. . . [GAVEL] > >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ELLIOTT PAYNE. I'M E PRESIDENT OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. BEFORE WE CONVENE THE MEANING, WE HAVE PRESENTATIONS OF HONORARY RESOLUTIONS. WE ARE PLEASED TO WELCOME GUESTS
TO SHARE IN THE SPACE. AND FIRST UP IS A NATIONAL POLICE WEEK PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS RAINVILLE, VETAW AND
PALMANO.
HERE WE GO. RECOGNIZING NATIONAL POLICE WEEK AND HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF OFFICER JAMAL MITCHELL. WHEREAS: NATIONAL POLICE WEEK WAESTABLISHED IN 1962 BY PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY TO HONOR THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAVE DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY; AND WHEREAS: THIS WEEK PVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIES AND CITIZENS TO REFLECT ON THE VITAL ROLE POLICE FICERS PLAY IN UPHOLDING THE RULE OF LAW, MAINTAINING PUBLIC SAFETY, AND
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE; AND WHEREAS: OFFICER JAMAL MITCHELL OF THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT GAVE HIS LIFE IN THE LINE OF DUTY WHILE COURAGEOUSLY RESPONDING TO A CALL FOR HELP┘DEMONSTRATING EXTRAORDINARY BRAVERY, SELFLESSNESS, AND AN
UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO THE PROTECTION OF OTHERS; AND WHEREA OFFICER MITCHELL JOINED THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH THE MISSION OF MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES AND HAD ALREADY BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR HIS HEROISM IN A PREVIOUS LIFE-SAVING INCIDENT
SHORTLY AFTER JOINING THE FORCE; AND WHEREAS: OFFICER MITCHELL'S DE DEDICATION TO SERVICE, HIS COMPASSION FOR OTHERS, AND HIS RADIANT SPIRIT LEFT A LASTING
IMPACT ON HIS COLLEAGUES, HIS COMMUNITY, AND EVERYONE WHO HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF KNOWING HIM; AND WHEREAS: THE LOSS OF OFFICER MITCHELL HAS LEFT A PROFOUND VOID IN THE HEARTS OF HIS
BELOVED FAMILY, HIS FELLOW OFFICERS, THE MINNEAPOLIPOLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THE ENTIRE CITY, AND HIS SACRIFICE WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN; AND WHEREAS: DURING NATIONAL POLICE WEEK, WE NOT
ONLY HONOR THOSE WHO SERVE TODAY, BUT WE PAUSE IN SOLEMN REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE WHO MADE THE TIMATE SACRIFICE, INCLUDING OFFICER JAMAL MITCHELL, WHOSE LEGACY OF COURAGE AND COMPASSION WILL
CONTINUE TO INSPIRE US ALL; CONTINUE TO INIRE US ALL; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS HEREBY RECOGNIZES THE WEEK OF MAY 11-17, 2025, AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK IN MINNEAPOLIS AND ENCOURAGES ALL RESIDENTS TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE TO THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN OF
LAW ENFORCEMENT WHO WORK TO KEEP OUR CITY SAFE; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HONORS THE MEMORY, HEROISM, AND SACRIFICE OF OFFIC JAMAL MITCHELL, AND EXTENDS ITS DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO HIS
FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND FELLOW OFFICERS. HIS LEGACY WILL LIVE ON IN THE HEARTS OF A GRATEFUL CITY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CHIEF, WOULD YOU BE KIND ENOUGH TO GIVE US A COUPLE OF WORDS
ABOUT OFFICER MITCHELL AND YOUR FORCE? >> THA YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS. FOR HONORING JAMAL AND PAUSING TO HONOR ALL OF THE LOVED ONES OF THE 50 MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICERS WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES FOR THIS CITY, INCLUDING
MANY, SOME WHO ARE STILL ALEAVE AND GREW UP AS CHILDREN WITHOUT KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY SERVING THIS CITY. JAMAL WAS A HERO, NOT BECAUSE OF
HOW HE DIED, BUT BECAUSE OF HOW HE LIVED HIS LIFE AS A MAN. AS PEOPLE IN AUTHORITY IF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, WE COULD NOT HAVE ASKED FOR BETTER. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICE. THANK YOU, TORI.
THANK YOU, COHEN, JALEN, CADEN AND MASON FOR THEIR SACRIFICE. ALL OF US OWE YOU OUR GRATITUDE. AND AS I'VE TOLD YOU BEFORE, LONG AFTER THOSE BAGPIPES STOP PLAYING, THE PEOPLE IN THESE BLUE SHIRT WILLS NOT FORGET YOU. WE WILL NOT FORGET JAMAL'S KIDS.
AND WE WILL ALWAYS BE HERE FOR YOU. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, CHIEF. LET'S GATHER HERE FOR A PHO. WE'RE GOING TO DRY AND GET BETWEEN THESE TWO PIECES OF TAPE.
CHARLIE, I SEE YOU DON'T WANT TO BE IN THE PHOTO. ME ON. COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW IS
REQUESTING YOUR PRESENCE.
EXCUSE ME. BEFORE YOU GUYS LEAVE, I JUST WANT TO SAY A LITTLE BIT. I HEARD FORMER CHIEF ARRENANDO ON THE RADIO THIS MORNING, AND I
WANT TO THANK HIM FOR HIS SEICE AS WELL AS ALL OF YOU AT A VERY MOMENTOUS, HISTORICAL TIME IN OUR CITY. AND JUST THANK THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR ALL YOU DO EACH AND EVERY DAY FOR THE CITY. THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
NEXT WE WILL RECOGNIZE PUBLIC
SERVICE WEEK.
TODAY WE ARE RECOGNIZING MAY 2025 AS PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION MONTH IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. WHEREAS: PUBLIC EMPLOYEES AT FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEVELS ARE RESPONBLE FOR ANTICIPATING, PROVIDING, AND PLANNING FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR COMMUNITIES AND FOR DELIVERING ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND PROGRAMS
THAT ADVANCE THE COMMON GOOD AND IMPROVE THE WELL-BEING OF ALL COMMUNITIES; AND WHEREAS: PEOPLE ACROSS T NATION, INCLUDING HERE IN THE CITY OF HERE IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, BENEFIT EACH DAY FROM THE VAST ARRAY OF SERVICES AND PROGRAMS PROVIDED BY BLIC EMPLOYEES WHO ARE COMMITTED TO THE TENETS OF
GOOD GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; WHEREAS: PUBLIC SERVICE IS A NOBLE CALLING THAT ENABLES INDIVIDUALS TO USE THEIR GIFTS AND TALENTS, EITHER AS A PORTION OR EVEN ALL OF THEIR CAREERS, TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND GENERAL
WELFAROF THEIR COMMUNITIES BO NOW AND IN THE FUTURE; AND WHEREAS: EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS DEMONSTRATE EACH DAY THEIR PROFESSIONALISM, DEDICATION, AND FOCUS ON MAKING
THIS COMMUNITYADE UP OF MANY COMMUNITIES THE BEST THAT IT POSSIBLY CAN BE; AND WHEREAS: PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION MONTH PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE, PROMOTE, AND APPRECIATE THE IMPORTANT CONTRI
SERVANTS; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT THE MAYOR A CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE MAY 25 AS PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION MONTH IN THE CITY OF NNEAPOLIS AND HONOR ALL EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS FOR THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS THEY MAKE AND THE CHALLENGES THEY FACE EACH DAY
AND COMMEND THEM FOR THEIR MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OFFER SINCERE GRATITUDE AND ANKS FOR ALL THEIR EFFORTS TO SERVE, PROTECT, PROMOTE, AND ADVANCE THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE OF ALL RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, AND
VISITORS OF OUR COMMUNIT [APPLAUSE] THEN WE'LL FIRST RECOGNIZE O C.O.O. TO SHARE SOME WORDS. >> WELL, THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT, ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WA TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES WHO BOTH OUR COLLEAGUES WHO STAYED UP HERE AND OUR COLLEAGUE WHO IS CAME OVER FOR THIS. WE, OF COURSE, ARE REPRESENTIN A SLICE OF THE CITY TODAY UP HERE.
AND I THINK THAT I HAVE THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT WHY DO WE DO THIS WORK? WHY DO I DO THIS WORK? WHY DO WE DO THIS WORK? WE DO THIS WORK BECAUSE WE HAVE A DEEP DEDICATION TO PUBLIC SERVICE, TO SERVING THE PUBLIC. AND I CAN ONLY TELL YOU FOR
THOSE WATCHING WHO ARE ALWAYS WONDERING ABOUT WHY WE DO OUR WORK, OU WORK IS SOME OF THE MOST EXCITING WORK IN THE WORLD. WE ARE WORKING ON POLICE REFORM. WE ARE WORKING ON TRANSFORMATIONAL GOVERNING.
WE ARE WORKING ON PROTECTING PEOPLE'S CIVIL RIGHTS. WE ARE WORKING ON THE ECONOMIC WELL-BEING OF THE CITY. AND ITS INFRASTRUCTURE EVERY DAY. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, AND PLEASE, THIS MONTH, MAKE RE TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOUR COLLEAGUES, TOO.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. WE LOVE OUR WORK. DON'T DO IT FOR THE PRAISE. WE DO IT BECAUSE THE WORK IS SO FULFILL. SO THANK YOU FOR THIS RESOLUTION TODAY.
>> YEAH, I WOULD JUST ADD OFTEN TIMES ESPECIALLY IN THIS CURRENT ERA IS THE IDEAS OF APPLYING BUSISS IDEAS TO GOVERNMENT TO MAKE THINGS MORE EFFICIENT AND PRODTIVE. AND THERE ARE PRODUCTS FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR THAT CAN HELP
STRENGTHEN HOW WE DO GOVERNANCE HERE, BUT I THINK THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS IS REASONS WHY WE'RE HERE. AND THIS IS NOT MAXIMIZING PROFIT AND GETTING A RETURN TO SHARE HOLDERS. THIS IS ABOUT SERVING A PURPOSE GREATER THAN OURSELVES.
I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR EVERYONE THAT HAS DECIDED TO SERVE SOMEONE GREATER THAN THEMSELVES
BY BEING HERE, SO THANK YOU.
NEXT WE WILL RECOGNIZE ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN, AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS CHOWDHURY
AND VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI.
