>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF BUSINESS, HOUSING AND ZONING COMMIEE FOR JUNE 16, 2026. MY NAME IS JAMAL OSMAN, I'M THEHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE. I WILL CALL ORDER FOR THIS MEETING. BEFORE WE BEGIN, I WANT TO REMIND ALL FOLKS, THIS MEETING
IS BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. REALTIME CAPTIONING WILL INCREASE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR PROCEEDINGS TO THE COMMUNITY. THEREFORE, ALL SPEAKERS NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THEIR SPEECH SO THAT OUR CAPTIONERS CAN FULLY TRANSCRIBE ALL COMMENTS FOR THE BROADCAST.
WE ASK ALL SPEAKERS TO MODERATE THEIR SPEED AND CLARITY OF TIR COMMENTS. WE'LL BE USING THE SPEAKER MANAGEMENT, SO PLEASE SIGN UP. AT THIS TIME I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL SO WE CAN VERIFY A QUORUM. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE.
PRESENT. >> WARREN IS ABSENT. SHAFFER. >> PRESENT. >> CHAVEZ. >> PRESENT. >> CHUGHTAI. >> PRESENT. >> VICE CHAIR CHAUDHARY. >> PRESENT. >> AND CHAIR OSMAN. >> PRESENT. >> THERE ARE 6 MEMBERS PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE HAVE A QUORUM. OUR AGENDA IS BEFORE US.
WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA. IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS, PUBLIC HEARING FOR TODAY, PLEASE SIGN UP WITH THE CLERK.
ALL RIGHT. CONSENT ITEM A THROUGH 29, ITEM A APPROVES TWO LIQUOR LICENSES, ITEM 9 APPROVES 24 LIQUOR LICENSE RENEWALS. ITEM 10 APPROVES FOUR GAMBLING LICENSEENEWALS. ITEM 11 APPROVES A BUSINESS
LICENSE OPERATING CONDITION FOR WUNDERCYCLE LOCATED IN WARD 5. ITEM 12 APPROVES THE BUSINESS LICENSE OPERATING COMMISSION R LOCATED IN WARD 7. ITEM 13 APPROVES3 APPOINTMENTS FOR MINNEAPOLIS
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. ITEM 14 APPROVES APPOINTMENT FOR MINNEAPOLIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON HOUSI. ITEM 15 APPROVES 16 APPOINTMENTS TO MINNEAPOLIS ARTS COMMISSION. ITEM 16 APPROVES AN
APPOINTMENT TO THE MINNESOTA BALLPARK AUTHORITY. ITEM 17 ACCEPTS AND AUTHORIZES WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITIES ACT GRANT AGREEMENT. ITEM 18 AUTHORIZES AMENDMENT TO THE MORATORIUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR THE NEW NICOLLET REDELOPMENT.
ITEM 19 APPROVES ADDITIONAL PROJECT FINANCING FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND FOR 211 -- 2116 NICOLLET AVENUE. ITEM 20 APPROVES
APPROPRIATIONS OF FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OFOUSING. ITEM 21 APPROVES REZONING FOR DAVID K. AT 2007 STEVENS AVENUE. ITEM 22 ACCEPTS GRANT FROM CPED STAFF TO ATTEND NATIONAL
ALLICE OF PRESERVATION COMMISSION FORUM CONFERENCE. ITEM 23 APPROVES A PARTIAL DEBT FORGIVENESS FOR RENTAL RECLAIM, ONE HOUSING PORTFOLIO. ITEM 24 APPROVES THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE RELATED TO THE BUSINESS OF REGULATORY
ENVIRONMENT IN THE CITY. ITEM 25 AUTHORIZES MINNEAPOLIS HOUSING AUTHORITY SAFETY CONTRACTS. EM 26 AUTHORIZES SUBMISSION OF PREFERREDENSUS TRACTS RANKING TO THE STATE OF MINNESOTA FOR FEDERAL
OPPORTUNITY ZONE PROGRAM. ITEM 27 AUTHORIZES 2YEAR CONTRACT EXPANSION WITH GUTHRIE THEATER. ITEM 28ETS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR JULY 7, 2026 TO CONSIDER HOUSING BOND FOR GRAIN
EXCHANGE CONVERSION PROJECT. AND, LASTLY, ITEM 29 REFERS TO STAFF AN ORDINANCE RELATED TO THE DATA CENTER USE REGULATIONS. WITH THAT, ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR WOULD LIKE TO PULL OUT ITEMS?
I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU, I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM 16 AND IM 29 FOR DISCUSSION. >> 16 AND 29? >> PLEASE. >> ALL RIGHT. EING NO ONE ELSE, I'LL MOVE
ITEMS EXCEPT ITEM 16 AND 19. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. [ MEMBERS VOTING ] AND THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. [ NO RESPONSE HEARD ] THE AYES HAVE IT AND THE MOTION CARRIES. COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU. I'M WONDERING IF SOMEONE FROM
STAFF COULD EXPLAIN THE PROCESS FOR APPROVING A MINNESOTA BALLPARK AUTHORITY APPOINTMENT. HOW IS THAT DONE? OR A CLERK OR SOMEONE JUST TELL ME WHAT THIS IS.OKAY.
I'M GOING TO MOVE TO FORWARD THIS THEN WITHOUTRECOMMENDATION. >> SURE. WAS THAT 16? >> PLEASE. >> ALL RIGHT. I'LL MOVE THAT ITEM. COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE MOVES THAT ITEM WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> WAIT.
I'M IN QUEUE, Mr. CHAIR. >> OH, I'M SORRY. I JUST WANT TO -- Mr. CHAIR, IF I MAY SPEAK. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THIS IS THE MINNESOTA BALLPARK AUTHORITY APPOINTMENT. JUST FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW, FOR PUBLIC AWARENESS WHAT THIS ITEM IS, IT'S APPROVING JIM DAVNIE, FORMER STATE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE STATE OF
MINNESOTA, FOR APPOINTMENT TO SEAT 1, BEGINNING JANUARY 1st, 2026, AND ENDING DECEMBER 31st, 2029. SO IT'S A FORMER ELECTED OFFICIAL WHO HAS A PROVEN TRACK RECORD IN SUPPORTING OUR CITY, THE TAXPAYERS OF THIS CITY, WHO I BELIEVE WOULD B A
STRONG ADDITION TO THE MINNESOTA BALLPARK AUTHORITY. SO I DON'T THINK WE IMMEDIATE TO MOVE THIS WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. I'LL SUPPORT THE MOTION TODAY, BUT I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS COMING TO FULL COUNCIL, BECAUSE IT'S AN IMPORTA POSITION, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. THANK YOU. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS KNEW WHAT THIS ITEM WAS BECAUSE IF WE'RE GOING TO
MOVE SOMETHING WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION, I THINK WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT WHAT THE ITEM IS AND THE PUBLIC DID NOT KNOW WHAT BEING MOVED WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. SO I'LL SUPPORT THE MOTION TO MOVE WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION, BUT I'M EXCED TO SUPPORT THIS APPOINTMENT OF FORMER REPRESENTATIVE JIM 1/2 ANY --DAK RECORD OF PROTECTING TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND THE RESIDENTS THE
CITY AND DESERVES TO BE APPOINTED. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. I WILL RECOGNIZE THE CITY ATTORNEY. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, FOR THE DELAY IN RESPONSE TO YOUR QUESTION. THE MINNESOTA STATUTES DO PRESCRIBE THE PROCESS FOR APPOINTING MEMBERS OF THE MINNESOTA BALLPARK AUTHORITY.
AND PURSUANT TO STATUTE, ONE MEMBER OF THAT AUTHORITY IS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNING BO OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. SO YOU ARE PROCEEDING PURSUANT Y REQUIREMENT. >> THANK YOU, CITY ATTORNEY. I UNDERSTAND THAT. MY QUESTION, WHICH WE CAN RESOLVBEFORE NEXT WEEK IS WHO PUT THIS NAME FORWARD?
AND WHY IS IT AT THE EXPENSE -- SOMEONE'S GOING TO BE REMOVED. D THAT'S -- THAT'S A QUESTION I HAVE THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT OUTSIDE THE CARAS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. WITH THAT, THE MOTION TO MOVE THIS ITEM WITHOUT
RECOMMENDATION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. [ MEMBERS VOTING ] AND THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. [ NO RESPONSE HEARD ] THE AYES HAVE IT AND THE MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAL ABOUT ITEM 29. COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THA YOU, CHAIR.
SO, AGAIN, I'M CURUS HERE. I KNOW WE VOTED ON THIS MORATORIUM. WHAT DOES THIS DO? DOES THIS ENHANCE IT OR CODIFY IT? IF SOMEONE WOULD EXPLAIN IT TO ME, PLEASE. >> VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> YEAH, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE AND I ALSO
SEE COUNCIL MEMBER IN QUEUE, SO I'M SURE SHE'LL BE SOME ADDITIONS AS WELL. THE MORATORIUM IS A SEPARATE ITEM THAT'S IN EFFECT, AND TODAY WE'RE CARRYING OUT IN THE PUBC HEARING PORTION, THAT ITEM WHICH WE'LL HAVE A SEPARATE VOTE ON. THIS IS THE ORDINANCESHAT ME, COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER, I
THINK YOU'RE A PART OF IT AS WELL, WE ALL AUTHORED, WITH SEVERAL OTHER COLLEAGUES, TO JUST START THE REGULATION PROCESS AND GO THROUGH THE COMMITTEE PROCESS, AND THE FIRST STEP OF THAT IS GOING TO BE GOING TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON JULY 16th,
AND THEN HAVING AN OPEN COMMENT PERIOD, BE A VOTE OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND THEN IT WILL COME TO T BUSINESS, HOUSING, AND ZONING COMMITTEE, SO IT'S STARTING THAT STAFF PROCESS. >> THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT CLEAR. FOR THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO ARE HEREOR DATA CENTER, THIS IS THE START OF THE PROCESS TO
REALLY DRILL DOWN ON WHAT THOSE PROPOSED CHANGES WOULD BE.THANK YOU. >> I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. >> YES, JUST TO ADD WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY STATED, THIS WILL BE ABOUT A FIVE-MON PROCESS THAT WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH CPED STAFF TO KIND OF SET THE
REGULATIONS AROUND WHAT ARE THE TOPICS THAT WE REALLY WANT TO DIVE INTO, BOTH WITH THE STAFF AND WITH THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE TEAM DOING SOME RESEARCH AS WELL. 60 DAYS OF PUBLIC COMMENT, AND WE SHOULD HAVE THIS WRAPPED UP BY MID NOVEMBER. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROCESS THAT'S BEFORE US.
AND REALLYXCITED TO WORK TOGETHER AROUND MANY STAKEHOLDERS WHO HAVE A VOICE IN THIS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE ADVANTAGE BE OF THE OPPORTUNITY THAT'S BEFORE US, BUT ALSO MAKE SURE WE HAVE SAFEGUARDS THAT ARE IN PLACE FOR O CITY AND FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
SO MORE WORK AND DIALOGUE TO COME. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I WILL ALSO RECOGNIZE IN ATTENDANCE AS WELL COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. >> THANKOU, COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.
I'M EXCITED TO BE A CO-AUTHOR ON THIS DATA CENTER USE REGULATIONS ORDINANCE, BUT I'M ALSO ASKING, SO IS THIS GOING TO REPORT BACK TO OUR BIZ COMMITTEE OR IS IT GOING TO REPORT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE? LIKE, WHERE WILL THE END
RESULTS OF THIS INFORMATION ULTIMATELY LIVE? >> I NOT SURE. I BELIEVE BHIZ COMMITTEE, IF I'M NOT WRONG. >> I THINK T DIRECTOR -- >> YEAH, PLEASE COME ON IN.
[ SPEAKING OFF MIC ] >> PLEASE TURN ON YOUR MIC. >> GOT IT. THANK YOU. I'M MEG McMAHON, THE PLANNING DIRECTOR IN CPED. SO THE ORDINANCE THAT'S BNG INTRODUCED IS FORN AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING CODE. ZONING CODE AMENDMENTS ARE STATUTORILY REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION FIRST BEFORE THEY
GO TO COUNCIL. SO THE PROCESS WILL BE AN INTRODUCTION AT PLANNING COMMISSION, PLANNING COMMISSION WILL HOLD THE OFFICIAL PLIC HEARING FOR THAT ORDINANCE AMENDMENT WHEN IT'S TIME. THEN IT WILL GO THROUGH THE BHZ COMMITTEE FOR REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION, AND THEN ULTIMATELY TO THE FULL COUNCIL BECAUSE IT ULTIMATELY IS A
LEGISLATIVE ACTION, SO THE FULL COUNCIL WILL TAKE ACTION ON IT AT A CITY COUNCIL ETING. >>KAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. APPRECTE IT. >> I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL VICE
PRESIDENT OSMAN, CHAIR OSMAN. I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS ORDINANCE. I'M NOT AN AUTHOR ON IT. BUT I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A MORATORIUM IN PLACE IN ORDER FOR US TO GET THESE REGULATIONS IN TOP SHAPE SO THAT'S WHY I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE MORATORIUM LATER TODAY.
BUT AS WE SPEAK ON THE REGULATIONS OF DATA CENTERS, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF AUTHORS HERE, IF MAYBE ONE OF E AUTHORS OF THE MANY CAN ANSWER WHAT THEIR GOAL WILL BE ON WHERE THESE DATA CENTERS WILL GO.
IS THAT PART OF THAT CONVERSATION, WHAT THE PLAN IS FOR THAT? I GUESS MY CONCERN IS THAT LIKE DATA CENTERS, THE PLAN ARE TO PUT THEM IN NORTHEAST MINNEAPOLIS IN INDUSTRIAL ZONES, TO PUT THEM IN PHILLIPS, IN THE HIAWATHA CORRIDOR IN OUR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, AND THAT IS A VERY
SCARY SITUATION FOR MAN OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT I REPRESENT PROUDLY, AND I GUESS IF ANY OF THE AUTHORS OF THE NINE AUTHORS, MAYBE, COULD ANSWER THAT QUESTION, WHERE ARE THESE GOING TO AND WHAT THE PLAN IS WITH THIS ORDINANCE FOR THAT? AND CAN YOU EASE THE CONCERNS THAT YOU COMMIT TO NOT PUTTING
THESE IN ALREADY POLLUTED NEIGHBORHOODS, ALREADY UNDERINVESTED COMMUNITIES, ALREADY SEVERELY IMPACTED NEIGHBORHOODS, I GUESS IS MY QUESTION? AND I SEE THREE AUTHORS ON QUEUE. >> YEAH. I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
CHAVEZ, FOR THAT QUESTION. AND I ABSOLUTELY HEAR YOUR CONCERNS, AND WE WILL ABSOLUTELY ADDRESS THOSE. AND YOUR VOICE WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT IN THIS PROCESS, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR VOICES ARE, AND THAT'S WHY THERE ARE SO MANY CO-AUTHORS ON THIS, IS THAT WE REALLY WANT TO WORK TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERY REPRESENTATIVE ON THIS
BOARD, ON THIS COUNCIL HAS THEIR VOICE AND THEIR CONCERNS BROUGHT TO THE TABLE AND LEGITIMATELY AND FAIRLY AND ACCURATELY REPRESENTED. AND, SO, YES, ZONING WILL BE PART OF THIS. YES, GENERATORS WILL BE PART OF THIS.
SOME OF IT WON'T BE WHAT WE THINK IT MIGHT BE. IT MIGHT NOT BE AS INTERESTING AS WE THINK IT MIGHT BE.BUT VER. AND, SO, THE OTHER THING I WILL ADD IS THAT MONTHLY COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY AND I, AS LEADS ON THIS, WILL BE
MEETING WITH CPED AND WITH THE LRO TEAM AND WE'LL ALSO BE COMMUNICATING BACK TO OUR COLLEAGUES THE INFORMATION FROM THOSE MONTHLY MEETINGS. SO PLEASE KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ,HAT AS WE WORK FORWARD, YOU SHOULD ANTICIPATE UPDATES FROM BOTH COUNCIL MEMBER CHAUDHARY AND MYSELF,
AND THOSE WOULD BE THE FORUM AND FOR OTHER CO-AUTHORS TO BRING THINGS FORWARD IN A TIMELY AND REALLY QUICK WAY SO THAT WE CAN PIVOT SO THAT WE CAN TAKE THAT ALL INTO CONSIDERATION AND REALLY MOVE THIS FORWARD IN A TIMELY WAY THAT SUPPORTS ALL OF US. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT
QUESTION. >> ALL RIGHT. I JUST WANT TO REMIND T FOLKS THAT THIS IS JUST A REFERRAL TO THE STAFF. WE STILL HAVE AN ITEM, A PUBLIC HEARING O MORATORIUM DATA CENTER. SO, I SEE A LIST OF PEOPLE HERE. MEMBERS, I WILL RECOGNIZEICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR OSMAN, AND I JUST WANT TO STAR OFF BY SAYING, I THINK, LIKE, THERE IS A VERY BIG SPECTRUM OF OPINIONS AMONG THE AUTHORS THAT ARE ON THE DATA CENTER REGULATIONS ORDINANCES, AND I THINK THAT IS GOING TO
BE REALLY KEY IN US MOVING FORWARD A REALLY STRONG REGULATORY FRAMEWORK. I'LL SHARE WHERE I'M AT AS IT COMES TO DATA CENTERS AND DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT IN OUR CITY. ONE, I FEEL REALLY REALLY
WORRIED ABOUT ALL OF THE NEGATIVE IMPACTSHAT WE'RE SEEING ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND I'LL LAY SOME OF THAT OUT IN THE MORATORIUM CONVERSATION. AND WHILE THERE HAVE THAN ABOUT CLAIMS MADE THAT THE COITIONS IN MINNEAPOLIS ARE DIFFERENT THAN OTHER CITIES, IT IS STILL THE SAME CORPORATIONS THAT ARE SEEKING
OUT OPPORTUNITIES HERE, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT IN THIS PROCESS WE KEEP THAT FRONT AND CENTER AND PUT THE PUBLIC INTEREST RIGHT SQUARELY HERE, AND THIS IS A TRANSPARENT PROCESS. I THINK EVEN IF A COUNCIL MEMBER IS NOT AN AUTHOR ON THIS, YOU SHOD TAKE TIME TO
TALK TO YOUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, TO FIELD THE CONCERNS, TO WORK WITH US AS LEADS OF THIS, BUT ALSO OUR CITYTAFF AND REALLY WEIGH IN YOUR VOICE ON WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE BECAUSE ONCE WE GET INTO THE ZONING PLACE, LIKE THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY WHAT
YOUR COMMUNITY NEEDS AND YOUR COMMUNITY WANTS. WE HAVE A ROBUST OPPORTUNITY PLANNING COMMISSION WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN IT WILL COME TO BUSINES HOUSING, AND ZONING THIS FALL AND GIVE US A LOT OF TIME FOR MEMBERS TO TALK TO EACH OTHER.
ALSO WE HAVE AMENDMENTS HAPPEN. I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO A PLACE WHERE IT'S LIKE WE CAN GET IT AS BAKED AS POSSIBLE WITH EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER'S VOICE. I THINK, FOR ME, I REMAIN REALLY REALLY SKEPTICAL. I HAD A REALLY HARD TIME WITH A LOT OF THE EXEMPTIONS THAT WE PUT IN PLACE WITH THE MORATORIUM, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT'S WHAT WAS NEEDED IN
ORDER TO PLACE A MORATORIUM. I THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE STRONGER RESTRICTIONS ON DATA CENTERS, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT ARE GREEN ZONES. I THINK THAT WE SHOULD MAKE THE INDUSTRY PROVE THINGS TO US BEFORE WE GO AHEAD.
AND I THINK EVEN IF OUR POLICY TOOLS AREN'T THERE ON EVERY SINGLE ISSUE, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEITY OF MINNEAPOLIS DOES HAVE A DUTY TO IS TO EXPLORE THE HARMS, THE WAY THAT WE MITIGATE IT, AND KIND OF FACT CHECK THIS INDUSTRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL EYES WIDE OPEN ON
THIS. AND I WON'T GO ANY FURTHER BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A LOT THAT GETS COVERED IN THE DATA CENTER MORATORIUM PRESENTATION, B I WILL JUST SAY CLEARLY TO THE PUBLIC, AND I THINK ALL MY COLAGUES SEE
THIS, ON THE CITY COUNCIL, THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE A BAN ON DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT. RIGHT? THERE'S ALREADY BEEN DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING, ANDTHERES HAPPENING DOWNTOWN. THERE WAS NOT A WILLINGNESS TO MOVE FORWARD A TOTAL MORATORIUM.
AND THAT IS WHY WE MOVED FORWARD WITH A MORATORIUM WITH EXEMPTIONS FOR DOWNTOWN. AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE AWARE OF AND THOSE DECISIONS WERE MADE WITH AOT OF PEOPLE WITH VARYING OPINIONS ON THE SPECTRUM ON HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT DATA CENTERS.
ME ON THE SIDE OF BEING MUCH MORE RESTRICTIVE AND SKEPTICAL AND THEN OTHERS WHO ARE WANTING TO OPEN THE CITY TO BUSINESS. AND I THINK, AGAIN, GOING BACK TO YOU, THE PUBLIC THAT'S LISTENING, YOUR VOICE MATTERS IN THIS SO MUCH.
AND WE ARE EXCITED TO CREATE A LOT O OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU TO BE A PART OF THE PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS ON RESEARCH AND INFORMATION, AND THE ALSO WEIGH IN ON PUBLIC TESTIMONY OR CONNECT WITH YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS. >> I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL
MEMB RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU. SO, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, REST ASSURED THAT OUR STAFF IS GOING TO COME BACK WITH SOME GREAT SUGGESTIONS, WHICH WILL ALLEVIATE ALL THESE FEARS. AND THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO REGULATIONS BASED ON FACTS AND
PUT ALL THE FEARS ASIDE AS WE FORWARD. I AM PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN CREATING THESE GOO UNION JOBS AND ONGOING OPERATIONALJOBS PROVIDE, AS WELL AS THE TAX DOLLARS. WE ARE I A TAX CRISIS.
OUR REVENUE FOR TAXES HAS EVAPORATED FROM DOWNTOWN, AND THAT BURDEN HAS BEEN PLACED ON EVERY RENTER AND EVERY HOMEOWNER IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. AND WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT. THIS IS ONE OF THE MY WAYS THAT IT WILL BE ADDRESSED. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. STLY, I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL
MEMBER WARREN. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT. AND I JUST WANTED TO ARESS MY COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. I, TOO,AVE CONCERNS ABOUT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND WHERE THE DATA CENTERS WILL BE
PLACED AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES AS WE HAVE SEEN THE LAYOUT AND THE BUILD OF THESE THINGS HAPPEN IN OTHER SPACES, BUT I'M ALSO, YOU KNOW, VERY INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE REVENUE ASPECTS THAT
IT DOES ALLEVIATE ON THE TAX SIDE FOR O RESIDENTS HERE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE RESIDENTS THAT ARE TAXING OUT OF THEIR HOMES. YOU KNOW, OUR FORECLOSURE RATES ARE UP. BUSINESSES ARE NOT ABLE TO DEVELOP AND OPEN UP BECAUSE OF THE EXPENSE OF PROPERTY TAXES
AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO REALLY DIGGING INTO HOW WE LO AT THE DEFINITIONS, HOW WE NEED TO REPURPOSE DEFINITIONS AND MAYBE OTHER DEFINITIONS THAT NEED TO BE ADDED TO A LOT OF THE ORDINAES AROUND DATA CENTERS
AND THE USE REGULATIONS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT THAT THAT INFORMATION ALSO PROBES SOME MORE DIFFICULT QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ASKED AS WE DIG DEEP INTO THIS WORK AND
RESEARCH. SO I'M EXCITED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. I'M HERE WITH YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS. I WILL MOVE ITEM 29, REFER TO THE STAFF. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. [ MEMBERS VOTING ]
AND THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. [ NO RESPONSE HEARD ] THE AYES HAVET AND THE MOTION CARRI. ALL RIGHT. NE WE WILL TAKE UP OUR PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH IS -- WHICH ARE ITEM 1 THROUGH 7 ON THE AGENDA. ANYBODY WHO SIGNED UP FOR THESE ITEMS WILL BE GIVEN TWO
MINUTES EAC TO TESTIFY. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE SEE THE CLERK FOR REGISTRATION. FOR ANYONE IN ATTENDANCE, AND ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO MIGHT PARTICIPATE IN OUR HEARINGS OR COMMENT PERIOD, LET ME OFFER THIS NOTICE. THISEARING IS BEING RECORDED AND BROADCAST, BOTH THE
RECORDING AND BROADCAST ARE ASSIFIED AS PUBLIC DATA, UNDER THE MINNESOTA GOVERNMENT DATA PRACTICES ACT. BY ATTENDING AND PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROCEING, YOUR IMAGE AND ANY TESTIMONY OR INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDE WILLE SUBJECT TO DISCLOSURE
UNDER THE LAW. THAT INCLUDES, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, YOUR ATTENDANCE, YOUR NAME, AND OTHER PERSONAL DETAILS YOU PROVIDE, AS WELL AS ANY TESTIMONY OR COMMENTS YOU PROVIDE WHICH INCLUDES ANY WRITTEN SUBMISSION YOU MAKE, WHICH ARE INCLUDED IN THE
RECORD OF THIS MEETING. WITH THAT, OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING IS TO CONSIDER MAYOR'S NOMITION OF ERIK HANSEN TO THE APPOINTED POSITION AS DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY PLANNING
AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. I WILL INVITE MAYOR FREY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE NOMINATION. WELCOME. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR OSMAN AND VICE CIR, I BELIEVE, CHOWDHURY, MEMBERS OF THE CITY
COUNCIL, I'M PROUD TO BE HERE TODAY TO NOMINATE ERIK HANSEN TO SERVE AS THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY PLA PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. ERIK HAS, OVER THE SERIES OF MANY YEARS, DEMONSTRATED STEADY, EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP IN ONE OF THE CITY'S MOST COMPLEX DEPARTMENTS, DURING A
PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANT GROWTH, ECONOMIC CHANGE, AS WELL AS HOUSING CHALLENGES. HIS REAPPOINTMENT WOULD PROVIDE THE NECESSARY CONTINUITY, INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND PROVEN MANAGEMENT AT A VERY CRITICAL TIME FOR MINNEAPOLIS. BEFORE BECOMING CPED DIRECTOR,
HE SERVED AS THE DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT AND PREVIOUSLY WORKED FOR MANY YEARS AS A PRINCIPAL POLICY COORDINATOR WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. HE STEPPED IN TO THIS LEADERSHIP ROLE DURING SIGNIFICANT TRANSITION AND MAINTAINED STABILITY WHILE ADVANCING MOR CITY
PRIORITIES. I WANT TO TALK JUST BRIEFLY ABOUT A FEW OF THEM. FIRST, IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND RECOVERY, IN HIS TENURE AT THE CITY, ERIK HAS LED ECONOMIC RECOVERY EFFORTS THROUGH MULTIPLE MAJOR CRISES, INCLUDING A GLOBAL PANDEMIC, THE AFTERMATH OF THE CIVIL
UNREST FOLLOWING THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD, AND MOST RECENTLY OPERATION METRO SURGE. HE PLAYED A LEADING ROLE IN MINNEAPOLIS'CONOMIC RECOVERY EFFORTS FOLLOWING COVID-19, INCLUDING HELPING TO IMPLEMENT THE OWNERSHIP AND OPPORTUNITY FUND, WHICH HAS NOW DISBURSED
OVER $15 MILLION TO APPROXIMATELY 30 ORGANIZATIONS, ENABLING BUSINESS OWNERS, OFTENTIMES OF COLOR, PURCHASE NOT JUST THE BUSINESS BUT ALSO THE UNDERLYING REAL ESTATE. IN RECENT MONTHS, ERIK HAS LED CPED'S METRO SUR RESPONSE. HE'S ENABLED THE MOBILIZATION
OF BUSINESS SUPPORT, COMMUNITY RECOVERY RESOURCES, AND CROSSED -- AND CROSS-DEPARTMENT COORDINATION TO ADDRESS ECONOMIC IMPACTS ACROSS COUNTLESS MINNEAPOLIS NEIGHBORHOODS. ALSO IN THE HOUSING SPACE, IT'S WELL RECOGNIZED THAT
MINNEAPOLIS IS A NATIONAL LEADER IN OUR HOUSING WORK. WE'RE PRESENTLY PRODUCING ABOUT FIVE TIMES THE AMOUNT OF DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAN WE WERE BEFORE. STABLE HOMES, STABLE SCHOOLS HAS SUCCESSFULLY HOUSED OVER
7,500 CHILDREN THROUGH MPS, AND WE'VE ALSO LED T NATION IN ELIMINATING EXCLUSIONARY ZONING AND CTINUING THAT MARCH TOWARDS DESEGREGATION AND ECONOMIC INCLUSION WITHIN OUR CITY. ALSO UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, MINNEAPOLIS HAS CONTINUED A
FAIRLY REMARKABLE STREAK OF OVER A BILLION DOLLARS IN ANNUAL CONSTRUCTION. FOR NOW, I BELIEVE IT'S 15 CONSECUTIVE YEARS. WHAT THAT TELLS US, PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE HERE, THEY WANT TO INVEST HERE, THEY WANT TO GROW BUSINESSES HERE.
AND ERIK HAS ALSO PROVIDED A THOUGHTFUL AND INCLUSIVE VISION FOR HOW WE BOTH GROW BUSINESS AND ALSO LOOK OUT FOR WORKERS. FINALLY, THERE'S REAL SPECIFIC WORK THAT HE'S DONE ANYWAY
NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AREAS OF THIS CITY, WHETHER THAT'S IN UPTOWN OR THE NEW NICOLLET SITE, DOWN WHERE THE KMART USED TO EXIST, UPPER HARBOR TERMINAL IS A PROJECT THAT I OFTEN SAY ERIK CUT HIS TTH ON. THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT WOULD
NOT HAVE HAPPENED WHOUT HIS LEADERSHIP AND PERPS, MORE IMPORTANTLY, HIS ABILI TO WORK WITH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS FROM A TON OF DIFFERENT BACK GROUNDS AND PERSPECTIVES. BRINGING TOGETHER A COALITION
LIKE THAT, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE TALKI ABOUT A 40-ACRE PARCEL, A MILE STRETCH ON THE MISSISSIPPI VER, AS ONE EXAMPLE, IS NOT AN EASY THING TO DO. IT MEANS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO CATCH IT A FEW TIMES, SOMETIMES IN THE FACE, SOMETIMES INSPE THE MEDIA --
SOMETIMES IN THE MEDIA. IT MEANS THAT WHATER DECISION YOU MAKE AT TIMES WILL BE CRITICIZED. BUT IT ALSO MEANS THAT HE'S FOUND WAYS TO LEAD THROUGH SOME REALLY CHALLENGING PROJECTS AND CHALLENGING TIMES. AND ALSO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER, EVEN IN THIS ROOM.
AND, SO, I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF DIRECTOR ERIK HANSEN AND HIS REMINATION. Mr. CHAIR, I DEEPLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR THOSE REMARKS. FIRST, WE WILL PROCEED TO OPEN
THEUBLIC HEARING AND HAVE ERIK'S REMARKS LATER AFTER THE HEARING.AND I SEE -- I WILL OPEE PUBLIC HEARING, AND I SEE A FEW PEOPLE SIGNED UP HER I WILL RECOGNIZE FIRST JAMES STRICE TO SPEAK. WELCOME, SIR.
>> HELLO. CHAIR OSMAN, DISTINGUISHED COUNL MEMBERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOW ME TO MAKE COMMENTS ON BEHALF OF ERIK HANSEN'S APPOINTMENT TO CPED DIRECTOR. NAME'S JAMES TRCIE, I'M THE
FOUNDER AND CEO OF THE PUBLIC POLICY PROJECT. MY ORGANIZATION, MYROUP, WE MAKE SURE THAT COMMUNITIES HEARD ON ISSUES THAT IMPACT THEIR LIVES, I'M A REGISTERE LOBBYIST ON BEHALF OF BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE. I WANT TO THANK Y.
