>> WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE FOR OCTOBER 29th, 2025. I'M JASON CHAVEZ WHICH CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING I WANT TO OFFER A FRIENDLY REMINDER TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT THESE MEETINGS ARE BROADCAST LIVE.
THESE BROADCASTS INCLUDE REALTIME CAPTIONING AS A FURTHER MEGHTMETHOD TO INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY OF THE MEETINGS TO OUR. WE ASK ALL SPEAKERS TO MODERATE THE SPEED AND CLARITY OF THEIR COMMENTS. AT THIS TIME, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL
THE ROLL SO WE CAN VERIFY THE QUORUM FOR THIS MEETING. >> COUNCILMEMBER PAYNE. >> PRESENT. >> RAINVILLE. >> PRESENT. >> CHOWDHURY. >> PRESENT. >> PALMISANO. >> PRESENT. >> VICE CHAIR WONSLEY. >> PRESENT.
>> CHAIR CHAVEZ. >> PRESENT. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM. I WILL REMIND MY COLLEAGUES WE WILL BE USING SPEAKER MANAGEMENT TODAY, SO PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU'RE SIGNED UP. BEFORE WE MOVE ONTO AGENDA, I'LL CALL ON VICE CHAIR WONSLEY WHO HAS A MOTION AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. I WOULD LIKE TO, AND I THINK I MIGHT HAVE TO MOVE ONE MORE COPY DOWN TO THE LEFT. BUT I AND COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ ARE BRINGING FORWARD A MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA TODAY TO INCLUDE LEGISLATIVE STAFF
DIRECTION TITLED CHARTER COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT, WHICH WOULD ULTIMATELY IF IT'S ACCEPTED PUT IT UNDER AS ITEM 5 ON DISCUSSION. I BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER AND CHAIR CHAVEZ AND I ARE BRINGING THIS LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE TOGETHER
BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS REFUSAL FROM THE FRYE ADMINISTRATION TO RELEASE THE INTERNAL DAVIS MATURI REPORT DONE BY MPD MANY MONTHS AGO, AND
WHILE THAT IS A REALLY CONCERNING TREND FROM THIS ADMINISTRATION FROM BLOCKING THE COUNCIL FROM RECEIVING INFORMATION THAT WE'RE LEGALLY ENTITLED TO, IT'S ALSO INDICATIVE OF A LARGER SYSTEMIC PROBLEM WE HAVE ENCOUNTERED FOR QUITE SOMETIME AND WE WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT THE ROLES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEDGE SLAIPTIVE BRANCH ARE -- LEGISLATIVE BRANCH ARE CLEARER BUT THERE DOES SEEM AS WE KEEP ENCOUNTER THESE ISSUES TO BE A -- ENCOUNTERING THESE ISSUE AS BIT OF LACK OF CLARITY AROUND WHAT CONSE CONSEQUENCES AND PENALTIES ACTUALLY EXIST WHEN THERE IS
NONCOMPLIANCE TO THE CITY CHARTER. SO THAT HAS REALLY BROUGHT THE INTENTION BEHIND THIS DIRECTIVE. WE COMPLURNTLY AS A BADE DO NOT HAVE MANY -- CURRENTLY AS A BODY DO NOT HAVE MANY TOOLS TO UTILIZE TO ENFORCE OW LAWS TO
ENSURE THE EXECUTIVE AND LE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH ARE RESPECTED EQUALLY. WE DON'T HAVE THOSE MANY OPTIONS SW, SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE TO GIVE US MORE OPTIONS ON WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE TO ENSURE THAT FUTURE
COUNCILS HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO DO THEIR JOBS EFFECTIVELY, AND ESPECIALLY IF THEIR ABILITY IS BEING COMPROMISED DUE TO INTERFE INTERFERENCE FROM THEIR EXECUTIVE COUNTERPARTS SO WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THE DIRECTIVE ONCE WE GET TO IT, BUT WITH THIS I WILL ASK
FOR A SECOND IN MOVING THIS MOTION FORWARD. >> SECOND. >> BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD, I DO KNOW THAT COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE IS ON QUEUE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE CANOPY ROOTS PRESENTATION GO FIRST.
CLERKS, DO I NEED TO MAKE A MOTION ON THAT, OR CAN I JUST DO THAT? >> IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, MR. CHAIR, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING, JUST SHIFTING THE ITEMS AROUND? >> YEAH, SO 3 -- YEAH, 3 AND 4 SWITCHING THEM AROUND. >> IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THEN I THINK YOU CAN DO THAT,
YES. >> YEP, SO, YOU KNOW, I GUESS COUNCILMEMBER, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE ITEMS NUMBER 3 TO NUMBER 4, AND THEN WE CAN OPEN UP FOR DEBATE. >> SECOND. >> THERE IS A SECOND. COUNCILMEMBER RAIN SYLYOU ARE IN QUEUE AND THEN VICE CHAIR WONSLEY AND IF ANYBODY WANTS TO GET ON QUEUE, YOU CAN GET ON
QUEUE. COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU. MY MOTION WAS JUST TO FLIP T THE ORDER OF THOSE REPORTS. I HAVE TO LEAVE AT 3:00, BUT I WOULD ENJOY HEARING THE CANOPY ROOTS
PRESENTATION. THAT'S WHY I'M MAKING THAT. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> I WANTED TO MAKE THE REQUEST THAT WE TAKE UP THE LEGISLATIVE DREDIRECTIVE BEFORE THE RECEIVE AND FILES. >> YEP, WE WILL DO THAT. >> OKAY. YOU SAID ITEM NUMBER 5, SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT. >> THANK YOU.
>> SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FIRST IS MOVE -- APPROVE OF THE CONSENT, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ONTO LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE THAT IS BEING -- AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ONTO DISCUSSION. >> GREAT. >> SO WITHOUT OBJECTION -- >> SORRY, MR. CHAIR, WOULD YOU LIKE A VOICE VOTE OR A ROLL CALL
FOR -- >> A VOICE VOTE. >> FOR MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA BY ADDING. >> YEP, CORRECT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. ANY OBJECTIONS, ALL RIGHT. THE AGENDA HAS BEEN AMENDED. COLLEAGUES, NOW ITEM
NUMBER 1 IS ACCEPTING A TRAINING REIMBURSEMENT FOR FIREFIGHTER TRAINING AND EDUCATION AND APPROVING THE RELATED APPROPRIATION RESOLUTION. NUMBER 2 IS RECEIVING AND FILING THE APPOINTMENT TO THE -- SEEING
NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I MOVE APPROVAL OF THESE ITEMS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. ANY OBJECTIONS? GREAT. NEXT UP I'LL JUST PASS IT ONTO VICE CHAIR WONSLEY, YOU DID SPEAK ON THE ITEM, BUT IF YOU WISH TO
ELABORATE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. SO CHAIR CHAVEZ AND I ARE BRINGING FORWARD THIS WALK-ON ITEM IN RESPONSE TO MAYOR FREY'S AND MPD'S FAILURE TO FULFILL A REQUEST TO PRESENT IN TODAY'S COMMITTEE, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT
THE MPD'S INTERNAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE SHOOTING OF DAVIS MOTURI. NOW FOR THE PUBLIC WHO MAY NOT BE AWARE, DAVIS MOTURI IS A BLACK RESIDENT WHO REPEATEDLY ASKED MPD FOR HELP B BECAUSE HIS NEIGHBOR WAS
MAKING SPECIFIC RACIST THREATS TO HARM OR KILL HIM, AND THEN THIS TIME LAST YEAR, MR. MOTURI WAS SHOT IN THE NECK, AND THE SHOOTER WAS NOT APPREHENDED BY MPD FOR ANOTHER FIVE DAYS. NOW, MPD HAS STATED PUBLICLY THAT THEY DID CONDUCT AN INTERNAL
REVIEW OF THIS CASE, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, AND MR. MOTURI HIMSELF REACHED OUT TO FULL COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER 18th ASKING TO OBTAIN THE INTERNAL REPORT. THAT WAS SUP SUPPOSEDLY DONE. NOW IN HIS REQUEST HE ALSO HIGHLIGHTED THAT
HIS INQUIRY WAS INSPIRED BUY REPORTING OF MARIAH SAMUELS WHO WAS A BLACK WOMAN WHO RECENTLY LOST HER LIFE TO A KNOWN ABUSER WHO SHE ALSO HAD REPEATEDLY TOLD MPD WAS A THREAT TO HER LIFE. IN RESPONSE TO MR. MOTURI'S REQUEST, THE COUNCIL PASSED A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE ON
OCTOBER 9th, REQUESTING THAT MPD RELEASE THE RESULTS OF THEIR INTERNAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE SHOOTING OF DAVIS MOTURI BY H NEIGHBOR. THE DIRECTOR
REQUESTED THAT MPD ONCE AGAIN, PRESENT TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE ON OCTOBER 29th, WHICH IS TODAY. AND AS WE CAN SEE FROM THE AGENDA, THE REPORT IS NOT ON THERE. AND ALSO NO ONE FROM MPD OR THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY SHOWED UP TO AGENDA
SETTING FOR THIS COMMITTEE, MEANING TO SPEAK ABOUT WHY THEY DECLINED TO RESPOND TO THE COUNCIL'S LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE. I DO WANT TO GIVE GRATITUDE TO CHAIR CHAVEZ WHO MADE MANY ATTEMPTS IN GETTING A RESPONSE FOR SEVERAL DAYS FROM THE OFFICE FOR COMMUNITY SAFETY, AND LATE
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WE FINALLY RECEIVED COMMUNICATIONS FROM COMMISSIONER BARNETT WHO SENT THE EMAIL TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL AND I WILL SAY THAT EMAIL WAS DEEPLY CONCERNING, AND ESSENTIALLY DEFLECTED THE WHOLE BASIS OF WHY THE REQUEST WAS MADE IN THE FIRST PLACE. COMMISSIONER BARNETT STATED
YESTERDAY IN THAT EMAIL THAT HE BELIEVES THAT RELEASING MPD'S COMPLETED INTERNAL REVIEW WOULD SOMEHOW CONFLICT WITH THE CITY'S AUDITOR'S OFFICE ONGOING INDEPENDENT AFTER ACTION OF THE DAVIS MOTURI CASE. I WILL SAY THIS EMAIL IS NONSENSICAL FOR A
FEW REASONS. FIRST COMMISSIONER BARNETT STATED RELEASING THE REQUESTED INTERNAL REPORT WILL SOMEHOW IMPEDE THE ONGOING INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS BEING DONE BY THE CITY AUDITOR'S OFFICE. AS OF TODAY, THE CITY AUDITOR HAS NEVER MADE SUCH CLAIMS, AND ONLY CITED THAT THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE PRIMARY NEEDS FROM MPD
ARE THEIR COOPERATION WITH THE AFTER ACTION PROCESS. COMMISSIONER BARNETT ALSO CLAIMED OR ESSENTIALLY CLAIMS IN THIS EMAIL ARE NOT ONLY SUSPICIOUS BUT ALSO ARE DUBIOUS CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT THIS BODY HAS SEEN MPD DO BOTH BEFORE. FOR EXAMPLE, LAST YEAR
THE COUNCIL ASKED FOR BOTH AN INTERNAL REPORT AND THE INDEPENDENT EXTERNAL ANALYSIS OF MPD'S USE OF SHOT SPOTTER TECHNOLOGY. MPD NOTS ONLY RELEASED THEIR INTERNAL FINDINGS, BUT THEY ALSO ARE ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN THE INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS BEING DONE EXTERNALLY. SO IN THIS CASE
ONCE AGAIN, OCS COULD ABSOLUTELY DO BOTH. THEY COULD RELEASE THEIR INTERNAL FINDINGS OF WHAT THEY DISCOVER REGARDING THE DAVIS MOTURI SHOOTING WHILE ALSO COOPERATING WITH THE ONGOING AFTER ACTION THAT'S BEING CARRIED OUT BY THE CITY AUDITOR'S OFFICE THAT WAS ACTUALLY DUE ON JUNE 13th AND
IS NOW DELAYED OUT TO EARLY NEXT YEAR FOR RELEASE. AND THAT BRINGS ME TO MY SECOND POINT. THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY OR THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT CANNOT USE THE ONGOING AFTER ACTION PROCESS AS JUSTIFICATION FOR THEIR NONRELEASE OF MPD'S INTERNAL
REVIEW WHEN THEY'RE ALSO THE MAIN BARRIER TO SAID AFTER ACTION BEING COMPLETED. THIS PAST WEEK, THE CITY AUDITOR INFORMED COUNCIL THAT THE DELAY ON THE MOTURI AFTER ACTION IS THE RESULT OF MPD'S AND THE FREY ADMINISTRATION'S CONTINUAL
REFUSAL TO COOPERATE WITH THE OFFICE INVESTIGATORY PROCESS, AND THUS ALLOWED THE CITY AUDITOR TO COMPLETE HIS CHARTER MANDATED DUTIES, WHICH INCLUDES PRODUCING THE DAVIS MOTURI AFTER ACTION. NOW IN TAKING THESE TWO CONSIDERATIONS TOGETHER, COMMISSIONER BARNETT LETTER'S
JUSTIFYING MPD'S NONCOMPLIANCE TO PUBLICLY RELEASING THE INTERNAL REVIEW OF MR. MOTURI'S CASE IS NOT ONLY ABSURD AND UNACCEPTABLE, BUT IT'S ALSO ILLEGAL. HOWEVER, I WANT TO BE EXTREMELY CLEAR. NEITHER COMMISSIONER BARNETT NOR THE MAYOR GETS TO OBSTRUCT COUNCIL'S LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AS REINFORCED BY THE CITY'S
CHARTER. WHILE I'M UNSURE AS TO WHY BOTH CITY LEADERS FELT COMFORTABLE VIOLATING THE CHARTER BY WITHHOLDING INFORMATION REQUESTED BY COUNCIL THROUGH OUR LEGISLATIVE PROCESS, THEIR BRAZENNESS DOES NOT MEAN WIEBE TO ACCEPT IT AS A -- WE HAVE TO ACCEPT IT AS A BODY. IN THIS LEGISLATIVE MOTION THAT
WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD TODAY, EXPLORES OPTIONS IN WHICH COUNCIL COULD TAKE FOR ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS OR THAT THE PUBLIC CAN TAKE AS WELL WHEN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH IS NOT COMPLYING WITH THE CITY'S CHARTER. AND IBCLOSING, I DO WANT TO SAY MR. MOTURI, I AM
SORRY THAT MPD AND MAYOR FREY CONTINUES TO FAIL YOU. THIS MEETING WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A SOBER CONVERSATION ABOUT MPD'S ACTION OR INACTIONS REGARDING YOUR CASE TO HAVE HONEST REFLECTIONS ON WHERE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FAILED AND WHAT CHANGES THEY ARE
MAKING TO PROTECT FUTURE RESIDENTS FROM BECOMING VICTIMS OF PREVENTABLE ACTS OF RACIST VIOLENCE. MPD REFUSED TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION TODAY, AND WHILE I'M DISTURBED BY MPD'S AND OUR EXECUTIVE LEADER'S, THE
LENGTH THAT THEY ARE GOING TO AVOID HAVING TO ACCOUNT TO THE PUBLIC AND TO THIS BODY ABOUT THE DECISIONS THAT THEY MAKE, I DO WANT TO BE CLEAR TO YOU, MR. MOTURI, THAT I KNOW MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES AND I WILL CONTINUE TO PURSUE JUSTICE FOR YOU AND FOR ALL RESIDENTS WHO
ARE IMPACTED BY OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT'S FAILURE IN KEEPING ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS SAFE. SO WITH THAT, I STAND FOR QUESTIONS AND WILL MOVE THIS ITEM FORWARD FOR APPROVAL. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >>> MR. CHAIR, I DON'T HAVE
QUESTIONS. I WANT TO SAY WHY I THINK THIS IS APPROPRIATE. WALK ONS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. WHY THIS COULD NOT HAVE WAITED UNTIL THE NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING, I DON'T KNOW. IT FEELS NOTHING BUT POLITICAL. WE'VE GOT TO STOP
USING VICTIMS OF CRIMES THIS WAY. I'M WORRIED IT'S GOING TO MESS UP COURT CASES DOWN THE LINE. THE LANGUAGE IN THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE THAT I AGREED TO SAYS PRESENT AN UPDATE. THE COMMISSIONER SENT A LETTER TO COUNCILMEMBERS SAYING THAT RELEASING THIS INTERNAL REVIEW WOULD COMPROMISE THE
AUDIT INVESTIGATION. SO COMMISSIONER BARNETT DID PROVIDE AN UPDATE PER THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE THAT COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY'S TALKING ABOUT. THE COUNCIL CANNOT BOTH ASK FOR AN AFTER ACTION REVIEW ON FOR ONE
SITUATION, THE MOTURI INCIDENT AND THEN ALSO DEMAND THAT SOME OF THE AFTERACTION REVIEW ELEMENTS BE RELEASED BEFORE THE AFTER ACTION REVIEW IS OVER. THE COMMISSIONER WHO USED TO BE CHIEF JUDGE IS WORKING IN GOOD FAITH WITH THE AUDITOR TO ENSURE
ALL INFORMATION IS SHARED AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE AFTER ACTION REVIEW. SO THE FACT THAT COUNCILMEMBERS DON'T LIKE THAT THEIR REQUEST FOR AN AFTER ACTION REVIEW AND A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR ARE IN CONFLICT IS NOT A GOOD REASON TO INTERFERE WITH AN AFTER ACTION REVIEW. THE
OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY GAVE THE AUDITOR THE REVIEW. NOT US. BUT THEY ARE WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS. >> NEXT UP WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO SAY ONCE AGAIN WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO DID. SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS, COMMISSIONER BARNETT WAS CHIEF JUDGE OF HENNEPIN COUNTY BEFORE HE TOOK THIS JOB WITH MINNEAPOLIS, AND IF HIS MEMO SAYS THAT THE CASE WOULD BE COMPROMISED, IF THAT REPORT IS RELEASED, I TAKE HIM AT HIS WORD FOR THAT.
