUT AND JUST WORK THROUGH THE PROCE OF DOING THE INTAKE AND DISTRIBUTE DOCUMENTATION, DISTRIBUTE IDENTIFICATION RIGHT THERE ON THE SPOT. >> THAT'S AWESOME. AS COUNCIL
MEMBERS, IF WE'RE HEARING OF CONSTITUENTS OR IF IT'S COMING TO US THROUGH THE NETWORK OF COMMUNITY SERVICE PROVIDERS, IS THE APPROPRIATE ACTION FOR US TO FLAG THAT FOR YOU RIGHT AWAY SO THAT YOU CAN ACTIVATE THAT ECOSYSTEM YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT?
>> YES, ABSOLUTELY. THE HOMELESS RESPONSE TEAM, THEY'RE CONNECTED WITH ALL THE OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS AS WELL. EVERYBODY KEEPS KIND OF THEIR EAR TO THE GROUND ON WHAT'S HAPPENING ALL AROUND THE CITY, NOT JUST WITH OUR HOMELESS POPULATION, BUT THEN ALSO KEEPING TRACK OF
WH'S HAPPENING WITH OPERATION METRO SURGE, SO THAT WE KNOW HOW TO PIVOT AND MAKE SOME COURSE ADJUSTMENTS WHEREVER APPROPRIATE. >> AWESOME. THE SECOND ASPECT OF THE IMPACT OF OPERATION METRO
SURGE AND THE FEDERAL OCCUPION WE'RE LIVING THROUGH RIGHT NOW IS THE IMPACT OF THE HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE TEAM AND THE STAFF THAT ARE OUT EVERYDAY WORKING DIRECTLY WITH VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. NOW I HAVE DONE A RIDE ALONG AND I SPENT A DAY WITH A HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE
TEAM MYSELF, AND I KNOW TT THESE ARE ALSO PEOPLE WHO ARE TARGETS OF OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RIGHT NOW. SO, CAN YOU JUST HELP US GET SOME INSIGHT TO HOW YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT SAFETY FOR YOUR TEAM AND
FOR CITY STAFF IN THIS MOMENT SO THAT WE CAN -- WHILE WE'RE WORKING WITH VULNERABLE POPULATIONS THAT ARE ALSO TARGETED, WE'RE PROTECTING THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PROVIDING THAT PERSON TO PERSON FRONT LINE RESPONSE. >> ABSOLUTELY. SO, I THINK THE
BEST WEAPON THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE IS COMMUNICATION. JUST HAVING THAT ADVANCE AWARENESS OF WHERE FEDERAL AUTHORITIES ARE SHOWING UP SO THAT WE KNOW, WE CAN OVERLAY THAT WITH WHERE OUR UNSHELTERED POPULATION IS AND
WHERE WE NEED TO BE IN ORDER TO SUPPORT STAFF. SO IN THE INSTANCE WHERE IT WAS THE DAY THAT WAS IN THE AFTERMATH OF RENEE GOOD BEING KILLED, THERE WAS A LOT OF BUILD UP IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS, SO WE FOCUSED OUR
EFFORTS IN THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST, AND TRYING TO SHIFT OUR APPROACH SO WE'RE STILL OUT THERE, STILL PROVIDING SERVICES, ALSO KEEPING OUR DIVERSE STAFF SAFE AND ENSURING OUR UNSHELTERED RESIDENTS, THEY NEED THE SUPPORT TOO. IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT US.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH VICE CHAIR. NEXT WE WILL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. >> YES, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND DIRECTOR. I'LL BE BRIEF, I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN UP HERE FOR A WHILE NOW. YEAH, I WANTED TO SAY
THAT GOOD DATA ON THIS ISSUE IS VERY MUCH LACKING AS YOU KNOW A POINTING OUT, I AM GLAD THAT COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN WAS RAISING WHAT COUNTS AS HOMELESS BECAUSE THAT IS A HUGE ISSUE, PARTICULARLY ON THE NORTH SIDE.
IF YOU ARE STAYING WITH YOUR COUSIN AND THEN YOUR FRIEND AND THEN YOUR BROTHER, YOU ARE STABLY HOUSED ACCORDING TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WHEN REALLY YOU'RE ONE MONTH AWAY FROM SLEEPING OUTSIDE. DIRECTOR, I'M EXCITED TO HEAR THAT YOU HAVE SEEN A FIGURE, 86% OF PEOPLE ARE
STAYING HOUSED. WHEN I SPOKE TO HENNEPIN COUNTY LAST YEAR, THEY SAID THEY WEREN'T TRACKING THAT. I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THEY'RE TRACKING THAT. WHEN WE MEET, AS I AM SURE WE WILL SOON, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT WHERE
THAT COMES FROM. YEAH, SO DIRECTOR, COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING CLEAR DATA AND THE HOMELESS NAGEMENT INFORMING SYSTEM,
SORRY THAT'S THE HMIS IS THE ACRONYM AND HENNEPIN COUNTY. THEY DON'T TRACK THE DATA WELL, THEY'RE DOING THEIR BEST, GOD LOVE THEM OUT THERE, BUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS DONE EVERYTHING TO NOT COLLECT THE
RIGHT DATA. SO I'M EXCITED TO WORKING WITH THE TWO OF YOU ON GETTG BETTER DATA. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE ELSE IN QUEUE, WHICH MEANS I WILL DIRECT THE CLERK TO
FILE THAT REPORT AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE PRESENTATION AND JUST THE ROBUST DISCUSSION WITH US IN THIS MOMENT. WITHOUT OBJECTION, I WILL RECESS US FOR LUNCH AND WHY DON'T WE JUST COME BACK AT 1:00 P.M.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. [RECESS FOR LUNCH] >> ALL RIGHT, WE ARE BACK AT THE SUPER COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE
ROLL TO VERIFY THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. >> PAYNE. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE IS ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. >> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. >> PRESENT. >>OUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER P >> PRESENT. >> VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI IS ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >>PRESENT. >> THERE ARE 12 MEMBERS PRESENT.
LET THE. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE ARE HAVE A QUORUM. IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, I WANTED TO ASK IF
YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE INCLUDED. >> YES, THANK YOU. >> OUR NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 68, A PROPOSED LEASE AGREEMENT FOR A ONE YEAR TERM FOR A TRAINING SITE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. HERE TO LEAD THE STAFF PSENTATION IS DIRECTOR
OF PROPERTY SERVICES BARBARA O'BRIEN. WELCOME DIRECTOR. >> THANK YOU, JUST A QUICK ADJUSTMENT. THANK YOU. GOOD
AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS BARBARA O'BRIEN. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING AS THE DIRECTORF PROPERTY SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. BEFORE I BEGIN, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THAT MATT, REAL ESTATE MANAGER FROM
PROPERTY SERVICES DIVISION OVERSEEING LEASING FOR THE CITY IS WITH ME. ALSO HERE WITH ME TODAY ARE THOSE FROM THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT TO SEEK AUTHORIZATION OF A LEASE
AGREEMENT WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA IN THE AMOUNT OF $1 PER THE USE OF A PORTION OF THE UNIVERSITY 33.2 ACRE RESEARCH CENTER IN ROSEMONT, MINNESOTA.
THE SPACE IS USED FOR TEMPORARY STORAGE AND DETONATION OF POTENTIALLY EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS AND ALSO TRAINING ACTIVITIES FOR MPD AND OTHER LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AROUND THE
HANDLING OF SUC MATERIALS, BOTH OF WHICH REQUIRE AMPLE DEDICATED SPACE THAT IS VOID OF POPULATED AREAS. SO, A WIDE OPEN SPACE.
THIS LEASE IS A MODERNIZATION, FORMULIZATION OF A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA AND THE CITY THAT HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 1986. SO, THIS YR MARKS FOUR DECADES OF
THIS COLLABORATION. SINCE THE ORIGINAL LEASE, THE CITY OF ST. AGREEMENT WITH THE UNIVERSITY FOR SHARED USE OF THIS SPACE WITH MINNEAPOLIS. IN 2025, THE UNIVERSITY DELIVERED A
TERMINATION NOTICE OF THE AGE LEASE TO BOTH CITIES FOR USE OF THIS FACILITY. THE UNIVERSITY WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE LEASING SPACE TO MINNEAPOLIS AND SAINT PAUL POLICE DEPARTMENTS FOR THIS PURPOSE BUT WANTED TO DO SO
UNDER A NEW LEASE AGREEMENT, WHICH IS WHAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY. THE NEW LEASE WOULD RUN FOR ONE YEAR WITH AN UNLIMITED NUMBER OF AUTOMATIC ONE YEAR RENEWALS. IN EXCHANGE FOR USE OF
THE ROSEMONT FACILITY, BOTH CITIES POLICE DEPARTMENTS AGREED TO PROVIDE TIMELY REMOVAL OF POTENTIAL EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS FROM UNIRSITY PROPERTY SHOULD THE NEED ARISE. I AM HAPPY TO AND FOR ANY QUESTIONS RELATED
TO THIS LEASE OR SHARE THE PODIUM WITH MY COLLEAGUES TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH DIRECTOR. I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. I WAS
WOSHTDING IF WE HAVE COST ESTIMATES FOR THAT REMOVAL BUDGETED OR UNDERSTANDING OF IT. >> SO, I THINK THAT IS A QUESTION THAT WOULD BEST BE ANSWERED BY THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, SO I WOULD DEFER THAT
QUESTION TO MPD STAFF SERGEANT. >> WELCOME. >> WELCOME COUNCIL PRESIDENT, MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU. THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH GETTING RID OF SOMETHING THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA WANTS TO GET RID OF,
SO THERE WOULD BE A SLIGHT CHARGE, I MEAN IT WOULD BE THE COST OF USING COUNTER EXPLOSIVES TO DO THAT WORK. WE ALSO ARE REIMBURSED FROM A NORESPONSIBLE PARTY FUND IF WE RESPOND TO A CALL OUTSIDE OF OUR JURISDICTION AND THEN WE WOULD GET REIMBURSED $400 AN HOUR TO
DO THAT WORK. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? OKAY, SEEING NONE, THANK YOU FOR THAT FIRST
PRESENTATION. IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> GREAT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AY AYE.
[AYES EXPRESSED] >> THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. ANY ABSTENTIONS? THAT MOTION IS APPROVED. I WILL RECOGNIZE VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI HAS JOININED US. WOULD YOU LIKE TO RECORDED A
AFFIRMATIVE ON THIS ITEM? >> YES, AIR. >> ALL RIGHT DIRECTOR O'BRIEN, I WOULD LIKE YOU UP AT THIS TIME TO PRESENT ON THE BID FOR THE MPD TRAINING PROJECT. >> THANK YOU, GOOD AFTERNOON
MADAM CHAIR ONCE AGAIN, AS NOTED MY NAME IS BARBARA O'BRIEN. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF PROPERTY SERVICES IFFER THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. THE R.C.A. IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY IS TO AUTHORIZE A CONTRACT WITH ROW SHAWN CORPORATION, WHO HAS SUBMITTED
THE LOW RESPONSIVE BID FOR MINOR DEMOLITION AND CONSTRUCTION IN FLEXIBLE SPACES WITN A CITY-OWNED FACILITY AT 19 NORTH FOREST STREET, FORMALLY KNOWN AS
THE FIRST PRECINCT. IN LATE FALL, 2025, THE FIRST PRECINCT OPERATIONS AND STAFF RELOCATED TO A NEWLY RENOVATED SPACE WITHIN THE CENTURY PLAZA FACILITY. CITY-OWNED AND
UNPROGRAMED SINCE THE PRECIT RELOCATION 19 NORTH FOREST STREET HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY PROPERTY SERVICES AGAINST THE MANY AND VARIED SPACE DEMANDS THAT OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS HAVE. DURING OUR ANALYSIS, WE CONSIDERED TYPES OF SPACE,
NEEDS, CENTRALIZED LOCATION, PARKING AND ACCESS NEEDS, FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS, AS WELL AS SCALABILITY, DEPARTMENTAL PRIORITY, CODES, ZONES, SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITY REPORT, AS
WELL AS CONDITION ASSESSMENTS, AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS. A TEMPORARY AUXILIARY SPACE FOR MPD TRAINING AND WELLNESS WAS IDENTIFIED FOR THIS UNPROGRAMED SPACE. THIS LOCATION WILL SERVE
AS A RELIEF VALVE FOR THE EXTREMELY TASKED TRAINING SPACE WITHIN THE S.O.C., ALSO KNOWN AS THE HAMION SCHOOL. A FACILITY THAT WAS DESIGNED AND BUILT AS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND HAS
BEEN STRETCHED TO SERVE THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT'S TRAINING NEEDS. THIS CONTRACT WILL RESULT IN OPEN SPACES ON SEPARATE FLOORS THAT WILL ALLOW TRAINING AND WELLNESS ACTIVITIES TO BE PROGRAMED SIMULTANEOUSLY
TO CONTINUED SPACE USE AT THE S.O.C. AS SOME OF YOU MAY RECALL, 19 NORTH FOURTH STREET WAS ONCE A MINNEAPOLIS FIRE STATION WITH EQUIPMENT STORAGE
AND GARAGE SPACE ON THE GROUND FLOOR AND PERSONNEL SPACE ON THE UPPER FLOOR. THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE LENDS ITSELF IDEALLY TO BE CONVERTED BACK TO AN OPEN CONCEPT FLOOR THAT WILL ALLOW
MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY FOR TRAINING NEEDS. DEMOLITION AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BE MINIMAL FOR THIS TEMPORARY USE OF SPACE AND WILL NOT IMPEDE FUTURE USE
CONSIDERATIONS FOR THIS FACILITY. HERE WE ME TODAY ARE COLLEAGUES FROM THE CITY'S OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY, AS WELL AS MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO CAN ADDRESS OPERATIONAL DETAILS RELATED TO A TEMPORARY XILIARY SPACE. I AM HAPPY TO
STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE CONTRACT AND SHARE THE PODIUM WITH MY COLLEAGUES WHO MAY ADDRESS SPECIFIC OPERATIONAL QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH DIRECTOR. WE HAVE A FEW COUNCIL MEMBERS IN
QUEUE. I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU CHAIR CHOWDHURY. JUST SOME INITIAL COMMENTS FIRST. I REQUESTED THE PRESENTATION ON ITEM 68 AND 69, WHICH WERE ORIGINALLY A PART OF THE CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE AGENDA BECAUSE THESE ITEMS
RELATE TO THE CURRENT WELLNESS TRAINING PLANS FOR MPD AND I DEMONSTRATED WE CAN FILL THIS ONE DEPARTMENT'S NEED IN MORE EFFICIENT AND AFFORDABLE WAYS. AS WE TOUCHED ON DURING OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, DISCUSSION,
BUT ALSO THOROUGHLY DURING BUDGE DELIBERATIONS LAST CEMBER, WE BECOME VERY CLEAR ON THE FACT THAT THE FREY ADMIN PROPOSED A SOLUTION FOR THE NEED FOR FACILITIES AND WELLNESS IN
TRAINING IS THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF WHAT IS ALMOST A $40 MILLION TRAINING AND WELLNESS CENTER. FOR OUR NEWER COLLEAGUES, AGAIN, I HAD ROBUST CONVERSATIONS REGARDING THE LOGIC IN VALUE IN BUILDING A 8 MILLION TRAINING FACILITY AND WHETHER THERE WERE
OPPORTUNITIES TO UTILIZE SPACE IN TRAINING FROM OTHER AGENCIES IN THE STATE. AT THE TIME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS,MPD AND THE ADMINISTRATION CLAIMED THAT THIS MASSIVE EENDITURE WAS BOTH THE ONLY WAY TO FULFILL THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND W THE
MOST COST EFFICIENT WAY FOR TAXPAYERS TO ALSO FULFILL THESE TRAINING NEEDS AND WELLNESS NEEDS. THE PROPOSAL BEFORE US TODAY THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING, I BELIEVE REVEALS THAT THOSE CLAIMS ARE NOT TRUE. MPD
UTILIZING A SPACEY PARTNERS LIKE THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA AS WE CONSIDERED, DOES HAVE SOME LONGEVITY IN THIS RENEWAL PROCESS, AS WELL AS LEVERAGG CONTRACTS WITH OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IS A TYPE OF EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE USE OF RESOURCES THAT I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO
SUPPORT. LIKE I STATED IN DECEMBER, I DO NOT BELIEVE WE EXHAUSTED ALL EFFORTS AND OPTIONS IN SOLVING MPD'S TRAINING NEEDS AND THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE ARE TAKING
THIS TIME TO EXAMINEAYS IN WHICH WE CAN WORK WITH OTHER AGENCIES TO LEVERAGE FULFIMENT OF THOSE NEEDS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO FURTHER CONVERSATIONS AROUND THEIR PLANS RELED TO PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES DURING OUR FURTHER DELIBERATNS IN THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES. WITH
THAT SAID, I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE JUSTIFICATION OR PART OF THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THIS WELLNESS CENTER, WELLNESS AND TRAINING CENTER HAS BEEN REALLY POINTED BYMPD LEADERSHIP, AS WELL AS OUR CITY ATTORNEYS TO THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AS A PRE-TEXT FOR THIS
PROPOSAL. THAT SAME SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT DOES NOT REQUIRE US TO BUILD A COP CITY. THE FREY ADMINISTRATION, I IMPLORE YOU TO WORK WITH THIS BODY AS WE MADE CHANGES WITH CAPITAL PLANNING APPROPRIATIONS RELATED TO THIS
SINNER AND MOVE THOSE TO CRITICAL NEEDED PRIORITIES LIKE THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO WORK WITH THIS BODY TO REALLY LOOK AT SOME OF THE MORE FISCALLY AND LOGICALLY SOUND ALTERNATIVES THAT WERE REFLECT IN THE ASSESSMENT REPORT THAT THE ADMINISTRATION ACTUALLY,
ESSENTIALLY CONTRACTED AND BROUGHT FORWARD FOR THIS BODY'S CONSIDERATION. SO, THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS WE COULD BE PURSUING THAT COULDLSO AGAIN LEVERAGE THE CITY'S EXISTING RESOURCES AND CURRENT PARTNERSHIPS. THIS IS A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FREY
ADMINISTRATION TO EMBRACE COST-EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES INSTEAD OF HAVING TO RALLY AND THE CREATION OF $40 MILLION LOCAL COP CITY, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE WEIGHING THE FACT THAT WE CAME OFF A FINANCIAL YEAR WHERE
MPD RAN OVER $20 MILLION. WE ALSO HAD OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT OVERSPENT. WE ARE FACG SOME FINANCIALLY CHALLENGING TIMES AHEAD OF US ALSO AS NOTED IN EARLIER'S CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE FEDERAL IMPACTS ON OUR FUNDING. SO WE NEED TO BE CRITICAL OF WHAT INFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECTS WE'RE REALLY INVESTING IN AND IF THERE ARE WAYS TO DO IT IN A COST EFFICIENT WAY. I THINK 68 AND 69 SHOWS US SOME OPTIONS ON HOW TO DO THAT AND WHY I AM PARTICULARLY SUPPORTIVE OF BOTH.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. NEXT WE WILL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. >> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND DIRECTOR. JUST A FEW QUICK QUESTIONS HERE. I TNK SPECIF SPECIFICALLY AROUND HOW THIS
REPURPOSE FITS THE VERSION OF SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND TRAINING, IS THIS REPURPOSE OF THE SPACE, IF YOU CAN SPEAK TO IT OR OTHERS AS WELL, WILL THIS REBUILD OUT THE SPACE MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT, MAKE THE TRAINING THAT WE ARE SEEING AT
THE S.O.C. ABLE TO EXPAND AND HAVE MORE EFFICIENT PROCESS THERE AS WELL? >> SO, THANKFULLY I HAVE COLLEAGUES WITH ME TODAY THAT CAN REALLY ADDRESS THE OPERATIONAL PIECE. I WOULD INVITE COMMANDER BROWN TO THE
PODIUM WITH ME. >> WELCOME COMMANDER BROWN. >> MADAM CHAIR, PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU. TO THE OPERATIONAL NEEDS THAT OUR
DERTMENT HAS, WE RUN INTO A PROBLEM WHEN IT COMES TO SPECIFICALLY TO THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT REQUIRESS TO REALLY GET OUT OF THE CLASSROOM AND DO HANDS-ON LARGE GROUP EXERCISES, SO YOUR SCENARIOS, YOUR
EXERCISES, YOUR TABLETOPS, AND STUFF THAT TAKES US OUT OF A CLASSROOM NO LONGER ARE TEACHING BUT FACILITATING IN THAT CLASSROOM STRUCTURE HAS GONE TO THE SCENARIOS AND DOING ON THE HANDS-ON AND DEMONSTRATING THE
SKILLS YOU ARE LEARNING, BOTH OF WHICH IS AN EXPECTATION AND THAT IS WHE WE RUN INTO A PROBLEM WHEN IT COMES TO THE SPACE. SO I ACTUALLY APPROACHED BARBARA, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN 2024 AND I SAID WE ARE RUNNING INTO A
PROBLEM. ALL THESE GREAT IDEAS, ALL THESE THING THAT ARE EXPECTATIONS OF OUR DEPARTMENT ARE REQUIRING US TO HAVE MOR LARGE GROUP SPACE. SO THE LARGE GROUP SPACE IS LIKE YOUR GYM AND YOUR AUDITORIUM, WHICH IS THE ONLY LARGE SPACE WE HAVE IN THE
S.O.C., SO HAMILTO SCHOOL. IT HAS FORCED US TO FIND UNIQUE WAYS, BUT BECAUSE HAMILTON JUST HAPPENS TO BE IN A COMMUNITY THAT IS SURROUNDED BY RESIDENTS, WE GOTTEN SOME PUSHBACK FROM MOVING OUTSIDE, WHICH I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND. I MEAN NOT EVERYONE WANTS TO SEE POLICE
TRAINING GOING ON OUTSIDE. YOU CAN PUT AS MANY SIGNSP YOU WANT THAT SAYS POLICE TRAINING, BUT PEOPL STILL HAVE THE EFFECT THAT IT'S REAL. WE MAKE THOSE CONSIDATIONS, SO WITH HAVING LIMITED SPACE, IT HAS PUT US IN A POSITION WHERE WE NEED TO
CONSIDER MOVING SOME PEOPLE TO A NIGHT TRAINING, WHERE WE OTHERWISE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO FACILITATE IT WITH MORE LARGE GROUP SPACE. THE UNIQUE THING WHEN THIS PROJECT WAS BROUGHT TO ME WAS SAYING, FOR THIS AUXILIARY TRAINING SPACE, COULD
YOU UTILIZE, WHAT ARE YOUR NEEDS? I SAID I NEED LARGE GROUP SPACE. WE MEASURED IT OUT AND SAID OKAY, WE CAN LAY MATS DOWN AND USE THAT F MAT SPACE. WE CAN PUT UP TEMPORARY WALLS, MODULAR WALLS TO CREATE A
SCENARIO SPACE SO THAT OUR CURRENT USE WITH THE ACADEMY, WHICH STARTED YESTERDAY, 35 RECRUITS ARE CURRENTLY HERE AT THE S.O.C., WE HAVE OVER 70 COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS. THEY
RELY ON THE CONTINUED GUIDANCE, SPACE, AND WE HAVE A CADET GROUP. THAS ROUGHLY 30 PEOPLE THAT COME IN AND THEY DO TWO OR THREE WEEKS BEFORE THEY GO TO HTC TO FINISH, AS WELL AS ALL THE OTHER DIFFENT THINGS LIKE IN-SERVICE TRAINING THAT PUTS US
IN A NEED WHERE WE NEED TO GET THEM IN A LARGE GROUP SPACE TOO. SO WE HAVE LOTS OF NEEDS. WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE FACILITY TO DO IT. NOW TRAINING IS YEAR-ROUND. WE DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY -- I MEAN HISTORICALLY BEFORE THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, WE WOULD HAVE A FALL AND A
SPRING IN-SERVICE. NOW, LITERALLY IF YOU LOOK AT THE CALENDAR ON MY WALL, WE HAVE ONE OR TWO TRAININGS AND IT'S MY JOB TO NAVIGATE ALL THAT TRAINING SO THERE IS A MINIMAL OVERLAP BECAUSE THAT'S THE PROBLEM SPACE WE HAVE. THE SPACE WE NEED IS NOT THE CLASSROOM, IS THE LARGE GROUP SPACE, WHICH THE
AUXILIARY LOCATION WOULD SUFFICE FOR THAT. >> THANK YOU COMMANDER. JUST GOING TO FOLLOW UP WITH A SECOND QUESTION. IT SOUNDS LIKE FROM YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND EXPLANATION THAT THIS FACILITY IS HELPING OUR SPECIFIC TRAINING REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE REQUIRED
THROUGHOUT THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND CONSENT DECREE, AND MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING I SEE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER JEFFRS HERE AND QUESTION FOR DIRECTOR O'BRIEN AS WELL. IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS SPECIFIC FACILITY DOES NOT
MEET THE REQUIREMENTS WITHIN THE AGREEMENT FOR OUR FACILITIES AGREEMENT ASSESSMENT THAT HAS COME THROUGH. AM I CORRECT IN THAT UNDERSTANDING? >> GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMR WHITING, I'M JARED JEFFRIES FOR
THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING, YOUR QUESTION OF DOES THEDDITIONAL ANCILLARY FACILITY COVER THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT REQUIREMENTS? THE SETTMENT REQUIREMENTS, SEVERAL
OF OUR FACILITIES INCLUDING OUR TRAINING FACILITY AT THE S.O.C. WAS DEFICIENT. IN REACTION TO THAT AS REQUIRED IN THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, WE ND TO SUBMIT A FACILITIES PLAN TT THEY WOULD APOVE. IN THAT
PLAN, WE PROPOSED BUILDING A COMMUNITY SAFETY TRAINING WELLNESS FACILITY THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF POLICE, FIRE, B.C.R., 9-1-1, ET CETERA. THEY APPROVED
THAT PLAN. WHETHER THIS OR OTHER SOLUTIONS WOULD BE APPROVED BY ALIFA, WE DON'T KNOW THAT FOR SURE BUT WE KNOW THE NEW COMPREHENSIVE FACILITY WAS APPROVED. >> AGAIN, TO REITERATE AS WELL, THE CURRENT FACILITY'S PLAN THAT
WAS PROPOSED HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. >> CORRECT COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. >>HANK YOU. >> THANKS, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. >> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING TO THIS. I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF
QUESTIONS. I'M NEW SO I AM STILL GETTING MY BEARINGS ON THIS PROJECT AND OTHER RELATED PROJECTS. YOU KEPT REFERRING TO THIS AS TEMPORARY. WHY IS IT
TEMPORY? >> MADAM CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON, IT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED AS TEMPORARY WHILE WE COLLECTIVELY EVALUATE
THE HAMILTON SCHOOL. THE OVERALL NEEDS, THE NEEDS THAT IS REQUIRED TOEET THE MODERN
TRAINING NEEDS FOR MPD. SO, THE IDEA TO CREATE LARGE OPEN SPACES TO AUGMENT THE SPACE AT THE S.O.C. AFFORDS US THE ABILITY TO DO IT RAPIDLY. IT CAN HAPPEN
NOW. WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE EVALUATION OF THE PROGRAM EDS TO BE COMPLETE TO DO SO. SO IT'S TAKING ACTION SO THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY MOVING FORWARD, TAKING STEPS FORWARD T DO THAT.