I LIVE IN THE PHILLIPS NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY TO YOU TH, I MOVED HERE FROM THE SOUTH SIDE CHIGO IN 1990. UPON MOVING HERE, I WAS HIRED IN THE WHITTIER NEIGHBORHOOD
TO ACTUALLY CREATE AND WRITE THFIRST PROGRAM WHICH IS NOW A COMMUNITY -- MINNEAPOLIS -- YOU ALL KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT -- COMMUNITY RELATIONS DEPARTMENT, MINNEAPOLIS COUNITY RELATIONS. IN THAT WK, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THENMIY
DEVEPMENT, MCDA. ALL RIGHT, WHICH IS NOW CPED. MY WORK WITH THE MCDA, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS BY -- BY THE BOB COOPER, JOHN HEFT AND OTHER DIRECTORS, DOING THAT WORK AND WRITING THAT PLAN.
IT WAS WONDERFUL. STILL CONTINUE TO EAGE BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES THROUGHO THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. NOW, MOVING FORWARD, 2020, I THINK IT WAS WHEN THE UPPER HARBOR TERMIL DEVELOPMENT BEGAN TO TAKE PLACE, I BEGAN TO, WOULD WITH CPED.
AND I WANT TO SAY TO YOU, THAT IN MY WORK, PARTICULARLY SOUTH SIDE CHICAGO, MOVING HERE IN 1990, WORKING ON THE NRP PLAN, WHICH IS, AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE FIRST PLAN SUBMITTED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY OF MINNEAPOS, THERE'S NEVER BEEN, IN MY OPINION, AN
INDIVIDUAL FROM THE CY OF MINNEAPOLIS THAT HAS BEEN THIS ENGAGING WITH COMMUNITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES, PARTICULARLY UNHEARD COMMUNITIES ARE -- IS MY TIME UP? >> YOU CAN WRAP IT UP. >> I CAN CONTINUE? I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS, I
WANT TO URGE YOU, AND IBESIEGE K HANSEN AS CPED DIRECTOR. FINALLY, I WANT TO SEE, I'VE NEVER SN, I'VE NEVER ENGAGED WITH A DIRECTOR OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS WHO IS AS ACCOMMODATING A AS CONCERNED ABOUT BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES AND OTHER
COMMUNITIES TO MAKE SURE THEIR VOICES ARE HEARD ON EVERY ISSUE THAT IMPACT THEIR LIVES. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND, AGAIN, PLEASE, I WANT TO URGE YOU TO REAPPOINT ERIK HANSEN AS CPED DIRECTOR. THANKS SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH F YOUR TESTIMONY.
NEXT PERSON I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE IS BILL ENGLISH Mr. BILL, WELCOME. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR
OSMAN. PARTICULARLY NEW COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN, A FRIEND, FELLOW CHURCH MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, WE WEAR A FEW SCARS TOGETHER.
IT IS UNUSUAL FOR ME TO COME AND SAK GOOD ABOUT PEOPLE. [ Laughter ] TRUTHFULLY, A YOU ALL KNOW ME -- FIRST OF ALL, COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A LITTLE GRACE. I DON'T THINK AS FAST AS I
USED TO. I DON'T SPEAK AS FAST AS I USED TO. I DON'T NEED TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY IN TWO-MINUTE SOUND BITES. I HAVE SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO SAY. I HOPE YOU'LL BE GRACEFUL ENOUGH TO ALLOW ME TO SAY THESE F THINGS. I WON'T TAKE UP TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME. >> YES. >> I'VE LIVED IN THIS CITY NOW
SINCE 1959. I CAME HERE FROM EASTSt. LOUIS. TO GO GRAD SCHOOL. ENDED UP STANG. I'VE BEEN THE FIRST IN SO MANY JOBS I CANNOT REMEMBER. FIRST BLACK SALESMAN EVER HIRED BY 3M.
FIRST GUY EVER TO BE A LIFE UNDERWRITER FOR A GROUP THAT IS NOW HEALTHPTNERS. THE FIRST EXECUTIVE AT CONTROL DATA. DURING THAT TIME, BACK IN THOSE DAYS, WHEN IT WAS CALLED
MDD, I CAN'T EVEN REMBER, THERE WERE ALL ACRONYMSOR THEM, BUTHEY WEREN'T CALLED CPED. BUT WE PUT IN A PLANT IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS, CONTROL DATA. HIRED OVER 200 SOME PEOPLE FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS.
WE BROUG ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO NORTH MINNEAPOLIS LIKE NO ONE ELSE. NO OTHER COMPANY IN THE COUNTRY. IT WAS RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY FOR THAT. THAT'S WHERE I LEARNED TO BE -- TO CREATE JOBS. I PUT PLANTS IN MINNEAPOLIS,
St. PAUL, HAWTHOR, CALIFORNIA, OKLAHOMA CITY, AND EVEN A RURAL PLACE CALLED CAMPTON, KENTUCKY, WHERE THE FIRST TIME I REALID A POVERTY WASN'T URBAN AND BLACK. I SAW POOR WHITE PEOPLE WHO TREMBLE WHEN YOU TURN ON A
MACHINE. [ ALARM ] THAT'S THAT GRACE I THINKG ABOUT. THINK SW. I'M 92. YOU'LL GO THERE, KEE BREATHIN'. ANYW, I WANT TO MAKE THIS POINT. I'VE SEEN MANY CPED DIRECTORS OR MCDA DIRECTORS, I'VE SEEN THEM ALL.
I'VE SEEN NONE, AND I MEAN THAT, NONE, THAT HASHOUGHT MORE ABOUT NORTH MINNEAPOLIS THAN ERIK HANSEN. GOING BACKO CHRISTENSEN, UNDER RT, I C NAME THEM ALL.
EVEN GREG TAYLOR, WHO WAS A BROTHER AND ONE I RESPECT VERY WELL. HE WAS HAMPERED BY THE BIG DEVELOPERS, WHO DIDN'T LIKE HIM THERE. SO, I'M GOING TO SPEND JUST MY LAST FEW MINUTES TALKING ABOUT MYECENT EXPERIENCE WITH ERIK. AND IT WAS AROUND THE UPPER
HARBOR TERMINAL. THE MAYOR MENTIONED IT. WE'VE GOT 46 ACRES OF LAND LAYING FALLOW WHERE THE CITY PURCHASED, TORN DOWN ALL OF THE BUILDINGS, AND THEN PUT
TOGETHER A PLAN THAT TOOK OVER 45 PEOPLE FOUR YEARS TO PULL TOGETHER. FOUR YEARS WE WORKED WITHOUT EATING NO MEALS, WE WERE SWORN IN BY THE COUNCIL, WE MET ON SATURDAYS FOR HOURS, WE WENT THROUGH THATROCESS, AND WE CAME UP WITH A PLA THAT THIS
COUNCIL, PREVIS MEMBERS, APPROVED IT FULLY. AND GUESS WHAT? THE BIG DEVELOPERS WENT TO THE STATE, AND MHFA HAS NOT GIVEN US A SINGLE UNIT FOR THE UPPER HARBOR TERMINAL. THEY SAID 700 UNITS WAS TOO
LARGE, FOR A CITY THAT'S GOT THE LARGEST INFORM OF HOMELESSNESS, THAT'S GOT THE LARGEST NUMBER OF ENCAMPMENTS, THAT SENDS MORE MONEY TO THE STATE THAN ANY OTHER CITY AND 700 UNITS IS TOO MUCH? AND YOU SD $10 MILLION TO MOORHEAD FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE.
THEY GOT A PROBLEM FINDING 50 HOMELESS PEOPLE IN MOORHEAD. YOU ALL KNO THAT AND I KNOW THAT. SO I CAM HERE TODAY TO SAY TO YOU, ERIK HANSEN DESERVES YOUR REAPPOINTMENT. IF HE HAS DONE SOMETHING -- LOOK, WE ALL KNO HERITAGE PARK IS A MESS.
AND I STAND WITH YOU -- AND I STAND WITH COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN THAT HERITAGE PARK HAS TO BE FIXED. I THINK EK KNOWS THAT. YOU'RE GOING TO DEMAND MORE OF HI BUT WE'VE GOT TO DEMAND MORE OF COUNCIL. >> THANK YOU, SIR. CAN YOU PLEASE WRAP IT UP?>> I Y SAYING THIS, I KNOW MOST OF
YOU. I RESPECT ALL OF YOU FOR T WORK THAT YOU DO AS ELECTED OFFICIALS. EN AN ELECTED -- BEING AN ELECTED OFFICIAL IS NOT EASY. BUT YOU HAVE AN OBLIGATION. ANTHAT OBLIGATION IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS CITY IMPROVES. I JUST ASK YOU TO COMPARE ONE
THING. COMPARE LAKE STREET TODAY AND COMPARE BROADWAY TODAY. >> THANK YOU. >> THERE'S A DIFFERENCE. AND THERE'S AEASON THOSE DIFFERENCES EXIST. AND THAT'S TO DO WITH RACISM. THANK YOU. >> APPRECIATE YOU, SIR, FOR YOURESTIMONY. I SEE A POINT OF ORDER FROM
COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> CHAIR, I JUST WANT MAKE A POINT OF ORDER AND MAYBE THIS IS OUT OF ORDER. BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FOLLOW THE TWO-MINUTE MARK. IF PEOPLE GO OVER TEN SECONDS, THAT'S USUALLY FINE, BUT WE HAVE SEVENUBLIC HEARINGS TODAY, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET THROUGH THE CITY BUSINESS. USUALLY WHEN I'M CHAIR, I LET
PEOPLE GO OVER TEN SECONDS, BUT AFTER THAT, I'M AFRAID WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THROUGH BUSINESS IF WE LET PEOPLE GO OVER TWO MINUTES TODAY. >> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT. WE WILL STICK TO THE TIMING.
NEXT I WILL RECOGNIZE DAVID WELLINGTON. WELCOME, DAVID. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMRS. MY NAME IS DAVID WELLINGTON. I'M A MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENT AND PRESIDENT OF WELLINGTON
MANAGEMENT, IT'S A FAMILY-OWNED COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE COMPANY BASED IN St. PAUL SINCE 14. WE OWN AND MANAGE APPROXIMATELY FIVE MILLION SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE ACRS THE TWIN CITIES, ABOUT 800 AFFORDABLE UNITS IN MINNEAPOLIS. WE HAVE BE A FREQUENT PARTNER IN THE CITY'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND
PROGRAM, AND WE'VE WORKEDCLOSELF FOR DECADES. I'M HERE TODAY TO EXPRESS MY STRONG SUPPORT FOR ERIK HANSEN AND TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO RETAIN HIM AS DIRECTOR OF CPED. I INTERACT REGULARLY WITH CITY STAFFND PUBLIC AGENCIES. EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP IN
GOVERNMENT IS NOT EASY TO FIND. IT REQUIRES TECHNICAL COMPETENCE, PROIONALISM, RESPONSIVENESS, AND THE ABILITY TO NAVIGATE COMPETING INTERESTS. ERIK HANSEN BRINGS THOSE QUALITIES TO THIS ROLE. MINNEAPOLIS FACESIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES WE NEED MORE HOUSING AT ALL
INCOME LEVELS, WE NEED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO STRENGTHEN OUR TAX BASE AND TO SUPPORT ESSENTIAL CITY SERVICES FOR OUR VULNERABLE NEIGHBS. WE NEED TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN BUSINESSES WHILE CREATING A PREDICTABLE ENVIRONMENTOR INVESTMENT AND JOB CREATION. ACHIEVING THESE GOALS REQUIRES A CAPABLE LEADEHIP AND
STRONG EXECUTION. WE HAD THREE BUILDINGS DESTROYED DURING THE UNREST FOLLOWING GEORGE FLOYD'S MURDER WE WERE AMONG THE FIRST PROPERTY OWNERS TO BEGIN REBUILDING AMID TREMENDOUS UNCERTAINTY INVOLVING TENANTS,
INSURERS, CODE COMPLIANCE, THE PANDEMIC, AND ECONOMIC PRESSURES. CITY STAFF HAD NEVER EXPERIENCED A CALAMITY EVEN CLOSE TO THIS MAGNITUDE. ERIK HELPED LEAD THIS TEAM AND OURSHROUGH THE REBUILDING OF THE HI-LAKE SHOPPING CENTER,
THE EVERLE APARTMENTS AND THE WENDY RESTAURANT. HE DEMONSTRATED REMARKABLE CACITY FOR HARD WORK, PROBLEM SOLVING AND RESULTS. THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY SHOULD NOT SEEK SPECIAL TREAENT. WE NEED CONSISTEN, TRANSPARENCY, AND COMPETENT ADMINISTRATION. THOSE QUALITIES CREATE THE
CONFIDENCE NECESSARY FOR PEOPLE AND COMPANIES -- [ ALARM ] -- TO INVEST IN MINNEAPIS AND ERIK HELPS PROVIDE THA CONFIDENCE. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT ERIK A ALLOW HIM TO CONTINUE LEADING CPED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TESTIMONY.
AN I WILL ALSO RECOGNIZEBDI MACH. WELCOME. >> THANK YOU SO CH. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR OSMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS ABE DEMARCH, I'M A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, A DEVELOPER AND ALSO OWNER
OPERATOR IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS AND LAKE STREET. I'M HERE TO SUPPORT ERIK HANSEN'S APPOINTMENT FORDIRECTO. OUR TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE UNITY PROJECT AND DEVELOENT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, IMMIGRANT OWNED
AND SMALL MINORITY BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURS. EARLIER THIS YEAR, OUR CORRIDOR EXPERIENCED A DISRUPTI DISRUPTION FOLLOWIN THE IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. THAT ACTIVITY HAS MADE OUR BUSINESS, OUR DEVELOPMENT ALMOST ENTIRELY TO JUST GIVE
UP IT'S ALMOST 8 TO $10 MILLION PROJECT. PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE HAVE BECOME THE PROSPECTIVE TENANTS AND LEASE PEOPLE PREY MUCH BAILED OUT ON US. UNFORTUNATELY, WE WERE ABLE TO COME BACK AND BOUNCE BACK AN
DURING THIS TIME, ERIK HANSEN HAS REMAINED ACCESSIBLE, RESPONSIVE, IN ANYTHING THAT WE NEED HELP, AND SUPPORTIVE. AND HIS TEAM HELPED US CONNECT WITH THE RESOURCES AND GUIDANCE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE NEEDED FROM THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. HAVING THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT OF
CPED MADE REALLY A DIFFERENCE, AS MY COLLEAGUE EARLIER SAID, IF YOU GUYS SEE RIGHT NOW LAKESA WHOLE DIFFERENT TOWN. SO I REALLY SUPPORT THAT, ALSO HAVING 700, WE'RE STILL HAVE ENCAMPMENTS AND HOMELESSNESS SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS. AND I ALSO WANT TO SUPPORT
JASON CHAVEZ, T DATA CENTER, WE DON'T DESERVE THAT, WE DESERVE TO BE RECOGNIZED. IF YOU NEED MY HELP, YOU CAN HAVE MY SUPPORT. THE PROJECT IS RECOVERING. WE PREVIOUSLY HAVE -- WE LOST ALL THE TENANTS. NOW HAVING 50 TO 60 PERSON
LEASED U. OUR DOOR IS GOING TO OPEN UP FOR THE UNITY PROJECT JULY 1st, 2026. AND AS SOMEONE WHO H WORKED DIRECTLY WITH ERIK HANSEN AND HIS TEAM, I CAN SAY, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND CHALLENGES, COMMUNITY DEVELOPERS, MINNESOTA NEEDS LEADERS LIKE
HIM AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT HIM IN WHATEVER HE NEEDS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT'S THE LIST THAT I HAVE. ARE THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITE SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND RECOGNIZE ERIK HANSEN. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR OSMAN, VICE CHAIR CHAUDHARY -- CHAUDHARY, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, HIGH NAME IS ERI HANSEN, AND I'M HONORED TO
STAND BEFORE YOU AS MAYOR FREY NOMINEE TO RUN THE COMMUNITY PLANNI AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. WHEN THREE YEARS AGO I SPOKE ABOUT OPTIMISM,HE OPTIMISM I FELT WHEN I FIRST WALKED THROUGH THE DOORS AT THE CROWN ROLLER MILL, MORE THAN TWO
DECADES AGO, AS A YOUNG, VERY YOUNG, PROJECT COORDINATOR, EAGER TO LEARN THIS PROFESSION. TODAY I STAND BEFORE YOU WITH A DIFFERENT OPTIMISM. AN OPTIMISM GROUND IN EXPERIENCE, STRENGHENED BY CHALNGE AND INSPIRED BY EXTRRDINARY RESILIENCE OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPIS. NEU MINNEAPOLIS IS MY
HOMETOWN, IT IS A CITY THAT SHAPED ME, IT'S A CITY THAT EDUCATED ME, AND IT'S THE CITY WHERE I BUILT MY CAREER. PUBLIC SERVICE IS NOT -- HAS NOT SIMPLY BEEN A JOB TO ME, IT'S A CLING. IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEAVE OUR COMMUNITY BETTER TH WE FOUND IT.
AND BUILD A CITY WHERE EVERYONE AND EVERY RESIDENT HA THE OPPORTUNITY TO THRIVE. OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, I HAVE HADHE PRIVILEGE OF LEADING ONE OF THE MOST TALENTED TEAMS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT. THE 238 PROFESSIONALS OF CPED COME TO WORK EVERY DAY WITH A
SHARED PURPOSE, TO GROW A VIBRANT, LIVABLE, EQUITABLE, SUSTAINABLE AND SAFELY BUILT CITY FOR EVERYONE. THEY'RE PLANNERS, HOUSING EXPERTS, PERMIT SPECIALISTS, ECOMIC DEVELOPMENT SPECIALISTS, PROJECT MANAGERS, ANALYSTS, INSPECTORS AND
INNOVATORS. THEIR EXPIENCE AND DEDICATION ARE THE FOUNDATION OF EVERY SUCCESS WE ACHIEVE.TOGO SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCTION, INVESTMENTS IN SMALL BUSINESSES AND ENTREPRENEURS, ADVANCED WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, MODERNIZED OUR
DELOPMENT PROCESSES AND GUIDED MAJOR PLANNING INITIATIVES AND REAL ESTATE PROJECTS THAT WILL SHAPE MINNEAPOLIS FOR GENERATIONS. MORE THAN 70% OF CPES PROGRAM INVESTMENTS CONTINUE TO REACH BIPoC RESIDENTS, ENTREPREURS, OR DEVELOPERS. OUR EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING
PROGRAM SERVED OVER5,000 PEOPLE LAST YEAR, HELPING 1,800 ADULTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE FIND JOBS ANDAID INTERNSHIPS. THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS HAVE FOUND SUPPORT THROUGH HOUSING AND BUSINESS DEVELOPNT PROGRAMS, AS WE PROCESS A BILLION DOLLARSORTH OF
APPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT AGAIN LAST YEAR. THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS MATTER. BUT THEY'RE NOT ENOUGH. THE TRUE MEASURE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS HOW MANY -- IS NOT H MANY PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFERR HOW MANY PERMITS WE PROCESS OR THE DOLLARS WE INVEST. THE TRUE MEASURE ISHETHER
PEOPLE'S LIVES IMPROVE BECAUSE OF OUR WORK. THAT REALITY CONTINUES TO CHALLENGE US. DESPITE DECADES OF INVESTMENT, WE STILL SEE DISPARITIES THAT PERSIST IN AOSS OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. TOO MANY FAMILIES CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE WITH HOUSI INSTABILITY, TOO MANY RESIDENTS CK OPPORTUNITIES
FOR WEALTH BUILDING, TOO MANY ENTREPRENEURS ENCOUNTER BARRIERS WHEN TRYING TO START OR EXPAND A BUSINESS, AND TOO MANY AREAS OF OUR CY HAVE NOT Y SHARED EQUALLY IN MINNEAPOLIS' PROSPERITY. IF WE WANT DIFFERENT OUTCOMES,
WE MUST BE WILLING TO CHANGE OUR APPROACH. THAT IS WHY I'VE CENTERED CPED'S WORK AROUND A SIMPLE BUT AMBITIOUS VISION. BUILDING THE CITY OF 2050 WITH A PEOPLE-CENTERED CPE WE ARE ENTERING AN IMPORTANT PLANNING MOMENT IN MINNEAPOLIS WITH THE UPDATE OF THE CITY'S
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE UPDATE IS A ONCE IN A DECADE HIGH OPPORTUNI TO ASK OURSELVES WHAT KIND OF CITY DO WE WANT MINNEAPOLIS TO BECOME OVER THE NEX 20 YEARS? THE MINNEAPOLIS 2050 PLAN IS NOT SIMPLY A PLANNING PROCESS, IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD
A CITY WHERE HOUSING IS SAFE, AFFORDABLE, AND ACCESSIBLE, A CITY WHERE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES EXIST IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD, A CITY WHERE GROWTH IS INCLUSIVE, A CITY THAT IS CARBON NEUTRAL, A CITY THAT IS SAFE, SUSTAINABLE, AND RESILIENT. A CITY WHERE EVERY RESIDENT
CAN FULLY PARTICIPATE IN THE ECONOM TO ADVANCE THAT VISION, I ASK CPED TO FOCUS ON SIX SATEGIC PRIORITIES. FIRST, WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOSTER INCLUSIVE CULTURE O BELONGING WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT AND STRENGTHEN THE SYSTEM THAT SUPPORTS OUR WORK.
EAT OUTCOMES BEGIN WITH EMPOWERED EMPLOYEES WHO FEEL VALUED AND SUPPORTED AND CONNECTED TO OUR MISSION. SECOND, WE CONTINUE TO MODERNIZE AND SIMPLIFYUR PERMITTI AND DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES. RESIDENTS, ENTREPRENEURS,
DEVELOPERS, ALL DESERVE A SYSTEM THAT'S CLEAR,PREDICTABLER CENTERED. THIRD, WE WILL EVALUATE OUR PROGRAMS THROUGH THE LENS OF CONSEQUENTIAL OUTCOMES, NOT SIMPLY PARTICIPATION OUTPUTS. WE MUST IDENTIFY WHAT TRULY REMOVES BARRIERS AND CREATES
SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND LASTING IMPROVEMENTS IN PEOPLE'S LIVES. FOURTH, WE WILL MAXIMIZE THE IMPACTS OF THE 2050 PLAN BY CREATING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT SETSOALS TO REFLECT THE FUTURE NEEDS AND ASPIRATIONS OF OUR COMMUNITY. FTH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO PURSUE SAFE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR ALL.
HOUSING STABILITY REMAINS THE FOUNDATION -- REMAINS FOUNDATIONAL TO EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE SEEK TO CREATE. AND, SIXTH, WE WILL ESTABLISH A MORE EQUITABLE AND RESILIENT REAL ESTATE STRATEGY THAT PUTS CPED LAND TO WORK, SPORTS NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY IN RESPONSE TO THEHANGING MARKET REALITIES THROUGHOUT THE CIT
THESE PRIORITIES ARE INTERCONNECTED BECAUSE THE CHALLENGES FACING MINNEAPOLIS ARE INTERCONNECTED. WE ARE LIVING THRGH A PERIOD OF PFOUND CHANGE. THE WAY PEOPLE USE CITIES IS EVOLVING. DOWNTOWNS ARE TRANSRMG. RETAIL PATTERNS ARE SHIFTING. ECONOMIC GAPS ARE GROWING.
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT.AND COMMUNITIES CONTIO SEEK GREATER INCLUSION, GREATER OPPORTUNITY, AND A GREATER VOICE. YET, WITHIN THESE CHALLENGES LIE TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITIES. WE CAN CONVERT VACANT
BUILDIS INTO NEW HOUSING AND NEW USES. WE CAN STRENGTHEN NEIGHBORHOODS -- NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS DISTRICTS WHILE SUPPORTING DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION. WE CAN MAKE IT EASIER TO START BUSINESSES, BUILD HOUSING, AND INVEST IN MINNEAPOLIS. WE CAN ALIGNUBC RESOURCES MORE EFFECTIVELY TO SUPPORT LONG-TERM PROSPERITY.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE CAN CONTINUE TO BUILD TRUST. THROUGHOUT MY CAREER, I'VE LEARNED MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BEGINS WITH RELATIONSHIPS. IT BEGINS WITH LISTENING. IT REQUIRES HONESTY, ACCOUNTABILITY, A PARTNERSHIP. SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
LESSONS I'VE LEARNED HAVE NOT COME FRO A CLASSROOM OR A TRAINING PROGRAM. THEY HAVE COME FROM COMMUNITY LEERS, FROM RESIDENTS, FROM BUSINESS OWNERS, AND COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE CHALLENGED ME TO THINK DIFFERENTLY AND TO DO BETTER. THOSE LESSONS CONTINUE TO GUIDE MY LEADERSHIP.
I BELIEVE LEADERSHIP IS FUNDENTALLY ABOUT SERVICE. IS ABOUT REMOVING BRIERS SO TALENTED PEOPLE CAN DO EIR BEST WORK. IT'S ABOUT CREATING CULTURES WITH DERSE PERSPECTIVES, WHERE DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES ARE WELCOMED, WRE INNOVATION IS ENURAGED AND WHERE MISTAKES
BECOME OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN AND IMPROVE. IT IS ABOUT BUILDING TRUST THROUGH TRANSPARENCY AND CONSISTENT ACTION. I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT NONE OF THIS WORK HAPPENS ALONE. I'M GRATEFUL, MAYOR FREY, FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE AND PARTNERSHIP. I'M GRATEFUL TO YOU, CITY
COUNCIL, FOR YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT AND GUIDANCE AND PARTNERSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO SERVING MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENTS TOGETHER. I'M GRATEFUL TO OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, SOME OF WHICH YOU'VE HEARD TOD, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, BINESS LEADERS, NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS, AND THE PEOPLE OF MINNEAPOLIS WHO CONTINUE TO HELP SHAPE OUR WORK.
AND, IMPORTANTLY, I'M GRATEFUL TO THE CPED TEAM.THEIR DEDICATI, AND COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE INSPIRE ME EAC AND EVERY DAY. FINALLY, I WANT TO THANK MY FAMILY. PUBL SERVICE IS VERY REWARDING WORK, BUT IT ALSO REQUIRES SACRIFICE.
MY WIFE, SHANNON, AND OUR KIDS, ADAM AND JULIA, HAVE SUPPORTED ME THROUGHOUT THIS JOURNEY, AND THEIR LOVE, PATIENCE, ESPECIALLY LISTENING TO ME ABOUT MY STORIES ABOUT WORK, AND ENCOURAGEMENT MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR ME ATO SERVE THIS CITY. FOR ME TO SERVE THIS CITY.
23 YEARS A, IALKED IO CPED, HOPI TO LEARN THE PROFESSION, INSTEAD, I FOUND A CALLING. TODAY REMAIN OPTIMISTIC ABOUT MINNEAPOLIS AS THAT FIRST DAY. T BECAUSE THE CHALLENGES ARESMAT
BECAUSE I'VE SEEN WHAT THIS CITY CAN ACCOMPLISH WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER. I'VE SEEN THE CREATIVITY OF OUR RESIDENTS, THE RESILIENCE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, THE DEDICATION OF OUR PUBLIC SERVANTS, AND THE WILLINESS OF COMMUNITY TO CONFRONT CHALLENGES AND TO FIGHT FOR MINNEAPOLIS BECAUSE MINNEAPOLIS IS WTH FIGHTING FOR.
MINNEAPOLIS IS NOT A PERFECT CITY, BUT IS A REMARKABLE CITY, AND I WOULD BE HONORED TO CONTINUE SERVING ALONGSIDE ALL OF YOU AS WE BUILD THE CITYF 2050, ONE THAT IS MORE EQUITABLE, MORE PROSPEROUS, MORE INCLUSIVE AND FULL OF OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION. I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR REMARKS A TESTIMONY IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LOG IN.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. I DO --YSELF, HERE, I DO WANT TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE FOR 23 YEARS. THAT IS REMARKABLE. IT'S AMAZING. FOR THAT COMMITMENT FROM YOU.
CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS HAS BEEN THROUGH MANY CLLENGES, AND FOR ME THE LAST SIX YEARS WORKING WITH YOU, YOUR LEADERSHIP IS AMAZING. AND AS YOU ALSO MENTIONED, CPED TEAM, THE EXPERTISE, THE KNOWLEDGE THEY HAVE, IT'S REALLY REMARKABLE.
CPED HAS DONE -- REPORTS TO THIS COMMITTEE AND HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK WITH ME AND WITH THE COMMUNITYEMBERS HERE -- WITH THE MEMBERS HERE AND ALSO COMMUNITY MEMBERS. SO THANK YOU ALL AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. AND ALSO I DO WANTO SAY, YOU
KNOW, I 100% SUPPORT YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION FOR THIS ITEM FOR APPROVAL. >> SECOND. >> SECOND. THANK YOU. AND, FINALLY, I THINK AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THE CITY IS CHANGING.
AND EVERY ISSUE REQUIRES A DIFFERENT WAY OF LOOKING AT IT. EACH NGHBORHOOD IS DIFFERENT. THERE'S DIFFERENT CULTURES, DIFFENT WAYS OF DOING BUSINESS. AND WHAT'S UNIQUE THAT WE SHOULD FOCUS ON IS DEFINITELY
LOOKING AT THAT COMMUNITY AND SAYING, HOW DO THEY DO THIS? HOW CAN WE, THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES WE HAVE, HOW DO WE NOT JUST STICK TO THAT BUT HOW DO WE BEND AND BE FLEXIBLE, WHAT WORKS BEST FOR THAT COMMUNITY?
FOR ME, AND WE HAVE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS, WE HAVE DONE MANY CHECK-INS, OBVIOUSLY I REPRESENTS A -- I REPRESENT A COMMUNITY THAT HAS A LOT OF CHALLENGES, ECONOMIC,AFETY,
OPPORTUNITY FOR MINORITY, PEOPLE OF COLOR. AND, YOU KNOW, I LOOK FWARD IN YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS TO REALLY PARTNER WITH YOU AND SOLVE THE ISSUES TOGETHER AND NOT JUST WE CAN DO IT, BUT WHAT DO WE NEED TO
DO TO GET THERE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN SO WHAT I'LL LOOK FORWARD WORKING WITH YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I DO RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. I LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE FIRST. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I KNOW WE'RE ON A TIME CRUNCH
HERE, SO I'LL BEERY BRIEF. THANK YOU, MAYOR, FO THE NOMINATION. I THINK YOU'VE MADE A VERY WISE CHOICE. DIRECTOR, I WILL BE VING TODAY TO MOVE THIS FORWARD, AND I'LL BE VOTING TO APPOINT YOU. AND MY EXPECTATION IS THAT, AS
COUNCIL CHAIR OSMAN HAS SAID, THE CITY HAS CHANGED, THIS IS A DIFFERENT CITY. AND WE HAVE A DIFFERENCE OF HEADWINDS THAT WE HAVE TO FACE. SO I'M- I'M GLAD TO SEE YOUR STAFF THAT ARE SO GREAT AND FABULOUS, D I HAVE CONTACT WITH SOMETIMES MORE THAN I SHOULD.
