>> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ELLIOTT PAYNE, I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE MINNEAPOLIS TY COUNCIL. BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR MEETING, WE HAVE PRESENTATIONS OF HONORARY RESOLUTIONS. WE ARE PLEASED TO WELCOME GUESTS INTO THIS SPACE BEFORE TAKING UP OUR AGENDA. FIRST UP IS A RESOLUTION
PRESENTING CHILD HEALTH AND SAFETY MONTH PRESENTED BY COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> OUR FIRST RESOLUTION IS TO RECOGNIZE THE HEALTH OF CHILDREN AND RECOGNIZING NOVEMBER AS NAT MONTH. YOU'LL SEE THIS THEME A COUPLE
MORE TIMES THIS MORNING. I'LL READ THE RESOLUTION,HEN PASS IT TO KAITLYN FROM HENNEPIN HEALTHCARE. WE ALSO HAVE PEOPLE FROM OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND AO OUR YOUTH COORDINATING BOARD. WHEREAS THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER IS
RECOGNIZED AS NATIONAL CHILD SAFETY AND PROTECTION MONTH DEDICATED TO RECOGNIZING THE UNIQUE POTENTIAL DANGERS CHILDREN FACE IN THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES AND TAKING TANGIBLE STEPS OF PREVENTION AGAINST THOSE CHALLENGES. AND WHEREAS THE GOAL OF NATIONAL CHILD AND SAFETY PROTECTION
MONTH IS TO TEACH CAREGIVERS, FRIENDS, AND FAMILY HOW TO SEE THE WORLD FROM A CHILD'S PERSPECTIVE AND MAKE SURE THEY STAY SAFE. AND WHEREAS MAKING SURE CHILDRE AND TODDLERS WHO EXPLORE THE WORLD BY PUTTING THINGS IN THEIR MOUTH ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO ACCIDENTAL POISONING.
AND THERE WAS A 176% INCREASE IN REPORTS OF POTENTIAL CANNABIS POISONING WITH THE REPORTED POISONINGS OF CHILDREN UNDER FIVE INCREASING FROM 7% TO 24% OF THOSE REPORTED POISONINGS IN THAT TIME. WHEREAS THE STATE OF MINNESOTA
LEGALIZED ADULT USE CANNABIS IN 2023 CREATING NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR HEALTH EDUCATION, REGULATION, AND RESPONSIBLE USE, BUT ALSO NEW CHALLENGES IN PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM ACCIDENTAL EXPOSURE, ACCESS, AND NORMALIZATION OF USE. AND WHEREAS, LEGALIZATION HAS
LED TO WIDER AVAILABILITY OF CANNABIS PRODUCTS INCLUDING EDIBLES AND CONCENTRATES THAT MAY RESEMBLE CANDY, SNACKS, BEVERAGES, INCREASING THE RISK OF UNINTENTIONAL INGESTION. WHEREAS THE CITY MINNEAPOLIS IS COMMITTED TO ADVANCING PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY THROUGH
EDUCATION AND PREVENTION RELATED TO CANNABIS AND OTHER SUBSTANCES. WHEREAS THE MINNEAPOLIS HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS TAKING STEPS TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM POTENTIAL HARM BY LAUHING A SAFE STORAGE OF CANNABIS AND OTHER SUBSTANCES CAMPAIGN TO ENCOURAGE CAREGIVERS TO STORE CANNABIS AND OTHER
SUBSTANCES SAFELY OUT OF REACH. AND WHEREAS BY RECOGNIZING NATIONAL CHILD SAFETY AND PROTECTION MONTH IN THE CONTEXT OF MINNESOTA'S EVOLVING CANNABIS LANDSCAPE, THE CITY REAFFIRMS ITS DEDICATION TO SAFEGUARDING THE HEALTH, SETY, AND WELLBEING OF ALL CHILDREN IN
MINNEAPOLIS. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL HEREBY AFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING THE HEALTH OF CHILDREN AND RECOGNIZING NOVEMBER AS NATIONAL CHILD SAFETY AND PTECTION MONTH. THANK YOU.
WE HAVE KAITLYN HERE FROM HENNEPIN HEALTHCARE WHO'S GOING TO DESCRIBE HER WORK AND SHARE A FEW WORDS. THANK YOU FOR BEI HERE. >> THANK YOU EVERYONE. AS MENTIONED, MY NAME IS KAITLYN HANSEN, I WORK FOR HENNEPIN HEALTHCARE AS THE TRAUM PREVENTION SPECIALIST. WE ARE A LEVEL ONE PEDIATRIC
CENTER AS LL AS A LEVEL ONE ADULT CENTER. WE'RE COMMITTED TO NOT ONLY TREATING TRAUMATIC INJURIES, BUT ALSO TRYING TO PREVENT THEM AS WELL. WHAT I DO IS LOOK AT OUR DATA AND ALL OF OUR PATIENTS COMING IN AND USE EDUCATION RESOURCES PROGMMING, LEGISLATIVE ACTION TO TRY TO PREVENT THESE INJURIES FROM HAPPENING IN THE FIRST
PLACE BECAUSE WHAT WE FINDS EVEN IF YOU DO HEAL FROM YOUR PHYSICAL INJURIES, THERE'S ALWAYS A SCAR FROM WHAT YOU AND YOUR FAMIL HAVE HAD TO GO THROUGH FROM THIS TRAUMA. THANK YOU FOR REAFFIRMING THIS, IT'S AN HONOR TO RECEIVE THIS. AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO PROMOTE
THE SAFE CANNABIS STORAGE THROUGH OUR EVENTS IN THE FUTURE STARTING WITH OUR BABY SAFETY SHOWER ON FRIDAY. VERY EXCITING, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER. MY NAME IS EVELYN, I'M A
CANNABIS USE AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE COORDI COORDINATOR. WE HAVE LAUNCHED A SAFE STOGE CAMPAIGN AFTER SEEING THE NUMBER OF INCREASES IN CHILDHOOD POONINGS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. SO WE ARE PROMOTING SAFE CANNABIS USE BY STORING CANNABIS AND OTHER SUBSTANCES LOCKED
UPTIGHT AND OUT OF SIGHT AND WE APPRECIATE THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO ENSURING THE SAFETY OF CHILDREN AS WELL. >> SUPER, THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO GET TOGETHER FOR A PHOTO COMMEMORATING THIS AND AS I'M JUST EXCITED TO STAND WITH YOU ALL BECAUSE YOU GUYS
ARE DOING THE WORK ON PROMOTING SAFE STORAGE. SO HERE WE GO.
NEXT UP. >> NEXT UP WE ARE RECOGNIZING FRAUD AWARENESS WEEK.
>> THERE WE GO.
>> GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME. I'M EXCITED TO HAVE OUR CITY AUDITOR JOINING ME WH OUR FULL AUDIT TEAM AS WE RECOGNIZE FRAUD AWARENESS WEEK IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. WHEREAS THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS IS COMMITTED TO ETHICAL GOVERNANCE, TRANSPARENCY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE
STEWARDSHIP OF PUBLIC RESOURCES AND THE DELIVERY OF SERVICES TO ITS RESIDENCES AND WHEREAS 2025 MARKS THE 25TH ANNUAL OBSERVANCE OF FRAUD AWARENESS WEEK LED BY
ACFE TO RAISE A GBAL AWARENESS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF FRAUD AND THE IMPORTANCE OF PREVENTION AND DETECTION. AND WHEREAS THE ACFE ESTIMATES THAT ORGANIZATIONS LOSE APPROXIMATELY 5% OF THEIR ANNUAL REVENUE TO FRAUD REPRESENTING A SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO THE
EFFECTIVE USE OF PUBLI FUNDS AND THE TRUST PLACED IN GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS. AND WHEREAS, FRA UNDERMINES PUBLIC CONFIDENCE, INCREASES OPERATIONAL COSTS, AND DIVERTS RESOURCES AWAY FROM ESSENTIAL SERVICES MAKING PREVENTION AND EARLY DETECTION VITAL TO
PROTECTING THE PUBLIC INTEREST. AND WHEREAS, THE OFFICE OF CITY AUDITOR PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN PROMOTING INTEGRITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACROSS CITY OPERATIONS THROUGH INDEPENDENT AUDITS, ADVISORY SERVICES,
PROACTIVE RIS ASSESSMENTS, AND FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS. AND WHEREAS FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS ARE SHARED ACROSS ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS AND COLLABORATION IS ESSENTIAL TO MAINTAINING A CULTURE OF COLLABORATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS ENCOURAGES ALL EMPLOYEES TO REMAIN VIGILANT AND INFORMED ABOUT FRAUD RISKS AND REPORTING MECHANISMS. AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS PROVIDES ACCESSIBLE AND CONFIDENTIAL TOOLS FOR REPORTING SUSPECTED FRAUD ENSURING THAT ALL EMPLOYEES AND
RESIDENTS CAN PLAY A ROLE IN PROTECTING PUBLIC RESOURCES. AND WHEREAS FRAUD AWARENESS WEEK PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTAE OF ETHICAL CONDUCT IN PUBLIC SERVICE AND TO REAFFIRM THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO A CULTURE OF INTEGRITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
AND WHEREAS, FRAUD AWARENESS WEEK, THE OFFICE OF THE CITY AUDITOR EXHIBITS STRONG LEADERSHIP IN EORTS TO SAFEGUARD PUBLIC RESOURCES AND PROMOTE ETHICAL GORNANCE. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
RECOGNIZE NOVEMBER 16TH-22, 25 AS FRAUD AWARENESS WEEK IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND ENCOURAGE ALL EMPLOYEES TO SUPPORT FRAUD AWARENESS EFFORTS AND CONTRIBUTE TO A SAFE AND TRANSPARENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
THANK YOU. MR. TIMERMAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE ANY WORDS? >> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK OUR PARTNERS ACROSS THE CITY, PECIALLY IN FINANCE AND THOSE WHO HELP ITHE CITY ATTORNEY'S
OFCE. WE TRIAGE REPORTS AND THERE IS EASY REPORTING ON THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS'S WEBSITE SO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND CITY EMPLOYEES CAN ALL REPORT CONCERNS OR SUSPICIONS OF FRAUD THAT CAN BE INVESTIGATED. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO ALL OF OUR PARTNERS.
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TODAY. ANDHANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING FRAUD AWARENESS WEEK. >> ABSOLUTELY LET'S ALL SQUEEZE IN FOR A PHOTO. WE'VE GOT TO SQUEEZE IN BETWEEN THESE TWO BLACK LINES RIGHT
HERE.
>> NEXT WE WILL WELCOME COUNCILMEMBER KOSKI F WORLD
CHILDREN'S DAY.
>> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS ANDREA JENKINS, WARD 8 CITY COUNCIL MEMBER. I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE WORLD CHILDREN'S DAY.
WHEREAS, NOVEMBER 20, 2025, MARKS THE 36TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONVEION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD UNCRC. AND WHEREAS, OUT OF 196 ELIGIBLE
MEMBER NATIONS OF THE UNITED NATIONS, THE UNITED STATES IS THE ONLY NATION THAT HAS NOT YET RATIFIED THE UNCRC. AND WHEREAS THE CHILD FRIENDLY CITIES INITIAVE, CFCI WAS
LAUNCHED GLOBALLY IN 1996 TO ACTUALIZE THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN, RECOGNIZING THE DIRECT ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMEN AND MAYORS PLAY IN SUPPORTING AND ADVOCATING FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE.
AND WHEREAS ON NOVEMBER 20, 2019, THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION TO REAFFIRM THE CITY'S HISTORIC SUPPORT BEGINNING WITH MAYOR DO
FRAZIER IN 1989 OF THE UNCRC AND PURSUE DESIGNATION AS A CHILD-FRIENDLY CITY THROUGH THE UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL CHILDR'S EMERGENCY FUND.
UNI UNICEF,USA. AND WHEREAS MAYOR FRYE SIGNED THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON FEBRUARY 14, 2020, RESULTING IN MINNEAPOLIS BECOMING THE SECOND CHILD-FRIENDLY CITY IN
THE UNITED STATES. AND WHEREAS, THE MINNEAPOLIS YOUTH COORDINATING BOARD AND THE MINNEAPOLIS HEALTH DEPARTMENT ARE LEADG MINNEAPOLIS' EFFORTS TO BECOME THE FIRST CITY IN THE
UNITED STATES TO BE A REDESIGNATED, I'M SORRY, TO BE REDESIGNATED AS A CHILD-FRIENDLY CITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOUR OVERALL GOALS ENSHRINED IN UNCRC. NUMBER ONE, CHILDREN SHOULD BE
FREE FROM DISCRIMINATION. TWO, GOVERNMENT POLICY SHOULD BE BASED ON THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CHILD. THREE, CHILDREN SHOULD SURVIVE AND DEVELOP THEIR FULL POTENTIAL
ANAND, NUMBER FOUR, CHILDREN'S VIEWS AND PERSPECTIVES ARE IMPORTANT. AND WHEREAS, THIS EFFORT UNDERTAKEN IN RECOGNITION OF THE DIVERSITY OF CULTURE, EXPERIENCE, AND REPRESENTATION
AND NATURALLY REPRESENTED IN THE YOUTH OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS IS GUIDED BY THE FRAMEWORK SET FORTH BY THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD WHICH IS CELEBRATED ON WORLD CHILDREN'S DAY. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED
THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE THAT THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2025, IS WORLD CHILDREN'S DAY IN MINNEAPOLIS AND THAT THE RESIDENTS OF MINNEAPOLIS ARE INVITED TO RECOGNIZE WORLD
CHILDREN'S DAY BY LEARNING MORE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD. THANK YOU. SO I JUST WANT TO OFFER AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SAY A FEW WORDS, PARTICULARLY FROM ANN FROM THTHE YOUTH COORDINATING BOARD. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER JENKINS D MEMBERS OF THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL.
COUNCILMEMBER JENKINS IS OUR BOARD CHAIR FROM THE YOUTH COORDINATING BOARD. AND COUNCILMEMBER KOSKI IS A MEMBER OF OUR BOARD. SO I'M VERY PLEASED THAT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH THEM FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. SO ON BEHALF OF THE CHILD FRIENDLY CITIES EXECUVE COMMITTEE WHO YOU SEE
REPRESENTED AMONG SOME OF US, I ACCEPT THE RESOLUTION WE'LL TAKE THAT BACK AND HAVE IT FRAMED AND HUNG. WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THEORK THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO IN MINNEAPOLIS. AND WE'RE VERY PROUD TO BE THE SECOND CHILD-FRIENDLY DESIGNATED CITY AND THE FIRST CITY GOING
FORWARD FOR OUR SECOND DESIGNATION IN THE UNITED STATES. THERE ARE ABOUT 3,000 CITIES IN THE WORLD WHO HAVE THE DESIGNATION, BUT IN THE UNITED STATES THERE'S ONLY TWO. WELL THERE'S THREE ACTUALLY. BUT WE'RE THE FIRST TO DO A SECOND DESIGNATION. AND I THINK AT THIS TIME IN OUR
COUNTRY, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO LIFT UP OUR CHILDREN AND THEIR RIGHTS. IT IS REALLY CRITICAL TT WE REMEMBER THEM AND THAT WE UNDERSTAND AND REALLY WORK FOR THEM AND UNDERSTAND THAT OUR POLICIES AND OUR GOVERNMENT
NEEDS TO BE CENTERED ON THEM. THAT IS WHAT WE BRING TO THE TABLE, A REMINDER AND SOME WORK AROUND OUR CHILDREN AND HELPING TO CENTER THEM. BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT REMEMBERED ALL THE TIME AND THEY'RE NOT THOUGHT OF ALWAYS AS VALUABLE. THEY'RE SOMETIMES THOUGHT OF AS DISPOSABLE. AND THEY ARE NOT.
SOME DAY THEY AREOING TO BE SITTING HERE. SO LET US GIVE THEM OUR BE. AND THAT IS THE WORK THAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO. SO ON WORLD CHILDREN'S DAY, LET'S REMEMBER THAT TODAY, BUT EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR ALL OF THE INCREDIBLE WORK
THEY'RE DOING NOW AND SOME WHO HAVE BEEN DNG THIS WORK FOR 30 OR 40 YEARS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SHARE ANY WORDS?
NO? I GUESS WE'LL GATHER FOR A PHOTO AND I'LL LET ANN HOLD THIS. >> NEXT UP IS THE TRANSGENDER DAY OF THE REMEMBRANCE WITH
COUNCILMBER JENKINS.
