[GAVEL] >> WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE FOR APRIL 23, 2025. MAY NAME IS JASON CHAVEZ AND I AM THE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE. BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING, I
REMINDER TO ALL MEMBERS AND STAFF THAT THIS MEETING IS BRDCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THE BROADCAST INCLUDES REAL-TIME CAPTNING AS A FURTHER METHOD TO INCREASE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR PROCEEDINGS TO THE COMMUNITY. THEREFORE, ALL SPEAKERS NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THE RATE OF THEIR SPEECH SO THAT
OUR CAPTIONERS CAN FULLY CAPTURE AND TRANSCRIBE ALL COMMENTS FOR THE BROADCAS 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 A QUORUM FOR THIS MEETIN.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE, PRESENT. RAINVILLE, PRESENT. ELLISON IS ABSENT. PALMISANO, PRESENT. VICE CHAIR WONSLEY, PRESENT. CHR CHAVEZ, PRESENT. >> THERE ARE FIVE MEMBERS PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM. WITH THAT, THE AGENDA FOR
TODAY'S MEETING IS BEFORE US.TH CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 2 IS ACCEPTING THE NEHA-FDA RETAIL FLEXIBLE FUNDING MODEL GRANT FROM FOOD AND STRUGG ADMINISTRATION. ITEM THREE IS AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT FOR SERVICE AGREEMENT
WITH THE UVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER CORE RESEARCH PROJECT. ITEM FOUR IS ACCEPTING A GRANT FROM THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR SEX TRAFFICKING AWARENESS MEDIA CAMPAIGN. ITEM FIVE IS AUTHORIZING AN
M.O.U. WITH WILEY REBER LAW TO UTILIZE THE SPACE AT THE LAKE STRE SAFETY CENTER. SIX IS ACCEPTING A GRANT TO SUPPORT THE POLICE AND CITY ATTORNEY'S INITIATIVES. ITEM SEVEN IS AUTHORIZING AN M.O.U. WITH CORNERHOUSE. ITEM 8 IS AUTHORIZING REVENUE
CONTRACTS WITH SMG FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES AT U.S. BANK STADIUM. ITEM NINE IS AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH FAIRVIEW HEALTH SERVICES FOR CONTINUED IMPLEMENTATION OF A NUTRITION-KNOW KU-- FOCUSED
DISEASE PREVENTION PROJECT. AND THE LAST O IS FEES FOR CITY-OWNED RESOURCES ORDINANCE. I WILL CALL ON PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. THIS IS A QUESTION FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY. I'M WONDERING IF YOU KNOW IF THE
F.D.A. GRANT WENT THROUGH THE NEW APPROVAL PROCESS THROUGH THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. >> MR. CHAIR, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, I AM ASSUMING THAT IT DID, BUT I DON'T KNOW FOR A FACT. I CAN FOLLOW-UP ON THATF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO. >> I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE REST OF THE BODY TO KNOW AS WE GONTO THE COUNCIL
MEETING NEXT WEEK. >> WILL DO. >> I CAN GIVE A QUICK UPDATE O THAT, PRESIDENT PAYNE, BECAUSE I DID REACH OUT TO STAFF ABOUT MY CONCERNS ABOUT THIS GIVEN THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION AND THE CITY ATTORNEY REVIEWED THE GRANT AWARD AND DETERMINED THAT THE CONDITIONS WERE ORIGINATED IN
2024 AND THE MANNER THAT THE CITY ACCEPTED THIS PREVIOUSLY, SO THERE JUST SHOULD BE -- THERE S A REVIEW DONE. THERE SHOULD BE NO CONCERNS. I BROUGHT IT UP IN AGENDA SETTING IN CASE I HAD SOME CONCERNS. >> GREAT, THANK YOU. >> FOR ADMINISTRATIVE FOLLOW-UP,
FOLLOW-UP ON THE QUESTIO THAT PRESIDENT PAYNE ASKED -- >> ABSOLUTELY. >> COOL. ALL RIGHT. SO IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF ITEMS 2-10. I WILL MOVE ASIDE ITEM ONE FOR DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED S NAY. ANY ABSTENTIONS? THAT CARRIES AND THE CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED. NEXT WE HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEM. THIS ITEM IS THE PASSAGE OF AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO CIVIL RIGHTS ADDING NEW PROTECTED CLASSES, BOLSTERING FORCEMENT OF CURRENT PROTECTIONS AND AMENDING PROCEDURES FOR
EFFICIENCY AND EASE OF USE. HERE TO KICK OFF THE PUBC HEARING IS DIRECTOR KAYLA DIARA. WELCOME UP. >> HI. THANK YOU. CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL MEMBERS, GOODAFTERNOON. THANKS SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.
MY NAME IS KAYLA AND I AMHE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT HERE AT THE CITY. I AM REALLY HAPPY TO BE HERE TO TALK ABOUT PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO OUR CIVIL RIGHTS ORDINANCE. SO JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE THINGS I PLAN TO COVER IN THIS INITIAL PRESENTATION.
FIRST, I WANT TO PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION ON HOW WE PROCESS DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINTS GENERALLY AND HOW WE ENFORCE OUR CURRENT CIVIL RIGHTS ORDINANCE WITHIN OUR CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT. I'LL THEN MOVE TO AN OVERVIEW OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED, INCLUDING THE THREE NEW PROTECTED CLASSES THAT ARE
BEING PROPOSED, BOLSTERED CURRENT PROTECTIONS, AND THEN PROCEDURAL CHANGES TO THE CASE PROCESSING VIA THESE AMENDMENTS. THEN I'LL ADDRESS THE RACIAL EQUITY IMPACT OF THESE AMENDMENTS AS WELL AS DETAIL HOW WE WOULD PLAN TO MEASURE THE IMPACT OF THESE AMENDMENTS IF THEY WERE TO PASS. AND THEN I WILL END WITH A THANK
YOU TO OUR PARTNERS WHO HAVE BEEN SUCH A VALUABLE PART OF THIS PROCESS. SO TO START WITH DISCRIMINATION CASES AND PROCESSING, THE CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT IS TASKED WITH ENFORCING OUR CIVIL RIGHTS ORDINANCE, AND WE DO THAT
LARGELY THROUGH THE WORK OF OUR COMPLAINT INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION, WHICH RECEIVES AND INVESTIGATES COMPLAINTS OF DISCRIMINATION. THE COMPLAINT INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION IS A SMALL BUT MIGHTY TEAM MADE UP OF AN ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF CIVIL RIGHTS, FOUR INVESTIGATORS, AND THREE -- AND
TWO INTAKE COORDINATOR WHO IS WORK ON THIS EVERY DAY, DAY IN AND DAY OUT HERE AT THE CITY. AND WE HAVE JURISDICTION TO INVESTIGATE COMPLAINTS OF DISCRIMINATION IF THEY HAPPENED WITHIN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, AND WITHIN THE LAST YEAR. WE ARE NEUTRAL BODY THAT DOES THIS WORK AS A FREE CITY
SERVICE, SO YOU DON'T NEED TO PAY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCESS OR TO HAVE HAVE US INVESTIGATE YOUR CASE. YOU ALSO DON'T NEED TO HAVE A LAWYER REPRESENT THEM, THOUGH FOLKS ARE WELCOME TO HAVE A LAWYER REPRESENT THEM IF THEY WOULD LIKE. UNDER THE CURRENT KIND OF SCHEME
OF THINGS THERE ARE 15 DIFFERENT PROTECTED CLASSES THAT ARE IN OUR CIVIL RIGHTS ORDINANCE, AND THERE ARE THREE NEW ONES PROPOSED THAT WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS TODAY.WHEN WE TALK ABOU DISCRIMINATION, WHAT WE'RE GENERALLY TALKING ABOUT IS NEGATIVE TREATMENT BASED ON A PERSON'S PROTECTED CLASS. AS A GENERAL RULE OF PROTECTED CLASS IS SOMETHING ABOUT YOU
IDENTITY THAT YOU CANNOT OR SHOULD NOT BE ASKED TO CHANGE, TRADITIONAL PROTECTED CLASSES FOLKS ARE FAMILIAR WITH ARE RACE, SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RELIGION, DISABILITY, AND THE LIKE. AND JUST FOR SOME HISTORICAL CONTEXT, THE LAST UPDATE TO OUR
CIVIL RIGHTS ORDINANCE WAS IN 2017, AND THOSE CHANGES WENT INTO EFFECT IN 2018. BEFORE I JUMP INTO THE DETAILS OF THESE PROTECTED CLASSES, I DO WANT TO SHOW AERY SHORT VIDEO THAT I THINK GIVES A GOOD OVERVIEW OF THE WORK WE DO IN THE COMPLAINT INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION, WHAT CAN FOLKS EXPECT
IF THEY'RE ENGAGING IN OUR PROCESS, AND I WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEW THINGS THAT WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT TODAY. >> WHAT IS DISCRIMINATION UER THE MINNESOTA CIVIL RIGHTS ORDINANCE? >> WHEN YOU ARE TREATED NEVER LIT BECAUSE OF YOUR PROTECTED CLASS INCLUDING RACE,
DISABILITY, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, AGE, GENDER IDENTITY, RELIGION, AND MORE. THE MINNEAPOLIS CIVIL RIGHTS ORDINANCE PROTECTS YO U YOU FROM THE DISCRIMINATION IN THE WORK PLACE, WHERE YOU RENT, WHERE YOU INTERACT WITH CITY EMPLOYEE, INCLUDING POLICE,
WHERE YOU SHOP, BANK, AND GET MANY MORE SERVICES. THE ORDINANCE ALSO PROTECTS YOU FROM RETALIATION. EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT SURE SOTHING IS COVERED BY THE ORDINANCE, PLEASE SUBMIT A COMPLAINT BECAUSE EVEN IF OUR OFFICE CAN'T INVESTIGATE IT, WE CAN HELP YOU FIND RESOURCES OR GUIDE YOU TO WHERE A COMPLAINT CAN BE FILE.
IT IS IMPORTANT YOU DOCUMENT THE DISCRIMINATION. WRITE DOWN DETAILS CLOSE TO THE TIME IT OCCURRED WHILE STILL FRESH IN YOUR MEMORY. ALSO, TRY TO KEEP TRACK OF THE DATES AND TIMES THAT MADE YOU FEEL DISCRIMINATE AGAINST. KEEP RELEVANTEMAILS, TEXT MESSAGES, LETTERS, PHOTOS AND VIDEOS. IF THERE ARE WITNESSES TO YOUR
EXPERIENCE, ASK THEM TO WRITE DOWN WHAT THEY SAW AND GET THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION. THE CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT HIGHLY ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO FILE DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINT WHICH MAKES THE CITY AWARE OF POSSIBLE DISCRIMINATION. AND IN MANY CASES CIVIL RIGHTS
STF CAN HELP YOU DRAFT A CHARGE OF DISCRIMINATION, WHICH IS A LEGAL DOCUMENT EXPLAINING YOUR EXPERICE. THROUGHOUT THE CHARGE OF DISCRIMINATION, THELLEGED DI DISCRIMINATOR MUST ATTEND A
RESOLUTION SESSION OR FILE A RESPONSE. THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS TAKES DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINTS SERIOUSLY. OUR GOAL ITO PROTECT AND ADVANCE THE CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS OF EVERYONE WHO LIVES IN, WORKS IN AND VISITS OUR CITY. TO SUBMIT A COMPLAINT OR FIND MORE INFORMATION, GO TO O WEBSITE OR CALL 311.
>> SO FOR AN OVERVIEW OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY, SO WE'RE DISCUSSING THREE NEW PROPOSED PROTECTED CLASSES. THE ARE HOUSING STATUS, HEIGHT AND WEIGHT, AND JUSTICE IMPACT STATUS. WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT BOLSTERED CURRENT PROTECTIONS
THAT PROVIDE ADDITIONAL JURISDICTION AND A ROBUSTNESS TO THE PROTECTIONS WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN OUR CIVIL RIGHTS ORDINANCE AS WELL AS A VARIETY OF PROCEDURAL CHANGES THAT WILL HOPEFULLY HELP STREAMLINE AND INCREASE EFFICIENCY IN OUR CASE PROCESSING. IF PASSED, THESE AMENDMENTS WOULD GO INTO EFFECT ON AUGT 1
OF 2025 THIS YEAR. SO MOVING INTO OUR NEW PROTECTED CLASSES, SO THE FIRST IS HOUSING STATUS. THIS PROTECTED CLASS WOULD BE DEFINED AS THE STATE OF HAVING OR NOT HAVING A FIXED, REGULAR, OR ADEQUATE NIGHTTIME RESIDENCE.
AND THIS CLASS WOULD BE PROTECTED IN THE AREAS OF EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, HOUSING AND PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS. THERE IS ONE EXEMPTION TO TS PARTICULAR PROTECTED CLASS, WHICH IS ON THE SCREEN. IT DOES NOT PROHIBIT ANY DISTINCTION, DIFFERENTIAL TREATMENT, INQUIRY OR DETERMINATION ON THE BASIS OF
HOUSING STATUS WHEN REQUIRED OR AUTHORIZED BY FEDERAL OR STATE LAW, OR WHEN IT IS BECAUSE OF A LEGITIMATE BUSINESS JUSTIFICATION NOT OTHERWISE PROHIBITED BLAW. I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE OF THE AREAS THAT I MENTIONED IS PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION. I THINK EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION,
AND HOUSING ARE FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD, BUT FOLKS MIGHT NOT BE AS FAMILIAR WITH WHAT PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION MEANS. ANY PLACE WHERE YOU WLD GO TO BUY A GOOD, RECEIVE A SERVICE, A PLACE THAT'S GENERALLY AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. SOME OF THE KIND OF CASE EXAMPLES ARE LIKE REAL WORLD
EXAMPLES OF THE TYPES OF CASES THAT WE COULD INVESTIGATE IF THIS PROTECTED CLASS WAS UNCOLLUDED IN OUR ORDINANCE ARE THINGS LIKE AN EMPLOYEE WHOSE SUPERVISOR BECOME ACE WARE THEY ARE LIVING OUT OFHEIR CAR AND TERMINATES THEM FROM EMPLOYMENT CITING THEIR LACK OF RELIABILITY
WHEN THERE IS NO RECORD OF THIS EMPLOYEE ACTUALLY HAVING ANY SORT O RELIABILITY CONCERNS, RIGHT? AND THERE BEING A POTENTIAL PERCEPTION, RIGHT, THAT BECAUSE THIS PERSON IS CURRENTLY LIVING IN THEIR CAR, THEY CAN'T BE TRUSTED TO SHOW UP AT WORK ON TIME OR SHOW UP AT ALL, WHICH IS, OF COURSE, INAPPRRIATE AND THEREFORE,
WOULD BE A VIOLATION OF THE ORDINANCE. ANOTHER EXAMPLE COULD BE A LANDLORD WHO REFUSES TO PROVIDE A RENTAL APPLICATION TO AN INDIVIDUAL STATING THEY REFUSE TO RENT TO HOMELESS PEOPLE, RIGHT? THAT WOULD SHOW ANIMISE
AND DENYING THEM SOMETHING BASED ON THAT, WHICH WOULD LIKELY BE A VIOLATION OF THE ORDINANCE. I'M GOING TO PVIDE SOME SCENARIOS KIND OF AS WE GO THROUGH THIS WHOLE THING, HOPEFULLY TO GIVE PEOPLE KIND OF A REAL WORLD EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. I WILL JUST CAVEAT THAT WITH THESE A THE TYPES OF THINGS WE WOULD CERTAINLY INVESTIGATE.
THERE COULD, OF COURSE, BE MORE FACTS THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT, AND IT IS HARD TO KNOW WITHOUT KNOWING A FULL SITUATION WHETHER SOMETHING WOULD VIOLATE AN ORDINANCE. SO MOVING NEXT TO OUR NEXT PROTECTED CLASS, WHICH IS JUSTICE PACT STATUS.