ALL RIGHT. HONORING ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. WHEREAS: ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN, AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH IS A MONTH-LONG CELEBRATION IN MAY THAT CELEBRATES THE RICH AND DIVERSE
CULTURES, TRADITIONS, AND HISTORIES OF ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN, AND PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITIES; AND WHEREAS: AANHPI COMMUNITIES CONSIST OF APPXIMATELY 50 DISTINCT ETHNIC GROUPS SPEAKING
OVER 100 LANGUAGES, WITH CONNECTIONS AMONG PEOPLE IN MINNEAPOLIS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO BANGLADESHI, BURMESE, CAMBODIAN, CHINESE, FILINO, HMONG, INDIAN, JAPANESE, KOREAN, LAO, PAKTANI, THAI, AND
VIETNAMESE ANCESTRIES; A WHEREAS: OVER THE PAST FIVE DECADES, THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES AND ASYLUM-SEEKERS FROM ASIAN COUNTRIES AND CULTURES HAVE RESETTLED IN MINNESOTA, INCLUDING HMONG REFUGEES SINCE THE 1970S, VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
SINCE THE 1980S, AND KAREN REFUGEES SINCE THE EARLY 2000S; AND WHEREAS: MAY REMINDS US TO CELEBRATE AND HONOR OUR AANHPI COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PAST AND PRESENT, AND THE BEAUTIFUL WAYS THEY CONTRIBUTE TO AND EICH
OUR DAILY LIVES IN MINNEAPOLIS; AND WHEREAS: MAY COMMEMORATES TWO IMPORTANT EARLY DATES IN AANHPI HISTORY; THE ARRIVAL OF THE RST JAPANESE IMMIGRANTS TO THE UNITED STATES ON MAY 7,
1843, D THE COMPLETION OF THE TRANONTINENTAL RAILROAD, LARGELY BUILT BY CHINESE IMMIGRANTSON MAY 10, 1869; AND WHEREAS: MAY PROVIDES A TIME TO REFLECT ON THE CHALLENGING
HISTORY OF AANHPI COMMUNITIES ACROSS DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES. DURING THE PAST NEARLY TWO CENTURIES, AANHPI COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE FACED COUNTLESS ACTS OF DISCRIMINATION AND ENDURED TRAUMATIC EVENTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE
CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT OF 1882, THE LOS ANGELES CHINESE MASSACRE OF 1871, THE INVASION OF THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM IN 1893, THE 1917 AND 1924 IMMIGRATION LAWS THAT EFFECTIVELY ENDED IMMIGRION FROM ASIA UNTIL
1965, THE BRITISH LED PARTITION OF INDIA, U.S MILITARY AID IN THE BANGLADESH GENOCIDE OF 1971, AND THE INCARCERATION OF OVER 120,000 JAPANESE AMERICANS DURING WORLD WAR II, THE MURDER
OF VINCENT CHIN IN 1982, AND THE SPIKE OF ANTI-ASIAN RACISM IN VIOLENCE THROUGHOUT THE COVID-19 NDEMIC; AND WHEREAS: THROUGHOUT HISTORY, THE AANHPI COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN OFTEN SUBJECTED TO THE PERCEPTION OF BEING PERPETUAL FOREIGNERS,
DESPITE THEIR DEEP ROOTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO AMERICAN SOCIETY; AND WHEREAS: THE PERVASIVE MYTH OTHE AANHPI COMMUNITY BEING THE MODEL MINORITY, IN PARTICULAR INDIVIDUALS OF EAST ASIAN DESCENT, HAS INACCURELY PORTRAYED THIS COMMUNITY AS
BEING UNIVERSALLY SUCCESSFUL, OBSCURING THE SOCIOENOMIC DISPARITIES AND CHALLENGES FACED BY MANY WITHIN THE DIVERSE AANH WEAPONIZED TO DOWNPLAY INSTANCES OF RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION; AND WHEREAS: THE RISE OF
ANTI-ASIAN SENTIMENT AND RHETORIC HAS RESULTED IN A SURGE OF HATE CRIMES AND DISCRIMINATION TARGETING THE AANHPI COMMUNITY, PERPETUATING FEAR IN THESE COMMUNITIES; AND WHEREAS: DESPITE THESE CHALLENGES, THE ASIAN AMERICAN,
NATIVE HAWAIIAN, AND PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITIES HAVE PERSEVERED AND MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE AMERICAN SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND CULTURAL FABRIC OF THE UNITED STATES; AND
WHEREAS: AANHPI COMMUNITIES HAVE CONTRIBUTED GREATLY TO THE ARTS, MUSIC, LITERATURE, BUSINESS, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, GOVERNMENT, AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, ENRICHING THE CULTURAL AND CIVIC LIFE OF MINNEAPOLIS AND BEYOND; AND
WHEREAS: ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE COITION OF ASIAN AMERICAN LEADERS (CAAL), ASIAN AMERICAN ORGANIZING PROJECT (AAOP), SERVING ASIAINDIAN FAMILY WELLNESS (SEWA-AIFW), AND THE SEAD PROJECT NURTURE CIVIC LEADERSHIP, CREATIVE EXPRESSION, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE FOR AANHPI
COMMUNITIES ACROSS MINNEAPOLIS AND MINNESOTA; AND WHEREAS: AANHPI ENTREPRENEURS HAVE STRENGTHENED MINNEAPOLIS'S ECONOMY, OPENING BUSINESSES THAT SERVE DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE VIBRANCY OF
THE CI'S MARKETS AND CULTURAL CORRIDORS; AND WHEREAS:ARTISTS, EDUCATORS, AND LEADERS FROM AANHPI COMMUNITIES HAVE EXPANDED THE UNDERSTANDING OF SHARED HISTORIEAND BUILT INTERGENERATIONAL BRIDGES IN MINNEAPOLIS AND ACROSS MINNESOTA; AND WHEREAS: ASIAN
AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN, AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS ARE AMONG THE FASTEST GROWING RACIAL GROUPS IN THE UNITED STATES AND ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT 7.5 PERCENT OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS POPULATION, WHEN CONSIDERING INDIVIDUALS WHO IDENTIFY AS ASIAN OR PACIFIC
ISLANDER EITHER ALONE OR AS PART OF THEIR MULTIRACIAL IDENTITY; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE THE MONTH OF MAY AS ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN, AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH; AND CELEBRATE THE RICH CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND
CONTRIBUTIONS OF THESE COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] WOULD YOU ALL LIKE TO SAY SOME WORDS? >> SURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> CNCIL PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI, COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT. WE RLLY APPRECIATE THIS RECOGNITION AND APPRECIATION OF THIS VERY HARDWORKING AND FOR
HARDWORKING COMMUNITY. THEY'RE VERY RESILIENT AND ARE A VALUABLE PART OF THE COMMUNITY. SO THE SUPPORT WE HAVE SEEN FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THE ADMINISTTION IS VALUABLE, SO THANKS FOR THAT. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. GOING TO PASS IT ON.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS CHUGHTAI AND CHOWDHURY. IT'S ALWAYS AN HONOR TO HAVE U YO PRESENT THE HONARY RESOLUTION FOR US. THANK YOU TO ALL THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL FOR ALWAYS SUPPORTING US. I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO MIRA.
THAT'S OUR MINNEAPOLIS IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE ERG WHO ARE ALSO SUORTING US AS WELL. AND I ALSO WANT TO ANNOUNCE SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT WE'LL BE HOSTING THIS MONTH. ON MAY 15 AT 7:30 A.M. TO 9:30
A.M., WE'LL BE HOSTING A COFFEE AND DOUGHNUTS SOCIAL EVENT. SO COM BY AND GET SOME COFFEE AND DOUGHNUTS. AND ON MAY 22, BETWEEN 1:00 P.M. TO 2:30 P.M., WE'LL ALSO BE HOSTING A POT LUCK. SO COME ON DOWN AND GET SOME
FOOD. IT'S REALLY DRISHS. THROUGHOUT T MONTH OF MAY WE'LL ALSO BE HOSTING A CULTURAL DRESS AND ARTS DISPLAY AND THIS
WILL ALSO EXTEND INTO JUNE FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE HERITAGE MONT AS WELL, SO COME ON BY AND SEE SOME PRETTY CLOTHES AND ART AND YEAH, HAVE FUN. THANK YOU. >> WE WENT TO THE POTLUCK LAST
YEAR. IT WAS REALLY, RLLY GREAT FOOD AS YOU SAID, SO WE RECOMMEND ANYONE TO COME. WE'LL BE THER OKAY.
LET'S GET TOGETHER FOR A PHOTO.
FINALLY, I WILL WELCOME UP COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ TO RECOGNIZE INTERNATIONAL WORKERS
DAY.
ALL RIGHT. SO TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE RECOGNIZING INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY, BUT BEFORE WE BEGIN, WE WANT TO TAKE A LITTLE MOMENT OF SILENCE AND ALSO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY. SO FOR THE PAST TWO DAYS THE SOUTHSIDE OF MINNEAPOLIS HAS
BEEN ROCKED WITH GUN VIOLENCE IMPACTING OUR NATIVE COMMUNITY AND OUR RACIALLY DIVERSE COMMUNITY IN PHILLIPS AND ON LAKE STREET. THIS IS HAVING A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW WHERE WE HAVE LOST YOUNG ONES.
OUR RETIVES, OUR RESIDENTS, OUR FAMILY MEMBERS, OUR FRIENDS, OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE TRULY ROCKED WITH THIS PAIN AND TRAUMA RIGHT NOW IN SOUTHMINNEAPOLIS. AND WE WANTED TO AT LEAST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BECAUSE A LOT OF FOLKSP HERE TODAY ARE SOUTH
SIDERS, AND WANT TO MAKE SURE WE TALKED ABOUT THE SITUATION THAT'S HAPPENING IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS RIGHT NOW. AND ACKNOWLEDGING THE PAIN THAT OUR NATIVE COMMUNITY IS STRUGGLING WITH RIGHT NOW. THAT OUR PHILLIPSOMMUNITY IS STRUGGLING WITH, THAT LAKE STREET IS STRUGGLING WITH RIGHT NOW. OUR RACIALLY DIVERSE COMMUNITY
IS STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW. SO I AT LEAST WANT TO START OFF WITH THAT. I JOE KNOW THAT JOE, ONE OF OUR NATIVE LEADER, WILL BE SPEAKING ABOUT THIS SITUATION AS WELL. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, AND I APPRECIATE THE TIME TO
RECOGNIZE THIS. I FIRST WANT TO START OFF WITH SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S WITH DEEP APPRECIATION TO THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS FOR THE RESOURCES AND THE COORDINATION THAT IS HAPPENING BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS AND THE NATIVE COMMUNITY AS WELL
AS OUR MEXICAN AND LATINX COMMUNITIES. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONTINUED COORDINATION AS WE GET THROUGH THIS. AS WE DEAL WITH THESE TRAVESTIES, THOUGH, I THINK WE HAVE A TENDENCY TO PAINT SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS AS THIS HELLSCAPE
OF, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAY SOMETHING WRONG GOING ON, AND I THINK WHAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IS TODAY IS THE EXAMPLE OF WHAT SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS ACTUALLY IS. HERE IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS, COMMUNITY ISN'T A WORD. IT IS A PERSPECTIVE.
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE IS FOLKS AT LITTLE EARTH AS WELL AS INVITATIONS TO OUR NEIGHBORS ME COMMUNITY PRAYER. LATER ON IN THE DAY AT 6:00 WILL
BE A COMMUNITY GATRING FOR ALL TO DEAL WITH THE GRIEVING AND THE HURT. COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THIS MEANS YOU COME WITH WHATEVER GIFTS YOU MIGHT HAVE, WHETHER IT'S YOUR TIME, YOUR TREASURES, OR JUST REACHING OUT TO SOMEBODY THAT LET THEM KNOW YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THEM. THAT'S WHAT SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS IS
ABOUT. AS WE NAVIGATE AND GET THROUGH WHAT IS, YOU KNOW, THE ATROCITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING, AGAIN, I WILL REINSTATE WE APPRECIATE THE COORDINATION O THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND
UPLIFT THECTIVITIES OF THE COMMUNITY. AND PRAYERS ARE WITH THE FAMILIES AS WELL. THEY HAVE LOST YOUNG ONES AND THE FUTURE AND LIFE IS NOT REPLACEABLE, AND WE ARE HERE FOR THEM.
I WILL PASS IT ON. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE AND TO THE COUNCIL. FRIEND, WE'RE ALL RELATIVES. WE HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR A LONG TIME AND THIS LIGHT IS THE ANCESTORS
THAT RECENTLY PASSED, OUR NEW ANSTORS THAT WE'RE HONORING WITH THE MEDICINE I DO HAVE HERE. AND I DO WALK IN THE COMMUNITY AS A PERSON WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF SOME OF THE MEDICINES AS WELL
AS SOME OF THE LAW, BUT WE WANT TO SAY TODAY WE ARE ONE COMMUNITY. WE ARE INTERRELATED IN SO MANY WAYS. AND WE ARE NEIGHBORS AND FAMILY AND COUSINS, AUNTIES,
ANDPARENTS OF EACH OTHERS. THERE ARE NO NATIONS TODAY. THERE IS ONE STRONG COMMUNITY HERE PRESENT. AND WE THANK YOU FOR THEIME AND HONORING OF THE YOUNG RELATIVES.