BUT WE HAVE TO DO THINGS DIFFERENT FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THIS COMMUNITY AND I'M COUNTING ON YOU TO LEAD THAT. >> YUP. >> THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT. ERIK, YOU AND I HAVE HAD OUR
CONVERSATION AND I'M REALLY STRUGGLING AT THIS TIME BECAUSE I'M NEWLY ELECTED. I JUST TOOK POSITION AND SEAT IN NOVEMBER HERE. AND A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER
COMING IN AND BEING A CONSTITUENT FIRST, I'M SEEING THE DISPARITIES THAT EXIST WITHIN MY COMMUNITY, WHILE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE SAT DOWN, MY FIRST INTRODUCTION INTO YOUR OFFICE,
WE TALKED ABOUT US GOING TO, YOU KNOW, THE SAME GH SCHOOL AND ALL OF THOSE FUN FACTS ABOUT OURSELVES. BUT WE LOOKED AT THE AREA OF CONCENTRATED POVERTY MAP. AND ONE OF THE THIS THAT YOU
NEGLECTED TO TELL ME IS WHY THAT MAP STILLS SO CONCENTRATED. AND THE INFORMATION ON THAT MAP STILLOLDS TRUE TODAY, AND THAT MAP WAS OUT IN 2019. YOU KNOW? YOU KNOW THAT I'M EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED ABOUT THE
CONDITIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN HERAGE PARK. WE SAW THE VIDEO. MY GREATER QUESTION THEN BECOMES, WHAT HAVE YO DONE IN IMPLEMENTATION TO THE CHANG AND OVERSIGHT OF THOSE TYPE OF THINGS CONTINUING TO PERPETUATE THEMSELVES WITHIN
MY COMMUNITY, SPECIFICALL IN WARD 4 AND WARD 5? BECAUSE THAT'S A REAL PLACE. >> YEAH. >> HERITAGE PARK IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG. WE GOT PARK VIEW, CITY VIEW, RIVER PLAZA, LIKE, I MEAN, THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. >> YEAH. >> SO, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE WANT TO CELEBRATE AND BE
EXCITED ABOUT NEW DEVELOPMENTS, BUT IF THE OLD HOUSE IS STILL DIRTY, WE CAN'T MOVE SOMEWHERE NEW UNTIL WE HAVE LEARNED FROM THE FAILURES OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THEIR CURRENT CONDITION AND ENSURE THAT WE'VE GOT A PROPER PLAN GOING
FORWARD BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MAKE ANYENSE OTHERWISE. >> YEAH. >> THE INVESTMENT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE, BECAUSE WE JUST END UP WITH MORE OF THE SAME. IF THE CHANGES ARE NOT BEING MADE AND THE REQUIREMENTS ARE NOT STRENUOUS AROUND THESE DEVELOPMENTS AND THESE
OPPORTUNITIES, THEN WE JUST END UP WITH ME OF THE SAM >> RIGHT. >> ELDER ENGLISH TALKS ABOUT THE 700 UNITS THAT HWANTS TO SEE AT UPPER HARBOR TERMINAL. WELL, THAT MODEL LOOKS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT'SAPPENING AT HERITAGE PK. HOW DO WE NOT END UP WITH MORE OF THE SAME? >> YUP. >> BECAUSE NORTH MINAPOLIS DOES NOT NEED MORE OF THE
SAME. I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR COMMUNICATION, EFFECTIVE. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS AS A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER THAT YOU HAD IN YOUR TENURE OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT THE PRECIPICE OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THE THINGS
THAT WERE GOING ON IN WARD 5 THAT WAS NOT TALKED ABOUT IN FORUMS AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS DURING THE COURSE OF THE ELECTION. NOW YOU'RE ON THE INSIDE OF THE GLASS. WHEN I SAT DOWN, THOSE THINGS SHOULD HAVE BEEN BRIEFED AND THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED. AND WE SHOD HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT PLANS OF ACTION. >> YEAH.
I WAS EXTREMELY HEARTBROKEN, AND I DON'T LIKE TO TALK ABOUT FEELINGS, I REALLY LIKEO TALK ABOUT FACT BUT I WAS EXTREMELY HEARTBROKEN IN THE MEENG THAT WE HAD WHEN WE CALLED ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT LEADERS TOGETHER AND YOU MADE THE COMMENT THAT YOU MADE TO ME ABOUT HOW WE'LL BE BACK HERE
AGAIN IN 20 YEARS. AND I SAID, NOT IF IT'S DONE RIGHT. I WANT TO WORK WITH PEOPLE THAT SEE THE GOOD IN MY COMMUNITY. THAT KNOW THAT THE RESIDENTS IN MY COMMUNITY ARE TRULY WORTH THE INVESTMENT, THATRE
NOT CHERRY PICKING OPPORTUNITIES FOR WHO THEY SEE FIT. BUT ENSURING THAT IT'S A FAIR AND EQUAL VALUE FOR ALL. NOT JUST FOR YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR BUDDIES OR WHOMEVER. BUT SO THAT T COMMUNITY AS A
WHOLE GS TO BENEFIT FROM THESE OPPORTUNITIES. THAT'S REAL STRUCTURAL VALUE. THAT'S SOCIAL STRATIFICATION, RIGHT? >> RIG. >> WHERE WE ALL GET TO MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER. AND RIGHT NOW, I DON'T SEE THAT.
SO, I'M REALLY HAVING A HARD TIME WITH THIS. AND I'M SORRY THAT I CAN'T SUPPORT YOUR APPOINTMENT AT THIS TIME. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE YOU GOT SOME SUPPORT FROM MY OTHER COLLEAGUES. MAYBE WE'LL HAVE TIME TO SHAPE OUR RELATIONSHIP DIFFERENTLY, BUT I CAN'T SUPPORT IT AT THIS TIME. THK YOU. >> CAN I RESPOND?
>> YES. ERIK, PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> CHAIR OSMAN, COUNCILEMBER WARREN, YES, I DON'T KNOW IF -- WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT, I WILL ADMIT TO THAT. I WILL DRILL RIGHT DOWN TO IT. I AM HORRIFIED ABOUT THE
CONDITIONS THAT ARE AT HERITAGE PARK. AND THE COMMENT THAT I MADE IS, WE BETTER -- WE HAVE TO DOSE GOING TO GO BACK IN THE SAME SWAYS IN 20 YEARS. THAT IS A FAILURE OF THE PROPERTY OWNER TO NOT KEEP THE
PROPERTY CONDITIONS IN A HABITABLE CONDITN. IT IS TOO NEW OF A DEVELOPMENT TO B IN THAT ROUGH OF SHAPE. AND THEN WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE AREAS O CONCENTRATED POVERTY, THAT IS EXACTLY THE CONSEQUENTIAL IMPA THAT WE SEE AS A CITY NEED TO START TO
MAKE. I CAN GO THROUGH A LINEAGE OF TACTICAL INVESTMENTS WE HAVE MADE AS A CITY I AREAS OF CONCENTRATED POVERTY, AND IT HASN'T CHANGED. THE REASON I HAVE THAT MAP UP IN MY OFFICE, AND I HAVEN'T UPDATED IT, IS BECAUSE THE MAP
ESN'T CHANGE. AND I COULD GO BACK 15 YRS WHEN I FIRST STARTED, IT'S THES. AND,O, WHAT ARE WE AS A CY DOING TO LOOK AT THE ROOT DRIVERS OF WHY CERTAIN AREAS OF MINNEAPOLIS ARE AREAS OF CONCENTRATED POVERTY AND OTHERS AREN'T? WE'RE NOT SHARING PROSPERITY
ACROSS ALL OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THAT'S THE CHANGE THAT THE CPED HAS TO KE. WE HAVE TO START TO LOOK AT WHY OUR INVESTMENTS AREN'T MAKINGT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TO DO IS TO ARTICULATE WHAT THE TRUE PROBLEM IS. I CAN TELL YOU AND I SAID IT IN SOME OF MY REMARKS, THA
80% OF OUR -- 70 TO 80% OF OUR INVESTMENTS ARE GOING TO PEOPLE THAT ARE MOST MARGINALIZED. BUT IT TELLS ME THAT IF WE'RE NOT MING CONSEQUENTIAL IMPACTS TO AREAS OF POVERTY, THAT TELLS ME THAT WE'RE NOT PUTTING ENOUGH MONEY INTO IT OR PUTTING IT IN THE RIGHT
SPOT. AND, SO, WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME CHANGES TO HOW WE MOV THROUGH OUR INVESTMENT DECISIONS, OUR PROGRAMS. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING BECAUSE I AEE WITH YOU, WE ARE MAKING INVESTMENTS IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE IN NEED, BUT WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE CONDITIONS ON THE STREET.
AND WE HAVE TO BE LESS EAGER FOR THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN. SO, I'M HOPEFULHAT WE CAN BUILD A PRODUCTIVE RELATIONSHIP. I'M GOING TO TRY AND EARN YOUR TRUST AS BEST AS I CAN AND SHOW YOU THAT I DO CARE ABOUT
ALL THE PEOPLE, BECAU THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR. CPED'S FIRST NAME IS COMMUNITY. AT THE CENTER OF THAT IS PEOPLE. THAT'S WHAT WE THINK ABOUT EVERY DAY. SO I DON'T WANT YOUO GET THE IMPRESSION THAT I DON'T CARE ABOUT PEOPLE IN WARD 4 OR PEOPLE INARD 5.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WILL RECOGNIZE VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU,HAIR OSMAN. I' KEEP MY REMARKS REALLY BRIEF BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF US TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, DIRECTOR HANSEN, FOR ACCEPTING THE NOMINATION AND COMING BEFORE US TODAY. JUST WANT TO FIRST START OFF
BY SAYING, I DON'T THINK, AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE FAVORITE DEPARTMENTS, SO I WON'T SAY ANYING. >> YOU CAN. >> BUT I'VE JUST REALLY APPRECIATED BEING A PART OF THE WORK OF THE BUSINESS, HOUSING, AND ZONING COMMITTEE, GETTING REALLY DOWN INTO THE WEEDS OF THE WORK THAT HAPPENS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, WHETHER
IT'S BUSINESS LENSING OR PLANNING OR DEVELOPMENT OR MAKING EVENTS HAPPEN OR RESPONDING TO CRISIS IN OUR CITY. IT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST REWARDING THINGS THAT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IN MY JOB AND I HAVE LOVED WORKING WITH
EVERY SINGLE STAFF MEMBER IN CPED THAT I'VE HAD THE CHANCE TO DO THAT IN. AND I THINK THAT'S A REAL TESTMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENT THAT YOU'VE CREATED WITHIN THE CPEDEPARTMENT. THE AFSCME LOCAL 9 QUESTIONNAIRE FOR MEMBERS SHOWS THAT, THAT Y'RE A VERY
THOUGHTFUL LEADER THAT CARES A LOT ABOUT THE TEAM THAT YOU HAVE TO LEAD AND ALSO EMPOWER IN LEADERSHIP AND I THINK THAT'S THE TYPE OF LEADERSHIP CPED NEEDS RIGHT NOW AND IT NEEDS THAT TYPE OF STABILITY AND VISION. AND, SO, FOR THAT REASON, I'M
SUPPORTING YOU. AND I THINK THERE ARE PCES WHERE WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO BUILD THE MUSCLE OF WORKING ON ISSUES THAT COME FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CPED, AND I THINK COUNCIL MEMBE WARREN LAYS THAT OUT REALLY CLEARLY. I KNOW AL OF US CARE A LOT
ABOUT THE FUTURE OF HERITAGE PARK AND THERE ARE SEVERAL PROJECTS THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND SEVERAL ISSUES. BUT I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY, WHERE I OK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ADDRESS AND IMPROVE AND US COMING OUT IN A PLACE WHERE WE'RE HELPING OUT PEOPLE IN NEED. THANK YOU.
>> YEAH. >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN, WERE YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? >> YES. >> YES. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT. 15 YEARS YOU'VE BEEN LKING AT THIS SAME MAP AND THE CONDITIONS, AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MARGINALID AND
DISENFRANCHISED COMMUNITIES AND AREAS OF CONCENTRATED POVERTY. SOHAT EFFORTS HAVE YOU PUT FORTH NOW IN IMPLEMENTATION TO CHANGE THE OVERSIGHT THAT'S HAPPENED FOR THE COMMUNITY? I'M WAITING FOR THAT QUESTION TO BE ANSWERED.
AND THEN HOW WELL IS THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT YOU ARE CHAMPIONING -- HOW IS IT GOING TO BE MAINTAINED DIFFENTLY GOING FORWARD? BECAUSE I'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO. SO NOW THAT INDIVIDUALS HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO AND HAVE HAD
THE ABILITY TO DO FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, WHAT IS GOING TO BE YOUR ROLE IN ENSURING THAT THE URGENCY AND EFFICIENCY AROUND SUSTAINING AND MAINTAING AFFORDABLE HOUSING
SPECIFICALLY IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC DOLLARS ARE GOING TO BE PUT TO GOOD USE? >> YUP. VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN, ON YOUR FIRST QUESTION, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS AND INVESTMENTS THAT 'VE MADE IN AREAS OF
CONCENTRATED POVERTY. THE OWNERSHIP AND OPPORTUNITY FUND PRIMARILY HELPS PEOPLE BUY BUILDGS WITHIN -- WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF THAT INVESTMENT.
I' PARTICIPATED IN REDEVELOPING OF A NUMBER OF BUILDINGS ON BROADWAY. THE CITY HAS P IN TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND I'LL GET TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IN AREAS OF
CONCENTRATED POVERTY. WE HAVE COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP PEOPLE FIND NEW EMPLOYMENT AND TO HELP START AND MAINTAIN BUSINESSES IN THOSE SAME AREAS. WHAT I'M SAYING IS IT HASN'T HAD A CONSEQUENTIAL IMPACT. SO WE PUT MOST OF OUR -- OUR
TERTIARY FUNNG INTO THOSE AREAS OF MOST NEED AND IT STILL HASN'T CHANGED. AND I THINK THAT'S WORTH A NVERSATION ABOUT WHY IT HAS NOT CHANGED. WHAT IS THE TOTALITY OF THE ISSU THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS AND ARE WE DOING IT WRONG? AND I'M OPEN TO THAT CONVSATION ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
ON THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, YOU KNOW, I'VE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP THAT I WAS EXPECTING YOU WERE HAVING WITH SOME OTHER PEOPLE WITHIN THE CITY AND WILL CONTINUE JUS TO HAVE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO OF US.
CPED IS A FUNDER OF AFFORDAEHOU. WE'RE NOT THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCEND RENTAL LICEN GROUP. WE WILL WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR PARTNERS IN REG SERVICES, OFFICE OF PUBC SERVICE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND ALL THE OTHER ENTITIES WH PUBLIC WORKS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO NEED
TO TAKE A MORECTIVE ROLE IN WHAT THE CONDITIONS ARE. WE CANNOT LET SOMETHING LIKE HERITAGE PARK HAPPEN AGAIN. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. I'M LOOKING FOR -- I'M LISTENING TO OTHER EXPERTS ON WHAT THAT ROLE SHOULD BE. THAT IS NOT MY AREA OF
EXPERTISE. I CAME UP THROUGH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SIDE OF CPED, NOT THE HOUSING SIDE. SO I RELYING ON THE HOUSING TEAM TO HELP ME WITH SOME STRATEGIES, BUT WE NEED A CLEAR PLAN FOR HERITAGE PLAN, WE NEED A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE RE IS OF EVERY PARTNER, INCLUDING
THE CITY, AND WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE OWNERSHIP REQUIREMENTS ARE AND THEN WE NEED TO LOOK AT OTHER PROPERTIES THAT THE CITY HAS INVESTED IN. AND AS FAR AS CLEANING UP YOUR OWN HOUSE BEFORE YOU MOVE TO THE NEW HOUSE THAT'S A COERSATION I'D LIKE TO HAVE
WITH YOU BECAUSE IF WE ARE SEEING -- WE ARE SEEING SOME STRAIN IN THE HOUSING MARKET RIGHT NOW. OPERATIONAL COSTS ARE GROWING. WHICH ARE CAUSING SOME HOUSING DEVELORS, BOTHONPROFIT AND FOR PFIT, TO BE STRAINED,
AND WE CAN'T SEE THOSE HOUSING UNITS GO DARK. SO WE FOCUSED MORE ON PRESERVATION IN THE LAST FEWYEAS WORTH A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHERE IS IT THE RIGHT ST TO PUT HOUSING FUNDING INTO, IS IT MORE A PRESERVATION
APPROACH TO IT, OR IS IT A PRODUCTI APPROAC AND OR IS IT A MIX, AND THAT'S OPEN TO CONVERSATION,UT THAT'S WHAT I THINK CPED'S ROLE SHOULD BE. >> THANKOU SO MUCH I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. >> YEAH, I JUST WANT TO PUBLICLY SAY THANK YOU TO ALL
THE 230 CPED EMPLOYEES THAT WORK HARD AND HELP RESIDENTS DAY IN AND DAY OUT WITH SMALL PROBLEMS, LARGE PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS YOU DIDN'T EVEN KNOW EXISTE SO I JUST WANT TO SAYHANK YOU. AND TNK YOU TO ERIK FOR YOUR
TH-- FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP OF THE TEAM AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE AEADER WHO UNDERSTANDS THE TEAM, CAN MOTIVATEHE TEAM, AND CAN REDIRECT THE TEAM WHEN NEEDED OR WHATEVERHE TOOL IN THE TOOLKIT IS NEEDED AT THAT MOMENT IN TIME. I REALLY APPREATED YOUR ANSWER AROUN GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES FOR MINNEAPOLIS, BEING ONE PART RESOURCES AND
ONE PART CONDENCE. AND JUST WONDERING WHAT YOU SEE AS NEEDEDTY POINT IN TIME TO RESTORE GREATER CONFIDENCE IN INVESTING IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS? >> CHAIR OSMAN, COUNCI MEMBER SHAFFER, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. YEAH, REFERRING TO ECONOMIC
GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES, AND I SIMPLIFIED IT AS ECONOMIC GROWTH IS ONE PART RESOURCES, ONE PART CONFIDENCE. MINNEAPOLIS IS RICH WITH RESOCES, AND UNLESS YOU HAVE THE CONFIDENCE, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO INVEST IN MINNEAPOLIS. THE FIRST PERFECT WAY TO GET
CONFIDENCE INTO MINNEAPOLIS IS TO HAV VERY PREDICTABLE PROCESSES, TO KNOW THAT WHEN YOU COME TO THE CITY, YOU KNOW HOW YOU'RE GOING TO -- WHEN YOU ENTER THE CITY'S PROCESS, YOU KNOW HOW YOU'RE GOING TO GET OUT, A YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE YOU TO GET OUT.
THAT'S THE FIRST WE CAN DO. THE SECD WE NEED TO DO AS A CITY IS TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE'RE MAKING INVESTMENTS, WE'RE LEVERAGING THE INVESTMENTS IN THE RIGHT AREAS SO THAT OUR FUNDING ARE GOING IN THE PLACES WHERE OTHER PEOPLE WANT TO INVEST AS WELL. SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING SMART ABOUT WHERE WE'RE LEVERAGING.
AND THEN, THIRD, WE HAVE TO TELL OUR STORY BETTER. MINNEAPOLIS HAS HAD A SERIES OF CRISIS OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS. FOR MANY OUTSIDE OF THE REGION, I MN, NOT THAT FAR OUTSIDE THE REGION, IN THE
EXBUSHES -- EXURBS, TY THINK THE CITY BURNED DOWN, WE KNO THAT IS NOT THE TRUTH SO, WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO UPLIFT THE REMARKABLE STORIES OF THE PEOPLE OF MINNEAPOLIS AND ALL THE REMARKABLE THINGS THAT WE DO HERE SO THAT PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE PLACE TO BE BECAUSE IT SURE IS. >> NO, I REALLY APPRECIATE
THAT, AND THIS IDEA ABOUT PREDICTABLE PROCESS AND ENGAGEMENT IS REALLY -- I TAKE TO HEART AS A CHALLENGE, PERSONALLY. >> YEAH. >> AS WE LOOK FORWARDO PIVOTING ON GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE, AAS WE LOOK FORWARD T A LOT OF THE THORNY PROBLEMS
AROUND HERITAGE PARK, GIVING US PROCESS AND PREDICTABITY GAINS CONFIDENCE FOR ME, AS WELL AS STAFF, AS WELL AS RESIDENTS. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND, SECONDLY, IF YOU WER TO PICK A GROWTH SECTOR,OU KNOW, WHAT IS IT? YOU KNOW, JUSTOR THE FUN OF IT. WITHIN MINNEAPOLIS, WHAT IS THAT GROWTH SECTOR? IS IT HOUSING, CTINUING TO
BE HOUSING? IS IT MICAL? IS IT RETAIL? IS IT INDUSIAL? AND MAYBE WHAT IT IS AND THEN MAYBE WHAT YOU WISH IT WAS. I DON'T KNOW. IT'S KIND OF AN OPEN-ENDED QUESTION ABOUT WHAT SECTORS DO YOU SEE AS DRIVING GROWTH.
>> CHA OSMAN, COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION THAT REQUIRES A LOT OF DETAILED ANALYSIS. SO I'M JUST GNG TO WING IT. [ Laughter ] SO, WHAT I WOULD SAY I WE NEED THE NEXT GENERATION OF THE GRACOS AND THE PILLSBURYS ANDHE MEDTRONICS, AND THOSE
COME FROM THE KIDS THAT ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY. >> YEAH. >> THEY'RE COMING UP WITH SOME THIN --'M STARTING TO FEE MY AGE WHEN MY KIDS SHOW ME SOMETHING AND I CAN'T -- I CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING. AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SEE THENGENUITY AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE NEW IDEAS AND THAT'S WHERE THE GROWTH SECTOR IS.
AND, SO, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOSTERING A ENTREPRENEIAL SPIRIT, NO MATTER WHAT CORNER OF THE CITY YOU'RE IN, BECAUSE THOSE GREAT IDEAS -- I MEAN, GRACO, I'VE TALKED AUT THIS BEFORE -- EY WERE MECHANICS IN NORTHEAST AND THEY COULDN'T
GET OIL INTO -- OUT OF THEIR CAN IN FEBRUARY BECAUSE IT WAS SO COLD. AND, THERERE, THEY STARTED A COMPANY THAT DID APPLICATORS. LIKE THAT INGENUITY ABOUT WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO IS GOING TO COME FROM THE NEXT GENERATION AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE FOSTERING IT SO THAT WHEN THEY
ARE PUTTING THATUSINESS IN PLACE, THEY DECIDE, THIS IS THE PLACE THEY WANT TO DO IT, THIS IS WHERE THEY WANT TO INVEST THEIR CAPITAL AND THEY WANT TO EMPLOY THE PEOPLE. SO THAT'S WHAT I'D SAY. AND THEN THE THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN LOOK AT WITH T HEALTHCARE SECR AND THE FIN
SECTOR, ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS, THE QUO SHE WANTS, I THINK WE CAN GIVE YOU A WHOLE REPORT ON THAT, BUT IT'S THE KIDS THAT WE TO LOOK AT. >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR HANSEN, I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT YOUR NOMINATION. >> THANK YOU. >> LASTLY, I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN, CHAIR OSMAN. I JUST WANT TO LIFT THE WORDS
OF MY COLLEUE COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN, I DID SEE THE VIDEO SHE POSTED YESTERDAY ABOUT HERITAGE P AND IT WAS VERY ALARMING AND JUST DON'T KNOW WHY -- I DON'T KNOW WHY THE BUILDINGS ARE EVEN IN THAT CONDITION. I MEAN, I KNOW WHY THEY'RE IN THAT CONDION, I JUST DON'T KNOW WHY ANYBODY WOULD HAVE TO
WITNESS THAT KIND OF CONDITIONS IN A BUILDING. IT WAS VERY ALARMING. SO I GUESS I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HEAR -- NOT TODAY BUT AHEAD OF FULL COUNCIL NEXT WEEK -- LIKE WHAT IS THE CITY'S PLAN TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS IN THAT -- IN THOSE BUILDINGS? BECAUSE IT IS ATROCIOUS.
I CAN ADDRE IT AS WELL IN TERMS OF, LIKE, WHAT ELSE I'M HEARING IN THE COMMUNITY THAT I REPRESENT WHEN IT COMES TO UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS AND THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING AS A CIT TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS AND HOW WE AREEING MORE CREATIVE THAN WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW. I'M A BIG SUPPORTER OF BUILDING HOUSING OF ALL INCOME
LEVELS, BUT I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE FOCUS AND MORE OF A PRIORITY ON FOCUS ON ADDRESSING UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS AND BUILDING HOUSING THAT IS DEEPLY DEEPLY DEEPLY AFFORDABLE WITH THE FOCUS ON INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS UNSHELTERED
HOMELESSNESS. WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE TINY HOMES ACROSS OUR CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO SLEEP AT NIGHT BECAUSE WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, AT LEAST IN THE COMMUNITY THAT I REPRESENT, THERE'S A LOT OF FENCES GOING UP, A FOLKS ARE BEING SCATTERED ACROSS OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS AND IT'S NOT ADDRESSING THE ACTUAL ISSUE OF UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS. SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HEAR A MORE ROBUST PLAN FOR CPED ON HOW WE ARE GOING TO ADDRESS UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS AND THEHALLENGES THAT COME WITH IT. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TOD. I KNOW WE'VE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT ALREADY, BUT I WOULD LIKE THAT TO AT
LEAST BE NOTED. I'LL SUPPORT THE MOTION TODAY TO MOVE IT TO FULL COUNCIL AND WOULD JUST APPRECIATE ANOTHER MEETING AHEAD OF THE FINAL VOTE ON THURSDAY. >> SURE. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEMBERS. WITH THAT MOTION TO APPROVE IS ITEM, I WILL ASK THE
CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> COUIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> WARREN. >> NO. >> SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> CHUGHTAI. >>YE. >> VICE CHAIR CWDHURY. >> AYE.
>> AND CHAIR OSMAN. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 6 AYES AND 1 N. >> THAT MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR ENTERTAINMENT GRADE.
INDEED BREWI COMPANY, LOCATED IN WARD 1. I'LL HAVE LEAD IPECTOR BUSINESS LICENSE PHIL COTTEL TO COME AND SPEAK ON THIS
ITEM. WELCOME.
PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU, CIR OSMAN AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MY NAME IS PHILOTTRELL AND I'M A LEAD INSPECTOR WITH LICENSES AND CONTINUUM SERVICES. I'M PRESENTING AN APPLICATION FROM INDEED BREWING COMPANY, LCC, DOING BUSINESS AS INDEED
BREWING COMPANY. LOCATED AT 711 15th AVENUE NORTHEAST, SUITE 102 IN WARD 1. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING AN UPGRADE OF ENTERTAINMENTEVEL FOR THE EXISTING ON-SALE TAPROOM WITH NO ENTERTAINMENT
AND SUNDAY SALES LENSE. IF APPROVED, THEY PLAN TO UPGRAD TO AN OSA TAPROOM WITH LIMITED ENTERTAINMENT AND A SUNDAY SALES LICENSE.ALSO IF F ENTERTAINMENT INCLUDE COMMUNITY GATHERINGS, COMEDY, AND SMALL MUSICAL AND
THREE-PIECE BAND PERFORMANCES. ON MAY THE 22nd, 2026, NOTICES WERE SENT TO SIDENTS, PROPERTY OWNERS, AND POSTED ON ALL RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS WITH FOUR OR MORE UNITS WITHIN 600 FEET OF THE PREMISES. NOTICES WERE ALSO SENT TO THE
LOGAN PAR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, THE NORTHEAST MINNEAPOLIS BUSINESS ALLIANCE, AND COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE. WE HAVE RECEIVED ONE COMMENT FR THE COMMUNITY REGARDING CONCERNS ABOUT AN INCREASE IN NOISE FROM THE LOCATION.THERE HT 1 OR POLICE CALLS THAT CAN
BE ATTBUTED TO THE BUSINESS. THE LICENSES AND CONSUMER SERVICES DIVISION RECOMMENDS APPROVALF AN ON-SALE TAPROOM WITH LIMITED ENTERTAINMENT AND SUNDAY SALES LICENSE FOR INDEED BREWING COMPA. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. AT THIS TIME I WILLTAND FOR ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION. I WILL NOW PROCEED TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. SEEING NONE, I WILL CSE THIS ITEM AND -- I'M SORRY -- I'LL
CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE THIS ITEM FOR APPROVAL. SO ALL THOSE INAVOR SAY AYE. [ MEMBER VOTING ] AND THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. [ NO RESPONSE HEARD ] THE AS HAVE IT AND THE MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT PUBLIC HEARING IS EXTENDED HOURS OPERATION FOR
RENTAL HALL LICENSE FOR LLENIUM EVENT CENTER. I WILL HAVE YOU TO TALK ABOUT THIS ITEM AGAIN. WELCOME. >> THANK YOU, CHA OSMAN AND COMMITTEE MBERS. AGAIN, MY NAME IS PHIL COTRELL, I'M A LEAD LICENSE INSPECTOR WITH LICENSES AND
CONSUMER SERVICES. I'M PRESEING AN APPLICATION FROM MILLENIUM BUILDING, LCC, DOING BUSINES AS MILL LUMP EVENT CENTER, LATED AT 2223 CENTRAL AVENUE NORTHEAST IN WARD 1. LIUM.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A LICENSE TO HOLD WEDDINGS, BAPTISMS, RELIGIOUS EVENT CEREMONIES, NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC OR TICTED EVENT. THE APPLICANT IS ALSO REQUESTING AN EXTENDED HOU OF OPERATION LICENSE TO EXTEND THE CURRENT PERMITTED HOURS OF OPERATN TO SUNDAY, TO
THURSDAY 5:00 P.M. TO 12:00 A.M., TO FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, 5:00 P.M. TO 2:00 A.M. ON MAY 22nd, 2026, NOTICE WERE SENT TO RESIDENTS, PROPERTY OWNER AND POSTED ON ALL RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS WITH FOUR OR MORE UNITS WITHIN 300EET OF THE
PREMISES. NOTICES WE ALSO SENT TO THE WYNDHA PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, THE NORTHEAST MINNEAPOLIS BINESS ALLIANCE, ANR PAYNE. WE HAVE RECEIVED NO RESPONSES FROM T COMMUNITY. THE ITALIAN AMERICAN CLUB OF MINNEAPOLIS HELD RENTAL HALL
LICENSE AT THIS LOCATION SINCE 2023. AND THERE HAVE BEEN NO SIGNIFICANT 311 OR POLICE CALLS THAT CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO T LOCATION. THE LICENSES AND CONSUMER RVICES DIVISION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF A RENTAL HALL LICENSE AND THEXTENDED HOURS
OF OPERATION LICENSE FOR MILLENIUM EVENT CENTER. THIS CONUDES MY PRESENTATION. AT THIS TIME I WILL STAND FOR ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SIR, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I WILL PROCEED TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARI AND RECOGNIZE
MARIA ALVARADO. WELCOME. >> SORRY. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR OSMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS MARIA ALVARADO AND I'M HERE ON AFTER ABOUT OF THE OWNER OF MILLENIUM EVENT
CENTER.WHO, UNFORTUNATELY, CANNE PRESENT HERE, BECAUSE HE IS OUT OF THE COUNTRYN A FAMILY TRIP THAT WAS PLANNED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO BEFOR HE KNEW ABOUT THIS MEETING. WITH THE COMMITTEE'S PERMISSION, I WLD LIKE TO READ A BRIEF STATEMENT ON HIS BEHALF.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. ALTHOUGH I RECENTLY BECAME THE OWR OF MILLENIUM EVENT CENTER, I HAVE BEEN MANING AND OPERATING THIS VENUE FOR MORE THAN 15 YEARS. DURING THAT TIME, I HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTRACT EVENT COORDINATION, CUSTOMER
SERVICE, FACILITY, INNANCE, CLEANING, EXPECT THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS OF THE BINESS. I KNOW THIS BUSESS INSIDE AND OUT BECAUSE I HAVE DEDICATED A SIGNIFICANT PART OF MY LIFE TO ENSURE ITS OPERATION RESPONSIBILITY PROFESSIONALLY AND RESPTFULLY.
OVER THE YEARS, I HE WORKED HARD TO MAINTAIN POSIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR CUSTOMERS, NEIGHBORS, AND THE COMMUNITY. THE VEN HAS SERVED AS A GATHERING PLACE FOR WEDDINGS, BAPTISMS, GRADUATIONS, FAMILY CELEBRATIONS, COMMUNITY EVENTS AND OTHER IMPORTANT OCCASIONS THAT BNG PEOPLE TOGETHER.