I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION. >> SO BY TEMPORARY, YOU MORE MEAN IMMEDIATE AND LESS YOU HAVE A PLAN TO PHASE THIS OUT. >> I THINK THAT'S AN ACCURATE OF SAYING THAT. IT'S AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE BECAUSE WE HAVE SPACE THAT CAN BE EASILY CONVERTED TO
MEET THOSE LARGE TRAINING NEEDS DESCRIBED. SO WE CAN DO THAT NOW WITH THIS CONTRACT AND HAVE THOSE TRAINING NEEDS BE MET MORE EXPEDITIOUSLY AS OPPOSED TO
WAITING FOR A FULL PROGRAM TO BE DEVELOPED AND THEN WAITING FOR ADDITIONAL SPACE TO BE LITTLE SPECIFICALLY. SO WE'RE USING WHAT WE HAVE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE NOW. >> THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT
PLAN. I HOPE YOU CONTINUE TO FIND THESE TYPES OF THINGS IN THE FACILITIES WE HAVE ALREADY. >> THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU CHAIR, THANK YOU DICTOR O'BRIEN AND COMMANDER
BROWN FOR THE COMMENTS. I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS THAT I AM CONFUSED ON WHAT WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE HAMILTON SCHOOL. AS COMMANDER BROWN SAID, IT CAUSES A LOT OF TRAUMA AND HARM IN THE COMMUNITY. SO THAT IS W I WAS
A FAN OF A NEW FACITY BEING BUILT FOR ALL OF THESE THINGS WE KNEW WE NEED OUTSIDE OF RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD I WOULDN'T WANT TO INFLICT THAT ON ANYONE. SO THE IDEA OF A SITE THAT WAS OUTSIDE OF THIS SEEMS GOOD TO ME. WE'RE NOT THERE ANYMORE. SO I A TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT WILL HAPPEN AT THE HAMILTON SCHOOL. CAN WE LOOK AT PEOPLE NOT HAVING TRAUMA IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THIS NEW FACILITY? >> I WILL LOOK TO COMMANDER BROW TO ADDRESS THAT QUESTION
SPECIFICALLY. MY COMMENT IS THAT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A REMOVA IT'S TO FACILITATE MULTIPLE TRAININGS HAPPENING SIMULTEOUSLY TO MEET THE OVERALL TRAINING NEED. I WILL
HAND THAT TO YOU. THANK YOU. >> YES, BARBARA IS CORRECT. MY JOB IS TO FIND CREATIVE WAYS TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES TO TRAINING OUR OFFICERS AND THE NEW RECRUIT WE HAVE. WHEN WE
RUN INTO A PROBLEM WHERE HISTORICALLY WE DID DO ACTIVITY OUTSIDE OF OUR BUILDING AND THE COMMUNITY SAID THEY DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE THEN WE MOVE IT INSIDE. THE MORE OPEN SPACE TO
DO TRAINING PUSHED US TO HAVE IT EXPOLLUTE -- EXCLUSIVELY INDOORS OR SOMEWHERE NO LONGER IN THE CITY LIMITS. SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO IN THE AUXILIARY
SPACE, IN THE LARGE SPACE, MY PARTICULAR PLAN, AS LONG AS IT'S APPROVED BY MY BOSSES, IS THAT IT'S A LOT EASIER TO HAVE AN AC HAVE SPACE CONFLICTS TO HAVE MY
ACADEMY MOVE TO THE AUXILIARY SPACE WHEN THEY NEED THEIR LARGE GROUP TRAININGS, THAN IT IS TO SPREAD THE WORD TO 618 PEOPLE AND TO LET THEM KNOW THAT IF YOU HAVE TRAINING ON MONDAY, YOU SHOW UP TO DOWNTOWN, IF IT'S
SUNDAY, THEN YOU GO TO THE S.O.C., TO AVOID THOSE ISSUES, WE MOVE THE ACADEMY TRAINING, THOSE OFFICERS THAT ARE QUICK
AND GOOD, WE MOVE THEM TO THE AUXILIARY SPACE, SO THEY CAN CONTINUE THEIR TRAINING UNINTERRUPTED, AS WELL AS OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE OVER 70 COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS AND THEY DO SIMILAR TRAINING WHEN IT COMES TO DEVELOPING THEIR
INTEREST IN THEIR CAREER AND EDUCATION IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THEY DO A LOT OF PHYSICAL TRAINING IN THE OPEN SPACES. SO
WE WILL USE THIS SPACE AS NEEDED TO CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE'RE DOING. >> THANK YOU COMMANDER. I APPRECIATE HOW THOUGHTFUL YOU ARE. I KNOW YOU ANSWERED QUESTIONS FOR FOLKS AND WENT OUT AND TALKED TO NEIGHBORS. WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR IN THI PROJECT
IS RELIEF FOR THIS COMMUNITY. I. NOT INTO THESE SHORT-TERM SPACES. THAT FACILITY HAS A LOT OF HOMEOWNERS THAT LIVED WITH IT AND WITHOUT IT AND IT MATTERS TO THEM THAT IT'S NOT THERE. I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU ALL
ARE DOING TO MOVE SOME THINGS OUT OF THIS COMMUNITY BUT I AM NOT GOING TO BE OKAY WITH THIS UNTI WE'RE NOT USING THAT SCHOOL FOR TRAINING FOR MPD OFFICERS IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE KIDS ARE COMING OUTVERY DAY, WHERE THE
NOISE THAT SOME OF THIS STUFF MAKES, THE PRESENCE. THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT YOU HEAR FROM THIS COMMUNITY THAT IS TRAUMATIZING TO THEM. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU COMMANDER, BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DAY WHEN THI BODY TAKES NORTH SIDE AS SERIOUS
AS THEY DO ON THE SOUTH SIDE. TO HAVE THIS SCHOOL IN THE COMMUNITY IS A BIG SLAP IN THE FACE FOR NORTH SIDE RESIDENTS, WHO HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR IT TO O DO THINGS ON THIS COUNCIL TO GET
THAT RELIEF. IT'S NOT TO MAKE YOU FEEL BAD ABOUT THE TRAINING YOU HAVE TO DO, BUT US AS A BODY, WE CAN DO A LOT BETTER TO MAKE SURE THIS IS NOT HAPPENING IN THIS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. AGAIN, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE, BUT IT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
UNTIL THIS FACILITY IS CLOSED DOWN AND THIS IS NOT HAPPENING IN THAT BLOCK, THEN IT'S NOT GO ENOUGH FOR ME. THANK >> THANK YOU, COUNC MEMBER.
NEXT, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU. I WANT TO NOTE COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING'S QUESTION MADE ME CONSIDER SOMETHING. I JUST WANTED CLARITY
ON WHETHER THE PERMIT BRINGS PROPOSALS FOR CONSIDERATION TO MEET COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS THAT'S INCLUDED IN IT. EVEN AFTER A PROPOSAL HAS BEEN ACCEPTED? >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, THANK Y FOR THE QUESTION. I WOULD SAY YES, IT DOES ALLOW FOR PROPOSALS. THE
THING THAT WAS NOTED IN THE ASSESSMENTS WAS HOW LOGISTICALLY DIFFICULT, AS COMMANDER BROWN DESCRIBED, HAVING THE SOC AND KIND OF OTHER SMALLER FACILITIES
SPREAD OUT IS TO CONDUCT TRAINING AND HAVE WELLNESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. >> YEAH, THE FIRST QUESTION, YES. SO IT IS POSSIBLE. AND THEN WE CAN DIG INTO THE ACTUAL REPORT IN CONTEXT WHERE IT ALSO NOTES THAT SAME DYNAMIC, BUT
GIVES YOU SOME DIFFERENT OPTIONS IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING, AND DOES NOT LEAD TO THE PURCHASING OR ACQUISITION OF A BUILDING. THAT'S PART OF THE OPTIONS. BUT AT LEAST WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE PREMISES WE DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK
THANK YOU. DIRECTOR O'BRIEN, QUICK QUESTION. YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING RELATED TO FIRE, SPECIFICALLY, IN YOUR INTERNAL ASSESSMENTS FOR OTHER EXISTING FACILITY NEEDS. JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY ON WHAT DID
THAT LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF WHEN YOU ASSESSED THE FORMER FIRST PRECINCT WITH THEIR NEEDS FOR A NEW FIRE STATION ALSO NEED FOR TRAINING. I DID WANT CLARITY ON THAT. >> YEAH. IT STARTS WITH US
LOOKING AT REALLY BASIC THINGS, TO BEGIN WITH. SO WHERE ARE W LEASING SPACE? WHERE IS THE CIT NEEDS BE MET BY CITY-OWNED
FACILITY ESSENTIALLY TO REDUCE COSTS, RIGHT? SO THAT'S A PRETTY BASIC LOOK. AND THEN THE NEXT, AND THEN BEYOND THAT, SO LOOKING AT OUR LEASES. THEN IT'S WHERE DO WE HAVE SPACE NEEDS? PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE CAPITAL
PROGRAM FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. AND WE HAVE BEEN UP AGAINST A NUMBER OF CHALLENGES TO TRY TO PROVIDE THAT. I'D USE ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL AS AN EXAMPLE. AND SO THEN THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT. AND THEN LOOK
AT THE PRIORITIZATIONS WITHIN EACH DEPARTMENT AND TRY TO DETERMINE DO WE HAVE NEEDS THAT ARE A GOOD FIT? AND AGAIN, I KINDA MENTIONED A PRETTY BIG LAUNDRY LIST OF THIS LIKE
PARKING. MAYBE THE NEED DOESN'T REQUIRE A GREAT DEAL OF PARKING, BUT PERHAPS IT DOES. SO YOU KINDA HAVE TO BALANCE THOSE THINGS OUT. SPECIFICALLY FOR FIRE, A LOT OF THE NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE ARE NOT NECESSARILY
SIZED APPROPRIATELY OR ARE MOR ADMINISTRATIVE IN NATURE. AND IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT WE WANT REVISIT THAT PARTICULAR BUILDING SHOULD WE CHOOSE TO -- THIS SHOULD BE JUST A SHORT-TERM
TEMPORARY SOLUTION. IN FACT, THE CONTRACT, AIN, TODAY, IS JUST TO REMOVE WALLS, OPEN SPACE UP. ABSOLUTELY DOES NOT CLOSE US AS A CITY TO MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT THAT BUILDING IN THE FUTURE. >> YES. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
ESPECIALLY, I WOULD LOVE TO GET MORE CLARITY, AND THIS MIGHT JU BE A FOLLOW UP IN THE SIZING NEEDS FOR -- AND I'M THINKING THE FIRE IN THEIR PARTICULAR CAPITAL REQUESTS FOR A NEW STATION, AND THAT'S BEEN ON THE ROSTER FOR A WHILE NOW.
>> I'D BE HAPPY TO GO OVER THAT IN MORE DETAIL WITH YOU. THERE'S A LOT AROUND THE SIZE STRUCTURE AND TURNING RADIUSES THAT EXIST AT THAT LOCATION THAT DO NOT MEET THOSE NEEDS. >> AWESOME. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND I DID WANTO OFFER JUST A CORRECTION TOO, THIS IS NOT RELATED TO YOU, DIRECTOR O'BRIEN. BUT THIS WAS RELATED TO I BELIEVEO ALSO SOMETHING THAT DEP DEPUTY DIRECTOR JEFFRIES MENTIONED EARLIER. YOU MENTIONED
THAT THE WELLNESS AND TRAINING FACILITY WILL ALSO MEET THE TRAINING NEEDS FOR BCR FIRE. THAT IS NOT WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE CAPITAL REQUEST. WE HAD A THOROUGH DEBATE ABOUT THAT LAST BUDGET CYCLE TO WHICH IN THE ACTUAL CAPITAL REQUEST AND
VERBAL CONFIRMATION THIS WILL BE ONLY FOR POLICE. SO I THINK A NUMBER OF US WOULD LOVE TO SEE MAXIMIZATION OF SPACE. WE HAVE BE PUSHING FOR THAT FOR YEARS NOW TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE TRAINING OR JUST EVEN SPACE FOR VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS, BCR, AS WE'RE EXPANDING OUR NON-MPD
TEAM. I AT LEAST WANT TO NOTE THAT BECAUSE THERE'S NOWHERE ON THE CAPITAL REQUEST FORM OR ANYTHING THAT ACTUALLY SAYS THAT. AND WE HAD THOROUGH DEBATE TO GET CLARIFICATION OF THA IN DECEMBER. SOLELY INTENDED FOR USE BY MPD. SO JUST WANT TO
OFFER THAT CLARIFICATION. BUT THOSE ARE ALL THINGS I HAD. >> THANK YOU. NEXT, WE'LLO TO COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANKYOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS ACT
ADD SOME FEATURES, IF YOU WOULD, TO THE OLD FIRE STATION SO WE CAN DO MORE HOURS OF TRAINING IS MEANT TO BE VERY TEMPORARY IN THE GRAND SCOPE OF THINGS. THERE ARE FAR TOO MANY NEEDS TO HANDLE OUR TRAINING AT THE HAMILTON
SCHOOL. FAR MORE HOURS OF TRAINING THAN WE HAVE EVER BEFORE REQUIRED. HAVING ONE PLE TO TRAIN IS WHAT THE LOWEST COST AND MOST EFFICIENT OPTION IS FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND FOR US AS A CITY, FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE. THIS TRAINING CENTER NEED, THOUGH, IS NOT NEW.
AND IT HAS BEEN A NEED LONG BEFORE IT WAS REQUIRED BY A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. IN FACT, I MIGHT SAY I HELPED TO GET IT IN A SETTLEMENT AEEMENT TO HELP IT CONTINUE ALONG THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. BACK IN 2018,
WHEN I BEGAN WORKING ON AN IMPROVED TRAINING FACILITY, I FIRST SPENT TIME IN WHAT WE HAD. IT'S AN OLD SCHOOL THAT WE CONTINUE TO LEASE FROM MINNEAPOLIS BLIC SCHOOLS. IT HAS EVERY DOWNSIDE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW MENTIONED, AND
MANY, MANY MORE. ALSO, I WENT TO LOOK AT OTHER POLICE TRAINING FACILITIES IN MINNESOTA. SOME WERE OLDER LIKE SAINT PAUL'S. SOME WERE NEWER LIKE A THE TIME
COTTAGE GROVE'S JUST OPENED. THEY ALL HAD MODERN WAYS TO WALK THROUGH SITUATIONAL TRAINING. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT EXISTS AT THE HAMILTON SCHOOL. THEY HAD VIRTUAL REALITY SCENARIOS THAT JUST A FEW YEARS AGO WERE PARTICULARLY NEW, BUT NOWADAYS
HAVE GROWN EVER MORE SO SOPHISTICATED. AND THEY DON'T REQUIRE A LOT. BUT THEY DO PROBABLY REQUIRE A DEDICATED DIFFERENT-SIZE ROOM THAN IN ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE. THERE WERE MOVEABLE WALLS IN SOME PLACES TO CREATE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS, DIFFERENT MAYBE LIKE
HOUSING SETUPS FROM AN APARTMENT-LOOKING SETUP, TO LIKE A BUILDING, LIKE A MANUFACTURING FACILITY SETUP. THOSE WERE IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT LITERALLY HELPS PEOPLE WALK THROUGH SITUATIONS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO ENCOUNTER IN REAL LIFE.
IMPORTANTLY, THEY ALL HAD AN ABILITY TO TRAIN WITH OTHER FIRST RESPONDERS. RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT'S REALITY. WE DON'T SHOW UP WITH POLICE ALONE MOST OF THE TIME. WE SHOW UP WITH OTHER FIRST RESPONDERS. THINGS I SAW WERE THINGS LIKE THE ABILITY FOR
A FIRE TRUCK TO BACK IN TO A FACILITY, OR EMS TO BE ON SCENE. AND TO REALLY WALK THROUGH THOSE SCENARIOS, THERE'S NO REASON THAT IT WOULDN'T ALSO BE AND BE IT APPROPRIATE FOR US TO WORK WITH OTHERS IN COLLABORATIVE WAYS LIKE BCR, LIKE SOME OF OUR
OTHER NON-BADGED KINDS OF ALTERNATIVES TO POLICING. I THINK THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT NE OF THEM HAD? SPACE FOR US. NONE OF THEM HAD ENOUGH SPACE FOR THE TRAINING NEEDS OF THE MPD. SPACE TO
PARTNER TOGETHER IS A REQUIREMENT OF GETTING BONDING NEY FROM THE STATE. WE TRIED. THERE ARE A HOST OF THINGS REQUIRED FOR BONDING FROM THE STATE FOR A TRAINING FACILITY. NEARLY EVERY ONE THAT I VISITED
USED THAT BONDING MONEY. WE WILL NEED TO AND HAVE A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO, I THINK, PARTNER WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONS. AND THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. I'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU. JUST ANOTHER QUICK QUESTION ABOUT EXPENSES. YOU KNOW, I SEE HERE THAT THERE'S A DOLLAR TO USE THE -- THE PREVIOUS ACTION WAS A DOLLAR TO
USE THE UNIVERSITY'S FACILITY. BUT NOW WE HAVE THIS BID FOR THE OTHER FACILITY. HOW MUCH IS ONGOING EXPENSES? LIKE WHAT ARE WE GOINGO BE PAYING YEARLY FOR THIS? DO WE KNOW YET? OR ARE WE JUST SAYING IT'S THIS ONE-TIME
EXPENSE FOR THE FACILITY TO BE READY AND THEN THERE'S N MORE EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS? >> MADAM CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER, SPECIFICALLY, COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, SO BECAUSE IT IS OUR FACILITY, WE OWN IT, THE
CONTRACT THAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY WILL COVER THE DEMOLITION AND CONSTRUCTION REQUIRED TO GET IT READY FOR THE TEMPORARY USE WE'VE DEFINED FOR TRAINING. THERE WOULD BE ONGOING EXPENSES
SUCH AS ELECTRICITY, OBVIOUSLY, WATER, UTILITIES THAT WE NORMALLY WOULD ABSORB AS THIS BUILDING WOULD BE USED. AND THAT IS ACCOUNTED FOR THROUGH THE CITY'S RENT MODEL AND IS
ABSORBED BY THE OCCUPANTS, AND IN THIS CASE IT WOULD BE MPD. >> OKAY.O YOU'RE JUST EXPECTING IT TO BE BASIC UTILITIES OR WHATEVER TO CONTINUE USING THIS FACILITY. >> THAT IS RRECT. >> I'M SURE I'VE SEEN IT SOMEWHERE, BUT WHAT ARE THE
EXPENSES WITH THE HAMTON SCHOOL? LIKE, HOW MUCH ARE WE PAYING FOR THAT? >> MADAM CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, I WOULD NEED TO FOLLOW UP WITH A MEMO. I DO NOT HAVE THE -- >> OKAY. SO SINCE WE'RE GOING TO
DO A MEMO, CAN WE JUST DO THAT FOR WHAT ALL THE TRAININGS COST, NOT JUST AT THE HAMILTON SCHOOL. BUT TO TRAIN OUR OFFICERS, INCLUDING FACILITIES HOW MUCH ARE WE SPENDING YEARLY? >> SO I THINK THAT'S KIND O TWO
DIFFERENT THINGS. WE'D BE HAPPY TO DIVIDE IT UP. PROPERTY SERVICES CAN REPRESENT THE COST FOR UTILITIES AND OPERATIONS. WHEREAS, MPD AND THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY WOULD HAVE TO
REPRESENT THE COST FOR TRAINING OUTSIDE OF OUR -- >> I WOULD LOVE THAT. THANK YOU. >> GREAT. WE'LL NOTE THAT FOR ADMINISTRATIVE FOLLOW UP. I'LL JUST ADD I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL TO GREGATE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WHAT THE COSTS
ARE. NEXT, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. TO COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY'S I THINK QUESTION AS WELL, I'M TRYING TO FIND SOME CLARIFICATION ON THIS AS WELL. I THINK PARTICULARLY AROUND WHAT THE FACILITIES NEED
IS BOTH FOR TRAINING, AND THAT WOULD ALSO BE REQUIRED IN THAT BUILDING. LIKE IS THERE A POSSIBILITY TO THIN COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, WE WEREN'T HERE FIRST FOUR WEEKS ON THE JOB. SO FIGURING THINGS OUT STILL. TRAINING WISE,HEN YOU TOOK A
PEEK AT THE FACILITIES ASSESSMENT, PAGE 50 OF THAT ASSESSMENT SAYS THE MIDTERM'S ACTIONS THAT ARE THEN REQUIRED BY THE FACILITY ASSESSMENT, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY REQUIRED BY OUR SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. I WILL READ IT VERBATIM, BUILD A NEW DEDICATED ONE-ST SHOP FOR ALL
TRAINING ACTIVITIES, CLASSROOM SCENARIO, VIRTUAL, DRIVING TRACK, FIRING RANGE CAPACITIES. HANG THAT UNDERSTANDING, DOES THAT NEGATE THE FACT OF INCLUDING OTHER DEPARTMENTS, OTHER CAPACITIES ITHAT
BUDING ITSELF, IN THE BUILD-OUT? THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. IN OUR INITIAL PROPOSAL FOR THE PLAN, PLAN BACK TO ELEFA, WE DID FRAME IT AS A TRAINING FACILITY MEANING THAT IT ADDRESSED THE
TRAINING NEEDS OF ALL FIVE OF OUR SAFETY DEPARTMENTS. AND I DID DOUBLE CHECK, THAT WAS ACTUALLY IN THE CAPITAL REQUEST FOR THIS YEAR AS WELL AS THE BONDING REQUEST TO THE STATE AS WELL. I THINK JUST OFFHAND, FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS SEVERAL NEEDS
THAT ARE NOT BEING MET BY THE EOTF, EMERGENCY OPERATIONS TRAINING WELLNESS FACILITY. 911 HAS INADEQUATE TRAINING SPACE IN CITY HALL, WHICH IS THEIR ONLY SPACE AVAILABLE. AS WELL AS OTHER CONTRACTED VENDORS SUCH AS
BCR AND OTHERS. THAT HAS BEEN OPENLY DISCUSSED WITH ELEFA, THEY'RE IN FAVOR OF THAT AS WELL. TRAINING BETWEEN 911, POLICE, BCR, EMS, ET CETERA. >> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING, JUST SO I HAVE THE CLARIFICATION, WHAT WERE YOU READING FROM? >>ADAM CHAIR, PARTICULARLY THE WALLED FACILITIES ASSESSMENT. 2024, I BELIEVE, FACILITIES
ASSESSMENT. >> GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION. I AM NOT SEEING ANY OTHER MEMBERS IN QUEUE. I'M JUST SEEING -- GREAT. I WAS PAUSING TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE WAS GOING TO JUMP
IN. COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> YEAH. THANKS FOR THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. I WILL ASK FOR THE STAFF MEMO TO INCLUDE DEPUTY JEFFREY'S WHERE IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT YOU SEE THAT LISTED. AND THEN YEAH, I WOULD LOVE TO
SEE AT PIECE. THANK YOU. >> OKAY. WE'LL ADD THAT FOR ADMINISTRATIVE FOLLOW-UP. AND I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL WHERE IN THE CAPITAL PLAN, AND ALSO, WHERE IN THE BONDING REQUEST, TOO. OKAY. I'M NOT SEEING ANYONE
ELSE IN THE QUEUE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, STAFF, FOR THE PRESENTATION. REALLY, REALLY PRECIATE IT. CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> AWESOME. I WILL HAVE THE
CLERK CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PAE. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> NO. >> WARREN. >> AYE. >> OSMAN. >> AYE. >> SHAFFER.
>> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> E. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> WHITING. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> AND CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 12 AYES AND ONE NAY. >> THAT MOTION CARRIES. AND
WE'LL BE AT FULL COUNCIL FOR FINAL CONSIDERATION. OKAY. SO MEMBERS, IS COUPLE THINGS HAVE SHIFTED AROUND. SO IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THIS IS THE WAY IN WHICH WE'LL TAKE THINGS. WE'LL HAVE THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING
SERVICES FOR THE SOUTHSIDE SAFETY CENTER PRESENTATION. THEN WE WILL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ'S RESOLUTION ON LEGAL SERVICES, AND THEN WE WILL GO TO THE FINAL ONE IN DISCUSSION
BEFORE WE GO TO CONSENT FROM COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY ON RENTAL ASSISTANCE. SO WITH THAT, I WILL CALL UP DIRECTOR HARRINGTON FOR THE PRESENTATION ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING SERVICES AT THE
SOUTHSIDE SAFETY CENTER. THIS IS NUMBER 60 FOR FOLKS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR IT IN THEIR PACKS.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME'S AMANDA HARRI HARRINGTON, I'M THE DIRECTOR FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT. I WANT T PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT THE RCA THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU
TODAY. IN NOVEMBER 2023, CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR AUTHORID THE PURCHASE OF 2633 MINNEHAHA AVENUE FOR A NEW COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER. AT THAT SAME TIME, A RESOLUTION WAS PASSED THAT THE CENTER WOULD INCLUDE BOTH COMMUNITY SAFETY AND POLICE
FUNCTIONS. WE HAVE EXPLAINED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, OUR VISION FOR THE COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER THAT REALLY INVOLVES A MIX OF CITY STAFF AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS COLLABORATING IN THE SAME SPACE AVAILABLE FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS
WHO WALK IN O NEED SERVICES OUT IN COMMUNITY. TO FUND THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN THAT SPACE AND DURING THE BUDGETS PROCESS IN THE END OF 2023, $4 MILLION WERE SET ASIDE FOR PILOT PROGRAMS IN THAT SAFETY CENTER.
TO FIGURE OUT WHAT SERVICES WERE PUT IN THE SAFETY CENTER, WE DID EXTENSIVCOMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS FROM MARCH TO MAY OF 2024. THE INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVED FROM COMMUNITY IS BROKENOWN ON THE SLIDE IN FRONT OF YOU INTO THE THREE
CATEGORIES REFLECTED FROM THE SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES REPORT, PREVENTION RESPONSE AND RESTORATION. ONE OF THE SERVICES THAT YOU CAN SEE UNDER RESTORATION IS HUMAN TRAFFICKING
SERVICES. WE ARE REQUESTING THAT MONEY BEOVED FROM THE ORIGINAL $4 MILLION PUBLIC SAFETY AID THAT WAS SET ASIDE FOR PILOTS TO BE USED FOR THIS CONTRACT, WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY THIS
BODY. YOU CAN SEE HOW THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY IS BUDGETING OUT THE REMAINING PUBLIC SAFETY AID THAT'S SET ASIDE FOR PILOTS. WE ARE ASKING FOR $500,000 OF THAT REMAINING PUBLIC SAFETY AID TO BE MOVED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT TO PAY FOR THE CONTRACT THAT WE'VE ALREADY
EXECUTED. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REFLECT ON HOW THIS IS REALLY A COLLABORATION OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT WORKING TOGETHER. WE UTILIZE THE EXPERTISE AND WISDOM TO DETERMINE WHA SERVICES MAKE
SENSE IN CONNECTION WITH HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION SERVICES IN THE SAFETY CENTER. SHE HAD ALSO DONE EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BEFORE WE ALL CAME ALONG, AND ALL OF THAT IS IN THE CONTRACT EXECUTED. THE ASK BEFORE YOU
TODAY IS REALLY JUST TO PASS THE RESOLUTION ALLOWING US TO MOVE THE MONEY THAT WAS SET ASIDE IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY. THE CONTRACT IS ALREADY COMPLETE. SO REALLY, THIS IS JUST A BUDGETARY REQUEST. WITHOUT THESE FUNDS,
NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY CANNOT ABSORB THE COST OF THIS CONTRACT AND WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO FUND THESE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE ALREADY CONTRACTED TO PROVIDE. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, DIRECTOR HARRINGTON. I'M GOING TO LOOK TO
MY COLLEAGUES TO SEE I THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I KNOW THAT THERE WAS INTEREST IN THIS ITEM. OKAY. COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> I'LL BE QUICK. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR HARRINGTON. MY QUESTION
IS THOSE ARE GREAT SERVICES THAT WE CONTRACTED. ARE THOSE ACTIVELY WORKING NOW OR ARE WE GOING TO WAIT THE CENTER TO OPEN? I'M KIND OF A LITTLE CONFUSED. >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN, THESE SERVICES ARE INTENDED TO START WHEN THE
SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER STARTED. SO WE DID EXECUTE THE CONTRACT. BUT WITHIN THAT EXECUTION, IT WAS CLEAR THAT THE SERVICES WOULD NOT START UNTIL THE CENTER WAS OPEN. SO WE EXPECT THE CENTER TO BE OPEN DURING 2026, WHICH IS WHY WE NEED THE MONEY TO BE MOVED IN
2026. >> WE DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC DATE WHEN THE CENTER WILL BE OPEN? >> I WILL REFER TO DIRECTOR CHRISTIANSON TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY,
COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN, WE AT THE END OF 2026. THAT'S OUR PLAN RIGHT NOW. CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THAT THE BID PERIOD FOR GENERAL CONTRACTORS CLOSED ON JANUARY 22ND. AND THEN BIDS WILL BE EVALUATED BY PROCUREMENT
CIVIL RIGHTS. WE'LL HAVE MORE UPDATES FOR YOU, THE COMMUNITY SAFETY WILL UPDATE THE COUNCIL ON MILESTONES OR TIMELINES FOR THIS PROJECT. >> I REALLY APPRECIATE ONE OF THE FIRST THING WE ARGUE A FEW YEARS AGO WAS ABOUT NOT HAVING A
STANDING ALONE PRECINCT BUT MORE LIKE SERVICE INCLUDED. NOW WE ARE AHEAD OF THE SCHEDULE. I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE AND WORK. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT, WE' GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU. AND THIS MIGHT REQUIRE ACTUALLY STAFF MEMO NOT FOR YOU, DIRECTOR HARRINGTON.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IS THE REMAINING BALANCE OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY AID. I KNOW THIS TOTAL PACKAGE APPROPRIATES ALMOST NEARLY $2.5 MILLION. WE ORIGINALLY SET ASIDE $4 MILLION. I KNOW WE'VE CUT INTO THAT. BUT WOULD REALLY LIKE TO KNOW WHAT
THE BALANCE OF THAT OVERALL FUND IS. >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, I APPRECIATE THE REQUEST FOR A MEMO FOLLOWING UP ON THAT. THE SLIDES THAT I GAVE TO YOU DID SHOW A LITTLE UNDER $2.5 MILLION REMAINING, WHICH WAS MY BEST ESTIMATE BASED O THE INFORMATION I HAD. SO IT
WOULD BE GOOD TO GET CLARITY ABOUT THE EXACT NUMBER REMAINING. >> OKAY. SO THEN WE'LL HAVE THAT FOR ADMINISTRATIVE FOLLOW UP. I HEARD THAT CORRECTLY? OKAY. PERFECT. GREAT. AND THEN WE WILL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO MY QUESTION IS AROUND THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND HOW INDIVIDUALS WILL BE BROUGHT INTO THIS FACILITY AND WHAT THAT LOOKS
LIKE. SO ARE YOU TAKING REFERRALS AND THEN FROM THE COUNTY OR INDIVIDUALS MANDATED TO THIS PLACE? WHAT DOES THE STAY OF ADJUDICATION LOOK LIKE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE RECEIVING TREATMENT WITHIN THIS
FACILITY? LIKE ARE THEY REFERRED THERE BECAUSE THERE'S, YOU KNOW -- I D'T UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE ARE HERE, AND THEN WHAT YOU'RE TALNG ABOUT UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS RESOURCES. HOW ARE PEOPLE REFERRED HERE? DOES THIS
COME FROM A COORDINATED ENTRY ASSESSMENT? ARE YOU PICKING PEOPLE UP OFF THE STREETS? LIKE, WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE? HOW DO PEOPLE GET HERE? HOW DO THEY STAY HERE? AND HOW DO WE PROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS?
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. THE SERVICES THAT YOU ARE REFLECTING ON WERE THE SERVICES THAT WE HEARD FROM COMMUNI ENGAGEMENT. IT WAS NOT OUR PLAN TO EXECUTE ALL OF THOSE SERVICES TO BE -- IT WAS NOT OUR PLAN FOR ALL OF THOSE SERVICES TO
IMMEDIATELY BE ACTIVELY IN THE SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER. HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS ONE OF THE SERVICES THAT WE BELIEVED THAT WE COULD PILOT IN THE CENTER, WHICH IS W WE HAVE EXECUTED THAT CONTRACT. BUT IT DOES NOT ANTICIPATE ANYBODY STAYING AT THE CENTER. IT' NOT A SHELTER IN ANY WAY. THE
CONTRACT THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY THIS BODY IS REALLY FOR CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES AS WELL AS TRAINING FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND CITY FOLKS, INCLUDING FIRE, POLICE, AND THEN OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PARTNERING IN THE
SAFETY CENTER. SO PEOPLE WILL REACH THESE SERVICES EITHER BY COMING IN OFF THE STREETS AND ACTUALLY TALKING TO SOMEBODY WHO IS OFFICED IN THE SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER. BUT THE CONTRACT ALSO CONSIDERS THAT PEOPLE WILL BE ENGAGED IN OTHER WAYS. THERE
WILL BE STAFF FROM THE LINK, PERHAPS, OR ONE O THEIR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAKE OUT INTO COMMUNITY WHERE VICTIMS COULD BE FOUND AND ENGAGE WITH THEM THAT WAY AS WELL. >> WE HAVE BREAKING FREE SHELTER, WHICH IS LOCATED IN SAINT PAUL, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR
SEX TRAFFICKING SHELTERS THAT IS LOCATED HERE WITHIN THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA THAT HAS ABOUT 15 BEDS IN THERE THAT DOES NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO HOUSE INDIVIDUALS OR WOMEN OR THOSE WHO IDENTIFY AS, YOU KNOW,
SUCH OR OTHER IN THESE SPACES FOR SAFE HOUSING. WE NEED A SAFE HOUSING FACILITY THAT IS GOING TO HAVE SOMEWHERE FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS TO GO BECAUSE THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTERS BEDS ARE CONSTANTLY FULL WITH RESPECT TO THIS. I DON'T SEE THAT THIS
IS A VERY LOGICAL SPACE FOR SOMEONE TO SIT BEHIND THE DESK AND HOPE SOMEONE COMES IN SO THEY CAN TELL THEM ABOUT A RESOURCE. BUT WHERE ARE PEOPLE GOING TO ACTUALLY GO TO RECEIVE SUPPORT? WHEN MY TM WAS OUT DURING THE SUPER BOWL HERE IN THE TWIN CITIES, WE HAD 12-YEAR
OLD KIDS THAT WERE BEING TRAFFICKED FOR SEX HERE IN THE TWIN CITIES. WE DON'T HAVE A SPACE THAT IS GOING TO ALLOW FOR INDIVIDUALS TO COME IN THERE OR EVEN TO BE MANDATED IN THOSE SPACES. ONCE YOU LEARN THROUGH COORDINATED ENTRY OR OTHER SOURCES OF SUPPORT THAT THIS IS
A NEED OR A DEFICIT FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS. SO THERE REALLY NEEDS TO BE SOM DESIGNATED SPACE THAT IS SPECIFICALLY FOR THEM WITH RESPECT TO THAT. I'M ALSO ULTRA CONCERN WITH THE FACT THAT, I MEAN, YOU'RE NOT --
I DON'T -- IF ONE OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES SAID THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE CITY OR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE OUT THERE AS NAVIGATORS WITH AROUND THESE SERVICES AS POLICE OR SNITCHES OR WHAT HAVE YOU, HOW ARE YOU GETTING THIS INFORMATION OUT OF
THESE INDIVIDUALS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED, AND THEN MAINTAINING OR RETAINING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS IF IT'S JUST A ONE-STOP SHOP FM TIME TO TIME WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE YOU NEED IT.
>> I HAPPY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE SCOPE OF SERVICE FOR THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING CONTRACT. I THINK THAT MIGHT ANSWER SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW SOME OF THESE SERVICES ARE BEING PROVIDED. IT IS NEVER INTENDED TO STRICTLY BE SOMEONE SITTING INSIDE THE SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER WAITING
TO TALK TO PEOPLE. BUT THAT CERTAINLY IS ONE COMPONENT. THAT IS BASED ON THE INFORMATION WE'VE HEARD FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS. I DEFINITELY DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU THAT WE NEED MORE BEDS TO HOUSE MORE PEOPLE. BUT IT ISN'T AN APPROPRIATE USE
OF THOSE FUNDS BECAUSE PEOPLE IN COUNITY WOULD NOT WANT TO USE THAT SITE AS A SHELTER. AND SO IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT THAT TYPE OF SERVICE, WE WOULD NEED TO LOOK AT A DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> NEXT WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, AND THANK YOU, DIRECTOR HARRINGTON. YOU MENTIONED YOU'RE BRINGING FORWARD THE CONTRACT NOW BUT IT WOULD NOT BEGIN UNTIL THE
COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER WAS OPEN IN LATE 2026, IS THAT CORRECT? DID I UNDERSTAND THAT CLEARLY? OKAY. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING. >> THE CONTRACT HAS ALREADY BEEN EXECUTED. IT WAS APPROVED BY THIS BODY IN 2025. THE ONLY THING WE'RE ASKING FOR TODAY IS TO MOVE THE MONEY THAT WAS SET
ASIDE FOR PILOTS FROM FINANCE TO NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY SO THATHEN THE SAFETY CENTER IS OPEN, WE CAN UTILIZE THAT FUNDING TO PAY ON THE CONTRACT THAT'S ALREADY EXECUTED. >> GREAT. SO IT WILL SIT UNTIL THAT STARTS? >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. >> GREAT. NEXT, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER VICE PRESIDENT
OSMAN. >> YEAH. JUST QUICK QUESTION. CAN YOU REMIND US WHICH ORGANIZATION WILL BE HOUSED IN THIS CENTER THAT WILL DO THE WORK? >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN, THE CONTRACT FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION AND
INTERVENTION IS WITH THE LINK. I BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE CONTRACT PARTNERS WITH TWO ORGANIZATIONS. AND THE NAME ESCAPES ME RIGHT NOW. I CAN FOLLOW UP ON AN EMAIL. BUT THEY DID DO THEIR PROPOSAL AS KIND OF A CONGLOMERATE OR A COMBINED PROPOSAL TO UTILIZE THREE
DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS RESOURCES TO ADDRESS THIS COMMUNITY NEED. >> WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. >> GREAT. I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THOSE NAMES TOO, SO LET'S ADD THAT FOR ADMINISTRATIVE FOLLOW UP FOR THE ONE THAT WE ALREADY HAVE. COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OTHERWISE, I'LL JUST -- OH, COUNCIL MEMBER
WARREN. >> I JUST HAVE ONE MORE. THANK YOU, CHAIR, MADAM CHAIR. I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION. WE HAD ABOUT 51 DIFFERENT AGENCIES ACROSS MINNEAPOLIS NORTH AND SOUTH THAT WERE GIVEN OVER $3 MILLION FOR ADDICTION SERVICES AND ALL OF THIS
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, THINGS ALL OF THESE NATURE. WHAT IS SETTING YOU APART COMPLETELY FROM ALL THE REST OF THESE DIFFERENT AGENCIES THAT IS GOING TO HIGHLIGHT SOME EMPHASIS ON THE WORK THAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO TO PROVE ITS EFFECTIVENESS? >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL
MEMBER WARREN, AGAIN, I'M NOT TRYING TO ARGUE THE EFFICACY OF THE CONTRACT. I BELIEVE THAT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY THIS BODY. BUT THE MONEY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCESS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR SERVICES THAT MAKE THE SOUTH
MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER A COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER AND NOT JUST A POLICE DEPARTMENT. >> DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN? >> NO, I DON'T. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM CHAIR. AND DIRECTOR. THANK YOU. YEAH, THANK YOU SO
MUCH, DIRECTOR, FOR THE PRESENTATION. I REALLY APPRECIATE JUST PERSONALLY THE EXTRA TRANSPARENCY AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE HUMAN TRAFFICKING SERVICES. I KNOW THAT THERE'S AN INTEREST FOR THE PUBLIC IN THAT. SO OH, THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. WE HAVE ONE
MORE. COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> AND THIS IS MORE TO TEE UP FOR COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ AND STEVENSON WHO OVERSEE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY. WE SPENT LASS REALLY DEBATING OUT AND HAVING
CONTENTION SPIETS ON THE COMMUNITY LEVEL. THIS WILL BE IN MY WARD. AND WHAT SERVICES GO IN THERE, WHAT SHOULDN'T BE IN THERE. AND THE LEAST PLACE WE GOT TO WHERE THERE WAS SHARED AGREEMENT, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF JUST THE HORRIBLE RESPONSE
WE'VE SEEN IN MANY WAYS FROM THE CITY WHEN IT'S COME TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ON THE GROUND. PEOPLE WANT TO SEE THAT BE REFLECTED IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING SERVICES IN THE CENTER. AND AFTER A MASSIVE
SCANDAL REGARDING US ACTUALLY POTENTIALLY PARTNERING WITH HUMAN TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION THAT ACTUALLY DID TRAFFICKING OF HUMANS, WE ACTUALLY GOT TO A PLACE WHERE WE HAD A VERY
TRANSPARENT AND CREDIBLE PARTNER. HAS BEEN DOING ESTEEMED WORK FOR DECADES. AND THEY WILL BE THE ADMINISTERS OF THOSE SERVICES. WE'RE NOT EVEN TRYING TO REPLICATE THE WHEEL. WE'RE LIKE LET'SRING THE EXPERTS IN AS WE SHOULD HAVE DONE IN THE
FIRST PLACE INSTEAD OF WORKING WITH VERY SUSPECT ORGANIZATIONS. AGAIN, MASSIVE SCANDAL. AND WE'RE ACTUALLY EXCITED TO BRING THIS PARTNERSHIP FORWARD TO SHOW, LIKE, OH, WE ACTUALLY CAN HONOR THE GREAT WORK THAT EXISTING ORGANIZATIONS ARE DOING IN OUR COMMUNITIES TO MEET A
NEED. BUT I THINK THIS WILL PROBABLY NEED A REFRESHER IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY AND SOME OTHEROMMITTEES AROUND JUST LIKE THE AMOUNT OF WORK. EVEN THE $2.5 MILLION THAT IS APPROPRIATED TO THESE RESOURCES WAS ALL WITH THE GOAL OF NOT JUST MAKING THIS A TRADITIONAL
PRECINCT OR THIRD PRECINCT OR SERVICES ACTUALLY NEEDED IN THE COMMUNITY. MAKING SURE THERE'S FUNDING AVAILABLE TO SEE THOSE THROUGH. WE KNOW IF THE MONEY WAS NOT THERE -- I AT LEAST WANT TO NAME IT'S BEEN THREE AND A
HALF YEARS OF A LONG FIGHT TO GET THE THINGS YOU POINTED OUT IN YOUR COMMENT. I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE A REFRESHER IN THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THAT IN DEPTH. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> I PUT MYSELF IN QUEUE REALLY QUICK JUST TO GET FROM YOU,
DIRECTOR HARRINGTON, WHAT IS THE CURRENT TIMELINE ON THE SOUTHSIDE SAFETY CENTER OPENING. IF YOU MENTIONED IT ALREADY, I APOLOGIZE. I JUST CAN'T RECALL IT. >> I WILL BRING BACK UP DIRECTOR
CHRISTIAN. >> I THINK YOU STEPPED AWAY JUST BRIEFLY. THE ANTICIPATED OPENING DATE IS THE END OF 2026. THE UPDATE I PROVIDE IS THAT THE BID PERIOD CLOSED FOR GENERAL CONTRACTORS ON JANUARY 22ND.
JANUARY 22ND. SO WEAVE SOME PROGRESS HERE. WE'VE GOT SOME MOMENTUM FORWARD HERE IN TERMS OF FINDING A CONTRACTOR. >> DO WE HAVE AN IDEA IF IT'S FALL OR ARE WE TALKING LIKE DECEMBER 31ST IS LIKE THE HOPE?
>> WE'RE CERTAINLY COMMITTED TO PROVIDING UPDATES AS SOON AS WE KNOW THE CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE. >> GREAT. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING JUST TO SHARE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT PORTION, ENTIRE WARD
THAT'S SERVICED BY THE THIRD PREC PRECINCT. IT A TOP PRIORITY FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO HAVE THIS BE OPEN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. IT'S LIKE THE THING THAT I HAVE BEEN HEARING NOW FOR
FO YEARS. 2022. YEAH. 2022. FOR FOUREARS I'VE BEEN HEARING THAT. AND THE OTHER THING IS I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, TOO, THAT THIS ISN'T JUST A STANDALONE POLICE PRECINCT.
COMMUNITY MEMBERS REALLY APPRECIATED THE ENGAGEMENT THAT YOU DID AT THE NICOMAS COMMUNITY CENTER THAT HAD A HUGE TURNOUT. THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHERS THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS ATTENDED AND SHARED THAT FEEDBACK WITH ME AND APPRECIATED JUST BEING PART OF
THE PROCESS. I THINK TO THE POINT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN BROUGHT UP OF HOW DO YOU ENSURE THAT THIS IS EFFECTIVE, THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY KEY BECAUSE WE DON'T JUST WANT TO HAVE SERVICESO HAVE SERVICES. WE WANT TO SEE THEM ACTUALLY SERVE THE COMMUNITY. SO SUPER EXCITED SEE IT COME ONLINE. AND THEN
VERY EXCITED TO EVALUAT THE SERVICES AND HOW THEY'RE DOING. I'M NOT SEEING ANYONE EE IN QUEUE. I'M GOING TO PAUSE FOR A SECOND. SEE IF ANYONE JUMPS IN. OKAY. GREAT. SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION ON
THIS ITEM? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE THAT MOTION BEFORE US. WILL THE CLERKS PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE. >> AY >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> WARREN. >> AYE. >> OSMAN. >> AYE. >> SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> WHITING. >> AYE.
>> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> AND CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT MOTION CARRIES AND HAS BEEN APPROVED. NEXT, WE AGREED TO SKIP AROUND A LITTLE BIT AND
HAVE AN ORDER. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO GO TO NUMBER 70, WHICH IS THE IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES RESOLUTI. IF COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THAT ITEM. WE'LL RECOGNIZE YOU. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. I'M EXCITED TO BRING THIS ITEM
FORWARD WITH YOU AND MANY OF OUR COLLEAGUES ON THE DAIS TODAY. THIS IS THE IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES FUNDING. AS YOU ALL KNOW, MINNEAPOLIS FAMILIES AND NEIGHBORS ARE SEEING A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT FROM ICE ACTIVITY TARGETING OUR COMMUNITIES HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS.
