Here is the transcript with speaker names added based on the provided context and the dialogue within the recording. [0:13] **Council President Elliott Payne:** GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS ELLIOTT PAYNE. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL, AND BEFORE WE CONVENE OUR MEETING, WE HAVE PRESENTATIONS OF HONORARY RESOLUTIONS. WE ARE PLEASED TO WELCOME GUESTS TO THIS SPACE TO SHARE IN THESE PRESENTATIONS BEFORE TAKING UP OUR AGENDA. FIRST UP IS A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING OLDER ADULTS MONTH PRESENTED BY COUNCILMEMBER KOSKI, AND COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY, AND COUNCILMEMBER JENKINS. [1:06] **Councilmember Jamison Whiting:** ALL RIGHT, GOOD MORNING. — GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE, CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY. WE ARE HERE TO RECOGNIZE MAY 2025 AS OLDER ADULTS MONTH IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. WHEREAS, THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS IS HOME TO A DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF OLDER ADULTS FOR THEIR LIFETIME CONTRIBUTIONS TO ENSURE A BETTER LIFE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS IS COMMITTED TO BEING A PREMIERE LOCATION FOR OLDER ADULTS, HELPING ALL INDIVIDUALS THRIVE IN THE COMMUNITIES OF THEIR CHOICE AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. AND MINNEAPOLIS WAS THE FIRST CITY IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA TO RECEIVE THE AGE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY DESIGNATION FROM AARP IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. AND. [1:51] **Councilmember Aurin Chowdhury:** WHEREAS, MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE IN MINNEAPOLIS ARE OVER AGE 50, OR 30% OF MINNEAPOLIS'S POPULATION. THE PROJECTION FROM THE STATE OF MINNESOTA'S DEMOGRAPHERS' OFFICE PREDICTS THIS POPULATION SEGMENT WILL CONTINUE TO GROW. AND, WHEREAS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE PROBLEMS FACING SENIORS AND TO HONOR THEM, THEN PRESIDENT KENNEDY PROCLAIMED MAY AS SENIOR CITIZENS MONTH. TWO YEARS LATER IN 1965, PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON PASSED THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT OF 1965 AND FORMALLY DECLARED MAY AS OLDER AMERICANS MONTH. THE NATION CONTINUES TO OBSERVE OLDER AMERICANS MONTH, OAM. AND WHEREAS, THE CITY WILL RECOGNIZE THE VALUE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. AND. [3:02] **Councilmember Andrea Jenkins:** WHEREAS THE CITY IS IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING THE MINNEAPOLIS FOR A LIFETIME AGE FRIENDLY ACTION PLAN, INCORPORATING THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE CITY'S MOST RECENT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORT. AND WHEREAS, THE CITY CREATED THE MINNEAPOLIS SENIOR CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE IN DECEMBER 1981 TO ENSURE OUR OLDER ADULTS HAVE A VOICE IN OUR CITY GOVERNMENT. IN 2015 THE COMMITTEE WAS REESTABLISHED AS A MINNEAPOLIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON AGING AND IS THE LEAD COMMITTEE FOR OUR CITY'S MINNEAPOLIS FOR A LIFETIME AGE FRIENDLY ACTION PLAN. AND WHEREAS, THE CITY WILL HOST ITS FOURTH CONSECUTIVE SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS SENIORS FAIR IN OCTOBER 2025 TO CONNECT OLDER ADULTS AND CAREGIVERS WITH CITY AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES, PROVIDE ACCESS TO ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND PROVIDE A VENUE FOR FELLOWSHIP. AND WHEREAS, THE CITY WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO ENRICH THE LIVES OF OLDER ADULTS BY PROMOTING AND ENGAGING IN AGES ACTIVITY, WELLNESS, AND SOCIAL INCLUSION, EMPHASIZING HOME AND COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES THAT SUPPORT INDEPENDENT LIVING AND ENSURE COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF ALL AGES BENEFIT FROM THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND THE EXPERIENCE OF OLDER ADULTS. [4:21] **Councilmember Jamison Whiting:** NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE MAY 2025 TO BE OLDER ADULTS MONTH AND URGE EVERY RESIDENT TO TAKE TIME THIS MONTH TO CELEBRATE OLDER ADULTS AND THE PEOPLE WHO SERVE AND SUPPORT THEM AS POWERFUL AND VITAL INDIVIDUALS WHO GREATLY CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] AND I DO BELIEVE A FEW OF OUR GUESTS WOULD LIKE TO SAY A COUPLE WORDS. I JUST WANT TO SAY A HUGE THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER JENKINS AND COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY. WE HAVE BEEN HOSTING THE SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS SENIORS FAIR. WE HOPE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO STAMP AND REPEAT THAT ACROSS THE CITY, AND I'M REALLY ALSO PROUD TO SAY UP HERE WE HAVE BEETLE AND ELLA DEAN WHO ARE BOTH WARD 11 RESIDENTS BUT SERVE ON OUR COMMITTEE. AND THEN WE HAVE MARY BETH FROM TRUST INC. WHICH ALSO HAPPENS TO BE IN WARD 11. SO WE ARE PROUD IN WARD 11 TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR SENIORS, AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO BE HERE WITH US TODAY TOO SO AND I KNOW ELLA DEAN. [5:27] **Ella Dean (Guest):** YES, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR HELPING TO SUPPORT THOSE OF US WHO ARE AGING BECAUSE WE'RE THE FASTEST GROWING POPULATION IN THE CITY. AND I WAS JUST READING AN ARTICLE EARLY THIS MORNING THAT 60% OF THE ELDERLY ARE NOT ABLE TO MEET THE NEEDS FOR, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY. AND SO IT'S NOT ONLY US AS SENIORS THAT ARE SUFFERING TO KEEP OUR HOMES, GET FOOD, GET OUR MEDICAL CARE. IT'S MANY OTHER FAMILIES WHO ARE IN THE CITY. I WANT THE CITY COUNCIL TO LOOK VERY CLOSELY AT HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THE LIVES OF SENIORS IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN THE BACKBONE OF THE CITY FOR A LONG TIME, AND WE STILL ARE. [6:17] **Angelique Kinberry (Guest):** THANK YOU. MY NAME IS ANGELIQUE KINBERRY I'M FORMER CHAIR OF THE MINNEAPOLIS COMMISSION ON AGING, AN ADVOCATE FOR AGE FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES, AND I LIVE IN THE FIFTH WARD, AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE THIS MORNING, AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE AND LISTENING TO OUR CONCERNS AND TAKING IN OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE DIALOGUE AND CONVERSATION AND WORK WITH THE COUNCIL. IT'S OLDER ADULTS MONTH, IT'S OLDER AMERICANS MONTH. I'M 50-PLUS AND IT'S JUST HARD FOR ME TO SEE MYSELF AS AN OLDER ADULT BECAUSE I THINK I'M MORE LIKE A MIDLIFE KIND OF FLY INDIVIDUAL. THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF SLANG, YOU KNOW, BUT SO WHEN I THINK OF OLDER ADULTS, I'M ALSO CALLED UPON TO THINK OF THE ELDERLY. THE OLDER, OLDER ADULTS, THE SUPER SENIORS, THE ONES THAT AS ELLA DEAN HAS SAID ARE THE BACKBONE OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO VOTE AND MAINTAIN OUR COMMUNITY GARDENS AND PICK UP THE TRASH AND ADVISE THE COUNCIL AND ARE STEWARDS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. THE ONE THING I WOULD ASK OUR COUNCIL TO CONTINUE TO DO IS TO WORK ON ADDRESSING THE NEED FOR HOUSING FOR SPECIFICALLY THE NEEDS OF THE ELDER, OLDER OLDER ADULTS. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY STRIDES MADE TO WORK TO EXPAND HOUSING FOR PEOPLE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS, BUT SPECIFICALLY THE NEEDS FOR OUR GOLDEN SENIORS WHO ALSO NEED THOSE SUPPORTS, AND ALSO MY LAST THING IS LOOKING AT TRANSPORTATION MORE DOOR-TO-DOOR, WHICH HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS — ACROSS THE CITY BECAUSE TRANSPORTATION IS A HUGE BARRIER FOR A LOT OF OLDER ADULTS AND OUR SENIORS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE. WE WILL CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE OUR ELDERS. [8:53] **Mary Beth (Guest):** I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THESE THREE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ORGANIZING EVENTS THAT SERVE THE AGING POPULATION IN THE CITY, SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. [9:17] **Council President Elliott Payne:** ALL RIGHT, WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE. [9:55] **Council President Elliott Payne:** NEXT UP WE WILL RECOGNIZE NO MENTHOL SUNDAY WITH COUNCILMEMBERS VETAW AND JENKINS. [11:00] **Councilmember Andrea Jenkins:** GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING. WELL, AS YOU GUYS WILL SOON LEARN, I AM GOING TO BE THE RESOLUTION QUEEN THIS MORNING. BUT I'M SO PROUD TO BRING FORTH THIS RESOLUTION ALONG WITH COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. WE BOTH HAVE BEEN WORKING IN TOBACCO CESSATION FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, DECADES IN FACT, AND THIS RESOLUTION DECLARING MAY 18th, 2025, AS NO MENTHOL SUNDAY IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. WHEREAS ON SUNDAY, MAY 18th, 2025, THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS PROUDLY JOINS THE MINNESOTA MENTHOL COALITION, FAITH LEADERS, FRIENDS, AND FAMILIES IN CELEBRATING NO MENTHOL SUNDAY. AND WHEREAS, NO MENTHOL SUNDAY IS A NATIONAL DAY OF OBSERVANCE, LED BY THE CENTER FOR BLACK HEALTH AND EQUITY SUPPORTED LOCALLY BY THE MINNESOTA MENTHOL COALITION IN CHURCHES IN MINNEAPOLIS. AND WHEREAS, NO MENTHOL SUNDAY IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FAITH LEADERS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF COMMERCIAL TOBACCO, INCLUDING E-CIGARETTES AND MENTHOL PRODUCTS AND HIGHLIGHTING THE WAYS TO IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR BLACK AMERICANS. AND WHEREAS, FOR DECADES THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY HAS DELIBERATELY TARGETED BLACK COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY KIDS, WITH MARKETING FOR MENTHOL CIGARETTES. IN THE 1950s LESS THAN 10% OF BLACK SMOKERS USED MENTHOL CIGARETTES AND TODAY THAT NUMBER IS WELL OVER 85%. MENTHOL CIGARETTES ARE A MAJOR REASON WHY TOBACCO USE IS THE NUMBER ONE PREVENTABLE CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG BLACK AMERICANS CLAIMING 45,000 BLACK LIVES EACH AND EVERY YEAR. AND. [13:05] **Councilmember LaTrisha Vetaw:** AND WHEREAS MENTHOL IS A CHEMICAL ADDED TO CIGARETTES AND OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS INCLUDING E-CIGARETTES THAT CREATES A COOLING SENSATION, TOBACCO COMPANIES INTENTIONALLY DESIGN MENTHOL PRODUCTS TO BE MORE APPEALING TO YOUTH AND NEW SMOKERS, MORE ADDICTIVE AND MORE DIFFICULT TO QUIT. AND WHEREAS, MINNEAPOLIS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST CITIES IN THE NATION TO RESTRICT THE SALE OF MENTHOL AND OTHER FLAVORED TOBACCO PRODUCTS TO PROMOTE HEALTHIER KIDS AND COMMUNITIES TARGETED BY THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY, INCLUDING BLACK RESIDENTS. AND WHEREAS, WE RECOGNIZE THAT RACIAL HEALTH DISPARITIES ARE NOT THE CONSEQUENCES OF INDIVIDUAL HABITS OR POOR CHOICES, BUT RATHER REFLECT CENTURIES OF SYSTEMIC RACISM THAT WE NEED TO CONFRONT WITH INCREASED ACCESS TO QUALITY HEALTH CARE AND RESOURCES, AND WHEREAS, WE INVITE COMMERCIAL TOBACCO USERS TO SEEK THE NECESSARY RESOURCES THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL, INCLUDING FREE QUITTING HELP AVAILABLE THROUGH MINNESOTA'S QUIT PARTNER, WHICH OFFERS ONE-ON-ONE COACHING AND OTHER HELPFUL TOOLS 24/7. AND WHEREAS, FAITH COMMUNITIES CAN COMMIT TO CREATING COMFORTABLE, SAFE SPACES FOR THOSE WHO STRUGGLE WITH NICOTINE ADDICTION. AND WHEREAS, IN 2022, THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION PROPOSED RULES TO PROHIBIT MENTHOL CIGARETTES AND FLAVORED CIGARS. ONCE IMPLEMENTED THIS POLICY WILL PROTECT KIDS FROM TOBACCO ADDICTION, ADVANCE HEALTH EQUITY, AND SAVE LIVES, ESPECIALLY AMONG BLACK AMERICANS. AND WHEREAS, WE MUST CONTINUE TO UPLIFT ONE ANOTHER AND ADVOCATE FOR A HEALTHIER FUTURE AND PUT HEALTH ABOVE TOBACCO INDUSTRY PROFITS. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY DECLARE MAY 18th, 2025, AS NO MENTHOL SUNDAY THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, AND COMMENDS THIS OBSERVANCE TO ALL CITY'S RESIDENTS. [APPLAUSE] [15:01] **Councilmember LaTrisha Vetaw:** SO I, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE TODAY, JUST FOR CONTEXT, THIS IS PROBABLY EVERY NORTHSIDE BLACK CHURCH REPRESENTED UP HERE. [LAUGHTER] AND THESE ARE THE LADIES WHO HELPED ME AS A YOUNG ADVOCATE FOR TOBACCO CONTROL. I STARTED A PROGRAM IN 2007, BREATHE FREE NORTH, AND THESE ARE THE LADIES WHO WRAPPED THEIR ARMS AROUND ME AND HELPED ME LAUNCH MY PROGRAM. ALL OF THEM. [APPLAUSE] THEY ARE NURSES, COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, MEDICAL PROVIDERS, AND I WAS SO AMBITIOUS AND THEY WERE LIKE CALM DOWN, WE GOT YOU, WE'LL GET YOU THERE BUT YOU GOT TO BE A LITTLE CHILL. SO THEY HAVE BEEN WITH ME ON THIS RIDE. I THINK I SAY THIS EVERY YEAR WHEN THEY COME HERE FOR THIS, BUT IT NEVER GETS OLD WHEN SOMEONE WAS THERE WHEN YOU LITERALLY STARTED FROM THE BOTTOM, AND THEY WERE THERE FOR YOU, AND SO I APPRECIATE THEM ALWAYS SHOWING UP FOR THIS. WE LAUNCHED OUR FIRST NO MENTHOL SUNDAY MANY YEARS AGO, AND WE ALL DRESSED UP AND WORE CHURCH HATS AND WORE GREEN, AND IT WAS A HUGE CELEBRATION IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS, SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU ALL CONTINUING THIS ADVOCACY WORK FOR THE NORTHSIDE. YOU ALL ARE CONTINUING TO DO THAT WORK. YOU'RE PROTECTING OUR KIDS, YOU'RE PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY, OUR ELDERS, YOU'RE TEACHING US, AND YOU'VE ALWAYS DONE THAT. YOU ALL DID A GREAT JOB AT PROMOTING BREATHE FREE NORTH AT THAT TIME. WE WERE JUST ASKING FOR PEOPLE TO NOT EXPOSE THEIR CHILDREN TO SECONDHAND SMOKE. DON'T SMOKE IN THE CARS, DON'T SMOKE IN THE HOUSE. AND I THINK WE DID A GOOD JOB AT GETTING PEOPLE TO TAKE TOBACCO OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE AND OUTSIDE OF THE CAR. AND FAST FORWARD, MENTHOL POLICIES, FAST FORWARD, RAISING THE AGE TO PURCHASE TOBACCO. WE'VE DONE SOME GREAT WORK TOGETHER. I APPRECIATE — THERE'S MORE ADVOCATES IN THE AUDIENCE FROM THE ASSOCIATION FOR NONSMOKERS MINNESOTA WHO HAS ALSO BEEN ON THE JOURNEY WITH US. EMILY AND KATIE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THIS WORK AS WELL. AND I KNOW A COUPLE OF YOU WANT TO SPEAK, BUT IT'S JUST HARD FOR ME NOT TO THANK YOU AND NOT CRY. I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M CRYING, BUT IT FEELS GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL STILL DOING THIS WORK, AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE SAFE FROM TOBACCO HARM. [17:48] **Guest Speaker (Advocate):** THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER VETAW AND CITY COUNCIL AND COUNCILMEMBER JENKINS. YOU'VE BEEN ON THIS JOURNEY WITH US FOR OVER 20 YEARS, AND WHAT WE CAN DO IS NOT SMOKE, CONTACT YOUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE FEDERAL TO THE LOCAL TO TELL THEM TO STOP SITTING ON THESE BILLS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE PASS THOSE BILLS SO THAT WE CAN BAN, YES I KNOW WE DON'T WANT TO USE THE WORD BAN, FLAVORED TOBACCO PRODUCTS FROM SALE. AS FANNIE LOU HAMER SAID, I'M SICK AND TIRED OF BEING SICK AND TIRED OF THE TOBACCO COMPANY KILLING OUR PEOPLE. [APPLAUSE] [18:34] **Guest Speaker (Advocate):** I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE OUR COMMUNITY TO VALUE LIFE. IF LIFE MEANS ANYTHING TO YOU, VALUE LIFE OVER PROFITS. IT'S ABOUT GREED BY THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY, SO PLEASE VALUE LIFE. I HEAR PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IT'S A CHOICE, IT'S A CHOICE. IT'S AN ADDICTION. SO I JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO VALUE LIFE AND SUPPORT THE BILLS AND THE LEGISLATIONS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH TO ELIMINATE THE FLAVORED TOBACCOS AND THE FLAVORED VAPES THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO GIVE TO OUR CHILDREN OUT OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OUT OF THE HANDS OF OUR YOUTH. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] [21:05] **Council President Elliott Payne:** NEXT UP WE WILL RECOGNIZE HAITIAN FLAG DAY WITH COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. [23:04] **Councilmember Jason Chavez:** ALL RIGHT. SO FIRST WE'LL START OFF BY READING THE RESOLUTION HONORING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HAITIAN FLAG TO THE PEOPLE OF HAITI AND SUPPORTING THE GOALS AND IDEALS OF HAITIAN FLAG DAY. WHEREAS, AFTER A PAINFUL HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS GENOCIDE AND CRUEL EXPLOITATION OF THE LABOR OF SLAVED AFRICAN PEOPLES ON SUGAR AND COFFEE PLANTATIONS THAT TRANSFERRED SIGNIFICANT WEALTH TO EUROPEAN COLONIAL POWERS, HAITI BECAME THE ONLY NATION IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE TO DEFEAT THREE EUROPEAN EMPIRES AND REMAINS THE ONLY NATION IN THE WORLD ESTABLISHED AS A RESULT OF THE REVOLUTIONARY UPRISING OF ENSLAVED AFRICAN PEOPLE. AND WHEREAS HUNDREDS OF HAITIANS HAVE MADE THE TWIN CITIES THEIR HOME OFTEN AS REFUGEES AND ARE CIVICALLY ENGAGED — CONTRIBUTING TO OUR VIBRANT ARTS, MUSICAL SCENE, AND LOCAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY. [24:16] **Council President Elliott Payne:** AND WHEREAS WHEN HAITI WAS HIT BY A DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE IN 2020 THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY AROUND THE WORLD ACTED GATHERING SOURCES AND SUPPLIES TO SEND HOME, AND THE LOCAL HAITIAN COMMUNITY CREATED THE NONPROFIT HAITIAN COMMUNITY OF MINNESOTA TO ALIGN EFFORTS FOR THE EARTHQUAKE RELIEF AND HAVE CONTINUED TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO LOCAL HAITIAN FAMILIES THROUGH THIS ORGANIZATION. AND WHEREAS, HAITIAN FLAG DAY IS CELEBRATED ANNUALLY ON MAY 18th, MARKING THE DAY OF CREATION OF THE FIRST HAITIAN FLAG, SEWN BY CATHERINE FLON ON MAY 18th, 1803, IN ARCAHAYE, HAITI. AND WHEREAS THE HAITIAN FLAG IS A SYMBOL OF PRIDE, UNITY, AND INDIVIDUALITY TIGHTLY LINKED TO THE COUNTRY'S HISTORY OF STRUGGLE AND FREEDOM. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS HEREBY RECOGNIZES MAY 18th AS HAITIAN FLAG DAY, RECOGNIZES THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HAITIAN FLAG TO THE PEOPLE OF HAITI, AND SUPPORTS THE GOALS AND IDEALS OF HAITIAN FLAG DAY. [APPLAUSE] [25:29] **Councilmember Jason Chavez:** WE'RE GOING TO PASS IT TO ROSE TO START US OFF. [25:35] **Rose (Guest):** THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR COMING. I'M GOING TO PASS IT TO — SO HE'S GOING TO READ THE — [OFF MIC] [26:38] **Guest Speaker (Creole translation):** GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. TO ALL PEOPLE IN THE DIASPORA, TO ALL HAITIANS WHO LOVE HAITI, TO ALL FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND WHO LOVE HAITI... WE THANK ALWAYS, EVERY MINUTE, THE WORK IN GOD. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO PUT THEIR WORK TO HELP WITH HAITI, AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HELP US TO PUT IT TOGETHER AND WE LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU. AND YOU KNOW HAITI IS THE FIRST BLACK INDEPENDENCE, SO WE LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU. LET ME PASS TO PASTOR. [29:12] **Pastor (Guest):** GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. WE ARE SO GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL TO ALL OF YOU WHO ARE STANDING AND RECOGNIZING HAITI, THE FLAG OF HAITI AS THE FIRST BLACK COUNTRY THAT FOUGHT FOR THEIR FREEDOM. YOU KNOW, THIS MORNING, WE FEEL SO BLESSED AND WOULD WANT TO THANK GOD FOR WHAT HE DID. AND THEN ALSO TO THANK EVERYONE, AND SHOW THIS GROUP THAT WORKING TOGETHER MAKES THE EFFORT TO MAKE EVERYONE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A COUNTRY, NO MATTER WHAT THE SITUATION WE ARE IN. BUT WE ARE SO PLEASED AND SO BLESSED THAT HAITI IS A COUNTRY JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHER COUNTRIES. YOU KNOW, MAY YOU PLEASE BOW YOUR HEAD WITH ME AND THANK GOD IN A WORD OF PRAYER. FATHER GOD, WE ARE SO BLESSED TO BE IN YOUR PRESENCE THIS MORNING WITH THE HAITIAN FLAGS IN OUR HANDS AND OUR HEARTS AND OUR MIND. LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE, THE