I WILL ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT I'M NOT ONLY THE OWNER OF THIS BUILDING, IPERATE ANOTHER BUSINESS WITHIN THE SAME PROPERTY AND HAVE INVESTED MANY YEARS OF HARD WORK, RESOURCES, AND COMMITMENT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. BEUSE OF THAT, MAINTAINING OPEN COMMUNICATION WITH NEIGHBORS ANDONTRIBUTING
POSITIVELY TO THE COMMUNITY IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO ME. UNDERSTAND THAT THE SUCCESS OF MY BUSINESS DEPENDS ON BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR A OPERATING RESPONSIBLY. MY GOAL IS NOT TO CREATE SOMETHING W OR UAMILIAR TO E COMMUNITY. MY GOAL IS TO CONTINUE OPERATING A BUSINESS THAT I
HAVE SUCCESSFULLY MANAGED FOR MORE THAN 15 YEARS, NOW AS ITS OWNER. I AMOMMITTED TO COMPLYING WITH THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS' REGULATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS, MAINTAINING OPEN COMMUNICATION WITH NEIGHBORS AND ENSURING THAT THIS VENUE CONTINUES TO
BE SAFE -- [ ALARM ] -- RESPECTFUL AND POSITIVE PARTF THE COMMUNITY. ALL THESE REASONS, I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF THE LICENSES NECESSARY TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE THIS BUSINESS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, CONSIDERS AND TRUST. I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND CONTRIBUTING POSITIVELY TO THE GROWTH AND WELL-BEING OF THE
NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. ARE THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITE SEEING NONE, I'L CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE THIS ITEM FOR APPROVAL. ON THAT MOTION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[ MEMBERS VOTING ] AND THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. [ NO RESPONSE HEARD ] THE AYES HAVE IT AND THE MOTION CARRIES. NEXT ITEM IS A LAND SALE LOCATED AT 3726 LOGAN. I' HAVE -- >> GOOD AFTERNOON. >> HI, WELCOME.
>> CHAIR OSMAN, MEMBERS OFHE COMMITE. >> YES, PLEASE. >> SHERRY SHOW QUIST, RESIDENTIAL STATE REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT. BEFORE YOU TODAY REGARDING THE LAND SALE OF 3726 LOGAN AVENUE NORTH, WHICH IS PART OF THE EMERGENCY STABILIZATIONILOT
PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES AN OPTION FOR THE TENANTS TO PURCHASE THEIR HOMES. THIS TENANT, NOW HOME BUYER, HAS EXECUTED AN OFFER TO PURCHASE AND IS READY TO CLOSE. BEFORE YOU TODAY FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS THE PASSAGE
OF THE RESOLUTION AND AUTHORIZING THE LAND SALE OF THE PROPERTY AT 3726 LOGAN AVENUE NORTH, AND ALSO AUTHORIZING THE LAND SALE AND RELATED FINANCIAL AEEMENTS. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING SO
I'LLPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON TS ITEM. SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. I WILL MOVE THIS ITEM FOR APPROV. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. [ MEMBS VOTING ]
AND THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. [ NO RESPONSE HEARD ] THE AYES HAVE IT AND THE MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT IS A PUBLIC HEARING, ORDINANCE RELATED TO TAILGATING, I'LL HAVE BUSINESS MANAGER AMY LINGO, COME AND SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
WELCOME. >> ONE MOMENT.
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READY? THANK YOU, CHAIR OAN AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS, I'M MANAGER AMY LING WITH LICENSES AND CONSUMER SERVICES. AND I'M PRESENTING AN ORDINANCE AMENDMENT FOR TITLE 13, CHAPTER 319, ALSO KNOWN AS THE TAILGATE ZONE ORDINANCE.
A TAILGATE ZONE WAS FIRST ESTABLISHED IN 1982 FOR CLASS A PARKING LOTS SURROUNDING THE MARYLAND AND WAS UPDATED IN -- METRODOME, AND WAS UPDATED IN 2016 WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF U.S. BANK STADIUM TO ALLOWTYPICD WITH TAILGATING. CLASS A PARKING LOTS WITH THE
8 CURRENT TAILGATING ZONE, PICTURED, ARE ALLOWED TO PERMIT ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION, BUT NOT THE SALE OF, ON LICENSED PARKING LOTS BEGINNING SIX HOURS BEFORE AND ENDING THREE HOURS AFTER A U.S. BANK STADIUM EVENT.
FOOD PREPARATION BY PATRONS FOR THEIR OWN CONSUMPTION IS ALSO PERMITTED. TAILGATERS ARE REQUIRED TO CLEAN UP LITTER AND DEBRIS GENERATED BY THEIR ACTIVITIES. THE ORDINANCE CHANGES ARE ACTUALLY QUITE SIMPLE. SO, THIS AMENDMENT TO THE ORDINANCE IS A SIMPLE CHANGE
TO THE GEOGRAPHICAL TAILGATE ZONE AREA WITH NO CHANGES TO TIME OR OPERATION. THIS IS AN AREA CHANGE, NOT AN OPERATIONAL CHANGE. THE PROPOSED CHANGE WOULD EXPAND THE CURRENT TAILGATE ZONE ONE BLOCK TO THE
SOUTHEAST, ALONG SOUTH SEVENTH STREET, TO FOURTH AVENUE SOUTH TO 13th AVENUE SOUTH, AS PICTURED BY THE YELLOW. THIS CHANGE WOULD ALLOW FOR THREE ADDITIONAL TAILGATE LOTS WITHIN TWO BLOCKS OF THE U.S BANK STADIUM. ON JUNE 3rd, PUBLIC
HEARING NOTICES WERE SENT TO ALL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, ALL BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS, ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND THE CLASS A PARKI LOT LICENSE HOLDERS, WE HAVE RECEIVED NO COMMENTS OR FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY AM. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. AT THIS TIME I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE GOING TO GO ON WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING, SO I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. I SEE WILL BUZACH, WHO SIGNED
UP TO SPEAK. WELCOME, SIR. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNSELS MEMBERS. MY NAME IS WILL PUZACH, I'M A THIRGENERATION PARKING LOT MANAGER IN THE ELLIOT PARK FARM NEIGHBORHOOD. I I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MY FAMILY WHO HAS OWNED AND
OPERATED A CLASS A PARKING LOT FOR 60 YEARS IN THE ELLIOT PARK NEIGHBORHOOD. I'D LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN, CHAIR OSMAN, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS AMENDMENT AND YOUR ATTENON AND CARE FOR THE BUSINESSES AND CONSTITUENTS IN WARD. I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK YOUR
STAFF AND THE BROADER CITY COUNCIL STAFF FOR GUIDING THIS AMENDMENT THROUGH THE PROCESS. YOUR WORK IS WHAT MAKES THIS POSSIBLE. AFTER A FEW RKY YEARS IN THE ELLIOT PARK NEIGHBORHOOD, DOWNTOWN IS ESPECIALLY TURNING A CORNER.
THE VIKINGS GAME-DAY EXPERIENCE IS VIBRANT, PEOPLE ARE COMING DOWNTOWN, AND STAYING DOWNTOWN AND SUPPORTING MANY LOCAL BUSINESSES. WE SEE THEM PARKING AT OUR PARKING LOT. MOST RECENTLY, THE CITY, AS YOU'RE AWARE, WAS AWARDED THE
2028 NFL DRAFT. THERE ARE MANY GEN CHUTES ON THE HORIZON. IN CLOSING, I DO APPRECIATE CHAIR OSMAN AND HIS TEAM, ALONG WITH THE BROADER CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF DOWNTOWN AND T SMALL
BUSINESSES WHO OPERATE THERE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SMUCH FOR YOUR TESTIMON IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE THIS ITEM FOR APPROVAL.
SO WITH THAT MOTION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. [ MEMBERS VOTING ] AND THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. [ NO RESPONSE HEARD ] THE AYES HAVE IT AND THE MOTION CARRI. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM IS ORDINANCE RELATED
TO LICENSES AND BUSINESS REGULATIONS FOR ADULT BATHHOUSES AND ADULT ENTERTAINMENT VENUE. I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ TO KICK OFF THE PRESENTATION. YES, SIR. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR OSMAN. AND I'LL JUST WAIT FOR THE
PRESENTATION TO GO UP. WHILE TODAY IS A TECHNICAL AMENDMENT, IT I THE FIRST STEP WE ARE HOPING TO TAK ON TO ADDRESS THE BAN ON BATHHOUSES, WHICH IS BEING AUTHORED BY MYSELF, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI, VICE CHAIR ACHOWDHY AND COUNCIL
MEMBER STEVENSON. IT IS IMPORTANT TO START OFF THAT BATHHOUSE HAVE A HISTORY THATS INTERTWINED WITH BIGOTRY, IN PARTICULAR, THE HISTORY OF HOMOPHOBIA IN MINNEAPOLIS, AND THIS IS A STEP TO HELP RECTIFY PAST HARMS. BEFORE THE BAN, BATHHSES
WERE GATHERING SPACES, MOSTLY FOR 2SLGBTQ+ PEOPLE. WE KNOW THAT CIVIL RAIDS AT THESE ESTABLISHMENTS OCCURRED UNPROMPTED MAKING MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY FEEL UNSAFE. IN DEMBER 1979, THE LARGEST RAID ON ADULT BATHHOUSE IN U.S. HISTORY OCCURRED HEREN
MINNEAPOLIS. WHERE TWO UNDERCOVER MPD OFFICERS IN TOWELS BEGAN GRABBING MEN AND BEGAN ARRESTING THEM RNTLE 125 WERE TICKETED AND NINE WERE CHARGED WITH THE CRIME OF SODOMY. IN 2001, SAME-SEX SEXUAL
ACTIVITY BETWEEN CONSENTING MEN W ILLEGAL -- UNTIL 2001, SAME-SEX SEXUAL ACTIVITY BETWEEN CONSENTING MEN WAS ILLEGAL IN MINNESOTA. THESE RAISED THAT WERE CARRIED OUT WITH THE EXPLICIT GOAL OF CRIMINALIZING RESIDENTS FOR BEING GAY OR A PART OF THE
2SLGBTQAI + COMMUNITY. IN 1987 A BAN WAS MADE, ON, QUOTE, HIGH-RISK SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, DESPITE RESEARCH INDICATING THAT CLOSING BATHHOUSES HAD NO EFFECT ON SLOWING ACTIV TRANSMISSION. AT THE TIME, THE HEALTH COMMISSIONER RESEARCHED THE FECTIVENESS OF CLOSING
BATHHOUSES AND TOLD THE CITY COUNCIL IT HAD NO CHANGE IN HIV TRAMISSION. PEOPLE WOULD ENGAGE IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY ELSEWHERE. IN 1988, BATHHOUSES WERE BANNED IN MINNEAPOLIS. OTHER CITIES HAVE REVISITED THE BANS AND REVERSED THEM WITH STRONG PUBLIC HEALTH PROTECTIONS LIKE SAN FRANCISCO.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH AND CLINIC TRIALS HAVE FOUND THAT BATHHOUSE CSURES WOULD LIKELY LEAD TO A SMALL INCREASE IN HIV TRANSMISSION. NEXT UP.
>> THANK YOU, I'LL CONTINUE THIS PRESENTATION FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES. SO, NEXT WE'LL GET INTO THE LEGISLATIVE BACKGROUND. HERE AT THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, THE CHANGES THATWEE COMMITTEE'S CONSIDERATION TODAY ARE A PRODUCT OF
POLICYMAKING WORK FOR SEVERAL YEARS THAT HAS BEEN ONGOI. IN 2023, FORMER COUNCIL PRESIDENT JENKINS AND COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE AUTHORED AMENDMENTS REMOVING STIGMATIZING LANGUAGE FROM THE HIGH-RISK SEXUAL CONDUCT ORDINANCE.
THIS LEGISLATION REMOVED LANGUAGE SPECIFIC TO AIDS AND SEXUAL ACTIVITIES SPECIFIC TO MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN AND SEX WORKERS. IN 2024, THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVED A POLICY AND RESEARCH REPORT FROM THE LEGISLATIVE
RESEARCH -- FROM THE LRO STAFF AND PRESENTATION ON THE REGULATIONS OF ADULT BATHHOUSES AND SEX VENUES. THIS REPORT FIRST DELINEATED CODES IN THE CITY'S CODE OF ORDINANCE THAT NEEDED TO BE AMENDED AND TO BE CREATED IN
ORDER TO REGULATE AND LEGALIZE ADULT BATHHOUSES AND SEX VENUES. AND IS IT OUTLINED A LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS OF OTHER U.S. CITIES THAT HAVE A REGULATOR FRAMEWORK TO REGULATE ADULT BATHHOUSES AND SEX VENUES, INCLUDING THOSE IN CHICAGO,
SAN FRANCISCO, DULUTH, DALLAS, AND MORE. THE MAJOR TAKEAWAY HERE IS THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN ITERATIVE LEGISLATIVE PROCESSTHN THE MAKING, AND WE ARE ADVANCING THESE AMENDMENTS BEFORE YOU TODAY THAT ARE IN
ALIGNMENT WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS PROVIDED TO US IN THE 2024 REPORT. WE'LL CONTINUE TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THESE AMENDMENTS BEFORE YOU TODAY ARE A PART OF A PACKAGE OF CODE CHANGES THAT ARE SET TO COME BEFORE SEVERAL COMMITTEES THIS CYCLE THEY'RE A PRODUCT OF COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP
WITH THE CITY'S COMMUNITY PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY'S HEALTH DEPARTMENT. AS AUTHORS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THEM CLEARLY. SO THESE AMENDMENTS DO THREE THINGS. THE FIRST IS MOVING BUILDING STANDARDS AND RELATED DEFINITIONS DEVELOPED FOR
HEALTH -- DEVELOPEDOR ADULT ENTERTAINMENT VENUES FROM THE HIGH-RISK SEXUAL CONDUCT ORNANCE WHERE THEY LIVE RIGHT NOW TO THE PLACES OF ADULT ENTERTAINMENT CODE. SO JUST MOVING THEM FROM ONE SECTION OF OUR LOCAL LAWS TO A DIFFENT ONE. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT
THE CONTENT OF THIS SECTION WAS DEVELOPED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO TO PROTECT EMPLOYS OF ADULT ENTERTAINMENT VENUES, SO THIS CONTENT HERE ISN'T BEING DELETED, IT'S JUST MOVING TO A MORE APPLICABLE SECTION OF THE CODE. SECONDLY, THESE AMENDMENTS
MAINTAIN PROTECTIONS FOR ADULT ENTERTAINMENT VENUE EMPLOYEES. AND THEN, THIRD, THESE CHANGES CREATE A PATHWAY TO A REGULATORY FRAMEWORK CENTERED IN A DATA-DRIVEN AND PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH, ADDRESSING
THE HISTORY THAT WAS COVERED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ IN A PREVIOUS SLIDE. FINALLY, I'LL NOTE THAT THESE AMENDMENTS DO NOT TOMATICALLY LEGALIZE THESE VENUES OR LEAVE THEM IN A GRAY AREA. WE'RE MOVING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUSINESS LICENSE AND ZONING NEXT IN THE FUTURE, AND
FOR THAT WORK WE HAVE NOT SET A TIMELINE, BUT WE'RE AIMING TO MODEL THEM AFTER SAN FRANCISCO'S REGULATIONS, RIGHT-SIZING THEM FOR MINNEAPOLIS, WHEREVER THAT IS APPLICABLE. THE MAINTENANCE OF THE HAZARDOUS SITE DEFINITION WITHIN THE HIGH-RISK SEXUAL
CONDUCT ORDINANCE STILL ALLOWS FOR HEALTH DEPARTMENT STAFF TO ENFORCE ALL EXISTING HEALTH CODE UNTIL IT IS AMENDED IN THE FUTURE TO ADD AN EXEMPTION FOR ALL VENUES THAT MEET THE MINIMUM STANDARD OF THE ADULT SEX VENUE AND BATHHOUSE BUSINESS LICSE AND CODE THAT
IS TO BE DEVELOPED. WE'LL CONTINUE TO THE NEXT SLIDE. >> IT'S AO IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS AMENDMENT IS TECHNICAL, BUT IT DOES MAINTAIN PROTECTIONS DEVELOPED FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE ADULT ENTERTAINMENT CENTS.
AND BY DOING THIS, ALONG BEING PAIRED WITH AN ORDINANCE IN PHSE TOMORROW, IT ALLOWS IF A FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF A FORMER ADULT ENTERTAINMENT VENUE AND A FRAMEWORK WHICH WE COMMITTED TO WORKING CLOSELY WITH MAYOR FREY, HIS MANAGERS BEFORE WE TAKE A FINAL VOTE THE
FUTURE. AS I SAID EARLIER, WE'RE TAKING THESE STEPS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BATHHOUSE RESTRICTIONS HAVE HAD A HISTORY THAT IS INTERINED WITH ANTI-2SLGBTQI BIGOTRY IN
AN ATTEMPT TO PAST HARMS. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ AND COUNCIL MBER CHUGHTAI, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEE IF
THERE'S ANYONE WHO HAS SIGNED UP. YUP. FIRST PERSON I SEE IS D. IF YOU CAN COME AND SPEAK, PLEASE. STATE YOU NAME. >> MY NAME IS DEE, I LIVE IN WARD 9. THANK YOU CHAIR OSMAN AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR OPENING UP
A PUBLIC HEARING. I'M A VOLUNTEER AOCATE AND ORGANIZER WITH A COLLECTIVE FOR PEOPLE ENGAGED IN THE SEX TRADES. I HAVE DEVOTED THE LAST SEVEN YEARS OF MY LIFE TO THE RIGHTS AND SAFETY OF SEX WORKERS AND SURVIVORS OF EXPLOITATION. I WILL BE HERE AGAIN TOMROW, SO I APPRECIATE YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO HEAR SOME OF THIS TWICE. I WANT TO USE MY TIME TO CLEAR UP ANY CONFUSION TO THE COUNCIL AND TO THE PUBLIC ABOUTATHHOUSES BEING SYNONYMOUS WITH BROTHELS. PROSTITUTION REMAINS ILLEGAL IN THE STATE O MINNESOTA AND IT WILL REMAIN ILLEGAL WITH THE PRESENCE OF BATHHOUSE
THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH EXPANDING ACCESS OR SAFETY TO SEX WORK. WE WOULD NEVER ADVOCATE FOR BROTHELS AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT BATHHOUSES ARE NOT BROTHELS. I WANT TO ALSO RESPOND TO SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS POSTED FOR THIS MEETING. I WANT TO ENSURE THAT I SPEAK TO THE DEVASTATING IMPACTS
THAT ARISE FROM HOMOPHOBIA. I'M NOT SURPRISED ABOUT THE DISCRIMINATION IN THE ROOM WITH US BUT IT BREAKS MY HEART. SEX WORKERS DESERVE DIGNITY, THEY DESERVE RESPECT. SEX WORKERS ARE OUR NEIGHBORS LIVING UNDER EXTREME SURVEILLANCE AND THREATS OF OLATION UNDER STIGMATIZATION
AND VIOLENCE. SPEAKING OF THEM IN THE WAY THAT SOME COMMENTS HAVE IS UNACCEPTAB. THIS ALL SPEAKS TO A LODGER CONCERN I HAVE WHEN PEOE CONFLATE SEX WORK WITH TRAFFICKING AND EXPLOITATION. THEY ARE NOT THE SE. EFFORTS THAT DEPRIVE PEOPLE OF RIGHTS, SAFETY, AND RESOURCESISD
VULNERILITY TO TRAFFICKING AND EXPLOITATION. THERE IS EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ACROSS THE GLOBE FROM HUMAN RIGHTS AND HEALTH ORGANITIONS THAT RECOMMEND DECRIMINALIZATION OFCONSENSUAL F THE BEST TOOLS AVAILABLE TO US TO DECREASE VIOLENCE. OUR UNCHECKED DISCOMFORT,
HOMOPHOBIA AND HORROR PHOBIA ARE WHAT KEEP PEOPLE IN DAINING, NOT BATHHOUSES. I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS PAYNE, CHOWDHURY TO MEET WITH WORKERS FROM THE ADULT ENTERTAINMENT WORLD HHIS YOU WORK
UNFOLDS. IT MEANS A LOT TO IMPACTED WORKERS AND I HOPE LISNING TO MARGINALIZED PEOPLE REMAINS ARIORITY OF THIS BODY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NE I WILL RECOGNIZE ERICA. IS ERICA HERE? ALL RIGHT.
I'LL GIVE IT A MINUTE. ALL RIGHT. NEXT PERSON IS JOSH K.
MIGHT BE A FULL ROOM. JOSH K., ERICA, IF YOU CAN HEAR ME WILL HE YOUR SPOT. NEXT PERSON IS BETHANY.
IS BETHANY HERE? ALL RIGHT. SOMEBODY IS COMING. ALL RIGHT. WELCOME. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> I'M JOSH. >> HI, JH, WELCOME. >> HE/HIM. THIS ORDINANCE ISOT ABOUT VICE, IT IS ABOUT SELF-EXPRESSION. OPLE ARE FLOCKING TO
MINNEAPOLIS FROM ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY BECAUSE THEY CAN'T EXESS THEMSELVES WHERE THEY LIVE WITHOUT BEING PERSECUTED. I'M ASKING THE COUNCIL TO PASS THIS SOEOPLE IN MINNEAPOLIS CAN HAVE A SANCTUARY WHERE THEY CAN EXPRESS THEIR FULL BEIN IN A SAFE SETTING. THIS ORDINANCE PLAYS AN
IMRTANT ROLE IN PUBLIC HEALTH BY CREATING SAFE SPACES FOR THIS EXPREION. OPPOSING THIS TYPE OF SAFETY IS A REAGAN-ERA MINDSET WHERE A PURITANICAL MORALITY PREVAILED IN GOVERNMENT. BUT IT IS 2026.
PLEASE BE PROACTIVE IN SUPPORTING PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY AND LET PEOPLE EXPRESS THEIR FULL BEINGS. >> THANK YOU. ARE YOU HERE TO SPEAK? PLEASE COME ON IN. STATE YOUR NAME.
>> MY NAME IS MISS EPIPHANY AND I DO A LOT OF MY WORK, WHICH IS ADULT WORK, IN MINNEAPOLIS. NOW, I'M HERE TO TALK AUT THIS BATHHOUSE BAN REPEAL, THIS ZONING AND THIS LICENSING, NOT BECAUSE I'M A SEX WORKER, AND NOT BECAUSE
I'M AN ADVOCATE FOR SEX WORKERS' RIGHTS. THERE BEING BATHHOUS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MY HUSTLE. I GOTTA SAY. [ Laughter ] DON'T SPEND ALL THE MONEY I DO ON WORK SPACES AND WORK EQUIPMENT TO GO AND TRY AND DO ADULT WORK AT BATHHOUSES.
THAT'S NOT WHY I AS A SEX WORKER SUPPORT THE REPEAL OF THE BAN. THAT'S NOT WHY AS A MEMR OF S.W.I.M., SEX WORKERS IN MINNEAPOLI SUPPORT THE APPEAL OF THE BAN. WE SUPPORT THE APPEAL OF THE BAN FOR TWO REASONS.
ONE REASON IS THE FREEDOM OF SEXUAL AUTONOMY FOR ALL CONSENTING ADULTS IS TANTAMOUNT TO HUMAN RIGHTS FOR EVERYBODY. WE WANT EVERYBODY TO HAVE THE SAME SEXUAL FREEDOM AND TONOMY THAT OTHER PEOPLE IN OTHER CITIES HAVE ACCESS TO. BECAUSE WE GOT BATHHOUSES ALL OVER THE NATION, BUT NOT IN
MINNEAPOLIS. SECOND OF ALL, AS A BUSINESSWOMAN, I SEE A REVENUE STREAM. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REVITALIZING DOWNTOWN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE. DO YOU KNOW WHAT BRINGS IN
MONEY? ADULT VENUES. AND I CAN SPEAK FROM EXPERIENCE THAT WHEN YOU BUILD THE ATTRACTIONS, WHEN YOU ADVERTISE THE ATTRACTIONS, AND THEYRE APPEALING ENOUGH, THEN THE PEOPLE WILL COME AND THEY WL SPEND MOTHER MONEY AND THEY WILL SPEND THEIR
MONEY HERE IN YOUR CITY. NOT ONLY THAT, B THAT CITY WILL THEN HAVE TAX REVENUE FROM A HUGE BUSINESS THAT WILL DRAW IN TOURISM AND ALL SORTS OF OTHER DIFFERENT KINDS OF MONEY-SPENDING ACTIVITIES, REALLY.
I THINK IT'S IN FAVOR FOR EVERYBODY'S HUMAN RIGHTS AND ECONOMIC INTERESTS TO SUPPORT THIS REPEAL. [ ALARM ]>> THANKS, Y'ALL. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. PLEASE COME ON IN AND STATE
YOUR NAME. >>I. I'M AMY. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY. I HAVE LIVED IN MINNEAPOLIS UNTIL RECENTL AND STILL WORK IN MINNEAPOLIS. I AM ALSO A MEMBER OF S.W.I.M.
WE'VE HEARD A LOT TODAY FOR MINNEAPOLIS' FUTURE AND GOALS FOR A MORE DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE CITY. REPEALING THE BATHHOUSE BAN ISAE BATHHOUSE BAN WAS ENACTED DURING THE AIDS EPIDEMIC. IT IS NOW OUT OF TOUCH TOUCH.
OUR UNDERANDING OF AIDS HAS PROGRESSED AND IT'S TIME FOR LEGISLION TO FOLLOW SUIT. I'M HERE AS A QUEER PERSON, ALLY, AND I'M ALSO HERE AS A WOMAN AND SPA ENJOYER AND WOULD LIKE TO GO TO A SPA WITH MY GIRLFRIENDS WITHOUT HAVING TO GO TO CHICAGO. THE LEGISLATION AROUND BATHHOUSESAS PRESENTED
MINNEAPOLIS FROM DEVELOPING A MULTICULTURAL SP CULTURE, COMPARLE T OTHER METROPOLITAN AREAS. REPEALING THE BATHHOUSEAN IS ALIGNED WITH THE COUNCIL'S EXPRESSED GOALS OF MAKING MINNEAPOLIS A MORE DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE CIT FOR ALL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT.
EXCUSE ME. WE DIDN'T HAVE YOU LISTED, SO IF YOU ARE ABLE TO SIGN IN WITH THE CLERKS, THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS SJ HERE? >> THA WAS ME. >> OH, THAT WAS YOU. OKAY. ALL RHT.
LAST CALL FOR DEE AND ERICA. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? WHO HAVE NOT SIGNED UP YET? SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND RECOGNIZE
COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL VICE PRESIDT PAYNE. IT'S KIND OF SAD YND ME TO HEAR THAT -- IT'S KIND OF SADDENED TO ME -- SADDENED ME TO HEAR THAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
THAT THE CLOSING OR THE BANNING OF THE ORDINANCE AROUND BATH HOUSES HAD TO DO WITH THE DETEST FOR THE 2SLGBTQIA+ COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THAT IS NOT THE CASE.
IN 1988, THE ORDINANCE BANNG BATHHOUSES WAS CHAMPIONED BY BRIAN COLE, WHO WAS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY COUNCIL MEMBER IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. I WANT TO GIVE HIM SOME ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND RESPECT ON
HIS NAME BECAUSE HE WAS LOOKING OUT FOR THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE 2S LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITY. AND KNOWING THE LAWS THA EXIST AROUND HIPAA AND KNOWING THE PRIVACY ACT THAT EVEN IF
WE ARE TESTING INDIVIDUALS IN THESE SPACES THAT INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR HEALTH AND WHAS GOING ON DOES NOT HAVE TO BE DISCLOSED AND SOMNE THEN CAN'T SAY TO THEM, HEY, YOU CAN'T GO AND PARTICIPATE. JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN YOU SHOULD.
I'VE GOT TO GIVE RESPECT TO BRIAN COLE, BECAUSE BRIAN COLE WALKED THIS WALK. HE KNOWS AND UNDERSTOOD EXACTLY WHAT WAS GOING ON WITHIN HIS COMMUTY AND WAS LOOKING OUT FOR THE BEST INTERESTS OF H CONSTITUENTS.
THE FIRST PROUDLY OPENLY GAY COUNCIL MEMBER WAS LOOKING OUT FOR THE 2 SUSCT DLGBTQIA + MEMBERS.SO I WILL GIVE MY SUPPOO THAT.
I SUPPORT MY COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BUT I, LIKE BRIAN COLE, ALSO WANT TO KEEP THEM SAFE SO I CANNOT SUPPORT THIS AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. >> Mr. CHAIR, IS IT O TO ADDRESS THE COMMENT THAT WAS
JUST MADE? AS PART OF DISCUSSION? >> I'LL WAIT ON YOUR NAME WHEN IT COMES UP. I RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER SHFER. >> YEAH, THANK YOU. I HAD A QUESTION AROUND THE ORDINANCE THAT'S COMING FORWARD IN PUBLIC HEALTH.
IS THAT OKAY, CHAIR OSMAN, IF I ASK A QUESTION AROUND THAT? I'M PRETTY CLEAR ON WHAT'S CONG FORWARD TODAY IN BHZ, THAT THEY'RE MOVING LANGUAGE FR ONE TO THE OTHER. BUT MAY I CAN ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THE ORDINANCE TITLE? >> IS IT A TECICAL QUESTION? >> IT IS A TECHNICAL QUESTION ABOUT SOME WORDING.
I CAN ALSO FOLLOW-UP ONLINE AFTERWARDS, SINCE WE'RE NOT VOTING ON THAT. SO I CAN DO THAT. >> THAT'S FINE. >> OKAY. >> COUNCILEMBER, CHEST CHAIR CROWDRY, YOU'RE NEXT. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR OSMAN. I JUST WANTE TO TAKE A SECOND
TO SAY A BIT OF THANKS TO COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI AND ALL THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEE A PART OF WORKING ON THIS ORDINANCE. I WANT TO ALSO THANK THE SEVERAL SFF THAT HAVE BEEN A
PART OF THE WORKGROUP AND ALSO HAVE APPRECIATED THE SEVERAL CONVERSATION THAT IS HAVE HAPPENED WITH THE -- CONVERSATIS THAT HAVE HAPPENED WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. I THINK, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE BATHHOUSEAN HAS BEEN
CLEARLY STATED BY MANY MANY MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQIA2SPIRIT COMMUNITY THAT IT IS NO LONGER NECESSARY AND TO KEEP THEM BANNED AND CLOSED DOES NOT REDUCE HIV, ESPECIALLY IN A
CITY WHERE THERE ARE BATHHOUSES THAT ARE HAPPENING, BUT THEY'RE HAPPENING UNDERGROUND. AND WE'RE MISSING OUT ON OPPORTUNITIES TO GIVE INFORMATION, GIVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS RESOURCES, WHICH IS REALLY REALLYAD BECAUSE WE
ARE A FAST-TRACK CITY WHERE WE SEE A LARGE GROWTH OF HIV AND HEPATITIS AND WE CAN PREVENT IT. I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO STATE THAT THE BAN ITSELF IS ROOTED IN HOMOPHOBIA, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO BROUGHT THE BAN FORWARD, THAT IS SOMETHING
THAT THE COMMUNITY FEELS AND SEES AND IT'S SYSTEMICAY STIGMA APPROXIMATE ADVERTISES THEM. NOW, WITH THE ORDINANCE THAT'S BEFORE US, IT'S PURELY A TECHNICAL CHANGE THAT I THINK MAKES A LOT OF SENSE WHETHER WE WERE CONSIDERING BATHHOUSES AND THIS TYPE OF
ADULT ENTERTAINMENT VENUE. STIGMATIZES THEM. SO I THINK FOR THAT REASON, I THINK MEMBERS SHOULD VOTE FOR IT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A SMART CHANGE OF LANGUAGE, OF MOVING THIS LANGUAGE FROM THE HIGH-RISK SEXUAL ACTIVITY SECTION INTO ADULT ENTERTAINMENT. IT JUST MAKES A LOT OF POLICY
SENSE TO ME. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATIONS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ABOUT THE ORDINANCES THAT ARE GOING TO COME BEFORE OUR VARIOUS COMMITTEES. AND I AM JUST -- I'M JUST HOPING PEOPLE COULD SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME
CONSIDERING WHAT THIS COULD MEAN FOR OUR CITY AND I WAS APPRECIATIVE THAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, THE THING THAT TY REALLY CARED ABOUT IS THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT GENERATESEVENUE AND ACTIVITY FOR THE CITY, AND THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD AIM TOWARDS IT BEING
AND BEING AN ATTRACTION. I MEAN, WE HAVE AREAS WITHIN THE CITY WHE ADULT ENTERTAINMENT VENUES ALREADY EXIST. AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A USE TYPE AND NOT HAVE A BAN IN SIMILAR PARTS OF THE CITY.