ALL RIGHT SO HERE WE GO ONCE AGAIN WITH THIS RESOLUTION OBSERVING NOVEMBER 20TH AS TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE. AND LAST NIGHT, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DRIVE PAST THE 35W BRIDGE AND IT WAS ALL LIT UP
IN PINK AND BLUE. WHEREAS, SADLY AND INHUMANELY, AT LEAST 55 TRANSGENDER AND GENDER EXPANSIVE PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY BEEN KILLED IN THE UNITED STATES IN THE PAST YEAR
INCLUDING THROUGH GUN AND INTERPERNAL VIOLENCE, AND I JUST WANT TO STOP A MAKE A COMMENTARY BECAUSE THE TERM AT LEAST 55 IS AN ESTIMATE. WE REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW MANY
TRANSGENDER OR GENDER NONCONFORMING PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MURDERED BECAUSE THE SOCIETY DOESN'T AAYS RECOGNIZE PEOPLE'S GENDER IDENTITIES AS SUCH. WHEREAS, WE FACE AN EPIDEMIC OF
VIOLENCE AGAINST TRANSGENDER WOMEN OF COLOR IN THE UNITED STATES, WITH BLACK AND LATINX TRANENDER WOMEN REPRESENTING A VAST MAJORITY OF THESE FATALITIES AND EXPERIENCING VIOLENCE AT DISPROPORTIONATELY
HIGHER RATES. WHEREAS, TOO OFTEN MURDERS AND VIOLENT ATTACKS GO UNDERREPORTED OR MISREPTED. TRANSGENDER WOMEN OF COLOR FACE VIOLENCE EVERY DAY AND FEAR TUING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR HELP DUE TO THE FURTHERING
INTERACTIONS OF VIOLENCE, VICTIM BLAMING, STIGMATIZATION. AND WHEREAS, TRANSGENDER AND
GENDER NONCONFORMING PEOPLE WHOM WE'VE LOST IN THE LAST YEAR DUE TO VIOLENCE PERPETRATED AGAINST THEM WERE NEIGHBORS, STUDENTS, COWORKERS, FRIENDS, AND FAMILY MEMBERS WHOSE LIVES WERE TAKEN FROM THEIR LOVED ONES AND FROM
THEIR COMMUNITIES. AND WHEREAS, TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE IS ALSO OBSERVED AS TRANSGENDER DAY OF RESILIENCE TO CELEBRATE THE RESILIENCE AND THE POWER OF TRANS AND GENDER NONCONFORMING PEOPLE STILL
VING, STILL FIGHTING FOR THEIR SAFETY, AND STILL PROTECTING EA OTHER. AND WHEREAS, TRANSGENDER AND GENDER NONCONFORMING PEOPLE DESERVE THE RESOURCES AND PROTECTIONSECESSARY TO BE
CELEBRATED IN LIFE AND NOT ONLY IN DEATH. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DO HERY OBSERVE NOVEMBER 20, 2025, AS TRANSGEND DAY OF
REMEMBRANCE AND ACKNOWLEDGING AND MOURNING THE LIVES OF TRANSGENDER AND GENDER EXPANSIVE OPLE WE'VE LOST THIS YEAR DUE TO THE VIOLENCE. AND RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS SO MUCH MORE WORK AHEA AND OUR
DUTY IS TO HELP CREATE A SAFER, MORE EQUITABLE CITY FOR OUR TRANSGENDER AND GENDER NONCONFORMING COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THANK YOU. AND IF I MIGHT JUST TAKE A
MOMENT, YOU KNOW, THIS WILL BE MY LAST DAY OF READING A RESOLUTION HONORING TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE. AND AS A TRANSGENDER AMERICAN, A
BLACK TRANSGENDER AMICAN, I'M AN ANOMALY TO BE SITTING HERE ON THIS MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL. THIS IS NOT A EVERYDAY OCCURRENCE. MORE OF AN EVERYDAY OCCURRENCE
FOR BLACK TRANSGENDER WOMEN IS FACING VIOLENCE, FACING HOMELESSNESS, FACING UNEMPL UNEMPLOYMENT, AND SO I WANT TO JUST ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO LIFT
UP A TRANSGENDER PERSON THAT YOU MAY KNOW, SEND THEM SOME LOVE TODAY. IT'S A VERY EMOTIONAL DAY FOR THIS COMMUNITY. AND I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.
AND I'LL FOR SURE SHOWCASE OUR PROGRAM MANAGER TO SAY A FEW WORDS. >> I'M SHORE FOCUS, THE TWO-SPIRIT LGBTQIA MANAGER HERE AT THE CITY. AND FOLLOWING UP COUNCIL
MEMBER'S REMARKS IS POSSIBLE. BUT WHAT I WILL SAY IS WE WILL HAVE A SPACE THIS AFTERNOON AT 4:00 AT THE CERAL LIBRARY TO HONOR, TO GRIEVE, TO BE IN COMMUNITY, AND TO HONOR THIS DAY WITH SOME PERFORMANCES AND SOME SPEAKERS.
SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO JOIN US 4:00 AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY THIS AFTERNOON. AND HAVE A GREAT DAY.
>> NEXT UP WE WILL BE RECOGNIZING 2025 EMPLOYEE RESOURCE DAY WITH COUNCILMEMBER
VETAW.
>> GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING. SO WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUP DAY. I'M LATRICIA VETAW AND I'M JOINED BY LOTS OF STAFF HERE AT TH CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING. WHEREAS EMPLOYEE RESOURCE OUP,
ERG'S ARE VOLUNTARY EMPLOYEE-LED GROUPS THAT FOSTE A DIVERSE, INCLUSIVE WORKPLACE ALIGNED WITH ORGANIZATIONAL MISSION, VALUES, AND GOALS. AND WHEREAS ERG'S CREATE SAFE SPACES FOR EMPLOYEES TO CONNECT AROUND SHARED IDENTITIES, EXPERIENCE, AND INTEREST, AND
PROMOTE GREATER AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING AND EQUITY IN THE WORKPLACE. AND WHEREAS, ERG'S SERVE AS VITAL CONTRIBUTORS TO THE PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF EMPLOYEES BY SUPPORTING LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, MENTORSHIP,
EDUCATION, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. AND WHEREAS, ERG'S STRENGTHEN ORGANIZATIONS BY ENCOURAGING CROSS CULTURAL LEARNING, IMPROVING RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION, AND HELPING TO BUILD A MORE INCLUSIVE WORKPLACE CULTURE.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS RECOGNIZES THE VALUE AND IMPACT OF ERG'S IN ADVANCING EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND BELONGING ACROSS ALL SECTORS INCLUDING WITHIN THE PUBLIC WORKFORCE. AND WHEREAS, INTERNATIONAL ERG
DAY CELEBRATED ANNUALLY ON THE THIRD WEDNESDAY OF NOVEMBER PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR THE IMPORTANT WORK OF ERG'S AROUND THE WORLD AND TO RECOMMIT CREATING INCLUVE ENVIRONMENTS WHERE ALL EMPLOYEES FEEL SEEN, HEARD, AND EMPOWED.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUP DAY AND COMMEND THE DEDICATION, LEADERSHIP, AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUPS AND THEIR MEMBERS WITHIN OUR CITY GOVERNMENT AND BEYOND.
ANK YOU. ANYBODY WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? >> THANK YOU FOR THIS RESOLUTION TODAY. ERG'S REALLY ARE A PLACE WHERE
EVERYONE CAN FEEL WELCOME, WHERE EVERYONE CAN FEEL A SENSE OF BELONGING, WHERE EVERYONE CAN FEEL THEY HAVE A VOICE. SO FOR ME HAVING BEEN HERE FOR OVER 31 YEARS, I WAS ABLE TO
KIND OF SEE IT GO FROM AN IDEA TO AN ACTUAL REALITY. SO THAT WILL BE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ALWAYS REALLY APPRECIATE OVER THE COURSE OF MY CAREER. SO THANK YOU. >> ANYBODY ELSE? NO? ALL RIGHT, IT'S PICTURE TAKING
TIME. SO THIS IS WHERE IT GETS TRICKY, WE'RE GOING TO GET IN BETWEEN THE TWO BLACK LINES. MAYBE TWO ROWS. >> NEXT WE WILL WELME UP
COUNCILMEMBER KOSKI TO RECOGNIZE ANNUNCIATION CATHOLIC CRCH
CITY DEPARTMENT SUPPORT.
>> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. I'M EMILY KOSKI, COUNCIL MEMBER WARD 11. AND COLLEAGUES A MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, TODAY WE BRING FORWARD A SERIES OF HONORARY RESOLUTIONS RECOGNIZING THE COORDINATED RESPONSE OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOL DEPARTMENTS
FOLLOWING THE TRAGIC SHOOTING AT ANNUNCIATION CATHOLIC CHURCH A SCHOOL ON AUGUST 27, 2025. THESE RESOLUTIONS HONOR THE EXTRAORDINARY PROFESSIONALISM, COMPASSION, AND TEAMWORK DEMONSTRATED ACROSS OUR ENTIRE
ENTERPRISE. THEREFORE 25 DEPARTMENTS, SO WE WILL NOT READ EVERY RESOLUTION. YOU'RE WELCOME. BUT I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO WOULD LOVE TO READ EACH DEPARTMENT'S NAME.
>> I WILL READ EVERY WORD OF THESE THING LATER. THESE RESOLUTIONS RECOGNIZE ALL OF THESE DEPARTMENTS. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, T HEALTH DEPARTMENT, NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS, CITY COMMUNICATIONS, THE CITY CLERK'S
OFFICE, INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS, OUR 911 EMERGENCY CENTER, MINNEAPOLIS 311, THE YOR'S OFFICE, REGULATORY SERVICES, THE INCIDENT SUPPORT TEAM, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT,
THE MINNEAPOLIS CONVENTION CENTER, THE COMMUNITY PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP, FINANCE AND PROPERTY SERVICES, HUMAN RESOURCES, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY, THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY, THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SERVICE, PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND
INNOVATION AND PUBLIC WORKS. >> EACH OF THESE DEPARTMENTS PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN SUPPORTING THE VICTIMS, FAMILIES, AND THE BROADER COMMUNITDURING AN UNIMAGINABLE CRISIS. THESE RESOLUTIONS COLLEIVELY EXPRESS OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO
ALL CITY STAFF WHOSE COMMITMENT AND COMPASSION REFLECT THE VERY BEST OF PUBLIC SERVICE. AND I'M HONORED TO BE STANDING UP HERE TODAY WITH SO MANY OF YOU WHO REPRESENT THESE DEPARTMENTS. AND I'M JUST GRATEFUL THAT COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO AND I
HAD THE SUPPORT WITH ALL OF YOU TO SUPPORT FAMILY AND THE COMMUNITY FROM ANNUNCIATION THAT IS ALSO HERE WITH US TODAY. SO I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS AS WELL.
HI, I'M CHRISTA, A PARENT AT ANNUNCIATION. BETWEEN MYSELF AND -- WE HAD FIVE CHILDREN IN THE CHURCH THAT MORNING. FROM WHAT WE SAW THAT MORNING WHEN I ARRIVED AT THE CHURCH AT 8:45 A.M. WHICH IS QUITE EARLY, AND WHAT I HAVE SEEN EVERY DAY
SINCE THEN AND AS I STAND ALONGSIDE OF YOU, I AM COMPLETELY WITH THE UTMOST GRATITUDE OF WHAT YOU WERE ABLE TO DO THAT DAY. TEAMWORK IS AN INCREDIBLE WORD FOR US TO HOLD ONTO. BECAUSE I THINK IT IS NOT JUST WHAT HAPPENED ON THAT DAY THAT WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON. IT'S HOW WE GO FORWARD TOGETHER
AS A COMMUNITY THAT CAN BE ABLE TO HELP STOP THAT FROM HAPPENING EVER AGAIN SO THAT WE CAN PROTECT ALL OF OUR CHILDREN AND ALL OF YOU AND OUR COMMUNITY AT LARGE. SO THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF ANNUNCIATION AND OUR COMMUNITY AND EACH OF YOU, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS KOSKI AND PALMISANO FOR AUTHORING THIS VERY IMPORTANT RESOLUTION AND THAT WE NEED TO BE RECOGNIZING THE INCREDIBLE
SERVICE THATO MANY PEOPLE THROUGHOUT OUR CITY ARE DOING EVERY SINGLE DAY. BUT DURING EMERGENCIES, IT'S A THE MORE IMPORTANT. THE RESPONSE AT ANNUNCIATION, IT DIDN'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT. IT HAPPENED BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE UP HERE WITH US AND THE
HUNDREDS AND EVEN THOUSANDS OF OTHE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THEY PREPARED. THEY DID WORK. THEY COORDINATED. THEY MADE SURE THE CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION WER SET UP, THAT FIRST RESPONDERS UNDERSTOOD HOW INCIDENT COMMAND WOULD FUNCTION. ALL OF THIS WORK CULMINATED IN A
TRIP OUT TO EMMITTSBURG, MARYLAND WHERE WE ALL RAN SIMULATIONS. THOSE SIMULATIONS AND THAT PRACTICE HELPS US DO BETTER. AND IT QUITE LITERALLY SAVES LIVES. THEY WORKED ALONGSIDEHE INCREDIBLE PEOPLE AT ANNUNCIATION AND I CANNOT THANK
YOU ENOUGH. WE'VE HEARD STORIES THAT ARE FLAT OUT COURAGEOUS ABOUT WHAT STUDENTS, TEACHERS, PARENTS DID IN THOSE MOST DIFFICULT MOMENTS. AND I THINK THE MOS BEAUTIFUL
PART IS IN UNITY. OUR WHOLE CITY REALLY ROS TO A VERY DIFFICULT CHALLENGE. I'M GRATEFUL TO EVERYBODY FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR RECOGNIZING ALL OF THIS WORK, FOR OUR STAFF WHO STEPPED UP. AND WHETHER YOU WERE ENSURING THAT COMMUNICATION GOT OUT IN A
TIMELY FASHION OR YOU WERE RUNNING TOWARDS VIOLENCE WHEN SO MANY OF THE REST OF US WOULD RUN IN THE OTHER DIRECTION, THE WORK YOU DO MATTERS. IT MATTERS. AND IN MOMENTS LIKE THIS, IT ESPECIALLY DOES. SO THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY. MY NAME IS MIKE MOYSKI, I'M RPER'S DAD, ALSO THE FATHER OF QUINN MOYSKI WHO MADE IT OUT THAT DAY THANKS TO ALL OF YOU. THIS IS MY WIFE, JAIE, AND
WE'RE BEYOND HUMBLED AND HONORED TO BE HERE AMONGST THIS ROOM OF HEROES. THAT'S TRULY WHAT YOU ARE. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO, NOT JUST FOR OUR FAMILY AND FOR GETTING QUINN OUT SAFELY. BUT FOR WHAT YOU DID FOR OUR COMMUNITY AN WHAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO. I REMEMBER THAT MORNING, SORRY
I'M CHOKED UP. I REMEMBER THAT MORNING SEEING ALL OF THE FAMIES COME TOGETHER AND WHEN JACKIE AND I FOUND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO HARPER, WE WERE OBVIOUSLY DEVASTATED. HARDEST MOMENT OF OUR LIVES. BUT THERE WERE PEOPLE IN THAT
ROOM THA I CAN'T EVEN RECOGNIZE TODAY PROBABLY BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A BLUR THAT ALL HAD A FUNCTION TO ALLOW US TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD BOND THAT AWFUL MOMENT. IT'S HELPED US OUT. AND IT'S CONTINUED TO HELP US OUT, THE OUTREACH THAT WE GET FROM MANY OF YOU HERE TODAY IS A BIG PART OF OUR RECOVERY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH ON BEHALF OF JACKIE AND I AND QUINN AND OUR COMMUNITY FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. WE'RE HONORED. >> THANK YOU, MIKE. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SQUISH I FOR A PHOTO HERE, BUT WE WILL DO OUR VERY
BEST. LET'S SHOW THEM WHAT UNITY LOOKS
LIKE HERE.
>> NEXT WE WILL RECOGNIZE HARPER.
>> ALL RIGHT. WE ARE ALSO HERE TODAY RECOGNIZING THE ENDURING LIGHT . WHEREAS, HARPER LILLIAN MOYSKI WAS BORN NOVEMBER 3, 2014, AND
FROM THEERY BEGINNING RADIATED JOY, CURIOSITY, AND COURAGE THAT TOUCHED EVERYONE WHO KNEW HER. WHEREAS, HARPER WAS A BRIGHT, FUNNY, AND DEEPLY KIND CHILD WHO
ASKED BIG QUESTIONS, SPOKE TRUTH AND CONVICTION, AND APPROACHED THE WORLD WITH HER WHOLE HEART. A LIGHT ENTIRELY HER OWN. WHEREAS, HARPER FOUND JOY AND WONDER IN EVERYTHING AROUND HER,
THE ANIMALS SHE ADORED, THE TRAILS SHE EXPLORED, THE GAMES SHE INVENTED, AND THE PEOPLE SHE LOVED. ESPECIALLY HER LITTLE SISTER, QUINN. HER FAVORITE PLAYMATE AND FOREVER FRIEND.
AND WHEREAS, HER COMMUNITY WITNESSED EXTRAORDINARY STRENGTH AND UNITY IN THE DAYS AND WEEKS FOLLOWING HER PASSING AS NEIGHBORS, CLASSMATES, AND FAMILIES ACRO MINNEAPOLIS CAME TOGETHER IN LOVE, GRIEF, AND
SOLIDARITY. AND WHEREAS, FROM THE LOVE HAS GROWN A MOVEMENT OF CONSCIOUS AND COMPASSIONATE CHANGE. COLLECTIVE EFFORT TO CARRY FORWARD HER SPIRIT OF KINDNESS, CONNECTION, AND COURAGE.
AND WHEREAS, HARPER'S FAMILY CONTINUES TO HONOR HER THROUGH COMMUNITY HEALING, ADVOCACY, AND CREATIVE ACTS OF REMEMBRANCE REMINDG ALL OF US THAT LOVE IS POWERFUL AND NEVER LEAVES. IT TRANSFORMS.