FIRST BLACK COUNTRY THAT FOUGHT TO SEE LIFE, TO SEE FREEDOM, TO SEE JUSTICE. EVEN THOUGH FATHER GOD, WE ARE IN A SITUATION RIGHT NOW WE WANT TO LEAVE HAITI BEFORE YOU BECAUSE WE KNOW, LORD, YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE, FATHER GOD, THAT CAN TAKE HAITI FROM ALL THE HARD PLACES WHERE IT IS RIGHT NOW. BUT LORD, WE FEEL SO PROUD THAT WE ARE HAITIAN, WE FEEL SO PROUD THAT WE CAN LIFT THIS FLAG UP TODAY AND SAY LORD, NOT BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW TO FIGHT, NOT BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW TO DO THINGS WELL, BUT BECAUSE OF YOUR GRACE UPON US. AND FATHER GOD, WE KNOW THAT YOU STILL HAVE GRACE, AND YOU STILL, FATHER GOD, CAN TAKE HAITI AND SHOW THAT YOU DID SOMETHING YESTERDAY, AND YOU CAN DO IT TODAY. LORD, WE LOVE YOU, AND WE PRAISE YOU, AND WE GIVE ALL THE GLORY AND HONOR TO YOU AND TO YOU ALONE. AMEN. [32:11] **Council President Elliott Payne:** YEAH, I'LL SAY A QUICK WORD. JUST THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ FOR YOUR SOLIDARITY, AND I STAND UP HERE IN SOLIDARITY WITH YOU ALL. I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT PEOPLE RECOGNIZE HAITI AS THE FIRST, YOU KNOW, TRULY FREE DEMOCRACY IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE. YOU KNOW THE FIRST BLACK DEMOCRACY, AND THE REVOLUTION OF ENSLAVED PEOPLE FREED THAT COUNTRY FROM SLAVERY, AND WE OWE A LOT HERE I THINK TO THE EXAMPLE THAT HAITI HAS SET FOR US. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] [32:51] **Councilmember Jason Chavez:** AWESOME, WELL, WE'LL TAKE A QUICK PHOTO UP HERE. WE HAVE RECOGNITION FROM THE GOVERNOR FOR THE HAITIAN CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH WE WANTED TO SHARE HERE. AND WE'LL TAKE A QUICK PHOTO BUT YOU KNOW ALSO THANKS FOR THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY TOO AS WELL. [34:40] **Council President Elliott Payne:** NEXT UP WE WILL RECOGNIZE STORYCORPS WITH COUNCILMEMBER VETAW AND COUNCILMEMBER JENKINS. [35:34] **Councilmember Andrea Jenkins:** AND SHE'S BACK. [LAUGHTER] WE'RE WAITING FOR SOME GUESTS TO STAND WITH US. ALL RIGHT, THIS NEXT RESOLUTION IS HONORING THE STORYCORPS' MINNEAPOLIS INITIATIVE AND RECOGNIZING MAY 22nd, 2025, AS A DAY OF RACIAL HEALING AND BELONGING. BEFORE I JUST JUMP INTO THE MEAT OF THE RESOLUTION, THIS PROJECT IS REALLY INVITING MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY TO COME AND TELL THEIR STORIES AROUND THE AFTERMATH OF 2020, WHERE WE ARE AT THIS POINT, ET CETERA. SO IT'S A REALLY POWERFUL WAY TO GET THE REALLY PERSONAL STORIES FROM PEOPLE, BUT ALSO TO BRING TOGETHER OUR COLLECTIVE VOICES AS WELL. AND SO REALLY THRILLED THAT THIS WORK IS HAPPENING IN OUR CITY, AND KUDOS TO THE RACE EQUITY INCLUSION AND BELONGING DEPARTMENT FOR BRINGING THIS INITIATIVE FORWARD. HONORING THE STORYCORPS' MINNEAPOLIS INITIATIVE AND RECOGNIZING MAY 22nd, 2025, AS A DAY OF RACIAL HEALING AND BELONGING. WHEREAS, STORYCORPS WAS FOUNDED IN 2003 WITH A MISSION TO HELP US BELIEVE IN EACH OTHER BY ILLUMINATING THE HUMANITY AND POSSIBILITY OF ALL OF US, ONE STORY AT A TIME. AND WHEREAS, STORYCORPS HAS HELPED NEARLY 700,000 PEOPLE HAVE MEANINGFUL CONVERSATIONS AND THESE RECORDINGS ARE COLLECTED IN THE UNITED STATES LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AS THE LARGEST SINGLE COLLECTION OF HUMAN VOICES GATHERED. AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS IS DEDICATED TO RACIAL HEALING, A PROCESS OF RECOGNIZING, ADDRESSING AND RECONCILING INTERPERSONAL AND COLLECTIVE RACISM AND ITS HISTORICAL ROOTS AND ITS CURRENT IMPACT ON SOCIETY WHILE ACKNOWLEDGING PAST INJUSTICES AND HARMS CAUSED BY RACIAL DISCRIMINATION. [39:19] **Councilmember LaTrisha Vetaw:** AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH STORYCORPS LAUNCHED A GROUND BREAKING ORAL HISTORY INITIATIVE TO DOCUMENT THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF RESIDENTS FOLLOWING THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD. AND WHEREAS, THE STORYCORPS INITIATIVE SERVES AS A CATALYST FOR RACIAL HEALING, TRUTH TELLING, AND COLLECTIVE REMEMBRANCE, OFFERING A PLATFORM FOR VOICES TOO OFTEN SILENCED OR ERASED FROM OFFICIAL NARRATIVES. AND WHEREAS, MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM ELDERS TO YOUTH FROM NORTH TO SOUTH FROM EAST TO WEST COURAGEOUSLY STEP FORWARD TO SHARE THEIR STORIES OF GRIEF, STRENGTH, ACTIVISM, AND HOPE. AND WHEREAS, STORYTELLING IS THE TIME HONORED TRADITION ACROSS ALL CULTURES AND A POWERFUL TOOL FOR BUILDING EMPATHY UNDERSTANDING AND TRANSFORMATION IN SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES. AND WHEREAS, THE CITY RECOGNIZES THAT THE PUBLIC STORYTELLING IS NOT ONLY A FORM OF TESTIMONY BUT ALSO A STRATEGY FOR INSTITUTIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND INCLUSIVE HISTORY KEEPING. [40:21] **Councilmember Andrea Jenkins:** NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE MAY 22nd, 2025, AS A DAY OF RACIAL HEALING AND STORYTELLING, HONORING THE STORIES THAT SHAPE OUR PATH TOWARDS JUSTICE, COMMUNITY, AND SHARED HUMANITY, AND CELEBRATE THE COMMUNITY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE STORYCORPS' INITIATIVE AND AFFIRM THAT THEIR ONGOING COMMITMENT TO UPLIFTING HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED VOICES THROUGH POLICY PROGRAMMING AND PARTNERSHIP. [APPLAUSE] AND I THINK WE WANT TO HAVE A FEW WORDS FROM SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO BROUGHT THIS INITIATIVE FORWARD. FIRST WE HEAR FROM MS. MICHELLE JACKSON. [41:16] **Michelle Jackson (Director, REIB):** THANK YOU, I AM TRULY HONORED TO BE ABLE TO BE HERE AMONGST EVERYONE AT THE TABLE WITH US TODAY TO HONOR THE VOICES OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND CELEBRATE THE POWER OF YOUR STORY. AND DOING SO IN A WAY THAT'LL ARCHIVE OUR STORIES IN PERPETUITY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL PROCESSES THAT I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN. I'M GRATEFUL TO HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP TO BRING STORYCORPS TO THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE HERE BECAUSE WE DID NOT DO THIS ALONE IN OUR DEPARTMENT. WE DID THIS COLLECTIVELY AS A CITY, SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE COMMUNITY CHAMPIONSHIP GROUP ALONG WITH THE LEADERSHIP CHAMPIONS WITHIN THE CITY, SO WE DID THIS WORK THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY AS WELL. I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF, PRINCE CORBETT AND TONY WHO DOES A GREAT JOB WITH US IN OUR DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MOLLY RAYMOND, I TRULY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING. THIS REALLY IS A PRIVILEGE TO BE PART OF, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HELPING