WE CONTINUE TO SEE ICE SEPARATE FAMILIES, NEIGHBORS, AND OUR KIDS. IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN BREAKING THE LAW, WHICH IS WHY WE NEED TO USE THE LAW TO KEEP FAMILIES TOGETHER. THIS RESOLUTION WILL FUND AN ADDITIONAL HALF A MILLION
DOLLARS IN SERVICES WHICH WILL PROTECT OUR STUDENTS' ABILITY TO ATTEND SCHOOL, TRUSTED WORKERS AND INCREASE THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITIES BYNSURING OUR RESIDENTS HAVE ACCESS IN NNEAPOLIS. THE ONGOING
OCCUPATION HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR THREE MONTHS NOW. MY NEIGHBORS, PARTICULARLY LOVED ONES IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN MANY KIDNAPPED BY ICE. THESE LIVES WILL FOREVER BE CHANGED NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS. MANY OF THESE INSTANCES WERE DISCRIMINATION BED ON THE
COLOR OF SOMEONE'S SKIN, THE WAY SOMEONE TALKS AND THE WAY SOMEONE LOOKS. AND I BELIEVE THAT IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A CITY GOVERNMENT TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO KEEP FAMILIES TOGETHER. MOST RECENTLY, THERE WAS A TWO-YEAR OLD IN WARD 9 THAT WAS KIDNAPPED
BY ICE. SHE WAS FLOWN TO TEXAS DESPITE A COURT ORDER SAYING OTHERWISE. SHE WAS THEN FLOWN BACK TO MINNEAPOLIS AND REUNITED WITH HER MOM BECAUSE OF THE INCREDIBLE LAWYERS WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THIS WAS A SUCCESS STORY. AND WITH MORE SUPPORT AND FUNDING LIKE THE
VOTE WE'RE ABOUT TO TAKE TODAY, CAN HELP CONTINUE TO REUNITE MANY OF OUR FAMILIES HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS. IT IS CLEAR THAT WE NEED TO CONTIE TO BUILD CAPACITY FOR HABEAS CORPUS AND LEGAL ASSISTANCE SO THAT OUR NEIGHBORS DO NOT END IN INHUMANE CAMPS FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME.
WE HAVE HEARD VERY LOUD AND CLEAR THAT THERE IS NOT ENOUGH MONEY IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS TO CONTINUE TO KEEP FAMILIES TOGETHER. THIS FUNDING IS MEANT TO EXPAND CAPACITY, PARTICULARLY, WOULD LOVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE MORE
FAMILIES CAN P IN HABEAS CORPUS FORMS TO KEEP FAMILIES TOGETHER SO THEY'RE NOT IN THESE DETACHMENT CAMPS FOR A VERY LONG TIME. I DON'T REALLY NEED TO EXPLAIN TO ALL OF YOU WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN MINNEAPOLIS, BUT IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR NEIGHBORS IS JUST PLAINLY WRONG. AND THIS IS
AN ACTION THAT WE CAN TAKE TODAY TO SAY THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING MORE, AND THIS VOTE ALLOWS US TO DO MORE. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, ARE YOU MAKING A MOTION? >> I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THIS FOR APPROVAL. >> SECOND. >> GREAT. NOW TO DISCUSSION.
I'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. I HAVE HEA MORE THAN ANYTHING THAT LEGAL SERVICES IS WHAT RESIDENTS ARE LOOKING FOR. FOR
MANY REASONS, I JUST HAD A REALLY LONG CONVERSATION WITH SOME FOLKS YESTERDAY ABOUT HOW ATTORNEYS THAT THEY'RE HIRING AND SPENDING THEIR MONEY ON AREN'T EVEN SHOWING UP FOR THEM. THEY DON'T KNOW WHO, LIKE, THEIR COURT DATES OR WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN COURT BECAUSE THE
IMMIGRATION ATTORNEYS THAT THEY'VE HIRED AREN'T FOLLOWING UP. SO MY FIRST QUESTION IS AROUND THAT. HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THESE FUNDS GET TO LAWYERS THAT ARE ACTUALLY HELPING OUR FAMILIES AND N HARMING THEM? IS THERE SOME MECHANISMS IN
PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE GOOD REPRESENTATION FOR OUR FAMILIES? >> SO -- >> SORRY, CHAIR. >> UNLESS YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO IT, OTHERWISE, I'M GOING TO CALL UP DIRECTOR VERO FROM THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE AFFAIRS
TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. SO OUR IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICE PROVIDE PARTNERS, THERE ARE FIVE SERVICE PROVIDER PARTNERS. WE INTERACT WITH THEM VERY REGULARLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE HAVE IN ADDITION TO
QUARTERLY CONVERSATION TO CHECK ON THE STATUS OF THE WORK THAT THEY PERFORM. WE ALSO HAVE A MID-YEAR AS WELL AS AN END OF YEAR REPORT. IN ADDITN TO THAT, WE'RE IN REGULAR COMMUNICATION WITH OUR SERVICE
PROVIDERS IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY ANY ISSUES OF CONCERN. SOME OF OUR LEGAL SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE HOSTING COMMUNITY HOURS IN COLLABORATION WITH THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE AFFAIRS. SO WHEN WE HEAR BACK FROM INDIVIDUALS, IF THERE IS A CHALLENGE IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE
TO CONNECT WITH A PROVIDER, WE'RE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH THEM AFTERWARDS AND IDENTIFY WHAT THE ISSUE IS, WHAT THE CHALLENGE IS. I HOPE THAT'S IN RESPONSE TO THE QUESTION. I'M SORRY I CAME IN A LITTLE BIT LATE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT ANSWER. AND MY SECOND QUESTION IS ABOUT THE SOURCE. CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN THE SOURCE, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> YUP. WE'RE USING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEN REFILLING THAT WITH PUBLIC SAFETY AI
>> OH, OKAY. SO WE'RE TAKING THE MONEY OUT OF THE FIRE DEPARTNT. >> YEAH. >> BUT THEN WE CAN PUT IT BACK. SO WE WON'T B LOSING ANY SERVICES. >> WE WILL NOT BE LOSING ANY SERVICES EXCEPT FOR JUST TAKING
MONEY FROM THE PUBLIC SAFETY AID THAT WAS REMAINING AND UNALLOCATED. >> AND THE FULL AMOUNT? >> THE HALF MILLION, YES. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, MY LAST THING IS I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO B ADDED ON TO THIS, PLEASE. THANK YOU. >> YES. WOULD LOVE THAT, COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW.
>> WONDERFUL. NEXT, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I THINK THIS ALSO MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE IDEA HERE. WE'RE TRYING TO
GET AID TO THE PEOPLE THAT NEED IT THE MOST AND AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. I SEE THERE IS AN ITEM ON CONSENT LATER ON AUTHORIZING TH OFFICE OF IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE AFFAIRS TO INCREASE THE CONTRACT AMOUNTS WITH OUR
CURRENT LEGAL SERVICE PROVIDERS BY ROUGHLY $250,000. I THINK THAT COMES FROM A BUDGET AMENDMENT. AND THEN WE HAVE THIS RESOLUTION FOR AN ADDITIONAL $500,000. SO I'M CURIOUS, IF YOU
SEE THAT TO BE ADDITIVE INSTEAD OF A REPLACEMENT? AND THEN DO YOU KNOW OR IS THERE SOMEBODY, PROBABLY DIRECTOR RIVERO, THAT CAN TELL US HOW MUCH MONEY REMAINS IN THE CONTRACTS THAT WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO THE
$250,000 FROM A BUDGET AMENDMENT PLUS THIS PROPOSED $500,000? I'M ST TRYING TO GET A HANDLE ON THIS. AND SO BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU, I DON'T KNOW. >> YEAH, WE'LL WELCOME UP DIRECTOR RIVERO. >> I CAN TRY TO ANSWER THE FIRST
QUESTION. DIRECTOR RIVERO WOULD BE GREAT, CHAIR CHOWURY. YES. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MADAM CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER. WE HAVE ALLOCATED FUNDING FOR 2026 OUT OF THE 2026 BUDGET. THERE WAS AN
ORIGINAL ANTICIPATED AMOUNT OF $275,000. AND THEN FOR 2026, THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL $246,000 ALLOCATED. SO WE HAVE CONTRACTS THAT ARE IN PROCESS FOR THE
INITIAL ANTICIPATED AMOUNT. THE AMOUNT THAT WE KNEW WAS GOING TO BE ONGOING FOR 2026 OR HAD A FEELING WAS GOING TO BE ONGOING. E ADDITIONAL $246,000, WHICH IS IDEIFIED IN ONE OF THE
ITEMS EARLIER TODAY. WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS MOVING THAT FUNDING AMOUNT FORWARD WITH OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS. SO MY UNDERSTANDING WITH REGARD TO THE ADDITIONAL $500,000 IS THAT THAT IS AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF MONEY BEYOND THE $246,000.
>> SO THEN IF I MAY, IT SOUNDS AS THOUGH THERE'S ALMOST $1 MILLION TO BE DEDICATED TO THIS CAUSE FOR LEGAL SERVICES FOR THIS YEAR. AND DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH OF IT HAS ALREADY BEEN SPENT FOR THIS YEAR?
>> SO WITH REGARD TO 2026 AND THE SERVICES THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED, WE KNOW THAT OUR LEGAL SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE WORKING IN
A SITUATION WHERE THERE ARE ADDITIONAL CHALLENGES THAT PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING. INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BECOMING DOCUMENTED NOT BECAUSE THEY LACK IMMIGRATION STATUS, BUT BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS ENGAGING IN ACTIONS TO REMOVE STATUS OR TO CALL INTO QUESTION THEIR VALID STATUS. SO WE HAVE CONTRACTS IN PLACE WITH SEVERAL OF THE PROVIDERS WHO ARE ENGAGED
IN WORK RIGHT NOW. AND IN OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR LEGAL SERVICE PROVIDERS, THERE'S A RECOGNITION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT THERE IS A GREATER DEGREE OF WORK NECESSARY IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE NEEDS IN
COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THE AREA OF LITIGATION FROM THE STANDPOINT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE IN IMMIGRATION DETENTION WHO OTHERWISE WOULD NOT BE, INCLUDING CHILDREN. AND SO IN ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION, YES, OUR LEGAL SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE DEFINITELY CURRENTLY WORKING
UNDER THE CONTRACT EXTENSIONS. AND WE ARE WORKING TODENTIFY ADDITIONAL WAYS IN WHICH TY CAN SERVE COMMUNITY. ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE REALITY THAT PEOPLE DON'T FEEL SAFE BEING IN PUBLIC, AND THE NEED TO TRANSITION TO
ADDITIONAL WAYS OF SERVING COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THROUGH VIRTUAL MEANS. >> THANK YOU. I DO APPRECIATE ALL OF THESE THINGS. IS IT FAIR TO SAY, THEN, WHERE NORMALLY, UNDER NORMAL TIMES OR NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, THERE IS A NEED FOR ABOUT $250,000 OFHIS
SERVICE, WHICH WE KIND OF DO IN AN ONGOING WAY. AND THIS YEAR, WE ARE QUADRUPLING THAT AMOUNT BECAUSE OF THE NEED IN FRONT OF US NOW. IS THAT AN ACCURATE STATEMENT? >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL
MEMBER PALMISANO, HI, I'M DEPUTY DIRECTOR. WE'RE HAPPY TO PROVIDE WHERE WE ARE NOW AND SPENDING DOWN WITH THE CONTRACT IN A STAFF MEMO. MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE ARE CURRENTLY SPENDING THOSE DOWN ATHE MOMENT. WE ARE PAST
THE FIRST MONTH OF JANUARY. SO WERE RECEIVING THOSE INVOICES COMING IN AND WE ANTICIPATE MORE COMING IN AS WE. AS OF RIGHT NOW, AS DIRECTOR RIVERO HAS POINTED OUT, WE ORIGINALLY LAST CYCLE OR AT THE END OF THE YEAR,
WE INCREASED THE CONTRACTS WITH ANTICIPATED FUNDING. AND THAT IS TO ONGOING CURRENT SERVICES RIGHT NOW. OIRA IS IN CONVERSATION BASED OFF OF OUR CURRENT CLIMATE AROUND EXPANDING AND GROWING THOSE SERVICES TO STILL MEET WHAT WE ORIGINALLY
LAID OUT INHE CONTRACTS. AND OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THEY'RE ABLE TO ABSORB THAT IN. SO WE ARE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE LAST ROUND OF CONTRACT AMENDMENTS AND THE INCREASES OF WHAT THOSE SERVICE COSTS WILL BE. WE ARE
WORKING ON THE $246,000 THAT'S CURRENTLY IN OIRA'S BUDGET RIGHT NOW AND HOW THAT WILL GO INTO THEIR CURRENT SERVICE LEVELS TOO. ONCE WE HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING, WE CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO ALL OF OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE. >> THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE THAT
STAFF MEMO. IF TO JUST FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE SIZE THI APPROPRIATELY FOR THE MOMENT. >> SURE. >> I HOPE THAT THESE PROVIDERS E ALL THIS ADDITIONAL CAPACITY. IF NOT, WE'RE GOI TO TRY AND I'M SURE QUICKLY FIND OTHER ONES
THAT MIGHT GIVEN THE CURRENT CLIMATE. SO I JUST ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT IT WOULD MEAN WE ARE QUADRUPLING OUR EFFORT IN TERMS OF FREE LEGAL SERVICES PROVIDED. AND I'V HAD SOME CHALLENGES TRYING TO GET PEOPLE
TO BENTERESTED IN USING THAT KIND OF HELP BECAUSE THEY THINK IT WOULD REQUIRE IDENTIFYING INFORMATION KEPT AT THE CITY. SO WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO BE ABLE TO MESSAGE THAT I REALLY POSITIVE WAYS AND CONTINUE TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT IN WAYS THAT
PEOPLE WILL USE IT. SO THANK YOU. >> YUP. THANK YOU. >> SO WE HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE FOLLOW-UP ON THE FINANCIALS REGARDING THAT SPENDING CURRENTLY. NEXT, WE'LL GO TO COUNL VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL
MEMBER CHAVEZ. YOU HAVE BEEN REALLY AMAZING TO OUR RESIDENTS, OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY. YOU HAVE BEEN THERE. AND I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND WOULD LOVE TO BE ADDED AS A CO-AUTHOR. ALSO, IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MUCH MONEY WE
PUT FORWARD AS A CITY, IT'S NEVER ENOUGH. PEOPLE ARE BEING TERRORIZED. IT'S NOT JUST A SO-CALLED UNDOCUMENTED. PEOPLE THAT ARE DOCUMENTED HAVE BEEN DETAINED AND THEY'RE IN TEXAS.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK IT UP. OPERATION PIRATES THEY CALL IT. WHICH IS POST ADMISSION REFUGEE REVOCATION AND INTEGRITY STRENGTHENING. BASICALLY, FOLKS
THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE REFUGEE CAMP FOR THIS LONG, FOR 15-12 YEARS WENT THROUGH ALL THE PROCESS NECESSARY. CAME HERE. THEY WERE PICKED UP. THEY WERE BROUGHT HERE. NOW THEY ARE IN JAIL. AND THAS WHAT WE'RE
DEALING WITH AT THE MOMENT. NOT EVERY RESIDENT KNOW THERE ARE RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. BUT I THINK WHATEVER WE CAN DO, IT'S NEVER GOING TO BE ENOUGH FOR PEOE THAT ARE BEING AFFECTED IN OUR CITY. SO I APPRECIATE THIS STAFF
FOR BRINGING THE WORD OUT, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR REALLY SUPPORTING THIS EFFORT THAT WE'RE DOING. AND I'M HOPING OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES LIKE THE COUNTY AND THE STATE ARE ALSO PUTTING MONEY ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE EXISTING THAT ARE
CONTUING TO FIGHT FOR IMMIGRATION FOLKS. AND LET'S JUST SAY THIS, ONE OF THEHINGS I WAS READING HERE AT RCA WAS THAT NEARLY 90% OF THE PEOPLE THAT WIN THEIR CASES OR FIGHT AGAINST REMOVAL HAVE
REPRESENTATION. OPPOSITE ALSO, NEARLY 90% OF THE FOLKS THAT LOSE THEIR CASE OR ARE PORTED, SEPARATED FROM THEIR OWN FAMILIES, DON'T HAVE REPRESENTATION. SO THAT'S JUST A CLEAR PICTURE OF UNDERSTANDING
WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE GROUND. DIRECTOR, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE EFFORT WE'RE DOING. IS THERE ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCYHAT ARE MATCHING OR EVEN -- IS THE STATE
PUTTING OUT MONEY TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE LEGALLY FIGHTING FOR THESE FOLKS? HAS THERE BEEN ANY ACTION FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTING THE SAME WAY W ARE? THANK YOU.
>> MADAM CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER, THERE ARE INITIATIVES AT THE STATE LEVEL, CERTAINLY, TO OFFER IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES TO PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO OBTAIN SECURE OR MORE SECURE
IMMIGRATION STATUS. I'M SORRY, PRESIDENT, I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT FIGURE WITH REGARD TO THE AMOUNT OF THE FUNDING. BUT THERE IS INFORMATION THAT IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET. THERE IS AN IMMIGRATION LAW HUB THAT REPRESENTS THE WORK THAT IS
BEG FUNDED AT THE STATE LEVEL. >> THANKYOU. I HAVE MYSELF IN QUEUE NEXT. I JUST WANTED TO SAY I'M REALLY PROUD TO BE A CO-AUTHOR ON THIS. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, FOR WORKING ON THIS. IT'S JUST, I
MEAN, I DON'T EVEN THINK THERE'S JUST LIKE WORDS. WE ALL KEEP ON SAYI WHAT THIS IS. IT'S ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR CITY. IT'S ABSOLUTELY EGREGIOUS THE INDISCRIMINATE ATTACKS FROM ICE
AGENTS, FAMILIES BEING TORN APART. SEEING LITTLE CHILDREN BEING TAKEN FROM THEIR FAMILIES AND KNOWING THAT THEY ARE SHIPPED TO A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STATE MILES AND MILES AND MILES AWAY, AND YOU'RE JUST ON THE PHONE OR IN PERSON IN THE
LIVING ROOM WITH THE FAMILY AND JUST TRYING TO HOPE YOU GET LEGAL ASSISTANCE AS SOON AS POSSIBLEEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING. AND I'VE HEARD FROM SO MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT THEY FEEL LIKE IN THIS MOMENT,
LIKE, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH SUPPORT FROM GOVERNMENT. THAT IT FEELS LIKE THEY'RE ON THEIR OWN. AND THE WAYS THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SHOW UP AND THE WAYS THAT I'VE SEEN SO MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES SHOW UP IS JUST LIKE WITH OUR FEET AND OUR BODIES AND OUR VOICES AND OUR PLATFORMS BECAUSE
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO GIVE. AND IT FEELS REALLY HARD TO SHARE IN THAT HELPLESSNESS WHEN YOU'RE IN A POSITION TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT BUT YOU'RE LIKE, THIS IS THE ENTIRE WEIGHT OF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT. AND OUR COMMUNITY CAN'T EVEN PROCESS TRAUMA BECAUSE IT CONTINUES TO JUST REMAIN IN TRAUMA. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN HOLDING ON TO AND HAVE JUST LIKE BEEN LIKE WOW, I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT WE DID IN THE CITY
OF MINNEAPOLIS IS INVESTING IN THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT RIGHTS AND REFUGEE AFFAIRS. THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THIS DEPARTMENT AND THE FACT THAT THIS DEPARTMENT JUST USED TO BE DECTOR RIVERO, JUST ONE PERSON. AND WE'RE ABLE
TO BRING IT UP TO ANOTHER STAFF MEMBER. THANK GOD WE DID THAT. I THINK THERE'S A VERY LARGE CASE FOR WHY WE NEED MORE PEOPLE. THANK GOD WE PUT MORE MONEY LAST BUDGET CYCLE AND JUST HAD A LITTLE BIT OF FORESIGHT FOR WHAT WAS COMING TOWARDS LEGAL
SERVES. THAT'S BEEN THE ONE THING THAT I'M LIKE, YEAH, WE HAVE THIS TOOL. WE BUILT IT. IT COULD BE STRONGER. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ACHIEVING. I DON'T THINK WE'RE EVEN GOING TO UNDERSTAND THE SCALE IN WHICH
THE LEGAL SERVICES AND THE DEMAND ON THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE AFFAIRS ARE UNTIL LIKE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO LOOK BACK AT EVERYTHING. BECAUSE WE'RE STILL UNDER FIRE. AND I THINK WHAT
WE'LL FIND IS THAT THIS HAS BEEN THE PEAK AMOUNT IN WHICH THIS OFFICE HAS HAD REQUESTS OF SERVICE. AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT KNOWING THATE AREN'T DONE WITH THIS OCCUPATION.
AGAIN, NO COMMITMENTS AND ACTUAL NUMBERS OR TIMELINES ON THIS QUOTE UNQUOTE DRAW DOWN. I'M GETTING TEXT MESSAGES TODAY ABOUT ICE AGENTS CIRCLING AROUND SCHOOLS. WE SAW ICE AGENTS STAGING AT POWDERHORN PARK USING
CHEMICAL MUNITIONS. THINGS HAVEN'T DRAWN DOWN. KNOWING THIS COULD LAST LONGER, WE NEED TO CONTINUE BUILDING UP THIS RESILIENCY. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT
THE OFFICE BUILDS THE TRUST WITH THE COMMUNITY. LIKE, I ACTUALLY CAN GO TO THIS OFFICE AND FEEL SAFE TO BE THERE. OR I CAN REFER ANOTHER COMMUNITY MEMBER OR FAMILYEMBER THAT'S STRUGGLING JUST LIKE ME TO GO AND ACCESS THESE SERVICES. AND THAT'S HOW
ALL OF THE RESOURCES ARE BEING ACCESSED RIGHT NOW IS TRUSTED NETWORKS AND WORD OF MOUTH. THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THIS OFFICE BUILDS ITS REPUTATI FINANCIAL ABILITY TO MEET THE
NEED. SO JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH TO OUR STAFF IN OIRA AND NCR FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK. AND ALSO, JUST BNG ON THE FRONT LINE. IT'S NOT EASY TO BE THE INTAKE PERSON AND THE PERSON THAT HAS
TO BE A WYER, THE ARBITER OF RESOURCES, THE COUNSELOR, ALL OF ESE HATS THAT YOU HAVE TO WEAR IN THIS MOMENT. NEXT, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. >> YEAH, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
I JUST -- YOU REALLY LAID OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING VERY, VERY SUCCINCTLY. SO IL JUST ADD ONE OTHER THING THAT COUNCIL MBER VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN WAS TALKING ABOUT AND THAT'S THAT OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING TARGETED
ARE REFUGEES WHO HAVE BEEN LAWFULLY PERMITTED INTO THIS COUNTRY. I AM WORKING SPECIFICALLY WITH A FAMILY WHO THE FATHER WAS WORKING WITH THE U.S. ARMY IN AFGHANISTAN. AND THERE ARE U.S. VETS AND SOLDIERS WHO ARE ALIVE TODAY BECAUSE OF HIS WORK, AND YET, HE IS HAVING TO SHELTER IN PLACE BECAUSE
THERE'S A CONSTANT THREAT THAT HE'LL BE SENT TO TEXAS. EVEN THOUGH HE IS HERE PERFECTLY LEGALLY. AND IS SOMEONE WHO H BEEN A GREAT FRIEND TO OUR COUNTRY. SO ANYWAYS, WE DESPERATELY NEED THIS BECAUSE HIS REFUGEE CASE WITH THIS PARIS
OPERATION IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE RENEGOTIATED AND THEY NEED AN ATTORNEY TO BE SENT IN THEIR STEAD SO THEY'RE NOT ARRESTED AND SENT TO TEXAS. THEY DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH. THEY SPEAK PASHTU. SO HOW WOULD THEY EVER GET BACK TO MINNESOTA? SO YES, THIS IS DESPERATELY NEEDED.