>> GRACIAS. NOW WE'RE GOING TO TRANSITION TO RECOGNIZING INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY, BUT WE KNOW THAT R WORKERS DAY, MAY DAY, IS INTERCONNECTED WITH THE SITUATION HAPPENING IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS. POVERTY, GUN VIOLENCE, WORKERS
RIGHTS, THAT IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY ARE ALL INTERCONNEED ON THIS DAY AS WELL. WE'RE RECOGNIZING INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY AND THE REASON IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER IS WE HAVE A FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION THAT IS GUTTING WORKERS, THAT IS ATTACKING THE RIGHTS OF WORKERS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THAT IS DEMONIZING THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY ACROSS THIS COUNTRY, TARGETING MINNEAPOLIS, AND IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN AT THE LOCAL LEVEL TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO UPLIFT OUR
WORKERS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PROTECTING PEOPLE'S WAGES, TO INSURE THAT WE ARE PROTECTING OUR DOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS, REFUGEES, IMMIGRANTS IN GENERAL FROM DEPORTATIONS, FROM THREATS OF DEPORTATIONS, AND MAKING SUR WELCOMES ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY
MEMBERS. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE AT LEAST STARTED WITH THAT AS WELL. WHEREAS:ROUND THE WORLD MAY 1 IS CELEBRATED AS INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY - IN OVER 60 COUNTRIES IT IS A HOLIDAY TO
RECOGNIZE STRUGGLES FOR WORKERS' RIGHTS; AND WHEREAS: MAY 1 WAS FIRST CELEBRATED IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1886 AS PART OF THE STRUGGLE FOR THE EIGHT-HOUR WORKDAY, AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF WORKERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WENT ON STRIKE TO DEMAND BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS AND
SHORTER HOURS; AND WHEREAS: MANY OF THE WORKERS WHO STRUGGLED FOR THE EIGHT-HOUR WORKDAY IN 1886 WERE IMMIGRANT AND BLACK WORKERS
AMONG OTHERS WHO HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY EXCLUDED FROM THE ACTIONS AROUND LABOR AND FACED REPRESSION, DIRIMINATION, AND VIOLENCE; AND WHEREAS: MAY 1ST CELEBRATIONS RETURNED TO MINNEAPOLIS IN 2006 BECAUSE OF THE DEDICATED WORK DONE BY THE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS MOVEMENT TO COUNTER DISCRIMINATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AINST
IMMIGRANTS AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL AND STRENGTHEN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ORGANIZED LABOR AND IMMIGRANT WORKERS; AND WHEREAS:
THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL PASSED RESOLUTIONS IN 2007 AND 2009 RECOGNING THE GROWING IMMIGRANT AND WORKERS' RIGHTS RALLIES IN MINNEAPOLIS ON MAY 1, WHICH HAVE CONTINUED ANNUALLY THROUGH THE PRESENT YEAR; AND WHEREAS: MINNEAPOLIS HAS A LONG HISTORY OF IMMIGRANT AND
WORKERS' RIGHTS ADVOCAS COMING TOGETHER IN THE SPIRIT OF SOLIDARITY; AND WHEREAS: IMMIGRANTS, WORKERS, AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE AN ESSENTIAAND VALUED COMPONENT OF OUR MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY; AND WHEREAS: LABOR UNIONS AND THE
HIORIC AND PRESENT ADVOCACY OF WORKING PEOPLE HAS RESULTED IN ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND POLITICAL OF ALL PEOPLE HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS AND AROUND THE WORLD; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE
MAY 1, 2025, AS INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY IN RECOGNITION OF IMMIGRANT AND WORKERS' RIGHTS. THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE UP HERE
FROM THE LABOR PARTNERS TO THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY ADVOCATES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT LARGE D WE WANTED THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKSP HERE TO SHARE A FEW WORDS. WILLIAM, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I WILL LET YOU KICK IT OFF AND GO FROM THERE.
>> FIRST, THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, FOR GIVE US THE COMMUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY. I AM WILLIAM MARTINEZ, ONE OF THE CO-FUNDERS OFHE MINNESOTA COALITION IN 2006, BUT IF WE GO TO THE HISTY, 100 YEARS AGO,
WAS AN IMMIGRANT. WITH DIFFERENT COLOR. THE ONES THAT START TAKING THE STREETS AND EARN THE EIGHT HOURS UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE AFL-CIO IN THAT TIME.
100 YEARS LATER, STADIUM THING. THE ATTACKS HAPPEN AND YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW THAT THE DIVERSITY. WE, THE IMMIGRANT WITH THE MINNEAPOLIS LABOR FEDERATION, AFL-CIO, WE GOING AGAIN TO THE STREETS.
WE GOING TO RETAKE AND FIGHT AND MAINTAIN WHAT WE WANT. WE ARE READY TO GO AND TAKE THE STREET. ONE THING ABOUT ME, I WAS A SAME PERSON WHO CAME TO THE COUNTRY WITH NO LEGAL DOCUMENT. BECOME A U.S. CIZEN.
JOIN TO THE UNION AND RIGHT NOW I AM ONE OF THE PEOPLE FIGHTING FOR MY OWN OPLE. SO IT'S A PROCESS. EVERY TIME WHEN PEOPLE TOLD US, WETOP THERE, IT'S NOT TRUE. THE TRADES T UNION, YOU NEED TO JOIN TO THE UNIONS TO HAVE A BETTER LIFE, BUT THIS IS HOW
YOU'RE GOING TO CHANGE. THIS IS A STRUGGLE IN THE IMMIGRANT MOVEMENT, BUT THIS IS WHY WE ARE HERE. WE ARE HERE LIKE ONE OY GROUP OF PEOPLE, THE WORKING CLASS. AND THIS IS WHO WE ARE RIGHT NOW. SO THANK YOU, AGAIN. AND I SEE YOU TODAY, 4:30 P.M.
IN THE STREETS OF THE CAPITAL. WE GOING TO BE THERE. SO DON'T WORRY. WE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TAKE TO THE STREET.
>> ANYBODY HERE? >> I HAVE LADY DO THE PIECE AND WILLIAM SPOKE AND I HAVE TALKEN. AND SINCE NO ONEANTED TO TAKE
ON THE MIC, I AM PABLO MENDOZA. I AM A MEMBER OF THE TEAMSTERS LOCAL 974 HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS. I'M A WORKER FOR THE AUTO BODY INDUSTRY FOR ALMOST 38 YEARS,
BUT I'M ALSO INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY ORGANIZING AS A FOUNR AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE HOCV LIST. AND ALL OF US HERE HAVE BN ROAMING THE STREETS AND MARCHING
THE STREETS AND WILL DO THIS AGAIN AND IN MARSHL AND ST. CLOUD AND YOU NAME IT, AND WE WILL BE MARCHING ALL OVER THE PLACE. AND ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. SO JUST FOR WHAT? FOR RIGHTS.
RIGHTS FOR IMMIGRANTS, RIGHTS FOR WORKERS, RIGHTS FOR EVERYONE. HUMAN RIGHTS AND CIVIL RIGHTS FOR ALL OF US. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS RECOGNITION. WE HONORING OUR TEAMSTERS
BROTHERS THAT THE STRUGGLE HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS IN THE 1930s, SO SOME OF YOU KNOW HISTORY IN MINNEAPOLIS IN THE 1930s WITH THE UPRISING OF THE TEAMSTERS AND THE MILITARY IN THE STREETS.
WE ARE HONORING THOSE IMMIGRANTS THAT WERE BACK THEN FIGHTING FOR US AND HUMBLE AND DEPORTED AND TAKEN AWAY BACK TO EUROPE BECAUSE THEY WERE EUROPEAN IMMIGRANTS. WE ARE HONORING THOSE FOLKS AND
WE WILL CONTINUE BECAUSE I KNOW SOMEONE WILL HONOR OTHERS -- WILLIAM, JASON, AND ALL OF YOU, WILL BE HONORED IN THE FUTURE WHEN THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES.
THANK YOU AND AMEN. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL TAKE A QUICK PHOTO AND
THEN WE'LL GET GOING.
>> THANK YOU,EVERYONE. AT THIS TIME I AM GOING TO CALL THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR MAY 1 TO ORDER. THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON -- CAN YOU HEAR ME, COUNCIL PRESIDENT? COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON IS ABSENT. NOPE, HE'S RIGHT THERE. NOT A GAT START HERE. I'M GOING TO START HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON. >> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER KOSKI IS ABSENT. COUNCIMEMBER WONSLEY, PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS, PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN, PRESENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN, PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER VEW, PRESENT. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, PRESENT. PRESIDENT PAYNE, PRESENT. >> WE HAVE 12 MEMBERS PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT
WE HAVE A QUORUM. BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING, I WANT TO OFFER FRIENDLY REMINDER TO ALL MEMBERS AND STAFF THAT THIS MEETING IS BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THE BROADCAST INCLUDES REALTIME CAPTIONING AS A FURTHER METHOD TO INCREASE 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 ASKLL SPEAKERS TO MODERATE THE SPEED AND CLARITY OF THEIR COMMENTS. WITH THAT, THE AGENDAOR TODAY'S MEETING IS BEFORE US. ARE THERE ANY AMENDMENTS?
COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON. >> THANK YOU. YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD A RESOLUTION TO THE AMENDMENT -- OR TO THE AGENDA HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF KURT WASHINGTON, LONGTIME NORTH SIDE RESIDENT, POET, LOST HIS LIFE A
NUMBER OF YEARS AGO. AND COMMUNITY HAS BEEN HONORING HIS LEGACY EVER SINCE. >> ALL RIGHT. WITHOUT OBJECTION, I'LL JUST ADD THAT. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA INCLUDING COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON'S AMENDMENT? >> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND. >> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER KOSKI IS ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER WONSY, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS, AYE.
COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBERCHOWDHURY, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN, YAY. COUNCIL MEER OSMAN, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, AYE. COUNCIMEMBER VETAW, AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE. PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. >> THERE ARE2 AYES.
>> THAT CARRIES AND THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED AS AMENDED. THE NEXT ITEM IS ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES FROM OUR REGULAR MEETING OF APRIL 17. I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THOSE MINUTES. >> SO MOVED. >> A SECO. >> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON, AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER RAIN, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, AYE.
COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE. COUNCIPRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. >> THERE ARE 12 YAY YAYS. >> THAT CARRIES AND THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN ACPTED. FINALLY, WE HAVE THE REFERRAL OF PETITION, COMMUNICATIONS AND REPORTS TO THE PROPER COMMITTEES. MAY I HAVE THAT MOTION PLEASE? >> SO MOVED. >> A SECOND.
>> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN, AYE.
COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE. COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. >> THERE ARE 12 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THE MATTERS ARE REFERRED. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS
THE PRESENTATION OF REPORTS FROM STANDING COMMITTEES TAKEN IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER STARTING WITH ADMINISTRATION AND ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT. TAKING A SIP OF WATER BECAUSE
THIS IS A LONG ONE. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THE ADMINISATION AND ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE HAS 31 ITEMS. FIRST IS A GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM NEW YORK UNIVERSITY FOR TRAVEL LODGING AND CONFERENCE REGISTRATIONS AND MEAL EXPENSES
FOR AMANDA HARRINGTON TO ATTEND THE 2025 ADVANCING THE FIELD OF ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE IN JUNE. TWO IS GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY AND CITY HEALT OFFICIALS OF REGISTRATION, LODGING AND AIRFARE. AND THREE IS A GIFT ACCEPTANCE
FROM THE ASPEN INSTITUTE OF RESTRATION, LODGING AND AIRFARE FOR DAMON CHAPLAIN TO ATTEND A CONFERENCE IN JUNE. GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM THE LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF RE
AIARE AND MEALS FOR CERVANTES TO ATTEND A CONFERENCE IN APRIL IS ITEM FOUR. FIVE IS A GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM THE POHLAD FOUNDATION FOR TRAVEL, LODGING AND CONFERENCE REGISTRATION AND MEAL EXPENSES FOR MELNY RUCKER AND JARED JEFFREYS TO ATTEND THE 2025
ADVANCING THE FIELD OF ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE CONVENING CONFERENCE IN JUNE. SIX IS A GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CITY TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS OF TRAVEL STIPEND, CONFERENCE REGISTRATION, AND TRAVEL AND
LODGING EXPENSES FOR ADAM HAYOW TO ATTEND A 2025 CONFEREN. NUMBER SEVEN IS A BID FOR HAWTHORNE OFFICE BUILDOUT PROJECT FORMORE MORCON CONSTRUCTION. EIGHT IS A BID FOR LEAD SERVICE
LINE REPLACEMENT YEAR TWO PROJECT FOR TRIPLE E AND MMB, LLC. NINE IS A BID FOR SIDEWALK REPLACEMENT PROGRAM FROM CONCRETE IDEA INC.. 10 IS A BID FOR RAMP C WATERPRO REPAIRS FROM RAM CONSTRUCTION
SERVICES OF MINNESOTA LLC. 11 IS A BID FOR TWELVE SIGNALS D CURB RAMP IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FROM THOMAS AND SONS CONSTRUCTION INC.. 12 IS A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT WITH MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS OR ITS AFFILTES FOR DANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM.
