>> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ELLIOT PAYNE, PRESIDENT OF MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL. BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR MEETING, WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION OF AN HONORARY RESOLUTION RELATED TO MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS. I'LL INVITE COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW TO GIVE
THAT PRESENTATION.
>> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. I'M HERE TODAY WITH FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES TO RECOGNIZE MARCH 2026 AS MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AWARENESS MONTH IN MINNEAPOLIS. WE'RE GOING TO DO A LITTLE BIT -- SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT HERE. THE TWO ELECTED OFFICIALS WILL HELP ME READ
THIS. AND SO I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU START OUT, DIRECTOR. >> RECOGNIZING MARCH 2026 AS MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AWARENESS MONTH IN MINNEAPOLIS. WHEREAS, MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (MS) IS A CHRONIC, UNPREDICTABLE
NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM THAT AFFECTS COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE BRAIN AND THE BODY, OFTEN CAUSING SYMPTOMS INCLUDING FATI MOBILITY CHALLENGES, VISION CHANGES, COGNITIVE IMPACTS, AND OTHER IMPAIRMENTS THAT VARY WIDD
>> WHEREAS, MS AFFECTS PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS, WITH DIAGNOSES OCCURRING IN YOUNG ADULTHOOD AND WOMEN BEING DISPR AFFECTED, AND NEARLY ONE MILLIO PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES EST TO BE LIVING WITH MS; AND
RESEARCH CONTINUES IN PURSUIT O BETTER TREATMENTS, CARE STRATEGIES, AND ULTIMATELY A CURE; AND >> AND, WHEREAS, MARCH IS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AS
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AWARENESS MONTH, A TIME DEDICATETO RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS ABOUT MS, SHARING EDUCATIONAL RESOURC SUPPORTING PEOPLE LIVING WITH M AND THEIR CARE PARTNERS, AND PR
UNDERSTANDING AND COMPASSION ACROSS COMMUNITIES; AND A WITH, MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AWAR WEEK IS OBSERVED THIS YEAR FROM MARCH 8 THROUGH MARCH 14, 2026, PROVIDES AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS, HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS, RESEARCHERS ADVOCATES, AND RESIDENTS TO SPOTLIGHT THE REALITIES OF MS, AMPLIFY VOICES OF THE MS COMMUNITY, AND PROMOTE IMPROVED ACCESS TO CLINICAL CARE AND RES
PARTICIPATION; AND >> WHEREAS, THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS IS PROUD TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH MS, THE FAMILIES, CAREGIVERS, CLINICIANS, RESEARCHERS, SUPPORTERS, AND ADVOCATES WHO WORK EACH DAY TO IMPROVE THE
QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PEOPLE IMPACTED BY MS, REDUCE STIGMA, AND EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ME ENGAGEMENT, INCLUSION, AND SUPPORT ACROSS ALL NEIGHBORHOOD; ┘NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLV┘ THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE MARCH 2026 AS MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AWARENESS
MONTH IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THENGOING NEED FOR AWARENESS, EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT PEOPLE LIVING WITH MS. FURTHER, MARCH 8 THROUGH 14, 2026, BE OBSERVED AS MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AWARENESS WEEK TO HONOR THE
PERSEVERANCE, RESILIENCE, AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF INDIVIDUALS AN FAMILIES AFFECTED BY MS, AND TO URGE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO INCREASE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING, SUPPORT, AND ACTION TOWARD A FUTURE FREE OF MS.
[ APPLAUSE ] IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS KATHLEEN O'DONNELL, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE UPPER MIDWEST CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL MS SOCIETY. THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, TO THE REST OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR FOR ACKNOWLEDGING
MISSIMS AWARENESS MONTH. THE PROCLAMATION WAS F PROFOUND AND LISTED THE REASONS WE LIKE TO ELEVATE AWARENESS OF MS AND SO PEOPLE KNOW WHERE TO GO TO GET SUPPORT. OUR MISSION IS THAT WE WILL CURE MS WHILE
EMPOWERING PEOPLE AFFECTED BY MS TO LIVE THEIR BEST LIVES. WE DO THAT BY ACCELERATING GLOBAL CURES AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, BY ENSURING THAT EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO AN AFFORDABLE TREATMENT PLAN THAT IS TAILORED SPECIFICALLY FOR THEM. THAT
PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO COMPETENT GUIDES TO HELP THEM NAVIGATE AND BE MORE THAN THEIR MS. AND THAT WE HAVE COMMUNITY TOGETHER. S WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. I INVITE YOU ALL, IF YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, TO VISIT THE NATIONAL
MS SOCIETY. TO LEARN ABOUT IT AND TO FIND RESOURCES. YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED. YOU PROBABLY KNOW MORE PEOPLE THAN YOU THINK WHO LIVE WITH MS. THE THEME OF THIS YEAR'S MSA AWARENESS WEEK WAS MS UNSEEN. MANY OF THE SYMPTOMS OF MULTIPLE
SCLEROSIS ARE INVISIBLE LIKE DEBILITATING FATIGUE, PAIN, NUMBNESS. IT OFTEN LEAVES PEOPLE FEELING ISOLATED. SO THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MOMENT IN TIME TO ELEVATE AWARENESS AND ENSURE THAT YOU BECOME COMMUNITY FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH MS. I
INVITE YOU TO WALK MS TWIN CITIES ON MAY 3rd, TO BIKE MS TWIN CITIES ON THE 9th OF MAY. BOTH OF THOSE IN MAY. AND TO JOIN US IN THE MOVEMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
[ APPLAUSE ] >> I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TOTHL AND MATE YO MAYOR. AND EVERY SINGLE CITY WORKER WHO ENSURED THERE'S A CURB CUTOUT ON
EVERY CORNER. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND ALL THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR RECOGNIZING
THIS DAY. YOU KNOW, AS A PERSON LIVING WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, THE CHALLENGES ARE SOMETIMES VISIBLE, BUT MANY TIMES PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND AND RECOGNIZE THE STRUGGLES THAT
FOLKS LIVING WITH MS EXPERIENCE. THE EXTREME FATIGUE THAT KATHLEEN MENTIONED, AS WELL AS JUST THE CONTINUOUS ACHING AND PAIN THAT IS PERVASIVE ANDT
GOES ON ALL THROUGHOUT AT LEAST MY LIFE ANYWAY. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT KATHLEEN REMINDED ME OF IS, YOU KNOW, I TALKED ABOUT HOW RACISM IS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS WHEN I WAS
ON THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL. AND THOSE THINGS IMPACT BLACK PEOPLE'S HEALTH A IN MANY, MANY WAYS. PARTICULARLY WITH
AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES THAT ARE CREATED BY STRESS AND OVERWHELMING AMOUNTS OF CORTISOL RUNNING THROUGH OUR BODIES ALL THE TIME. BECAUSE WE TEND TO ALWAYS BE ON EDGE. AND, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK THE
ENTIRE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING THAT OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS. AND THAT'S MAYBE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF AN INSIGHT INTO WHAT GOES ON ON A DAILY BASIS IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND
MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES AND PEOPLE'S LIVES. SO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. ALSO, IF I MAY, JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THATTHIF VISIBILITY. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS ON THE COUNCIL, WE
WOULD DO A RECOGNITION OF THAT AND I'LL SAY TO THAT IS REPRESENTATION MATTERS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE AND THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. I REALLY DO
APPRECIATE THE CONTINUED EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE OF US WHO ARE IN THIS COMMUNITY KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE LIVING WITH MS. AND FIGURING OUT HOW WE CAN HELP FOLKS. AND I KNOW THIS RESOLUTION IS A SMALL THING, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO TWO PEOPLE
THAT I REALLY CARE ABOUT AND ADMIRE. AND SO I'M HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO DO THIS FOR YOU. AS MUCH AS I CAN. I'M SORRY ABOUT TRANSVISIBILITY DAY. I WILL DO IT NEXT YEAR! SORRY. BUT THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE
SUPPORT.
>> THANK YOU EVERYONE. AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO CALL THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCI FOR MARCH 26 TO ORDER. THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON.
>> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> PRESENT. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> PRESENT. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> PRESENT.
>> THERE ARE3 MEMBERS PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE HAVE A QUORUM. BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING, LET ME REMIND ALL MEMBERS AND STAFF THIS MEETING IS BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THESE BROADCASTS INCLUDE REAL TIME CAPTIONING AS A MEANS TO INCREASE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF
OUR PROCEEDINGS TO THE COMMUNITY. THEREFORE, ALL SPEAKERS NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THE RATE OF THEIR SPEECH SO THAT OUR CAPTIONERS CAN FULLY CAPTURE AND TRANSCRIBE ALL COMMENTS FOR THE BROADCAST. WE ASK ALL SPEAKERS TO MODERATE THE SPEED AND CLARITY OF THEIR COMMENTS. WITH THAT, THE AGENDA FOR
TODAY'S MEETING IS BEFORE US. I'M GOING TO PROPOSE ONE CHANGE, WHICH IS THAT WE MOVE UNFINISHED BUSINESS TO THE TOP OF THE AGENDA, SO WE CAN DISPENSE CONSIDERATION OF MAYOR FREY'S VETO OF THE TEMPORARY PREEVICTION NOTICE PRIOR TO CONSIDERING THE REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. ANY OBJECTION TO THE PLAN? SEEING NO OBJECTION. ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA? >> MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE TWO AMENDMENTS AT MY DESK. I'LL
CALL YOUR ATTENTION BRIEFLY TO AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGENDA BY COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. WHICH IS TO ADD A NOTICE TO THE AGENDA. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A MOTION FROM COUNCIL PRESIDENT, WHICH SEEKS TO ADD UNDER THE ORDER OF RESOLUTIONS THE CHANGE TO THE COUNCIL'S RESOLUTION
PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER APPOINTMENTS TO EXTERNAL ORGANIZATIONS. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE YOUR AMENDMENT. >> YES, I WOULD. AND I WANT TO GIVE SOMEONTEXT ABOUT IT. THIS MOTION BEFORE YOU INCLUDES TWO SECTIONS. ONE RELATING TO
HOTEL BUSINESS LICENSING. AND THE OTHER RELATED TO CONSUMER PROTECTIONS. SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, THIS COUNCIL DISCUSSED CONCERNS. WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT FEDERAL AGENTS STAYING IN HOTELS, CREATING POTENTIAL DANGER FOR WORKERS, GUESTS, AND NEIGHBORS. AND FOLLOWING THAT
DISCUSSION, MYSELF AND THE COAUTHORS OF THIS ORDINANCE HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEYS AS WELL AS LABOR PARTNERS ABOUT WAYS TO CREATE MORE PROTECTIONS FOR WORKERS AND GUESTS. WITHOUTREATING UNDUE ADMINISTRATIVE BURDENS ON HOTELS. AND IN THE COMING
WEEKS, WE'LL BE BRINGING FORWARD AN ORDINANCE HELPING HOTEL WORKER SAFETY PROTECTIONS AS WELL AS AN ORDINANCE TO GIVE CONSUMERS INFORMATIONS ABOUT POTENTIAL SERVICE DISRUPTIONS SO THEY CAN MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR CHOICES. I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING MANY MORE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS,
ESPECIALLY AS WE MOVE BACK INTO THE COMMITTEE PROCESS WHERE WE CAN SOLICIT, OF COURSE, FEEDBACK IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS ORDINANCE. WITH THAT, IL MOTION FOR THIS AMENDMENT TO BE APPROVED. >> IS THERE A SECOND. >> SECOND. >> AND THEN I WILL MOVE TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO INCLUDE UNDER THE
ORDER OF RESOLUTIONS REVISING THE CITY COUNCIL'S APPOINTMENTS TO M MEET MINNEAPOLIS. WE LEARNED THERE WAS A CLERICAL ERROR AT THE END OF THE YEAR. THE BYLAWS FOR MEET MINNEAPOLIS WERE AMENDED REMOVING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBER OS WE GET TO APPOINT ON THE BODY.
THIS WILL BE TO ADDRESS THOSE TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. AND I'L SPOKE IT IT WHEN WE GET TO IT ON THE AGENDA. IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AS AMENDED? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI.
>> AYE. >> WHITING. >> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> WARREN. >> AYE. >> SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> 13 AS.
>> DR THAT CARRIES AND THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. NEXT ITEM IS THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE MINUTES OF OUR REGULAR MEETING OF MARCH 5. MA I I HAVE A MOTION. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> WHITING. >> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE.
>> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> WARREN. >> AYE. >> SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES. AND THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED. FINALLY,E HAVE THE REFERRAL OF
REI GI PETITIONS, COMMUNICATIONS, AND MORE. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> WHITE ING. >> AYE. . >> >>: CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> WARREN. >> AYE. >> SHAFFER. >> WYOMING. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> OSMAN. >> AYE.
>> PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THAT CARRIES AND THE MATTERS REFERRED. NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS UNFINISHED BUSINESS. TODAY WE HAVE ONE ITEM OF UNFINISHED BUSINESS. AND THAT IS COUNCIL'S RECONSIDERATION OF THE MAYOR'S HA VETO OF THE TEMPORARY PREEVICTION EXTENSION
ORDINANCE PASSED AT MARCH 5th. I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO EXPLAIN THE PROCEDURE BEFORE WE TAKE ACTION ON THE ITEM. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. AS YOU NOTED, THE MAY YOU WERE VETOED THE ORDINANCE THAT EXTENDED THE PREEVICTION NOTICE PERIOD AND RETURNED THAT ACT, AS REQUIRED. THIS MATTER IS
CONTAINED IN LIMS FILE 202-60-0099 LINKED FROM TODAY'S AGENDA. PURSUANT TO SECTION 4.4C3 OF THE CITY CHARTER AND COUNCIL RULE 7.8. AND ACT VETOED BY THE MAYOR FOR AUTOMATIC RECONSIDERATION AT THE
NEXT MEETING. IT'S BEFORE -- AND THE IMMEDIATE HE QUESTION TO BE DECIDED BY THE COUNCIL IS AS FOLLOWS. SHALL THE DECISION OF CITY COUNCIL STAND NOTWITHSTANDING THE VETO OF THE MAYOR. IF AT LEAST TWO-THIRDS OF THE COUNCIL VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, THEN THE MAYO'S VETO IS OVERRIDDEN AND THE
ORIGINAL ACT IS ADOPTED. OTHERWISE THE VETO IS SUSTAINED. THAT MEANS AN OVERRIDE REQUIRES A MINIMUM OF AT LEAST NINE AFFIRMATIVE VOTES ON ROLL CALL. I'M PREPARED TO CALL THE ROLL ON THE MOTION FOR AUTOMATIC RECONSIDERATION. >> ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
PROCEDURES FOR THE CLERK? TO SUMMARIZE ORDINANCE IS BEFORE US. TO OVERRIDE THE C
>> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> WHITING. >> NO. >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> NO. >> VETAW. >> NO. >> PALMISANO. NO. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> WARREN. >> NO. >> SHAFFER. >> NO. >> WONSLEY. >>YE. >> OSMAN. >> AYE >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE.
>> THERE ARE SEN AYES AND SIX NAYS. >> THAT MOTION FAILS AND THE MAYOR'S VETO IS SUSTAINED. THE ORDINANCE IS NOT ADOPTED. THE
NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE PRESENTATION OF REPORTS FROM STANDING COMMITTEES. DUE TO OPERATION METRO SURGE WE'VE BEEN OPERATING UNDER A TEMPORARY STRUCTURE. COUNCIL MEMBER
CHOWDHURY TO PRESENT THE REPORT. >> THANK YOU, . PRESIDENT. THE SUPERCOMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE IS BRINGING FORWARD 62 ITEMS TODAY'S COUNCIL MEETING. THE FIRST THREE ITEMS LISTED ARE PUBLIC AND QUASI JUDICIALS HEARINGS. ONE APPROVES AND ENTERTAINMENT UPGRADE INDIAN RESTAURANT. TWO APPROVES THE
42nd STREET ALLEY RECONSTRTION PROJECT. THREE IS A DEMOLITION APPEAL THAT WAS SENT FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. ITEM FOUR AUTHORIZES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT. FIVE APPROVES THE CREATION OF A STILLBIRTH LEAVE
POLICY. SIX APPROVES A PL AND EQUALIZATION BOARD APPOINTMENTS. SEVEN THROUGH 11 ARE CONTRACTS FOR VARIOUS SERVICES. 12 IS THE URBAN SCHOLARS PROGRAM. 13 APPROVES A LEGAL SETTLEMENT. 14
AND 15 APPROVE LIQUOR AND GAMBLING RENEWALS. 16 AND 17 APPROVES APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. 18 AUTHORIZES ART CONTRACTS. 19 APPROVES A BOND ISSUANCE. AND ITEM 20
AUTHORIZES A GRANT SUBMITTAL. 21 THROUGH 23 ARE VARIOUS MASTER CONTRACTS. 24 APPROVES A LIMITED USE OF FACILITY AGREEMENT. 25 THROUGH 28 ARE VARIOUS CONTRACTS AND GIFT ACCEANCES. 29 THROUGH 31 ARE
RELATED TO VARIOUS GRANTS. ITEM 30 THROUGH 32 IS A TENANT RIGHT'S ORGANIZE TO STAFF DIRECTION. 33 IS A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE RELATED TO MPD OVERTIME EXPENSES USED DURING OPERATION METRO SURGE. THIS WAS SENT FORWARD WITHOUT
RECOMMENDATION. ITEM 34 AMENDS THE 2026 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATION. ITEM 35 AUTHORIZES A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT. 36 AUTHORIZES EASENTS ON HENNEPIN AVENUE.
ITEMS 37 IS A SCOOTER AND BIKE LICENSE AGREEMENT. THIS WAS SENT FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. ITEM 38 AUTHORIZES AN MOU REGARDING EV SPA NETWORKS. 39 IS A STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT ON UNIVERSITY AND FOURTH. THIS WAS
SENT FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. ITEMS 40 THROUGH 44 ARE VARIOUS BIDS. ITEMS 45 THROUGH 48 ARE VARIOUS CONTRACTS. 49 ACCEPTS A GRANT. AND ITEMS 51 AND 50 ARE GRANT
GIFT ACCEPTANCES. ITEM 52 IS A RESOLUTION THAT IS SUPPORTING LABOR RIGHTS OF GRADUATE FELLOWS AND TRAINEES AT THE U OF M. ITEM 53 IS A RESOLUTION URGING A NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS WITH CUBA. AND ITEM 54 IS A
RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE DIVESTMENT OF EUROPEAN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FROM COMPANIES THAT ENABLE I.C.E. I WILL NOTE THESE THREE POLICY RESOLUTIONS WERE ALL SENT FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. ITEM 58 IS A
CONTRACT AND BID RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFET 56 IS A BID RELATED TO THE SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER. THAT I WILL BE PULLING FOR DISCUSSION, AS WELL. ITEM 57 APPROVES THE
MINNEAPOLIS SMALL BUSINESS RESILIENCE FUND. WITH THIS ITEM, I'LL NOTE THAT AS A PART OF 57.1, $600,000 TOWARD FEE-FREE EVENTS WAS REFERENCED IN THE STAFF REPORT AND PRESENTATION. IT WAS INADVERTENTLY LEFT OFF THE
AGENDA. IT HAS BEEN CORRECTED. AND THE $7 MILLION REFERENCE IN THE PRESENTATION AT THE COMMITTEE IS NOW FULLY ACCOUNTED FOR. ITEM 58 PROVIDES SAFETY EQUIPMENT FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. ITEM 59 AUTHORIZES A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY FOR RENTAL
ASSISTANCE. ITEM 60 CONSIDERS LAHA FUNDING FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE. THIS WAS ALSO SENT FOARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. 61 RELATES TO RENTAL ASSISTANCE FUNDING. I'LL MOVE TO DELETE IT FROM THE AGENDA. LASTLY, ITEM
62 IS CONSIDERING A FINANCING PLAN FOR THE COMMUNITY TRAINING AND WELLNESS CENTER. THIS WAS ALSO SENT FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. AND WITH ALL OF THAT, I MOVE ALL OF THESE ITEMS FOR APPROVAL. I MOVE TO DELETE
ITEM 61. I'LL MOVE TO PULL THE FOLLOWING FOR A SEPARATE VOTE AND DISCUSSION: 3, 33, 37, 39, 52, 53, 54, 56, 60, AND 62.
THAT'S MY REPORT, MR. PRESIDENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY HAS MOVED APPROVAL OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT WITH THE ITEMS HIGHLIGHTED PULLED FOR SEPARATE VOTES. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE REMAINDER OF THE ITEMS? COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO.
>> MR. CHAIR, I WAS IN QUEUE FOR NUMBER THREE. I'LL WAIT. >> OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE >> I'M IN FOR THREE. >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN QUEUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE REPORT. I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> WHITING.
>> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> CHAZ. >> AYE. >> WARREN. >> AYE. >> SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> 13 AYES.
>> THOSE ITEMS CARRY. NEXT WE'LL TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER 3. I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO THE PRESENTATIONS AND CONSIDERING THIS APPEAL ON TUESDAY. THIS IS THE ONE FROM
THE CHURCH. -- THE BEFORE YOU WITH SLIGHTLY LARGER FONT WITH MY NAME ON IT. COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE NUMBER 3. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE APPEAL AND THE APPLICATION AND ADOPT THE FINDINGS OF FACT OUTLINED IN THAT MOTION THAT YOU HAVE IN
FRONT OF YOU. THANK YOU. >> IS THERE APP SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> WHITING. >> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY.
>> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> WARREN. >> AYE. >> SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >.
>> WE'LL TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER 33. THIS IS MY LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE, I BELIEVE. YES. SO JUST FOR BACKGROD, COLLEAGUES. THIS WAS A SERIES OF QUESTIONS I SHARED WITH THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT. AND I WAS WAITING TO HEAR BACK ON THE DATE FOR ANSWERS. AND DURG THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE -- THEY SENT A M MEMO RESPONSIVE TO THE QUESTIONS. I BELIEVE IT'S VALUABLE WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THIS, GIVEN THE PUBLIC INTEREST ON THE TOPIC. SO I
HAVE ASKED MPD TO PRESENT THE CONTENT OF THAT MEMO. IT'S ALL IN YOUR IN-BOX AT OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY COMMITTEE. >> MR. PRESIDENT, APOLOGIES. THERE'S A CLERICAL ERROR ON THE
COPY AT YOUR DESKS. IT'S C.O.W. NUMBER 33. >> Y. THAT'S WHY I HAD TO DOUBLE CHECK. CAN I GET A SECOND FOR THAT? >> SECOND. >> ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> AYE. >> AYE.
>> WHITING. >> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY >> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. [ INAUDIBLE ] >> WARREN. >> AYE. >> SHAFFER. >> AYE. >>ONSLEY. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> 13 AYES. >> THAT ITEM CARRIES. NEXT
WE'LL TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER 37. AND I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO ITEM 37 AND 39 TOGETHER. I HAD A CHANCE TO TALK WITH THE DIRECTOR TIM
SEXTON FROM PUBLIC WORKS. AND ALAN KLUGMAN. I HAD PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE BOTH OF THEM. I WANT TO THANK ALAN KLUGMAN FOR HIS WISDOM. BOTH OF THESE AFFECT MY WARD QUITE A BIT. AND I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT WE HAVE SOME RESOLUTION WITH
STAFF THAT THEY LISTENED TO THE CONCERNS OF THE RESIDENTS. WITH THAT, I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF 37 AND 39. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE MOVED APPROVAL. SECOND? >> SECOND. >> ANY DISCUSSION? SEEINGONE.