THANK YOU. >> NEXT, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER WHITIN >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I THINK I JUST HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. AND FIRST, AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I THINK THE NEED IS HERE AND I THINK
IT'S A PURELY APPLICABLE TO WHAT IS GOING ON NOW. WOULD LOVE TO BE ADDED AS A CO-AUTHOR AS WELL IF THAT IS SOMETHING -- >> YES, PLEASE. >> FIRST QUESTION IS AROUND I THINK IT'S JUST BUDGETARY. SO WITH THE PIECE OF MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE PULLING IT AND THAT
WE AREN'TARMING OTHERS IN THE PROCESS. SINCE WE ARE USING PUBLIC SAFETY AID DOLLARS HERE, THAT IS BEING I THINK REPLENISHING THAT $500,000. DOES THAT NEED TO GO TO THE -- LET ME REPHRASE THAT. IS THE PUBLIC SAFETY AID DOLLARS THAT WE ARE
PULLING GOI TO A SPECIFIC EXPENSES FOR FIRE EMERGENCY RESPONSE IN THAT PROCESS? >> YEAH, CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING, SO THIS ULD BE TAKING -- SO ONE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS OKAY WITH
THIS. JUST TO -- BECAUSET'S NOT GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON ANY SERVICES. TWO, IT WOD BE ONE-TIME FOR BASE SALARY EXPENSES FOR FIRE EMERGENCY RESPONSE. AND THEN IT WOULD BE REPLENISHED BY THE PUBLIC SAFETY AID. IT IS A SPECIFIC ACCOUNT IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SPECIFICALLY
FOR BASE SALARY EXPENSES FOR FIRE EMERGENCY RESPONSE THAT WOULD HAVE NO IMPACT BECAUSE IT WOULD BE REPLENISHED BY PUBLIC SAFETY AID. IT'S A SPECIFIC COMPONENT ELIGIBLE FOR THIS USE. >> AND MAYBEOO CONFIRMING THAT
THE ONLY REASON I'M ASKING IS I'VE USED IT BEFORE PREVIOUSLY IN ANOTHER PROJECT. BUT THE SPECIFIC USES THAT GO TO FIRE A THAT IS THE CASE. THE OTHER THING IS A COMMENT. HOWEVER WE CAN HELP. I'VE HAD MY ALMA MATER
AND OTHER LAW SCHOOLS HAVE REACHED OUT IN HOW TO HELP PRO BONO. I WOULD LOVE TO CONNECT AND FIGURE OUT HOW IF WE CAN SEND SOME OF THOSE SERVICES YOUR Y AS WELL. THANK YOU. >> NEXT, IL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL
MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU. I TOO WANT TO PASS ON MY COMPLIMENTS TO COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, ESPECIALLY NOT ONLY JUST THE THOUGHT OF THIS AND THE NEED FOR THIS BUT HOW YOU'RE FINANCING IT. THAT'S A VERY SMART WAY OF DOING THAT. I
WILL BE VOTING YES ON THIS. I WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED AS AUTHOR, IF YOU AGREE. >> YES. EVERYBODY CAN BE AN AUTHOR WITHOUT OBJECTION.
>> ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THEN EVERYONE'S ADDED AS AN AUTHOR. SPEED IT UP. [LAUGHTER] >> VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. JUST COUPLE QUICK THINGS TO ADD TO THE DISCUSSION. FIRST, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT YEAR
AFTER YEAR IN MY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF MY FIFTH YEAR ON THIS COUNCIL. BUT YEAR AFTER YEAR, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT IS APPROPRIATED FOR IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS DEPARTMENT VIA THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE
AFFAIRS GETS USED IN FULL. AND THAT I THINK AS A BALINE SPEAKS TO THE FACT THAT THIS LEG IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND THAT IN THIS MOMENT OF CRISIS, THE NEED
IS APPROPRIATELY ELEVATED AND INCREASED. I THINK, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ THROUGH THE LAST BUDGET CYCLE ON IMMIGRANT -- OR ON IMMIGRION LEGAL SERVICES, YOU
KNOW, I'M THRILLED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO FIND SOME MOREONEY FOR THIS. THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK SOMETHING THAT HIM AND LOCAL IMMIGRANTS
RIGHTS ACTIVISTS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION LATE LAST YEAR IN COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND CONVERSATIONSAS HOW LITTLE THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS INVESTS IN IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES COMPARED TO OUR PEER CITIES.
LOOKING AT PORTLAND, SEATTLE, DENVER. YEAR OVER YR APPROPRIATE TOWARDS IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES, AND HOW LITTLE WE DO BY MPARISON. HOW LITTLE WE DO PER CAPPITA AND OVERALL INVESTMENT. IT SEEMS A LITTLE
EARLY. IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY. BUT THE WORK OF THE BUDGET IS A YEAR-ROUND BEAST. AS WE'RE APPROACHING THIS FALL AND THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET AND ULTIMATE, AND SUBSEQUENT DELIBERATIONS, I HOP WE CAN
KEEP IN MIND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE NEED FOR THESE ONE-TIME FIXES IS -- THERE ARE MULTIPLE, RIGHT? BUT ONE OF THEM IS THE SYSTEMIC UNDER FUNDING OF THIS IMPORTANT RESOURCE WITHIN OUR ENTERPRISE.
YOU KNOW, I WANT TO JUST QUICK SPEAK TO THE REAL-LIFE IMPACT ON IMMIGRATION LAWYERS RIGHT NOW. EVERY SINGLE IMMIGRATION LAWYER I KNOWS WORKING 15 HOURS A DAY RIGHT NOW, MINIMUM. PEOPLE ARE WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK. THEY ARE STRETCHED BEYOND CAPACITY. WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH
IMMIGRATION LAWYERS TO DEAL WITH THE INFLUX OF CASES. AND SOME OF THEM MORE COMPLICATED THINGS THAT WE ARE SEEING COME BEFORE US. THAT IS JUST A FACT. YES, ABSOLUTELY, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT HEARING BACK AT THE RATE AT WHICH THEY NEED
REPRESENTATION, CERTAINLY. BUT THAT IS A PRODUCT OF HOW FEW RESOURCES EXIST. HOW FEW LAWYERS IN OUR STATE ARE TRAINED TO PRACTICE THIS TYPE OF LAW. AND YOU KNOW, THAT WE CAN'T,S A
CITY ENTERPRISE, AS A LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WE CAN'T PRODUCE 100 NEW IMMIGRATION LAWYERS TOMORROW. WHAT WE CAN DO THOUGH IS FUND THIS WORK SO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERTS CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE TO THOSE WHO NEED IT THE MOST, TO THOSE WHO ARE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS BEFORE THEY ARE DETNED
AND TAKEN TO TEXAS OR SOMEWHERE ELSE. WHILE THEY'RE STILL HERE, THAT IS THE BEST TIME FOR US TO GET THEM THE LEGAL SERVICES THEY NEED. THIS IS ONE SMALL PIECE THAT WE CAN DO TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT. AND THEN I'LL END WITH
JUST REITERATING WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ HAS MENTIONED, TOO, THAT THIS IS A BUDGET NEUTRAL DECISION FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND THAT THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE USE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AID AS GIVEN TO US BY THE STATE.
IT'S NOT LIKE A STRETCH. THIS IS LIKE A CLEAR-CUT APPROPRIATE USE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AID. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. >> THANK YOU. LASTLY, WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I JUST QUICKLY WANTED DIRECTOR
RIVERO TO PUT ON RECORD HOW PEOPLE CAN ACCESS THIS SERVICE AND WHO CAN ACCESS THIS SERVICE. >> DIRECTOR RIVERO. >> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION. OUR LEGAL SERVICE PROVIDERS OFFER IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL
OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET FOR CONSULTATION. THEIR SERVICE HOURS ARE IN COMMUNITY AND SPACES THAT PEOPLE RECOGNIZE AND TRUST. AND AS I'VE REFERENCED, THEY HAVE ALSO MOVED TO ONLINE SERVICE DELIVERY SO PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO CALL IN OR SCHEDULE A
VIRTUAL CONSULTATION IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO FIND OUT ABOUT HOW THEY CAN OBTAIN ASSISTANCE. HOW THEY CAN ENGAGE IN PREPAREDNESS IN THE EVENT THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. IN ADDITIONO THAT, OUR LEGAL SERVICE PROVIDERS ALSO OFFER
FULL REPRESENTATION TO INDIVIDUALS INCLUDING PEOPLE WHO ARE IN DETENTION. SO ONE SERVICE PROVIDER, FOR EXAMPLE, HAS DETENTION LINE HOURS FOUR DAYS A WEEK. SO IF PEOPLE ARE IN IMMIGRATION DETENTN, THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS ARE ABLE TO CALL,
AND THE LEGAL SERVICE PROVIDERS ACTUAL VISIT FOLKS WHO ARE DETAINED IN IMMIGRATION DETENTION FACILITIES. GIVEN THE REALITY THAT PEOPLE ARE BEING TRANSFERRED OUTSIDE OF OUR JURISDICTION RAPIDLY, SOMETIMES WITHIN 24 HOURS TO TEXAS, HOUR
SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE WORKING EVENORE QUICKLY SO THERE IS A DIRECT PATHWAY THROUGH OIRA. SO WE CONNECT WITH OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS ABOUT AN INDIVIDUAL OR RESIDE WHO COMES TO OUR ATTENTION, WE'RE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS DIRECTLY TO IDENTIFY WAYS FOR
THE PERSON TO OBTAIN A CONSULTATION IMMEDIATELY. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE WAYS. OUR SERVICE PARTNERS HOST THEIR OWN COMMUNITY HOURS. GO TO DIFFERENT
INSTITUTIONS, COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, SCHOOLS, FAITH-BASED INSTITUTIONS AND MORE, WHERE THEY OFFER SERVICES. EY DO KNOW YOUR RIGHTS INFORMATION SESSIONS, AND OFFER CONSULTATIONS AFTERWARDS. SO THOSE A SOME OF THE WAYS IN WHICH PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO ACCESS SERVICES THROUGH OUR FIVE LEGAL
SERVICE PROVIDER PARTNERS. >> THANK YOU. AND CAN PEOPLE JUST LIKE CONTACT YOU OR ARE THE FIVE SERVICE PROVIDERS ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE? WHAT IS THE BASIC WAY OF A PERSONINDING OUT IF THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR THE SERVICE AND WHO THEY NEED TO
CONTACT FOR THE RVICE. >> YES. MADAM CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER, THERE IS A ROBUST AUNT OF INFORMATION ON THE CITY'S OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE AFFAIRS WEBPAGE, WHICH IS ACCESSIBLE BY TYPING IN OIRA
MINNEAPOLIS. THERE'S ALSO A KNOW YOUR RIGHTS PAGE WHICH PROVIDES INFORMATION ABOUT ALL THE LEGAL SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT PEOPLE CAN CONNECT WITH DIRECTLY. IT ALSO LINKS THE COMMUNITY HOURS FOR TWO OF OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT OFFER COMMUNITY HOURS IN-PERSON AND VIRTUALLY. IN ADDION TO THAT, PEOPLE CAN
COME DIRECTLY TO OIRA. OIRA ALSO HOSTS IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL COUNITY HOURS IN-PERSON THREE DAYS A WEEK, AND VIRTUALLY ON MONDAY. SO PEOPLE CAN CALL DIRECTLY INTO OIRA. >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. THE NORTHSIDE APPRECIATES YOU.
YOU'VE BEEN DOING FANTASTIC WORK, I MEAN, UNDER DIRE CIRCUMSTANCES, ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR. BUT WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS A YEAR AGO. AND SO I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING AND CONTINUE TO DO, AND YOUR TEAM AND NCR AND ALL THE FOLKS WHO ARE WORKING TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE INFORMATION GETS OUT AND THAT PEOPLE ARE PROTECTED AND SAFE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. IF I CAN JUSTAY THANK YOU ALL SO SO VERY MUCH FOR THIS ROBUST CONVERSATION. I KNOW THIS WILL MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE FOR
IMPACTED COMMUNITIES. AND I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE. SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. SO THE MOTION IS BEFORE US. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >>AYE. >> THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. ABSTENTIONS? THAT MOTION CARRIES. AND HAS BEEN APPROVED. AND WILL BE REFERRED TO FULL
COUNCIL ON THURSDAY. ALL RIGHT, MEMBERS, WE ARE CHIPPING OUR WAY THROUGH THIS. SO WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 71, WHICH IS A PASSAGE OF A RESOLUTION REGARDING RENTAL ASSISTANCE. I WILL CALL ON THE
PRINCIPLE AUTHOR COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY TO PRESENT ON THIS AND GIVE A MOTION. >> YES. THA YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. SO COLLEAGUES, I'M BRINGING FORWARD THIS PROPOSAL TO ALLOCATE $1 MILLION TO HENNEPIN COUNTY FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR FAMILIES IMPACTED BY ICE'S FEDERAL OCCUPATION OF
OUR CITY. THE OCCUPATION OF MINNEAPOLIS BY FEDERAL AGENTS HAS MADE IT MUCH MORE DIFFICULT FOR MANY FAMILIES TO GO TO WORK. FOR THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS SIMPLY LEAVING THE HOUSE TO GO TO WORK MEANS FACING HARASSMENT, VIOLENCE, OR ABDUCTION BY ICE.
SOME WORKPLACES HAVE CLOSED OR REDUCED HOURS AND SOME WORKERS HAVE LOST ACCESS TO CHILD CARE AS A RESULT OF TH. SOME FAMILIES HAVE LOST BREADWINNERS WHO HA BEEN ABDUCTED BY ICE.
KEEPING A ROOF OVERHEIR HEADS AND RISKING A FAMILY MEMBER TAKEN BY ICE WHILE ON THE WAY TO WORK. MANY FAMILIES HAVE LOST INCOME AND NEED ASSISTANCE PAYING THEIR RENT. BASED ON ESTIMATES FROM HOMELINE AND OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM COMMUNITY, THEY'RE ESTIMATING
TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARSN NEED FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE AT THE CURRENT MOMENT. AND THE CITY OBVIOUSLY CANNOT MEET THIS NEED ALONE. BUT THE PROPOSAL BEFORE US TODAY TO ALLOCATE $1 MILLION WOULD MAKE IT THE FIRST GOVERNMENT ENTITY TO TAKE ACTION
ON A RESPONSE AND RECOVERY PLAN RELATED TO THIS LOOMING HOUSING CRISIS. AND AS WAS SHARED AGAIN EARLIER IN IGR'S PRESENTATION AROUND, YOU KNOW, HOW THE NEXT
LEGISLATIVE SESSION WILL PROCEED. I KNOW MY OICE AND A NUMBER OF MY COLLEAGUES ARE IN CONVERSATIONS WITH STATE LEGISLATORS ABOUT THE NEED FOR SIGNIFICANT RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO BE APPROPRIATED AT T STATE LEVEL. AND FOR THAT TO BE SET UP
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE ONCE THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION BEGINS IN EARLY FEBRUARY. PHILANTHROPY, COMMUNITY FUNDRAISING AND RENT FORGIVENESS CAN ALSO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION. BUT IN REALITY, IT WILL TAKE MULTIPLE PARTNERS AT
ALL LEVELS TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY HOUSED. THAT SAID, THE PROPOSAL THAT I AND MY CO-AUTHORS BROUGHT BEFORE YOU TODAY -- THE CONTINGENCY FUND IS SET UP TO COVER URGENT COSTS. OCCUPATN
BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CLEARLY WAS NOT AN ANTICIPATED EVENT THAT WE WERE PLANNING FOR. SO THIS SOURCE FEELS LIKE THE CORRECT ACTION OR CORRECT SOURCE TO TAKE FROM. AND I'VE HEARD FROM MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES THAT THERE ALSO IS NO INTEREST IN
CUTTING SERVICES OR PROGRAMS TO ALSO FUND CRITICAL AND URGENT NEEDS. AND I FULLY AGREE WITH THAT POSITION. I WILL NOTE THAT USING THE CONTINGENCY FUND MEANS THAT WE ARE NOT CUTTING FROM ANY OTHER PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT OUR RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS, AND THE
NEED FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE PERFECTLY FITS THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR CONTINGENCY AND FOR THE TRANSPARENCY THAT MANY OF MY CO-AUTHORS HAVE ALSO ASKED FOR IN TERMS OF HOW THIS FUNDING WILL BE DISPERSED. AND ALSO,
HAVING SOME INTENTIONALITY AROUND HOW WE SELECT THE SOURCES, I DO WANT TO SHARE ALSO AT MY OFFICE AS WELL AS A FEW OF MY CO-AUTHORS ON THIS MOTION MET WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO DISCUSS OUR PROPOSAL AND INQUIRE ABOUT ALTERNATIVE FUNDING
PROPOSALS. AND IN RESPONSE, THE MAYOR PROPOSED THAT WE USE FUNDING FOR MANY HOUSING VOUCHERS WHICH PROVIDES PERMANENT HOUSING AND WRAPAROUND SERVICES TO 50 FILIES AND 50 INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING CHRONIC UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS. AND
IT'S COMPLETELY ILLOGICAL TO FUND EVICTION PREVENTION PROGRAM BY CUTTING RESOURCES TO HOUSE UNSHELTERED PEOPLE. AND THE GOAL SHOULD BE TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF FAMILIES O ARE UNSHELTERED, NOT PITTING VULRABLE
POPULATIONS TOGETHER FOR FUNDING. THAT'S EXACTLY WHY WE HAVE THE CONTINGENCY FUND. SO THAT BEING SAID, AGAIN, I HAVE HEARD FROM SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT THE HESITANCY USING CONTINGENCY DOLLARS. SO I WILL ACTUALLY MAKE THE MOTION TO
FORWARD THIS WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION TO THURSDAY'S COUNCIL MEETING. IF OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO BRING FORWARD POTENTIAL NEW SOURCES FOR THE $1 MILLION THAT ASSISTANCE AS NOTED BY TS PROPOSAL AND THAT WILL NOT CUT
SERVICES, ESPECIALLY SERVICES THAT ARE ALREADY UNDER RESOURCED, AND SUPPORT MANY OF OUR COMMUNITIES IN GREAT NEED, I WELCOME THAT DISCUSSION AND DEBATE ON THURSDAY. OTHERWISE, I WILL HOPE THATHIS WILL BE A UNANIMOUS VOTE. >> SECOND. >> SORRY. WHAT? >> SECOND.
>> OH, THANK YOU. THAT SAID, AS YOU KNOW, I WANT TO ALSO BE CLEAR, THIS PROPOSAL IS GROUNDED IN REALITY THAT WE CANNOT FOR THE INDEFINITE FUTURE CONTINUE DEFERRING OUR POWER TO THE
COMMUNITY WHO IS DOING TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK, AGAIN, TO DO FUNDRAISING, MUTUAL AID, ALL SORTS OF INITIATIVES TO KEEP OUR RESIDENTS SAFE, PROTECTED AND HOUSED WHILE WE'RE EXPERIENCING THIS OCCUPATION. AND ALSO, WE'RE VERY AWARE THAT
GOVERNOR WALZ HAS STILL NOT ENACTED EVICTION MORATORIUM. WE ALSO KNOW RENTAL ASSISTANCE WOUL NOT BE AVAILABLE BY STATE LEGISLATOR FOR SEVERAL YEARS. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WILL GO-FUND-ME OUR WAY OUT OF. AGAIN, THIS IS OUR WAY OF
SHOWING AS A GOVERNMENT ENTITY THAT WE WILL NOT BE COMPLICIT IN THE COUNTLESS OF LOOMING EVICTIONS THAT WILL BE FOUND IN THE COMING WEEKS THAT WILL PUT US IN RE, OR PUT OUR RESIDENTS SPECIFICALLY IN MORE CONTACT WITH THIS DEADLY FORCE THAT IS
ICE IN OUR COMMUNITIES. SO THIS IS ONE OF THE MEASURES IN ADDITION TO THE MEASURE WE JUST PASSED SUPPORTING IMMIGRATION SERVICES WHERE WE CAN SHOW UP IN OUR OWN LOCAL AUTHORITY AND IN OUR OWN WAY TO PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS. SO MY MOTION HAS BEEN
SECONDED. I'M OPEN TO QUESTIONS. AND ANY ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS. >> COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. >> YEAH, I COULDN'T AGREE MORE WITH WHAT YOU JUST SAID. I JUST WANTED TO OFFER A COUPLE OF STORIES JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN.
RECENTLY, I SHOWED UP FOR A PATROL, AN AFTERNOON PATROL AT GREEN CENTRAL ELEMENT. AND JUST BEFORE I GOT THERE, AN ATTEMPTED ABDUCTION HAD HAPPENED. ICE FOLLOWED ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS HOME FROM WORK AND THEN CRASHED INTO HIS CAR AND CHASED HIM WITH
GUNS AROUND THE AREA OF THIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AND SO THIS GENTLEMAN THANKFULLY GOT AWAY. BUT CLEARLY CANNOT GO BACK TO WORK. AND SO IF YOU CAN'T GO BACK TO WORK, HE CAN'T AFFORD RENT. HE CAN'T MAKE THE MONEY
FOR RENT. SIMILAR STORIES ALSO FROM THAT SCHOOL. I'M USING THIS ONE SCHOOL TO HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING ALL OVER THE CITY, AS EVERYBODY KNOWS. SINGLE MOTHER WHO HAS A KID WHO GOES TO THE SAME SCHOOL HAS CONFIRMATION THAT ICE KNOWS WHERE SHE WORKS AND CANNOT GO
BACK TO THAT PLACE, OTHERWISE THEY WILL FOLLOW HER HOME AND TAKE HER AND HER CHILDREN WILL BE LEFT OR HER CHILD WILL BE LEFT. OR THEY'LL TAKE THE CHILD AS WELL AND PUT ANOTHER CHILD IN DETENTION. THIS IS THE TYPE OF SITUATION THAT OUR NEIGHBORS ARE IN. IT'S ENTIRELY UNACCEPTABLE.
AN THE COMMUNITY HAS FUNDRAISED SO MANY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ANDT IS NOT ENOUGH. SO IT IS TIME FOR THEIR GOVERNMENT TO STEP UP AND HELP THEM. SO THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO STEP UP AND DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR OUR RESIDENTS. AND FRANKLY, MY RESIDENTS ARE BANGING DOWN MY
DOOR DEMANDING THAT WEO THIS AS WELL. WITH THAT, I'LL LEAVE IT. >> THANK YO I'M GOING TO JUST TAKE MYSELF OFF OF QUEUE BECAUSE I WILL SAK TO THIS ITEM ON THURSDAY. AND THEN IILL GO TO
COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> YEAH, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY SAY. YOU KNOW, THE STORIES, IT'S OUT THERE. WE COULD TALK ABOUT IT ALL DAY LONG. FRIENDS, FAMILY
MEMBERS, RESIDENTS WHO HAD THE HARSH TIME LAST FEW WEEKS LIVING IN A DIFFERENT PLACE THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE AMERICA THAT I CAME INTO AND MANY IMMIGRANTS DREAM ABOUT BEING HERE. SO I DON'T THINK THERE'S
ANYMORE EMERGENCY, REAL EMGENCY THAN WHAT WE ARE FACING TODAY. THE CONTINGENT FUNDING THAT EVERYONE I'M SURE WILL HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT IT, IT'S THE APPROPRIATE WAY TO USE THIS FUNDING. OUR COMMUNITY ARE BEING TARGETED, HARASSED AND
TAKEN OFF ON THE STREETS. WE ALREADY ARE SEEING WHAT'S HAPPING ON THE STREETS. TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED. HUNDREDS OF MORE ARE BEING AFRAID TO LEAVE THEIR JOBS. THEY ARE GOING TO IMMIGRANT-OWNED
BUSINESS. I HAVE SEEN SABINA'S TELLING THE OWNERS TO PROVIDE ALL THE LIST OF YOUR EMPLOYEES, THE PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR YOU. I'VE SEEN THIS IN MY OWN EYES. SABINA RESTAURANTS IN OUR COMMUNITIES. PEOPLE CANNOT GO.
ICE IS USING TECHNOLOGIES THAT WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT IS. IT'S THIS FACE RECOGNITION THING TT THEY'RE USING. THEY KNOW WHERE YOU ARE. THEY'RE NOT JUST LISTENING ON YOUR PHONER KNOWING, THEY WILL FIND YOU WHEREVER YOU ARE. SO THE
NEIGHBORS HAVE STEPPED IN, OF COURSE, HELPED THOSE FOLKS TO REALLY MAKE THEM FEEL WELCOME. FAMILIES ARE AFRAID TO GO PICK UP THEIR KIDS FROM THOSE SCHOOLS BECAUSE ICE IS OUT THERE WITH UNMARKED VEHICLES. I CAN TALK ABOUT THIS HORRIBLETORIES THAT
OUR COMMUNITY ARE FACING. SO I ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES THAT I DON'T THINK WE WILL EVER FACE ANYTHING EVER MORE EMERGENCY THAN WE'RE FACING TODAY IN THE KNOW WHAT ELSE WE CALL EMERGENCY. DEFINITION OF EMERGENCY THAN WE FACE TODAY.
