>> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME ISJR OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. I'M GOING TO CALL TO ORDER OUR REGULAR COMMITTEE MEETING FOR TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25TH. BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING, I WANT TO OFFER A FRIENDLY REMINDER TO ALL MEMBERS, STAFF, AND THE PUBLIC
THAT MEETINGS ARE BROADST LIVE IN ORDER TO ENABLE GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THESE BROADCASTS INCLUDE REALTIME CAPTIONING AS A FURTHER METHOD TO INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR PROCEEDINGS TO THE COMMUNITY. THEREFORE, ALL SPEAKERS NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THEIR RATE OF THEIR SPEECHO OUR CAPTIONER CAN FULLY CAPTURE AND TRANSCRIBE ALL
COMMENTS FOR THE BROADCAST. WE CAN ALL SPEAKERS TO -- ASK ALL SPEAKERS TO MODIFY THE SPEED AND CLARITY OF THEIR COMMENTS. AT THIS TIME, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL TO VERIF THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. >> COUNCILMEMBER PAYNE. >> PRESENT. >> WONSLEY. >> PRESENT. >> RAINVILLE. >> PRESENT. >> VETAW.
>> PRESENT. >> ELLISON IS ABSENT. OZMAN. >> PRESENT. >> CASHM IS ABSENT. JENKINS, ABSENT. >> PRESENT. >> GOT THAT. THANK YOU. CHUGHTAI >> PRESENT. >> KOSKI.
>> PRESENT. >>> PALMISAN >> PRESENT. >> VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> PRESENT. >> AND CHAIR CHAVEZ. >> PRESENT. >> THERE ARE 11 MEMBERS PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT TT WE HAVE A QUORUM. FIRST WE WILL TAKE UP OUR CONSENT ITEMS.
THE FIRST ITEM IS A CONSENT ITEM SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES WORK GROUP. THE SECOND IS A RECEIVING AND FILING OF THE 2024 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINNEAPOLIS ETHICAL PRACTICES BOARD. ITEM NUMBER 3 IS PASSAGE OF A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A GIFT FOR LOCAL PROGRESS FOR COUNCIL
PRESIDENT PAYNE TO ATTEND THE LOCAL PROGRESS BOARD AND FINALLY ITEM 4 IS AUTHORIZING A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT WITH HEN IPEN COUNTFOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF WINTER WARMING CENTERS FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS. COLLEAGUES ARE, THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU. I'M WONDERING IF ANY ONE OF MYOLLEAGUES COULD HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW THIS, HOW THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS WILL GO FOR THE SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
RAINVILLE. I'LL PASS IT ONTO COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU. YES, CHAIR CHAVEZ. SO OUR APPOINTMENT PROCESS FOR THE SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES WORK GROUP WILL FOLLOW THE SAME PROCESS AS OUR ABCs RIGHT NOW, SO BASICALLY COUNCIL WL BE ABLE TO DO APPOINTMENT, AND THEN THE
MAYOR ALSO WILL BE ABLEO DO APPOINTMENT AND THAT SECTION IS SPELLED OUT SPECIFICALLY IN THE RESOLUTION OF SECTION 2. C WHERE AGAIN, COUNCIL NOMINATIONS EQUALS TO 13. THE MAYOR WILL HAVE TWO SEATS, AND THEN ALSO
SIX SEATSY SPECIFIC PROFESSIONALS WILL BE SELECTED BY THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY. >> THANK YOU. >> MM-HMM. >> AND IS THAT ALL, ALL COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE? COOL. COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY, YOU'RE STILL IN QUEUE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ.
JUST WANTED TO ALSO OFFER SOME COMMENTS ON ITEM NUMBER 1, WHICH WILL ALO LOW THE CITY TO ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD PERTAINING TO THE SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES REPORT AND PLANS. SO ACTUALLY, THE SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES REPORT
AND PLANS STATES WITHIN THE FIRST 12 MONTHS, THAT THE CITY SHOULD HAVE PROCEEDED WITH ESTABLISHING A COMMUNITY ADVISORY BODY, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MY OWN CONSTITUEN IN WARD 2 ALSO SHARED AN INTEREST AND WANTED TO SEE HAPPEN AT A COMMUNITY SAFETY
MEETING THAT I HOSTED AT MATTHEWS PARK LAST SUMMER. RESIDENTS WHO WILL BE THE NEIGHBORS OF THE NEW THIRD PRECINCT/SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER EXPRESSED THAT THEY DO WT A VENUE FOR COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT OF THE CITY'S NEW PUBLIC SAFETY
BUILDINGS AS WELL AS THEIR PROGRAMS. AND PERSISTENT COMMUNIT ENGAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT HAS HELPED TO HOLD CITY LEADERSHIP AND THE ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE TO MAKING GOOD ON THEIR COMMITMENTS AROUND R ADVANCING ECWITHTABLE AND PLIC SAFETY SYSTEM THAT
SERVES ALL OUR RESIDENTS AND KEEP ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS SAFE. AND ALSO I KNOW MY CONSTITUENTS HAVE MADE IT VERY CLEAR THEY ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IN PARTICIPATING IN PROCESSES LIKE THIS, THEY ALSO WANT TO BE PART OF MAKING SURE THAT THE CITY DOES NOT REVERT BACK TO A STATUS
QUO POLICING THAT DID NOT KEEP ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS SAFE. SO I THINK THIS REQUEST FOR COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT, OUR RESIDENTS DO HAVE OD INSTINCTS AND WANT TO BE PART OF THIS GREAT WORK WE'RE LEADING AROUND PUBLIC SAFETY,
AND IT'S QUI NECESSARY. ALSO I WILL NAME IS VERY MUCH NECESSARY IN PERTAINING TO THE LOCATION OF THE COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER WHERE EVEN JUST IN THE, YOU KNOW, LAST FEW WEEKS, WE HAD SOME TROUBLING DEVELOPMENTS
AROUND LEARNING ABOUT A VERY CONCERNING PARTNERSHIP WITH A QANON ADJACENT ORGANIZATION THAT WAS UNDER FEDERAL INVESTIGATION THAT WAS BEING INVITED TO COME TH INTO THE SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS SAFETY CENTER, AND MY RESIDENTS WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR LIKE THIS IS NOT A PLACE WHERE WHICH
WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH ANY PREDATORY GROUPS, AND THIS GIVES US A NEW OPPORTUNITY TO ESTABLISH A DIFFERENT PRESIDENT FOR OUR CITY. AND THIS DOES GIVES US THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HOLDING FIRM TO THAT
PROMISE. IN ADDITION TO THE ACCOUNTABILITY AND ORB SIGHT, THIS ADVISORY BECAUSEYILL ALSO MAKE SURE THE CITY LEADERSHIP IS MAKING A DUE AND MAKING PROGRESS ON ESSENTIALLY SPENDING AND ALLOCATING THAT $4 MIION, WHICH IS AROUND $3 MILLION NOW,
OF PUBLIC SAFETY AID THAT WE RELEGATED TO THE COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER FOR A PILOT, MAKING SURE THAT THAT MONEY ACTUALLY IS BEING SPENT IN A THOUGHTFUL WAY THAT DOES ADVANCE NEW SAFETY PROGRAMS THAT WILL KEEP RESIDENTS SAFE ACROSS THE THIRD PRECINCT. AND RESIDENTS WILL HAVE A ROLE THROUGH THIS
ADVISORY BOARD IN HELPING SHAME WHAT THOSE PILOTS CAN LOOK LIKE -- SHAPE WHAT THOSE PILOTS N LOOK LIKE. ADDITIONALLY RESIDENTS PARTICIPATELING IN THIS BOARD WILL ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO SUPPO THE DEVELOPMENT AND SHAPING OF FUTURE COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTERS. RIGHT NOW OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN HAS SLATED THAT
THE FOURTH PRECINCT/COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER WILL BE UP NEXT AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER, SO THIS GIVES RESIDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF THAT PIVOTAL CONVERSATION AND DEVELOPMENT ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
MAKEUP OF THE NEW PROPOSED WORK GROUP IS OF COURSE INCLUDED IN THE RCA, AND AS I'VE SHARED A LITT BIT EARLIER, IT ALIGNS WITH THE COUNCIL'S ADOPTED STANDARD FRAMEWORK FOR ADVISORY BODIES. ALSO, ALL NOMINATIONS ARE SUBJECTED TO APPROVAL BY THE
COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR, AND THE WORK GROUP WILL SUNSET WHEN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SAFETY SAFEND THRIVING COMMUNITY REPORTS IS COMPLETED WHICH IS RIGHT NOW ESTIMATED TO TAKE ABOUT 10 YEARS. SO WITH THAT I'LL SEE IF MY COAUTHORS, COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ AND
CHOWDHURY WILL HAVE ANYTHINGELSY HER QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON AND COUNCILMEMBER CASHN ARE PRESENT SO WE CAN WRITE THEM DOWN. NEXT UP WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN AND THEN VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. I
HAVE A JUST A COMMENT AND ALSO A QUESTION ON ITEM 4, EMERGENCY WARMING SHELTERS. IF STAFF IS HERE, MY COMMENT IS 4.2, THIS I,
ESPECIALLY COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY LEADERSHIP WILL BE SPEAKING ON THAT TO JUST SHOW THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY'S SUFFERING, ESPECIALLY UNHOUSED FOS THAT ARE OUT THERE. SO NOW WITHIN OUR COUNCIL
LEADERSHIP, WE TRY TO FIND SOLUTIONS, AND ONE OF THE SOLUTIONS IS TO AUTHORIZE $100,000 TO THIS INDIAN, MINNESOTA INDIANA WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER WHERE THEY OPEN
THEIR DOORS FOR FOLKS THAT ARE STAYING IN THE OLD WINTER TO COME IN, AND JUST TO BE GENEROUS, THEY DID THAT. WE HAD TO STEP IN, AND THE COUNTY MATCHED THAT. COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY WILL TALK ABOUT THAT. I JUST WT TO SAY THIS IS A
REALLY GOOD WAY OF WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND CARING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY FOLKS THAT ARE SUFFERING THE MOST. WE ARE TRUSTED WITH THE RESIDENT TAXES, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE GOOD USE OF THOSE THINGS THAT IF WE CANNOT TAKE CARE OF OUR MOST
NEED COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, THAT IS JUST REALLYOMETHING I WANT TO PRAISE ALL MY COLLEAGUES FOR STEPPING AND IN VOTING FOR ALLOCATING THIS $100,000, AND WHILE COUNTY MATCHING. ALSO
MY NEXT, MY QUESTION IS ITEM 4.1, I SEE HERE THAT THERE'S JOINT AGREEMENT WITH ANNUAL AWARD OF $250,000 ON GRANT FUNDING. I WANTED TO SEA IF THERE IS A STAFF HERE WHO COULD
ANER SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WARM SHELTERS AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IN O CITY. >> IF WE HAVE STAFF THAT CAN SPEAK TO ITEM NUMBER 4.1, THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
>> HELLO, CHAI CHAVEZ, COUNCIL. COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN, SO I'M JOSIE SHARD LOW, DIRECT OF OPERATIONS AND ENGAGEMENT WITH REGULATORY SERVICES, AND THIS IS TWHRIEZING REGULATORY SERVICES TO ENTER INTO JPA, JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY FOR
$250,000 PER YEAR FOR THE NEXT FIVEEARS, SO THIS WAS ALREADY BUDGETED SO WHAD A SIMILAR CONTRACT WITH THEM BEFORE SO THIS IS BASICALLY CONTINUING IT GIVEN THAT THIS GOT INTO THIS BUDGET AS WELL. IN TERMS OF
THE, SO I DON'T KNOW, IS THE QUESTION -- >> MY QUESTION IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE WARM SHELTERS IS VERY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY LIVING IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA. HOW MANY WARM SHELTERS ARE OUT THERE IN THE COUNTY RIGHT NOW, AND WHAT IS THE OPERATION, IS IT A DAY WARM SHEERS, IS IT NIGHT
WARM SHELTERS? WHAT IS THE OPERATION STATUS RIGHT NOW WITH THE COUNTY THAT, HOW MANY WM SHELTERS ARE OUT THERE AND THE TIME OF DAY. >> OKAY. THANKS FOR THAT. SO YEAH, I WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU WITH ALL THE SPECIFICS. OKAY, SURE, SURE. >> ON THE NUMBER OF BEDS AND ALL
OF THAT. I DID SEE A PRESENTATION FROM DAVID TEWT FROM HENNEPIN COUNTY LAST WEEK TO HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE WHERE THEY HAD ALL THOSE KIND OF STATS SO I CAN SHARE THAT WITH YOU ALSO WITH THE COUNCIL. >> APOLOGIES, I MISSED THAT MEETING. I WAS TRAVELING.
WELL, JUST WANT TO JUST LAST COMMENT IS THAT YOU KNOW, THANK GOD THE TEMPERATURE IS GETTING, IS GETTING WARM HERE, BUT A FEW MONTHS AGO, WE HAD A FRIGID
WEATHER, AND THIS WAR SHELTERS IS NECESSARY FOR OUR RESIDENTS IN MINNEAPOLIS, AND YES, SO I WILL PASS IT TO COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN. STAFF FOR ADMINISTRATIVE FOLLOW-UP, THE QUESTION WOULD BE
HOW MAN WARMING SHELTERS ARE THERE IN MINNEAPOLIS AND IN THE COUNTY I ASSUME IS YOUR QUESTION, AND THEN THE HOURS OF OPERATION AND THAT'S THE ADMINISTRATIVE FOLLOW-UP THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO GET. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE NEXT PERSON IS VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY, AND THEN
COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR CHAVEZ. I'LL FIRST JUST SPEAK TO THE WARMING SHELTER ITEM NUMBER 4 JUST FOR TRANSPARENCY, TO THE BODY AND THE PUBLIC, WE
PASSED AN ACTION TO FORWARD $100,000 FROM CONTINGENCY TO MIWRC FOR THEIR POP-UP WARMING SHELTER. THEY HAVE SINCE WITH THE FUNDING THAT THEY'VE RECEIVED FROM THE COUNTY, BEEN ABLE TO SUSTAIN THEIR WORK IN
THIS LAST LIKE COLD SNAP THAT TOOK PLACE AND POP UP THEIR WARMING SHELTER XI JUST WANT TO GIVE MY GRATITUDE TO DCCO AND DIRECTOR VU VELASQUEZ. THEY
WENT AND DID A WALK THROUGH OF THEARMING SHELTER. THEY MET WITH RUTH BUFFALO. THEY GOT TO SEE, LIKE, THENCREDIBLE WORK THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING THERE AND JUST IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM AND THENLSO HENNEPIN COUNTY, THEYELT THESE EASIEST AND BEST
WAY FOR US TO FORWARD THIS ALLOCATION WAS BY AMENDING OURJH HENNEPIN COUNTY SO THEY COULD AMEND THEIR CONTRACT THAT ALREADY EXISTS WITH MIWRC. SO EXCITING. ONCE WE PASS THIS IN ABOU TWO WEEKS AND SOME CHANGE, HOPEFULLY THAT FUNDING WILL BE
FORWARDED TO MI WRC, AND I JUST ECHO THE COMMENTS THAT COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN MAD THIS IS A REALLY, REALLY GREAT THING THAT WE'RE STEPPING UP AS THE CITY IN PARTNERING WITH THE COUNTY. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE EXISTING CONTRACTS THAT THEY HAVE, AND JUST MAKING THIS WORK.
THERE IS REALLY JUST A GOOD IMPACT IN THE REAL WORLD FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. I DID ALSO WANT TO SPEAK TO THE SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES WK GROUP. JUST APPRECIATIVE TO COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY AND COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ FOR WORKING
ON THIS. I'M EXCITED TO BE AN AUTHOR. I THINK SOME THINGS THAT REALLY JUST STAND OUT TO ME IS HAVING SIX SEATS REQUIRING SPECIFIC PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS, LIVED EXPERIENCE IN VIOLENCE
PREVTION, BEING A JUSTICE IMPACTED RESIDENT, OR BEING SOMEONE W HAS EXPERIENCE WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. I THINK THAT'S REALLY, REALLY KEY, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE TRYING TO SUSTAIN WORK FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS TO IMPROVE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEM AND REALLY GET AT
PREVENTION, RESPONSE, RESTORATION, AND I JUST ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIG HIGHLIGHIN THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, THE WORK GROUP WILL HAVE A WORK PLAN, AND THEY'LL BE GIVING AN ANNUAL REPORT, BU THEY'LL BE SUBMITTING BIANNUAL REPORT, SO AFTER SIX MONTHS, THEY'LL BESHAT
THEY'VE BEEN DOING, HOW FAR ALONG THAT THEY'VE GONE, THROUGH THEIR WORK PLAN, AND THAT'S A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCILMEMBERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THE ADMINISTRATION TO KIND OF JUST CHECK IN AND SEE HOW THE WORK IS GOING MIDYEAR, AND HAVE A CONVERSATION TOGETHER
SO THINGS ARE SUCCESSFUL IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR. SO VERY EXCITED TO SUPPORTT, AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE TAKING IT UP TODAY. >> NEXT UP WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. Y I HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 2 ON THE CONSENT
AGENDA. THE ETHICAL PRACTICES BOARD REPORT, SO I THINK THESE QUESTIONS FOR ARE FOR ATTORNEY ABLESON SINCE I THINK I SAW YOU DRAFTED THE FINAL REPORT. I KNOW THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES NOT UP TO DATE ON
THEIR ETHICS TRAININ WHAT DOES ACCOUNTABILITY LOOK LIKE FOR THE DEPARTMENTS AFTER Y HAVE THIS INFORMATION, AND WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE TO GET THEM INTO COMPLIANCE? >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ AND COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN. I GUESS
FIRST I WILL START WITH THAT THE OVERALL COMPLIANCE THIS YEAR WAS HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR'S COMPLIANCE. AND YOU KNOW AND AFTER THAT IT'S TECHNICALLY AFTER T SUPERVISORS, BUT I CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT, SO FOR EMPLE, I DID HAVE A MEETING WITH A
DEPARTMENT THAT HAD ONE OF THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF NONCOMPLIANCE. WE DISCOVERED THAT ONE PIECE OF IT WAS SIMPLY THAT SOME DATA HADN'T YET BEEN ENTERED BY THEM FOR NEW EMPLOYEES, AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE WAS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE A RENEWED PUSH TO GET PEOPLE IN
COMPLIANCE. ALSO THERE'S BEEN AUTOTED NOTICES WHICH I THINK ARE NEW THAT HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED SO PEOPLE GET AUTOMATED NOTICES, AND IS ALSO AS WE NEAR THE END OF THE YEAR, I SENT PEOPLE INDIVIDUALLY E-MAILS WHO WERE OUT OF
COMPLIANCE AS WELL SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT NUMBER AS HIGHS POSSIBLE. YOU KNOW AND SOMETIMES THERE IS, YOU KNOW, LITTLE NUMBERS FOR PEOPLE OUT OF COMPLIANCE THAT ARE EXPLAINABLE LIKE YOU KNOW THE EMPLOYEE WHO IS RIRING IN A WEEK OR TWO OR DATA NOT QUITE MATCHING UP. BUT
CERTAINLY WITH THE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE LARGE LEVELS, WE GO BACK TO THEM AND WORK WITH THE DIRECTORS TO TRY TO GET PEOPLE IN COMPLIANCE. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE FOLLOW-UP ON THAT. AND I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW THE NUMBERS CHANGE AGAIN WITH THE ANNUAL REPORT AGAIN NEXT YEAR TO
SEE HOW WE'RE IMPROVING ON ALL OF THAT. AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION WAS ABOUT RECENT RES UGINATION FROM THE ETHICAL PRACTICES BOARD. I JUST REALLY WANTED TO THANK MICHAEL FRIEDMAN FOR HIS SERVICE ON THE ETHICAL PRACTICES BOARD, BUT IID SEE THAT HE RESIGNED AND I'M WONDERING WHAT THE PLAN IS TO REPLACE AND RECRUSE FOR
THAT POSITION SO WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, FULL, A FULLY SEATED ETHICAL PRACTICES BOARD TO DO THIS WORK. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ AND COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN,E'VE ALREADY REPLACED THAT PERSON. I THINK IT WAS BEFORE YOU, A MONTH
OR TWO AGO. SO THE ETHICAL PRACTICES BOARD IS FULLY STAFFED. >> OKAY. GREAT TO HEAR. THANKS. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. >> THANK YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 1, THE SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES WORK GROUP. I WAS
OF THE UNDERSTANDING, AND ACTUALLY I THINK WE HEARD THIS IN ONE OF DIRECTOR HARRINGTON'S REPORTS TO COMMITTEES, THAT THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY W CREATING THEIR OWN SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES WORK GROUP. IN FACT, I THINK I HEARD THEY
WERE LITERALLY MEENG AND HAD A MEETING JUST YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS TRYING TO ASK STAFF WHAT THE DIFFERENCES WERE BETWEEN THIS PROPOSAL AND WHAT THEY HAV ALREADY GOING AND UNDERWAY. BUT THEY WERE LITERALLY SITTING IN THAT MEETING WHEN I WAS ASKING
THESE QUESTIONS, SO I'M NOT SURE HOW HAVING ANOTHER BOARD OR WORK GROUP TO MANAGE AND HAVE FOLKS SIT ON WOULD BE HELPFUL. I D KNOW THOUGH THAT MONEY WAS APPROPRIATED TO THIS THROUGH THE BUDG PROCESS. I BELIEVE ONE OR MORE OF THE UNIQUE ELEMENTS
OF THIS IS A FEE PER MEETING SO MORE LIKE THE PLANNING COMMISSION. BUT I HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN ABLE TOPEND THE TIME TO READ ABOUT WHY WE WOULD BE RESTARTING IT EXCEPT TO GIVE THE COUNCIL THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO CURRENTLY SIT ON THIS SAFE AND
THRIVING COMMUNITIES WORK GROUP. ATHIS POINT, I'M UNCOMFORTABLE WITH WHAT WE'RE THROWING AWAY HERE. IT'S ALREADY UNDERWAY. AND ISN'T -- AND IT ISN'T USING THIS MONEY WHICH WAS
APPROPRIATED THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS WHICH MIGHT BE A GOOD THING. I AM INTERESTED IN HAVING REGULAR UPDATES AS IS MENTIONED IN THIS RCA ABOUT THE WORK AND TRACKING THE PROGRESS OF THIS OVER TIME. I'M NOT HERE TO REARGUE THIS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS.IT HAD THE
VOTES TO PASS. BUT I DON'T THINK I'LL BE BEOTING FOR THIS TODAY BECAUSE I DON'T WANT US GOING BACKWARD OR BEING PARALYZED BY IT. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. I WANT TO MAKE SE FOR THE PUBLIC
THAT YOU AREN'T RECEIVING MISINFORMATION BASED OFF OF THE PRIOR COMMENTS. SO THER IS CURRENTLY NO SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES WORK GROUP FROM MY UNDERSTANDING THE EXECUTIVE SIDE. THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE RECEIVES REGULAR PRESENTATIONS FROM THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY,
SPECIFICALLY ON THIS WORK, AND IN THEIR R LAST PRESENTATION LAST YEAR THEY NOTED IN THAT PRESENTATION THAT DEVELOPMENTS AROUND THAT HAVE PAUSED BECAU THEY ALSO KNEW, BECAUSE COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ AND MYSELF HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH THEM THAT WE WERE BRINGING THIS
FORWARD. AND A BUNCH OF ALLOCATION WAS BEING MOVED TO SUPPORT THE ADVANCEMENT OF IT, AND ALSO ONCE AGAIN THIS RESOLUTION FOLLOWS THE STANDARD ABCs PROCESS, SO IT'S NOT ALSO JUST COUNCIL. THE MAYOR ALSO HAS THE ABILITY OR THE ADMINISTRATION HAS THE ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS
PROCESS, SO THIS IS NOT DUPLICATION DUPLICATIVE. THERE IS CURRENTLY NO WORK GROUP ON THE EXECUTIVE SIDE. OF COURSE THE EXECUTIVE SIDE HAS DISCRETION TO ESTABLISH ANY OPERATIONAL WORKROUPS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED WITH. THIS IS US ESTABLISHIN A
LEGISLATIVE ADVISORY BOARD, WHICH IS WITHIN OUR JURISDICTION, BUT FROMY UNDERSTANDING, AGAIN, THERE IS NOT ONE ESTABLISHED. THIS IS NOT DUPLICATING PROCESSES, SO I JUST WANT MIKE SURE THAT WAS CLARIFIED FOR YOU ALL.