>> THANK YOU. I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ.I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAO A MOTION MADE HERE YET. >> YEAH, I WAS MOVING THIS FORWARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATION. >> WITH RECOMMENDATION? >> YEAH. AND THEN I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS SOME OF TH STUFF.
THERE WAS AN MPR ARTICLE THAT TALKED ABOUT BRIAN COLE, BRIAN COLE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE BAN OF THE BATHHOUSE, BUT WHAT I NOTICED WAS A COMPLICATED STORY. I WONDER HE WASN'T THINKING SO MUCH ABOUT THE RASMIFICATIONS
OF CLOSING THE BATHHOUSE, THIS COULD MAKE THE HIV EPIDEMI WORSE. THIS WAS NOT A EASY VOTE FOR BRIAN COLE YEARS AGO.AND I WILL, I'M THE ONLY OPEN LGBTQ PERSON OF THIS BODY SO I HAVE THE RIGHT TO SPEAK ABOUT MY COMMUNITY, I HAVE A RIGHT TO SPEAK ABOUT WHAT MY COMMUNITY IS SAYING, AND I HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE ABLE TO STALK
ABOUT MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE IN THIS BODY AS THE ONLY ONE LEFT IN THIS COUNCIL, THE ONLY ONE. TO TALK ABOUT MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, WHEN I'M TALKING ABOUT MY COMMUNITY, IT ISN'T JUST ME TALKING ABOUT THIS IS WHAT MY
COMMUNITY WANTS, IT IS LIVED EXPERIENCE, IT IS WHAT MY COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE BEEN TALKG TO ME ABOUT FOR MANY YEARS, THIS ORDINANCE WAS PASSED WITH HOMOPHOBIA. I HAVE DEEPESPECT FOR BRIAN COYLE. AND I KNOW WHEN HE DID THIS VOTE, IT WAS CAUSE OF AN EPIDEMIC THAT WAS IMPACTING MY COMMUNITY. BUT, AT THE SAME TIME, THERE
WERE FOLKS THAT SUPPORTED THE EFFORTS TO BAN THIS BECAUSE OF HOMOPHOBIA, BECAUSE THEY DID NOT BELIEVE AN EXISTENCE OF LGBTQ+ PEOPLE ANDHAT CANNOT BE REMOVED FROM HISTORY. YES, THERE IS PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES THAT WERE BROUGHT UP. BUT THERE WERE MANY SUPPORTERS OF THE BAN THAT LITERALLY JUST
DID N BELIEVE IN THE EXISTENCE OF LGBTQ+ PART TIME AND THAT IS ALSO A DRIVING FACTOR OF WHY IT WAS SO SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING BANNED. AND I WANT THAT TO BE RECOGNIZED AS THE ONLY ONE IN THIS BODY. SO, I WANT TO AT LEAST MENTION THAT. BECAUSE I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS WAS NOT AN EASY PHOTO FOR BRIAN COYLE HIMSELF EITHER. AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN VERY -- TRYING TO BE VERY CALM IN THIS CONVERSATION, HOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT. AND I WILL REMAIN CALM. BUT I WILL CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THE REASON THAT THIS
PASSED WAS BECAUSE THERE WAS SO MUCH HATRED FOR LGBTQ+ PEOPLE IN MINNEAPOLIS. AND IN THIS COUNTRY. AND THERE STILL IS. AND THERE STILL IS. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS 1,000%. AGAIN, AS I SAID EARLIER, THIS
IS ONE ORDINANCE OUT OF MANY AT WILL NEED TO HAPPEN. BY PASSING TS ORDINANCE TODAY, AND THE ONE IN PHC TOMORROW, THESE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO BE LEGALIZED JUST YET, IT IS JUST A STEP IN THE RIGHTROCESS TO ALLOW US TO BE ABLE TO BUILD A REGULATORY FRAMEWORK TO MAKE THESE HAPPEN IN OUR CITY.
I WANT TO FOCUS ON THE HUMAN ELEMENT PART, THAT LGBTQ+ PEOPLE MATTER, BUT EVEN IF PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE IN THAT, IT'S AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMPONENT, TOO, WHERE IF WE WANT TO ADDRESS THE TAX ISSUES THAT OUR CITY IS FACING, THIS IS ONE WAY TO DO SO. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK UO MUCH.
SEEING NO ONE ELSE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROL ON THAT MOTION. .>>> CNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> NO. >>ARREN. >> NO. >> SHAFFER. >> NO. >> CHAVEZ. AYE. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE.
>> VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> AND CHAIR OSMAN. >> ABSTAIN. THERE ARE 3 AYES, NAYS AND 1 ABSTENTION. >> THAT MOTION FAILS.
WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE A SEPARATE MOTION? >> I'M IN QUEUE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ MOVES IT FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. TO THE FULL COUNCIL TO MAKE A FINAL DECISIO I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> NO.
>> WARREN. >> NO. >> SHAFFER. >> NO. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> AND CHAIR OSMAN. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE 4 AYES AND 3 NAYS.
>> THAT MOTION CARRIES. NEXT IM WE WILL FOCUS ON IS -- AND THANK YOU FOR BEING PATIENT -- OUR LAST PUBLIC HEARING IS FOR MORATORIUM ON
DATA CENTERS IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY IS THE LEAD AUTHOR ON THIS ITEM, SO I WILL TURN THE MEETING OVER TO HER. >> THANK Y, CHAIR OSMAN. I'M GOING TO JUST HAVE AMY FROM MY TEAM GET THE PRESENTATION CUED UP AND WE
CAN GO FROM THERE. GREAT. YOU'RE ALL SET. EXCELLENT. ALL RIGHT. SO, ACROSS MINNEAPOLIS, RESIDENTS ARE CLOSELY WATCHING THE RAPID EXPANSION OF DATA
CENTERS NATIONWIDE AND RAISING LEGITIMATE QUESTIO ABOUT WHAT SIMILAR DEVELOPMENT COULD MEAN FOR THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS. COMMUNITIES ELSEWHERE HAVE REPORTED CONCERNS ABOUT HIGH ENERGY AND WATER CONSUMPTION, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, RISING UTILITY COSTS, UNEQUAL DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS, AND
CONCENTRATION OF BURDENS ON COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY BORNE DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE OF INDUSTRIAL IMPACTS. THAT'S OUR BLACK AND BROWN, WORKING POOR COMMUNITIES, ESSENTIALLY CREATING SACRIFICE ZONES IN SOME STATES. WHILE MINNEAPOLIS MAY FACE
DIFFEREN CIRCUMSTANCES AND CONDITIONS, MANY OF THE SAME BIG TECH COMPANIES ARE DRIVING NATIONAL DATA CENTER EXPANSIONS AND THEY WILL SEEK OPPORTUNITIES HERE OR HAVE ALREADY. A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM PROVIDES AITY WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN TO
COMMUNITY CONCERNS, STUDY POTENTIAL IMPACTS, DEVELOP SAFEGUARDS AND ESTABLISH A MODERN AND STRONG REGULATORY FRAMEWORK BEFORE MAJOR DECISIONS ARE MADE. THIS APPROACH IS ABOUTENSURING E DEVELOPMENT, IF IT DOES OCCUR, IT OCCURS RESPONSIBLY, TRANSPARENTLY AND IT'S
RESTRICTED TO MEET OUR CITY'S NEEDS AND OUR COMMUNITY'S NEEDS. AND IN A MANNER THAT PROTECTS THE PUBLIC INTEREST FIRST.IF CLO HARM WILL COME TO OUR COMMUNITY, IT IS ON US TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE PROVEN FIRST. WE CAN'T JUST TAKE THE BIG
TECH CORPORATIONS BY THEIR WORD. IF THERE ARE CLAIMS OF ECONOMIC BENEFIT AND REVENUE, THAT MUST ALSO BE PROVEN FIRST. AT THE END OF THE DAY, LARGE TECH COMPANIES ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO THEIR SHAREHOLDERS, WHILE LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PEOPLE IT
SERVES. I AM CLEAR ON THE FACT THAT THIS COUNCIL WILL NOT PS A FULL BAN ON DATA CENTERS. IT'S NOT AN OUTCOME THAT'S GOING TO OCCUR. AND WHILE THE EXEMPTIONS THAT WE HAVE MADE IN THE MORATORIUM WHICH I'LL COVER, I DON'T FULLY AGREE WITH, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS MOVING US FORWARD IN A
DIRECTION WHERE WE CAN GET THE STRONG REGULATORY FRAMEWORK WE NEED. I BELIEVE IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT MINNEAPOLIS HAS THE INFORMATION, POLICIES AND THE STRONGEST PROTECTIONS NECESSARY BEFORE DATA CENTER GROWTH, AND THIS TEMPORARY
MORATORIUMOMPLEMENTS THE POLICY WORK THAT WE'RE GOING TO UNDERGO IN THE NEXT FIVE MONTHS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO, IN OUR CURRENT PAUSE IN MORATORIUM THAT'S IN EFFECT, AND IT'S BEEN IN EFFECT SINCE
OUR INTRODUCTION. IT'S A DIFFERENT PROCESS WHEN IT COMES TO MORATORIUM UNDER STATE LAW. IF YOUAKE AN INTRODUCTION, IT IS, IN FACT -- IT'S IN EFFECT FOR SIX MONTHSND IT WILL END UPON COMPLETION AND/OR BY T END OF NOVEMBER,
AND COMPLETION OF A REGULATORY FRAMEWORK. UNDER STE LAW, WE'RE ONLY ALLOWED TO HAVE A MORATORIUM UP TO A YEAR. THE EXEMPTIONS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN BROUGHT FORWARD AND WAS PASSEDY THIS BODY ARE EXEMPTIONS FOR A DATA CENTER MORATORIUM INHE
DOWNTOWN CORE FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE 3,000 SQUARE FEET OR LESS BY CPED'S ESTIMATIONS THAT ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT 50 MEGAWATTS AND SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE POTENTIALLY
COMING TO THE DOWNTOWN CORE FOR INFILL DATA CENTERS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO THE PROPOSAL OF A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM IS NOT A BAN. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR
EVERYONE TO BE AWARE OF. I THINK EVERYONE, WHETHER YOU SUPPORT A BANN DATA CENTERS OR OPPOSE A BAN ON DATA CENTERS, I WANT TO JUST GROUND YOU IN THE REALITY OF WHAT A MORATORIUM IS. THE GOAL IS TO GIVE MINNEALIS TIME TO ESTABLISH CLEAR REGULATIONS, UPDATE
ZONING, AND ENSURE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, IF IT OCCURS, ALIGNS WITH OUR COMMUNITY IORITIES AND LONG-TERM CITY PLANNING. AGAIN, A MORATORIUM CAN ONLY LAST UP TO A YEAR AND THIS IS ONOF THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE TO BUILD OUT THE POLICY THAT
WE NEED THAT CAN CREATE RESTRICTIONS, REGULATIONS, AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO WEIGH IN. AND THEN THE REASON WHY SEVERAL CITIES USE MORATORIUMS IS FOR WHEN EXISTING REGULATIONS ARE OUTDATED OR
WHEN NEW INDUSTRY EMERGES FASTER THAN A POLICY CAN KEEP UP. SIMILAR APPROACHES HAVE BEEN USED FOR CANNABIS REGULATION, FOR EXAMPLE, AND OTHER EVOLVING INDUSTRIES. AND I WILL JUST SAY, THE DATA CENTER INDUSTRY IS ONE THAT IS RAPIDLY CHANGG AND IT HAS
RAPIDLY CHANGED JUST IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, AND THERE'S CONSTANT NEW RESEARCH COMING OUT ABOUT THE DATA CENTER INDUSTRY. YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. I'LL BE BRIEF ON THIS ONE. YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT. THIS IS THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF DATA CENTERS. IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE OUNDED IN THE FACT THAT DATA CENTERS
DO EXIST IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. LOFT THEM ARE SMALLER SCALE. YOU CAN THINK ABOUT DATA CENTERS AS A PLACE FOR SERVERS, COMPUTATIONAL POWERS, FOR BANKS, HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITIES.
THE FIRST DATA CENTER IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS OPENED IN 1988 AND ORIGINALLY SERVED A NATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTION AND LATER INVOLVED -- EVOLVED INTO A CO-LOCATION CENTER WHICH SERVES MULTIPLE COMPANIES AND NOW IS BEING REDEVELOPED TO SUPPORT THE
GROWING DEMAND FOR AI COMPUTING. THIS IS THE SLEEP NUMBER BUILDING. SO, THE SLEEP NUMBER BUILDING IS AN EVOLVED VERSION OF THAT FIRST ORIGINAL DATA CENTER USED BY SEVERAL COMPANIES FOR AI COMPUTING.
WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO, TODAY'S DATA CENTERS ARE VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE SMALLER FACILITIES THAT PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH. LIKE I SAID IN THE INTRODUCTION, ON THE 21st,
THIS IS NOT YOUR GRANDMOTHER'S DATA CTERS. THEY SUPPORT CLOUD COMPUTING, AI TECHNOLOGIES AND REQUIRE MUCH MORE SUBSTANTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND RESRCE R NEEDS, WHICH HAS DRIVEN A LOT OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE'RE SEEING BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AS IT COMES TO THE SCALE OF THESE FACILITIES, IT COULD BE ENORMOUS, BOTH IN FOOTPRINT T CAN ALSO BE VERY LARGE IN ENERGY AND WATER DEMANDS THAT CAN AFFECT LONTERM PLANNING FOR RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, EMERGENCY SERVICES, AND FUTURE
DEVELOPMENT. A COUPLE EXAMPLES THAT WE ARE SHARING HERE THROUGH OUR RESEARCH IS THAT A 50-MEGAWATT FACILITY CAN POWER ABOUT 40,000 TO 55,000 HOMES. AND ONE THING THAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT THESE LARGE DATA CENTERS COMPARED TO OTHER USES OF
ENERGY IN OUR CITY IS THAT THEY ARE A 24/7, THEY'RE ALWAYS GOING, RIGHT? WE TURN OFF OFFICE BUILDINGS, WE TURN OFF HOMES, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER IN OUR REGULATION AND WE HAVEN'T TAKEN THE TIME TO FULLY CONSIDER. AND THE LAST THING THAT I'LL JUST QUICK TOUCH ON IS THIS
THING KNOWN AS THE CLUSTERING AND NETWORK EFFECT THAT RESEARCHERS HAVE FOUND THAT ONCE ONE DATA CENTER PROJECT IS APPROVED, MORE OFTENTIMES FOLLOW. THIS MEANS TT DECISIONS WE MAKE TODAY CAN HAVE LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES AND IMPACTS FOR LAND USE, UTILITIES AND
INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY INTO THE FUTURE. AND THEN WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO, I WILL NOT GO THROUGH TS SLIDE IN MUCH DETAIL FOR YOU. I JUST WANTED TO OFFER THIS TO THE MEMBERS OTHE COMMITTEE AND THE PUBLIC.
THIS IS MY OFFICE'S ATTEMPT THROUGH OUR RESEARCH TO KIND OF RIGHT-SIZE AND VISUALIZE THE DIFFERENT SLE OF DIFFERENT DATA CENTERS. YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S QUANTIFIED IN MEGAWATT THROUGH OUR RESEARCH. WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IS THAT
THERE ARE BROAD AND VARIED DEFINITIONS OF ALL OF THESE WITHIN THE INDUSTRY AND THERE'S CONTRADICTIONS THAT WE HAVE FOUND AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A MAJOR TASK AS THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS IN JUST RIGHT-SIZING WHAT OUR
DEFINITIONS E AND HOW WE'RE DEFINING HYPER-SCALE VERSUS AN TERPRISE DATA CENTER. I THINK HYPER SCALE, IN PARTICULAR, EVERYONE HAS DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS OF HYPER SCALE, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT A LOT OF DEFINITIONS ARET JUST BASED IN THE FOOTPRINT OF A
SITE, AN ACREAGE. IT'S ALSO LOOKING AT HIGH USAGE OF POWER AND WATER. YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO, THIS IS WHERE WE ARE. THIS IS OUR STATUS QUO IN REGULATION AND ALSO OUR
REGULATORY GAP. MINNEAPOLIS LACKS A MODERN REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR DATA CENTERS, EXISTING ZONING CATEGORIES WERE DESIGNEDOR OLDER TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE AND DO NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESS TODAY'S FACILITIES.
TODAY IF YOU WANTED TO BUILD A DATA CENTER, YOU WOULD APPLY FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND IT WOULD BE DEFINED UNDER A TERM CALLED AOMMUNICATION EXCHANGE, SO THERE'S JUST A LOT OF WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO IN OUR CODE THAT WE ARE GOING
TO EMBARK ON. I TOUCH ON A LITTLE BIT HERE IN OUR SLIDES. YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO WHY IS ACTION NEEDED? THE CITY'S CURRENT REGULATORY AUTHORITY, AGAIN, DOESN'T FULLY ACCOUNT FOR THE BREADTH
OF THIS INDUSTRY AND IT DOEST FULLY ACCOUNT FOR ENERGY AND WATER CONSUMPON. THIS CREATES CHALLENGES WHEN EVALUATING PROJECTS AND UNDERSTANDING THEIR TRUE IMPACTS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO CTINUE TO RECKON WITH AS THE CITY OF
MINNEAPOLIS IS, UNDER STATE LAW, WE ARE ONLY ABLE TO REGULATE BY SQUARE FOOTAGE AND WE'RE NOT ABLE TO REGULATE BY MEGAWATTS BECAUSE WE ARE PROHIBITED TO REGULATE BUILDING COMPONENTS, WHI CAN HAVE SOME REALLY DIFFICULT
IMPACTS ON US AS A CITY AND WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN BE RESILIENT AS A DATA CENTER -- AS THE DATA CENTER INDUSTRY CHANGES AND THEY'RE ABLE TO BUILD MORE MEGAWATT USAGE IN LESS SQUARE FOOTAGE. AND CURRENTLY WE ARE BEING
ASKED TO MAKE DECISIONS, AGAIN, WITHOUT DEFINITIONS, POLICIES, STANDARDS, AND WE'RE HANDING IT OFF OFTEN TO OUR PLANNING COMMISSION, WHICH IS A SET OF APPOINTED COMMUNITY MEMBERS, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNTY STAFF -- OR COUNTY
COMMISSIONER, SCHOOL BOARD, AND WE NEED TO BUILD SOMETHING OUT THAT CAN SUPPORT THE DECISIONS THAT THEY MAKE THE. WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. PEOPLE ACROSS THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT HOW NEW
GENERATION DATA CENTERS AND THEIR CUMULATIVE IMPACTS COULD AFFECT LOCAL RESOURCES IN COMMUNITIES. AND IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO UNDERSND THESE IMPACTS AND UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN ENSURE THAT RESIDENTS ARE PROTECTED ACROSS THE BOARD.
THESE ARE A NUMBER OF AREAS WHERE I THINK WE SHOULDINE UP CONSIDERATION FOR OUR STUDY AS WE BUILD UP TO THE POLICY D UNDERSTAND WHERE THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS CAN REGULATE, WHERE WE ARE UNABLE TO, AND HOW WE CAN THINK CREATIVELY TO ADDRESS THESE NEEDS.
BUT HAD A TOWN HALL ON DATA CENTERS AND THESE WERE ALL OF THEIFFERENT TOPICS THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE TALKED ABOUT AT THAT TOWN LL OR HAVE WRITTEN US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO, I'LL KEEP THIS PART REALLY BRIEF.
THESE ARE THE NEXT STEPS, WHY I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO DO THIS TEMPORARY MORATORIUM. WE HAVE NOTICED SEVERAL ORDINANCES THAT WE ARE GOING TO EMBARK ON FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, AND AS WE DO THAT WORK, I THINK IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT THATE DO TAKE A PAUSE FOR THE REASONS THAT I'VE LAID OUT IN THIS SLIDE. THE PSE IS ALSO SIX MONTHS, SO IT RUNS PARALLEL TO THE ORDINANCE WK THAT WE WILL BE DOING. WE ALSO HAVE DONE A STAFF DIRECTION TO OUR LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH AND OVERSIGHT DEPARTMENT TO CONDUCT A
LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS OF REGULATIONS GOVERNING DATA CENTERS, BOTH BYEGION, NATIONWIDE, AS WELL AS THEIR ECONOMIC AND ENVIRMENTAL IMPACTS, AND THAT WILL COME BACK TO US AS A COUNCIL FOR PRESENTATION NOONGER THAN AUGUST 18th, WHICH PROVIDES
A PLACE FOR BROAD-BASED EDUCATION FOR ALL STAKEHOLDERS, ESPECIALLY OUR RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WORK IN OUR CITY. CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS JUST A QUI OVERVIEW
OF THE TIMELINE ON WHAT WE'RE GOING TO EMBARK ON AS IT COMES 'TO THE DATA CENTER POLICY WORK. SOME KEY DATES TO SHOUT OUT IS THE FIRST MEETING IS GOING TO BE ON JULY 16, IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE OLE. WE'LL HAVE A 60-DAY PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD. THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO A PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING IN OCTOBER, WHERE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO GIVE A PUBLIC TESTIMONY ON THE POLICY THAT'S GOING TO BE PROPOSED. AND TN WE'LL COME -- AND THEN IT WILL COME TO US AS A BUSINESS, HOUSING, ZONING
COMMITTEE ON NOVEMBER 5th. AND THEN WE ARE SET TO TAKE OUR FINAL VOTE ON NOVEMBER 12th, AGAIN, RUNNING PARALLEL TO THE SIX-MONTH MOTORIUM TIMELINE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND THEN HERE ARE JUS SOME SOURCES THAT WESED IN
PREPARING THIS PRESENTATION, REALLY ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES AND THE PUBLIC TO TAKE A LOOK AT THEM. WHAT WE UNCOVERED THROUGH OUR RESEARCH IS ANY TIME YOU LOOK INTO MORE ABOUT THIS INDUSTRY, THERE'S EVEN MORE INFORMATION THAT JUST CONTINUES TO COME OUT.
SO, LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THIS PAUSED SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO THAT IMPORTANT WOR >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, FOR THAT PRESENTATION. FIRST, WE'RE GOING T OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE THAT SIGNED UP.
SO, JUST A REMINDER, YOU DO HAVE TWO MINUTES. AND PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD OR YOUR ORGANIZATION YOU'RENVVED WITH. AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GO THROUGH THIS QUICK. ALL RIGHT. FIRST PERSON -- I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING,
AN THE FIRST PERSON I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE TO SPEAK IS ALEJANDRO RECHARTSON. SORRY IF I GET YOUR NAME -- WELCOME. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CHAIRMAN OSMAN.
GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS ALEJANDRO RICHARDSON, I LIVE IN THE POWDERHORN NEIBORHOOD OF WARD 9. GOOD TO SEE YOU JASON. I'M HERE TODAY AS A PROUD LIFELONG RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND ALSO A PROUD CARPENTER. I'D LIKE TO SPEAK IN STRONG
PPORT ON A MORATORIUM. IN THE SEVEN YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING AS A UNION CARPET TERKS I'VE HAD THE HONOR TO BUILD BUILD -- HELP BUILD SCHOOLS, HPITALS, APARTMENTS AND COUNTLESS OTHER PROJECTS BUT I WOULD BE SHAMED TO DRIVE PAST A DATA CENTER ON HIAWATHA AND HAVE TO ADMIT TO MY
NEIGHBS THAT I CONTRIBUTED TO ITS CONSTRUCTION. THIS CITY IS IN NEED OF INVESTMENT A UNION MEMBERSNEED A CENTERS WILL NOT LEAD TO CONTINUED ECONOMIC GROWTH FOR OUR CITY. THESE CENTERS ARE A DRAIN ON PUBLIC RESOURCES, AND A BITE ON OUR -- AND A BLIGHT ON OUR COMMUNITIES THAT WILL DRIVE AWAY BUSINESS-MINDED INDIVIDUALS AND ENTREPRENEURS
WHO UNDERSTAND THAT THE PUBLIC OUTCRY AROUND THESE DATA CENTERS WILL LEAD TO A FURTHER EXODUS OF OUR ENTTAINMENT AND HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY, WHERE I SPENT MANY YEARS AS A RESTAURANT EMPLOYEE. WHICH HAS SUFFERED GREATLY I RECENT YEARS. IN SHORT, THE TAX BASE INCREASE AND WAGES OF CONSTRUCTION WORRS LIKE MYSELF WILL NOT OUTWEIGH THE COST OF OUR CITY'S RESOURCE
INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE ECONOMIC GROWTH IN OTHER SECTORS. IN CLOSING, YOU WILL HEAR FROMAS WHO DO NOT WANT A MORATORIUM AND I UNDERSTAND WHY. THEY HAVE ALL MY RESPECT FOR THE HARD WORK THAT THEY PUT IN DAY IN AND DAY OUT TO ADVANCE THE RIGHTS OF WORKERS LIKE
MYSELF BUT I BELIEVE IT IS MY DUTY TO HOLD MY LEADERSHIP ACCOUNTABLE WHEN THEY DO NOT ACCOUNT IN MY BEST INTEREST AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES. WORK HOURS TOWARDS OUR PENSIONS AND DUES TO OUR RESPTIVE UNIONS ARE NOT WORTH THE COMPROMISING OF THE WELL-BEING OF MY NEIGHBORS,
YOUR CONSTITUENTS, AND THEY DO NOT WANT THESE DATA CENTERS INT. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU, AND ALL OF YO AND THE BUILDING TRADES TO KEEP THE CITIZENS OF MINNEAPOLIS THE PRIORITY IN THIS PCESS AND TO DISCOVER OTHER WAYS TO REBUILD OUR CITY ECONOMY FOR THE GOOD OF ALL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. [ ALARM ] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT PERSON IS KAI. WELCOME. >> HELLO COUNCIL MEMBERS. MIAMI ANYWAY'S KAI UHARA, I'M
HERE TO TALK ABOUT MY OPPOSITION TO THE AI DATA CENTERS IN MINNEOLIS. WE HEARD A LOT, WE SAW THE PRESENTATION ABOUT THE CONCERNS THAT PEOPLE ARE HAVING WITH AI DATA CENTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE'RE SEEING THE HARMS IT HAS ON THE ENVIRONMENT ON PEOPLE'S HEALTH, AND TODAY I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT CONCERNS ABOUT MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS
AND NDAs. WE'VE BEEN SEEING ACROSS THE COUNTRY TT A LOFT MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE BEEN SIGNING NDAs, WHICH ARE A BUSINESS STANDARD, WITH THE AI DATA CENTERS, AND ALTHOUGH THIS IS MEANT TO PROTECT APPROPRIATE INFORMATION OF THE DATA CENTER
COMPANIES THIS IS ALSO LEAVE A LOT OF RESIDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY UNAIRWATCH WHAT IS BEINGLANNED IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. AND WE TALKED SO MUCH ABOUT THE POSITIVES OF AI DATA CENTERS, MAYBE N TODAY, BUT, LIKE, IN GENERAL. AND THE IDEA THAT THESE AI DATA CENTERS ARE MEANT TO INCREASE THE PROSPERITY OF OUR
COMMUNITIES WHILE WE'RE HIDING THEM AWAY FROM PEOPLE UNTIL IT IS TOO LATE FOR THEM TO PUT THEIR INPUT IN ON WHAT THEY THINK OF SHOULD BE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, SEEMS VERY CONTRADICTING. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT AS A CITY COULD YOU UNDERSTAND, YOU ALL ME SURE THAT DATA --
AS A CITY COUNCIL, YOU ALL MAKE SURE THAT DATA CENTERS THAT ARE PROPOSED IN ANY OF THE WARDS IN MINNEAPOLIS HAVE A STRICT AND CLEAR PROCESS OF MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THESE AREAS KNOW WHAT IS COMING. I WOULD LIKE YOU ALL TO DISCUSS OR AGREE UPON MAKING
SURE THAT THERE IS REGULATION ABOUT AI DATA CENTERS HAVING THE RIGHT OR HAVING THE RESPONSIBILITY TO INFORM PEOPLE OF EACH SPECIFIC WARD WHERE PROSPECTIVEI DATA CENTER IS PROPOSED, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE INFORMED OF WHAT EXACTLY WILL BE COMING TOKER THAT NEIGHRHOODS, AND
ALSO THAT PUBLIC FEEDBACK, LIKE YOU WERE SAYING THAT YOU DID YOUROWN HALL, I WOULD LIKE ALSO ALL THE WARDS, IF SOMETHING IS PROPOSED, THAT EY HAVE THEIR OWN RESPECTIVE TOWN HALL SO THAT YOU ALL CAN BE PROPERLY INFORMED ABOUT WHAT YOUR CONSTITUENTS WANT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT PERSON IS KYLE O'NEILL. WELCOME. >> CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS KYLE O'NEILL. I AM THE POLITICAL DIRTOR FOR IBEW LOCAL 292, REPRESENTING 4,700 MEMBERS IN
MINNEAPOLIS AND THE WESTERN SUBURBS. INCLUDING MANY THAT, WOULD FOR THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND OVER 300 THAT ARE CURRENTLY OUT OF WORK. I'M HERE TODAY TO URG YOU TO REJECT THE PROPOSED DATA CENTER MORATORIUM. DATA CENTERS ARE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR OUR MODERN ECONOMY. EVERY BUSINESS, HOSPITAL,
SCHOOL, PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCY AND RESIDENT RELEASE ON THE DIGITAL SERVICES THESE FACILITIES SUPPORT. THE DEMAND FOR DATA PROCESSING AND STORAGE IS NOT SLOWING DOWN AND NEITHER SHOULD T CITY'S ABILITY TO COMPETE FOR THAT INVESTMENT. A MORATORIUM SENDS THE WRONG MESSAGE TO INVESTORS AND EMPLOYERS.
CREATES UNCERTATY, DRIVES INVESTMENT TO NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES, COSTS THE CITY JOBS, TAX REVENUE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH. ONCE THOSE PROJECTS LEAVE, THEY RARELY COME BACK. IF THERE ARE LEGITIMATE CONCERNS ABOUT ENERGY USE, LAND USE, INFRASTRUCTURE
IMPACTS, THOSE ISSUES CAN BE ADDRESSED THROUGH THOUGHTFUL PLANNING, PERMITTING STANDARDS, SHAREHOLDER AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT, A MORATORIUM IS A BLUNT INSTRUMENT THAT SACRIFICES ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY WITHOUT SOLVING UNDERLYING CHALLENGES. ANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT PERSON IS JAKE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME'S JAKE PETTIT, I AM HERE REPRESENTING THE MINNEAPOLIS PIPE FIRTS LOCAL
539. OUR LOCAL REPRESENTS MORE THAN 2,100 HIGHLY TRAINED MEN AND WOMEN WORKING IN THE PIPE FITTING, STEAM FITTING AND HVAC SERVICE INDUSTRIES THROUGHOUT OUR REGION. FOR MORE THAN 120 YEARS, OUR LOCAL UNION AND ITS MEMBERS HAVE HELPED BUILD AND MAINTAIN THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT KEEPS
OUR COMMUNITIES AND BUSINESSES OPERATING. I'M HERE TODAY IN OPPOSITION OF THE PROPOSED DATA CENTER MORATORIUM. DATA CENTERS PROVIDE THOUSANDS OF WORK HOURS FOR OUREMBERS AND FAMILY-SUSTN CAREERS
THAT OFFER INDUSTRY-LEADING WAGES, HEALTHCARE, RETIREMENT BENETS, AND APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES. BEYOND THE INITIAL CONSTRUCTION, DATA CENTERS REQUIRE ONGOING MAINTENANCE, UPGRADES AND RETROFITS, CREATING LONG-TERM EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITIES FOR SKILLED WORKERS IN OUR COMMUNITIES. THESE PROJECTS ALSO PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC BENEFITS TO MINNEAPOLIS. THEY CREATE JOBS. THEY GENERATE TAX REVENUE, THEY SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES AND OFFER OPPORTUNITIES TO
REDEVELOP AND OCCUPY VACANT COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES. AT A TIME WHEN CITIES ACROSSTHER INVESTMENTS AND DEVELOPME, MINNEAPOLIS SHOULD BE POSITIONING ITSELF AS A PLACE THAT WELCOMES RESPONSIBLE GROWTH. A MORATORIUM SENDS THE OPPOSITE MESSAGE.