OUR COMMUNITY IS ASKING TO ACT. YOU KNOW. THEY HAVE BEEN ACTING. THERE ARE BRAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT SWALLOW ALL KIND OF GAS AND DO NOT GO TO WORK TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORS. THEY ARE PUTTING
THEIR MONEY WITHIN NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITIES THAT ARE TRYING TO ME THE BASIC NEEDS FOR THOSE FAMILIES, SINGLE MOMS THAT LOST THEI FATHER OR THEIR PARENTS. SO IT'S OUR DUTY AS A GOVERNMENT, AS ELECTED
OFFICIALS, IT'S THEIR TAX MONEY. WE SHOULD USE IT WISELY AND WE SHOULD FUND THIS RENT ASSISTANT PROPOSAL. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT. COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS JUST SO DAYS WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH HERE. SO COUNCIL MEMBERWONSLEY, YOU SAID EARLIER THAT THE COUNTY HAS A $50 MILLION BACKLOG ON
RENTAL ASSISTANCE. SO I GUESS I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, IS THERE GOING TO BE A NEW PROGRAM DEVELOPED SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR $1 MILLION OR WILL OUR $1 MILLION BE THE FIRST $1 MILLION THEY USE AFTER THE
$50 MILLIO BACKLOG? YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW US GIVING THE $1 MILLION IS GOING TO HELP THE FAMILIES THAT WE NEED TO HELP RIGHT NOW IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. >> YUP. >> CHAIR. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION,
COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. SO THE COUNTY HAS MULTIPLE PROGRAMS. ONE OF WHICH INCLUDES RENTAL ASSISTANCE. AND THEY ARE ABLE TO MOVE THESE DOLLARS THAT WE APPROPRIATE TO ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WILL RESPOND DIRECTLY TO THOSE IMPACTED BY
THE OCCUPATION. AND WE'RE WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNTY SENDS OVER A LETTER ARTICULATING THAT. ALSO, ONCE THIS IS APPROPRIATED, OUR CITY ATTORNEYS AND THE COUNTY ATTORNEYS WILL HAVE TO SIT IN A ROOM AND DRAFT A FINANCIAL AGREEMENT THAT OUTLINES THOSE
TYPES OF PARAMETERS, TOO. AND CRITERIA FOR DISPERSEMENT AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. WHERE THE MONEY WILL BE SITUATED ON THE COUNTY SIDAND HOW IT'S TIED TO IMPACT THE FAMILIES, THAT WILL BE A JOINT AGREEMENT. ASKING FOR
A LETTER. BUT WILL NOT BE GOING TO THE $50 MILLION BACKLOG RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. >> I GUESS I NEED TO SEE THAT. IT JUST IS NOT MAKING SENSE TO ME THATIKE OUR FAMILIES ARE GOING TO GET THIS MONEY RIGHT NOW WHO ARE IN A CRISIS WITH PAYING THEIR RENT. AND IF
THERE'S SOMETHING MORE THAT SHOWS THAT, I'M EXTREMELY OPEN TO THIS. AND THEN, ALSO JUST HOW THE COUNTY OVERSEES THESE PROGRAMS. THAT'S REALLY IMPORTAN TO ME, TOO. I JUST HEAR A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS IN
MY WARD ABOUT WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE COUNTY SERVICES. WHAT THE $50 MILLION BACKLOG IS ABOUT. IS IT NEED OR MISAPPROPRIATING FUNDS TO PEOPLE AND NOW THERE'S A BACKLOG. IF THE NEED IS THERE,
I GET IT, WE'RE GOING TO GO ASK FOR IT. BUT WHY IS THE NEED THERE AND WHAT FAMILIES ARE GETTING THAT MONEY? AND I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYINGBOUT THERE COULD BE SOME PROTECTIONS PUT IN PLACE. BUT I ALSO, I MEAN, I JUST HAVE VERY SPECIFIC FAMILIES IN MY WARD THAT ARE ASKING FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND I DON'T
UNDERSTAND ONE PROTECTION THAT WE COULD PUT INTO PLACE THAT WOULD STOP THE FAMILY NEXT DOOR TO THEM THAT REALLY DOESN'T NEED FOR APPLYING FOR THE MONEY TOO AND FOR HENNEPIN COUNTY TO SAY THEY CAN'T HAVE IT VERSUS, I MEAN, THAT DOESN'T EXIST. LIKE YOU APPLY FOR A PROGRAM. YOU
EITHER, YOU KNOW, YOU SHOW YOUR INCOME. YOU GET IT. YOU DON'T. I MEAN, THERE WAS A LOT OF THAT DURING COVID WHERE PEOPLE WERE GETTING LARGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND OTHER THINGS AND THEY WERE STILL GOIN THINGS. I'M ALSO TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT PROTECTIONS ARE
GOIN TO BE PUT IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PROGRAM ISN'T ABUSED BY PEOE WHO REALLY DON'T NEED IT BUT THAT THE FAMILIES WHO ARE IN NEED RIGHT NOW CAN GET THIS MONEY. >> YEAH. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. I WILL NAME, JUST STRAIGHT UP, I'VE NEVER HEARD OF
ANY CONCERNS AROUND FRAUD, WASTE AND ABUSE. >> I HAVE. >> THAT'S OKAY. YOU CAN. -- AROUND MEETING SPECIFICALLY EVICTION, YOU KNOW, NEEDS. THAT IS WHAT THE EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE FUND IS FOR. THAT
BACKLOG IS TIED TO APPLICATION THROUGH AUGUST 2025. OURS IS SPECIFYING THIS IS DURING THE DURATION OF THE OCCUPATION. I BELIEVE DIRECTOR HANSON IS ALSO IN THE BACK. WITH POWER AGREEMENTS THAT WE'VE ENTERED IN
THE COUNTY ON MULTITUDE ISSUES WHERE THERE ISN'T OVERLAPPING. THERE'S A PRECEDENT FOR THIS. THERE IS THAT NIMBLENESS AMONGST THE COUNTY TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THIS FUNDING SEPARATELY FROM THAT POOL. BUT I WANT TO NAME,
AGAIN, THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THIS AND THIS WILL BE HASHED OUT AS PER OUR LEGAL PRESIDENT AND OUR JOINT AGREEMENT. THAT WILL STILL BE BROUGHT BY THIS COUNCIL FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL TO NAME THOSE PARAMERS. >> AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION,
HOW MANY FAMILIES DO WE THINK THIS MILLION DOLLARS CAN IMPACT? >> OUR GOAL IS THE MOST. >> I DON'T KNOW THAT THE MOST IS THE ANSWER I'M LOOKING FOR. I MEAN, I'M LOOKING FOR IS THERE A LIST OF PEOPLE WHO WE KNOW NEEDS THIS MONEY AT THE COUNTY OR
WHEREVER? WHAT'S THE IMPACT OF THIS? >> I'M PRETTY SURE THE COUNTY DOES HAVE EXISTING SYSTEMS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE REACHING OUT FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE. HAS BEEN SINCE THE START OF THE OCCUPATION. AND THEY ARE KEEPING
DETAILED, I'M SURE TRACKING OF THAT, AND THEN CAN PROVIDE THOSE FIGURES. I'VE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING, THIS IS SOMETHING YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO DO ON THURSDAY. IF IT'S A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE WHERE YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR REPORTING ON HOW THEY'RE
DISPERSING IT. I THINK WE ALWAYS WELCOME THAT. >> TYPICALLY, YOU WELCOME THAT BEFORE YOU GIVE SOMEBODY $1 MILLION. >> ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO -- NO, NO. HOLD ON. WE'RE NOT TALKING OVER EACH OTHER. SO
COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, WHY DON'T YOU FINISH YOUR REMARKS AND THEN IF THERE'S A RESPONSE BACK, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> YES, I WILL NAME, AGAIN, THIS IS ABOUT AT LEAST FORWARDING THIS T THURSDAY WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. IF YOU WANT TO VOTE NO ON THURSDAY, YOU HAVE THAT WILL. I THINK THERE'S A NUMBER OF US AND THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ABSOLUTELY WANT TO SEE THE CITY IF IT WAS 10 PEOPLE, 100 PEOPLE, WOULD LIKE TO SEE THESE RESOURCES BE MOVED TO KEEP PEOPLE HOUSED. ALSO SEE DIRECTOR HANSON HERE TO SPEAK TO
SOME OF THE PROGRAMMATIC PIECES HOWE DO JOINT AGREEMENTS. >> WE WERE CLEAR, THIS IS MY TIME. JUST SO WE'RECLEAR, THIS IS MY TIME, CHAIR. >> YES, YOU'RE RIGHT. YOU'RE CORRECT. >> OKAY. >> SO I CAN FINISH. >> YES, YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY FINISH. >> I KNOW HOW I CAN VOTE ON ANY
DAY, NOT JUST TO THURSDAY. >> MM-HMM. >> AND SECONDLY, THE PROBLEM WITH THESE SORT OF SITUATIONS IS COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY DOESN'T LIKE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. AND SO MY RIGHT AND WHAT I GET TO DO AS A COUNCIL MEMBER REPRESENTING WARD 4 IS ASK QUESTIONS ON BEHALF OF MY CONSTITUENTS. IF
YOU DON'T WANT TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, DON'T BRING IT FORWARD. PERIOD. DON'T BRING IT FORWARD. I HAVE QUESTIONS. IF YOU WANT TOE COMBATIVE, I CAN GET WITH IT. SO ANSWER MY QUESTIONS. >> HEARD. >> WOULD YOU LIKE ME -- >> WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH
ANOTHER FOUR YEARS OF THIS. I ASKED A QUESTION. IF SHE DON'T WANT TO ANSWER IT, JUST SAY I DON'T WANT TO ANSWER IT. >> AS CHAIR, I AM NOT GOING TO BE DOING THE THING WHERE I GET TO PICK AND CHOOSE. >> YOU JUST DID IT. >> I AM JUST USING MY PRIVILEGE AS CHAIR TO SPEAK BECAUSE WE HAVE A CFLICT RIGHT NOW AND I
SEE IT AS A CONFLICT. SO IF PEOPLE WANT TO CALL IT THEMSELVES, I WILL DECIDE IF IT IS. BUT WE ARE -- THE MINUTE YOU DO START TALKING ABOUT AN INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBER OR PERSON, THAT IS ABSCRIBING A
PERSONALITY. IT IS IN THEIR PREROGATIVE TO CALL THAT OUT. AND THEN I'M GOING TO DECIDE. BUT I'M NOT GOING TO BE THE ONE WHO IS ASCRIBING MOTIVE. >> WELL THAT IS FANTASTIC. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, WOULD
YOU LIKE TO FINISH YOUR REMARKS? >> I WOULD LIKE TO FINISH MY REMARKS. >> WE DO HAVE DIRECTOR HANSON. >> I DID NOT ASK HIM. MY QUESTION WAS SPECIFICALLY TO THE AUTHOR OF THIS. THAT'S IT. I
DON'T NEED HIM FOR ANYTHING. I KNOW HOW TO FIND HIM. AND I COULD ASK HIM QUESTIONS I I WANTED TO. >> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT.OUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON.
BEFORE ALL THAT, MADAM CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER. >> DIRECTOR, MAYBE HANG BACK. >> YEAH. >> JUST IN CASE. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON, APOLOGIES. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW BROUGHT UP AN EXCELLENT QUESTION AT THE BEGINNING OF HER REMARKS ABOUT
IS THERE A NEED AND WHERE IS THAT NEED COMING FROM? THE NEED IS IMMENSE. AND YOU WERE SPECIFICALLY TALKING -- YOU WERE TALKING ABOUTHE $50 MILLION BACKLOG. AS SOMEONE WHO HAS USED THIS FOR MANY A PERSON AS A
HOMELESS OUTREACH WORKER, THE WAY THAT THIS HAPPENS IS THAT YOU APPLY FOR THESE FUNDS WHEN THERE IS SOME SORT OF RENTAL DISTURBANCE OR WHEN YOU NEED FIRST/LAST MONTHS RENT. THERE'S NOT $50 MILLION THAT COULD BE
DISBURSED RIGHT AWAY. BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY LOST THEIR HOUSING. THEY HAVE NOT AND THEY'RE OUTSIDE. WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DISBURSE $50 MILLION. BECAUSE THIS IS AN ONGOING NEED
THAT TIME CHANGES PEOPLE'S NE NENEE NEED -- THE AGREEMENT IS I HAVE
THE FULL FAITH THEY'LL BE ABLE TO APPROPRIATELY USE THIS MONEY. >> THANK YOU. NEXT, WE WILL GO >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I HAVE -- THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE WITH RESPECT TO THIS ARE
NCERNS FOR THE CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE DEFINELY RESIDENTS OF WARD 5 AND INDIVIDUALS WHO, AS I STATED BEFORE, HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED BY MULTIPLE DIFFERENT HOME HEALTH CA FACILITIES IN LIEU OF ALL OF THE FRAUD THAT
HAS BEEN UNDERNEATH INVESTIGATION IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND SAINT PAUL, STATE OF MINNESOTA AS A WHOLE. >> APOLOGIES, COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. I REALLY DO APOLOGIZE. IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME SIDE CONVERSATIONS JUST BRINGING THE NOISE LEV DOWN A BIT. IT'S HARD TO UNDERSTAND WHAT SHE'S SAYING ON THIS SIDE.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. IN LIEU OF ALL THE FRAUD, THERE'S EN A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO EVEN RECEIVE THEIR PAYCHECKS. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE SAYING THAT THERE WILL BE FUNDING THAT
WILL GO DIRECTLY TO IMMIGRATED FAMILIES. BUT THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO RECEIVE THEIR PAYCHECKS. MY UNCLE HAS STAGE 4 CANCER, DROVE FOR METROPOLITAN TRANSIT OVER FIVE, SIX YEARS ON A BUS.
NOW THAT HE IS A STAGE 4 CANCER WAITING FOR A WAIVER TO COME FORTH TO HIM, EMERGENCY RENTAL SENTENCE IN ORDER TO HELP HIM TRANSITION FROM ONE SITUATION TO ANOTHER, WITH REAL DAY-TO-DAY NEEDS. THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE STILL NOT
BEING SERVICED. SO I DON'T WANT TO SEE $1 MILLION GO AND IT'S A PICK AND CHOOSE. BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S SITUATION IS IMMINENT. AND EVERODY'S SITUATION THROUGHOUT ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE VERY IMPORTANT AND VERY VALID. THERE'S NOT A -- YOU DON'T GET TO PICK AND
CHOOSE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER RECEIVED WELFARE FROM THE COUNTY OR WHATEVER ELSE THE CASE IS. BUT I HAVE. I WAS A 437 RECIPIENT. AT THE TIME OF EMERGENCY ASSISTCE, ONE THING THAT THE COUNTY DOES IS THEY ASK YOU VERY SPECIFICALLY DO YOU HAVE THE MEANS TO CONTINUE TO
PAY GOING FORWARD BEYOND THE LEVEL OF HELP THAT WE GIVE YOU. AND IF YOU DO NOT, AND YOU DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO SUSTAIN YOURSELF BEYOND THAT POINT, THEY WILL NOT EXTEND THAT ASSISTANCE TO YOU. SO IT'S NOT SO MUCH OF A BACKLOG AS MUCH AS IT IS A GROUP
OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THOSE FUNDINGS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO SUSTAIN THEMSELVES. SO WHAT THE COUNTY WON'DO IS WASTE THOSE FUNDS. IF YOU GO TO HOUSING COURT, HOUSING RENT HELP IS AVAILABLE
IN HOUSING COURT. I WAS JUST IN HOUSING COURT WITH PEOPLE LAST YEAR, NOVEMBER-DECEMBER. MY UNCLE IS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE INCLUDED THAT I WENT THERE. WE WENT, AND GUESS WHAT? HOUSING LINK OR HOUSING LIN OR HOME HELP OR WHATEVER THE NAME OF
THOSE PEOPLE ARE WHO WAS DOING ALLHE HELP DURING COVID, THOSE PEOPLE ARE STILL ALIVE AND WELL. AND GUESS WHAT THEY DI PAID HIS BACK RENT SO THAT WE COULD GET HIM OUT OF THAT LEASING AGREE AGREEMENT. REMOVE THAT HOUSING AVAILABLE SO HE COULD MOVE INTO A PLACE SUSTAINABLE FOR HIM. SO
YOU CAN'T SAY THESE PLACES DON'T EXIST. BUT THERE ARE GUIDELINES FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THOSE SERVICES. IF THEY'RE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THOSE SERVICES, THEN THEY GOTTA CHOOSE SOMETHING ELSE. BUT WE CAN'T SAY THAT THE COUNTY HAS TO SOFTEN THEIR LINES OF ELIGIBILITY AND ONLY OPEN IT UP FOR A SPECIFIC
ONE PERSON WHEN THERE IS A MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THE FRAUD, THE DISENFRANCHISEMENT, ALL KINDS OF SLUM LORDS AND EVERYTHING ELS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING GRAVE DEFICITS, ESPECIALLY IN MY COMMUNITY, WHO NEED THIS
ASSISTANCE JUST AS MUCH AS ANYBODY ELSE. SO WHAT I WON'T DO IS DO THE CHERRYPICK GAME. IF WE'RE GOING TO ALLOCATE THIS FUNDING, THEN IT'S OPEN TO EVERYBODY AND IT'S NOT PICK, CHOOSE, PICK, CHOOSE. BECAUSE THIS IS HOW WE GOT INTO THIS WHOLE FRAUD STUFF TO THE BEGIN
WITH. THE END. >> THANK YOU. I'LL JUST NOTE WE HAVE SEVERAL MEMBERS IN QUEUE. WE DO HAVE TIME. BUT WE DO HAVE -- WE WILL GO TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA, BUT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF ITEMS THERE THAT WILL WARRANT SOME DISCUSSION. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I
WILL BE BRIEF. AND I THINK JUST AN UNDERSTANDING I THINK WITH ALL OF OUR COLLEAGUES, I THINK ALL OF US KNOW THAT WE ARE IN AN EMERGENT SITUATION. I THINK ALL 13 OF US KW WE ARE IN AN EMERGENCY AT THE MOMENT AND THAT THERE IS NEED. THERE IS NEED FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR ALL OF OUR
INDIVIDUALS AS WE'VE ALL BEEN INUNDATED WITH REQUESTS FOR THAT LEVEL OF ASSISTANCE. I THINK WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS HOW BEST TO MOVE THIS FORWARD. IN A VERSION WHERE WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS AN EMERGENCY. I THINK THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO IF
CONTINGENCY FUNDS ARE NOT AN AVENUE, FIGURE OUT HOW WE SHOULD GET THERE. I KNOW ALL OF US ARE TRNG TO WORK ON THAT. AND I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY FORWARDING THIS ON SO WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION NOW. THERE ARE LARGE DISCUSSIONS AND QUESTIONS THAT I THINK CAN BENSWERED BETWEEN NOW AND THURSDAY. AND I THINK
THE ONLY OTHER POINT MAYBE WOULD BE POINT FOR DIRECTOR HANSON AS WELL, PARTICULAR TO THESE JOINT AGREEMENTS. THINKING AS WE ARE FIGURING OUT HOW TO DIRECT AND TARGET FUNDS AND HOW TO HELP BEST HELP THOSE FUNDS HIT THE
HANDS AND HIT THE POCKETS OF THE PEOPLE THAT NEED THEM, I SEE THE VEHICLE OF THAT BEING THIS VERSION OF A JOINT AGREEMENT. AND SO MAYBE THE BEST QUESTION WHETHER IT'S FOR DIRECTOR HANSON OR CITY ATTORNEY IS HOW DO WE BEST AS AOUNCIL HELP MEASURE
AND DIRECT THAT JOINT AGREEMENT SO THAT WE TARGET THE INDIVIDUALS THAT NEED IT IN A WAY THAT IS QUICK AND MEANINGFUL. >> WELCOME. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ERIC HANSON, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. IT'S A JOY TO IN THE CHAMBERS AGAIN. COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY AND COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING, WE HAVE A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY. WE COULD UTILIZE THAT EXISTING AGREEMENT. IT WOULD GO
INTO THEIR STANDARD PROGRAM FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE. ABOUT 0 MILLION IN THAT FUND TO HELP WHEN WE TALK TO THE COUNTY ON FRIDAY, THEY HAVE ABOUT 2500 PEOPLE WITH RENTAL ASSISTANCE. THE BACKLOG YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT IS REALLY AN ARTICULATION
OF THE NEED. IT'S ABOUT $50 MILLION IN RENTAL ASSISTANCE NEED IN THE COUNTY. THE COUNTY THEN DIRECTS IT TOWARDS FOLKS THAT ARE FAMILIES WITH ILDREN, PEOPLE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES AND SENIORS. AND THAT'S WHERE
THEY TARGET THEIR FUNDING. THE $1 MILLION YOU'RE DISCUSSING WILL FILL INTO THAT PROGRAM. AND WE STILL HAVEN'T TALKEDBOUT THE SPECIFICS ABOUT HOW TO GET IT TO A SPECIFIC THING. WE HAVE TO BE VERY MINDFUL OF THE DEMAND FOR THE PROGRAM, AND WE HAVE T
BE MINDFUL OF THE QUALIFICATIONS THAT THE COUNTY ALREADY HAS FOR THEM AND THEN WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL ABOUT PROTECTED CLASSES AND ALL THOSE SORT OF THINGS WITH FOLKS. THAT HAS NOT BEEN NEGOTIATED. I'M WAITING FOR AFTER THE COUNCIL ACTS AND MAYOR
ACTS AND THEN WE WILL BE TALKING WITH THE COUNTY. THAT MEANS THERE WILL BE LAWYERS FROM OUR SIDE AND LAWYERS FROM THEIR SIDE AND POLICY PEOPLE. WE WOULD WORK IT OUT BECAUSE THE INTENT I HEAR FROM THE COUNCIL IS TO EARMARK IT TOWARDS PEOPLE IN A CERTAIN
SITUATION AND WE'D HAVE TO WORK THAT OUT. >> PERFECT. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. JUST A CONFIRMATION, AGAIN. SO ONCE THAT AGREEMENT IS HASHED OUT WITHIN THE CITY ENTERPRISE AND THE COUNTY, THAT WILL COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR US TO THEN
VOTE ON THE ACCEPTANCE OF THAT. >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBER, I'D HAVE TO CHECK ON THAT. WE WOULD KEEP YOU INFORMED WHETHER OR NOT THAT AN ACTION, I WOULD HAVE TO CHECK IN. I DIDN'T CHECK THAT ONE OUT. >> THAT'S OKAY. AS LONG AS YOU HAVE IT FOR THURSDAY.
>> F THURSDAY? YUP, I'LL HAVE THAT QUESTION READY FOR YOU ON THURSDAY. THAT'S WHEN YOU WERE GOING TO DISCUSS IT TOO. >> HOPEFULLY BEFORE THURSDAY, IF POSSIBLE. >> SO COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M JUST GOING TO NOTE TO YOU THAT WE HAVE CAPTIONERS UNTIL 4 P.M. THE MOTION BEFORE US IS A MOTION TO
FORWARD IT WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. MEANING, WE ARE NOT GIVING IT A VOTE ON THE ACTUAL ITEM. WHICH MEANS IT WILL GO TO THURSDAY AND WE WILL BE ABLE IT HAVE DISCUSSION. SO IF MEMBERS ARE ABLE TO EITHER SAVE THEIR COMMENTS FOR THURSDAY OR SHORTEN THEIR COMMENTS, IT WILL BE
GRATEFUL APPRECIATED. BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE WORK TO GET THROUGH BEFORE 4:00. OKAY. VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. JUST REALLY QUICKLY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS T ELIGIBILITY AND HOW PEOPLE APPLY
AND ALL OF THIS. SO THE MECHANISM THROUGH WHICH A PERSON WHO NEEDS RENTAL ASSISTANCE BROADLY SPEAKING, RECEIVES THAT THROUGH THE COUNTY IS BY VISITING THE COUNTY WEBSITE. IT'S CALLED RENT HELP HENNEPIN. THAT'S LIKE THE SPECIFIC
PRESCREENING ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA THAT YOU HAVEO FILL OUT. RIGHT. FROM THERE, THE VERY FIRST QUESTION YOU'RE ASKED IS YO FIRST NAME, LAST NAME, YOUR ZIP CODE. THE SECON-- AFTER THAT IS MAKING SURE YOU MEET THE INCOME ELIGIBILITY. SO THAT IS
YOUR GROSS EARNINGS IF YOU'RE A HOUSEHOLD OF ONE IS 2,7. FOR A HOUSEHOLD OF TWO, IT'S $2,600.
