##VIDEO ID:ukMSNYxP34s## [GAVEL]  >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. MY NAME I ELLIOTT PAYNE. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF MINNEAPOLIS CI COUNCIL CITY COUNCIL AND  FOR WE CONVENE OUR MEETING, WE  HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS. FIRST UP, I WILL INVITE COUNCIL  MEMBER JENKINS AND ARTS AND  CULTURAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR BEN  JOHNSON TO GIVE A PRESENTATION  INTRODUCING THE CITY'S NEW POET  LAUREATE. >> WELL, GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING. IF THERE ARE FOLKS W ARE HERE  TO CONGRATULATE JUNAUDA, WHY  DON'T YOU GUYS COME ON UP HERE. THIS IS A CELEBRATION, NOT AN  OBSERVATION. SO HELLO, EVERYONE.HELLO, HELLO. MY NAME IS ANDREW JENKINS, AND I AM THE EIGHTH WARD CITY COUNCIL  MEMBER. AND I AM SO DEEPLY HONORED TO BE SPEAKING IN FRONT OF YOU ALL  TODAY. I'M PLEASED TO INTRODUCE TODAY'S VERY SPECIAL OCCASION, WHICH IS  THE NAMING OF OUR BRAND-NEW POET LAUREATE FOR THE CITY OF  MINNEAPOLIS. AND THAT IS JUNAUDA PETRUS. [APPLAUSE] SO I JUST WANT TO SAY A FEW  WORDS ABOUT OUR POET LAUREATE  PROGRAM. AS A FELLOW POET, I AM THRILLED  TO SEE THIS PROGRAM COME TO  FRUITION. IT HAS BEEN A DREAM OF MINE AND  SO MANY OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR  COMMUNITY TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN  FOR A VERY, VERY, VERY LONG  TIME. AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK  YOU TO THE ARTS AND CULTURAL  AFFAIRS TEAM LED BY BEN JOHNSON. THANK YOU TO THE LOFT LITERARY  CENTER. I'M SURE THAT'S PROBABLY  SOMEWHERE BELOW IN MY REMARKS,  BUT I WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE  THAT I SAY THAT UP FRONT. ALSO, I WANT TO THANK THE  LEADERSHIP OF THE MINNEAPOLIS  ARTS COMMISSION AND CALL OUT THE CHAIR LUCY THOMPSON, THE VICE  CHAIR LANA ALLSWORT AND MANDY  BEDBURY. AND GIVE A BIG THANK YOU, ONCE  AGAIN, TO THEHE LOFT LITERARY  CENTER FOR ADMINISTERING THIS  PROGRAM. AND SPECIAL THANKS TO THE  DIRECTOR AND MY DEAR, DEAR  IENDS ARLITA LITTLE AND G.E.  PATTERSON. THIS PROGRAM HAS RAISED THE  SPIRIT AND CONNECTIVITY OF OUR  COMMUNITY, AND I COULD NOT BE  MORE THRILLED TO SEE JUNAUDA  PETRUS RECEIVE TS AWARD. [APPLAUSE] SHE IS THE OFFICIAL POET  LAUREATE FOR THEITY OF  MINNEAPOLIS. IT'S SUCH AN HONOR TO HAVE YOU  HERE IN OUR PRESENCE. AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR  TALENT, YOUR ARTISTRY, YOUR GIFT OF LANGUAGE. YOUR ENGAGEMENT THAT WILL --  THAT YOU WILL CONDUCT OVER THE  NEXT TWO YEARS. AND I GOT STUMBLED BECAUSE I'M  JUST THINKING ABOUT YOUR BOOK. GIVE IT TO THE GRANDMOTHERS. WHAT AN APPROPRIATE POET  LAUREATE FOR US TO HAVE. >> THANK YOU. >> FOR THIS CITY AT THIS TIME. I'VE BEEN SUCH AN ADMIRER OF  YOUR WORK, YOUR ART, YOUR  CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR CITYND TO THIS COMMUNITY FOR A VERY LONG  TIME. AND THIS RECOGNITION IS TRULY  WELL DESERVED. I WOULD ALSO BE REMISS IF I  DIDN'T ACKNOWLEDGEND THANK OUR INAUGURAL POET LAUREATE FOR ALL  THAT SHE ACCOMPLISHED LAST YEAR. THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN A TRUE  GIFT TO THE COMMUNITY AND I HAVE BEEN WITNESS - THANK YOU -- TO  THAT WORK THAT HEIDA  ACCOMPLISHED IN CONNECTING WITH  AND AMPLIFYING THE NATIVE  COMMUNITIES, CONNECTING WITH  FOLKS THROUGHOUT THE STATE, AND  FOR BRINGING OUR MINNEAPOLIS  COMMUNITY TOGETHER. AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK  YOU TO EVERYONE, AND I'M GOING   JOHNSON. >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER  JENKINS. AND GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL  PRESIDENTAYNE AND CITY  COUNCIL. I'M BEN JOHNSON, THE DIRECTOR OF ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS FOR  THE CITYF MINNEAPOLIS, AND IT  IS MY EXTREME PLEASURE TO  INTRODUCE OUR NOMINATION WHO  WILL SERVE A TWO-YEAR TERM FOR  2025 AND 2026. BEFORE MAYOR FREY MAKES THE  ANNOUNCEMENT, WE WANTED TOING A  KNOWLEDGELL THE COUNCIL AND  COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE  ADVOCATED FOR THIS PROGRAM TO  COME TO FRUITION. IT IS NOW ONE OF THE SIGNATURE  PROGRAM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. I WOULD LIKE TO I A MRAUD THE  LEADERSHIP OF THE MINNEAPOLIS  ARTS COMMISSION, AND OUR PARTNER THE LOFT LITERARY ARTS CENTER  AND THE A.C.A. STAFF WHO ARE  DEEPLY INVVED WITH THE  OUTCOMES. OUR INAUGURAL POET LAUREATE SET  THE STANDARD FOR FUTURE POET LAR LAUREATESHICH IS SELECTED  THROUGH A PANEL PROCESS, AND THE ULTIMATE POET WILL BE A SYMBOL  OF THE BEST IN THE ARTS OF OUR  COMMUNITY. HIDE WAS ABLE TO DO THAT ON OUR  BEHALF. AMONG THE MANY MEANINGFUL  EVENTS, SHE PRODUCED 30 PUBLIC  ACTIVITI AND WORKED WITH  HUNDREDS OF POETS, WRITERS AND  ENTHUSIASTS. BECAUSE OF HER WORK, THIS  ALLOWED HER TO BE NAMED ONE OF  THE 22 POET LAUREATES THROUGHOUT THE U.S.A. TO RECEIVE THE  PRESTIGIOUS AMERICAN POETS  AWARD. SHE SPOKE AT THE STATE OF THE  CITY AND CULMINATED AT THE  AMERICAN IIAN CENTER. WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CITY TO  IDENTIFY A WALL OF POETR IN OUR NEW CITY HALL FOR OUR POEMS TO  BE ADDED TO THE CITY'S ART  COLLECTION AND CAN BE SHARED  WITH EVERYONE WHO COMES THROUGH  THE ESTEEMED CALLS. WITH OUR INCREDIBLE THANKS TO  OUR 2024 POET LAUREATE, WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE OUR NEXT POET  LAUREATE AND TO MAYOR FREY TO DO THE OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR BEN  JOHNSON. THANK YOU TO THE MEMBERS OF THE  CITY COUNCIL FOR HAVING ME. THANK YO SO MUCH TO THE  DISTINGUISHED GUESTS AS WE HONOR AND INDUCT OUR SECOND POET  LAUREA. A BIG THANK YOU IF HEID IS  LISTENING TO ALL OF HEID'S  INCREDIBLE WORK IN LEADING THIS  OFF. AND I KNOW YOU'RE PASSING THE  BATON TO SOMEBODY WHO IS TRULY  INCREDIBLE. JUNAUDA PETRUS HAS DONE SOME  INCREDIBLE WORK, HAS BEEN  RECOGNIZED BROADLY AS SOMEONE OF BOTH A FORWARD THINKING VISION,  BUT ALSO SOMEONE W HAS  RECEIVED NUMEROUS AWARDS FOR HER SEARCH, FOR HER ABILITY AND  DISTINGUISHED LINGUISTIC SKILLS, TO I THINK YOU WERE THE 2016  ARTIST OR POET OF THE YEAR AS  RECOGNIZED BY THE CITY PAGES. AND SO IN HONOR OF THAT, WE ARE  PROUD TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS  PROLA OMEGAS. WHEREAS LITERARY ARTS ENCOMPASS  THE CE OF OUR COMMUNITY'S  IDENTITY AND VITALITY AND  WHEREAS POETICXPRESSION IS  HONORED LITERARY TRADITION THAT  ENGAGES THE COMMUNITY WITH  FEELINGS, THOUGHTS AND  PERSPECTIVESMBRACING OUR JOYS, CELEBRATIONS, FEAR, PAINS AND  HOPES. WHEREAS, A ROBUST LITERARY  COMMUNITY REMAINS FIEAL TO  UNDERSTANDING THE STORIES OF THE PAST AND PRESENT WITH VISIONS TO ENABLE US TO DOCUMENT OUR  COMMUNITY'S HISTORY. AND WHEREAS, A LITERARY CITY  POWERS IN HOW WE CONNECT WITH  ONE ANOTHER BY DOING SO  STERING A DYNAMIC, THRIVING  CITY THAT IS BY, ABOUT, AND FOR  THE PEOPLE. AND WHEREAS, THE MINNEAPOLIS  CITY POET LAWYER YAET IS  SELECTED BY THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF AND ARTS  COMMISSION AND SERVES TO BNG  TOGETHER THE COMMUNITY THROUGH  THE ART OF POETRY AND CREATIVE  EXPRESSION AND WHEREAS, JUNAUDA PETRUS HAS  BEEN SELECTED FOR THE ROLE OF  THE 2025-2026 MINNEAPOLIS POET LAUREATE INCORPORATING A NEW AND UNIQUE VOICE, A POWERFUL VOICE  FOR POETIC CREATIVITY AND  EXPRESSION FOR THE CITY OF  MINNEAPOLIS. AND EREAS, THE CITY OF  MINNEAPOLIS CONGRATULATES YOU IN YOUR ANNOUNCEMENT AS THE  MINNEAPOLIS POET LAUREATE AND IS HONORED TO HAVE YOUR PRESENCE  AND PERSPECTIVE IN EFFORTS TO  FURTHER ADVANCE THE ARTS AND  CULTURAL FOOTPRINT OF THE  COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF  MINNEAPOLIS ENCOURAGES RESIDENTS AND GUESTS TO CELEBRATE POETRY  AND THE LITERARY ARTS ON THE  OCCASION OF OUR NEW POET  LAUREATE AS WELL AS THROUGHOUT  THE ENRE YEAR. NOW, THEREFORE, I, JACOB FREY,  MAYOR OF THIS CITY OF  MINNEAPOLIS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM  JANUARY 28, 2025 AS JUNAUDA  PETRUS DAY IN THE CITY OF  MINNEAPOLIS. [APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS. THIS IS YOURS. OKAY.I LOVE YOU, MINNEAPOLIS. DEEPLY. WITH ALL MY HEART. THIS IS A TRUE AND DEEP HONOR TO SERVE AS POET LAUREATE. IT IS A PLEASURE TO STAND UP  HERE WITH MY ELDERS AND WHO  WORKED HARDS NANNYS, NURSING  HOME ATTENDANTS, CAB DRIVERS,  WELDERS, COOKS. I HONOR THEM WITH THIS HONOR AND WILL DO MY BEST TO SHOWER THEM  AND ALL OF U WITH LOVE. INGRID, MELVIN, PEARL, I LOVE Y. AND DEEP GRATITUDE FOR MY BIG  SISTER, HEID E. ERDRICH WHO HAS  GROUNDED IN VIBRANT WDOM AND  GENUINE LOVE FOR THE COMMUNITY  THAT I WILL CONTINUE ON. AS A POET AND ARTIST, I AM THE  CHILD OF NIKKI,ALEXIS, AUD REE, SHARON, AND RAY BRACKA, NINA,  JAMES BALDWIN, AND COUNTLESS  OTHERS KNOWN AS UNKNOWN NAMED  AND UNNAMED WHO ARE HERE TO LOVE ON THE PEOPLE AND THE WORLD WITH CARE AND SWEETNESS. AS YOUR POET LAUREATE OF  MINNEAPOLIS, I WILL DO  EVERYTHING TO USE POETRY AND ART TO CREATE SOFT PLACES OF SAFETY  AND JOY AND INSPIRATION AS WE  LIVE IN THE LIGHT OF OUR TRUTH  OF THE COUNTRY AND WORLD. WE ARE THE MANY AND MIGHTY. FREE HAITI, TRUE SUDAN, FREE  PALESTINE, FREE AMERICA, AND  FREE US A FROM AMERICA. AND NOW I WILL INTRODUCE MY  FIRST OFFICIAL POEM FOR THE  TY. AND IT'S CALLED RITUAL FOR  LOVING MINNEAPOLIS AGAIN. ALL THESE PAGES. RITUAL ON HOW TO LOVE  MINNEAPOLIS AGAIN  IF YOU WAS AWAY FROM HERE AND  PEOPLE QUESTIONED WHERE YOU WAS  FROM AND YOU TOLD THEM PEOPLE  YOU WAS FROM MINNEAPOLIS AND  THEY SAID WHERE?  AND YOU SAID WHERE PRINCE WAS  FROM AND THEY SAID OH OKAYYES, I UNDERSTAND NOW.  THEY WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND. THAT   SOUND OF SYNTHESIZERS SOOTHES  OUR NERVOUS SYSTEM SOMEHOW WITH  THAT FUNK  THAT THE FUNK OF BLUNT GUTS AND  STALE BEER SOMEHOW STILL  PENETRATE THE COLDEST WINTER AIR INHALED WHILE WAITING ON THE 5  ANYWHERE ON CHICAGO AVENUE, LAKE STREET OR BROADWAY  THAT THROUGH THE ICE AND SNOW,  SHAMANS PUSH BABY CARRIAGES  FILLED WITH PLASTIC BAGS OF LIFE POSSESSIONS  AS THEY WHISPER OR SHOUT THEIR  WISDOMS TO Y FOR FREE  THAT YOU HOLD YOUR PURPLE HEART  WHEN YOU SEE THE MISSISSIPPI AND HEAR SOMETHING TELL YOU  SOMETHING  BEING BORN BY THIS RIVER MAKES  YOU  STEN DIFFERENT, LISTEN SLOW   MAKES YOU HEAR THE OTHER RIVERS  WE RODE HERE THE MEKONG. THE  NIGER RIVER. THE JUBA.  MIDDLE PASSAGE, GREYHOUND AN RAILROAD.  THAT THIS MIDWEST NILE CONNECTS  US TO OCEANS AND RIVERS IN THE  LANDS  OF OUR ANCESTORS WE MAY NEVER  SEE.  THAT THE DRUMS PLAYED BY NATIVE  ELDERS AND KIDS AT SCHOOL  ASSEMBLIES WOULD ACTIVATE THE  MEMORY OF ANCESTRAL RHYTHMS,  AFRICAN HEART BEATS AND INNER  COSMOS  THEY WOULDN'T KNOW  THAT THEY MADE THE PLACE PRINCE  LEARNED HOW TO PLAY GUITAR OVER  NORTH TO A POLICE PRECINCT  AND YOU WISH THEY WOULD TURN IT  BACK TO A PLACE WHERE KIDS COULD LEARN SOMETHING SACRED.  THEY WOULDN'T KNOW THAT  EVERYONE'S GOT AN AUNTIE THAT  DATE MARRIED AND WAS IN LOVE  WITH PRINCE  AND STILL WEARS PURPLE TO MOURN  HIM  THEY WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND YOU WAS A CREW OF BLACK GIRLS INVITED TO A SOMALI WEDDING AND BORROWED  THE HOMIE'AUNTIE'S SILK AND  COLORFUL DRESSES AND WAS ALL  DANCING AND BOUNCING WITH THE  FAMILY, FAMILIAR AND FOREIGN  RHYTHM AND YOU WAS KINFOLK AND  YOU WAS IN MOTHERLAND ON THIS  MOTHERLAND  THAT YOU USED TO BUY YOUR  ROLLING PAPERS AT CUP FOODS  BEFORE IT BECAME THE CROSSROADS  BEFORE IT BECAME A CHASM  AND WE WAS ALL SWALLOWED UP  IN REDLINES AND CHALK LINES THAT YOU WAS STOPPED BY THE POLICE  AND YOU WAS ALONE OR YOU WASN'T  AND YOU WAS QUIET OR YOU PLEADED OR THIS WAS YOUR FIRST TIME,  YOUR 62ND TIME, YOUR LAST TIME.  THAT WE SAY BDE MAKA SKA  AND NOT THE OTHER NAME OF A  SOUTHE HUSTLER OF SKIN AND  SOUL WHEN WE LOOK UPON OUR CITY  LAKE  THAT BALANCING ON DOUBLE DECKER  BIKES AND LOW RIDERS IS THE BEST WAY TO RIDE OUR CITY  THAT YOU CAN'T SHAME BLACK GIRLS WHISPERING AND GIGGLING TO EACH  OTHER ON THE BUS  REGAL IN BONNET AND SLIPPERS  HENNA LACED HANDS  IN DUNKS AND FRESH BRAIDS  HIJABS, SKATEBOARDS AND  NOTEBOOKS OF POETRY  HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THAT AS A  TEEN YOU WANDERED NICOLLET MALL  WITH NO PLACE TO BE AND YOU WAS  ALONE  AND YOU WAS YOU  AND YOU WAS SEARCHING  AND YOU WAS COLD AND YOU WAS IN  THE FOOTSTEPS OF SOMETHING  ANCIENT SINGING INTO YOUR BODY?  HOW DO YOU MAKE THEM UNDERSTAND  THAT ON A COLD FROZEN NIGHT THAT EVEN THE WIND GETS INTO YOUR  ATED HOME  CAN FIND YOU UND THE COMFORTER IN YOUR PAJAMAS  AND IN THIS WARM COCOON YOU  THINK TO YOURSELF  DOES EVERYONE HAVE A WARM BED?  DOES EVERYONE HAVE ENOUGH TO  EAT?  DOES EVERYONE HAVE A PLACE TO BE SAFE?  WHOSE GETTING SNATCHED IN THE  NIGHT?  THEY WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND AT ALL  STILL  AND WOULD ADD AN INNI TO MINNE  AND SAY MINNE-INNI-APOLIS  MIXING THE WHOLE MIDWEST IN  THEIR MOUTH  NOT SLOWING DOWN TO FEEL THE  SNOW LAND ON THEIR TONGUES  THEY WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT  NATIVE AND BLACK KIDS USE THEIR  LEGS AS JET SKIS TO SLIDE BEHIND SOMEONE'S OLD OPTY IN GRAY  SLUSHY SNOW LIKE SOME KIND OF  HOOD ASPEN  THAT YOUR ISLAND IMMIGRANT  PARENTS GOT TAUGHT HOW TO WINTER BY 4TH GENERATION NORWEGIAN  IMMIGRANTS WHO EXPLAINED THE  SCIENCE OF WINTER  IT'S DIALECT OF LONG JOHS,  GOOD BOOTS AND WOOL SOCKS  AND WARMING THE CARS BEFORE YOU  DRIVE  HOW COLD IT CAN FEEL HERE, HOW   SHOCKS YOUR BONES, HOW FRIGID AND FRAGILE IT IS TO BREATHE IN  THAT GASP OF ICY AIR INTO YOUR  LUNGS AND YOU COUGH JUST TO  BREATHE  THAT EVEN SO WE KIDS WOULD WEAR  ONLY HOODIES AND ADIDAS BECAUSE  WE WANTED TO BE COOL EVEN IN THE FREEZING COLD  THAT IN PHILLIPS YOU WOULD EAT  FRY BREAD AND HAVE EPIPHANIES  LIKE  FRY BREAD IS NATIVE  FRY BAKE FRY BAKE IS TRINI FRY  BREAD  COLONIZERS RATIONS UNITING US IN OUR CULINARY INGENUIES AND  CULTURAL RESISTANCE ACROSS  OCEANS, LAKES AND RIVE AND  CREEKS AND LANDS THAT WE WERE N  TRADED PLATES OF FOOD WITH FOIL  BLANKETING THEM, SO WE ALL COULD TASTE WHERE EACH OTHER WAS FROM  VIETNAM, ETHIOPIA, CHICAGO,  LAOS, RED LAKE, MEXICO,  TRINIDAD, SOMALIA, MISSISSIPPI,  ECUADOR, LIBERIA, ERITREA,  PALESTINE, BTE  THEY WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT IT ISN'T COLD HERE ALL THE TIME  DEEP, DEEP, DEEP DN INSIDE  THAT SOMETHING HERE IS QUITE  WARM. THANK YOU, ALL. [APPLAUSE] >> WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PHOTO. SQUEEZE IN, EVERYBODY. >> CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> NEXT WE WILL WELCOME UP  GUESTS AS WE READ A RESOLUTION  RECOGNIZING FEBRUARY AS BLACK  HISTORY MONTH. SO I'M SO HONORED TO BE ABLE TO  SHARE RESOLUTN HONORING BLACK  HISTORY MONTH. AND I THINK WE HAVE SOME FOLKS  THAT ARE GOING TO JOIN US OR  JOIN ME. D I AM THRILLED TO BE JOINED  BY MY COLLEAGUES. WOW, I GET THE HONOR OF HAVING  TWO OF MY FAVITE THINGS TODAY. POETRY AND CELEBRATING BLACK  FOLKS. SO THIS RESOLUTION IS A  RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND THE  CITY COUNCIL HONORING --  WE NEED SOME PEOPLE ON THIS  SIDE. WHAT'S UP, BIG D?  HOW YOU  DOING, BABY?YOU GOOD?   