AND WHEREAS, HER SHORT LIFE HAS ALREADY CHANGED HEARTS, POLICIES, AN POSSIBILITIES IN MINNEAPOLIS AND BEYOND. CALLING US TO BE BRAVE, BE BRIGHT, AND BE LOUD WITH OUR LOVE. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED
THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPIS DO HEREBY HON AND CELEBRATE HARPER LILLIAN MOYSKI'S WHOSE
RADIANT LIGHT CONTINUES TO LIGHT OUR CITY'S PH TOWARDS COMPASSION AND COMMUNITY. THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY DECLARE NOVEMBER AS HARPER LILLIAN MOYSKI MONTHN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS INVITING ALL RESIDENTS TO CARRY FORWARD HER SPIRIT OF KINDNESS, NNECTION, AND JOY. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
HEREBY EXTEND THEIR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES AND GRATITUDE TO HARPER'S FAMILY, TEACHERS, IENDS, AND COMMUNITY, TOGETHER WITH THEIR COMMITMENT TO UPHOLD THE LIGHT THAT SHE SHARED, A LIGHT THAT DIDN'T GO OUT. IT SHIFTED. IT MOVED INTO ALL OF THE PEOPLE
WHO CARE AND REMAINS A LIGHT WHICH CONTINUES TO GROW WHEN WE SHARE IT. MAY HARPER'S LIGHT CONTINUE TO REMIND US THAT THE MEASURE OF A SOCIETY IS FOUND IN HOW DEEPLY IT LOVES AND PROTECTS ITS
CHILDREN. IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO GET TO KNOW BOTH OF YOU AND FOR YOU TO HAVE SHARED HARPER'S LIGHT WITH ME. AND I'M GRATEFUL TO BE HERE WITH BOTH OFOU TODAY SO THAT YOU
CAN CONTINUE TO SHARE IT ACROSS OUR ENTIRE CITY. SOHANK YOU SO MUCH. I FELT IT THIS WEEKEND ALREADY AT AN EVENT THA YOU GUYS HAVE STARTED BECAUSE HER FAVORITE SPORT IS VOLLEYBALL. AND YOU COULD FEEL IT IN EVERY
MOVEMENT, EVERY ACTION, EVERY TIME SOMEBODY SPOKE. AND I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL WHEN WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT HARPER AND SAY TH NOVEMBER NEXT YEAR IS HARPER'S MONTH THAT THERE WILL BE MORE THAT WE TALK ABOUT BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY STARTED.
SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU AGAIN. IS IS BEYOND MEANINGFUL. SORRY, I FEEL LIKE IT'S SUCH A SPECIAL ITEM I WANT TO HOLD IT UP HERE. BUT THIS MEANS THE WORLD TO US AND EMILY YOU'VE BEEN INCREDIBLE AS WELL AS YOU, MAYOR FRYE, AND
EVERYBODY ELSE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE ARE JUST CONTINUED TO BE HUMBLED AND HONORED AND THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE WANT OUT OF THIS AND WHYE'RE SO HONORED BY HAVING THIS PLATFORM RIGHT NOW IS WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT ALL OF THIS HAD MEANING HIND IT. IF IT DOESN'T, I THINK IT'S A BIG MISS ON THE COMMUNITY AND OUR CITY AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. AND IT'S JUST HUMBLING TO KNOW. AND WE'RE PUD TO BE A PART OF MINNEAPOLIS WHERE WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO TAKE MEANINGFUL ACTION TO KEEP OUR KIDS FE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
HONORING HARPER IN THIS WAY. AND IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO US AND MEANINGFUL. SO THANKS A LOT. >> ALL RIGHT, WE'LL TAKE A
PICTURE TOGETHER.
>> AT THIS TIME'M GOING TO CALL THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR NOVEMBER 20TH TO ORDER. THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCILMEMBER JENKINS. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN. >> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCILMEER CHAVEZ. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON. >> HERE. >> COUNCILMEMBER KOSKI. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> PRESENT. >>ICE 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 ALL MEMBERS AND STAFF THAT THIS MEETING IS BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THE BROADCAST INCLUDES REALTIME
CAPTIONING AS FURTHER METHOD TO INCREASE OUR ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR PROCEEDINGS TO THE COMMUNITY. THEREFORE ALL SPEAKERS NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THE RATE OF OUR SPEECH SO THAT OUR CAPTIONERS CAN FULLY CAPTURE AND TRANSCRIBE ALL COMMENTS FOR THE BROADCAST. WE ASK ALL SPEAKERS TO MOODERAT
THE SPEED AND CLARITY OF THEIR COMMENTS. WITH THAT, THE AGENDA FOR TODAY'S MEETING IS BEFORE US. ARE THERENY AMENDMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I HAVE AN AMENDMENT BEFORE THE BO BODY. I MOVE TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO
INCLUDE UNDER INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL CALENDAR, MOTION TO AMEND THE PRIOR INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO HUMANE ENCAMPMENT RESPONSE. >> IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> MAY I HAVE -- I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JENKINS. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO.>> A. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ.>> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> KOSKI.
>> AYE.>> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AS AMENDED. >> SECOND. >> CLERK CALL THE ROLL. >> JENKINS. AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> CASHMAN.
>> AYE. >> OSMAN. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> ELLISON. >> AYE. >> KOSKI. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> PRESINT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES. AND THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
THE NEXT ITEM IS THE ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES FROM OUR REGULAR MEETING OF NOVEMBER 6TH. I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THOSE MINUTES. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> JENKINS. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >>CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> CASHMAN. >> AYE. >> OSMAN. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ.
>> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> ELLISON. >> AYE. >> KOSKI. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY. >> 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 PETITIONS, COMMUNICAONS AND
REPORTS TO PROPER COMMITTEES, MAY I HAVE THAT MOTION PLEASE. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> JENKINS. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> CASHMAN. >> AYE. >> OSMAN. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> ELLISON.
>> AYE. >> KOSKI. >> AYE. >> NSLEY. >> AYE. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THOSE MATTERS HAVE BEEN REFERRED. THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS PRESENTATION OF REPORTS FROM OUR STANDING COMMITTEES, THOSE ARE TAKEN IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
BEGINNING WITH OUR ADMINISTRATION AND ENTERPRISE OVSIGHT COMMITTEE PRESENTED BY ITS CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. THE ADMINISTRATION & ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE IS BRINGING FORWARD 22 ITEMS. THE FIRST IS A GIFT ACCEPTANCE
FROM CITIES TODAY INSTITUTE FOR LODGING AND MEAL EXPENSES. TWO IS A BID FOR PUBLIC SIDEWALK SNOW AND ICE MOVAL. THREE IS A BID FOR TARGET CENTER STEAM STATION IMPROVEMENTS. FOUR IS A BID FOR FRIDLEY
SOFTENING PLANT LIME SYSTEM REPLACEMENT. VE IS A BID FOR LYNDALE AVENUE NORTH TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL SYSTEMS AND STORM SEWER/PEDESTRIAN CURB RAMPS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. SIX IS MASTER CONTRACTS FOR ELIGIBLE PROVIDERS OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR
2026-2028. SEVEN IS A CONTRACT WITH KODET ARCHITECTURAL GROUP FOR ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE CARPENTER & MECHANIC SHOP ON THE FRIDLEY WATER TREATMENT CAMPUS. EIGHT IS A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH HOGEN ADAMS, PLLC, FOR
AFTER-ACTION REVIEWS AND REPORTS. NINE IS A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH SHEEHY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FOR LIGHTING REPLACEMENT IN TARGET CENTER ESCALATOR LOBBY. TEN IS CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH
TI-ZACK CONCRETE INC. FOR THE PHILLIPS TRAFFIC SAFETY PROJECT. 11 IS A CONTRACT AMENDMENT FOR BOLTON & MENKINC. FOR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN SERVICES FOR BRIDGE 9 IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT. 12 IS CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH
CERTIFIED LANGUAGES INTERNATIONAL LLC FOR MOTE INTERPRETING SERVICES. 13 IS CONTRACT AMENDMENTS WITH TRAUMA RESPONS SERVICES. 14 IS CONTRACT AMENDMENTS WITH VARIOUS IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES PROVIDERS.
15 IS CONTRACTS WITH VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS FOR PARTNERSHIP ENGAGEMENT FUND PROJECTS. 16 IS COOPERATIVE FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOR THE ST. ANTHONY FALLS HERITAGE BOARD. 17 IS MINNEAPOLIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES APPOINTMENTS. 18 IS 2025 PROPERTY TAX SPECIAL ASSESSMENT OF DELINQUENT UTILITY CHARGES. 19 IS A LEGAL SETTLEMEN WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIM OF JARED MOORE.
20 IS A LEGAL SETTLEMENT MDCR CHARGE NO. 23-09198. 21 IS A LEGAL SETTLEMENT MARION LEWIS V. CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. AND 22 IS A GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM THE PUBLIC RIGHTS PROJECT FOR CONFERENCE TRAVEL, LODGING, AND
MEAL EXPENSES. WITH THAT, I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF ALL ITEMS. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY HAS MOVED APPROVAL OF THE COMMITTEE'S REPORT, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, I'LL ASK THELERK TO CALL THE ROLL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JENKINS. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER KOSKI. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> AYE.
>> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THE REPT IS ADOPTED. EXCUSE ME. NEXT WE'LL HAVE THE REPORT FROM OUR BUDGET COMMITTEE GIVEN BY THAT COMMITTEE'S CHAIR, COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
THE BUDGET COMMITTEE IS BRINGING FORWARD ONE ITEM FO APPROVAL TODAY WHICH IS A PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION APPROVING THE ADJUSTED 20-YEAR NEIGHBORHOOD PARK PLAN GUARANTEED MINIMUM ANNUAL AMOUNTS FOR 2027 THROUGH
2031 DUE TO INFLATION. I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM. >> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI HAS MOVED APPROVAL OF THE COMMTEE'S REPORT. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCILMEMBER JENKINS. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> AYE. >>OUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> YEAH.>> COUNCILMEMBER ELLISO. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER KOSKI. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES.
>> THAT CARRIES AND THE REPORT IS ADOPTED. NEXT WE'LLAVE THE REPORT FROM OUR BUSINESS, HOUSING, & ZONING COMMITTEE GIVEN BY THAT COMMITTEE'S CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. THE BUSINESS, HOUSING, AND ZONING COMMIEE IS BRINGING FORWARD 22 ITEMS TODAY. ITEM ONE IS APPROVING AN
ORDINANCE RELATED TO THE HERITAGE PRESERVATION REGULATIONS. ITEM TWO IS APPROVING A LIQUO AND SIDEWALK CAFE IONS FOR BAB - LICENSE FOR BABII CAJUN.
ITEM THREE IS APPROVING EXTENDED HOURS FOR U TOBACCO. ITEM FOUR IS EXTENDED HOURS FOR SIP OF SILK. ITEM FIVES 2025 LEVY AND SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS. ITEM SIX IS CONSIDERING AN APPEAL TO DEMOLISH THE JOHN COOK HOUSE.
THIS WAS FORWARDED WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. ITEM SEVEN IS DENY AN APPEAL SUBMITTED B MARSHA HAAGENSON FOR THE PROPERTY AT 2821 BROOKWOOD TERRACE.
ITEM EIGHT IS APPROVING LIQUOR LICENSES. ITEM NINE IS APPROVING LIQUOR LICENSE RENEWALS. ITEM TEN IS GAMBLE LICENSE RENEWALS.ITEM 11 IS ACCEPTING A FROM THE STATE FOR DISLOCATED WORKERS.
ITEM 12 IS DESERTIFICATION FOR THREE TIF DISTRICTS. ITEM 13 IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR RIVERNORTH DEVELOPMENT. ITEM 14 IS AUTHORIZING CERTIFICATION FOR THE NOAH PRESERVATION FUND.
ITEM 15 IS AMENDING THE CONTRACT FOR KMA DEVELOPMENT AT 1200 WEST BROADWAY. ITEM 16 IS APPROVING A NEW STREET NAME OF KIRK WASHINGTON JR. ITEM 17 IS A NEW STREET
NAME FOR CHEE XIONG. ITEM 18 IS APPROPRIATION FOR DEMOLISHING TWO PROPERTIES FOR THECITY. ITEM 19 IS APPROVING LAND SALES TO HOMES FOR HOMIES FOR THE EMERGENCY STALIZATION PILOT
PROGRAM. ITEM 20 IS APPROVING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND AWARD RECOMMENDATION. ITEM 21 IS APPROVING A RESERVATION OF 9% LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS. AND LASTLY ITEM 22 IS APPROVING
AS AMENDED ORDINANCE RELATED TO THE SIGNING ON PREMISES. THIS WAS APPROVED AS AMENDED IN THE BHZ COMMITTEE LAST THURSDAY. WITH THAT, I WILL MOVE ALL ITEMS FOR APPROVALS AND PULL ITEMS 1 AND 6 FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION. THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN HAS MOVED THE APPROVAL OF THE REPORT MINUS ITEMS 1 AND 6. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE REMAINDER OF THE ITEMS? SEEING NONE -- >> SORRY, I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM 2 22 FOR DISCUSSION, PLEASE.
>> 22. OH, I SEE. I AM NOT SEEING THE QUEUE. I GOT IT. COUNCIEMBER CASHMAN. >> I WAS GOING TO PULL 22 FOR DISCUSSION. >> ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON. >> THANK YOU. JUST WANTED TO SPEAK BRIEFLY ON
ITEMS I BELIEVE 16 AND 17. THESE ARE STREET RENAMINGS OR COMMEMORATIVE STREET SIGNS FOR KIRK WASHINGTON AND CHEE XIONG. AND BOTH ARE PEOPLE WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THE FABRIC OF NORTH MINNEAPOLIS.
KIRK WAS A BELOVED POET, FATHER, COMMUNITY MEMBER, ORGANIZER. AND WE'VE BEEN HAVING, THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN CEBRATING KIRK WASHINGTON DAY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. AND YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN HIM EVOKED HERE IN CHAMBERS. AND SO TO HAVE A SIGN THAT
REALLY MARKS THE FACT THAT HE EMBO EMBODIED HARRISON IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY. I WANT THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING IT. AND CHEE XIONG IS BELOVED. TOOK A PLOT OF LAND THAT FOLKS
THOUGHT AS SOLATE AND SHE'S MADE THAT INTO AN OASIS ON THE NORTH SIDE. IS NO LONGER WITH US, BUT THE LEGACY THAT SHE CREATED ON THE NORTH SIDE REALLY CARRIES ON. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR
SUPPORTING THIS AND IT' ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL TO JUST HAVE THE ABILITY ON THIS DAIS TO CELEBRATE OUR ELDERS AND THOSE WHO HAVE MOVED ON. SO THANK YOU GUYS. >> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> MR. CHAIR, I DON'T ND TO PULL IT FOR DISCUSSION, BUT I'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT
ITEM NBER SEVEN. IT WAS AN APPEAL VARIANCE BY MARSHA HAAGENSON. I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE MS MS. HAAGENSON'S RESEARCH AND WORK TO PRESENT HER APPEAL THAT SHE DID TO YOU ON THE COMMITTEE LAST WEEK. SHE CLEARLY SPENT A GREAT DEAL
OF TIME THINKING ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF DEVELOPMENT AND THE POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES TO OUR ENVIRONMENT. AT THE END OF THIS PROCESS, I CANNOT AND YOU HAVE NOT FOUND ANY PRECEDENT TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE APPEAL. THE SHORELAND OVERLAY DISTRICT IS NOT A PROHIBITION AGAINST
DEVELOPMENT OR ENCROACHMENT. OUR SHORELAND OVERLAY IS VERY OFTEN MITALKED ABOUT IN STRANGE WAYS, BECAUSE IT REALLY DOESN' IT APPLIES DIFFERENTLY TO URBAN AREAS WHERE YOU CAN SEE LOTS OF STRUCTURES FROM THE WATER. WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT AGAIN
HERE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. THE SHOLAND OVERLAY DISTRICT SHOULD BE A PROCESS ASSURANCE, THAT EXTRA SCRUTINY IS PAID TO DEVELOPMENT OR LAND USE AND VARIANCE KINDS OF REQUESTS. STAFF REVIEWED PER MS
MS. HAAGENSON'S REQUEST AND FOUND 11 APPLICATIONS OF DEVELOPMENT WITHIN 40 FEET OF THE STEEP SLOPE IN A SHORELAND AREA. ONE WAS WITHDRAWN, BUT ALL OF THE OTHER TEN WERE APPROVED. TYPICALLY WITH CONDITIONS REGARDING CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY. I WANT TO NOTE THAT THERE ARE
CONDITIONS PLACED ON THE APPROVAL AROUND EROSION CONTROL TO PROTECT MINNIEHAHA CREEK WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US. BASED ON THAT, I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS APPEAL. BUT ONE OTHER NO, MS. MS. HAAGENSON HAS SOME VALID
CONCERNS ABOUTHE PROCESS TO TESTIFY AND FILE AN APPEAL. AND I KNOW THAT STAFF HAVE HEARD THOSE CONCERNS AND THEY'RE WORKING TO HELP MAKE THAT PROCESS MORE CLEAR AND MORE EXPLANATORY. SO I HOPE THAT FOR THAT, MS. HAAGENSON CAN ULTIMATELY FIND HER EFFORTS HERE WITH THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND
THEN OUR CITY COUNCIL WERE NOT FOR NAUGHT. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. >> COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON. >> I FORGOT TO MENTION BECAUSE I'M THE AUTHOR OF THE ITEMS OF BRINGING FORWARD THE STREET COEMORATIVE SIGNS, I CANNOT VOTE ON THEM.