>> VICE CIR CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. EAH, I WANTED TO COMMENT AND SAY I THINK THIS WORK GROUP IS A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR ECUTIVE STAFF, AND THE COUNCIL AND OUR COMMUNITY TO JUST COMETS
SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES REPORT AND PLAN, ONE OF THE FIRST AION STEPS THAT IT SUGGESTS IS ESTABLISH ABEXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM ANDD A BIG PART OF THAT IS TO ENSURE
THAT THERE IS A WAY TO INFORM ON EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE POLICY CHANGES, RIGHT? SO THERE IS EXECUTIVE SIDE AND THEN THERE IS THE LEGISLATIVE SIDE, AND THAT'S THE DUA ROLE OF THE CITY COUNCIL. AND SO HAVING A BOARD THAT WE CAN APPOI TO AND ALSO WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION ALL
ALLERING TO WILL I THINK BE A REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE OF INFRASTRUCTURE TO GET THIS WORK GOING AS IT'S GOING TO NEED TO TAKE A DECADE, AND I ALSO THI IN HAVING A BOARD AND COMMISSI, BOTH FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, WHO EACH OF US ARE TASK
SED WITH REPRESENTING ARE COMMUNITIES AND THE PUBLIC TPROVIDES SOME MUCH NECESSARY TRANSPARENCY TO JUST KIND OF KNOW THAT THIS EXISTS AND THE WORK'S MOVING, AND WE CAN CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION. NOT TO SAY THAT, LIKE, THAT WOULD BE THE INTENTION THE OTHER WAY, BUT I DO THINK OFTENTIMES WHEN ONE
THING IS SILOED ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE OR JUST THE LEGISLATIVE SIDE AND THERE IS NOT A COMING TOGETHER, THAT TENDS TO THE OUTCOME. SO I THINK THIS IS PRETTY MUCH IN LINE WITH WHAT WE' TASKED TO DO WITH THE MINNEAPOLIS SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES REPORT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR I DID JUST NOTICE THAT COMMISSIONER BARNETT IS HERE AND INSTEAD OF JUST TALKING ABOUT THILIKE THIS, MAYBE HE CAN CHANGE MY MIND BY OPINING ON THE WORK. IS THERE A SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES WORK GROUP THAT IS MEETING? F NOT, I CAN
ABSOLUTELY BE MISTAKEN. AND COULD YOU SEE TWO BOARDS TO SEE, OVERSEE THE SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES IMPLEMENTATION WORK TOGETHER, BE VALUABLE? PERHAPS
I'LL BE PROVEN WRONG. I HOPE I AM. THANK YOU. >> GOOD AFTERNOON -- EUSE ME. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR. AND ALSO COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO, I DON'T KNOW, COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY I
THINK MONTHS AGO DIRECTED AMANDA HARRINGTON AND YOU MET, DIRECTOR HARRINGTON HAD WORKED WITH A PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATION TO TRY TO OBTAIN FUNDING FOR WORK
GROUP. SHE HAD SOME IDEAS FOR A WORK GROUP RELATED T THE SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITY REPORT. I THINK COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY KNEW ABOUT IT AND FELT LIKE THIS WAS THE ROUTE THAT SHE WANTED TO GO. MADE IT CLEAR THAT WE COULD
HAVE OUR OWN WORK GROUP AS WELL. WE D NOT CONTINUE TO PURSUE THAT WORK GROUP IN LIGHT OF THIS. I THINK IT WOULD BE CONFUSING TO HAVE TWO WORK GROUPS. AND SO THIS IS WHERE WE ARE.
>> YES.E. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> I HAVE MYSELF LAST ON QUEUE. SO THERE IS NO OTHER WORK GROUP. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO ESTABLISH THIS WORK GROUPS THE ABILITY TO WEIGH IN PUBLICLY TO HELP ADDRESS PUBLIC SAFETY IN
OUR COMMUNITY, AND THINK, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC KNOW BECAUSE THERE WERE COMMENTS MADE THAT IT WAS JUST COUNCIL. THE MAYOR HAS APPOINTMENTS IN THIS RESOLUTION AS WELL, SO IT'S COUNCIL, MAYOR, AND THE COMMUNITY, AND I THINK THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I MADE THOSE
COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS, I WILL ASK -- I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF ITEM 1, NUMBER 3, NUMBER 4, AND ASK THE CLERK TO RECEIVE AND FILE ITEM NUMBER 2. IF THE CLERK CAN PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PAYNE. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY. >>YE. >> RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> ELLISON. >> AYE. >> OSMAN. >> AYE. >> CASHMAN. >> AYE. >> JENKINS. >> AYE. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE.
>> KOSKI. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> AND CHAIR CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE THIRTEEN AYES. >> AND THAT ITEM CARES. OUR FIRST DISCUSSION ITEM IS PASSAGE OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
PROVISIONS RELATED TO BOULEVARDS. I WILL FIRST CALL ON THE AUTHORS OF THE ORDINANCE, NOT SURE IF, WHO'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT. COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. WELL, SOME OF THIS MIGHT HAVE CHANGED,
AND I JUST ACKNOWLEDGE WITH RESPECT THAT RIGHT BEFORE THIS MEETING, THERE WERE SOME CHANGES AND IT WAS BECAUSE THERE WAS COMMUNITY MEETING ABOUT IT LAST NIGHT THAT I WAS ONLY ABLE TO SEND STAFF TO. I HAD ANOTHER ENGAGEMENT. BUT LET ME JUST TEE IT OFF AND THEN WE CAN ALL KIND GO FROM THERE. THIS IS A
DISCUSSION ITEM ABOUT THE BOULEVARD ORDINANCE. I THINK WE'RE ALL LIKELY A LITTLE BIT TIRED OF TALKING ABOUT THIS. BUT LET ME PROVIDE A VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW FOR THOSE LISTENING OR WATCHING WHO MAY BE UNFAMILIAR OR WHOAVE BEEN TRACKING THIS WITH PARTICULAR INTEREST. THE CRUX OF THIS ORDINANCE IS TO
ALLOW MORE USE OF OUR PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY IN A SAFE AND CONSISTENT MANNER. T'S REALLY AS SIMPLE AS THAT. THE PROBLEM WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE WITH THIS ORDORDINANTS INNS IS THAT HOW PEOPLE WANT TO USE CITY BOULEVARDS IS NOT CURRENTLY
ALLOWED. IT'S NA NOT CURRENTLY ALLOWED AT ALL. WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO DO THE THINGS THEY'VE BEEN TELLING US THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO, WHICH IS TO GROW FOOD, TO HAVE A RAISED PLANTING BEDS, TO BEAUTIFY THEIR BOULEVARD, TO BE GOOD STEWARDS FOR WATER QUALITY AND OUR
POLLINATOR POPULATION. WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE IT'S DONE IN A WAY THAT PROTECTS THINGS LE SIGHT LINES, PEDESTRIAN ACCESS FROM THE STREETS TO THE SIDEWALK, CURBSIDE USES, AND THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY AND UTILITY SERVICES. WE HAD A
PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS BK IN NOVEMBER ON NOVEMBER 7th, AND WE'VE SPENT THE PAST THREE MONTHS HRING FEEDBACK, TWEAKING THINGS, WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS STAFF, ON WHAT THEY COULD DO TO ACCOMMODATE THE THINGS THAT WE ARE HEARING INCOE OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND THAT
PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR US TO FINISH THIS U SO THEY CAN MAKE PLANS FOR THEIR GARDENS HERE THIS SPRING IN 2025. I'M AWARE THAT THE NEED TO APPLY FOR A PERMIT IS A POINT OF CONTENTION AS IS AND HAS BEEN THE COST OF
SUCH A PERMIT. BUT I WANT TO BE CLEAR THOSE ARE ACTUALLY TWO SEPARATE THINGS. SO IT'S MY HOPE WE CAN COME TOGETHER AND SUPPORT THE NEED FOR A PERMIT AS A WAY TO ENSURE SAFE USE OF OUR RIGHT-OF-WAY. MY OTHERS EVEN AUTHORMIGHT HAVE DIFFERENT
OPINIONS ON THAT. IT'S MY HOPE AT WE COULD ALSO COME TO A SEPARATE AGREEMENT ON PERMIT FEES. THIS MORNING, AND THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT CAME AFTER THE START OF THIS MEETING,TROP,TPHIST --
THERE WAS A STAFF MEMO THAT SUGGESTED THAT ONE POTENTIAL OPTION WOULD BE TO WAIVE THE PERMIT FEE FOR ESSENTIALLY THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS AND LET THE FEE SCHEDULE GO INTO EFFECT AT THE END OF THAT TERM BASED ON INTEREST AND WORKLOAD. THEY WOULD ESSENTIALLY HAVE AN INTRODUCTORY PERIOD AND GET, YOU
KNOW, THOSE MOST INTERESTED IN BEING PERMITTED AT A LOWER COST, INCLUDING THOSE CURRENTLY USING THE BOULEVARD IN WAYS THAT AREN'T MAYBE COMPLIANT WITH THIS NEW ORDINANCE. I AGREE TO THEIR RECOMMENDATION TO WAIVE THE FEE FOR TWO YEARS AT WHICH POINT WE COULD ALL STUDY WE COULD
REEVALUATE O POLICY AND MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON EXPERIENCE AND DATA. I'VE WRITTEN BUT DON'T HAVE READY FOR TODAY A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE TO SIMPLY TRACK THE ACTUAL COST OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS ORDINANCE CHAN AND WAS PLANNING TO BRING IT FORWARD ON THURSDAY AS A
COMPANION PIEC TO THIS ORDINANCE. IT'S BEING REVIEWED RIGHT NOW BY PUBLIC WORKS AND THE CITY AORNEY. I UNDERSTAND THAT COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY MIGHT HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL ADDS TO THAT AS A GOING FORWARD KIND OF IDEA, AND I'M HAPPY TO WORK WI HER BEFORE THURSDAY. ALSO
ON THURSDAY, I WAS PLANNING TO ADD THE LANGUAGE THAT PUBLIC WORKS GAVE TO US THAT ANY PERMIT APPLICATION FEE SHALL NOT ALY TO PERMITS ISSUED FOR RAISED PLANTER BEDS UNDER THIS SECTION FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS. SO THAT
WE CAN STUDY IT, LOOK AT DATA, THE FUTURE COUNCIL CAN COME BACK TO MAKE A DECISION ON IT ONCE THEY HAVE THE DATA IN FRONT OF THEM. MAYBE THEY'LL MAKE NO CHANGE IN WHICH CASE THERE WOULD BE NO FEES. BUT I HAVE THE MOST CURRENT LANGUAGE FROM PUBLIC WORKS, SO DO ALL OF YOU, AND
THAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY SET UP LIKE A DECISION TREE FOR PERMITS AND FEES BASED ON WHETHER YOU'RE IN OR OUTSIDE OF A GREEN ZONE, WHETHER YOU JUST WANT A RAISED BED OR WHETHER YOU WANT OTHER KINDS OF USES IN YOUR BOULEVARD LIKE INSTAING YOUR OWN BENCH OR INSTALLING FENCING OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I THINK I PROBABLY SHOULD STOP HERE BECAUSE OTHER COLLEAGUES THEN HAVE OTHER THINGS TO ADD TO THIS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR CHAVEZ AND THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. YOU JUST TEED THAT UP REALLY, REALLY
WELL IN TERMS OF WHAT WE' TRYING TO DO HERE. WE HAD A GREAT COMMUNITY MEETING LAST NIGHT. I THINK WE HAD ABOUT NEARLY 40 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE, A LOT OF PEOPLE ALSO WROTE AND SAID OKA IF YOU CAN SEND ME
THE FAQ AND JUST NOT ON THE MEETING, THIS IS MY EMAIL, AND SO LOTS OF ENGAGEMENT, A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO COME. SO I JUST THANK THEM FOR JOINING. I THANK COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN FOR BEING PRESENT THERE. RUTH OLSON, AND COUNCMEMBER
PALMISANO'S OFFICE, AND THEN PARTICULARLY WANTED TO THANK JEFF HANDELIN ANDON ELWOOD FOR PRESENTING AND BEING THERE AND TAKING QUESTIONS WITH US. THAT IREALLY DID THEIR BEST AND THEIR EXPERTISE, AND THEY EVEN WALKED UP AND TRIED TO ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THEY HAD KNOWLEDGE
AROUND WHEN IT RELATED TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SIDE BUT THEY WERE LIKE THEY ARE THE BETTER PEOPLE TO ASK ON THIS SO THAT WAREALLY AWESOME. AND I THINK WE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF MAKING SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY WAS INFORMED. THERE WAS A LOT OF CERPS OF -- CONCERNS OF NEEDING TO PULL OUT THINGS FROM THE BOULEVARDS THAT
THEY'VE BEEN PLANTING FOR YEARST INTERSECTIONS AND ALLEYWAYS. MANY PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS FOR THE ENTIRE BOULEVARD. THAT'S NOT THE CASE. LIKE, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WANTING PEOPLE TO DO SUNFLOWERS AND PUMPKIN PATCHES AS LONG AS THEY DON'T FLOP INTO THE SIDEWALKS
AND THE ROADS. BUT THE PLACE OF CONTENTION FOR ME, AND WHAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU, COLLEAGUES TODAY, IS WHAT I INTE ON MOVING FORWARD IS THIS QUESTION ABOUT PERMITTING ALTOGETHER. AND THE REASON WHY I'VE KIND OF SHIFTED MY PERSPECTIVE ON REQUIRING A
PERMIT FOR RAISED PLANTER BEDS IS REALLY SQUARELY ON EQUITY. IT WAS SAID LAST NIGHT BY A COMMUNITY MEMBER THEY WERE LIKE, THE ISSUE IS BEYOND THE GREEN ZONES, AND THEN I RESPONDED, YEAH, THE ENTIRE EARTH IS A
GREEN ZONE. AND THE ISSUES AROUND EQUITY WITH PERMITTING IS IF YOU'RE A RENTER, AND YOU WANT TO, AND YOU WANT TO DO A RAISED BED AND YOU WANT TO GET A PERMIT, YOU NEED TO HAVE THE PROPERTY OWNER AGREE, AND YOU NEED PROOF OF INSURANCE. THAT'S
A BARRIER IF YOU HAVE A LANDLORD. IF YOU ARE A PERSON OF COLOR, IF YOU DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH, THAT'S ANOTHER BARRIER. IF YOU ARE A PERSON THAT HAS PAID O THEIR HOUSE AND THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE, THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION OF LIKE, OKAY, IF I
DON'T HAVE INSURANCE, WHAT HAPPENS HERE. AND THEN THERE ARELSO MANY URBAN FARMERS THAT DO NONPROFIT WORK OR HAVE A SINESS WHERE THEY'LL WORK WITH HOMEOWNERS OR EVEN RENTERS IN A HOME THAT HAVE A BOULEVARD AND THEY HAVE THESE RAISED PLANTING BEDS WHEREHEY'RE GROWING AND
THEY'RE GETTING THIS NUTRITIOUS FOOD AND SELLING IT OR GIVIN IT TO YAWRS THAT REALLY NEED THAT TYPE OF FOOD, A JUST CONSULTING WITH THESE GARDENERS AND THESE BUSINESS OWNERS, THEY'VE HEARD FROM THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT THEY'RE WORKING,
THAT GETTING THEIR SIGNATURE, THE INSURANCE PIECE IS A BARRIER FOR THEM, AND THEY COULD REALLY LIEU OUT IN THIS -- LOSE OUT IN THIS PROCESS. AND SO THE THING THAT I'M SUGGESTING IS THAT IF WE DON'T REQUIRE A PERMIT, WE'RE JUST VERY CLEAR ON WHERE THE RESTRICTIONS ARE FOR THE RAISED
BEDS. HAVE THEM BE SIMILAR TO THE 18-INCH LIKE SIGHT LINE REQUIREMENTS, LIKE NOT WITHIN 40 FEET, WITHIN AN INTERSECTION, THREE FEET AWAY FROM A FIRE HYDRANT, 10 FEET AWAY FROM AN ALLEY, AND A NUMBER OF OTHERS THAT ARE LAID WITHIN THIS POLICY ALREADY, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO
WORK WITH PUBLIC WO WORKS IN DETERMINING WHAT OTHER RESTRICTIONS WE NEED. AND THEN IF A RAISED BED JUST LIKE TODAY WER TO MAKE THINGS DANGEROUS IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY, OR IMPEDE ACCESSIBILITY, IT COULD BOW YOU -- GO THROUGH THE COMPLAINT
PRESS, A LETTER WOULD GO OUT, AND IF THE PROPERTY OWNER DIDN'T REMOVE IT, CITY STAFF WOULD REMOVE. IT WOULD BE THE STATUS QUO WE HAVE FOR ENFORCEMENT. AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT WAY FOR US TO ENCOURAGE GROWING, ESPECIALLY SINCE OUR EDIBLE BOULEVARDS COMMUNITY ADVOCATES TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS HEY IT
MIGHT NOT BE SAFE FOR YOU TO PLANT IN YOUR SOIL DIRECTLY, SO YOU SHOULD HAVE A RAISED BED. THIS I A WAY FOR US TO ACHIEVE EQUITY BUT ALSO MAKE SURE THERE IS SAFETY ON THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY THAT WE'RE ALL RESPONSIBLE FOR AS THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M GOING TO CONSIDER BRINGING FORWARD. I WANT TO TALK TO MY FELLOW
AUTHORS ABOUT THIS. COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN, PALMISANO, COUNCILMEMBER JENKINS, TO SEE WHERE YOUR PEDS-AT -- HEADS AT. THIS IS SOMETHING IN REFLECTION TO LAST NIGHT'S MEETING A, AND I KNOW THAT COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN HAS SOME THOUGHTS AND POTENTIAL
LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE THAT SHE WANTED TO DISCUSS TOO. SO I'LL JUST PAUSE THERE. >> NEXT UP WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN. >>> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ, THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY. YEAH, GREAT MEETINGAST NIGHT. IT WAS REALLY HELPFUL FOR ME
BECAUSE I'M HAVING ANOTHER COMMUNITY MEETI IN WARD 7 THIS WEEKEND -- NEXT WEEKEND. SORRY, THIS WEEKENDN SUNDAY. THANK YOU, GRACE, FOR COMING TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. I FULLY AGREE THAT WE NEED TO WRAP THIS UP THIS COUNCIL CYCLE. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WEASS THE ORDINANCE ON THURSDAY
BECAUSE FOLKS DO NEED TO PLAN A. LOT OF PPLE USE THE BOULEVARDS FOR GARDENING AND THAT'S A GREAT THING. I KNOW WE HAVE SOMEONE FROM MINNEAPOLIS EDIBLE BOULEVARDS HERE TODAY SO THANK YOU FOR COMING AND FOR ADVOCATING AROUND THIS, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE WRAP THIS UP ON THURSDAY SO PEOPLE CAN PLAN FOR THE GROWING
SEASON. I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE USER GUIDE THAT'S GOING TO BE DEVELOPED SO THAT OUR INFORMATION IS OUT THERE ON WHAT'S GOING TO BE ALLOWED. AND I DID HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, EITHER GRACE OR JEFF, JUST FOLLOWING UP UP FROM WHAT I HEARD LAST NIGHT AND THINGS WE
WEREN'T ABLE TO ANSWER. THE FIRST ONE IS ABOUT BIOCHAR. WE HAD A CNI COMMITTEE MEETING LAST WEEK, AND THE CIT IS NOW GOING TO BE PRODUCING BIOCHAR THIS SUMMER. SO COULD ONE OF YOU WEIGH IN O WHETHER BIOCHAR IS GOING TO BE A PERMISSIBLE LIKE ADDITIVE TO FOLKS' GARDENS
OR IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THAT. AND IF IT'S REFERENCED IN THE ORDINANCE, IF NOT, DO WE NEED TO REFERENCE IT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF THE RULE REGARDING BIOCHAR?
>> COME ON UP, DON. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CHAVEZ, MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS DON ELWOOD. G I'M THERE DIRECTORF OTRANSPORTATION, ENGINEERING AND DESIGN. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. I WAS THERE LAST NIGHT. THE
BIOCHAR IS INTERESTING AND SOMETHING THAT PUBLIC WORKS WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE ACROSS ON HOW TO USE IT. I DON'T KNOW IF I'M READY YET AT THIS POINT TO SAY HOW WE WOULD IMPLEMENT THAT
IN THE ORDINANCE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THE DEPTH OR HOW DEEP IT WOULD BE OR HOW IT IS APPLIED BUT IT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING PUBLIC WORKS IS INTERESTED IN PURSUING. >> OKAY. I THINK THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION FOR NOW THAT WE DOT NEED TO ADD IT INTO THE ORDINANCE PER SE BUT THAT WE COULD EXPLORE ONCE THIS BIOCHAR
FACILITY OPENS THIS SUMMER AND WE START USING IT, HOW WE MIGHT NEED TO ADDRESS IT IN THE POLICY GOIN FORWARD. BUT JUST FOR REFERENCE, LIKE BIOCHAR IS A VERY GOOD SUPER COMPOST FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, AND CAN BE
GREAT FOR FOLKS GARDENING. WE WANT TO MAKE THIS ACCESSIBLE TO PEEP IN THE CITY TO -- PEOPLE IN THE CITY TO USE AND SUPPLEMENT THEIR GARDENS. AND I THINK IT WILL BE FREE AS PROVIDED BY THE CITY. ANOTHER QUESTION THAT WE HAD WAS ABOUT YOU KNOW WOOD CLIPS THAT THE CITY DOES --
CHIPS THAT THE CITY DOES PROVIDE AND THE DOUBLE -- MULCH NAT WE REALLY WANT TO PROMOTENSTEAD OF WOOD CHIPS. IS THERE ANY RECOMMENDED SOURCE OF THE DOUBLE SHARDED MULCH THAT WE'RE PROPOSING IN THIS POLICY THAT WE
CAN ALSO MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE DOING THIS GARDENING? WHETHER IT'S FREE OR YOU KNOW SUBSIDIZED IN SOME WAY OR JUST REALLY READILY ACCESSIBLE THROUGH A PUBLIC COMPANY?
>> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN, IT'S DOUBLE SHREDDED HARDWOOD BARK MULCH IS WHAT WE PUT IN THE ORDINANCE, AND THAT WAS SPECIFIC, SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OUR SURFACE WATER AND SEWERS DIVISION
BECAUSE WHEN IT'S APPLIED ON THE GROUND, IT TENDS NOT TO FLOAT AND WASH AWAY AND GET INTO OUR STORMWATER SYSTEM. YOUR SPECIFIC QUESTION ON A SUPPLIER, I DO NOT HAVE THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW ON WHERE THE PRODUCT IS AVAILLE OR HOW YOU
GET THAT. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE NOT PURSUED AT THIS POINT, AND THE INTENT WOULD BE TO ADD THAT INTO THE USER GUIDE, T I'M WAITING UNTIL WE FINALIZE THE EXACT ORDINANCE
LANGUAGE AND WE UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD AS A CITY, ANDHEN ONCE I UNDERSTAND THAT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADD THAT INTO THE USER GUIDE. >> ALL RIGHT, THAT -- I THINK IT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW LIKE THE REASON WHY WE PUT THAT IN THE ORDINANCE IS FOR WATER QUALITY
PURPOSES, AND I KNOW GARDENERS ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE DANGERS AND NOBODY WANTS TO BE HARMING THE WATER THROUG GARDENING PRACTICES. I HAD A QUESTION THAT CAME UP ABOUT THIS LAST NIGHT WAS WHETHER WOOD CHIPS WOULD BE ALLOWED IN RAISED BEDS
BECAE THEY WOULDN'T CAUSE THE STORMWATER ISSUE AS -- IF THEY'RE USEDN A RAISED BED VERSUS USED OUT-OF ON THE GROUND THE WOULDN'T BE CAUSING THE STORMWATER ISSUE, SO IS IT OKAY TO USE WOOD CHIPS IN THE RAISED BED?
>> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN, THAT IS A VERY GOOD QUESTION. MY INTERPRETATION OF WHY WE REQUIRED THE DOUBLE SHREDDED HARDWOOD BARK WAS BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT WASH INTO OUR STORMWATER SYSTEM, PLUG UP
OUR CATCH BASINS AND PLUG UP THE PIPES. HOWEVER, IN SITUATIONS WHERE YOU'RE IN A RAISED PLANTER BED, THE LIKELIHOOD OF THAT WASHING OUT DUE TO RAIN OR RUNOFF DOES NOT EXIST. SO I HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO DOUE CHECK WITH OUR SURFACE WATER AND
SEWERS DIVISION. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE FOLLOW-UP ITEMS I WOULD NEED TO DO. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. I THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE ANSWERS TO A COUPLE OF THESE QUESTIONS BEFORE THURSDAY, AND THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ACCURATELY,
YOU KNOW, SPEAK TO FOLKS IN OUR NEWSLETTERS THIS WEEK UPON PASSAGE AND AT THE EVENT ON SUNDAY THAT WE CAN ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS FOR FOLKS T MAKE THEIR PLANS. >> COOL. >> AND THEN I WILL JUST ADD THAT
REGARDING THE PERMITTING ISSUE, I DO FEEL LIKE PERMITS ARE GOING TO BE PROHIBITIVE, AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE I MYSELF AM A RENTER, AND GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OFETTING
MY LANDLORD WHO I THINK LIVES IN IDAHO TO GIVE ME PERMISSION AND PROPERTY INSURANCE INFORMATION IN ORDER TO SECURE A PERMIT FOR A RAISED BED, I DON'T THINK WOULD BE POSSIBLE, AND I THINK A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE RENTERS IN THE CITY, WHICH THE
MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN OUR CITY ARE, WOULD SEE THAT ALSO AS A BARRIE AND THINK, OKAY, THAT'S WAY TOO MUCH WORK. I JUST CAN'T DO I WE ALSO HEARD FROM HOMEOWNERS LAST NIGHT WHO SAID IF I'M PUTTING MY PROPERTY
INSURANCE ON THIS PERMIT, MY PROPERTY INSURANCE I GOING TO GO UP, AND I THINK THAT'S ALSO A RELEVANT CONCERN IS WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE BOULERD GARDENING A REASON THAT FOLKS' COSTS GO UP IN THEIR DAILY LIFE. I ALSO SAW THE LETTER FROM HOME GROWN FOOD
COUNCIL THAT ALLISON BABE SENT TO US SO IT'S SIGNED BY JENNY BREEN AND MARCUS CARR WHO ARE E MINNEAPOLIS HOME GROWN FOOD COUNCIL CHAIRS. WE DO CREATE
WORK GROUPS LIKE THIS TO GET COMMUNITY INPUT FROM EXPERTS, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE LISTEN TO THAT INPUT WHEN WE RECEIVE IT. SO IF THE HOME GROWN FOOD COUNCIL IS SAYING PLEASE DO NOT REQUIRE PERMITS FOR RAISED BEDS IN BOULEVARDS, THEN WE SHOULD PROBABLY BE, YOU
KNOW, RESPECTING AND LISTENING TO THEM. AND SO I WILL LIKELY SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, COUNCMEMBER CHOWDHURY'S WORK TO REMOVE THIS FROM THE ORDINANCE FOR THURSDAY. BUT ONE SOLUTION I WANTED TO OFFER FOR PUBLIC WORKS HERE IS
TO WRITE A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE THAT JUST ASKS FOR THE AMOUNT O 3-1-1 CASES THAT COME UP OVER THIS ISSUE OVER THE COURSE OF THE GROWING SEASON THIS SUMMER AND PRESENT THAT TO THE CNI COMMITTEE THIS FALL SO WE CAN REVIEW THAT IN THE FALL AND SAY LIKE, WAS, WAS THERE A HUGE
ABUNDANCE OF 3-1-1 CASES REGARDING PROBLEMATIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE BOULEVARD? AND IF SO AT THAT TIME THE COUNCIL COULD REOPEN THE ORDINANCE AND PERHAPS MAKE IT MORE RESTRICTIVE TO ADDRESS THAT CHALNGE. IF IT DOES EXIST AFTER THIS FIRST PILOTED GROWING
SEASON. THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> THANK YOU. I THINK SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WE HAD I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE IS GOING TO BE ADMINISTRATIVE FOLLOW-UP ON THE BIOCHAR AND COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN I THINK YOU HAD QUESTIONS. IT WAS ABOUT BIOCHAR, DOUBLE SHREDDED MULCH AND THEN CLARIFYING THE RAISED BED COMPONENT. IF YOU COULD
REPEAT THOSE QUESTIONS, COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN, JUST SO R STAFF CAN MAKE SURE WE GET ADMINISTRATIVE FOLLOW-UP. >> YEAH, I THINK I'M CLEAR ON THE BIOCHAR, THAT WE'RE JUST GOING TO ASSESS THAT AFTER THIS YEAR, SO THERE WON'T BE INFORMATION TO COME FORWARD
BEFORE THURSDAY AT THIS TIME. BUT THE ISSUE THAT DON ELWOOD SAID HE WOULD FOLLOW UP WITH WAS WHETHER OR NOT WE COULD ALLOW WOOD CHIPS IN RAISED BEDS GIVEN THAT IT DOESN'T CAUSE THE SURFACE WATER POLLUTION ISSUE. AND WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TO MAKE CHANGES IN THE ORDINANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT'S CLEAR. AS WELL
AS WHETHER WE HAVE A KNOWN SUPPLIER FOR THE DBLE SHREDDED HARDWOOD BARK THAT WE ARE PROMOTING IN THE ORDINANCE. THANKS. >> NEXT UP WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHO VEE CHAVEZ. I HAD A COUPLE QUTIONS RELATED TO THE PERMIT PROCESS, AND I HAVEN'T BEEN PART OF THE CONVERSATIONS AND WASN'T AT THE MEETING LAST NIGHT, SO I'M JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW AND MAYBE IT'S MR. ELWOOD TO ANSWER, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS THE INTENTION
FOR THE PERMIT IN THE FIRST PLACE, AND I HEAR COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY TALKING ABOUT LIKE REGULATIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, REGULATING IT WAS PAR OF THAT PROCESS SO WE WOULD HAVE CONTACT INFORMATION IF SOMEONE WAS ADDING COMPLIANCE OR W WHAT
WAS THE SPECIFICS FOR NEEDING A PERMIT? >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCILMEMBER KOSKI, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. AS WE'VE WORKED THROUGH THIS PROCESS WE'VE SEPARATED, TRIED TO SEPARATE THE
PERMIT FROM THE FEE, AND ONE OF THE THINGS WITH THE PERMIT, IT HELPS US TO PROVIDE BETTER CUSTOMER SERVICE. IT HELPS US WITH WORK OUR RESIDENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY WANT TO DO A
RAISED FIRE BED, IT'S NOT IN A FIRE ZONE. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE SUFFICIENT CLEARANCES FROM UTILITIES, FIRE HYDRANTS, LIGHTS, STREET LIGHTS, THINGS OF AT NATURE SO WE CAN DO
MAINTENANCE ON OUR FACILITIES. ITELPS US GUIDE OUR RESIDENTS ON SIGHT LINES AT INTERSECTIO. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT NOT ONLY FOR THE PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLES BUT FOR THE PEOPLE IN VEHICLES WHERE WE KEEP THE PLANTING
HEIGHT LOW SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE EACH OTHER AT THOSE INTERSECTIONS. IT ALLOWESS US TO WORK WITH OUR RESIDENTS TO TALK ABOUT KIRKICIDE USES, WHETHER THAT BE -- CURBSIDE USES, WHETHER THAT BE LOADING
ZONES, BUS STOPS, AND EVEN HANDICAP PARKING AREAS. AND SO BY HAVING THAT PERMIT IN PLACE, IT ALLOWS THE CITY TO BE MOR HELPFUL WITH OUR RESIDENTS TO GUIDE THEM THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
ONCE I HAVE A PERMIT IN PLACE, IT ALSO ALLOWS ME TO TRACK WHERE THOSE PERMITS ARE IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. >> THANK YOU. JUST ANOTHER FOLLOW-UP QUESTION. HAVE WE EXPLORED, YOU KNOW, I'M HEARING DEFINITELY SOME OF THE BARRIERS TO THIS, AND I'M JUST WONDERING
HAVEE EXPLORED REDUCING THE BARRIERS TO THE PERMIT PROCESS AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. FOR EXAMPLE, NOT HAVING THIS INSURANCE PIECE AS PART OF IT, ORAYBE YOU COULD EXPLAIN WHY WE NEED TO, ARE REQUIRING SOMEONE TO SHOW INSURANCE. WHEN
THEY APPLY FOR THE PERMIT. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCILMEMBER KOSKI, THE INSURANCE REQUIREMENT IS -- WHEN AN ITEM IS PLACED IN THE BOULEVARD, THERE IS AN INHERENT LIABILITY WHERE THE
PROPERTY OWNER THAT THAS ASSOCIATED WITH. WHETHER I HAVE A PERMIT OR NOT, THERE IS A LIABILITY FACTOR WHEN SOMEONE PUTSOMETHING IN THAT BOULEVARD SPACE. THE INSURANCE
REQUIREMENT ASKS THAT PROPERTY OWNER TO PUT THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS ON AS AN ADDITIONAL ENDORSEMENT TO HELP PROTECT THE CITY'S SIDE IN THE EVENT OF ALOK
MANAGEMENT, THEY DO THIS, WE DO THIS ACROSS THE CITY FOR ALL SORTS OF PERMITSND OTHER REQUIREMENTS. SO WE ARE NOT KING THE PUBLIC TO GO OUT AND GET ADDITIONAL INSURANCE. TYPICALLY THEY ALREADY HAVE THAT
LIABILITY INSURANCE CERAGE, AND WE ARE ASKING TO BE ADDED ON AS AN ADDITIONAL ENDORSEMENT. >> AND SO THAT'S -- WE HAVE TO DO TS I'M HEARING THIS. THERE IS NO WAY TO REDUCE THAT AS -- IN O PERMIT PROCESS OR I THINK
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT PILOTING WITHOUT PEOPLE, MAYBE I MISUNDERSTOOD BUT FOR THE FIRST YEAR OR SO OR MAYBE TWO YEARS WE WEREN'T GOING TO REQUIRE PERMITS. WHAT WERE WE GOING TO DO DURING THAT TIME PERIOD? >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCILMEMBER
KOSKI, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE WOULD STILL RUIRE A PERMIT BUT THE PERMIT FEE FOR A RAISED PLANTER BED WOULD BE ZERO FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS. >> IT'S JUST A FEE PART. OKAY. >> CORRECT.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I WANT TO SAY THE ND TO HAVE A PERMIT, IF TO JUST GO THROUGH THAT EDUCATIONAL SENSE OF WHERE
THINGS SHOULD B AND MAYBE SIGHT LINES THAT THE PUBLIC, SOMEONE WHO WANT TO GARDEN IN THE BOULEVARD HASN'T CONSIDERED IS AN IORTANT PIECE. AND THE NEED TO HAVE A PERMIT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE BOTTOM LINE FOR ME AND FOR PUBLIC WORKS IN ORDER FOR US
TO HAVE A LOT MORE STRUCTURES IN THE CITY RIGHT-OF-WAY. IT'S ALSO BEEN OVER A DECADE SINCE I'VE BEEN A RENTER, BUT I THINK I'D NEED PERMISSION FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER AS A RENTER TO PLANT UP THE BOULEVARD OR I'D
CERTAINLY RISK TERMINATION OF MY LEASE OVER SUCH A THING IF I WERE TO GO OUT AND PLANT UP THE BOULEVARD. IT ALSO WOULDN'T REQUIRE, IT WOULDN'T PROHIBIT ME FROM GOING AND PLANTING UP MY NEIGHBOR'S BOULEVARD. SO TO SPEAK. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THESE
THINGS ARE EASIER TO MANAGE ON THE FRONT END BEFORE SOMEONE INSTALLS, SAY A RAISED PLANTER BED EVEN, THAN LATER TO SAY THEY'RE IN AN UNSAFE LOCATION AND TRY TO MOVE THEM. THEY OFTEN FILLED WITH SOIL, PLANTING MATERIALWOULD BE A FEW HUNDRED
POWPOUNDS. SOMETIMES THAT'S NEWT EVEN POSSIBLE. THEY DON'T HAVE A BOTTOM. OR THE OWNERS NEED TO REMOVE THEFROM THE BOULEVARD. SO I THINK THE WAY IF IT'S THE WILL OF T COUNCIL TO MOVE ON HERE IS TO MOVE THIS
FORWARD PERHAPS WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION TO THURSDAY, AND TRY TO COME TO SOME AGREEMENT AMONGST THE AUTHORS OFFLINE, BUT I THINK THAT THE STICKING POINT HERE IS WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE WILLING TO HAVE A, HAVE THEIR BE A PERMIT AT ALL HERE, AND I
THINK WE MIGHT DISAGREE ON THAT, AND THAT'S OKAY. BUT I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE MIGHT MOVE THIS FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION, BUT MOVE IT FORRD BACK TO COUNCIL. AND HOPE THAT WE CAN GET IT DONE BY THURSDAY. SO THAT'S A SUGGESTION. I SEE
THERE'S NOW OTHER PEOPLE IN QUEUE. I'M NOT TRYING T LIMIT DISCUSSION HERE. BUT I WOULD SUGGEST THAT AS ONE WAY TO MOVE FORWARD HERE. >> THANK YOU. I'LL SECOND THAT. COUNCILMEMBER JENKINS. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. YOU
KNOW, I'M CLEARLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS BOULEVARD ORDINANCE CHANGE, BUT I D THINK WE NEED THE PERMITS IN INSTANCES WE TALK ABOUT RENTERS. RENTERS MOVE. I MEAN, THAT'S A REALITY OF LIFE,
AND SO HOW DO WE, IF THE REPRESENTER MOVES, BUT THE RAISED BED STAYS, AND THERE'S NO ONE RESPONSIBLE TO CARE FOR IT, WHAT HAPPENS TO IT? AND SO THE
PERMIT WOULD GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND WHO THAT REPRESENTER IS, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS IN THE BOULEVARD, AND I THINK THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO
KNOW. IT IS A SEPARATE FEE ISSUE,UT I DO KNOW THAT FEES TO THE CITY ARE PARTICULARLY RELATED DIRECTLY TO OUR ABILITY TO OVERSEE, TO FOLLOW UP. IT
CAN'T BE ANYMORE THAN THE COST OF TT SERVICE, AND SO BUT TH'S A DIFFERENT DEBATE. BUT I REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT WE NEED PERMITS TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THIS PROCESS. AND I'M HAPPY TO
MOVE IT FORWARD TO WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. THAT SEEMS TO MAKE SENSE TO ME. >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> YEAH, I AGREE, COUNCILMEMBER JENKINS, THAT PERMITTING IS ALLY THE WAY TO GO FOR
RESPONSIBILITY IN MY OPINION. PEOPLE NEED TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR RAISED BEDS IN PARTICULAR A. I GOT IN QUE THOUGH BECAUSE I WANTED TO SPEAK TO A COMMENT THAT WAS MADE ABOUT THE
ISSUE OF GREEN ZONES BEING THE ENTIRE WORLD. THAT MAY BE TRUE FOR SOME, BUT I THINK THAT THE WAY T CITY DESIGNS GREEN ZONES ARE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE BEEN HEAVILY POLLUTED AND MARGINALIZED AND DEAL WITH A LOT
OF RACISM AND ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL PROBLEMS. SO I WAN TO JUST BE CLEAR THAT THAT MAY BE TRUE FOR SOME PEOPLE THAT IT'S THE ENTE WORLD, BUT FOR SOMEONE WHO REPRESENTS A GREEN ZONE, I DON'T WANT US TO BE PUT INTO THAT LARGE CATEGORY AND TO
REMAIN A GREEN ZONE IN MINNEAPOLIS BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY THAT I SERVE AND OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN DEEPLY DISENFRANCHID, AND THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE THAT. >> VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH,
CHAIR CHAVEZ. I APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION HERE. I TOTALLY SUPPORT US MOVING THIS WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. I THINK THE THING THAT KEEPS ON COMING TO MIND WITHE HERE IS THAT WE HAVE A CURRENTROCESS FOR
MISMANAGED, RAISED BEDS, AND RAISED BEDS THAT ARE CAUSING ISSUES, AND IT'S REMOVAL AND IT'S PUTTING IT ON THE PROPERTY OWNER OF THE BOULEVARD, RIGHT? STATUS Q NOW IS THAT, AND THEN EVEN INTO THE FUTURE, WE'RE GOING TO SEE WASSED BEDS HAPPENG
TO SEE PEOPLE LEAVE A RAISED BED IN AOULEVARD AND NOT TAKE CARE OF IT. WE SHOULD MAINTAIN A PROCESS TO DEAL WITH UNMAINTAINED RAISED BEDS BUT I DO THINK, I FEEL, VERY, VERY CONCERNED WITH A PERMITTING PROCESS WE'RE GOING TO BE LIMITING COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT
NEED THIS, THAT WANT TO DO THIS, THAT HAVE INCOME ISSUES THE MOST, WE'REOING TO HURT LOCAL BUSINESSES, AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THISVERLY DIFFICULT WHEN THE WHOLE GOAL IS TO MAKE THIS MORE ACCESSIBLE, AND A LOT OF
THE RAISED BEDS THAT HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THE CITY WHERE THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE THE GREEN ZONE DESIGNATION THOSE FSH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES THAT ARE GROWN THERE ARE DIRECTED INTO THE GREEN ZONES. AND THAT COMMENT I SHARED FROM A COMMUNITY MEMBER, THAT WAS IN A DISCUSSION WE HADA
GREEN ZONE, AND THEY WERE SAYING THE WORLD IS BURNING AND THE SOIL IS POLLUTED, AND WE SHOULDN'T LIMIT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING ACROSS THE CITY TO TRY TO MAKE SURE WE GET NUTRITIOUS, SAFE, HEALTHY FOOD ALL AROUND. I THINK THE GREEN NE DESIGNATION WAS VERY IMPORTANT, BUT I THOUGHT THE
POINT THAT THEY MADE AS SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN THE GREEN ZONE WAS REALLY WELL TAKEN TO ME BECAUSE THESE TYPES OF RESTRICTIONS WOULD IMPACT OUR GREEN ZONES, AND IT WOULD IMPACT RESIDENTS ACROSS THE BOARD. THAT'S WHY I JUST DON'T THINK THE COST AND THE BENEFIT IS HERE, AND I'M
SUPPORTIVE OF COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN'S MEASURED AROACH OF STUDYING WHAT ARE THE COMPLAINTS, WHAT ARE THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE SEEING ARISE BASED ONIDATE WITH RAISED BEDS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY, AND THEN KIND OF GOING BACK AND SAYING, YEAH, WE MIGHT NEED TO BE MORE RESTRICTE OR WE MIGHT NEED TO
CONSIDER PERMITTING, BUT IT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING I'M WILLING TO SUPPORT IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT THERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO DO THESE -- FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO DO THESE TYPES OF PLANTING. >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >>> THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR OUR ATTORNEY.
COULD YOU JUST SPEAK ABOUT THIS INSURANCE REQUIREMENT AGAIN? I DO APPRECIATE THE PUBLIC WORKS RESPONSE, BUT CAN YOU, WHAT IS THE RESPONSILITY FOR US TO PROTECT THE CITY'S INTERESTSES AS FAR AS ASKING TO HAVE THE
CITY K BE NAMED ON THE INSURANCE INDEMNIFICATION AS WELL. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ AND COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. I WILL SPEAK TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. THE DIFFERENCE WOULD BE THAT IF THE CITY IS NAMED ON THEOLICY,
AS AN ADDITIONAL INSURED, THEN IF THERE WERE A CLAIM, THE INSURANCE COMPANY WOULD HAVE TO STEP IN AND DEFEND AND INDEMNIFY THE CLAIM AGAINST THE CITY. WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE CITY WERE NOT ON
THE POLICY, AND SOMETHING HAPPENED IN THE BOULEVARD, THE CITY COULD MAKE A CLAIM AGAINST THE HOMEOWNER, THE HOMEOWNS INSURANCE WOULD PRESUMABLY PICK UP THAT CLAIM IF IT RESULTED FROM THE HOMEOWNERS CONDUCT, BUT THE INSURANCE COMPANY WOULDT STEP IN TO PAY FOR THE CITY'S
DEFENSE UNNECESSARILY AND INDEMNIFY THE CITY. >> THANK YOU. SO YOU HAVE ME MORE CONFUSED. [LAUGHTER] WHAT WOULD BENEFIT THE HOMEOWNER MORE? IF THE CITY WENT AFTER THE HOMEOWNER DIRECTLY OR THE
CITY WENT AFTER THE HOMEOWNER'S INRANCE POLICY? >> CHAIR CHAVEZ AND COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE, I'LL DO MY BEST TO ANSWER THAT. MY BEST GUESS IS THERE WOULDN'T BE MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE BECAUSE IN EITHER CASE, THE INSURANCE
COMPANY WOULD BE STEPPING IN. SO FROM THE HOMEOWNERS' PERSPECTIVE, YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY'S PROVIDING COVERAGE, AND THE INSURANCES TREATING IT AS A CLAIM. I CAN'T SPEAK, TO HOW HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE COMPANIES RATE CLAIMS LIKE IF THEY WOULD TREAT THOSE TWO
DIFFERENT SITUATIONS. BUT PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE A HUGE DIFFERENCE FROM THE HOMEOWNERS' PERSPECTIVE. THEITY IS GETTING ADDITIONAL PROTECTION. >> THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. AGAIN, DOUBLING DOWN ON A POOR COMMENT DOESN'T MANAGE MAKE IT BET --
MAKE IT BETTER, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU SAY SOMEONE ELSE SAID IT. IT'S A GREEN ZONE FOR A REASON. IT'S A GREEN ZONE BECAUSE IT'S UNDERSERVED, DEEPLY UNDERSERVED, AND NO MATTER WHO SAYS IT, WHERE THEY LIVE OR NOT, IT'S STILL A POOR COMMENT TO MAKE ABOUT A GREEN ZONE. THERE ARE PEOPLE O LIVE THERE. THERE ARE
PEOPLE WHO ARE DEEPLY UNDERSERVED THAT HAVE LITTLE TO NO RESOURCES AND SO TO BE DEEMED A GREEN ZONE, IT'S NOT A BADGE OF HONOR. IT'S JUST SAYING WE NEED MORE HELP IS WHAT PEOPLE FEEL LIKE. AND DOUBLING DOWN AND SAYING SOMEBODY ELSE SAID IT OR WHATEVER, DOESN'T MAKE THE
COMMENT BETTER. IT WAS IN POOR TASTE, OWN IT, THAT'S IT. >> ALL RIGHT. OKAY. I HAVE MYSELF ON QUEUE. I JUST WANTO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS ON THE ORDINANCE. I DON'T SUPPORT HAVING PERMITS OR FEES ON THIS. I THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT
THAT WE CREATE MORE ACCESS, MORE FOOD ACCESS IN OUR CITY, MORE EQUITY IN OUR SYSTEM TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE CAN GROW MORE FOOD, TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN ADDRESS FOOD DES DESERTS, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE -- WHEN WE PASS ORDINANCES WE'RE ADVANCING
EQUITY AND I DO THINK PERMITS AND FEES ARE A BARRIER TO CREATING THAT. I STILL HAVEN'T SEEN WHAT THIS PROCESS, HOW WE ARE GOING TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE THAT SPEAK DIFRENT LANGUAGES ARE GOING TO BE WALKED THROUGH AND HOW TO APPLY TO THESE PERMITS THAT ARE A BARRIER TO EQUITY, TO ACCESS TO FOOD
GROWING AND I THINK T THAT IT IS STILL A STICKING POINT FOR ME, AND MY CONCERN IS THAT WITH THIS PROCESS, ARE GOING TO CREATE MORE BARRIERS FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO GROW. SO WITH COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO'S MOTION TO MOVE WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION
AS WE ARE STI HAVING MANY MORE CONVERSATIONS AS WE HEAD ONTO THURSDAY'S MEETING, I WILL SECOND THAT. THERE IS NO ONE ELSE ON QUEUE, SO THE CLERK IF YOU CAN CALL THE ROLE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. >> COUNCILMEMBER PAYNE. >> AYE.
>> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE >> ELLISON. >> AYE. >> OSMAN. >> AYE. >> CASHMAN. >> AYE. >> JENKINS. >> AYE. >> AYE.HTAI. >> KOSKI. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE.
>> VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> AND THAT IMTIME IS MOVED WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL COUNCIL MEETING. OUR NEXT ITEM IS REQUESTING TWO ACTIONS. ONE IS APPROVING A REQUEST TO THE CITY AUDITOR AND THE OTHER
IS APPROVING A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE, BOTH OF THESE ACTIONS ARE RELATED TO THE VENDOR SELECTION FOR THE SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER AND THEY WILL BE MOVED TOGETHER AS ONE ITEM. I WILL HAVE COUNCILMEMBER KOSKI INTRODUCE THESETEMS. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ,
TODAY I'M INTRODUCING TWO CRITICAL ACTIONS TO ENSURE OUR CITY'S PROCUREMENT PROCESS IS FAIR, TRANSPARENT, AND ALIGNED WITH THE VALUES AND PRIORITIES OF THE RESIDENTS THAT WE SERVE. THE PUBLIC EXPECTS AND DESERVES ACCOUNTABILITY IN HOW WE SPEND STAXPAYER DOLLARS, ESPECIALLY WHEN FUNDING PROGRAMS INTEND TO PROMOTE SAFETY, AND SUPPORT
VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES. THE INTEGRITY OF OUR CITY'S CONTRACTING PROCESS IS AT STAKE. WHEN WE ALLOCATEUBLIC FUNDS, WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THOSE DOLLARS ARE INVESTED IN ORGANIZATNS THAT ARE ETHICAL, EFFECTIVE, AND ALIGNED WITH OUR CITY'S VALUES OF EQUITY, JUSTICE, AND PUBLIC
SAFETY. BUT TROUBLING REVELATIONS ABOUT THE RECENT REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL PROCESS FOR THE SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER HAVE RAISED SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT WHETHER THAT RESPONSIBILITY WAS UPHELD. THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS ISSUED AN ARE, FP SKING VENDORS TO PROVIDE POLICE TRAINING AND
VICTIM SUPPORT SERVICES RELATED TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING. MULTI. ORGANIZATIONS SUBMITTEDPROPOSALR REPORTED OUR RESCUE A NATIONAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING -- SUBJECT TO MULTIPLE INVESTIGATIONS AND LINKED TO EXTREMIST GROUPS WAS
AWARDED A CONTRACT. AS PUBLIC CONCERNS MOUNTED, ADDITIONAL DISCREPANCIES BECAME TO LIGHT. A GROUP OF SERVICE PROVIDERS, LOCAL SERVICE PROVIDERS INITIALLY INFORMED THAT THEIR PROPOSALS HAD RECEIVED T HIGHEST SCORE FOR BOTH POLICE TRAYONING AND VICTIM SUPPORT SERVICES LATER DISCOVERED THAT THE POLICE TRAINING PORTION OF
THE CONTRACT HAD BEEN REASSIGNED TO ANOTHER VENDOR. THESE IRREGULARITIES CALL IO QUESTION WHETHER THE CITY'S COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT POLICIES WERE PROPERLY FOLLOWED AND WHETHER TAXPAYER DOLLARS ARE BEING AWARDED IN A MANNER THAT REECTS FAIRNESS, TRANSPARENCY,
AND INTEGRITY. THE FIRST MOTION I' INTRODUCING FORMALLY REQUESTS THAT THE CITY AUDITOR UNDERTAKE AN AUDIT OF THE RFP PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTING PROCESS RELATED TO VENDOR SELECTION OF THE SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER, WITH A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON THE DECISION TO SELECT OUR
RESCUE. WHILE THE CITY COUNCIL DOES NOT HAVE THE AUTRITY TO DIRECT THE CITY AUDITOR TO CONDUCT AN AUDIT, WE CAN AND MUST MAKE THE REQUEST IN LIGHT OF THESE SERIOUS CONCERNS. SHOULD THE AUDITOR AND AUDIT COMMITTEE CHOOSE TO PROCEED, THIS AUDIT WOULD EXAMINE THE DEVELOPMENT AND ISSUANCE OF THE
RFP INCLUDING THE CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES USED TO EVALUATE THE PROPOSALS, THE CONTRACTING PROCEDURES, AND THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS BEHIND VENDOR SELECTION, THE TIMELINE AND DOCUMENTATION TO DETERMINE WHETHER PROPER PROCEDURES WERE FOLLOWED, ANY IRREGULARITIES OR
DEVIATIONS FROM STANDARD PROCUREMENT PRACTICES AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND ADHERENCE TO CITY POLICIES IN FUTURE PROCUREMENT PROCESSES. AN INDEPENDENT AUDIT WOULD HELP RESTORE PUBLIC CONFIDENCE BY ENSURING THAT CITY CONTRACTS ARE AWARDED FAIRLY, COMPETITIVELY, AND IN LINE WITH THE PRINCIPLES
OF GOOD GOVERNANCE. IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE SCRUTINIZE HOW PUBLIC MONEY IS SPENT TO ENSURE OUR INVESTMENTS TRULY SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES. THE SECOND MOTION I'M INTRODUCING IS A LEGISTIVE DIRECTIVE TO ENSURE THAT KEY INFORMATION REGARDING THE ENTIRE RFP PROCESS FOR THE SOUTH MINNEALIS COMMUNITY SAFETY
CENTER IS MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE. THIS DIRECTIVE REQUES THE COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW AND ANALYSIS, INCLUDING THE CRITERIA A PROCEDURES USED TO DEVELOP AND EVALUATE RFPs, THE METHODS SUCH A SCORING AND RANKING USED TO ASSESS PROPOSALS, COPIES OF ALL SUBMITTED PROPOSALS, EVALUATION
RECORDS, AND DECISION MAKING DOCUMENTATION, A FULL EXPLANATION OF THE VENDOR SELECTION PROCESS, INCLUDING ANY DEVIATIONS FROM INITIAL EVALUATIONS AND A COMPLETE TIMELINE OF THE RFP PROCESS FROM ISSUANCE TO FINAL SELECTION. UNLIKE THE AUDIT REQUEST, THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVENSURES
THAT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER AN AUDIT OCCURS, THIS CRITICAL INFORMATION IS DISCLOSED TO THE PUBLIC. TRANSPARENCY IS NOT OPTIONAL WHEN PUBLIC DOLLARS ARE AT STAKE. OUR RESIDENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO SEE HOW THEIR MONEY'S BEING SPENT AND TO TRUST THAT WE ARE INVESTING IN ORGANIZATIONS THAT REFLECT OUR CITY'S PRIORITIES. THESE
MOTIONS WORK TOGETHER TO ENSURE BOTH ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY. THE AIT REQUEST SEEKS AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT, WHE THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE GUARANTEES THE PUBLIC HAS ACCESS TO CRITICAL INFORMATION. BUT THIS IS ABOUT MORE THAN JUST ONE CONTRACT. IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE OUR CITY'S PROCUREMENT
PROCESS REFLECTS OUR VALUES OFF AND THAT WE INVEST PUBLIC FUNDS RESPONSIBLY IN ORGANIZATIONS THAT TRULY SERVE AND STRENGTHSEN OUR COMMUNITIES. AS ELECTED OFFICIALS,T'S OUR DUTY TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC INTEREST, SAFEGUARD TAXPAYERS DOLLARS AND ENSURE THAT OUR CONTRACTING
PROCESSES ARE BEYOND REPROACH. I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THESE MOTIONS SO THAT WE CAN TAKE MEANINGFUL STEPS FORWARD TOWARDS RESTORING PUBLIC TRUST AND ENSURE THAT CITY FUNDS ARE SPENT IN WAYS THAT REFCT OUR PRIORITIES. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I WANT TO FIRST START BY MAKING CLEAR THAT THE CITY WAS NOT GOING TO PAY OUR RESCUE FOR THEIR SERVICES. IT WAS SAID PUBLIC DOLLARS WERE AT STAKE. THAT'S
FALSE. THE CITY HAD A ZERO COST CONTRACT BEING ORGANIZED WITH OUR RESCUE WHO AGREED TO OFFER A MILLION DOLLARS IN TRAINING AND SERVICES AT THE SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER. AS THIS CONTRACT BECAME INCREASINGLY POLITICIZED, FACTS
ABOUT THE AGREEMENT WERE AT BEST OMITTED, AND AT WORST PURPOSELY MISREPRESENTED. WE DON'T KNOW. I WOULD SUGGEST WE START BY SIMPLY ASKING THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT RESPONDED TO THIS RFP TO SIMPLY ALLOW THE RFP TO BE
DAYLIGHTED, TO HAVE IT JUST SIMPLY BE PUBLIC INFORMATION, AND THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN TAKING A LOOK AT THOSE APPLICATIONS CAN LOOK AT THEM AND MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS ABOUT HOW THE CITY SHOULD HAVE GONE, AND THERE COULD BE A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION, BUT IT
SEEMS A BIT OVERKILL TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THIS OTHER RIGMAROLE WHEN WE COULD INSTEAD JUST SIMPLY ASK THE ORGANIZATIONS THATAD RESPONDED IF WE COULD MAKE THEIR RESPONSES PUBLIC: LET ME TELL YOU WHERE I COME FROM ON THIS. I HAVE LONG BEEN ENGAGED IN ANTI-TRAFFICKING
WORK IN MANY FORMS. I'VE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE MPTD TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT SEX TRAFFICKING LOOKS LIKE IN MINNEAPOLIS AND HOW WE CAN BET SUPPORT VICTIMS. VE WORKED WITH LOCAL ADVOCACY GROUPS TO AUTHOR BUSINESS LICENSING AND REGULATION
ORDINANCES TO PREVENT SEX TRAFFICKING AND TO SAFEGUARD AGAINST THE EXPLOITATION OF SEX WORKERS IN OUR CITY. I FIRST HEARD ABOUT OUR RESCUE FROM A CONSTITUENT WHO WORKS AND CONSULTS FOR THE ORGANIZATION, AND SHE REACHED O TO ME WONDERING WAS THERE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR RESCUE TO PROVIDE RESOURCES TO THE CITY? THAT'S WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT O RESCUE WAS LIKELY TO MOVE THEIR HEADQUARTERS TO MINNEAPOLIS, AND I CONNECTED THEM WITH OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY STAFF TO EXPLORE A POSSIBILITY OF A
PARTNERSHIP. NO ONE HAS DENIED OR CONCEALED LEGITIMATE AND TROUBLING ALLEGATIONS AGAINST THE FMER CEO OF THIS ORGANIZATION. NOT ME, AND NOT TAY LEE, THEIR NEW CEO. LET ME ALSO SAY OUT LOUD THAT CLAIMS BY MY CLEAGUES THAT OUR RESCUE
IS Q3QANON ADJACENT ARE SLANDEROUS AND FALSE. THIS FALSE STATEMENT ISNLY CIRCULATING -- I HAD TO DO SOME RESEARCH ON THIS. THIS FALSE STATEMENT IS CIRCULATED BY A SINGLE REPORT BY A WEB SITE NO LONGER ACTIVE -- TRIES TO
LINK -- I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M SAYING Q-ANON OUT LOUD HERE ON THE DAIS IN 2025 -- SO I GUESS HERE WE GO, PEOPLE. POINT BEING THE VIEWS OF THOSE PEOPLE DO NOT REFLECT OUR RESCUE. IT DOES NOT REFLECT THEIR LEADERSHIP, AND IT DOES NOT REFLECT THE ORGANIZATION AT LARGE. OUR
RESCUE HAS REPEATEDLY PUBLICLY DENIED CONNECTIONS TO QANON AND RECTED ITS THEORIES. TAMMY LEE, THEIR NEW CEO, HAS BEEN ON THE WHITE HOUSE INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING AND
PERSONS, SO THE FACTS THAT MY COLLEAGUES WANT TO USE THIS MICROPHONE TO MAKE ALLEGATIONS ABOUT THIS ONE PERSON, THISPERSE CIVIC LIFE IN ORGANIZATIONS AROUND OUR METROPOLITAN AREA, IS REALLY TROUBLING TO ME. AND AS SHE SAID IN THE LETTER SENT TO ALOF US TODAY, SHE HAS WORKED
TO REBUILD THIS ORGANIZATION FROM THE GROUND UP, INCLUDING RESTRUCTURING THE BOARD, RELOCATING THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION, AND REPLACING NEARLY HALF OF THE STAFF: THAT'S NOTHE WORK OF SOMEONE WHO'S CARRYING ON WITH BUSINESS AS USUAL. TAMMY LEE IS A LEADER
WHO SAW AN ORGANIZATION WITH TREMENDOUS ISSUES, ANDTREMENDOUK ON THE ENORMOUS TASK OF TREADING A NEW COURSE WITH OUR RESCUE. HER DESIRE TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY AND DO THIS WORK IN A WAY THAT ALIGNS WITH OUR SHARED VISION OF PUBLIC SAFETY, ONE
THAT IS JUST AND IS TURVES ALL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY -- IT SERVES ALL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WAS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HER COMMITMENT TO CHANGING THE TRAJECTORY OF THIS ORGANIZATION THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THI THIS: OUR RESCUE WILL NOW BE LOCATED IN MINNEAPOLIS AND THEY WILL BE
ENGAGED IN THIS WORK REGARDLESS OF THIS PARTNERSHIP. WE HAD A REAL OPPORTUNITY HERE THOUGH TO SHAPTHEIR PATH FORWARD AND LEVERAGE THEIR RESOURCES, AND THAT IS NO LONGER THE CASE. IF WE WANT TO HAVE A SERIOUS CONVSATION ABOUT TRANSPARENCY,
LET'S START FROM A PLACE OF FACTUAL ACCURACY. FIRST, UNLIKE THE MILLIONS OF TAXPAYERS DOLLARS THIS COUNCIL IS HAS ALLOCATED TO UNVETTED NONPROFITS, THIS WAS ACTUALLY A NO COST CONTRACT. THIS WAS LIKELY ONE OF THE ONLY IF NOT
THE ONLY VENDOR AT THE SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER W WHO WAS BRINGING MONEY TO THE TABLE RATHER THAN RECEIVING MONEY FROM THE CITY. SECONDLY, I ABSOLUTELY AGREE THERE SHOULD BE A TRANSRENCY AND ESTABLISHED PROCESSES THAT DICTATE HOW WE SELECT VENDORS
AND SPEND TAXPAYER DOLLARS. I'VE SAID THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN. IN JUST THEAST SIX MONTHS, I HAVE BEEN ON THE LOSING SIDE OF THIS VOTES, BUT I HAVE STILL SAID WE SHOULDN'T BE ALLOCATING MILLIONS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO BUILDING REHABILITATION WITHOUT FIRST
INITIATING A COMPETITIVE BID PROCESAND DOING A CAPITAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT. AND I'VE SAID WE SHOULDN'T BE ALLOCATING MILLIONS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO NONPROTS, HAND-PICKED BY MY CALL OOGS THROUGH THE -- COLLEAGUES THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS WITHOUT ANY FORMAL PROCESS. WHAT I DON'T AGREE WITH IS LEVERAGING TRANSPARENCY
TO MAKE SOME KINDF OTHER TYPE OF POINTS, BUT NOT ALLOCATING MONEY WITHOUT ANY PROCESS WHEN IT SERVES POLITICAL ENDS. THAT'S NOT TRANSPARENT, ACCOUNTABLE, OR FAIR. THAT'S POLITICS. THIS DISCUSSION IS PART OF A LARGER PATTERN. RIGHT NOW WE'RE APPLYING INTENSE
SCRUTINY TO A ZERO COST CONTRACT. OTHER TIMES THIS BODY S APPLIED NO SCRUTINY TO MULTIMILLION DOLLAR PAYMENTS AND EVEN TTACKS STAFF FOR DOING THEIR JOBS AND APPLYING SOME AMOUNT OF OVERSIGHT. AIONS HERE SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS.
REBUILDING PUBLIC TRUST IS GOINE DIRECTIVES, AUDITS AND SPEECHES FROM THIS DAIS. IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE THAT THIS BODY ACTUALLY ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATED VALUES AND STOP ALLOCATING TAXPAYER DOLLARS WITHOUT ANY PROCESSES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. FIRST, THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER KOSKI FOR BRINGING THESE ACTIONS FORWARD. I WILL BE SUPPORTING ALL OF THEM. ALSO THANK YOU TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA, THE PUBLIC, AND LOCAL
CREDIBLE ANTI-TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION IN PARTICULAR THE LINK FOR RAISING THE ALARM ABOUT THIS SITUATION. INTENSE PUBLIC SCRUTINY CAUSED THE MAYOR'S ADMINISTRATION TO SIMPLY WALK BACK THIS TROUBLING PROPOSAL AND
RESOLICIT THE CONTRACT, AND IT SHOULD HAVE NEVER TAKEN THAT TO HAPP IN THE FIRST PLACE. ESPECIALLY WHEN WE KNEW THERE ARE NUMEROUS CREDIBLE TRUSTED LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO ANTI-TFFICKING WORK, AND IT'S INCREDIBLY DISTURBING AND CONFUSING THAT INSTEAD OF PARTNERING WITH ANY OF THESE
GROUPS, THE MAYOR'S ADMINISTRATION PROPOSED WORKING WITH AN ORGANIZATION WITH A DEEPLY TROUBLED PAST THAT INVOLVES PRACTICES THAT HAVE ACTUALLY PUT VICTIMS IN DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. AND THIS WAS INFORMATION THATAS READILY AVAILABLE BY A SIMPLE GOOGLE SEARCH THAT WAS SOMEHOW
SEEMINGLY OVERLOOKED BY OUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF IN THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY. COUNCIL OFFICES HAVE BEEN ASKED HOW OUR ORGANIZATION LIKE OUR RESCUE WAS SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED FOR ANY
ORGANIZATION IN THE CITY. A SPACE THAT WILL NOT REPEAT THE HARM AND TRAUMA OF THE THIRD PRESIMGHT, WHICH INFLICTED THAT ON RESIDENTS FOR DECADES. AND IF SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER WAS A PROMISE TO DO BETTER, AND THE ADMINISTRATION'S ACTIONS HERE RIGHTFULLY QUESTION WHETHER THE
COMMUNITY SHOULD TRUST THAT PROMISE. AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT THIS AUDIT WILL GIVE US MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THE FRYE ADMINISTRATION SIMPLY GOT HERE, AND THE THIRD PRECINCT/SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER LOCATED IN WARD 2, I WANTED TO MAKE IT CLE FROM OUR
RESIDENTS ALSO WHO'VE RAISED NUMEROUS CONCERNS AROUND THIS, AROUND ABSOLUTELY WE SHOULD NOT BE TOLERATING PREDATORY GROUPS LIKE OUR RESCUE FORMERLY KNOWN AS OPERATIONAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD. WE SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWING THOSE TO COME INTO WARD 2 OR INTO THE CITY, AND I'M
SORRY, NO AMOUNT OF REBRANDING SHOULD CHANGE THAT AND WILL CHANGE THAT. I ALSO WANTED TO NOTE THAT I AM EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED BY THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION AND CRITICAL INFORMATION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION AFTER THE PUBLIC BECAME AWARE OF WHO WAS AWARDED
THE RFP. MY OFFICE HAD TO FIELD SIGNIFICANT CONSTIENT CORRESPONDENCES WHEN THE MEDIA SHARED THE ADMINISTRATION'S VENDOR SELECTION, AND WHEN I REACHED OUT TO COMMISSIONER BARNETT TO RECEIVE MORE INFORMATION, I HEARDING INBACK. AND AFTER REACHING OUT TO COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ TO UNDERSTAND IF HE KNEW ANYTHING AS A CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH
AND SATY COMMITTEE, I WAS SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT HE ACTUALLY DID RECEIVE SOME CORRESPONDENCE BACK FROM COMMISSIONER BARNETT, BUT THE COMMISSIONER SUGGEED THAT HE REACHED OUT TO COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO TO GET MORE INFOATION. AND THAT WAS EXTREMELY TROUBLELING FRAVARIETY
OF READ -- TROUBLING FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS. BUT I THINK IT'S EEXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO NAME FOR ME ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING TWO WEEKS AGO WE HAD COMMISSIONERARNETT MAKE STATEMENTS TO THE PRESS MULTIPLE TIMES FALSELY ALLEGING I WAS ATTEMPTI TO INAPPROPRIATELY RIG A CITY PROCUREMENT PROCESS FOR CONTRACTS THAT WERE ACTUALLY
GOING TO BE CONSIDERING ON THIS AGENDA RIGHT AFTER THIS ITEM. AND NOW HERE WE ARE LOOKING AT SITUATION WHERE COMMISSIONER BARNETT STATED A COUNCILMEMBER WAS THE BEST PERSON TO GO FOR MORE INFORMATION ON A VENDOR SELECTION PROSS RATHER THAN ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AND THE
PROCUREMENT OFFICE OR ATHER STAFF MEMBER IN THE OFFICE OF THE COMMUNITY SAFETY. AND THERE SHOULD NEVER BE A SCENARIO WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL COUNCILMEMBER HAS MORE NONPUBLIC INFORMATION ON VENDOR SELECTION OR MORE INFORMATION THAN T STAFF
THEMSELVES. AND THAT IS AN INCREDIBLY IRONIC DYNAMIC AND ONCE AGAIN JUSTIFIES COUNCIL'S CONTINUED SCRUTINY INTO OCS'S PROGRAMMATIC OPERATIONS, MANAGEMENT PRACTICES THAT CONSTANTLY LEADS TO TROUBLING OUTCOMES.AND I REALLY DO WANT MY COLLEAGUES TO SIT WITH THIS
FOR A MINUTE. IF THERE HAD NOT BEEN PUBLIC SCRUTINY ON THIS, WE WOULD LIKELY HAVE NOT LEARNED ABOUT THIS SITUATION. IN FACT WE PROBABLY WOULD'VE LEARNED ABOUT IT AT THE GRAND OPENING FOR THE SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS SAFETY CENTER AND WHE WOULD THAT HAVE
PUT US THEN? HOW WOULD OUR RESIDENTS FELT IN THAT MOMENT KNOWING ABOUT THIS PARTNERSHIP IN 2026? SO THIS EXPERIENCE FOR ME HAS REALLY AFFIRMED HOW VITALLY IMPORTANIT IS THAT THE PUBLIC CONTINUES TO WORK WITH COUNCIL TO HOLD THIS ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE AND
I DO WANT TO ASSURE OUR RESIDENTS THAT I WILL CONTINUE DOING EVERYTHING WITHIN COUNCIL'S AUTHORITY TO HOLD A HIGH STANDARD FOR BUILDING A COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY SAFETY SYSTEM THAT DOES INCLUDE REPUTABLE D TRUSTED COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, AND I DO LOOK FORWARD TO THE RESULTS OF THIS
AUDIT SO THAT COUNCIL CAN TAKE WHATEVER NECESSARY CORRECTIVE ACTIS SO SITUATIONS LIKE THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. >> ALL RIGHT. NEXT IN QUEUE I HAVE A QUESTION FOR COMMISSIONER
BARNETT. THANKS, COMMISSIONER, FOR BEING HERE. CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH WHEN THE OFFER WAS MADE TO OUR RESCUE, TO ESTABLISH THIS PARTNERSHIP? >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, I WOULD HAVE TO GO AND GET NOTES AND STUFF. I
HAD NOT PLANNED ON ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS TODAY. I WAS HERE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE CONTRACTS FOR GVI, YGVI WERE BEING PRESENTED TODAY, SO I'M NOT PREPARED TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. >> IF YOU CAN WRITE THAT DOWN FOR ADMINISTRATIVE FOLLOW-UP,
THE EXACT DATE AND IF THERE ARE E-MAILS WE CAN GET ACCESS TO, TO ENSURE WHEN THIS PARTNERSHIP WAS GOING TO BE ESTABLISHED. I THINK THAT RRP IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE HAVE A NEWSLETTER FROM A COUNCILMEMBER ON JANUARY 24th ANNOUNCING THAT THEIR PARTNERSHIP WAS GOING TO COME TO THE SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE MANY
QUESTIONS HERE OF HOW DOES ONE COUNCILMEMBER HAVE ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION ANNOUNCING THIS MPARTNERSHIP THROUGH A NEWSLETTER AND THE RT OF US DID NOT KNOW IT WAS HAPPENING. SO I THINK THE CONCERNS YOU'RE HEARING TODAY IS JUST LACK OF INFORMATION, UNVETTED PROJECTS COMING TO THE SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER,ND A
LACK OF INFORMATION THAT WE'RE RECEIVING. SO WE'LL GET THA ADMINISTRATIVE FOLLOW-UP. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION. THANK YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I
WANTED TO SPEAK ON JUST SOME TROUBLING COMMENTS FROM MY PERSPECTIVE ON THE MONETARY VALUE OF A POTENTIAL CTRACT WITH THIS ORGANIZATION. D YOU
KNOW JUST THE IMPLICATION THAT BECAUSE THIS IS A ZERO DOLLAR,NIST WAS GOING TO BE A RO DOLLAR CONTRACT THERE IS KIND OF LIKE NO HARMED PARTY, NO LOSS SUFFERED BY ANYONE IN THIS
EQUATION BECAUSE OF THAT, THAT MONETARY VALUE. YOU KNOW, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH OUR STAFF IN THE PROCUREMENT, IN THE PROCUREMENT DIVISION WITHIN OUR FINANC AND PROPERTY SERVICES
DEPARTMENT, AND YOU KNOW, WE HAD AN EXTENSIVE CONVERSATION JUST AROUND PROCUMENT PRACTICES AND REFORMS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO THAT PROCESS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP DURING THAT CONVERSATION WAS THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT. AND YOU KNOW, I GOT
TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE IMMENSE AMOUNT OF VALUE THAT THIS CONTRACT WOULD HAVE HAD, NETARY AND OTHERWISE. SO AS AN EXAMPLE, LIKE THE ORGANIZATION IN QUESTION HERE WAS QUOTED IN THETAR TRIBUNE
IN THE PAPER OF RECORD FOR OUR CITY, RIGHT, SAYING THAT THEY WERE GOING TO OFFER THE CITY, YOUNOW, SERVICES INCLUDING TRAINING AND OTHER SERVICES, VALUED AT AT LEAST A MILLION
DOLLARS. THE THING THAT I LEARNED FROM OUR PROCUREMENT TEAM WAS THAT THE SPA IN THE SOUTH SIDE -- SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY SAFETY CENR, THAT THE ORGANIZATION WAS GOING TO BE IN THE PHYSICAL SPACE THEY WERE
GOING TO BE IN H OBVIOUSLY A MONETARY VALUE, AND WAS GOING TO HAVE BOTH A MONETARY AND A REPUTATIONAL BENEFIT TO THE ORGANIZATION AS WELL. ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAVE REAL VALUE
ATTACHED TO THEM, AND SO TO LIKE DISMISS CONCERNS BECAUSE IT WAS A ZERO DOLLAR CONTRACT JUST, YOU KNOW, I JUST, THAT DOE'T SIT RIGHT WITH ME WHEN THERE IS A CLEAR QUANTIFIABLE MONETARY VALUE THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
IN THIS CASE. >> ALL RIGHT, NO ONE IS ON QUEUE, SO ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE, MOVING THOSE TWO ITEMS TOGETHER, ITEMS 7 AND 8, IF THE CLERK CAN PLEASE CALL THE ROLL THE APPROVAL OF BOTH THOSE
ITEMS. >>> COUNCILMEMBER PAYNE. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> NO. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> ELLISON. >> AYE. >> OSMAN. >>YE. >> CASHMAN. >> AYE. >> JENKINS.