IT SIGNALS TO INVESTORS AND BUSINESSES THAT MINNEAPOLIS IS UNCERTAIN ABOUT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES. DATA CENTERS WILL CONTINUE TO BE BUILT BECAUSE DEMAND FOR DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE CONTINUES TO GROW. THE QUESTION IS WHETHER THOSE
PROJECTS WILL BE BUILT HERE, CREATING JOBS AND GENERATING REVENUE FOR MINNEAPOLIS OR WHETHER THEYILL BE BUILT IN NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES THAT ARE WILLING TO EMBRACE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. RATHER THAN IMPOSING A MORATORIUM, I ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO WORK
COLLABORATIVELY WITH DEVELOPERS -- [ ALARM ] >> -- LABOR ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS TO ADDRESS CONCERNS WHILE STILL ALLOWING PROJECTS TO MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT PERSON IS LUCAS FRANCO.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NE IS LUCAS FRANCO, I'M THEESEARCH MANAGER FOR LIUNA MINNESOTAND NORTH DAKOTA AND A WARD 12 RESIDENT. I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THE DATA CENTER MORATORIUM AND FOR SENSIBLE RULES THAT ENCOURAGE BENEFICIAL DEVELOPMENT, WHILE
HOLDING COMPANIES ACCOUNTABLE. THERE'S A RIGHT WAY AND A WRONG WAY T BUILD DATA CENTERPRE ALL SEEN -- HEARD CONCERNING STORIES OF PROJECTS STRAINING POORLY MANAGED GRIDS OR OPEN-LOOP COOLING SYSTEMS IN HOT CLIMATES USING UNNECESSARY AMOUNTS OF WATER.
AT THE SAME TIME THERE ARE EXAMPLES OF RESPONSIBLY BUILT PROJECTS, LIKE THE SLEEP NUMBER FILITY THAT PROVIDES VALUABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REVENUEOR CORE CITY SERVICES WITH MINIMAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS. A RECENT RESOLUTION PASSED AT THE AFL-CIO NATIONAL CONVENTION CALLED ON UNION
MBERS TO DEMAND RESPONSIBLE DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT. AND MINNESOTA IS A MODEL OF THIS KIND OF DEVELOPMENT. STATE LAW REQUIRES UTILITIES SERVING DATA CENTERS TO MEET THE 100% CLEAN ENERGY STANDARD, ENSURES VERY LARGE CUSTOMERS PAY 100% OF THE COST OF INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES,
AND IT REQUIRES EACH NEW LARGE DATA CENTER PROJECT TO CONTRIBUTE TO LOW-INCOME WEATHERIZATION, WHICH IS A FIRST IN THE NATION MODEL. FOR MINNEAPOLIS, DATA CTER PROJECT LIKE THE SLEEP NUMBER FACILITY, CAN PROVIDE GOOD JOBS AND NEEDED INVESTMENT. A 40-MEGAWATT DATA CENTER
OCCUPYING TWO TO THREE FLOORS OF VACANT OFFICE SPACE CAN GENERATE NEARLY $5 MILLION ANALLY IN LOCAL TAXES AND FEES, INCLUDING FRANCHISE FEES AND SUPPORT EFFORTS TO MEET THE CITY'S CLIMATE GOALS. THERE IS ALSO A CLIMATE COST TO NOT BUILDING DATA CENTERS RESPONSIBLY HERE IN MINNESOTA.
LOCATING A 40-MEGAWATT DATA CENTER IN MINNEAPOLIS, INSTEAD OF NORTH DAKOTA, REDUCES GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BY 70% TODAY AND 90% IN 2032. AND I HAVE FACT SHEETS THAT I'LL LEAVE BEHIND AS A GOOD RESEARCHER WOULD FOR COUNCIL AND STAFF. IN CONCLUSION, WE HAVE THE
TOOLS WE NEED IN PLACE IN THE STATE -- [ ALARM ]-- TO BUILD RESPONSIBLE DATA CENTERS. I URGE YOU TO NOT PURSUE PROHIBITION. AND THANK Y SO MUCH FOR WORK ON THIS ISSUE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OUR NT PERSON IS MARGARET SULIVAN. WELCOME. >> THANK YOU. MARGARET SULLIVAN, WARD 4, NORTH MINNEAPOLIS, CAMDEN ENABLED. I'M A MEMBER OF INDIVISIBLE TWIN CITIES CLIMATE ACTION GROUP, AND WE'VE STUDIED AI
DATA CENTERS FOR ALMOST A YEARN. AT INDIVISIBLE, WE SUPPORT FREEDOM, REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, A DEMOCRACY. WE RESIST AUTHORITARIANISM, AND WE ENCOURAGE EVERYDAY RESIDENTS TO USE THEIR VOICES. SO, OF COURSE, THAT'S OUR THINKING AROUND DATA CENTERS,
TOO. IN AUTHORITARIAN DECISION MAKING, THE VOICES OF EVERYDAY RESIDENTS ARE IRRELEVANT, AT BEST. AND WE FIND IN OUR STUDY THAT, IN GENERAL, DECISION MAKING AROUND AMERICAN AI DATA CENTERS TENDS TO TREAT THE VOICES AND LIVES OF EVERYDAY RESIDENTS AS, WELL,
IRRELEVANT. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE PROPOSAL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND I DON'T FEEL IT'S LONG ENOUGH. I HOPE, BUT IT'S NOT TOTALLY CLEAR TO ME, WHETHER WE'LL END UP WITH REGULATION OF THE SMALLER AND RESOURCE-DRAINING DOWNTOWNYPE AI DATA CENTERS
THAT DO AND WILL NEED IT. AND NO ONE WANTS O DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORS TO BE GUINEA PIGS IN QUESTIONS ABOUT LIFE AMIDST A CLUSTER OF AI DATA CENTERS. A CHOICE RESIDENTS DIDN'T GET TO MAKE FOR THEMSELVES. SO, AGAIN, I DO APPRECIATE WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US.
BUT, FOR ME, THIS MORATORIUMIN G TRAILS. BUT THE STUDY GROUP COULD BE GREAT. WE HAVE A REAL CHANCE TO LEAD AND SET AN EXAMPLEOR THE STATE AND THE COUNTRY.
EVERY MINNESOTA DATA CENTER MORATORIUM SO FAR HAS PROPOSED A STUDY GROUP AND NOT ONE YET HAS INCLUDED EVERYDAY RESIDENTS, ADE FROM PLANNING COMMISSIONERS. TO PARTICIPATE AS IF THE
VOICES OF EVERYDAY CITIZENS REALLY MATTERE SO TSE MORATORIA DON'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF AUTHORITY TAKEN-TILE -- AUTHORITARIAN-MIGHT MIGHT MAKES RISE AI DATA CENTER DECISION MAKING THAT. LET'S SHOWHE COUNTRY HOW TO
FIX THAT BY GIVING EVERYDAY MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENTS REALREPREY GROUP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT PERSON IS ROSS L.
GOOD AFTERNOON, Mr. CHAIR, COMMITTEE MEMBERS, I'M ROSS LEXHOLD, I'M THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS DIRECTOR FOR XCEL ERGY. WE'VE LONG PARTNERED WITH THE STEVE MINNEAPOLIS ON OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING RESPONSIBLE, ECONOMIC GWTH AND JOB CREATION TO THE AREA, WHILE ENSURING THE RESIDENTS ANDUSINESSES ALREADY HEAR
HAVE -- ALREADY HERE HAVE ACCESS TO SAFE, RELIABLE, AND AFFORDABLE ENERGY. WE KNOW PEOPLE ARE WONDERING IF THERE'S ENOUGH ENERGY TO GO AROUND AND WHETHER DATA CENTERS WILL DRIVE UP COSTS FOR EVERYONE ELSE. ALONG WITH STATE REGULATORS, WE HAVE WORKED HARD TO ENSURE DATA CENTERS PAY FOR ALL OF THE POWER LINES, SUBSTATIONS,
AND OER UPGRADES NEEDED TO SEE THEM. ADDING LARGE CUSTOMERS TO THE GRID OFTEN ALLOWS US TO SPREAD FIXED MAINTENANCE COSTS ACROSS A LARGER NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS, POTENTIALLY LOWERING CUSTOMERS' BILL. DATA CENTERS IN MINNEAPOLIS
WOULD LIKELY BE 20 TO 50 MEGAWATTS IN SIZE, SMALLER THAN THE PROJECTS YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT RECENTLY IN THE STATE. WE HAVE BOTH THE CAPACITY AND THE EXPERIENCE NEEDED TO BRING CUSTOMERS OF THAT SIZE ON TO THE GRID WITHOUT DISRUPTING SERVICE FOR OTHERS. PLAYS CONSIDER US A RESOURCE FOR ANY QUESTIONS GOING FORWARD.
THANK YOU. >>HANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE DAN McCALAN. WELCOME, SIR. >> THANK YOU, Mr. CHAIR AND
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. DAN McCONNELL. EVERYDAY MINNESOTA -- MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENT IN WARD 12. YOU GOT MY LETTER, I'M ASSUMING AND MY EMAIL AND PROBABLY SAW THE OP ED THAT I DID IN THE "STAR TRIBUNE." I ALSO SHARED THE RESOLUTION THAT PASSED AT THE AFL-CIO,
COINCIDENTALLY, LAST WEEK, DELEGATES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY WERE HERE TALKING ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A FRAMEWORK TH I THINK ADDRESSES MA OF THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED. NOTABLY DID NOT ENDOR MORATORIUM. AS PART OF THAT FRAMEWORK. ALSO, AS BEEN MENTIONED, THE
LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK WAS PASSED WITH THE STATE LEGISLATURE, ADDRESSES THE ENVIRONMENTAL RATEPAYER IMPACTS AS XCEL ALSO TESTIFIED TO. ALSO TOOK TIME TO CHECK IN WITH PUBLIC WOR AROUND WATER USAGE AND HOW THAT WORKS, SIMILAR TO WHAT XCEL SAID IF
WE RUN THE SYSTEM AT CAPACIT MORE WATER THAT'S USED, THE LESS EVERYBODY PAYS FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THOSE UPGRADES, THOSE CAPITAL COSTS, SO I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN AROUND WATER USAGE, BUT I DON'T THINK THE EXISTING
WATER -- THE EXISTING DATA CENTERS WE HAVE IN THE CITY, SLEEP NUMBER WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYBODY COMPLAIN ABOUT ANY IMPACTS FROM THAT DATA CENTER. I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE A HYPER-SCALE DATA CENTER IN THE CITY. WE JUST SIMPLY DON'T HAVE THE OPEN SPACE OR THE LAND TO DOTHA. AND I THINK SOME OF THE
ARGUMENTS THAT I'VE HEARD ARE EITHER WORST CASE, AT BEST, OR ALARST AT WORST. SO, IN SUM, WE WOULD OPPOSE THE MORATORIUM. WOULD LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH Y GUYS T DEVELOP A FRAMEWORK THAT ADDRESSES ALL THE CONCERNS THAT EVERYONE HAS RAISED AND ARE IDENTIFIED IN
THE AFL-CIO RESOLUTION AND HOPE THAT WE CAN SERVE AS A RESOURCE AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT IS L.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS LESLIE MENSCH. AND I'M A PROFESSOR OF STATISTICS AND DATA SCIENCE. CONTRARY TO THE ARGUMENTS FOR DATA CENTER
ARGUMENT, DATA CENTERS ARE CONSIDERED A FINANCIAL RISK AI TECHNOLOGIES AND THUS THE DATA CENTERS THAT SUPPORT THEM A A FINANCIAL BUBBLE WAITING TO BURST. ONE KEY PART IS UNCERTAINTY IN AI'S LONG-TERM
BUSINESS MODEL. AN M.I.T. STUDY FOUND THAT -- THIS IS NOT THE MARK-UP INNDUSTRY THAT WE SHOULD BE CURRENTLY INVESTING IN. ALSO JEOPARDIZES THE
STABILITY OF KEY SAFETY NETS, INSURANCE POLICIES. A MORATORIUM GIVES THE CHANCE TO LOOK ATHE FULL COMPLETE FINANCIAL PICTURE TO UNDERSTAND THE RISKS. IT IS WELL KNOWN -- DATA CENTERS HAVE
CAUSED DIRTY FUEL SOURCES TRIMMING OPERATIONAL, AND THIS THREATENS OURLEAN ENERGY GOALS. BY CONTINUING OUR DEPENDENCE ON COAL, O AND GAS, WASTE INCINERATION AND WOODY
MASS, THEY TEND TO BE LOCATED IN MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. IF THE INTENT IS TO REVITALIZE DOWNTOWN, WHY NOT BLD GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE FOUNDATIONS OF A CLIMATE
RESILIENT CITY THAT CREATES GREEN JOBS. A JUST FUTURE LIKE THIS INTO BEING. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT
PERSONS LEE SAMUELSON. WELCOME. >> CHAIR OSMAN, MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE, I WATCHED YOUR MAY 21ST DISCUSSION AND THIS SOUNDS LIKE A PRAGMATIC COMPROMISE TO ME AND GIVES US TIME T CONSIDER THAUFL ZONING. IT IS A SMART THING TO CONSIDER IMPLICATIONS BEFORE WE SAY YES. IT'S A CATCH 22 IF MORE
FRANCHISE FEE CLIMATE EQUITY DOLLARS WOULD COME AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR WATER RESOURCES AND CARBON REDUCTION. SO I WILL BRING UP BEYONCÉ TO DATA CENTER WHICH STANDS FOR BRING YOUR OWN
CLEAN ENERGY. IT'S NOT JUST FOR THE MINNEAPOLIS CLEAN ENERGY PARTNERSHIP HAS A GEL OF 100% RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY BY 2030. BEHIND ON FIVE OF SEVEN GOALS.
SO THE PARTNERSHIP WHICH MAYOR FREY CHAIRS OWES US A THOROUGH PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON THIS, AND THAT INCLUDES SENDING WASTE HEAT INTO DATA CENTER INTO THERMAL NETWORKS SO THAT OTHER BUILDINGS COULD USE IT AND TO STOP N URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT. ALSO,
HOW DO W MANAGE PEAK LOAD WHEN THE GRID IS AT PACITY. I KNOW THE PIC HAS -- BECOMINGUST ANOTHER ONE FOR MONOPOLY TO --
BUT WITHOME DATA CENTERS INCLUDED IN THE -- REPLACING THE CPU COMPONENTS CANNOT BE USED FOR JUSTIFICATION FOR MINING IN THE BOUNDARY WATERS. SO OVERALL,
BECAUSE TECH MONOPOLIES HAVE PARALLELS WITH INVESTOR-OWNED UTILITIES IN TERMS OF GETTING PUBLIC HANDOUTS AND RECEIVING DEALS OF PUBLIC OVERSIGHT THROUGHOUT MANY MUNICIPALITIES, THIS LOOKS LIKE A WISE STEP TO METHANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. I'M GOING TO MTION THE NEXT FIVE PEOPLE THAT ARE NEXT TO SPEAK IS ERICA CRAZYHAWK, MIA HART, JAY
LEIBERMAN, HANNAH AND JOE FOWLER. THOSE ARE THE NEXT. NOW I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNI ERICA HAWK. I BELIEVE THEY ARE WALKING
FROM THE OVERFLOW ROOM. ALL
RIGHT. ERICA CRAZY HAWK, MIA HART, AND JAY LEIBERMAN. IF YOU ARE IN THE BUILDING, PLEASE COME
SPEAK. HELLO. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> HI. HI, MY NAME ISSMAMARIA
HART. I LIVE IN THE MARCY HOMES NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE CHANCE TO SPEAK HERE, AND FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF MINNEAPOLIS. I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE SIERRA CLUB NORTH STAR CHAPTER WHERE I'M A VOLUNTR. THE SIERRA CLUB
IS THE OLDEST AND LARGEST GRASSROOTS ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP. I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF OUR 10,000 MEMBERS AND 50,000 MINNESOTANS TO ASK YOU TO PROTECT US FROM DATA CENTERS BOTH IN MINNEAPOLIS AND AT THE
STATE LEVEL. AS YOU KNOW TECH BILLIONAIRES ARE TRYING TO BUILD GIANT DATA CENTERS WHICH IS POORLY REGULATED COULD POLLUTE OUR WATER, DRAIN AQUIFERS, INCREASE CLIMATE EMISSIONS, RAISE BILLS, SUBJECT TO AIR,
NOISE AND LIGHT POLLUTION, STRAIN THE STATE BUDGET AND FORCE CUTS TO SERVICES PEOPLE RELY ON. SIERRA CLUB AND ALLIES ARE WORKING TO PASS THE NEEDED STATEWIDE LEGISLATION REGULATING THESE BEHEMOTHS. WE MADE
PROGRESS LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, AND PUBLI PRESSURE IS MOUNTING FOR CHANGE NEXT SESSION. WE KNOW PUSHING BACK LOCALLY HELPS PAVE THE WAYOR ESNTIAL STATEWIDE SAFEGUDS. BUT MEANWHILE, THE TECH BROS ARE
CLOSING IN. COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY HAS PROPOSED SIX-MONTH PAUSE ON DATA CENTERS ON MINNEAPOLIS EXEMPTING SOME DOWNTOWN DATA CENTERS. THIS WILL ALLOW THE CITY SOME TIME TO CREATE THE RULES TO PROTECT MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENTS FROM THE
RISKS OF DATA CENTERS. WE AREN'T SAYING NO TO DATA CENTERS ANYWHERE. IT MAYE THAT SOME MAKE SENSE IN SOME PARTS OF THE CITY. BUT RIGHT NOW, MINNEAPOLIS DOES NOT HAVE THE PROPER RULES IN PLACE. WITHOUT REGULATIONS,
MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENTS ARE AT RISK. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT THE SIERRA CLUB WITH ANY QUESTIONS, AND THANK Y FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. NEXT IS ERICA CRAZY
HAWK, JAY LEIBERMAN, HANNAH AND JOE FOWLER. PLEASE WALK TOWARDS THE CHAMR SO YOU CAN HAVE YOUR -- >> SO I'M ALSO HEARING, COUNCIL MEMBER, FROM A STAFF THAT THE
TESTIFIERS OUT THERE ARE HAVING A HARD TIME HEARING THE AUDIO. SO MY STAFF IS PLAYING IT FOR THEM WITH HER PHONE SO THEY'RE NOT ABL TO HEAR THEIR NAMES, SOME OF THEM. JUST FYI. BUT I DO SEE JAY LEIBERMAN IS HERE. HE'S FIRST.
>> YES, PLEASE COME ON IN. IF YOU'RE NAME ARE CALLED, PLEASE JUST COME THIS WAY. WE HAVE A PLACE FOR YOU TO STAND. THANKS. WELCOME. >> THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN OSMAN AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF CREATING REGULATIONS FOR LARGE
DATA CENTERS. MY NAME'S JAY LEIBERMAN, I LIVE IN WARD 12 AND I'M A MEMBER OF UNIDOS. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE NEED FOR REGU MY LAST JOB I LED A
CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENTEAM THAT WORKEDLOSELY WITH THE HARDWARE TEAMS IN OUR DATA CENTERS. WE WATCHED FROM A DISTANCE. THEY WOULDN'T LET US IN TO THE DATA CENTERS. AS HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE SYSTEMS WENT THROUGH MAJOR CHANGES THAT CAUSED THE GROH FROM ONE TO THREE DATA CENTERS ON THE
PROPERTY. I SEE TWO REASONS THAT LARGE DATA CENTERS MUST BE REGULATED.:IRST, SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE TECHNOLOGY IS ALWAYS CHANGING.HE SPACE, POWER AND COOLING REQUIREMENTS OF A NEW DATA CENTER LAID OUT IN A PRESS RELEASE WILL DEFINITELY CHANGE OVER THE COURSE OF A FEW ARS.
AS COMPANIES UPGRADE TO MORE POWERFUL SOFTWARE AND REPLACE SYSTEMS THAT OBSOLETE. THIS IS PARTICULARLY TRUE FOR COMPANIES DOING AI AT ANY SCALE AND HYPERG BILLIONS ON CHIPS THAT WILL NEED
TO BE REPLACED FOR MORE POWERFUL CHIP SETS FOR COMPETITIVE REASONS IN JUST A FEW YEARS. CH REQUIREMENTS AND POTENTIALLY CAUSING THEM EVEN TO ABANDON DATA CENTERS BECAUSE OF THE COST OF THE UPGRADE. SECOND, IN THE CURRENT CLIMATE AND TECH, A
LOCAL COMPANY THAT BUILDS A REASONABLY SIZED DATA CENTER MAY BE REQUIRED -- NO RESTRAINTS ON WHAT THEY WANT TO BUILD IF THERE IS N REGULATION. THE PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO BUILD REGULATIONS THAT PROTECTUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
TESTIMONY. AGAIN, I'M GOING TO -- OH, ARE YOU -- DID I CALL YOUR NAME, SIR? >> I'M ONE OF THE FIVE. I WAS JUST THE LAST OF THE FIVE. >> WHAT'S YOUR NAME? >> JOE FOWLER. >> JOE, PLEASE COME ON IN.
>> CHAIR OSMAN, THANK YOU, COMMITTEE MEMBERS, MY NAME IS JOEL FOWLER. I'M THE BUSINESS MANAGER AND WE ARE HEADQUARTERED RIGHT HERE ON 6th STREET ON THE SIDE OFHE STADIUM. IN MY
PREVIOUS ROLE, I ALSO WAS A PROJEC MANAGER AND ESTIMATOR FOR A FAIRLY LARGE NERAL, DUSTAL AND HEAVY MECHANICAL CONTRACTOR. AND I'M VERY AWARE WITH OUR AFFILIATES AND THE SKILL TRADESMEN AND WOMEN OF THE CONSTRUCTI TRADES THAT WE HAVE
THE ABILITY TO EITHER BUILD NEW OR RETROFIT EXISTING -- SLEEP NUMBER BEING THE CASE -- INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE EFFICIENT, PRODUCTIVE AND BUILT SAFE. WE HAVE EXISTING REGULATIONS AT A STATE LEVEL THAT WERE ACHIED DURI THE LAST SESSION THAT
ADDRESS A LOT OFHE CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT FORWARD WITH THIS MORATORIUM THAT I'M IN OPPOSITION OF. AND THA INCLUDES THE WATER USAGE OF THE APPROPRIATE TYPE OF DATA CENTER WATER USAGE HERE. IF IT IS A CLOSE LOOP SYSTEM UTILIZING THE
OUTSIDE AIR AND THE COLD WEATHER TEMPERATURES THAT WE HAVE HERE SHOULD ARGUABLY USE LESS THAN A GOLF COURSE DOES AND WE AREN'T HERE PUTTING MORATORIUMS ON GOLF COURSES. THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS DOEST GENERALLY HAVE THE LARGE
ACREAGE NEEDED. WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ISN'T JUST AI CENTERS. EVERYONE HERE HAS A PHONE THAT USES CLOUD COMPUTATION STORAGE OR PROGRAMS THAT USES STORAGE. WE ARE ALL USING DATA CENTERS. THEY AREN'T
ALL TOWARDS AI. FROM OUR SIDE, I KNOW WE CAN BUILD IT SAFE. I KNOW WE CAN BUILD IT WHERE IT'S NOT GOING TO INCREASE THE POWER, COST FOR YOUR RESIDENTS HERE IN THE CITY AS IN THE REGULATIONS THAT WERE PUT THERE REQUIRES
CLEAN ENERGY. THEY PAY FOR THE POWER UPGRADES THAT SHOD NOT OR WOULD NOT HAVE AN INCREASE IN THE COST FOR POWER PURCHASING FOR OUR RESIDENTS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. IF I CALL >> JUST POINT OF ORDER REALLY QUICK, CHAIR. THERE ARE JUST
SEVERAL SEATS THAT ARE OPEN HERE AND IF IT IS POSSIBLE FOR SOME OF THE TESTIFIERS TO FILL THE OPEN SEATS. IF WE CAN PASS THAT ON, SECURITY, TO SEE IF WE CAN FILL IT OVER THERE. THANK YOU. >> YES, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> HI, MY NAME IS HANNAH. IIVE
DOWNTOWN AND A RESIDENT OF WARD 7. I'VE WORKED IN THE TECH INDUSTRY FOR ALMOST A DECADE BUILDING FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. AS THE INDUSTRY HAS SHIFTED TO FOCUS ON
GENERAL AI, HOWY WORK AND WHAT THEY DEMAND OF PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERHAVE NOW FRAMED THE OPPOSITION TO UNREGULATED DATA CENTER DEVELOPNT AS MISINFORMATION, BASELESS FEARS.
I HEAR THE ARGUMEN FOR REVENUE GROWTHND I HEAR THE ARGUMENTS FOR TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION JOBS. BUT I WANT MY NEIGHBORHOOD TO GROW IN WAYS THAT BENEFIT MY COMMUNITY AND NOT JUST WEALTHY INVESTORS. I'M NOT WILLING TO RISK OUR AIR QUALITY, WATER. I
ALSO SHARE CNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ'S CONCERNS ABOUT SURVEILLCE. EXPANDING DATA CENTER CAPACITY FEEDS AITOOLS. ICE TO MONITOR, PROFILE AND DEPORT OUR NEIGHBS. WHEN I CONTACTED COUNCIL MEMBER
SHAFFER, WHO REPRESENTS ME, THE REPLY I RECEIVED SPENT SEVEN PARAGRAPHS. BLOOMBERG.com FEATURE ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE AND
A MINNESOTA POST ARTICLE.- AN INDICATOR THAT WE ARE UNPREPARED TO SUPPORT THE GROWTH BEING DEMANDED BY AI. -- WE DON'T HAVE THE TOOLS YET AND NOW IS THE TIME TO DEFINE THEM. THANK YOU SO MUCHOR LISTENING.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. NEXT FE PEOPLE ARE WALT HANSEN, JOE HESLA, BONNIE
BECO. AND DOC G. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. MY NAME IS WALT HANSEN, I'M A MEMBER OF THE SIERRA CLUB. D I SPEAKING IN SUPPORT VERY MUCH OF THE MORATORIUM.UT ALSO
TO ADDRESS ITS INADEQUACIES. AND THEREFORE, I WOULD LIKE TO ALERT THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC TO THE MAGNITUDE OF THE RISKS OF THIS MODEST PROPOSAL. DATA
CENTERS AND AI, AI IS AN ARTIFICIAL INFLATION OF THE STOCK MARKET TO DEFCT ATTENTION AND CAPITAL FROM OUR ONGOING ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL FAILURES. AND TO FACILITATE VAST
SPECULATIVE GAINS TO A FEW RIGHT AWAY A LOT OF ACTION FROM THIS PROPOSAL. AND YES, FURTHER CONCENTRATION OF WEALTH, PERHAPS MASSIVE JOB LOSS, ENVIRMENTAL DESTRUCTIO HEALTH CONCERNS, INFRASTRUCTURE OVERBUILD, POWER
AND WATER SCARCITYY DISRUPTION. AND INDEED, INCREASE DATA COLLECTI AND SURVEILLANCE OF CITIZENS LEADING DIRECTLY TO AN INCREASED THREAT TO FURTHER DISMANTLING OF OUR DEMOCRATIC
INSTITUTIONS. MDA, ANYONE? YES. IN THIS PROPOSAL, WHAT ARE THE UNSPOKEN AND UNDEMONSTRATED BENEFITS AND COSTS? YES, I PROMISE YOU PIE IN THEKY OR
MAYBE JUST IN THE CLOUDS. WHO ASSUMES THE COST AND WHO ASSUMES THE RISKS? AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT, ANY CORPORATION MAY HAVE DECLAR BANKRUPTCY FIVE MINUTES
AGO. AND HAS ALREADY WALKED AWAY. IN A PROPERLY FUNCTIONING DEMOCRACY, THIS MAJOR POLICY DECISION WOULD BE FAIRLY DESCRIBED TO EVERYONE AND ONLY PROCEED WITH MASSIVE PUBLIC SUPPORT. THANK YOU. >> THANK Y.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> I JUST WANTED TOAKE A REQUEST TO THE AUDIENCE THAT'S HERE. IF YOU HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN AND YOU ARE ABLE TO GIVE YOUR SEAT UP TO OTHER TESTIFIERS WHO
HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK YET, WE JUST ARE AT CAPACITY AND THERE'S A NUMBER OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE WISHING TO GET IN. THK YOU SO MUCH. >> ALL RIGHT. WONDERFUL. IS JOE HESLA HERE? JOE HLA. JOE.
YEAH. COME ON IN. >> OKAY. CHAIR OSMAN, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS JOE HESLA. I LIVE IN THE 9TH WARD. I DON'T KNOW WHY WE DON'T MAKE THIS 100 YEAR MORATORIUM. I DON'T KNOW
WHAT THERE IS TO STUDY. HOPE WE AREN'T BACKERE IN FE YEARS BECAUSE SOMEONE FOUND A PATHWAY TO INVADE OUR CITY. THE PARALLELS I THINK PARALLEL
THE -- THE HERC INCINERATOR USES 200 MILLION GALLONS OF YEAR. ONE INCINERATOR CAN USE UP TO 1 BILLION GALLONS OF WAR. DISPROPORTIONATELY BLACK,
INGENOUS, AND COMMUNITIES OF LO THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN BURDENED TO MEET THE DEMANDS THEY HAVE TO KEEP THE COAL PLANTS OPEN ORO A NUCLEAR ENERGY TO MAKE THESE PLANTS WORK. AND THAT DRIVES OUR
UTILITY BILLS. I THINK BESIDES PRECIOUS WATER AND OUR POWER. IU LIVE NEAR A CONSTANT HUMMING AND
MBLING. THE DATA CENTERS ARE A MONSTER CASTING A LONG SHADOW. WE FOUGHT OFF OPERATION METRO SURGE, AND WE'RE GOING TO BEAT THIS NOW OR LATER. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES. WELCOME, PLEASE. >> HELLO, MY NAME IS BONNIE
BECKEL. AND I LIVE IN WARD 9. AND I'M A VOLUNTEER WITH UNIDOS MINNESOTA. SO DATA CENTER ARE THE OPPOSITE OF RESPONDING RATIONALLY TO THE CLIMATE CRISIS. INSTEAD OF SCALING UP
CLEAN ENERGY, DATA CENTERS CONSUME ENERGY AT EXTREMELY HIGH LEVELS. THE RESULT WILL BE RADICALLY INCREASED DEMANDS FOR ENER, WHICH WILL LEAD TO INCREASED UTILITY COSTS FOR FAMILIES AND GREATLY INCREASED
CARBON POLLUTION. SO XCEL TELLS US THAT IS NOT THE CASE. THAT THE INFORMATION I HAVE IS THAT XCEL DOES NOTAVE THE CAPACITY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THESE
EXPANDING DATA CENTERS. AND IF THEY WANT TO EXPAND TO MEET THAT NEED, THEY'LL HAVE TO BUILD GAS POWERED POWER PLANTS, WHICH IS THE OPPOSITE OF THE CLEAN ENERGY
TRANSITION THAT WE NEED. SO THE RECENT MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY STUDY SAID THAT A DELAYED RESPOE TO THE CLIMATE CRISIS WL LEAD TO A COST OF $20 BILLION A YEAR FOR
MINNESOTANS ADDRESS THE IMPACTS THAT ARE THE RESULT OF OUR DAMAGED CLIMAT THAT'S IF WE DON'T ADDRESS IT IN THE GENT WAY THAT THE CRIS WE'RE FACING DEMANDS. SO IF WE DO STEP
UP TO THE MOMENT WE'RE FACING, IT WOULD STILL COST MINNESOTANS TWO TO $3 BILLION A YEAR. BUT THAT'S A FRACTION OF NOT REONDING IN THIS MOMENT. SO DATA CENTERS' CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY IS THE OPPOSITE OF A
FISCAL AND CLIMATE AWARE RESPONSE TO THE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS THAT WE'RE FACING. SO SETTING BOUNDARIES ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF DATA CENTERS IS ESSENTIAL, INCLUDING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDIES OF EVERYONE. THANK YOU.