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE VICE CHAIR WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT A FEW JUST OUTRIGHT FALSE STATEMENTS MADE BY MY COLLEAGUES HERE. FIRST, WALK ONS THERE IS NOWHERE IN OUR POLICY THAT SAYS IT REQUIRES AN EMERGENCY. I THINK THAT'S INTERPRETIVE TO
COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO'S UNDERSTANDING OF OUR LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. NEITHER OR NEVERTHELESS, I WANT TO REITERATE IT WAS ACTUALLY YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO, WHO I REFERENCED IN THE EXAMPLE WHERE WE SAW MPD FULFILL A REQUEST,
WHICH YOU BROUGHT ACTUALLY A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE TO HAVE AN INQUIRY IN THE USE OF SHOT SPOTTER TECHNOLOGY, AND I BROUGHT FORWARD WITH THE NUMBER OF MY COLLEAGUES ALSO A REQUEST FOR INDEPENDENT AND EXTERNALLAL EVALUATION OF THAT PROCESS. THEY FULFILLED YOUR LEGISLATIVE
DIRECTIVE AND ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THAT SAME EXTERNAL PROCESS, SO ONCE AGAIN, YOUR POINT, AND WE'VE SHOWN IT THROUGH THE PRESIDENT USE THAT ACTUALLY ON THIS MATTER, THAT MPD CAN DO BOTH. THERE IS A RESISTANCE TO DO BOTH, AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE BACKGROUND
OF OUR COMMISSIONER OF COMMUNITY SAFETY'S, THE RELEVANCE OF THAT. THE RELEVANCE IS WHAT'S STATED IN THE LETTER. THE LETTER SAYS THAT ACCORDING TO HIM, NOT TO OUR CITY AUDITOR, WHICH I WANT TO REITERATE, OUR CITY AUDITOR HAS NOT REINFORCED ANY OF THE
CLAIMS THAT ARE REFERENCED IN THE LETTER PROVIDED BY COMMISSIONER BARNETT AS TO WHY THEY WILL NOT RELEASE THE INTERNAL REVIEW THAT THEY TOLD TO MANY MEDIA OUTLETS THAT THEY COMPLETED JUST THIS PAST SUMMER. THERE IS NOTHING IN A POLICY OR ANYTHING THAT SAYS THAT IN ORDER
TO RECEIVE INTERNAL FINDINGS, YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN AFTER ACTION PROCESS FIRST. THERE IS NONE OF THAT THAT'S FOUNDED ANYWHERE. SO THIS IS LITERALLY MADE UP ON THE DAIS. AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALSO HIGHLIGHT THEN IF THAT WAS THE CASE, WHY DID MAYOR FREY SIGN THIS LEGISLATIVE
DIRECTIVE IN EARLY OCTOBER? MMAYOR FREY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VETO IF THAT WAS THE BASIS OF IT, AND YET THAT DID NOT HAPPEN. WE WERE UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING UNDER OUR CHARTER ENFORCED UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WERE GOING TO RECEIVE THIS INFORMATION THAT WE'RE
ENTITLED TO. SO THAT MR. MOTURI COULD UNDERSTAND WHAT ACTIONS ARE BEING TAKEN TO MAKE SURE NO ONE IS PUT IN HIS SAME PREDICAMENT OF ALMOST LOSING THEIR LIFE AFTER HAVING REACHED OUT TO THE MAYOR, TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE, TO THE POLICE
THEMSELVES MULTIPLE TIMES AROUND GETTING PROTECTION, AND THEN THAT PROTECTION WAS NOT RENDERED TO THEM. SO I JUST WANT TO HIGH LIGHT WE'VE HAD NUMEROUS EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING BEING FULFILLICIDE NOT BEING SO IN THIS CASE, AND THE RATIONALE THAT WAS PROVIDED TO US BY OUR COMMISSIONER OF
COMMUNITY SAFETY IS ACTUALLY UNSOUND. THE PUBLIC SHOULD'VE HAD THIS REPORT TODAY. MR. MOTORI MORE IMPORTANTLY SHOULD'VE HAD THIS REPORT, AND THE REASON WHY WE AREN'T GETTING THIS REPORT AND ALSO THE AFTER ACTION IS BECAUSE OF THE
ENABLING OF THE FREY ADMINISTRATION TO CONTINUE TO RESIST THIS BODY'S ATTEMPTS IN GETTING INFORMATION THAT WE'RE LEGALLY ENTITLED TO. THE PUBIC ALL'S REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION -- PUBLIC'S REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION THAT THEY'RE LEGALLY ENTITLED TO AND THIS IS WHAT THIS DIRECTIVE TENDS TO RECOGNIZE, AND THAT IS
ABSOLUTELY APPROPRIATE. THAT TTHAT FALLS EXACTLY UNDER OUR OVERSIGHT AUTHORITIES, AND ANYONE ELSE WHO DOESN'T WANT TO SEEK IT OR ACTUALLY FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO YOUR JOB IN AN EFFECTIVE AND SUCCESSFUL MANNER AND NOT TOLERATE INTERFERENCE
FROM THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT THIS MOTION. >> YEAH, I WANT TO READ A KEY PART OF THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR THAT THE MAYOR SIGNED, AND THAT HAS NOW COMPLETELY SHIFTED. PRESENT THE REQUESTED INFORMATION TO BE RECEIVED AND
FILED TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE NO LATER THAN OCTOBER 29th, 2025. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THE MAYOR AND HIS ADMINISTRATION WERE SUPPOSED TO COME TO AGENDA SETTING. SUBMIT AN RCA. AND GIVE THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA. IF THE MAYOR WAS UNWILLING TO DO SO, HE SHOULD
HAVE NOT SIGNED THIS ACTION AND HE SHOULD HAVE VE VETOEDT. BUT HE DID NEITHER IT. SHE SIGNED IT. I'M NOT SURE WHERE THE GOAL POST HAS SHIFTED NOW, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS HAVE SHIFTED NOW BUT I'M NOT SURE WHY THIS ITEM WAS
NOT SUBMITTED WHEN HE HAD SIGNED IT. THE MATH ISN'T MATHING. THIS FEELS REALLY WRONG. I WILL FINISH WITH THIS PART THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. TRANSPARENCY IS NOT POLITICAL. RECEIVING JUSTICE IS NOT POLITICAL. IT'S JUST THE RIGHT THING TO DO. THE FACT THAT MR. MOTURI HAS NOT
RECEIVED THIS INFORMATION AS A VICTIM OF A CRIME WHO WAS SHOT, WHO HAS BEEN ASKING FOR THIS INFORMATION, WHO WAS VICTIM BLAMED IS JUST ABHORRENT. HOW CAN SOMEONE ALMOST NEARLY GET
KILLED GETTING SHOT, ASKING FOR THIS INFORMATION HAS CALLED OUT THE FAILURES OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND YET NOT RECEIVE ANY FORM OF JUSTICE, ANY FORM OF INFORMATION WHEN THIS THING HAD BEEN DONE FOR A VERY LONG TIME. IT JUST DOES NOT MAKE SENSE TO
ME. NEXT UP WE HAVE COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. I JUST WANTED TO BRING SOME ADDITIONAL CONTEXT, SPEAKING IN MY ROLE AS THE CHAIR OF OUR AUDIT COMMITTEE BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S -- I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY FOR THE RECORD THERE ARE -- WE'RE HAVING TWO, ACTUALLY THERE ARE THREE
CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW UNDER ONE TOPIC HERE. THE ACTUAL UNDERLYING ACTION THAT WE HAVE HERE IS TRYING TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT KIND OF CONSEQUENCES THERE CAN BE FOR VIOLATING FOR CHARTER, AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY SHOULD
ACTUALLY DISAGREE WITH US AS AN OVERSIGHT BODY FIGURING OUT WHAT DO WE DO IN THE CASE OF A VIOLATION OF CITY CHARTER, WHETHER THAT'S FROM AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, INCLUDING US, OR ANY OTHER POSITION IN LEADERSHIP OR OFFICER WITHIN THE INSTITUTION. SO I JUST, IF THAT'S ALL THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND ALL
THAT'S IN FRONT OF US FOR A VOTE, WHICH IN FACT IT IS, THAT SHOULD BE A UNANIMOUS VOTE. SO THAT'S THAT PIECE. THE THING THAT I THINK IS ALSO GETTING CONFLATED HERE IS THERE WAS AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION AFTER THE SHOOTING OF DAVIS MOTURY
CONDUCTED BY MPD. SEPARATELY THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR AFTER ACTION REVIEW BY OUR INDEPENDENT CITY AUDITOR. THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE THAT WE WERE ANTICIPATING TO SEE A RESPONSE TO TODAY WAS STRICTLY RELATED TO THE INTERNAL REVIEW DONE BY MPD.
THE AFTER ACTION REVIEW DONE BY THE CITY AUDITOR HAS ALSO BEEN HELD UP, AND HE EXPRESSED HIS CONCERNS WITH THE LACK OF COOPERATION FROM MPD TO CONDUCT THAT AFTER ACTION REVIEW, THAT INDEPENDENT AFTER ACTION REVIEW.
WE ON THE CITY, ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, JUST SENT A LETTER TO THE MAYOR REQUESTING THAT AS THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, NOT AS A COUNCIL, BUT AS THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, REQUESTING THAT THEY RECTIFY THE SITUATION WITH MPD NOT COOPERATING WITH THE AFTER
ACTION REVIEW. WE HAVE NOT YET HEARD A RESPONSE FOR THAT LETTER, BUT DESPITE THAT, WHATEVER THAT RESPONSE, IT DOESN'T SPEAK TO THE IF THE LYING MOTION THAT IS -- UNDERLYING MOTION THAT IS IN FRONT OF US, WHICH IS WHAT DO WE DO AS AN INSTITUTION WHEN OUR CHARTER IS OUT OF COMPLIANCE?