>> AYE. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> KOSKI. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> NO. >> VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 11 AYES AND 2 NAYS. >> INITEMS NUMBER 6 AND 7 MOVE
FORWARD TO FULL COUNCIL. ITEM 6.1 AND 6.2. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM WHAVE IS ITEM NUMBER 7. IT'S CONTRACT WITH MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE 2025 YOUTN SERVICES. AND WE HAVE ITEMS
NUMBER 8, WHICH IS CONTRACTS WITH MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS FOR GROUP VIOLENCE INTERVENTION SERVICES. WE CAN TALK ABOUT
BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS. WELCOME U. ú >>> CHAIR CHAVEZ,
COUNCILMEMBERS, MY NAME ISLI LAKES, I'M DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL PROCESS FOR BOTH THE GROUP VIOLENCE INTERVENTION GVI AND YOUTH GROUP
INTERVENTION, YGVI, RFP PCESS. I WOULD LIKE TO BRIEFLY HIGHLIGHT A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW FOR THE PUBLIC OF HOW AN RFP PROCESS GENELLY WORKS, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF A GOOD RFP PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE GOOD
SERVICE DELIVERY. A WELL-DESIGNED REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS PLAY AS CRITICAL ROLE IN ENSURING SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY. THE FIRST STEP IN AN RFP PROCESS IS A SPECIFIC
NEED OR GAP IN SERVICE IS IDENTIFIED AS WELL AS A SOURCE OF FUNDING TO MEET THAT NEED. BASED ONHIS IDENTIFIED NEED, AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT IS AVAILABLE TO MEET THATEED, A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL DOCUMENT IS DEVELOPED. ALIFIED
ORGANIZATIONS ARE INVITED TO SUBMIT DETAILED PROPOSALS IN RESPONSE TO THE ISSUES RFP DOCUMENT. NEXT THE PROPOSALS ARE EVALUATED USING STANDARDIZED CRITERIA, WHICH IS PUBLISHED IN THE RFP. NEXT CONTRACTNEGOTIATS
CHOSEN BASED OFF THE EVALUATION CRITERIA WOULD BEGIN. THEN A CONTRACT WILL GES GET SIGNED THAT OUTLINES THE WORK THVENDOR WILL DO AND HOW THE VENDOR WILL GET PAID TO DO THAT
WORK. AN EXAMPLE OF AN RFP PROCESS, THE CITY OF HONOLULU CONDUCTED A COMMUNITY FEEDBACK SURVEY THAT IDENTIFIED THE NEED FOR DIVERSE ANIMAL EXHIBITS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING, THEY WOULD DEVELOP AN RFP DOCUMENT TO REQUEST PROPOSAL FOR OPERATING A
ZOO. THE RFPOULD INFORM POTENTIAL RESPONDERS INTERESTED IN OPERATING A ZOO FOR SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR THEOO TO OPERATE SUCH AS ANIMAL CARE CERTIFICATION AND PERMITS, FACILITY SIZE AND EXHIBIT SPACE EXPECTATIONS. THE RESPONDENSERS TO THE RFP WOULD SUBMIT DETAILED
OPERATION PLANS AROUND ANIMAL CARE FACILITIES, VETERINARY SERVICE DESCRIPTIONS, ADMINISTRATION STRUCTURES, STAFF QUALIFICATIONS, AND THEN THE CITY WOULD REVIEW THE BMISSIONS AND REVIEW WHICH RESPONDER BEST MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED BASED OFF OF WHAT THEY PROVIDED.
NEXT, A CONTRACT WOULD BE NEGOTIATED WITH THE SELECTED RESPONDERS, AND THE CITY MIGHT ASK THE ZOO TO HAVE 25 PENGUINS. THE RESPONDERS WOULD SAY THEY CAN ONLY SUPPORT 10 PENGUINS, AND AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THESE TWO ORGANIZATIONS WOULD NEED TO BE DEVELOPED, DOCUMENTED IN THE
CONTRACT, AND THAT CONTRACT WOULD OUTLINE THE ZOO OPERATION PERFORMANCE METRICS, SERVI LEVEL AGREEMENTS, PAYMENT TERMS, AND PRICING CONTROL. ONCE BOTH PARTIES AGREE TO THE TERMS OUTLINED IN THIS CONTRACT, THE CONTRACT WLD BE SIGNED AND IMPLEMENTED. THE SELECTED
VENDOR WOULD FOLLOW THE ESTABLISHED PERFORMANCE AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OUTLINED IN THE CONTRACT, SUCH AS SUBMITTING WEEKLY REPORTS AND HOW MANY PEOPLE VISITED THE ZOO, HOW MUCH FOOD EACH ANIMAL ATE, AND WHAT EXHIBITS WERE THE MOST POPULAR. A THOROUGH RFP PROCESS
SERVES AS THE FOUNDATION FOR PROGRAM SUCCESS IN SEVERAL KEY WAYS. IT CLEARLY DEFINES OUR EXPECTATIONS AND DELIVERABLES UP FRONT, LEAVING NO ROOM FOR MISINTRPRISION ABOUT WHAT SERVICES MUST BE PROVIDED. IT ALLOWS US TO EVALUATE POTENTIAL
VENDOR CAPABILITIES COMPREHENSIVELY BERE MAKING A SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL COMMITMENT. IT ALSO CREATES A FRAMEWORK THAT ENABLES US TO HOLD VENDORS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR COMMITMENTS. IT ENSURES FAIR COMPETITION AND
TRANSPARENCY IN OUR VENDOR SELECTION PROCESS. THROUGH OUR RFP PROCESS WE CANSTABLISH THESE SPECIFIC VENDOR OUTCOMES THAT A VENDOR MUST ACHIEVE INCLUDING CLR PERFORMANCE METRICS AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, SPECIFIC STAFFING QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING
STANDARDS, DETAILED FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT PROCEDURES, REGULAR PROGRAM EVALUATION AND OUTCOME MEASURE PROTOCOLS. THIS STRUCTURED APPROACH NOT ONLY HPS US SELECT THE MOST QUALIFIED VENDOR, BUT IT PROVIDES US WITH THE TOOLS
THAT WE NEED TO MONITOR AND ENFORCE PROGRAM COMPLIANCE THROUGHOUT THE CONTRACT PERIOD. WHEN WE INVEST THE TIME AND EFFORT INTO A COMPREHENSIVE RFP PROCESS, WE'RE NOT JUST SELECTING A VENDOR. WE'RE BUILDING A FRAMEWORK FOR SUCCESS THAT PROTECTS OUR INVESTMENT AND
THE COMMUNITY'S SAFETY. THE ARFP WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY WAS THE LFP FOR BOTH GROUP VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND YOUTH GROUP VIOLENCE INTERVENTION.
THESE INTERVENTION STRATEGIES REPRESENT A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING THE GDI, YDGI VENDORS, HENNEPIN COUNTY PATROL, NSD STAFF, NATIONAL NETWORK OF SAFE COMMUNITIES, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
WHO ALL ENGAGE WITH MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN VIOLENT CRIMES. GVI AND YGV BOTH FOCUS IN DIRECTLY ENGAGING WITH THE SMALL BUT INFLUENTIAL GROUP OF IIVIDUALS WHO MAY BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE VIOLEE IN MINNEAPOLIS. THE SPECIFICS OF THE NSD RFP PROCESS FOR THE GVI,
YGVI RFP IS WHAT I'LL BE DISCUSSING NEXT. PLANNING FOR THE RFP PROCESS FOR THE YGVI AND GVI CONTRACTS BEGAN IN AUST OF 2024. SO THAT WE COULD HAVE NEW CONTRACTS IN PLACE BY APRIL 1st OF 2025. THIS IS
IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE CURRENT CONTRACTS EXPIRE MARCH 31st, 2025. AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO NOT HAVE A GAP IN SERVICE FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE SERVED THROUGH THE GVI, YGVI APPROACH. THE PLANNING OF THE RFP PROCESS
INVOLVED EXTENSIVE COLLABORATION WITH KEY SKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING THE NATIONAL NETWORK OF SAFE COMMUNITIES WHO SERVED ASSURE TECHNICAL ADVISORY -- AS OUR TECHNICAL ADDVISORS, THE HENNEPIN COUNTY JUVENILE PROBATION NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY
DERTMENT PROGRAM MANAGER, PROCUREMENT, AS WELL AS THE CY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. SOME OF THE RECOENDATIONS FOR THE RFP FROM THE NSD PROGRAM MANAGER INCLUDED THAT WE IMPLEMENT STRICT FINANCIAL STABILITY REQUIREMENTS
FOR OUR VENDORS, THAT WE ESTABLISHED HOURLY RATE LIMITS BASED ON INDUSTRY STANDARDS, MANDATORY SUBMISSION OF STAFF RESUMES AND DOCUMENTS FOR ALL NEW HIRES, CLEAR QUALIFICATION STANDARDS FOR ALL PROGRAM STAFF,
REGULAR MONITORING FOR POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, AND WE ALSO COLLABORATED WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY JUVENILE PROBATION DEPARTMENT REGARDING IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR YOUTH VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAM BASED ON OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH
THE CORRECTIONS UNIT SUPERVISOR AT HENNEPIN COUNTY, WHICH VEALED SEVERAL CRITICAL AREAS FOR ENHANCEMENT FOR OUR NEW YGVI RFP. THEY RECOMMENDED THAT WE IMPLEMENT STRUCTURED REFERRAL SYSTEM THROUGH PROBATION
FEATURING WEEKLY CUSTOMIZED MEETINGS WITH STAKEHOLDERS, NEEDS FORLEAR GUIDELINES ON ALLOWABLE PROGRAM EXPENSES, AND POTENTIAL SPENDING CAPS. IMPORTANCE OF ESTABLISHING TRANSITION PROTOCOLS FOR YOUTH
COMPLETING PROBATIONTHROUGH OUR MEETING WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY CORRECTIONS TEAM, WE IDENTIFIED SEVERAL KEY PRIORITIES FOR OUR YGVI RFP. THE NEED TO EXPAND OUR VENDOR DIVERSITY TO BETTER SERVE OUR YOUTH POPULATION. THE IMPORTANCE OF ENSURING VENDORS
CAN EFFECTIVELY SERVEOUTH OF ALL GENDERS. THE CRITICAL NEED FOR COMPREHENSIVE RESOURCE AVAILABILITY FOR REFERRED YOUTH. I AM PARTICULARLY GRATEFUL FOR HENNEPIN COUNTY CORRECTIO PROGRAM MANAGERS COMMITMENT TO
REVIEWING OUR YGVI RFP AND PROVIDING DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROMENT. ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT INSIGHTS FROM THIS DISCUSSION IS THE IMPORTCE OF GENDER INCLUSIVE PROGRAMMING. HISTORICAL LIMITATIONS IN THIS AREA HAVE CREATED BARRIERS IN
OUR REFERRAL PROCESS. UR NEW RFP CRITERIA EXPLICITLY REQUIRED VENDORS TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR CAPABILITY TO SERVE YOUTH OF ALL GENDER IDENTITIES EFFECTIVELY. THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTNT IS ALSO IMPROVING OUR
FISCAL OVERSIGHT. AND WE ARE IMPLEMENTING MORE COST CONTROL MEASURES IN OUR YGVI APPROACH THROUGH THIS NEW YGVI RFP THROUGH CAREFUL MONITORING OF PAST PROGRAM EXPENSES, O NSD
STAFF IDENTIFIED CONCERNING PATTERNS OF PURCHASING OF CELL PHONES FOR PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS UNDER THE YGVI CONTRACT. -- AN
EXPENSE RAISED IMMEDIATE QUESTIONS ABOUT RESPONSIBLE USE OF CITY FUNDS. IN RESNSE, WE TOOK PROACTIVE STEPS TO RESEARCH BEST PRACTICES AND CONSULTED WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY TONESS THEIR APPROACH TO THE NECESSITY OF THIS IN A QGVI PROGRAM --
YGVI PROGRAM. WHAT WE DISCOVERED WAS ILLUMI ILLUMINATING. HENNEPIN COUNTY USES AT&T PHONES AND PREPAID PROGRAMS AND IT COSTS $40.80 FOR 30 DAYS OF SERVICE. THIS --
SIGNIFICANT SAVING COMPARED TO OUR CURRENT VENDOR PRACTICES. THEIR FINDING -- THIS FINDING EXEMPLIFIES OUR COMMITMENT TO RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF PUBLIC FUNDS. WE ARE INCORPORATING THESE INSIGHTS INTO OUR NEW RFP REQUIREMENT TO ENSURE VENDORS ADOPT MORE COST EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS WHILE
MAINTAINING PROGRAM FECTIVENESS. OUR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE NATIONAL NETWORK OF SAFETY COMMUNITIES DURING THE RFP PLANNING PHASE WAS ALSO CRITICAL FOR SEVERAL REASONS. THEIR EXPERTISE ENSURES THAT OUR
RFP ALIGNS WITH PROVEN CORE PRINCIPLES OF THE GVI/YGVI MODELS. THEY PROVIDED GUIDANCE IN THE SHAPING PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS THAT REFLECT BEST PRACTICES. BY PARTNERING WITH NS FROM THE BEGINNING WE
CREATED AN RFP THAT INCORPORATES NATIONAL BEST PRACTIC WHILE ADDRESSING LOCAL NEEDS AND CREATES A FRAMEWORK FOR SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION. THIS COLLABORATIVE APPROACH STRE STRENGTHENS OUR VIOLENCE PREVENTION INTERVENTIONS AND HELPS ENSURE
THE MOST EFFECTIVE USE OF RESOURCES. THESE IMPROVED MEASURES IN THE RFP WILL ALSO HELP EURE RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF PUBLIC FUNDS WHILE MAINTAINI HIGH QUALITY SERVICE DELIVERY. THROUGH
DILIGENT CONSULTATIONS WITH OUR PARTNERS AND STAKEHOLDERS, WE ENSURED THEIR OUR RFP MET SEVERAL CRITICAL CRITERIA. WE MADE SURE THAT IT WAS COMPLIANT WITH ALL LEGAL STANDARDS AND BEST PROCUREMENT PRACTICES,
CLEAN AND ROBUST ELIGIBILITY QUIREMENTS, TRANSPARENT PROPOSAL INSTRUCTIONS, CLEAR, FAIR, AND THOUGH REVIEW PROCESS, REASONABLE SCHEDULE TIMELINES, AND SOUND FINANCIAL
ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS. PER RESOLUTION 216R558, ALL REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS FOR PROFESSIONAL, TECHNICAL, AND SERVICE CONTRACTS ANTICIPATED TO EXCEED
$175,000 MUST UNDERGO REVIEW BY OUR PROCUREMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE PRIOR TO CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION. THIS REPRESENTS AN IMPORTANT STAGE IN OUR OVERSIGHT PROCESS. THEGVI/GVI RFP, BOTH OF THESE RFPs WERE
WORTH OVER $170 K, AND SO IT DID UNDERGO A REVIEW BY THE CITY'S PERMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE. THIS COMMITTEE THAT ALL RFPs OVER $175,000 ARE REQUIRED BY INCLUDED MEMBERS FROM THE CITY
OPERATIONS OFFICER, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER REPRESENTATIVE, A CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVE, A CPED REPRESENTATIVE, OFFICE OF THE CITYTTORNEY REPRESENTATIVE, PROCUREMENT REPRESENTATIVE, AND A PUBLIC WORKS REPRESENTATIVE. EACH
COMMITTEE MEMBERHOROUGHLY REVIEWED THE PROPOSED RFPs AND PROVIDED THEIR APPROVAL CONFIRMING THAT THIS RFP MEETS THE REQUIRED STANDARDS. THIS MULTIPLE DEPARTMENT REVIEW PROCESS ENSURES TRANSPARENCY,
DUE DILIGENCE, A PROPER OVERSIGHT OF OUR CONTRACTING PROCEDURES. I WOULD NEXT LIKE TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE OUTREACH EFFORTS FOR THE 2025YGVI AND GVI RFP.
OUR GOAL WAS TO ENSURE BROAD AWARENESS AND MAXIMIZE PARTICIPATION FROM QUALIFIED ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS OUR -- THE RFP WAS SENT TO POTENTIAL
RESPONDERS. THROUGH GOV DL DELIVERY -- THROUGH COMMENT E-SUPPLIER PORTAL WE INVITED OVER 786 SUPPLIERS AND BIDDERS TO PARTICIPATE. THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY YGVI AND GVI PROGRAM MANAGER NOTIFIED ALL
CURRENT YGVI AND GVI VENDORS THAT THE NEW RFP WAS OPEN FOR NEW PROPOSA. THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY CONTRACT SPECIALIST EMAILED 150 INDIVIDUALS FROM A MAINTAINED LIST OF PARTNERS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS TO INFORM
THEM THAT THE RFP WAS NOW OPEN FOR NEW PROPOSALS AND ASKING THEM TO SHARE THE PROPOSAL REQUESTS WITHIN THEIR NETWORKS. THIS MULTICHANNEL OUTREACH STRATEGY DEMONSTRATES OUR COMMITMENT TO FOSTERING AN INCLUSIVE AND COMPETITIVE
SELECTION PROCESS. BY CONDUCTING STRATEGIC AND THOROUGH OUTREACH, WE AIMED TO IDENTIFY THE MOST QUALIFIED PARTNERS AND TO ENSURE A VARIETY OF RESPONDERS WITH DIVERSE SKILL
SET AND SERVICES WOULD APPLY. UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF EQUAL ACCESS TO INFORMATION AROUND THE RFP PROCESS, WE ORGAZED A VIRTUAL PRE PUPROPOSAL MEETING FOR POTENTIAL RFP RESPONDERS, WHICH WAS HELD
ON OCTOBER 23rd, 2024. THIS MEETING SERVED AS A CRITICAL PLATFORM FOR POTENTIAL APPLICANTS TO ASK QUESTIONS DIRECTLY TO CITY STAFF AND RECEIVE GUIDANCE ON THE RFP AND APPLICATION PROCESS. WHILE ATTENDANCE WASN'T MANDATORY, WE
COURAGE PARTICIPATION AND ENSURE THAT THE MEETING DETAILS WERE CLEARLY COMMUNICATED IN THE RFP TO MAINTAIN TRANSPARENCY, WE POSTED THE POWERPOINT SLIDES AND THE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FROM
THIS MEETING AS AN ADDENDUMO THE PUBLIC SOLICITATION, MAKING IT ACCESSIBLE TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES. FOLLOWING OUR ESTABLISHED PROTOCOL, WE IMPLEMENTED AN EIGHT-DAY QUESTION-AND-ANSWER PERIOD DURING WHICH POTENTIAL
RESPONDERS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT THEIR RFP RELATED INQUIRIES VIA EMAIL TO OUR DEPARTMENT. IN MAINTAINING OUR COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENCY, WE COMPILED AND PUBLISHED ALL RESPONSES IN A COMPREHENSIVE
ADDENDUM WHICH WAS MADEAVAILABLE DAYS AFTER THE CONCLUSIOOF THE Q&A PERIOD. THE NEXT CRITICAL STEP WAS ASSEMBLAGE -- ASSEMBLING OUR REVIEW TEAM TO
REVIEW AND SCORE THE RFP APPLICATIONS. OUR ASSISTANT -- LED A THOROUGH PROCESS FOR REVIEWERS TO EVALUATE THE PROPOSALS, FOCUSING ON BUILDING A DIVERSE PANEL OF EXPERTS, INCLUDING THOSE FROM THE NATIONAL NETWORK OF SAFE COMMUNITIES, AND PROVIDED
THOROUGH PRE-EVALUATION TRAINING. ONE OF THE WAYS WE REUITED REVIEWERS WAS BY EMAILING OUR MAINTAINED LIST OF CITY PARTNERS, CITY STAFF , AND EXPERTS IN VIOLENCE PREVENTION. WE ALSO DID EXTERNAL RESEARCH FOR
RECRUITMENT. FOR EMPLE, WE RESEARCHED WHO WAS ON THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS' PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND WE CONTACTED THEM TO SEE IF THEY OR ANYONE IN THEIR NETWORK WOULD POTENTIALLY BE INTERESTED IN LENDING THEIR EXPERTI TO OUR
REVIEW PROCESS. WE ALSO DID NOT STOP OUR RECRUITMENT ONCE WE GOT THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS. BUT WE CONTINUED TO ASK FOR INDIVIDUALS TO VOLUNTEER IN CASE OF SCHEDULING CHALLENGES THAT MIGHT ARISE FOR REVIEWERS
DURING THEIR EVALUATION PERIOD. WE DELIBERATELY RECRUIT NEW REVIEWERS WHENEVER POSSIBLE. WE DO THIS BY ASKING PEOPLE WHO HAVE REVIEWED IN THE PAST TO SHARE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A REVIEWER WITH THOSE IN THEIR NETWORK, AND BY PERSISTENTLY REACHING OUT TO THOSE WHO HAVE
RELEVANT EXPERTISE BASED ON OUR RESEARCH. WE RECOGNIZE THAT FRESH PERSPECTIVES ARE CRUCIAL FOR OBJECTIVE AND THOROUGH EVALUATION. THIS PRACTICE SERVES MULTIPLE IMPORTANT PURPOSES. IT PREVENTS THE
DEVELOPMENT OF UNCONSCIOUS BIAS AND POTENTIAL COLLUSION THAT MIGHT EMERGE FROM USING THE SAME REVIEWERS REPEATEDLY: IT ALLOWS US TO MATCH SPEFIC EXPERTISE WITH THEIR UNIE REQUIREMENTS OF THE RFP AND ENSURES A BROADER
RANGE OF PROFESSIONAL VIEWPOINTS INHE EVALUATION PROCESS. AND IT MAINTAINS THE INTEGRITY AND THE FAIRNESS OF A PROCUREMENT PROCESS. EARLY RECRUITMENT OF REVIEWERS IS A KEY COMPONENT OF A SUCCESSFUL REVIEWER RECRUITMENT STRATEGY AS IT
PROVIDES ADEQUATE TIME TO ASSESS THEIR QUALIFICATIONS, CONFIRM THEIR AVAILABILITY, AND ENSURE REEWERS ARE WELL SUITED FOR THIS SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS OF EACH RFP. ON NOVEMBER 18th,
2024, WE CONDUCTED A COMPREHENSIVE PRE-EVALUATION ETING TO TEACH EVALUATORS WE RECRUITED ON HOW TO SCORE THE RFP. THIS MEETING SERVED AS AN ESSENTIAL STEP IN ENSURING THE THE INTEGRITY AND CONSISTENCY OF
OUR EVAATION PROCESS. THE PRE-EVALUATION MEETING SERVED SEVERAL KEY CRITICAL PURPOSES. IT ENSURES THAT ALL REVIEWERS REGARDLESS WHETHER THEY ARE NEW OR EXPERIENCED HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OFHE SPECIFIC RFP REQUIREMENTS AND EVALUATION
CRITERIA. IT PROVIDES FORUM FOR ADDRESSING QUESTIONS THAT CLARIFY POTENTIAL AREAS OF CONFUSION. IT ESTABLISHES CONSTENT EVALUATION STANDARDS ACROSS ALL REVIEWERS: AND IT HELPS PREVE MISCOMMUNICATION THAT COULD DELAY THE PROCESS OR
IMPACT DECISION QUALITY: OVERALL, THE PREEVALUION TRAINING IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE DOES AND DON'T OF AN EVALUATION PROCESS AND ENSURE THET ERYONE UNDERSTANDS THE PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS THAT MIGHT NOT BE FAMILIAR TO THOSE WHO ARE NOT
PROCUREMENT PROFESSIONALS. BY IMPLEMENTING THESE PRE-EVALUATION TRAININGS WE MAINTAIN THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF FAIRNESS AND EFFICIENCY IN OUR PROCUREMENT PROCESS ULTIMATELY SERVING THE BEST INTERESTSF OF OUR COMMUNITIES: AFTER THE
PRE-EVALUATIONRAINING, THE EVALUATORS THEN SCORE THE REONDERS PROPOSALS BASED OFF OF THE SCORING CRITERIA THAT IS OUTLINED IN THE RFP. IT'S IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT OUR RFP PROCESS WHICH IS WRITTEN IN
SUPPORT OF NNSC, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WAS STRICTLY MERIT BASED AND FOCUSED ON SPECIFIC MERIT CRITERIA OUTLINED IN THE RFP ITSELF. THE SELECTION PROCESS EVALUATORRE ORGANIZATIONS BASED OFF OF THEIR DEMONSTRATED ABILITY TO DELIVER
EFFECTIVE INTERVENTION SERVICES WHILE MAINTAINING STRONG FINCIAL MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL CONTROLS. SPECI EMPHASIS WAS PLACED ON ORGANIZATIONS WITH PROVEN EXPERIENCEN WORKING WITH AT-RISK INDIVIDUALS AND
ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS. THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AND SCORING FOR THE YGVI AND GVI RFP IS AS FOLLOWS. TO BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR THESE SPECIFICFPs RESPONDERS
NEEDED TO BE A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATION, CULTURAL ORGANIZATION PLACE OF WORSHIP OR FAITH, OR OTHER ENTITIES T DO BUSINESS INSIDE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: GOVERNMENT ENTITIES WERE NOT
ELIGIBLE: RESPONDERS MUST HAVE A HISTORY OF SERVING PEOPLE IN MINNEAPOLIS FOR AT LEAST ONYEAR, AND MUST NOT BE LISTED ON THE FEDERAL OR STATE DEBARMENT LIST. THE RESPONDING ORGANITION'S LEADERSHIP PERSONNEL MUST NOT HAVE ANY FELL
SEAN CONVICTIONS FOR -- IVMENT. >> I'M GOING TO ASK THE BODY A QUICK QUESTION BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE INTERPRETERS UNTIL P.M., WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IF WE ARE GOING TO GO PAST 4 P.M. THAT AT LEAST WE ASK MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THIS ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. I WANT TO ASK OUR COLLEAGUES IF FOLKS CAN STAY
UNTIL 4:15OSSIBLY, I'M NOT SURE, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M COMMUNICATING THAT T RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE CAPTIONING UNTIL 4 P.M.