>> THANKOU SO MUCH. NEXT NAME, PERSON IS DOUG G. WELCOME, SIR. >> THANK YOU. I'M A MEMBER OF THE ZERO BURN COALITION AND A RESIDENT OF WARD 9, AND I'M
SUPPORTING THE MORATORIUM. ALTHOUGH I DO WISH IT WENT FURTHER. AS A FORMER REGULATORY SCIENTIST WITH USEPA, WITHOUT REITERATING THE MANY
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ON WATER AND ENERGY THAT OTHERS HAVE BROUGH UP IN WHICH I DEFINITELY SUPPORT. THE IDEA THAT THESE NEW TECHNOLOGIES ARE GOING TO COME IN WITHOUT SUBSTANTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACTS ON THE COMMUNITY IS
RIDICULOUS. A MORATORIUM JUST GIVES US TIME TO STUDY THIS RATIONALLY INSTEAD OF RUSHING INTO IT WHEN WE ARE UNPREPARED. I'DIKE TO JUST MAKE A COUPLE POINTS. BEYOND THE ENVIRONMENTAL POINTS BECAUSE I THINK THEY'VE
BEEN WELL DISCUSSED. PAU KRUGMAN, NOBEL PRIZE ECONOMIST CHARACTERIZES THE AI DATA CENTER BOOM AS A PONZI SCHEME. CONSIDER THAT. WHO IS GOING TO BE HOLDING THE BAG WHEN THESE HEAVILY OVERVALUED TECHNOLOGIES THAT
OTHERS HAVE POINTED OUT ARE NOT MAKING A PROFIT IF THEY COLLAPSE. ARE YOU GOING TO? ARE WE GOING TO? THE PEOPLE THAT RUN -- THE OLIGARCHS THAT RUN THESE TECHNOLOGIES ARE NOT BACKERS OF UNIONS. ELON MUSK,
JEFF BEZOS AND OTHERS HEAVILY OPPOSE UNIONIZATION. WE'LL GET A FEW JOBS, WELL-PAYING JOBS, THAT'S GREAT. BUT AT THE EXPENSE OF THE LONGER TERM ECONOMIC PROGRESS OF OUR COMMUNITY. I'D ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE WAY THESE COMPANIES OPERATE, IT'S PART OF THEIR BUSINESS PLAN
IS BASED ON EXTERNALITIES. THEIR WHOLE PURPOSE IS TO LIMIT COSTS AND MAXIZE PROFITS. THEY DO THAT BY LIMITING LABOR. BY DO THAT BY DUMPING IN OUR ENVIRONMENT WHEREVER THEY CAN TO T COSTS. THINK OF 3M. THEY
ASSURED US THAT PFAS WERE HARMLESS. THEY KNEW FOR 20 YEARS THEY WEREN'T. >> THANK Y, SIR. >> YES, LET'S STUDY THIS AND LET'S MAKE SURE THAT IF ANY OF THESE CENTERS EVER GO IN, THEY ACTUALLY BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY. THANYOU. >> RIGHT. NEXT PERSON IS
ELIZABETH HARR >> HELLO, CHAIRMAN OSMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. YOU HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A REALLY LONG
TIME, AND WE ALL HE BEEN LISTENING TO IMPORTANT COMMENTARY ON IMPORTANT THINGS. I WOULD SAY THAT THIS COMMENTARY IS SORT OF BEYOND IMPORTANT. SORT OF META IMPORTANT. I'M
SPEAKING AS A RESIDENT OF SOUTHEAST MINNEAPOLIS, IN COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY'S DISTRICT. THANK YOUOR DOING THIS. I'M SPEAKING AS A HOMEOWNER. MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE
OWNED A HOME THERE FOR OVER5 YEARS. I'M SPEAKING AS A FORMER PRESIDENT OR FORMER PROFESSOR OF HISTORY. SO IT'S BEEN MY JOB TO LOOK AT THINGS IN THE LONG TERM,
IN THE BIG PICTUREY WHOLE LIFE. I'M ALSO SPEAKING AS A HUGE SUPPORTER OF UNIONS. HUG SUPPORTER OF UNIONS. AND I'M NOT ANTI-BUSINESS. BUT I'LL SAY THIS, ONE OF THESE GENTLEMEN WHO CAME UP IN SUPPORT OF UNIONOBS
AND SO ON, TALKED ABOUT THAT WE SHOULDN'T TRY TO GET RID OF RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. I AGREE. THIS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. I THINK VIEWING,
OH, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN OR WHAT COULD HAPPEN, MINNEAPOLIS DOESN'T HAVE THE ROOMOR HYPER SCALE SO WE SHOULDN'T WORRY AND WE HAVE ALL THE STUFF IN PLACE TO REGULATE IS NAIVE IN THE EXTREME. IN THE EXTREME. A I
REALLY, REALLY HOPE GOING FORWARD, I WISH THIS MORATORIUM MAYBE NOT 100 YEARS, BUT I SUR WISH IT HAD BEEN A YEAR AT LEAST. OKAY. BECAUSE TELL YOU WHAT, IF YOU REALLY WANT A DATA CENTER, WHY NOT BUILD IT ACROSS
FROM YOUR HOUSE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT FIVE PEOPLE ARE KEVIN, JOSH, ANDREAS
A. YEAH. I'M GOING T LEAVE IT THERE. YEAH, GO AHEAD, PLEASE. PRENIS. PLEASURE TO BE HERE. APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL TAKING THE TIME. I'M GLAD WRE HAVING
THIS CONVERSATION WHICH I THINK IS AN IMPORTANT ONE. I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY AND OTHERS WHO ARE PART OF THIS EDUCATE ALL OF OURSELVES ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS FOR OUR COMMUNITY, WHAT IT COULD MEAN.
IT'S ALSO GREAT TO SEE UNIDOS HERE. I THINK WE SHARE A LOT OF THE SAME VALUE AND OBJECTIVES INCLUDING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CREATING HIGH UNION JOBS. WORKING TO ADVANCE CLIMATE PROGSS. WE THINK AS THE COUNCIL DOES THIS INVESTIGATION,
WHAT WE'RE GOING TOIND IS THAT THE KIND OF DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT THAT IS PROPOSED AND HAPPENG IN MINNEAPOLIS IS ENTIRELY CONSISTENT WITHHOSE GOALS AND THE GOALS OF THE CITY. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT WE REGULATE BASED ON IMPACTS. WE DON'T REGULATE BASED ON LABELS. THAT'S WHY WE
DON'T HAVE A PERMITTING PROCESS FOR BUILDING USE, INSTEAD BASED ON IMPACTS. WATER USE, LANDUSE, LIGHT, NOISE, TRAFFIC AND AIR POUTION, THOSE ARE THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS. OSE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE ACTUAL IMPACTS THAT WE NEED TO
IMPACT. WHAT'S CALLED A DATA CENTER MATTERS LESS. EVEN THE IMPACTS OF LARGE DATA CENTERS COMPARED TO LAND USES LIKE A DISTRIBUTION CENTER ARE PRETTY MODEST. WIT THE EXCEPTION OF A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY. WITH SMALL INFILL DATA CENTERS, YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT THE EXACT SAME IMPACT THAT THAT COMMERCIAL OFFICE BUILDING WOULD HAVE. SO BASICALLY ZERO NET IMPACTS AS A CONTINUATION OF WHAT WE WERE DOING BEFORE. I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE INVESTIGATION WILLHOW. ONE THING THAT'S HAPPENED IN
MINNESOTA BECAUSE OF OUR LAW IS UTILITIEARE REQUIRING TAKE OR PAY CONTRACTS. ANY NEW CONTRACTS ARANTEEING THAT WE GET PAID BACK REGARDLESS. THI IS A FULFILLMENT OF 100% COMMITMENT THAT WE WOULD BRING NEW
BUSINESS. THAT'S WHAT TS REPRESENTS. >> AND IF YOU DIDN'T FINISH YOUR COMMENTS ANDF YOU HAVE THEM WRITTEN, YOU CAN SUBMIT IT TO THE PUBLIC RECORD FOR US TO VIEW. >> NEXT PERSON IS JOSH GAYE.
>> HEY. JOSH, HE/HIM, WARD 3 ONE MOMENT, PLEASE. >> SURE. >> ALL RIGHT. I'VE NEVER HEARD SOMEONE WHO WASN'T PROFITING OFF
OF DATA CENTERS SAY, GOSH, NOW THAT THE CITY HAS A DATA CENTER, IT WILL BE THE PERFECT PLACE TO RAISE A FAMILY. DATA CENTERS ARE TRACTIVE. THEY HOG CITY'S UTILITIES AND RAISE THE COST OF LIVINGOR PEOPLE. THEY'RE
ANTI-HUMAN. IN MANY OTHER CITIES, THE TAX REVENUE HAS NOT OFFSET THE IMPACT TO QUALITY OF LIFE. AND PEOPLE ARE FLEEING FROM THE NOISE, LIGHT, AND POLLUTION AND RAISED PRICES. OPPOSITION TO DATA CENTERS WON'T STOP. MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY
WILL ORGANIZE TO MAKE SURE THIS CITY IS HUMAN-FOCUSE I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A COMMUNITY OUT THERE THAT WANTS DATA CENTERS, BUT I CAN SAY WH EXTREME CERTAINTY THAT THIS ISN'T THE ONE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT
PERSON IS ANDREAS A. WELCOME. >> HI. MY NAME IS ANDREAS ALVAREZ. I'M AN ORGIZER WITH UNIDOS MINNESOTA. WE'VE WORKED
CLOSELY WITH YOU ALL TO DECARBONIZE. WE ARE FACING ANOTHER THREAT TO PUBLIC RESOURCES AND GOODS AND WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SET A STANDARD FOR DEVELOPMENT FOR THE FURE. I URGE YOU TO HEARHE VOICES OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS WHO WILL HAVE T DEAL WITH THE
EFFECTS OF DATA CENTERS. DATA CENTERS HAVE PROVEN TO DEVASTATE COMMUNIES AND HAVE FAILED TO BRIN FORTH THE BENEFITS THEY PROMISE WITHOUT INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITIES. WE HAV A
MORATORIUM TO FURTHER -- WE NEED A MORATORIUM TO FURTHER INVESTIGATE THE ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL IMPACTS THESE DATA CENTERS BRING TO OUR RESIDENTS, TO YOUR RESIDENTS. AND IMPROVE THE PROGRESS FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IF WE EVER WANT TO HA MORE DAT CENTERS. YOUR
CONSTITUENTS ARE NOT FOOLED BY THE EMPTY PROMISES THESE DEVELOPERS ARE MAKING USING WORDS LIKE IF, MAY, COULD, CAN. DATA CENTERS ALONE DO NOT BENEFIT THE COMMUNITIES. THE ONLY SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF DATA CENTERS IS IN COMMUNITIES WHERE IT'S COMBINED
WITHNVTMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY. WE NEED A MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTERS AND WE NEED TO PLAN FOR HOW WE ALLOW THEM TO EXIST IN O CITY THROUGH THE VOICES OF THE PUBLIC IMPACTED BY THEM. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M GOING TO STATE THE NEXT FEW PEOPLE. CHRISTINE FROM ZERO BURN COALITION. ADAM DUNNIC.
ARECEL, AND NATASHA VILLAVA. NATASHA V. IF YOU ARE HERE, CHRISTINA, PLEASE. WELCOME.
>> M NAME IS CHRISTINE PAPOUSKI, I'M WITH THE ZERO BURN COALITION. ONE DATA CENTER USES BETWEEN 300,000 AND 5 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER. AS MUCH WATER
AS CITY OF 50,000. WE NEED THAT WATER FOR OURSELVES. A TYPICAL DA CENTER USES AS MUCH ELECTRITY AS 100,000 HOMES. WE NEED THAT ELECTRICITY FOR
OURSELVES. THE INTERSECTION OF WATER CONSUMPTION, ERGY DEMANDS, NOISE, AND LIGHT POLLUTION AMOUNTS TO SUBSTANTIAL
EFFECTS TO COMMUNITIES THAT ARE ALREADY OVER BURDENED. AND THOSE COMMUNITIES ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY BLACK, INDIGENOUS, AND PEOPLE OF COLOR. I READ SOMEWHERE THAT THE NOISE FROM THESE DATA CENTERS CAN BE
EQUIVALENT TO A LAWN MOWER IN YOUR HOME 24 HOURS A DAY. IMAGINE LIVING WITH THAT. FOR THIS REASON, I PROPOSE A ONE-YEAR MORATORIUM ON THESE DATA CENTERS. ANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE]
>> THA YOU. ADAM. WELCOME. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M ADAM. WE'RE IN OUR 70th YEAR AS A DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION.
WE'RE OPPOSED TO THE MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTERS AS WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY COMMUNICATE WITH YOU IN RECENT WEEKS. WE ARE GRATEFUL SO MANY OF YOU TOOK THE TIME TO TOUR OUR DATA CENTER. WHILE WE APPRECIATE, WE REMAIN CONCERNED ABOUT THE CLLING
EFFECT THAT EVEN A PARTIAL OR POTENTIAL MORATORIUM WOULDAVE ON GROWTH, TAX GROWTH. WE SEE DATA CENTERS AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE CITY'S GROWTH AND
EVOLUTION.E BELIEVE THEY OFFER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MINNEAPOLIS TO LEVERAGE ITS EXISTING ASSETS. FROM AN INFRASTRUCTURE STANDPOINT, MNEAPOLIS HAS A UNIQUE ADVANTAGE. WE HAVE THE ELECTRICAL PACITY, DENSE FIBER, AND COLD WEATHER. LOCATING DATA CENTERS HERE WILL
ALLOW US TO EFFICIENTLY UTILIZE THESE SYSTEMS. TS SUPPORTS OUR SHARED COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY AND MINIMIZING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS. DATA CENTERS HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT THEY WILL ALSO INCREASE TAX
BASE. SIGNIFICANT TAX REVENUE WITH MINIMAL DEMAND ON CITY SERVICES. SUPPORTS ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND HELPS STABILIZE LONG-TERM MUNICIPAL FINANCES. UPSIDE EXTENDS BEYOND FACILITIES
THEMSELVES. CRITICAL FRASTRUCRES, ADVANCE AI AND MANUFACTURING. THEIR PRESENCE ALONEEPRESENTS THE CITY'S READINESS TO COMPETE. PROFSIONAL TALENT, AND THE BUSINESS GROWTH THAT WOULD COME ACROSS OUR ENTIRE REGION. DATA
CENTERS CAN ALSO COEXIST WITH AND ENRICH BROADER DEVELOPMENT GOALS. THEY CAN ALSO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PROPERTY OWNERS TO PURSUE ADAPTED REU STRATEGIES SUPPORTED BY THE LIABLE REVENUE OF A GROWING INDUSTRY. THEY ARE NOT THE SOLUTION TO OUR DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL VACANCY AND
DISTRESSED PROPERTY, BUT THEY ARE AN IREDIBLY IMPORTANT TOOL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, ADAM.
>> WE ARE ALMOST DONE WITH OUR PUBLIC HEARING. WE JUST HAVE A FEW MORE LEFT, ANDHE CHAIR WILL CALL THAT OUT. I JUST ASK EVERYONE HERE TO PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL DURING OUR PROCEEDINGS. EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND STATE THEIR OPINIONS AND WE NEED TO BE RESPECTFUL AS YOU WOULD WANT TO
BE REPRESENTED TOO WHEN YOURE SPEAKING. SO BE MINDFUL OF THAT. IF THERE'S ANY DISRESPECT TO TESTIFIERS WHILE THEY'RE SPEAKING, AS PER COUNCIL RULES, WE'LL HAVE TO ASK YOU TO LEAVE. >> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. THAT IS CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. NEXT
PERSON IS ARECELLI. HI. >> HI. I WTED TO THANK THE COMMITTEE FOR THEIR TIME THIS AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ARECELLI. I USE SHE/HER PRONOUNS. I WANTED
TO ECHO CONCERNS ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT HIGHLIGHT THE CONCERNS ON THE IMPACT OF OUR UTILITIES AND THE ENRONMENT. I BELIEVE CITY GOVERNMENT SHOULD MAKE AN ACTIVE DECISION. PERMITTING POWER AND URBAN SPACE TO BE USED FOR. I STRONGLY AGREE WITH THE MORATORIUM ON THE
PERMITTING OF DATA CENTERS FOR A FEW FACTS. FIRST, MINNEAPOLIS IS FACING A HOUSING CRISIS THAT WOULD ONLY BE WORSENED IF WE HAND OVER OUR DENSE URBAN LAND TO DEVELOPMENT OF DATA CENTERS. ON MAY 8TH, 2026, FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HOUSINGFFORDABILITY
GOALS WERE ESTABLISHED IN 2022, THE TWIN CIES REACHED AN ALL NEW MEASURE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCTION, AND BLACK HOMEOWNERSHIP. SHOULDN'T WE MAKE
EVY OPPORTUNITY -- SECONDLY, DATA CENTERS GENERATE MINIMAL JOBS AND FOOT TRAFFIC. OUR STRONGEST NEIGHBOOODS ARE WHERE PEOPLE LIVE AND WK NEAR
SPACES. BY ALLOWING THESE POWER HUNGRY POLLUTING MASSIVE BUILDINGS THAT WOULD EXCLUSIVELY GENERATE PROFI FOR CORPORATIONS -- EFFECTIVE KILLING THE VIBRANCY OF OUR CORRIDORS. FINALLY, THE MYTH
THAT DATA CENTER PROMOTE GROWTH IS JUST THAT, A MYTH. LOUDOUN COUNTY IN VIRGINIA VIRGINIA WAS CITED AS A DATA CENTER SUCCESS STORY IN THESE VERY CHAMBERS. BUT IN REALITY, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR COUNTIES REPORTS THAT THE COUNTY 200 DATA
CENTERS OCCUPY -- FAILURE TO REGULATE EARLY. FINALLY, ENERGY SHORTAGES, RATE HIKES AND T SALE OF OUR PARKS. DATA CENTERS AREN'T FOR MINNEAPOLIS AS IT STANDS. I FULLY SUPPORT THE MORARIUM AS WE CONTINUE TO SEE THE IMPACTS ON DATA CENTERS IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT PERSON IS NATASHA VILLANOVA. >> GOODAFTERNOON. MY NAME IS NATASHA. I LIVE IN THE JORDAN NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE NORTH SIDE LOCATED IN WARD 5. I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF A
DATA CENTER MORATORIUM. GIVEN THAT ONE DATA CENTER ALONE USES 300,000 AND 5 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER DAILY. -- WRE IN A
CLIMATE CRISIS AND WE'RE ON NATIVE LAND WHERE WE MUST RESPECT CITY RIGHTS AND LIFE WAYS RELATED TO WATER. -- NEGATIVELY AFFECTS OUR
SURROU SURROUNDING BIPOC AND WORKING CLASS. FOR EXAMPLE, I SPENT 12 DAYS ON A HUNGER STRIKE TO SHUT DOWN THE HERC, WHICH CONSUMES 500,000 GALLONS OF WATER PER
DA MUCH LIKE A DATA CENTER. IT ALSO POLTES OUR AIR AND OUR LAND GIVENHE TOXIC ASH BYPRODUCTS THAT ARE SURROUNDED BY LANDFILLS AND COMMUNITIES. THE CUMULATIVE IMPACTS OF
POLLUTERS IS UNTENABLE. I ADVOCATE FOR A PERMANENT BAN ON DATA CENTERS I OUR CITY BECAUSE THE IRREVERSIBLE COST OF PEOPLE AND PLANET OUTWEIGHNY FINANCIAL GAIN FROM TAX REVENUE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT PERSON. NEXT THREE PEOPLE ARE STEPHANIE BOOKER, ERIC BUSTATD, AND MICHAEL WALKER.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS STEPHANIE MARIE BOOKER, AND I LIVE A MILE AWAY FROM THE CRASH BURR CALLED HENNEPIN RESOURCE CENTER.
I'M IN COUNCIL MEMBER PEARLL WARREN'S DISTRICT. MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENTS, LIKE ME, FOUGHT TO STOP THE TRASH BURN FROM BEING BUILT BACK IN THE 1980s. BUT AGAINST THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE IT W BUILT ANYWAY. NOW THE
TRASH BURNER HAS THREE DECADES OF -- AND THE MOVE HAS GONE NATIONWIDE. THE TRASH BURN WAS PROPOSED AS A SOLUTION TO WASTE MANAGEMENT CRISIS. NOW AI DATA CENTERS ARE BEING PROPOSED AS A SOLUTION TO THE ECONOMIC
DOWNTURN IN DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS. DESPITE DOCUMENTED ENVIRONMENTALARMS RESPONSIBLE FOR, INCLUDING THE POLLUTION OF -- INCLUDING LHT POLLUTION, NOISE POUTION, WATER
POLLUTION. DISRESPECT AND ALSO BEING PLACED IN BIP RURAL AND POOR COMMUNITIES. INSTEAD OF THE ECONOMIC BOOK, AI DATA CENTERS BEING ALLOWED TO UNRESTRICTED
AND RUN AMOK, WOULD JOIN THE TRASH BURNER HARMING OUR COUNITIES WITH POLLUTION. IT'S TIME TO STOP THESE FALSE SOLUTIONS THAT ARE BASED ON CENTRALIZED, INDUSTRIALIZED
CAPITALIST INSTITUTIONS TO ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMI CRISES. IT'S TIME TO INVEST INTO COMMUNITY BASED, ZERO WASTE SIMS AND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURES THAT CAN BOTH CLEAN OUR COMMUNITIES
AND IMPROVE OUR ECONOMY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. ERIC LESTAT. WELCOME. >> HELLO, COMMUNITY MEMBERS. MY
NAME IS ERIC BOSTETD. I'M A SIDENT OF WARD 2. I WANT TO ECHO CONCERNS FOR JUSTICE CONSIDERATIONS AND HOW DATA CENTERS AND AI ARE SHORT THINNG ECONOMICALLY. I ALSO
THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO BRING IN BROADER CONTEXT, AND THINK ABOUT THE ENTIRE SUPPLY CHAIN FOR THIS TOPIC AND THE ENTE TECH STACK. I HAVE A CHART THAT I WILL SUBMIT TO THE RECORD. BUT YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT FOR DATA
CENTERS TO EXIST, YOU NEED RAW MATERIALS, AND THESE RAW MATERIALS COME FROM MINING, FROM MINES, AND WE KNOW WHATOES INTO THAT. ALL AROUND THE GLOBE, IN THE MOUNTAINS OF IRELAND, IN THE PVINCE IN SOUTH AFRICA,
AND THE SO-CALLED BOUNDARY WATERS, PEOPLE ARE RESISTING THESE MINES FOR THE MINERALS THAT GO INTO DATA CENTERS. IN IRELAND, PEOPLE ARE GETTING DEATH THREATS FOR DEFENDING THEIR LAND. IN SOUTH AFRICA, LAND DEFENDERS HAVE BEEN SHOT AND INJURED. AT LEAST ONE HAS
BEEN KILLED. SO THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE FRONT END OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN. AND THEN W HAVE TO ASK, WHAT IS THIS AI FOR? IT'S ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED THAT IT'S POWERING ICE. IT'S PORING TARGETING SURVEILLANCE.
AND THEN ALSO BEYOND THAT, IT'S POWERING NEW FORMS OF WEAPONRY, AI WEAPONS, DRONES THAT IS PERPETUATING GENOCIDE. SO THE QUTION IS TO EVERYONE IN THE ROOM, WHAT DO WE WANT OUR LABOR
GOING TOWARDS? DO WE WANT TO KEEP PERPETUATING THIS ECONOMY OF DEATH OR DO WE WANT T BUILD AN ECONOMY THAT SUPPORTS LIFE? THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. MICHAEL, WELCOME.
>> CHAIR OSMAN AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS MICHAEL WALKER. I'VE LIVED IN THE LYNNHURST NEIGHBORHOOD IN WARD 13 AND I A RETIRED EDUCATOR AND FORMER UNION MEMBER. DURING THE 2025 CAMPAIGN, MY COUNCIL
MEMBER SAID SHE'S COMMITTED TO ADVOCATING FOR POLICIES, INCLUDING PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. BY ENACTING THIS MORATORIUM, WE CAN DO JUST THAT. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER TO ENSURE ANY DAT
CENTER APPROVED WITN OUR CITY WILL NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACT OUR GOALS. THE RECENT MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY STUDY IS GOING TO COST THE STATE
$20 BILLION. THAT MEANS OUR TAKE FOR MINNEAPOLIS IS GOING TO BE AT LEAST $1 BILLION A YEAR STARTING IN 2040 IF WE DO NOTHING. THIS MORATORIUM IS A THOUGHTFUL, MEASURED, PRAGMATIC APPROACH TO MAKE SURE THE DATA
CENTERS DON'T MAKE THE PROBLEM WORS FOR OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. AND A CHANCE TO ENACT POLICY REGULATIONS THAT COULD BE LEVERAGED TO ASSIST US IN MEETING OUR GOALS, ASAS MENTIONED EARLIER. IT'S ALSO GOING TO PROVIDE BETTER PREDICBILITY OF OUR OUTCOMES,
AS MENTIONED BY DIRECTOR HANSEN DURING HIS SESSION. I URGE YOU ALL TO SPORT THIS AND I URGE MY FELLOW UNION MEMBERS TO CONSIDER LOOKING AT THE NETWORK GEOTHERMAL AS A WAY TO GET MORE UNION JOBS THAT WILL LAST A LOT LONGER. THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT THREE PEOPLE ARE I'M SORRY. COME ON. WHAT'S YOUR NAME? >> HI, MY NAME IS MARIE FRANCHED. I'M A RESIDENT OF WAR
UNIDOS. I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE MORATORIUM ON THE DATA CENTERS. I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED IT MIGHT TAKE MORE THAN SIX MONTHS BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A COMPLEX ISSUE AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE REGULATIONS ARE IN PLACE. I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT POTENTIAL DATA CENTERS MOVING FORWARD
DOWNTOWN. THERE'S A PROPOSAL THAT I'VE HEARD OF WHERE A DEVELOPER WAS CONSIDERING COMMERCIAL-RESIDENTIAL REUSE OF A BUILDING. NOW THEY'RE THINKIN THEY'LL PUT A DATA CENR IN BECAUSE IT'S EASR F THEM AND THEY'LL MAKE MORE MONEY OFF OF
IT. THE RISK OF THE DATA CENTER AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO EXPERIENCE THAT IF THEY GO AHEAD. AND SO CENTERS OF 350,000
SQUARE FEET ARE NOW GOING TO BE ALLOWED TOO AHEAD. AS I THINK CHOWDHURY'S REPORT SHOWED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE USING 50 MEGAWATTS OF POWER. THAT'S AS MUCH POWER THAT COULD POWER 40
TO 55,000 RESIDENCES. WE KNOW TE ENERGY T SUPPLY THIS POWER. SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE USING FOSSIL FUELS, MEANING MORE C02 EMISSIONS. AND THAT'S GOINGO MOVE US FURTHER FROM OUR
2050 ZERO GOAL. I'M CONCERN THAT FOLKS ARE LOOKING AT SHORT-TE PROPERTY TAX GAINS. ONE OF THE OTHER SPEAKERS REFERRED TO THEM AS A WAREHOUSE THAT DOESN'T HAVE TRUCKS. DO WE WANT TO TAKE OUR VALUABLE
DOWNTOWN PROPERTY AND USE IT AS A WAREHOUSE THAT'S NOT GOING TO CREATE JOBS. IT'S NOT CREATING RESIDENCE FOR OUR FOLKS, AND IT'S GOING TO HAVE IMPACTS IN TERMS OF ENERGY, WATER AND NOISE. SO I SUPPORT THE
MORATORIUM, AND I CONTINUE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN WNTOWN. THANK YOU. >> WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT FEW PEOPLE ARE HEATHER,
KENT, JULIA STOLESON, DAVE H., AND YEAH. IF I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME UP. >> HI, MY NAME IS HEATHER HINKLE, AND I'M A RESIDENT OF THE WILLARD-HAY NEIGHBORHOOD IN
MINNESOTA. I'M HERE T SUPPORT THE MORATORIUM, AND I ALSO WANT TO BE CRITICAL OF IT JUST DUE TO THE CAP FOR THOSE EXCEPTIONS. 350,000 SQUARE FEET IS ACTUALLY REALLY BIG AND THAT JT CAN'T FIT DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS. I PUT
TOGETHER SOME COMPARISONS TO HELP CONCEPTUALIZE HOW LARGE THAT IS. IT'S EQU TO LIKE THREE WAL-MART'S, SIX FOOTBALL FIELDS, THREE BASEBALL FIELDS,
26 OLYMPIC-SIZED POOLS. 1,750 TOYOTA PRIUSE I FAIL TO SEE HOW ANXCEPTION CAP FAILS TO STOP ANY EXISTING DEVELOPMENT WNTOWN. SO WHILE I APPRECIATE
THE COUNCIL'S RECOMMENDATION TO ENACT A MORATORIUM, I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO ADJUST THE CRITERIA THAT FALLS INTO THAT.
27 CULVERS IS QUITE LARGE. AND I THINK THAT SHOULD BE REDUCED TO 15,000 SQUARE FEET OF CONTIGUOUS OR NON-CONTIGUOUS DATA CENTERS FACILITIES DOWNTOWN I YOU WANT TO DEVELOP. I'M DEFINITELY A FAN OF MICIOUS COMPLIANCE IN THIS
MANNER BECAUSE IF WE ARE LITED TO SQUARE FOOTAGE TO REGULATE THESE INDURIES, I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES THERE TO ACTUALLY TAKE CTROL MORE OF THATITUATION. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. NEXT PERSON IS KENT.
>> HI, KENT FRITZMEAD, HE HIM. I LIVE IN WARD 2. L THERE FOR OVER 40 YEARS. THANK YOU VER MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, FOR HANGING AROUND THROUGHLL THIS TESTIMONY. I APPRECIATE IT. I'M SURE EVERYBODY ELSE DOES TOO.