IF YOU DON'T MEET THAT INCOME ELIGIBILITY, YOU EXCEED THAT AMOUNT IN YOUR GROSS INCOME PER MONTH, YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY SCREENED OUT. AT TT POINT, YOU CAN NO LONGER CONTINUE APPLYING FOR RECEIVING RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
NOW, LET'S SAY YOU MEET INCOME ELIGIBILITY, THE NEXT QUESTION IS HAVE YOU BEEN SERVED YOUR COURT SUMMONS FOR AN EVICTION FILING? SO IN ORDER TO THEN DO THAT, THEY HAVE YOU PUT IN YOUR
COURT FILING ID, OR YOU CANNOT, LIKE CONTINUE SUBMITTING YOUR APPLICATION. THAT MEANS THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT ARE ABLE TO ACCESS THAT POT OF MONEY ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING APPROXIMATELY MINIMUM
WAGE, AND THEIR PROPERTY OWNER, THEIR LANDLORD HAS FILED FOR AN EVICTION. RIGHT. THIS IS NOT PEOPLE WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, LIKE ARE MAKING MORE THAN THAT BASELINE AND MIGHT BE JUMPING THE QUEUE FROM SOMEONE WHO NEEDS
IT MORE. RELATIVELY SPEAKING, IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT ALL OF THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF NEED AND ARE GOING TO BE HOMELESS WITHOUT A SYSTEMIC INTERVENTION. SO I JUST WANTED TO CLEAR THAT UP IN
REGARD TO HOW PEOPLE GO ABOUT RECEIVING THIS ASSISTANCE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND I WILL JUST REQST TO BE ADDED AS A CO-AUTHOR TO THIS EM. >> GETTING A THUMBS UP AND AN OF COURSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
WONSLEY. COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. >> YEAH, I JUST HAVE REQUEST. WONDERING IF CPED FOR SOMEONE FROM THE COUNTY COULD GIVE US A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT THESE JOINT AGREEMENTS LOOK LIKE BEFORE THURSDAY SO WE CAN GET A
SENSE OF WHAT WE'RE GETTING IF IT'S NOT GOING TO COME BACK FOR A COUNCIL VOTE. WE REALLY TRY -- ICE IMPACTED. A LOT OF UNCUMENTED FOLKS. I WANT US TO BE REALLY THOUGHTFUL. IF WE'RE
GOING TO DO THIS, I WANT IT TO BE STRATEGIC AND I WANT THERE TO BE RIGOR IN THE THINKIN ABOUT HOW WE'RE DOING THIS. SO THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL TO ME TO BE ABLE TOUPPORT THIS IF WE COULD HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT -- ESPECIALLY AS A NEW PERSON, WHAT DOES THAT JOINT AGREEMENT LOOK LIKE. THAT'S MY
WHY IF POSSIBLE FOR THURSDAY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. >> YES. THANK YOU. AND IF I JUST MAY, THIS IS WHY TWO-WEEK CYCLE IS HELPFUL, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEN U COULD HAVE SOME TIME BETWEEN COMMITTEE. BUT I THINK ONE THIN
WONSLEY WOULD BE ABLE TO COORDINATE, MY OFFICE IS HAPPY SUPPORT IS SEEING IF WE COULD HAVE A COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE COME ON THURSDAY AND JUST GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS. BECAUSE I THINK, YEAH, THE MORE TRANSPARENCY, THE BETTER. I THINK THEY FEEL FAIRLY
CONFIDENT ABOUT THEIR OPERATIONS AND WOULD BE HAPPY TO SHARE WITH US. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. I JUST WANT TO RESET THIS CONVERSATION A LITTLE BIT. RENT WAS DUE TWO DAYS AGO AND MANY FAMILIES ARE LITERALLY GOING TO
FACE EVICTIONS BECAUSE THEY NO LONGER CAN AFFORD THE RENT. MY TIME IN OFFICE HAS BEEN SPENT HELPING CONNECT FAMILIES, HELPING REUNITE FALIES, HELPING ALERT MY NEIGHBORS ABOUT IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. AND
LITERALLY, HELPING COORDINATE RENT FOR MY NEIGHBORS. IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS ARE NOT JUST OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THEY LIVE IN EVERY SINGLE WARD AND EVERY CORNER OF OUR CITY. THEY ARE OUR CONSTI CONSTITUENTS. THEY ARE OUR NEIGHBORS. THEY ARE THE PEOPLE
WE ALSO REPRESENT. AND THEY ARE OUR CONSTITUENTS REGARDLESS OF THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS. I WANT TO CHALLENGE THE NOTION THAT THEY ARE NOT OUR -- IT'S TO
SUPPORT FUNDING FOR ONE-TIME RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR -- AND THAT'S BEING CHANGED TO NOW JUST ONE-TIME RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR RESIDENTS IN NEED, RIGHT? THAT IS OBVIOUSLY VAGUE. IT IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO HELP FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED SEVERELY IN
OUR CITY. IT IS NOT JUST SAYING THAT IT IS GOING TO BE DIRECTLY FOR IMMIGRANTS. IT IS FOR OUR NEIGHBORS. IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS ARE BEING IMPACTED. WE HAVE EVEN SEEN CITIZENS BEING QUESTIONED ON BUS STOPS TO LATER BE DROPPED OFF BY
ICE THEMSELVES AND KICKED TO THE STREETS BECAUSE THEY REALIZED THEY WERE CITIZENS. THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE LIVING IN FEAR. WHAT AT TIMES -- THEY ARE OUR
NEHBORS AND THEY DESERVE THIS HELP. $1 MILLION IS NOTHING. IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO HELP THE FAMILIES THAT ARE IN DESPERATE NEED. THE AMOUNT OF FAMILIES I HAVE TO CONNECT WITH ACROSS THE CITY WHO RENT IS DISTURBING.
JASON, CAN YOU HELP ME WITH RENT HERE, THERE. YOU KNOW I CAN'T TELL THEM THAT THE CITY HAS THEIR BACK WITH RENL ASSISTANCE BECAUSE THE CITY IS NOT PROVIDING RENTAL ASSISTANCE. IT'S JUST NOT. WHAT I A ABLE TO DO THOUGH IS FUNDRAISE FOR THE COMMUNITY, CONNECT THEM TO
RESOURCES IN MINNEAPOLIS HAVE DONE. AND THAT IS HOW WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS AFLOAT. BUT WE CANNOT RELY ON THE BACKS OF RESIDENTS TO LITERALLY FUNDRAISE. IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK OUT AND IT'S NOT GOING TO HELP THE NEIGHBORS IMPACTED HERE IN THE CITY OF
MINNEAPOLIS. SO $1 MILLION TO ME, THIS MOTI, I'M READY TO ROLL FOR IT. WE'LL OBVIOUSLY MOVE IT FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. WE'LL HAVE A VOTE ON THURSDAY. EVEN $1 MILLION IS NOT ENOUGH TO MEET THE NEED RIGHT NOW. FUNDRAISING
AS MUCH AS THEY CAN FOR NEIGHBORS HERE. -- THIS IS AN EASY VOTE FOR ME. I'M VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS. REALLY WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY FOR HER DUE DILIGENCE ON THIS MOTION TO ACTUALLY BRING TANGIBLE RESOURCES TO OUR NEIGHBORS. AND AGAIN, WE CAN ALWAYS AND SHOULD
BE DOING MORE. AND I HOPE THAT THIS VOTE IS UNANIMOUS COME THURSDAY. >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO ADD A COMMENT TO THIS. IN ORDER TO RECEIVE RENTAL
ASSISTANCE AO TOO WHEN APPLYING WITH THE COUNTY, YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO PUT IN INFORMATION ABOUT A LEASING AGREEMENT. ANY EMERGENCY DEEMED SO BE IT A UTILITY BILL, YOUR ELECTRIC BILL, YOUR GAS BILL, ANY SHUTOFF NOTICE OR ANYTHING
THAT YOU HAVE WHEN YOU GO AND APPLY WILL TRIGGER AN EMERGENCY ASSISTANCEPPLICATION YOU HAVE BETWEEN 30 TO 45 DAYS AFTER THAT APPLICATION HAS BEEN IGNITED IN THE SYSTEM TO ADD ADDITIONAL ITEMS TO THAT. SO IF YOU RECEIVE AN EVICTION LETTER AFTER THE
FACT, ONCE YOU'VE APPLIED, YOU CAN THEN RESUBMIT THAT INTO THE CASE NUMBER THAT THEY'VE ALREADY PROVIDED YOU FOR. SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE A LEASING AGREEMENT OR YOU GET A LETTER FROM YOUR LANDLORD THAT'S HANDWRITTEN ON THE BACK OF AN ENVELOPE THAT
FROM A NOTICE FROM GLOBE WHOEVER IN THE MAIL AND HE WRITES ON THERE YOU GOTTA BE OUT BY WHENEVER, YOU CAN SUBMIT THAT AND THEY WOULD STILL HAVE TO TAKE THAT INFORMATION FROM SAID LANDLORD OR WHATEVER ELSE THE CASE IS. YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A LEASING AGREEMENT OR WHATEVER. AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE AN
EVICTION NOTICE. ALL YOU HAVE TO HAVE IS ANY DEEMED EMERGENCY TO TRIGGER THAT APPLICATION UNDERNEATH THAT SCOPE WITH IT ONLINE OR WHAT HAVE YOU, AND UPLOAD THOSE DOCUMENTS RIGHT ON TO THE PORTAL THERE. I JT WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOT
ANYTHINGISCRIMINATORY THAT IS BEING DONE WITH RESPECT TO THE SUPPORT THAT WE ARE PROVIDING TO ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL STATEDIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT A LOT OF EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN IMPACTED
BY THIS. SO I DON'T WANT US TO. >> I WILL ASK THE CLERKS TO CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE.
>> AYE. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> WARREN. >> AYE. >> OSMAN. >> AYE. >> SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> WHITING. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >>ICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI. >> AYE.
>> AND CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 ES. >> THAT MOTION CARRIES. AND WE WILL TAKE THAT UP ON THURSDAY. SO WITH THAT, COLLEAGUES, WE'VE COMPLETED ITEMS ON OUR DISCSION AGENDA. WE'LL NOW TAKE UP OUR CONSENT AGENDA. THERE ARE ITEMS THAT WE WILL
DISCUSS, WHICH THE VICE CHAIR WILL HELP PULL. THE ONES AT LEAST THAT WERE HIGHLIGHTED TO US. THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR THIS MEETING WAS POSTED FOR PUBLIC
ACCESS THIS PAST FRIDAY, SO I WON'T BE READING EVERY ITEM. INSTEAD, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I'M GOING TO BRIEFLY SUMMARIZE THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. AND THIS IS KIND OF HOW WE WILL ALSO MOVE FORWARD
IN THE NEXT CYCLE, CYCLES, WE'LL SEE OF SUPERCOW. I EOURAGE MEMBERS TO THOROUGHLY READ THROUGH THE AGENDA AHEAD OF THE FUTURE SUPERCOW MEETINGS. ITEMS 1-6 WERE ORIGINALLY TO BE
CONSIDERED BY THE -- LEGAL SETTLEMENTS RELATED TO WORKERS COMPENSATION CLAIMS. SIX IS ACCEPTING A GRANT FROM MINNEHAHA 3,000. ITEM 7-16 WERE INTENDED
TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE BUSINESS, HOUSING AND ZONING CO LIQUOR AND GAMBLING LICENSE APPROVALS AND RENEWALS. ITEMS 11-16 INCLUDE VARIOUS CONTRACT
AMENDMENTS AND APPOINTMENT, VARIOUS GRANTS, BID AND APPROPRIATION FOR DEMOLITION. 17-34 HEALTH, SAFETY AND EQUITY COMMITTEE. 17-19 ARE GIFT AC T
ACCEPT ACCEPTANCES. 20-32, GRANT ACCEPTANCES, AND ONE GRANT EXTENSION. ITEMS 33 AND 34 ARE QUARTERLY UPDATES FROM THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND THE SUMMER SAFETY PLAN. ITEMS 35-58 WERE CONSIDERED BY THE
CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE. ITEMS 35-38 ARE STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND RELATED APPROPRIATION. ITEMS 395 ARE VARIOUS GRANTS FOR
SERVICES. 46-51 ARE VARIOUS BIDS FOR PROJECTS AND SERVICES. ITEMS 52-58 ARE VARIOUS CONTRACT AMENDMENTS AND GRANT ACCEPTANCE. ITEMS 59 -- SORRY, THERE'S A
LITTLE TYPO IN THIS SCRIPT, IS A BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT WOULD HAVE NORMALLY GONE THROUGH OUR BUDGED DURING OUR DISCUSSION AGENDA. SO NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED. ITEM 61 IS A GIFT ACCEPTANCE FOR
PRESIDENT PAYNE. ITEM 62 IS A CONTRACT THAT WOULD NORMALLY BE HEARD THROUGH THE COMMITTEE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND CONSENT DECREE SUBCOMMITTEE. I'VE DISCUSSED WITH OUR SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIR, HE'S OKAY WITH ALLOWING US TO PROCEED ON THIS CONSENT
AGENDA. LASTLY, ITEM 63 AND 64 ORDINANCE INTRODUCTIONS FROM OUR ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING THAT ARE BEING REFERRED TO STAFF IN ORDER TO EXPEDITE ACTIONS RELATED TO SALARY, WAGES AND ZONING DISTRICT AMENDMENTS. AND
FINALLY, WE ALREADY TOOK ITEM 70, WHICH IS RESOLUTION FOR IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES. SO NO ACTION IS NEEDED. TT COMPLETES MY QUICK SUMMARY OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. BEFORE I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT
AGENDA, I'LL FIRST GO TO VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI TO SEE IF THERE ARE ITEMS TT SHE WOULD LIKE REMOVE FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AS YOU MENTIONED, JUST ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN FLAGGED FOR US BY
MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE. I JUST WANTED TO PULL THOSE ALL TOGETHER AT CE. HOPEFULLY WE CAN WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THIS QUICKLY. FIRST, ITEM 5, LEGAL SETTLEMENT FOR TRACY McDUGAL. THIS IS JUST FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. NOT HOPING TO HAVE FURTHER
DISCUSSION ON THIS. THE SECOND TWO ITEMS I'D LIKE TO PULL TOGETHER ARE ITE 8.18. THAT'S THE LIQUOR LICENSE RENEWAL FOR CANOPY BY HILTON MINNEAPOLIS IN
THE MILL DISTRICT. AND THEN ITEM 8.100, WHICH IS THE LIQUOR LICENSE. I WANT TO PULL THOSE FOR A SEPARATE MOTION AND A
DIERENT SET OF COURSE OF ACTIONS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO PULL OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA? GREAT. I AM NOT SEEING THAT. CLERKS, I WILL BE TAKING
UP THE VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA EXCLUDING THE THREE ITEMS THAT THE VICE CHAIR LAID OUT. WITH THAT, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> GREAT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY
AYE. >> AYE. >> THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. ABSTENTIONS. OKAY. THAT MOTION CARRIES. AND WE HAVE APPROVED AND FORWARDED THE CONSENT AGENDA TO THURSDAY. AND WE WILL START
BY TAKING UP ITEM5. I DO WANT TO OFFER IF THERE IS ANY DISCUSSION. I'M SEEING A HEAD NOD FROM COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, AND I WILL RECOGNIZE YOU. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. WE SPOKE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS IN
AGENDA SETTI FOR WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE ELR COMMITTEE. SO I WANT THIS CHARACTERIZED APPROPRIATELY. MS. McDOUGAL IS A CIVILIAN NOT A SWORN. SHE HAS OVER 30 YEARS IN SERVICE AND
SERVES OUR CITY AS A FORENSIC SCIENTIST. THIS WORKER'S COMP CLAIM IS FOR -- >> THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU. THAT WAS COMMUNICATED TO ME THROUGH COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI. WE WERE
GOING TO ASK TO REDO THAT VOTE. >> OKAY. >> WE HAVEN'T TAKEN A VOTE ON IT SO YOU'RE ALL GOOD. >> OKAY. I THOUGHT WE DID EARLIER TODAY. >> NO, WE DID NOT. ON THAT, I WILL HAVE THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL.
>>OUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> WARREN. >> AYE. >> OSMAN. >> AYE. >> SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> WHITING.
>> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> AND CHA CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, THE MOTION CARRIES, FORWARDED TO THURSDAY. AND NEXT, WE'RE TAKING
UP THE LIQUOR LICENSE RENEWALS. I WILL LET OTHERS SPEAK. I'M GOING TO PUT A MOTION FORWARD JUST GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF
CONSTITUENT OUTREACH, QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT THE HOLDERS OF THESE LIQUOR LICENSES, HAVING ICE STAY AT THEIR HOTEL AS WE'RE GETTING REPORTS FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS
AND CIVIL DISTURBANCE. I'M GOING TO MOVE THAT WE DELAY THIS ONE CYCLE TO THE NEXT SO THAT WE GET
TO HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS AMONGST EACH OTHER. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE PUBLIC HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE STORIES THAT ARE COMING OUT OF HOTELS THAT HE ICE AGENTS WITHIN THEM. I'LL SAY FOR MYSELF, MY YOUNGER SISTER, SHE LIVES ON THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA CAMPUS.
SHE LIVES VERY CLOSE TO TWO HOTELS. AND IT HAS REALLY DISRUPTED HER LIFE AND THE LIFE OF OTHER STUDENTS. AND SHE'S SEEN A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ALONG ABOUT MANY OTHER COMMUNITY
MEMBERS ACROSS MINNEAPOLIS, SAINT PAUL, OTHER CITIES. AND SO I WILL JUST GIVE EVERYONE A HEADS UP. I'M PLANNING ON PUTTING A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD ON THAT AGENDA. >> SECOND. >> THANK YOU. WE CAN GO TO COUNCIL MEMB RAINVILLE.
>> THANK YOU. I'M WONDERING IF OUR ATTORNEY COULD TELL US OUR LEGAL OBLIGATIONS ON THESE LIQUOR LICENSES, PLEASE. >> ATTORNEY QUINN, I DON'T KNOW YOUR LAST NAME SO I JUST CALLED YOU BY YOUR FIRST NAME. >> IT'S O'REILLY. THANK YOU.
THESE ITEMS WERE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA BECAUSE CPED STAFF HAS FOUND THAT THE LICENSEES CPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE LIQUOR LICENSING LAWS AND ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS, ANDTHEREFORE, THEY ARE ELIGIBLE TO HAVE THE
LICENSE RENEWED. AND SO AT THIS POINT THE REQUEST BEFORE COUNCIL IS TO RENEW THE LICENSES. AND BEYOND THAT, THERE IS NO OTHER ACTION BEING CONSIDERED RIGHT NOW.UST THE RENEWAL OF THE
LICENSE. AND I WILL CERTAINLY DEFER TO LICENSING STAFF IN TERMS OF TIMELINES OF RENEWAL OF LICENS AND WHAT PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS THERE COULD BE IN TERMS OF WHAT DATE WE NEED TO -- THESE WOULD NEED TO BE RENEWED
BY IN ORDER FOR THE OPERATIONS TO CONTINUE. >> THAT WAS MY SECOND QUESTION WAS WILL THIS DELAY AFFECT THE LIQUOR LICENSE? >> I'LL CALL UP AMY LINGO.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, THIS WILL NOT DELAY THE IMPLEMENTATION AND THE EFFECT OF THE LIQUOR LINSE. BECAUSE AS PART OF THE RENEWAL PROCESS, THEY MAY CONTINU OPERATIONS UNTIL THE LICENSE HAS EITHER BEEN WITHDRAWN OR DENIED.
ITAS ALREADY BEEN CERTIFIED WITH THE STATE. SO THIS IS JUST THE CONTINUATION PROCESS. >> MS. LINGO, WILL YOU JUST STATE YOUR POSITION FOR THE RECORD. >> MY APOLOGIES. AMY LINGO, MANAGER FOR BUSINESS LICENSING. >> THANK YOU. AND ONE LAST
QUESTION, ATTORNEY O'REILLY, WAS IT? ARE YOU GOING TO BE IN THE ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE? >> TO BE DETERMINED. >> OKAY. SO WOULD IT BE SAFE TO SAY THAT UNDER OUR OATH OF OFFICE THAT IF WE DISOBEY THE
LAW BY DENYING THE LIQUOR LICENSE THAT WE WOULD BE VIOLATING OUR OATH OF OFFICE? >> AT THIS POINT WE'RE NOT CONSIDERING DENIAL. AND SO I HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT A BIT
FURTHER BECAUSE AT THIS POINT THERE -- RAISED TO DENY A LIQUOR LICENSE. THE QUESTION IS SOLELY ABOUT THE RENEWAL A WHETHER THAT'S GOING TO BE APPROVED. WE'D HAVE TO FOLLOW THE PROCESS AND ORDINCE IN ORDER TO DENY, OR IN THIS CASE, REVOKE AN ACTIVE LIQUOR LICENSE.
>> THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I GUESS I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CONVERSATION IS HERE. I HAVE GOT A LOT OF EMAILS FROM FOLKS TALKING ABOUT THESE LICENSES. AND THE FEW THAT LIVE IN WARD 4, I'VE RESPONDED BACK
AND SAID THAT THE LIQUOR LICENSE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHO STAYS IN THE HOTEL. AND SO I GUESS I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE NEED A PUBLIC HEARING FOR, WHY WOULD WE DELAY THIS? I MEAN, I DIDN'T COUNT BUT THERE'S A LOT OF LIQUOR LICENSES ON HERE AND I
DON'T KNOW IF ICE AGENTS ATE AT THE RESTAURANTS, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY SLEPT, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING. SO OUTSIDE OF PICKING OUT TWO BUSINESSES TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULD CONTINUE A CONVERSATION ABOUT
THIS. WHY ARE WE SETTING OURSELVES UP FOR ANOTHER LEGAL SETTLEMENT OR LEGAL SOMETHING IF WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS. I'M EXTREMELY AFRAID THAT THE WRONG THING IS GOINTO BE SAID PUBLICLY THAT
IT'S GOING TO BACKFIRE AND THESE TWO BUSINESSES WILL OWN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AFTER THESE CONVERSATIONS. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHY WE'RE NOT RESPONDING TO OUR CONSTITUENTS AND ACTUALLY STATING THE LAW THAT THAT THE LIQUOR LICENSE IS NOTIED INTO WHAT THEY'RE ASKING IN THOSE
FORM EMAILS THAT WE'VE BEEN GETTING FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS. I REALLY DON'T. I DON SEE THIS AS BEING A SMART STRATEGY WITH MOVING TS TO ANOTHER CYCLE. AND THEN HAVING PUBLIC COMMENT COME IN. I KNOW I SAY THIS A
LOT, BUT LIKE, GIVING PEOPLE THIS FALSE HOPE OF IF THEY COME HERE AND TELL US, WHICH THEY'VE TOLD US IN EMAILS THAT TY DON'T THINK WE SHOULD RENEW THE LICENSE, FOR US TO THEN HAVE A PUBLIC COMNT PERIOD FOR THEM TO TELL US THAT AND THEN WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? I DON'T WAN
TO SAY THAT, BUT NOT VOTE FOR IT? WHEN YOU CAN JUST ANSWER YOUR PHONE OR REPLY TO THE EMAIL AND SAY THERE'S NO LEGAL BASIS FOR US TO NOT RENEW THEIR LIQUOR LICENSE. I REALLY THINK WE'RE SETTING OUR SELF UP FOR SOMETHING REALLY BAD TO SINGLE
OUT THESE TWO COMPANIES, AND THEN PROLONG A CONVERSATION, HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT, DO WHATEVER IT IS THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT CYCLE FOR NOTHING. FOR US TO THEN STILL, LI, VOTE ON GIVING THEM LIQUOR LICENSE.
>> THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO GO TO COUNCIL VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI. I'M SURE SHE'LL HAVE SOME THOUGHTS TH WILL ANSWER SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS. >> YEAH, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. FEW THINGS TO LIFT UP HERE. SO
STARTING WITH WHY THESE TWO BUSINESSES AND WHY THESE TWO SPECIFIC RENEWALS WERE PICK, WHY I PULLED THOSE AND AM GOING TO BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION TO CONTINUE AND ADDING A PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD. BOTH OF THESE HOTELS HAVE CONTRACTS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY THROUGH WHICH ICE AGENTS AND BORDER PATROL AGENTSHAT ARE DEPLOYED TO MINNESOTA AND THE TWIN CITIES. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 3,000 TO 4,000 AGENTS RIGHT NOW.