4:15 IT IS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MUST NOT HAVE ANY FELONY CONVICTIONS FOR COMMITTING FINANCIAL FRAUD OR SIMILAR CRIMES: OUR SELECTION PROCESS FOR THE YGVI A GVI RFP
UTILIZED A RIGOROUS SCORING SYSTEM ACROSS MULTIPLE CRITICAL AREAS. EACH PROPOSAL WAS EVALUATED OBJECTIVELY BASED ON ONLY INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE PROPOSAL. NO EXTERNAL RESEARCH
WAS DONE ON ANY OF THE VENDORSOT PEOPLE HAD WITH VENDORS, NONE OF THAT WAS USED IN THE EVALUATION OF THE PROPOSALS. THE SCORING OF THE EVALUATION IS BROKEN DOWN
AS FOLLOWS. PROGRAM OVERVIEW. THIS SECTION WAS WORTH 30 POINTS OF THE RFP SCORE OUT OF 100. HERE WE WERE EXAMINING THE DEPTH AND EFFECTIVENESS OF PROPOSED INTERVENTION STRATEGIES COMMUNITY ASSET MAPPING WAS
WORTH 10 POINTS OUT OF 100. HERE WE WERE ASSESSING UNDERSTANDING AND UTILIZE OPTION OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND REPORTG WAS WORTH 10 POINTS OUT OF 100. HERE WE WERE EVALUATING FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY
AND TRANSPARENCY. STAFF QUALIFICATIONS AND MANAGEMENT WAS WORTH 10 POINTS OUT OF 100. HERE WE WERE REVIEWING TEAM CAPABILITIES AND SUPERVISION STRUCTURE. FINANCIAL RISK ASSESSMENT WAS WORTH 20 POINTS
OUT OF 100. HERE WE WERE ANALYZING OPERATIONAL, FINANCIAL STABILITY. COST PROPOSAL BUDGET NARRATIVE WAS WTH 20 POINTS OUT OF 100. HERE WE WERE EXINING BUDGET EFFICIENCIES
AND ALLOCATIONS. THIS STRUCTURED SCORING SYSTEM ENSURED BOTH CURRENT AND NEW APPLICANTS PROPOSALS WERE EVALUATED UALLY BASED ON THEIR CURRENT CAPABILITIES AND PROPOSED PROGRAMS. THE
SELECTION WAS MADE BY A DIVERSE EVALUATION TEAM, INCLUDING BOTH CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS STAFF AND EXTERNAL REVIEWERS. IT WAS THE OVERALL STRENGTH OF THE PROPOSALS ACROSS ALL THESE METRICS THAT DETERMINED THEIR
SELECTION. THIS COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH HEL ENSURE WE'RE SELECTING RESPONDERS BEST POSITIONED TO DELIVER EFFECTIVE SERVICES GOING FORWARD. NSD HAS IMPROVED OUR SELECTION PROCESS FROM PAST RFPs VIA THE
ASSISTANCE OF EXPERTS TO ENSURE THAT THOSE WHO ARE MOST QUALIFIED ARE SELECTED. OUR SELECTION PROCESS IS DESIGNED TO ENSURE WE PARTNER WITH ORGANIZATIONS WHO CAN DELIVER THE HIGHEST QUALITY SERVICES WHILE MAINTAINING STRICT BEST
PROCUREMENT PRACTICES. THE SELECTION OF WHO WE ENT CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH IS BASED ON WHAT IS OUTLINED IN THE RFP, WHICH WAS BASED ON RECOMMENDATIONS FROM NNSC AND THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS
PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT. WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE SELECTION AND CONTRACT NEGOTIATION PHASE OF THIS RFP. WHILE WE ARE CURRENTLY STILL UNDER CONTRACT NEGOTIIONS, AND WE ARE NOT SURE SPECIFICALLY WHAT THE FINAL TERMS OUTLINED IN THE CONTRACTS
WILL BE, OUR CURRENT ANTICIPATED GOALS AND OUTCOMES FOR YGVI INCLUDE INCREED OPPORTUNITY TO INTERVENE AND PREVENT GROUP VIOLENCE, GREATER CONNECTION OF YOUTH TO COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND
SUPPOR SERVICES, INCLUDING TRAUMA INFORMED SERVICES FOR BOTH YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES. MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH TO REMAIN SAFE AND IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. REDUCED ILUENCE,
REDUCED INCIDENCE OF GROUP VIOLENCE. NSD WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT AND MONITORING OF OUTPUT AND OUTCOME MEASURES FOR OUR SERVICES OF EVALUATION
POTENTIALLY COULD BE BASED ON SOME OF THE FOLLOWING DATA POINTS. NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS IDENTIFIED AS APPROPRIATE FOR YGVI. NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS INVITED TO CUSTOM NOTIFICATIONS.
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS INVITED TO A CUSTOM NOTIFICATION. AND THOUGH THE PERCENTAGE OF THOSE WHO PARTICIPATE. NBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO PARTICIPATE IN CUSTOM NOTIFICATION AND THEN ENROLL IN YGVI SERVICES, NUMBER
OF YGVI PARTICIPANTS WHO PERCEIVE THAT YGVI HELPED THEM MOVE CLOSER TO EXITING THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE. NUMBER OF YGVI PARTICIPANTS WHO BECOME INVOLVED IN SERIOUS VIOLENCE, EITHER AS VICTIMS OR PERPETRATORS DURIN
OR AFTER THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN YGVI AND MAKING SURE THISIDATE A IS DISSEGREGATED BY RACE, GENDER, RACE, AND GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION AS APPROPRIATE. AGAIN THESE ARE ONLY EXAMPLES OF WHAT THE POTENTIAL REPORTING METRICS
COULD LOOK LIKE WITH THESE NEW CONTRACTS AS WE ARE STILL UNDER CURRENT CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS AND HAVE NOT FINALIZED THE ROUTERRING AND SUCCESS CRITERIA AT THIS TIME. -- REPORTING AND SUCCESS CRITERIA AT THIS TIME.
AWARD AMOUNTS AND PARTICIPANT NUMBERS WERE DECIDED BASED ON THE INFORMATION VENDORS SUBMITTED IN THEIR RFP APPLICATION, AND BASED ON THE FUNDS NSD HAD AVAILABLE FROM FUNDING FOLLOWING THE APPROVED
BUDGET AMENDMENTS. FOR THE YGVI RFP WE ARE REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO TO ENTER INTO THREE ORGANIZATIONS, EMERGE, SABATHANI COMMUNITY
CENTER, AND THE MAN UP CLUB FOR OUR 2 2025 YOUTH GROUP VIOLENCE INITIATIVES FOR A TOTAL INVESTMENT OF 329411, OUR YOUTH GROUP VIOLENCE INTERNTION WORK IS BUILT ON PROVEN EVIDENCE
BASED APPROACHES THAT ADDRESS A CRITICAL REALITY. A SMALL NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS STRIVE A LARGE SHARE OF THE VIOLENCE IN OUR CITIES. BY APPROVING THESE CONTRACTS, WE'RE NOT JUST FUNDING PROGRAMS, WE'RE INVESTING IN A COMPREHENSIVE
SOLUTION THAT COMBIBES COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, SOCIAL SERVICES, AND TARGET INTERVENTIONS. THESE ORGANIZATIONS WERE SELECTED THROUGH A VIGOROUSVALUATION PROCESS DEMONSTRATING THEIR EXCEPTIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AND
COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY. EMERGE BRINGS EXTENSIVE EXPEENCE IN VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION AND PREVENTION. SABATHANI COMMUNIT CENTER OFFERS 60 YEARS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE AND HOLISTIC SUPPORT. THE MAN UP CLUB PROVIDES
SPECIALIZED MENTORSHIP WITH AN EMPHASIS IN SERVICING --ERVING YOUNG MEN OF COLOR. BY APPROVING THESE CONTRACTS, YOU ARE ENABLING A COORDINATED EFFORT TO DIRECTLY ENGAGE WITH AT-RISK YOUTHS TO PROVIDE CLEAR PATHWAYS AWAY FROM VIOLENCE,
OFFER ESSENTIAL SUPPORT SERVICES AND RESOURCES, CREATE ACCOUNTABILITY WITHIN PEER GROUPS, AND BUILD STRONGER COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS. WE'RE ALSO REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO
ENTER INTO CONTRACTS WITH THREE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, B. BERRY CONSULTING, EMERGE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND URBAN YOUTH CONSERVATION FOR OUR 2025 GROUP VIENCE INTERVENTION INITIATIVE. THIS WOULD BE A
TOTAL INVESTMENT OF $470,587. OUR GVI STRATEGY REPRESENTS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN COMMUNITY, SOCIAL SERVICES, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TO ADDRESS VIOLENCE IN OUR CITY. EACH
ORGANIZATION BRINGS UNIQUE STRENGTHS TO THIS INITIATIVE. EMERGE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIZES IN VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION USING TRAUMA INFORMED CULTURALLY RELATED APPROACHES. W BERRY CONSULTING OFFERS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN
MENTORING AND EMOTIONAL REGULATION THROUGH THEIR HOLISTIC PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. URBAN YOUTH CONSERVATION HAS PROVEN SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTING THE GVI MODEL SINCE ITS INCTION. THESE CONTRACTS WILL ENABLE
COORD NAYINATED EFFORTS TO ENGAGE -- COORDINATED EFERGHTS TO ENGAGE DIRECTLY WITH INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN GROUP VIOLENCE, CREATE ACCO ACCOUNTABILITY WITHIN GROUPS, PROVIDE CLEAR PATAYS AWAY FROM VIOLENCE, AND DELIVER TRAUMA
INFORMED INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORT. THESE ONE-YEAR CONTRACTS WILL BEGIN APRIL 1st, 2025 WITH THE TION TO EXTEND FOR TWO ADDITIONAL YEARS BASED OFF OF PERFORMANCE. BY AUTHORIZING THE
CITY TO ENTER INTO TEASE CONTRACTS, YOU'RE INVESTING IN PROVEN STRATEGIES TO REDUCE VIOLENCE AND CREATE LASTING POSITIVE CHANGE IN OUR COMMUNITIES. FORHE YGVI RFP,
THIS IS THE PUNCHLINE, FOR THE YGVI WE'RE ASKING FOR $117,647 FOR EMERGE, 1384 OXY$8 FOR SABAA NI COMMUNITY CENTER, AND 73 $73,356 F
THE MAN UP CLUB. FOR THE GVI RFP WE'RE ASKING FOR $55,363,000 FOR EMERGE, 2 $207,612 FOR W BERRY CONSULTING, AND $207,612 FOR URBAN YOUTH
CONSERVATION. OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE NO DISRUPTION OF SERVICES BETWEEN WHEN THE CURRENT CONTRACTS END AND THE NEW CONTRACTS BEGIN. RCAs WERE FILLED OUT AND SUBMITTED TO THE PROCUREMENT -- AND SUBMITTED BY
PROCUREMENT TO CITY COUNCIL TO AUTHORIZE THESE FUNDS GOING TO THOSE WHERE, WHO WERE SELECTED IN THE RFP PROCESS. ONCE WE GET AUTHORIZED FROM THE CITY COUNCIL, WE WILL NEGOTIATE THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT WITH THE
SELECTED RESPONDERS WITH THE GOAL TO HAVE NEW CONTRACTS BEGIN APRIL 1st, 2025. THIS WILL ALLOW US TO MAKE SURE WE DO NOT HAVE A GAP IN SERVICE BETWEEN OUR CURRENT CONTRACTS AND THE NEW ONES. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM
THIS PRESENTATION, NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY HAS THOROUGHLY REVAMPED OUR RFP PROCESS WITH THE HELP OF THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION EXPERT ORGANIZATION PROCUREMENT, COA TO ENSURE THAT RESPONDERS SELECTED ARE THE MOST QUALIFIEDT
AUTOMATICALLY APPROVE CURRENT VENDORS FROM NEW CONTRACTS, BUT INSTEAD ASKS ALL RESPOERS TO GO THROUGH THE SAME FAIR AND EQUITABLE EVALUION PROCESS AS OUTLINED IN THE RFP. EACH DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY OF
MINNEAPOLIS GOES THROUGH A NEW RFP EVER TIME A CITY IN THE -- A DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY OF MINNEALIS GOES THROUGH A NEW RFP PROCESS, THERE IS A POTENTIAL THAT THE NEW VENDOR SELECTED ARE NOT THE SAME AS THE CURRENT VENDORS. WHILEHIS HAS
THE POTENTIAL TO PARTIALLY DISRUPT CONTINUITY OF SERVICES HOLISTICALLY SPEAKING, THE RESPONDERS CHOSEN BY ANY NEW RFP PROCESS ARE IDEALLYHE RESPONDERS BEST POSITIONED TO COMPLETE INCONTRACT REQUIREMENTS. THIS PROCESS
AVOIDS FAVORITISM BY STICKING TO BLIC ACCESSIBLE SELECTION CRITERIA. ORGANIZIONS TYPICALLY MAINTAIN MULTIPLE STREAMS OF FUNDING PRECISELY FOR SITUATIONS LIKE THIS WHERE BUDGET CUTS, CONTRACT CHANGES, OR COMPETITIVE RFPs PROCESSES
MIGHT AFFECT THEIR FUNDING. THIS DIVERSIFICATION HELPS ENSURE CONTINUITY OF SERVICES REGARDLESS OF INDIVIDUAL CONTRACT OUTCOMES. IF THERERE RESPONDERS WHO ARE CURRENTLY FUNDED WHO DO NOT GET SELECTED FOR NEW CONTRACTS NSD IS WILLING
TO WORK WITH THOSE IMPACTED TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE TRANSITION PLAN WHICH INCLUDES CONNECTING YOUTH WITH NEW MENTORS AND SERVICES WHERE APPROPRIATE OR DESIRED. ADDITIONALLY, WE MUST UPHOLD OUR RESPONSIBITY TO MINNEAPOLIS
RESIDENTS BY ENSURING THAT CITY FUNDED SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO THE MOST QUALIFIED RESPONDERS. LASTLY, AS PART OF T IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE MAKING TO THE NEW GVI AND YGVI CONTRACTS,WE'RY
IMPROVING OUR VENDOR REFERRAL OCESS, WHICH WILL ENHANCE OUR ACCOUNTABILITY AND SERVICE TRACKING O THOSE RECEIVING GVI AND YGVI SERVICES. WE'VE DEVELOPED A MORE ROBUST REFERRAL SYSTEM USING SMA SHEET
SOFTWARE CREATED IN COLLABATION WITH AN MPD COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR AND OSOCS DATA ANALYST. THIS NEW SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE TRACKING OF ALL OF OUR INDIVIDUALS SERVED BY VENDOR
PARTICIPANTS. KEY ASPECTS TO THIS IMPROVED REFERRAL PROCESS INCLUDE TRAINING FOR ALL VENDORS BEFORE CONTRACT IS INITIATED, CONTRACT EMBEDDED REQUIREMENTS FOR YOUTH SEEING THE REFERRAL SYSTEM, ENHANCED ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES THROUGHSOME ATTIC
TRACKING AND IMPROVED DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYTIC CAPABILITIES. THESE IMPROVEMENTS WILL IN IN ENSURE BETTER ORSIGHT OF OUR PROGRAMS, IMPROVE OUR ABILITY TO ESTIMATE FUTURE FUNDING NEEDS, AND ENABLE US TO MORE
EFFECTIVELY MEASURE IMPACT. THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION. I'M HAPPY TO STAND FOR QUESTIONS. >> ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE SIX PEOPLE ON QUEUE. WE HAVE NOT FOU A CAPTIONER THAT CAN STAY PAST 4 P.M. -- >> MR. CHAIR? I KNOW I JUST
MESSAGED YOU BUT I JUST GOTTEN EMAIL, WE HAVE SECURED CAPTIONING UNTIL 4:30. >> PERFECT, OKAY. SO WE HAVE TIME TO STAY UNTIL 4:30. I KNOW THAT SOME COLLEAGUES HAVE TO LEAVE AT 4 P.M. CAN I CONFIRM THAT WE WILL HAVE QUORUM YES? >> I HAVE TO LEAVE. >> TWO PEOPLE.
>> I HAVE TO LEAVE FOR CHILD CARE. >> SO THERE ARE TWO PEOPLE THAT HAVE TO LEAVE. THAT'S STILL IS QUORUM. SO I AM GOING TO CONTINUE WHERE THE MEETING BECAUSE WE JUST CONFIRMED CAPTIONERS TO STAY UNTIL 4:30 P.M. I'LL START OFF WITH THE FIRST PERSON ON QUEUE, COUNCILMEMBER
CASHMAN. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. THANK YOU, DEPUTY DIRECTOR LAKES FOR THE THOROUGH PRESENTATION. ONE BIT OF JUST CLERK FOLLOW-UP FOR SURE IS CAN WE MAKE SURE THIS PRESENTATION IS ON LIMS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE? >> MR. CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER
CASHMAN, WE HAVEN'T YET RECVED THE SLIDES, SO AS SOON AS WE GET THEM, WE WILL ADD THEM TO LIMS. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. I THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE SENT. I WILL SEND THEM, ABSOLUTELY. >> GREAT. OKAY. THANKS. THAT WAS MY FIRST QUESTION. AND THEN
SECOND QUESTION I THINK IS JUST A HOPEFULLY A BASIC QUESTION IS EMERGE IS BEING PROSED TO CONTRACT WITH BOTH. THIS IS THE SAME GRO. CAN YOU DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN WHAT THE -- YOU KNOW, JUST WITH EMERGE SPECIFICALLY HOW WILLTHY
WILL THEY BE DIVIDING TIR SERVICES BETWEEN GVI AND YGVI, IS THAT ACCORDING TO AGE OF THE CLIENTND IF SO, WHAT WOULD BE THE AGE? >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCILMEER CASHMAN, GOOD QUESTION. IT WILL BE DEPENDENT ON THE REFERRAL CRITERIA OUTLINED IN THE
CONTRACT. SO IT'LL PROBABLY BE BY A. IT HAS HISTORICALLY BYE-BYE AGE, AND -- BEEN BY AGE, AND GROUPS LIKE EMERGE HAVE MULTIPLE PROGRAMS, SO IT'LL DEPEND ON THE NEEDSF THAT CLIENT, WHAT PROGRAMS WILL GET ASSIGNED ACCORDING TO THE
SITUATION. >> OKAY. THANKS. SO I GUESS MY MAIN CONCERN HERE, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE DATA POINTS THAT YOU'LL BE COLLECTING THROUGHOUT THESE CONTRACTS, NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS IDENTIFIED, NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS INVITED TO CUSTOM
NOTIFICATION, THOSE PERCENT OF THOSE PARTICIPATING, PERCENTAGE OF THOSE ENROLLING, NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO'VE SAID THAT THIS HELPED THEM, NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE INVOLVED IN SERIOUS VIOLENCE AS VICTIMS O PERPETRATORS, I ASSUME THAT'S
WHERE WE WANT THE NUMBERS TO BE LOW WHEREAS THE OTHERS ARE NUMBERS WE WANT TO BE HIGH. BUT THAT YOU HAVE NOT FINALIZED REPORTING PROTOCOLS OR SUCCESS CRITERIA AT THIS TIME. SO I'M WONDERING WHO IS OUR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDER THAT WL HELP US MATCH SUCCESS CRITERIA
FOR THESE CONTRACTS WITH OUR SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES REPORT TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE ACHIEVING SAFETY OUTCOMES IN THESE PROPOSALS. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN, THAT IS AN EXCELLENTQUM SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES
WHEN WE'RE WRITING THE CONTRACT, SO A LOT OF THE LANGUAGE THAT'S IN THERE RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE NEGOTIATING IS PULLED FROM THOSE SOURCES, SO WE DO USE THAT LANGUAGE WHEN WE WROTE THE RFP, AND WE ALSO CONSULTED WITH NNSC WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ARE.