THAT WOULD BE DEFINED IN OUR ORDINANCE AS THE STATE OF HAVING A CRIMINAL RECORD OR HISTORY INCLUDING ANY ARREST, CHARGE, CONVICTION, PERIOD OF INCARCERATION, OR PAST OR CURRENT PROBATIONARY STATUS. THIS PROTECTED CLASS WOULD APPLY IN THE AREAS OF EMPLOYMENT,
EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, HOUSING AND PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS. AND THERE ARE SOME MORE EXTENSIVE EXEMPTIONS FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROTECTED CLASS. I THINK REASONABLY SO BECAUSE WE ALL UERSTAND THAT THERE MIGHT BE CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF A PERSON'S CRIMINAL RECORD OR
CRIMINAL HISTORY THAT COULD LEGITIMATELY IMPACT THE TYPE OF JOB THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO RECEIVE OR OTHER AREASF WHERE THIS PROTECTION WOULD EXIST. AND SO SOME OF THOSE EXEMPTIONS ARE AN EMPLOYER CAN REASONABLY CONSIDER THE RELATIONSHIP OF CRIMINAL HISTORY TO THE DUTIES
OF THE POSITION, CONSIDERING THESE DELINEATED FACTOR, AND THERE ARE FIVE OF THEM. ONE IS WHETHER THE PERSON WAS ACTUALLY CONVICTED OF THE OFFENSE. NUMBER TWO IS THE LENGTH OF TIME SINCE THE ALLEGED OFFENSE OR CONVICTION. NUMBER THREE IS THE NATURE AND
GRAVITY OF THE CRIME OR CRIMES. NUMBER FOUR IS THE AGE OF THE EMPLOYEE AT THE TIME THE CRIME WAS COMMITTED. AND NUMBER FIVE, ANY EVIDENCE OF REHABILITATION EFFORTS OFFERED IN SUPPORT OF THE EMPLOYEE. A REALLY IMPORNT PIECE HERE, TOO, IS THAT IN THE EMPLOYMENT SETTING, AN EMPLOYER CANNOT
DISCMINATE BASED ON AN ARREST RECORD ALONE IF THAT ARREST DID NOT RESULT IN CONVICTION, EXCEPT FOR PENDING CRIMINAL MATTERS. AND THEN I WILL ALSO HIGHLIGHT THAT STATE AND FEDERAL LICENSING REQUIREMENTS WOULD STILL APPLY. SO IF THOSE EXIST FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF PROFESSIONS OR WORKING IN CERTAIN SETTINGS, THAT WOULD
ALL REMAIN THE SAM THERE ARE ADDITIONAL EXEMPTIONS IN EDUCATION THAT ARE VERY SIMILAR. YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT SAME LI OF FACTORS, BUT THEN YOU ALSO WOULD BE ABLE TO CONSIDER THE EFFECT ON THE ABILITY TO BECOME LICENSED TO PRACTICE THE
SOUGHT PROFESSION THAT SOMEONE D WHETHER THAT PERSON'S CRIMINAL RECORD OR HISTORY WOU IMPACT THAT IN ANY WAY. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO SOME EXEMPTIO IN HOUSING. WE LARGELY IN THE DRAFT ORDINANCE AS IT IS REFER TO OUR RENTAL SCREENING ORDINANCE, WHICH ALREADY HAS PROVISIONS
AROUND WHAT NEED TO BE CONSIDERED IF CONSIDERING SOMEONE'S CRIMINAL HISTORY OR RECORD IN RELATION TO RENTING THEM HOUSING IN ANY WA SOME OF THE CASE EXAMPLES OF THE REAL LIFE THINGS THAT WE COULD INVESTIGATE IF THIS WERE TO BE A PROTECTED CLASS UNDER AN
ORDINANCE IS A EMPLOYER WHO REVOKES EMPLOYMENT OFFERS FOR ANYONE WHOSE BACKGROUND CHECK C RECORD WHATSOEVER WITHOUT ANY REASONABLE ASSESSMENT OF HOW THAT CONVICTION MIGHT RELATE TO WHATEVER JOB THEY ARE PURSUING. A GOOD EXAMPLE COULD BE SOMEONE WITH A D.W.I. CONVICTION FROM 10
YEARS AGO, AND IS APPLYING TO WORK AS A RECEPTIONIST IN A DENTIST OFFICE, RIGHT? THAT EMPLOYER WOULD HAVE A TOUGH TIME DEMONSTRATING TO THE DEPARTMENT HOW THAT WOULD BE REASONABLY, THAT CONCTION WOULD BE REASONABLY RELATED TO THE JOB
THAT THAT PERSON WAS, IN FACT, SEEKING. ANOTHER REAL WORLD EXAMPLE COULD BE A HOTEL WHO REFUSES TO ALLOW SOONE TO RENT A ROOM BECAUSE OF THEIR PUBLICLY AVAILABLE CRIMINAL HISTORY, SO MAYBE THEY DID THEIR OWN RESEARCH AND MADE DECISIONS BASED ON THAT. THAT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE UNDER THE ORDINANCE IF THIS WERE
TO PASS. AN ADDITIONAL EXAMPLE IS A PRIVATE COLLEGE THAT HAS A GENERAL NO FELONY POLICY FOR MISSION. AGAIN, WITHOUT CONSIDERING THE IMPACT OF LICENSURE AND JUST DOING IT O THE BASIC IDEA THEY AREN'T INTERESTED IN HAVING FOLKS WITH A FELONY CONVICTION ONHEIR RECORD PARTICIPATING IN
THEIR EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT. MOVING NEXT TO HEIGHT AND WEIGHT, THIS IS OUR THIRD NEW PROPOSED PROTECTED CLASS. THE DEFINITION OF THIS CLASS UNDER THE ORDINANCEOULD BE NUMERICAL MEASUREMENT OF TOTAL BODY HEIGHT AND TOTAL BODY
WEIGHT. HEIGHT ENCOMPASSES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO AN IMPRESSION OF A PERSON AS TALL OR SHORT REGARDLESS OF NUMERICAL MEASUREMENT. WEIGHT ENCOMPASSES B IS NOT LIMITED TO AN PERSON'S WEIGHT, FAT, THIN, ETC., REGARDLESS OF NUMERICAL MEASUREMENT. THIS PROTECTED CLASS WOULD BE
PROTECTED IN THE AREAS OF EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESS, HOUSING, PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION, AND PUBLIC SERVICE. I HAVE PREVIOUSLY DEFINED PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION, BUT TO PROVIDE BACKGROUND ON PUBLIC SERVICE, THAT WOULD BE ANY SORT OF
ATTEMPT TO RECEIVE A CITY SERVICE OR INTERACTIONS WITH CITY STAFF. AND THEN THERE IS AN EXEMPTION IN THIS AREA AS WELL IN THE EMPLOYMENT AREA WHEN HEIGHT OR WEIGHT PREVENTS A PERSON FROM PERFORMING THE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE JOB AND NO REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION IS
AVAILABLE WITHOUT UNDUE HARDSHIP OR POSING A DIRECT THREAT TO THE HEALTH, AND/OR SAFETY OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR OTHERS. AND THEN THERE IS A SIMILAR EXEMPTION IN PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION,OUSING, AND EDUCATION. DECISIONS BASED AND HEIGHT OR WEIGHT CRITERIA IS REASONAY NECESSARY FOR THE EXECUTION OF
NORMAL OPERATIONS AND NO ALTERNATIVE AION TO REASONABLY TAKE WITHOUT UNDUE BURDEN OR FUNDAMENTALLY AERING THE ESSENTIAL NATURE OF PROGRAM OR SERVICES OR POSING A DIRECT THREAT TO THE HEALTH AND/OR SAFETY OF THE INDIVIDUAL AND OTHERS. SOME REAL WORLD EXAMPLES IN THAT
HEIGHT AND WEIGHT ARENA WOULD BE A PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE WHO IS TOLD THEY LOOK DIFFERENT FROM E FOLKS IN THE MODELS AND PHOTOS IN THE PARTICULAR ESTABLISHMENT THEY ARE INTERVIEWING TO WORK AT BECAUSE THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE SMALLER BODIED THAN THEY ARE, AND IS LATER REJECTED FOR THE POSITION.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD INVESTIGATE UNDER THIS PROTECTED CLASS. AND THEN SIMILARLY A LANDLORD WHO DECLINES TO RENT TO AN INDIVIDUAL STATING THEY DON'T THINK A PERSON THAT BIG COULD MANAGE THE THREE FLIGHTS OF STAIRS IT WOULD TAKE TO GET TO
THE UNIT. AGAIN, DRAWING CONNECTIONS AND MAKING INAPPROPRIATE DECISIONS BASED ON SOMEONE'S HEIGHT OR WEIGHT THAT SULDN'T WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN GET A JOB OR RENT A PARTICULAR UNIT. MOVING INTO BOLSTERED CURRENT PROTECTIONS, SO THERE'S A FEW OF
THESE, AND I'M GOING TO GO INTO SOME DETAIL SO FOLKS KNOW WHAT WE'RE REFERRING TO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS. ONE IS THAT THE AMENDMENTS WOULD REQUIRE ACCOMMODATION FOR RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE. SO RIGHT N RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION IS PROHIBITED, SO YOU CAN'T, FOR INSTANCE, FIRE
SOMEONE BECAUSE YOU FIND OUT THEY PRACTICE A PARTICULAR RELIGION, BUTHERE IS NOT LANGUAGE IN THE ORDINANCE THAT REQUIRES ACCOMMODATION FOR SOMEONE' RELIGIOUS BELIEFS. GENERALLY RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATIO ARE PRAYER BREAKS PROSECUTOR VIEDING TIME OFF TO -- OR PROVIDING TIME OFF TO
PARTICIPATE IN A RELIGIOUS SERVICE OF SOME SORT. ADDITIONALLY, TO INVESTIGATE PAY EQUITY ISSUES. WE HAVE D THIS COME UP AT THE DEPARTMENT BEFORE. PAY EXSECOND AN ISSUE WHEN YOU HAVE TWO PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING IN THE SAME JOB. THEY ARE OF DIFFERENT PROTECTED
CLASSES SO MAYBE YOU HAVE A MALE EMPLOYEE AND FEMALE EMPLOYEE, TWO-SAME SORTS OF EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE IN A PARTICULAR AREA, AND YET ONE PERSON IS BEING PAID MORE THAN THE OTHER, RIGHT? SO UNDER THE CURRENT SCHEME, UNDER THE CURRENT ORDINANCE LANGUAGE, WE WERE ONLY ABLE TO INVESTIGATE
A SITUATION LIKE THAT IF A PAY DECISION HAD HAPPENED WITHIN THE LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF THE JURISDICTIONAL COMPLAINTS OF INVESTIGATING IN THE LAST YEAR, BUT OF COURSE, AS WE KNOW, FOLKS DON'T ALWAYS KNOW WHAT THE COWORKERS MAKE, AND THEY MIGHT
FIND THAT WELL INTO THE EMPLOYMENT AND WHEN THE INITIAL PAY DECISION WAS MADE. THIS AMENDED LANGUAGE WOULD ALLOW US TO INVESTIGATE THIS TYPE OF CASE AS LONG AS A PAYCHECK HAD BEEN CUT WITHIN THE LAST YEAR IT REALLY EXPANDS OUR ABILITY TO DO THAT. SWAY SUN HAS BEEN WORKING AT A PLE FOR FIVE YEARS MAKING THE SAME HOURLY RATE AND IT IS IN
YEAR FIVE THAT THEY FIND OUT THAT THEIR MALE COUNTERPART MAKES $2 MORE AN HOUR. THAT'S SOMETHI THEY COULD STILL BRING TO US AND WE WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO INVESTIGATE, WHEREAS PREVIOUSLY THAT MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY HAVE BEEN THE CASE, SO THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE.
ANOTHER BOLSTERED PROTECTION IS A PROHIBITION AGAINST RACE DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE, OF COURSE, BUT WE NEVER HAD A DEFINITION OF WHAT RACE MEANS. THIS IS SOMEWHAT PARALLEL TO THE CROWN EFFORTS ACT AT THE STATE LEVEL TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE A DEFINITION OF RACE THAT INCLUDES
SKIN COLOR, CERTAIN PHYSICAL FEATURES AND HAIR, TEXTURE AND STYLE JUST TO REALLY MAKE IT CLEAR IF THE DISCRIMINATION IS BASED ON THOSE SORTS OF THINGS THAT ARE CERTAINLY VERY MUCH TIED TO RACE, THAT THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN INVESTIGATE AS RACIAL DISCRIMINATION. NEXT THERE ARE ADDITIONAL
PROTECTIONS THAT MIRROR THE PREGNANT WORKERS FAIRNESS ACT, WHICH IS A FEDERAL LAW, AND PROVIDES ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS TO PREGNANT WORKERS. AGAIN, THERE IS ALWAYS A PROHIBITION AGAINST DISCRIMINATI AGAINST SOMEONE BECAUSE THEY ARE PREGNANT. YOU CANNOT FIRE SOMEONE BECAUSE YOU FIND T THEY ARE PREGNANT,
BUT THERE WEREN'T NECESSARILY REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCOMMODATION FOR A PGNANT PERSON IN THE EMPLOYMENT SETTING UNLESS THEY WERE HAVING A VERY COMPLICATED, MEDICALLY COMPLICATED PREGNANCY THAT MIGHTONSTITUTE A DISABILITY WHICH WOULD NECESSITATE AN ACCOMMODATION. WHAT THESE PROTECTIONS DO IS
REQUIRE THAT EMPLOYERS DO PROVIDE MAYBE MORE MINOR COMMODATIONS TO FOLKS WHO MIGHT BE EXPERIENCING A FAIRLY UNCOMPLICATED PREGNANCY, BUT STILL MIGHT HAVE SOME NEEDS AROUND THE PREGNANCY IN A WORK PLACE. THEOOD EXAMPLE IS USE A STOOL INSTEAD OF BEING ON YOUR FEET ALL DAY.
AT WORK, CARRYING WATER WITH YOU, TAKING MORE FREQUENT RESTROOM BREAKS, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE LANGUAGE THAT EXPLICITLY ALLOWS FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF INTERSECTIONAL DISCRIMINATION. AND SO THAT MEANS DISCRIMINATION BASED ON MULTIPLE PROTECTED CLASSES. AGAIN, WE'RE IN THE REAL WORLD.
AND WE KNOW THAT WHEN PEOPLE FACE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES, NEG NECESSARILY GOING TO BE ONE PROTECTED CLS. WE ALL HAVE MANY ELEMENTS OF OUR IDENTITY AND THINGS ABOUT US AN
THINGS ABOUT US THAT DRIVE NEGATIVE ACTIONS AND CONSTITUTE DISCRIMINATION. MAYBE IT'S BOTH SOMEONE'S RACE AND THE SEX, RIGHT? OR MAYBE IT'S SOMEONE'S NATIONAL ORIGIN AND THEIR GENDER IDENTITY. SO THIS JUST EXPLICITLY ALLOWS FOR INVESTIGATION OF THOSE TYPE OF SITUAON WHERE IS IT REALLY
IS A COMBINATION OF DIFFERENT PROTECTEDLASSES THAT IS AT ISSUE. >> THERE IS ALSO ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE THATXPANDS THE DEFINITION OF FAMILIAL STATUS TO INCLUDE THOSE RESIDING WITH AND CARING FOR ADULTS WHO ARE UNABLE TO CARE FOR THEMSELVES. THIS EXPANDS FAMILIAL STATUS AND
TRADITIONALLY THIS IS FOR FOLKS WITH MY COR IF CHILDREN AND CARRYING FOR AN ADULT THAT CANNOT CARE FOR THEMSELVES. MOVING NOW ONTO THE PROCEDURAL UPDATES, SO THERE'S A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS IN THESE AMENDMENTS THAT WE HOPE WILL
STREAMLINE KIND OF OUR CASE PROCESSING AND IMPROVEMENT IN A VARIETY OF WAY. ONE IS THERE IS LANGUAGE THAT SIMPLIFIES THE PCEDURE TO OBTAIN SUBPOENAS IN OUR PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS. AND THEN THERE'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PROVISIONS THAT RELATE TO HOW APPEALS ARE REVIEWED IN OUR PROCESS. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WE WORK
HAND IN HAND WITH OUR CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSI, WHICH IS MADE UP OF VOLUNTEER CITY RESIDENTS THAT ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS AND ARE APPOINTED BY THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR. AND ONE OF THE REALLY IMPORTANT PIECES THAT THE COMMISSION PLAYS IN OUR CASE PROCESSING IS THAT THEY ARE THE ONES WHO ARE TASKED
WITH REVIEWING APPEALS OF DECISIONS TH THE DEPARTMENT MAKES. AND SO A LOT OF THESE HAVE TO DO WITH THIS KIND OF APPEAL PROCESS. THERE IS A STANDARD OF REVIEW THAT THEY CURRENTLY USE FOR APPEALS, BUT IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE ORDINANCE, SO ONE OF THESE AMENDMENTS WOULD ALLOW FOR THE CODIFICATION OF THE CURRTLY USED STANDARD OF
APPEAL, STANDARD OF REVIEW FOR APPEALS INTO THE ORDINANCE. ANOTHER WOULD REQUIRE THAT CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION REVIEW PANELS COMPLETE REEWS AND ISSUE ORDERS ON APPEALS WITHIN 90 DAYS JUST TO INSURE THAT OUR CASES CONTINUE TO MOVE AS EFFICIENTLY AS THEY CAN.
THERE IS ALSO A CHANGE TO ALLOW FOR CIVIL RIGHTS REVIEW COMMISSION PANELS TO INCLUDE ONE ATTORNEY MEMBER INSTEAD OF TWO, SO THE COMMISSION HAS 21 MEMBERS. ONLY 6-8 OF WHOM NEED TO BE ATTORNEYS, AND SO AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, REQUIRING TWO ATTORNEYS TO SIT ON EACH OF THE PANEL WHICH IS ONLY CONSIST OF THROE
COMMISSIONERS JUST DOES REDUCE OUR CAPACITY OBABLE TO MOVE APPEALS THROUGH. THIS WOULD DROP THAT DOWN TO ONE ATTORNEY MEMBER, AND THERE WOU STILL BE THREE MEMBERS TO HAVE PANEL, BUT ONLY ONE IS AN AN ATTORN MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION AND HOPEFULLY ALLOW FOR MORE EFFICIENT PROCESSING OF APPEAL.
AND THEN LAST, TRE'S ALSO AN EXTENSION OF THE DEADLINE TO FILE A LAWSUIT AFTER RECEIVING A DECISION FROM THE DEPARTMENT FROM 45 TO 90 DAYS. THIS MIRRORS A RECENT CHANGE TO THE MINNESOTA HUMAN RIGHTS ACT
AND ALLOWS FOLKS TO ASSESS THEIR OPTIONS AND GET AN ATTORNE TO PROCEED WITH THE CASE, SO HOPEFULLY MAKES IT MORE ACCESSIBLE TO FOLKS. THAT CONCLUDES MY DISCUSSION OF WHAT IS IN THE AMENDMENTS. NEXT I'LL TALK ABOUT THE RACIAL EQUITY IMPACT OF THESE
AMENDMENTS IF THEY WERE TO PASS, SO OUR HOPE AND BELIEF IS THESE PROPOSED ADDITIONAL PROTECTED CLASSES AS WELL AS THE BOLSTERED PROTECTIONS AND PROCEDURAL UPDATES WILL HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT PARTICULARLY ON BIPOC RESINTS IN MINNEAPOLIS AND ALSO FOLKS THAT WORK IN AND
VISIT OUR CITY. DUE TO HISTORICAL AND STEMIC INEQUITY, BIPOC RESIDENTS ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE EXPERIENCED HOUSING INSTABILITY OR TO BE JUSTICE IMPACTED, OR TO EXPERIENCE PAY INEQUITY. THUS, THESE EXPANDED PROTECTIO
WILL BE PARTICULARLY RELEVANT TO FOLKS WHO HAVE HAD THOSE EXPERIENCES. ADDITIONALLY THE EXPANDED DEFINITION OF RACE VERY MUCH TAKES INTO CONVERSATION WHAT BIPOC FOLKS MIGHT EXPERIENCE IN RELATION TO HAIR TEXTURE AND POTENTL RACIAL DISCRIMINATION.
I WILL HIGHLIGHT THAT OUR READY UNDER THE CIVIL RIGHTS ORDINANCE AND THE ENFORCEMENT RAISES THE MOST COMMON BASIS FOR DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINT AND THOSE COMPLAINTS ARE VAST MAJORITY ARE COMING FR BIPOC INDIVIDUALS. AND SO THEY'RE INTERACTING IN OUR PROCESS THAT MUCH MORE, AN
THEREFORE, INCREASED EFFICIENCY IN OUR PROCESS WILL HOPEFULLY BENEFIT EVERYONE WHO IS MAKING COMPLAINTS WITH OUR OFFICE. MEASURING IMPACT, SO IF THESE AMENDMENTS WEREO PASS, WE CERTAINLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE
WOULD NEED TO BE EXTENSIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH COMMUNITY AND EDUCATION ACROSS BOTH THE ENTERPRISE AND THE WIDER CITY COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKSNOW THESE PROTECTIONS EXIST AND ALSO WHERE TO GO IF
THEY FACEISCRIMINATION ON THESE BASES. WE WILL BE TRACKINGHE IMPACT OF THE ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS. ARE WE SEE INCREASES IN COMPLAINTS BEING FILED AFTER WE HOLD THESE TYPE OF SESSIONS IN COMMUNITY, AND ALSO SURVEYING FOLKS TO G THEIR INPUT AS TO HOW IMPACTFUL OUR ENGAGEMENT
EFFORTS ARE IN THEIR DAY-TO-DAY LIVES. AND THEN GENERALLY, WE WILL, OF COURSE,RACK THE COMPLAINTS WE RECEIVE UNDER THESE NEW PROTECTED CLASSES, BUT ALSO IN RELATION TO THOSE BOLSTERED PROTECTIONS. COMPLAINTS WE WOULD GET FROM PREGNANT INDIVIDUALS, FOR INSTANCE, WHO ARE HAVING TROUBLE IN THEIR WORK PLACE, AND THEN WE
WOULD, OF COURSE, TRACK POSITIVE CASE OUTCOMES WHETHER THAT IS A MEDIATED SETTLEMENT IN THE CASE, WHETHER IT IS A FINDING THAT DISCRIMINATION DID, IN FACT, OCCUR, OR A CONSOLIDATED SETTLEMENT IN A CASE. AND I WILL END WITH A HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR PARTNERS FROM
THE CIV RHTS DEPARTMENT. I REALLY WANT TOHANK THE AUTHORS F BRINGING THIS FORWARD, OF COURSE, AND OUR COLLABORATIVE WORK THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE STAFF PARTICULARLY IN THE COMPLAINT INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION WHO HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK ON THIS. AND THEN I ALSO, A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S
FICE AND PARTICULARLY ALEX CANE WHO HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME WORKING ON THESE AMENDMENTS. AND THEN I ALSO REALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AND YUP LIFT THE CIVIL RIGHTS GROUP HAS MADE IN THIS
PROCESS AND MADE BENEFICIAL RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE MADE IT INTO WHAT BECAME THESE AMENDMENTS TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS THEIR ENGAGEMENT. AND THEN WE ENGAGED WITH A VARIETY OF DFERENT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT I HAVE HIGHLIGHTED HERE ON THE SCREEN. THE MICHIGAN DEPAMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS. THE CITY OF MADISON CIVIL RIGHTS
DEPARTMENT. E CITY OF ATLANTA. COUNCIL MEMBER WES MORELAND AND THEIRUMAN RELATIONS COUNCIL AS WELL AS THE WASHINGTON, D.C. OFFICE OF HUMAN RIGHTS. AND THEN WE WORKED WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS INCLUDING THE ACLU, DIVERSITY AND PRACTICE AND THE WANTON INJUSTICE LEGAL
DETAIL, JUSTICE INDIVIDUALS VOTING EFFECTUALLY KNOWN AS JI, VE AND NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONF ADVANCE FAT ACCEPTANCE. A HUGE THANK TO THEM FOR THEIR ENGAGEMENT THROUGHT THIS PROCESS, AND WITH THAT, I WILL
STAND FOR QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, DIRECTOR. BEFORE WE GO TO QUESTIONS, I THINK IT WOULD BE EFFECTIVE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND IF COLLEAGUES HAVE QUTIONS, WE CAN MAKE SURE YOU ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS AND GO INTO COMMENTS.