AND WE ACTUALLY NEED TO HAVE AN ANSWER THAT TO THAT. IS THAT UPDATING OUR ETHICS CODE AND CREATING SOME SORT OF CONSEQUENCES WITHIN THAT CONTEXT? DO WE NEED TO AMEND OUR CITY CHARTER TO DO THAT? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW OUR CITY CHARTER'S VERY LIMITED ON WHAT TYPE OF INTERVENTIONS THERE ARE, PARTICULARLY FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS WHEN THEY'RE NOT
COMPLYING WITH THE CHARTER. SO THIS IS A VERY, THIS IS GOOD GOVERNANCE. THIS IS BUILDING OUT OUR OVERSIGHT TOOLS THAT ARE WOEFULLY LACKING UNDER THE NEW GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE, AND SO I AM GOING TO BE SUPPORTING THIS TODAY, AND I HOPE THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES DO AS WELL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> MR. CHAIR, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, AS I SEND MY STAFF TO THESE REGULARLY, MR. JEFFRIES AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WERE PRESENT AT AGENDA SETTING TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY MY COMMENTS ARE CATEGORIZED AS CONSPIRACY BY COUNCILMEMBER
WONSLEY, BUT SHE DEMANDS THAT HER RESPONSES ARE AUTHORITY HERE ON THIS BODY. I DON'T SEE HER EXAMPLE OF SHOT SPOTTER BEING SIMILAR OR EVEN REMOTELY SIMILAR. HER EXAMPLE ABOUT SHOT
SPOTTER AND ME ADDING ON A DIRECTIVE DURING THE CONVERSATION ABOUT SHOT SPOTTER, IT HAS NOT BEEN REPORTED BACK. DID I MISS IT? I THINK IT'S DUE IN MARCH OF NEXT YEAR. THIS MOTION AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT
PAYNE MENTIONS IS, IS FINE ON ITS FACE. IT'S AN INTERESTING ACADEMIC EXERCISE. BUT IT PRESUMES ALREADY ITS INTENT PRESUMES ALREADY AND WITHOUT SPEAKING IT, THAT THERE HAS BEEN A VIOLATION OF THE CITY CHARTER HERE, WHICH IS RIDICULOUS ON ITS
FACE. >> NEXT UP WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >>> THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR OUR ATTORNEY. HAS THE CHARTER BEEN VIOLATED BY THIS ACTION BY COMMISSIONER BARNETT? >> MR. CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER
RAINVILLE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE FIRST I'M PERSONALLY HEARING ABOUT MUCH OF THIS, AND SO I DON'T KNOW HOW TO RESPOND. >> UNDERSTANDABLE. THANK YOU. >> NEXT UP WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER
CHOW CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU. I DO THINK THAT THIS IS A HELPFUL LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE IN TERMS OF FIGURING OUT HOW WE CAN BUILD OUT SOME OF THE CHECKS AND BALANCES WE NEED TO GET REGULAR BUSINESS DONE. THERE HAVE BEEN INSTANCES THROUGHOUT THIS TERM WHERE ONE
OF THE MAIN TOOLS THAT WE DO HAVE AS A CITY COUNCIL IS THIS LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE TO GET INFORMATION FROM THE CITY ADMINISTRATION IF IT'S FIVE HOURS OR MORE OF WORK, AND IT'S IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO GET TO DO A REGULAR BUSINESS. AND WE ALSO SET A DEADLINE AND OFTENTIMES WE WORK WITH DEPARTMENTS TO SET THAT DEADLINE
TO RECEIVE THE INFORMATION. THESE DEADLINES ARE REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT SETS UP THE STAGE FOR US TO TAKE ACTION TO BEGIN WORK ON LEGISLATION AND THEN ALSO HAVE IT BE IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE BUDGET. THERE WAS A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE THAT I WAS AN AUTHOR
OF THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO, THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO COME BACK AND HAVE A PRESENTATION GIVEN TO I BELIEVE THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE, BUT IT ENDED UP BEING PUSHED BACK SEVERAL, SEVERAL MONTHS AND STILL HAS NOT BEEN GIVEN. RIGHT? AND THERE
IS A BIG GRAY AREA ON WHAT DO WE DO HERE WHEN WE ASK FOR LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE AND THE DEADLINE'S NOT MET. AND FOR MY CASE I BELIEVE THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE WAS SUPPOSED TO COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL MARCH OF 2025, AND IT'S CURRENTLY ALMOST
NOVEMBER OF 2025. WHICH IT'S A VERY, VERY BIG GAP IN TERMS OF US GETTING INFORMATION THAT'S NEEDED FOR WORK THAT WE WERE HOPING TO COMPLETE BEFORE THIS TERM WAS DONE. WHICH MAY NOT HAPPEN. AT THIS POINT. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO
FIGURE OUT. I DO THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR COUNCILMEMBERS, THE AUTHORS TO KIND OF, IF THEY FEEL UP TO KIND OF CLARIFYING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP BY MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE MAYOR'S
STAFF AND JARED JEFFRIES AS NAMED WAS EITHER NOT PRESENT AT AGENDA SETTING AT ALL OR DID NOT EVEN SPEAK TO THE ITEM. WHICH I THINK, I THINK IT'S REASONABLE TO BE PRESENT, AND I THINK IT'S ALSO REASONABLE TO SPEAK TO THE ITEM THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PRESENT ON, THAT IS OF GREAT
PUBLIC INTEREST AND INTEREST TO THE BODY. I THINK THAT'S REASONABLE ASK TO HAVE. >> YEAH. >> OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY, FOR CLARITY. AT AGENDA SETTING,
NO -- >> WELL. IS IT, COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO IS ON QUEUE. >> SHE MADE A QUESTION. >> SO AT AGENDA SETTING, THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY DID NOT ONCE SUBMIT AN RC RARKS FOR THIS ITEM KNOWING IT WAS DUE TO
THIS COMMITTEE FOR PRESENTATION, AND NO ONE SPOKE AS TO WHY IT WAS NOT SUBMITTED OR WHY THEY WOULD NOT BE SPEAKING. AS A RESULT OF CHAT CHAIR CHAVEZ FOLLOWED UP OVER EMAIL WITH THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY ASKING WHAT HAPPENED, WILL THEY BE WALKING ON RCA AND A
PRESENTATION FOR TODAY, AND LATE YESTERDAY IS WHEN WE RECEIVED THE EMAIL RESPONSE FROM COMMISSIONER B BARNETT SAYING HIS JUSTIFICATION FOR WHY THEY WOULD NOT BE PRESENTING TODAY. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE TIMELINE OF THINGS, AND THE ONLY CORRESPONDENCE THAT WE'VE HAD REGARDING THIS DIRECTIVE FROM
THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY. >> NEXT UP WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER PALM SOHN SO. >> MR. CHAIR -- PALMISANO. >> MR. CHAIR, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT THESE KINDS OF THINGS ON THE DAIS. I THINK WE SHOULD GO BACK AND FIGURE IT OUT. I THINK YOU BROUGHT IT UP IN AGENDA SETTING,
COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. I THINK IF THERE WAS -- IN MY OWN NAIVE SENSE I WOULD THINK IF THERE WAS AN EXPECTATION OF A PRESENTATION, THEN IT WOULD BE HERE PRINTED ON THE AGENDA. SO I WILL MOVE TO FORWARD THIS WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION TO FULL COUNCIL. WE CAN KEEP THIS
MOVING ALONG. LIKE I MENTIONED FROM COUNCIL PRESIDENT' PAYNE MENTIONED, IT'S AN INTERESTING ACADEMIC EXERCISE. IT JUST ALLEGES THERE WAS AN ALREADY THAT ALREADY HAPPENED WHEN I JUST DON'T SEE ANY OF THESE EXAMPLES BEING THE CASE. SO I WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE THIS
FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. I WOULD NEED A SECOND. >> SECOND. >> I DID REACH OUT TO THE ADMINISTRATION, AND I ASKED
THEM, I BROUGHT UP THE ITEM BEFORE THE AGENDA WAS GOING TO BE PUBLISHED. THAT WAY WE COULD ENSURE THIS ITEM WOULD BE ON THE AGENDA BEFORE IT WAS MADE PUBLIC. SO I REACHED OUT. THE ADMINISTRATION KNEW ABOUT IT BEFORE THE AGENDA WADS -- WAS EVEN PUBLIC SO THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT EVEN MORE CONCERNING IS YES, THE ADMINISTRATION DIDN'T COME
TO AGENDA. YOU KNOW, IT HAPPENS. PEOPLE SOMETIMES MAKE MISTAKES, AND I'M NOT SAYING THE ADMINISTRATION DIDN'T COME AT ALL. THEY COME FOR DIFFERENT TOPICS, BUT THEY DID NOT COME TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM. AS CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE, I GAVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO BEFORE THIS
COMMITTEE AND EVERYBODY IN THIS COUNTRY QUITE FRANKLY A PATHWAY TO MAKE SURE IT WOULD GET ON THE AGENDA TO MAKE SURE IT WOULD BE PUBLIC BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE THIS FIGHT ON THE DAIS. I JUST WANTED THIS INFORMATION. AND MR. MOTURI DESERVES THIS INFORMATION. THEIR REFUSAL TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA EVEN AFTER AGENDA SETTING, AFTER I REACHED OUT, IS WHAT IS LEADING TO THIS
MOMENT RIGHT NOW. BUT THEY HAD AMPLE OPPORTUNITY, AND I BROUGHT IT UP OVER EMAIL AND I HAVE PROOF. HONESTLY THE PUBLIC NEED TO MAKE DATA REQUESTS BECAUSE YOU'LL GET IT OR I'LL SEND IT TO YOU MYSELF. NEXT UP WE HAVE COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. I'M
NOT GOING TO BE SUPPORTINGFOREWARDING THIS WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. I'M READY TO SEND THIS FORWARD WITH APPROVAL, AND I JUST DON'T APPRECIATE CHARACTERIZING MY COMMENTS AS SOME SORT OF ACADEMIC EXERCISE. EVERY SINGLE DAY WE ARE REQUESTING INFORMATION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION. WE HAVE AN
ENTIRE POLICY ENACTED THAT SAYS WHAT THOSE PROCEDURES NEED TO LOOK LIKE TO GET THAT INFORMATION. OFTENTIMES WE DON'T GET THAT INFOR INFORMATION AS REQUIRED BY THE CHARTER. WE HAVE ACTIVE VIOLATIONS OF THE CITY CHARTER. AMIOGOING TO SET UP HERE AND PROTEST WHEN WE HAVE TO SHIFT A
PRESENTATION FOR A SINGLE COUNCIL CYCLE. NO, I DON'T THINK THAT IS AN EGREGIOUS VIOLATION. BUT WHEN WE DON'T EVEN HEAR FROM THE ADMINISTRATION, THAT THEY WILL OR WON'T PRESENT UNTIL A MEMO THE DAY BEFORE, THAT'S NOT ACADEMIC. THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW SO
I DON'T APPRECIATE THAT CHARACTERIZATION. I'LL BE VOTING AGAINST FORWARDING THIS WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION, AND I WILL BE ONE THAT -- WHEN THAT HOPEFULLY FAILS BE MOVING THIS FOR RECOMMENDATION. >> ON THE MOTION TO MOVE THIS ITEM WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION,
I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> NAY. >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY. >> NO. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> VICE CHAIR WONSLEY.
>> NAY. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ. >> NO. >> WE HAVE TWO NAYS OR EXCUSE ME WE HAVE TWO AYES AND FOUR NAYS. >> THAT MOTION DOES NOT CARRY. I AM ON QUEUE TO MOVE THIS FORWARD WITH APPROVAL. >> SECOND. >> CLERK. WITH NO DISCUSSION
HERE. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> NAY. >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> NO. >> VICE CHAIR WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> WE HAVE FOUR AYES AND TWO NAYS.
>> AND THAT MOTION CARRIES. COLLEAGUES, NEXT UP WE HAVE THE BEHAVIORAL CRISIS RESPONSE PRESENTATION. IF FOLKS FROM BCR CAN PLEASE COME, THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. WELCOME TO
CHIEF. >> BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO GET OUR PRESENTATION LINED UP, SO.
>> YES, THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT. MR. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, WE HAVE WITH US TODAY OUR PARTNERS FROM CANOPY ROOTS TO MAKE THEIR ANNUAL PRESENTATION ON BEHAVIORAL CRISIS RESPONSE. SO I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU
SHAREA HANSON, DIRECTOR OF BEHAVIORAL CRISIS RESPONSE FOR CANOPY ROOTS. >> WELCOME, THANKS FOR BEING HERE. >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK
YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME. MY NAME IS SHARE HANSEN. I'M PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE MINNEAPOLIS BCR PROGRAM. I AM ALSO A RESIDENT OF MINNEAPOLIS WARD 9, AND I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ABOUT
THE BCR FOR 2025. SO TO TAKE YOU THROUGH WHAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT, WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH AN OVERVIEW OF CANOPY ROOTS AND THE BCR. KEY PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS FOR THIS YEAR. AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT SUCCESSES,
CHALLENGES, AND OPPORTUNITIES MOVING FORWARD. SO FIRST OF ALL, WHO IS CANOPY? RIGHT? WE ARE INNOVATIVE, MENTAL HEALTH UNARMED FIRST RESPONSE THAT OPERATES HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS VIA
9-1-1 DISPATCH. OUR APPROACH IS DIFFERENT. RIGHT? OUR APPROACH FOCUSES ON COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE AND SUPPORTING PEOPLE WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THEIR COMMUNITY. WE WANT TO IDENTIFY NATURAL AND CULTURAL STRENGTHS THAT ARE
ALREADY IN EXISTENCE AND TAP INTO THOSE. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO AFFIRM OUR RECIPIENTS' DIGNITY ABOVE ALL ELSE. SO OUR
MODEL ALL RIGHT -- SO OUR MODEL LOOKS LIKE THIS. IT'S CULTURALLY AFFIRMING, MEANING OUR RESPONDERS ARE TRAINED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE FROM MANY DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND IDENTITIES. OF COURSE OUR
RESPONDERS ARE UNARMED. THEY ARE -- THEY'RE TRAINED TO LEVERAGE RELATIONSHIP AS OPPOSED TO LEANING INTO A POWER DIFFERENTIAL TO GET WHAT THEY NEED AND TO MOVE THE SITUATION FORWARD IN THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT? WE'RE GOING TO LEAN INTO
SUPPORTING THAT PERSON, MEETING THEM WHERE THEY ARE, AS OPPOSED TO EXERCISING POWER OVER THEM OR LEANING INTO THAT POWER DIFFERENTIAL. SO OUR RESPONDERS ARE TRAINED AND CERTIFIED. ALL
OF OUR RESPONDERS ARE MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONERS PER THE STATUTES. ADDITIONALLY SOME OF THEM ALSO ARE LICENSED THERAPISTS, LICSWs, LPCKs AND SOCIAL WORKERS. SO OW SERVICES ARE OF COURSE EMBEDDED
INTO 9-1-1. THIS IS THE COMMWAY THE COMMUNITY IS ABLE TO ACCESS US, THROUGH 9-1-1 DISPATCH. OUR TEAMS ARE 24/7 AND THEY ARE MOBILE. OUR RESPONDERS MOVE AROUNDS IN THESE LOVELY VANS, AND COME TO RECIPIENTS' HOMES AND TO SCENES
OF INCIDENTS. OUR TEAMS ARE AROUND -- HERE AROUND THE CLOCK TO RESPOND TO MENTAL HEALTH EMERGENCIES. SO WE ARE INDEPENDENT FIRST RESPONDERS UNLIKE A CO-RESPONDERS MODEL, BCR RESPONDERS HAVE A RESPONSE THAT'S INDEPENDENT FROM POLICE,
OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEY MIGHT BE PARTNERING WITH ONE TO ONE. OUR RESPONDERS WORK IN PAIRS, AND WE INDEPENDENTLY ARE BROUGHT INTO SITUATIONS BY DISPATCH ON OUR OWN. SO WE ARE
FREE AND VOLUNTARY. THIS ALLOWS US TO NOT HAVE TO BILL INSURANCE. IT ALLOWS OUR RECIPIENTS TO NOT TO WORRY ABOUT MONEY AND WORRY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, INSURANCE WHICH OFTENTIMES CAN BE A BARRIER FOR PEOPLE SEEKING
CARE. SO WHAT DOES THE BCR DO WHEN WE ARE OUT THERE SUPPORTING RECIPIENTS? OUR PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE PERSON-CENTERED CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE CRISIS SERVICES TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS. OF ALL AGES SO THIS IS AS EARLY
AS A CHILD CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY, AND WELL INTO MATURE AGE. OUR GOALS IS TO DECRIMINALIZE MENTAL ILLNESS. THIS MEANS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT PEOPLE AND DEAL WITH
MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN A WAY THAT DOES NOT INVOLVE LAW ENFORCEMENT IF IT'S NOT NECESSARY. OF COURSE WE LIKE TO AVOID INVOLUNTARY HOSPITALIZATION, SOMETIMES HOSPITALIZATION IS NECESSARY FOR THE SITUATION, BUT OFTENTIMES THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO SOLVE THESE CONCERNS AND ADDRESS THESE ISSUES AND SO WE LIKE TO AGAIN
WORK WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE RECIPIENTS' COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE SUPPORT THAT IS BASED IN WHAT THEY NEED THAT DOESN'T ALLOW -- DOESN'T MAKE US HAVE TO TAKE THEM TO THE HOSPITAL WHEN IT IS NOT THE BEST OPTION. SO
WHEN WE RESPOND TO A BEHAVIORAL CRISIS, WE PROMOTE SAFETY THROUGH THE USE OF EMOTIONAL DE-ESCALATION TACTICS. OUR RESPONDERS ARE TRAINED IN DE-ESCALATION AND SEEK TO HUMANIZE PEOPLE IN THEIR STRUGGLES, BELIEVING THIS NATURALLY DEESCALATES PEOPLE.