THE ONLY REASON I WANT TO NOT COMMIT TO THEM IN STONE IS WE HAVEN'T SIGNED THOSE CONTRACTS. SO WE DO HAVE A GOOD START WHERE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION HAS BEEN COMPILED FOR THOSE SOURCES AND -- FROM THOSE SOUES AND HAS BEEN ADVISE SAID BY NNSC AS
WELL AS US GOING THROUGH THE SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES REPORT AND PULLING OUT INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR REPORTS BACK ON THAT. >> CAN YOU PLEASE REDEFINE NNSC? >> THANK YOU. THE NATIONAL NETWOR OF SAFE COMMUNITIES. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN
REPORTING, REPORTING PROTOCO AND CRITERIA, HOW ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT REPORTING? IS THAT LIKE MIDWAY THROUGH THE CONTRACT, AT THE END OF THE CONTRACTS, WOULD THAT BE TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE? WOULD IT BE TO SOME
OTHER LEADERSHIP BODY AT THE CITY? HOW ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT REPORTING? >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN, IT WILL DEPEND ON WHAT THE NEEDS ARE AND WHAT INFORMATION IS HELPFUL FOR MAKING DECISIONS IN OTHER AREAS. ALL OF THE INFORMATION CAN BE
PUT IN SOME SORT OF DASHBOARD OR MADE AVAILABLE BUT WE ALSO WANT TO BE SENSITIVE TO THINGS LIKE PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION, IF THERE IS ONLY LIKE ONE PERSON OF A CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHIC A IN ONE GEOGRAPHIC AREA WE WANT TO BE SENSITIVE SO THOSE AREAS ARE
DEIDENTIFIED SO IT WILL DEPEND ON THE NEEDS THAT EXIST, THE DATA W COLLECT AND THINGS LIKE PRIVACY WE WANT TO SMACK S -- MAKE SURE WE'RE PROTECTING. >> YEAH, I DON THINK I NEED TO SEE THE NAMES OF THE CUSTOMERS, CLIENTS THAT WE'RE SERVING, BUT I DO THINK THAT THE NUMBERS OF THE DATA POINTS THAT YOU IDENTIFIED ARE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW SO THAT WE CAN
SEE WHAT'S THE BASELINE, HOW ARE WE MOVING FORWARD FROM THERE, HOW ARE WE ACHIEVING OUR SAFETY OUTCES WITH REGARDS TO THESE GOALS, SO I JUST THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY WHEN WE'RE REALLY APPROVING THESE CONTRACTS THAT
YOU CAN PROVIDE A REPORTING SCHEDULE, WHETHER IT'S THREE MONTHS IN, SIX MONTHS IN, TO THE COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, DIRECTOR AMANDA HARRINGTON DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB OF SENDING OUT A LOT OF COMMUNICATIONS TO THE COUNCIL. CAN WE RECEIVE THAT TYPE OF
INFORMATION FROM, YOU KNOW, THE PROGRAM MANAGER ONC THEY'RE HIRED TO OVERSEE THIS, LIKE, THAT FEELS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ME TO GET TO A PLACE OF SUPPORTING THESE CONTRACTS TODAY SO THAT WE CAN SEE THESE NUMBERS AND THESE OUTCOMES ACTUALLY BEING ADVANCED. THANK YOU,
CHAIR. >> THANK YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, AND THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER CASHMA YOU ASKED A SERIES OF QUESTIONS THAT WERE ALIGNED WITH SOME OF MY THINKING. MAYBE I
ED TO BACK UP A LITTLE BIT AND JUST HAVE SOME CLARIFICATION ON PROCEDALLY WHAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE HAPPENING NEXT BECAUSE I SEE USPPROVING THE CONTRACTS IN FRONT OF US RIGHT NOW AS THE ACTION THAT'S BEING ASKED OF THIS BODY, BUT I'M ALSO HEARING
THAT THE DETAILS ABOUT REPORTING WILL BE NEGOTIATED UPON FINAL SIGNATURE. THIS IS OUR ONLY TOUCHPOINT ON THAT PROCESS, AND SO, BEFORE AM COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD GIVING THAT FINAL AUTHORITY FROM THIS BODY, I'D LIKE MORE REASSURANCES ON NOT
HYPOTHETICAL DATA POINTS BUT WHAT ARE THE DATA POINTS THAT WE WILL ACTUALLY BE HOLDING THE VENDORS ACCOUNTABLE TO TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE IN THIS CONTRACT, AND IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION YET BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE NEGOTIATED, AREE PREMATURE ON THIS COUNCIL
ACTION? >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCILMEMBER PAYNE, WE NEED TO KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY WE CAN NEGOTIATE TO HAVE NEGOTIATIONS. SO THIS STEP RIGHT HERE IS IMPORTANT TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN HAVE
THOSE NEGOTIATIONS. WE CAN'T GOTIATE WITH NO MONEY. SO IN ORDER FOR US TOIGN A PIECE OF PAPER AND COME TO AN AGREEMENT, WE NEEDHE MONEY TO DO THAT FIRST. AND I WILL PAUSE ANDEE IF I SHOULD BE CORRECTED IN THAT
STATEMENT. >> THIS MAY BE A QUESTION FOR THE CITYTTORNEY. MR. ATTORNEY, IF YOU MAY, THE MONEY'S BEEN ALLOCATED TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR YOU TO ENGAGE IN THESE CONVERSATIONS. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS ACTION IS TO APPVE A CONTRACT.
NOT TO ALLOCATE A BUD BUDGET. >> I, CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCILMEMBER PAYNE, WE'RE I THINK ASKING YOU FOR AUTHORATION TO SIGN THESE
CONTRACTS. >> SO I GUESS, MAYBE COMMISSIONER BARNETT,S COULD YOU MAYBE CLARIFY THIS QUESTION? THE ACTION THAT IS BEFORE US TODAY, MY UNDERSTANDING IS TO APPROVE CONTRACTS, NOT TOALLOCAS OF NEGOTIATING CONTRACTS. IS
THERE A MISCOMMUNICATION THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW? >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, I ALWAYS GET CONFUSED OF -- WELL I'LL SAY PRESIDENT, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE MONEY HAS BEEN, MONEY HAS
BEEN ALLOCATED -- THERE IS NOT A LINE ITEM FOR NSD WHEN IT COMES TO THE BUDGET -- THIS PART OF THE BUDGET. THE MONEY IS THERE. I THINK WHAT DEPY DIRECTOR LAKES IS TRYING TO SAY IS THAT AS PART OF NEGOTIATION -- PART
OF THE NEGOTI NEGOTIATION THAT THEY HAVE, YOU HAVE THE CEILING FOR THE AMOUNT O MONEY AND THE DETAILS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON, AND SO I DON'T KNOW, AND MAYBE OUR CIT ATTORNEY CAN CHIME IN, I'M NOT IMMENSELY
INVOLVED WITH THE BUDGET, I MEAN, THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATION, BUT I KNOW ONCE, ONCE THIS BODY APPROVES THE CONTRACT, IT G GIVES US AUTHORITY TO SIGN IT. SO I'M NOT SURE AT WHAT POINT
THEY ARE IN THE CONTRACT PROCESS. ARE THEY STILL WORKING ON THE DETAILS? >> WE CAN ALSO RECOGNIZE THE CITY ATTORNEY. >> Y. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ AND COUNCILMEMBER PRESIDENT PAYNE.
SO THE WAY I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ACTIONS E HERE ARE TO AUTHORIZE SPECIFIC CONTRACTS, I THINK IT'S SIX SPECIFIC CONTRACTS, THREE GVI, THREE YGVI ATET AMOUNTS. I DON'T KNOW
FACTUALLY WHERE THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS IS HERE. I MEAN WHAT I'LL SAY GENERLY SPEAKING IS NEGOTIATION CAN HAPPEN BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER THIS POINT. TYPICALLY TO GET TO THIS POINT BEFORE YOU WOULD ASK THE COUNCIL TO AUTHORIZE A CONTRACT, YOU
WOULD AT LEAST WANT TO DO ENOUGH NEGOTIATIONS TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING BE ABLE TO HAVE A MEETING OF THE MINDS THAT IF THERE IS SOME QUESTION ABOUT THE SEICE THAT'S GOING TO BE PROVIDED, THAT THAT'S ANSWERED BEFORE ASKING THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. IT'S NOT UNUSUAL IS
MY UNDERSTANDING FOR SOME NEGOTIATIONS TO OCCUR AFTER AUTHORIZATION, THOUGH THERE'S NOTHING THATOULD PROHIBIT THE COUNCIL FROM ASKING YOU KNOW, FOR THE CONTRACTS TO BE FURTHER ALONG BEFORE APPROVAL. I THINK
THAT'S WITHIN THE COUNCIL'S DISCRETION HERE ABOUT WHETHER IT FEELS IT HAS ENOUGH INFORMATION. >> I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO MOVE RWARD WITH APPROVAL. I'D LIKE SOME CONCRETE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT ARE THE PERFORMANCE METRICS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE HOLDING THESE VENDORS ACCOUNTABLE TO
BEFORE WE MAKE ANY COMMITMENT. I MEAN, IF THISCA IS LIMITED IN SCOPE AND TO AUTHORIZING NEGOTIATION, THAT'S ON THING. BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS IS ONE AND DONE. YOU GET THIS APPROVAL OR YOU DON'T GET THIS APPROVAL. I DON'T THINK THERE
IS A REQUIREMENT TO COME BACK TO THIS BODY TO ONCE THE GOTIATION IS COMPLETED AND THE SCOPE AND THE ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES ARE IN PLACE, THEY' COMING, I DON'T -- MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT'S NOT COMING BACK TO US. THIS IS THAT FINAL APPROVAL. >> RIGHT, YOU GIVING US THE AUTHORITY TO SIGN. >> RIGHT.
>> THAT'S TRUE, YES. >> SO I WOULD SUGGEST YOU FINALIZE THE NEGOTIATION, AND WE COME BACK WITH SOME CONCRETE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THOSE PERFORMANCE METRICS ARE THAT WE'RE LDING OUR VENDORS ACCOUNTABLE TO USING THESE NUMBERSS YOUR GUIDE TO SAY, IF IT COMES IN WITHIN THIS, AND
WE'VE GOT SOME PERFORMANCE METRICS THAT WE FEEL CONFIDENT IN, THAT'S GOINGTON AN -- GOING TO BE AN EASY, I HOPE AN EASY YES FOR US. BUT I THINK T CHALLENGE WE'VE BEEN IN THIS ENTIRE TIME IS WE DON'T HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WT, ARE WE HOLDING THE VENDORS ACCOUNTABLE TO TO DELIVER ON THE
OUTCOMES FOR SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITY. ANDIO SEE THAT SPECIFIED IN THE -- I DON'T SEE THAT SPECIFIED IN THE RCA, I DON'T SEE THAT SPECIFIED ANYWHERE. THE PRESENTATION WAS EXTREMELY HELPFUL AT LEAST TO UNDERSTAND THE METHODOLOGY ABOUT HOW WE'RE ARRIVING HERE, BUT IWE
LANGUAGE OF THE CONTRACT, THESE ARE THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH. WWANT TO SEE THIS PERCENTAGE OF, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ELECTED INTO THIS PROGRAM, AND DO WE HAVE ANYTHING
IN THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATION AROUND IF THEY DON'T ACHIEVE THOSE METRICS, THAT THERE ARE EITHER BONUSES OR CONSEQUENCES FOR MEETING OR NOT MEETING METRICS? I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ALL OF THOSE PARAMETERS BEFORE WE TAKE COUNCIL ACTION.
>> OKAY. >> COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, STAFF, FOR THAT REALLY GOOD INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE PROVIDED. MY QUESTION IS MAYBE I MISSED, MAYBE YOU ANSWERED THIS IS THAT ARE ANY OF THIS ORGANIZATION RETURNING
ORGANIZATIONS? IF SO, WHICH ARE NOT RETURNING ORGANIZATIONS WHICH ARE NEW? >> EXCELLENT QUESTION. CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN, THE RETURNING, I MIGHT HAVEO ASK FOR ASSISTANCE WITH THIS ONE. THE RETURNING ONES ARE W BERRY
AND THEN I'LL LET MY AD OF COMPLIANCE ANSWER THIS ONE. >> COUNCILMEMBERS, THE RETURNING ORGANIZATIONS ARE W BERRY CONSULTANT AND URBAN YOUTH CONSERVATION FOR GVI, AND THEN ALL THE OTHER VENDORS ARE NEW. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND I'M LOOKING AT HERE EMERGE. EMERGE THE WORK THEY DO, BASICALLY IT'S EMPLOYMENT AND WORKFORCE. HOW ARE THEY RELATED
TO GUN VIOLENCE ON THE STREET? >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN, I'M PULLING UP THE SPECIFICS ON EMERGE. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO READ IT OUT LOUD? >> YES, OR IF THEY'VEONE ANY
WORK THAT'S RELATED TO GUN VIOLENCE I GUESS. >>> SINCE THE FOUNDING OF 2007, EMERGE HAS WORKED WITH COMMUNITIES HEAVY IMPACTED BY VIOLENCE, PARTICULARLY THOSE INVOLVED IN GROUP AIVITY. THEY SPECIALIZE IN VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION AND PREVENTION,
USING TRAUMA INFORMED CULTURALL RELEVANT APPROACHES TO HIGHLY -- TO ENGAGE HIGH RISK INDIVIDUALS, EMERGE YOUTH, AND ADULT PROGRAMS INCORPORATING KEY YGVI ELEMENTS SUCH AS DIRECT OUTREACH TO INDIVIDUALS IN VIOLENT GROUPS, CREATING ACCOUNTABILITY, AND
PROVIDING PATHWAYS O OF VIOLENCE. THEIR REENTRY SERVICES FOCUS ON SUPPORTING INDIVIDUALS WITH VIOLENT CRIMINAL BACKGROUNDS OFFERING WRAPAROUND SERVICES, CAREER TRAINING, AND MENTORSHIP. EMERGE'S PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED
TO HELP INDIVIDUALS BUILD STABILITY, MAKE LASTING CHANGES, AND REINSTATE SUCCESSFULLY IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. >> ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU. I MEAN, I WAS LOOKING AT THEIR
WEB SITE, AND I DIDN'T SEE REALLY SPECIFIC PROGRAMS THAT TARGET WHAT THEY ARE APPLYING FOR. MAINLY IT'S A CAREER TRAINING, EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, COUNSELING, AND SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT. SO WHAT I
THINK YGVI OR GVI I'M THINKING ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE AND GROUPS LIKE THAT. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN, SO THAT IS A VALID QUESTION, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET
INFORMATION ON DURING A PROCESS CALLED A RUEST FOR INFORMATION. SO ONCE WE GO THROUGH THE NORL EVALUATION PROCESS, AND I'LL TRY NOT TO PROVIDE TOO MUCH INFORMATION THAT COULD CAUSE ISSUES WITH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS, SO THE REQUEST FOR INFORMATION IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE DEPARTMENT
TO ASK ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM POTENTIAL RESPONDERS, AND WE TYPICALLY ENGAGE IN THIS DURING THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS. SO FOR THIS PARTICULAR RFP, WE WORK CLOSELY WITH N, THE SC TO BE A PART OF THAT PROCESS. THEY WERE
KIND ENOUGH TO VOLUNTEER A STAFF MEMBER THAT WAS PART OF THE INTERVIEW FOR TOP SCORING VENDORS FOR RFPs, AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS, TO DIVE INTO THE SPECIFICS OF THE QUALIFICATIONS OUTSIDE OF WHAT WAS PROVIDED IN THE PROPOSAL AND TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT KEY STAFF WILL BE INVOLVED IN
THE PROCESS TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF, YOU KNOW, THEIR CREDIBILITY AND JUST TO GIVE THE NNSC STAFF AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND OVERALL THE ORGANIZATION BECAUSE AT A GLANCE I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY YOU, YOU KNOW, THAR THEIR
SERVICES ARE SPECIFIC TO WHAT THEY'VE PROVIDED IN THE PAST. HOWEVE BASED ON THOSE CONVERSATIONS, WE ARE ABLE TO ALIGN THEIR SERVICES WITH THE GVI MODEL. AND I'M HAPPY TO ALSO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION FROM THAT NEGOTIATION IN A SUPPLEMENTAL MEMO IF WE WERE ALLOWED TO, I'LL
HAVE TO CONNECT WITH THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT OR THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO DO SO. >> SURE, THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING. IT WILL BE SUPER HELPFUL TO ASK EXTRA QUESTIONS AND GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW HELPFUL THEY WILL BEOON THIS
PROGRAM THAT IS NEW TO THEM. I KNOW I TOLD FOLKS I WILL BE LEAVING AT 4:00.=BE LEAVING AT 4:00, AND I WANT TO TELL THE PUBLIC I WILL ABSTAIN THIS VOTE AND THE REASON I WILL ABSTAIN
THIS VOTE IS, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S NOTHING TO DO WITH THE STAFF'S WORK. IT'S THAT T THE FEW WEEKS AGO WE HAD AN INDIVIDUAL THERE STANDING THERE THREATENING,ALLING US NAMES AND I'M NOT EVEN SURE IF HE'S VAWFNED IN THESE ORGANIZATIONS -- INVOLVE IN
THESE ORGANIZATIONS. AND MY, THEY ARE WONDERFUL ORGANIZATIONS. I'M NOT REALLY POINTING AT ANYTHING. THEY DO WOERFUL JOB FOR THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS THAT WE CONTINUE TO CONTRACT, AND THAT IS JUST I WANT TO THANK THEIR SERVICES.
BUT ON THE ADMINISTRATION LEADERSHIP OR EVEN HERE IN DAISES WE WEREOLD THAT WE WERE PICKING AND CHOOSING WHICH ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE CONTRACT OR SOMEHOW WE ARE, YOU KNOW, SELECTING ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS OR WE ARE
CLOSE TO IT. WELL, I DON'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIS ORGANIZATION, AND VOTING ON IT, I DON'T WANT TO BE LABELED THAT I'M PICKING AND CHOOSING ORGANIZATION. THAT'S WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO. AND I WILL BE ABSTAINING BECAUSE
THAT'S THE RIGHT THING FOR ME TO TAKE, AND SO YEAH, I'LL LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT'S WHAT I DECIDED TO DO, AND THAT'S IT FOR MY COMMENT, CHAIR CHAVEZ. THANK >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ.
I'LL SHARE SOME COMMENTS BECAUSE I ALSO HAVE TO HEAD OUT. BUT I'M ALSO GOING TO BE ABSTAINING ON ITEM 7 AND 8 SHOULD THESE ITEMS PROCEED TO FULL COUNCIL. FOR NEARLY TWO YEARS, I'VE SHARED MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE PERSISTENT MISMANAGEMENT WITHIN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT. I'VE SHARED THESE CONCERNS WITH MY COLLEAGUES, WITH THE MAYOR, AND WITH THE PUBLIC. AND WHILE THERE MAY BE POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT'S PROCUREMENT PRACTICES THAT DEPUTY DIRECTOR, YOU EXTENSIVELY OUTLIN IN YOUR PRESENTATION
TODAY, IN OTHER PREVIOUS ESENTATIONS, WE'VE RECEIVED IN AO, SELECTING A VENDOR IS JUST ONE STEP OF THE PROCESS. THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT HAS NOT DEMONSTRAD SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN THEIR ABILITY TO MANAGE THESE PROGRAMS ON AN ONGOING BIS. THE DEPARTMENT
CURRENTLY HAS 50% VACANCIES, AND MANY OF THE LDING STAFF ARE VERY NEW, AND MOST CRUCIALLY, THERE IS NOBODY IN THE ROLE O PROGRAM MANAGER WHO WILL ACTUALLY HELP IMPLEMENT AND MANAGE THE GVI AND YGVI PROGRAMS. WE ARE BEING ASKED TO VOTE TODAY. ALSO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO PRODUCE ANY DATA ON THE OUTCOMES OF THE YGVI, AND GVI PROGRS FOR OVER TWO YEARS AND I HAVE SERIOUS RESERVATIONS IN SUPPORTING THESE CONTRACT WHEN WE ALSO HAVE NO INFORMATION ABOUT EVEN LAST
YEAR'S OUTCOMES. ALSO NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO ANSWER BASIC QUESTIONS AROUND THE METHODOLOGY OF THE GVI PROGRAMS LEAVING MANY COUNCILMEMBERS TO HAVE TO GO AND WORK AND BRING IN NATIONAL PRIDERS TO GET ANSWERS DIRECTLY OURSELVES. AND WE ARE ESSENTIALLY THEN ASKING THESE
NEW VENDORS TO B PATIENT AND WEATHER THE STORM WHILE THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT FIGURE OUT HOW TO IMPLEMENT THESE PROGRAMS SUCCESSFULLY. AND FOR ME THAT DOES FEEL LUKE WE'RE ESSENTIALLY SETTING THEM UP TO ULTATELY FAIL. AND WHILE THERE CONTINUES
TO BE LARGE HOLES IN THE BASIC OPERATIONAL CAPACITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT, THER IS ALSO NEW CONCERNS THAT CONTINUE TO BE ADDED. JUST LAST WEEKTHE STAR TRIBUNE R
OF THE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED THE CONTRACT FOR IMPLEMENTING HUMAN DIGNITY MODEL OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION, WHH IS NOT A REAL THING. ALSO, WAS COMPENSED FOR OVER $800 PER HOUR. THIS SPECIFIC EXAMPLE DEMONSTRATES THAT WHEN THERE IS A LACK OF
EXPERTISE WITHIN A DEPARTME, AND THEY REFUSE TO USE NATIONAL BEST STANDARDS, THE RESULTS ARE POOR OUTCOMES AND THEN WASTEFUL SPENDING. SO ALL THIS TO SAY, I DO NOT HAVE CONFIDENCE IN ANY ELEMENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENTT THIS POINT
IN TIME AND I DO NOT FEEL APPR APPROVING CONTRACTS UNDER THESE CURRENT CONDITIONS. MY CONCERNS ARE NOT ABOUT SPECIFIC VENDORS. I WANT MY ABSTENTION TO BE SEEN AS A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE,
PARTICULARLY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT AND I WILL CONTINUE ABSTAINING ON THESE CONTRACTS UNTIL THERE IS DATA EVIDENCE AND AFFIRMING THAT THEY ARE PRODUCING CREDITABLE OUTCOMES AND OPERATING WITH BEST IN
EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICES AND HAS MORE FULL ESTABLISHED STAFFING SO THAT WE ARE SETTING THESE PROGRAMS UP FOR SUCCESS. I AM GOING TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING AND CHAMPIONING THESE VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMS IN TERMS OF BUSINESS ANALYSTS AND
COMPLIANCE, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT COUNCILEMBER CHAVEZ AND I ADDED TO THE DEPARTMENT. WE CONSTANTLY WORKED IN THE PAST TWO YEARS WITH STAFF TO DECIDE HOW TO SUPPORT THIS DEPARTMENT TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND YET TIME
AND TIME AGAIN, WE'RE NOT SEEING, AND OUR RESIDENTS ARE NOT SEEING THE OUTCOMES THAT ULTIMATELY WILL KEEP THEM SAFE. SO, I WILL BE AGAIN, NAMING THE ABSTENTION IN CASE THE BODY HAS THE WILL TO PROCEED THESE
CONTRACTS FORWARD. >> COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT CHUGTAI. >> I'MONDERING THE AMOUNTS THAT ARE LISTED WITH THESE CONTRACTS ARE INCREDIBLY
SPECIFIC. ARE THESE AMOUNTS NEGOTIATEDR HAS THAT NOT HAPPENED YET EITHER? >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER
BASED ON HOW MUCH MONEY WE WERE AWARDED, AVAILABLE, AND ALSO THE NUMBER OF PARTICINTS THAT THE VENDORS SAID THAT THEY COULD HANDLE IN E RFP. THEY SAID WE COULD HAVE AN X-AMOUNT OF PARTICIPANTS, AND THEN BASED OFF OF HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE AND
HOW MANY PARTICIPANTS YOU CAN SERVE, THIS IS WHAT THE CAP WOULD BE. SO THAT NUMBER COULD CHANGE, BUT IT CAN'T GO OVER AND LET ME LOOK TO MY ADF COMPLIANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT IS ACCURATE. >> I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE THE
ACTION BEFORE US READS AUTHORIZG A CONTRACT WITH ORGANIZATION NAME IN THE AMOUNT OF -- DOLLAR AMOUNT. IT DOESN'T SAYP TO -- SO LIKE WHAT'S OUR WAY OF MAKING SURE THAT A
FINALIZED CONTRACT ISN'T SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW THESE CAPS AND SO YOU KNOW, WE BELIEVE ON OU END THAT WE INVESTED $800,000 IN GVI AND WHY GVI AND
THE FINAL PRODUCT IS LET'S SAY 100,000, 200,000 LESS THAN THAT. THAT SETS UP FOR UNDER INVESTING IN A THING THAT WERE APPROVING.
>> CHAIR CHAVEZ, VICE PRESIDENT CHUGTAI, LET'S PRETEND NO ON NEEDS VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION. LET'S PRETEND WE LIVE IN A FANTASY WORLD WHERE NO ONE NEEDS SERVICES PROVIDED. MAYBE TN WE
WON'T SPEND AS MUCH MONEY AS WE ANTICIPATED. SO I DON'T HAVE A GOOD ANSWER, I MAY NEED TO LOOK TO THE ATTORNEY ON HOW WE CAN GUARANTEE THAT INVESTMENT, BUT WE ARE BUILDING IN THAT THIS CAP TO SAY WE CAN'T GO OVER THAT AMOUNT. THINGS CAN HAPPEN IN THE
ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE CAN GO UNDER BUT I WILLET MY ADF CLIENT SPEAK MORE TO THAT. >> PUT PLAINLY, THAT'S THE AMOUNT WE REQUESTED. THAT WILL
PROVIDE LINE ITEMS UP TO THAT AMOUNT. THERE ARE MULTIPLE CATEGORIES THAT THE FUNDING WILL BE ALLOCATED TO, BUT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THEY MIGHT NOT MAX OUT THAT CATEGORY BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS AND THE TYPE OF SERVICES.