I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI.>> A. >> WARREN. >> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> WARREN. >> AYE. >> SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE.
>> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES. NEXT WE'LL TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER 52. I DON'T REMEMBER WHO PULLED THIS.
COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> BEFORE I SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, I DID WANT TO FLA FOR OUR CITY CLERKS OR SECURITY STAFF. THERE ARE RESIDENTS AND WE'VE BEEN HAVING THE ISSUE FOR AWHILE NOW. THERE ARE RESIDENTS WHO ARE TRYING TOKING A EXCESS THE CHAMBERS AND ARE BEING TOLD IT'S
FULL AND YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THERE'S SEVERAL OPEN SPACES. SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON WITH SECURITY. AND SHOULD
HAVE ACCESS TO. SO SOMEONE CAN FLAG THAT. I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT. BECAUSE I WAS NOTIFIED. BUT SPEAKING TO ITEM 52, WHICH IS THE LABOR RIGHTS GRADUATE FELLOWS AND TRAININGS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
MINNESOTA. GRADUATE LABOR UNION ALSO SPECIFICALLY UNIT ELECTRICAL LOCAL 1 1105 IS THE LABOR UNION REPRESENTING GRADUATE WORKERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. THE GRAD STUDENT UNIONIZATION
CAMPAIGN BEGAN IN FEBRUARY OF 2023, AND JUST AFTER FOUR WEEKS, A SUPER MAJORITY OF 2800 TOTAL GRADUATE WORKERS SIGNED UNION CARDS. IN APRIL OF 2023, 97% OF GRAD WORKERS VOTED YES TO FORM THEIR UNION. IN 2024, THE STATE
LEGISLATOR EXPANDED THE DEFINITION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEE, INCLUDING A NEW CATEGORY OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA IN THE BARGAINING UNIT CALLED THE GRADUATE FELLOWS IN TRAININGS. AND DESPITE THIS LANGUAGE AND
THE INTENT, THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DENIED UNION REPRESENTATION. GRADUATE FELLOWS AND TRAININGS DO THE SAME WORK BUT LEFT WITHOUT PAID LEAVE, EARNED SICK AND SAFE TIME, PROTECTION FROM HARASSMENT, OR OVERWORKED. AND ALSO LACK UNION REPRESENTATION.
THIS ALSO GIVES THE UNIVERSITY THE ABILITY TO RECLASSIFY WORK OUTSIDE OF THE BARGAINING UNIT TO UNDERMINE THE UNION STRENGTH AND LABOR PROTECTIONS. THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA IS A MAJOR EMPLOYER NOT ONLY IN JUST WARD 2, BUT IT'S A MAJOR
EMPLOYER CITY WIDE. AND IT'S INCREDIBLY DISAPPOINTING TO SEE THAT THE U SPENT TAXPAYER MONEY TRYING TO UNION BUSTRAD STUDENTS WHO ARE SIMPLY TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET WHILE PERFORMING A FUNCTION THAT ALLOWS THE UNIVERSITY TO THRIVE
AND BE AMONG ONE OF THE FINEST PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING IN THE COUNTRY. BUT INSTEAD OF COMPLYING WITH THE NEW PARA POLICY, AND RECOGNIZING THE ENTIRE BARGAINING UNIT, INCLUDING GRADUATE FELLOWS AND TRAININGS, THEY ARE TRYING TO
ESSENTIALLY POSTPONE OR STALL OUT UNIONIZATION EFFORTS. SO THIS RESOLUTION URGES THE U TO SETTLE THE DISPUTE WITH THE UNION BY SIMPLY FOLLOWING THE CLEAR LANGUAGE OF THE STATE POLICY AND RECOGNIZING ALL GRADUATE WORKERS AS PART OF THE BARGAINING UNIT. WITH THAT, I
WILL MOTION TS POLICY RESOLUTION FOR APPROVAL AND ASK FOR A SECOND. >> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. >> THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT I WAS A GRADUATE
STUDENT EMPLOYEE AT THE UNIVERTY OF MINNESOTA. AND WE DID NOT HAVE UNION REPRESENTATION BACK THEN. I SORELY WISH THAT WE DID. WHEN THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEEABOR RELATIONS ACT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WAS PASSED, ITAVE THE RIGHT OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES TO
FORM THEIR OWN BARGAINING UNITS. THEREFORE, IF FELLOWS AND TRAINEES WANT TO BE IN THE SAME UNIT AS GRADUATE STUDENTS, THAT IS THEIR RIGHT AND THE U OF M ADMINISTRATION NEEDS TO COGNIZE IT. THE WORK OF GRADUATE STUDENTS CAN BE VERY DIFFICT ON TOP OF ALL THE
ACADEMIC WORK THAT STUDENTS ARE ALREADY DOING. AND THE U OF M NEEDS TO RECOGNIZE THAT THEIR LABOR IS WHAT KEEPS THE U REPR RUNNING PLACE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. >> YES. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. TO ME, THESE KIND OF
ACTIONS CAN DIMINISH T RESPECT TO THE LEGISLATIVE POWER OF THIS BODY. FOR THIS BODY TO INSERT OUR OPINION INTO ANOTHER COORDINATING BODY'S WORK, BRINGING FORWARD AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM THE LEGISLATIVE
BODY OF THIS CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS ABOUT SOMEONE ELSE'S JURISDICTION AND WORK, I BELIEVE, IS NOT HELPFUL IN DEVELOPING RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR COORNATING BODIES. AND SO I WILL NOT BE CASTING A VOTE IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION.
THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR PAYNE. I WANT TO GIVE A QUICK THANK YOU TO OUR AUTHORS THAT BROUGHT THI FORWARD AND SIMILAR TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE STEVENSON. WAS ALSO A GRADUATE STUDENT IN CALIFORNIA. IN THAT WORK SAW
THE EFFORTS OF A LARGE AMOUNT OF OUR GRADUATE STUDENTS AND FELLOWS DO HISTORIC STRIKES THAT BROUGHT ABOUT SOME OF THE LARGEST SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN SALARY, CHILD CARE SUBSIDIES, AND OTH BENEFITS. AND SO AS SOMEBODY WHO IS DIRECTLY SEEN THE IMPACTS OF WHAT YOU SEE FOR
OUR GRADUATE STUDENTS AND GRADUATE FELLOWS THAT DO INEDIBLE WORKDAY IN AND DAY OUT, I'M EXCITED AND TRULY THANKFUL FOR MY COLLEAGUESO BRING THIS FORWARD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. FOR THIS IN THE FOLLOWING TWO AGENDA
ITEMS. I'VE CLEARLY STATED IN THE PAST MY JOB HERE IS TO REPRESENTHE RESIDENTS OF MINNEAPOLIS AND NOT TRY TO WEIGH IN OR INFLUENCE LABOR RELATIONS OF OTHER JURISDICTIONS OR FOREIGN POLICY. MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT IS MEANT TO ADDRESS
MUNIPAL ISSUES. WE'RE ELECTED TO ADVANCE POLICY AND OVERSIGHT IS AS IT PERTAINS TO THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. OUR STW CONSTITUENTS ARESKING US TO CARE FOR ALL MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENTS, PUBLIC SAFETY, CORE SAFETY SERVICES, AND THE SOUND FINANCIAL MAN MANAGEMENT OF
OUR ENTERPRISE AND TAX DOLLARS. NONE OF THESE ACTIONS HERE TODAY REALLY MEET THAT CHARGE. I DON'T NECESSARILY DISAGREE WITH THE INTENTIONS OF THESE ITEMS. BUT THEY ARE NOT THE PURVIEW OF THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL. BY ALL MEANS, IFNE OF THESE ITEMS IS PERSONAL FOR SOMEONE, I
HOPE THEYILL PURSUE IT AND REPRESENT THEIR VALUES. BUT NONE OF THESE ARE CITY ISSUES. AND I DON'T THINK THEY WARRANT MUNICIPAL REACTION. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. I'LL BE SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION. AND
KNOW THESE ARE OUR CONSTITUENTS HERE IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, AS WELL. THIS IS COMMON PRACTICE FOR THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL IN 2024. MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR MINNEAPOLIS PARK BOARD WORKERS D STRONGLY URGED MINNEAPOLIS
PARK BOARD TO SUPPORT MPRB FORCED OUR NEIGHBORS AND CONSTITUENTS ON A HISTORIC STRIKE THAT LEFT OUR NEIGHBORS FORCING THEMSELVES TO BE OUT ON THE STREET BEGGING FOR SUPPORT FROM THE PARK BRD. THIS IS COMMON PRACTICE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. AND REALLY HIGHLIGHTING CONSTITUENT SERVICE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING FOR YOUR RESIDENTST THE
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA CAMPUS AND THE MANYRADUATE STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. IM GOING TO BE VERY PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS TODAY BECAUSE POWER CAN SEE NOTHING
WITHOUT A DEMAND, FREDERICK DOUGLASS. AND OFTENTIMES, ESPECIALLY IN CASES OF WORKERS, ESPECIALLY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, THE INSTITUTION IS OFTEN AGAINST AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE A CY INSTITUTION THAT IS CHARGED WITS
HAS THE POWER TO WEIGH IN AND ADVOCATE ON THEIR BEHALF. ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. I VEEMENTLY DISAGREE THIS IS NOT CITY WORK. I THINK IT'S CONSTITUENT REPRESENTATION. AND I THINK IT
IS OUR WORK IN MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE INCLUSIVE AND WELCOMING CITY. WHICH IS OUR STATED MISSION. AND IT'S ALSO WHY WE HAVE INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS. AND SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO HAVE THE HARD CONVERSATION THAT'S A PART OF
RELATIONSHIP BUILDING. AND IF THE UNIVERSITY THAT I'M A GRADUATE OF IS CREATING HARDSHIP FOR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WERE CHARGED TO REPRESENT, I'M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT IT. AND I'M GOING TO ASK FOR CHANGE. BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT OUR
RESIDENTS DESERVE. >> I PUT MYSELF IN QUEUE. BECAUSE, OF COURSE, I'M GOING TO STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH OUR GRADUATE WORKERS. BUT I WAN TO JUST TO SPEAK MORE BROADLY TO THE ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
WE'RE LIMITED IN OUR POWER. I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO OUTLINED THAT CLEARLY. THE SCOPE OF OUR WORK IS SPECIFIC. WE'RE THE MOST ACCESSIBLE FORM OF GOVERNMENT AVAILABLE TO CONSTITUENTS. AND WE SHARE CONSTITUENTS WITH THE COUNTY AND THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. YOU'RE NOT SEPARATE
CONSTITUENTS FROM THOSE OTHER LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT. AND I AIM TO DO EVERYTHING WITH MY POWER TO ADDRESS THE REALITIES THAT WE'RE FACING. WHETHER IT IS A LABOR DISPUTE OR A FEDERAL INVASION. WE CLEARLY DON'T HAVE
THE POWER TO STAND UP TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENOFFICIALLY IN OUR CAPACITY AS COUNCIL MEMBERS. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE ARE POWERLESS WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INVADES US. AND SO WHETHER THAT IS THROUGH OUR OWN PHYSICALLY PUTTING OUR BODIES ON THE LINE INHE STREETS OR USING
OUR VOICE TO SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE TO OTHER LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT. THINK THAT'S EXACTLY THE ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT BECAUSE WE ARE TRE IN THE STREETS WITH YOU. WE ARE YOUR VOICE. IT WOULD BE A SHAME IF WE DIDN'T USE IT. WITH THAT, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE
ROLL. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> WHITING >> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> NO. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> WARREN. >> AYE. >> SHAFFER. >> NO.>> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.
>> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAY. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 11 AYES AND TWO NAYS. >> THAT CARRIES. NEXT WE'LL TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER 53, AND I THINK THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. SO OVER THE YEARS, THE CY COUNCIL HAS PASSED MANY RESOLUTIONS RELATED TO HOW
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS IMPACT OUR CONSTITUENTS. AND URGING HUMANE FOREIGN POLICY ACTIONS BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. JUST A FEW AMPLES INCLUDE URGING CEASE-FIRE IN COMBAT OF OPERATIONS OR -- YEAH. OF
OPERATIONS IN IRAQ FROM 2007 CONDEMNING THE JANUARY 2017 PRESIDENTIAL EXECUTIVE ORDERS ON IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AND REFUGEES. AND APPROVING A UNITY RESOLUTION WITH UKRAINEN 2022. THIS COUNCIL IS ALSO APPROVED MULTIPLE RESOLUTIONS IN
SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN PEOPLE. IN 2008, THIS BODY APPROVED A RESOLUTION ABOUT BUILDING A NEW COOPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CUBA IN 200 2018. AND IN 2021, MY PREDECESSOR AUTHOREDDED A RESOLUTION PROMOTING MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC
COLLABORATION BETWEEN NNEAPOLIS AND CUBA. THE REASON THAT INTERNATIONAL ISSUES LIKE THIS COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL IS BECAUSE THEY MATTER TO OUR RESIDENTS. AND WHEN RESIDENTS IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITY FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO WEIGH IN ON THE ISSUES THAT MATTER MOST TO THEM AND OUR BROADER
COMMUNITY, I AM HONORED TO SUPPORT THEM IN ADVANCING THOSE VALUES. AND THE COUNCIL IS A LEGISLATIVE BODY OF THE LARGE CITY IN THE STATE AND OUR OFFICIAL POSITIONS ARE TRANSMITTED TO OUR FEDERAL LEGISLATORS SO THEY CAN BEST ADVOCATE FOR AND REPRESENT THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY. AND THIS
INSTANCE, WE'RE SEEING ECONOMIC AND FOREIGN POLICY ACTIONS BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CONTRIBUTE TO STARVATION AND DIRE HUMANITARIAN CONDITIONS IN ONE OF THE NATION'S THAT NEIGHBORS OURS. RESIDENTS ASKED ME TO BRING FORWARD A RESOLUTION TO EXPRESS OUR CITY'S SUPPORT
OR, I'M SORRY, OUR CITY'S OPPOSITION TO THE CRUELTY AND CALLING FOR NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS WITH CUBA. THI IS A SIMPLE WAY TO EXPRESS SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN TERRIBLE CONDITIONS BECAUSE OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND OUR CURRENT BLOCKADE AGAINST THEM.
AND, OF COURSE, I HOPE ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES WILL SUPPORT ME IN ADVANCING THIS RESOLUTION. AND BEFORE I MOVE IT FOR APPVAL, I WANT TO SAY, I THINK IT IS COMPLETELY ABSURD THAT THERE ARE ELECTED OFFIALS HERE WHO CANNOT SEE THE POWER AND INFLUENCE OF MINNEAPOLIS BOTH
NATIONALLY A INTERNATIONALLY. UM WE HAVE CLEARLY JUST UNDERWENT A FEDERAL OCCUPATION OVER THE PAST THREE MONTHS. AND IF YOU CAN'T SEE THE TIDES IN WHICH HOW WEELATE TO OTHERS ABROAD, HOW WE OPPRESS OTHERS ABROAD, AND HOW THAT OPPRESSION
THEN GETS REINFORCED ALONG THE BORDERS AND BROUGHT INTO OUR OWN URBAN CITIES, AS WE SAW BORDER PATROL STRIKE DOWN AND KILL MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS, UMM, IN BROAD DAYLIGHT BACK IN FEBRUARY. IF YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW THOSE TWO INTERCON SECT OR INTERSECT,
I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING BUT THAT'S A WILLFUL IGNORANCE. [ APPLAUSE ] AND WITH THAT, I WILL MOTION THIS RESOLUTION FOR APPROVAL. >> SECOND. >> MOVED AND SECONDED. COUNCIL
MEMBER SHAFFER. >> THERE IS NO QUESTION OF WHAT HAPPENED IN OUR STREETS THE LAST THREE MONTHS UNDER I.C.E. NEEDED A RESPONSE FROM OUR CITY COUNCIL AND WE STOOD UP. WE WERE UNANIMOUS IN STANDING UP TO FEDERAL AGENTS IN OUR STREET IN
A TE OF OPPRESSION. AND I AM PROUD TO BE A PART OF THIS COUNCIL THAT MET THAT MOMENT. AND STILL MEETING THAT MOMENT. AND AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE HAVE THE LEGITIMATE AUTHORITY TO BRING FORWARD ANY LEGISLATION
THAT WE FEEL IS TIMELY. THAT'S TRUE. BUT WE ALSO HAVE A JOB DESCRIPTION THAT WE REALLY ELECTED TO FULFILL WHICH WE SEE DETAILED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. I'LL POINT OUT A FEW. ENACT LOCAL LAWS TO GOVERN THE CITY.
ADOPT POLICIES DIRECTING CY OPERATIONS. PROVIDE FOR THE GENERAL HEALTH AND WELFARE OF E CITY AND ITS INHABITANTS. MANAGE THE FINANCIAL AFFAIRS OF THE CITY. MONITOR AND EVALUATE CITY'S DEPARTMENTAL PERFORMANCE. ENGAGE MINNEAPOLIS RES TENTS IN
DECISION MAKING. CONSTITUENT SERVICES FOR CITY RESIDENTS, AND CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS LAND USE AND ZONING MATTERS. CUBA IS NOT ON THIS LIST. WE ALL HAVE LIMITED TIME, ENERGY, AND CITY RESOURCES AVAILABLE. AND OUR RESIDENTS
WANT US TO MAKE A FOCUS ON MINNEAPOLIS MAKING IT THE BEST PLACE IT CAN BE. I HAD A CUBAN AMERICAN RESIDENT REACH OUT DURING MY WARD WHEN HE SAW ON THE AGENDA VERY UPSET. COMMENTING ON FEDERAL INTERNATIONAL POLICIES AND
ISSUES MAY MAKE US SEEM LIKE W ARE DOING SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT WHEN IN REALITY, THIS WILL CREATE MORE DIVISION WITHIN OUR MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY. OUR ROLE IS TO PAY ATTENTION TO MINNEAPOLIS. TO SERVE ITS RESIDENTS P TO SAND UP FOR
INJUSTICE IN OUR STREETS LIKE WE HAVE BEEN THIS LT THREE MONTHS. AND DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE OUR CITY WELL-FUNCTIONING, FISCALLY HEALTHY, AND THRIVING PLACE TO CALL HOME. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR PAYNE. A QUESTION HERE. SO, LOOKING AT KIND OF THE RESOLUTION THAT'S BROUGHT FORWARD AND THE BE IT RESOLVED CLAUSE. I'LL READ IT CL QUICKLY. CALLING UPON PRESIDENT TRUMP TO RESCIND
EXECUTIVE ORDER 14380. AFTER A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARC HERE, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER HASLREADY BEEN RESCINDED. IT LOOKS LIKE EXECUTIVE ORDERER 14389 BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
ACTUALLYID RESCIND EXECUTIVE ORDER 14380. MAY PRESIDENT TRUMP SAW OUR RESOLUTION AND DECIDED TO RESCIND IT? [ LAUGHTER ] BUT JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT OUT THERE, AS WELL. SO THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CVEZ.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I WANTED TO SPEAK NOT NECESSARILYN THE SUBSTANCE OF THE RESOLUTION. BUT ON THE COMMENTS ABOUT WHETHER THIS IS OUR ROLE IN CITY GOVERNMENT OR NOT. I WANTED TO REMIND MY COLLEAGUES THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO
AUORED RESOLUTION OPPOSING WAR WITH IRAN AND CALLING FOR IMMEDIATE DEESCALATION A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE AUTHORED RESOLUTION EXPRESSING UNITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE AND PROTECTING LOVED ONES AGAINST THOSE WISHING TO DO HARM AND CALLING FOR ADDITIONAL HUMANITARIAN SUPPORT FROM THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AND MYSELF OFFERED A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR PERMANT CEASE-FIRE FOR THE LOSS OF HUMAN LIFE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT OUT LOUD. THIS IS STUFF WE ALL HAVE DONE ACROSS THE POLICAL SPECTRUM. AND IT JUST FEELS LIKE ANY TIME A PROGRESSIVE
BRINGS IT FORWARD, IT BECOMES AN ISSUE. I WANTED TO CALL THAT OUT. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I WANT TO SAY THAT I THINK WE SHOULD SUPPORT THIS. BECAUSE LIKE IT OR NOT, THE WORLD IS CONNECTED. YOU KNOW, WHEN
CRISIS HITS IN CUBA, IT AFFECTS HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS. OUR JOB IS TO STAND FOR OUR RESIDENTS. AND, YOU KNOW, SPEAKING FOR HUMAN DIGNITIES IS A LOT OF WORK. NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE IN THE WORLD, YOU SHOULD ALWAYS
SPEAK UP FOR HUMAN DIGNITY. SO, YEAH. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. THANK YOU. >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN QUEUE. I ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL ON ITEM 53. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHI. >> AYE. >> WHITING. >> NO. >> CHOWDHURY.
>> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> NO. >> VETAW. >> NO. >> PALMISANO. >> NO. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> WARREN. >> NO. >> SHAFFER. >> NO. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE.>> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> 7 AYES AND SIX NO.