THERE'S CLEARLY A NEW GOLD RUSH AFOOT. ONE WHICH HAS REAL COSTS AND MOSTIKELY HIDDEN COSTS. 'S A MATTER OF RECORD THAT DA CENTERS CONSUME ENORMOUS AMOUNTS OF WATER. WHERE DOES
THAT WATER COME FROM AND FOR HOW LONG? DATA CENTERS ALSO CONSUME ENORMOUS AMOUNTS OF ENERGY. IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS, OPINION PIECES FROMHE INDUSTRY HAVE ARGUED THAT WE NEED TO ON NEW POWER PLANTS, NUCLEAR, NATURAL
GAS, AND EVEN GOD FORBID, COAL POWER PLANTS. ALL AT A TIME WHEN THE EARTH AND ITS INHABITANTS ARE SUFFERING RISING TEMPERATURE AND DYING OCEANS AND A BARREN
NATURAL WORLD ON LAND. DATA CENTERS CREATE HUGE AMOUNTS OF HEAT THAT NEED TO BE SHUNTED SOMEWHERE. THE ATMOSPHERE, RIVERS, UNDEROUND WATER. WE'RE BEING ASKED TO SUPPORT INCREASED ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE DOWNTOWN
AREA. AT THE SAME TIME THAT THE COUNTY SAYS THE HERC, DOWNTOWN INCINETOR IS NEEDED BECAUSE HOW ELSE WILL THE DOWNTOWN HAVE ENOUGH HEAT FOR ITS HEATING DISTRICT. THERE'S A
CONTRADICTION HERE. BETTER TO LOOK FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF -- BELOW GROUND EARTH AND WATER. THERE ARE MANY MORE JOBS IN CONSTRUCTION AND OTHERS IN THE
INCIPIENT GEOTHERMAL INDUSTRY. I HOPE MY FRIENDS FROM THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ARE HEARING THIS MESSAGE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBERS. >> THANK YOU. JULIA. >> HELLO. MY NAME IS JULIA, AND
I AM HERE AS A RESIDENT OF WARD 3. I ALSO WORK AT WATER WATCH, WHICH IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL NONPROFIT THAT HAS BEEN ACTIVELY CAMPAIGNING AGAINST DATA CENTERS FOR THE PAST YEAR. SINCE IT'S A NATIONALORGANIZATION, I'VE
BECOME VERY FAMILIAR WITH HOW DATA CENTERS HAVE BEEN AFFECTING COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. I'M A FULL SUPPORTER OF THE MORATORIUM AND BELVE IT IS A CRUCIAL STEP IN OUR FIGHT AGAINST DATAENTERS IN MINNEAPOLIS. THIS RAPID GROWTH OF DATA CENTERS IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTI CRISIS. IT
IS NO COINCIDENCE WHERE DATA CES COUNTRY. AI INFRASTRUCTE IS BEING DPROPORTIONATELY BUILT AROUND COMNITIES OF COLOR. MINNEAPOLIS ALSO HAS A LONG
HISTORY AND LONG LASTING EFFECOG IN RESOURCES AND TIME AND MONEY TOWARDS THESE DATA CENTERS WILL ONLY DEEPEN THE INEQUITY THAT EXISTS HERE. BIG TECH COORATIONS HAVE A RAPID AGENDA. THEY'RE MOVING AS QUICK
AS POSSIBLE TO BUILD WHAT THEY CAN BEFORE COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE A CHANCE TO CATCH UP OR UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON. USING VERY VAGUE UNTHREATENING LANGUAGEO DESCRIBE AI INFRASTRUCTURE TO MAKE IT SEEM
LESS HARMLESS, AND IN SOME CASES EVEN ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY. THIS IS ALL TENTIONAL. THERE IS NO TRANSPARENCY. THE HIDE BEHIND PROMISES. BUT THERE IS A COST ONCE THESE DATA CENTERS ARE BUILT. AND BIG TECH CORPORATIONS
WILL NOT BE PAYING FOR IT, AND MINNEAPOS RESIDENTS WILL BE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT PERSON IS DAVE HOLZER. HE LEFT? OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THE LAST
PERSON THAT'S SIGNED UP, CAN'T READ THE NAME. HENOS, WARD 4. HI. WELCOME. >> HELLO. MY NAME IS HENOS
YONAS. I AM FROM WARD 4 AND A VOLUNTEER WITH UNIDOS. I'M A CONSTITUENT WITHIN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND I DO NOT LIKE THE IDEA OF MY CITY HOUSING JOB STEALING MACHINES THAT ALSO TAKE OUR ELECTRICITY AND WATER FROM
MY COMMUNITIES. MINNEAPIS HAS SEEN ENOUGH TARGETED HARM TOWARDS MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES AND EIRONMENTS THOSE COMMUNITIES IABIT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF THIS MORATORIUM WILL NOT PASS. MORE INEQUITY AND MORE INJUSTICE. I'M
NOT COMFORTABLE WITH LARGE CORPORATIONS DECIDING WHAT'S BEST FOR ME IF THAT MEANS BEING NEIGHBORS WITH A HALLUCINATING MACHINE. PLEASE IMPLEMENT MORE
CHECKS ON GREEDY TECH CEOS SO THAT I DON'T HAVE TO BE LIVING IN THE SE NEIGHBORHOOD AS NOISE-MAKING POLLUTING, INFILTRATING TECHNOLOGY. AND DO
WHATEVER YOU CAN TO PREVENT FURTHER HARM FROM ENVELOPING OUR CITY. PLEASE PASS THE MORATORIUM. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. THAT IS ALL THE LIST THAT I HAVE. ARE THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM BEFORE I CLOSE THE PUBLIC
HEARING? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO ONE ELSE, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING AND TESTIFYING. WE STILL HAVE A VOTE THAT WE'RE WAITING FOR. SO I GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND RECOGNIZE
COUNCIL MEMBER VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY TO MAKE A COMMENT. OR MOTION. >> YES, CHAIR OSMAN. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THIS FORWARD WITH RECOMMENDATION. >> SECOND. >> JUST WANT TO GIVE SOME QUICK REMARKS. I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ ALSO WANTS TO AND A
COUPLE OF OTHERS, AND WE'RE REALLY HANGING IN THERE. MIGHT BE WISE TO TAKE UP IMPERVIOUS SURFACES ANOTHER DAY. THAT'S A SUGGESTION, CHAIR. FIRST OF ALL,
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT TESTIFIED THAT CAME HERE TO OUR CHAERS TODAY. I KNOW MANY OF YOU ARE WORKING PEOPLE YOURSELVES, AND YOUOOK TIME OUT OF YOUR DAY TO BE HERE. AND YOU ALSO CAME TO REPRESENT PEOPLE THAT COULD NOT
BE HERE. AND THAT IS JUST VERY VALUABLE, ESPECIALLY IN A CONVERSATION LIKE THIS TO HEAR FROM YOUNG PEOPLE, TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE PART OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT, TO HEAR FROM UNION WORKERS, TO HEAR FROM PARENTS, TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE FROM THE NORTHSIDE TO THE
SOUTHSIDE WITH VARYING PERSPECTIVES. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO SUPPORT UNION JOBS, AND I HAVE LONG SUPPORTED UNION JOBS. AND AT THE SAME TIME, IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE PROTECT PEOPLE FROM RISKS, AND RISKS THAT ARE WELL DOCUMENTED ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, WHEN I HAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS CALLING ME, EMAILING ME, REACHING OUT TO ME CONSISTENTLY ABOUT A WORRY
WHEN IT COM TO DATA CENTERS, I HAVE TO WEIGH ALL OF THE CONSTITUENTS WE HAVE TO REPRESENT. AND I THINK THE CONSTITUENTS GAVE US A LOT. THEY ASKED QUESTIONS AND THE ONES WE HAVE TO ANSWER. I THINK WE GOT A
TASTE OF THE BASELINE OF WHERE OUR COMMUNITY IS AND WHAT THEY KNOW. AND T TASK BEFORE US IS HERE TO SHARE WITH THEM, TO EDUCATE OURSELVES, TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AS IT COMES TO REGULATING DATA CENTERS AND ALL OF THE FACTORS THAT COME INTO
PLAY FROM WATER, ENERGY, COMMUNITY BENEFITS, THE REVENUE THAT WE'RE GETTING,OISE POLLUTION, AIR POLLUTION, FUTURE LAND USE. THE WAY THAT WE'RE SHAPING OUR CITY. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT AS A COUNCIL MEMBERI AM UNCERTAIN ABOUT
DATA CENTERS. AND BIG TECH HAS GIVEN US EVERY SINGLE REASON TO BE. BECAUSE COMMUNITIES HAVE QUITE LITERALLY BEEN DESTROYED. IF THEY DID NOT WANT CITIES TO SLOW DOWN THE PROCESS ON THIS AND TO BE UNCERTAI THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE SO ROYALLY MESSED
UP SO MANY COMMUNITIES. AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE 77 OTHER RISDICTIONS IN THE NATION THAT CURRENTLY HAVE A VERSION OF A MORATORIUM IN PLACE, WHICH IS 20 MORE THAN THE LAST TIME WE DISCUSSED THIS ON MAY 21ST. AND
I THINK THAT SENDS A SIGNAL TO THIS INDUSTRY, TO BIG TECH, THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS NOT GOI TO BEND OVER BACKWARDS. IS NOT GOING TO BEND OVER BACKWARDSO THE HIGHEST BIDDER AND SHORT-TERM REVENUE WITHOUT ACTUALLY ANSWERING QUESTIONS,
WITHOUT ACTUALLY PROTECTING OUR CONSTITUENTS. WE ARE A REGULATORY BODY. OUR CHARGE IS TO REFLECT THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE, NOT THE SHAREHOLDERS OF BIG TECH. AND I'M GOING TO -- I WISH COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN WAS HERE BECAUSE I WAS GOINGO SAY A
METAPHOR OR SIMILE, TO ASK US NOT TO DO A MORATORIUM AND TAKE A PAUSE TO BUILD OUT THE REGULATIONS IS LIKE ASKING USO WALK AROUND IN A DARK, UNCERTAIN
PLACE WITHOUT A FLASHLIGHT WHILE WE'RE HEARING PEOPLE CALL OUT IN WORRY AND CONCERN. THAT'S NOT RESPONSIBLE GOVERNANCE, AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY BEFORE US TO DO SO. AND I'M EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
REDUCING GREENHOUSE GASES, REDUCING THE RATES ON RATE PAYERS, DISTRICT HEATIN NO IMPACTS TO OUR WATER SI SYSTEM. BUT WE HAVE TO KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE AND IT HAS TO
BEROVEN TO US. THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO BE CERTAIN ABOUT BEFORE DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS. LASTLY, I'LL CLOSE ON THIS. WE GOT A COMPROMISE RIGHT IN FRONT OF US. ONE THAT I HAD A REALLY HARD TE WITH. MADE A MAJOR CARVE OUT TO DOWNTOWN SO
THESE INFILL DATA CENTERS COULD BE BUILT OUT. SO A MORATORIUM COULD PASS. THESE PROJECTS ARE HAPPENING. AND AT THE SAME TIME WE ARE SAYING WE HAVE TO PROTECT OUR CITY AND WE ARE HAVING A MORATORIUM. ESPECIALLY AREAS THAT HAVE INDUSTRIAL SITES WHERE
BLACK AND BROWN MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY HAVE LID. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BROAD BASE SUPPORTCROSS EVERY SINGLE STAKEHOLDER BECAUSE IT SAYS WE'RE TAKING A STEP TOGETHER AND IT'S ON ALL OF US TO DO THE WORK TO INFORM THE POLICY THAT'S BEFORE US IN THE NEXT SIX
MONTHS. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT THE PLANNING CMISSION MEETINGS. SEEING YOU TESTIFY IN THE FUTURE AND COME BACK TO CITY HALL ON THIS TOPIC. >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU, CHAIROSMAN. I WANT TO THANK VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY FOR ALL HER WORK ON
THIS ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH THIS TEMPORARY DATA CENTER MORATORIUM. I'M PROUD TO JOIN HER AS A CO-AUTHOR ON THIS AS WELL. I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT'S SHOWED UP TO TESTIFY. IN PARTICULAR, MY WARD 9 NEIGHBORS
WHO CONTINUE TO SHOW UP TO BETTER CITY ENTERPRISE. WHETHER IT'S SUBURBS OR RURAL COMMUNITIES, WE KNOW THE BUILD OUT OF THESE PARTICULAR DATA CENTERS NOT ONLY IN THE CITY BUT ROSS THIS NATION ARE MEANT TO LARGELY POWER AI, AND IS A
RESULT OF CORPORATE STRATEGY. WE KNOW THAT THESE INSTITUTIONS ARE BULLYING MUNICIPALITIES, LIKE MINNEAPOLIS, INTO ACCEPTING THESE DATA CENTERS WITH THE SPEED AND LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY. I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THESE DATA
CENTERS STEAL JOBS FROM OUR NEIGHBORS. I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT TPORARY JOBS TO BUILD DATA CENTERS IS NOT WORTH THE LONG-TER IMPLICATIONS OR PERMANENT UNION LOSS JOBS THAT WILL TAKE AWAY FROM OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WE HAVE TO BE VERY HONEST ABOUT THAT. AND IF
NOT, I WILL BE VERY CLEAR THAT TEMPORARY JOBS ARE NOT WORTH THOSE LONG-TERM JOBS. EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE EPA ISSUED GUIDANCE ACTIVEL GUIDING BIG TECH TO DECONTAMINATE SITES. THESE SITES ARE VIABLE EVEN IF
CLEAN UP IS STILL ONGOING. WE KNOW THAT TRUMP SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER LAST YEAR DIRECTING THE EPA TO -- FOR DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENTS WHILE WEAKENING REQUIREMENTS FOR ENVIRONMENT REVIEW. I REPRESENT WA 9 VERY PROUDLY. IT'S HOME
TO EAST PHILLIPS. HOME TO A FEDEL SUPERFUND SITE. IT'S ALSO CURRENTLY ON AN ACTIVE BROWN FIELD SITE. IT'S PRIME TIME FOR THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AS HE WANTS TO
ILD OUT -- NORTHSIDE AND SOUTHSIDE GREEN ZONES, AREAS DOWN HIAWATHA AVENUE AND HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF PERTY THAT COULD BE THREATENED WITH DATA CENTERS. I WILL NOT MAKE IT MORE EASILY FOR TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
TO POLLUTE OUR CITY AS EASILY. WHY THEY ARE EVEN BEING BUILT OUT IN THE FIRST PLACE. AS I MENTIONED LAST TIME, IT'S ABOUT BIG CH, PRIVATE EQUITY, CRYPTO MINING DEVELOPERS, POLICING INDUSTRIES ARE T PRIMARY AND
THEY ARE PROFITING FROM IT. EXPANDING DATA CAPACITY -- USED BY POLICE, FEDERAL AGENCIES LIKE ICE MEANT TO SPY AND DEPORT OUR NEIGHBORS AND SUPPRESS PROTESTS. AND ONE OF THE MOST DAMNING THINGS ABOUT THESE DATA CENTERS
IS THEY STEAL OUR WATER, CAUSE HIGHER UTILITY BILLS, CAUSE NOISE DISRUPTION AND CAUSE ENVIRONMENTAL HARM, WHICH IS ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM. AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THIS THIS MORATORIUM ALREADY HAS A CARVE OUT FOR DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS. SO
I AM STRUGGLING TO UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS NOW WITH THE EXEMPTIONS FOR DOWNTOWN. THAT MEANS TT RESIDENTS IN XHOUNT MINNEAPOLIS WILL NOT BE PROTECTED FROM THE HARM OF DATA CENTERS. AND IT MAKES ME SAD FOR DOWNTOWN RESIDENTS WHO DESERVE A
SAFE AND WELCOMING DOWNTOWN. AND WHOSE LAND SHOULD BE USED FOR HOUSING NOT ENVIRONMENTAL HARM. BUT HERE WE ARE TODAY. AND BY OPPOSING THIS MORATORIUM, IT ALSO MAKES ME WONDER WHERE DO PEOPLE WANT THESE DATA CENTERS TO BE BUILT OUT THEN? YOU'VE GOT THE CARVE OUT FOR DOWNTOWN,
WHER DO YOU WANT THEM? I HAVE CONCERNED AND I HAVE NOT HEARD A SINGLE PERSON OPPOSING THIS MORATORIUM SAY WHERE THEY WANT THESE CENTERS BUILT OUTSIDE OF DOWNTOWN. YOU'RE PROBABLY OKING AT NEIGHBORHOODS LE MINE. WHETHER IT WAS SMITH
FOUNDRY OR ROADWAYS IN A ROAD THAT I REPRESENT, OR THE HERC, HISTORY SHOW US THAT POLLUTING EXISTING FACILITIES ARE OFTEN PLACED IN DISENFRANCHISED AREAS LIKE MINE. THAT IS A FACT. LET'S
ASK OUR KIDS, THE PEOPLE OF THIS FUTURE, THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHAT THEYPREFER. DO THEY PREFER A DATA CENTER OR PLAYGROUND? DO THEY PREFER DATA CENTERS FOR PRESERVING WATER THAT IS LITERALLY LIFE? DO THEY PREFER
DATA CENTERS OR HOUSING? DO THEY PREFER DATA CENTERS OR PROTECTING YOUR OWN HEALTH AND WEG WELLBEING? I THINK THEY PREFER -- I'M VOTING FOR THIS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITIES THAT I REPRESENT WHO NOBODY HAS BEEN ABLE TO ANSWER WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD OUT A DATA CENTER IN MY WARD ORNOT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO PUT A MORATORIUM IN PLACE TO PROTECT MY NEIGHBORHOOD, MY CONSTITUENTS, PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
DISENFRANCHISED PERIOD. I ALSO WANT A ROLL CALL ON THIS VOTE. >> ALL RIGHT. I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. >> AH, I WILL SAVE MY PRIMARY COMMENTS FOR NEXT THURSDAY WHEN WE TAKE A FULL VOTE. BUT I JUST WANT TO REMIND US ALL THAT WE HAVE TWO RESOLUTIONS COMING
FORWARD HERE: ONE, WE WERE ALL UNANIMOUSLY SPEAKING TO THE FACT THAT WE DO NEED DATA CENTER REGULATION AND DISCUSSION. ZONING WILL COME FORWARD. THESE WILL BE IMPORTANT TOPICS THAT WILL HAPN BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT SIX MONTHS. BASICALLY, THE DURATION OF THIS MORATORIUM. SO
WHAT WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO IS BASICALLY, PRACTICALLY, THIS MORATORIUM IS NOT SLOWING ANYTHING DOWN. AS FAR AS GOING INTO OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY, WE HAVE THE POWER AROUND CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS THA IF SOMETHING DOES COME FORWARD, WE
WILL BE MADE AWARE OF THAT IN THIS PROCESS OF THE NEXT SIX MONTHS TO BE ABLE TO REALLY LOOK AT THAT AND MAKE A DETERMINATION FROM THE LEADERSHIP FROM THAT WARD OR AN AREA THAT MAYBE WAS UNEXPECTED TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH THAT. YES, THIS IS
PRIMARILY AN ISSUE BEING LOOKED AT FOR DOWNTOWN IN THE VACANT OFFICE BUILDINGS, NOT SOCCER FIELDS, NOT PARKS, NOT HYPERSCALED FOOTPRINTS. THESE ARE FOOTPRINTS TT ARE VACANT IN OUR ACTUAL DOWNTOWN AREA THAT ARE NOT DRIVING TAX REVENUE FOR
US. I'LL JUST MAKE ONE OTHER COMMENT. WE ASKED THE QUESTION IF WE APPROVED THIS MORATORIUM, WHAT WOULD BE THE IMPACT? NOT A LOT, ACTICALLY. BUT NNEAPOLIS WOULD MAKE HEADLINES
THAT COMMUNICATES MINNEAPOLIS IS WARY OF -- LEADERS TRYING TO SELL OUR CITY FOR NEW BUSINESS OR TECH RELOCATION WILL NEED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS LIKE, DO YOU REALLY HAVE STABILITY IN YOUR REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT? WE HEARD
ABOUT A MORATORIUM. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE HEARD FROM DIRECTOR HANSEN TODAY IN HIS REAPPOINTMENT PROCESS AROUND THIS QUESTION IS WHAT WILL DRIVE ADDITIONAL GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES IN MINNEAPOLIS? ONE OF HIS RESPONSES WAS RESOURCES. WE ALL
KNOW THAT. AND THE OTHER ONE WAS GROWING CONFIDENCE IN OUR CITY. I BELIEVE, AS A COMMENT WHEN I ASK WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO GROW CONFIDENCE IN OUR CITY? HE SAID
PEOPLE ARE MORE LIKELY TO TAKE A CHANCE WHEN POLICY AND PROCESS ENVIRONMTS ARE CLEAR AND PREDICTABLE. A MORATORIUM IS NOT A CLEAR AND PREDICTABLE POLICY.
IT'S A LESSATORIUM. LESS INVESTMENT, LESS BUILDING EVALUATIONS, LESS JOBS. SO AS A COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, FOR WHOM THIS MORATORIUM WOULD AFFECT THE MOST, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST MY
COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME IN VOTING AGAINST THE MORATORIUM. WE HAVE UNANIMOUSLY MOVED FORWARD WITH A PLAN TO ADDRESS REGULATION. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THIS TOGETHER. LET'S SEND A MESSAGE LOUD AND CLEAR THAT WE VALUE BUSINESS INVESTMENT IN OUR CITY.
THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. I PUT MYSELF IN QUEUE. I JUST WANT TO REALLY THANK THE UNION TRADE AND ALL OTHER ONES THAT CAME AND STOPPED BY TODAY AND MANY, MANY
COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE UNKNOWN THAT WE ARE DIVING INTO. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF FOR HANGING OUT WITH US FOR THIS LONG DAY WITH US. LET'S JUST BE HONEST, THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE
OR MORATORIUM THAT COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY BROUGHT WAS ONE YEAR, NO EXCEPTION. RIGHT? I MET THE BUSINESS OWNERS. I VISITED THE DATA CENTERS. I MET THE
DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES AND LISTENED TO THEIR CONCERNS. MORATORIUM MIGHT BE A BAD WORD FOR INVESTORS. BUT WE STILL ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND MAKE A REASONABLE BALANCED DECISIONS. WE CAN'T ONLY THINK ABOUT THE BUSINESSES.
BUSINESSES ARE GOOD TO THINK ABOUT. WE CAN'T JUST HAVE THE IDEA IN OUR HEAD. WE ALSO HAVE TO HAVE ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, WELLNESS OF INDIVIDUALS. SO THOSE ALSO COME IN SAME LEVEL AS THAT. SO ONCE I MET WITH THEM, I
MADE THE EXCEPTION TO CARVE OUT, FIRST OF ALL, FOR THE ONE YEAR TO SIX MONTHS, RIGHT? FOR OUR STAFF TO CATCH UP, TO REALLY DO THE RESEARCH THAT'S NECESSARY, TO CREATE THE ZONING THAT WE NEED FOR THIS FACILITY. WE DO
EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW. YOUR HOUSE, YOUR PLACE THAT YOU SLEEP AT NIGHT, YOU DON'T HAVE A MACHINE NEXT TO YOU, RIGHT? IT'S A ZONING THING. SO WE DO RESIDENTIAL THE SAME WAY WE ZONING. GIVE US TIME, SIX MONTHS. GIVE THE CITY A TIME,
IT'S SIX MONTHS. AND ALSO THE DOWNTOWN IS THE CONVERSATION. I SAW THOSE BUILDINGS. WE LOOK AT HARD TO COME UP WITH A NUMBER THAT THEY ACTUALLY GAVE US TIMES UP WITH THE FOLKS I TALK TO DOWNTOWN. THE BUSINESS OWNERS.
THEY SAY 350 SQUARE FEET EXCEPTION. SO YOU'RE GETTING EVERYTHING AND YOU'RE STILL PUSHING SOMEHOW. IT'S KIND OF REALLY, IN MY OPINION, DISHONEST WORK THAT MES A COUNCIL MEMBER WHO IS TRYING TO BE REASONABLE TO WORK WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND ALSO WORK WITH THE
ENVIRONMENT FOLKS, I'M SORRY, THE SIDENTS, IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND THAT PART. I THINK THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD ALL UNITED. GIVE EXCEPTIONAL FOR RESIDENT. PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, IN OUR
COMMUNITY, LARGER COMMUNITIES, OUTSIDE THE DOWNTOWN, AND GIVE THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ATTRACT ALL THOSE DATA CENTER INVESTORS. I MEAN THE POLICIES WE COME UP MIGHT BE HARSHER THANTHIS. IT
MIGHT BE MORE STRAIGHT FORWARD THAT YOU CAN'T DO A DATA CENTER TYPE OF THING HERE. IT MIGHT BE. WE DON'T KNOW. WE GOTTA GIVE THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. SOHIS WAS A REASONABLE WORKING TOGETHER, COMING UP WITH A PLAN AND HAVING THE BINESS AND THE
COMMUNITY SIDE BY SIDE AND CREATING SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ALL UNITE. THAT WAS THE VISION OF MY EXCEPTION, AND I'M SO GLAD THE AUTHOR, VICE CHAIR CHOWDHURY, WAS ABLE TO AGREE WITH THAT. BECAUSE SHE WAS NOT.
WE HAD TO GET HER WHERE WE WANTED TO BE TO MOVE FORWARD. SO I EXPECT ALL MY COLLEAGUES ACTUALLY TO VOTE FOR THIS BECAUSE WE'RE MEETING THE NEED OF DOWNTOWN. WE ARE MEETING THE NEED OF DOWNTOWN. 350 SQUARE
FEET IS HUGE. IT'S A HUGE SPACE. WHERE I DON'T REMEMBER THE NUMBER THE STAFF SHARED WITH ME. BUT THERE'S HUGE AMOUNT OF MEGA PLACE. SLEEP NUMBER IS ALMOST WHAT IS 180 AND THIS IS 350. SO
IT'S A LOT. AND I VISITED MYSELF, THE DATA CENTER. SO I EXPECT ALL OF US TO COME TOGETHER AS LEADERS TO LOOK OUT FOR OUR CITY. AT THE SAME TIME, LOOK OUT FOR SO MANY DIFFERENT ANGLES. CREATING BUSINESS.
MAKING SURE DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES ARE GENERATING WEALTH AND TAX AND NOT EMPTY, AND ARE ATTRACTING BUSINESSES TO COME HERE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, BE RESPONSIBLE OF WELLBEING OF OUR RESIDENTS. THAT IS WHAT LEADERSHIP I THAT IS WHY WE
ARE VOTING THIS FORWARD. THAT'S MY COMMENT. I WILL DEFINITELY SAY THE SAME THI IN NEXT COUPLE THURSDAY FROM NOW. I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER PEARLL WARREN. >> THANK YOU, VICEPRESIDENT. I
APPRECIATE ALL OF THE COMMENTS THAT EVERYONE MADE. I THINK MY FAVORITE ONE WAS MY GIRL OVER THERE TALKING ABOUT THE NUMBER OF CULVERS THAT FIT.
WHO COUNTS CULVERS? BUT I GUESS IN THAT SPACE WE WOULD. BUT THOSE VISUAL AIDS AND THINGS LIKE THA ARE REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT. THIS IS WHY I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY THAT IS COMING ALONG WITH THAT TO REIMAGINE, TO
ANSWER SOME OF THESE MORE CHALLENGING QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE, WHEN, HOW, AND WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE, RIGHT? WHE IS IT AT, IN WHICH COMMUNITY? BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES MOST GREATLY IMPACTED BY A L OF THESE
THINGS THAT ARE THROWN INTO OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE WHY? IT'S EASY. IT'S CHEAP. IT'S LESS EXPENSIVE. WHO IS GOING TO MANAGE IT? NO ONE'S GOING TO THINK ABOUT IT. IT JUST GETS BURIED IN THE SEA OF FORGOTTEN STUFF WITH THE REST OF THE PEOPLE OVER THERE. AND WE END UP
DEALING WITH MORE OF THE SAME AND THE FRUSTRATIONS THAT I HAVE ABOU YOU KNOW, AREAS OF ECONOMIC POVERTY AND DI-INVESTMENT WHEN IT COMES TO ESE DIFFERENT THINGS. I AM NOT A FAN OF THE WORD MORATORIUM.
I'M JUST NOT A FAN OF MORATORIUM. BUT WHAT I AM A BIG FAN OF IS GOING TO PEOPLE AND ASKING THE QUESTIONS AND DOING THE RESEARCH AND DIGGING IN DEEP BECAUS THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE. AND I KNOW THAT DATA CENTERS HAVE BEEN
HERE. THEY'RE HERE NOW. YOU KNOW. I KNOW PEOPLE THAT ARE FARMING CRYPTO CURRENCY IN THEIR BASEMENTS. THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT. AND PEOPLE RUNNING DATA CENTERS OUT OF THEIR HOME. ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE DOING ABOVE GROUND AND
UNDERGROUND AND ALL THROUGH THE GRND, RIGHT? SO I WANT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ASK THESE QUESTIONS, AND I WANT TO WORK VERY DILIGENTLY WITH MY LLEAGUES. AND I AM, YOU KNOW, ONE WHO IS GRAVELY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT WE DON'T KNOW AND
WHAT WE HAVEN'T RESEARCHED AND DUG INTO QUESTIONS ABOUT WATER AND WHAT THAT MEANS AND SUSTAINABILITY FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AND ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT THINGS. AND SO I WANT ASK THOSE QUESTIONS AND BRING THOSE THINGS TO THE FOREFRONT. I
JUST, LIKE I SAID, AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE AND MY COLLEAGUES KNOW THIS. I HAVE A HARD TIME WITH THAT WORD MORATORIUM. >> -- >> YEAH. I'M COOL WITH THE TEMPORARY PAUSE. I'M COOL WITH THE TEMPORARY PAUSE. IT'S JUST
THAT WORD MORATORIUM JT MES ME THINK FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE IN CONTROL WHO WE DON'T WANT IN CONTROL. SO I REALLY, I STRUGGLE WITH THAT WORD. BUT I AM FOR IN SUPPORT OF THE PAUSE AND THE RESEARCH AND EVERYTHING
THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. I APPRECIATE EVERYONE WHO CAME AND TESTIFIED AND TAKING THE TIME SO WE CAN SEE YOUR VIEWPOINTS AND UNDERSTAND. AND I WANT TO URGE YOU, IF YOU DIDN'T ALREADY SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS, PLEASE SUBMIT THEM BECAUSE THOSE HELP US TO BUILD IN THE QUESTIONS IN
THE RESEARCH WORKHAT WE WILL DO BECAUSE WE WANT TO UPLIFT THOSE NARRATIVES. YEAH, THAT'S MY POINT. >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBERS, I JUST WANT TOEMIND YOU THAT WE HAVE ABOUT EIGHT MINUTES FOR
UNTIL WE ARE RUN OUT THE -- GO AHEAD, COUNCIL MEMBER. >> I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE PUBLIC THAT THESE ORDINANCE ALREADY HAS AN EXEMPTION FOR DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS. IF THE ISSUE IS ABOUT WANTING TO BUILD DATA CENTERS DOWNTOWN, THEN I
DON'T UNDERSTAND THE OPPOSITION. THERE IS A WHOLE CARVE OUT FOR DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS. SO YES, WITHOUT THIS ORDINANCE, A DA CENTER CAN BE BUILT INSTEAD OF A SOCCER FIELD, INSTEAD OF AYGROUNDS, AND IN OUR EMPTY PARCELS OF LAND IN THE SOUTHSIDE GREEN ZONE AND NORTHSIDE GREEN
ZONE. SO I AT LEAST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. >> YES, GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU. JUST TO ADDRESS SOME OF COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN'S CONCERNS, AND SINCE YOU LIKE THE
CULVERS VISUAL, THIS PAUSE WILL BE DONE BEFORE ANYONE COOKS ANY THANKSGIVING TURKEYS. JUST DO. AND BY THE TIME WE HIT THE 21st OF JUNE, IT WILL JUSTE FIVE MONTHS LEFT BECAUSE WE WILL ALREADY BE ONE MONTH INTO IT.
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. >> BEAUTIFUL. ALL RIGHT. WITH COUNCIL MBER CHOWDHURY MOTION TO MOVE THIS FORWARD WITH RECOMMENDATION, I WILL ASK CLERK TO CL THE ROLL.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE IS ABSENT. RREN. >> AYE. >> SHAFFER. >> NO. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> VICE CHAIR CHOWDHY. >> AYE. >> AND CHAIR OSMAN. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE FIVE AYES. ONE NAY, AND ONE ABSENT.
>> ALL RIGHT. I THINK THAT MOTION MOVES FORWARD. ALL RIGHT. OUR LAST ITEM I WOULD LIKE US TO -- WE'VE RUN OUT OF TIME. I WOULD LIKE US TO FORWARD THIS NEXT CYCLE. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT
MOTION, IT'S A MOTION, RIGHT? JUST DO IT? WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> YUP, WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> ALL RIGHT. STAFF, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENT FOR COMING TO PRESENT THIS. WE'LL TAKE IT NEXT
CYCLE. SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE US, WITH NO OBJECTION, I'LL DECLARE THIS MEETING ADJOURNED. THANKS, EVERYONE.