IF YOU DID NOT SIGN UP FOR THE AM POINTING OR BY THE CLERK'S TEAM WHO ARE WAVING. EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE 2 MINUTES TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY. I WOULD PLEASE ASK ONCE YOU HEAR THE BEEPER TO PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL OF THE TIME TO ME SURE THE MEETING PROGRESSES. THERE IS A TIMER UP HERE THAT
HAS TWO MINUTES. AND THERE IS A NOISE WHEN THE TIME IS UP. BUT WE ARE REALLY EXCITING TO HEAR FROM ALL OF YOU HERE TODAY, SO WITH THAT, OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS -- AND SOMETIMES THE HANDWRITING IS
A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO READ, SO I WANT TO PREFACE THAT, BUT I THINK IT'S ANNIE JANSEN. HI. WELCOME. >> HELLO. I'M ANNIE NSEN, MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENT AND FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF RADICAL HEALTH ALLIANCE.
WE ARE THE FIRST AND ONLY MINNESOTA-BASED NONPROFIT WORKING TO END SIZE DISCRIMINATION IN MINNESOTA. WEIGHT BIAS IS CURRENTLY THE MOST PREVALENT FORM OF WHY I CAN'T SAY AFFECTING 40% OF U.S. ADULTS. AMONG SCHO-AGED CHILDREN, IT IS THE MOST PREVALENT FORM OF HARASSMENT AND BULLNG.
SIZISM HAS SEVERE CONSEQUENCES INCLUDING DEPRESSION, ANXIETY AND INCREASED RISK OF SUICIDALITY. PEOPLE IN LARGER BODIES ARE PAID LESS FOR THE SAME JOB, AND ARE MORE LIKELY TO BEIRED EVEN WHEN THEIR JOB PERFORMANCE IS GOOD. ARGUABLY, HEALTH CARE IS THE
TE OF THE MOST PREVALENT AND EXTREME WEIGHT BIAS. 68% OF T PEOPLE AT THE HIGHEST END OF THE WEIGHT SPECTRUM REPORT DELAYINGOTH PREVENTIVE CARE AND WHEN THEY ARE EXPERIENCING ACTE SYMPTOMS. AS A LEADER OF THE TWIN CITIES FAT COMMUNITY WITH OVER 1600
MEMBER, I S THE STORY OF WEIGHT BIAS EVERY DAY. IT EFFECTS EVERY ASPECT OF LIFE OF MINSOTANS FROM CHILDREN TO THE ELDERLY. I PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED WEIGHT WEIGHT-BASED BULLYING AS A KID, AND IT HAD SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS
ON MY MENTAL HEALTH. NO ADULT WAS PREPARED TO RESPOND AND SO I WAS LEFT TO NAVIGATE THE SITUATION ON MY OWN. ORDINANCES LIKE THIS WILL BOLSTER INITIATIVES TO TRAIN EDUCATORS TO BE EQUIPPED TO INTERVENE, STOPPING HARM SOON AERNTD GETTING SUPPORT TO
BULLIED KIDS. SUPPORT FOR PROTECTIONS LIKE THESE ARE WIDESPREAD AND BIPARTISAN. 75% OF U.S. ADULTS SUPPORT WOR PLACE PROTECTIONS AGAINST SIZISM AND 80% WANT TO SEE GOVERNMENT ADDRESS WEIGHT-BASED BULLYING.
TODAY I AM ASKING YOU TO VOTE YES ON BILL 00563. THERE NO DOUBT THAT THE BILLAS BEEN A MAJOR STEP FORWARD FOR ELIMINATING WEIGHT PIE I CAN'T SAY IN MINNESOTA. -- BIAS IN MINNESOTA. I AM PROUD TO BE A RESIDENT OF THE CITY TO ENACT THIS CRITICAL AMENDMENT. A BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO
HAS PUT LABOR INTO THIS. >> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. CALLING NEXT SPEAKER. IF I MISSPELL YOUR NAME, JUST CORRECT THAT BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GET IT CORRECT AND THE PUBLIC KNOWS. THANK YOU.
>> THAT WAS IT. TIGRIS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING MY TESTIMONY TODAY, COUNSELOR COUNCILORS. I AM THE DIRECTOR OF NAAFA HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF OUR MINNEAPOLI MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS.
NAAFA HAS ADVOCATED FOR FAD PEOPLE FOR 56 YEARS AND WE CO-FOUNDED THE CAMPAIGN FOR SIZE FREEDOM TO HELP ARICANS UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR LAWS AGAINST ANTIFAT DISIMINATION. SIZE DISCRIMINATION CAN HURT ANYBODY, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO FAT PEOPLE, THERE IS AN
ASSUMPTION THAT WHILE OTHERS DESERVE PROTECTION FROM THE LAW, WE SHOULD JUST LOSE WEIGHT IF WE WANT THAT AVOID DISCRIMINATION. THIS BELIEF IS RELENTLESS, SHOWING UP IN PEER ATTITUDES AND PUBLIC POLICY, BUT THE SOLUTION TO INJUSTICE IS NOT SHRINKING
OUR BODIES. 34 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE U.S. EVERY YEAR EXPERIENCE SIZE DISCRIMINATION. THAT'S 75 MINNEAPOLIS'S. THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE. AND THIS IS A SERUS ISSUE THAT WE'RE NOT TAKING SERIOUSLY ENOUGH. FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR, QUEER AND
TRANS FOLKS, DISABLED FOLKS, YES, HOUSING IMPACTED FOLKS, YES, JUSTICE IMPACTED FOLKS, THAT DISCRIMINATION PARTNERS WITH OTHER KINDS OF DISCRIMINATION TO CREATE EVEN MORE BARRIERS. IF YOUR DOCTOR WON'T TREAT YOUR ACTUAL AILMENT. IF THE COURT ASSUMES YOU ARE A
BAD PARENT BECAUSE OF YOUR SIZE. IF YOUR BOSS ASSUMES BIG FOLKS CAN'T DO THE JOB EVENHOUGH YOU CAN DO IT. IF YOUR SCHOOL WON'T GIVER YOU A DESK AND CHAIR YOU NEED, THE PROBLEM IS NOT FAT. THE PROBLEM IS BIAS. NO MATTER WHAT SIZE A PERSON IS
TODAY, TOMORROW, 10 YEARS FROM NOW, THAT PERSON DESERVES OPPORTUNITY ACCOMMODATION AND FAIRNESS. AND WHEN WE'RE N GIVEN THOSE THINGS, WE DESERVE RECOURSE UNDER THE LAW. ONLY TWO STATES AND SEVEN CITIES HAVE PROTECTIONS AGAINST SIZE
DISCRIMINATION. I AM A GUEST IN MINNEAPOLIS, BUT WHAT I KNOW IS YOU LIVE BY THE WELLSTONE CREED, SO IF WE ALL DO BETTER WHEN WE ALL DO BETTER, HOW DO WE DO BETTER FOR OUR FAT FRIEND AND NEIGHBORS? THIS IS THE WAY YOU BECOME THE
EIGHTH CITY AND VOTE YES ON 563 AND YOU LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT THIS IS A PLACE WHERE FAIR TREATMENT FOR BIG PEOPLE IS A BIG DEAL. THANK YOU FOR HEARING MY TESTIMONY. >> THANK YOU.
NEXT UP IS ALYSSA GREEN. LCOME. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ALYSSA GREEN. I AM THE CHAIR OF THE MINNEAPOLIS COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS, A LICENSED THERAPIST, AND WORK IN CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH AT THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL
MEMBERS CHAVEZ AND WONSLEY FOR AUTHORING THIS ORDINANCE CHANGE AND HEARING THE VOICES OF THE COMMISSION TO MAKING THESE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. I SUPPORT THE CHANGES TO THIS DINANCE, BUT I WANT TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO THE HEIGHT AND WEIGHT PROTECTION. I WAS INTRODUCED TO SIZE INCLUSIVE PRACTICES THROUGH MY CLINICAL WORK WITH EATING
DISORDERS. AS A THERAPIST, I AWE HOW THOSE IN LARGER BODIES RECEIVED WORSE CARE, EXPERIENCED STIGMA AND ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THEIR BEHAVIORS, TRAITS AND VALUES AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF EATING DISORDERS TO MANIPULATE THEIR BODIES.
THE SYSTEMIC IMPACTS ARE MUCH LARGER THAN WHATNE THERAPIST CAN WORK ON IN EATING DISORDER TREATMENT WITH SOMEONE. ABLE COMMON GOAL OF MANY IN MINNEAPOLIS IS LEFT OUT OF EQUITY EFFORTS AND ADDRESSING SIZE STIGMA AND INEQUITIES.
THE QUOTE, UNQUOTE, OBESITY EPIDEMIC AND DIET CULTURE HAVE LED TO WIDESPREAD PRACTICES THAT WEIGHT IS EASILY CHANGEABLE, WITHIN SOMEONE'S CTROL AND A STRONG INDICATOR OF HEALTH. WHY WEIGHT CAN BENE INDICATOR OF HEALTH FOR INDIVIDUALS,
ULTIMATELY THE HARM IS MORE DETRIMENTAL TO HEALTH THAN THIN ITSELF. THE PURSUIT OF SHRINKING BODIES HAS LED TO DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, EAT DISORDERS AND BEING A BODILY IDEAL UNDER THE GUISE OF HEALTH.
WHILE THIS RIGHTLY PROTECTS EVERYONE REGARDLESS OF THE WEIGHT AND HEIGHT, IT WILL PROTECT THE MOST VULNERABLE IN THE COMMUNITIES. THOSE IN LARGER BODIES DESERVE EQUAL ACCESS TO HOUSING, EDUCATIONAL AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND THE ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC SERVICES.
THIS WILL LEA TO BETTER HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMES. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT THE ORDINANCE CHANGES. >> THANK YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE KIRSTEN SHARP.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS KIRSTEN SHARP, AND ST PEOPLE KNOW ME AS SAGE. I AM A FAT, QUEER, NONBINARY PERSON AND I HAVE BEEN UNHOUSED AND IN NEED OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. MY PARENTS AND ULTIMATELY MYSELF HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THE
JUSTICE SYSTEM. I AM A LICENSED SOCIAL WORKER AND THERAPIST. I WORK WITH PEOPLE OF VARIED IDENTITIES AND INTERSECTIONALITIES. I HAVEN'T QUITE MADE IT TO MY SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF LING IN MINNESOTA, BUT I CAN SAY IT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE BEST DECISIONS I HAVE MADE. I DON'T CURRENTLY LIVE IN MINNEAPOLIS, BUT I HAVE LIVED
HERE AND WORK WITH PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE AND I RECEIVE MANY OF MY PERSONAL SERVICES IN THE CITY. THROUGHOUT HISTORY, WE HAVE SEEN WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN A SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE DECIDE THAT ENTIRE GROW GROUP OF HUMANS ARE UNDESIRABLE OR LESS THAN.
DISCRIMINATION HAS RESULTED IN SLAVERY, CONCENTRATION CAMPS, HOUSING INSECURITY, POVERTY, INCREASED MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CONCERNS, INCARCERATION, WAR, AND DEATH. WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO ADD LANGUAGE TO REDUCE DISCRIMINATION AND CREATE CONSEQUENCES FOR ORGANIZATIONS
AND PEOPLE THAT CHOOSE TO ENGAGE IN HATE AND INTOLERANCE. HOWEVER, HATE AN INTOLERANCE HAVE SEEDS SOWN IN THE FABRIC AND THE GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY IN WHICH WE LIVE. I IMPLORE YOU TO EXPAND THIS LANGUAGE. THE CITY OF MINNEAPIS HAS THE
OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO BE A LEADER AND PROVIDING SAFETY FOR ALL GROUPS OF PEOPLE. PLEASE DON'T SQUANDER IT. >> THANK YOU.
NEXT UP WE HAVE MAURICE WARD. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MAURICE AND I SWITCHED, SO JUST A HEADS UP. GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS. I AM CRYSTAL AND I AM HERE TODAY IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSED PROTECTED CLASS ORDINANCE UPDATES.
I FIRST WANT TO THANK JIIVE WHO INVITED ME TO SPEAK FOR THE LEADERSHIP IN FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHTS OF SOME OF THE GREAT ESTVICTIMS OF SYSTEMIC VIOLENCE. THE ORDINANCE IS LONG OVERDUE. IT BRINGS OUR SIFRL RIGHTS LAWS IN LINE WITH THE REALITIES OR COMMUNITIES FACE TODAY, PECIALLY JUSTICE IMPACTED
INDIVIDUALS, THOSE WITH A CRIMINAL CRIMINAL RECORD NOT BECAUSEHEY POSE REAL RISK BUT STIGMA AND POLICY NOT ROOTED IN RESTORATION. WE CONTINUE TO CRIMINALIZE
RESPONSIBLE, WHILE IGNORING FAR GREATER CRIMES. WAGE AND AIR POLLUTION CRIME KILLS 100,000 PEOPLE ERY YEAR, SEVERAL TIMES MORE THAN ALL HOMICIDES COMBINED. HOWEVER, YOU WT TO MEASURE -- HOWEVER YOU WANT TO MEASURE
SUFFERING AND HARM, THESE ARE THE BIGGEST CONTRIBUTORS, YET WE RESERVE THE HARSHEST AND MOST DRACONIAN BECAUSE OF THEIR
RECORD. AND ONE MUST CONSIDER TIME PASS, REHABILITATION AND NOT BLANKET DISCRIMINATION. WE ALREADY KNOW THE JUSTICE SYSTEM DISPROPORTIONATELY FINISHES POVERTY AND VASHL AND
ACCE TO HOUSING, EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE, AND STABLE EMPLOYMENT. HORDES OF RESEARCH BACK THIS UP. IN FACT, TWO OF THE BIGGEST PREDICTORS IN REDUCING CRIME, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND MEDICAID. AGAIN, BASIC NEED. GIVEN ALL THE EVIDENCE, I LEAVE YOU WITH THIS QUESTION.
WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS BECOME INCARCERATED LIKELY DUE TO LACKING THE DIGNITIES IN THE FIRST PLACE HAS SERVED THEIR TIME AND STILL DENIED THE INSTRUMENTAL TOOLSEEDED TO REHABILITATE, WHAT RESULTS COULD WE POSSIBLY EXPECT? ENYING THESE OPPORTUNITIES FEEDS THE TRAUMA AND HARM INDUCING CYCLE.
SO I ASK YOU TODAY TO PLEASE SUPPORT THIS LONG OVERDUE UPDATE. THANK YOU, ALL. >> THANK YOU. PLEASE MAKE SURE WE GOT YOUR NAME BECAUSE OF THE SWITCH. >> TNK YOU. AND YOU CAN WORK WITH THE CLERK UP THERE. THANK YOU.
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE GREGORY GIBSON. >> I GET IT NOW. OKAY, COOL. >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS GREGORY GIBSON. I'M JUSTICE IMPACT AND I AM THE
FATHER OF TWO Y. I DID 10 YEARS IN PRISON AND WOULD LOVE TO HAVE GREAT INTERVIEW AND GREAT JOBS, BUT AS SOON AS I DISCLOSE MY CRIMINAL BACKGROUND, I AM DISMISSED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. THIS PREVENTS ME FROM GETTING A JOB I NEED TO TAKE CARE OF MY FAMILY AND STILL IMPACTS ME
TODAY. I KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO IS AFFECTED BY THIS. THERE'S 610 PEOPLE THAT AR RELEASED FROM PRISON EVERY YEAR OBSTACLES THAT PREVENT US
SUCCESSFULLY FROM RE-ENTERING AND CONTRIBUTING TO OUR COMMUNITIES. WITH THE ANTIDISCRIMINATION LAWS LIKE THIS PROTECTED CLASS ORDINANCE IN PLACE MANY BARRIERS WHICH CAUSE PERMANENT INABILITY
TO ACCESS BETTER HOMES, SAFETY AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. THAT IS WHY I AM SHARING MY STORY TODAY ADDING JUSTICE IMPACT AS A PROTECTED CLASS WILL ONLY STAND A CHANCE.
PLEASE PASS THIS ORDINANCE MAY 3. >> I WANT TO GO BACK TO MAURICE WARD. GO AHEAD. >> MAURICE WARD.
I WANTED TO TNK YOU GUYS FOR HEARING THIS. IT'S BEEN A LONG TE COMING. DON'T DO LIVED EXPERIEE BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ALL THE FACTS AND STATISTICAL DATA. I AM RUNNING FOR WARD 5 CITY
COUNCIL, AENED THAT IN ITSELF IS SOMETHING THAT I -- THAT BEING JUSTICE IMPACTED ALLOWED ME TO FORCE MYSELF INTO THATPOSITION. NOW, WHEN I CAME HOME, I WAS AND
BEING IMPACTED AND AFTER 06 DAYS TO FIND A PLACE AND EMPLOYMENT. WHEN HE TOLD ME THAT, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS OF HAVING A FELONY ON MY RECORD. I ENDED UP GOING BACK TO PRISON
FOR AN INFRACTION BECAUSE I COULD NOT FIND A JOB AND I COULD NOT FIND HOUSING. SO YOU GOT TO UNDERSTAND THAT WITH THE DISCRIMINATIONS AND THE BIASES WE HAVE RECIDIVISM AT
SUCH HIGH NUMBER, IT IS DIFFICULT WHEN YOU GO APPLY AND IS -- GOING BACK TO MY FAMILY AFTER APPLYING FOR A JOB AND BEING TOLD YOU HAVE THE JOB TO FIND OUT SEVEN DAYS LATER AND
DID A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK AND I DON'T HAVE A JOB IS DEMORALIZING. BEING AS OLD AS I AM TO EXPLAIN TO MY WIFE THAT I CAN'T FIND EMPLOYMENT, IT MAKES ME LESS THAN THE PROVIDER OF MY FAMILY. YOU GOT TO UNDERSTAND THE IS A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT GO
ON THROUGH THIS DCRIMINATION AND BIAS THAT HAS A RIPPLING EFFECT INTO OUR COMMUNITIES. THIS IS NOTNEW. THE NATION IS MOVING TOWARD JUSTICE IMPACTED.
ATLANTA HAS PASSED IT GAINESVILLE IS LOOKING TO PASS IT. AND MINNESOTA BEING AS PROGRESSE AS IT IS, I ASK YOU TO PASS THIS ON MAY 1. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE BRAD FATIGUE.
WELCOME. >> HI. I'M BRAD TIGUE. I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF JIIVE. I HAVE BEEN INCARCERATED TWICE
FROM 2006-2012 IN STATE AND FEDERAL PRISON. DURING THAT TIME, I WAS ON PAROLE FOR -- I MADE IT FOR 10
MONTHS, AND THERE WAS NOTHING BUT WANTING TO GO BACK TO PRISON BECAUSE THERE WAS NO HELP FOR ME TO SURVIVE. YOU CAN'T PAY RENT. YOU CAN'T PAY YOUR BILLS.