CRISIS INTERVENTION IS SUPPORT OUR RESPONDERS ENGAGE IN CREATIVE AND RESPECTFUL PROBLEM SOLVING WITH RECIPIENTS THAT SUPPORTS THEIR CULTURE AND EXPERIENCES, NOT GO AGAINST THEM. WE LIKE TO CONNECT OUR RECIPIENTS TO APPROPRIATE SERVICES AND RESOURCESMENT OUR
RESPONDERS ARE FAMILIAR WITH MANY RESOURCES THAT CAN HELP COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN WHATEVER SITUATIONS THEY MAY FIND THEMSELVES AND OF COURSE WHATEVER IDENTITY THAT THEY HAVE. WE SEEK TO HAVE THE RESOURCES AND REFERRALS THAT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THEM. AND
TAILORED TO THEM. SO THIS IS OUR 9-1-1 ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA. SO THE CENTRAL THING IS BEHAVIORAL OR MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. RIGHT? SO THERE NEEDS TO BE A MENTAL HEALTH COMPONENT TO EACH OF OUR CALLS FOR IT TO
BE WITHIN OUR SCOPE. NO WEAPONS INVOLVED OR BEING ACTIVELY USED. NO PHYSICAL VIOLENCE HAS OCCURRED OR IS OCCURRING. NOW SOMETIMES THERE ARE SITUATIONS WHERE PHYSICAL VIOLENCE HAS HAPPENED, BUT THE SITUATION HAS BEEN CLEARED AND THE SCENE IS SAFE AND WE ARE BROUGHT IN TO SUPPORT PEOPLE WHO ARE
EXPERIENCING EMOTIONAL DISTRESS OR MENTAL HEALTH DISTRESS AS A RESULT. SO NO MEDICAL EMERGENCY. AS WE KNOW, MENTAL HEALTH AND PHYSICAL HEALTH ARE INTEGRATED, SO SOMETIMES WE GET CALLED OUT AND IT APPEARS TO BE A MENTAL HEALTH CONCERN, BUT WE FIND OUT THAT IT'S MEDICAL, AND
IN THOSE SITUATIONS, WE WOULD ACTIVATE EMS OR THE PROPER AUTHORITIES IN THAT SITUATION. SO DRUGS AND ALCOHOL ARE NOT ESCALATING THE SITUATION. BECAUSE SUBSTANCE INTOXICATION CAN MIMIC MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS WE DO FIND OURSELVES ON CONCERNS
WHERE SUBSTANCES ARE A CONCERN. HOWEVER AS LONG AS THEY DON'T CREATE A SAFETY RISK, OUR RESPONDERS HELP SUPPORT THESE RES RECIPIENTS AS WELL. SO POLICE MAY REQUEST BCR PRESENCE THROUGH 9-1-1 DISPATCH BUT THE INCIDENT MUST STILL MEET THE ABOVE CRITERIAISM SITUATIONS OUTSIDE OF THESE CRITERIA WOULD
RESULT IN A RESPONSE FROM ANOTHER AGENCY LIKE EMS OR POLICE. SO SOME OF OF OUR PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS, SO YOU
RESPONDED TO 11,500 PLUS CALLS FOR THE SERVICE LAST YEAR. OKAY THIS IS SLIGHTSLY MORE THAN THE NUMBER OF CALLS WE RECEIVED FROM AUGUST OF 2023 TO AUGUST OF 2024. WE RESPONDED TO 8,973 BEHAVIORAL CRISIS WELFARE CALLS,
MEANING THE BCRWs THAT PROBLEM NATURE CODE. AND THEN THE 2,610 ARE THE PRIORITY 1 MENTAL HEALTH CALLS. SO WE COMPLETED OUR SECOND YEAR OF 24/7 OPERATIONS
IN JUNE. THIS MEANS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE AROUND THE CLOCK SUPPORT FOR A COUPLE YEARS NOW. AND WE WERE ABLE TO EXPAND TO MAX FIVE VANS IN SERVICE AT ANY GIVEN POINT IN TIME, AND FROM
THREE, SO WE INCREASED TWO VANS AVAILABLE AT OUR HIGH, HIGH TIMES, AND STARTING IN NOVEMBER 2024, THAT WAS WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT STARTED. AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS THAT FOR AWHILE SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD
OF THAT MILESTONE. SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THESE NUMBERS, RESPONSES SINCE LAUNCH. WE RESPONDED TO NEARLY 35,000 CALLS SINCE THE PROGRAM'S LAUNCH IN DECEMBER 2021. OF THOSE CALLS,
75% AGAIN WERE THAT BCRW, 25% WERE THE PRIORITY 1 MENTAL HEALTH CALLS. AND THESE ARE OUR CALL RESPONSES BY CALENDAR YEAR. WE ARE NOW FOR THIS YEAR AT
8500. SO THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF OUR RESPONSE LOCATIONS. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE RESPONDED TO CALLS IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD, EVERY WARD, AND EVERY PRECINCT OF MINNEAPOLIS. NOW, THAT EMBEDDEDNESS THAT HOW WE'RE
INTEGREATED INTO 9-111 IS-1 IS A-- 9-1-1 IS WHAT ALLOWS FOR US TO BE ABLE IN THESE SITUATIONS TO -- AVAILABLE IN THESE SITUATIONS TO RESPOND IN THIS CAPACITY. SO HOW WERE INCIDENTS
RESOLVED BY THE BCR? SO TRAUMA INFORMED AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT. RIGHT OUR RESPONDERS APPROACH COMMUNITY MEMBERS RECOGNIZING THAT TRAUMA CAN IMPACT ANYONE. WE ARE AWARE OF COMMON TRIGGERS THAT PEOPLE HAVE, AND WAYS TO AVOID BEHAVIORS THAT TRIGGER
PEOPLE'S TRAUMA. WE ALSO FOCUS ON CRISIS DE-ESCALATION LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, ATTENDING TO THEIR EMOTIONAL NEEDS FIRST. ADDITIONALLY WE ENGAGE IN PSYCHOEDUCATION THIS MEANS EDUCATING THE RECIPIENT AND THE FAMILIES ABOUT ANY MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS THAT MIGHT BE AT PLAY,
AND GIVING THEM NEXT STEPS IF THEY ARE WILLING TO ACCEPT THAT. RISK ASSESSMENTS AND SAFETY PLANNING. SAFETY IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE TO OUR PROGRAM AND OUR RESPONDERS. OUR RESPONDERS SHOW UP TO A SITUATION CONSISTENTLY ASSESSING
FOR SAFETY AND ADDITIONALLY ARE DOING FORMAL ASSESSMENTS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THE RECIPIENT IS SAFE THEMSELVES AND IF THERE IS ANY INTERVENTION THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO GET THEM IMMEDIATE SUPPORT THAT THAT HAPPENS IMMEDIATELY. SERVICE CONNECTION
INCLUDING VOLUNTARY TRANSPORT AND APPROPRIATE WARM HANDOFFS TO HOSPITALS, CRISIS RESIDENCES, ET CETERA. ADDITIONALLY, THERE CAN BE SOME LIGHT SKILLS TRAINING. SOMETIMES WE ENGAGE IN MINDFULNESS TRAINING WITH OUR RECIPIENTS IN THE MOMENT. IF
THAT IS WHAT NEEDS TO HELP, NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO HELP THEM GET THROUGH THE MOMENT. BRIEF INTERVENTION. THIS IS SHORT WORK, THIS IS EMERGENCY WORK, SO WE TREAT IT AS SUCH. WE ARE BRIEF IN OUR INTERVENTIONS AND TRY TO BE AS POINTED AND AS EFFECTIVE AS WE CAN BE IN A
SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. ALL RIGHT. SUCCESSES AND PROGRESS. AT THIS MOMENT, THE BCR HAS FULFILLED THE GOALS AND FUNCTIONS ORIGINALLY INTENDED FOR OUR SERVICES. THIS YEAR HAS
BEEN MOSTLY ABOUT MAINTAINING, RIGHT? MAINTAINING THE SUCCESS AND DEEPENING OUR EFFECTIVENESS. SO ONE OF THE WAYS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT IS THROUGH DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD FOCUSING ON OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY. SO IN ORDER TO DEEPEN THE
EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR SERVICES, RIGHT, THAT ACCOUNTABILITY IS REALLY IMPORTANT. WE WANT TO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE COMMUNITY, AND WE WANT TO BE ACCOUNTABLE -- THE LEADERS ACCOUNTABLE TO THE -- RESPONDERS AND JUST GENERAL ACCOUNTABILITY FROM THE
COMMUNITY ABOUT THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE. INTEGRATING THEIR FEEDBACK INTO OUR PRACTICES AND ANY OF OUR PROBLEM SOLVING MOVING FORWARD. WE
SWITCH PEOPLE AROUND FOR EFFECTIVENESS. OUR RESPONDERS ARE SO PROFESSIONAL IS THAT WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO FOR THE
PROGRAM THEY WILL DO. FURTHER DEVELOPING CURRENT STAFF TRAINING TO DEEPEN KNOWLEDGE AND INCREASE SERVES QUALITY. THIS HAS BEEN A HUGE FOCUS FOR ME, I HAVE BEEN DIRECTOR FOR FIVE MONTHS SO FAR. THIS IS A BIG FOCUS OF MINE, OUR TRAIN,
ENMOOING OF OURIENTATION AND ONGOING TRAINING FOR OUR STAFF, IS TOP NOTCH. SO THAT AGAIN, WE'RE INCREASING THAT EFFECTIVENESS AND GIVING THE COMMUNITY WHAT THEY ASK FOR. SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE EMBARKING UPON AN OVERHAUL OF THE RESPONDER
TRAINING, UPDATING THE PROGRAM-WIDE POLICIES, RETHINKING HOW WE SUPPORT RESPONDERS DOING THE WORK, RIGHT? JUST REFINING WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER. SO WE DID HIRE ONE OF OUR LARGEST COHORTS IN RESPONSE TO HIGH STAFFING NEEDS.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS SIX MONTHS AGO. AND THEN ADDITIONALLY STILL REFINING TRAINING METHODS TO FIT THE TEAM NEEDS. SO THAT WAS A SUCCESS FOR US. ALL RIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO ASK ONE
OF OUR LEAD RESPONDERS TYANNA ENINGRAM TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT BEING IN THE FIELD AND THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE. >> HI, MY NAME IS TYANNA INGRAM
I'M A MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENT. I WAS A RESPONDER FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND THEN I HAVE BEEN A LEAD RESPONDER FOR A YEAR. I AM VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE DO. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE MY JOB SO I CAN BE HERE TALKING TO YOU GUYS ALL DAY. I WAS TOLD I GET
ONE, SO ONE THAT'S KIND OF ALWAYS STUCK WITH ME IT WAS FOR A RECIPIENT, THAT'S WHAT WE CALL PEOPLE WE SEE. THEY ARE OUR RECIPIENTS, SO IT CAME IN, A FEMALE CA WAS
TRYING TO THE DISPATCHER. WE KNEW SOMEBODY WAS UPSET, WE WENT IN BLIND. THEY NEEDED SOME HELP. SO WE GET THERE, AND IT TAKES US A LITTLE BIT FOR HER TO LET US IN. AGAIN WE CAN HEAR HER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOOR JUST CRYING VERY ESCALATED SO THERE WAS SOME JUST TALK
ABOUT WHO WE WERE THROUGH THE DOOR, THE LITTLE BIT OF TRUST THAT WAY SO SHE EVENTUALLY OMOPENED IT UP, SO ME AND MY PARTNER WERE ABLE TO GO AT LEAST INTO THE HOME AND TRY AND DO SOME OF THOSE ASSESSMENTS. IT WAS HARD FOR US AT FIRST TO GET ANY INFORMATION FROM HER BECAUSE
SHE WAS SO ESCALATED AND CRYING, SO ONE OF THE DE-ESCALATION TECHNIQUES THAT WE HAD TO USE WAS JUST MIRRORING BREAT BREATHING SO I JUST SAT THERE WITH HER, TOLD HER TO COPY WHAT I DO, TOOK SOME DEEP BREATHS. EVENTUALLY SHE WAS ABLE TO DEESCALATE A LITTLE BIT SO WE COULD KEEP OF TALK ABOUT WHAT WADS GOING ON -- KIND OF TALK
ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON, AND SHE WAS HAVING D SOME RELATIONSHIPS ISSUES BUT DEEPER THAN THAT SHE HAD THIS OVERWHELMING FEELING NOBODY WAS THERE FOR HER. SHE HAD NOBODY TO SUPPORT HER. THIS RELATIONSHIP WAS ALL THAT SHE FELT WAS LEFT OF HER SUPPORT
SYSTEM, SO THAT WANT SHE DID -- AT THAT POINT SHE DIDN'T WANT TO BE HERE ANYMORE. SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW IF THIS WASN'T GOING TO WORK OUT, SHE DIDN'T WANT TO BE ALONE. SO SHE WAS ADAMANT THAT SHE WAS GOING TO COMMIT SUICIDE. WE DID OUR SUICIDAL ASSESSMENT. SHE HAD THE IDEATION SO SHE HAD THE
THOUGHTS. SHE HAD THE PLAN. SHE WAS GOING TO SHOOT HERSELF. THAT PUT UP A RED FLAG FOR US BECAUSE NOW WE NEED TO KNOW DO YOU HAVE THE MEANS. DO YOU HAVE A WEAPON TO DO IT WITH? COME TO FIND OUT SHE DID. IN HER BEDROOM SHE HAD A GUN, SO AT THAT POINT WE HAVE TO CALL PD
AND THEY CAME VERY QUICKLY. THEY REMOVED THE GUN FROM THE SCENE AS WE'RE JUST CONTINUING TO TALK TO HER OUTSIDE OF THE HOME. THE GUN WAS INSIDE THE HOME, SO WAY WE MADE SURE TO LEAVE THE HOME UNTIL THE PD CLEARED THE GUN. PD CAMED TO
CLEAR THE GUN AND THERE WAS ONE IN THE CHAMBER. SHE WAS, I BELIEVE THAT IF SHE DID NOT GET WHAT SHE NEEDED IN THAT MOMENT, WE COULD'VE LOST THIS MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENT. SO AFTER THE GUN WAS CLEARED FROM THE
SCENE, A LOT OF JUST DE-ESCALATION, WE DID EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, WE TALKED ABOUT OKAY YOU DON'T HAVE ANY SOCIAL SUPPORTS BUT MAYBE WE CAN GET YOU SOME, LIKE, WE CALL THEM, LIKE, SOCIAL -- NOT SOCIAL
SUPPORTS, BUT LIKE CLINICAL SUPPORTS. CONNECTED HER TO SOME RESOURCES BUT ULTIMATELY SHE FELT SHE WOULD NOT BE SAFE AT HOME SO WE TRANSFERRED HER TO THE HOSPITAL. WE GOT HER TO THE POINT WHERE EMS WOULDN'T BE
NEEDED BECAUSE WE TOOK AWAY THE MAJOR MEANS IN THAT MOMENT, AND BECAUSE WE HAD BUILT THAT RAPPORT, WE FELT SAFE ENOUGH TO MAKE THAT TRANSPORT, AND SHE FELT SAFE ENOUGH WITH US. SO THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE MANY CALLS WHERE I FEEL LIKE WE WERE ABLE TO DO VERY IMPORTANT WORK.