>> THAT CARRIES. NEXT WE'LL TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER 54. I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. LET THE REVOLUTION IN CUBA PROCEED! ALL RIGHT. AH, NEXT -- HA-HA, IS SUPPORT FOR THE DIVESTMENT OF
EUROPEAN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSE I.C.E. SO I'M BRINGING FORWARD THIS RESOLUTION IN SPORT OF MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENTS WHO FOR MONTHS LED THE CITY IN RESISTANCE AGAINST I.C.E. MORE THAN WHAT MOST ELECTED OFFICIALS UP HERE HAS DONE. AND ARE NOW CONTINUING THEIR WORK OF RESISTANCE BUT IN A DIFFERENT
SCOPE. SEVERAL RESIDENTS HAVE ORGANIZED A DELEGATION TO HEAD TO EUROPE TO ADVOCATE FOR FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS TO DIVEST FROM CORPORATIONS THAT ARE FINANCIALLY BENITING FROM THE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES AND VIOLATIONS TAKING PLACE THROUGH I.C.E. THISELEGATION IS BEING ORGANIZED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
THE HUMAN RIGHTS AOCACY ORGANIZATION THAT BRINGS PEOPLE WHO ARE HARMED BY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS CHOICES TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES WITH DECISION MAKERS AND ADVOCATE FOR DIVESTMENT. IT'S BEEN WIDELY REPORTED CORPORATIONS HAVE HAD A HUGE ROLE IN PROVIDING THE TOOLS
TO THE U.S. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO VIOLATE THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF ITS RESIDENTS. AND WE NO LONGER HAVE FUNCTIONAL FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT ADHERES TO RULES OF LAW OR IS INTERESTED IN REGULATING CORPORATIONS' PROFIT FROM HUMAN RIGHT VIOLATIONS. IT MEANS WE MUST FIND ALLIES
AND PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS THE GLOBE TO HOLD THESE CORPORATIONS ACCOUNTABLE. AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THESE RESIDENTS WHO ARE DOING CRITICAL WORK THAT CAN LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT GLOBAL CHANGES BECAUS AS WE SEE, THE GLOBAL DYNAMICS DO IMPACT US HERE IN OUR OWN BACKGROUNDS. AND HISTORY HAS SHOWN THAT
SUCCESSFUL MOVEMENTS AGAINST FASCISM REQUIRES SOLIDARITY AND RESISTCE AND A COMMON TOOL HAS BEEN THROUGH BOYCOTTS AND DIVESTMENTS. ENCOURAGING EUROPEAN COUNTRIES TO -- ENABLING DHS AND I.C.E. IS A STRATEGIC ACTION. WHEN THE REALITY IS WE CANNOT RELY ON THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ESSENTIALLY POLICE THEMSELVES. I'LL NOTE WE ALSO RECEIVED LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM UNIONS INCLUDING CWA, OPEIOU, AND LOCAL 17. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THOSE LABOR LEADERS FOR ALSO SUPPORTING THIS. WITH THAT, I
WILL MOVE THIS RESOLUTION FOR APPROVAL AND ASK FOR A SECOND. >> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDE I'LL RECOGNIZE CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. YEAH. I AM REALLY PROUD TO COAUTHOR THIS RESOLUTION. BUT I
AM MORE PROUD OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS THAT WILL BE GOING TO EUROPE AND ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY TO TALK ABOUT THE INJUSTICE H DHS AND I.C.E. HAS BROUGHT TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND THE LIVES THEY'VE STOLEN AND
THE FAMILIES THEY'VE TORN APART. I AM I COMMEND OUR RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR THEIR CONTINUED BRAVERY. AND THE THING ABOUT THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL SENDING THIS RESOLUTION
TO THE EUROPEAN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION IS THAT EUROPE IS REALLY, REALLY AWARE OF THE CITY OF MINAPOLIS. THEY'RE AWARE OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. I HAVE SEVERAL FRIENDS A RELATIVES THAT WERE TRAVELING TO EUROPE DURING THE ICE
OCCUPATION. AND THEIR MEDIA WAS CONSTANTLY COVERING THE ATROCITIES THAT WAS ENACTED ON TO OUR CITY STREETS BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SO I BELIEVE THIS IS A VERY POWERFUL STATEMENT. AND WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE, ONE, THE ABOLITION OF
I.C.E. AND DHS. IF YOU HAVE AN INSTITUTION THAT'S GOING TO KILL ITSD OWN CITIZEN, I MEAN, ITJUST WE SHOULD ABSOLUTELY SPEAK AGAINST PROFITING OFF OF THOSE
SAME TYPES OF ATROCITIES AND VIOLENCE. AND I WILL ECHO WHAT MY OTHER COLLEAGUES SHARED. ALL OF THIS IS INTERCONNECTED. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT MINNEAPOLIS HAS BEEN AT THE CENTER OF INTERNATIONAL CONVERSATION AND INUR
CURRENT POLITICAL CLIMATE, I THINK IT WOULD BE NAIVE TO BELIEVE THAT IT WILL BE -- IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN. RIGHT. AND SO I'M REALL PROUD TO MOVE THIS FORWARD. AND I HOPE IT COULD HAVE UNANIMOUS SUPPORT. I'M
DISAPPOINTED THAT THE PREVIOUS RESOLUTION ABOUT NORMALIZING RELATIONS WITH CUBA WHEN WE'VE HAD PREVIOUS RESOLUTIONS CALLING FOR SIMILAR THINGS WAS NOT UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED. ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SEVERAL UNITED STATES CITIZEN GO
TO CUBA TO PROVIDE AID TO THE PEOPLE THERE. BECAUSE QUITE LITERALLY HOSPITALS WHERE THE ILL ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF, WHERE BABIES ARE BEING BORN DO NOT HAVE FUEL TO OPERATE PROPERLY. IT IS JUST A VERY,
VERY DARK MOMENT IN HISTORY. AND UNFORTUNATELY IT'S HAPPENING ON OUR TAXPAYER DIMES. AND IT'S FORCING CITIZEN TO BE THE ONES THAT ADDRESS THESE SYSTEMIC ISSUES. AND I'M DISAPPOINTED AS I'M MAKING COMMENTS HEARING MY
COLLEAGUES LAUGH AND MAKE SNIDE REMARKS. IT'S EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTING. [ APPLAUSE ] >> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. >> YES. THIS BODY HAS BEEN PROUD OF THE STRONG RESOLUTIONS THAT WE HAVE WRITTEN AGAINST
I.C.E. FUNDING. THIS IS DIFFERENT. RIGHT NOW OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF SUITS RELATED TO THE I.C.E. INCURSION. IN THIS OFFICIAL RESOLUTION, AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF MINNEAPOLIS REPRESENTING
THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS -- >> ONE AT A TIME, PLEASE. >> EXCUSE ME. [ OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ] >> I'LL START OVER. THESE ARE SHORT. I DON'T THINK I'M GOING TO RUN OUT. BASICALLY WE HAVE -- THAT'S ALL RIGHT. WE'VE
ALREADY HAD SOME STRONG STATEMENTS THAT I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT WE HAVE SAID ABOUT I.C.E. UNANIMOUSLY AS A BOARD. THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF SUITS RELATED TO THE I.C.E. INCURSION ON THE BENEFIT FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR CITY AGAINST WHAT
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS DONE HERE IN OUR STREETS. IN THIS RESOLUTION, WE, AS A GOVERNING BODY OF MINNEAPOLIS REPRESENTING THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS ARE AFFIRMING THE WORK AND ADVOCACY OF A GROUP OF UNKNOWN INDIVIDUALS TO SPEAK AT EUROPEAN
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS REGARDING I.C.E.-RELATED CONTRACTS. TO ME, OFFICIALLY AFFIRMING THIS WORK WITHOUT KNOWING WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE, THEY ARE UNELECTED REPRESENTATIVES, I WOULD ASSUME THE MAYOR IS NOT GOING ON THE TRIP. MAYBE SOME OF THE CITY
COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE. I'M UNCERTAIN. THERE IS NO VISIBILITY INTO WHAT THIS WORK ACTUALLY REPRESENTS. SO JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. I THINK THIS COULD BE NOT -- I'M NOT GOING TO BE SUPPORTING THIS. THANK YOU.
>> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> THANK YOU. I WISH THERE WAS ANOTHER WAY TO DO THIS. I MEAN, ANOTHER CONTINENT OR COUNTRIES TO DIVEST THE UNITED STATES IS
REALLY A -- NOT A WAY FOR ME TO SEE ANY SOLUTION. BUT BECAUSE OF THE ADMINISTRATION, WE HAVE THIS MIGHT BE THE PATHWAY TO GET ATTENTION. AND MAKE SURE THAT
WE'RE DOING SOMETHING WITH THE HUMAN RIGHTS. PROBLEM HAPPENING AROUND THE UNITED STATES. WE'RE GOING GLOBAL TODAY. I SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION.
>> COULD BE WONSLEY. COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> I WANT TO OFFER SOME CLARITY TO CONFUSION I'M HEARING FROM COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER'S COMMENTS. THIS RESOLUTION HAS TO GO BY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR VERIFICATION AND CLEARANCE. THERE'S NO RED FLAGS POINTED ABOUT HOW THIS
INTERFERES WITH EXISTING LITIGATION THAT WE'RE TAKING. JUST YOU DON'T WANT TO SUPPORT IT. THAT'S ALL I WANT TO DO. I WANT TO OFFER THE CLARIFICATION. YOU HAVE THEBILITY TO VOTE NO AND SAY NO. I DON'T ROCK WITH DIVESTMENT EFFORTS. LET THE WAR PROCEED. THAT'S ALL.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, I WISH YOU WOULD LEARN HOW TO RUN A MEETING. I'M GROWING TIRED OF THE SELECTIVE CALLOUT OF PEOPLE THAT SOMEBODY -- COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY LITERALLY JUST MADE A COMMENT I DIDN'T KNOW WAS
DIRECTED AT ME BECAUSE I'M OVER HERE WRITING NOTES. TRYING TO BE QUIET FOR OTHERS WHO ARE SPEAKING. AND LAUGHED, I GUESS, IS WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT. YOU ALL NEED TO LEARN HOW TO MONITOR THE ENTIRE BODY AND NOT CERTAIN PEOPLE ON THE BODY. I'VE CERTAINLY HEARD COUNCIL
MEMBER WONSLEY TODAY MAKE SNARKY COMMENTS AND NOISES AT PEOPLE. WHEN SHE DIDN'TIKE HOW PEOPLE VOTED. AND THE SAME THING IS GOING ON WITH -- [ OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ] >> TANTRUM SHE'S HAVING BECAUSE WE'RE NOT VOTING -- >> ALL THAT SAID WAS ONE
CONVERSATION AT A TIME. >> WE G GET TO VOTE ON THE WAY WE WANT TO DO AND SHE DOESN'T GET TO MONITOR WHAT I SAY AND HOW. IF U'RE GOING TO LEARN HOW TO RUN A MEETING, THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATED. YOU NEED TO LEARN HOWO TALK TO PEOPLE EQUALLY. >> SO YOU ARE -- >> AND STOP LETTING YOUR FRIENDS
SAY WHAT THEY WANT TO SAY AND HOW THEY WANT TO START THEM. >> YOU'RE ASCRIBING MOTIVE. >> IF SHE WANTS TO HAVE A TANTRUM BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GIVING HER A UNANIMOUS VOTE, THAT'S HER PROBLEM. >> AS I SAID, DO NOT ASCRIBE MOTIVE. ALL I HEARD WAS CROSS TALK WHILE COUNCIL MEMBER
SHAFFER HAD THE FLOOR. >> AS I SAID, LISTEN TO THE ENTIRE MEETING AND NOT TO THE PEOPLE YOU WANT TO -- >> WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON. >> AND KEEP ME OUT OF IT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> NO ONE NEEDS TO VOTE ON THIS.
LET IT BE IN THE RECORD. THAT'S FINE. BUT I MEAN, I'M -- I'M NOT GOING TO SIT HERE AND PRETEND THAT IT IS -- IT'S NOT HURTFUL WHEN I'M TALKING AND PEOPLE ARE LAUGHING AND MAKING REMARKS. MAYBE IT'S NOT ON THIS
SPECIFIC ONE, BUT IT HAPPENS CONSTANTLY. WHEN I'M CHAIRING A MEETING. WHEN I'M CHAIRING A MEETING AND SOMEONE CALLS ME A FUCKING CHILD. AND I'M DOING A DIRECT QUOTE. RICK, LIKE. IT'S NOT FAIR. IT'S NOT OKAY. I DON'T WANT TO COME TO
WORK TO BE BULLIED. >> ALL RIGHT. LET'S ALL FOCUS ON DECORUM. IF WE NEED TO TAKE A RECESS SO WE CAN -- DO WE NEED A FIVE-MINUTE RECESS. >> POINT OF ORDER. >> YEAH. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE RECESS. [ MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL IS IN
A FIVE-MINUTE RECESS ]
I'M GOING TO GET THE MEETING STARTED AND KEEP UGH RUNNING MOOT SMOOTHLY HERE. ONCE WE GET EVERYBODY SITUATED. I'M GOING TO GIVE THE ONE-MINUTE WARNING.
IN CASE YOU DIDN'T HEAR THAT, ONE MINUTE. WE ARE BACK FROM RECESS. I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO
CALL THE ROLL TO VERIFY THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. >> CHUGHTAI. >> PRESENT. >> WHITING. >> PRESENT. >> CHOWDHURY. >> PSENT. >> STEVENSON. >> PRESENT. >> RAINVILLE. >> PRESENT. >> VETAW. >> PRESENT. >> PALMISANO. >> PRESENT. >> CHAVEZ. >> PRESENT. >> WARREN. >> PRESENT. >> SHAFF. >> PRESENT.
>> WONSLEY. >> PRESENT. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> PRESENT. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> PRESENT. >> 13 MEMBERS PRESENT. >> WE HAVE A QUORUM. WE A BACK FROM RECESS ON ITEM NUMBER 54. I'M GOING TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO MIND ALL OF OUR
RULES OF DECORUM. WE HAVE A LITTLE THINGS PRINTED OUT HERE. I'LL BE FOLLOWING IT A LITTLE BIT CLOSELY. I'VE BEEN FAST AND LOOSE, AND WE'RE GOING TO HEAR THE GAVEL A LITTLE BIT MORE AS WE CONTINUE THE MEETING, IF WE NEED TO. WITH THAT, I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
PAYNE. I'M GOING TO READ TO THE PUBLIC WHAT THIS RESOLUTION IS ASKING FOR. BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S SOME CONFUSION. IT SAYS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL URGES EUROPEAN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS TO, ONE, DIVEST FROM ALL MAJOR DHS AND I.C.E. CONTRACTORS,
INCLUDING CORE CIVIC AND CICI INTERNATIONAL. TWO, DISCOURAGE AT&T PURSUING MAJOR CONTRACTS WITH DHS AND I.C.E. AND CORPORATIONS THAT THE INVEST IN AND THE ABUSE OF HUMAN RIGHT VIOLATIONS THAT THE CORPORATIONS ENABLE IN MINNEAPOLIS AROUND THE
WORLD. THAT'S WHAT WE VOTE ON. PEOPLE CAN VOTE NO. IT'S OKAY. READING OUT LOUD SO YOU KNOW HOW THE COUNCIL MEMBER IS VOTING ON THE SIMPLE RESOLUTION. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I APPRECIATE THAT. I'M GOING TO SAY THIS BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT IS PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS OR ON THIS BODY BELIEVE THERE IS A GRAVE DISCONNECT FOR ME. FIRST
OF ALL, BEING A BLACK WOMAN. I WAKE UP EVERY DAY BLACK. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I HAVE TO DEAL WITH. IT'S NOT A CHOICE. IT'S NOT AN OPTION. I DON'T GET TO TAKE IT OFF. I DON'T GET TO CHOOSE ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING DIFFERENT. THE ADVERSE EFFECTS
OF MARGINALIZATION AND THINGS I EXPERIENCE BEING A BLACK WOMAN EVERY DAY IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN PERPETUATED BY INSTITUTIONS OF WHITE RACISM THROUGHOUT HISTORY. WELCOME TO THE PLACE THAT I'VE LIVED MY ENTIRE LIFE.
WELCOME TO WHERE I'VE BEEN WITH MY ANCESTORS, MY GRAND PARENTS, MY PARENTS, AND WELCOME. I'M GLAD YOU HAVE ARRIVED AND MADE IT HERE. IT IS AN UNCOMFORTABLE AND DISRESPECTFUL SPACE. BUT WHAT I WON'T DO ANYMORE, EVER
AGAIN, IS TELL WHITE FOLKS HOW TO TREAT ME AS A BLACK WOMAN. IF YOU CAN'TAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND KNOW THAT YOU PUT ON YOUR PANTS ONE LEG AT TIME, AND BLEED RED BLOOD THE WAY I DO. IT'S NOT MY RESPONSIBILITY TO
REMIND YOU OF YOUR HUMAN RIGHT. WHAT'S GOING ON IN EUROPE AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN EUROPE, GOOD. GO DO A LOT OF THAT. BUT I STILL HAVE TO FIGHT INSTITUTIONALIZED RACISM IN MY COMMUNITY AND IN MY HOME HERE IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA ON A
DAY-TO-DAY BASIS. I AM CONCERNED WITH THE LAWS THAT EXIST HERE IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. IF I WANTED TO SIT HERE AND TALK ABOUT THE DISENFRANCHISEMENT OF WHAT IS HAPPENED TO BLACK FOLKS HERE IN AMERICA, I TELL EVERYBODY TO
EMPTY THEY POCKETS AND STRIP THEY CLOTHES OFF. FOR THE COTTON MY ANCESTORS PICKED. THE FACT THAT MONEY IS MADE FROM L COTTON. I'M NOT DISCONNECTED FROM ANYTHING H THAT IS HAPPENING TO BLACK FOLKS
HERE IN AMERICA. WHAT I.C.E. IS DOIN IS DISGUSTING. BUT I'VE BEEN I.C.EED MY WHOLE DAMN LIFE. AND IF YOU DON'T THINK I RECOGNIZE WHAT'S GOING ON, THEN WELCOME TO MY REALITY. YOU MAKE A CHOICE. THIS AIN'T A CHOICE.
THIS IS MY LIFE. I WOKE UP LIKE THIS. AND SO I MEAN IT WHEN I SAY IT. I HAVE HAD TO LOOK PAST AND DISMISS AND HAVE BEEN TOLD AS BLACK WOMAN MY ENTIRE LIFE ABOUT PULLING MYSELF UP BY MY
BOOT STRAPS AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE DONE. ACT RIGHT IS ACT RIGHT. THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TRAUMA AND CHOICE. I MAKE A CONSCIOUS CHOICE EVERY DAY NOT TO THE ALLOW SOMEBODY ELSE'S BEHAVIORS, ACTIONS, IDEOLOGIES,
WAYS THEY THINK, THEY ACT, NOT TO TRAUMATIZE ME OR AFFECT ME. BECAUSE I GOT WORK TO DO. AIN'T NOBODY TAKING CARE OF MY SIX KIDS AND GRAND KIDS BUT ME. AIN'T NOBODY GIVING ME A HANDOUT. NOT AT WINDOW FIVE.
NOT OUT ON THE STREETS. NOBODY IS COMING TO SAVE MY COMMUNITY WHEN BLACK BABIES ARE BEING SLAUGHTERED ON THE STREETS. I DON'T SEE PROTESTERS PULLING UP TO STOP THE VIOLENCE THAT CONTINUES TO PERPETUATE IN NORTH
MINNEAPOLIS. I'M TIR. I'M ANGR I'M PISSED OFF. BUT I WON'T ALLOW IT TO STOP MY PRODUCTIVITY AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO DON'T COME FOR ME. BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEND FOR NOBODY. I MEAN
THAT FROM THE TOP OF MY HEART. THE FIGHT I FIGHT EVERY DAY TO BE A BLACK WOMAN HERE IN AMERICA IS NOT ANYTHING YOU CAN EVER FATHOM. YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHERE I STAND BECAUSE YOU'VE NEVER SAT WHERE I'VE SAT. THANK
YOU FOREING WOKE. I APPRECIATE IT. NOW DO SOMETHING WITH YOUR AWAKENESS THAT DOESN'TING AT DOESN'T ANTAGONIZE OR GET IN THE WAY OF THE RESPONSIBILITY I HAVE TO THE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY TO
ENSURE THEY HAVE EQUAL ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY. LET ME SEE YOU ALL PULL UP AND MAKE SURE THAT NORTH MINNEAPOLIS HAS THE FAIR AND EQUAL TREATMENT THAT IT DESERVES. TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR BABIES AIN'T GETTING SLAUGHTERED ON THE STREETS HERE. BECAUSE WE
SHOW UP FOR EVERYTHING ELSE. IT'S A REAL PLACE. WELCOME TO MY REALITY. I'M GLAD YOU CAN MAKE IT. NOW DO SOMETHING WITH YOUR PRESENCE. THE END.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FOLLOW THAT ONE. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. >> PLEASE USE TITLES. >> YEP. MY APOLOES. COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. SPECIFICALLY KIND OF TALKING TO THIS POINT HERE, RIGHT. AND I THINK WE
HAVE -- IT SEEMS LIKE TO BE A SIGNIFICANENOUGH NEXUS. KIND OF TO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER BROUGHT UP. RIGHT. THIS BODY UNANIMOUSLY PUSHED FORWARD A RESOLUTION TO ABOLISH OR DEEPLY REFORM DHS AND I.C.E.
ACTIONS. I SEE THIS AS A VERSION THAT COUPLES THAT NEXUS KIND OF GOING AND ASKING IN RELATION TO SIMILAR ACTIONS FORWARD. AND SO WHILE I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS, I DO THINK, YOU KNOW, KIND OF AS A LAST RESOLUTION THAT WENT FORWARD, AS
THERE ARE, AND WHEN WE CAN FIND A SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH NEXUS TO WHAT HAPPENS HE IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, WE DO HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO MOVE THINGS FORWARD. WHERE THERE IS NO THE NEXUS OR DOESN'T EXIST, I THINK IT'S HARDER AND WE SHOULD BE A LITTLE MORE FOCUSED ON STREETS OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. I
BELIEVE THIS IS A RESOLUTION THAT DOES DO THAT AND CONTINUES TO MOVE IT FORWARD. BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO USE OUR LEGISLATIVE POWER AND SPOTLIGHT IN THE BEST WAY TO MOVE THE CITY FORWARD. THAT'S WHY I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS ONE AND WAS DIFFERENTLY ON OTHERS. SO THANK YOU, AGAIN, TO
THE AUTHORS BOTH COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY AND COU COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> WHITING. >> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE.
>> NO. >> VETAW. >> NO. >> >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> WARREN. >> NO THANK YOU. >> SHAFFER. . NO. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE NINE AYES AND FOUR NAYS. >> THAT CARRIES. AND WE WON'T
TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER 56. I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, PRESIDENT PAYNE. AT THE LAST MEETING, THE SUPER C.O.W. I MOVED TS FORWARD FOR APPROVAL. THE SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER. I DID HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF
ABOUT IT. AND THAT'S WHY I MOVED THIS FOR DISCUSSION. SO I'M LOOKING FOR FINANCE AND PROPERTY STAFF OR OUR COO TO BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> I SEE COO ANDERSON KELLS HER
AND TEAM. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THIS BID FOR CONSTRUCTION DOES NOT USE UNION LABOR BY THE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES. THAT WAS
DEEPLY FRUSTRATING. AND DISAPPOINTING TO HEAR. I HEAR FROM THEM THEY'RE INTENNG TO HAVE MEETINGS WITH YOU, CCOO ANDERSON KELLS KELLEHER. CAN YOU DETAIL FOR THE BODY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE, COUNCIL
MEMBER CHOWDHURY. CAN I JUST DO A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE CONTRACT. >> YES, PLEASE. >> THIS WAS BID UNDER A LOW-BID CONTRACT BY STATE LAW. THE AWARDEE WILL PAY PREVAILING WAGE TO ALL O THE WORKERS ON THE
WORK SITE WHEN THEY ARE WORKING. AND, IN FACT, WE BACK THAT UP WITH OUR OWN INTERNAL CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT WAGE THEFT
INVESTIGATION UNIT. WAS WE ARE GOING TO DO A MEETING WITHHE CONTRACTOR, WITH THE BUILDING TRADES TO DISCUSS THE USE OF
WARM UNION SUBS. BECAUSE HAVE THAT AS AN OPTION TO ACTUALLY HAVE MORE SUBS ON THIS PROJECT. WE KNOWHE PARK BOARD RECENTLY
PASSED A PLA POLICY. THE AIRPORT HAS ONE, AS WELL. AND LOOKING AT HOW WE MIGHT IMPLEMENT THAT HERE AT THE CITY. SO WE AREOING FORWARD WITH THAT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AND I APPCIATE THE PUBLIC CLARIFICATION ON IT.