13 IS A CONTRACT WITH NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL AGENCY SERVICES FOR THE AMERICAN INDIAN MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR METROPOLITAN URBAN INDIAN DIRECTTORS. 14 IS CONTRACTS WITH VARIOUS VENDORS TO REDUC GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS. 15 IS CONTRACT WITH SPEAK MINNEAPOLIS, LLC, FOR PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY MEDIA ACCESS SERVICES TO MANAGE PUBLIC ACCESS TEVISION. 16 IS ESTABLISH A CONSULTING POOL OF 18 VENNER TOS FOR I.T. STAFF AUGMENTATION CONSULTING SERVICES.
17 IS CONTRACTS WITH NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS QUALIFYING FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS 2020 SHARED RESOURCES AND COLLABORATIONS FUND. 18 IS CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH CLARE HOUSING FOR H.I.V. SITE-BASED HOUSING SUPPORT SERVICES. 19 IS CONTRACT AMENDMENTS WITH
TOUCH OUTREACH FOR YOUTH GROUP VIOLENCE INTERVENTION SERVICES. 20 IS CONTRACT AMENDMENTS WITH VARIOUS IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES OFFERING FREE IMMIGRATION AND LEGAL SERVICES TO CITY RESIDENTS. 21 IS A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH COSTAR REALTY INFORMATION INC. FOR ACCESS TO REAL ESTATE INFORMATION DATABASE.
22 IS A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH CERTIFIED LANGUAGES INTERNATIONAL LLC FOR REMOTE INTERPRETING SERVICES. 23 IS A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH AXON ENTERPRISE INC. FOR SOFTWARE LICENSES FOR BODY-WORN CAMERAS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 24 IS A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH
MID-MINNESOTA LEGAL AID FOR LEGAL SERVICES TO SUPPORT LOW-INCOME MINNEAPOLIS RENTERS. 25 IS AONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH NORTHLAND BUSINESS SYSTEM FOR TRANSCRIPTION SVICES AND CLOUD HOSTING MIGRATION. 26 IS A CLAIM SETTLEMENT FOR
BLAISDELL PORTFOLIO, LLC. 27 IS A CLAIM SETTLEMENT, VARIOUS CLAIMS CONCERNING 43rd AND UPTON STORM WATER FLOODING. 28 IS A LEGALSETTLEMENT, WORKERS COMPENSATION CLAIM OF DAVID VINCENT. 29 IS A LEGAL SETTLEMENT FOR
MICHELLE GROSS AND JANET NYE V. CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. 30 IS A SEPARATION ORDINANCE OVERVIEW WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND THEN 31 IS A BID FOR MINNEAPOLIS CONVENTION CENTER MEETING ROOMS REMODEL PHASE 3
PROJECT FROM SHEEHY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. AND WITH THAT, I WILL MOVE ALL ITEMS FOR A VOTE, EXEMPTING NUMBER 28. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY HAS MOVED APPROVAL OF THE REPORT
MINUS ITEM 28. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE REMAINDER OF THE ITEMS? COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULAT THE ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT FOR THISINCREDIBLE FUNDING OPPORTUNITY AND THE
EXPANSION OF DANCE EDUCAON IN ALL K-12 SCHOOLS IN ALL 47 PARK AND RECREATION CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. I THINK THIS IS THE BEST OF WHAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH ATHE LOCAL LEVEL WHEN WE COLLABORATE WITH SCHOOLS AND PARKS IN THE CITY AND THE CREATIVES IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND AS A FORMER DANCER MYSELF, I
KNOW HOW MUCH THIS REALLY CONTRIBUTES TO SENSE OF SELF AND CONFIDENCE, SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS PROGRAM BACK TO THE YOUTH IN OUR CITY. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.
I JUST WANTED TO OFFER SOME BRIEF COMMENTS ON ITEM 30 WHICH IS THE SEPARATION ORDINANCE OVERVIEW WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE THAT I AND COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ ARE CO-AUTHORING. AS WE ALL THOUGH, MINNEAPOLIS AIMS TO BE A WELCOMING CITY FOR
EVERYONE, REGARDLESS OF THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS. AND WE DO CURRENTLY HAVE A SEPARATION ORDINANCE THAT AFFIRMS THAT POSITION, WHICH STATES THAT THE CITY'S LAW ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT WILL FUNCTION SEPARATELY FROM THE
FEDERALGOVERNMENT'S ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS AND THE CITY WILL NOT OPERATE PROGRAMS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENFORCING THE IMMIGRATION LAWS. WITH THAT SAID, SINCE THE START OF THE TRUMP'S ADMINISTRATION, MY OFFICE AND PBABLY MANY OF YOU ALL HAVE RECEIVED A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS FROM YOUR RESIDENTS
THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THIS ORDINAN IS FUNCTIONING, HOW THAT RELATES TO M.P.D.'S ROLE WITHIN THIS ORDINANCE AND ALLF OUR STAFF, AND PARTICULARLY WHAT ARE THE POLICIES IN PLACE THAT HELPS ESTABLISH CLEAR LINES OF
DISCIPLINARY CONSEQUENCES, ESPECIALLY FOR STAFF WITHIN LAW ENFORCEMENT OR ACROSS THE ENTERPRISE THAT VIOLATES THOSE POLICIES. SO DUE TO A LOT OF LOCAL AND MEDIA COVERAGE, I THINK RESIDENTS ARE AWARE THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP DOES HAVE A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH MINNEAPOLIS FORMER POLICE FEDERATION PRESIDENT BOB CROW, AND THAT CURRENT POLICE UNION PRESIDENT ALSO ENDORSED CROW FOR U.S. MARSHAL, SO A LOT OF
RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNEDBOUT THAT CLOSE RELATIONSHIP AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION RATIONSHIP AND POTENTIAL TARGETING OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. IN RESPONSE TO THOSE QUESTIONS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ABLE TO GET A PRESENTATION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION TO ASSURE THE PUBLIC THAT THERE ARE SPECIFIC
PLANS IN PLACE FROM THE FRYE ADMINISTRATION IN LIGHT OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AIMING TO FACILITATE ANY PARTICULAR TARGETING OF ANY RESIDENTS HERE
AND TO ASSAUGE ANY CONCERNS AROUND THAT. AND FOR M.P.D. TO SHARE POLICIES AND DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS FOR THOSE WHO VIOLATE THEIR POLICY. THAT SAID, THIS LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE KIND OF PROVIDES THAT CLARITY AND HELPS OUR RESIDENTS KNOW THAT AS A CITY WE'RE TAKING THESE MATTERS SERIOUSLY AND
DOING EVERYTHING WT WE CAN TO AFFIRM WE'RE NOT TOLERATING ANY OF THE INTOLERANT ACTIONS COMING FROM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. SO JUST WANTED TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT ON THAT, AND THAT'S ALL.
>> SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE, I ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL MINUS ITEM28. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON, AYE. WONSLEY, AYE. JENKINS, AYE. PALMISANO, AYE.
CHOWDHURY, AYE. CA CASHMAN, AYE. OSMAN, AYE. RAINVILLE, AYE. CHAVEZ, AYE. VETAW, AYE. KOSKI, AYE. CE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. >> THERE ARE3 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THOSE ITE ARE ADOPTED. NEXT WE WILL TAKE ON ITEM NUMBER 28. AND I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> AN I WAS JUST GOING TO MOVE THAT ITEM. I WILL GO AHEAD AND SECOND THAT. >> OKAY.
WE ARE TAKING UP ITEM 28. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? AWE SAW SEEING NONE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON, AYE.
KOSKI, AYE. WONSLEY, AYE. JENKINS, AYE. PALMISANO, AYE. CHOWDHURY, AYE. CASHMAN, AYE. OSMAN, AYE. RAINVILLE, AYE.
CHAVEZ, AYE. VETAW, AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE. COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 YAY YS. >> THAT CARRIES AND THE FULL REPORTS ADOPTED. NEXT WE HAVE THE REPORT FROM OUR
BUSINESS, HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE, WHICH WILL BE GIVEN BY THAT COMMITTEE'S CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBEROSMAN. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. BUSINESS, HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE IS BRINGIN FORWARD 15 ITEMS. ITEM ONE IS APPROVING A PERMANENT EXPANSION OF PREMISES LICENSE FOR MOTHERSHIP PIZZA PARADISE.
ITEMWO IS APPROVING A RENTAL HALL LICENSE FOR ROYALSTON SQUARE. ITEM THREE IS APPROVING LIQUOR AND ENTERTAINMENT LICENSE FOR FRO YO SOUL.
ITEM FOUR ISIQUOR LICENSE HABANERO TACK COASE. ITEM FIVE IS FOR FAIR STATE BREWING WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION, BUT AFTER HEARING A RESOLUTION FROM STAFF AND OTHER, I WILL BE MOVING THIS ITEM FOR APPROVAL. ITEM SIX IS PASSAGE OF
RESOLUTION APROVING A TIFF PLAN FOR SNELLING YARDS FAMILY HOUSING. ITEM 7 IS APPROVING TWO LIQUOR LICENSE. ITEM 8 IS APPROVING 41 LIQUOR LICENSE RENEWALS. ITEM 9 IS AUTHORIZING A BTAP CONTRACT.
ITEM 10 IS APPROVING A DTAP CONTRACT. 11 IS GRANTING RESOLUTION OF FINAL I A PROOUFL OF REVENUE BOND FOR THE NACC HOUSING PROJECT. ITEM 12 IS THE PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SPRING 2025 BROWNFIELD GRANT.
ITEM 13 IS A PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION APPROVING APPROPRIATION OF DEMOLISHING THE STRUCTURE AT 1001 WEST BROADWAY. 14 IS ACCEPTING A GRANT FROM THE BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY FOR TRAVEL FEES.
ITEM 15 IS AUTHORIZING TERMS OF EXTENSION FOR GREENBELT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. ITEM 16 IS AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO ENTER AN EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS AGREEMENT FOR FEDERALLY OWNED PROPERTY NEAR UPPER ST. ANTHONY
FALLS. LASTLY, ITEM 17 IS APPROVING THE DEVELOPMENT OF FRAMEWORK FOR THE NEW NICOLLET PROJECT. WITH THAT, I WILL MOVE ALL ITEMS FOR APPROVAL. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN HAS MOVED APPROVAL OF THE COMMITTEE'S REPORT. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON THE ON SAL WINE AND BEER AND GENERAL ENTERTAINMENT LICENSE FOR FRO YO SOUL AT THE SCULPTURE GARDEN NEAR THE WALKER ARTS CENTER. THIS IS FOLLOWING A NEW STATE
LAW THAT ALLOWS LIQUOR, BEER, AND WINE SALES IN PARKS. I'LL REALLY EXCITED TO SEE FRO YO SOUL BRINGING THIS BUSINESS TO THE SCULPTURE GARDEN. I THIN IT WILL BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY THE PARK AND BRING VIBRANCY TO THIS COMMUNITY IN WARD SEVEN.