THEY ALL AREN'T LIKE THAT. SOMETIMES IT IS CALLS WHERE WE MIGHT BE TOO LATE OR IT'S MAYBE SOMEONE JUST NEEDING HELP NAVIGATING THE SHELTER SYSTEM FOR THE FIRST TIME. BUT ALL OF THESE CALLS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO US. THEY'RE IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY
MEMBERS. I'M A PART OF THE CITY, SO THEY'RE IMPORTANT TO MY NEIGHBORS. SO I AM THANKFUL THAT I GET TO BE A PART OF THIS PROGRAM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ALL OF THE WORK WE CONTINUE TO DO. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, TYANNA. SWITCHING
OUT COMPUTERS HERE. ALL RIGHT. SO MOVING INTO SOME OF THE SUCCESSES AND -- OR CHALLENGES SO FAR. CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES. THAT'S WHAT IT
IS. OKAY. SO FOR US AS YOU ALL MAY KNOW, THE BCR SWITCHED JANUARY OF 2025 FROM BEING UNDER NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT TO FIRE. YOU KNOW, THIS, ANYTIME THERE IS A TRANSITION
LIKE THIS, THERE ARE CHALLENGES, RIGHT? CHANGE IS HARD, ESPECIALLY FOR AN ORGANIZATION THAT GOT USED TO OPERATING ONE WAY. RIGHT? SO COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO WORK TOGETHER ON THAT WITH FIRE. I, YOU KNOW, WE DO
SEE AN OPPORTUNITY IN HERE SORT OF TO LEARN FROM FIRE WHICH IS AN ESTABLISHED, YOU KNOW, ORGANIZATION THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR SO LONG. AND SO WE'RE INTERESTED IN CONTINUING TO LEARN FROM THEM, BUT AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER, WE'RE PROBLEM SOLVING THAT COMMUNICATION AND THAT
COLLABORATION PIECE. ADDITIONALLY, LEADERSHIP CHANGES, RIGHT, SO ME, SIX MONTHS OR FIVE MONTHS SO FAR, WE'D HAD SOME TURNOVER IN OUR LEADERSHIP. THESE THINGS ARE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, THESE THINGS ARE NOT FUN. THEY'RE A
TRANSITION FOR OUR STAFF, BUT YOU KNOW FOR ME HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD UPON THE LEADERSHIP SUCCESSES OF THOSE THAT CAME BEFORE ME IS A REAL BIG HONOR. I INTEND TO POUR EVERY BIT OF MY INNOVATION AND SKILLS INTO FURTHER IMPROVING
THE SERVICE THAT WE HAVE BEEN TASKED WITH. AGAIN, I'M A MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENT AS WELL, AND SO I SEE THIS AS A SERVICE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING TO OUR NEIGHBORS AND OUR FRIENDS. AND SO I TAKE THAT RESPONSIBILITY VERY SERIOUSLY, AND AGAIN HOPING TO BUILD ON TOP OF THOSE SUCCESSES FROM THE PAST. THERE
HAVE BEEN SITUATIONS WHERE, THERE HAS BEEN A SITUATION WHERE THE ONE-TIME FUNDING THAT THE COUNCIL HAD PREVIOUSLY ALLOTTED YOU KNOW HAS IT'S BEEN A LONG PROCESS TO KIND OF GET, GET CONNECTED WITH THAT. AND THOUGH
THIS HAS BEEN KIND OF A CHALLENGE, WE CHOOSE TO SEE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT WHAT'S NEEDED FROM THE CITY FROM US, AND WE STAND READY TO PROVIDE WHAT IS NEEDED FROM US TO ADVANCE THIS PROCESS, BUT AGAIN, IT IS STILL THAT'S STILL IN THE WORKS. SO
SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE, A CONCERN THAT HAPPENED SORT OF THIS YEAR IS THE CONCEPT OF SCOPE CREEP, AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS BASICALLY WHEN A PROGRAM IS INTENDED TO FULFILL A CERTAIN PURPOSE, WHEN THERE ARE OTHER NEEDS THAT EXIST THAT PROGRAM CAN CAN BEGIN TO FULL
THILL THE PURPOSES NOT ONLY WHAT THEY WERE ORIGINALLY INTENDED FOR BUT ALSO THE OTHER NICHE NEEDS IN EXISTENCE. SO UPON REALIZING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE MOVING INTO AREAS TAT WERE NOT A PART OF OUR ORIGINAL
INTENTION, WE HAVE FOUND OURSELVES SORT OF TRYING TO PULL BACK AND ROLL BACK AND REALLY REFINE OUR SCOPE, RIGHT? MAKING SURE EVERYTHING THAT VERY INVOLVED IN IS MENTAL HEALTH RELATED AND SOME OF THE ITEMS WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN, THIS WAS BECAUSE WE WANTED TO HELP.
THESE ARE THINGS LIKE ASSISTING SOMEONE WITH WHEELCHAIR, A WHEELCHAIR ISSUE. THIS WOULD BE THINGS LIKE DOING A NONMENTAL HEALTH WELFARE CHECK, RIGHT? AGAIN, THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED THAT WE KIND OF GOT PULLED INTO BECAUSE WE WANTED TO
BE HELPFUL, BUT UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC PURPOSE AND A VERY SPECIFIC CONTRACT, AND WE WANT TO FULFILL THAT PARTICULARLY. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON KIND OF BRINGING IT BACK. WE'VE HAD TO EDUCATE OUR
COLLABORATING FIRST RESPONDER, FIRST RESPONDERS ABOUT THIS LIMITATION. AND ADDITIONALLY WE HAD TO KIND OF RETRAIN OUR RESPONDERS AS WELL TO REALLY FOCUS ON BUT OUR MENTAL HEALTH SCOPE -- WHAT OUR MENTAL HEALTH SCOPE IS AND WHAT WE ARE TRAINED TO DO. SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING THAT BACK AND
REWORKING THAT. SO LOOKING FORWARD. SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THE SKILLS OF OUR WORKFORCE TO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF SERVICES POSSIBLE.
IT IS LIKE I SAID OUR LASER FOCUS, OUR ABSOLUTE PASSION TO PROVIDE THE PEOPLE OF MINNEAPOLIS WITH THE HIGHEST QUALITY MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS RESPONSE SERVICES AS POSSIBLE. THE STORY OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR HAS BEEN CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, AND THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE
STORY OF THE BCR MOVING FORWARD. ADDITIONALLY WE'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS ABOUT OUR SERVICES, SO THAT ALL OF THE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE INVESTED IN THIS WORK AT OUR, AND CARE ABOUT THIS WORK ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A SERVICE TO BE ACCESSED. SO WE LIKE TO
CONTINUE EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT OUR SERVICES. WE ADDITIONALLY LIKE DESPITE CHALLENGES AND, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO WORK AND REWORK TOGETHER, WE WANT TO CONTINUE GOOD FAITH EFFORTS TO COLLABORATE WITH THE CITY WHILE STAYING TRUE TO OUR SCOPE AND OUR VALUES AS AN
ORGANIZATION. THANK YOU. >> THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR BEING HERE. COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I HAD A CHANCE TO
SPEAK BRIEFLY WITH CHAIR CHAVEZ ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION THAT GOT LOADED JUST A COUPLE HOURS AGO. IS THERE A REPORT OR SOMETHING MORE LIKE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS WITH MORE METRICS AT THIS POINT? I KNOW THERE ARE VARIOUS
METRICS. WE KEEP LOTS OF RECORDS OURSELVES. I KNOW THE CITY HAS BEGUN TO DISPATCH THOSE IN PARTICULAR. THOSE CAN BE PROVIDED TO YOU ALL. I KNOW WE HAVE ALSO WORKED WITH MINNESOTA RESEARCH JUSTICE CENTER WHO HAS BEEN STUDYING OUR PROGRAM FOR THE LAST YEAR, AND COMING OUT LATER ON THIS YEAR, WE SHOULD
HAVE THOSE SPECIFIC NUMBERS FOR YOU ALL ABOUT DETAILS OF THE PROGRAM. >> THANK YOU. I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN LOW ACING UN-- ALLOWING UNARMINGED RESPONSES TO BEHAVIORAL OR MENTAL HEALTH CALLS, AND I TRULY BELIEVE IN THAT MODEL OF
RESPONSE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PART IN THAT. NOW THAT WE ARE TWO FULL YEARS INTO 24/7 SERVICE, I WAS HOPING FOR MORE DATA OTHER THAN THE NUMBER OF CALLS RECEIVED PER YEAR AND PER WARD. ABSENT THOSE METRICS, I
WILL SAY I'M NOT SURE I CAN ACCEPT THAT SOMETHING THAT BROADLY NEEDS A BEHAVIORAL CRISIS RESPONSE IN MY WARD SHOULD GO UNANSWERED OR BE PUSHED OFF BY THE BCR TEAM AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I CAN TAKE UP THROUGH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
I DID, AND BECAUSE YOU ARE NEW, I HAVE A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE THAT I LOOKED BACK, MR. CHAIR. IT'S ACTUALLY DUE BACK IN JUNE OF NEXT YEAR THAT ASKS FOR A LOT MORE QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE DETAILS SUCH AS RESPONSE TIME, HOW LONG CALLS
TAKE ON AVERAGE, I KNOW THERE IS A PRETTY WIDE VARIATION. I WAS ON A RIDE ALONG WHERE I WAS IT WAS ABOUT THREE HOURS AND I WAS ON A RIDE ALONG WHERE I THINK IT WAS ABOUT THREE MINUTES. HOW LONG DO CALLS TAKE ON AVERAGE, STAFFING, CALLS BY
TYPE, THAT SORT OF THING. WE JUST APPROVED ANOTHER YEAR OF THIS CONTRACT FOR $7 MILLION. I'M NOT QUESTIONING THE VALUE OF THIS SERVICE BUT I WOULD LIKE US TO RECEIVE ROBUST DATA EVERY YEAR ON THE FABLIN EFFECTIVENESS OF IT. BECAUSE OF THE INCREDIBLE WORK OF DIRECTOR
HERRINGTON'S TEAMS AND EVEN THE COP COPOLOWE LAWSUIT WE REQUIRE CONTRACTORS TO PROVIDE A LOT OF DAT DATA FOR CONTRACTS THAT ARE A LOT LESS IN VALUE. WOO ETALK ABOUT THE COUNCIL'S OVERVIEW, AND Y DO
BELIEVE IN THIS CASE WE NEED THE DATA TO PERFORM THAT OVERSIGHT DUTY. I WAS VERY GLAD TO SAY YOU STAND AT THE READY TO PROVIDE US WHAT WE NEED TO ADVANCE THAT PROCESS, AND I THINK WE'LL GET THERE. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> THANKS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND WELCOME. THIS HAS GOT TO BE AN EXCITING NEW CAREER FOR YOU TO TAKE PART IN, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TODAY. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR POINT ABOUT CONTINUING EDUCATION, MORE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC. I THINK YOU HAVE A GREAT SERVICE
WITH SO FEW PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT. I MYSELF HAVE CALLED MANY TIMES WITH PROBLEMS IN THE WARD AND AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A GREAT RESULT SO THANK YOU. I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION THOUGH ON SLIDE 7. YOU TALK ABOUT BEHAVIORAL CRISIS
WELFARE CHECK AS OPPOSED TO BEHAVIORAL CRISIS RESPONSE. COULD YOU TELL ME WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS, PLEASE? >> THERE COULD BE DIFFERENCES BUT THERE ARE TWO PROBLEM NATURE CODES, AND THE BCR IS THE
PRIORITY ONE, MEANING THIS IS AN EMERGENCY THAT NEEDS TO BE GOTTEN TO IMMEDIATELY, RIGHT? OFTENTIMES OUR TEAMS ARE ABLE TO STOP WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND EVEN PULL FROM OTHER PRECINCT TO MAKE SURE THOSE PRIORITY ONE CALLS ARE ANSWERED RIGHT AWAY.
>> SO THAT'S THE B, DR. R CODE. AND THE -- BCR CODE. AND THE BCRW, WHAT IS THAT? >> SO EVERYTHING ELSE THAT IS BROAD, MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS SUPPORT. MAYBE IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE LIKE AN IMMEDIATE
RESPONSE. MAYBE IT IS A WELFARE CHECK, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO TEND TO IMMEDIATELY, AND SO WE'LL TAKE THOSE AS THEY COME UP, BUT THE PRIORITY ONES WE KIND OF STOP WHAT WE'RE DOING, RIGHT? AND THE DIFFERENCE IS THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES IN THE TYPES, SO
WITH BCRW THE CALL THAT TYANNA WAS ABLE TO DISCUSS WHERE PERHAPS SOMEONE IS SUICIDAL, THOSE ARE THE BCR CALLS. AND THE BCRW MIGHT BE LIKE THERE IS AN INDIVIDUAL ON THE SIDEWALK WHO APPEARS TO BE TALKING TO THEMSELVES OR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT MIGHT NOT BE AS EMERGENT, BUT IT IS STILL A MENTAL HEALTH POSSIBLE CRISIS SO THAT'S BCRW. >> SURE. AND THAT MAKES SENSE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> YES. >> NEXT UP WE HAVE VICE CHAIR WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS REGARDING COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD. CAN YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PROCESS OF THAT WHERE THAT'S HOUSED HOW PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE. >> YEP. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE IN THE WORKS OF
STARTING, SO IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS. ESSENTIALLY THERE ARE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THIS BOARD. THE PARTICULAR, AND THAT'S ALWAYS EXISTED BUT THE PARTICULAR OVERSIGHT FUNCTION IS WHAT WE'RE REALLY BUILDING HERE,
AND IT IS THE ABILITY FOR ANY OF OUR COMMUNITY COMPLAINTS THAT COME IN TO BE REVIEWED BY THE BOARD, ANY OF OUR POLICIES THAT MIGHT NEED UPDATING THAT WE WANT COMMUNITY FEEDBACK ON, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE OVERSIGHT FUNCTION HANDLES, AND
ANY VARIETY OF ISSUES SOMETIMES YOU KNOW I MIGHT COME WITH CONCERNS THAT I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT IT. TO INFORM ANY POLICY THAT I'M CHANGING OR THAT I'M IMPROVING, WHICH IS A BIG FOCUS OF WHAT I'M
DOING. THOSE WOULD BE ITEMS THAT I WOULD ASK THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD ABOUT. I WOULD HAVE TO GIVE OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH STAFF I WOULD HAVE TO ENGAGE THEM TO GIVE YOU A MORE DIRECT ANSWER ON THAT BUT WE'RE STILL WORKING ON IT AT THIS
MOMENT IN TIME. >> THANK YOU, AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THIS IS HOUSED UNDER CANOPY ROOTS, CORRECT? >> YES. >> OKAY. I WILL NOTE FOR STAFF FOLLOW-UP JUST AROUND SOME MORE OF THE KIND OF SPECIFICS AROUND THE BOARD ITSELF, HOW PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO JOIN, THOSE TYPE OF
THINGS. I ALSO WANT TO FLAG TOO FOR ALSO STAFF FOLLOWUP BECAUSE I DON'T SEE EITHER OFFICE OR COMMUNITY SAFETY, I SEE FIRE LEADERSHIP HERE, BUT NOT SURE IF YOU WOULD KNOW THIS ANSWER, CHIEF TYNER, BUT THIS BODY ALSO PASSED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE EXECUTIVE
SOMETHING CALLED THE SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES ADVISORY BOARD. AND IT'S -- AROUND SUPPORTING INITIATIVES -- ESSENTIALLY AROUND SUPPORTING NISH 2-6BZ LIKE BCR SO FIGURING OUT WAYS THOSE RESPECTIVE BOARDS WOULD RELATE TO EACH OTHER AND GIVE FEEDBACK AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. >> SOUNDS GREAT.