AND I DIDN'T WANT PEOPLE TO HEAR AN ABSTENTION AND BE LIKE WHAT, I THOUGHT HE SUPPORTED THOSE. I JUST WANTED TO LET THE COMMUNITY AND THE BODY KNOW. >> SOUNDS GOOD. SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN QUEUE, I'LL ASK THE CLERK T CALL THE ROLL ON THE BUSINESS
REPORT MINUS ITEMS 1, 6, AND 22. >> COUNCILMEMBER JENKINS. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON. >> AYE, EXCEPT 16 AND 17 ABSTAIN. >> COUNCILMEMBER KOSKI. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENTCHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES ON THE REPORT EXCEPT FOR ITEMS 16 AND
17 WHICH HAVE 11 AYES AND ONE ABSTENTION. >> THOSE ITEMS CARRY. NEXT WE WILL TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER ONE, THE HERITAGE PRESERVATION REGULATIONS ORDINANC I'M GOING TO ADD MYSELF TO QUEUE BECAUSE I HAVE AN AMENDMENT, I ACTUALLY HAVE TWO AMENDMENTS ON
THIS THAT ARE RELATED. THESE ARE PRINTED OUT IN FRONT OF YOU. AND THE GOAL OF THIS IS TO ADD MORE CLARITY AROUND WHAT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF A PROPEY OWNER IS TO PROVIDE PROTECTIONS SO THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN SECURITY AND WEATHER TIGHTNESS OF
BUILDINGS. SO FURTHER DOWN THE AGEN, WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDRESSING A HOUSE THAT WAS ON THE HISTORICAL PRESERVATION LIST THAT DETERIORATED BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE INABILITY TO KEEP THE BUILDING WEATHER TIGHT, IT ERODED OVER TIME.
THIS AMENDMENT TO THE ORDINANCE SHOULD HELP PREVENT THAT IN THE FUTURE. AND I'D REALLY APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUE'S SUPPORT ON THIS. IS THERE A SECOND TO MY MOTION TO AMEND? >> SECOND. >> ANY DISCUSSIO
I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCILMEMBER JENKINS. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> AYE.>> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHU. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> PREDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THATARRIES AND THAT AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED. NEXT I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I'M ALSO BRINGING FORWARD A MOTION THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU ALL. AND I THINK MANY OF YOU ARE ALSO AWARE THAT I'VE HAD SOME SIGNIFICANT TIME NOW ON COUNCIL OF LEARNING A LOT ABOUT OUR HERITAGE PRESERVATION PROCESS HERE AT THE CITY AND THE
CONVERSATIONS AROUND IT IS REALLY AROUND HOW WE BEST PRESERVE OUR CITY'S HERITAGE AND PRESERVE OUR HISTORY WHILELSO ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THAT HISTORY INTERSECTS WITH A LOT OF OTHER IMPORTANT AND ONGOING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DEVELOPMENT, EQUITY, ARTS, AND CULTURE, AND
INFRA INFRASU INFRASTRUCTURE. AND ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT EVERY POTENTIAL PROPOSED CASE OF HISTORICAL DESIGNATION IS DIFFERENT. AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE CASES REPRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY OF MEANINGFUL CONVERSATION AUT A PIECE OF PHYSICAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY AND HOW TO HONOR THAT HISTORY WHILE ALSO MOVING
FORWARD WITH THE CITY'S FUTURE IN AN EQUITABLE WAY. WITH THAT IN MIND, I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE THE UPDATED HERITAGE PRESERVATION ORDINANCES COMING FORWARD TODAY. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK CITY STAFF AND THE HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION WHO PUT
A TREMENDOUSMOUNT OF WORK INTO REVISING THIS ORDINANCE. THERE ARE FIVE BODIES THAT CURRENTLY CAN NOMINATE BUILDING OR DISTRICT FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION. THAT INCLUDES THE MAYOR, A COUNCIL MEMBER, A MEMBER OF THE HISTORIC OR HERITAGE
PRESERVATION COMMISSION, THE DIRECTOR OF CPED, OR THE PROPERTY OWNER. AND THE ORDINANCE PROPOSED BY STAFF CREATES A NEW EARLY STEP ISN'T THE PROCESS TO ALLOW THE CITY STAFF TO REVIEW AND RESEARCH PROPERTIES TO DETERMINE IF THEY MEET THE CRITERIA FOR DESIGNATION BEFORE A PUBLIC
NOMINATION OR DEMOLITIONEQUEST CAN ENTER THE NEXT STEP OF THE PROCESS. ESSENTIALLY THIS IS AN EARLY ELIGIBILITY SCREENING FOR POTENTIAL NOMINATIONS AND THE SCREENING STEP ONLY APPLI AGAIN TO THOSE FIVE BODIES. ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE NOT CLUDED IN THE STEP BECAUSE
THEY REPRESENT THE PUBLIC'S INTEREST. THAT SAID, IN REVIEWING THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE, THE HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION SUGGESTED THAT THE NOMINATIONS FROM THE HPC ITSELF SHOULD ALSO BE EXEMPT FROM THE ELIGIBILITY SCREENING FOR NOMINATIONS AND I AGREE.
AND THAT'S WHAT'S REFLECTED IN THE AMENDMENT BEFORE YOU TODAY. THE HPC, AGAIN T HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION IS A BODY OF RESIDENTS AND SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS. AND WHILE THEY ARE NOT ELECTED OFFICIALS, THEY ARE A BODY OF RESIDENTS AND SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS WHO BRING IMPORTANT AND
DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES TO OUR CITY'S HERITAGE PRESERVATION PRACTICES. IT'S APPROPRTE TO MAINTAIN THEIR CURRENT ABILITY TO NOMINATE A PROPERTY WITHOUT ADDING ADDITIONAL PRESCREENINGS. THE HPC ALSO HELPS WIDEN THE
CURRENT CONVERSATION ABOUT HERITAGE PRESERVATION, AND WE SHOULD WANT TO HONOR AND FOSTER THAT ROLE RATHER THANREATE MORE ADMINISTRATIVE STEPS THAT COULD LIMIT IT. IT'S ALSO AN IMPORTANT WAY TO EMPOWER AND SUPPORT OUR APPOINTED BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WHO OFTEN RAISE CONCERNS OF NOT FEELING HEARD OR FEELING LIKE
THEIR EXPERTISE IS TRULY SUPPORTED AND UPLIFTED BY CITY LEADERS. AND THIS REPRESENTS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO EXACTLY THAT IN REGARDS TO THE HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION. SO WITH THAT, I WILL ASK FOR A
SECOND AND WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >> SECOND. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY HAS MOVED AN AMENDMENT. IT'S BEEN SECONDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? LL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE AMENDMENT PUT FORWARD BY STAFF
WAS INTENDED TO REDUCE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSES. AND I'M WONDERINGF STAFF COULD ACTUALLY COME UP AND EXPLAIN THE RATIONALE BEHIND KIND OF TAKING AWAY THIS ABILITY FOR THE HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION TO PUT FORWARD A NOMINATION IN
THE SAME WAYHAT COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR WILL BE ABLE TO. >> MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, MY NAME IS ANDREA BURKE, AND I AM THE SUPERVISOR OF THE HISTORIC
PRESERVATION TEAM AND CPED. THIS AMENDMENT IS A -- THIS SECTION OF CODE, LET ME START THERE, SAYS THAT ONLY PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN DETERMINED ELIGIBLE FOR DESIGNATION MAY BE NOMINATED BEFORE THE HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION, AND ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE EXEMPT
FROM THIS REQUIREMENT AS WAS STATED BY COUNCILMEMBER WOLEY. THIS STEP WAS ADDED TO ENSURE THAT NOMINATIONS MEET THE SIGNIFICANCE AND INTEGRITY CRITERIA BEFORE BEGINNING THE PUBLIC PROCESS. AND IT WAS REAY MODELED AFTER THE NATIONAL REGISTER SYSTEM.
STAFF PREFERS THAT ONLY ELECTED OFFICIALS REMAIN EXEMPT SINCE TH REPRESENT THE PUBLIC INTEREST. STAFF CAN ACCEPT THIS AMENDMENT, BUT TO YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN, THE INTENT BEHIND IT WAS TO PROVIDE A DEGREE OF RESEARCH AND VETTI
AND REALLY ENSURE THAT THE SIGNIFICANCE CRITERIA AND THE ELIGIBILITY REALLY MET THE CITY'S ORDINANCE AND LETTER BEFORE IT EMBARKS AS I MENTIONED ON A LENGTHY PUBLIC PROCESS WHERE IF NOMINATED INTERIM PROTECTION GETS PUT ON THE
PROPERTY OWNER WHICH IS A PRETTY HEFTY, I WOULDN'T SAY RESTRICTION, BUT IT'S A HEFTY LAYER FOR THEM TO ENDURE. AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT BEFORE THIS HAPPENS THAT WE REALLY HAVE THOROUGHLY LOOKED THROUGH AND MADE SURE THAT THIS PROPERTY MEETS THE CRITERIA. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. AND THEN FOLLOW-UP QUESTION TO THAT, IS IS THERE ANYTHING PRECLUDING THE HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSIONER FROM FINDING A COUNCILOR TO SPONSOR THEIR PROPOSED NOMINATION TO BE
ABLE TO WAIVE THIS PROCESS? >> NO,HERE IS NOTHING. A HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSIONER MAY GO TO A COUNCILOR TO SPONSOR THIS NOMINATION. A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC CAN DO THAT. REALLY ANYDY CAN GO AND ASK A COUNCIL MEMBER TO TAKE FORWARD A
NOMINATION. THAT WAS PUT FORTH BY DESIGN BECAUSE AS WE MENTIONED BECAUSE THE COUNCIL VERY MUCH LISTENS TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS AND THEIR NEEDS AND IS MOST FAMILIAR WITH THEIR WARD, SO THAT WAS PART OF THE IDEA FOR EXEMPTING ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THIS MATTER. >> THANK YOU.
I'M GOING TO VOTE AGAINST THIS AMENDMENT AND WITH STAFF ON THIS. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL HAVE THE EXEMPTION, BUT THAT THE UNELECTED OFFICIALS ON E
HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION WHICH ARE IMPORTANT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND DO HAVE SUBJECT EXPERTISE STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT ANY OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBER WOULD GO THROH. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THA YOU, CHAIR PAYNE.
I ALLY APPRECIATE THIS AMENDMENT BEING BROUGHT FORWARD AND I UNDERSTAND COUNCIL MEMBERS THOUGHT PROCESS IN BRINGING IT FORWARD. I THINK I'M SEEING IT DIFFERENTLY TODAY. FOR ME, I BELIEVE THAT HISTORICAL PRESERVATION SHOULD
BE PRETTY JUDICIOUS. I THINK IT SULD BE SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN WITH A LOT OF REGULARITY BECAUSE OF THE BURDEN THAT IT PUTS ON THE
OPERTY ITSELF IN TERMS OF RENOVATIONS, IN TERMS OF CHANGES THAT CAN BE MADE. AND I THINK THE NOMINATION PROCESS SPECIFICALLY PUTTING IT HAVING TO GO THROUGH AN ENTIRE PROCESS BEFORE IT IS ACTUALLY
FOUND TO BE HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT FOR IT TO CONTINUE THROUGH E PROCESS MAKES ME FEEL THAT I THINK IT SULD BE JUST LIMITED TO A COUNCIL MEMBER OR THE MAYOR. PRETTY SIMILAR TO HOW WE DO
STREET RENAMINGS, I THINK WITH STREET RENAMINGS THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR ALSO CAN BE INVOLVED, BUT I THINK THERE'S WAYS FOR US TO COME TOGETHER AND WORK WITH THE HPC TO GET A NOMINATION THROUGH. SO FOR THOSE REASONS, I WON'T BE
ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT TODAY. >> COUNCILMEMB PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. WITH ALL DUE RESPECT FOR THIS IDEA IN BROADENING THE NET SO TO SPEAK, I ALSO CAN'T SUPPORT TS AMENDMENT FROM COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. STAFF HAVE CAREFULLY CONSIDERED
WHO IS BEST TO REPRESENT THE WILL AND THE NEEDS OF RESIDENTS AND SROUNDING PROPERTIES. AND THAT IS ELECTED OFFICIALS. COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE MAYOR. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT NOMINATIONS ARE BEING VETTED PER THESE NEW SYSTEMS THAT WERE
OUTLINED IN THIS ORDINANCE. THERE ARE GOOD IMPROVEMENTS IN HERE. AND THE PIECE FROM COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE IS ANOTHER GOOD IMPROVEMENT. THE HERITAGE PRESERVATN COMMISSION MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED. THEY DO REALLY GOOD WORK FOR THE PUBLIC WITH THEIR EXPERTISE WHICH WE VALUE.
BUT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ELECTED TOEPRESENT RESIDENTS. WE ARE THE ONES THAT HEAR ALL OF THE ISSUES AND CONCERNS OR IDEAS FROM OUR COMMUNITY. I DON'T SEE THE COMMUNITY REACHING OUT TO SPECIFIC
HERITAGE PRESERVATION MEMBERS. IF A COMMISSIONER OR RESIDENT WANTS TO MAKE A NOMINATION, THEY CAN PRETTY EASILY WORK WITH ANY COUNCIL MEMBER TO DO SO ON THEIR BEHALF. THAT COUNCIL MEMBER CAN REVIEW THE REQUEST AND TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION NOT JUST THE
PROPERTY BUT THE BROADER IMCTS OF THE DESIGNATION THAT WE'VE ALL WRESTLED WITH ONHIS DAIS. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> I WANTED STAFF TO COME FORWARD AGAIN JUST TO ANSWER A
FOLLOW-UP QUESTION. CAN YOU GIVE A LITTLE INSIGHT BECAUSE FROM MY UNDERSTANDING THE FIVE BODIES CAN DO NOMINATIONS PRIOR TO THE ENACTING OF THIS ORDINANCE THAT WOULD CHANGE THAT. ON AVERAGE HOW MANY NOMINATIONS
IS THE HPC BRINGING FORWARD EACH YEAR? >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE AND COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY, IN THE PAST YEAR WE'VE HAD 1 OR 2 THAT HAVE COME THROUGH, DEFINITELY ONE, I THINK TWO ACTUALLY FROM THE HERITAGE PRERVATION
COMMISSION. OFTEN THAT'S A PRETTY AVERAGE NUMBER THATOMES THROUGH. SO IT IS NOT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT TO BE QUITE HONEST. THAT IS MY ANSWER. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT JUST CLARITY. BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S THIS
UNDERSTANDING OR MISCONCEPTION THAT HPC IS JUST OUT HERE WILLY-NILLY WIELDING THIS RESPONSIBILITY THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE. I INK THEY HAVE APPROACHED IT WITH DUE DILIGENCE. AND WE DON'T SEE THESE OFTEN COME FORWARD THROUGH THIS BODY FOR CONSIDERATION.
I THINK AS A RESULT OF HPC AO RECOGNIZING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WORK THAT GOES INTO A NOMINATN PROCESS. THEY DO WORK WITH STAFF JUST AS A COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD ON ALSO RECONCILING JUST THE TOTALITY OF
WHAT IT WOD TAKE TO ACTUALLY MOVE AN APPLICATION THROUGH THE PROCESS. THE FACT THAT THIS ISN'T HAPPENING INN ABUNDANT AMOUNT SHOWS ME THAT HPC RECOGNIZES
THIS, IT SHOULD NOT BE STRIPPED FROM THEM. AND WE SHOULD BE EMPOWERING OUR APPOINTED BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE DOING THEIR DUE DILIGENCE AND THE HPC HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT. AND ALSO THE FACT THAT STAFF HAS ALSO SAID THIS IS AN ACCEPTABLE AMENDMENT IN ITSELF. SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU FOR
ADDING THAT CLARITY, AND I STILL STAND ON THE AMENDMENT. >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN QUEUE, I WILL A THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL ON THE WONSLEY AMDMENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER JENKINS.
>> NAY. >> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> NAY. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> NAY. >> COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN. >> NAY. >> COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN. AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> NAY. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> NO. >> COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON. >> AYE. >> COUNCMEMBER KOSKI.
>> NAY. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. >> NAY. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE FIVE AYES AND EIGHT NAYS. >> THAT AMENDMENT FAILS. SO WE HAVE THE UNDERLYING
ORDINANCE AS AMENDED BY ME IN FRONT OF US. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE REMAINDER OF THIS ORDINANCE? SEEING NONE, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCILMEMBER JENKINS. >> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMB CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER KOSKI. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> AYE.
>> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THAT ORDINANCE IS ADOPTED. NEXT WE WILL TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER SIX. AND I WILL RECOGNIZE CITY ATTORNEY ANDERSON.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBERS. THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE RECOMMENDS THAT THE COUNCIL REFER THIS ITEM BACK TO STAFF TODAY. REGULATORY SERVICES WITH ASSTANCE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS IN THE PROCESS OF FINALIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER WHICH WILL FACILITATE THE
PROPERTY BEING SOLD WITHIN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS. THE AGREEMENT WILL ALSO REQUIRE UPKEEP AND MAINTENANCE OF THE PROPERTY DURING THA TIMEFRAME. WE BELIEVE THAT THIS AGREEMENT WILL SERVE THE INTERESTS OF THE CITY, THE COMMUNITY, AND THE PROPERTY OWNER AND PROVIDE A TANGIBLE PATH FORWARD TO SEEING
THE PROPERTY RESTORED SO THAT IT'S HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE CAN BE APPRECIATED, REALIZED, AND CONTINUED. IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS, THE PROPERTY OWNER AND HIS ATTORNEY HAVE PROVIDED A WRITTEN AGREEMENT TO EXTEND THE CITY'S DECISION MAKING PERIOD UNDER MI
FOR AN ADDITIONAL SIX MONTHS. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CITY ATTORNEY. THIS PROPERTY IS IN MY WARD. I WILL BE HAPPY TO MAKE THAT MOTION TO REFER THISTEM BACK TO STAFF. IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. N YOU JUST CLARIFY AGAIN WHAT THE PROCESS WOULD BE FOR THE OWNER/DEVELOPER TO ATTEMPT TO DEMOSH THE BUILDING IN THE FUTURE?
>> MADAM CITY ATTORNEY? MR. FUSI? >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBERS, I APOLOGIZE I WAS MULTITASKING THER
WHAT WAS THE QUESTION AGAIN? >> QUICK QUESTION WAS WHAT WOULD THE PROCESS BE IF THIS REFERRAL BACK TO STAFF PASSES, WHAT WOULD BE THE PROCESS FOR THE CURRENT OWNER AND DEVELOPER TO ATTEM TO DEMOLISH THE COOK HOUSE IN THE FUTURE? >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE
AGREEMENT IS THAT THIS WILL NOT ALLOW FOR DEMOLITION OF THE OPERTY AND IF THE ENDS OF THIS AGREEMENT WEREN'T ACHIEVED IN THE TIMEFRAME CONTEMPLATED WHICH IS SIX MONTHS FOR A ESSENTIALLY BECAUSE THE REQUEST
FOR CERTIFICATE OF AUTHOZATION TO DEMOLISH HAS BEEN PUT ON PAUSE OR REFERRED BACK TO STAFF. IT WOULD BE BROUGHT BACK TO THIS COUNCIL AND VOTED ON AGA AND OBTAIN ANEW, FOR INSTANCE. >> SORRY, JUST TO CLARIFY, IT
WOULD BE AFTER 6 MONTHS, IF THERE IS NO SALE. >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> AND WHAT WOULD HAPPEN DURING THE 6 MONTHS? >> MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT IS THAT DURING THE 6 MONTHS, THE PROPERTY OWNER WILL BE ENDEAVORING TOELL THE
PROPERTY, EVEN IF IT IS AT A LOSS AND HAS SOME, I GUESS LE S LEADS, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, TO DO THAT, AND IS CONFIDENT THAT HE WILL BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT AND I BELIEVE STAFF IS ALSO CONFIDENT THAT IS
A REALISTIC OUTCOME. OBVIOUSLY, THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AND NOTHING IS ASSURED, BUT THE FRAMEWORK OF THIS AGREEMENT DOES PROTECT THE CITY IN TERMS OF HE IS NOT BEING PROVIDED WITH ANY RIGHT TO DEMOLISH AT ANY POINT IN TIME. IT WOULD STILL NEED TO COME BACK
TO THIS COUNCIL. >> THANK YOU, THAT'S WHA I WANTED TO CLARIFY. >> THANK YOU, SEEINGO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL ON THE REFERRAL TO ITEM 6. >> COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> A >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> AYE. >> COUIL MEMBER KOSKI. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGTAI. >> AYE.
>> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT ITEM CARRIES AND WILL BE REFERRED BACK TO STAFF. NEXT IS ITEM 22 AND I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> THANK YOU PRESIDENT PAYNE. BEFORE I SPEAK ON THE ORDINANCE IN GENERAL, I WANTED TO NOTE
THAT MY STAFF IS CURRENTLY WRITING UP AN AMENDMENT TO BRING FORWARD WHICH COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE AND I HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT BEFORE THE COMMITTEE SO I WILL READ GENERALLY WHAT THAT AMENDMENT INTENDS TO DO AND IT'S TO MAKE SURE TO CLARIFY THAT
EXISTING BILL IS BENEFITTING FROM A CONVERSE TO A DIGITAL TO THE TERMS OF ANY VEHICLE APPROVED FOR FUTURE REVENUE SHARE OR MUNICIPAL TAX. SO, THIS IS TO CLARIFY THAT IN THE FUTURE, AS WE GO TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND ASK FOR THE
ABILITY TO CREATE A REVENUE GENERATION TOOL FOR DIGITAL BILLS IN THE CITY, THAT ALL DIGITAL BILLBOARDS IN THE CITY WILL BE SUBJEC TO THAT, EVEN THE ONES THAT EXIST TO THAT POINT. THIS IS A MATTER OF FAIRNESS, SO THAT ALL DIGITAL BILLBOARDS IN THE CITY WILL BE
SUBJECT TO THE SAME TERMS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THAT IN A MINUTE WHEN YOUAVE THE PAPER COPY IN FRONT OF YOU AND IN THE MEANTIME, I'LL SPEAK BEFLY TO THE ORDINANCE IN GENERAL. I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO THE STAFF WHO
PUT A LOT OF TIME INTOHIS ORDINANCE OVER THE PAST YEAR AND ALSO TO MY STAFF, JOHN IN PARTICULAR WHO WORKED CLOSELY WITH A LOT OF BUILDING OWNERS, BUSINESS OWNERS, STAKEHOLDERS, ARTISTS, AND CITY STAFF ON CRAFTING A LOT OF REALLY IMPORTANT CHANGES TO OUR SIGNAGE
CODE. SOME OF THOSE THAT I FEEL MOST EXCITED ABOUT MOVING FORWARD TODAY IS THAT PAINT WALL SIGNS WILL NO LONGER BE REGULATED CITYWIDE, WHICH OFFERS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SMALL BUSINESSES TO CREATE MORE VISIBILI AND VIBRANCY ON THEIR
BUILDINGS. IT ALSO EXPANDS SIGNAGE ALLOWANCES IN CM3 ZONING AREAS, IT ALSO CREATES THE CONDITIONS THAT BILLBOARDS WILL NO LONGER BE ALLOW TO SUBSIDIZE VACANT PROPERTIES AND REPLACING SIGNS WIT SIMILAR ONES WILL NO
LONGER REQUIRE A PERMIT OR COST SMALL BUSINESSES A FEE. SO THIS STREAMLINES THE PROCESSES FOR THAT. WE HAVE A PROVISION WHERE SKY WAY BUSINESSES WILL HAVE A SPECIAL SIGN ALLOWANCE TO ENSURE THAT THEY CAN ADVERTISE THEIR BUSINESS TO STREET LEVEL
PEDESTRIANS. ONE OF OUR BIGGEST WAY FINDING CHALLENGES DOWNTN IS HELPING PEDESTRIANS IDENTIFY THEIR WAYS IN AND OUT OF THE SKY WAYND THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE AT THE SKY WAY LEVEL. FINALLY, ANOTHER PROVISION ALLOWS FOR NEW SIGN TYPES LIKE BUILDING WRAPS
AND LIGHT PJECTION SIGNS TO BE EXPERIMENTED WITH, WITHIN A SPECIFIC AREA OF THE CITY. WITH THAT, I WILL ALLOW FOR OTHERS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM BEFORE BRINGING FORWARD THE AMENDMENT. THANKS. >> MR. PRESIDENT, WE'RE HAVING
SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES GETTING TO THE AMENDMENT AND MY ADVICE WOULD BE THAT WE PUT THIS ASIDE AND COME BACK TO IT UNDER THE RULES SO THAT THE SUBSTANTIVE AMENDMENT IS IN FRONT OF THE BODY AND CAN BE READ AND REVIEWED AND THEN SPOKEN TO. SO
AS WE WORK WITH THE STAFF, I THINK WE CAN SET THAT ASIDE FOR NOW AND MOVE ON WH THE REST OF THE AGENDA AND COME BACK TO IT AT THE END. >> YE, WITHOUT OBJECTION, LET'S SET IT ASIDE AND I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE TO PLUG IT IN SOMEWHE IN THE AGENDA. MAYBE
THE CLERKS CAN LET ME KNOW WHEN IT POPS UP. >> I'M HAPPY TO DO SO. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION, LET'S SET THAT ASIDE AND MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT COMMITTEE, WHICH IS THE CLATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE
COMMITTEE WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED BY THE COMMITTEE'S CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT, SO THE CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITE HAS 10 ITEMS TODAY. ITEM 1 IS A RESOLUTION HONORING THE STAFF ANDONTRACTORS THAT WORKED ON THE HENNEPIN AVENUE SOUTH RECONSTRUCTION. ITEM 2 IS
RELATED TO FIRST AVENUE SOUTH RECONSTRUCTION FROM FRANKLIN TO GRT AND HAS RESOLUTIONS ORDERING WORK TO PROCEED, ADOPTING SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS, AND THE SALE OF ASSESSMENT BONDS, AND ORDERING THE ABANDONMENT AND REMOVAL OF THO
IN CONFLICT WITH THE PROJECT. 24th EAST TO LAKE STREET EAST AND ORDERING WORK TO PROCEED, ADOPTING SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS, AND SALE OF ASSESSMENT BONDS, AND ORDERING THE REMOVAL OF AREA WAYS IN CONFLICT WITH THE
PROJECT. ITEM 4 IS RELATED TO LOWRY AVENUE NORTHEAST STREET, PHASE TWO FROM NORTHEAST TO WASHINGTON STREET NORTHEAST, WITH SIMILAR RESOLUTIONS TO THE PREVIOUS TWO ITEMS. ITEM 5 IS AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH THE MET COUNCIL FOR LOCAL WORK
DESIGNED AND ADMINISTRATIVE COST RELATED TO THE BLUE LINE EXTENSIO ITEM 6 IS A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE APPROPRIATION RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE CLOSURE AND APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENTS FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS
AND REALLOCATIONS AND DISTRIBUTIONS OF EXCESS FUNDS. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY FOR THE CEDAR AVENUE RECONSTRUCTION. ITEM 8 IS AUTHORIZING THE EASEMENT WITH THE RECREATION BOARD FOR SRM SEWER AND STORM WATER BASINS
WITHIN THE COLOMBIA GOLF COURSE AND CLARK. AND THEN THE PARKWAY PAVING AND RECONSTRUCTION, AND ITEM 10 IS A RESOLUTION UPDATING THE PRICE STRUCTURE AND RATES FOR CHARGING ELECTRIC VEHICLES
AS PART OF THE E.V. SPOT POOT PILOT. I WILL MOVE FOR APPROVAL. >> IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> THANK YOU, I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR ITEM NUMBER 9, A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT FOR PARKWAY
REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTION. I'M NOT SURE IF OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE THIS IN THEIR WARD, BUT THE PARKWAY AROUND THE LAKE HAS BECOME AN AREA WHERE WE HAD SOME LACK OF CLARITY AROUND GOVERNANCE IN TERMS OF WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF TRAFFIC CALMING AND
SAFETY PROOFIMPROVEMENTS, SO I REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THOSE WHO PUT THE WORK IN TO MAKE SURE THOSE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ARE ARIFIED WITH THE PARK BOARD SO THAT CONSTITUENT SERVICES AS IT RELATES TO PARKWAYS CAN IMPROVE IN THE
FUTURE. THANK YOU. >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN QUEUE. I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL ON THE REPORT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHM >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN. >> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMR CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER KOSKI. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGTAI. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THE REPORT
IS ADOPTED. WE HAVE THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE PRESENTED BY THE COMMITTEE'S CHAIR. COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD TWO ITEMS. ITEM NUMBER 1 IS THE OPIOID OVERDOSES AND
POSSESSION OF NALOXONE AND NUMBER 2 IS THE DEATH GRANT THROUGH THE CITY OF CRYSTAL SAFETYEPARTMENT TO IMPROVE THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS ROADS. I WILL MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF THESE ITEMS. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ MOVED
FOR APPROVAL. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBEPALMISANO. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMA >> AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON. >> A >> COUNCIL MEMBER KOSKI. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGTAI. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THE REPORT IS ADOPTED. BEFORE WE COMPLETE
ALL OF OUR REPORTS, I SEE THAT WE HAVE OUR AMENDMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER 22 ON THE BIZ REPORT. I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> THANK YOU PRESIDENT PAYNE. SO, THIS IAN AMENDMENT TO
SECTION 56320 OF THE SIGN ORDINANCE, AND IN ADDITION TO THE ORDINANCE I MOVED AT BIZ COMMITTEE, THERE IS A NEW PORTION AT THE VERY BOTTOM THAT SAYS EXISTING BENEFITTING FROM A CONVERSION FROM STATIC TO DIGITAL SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE
TERM OF ANY VEHICLE APPROVED FOR FUTURE REVENUE SHARE OR MUNICIPAL TAX. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THIS AMENDMENT FOR APPROVAL AND JUST STATE THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, THERE IS WORK TO BE DONE
THROUGH AGR TO ALLOW, TO GET STATUTORY APPROVAL FROM THE STATE IN ORDER TO SET UP A MEANISM OF THIS SORT, BUT ONCE IT'S SET UP, THERE IS FAIRNESS IN HOW IT'S APPLIED ACROSS THE CITY, AND NO ONE WOULD BENEFIT
FROM AN EXEMPTION FROM THAT IN THE FUTURE. >> MR. PRESIDENT. >> MR. CLERK. >> SORRY TO INTERRUPT, JUST IN CONSULTATION FROM THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, MY UNDERSTANDING AND HE CAN EXPLAIN IS THAT THE WRITTEN COPY IN FRONT OF YOU IS INCORRECT AND
IT'S NOT WHAT THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAD INDICATED SHOULD BE INCLUDED, SO PERHAPS MR. FUSSY CAN WALK US THROUGH THE AMENDMENT AS IT EXISTS IN FRONT OF YOU NOW AND THAT THE CLERK IS ABLE TO CAPTURE THAT. WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO FACILITATE THAT
PROCS. >> MR. FUSSY. >> THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT, MR. CLERK AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M DOING SOME LAST MINUTE DRAFTING HERE ALONG WITH YOUR ABLE STAFF. COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN AND I THINK THE GIST OF WHAT IS PUT -- WHAT IS ON THE
PAPER HERE WAS WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON, BUT I BELIEVE WE AGREED WITH YOUR STAFF, WITH SOME SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT LANGUAGE. I DID PROVIDE THAT IN THE TEAM'S CHAT TO MR. CLERK, TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND I CAN READ IT NOW. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
WANT IT REPRINTED. IT WOULD -- REPLACING THE UNDERLINED LANGUAGE THAT IS ON THE PAPER HERE, IT WOULD READ ESTING OFF PREMISES SIGNS BENEFITTING FROM A CONVERSION FROM STATIC TO DIGITAL UNDER THIS SUBSECTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF
ANY LISLATIVE MECHANISM APPROVED PROVIDING FOR FUTURE REVENUE SHARE OR MUNICIPAL TAX TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. THAT IS ESSENTIAL THE SAME GIST OF THE INTENT AS I UNDERSTAND IT, OF THE INITIAL NGUAGE THAT WAS PROVIDED, BUT
IT INVOLVED A LITTLE BIT OF TWEAKING FROM MY OFFICE IN CONSULTATION WITH YOUR STAFF AND THAT WOULD BE THE FORM I THINK THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND. >> MR. CLERK, HAVING THE CITY ATTORNEY READ THAT INTO T RECORD, ARE WE GOOD TO MOVE
FORWARD? >> I THINK WE ARE GOOD AS LONG AS THE COUNCIL MEMBERS UNDERSTOOD WHAT HE SAID AND IF YOU WANT HIM TO READ IT AGAIN, HE CAN. >> ONE MORE TIME, PLEASE. >> THANK YOU. SO THE AMENDMENT, WHICH WOULD BE ADDED TO THE END
OF SECTION 560.320 SUBSECTION 1B WOULD READ, EXISTING OFF PREMISES SIGN BEFITTING FROM A CONVERSION FROM STATIC TO DIGITAL UNDER THIS SUBSECTION SF ANY LEGISLATIVE MECHANISM APPROVED PROVIDING FOR FUTURE
REVENUE SHARE OR MUNICIPAL TAX TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. >> OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE THAT LANGUAGE? >> YE I WILL MOVE THE LANGUAGE THAT ATTORNEY FUSSY JUST READ AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND HELP.
>> IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> THAT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> I AM IN QUEUE FOR COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >>HANK YOU FOR LETTING ME ADD
TO THIS CLARIFICATION. SO THIS, I THINK OUR ATTORNEY MR. FUSSY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP AS WELL. SO, I THINK THIS JUST CLARIFIES WHAT WILL HAPPEN AND THAT NO ONE
WILL BENEFIT UNINTENTIONALLY FROM THIS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO ONE EE LEFT IN QUEUE AND WITHOUT OBJECTION, LET'S TAKE UP THE ORDINANCE AS AMENDED. >> COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> COUNCILEMBER CASHMAN. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON. >> AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER KOSKI. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGT >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE.
>> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THAT ORDINANCE IS ADOPTED WHICH COMPR STANDING COMMITTEES. NEXT WE HAVE INTROCTION AND REFERRAL COUNCIL. WE HAVE ONE ITEM TODAY THAT WAS ADDED TO THE AGENDA AT
THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS AND SET A PUBLIC HEARING FOR AN ECONOMY -- COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING ON DECEMBER 9TH. COUNCIL MEMBER
CHOWDHURY. >> I THOUGHT YOU HAD MISTAKEN ME FOR WHENY QUEUE WAS STUCK ON THE LAST ITEM. SO, I'M SORRY. WE GOT LOT OF PAPER IN A FAST AMOUNT OF TIME.
>> THIS IS THE REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE OF A WHOLE. >> YES, I UNDERSTAND. I CAN'T EVEN FIND THAT REFERRAL. THERE IT IS. I KNEW IT WAS UNDER THERE SOMEWHERE. OKAY, SO ME, COUNCIL
MEMBER CHAVEZ, VICE PRESIDEN CHUGTAI IN THE BEGINNING OF THE TERM NOTICED AN ORDINANCE RELATED TO HEALTH, SANITATION, HUMANE ENCAMPMENT RESPONSE, SO TODAY WE'RE MOVING FORWARD TO BRING LANGUAGE TO THE COMMITTEE
OF THE WHOLE AND HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. WE HE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR CITY'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND OUR CLERS OFFICE AND ARE IN CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY STAFF. THE LANGUAGE IS AVAILABLE FOR YOU IN LIMBS AND
JUST TO PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, WHILE NOT GOING TOO FAR INTO IT, DETAILS, SUBJECT MATTER AROUND A PRE-CLOSURE NOTICE, SOME REQUIRED PUBLICEALTH APPROACHES AND TOOLS THAT ARE
NECESSARY ONCE AN ENCAMPMENT OF A CERTAIN SIZE IS FORMED, REQUIREMENT FOR STORAG AND THEN SOME PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE ENCAMPMENT CLOSURE ITSELF. SO, I WILL BE MOVING TT FORWARD FOR APPROVAL.
>> IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND >> IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. THIS ORDINANCE WAS NOTICED IN JANUARY OF 24. THEN IT WAS INTRODUCED AND REFERRED IN FEBRUARY OF THAT
YEAR. I DON'T THINK, AND PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'MWRONG, THIS CAME BACK TO PHS AT ALL. IT'S BEING PULLED AND SENT DIRECTLY TO CAL, SO CAN YOU HELP EXPLAIN WHY THIS IS NOT FOLWING A
STANDARD PROCESS? I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THAT IF AN ORDINANCE GETS STUCK IN COMMITTEE, THERE NEEDS TO BE A MECHANISM TO BRING IT FORWARD A DIFFENT WAY AND FOR EVERYBODY TO WEIGH IN ON IT. THAT'S NOT THE CASE. WE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT IN ANY AMOUNT OF DETAIL IN PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMITTEE. I'M SURE THIS IS ABOUT TIMING AND THE END OF THE TERM, BUT THIS COULD BE REINTRODUCED IN JANUARY AND SCHEDULED IMMEDIATELY FOR A PUBLIC HEARIN ALL OF THE PEOPLE PUTTING THIS FORWARD WILL BE HERE NEXT TERM. >> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGTAI.
>> THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. YEAH, I THINK A PART OF IT IS CERTAINLY THE TIMELINE FOR THE END OF THE TERM AND WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW, THIS WORK THAT HAS BEEN NOW FOUR
YEARS IN THE MAKING AND HAS INCLUDED A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ALONG WITH WORK WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN THIS TERM.
IT'S SEEN THROUGH TO ITS LOGICAL END POINT. I THINK ANOTHER PART OF THE CONSIDERATION FOR BRINGING THIS TO CAL DIRECTLY IS THAT YOU KNOW, THIS IS A BODY OF
WORK, HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE, ENCAMPMENT RESPONSE, THAT I THINK IS OF INTEREST TO A LOT OF MEMBERS AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED IN DIFFERENT ITERATIONS THROUGHOUT
THIS TERM AND LAST. SO, WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WHILE IT IS AT THE LEVEL OF PUBLIC HEARING PRESENTATION AND AMENDMENT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ALL COLLECTIVELY
PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROCESS AND I WOULD WELCOME IF COUNCIL MEMBERS CHAVEZ OR CHOWDHURY HAVE ADDITIONAL CONTEXT TO SHARE. I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE ENTIRE BODY IS REALLY INVESTED
IN AND I THINK WE WOULD ALL BENEFIT FROM DOING THE PROCE OF A PUBLIC HEARING AND REFINEMENT TOGETHER. >> MR. CHAIR, I DO APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS. I DO HOPE THAT WE ALSO ARE ABLE TO GIVE THIS THE FULSOME TIME IN NEED FOR
DELIBERATIONS THAT IT DESERVES. IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE IN PUBLIC SAFETY MMITTEE, BUT IT DOES NEED A LOT OF TIME AND DELIBERATION. JT HAVING FINI FINISHED AGENDA SETTING YESTERDAY WITH THE ENORMOUS NUMBER OF ITEMS TRYING TO GET DONE BY THE END OF THE YEAR, I'M
CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU. >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE, I WILL ASK THE CLE TO CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS. >> NAY. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> NAY. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> NAY. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> NAY. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER KOSKI. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> AYE.
>> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGTAI. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 9 AYES AND 4 NAYS. >> THAT MOTION CARRIES. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS RESOLUTIONS. THE RESOLUTIONS THAT WE RECEIVED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING ARE IN
FRONT OF US. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THOSE RESOLUTIONS. >> MOTION. >> SECOND. >> COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS. >> THANK YOU PRESIDENT PAYNE, I DON'T HE ANY QUESTIONS PER SE
BUT I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE AGAIN THE REALLY CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF THE TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE ORDINANCE AND
WE ALSO DID THE WORLD CHILDREN'S DAY HONORARY RESOLUTION. SO, I WANTED TO TRY TO TIE THOSE TWO TOGETHER AND REALLY JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE DEEP ATTACKS
THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED ON TRANSGENDER CHILDREN IN OUR COUNTRY, IN OUR STATE, AND REALLY MAKE SURE THAT AS WE ARE RECOGNIZING WORLD CHILDREN'S
DA THAT WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THE REALIZATION AND THE AWARENESS AROUND TRANSGENDER CHILDREN AND THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY FACE AND THAT WE INCLUDE THEM IN ALL
OF OUR WORK THAT WE ARE DOING TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF CHILDREN IN THIS CITY. THANK YOU SIR. >> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS. >> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> COUNC MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER KOSKI. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGTAI. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE.
>> AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPD. THE NEXT IS MOTIONS, TODAY WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS WHO IS MOVING TO DIRECT THE CITY CLERK TO RETURN CONSIDERATION OF THE GEORGIA IGHT SQUARE PROJECT LAYOUT AND
EASEMENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION. THIS ITEM WAS REFERRED TO THE CLERK AT THE FEBRUARY 13TH MEETING AND THE COUNCIL AWAITED FURTHER INFORMATION ON PEDESTRIAN WALK OPTIONS. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS MOTION?
>> THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS MOTION AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, I WANTED TO BRING THIS FORWARD. I KNOW WE ARE EXPECTING TO HEAR FROM PUBLIC WORKS STAFF
REGARDING THE PEDESTRIAN MALL OPTION. YOU KN, WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT THAT REPORT IS GOING TO GIVE US. I WANTED TO BRING THIS ITEM BACK IN CASE WE LEARNED
THAT THE PEDESTRIAN MALL OPTION IS NOT AN OPTION. WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, THAT DON'T NECESSARILY SUPPORT THAT OPTION. SO IN THE EVENT THAT WE
LEARN THAT THE PEDESTRIAN MALL OPTION IS NOT GOING TO BE ADOPTED, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON THE FLEXIBLE OPTION, WHICH IN MY COMMUNICATIONS WH
COMMUNITY AND WITH SOME OF THE COMMUNITY LEADERS, THERE SEEMS TO BE A WILNGNESS TO, I GUESS, BE IN FAVOR OF THA OPTION. SO
THIS WILL GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE O THAT IF NECESSARY. THANYOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS HAS MOVED TO DIRECT THE CLERK TO RETURN CONSIDERATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL, CONSIDERATION OF THE
PENDING ACTION ITEM 2024-201336. IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? >> SECOND. >> THAT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> COUNC PRESIDENT PAYNE THANK YOU. I AM SPEAKING OUT AGAINST THIS MOTION ON DECEMBER 2, 2025,
THERE IS A GSF TOWN HALL REGARDING A UNITED MISSION FOR GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE. ON DECEMBER 4, 2025, THE COMMUNITY VISION COUNCIL WILL BE PROPOSING
AT THE INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE. I WAS CLEAR WITH MY POSITION WITH THE COMMUNITY I REPRESENT. I EN 77.27% OF THE VOTE IN THE PRECINCTOCATED AT GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE IN WARD 9. NEIGHBORSLL SPOKE LOUD AND CLEAR THIS
ELECTION. I DO NOT SUPPORT THIS PROPOSAL OR THIS MOTION, ALTHOUGH I AM READY TO FIND A COMPROMISE. I WANT T HIGHLIGHT A LETTER, A COLLECTIVE LETTER REGARDING T PEOPLE'S WAY WE RECEIVED FROM P3 AND RISE TO REMEMBER YESTERDAY BECAUSE I THINK THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
THE FUTURE OF GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE PEOPLE'S WAY. WE AS THE REMAINING CANDIDATES IN THE PEOPLE'S WAY HAVE UNITED TOGETHER TO DEMANDHAT THE CITY
OF MINNEAPOLIS MAKE A DECISION BY DECEMBER 31ST, 2025. THE CITY HAS STRUNG US ALONG MONTH TO MONTH, WE AND BY EXTENSION OUR
SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES FEELS INEQUITABLE AND DISCRIMINATORY. WE ASKED TO COMPROMISE OUR RESPECTIVE VISIONS. I JOIN THE COMMUNITY ON THIS CALL AS WELL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN.
>> THANK YOU PRESIDENT PAYNE. I WILL JUST START BY SHARING THAT I AM EQUALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE LETTER THAT WE RECEIVED FROM P3 RISE AND REMBER ABOUT THE DELAYS WITH REGARDS TO MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE PEOPLE'S WAY AND I REALLY
WANT TO SEE OTHER DEPARTMENTS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT PROJECT, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE CLARITY TO THE ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED. AT THE SAME TIME, IELIEVE THAT IT'S TIME FOR US TO PROVIDE CLARITY OURSELVES ON THE FUTURE OF THE
STREET INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENSURE THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE INVOLVE IN THE GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE CAN RECEIVE THE BENEFITS OF THE STREET RECONSTRUCTION THAT HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR
MANY YEARS NOW. THE SOONER WE CAN PROVIDE CLAIRE -- CLARITY FOR THE LAYOUT, THEN THE SOONER WE CAN BEGIN. SO I WILL SPORT
THE MOTION, FOLLOWING THE TOWN HALL THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE ON DECEMBER 2ND AND THE CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE ON DECEMBER 4TH. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSN. >> YEAH, I JUST WANT A
CLARIFICATION. WHAT WAS THE LAST DECISION THAT WE MADE ABOUT THIS AND WHERE ARE WEN THAT? HAVE WE SELECTED A PEDESTRIAN OPTION? WAS THAT THE DECISION THAT WE MADE LAST TIME? CITY CLERK, IF
YOU CAN CLARI WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT IS THE STATUS ON THIS ITEM. >> MR. CARL. >> MR. PRESIDENT AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THERE ARE TWO, SORT OF COMPETING VISIONS IF YOU WILL FOR THE GEORG FLOYD SQUARE DEVELOPMENT, THE FIRST ONE WHICH
HAS BEEN MANY YEARS IN QUEUE IS CURRENTLY REPRESENTED IN 2024-331-336. I THINK WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS DESCRIBED IT AS A FLEXIBLE OR MIXED USE
PLAN. THAT PLAN WAS REFERRED TO THE CITY CLERK AND PLACED ON FILE. IT REMAINS IN ITS FINAL STAGE. IT WAS UER MANY, MANY YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT AND REACHED A FINAL STAGE OF READY TO BE APPROVED IN ITS FINAL FORM BEFORE THAT VOTE WAS TAKEN, THE COUNCIL REFERRED IT TO THE CITY
CLERK WHERE IT REMAINS ON FILE AND ACTIVE. THEN THE PROPOSAL TO DEVELOP A PEDESTRIAN MALL AT THAT INTERSECTION. THAT IS IN 2025-00226. THE DIRECTIVE ISSUED
BY THE COUNCIL WAS FOR STAFF TO, WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF THE LAW, WHICH APPLIES TO CLOSING A STREET AND CREATING A PEDESTRIAN MALL, BE EVALUATED AND REPORTED BACK TO COUNCIL. THE ARE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE
MET IN ORDER TO CREATE A PEDESTRIAN MA, WHICH IS EXPLAINED BY ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY AT A MEETING SEVERAL MONTHS AGO AT THIS POINT. THAT PENDING DECISION IS IN FACT THE FILE THAT IS ON ITS WAY TO
COMING BACK IN THE NEXT CYCLE THROUGH CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE THAT THE CHAIR JUST REFEREED. SO IT WILL BE PRESENTED FROM STAFF AT
THE NEXT CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE MEETING IN THE NEXT CYCLE. WHAT THE MOTION IS DOING IS SAYING BRING THAT BACK
OFF THE FILE SO AT THE MEETING ON DECEMBER 11TH, BOTH OF THOSE PROPOSALS ARE IN FRONT OF COUNCIL AND THE OPTION TO PURSUE ONE OR THE OTHER IS AVAILABLE TO THE COUNCIL. >> WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS.