I WOULD -- I HAVE BEEN IN DISCUSSION WITH A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS UP HERE. AND THEN, ALSO, DIFFERENT TRADE UNIONS ABOUT A PLA ORDINANCE. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO NOTICE AN INTENT TO WORK ON THIS ORDINANCE WITH CITY STAFF. AND I KNOW
THERE ARE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN COAUTHORING. I'M LOOKING AT COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI AND I THINK PRESIDE PAYNE HAS SHARED AN INTEREST IN THAT. SO I'D LIKE TO NOTICE THAT INTENTION TO WORK ON THAT ORDINANCE FOR PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS HERE IN
THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. I APPRECIATE THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING AND WILL LOOK FORWARD TO UPDATES. WE KNOW THAT THIS SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER IS BEHIND AND COMMUNITY HAS BEEN WAITING FOR A LONG TIME FOR THIS. SO, SO I
JUST WANTED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT COMMENT. AND WILL ASK MEMBERS TO SUPPORT THIS MING FORWARD. >> THANK YOU. >> COUIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY MOVED FOR APPROVAL. IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE.
I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> WHITING. >> AYE. >> CHEUD I ARE. >> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> WARREN. >> AYE. >> SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY. AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.
>> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES. NEXT WE'LL TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER 60. AND I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. THIS ITEM IS MOVING FORWARD WITH
$.8 MILLION IN RENTAL ASSISTANCE FUNDING. I DON'T NEED TO GET INTO THE FULL DETAILS. BUT THE REALITY IS THAT MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS ARE STILL STRUGGLING TO PAY RENT. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT REDOING WHAT WE CAN IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS TO PROVIDE RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS THAT CONTINUE TO
STRUGGLE TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES. MY OFFICE CONTINUES TO TALK TO MY CONSTITUENTS. IT WAS DISAPPOINTING WE WEREN'T ABLE TO OVERTURN THE MAYOR'S VETO ON THE PREEVICTION NOTICE GIVING NEIGHBORS MORE TIME TO PAY RENT.
SOMETHING MANY OF OUR CONSTITUENTS HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR. THEY DO NEED EXTRA TIME TO PAY RENT. THE REALITY IS, THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY AND STATE HAVE BEEN FUNDRAISING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO KEEP PEOPLE IN THEIR HOME. BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT MANY OF OUR CONSTITUENTS
CAOT PAY RENT BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF FUNDRAISING IS GETTING SMALLER. PEOPLE CANNOT FUNDRAISE AS MUCH BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN USING -- FROM WE HEARD FROM TESTIMONIES. SOMEONE TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY HAD TO USE THEIR CHILDREN'S MONEY THAT WOULD HAVE GONE TO COLLEGE TO
PAY FOR THE RENT. AND THAT WAS VERY SAD TO HEAR. AND WHAT THIS IS GOING TO DO IS PROVIDE $2.8 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL RENTAL ASSISTANCE FUNDING TO NTINUE TO KEEP MORE PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES. I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT THE MAYOR DID NOT WANT TO
GIVE OUR RENTERS' COMMUNITY, IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS MORE TIME TO PAY RENT, THIS IS AT LEAST GOING TO PROVIDE SOME RELIEF FOR SOME OF OUR NEIGHBO. I'LL MOVE FOR APPROVAL. AND I UNDERSTAND THERE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE DEBATE. >> SECOND. >> MOVED FOR APPROVAL AND SECONDED. I'LL RECOGNIZE
COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. THERE'S ALSO A MOTION BEFORE YOU ALL TITLED 60.2, COAUTHORED BY MYSELF AND COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. WE'RE BRINGING THIS IN RESPONSE TO MUCH OF THE CONVERSATION THAT TOOK PLACE A
C.O.W. ON TUESDAY. AND ESSENTIALLY HEARING TWO CLEAR CONCERNS. ONE, BEING A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT FOR THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE THERE'S CURRENTLY A 30% AMI CAP. AND A NUMBER OF OUR COLLEAGUES RAISED CONCERNS
AROUND, UMM, WHETHER OR NOT THIS -- THIS AMI PERCENTAGE WOULD TRULY REACH MANY OF THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE IN DIRE NEED OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND WHO WOULD BE OVER THE CAP. IF THERE WAS SPACE FOR THE COUNTY AND THE CITY TO NEGOTIATE THIS COMPONENT TO EXPAND MORE FLEXIBILITY
AROUND IT. AND THEN, ALSO, THERE WAS THE CONCERN AROUND THE PERCEIVED LACK OF COVERAGE FROM THE SELECTED NONPROFIT PROVIDERS. YESTERDAY MYSELF, COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN, AS WELL AS STAFF FROM CPED, OUR CITY ATTORNEYS, AND LEADERSHIP FROM THE COUNTY WERE ABLE TO MEET AND THIS MOTION REFLECTS
THE OUTCOMES FROM THAT MEETING. AS WAS STATED ON TUESDAY, THE ORIGINAL JPA HAS ALREADY CEIVED APPROVAL FROM THE COUNTY BOARD TO ADMINISTER UP TO $2 MILLION, HOWEV, SHOULD WE PASS THE ADDITIONAL $1.8 MILLION, COUNTY STAFF WOULD HAVE TO GO AND AMEND THE JPA TO
REFLECT THAT INCREASE. AND BRING IT FORWARD TOHE COUNTY FOR APPROVAL. SO THIS MOTION ESSENTIALLY REQUESTS THAT CPE D D ALLOCATES FOR THE MINIMUM 50% AMI CAP DURING THE AMENDMENT PROCESS FOR THE $1.8 MILLION APPROPRIATION. WE WERE ALSO
ABLE DURING THAT MEETING TO SECURE A COMMITMENT FROM THE COUNTY LEADERSHIP THAT SHOW THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING PASS, THEY WOULD UTILIZE ADDITIONAL PARTNERS TO ENSURE RESIDENTSWIL. SO, AGAIN, THAT COMMITMENT IS REFLECTED IN THE MOTION. I WANT
TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES WHO JOINED THAT CALL AND CPED STAFF AND COUNTY LEADERSHIP FOR WORKING RAPIDLY TO HELP US DEFINE A COMMON GROUND ON HOW THIS ADVANCE JPA. AND THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND RENTAL
ASSISTANCE. I'LL ALSO INVITE CPED STAFF OR CITY ATTORNEYS TO COME FORWARD TOROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. CPED STAFF, SPECIFICALLY AMY, SENT A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE E-MAIL LASR
RESPONSES TO SOME OF THE QUTIONS THAT WAS RAISED ABOUT OTHER PROVIDERS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. I WOULD ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO REFER TO THE E-MAIL. BUT, YEAH, WE HAVE STAFF HERE FOR ANYONE WHO HAS SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS MOTI. BUT WITH THAT, I WILL MOVE THE AMENDED MOTION FOR
APPROVAL. >> SECOND. >> MR. PRESIDENT. >> MR. CLERK. >> I THINK PROCEDURALLY IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR ME TO RECOMMEND THAT WE TAKE UP THE ITEM IN A CERTAIN SEQUENCE. AT YOUR DESKS, YOU HAVE A SIMILAR
AMENDMENT ON THIS SAME ITEM. THE UNDERLYING ITEM AS NUMBER 60 FROM THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE AGENDA. IT HAS TO DO WITH RENTAL ASSISTANCE. BUT THERE IS AN AMENDMENT BEING BROUGHT FORWARD BY COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING THAT DEALS WITH THE FIRST PART OF THIS, WHICH IS THE FUNDING. AND THEN THERE IS THE
MOTION BROUGHT FORWARD BY COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, THAT SHE JUST SPOKE TO. WHICH DEALS WITH THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY ON HOW FUNDING COULD BE DISPOSED. BECAUSE THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT NECESSARILY DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE DOING. I THINK IT WOULD BE WISE IF THE BODY WOULD
AGREE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING'S AMENDMENT COMES FIRST. BECAUSE IT DEALS WITH TOTAL AMOUNT OF FUNDING. THEN WE TAKE UP THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY JUST DID. AND THEN HAVING DEALT WITH BOTH AMENDMENTS, WE WOULD DEAL WITH THE UNDERLYING PROPOSAL ON RENTAL ASSISTANCE AS ANDED.
SO THERE'S NO CONFUSION LATER ON. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION? I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR PAYNE. I KNOW YOU HAVE A RESOLUTION HERE HOPING TO AMEND THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION IN FRONT OF US. JUST
TO DECREASE THE GENERAL FUND FOR $900,000 AND INCREASE THE FUNDING STREAM FROM OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND. I WANT TO SPEAK TO IT QUICKLY HERE. AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE. ESPECIALLY COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ FOR THE AMAZING WORK WE ARE DOING TO PUT
FORWARD ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO HIT THE HANDS OF OUR NEIGHBORS THAT NEED IT MOST. I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE'S PROBABLY A CONSENSUS FROM A LOT OF US THAT I THINK NONE OF US WOULD LIKE TO USE GENERAL FUNDS DOLLARS. BECAUSE WE KNOW THE FINANCIAL
POSITION THAT PUTS THE CITY IN. AND SO I APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES COMING TOGETHER AND PULLING FROM OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND. I THINK IT'S A GOOD VERSION AS IS. I THINK AN ADDITIONAL $900,000 IS
BETTER, IN MY OPINION. I'M EXCITED WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH ONE OF THESE RESOLUTIONS. AND SO I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY -- I KNOW EVERY SINGLE ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE HAS VOTED FOR A VERSION OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO MOVE FORWARD ACROSS THIS BODY. I THINK THERE IS A UNANIMOUS UNDERSTANDING
ACROSS OUR BODY. ACROSS OUR CITY HALL HERE TO MOVE FORWARD FUNDS TO HELP OUR NEIGHBORS. SO, AGAIN, THIS IS A DEBATE ABOUT THE FUNDING SOURCE. NOT NECESSARY THE POLICY AND EFFORT TO MOVE RENTAL ASSISTANCE FORWARD. AND SO WITH THAT, IF
ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS FOR IT. I THINK IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD, BUT HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, IF THEY EXIST. THANK YOU. >> COUIL MEMBER WHITING HAS MOVED THE AMENDMENT. IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. WE
CONTINUE TO SUFFER THE IMPACTS OF OPERATION METRO SURGE. AND THAT INCLUDES AN ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO PAY RENT. I'VE BEEN ON THE RECORD SAYING I DON'T SUPPORT EXTENDING AN EVICTION TIMELINE, BUT THE BEST WAY TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THIS PROBLEM
IS TO INCREASE RENTAL ASSISTANCE. I STANDBY THAT. AND I WILL SUPPORT, AGAIN, THE USE OF LOCAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING AID FUNDS FOR THIS PURPOSE. THIS IS A HOUSING-RELATED ISSUE. AND THIS IS THE SOURCE THAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE HERE IN
EARLY 2026. DIFFERENT THAN EVER IN MY OWN TIME HERE ON CITY COUNCIL. I DON'T LIKE TAKING MONEY FROM THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND. THAT'S HOW WE SUPPORT THE CREATION AND PRESERVATION OF DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN
MINNEAPOLIS. BUT THESE ARE EXTRAORDINARY TIMES. AND I FEEL LIKE THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN THIS MOMENT. LONG-TERM, IT DOES MEAN THAT WE'RE GOING TO FINANCE LESS. LESS 20 TO 30-YEAR AFFORDABLE PROJECTS. AND THATst A BIG TRADE-OFF. THAT'S NOT A TRADE-OFF THAT I
TAKE LIGHTLY. THIS TAKES OUR TRUST FUND DOWN TO ABOUT $14 MILLIO WE CANNOT SOLVE THIS PROBLEM ON OUR OWN. THE MASSIVE EFFO OF MUTUAL AID AND PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT IS HELPING US TO GET THROUGH THIS TIME
UNTIL THE STATE CAN ACT AND TO GIVE US MORE. BUT THIS IS ONE WAY, I THINK, FOR US TO BE THINKING CREATIVELY BUT ALSO RESPONSIBLY. I'M ALSO VERY CONCERNED FOR OUR GENERAL FUND BALANCE. WE DON'T ANTICIPATE
THE ENTERPRISE COST OF RESPONDING TO OPERATION METRO SURGE. WE DIDN'T DO THAT LAST BUDGET CYCLE. SO THIS WOULD BE THINGS LIKE AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF STAFF OVERTIME IN EMERGENCY OPERATIONS, IN PUBLIC WORKS, IN POLICE, IN COMMUNICATIONS, ET.
CETERA. THOSE INCREASED COSTS HAVE NOT BEEN FORECASTED TO THIS BUDGET LAST DECEMBER. AND THE STRAIN ON OUR GENERAL FUND IS GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANT. SO I CAN'T SUPPORT USING CASH BALANCE OR GENERAL FUND FOR THIS PURPOSE. WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN
THOSE RESERVES AND PROTECT OUR BOND RATING. BUT I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING, FOR BRINGING THIS
AMENDMENT FORWARD. WHILE I APPRECIATE IT, I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SUPPORT IT. I REALLY BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD ADDITIONAL RENTAL ASSISTANCE. WE REALLY ACTUALLY DO NEED TWO THINGS. AND PEOPLE
SERVING PEOPLE WAS ON WCCO RADIO YESTERDAY AGREEING TO THAT POINT. SAYING, YES, WE NEED RENTAL ASSISTANCE. BUT PEOPLE NEED MORE TIME. THAT'S WHY WE PUSHED FOR A PAUSE ON EVICTIONS. BECAUSE PEOPLE NEED EXTRA TIME TO FUNDRAISE COSTS. AND EVEN
WITH THIS EXTRA TIME, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO, AS A COUNCIL, AND EVEN WITH THE MAYOR'S ADMINISTRATION, SHOW WILLINGNESS FOR ADDITIONAL RENTAL ASSISTANCE. AND, ALSO, HAVE A MATCH FROM THE WILSON FAMILY
FOUNDATION. I KNOW THAT SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE TALKED TO THE WILSON FAMILY FOUNDATION, AND HELPED BRING THAT ACROSS THE WAY. SO THANK YOU TO THE SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WORKED ON THAT. AND THAT'S WHY EVEN THOUGH I STRUGGLE
WITH TAKING MONEY FROM THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND. I CAN MOVE FORWARD ON A PACKAGE THAT TAKES SOME. WE'RE TAKING $1.9 MILLION AND, FRANKLY, THAT SUCKS. IT DOES. BECAUSE WE ARE JUST CHIPPING AWAY AT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND. THAT'S WHY I COULDN'T SUPPORT THE FIRST MILLION COMING FROM
THERE. AND WHY DOES THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND MATTER TO ME? BECAUSE THIS IS MONEY THAT WE USES A CITY TO CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT LASTS FOR, LIKE, 30 YEARS. RIGHT. IT'S A VERY, VERY UNIQUE PIECE OF WORK THAT WE DO AS A CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. AND ENSURING THAT WE'RE CREATING
MORE RENTAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR TENANT COMMUNITY. THEY CAN ACTUALLY ACCESS. WE'VE DONE AMAZING PROJECTS FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE WITH HIV. PEOPLE WHO ARE FORMERLY HOMELESS, PEOPLE WHO ARE VETERANS. THAT'S WHAT THESE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND
DOLLARS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO. CREATING MULTIFAMILY HOUSING, CREATING SENIOR HOUSING, CREATING TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT. REALLY KEEP THINGS ABOUT THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS THAT OUR RESIDENTS SENT US HERE TO DO. AND SO TAKING THE FULL $2.8 MILLION FROM THE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING TRUST FUND IS NOT SOMETHING I CAN SUPPORT. I CAN LIVE WITH THE $1.9 MILLION, AND THEN THE REST COMING FROM THE GENERAL FUND FOR THAT REASON. I HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT LOOKING FOR WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN
REPLENISH AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND. THAT MEANS THIS BUDGET CYCLE I'M GOING TO BE REALLY PROTECTIVE OF THE LAHA FUNDS WE GET FROM THE STATE AND ENCOURAGE US TO PUT MORE IN THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND. BUT ALSO LOOKING FOR OTHER
RESOURCES. I WANTED TO EXPLEXPLAIN IT A LITTLE BIT MORE. WHEN WE COME TO THE NEXT ITEM, I DON'T HAVE TO SPEAK TO THAT. THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. SIMILAR TO COUNCIL MEMBER
CHOWDHURY, I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY SPEAK IN DEFENSE OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND. WHICH S BEEN CHIPPED AWAY AT OVER THE YEARS. I'M SO UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE IDEA
WE'RE TAKING MONEY OUT OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND. THAT IS THE WAY THAT OUR CITY IS A PART OF BUILDING NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS AND BRINGING THEM ONLINE. AND SUCH
AN INCREDIBLE TOOL IN ENSURING FOLKS WHO ARE TRANSITIONING OUT OF HOMELESSNESS, FOLKS WHO ARE EARNING, YOU KNOW, MINIMUM WAGE JOBS WORKING AS HARD AS THEY CAN. BUT JUST CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE IN MINNEAPOLIS. HAVE A HOME HERE. AND CONTINUE TO CALL OUR NEIGHBORHOODS HOME. IT IS
THE WAY THAT WE HELP ENSURE THAT OUR ELDERS CAN CONTINUE TO AGE IN PLACE IN MINNEAPOLIS. IT'S THE NUMBER ONE WAY THAT WE HELP YOUTH WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, WHICH HAS SKYROCKETED IN OUR CITY. HAVE AN AFFORDABLE PLACE TO CALL HOME
ININNEAPOLIS. AND, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO ULTIMATY TODAY, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO PASS SOME AMOUNT OF, UMM, FUNDING FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE. AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. IT'S A BIG DEAL. AND FOR ME, I'M LOOKING AT WHAT'S THE WAY TO MINIMIZE
THE IMPACT ON THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND. RIGHT. BECAUSE WHEN WE PIT AFFORDABILITY TOMORROW AGAINST AFFORDABILITY TODAY, ANTI-DISPLACEMENT TOMORROW AGAINST ANTI-DISPLACEMENT TODAY, WE'RE SETTING PEOPLE UP FOR
FAILE. THOSE WHO NEED THE RESOURCES THE MOST UP FOR FAILURE. UMM, AND, YOU KNOW, I'LL JUST, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM HERE, RIGHT. THE REASON WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TAKING ANY AMOUNT OF MONEY OUT OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND COMES FROM THE
MAYOR'S VETO, UMM, OF -- OF THE EXTENSION OF PREEVICTION NOTICE, UMM, AND HIS DESIRE TO TAKE MONEY OUT OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND. UMM, ULTIMATELY I THINK THAT A PLACE OF UNITY THAT WE HAVE ON TS COUNCIL, AND IN THIS ADMINISTRATION, -- >> PLEASE DON'T ASCRIBE MOTIVE.
>> I APOLOGIZE, MR. PRESIDENT. IS THE DESIRE OR I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF. I THINK I BELIEVE THERE IS A LOT OF UNITY BETWEEN COUNCIL, MAYOR, AND ADMINISTRATION TO, UMM, CONTINUE BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR CITY. TO, UMM, ENSURE THAT
PEOPLE, UMM, CAN CONTINUE TO CALL MINNEAPOLIS HOME. SO, UMM, UNFORTUNATELY, I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT TODAY TO TAKE THE ENTIRETY OF LOCAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING AID, UMM, THAT IS -- THAT IS, AH, IN
THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND OUT FOR THIS PURPOSE. I THINK THAT THE -- THE CASH FUND IS THE MORE APPROPRIATE PLACE. IT'S NOT MY -- IT'S NOT EYE TEAL IDEAL FOR ME. IT'S NOT MY FAVORITE EITHER. BUT ANYTHING THAT MINIMIZES THE AMOUNT WE'RE TAKING OUT OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND
HAS MY SUPPORT HERE TODAY. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU. I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS TODAY. BECAUSE I DO AGREE THAT WE CANNOT KEEP DEPLETING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
TRUST FUND. IT'S A TOUGH DECISION TAKING THE MONEY OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. THERE'S GOING TO BE SACRIFICES AND/OR IT'S GOING TO FALL UPON THE PROPERTY TAXES. BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO AGREE TO JUST LEAVE THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND ALONE AND QUIT DIPPING INTO AND
UNDERSTAND WE HAVE TO TIGHTEN OUR LT ON OTHER ISSUES. AND GOING FORWARD, INT NEXT THE TAX ASSUMPTION FOR THE BUDGET NEXT YEAR. IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY TOUGH. SO JUST PREPARE YOURSELF FOR IT. BUT I CANNOT SUPPORT KEEPING TAKING MONEY -- TO KEEP
TAKING MONEY OUT OF THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. >> THANK YOU, UMM, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. UMM, YEAH. WE'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE WITH THIS. AND WE EVEN PUT AN AN
EXPIRATION DATE ON IT THE LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT TAKING MONEY FROM LAHA, AND SO I'M JUST KIND OF CONFUSED AT WHY WE'RE BACK HERE AGAIN. BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS MOVING
FORWARD. FOR ANY TYPE OF RECONSIDERATION. THAT'S GOING TO HURT US. THE TAKING MONEY FROM THE GENERAL FUND IS DEFINITELY GOING TO AFFECT TAXES NEXT YEAR. AND I WANT PEOPLE TO BE INFORMED WHEN IT AFFECTS
PROPERTY TAXES, IT AFFECTS RENTERS, TOO. IT'S NOT JUST HOMEOWNERS. IT'S HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS AND BUSINESSES ARE ALL AFFECTED BY THE INCREASE IN TAX FUNDING. SO, BE AWARE. BE
EDUCATED. WE GAVE A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION AT THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE ON HOW TAX ASSESSMENTS ARE, YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCTED AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. SO PAY VERY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THAT. BECAUSE THAT IS HOW WE REPLENISH
THE POT. AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE TIGHT. BUT, AGAIN, I CAN'T SUPPORT MOVING ANY FUNDS FROM LAHA. >> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. >> YES. I THINK WE ALL AGREE WE ALL NEED RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
MORE RENTAL ASSISTANCE. THAT WAS WHAT WE HEARD FROM MANY NONPROFIT PROVIDERS. I ALSO THINK WE ALL ARE AGAINST USING LAHA FUNDS. BUT BOTH OF THESE PROPOSALS HAVE THAT USE. ONE TO A GREATER AMOUNT THAN THE OTHER. ONE OTHER OPTION THAT HASN'T
BEEN SUGGESTED IS TO LEAVE IT AT THE LOWER AMOUNT, LAHA, THAN THE $1.9 MILLION AND SIMPLY REMOVE THE $900,000 FROM THE CASH RESERVES. WHICH AFFECTS OUR PROPERTY TAXES AND OTHER THINGS. SO IF THERE IS INTEREST, I
WOULD BE WILLING TO SUPPORT THAT CHANGE. IT'S A LOWER AMOUNT. BUT OTHERWISE I AM WILLING TO SUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBER WTING'S ORIGINAL PROPOSITION. AND WOULD
ALSO SUPPORT A 1 ALLOCATION FROM THE LAHA ALONG WITH THE REMOVAL OF $900,000 FROM CASH RESERVES. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR PAYNE. JUST A QUICK NOTE. I THINK AS WE KIND OF TALK THROUGH THE
PARTICULARS OF LAHA, THAT IS OUR LOCAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING AID. THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR THIS HAS BEEN A THING. THERE ISN'T A PRECEDENT OF HOW THIS SHOULD BE USED. THE FIRST ELIGIBLE USE FOR OUR LOCAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING
D IS FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE. THE WAY THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS USING IT, WE MOVE IT INTO OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND TO DO EXACTLY WHAT MY COLLEAGUES ARE SAYING. AND SO I THINK THERE IS A FRUSTRATION. I THINK WITH ALL OF US FROM PULLING MONEY FROM OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND AND THE WAY IN WHICH THE CITY USES IT. AS
WE'VE HEARD FROM, I THINK, THE MAJORITY OF THIS COUNCIL, WE ARE IN AN EXTREME EMERGENCY SITUATION. AND THAT REQUIRES US TO MAKE TOU DECISIONS. WITH THAT, I THINK THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND, WITH THE ES OF OUR LAHA DOLLARS, HAS
THAT ELIGIBLE USE ON THE FIRST PAGE OF THAT ELIGIBLE USE. AND SO I WOULD LOOK AT THAT AS WHY WE DO NOT WANT TO PULL OUR LOCAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING AID FROM OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND.