I'M ESPECIALLY EXCITED THAT THEIR FOOD TRUCKS WILL BE POSSIBLE TO SET UP AT FOUR DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND PLUG INTO THE POWER BECAUSE THE PARK REDESIGN ALLOWED FOR THAT, SO THEY WON'T NEED ANY NOISY
GENERATORS. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT RESIDENTS OF THE AREA KNOW THAT THE TIMING WILL BE RESTRICTED BETWEEN 11:00 AND 7:00 P.M. AND THAT ALL NEIGHBORS WILL BE NOTIFIED IF THERE WILL BE AMPLIFIED SOUND. AND THEY HAVE ASSURED US THAT ANY AMPLIFIED SOUND WILL BE FACING AWAY FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD DOESN'T GET TOO LOUD BECAUSE OF THE NEW BUSINESS AS WELL. I WISH FRO YO SOUL ALL THE BEST WITH TIR BUSINESS. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I WANTED TO SPK TO THE NEW NICOLLET AVENUE REDEVELOPMENT. I KNOW IT IS NOT IN MY WARD. HOWEVER, IT WAS RUFFLE TO GETTING TO SUPPORT THIS OUT OF THE BUSINESS, HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE. FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO THANK THE COMMUNITY THAT PUT IN SO MUCH EFFORT IN PARTICIPATING IN
THE ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS THAT WERE HAD. AND THANK OUR CITY STAFF FOR THE HARD WORK THAT THEY DID ON PUTTING TOGETHER THIS DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK. I JOKED AT T BUSINESS HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE KMART PARKING LOT WAS JUST KIND OF A
MEME FOR A LONG TIME, RIGHT? LITERALLY WE HAD PEOPLE DRESSED UP AS THE KMART PARKING LOT AND KMART FOR HALLOWEEN. WE SHOULDN'T LET THIS MOMENT PASS BY WHERE WE'RE STEPPING FORWARD AND RECONNECTING NICOLLET AND RESTORING ACCESS.
AND JUST DELIVERING ALL TOGETHER AS A CITY A ONCE IN A GENERATION OPPORTUNITY TO CENTER AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE HEART OF SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS. AND THE THING I FELT SUPER PROUD ABOUT IS THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF
DEVELOPMENT THAT IS TRULY HAS THPOTENTIAL OF BEING MULTIGENERATIONAL AND WELCOMING, RIGHT? AND TYPES OF HOUSING FOR FAMILIES, MULTI-BEDROOM APARTMENT BUILDINGS, OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND TOWN HOMES. THERE'S A PARK THAT'S THERE. THERE'S WORK TO GET A GROCERY
STORE NEARBY. I'M HOPING THERE WILL BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING SPECIFICALLY FOR SENIORS BECAUSE IT'S SO ACCESSIBLE TO TRANSIT. AND THIS IS JUST REALLY, REALLY PHENOMENAL WORK AND WE'RE MAKING A GENERATIONAL DIFFERENCE ON WH
OF MINNEAPOLIS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. AND I AM JUST SO EXCITED THAT WE'RE PASSING THIS FIRST STEP TODAY. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU. I WANT TO SPEAK BRIEFLY TO ITEM 16, THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS AGREENT BETWEEN THE CITY, THE
MINNEAPOLIS PARK AND RECREATION BOARD AND OWAIMMIYONNI AND I'M BUTCHERING THAT NAME, SO I APOLOGIZE. BUT SHELLY BUCK FROM THE DAKOTA TRIBE HAS BEEN A GREAT
REPRESENTATION AND PROVIDED GREAT REPRESENTATION IN THIS PROCESS AND NEGOTIATING. SHE'S BEEN VERY PATIENT. AND SHE'S VERY SUCCESSFUL FOR THIS FIRSTSTEP, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, SHELLY, FOR ALL YOUR LEADERSHIP. >> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
I ALSO WANTED TO JUST SPEAK BRIEFLY ON ITEM NUMBER 17T DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK FOR THE NEW NICOLLET PROJECT. WE'VE, I THINK THIS IS OUR SECOND REALLY BIG AND HISTORIC
VOTE ON THIS PROJECT IN THIS TERM. AND AS FOLKS HERE AT THE CITY KNOW, THE WORK ON THE FORMER KMART SITE AND RECONNECTING NICOLLET, YOU KNOW, HAS PREDATED ALL OF US AND HAS BEEN YEARS IN THE MAKING.
REALLY EXCITED TO MEET THESE DIFFERENT MILESTONES AND MARKERS OF PROGRESS IN RECONNECTING NICOLLET. THIS PROJECT IS ENTIRELY IN THE WHITTIER NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IT IS AT THE INTERSECTION AND THE BORDER OF FOUR DIFFERENT WARDS, WARD 8, WARD 6, AND WARD 9.
AND THE PROJECT AREA IMPACTS ALL OF THOSE COMMUNITIES AS WELL. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WE HAVE SEEN HISTORIC AND TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT HAS GONE INTO BRINGING FORWARD THIS
DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK AND THAT WORK WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE WORKED REALLY DILIGENTLY TO ENGAGE ALL ASPECTS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND
REALLY DIG INTO WHAT WE WANT TO SEE AS THE FUTURE OF THIS HISTORIC AND GENERATIONAL INVESTMENT IN THE SOUTH SIDE. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THERE'S A HUNGER AS WELL FROM IN PARTICULAR THE WHITTIER
COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE TO BE ENGAGED IN EVERY STEP OF THE PROCESS ALONG THE WAY. I THINK WITH SOMETHING THAT IS AS TREMENDOUS A GIFT AS A GENERATIONAL PROJECT LIKE THIS ONE, COMES TREMENDOUS ANXIETY AROUND WHAT THE FUTURE OF THIS
COMMUNITY IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND WHETHER THE PEOPLE THAT CALL WHITTIER HOME, 90% OF US ARE RENTERS. AND WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO CALL THIS COMMUNITY HO. SO WANTED TO THANK STAFF FOR ALL
OF THEIR WORK IN NAVIGATING AT TIMES CONTENTIOUS OR PAINFUL MOMENTS WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND CONTINUING TO MOVE THIS PROJECT ALONG AND FORWARD. I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.
I JUST WANTED TO ECHO AND CHIME IN ON THE NEW NICOLLET PROJECT AS HAS BEEN ALLUDED TO AS SEVERAL DECADES IN THE MAKING. SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE HAD THEIR FINGERS ON THIS PROJECT
FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND I REALLY WANT TO JUST THANK STAFF FOR THEIR COMMITMEN AND DEDICATION TO THIS PROCESS. IT'S BEEN MANY, MANY DIFFERENT STAFF PEOPLE WITH WORK AND INPUT
ON THIS. I TEACH AT MCAT AND MCAT STUDENTS HAVE BEEN ENGAGED WITH DESIGNING THE THOUGHT PROCESSES. WE BROUGHT IN CONSULTANTS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
TO INSURE THIS PROJECT IS AFFOABLE AND DOES NOT LEAD TO DISPLAMENT AND/OR FOLKS NOT BEING ABLE TO ACCS THIS COMMUNITY.
IT'S BEEN REALLY A GREAT WORK AND PROGRESS UP TO THIS POINT, AND IT'S TRANSFORMATIVE. IT WILL COMPLETEL TRANSFORM THE SOUTH SIDE OF MINNEAPOLIS AND LAKE STREET. MILLIONS AND HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS OF INVESTMENT HAS BEEN GOING INTO THIS PROJECT WITH THE NEW TRANSIT STATION LAKE STREET. AND SO I'M JUST REALLY EXCED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES OF
REOPING NICOLLET AND BEING A GATEWAY TO WARD 8 AND ALL THE AMING AMENITIES THAT EXIST ON THAT SIDE OF LAKE STREET, BUT IT'S A REALLY INCREDIBLE
DEVELOPMENT TO REOPEN THIS CORRIDOR. THANK YOU. >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLE ON THE BIHZ COMMITE REPORT. ELLISON, AYE.
KOSKI, AYE. WO WONSLEY, AYE. JENKINS, AYE. PALMISANO, AYE. CHOWDHURY, AYE. CASHMAN, AYE. OSMAN, AYE. RAINVILLE, AYE. CHAVEZ, AYE. VETAW, AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THE REPOR IS ADOPTED. THE NEXT REPORT IS FROM THE CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE,RESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. WE ARE BRINGING SEVEN ITEMS FORWARD. ONE DESIGNATING AND SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE 2025 FULTON RESIDENTIAL STREET RESURFACING PROJECT. ITEM TWO APPROVING THE CONCEPT LAYOUT FOR THE 35th AVENUE NORTH FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECT. ITEM THREE, APPROVAL OF MNDOT
LEASE AMENDMENT ALLING RENTAL OF PARKING LOTS UNDER I-94 BRIDGES. ITEM FOUR, SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS TO THE 54th AND LYNDALE SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICT BOARD. FIVE I EAT STREET SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICT ADVISORY ABORT
APPOINTMENTS. SIX IS GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE EPA ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE THRIVING COMMUNITIES GRANTMAKING PROGRAM. ITEM 7 AUTHORIZING THE SUBMITTAL OF A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE BUSH FOUNDATION FOR THE COMMUNITY INNOVATION GRANT. I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF ALL SEVEN ITEMS.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN HAS MOVED APPROVA OF THE COMMITTEE'S REPORT. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN? >> THANKYOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I JUST WANTED TO THANK NICHOLAS AND TREVOR FOR VOLUNTEERING TO SERVE ON THE EAT STREET SPECIAL SERVICES DTRICT ADVISORY BOARD.
THESE TWO FOLKS ARE FROM WARD 8 AND WARD 10 REPRESENTING MCAT AND TASKS UNLIMITED. BUT I JUST WANTED TO THANK THEM SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICT HAS REALLY STRUGGLED TO HAVE MEMBERSHIP BEYOND SAM TURNER FROM THE NICOLLET DINER, SO I AM
REALLY GLAD THERE WILL BE MORE REPRESENTATION HERE, AND AS WE WORK TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS FOR THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR ALONG EATSTREET, I THINK THEIR COLLABORATION WILL BE REALLY IMPORTANT. AND I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT AN ITEM THAT WE'RE PASSING THROUGH
COUNCIL, WE DID HEAR THE CLIMATE LEGACY INITIATIVE 2025 UPDATE FROM DEPUTY COMMISSIONER PATRIC OF GREAT UPDATES ON THE $10 LLION CLIMATE INVESTMENT AND ALL THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE BEEN BUILDING OUT TO WEATHERIZE AND
RETROFIT HOMES AND BUILD OUT GEO THERMAL ENERGY A GREEN WORKFORCE IN THE CITY. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THAT, YOU CAN LOOK BACK AT THE ESENTATION FROM COMMITTEE. >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CAL THE ROLL.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON, AYE. KOSKI, AYE. WONSLEY, AYE. JENKINS, AYE. PALMISANO, AYE. CHOWDHURY, AYE. CASHMAN, AYE. OSMAN, AYE. RAINVILLE, AYE. CHAVEZ, AYE.
VETAW, AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE. COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THAT REPORT ADOPTED. NEXT WE HAVE THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED BY THAT COMMITTEE'S CHAIR, COUNC MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE IS
BRINGING FORRD ONE ITEM FORWARD. IT IS A PASSAGE OF AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN APPOINTED POSITION IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WITH THE TITLE OF DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROGMS. WITH THAT, I WILL MOVE THIS ITEM FOR APPROVAL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ HAH MOVED APPROVAL OF THE COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON, AYE. KOSKI, AYE. WONSY, AYE. JENKINS, AYE. PALMISANO, AYE. CHOWDHURY, AYE.
CASHMAN, AYE. OSMAN, AYE. RAINVILLE, AYE. CHAVEZ, AYE. VETAW, AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE. COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THE REPORT IS ADTED.
FINALLY WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED B THAT COMMITTEE'S CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE IS BRINGING FORWARD NINE ITEMS. ONE IS THE PASSAGE OF ORDINCE RELATED TO CIVIL RIGHTS ADDING NEW PROTECTED CLASSES, BOLSTERING ENFORCEMENTND
AMENDING PROCEDURES FOR EFFICIENCY. I WILL BE OFFERING AN AMENDMENT WITH TECHNICAL CHANGES, SO I WILL MOVE THIS ASIDE FOR A SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND VOTE. TWO IS ACCEPTING A RETAIL FLEXIBLEUNDING MODEL GRANT FROM THE FOOD AND STRUGG ADMINISTRATION.
THREE AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT F SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER CORE RESEARCH PROJECT. AND FOUR IS ACCEPTING A GRANT FOR THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR SEX TRAFFICKING AWARENESS MEDIA CAMPAIGN.