>> ON THE NEXT QUESTION THIS WAS RELATED TO SLIDE 11, YES, CAN YOU SHARE HOW MANY WAS APART OF THE COHORT THAT YOU HIRED. >> I AM GOING TO SAY 13 IF I
REMEMBER CORRECTLY. >> DO YOU KNOW -- I K I KNOW IT HAS ONLY BEEN LIKE THREE YEARS ON AVERAGE WHAT IT HAS BEEN TYPICALLY. >> I WOULD SAY, AND THIS IS BEFORE MY TIME, I WOULD SAY BETWEEN SIX AND EIGHT IS PROBABLY MORE NORMAL.
>> THANK YOU. AND THEN THIS ONE MIGHT BE FOR YOU AND ALSO CHIEF TYNER, JUST THINKING OF THE SCOPE CREEP PIECE, AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE GAPS THAT YOU ALL HAVE FULFILLED THAT YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, REINING BACK ON. I AM
VERY MUCH AWARE THAT THE CITY PAID THE POLICING PROJECT OR CUNY TO DO A GAPS ANALYSIS OF ALL OF OUR SAFETY SERVICES THAT ALSO INCLUDED BCR AND THEY HAVE A WHOLE SECTION ON EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. THINGS THAT BCR HAS RESPONDED TO, THAT
COULD BE DIVERTED ELSEWHERE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF CHIEF TYNER, HOW YOU AND OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO KIND OF RECONCILE THAT BECAUSE THIS REPORT SOCIAL ESSENTIALLY REINFORCED SOME OF THOSE THINGS AND GAVE RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHAT THE CITY COULD DO TO KIND OF PROTECT, YOU
KNOW, YOU ALL'S FOCUS OF WORK WHILE ALSO SAYING WELL MAYBE THESE ARE OTHER AREAS THAT YOU NEED TO DEVELOP AS SERVICES, NEW SERVICES OR ABSORBED IN EXISTING SERVICES SO JUST WANTED TO GET A SENSE OF WHERE YOU ALL ARE AT WITH THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. 72
SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE PRETTY MUCH IN THE EXPLORATORY PHASE. WE FIGURED OUT EARLY ON THAT WE WERE HAVING SOME SCOPE CREEP WITH BCR AND CANOPY ROOTS. THEY WERE BEING USED FOR LIKE EVERYTHING THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE
SOMEBODY TO DO. SOMEBODY NEED ADRIDE OR RESOURCES LIKE -- IT WAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. IF FOLK NEEDED A RIDE FOR A WHEELCHAIR. SO WE WERE ABLE TO KIND OF REALLY BRING THAT BACK AND REALLY FOCUS IT ON BEHAVIORAL CRISIS AND WHAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO DO SO
SOME OF THOSE THINGS WE'RE EXPLORING SOLUTIONS TO BUT WE HAVEN'T COME UP WITH A, WHAT THE SOLUTION IS JUST YET. >> DO YOU KNOW IF THERE IS ANY AT LEAST FOLLOW-UP ON THE EXPLICIT RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE COMMITTEE REPORT BECAUSE ALSO THINKING OF SCOPE CREEP, I THINK ALSO LIKE SCOPE EVALUATION.
THEY FOR INSTANCE RECOMMEND REVISITING PPERSONS IN CRISIS CALLS AS SOMETHING THAT DOES POSSIBLY FIT INTO YOU ALL'S SCOPE OF FOCUS OR ALSO THEY TALK ABOUT JUMPER OR THREAT TO JUMP AS ALSO POTENTIAL THING TO REVISIT AS PART OF LIKE BEING IN THE SCOPE SO THEY GAVE VERY
CLEAR SUGGESTIONS AROUND THINGS THAT SHOULD MAYBE BE ABSORBED INTO THE SCOPE AND WHAT SHOULD BE REMOVED SO IT JUST, IF YOU ALL ARE DOING ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY WITH THE CUNY RECOMMENDATIONS. >>> SO I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY A BETTER QUESTION FOR OCS, BUT FOR US WE DO RESPOND TO THREATS TO
JUMP AND THING LIKE THAT. SO WE'VE GOT THAT THINGS LIKE THAT COVERED. BUT IT'S THE MORE MUNDANE THINGS LIKE GETTING A RIDE FOR A WHEELCHAIR OR A RIDE FOR CITIZEN THAT JUST NEEDS A RIDE. THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE REALLY STILL HAVE A GAP FOR.
>> OKAY, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE OCS WHO'S OVERSEEING THIS PIECE OF THE GAPS ANALYSIS HASN'T REALLY WORKED CLOSELY WITH YOU ALL AROUND THOSE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS, AND I'LL NOTE THAT FOR A STAFF FOLLOW-UP THEN FOR OCS. >> YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD CHARACTERIZE IT THAT WAY. YOU
KNOW, THEY HAVE THEIR WORK TO DO. WE HAVE OUR WORK TO DO. OUR WORK IS RIGHT NOW WORKING WITH CANOPY ROOTS AND BCR. A LOT OF THAT OTHER STUFF IS HAPPENING OUTSIDE OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. IF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT, THEN WE'RE HAPPY TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT, BUT IT HASN'T
GOT TO THAT POINT YET. >> AND THAT'S WHERE I'M A LITTLE -- WHERE I'M CONFUSED IS THESE RECOMMENDATIONS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR BCR. WHICH IS UNDER FIRE, SO THAT'S WHY I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED AS TO WHY FIRE WOULDN'T BE INVOLVED IN CONVERSATIONS, BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY IT WOULD BE UP TO
YOU ALL TO ENACT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, THIS WOULD HAVE IMPACTS ON THE CONTRACT IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REVISIT THE SCOPE, AND I THINKIOLUARE HAND -- I THINK YOU ALL ARE HANDLING THE CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION PIECE TOO, SO THIS ISN'T ALL THE WAY ISOLATED IN OCS. IT WOULD REQUIRE LIKE COORDINATION WITH
FIRE DIRECTLY TO GET ACTUAL CHANGES. SO SOME FOLLOW UP ON WHERE THOSE THINGS ARE HAPPENING WITH OCS, AND THEN HOW THEY'RE PLANNING TO INCORPORATE YOU OR WHOEVER COMES AFTER YOU, CHIEF TYNER, AROUND IT PROCEEDING OR
ADVANCING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. OH,-- >> EXCUSE ME, CHIEF RUCK. >> IMHUTY CHAIR, CHAVEZ AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS, SO WHEN BCR WAS TRANSITIONED OVER TO FIRE,
THERE WAS A LOT OF CHANGES AND IN THE SCOPE PROCESS THAT WE WERE MADE AWARE OF. SO ORIGINALLY WHEN BCR WAS ESTABLISHED, THEY WERE RESPONDING TO ALL DIFFERENT
TYPES OF SCOPES, AND THEY WORK, THEY WERE OKAY WITH IT. AND SO WHEN IT TRANSITIONED OVER TO FIRE, WORKING WITH MECC AND AND CANOPY ROOTS THEIR MANAGEMENT, THERE WERE CALLS THEY WERE
REJECTING AND THERE WAS LIKE A MISUNDERSTANDING LIKE OKAY, WHAT CAUSE ARE YOU GOING TO -- CALLS ARE YOU GOING TO RESPOND TO, WHAT CALLS ARE WE NOT GOING TO RESPOND TO, WHAT DOES THAT SCOPE LOOK LIKE NOW. WORKING WITH SHAREE AND CANDICE AND MECC AND
MPD AND FIRE, WE KIND OF VISITED SCOPES OF THE CALLS AND REVISITED THE SCOPES AND BCR WAS -- AND CANOPY WAS TELLING US THAT THEIR SCOPE HAS CHANGED ACCORDING TO THEIR INSURANCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE HAD TO
REVISIT WHAT THE SCOPE OF CALLS WERE LOOKING LIKE. JUST EVEN FROM JUST THE ORIGINAL PART. SO AS WE ARE GOING THROUGH REVISITING THOSE SCOPES AND WHAT THEY ARE ABLE AND CAPABLE OF RESPONDING TO, WE HAVE BIB WORKING ON IS IT GOING TO BE
EXPANDED. WHAT'S GOING TO BE PULLED BACK. SO IT HAS THAT CONVERSATION HAS BEEN TAKING PLACE AS A WHOLE, AND AS WELL AS COMING UP WITH CLEARING FORMS TO COLLECT DATA. HOW THAT DATA IS COLLECTED. WHAT DATA CAN BE
COLLECTED IN THE CITY. IF IT'S HIPAA VIOLATIONS, SO THINGS LIKE THAT, SO THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING, AS TO WHAT THE RESPONSE IS AND WHAT THE OUTCOMES ARE, SO THAT CONVERSATION IS TAKING PLACE. >> I ACTUALLY THINK I KNOW WHERE THE DISCONNECT IS ON THIS. I
GET YOU ALL ARE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS. HAVE YOU BOTH HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE GAPS ANALYSIS DONE BY CUNY ON THE BEHAVIORAL CRISIS RESPONSE? >> SO WE HAVE, IT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO US BUT IN ACTUALLY
DELVING INTO IT WE STILL HAVE TO SEE WHAT THOSE GAPS ARE. SO AS WE'RE COLLECTING DATA AS TO WHERE THOSE GAPS ARE, WE HAVEN'T EVEN HAD A CHANCE TO COLLECT ENOUGH DATA TO SEE AND TO REALLY REVISIT WHERE THOSE GAPS ARE
FROM YOU KNOW BECAUSE THERE WAS A -- WHEN -- THEY CAME OVER TO FIRE, THERE WAS AN GAP IN GAP IN HAVING DATA AND COLLECTING DATA AND WHAT DATA IS COLLECTED INTO THE CITY. SO UNTIL WE HAVE A FULL AMOUNT OF DATA TO EVEN LOOK INTO WHAT THOSE GAPS ARE, WE
HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN ABLE TO DELVE INTO EXPANDING AND HAVING BCR EXPAND TO FILL CERTAIN LEVELS. >> AND JUST TO AGAIN JUST A BIT OF A DISCONNECTION THERE, SO I THINK THE ANALYSIS REASON WHY I ASKED, THEY DID THAT. SO WITH THE DATA AND I THINK THIS WAS LARGELY WHEN YOU WERE ALL STILL IN NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY
DEPARTMENT, IT LOOKED AT YEARS OF DATA THAT WAS COLLECTED FOR BCR2023 I ALSO BELIEVE 2024. AND THAT'S WHERE THEY MAKE THESE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND PERSONS IN CRISIS OR NO JUMPER CALLS, THEY'RE PRETTY SPECIFIC. AND THEY'RE REFERENCING THE DATA THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED. I WANT TO SAY LIKE OF ALL THE SAFETY
PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE HAD, AND EVEN IN THIS REPORT, IT HASN'T BEEN BEHAVIORAL CRISIS RESPONSE IN TERMS OF AN ISSUE OF FLAGGING OR PROVIDING DATA. THEY WERE ABLE TO HAVE A REALLY GOOD SAMPLE OF DATA TO DO A SUBSTANTIAL ANALYSIS ON WHAT GAPS ARE CURRENTLY EXISTING, AND
THIS WAS FROM ALMOST LIKE A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. SO I KNOW STILL IT COALIGNS WITH THE TRANSITION, SO THAT'S I'M STILL A LITTLE BIT -- IT SOUNDS LIKE OF COURSE YOU ALL ARE DOING ONGOING ANALYSIS BUT THERE WAS A DEEP ANALYSIS DONE BY EXTERNAL CONTRACTOR ON AND TALKED ABOUT
SPECIFIC GAPS THAT COULD BE READILY ADDRESSED AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ALL ARE FIGURING OUT SOME OTHER OUTSTANDING ONES AND THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING OF LIKE THE ONES THAT COULD BE RESALLYDRIESED THATT -- READILY ADDRESSED THAT EXTERNAL CONTRACTOR THAT WAS PAID TO COME UP WITH DATA WAS IN THE PROCESS OF THAT. IT SOUNDS LIKE ALL OF
THIS IS ONGOING AND REQUIRES FOLLOW-UP FROM OCS TOO. >> IF I MAY, ONE THING I WILL SAY IS THIS SPEAKS TO THE LEADERSHIP CHANGES WE HAVE HAD. RIGHT? SOME OF THIS INFORMATION BEING PASSED FROM PREVIOUS LEADERS ABOUT WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE, THERE IS SOME CATCH-UP THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE
ON MY PART, AND IN THE ROLE OF PROGRAM MANAGER AS A WHOLE. AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO PROBLEM SOLVING THAT WITH FIRE, AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT THAT UP BECAUSE THIS MEANS WE CAN ADDRESS IT MOVING FORWARD. >> YEAH, HOPEFULLY YOU'VE ALSO
GOTTEN TO SEE THE SUBSTANTIAL REPORT TOO BECAUSE IT'S WITH THE HOPE OF YOU HAVING THE ALIGNMENT AND SHARE WITH US WHAT CERTAIN CALLS WERE BEING RELEGATED TO BCR, THAT SHOULD'VE BEEN DIVERTED ELSEWHERE. SO IT'S
VERY MUCH LIKE HERE LIKE MAKING SURE WE'RE NOT DUPLICATING WORK WHEN YOU ALREADY HAVE A VENDOR THAT DID IT AND IS STILL ON PAYROLL TO HELP YOU FIGURE OUT LIKE THAT TROUBLE SHOOTING OF GAPS. THANKS.