>> POINT OF ORDER. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> YEAH THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. I DO WANT TO CLARIFY MR. CLERK THAT THE IS NOT A PEDESTRIAN MALL CONCEPT LAYOUT CONG FORWARD FOR THE BODY TO VOTE ON. I THINK THAT IS A POINT OF CONFUSION IN COMMUNITY, THERE
IS ONLY ONE STREET CONCEPT LAYOUT THAT PUBLI WORKS HAS PRESENTED AND BROUGHT FORWARD. THERE WILL NOT NECESSARILY BE A VOTE ON A PEDESTRIAN PLAZA CONCEPT COMING BEFORE THE BODY TO DELIBERATE NEXT CYCLE. >> MR. PRESIDENT, TO COUNCIL
MEMBER CASHMAN, IF I MISSPOKE, I APOLOGIZE. THERE IS A PROPOSAL FROM THE BODY TO DEVELOP A PEDESTRIAN MALL HOWEVER UNDER STATE LAW THAT REQUIRES AN ORDINANCE. THAT ORDINANCE HAS NOT BEE DRAFTED. IT REQUIRES FIRST A SIGNIFICANT LEVEL OF
ANALYSIS AND STUDY TO SEE ABOUT THE STATUTO REQUIREMENTS TO BE MET. ON ANY OF THOSE POINTS, I WOULD REFER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY. THAT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD TO THIS BODY BEFORE MAKING A DECISIONHAT IF THIS BODY WISHES TO PURSUE THE
PROPOSAL THAT WAS MADE ORALLY, THERE WOULD NEED TO BE EXTEIVE STUDY, STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE SATISFIED, AND AN ORDINANCE ENACTED. THE REPORT FROM STAFF IN QUEUE IN THE NEXT CYCLE IS A REPORT FROM STF,
NOT AN ORDINANCE AND NOT A FULLY BAKED PROPOSAL, TO BE CLEAR. IT IS THE REPORT FROM STAFF ON THOSE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE SATISFIED. AFTER THAT, COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE TO FULLY
PURSUE A MALL, PEDESTRIAN MALL AT THE INTERSECTION. SINCE THAT IS OUR LAST MEETING OF THE YEAR, I THINK EVERYONE IS AWARE THAT PROPOSAL WOULD NEED TO BE CARRIED FORWARD INTO THE NEW TERM. THERE IS NOIME LEFT FOR THE PEDESTRIAN MALL TO ADVANCE
IN THIS CURRENT TERM. >> THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. THAT'S CORRECT AND I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT AT THE C&I COMMITTEE ON DECEMBER 4TH, THERE WILL NOT BE A DECISION BEING MA BECAUSE THE REPORT WE'RE GETTING BACK FROM PUBLIC WORKS STAFF IS
A RECEIVE AND FILE ITEM. THE PRECIPI PRESENTATION WILL BE A RECEIVE AND FILE ITEM. THERE IS NO CHOICE BETWEEN TWO OPTIONS BEING MADE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS. >> THANK YOU PRESIDENT PAYNE. YOU KNOW, I DO WANT TO
CONGRATULATE COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ ON HIS 77% OF THE VOTE IN THAT PRECINCT. I DO WANT TO NOTE THERE ARE THREE OTHER NEIGHBORHDS THAT ARE AT THAT INTERSECTION AND THEY DID NOT VOTE FOR YOU SIR, SO IT
WOULD BE A DISSERVICE TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO HAVE ONE PRECINCT DETERMINE THE OUTCOME FOR THE ENTIRE INTERSECTION. SO, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT AGAIN AND REITERATE WHAT THE CLERK
MENTIONED AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN JUST CLAFIED IS THAT THIS WILL ONLY PROVIDE US AN OPPORNITY TO CONSIDER THIS OPTION IF IN FACT THE PEDESTRIAN MALL OPTION IS NOT A VIABLE
SOLUTION. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> SO, I JUST ANOWLEDGE IN A PREVIOUS MOTION THAT MAYBE, JUST MAYBE WE CAN GET ALL THAT ENCAMPMENT ORDINANCE STUFF DONE HERE BEFORE THE TERM ENDS. I
VOTED FOR IT IN GOOD FAITH THAT WE COULD ALL CONSIDER THIS AND MAYBE CLOSE A CHAPTER THAT MINNEAPOLIS IS REALLY STRUGGLED WITH. WHY CAN'T WE DO THAT HERE? I THINK THIS OFFERS A COMPROMISE, IT OFFERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO BRING
THIS TO SOME KIND OF CONCLUSION. IT DOES NOT AND NEVER HAS BEEN ABOUT ERASURE. NOT SUPPORTING THIS OPTION TO TAKE A VOTE MEANS
CONTINUED DELAY ON GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE DEVELOPMENT, OF THE REVIVAL OF GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE. I AM SURPRISED THAT SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE LOST TRACK OF THIS. IT'S AN IMPORTANT ISSUE TO EVERYONE IN OUR CITY. WE KNOW
FROM MULTIPLE SURVEYS AND THE MOST EXPENSIVE ENGAGEMENT EVER THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF DO NOT SUPPORT A PEDESTRIAN MALL. THERE IS NO LEGAL BASIS IN CNUING SUPPORTING THIS OPTION AND IT'S A TOTAL WASTE OF TAXPAYER
DOLLARS AND EVERYBODYHAT HAS SPENT TIME ON ENGAGEMENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND PEOPLE HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME. RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY, IN WARDS 8ND 9 ESPECIALLY HAVE SPENT INCREDIBLE AMOUNTS OF TIME ON ENGAGEMENT. FURTHER, THIS MEANS
A DELAY INTO ANOTHER CITY COUNCIL. IT'S A DELAY FOR THE SAKE OF POLITICS. IT IS NOT GOOD GOVERNANCE. IT IS NOT REFLECTING THE DESIRES OF THE PEOPLE OR THE BUSINESSES THAT LITERALLY LIVE THERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU PRESIDENT PAYNE. I THINK THERE IS ACTUALLY SHARED AGREEMENT AROUND ALL OF US WANT CLARITIES AROUND THE FUTURE OF GFS. I THOUGHT THERE WAS ALIGNMENT IN THE RESOLUTION WE PASSED ON DECEMBER 5TH OF LAST
YEAR, WE SAID THAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT OF DEFINING WHAT THAT VISION WOULD BE AND WE SAID WE WOULD GIVE THE COMMUNITYIME TO COME FORWARD TO THIS BODY WITH THAT PLAN, WHICH THEY ARE ACTUALLY DOING IN THE NEXT C&I TO SAY WE DID THE
HARD WORK TO WORK WITH BUSINESS OWNERS, WITH DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS, WITH RESIDENTIAL HOMEOWNERS IN THE COMMUNITIES TO FIGURE OUT A CONCEPT LAYOUT PROPOSAL THAT HAS OUR OWN BACKING. WHERE THERE HAS BEEN DISAGREEMENT IS THE ROLE IN WHICH THE CITY OR THE
ADMINISTRATION HAS PLAYEDN LEADING A CONCEPT LAYOUT THAT DOES ACTUALLY INCLUDE AND HAS FELT LIKE IT INCLUDED ERASURE, CONSIDERING THAT IT'S COMING FROM THE VERY ENTITY THAT BASICALLY TOOK GEORGE FLOYD'S LI. THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE PIECE OF COMMUNITY SHOULD BE
LEADING THIS, THE FOLKS THAT WERE THERE BEING OCCUPIED BY MILITARY TRUCKS F WEEKS, WHO SAW ALSO GEORGE FLOYD BE STRANGLED BY A MINNEAPOLIS OFFICER WHO HAD TO CONSTANTLY SEE THE CITY AVOID RESPONSIBILITY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY OUTSIDE OF JUST PAYING $27 MILLION TO GEORGE FLOYD'S FAMILY. THEY HAVE LOOKED AT THE CITY SIDE FOR SAYING HOW DARE YOU COME FORWARD AND YOU GET TO DECIDE WHAT THE FUTURE OF GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE IS. I LOOK
FORWARD TO HEARING FROM BUSINESS OWNERS WHO LIVE THERE THAT ARE UNITED BEHIND A PROPOSAL TO BRING TO THIS BODY FOR CONSIDERATION AND TO TAKE THE TIME TO DO THAT. IT TOOK, HOW MANY YEARS OF INACTION TO LET
DEREK CHAUVIN TO TERRORIZE COMMUNITIES TO THE POINT OF TAKING GEORGE FLOYD'S LIFE. WE CAN TAKE ANOTHER CYCLE TO MAKE AN ACTUAL CLEAR DECISION ON WHAT IS A RESTORATIVE APPROACH THAT ACKNOWLEDGES THE HISTORY OF WHAT HAPPENED AT THAT INTERSECTION
THROUGH A COMMUNITY-LE VISION AND A COMMUNITY-LED ORIENTATION. SO I WOULD RATHER TAKE THE TIME TO SEE WHAT THAT IS AND THEN TO BRING THAT FORWARD AS OPPOSED TO BRINGING SOMETHING THAT FEELS CONVENIENT A EASY RIGHT NOW. I
WANT TO SAY THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ FOR BRINNG THIS FORWARD. ALSO, I SECOND THE COMMENTS AND WE'RE DETACHING INFRASTRUCTURE DECISIONS ON HOW WE'RE MEL MORALIZING THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY IN TAKING GEORG
FLOYD'S LIFE AND THE DIVESTMENT IN THE INTERSECTION FOR YEARS AND ONE PIECE O THAT IS GETTING AN OUTCOME ON THE PEOPLE'S WAY. WE HAVE VENDORS OR COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT WENT THROUGH A THOROUGH PROCESS, WORKED WITH STAFF DILIGENTLY TO BRING THEIR BEST PROPOSAL RWARD, ALSO WITH
HAVING A COMMUNITY-LED VISION TO RE-ENVISION THAT INTO A PERMANENT MEMORIAL. THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED AND NOWHERE HAVE WE SEEN DELAYS LIKE THIS WHEN IT COMES TO BIDS. IT SHOULD NOT HAVE TAKEN THIS LONG FOR US TO KNOW WHAT IS THE OUTCOME OF THE
PEOPLE'S WAY. I DON'T THINK YOU CAN DIVORCE THAT FROM DECISIONS MADE AT THE INTERSECTION AS WELL. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE COME FORWARD ANDHANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ FOR CONTINUOUSLY CHAMPIONING COMMUNITY SHOULD BE DRIVING THIS PROCESS, SHOULD BE PROVIDING THE PLAN, AND THUS THE LAYOUT THAT
THIS BOD MOVES FORWARD WITH. >> COUNCIL MEMBECHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU PRESIDENT PAYNE. I JUST, I WANT TO GET SOME CLARITY ON WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS HERE. SO, WITH THIS COMMUNITY
PROPOSAL, IS THE PLAN, IF THAT AS A PROPOSAL THAT WOULD BE PUT TOGETHER, WOULD THAT COME THROUGH IN THE NEXT TERM? IS THAT A NEXT TERM PROPOSAL? THIS
CONCEPT LAYOUT, WE'RE NOT VOTING TO ACCEPT IT, BUT TO DISCUSS IT. I WOULD LIKE TO GET CLARITY ON THOSE THINGS. WHAT IS THE PATHWAY FOR THIS COMMUNITY PROPOSAL AND THEN WHAT DOES THIS
VOTE D TODAY? AM I RIGHT IN SAYING IT MOVES IT FORWARD AND THEN WE TAKE AN UP OR DOWN VOTE TO SAY WE SUPPORT THE CONCEPT PLAN OR WE DON'T SUPPORT THE CONCEPT PLAN AND WHOEVER CAN ANSWER THAT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN.
>> THANK YOU PRESIDENT PAYNE. I CAN TRY TO ANSWER THIS. THE PROPOSAL BROUGHT FORWARD BY THE COMMUNITY VISION COUNCIL THAT WILL BE PRESENTED ON DECEMBER 4TH IS A RECOMMENDATION FROM COMMUNITY, BUT IT WON'T NECESSARILY BE SOMETHING THAT
PUBLIC WORKS ADOPTS AND BRINGS FORWARD AS A CONCEPT LAYOUT BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO A LOT OF WORK TO RECONCILE WHAT THE BROUGHT FORWARD INTO AN ENGI ENGINEERED CONCEPT LAYOUT. I
KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF ELEMENTS TO IT WITH REGARDS TO THE UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HAS TO BE RECONCILED AND I DON'T KNOW THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE PROPOSAL PUT FORWARD WOULD ACTUALLY BE POSSIBLE AND THE ONLY THING THIS COUNCIL CAN VOTE
ON AS FAR AS A STREET RECONSTRUCTION IS SOMETHING THAT OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT PUTS FORWARD TOOTE ON AND THAT IS DUE TO GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE. SO THAT IS WHAT THE THEY BRING
FORWARD IS NOT GOING TO TRANSLATE TO A STREET LAYOUT CONCEPT THAT THE COUNCIL WIL VOTE ON. THE SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTION IS WHAT IS BEFORE US TODAY, A MOTION TO PUT THE OPEN CONCEPT LAYOUT BACK ON THE TABLE FOR THE COUNCIL TO VOTE UP OR
DOWN ON AT THE DECEMBER 11TH MEETING. >> THANK YOU, I THINK I WILL TAKE SOME TIM TO ABSORB THAT A LITTLE BIT. FRANKLY I FEEL FRUSTRATED AND CONFUSED, JUST REALLY HONEST WITH EVERY SINGLE
PERSON ON THE DAIS, PEOPLE I FEEL ALLIED WITH, PEOPLE I'M NOT AS ALLIED WITH, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO PUT IT, I DO WANT TO SAY WE HAVE TO LEAN IN TO FIGURE THIS OUT AND I DON'T SUPPORT THE OPEN FLEXIBLE, I HAVEN'T SUPPORTED THE OPEN FLEXIBLE PLAN. I WANTED
THE PEDESTRIAN MALL. THIS COMMUNIT PROPOSAL, IT SOUNDS GREAT. I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT, BUT WE NEED A PATHWAY THAT SHOWS US HOW WE ARE GOING TO GET THERE. I'M STRUGGLING TO SEE HOW WE GET THERE. I AM ALSO
STRUGGLING TO UNDERSTAND, IS THIS CHARTING A PH FOR US TO WAIT ANOTHER YEAR BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING, IF THAT'S WHAT COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT TO MOVE FORWARD ON, THAT'S FRUSTRATING, THAT'S CONFUSING, NOT ONLY FOR ME, BUT PEOPLE IN THEREA WAITING FOR
SOMETHING TO HAPPEN. I THINK ONE THING THAT THE INCOMING COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THE 8th WARD HAS SHARED IS THAT THERE ISN'T COMMUNITY CONSENSUS ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. SO I AM REALLY ASKING FOR LEADERSHIP ACROSS THE BOARD
TO LEAN IN AND FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE PATH FORWARD, IF WE'RE GOING TO MOVEOWARDS COMPROMISE, IS THERE A PATH TO A TANGIBLE COMPROMISE SO WE CAN GIVE SOMETHING TO THE COMMUNITY? IF IT IS A PATH THAT WILL LEAD US TO WAIT ANOTHER YEAR BEFORE
IT'S CHARTED OUT, CAN WE BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THAT? IT DOESN'T FEELLEAR TO ME. I'M NOT THE COUNTCIL MEMBER THAT REPRESENTS THIS PART AND IT FEELS UNCOMFORTABLE TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS IN THIS WAY BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SEE CARS DRIVE
DOWN GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE. I DON'T DRIVE DOWN GEORGELOYD SQUARE, BUT IT'S AT A POINT WHERE IT'S LIKE WHAT IS THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING AT AS A COUNCIL? THAT'S AN OPEN QUESTION
FOR ANYONE. I FEEL LIKE I HAVEN'T BEEN REALLY VOCAL IN HOW M FEELING ABOUT THIS AND HOW WE'RE STEERING THE SHIP ON THIS TOGETHER. I THINK WE ALL AGREE THE COMMUNITY GETS TO HAVE NICE
INGS AND A GOOD PLAN. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> MAYBE I COULD ASK THE CLERK FOR CLARIFICATION. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. THANK YOU FOR LEANING IN. IN CASE WE LOSTRACK OF THIS, I BELIEVE
THAT THIS MOTION ONLY DOES THE OPPORTUNITY OF PUTTING THIS ON AN AGENDA ON DECEMBER 11TH. CITY CLERK, IS THERE ANY -- >> VICE PRESIDENT CHTAI, YOU ARE IN QUEUE FOR POINT OF ORDER.
>> I'M SORRY, AS THE CLERK IS GETTING READY TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, IS THE PUBLIC PARKS DIRECTOR IN THE OVERFLOW ROOM OR SOMETHING? CAN WE GET HIM OVER HERE TO ANSWER SOME BASIC QUESTIONS THAT ARE BEING ASKED OVERERE AND WE'RE ALL
ATTEMPTING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO ANSWER? >> I CAN ANSWER THAT. UNFORTUNATELY, HE WAS IN THE OVERFLOW ROOM BUT HAD TO LEAVE FOR ANOTHER EVENT. SO, AS CHAIR, I WILL DO MY BEST TO SPEAK FOR THE DEPARTMENT. >> SURE.
>> I AM NOT TRYING TO ASK A TECHNICAL QUESTION OR CLARIFICATION, I'M ASKING FROM OUR END, PROCEDURAL WAY L -- ALL THIS DOES IS PUT IT ON OUR AGENDA. AS COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY IS NOT TRYING TO GET
TO A YES OR NO, SHE IS SAYING THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY. IFE WANT TO VOTE DOWN EVEN PUTTING IT ON THE NEXT AGENDA, I THINK THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES TO THE PEOPLE LIVING THERE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY.
>> ONE THING I WILL ADD, I DON'T KNOW IF WE WILL FIGURE THIS OUT ON DECEMBER 11TH. THAT'S SOMETHING TO BE AYES WIDE OPEN OUT. THIS IS A MASSIVE CONCEPT PLAN AND IF THAT GETS VOTED DOWN ON DECEMBER 11TH, WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT TO THIS CONCEPT PLAN
AND WHAT HAPPENS FOR FUTURE PROPOSALS? THAT'S A REALLY KELY SCENARIO THAT WE STILL DON'T GET ANYTHING DONE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE PUBLIC WORKS STAFF HERE, THAT'S NOT THEIR FAULT. IT'S SCHEDULING. THERE IS ALSO A FUTURE PROPOSAL COMING FORWARD.
WE'RE NOT CLEAR ON WHAT THE PATH IS FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD OR MELDING THE THINGS TOGETHER IF THAT'S A FORM OF COMPROMISE AND WE HAVE MULTIPLE COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS COMING. I THINK THERE IS A PEDESTRIAN MALL PRESENTATION, THE CVC
PRESENTATION, AND THEN UNITY MMUNITY, THEY ALL HAVE 10 MINUTES EACH. SO, WHAT HAPPENS DECEMBER 11TH IF WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AND TO THIS CONCEPT PLAN? >> MR. CARL. >> MR. PRESIDENT, I CAN ATTEMPT
TO SPEAK JUST GENERALLY TO WHA ARE OUR OPTIONS, WHAT ARE THE TIMELINES, AND WHAT HAPPENS AFTER DECEMBER 11TH. SO DECEMBER 11TH IS THE LAST REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS YEAR. IT'S ALSO THE LAST MEETING OF THIS TERM.
THAT HAS SPECIAL IMPLICATIONS, AT THE END OF THE YEAR, THINGS ROLL OVER TO THE NEXT YEAR AND THE END OF THE TERM, THIS DIE. ANYTHING IN THE QUEUE THAT IS UNRESOLVED WON'T MOVE FORWARD. THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO REINTRODUCE AND REREFER IN THE
NEXT TERM ANY ITEMS THAT ARE UNRESOLVED AT THE END OF THIS YEAR. SO NUMBER ONE, THERE IS ONE FULL CYCLE LEFT IN THIS TERM IN WHICH THIS BODY CAN MAKE A DECISION. I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE
TWO PROPOSALS, WHAT I WILL CALL IN QUEUE. I HEARD TODAY THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A THIRD, I WILL PUT THE THIRD ASIDE AND DEAL AGAIN WITH THE FIRST TWO. THE FIRST ONE STAFF BROUGHT FORWARD AND I AM NOT GOING TO VENTURE A GUESS, IT WAS BEFORE THIS TWO YEAR TERM AND THE PRIOR
TWO YEAR TERM, THERE WAS A STUDY DONE ABOUT THE UNDERLYIN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN MENTIONED, BENEATH THE PAVED ROADS AT THE INTERSECTION OF GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE. THAT ULTIMATELY CAME FORWARD AS A PROPOSAL FOR A FLEXIBLE MIXED USE CONCEPT PLAN.