OUR COMMUNITY HEAL. THIS IS PART OF OUR TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION WORK TO KEEP THE PROMISES WE MADE TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND PART OF OUR RACIAL HEALING WORK AS WELL. SO COLLECTING THESE STORIES WILL ALLOW US TO LEARN WHAT IT IS WE NEED TO DO AS A CITY AND BE ABLE TO ALTER THE IMPACTS OF DISPARATE RACIAL OUTCOMES ON PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THIS CITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [43:02] **Councilmember LaTrisha Vetaw:** I DON'T KNOW IF SOMEONE CAN TELL US WHEN AND WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO SHARE THEIR STORIES? [43:10] **Michelle Jackson:** YES, I ALSO WANT TO THANK MEET MINNEAPOLIS AND THE PARK BOARD. THEY WERE INTEGRAL TO BRINGING THIS TO THE CITY AS WELL. IF YOU WANT TO SHARE YOUR STORIES, I AM ALSO A HISTORIAN AND THE POWER OF AN ORAL STORY IS AMAZING. IT IS PROFOUND, AND THERE IS NOTHING MORE POWERFUL THAN YOU SPEAKING YOUR TRUTH IN YOUR AUTHENTIC VOICE SO THAT GENERATIONS DOWN THE ROAD, SOMEONE CAN LISTEN TO YOUR STORY, NOT SOMEONE ELSE'S VERSION OF YOUR STORY. SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE YOUR STORIES WITH THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND HAVE THEM ARCHIVED IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, YOU CAN DO SO NOW AT THE MOBILE BOOTH THAT IS AT POWDERHORN PARK. IT'LL BE AT POWDERHORN PARK UNTIL MAY 22nd, AND IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT TO THE MOBILE BOOTH OR IT IS FULL, THEN YOU CAN SHARE YOUR STORIES ANYTIME. THERE IS A VIRTUAL BOOTH, YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE, AND THAT IS MINNEAPOLISMN.GOV/YOUR-STORY. AND YOU CAN UPLOAD YOUR STORY ANYTIME, ANYPLACE. THANK YOU. [44:19] **Council President Elliott Payne:** GREAT. WOW. AMAZING PROJECT. ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] AND HOPEFULLY ALL OF YOU CAN COME INSIDE THESE BLACK LINES HERE SO WE CAN TAKE A GROUP PHOTO. [45:32] **Council President Elliott Payne:** OUR FINAL RESOLUTION IS RECOGNIZING THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD, PRESENTED BY MYSELF, COUNCILMEMBER JENKINS, AND COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON. [46:00] **Council President Elliott Payne:** ALL RIGHT, I THINK WE ARE APPROACHING THE LAST RESOLUTION HERE, RESOLUTION THURSDAY. ALL RIGHT, THIS RESOLUTION IS RECOGNIZING MAY 25TH, 2025, AS THE FIFTH YEAR SINCE THE POLICE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD IN MINNEAPOLIS THAT SPARKED A GLOBAL CATALYST FOR JUSTICE. WHEREAS, GEORGE FLOYD WAS BORN OCTOBER 14th, 1973, IN FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, LATER MOVING TO HOUSTON, TEXAS, WHERE HE GREW UP PLAYING BASKETBALL AND FOOTBALL THROUGHOUT HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE. AND WHEREAS, IN ADULTHOOD, MR. FLOYD WORKED HARD TO MAKE CHANGES IN HIS LIFE, CENTERED IN RELIGIOUS MENTORSHIP, COMMUNITY SERVICE, AND MESSAGES OF ANTIVIOLENCE. AND WHEREAS MR. FLOYD MOVED TO MINNEAPOLIS IN 2014 WHERE HE WORKED AS A TRUCK DRIVER AND PROVIDED SECURITY AS A BOUNCER AT LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES. HE WAS A BELOVED FATHER, BROTHER, RELATIVE, AND FRIEND WHO DECLARED THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE THAT HE WOULD ONE DAY CHANGE THE WORLD. AND WHERE... [47:23] **Councilmember Andrea Jenkins:** WHEREAS, ON MAY 25TH, 2020, NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF 38th STREET AND CHICAGO AVENUE, NOW KNOWN AS GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE, AFTER MAKING A STORE PURCHASE, GEORGE FLOYD WAS CONFRONTED BY FOUR MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICERS WHOSE ACTIONS LED TO HIS HORRIFIC MURDER AND THE KNEELING ON HIS NECK BY FORMER MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER DEREK CHAUVIN FOR OVER 9 MINUTES. AND WHEREAS, WHAT IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS AN EIGHT-MINUTE AND 46 SECOND VIDEO, BUT IS ACTUALLY 9 MINUTES AND 29 SECONDS LONG, THAT CAPTURED THE MURDER, WAS TAKEN BY A BYSTANDER AND MINOR AT THE TIME WHOSE QUICK THINKING AND INSTINCT PROVED INTEGRAL TO THE ENSUING GLOBAL PROTEST OF POLICE BRUTALITY AND SYSTEMIC RACISM. THE MOMENT FOR RACIAL JUSTICE AND THE CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS OF THE FOUR OFFICERS RESPONSIBLE FOR MR. FLOYD'S MURDER, AND THE VIOLATIONS OF HIS CIVIL RIGHTS. AND WHEREAS COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ACTIVISTS, AND ORGANIZERS IMMEDIATELY CAME TOGETHER TO PRESERVE ARTWORKS AND OTHER OFFERINGS AND TO REGULARLY ASSEMBLE AT GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE, ADVOCATE FOR SOLUTIONS TO DISMANTLE SYSTEMIC RACISM INCLUDING THE 24 DEMANDS, AS WELL AS CREATE ON THE GROUND MEMORIALS LIKE THE FIRST SKULL SCULPTURE AT THE INTERSECTION GARDEN AND SAY THEIR NAMES CEMETERY. [48:45] **Councilmember Jeremiah Ellison:** AND WHEREAS, MR. FLOYD'S MURDER LAUNCHED LEGAL INVESTIGATIONS BY THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE INTO THE VIOLATION OF CIVIL RIGHTS BY THE MPD. THE PROBE LASTED OVER THREE YEARS AND RESULTED IN COURT-ENFORCEABLE AGREEMENTS DUE TO FINDINGS OF PATTERN AND PRACTICE THAT THE MPD USES EXCESSIVE FORCE, INCLUDING UNJUSTIFIED DEADLY FORCE AND UNREASONABLE USE OF TASERS, UNLAWFULLY DISCRIMINATES AGAINST BLACK PEOPLE AND NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN ITS ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING THE USE OF FORCE FOLLOWING STOPS, VIOLATES THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE ENGAGED IN PROTECTED SPEECH, AND ALONG WITH THE CITY, DISCRIMINATES AGAINST PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WHEN RESPONDING TO CALLS FOR ASSISTANCE. AND. [49:32] **Council President Elliott Payne:** WHEREAS, THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS BEGAN CRAFTING REFORMS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD AS THE INVESTIGATIONS HAPPENED. THIS INCLUDED BANNING THE USE OF CHOKEHOLDS, REQUIRING OFFICERS TO REPORT AND INTERVENE WHEN THEY WITNESS UNAUTHORIZED USES OF FORCE, MAKING CHANGES TO THE USE AND PROTOCOL OF CROWD CONTROL MUNITIONS AMONG OTHER IMPORTANT REFORMS. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS CONTINUES TO CONFRONT THIS LEGACY THROUGH MOURNING, RESILIENCE, HEALING AND THE PURSUIT OF EQUITY AND TRANSFORMATION. THE CITY HAS COMMITTED TO ONGOING WORK THAT RECOGNIZES THE COLLECTIVE PAIN AND TRAUMA CAUSED BY THE POLICE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD AND OTHER ACTIONS THROUGH RACIAL HEALING AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE INITIATIVES, TRANSFORMING TRADITIONAL POLICING, IMPROVING POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY, INVESTING IN UPSTREAM SOLUTIONS AND DISMANTLING SYSTEMIC RACISM AT THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS IS TRANSFORMING TRADITIONAL POLICING INTO A COMMUNITY SAFETY ECOSYSTEM BY IMPROVING COMMUNITY ACCESS AND INPUT INTO THE OVERSIGHT OF POLICE, INVESTING IN VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMS, RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AND RACIAL HEALING INITIATIVES, ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE MODELS, EMBEDDED MENTAL HEALTH RESPONDERS, AND CO-LOCATING POLICE PRECINCTS WITHIN OTHER SERVICES TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY NEEDS MORE HOLISTICALLY, AMONG OTHERS. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE MAY 25TH, 2025, AS THE FIFTH YEAR SINCE THE POLICE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD THAT SPARKED A GLOBAL CATALYST FOR JUSTICE AND ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THERE IS MUCH WORK YET TO BE DONE TO ADDRESS SYSTEMIC RACISM AT THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. [APPLAUSE] [51:17] **Council President Elliott Payne:** THAT CONCLUDES OUR RESOLUTIONS FOR TODAY, AND YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THERE'S MUCH MORE TO BE SAID BEYOND THE WORDS THAT ARE IMPRINTED ON THAT RESOLUTION, AND SO YOU KNOW, WE'LL JUST END WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE. [MOMENT OF SILENCE] THANK YOU. AND I DON'T KNOW SHOULD WE TAKE A GROUP PHOTO. [53:21] **Council President Elliott Payne:** THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION, AND IN RECOGNITION OF THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD, WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE NINE MINUTES AND 29 SECONDS OF SILENCE FOR REFLECTION. [1:03:30] **Council President Elliott Payne:** THANK YOU, EVERYONE. AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO CALL THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR MAY 15TH TO ORDER. THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. [1:03:37] **City Clerk Casey Carl:** COUNCILMEMBER KOSKI. **Councilmember Lauri Koski:** PRESENT. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. **Councilmember Robin Wonsley:** PRESENT. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** COUNCILMEMBER JENKINS. **Councilmember Andrea Jenkins:** PRESENT. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. **Councilmember Linea Palmisano:** PRESENT. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY. **Councilmember Aurin Chowdhury:** PRESENT. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN. **Councilmember Katie Cashman:** PRESENT. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN. **Councilmember Jamal Osman:** PRESENT. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. **Councilmember Michael Rainville:** PRESENT. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. **Councilmember Jason Chavez:** PRESENT. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. **Councilmember LaTrisha Vetaw:** PRESENT. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON. **Councilmember Jeremiah Ellison:** HERE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. **Council Vice President Aisha Chughtai:** PRESENT. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** PRESIDENT PAYNE. **Council President Elliott Payne:** PRESENT. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** THERE ARE 13 MEMBERS PRESENT. [1:04:03] **Council President Elliott Payne:** LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM. BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING, I WANT TO OFFER A FRIENDLY REMINDER TO ALL MEMBERS AND STAFF THAT THIS MEETING IS BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THEREFORE, ALL SPEAKERS NEED TO BE MINDFUL SO THAT OUR CAPTIONERS CAN FULLY CAPTURE AND TRANSCRIBE ALL COMMENTS. WE ASK ALL SPEAKERS TO MODERATE THE SPEED AND CLARITY OF THEIR COMMENTS. WITH THAT, THE AGENDA FOR TODAY'S MEETING IS BEFORE US. ARE THERE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA? COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN. [1:04:45] **Councilmember Katie Cashman:** THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I MOVE TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO INCLUDE UNDER THE ORDER OF NEW BUSINESS CONSIDERATION OF EXTENDED HOURS FOR AMPLIFIED SOUND FOR THE WOLVES BACK BLOCK EVENT SERIES COMING UP FOR THE NEXT PHASE OF THE PLAYOFFS. [1:05:03] **Councilmember Aurin Chowdhury:** SECOND. [1:05:05] **City Clerk Casey Carl:** [ROLL CALL VOTE - UNANIMOUS AYE] THERE ARE 13 AYES. [1:05:35] **Council President Elliott Payne:** THAT WILL BE APPENDED TO THE AGENDA. NEXT I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY. [1:05:40] **Councilmember Aurin Chowdhury:** THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I'M GOING TO MOVE TO AMEND THE AGENDA BY DELETING A NOTICE TO INTRODUCE AT THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL THE SUBJECT MATTER OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING APPENDIX J RELATED TO VIOLENCE FEE SCHEDULING. IN CONSULTATION WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, STAFF, AND CLERKS, THIS IS JUST NOT AN ACTION WE NEED TO TAKE IN ORDER FOR US TO ADDRESS THE FEE SCHEDULE ISSUE. WE WILL BE TAKING UP A DIFFERENT ITEM IN THE BUSINESS HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE NEXT WEEK. [1:06:22] **Council President Elliott Payne:** COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY HAS MOVED TO DELETE ITEM NUMBER 1 UNDER NOTICE OF ORDINANCE INTRODUCTION. IS THERE A SECOND? [1:06:33] **Councilmember Robin Wonsley:** SECOND. [1:06:34] **City Clerk Casey Carl:** [ROLL CALL VOTE - UNANIMOUS AYE] THERE ARE 13 AYES. [1:06:53] **Council President Elliott Payne:** THAT CARRIES, AND THAT ITEM IS DELETED. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AS AMENDED? [1:07:00] **Councilmember Linea Palmisano:** SO MOVED. **Councilmember Jamal Osman:** SECOND. [1:07:04] **City Clerk Casey Carl:** [ROLL CALL VOTE - UNANIMOUS AYE] THERE ARE 13 AYES. [1:07:22] **Council President Elliott Payne:** THAT CARRIES, AND THE AMENDED AGENDA IS ADOPTED. THE NEXT ITEM IS ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES FROM OUR REGULAR MEETING OF MAY 1st. I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THOSE MINUTES. [1:07:32] **Councilmember Andrea Jenkins:** SO MOVED. **Councilmember Michael Rainville:** SECOND. [1:07:42] **City Clerk Casey Carl:** [ROLL CALL VOTE - UNANIMOUS AYE] THERE ARE 13 AYES. [1:07:58] **Council President Elliott Payne:** THAT CARRIES AND THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED. FINALLY WE HAVE THE REFERRAL OF PETITIONS, COMMUNICATIONS, AND REPORTS TO PROPER COMMITTEES. MAY I HAVE THAT MOTION, PLEASE. [1:08:07] **Councilmember Katie Cashman:** SO MOVED. **Councilmember Aurin Chowdhury:** SECOND. [1:08:12] **City Clerk Casey Carl:** [ROLL CALL VOTE - UNANIMOUS AYE] THERE ARE 13 AYES. [1:08:35] **Council President Elliott Payne:** THE NEXT ITEM IS PRESENTATION OF REPORTS FROM OUR STANDING COMMITTEES. THOSE ARE TAKEN IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER BEGINNING WITH ADMINISTRATION AND ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. [1:08:53] **Councilmember Robin Wonsley:** THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. THE ADMINISTRATION AND ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE IS BRINGING FORWARD 14 ITEMS. [COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY LISTS ITEMS 1-14]. AND WITH THAT I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF ALL ITEMS AND ALSO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. [1:10:46] **Councilmember Katie Cashman:** THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR THE CHAIR. SO ON ITEM NUMBER 5, WHICH IS THE CONTRACT WITH DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT FOR NIGHTTIME SAFETY, I WANTED TO ASK THE CHAIR IF YOU KNOW OF ANOTHER PAYMENT SCHEDULED TO ROUND OUT THE FULL AMOUNT THAT WAS BUDGETED FOR WAREHOUSE DISTRICT LIVE, BECAUSE THIS IS JUST $300,000. [1:11:29] **Councilmember Robin Wonsley:** I DO NOT BELIEVE WE HAVE STAFF HERE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM... I GUESS IF COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A STAB AT IT. [1:11:50] **Councilmember Michael Rainville:** YES, I APPRECIATE YOUR INTEREST, COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN. PERHAPS WE COULD TALK OFF THE DAIS AND I CAN EXPLAIN HOW EVERYTHING'S GOING, BUT IT'S A PROBLEM, AND I'D LIKE TO EXPLAIN IT IN PERSON. THANK YOU. [1:12:06] **Councilmember Robin Wonsley:** JUST TO FOLLOW UP AGAIN, I BELIEVE WE HAVE STAFF MEMOS THAT CAN BE DOCUMENTED HERE AT FULL COUNCIL AS WELL. I THINK THE BEST PRACTICE IS FOR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THESE INQUIRIES, SO IF WE COULD HAVE THAT NOTED. AND THEN HAVE STAFF BE ABLE TO FOLLOW UP DIRECTLY WITH NOT ONLY COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN BUT FOR THE WHOLE BODY TO RECEIVE THAT. [1:12:33] **Council Vice President Aisha Chughtai:** THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM NUMBER 13 SUB ITEM NUMBER 13, THE AUTHORIZING CONTRACT WITH ADVANCING EQUITY COALITION FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. [1:12:50] **Council President Elliott Payne:** OKAY. SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE, I WILL HAVE THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL ON ALL ITEMS EXCEPT 13.13. [1:13:09] **City Clerk Casey Carl:** [ROLL CALL VOTE - UNANIMOUS AYE] THERE ARE 13 AYES. [1:13:47] **Council President Elliott Payne:** THOSE ITEMS CARRY. NEXT WE WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL ON ITEM 13.13. [1:14:02] **City Clerk Casey Carl:** [ROLL CALL VOTE: AYES: Jenkins, Osman, Vetaw, Ellison, Rainville. NAYS: Wonsley, Palmisano, Chowdhury, Cashman, Chavez, Chughtai, Payne, Koski.] THERE ARE FIVE AYES AND EIGHT NAYS. [1:14:35] **Council President Elliott Payne:** THAT ITEM FAILS. NEXT WE'LL HAVE THE REPORT FROM OUR BUDGET COMMITTEE, WHICH WILL BE GIVEN BY THAT COMMITTEE'S CHAIR, VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. [1:14:35] **Council Vice President Aisha Chughtai:** THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THE BUDGET COMMITTEE IS BRINGING FORWARD ONE ITEM FOR APPROVAL TODAY, WHICH IS APPROVING A REVISED 2025 BUDGET COMMITTEE WORK PLAN. I'LL MOVE THIS ITEM FOR APPROVAL. [1:15:21] **City Clerk Casey Carl:** [ROLL CALL VOTE - UNANIMOUS AYE] THERE ARE 13 AYES. [1:16:00] **Council President Elliott Payne:** NEXT WE'LL HAVE THE REPORT FROM OUR BUSINESS HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE, WHICH WILL BE GIVEN BY THAT COMMITTEE'S CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN. [1:16:00] **Councilmember Jamal Osman:** THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. BUSINESS HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE IS BRINGING FORWARD 12 ITEMS. [COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN LISTS ITEMS 1-12]. I WILL MOVE ALL ITEMS EXCEPT ITEM 2 AND 12. I'LL MOVE ITEM 2 FOR DELETION, AND I WILL MOVE ITEM 12 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. THANK YOU. [1:18:00] **Council President Elliott Payne:** NOT SEEING MYSELF IN QUEUE JUST SPEAKING ON ITEM NUMBER 8. THIS IS EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR MY WARD. THERE IS A POTENTIAL NEW GROCERY STORE MOVING IN TO A SITE THAT WAS A LONGTIME CONSTRUCTION STORAGE AREA. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. [1:18:32] **Council Vice President Aisha Chughtai:** THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I WANTED TO PULL ITEM NUMBER 10 FOR A SEPARATE MOTION. [1:19:06] **City Clerk Casey Carl:** [ROLL CALL VOTE - UNANIMOUS AYE TO ADOPT REMAINDER AND DELETE ITEM 2] THERE ARE 13 AYES. [1:19:37] **Council Vice President Aisha Chughtai:** THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I JUST WANTED TO PULL THIS ITEM BECAUSE THERE IS POTENTIALLY ONE ADDITIONAL OUTSTANDING ITEM THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED. MY OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT. JUST WANTED TO MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM BY ONE CYCLE SO WE CAN RESOLVE THE ONE MINOR OUTSTANDING ITEM. [1:20:19] **Councilmember Jamal Osman:** SECOND. [1:20:35] **City Clerk Casey Carl:** [ROLL CALL VOTE - UNANIMOUS AYE TO CONTINUE ITEM 10] THERE ARE 13 AYES. [1:21:07] **Councilmember Jamal Osman:** THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES, THIS ITEM [ITEM 12] WAS MOVED WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION ON THE COMMITTEE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO DELAY THIS ITEM ONE MORE CYCLE SO WE CAN HAVE MORE TIME TO DISCUSS AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROCESS. [1:21:42] **City Clerk Casey Carl:** [ROLL CALL VOTE - UNANIMOUS AYE TO CONTINUE ITEM 12] THERE ARE 13 AYES. [1:22:21] **Council President Elliott Payne:** THE NEXT REPORT IS FROM OUR CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, PRESENTED BY COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN. [1:22:21] **Councilmember Katie Cashman:** THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THE CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE HAS EIGHT ITEMS FOR APPROVAL TODAY. [LISTS ITEMS 1-8]. I WILL MOVE ALL ITEMS NOTING THAT ITEM NUMBER 2 WAS SENT FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION, AND I HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO WORK WITH DIRECTOR CRAFT FROM