>> THERE IS NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR THE UPDATE ON BCR WHICH IS THE SERVICE THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO OUR CONSTITUENTS AND A SERVICE THEY VALUE A LOT SO JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. >> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES SEEING NO MORE DISCUSSION, I WILL ASK
THE CLERK TO FILE -- >> I'M SORRY. MY APOLOGIES. >> NO, NO, GO HEAD, MICHAEL. >> I THOUGHT YOU WERE ABOUT TO ADJOURN THERE. >> NO, NO, NO. I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO FILE THAT REPORT. LASTLY, COLLEAGUES OUR NEXT ITEM IS A PRESENTATION PROVIDING A AN
OVERVIEW OF THE HOMEGROWN MINNEAPOLIS INITIATIVE. WELCOME ALISON FROM HOMEGROWN MINNEAPOLIS. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CHAVEZ, SCRIES CHAIR WONSLEY AND MENS OF THE COMMITTEE. I'M ALISON BABE I MANAGE THE HOMEGROWN MINNEAPOLIS INITIATIVE. WE'RE
HERE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON OUR WORK. SO LAUNCHED IN 2008, HOMEGROWN MINNEAPOLIS IS A CITY COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP TO EXPAND OUR COMMUNITY'S ABILITY TO GROW, PROCESS, DISTRIBUTE, EAT, AND
COMPOST MORE HEALTHY, SUSTAINABLE, AND LOCAL FOODS. HOMEGROWN SUPPORTS COMMUNITY GARDENS INCLUDING THE CITY'S GARDEN LEASE PROGRAM, FARMERS MARKETS THROUGH THE FARMERS MARKETS OF MINNEAPOLIS COLLABORATIVE, FOOD WASTE AND FOOD WASTE PREVENTION EFFORTS INCLUDING RESOURCES TO HELP
RESTAURANTS PREVENT WASTED FOOD AND BOOST THEIR BOTTOM LINE. WE ALSO STAFF THE HOMEGROWN MINNEAPOLIS FOOD COUNCIL, INCLUDING MANAGING FOOD SYSTEMS PROJECTS COCREATED WITH THOSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. I'D LIKE TO INVITE MY COPRESENTERS, TODD
WESTERN IV, VICE CHAIR OF THE HOMEGROWN MINNEAPOLIS FOOD COUNCIL, AND JENNY BREEN TO SHARE ABOUT THE COUNCIL AND THE DOCUMENTS THAT STAFF HELPED CREATE.
>> THANK YOU AND WELCOME. >> HELLO, CHAIR CHAVEZ, VICE CHAIR WONSLEY, AND THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY. SO I'M A WARD 4 RESIDENT AND 7th GENERATION FARMER, VERY
INTERESTED IN THE FOOD, KIND OF THE FOOD SYSTEMS AND EVEN JUST URBAN AGRICULTURE OR SPACE. AND I'VE SERVED ON THE FOOD COUNCIL SINCE JANUARY OF 2024. AND SO THE HOMEGROWN MINNEAPOLIS FOOD COUNCIL IS A 25-MEMBER CITY ADVISORY GROUP THAT WAS LAUNCHED
IN 2012 AND IT WAS REESTABLISHED THIS YEAR WITH A NEW MEMBERSHIP STRUCTURE IN JULY. AND IT IS APPOINTED BY AND REPORTS TO THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE FOOD COUNCIL WORKS WITH DIVERSE STAKEHOLDERS TO BUILD
HEALTHY, RESILIENT LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS AND CONNECTS LOCAL GOVERNMENT, BUSINESSES, ORGANIZATIONS, AND RESIDENTS. AND SO ONE OF OUR GUIDING DOCUMENTS IS THE MINNEAPOLIS FOOD VISION, COME IS A 2033
VISION FOR A MORE EQUITABLE CLIMATE RESILIENT, JUST AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEM AND LOCAL FOOD ECONOMY. AND IT WAS ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL IN MARCH OF 2023. AND SO THIS INCLUDES PRIORITY AREAS, STRATEGIES, AND
SUGGESTED METRICS, AND IT'S FOCUSED ON WHAT CITY CAN YOU BELIEVE -- CITY AND FOOD COUNCIL CAN TAKE ACTION ON. SO THIS IS A COMPANION PLAN TO THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN, AND IT CONNECTS US TO OVER 300 CITIES WORLDWIDE WHO HAVE SIGNED THE MILAN URBAN FOOD
POLICY PACT, AND DEVELOPED THEIR OWN PLANS TO DEVELOP SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS THAT ARE INCLUSIVE, RESILIENT, SAFE, AND DIVERSE. AND SO THE MINNEAPOLIS FOOD VISION IS ORGANIZED AROUND THE
SIX PRIORITY AREAS THAT YOU SEE HERE WITH 29 STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT THEM. AND SO NOW I'LL PASS IT OFF TO MY COLLEAGUE JENNY TO TALK ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FOOD VISION. >> THANK YOU AND WELCOME, JENNY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ, VICE CHAIR WONSLEY, AND MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE. THANKS FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY. I AM A PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITIONIST CHEF EDUCATOR, AND I SPENT HALF MY TIME TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY AND THE OTHER HALF RUNNING A TEACHING KITCHEN HERE AT THE HOSPITAL HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER. AND I'M EXTREMELY
INVESTED IN SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS AND FOOD JUSTICE. I'VE SERVED ON THE COUNCIL SINCE 2021, BUT I WAS A PART OF THE FOUNDING GROUP IN 2008 THAT DEVELOPED THE COUNCIL. MUCH OF OUR WORK INTERSECTS WITH THE CITY'S CLIMATE WORK, AND WE WERE
ABLE TO INTEGRATE -- IS THAT RIGHT? THANK YOU. WE WERE ABLE TO INTEGRATE MANY FOOD VISION STRATEGIES IN THE 2023 MINNEAPOLIS CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN. HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF ONE SUCH STRATEGY. THIS RESULTED IN HOMEGROWN RECEIVING SOME FUNDING
FROM THE CITY'S CLIMATE LEGACY INITIATIVE WHICH IS CURRENTLY USED TO FUND HOMEGROWN COMMUNITY PROJECTS AROUND URBAN AGRICULTURE AND PREVENTING FOOD
WASTE. AFTER THE VISION WAS ADOPTED BY THE CITY, THE FOOD COUNCIL COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STAFF CREATED THE MINNEAPOLIS FOOD ACTION PLAN TO GUIDE THE FIRST PHASE OF IMPLEMENTATION, WHICH IS FROM 2024 THROUGH 2026.
IT INCLUDES FIVE WORK PLANS WITH ACTIONS, TASKS, POTENTIAL PARTNERS, AND METRICS FOR EACH, AND IT WAS APPROVED BY THE FOOD COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER 2023. OVERALL THE PLAN IS FOR THE ACTION PLAN TO BE A LIBBING
COLLABORATIVE DOCUMENT SHAPED AND IMPLEMENTED WITH THE HELP OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND STAKEHOLDERS. INCLUDING IN THE ACTION PLAN FOR FIVE WORK PLANS ADDRESSING THE FOLLOWING PRIORITIES. URBANNING A CRICULTURE, FOOD SKILLS, LOCAL FOOD PROCUREMENT, EQUITABLE FOOD ACCESS AND WASTED FOOD PREVENTION. THE FOOD COUNCIL IS
GUIDING AND MONITORING THE IMPLEMENTATION PLANNING AS IT DID THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FOOD VISION. AND ACTION PLANS. AY YI, YI. SORRY. IT'S BEEN ABOUT 20 MONTHS SINCE STAFF AND THE FOOD COUNCIL BEGAN WORKINGO
IMPLEMENT THE FOOD ACTION PLAN. IT IS AN AMBITIOUS PLAN AND WE CAN'T DO IT ALONE. IN ADDITION TO WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE FOOD COUNCIL, STAFF ARE ALSO WORKING WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS, COUNTY GOVERNMENT PARTNERS, ACADEMIC PARTNERS, NONPROFITS,
AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. SO THREE OF THE FIVE WORK PLANS HAVE ACTION TEAMS STAFFED BY HOMEGROWN MINNEAPOLIS STAFF AND MADE UP OF FOOD COUNCILMEMBERS AND OTHER INTERESTED COMMUNITY MEMBERS THE WASTED FOOD ACTION PLAN HAS PLANNED THREE 86 FOOD
WASTE EVENTS FOR FOOD BUSINESSES TO LEARN MORE ABOUT PREVENTING AND DIVERTING FOOD WASTE. ONE IN APRIL, ONE LAST WEEK AND ONE TO COME IN NOVEMBER. THE URBAN AGRICULTURE TEAM IS FOCUSED OBCREATING AN URBAN AGRICULTURE RESOURCE HUB TO CONNECT FARMERS
AND GARDENERS IN MINNEAPOLIS AND THE FOOD SKILLS ACTION TEAM HAS PRIORITIZED CREATING AN INVENTORY OF FOOD SKILLS LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES IN MINNEAPOLIS. WE'RE ALSO INTERESTED IN AMPLIFYING FOOD SKILLS LITERACY AS PART OF
EDUCATION. I'LL HAND IT BACK TO ALISON. >> THANK YOU. WELCOME BACK. >> IN ADDITION TO THE FOOD COUNCIL'S ROLE IN IMPLEMENTING THE MINNEAPOLIS FOOD VISION,
HOMEGROWN STAFF ARE ALSO LEADING WORK THAT'S ALIGNED WITH IMPLEMENTING THE FOOD VISION. OVERALL THE WORK THAT WE DO IS GUIDED BY COMMUNITY PRIORITIES, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF OPPORTUNITIES AS THEY PRESENT THEMSELVES, AND OF COURSE AVAILABLE RESOURCES. OUR WORK WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT
THE HELP OF MANY PARTNERS. TODAY I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF OF OUR EFFORTS RELATED TO WASTED FOOD PREVENTION, URBAN AGRICULTURE, THE HOMEGROWN MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY PROJECTS,
AND OUR FARMERS MARKETS. SO WITH SUPPORT FROM THE USDA, COMPOST AND FOOD WASTE REDUCTION PILOT PROJECT GRANT, WE ARE IMPLEMENTING A NEW PROGRAM FOCUSED ON WASTED FOOD PREVENTION IN RESTAURANTS. YOU HAVE A HANDOUT IN YOUR PACKETS. FOOD FORWARD IS A FREE
FOUR-MONTH TRAINING AND COACHING PROGRAM BEING PRESENTED BY THE CITY TO HELP RESTAURANTS PREVENT WASTED FOOD, IMPROVE KITCHEN OPERATERATIONS AND BOS THEIR PROFITS. PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS WILL RECEIVE HANDS ON SUPPORT FRAEXPERT COACHES,
CONNECTIONS TO OTHER LOCAL RESTAURANTS, PAID TRAINING HOURS, AND PUBLIC RECOGNITION FOR THEIR EFFORTS. WE JUST WRAPPED UP RECRUITMENT FOR THE FIRST COHORT THAT ARE ALL WITHIN OUR MIDTOWN GLOBAL MARKET AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THE PROGRAM ORIENTATION FOR
PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS NEXT WEEK. URBAN AGRICULTURE HAS BEEN A HOMEGROWN PRIORITY SINCE OUR BEGINNINGS, AND WE CONTINUE TO REVISE -- REFINE AND EXPAND THIS BODY OF WORK. THERE ARE SEVERAL PROJECTS UNDERWAY, BUT TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS ON
TWO. AS YOU KNOW HOMEGROWN COLLABORATED WITH PUBLIC WORKS TO BRING A BOULEVARD AMENDMENT. FOLLOWING APROVEMENT OF THE AMENDMENT EARLIER THIS YEAR, RESIDENTS CAN NOW USE THE BOULEVARD IN FRONT OF THEIR HOMES TO GROW FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. TO SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AMENDED
POLICY, WE CREATED A SERIES OF WEB PAGES WITH BOULEVARD GARDENING GUIDANCE. THESE PAGES SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO GROW FOOD SAFELY AND SUCCESSFULLY IN THE BOULEVARD WHILE FOLLOWING THE ORDINANCE. FINALLY THIS FALL WE LAUNCH
ADSOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THESE ONLINE RESOURCES JUST IN TIME FOR FALL PLANTING, AND WE PLAN TO PROMOTE THOSE RESOURCES AGAIN IN THE SPRING. WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE LAUNCHING A NEW
URBAN AGRICULTURE PROJECT THAT PROVIDES LONG-TERM ACCESS TO LAND TO SUSTAINABLY GROW FOOD IN OUR CITY. THROUGH THE 2025 BUDGET PROCESS, HOMEGROWN WAS ALLOCATED $50,000 FOR QUOTE, COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP AND OPERATION OF AN URBAN FARM IN AN
UNDERSERVED AREA. AFTER CAREFULLY CONSIDERING COMMUNITY INPUT, WE RELEASED A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR GROWERS TO PROPOSE A LOT TO BE PURCHASED AND PUT INTO TRUST. THE CITY OF LAKES COMMUNITY LAND TRUST WILL OWN THE LOT AND HAVE A LONG-TERM
AGREEMENT WITH THE SELECTED GROWER. THE RFP CLOSED ON OCTOBER 7th, AND THE AWARDEE WILL BE NOTIFIED SOON. IN 2024
HOMEGROWN WAS ABLE TO FUND 16 COMMUNITY LED PROJECTS TO SUPPORT ACTIONS IN THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN, SO PARTICULARLY AROUND WASTED FOOD PREVENTION, SUSTAINABLE GROWING, AND ENERGY EFFICIENT SEASON EXTENSION. MANY OF THE PROJECTS COMBINE TWO
OR MORE OF THESE FOCUS AREAS. THIS YEAR WE CONTINUED FUNDING WITH 14 OF THOSE PROJECTS AT A REDUCED AMOUNT, AND THROUGH THESE PROJECTS WERE BUILDING HEALTHIER, MORE CLIMATE RESILIENT COMMUNITIES, AND ALSO HELPING RESIDENTS GET BETTER ACCESS TO FRESH, HEALTHY FOOD. OUR PARTNERS ARE DOING ALL THESE
THINGS WHILE ALSO HELPING TO ADVANCE HEALTH AND RACIAL EQUITY IN OUR CITY. FROM 2020 TO 2024, HOMEGROWN MINNEAPOLIS DISTRIBUTED $2.4 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT FOOD
SHELVES AND OTHER FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS. THAT FUNDING ENDED IN 2024 AS THE LAST OF THE ARPA FUNDS EXPIRED. HOWEVER, FOOD INSECURITY CONTINUES AT RECORD LEVELS ACROSS THE CITY AS YOU CAN SEE IN THESE MAPS. WITH SNAP BENEFITS IN PERIL DUE TO
THE FEDERAL SHUTDOWN, MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS WILL HAVE AN EVEN BIGGER STRUGGLE TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE STARTING NEXT WEEK. APPROXIMATELY 61,000 MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENTS RECEIVED SNAP, WHICH IS 14% OF OUR POPULATION, SO IT'S A REALLY SIGNIFICANT
IMPACT. AND EVEN AFTER THE SHUTDOWN ENDS, UPCOMING SNAP CUTS AND OTHER FEDERAL CHANGES WILL MAKE FOOD SECURITY AN EVEN BIGGER PROBLEM FOR MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS. WE ARE WORKING CLOSERY WITH PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS AND AGENCIES TO COORDINATE OUR EFFORTS TO
ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY, ESPECIALLY DURING THIS TIME OF CRISIS AND WHILE THE HOMEGROWN COMMUNITY PROJECTS ARE SMALL IN SCALE RELATIVE TO THE NEED, OUR SUSTAINABLE GROWING PROJECTS ARE DISTRIBUTING THEIR HARVEST FOR FREE TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS STRUGGLING TO ACCESS FRESH
HEALTHY FOOD. WE'RE ALSO FUNDING FOOD RESCUE THAT TAKES SAFE, HEALTHY FOOD THAT WOULD OTHERWISE GO TO WASTE AND GETS IT TO THOSE WHO NEED IT MOST. BY ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE AND HELPING ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY IN OUR COMMUNITIES, THESE EFFORTS ARE REALLY A WIN-WIN.