ALL RIGHT. I LOVE US. >> THIS IS WHOLE NORTH SIDE  SITUATION. >> ALL THIS BLACK BEAUTYP  HERE. SO ONCE AGAIN, THIS RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS  HONORING FEBRUARY AS BLACK  HISTORY MONTH. WHEREAS, SINCE 1926 AND THE  CREATION OF NEGRO HISTORY WEEK  BY DR. CARTER G. WOODSON, THE  ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF PERSONS OF  AFRICAN DESCENT HAVE BEEN  RECOGNIZED EACH FEBRUARY. AND WHEREAS, THE MONTH OF  FEBRUARY IS OBSERVED NATIONALLY  AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH TO  RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THE  ACCOLISHMENTS OF BLACK  AMERICANS WHO HAVE MADE AND  CONTINUE TO OFFER TO THIS NATION WITH THIS YEAR'S NATIONAL THEME  BEING AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND  LABOR. AND WHEREAS, BLACK HISTORY MONTH ACKNOWLEDGES AND HONORS NUMEROUS PAST AND PRESENT EDUCATORS,  SCIENTISTS, ACTIVISTS, PIONEERS, LEADERS, ARTISTS, INVENTORS,  ENTREPRENEURS, AND ELDERS WITH  SPECIAL CEREMONIES AND  ACTIVITIES. AND --  >> WHEREAS, IN 2016 TO CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH, THE  MINNEAPOLIS DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL  RIGHTS INTRODUCED FUTURE HISRY MAKERS, RENAMED TO HISTORY  MAKERS AT HOME, A PROFILE SERIES FEATURING EMERGING AND MID  CAREER LEADERS FROM T TWIN  CITIES AFRICAN-AMERICAN  COMMUNITY WHO SHARED THE  DEPARTMENT'S IDEAS OF ADVANCING  CIVIL RIGHTS AND REMOVING  BARRIERS TO EQUITY. AND WHEREAS, THE DEPARTMENT  IDENTIFIED TREND SETTERS IN THE  AREAS OF BUSINESS, CRIMIL  JUSTICE, EDUCATION, ECONOMIC  DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH,  PHILANTHROPY, HOUSING AND  GOVERNMENT AND DEFINED THEM AS  HISTORY MAKS AT HOME. AND --  >> WHEREAS, THE DEPARTMENT ALSO  RECOGNIZED THE KINSHIP OF THE  WORK OF TREND SETTING HISTORY  MAKERS TO THOSE WHO ARE LEGACY  TRAIL BLAZERS, ALL WHO  STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITIES  THROUGH THEIR WORK, TALENT,  RESOURCES AND COMMITMENT TO  EFFECT CHANGE AND INCLUSIVITY. THIS YEAR MARKS THE SUNSETTING  OF THE HISTORICALLY UPLIFTING  AND IMPORTANT SERIES. AND WHEREAS, TO SUPPORT AN  FOSTER HISTORY MAKERS AT HOME  AND OTHER CELEBRATIONS AND  EVENTS IN THE CITY OF  MINNEAPOLIS ENTERPRISE, AN  EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUP TO  SUPPORT BLACK CITY EMPLOYEES T  MINNEAPOLIS BLACK EMPLOYEE  NETWORK WAS CREATED ON FEBRUARY  23, 2017, AND --  >> WHEREAS, ON FEBRUARY 23,  2025, THE MINNEAPOLIS BLACK  EMPLOYEE NETWORK WILL PROUDLY  CELEBRATE ITS EHTH YEAR  ANNIVERSARY. AND WHEREAS, THE MINNEAPOLIS  BLACK EMPLOYEE NETWORK OFFERS  BLACK CITY EMPLOYEES PEER  SUPPORT, MENTORING, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, CAREER COUNSELING,  AND WELL BEING, SUPPORT  SERVICES. AND WHEREAS, THE MINNEAPOLIS  BLACK EMPLOYEE NETWORK OFFERS  THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS  RECOMMENDATIONS ON ACTION STEPS  TO RECRUIT, RETAIN, SUPPORT, AND ENGAGE BLACK LEADERS TO THE  CITY'S WORKFORCE, AND --  >> WHEREAS, BLACK HISTORY AND  THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF PEOPLES OF  AFRIN DESCENT ARE HONORED AND  UPLIFTED AT THE CITY OF  MINNEAPOLIS, NOT ONLY IN THE  MONTH OF FEBRUARY BUT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED,  AT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL  DO HEREBY COMMEMORATE THE  ACHIEVEMENTS OF BLACK AMERICANS  AS HISTORY MAKERS AND LEGACY  TRAIL BLAZERS IN THEIR ROLE IN  THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEEGION  AND THE NATION SINCE ITS  INCEPTION, AND WE JOIN IN  RECOGNING THE ANNUAL  CELEBRATION OF BLACK HISTORY  MONTH AND THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE MINNEAPOLIS BLACK EMPLOYEE  NETWORK. [APPLAUSE] AND MAYBE WE CAN HEAR FROM THE  SPONSOR OF M-BEN, CHIEF TYNER. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU. FIRST OF UL A, I WANT TO THANK  YOU, ALL, FOR THIS RESOLUTION. ITEALLY DOES MEAN A LOT. IT REALLY DOES TOUCH MY HEART,  AND I THINK TOUCHES T HEART OF ALL THE BLACK EMPLOYEES HERE IN  THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT HAVING  THE OPPORTUNITY TO CEBRATE  BLACK HISTORY MONTH, EVEN THOUGH IT'S ONE OF THE COLDEST MONTHS  OF THE YEAR HERE IN MINNESOTA. IT IS STILL ONE OF MY FAVORITES, AND SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT  CELEBRATING ALL MONTH LONG. WE'RE NOT GOING TO CELEBRATE  EXACTLY IN THE SAME WAY AS WE  DID IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT WE ARE GOING TO CELEBRATE. I JUS CAME UP WITH AN IDEA  WHILE I WAS STANDING HERE, SO WE MIGH HAVE, LIKE, LITTLE POP-UP  PARTIE SO YOU MIGHT BE WORKING AND  DOING YOUR STUFF ONE DAY AND  JUST A PARTY MIGHT POP UP. SO LOOK FOR THAT. BUT NO, BLACK HISTORY IS  AMERICAN HISTORY. SO IT'S ALL INTERTWINED. SO THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SHARE A  FEW WORDS?   WELL, CHIEF, AS JUNAUDA REMIND US, IT'S NOT ALWAYS COLD IN  MINNEAPOLIS, OKAY.SO WE CAN GAT  PHOTO. DO WE NEED TWO --  TWO LANES?   ALL RIGHT. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU, EVERYONE. AT THIS TIME I WILL ASK THE  CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL FOR THE  REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY  COUNCIL FOR JANUARY 30 TO ORDER. I'LL HAVE THE CLERK CALL THE  ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY,  PRESENT. CASHMAN, PRESENT. OSMAN, PRESENT. RAINVILLE, PRESENT. CHAVEZ, PRESENT. VETAW, PRESENT. ELLISON, HERE. KOSKI, PRESENT. WONSLEY, PRESENT. JENKINS, PRESENT. PALMANO, PRESENT. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI,  PRESENT. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE, PRESENT. >> THERE ARE 13 MEMBERS PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE  HAVE A QUORUM. BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING, I  WANT TO OFFER A FRIENDLY  REMINDER TO L MEMBERS AND  STAFF THAT THIS MEETING IS  BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER PUBLIC PARTIPATION. THE  BROADCAST INCLUDES REAL-TIME  CAPTIONING AS A FURTHER METHOD  TO INCREASE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR PROCEEDINGS TO THE  COMMUNITY. THEREFORE, ALL  SPEAKERS NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF  THE RATE OF THEIR SPEE SO THAT OUR CAPTIONERS CAN FULLY CAPTURE AND TRANSCRIBE ALL COMMENTS FOR  THE BROADCAST. WE ASK ALL  SPEAKERS TO MODERATE THE SPEED  AND CLARITY OF THEIR COMMENTS. WITH THAT, THE AGENDA FOR  TODAY'S MEETING IS BEFORE US. ARE THERE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE  AGENDA?  VICE PRESIDENT  CHUGHTAI.>> THANK YOU, MR. PRES. I JUST WANTED TO GET IN QUEUE  FOR COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT  CHUGHTAI, AND THANK YOU,R.  PRESIDENT. I WILL MOVE TO AMEND THE AGENDA  AND THE ORDINANCE OF  INTRODUCTIONS AND RELATING TO  THE PEDESTRIAN MALL AS PART OF  THE 38th STREET IN CHICAGO  AVENUE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. >> WOW. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN HAS  MOVED TO AMEND THE AGENDA. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION?   SEEING NONE --  >> MR. CHAIR. >> A COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS. >> YEAH, I MOVE TO AMEND THE  AGENDA TO BRING FORTH -- SORRY,  MY CHAIR IS NOT COOPERATING WITH ME. BUT I WANT TO BRING FORTH A  NOTICE TO SUSPEND -- I'M SORRY,  TO SPEND THE ITEM OUT OF  COMMITTEE. THE ITEM WE'RE REFERRING TO, THE CHICAGO AVENUE RECONSTRUCTION  OUT OF COMMITTEE. SO I'LL BE BRINGING THAT NOTICE  FORWARD. >> LET'S TAKE UP ITEM -- LET'S  TAKE UP CASHMAN'S ITEM, AND I  WAS REMINDED BY VICE PRESIDENT  CHUGHTAI THERE WASN'T A SECOND  FOR THAT. IS THERE A SECOND?   >> SECOND. >> LET'S TAKE THAT UP FIRST AND  THEN SEEK THE CLERK'S GUIDANCE  ON YOUR MOTION ONCE WE TAKE THAT ITEM UP. COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> YEAH, THANK YOU, MR.  PRESIDENT. THIS IS GIVING NOTICE OF INTENT  TO INTRODUCE, SO THERE IS NO  ORDINANCE AMENDMENT BEFORE US  YET. BUT THE INTENTION IS FOR US TO  BRING THE ENABLING LEGISLATION  TO ACCOMPLISH A PEDESTRIAN PLAZA AT GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE IN  CONJUNCTION WITH THE STREET  PROJECT AS THIS HAS BEEN  OUTLINED BY THE ATTORNEYS IN THE PREVIOUS WEEKS IN THE CLIMATE  AND INFRASTRUCTURE DISCUSSIONS  ABOUT GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE. I'LL JUST NOTE THAT, YOU KNOW,  THE VARIOUS OPTIONS THAT THE  PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS  BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE  COMMITTEE, OPTION A. INCLUDES A  PEDESTRIAN PLAZA, SO IT DOES  HAVE A CUL-DE-SAC SO THAT THE  BUSINESSES ALONG THIS CORRIDOR  STILL HAVE VEHICLE ACCESS. THE PEDESTRIAN PLAZA PART WOULDD ENSURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY CAN  CONTINUE TO GATHER AT GEORGE  FLOYD SQUARE FOR YEARS TO COME. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU. I'M WONDERING IF THE CURRENT  AUTHOR AND THE FUTURE AUTHOR, IF SOMEONE COULD HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR ITEM -- HOW WOULD THAT WOULD EFFECT WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS' ITEM WOULD, YOU KNOW -- THAT WOULD HELP ME DECIDE HOW TO VOTE. >> I'LL SAY FIRST, WE'RE MAKING  MOTIONS TO AMEND THE AGENDA AND  MAYBE WE CAN HAVE A MORE  SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSION ONCE WE  GET TO THAT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. >> THANK YOU. >> YEP. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS  MOTION TO ADD A NOTICE OF  INTRODUCTION TO THE AGENDA?   >> SING NONE, I WILL ASK THE  CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY,  AYE. CASHMAN, AYE. OSMAN, AYE. RAINVILLE, AYE. CHAVEZ, AYE. VETAW, AYE. ELLISON, AYE. KOSKI, AYE. WONSLEY, AYE. JENKINS, AYE. PALMISANO, AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHT, AYE. PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT MOTION CARRIES, AND THAT ITEM IS ADDED TO THE AGENDA  UNDER THE NOTICE OF INTRODUCTION SECTION. NEXT I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL  MEMBER JENKINS TO MAKE A MOTION  FOR AMENDING. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR PAYNE. AND I DO APOLOGIZE TO MY  COLLEAGUES. I'MRETTY HEAVILY MEDICATED  THIS MORNING, SO -- BUT I AM  MOVING TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO  INCLUDE UNDER THE ORDER OF  MOTIONS A NOTICE TO DISCHARGE  FROM THE CLIMATE AND  INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE THE  ITEM FOR THE CONCEPT LAYOUT AND  APPROVAL OF THE EASEMENTS FOR  38th STREET IN CHICAGO AVENUE  PROJECT SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A  BROAD DISCUSSION ON THE COUNCIL. IT SEEMS TO BE STUCK IN  COMMITTEE. AND I AM HOPEFULLY, IT WILL MOVE OUT OF COMMITTEE, B IF NOT,  THEN I WOULD LIKE TO DISCHARGE  THAT FROM THE COMMITTEE AND THE  ENTIRE COUNCIL CAN WEIGH IN ON  THIS ITEM. >> COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS HAS  MOVED TO DISCHARGE THE 38th  STREET AND CHICAGO --  >> A NOTICE. >> A NOTICE TO DISCHARGE. IS THERE A SECOND?   >> SECOND. >> ANY DISCUSSION?  COUNCIL  MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I THOUGHT WE ALSO WOULD GET  CLARITY FROM THE CLERKS. THINK WE HAVE DEALT WITH MAYBE DISCHARGES TWICE, AT LEAST  DURI MY TIME IN OFFICE. AND I THOUGHT DISCHARGES HAD TO  COME WITH A WRITTEN NOTICE. PREVIOUSLY, AND SO YEAH, CAN THE CLERKS HELP LAY OUT THE PROCESS  R HOW DISCHARGES WORK WHEN  YOU'RE TRYING TO HAVE AN ITEM BE RELEED FROM THE COMMITTEE?   JUST SO I AM MAKING SURE I AM  VOTING ON AN APPROPRIATE MOTION. >> MR. CLERK, DID YOU WANT TO  SPEAK TO THAT?   >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. UNDER THE RULES, DISCHARGING A  MATTER FROM COMMITTEE IS  SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL CAN  DO. THE RULE SPECIFICALLY PROVIDES  THAT THE COUNCIL ATNY REGULAR  MEETING CAN DISCHARGE ANY MATTER FROM A COMMITTEE IF PRIOR NOTICE IS GIVEN AS IN THIS CASE, THEN  TH NOTICE WOULD COME BACK AT  THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF  COUNCIL AND REQUIRE A MAJORITY  VOTE FOR PASSAGE. A MOTION TO DISCHARGE THAT  DOESN'T HAVE A PRIOR NOTICE  REQUIRES A 2/3 AFFIRMATIVE VOTE  TO PASS. SO IF THE NOTE IS BEING GIVEN, THERE IS NO ACTION TAKEN TODAY. IT'S SIMPLY A NOTICE TO THE  BODY. AND WE WOULD PUT THAT ON THE  AGENDA T A THE NEXT REGULAR  MEETING OF THE FULL COUNCIL. AND AT THAT POINT BY A MAJORITY  VOTE OF THE MEMBERS WHO ARE  PRESENT, THE MATTER CAN BE  PULLED FROM COMMITTEE AND  BROUGHT BEFORE THE FULL COUNCIL. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. AND THANK YOU, CLERK CARL. ALSO, AS YOU WERE LAYING IT OUT, WE JUST RECEIVED FORMAL COPIES  OF THE MOTION, SO YEAH, THIS  SEEMS GOOD TO VOTE ON THEN. OH, OKAY. >> WELL, IT IS JUST AMENDING THE AGENDA TO GIVE NOTICE. SO ON THAT AGENDA AMENDMENT --  I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. IT IS AN AMENDME TO THE AGENDA TO GIVE NOTICE TOWARDS THE NEXT  --  >> MR. CLERK. COULD YOU, ONCE AGAIN,CLARIFY?  IT SEEMS THERE IS A LITTLE  CONFUSION. >> C I JUST READ THIS REALLY  QUICK?  THANKS. MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE  COUNCIL, MY UNDERSTANDING  READING THIS IS THAT CNCIL  MEMBER JENKINS IS SIMPLY GIVING  THE NOTICE PIECE, SO AS I SAID,  UNDER THE RULES, IF YOU GIVE  NOTICE, THIS WOULD BE A MOTION  SHOWING UP O THE NEXT COUNCIL  MEETING. SO THERE IS NO ACTION TODAY. IT SIMPLY GIVING A NOTICE OF A MOTION THAT WOULD BE INTRODUCED  AT THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF  THE COUNCIL TO DISCHARGE FROM  THE CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE  COMMITTEE THE STREET LAYOUT FOR  GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS  MOTION?   COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> ALSO JUST A FOLLOW-UP  QUESTION, CLERK CARL. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. CAN YOU LAY OUT, THEN, AND  ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW WHAT, FOR THE PURPOSES, I WILL WAIT UNTIL WE  RETURN TO THIS ITEM ONCE IT'S  VOTING ON AND IF IT PASSES TO  BASICALLY GET THE PROCEDURAL  NEXT STEP. >> THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE A  VOTE ON THAT. IT IS JUST A NOTICE. >> AN IT WILL BE ADDED TO THE  NOTICE AGENDA, RIGHT? >> A WE  CAN DISCUSS IT, BUT THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE ANY VOTE. >> I KNOW THAT. I JUST WANT TO BE AE TO  DISCUSS THE ITEM. SO YEAH. >> GOT IT. SO WE ARE PREPARED TO TAKE A  VOTE ON AMENDING THE AGENDA TO  ADD THIS NOTICE. I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY,  AYE. MR. PRESIDENT, I SHOULD CLARIFY. THE COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS HAS  GIVEN NOTICE. THERE IS NO VOTE ON THAT. SO WE'RE VOTING NOW ON THE  AGENDA AS AMEND, IS THAT  CORRECT?   >> SURE, YES. >> OKAY. SO ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE  AGENDA AS AMENDED TO INCLUDE THE NOTICE FOR ORDINANCE  INTRODUCTION AND TO INCLUDE THE  NOTICE THAT JENKINS HAS GIVEN,  COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> CASHMAN, AYE. >> OSMAN, AYE. >> RAINVILLE, AYE. >> CHAVEZ, AYE. VETAW, AYE. >> ELLISON, AYE. >> KOSKI, AYE. >> WONSLEY, AYE. >> JENKINS, E. >> PALMISANO, AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE. >> PREDENT PAYNE, AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND WITH THAT,  THE AGENDA FOR TODAY'S MEETING   THE AGENDA IS AMENDED. NOW MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AS AMENDED. >> SO MOVED. >> WE JUST DID THAT. IAPOLOGIZE. THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. THE NEXT ITEM IS ACCEPTANCE OF  MINUTEFROM OUR REGULAR MEETING OF JANUARY 16. I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO  ACCEPT THE MINUTES. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. >> CHOWDHURY, AYE. CASHMAN, AYE. OSMAN, AYE. RAVILLE, AYE. CHAVEZ, AYE. VETAW, AYE. ELLIN, AYE. KOSKI, AYE. WONSLEY, AYE. JE JENKINS, AYE. PALMISANO, AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE. PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THE MINUTES  HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED. FINALLY WE HAVE THE REFERRAL OF  PETITION, COMMUNICATIONS AN  REPORTS TO PROPER COMMITTEES. MAY I HAVE THAT MOTION PLEASED?  >> SO MOVED. >> A SECOND. >> CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. >> DHOU CHOW, AYE. CASHMAN, AYE. OSMAN, AYE. RAINVILLE, AYE. CHAVEZ, AYE. VETAW,AYE. ELLISON, AYE. KOSKI, AYE. WONSLEY, AYE. JENKINS, AYE. PALMISANO, AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE. PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT CRIES AND THOSE  MATTERS HAVE BEEN REFERRED. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS  THE PRESENTATION OF REPORTS FROM OUR STANDING COMMITTEES. THOSE ARE TAKEN IN ALPHABETICAL  ORDER BEGINNING WITH THE RECORD  OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND  ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE  WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED BY THE  CHAIR COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. THE ADMINISTRATIOAND  ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE  IS BRINGING FORWARD 16 ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION. THE FIRST IS A GIFT ACCEPTANCE  FROM THE UNITED STATES POLICE  CANE ASSOCIATION INC. OF  LODGING EXPENSES. TWO IS A GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM  THE MINNESOTA SECTION OF THE  AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION OF REGISTRATION, TRAVELING,  LODGING AND MEAL EXPENSES. I WANT TO NOTE FOR COMMITTEE  MEMBERS THAT -- OH NO WE'RE  GOOD ON THIS ONE. NEVER MIND. NUMBER THREE, GIFT ACCEPTANCE  FROM THE SOUTHER TEXAS  UNIVERSITY THROUGH THE  ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH  ACCREDITATION COUNCIL OF TRAVEL  AND LODGING EXPENSES. FOUR IS A GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM  RESULTS FOR AMERICA OF TRAVEL  AND LODGING EXPENSE. FIVE IS A GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM  CITIES FOR FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT FUND FOR TRAVEL AND LODGING EXP. SIX IS A GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM  THE MINNESOTA SECTION OF THE  AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION OF TRAVEL, LODGING AND MEAL  EXPENSES. NUMBER 7 IS BID FOR HAZARDOUS  TREE REMOVAL AND GRINDING. NUMBER 8 IS CONTRACTS WITH  MULTIPLE VENDORS FOR POLICE  COMMUNITY CHAPLAIN SERVICES. NUMBER NINE IS A CONTRACT WITH  TYLER TECHNOLOGIES FOR ONLINE  PERMITTING SERVICES. NUMBER 10 IS A CONTRACT WITH  URBAN VENTURES LEADERSHIP  FOUNDATION TO ADMINISTER THE  PATHWAY TO A NEW BEGINNING GUN  DIVERSION PROGRAM. 11 CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH  SHEEHY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FOR  THE CONVENTION CENTER MEETING  ROOMS REMODEL PROJECT. 12 IS CONTRACTMENDMENTS WITH  VARIOUS VENDORS FOR INTERPRETING AND TRANSTION SERVICES. 13 IS CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH  JPMI CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FOR  SECOND PRECINCT IMPROVEMENTS  PROJECT. 14 I CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH A  MOTHER'S LOVE INITIATIVE FOR  SYRIE AND NEEDLE CLEANUP AND  DISPOSAL SEICE. 15 IS CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH  WELLS FARGO BANK FOR DEPOSITORY  BANKING SERVICES. 16 IS CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH  PRINCIPAL BANKOR CUSTODIAL  BANKING SERVICES. I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF ALL  ITEMS AND ALSO STAND FOR ANY  QUESTIONS. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY HAS  MOVED APPROVAL OF THE COMMITTEE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION?   COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO SPEAK BRIEFLY ON  ITEM NUMBER 8, THE CONTRACTS  WITH VENDORS FOR THE POLICE  COMMUNITY CHAPLAIN SERVICES. AND ALSO ASK A QUESTION, WHICH  MAYBE MEMBERS OF THE BODY ARE  AWARE OF. SO COUPLE WEEKS AGO AT A C.S.O.  WELCOMING CEREMONY I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK TO SOME OFFICERS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF CHAPLAIN SERVICES. AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR US  TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THIS  OGRAM, JUST THINKING ABOUT  FAMILIES GOING THROUGH A TRAGEDY AND HOW IMPACTFU IT COULD BE TO HAVE A SPIRITUAL LEADER BY YOUR  SIDE AT THAT TIME. AND I JUST WANTED TO ASK FOR  MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN ON THIS  BODY LONGER OR ANY STAFF IN THE  ROOM, IFE HAVE INFORMATION  ABOUT WHETHER THIS GROUP OF  LEADERS BEING FUNDED TODAY DO  REPRESENT A VARIETY OF FAIS  AND DO REPRESENT THE RELIGIOUS  VERSITY OF OUR CITY. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE?   >> YES, SO THANK YOU. I AM FAMILIAR WIT THAT PROGRAM, AND YES, OUR CITY, O POLICE  DEPARTMENT, HAS MADE THE EFFORT  TO REACH OUT TO EVERY FAITH THAT IS REPRESENTED. AND I REALLY ENJOY THAT YOU  STARTED COMING TO THESE BECAUSE  -- YOU CAN LEARN AND MEET WITH  THE CHAPLAINS. THEY'RE GREAT PEOPLE. AND VERY DEDICATED. >> MM-HMM. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE, AS A CHAIR,  CAN I RESPOND TO THAT?   >> CHAIR WONSLEY, YES. >> THANK YOU. SO PERTAINING TO THE QUESTION  THAT WAS ASKED ABOUT THE  CONTRACTS, I CAN'T SPECIFY -- I  THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING  THAT SHOULD BE NOTED IN THE  STAFF MEMO, SO STAFF CAN  DIRECTLY FOLLOW-UP WITH YOU IN  TERMS OF WHAT IS THE FAITH  BACKGROUND OR REPRESENTATION  AMONGST TH CONTRACTS THAT WE'RE APPROVING OF TODAY. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WAS RAISED  IN COMMITTEE WHEN WE WERE  CONSIDERING THE ITEMS. BUT WHAT I DO KNOW KINDF WHAT  COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE TOUCHED ON IS THERE IS DIVERSITY IN  TERMS OF FAITH BACKGROUNDS THAT  ARE REPRESENTED IN THE CHAPLAIN  PROGRAM AS A WHOLE, BUT AGAIN, I CAN'T SPEAK TO IF THAT IS  REFLECTED IN THE CONTRACTS THAT  WE'RE APPROVING TODAY. >> DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR  ESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER  CASHMAN?   >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I AM GOING TO VOTE AFFIRMATIVELY ON THIS, BUT I DO WANT TO HAVE  AN ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION FOR  DATA PURPOSES OF, YOU KNOW, HOW  WELL WILL W MEETING THE MARK IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE WE HAVE  THIS SERVICE FOR ALL PEOPLE OF  FAITH IN THE CITY. >> DID THE CLERKS CAPTURE THAT  QUESTION?  GREAT. COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, YOU  ARE ORIGINALLY IN QUEUE. DID YOU SPE TO WHAT YOU WANTED TO SPEAK TO?   >> NO. >> GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO BRIEFLY, ALL  THESE CHAPLAINS ARE GREAT. I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO  MEET ALL OF THEM, BUT TWO IN  PARTICULAR I WANT TO CALL OUT. JOAN AUSTIN WHO, HER MISSION IS  IN SOUTH MINNEAPOS, AND SHE  GENERALLY LEADS THE EVENTS AND  PRAYER OR CLOSES WITH PRAYER, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE HER. AND IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO SEE A  FELLOW ALUMNI SUCCEEDING IN  THEIR LIVES. AND I REALLY ENJOY TALKING TO  REVEREND AUSTIN. BUT MOST OF ALL, I WANT TO  RECOGNIZE FATHER HAYES. IF YOU THINK ABOUT HIS SERVICE  TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO THE  POLICE DEPARTMENT, OVER 40 YEARS AS A POLICE CHAPLAIN. 200-PLUS WDINGS HE'S  OFFICIATED. WELL OVER 400 BAPTISMS. SO THIS MAN OF FAITH HAS  DEDICATED A LOT OF HIS LIFEO  OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND I  WANT TOING A  - I WANT TO  ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. MY QUESTION IS, IF ANYONE WHO  CAN ANSWER, ARE THERE MORE THAN  NI?  THERE'S NINE LISTED HERE. HOW MANY CHAPLAINS DO WE HAVE IN THE CITY?   >> I'M NOT SUR IF ANYONE KNOWS  THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY?   >> PRESIDENT PAYNE, I THINK THIS IS ANOTHER QUESTION FOR STAFF  MEMO. I BELIEVE -- WE HAD A ROBUST  CONVERSATION AROUND THIS DURING  BUDGET SEASON WHEN WE ALL FOUND  OUT WHERE THE FUNNG SOURCE FOR CHAPLAIN PROGRAM WAS, AND IT DIG MORE THAN NINE AT THAT TIME. BUT I THINK TO GET MORE  SPECIFICS TO YOUR QUESTION, WE  SHOULD A STAFF MEMO DOCUMENT  THAT QUESTION. >> OKAY. GREAT. SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE, I  WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE  ROLL ON THE COMMITTEE REPORT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY,  AYE. CASHMAN, AYE. OSMAN, AYE. RAINVILLE, AYE. CHAVEZ, AYE. VETAW, AYE. ELLISON, AYE. KOSKI, AYE. WONSLEY, AYE. JENKINS, AYE. PALMISANO, AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE. PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE.>> THERE A. >> THAT CARRIES AND THE REPORT  IS ADOPTED. NEXT WE'LL HAVE THE REPORT FROM  OUR BUSINESS, HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE WHICH WILL BE GIVEN BY THE CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THE BUSINESS, HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE IS BRINGING FORWARD 12 ITEMS. ITEM ONE IS APPROVING TWO ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT  REAPPOINTMENTS. ITEM TWO IS AUTHORIZING A THREE  LAND SALE TO THE MINNEAPOLIS PA. ITEM 3 IS DENYING A VARIANCE. ITEM 3 THROUGH 9 IS DENYING A  VARIANCE APPEAL FROM UNIVERSITY  OF MINNESOTA AVENUE, 1815  UNIVERSITY AVENUE, AND THE  NUMBER LISTS ALL THE WAY TO 1711 UNIVERSITY AVENUE. ITEM 9 IS APPROVING 25 LIQUOR  LICENSE RENEWALS. ITEM 10 IS APPROVING ONE  GAMBLING LICENSE. 11 IS CONFIRMING SAINT ANTHONY  FALLS HERITAGE BOARD  APPOINTMENT. LASTLY, ITEM 12 IS AUTHORIZING A GRANT TO THE STATE FOR YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING  SERVICES. I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF ALL  THESE ITEMS. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN HAS  MOVED APPROVAL OF THE  COMMITTEE'S REPORT. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION?   COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS ABOUT NUMBER 16  FROM THE COMMITTEE REPT THAT  WAS THE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING  LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE REPORT. I AM HAPPY TO WT UNTIL  ANNOUNCEMENTS IF THAT WOULD BE  MORE APPROPRIATE. IT WAS JUST RECEIVED AND FILED  AT COMMITTEE, SO IT'S NOT COMING FORWARD FOR A MOTION RIGHT NOW. >> GO AHEAD AND SPEAK TO IT. >> THANK YOU. AS ONE OF THE CO-AUTHORS OF THE  LEGISLATIVEDIRECTIVE, I WANTED  TO THANK CPED STAFF FOR THEIR  REPORT THEY GAVE AT COMMITTEE. IT WAS A GOOD DISCUSSION. THIS DIRECTIVE WAS BORN OUT OF  DISAGREEMENT OF PROVIDING  REHABILITATION FUNDING TO THE  AGATE BOARD AND LODGE DOWNTOWN  FACILITY. WE ASKED CPED FOR A REPORT BACK  ON THE STANDAR PROCESS REQUIRED OF ANY SERVICE PROVIDER  REQUESTING FUNDING TO MAKE  CRITICAL REPAIRS FOR BOARD AND  LODGE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AND  SHELTERFACILITIES. AND ALSO TO HIGHLIGHT THE  IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A STANDARD  REVIEW PROCESS. WE KNOW NOW THAT AGATE HAS  DECIDED NOT TO MOVE FORWARD WIT  THEIR DOWNTOWN FACILITY BECAUSE  COSTS WERE GOING TO BE $7.7  MILLION TO GET IT BACK OPEN. IF WE HAD BEEN ABLE TO  THOROUGHLY EVALUATE THAT  REQUEST, WE COULD HAVE  INVESTIGATED THE FEASIBILITY OF  REPAIR TO BEGIN WITH. I UNDERSTAND THAT OUR SHELTERS  ARE FULL OR NEARLY FULL, AND I  SUPPORT A HOUSING FIRST  APPROACH, BUT WE WERE NOT GIVEN  THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE AN  INFORMED DECISION BECAUSE THE  REQUEST LACKED BOTH DATA AND CONTEXT. IF WE TRULY WANT TO BE A  RESPONSIVE LOCAL GOVERNMENT, TH  BASED ON FACTS, NOT EMOTIONS. IF WE WANT TO LEAD WITH OUR  VALUES, WHY CAN'T OUR VALUE BE  SEING OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS  IN A RESPONSIBLE, THOUGHTFUL,  AND COORDINATED MANNER?  THAT'S  MY VALUE. THIS LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE  REPORT AND FINANCIAL ATTACHMENTS MADE CLEAR THE NEED FOR ACTIVE  AND CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP WITH  HENNEPIN COUNTY ON HOMELESSNESS  AND ACTIVIST RESPONSE. I DIDN'T REALIZE THEY WERE THERE BECAUSE OF THE HUGE POSTS IN THE ROOM, BUT THEY WE AND IT WAS  MENTIONED AT THE VERY END. WE ALL KNOW THAT MANY OR EVEN  MOST OF OUR COMMUTY PARTNERS  ARE FACING A FISCAL CLIFF WITH  THE ELIMINATION OF PANDEMIC  FUNDING AND THE TRUMP  ADMINISTRATION'S RECENT PULLING  BACK OF A LOT OF PROGRAMS. SO WE KNOW WE NEED THEIR  PARTNERSHIP TO SUPPORT OUR  UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS, AND I THINK  WE ALL AGREE ON THAT. WE NEED TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY  WITH ALL STAKEHOLDERS FOR  SOLUTIONS TO THIS CRISIS. THAT MEANS THAT WHEN W GO IT  ALONE AND WE PICK SPECIFIC  VENDORS OR FACILITIESO  SUPPORT, THAT'S NOT  COLLABORATIVE, AND IT MIGHT NOT  BE IN THE INTEREST OF LARGER  CORESPONSE WITH THE COUNTY. WITH PANDEMIC FUNDING BASICALLY  DON NOW, WE NEED A COORDINATED  PLAN AND A DEFINED FUNDING  PROCESS. IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE FOR US TO MAKEECISIONS WITHOUT  UNDERSTANDING FOR THE LARGER  IMPLICATIONS. FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE LEGISLATIVE  DIRECTIVE'S ATTACHMENT TABLES,  HENNEPIN COUNTY HAS LEVERAGED  $73 MILLION IN STATE FUNDING FOR BOARD AND LODGE OPETIONS FOR  THE LAST FOUR YEARS, AND  PROVIDED $5 MILLION IN COUNTY  FUNDS FOR CITAL IMPROVEMENTS  TO BUILDINGS. THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY  VALUABLE INFORMATION TO HAVE  DURING OUR DECISION MAKING  PROCESS. I'M IN FAVOR OF OUR CITY  SUPPORTING BOARD AND LODGE AND  SHELTER NEED, BUT WE CAN'T DO I. WE HAVE TO CONSIDER THE  INVESTMENTS AND THE LARGER INVESTMENT PLANS OF OUR  PARTNERS. AND THAT LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE,  I THINK, REALLY HIGHLIGHTS THE  LIMITATIONS OF OUR FUNDING. WHAT WE ARE REALLY LKING IS A  FULL CAPITAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT OF OUR TEMPORARY AND SUPPORTIVE  HOUSING OPTIONS IN MINNEAPOLIS. THAT, I THINK, CAN LEAD US TO  MAKING DECISIONS BASED ON THE  ENTIRE ECOSYSTEM AND WHERE OUR  FUNDS WILL BEST BE UTILIZED. I THINK THAT IS PROBABLY LIKELY  BEST LED BY THE COUNTY, AND I  SEEM TO RECALL COUNCIL MEMBER  ELLISON ACTUALLY BRINGING UP  DOING MORE KINDS OF  COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES AND  DIFFERENT KINDS OF HOUSING IN  THE PAST. AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY WORTH  IT AND WORTH LOOKING AT. BUT WE'VE GOT TO BE SMART AND  THOUGHTFUL ABOUT WHERE WE INVEST OUR PUBC FUNDS. THANK YOU. >> I'LL FIRST RESPOND AND SAY, I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE ALLOWED  THIS BECAUSE NOW I SEE FOLKS  JUMPING IN QUEUE AND WE DON'T  HAVE AN ITEM ON THE TABLE TO  DISCUSS, BUT I DON'T WANT TO CUT OFF DISCUSSION ON THIS BECAUSE  THIS IA TIMELY TOPIC. I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON IN  QUEUE. I JUST WANT TO BE MINDFUL THAT  WE DON'T ACTLLY HAVE AN ITEM  WE ARE DISCUSSING HERE AND  PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE STARTED  THIS DISCUSSION. SO, COLLEAGUES, LET'S --  >> CONTINUE THE AGENDA >> CONTINUE THE AGENDA. IS THAT OKAY, COUNCIL MEMBER  ELLISON?   >> ALL RIGHT. LET'S HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER  ELLISON JUMP IN. >> I THINK THIS IS A FINE  DISCUSSION TO HAVE. I WILL ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUE  TO NOT SPEAK AFTER ME. I LIKE HAVING THE LAST WORD. BUT --  BUT, YEAH, I THINK THAT THE  POINT IS WELL TAKEN THAT COUNC MEMBER PALMISANO IS MAKING. BUT I DO WANT TO OFFER JUST A  LITTLE BITF A COUNTER. AND THIS IS -- AND I'LL SAY  THIS. WE ARE NOT SOLVING THIS PROBLEM  AS A CITY, AS A COUNTY, AS A  REGION. WE'RE NOT SOLVING THIS PROBLEM. AND WHAT I NOTICE IS THAT IF  EVERYONE SORT OF GETS INTO THIS  STANDOFF POSITION, EVERYBODY IS  SCARED TO SPEND MONEY, NOBODY  WANTS TO BE LEFT HOLDING THE  BAG, SO TO SPEAK, THEN NOBODY  MOVES. ALSO, IF THE EIEST THING TO  DO, AND IF THE MOST POLITICALLY  EXPEDIENT THING TO DO IS FOR US  TO POINT A FINGER AT THE COUNTY  AND THE COUNTY POINT A FINGER AT THE STATE AND THE STATE POINT A  FINGER A US, THEN THAT IS WHAT  IS GOING TO HAPPEN, RIGHT?  IF  THAT IS THE EASIEST THING TO DO. I THINK THAT IT IS MOMENTS LIKE  THIS AND EFFORTS LIKE THIS THAT  SORT OF -- THAT DO DEMONSTRATE A VALUE, NOT JUST STATE IT, BUT  DEMONSTRATE IT WITH REAL DOLLARS ON THE TABLE, GHT?  I THINK  IT'S OKAY TO SAY THAT THIS  EFFORT DID NOT PREVAIL. I THINK THAT THAT'S -- THAT  YOU'RE 100% CORRECT ABOUT THAT. I THINK THAT POI IS WELL  TAKEN. BUT I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT  TO SAY THAT PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS  EXPECT YOU TO SUCCEED, BUT THEY  DO EXPECT YOU TO FIGHT. AND THIS IS AN EFFORT WHERE I  THINK WE PUT ON THE TABLE OUR  WILLINGNESS TO FIGHT TO SEE A  SHELTER STAY OPEN. AND I THINK THAT IT'S THE KIND  OF EFFORT WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO  ENGAGE IN. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO  BANKROLL THE SOLUTION TO THIS  PROBLEM. THAT IS 100% CORRECT. BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT US TO  THINK THAT SORT OF ENGAGING IN  THIS, WHAT I'MOING TO REFER TO AS THE STANDOFF OR ENGAGING IN  THIS STANDOFF, AND REFUSING TO  SPEND MONEY OR REFUSING TO PUT  MONEY ON THE TABLE IS GNG TO  SOMEHOW CREATE A SOLUTION THAT  EMERGES. THE COUNTY IS, AS YOU MENTIONED, HOW MUCH THE COUNTY IS PUTTING  IN. THE COUNTY IS THE LEAD PARTNER  ON SOLVING THIS ISSUE. AND I THINK THAT PEOPLE AT THE  COUNTY WILL TELL YOU THEY'RE  FACING A BUDGET SHORTFALL THAT  IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MUCH  THEY'RE PUTTING IN. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH. AND IF WE SEE CERTAIN PROGRAMS,  RIGHT, TO THE TUNE OF $16  MILLION ANNUAL BUDGET SHORTFALL  THAT WE COULD BE UNDERS A  REGION, IF WE SEE CERTAIN  PROGRAMS STARTING TO FOLD AND  BUCKLE UNDER THE WEIGHT OF THESE BUDGET SHORTFALLS, WCAN DEBATE WHAT THE PROCESS SHOULD HAVE  BEEN. WE CAN DEBATE WHO SHOULD HAVE  LED ON WHAT, WHEN 100 PEOPLE HIT THE STREETS, WHEN 200 PEOPLE HIT THE STRES, WHEN 1,000 PEOPLE  HIT THE STREETS OVERNIGHT,  NOBODY IN THE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO ACCEPT THAT AS AN SWER. AND SO THAT'S WHAT I JUST WANT  TO CENTER AND SAY TS EFFORT  DIDN'T PREVAIL. I THINK THAT THAT IS FINE IS TO  STATE, BUT IT WAS AN INVITATION  AND REAL MONEY ON THE TABLE THAT SAYS, LOOK, WE WANT TO KEEP  SHELTER SPACES OPEN. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE SECURELY HOUSED. WE ARE 100% HERE FOR THE  COLLABORATION. I THINK YOU PROVED THAT BY  SHOWING WHERE YORE WILLING TO  PUT YOUR DOLLARS. AND SO, AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S  NOT TO, YOU KNOW, GO POINT BY  POINT REFUTE WHAT YOU SAID. I THINK EVERYTHING YOU SAID IS  CORRECT. I THINK IT'S FACTUALLY CORRECT,  AND I WANT US TO MAKE SURE WE'RE LEARNING FROM THIS EXPERIENCE,  BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT US TO SIT  HERE AND THINK TS EFFORT WAS  JUST A FAILURE BECAUSE IT DIDN'T PREVAIL, BECAUSE IT DIDN'T  ULTIMATELY EQUAL IN THE SHELTER  STAYING OPEN. BECAUSE IF WE TAKE THAT  ATTITUDE, I THINK WE'R GOING TO JUST ENGAGE IN THIS DOLLARS FOR  DOLLARS STANDOFF. NOBODY IS GOING TO INVEST. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO LOSE THEIR  ABILITY TO STAY SECURE. PELE ARE GOING TO END UP MORE  AND MORE IN ENCAMPMENTS. AND THAT DOESN'T HELP THE  REGION. THAT DOESN'T HELP ANYONE. AND SO HERE FOR THE INVITATION  FROM T COUNTY AND THE STATE. I HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION WITH  STATE PARTNERS JUST THE OTHER  DAY ABOUT THIS ISSUE. I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE  WITH THE COUNTY. I THINK WE ALL NEED TO BE  INVESTED IN HOW WE'RE SORT OF  REPAIRING AND REMEDYING THIS  BUDGET SHORTFALL. BUT EFFORTS LIKE THIS, I THINK,  NEED TO BE -- I THINK NEED TO BE ENCOURAGED. WE CAN GO ABOUT IT BETTER. WE CAN MAK SURE WE'RE HAND IN  HAND AND MOVING TOGETHER, BUT  THESE KINDS OF EFFORTS NEED T BE HAD. SO THAT WE ARE -- SO THAT WE'RE  -- SO THAT WE CAN DEMONSTRATE TO THE COMMUTY AND TO OUR  PARTNERS THAT WE'RE WILLING TO  PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH  IS. >> WELL SAID. AND THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES, FOR  RECOGNIZING THAT WE DON'T HAVE  AN ITEM ON THE TABLE AND GETTING IN QUEUE. SO I THINK THO ARE SOME VERY  FINE FINAL WORDS. AND I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL ON THE COMMITTEE  REPORT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY,  AYE. CASHMAN, AYE. OSMAN, AYE. RAINVILLE, AYE. CHAVEZ, AYE. VETAW, AYE. ELLISON, AYE. KOSKI, AYE. WONSLEY, AYE. JENKINS, AYE. PALMISANO,AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE. PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES >> THAT CARRIES AND THE REPORT  IS ADOPTED. THE NEXT REPORT IS FROM OUR  CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE  COMMITTEE, WHICH WILL BE  PRESENTED BY THAT COMMITTEE'S  CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE  COMMITTEE IS BRINGING FORWARD 18 ITEMS. ITEM ONE IS APPROVING  APPOINTMENTS TO THE CENTRAL  ENUE SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICT  ADVISORY BOARD. ITEM 2 IS APPROVING APPOINTMENTS TO THE UPTOWN SPECIAL SERVICE  DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD. ITEM 3 IS APPROVING APPOINTMENTS TO THE LOWRY HILL SPECIAL  SERVICE DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD. ITEM FOUR IS APPROVING THE  APPOINTMENTS TO THE STATE OF  MIND VILLAGE SPECIAL DISTRICT  ADVISORY BOARD. ITEM FIVE IS APPROVING  APPOINTMENTS TO THE LYNDALE  LAKES. ITEM SIX IS APPROVING  APPOINTMENTS TO THE LINDEN HILLS ADVISORY BOARD. ITEM 7 IS APPROVING APPOINTMENTS TO THE BLOOMINGTON LAKE SPECIAL  SERVICE DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD. ITEM 8 IS 50th AND FRANCE  SPECIAL ADVISORY BOARD. ITEM NINE IS APPROVING  APPOINTMENTS TO 48th AND CHICAGO SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICT  ADVIRY BOARD. ITEM 10 IS APROVING APPOINTMENTS TO THE DINKYTOWN SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD. ITEM 11 IS APPROVING  APPOINTMENTS TO THE WEST  BROADWAY SPECIAL SERVICES  DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD. ITEM 12 IS THE PROJECT  DESIGNATION, COST ESTIMATE AND  SETTING PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE  FRANKLIN AVENUE CONSTRUCTION  PROJECT. 13 IS THE PROJECT DESIGNATION,  COST ESTIMATE AND SETTING THE  PUBLIC HEARING FOR NEW NICOLLET  AVENUE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. ITEM 14 IS THE AGREEMENT FOR  HENNIN COUNTY REGIONAL  RAILROAD AUTHORITY FOR PILLSBURY AVENUE BRIDGE OVER THE MIDWN  GREENWAY. ITEM 16 IS A COOPERATIVE  AGREEMENT WITH THE HENNEPIN  COUNTY REGIONAL RAILROA  AUTHORITY FOR GRAND AVENUE SOUTH AND 18th AVENUE SOUTH OVER THE  MIDTOWN GREENWAY. ITEM 17 IS AUTHORIZING A  PARTNERSHIPGREEMENT WITH THE  LORING GREENWAY ASSOCIATION. ITEM 18 IS APPROVING A  ORDINANCE AMENDING PROVISIONS  RELATED TO BOULARDS. SO I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF ITEMS  1-17 AND ASK ITEM 18 ON  BOULEVARDS IS PULLED FOR A  DISCUSSION. I WILL ASK FOR A SEPARATE VOTE  ON ITEM 10, THE DINKYTOWN  SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICT  ADVISORY BOA. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN HAS  MOVED THE COMMITTEE'S REPORT AND CAN YOU REMIND US OF THE ITEMS  YOU WANTED PULLED FOR SEPARATE?  >> 10 AND 18. >> 10 AND 18. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN HAS  MOVED THE REPORT MINUS ITEMS 10  AND 18. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE  REMAINDER OTHE REPORT?   COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I AM IN QUE TO SPEAK ON ITEM  NUMBER 18. SO I CAN JUST HOLD MY COENTS. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> SAME. >> ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. OH, SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE  FOTHE REMAINDER OF THE REPORT, WE WILL TAKE THE ROLL ON ALL  ITEMS EXCEPT ITEMS 10 AND 18. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY,  AYE. CASHMAN, AYE. OSMAN, AYE. RAINVILLE, AYE. CHAVEZ, AYE. VETAW, AYE. ELLISON, AYE. KOSKI, AYE. WONSLEY, AYE. JENKINS, AYE. PAISANO, AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE. PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THOSE ITEMS  ARE ADOPTED. NEXT WE WILL TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER 10. AND I WILL RECOGNIZE CNCIL  MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. SO I WILL BE VOTING NO ONTEM  10.3. THE APPLICANT IS A  REPRESENTATIVE OF AYSTAR  MANAGEMENT, WHICH IS A PROPERTY  MANAGEMENT COMPANY THAT OPERATES IN THE UNIVERSITY AREA. IT IS ALSO ONE OF THE LARGEST  APARTMENT OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT  COMPANIES IN THE U.S. GRAYSTAR IS ONE OF THE LANDLORDS THAT IS ALSO BEING SUED BY THE  U. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. AND A COALITION OF 10 ATTORNEYS  JENIN COLLUDING OUR OWN HERE IN  NNESOTA IS A PART OF THAT  COALITION. THE SUIT THAT'S BEING BROUGHT FORWARD ALLEGES THAT THE  LANDLORDS PARTICIPATED IN AN  UNLAWFUL SCHEMEO DECREASE  COMPETITION AMONGST LANDLORDS IN APARTMENT PRICING, WHICH HAS  HARMED MILLIONS OF AMERICAN  RENTERS. ALSO I WANT TO LET THE PUBLIC  AND MY COLLEAGUES KNOW THAT  THERE WILL BE A PRESENTATION  NEXT WEEK AT THE BUSINESS,  HOUSING AND ZONG COMMITTEE ON  FEBRUARY 4, BY A REPRESENTATIVE  OF THE MINNESOTA ATTORNEY  GENERAL'S OFFICE WHO WILL BE  GIVING AN OVERVIEW OF THAT  LAWSUIT.AND OF COURSE, I WELCOM  MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL AS THE  PUBLIC TO TUNE INTO THAT  CONVERSATION, TO LEARN MORE  ABOUT THAT LAWSU AND THAT  ALLEGATION. I ALONG WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS  CHAVEZ AND ELLISON HAVE ALSO  INTRODUCED AND ORDINANCE THAT  WOULD BAN THE USE OF RENTAL  ALGORITHMS ON MINNEAPOLIS UNITS, SO AGAIN, THE TECHNOLOGY THAT IS BEING USED BY LANDLORDS LIKE  GRAYSTAR. THIS ORDINANCE IS INDEPENDENT OF THE LAWSUITS, BUT IT IS A WAY  FOR OUR CITY TO ENSURE THAT THIS HARMFUL TECHNOGY IS NOT A  BARRIER TO OUR CITY WIDE GOAL OF AN EQUITABLE AND AFFORDABLE  HOUSING MARKET FOR ALL OF OUR  RESIDENTS. SO THAT SAID, I DON'T THINK A  REPRESENTATIVE OF GRAYSTAR IS  THE RIGHT PERSON TO SERVE ON THE DINKYTOWN SPECIAL SERVICE  DISTRICT, SO AGAIN, THAT IS WHY I WILL BE VOTING NO ON THIS  ITEM. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER  WONSLEY, FOR RAISING THIS ISSUE. I AM ALSO GOING TO BE VOTING NO  ON 10.3. THERE ARE ALSO GRAYSTAR  BUILDINGS IN WARD 7 ON OAK GROVE STREET WHERE WE HAD A LOT OF GUN VIOLENCE THIS PAST YEAR, AND  THIS COMPANY IS IMPOSSIBLE TO  REACH. THE HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS IN MY  WARD WHO ARE LIVING IN GRAYSTAR  BUILDINGS HAVE NO ACCOUNTABILITY FROM THEIR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT,  FROM THEIR LANDLORD FACING  BULLET HOLES IN THE GLASS IN FRONT OF THEIR BUILDING, NO  ON-SITE MANAGEMENT, FLOODS,  BROKEN ELEVATORS, ALL KIND OF  DISREPAIR IN THIS BUILDING AND  INABILITY TO ADDRESS THESE  CONCERNS. WHILE IT'S NOT PERSONAL TO THIS  PERSON, IT IS THE PROPERTY  MANAGEMENT FROM THIS COMPANY  THAT I DON'T THINK IS WELL  SUITED TO SERVE ON AN ADVISORY  BOARD IN OUR CITY. >> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION?   >> SEEING NONE, I WILL ASK THE  CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL ON ITEM  10, AND IFOU ARE PLANNING TO  VOTE NO ON 10.3, JUST SIGNIFY  THAT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> AYE ON ALL EXCEPT FOR 10.3. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> AYE ON ALL EXCEPT10.3. >> OSMAN,  >> AYE ON ALL EXCEPT 10.3. >> RAINVILLE, AYE ON ALL EXCEPT  10.3. >> CHAVEZ, EYE EYE ON ALL EXCEPT 10.3. >> VETAW, AYE ON ALL EXCEPT  10.3. >> ELLISON, AYE ON ALL EXCEPT  10.3. >> KOSKI, AYE ON ALL EXCEPT  10.3. >> WONSLEY, AYE ON ALL EXCEPT  10.3. JENKINS, AYE ON ALL EXCEPT 10.3. PALMISANO, AYE ON ALL EXCEPT  10.3. CHUGHT, AYE ON ALL EXCEPT  10.3. PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE ON ALL  EXCEPT 10.3. >> 10.3 FAILS AND THE OTHER  ITEMS CARRY. NEXT ITEM NUMBER 18. AND I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNC  MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO  REFER THIS ITEM TO THE NEXT  COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING  IN DISCUSSION WITH MY CO-AUTHORS AND LEAD AUTHOR, COUNCIL MEMBER  PALMISANO. THE BOULEVARD ORDINANCE SEEKS TO LEGALIZE EDIBLE GARDENING AND  OTHER TYPES OF PLANTING. CURRENTLY JUST FOR THE PUBLIC TO NOTE, OY WHAT'S LEGAL ON THE  BOULEVARDS UNDER CITY CODE IS  GRASSES, FLOWERS, AND TREES WITH A PERMIT. AND THEN THERE IS SOME RESTRICTIONS. AND SO THE INTENT AROUND THIS IS TO CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE  MORE PERMISSIBLE AND ENCOURAGE  PEOPLE TO GROW IN THEIR  BOULEVARDS. HOWEVER, THE POLICY IS VERY  TECHNICAL IN NATUREND A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT FROM MY WARD AND  COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY CONCERNED ABOUT THE  ORDINANCE. I BELIEVE WE NEED TO TAKE TIME  WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SHARE  WHAT IT'S ABOUT. I ALSO THINK THERE IS A LITTLE  BIT OF A DEBATE WE AS A BODY  NEED TO HAVE AROUND SOME OF THE  PROVISIONS WITHIN IT TO GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE HAVE THE BEST  POLICY POSSIBLE IN SERVICE TO  OUR COMMUNITY. THE ISSUE JUST GOT A LITTLE BIT  THORNY, PUN INTENDED. AND SO WE'LL BE MOVING THIS TO  COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE IF THERE  IS A PROPER SECOND. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY HAS  MOVED TO REFER THIS ITEM TO  COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. IS THERE A SECOND?   >> SECOND. >> GREAT. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION?   >> MR. CHAIR?   >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER  CHOWDHURY. WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK  ABOUT THIS ORDINANCE, AND I WANT TO GET IT RIGHT. STAFF HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK ON  THIS PARTICULARLY AS ITS  PERTAINS TO PARKWAYS VERSUS OUR  CITY ROADWAYS, AND THEY'VE  ACCOMMODATED A NUMBER OF THINGS. THINK WE HAVE A PRETTY  COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENT THAT HAS  A FEW LAST STICKING POINTS, SO I WELCOME TH DISCUSSION AND WE  ARE PLANNING TO HAVE ONE WITH  COUNCIL MEMBERS CHOWDHURY,  COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, AND  PUBLIC WORKS LEADERSHIP IN THE  NEAR FUTURE. AND I DO WELME THIS DISCUSSION AND THE NUANCE OF THE FINAL  PRODUCT. THANKS. >> THANK YOU. SEE NOTHING ONE ELSE IN QUEUE,  I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE  ROLE ON REFERRAL OF ITEM 18 TO  THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. >> CHOWDHURY, AYE. CASHMAN, AYE. OSMAN, AYE. RAINVILLE, AYE. CHAVEZ, AYE. VETAW, AYE. ELLISON, AYE. KOSKI, AYE. WONSLEY, AYE. JENKINS, AYE. PALMISANO, AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI,AYE. PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THE WHOLE  REPORT IS COMPLETED. THE NE REPORT IS THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WHICH WILL BE  PRESENTED BE I THAT COMMITTEE'S  CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE IS  BRINGING FORWARD TWO ITEMS. ITEM ONE IS APPOINTMENT OF  BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS,  ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMING,  RE-ESTABLISHING THE MINNEAPIS  ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON PEOPLE  WITH DISABILITIES, PEOPLE ON  AGING, AND ADVISORY ON HOUSING. ITEM TWO IS EMERGENCY FUNDING  FOR THE MINNESOTA INDIANWOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER. I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF BOTH  THESE ITEMS. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ HAS  MOVED APPROVAL OF THE ITS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION?   COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR.  PRIDENT. I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT  TO THANK M COLLEAGUES FOR  SUPPORTING THE EMERGENCY FUNDING FOR THE MINNESOTA INDIGENOUS  WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER IN  COMMITTEE. I HOPE YOUR SUPPORT CONTINUES  HERE IN FULL COUNCIL. AND I JUST EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR  CITY STAFF FOR THEIR  COLLABORATION AND ALSO HUGE,  HUGE THANK YOU TO MIWRC FOR  STANDING UP THIS EMERGENCY  WARMING CENTER WHEN OTHER  WARMING CENTERS WERE AT CAPACITY AND IT WAS REALLY A LIFE OR  DEATH SITUATION FOR MANY PEOPLE  IN OUR CITY DURING THE EXTREME  COLD ADVISORY. AND THIS FUNDING IS DOING  SOMETHING THAT'S VERY CESSARY, WHICH IS INSURING THAT WE HAVE  THIS LIFE SAVING RESOURCE. I'M ALSO REALLY APPRECIATIVE TO  M.U.D. FOR THEIR COLLABORATION  AND THEIR EFFORTS TO TRY TO  BRING THE CITY T COUNTY, AND THE STATE TOGETHER AND REALLY  ANING IN ON A  MULTIJURISDICTIONAL APPROACH,  WHICH I, FRANKLY, THINK SHOULD  HAVE HAPPENED YEARS AGO, BUT NOW IS THE TIME TO LEAN IN. I THANK THEM FOR SDING A  LETTER OF SUPPORT AND SERVICE TO THIS ITE AND THE WORK TY HAVE BEEN DOING IN THE LOCAL  INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY. I ALSO THANK HENNEPIN COUNTY,  COMMISSIONER ANGELA CONLEY,  DAVID HUE HEWITT, DANIEL WORDER  FOR THEIR WORK AND COLLABORATION AS WELL. AND YEAH, I JUST -- I JUST WANT  TO SAY ONE MORE THING. AND IT'S THAT I RECOGNIZE THAT  THIS ITEM IS ONE IN WHICH WE ARE REACTING TO THE SITUATION OF  UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS. AND IT IS ENDEMIC OF THE FACT  THAT WE DON'T HAVE A STRATEGIC  PLAN ACROSS JURISDICTIONS. WE DON'T HAVE A LONG-TERM,  SHORT-TERM, MIDTERM PLAN TO  POINT TO AND SAY THESE ARE THE  STEPS WE'R TAKING TO ADDRESS  THIS ISSUE, ESPECIALLY IN THE  FACE OF MULTIPLE FCAL CLIFFS,  WHICH WE WILL BE SPENDING TIME  LOBBYING AT THE CAPITAL TO  ADDRESS. HOWEVER, NOW IS THE TIME AFTER  YEARS PAST WHEN WE NEEDED IT TO  COME TOGETHER AND REALLY LEAN  IN. AND I APPRECIATED COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON' POINTS IN THAT. I THINK THIS ITEM SHOWS THAT WE  CAN COLLABORATE AND WE CAN FUND  OUR WAY. AND THERE ARE REAL LIVE PEOPLE  THATRE AT THE CENTER OF THIS. AND I WANT TO ANOWLEDGE THAT  -- I BELIEVE TWO YEARS AGO IN  OUR BUDGET HEARING, WE HAD A  NUMBER OF UNHOUSED COMMUNITY  MEMBERS COME AND SPEAK, AND WE  DECLARED UNSHELTERED  HOMESSNESS A PUBLIC HEALTH  EMERGENCY. THERE IS A YOUNG WOMAN BY THE  NAME OF MARISSA WHO CAME AND  SPOKE. AND SHE SHARED HER STORY, AND  LIKE MANY OF HER LOVED ONES,  STRUGGLED WITH SOBRIETY. WORKED ON THE SOBRIETY, GOT  SOBER, AND STARTED CONNECTING  WITH HER DAUGHTERS AGAIN. GOT SOME HOUSING, BUT THAT WAS  THEN TAKEN AWAY FROM HER NOT  BECAUSE OF ACTIONS OF HER OWN  BUT THIS UNSTABLE SYSTEM. AND I HAD RECENTLY ASKED ANOTHER COMMUNITY MEMBER HOW S WAS  DOING. AND I LEARNED THAT SHE HAD  PASSED AWAY. AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY HEART  BREAKING. AND I DON'T BRING THAT UP TO BE  DRAMATIC BUT I BRING THAT UP TO HOLD A MIRROR TO THE SITUATION  THAT WE'RE IN AND HOW IMPORTANT  IT IS IN THIS ACTION TO BE A  PART OF THE MANY, MANY THINGS  THAT WE HAVE TO DO IN  COLLABORATION OF OTHER LOCAL  LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT. SO THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER  CHOWDHURY, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP  IN BRINGING THIS FORWARD. AS A BODY, WE' HAD A LOT OF  CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHEN AND HOW THE CITY SHOULD STEP UP TO FUND  THESE TYPE OF OPERATIONS. AND I THINK THIS STEP FOARD  TODAY WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY  MATCHING AN EQUAL LEVEL OF  FUNDING FROM HENNEPI COUNTY IS  A GOOD STEP IN THE RIGHT  DIRECTION OF HAVI, YOU KNOW,  SHARED RESPONSIBILITY BETWEEN  LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND REALLY  PUTTING MONEY INTO AN  ORGANIZATION ON THE GROUND THAT HAS THE CAPACITY AND ABILITY TO  DELIVER ON THESE SERVICES. I'M JUST REALLY IMPRESSED WITH  HOW THEY PULLED TOGETHER THIS  WARMING CENTER JUST IN MONTH  HELPING 15 RESIDENTS ENTER  TREATMENT, 18 ENTER LONG-TERM  SHELTER, TWO HAVE BEEN  PERMANENTLY HOUSED, MANY MORE  NAVIGATING THE PROCESS OF  COORDINATED ENTRY. SO ESTABLISHING THIS MINI  NAVIGATION CENTER IS PROVING TO  BE EFFECTIVE. AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT  DIRECTION FOR US TO BE HEADING   AS WE'RE ALL LOOKING FOR  SOLUTIONS TO HELPING ADDRESS THE CRISIS OF SHELTERED  HOMELESSNESS IN MINNEAPOLIS. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU, COUNCIL  MEMBER CHOWDHURY, FOR YOUR  LEADERSHIP ON THIS. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK  MINNESOTA INDIAN WOMEN'S  RESOURCE CENTER WHO HAVE STEPPED IN WHEN ALL DIFFERENT OTHER  AGENCIES FAILED. WEERE LETTING PEOPLE STAY AND  SLEEP OUTSIDE IN TEMPERATURES  LIKE NEGATIVE TEENS. AND MINNESOTA INDIAN WOMEN'S  RESOURCE CENTER OPENED THEIR GYM OR THEIR FACILITY FOR THESE  FOLKS. I HAVE VISITED. AND -- PEOP FELT LIKE, YOU  KNOW, THEY WERE TREATED A GOOD  WAY. THEY HAD OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT  WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS. THEY HAD OPPORTUNITY TO BEBLE  TO STAY IN A WARM PLACE. AND THIS WAS REALLY MOVING FOR  ME. IT IS LOCATED IN WARD 6, AND I  CAN'T THANK THE VOLUNTEERS WHO  HAVE COMMITTED TO VOLUNTEER AND  JUST MAKE SURE THAT THESE FOLKS  ARE GETTING THE DIGNITY THEY  DESERVE. AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK  MINNESOTA INDIAN WOMEN'S  RESOURCE CENTER FOR STEPPING IN. AND I ENCOURAGE THE CITY, THE  COUNTY, AND THE STATE TO NOT LET PEOPLE WATCH AND LIVE IN AN  UNDIGNIFIED LOCATION LIKE  ENCAMPMENTS AND SO ON. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU, COUNCIL  MEMBER CHOWDHURY, FOR BRINGING  THIS FORWARD AND FOR YOUR  LEADERSHIP ON THIS. >> COUNCILEMBER JENKINS. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR PAYNE. I'M JUST CURIOUS IF ANYONE CAN  ANSWER, IS THIS AN ONGOING  PROJECT? R IS IT ONLY WHEN  IT'S 30 BELOW ZERO?  LIKE HOW  DOES IT FUNCTION AND OPERATE?   >> COUNCIL MBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTI,  COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS. THE ORGANIZATION IS GOING TO BE  DETERMINING DIFFERT, LIKE,  TEMPERATURE THRESHOLDS TO OPEN  UP THE CENTER. AND ALSO CONSIDER HOWUCH  FUNDING IS AVAILABLE FOR IT TO  BE OPEN, SPECIFICALLY OVERNIGHT. THIS FUNDING ALSO HAS JUST  CONDITIONED UPON AN AGREEMENT  TH OUR CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS  REGULATORY SERVICES DEPARTMENT,  SO HOPEFULLY SOME OF AT WILL  BE TOOLED OUT THERE. AND IT IS ONE-TIME FUNDING AS  WELL. >> WHAT IS THE CONDITIONS?    THE CONDITION IS A CONDITION  -- FOR AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN  MIWRC AND THE CITY OF  MINNEAPOLIS. >> THANK YOU. >> I ADDED MYSELF TO QUEUE JUST  TO SAY THAT IS AN EXCELLENT  QUESTION. IT IS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE'RE SEEKING TO GET A DEEPER  UNDERSTANDING ABOUT IN OUR  EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN. SO WE'RE BROUGHT A LEGISLATIVE  DIRECTIVE FORWAR TO TRY TO GET  A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT  ARE THOSE THRESHOLDS FOR WHEN WE NEED TO ESCALATE INTERVENTIONS  AROUND HOW WE'RE RESPONDING TO  COLD WEATHER EVENTS, AND WHAT  SHOULD BE THE RESOURCES THAT WE  ARE BRINGING TO THOSE COLD  WEATHER EVENTS. OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN  HAS -- THE VERSION I HAVE IN MY  OFFICE I FROM 2016. AND I THINK THAT THE CONDITIONS  INHE WORLD HAVE CHANGED QUITE  SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE 2016, SO  WE'RE HOPING TO GET MORE CLARITY FROM THE ADMINISTRATION ON HOW  WE SHOULD BE PLANNING AROUND  THAT, EVEN SPEAKING TO COUNCIL  MEMBER PALMISANO'S POINT ABOUT  WHAT DOES IS COMPREHENSIVE  CROSS JURISDICTIONAL APPROACH  THAT WE NEED FOR THESE TYPES OF  SITUATIONS. AND SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN EUE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL ON THE COMMITTEE'S REPORT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY,  AYE. CASHMAN, AYE. OSN, AYE. RAINVILLE, AYE. CHAVEZ, AYE. VETAW, AYE. ELLISON, AYE. KOSKI, AYE. WONSLE AYE. JENKINS, AYE. PALMISANO, AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHT, AYE. PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYE. >> THAT CARRIES AND THE REPORT  IS ADOPTED. THE NEXT REPORT IS FROM OUR  INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS  COMMITTEE WHICH WILL BE  PRESENTED  COUNCIL MEMBER  CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY  COMMITTEE --  >> OH BOY. >> THAT WAS AN OKAY IMPRESSION. PRETTYOOD IMPRESSION. I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU. THK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS  COMMITTEE IS BRINGING FORWARD  ONE ITEM FOR APPROVAL. AND THAT IS THE PASSAGE OF A  RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE  NEIGHBORS NOT ENEMIES ACT TO  REAL THE ALIEN ENEMIES ACT. I WILL MOVE THIS ITEM FO  APPROVAL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY HAS  MOVED APPROVAL OF THE  COMMITTES REPORT. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION?   SEEING NONE, THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY,  AYE. CASHMAN, AYE. OSMAN, AYE. RAINVILLE, AYE. CHAVEZ, AYE. VETAW, AYE. ELLISON, AYE. KOSKI, AYE. WONSLEY, AYE. JENKINS, AYE. PALMISANO, AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE. PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THE REPORT  IS ADOPTED. THE FINAL REPORTILL BE OFFERED BY OUR PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY  COMMITTEE, WHICH WILL BE  PRESENTED BY THAT COMMITTEE'S  CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY  COMMITTEE IS BRINGING FORWARD  FIVE ITEMS FOR APPROVAL. ITEM ONE IS FEES FOR CITY-OWNED  RESOURCES ORDINANCE. ITEM TWO IS MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES GRANT  AMENDMENT FOR NALOXONE EDUCATION AND DISTRIBUTION. ITEM THREE IS HIGH INTENSITY  DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM  GRANT TO ADDRESS REGIONAL DRUG  THREATS. ITEM FOUR IS GRANT APPLICATION  AND ACCEPTANCE TO THE MINNESOTA  DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURITY  AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO  PREPARE FOR EMERGENCIES AND  DISASTERS. ITEM FIVE IS WINTER SAFETY AND  EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS  LEGIATIVE DIRECTIVE. THIS IS A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE  RELATED TO THE CITY'S WINTER  SAFETY AND EMERGEN  PREPAREDNESS. WE BROUGHT FORWARD THIS ITEM AS  A LATE ADDITION TO THE AGENDA  WITH THE REPORT DUE BACK ON  FEBRUARY 5, BUT AFTER FURTHER  DISCUSSION, I AM GOING TO MOVE  THIS ITEM WITH A REVISED REPORT  BACK TO THE DATE OF FEBRUARY 19, PHS COMMITTEE MEETING WHICH I  MENTIONED IN THE COMMITTEE OF  THE WHOLE, COLLEAGUES, TO GIVE . WITH THAT I MOVE APPROVAL  INCLUDING THE AMENDED REPORT  BACK DATE OF FEBRUARY 19 ON ITEM FIVE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ HAS  MOVED APPROVAL OF THE COMMITTEE  REPORT, NOTINGHAT CHANGE TO  THE DATE FOR THE WINTER SAFETY  AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS  LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION?   COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY.>> THANK. I JUST WANT TO MOTION FOR ITEM  NUMBER 1, FEES FOR USE OF  CITY-OWNED RESOURCE ORDINANCE TO BE MOVED FOR A SEPARATE  DISCUSSION AND VOTE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY HAS  MOVED FOR A SEPARATE DISCUSSION  ON ITEM NUMBER ONE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE  REMAINDER OF THE ITEMS?   SEEING NONE, I WILL ASK THE  CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL ON ALL ITEMS EXCEPT ONE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY,  AYE. CASHMAN, AYE. OSMAN, AYE. RAINVILLE, AYE. CHAVEZ, AYE. VETAW, AYE. ELLISON, AYE. KOSKI, AYE. WONSLEY, AYE. JENKINS, AYE. PALMISANO, AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE. PRESENT PAYNE, AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THOSE ITEMS  HAVE BEEN ADOPTED. NEXT WE WILL TAKE UP ITEM ONE. AND I WILL CALL ON COUNCIL  MEMBER WONSLEY TO SPEAK TO THAT. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I AM REALLY EXCITED TO TALK  ABOUT THISRDINANCE IN LIGHT OF US TAKING A FINAL VOTE ON IT. SO WE ALL ARE AWARE THAT FOR  DECADES BOTH SUBJECT MATTER  EXPERTS AND DIRECTLY IMPACTED  RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN TELLING CITY LEADERS THAT M.P.D.'S OFF-DUTY  SYSTEM WAS RIPE FOR CORRUPTION  AND ESSENTIALLY IS A BAD DEAL  FOR RESIDENTS. WE ALSO NOTE THAT MANY  INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS INCLUDING  THOSE FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT  OF JUSTICE HAVE SPOKEN ALSO TO  THE LACK OF POLITICAL WILL BY  CITY LEADERSHIP TO IMPLEMENT  SIGNIFICANT REGULATIONS TO REIN  IN THE SYSTEM, AND THIS INACTION HAS HAD A HIGH COST TO  RESIDENTS, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS HAVE ALSO SPOKEN PUBLICLY ABOUT  THE FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION AND  DISCRIMINATION THEY HAVE  EXPERIENCED AS A RESULT OF  UNREGULATED OFF-DUTY SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE HAD AT THE CITY. THE CITY HAS ALSO PAID OUT  SETTLEMENTS RELATED TO  MISCONDUCT BY OFFICERS WORKING  OFF DUTY AND EVEN BASED AND  INITIAL DATA PRODED BY M.P.D., IF THE CITY HAD IMPLEMENTED  OFF-DUTY FEES EARLIER, EVEN  INCORPORATING FEES FOR SQUAD  CARS, WE COULD HAVE RECOOPED UP  TO $1.4 MILLION IN PUBLIC  FUNDING OR DOLLARS THAT  ESSENTIALLY WENT TO SUBSIDIZING  PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT FOR M.P.D.  OFFICERS. AND I AM VERY GRATEFUL THAT  TODAY WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF REINING IN  THIS INEQUITABLE AND FISCALLY  APPALLING PROGRAM. AND OF COURSE, I URGE MY  COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS  ORDINANCE WHICH NOT ONLY MAKES  FISCAL SENSE BUT IT IS ALSO  CRUCIAL FOR ADVANCING O GOAL  OF EQUITABLE CITYWIDE COMNITY  SAFETY SYSTEM. ADDITIONALLY, I DO WANT TO SHARE A FEW OF THE NEXT STEPS THAT IS  GOING TO HAPPEN AFTER  CONSIDERATION OF THIS ORDINANCE  BECAE I KNOW THAT CAME UP IN  COMMITTEE AS WE DISCUSSED IT. SO MY CO-AUTHOR COUNCIL  PRESIDENT PAYNE AND MYSELF WILL, OF COURSE, CONTINUE THIS URGENT  WORK OF EXPLORING HOW WE CAN  REGULATE OUR OFF-DUTY SYSTEM AND CURRENTLY THE BEST AVAILABLE  DATA THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW  STATES THAT WE COULD IMPLORE A  FEE OF $19 PER HOUR FOR THE USE  OF A SQUAD CAR. HOWEVER, WE ALSO LAST YEAR  BROUGHT FORWARD LEGISLATIVE  DIRECTIVE ASKING M.P.D. TO CARRY OUT BASICALLY A FEE STUDY TO  GIVE US A COMPREHENSIVE  UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT ADDITIONAL FEES COULD BE INCORPORATED AND. IN MAY M.D. WILL BE BRINGING  FORWARD THAT STUDY TO PROVIDE  THE UPDATED COST OF VEHICLES,  MATERIALS, UNIFORMS,  ADMINISTRATION, AND ANY OTHER  COST THAT TAXPAYERS CURRENTLY  SUBSIDIZE IN OFF-DUTY WORK. AND WITH THESE UPDATED FIGURES,  COUNCIL CAN THEN AMEND THE FEE  SCHELE FOR 2026 AND BEGIN  IMPLEMENTING FEES ON OFF-DUTY  WORK. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO TODAY'S  VOTE AND TO CONTINUE THIS WORK  OF WITN OUR LIMITED SCOPE OF  AUTHORITY, HOW -- FIGURING OUT  HOW WE CAN CONTINUE REGULATING  OFF-DUTY WITH A COALITION THAT  RANGES FROM ORDINARY RESIDENTS  TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF  JUSTICE, AS WELL AS WITH OUR  SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS IN  MINNEAPOLIS.WITH THAT, AGAIN, IY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS  ORDINANCE AND STAND FOR ANY  QUESTIONS. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. SO I DON'T SERVE ON THE  COMMITTEE THAT DIBERATED THIS  ORDINANCE, SO I WANT TO ASK MY  COLLEAGUES IF THEY CAN HELP US  UNRSTAND WHAT IS BEFORE US AND WHAT BASELINE DATA WE HAVE. REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME TO  UNDERSTAND WE HAVE POLICE  DEPARTMENT STAFF THAT IS  UNDERSTAFFED AND NOT WORKING TOO MUCH TO COMPRISE THEIR ABILITY  TO WORK.DOES THE CHIEF HAVE A P  ALREADY WITH REGARD TO HOW MUCH  OFF-DUTY WORK POLICE OFFICERS  CAN DO?  SO AS TO NOT INTERFERE  WITH THE REGULAR HOURS AND  OVERTIME HOURS THISSER ALREADY  DOING FOR THE CITY?  NOT SURE IF ANYONE HAS THE ANSWER TO THAT Q. >> SO THIS SLIGHTLY CAME UP IN  OUR CONVERSATIONS IN COMMITTEE. AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANY  COLLEAGUES THAT HAVE QUESTIONS  IN TERMS OF HOW IS OFF-DUTY  BEING CURRENTLY TRACKED TO BRING THOSE DIRECTLY TO M.P.D.  WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING TODAY IS  ENABLING LEGISLATION FOR THE  CITY TO BEGIN COLLECTING FEES. RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE THAT ALLOWS THE CITY TO COLLECT FEES FOR OFF-DUTY. SO ESSENTIALLY EVERY COMPONENT  THAT'S USED FOR OFF DUTY,  TALKING ABOUT SQUAD CARS,  UNIFORMS, THE THINGS THAT  OFFICERS USE, PUBLIC RESOURCES,  WE -- THERE'S NO CHARGING  SYSTEMS IN PLACE FOR THAT. AND THOSE CHARGING SYSTEMS IN  ANY OTHER SCOPE OF THE CITY  ENTERPRISE IS ASSOCIATED WITH  FEES. THIS IS ABOUT PUTTING IN AT  LEAST SOM LEVEL OF GUARDRAILS  AND ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH OUR  FEE SYSTEMS TO BE ABLE TO START  RECUPERATING THE COST OF THAT  PROGRAM, AND THEN WE CAN EXPLORE OTHER THINGS AROUND TRACKING AND AGAIN, I THINKHOSE ARE  QUESTIONS TO BRING TO THE CHIEF. HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE  INCORPORAT IN THE FEE STUDY  ANALYSIS WE GET BACK IN MAY. >> OKAY. THANKS FOR OUTLINING THAT AND THEN RECOGNIZING DEPARTMENT  OF JUSTICE OUTLINED IN THEIR  REPORT THAT OFF-DUTY WORK  UNDERMINES DIRECT LINES OF  SUPERVISION IN THE DEPARTMENT. AND IMPROVING SUPERVISION IS A  LARGE PART OF THE CONSENT DECREE THAT WE JUST VOTED UNANIMOUSLY  ON A -- AS A BODY AND DETERMINED THAT WITH THE MAYOR TT WE ARE  DETERMINED TO IMPLEMENT THIS AS  QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. I THINK THIS IS, YOU KNOW, ONE  OF THOSE STEPS TOWARDS CONSENT  DECREE IMPLEMENTATION BECAUSE IT IS WHAT THE DEPARTMENT OF  JUSTICE IS ASKING US TO DO. AND I ALSO SAW THE POLICE CHIEF  PUT OUT A STATEMENT THAT HE  SUPPORTS CHARGING FOR THE WEAR  AND TEAR ON CITY-OWNED SQUAD  CARS, SO I JUST WANT TO THANK  HIM FOR HIS COMMITMENT TO  CONSENT DECREE IMPLEMENTATION AS WELL. SO, YOU KNOW, BEYOND SQUAD CARS  AND UNIFORMS, DO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT OTHER PUBLIC RESOURCE  ARE BEING USED BY POLICE IN  OFF-DUTY WORK?   >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY?   >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. ONCE AGAIN, THAT IS WHY WE  BROUGHT FORWARD THAT LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE. I WILL ALSO NOTE THIS IS WORK  THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING WAY IN  ADVANCE OF THE U.S. CONSENT  DECREASE, SO WE HAVE BEEN ASKING THESE QUESTIONS, AS WELL AS  RESIDENTS OF WHAT ACTUALLY GOES  -- OR WHAT IS INVOLVED IN  RUNNING THIS PROGRAM. SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET A  FULLER UNDERSTANDING OF EXACTLY  WHAT YOU ARE ASKING IN THAT  REPORT BACK FROM M.P.D. OF WHAT  IS ASSOCIATED, WHERE ARE THE  FULL COSTS THAT MAYBE WE HAVE  CONSIDERED OR HAVE NOT  CONSIDERED IN THE PAST RECENT  YEARS THA WE CAN INCORPORATE  INTO THAT FEE SCHEDULE. AND SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A  TRANSPARENT PROCESS TO DOCUMENT  AND RELEASE AND SHARE WITH BOTH  COUNCIL, RESIDENTS, AND THOSE  SOLICITING THESE SERVICES TO  KNOW UP FRONT WHAT YOU WILL   PAYING IF YOU WANT TO PURCHASE  THIS. AND ALSO FOR THE OFFICERS  THEMSELVES WHO ARE LOOKING TO  USE THE AS A SIDE HUSTLE AND  KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE TO TAKE ON  IN THEIR OWN RESPONSIBILITY AS  WELL.  OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION I  HAVE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I  UNDERSTAND THESE QUESTIONS ARE  FOR THE CHIEF AND FOR THE  REPORT, BUT MY QUESTION IS ABOUT THE HOURLY COST OF OFF-DUTY  WORK. I HAVE HEARD DIFFERENT REPORTS  FROM BUSINESSES IN MY WARD WHO  ARE REQUIRED TO ACTUALLY HIRE  OFF-DUTY AS PART OF THE LARGE  BLOCK EVENT PERMIT THAT THE COST HAS GONE UP AST ASTRONOMICALLY   THEY WEREN'T SURE WHY AND THAT  IS PROHIBITIVE OF THE DOWNTOWN  AND THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT. AND OUR BARS AND RESTAURANTS  FROM HAVING LARGE BLOCK EVENTS  IS THAT THE COST WENT UP. IT ACTUALLY SEEM TO HAVE DOUBLED THIS YEAR. I AM JUST CURIOUS WHAT THE COST  OF OVERTIME WORK IS AND IF THAT  IS UNIFORM ACROSS ALL -- ACROSS  ALL CUSTOMERS OR HOW THEY'RE  ASSESSING THAT. THANK YOU. >> YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT  QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMA. AND THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS  WHY I BROUGHT THE MOTION LAST  YEAR OR THE STAFF DIRECTION FOR  THE POLICY AND RESEARCH DIVISION  DO A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE  REPORT AND ANALYSIS OF WHAT IS  THE LANDSCAPE OF OFF-DUTY. AN IT GIVES SOME REALLY GOOD  INFORMATION THAT I WOULD  ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO VIS AND THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL AS A  FIRST STARTING PLACE. BUT THAT IS THE ISSUE RIGHT NOW, AND THAT IS WHY WE'RE TAKING  STEPS LIKE THIS TO REGULATE THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE THERE IS N  STANDARDIZATION. I CAN IMAGINE IF YOU SPOKE TO  SEVERAL OF THOSE BUSINESSES  DOWNTOWN AND I WILL SAY EVEN IN  MY WARDS, THEY WILL GIVE YOU A  DIFFERENT SWER OF WHAT THEY  ARE BEING CHARGED. AND THAT IS THE PROBLEM. AND WHY MANY AGENCIES HAVE SAID, THIS IS RIPE FOR CRUPTION  BECAUSE THERE IS NO TRACKING. THERE IS NO STANDARDIZATION. AND THERE'S BEEN LIMITED  ACCOUNTABILITY OF HOW WE'RE  REALLY MAKING SURE THAT  RESIDENTS OR BUSINESS OWNERS  SOLICITING THESE SERVICES AREN'T BEING EXPLOITED. SO AGAIN, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO START DOING THIS. THIS IS WITHIN OUR LEGAL GROUNDS AND WITHIN OUR AUTHORITY TO BE  ABLE TO AT LEAST P SOME  STANDARDIZATION IN PLACE. AND AGAIN, HAVE THAT  TRANSPARENCY FOR RESIDENTS, FOR  BUSINESS OWNERS, FOR ALL THOSE  SEEKING TO USE THIS SERVICE. >> DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD  --  >> THANK YOU. C.O.O. HAS ALSO HELPED SO MUCH  IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. >> THANK YOU. I AM AMY SHUTT, AN ASSISTANT  CITY ATTORNEY, AND I DID ALSO  WANT T SPEAK TO THE ISSUE THAT  YOU HAVE RAISED BECAUSE WE HAVE  FOR YEARS HEARD CONCERNS FROM  BUSINESSES A EVENT PLANNERS  ABOUT THE FACT THEY DO NEED TO  HIRE SECURITY FOR THEIR  BUSINESSES ORVENTS AS PART OF  THE LICENSING PROCESS. AND IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO  KNOW THAT AS RECENTLY AS THE  LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND EVEN  FURTHER CK, CHANGES HAVE BEEN  MADE TO THE LICENSING PROCESS SO THAT WHILE THEY ARE REQUIRED TO  HAVE SECURITY, THAT SECURITY  DOES NOT NECESSARILY NEED TO BE  OFF-DUTY OFFICERS. BUSINESSES DON'T ALWAYS KNOW  THAT.EVENT PLANNERS DON'T KNOW   THEY DO HAVE OPTIONS, BUT THEY  DO NOW PURSUANT TO OUR  PROCESSES, THEY ARE ALLOWED TO  HIRE ANY QUALIFIED SECURITY  SERVICE TO PERFORM THOSE  SERVICES. IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE OFF-DUTY  M.P.D. OFFICERS. >> THANK YOU AND YOU ARE AT TIME NOW. DID YOU WANT TO GET BACK IN  QUEUE FOR FURTHER FOLLOW-UPS?   OKAY. GREAT. COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING, I THINK THIS OFF-DUTY SYSTEM IS  COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTROL AS HAS BEEN STATED. AND IT DOES PRESENT HARM TO OUR  COMMUNITIES, SOME OFFICERS WHO  WORK MORE HOURS THAN THEY NEED  TO AND CHALLENGES WHENNER ON  DUTY, ETC. AND I DON'T THINK THIS IS A COST THAT SHOULD BE BORN BY OUR  STAFF. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW,HEY ARE OFF-DUTY IN MINNEAPOLIS, HELPING TO KEEP MINNEAPOLIS SAFE. I THINK THESE FEES SHOULD BE  BORNE BY THE QUOTE, EMPLOYER,  WHO IS HIRING THESE OFF-DUTY  COPS. THAT'S WHO SHOULD BE PAYING  THESE FEES, NOT OUR STAFF. AS HAS BEEN STATED, WE DO  REQUIRE PEOPLE TO HAVE OFF-DUTY  POLICE. AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, IT IS  VERY UNCLEAR THAT YOU CAN HIRE  OTHER PEOPLE BECAUSE IT  LITERALLY SAYS YOU SHOULD HAVE  OFF-DUTY POLICE, UNLESS WE'RE  CHAND THAT TO THIS DATE. AND SO IF WE HA CALCULATED A  FEE FOR THAT, THEN IT SEEMS LIKE THAT FEE SHOULD BE STANDARD  ACROSS THE BOARD ANDHOULDN'T  BE ANY DISCREPANCIES WHERE SOME  OPERATORS ARE PAYING MORE OR  LESS PER HOUR FOR THAT SERVICE  AND ITUST FEELS PREMATURE. WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE  COSTS ARE AND WE ARE PASSING THE ARE TH WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE  SO I AM REALLY CHALLENGED BY  THIS ORDINANCE TODAY. >> DID YOU WANT TO CLARIFY THE  REQUIREMENT AROUND WHERE THIS  CONCEPT OF THE REQUIREMENT O  HAVING TO HIRE M.P.D. VERSUS A  LICENSED SECURITY OFFICER?   >> OF COURSE, THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS, IT  CONTINUES TO BE A SOURCE OF  CONFUSION AND MISINFORMATION IN. THIS HAS BEEN A COMPLAINT OF  BUSINESS OWNERS FOR A LONG TIME  AN WAS BROUGHT UP FOR  CONSIDERATION AT THE COUNCIL AND A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO. AT THAT TIME THE COUNCIL DID  DECIDE TO MAKE A CHANGE TO OUR  POLICIES AROUND WHO COULD BE  HIRED, BUT IT IS NOT WELL KNOWN   BUSINESSES. BUSINESSES ARE UNDER THE  IMPRESSION THEY ONLY HAVE THE  OPTION TO HIRE OFF-DUTY POLICE  AND YOU ARE CORRECT THAT  NOT  A WELL-KNOWN FACT AND A LOT OF  BUSINESSES DON'T KNOW THEY HAVE  THAT OPTION. AND IF I MAY ALSO TO THE POINT  OF THE PROCESS HERE. THE PROCESS OF CHANGING THE  ORDINANCE IS A MULTISTEP PROCES. WE ARE IN STEP ONE WHICH IS  CREATING AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD ALLOW THE CITY TO COLLECT THE  FEES THE ORDINANCE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TODAY IS VERY SIMPLE AND  SPECIFIC TO THAT FACT, SIMPLY  ALLOWING THE CITY TO COLLECT  FEES FOR USE OF OFF-DUTY  RESOURCES.THE NEXT STEP OF THE S COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY ELUDED  TO, WILL COME AFTER THAT FEE  STUDY HAS BEE DONE AND WE HAVE  INFORMATION ON WHAT THOSE FEES  WILL BE. AT THAT POINT WE WILL NEED TO  COMPLETE THE NEXT STEP OF THE  PROCESS, WHICH WOULD BE AN  AMENDMENT TO THE FEE SCHEDULE  AND THE FEE SCHEDULE ORDINANCE  TO INCORPORATE THOSE FEES INTO  THE FEE SCHEDULE, BUT WE COULD  DON'T THAT IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT. >> DID --  >> GO AHEAD. COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS. >> WHEN WOULD THE COLLECTION   FEES BEGIN?   >> AS COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY  INDICATED, THE PLAN, AS I  UNDERSTAND IT RIGHT NOW, IS TO  BEGIN COLLECTING THE FEES AT THE BEGINNING OF 2026. >> DID YOU HAVE ANY OTHER  QUESTIONS, COUNCIL MEMBER  JENKINS?   >> ACTUALLY, COUNCIL PRESIDENT  PAYNE --  >> IF YOU COULD CLARIFY WHO PAYS THE FEE. >> THAT IS ALSO SOMETHING -- ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS AROUND HOW THE FEE IS COLLECTED, HOW THE  PROCESS IS DONE BY CITY STAFF,  WHATIND OF FEES ARE COLLECTED, HOW THOSE FEES ARE DETERMINED,  ALL OF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT  NEEDS TO BE DONE AS PART OF THAT FEE SCHEDULE. SO THAT IS WHY IT'S REALLY  IMPORTT TO SET THAT FEE  SCHEDULE IN MOTION NOW IN ORDER  TO BE ABLE TOAVE STAFF DO THAT ANALYSIS AND EVALUATE WHAT THE  BEST PROCESS IS SO THAT THEY CAN COME FORWARD TO YOU WITH A PLAN  FOR HOW THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER, BUT  THE QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT TH  DIRECTED TO THE STAFF DOING THE  FEE STUDY WHO WILL THEN BRING  FORTH THE FEE SCHEDULE AND  INCORPORATE THOSE ANSWERS INTO  IT. >> IF I COULD SUMMARIZE THAT,  THE ACTION WE'RE TAKING TODAY IS CREATING THE CONDITIONS TO BE  ABLE TO DEFINE THOSE SPECIFICS,  BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY  TO START THE DEFINITION OF THOSE SPECIFICS UNTIL WE PASS THIS  ENABLING LEGISLATION TODAY. >> CORRECT. >> THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> SO I'M GOING TO VOT FOR THIS FEE STUDY BECAUSE I DO THINK WE  SHOULD HAVTO HAVE A THOUGHTFUL PROCS AND HOW TO DO THIS. I DO NOT AGREE WITH SOME OF THE  EARLIER SIMPLISTIC REMARKS ABOUT THIS OFF-DUTY SYSTEM. WE HAVE TO ENTER THIS WITH AN  OPEN MIND AND TRY TO SERVE THE  PUBLIC. I DO WANT TO REMINDY  COLLEAGUES THAT, FOR EXAMPLE,  THE PRIDE PARADE ALONE HAS OVER  50QUAD CARS. TWIN CITY MARATHON HAS OVER 75,  BOARD SQUADS THAT ARE USED FOR  THE TWIN CITY MARATHON. SO LET'S KEEP OUR OPEN MIND AND  COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT RAISE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY  COSTS TO SUCH EXTREME THAT, TO  COUNL MEMBER CASHMAN'S POINT,  THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT ABLE TO  AFFORD TO HAVE THEIR EVENTS. THANK YOU. >> COUIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I AM HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS, AND  I AM ANXIOUS TO GET THE FEE  STUDY BACK FROM M.P.D. SO WE  KNOW WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKI AT HERE. AS I SAID IN COMMITTEE, I WANT  EVERY OFF-DUTY OFFICER TO BE  ABLE TO SWAP INTO ACTIVE DUTY  WHENEVER NECESSARY. THAT'S A COMMUNITY MULTIPLIER,  AND THAT'S THE ENTIRE REASON WE  EVEN HAVE OFF-DUTY IN THE FIRST  PLACE. SO I DO NOT WANT TO LIMIT THAT. I WILL ALSO JUST POINT OUT THAT  THIS PROCESS, AND THANK YOU,  COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, FOR  CARRYING THIS OUT. THIS IS EXACTLY HOW PCAR SHOULD  HAVE WORKED, IRONICALLY. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I DO AGREE THIS IS REALLY GO  IDEA FOR US TO START CHARGING  THIS MONEY. BUT WHERE IT COMES FROM IS WHERE WE WAIT AND IT DOES MAKE SENSE  FOR ME TO CHARGE THE MONEY TO  THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HIRING. THE BUSINESS THAT ARE HIRING  POLICE OFFICERS. AND ALSO I DO WANT TO MENTION  THAT SPEAKING ON THIS, REQUIRING SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE  IN OUR COMMUNITY POLICE, IT  DOESN'T MAKE NSE. I WORK CLOSELY WITH SOMALI WEEK  OR CINCO DE MAYO AND THE COST OF ORGANIZING THAT IS A LOT. AND NOW HAVING THE PERT TO  HOST THOSE MEETINGS, AND  REIRING POLICE OFFICERS, IT  DOESN'T REALLY MAKE SENSE. IT IS NOT FEASIBLEO THEM TO  RUN A SUCCESSFUL -- THINKING  ABOUT THE EXPENSE A HOW MUCH  IT IS, AND SECURITY WORKS FOR  MANY OF TSE SMALL EVENTS. BUT YES, JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT  POINT. I THINK IT'S A GOOD STEP FOR US  TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT WHERE IT  COMES FROM, WHERE THE MONEY  TTING CHARGED, I DON'T THINK I WOULD AGREE THAT THE FEE SHOULD  BE CHAED TO OFFICERS. JUST PUT IT OUT THERE. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBE ELLISON. >> I WAS GOING TO COME IN JUST  TO OFFER SOME OF MY THOUGHT  ABOUT THE ORDINANCE PROCESS, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THOSE QUESTIONS  GOT ANSWERED, SO I WANT TO THANK STAFF F THAT. I DID WANT TO JUST SAY I'M --  I'M ENCOURAGED BY HOW THIS  CONVERSATION HAS GONE JUST  BECAUSE IN MY FIRST THREE YEARS  IN OFFICE, THIS WOULDN'T HAVE  EVEN BEEN CONTROVERSIAL. IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN A DEBATE. WE WOULD HAVE JUST BEEN  CONSIDERED GOOD GOVERNANCE AND  WE WOULD HAVE MOVED ON. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH DISCUSSION WE WOULD HAVHAD. IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE  HAVE SEEN THAT EVERYTHING THAT  MENTIONS POLICE, IT BRINGS THE  NEWS OUT BECAUSE THEY THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY EXCITING  STORY. BUT I THINK THIS IS LIKE  SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE  BORING. THAT IS WHAT GOOD GOVERNANCE IS. IT'S BORING, DLIB DELIBERATIVE,  IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN, IT IS  NECEARY. SO WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS  ORDINANCE BACK AND THIS  INFORMATION BACK AND PASS GOOD  GOVERNANCE. I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER  WONSLEY AND I WANT TO THANK MY  COLLEAGUES FOR, LIKE, YEAH,  LET'S GET BACK TO THIS NORMAL  WHERE WERE NOT  SENSATIONALIZING EVERY SINGLE  THING TO DO WITH THE POLICE  DEPARTMENT, BUT GETTING BACK TO  GOOD, BORING, NON-NEWS  GENERATING ORDINANCE CREATION. THANK YOU, GUY. >>HANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER  ELLISON. I GOT IN QUEUE TO MAKE SIMILAR  REMARKS AROUND GOOD GERNANCE  AND CONNECT THIS TO THIS BROADER PICTURE. I WANT TO CONNECT THIS TO THE  CONTRACT THAT WE JUST APPROVED. AND WHAT THE HISTORY OF THE  POLICE UNION'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY HAS BEEN, AND THAT  HISTORY WAS REALLY ABOUT  OFOADING A LOT OF MANAGEMENT  RIGHTS TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT  IN EXANGE FOR LOWER PAY,  RIGHT?  BECAUSE MAYBE LEADERS,  CITY LEADERS IN PREVIOUS  GENERATIONS, WERE LOOKING AT  THIS FROM A MORE FISCALLY  CONSERVATIVE PERSPECTIVE, AND BY HAVING LOWER BASE RATES, IT  ALLOWED THE CITY TO KEEP MONEY  OFF THE BOOKS AND KP THE  BUDGET LOW, AND THEREFORE, THE  TAXES LOW. AND IT GAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE  FLEXIBILITY  RANK AND FILE  OFFICERS, AND ALSO GAVE THEM  THAT FLEXIBILITY TO MAKE UP FOR  THAT KIND OF PERSONAL ECONOMIC  DIFFERENCE THROUGH THIS TYPE OF  OFF-DUTY WORK. WE ARE IN DIFFERENT  CIRCUMSTANCES NOW. WE HAVE APPROVED A CONTRACT THAT HAS SOLIDIFIED MORE OF OUR  MANAGEMENT RIGHTS AS AN  EMPLOYER. AND WE HAVEDJUSTED THEIR  BASE SALARIES TO REFLECT THAT,  SO IT SHOULD REMOVE THE NEED TO  MAKE UPOME OF THE KIND OF PAY  EQUITY DIFFERENCES THROUGH THE  INFORMAL ARRANGEMENTS WITH SMALL BUSINESSES. AND I JUST WANTED TO LAYER IN  ALSO TO COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN'S POINT AROUND OFFICER WELLNESS,  SOME OF THE TYPE OF REGULATIONS  THAT WE WANT TO HAVE AROUND  UNITY OF COMMAND. AGAIN, THERE'S -- IT'S NOT JUST  CORRUPTION. IT'S JUST BAD MANAGEMENT  PRACTICES TO HAVE, YOU KNOW,  PATROL OFFICERS BEING ABLE TO  CONTROL THE PAYCHECK ESSENTIALLY FOR A SERGEANT OR LIEUTENANT. THAT'S JUST COMPLETELY INVERSE  OF THE CONCEPT OF CHAIN OF  COMMAND, UNITY OF COMMAND, SPAN  OF CONTROL. SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT ARE  JUST AROUND GOOD MANAGEMENT AND  GOOD PRACTICES. AND I JUST BROUGHT UP POLICY  THAT THE CHIEF HAD SHARED WITH  US PREVIOUSLY, WN WE WERE  HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT  OFF-DUTY THAT THEY ARE STILL  BOUND TO NO MORE THAN 160 HOURS  THEY NEED AT LEAST A FULL  24-HOUR DAY OF REST WITH NO WORK SHIFTS OF ANY KIND, INCOLLUDG  OFF-DUTY, AND OTHER DEPARTMENT  DUTIES SHALL BERIORITIZED  AFTER THE EMPLOYEE'S PRIMARY  DUTY ASSIGNMENT. THAT MEANS OVERTIME, COURT,  SPECIAL DUTY AND OFF-DUTY  EMPLOYMENT WILL ONLY BE  CONSIDERED ONCE DEPARTMENT  DUTIES HAVE BEEN SATISFIED. AND ONE OF MY BIGGEST  CONTENTIONS AROUND OFF-DUTY WORK IS THAT EITHER WE'RE IN A  STAFFING CRISIS AND WE DON'T  HAVE ENOUGH OFFICERS TO DO  THEIR, LIKE, THEIR CORE DUTY  ASSIGNMENTS, THEIR PRIMARY DUTY  ASSIGNMENTS, OR WE HAVE ENOUGH  STAFF CAPACITY THAT ONCE THOSE  PRIMARY DUTY ASSIGNMENTS ARE  COMPLETED, THEY STILL HAVE  CAPACITY TO TAKE ON OFF-DUTY  WORK. BOTH OF THOSE THING CANS BE  TRUE. WE CAN'T BOTH BE IN A STAFFING  CRISIS AND HAVE THE CAPACITY TO  DO OFF-DUTY WORK IN THE FIRST  PLACE. A LOT OF WHAT IS THIS IS DOING  IS HELPING US HAVE TIGHTER  UNDERSTANDING AND CONTROL AROUND HOW OFFICERS ARE USING THEIR  TIME SO THAT WE ARE PRIORITIZING PUBLIC SAFETY, INCLUDING THE  QUOTE, FORCE MULTIPLIER OF THE  OFF-DUTY SHIFTS. SO I WILL DOUBLE CHECK THE  QUEUE. I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVIE. >> YEAH, SAME HERE. I JUST WANT TO INVITE YOU TO  HAVE AN OFF THE RECORD  CONVERSATION ABOUT THE  DIFFERENCE BETWEENFFICERS  FULFILLING THE UNION OBLIGATION  FOR HOURS SERVED AND ON THEIR  OWNCCORD VOLUNTEERING FOR  OFF-DUTY TIME. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE THAT I  THINK I WOULD LOVE TO TALK TO  YOU ABOUT PERSONALLY AWAY FROM  THE TV CAMERAS. >> HAPPY TO HAVE THAT  CONVERSATION. >> ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, I WILL ASK THE CLERK  TO CALL THE ROLL ON ITEM NUMBER  1 ON T PUBLIC HEALTH AND  SAFETY REPORT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, AY. CASHMAN, AYE. OSMAN, AYE. RAINVILLE, AYE. CHAVEZ, AYE. VETAW, AYE. ELLISON, AYE. KOSKI, AYE. WONSLEY, AYE. JENKINS, IS ABSENT. PALMISANO, AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE. PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. >> TRE ARE 12 YAY YAYS. >> THAT CARRIES AND THE FULL  REPORT IS ADOPTED. AND WITH THAT, WE HAVE COMPLETED THE REPORTS OF ALL OF OUR  STANDING COMMITTEES. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS  NOTICE OF ORDINANCE  INTRODUCTIONS. WE HAVE ONE NOTICE TODAY. WELL, WE HAVE ORDINANCE  INTRODUCTION TODAY, WHICH IS  FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN, WHO GIVES NOTICE OF INTENT TO  INTRODUCE AT THE NEXT REGULAR  MEETING THE SUBJECT MATTER OF AN ORDINANCE RELATED TO THE STREETS AND SIDEWALK CODE, RECOGNIZING -- REORGANIZING CHAPTER 439 BY  RENAMING THE CHAPTER PEDESTRIAN  MALLS AND ADDING A NEW ARTICLE  TO BE TITLED GEORGE FLOYD SQUE PEDESTRIAN MALL AS PART OF THE  38th STREET AND CHICAGO AVENUE  RECONSTRUCON PROJECT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS  NOTICE?  COUNCIL MEMBER  PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THIS IS PROBABLY FOR COUNCIL  MEMBER CASHMAN. WHO MAKES THE DECISION FOR THE  CITY-OWNED PROPERTIES THEN?  IT  SEEMS LIKE THAT WOULD BE AN  ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION. IS THIS PEDESTRIAN MALL MEANT TO INCLUDE THINGS TO TAKE THE  PUBLIC OUT OF CONSIDERATION F  EVEN HAVING A PEDESTRIAN MALL?   >> MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, CAN YOU REPEAT THE  SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTION?   >> IT WOULD BE COVERED. WHO MAKES THE DECISION FOR  CITY-OWNED PROPERTYS? AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY OWNS THE O GETS TO MAKE THE DECISION FOR CITY-OWNED PROPERTIES AND A PEDESTRIAN MALL APPROVAL PRESS? >>  YEAH.  THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.  WE WENT ABOUT THIS WITH THE ATTORNEYS.  I BELIEVE IT THE CPED DIRECTOR, AS WELL AS THE CITY ENGINEER, BRIAN DODDS WHO SIGN DOCUMENTS RELATED TO CITY-OWNE PROPERTIES. >> I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.  THIS IS JUST NOTICE OF INTRODUCTION.  THANK YOU.  >>  ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON THIS NOTICE?  SEEING NON  THAT NOTICE IS HEAR BY GIVEN AND NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED, AT THIS TIME.  THE SECOND NOTICE THAT WE HAVE IS FROM COUNCILMEMBER JENKINS.  AND I WILL JUST READ THE MOTION.  COUNCILMEMBER JENKINS GIVES NOTICE THAT SHE INTENDS TO BRING FORWARD AT THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY, 13, 2025 THE MOTION TO DISCHARGE THE CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF THE CONCEPT YOUT APPROVAL AND EASEMENT FOR THE 38th STREET AND CHICAGO AVENUE PROJECT THERE IS NO ACTION NEEDED, AT THIS TIME, FROM THAT.  MR. CLERK, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS? >>  MR. PRESIDENT, THANK YOU.  THERE WERE QUESTIONS ASKED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.  AND SO I THOUGHT I WOULD TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO SORT OF, I THINK, EXPLAIN HOW I SEE THE CURRENT SITUATION.  I THINK THE COUNCIL NOW HAS FOR ANOTHER PROCEDURAL SITUATION.  IT'S A BIT UNUSUAL.  WE'LL NEED TO PULL APART THE VARIOUS ELEMENTS OF THIS PROPOSAL AS WE MOVE FORWARD, AS YOU KNOW, AS THE BODY KNOWS.  THERE IS A CONCEPT PLAN FOR THET THAT WAS SUBMITTED, ACTUALLY, YEARS AGO.  IT'S BEEN UERWAY.  THAT PLAN, WHICH I'LL REFER TO AS PLAN A. IS CURRENTLY PENDING CONSIDERATION BEFORE THE CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE.  AND SO TODAY A NOTICE OF ORDINANCE INTRODUCTION HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE AGENDA.  WE JUST ACTED ON THAT.  THAT BRINGS A NEW LISLATIVE PROCESS TO SUBSTANTIVELY CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF THAT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT FROM WHAT IT HAD BEEN.  AND WOULD CHANGE IT FROM A FLEXIBLE OPEN DESIGN TO A PEDESTRIAN MALL DESIGN.  SO THAT WAS THE SUBJECT OF DISSSION OVER SEVERAL CYCLES NOW.  HOW IT WORKS.  THESSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY EXPLAINED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS THAT THE PROCESS, WHICHS DICTATED BY STATE LAW FOR A PEDESTRIAN MALL HAS SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS, WHICH INCLUDES THE INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE THAT THE INTENT IS TO DEVELOP A PEDESTRIAN MALL.  IF THIS PROCESS ALIGNS WH THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENT, IT ESSENTIALLY BEGINS THE PROCESS OF CREATING WHAT I'LL CALL A PLAN B FOR GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE.  COUNCILMBER JENKINS THEN HAS GIVEN NOTICE INTENT TO BRING FORWARD A MOTION TO DISCHARGE THE MTER FROM THE COMMITTEE.  SO THAT THE FULL COUNCIL CAN CONSIDER AND ACT ON PROPOSED PLAN A.  I'LL NOTE THAT THE COUNCIL DOESN'T HAVE POSSESSION OF THIS MATTER RIGHT NOW.  THIS WAS A TOPIC WE TALKED ABOUT LT CYCLE.  ABOUT ONE OF THE FACTORS TO CONSIDER IS WHO HAS POSSESSION.  RIGHT NOW THE CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE HAS POSSESSION OF THAT MATTER.  SO UNTIL THE COMMITTEE TAKES SOME ACTION, EITHER TO BRING IT FORWARD TO RECOMMENDATION OR IF THE COUNCIL WERE TO DISCHARGE THAT MATTER FROM COMMITTEE, THE COUNCIL CAN'T TAKE FORMAL ACTION.  THE NOTICE OF ORDINANCE INTRODUCTION TODAY BEGINS A NEW PROCESS, AS I'VE SAID, IT IS MY ADVICE THAT THE CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE WILL ND TO DETERMINE WHAT ACTION IT MIGHT TAKE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THAT INVOLVESLAN A. OR PLAN BVMENT.  IF PLAN B, THE PEDESTRIAN MALL IS TO ADVANCE, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE EXISTING PLAN A. FOR TH FLEXIBLE DESIGN SPACE BE REFERRED TO THE CITY CLERK.  SO FROM THE INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE TO THE COUNCIL.  THE COUNCIL WOULD REFER IT TO THE CLERK.  IT' AN UNUSUAL PROCEDURE, BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT DOES.  SPEND SUSPEND ANY FURTHER DEVELOPMENT WITH THE PLAN A.  IT WOULD PUT IT WITH THE CLERK ON FILE.  IF, AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, AS THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY TOGETHER PURSUE A PLAN B AND IT DOESN'T WORK OUT, THE COUNCIL CAN RETURN BACK TO PLAN A. WITHOUT LOSING THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE ON THAT PART.  SO THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION TO AT LEAST SAVEE YEARS ON PLAN A.  