THE ELIGIBLE USE OF THOSE DOLLARS IN THE SECOND YEAR THIS HAS BEEN A PROGRAM IS FOR EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE. AND SO WHILE I THINK, AGAIN, I'M FRUSTRATED THAT WE HAVE TO PULL FROM THAT, I THINK WE ARE ALL TRYING TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT HELP OURESIDENTS HERE. AND SO
KIND OF LOOKING AT THAT. ND, AGAIN, TO COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER'S POINT, I THINK MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE REASON FOR THIS $2.8 AND THE NUMBERS, IT GETS US CLOSER TO THE $3 MILLION MATCH FROM THE WILSON FOUNDATION. SO THE CONVERSATIONS WITH JOHN WILSON.
HE'S GOING TO MATCH THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS' DOLLARS IN RECOGNITION OF US MOVING FORWARD THIS $2.8, UPO $3 MILLION. AND SO EFFECTIVELY THAT WOULD BE AN EFFORT ON BEHF AND IN RECOGNITION OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS MOVING FORWARD ABOUT
$6 MILLION. OR, ACTUALLY, $6.8 MILLION FROM THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. AND SO I THINK THAT'S JUST TRYING TO GIVE SOME CLARIFICATION TO WHAT THAT $2.8 NUMBER IS, AS WELL. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> MR. PRESIDENT, USING LAHA FUNDS IS ABOUT LIVING WITHIN THE
MEANS THAT WE SAID WE COULD SPEND ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR BUDGET. AND JUS USING IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY. STATE LAWMAKERS ALLOWED FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE IN LAHA, ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE STATE ISN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO FUND IT ADEQUATELY. THIS IS A
IMPORTANT PROVISION. THAT'S A MESSAGE TO MUNICIPALITIES LIKE OURS. OTHERWISE, TO COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE'S POINT, WITH THE ADMINISTRATION HAS TO GO AND DO ON THE BACK END IS TO GO AND MAKE CUTS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE COME FROM OUR GENERAL FUND.
WE'RE JUST NOT GOING TO SEE IT. ON THIS END. SO, THERE WILL BE CUTS. NOT ONES WE'VE APPROVED. NOT ONES WE GET TO AIR OUT AND SEE WHAT THE PUBLIC TOLL REALLY
TOLERABLABILITY IS. THIS IS LIVING WITHIN THE MEANS OF LIVING IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN 2026 IS HELPING PEOPLE STAY IN THEIR HOMES. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> I WANTED TO OFFER CLARITY ABOUT THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL THAT
WE HAD FUNDS THIS WOULD NOT ALLOWED US TO CUTTING ANY PROGRAMS AND SERVICES WOULD HAVE BEEN THE CONTINGENCY FUND. CON COIT MEANT WE USE RESERVES OF $MILLION PUT ASIDE
FOR THINGS LIKE THIS. UNEXPECTED CRISIS. SUCH AS A FEDERAL OCCUPATION. THAT FUND REQUIRES 10 VOTES. AND THE REASON WHY YOU'RE NOT SEEING IT BE ADVANCED IS CLEAR. WE DON'T HAVE 10 VOTES FOR IT. 10 VOTES
WOULD BE NEEDED RHT NOW. AND COULD HAVE ACTUALLY SAVED ALL OF THIS. WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO CUT INTO LA. WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO CUT INTO CASH OR ANYTHING. BUT COUNCIL MBERS WOULD NOT WANT TO USE CONTINGENCY. THE THING THAT SETS US TO PROTECT OUR EXISTING SERVICES. SO THIS IS WHY YOU HAVE IT. SO THE WHOLE
KIND OF CLOSET COS PLAY OF WORDS OF WE HATE TO DO THIS. THERE WAS ALTERNATIVE. >> PLEASE DON'T ASCRIBE MOTIVES. >> I DIDN'T NAME NAMES. I'M NAMING WHAT WAS SHARED. THERE'S A SHARED SENTIMENT MULTIPLE TIMES AROUND DISSATISFACTION
WITH USING THE SOURCE. WE DIDN'T HAVE TO. AND PEOPLE OPTED TO NOTOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. THIS IS WHAT IS BEFORE US. I WON'T BE SUPPORTING THE WHITING MOTION. I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE ORIGINAL UNDERLYING MOTION. THAT AT LEAST ALLOWS $1 MILLION TO STAY WITHIN THE LAHA FUNDING SOURCE.
SO I JUST AT LEAST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, NAME THAT FOR PUBLIC CLARITY. THERE WAS CONTINGENCY FUNDING THAT WE COULD HAVE PURSUED. YOU NEEDED 10 VOTES. WE COULDN'T MAKE IT HAPPEN AMONGST THIS BODY. >> SEEING NO ONE LEFT IN QUEUE. I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE
ROLL ON TH WHITING AMENDMENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHI. >> NAY. >> WHITING. >> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY. >> NAY. >> STEVENSON. >> NAY. >> RAINVILLE. >> NAY. >> VETAW. >> NO. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> NO. >> WARREN. >> NO.
>> SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY. >> NAY. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> NO. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> NAP AY. >> THAT AMENDMENT FAILS. WE'LL RETURN TO THE UNDERLYING MOTION. AND I WILL RECOGNI VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.
>> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I WANT TO GIVE OURSELVES CREDIT. THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE WAS NOT POPULAR HERE ON THE COUNCIL IN THE BEGINNING. OR THE ADMINISTRATION. BUT WE CAME A LONG WAY. NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY
THAT IS GETTING TO THE RESIDENTS. SO, WE GOT PUSHBACK FROM THE ADMINISTRATION. FIRST MILLION DOLLARS THAT WAS PROPOSED. AND NOW WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT GENEROUS DONATOR WHO CAME FORWARD TO REALLY MATCH WHAT WE'RE DOING. SO, I WANT TO THANK, REALLY, OUR COLLEAGUES WHO DID NOT BACK DOWN. WHO CONTINUED TO FIGHT FOR THE RESIDENTS AND I WANT TO THANK ALL THE PUBLIC MEMBERS
THAT CAME HERE. CLOSE TO A HUNDRED PEOPLE THAT CAME HERE TO TALK ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH I.C.E., AND THE EFFECT AND THEM STANDING UP FOR THEIR RIGHTS. AND PROTECTING THEIR NEIGHBORS. AND WE DIDN'T GIVE UP. WE CAME A LONG WAY. THIS IS ACTUALLY
SOMETHING REALLY TO CELEBRATE. I, YOU KNOW, WANTED TO SAY THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT REALLY WILL GO A LONG WAY AND SHOW A GOOD EXAMPLE. WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE MONEY COMING FROM THE STATE. THAT'S HELPFUL TO
KNOW. THIS ALL STARTED BY COUNCIL CREATING THAT, YOU KNOW, HIGHLIGHTING THAT TO GET THIS MONEY. AND I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. AND JUST A LITTLE AMENDED
MOTION -- IS JUST TRYING TO GET THIS FUNDING TO MORE PEOPLE. AND TO INCREASE IT UP TO 50% AMI. AND I APPRECIATE THE STAFF FOR THEIR WORK ON THAT. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. AND IWILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR THEM TO DO THAT TO GENERATE A
CONTRACT WITH SOMEONE. BUT I ALSO BROUGHT UP ANOTHER AGENCY AND I DIDN'T SEE ANY MENTION OF THAT EML. I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE VOTE FOR THIS THAT WE DO SEE MONEY COMING TO TH NORTH
SIDE. THAT WAS THE ONLY ISSUE THAT I HAD WITH THIS WAS THAT I DID NOT SEE AGENCIES THAT CAPTURED THE NORTH SIDE. AND I GET IT THAT PEOPL SPAN FU. BUT SOMETHING SPEAKS TO,
COUNCILMEMBER JENKINS SAID IT BEST, REPRESENTATION MATTERS. AND SOMETHING SPEAKS TO ORGANIZATIONS BEING HOUSED IN THE NORTH SIDE AND PEOPLE REACHING OUT TO THEM. SO I JUST WANT TO ENSURE THAT WHEN WE DO PASS THIS DOLLAR AMOUNT AND WE GET THE MONEY AND WE GET THE GENEROUS DONATIONS, SPEAKING OF THAT, TUESDAY ON THE
LUNCH BREAK I WENT TO TALK TO JOHN WILSON AND THANK YOU TO YOU AND YR FAMILY FOR THE INCREDIBLE DONATION THAT THE NORTH SIDE RECVED YESTERDAY FOR HOUSING. JUST INCREDIBLE HOW THIS FAMILY IS STEPPING UP TO SUPPORT OUR FAMILIES, IN PARTICULAR ON THE
NORTH SIDE BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN LEFT OUT OF THIS. OUR IMMIGRANT FAMILIES ARE STRUGGLING AND WE'VE CERTAINLY PULLED TOGETHER AND WE'RE DOING ALL THAT WE CAN. BUT WE NEED MORE RESOURCES. AGAIN THANK YOU TO THE WILSON FALY FOUNDATION.
I JUST WANT TO ENSURE THAT WHEN THIS BODY PASSES THIS, THAT THE NORTH SIDE IS ALSO REFLECT IN THE ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVING THIS FUNDING AND IT'S NOT RESTRICTED TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT PEOPLE WHO COUNCILMEMBER WARREN AND I REPRESENT HAVE TO GO OUT OF THEIR COMFORT ZONE TO RECEIVE
THE HELP THAT THEY NEED. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. IF IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH YOU, I WOULD LIKE TO ACTUALLY INVITE DIRECTOR HANSEN A IF NEED BE,
THE CITY ATTORNEY TO COME UP AND SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT FROM THE CONVERSATION WE HAD WITH COUNTY LEADERSHIP YESTERDAY THAT REALLY GROUNDED WHY WE FRAMED THE LANGUAGE AROUND GEOGRAPHIC EQUITY IN RESPONDING TO SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WERE MADE AROUND IF THERE ARE
CERTAIN AREAS THAT ARE BEING LEFT OUT AND WHY CERTAIN OR SPECIFIC ORGANIZATIONS WEREN'T NECESSARILY UPLIFTED IN THIS PROPOSAL AND KIND OF BEST PRACTICES AROUND THAT. >> DR. HANSEN >> PRESIDENT PAYNE, COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.
I'M ERIC HANSEN THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY PLANNING ANDCONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. AND YES, THROUGH THE MANAGER OF RESIDENTIAL FINANCE, YOU RECEIVED ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSE A MEMORANDUM YESTERD THAT SHOULD BE PART OF THE LIMS FILE. IN THAT IT IS RESPONSES FROM THE COUNTY.
SO THE RESPONSES THAT WE HAVE WERE FROM THE COUNTY. SO IT'S IN THEIR VOICE. LAST YEAR I'M GOING TO READ FROM
IT, IN 2025, 73% OF COUNTY-FUNDED EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE WENT ADMINISTERED BY THIS GROUP OF PROVIDERS REACHED MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENTS. AND AMONG THOSE MINNEAPOLIS
RESIDENTS 63% REACHED THE ZIP CODES IN NORTH AND NORTHEAST. AND THAT WAS IN COMPARISON TO THE PERCENTAGE OF EVICTION FILINGS. AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN PAST COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE CO
DEMAND THAN THERE ARE RESOURCES FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE. HOWEVER, THE COUNTY IS A GOOD PARTNER WITH THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENTS PARTICIPATE AND RECEIVE FUNDING. AND IT'S ACROSS THE BOARD, ALL THE 13 WARDS, ALL OF THE ZIP
CODES HAVE -- ALL O THOSE ZIP CODES GET ASSISTANCE FROM THE COUNTY THE ORGANIZATIONS, MOST ALL OF THIS RENT HELP HENNEP IS PHONE BASED. SO PEOPLE HAVE TO MAKE A PHONE CALL REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY ARE TO A SERVICE PROVIDER.
THE COUNTY DID REFERENCE ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEY HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH, AGIT COMMUNITY MEDTION RESTORATIVE SERVICES, YMCA, YOUTH LINK, AND LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES WHICH ARE IN THEIR PREFERRED VENDORS. THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO AN
AMENDMENT TO A CONTRACT TO GET THEM INTO THIS SYSTEM. IF THEY WERE GOING TO LOOK AT A SOUTHEAST ASIAN WITH A CULTURAL COMPETENCE FOR THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN COMMUNITY, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROCUREMENT PROCESS. SO IF THIS PASSES, WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THAT WITH THE COUNTY
TO SEE, THEY WERE VERY OPEN TO REPRESENTATION OFRGANIZATIONS WITH THE ADDITIONAL MONEY THEY'RE GOING TO PROBABLY NEED MORE CAPACITY ANYWAYS.AND THEY ACROSS THE CITY, INCLUSIVE OF TE
ACCESS TO THESE FUNDS. >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR HANSEN. I DON'T KNOW, YOU STEPPED FORWARD, DA. IN TERMS OF PROCUREMT AND PART OF THIS PROCESS.
>> ABSOLUTELY. GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M THE LEAD ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY, COUNCILMEMBER VETAW, SO AS WE KNOW THE COUNTY WAS A FEW STEPS AHEAD OF US IN SETTING UP
A RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WHICH IS WHY W DETERMINED TO PARTNER WITH THEM ON OUR FUNDS FOR THIS PROGRA AS PART OF THEIR SET UP FOR A PROGRAM, THEY DID GO OUT FOR AN RFP FOR PROVIDERS TO ADMINISTER THAT PROGRAM. AND THEY SELECTED A NUMBER OF
PROVIDERS. AS COUNCILMEMBER VETAW POINTED OUT, THERE WERE THREE PROVIDERS INITIALLY OFFERED TO US TO ADMINISTER OUR FUNDS. THAT WAS WHEN WE WE ANTICIPATING GIVING THEM $1 MILLION. SO NOW THAT THAT AMOUNT HAS POTENTIALLY INCREASE AS DIRECTOR HANSEN MENTIONED, THE COUNTY HAS INDICATED THAT THEY DO HAVE ADDIONAL PROVIDERS
THEY ARE WORKING WITH INCLUDING PROVIDERS THAT WORK ON THE NORTH SIDE THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ADMINISTER THE FUNDS. IMPORTANTLY, ALL OF THOSE PROVIDERS WERE SELECTED BY THE COUNTY THROUGH AN RFP PROCESS. AS NOTED, THEY ARE VENDORS. AND SO IF WE WERE TO SELECT THEM, WE WOULD GO THROUGH AN RFP
PROCESS. WE WOULD WANT TO DO THAT COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESSND SELECT THE VENDORS THAT WAY. THE COUNTY HAS DONE THAT WHICH IS WHY WE FEEL COMFOABLE DOING THIS JPA WITH THEM AND THEM SIMPLY NAMING THE INDIVIDUALS THEY'VE ALREADY SELECTED THROUGH THIS RFP PROCESS.
IF AS DIRECTOR HANSEN INDICATED, ADDITIONAL VENDORS WOULD BE NECESSARY IF PERHAPS FOR CULTURALLY SPECIFIC REASONS OR -- >> I'M SORRY -- I HAVE NO TIME LEFT. >> THE ASSUMPTION WOULD BE THAT THEY WOULD DO AN ADDITIONAL RFP
PROCESS FOR AN OPEN SELECTION FOR THOSEDDITIONAL VENDORS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER WHITING, I SEE YOU IN CUE FOR A PRIORITY MOTION. >> YES. CLERK CARL, PLEASE HELP ME ON THIS ONE A LITTLE. JUST A QUESTION, IS THIS WE ARE
VOTING CURRENTLY NOT ON 60.2, NOT THE JPA AMENDMENT IN FRONT RESOLUTION. >> WE CAN TAKE THEM UP AT THE SAME TIME, BUT IF YOU'D LIKE A DIVIDED VOTE, WE CAN ALSO DO THAT AT YOUR REQUEST. >> NO, JUST CLARIFYING WHAT IS .
>> THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS 60.2 R WONSLEY, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI BEFORE I INTERJECTED AND SAID WE NEED TO REORDER THESE THGS. WE DEALT WITH THE WHITING AMENDMENT, IT FAILED. WE'RE NOW UP TO AMENDMENT 60.2 MOVED BY WONSLEY AND SECONDED BY
CHUGHTAI WHICH DEALS WITH THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION, I PLAN ON TAKING UP BOTH THEUNDERLYING MOTION AND 60.2 IN ONE VOTE. COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> MR. CHAIR, IT WON'T ALLOW ME TO GET BACK IN QUEUE AGAIN BECAUSE I SPOKE TWICE ON
COUNCILMEMBER WHITING'S SUBSTITUTION,UT I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE SPLIT INTO TWO VOTES. >> OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. >> ANY CLARIFICATION ON THE VOTE BEFORE US. COUNCILMEMBER WHITING, WE KILLED
THAT. >> MR. PRESIDENT, AS I JUST INDICATED. THE WHITING AMENDMENT FAILED, IT IS NOT IN FRONT OF US AND WILL NOT BE BACK IN FRONT OF US. THIS IS THE WONSLEY ANDMENT ON THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT, ONCE THAT'S DISPOSED OF, WE'LL TAKE UP THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL ON
RENTAL ASSISTANCE. IF IT PASSES, IT WOULD INCLUDE THIS SECOND ITEM. IF IT DOESN'T, WE'RE BACK TO THE ORIGINAL WITH NEITHER OF THEM. BUT WE HAVE NOT DISPOSED OF THE WONSLEY AMENDMENT YET. >> TO CLARIFY THERE IS NO DIVIDED VOTE HERE, WE'RE TAKING
UP 60.2 WHICH IS THE AMENDMENT TO THE -- >> CORRECT. >> OKAY, COOL. >> SEEING NO ONE ELS IN QUEUE, COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO, DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK? >> I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THIS JOINT
POWERS AGREEMENT AND YEAH. >> ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN QUEUE, WE WILL TAKE UP 60.2 WHI WILL BE INCLUSIVE OF THE UNDERLYING MOTION. OKAY, WE'LL JUST TAKE 60.2 AND THEN WE WILL TAKE UP THE
UNDERLYING MOTION AFTER THAT. CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER WHITING. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHY. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBERCHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER WARREN. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT ITEM PASSES AND NOW WE ARE ON THE UNDERLYING MOTION AS
AMENDED. AND A QUICK CHECK. >> I TRIED TO GET ON QUEUE. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. AFTER A BIG DEBATE, IANT TO FOCUS ON THE GOOD STUFF AND WHY THIS MATTERS. SO NOW THAT WE'RE IN A FINAL VOTE ON THIS, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS IS
GOING TO HELP SO MANY FAMILIES GET ACCESS TO RENTAL ASSISTANCE IN MINNEAPOLIS SINCE DECEMBER 2025, THERE HAS BEEN AN ADDITIONAL $15.7 MILLION IN MONTHLY ASSISTANCE RENTAL NEED
IN OUR CITY AND THAT'S AN UNDERCOUNT. I WANT TO SAY THAT NUMBER IS VERY DEPRESSING BUT DAY'S ACTION WILL ALLOW MORE PEOPLE ACCESS TO RENT. BUT I WANT TO FOCUS ON WHY THIS MATTERS AND FOCUS ON THE POSITIVITY BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THERE WAS SO MUCH DEBATE PREVIOUSLY ON WHY THIS IS GOOD
THING AND HOW MANY MORE FAMILIES HAVE ACCESS TO RENT. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE PORTUNITY TO VOTE ON THIS, THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I TOO WANT TO FOCUS ON THE REALLY INCREDIBLE THING THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO DO HERE TODAY.
THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO SAVE LIVES AND PREVENT DISPLACEMENT FROM HAPPENING TO THE FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE CHERISHED AND BELOVED AND HAVE GONE TOUGH UNSPEAKABLE TRAGEDY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS THAT HAS MADE IT
IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO CONTINUE OR PUT THEM AT RISK OF LOSING THEIR HOMES, LOSING T COMMUNITY THAT HAS WRAPPED THEIR ARTICLES AROUND THEM.
AND WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT ERY SINGLE PERSON WHO WANTS TO LIVE HERE CAN CONTINUE TO CALL MINNEAPOLIS HOME. SO I'M REALLY PROUD TO CO-AUTHOR THIS. I'M REALLY PROUD OF OUR COUNCIL
AND OUR CITY BROADLY. OUR STAFF IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE COMMUNITY OF PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND WORKING TOGETHER TO KEEP A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I AM ALSO EXCITED ABOUT THIS
RENTAL ASSISTANCE. JUST BECAUSE I DISAGREE ON THE SOURCE DOESN'T MEAN THAT I'M NOT REALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE WHOLE. BUT I WILL BE VOTING NO ON TS BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY IT'S TAKING FROM THE OTHER SOURCE. BUT THAT IS ALL. I AM ALSO EXCITED THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS KIND OF RE
MATCHED PHILANTHROPICALLY. THANK YOU. >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN QUEUE, AND WITHOUT OBJECTION, COUNCILMEMBER WHITING ASKED TO BE ADDED A A CO-AUTHOR ON THIS AS WELL. AND IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION TO THAT, I'LL ASK THE CLE TO CALL
THE ROLL ON THE MOTION AS AMENDED. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER WHITING. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER PAISANO. >> NO. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER WARREN.
>> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER. >> NO. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 11 AYES AND TWO NAYS. >> THAT MOTION CARRIES. FINALLY, WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 62.
AND I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY. OH, I THOUGHT YOU PULLED THIS? ALL RIGHT, WELL THEN WE ARE ON
ITEM NUMBER 62. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER WHITING. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. JUST WANT TO KIND OF TALK BRIEFLY, MAYBE NOT SAYBRIEFLY.