SO I WENT BACK TO SELLING DRUGS LIKE I WAS. UPON RELEASE FROM FEDERAL PRISON, I STRUGGLED MANY YEARS. I WANTED TO GO BACK FOR THREE YEARS.
LOST MANY RELATIONSHIPS BECAUSE OF MY STRUGGLES. THERE REALLY IS NO REHABILITATION I PRISON WHATSOEVER. AND ANY REHABILITATION IS DONE ON YOUR OWN. AND ANY INTRATION BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY IS DONE ON YOUR
OWN OR WITH THE HELP OF PRIVATE FRIENDS. FORTUNATELY, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO FIND A PLACE TO LIVE IF I DIDN'T HAVE SOME FRIENDS THAT WERE HELPING ME.
SO I JUST -- I ASK FOR HELP FOR PEOPLE BEING RELEASED FROM PRISON AND STARTING FRESH. YOU CAN'T EVEN GET MINNESOTA STATE ASSISTANCE IF YOU HAVE A
FELONY, AT LEAST AS FAR AS AN EBT CARD AT LEAST. T MEDICAL INSURANCE IS -- I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE FACTS ON THAT, BUT IS LIKELY AN ISSUE TO RECEIVE BENEFITS. IT IS INEDIBLY HARD TO GET THERE -- >> THANKS, BRAD.
>> -- I FIGURED IT OUT. >> THANKS, BRAD. APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU. >> I CAN'T READ THE HANDWRITING ON THIS NEXT ONE, BUT I THINK IT'S JA --
SORRY. AND IF YOU COULD SAY YOUR NAME, I APOLOGIZE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JURAN A I AM ALSO IMPACTED BY THE JUSTICE SYSTEM. I CAN SAY I AM A PARENT OF THREE.
HAVE SUFFERED HOMELESSNESS SEVERAL TIMES. HAVE A GREAT WORK BACKGROUND. BEEN HIRED ON MORE THAN FIVE JOBS. EXPLAINED IN INTERVIEW MY BACKGROUND, RECEIVED THE JOB, START THE JOB, THEN HAVE TO
CLEAR MY DESK UP OR ASKED TO BE REMOVED BECAUSE UPPER MANAGEMENT HAS DECIDED THEY DON'T WANT TO GO FURTHER. ALONG WITH I WAS GRANTED SECTION 8. I LOST MY SECTION 8 BECAUSE I HAVE A BACKGROUND, CRIMINAL
BACKGROUND, AND I COULDN'T FIND A PLACE THAT WOULD RENT TOE BECAUSE OF MY BACKGROUND ALONG WITH THE HELP OF BACKGROUNDS THAT PAYS ADDITIONAL $2,000 IF THEY RENT TO YOU, THEY STILL DON'T ACCEPT THAT. SO IT'S IMPORTANT.
AS A MOTHER, I AM NOT A LAZY MOTHER. I LIKE TO FEED MY CHILDREN WELL, TAKE CARE OF THEM LIKE A MOTHER IS SUPPOSED , BUT BEING THE WAY THINGS ARE NOW, IT IS A HARD THING. WE MAKE BAD DECISIONS, BUT PEOPLE DO GROW FROM THAT.
TO GET SMACKED IN THE FACE LIKE YOU DID THAT BAD DECISION 24 HOURS PRIOR IS NOT A GOOD FEELING. AND IT IS NOT A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR YOUR CHILDREN WHILE RAISING YOUR CHILDREN. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
NEXT UP WE HAVE CAT. >> HI. THANKS FOR HEARING FROM US TODAY. I AM CAT, PRONOUNS ARE SHE/HER AND I AM A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER IN NNEAPOLIS. I HAVE A PLUS SIZED RETAIL SHOP.
THIS YEAR IT IS EIGHT YEARS WITH THE BRICK AND MORTAR THERE WHICH HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A JOURNEY. I AM HERE BECAUSE I SUPPORT THE CHANGES BUT I ESPECIALLY WT TO SPEAK TO THE HATH AND WEIGHT PROTECTIONS THAT ARE BEING
PURSUED DAY. AND HEARING FROM MANY OTHER PEOPLE'S COMMENTS AND ANNIE AND TIIS WHO SPOKE FIRST, THOSE STORIES AND EXAMPLES ARE PART OF THE PRESENTATION. BECAUSE I AM A MEMBER OF THE FAT COMMUNITY, BECAUSE ALL MY CUOMERS ARE FAT PEOPLE, FOLK WHO IS WEAR PLUS SIZE CLOTHING,
I HEAR AND SEE EXAMPLES JUST LIKE THATN A REGULAR BASIS. THIS IS WILD TO BE A SHOP OWNER AND HAVE THAT SPACEND HEAR THE BEAUTIFUL AND NOT TO BEAUTIFUL THINGS HAPPENING IN PEOPLE'S LIVES, AND EXAMPLES YOU HEARD
TODAY ARE -- I HEAR FROM PARENTS ABOUT THEIR KIDS BEING BULLIED IN SCHOOL BECAUSE OF THEIR SIZE. I HEAR ABOUT FOLKS WHO SUSPECT SOME TI-FAT BIAS IS HAPPENING IN THAT HIRING PROCESS WHEN THEY ARE LOOKING FOR JOBS. AND I HEAR ABOUT AND HAVE CLOSE FRIENDS WHO HAVE BEEN DENIED
MEDICAL, NECESSARY MEDICAL TREATMENTS, ACTIVATOR OR HAVE WAITED WAYOO LONG. MY SHOP DOES FAT POOL PARTIES AND EVERYONE LOVES THEM AND BEING AT THE POOL WITH OTHER FAT PEOPLE IN THAT SPACE IS
SOMETIMES THE ONLY TIME THEY HAVE BEEN AT A POOL AND NOT FELT LIKE THEY WILL BE HARASSED OR JUDGED OR SINGLED OUT BECAUSE OF WEARING A SWIM SUI AND DOING LIFE IN THEIR BODY. AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, I ALSO SUPPORT THIS. IT IS NOT HARD TO BE ABLE TO
PROTECT, TO WANT TO PROCT FOLKS' CIVIL VIERIGHTS. I WANT TO BE IN A CITY WITH BUSINESS OWNER WHO IS FEEL THE SAME WAY. THK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> NEXT UP WE HAVE ANTONIO
WILLIAMS. >> AND THEN IF FKS HAVEN'T SIGNED UP AND WOULD LOVE TO SIGN UP, PLEASE WORK WITH OUR CLERKS UP HERE. >> AM ANTONIO WILLIAMS AND SERVED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTIONS, BUT I AM NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE DISCRIMINATION I FACE, BUT WHAT I DO AFTER I CAME HOME. I CAME HOME JUNE 22, 2020, ALMOST FIVE YEARS AGO AND STARTED AN ORGANIZATION CALLED TONE UP, TEACHIN NEW EXAMPLES TO UPLIFT OUR PEOPLE. WE RESOURCE JUSTICE IMPACTED PEOPLE, PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME
HOME AFTER SERVING TIME. IT IS OUR JOB TO CONNECT PEOPLE WITH RESOURCES, A NETWORK, AND GIVE THEM HOPE. TH JOB HAS BECOME HARDER AND HARDER BECAUSE AS THEY SEE THEMSELVES REPRESENTEDN A PLACE WHERE THEY'RE SEEING
THEMSELVES FIGHT FOR EACH OTHER AND HELP EACH OTHER COME BACK AND FIND A REAL PATHWAY TOWARD HEALIN THEY ARE SEEING DISCRIMINATION AT THE SAME TIME. THEY ARE SEEING PEOPLE, ORGANIZATIONS AND THE CITY SAID, COOL, YOU SERVED YOUR TIME, BE U
YOU STILL HAVE TO DO MORE. YOU ARE STILL NOT WELCOMED HERE. WHAT WE HAVE IS A CRISIS. WE'RE BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST IN VIOLENT WAYS. EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM PRISON AND WHO DOESN'T HAVE A HOME, WHO DOESN'T HAVE A W
TO FEED THEMSELVES OR THEIR CHILDREN IS IN A STATE OF CRISIS. AND SO WHEN WE HAVE BUSINESSES. WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE WHEN WE HAVE ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO THINK IT'S OKAY TO CONTINUE THAT VIOLENCE THAT DISCRIMINATION
THAT IS ENHANCING AND CONTRIBUTING TO CRISIS IN PEOPLE'S LIVES, WE NEED TO STAND UP AND SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. IMPLORE OUR CITY AND IMPLORE PEOPLE WHO GIVE OPPORTUNITIES LIKE JOBS, HOUSING AND OTHER THINGS TO THINK ABOUT THIS.
95% OF PEOPLE WHO ARE IN PRISON WILL BE COMING HOME. DO WE WANT THOSE FOLKS TO CE HOME FEELING LIKE THEY ARE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY OR STILL FEELING DISCONNECTED AND GET OUT THERE, STEAL A CAR, ROB AND IF
THEY CAN PUT CLOTHES ON THEIR BACKS. PLEASE SUPPORT THIS DINANCE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE AMY. AMY BIRDQUIST, NUMBER 12. WE CAN MOVE ON TO NEXT ONE, BUT IF AMY ARRIVES --OKAY, COOL.
HI, AMY. >> THANKS. IT IS QUITE A SPRINT FROM THE OVERFLOW ROOM. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR CHAVEZ AND VICE CHAIR WONSLEY AND COUNCIL MEMBERS BRING IF HERE. I HAVE SERVED ON THE CIVIL
RIGHTS TIGS COMMISSI IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS SINCE 2024, SO 11 YEARS. AND I JUST WANT TOALK ABOUT TWO MINOR THINGS, BUT I THINK THEY'RE REALLY SIGNIFICANT. I SUBMITTED WRITTEN COMMENT, SO I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE FIRST ONE THAT IS REALLY TINY,
BUT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE SECOND ONE THAT SHOWS THERE IS A DANGER THESE CHANGES WILL GIVE WITH ONE HAND AND TAKE AY WITH THE OTHER. AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH WHAT THE DIRECTOR REFERRED TO AS INCREASING EFFICIENCY IN THE CASE PROCESSING. AND SPECIFICALLY THE
CODIFICATION OF THE STANDARD OF REVIEW. AND SOUNDS REALRY TECHNICAL AND NOT EXCITING AS THE OTHER I THINK THATS, SO I WILL TRY TO BE BRIEF. I THINK THE CODIFICATION WILL HA A NEGATIVE RACIAL IMPACT AND WILL MAKE IT HARDER FOR THE COMMISSION TO DO ITS JOB.
AND THIS GOES BACK TO THE INSTITUTIONAL HISTORY AND IN MY 11 YEARS ON THE COMMISSION. THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST FOUR DIFFERENT DIRECTORS OF THE COMPLAINT INVESTIGATION AND UNDERSTANDABLY INSTITUTIONAL MEMORY, BUT IN 2019HE THE
COMMISSION AND THE DEPARTMENT REACHED AND AGREEMENT THA IF THE COMMISSION IS REMANDING A CASE, THAT STANDARD DOESN'T APPLY. WE REACHED AND AGREEMENT AND NOW THE DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY CAN'T FIND THAT AGREEMENT IN THEIR RECORDS.
THE POINT OF -- AND I SUBMITTED THE EVIDENCE THERE WAS DISCUSSION, AN AGREEMENT, AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE CHIMED IN. AND IF WE ARE REMANDING FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO DO MORE INVESTIGATION, WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO FIND THERE WAS CLEAR ERROR ON THE PART OF THE DEPARTMENT.
THAT IS GOING TOAKE IT HARDER FOR PEOPLE TO BRING THEIR CLAIMS AND TO GET THEIR CLAIMS -- GET A FAIR HEARING. SO AS AN EXAMPLE, I WILL RER TO MY WRITTEN STATEMENTS BUT I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT
WHAT I HAVE SUBMITTED IN WRITING AND DON'T CODIFY THE STANDARD OF REVIEW JUST YET.
>> NEXT UP IS PAUL. >> I AM AN ORGANIZER WITH THE AMERICAN SIFRL CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION TO MAKE JUSTICE IMPACTED STATUS A PROTECTED CLA IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. THE ACLU OF MINNEAPOLIS
BELIEVERS STRONY -- OF MINNESOTA, EXCUSE ME, BELIEVERS STRONGLY THIS ADDITION IS AN PORTANT STEP TOWARD FOR THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO DUE PROCESS, INSURING PEOPLE DO NOT SUFFER PUNISHMENT EXTRACURRICULAR TO THAT HANDED DOWN TO THEM BY A COURT OF LAW
THEY WERE NOT SENTENCED TO. I AM HERE TODAY TO DELIVER A SHORT MESSAGE TO BRIDGET SIMPSON IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FOR JUSTICE IMPACTED FOLKS AS SHE SAID, AND I QUOTE, I AM THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR AND LEAD THE PROTECTED CLASS NETWORK AND ADVOCATE FOR THOSE WHO ARE JUSTICE IMPACTED. IN OCTOBER 2022 WE PASSED AN ORDINCE IN ATLANTIC, GEORGIA, THAT ADDED PROTECTED CLASS STA US IS AND KNOW FROM FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE THAT IT CAN MEAN
BEING LOCKED OUT OF JOBS, HOUSING, EDUCATION, PARENTING AND EVEN LONG AFTER SENTENCES ARE CREATED. WHEN WE PASS POLICIES LIKE THIS
ONE, WE'RE OPENING DOORS AND SAYING ECONOMIC STABILITY BELONGS TO US ALL. THIS IS A BOLD AND NECESSARY STEP. JUSTICE IMPACTED PEOPLE ARE OUR
NEIGHBORS AND COWORKERS AND LET'S BUILD A SOCIETY WITH A SECOND CHANCE AT HUMANITY AND SUCCESS. I CAN'T SAY IT BETTER THAN SHE DID. THE ACLU FULLY AGREES AND WE HOPE TO SEE THIS AS A VICTORY FOR DUE PROCESS AND THE RIGHTS
OF EVERY PERSON IN MINNEAPOLIS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE DANEE. IT IS HARD TO READ.
NUMBER 14. FROM JIIVE. >> YOU ARE NEXT. HOW ABOUT WE START WITH YOU NEXT
AND FIGURE OUT IF 14 IS YEAR. JAMAL, YOU COME HERE. AND THE PERSON IS DANELLE AWE I
AM JARMELLE PERRY AND A PROUD MEMBER OF JIIVE. THE REASON I AM XEEKING TODAY IS MORE OUT OF -- AM SPEAKING OF LIFE IS MORE O OF EXPERIENCE OF LIFE. WHEN YOU GET OUT OF SCHOOL, YOU
GO TO COLLEGE. AS SOON AS I ENTERED COEGE, I GOT A FELONY, WHICH STOPPED ME FROM GETTING GRANTS. AFTER I TOOK CARE OF THE PROCESS OF GETTING MY LIFE BACK TOGETHER, TRIED TO COME BACK HOME AND TO MY MOM'S HOUSE AND
COULD NOT LIVE THERE. AND WHEN SHE LET ME LIVE THERE, SHE LOST HOUSING BECAUSE I WAS LIVING IN THE HOME AND THAT MADE US ALL HOMELESS. MADE ME MADE ME SOMEWHAT AN OUTCAST AND PARIAH AND SOMEONE
YOU CAN'T HAVE NO YOUR HOME. NOT ONLY DID I NOT DO NOTHING THAT SEVERE, BUT NO MATTER WHERE I GO, I AM SEEN AS MO OF A PROBLEM THAN THE PROBLEM I
ACTUALLY HAD. SO I KNOW PLENTY OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AND WITH THE THE ALTERCATION AND THE ARGUMEN
AND WHAT I HAVE SEEN HAPPEN AND IS THE ARGUMENTS AND ONCE IT GETS BROKEN UP, THE OFFICER SAYS, HEY, WHAT IS YOUR NAME? THEY PUT IN IT A COMPUTER AND IT PUMPS OUT EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE WRONG IN YOUR LIFE AND USUALLY ON THAT JUDGMENT ALONE,
THEY FIGURE OUT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SIT IN THE CELL OR FACTOR THAT LIVE THEIR LIFE EACH AND
EVERY DAY AND CAN BE IN THIS SITUATION AND TEAR THEIR LIFE APART. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
>> I AM AN JUSTICE IMPACTED INDIVIDUAL AND SENT TO PRISON. I DID MY TIME. PRISON IS NOT A REHABILITATION CENTER, BUT THAT IS NOT THE SITUATION AT HAND. I DID MY TIME AND GAME HOME AND THOUGHT THE SENTENCE WOULD BE
OVER. IT IS NOT. WHEN I APPLY FOR JOB AND HOUSING, I AM ACCEPTED. I WOULD VALUE ANY COMPANY I COME TO AND GET MY JOB UNTIL MY BACKGROUND IS RUN AND IMMEATELY DENIED. I AM A SINGLE MOTHER WITH NO
CHOICE TO BE A SINGLE MOTHER AND IS FORCED TO LIVE #COMMUNITIES BELOW POVERTY RATE AND ABOVE CRIME RATE. NO PLACE FOR ME TO HAVE TO RAISE MY CHILD. AND I AM FACED WITH THAT BECAUSE I AM DENIED FOR HOUSING BECAUSE
I AM JUSTICE IMPACTED. NOT BECAUSE OF WHO I AM AND WHAT I STAND FOR TODAY AND WHAT I WAS BEFORE I WAS JUSTLY IMPACTED. PEOPLE MAKE MISTAKES.THEY PAY F. WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES BECAUSE OF A CRIME THAT WAS COMMITTED.
I STRONGLY AGREE WITH THE ORDINANCE AND WE NEED THIS PASSED THIS NEEDS TO BE A LIGHT THAT IS BROUGHT UPON EVERYBODY'S HEADS AND IN THEIR EYES AND IT IS IMPACTING ME AS A JUSTICE IMPACTED TOGETHER AND IS IMPACTING OUR FUTURE GENATIONS
BECAUSE IT INSTILLS SOMETHING IN THEM THAT SUPPRESSING THEM MENTAL, EMOTIONALLY, AND IT IMPACTS THEM FOR THEIR FUTURES BECAUSE THEY DON'T THINK THEY CAN THRIVE BECAUSE THEY SEE THEIR PARENTS AND COMMUNITY NOT BEING ABLE TO DO THE SAME THING BECAUSE THEY ARE THERE FOR JUSTLY IMPACT.
THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME TODAY. >> THANK YOU. >> A NEXT UP WE HAVE RONALD
BROWN.>> I AM RONALD BROWN ON B OF JIIVE. BY SHOW OF HANDS IN THE ROOM, WHO HAS BEEN 19 AND DUMB, RIGHT? PRETTY MUCH ALL. 1994, I WAS 19 AND DUMB AND HAD
AN UNREGISTERED FIREARM ILLEGALLY. 30 YEARS LATER I GOT A JOB AT A NURSING HOME, 2021. I TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT MY BACKGROUND. THEY HIRE ME. I GOT HIRED DURING COVID WHERE YOU COULD GOOD NIGHT TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND GET YOUR FINGERPRINTS DONE.
WELL, O YEARS LATER INTO THE JOB, THEY HAD ME GO -- COVID LIFTED AND GET THE FINGERPRINTS. AND ITOMES BACK 30 YEARS AGO FIREARM CHARGE. D.H. TELLS THE NURSING HOME THEY HAVE TO FIRE ME.