FIVE IS AUTHORIZING AN MOU WITH WILEY REBER LAW FOR UTILIZING THE SPACE AT THE LAKE STREET SAFE CENTER. SIX IS ACCEPTING THE EDWARD BYN JUSTICE MEMORIAL GRANT TO SUPPORT POLICE AND ATTORNEY INITIATIVES. IS AUTHORIZING ANM.O.U. WITH
CORNERHOUSE. 8 IS A REVENUE CONTRACT WITH SMG FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES AT U.S. BANK STADIUM. AND ITEM NINE IS AUTHORIZING AN INCREASED CONTRACTO FAIRVIEW HEALTH SERVICES FOR CONTINUED IMPLEMENTATION OF A NUTRITION-FOCUSED CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION PROJECT. I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF ALL THE
ITEMS EXCLUDING ITEM ONE, WHICH WE WILL PULL FOR A SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND VOTE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ HAD MOVED APPROVAL OF THE RORT MINUS ITEM ONE. IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE REMAINDER OF THE REPORT? SEEING NONE --
SEEING NONE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON, AYE. KOSKI, AY WONSLEY, AYE. JENKINS, AYE. PALMISANO, AYE. CHOWDHURY, AYE. CASHMAN, AYE.
OSMAN, AYE. RAINVILLE, AYE. CHAVEZ, AYE. VETAW, AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE.CO. >> THERE ARE 13 YAY YAYS. >> THAT CARRIES AN THOSE ITEMS ARE ADOPTED. NEXT WE WILL TAKE UP ITEM ONE AND I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. I WILL NEED SOME ASSISTANCE OF THE CLERKS. CAN I JUST MOVE THE AMENDED VERSION AS ONE OR TAKE THE VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT FIRST? EITHER-OR IS GOOD FOR ME. JUST FOR CLARITY. >> MADAM CLERK?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, HONESTLY, YOU COULD DO IT EITHER WAY. IF THERE IS CONSENSUS WITH THE COLLEAGUES, YOU COU MOVER IT AS ONE. >> FIRST I WILL INTRODUCE THE AMENDMENT AND TALK ABOUT IT AND IF FOLKS -- I CAN DO EITHER-OR. I WILL TALK ABOUT THE AMENDMENTS. IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS, WE'LL GO
FROM THERE. COOL. COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, WONSLEY AND I ARE BRINGING FORWARD AN AMENDMENT YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED YESTERDAY. THIS HAS A FEW SECTIONS THAT I WILL EXPLAIN. THERE ARE THREE CHANGES TO SECTION 139.10. THE FIRST COMPONENT OF THIS CHANGE WILL ADD COLOR, CREED,
RELIGION AND ANCESTRY ALONG WITH HOUSING STATUS TO THE BUSINESS SECTION UNDER THE DECLARATION OF POLICY PURPOSE. THE SECOND COMPONENT WILL RE-ARRANGE THERDER OF LIST PROD TEKTED CLASSES TO BE -- PROTECTED CLASSES TO BE CONSISNT WITH OTHER PROTECTED AREAS. AND THE LAST WORDS ADDS THE
WORDS "A PROGRAM" TO CLARIFY THE LANGUAGE. E NEXT CHANGE IN 139.20. WE ARE AMENDING THE DEFINITION OF HEIGHT AND WEIGHT BY REMOVING THE WORD "TOTAL" AND BASED AND COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND FROM COMING TO MEMBER WHO IS ADVOCATE AGAINST SIZE DISCRIMINATION.
E NEXT CHANGE IS 139.40, WHICH ADDS COLOR, CREED, RELIGION, AND ANCESTRY TO THE ACTS OF DISCRIMINATION SPECIFIED COMPENT. THIS IS MEANT TO MAKE LANGUAGE CONSISTENT WITH THE BUSINESS PROVISION LISTED ABOV AND THE LAST CHANGE IS REMOVING
THE WORDS "OR RESPONDENT" FROM THIS SECTION. THIS CHANGE IS THE RESULT OF A CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSIONER AND IT'S THE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO MADE IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. SO WE ARE BRINGING THIS AMENDMENT TO THESE SMALL LITTLE
CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCE. >> COUNCIL MEMR CHAVEZ HAS MOVED TO AMEND THE UNDERLYING ORDINANCE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? >> PRESIDENT PAYNE, I WILL WAIT TO SPEAK TO THE OVERALL ORDINANCE. >> GO AHEAD AND SPEAK TO THE ERALL ORDINANCE.
WE'LL TAKE IT UP. >> AND I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE ALSO IN QUEUE. >> OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> GO AHEAD, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. YOU ARE IN QUEUE AHEAD OF ME. >> I'LL HOP OUT. YOU GO, PLEASE. >> I'LL GO. >> COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS.
>> YEAH, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I AM CURIOUS, CAN SOMEONE DEFINE ANCESTRY FOR ME? >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ? >> WE'LL HAVE CIVIL RIGHTS STAFF IF YOU CAN HELP ME EXPLAIN THAT.
>> WELCOME. COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. I DON'T HAVE THE ACTUAL WRITTEN DEFINITION AND I'M NOT 100% SURE IF IT'S IN THE ORDINANCE, BUT I COULD FOLLOW- AND PROVIDE THAT WITH THE OFFICE. I WILL EXPLAIN ANCESTRY HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS ORDINANCE FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
THIS IS NOT A NEW CHANGE. >> OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IT'S LISTED AS A NEW ADDITION. >> CAN PROVIDE CLARIFICATION ON THAT AS WELL. THERE WAS AN EFFORT TO MAKE THE
ORDINANCE APPEAR AS CONSISTENT AS POSSIBLE, SO IT'S JUST A CHANGING OF ORDERING AND INCLUDING IN THE SUBSTANTIVE PROTECTIONS IN THE INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPHS AS WELL. IT IS NOT A SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE. IT IS NOT PROVIDING ANY ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS THAT DIDN'T ALREADY EXIST IN THE ORDINANCE.
>> THANK YOU. MAYBE THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS A DEFINITION? >> THE NATIONAL ORIGIN, BACKGROUND IS THROUGHOUT YOUR -- FOR EXAMPLE, MY PARENTS WERE
ITALIAN. NIGH SO IT IS TO INSURE THERE IS NOT DISCRIMINATION BECAUSE OF SOMEONE'S BACKGROUND. FROM A CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE, AND IT IS TRUE THAT ANCESTRY HAS BEEN PART OF THE CIL RIGHTS
ORDINANCE, YOU KNOW, FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME. AND IT'S JUST -- IT WAS SOMEF THESE EDITS ARE REALLY JUST CLEAN UP TO MAKE SURE THE'S CONSISTENCY IN THE LISTED OF PROTECTED CLASS STATUSES THAT ARE IN ALL OF THE PROVISIONS.
>> THANK YOU. SO COULD THAT WORD BE REPLACED WITH ETHNICITY? WOULD THAT BE THE SAME? >> COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I THINK THAT IS THE SENSE OF THE WORD.
I THINK THEY COULD BE USED INTERCHANGEABLY. OTHER CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION USES, YOU KNOW, THE TERM ANCESTRY, BUT I DO THINK TO ME THE ETHNICITY AND ANCESTRY WOULD
BE INTERCHANGEABLE IDEAS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU. I WANTED TO THANK AMY WHO ADDED TO SOME OF THE AMENDMENTS AND SHE SITS ON THE CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE THIRD RD.
SHE CAME TO THE PUBLIC HEARING TO GIVE HER TESTIMONY. WE DID INCORPORATE THE SUGGESTIONS AS WELL. AND THAT IS -- SO THANK YOU, Y. >> WE CAN TAKE UP THE AMENDMENT D THE UNDERLYING ORDINANCE AS
AMENDED IF YOU WAND TO SPEAK, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. AWE THANK YO PRESIDENT PAYNE. SO IN LIGHT OF I KNOW COMMENTS DE BY FELLOW CO-AUTHOR COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ AT COMMITTEE, WE'RE BOTH PROUD AND EXCITED TO BRING THIS ORDINANCE FORWARD
TODAY. ESPECIAL AT A TIME WHEN THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION IS ADVANCING ATTACKS ON OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS AND ARE ATTEMPTING TO STRIP AWAY OUR HARD EARNED CIVIL RIGHTS. MIEAPOLIS GETS TO BE A BEACON AND LIGHT IN THIS MOMENT.
AND WE ARE NOT ONLY DEFENDING THE RIGHTS THAT WE HAVE, WE'RE CONTINUING TO EXPAND PROTECTIONS AGAINST DISCRIMINATION. I WANT TO NAME ONE PARTICULAR PIECE ABOUT THIS ORDINANCE THAT I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE WORK
THAT THE COMMUNITY LED ON, AND SHOULD THIS PASS TODAY, MINNEAPOLI WILL BE THE THIRD IN THE U.S. TO INSURE PROTECTED CLASS STATUS FOR JUSTICE IMPACTED COMMUNITIES. I, OF COURSE, ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO WATCH THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ORDINANCE THAT
TOOK PLACE LAST WEEK IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE. AND DOZENS OF DIRECTLY IMPACTED RESIDENTS SHOWED UP TO SPEAK ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO THEM TO SEE THE CITY TAKE A FMAL STAND TO CODIFY THEIR RIGHTS FOR EQUAL
TREATMENTND PROTECTION. AND I THINK THERE'S NOTHING LIKE PERSONAL STORIES TO REALLY DRIVE HOME WHY THIS WORK MATTERS AND WHY WE GET TO SERVE IN THESE POSITIONS AND THE TYPE OF WORK WE GET TO DO IN THESE POSITIONS. SO OF COURSE, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, OUR
CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSIONS, THE CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT, MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO JOINED US IN THIS PROCESS FOR ALMOST A YEAR IN MAKING THIS ORDINANCE POSSIBLE.
I LOOK FORWARD TOEARN HOW THE CHANGES HAVE IMPACTED THEIR WORK AS A BODY AND HOW WE AS A COUNCIL CAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEIR ABILITY TO BE EFFECTIVE IN MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS TO SHOW UP AND
EVALUATE HOW WE CAN INSURE CIVIL PROTECTION FOR OUR RESIDENTS. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE MANY PARTNER WHO IS HELPED MAKE A REALLY -- PARTNERS WHO HELPED MAKE A REALLY MEANINGFUL POLICY HAPPEN. AND I ENCOURAGE ALL MY
COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT IT. >> A COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THE LAST TIME THIS CIVIL RIGHTS ORDINANCE WAS AMENDED WAS IN 2017, AND SINCE THENE HAVE SEEN THE WORLD DRASTICALLY CHANGE.
WE ARE LIVERING IN THE TIME WHEN THE RIGHT OF PEOPLE ARE -- WE ARE LIVING IN TIME WHEN THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE ARE BEING STRIPPED AWAY, BUT WE CAN ADD TO THE PROTECTED CLASSES AND I WILL GO OVER THE OVERVIEW. IT INCLUDES CLASSES LIKE JUSTICE
IMPACTED, HOUSING STATUS AND HEIGHT AND WEIGHT. THIS WILL BOLSTER CURRENT PROTECTIONS AND REQUIRES ACCOMMODATIONS FOR RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE, EXPANDS JURISDICTION TO INVESTIGATE PAY AND EQUITY. IT ADDS A DEFINITION THAT INCLUDES SKIN COLOR, HAIR,
TEXTURE, STYLE, AND PROVIDES PROTECTIONS MIRRORING THE PREGNANT WORKERS FAIRNESS ACT AND DISCRIMINATION WHICH IS INTERSECTION BASED UPON MULTIPLE CLASSES.