I WANT TO TALK TO THIS POINT HERE AND GIVEN THAT THIS SITE ACQUISITION IS IN WARD 11. I'VE HAD A LOT OF COMMUNICATION CONSTITUENTS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS BOTH HERE AND BROADLY. AND I THINK THERE IS AN UNDERSTANDING, THIS IS THE
BEGINNING OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS PARCEL HERE. ABOUT THIS PARCEL AND THE HOPE FOR A TRAINING CENTER THAT IS INCLUSIVE OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY ECOSYSTEM BROADLY THAT WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS. WHAT WE HAVE SEEN AS THE HOPE OF MOVING TOWARDS GOOD PUBLIC
SAFETY INCLUDES A HOLISTIC VERSION OF THAT WHICH INCDES POLICING ALTERNATIVES. SO WHAT WE ARE SEEING, I THINK WE ARE HOPING THAT THIS TRAINING CENTER WILL BE USED MORE THAN JUST A POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT A BROADER PUBLICAFETY ECOSYSTEM THAT INCLUDES FIRE, THAT INCLUDES BCR, THAT INCLUDES
NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY, THAT INCLUDES ALL OF OUR ALTERNATIVES IN THIS SPACE. BUT WANT TO NOTE AS WELL THAT MINNEAPOLIS HAS COMMITTED ITSELF BOTH TTHE MDHR SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND TO THE CONSENT
DECREE. WE DO NOT HAVE THE OPTION TO OPT OUT OF THOSE, NOR SHOULD WE. THESE AGREEMENTS ARE INCREDIBLY CLEAR THAT WE NEED A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF MERNIZATION ACROSS OUR PUBLIC SAFETY ECOSYSTEM. THAT INCLUDES DE-ESCALATION, THAT INCLUDES BIAS-FREE
POLICING, THAT INCLUDES PROPER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS RESPONSE, THAT INCLUDES OFFICER WELLNESS SUPPORT. D AMONG OTHER THINGS, WE HAVE TO MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS. SO JUST SPEAKING BROADLY ABOUT THE REQUIREMENTS BECAUSE IT IS HARD. THE SETTLENT AGREEMENT ITSELF IS A 200 PAGE DOCUMENT THAT HAS
A BUNCH OF LEGALISTIC WORDS IN THERE THAT ARE REALLY HARD FOR EVEN US LAWYERS TO READ. WHAT IT IS REQUIRED SHOWS THAT WE NEED TO PUT FORWARD AN ASSESSMENT FOR THE FACILITIES. A FACILITIES ASSESSMENT ON PAGE 51 REQUIRES A ONE-STOP SHOP FOR
TRAING, FOR POLICE TRAINING. WHAT I BELIEVE THE CITY IS TRYING TO DO HERE IS MOVE FORWARD AND GO BEYONDHAT THAT ASSESSMENT IS. IT COULD JUST BE A POLICE FACILITY FOR POLICE ONLY. I THINK EVERYONE ON THIS DAIS PROBABLY DOESN'T WANT THAT. UNDERSTAND THAT THIS HAS TO BE A HOLISTIC VERSION OF WHAT
THAT LOOKS LIKE. AND LET ME NOT -- WE SHOULD RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS NOT THE IDEAL TIMING FOR THIS. TO BE SPENDING MONEY IN THE CURRENT MOMENT ON WHAT THIS IS,
I THINK IS A FRUSTRATION THAT I HOLD AND I THINK A LOT OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HOLD AS WELL. I INK A LOT OF MY CONSTITUENTS ALSO HOLD. BUT THE PROPERTY ITSELF IS LIKELY NOT JUST THE PROPERTY BUT THE CONSTRUCTION OF IT IS LIKELY TO GET MORE EXPENSIVE OVER TIME.
BUT DO WANT TO NOTE AND I'LL GO HERE NOW I'LL BE BRIEF ON IT. U KIND OF HAVE A MOTION IN FRONT OF YOU I'M HOPING TO MOV THIS MOTION BEFORE YOU FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 62 THIS WOULD REFER THIS MATTER BACK TO STAFF TO FOLLOW UP ON
ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN RSED NOT JUST BY MY COLLEAGUES, BUT OUR RESIDENTS AS WELL OVER THE PAST WEEKS DURING BRIEFINGS, DURING OUR STUDY SESSIONS, AND DURING COMMITTEE DELIBERATION. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE STAFF TO TAKE THE TIME TO RESPOND TO OUR CONCERNS, NOT JUST MINE, NOT JUST MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, BUT
OUR NEIGHBORS AS WELL. SO I'M PREPARED TO REFER THIS MATTER BACK TO THEM. MY ORIGINAL MOTION HAD A REPORT BACKDATE OF APRIL 23RDRD. HOWEVER I'VE HEARD FROM STAFF AND OTHER COLLEAGUES THAT WE MAY REQUIRE MORE TIME TO GO FORWARD AND HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
SO I'M GOING TO ALTER MY CURRE MOTION THAT'S BEFORE YOU TO ELIMINATE THE REPORT BACK TIME. INSTEAD 'LL BE MOVING TO REFER THIS MATTER TO STAFF WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT THEY RETURN TO FULL COUNCIL AS SOON AS THEY ARE READY TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES. SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE MOTION BEFORE YOU ON
THE PROPOSED COMMUNITY SAFETY, TRAINING, AND WELLNESS CENTER TO REFER BACK TO STAFF, BUT TO REMOVE THE REPORT BACKDATE AND INSTEAD HAVE STAFF BRING THAT BACK TO THIS FULL BODY AS SOON AS IT IS READY. >>SECOND. >> THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER WHITING HAS MOVED TO REFER THE ITEM BACK TO STAFF. IT'S BEEN SECONDED.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT REFERRAL BACK TO STAFF? I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. SO EARLIER IN THIS AGENDA, WE ADDRESSED MAYOR FRYE'S VETO.
UNFORTUNATELY WE COULDN'T OVERRIDE IT, MEANING COME APRIL, RESIDENTS WON'T HAVE THIS EVICTION PREVENTION IN PLACE TO KEEP THEM HOUSED. WE'RE LOOKING AT THOUSANDS TENTIALLY DISPLACED SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT LEAVE THEIR HOMES FOR MONTHS DUE TO
I.C.E. >> PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTSN THE ITEM. >> I'M GETTING THERE. NOW THIS MOTION ASKS US TO GIVE ADDITIONAL TIME T DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT A COP CITY, A COP UNIVERSITY, OR A COP CORNER STORE. AND I FIND IT DISTURBING THAT THIS BODY WOULD GIVE OR RATHER GIVE MORE TE TO STAFF TO
FIGURE OUT A $38 BILLION INVESTMENT INTO A COP OR POLICE FACILITY. BUT WOULD NOT GIVE STRUGGLING RESIDENTS AN EXTRA 30 DAYS OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES. I DON'T NEED THAT EXTRA TIM SO
I'M MOVING WE MOVE THI ITEM TODAY SO WE CAN MAKE THAT DECISION TODAY. CAN I HAVE A SECOND? >> MR. CLERK, CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME CLARITY? WE HAD A COUPLE COMPETING MOTIONS HERE. >> CORRECT. THOSE ARE BOTH MAIN MOTIONS. SO THE WHITING MOTION THAT S MOVED AND SECONDED IS PROPERLY
BEFORE THE BOARD OR COUNCIL FIRST. IF THAT MOTION THEN FAILS, ANOTHER MOTION COULD BE MADE. BUT THE NEED TO DISPOSE OTHE MAIN MOTION IS BEFORE THE BODY FIRST WHICH IS THE WHITING MOTION SECONDED BY VETAW RATED TO REFERRAL BACK TO STAFF.
>> COUNCILMEER STEVENSON. >> I WAS GOING TO SPEAK TO THE UNDERLYING MOTION, NOT THE REFERRAL BACK TO STAFF, BUT I'LL JUST DO IT HERE INSTEAD. HAVING A NEW TRAINING CENTER IS A FINE GOAL. IT IS A FINE THING TO LOOK OUT
FOR. THE QUESTION NOW IS IS THIS THE RIGHT TIME TO BE SPENDING THIS MONEY ON IT? DO WE HAVE THE MONEY TO DO THIS? AND WHAT IS THE PRIORITY OF OUR NEEDS AT THIS TIME? AND THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS IS THIS IS NOT O NUMBER ONE NEED. THIS IS EVEN OUR NUMBER FIVE
NEED. I MET WITH THE 5th PRECINCT YESTERDAY. ANTHEY TOLD ME ABOUT ISSUES HAPPENING IN THE 5th PRECINCT WHICH IS HALF COVERS MY WARD. AND WHAT THEY TOLD ME ABOUT IS ISSUES AROUND HOMELESSNESS ISSUES AROUND PEOPLE USING DRUGS
OUTSIDE, SLEEPING OUTSIDE, DEFECATING OUTSIDE. AND THE ISSUES THAT COME WITH PEOPLE BEING OUTSIDE. A NEW TRAINING FACILITY WOULD NOT DEAL WITH THAT. IT WOULD NOT SOLVE THAT PROBLEM. WHAT WOULD SOLVE THAT PROBLEM
WOULD BE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. WHAT WOULD SOLVE THAT PROBLEM WOULD BE SOCIAL HOUSING. IT WOULD BE INVESTMENTS IN THE CAPITAL PORTIONS OF TREATMENT FACILITIES MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES, HOSPITALS, THESE SORTS OF THINGS.
SO GIVEN THAT ALONE, I CANNOT SUPPORT THIS AT THIS TIME. SECONDLY, WE ARE ALL SITTING HERE EVERY DAY O EVERY MEETING TALKING ABOUT WHETHER WE CAN USE MONEY FROM THE GENERAL FUND. WHETHER WE HAVE MONEY TO PUT IN THIS THING AND THAT THING. AND THAT IS BECAUSE OURAX
REVENUE IS GOING DOWN. WE ARE NOT COLLECTING AS MUCH TAXES AS WE USED TO. AND OUR DEMANDS ON OUR SERVICES ARE GOING UP. WE ARE IN A MAJOR BUDGET CRUNCH. WE NEED TO SUPPORT THROUGH OUR INVESTMENTS THINGS THAT WILL IMPROVE OUR TAX BASE SO THAT WE
HAVE PNTY OF MONEY TO DO THE GOOD THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO, PLENTY OF MONEY IN ORDER TO AFFORD A COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING CENTER. AT THIS TIME, WE DO NOT HAVE A GROWING TAX BASE. THAT IS AN ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO BE INVESTING IN RIGHT AWAY.
AND THIRDLY, MY COMMUNITY IS VERY CLEAR WITH ME IN THE AFFLUENT PARTS, IN THE WORKING CLASS PARTS, IN THE PARTS THAT GET REPRESENTED WELL BY ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS AND IN THE PARTS THAT DON'T GET REPRESENTED WELL BY ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS, THAT LIVABILITY IS A PROBLEM IN THIS CITY.
WE LOVE THIS CITY SO MUCH, THAT ISHY WE LIVE HERE. AND I HAVE PEOPLE COMING TO ME TALKING ABOUT LITTER. I HAVE PEOPLE COMING TO ME TALKING OUT HOMELESSNESS. I HAVE PEOPLE COMING TO ME TALKING ABOUT WANTING A
WALKABLE, A COMFORTABLE BUILT ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY CAN TAKE TRANSIT INSTEAD OF HAVINGO TORCH THE EARTH EVERY TIME THEY WANT TO GO SOMEWHERE IN THEIR CAR. THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT IN OUR CITY RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE THE ABILITY T INVEST IN THEM. BUT THAT REQUIRES PRIORITIZING
OUR MONEY. SO I WANT TO PRIORITIZE OUR MONEY AND OUR BORROWING AND OUR SPENDING ON DEALING WITH HOMELESSNESS, ON IMPROVING OUR TAX BASE, ANDN INCREASING THE LIVABILITY OF THIS CITY. THIS TRAINING AND WELLNESS CENTER DOES NOT DO THAT.
IT DOES NOT DO THAT TO THE LEVEL THATE NEED. AND IN FACT IT CREATES ANOTHER FINANCIAL LIABILITY THAT WE WIL HAVE TO MAINTAIN. NOT ONLY WILL WE BE SPENDING MONEY BUILDING IT, BUT THEN WE WILL HAVE TO OPERATE THIS AND WE WILL NOT GET THE TAX REVENUE FROM A DIFFERENT INDUSTRIAL USE
THAT COULD GO AT THIS SITE. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD REPEATEDLY THAT THIS IS A UNICORN PROPERTY, THAT IT IS HARD TO GET THESE TYPES OF SITES. AND FRANKLY, I WOULD LIKE A TAX REVENUE GENERATING THING TO GET THIS UNICORN PROPERTY SO THAT WE
CAN GET THEAXES OUT OF IT. SO BECAUSE OF THOSE REASONS AND MANY MORE, I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING REFERRING THIS BACK TO STAFF BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO DISPOSE OF RIGHT AWAY. WE NEED TO JUST DECIDE THAT THIS IS NOT OUR PRIORITY AND MOVE ON
TO THINGS THAT ARE IN FACT OUR PRIORITY. THANK YOU. >> COLLEAGUES, TO ME THE STRONGEST REASON TO DO THIS PROJECT ISN'T BECAUSE PIECES OF
PAPER SAY WE SHOULD. IT'SBOUT TRAINING EMPLOYEES THAT DO IMPORTANT AND FRANKLY DANGEROUS WOR WELL. AND I'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT SINCE 2018. YESTERDAY, I WAS REMINDED ABOUT SPEAKING ABOUT IT ON A BONDING
TOUR EXTEMPORANEOUSLY IN 2019 WHEN CITY STAFF ARRIVED UNABLE TO DO SO. I SEE AND RECOGNIZE TODAY THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING RIGHT. I GET THAT. THIS PROPEY IS PRETTY UNIQUE,
UNLIKE PEOPLE ARE HEARING, THIS REMAINS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY. I AM TRYING VERY HARDOT TO STEP ON PEOPLE'S TOES IN TERMS OF WHAT LEGISLATORS WE SPEAK TO AND WHEN AND WHO. I HAVE BEEN WAITING PATIENTLY T DO THIS IN THE RIGHT ORDER WITH
A TEAM OF PEOPLE. AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO STAY CIVIL IN THIS MOMENT WHEN THERE IS TREMENDOUS MISINFORMATION. FOR EXAMPLE, COP CITY LANGUAGE AND $40 MILLION OF CITY TAXPAYER FUND LANGUAGE IS A START.
SO AS SOMEONE WHO'S HAD THIS AS A PRIORY FOR MANY YEARS, AS SOMEONE WHO'S TRYING TO STAY WORKING AS A TEAM O THIS, THESE ARE LONG-TERM PRIORITIES. THIS IS CAPITAL BUDGET MONEY. THIS IS ABOUT BONDING. THIS ISN'T ABOUT THINGS WE CAN
SPEND TO COMBAT HOMELESSNESS IN THE WAY THAT WAS JUST SPOKEN ABOUT. AND ALL OF THAT TO SAY, I RESPECT THE CHANGE THAT WAS MADE IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET LAST YEAR. I DIDN'T SUPRT IT, BUT IT PASSED WHICH WAS TOOVE THIS
MONEY IN THE CAPITAL PLAN INTO FUTURE TRAFFIC CALMING. WE NEED MORE AND BROADER SUPPORT ON THIS PROJECT. AND WE AREN'T THERE YET. BUT PLEASE DON'T CHOOS TO KILL THIS OFF. THIS TRAINING CENTER IS AN
IMPORTANT AND CENTRAL FUNCTION OF CITY GOVERNMENT. IT DESERVES CONTINUED FOCUS. SO I'M ASKING YOU TO SIMPLY SUPPORTHE NEED FOR MORE TIME. IF WE DON'T HAVE MORE TIME, IT'S GOING TO COST SIGNIFICANTLY MORE EVENTUALLY TO PURCHASE THE NEXT
UNICORN PROPERTY AS IT'S TALKED ABOUT. AND WE NEED MORE TIME. THANK YOU. >> COUNCMEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU,OUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION TO DELAY. I WANT TO EXPLAIN WHY I'M NOT SUPPORTING THE MOTION TO DELAY,
BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE MEANT TO SEND IT BACK TO STAFF TO MANUFACTURE CONSENT IN THE FUTURE. I'M NOT DOING ANY BAD DECORUM. I'M TELLING YOU WHY I'M NOT VOTING FOR THIS. I'M NOT VOTING FOR THIS BECAUSE
IT'S GOING TO BE SENT BACK TO STAFF AND THEY'RE GOING TO FIND A WAY TO MANUFACTURE CONSENT TO FIND SEVEN VOTES TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. AND AT THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS IS GOING TO BE ON THE HOOK FOR $38 MILLION. SO I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS, I'M A NO. >> COUNCILMEMBER -- I'M SORRY
VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO SAY I STRONGLY SUPPORT THE BTER TRAINING, BETTER WELLNESS FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. I THINK EVERY FIRST RESPONDER DESERVES A PLACE TO HAVE A
TRAINING, AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING. WEISTEN TO THE DOCTORS, WE LISTEN TO THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF WHO NEED THIS PLACE. AND ALSO THE CONSENT DECREE MAKES IT VERY CLEAR THAT WE SHOULD DEFINITELY BUILD AND WE HAVE AN INACCURATE TRAINING AND
OUTDATED FACILITIES, AS I UNDERSTAND. BUT ONE THING I'LL DEFINITELY SAY THAT THIS WAS POORLY PLANNED. LET ME JUST SAY THAT, I'M SORRY, BUT IT'S POORLY PLANNED.
WE HAVE NOT GONE OUT TO PARTNER WITH GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. WE HAVE NOT PLANNED TO GET FUNDING FROM THE STATE OR FEDERAL IN A MATTER OF TIME. I DID APPRECIATE THE BRIEFING OF
HAVING CITY STAFF TALKING TO US AND KIND OF EXPLAINING THIS TO US IN A MEETING ROOM. BUT I FELT LOCH THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN SOMETHINGHAT -- I FELT LIKE THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN SOMETHING THAT COLLECTIVELY WE K MONEY.
THE IDEAL WONDERFUL WORLD THAT I WOULD LIVE IN IS MAYOR COMING TO ME AND OTHERS RLYING TO THE CAPITAL TO ASK FOR THE $20 MILLION WE NEED BUT OBVIOUSLY WHAT'S COMING OUT
IS WE'RE NOT. WE'RE NOT GETTING THAT $20 MILLION FROM THE STATE. AND ALSO I QUESTION THE PROPERTY ITSELF. WE OWN TOO MANY PROPERTIES IN MINNEAPOLIS THAT SIT AROUND. I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER, BUT IT COULD BE CLOSE TO THOUSANDS.
I DON'T KNOW, IT'S A HUGE NUMBER. WE'RE SPENDING MORE MONEY ON THIS PROPERTY AND LET'S SAY THIS
PROPERTY SOLD ABOUT $1.2 MILLION IN TWO YEARS AND NOW THE OWNER IS JACKING UP TO $5 MILLION. AND THAT'S A HUGE JUMP. SO WHY ARE WE NOT NEGOTIATING ON THAT? AND LIKE I SAY WE HAVE NO PARTNERS, WE HAVE NO ESTATE FUNDING.
AND MINNEAPOLIS ONLY PROJECT IS TOO EXPENSIVE AND NOT SUSTAINABLE. I'LL CLOSE IT DOWN BY SAYING THAT I THINK RETUR TO THE STAFF AND WORK ON IT MAKES SENSE. IF I GET $20 MILLION GUARANTEED FROM THE FEDS OR THE STATE
TOMORROW, I WILL VOTE FOR THIS. SO WHY WOULD I SAY NO TO A BETTER TRAINING FACILITY FOR US? BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT, AND IT'S A HUGE RISK FORITY OF MINNEAPOLIS TO BUY LAND AND SIT ON IT AND JT BE ANOTHER EMPTY
PLACE THAT'S JUST SITTING THERE COLLECTING DUST. I'M GOING TO CLOSE IT DOWN BY SAYING THAT I SUPPORTHE IDEA, I SUPPORT THE NEED. I SUPPORT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, BUT I CANNOT SUPPORT BUYING THIS LAND WITHOUT PARTNERS, WITHOUT FUING, AND WITHOUT THIS
RIDICULOUS PRICE. SO I SUPPORT THE COUNCILMEMBER WHITING RETURN TO STAFF. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER WHITING. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR PAYNE. AND I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON AS WELL. WHAT WE ARE IN THIS WORLD, IT IS A GOOD IDEAL FOR A BETTER TRAINING CENTER. A VERSI OF THIS IS WHAT WE WANT AND WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE FUTURE. AND I THINK WHAT COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON POINTS OUT CORRECTLY AND THERE'S A LOT OF CONSENSUS HERE IS THAT THIS IS THE WRONG
TIME. AND I THINK THAT IS WHY WE ARE SEEING THIS MOTION IN FRONT OF US TODAY. IT'S THE THINGS THAT YOU JUST SPOKE TO THAT HEY IS THIS A PRIORITY RIGHT NOW? AND I HEAR THOSE CONCERNS. I AO HAVE THOSE FRUSTRATIONS AND I THINK TO COUNCMEMBER
OSMAN, COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN'S CONCERNS AS WELL, I THINK THE PROSS NEEDS TO BE BETTER. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN. WHAT I WAS HEARING FROM RESIDENTS IS NOT NECESSARILY THE FRUSTRATION WITH THIS FACILITY, IT IS THE WAY IT WENT ABOUT MOVING FORWARD. I THINK A LOT OF RESIDENTS THAT
I'VE HEARD THAT ARE BOTH IN SUPPORT AND AREN'T IN SUPPORT OF THIS FACILITY IS THAT THIS WAS THE PROCESS IN WHICH IT CAME ABOUT WAS FRUSTRATING. THE PROCESS IN SAYING HEY YOU HAVE ONE OPTION AND THIS IS THE ONLY W IT'S GOING TO GO. AND SO I THINK AS WE REFER THI
HOPEFULLY REFER IT BACK TO STAFF, I THINK TO HAVE THESE ISSUES IN MIND THAT COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON AND COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN RAI RAISED OF HOW ARE WE MOVING FORWARD AND THINKING ABOUT IN THIS A WAYHAT DOES ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS. SO THE WAY I AM HEARING IT RIGHT NOW IS I THINK THERE AREOME
THAT NEVER WANT TO SEE THIS PROPERTY MOVE FORWARD. ANTHAT'S OKAY. NOT NECESSARILY COUNCIL MEMBERS, SOME BROADLY IN THE COMMUNITY THAT NEVER WANT TO SEE IT MOVE FORWARD. I THINK THERE ARE SOME MEMBERS
OF MY CONSTITUENCY WHO DON'T WANT TO SEE THIS RIGHT NOW, AND SOME WANT TO SEE IT IN THE FUTURE. SO REFERRING THIS BACK TO STAFF FOR CONCERNS IS QUITE HELPFUL. THAT'S WHAT THIS MOTION IS TO DO TO GIVE US MORE TIME TO FIGURE
OUT HOW BEST TO ACTUALLY EXCEED WHAT WE SEE IN TH SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, EXCEED WHAT THE PRIORITIES OF MINNEAPOLIS IS. WILL END WITH THAT. >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT YNE. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER WHITING, FOR SENDING THIS BACK TO STAFF.
I THINK JUST THIS WEEK COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN AND I HAVE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS. JUST A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH THAT CERTAINLY MAKES ME THINK WE'RE NOT READY FOR SOMETHING IS BIG YET AS A BODY. AND THERE'S SOME MORE WORK TO BE DONE.
COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN CALLED ME OUT ABOUT MAKING OTHERS FEEL LIKE THEY DIDN'T SUPPORT THEY NORTH SIDE IF THEY WEREN'T SUPPORTING THIS OJECT. SO I'M SORRY, COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN, FOR MAKING YOU FEEL LIKE THAT. THAT WAS NOT MY TENT. AS I TOLD YOU, IT WAS REALLY ABOUT DELIVERING THE MESSAGE
THAT I'VE RECEIVED FROM NORTH SI SI SIDERS. BUT YOU WERE RIGHT, IN THE FUTURE I WILL SAY THAT DIFFERENTLY TO THIS BODY AND NOT MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE -- YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THE NORTH SIDE IF YOU DON'T WANT THIS. AND SECONDLY, I REALLY DO THINK
THAT THE TIMING IS REALLY BAD. THE TIMING ON THIS IS NOT OKAY FOR ALL OF US. THERE' SO MUCH GOING ON IN OUR CITY RIGHT NOW. AND HAVING THIS DISCUSSION NOT ONLY AMONGST OURSELVES BUT WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS, EVEN THE ONES
WHO WANT TO SEE A TRAINING CENTER, IT'S NOT -- LIKE PEOPLE JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT RECOVERY RIGHT NOW. THEY REALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE CITY HAS BEEN THROUGH AND HOW WE MAKE IT BETTER. SO I APPRECIATE STAFF'S
WILLINGNESS AND MY COLLEAGUES W. MAYBE IT WON'T BE READY ON THE DATE THAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO COME BACK, I DON'T KNOW. BUT I DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO BE LISTENING TO FOLKS AND UNDERSTAND THAT THE TIMING IS
POOR, THERE'S A LOT MORE WORK TO BE DONE. COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN MADE A GREAT POINT ALSO IN SAYING THAT THE MAYOR COULD BE HELPING OUT ON THIS A LOT MORE. AND I PERSONALLY FEEL LIKE OUR LEGISLATIVE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR SHOULD BE INVITING US TO HAVE
CONVERSATIONS AT THE CAPITOL AROUND THIS. A LOT OF US HAVE DIFFERENT RELATIONSHIPS WITH FOLKS. WE ADOPTED THIS AS A NUMBER ONE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, NUMBER ONE PRIORITY ON OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. I'VE NEVER RECEIVED AN INVITATION TO GO TO THE CAPITAL AND TALK TO THE MANY PEOPLE THAT I KNOW THERE F YEARS TO SAY
HOW THIS WOULD IMPACT MY WARD AND THE NORTH SIDE. SO I THINK THINGS LIKE THAT IN THE FUTURE COULD BE HELPFUL. AND IT CAN ALSOHOW THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER ON THINGS EVEN IF WE HAVE DIFFERENCES OF OPINION. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE MAYOR MORE INVOLVED.
I WOD LIKE TO SEE OUR LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE MORE INVOLVED IN HOWE MOVE FORWARD ON THIS WORK. SO I SUPPORT US DELAYINGIT, BUT I ALSO SUPPORT US COMING UP WITH NEW AND DIFFERENT STRATEGIES TO MAKE SURE WE GET THIS DONE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I JUST WANT A CLARIFICATION FROM OUR CLERKS ON THIS MOTION BECAUSE JUST AS A LEVEL SET. REFERRAL TO STAFF, THAT DOES MEAN THAT AT SOME POINT STAFF
COULD COME BACK EITHER WITH THE ORIGINAL PROPOSITION THAT'S BEFORE US OR MAKE CHANGES. I JUST WANT TO HAVE CLARITY AGAIN OF WHAT A REFER TO STAFF MOTION MEANS? >> MR. CLERK. >> THROUGH THE PRESIDENT, COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY, REFERRING BACK TO STAFF IS REFERRING THIS ENTIRE MATTER.
I HEARD COUNCILMEMBER WHITING SUGGEST THATHERE ARE ISSUES OR CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED BY THIS BODY, BY THE COMMUNITY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE ADMINISTRATION. AND THEREFORE THE PROPOSAL OF THE TRAINING CENTER IS THE BROADER FRAME OF THIS ISSUE, THE
SPECIFIC LAND ACQUISITION, THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING, THE SOURCE OF THAT FUNDING, ALL ARE SUBORDINATE PIECES THAT GO INTO THE PURCHASE OF THAT PROPERT FOR THAT PURPOSE OF A TRAINING CENTER. SO ANY ASPECT OF THAT COULD BE CHANGED TO ADDRESS ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED. BUT THE OVERALL QUESTION OF WHETHER THE COMMUNITY TRAINING
AND WELLNESS CENTER IS THE MATTER THAT'S BEING REFERRED BACK TO STAFF, STAFF WOULD COME BACK WITHIN THAT SAME FRAME WITH ANY ISSUES THAT WERE RELATED TO THAT. >> AND JUST ON THE SECOND PIECE BECAUSE THE AMENDMENT TO COUNCILMEMBER WHITING'S MOTION
IS TO REMOV THE DATE. SO SINCE THERE IS NOT A DEFINITIVE TIMELINE THAT MEANS IF STAFF WAS WILLING, THEY COULD COME BACK IN THE NEXT CYCLE, OR THEY COULD COME BACK IN DECEMBER IF THEY CHOSE TO RECONSIDER THIS ITEM? >> THROUGH THE PRESIDENT, COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY, YOU'RE
CORRECT.AS YOU KNOW, WHEN WE RE MATTERS TO STAFF, IT'S THEN ON STAFF'S PLATE TO BRINGACK WHEN THEY'RE READY TO PRESENT. I WOULD DO TWO THINGS, NUMBER ONE, I WOULD SAY IT'S WITHIN THE BODY'S PURVIEW OF COURSE TO
PERIODICALLY ASK AND INQUIRE ABOU THE STATUS OF THAT TO SEE WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF A POTENTIAL TIMELINE FOR REPORT BACK. AND THEN I THINK AS IMPORTANTLY, WHAT I DIDN'T HEAR IN COUNCILMEMBER WHITING'S MOTION WAS AND THIS IS IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF HOW THIS BODY PROCESSES
THINGS, THIS PROPOSAL HAS WORKED ITS WAY THROUGH A VERY EXTENSIVE PROCESS WHICH INCLUDES COMMITTEE DELIBERATION TO A FINAL POTENTIAL ACTION TODAY. IF WE ARE REFERRING THIS BACK TO STAFF, THE QUESTION SHOULD BE SINCE THERE'S NO DATE, THAT THE MOTION SAYS REFER BACK TO CITY
CERTAIN. SO IN MY OPINION IF I'M INTERPRETING THAT MOTION, THAT MEANS IT'S STAYING AT COUNCIL'S LEVEL WHEN STAFF IS READY TO BRG THIS BACK, IT WILL COME BACK TO FULL COUNCIL. >> SO JUST CLARITY, I THINK ON THE PUBLIC SIDE, THIS IS GOING
BACK TO STAFF. IT DOES NOT MEAN THIS PROJECT IS DEAD, THIS MEANS THAT STAFF WILL COME BACK FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT WITH THE GOAL OF MAYBE TWEAKING, MAYBE PUTTING SOME THINGS IN THERE TO ASSUAGE
CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED. SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE IT VERY CLEARHAT WE ARE NOT DONE WITH THIS PROJECT SHOULD THIS MOTION PREVAIL. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.
>> I'M GOING TO TAKE MYSELF OFF QUEUE FOR NOW. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. SO I THINK I'LL START WITH A BRIEF QUESTION FOR STAFF. I UNDERSTAND THAT COUNCILMEMBER
WHITING WHEN HE MADE THIS MOTION REMOVED THE DATE WHICH INITIALLY ON THE WRITTEN MOTION WAS APRIL 23, 2026. KNOWING THAT THERE IS NO TIME CERTAIN THAT STAFF IS BEING ASKED TO COME BACK SHOULD THIS MOTION PREVAIL, I'M WONDERING IF
SOMEONE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION IS ABLE TO SPEAK TO YOUR INTERNAL ANTICIPATED TIMELINE AS TO WHEN YOU MIGHT BE BRINGING SOMETHING BACK? >> COO ANDERSON.
>> PRESIDENT PAYNE, COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI, I WOULD NOT WANT TO VENTURE A GUESS AT THIS POINT. I HEARD MANY THINGS HERE TODAY. I HEARD MANY MORE THINGS THAN I'VE HEARD BEFORE. SO I THINK THAT WE WANT TO REGROUP AND TAKE A LOOK AT WHEN WE CAN BRING THIS BACK TO YOU
AND THEN COMMUNICATE THAT. THAT'S HELPFUL. THANK YOU. I THINK WHERE I AM STRUGGLING IS IF WE'RE SENDING THIS ITEM BACK TO STAFF AND I KIND OF GET THE
SENSE THAT THAT IS PERHAPS THE LL OF THE BODY HERE TODAY. THIS IS NOT A MOTION I WANT TO SUPPORT AND HERE'S WHY; I THINK REFERRING THIS ITEM BACK TO STAFF CONTINUES TO PROLONG THE
DECISION MAKING ON HOW AND WHETHER WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH BUILDING THIS FACILITY. AND LIKE THIS WAS A PART OTHE MAYOR'S RECOMMENDED BUDGET LAST YEAR. AND THE WILL OF THE BODY AT THAT TIME WAS TO INVEST INSTEAD IN
NEIGHBORHO TRAFFIC CALMING, ADA ACCESSILITY, AMONG OTHER ITEMS. AND SO THE MORE WE CONTINUE TO PROLONG MAKING A DECISION ON
THIS MATTER, I THINK THAT IT LEAVES EVERYONE IN LIMBO. FROM STAFF TO THE COUNCIL TO FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO REALLY WANT TH, WHO REALLY WANT TO SEE THIS FACILITY BUILT OR THOSE WHO DON'T. I FEEL READY TODAY TO MAKE A
DECISION ON THIS ITEM AND TO HAVE SOME FINALITY ON THE MATTER. I UNDERSTAND IF OTHERS ARE NOT IN THAT PLACE, BUT I WOULD JUST -- I THINK THERE'S A COST THAT COMES WITH PROLONGING THIS DECISION WHICH IS STAFF GOING BACK AND SPENDING A LOT OF THEIR TIME AND ERGY AND THAT HAS A
COST TO IT. TRYING TO FIND A PATH FORWARD. I DON'T SEE A WORLD IN WHICH STAFF IS COMING BACK WITH A LOWER DOLLAR VALUE. I DON'T SEE A WORLD IN WHICH THERE'S LIKE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
TO THE UNDERLYING MATTER. AND SO I JUST WOULD CAUTION US AGAINST CONTINUING TO PROLONG THE MATTER AND INSTEAD JUST TAKING IT UP TODAY. AND YEAH, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I TOO HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF. COO ANDERSON CALLAHAN IF YOU MAY. SO UNDERSTANDING THIS MOTION FOR A DELAY OR RETURN TO STAFF, I'M CONSIDERING IT THE SAME THING.
DOES THIS MEAN IN YOUR INTERPRETATION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION THAT THIS SITE IS NO LONGER GOING TO HAPPEN. OR HOW WOULD STAFF INTERPRET THE DECISION OF SDING THIS BACK TO STAFF? DOES THIS EFFECTIVELY KILL THE LOCATION OR WOULD YOU BE COMING
BACK ASKING FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE LOCATION AGAIN? >> COUNCILMEMB PAYNE, COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ, WE DO STAND BY THE LETTER OF INTENT WITH THE SELLER OF THIS PROPERTY. WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE WYNDHAM COMMUNITY THAT THEY WANT THIS FACILITY IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I RIGHT NOW CAN'T IMAGINE THAT WE ARE QUICK GOING TO FIND A DIFFERENT PROPERTY. SO I THINK YOU ARE LIKELYO SEE COMING BACK WITH THIS SAME LOCATION. >> THANK YO AND THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO AIR OUT IN THE PUBLIC.
BECAUSE DELAYING THIS, I'M CALLING IT A DELAY BY RETURNING TO STAFF BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO COME BACK BEFORE THE BODY, THE SAME EXACT PROJECT, THE SAME EXACT LOCATION. IT'S GOING TO COME BACK TO US AND I JUST WAND TO STATE THAT TO THE PUBLIC I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS.
I THINK THERE ARE A TON OF OTH ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO BE FOCUSING ON IN THE CITY OF MINNEALIS. 3 3 38 PLUS MILLION DOLLARS IS REALLY EXPENSIVE. IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE SPENDING MONEY ON TODAY. THANK YOU. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> YES, THIS IS MY LAST COMMENT.
I DO HAVE SUGGESTIONS FOR MY COLLEAGUES AND ALSO FOR THE STAFF. I THINK, COEAGUES, GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE STAFF TO WORK ON IT AND MAKE THEIR PLAN BETTER IS REALLY A GOOD IDEA INSTEAD OF JUST COMPLETELY KILLING IT AND NOT BE ABLE TO COME BACK. IT TOOK A LOT OF WORK AND
PROCESS I'M SURE FOR THE STAFF TO COME ON THAT. AND ALSO STAFF, PLEASE MAKE SURE IT'S REALISTIC THAT THIS IS GOINGO BE SOMETHING THAT CAN GO FORWARD. IF WE DON'T HAVE $20 MILLION FROM ANYBODY, DON'T BRING IT FORWARD.
IT'S JUST THAT SIMPLE. WE ARE OVERPAYING A BIG LAND. LIKE WE BUY THE K-MART SITE $20 MILLION. WE OVERPAID. I THINK THE MAYOR VOED IT AS I REMEMBER I WAS LOOKING AT IT WAS MARCH 2020, I WASN'THERE.
BUT A FEW MONTHS LATER ICAME. WE ARE BUYING HUGE LAND AND WE'LL BE SITTING FOR ANOTHER 15, 20 YEARS. UNLESS WE HAVE A VISION AND A PLAN AND THE COST OF THE BUILDING THI TRAINING CENTER,
LET'S NOT JUST COMMIT OURSELF BUYING A HUGE LAND THAT WILL BE SITTING THERE COLLEING DUST FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS. SO BOTH OF MY COLLEAGUES AND THE STAFF I HAVE THAT SUGGESTION FOR BOTH OF US.
GIVE THE STAFF AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THEIR PLAN BETTER. AN STAFF AND ALSO THE ADMINISTRATION, EVERYONE, IF WE'RE GOING TO BUILD THIS TOGETH, LET'S GET THE MONEY SOMEWHERE ELSE. BUT LET'S NOT GIVE PEOPLE HOPE THAT IF TH MONEY IS NOT THERE WE CAN'T BUILD THIS. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.
>> THANK YOU. COULD THE CLERKS PLEASE UPDATE THAT THIS IS MY FIRST TIME SPEAKI SO I CAN GET THE FULL SPEAKING TIME? THANK YOU.
SO I'VE BEEN THINKING A LOT ABOUT WHAT MEMBERS HAVE BROUGHT UP AND WHAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE BROUGHT UP. I THINK FIRST AND FOREMOST, TO ME IHINK FROM THE JUMP IT'S BEEN FRUSTRATING THAT THIS HAS BEEN BROUGHT BACK AS AN EARLY
YEAR BUDGET CHANGE FOR A SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL PROJECT. WE VERY DECISIVELY VOTED THAT THIS WAS NOT GOING TO BE A PART OF FINANCIAL YEAR 2026 AS A COUNCIL IN OUR BUDGET.
AND I ALSO WT TO NOTE THAT I THINK THIS UNDERMINES OUR CAPITAL LONG-RANGE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE'S PROCESS. WE ALL AS A CITY COUNCIL APPOINT MEMBERS TO THE CAPITAL LONG-RANGE IROVEMENT COMMITTEE TO EACH OF OUR WARDS.
THE MAYOR ALSO APPOINTS MEMBERS TO THIS COMMITTEE. THIS IS A VERY INTENSIVE COMMITTEE. THEY ESSENTIALLY DO PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING. THEY SPEND A LOT OF TIME TO THIS. AND THEY DID NOT SUGGEST THIS AS
A CAPITAL PROJECT FOR FINANCIAL YEAR 2026. THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THE VALUE OF GETTING THE CITY'S FACILITIES CONDITIONS ASSESSMENT. BUT THEY SHARED THAT THE PROPOSAL DID NOT CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE HOW THE PROJECT WOULD ALIGN WITH THE GOALS OF THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMT OF
HUMAN RIGHTS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, PARTICULARLY IN REDUCING POLICE MISCONDUCT OR IDENTIFY WHICH ELEMENTS WOULD MEANINGFULLY IMPRE PERFORMANCE OR SUPPORT COMMUNITY-CENTERED PROGRAMMING. AND THAT WAS IN PART OF WHY WE DID NOT SUPPORT THIS IN OUR BUDGET PROCESS AT THE END OF
DECEMBER. SO I REALLY HAVE DISLIKED THIS ENTIRE PROCESS IN MARCH. I THINK IT DOES NOT RESPECT THE PROCESS THAT WE HAD A A COUNCIL. WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL LONG
MEETINGS ABOUT THE TRAINING AND WELLNESS FACILITY THAT HAS TAKEN UP SO MUCH TIME IN SUCH A SHORT RUNWAY AND EVERY SINGLE MEETING THAT WE'VE HAD THERE HAS BEEN A NEW THING ABOUT THIS TRAINING AND WELLSS FACILITY, THIS COP UNIVERSITY AS COUNCILMEMBER
WARREN PUT FORWARD YESTERDAY OR TWO DAYS AGO. AND THAT'S DEEPLY CONCERNING BE BUILDING THE PLANE AS WE'RE FLYING IT. THE OTHER THING THAT I WANT TO SHARE IS AS IT COMES TO OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, I THI
WE HAVE PUT OUR LEGISLATORS IN A DEEPLY AWKWARD POSITION. IF I COULD GO BACK INTO OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR AND VOTE NO ON MAKING THIS A PRIORITY, I WOULD ABSOLUTELY DO SO. THAT IS A REGRET OF MINE.
AND I HAD HOPED SINCE AS A BODY WE TOOK THIS OUT OF OUR CAPITAL BUDGET, THERE WOULD BE A GOOD FAITH UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS SHOULD NOT BE THE CITY'S NUMBER ONE PRIORITY AS IT IS A VERY DIVIDED QUESTION NOT ONLY AMONG THE COUNCIL, BUT THE COUNCIL AND
THE ADMINISATION. AND THE QUOTE UNQUOTE AUTHORS OF THIS BILL HAVE SHARED THAT THEY FROM THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND HOW DIVIDED THIS QUESTION IS NOT ONLY AMONGST US, BUT OUR CONSTITUENTS AND THAT IT'S PUT THEM IN A REALLY TOUGH POSITION.
AND THEY'RE NOT MOVING FORWARD ON THIS AS AONDING PRIORITY THIS YEAR. AND SO I REALLY AM CONSIDERING REMOVING THIS AS A BONDING PRIORITY FOR US AS A CITY. IT DEFINITELY SHOULDN'T BE OUR NUMBER ONE BONDI PRIORITY IF
THEst A DIVIDED QUESTION. I THINK THAT'S AT LEAST A PLACE OF AGREEMENT WE CAN GET TO THAT THIS SHOULDN'T BE NUMBER ONE BECAUSE THIS IS NOT FULLY BAKED. AND THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS CONSENSUS ON AND CERTAINLY THIS BODY DOESN'T HAVE CONSENSUS ON SO WE SHOU
DEFINITELY NOT BE NUMBER ONE IN OUR PRIORITIES. THE SECOND IS USING BONDING DOLLARS FOR THIS PROJECT AT THIS TIME. BONDING IS ESSENTIALLY A WAY FOR THE CITY TO CREATE A CREDIT LINE FOR PROJECTS, INFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECTS, AND THEN PAY IT OFF OVER TIME WITH TAXPAYER DOLLARS. AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE UNANIMOUSLY OF BONDING PRIORITIES BECAUSE THEY'RE LIKE YEP WE'LLAY THIS OFF WITH THE TAXES THAT WE PAY TO YOU BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT BENEFITS ALL OF US TANGIBLY AND THAT'S WHY WE SEE SUPPORT FOR LIKE WATER MAINS THAT HAVE BEEN BROKEN, TRAFFIC CALMING, IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR STREETS, THE
NIC NICKELET AVENUE BRIDGE WASONE. AND I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A SHARED VALUE TO EVERY SINGLE COMMUNITY MEMBER IN SPENDING $40 MILLION ON THIS TRAINING AND WELLNESS FACILITY SHOOTING RANGE COP UNIVERSITY, THE NUMBER OF THINGS THAT MEMBERS HAVE CALLED
THIS. AND THAT IS ALSO DEEP, DEEPLY CONCERNING. SO I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS REFER TO STAFF BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE CLARITY ON WHEN THIS SHOULD COME BACK TO US. AND ALSO IF THEY WANTED TO BRING IT BACK, THEY COULD BRING IT THROUGH THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2027
D PUT IT THROUGH THE CAPITAL LONG-RANGE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE BECAUSE WE HAVE A STATED PROCESS AND THIS IS WHY WE HAVE A BUDGET PROCESS TO BEGIN WITH. AND SO THAT IS WHAT MY SUGGESTION IS TO STAFF. AND THAT'S WHEN IT SHOULD COME BACK. SO I WILL NOT BE VOTING FOR THIS REFER TO STAFF BECAUSE THERE IS
AN OPPORTUNITY AEADY BAKED INTO OUR PROCESS FOR IT TO COME BACK. AND ALSO I HAVHAD HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THE MAJORITY OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT HAVE REACHED OUT TO MY OFFICE STATING THAT THIS IS NOT THE PROJECT THAT THEY WANT TO FUND AT THIS TIME OR EVEN
INTO THE FUTURE WITH THE MANY CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE SPECIFICALLY FOR CAPITAL PRIORITIES ACROSS OUR CITY. >> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> COLLEAGUES, WE CAN'T DESIGN A FACILITY UNTIL WE HAVE A SITE.
AND THE MAJOR THING THAT CHANGED WITH WHAT I WOULD CALL A VERY WELL BAKED PLAN FOR WHAT WE NEED IN A TRAINING CENTER IS THE AVAILABILITY OF THIS SITE TO RCHASE. EVERY OTHER SITE THAT WE HAVE EVER FOUND TO PURCHASE FOR THIS OVER THE PAST 7 OR 8 YEARS HAS
BEEN IN WARD 2. AND THAT WAS NEVER TOLERABLE QUITE TRANQ -- FRANKLY TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER OF THE WARD, WHETHER IT WAS A PREVIOUS OR CURRENT COUNCIL MEMBER. EVERY OTHER SITE THAT WASARGE
ENOUGH AND WAS SOMETHING WE COULD HAVE ARRANGED WAS IN WARD TWO. THIS IS SEEN AS A UNIQUE PROPERTY NOT BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY SITE BIG ENOUGH AND AVAILABLE ENOUGH FOR US, BUT BECAUSE OF WHERE IT SITS, HOW IT SITS IN AN INDUSTRIAL PART OF TOWN, WHAT'S AROUND IT. SOME OF OUR OWN OTHER FACILITIES ARE AROUND IT.
BUT I NEED TO POINT OUT THAT THERE ARE ORDERS HERE. AND TYPICALLY THOUGH NOT ALWAYS, WE NEED SITE CONTROL TO ASK FOR BONDING FROM THE STATE. SO IT'S AN ORDER PROBLEM. WE NEED TO HAVE SITE CONTROL. WE CAN'T HAVE SITE CONTROL UNLESS WE HAVE AT LEAST A
PURCHASE AGREEMENT WHICH I APPRECIATE THIS COUNCIL IS NOT T READY TO SIGN TODAY. BUT CLICK MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS, THEY ARE NOT ELECTED. THOSE CLICRECOMMENDATIONS INFORM THE MAYOR'S BUDGET. THE MAYOR PUT THISROJECT BACK
IN. AFTER THAT, WE LITERALLY UNANIMOUSLY AGREED THIS WAS OUR NUMBER ONE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY. WE LITERALLY UNANIMOUSLY REED THIS WAS OUR NUMBER ONE LEGISLIVE PRIORITY.