MY FIRST YEAR AT THE NURSING HOME, I MADE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH TWICE. MY SECOND YEAR AT THE NURSING HOME, I GOT NOMINATED FOR SERVANT LEADER OF THE YEAR. I WAS NEVER LATE. NEVER CALLED IN. NEVER HAD A PROBLEM AT RK. AND I PAID MY DUES 30 YEARS AGO
BUT STILL LOST MY B 30 YEARS LATER. JUSTICE IMPACTED. PLEAD PASS IT AND PROTECT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT UP, WE HAVEARCEL AND IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED UP, THIS IS THE LAST TESTIFIER THAT WE HAVE
RIGHT HERE, SO PLEASE SIGN UP, AND MARCEL -- >> HELLO. I AM MARCEL AND JUSTICE IMPACTED, POST-INCARCERATED, AN
ENTREPRENEUR, BUSINESS OWNER, AND WORKING FOR THE STATE WITH DEED AND WORKING WITH MEN AND WOMEN COMING OUT OF THE FEDERAL SYSTEM. TODAY I DIDN'T HEAR ANYBODY COME UP AND TALK ABOUT THE BENEFIT FOR BUSINESS. AS THE OWNER OF A STAFFING COMPAN I HAVE WORKED WITH MANY COMPANIES WHERE I GO IN AND IT'S
NO -- IT'S NOT HIDDEN THAT I AM BRINGING THEM JUSTICE IMPACTED INDIVIALS. AND WHAT I HEAR FROM H.R. DEPARTMENTS ALL OVER THE CITY IS THAT THEY WOULD LOVE TO HIRE PEOPLE WITH BACKGROUNDS. IT NEVER MAKES IT PAST LEGAL. IT WAS FREEING UP BUSINESS TO
HIRE THE PEOPLE IF WE PASS THIS ORDINANCE. AND BUSINESSES WANT TO HIRE PEOPLE WITH BACKGROUNDS. THERE ARE SOME COMPANIES WHO HAVE BLANKET STATEMENTS AND DON'T HIRE FELONS AND DOESN'T MEET THE SENSIBILITY. IF WE CAN PASS THIS AND MAKE IT EASIER FOR A COMPANY, AND IF
IT'S FIVE YEARS AND IT DISAPPEARS, THEY CAN HIRE YOU. LET'S MAKE IT EASIER FOR COMPANIES TO HIR PEOPLE WITH RECORDS. THIS WOULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR TH. SET THAT LIMIT. LET THEM KNOW THAT AT THIS POINT THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THEY CAN JUDGE SOMEBODY ON.
WITHOUT THAT FREEDOM, AND WE WI BEHOLD ON THE THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND NOT THE R. DEPARTMENT AND NOT THE PEOPLE WHO MEET THE HUMAN THAT IS INTERVIEWING. LET'S FREE UP THE COMPANIES TO HIRE PEOPLE AND PASS AN ORDINANC THAT WILL ALLOW THAT.
THAT'S ALL I GOT. >> THANK YOU. LAST CALL FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY. ALL RIGHT. SEEING THAT NO ONE ELSE WISHES TOPEAK ON THIS ITEM, I WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND OP THE FORUM TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO MIGHT HAVE COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS. THE FIRST PERSON ON QUEUE IS COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> THANK YOU, CIR CHAVEZ. I JUST GOT IN QUEUE TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR COMING AND ADVOCATING ON THIS, AND TO THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ, AND VICE CHAIR WONSLEY AND OUR CIVIL RIGHTS TEAM, OUR
CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION THIS IS JUST EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY TIMELY. WE'RE IN AN ERA WHEN OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS MOVING TO STRIP RIGHTS AWAY. IT IS OUR JOB AT THE LOCALEVEL TO BUILD THOSE RIGHTS UP AND BUILD THOSE CIVIL LIBERTIES UP AND MAKE SUREUR STAFF HAVE THE
RESOURCES THEY NEED TO DELIVER ON THE PROTECTIONS. I THINK THIS IS REALLY MEETING THIS MOMENT AND I AM JUST VERY GRATEFUL THAT THIS WAS BROUGHT FORWARD. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I THINK I GOT A LOT OF THIS
UNDERSTANDING FROM THE COMMENTS THAT WERE OFFERED IN THE PUBLIC HEARING, BUT I AM CURIOUS FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OR THE AUTHORS WHERE ALL OF THIS CAME FROM? DID IT COME FROM CIVIL RIGHTS MEETING, COMMISSION
MEETINGS? PARDON ME. AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT LARGELY CAME FROM COMMUNITY. AND I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT OTHER ADDS WERE MADE TO IT BY AUTHOR AND HOW YOU MET WITH EM. I AM JUST LOOKING FOR HOW THIS GREW INTO THIS -- IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
I AM SUPPORTIVE, BUT JUST CURIOUS TO HOW IT ALL CAME ABOUT. WE HAVE HEA FROM A COUPLE OF THOSE IMPACTED GROUPS. >> FOR SURE. DO YOU WANT TO GO FIRST, DIRECTOR? AND THEN I CAN TACKLE IT BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A MIX OF SO MUCH THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER
PALMISANO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION. AND THERE WAS A LOT OF COLLABORATION THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS BETWEEN T AUTHORS, THE CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS ESPECIALLY. I WILL HIGHLIGHT THAT MANY OF THE BOLSTERED CURRENT PROTECTIONS WERE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE CIVIL
RIGHTS DEPARTMENT AND WE WERE VERYAPPY TO WORK WITH THE AUTHORS ON THOSE. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU ALL TO TALK MORE ABOUT PROTECTED CLASSES. >> YEAH, SO INITIALLY THERE WAS CONVERSATIONS I HAD WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT IMMIGRATION STATUS AND WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THIS WAS ALMOST A YEARLONG CONVERSATION, AND HOUSING STATUS AND WHEN I WAS WORKING ON IT, DIRECTOR -- NO, MARGARET ANDERSON KELLIHER TALKED ABOUT THE CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT AND
OFFICER MARGARET ANDERSON KELLIHER TALKED ABOUT HOW THE CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENTS WAS TRYING TO DO WORK AROUND CIVIL RIGHTS CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCE. SO WE FIGURED THAT SINCE COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY AND I WERE EXORING CHANGES TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS ORDINANCE, STAFF WAS ALREADY THINKING ABOUT MAKING CHANGES, WHICH WAS HIGHLIGHTED IN ONE OF THE SLIDES WHEN IT
COMES TO FOLKS THAT ARE PREGNANT AND SO FORTH. AND WE FIGURED THAT WE COULD WORK TOGETHER ON THIS ORDINANCE TO MAKE SUR WE BRING IT FORWARD AS ONE PACKAGE. A LOT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS CAME FROM CIVIL RIGHTS STAFF AND WHEN IT CAME TO HOUSING STATUS, JUSTICE IMPACTED STATUS AND WEIGHT AND HEIGHT, THOSE CAME
FROM COMMUNITY. THE HEIGHT AND WEIGHT FROM THE CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION AND MANY DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS WHOFSH MINNEAPOLIS AND ACROSS THE STATE. AND THAT WAS WHERE T CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION AND FOLKS FROM THE COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR THAT. AND THAT WAS A CHANGE AND THAT
WAS NEVER INCLUDED IN OUR ORDINANCUNTIL WE HEARD THAT FROM THE CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION AND THAT IS HOW WE INCLUDED THAT PART. AND THAT THERE WAS A SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE ARE SEEKING HOUSING IN GENERAL. INITIALLY WE WERE WORKING WITH, LIKE, FOLKS THAT WERE UNHOUS A Z A PROTECTED CLASS, BUT AFTER
WORKING WITH THE CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT, WE FOCUSED AND HOUSING STATUS TO MAKE IT MORE IN ALIGNMENT WITH HOW THE ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN. THAT IS HOW WE WROTE IT. AND WHEN IT CAME TO JTICE IMPACTED, I WILL PASS THAT TO VICE CHAIR WONSLEY.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. I DO WANT TO NOTE ALSO THAT THIS HAS BEEN NEARLY YEARLONG EFFORT WITH YOU GIVERING NOTICE OF THIS ORDINANCE LAST MAY OF 2024. SO WE'RE ALMOST COMING FULL CIRCLE AND RECONCILING THIS AND
FOLLOWING THE VOTEREGISTRATION OR RESTORATION EFFORTS AT THE STATE LEVEL, I KNOWY OFFICE HAS BEEN IN CONVERSATION SPECIFICALLY WITH THE ACLU AND NUMBER OF GROUP WHOS LED THAT CHARGE TO ALSO EXPLORE WHAT OUR EFFORTS WE COULD DO AT THE
MUNICIPAL LEVEL TO HONOR THE UNDERRECNIZED PROTECTIONS THAT JUSTICE IMPACTED COMMUNITIES ARE OFTEN DENIED. AND WHEN I BECAME AWARE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ GAVE NOTICE FOR THE CIVIL RIGHTS
ORDINANCE TO BE REVISITED, WE WERE APPROACHED BY ACLU, JIIVE SAYING THIS IS ACTUALLY THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO REVISIT OR LOOK AT HOW TO ADD JUSTICE IMPACTED AS A PROTECTED CLAUSE.
SO AGAIN, REALLY BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS IN OUR COMMUNITIES WHO ARE HELPING US GUIDE POLICY AND IN THIS CASE UNFORTUNATELY FROM THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF BEING DENIED BASIC PROTECTIONS IN
THEIR CIVIL LIBERTIE I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR OUR STAFF AND FOR COUNCIL MEMBER AND CHAIR CHAVEZ IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION FOR BEING RECEPTIVE OF OUR COMMUNITY'S EXPERTISE AND
FEEDBACK AND INCORPORATING THEED PROVISIONS SO THAT MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO OFTEN DON'T FEEL SEEN FEEL VERY VISIBLE IN THIS ORDINANCE. >> I'LL JUST ADD ONE MORE PART F YOU DON'T MIND, COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. INITIALLY THE WAY WE HAD
SUBMITTED THE NOTICE OF INTENT AND WAS REFERRED TO STAFF AND ENDED UP AMENDING THAT NOTICE OF INTENT WITH FURTHER CONVERTIONS WITH THE SIFRL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT AND HOW YOU WOULD RATHER GO TOWARDS A PARTNERSHIP IN MOVING THE POLICY FORWARD. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOU SHARING THIS ORIGI STORY
AND THIS EVOLUTION OF OUR CIVIL GHTS ORDINANCE. I DO HAVE A QUESTION THAT I'LL TAKE OFFLINE ABOUT WHAT MS. BIRDQUIST MENTIONED ABOUT CODIFYING THE STANDARD OF REVIEW POTENTIALLY HAVE NEGATIVE
CONSEQUENCES AND I WILL CONFER WITH THE AUTHORS ONCE I UNDERSTAND IT FULLY. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT IN THAT SHORT REVIEW OF IT. THANK YOU FOR ALL O THIS WORK. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. VICE CHAIR WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ.
I WANT TO REITERATE THANKS TO OUR STAFF AND TO OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, SPECIFICALLY JIIVE. AND THE ACLU. AND OUR COMMISSION. AND CHAIR CHAVEZ. I'M ALREADY GETTING EMOTIONAL BECAUSE THE TESTIMONY THAT YOU
ALL SHARED FOR EACH ADDITIONAL PROTECTED CLAUSE THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING TODAY WAS EXTREMELY POWERFUL, BUT I AM INKING, OF COURSE, AS SOMEONE WHO IS BRINGING FORWARD THE JUSTICE IMPACTED ONE, OF HOW THAT REALLY
HIT HOME ASOMEONE WHO IS CURRENTLY SUPPORTING A LOVED ONE WHO SPENT 15 YEARS GOING BACK AND FORTH IN PRISON. AND SEEING IN SPITE OF EVERY
BEST REHABILITATION EFFORTS, THAT INDIVIDUAL, AS YOU ALL HIGHLIGHTED, FEEL LESS THAN HUMAN.
AND HAVING TO RESPOND TO WHAT IS A DETERIORATION IN THAT PERSON'S MENTAL HEALTH RIG NOW BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN DENIED THEIR BASIC PROTECTIONS.AND IT'S BECA FEEL VERY HONORED AND GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO BRING THIS WORK
FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY NEVER HAVE SOMEONE ELSE BE PUT IN THE PREDICAMENT OF MY LOVED ONE, SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR SUPPORTING US AND GETTING TO
THIS PLACE AND FOR LENDING YOUR VULNERABLE AND POWERFUL TESTIMONIES FOR US TO SHAPE THIS POLICY. AND I DO THIS WH MY LOVED ONE IN MIND ESPECIALLY TODAY.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, ALL. AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE SAID, UNDER THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION AND THE PRESIDENT THAT IS GOING
ON ALL OUT ATTACK ON SO MANY OF OUR COMMUNITIES TO WEAPONIZE US WHERE AS POLICYMAKEERS WERE ON THE OFFENSE AND PROACTIVELY
BOLSTENG PROTECTIONS AND RESIDENTS AND I HOPE AS ALL OF YOU COMMUNICATING THAT MINNEALIS IN PASSING THIS CAN BE A BEACON OF LIGHT. FOR SO MANY PLACES THAT FEEL THEY HAVE TO CAPITULATE TO THE
HATE AND INTOLERANCE BEING SPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW AND FEEL THAT THEY HAVE TO RETREAT BECAUSE OF THE FEAR THAT IS ALSO BEING SPREAD BY THIS ADMINISTRATION. AND KNOW THAT THERE'S PLACES LIKE MINNEAPOLIS. THE'S PLACES LIKE THE FOLKS
WHO SPOKE IN OUR COMMUNITY TODAY IN THE ELECTED OFFIALS WHO ARE ON THIS BODY WHO SUPPORT THIS WORK AND STAFF WHO HAVE LED ON THIS WORK TO KNOW THERE IS A BIGGER MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE IN OUR RLD, IN OUR NATION, AND IN OUR CITY WHO ARE HERE TO MOVE BEYOND
THAT HATE AND INTOLERANCE. AND SEE POWER IN OUR DIFFERENCES. AND I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT WE GET TO BE THAT BEACON OF LIGHT. AND I AM SO GRATEFUL TO BE IN A PLACE WHERE WE HAVE BRILLIANT,
AMAZING FOLKS LIKE THOSE WHO TESTIFIED TODA I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, ALL, AND IT IS DAYS LIKE THIS WHERE I FEEL GRATEFUL TO BE IN THIS POSITION AND REMINDED OF THE PRIVIGE OF BEING IN THIS POSITION. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
AND WITH THAT, I REALLY ENCOURAGE ALL OF MYOLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE POLICY OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE SHOULD FEEL PROUD OF A POLICY ACTION
THAT WE GET TO TAK THAT ACTUALLY ALIGNS WITH THE VALUES WE SAY OUR CITY UPHOLDS. SO I HOPE THAT THIS IS ONE WHERE IT IS NOT A UNANIMOUS MOST AMONGST THE COMMITTEE AND HOPE AND INSPECT THAT ONCE IT MAKES
AMONGST FULL COUNCIL NEXT THURSDAY AS WELL. WITH THAT, I WILL PASS IT TO MY CO-AUTHO COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR WONSLEY. AND I WANTED TO THANK OUR STAFF AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFERS AND CIVIL RIGHTS AND A WHOLE
BUNCH OF STAFF MEMBERS WORKED REALLY HARD TO SEE THIS ORDINANCE IN SO LONG AND THE ARE MANY PAGES THAT TOOK OUR WORK FROM THE CIVIL RIGHTS STAFF AND CITY ATTORNEY OFFICE AND I KNOW PART OF THIS IS ALSO HAVING OUR OWN WORK GROUP MEETINGS AND
WE HAVE MET A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS. AND I THINK THAT'S THE THING I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT TODAY BECAUSE IT IS PART OF POLICY MAKING OF HOW CITY ADMINISTRATION STAFF, OUR CITY STAFF, WARD OFFICES, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER. I TALKED ABOUT IT WHEN I PASSED THE STREETENDOR ORDINANCE LAST
WEEK. THIS WAS A SIMILAR PROCESS OF HOW GOOD WORK CAN HAPPEN WHEN WE ARE COLLABORATING WITH ONE ANOTHER. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AND THANK CITY STAFF FOR THE AMOUNT OF WORK STAFF PUT INTO THIS. I WANT TO THANK VICE CHAIR WONSLEY. WE WORKED A LOT WITH STAFF ON THIS ORDINANCE AND IT IS IMPORT.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, I WANTED TO THANK THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE. I AM GOING TO MISS SOME FOLKS, BUT SOME FOLKS THAT TESTIFIED TODAY THAT I KNOW WITHOUT THE ADVOCACY THAT YOU HAVE EN PUSHING FOR IN THIS CITY AND THIS STATE, IT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE THE RADICAL HEALTH ALLIANCE, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION TO ADVANCE FAT ACCEPTANCE, FOLKS FROM THE CAMPAIGN FOR SIZE FREEDOM, N JUSTICE PRODUCT, MINNESOTA FREEDOM FUND. WE HEARD FROM THE CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION. A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION AND A GREAT TIME HEARING THEIR FEEDBACK. ACLU. AND I KNOW WE HAD HOPE FOR THE
DIVERSITY IN PRACTICE, AND JUSTICE AND JIIVE AND MANY OTHER PEOPLE AND I'M SORRY IF I AM FORGETTING. AND TAKE NOTE OF PEOPLE TESTIFYING WITH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS. THIS IS THE KIND OF WORK THAT COMMUNITY HAS BEEN PUSHING FOR AND WE'RE JUST HERE TRYING TO PASS A POLICY TO GIVE JUSTICE TO
THE WORK THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ADVOCATING AND THE AMOUNT OF ORGANIZATIONS AND STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN PUSHING FOR THIS WORK THAT HAPPENED FAR LONG TIME. I WILL SAY MORE AT THE FULL COUNCIL MEETING, BUT I WANT
TOING A KNOWLEDGE AND THANK OUR PUBLICTAFF FOR THE WORK THEY DID. AND THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK FROM BOTH THE CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT AND IT TAKES ALL OF THIS TO MOVE THIS FORWARD. IF YOU LOOK AT THE ORDINANCE,
THERE ARE BOLSTERINGS WORK PLACE PROTECTIONS THAT WE'REALKING ABOUT TEXTURE OF HAIR, HOUSING STATUS, WEIGHT AND HEIGHT, JUSTICE IMPACTED, AND THIS ORDINANCE IS COMPREHENSIVE. THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES THAT ARE HERE TESTIFYING TODAY, AND THAT IS
BEAUTIFUL. THAT IS WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS ORDINANCE. THERE ARE SO MY DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES TOGETHER SAYING WE CAN IMPROVE PROTECTIONS FOR OUR RESIDENTS HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS. AND WE CAN BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE THIS MENT. AND I KNOW WE STILL HAVE TO PASS IT AT FULL COUNCIL, BUT I AM GRATEFULOR THE PUBLIC FOR
COMING HERE TODAY AND OUR STAFF. I WANTED TO AT LEAST MENON THAT. ALL RIGHT. SO IF -- SEE NOTHING FURTHER QUESTIONS, I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM AND ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE, AYE. RAINVILLE, AYE. PALMISANO, AYE. VICE CHAIR WONSLEY, AYE. CHAIR CHAVEZ, AYE. >> THERE ARE FIVE AYES. >> AND THAT CARRIES AND IT HAS BEEN FORWARDED TO THE FULL
COCIL MEETING. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, ALL, FOR BEING HERE TODAY. AND THE FINAL ITEM, AND SORRY FOR MAKING YOU WAIT THIS LONG IS RECEIVING AND FILING AN OVERVIEW OF THE 2025 SIMILAR SAFETY PLAN
AND RESPONSE TO A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE THAT THIS BODY AND FULL COUNCIL PASSED. HERE TO KICK OFF THIS ITEM IS THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY, TODD
BARNETTE.
WE HAVE OTHER STAFF FROM THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITYSAFETY. WE CAN GIVE IT A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I KNOW THE PRESENTATION
WAS LONGER, SO WE WILL WAIT.