AND EXPANSION TO INCLUDE THOSE RESIDING WITH AND CARING FOR ADULTS AND THIS WAS LED BY CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT STAFF. AS I MENTION IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE, THIS ORDINANCE IS A COMPREHENSIVE ORDINANCE THAT
BOLSTERS AND EXPAND MULTIPLE PROTECTIONS TO PREVENT DISCRIMINATION AT A TIME WHEN MANY PEOPLE ARE BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST IN OUR COUNTRY. MONTHS OF WORK WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND STAFF, THE CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT AND STAFF, INCLUDING DIRECTOR, ALEX
CANE, DIRECTOR PHILLIPS, ASHLEY GOELD, ALYSSA GREEN IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL AND THE CIVIL RIGH COMMISSION ALONG WITH A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT STAFF MEMBERS FROM ACROSS THE ENTERPRISE, ALONG WITH JUSTICE IMPACTED ADCATES, CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM ORGANIZATIONS,
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ADVOCATE AGAINST SIZE DISCRIMINATN AND HOUSING JUSTICE ADVOCATES. AND AS I MENTION IN THE COMMITTEE FOR PUBLICEALTH AND SAFETY, THIS IS THE KIND OF WORK THAT WE CAN BEOING AT A CITY ENTERPRISE WHEN THE COUNCIL, CITY STAFF, COUNCIL OFFICES, THE
MAYOR'S ADMINISTRATION IS WORKING CLOSELY TETHER TO ADVANCE POLICY TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. SO I WANT TO AT LEAST HIGHLIGHT THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WENT INTO THAT. I WANT TO THANK STAFF IN WARD 9, WARD 2 STAFF AND COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY'S STAFF AND EVERYBODY THAT HELPS US GET TO THIS POINT
TODAY. THIS HAS BEEN DECADES IN THE MAKI. THERE HAS BEEN ADVOCACY THROUGH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THEY HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FO ALL WE HAD TO DO IS GRAB THAT MANTLE AND BRING IT HOME. I WANTED TO HOPE WE GET SUPPORT
FROM EVERYBODY HERE TODAY. I WANTED TO THANK OUR STAFF AT THE COUNCIL AND ALSO THE DEPARTMENT STAFF FOR THE WORK THEY DID FOR THIS, TOO. I MOVE APPROVAL FOR SUPPORT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ HAS MO AND WILL TAKE UP BOTH WITHOUT O.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON, AYE. KOSKI, AYE. WONSLEY, AYE.
JENKINS IS ABSENT. PALMISANO, AYE. OWDHURY, AYE. CASHMAN, AYE. MAN, AYE. RAINVILLE, AYE. CHAVEZ, AYE. VETAW,AYE. CHUGHTAI, AYE. PAYNE >> AYE. >> THAT CARRIES AND THAT ITEM IS
ADOPTED. THAT COMPLETES THE REPORT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE AS WELL A OUR STANDING COMMITTEES. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS NOTICE OF ORDINANCE INTRODUCTIONS. WE HAVE FOUR NOTICES TODAY. FIRST, COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN GIVES NOTICE OF INTENT TO
INTRODUCE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE LICENSES AND BUSINESS REGULATIONS CODE, ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 333 ENTITLED SAUNA ESTABLISHMENTS TO REGULATE SAUNA ESTABLISHMENTS. SECOND, COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY
GIVES NOTICE OF INTENT TO INTRO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT CODE ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 426B, ENTITLED RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS. THIRD, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY GIVES NOTICE OF INTT TO INTRODUCE AT THE NEXT MEETING
THE SUBJECT MATTER OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATION CODE ADDING SECTION 1890 RELATES TO CONTRACTS FOR SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY. AND FINAL, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY GIVES NOTICE OF INTENT TO INTRODUCE AT THE NEXT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL THE SUBJECT
MATTER OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATN CODE, ADDING A NEW SECTION 18.200 RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS BETWEEN $5,000 AND $175,000. ARE THERE A QUESTIONS ON THESE NOTICES? COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK U, PRESIDENT PAYNE.
JUST WANT TO SHARE A BIT OF INFORMATN ON THOSE TWO NOI'S. THE FIRST RELATED TO SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY. SINCE 2022, MY OFFICE HAS BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS AROUND HOW TO BETTER ENHANCE THE CITY'S
PRACTICES RELATED TO SURVEILLANCE. I KNOW THIS WORK WAS ALSO NICHE YAYED BY THE -- INITIATED BY THE PRIOR COUNCIL STARTING AROUND 2018, BUT ALSO EMPHASIZING, I KNOW, WHILE WE CAN'T REALLY CONTROL THE OPERATIONAL MATTERS
AROUND HOW SURVEILLANCE ISUSED. MOST RECENTLY WE HAVE SEEN THIS REALLY ROLLED OUT UNDER THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT, I THINK THIS ORDINANCE HAS THE GOAL OF MAKING SURE WE'RE STANDARDIZING MORE TRANSPARENCY FOR THE COUNCIL AND PUBLIC TO
LEARN WHEN AND WHAT TYPE OF SURVEILLANCE EQUIPMENT IS BEING UTILIZED, AND ESSENTIALLY THE GOAL WOULD BE FOR THIS ORDINANCE TO FOSTER MORE TRANSPARENCY EITHER THROUGH THE INCLUSIONF A PUBLIC HEARING WHEN SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY IS BEING PROPOSED FOR PURCHASING OR
THROUGH A CONTRACT WITH EXTERNAL PAY FOR THE SOLICITATION OF THOSE SERVICES. SO ALL THIS WITH THE GOAL OF MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S PUBLIC AWARENESS ON THE TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY THAT THE CITY AND ESPECIALLY LAW ENFORCEMENT IS USING OR HAS ACCESS TO. ESPECIALLYN LIGHT OF, AGAIN,
THINGS THAT'S HAPPENING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. THE SECOND N.O.I. IS RELATED TO THE SECOND CHAPTER, BUT UNRELATED ISSUE. WE HAVE, AS MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE, FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND ESPECIALLY IN RECENT
MONTHS HAVE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS AROUND CONTRACTS THAT HAVE RAISED SERIOUS CONCERNS IN TERMS OF WHERE THEY ARE BEING AWARDED TO OR JUST QUESTIONABLE ETHICS FROM T CONTRACTORS THAT'S BEEN ADMINISTERED UNDER THE FREY ADMINISTRATION.
AND I KNOW THANKS TO PUBLIC SCRUTINY AND ALSO COUNCIL OVERSIGHT ESSENTIALLY THERE HAS BEEN CORRECTIVE ACTIONS THAT AR ADMINISTRATION SOMETIMES IN RESPONSE TO THOSE CONTRACTS B U I WANT TO KNOW IT SHOULD NOT TAKE MEDIA PUBLICATIONS FOR THE
CITY LEADERSHIP TO INSTITUTE GREATER TRANSPARENCY AROUND $175,000. AND THESE CONTRACTS DO NOT REQUIRE COUNCIL APPROVAL, WHICH ESSENTIALLY GRANTS US VERY LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES FOR OV OVERSIGHT AS A BODY OVER THE CONTRACT, AND ESSENTIALLY THERE
IS NO TRANSPARENCY FOR THE CONTRACTS FOR THE PUBLIC AS WELL. THIS PARTICULAR LOOPHOLE IS ESSENTIALLY SHOWN ITSELF NOT TO BE GOOD FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE, A THIS ORDINANCE SEEKS TO RECTIFY THAT. I WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT CONTEXT AROUND THE INTENT FOR BOTH
ORDINANCES AS IT RELATES TO SURVEILLANCE AND HOW WE'RE TRYING TO STRENGTHEN TRANSPARENCY AROUND OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES. >> BEFORE I CALL ON COUNCIL MEMR JENKINS, COULD YOU LIKE YOUR VOTES RECORDED FOR THE CIVIL RIGHTS ORDINANCE? >> THANK YOU AND YES.
>> ALL RIGHT. WITHOUT OBJECTION, MADAM CLERK. >> NOTED, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I WANTED TO SPEAK TO THE NOTICE OF INTRODUCTION THAT I'M BRGING BRIEFLY. IT'S A RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS
REMOVAL ORDINANCE. IT IS REALLY, REALLY CENTERED IN THE PACT ABOUT NAMING HARM AND TAKING -- IN THE FACT ABOUT NAMING HARM AND TAKING RESPONSIBILITY IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF RACIALLY RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS
BEING USED AS TOOL OF EXCLUSION THAT WOULD SHAPE WHERE PEOPLE OF COLOR COULD LIVE OR COULD NOT LIVE, WHERE THEY COULD BUILD WEALTH, WHERE THEY COULD HAVE CONNECTIVITY IN DIFFERENT NEIGHBORS. REALLY THE JIMROW OF THE NORTH. AND MANY, WHILE RACIAL COVENANTS
EN'T CURRENTLY IN EFFECT, MANY HOUSES STILL HAVE RACIAL COVENANTS ATTACHED TO THEIR DEEDS. AND IN CONNECTION WITH MAPPING PREJUDICE, A TEAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, THEY REPORT THAT THERE'S OVER 8,000 COVENANTED PROPERTIES IN MINNEAPOLIS. AND A HANDFUL OF THESE HAVE
ALREADY BEEN DISCHARGED VOLUNTARILY DUE TO THE WORK OF ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR CITY ATTORNEYS THROUGH THE JUST DEEDS PROJECT. AND WITH THIS START WE HAVE BEGINNING TO CORRECT THE HISTORY BY ACKNOWLEDGING THESE COVENANTS ARE NOT JUST ARTIFACTS OF THE
PAST BUT STRUCTURE THAT STILL IMPACTS THE PRESENT. THIS ORDINANCE ISHOPEFULLY THE FIRST STEP TOWARD A BROADER EFFORT TO INSURE THAT OUR CITY CODE REFLES THE VALUES OF EQUITY, JUSTICE, AND BELONGING. AND THIS WORK WAS REALL ACTUALLY INSPIRED BY A GROUP OF
WORKING WITH FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF IN THEIR EFFORT TO RENAME A STREET IN MY WARD EDMOND WALTON AND THIS WORK IS
COMMUNITY LED FROM THE BEGINNING. AND RENAMING THAT COALITION MODEL AND WHAT THAT CAN LOOK LIKE AT NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL. AND OTHER CITIES WERE TAKING UP
THIS TYPE OF REQUIREMENT OF DISCHARGING RACIALLY RESTRICTIVE AND DISCRIMINATORY COVENANTS. AND BEING A PERSON OF COLOR MYSELF THAT REPRESENTS MY WARD, I KNOW THAT GOING BACK IN TIME, THERE ARE MANY PLACES WHERE I
HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO OWN A HOME AND BLACK, BROWN, JEWISH WHO LIVE ON EDMOND BOULEVARD OR LIVE IN A HSE THAT CURRENTLY HAS A RACIAL COVENANT OR IN THE PROCESS OF DISCHARGING A RACIAL
COVENANT AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THEM AND THE KIDS THEY ARE RAISING. AND WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT HOW OUR CITY GOVERNMENT CHOOSES TO RESPOND OR DOESN'T CHOOSE TO RESPON AND I AM REALLY EXCITED TO MOVE THIS WORK FORWARD. THERE WILL BE A LOT OF EFFORT
BEHIND THIS. AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE DO THI IN A WAY THAT MAKES SENSE AND WORKS FOR TH PEOPLE OF MINNEAPOLIS. AND YEAH, I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH EVERYONEN THE BODY ABOUT THIS
AND THE STREET RENAME. >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE, THOSE NOTICES ARE HEREBY GIVEN AND NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED AT THIS TIME THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL CALENDAR. WE HAVE TWO INTRODUCTIONS TODAY.
FIRST, COUNCIL MEMBERS CASHMAN, RAINVILLE AND WONSLEY MOVE TO INTRODUCE AND GIVE FIRST READING TO AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT CODE, ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 425A ENTITLED MINNEAPOLIS TOURISM IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, ESTABLISHINGHE MINNEAPOLIS TOURISM IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND
PROVIDING FOR ITS ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATION AS AUTHORIZED BY MINNESOTA STATUTES. ADDITIONALLY,HIS INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL INCLUDES THE SCHEDULING OF A PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD AT THE MAY 202025 BUSINESS, HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE MEETING.