THIS HAS BEEN THROUGH A WELL BAKED PROCESS, BUT OURTAFF NEED A SITE TO ACTUALLY DESIGN IT AND THEY PROBABLY NEED MONEY AND A CONTRACTOR TO GO THROUGH AND DO THAT NEXT PART. SO I'VE HEARD A LOT FROM PEOPLE
IN THE PUBLIC THAT HAVE BEEN VERY MUCH WITH SPIN AND THINGS THAT AREN'T FACTS. THINGS ABOUT THIS JUST BEING A POLICE TRAINING FACILITY, THINGS ABOUT HOW WE WANT TO FIT IN A GUN RANGE HERE LIKE IT'S A NEW FEATURE OF OUR CITY AND NOT
SOMETHING REQUIRED FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT CERTIFICATION. THIS ISN'T MEANT TO BE SOMETHING NEW, BUT TO RELOCATE SOMETHING THAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE BACK OF WHAT USED TO BE A COMMUNITY CENTER.
WE CLEARLY NEED MOR TIME ON THIS. YES, THIS PROPERTY CAME UP KIND OF SUDDENLY ON THE MARKET, AND YEAH, OUR STAFF WHO KNOWS A LOT ABOUT THAT JUMPED ON IT BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATE. I GET THAT NOW WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO ACQUIRE IT BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO JUST WAIT. BUT I THINK THAT POTENTIAL
SHOULD STILL BE OUT THERE BECAUSE LITERALLY THE PROPERTY NEXT DOOR TO IT WHICH IS OF A SIMILAR SIZE I THINK IS CURRENTLY ON THE MARKET FOR $2 MILLION MORE. SO WE HAVE A PRETTY CAREFULLY NEGOTIATED OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE, BUT OUR STAFF DON'T
HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT. AND WE NEED THAT BEFORE WE GO TO THE STATE FOR SITE CONTROL. SO I TRULY THINK THE CITY COUNCIL HERE IS THE NEXT STEP. BUT I NEED US TO VOTE TO DELAY THISTODAY.
>> CLERKS, I SEE COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY IN QUEUE, BUT ALSO HAS NUMBER THREE IS THAT A TECHNICAL ERROR? >> MR. PRESIDENT, THE SPEAKER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DOESN'T ALLOW FOR MORE THAN TWO SPEECHES WHICH COMPLIES WITH COUNCIL RULES. BUT YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY MADE A QUICK MOTION AND WE HAD TO WITHDRAW IT.
THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO JUMPED IN QUEUE TO SPEAK TO THAT MOTION. I WOULD MAYBE MOTION THAT CLERKS WILL IMMEDIATELY OPEN A QUEUE SO WE CAN KEEP THOSE THINGS SEPARATE. IF WE PREJUMP, THIS IS THE EFFECT. SO WE'VE PUT HER BACK IN QUEUE BECAUSE ONE OF THE SPEECHES WAS ACTUALLY FOR HER MOTION.
>> OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO OFFER SOME CLARIFICATION TO SOMETHING THAT COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO JUST SAID IN TERMS OF BEING THE COUNCIL MEMBER REPSENTING THE AREA WHERE APPARENTLY WER
POTENTIALLY LOCATION HUBS FOR THIS CENTER. I KNOW WE'VE SPENT THE PAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS MOVING MORE THAN $50 MILLION TOWARDS THE RENOVATION AND RELOCATION OF THE 1st PRECINCT, THE 3rd PRINCT, AND NOW THE 4th PRECINCT IS COMING UP. AND ALSO IMPROVEMENTSO EVERY
SINGLE POLICE PRECINCT BRINGING US TO A TOTAL OF OVER $100 MILLION AT THE END OF THIS. BUT THERE HAS NEV BEEN A CASE WHERE LOCATIONS FOR THIS PARTICULAR COP CITY PROJECT WAS EVER MEANT TO BE IN WARD 2. I NEED TO OFFER THAT CLARIFICATION, WWERE NOT ON THE SITE SELECTION FOR THIS, FOR
THE COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER, SLASH 3rd PRECINCT. THAT IS THE ONLY ONE THAT'S BEEN DIUSSED FOR WARD 2. NEVERTHELESS, I WANTED TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION PROCEDURALLY SINC WE DO HAVE CLARITY THAT IT IS THE ADMINISTRATION'S GOAL TO BRING THIS PROJECT FORWARD BACK
FOR CONSIDERATION IN FRONT OF THIS BODY PARTICULARLY WITH THIS SITE ACQUISITION REQUEST THAT WILL LIKELY HAVE MAYBE SOME CHANGES, BUT RIGHT NOW THE MOST RECENT FUNDING PROPOSAL TIED TO IT WAS REMOVING FUNDING FROM ADA, SO SUPPORTING OUR RESIDENTS
WITH MOBILITY ISSUES AND ALSO TRAFFIC CALMING. SO PROJECTS THAT ACTUALLY MAKE OUR STREETS SAFER AND FOSTER SAFETY IN THAT SENSE. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DEFUNDING A NUMBER OF PRIORITIES THAT ACTUALLY UPLIFT THE WELLBEING OF OUR RESIDENTS. SO THAT FUNDING PROPOSAL ALONG
WITH THE SITE ACQUISITION REQUEST WILL COME BEFORE THIS BODY AGAIN. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE WILL BE SOME TIMELINESS TO THIS. I WANT TO KNOW THE PROCEDURE ON THIS. BECAUSE THAT'S THE PIECE THAT HAS NOT BEEN CLARIFIED. IF THIS IS TO CITY ATTORNEYS, I
DON'T KNOW, THE CLERKS, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO IT'S A REQUIREMENT FOR THIS ACQUISITION, YOU NEED TO DO BOND REALLOCATIONS WHICH COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY REFERENCED.
WHAT DWOULD THAT ENTAIL? WOULD THAT REQUIRE A VOTE THRESHOLD FROM THIS COUNCIL WOULD IT NEED TO GO TO B.E.T.? CAN SOMEONE OUTLINE THOSE STEPS? TWO MINUTES AND 15 SECONDS. >> I'LL BE VERY QUICK,
MR. PRESIDENT, TO COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY, THE USE OF INDEBTED FUNDS, BOND FUNDS ARE BOTH UNDER STATE LAW AND UNDER CITY CHARTER PROVISIONS THAT WOULD REQUIRE THAT THE USE OF AVAILABLE PROCEEDS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FROM PREVIOUS BONDED PROJECTS GO
TO THE SAME PROJECT TO ISSUE A BOND. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THERE ARE TWO VOTES REQUIRED BY TWO SEPARATE BODIES UNDER OUR CHARTER. THERE'S ONE BY THE COUNCIL AND ONE BY THE BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND TAXATION. IN BOTH CASES IT REQUIRES A TWO THIRD VOTE APPROVAL OF THE
COUNCIL, 2/3 VOTE OF THE BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND TAXATION. THAT WOULD BE THE PROCEDURAL PROCESS YOU ASKED ABOUT, COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. I'LL QUICKLY SEE IF I MADE A MISTAKE WITH THE ATTORNEY. I'M SEEING THAT I DID NOT. >> JUST TO RECAP THAT IN LAYMAN'S TES. THERE WILL BE NINE VOTES NEEDED AMONGST THIS BODY IN ORDER TO
APPROVE THIS SITE ACQUISITION AND DO THE REALLOCATED BONDS -- THANK YOU. >> I'M SORRY, I NEED TO CORRECT THAT. THERE IS NOT A 2/3 VOTE REQUIRED FOR ACQUISITION. THERE IS ONLY THE 2/3 VOTE REQUIRED FOR THE USE OF BOND FUNDING. SO YOU'LL NOTICE THERE ARE
DIFFERENT ITEMS PACKAGED TOGETHER. THE FUNDING PIECE, AS LONG AS FINANCING OR FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT REQUIRES BOND FUNDS, THEN THAT 2/3 APPLICATION BY THE TWOIFFERENT GOVERNING BODIES WITHIN THE CITY STRUCTURE IS REQUIRED. THE SITE ACQUISITION IS NOT SUBJECT TO THAT VOTE THRESHOLD. >> THANK YOU.
SO THE ADMINISTRATION CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SITE ACQUISITION USING ANOTHER FUNDING SOURCE IF THE BONDS SAY WERE NOT APPROVED BY 2/3 OF THIS BODY. >> IF THE FUNDING SOURCE DID NOT INCLUDE BOND FUNDS, THEN YES THAT WOULD CHANGE THE VOTE
THRESHOLD REQUIRED FOR PASSAGE. BECAUSE THE CURRENT PROPOSALN FRONT OF THIS BODY WOULD USE BOND PROCEEDS, THEN THAT VOTE THRESHOL IS IN PLAY. >> THANK YOU. THAT OFFERS GREATER CLARITY OF WHAT IT ACTUALLY MEANS OR WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS LIKELY CONSIDERING AS THEY'RE THINKING
ABOUT HOW TO BEST REPACKAGE THIS SAME PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF THIS BODY EITHER TO GET IT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE AND WITH A DIFFERENT FUNDING PACKAGE THAT'S MORE PALATABLE. THIS IS GREAT CLARITY, I DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE BONDING PROCESS AND WHAT WOULD BE NEEDED PROCEDURALLY.
SO THANK YOU. >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN QUEUE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL ON THE REFERRAL OF THIS ITEM BACK TO STAFF. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> NAY. >> COUNCILMEMBER WHITING. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON. >> NAY. >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. >> NO. >> COUNCILMEMBER WARREN. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> NAY. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE.
>>RESIDENT PAYNE. >> NAY. >> THERE ARE SEVEN AYES, AND SIX NAYS. >>HAT ITEM CARRIES AND IT WILL BE REFERRED BACK TO STAFF. AND THAT COMPLETES ALL --
[AUDIENCE CHANTING] >> WE'LL TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS. >> WE HAVE RETURNED FROM RECESS. AND I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL TO VERIFY THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI IS
ABSENT. COUNCILMEMBER WHITING IS ABSENT. COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY IS ABSENT. COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER WARREN IS ABSENT. COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.
>> PRESENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> PRESENT. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. PRESENT. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> PRESENT. >> THERE ARE NINE MEMBERS PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM, WE HAVE ALSO BEEN JOINED BY COUNCILMEMBER
CHUGHTAI AND CHOWDHURY. AND WHITING. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS NOTICE OF ORDINANCE INTRODUCTIONS. WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON OUR PUBLISHED AGENDA. COUNCILMEMBERS CHAVEZ, CHUGHTAI, AND CHOWDHURY GE NOTICE OF
INTENT TO INTRODUCE AT THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING THE SUBJECT MATTER OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE LICENSE AND BUSINESS REGULATIONS CODE TO ADD A NEW CHAPTER 296 ENTITLED SAFE OUTDOOR SPACES ESTABLISHING LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR AUTHORIZED AND REGULATED AUF
OUTDOOR SPACES OR INDIVIDUALIZED OUTDOOR SHELTERING OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS. ADDITIONALLY, WE ADDED TWO NOTICES TO THE AGENDA AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING FROM
COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. FIRST WONSLEY, STEVENSON AND CHUGHTAI GIVE INTENT OF INTRODUCE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE LICENSES AND BUSINESS REGULATIONS CODE ADDING AND AMENDING PROVISIONS RELATED TO LICENSE REQUIREMENTS AND WORKER SAFETY.
ALSO NOTE WE'VE BEEN JOINED BY COUNCILMEMBER WARREN. SECOND, COUNCILMEMBERS STEVENSON AND CHUGHTAI GIVE INTENT TO INTRODUCE AT THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING THE SUBJECT MATTER OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CONSUMER PROTECTION CODE ADDING PROVISIONS RELATED TO CONMER
PROTECTIONS FOR HOTEL GUESTS AND TICKET HOLDERS FOR TICKETED EVENTS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE NOTICES? AND THIRD, WE HAVE NOTICE OF INTENT AT THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL THE
SUBJECT MATTER OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 12 CHAPTER 244 OF THE MINNEAPOLIS CODE OF ORDINANCES RELATED TO HOUSING MAINTENANCE CODE TEMPORARY EXTENDING THE LENG OF THE REQUIRED PRE-EVICTION NOTICE BY COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> YES, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. AND THANK YOU MEMBERS. I AM BRINGING FORWARD A NOTICE OF INTENT TO BRING BACK THE TEMPORARY PRE-EVICTION NOTICE EXTENSION. OBVIOUSLY THE 60-DAY
PRE-EVICTION NOTICE DID NOT PREVAIL AS THE VETO WAS SUSTAINED. I STILL BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT GIVING TENANTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS MORE TIME THAN 30 DAYS TO ACQUIRE SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO PAY RENT SO THEY DO NOT FACE
EVICTION. THERE ISN'T A PRESCRIBED AMOUNT OF DAYS OR END DATE YET. I'M HOPING TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH COLLEAGUES ABOUT THAT. WE HAVE HEARD OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT THIS ISN'T AN EITHER OR ISSUE. WE NEED RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND MORE TIME. I WAS REALLY GLAD TO HEAR THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PEOPLE SERVING PEOPLE COME OUT IN SUPPORT OF THAT AND SAY RENEED RENTAL ASSISTANCE BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE TIME FOR TENANTS TO COME TOGHER WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING. AND I WILL ALSO NOTE THAT HOMELINE IS STARTING TO REPORT
NOW UP TO DATE IN THE MONTH OF MARCH THAT THEY ARE SEEING MORE EVICTION FILINGS THAN THEY HAVE LAST YEAR AND EVEN MORE COMPARED TO THE LAST THREE YEARS.
AND I THINK THAT IS SHOWCASING PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING TO PAY RENT ON TIME. AND WE SHOULD DISCUSS HOW TO GIVE THEM MORE TIME. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I WOULD JUST REQUEST TO BE ADDED AS A CO-AUTHOR WITH COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY ON THE AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 244 AND
TEMPORARILY EXTENDED THE LENGTH OF REQUIRED PRE-EVICTION NOTICE. AGAIN AS THE COUNCIL MEMBER HIGHLIGHTED, WE WERE GOING THROUGH A PERIOD OF CRISIS IN OUR CITY AND A CRISIS OF DISPLACEMENT IN OUR CITY THAT IS
EFFECTING MARGINALIZED PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN TARGETED BY THE FEDERALDMINISTRATION THROUGH THE OCCUPATION OF MINNEAPOLIS. AND UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL IN IMPLEMENTATION
OR THE PROPER PASSAGE OF THE ORDINANCE EXTENDING PRE-EVICTION NOTICE FROM 30 DAYS TO 60 DAYS ON A TEMPORARY BASIS. BUT WANT TO CONTINUE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS AND SEE IF THERE'S A PLACE WHERE WE CAN
FIND AGREEMENT AND HELP KEEP TENANTS IN THEIR HOMES. THANK YOU. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE CLERKS WILL NOTE THAT. AND SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN QUEUE, THOSE NOTICES ARE HEREBY GIVEN AND NO FURTHER ACTION IS
REQUIRED AT THIS TIME. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS I THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL CALENDAR. WE HAVE EIGHT ITEMS ON THE CALENDAR. FIRST CHAVEZ, CHUGHTAI AND CHOWDHURY AMEND THE INTRODUCTION GIVEN LAST COUNCIL MEETING TO
CODIFY THE CITY'S STATUS AS A CITY THAT PROTECTS PEOPLE OF ALL GENDERS AND SEXUAL ORIENTATIONS. THIS IS BEING REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND EQUITY COMMITTEE. PURSUANT TO NOTICE ITEMS 2 THROUGH 5 ARE PACKAGED FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS STEVENSON,
CHAVEZ, AND ME, THAT INTRODUCE ADULT BATHHOUSES AND SEX VENUES BEING REFERRED TO THE BUSINESS, HOUSING, AND ZONING AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND EQUITY COMMITTEE AS LISTED ON THE AGENDA. SIX, PURSUANT TO NOTICE, COUNCIL
MEMBERS CHAVEZ, CHOWDHURY, AND CHUGHTAI MOVE TO INTRODUCE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES CODE TO ADD A NEW SECTION RELATED TO GENERAL WELFARE, LAW ENFORCEMENT CONCEALMENT OF IDENTITY.
SEVENTH, PURSUANT TO NOTICE COUNCIL MEMBERS CHAVEZ AND I MOVE TO INTRODUCE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE LICENSING AND BUSINESS REGULATIONS CODE FOR FIRST READING AND REFERRAL TO THE BUSINESS HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE REQUIRING COMRCIAL TENANT NOTIFICATION PRIOR TO
ACTIONS RELATED TO NONPAYMENT OF RENT. FINALLY, PURSUANT TO NOTICE, MOVE TO INTRODUCE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE HEALTH AND SANITATION CODE FOR FIRST READING AND REFERRAL TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY AND EQUI COMMITTEE ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 237 ESTABLISHING
PROVISIONS OF A TEMPORARY HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT REPORTING POLICY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THESE INTRODUCTIONS? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER WHITING.
>> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> YEAH. >> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER WARREN. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE.
>> AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THOSE ITEMS ARE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEES LISTED ON THE AGENDA. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINES IS RESOLUTIONS. WE HAVE TWO RESOLUTIONS. ONE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AWARENESS
MONTH. DO COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY COMMENTS TO ADD? MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER WHITING. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON. >> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER WARREN. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THE
RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. AND FINALLY, I HAVE THE MOTION TO UPDATE THE MEET MINNEAPOLIS BOARD MEMBERSHIP AS I DESCRIBED AT THE TOP OF THE MEETING. THERE WAS A CLERICAL ERROR. NEW BYLAWS WERE ADOPTED AT THE END OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR THAT
TOOK EFFECT THIS YEAR REDUCING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SEATS THAT ARE APPROPRIATED TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO THAT MEANT WE HAD TO REMOVE COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR VOLUNTEERING TO STEP ASIDE AND I
DID ASK VETAW TO ALSO PLAY THAT ROLE. AND I WORKED WITH COUNT -- COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE TO MAKE SURE AS A NEW SEAT OPENS UP, THERE'S NOTHING THAT RESTRICTS US FROM REAPPOINTING A COUNCIL
MEMBER. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER VETAW FOR BEING FLEXIBLE ON THAT. AND ALSO AS WE WERE DEBATING THE MEMBERSHIP OF THIS, I VOLUNTEERED TO STEP ASIDE AND
APPOINT COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. THAT DESCRIBES ALL OF THOSE CHANGES. ALSO COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE WORKED WITH THE LEADERSHIP TO WORK TOWARDS A STRUCTURE THAT PRIORITIZES AND HIGHLIGHTS THE
IMPORTANCE OF OUR CULTURAL DISTRICTS AND HOW MEET MINNEAPOLICAN BETTER SUPPORT THE CULTURAL DISTRICTS. WE'LL BE MAKING SURE AS WE GET THAT GOVERNANCE MODEL FIGURED OUT WITHIN THE BOARD, THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT READY BY THE TIME THAT AVAILABILITY HAPPENS FOR COUNCILMEMBER VETAW SO WE CAN
KEEP THAT FOCUS. SO WITH THAT, I'LL ASK FOR A SECOND. >> SECOND. >> IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER WHITING. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >>AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER WARREN. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES.
>> THAT RESOLUTION CARRIES AND IS ADOPTED. NEXT WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS AS WE DISPENSED THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS TODAY?
COUNCILMEMBER WARREN. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I JUST HAVE SOMETHING THAT I'M GOING TO READ AND SHARE WITH YOU ALL. COLLEAGUES, WE LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY IN A CULTURALLY RICH AND HARD WORKING AND DIVERSE COMMUNITIES. IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS, WE'VE
COME TOGETHE AS COMMUNITY TO DEFEND THE RIGHTS OF OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. AND THAT'S EXACTLY THE KIND OF WORK THAT THE UNITED FARM WORKERS UNION HAS DONE NOT JUST HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS AND MINNESOTA, BUT ACROSS THE NATION. THE UNITED FARM WORKERS UNION
WAS THE CUMULATION OF A MOVEMENT LED BY FILIPINO AMERICAN AND MEXICAN AMERICAN FARM WORKERS. THEIR WORK CARRIES ON AND HAS BEEN A BEAN OF UNION WORK FOR THE PAST 60 YEARS. A LEADER OF THAT GROUP, CAESAR
CHAVEZ HAS BEEN CELEBRATED AND HONORED OVER THE PAST MANY DECADES, BUT ESPECIALLY SINCE HIS DEATH IN 1993. THERE AREONORARY DAYS, STREETS, AND SCHOOLS NAMED AFTER HIM. EVEN ONE HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS.
AND OVER BY THE FARMER'S MARKET A SHORT ONE BLOCK PORTION OF THE ROAD HAS BEEN NAMED CAESAR CHAVEZ AVENUE IN WARD 5. BUT TODAY I FEEL THAT WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION TO CHANGE THAT DESIGNATION. IN THE LAST WEEK AS A RESULT OF
THE LONG INVESTIGATION BROUGHT FORTH HORRIFIC ALLEGATIONS OF GROOMING, SEXUAL ASSAULT BY MR. CHAVEZ TO THE ATTENTION OF THE TION. SOME OF THOSE VICTIMS WERE AS YOUNG AS 13 YEARS OLD. WHILE WORK AND LEGACY OF THE
UNITED FARM WORKERS UNION CONTINUES, HIS NAME AND CELEBRATION CANNOT ON OUR STREETS. SO AS PROVIDED BY OUR CITY ORDINANCE, I'M ANNOUNCING THAT I WILL BE SUBMITTING AN APPLICATIO TO REMOVE MR. CHAVEZ NAME FROM THAT BLOCK AND RENAME
IT TO NORTH 4th AVENUE. I'LL BE COLLABORATING WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO START THE RENAMING PROCESS AS DEDICATED BY CITY CODE THAT WILL ULTIMATELY REQUIRE APPROVAL FROM THIS BODY.
SO I WANTED TO ALERT MY COLLEAGUES IN MY ATTENTION IN THIS MATTER. WE'VE SHOWN HOW WE STAND UP FOR ONE ANOTHER, WE CAN STAND UP FOR VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND RENAME STREETS AS A SMALL ACT OF KINDNESS AND A STEP IN IMPORTANCE WE CAN TAKE IN THE
NAME OF JUSTICE. THANK YOU. ANY -- >> ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? SEEING NONE, WITH THAT, WE'VE COMPLETED OUR BUSINESS TODAY. WITH NOTHING FURTHER TO COME
BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND WITHOUT OBJECTION, THIS MEETING IS HEREBY ADJOURNED TO WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 2026, AT 2:00 P.M. FOR A JOINT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND TAXATION. AT THAT MEETING HELD IN ROOM 350 AT THE PUBLIC SERVICE CENTER, WE WILL HEAR A LONG AWAITED
PRESENTATION FOR OPTIONS ON ALTERNATIVE MUNICIPAL REVENUES. COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE RECEIVED OUTLOOK INVITES FOR THIS AND IT WILL SOON BE ADDED TO THE PUBLIC CALENDARS. THANK YOU EVERYONE.