WELCOME. WELCOME UP, COMMISSIONER. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CHAVEZ COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, COUNCIL
MEMBER RAINVILLE, I'M SURE COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY WILL JOIN US A COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO IS HERE AS WELL. I'M TODD BARNETTE, THE COMMISSIONER OF COMMUNITY SAFETY FOR THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. WE ARE HERE TO GIVE THE OVERVIEW
OF THE SUMMER PLANNING. THE ORD IS I WILL TALK ABOUT THE LARGE PLANNED EVENTS. I ENJOY DOING THAT. MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL TALK ABOUT THE SAFE SUMMER AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO TALK ABOUT THE OPERATIONS AND NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY AND TALK
ABOUT THE PROGRAMMING. WE WILL HEAR FROM 911, AND THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION CENTER AND EMERGENCY MANEMENT WILL TALK ABOUT THE SEVERE WEATHER PREPAREDNESS AND EACH ONE OF THOSE DEPARTMENT HEADS WILL
INODUCE THEMSELVES. PLANNED EVENTS. OF COURSE, WE HAVE PRIDE COMING JUNE. WE HAVE THE SALOON BLOCK PARTY JULY 27-29.
AND WE HAVE THE INTERNATIONAL SOCCER GOAL CUP QUARTERFINALS ON THE 29th. TASTE OF MINNESOTA IN JULY. AND THEN AGAIN WE HAVE OPEN STREETS -- AUGUST 2, CENTRAL
AVENUE, CEDAR AVENUE ON AUGUST 17, AND WEST BROADWAY ON THE 18th AND HENNEPIN AVENUE ON THE 20th.AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE FOR SEVERAL YEARS, WE HAVE THE TWIN CITIES MARATHON IN OCTOBER GOING THROUGH THE 3rd THROUGH 5th.
AND AS USUAL, WE WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL EVENTS THAT WILL OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER FOR THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND SUPPORT THE SAFETY WITH EACH ONE OF THEM WITH OUR OTHER JUSTICE PARTNERS AS WELL. THAT IS A QUICK UPDATE ON ALL OF
OUR PLANNED EVENTS. I'LL ASK THAT A.C. BLACKWELL COME UP FOR MINNEAPOLIS POLICE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. WELCOME UP. >> THANKS, COMMISSIONER. GOOD AFTERNOON, PRESIDENT PAIN, CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M KATIE BLACKWELL, ASSISTANT CHIEF OF OPERATIONS.
AND I AM ALWAYS EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT CRIME AND PUBLIC SAFETY. I WILL PROVIDE A YEAR TO DATE OVERVIEW AND A BRIEF ONE ON VIOLENT CRIME. THEN OUR FOCUS FORCEMENT DETAILS ARE THE RISK TRAINED MODELLING AND ALSO KNOWN AS R.T., THE SUMMER NICHE TIFRS AND MISSION OBJECTIVES AND
CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS. >> SO IN THIS SLIDE IS OUR GUN CRIME YEAR TO DATE FROM JANUARY 1 THROUGH APRIL 14 THIS YEAR. AND ON THIS SLIDE, NEGATIVES ARE POSITIVE. IF YOU LOOK AT 2025 VERSUS 2024 YEAR TO DATE, EVERYTHING IS
SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASED IN CME AND ADDITIONALLY ON THE FAR RIGHT, THEERCENTAGE SHOWING THE PAST 28 DAYS AND FOR INSTANCE NOW NEGLIGENT HOMICIDES, WE ARE AT 0 THIS YEAR IN THE LAST 28 DAYS VERSUS LAST
YEAR AT 6. WE HAVE HAD A 67% REDUCTION IN NON-NEGLIGENT HOMICIDES. 35% REDUCTION IN GUNSHOT VICTIM. 33% REDUCTION IN SHOOTING INCIDENTS. 33% DECLINE IN CARJACKINGS AND 20% IN GUN VIOLENCE INDEX A
AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS ARE ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY DOWN. >>A.C. BLACKWELL, JUST SO THE PUBLIC DOESN'T GET CONFUSED, PLEASE NOTE THIS IS OF APRIL 14 IN CASE THE MEDIA IS HERE, AND KNOW THE PARTICUR DATE BECAUSE THAT MAY HAVE SHIFTED SINCE THEN, BUT I JUST WANTED TO PUBLICLY NOTE THAT INASE THERE
IS QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. SO THIS IS PART OF THE R.T.M. THE RISK TRAIN MODELLIN WE BASICALLY USE THE RISK TRAIN MODELS TO HELP US UNDERSTAND W CRIME EXISTS IN AN AREA AND WHAT MAKES IT ATTRACTIVE FOR CRIMINAL
BEHAVIOR BASED ON THE GEE GEOGRAPHICAL MAKEUP AND RAPID RISK-BASED INTERACTIVE PROACTIVE PATROL, INTERVENTION AND DETERRENCE.
IN A RISK TERRAIN MODELLING MAPS IS THE RISK FACTORS THAT I WILL GET INTO FOR GUN CRIMES AND AREAS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AS HIGHER RISKS. IN THE MIDDLE PICTURE HERE, YOU WILL SEE THE DENSITYF RISK FACTORS FOR GUN CRIMES CITY WIDE. THE FIRST ONE ON THE LEFT WAS
NEIGHBORHOODS. THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE IS THE DENSITY CITY WIDE AND THE FAR RIGHT IS WHERE WE TAKE OUR RISK FACTORS FOR GUN CRIMES VERSUS WHERE GUNRIMES OCCUR AND OVERLAP THEM. AND WITH THAT ITELPS US DETERMINE WHETHER TO DEPLOY THE RESOURCES AND PATROLS AND
OVERLAPPING AREA TO PREVENT AND MITIGATE CRIME. SO THERE ARE RISKS FACTORS OR OTHER TYPES OF CRIME AND DISORDER THAT ARE UNIQUE ONES, AND THEY MAY HAVE STRONGER INFLUENCES AND LIVABILITY OFFENSES, BUT NOT EFFECT THE INCREASE ON GUN CRIME.
IT ISN'T ABOUT ONE RISK FACTOR BUT THE CONFLUENCE OF VARIOUS RISK FACTORS AT ANY SPECIFIC LOCATION. SO WE RECOGNIZE OPERATIONALLY OUR STRATEGIES THAT R.T.M. IS A TOOL.
IT DOESN'T ITSF REDUCE CRIME, BUT IT IS HOW WE USE IT. OFFICERS ARE EXPECTED T COMMIT AT LEAST ONE 15-MINUTE PATROL AND HIGH VISIBILITY PATROL THROUGHOUT T DAY OF THEIR SHIFT. PUTTING THEIR POLICE LIGHTS ON, GETTING OUT AND ENGAGING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND BUSINESS
OWNERS. WE LOG IT IN WT IS CALLED THE GIS SYSTEM, THE ARCGIS SYSTEM THAT IS BUILT BY THE CRIME ANALYSTS AT NO COST. THOUGHT YOU WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. WE HAVE BEEN PILOTING THIS IN
THE THIRD, FOURTH, AND FIFTH PRECINCTS AND STARTING IT TODAY IN THE FIRST WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY GROW INTO THE SECOND PRECINCT. INSIDE THE ROLL CALL ROOMS, OFFICERS CAN GRAB THEIR PHONES, SCAN A QR CODE AND IT GIVES THEM THE CRIME MAPS AND RAPID BASED
DEPLOYMENT MAPS, SO THEY KNOW WHAT HOT SPOTS TO HIT WHILE THEY'RE ON PATR. SO ACCOUNTABILITY AND JUST EVALUATION OF THE METRICS, EVERY FOUR WEEKS IS RE-EVALUATED FOR
EFFICIENCY AND SQUAD DEPLOYMENTS ARE TRACKED DAILY AND PROVIDE THAT OFFICERS ARE SPENDING TIME IN THE RIGHT PLACES. AND THE DATA ANALYSIS, THEY ARE REVIEWING THAT DATA AND ALSO INSPECTORS AT EACH OF THE FIVE PRECINCTS AS WELL AS WE HAVE TWO CRIME MEETINGS A WEEK TO INCLUDE
OUR MINNEAPOLIS CRIME STATISTICS MEETING WHERE WE REALLY DEEP DIVE INTO WHERE THE PATTERNS ARE OCCURRING. IS THERE HAVING AN EFFECT ON A CRIME IN THE AREA? DO WE NEED TO ADJUST THE RESOURCES OR CHANGE THINGS UP?
>> AND SO FAR WITH THE DETAILS WE HAD TO DATE AND SMALLER TAILS TO INCLUDE ROBBERY SUPPRESSION DETAIL AND THE OBJECTIVE IS COLLABORATE, DEPLOY, ORGANIZE, AND ORGANIZE RESOURCES AND USING DATA ANALYTICAL TOOLS AND TO HAVE THE
HIGH IMPACT TO IMPACT GUN-RELATED VIOLENCE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AS WE APPROACH A SAFE SUMMER FOUR, BASICALLY SAFE SUMER IS TYPICALLY ONE WEEK OF THE FOCUS OF ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES AT DAY AND AT NIGHT. AND STATE AND FEDERAL PARTNERS
AND COORDINATE INVESTITIONS WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.THIS SAYS SAFE SUMMER 3 THAT I WANTED TO BRING INTO PLACE BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T DONE
SAFE SUMMER IV YET AS WE APPROACH SUMMER. LAST YEAR DURING STATE SUMMER III, 98 ARRESTS, 45 FIREARMS RECOVERED. OVER 2300 GRAMS OF FROM COCAINE,
METH, HEROIN, AND WE RECOVERED 1,263 FENTANYL PILLS IN THAT WEEK ALONE. SO SOME ADDITIONAL STRATEGIES, WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THE B.C.A., VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION UNIT TO FOCUS ON VIOLENT CRIME OFFENDERS. THAT IS REALLY A COLLABORATION
EFFORT ON VIOLENT CRIME AND THEY ASSIST US WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF VIOLENT INVESTIGATIONS. WE CONTINUE THE LATE NIGHT SAFETY PLANS THAT IS EFFECTIVE DOWNTOWN AND EXTENDED THAT INTO DINKYTOWN AND OUR UPTOWN. AND THE RFEW TASK FORCE AND
THE CHIEF ADDRESSED THE 2024 RING JUVENILE CRIMES AND ESPECIALLY LATE NIGHTS AND LATE WEEKENDS AND COMBINES IT TO PRE IDENTIFYING AT-RISK YOUTH.
THIS IS AN OVERALL WELLNESS CHECK FOR JUVENILES AND OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATORS THAT HAVE CONDUCTED THE LATE NIGHT SAFETY PLAN AS WELL ASOING TO THEIR HOUSES TO CHECK ON THESE AT-RISK YOUTH AND HAVE GAINED A LOT OF GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH FAMILIES
D IS SUCCESSFUL TO PREVENT THEM FROM BEING HIGHER RISK AND ALSO GETTING RESOURCES THEY MIGHT NEED AND OTHER TYPES OF RESOURCES THE MIGHT NEED. >> AND THEN ADDITIONALLY WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THE ROBBERY AND VIOLENT CRIMES RESPONSE PROTOCOLS AND FOLLOW UP
WITH GANGS AND THE RICO CASES WITH THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. OUR STAFFING PLAN TO INCLUDE NEW STANDBY OPTIONS FOR CERTAIN UNITS AND SPECIFICALLY TRAFFIC UNIT AND JUVENILE UNIT. THE JUVENILE UNIT BEING ON CALL
HELPS US IF WE HAVE A JUVENIL CRIMES SPREE, WE CAN JUMP IN AND CALL THEM AND TRAFFIC UNIT IS ON CALL WHEN WE HAVE SERIOUS FATALITIES INVOLVING VEHICLES AND ACDENT-RELATED DEATH.
AND I ARE BRING UP THE CHIEF GAITERS TO DISCUSS THE CMUNITY ENGAGE T. AWE THANK YOU. WELCOME UP. >> THANKS FOR BEI HERE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR, VICE
CHAIR, AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. AND PRESIDENT PAYNE. CHRISTOPHER GAITER, ASSISTANT CHIEF AND COMMUNITY TRUST AND ENGAGEMENT OF THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND REAL BRIEFLY, GET YOU UP TO SPEED ON THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE FUTURE HERE IN THE MONTHS
TO COME. AS FAR AS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS THE CHIEF HAS SAID MANY TIMES OVER AND THE STAFF AS WELL AND THIS IS A PART OF OF ALL OUR POLICING EFFORTS TO INCLUDE OUR
SUMMER SAFETY PLAN. ON YOUR SCREEN IS BRIEF SNAPSHOT OF WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN THE SHORT TERM IN THE MONTHS TO COME. AS FAR AS THE FOCUS, WE'RE INVESTING OUR -- INVESTING IN
ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR SUMMER APPR TO DO IS RAMP IT UP RIGHT NOW. OVER THE WINTER MONTHS WE DO IS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ALL YEAR ROUND. BUT OVER THE SUMMER MONTHS,S WE GET INTO THE SUMMER MONTH, WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE CERTAIN WE
ARE ENGAGING AND MAKING SURE TH THE OFFICERS ARE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. AND GETTING FAMILIAR WITH THE CITIZENS WHO THEY'RE GOING TO BE DIALOGUING WITH AND ENGAGING WITH ALL SUMMER LONG AND WHEN
EVENTS AND CHALLENGES AND CONFLICTS TAKE PLACE WITH THE DE-ESCALATION PIECE THAT THERE IS A FAMILIAR FACE WITH T OFFICERS AND MAY ADD AN EASEMENT TO THE DE-ESCALATION OF
SITUATIONS AND COME TO A MORE PEACEFUL OUTCOME. AS FAR AS THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WE ALSO KNOW IT FACILITATES AND REBUILDING COMMUNITY TRUST. THE CHIEF SAID WHEN HE FIRST CAME HERE THAT THERE WERE THREE THINGS TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE DEPARTMENT WAS DOING.
AND ON THING WAS REDUCING THE CRIME TO BE PRESENT AND WITH THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS DO THAT AN ALSO THE OTHER PART WAS REBUILDING OUR DEPARTMENT AND NOT THAT WE HAVE A PANACEA FOR
AND WE WILL SEE WHAT THE REST OF THE YEAR HOLDS. AND AS FAR AS THE NUMBER ONE BULLET POINT, THE EVENTS TAKING PLACE AND THE PATHS TO PEACE,
COMMUNITY AND HEALING PRAY WE ARE THE UNITY COMMUNITY MEDITATION TEAM WILL BE AT PHELPS PARK ON THE 29th OF THIS MONTH. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE -- WE HAVE DONE MANY EVENTS A AROUND THE AREA AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS
ALL-INCLUSIVE OF CHILDREN, FAMILY MEMBERS AND EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO BE A PART IN DIALOGUE AS A COMMUNITY TOGETHER. ALSO TAKING A KID FISHING WITH THE MINNEAPOLIS PARK AND RECREATION, THAT IS SOMETHING
THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IN JUNE.WIK IN THE COMMUNITY AND EVERYONE LOVES TO JOIN THE CHIEF'S BBQ'S AND THE KIDS ARE OUT THERE HAVING A BLAST AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE WILL CONTINUE DOING.
WE HAVE ONE TAKING PLACE IN THE SOUTH SIDE OF MINNEAPOLIS AT THE MOSQUE AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT ONE OF OURHAPLAINS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS HOLDING THERE. AND WE ALSO HAVE BACK TO SCHOOL JAMBOREE THAT IS TAKING PLACE.
WE PARTNER WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY D THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS A GREAT PIECE OF COMMUNITY BECAUSE AS IT HAS EASEMENT FOR OUR RENTS. AND CARETAKERS OF OUR CHILDREN GOING BACK TO SCHOOL. WE GIVE FREE BACKPAC OUT. WE GIVE THE SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND
THERE ARE A LAUNDRY LIST OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO PURCHASE AND FOUND A WAY TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY BY ASSISTING WITH GIVING THEM THE BACKPACKS AND SCISSORS AND GLUE AN MANY OF THE RESOURCES THEY NEED. AND WE HAVE ALSO BROUGHT BACK
THE CHIEF THE BATTLE OF THE BADGES. THAT IS SOMETHING COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR MANY YEARS AND DURING THE WE BROUGHT BAC AFTER THE PANDEMIC AND THAT IS WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY PSONNEL GET TOGETHER
AND HAVE A FRIENDLY COMPETITION ON BBQ AND NOT THAT ANY OF US ARE ANY GOOD WITH IT. AND I THINK CHIEF TYNER CHEATS AND PUTS A LOT OF BARBEQUE ON THE FOOD AND IF IT'S GOOD, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT THE FOOD TRULY
TASTES LIKE. SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE TRULY ENJOY AND ENGAGE WITH DIALOGUE AND COMMUTY MEMBERS AND INVITE YOU TO JOIN US WITH THE ACTIVITIES AND WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER AND IF WE ARE PRESENT
TOTHER, PEOPLE WILL SEE WHERE WE'RE GOING AS A COMMUNITY. THATS ALL I HAVE. I BELIEVE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY WILL BE COMING UP NEXT. >> THANK YOU. >> WE WILL WAIT FOR QUESTIONS INFORM AL, COLLEAGUES.
>> WELCOME UP. >> AWE COUNCIL MEMBER, CHAIR, MY NAME IS LEAH LAKES WITH NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY. AND FORUR NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY PROGRAMMING FOR THE MMER, WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSSING ON OUR
COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND EMPOWERING THEM TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR THE DIFFERENT CONTRTS AND R.F.P.'S THAT ARE OUT THERE. WE HAVE BEEN HELPING BUILD THEIR CAPACITY AROUND MANAGING FINANCES AND INCREASING THEIR PACT AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING
AS WELL AS THE SPOTLIGHT CHANGE. THE SPOTLIGHT TRAININGS AND THE INSTITUTE TRAININGS THROUGH THE MINNEAPOLIS VIOLENCE PREVENTION COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS AND WKING ON DEVELOPING THOSE AND PROVIDING TRAININGOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON SPECIFIC
TOPICS THAT PRENT YOUTH VIOLENCE. AND WE HAVE ALSO BEEN SPENDING A LOT OF TIME FOCUSSING ON BUILDING OUR CORE CAPACITIES AROUND OUR COMMUNITY AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, THEIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES, THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION MASTER CONTRACT,
R.F.P. HAS GOB LIVE NOW, SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR A LOT OF VENDORS TO BE APPLYING FOR THAT R.F.P., SO WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT TALENT THAT WE CAN DRAW FROM OM THE NEEDS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY. WE ALSO ARE WORKING ON BUILDING
CAPACITY AND OUR GVI AND YGVI PROGRAMSS WELL AS OUR COMMUNITY TRAUMA RESPONSE AS WELL AS STANDING UP THE NEW VIOLENCE INTERRUPTER TO CONTRACTS FOR THE MINNEAPOL-US CONTRACTS.
>> I BELIEVE FIRE IS NEXT. >> THANK YOU. WELCOME UP, CHIEF. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR AND PRESIDENT PAYNE AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
MY NAME IS BRIAN TYNER, THE FIRE CHIEF OF THE MINNEAPOLIS FIRE DEPARTMENT. FOSUMMER SAFETY, MOST OF THESE EVENTS DON'T REQUIRE US TO GO AWAY FROM THE ESTABLISHED RESPONSE MODEL AND THERE ARE A
COUPLE TT DO STAND OUT. AND TO ASSIST WITH GETTING THROUGH CROWDS AND STRAIGHT AND HAVING AN E.M.S. SORT.
WE WILL PROVIDE BOAT COVERAGE IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WHENEVER THERE ARE FIREWORKS LAUNCHED FROM THE BRIDGE. OFTEN TIMES THE STONE ARCH BRIDGE, AND WE HAVE BOATS IN THE WATER TO HAVE THE WATER PATROL.