SECOND, PURSUANT TO NOTICE, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ MOVES TO INTRODUCE THE SUBJECT MADDER OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE LAND SUBDIVISION CODE FOR FIRST READING AND REFERRAL TO THE BUSINESS, HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE MODIFYING THE DEFINITION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS TO ADDRESS UNITS FINANCED IN WHOLE OR ♪PART BY A TRIBE OR
TRIBAL ENTITY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE INTRODUCTIONS? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I JUST WANTED TO THANK ALL T FOLKS WHO HAVE WORKED FOR MANY YEARS TO BE ABLE TO ESTABLISH A
TOURISM IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT IN MINNEAPOLIS. I FIRST HEARD ABOUT THIS FROM REPRESENTATIVE FRANK HORNSTEIN WHO WAS THE AUTHOR AT THE STATE TO ALLOW CITIES IN MINNESOTA TO PASS TOURISM IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS. AND THENHE GREAT FOLKS AT MEET MINNEAPOLIS INCLUDING BILL,
KRISTI, MELVIN, JEFF, HAVE ALL REALLY CHAMPIONED THIS AND BROUGHTHE HOTELS IN THE CITY ON BOARD TO POOL RESOURCES TO IMPROVE THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY. SO I'M EXCITED TO BE CARRYING THIS LEGISLATION TO AUTHORIZE IT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE DISCUSSION WITH COLLEAGUES A
THE PUBLIC HEARING ON MAY 20 TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THE INDUSTRY AND THEIR STORY AND WHAT THEY'RE HOPING THIS CAN HELP US ACHIEVE. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MBER RAINVILLE.
>> PUSHING THE WRONG BUTTONS HERE. IT HAPPENS, KELLY, RIGHT? SAY, I, TOO, WANT TO SPEAK ON THAT. IN PARTICULAR I WANT TO COMPLIMENT BILL FOR ALL THE HARD WORK. BILL, I AM TRYING TO SEARCH MY MEMORY BANKS, BUT THIS IS ABOUT A FOUR, FIVE-YEAR PROCESS ON
YOUR PART. HOW MANY FINGERS? LONGER THAN THAT. BUT WHAT THIS WILL DO IS BRING RESOURCES INTO OUR CITY THAT OVER 200 OVER CITIES ENJOY TO PROMOTE THEIR HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY. AND RIGHT NOW WITH DOWNTOWN SLOWING DOWN, WE NEED THAT
HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY TO KEEP OUR PROPERTY VALUES U AND OUR JOB CREATION, AS WELL AS THE TAX THAT GENERATES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BILL, FOR ALL YR HARD WORK, AND LET'S KEEP TALKING ABOUT THIS. >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE, I WILL A THE CLERK TO CALL THE
ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON, AYE. KOSKI, AYE. WONSLEY, AYE. JENKINS, AYE. PALMISANO, AYE. CHOWDHURY, AYE. CASHMAN, AYE. OSMAN, AYE. RAINVILLE, AYE.
CHAVEZ, AYE. VETAW, AYE. VICE PREDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE. COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. THAT MOTION CARRIES AND THOSE MATTERS ARE REFERRED TO THE BUSINESS, HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS RESOLUTIONS. OURONORARY RESOLUTIONS TODAY
INCLUDE THE FOUR THAT WERE PRESENTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING AS WELL AS A RESOTION HONORING THE 125th ANNIVERSARY OF DELASALL HIGH SCHOOL. AND HONORING A RESOLUTION HONORING KIRK WASHINGTON JR.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM CNCIL MEMBERS? >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON. >> THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME WALK THIS ON. USUALLY WOULD HAVE HIS FAMILY HERE AND DO A PRESENTATION. WE HAVE DONE THAT IN THE PAST. WE WILL BE DOING SOMETHING IN COMMUNITY. FOLKS WANT TO HONOR THE LEGACY OF KIRK WASHINGTON.
NOT EVERYBODY UP HERE MAYBE KNOWS KIRK, BUT HE WAS A POET. HE WAS AN ARTIST IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS REPRESENTING HAISON. AND WHILE I KNEW KIRK AS A KID, AT THE TIME OF HIS PASSING, HE HERE AT THE CITY KNOWN AS CREATIVE CITY MAKING.
HE WAS WORKING ON DIGITAL DIVIDE ISSUES, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS AND THE RESTF THE CITY. AND SO JUST KIND OF REMIND ME EVERY TIME THIS TIME OF YEAR COMES UP SORT OF THE WORK THAT OUR OWN ARTS DEPARTMENT IS DOING IN ITS CURRENT ITERATION, THE WORK ARTISTS DO TO CREATEMAGES
AND TELL STORY, BUT ALSO TO REALLY ORGANIZE AND CREATE TERIAL CHANGE. AND SO JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, ALL, FOR ALLOWING ME TO WALK THIS ON. AND HOPE TO HAVE ALL YOU GUYS' SUPPORT ON THIS. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU.
I WANT TO SPE BRIEFLY TO THE DELASALLE 125th ANNIVERSARY. IT IS A TREMENDOUS SCHOOL AND A LOT OF MAYORS, POLICEMEN, FIREFIGHTERS, SOME GOOD, SOME BAD, BUT I WILL BE ON SATURDAY TO GIVE THIS IN PERSON. AND I JUST APPRECIATE MY
COLLEAGUES SUPPORTING THIS EFFORT TO RECOGNIZE A GREAT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION. >> COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I JUST WANTED TO BRIEFLY SPEAK LIFE OF KIRK WASHINGTON JR.
A VERY DEAR FRIEND, FELLOW POET. WE'RE ACTUALLY BIRTHDAY BUDDIES AS WELL. AND I MEAN, I THINK KIRK'S LIFE ANDORK IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF
HOW THE ARTS CAN CHANGE COMMUNITY AND IS A VERY CRITICAL PART OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND MOVEMENT CHANGE. KIRK SPENT TIME OVERSEAS
LEARNING AND DEVELOPING THIS CRAFT AND ADVOCATING AND SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND THROUGHOUT THIS COUNY. CERTAINLY RIGHT HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS. I WANT TO THANK THE AUTHOR FO BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
I'M SADDENED WE DIDN'T HAVE THE CELEBRATION HERE AS WE USUALLY DO HAVE AND HAVE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHERE THE
CELEBRATIONS WILL BE IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS SO I CAN PARTICIPATE. >> STILL WORKING ON THE DETAILS GLENWOOD. I AM FORGETTING THE EXACT ADDRESS. MORGAN AND GLENWOOD. I WIL GET THE DETAILS SO THAT ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO COME
THROUGH CAN COME THROUGH AND LOVE TO HAVE FOLKS REMEMBER KIRK AND YOU'VE READ H POETRY HERE ON THE DAIS BEFORE. AND I CAN'T TELL ANDREA ANYTHING ABOUT KIRK YOU DON'T ALREADY KNOW, BUTTHER FOLKS MAYBE LEARN ABOUT HIS LIFE AND WHY HE
WAS IMPORTANT TO NTH MINNEAPOLIS. >> YEAH, THE POEM I READ WAS ACTUALLY A POEM FOR THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. THAT W COMMISSIONED BY FORMER MAYOR BESSIE HODGES.
>> A COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. I WANT TO ANNOUNCE THE MAY DAY PARADE WILL BE SUNDAY AT NOON -- >> WE ARE NOT AT ANNOUNCEMENTS YET. >> WE'LL GET THERE. WE'RE ON RESOLUTIONS. >> WOW.
TAKE A BREATH. TAKE A BREATH. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THESE RESOLUTIONS? >> SO MOVED. >> IS THERE A SECOND? >> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON, AYE.
KOSKI, AYE. WONSLEY, AYE. JENKINS, AYE. PALMISANO, AYE. CHDHURY, AYE. CASHMAN, AYE. OSMAN, AYE. RAINVILLE, AYE. CHAVEZ, AYE.
VETAW, AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE. COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. >> TRE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THOSE RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED. BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS, WHICH IS ANNOUNCEMENTS, I AM GOING TO JUST NOTE THAT THIS IS OUR FIRST
UNANIMOUS AGENDA THIS TERM. AND POSSIBLY SINCE I'VE EVER BEEN ELECTED TO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AS WE TRANSITION INTO ANNOUNMENTS. ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, WOULD YOU
LIKE TO MAKEN ANNOUNCEMENT? >> YEAH, I'LL MAKE IT QUICK. BIG DAY ON THE SOUTH SIDE ON SUNDAY, MAY DAY PARADE. THE MAY DAY FESTIVAL ACROSS THE BLOOMINGTON COIDOR. ALL ARE WELCOME. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU.
I'M SAD THAT I HAVE A SAD ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE, BUT WHEN WE GET ELECTED TO THESE POSITIONS, I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT HOW SOMETIMES YOUR CONSTITUENTS BECOME FAMILY AND THE RELATIONSHIPS YOU BUILD WITH FOLKS. WE HAVE LARD, WARD 4 HAS LOST A
COOL PERSON. HE SERVED ON THE CAPITAL LONG RANGE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE, RAY CHOAKE. AND THE SHINGLE CREEK WATERSHED. THERE IS NO TOUR OF THE SHINGLE
CREEK LIKE A TOUR FROM RAY. RAY IS SUPER COOL AND CAME TO VISIT ME OFTEN. A FORMER HISTORY TEACHER, HAD LOTS OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SHINGLE CREEK AND JUST ABOUT MINNEAPOLIS IN GENERAL. AND I'M GOING T MISS HIM
TREMENDOUSLY AND THE POP-UP VISITS AN AND CHRISTMAS NEWSLETTER. I'M GOING TO MISS HIS LOVEOR HIS GRANDCHILDREN AND HIS ARTISTIC VIBE AROUND STAINED GLASS WIN DOSE. HE CREATED REALLY COOL WINDOWS
AND TOOK SOME AMAZING PHOTOS OF NORTH NNEAPOLIS. IN PARTICULAR THE SINGLE CREEK. THERE WA A BEAVER DAM FORMING
AND HE GOT AWESOME PHOTOS. IF YOU WOULD JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR RAY CHOAKE, FORMERARD FOR RESIDENT. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS.
>> THANK U, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I WANTED TO ACKNOWLGE TOMORROW IS NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP DAY. AND I KNOW EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IS GOING TO BE ENGAGED IN ACTIVITIES TO CLEAN UP, BUT I
WANT TO INVITE FOLKS IF YOU WANT TO COME TO GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE, WE WILL BE CLEANING UP AND REPAINTING THE NAMES ON THE STREETS OVER THERE. THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY. AND THEN ON SUNDAY, MAY 4S THE
WALK FOR MS WHICH WILL BE HELD AT MINNEHAHA FALLS, AND PLEASE COME OUT AND SUPPORT THE MS SOCIETY. HELP RAISE MONEY TO DO RESEARCH AS WE KNOW, THE FEDERAL
ADMINISTRATION HAS CUT ALL SORTS OF RESEARCH FUNDING. SO WE NEED TO HELP THIS ORGANIZATION TO BUILD THE COFFERS TO CONTINUE TO DO THE AMAZING WORK THEY DO. THANK YOU. >> I ADDED MYSELF TO QUEUE TO
ANNOUNCEHAT SATURDAY IS OUR ANNUAL NEIGHBOOOD DAY. AUDUBON PARK IS HAVING A SPRING FESTIVAL. LOWENORTHEAST HAS THE MEETING AT SOCIABLE CIDER. THERE'S A TOOL SWAP AT LOGAN PARK. THERE'S GOING TO BE A SPRING
GATHERIN WITH THE COLUMBIA PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. SO TON OF NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY A GOING TO BE CELEBRATING NEIGHBORHOOD DAY, AND EVERYBODY SHOULD GET OUT AND MEET A NEIGHBOR. COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU. I'M A LITTLE LATE ON THIS,UT I WANTED TO WELCOME A NEW DEMOCRATIC SENATOR TO THE CITY
OF MINNEAPOLIS, DORAN CLARK. WE HAD WITH THE UNTIMELY DEATH, WE HAD A SPECIAL ELECTION, AND I HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT WITH HIM LAST WEEK, AND HE'S THROWING HIMSELF INTO THE JOB AND DOING A GREAT, GREAT REPRESENTATION FOR NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST
MINNEAPOLIS.SO WELCOME, SENATOR HIS NEW POSITION. >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE, WITH THAT, WE'VE COMPLETED OUR BUNESS TODAY. WITH NOTHING FURTHER TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND WITHOUT OBJECTION, THIS MEETING IS
HEREBY . . . .