FURTHER MORE, IF PLAN B IS TO MOVE FORWARD, I BELIEVE THAT A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE FROM THIS BODY CLEARLY ARTICULATING THE PURPOSE, THE INTENT, THE DESIRED POLICY LEVEL RESULTS OR OUTCOMES SHOULD BE CONSIDERED BY THE BODY TO HELP THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, IN TERMS OF CRAFTING AN ORDINANCE THAT NOT ONLY MEETS THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT TO THIS BODY, BUT THAT CLEARLY ALIGNS TO THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS, WHICH ARE UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT IN THIS VE SPECIFIC THING UNDER ENABLING LEGISLATION FROM THE STATE THAT ALLOWS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PEDESTRIAN MA.  SO THE CITY ATTORNEY CAN WEIGH IN ON THAT POINT, IF SHE WISHES .  I'LL CONCLUDE SAYING THE NOTICES TODAY WOULD TELL ME, A I THINK THE CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE SHOULD BE RECEIVING THE MESSAGE THAT A DESION AROUND THIS DESIGN PROJECT NEEDS TO BE MADE WITHIN THE NEXT CYCLE.  EITHER TOOVE FORWARD WITH OR WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION PLAN A. OR KNOWING THAT THE COUNCIL IS INTRODUCING PLAN B.  IF THE COMMITTEE WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD, AS I SUGGESTED, WE SHOULD REFER TO THE CITY CLERK PLAN A.  SO THAT STAYS.  THERE IS NO ACTION TO TAKE, AS YOU SD, MR. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, BECAUSE THESE ARE PROCEDURAL MATTERS.  THESE AREN'T FORMAL ACTIONS.  I THINK THEY'RE A CLEAR INDICATION TO ALL COUNCILMEMBERS THAT THE BO IS MOVING FORWARD IN SOME DIRECTION WITHIN THE NEXT CYCLE. >>  THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION MR. KARL.  COUNCILMEMBER JENKINS. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.  I'M BRINGING FORWARD THIS NOTICE, YOU KNOW, MY COMMUNITY HAS BEEN DEEPLY IACTED BY THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD.  AND THEN HAS BEEN SUBSEQUENTLY SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED BY THE LOSS OF TRANSIT IN THAT CORR CORRIDOR.  THE NUMBER 5 IS A ROUTE THAT RUNS THROUGH SIX DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES.  CONSIDER MINNEAPOLIS, BLOOMINGTON, ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE AIRPORT.  TO THE MALL OF AMERICA.  IT IS A MAJOR THOROUGH FARE IN THE CITY OFINNEAPOLIS AND THE REGION.  TO THE POINT THAT IT WAS EVEN REFERENCED IN THE MINNEAPOLIS POEM TODAY.  THE NUMBER 5.  IF WE DID A PEDESTRIAN MALL AT THIS INTERSECTION IT WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT DISABLED RESIDENTS, ELDERLY RESIDENTS, RESIDENTS WITH CHILDREN WHO RELY ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TO ACCESS SCHOOL, DOCTORS, EMPLOYMENT, ET. CETERA.  IT KIND OF BOGGLES MYIND THAT THIS BODY, WHICH HAS SOME OF OUR MOST CHALLENGING CONVERSATIONS HAS BEEN AROUND TRANSIT.  AND NOW WE'RE SAYING WE WANT TO TAKE TRANSIT FROM THIS COMMUNITY.   I'M PERPLEXED.  THE NEIGHBORS.  WE'VE DONE SEVERAL SURVEYS.  THE WORK THAT MR. KARL REFERRED TO OVER SEVERAL YEARS.  THAT WOULD BE DISMISSED IN THAT SCENARIO.  IT'SN THE JUST WORK.  IT'S $.2 MILLION THAT WE HAVE INVESTED IN THIS PROCESS.  AND SO I THINK IT'S TIME FOR US TO COME TO SOME DECISIONS ON THIS, WHICH IS THE INTENT OF MY NOTE TO BRING FORTH THIS MOTION TO DISMISS.  HOPEFULLY THE C & I COMMITTEE CAN GET THIS WORK DONE, BUT IF NOT, THEN WE NEED TO GRAPPLE WITH IT AS A COUNCIL.  THANK YOU SIR. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE.  I'LL MAKE MY COMMENTS QUICK AND SHORT.  I THINK LATE LAST YEAR, WE VOTED TO SUPPORT THE PEDESTRIAN CONCEPT.  PEDESTRIAN CONCEPT PLAN.  SO WE WERE VERY CLEAR IN HOW WE WERE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD AS A CITY COUNCIL.  WE PASSED THAT RESOLUTION.  I'LL REPEAT IT AGAIN.  WE SAID WE SUPPORTED THE PEDESTRIAN CONCEPT PLAN, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE PROPOSALS THA WAS PUT FORWARD TO THE PUBLIC.  SO WE HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR HOW  WANT TO MOVE FORWARD.  I DON'T WANT THE PUBLIC TO GET CONFUSED.  THANK YOU. >>  ALL RIGHT.  SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE,HAT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN.  OH.  COUNCILMEMBER JENKINS. >> I'M SORRY.  THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.  COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ, CAN YOU CLARIFY WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO? >>  COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ? >>  THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE.  I'M TALKING ABOUT THE RESOLUTION THAT WE SAID WE WOULD SUPPORA PEDESTRIAN MALCOLM AMALL HAS CONCEPT.  IT WAS NOT RECOMMENDED BY PUBLIC WORKS BUT ONE OF THE THREE OPTIONS THAT WAS BEFORE -- THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC.  THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE.  WE WERE VERY CLEAR IN THAT.  THAT DAY, THOUGH, WHEN WE PASSED IT, WE DID REFER THE CONCEPT PLAN BACK TO THE COMMITTEE CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE BECAUSE WE WANTED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT STEPS WE NEEDED TO TAKE TO ESTABLISH THAT PEDESTRIAN MALL.  AS YOU SAW, COUNCILMEMBER JENKINS, COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN BROUGHT FORWARD THE NOTICE OF INTRODUCTION.  SO WE CAN BEGIN THAT PROCESS.  SO I JUST WANTED THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT UNCLEAR IN WHAT WE'RE DOING.  WE'RE VERY CLEAR LATE LAST YEAR WE WERE PURSUING THE PEDESTRIAN MALL.  THERE IS NO A NOTICE OF INTEND BEFORE US.  AND THAT'S A PATHWAY WE'REOING TOWARDS. >> WELL IT'S VY CLEAR THAT THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THAT COMMUNITY DO NOT WANT A PEDESTRIAN MALL.  THE PEOPL THAT OPERATE BUSINESSES IN THAT COMMUNITY DO NOT WANT A PEDESTRIAN MALL.  IT IS VERY CLEAR TO ME AS THE COUNCILMEMBER REPRESENTING THIS AREA, THAT IT IS NOT A CONDUCIVE IDEA TO PUT A PEDESTRIAN MALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT TRANSIT CORRIDOR IN THE CITY.  >>  COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. >> WE BH REPRESENT THAT INTERSECTION, TO BE CLEAR.   SEEING NO OTHER DISCUSSION, WE ARE NEXT ON THE ORDER OF BUSINESS OFNTRODUCTIONS AND REFERRAL CALENDAR.  THERE ARE TWO TODAY.  CHAVEZ AND WONSLEY MOVE TO AMEND THE PRIOR INTRODUCTION OF THE SUBJECT MATTER OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CIVIL RIGHTS CODE.  GIVEN AT THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL ON MAY 23rd, 2024, BY ADDING CHAPTER 141 ADMINISTRATION ENFORCEMENT, ADDING COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY AS COAUTHOR AND REFERRING THE MATTER TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE.  SECOND COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY MOVES TO INTRODUCE PURSUANT OF NOTICE AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATION CODE AMENDING PROVISIONS REGARDING MEMBER ATTENDANCE AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND REFERRING THE MATTER TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.  IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THESE INTDUCTIONS?  SEEING NONE.  I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL >> CLERK: COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> CASHMAN. >> AYE. >> OSMAN. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> VETAW.  AYE. >> ELLISON. >> AYE. >> KOSKI. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY.  AYE. >> JENKINS. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES.  AND THOSE WILL BE REFERRED TO THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES, AS LIST ODDEED ON THE AGENDA.  THE NEXT ISRESOE HONORARY RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING FEBRUARY AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH.  ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL?  MAY I HAVE A MOTIO TO ADOPT THESE RESOLUTIONS. >> SO MOVED. >> SECONDED. >> THE CLERK WILL CALL T ROLL. >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> CASHMAN. >> AYE. >> OSMAN. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> ELLISON. >> AYE. >> KOSKI. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> JENKINS. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENTAYNE. >> AYE. >> 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES.  AND THAT RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.  THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS A REQUEST FOR CLOSED SESSION.  BEFORE I RECOGNIZE THE ATTORNEY AND WE RECESS FOR CLOSED SESSION, I'LL ASK IF THERE ARE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS.  COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU.  I JUST WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT TONIGHT WE'LL HAVE A POLICE GRADUATION AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.  AND I WANT TO THANK THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR RECRUITMENT VISION.  THEY REALLY INCREAS THE AMOUNT OF POLICE RECRUITS.  AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT'S A VERY, VERY DIVERSE CLASS OF RECRUITS.  THIS ONGOING RECRUITMENT EFFORT FOR DIVERSITY IS WHAT WE WAN TO SEE.  WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS.  IT'S IN ACTUALITY HAPPENING.  AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL MY COLLEAGUES TO STOP BY SABBATHANY AT 6:00.  IT GETS LONELY WHEN I SIT IN THE CONGRA GRADUATIONS EVENTS BY MYSELF.  PLEASE COME AND SIT WITH ME AND THE CHAPLAINS.  I WANT TO SHOUT OUT THE SUCCESS OF THE LEADERSHIP IN THE RECRUITMENT DIVISION.  THANK YOU! >>  ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS?  WELL, WITH THAT, WE'VE COMPLETED ALL THE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA.  AND WE'LL REQUEST THE REQUEST FOR A CLOSED SESSION.  TO RECEE A BRIEFING ON THE LITIGATION MATTER OF PATRICIA DAY VERSUS CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS ET.AL.  I'LL ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PROVIDE THE LEGAL BASIS FOR THE REQUESTED CLOSED SESSION. >> THANK YOU.  THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE CASE OF DAY VS CHAUVIN.  YOUR LAWYERS WISH TO DISCUSS WITH THE COUNCIL L LITIGATION STRATEGY.  MINNESOTA STATUTE SECTION  13D.  THE COUNCIL, MAY UPON A PROPER MOTION, CLOSE THE MEETING FOR PURPOSES OF ATTORNEY/CLIENT CONVERSATION.  IN CONSIDERING THE MOTION, THE COUNCIL SHOULD WEIGH THE PUBLIC OF THE RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING AINST THE NEED OF THE CITY TO PRESERVE THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF ITS DISCUSSIONS WITH ITS LAWYERS.  . >> THANK YOU, MADAM CITY ATTORNEY.  BEFORE I MAKE THAT MOTION, I SEE COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO IN QUEUE. >> MR. CHAIR, I HAVE A PREVIOUS WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH MS. DAY.  I'M NOT UNBIASED.  THUS I'LL BE RECAUSING MYSELF FROM THIS MATTER ENTIRELY.  I WON'T BE PARTICIPATING. >> THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER JENKINS. >> THANK YOU.  I AM HOPING TO BE RERDED AS AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE ON ITEM NUMBER 1.  THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE. >> YES.  CLERKS, DO YOU GOT THAT?  SEEING NO OBJECTIONS.  GREAT.  THANK YOU FOR THA  AND WITH THAT, I MOVE TO CLOSE OUR PUBLIC MEETING AS AUTHORIZED UNDER THE OPEN MEETING LAW, SPECIFICALLY MINNESOTA STATUTES SECTION 13D.05.  FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING A BRIEFING ON THE LITIGATION MATTER OF PATRICIA DAY VERSUS CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS.  MAY I HAVE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? >>  SECOND. >> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWD I HAVE. CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> CASHMAN. >> AYE. >> OSMAN. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> ELLISON. >> AYE. >> KOSKI. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> JENKINS. >>  AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> RECUSAL. >> VICE PRESIDENT C CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THAT CARRIES.  FOR THE EWING PUBLIC, I WILL NOTE THE BROADCAST OF THE MEETING WILL CONTINUE AND THE COUNCIL WILL RECONVENE IN PUBLIC AFTER WE HAVE CONCLUDED THE CLOSED SESSION.  [ CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL HAS ENTERED INTO A CLOSED SESSION ] COLLEAGUES, LET'S MEET IN CLOSED SESSION AT 12:00 SO PEOPLE CAN GET A LITTLE BREAK.  [ CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL HAS ENTERED INTO A CLOSED SESSION T.  THE MEETING WILL RESUME WHEN THE CLOSED SESSION ENDS ] [ MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL IS IN A CLOSED SESSION, THE MEETING WILL RESUME WHEN THE CLOSED SESSION ES ] [ MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL IS IN A CLOSED SESON, THE MEETING WILL RESUME WHEN THE CLOSED SESSION ENDS ] [ MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL IS IN A CLOSED SESSION, THE MEETING WILL RESUME WHEN THE CLOSED SESSION ENDS ] [ MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL ISN A CLOSED SESSION, THE MEET WILLING RESUME WHEN THE CLOSED SESSION ENDS, ] [ MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL IS IN A CLOSED SESSION, THEEETING WILL RE RESUME WHEN THE CLOSED SESSION ENDS ] [ MINNEAPOLIS CITYOUNCIL IS IN A CLOSED SESSION, THE MEETING WILL RESUME WHEN THE CLOSED SESSION ENDS ] >>  THE TIME IS NOW 12:43 AND THE CITY COUNCIL HAS RECONVENED IN OPEN SESSION FOLLOWING OUR CLOSED SESSION.    I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY IT >>  PRESENT. >> CASHMAN. >> PRESENT. >> OSMAN IS ABSENT.  RAINVLE. >> PRESENT. >> CHAVEZ. >> PRESENT. >> VETAW. >> PRESENT. >> ELLISON. >> HERE. >> KOSKI. >> PRESENT. >> WONSL. >> PRESENT. >> JENKINS IS ABSENT.  PALMISANO IS ABSENT.  VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. >> PRESENT. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> PRESENT. >> THERE ARE 10 MEMBERS PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE VE A QUORUM.  I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER VETAW TO MAKE A MOTION. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.  I MOVE THAT ALL CLAIMS, INCLUDING CLAIMS FOR ATTORNEYS FEES AND COSTS ASSERTED AGAINST THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS IN DAY UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT BE SETTLED IN THE AMOUNT OF $600,000.  PAYABLE IN TWO CHECKS.  ONE IN THE AMOUNT OF $175,000 TO PATRICIADAY AND ANOTHER IN THE AMOUNT OF $425,000 TO ROBINS LLP FROM FUND OR 069001500100145400.  THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE ANY DOCENTS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THIS SETTLEMENT. >> COUNCMEMBER VETAW HAS MOVED A MOTION.  IS THERE A SECOND. >> SECOND. >> I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> CASHMAN. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> ELLISON. >> AYE. >> KOSKI. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 10 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES.  AND THAT MOTION IS ADOPTED.  AND THAT COMPLETES ALL ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.  NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE US, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.