AND FINALLY, READY TO COMMAND STAFF THE COMMAND POST AND EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER IF NEEDED FOR THE SUMMER EVENTS. WITH THAT, I WILL KEEP IT SHORT AND SWEET AND PAS IT ON TO 911.
>> WELCOME UP, DIRECTOR HAUDNEE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM DIRECTORHAUDNEE FROM MINNEAPOLIS DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION. WE HISTORICALLY SEE ANINCREASE IN CALL VOLUME OVER THE SUMMER MONTHS. IT GENERALLY STARTS IN ABOUT MAY.
WE START TO SEEANE CREASE OF 3,000 TO # 5,000 CD IN JUNE TO AN ADDITIONAL 3,000 TO 5,000 AND JULY IS HEAVIER WITH ALL THE FIREWORKS CALLS WE GET. DOESN'T START TO DROP OFF UNTIL
A LITTLE BIT IN AUGUST AND THEN IN SEPTEMBER WHEN EVERYBODY RETURNS TO SCHOOL. WITH AT, WE ARE 92% STAFFED BUT AS WE KNOW THE INCREASE IN CALL VOLUME COMES, WE INCREASE
THE AMOUNT OF STAFF WE VE ON SITE AT ONE TIME. THAT IS MAY 15, JUNE 15, A FOR ANY LARGE PLANNED EVENTS, MING SURE WE HAVE ADDITIONAL STAFF THAT IS ON SITE IF THERE IS LARGE ACTIVITIES HAPPENIN WE HAVE AN ONSITE DISPATCHER THAT
WORKS DURING PRIDE, TASTE OF MINNESOTA, AND A THE COMMUNICATIONS VAN THAT IS GENERALLY ON SITE SPONSORED BY FIRER E.M.S. >> AND WE HAVE MADE A REQUEST TO 311 TO BE OPENED DURING THE FOURTH OF JULY AND TASTE OF
MINNESOTA WEEKEND FOR THE ADDED ASSISTANCE. I HAVE SPOKEN TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT WHO WILL BE ABLE TO I A CYST US AND THAT IS A BIG HELP TO OPEN THE LARGE EVENT EEKED WOOEKDS.
OUR -- TO THE LARGE EVENT WEEKENDS. AND WHAT TO DO IF A SMALL EVENT AND TURNS TO A LARGE EVENT AND WHO ARE THE NOTIFICATIONS TO MAKE AND WHEN DO YOU CALL IN
MORE STAFF? AND THEY ARE READY AVAILABLE AS THEY ARE WORKING THROUGH EACH EVENTF THE SUMMER. WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DIRECTOR SAYERS. >> GOOD AFTERNOON,HAIR CHAVEZ,
VICE CHAIR WONSLEY, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR THE SUMMER, WE ARE RLLY FOCUSED AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS,O FOR THAT WE ARE WORKING ON A PROJECT TO DEFINE THRESHOLDS AROUND SEVERE
WEATHER, ESPECIALLY AROUND HEAT. EXTREME WIND, HIGH HIGH WIND MILES PER HOUR THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO IN ADVANCE LET PEOPLE KNOW, HEY, THERE IS SOMETHING COMING AND TAKE PRECAUTIONS. WE ARE DEVELOPING WITH COMS
DEPARTMENT CANNED MESSAGES TOO ALONG WITH THE THRESHOLDS. WE ALWAYS HAVE OUR ENTERPRISE WIDE WATCH OFFICER AND IF SOMETHING IS POPPING, WE ARE
WILLING TO MOBILIZE AS AN ENTERPRISE QUICKLY. AND WE CONTINUE TO EXERCISE AS AN ENTERPRISE. IN JUNE, AN EXERCISE THAT IS A UNIFORM COMMAND AND PUBLIC WORKS AND PRACTICE AS THE ENTERPRISE HOW TO RESPOND IF SOMETHING LIKE
THAT WERE TO HAPPEN. THAT IS IT FOR ME. I BELIEVE THAT IS IT. >> THANK YOU. I WILL ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO GET ON QUEUE FOR QUESTIONS. I HAVE A FEW. THE FIRST ONE IS FOR THE NEW
SAFETY DEPARTMENT AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR LAKES AND MOSTLY RELATED TO THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION MASTER CONTRACT COMPONENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND THE DEPARTMENT'S WORK AROUND THE CONTRACTS. AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOWE ARE TYING THE CONTRACTOR PROCESS AND I WANTED MORE FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT OPENED UP
APRIL 11 FROM MY UNDERSTANDING AND CAN YOU COMMUNICATE TO US WHEN THAT DEADLINE IS FOR THE
GOAL OF THE PROGRAM AND TO TIE IT TO THE TOPIC AT HAND. >> WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE MASTER PREVENTION CONTRACT. THIS IS A CONTRACT THAT IS OPEN TO ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT
DO VIONCE PREVENTION WORK. IT IS OPEN AND I BELIEVE CLOSES MAY 5, BUT I WILL DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT DATE. THE HOPE IS THAT WE HAVE A WIDE VARIETY OF PEOPLE APPLY WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF EXPERTISE AND
WIDE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SKILLS TO PROVIDE TO THE COMMUNITY. WORK ORDERS COME UP, WE WOULD ISSUE THE WORK ORDER FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN GNG THROUGH THE R.F.P. PROCESS SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO A SECOND R.F.P.
THAT WOULD GO AS THE WORK ORDER AND THE VENDORS WHO ARE QUALIFIED WOULD APPLY AND BE ABLE TO START THE WORK A LOT FASTER ANDHAN A SECOND R.F.P. SO IT'S A VERY EXCITING PORTUNITY TO HELP SUPPLEMENT SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE DO, NOT REPLACE THOSE LONG-STANDING
CONTRACTS. >> THANK YOU.ALL RIGHT. REALLY APPRECIATE THAT UPDATE.
THE SECOND COMMENT OR QUESTION IS THE VIOLENCE INTERRUPTER PROGM. WITH THE UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF THAT Z AN IT RATES TO THE SUMMER? >> THE CONTRACTS ARE CURRENTLY
-- WE'RE CURRENT IN PROCESS FOR SOME OF THEM TO GET THE BACKGROUND CHECKS AND TSE WHO HAVE DONE AND THOSE ARE IN PROGRESS AND BE ABLE TO HAVE
THOSE SENT FOR SIGNATURE AFTER OTHER ZONES, WE ARE IN GOTIATIONS FOR OTHER ZONES AND WE ARE HOPING TO BRING THAT TO COUNCIL SOON WITHIN THE NEXT
SEVERAL CYCLES. >> AND THERE IS WITH THE CONTRACTOR PROCESS. AND THE LAST IS RELATED TO VENDOR AND PRIDE AND IS THE WATER COMPONENT AND I WILL KEEP INGING IT UP IN COMMITTEE. I ALWAYS HEAR FEEDBACK AND THE
AEK ACCESSIBILITY TO WATER PLANS, SPECIFICALLY DURING THE SUMMER AND OFTEN TIMES THE FIRST TIME, THERE WAS CONCERNS ABOUT THE PUBLIC NOT HAVING ACCESS AND MAKE SURE THERE IS CONVERSATNS
AROUND THAT BECAUSE DURING THE HOT WEATHER WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND YOU, IT CAN GET REALLY EXHAUSTING. >> I AM --
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ, FOR TH QUESTION. WHAT WE ARE PLANNING TO DO IS MAKE SURE EVERYONE IN THE ENTERPRI WHO WORKS WITH PRIVATE PARTNER WHO IS LEAD A LOT OF EVENTS ARE MAKING SURE THEY ARE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT AND
PLANNING THINGS LIKE THIS AND EMPHASIZING H IMPORTANT IT IS FOR THEM AS THE FINANCERS AND PLANNERS TO PLAN FOR EXACTLY THAT KIND OF THING. >> ESOME. AND IMPROVE THE PERMITS IS THE QUESTION I ASK. AND IN RIL, I HOPE THAT WHEN
WE ARE APPROVING STAFF GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS ANDERSON KELLIHER A PLAN IN PLACE AND ATTENDING AN EVENT AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE. AND I APPRECIATE THAT. THAT IS MY ONLY QUESTION I HAD FOR NOW. AND I WILL SEE IF ANYTHING BUBBLES UP.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. AND A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS GOING BACK TO THE ORIGINAL LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE. AND POINT ONE WAS PARTIALLY ANSWERED AS FOR A COMPREHENSIVE
ERVIEW OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY 2025 SUMMER SAFE PLAN WITH STAFFING LEVELS USING 2024 PUBLIC SAFETY TREND AS A BASELINE. AND THESE STAFFING LEVELS SHOULD
INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AND WE LIST POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT, ANDEHAVIOR CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM, VIOLENCE PROREVENGES PROVIDER, EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKERS AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. I WILL NAME AS THE AUTHOR OF
THIS WE LISTED THESE RESPECTIVE COMMUNITY SAFETY AND I OFTEN HEAR FROM MY CONSTITUENTS THAT THERE IS -- CONFUSION AROD WHO IS ACTUALLY ON THE STREETS DOING BASICALL SAFETY WORK IN
ADDITION TO O SWORN OFFICERS AND ALSO WHAT IS THE BASELINE FOR SWORN OFFICERS. AND WE HEAR OF THE SHORTAGE OF THE WORKER, BUT WHEN YOU ARE CONTRASTING THAT WITH WHAT IS PRESENTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CONVERSATION, WHERE YOU ARE
SEEING CRIME TRENDS GO DOWN, AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO PRESENT A COMP HENCIVE PICTURE OF NOT JUST LAW ENFORCERS THAT ARE OUT THE THAT WE HAVE ADDED TO OUR STAFF, STAFFING SUPPORT AND RESOURCES AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS
SOMETHING O.C.S. WOULD LIKE TO TRY TACKLING AGAIN AND SPECIFY, FOR INSTANCE, WHAT IS THE BASELINE. LET'S START WITH BEHAVIOR CRISIS RESPONSE. THAT HAS MADE A TRANSITION TO FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND WHAT IS THE BASELINE STAFFING WE ARE LOOKING FOR? OR
LOOKING AT GOING INTO THE SUMMER AND NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT TO FOLLOW UP ON CHAIR CHAVEZ QUESTION GOING INTO THIS SUMMER. AND RIGHT NOW HOW MANY CONTRACTS DO WE HAVE CONFIRMED? AND WHAT DOES THAT EQUATE TO IN
TERMS OF INDIVIDUALS OR BODIES ON THE STREET. SO I SEE COMMISSIONER BARNETTE. >> YES, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL MEER WONSLEY. I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION PRESENT.
I WILL WORK TO GET THAT TO YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I KNOW FROM THE CONVERSATIONS IN MEETINGS THAT I HAVE BEEN IN WITH DIRECTOR O'HARA WE WITH SOME OF OUR -- WITH DIRECTOR
HARRINGTON, WITH SOME OF THE CONTRACTORS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS, SHE'S HAD THEMAP OUT WHAT AREAS THEY ARE IN. AND I KNOW THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE. I'M SORRY THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION HERE TO GIVE TO
YOU TODAY. IF THAT WAS PART OF THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE. >> YEAH, THAT WAS PART OF THIS ONE AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKERS. I THINK THAT WAS THE BIGGEST PIECE OF THIS OF BEING ABLE TO PRESENT A MORE COMPREHENSIVE PICTURE OF WHAT FULL STAFFING FIGURES LOOKS LIKE WITHIN THE
OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY GOING INTO THIS SUMMER. AND KNOWING WHERE CAN THE PUBLIC ANTICIPATE OUR PRESENCE OF THESE KIND OF DIVERSITY -- >> WE CAN DEFITELY TELL YOU WHAT CONTRACTS WE HAVE FOLLOWED UP WITH A MEMO TO YOU AND THE
REST OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT WHICH CONTRACTS WE HAVE AND WHERE THEY ARE. AND WAS IT ABOUT B.C.R.? >> BASICALLY WHERE IT'S THE BASELINE STAFFING AND TO ANSWER
PART ONE OF THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE. AND THAT INCLUDES THE EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKERS TOO. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, IT SEEMS LIKE DIRECTOR LEAH LAKES COULD LIKELY ANSWER THE NEIGHBORHOOD
SAFETY DEPARTMENT NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETYONTRACTOR PIECE. AND I AM SURE DEPUTY LAKES CAN PROBABLY ANSWER THAT QUESTION. CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE
EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKER AND WE HAVE SOCIAL WORKERS EMBEDDED IN M.P.D. -- >> AND 911. >> AND THAT WE ARE WORKING ON THAT 911 PIECE. IS THERE SOMETHING MORE YOU WANTED ABOUT THAT? >> WHAT IS THE STAFFING LEVEL BETWEEN M.P.D. AND 911? WHAT IS THE BASELINE? WHAT IS THE FULL
NUMBER OF THOSEF.T.E.'S? >> GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL WORK ON THAT. THANK YOU. >> FOR DEPUTY LAKES. THANK YOU. I DID HAVE A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION
BASED OFF WHAT CHAIR CHAVEZ RAISED BECAUSE I AM CONCERNED OUT THIS AND ESPECIALLY AS SOMEONE WHO DID BRING THAT MOTION EARLIER AROUND TRANSITIONS SOME OF THE PROGRAMS AND SPECIFICALLY GV IRK AND YGVI OVER TO THE COUNTY, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS SHARED WITH
ME WOULD CREATE INTERRUPTION AND DELAY OF SERVICES. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I AM RECOUNTING SOMETHING CORRECT. WERE THESE SERVICES SUPPOD TO START BY APRIL 1? >> CHAIR WONSENS WO, YOU ARE CORRECT. AND THE ESTIMATED TIME LINE WAS APRIL 1 FOR THOSE SERVICES,
CORRECT. >> IS THAT LS AN INCLUSIVE OF MINNEAPOLIS? FOR APRIL 1. >> SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, I DON'T REMEMBER IF APRIL 1 WAS THE SAME
FOR MINNEAPOL-US, BUT AROUND THE SAME TIMELINE IS THE ESTIMATED TIMELINE. THAT IS CORRECT. >> I ALSO RECALL IF WE DELAYED THAT ITEM TO FURTHER CONSIDERATION AND THE GAPS THAT WE WERE MET ANDHERE WOULD BE A DELAY IN SERVICE FOR THAT.
AND THE REASON I AM ASKING IS, CAN YOU SHARE WHAT CURRENT CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN FINALIZED D WHAT VENNER TOS ARE PROVIDING SERVICES AT THIS POINT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBERS, FOR GVI AND YGVI. >> FOR THE YGVI AND YGVI ARE READY FOR SIGNATURE AND WE ARE WAITING FOR THEM TO GET SENT FOR SIGNATURE. >> FOR ALL SIX. >> FOR ALL THE CONTRACTS THAT
NEED TO GET ISSUED. ALL OF THEM COLLECTIVELY ARE WAITING FOR SIGNATURE. >> A WAITING FOR SIGNATURE, BUT NOT PROVIDING SERVICES. >> CORRECT. >> WE HAVE NO GVI AND YGVI PROGRAMS ACTIVE RIGHT NOW. >> WE HAVE NO CONTRACTS
PROVIDING YGVIGVI SERVICES THROUGH MINNEAPOLIS CURRENTLY. THE OLD CONTRACTS WE HAD PREVIOUSLY ENDED MARCH 31 AND THE NEW ONES ARE IN QUEUE TO GET GNED AN SENT OUT FOR SIGNATURE.
>> YOU ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT WHY I WAN TO MAKE WHY THEY ARE STRUGGENED AND WE ARE TOLD THE SERVICES WOULD BE PROVIDED BY APRIL 1, HAPPENING, COMMUNITIES WOULD HAVE BEEN SERVED. HOMICIDES WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE DECLINE. I WILL NAME THAT IS VERY
OUBLING. IS THERE ANY SERVICES THAT IS BEING RENDERED RIGHT NOW? >> COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE SERVICES FOR MIEAPOL-US ARE DONE. MARCH 31 WAS AO THE DATE NEW CONTRACTS HAVE NOT STARTED FOR
THAT SERVICE. >> SINCE COUNCIL'S APPROVAL OF THEM. >> CORRECT. CORRECT. >> SO WE DON'T HAVE ALSO MINNEAPOL- SERVICES RIGHT NOW.
OKAY. AND DO -- AND THOSE ARE ALSO AWAITING SIGNATURE.>> COUNCIL M CHAVEZ, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE
MINNEAPOL-US, SEVERAL CONTRACTS ARE WAITING FOR THE NEW VENDORS TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS TO SIGN THE CONTRACT. OTHERS ARE STILL IN NEGOTIATION FOR OTHER ZONES. MONEY OF THEM A IN A PLACE WHERE WE'RE READY TO SENDHEM FOR SIGNATURES.
GVI, YGVI, WE ARE READY FOR SIGNATURES. WE ARE WAITING FOR THE SIGNATURES TO BE OCCURRING. MINNEAPOLUS IS WORKING WITH VENDORS TO GET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS TO SIGN THE CONTRACTS FINALIZED.
FOR SOME OF THEM. FOR OTHERS, WE ARE NEGOTIATING ZONES. >> THAT PART MAKES SENSE. BY THE TIME THE CONTRACTS MADE IT TO COUNCIL, IT WASRAMED AS THESE T. S BECAUSE, AGAIN, WE WERE INFORMED THAT THESE WERE SERVICES THAT WERE READY TO GO.
I WANT TO SAY, AGAIN, THERE WAS AN AIL 1 DEADLINE BECAUSE THE CONCERN IS WE WANT TO BE THE SUMMER BEFORE WE KNOW CRIME OR THAT IS A POINT WHERE WE SEE THAT INCREASE. WE THOUGHT THOSE CONTRACTS WERE GOING TO BE FINALIZED.
VENDORS WERE READY TO PROVIDE SERVICES. YES, WE LEARNED THERE WOULD BE A GAP BASED OFF SELECTION AND WE CAME FORWARD WITH THE FUNDING RESOLUTION FOR THAT. ER ANTICIPATED A DELAY IN THAT, BUT IT IS CONCERNING TO HEAR THAT RIGHT NOW, THERE IS NO
SERVICES FOR THAT FIRST PHASE OF CONTRACTS THAT WERE APPROVED. I THINK THERE WAS AN ASSUMPTION AMONGST COUNCIL BASED OFF THE INFORMATION PRESENTED TO US THAT SERVICES WOULD HAVE BEEN IMMEDIATELY RENDERED BY THE DEADLINE PRESENTED TO US. SIMILARLY TO THE YGVI, GVI
CONTRACTS WHICH NOW ARE APRIL 23. AND I THINK THERE'S BEEN A LONG-STANDING ASSUMPTION THA THOSE SERVICES WERE ALREADY IN JUST ACTIVITY RIGHT NOW AND THERE WOULD BE YOUNG PEOPLE BEING SERVED.
SO I WOULD SAY THAT'S ALSO VERY TROUBLING. AND DEFINITELY SOME FOLLOW-UP ON THAT PIECE. SO DO YOU ALSO WITH THAT, DO WE HAVE -- I KNOW WE RECENTLY GOT A PRESENTATION FROM NSC AND I BELIEVE IT WAS HERE, TOO, AND
OVERVIEWED THE STAFFING CHART A HIRING PROCESS AND ARE WE -- WHERE ARE WE AT FOR THE YGVI AND GVI PROGRAM MANAGER? >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, VERY GOOD QUESTION. WE HAVE A START DATE FOR A
PUBLIC HEALTH SPECIALIST TO TAKE ON THAT BODY OF WORK FOR MAY 5. THE ADDITIONAL- MAY 5 IS THE SHORT ANSWER. THAT PITION HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS SOMEONE TO WORK ON
THAT FOR THE MAY 5 IS THE DATE THEY ARE CURRENTLY PLANNING ON STARTING. >> IS THE PUBLIC HEALTH SPECIALIST POSITION SAME AS THE PROGRAM MANAGER POSITION OKAY, GREAT. AND DO WE ALSO -- I CAN'T RECALL
FROM THE CHART, IS THERE A POSITION FILLED FOR THE MINNEAPOL-US CHAIR PART AS WELL? >> CHAIR AVEZ, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THOSE POSITIONS WE ARE HIRING A POOL FROM THE SAME APPLICANT POOL.