>> THAT MAKES SENSE. SO THEN JUST SWITCHING GEARS A LITTLE BIT, OF THE 6 -- NO OF THE 5 VENDORS LISTED HERE BECAUSE EMERGE IS SELECTED BOTH FOR ONE
CONTRACT PERTAINING TO GVI AND ONE WITH YGVI, OF THE 5 VENDORS SELECTED HERE, 2 ARE RETURNING. SO THERE ARE 4 VENDORS THAT HAD A CONTRACT FOR THESE SERVICES FROM 2023 TO NOW OR TO THE END
OF NEXT MONTH, THA WON'T CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SUCH SERVICES. CAN YOU JUST HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PLAN IS FOR, YOU KNOW, JUST MING SURE THAT CASEWORK ISN'T LOST AND WHAT IS THE TRAITION PLAN THERE? OR IS
THAT SOMETHING THAT IS STILL BEING NEGOTIATED PERHAPS? >> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION CHAIR CHAVEZ AND COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGTAI, THE TRANSITION TO SPEAKING TO OUR PARTNERS THAT DO
YGVI WORK, WE TALKED ABOUT TRANSITION PLANS TO BE DESIRED TO BE OUTLINED, FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO TRANSITN TO THE NEW VENDORS. WE'RE HAPPY TO MAKE THOSE TRANSITION PLANS HAPPEN AS DESIRED BY THOSE MENTORED IN THOSE PROGRAMS.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU. OKAY, SO YOU KNOW, JUST UNDERSTANDING FROM THE DISCUSSION THAT HAD UNFOLDED SO FAR THAT THERE ARE STILL INCREDIBLY SIGNIFICANT ASPECTS, PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT
ARE IMPORTANT TO THE BODY THAT E STILL TO BE NEGOTIATED. YOU KNOW, I WOULD SUPPORT THE POSTPONEMENT OF THESE ITEMS UNTIL THAT POINT IS REACHED AND
YOU KNOW JUST ALSO WANTED TO SAY CLEARLY, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH ANY OF THE AMOUNTS THAT ARE LISTED HERE. YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN -- I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO LEARNING
WHAT THESE AMOUNTS WOULD END UP BEING AND YOU KNOW, BUT DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE ALREADY TO APPROVE THESE CONTRACTS UNTIL THOSE IMPORTANT PIECES ARE DETERMINED AND CAN BE A PART OF
THE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION. >> I'D SECOND THAT. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER
CHAITH, WE'RE NOT ANTICIPATING CHANGES T WHAT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT AND WE CAN GET YOU THE INFORMATION THAT -- IS THAT ACCURATE? CAN WE GET THEM THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY REQUIRING IN THE CONTRACT? LET ME -- DO YOU
CONSIDER THIS A BUSINESS NEED? >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, SO UNDER THE MINNESOTA GOVERNMENT PRACTICE ACT, THIS INFORMATIONS NOT PUBLIC BUT IT CAN BE PROVIDED TO COUNCIL MEMBERS IF THERE IS A
LEGITIMATE BUSINESS NEED. SO IF THE COUNCIL BELIEVES IT NEEDS THIS INFORMATION IN ORDER TO MAKE A DECISION, IT CAN BE PROVIDED TO THEM, BUT THAT INFORMATION REMAINS NOT PUBLIC. IT CAN'T BE POSTED ON
ANYTHING LIKE THAT. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY BIG CONCERN IS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO START THE CONTRACTS APRIL 1ST. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO FEEL
COMFORTABLE AND CONFIDENT AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT DELAYING THE PROCESS AND I AM WONDERING IF THERE'S A RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE WE CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO YOU, BUT UNTIL IT'S SIGNED, IT'S NOT
GOING TO BE -- IT'S NOT GOING TO BE IN STONE. >> RIGHT, BUT I THINK THERE AREN'T DOCUMENTS THAT ARE READY TO BE SIGNED TODAY. LIKE THEY STILL HAVE TO BE APPROVED. I THINK WE ALL SHARE THE SENTIME THAT NO ONE WANTS TO SEE A DELAY
IN SERVICES. NO DISAGREEMENT THERE AT ALL WHATSOEVER. YOU DON'T HAVE A FINALIZED PRODUCT RIGHT NOW. LIKE WE'RE HAPPY TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM OR CYCLE OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, WE M HAVE A FINALIZED PRODUCT THAT CAN
STILL BE SIGNED PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF EXISTING CONTRACTS, BUT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, THERE ARE STILL ASPECTS OF FINALIZING THESE CONTRACTS THAT HAS TO BE DONE. I THINK WHAT WE'RE SAYING OR WHAT I'M SAYING, I CAN SPEAK FOR MYSELF
HERE,S THAT I WANT TO SEE THAT FINALIZED PRODUCT WHEN WE APPROVE THESE CONTRACTS. >> I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER
QUESTIONS. OH, SORRY. DID YOU WANT TO ADDRESS ANY OF THESE PIECES? >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGTAI, WE DO HAVE SOME TIME TO COMPLETE SOME NEGOTIATIONS AND IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR STAFF
MEMBERS TO COME BEFORE COUNCIL TO REQUEST PRIOR TTHE CONTRACT BEING FULLY EXECUTED. WE'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH YOU TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION THAT WE DO HAVE. YOU KNOW, THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO REFRESH BECAUSE WE ALWAYS
HAVE A STARTING POINT WITH WHAT WAS IN THE PREVIOUS CONTRACTS, WORKING WITH DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS TO ENSURE THE INFORMATION IS TRANSFERABLE TO THE CURRENT CONTRACTS, SO WE DO HAVE A LIST OF OUTCOMES THAT WE
CAN PROVIDE. I THINK WHY DEPUTY DIRECTOR LAKES IS SAYIN WHILE WE CAN PRESENT THAT INFORMATION, IT MAY CHANGE WHETHER WE CONSULT WITH NSIC, PMI, OR ANY RELEVANT PARTIES TO FINALIZE THOSE REPORTING OUTCOMES, BUT THE BONES OF IT, WE'RE ABLE TO
PROVIDE THAT. THERES JUST A POSSIBILITY THAT WHAT WE PROVIDE COULD DEVIATE ONCE THE CONTRTS ARE FULLY EXECUTED. >> TOTALLY. I THINK WHA I'M HEARING YOU SAY PRETTY CLEARLY AND YOU HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT THROUGH THIS THROUGHOUT THE
PRESENTATION AND THROUGHOUT DISCUSSION TODAY, THAT THOSE TYPES OF METRICS AND REQUEMENTS WILL BE A PART OF A FINALIZED CONTRACT. THAT WILL BE EXECUTED BY THE END OF MARCH IN ORDER TO PREVENT ANY TYPE OF
DELAY OR DISCONTINUATION OF SERVICE. SO IF WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE THAT BOTH OF THOSE THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN BEFORE THE END OF MARCH, THEN LIKE, ION'T -- I AM SAYING I WANT TO WAIT TO HAVE THAT
PROCESS DONE BEFORE WE APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE THESE CONTRACTS. >> OKAY. >> THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. >> COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS. >> THANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ. WE
WERE WILLING TO HAND THIS PROCESS TO HENNEPIN COUNTY WITHOUT ANY AWARENESS OF WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. HOWEVER, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I AM JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, HAVE WE CHANGED OUR POLICIES BECAUSE
THERE IS ONLY TWO CONTRACTS THAT EXCEED $175,000. SO, I AM NOT SURE WHY THESE CONTRACTS ARE BEFORE US TODAY. CAN SOMEBODY HE ME? HAVE WE CHANGED OUR POLICIES? ARE WE CONSIDERING
CHANGING OUR POLICY? >> CAN SOMEONE ANSWER THE QUESTION THAT COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS IS ASKING ABOUT? >> THANK YOU. I AM NOT POSITIVE BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IF THE TOTAL VALUE OF THE
PROCUREMENT EXCEEDS 175,000, EVEN IF THERE IS MORE THAN ONE CONTRACT, IT WILL COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. >> THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. DEPUTY
DIRECTOR LAKES, I HEARD YOU AND YO TEAM PRESENT HERE AND BE HERE FOR QUESTIONS THREE TIMES NOW. I APPRECIATE YOUR UNWAVERING, UNKWIF INDICATING, AND VERY SPECIFIC DEMEANOR IN PRESENTATIONING THIS INFORMATION AND THE SUPPORT OF OTHERS HERE
THAT HAVE ASSISTED. YOU BASICALLY TAKEN AWAY ANY QUESTIONS I HAD WITH YOUR EARLIER PRESENTATIONS. I KNOW YOU AREXCITED TO SHOWCASE ALL OF THE CHANGES THAT YOU'VE MADE HERE AND WILL MAKE INTO THE FUTURE AND I AM REALLY GLAD THAT THE RESOLUTION TO MOVE TS TO
THE COUNTY GOT PULLED. I MIGHT SUGGEST THAT W MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE CONTRACTS FOR NOW WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION, SO IT'S T TO INTERRUPT THE DELIVERY OF GVI AND YGVI SERVICES. A REMINDER, THIS HAS BEEN DELAYED
BY THIS COUNCIL AND DELAYED YET AGAIN. FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD NOW, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT AND SPECIFICAL YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE AND YOU HAVE EXPLAINED THIS PROCESS TO US
VERY SPECIFICALLY THREE TIMES. LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER JENKS JUST SAID, IT'S FASCINATING TO ME THAT MY COLLEAGUES ARE WILLING TO HAND OVER $1 MILLION OVER TO THE COUNTY AND YOU WOULD HAVE HAD NO SAY IN ANY PERFORMANCE METRICS HAD YOU HANDED THIS OVER
TO THE COUNTY. YOU WOULD HAVE HAD NO SAY IN THESE PERFORMANCE METRICS IN THIS LEVEL OF DETAIL AND SPECIFICITY THAT YOU ARE DEMANDING FROM CITY STAFF TODAY. >> COUNCIL MEMBER TAW. >> THANK YOU CHAIR, I AGREE.
THIS WAS BEING HANDED OVER TO THE COUNTY AND I DON'T KNOW IF S OR MEETING AND GOING THROUGH TH LEVEL OF SPECIFICITY, BUT THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I VOTED NO ON MOVING IT TO THE COUNTY BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY WAS
OVERSEEING THIS WORK AND BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE OVERSIGHT ON DIRECT SERVICES. I AM ALSO ON THE OTHER HAND EXCITED THAT MY LLEAGUES FINALLY WANT SOME DATA, THAT THEY DO WANT TO KNOW
WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE FOR THREE YEARS, I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR AUDITS, I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR THE SPECIFICS, AND I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE THERE'S BEEN SUPPORT ON THIS COUNCIL FOR SOME OF THESE GROUPS TO JUST SHOW US EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND THERE'S BEEN MONEY THAT HAS BEEN
POURED INTO IT MORE AND MORE GROUPS. IILL END WITH THIS. IT SEEMS LIKE NOW THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS MAKING SOME REALLY GOOD POSITIVE CHANGES, THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLECARY FOR PEOPLE. IT SEEMS THAT THE MORE CHANGES YOU ARE MAKING ON A
POSITIVE NOTE AND THE MORE SUCCESS HAPPENING IN THIS DEPARTMENT, THE MORE MY COLLEAGUES ARE PULLING BACK FROM IT. SO I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO KEEP GOING. IF THESE CONTRACTS DON'T PASS OR IF WE PLAY THIS GAME FOR THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO OR WHATEVER, WE'RE
ONLY PLANG WITH THE PEOPLE OF MINNEAPOLIS. GVI AND YGVI SERVICES ARE VERY DIFFERENT THAN MINNEAPOLIS VIOLENCE INTERVENTION SERVICES. THIS IS NOT THE SAME THING. I THINK THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF CONFUSION ON THIS COUNCIL WHAT THESE PROGRAMS ARE. THIS IS NOT
THE SAME THING. THEY'RE VERY DIFFICULT. THESE ARE TARGETED INDIVIDUALS WITH HISTORY WHO ARE FIGHTING THROUGH THE SYSTEM. THAT'S WHY A GROUP LIKE EMERGE IS HERE BECAUSE EMERGE HAS A REENTRY PROGRAM AND THEY WORK ON HOUSING AND STABILITY. THAT'S
HOW YOU END GANG AND GUN VIOLENCE. IT'S BY GETTING PEOPLE INTO STABLE HOUSING, HELPING THEM FIND JOBS, HELPING THEM LIVE PRODUCTIVE LIVES. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE HERE. IF THERE IS EVER A QUESTION ABOUT THE GROUPS THAT ARE ON HERE, I ADVICE COLLEAGUES TO REACH OUT TO ANY
OF THEM, PREVIOUS ONES AND CURRENT ONES, AND SEE THE WORK THEY'RE DOING. THIS IS NOT THE SAME PROGRAMING. I AM SORRY THAT, THAT KEEPS GETTING LOST. THESE ARE NOT THE GROUPS THAT ARE STANDING ON WEST BROADWAY, THAT ARE STANDING O LAWRY.
THESE ARE PROFESSIONALS THAT HAD YEARS AND YEARS OF TRAINING TO WORK WITH A POPULATION OF PEOPLE ON VERY SPECIFIC THINGS IN PRIVATE. THIS ISERY -- THE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE GROUPS OF PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE WHO THEY
WORK WITH, THIS IS EXTREMELY PRIVATE INFORMATI THAT WE KEEP HAVING THESE CHAOTIC PUBLIC CONVSATIONS ABOUT. THIS IS REAL. THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE PERSON THAT MAY NEED A CRISIS
RESPONSE ON THE CORNER. THESE AREDENTIFIED GUN, GANG MEMBERS THAT NOBODY SHOULD BE TALKING PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT AND NOTNLY ARE WE PUTTING PEOPLE AT RISK, BUT WE'RE PUTTING THE
FOLKS WHO LEAD THESE GROUPS AT RISK. THESE PEOPLE ARE TAKING A CHANCE FOR PENNIES. LOOK AT THESE DOLLAR AMOUNTS. I MEAN WE'VE PASSED CONTRACTS FOR MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND GET A COUPLE OF GROUPS
BEFORE US FOR 75,000 $73,000, AND WE WANT A LEVEL OF METRICS AND ALL THE THINGS WHEN WE KNOW THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE GIVING TO THESE GROUPS. THEY ARE NOT O THE STREET LOOKING FOR PARTICIPANTS IN THIS PROGRAM. GVI NOR YGVI, THESE ARE PEOPLE
THAT HAVE IDENTIFIED AND THEY N CRITICAL THAT WE DO NOT HAVE A LAPSE IN SERVICES HERE. IT IS EXTREMELY CRITICAL THAT WE DON'T DO THIS. AND IT IS EXTREMELY CRITICAL THAT IF WE WANT TO CHANGE THE PROCESS WITH MINNEAPOLIS, START DOING IT NOW.
DON'T WAIT UNTIL THE CONTRACTS GETEFORE THIS COUNCIL AND START PICKING IT APART WHEN WE KNOW THERE IS AN RFP PROCESS AND THERE ARE OTHER THINGS TO DO WITH DIFFERENT CONTRACTS. I'M SORRY TO THE STAFF THAT YOU KEEP GETTING BROUGHT UP HERE AND
ASKED THE SAME QUESTIONS OVER AND OVER AGAIN ON WHAT WE ALL KNOW ON THIS COUNCIL. ASKING YOU THE SAME QUESTION 20 TIMES, 20 DIFFERENT WAYS IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE. WE HAVE PROBLEMS IN OUR CITY THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. WE HAVE BEEN TASKED AS A CITY WITH DEALING WITH THEM AND THE WAY TO DEAL WITH THEM IS TO
ANSWER QUEIONS AND TO HOLD GROUPS ACCOUNTABLE, BUT THERE IS ALSO -- YOU KNOW, IT IS REASONABLE TO HAVE APPREHENSION ABOUT THINGS BUT WHAT'S NOT REASONABLE IS TO PUT PEOPLE AND SERVICES AT RISK BECAUSE OF OWN PERSONAL ISSUES OR BECAUSE GANGS
BEING PLAYED. THANK YOU AGAIN STAFF. >> ALL RIGHT NEXT UP WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, I AM REALLY GLAD
YOU ARE PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT ALONGSIDE SHANIQUE. I THINK YOU ARE COMING INTO A LOT. THERE IS A HISTORY BEFORE YOU AND YOU'RE A PART OF
TOGETHER. I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU JUMPED RIGHT IN AND I APPRECIATE THE CONNECTIVITY YOU HAD WITH MY OFFICE. I HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT QUESTIONS. I THINK I JUST WANT TO FRAME UP, LIKE FOR ME, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A PUBLIC DISCUSSION ABOUT THESE
CONTR CONTRACTS, NOT ONLY TO UNDERSTAND THE RFP PROCESS, WHICH I THINK VERY TROUGH ON THE FRONT END, AND TO UNDERSTAND TWOFOLD, NOT ONLY PERFORMANCE METRICSOR THE YGVI AND GVI
CONTRACTORS THAT WE ARE GOING TO WORK WITH POTENTIALLY, DEPENDING ON THIS VOTE, BUT ALSO THE ISSUES AROUND FINANCIAL DOCUMENTATION, ACCOUNTING, RECEIPTS, BECAUSE THOSE ARE ISSUES IN THE PAST. I THINK FOR
ME, I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF, I THINK I AM HEARING FROM MY OWN COMMUNITY A ALSO RESIDENTS OUTSIDE OF THE 12th WARD, THAT ARE REALLY, REALLY CCERNED ABOUT THE LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY WHEN IT COMES TO YGVI AND GVI CONTRACTORS AND
THEY WANT TO SEE THE WORK GET DONE, THE VERY VALUABLE WORK GET DONE. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY T DO A RIDE ALONG WITH LIEUTENANT WHO DOES THE CURFEW WORK. SO I GOT TO SEE A LOT OF THAT IN-PERSON. WE WANT THE OUTCOMES, BUT WE WANT TO SEE THE
ACCOUNTABILITY. I THINK FOR ME, THE LAWSU THAT WENT TO A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY IS AN INDICATOR THAT OKAY, THE PUBLIC SEES THAT THERE IS A HIGHER LEVEL OF EXPECTATION AROUND ACCOUNTABILITY AND
TRANARENCY. THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR. THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO GET COMFORTABLE WITH WHEN IT COMES TO THESE PARTICULAR SETS OF CONTRACTS. I THINK WE OWE THAT TO THE PEOPLE OF MINNEAPOLIS. THE FIRST QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS, I KNOW
THAT SOME OF THE CONTRACTORS ARE TRAINED IN THE GROUP VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION MODEL AND SOME MAY NOT BE, AND I JUST WANTED TO ASK IF SOME ARE ALREADY TRAINED IN OR IF SOME WILL NEED THE
TRAINING IN THE NATIONAL MODEL. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL -- COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, THEY ALL HAD TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS TO WORK WITH AT RISK
INDIVIDUALS. AS FOR TRAINING, WE ARE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE NATIONAL NETWORK OF SAFE COMMUNITIES TO PLOT OUT A TIMELINE FOR TRAINING AND SO WE ARE STILL IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THAT. I DON'T HAVE ANY DATE AS
OF YET, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BEST PLAN FORWARD SO WE'RE IN CLOSE COMMUNICATION WITH THEM AND THEY'RE THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDER. >> THANK YOU. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT TO ME. I KNOW WITH ALL THE CONTRACTS OVER AT HENNEPIN COUNTY, THEY WERE TRAINED IN THE NATIONAL MODEL, WCH IS A PART
OF IMPLEMENTING THE WORK THAT WE'RE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NATIONAL NETWORK FOR SAFE COMMUNITIES. I BELIEVE AS OF NOW, IT'S EMERGE AND SABBATH ANY COMMUNITY CENTER THAT NEEDS TO GET THE TRAINING IN THE GROUP VIOLENCE NATIONAL MODEL. I GUESS
THIS COULD BE A QUESTION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE FOLLOW UP. IT'S LIKE HOW LONG DOES IT TYPICALLY TAKE FOR AN ORGANIZATION TO BE TRAINED UP IN THE MODEL. I THINK THAT'S ALSO A PART OF SERVICE DELIVERY AND CONTINUITY. IF AN ORGANIZATION IS NOT TRAINED UP
IN THIS MODEL, I BRINGS TO THE QUESTION OKAY, ARE WE GOING TO SEE THE CONTINUITY THATE'RE EXPECTING WHEN IT COMES TO THIS NATIONAL WORK? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES HOW LONG IT TAKES TO GET TRAINED IN OR HAVE AN ORGANIZATION TRAINED
IN. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT BUT JUST THREE OR FOUR WEEKSGO, THE NATIONAL NETWORK FOR SAFE COMMUNITY GAVE
USOME TRAINING, A LOT OF OUR PARTNERS WERE PRESENT, OUR VENDORS WERE PRESENT, AND I BELIEVE THEY HAVE AEEKLY CALL, THE NATIONAL NETWORK DOES FOR VENDORS. IN FACT, ONE OF THE PRESENTERS WAS GETTING ON ONE OF
OUR VENDORS FOR NOT BEING THERE RECENTLY. SO THEY WORKED TOGETHER AND THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WILL BE THERE. THEY ARE COMMITTED TO DOING THAT. >> I APPRECIATE THE COMMITMENT.
I THINK THAT IS A PART OF, FOR ME, IN SUPPORTING THESE CONTRACTS TO HAVE JUST A TIME ESTIMATE ON HOW LONGT TAKES TO GET OUR CONTRACTORS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO, TO GIVE THIS IMPORTANT TRAINING. I AM NOT GOING TO ASK MORE QUESTIONS, THIS IS MY LAST
ONE SO WE CAN WRAP UPHERE. I KNOW CHAIR CHAVEZ IS ALSO ON QUEUE AND I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ALL. THERE IS A REQUIREMENT FOR TWO HOUR MANDATORY ACCOUNTABILITY TRAINING OR
ACCOUNTING TRAINING FOLLOWING THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. HOW ARE WE PLANNING ON IMPLEMENTING THAT WITH THESE CONTRACTORS AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO IT WITH SOME CONTINUITY AND CONSISTENCY?
>> CHAIR CHAVEZ AND COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT BECAUSE WE JUST HAD TRAINING. THE NEW AND CURRENT VENDORS WERE INVITED TO THAT TRAINING. IT WAS RECORDED AND WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE THAT I CAN SEND. THEY DO A GOOD
JOB OF OUTLINING ALL OF THOSE R ACUNTING, AS WELL AS HAVING ABILITY FOR THE STAFF TO HAVE TH RELATIONSHIP WITH THE VENDORS SO THEY CAN ASK THOSE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. >> SO THEY GOT THE TRAINING
PRIOR TO THE AGREEMENT ON THE CONTRACT?>> CHAIR CHAVEZ AND VI NOT ALL OF THE VENDORS HAVE
GOTTEN THE TRAINI, BUT THOSE VENDORS GOT THE TRAINING. >> I HEARD YOU SAY YGVI. >> I APOLOGIZE, YGVI AND GVI WERE PART OF THE PLNING.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> I WANTEDO LEVEL SET A LITTLE BIT. THE QUESTIONS THAT WE AS A COUNCIL HAVE BEEN ASKING ARE FAIR ONES AND THERE HAS BEEN MISMANAGEMENT, YOU TWO ARE WORKING HARD TO GIVE US THIS PRESENTATION. I WANT YOU TO KNOW
THAT WE SEE THE WORK YOU ARE DOING AND TRYINGO ADDRESS SYSTEMIC ISSUES WE HAVE SEEN SINCE BEYOND THE COUNCIL. I DONWANT TO AT LEAST NOTICE THAT PART. I WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION, BUT WILL ASK
STAFF TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION THAT COUNC MEMBER PAYNE ASKED AHEAD OF THURSDAY'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING. IF THEY DO NOT FIND THAT ADEQUATE I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO DELAY THE CYCLE. THAT IS PUBLICLY I AM TELLING EVERYBODY THE PLAN OF AION FOR
THIS ITEM. COOL. ALL RIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE ON THE MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. AYES
>> ABSTENTIONS? >> OKAY, WITH THAT, WE CONCLUDE ALL BUSINESS TO COME BORE THE COMMITTEE TODAY AND HEARING NO OBJECTION, I WILL DECLARE THIS MEETING ADJOURNED.
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