THEY'RE ALL STAYING IN HOTELS SOMEWHERE. THESE HOTELS HAVE CONTRACTS WI THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT . I CAN THINK OF ONE
SPECIFIC EMPLE JUST FROM LAST YEAR WHERE WE HAD A LIQUOR LICENSE RENEWAL THAT CAME BEFORE THE BODY. AS IN, IT HAD MET AT LEAST ON PAPER, THE REQUIREMENTS THAT MR. O'REILLY DESCRIBED. ALL THESE REQUIREMENTS HAD BEEN
VETTED THROUGH BINESS LICENSING. AND WAS BEFORE US FOR APPROVAL. THAT LIQUOR LICENSE ENDED UP GETTING PULLED BECAUSE OF CONVERSATIONS WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE WITH BUSINESS LICENSING, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, CPED, TO DETERMINE THE LEGAL
FINDINGS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO DENY A LICENSE. JUST BECAUSE WE SEE SOMETHING ON AN AGENDA FOR APPROVAL DOESN'T MEAN NO LEGAL BASIS EXIST TO DENY A LIQUOR LICENSE. THAT REQUIRES SOME TIME TO WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY -- I WANT TO THANK BOTH
THESE GROUPS OF STAFF WHO HAVE ACTULY BEEN WORKING WITH US VERY DILIGENTLY ON FIGURING OUT ALTERNATIVE PATHS FORWARD. NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT WHY A LIQUOR LICENSE RENEWAL IS ATTACHED TO
ICE AGENTS STAYING AT A HOTEL. WHAT WE'RE SEEING HAPPEN IN REAL TIME IN HOTELS THAT HAVE THESE TYPES OF CONTRACTS WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS AT NIGHT WH AGENTS COME BACK FROM BEING OUT AND ABOUT IN, YOU KNOW,
BEATING PEOPLE UP AND SEPARATING FAMILIES AND ABDUCTING PEOPLE FOR FUN ALL DAY, THEY DRINK HEAVILY AT THE BAR AND HAVE WEAPONS ON THEM AND THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF INSTANCES WHERE A DRUNK AGENT WHO IS NOT ON DUTY HAS PULLED A WEAPON ON A
RESIDENT OF OUR TY. THAT IS DANGEROUS. THAT IS A REAL DANGER TO PUBLIC SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO NECESSITATES US HAVING FURTHER CONVERSATIONS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN ENSURE GREATER PUBLIC SAFETY FOR
THE RESIDENTS THAT WE SERVE. THIS IS -- I'M NOT MAKING THIS STUFF UP. THIS IS IN REAL LIFE, HAS HAPPENED IN OUR CITY RIGHT NOW ATTACHED TO THESE HOTELS THAT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH. WITH THAT,
MADAM CHAIR, I AM EXCITED TO SUPPORT THIS MOTION TO LAY THIS ITEM A CYCLE. >> THANK YOU. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK WE ALL
ARE ENTITLED TO THE VOTES TA THAT WE MAKE. AND YEAH, CLEARLY COMMUNICATE TO THE PUBLIC THAT THERE MAY NOT BE A LEGAL BASIS FOR A DENIAL, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL NEED TO MAKE
CHOICES BASED OFF OF THAT. BUT I THINK IN THIS UNPRECEDENTED MOMENT WHERE WE HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS AS A CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. ICE AGENTS STAYING IN OUR HOTELS AND CAUSING MASS
DISRUPTION FROM OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. IT IS DEEPLY CONCERNING. AND SO THIS IS I THINK IT DESERVES MORE TIME. AND LISTEN, MAYBE A DENIAL ISN'T MADE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE
VOTES ARE HERE. SURE AS HELL I'M GOING TO FIGHT FOR ACCOUNTABILITY. AND ACCOUNTABILITY HAPPENS IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE.T HAPPENS IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE. AND IT'S NOT -- I DON'T A AN INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBER FEEL COMFORTABLE AT ALL JUST MOVINGAST THIS ON A
CONSENT AGENDA WHEN HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF MY CONSTITUENTS HAVE REACHED OUT. WHEN THERE ARE CONSTITUENTS WHO CAN'T REACH OUT OR DON'T KNOW HOW TO REACH OUT OR DON'T FEEL SAFE TO REACH OUT ABOUT THE NEGATIVE, HARMFUL IMPACT OUR CITY IS FACING, AND
THE HURT THAT OUR CITY IS FACING WHEN THERE ARE HOTELS THAT ARE A PART OF OUR BELOVED HOSPITALITY COMMUNITYUTTING THEM IN DANGER, PUTTING WORKERS IN DANGER. I THINK THAT ACCOUNTABILITY IS 100% WARRANTED. AND THAT'S WHY I
BELIEVE IN A PUBLIC COMMENT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET THE STORIES OF OUR CONSTITUENTS. NOT ONLY TO TELL THE STORY TO US, BUT TO TELL THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY ACROSS THE NATI. RIGHT? WE'RE NATION-LEADING
RIGHT NOW IN THIS MOMENT. TO SAY THAT THESE, LIKE, MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR, BILLION-DOLLAR CORPORATIONS IN HOSPITALITY CAN JUST LIKE SIT ASIDE AND NOT ANSWER FOR IT IS WILD TO ME. SO I FEEL LIKE THAS WHY THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, THE
PUBLIC SQUARE IS SO, SO KEY. AS A CITY, LIKE, WE HAVE BEEN EMPHASIZING THIS NEED FOR DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION. AND WE
CLEARLY SEE THIS OPPOSED TO REVITALIZATION. THAT'S LIKE A CORE VALUE. WE CLEARLY SEE THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS FEEL BETRAYED BY THE BUSINESSES THAT THEY USED TO FREQUENT THAT ARE SUPPORTING OR BEING COMPLICIT IN THIS. AND YEAH, IT HAS TO DO WITH A LIQUOR
LICENSE. THERE WAS A CASE OF AN ICE OFFICER WHO WAS STAYING AT A HOTEL, GOT REALLY DRUNK, WENT DRUNK DRIVING, PUKED ALL OVER HIMSELF AND CAUSED A PUBLIC NUISANCE. AND I THINK THERE ARE OTHER STORIES THAT I THINK OUR
THAT I THINK IS WORTHWHILE TO PUT INTO THE RECORD. I'LL HAVE MORE REMARKS COME THE NEXT CYCLE. BUT I JUST WANT TO STATE LIKE I THINK THERE'S VALUE IN
THIS IN THIS MOMENT. I SEE THAT COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT HAS RAISED A PRIORITY MOTION. >> YEAH. I JUST WANT TO LISTEN TO THE ATTORNEY. AND I THINK FOR US TO BE IN A SE PLACE, I'D
LIKE TO CALL THE QUESTION. >> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT. CLERKS, WILL YOU CALL THE ROLL ON THE MOTION TO CALL THE QUESTION. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE.
>> AYE. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> NO. >> VETAW. >> NO. >> WARREN. >> NO. >> OSMAN. >> AYE. >> SHAFFER. >> NO.
>> STEVENSON IS ABSENT. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> WHITING. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> NO. >> VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> AND CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE SEVEN AYES AND FIVE NAYS.
>> THE MOTION FAILS. SO WE WILL CONTINUE DISCUSSION. COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> OH, OKAY. MY QUESTION WAS ABOUT SO COUNCIL MEMR
CHUGHTAI, YOU SAID THAT THESE -- THAT ICE HAS CONTRACTS WITH THESE HOTELS, LIKE CERTAIN HOTEL CHAINS OR WHATEVER. SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE HAVE A POLICY THAT SAYS THAT WE DON'T ISSUE A LICENSE TO PLACES WHERE ICE AGENTS STAY OR EAT? IS THERE
SOME TYPE OF POLICY HERE AT THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS THAT WE HAVE AT SAYS THAT? >> I'M CERTAIN TT MS. LINGO WILL CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT NO, WE DO NOT HAVE SUCH A POLICY. >> OKAY. SO TO THE LAWYERS THEN, IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT CONTRACT
IN PLACE, HOW DOES THAT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE LIQUOR LINSE OR LIKE WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE? >> WITHOUT STRAYING TOO FAR INTO PROVIDING PRIVILEGED LEGAL
ADVICE IN A PUBLIC SETTING, I THINK TO COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN ECHOED BEFORE, THE IDEA IS THERE HAS TO BE SUFCIENT FACT FINDING TO SUPPORT A LICENSE REVOCATION. AND SO AT THIS
POINT, AGAIN, STAFF HAS FOUND THAT ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE RENEWAL HAVE BEEN MET AND IF THERE IS ADDITIONAL FACT FINDING, I'M NOT SURE WHAT MIGHT TURN UP AND WHAT THE LEGAL BASIS COULD BE AT THAT POINT IN TIME. BASED ON THE FACTS AVAILABLE TO
STAFF, THEY'VE DETERMINED THESE LICENSES MEET THE REQREMENTS FOR RENEWAL. >> SO THE COMMENTS ABOUT LOOKING FOR LAL STANDING OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS PER THE LAWYERS IS THERE IS NO LEGAL GROUNDS TO NOT RENEW THE LICENSE. SO WHAT AREE GOING TO FIND? I MEAN,
LIKE HOW COULD THE LEGAL OPINION BE DIFFERENT IF THE LAWYER HAS JUST GIVEN US THE LEGAL OPINION SAYING THERE ARE NO GROUNDS TO NOT RENEW IT? IS MY QUESTION. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, ARE YOU DIRECTING YOUR QUESTION TO VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI OR ANYONE?
>> WHOEVER. I DON'T KNOW. >> I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF. I MEAN, I THINK THERE -- WITHOUT DIVULGING TOO MUCH INFORMATION BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO IN A PUIC SETTING, THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO COMMUNICATWITH. I HAVEN'T BEEN
ABLE TO SIT DOWN ROBUSTLY WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE THOUGHTS THAT I'VE HAD. THIS IS NOT ONLY OCCURRING IN OUR CITY. THERE ARE OTHER CITIES WHERE THIS IS OCCURRING. SO I THINK IT'S A WORTHWHILE EFFORT TO DO SOME MORE FACT FINDING AS OUR CITY
ATTORNEY STATED IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO. TO FIND A BASIS. >> OKAY. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THIS JUST SMELLS REAL DISCRIMINATORY TO ME. I BOOK HOTELS AND THEY'RE JUST ASKING ME WHEN AM I CHECKING IN, WHEN AM I CHECKING OUT, AND HOW CAN I PAY. SO THEREFORE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU CAN STAY IF YOU'RE
EMPLOYED B OR WHATEVER IN THE SAM SMITH ALE DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE AT ALL WHATSOEVER, YOU CAN'T DISCRIMINATE AGAINST PEOP LAWSUITS ON THEM FOR DISCRIMINATING AGAINST WHO IS STAYING IN SAID HOTEL OR NOT. I MEAN, THERE'S PROSTITUTES THAT
STAY IN HOTEL, GET DRUNK AND CAUSE A WHOLE BUNCH OF PROBLEMS TOO. I MEAN, SO WE COULD LOOK AT THIS IN MULTIPLE DIFFERENT WAYS. AND I THINK OUR DOWNTOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT HAS SUFFERED ENOUGH DISENFRANCHISEMENT
THROUGH ALL THE CLOSING OF BUILDINGS. BUILDINGS SELLING FOR PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR. WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR PEOPLE -- WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD. YOU COULD SAY OH WELL, WE'LL MAKE IT AN ORDINANCE THAT NO ONE WHO PRACTICES LAW ENFORCEMENT
SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO DRINK ALCOHOL. PEOPLE DRINK ALCOHOL WHO MAKE ALL KINDS OF DECISIONS. WE CAN'T CONTROL WHO CONSUMES HOWEVERHEY CONSUME IT. WE ONLY HOPE THEY DO IT RESPONSIBILITY THAT'S NOT OUR JOB TO ENFORCE
THOSE CONSEQUENCES. THAT'S SOMEBODY ELSE'S SPONSIBILITY. SO I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THIS -- I WANT TO STAY IN MY LANE AND JOBS THAT ARE WITHIN MY PAY GRADE AND MIND THE BUSINESS THAT PAYS ME. AND THI IS NOT THAT. SO I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. I WANT US TO JUST MOVE FORWARD.
LET THESE PEOPLE HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD. CARRY ON THEIR BUSINESS. GET ON WITH THEIR DAY. AND WE FOCUS ON THINGS THATRE INDICATIVE OF THIS COUNCIL. THAT'S IT AND THAT'S ALL. >> AMEN. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I ACTUALLY HAD COMMENTS THAT WERE
KIND OF RELATED TO THOSE. SO IT'S A GOOD SEGUE. I THINK ONE E LANE OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS TO REVOKE LICENSES IF THERE ARE
VIOLENT INCIDENCES THAT OCCUR RELATED TO LIQUOR LICENSES. IT'S HAPPENED TO SEVERAL BUSINESSES. I'M THINKING OF BULLWINKLE SALOON AS ONE. WE DO HAVE MECHANISMS. AND WE DO SPEND A
LOT OF TIME WITH CERTAIN PROBLEM BUSINESSES THAT COMMUNITY RAISES UP, HAVINGOMMUNITY MEETINGS AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS. I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN SOME IN MY WARD. THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL IN THE 3RD WARD. RESPECTFULLY, I BELIEVE
THIS IS IN OUR LANE. THE OTHER REMARK I WAS GOING TO MAKE IS I INVITE THE LICENSE HOLDERS TO COME AND SPEAK AT THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND TALK ABOUT HOW THEY ARE PLANNING ON KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY SAFE AND SERVING OUR COMMUNITY SAFELY. IF THEY HAVE A
SAFETY PLAN, IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC COMMITMENTS THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE, I INVITE THEM TO COME BEFORE US. IT'S A FORUM FOR EVERYONE. AND WITH THAT, WE WILL GO TO COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. I
WILL NOTE I DID SAY THAT CAPTIONING ENDS AT 4:00, WE HAVE GOTTEN IT EXTENDED TO 5:00. I REQUEST TO MY COLLEAGUES WE DON'T SPEND THAT ENTIRE AMOUNT OF TIME. BUTF THAT IS THE WISH OF THE BODY, THAT IS THE WISH OF
THE BODY. COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. YOU SPOKE TO SOME OF MY SENTIMENTS. I JUST WANTED TO ALSO EMPHASIZE I RECALL SUPPORTING COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLS AMENDMENT FOR NIGHT INSPECTORS BECAUSE WE HAVE A NUMBER OF NEIGHBORHOOD BARS WHERE IT'S THE KIND OF SAME STORY THAT THE OWNER SAYS, HEY,
NO VIOLATIONS ARE HAPPENING ON MY PREMISES. BUT IT'S THE ACTIVITY THAT'S HAPPENINGROUND THE PREMISES THAT ENDS UP BEING THE PROBLEM. IT ENDS UP BEING NOISE. IT ENDS UP BEING FIGHTS. IT ENDS UP BEING VIOLENCE. IT'S A IRLY ROUTINE THING FOR US TO LOOK AT THE FACTS WITH OUR CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND EVALUATE WHETHER OR NOT THERE OUGHT TO BE SOME CONDITIONS ON THAT LICENSE TO TRY TO REMEDIATE SOME OF THOSE BEHAVIORS OR WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE EGREGIOUS ENOUGH TO HAVE A LICENSE REVOKED. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING TT WE CAN DECIDE ON THE DAIS. THAT'S SOMETHING
THAT REQUIRES FACT FINDING SO THAT THERE'S A LEGAL BASIS FOR IT. THAT'S WHY THE MOTION BEFORE US IS TO HOLD THIS A CYCLE SO WE CAN HAVE A FACT-BASED CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS. WE'RE NOT DEBATING ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THIS LICENSE SHOULD BE REVOKED. WE'RE DEBATING WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD HOLD THIS A
CYCLE SO THAT WE CAN DO THE FACT FINDING SO THAT THERE'S A LEGAL BASIS TO EITHER APPROVE IT AS IS, APPROVE IT WITH CONDITIONS OR DENY IT BASED ON THE FACTS. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. NEXT, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. >> YES, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
I THINK HAVE THE SAME COMMENTS THAT COUNCIL PRESIDENT ELLIOTT PAYNE JUST MENTIONED. I THINK, YOU KNOW, I'M IN SUPPORT OF FINDING A FACTUAL BASIS FOR THE
VIOLATION OF THESE LIQUOR LICENSES. I THINK IF WE DO NOT IN THIS PERIOD OF TIME, WHETHER IT'S TO THE NEXT CYCLE, I THINK ABSENT A VIOLATION OF ANY LEVEL FOR THESE LIQUOR LICENSES OR APPROVALS OF THESE LIQUOR LICENSES. I THINK TO COUNCIL
MEMBER VETAW'S POINT, WE DO HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY. I THINK EVERY RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR CO CONSTITUENTS TO EXPLAIN WE DO NOT HAVE LEGAL AND FACTUAL BASIS
TO DENY. OPENLY A BROADLY TO OUR CONSTITUENTS IF THAT IS THE CASE. SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM CHAIR. I'M JUST WONDERING IF ANYBODY HAS EVER HEARD THE
SAYING DON'T NUDGE THAT SHL IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S IN IT. BECAUSE OF THE SIMPLE FACT THAT YOU KNOW, THESE HOTELS WERE VIOLENTLY DESTROYED BY AGITATORS. THERE WAS A LOT OF DAMAGE THAT WAS DONE TO THESE HOTELS TOO. AND THE LETTERS THAT I RECEIVED FROM THOUSANDS OF
COMMUNITY MEMBERS SAYING THAT THEY WANT TO, YOU KNOW, URGE YOU TO REJECT THE CANOPY BY HILTON'S LIQUOR LICENSE RENEWAL. THEY LIST THE LICENSE NUMBER, AND THE DEPOT MINNEAPOLIS RENAISSANCE HOTEL'S LIQUOR LICENSE RENEWAL.
THEY LIST THAT NUMBER. SELLING LIQUOR IN MINNEAPOLIS IS A PRIVILEGE. THEY TALK ABOUT OUR ONGOING LAWLESS SURGE IN OUR CITY. ICE, YOU KNOW, AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT ICE HAS DONE IS
SICKENING. IT'S DISGUSTING. IT'S RIDIC RIDICULOUS. IT MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE. BUT THEN WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES THE QUESTION AS A COMMUNITY WHO IS MORE FOOL, A FOOL OR A FOOL WHO FOLLOWS A
FOOL? WHY WOULD YOU FOLLOW A FOOL TO A HOTEL -- THAT SHOWS YOU AS BEING LAWLESS TOO. I THINK WE OPEN A SHELL AND OPEN OURSELS UP FOR FAR MORE LAWSUITS AND PROBLEMS. SOMEBODY GOTTA PAY FOR ALL THAT STUFF,
TOO. THIS IS JUST RIDICULOUS. THIS IS A WASTED CONVERSATION. I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS. IF WE TAKE ACTION AGAINST ICE, LET'S TAKE ACTION AGAINST ICE. BUT LET'S NOT PUNISH OUR BUSINESSES AND OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE IN OUR CITY THAT ARE SUFFERING ENOUGH AS IT IS. LET'S JUST DEAL WITH
THE PERPETRATORS THEMSELVES. THAT'S IT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN, YOU'RE A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW. BUT I JUST WANT MY COLLEAGUES TO KNOW
THAT THE SATURDAY OF THE DAMAGE TO GO ON YOUR POINT, COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN, 6:45 A.M., I GOT A CALL FROM THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE DEPOT HOTEL. SO I WENT OVER THERE, AND TO LOOK FOR
MYSELF BECAUSE I DIDN'T BELIEVE M. AND AFTER I SAW THE DAMAGE THERE, AND I WENT OVER TO THE CANOPY TO TALK TO THEM TO SEE THE DAMAGE. THERE WASN'T A LOT OF DAMAGETHERE, BUT THEIR STAFF HAD BEEN BEATEN BY THE ACT THAT
TRIED TO FORCE THEIR WAY IN. BOTH HOTELS WERE LOSING A LOT OF MONEY. SATURDAY NIGHT A BANQUET CANCELED AT THE DEPOT HOTEL. HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF LOSS. AS YOU SET THE STAGE FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN AND CRITICIZE THESE
HOTELS, I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER HOW MH THEY HAVE SUFFERED. AND REALLY IT'S THEIR EMPLOYEES BECAUSE THEY'RE LAYING PEOPLE OFF. THE VERY PEOPLE THAT WE TRY TO PROTECT ARE GETTING LAID OFF BECAUSE OF THE DAMAGE AND THE PROBLEMS THAT ARE BEFALLING
THESE HOTELS BY THE PROTESTORS. >> ( OFF MIC ) >> THERE YOU GO. >> A HOTEL IS NOT GOING TO NEED RENTAL ASSISTANCE. I WANT TO STARTITH THAT PART. NOW WHEN IT COMES TO THIS, I'LL BE SETTING UP A MOTION TO SET UP A PUBLIC HEARING. OBVIOUSLY, WE
HAVE HEARD SO MANY COMPLAINTS FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS ABOUT PUBLIC NUISANCE. -- I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR FROM CONSTITUENTS AT THE NEXT COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING TO HEAR ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT THIS ESTABLISHMENT AND THE CONCERNS
ABOUT PUBLIC NUISANCE THAT THEY KEEP BRINGING UP BECAUSE THAT NEEDS TO BE PART OF THE RECORD AS WE MAKE A FINAL DECISION. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW UNSAFE MANY FOLKS FELT NEXT TO THE HOTEL AND BY THE HOTEL BY THESE ENTS COMING UP WITH THEIR
WEAPONS. LIKE, CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE SAFETY ASPECT OF OUR CONSTITUENTS WHERE NOW THEYAVE TO WALK DOWN A BLOCK WITH ICE AGENTS ON THEIR STREET WITH CHAOS AND FEAR AND PUBLIC
NUISANCE CONCERNS THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS HAVE BROUGHT UP. I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS. WE'RE NOT SAYING WHAT THE ESTABLISHMENT DID. 'RE SAYING NEIGHBORS HAVE THE RIGHT TO GIVE THEIR OPINION AND
THOUGHTS ABOUT PUBLIC NUISANCE . COUNCIL VICPRESIDENT OSMAN. >> I KNOW. I KNOW. I CALLED A QUESTION. BUT IT DIDN'T WORK T LAST TIME. BUT I WANT TO -- I WANT TO THANK THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE CALLING AGITATORS.
THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR OUR PEOPLE. THEY'RE OUT THERE IN THE COLD.R LIVES BECAUSE OF US. BECAUSE OF IMMIGRANTS. SOMEONE LIKE ME. SOMEONE LIKE CHAVEZ. SOMEONE
LIKE LATINOS AND SOMALIS. OUR PRIDENT SENT TROOPS HERE TO TERRORIZE US. SO DON'T TALK ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE. THOSE PEOPLE ARE HEROES. PEOPLE YOU CALL AGITORS ARE OUR HEROES. THEY PUT THEIR LIVES FOR US IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
PROTECTING US. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN. I'M NOT SEEING ANYMORE DISCUSSION. SO ON THAT MOTION, I WILL CALL THE ROLL. OR ASK THE CLERKS TO CALL THE ROLL. THERE WE GO. >> COUNCIL MBER PAYNE. >> AYE.
>> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> NO. >> VETAW. >> NO. >> WARREN. >> NO. >> OSMAN. . [ INAUDIBLE ] >> SCHAFFER. >> NO. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> WHITING. >> AYE. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> NO. >> VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> AYE.
>> THERE ARE NINE AYES AND FIVE NAYS. >> THAT MOTION CARRIES. OKAY HAVE AAGUES, I JUST FEW WE'LL BERKS THEN ADJO THAT, WE HAVE COMP ITEMS ON THE FIRST SUPE C.O.W. AGENDA. THANK YOU
FOR AS PATIENCE AND AGENDA WE Q INTOY TRANSITIONED THIS STRUCTURE. AGAI OBVIOUSLY ALLO FLEXIBLE AND RESP OUR COMMUNITY AND TO O CONSTITUENTS. THE NEXT COND WILL BEE-WEEK CYCLE
TUES FEBRUARY 17th, AT 9:30 THAT.M. FOLLOWED BY REGU COUNCIL,CITY THUR FEBRUARY 19th AT 9:30:00 A.M. I KNOW THAT COUN BE PRESIDENT PAYNE WILL CONNECTING WITH COUNCIL LEADERSHIP AND CITY CLERK ON TIMI TOOF A POTENTIAL RETURN OUR CYCLE. WITHEK
ALL STANDING COMMITTEES REAC THATED. I UNDERSTAND WE'L BY NEXT DISCUSSION MOND LATEST. AND THAT DECI WILL BE SHARED WITH ALL DEPA CITYTS INTERNAL TO THE ENTE THESE. AND WITH PUBL THAT WEELL. I KNOW ARE INTO THE TO GET
NORM EXCITED TOI AM HAND YOUR GAVELS. I ALSO APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT OUR CITY STAFF PUT TOGETHER TO ME THIS MEETING HAPPEN. THE THER AGENDA SETTING AND ONE THANKS FORTHCOMING.
YOU IN ME ANDUR TRUST OUR GETTING USAND THRO FIRST SUPER C.O.W. AND THAT, COLLEAGUES, HEAR OBJECTION. THIS
MEET ADJOURNED.