ONE HAS CONFIRM AND SIGNED. THE OTHER ONE IS STILL IN NEGOTIATIONS. SO WE'RE STILL GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH UNONE OF THE CANDIDATES. THEY HAVEN'T SIGNED SAYING THEY WOULD START YET. >> AND THIS IS JUST FOR THE MINNEAPOL-US.
>> BOTH OF THE POSITIONS WILL BE BACKUPS FOR EACH OTHER, SO WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE KIND OF -- ONE WILL BE A PRIMARY AND ONE WILL BE A SECONDARY AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER AS WE HAVE ANY TRANSITIONS. SO THAT IS WHERE WE'RE AT FOR THE HIRING FOR THAT.
SENIOR PUBLIC HEAH SPECIALIST POSITION. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAD, DEPUTY DIRECTOR LAKES. AND SORRY FOR NSD. I DO HAVE A FOLLOW-UP FOR M.P.D.
WITH SOME OF THE INVESTIGAVE PIECES THAT WERE SHARED. >> I DID WANT TO GO BACK TO
LOOKING AT SLIDE 14. JUST LOOKING AT WE HAD A PRFRGS TOHAT AND REFERENCE AROUND
INVESTIGATIONING FOR ADDITIONAL STRATEGIES. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M ON THE RIGHT SLIDE. THAT IS 14. YES. FOCUSED ON THE SUBSEQUENT LONG-TERM INVESTIGATION USING DATA ANALYTICS. I WANTED TO SEE IF YOU ALL WERE
ALSO CONSIDERING SOME OF THE NICHE TIFRS, FOR INSTANCE, THAT ST. PAUL UTILIZED. I KNOW THEY SHIFTED THEIR NONFATAL SHOOTING UNITS OR OFFICERS TO THE NONFATAL SHOOTING UNIT AND THAT ACTUALLY
HELPED TO MOVE WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY THEIR CLEARANCE RATE FROM 38% TO AROUND 68%. AND TRYING T-- I KNOW LAST YEAR WHEN WE GOT THE PRESENTATION RATE IF MPD AND IF
WE ARE LOOKING TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR BECAUSE THIS IS A MAJOR COMPONENT HOW WE ADDRESS CRIME RATES AND FOLLOW-UP ONHAT AS PART OF OUR INVESTIGATION
EFFOS. >> SURE. WE COMBINED OUR HOMICIDE UNIT AND OUR SHOOTING TEAMAST YEAR, SO WE'RE TACKLING WIT MORE PEOPLE -- WELL, OUR ATTRITION IS DOWN, SO WE DECIDED TO JOINHE TWO TEAMS SO MORE TEAMS COULD GO
ON CALL AND WE WOULDN'T BURN OUT OUR HAD HAD DETECTIVES. USING THAT APPROACH WITH THE HELP OF THE B.C.A. AND DIFFERENT AGENCIES THAT WILL HELP US FROM TIME TO TIME, FROM LAST YEAR WE HAD A BIG CRIME SPREE IN SHOOTIS AND BROUGHT IN STATE,
LOCAL PARTNERS THAT HELPED US WITH THOSE. WANT TO GET TO A POINT AS WE ARE HIRING MORE PEOPLE, MORE PEOPLE IN THE PIPELINE AND BUILD THAT TEAM BACK UP AND PROBABLY EVENTUALLY SEPARATE THE TWO, BUT WE ARE WORKING WITH THEPSP ON
THE NONFATAL SHOOTING ASSESSMENT AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE CAN DO. WE ARE NOT QUITE THERE WITH THE RECOMMENDIZATIONS BUT MEET BIWEEKLY AND MONTHLY WITH ALL THE AGENCIES ON THAT PROJECT.
>> DO WE HAVE A SENSE OF WHERE IT AND THEN WE ALSO, CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSENS WO -- COUNCIL MEMBER WOLEY, WE WEREN'T CAPTURING THE CLOSURE RATES QUICKLY ENOUGH, SO THE CLEARANCE RATES, IFR TO DOUBLE
CHECK THIS WEEK, BUT I KNOW THEY ARE HIGHER THAN WT THEY WERE LOOKING LIKE INITIALLY. AND I KNOW THE HOMICIDE RATES ARE DOWN 67% YEAR TO DATE THROUGH APRIL 14. >> N AS -- YOU DON'T HAVE THE EXACT FIGURE FOR THE CLOSURE
RATES AS OF NO >> NOT IN FRONT OF ME. I CAN GET THEM TO YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE ONLY QUESTION THAT I HAD FOR M.P.D.
ACTUALLY, YEAH, THAT IS ALL. >> NEXT UP WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> SORRY, I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR DIRECTOR LAKES. THESE VENDORS THAT WE HAVE YET TO FINALIZE THE CONTRACTS WITH
AND WHAT INFORMATION ARE THEY NOT PROVIDING? IS IT BACKGROUND CHECKS, DRUG TESTS? ALL OF THE ABOVE? >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER. THE ANT IS ALL OF THE ABOVE.
THE FIRST TIME THE NAME IS PUT INTO A CONTRACT FOR THE EMPLOYEE, THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH A DRUG SCREENING AS WELL AS A BACKGROUND CHECK, SO WE'RE WAITG FOR ALL OF THOSE TO KIND OF GET DONE. >> GREAT. THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN LONG DAY, SO I WILL BE REALLY SHORT ON THIS, BUT I FEEL COMPELLED TO STAND TO THE
DEFENSE OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, ESPECIALLY CHIEF TYNER, AS I HAD THREE UNCLES THAT ARE FIREFIGHTERS MANY, MANY CLASSMATES, AND EVERYBODY KNOWS FIREFIGHTERS ARE BETTER COOKS THAN PS CO.
EVERYBODY. >> I PUT MYSELF ON QUEUE. DEPUTY DIRECTOR LAKES I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON THE COMPONENT. SORRY. I AM TRYING TO GET A BETTER
UNDERSTANDINGOVER WHAT EVERY VIOLENCE SINGLE INTERRUPTER AND IS THERE DIFFERENT ISSUES HAPPENING IN >>ENED AND GAPS FOR SERVICE AND
EVEN MY OWN CONSTITUENTS WERE I LIVE RIGHT HERE AND WHEN THE VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS E HERE, IT IS HELPFUL. THEY ARE NO LONG THEY ARE BECAUSE THERE IS SOMETHING MISSING, WHICH IS THAT CONTRACT. MY CONSTITUENT HAS FELT IT.
WERE VERY FORTUNA ABOUT HAVING IT AND THAT WAS AN ACTUAL CONVERSATION WITH MY CONSTITUENTS YESTERDAY. SO I AM TRYING T UNDERSTAND ALL THE CONTRACTS WE APPROVED AND THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED FOR VIOLENCE INTERRUPTER SERVICES,
SO WE ALREADY SENT THOSE CONTRACTS OUT TO GET A SIGNATURE THEN? JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING.>> CHAIR CHAV MEMBERS, THE CURRENT STATUS OF MOST OF THOSE CONTRACTS ARE IN PROGRESS WITH THE VENDORS.
IT IS JUST MAKING SURE THEY ARE GETTING EVERYTHING DONE AND THAT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME. THEY'RE GOING THROUGH ALL THE REQUIREMENTS AND DO THE TRAININGS FOR THE DATA ENTRY, AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT TAKE COORDINATION AND TIME TO CLEAT. THEY ARE ALL IN PROGRESS AND
ONCE THOSE ARE DONE, THEY GET SENT FOR SIGNATURES. >> WHAT IS THE ESTIMATING TIME LINE OF WHAT THAT USUALLY TAKE >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS WILL HELP US FOR
FUTURE AND WE KNOW HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE BASED OFF THIS EXPERIENCE. BUT RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE A GOOD ESTIMATE. >> IS THERE AN EIMATE TIME THAT YOU THINK IS GOING TO BE COMPLETE BY? IT'S JUST WHEN RESIDENTS ARE REACHING OUT.
I HEARD THEM FRUSTRATED YESTERDAY. IT IS HARD TO TELL THEM THAT I DON'T KNOW WHEN THIS IS GOING TO GET FIGURED OUT. >> I APPRECIATE THAT. IT IS OUR TOP PRIORITY AND WHAT NSD IS FOCUSSING THE MOST ENERGY
ON RIGHT NOW. WE A NOT EVER EXCITED TO HAVE ANY GAPS IN SERVICES. SO IT IS WHAT WE ARE PUTTING 100% OF OUR PRIORITY ON IS GETTING THESE CONTRACTS SIGNED. >> THANK YOU. VICE CHAIR WONSLEY AND IF ANYBODY GETS ON QUEUE AND THEN
WE'RE DONE. >> THANK YO I'M ACTUALLY GOING BACK TO THE MINNEAPOL-US PRESENTATION YOU DID AND SIMILARLY THE QUESTIONS YOU RAISEED. ONE THING I APPRECIATED ABOUT SOME OF THE NEW GUARDRAILS THAT YOU PUT IN PLACE BED OFF OF
THE RECOMMENDATIONS BOTH FROM PROCUREMENT AND IT SEEMED LIKE FROM CURE VIOLENCE AS WELL WAS ACTUALLY MAKING THOSE IN VERY EARLY IN THE PROCESS.
LOOKING, WHERE IS IT? SLIDE NINE, NO, STARTING SLIDE 10. YOU MENTION ONE, YOU'RE STARTING VERY ERE WILL I WITH BEFORE YOU DO THE R.F.P., YOU DO THE SUPPORT FOR POTENTIAL RESPONDERS. THERE IS A PRE-PROPOSAL MEETING
AND THE QUESTION AND ANSWER. IT SOUND LIKE THAT IS THE SPACE FOR VENNER TO WHO IS NIGHT HAVE CONCERNS OR -- VENDOR WHO IS MIGHT HAVE CONCERNS OR ARTICULATE THE BACKGROUND CHECKS, ALL THOSE THINGS. IT GOES ON IN THE NEXT SLIDE THAT TALKS ABOUT THE EVALUATION OF PROPOSALS.
THIS SOUND LIKE THIS IS THE SPACE WHERE I DON'TNOW IF IT'S DURING THE Q&A YOU ALL MENTIONED THERE IS MORE ROBUST PREGAUGEMENT WITH POTENTIAL VENDORS SO THEY ARE AWAY AIR OF
THIS, BUT THE VALUATION THAT NSD OR NO, CS REVIEWS STAFF QUALIFICATIONS AND MANAGEMENT SO THE VENDORS KNOW TO PROVIDE OR FRONT LOAD THAT INFORMATION VERY READY.
SO I THINK THAT IS ALSO WHAT LED TO OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT BY THE TIME THOSE CONTRACTS COME FORWARD, THAT WE APPROVE, THAT THOSE THINGS HAVE BEENLREADY SQUARED AWAY IN TERMS OF BACKGROUND CHECKS. THESE ARE THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT
SHOULD BE MOST READILY IN A PLACE TO PROVIDE THESE CONVERSATION AND GO THROUGH THE PROCESSES. AS YOU HIGHLIGHT, YOU FRONT LOADED AND THAT WE ARE SELECTING
THE HIGHEST QUALITY, MOST PREPARED EIPPED VENDORS TO PROVIDE QUALITY SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS SO WE DON LEAD TO WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW WHICH SOUNDS LIKE THE ABSENCE OF SERVICES. WE ARE NOT AT A DISRUPTION. IT SEEMS TO BE THE OUTRIGHT ABSENCE. SO I AM TRYING -- IS THERE -- I
AM CONFUSED NOW OF IS THERE A DISCONNECT BETWEEN VENDORS WHO ARE FRONT LOADING THIS INFORMATION AT THIS PROCESS BEFORE THEY SUBMIT A BIT FOR THE
R.F.P. AND HOW ARE THERE CONFUSION POINTS WHERE THEY ARE AT THE END OF A BACKGROUND CHECK AND THERE ARE ISSUES WITH BACKGROUND CHECKS AND DOCUMENTATION. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, EXCELLENT QUESTION AND
I LIKE WHATAN WE DO TO BETTER FRONT LOAD THINGS SO IT'S FASTER. THE EXAMPLE, LET'S PRETEND 100 ORGANIZATIONS APPLY FOR THESE CONTRACTS. WE DON'T WANT EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO APPLIES TO DO BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR ALL OF THE
EMPLOYEES THEY COULD HAVE ON THEIR ROSTER A IF THEY APPLY IN SEPTEMBER AND DON'T START NIL APRIL, THE CITY PAYS FOR ALL THE BACKGROUND CHECKS TO HAPPEN OF 100 ORGANIZATIONS, SO WE ONLY WANT THE CHOSEN ORGANIZATIONS TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. SO SOME THINGS IT MAKES SENSE TO
DO THAT FRONTLOADING ON SUCH AS TELL US YOUR FINANCIAL HISTORY OF YOUR ORGANIZATION. OTHER THINGS LIKE LET'S DO THE DRUG TEST FOR ALL YOUR EMPLOYEES, FOR ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS, SUNT. AND I LIKE THE SPIRIT OF THE
IDEA OF LEARNING, WHAT DIDE LEARN FROM THIS TIME AROUND TO FRONTLOAD MORE. THIS SPECIFIC LIST OF REQUIREMENTS MIGHT NOT BE SOMETHING WE IMPROVE IN THE FUTURE IN THAT AREA. IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT
INFORMATION AND GET IT DPOEN AS TIMELY AS POSSIBLE. >> AS I RECALL, A WE REDUCED THE NUMBER OF INTERRUPTERS THAT WE ARE FUNDING PER CONTRACT.
I THINK IT'S AROUND SEVEN PER CONTRACT. SO WE APPROVED ULTIMATELY FIVE. ARE WE ESSENTIALLY AWAITING BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR THOSE SEVEN? JUST HYPOTHETICALLY THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO BACKGROUND
CHECKS FOR EACH SEVEN PER VENDOR THAT WAS APPROVED. >> CHAIRCHAVEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, YES. AND THEN ANY OTHER BACKUPS THAT THEY WANT. IF THEY HAVE A ROSTER OF SUBS FOR THAT SEVEN, SO SEVEN ARE ON THE GROUND AT A TIME AND BACKUPS
AND THE BACKUPS WANT TO BE IN THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT AND NOT BE AN AMENDMENT, THEY WOULD DO BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR THEBACKUP EMPLOYEES. >> WAS IT OUR UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE I AM LOOKING AT THE CONTRACT AND THE ASSUMPTION WAS TO START APRIL 1.
AND WAS IT THE HOPE FROM NSD THAT THIS PROCESS WAS NOT GOING TO TAKE THAT LONG? THAT I THINK WE DIDN'T EVEN APPROVE THESE CONTRACTS UNTIL TWO CYCLES AGO.
WAS THERE ANTICIPATION THAT THAT PROCESS WOULD HAVE BEEN SMOOTHER. BY APRIL 1, THE CONTRACTS WOULD HAVE BEEN IN PLACE AND PROVIDING SERVICES. THAT IS JUST THE CONCERN OF WE THOUGHT PEOPLE WEREOING TO BE OBTHE STREETS AND WHAT WAS TOLD
TO US.DON'T MOVE CHANGES. DON'T MOVE NOTHING TO THE COUNTY. PEOPLE WILL BE ON THE STREET PROVIDING SERVICES OR WORKING VIA M.U.'S PROVIDING THE SERVICES ON APRIL 1. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER
WONSLEY, THE GOAL WAS TOER START SERVICES. THAT WAS THEINTENT. THAT IS HOW WE PLANNED THE WHOLE PROCESS. >> I AM ASSUMING THEN JUST SEEI ASSUMING PEOPLE PROVIDE BACKGROUND- THAT PROCESS GOES FORWARD AND WE SHOULD BE ANTICIPATING MODIFICATIONS TO
THESE CONTRACTS THEN. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, WE COULD BE SEEING MODIFICATIONS FROM WHEN WE PROCESS AND WE STARTED IT IN
NOVEMBER,XPECTING IT TO START IN APRIL. AND NOW THROUGH THIS EXPERIENCE WE HAVE LEARNED A MORE REDINED TIMELINE FOR THE FUTURE.
AND WE AND VENDORS ARE ABLE TO SPEND THE PUN THAT ALLOCATED AND THIS GETS TO CHAIR CHAVEZ'S QUESTION OF CAN AANTICIPATE A CONTRACT MODIFICATION OR EXTENSION TO START IN MAY?
DEPENDING ON IF THESE DOCUMENTATION PROCESSES GO AS MOOT AS AND BECAUSE IT IS SUMMER SAFETY AND IDEALLY WE WOULD NOT WANT TO BE IN A PLACE WHERE THE SERVICES ARE JUST STARTING IN
JUNE. SO COULD WE ANTICIPATE POSSIBLY A CONTRACT MODIFICATION BEFORE NE? >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, THE GOAL IS TO START THE CURRENTONTRACTS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
>> I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHATHE MODIFICATION OF THE CONTRACTS WOULD LOOK KE. >> ONLY BECAUSE I'M CONFUSED IF WE HAVE -- IF THE CONTRACT OR
NDORS HAVE NOT STARTED YET, AND THEY'RE LIKELY -- I AM TRYING TO -- IF THEY DID NOT START BY PROOIL 1, IT SOUND LIKE
THER WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A CHANGE IN THE CONTRACT. THE BACKGROUND CHECKS COME BACK AND THE VENDORS AND THE YGVI AND GVI OR MINNEAPOL-US, START MAY 23. WOULD THERE HAVE TO BE A CONTRACT AMENDMENT THAT
ACCOMPANIES THAT TO REFLECT THE NEW START DATE? >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, CNCIL MEMBER WONSENS WO -- COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, LET ME GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.
>> WAS THE LANGUAGE IN THE CONTRACT THAT YOU WOULD START APRIL 1 OR LATER OR WAS IT -- >> MR. CHAIR, AND COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, WHEN THE CONTRACTS GET SIGNED, OFTEN TOWARDS THE END OF
THAT NEGOTIATION PROCESS, THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT WILL MAYBE CHANGE IF IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF MONTHS SINCE THE ANTICIPATED START DATE, SO THE TERM COULD CHANGE. IT IS UP TO AN AGREEMENT OTHE PARTY WHAT IS THAT LOOKS LIKE. >> CITY ATTORNEY, WHAT MY
QUESTION IS THAT CHANGE HAS TO COME BACK BEFORE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. >> SO CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, THE DEPARTMENTS AND CITY STAFF SEEK PERMISSION FROM THE CITY UNCIL TO EXECUTE
THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO EFFECTUATE THE COUNCIL APPROVED RELATIONSHIP, CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP. IF OFTEN TIMES IF A TERM OF A CONTRACT MIGHT CHANGE BY A MONTH OR TWO, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT
WOD NECESSARILY REQUIRE A RETURN TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL ON THAT AS LONG AS THE SERVICES AND WHEN THAT TAKES PLACE IS WITHIN THE ORIGINAL COUN COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION. >> OKAY.
THAT IS GOOD TO KNOW. THAT IS ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE. >> SO WE'LL JUST GET CLARIFICATION WITH THE COMMUNICATION AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. NOBODY ELS IS ON QUEUE, SO THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, ALL, FOR BEING HERE. AND SEEING -- SEEING NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS, I WILL DIRECT THE CLERK TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT UPDATE. AND SEE NOTHING FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE US, IILL DECLARE THIS MEETING ADJOURNED. [GAVEL]. .
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