OUR FARMERS MARKETS IN MINNEAPOLIS ARE IMPORTANT PIECES OF BOTH THE FOOD ACCESS LANDSCAPE AND THE LOCAL FOOD ECONOMY. SUPPORTING OUR FARMERS MARKET MEANS SUPPORTING THE HUNDREDS OF SMALL BUSINESSES THAT SELL AT THEM, AS WELL AS SUPPORTING ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE,
FRESH, LOCAL PRODUCE. IN 2024 THE 16 FARMERS MARKETS ACROSS THE CITY SAW 1.45 MILLION VISITORS. MOST FARMERS MARKETS IN MINNEAPOLIS ACCEPT SNAP EBT, AND AS WHERE YOU CAN SEE IN THE GRAPH, SNAP USAGE AT
FARMERS MARKETS IS HIGH. WHEN COMBINED WITH MARKET BUCKS AND PRODUCE MARKET BUCKS, WHICH ARE MATCHING PROGRAMS THAT INCREASE CUSTOMER SPENDING POWER TO BUY HEALTHY LOCAL FOOD, SNAP SPENDING REPRESENTS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS SPENT WITH
LOCAL FARMERS AND PRODUCERS. SADLY THE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR PRODUCE MARKET BUCKS IS CURRENTLY AT RISK. THE MINNEAPOLIS FARMERS MARKET ON LYNDALE IS ON CITY OWNED PROPERTY. THIS IS OUR CITY'S
BIGGEST FARMERS MARKET WITH ABOUT 100 VENNERS, 1,000 CUSTOMERS -- VENDORS, 1,000 CUSTOMER PER HOUR, AND OVER $5 MILLION IN SALES PER YEAR. IN ANTICIPATION OF THE ROYALSTEIN LIGHTRAIL STATION OPENING NEARBY, THERE IS A
PROJECT TO IMPROVE INFRASTRUCTURE AND MAKE IT MORE SUSTAINABLE. WITH SUPPORT FROM INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS, THE CITY RECEIVED AN EARMARK OF $850,000 IN COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING FROM HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. THAT FUNDING WILL
BE USED FOR DESIGN SERVICES, WHICH SHOULD BE FINISHED THIS DECEMBER. $4.15 MILLION WAS ALLOCATED FOR CONSTRUCTION IN THE 2025 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, AND CONSTRUCTION IS SET TO BEGIN IN SPRING OF 2026. WE'RE
VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. FINALLY, THERE'S JUST A FEW THINGS TO KEEPEN KEEPEN -- KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR. WE WILL BE DOING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH GARDEN LEASE PROGRAMS STAKEHOLDERS WITH THE GOAL OF
MAKING SOME EQUITY FOCUSED UPDATES IN TIME FOR THE 2027 GROWING SEASON. WE WILL OBVIOUSLY CONTINUE TO MONITOR CHANGES AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL THAT IMPACT SNAP, WIC, AND OTHER PROGRAMS THAT IMPACT FOOD SECURITY. AND PLAN TO DEEPEN
OUR COLLABORATION WITH OUR HENNEPIN COUNTY COLLEAGUES AS THEY IMPLEMENT THEIR SOON TO BE RELEASED HENNEPIN COUNTY FOOD SECURITY PLAN THAT'S ANTICIPATED TO COME OUT NEXT MONTH. WE PLAN TO RELEASE A NEW RFP IN 2026 TO ADVANCE THE FOOD SYSTEMS GOALS
IN THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN WHILE CONTINUING TO ADDRESS FOOD SECURITY. SO THAT COMPLETES OUR PRESENTATION, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMITTEE MAY HAVE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE
PRESENTATION. I'LL FIRST PASS IT TO VICE CHAIR WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CAVEES. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. NO QUESTIONS, BUT MOSTLY INVITATION AROUND COLLABORATION, SO THIS BODY HAS BEEN EXPLORING TWO OF THE PRIORITIES AS ADOPTED BY THE
FOOD VISION PLAN, SPECIFICALLY AROUND HEALTHY FOODS ACCESS AND HEALTHY FOODS SKILLS, AND THEN ALSO FOOD SYSTEMS RESEARCH AND OUTREACH AS IT PERTAINS TO ADDRESSING FOOD INSECURITY AND FOOD DESERTS IN KEEP POCKS AROUND THE CITY. IN MOO I-- POCKETS AROUND THE CITY. IN MY
WARD IT'S AROUND THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. WE WORKED WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE STAFF TO COME FORWARD WITH A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE REPORT LOOKING AT THE SCALE OF THAT INSECURITY WHEN IT COMES TO ACCESS, SO AFFORDABLE GROCERIES AND FOOD, AND LEARN THAT ONE IN FOUR STUDENTS RIGHT NOW ARE CURRENTLY GOING WITHOUT ACCESS OR JUST
GOING WITHOUT A MEAL EACH DAY, WHICH IS, JUST RIDICULOUS. AND IN RESPONSE TO THAT, LOOKING AT OTHER INNOVATIVE MODELS AROUND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO HAVE A CITY OWNED GROCERY STORE TO FULFILL THAT NEED AS OPPOSED TO RELYING UPON GROCERY CHAINS THAT
WE'RE SEEING ALL ACROSS THE CITY, ESPECIALLY NORTH MINNEAPOLIS THAT COME IN AND FLEE AND HAVE NOT BEEN A RELIABLE PRESENCE IN MEETING THIS PARTICULAR NEED AND WHAT WAYS IN WHICH GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS CAN SHOW UP. SO WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH HOW MANYGROWN COUNCIL SPECIFICAL -- HOMEGROWN COUNCIL SPECIFICALLY
ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL AS STAFF ON THOSE EFFORTS. OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN ABLE TO COORDINATE WITH SPECIFICALLY OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PARTNERS AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TO GET SOME SEED FUNDING TO ACTUALLY HIRE EXPERTS TO LOOK AT WHAT CONCRETE NEXT STEPS WE COULD EXPLORE IN
GETTING ACTUAL GROCERY STORE IN THE UNIVERSITY AREA TO MEET THAT NEED, AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE WORKING TO GET A PRESENTATION TO THE COMMUNITY SOMETIME NEXT YEAR, BUT WOULD LOVE TO BE PART OF ONGOING CONVERSATIONS AS WE'RE AWAITING THAT, AND THEN ALSO THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO AT THE CITY SIDE AT REALLY
LOOKING AT PUSHING THIS, THIS VERY NEW MODEL AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE VERY CREATIVE IN LIGHT OF WHAT YOU HIGHLIGHTED IN TERMS OF THE FEDERAL CUTS THAT ARE TARGETING OUR RESIDENTS AND WORKING FAMILIES ACCESS TO FRESH AND AFFORDABLE PRODUCE, WHICH WAS
ALREADY GROWING IN ACCESSIBILITY IN GENERAL. I MEAN, EGGS ARE $9. THAT'S RIDICULOUS. I MIGHT WANT TO BUY CHICKENS TMPLET MIGHT BE CHEAPER AT THIS POINT. BUT WANT TOOK MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT LIMITING OURSELVES AS -- WANTING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT
LIMITING OURSELVES AS GOVERNMENTAL PARTNERS IN THE WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN SHOW UP. I'M HAPPY TO HEAR ABOUT THE DISBURSEMENT AND ALSO SAD THOSE DOLLARS HAVE PE EXPIRED ESPECIALLY, THE ARPA DOLLARS TO SUPPORT FOOD SHEBLES, AND I KNOW THERE ARE -- SHEBLES AND I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE IN MOO IWARD
THAT BELIEVE AS OPPOSED TO PURSUE GROCERY STORES WE SHOULD TELL PEOPLE TO RELY ON FOOD BANKS AND I THINK THAT IS VERY MUCH A NEEDED MITIGATION EFFORT BUT IN ITSELF CANNOT BE THE ULTIMATE GOAL TOWARDS ADDRESSING AND RESOLVING AND SOLVING FOOD INSECURITY AND BASICALLY
ELIMINATING FOOD DESERTS IN OUR CITY. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT BUILDING SUSTAINABLE, PERMANENT INFRASTRUCTURES THAT MEET THOSE NEEDS, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED AROUND THIS BODY'S EFFORTS TO EXPLORE THAT MORE BROADLY AND COMPREHENSIVELY. SO JUST WANTED
TO EXTEND THAT INVITATION AND REALLY EXCITED TO CONTINUE THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN LEADING ON TO LOOKING FORWARD TO IMPROVING OUTCOMES IN THE COMING
MONTHS AND YEARS 72 THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR AND THANK YOU, MS. BABB FOR THIS PRESENTATION. I WANT DO SAY AND LEND WEIGHT TO SOMETHING THAT WAS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, WHICH IS I REALLY SEE THE HOMEGROWN
FOOD COUNCIL NEEDING TO LEAD HEAVY INTO FOOD INSECURITY THESE NEXT PHEW YEARS. -- FEW YEARS. I JUST CAN'T EMPHASIZE THAT ENOUGH. THAT'S WHAT I'VE HEARD
FROM THE PERSON THAT I APPOINTED OR THAT WE AS A BOARD APPOINTED THAT LIVES IN MY AREA, AND IT IS SO DIRE, AND I SEE IT EVERY DAY, AND I HELP OUT CONSTITUENTS THAT I CAN. SO I APPRECIATE SOME OF
THE MOVEMENT TOWARD THAT, AND I KNOW THAT SOME OF THESE OTHER ASPECTS WILL HELP THAT EFFORT LARGELY. BUT THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING ON THAT. >> THANK YOU AND I'LL BE QUICK.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SHOWING US FOR THE MAP OF EVOLUTION OF FOOD SECURITY WORK, PARTICULARLY, YOU KNOW, EVEN LOOKING AT THE RED. IT'S IN EVERY SINGLE WARD SO THIS IS HAPPENING ACROSS EVERY WARD OF MINNEAPOLIS WHERE RESIDENTS ARE DEALING WITH FOOD INSECURITY. SO I JUST WANTED TO AT LEAST THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THAT
DETAILED MAP TO US TO BE ABLE TO EVALUATE AND AT LEAST LOOK INTO, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPACTING EVERY SINGLE WARD IN MINNEAPOLIS AND WITH FEDERAL FUNDING CUTS A LOT OF ISSUES HAPPENING IN IN THIS COUNTRY. I DON'T EXPECT THAT TO GET BETTER SO I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT HERE TODAY BUT I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR BRINGING FORWARD THIS IMPORTANT PRESENTATION. I THINK IT WAS ROBUST. IT'S REALLY HELPFUL. I REALLY APPRECIATED THE UPDATE ON THE URBAN FARM COMMUNITY GARDEN PROGRAM. I THINK THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF WORK THAT WE CAN BE DOING HERE IN
MINNEAPOLIS TO HELP MITIGATE THE FUTURE OF FOOD INSECURITY. HOW DO WE SUPPORT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE LOTS OR LEASE THEM THROUGH THIS PROGRAM THE WAY YOU'RE DONE IT HAS BEEN REALLY GREAT. AND IT COULD HELP HOPEFULLY IN MY OPINION SOMETHING WE CAN DO TO HELP
MITIGATE FOOD DESERTS, MIT MITIGATE FOOD INSECURITY, HELP GET FRESH ACCESS TO FOOD TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS SO I AT LEAST WANTED TO JUST THANK STAFF FOR THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS PRETTY ROBUST AND APPRECIATED SEEING THE MAP BECAUSE I THINK IT PUTS
A PICTURE INTO THE SITUATION. WE HAVEN'T SEEN SINCE 2023 BUT WE'RE GOING TO FACE IF THE CONTINUED FEDERAL FUNDS CONTINUE TO HAPPEN SO I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. >> YEAH SO THANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ, VICE CHAIR WONSLEY AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THIS
PRESENTATION JUST KNOW THAT WE WERE IN THE AUDIENCE WHEN ASHLEY PRESENTED AND WE ACTUALLY HAD HER GIVE A PRESENTATION TO THE HOMEGROWN MINNEAPOLIS FOOD COUNCIL AT OUR AUGUST MEETING. WE ARE VERY INTERESTED IN COLLABORATING WITH THIS COUNCIL OR WHOEVER THE NEXT COUNCIL IS
AS WELL TO ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY IN OUR CITY, SO YOU KNOW, MY CONTACT INFORMATION IS ON THE SLIDE. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO MEET WITH ANY OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY OR RETURN TO THE COMMITTEE AS DESIRED. OUR CITY
HAS A HIGH DEGREE OF FOOD INSECURITY. I RECENTLY HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO ATTEND THE MILAN URBAN FOOD POLICY PACT, GLOBAL CONVENING IN MILAN. I WAS JUST THERE TWO WEEKS AGO AND THEY TALKED ABOUT NUTRITION POVERTY, AND THAT FEELS LIKE A BETTER
TERM TO USE. I KNOW ASHLEY QUOTED THE MINNEAPOLIS FOOD VISION IN HER PRESENTATION TALKING ABOUT FOOD APARTHEID AND HOW FOOD DESERTS TEND TO IMPLY THAT IT'S SOMEHOW A NATURALLY OCCURRING FENOMMAN, AND IT IS NOT. IT IS THE RESULT OF
SYSTEMS AND POLICIES THAT HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FOR A LONG TIME, THE LEGACY OF RED LI LINING AND OTHER HISTORICAL DISCRIMINATION THAT CERTAIN PARTS OF OUR CITY LACKS ACCESS TO RESOURCES TO HAVE YOU KNOW, FULL ACCESS TO HEALTHY AND AFFORDABLE FOOD. I THINK NONE
OF US THINK THAT FOOD SHEB SHELVES A ARE THE SOLUTION. EVERYBODY THAT I KNOW THAT WORKS ON THESE ISSUES THINKS THAT FAMILIES SHOULD HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES TO FEET FEED THEM SBL BY SHOPPING AT REGULAR GROWS RIGHT AWAY STORES AND BUYING WHAT THEIR -- GROCERY STORES AND BUYING WHAT THEIR CULTURAL
PREFERENCES ARE AND WHAT THEIR DIETARY NEEDS ARE, SO WE'RE HAPPY TO SUPPORT THAT IN WHATEVER WAYS WE CAN. LASTLY, I HAVE VICE CHAIR WONSLEY. NEVER MIND WE'RE GOOD. IF NO ONE ELSE IS IN QUEUE, WE THANK STAFF FOR
THIS PRESENTATION. IT WAS HELPFUL AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT REPORT. AND SEEING NO
FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE US, I WOULD DECLARE THIS MEETING ADJOURNED.