THAT PLAN WORKED ITS WAY THROUGH THE COUNCIL'S PROCESS, ULTIMATELY UNTIL FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR AT WHICHOINT IT WAS READY FOR A FINAL VOTE OF APPROVAL, BUT THIS BODY INTERVENED AND SAID NO. WE'RE NOT READY TO MAKE THAT FINAL DECISION AND THEY PUT THAT PLAN ON FILE WITH THE CLERK AS I HAVE
ALREADY EXPLAINED. IN THE MEANTIME, A SECOND PROPOSAL HAS BEEN PROPOSED TO THE BODY, BY THE BODY FOR A PEDESTRIAN MALL DESIGN AT THAT INTERSECTION. AS I MENTIONED, TT IS SIMPLY A CONCE
CONCEPTUAL IDEA. IT HAS NOT BEEN STUDIED. THERE ARE VERY STRICT STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS ABOUT WHEN THE CITY AND ITS OWN LOCAL POWERS CAN CLOSE AN INTERSECTION AND PURSUE A PEDESTRIAN MALL, ALL OF WHICH THE CITY ATTORNEY CAN SPEAK TO AND I'M POSITIVE COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN CAN
EXPLAIN TO US AS WELL. THOSE THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED HAVE BEEN UNDER AN EVALUATION PROCESS BY THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF. THE REPORT BY THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF IS SET TO COME FORWARD IN THE NEXT CYCLE TO THE C&I COMMITTEE.
SO THAT PROPOSAL COULD COME FORWARD, STILL THIS TERM TO GET AT BEST, A "WE LIKE THAT" BUT THERE IS NOT TIME IN THIS TERM TO PURSUE IT FURTHER. WHEN YOU HAVE EVERYTHING LINED UP, AS YOU AL KNOW TO GET AN ORDINANCE
DONE, TO DO THE CONCEPT PLAN OF A MIXED USE PLAN DOES NOT, ADDING AN ORDINANCE TO THE PEDESTRIAN MALL ADDS COMPLEXITY. TO DO AN ORDINANCE, THAT'S WHEN YOU HAVE AT LEAST 7 COUNCIL MEMBERS FULLY IN ALIGNMENT, A WRITTEN DOCUMENT IN FRO OF YOU AND IT'S BEEN INTRODUCED, GIVEN
ITS FIRST READING REFERRED TO COMMITTEE, IS GOING TO TAKE TWO MONTHS. WE DON'T HAVE TWO MONTHS LEFT THIS YEAR AND WE DON'T HAVE AN ORDINANCE DRAFTED ON THE PEDESTRIAN MALL. IF IT IS THE WILL O THE BODY, AFTER THE C&I COMMITTEE IN THE NEXT CYCLE,
CONTINUE TO PURSUE, ASSUMING WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY UNDER THE STATE STATUTE THAT ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET. THAT IS A PROPOSAL THAT WILL BE CARRIED TO THE NEXT TERM. THERE IS NO WAY FOR THAT TO ADVANCE THIS YEAR. SO THEOTION THAT
JENKINS PUTS FORWARD DOES NOTHING TODAY. ALL IT DOES IF APPROVED IS TELL ME PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA FOR DECEMBER 11TH SO YOU, THE BODY CAN DECIDE. THAT'S THE ONLY EFFEC OF THE MOTION. I EXPLAINED THE JENKINS MOTION, I
EXPLAINED THE FLEXIBLE OPEN DESIGN FROM STAFF, I EXPLAINED THE PEDESTRIAN MALL, WHAT I HEARD DAY IS THERE IS A PROPOSAL YET TO BE FLESHED OUT FROM COMMUNITY GROUPS. IF THAT PROPOSAL WERE TO COME FORWARD AND IS BEING PRESENTED AS AN
IDEA BY ONE OR MORE COMMUNITY GROUPS AT THE COMMITTEE MEETING NEXT CYCLE, THE ONLY WAY FOR THAT TO MOVE FORWARD IS FOR IT TO BE INTRODUCED BY A COUNCIL MEMBER, BASIC LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. SO A COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD HAVEO SAY I LIKE THE IDEA AND I AM GOING TO OWN IT,
WORK WITH THE STAFF AS COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN INDICATED. THERE IS NO MECHANISM FOR THE COMMUNITY TO PUT THAT FORWARD. IT HAS TO BE AUTHORIZED BY A COUNCIL MEMBER. THE COUNCIL MEMBER WORKING WITH PROFESSIONAL STAFF WOULD HAVE TO ADDRESS THE TECHNICAL AND COMPLEX ISSUES OF
INFRASTRUCTURE. IF IT WERE A PROPOSAL THAT INVOLVED THE PEDESTRIAN MALL, IT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO ALL THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS. SO THE IDEA OF A COUNITY-BASED PLAN WOULD NOT HAPPEN IN THIS TERM AND WOULD HAVE TO COME FORWARD TO THE NEXT TERM. >> THE PART I NEEDED THE ANSWER
TO AS WELL, WHAT IF THE CONCEPT PLAN ON DECEMBER 11TH IS VOTED DOWN. >> THROUGH THE CHAIR, I WILL SAY IF THE PLAN IS PUTN THE DECEMBER 11TH AND THE WILL OF THE MAJORITY OF THE BODY IS VOTED DOWN, THEN IT GETS DEFEATED, JUST LIKE ANYTHING
ELSE THAT COMES BEFORE THE BODY THAT IS VOTED UP OR DOWN. IN A NEW TERM, IT COULD BE BROUGHT B.
>> THE LAST THING I'LL SAY, THERE ARE FOUR DIFFERENT
PRECINCTS. SO NOT ONLY DID I TALK ABOUT THE WARD 9, BUT WE HAD AN ELECTION WHICH SOMEONE VERY CLEARLY WAS AGAINST THIS PROPOSAL BEING BROUGHT FORWARD AND WON ALL FOUR PRECINCTS. I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR ON THE ELECTIONS PEOPLE GET TO VOTE.
>> SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN. >> AYE
>> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> NO. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON. >> NO. >> COUNCIL MEMR KOSKI. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> NAY. >> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGTAI. >> NAY. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> NAY.
>> THERERE 8 AYES AND 5 NAYS. >> THAT ITEM CARRIES AND CONSIDERATION OF THIS ITEM WILL RETURN TO US AT A FUTURE MEETING. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS UNFINISHED BUSINESS. WE HAVE 1 ITEM TODAY WHICH IS THE CONSIDERATION OF 35th STREET
AND 36th STRT RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT LAYOUT APPROVAL AND VARIANCE REQUEST. IILL SEE IF C&I COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN HAS AN UPDATE ON THIS ITEM OR WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION.
>> THEY HAVE BEEN IOLVED IN TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROCESS WILL BE FOR THIS STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND THE POINT THAT WAS UNCLEAR WAS THAT THE BIKE FACILITY ON 35th
STREET. THERE WAS PUBLIC WORKS GOING TO THE STATE TO GET A VARIANCE FOR OUR STATE AID REQUIREMENT. I DO IT'S BEST TO MOVE THIS FORWARD AS IS AND RELY ON PUBLIC WORKS TO GO THROUGH
THEIR PROCESS TO GET THE VARIANCE TO CONTINUE DESIGNING THAT BIKE PORTION OF THE STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS.
>> THANK YOU MR. CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN FOR THAT EXPLAINA EXPLANATION. IN CONVERSATION, I THINK PEOPLE ARE STILL CONCERNED
ABOUT THE BIKE PATHS AND ALSO DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE BRIDGES ON 35th AND 36th STREET, WHICH REPRESENT A SERIOUS
DEPARTURE FROM ADA REGULATIONS FOR BRIDGES, AS WELL AS THE LIGHTING ON THOSE BRIDGES ARE SIGNIFICANTLY UNDERWHELM IF YOU WILL, AND CREATES A SAFETY
HAZARD FOR PEOPLE. I HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR THOSE BRIDGES TO BE REPLACED FOR MINIMUM OF 20 YEARS. THIS WOULD PROBABLY NOT REPLACE THOSE BRIDGE BUT WE
REALLY HOPE THAT WE CAN CONVINCE MnDOT TO REDECK THOSE BRIDGES TO CREATE MORE SAFETY FOR PEDESTRIS, FOR PEOPLE USING
WHEELCHAIRS, BIKERS, ET CETERA. SO IT ALLOWSHE PUBLIC WORK STAFF TO SUBMIT A VARIOUS SO WE CAN CONTINUE OUR WORK, BUT THERE
ARE DESIGN CHALLENGES THAT WE HOPE THE COMMUNITY IDEAS CAN BE INCORPORATED IN THE NEXT PHASE OF DESIGNING, HOW WE TREAT 35th AND 36th STREET. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN HAS MOVED APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM. IS
THERE A SECOND? >>SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. MY OFFICE RECEIVED LOT OF FEEDBACK ON THIS ISSUE FROM RESIDENTS AND WE HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH A NUMBERF THEM AS
WELL, ALONG WITH COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS. I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR THOUGHT. ENGAGEMENT ON THIS PROJECT. WE HAD SOME MEANINGFUL CONVERSATIONS WITH PUBLIC WORKS STAFF. I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR WORK AND CARE ON THIS ISSUE. I SHARE WITH THE RESIDENTS THE CONCERNS THEY EXPRESSED AROUND THE STICKY
ISSUES AROUND THIS PROJECT, THE SHARED USE PATH. APPRECIATE THEM CONTINUING TO WORK TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS. MY OFFICE IS COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH STAKEHOLDERS GOING FORWARD TO
MAKE THIS PROJECT IS STREET SAFE FOR EVERYONE, WALKING, ROLLING, BIKING, OR IN THAT MOTOR VEHICLE. WE KNOW THAT 35th AND 3 36th STREET WILL BE SAFER WHEN THIS PROJECT IS COMPLETE. I LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING SURE THAT IMPROVEMENTS HAPPEN THROUGHOUT
THIS NEXT PHASE TO MAKE SURE WE CAN ACTUALLY KEEP OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS SAFE ON THI CORRIDOR. >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN QUEUE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL T ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS. >> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MBER PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> AYE. >>OUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER KOSKI. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGTAI.
>> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THE MOTION IS ADOPTED. OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS REQUEST FOR CLOSED SESSION. BEFORE I RECOGNIZE THE CITY ATTORNEY AND WE RECESS FOR CLOSED SESSION, I WILL ASK IF THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL
MEMBERS. COUIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU PRESIDENT PAYNE, THIS IS RELATED TO SOME WORK I DEFINITELY INTD TO WORK ON NEXT SESSION, BUT I THINK EARLIER THIS MORNING, ALL O US SAW THE MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT
WAY MOW, A CALIFORNIA BASED CORPORATION THAT OFFERS AUTONOMOUS RIDESHARE SERVICES. THE MEDIA BROKE AROUND THE STORY, THERE WAS AN E-MAIL SENT OUT TO COUNCIL FROM THE ADMINISTRATION THAT WAY MOW SAID
THEY WOULD BE TESTING DOWNTOWN AND MOVE THROUGH THE REST OF THE CITY OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT MY FRUSTRATION, THEY ALLOWED THE MEDIA TO TELL THE PUBLIC AND THE COUNCIL ABOUT THIS PURSUIT OF
AUTOMATION CARS BEING TESTED ON OUR STREETS. THERE WAS A NEED FOR PROACTIVE COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC AROUND THIS AND THIS IS COMING FROM SOMEONE WHO HAS WORKED ON A MULTITUDE OF TECHNOLOGICAL OR AI INITIATIVES, EVERYONE WHEN I HAD WEARINESS ABOUT THEM, I MOVED THEM THROUGH
A PUBLIC LEGISLATIVE PROCESS SO THAT WE COULD ALL RECEIVE FEEDBACK AND FOR US TO UNDERSTA WOULD BE NEEDED TO BE PUT IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE SERVICES ARE BEING DONE SO WITH THE PUBLIC'S WELLNESS AND -
WELLBEING AND INTEREST IN MIND. THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN IN THIS CASE ANIT SHOULD HAPPEN. I WANT TO ASSURE THE PUBLIC THAT MY OFFICE DO INTEND TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A LEGISLATIVE AND ENGAGEMENT PROCESS AND EXPLORE REGULATORY ACTIONS WE CAN TAKE WITH REGARDS
TO THE TESNG OF SELF DRIVING CARS HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS THAT WAY MOW PLANS TO DO OR ENFACT WITH THE SUPPORT OF MAYOR FRY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING MORE OF THOSE DETAILS IN THE COMING WEEKS. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU CHAIR. I JUST
WANTED TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ERIN ON OUR TECH TEAM. WE CAN'T SEE ERIN RIGHT NOW BECAUSE HE IS RUNNING THE CAMERA. I THREATENED HIM THAT SOMEBODY WOULD PROBABLY EMBARRASS HIM BY SINGING, SO SOMEBODY CAN DO IT, NOT ME. [LAUGHTER].
>> HAPPY BIRTHDAY AARON. [APPLAUSE]. >> HAPPY BIRTHDAY AARON. >> THANK YOU. >> WHO IS SINGING? >> NOPE. >> WHO IS SINGING? ♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ♪
>> THAT WAS NICE. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT WE COMPLETED ALL ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA AND NOW WILL CONSIDER A REQUEST FOR CLOSED SESSION TO RECEIVE A BRIEFING ON THE LITIGATION MATTER LISTED ON THE AGENDA. BEFORE I MOVE TO CLOSE THE MEETING, I WILL
RECOGNIZE THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PROVIDE THE LEGAL BASIS FOR THE CLOSED SESSION. MADAM CITY ATTORNEY. >> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. CHERYL FRAZIER ET ALL VERSUS THE CITY
OF MINNEAPOLIS. ACCORDINGLY UNDER THE MINNESOTA OPEN MEETING LAW, MINNESOTA STATE SECTION 13D.05 SUBDIVISION 3B, THE COUNCIL MAY UPON A PROPER MOTION CLOSE THE MEETING FOR THE PURPOSES OF ATTORNEY-CLIENT
NVERSATION, THE COUNCIL SHOULD WAY THE RIGHT WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING AGAINST THE NEED OF THE CITY TO PRESERVE THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF ITS DISCUSSIONS WITH ITS ATTORNEYS. >> THANK YOU MADAM CITY ATTORNEY. I MOVE TO CLOSE OUR P UNDER THE OPEN MEETING LAW,
SPECIFICALLY MINNESOTA STATUTE SECTION 13D.05 FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING A BRIEFING ON THE LITIGATION MATTER OF CHERYL FRAZIER ET ALL VERSUS CITY OF MINNEA MINNEAPOLIS. MAY I HAVE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? >> SECOND. >> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS.
>> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN IS ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER KOSKI. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY.
>> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGTAI. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 12 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES. FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC, THE BROADCAST OF THIS MEETING WILL CONTINUE AND THE COUNCIL WILL RECONVENE IN PUBLIC AFTER WE CONCLUDED THE CLOSED
SESSION. THANK YOU. [CLOSED SESSION]
>> TECH TEAM, WE'RE READY. [GAVEL]. >> THE TIME IS NOW 12:23. THE CITY COUNCIL HAS RECONVENED IN OPEN SESSION FOLLOWING OUR CLOSED SESSION. I WILL ASK THE CLER TO CALL THE ROLL TO PROVE
THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. >> COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY IS ABSE. COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN IS ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON. >> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER KOSKI. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> PRESENT. >> VICE PRESIDENT CHUGTAI IS ABSENT, PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> PRESENT. >> THERE ARE 10 MEMBERS PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE HAVE A QUORUM AND I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU PRESIDENT PAYNE. I WOULD LIKEO MOVE THAT ALL
CLAIMS INCLUDING ANY CLAIMS FOR ATTORNEYS FEES AND COSTS ASSERTED IN THE LITIGATION MATTER CHERYL FRAZIER AS TREASURER FOR THE NEXT OF KIN OF NEL FRAZIER HENNEPIN DISTRICT
COURT BE SETTLED IN THE AMOUNT OF475,000 PAYABLE TO THE NEXT OF KIN FOR LINELAMONT FRAZIER AND/OR THEIR ATTORNEYS, VIA PERSONS, AND/OR ENTITIES AS DETERMINED BY THE COURT'S DISTRIBUTION OER AND
CONDITIONED UPON THE COURT APPROVAL FROM FUND OR RG069050100145400, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE ANY DOCUMENTS
NECESSARY TO AFFECT WAIT THIS SETTLEMENT AND DISMISSAL. >> SECOND. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW HAS MADE A MOTION AND IT'S BEEN PROPERLY SECONDED. I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CAMAN. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE.
>> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER KOSKI. >> AYE. >> COUIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 10 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THE MOTION IS ADOPTED AND WITH THAT, WE COMPLETED OUR BUSINESS DAY. WITH NOTHING FURTHER TO COME
BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND WITHOUT OBJECTION, THIS MEETING IS HE BY ADJOURNED TO DECEMBER 9, 2025, AT 6:05 P.M. FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING A PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPTING THE 2026 CITY BUDGET AND TAX LEVY. THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 CONSOLIDATED
PLAN AND THE PROPOSED WATER AND SEWER RATES. THANK YOU EVERYONE. [GAVEL]