PUBLIC WORKS TO RESOLVE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS. [1:24:12] **City Clerk Casey Carl:** [ROLL CALL VOTE - UNANIMOUS AYE] THAT CARRIES AND THE REPORT IS ADOPTED. [1:24:34] **Council President Elliott Payne:** FINALLY WE HAVE THE REPORT OF OUR PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE, PRESENTED BY COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. [1:24:34] **Councilmember Jason Chavez:** THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD TWO ITEMS. ITEM NUMBER 1 IS AUTHORIZING AN MOU WITH HENNEPIN HEALTH CARE. ITEM NUMBER 2 IS APPROVING APPOINTMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY COMMISSION ON POLICE OVERSIGHT. I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF THESE ITEMS. [1:25:12] **City Clerk Casey Carl:** [ROLL CALL VOTE - UNANIMOUS AYE] THERE ARE 13 AYES. [1:25:29] **Council Vice President Aisha Chughtai:** THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I WANTED TO MOVE TO RECONSIDER ITEM 13.13 IN THE ADMINISTRATION AND ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE REPORT, THE ADVANCING EQUITY COALITION THAT I PULLED EARLIER. [1:26:34] **City Clerk Casey Carl:** [ROLL CALL VOTE - UNANIMOUS AYE TO RECONSIDER] THERE ARE 13 AYES. [1:26:49] **Council Vice President Aisha Chughtai:** THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THIS ITEM IS A CONTRACT WITH ADVANCING EQUITY COALITION FOR $25,000. THIS SPECIFIC ITEM DID NOT CATCH MY ATTENTION UNTIL YESTERDAY. THIS SPECIFIC ITEM IS A CONTRACT WITH A PROMINENT EDUCATION REFORM ORGANIZATION IN OUR CITY, WHICH IS DEEPLY TIED TO THE EXPANSION OF CHARTER SCHOOLS WHICH ULTIMATELY ALL UNDERMINE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN OUR COMMUNITY. I THINK DIRECT APPROPRIATION TO AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS UNDERMINING OUR PUBLIC ASSETS AND OUR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS IS NOT IN LINE WITH WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING. THAT IS THE REASON I PULLED IT AND VOTED AGAINST IT. THANK YOU. [1:29:04] **Councilmember Jeremiah Ellison:** THANK YOU, I WANTED TO SPEAK REAL QUICK BECAUSE I'LL BE CHANGING MY VOTE HERE. I VOTED FOR THIS MOSTLY BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF FAMILIARITY WITH THE ITEM. I DO AGREE THAT THIS IS A MORE DIRECT WAY FOR US TO ASSERT A VALUE HERE IN TERMS OF SUPPORTING PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND EXPANDING PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND SO I WILL BE CHANGING MY VOTE TO VOTE AGAINST THIS ITEM THIS ROUND. THANK YOU, COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT. [1:29:41] **Councilmember Linea Palmisano:** THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME CLARITY AS TO WHY I VOTED AGAINST ALL OF THE ITEMS ON NUMBER 13. NCR CAN PROVIDE THE APPLICATION MATERIALS ONLY ONCE THE CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN SIGNED. THE FULL SCOPES OF THESE ARE NOT MADE AVAILABLE TO US TO HELP MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS. I WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON SOME OF THESE PROJECTS THAT HAVE GIVEN ME PAUSE. I'D LIKE MUCH MORE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF EACH PROPOSAL BEFORE BEING ASKED TO APPROVE WHAT WILL EVENTUALLY BE A TOTAL OF A MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF CONTRACTS. [1:31:15] **Councilmember Jamal Osman:** THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. WE ARE VOTING ON CONTRACTS WITH 30 ORGANIZATIONS — ARE WE SINGLING OUT THIS ORGANIZATION BECAUSE IT ADVOCATES FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS? CHARTER SCHOOLS DO NOT UNDERMINE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THAT'S NOT A FACT. AND ALSO CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THERE ARE MANY STUDENTS WHO BENEFIT FROM CHARTER SCHOOLS IN OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY MY COMMUNITY. I WOULD VOTE FOR THIS ITEM BECAUSE WE ARE VOTING OTHER 29 ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO GREAT WORK, AND I BELIEVE THAT ADVANCING EDUCATION AND ADVOCATING FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS IS NOT A BAD THING. [1:32:41] **Councilmember Robin Wonsley:** THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. ALSO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI FOR GIVING SOME ADDITIONAL CONTEXT. EVERY DOLLAR THAT GOES TO CHARTER SCHOOLS IS A DOLLAR THAT'S REMOVED FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLS THEMSELVES. IN REGARDING THE PARTNERSHIP ENGAGEMENT FUND, I AM A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED IN TERMS OF THE LACK OF CLARIFICATION THAT COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO IS REFERRING TO. NCR DID PROVIDE A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL PROJECT LIST THAT'S ATTACHED TO THE LIMS FILE. IT SOUNDS LIKE NCR STAFF IS ACTUALLY SHARING WHAT HAS BEEN CONSISTENT INFORMATION PROVIDED BY OTHER DEPARTMENTS PER THE ADVICE OF OUR LEGAL TEAM AS WELL. [1:35:47] **Councilmember LaTrisha Vetaw:** THANK YOU. SO I'M GOING TO BE SUPPORTING THIS. I'M FAMILIAR WITH THIS GROUP BECAUSE THEY'VE DONE SOME WONDERFUL WORK AT OLSON MIDDLE SCHOOL WHICH IS A PUBLIC SCHOOL IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS. THEY CREATED A LOUNGE FOR TEACHERS, A BEAUTIFUL QUIET SPACE. THEY'VE ALSO DEVELOPED HEALING SPACES FOR STUDENTS. I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE SEPARATING THIS ORGANIZATION OUT FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. EVERY KID IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS DESERVES TO BE SUPPORTED IN THEIR EDUCATION, AND IF FOLKS WANT TO STEP UP IN THIS COMMUNITY AND DO SO, I SUPPORT THAT. [1:37:55] **City Clerk Casey Carl:** [ROLL CALL VOTE ON ITEM 13.13: AYES: Jenkins, Cashman, Osman, Rainville, Vetaw. NAYS: Koski, Wonsley, Palmisano, Chowdhury, Chavez, Ellison, Chughtai, Payne.] THERE ARE FOUR AYES AND NINE NAYS. [1:38:48] **Council President Elliott Payne:** THAT MOTION FAILS. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS NOTICE OF ORDINANCE INTRODUCTIONS. [COUNCIL PRESIDENT LISTS NOTICES GIVEN BY VETAW, CASHMAN, CHAVEZ, WONSLEY, AND CHUGHTAI]. [1:40:05] **Council President Elliott Payne:** THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL CALENDAR. [COUNCIL PRESIDENT LISTS ITEMS 1-5]. CAN I HAVE A MOTION? [1:41:52] **Councilmember Katie Cashman:** SO MOVED. **Councilmember Aurin Chowdhury:** SECOND. [1:41:54] **Councilmember Katie Cashman:** I WANTED TO SPEAK TO ITEM 1. I'M VERY GLAD TO BE INTRODUCING A SERIES OF POLICY CHANGES WITH COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY AND COUNCILMEMBER VETAW TO LIMIT TOBACCO SALES IN OUR CITY AND TO KEEP YOUTH SAFE FROM TOBACCO HARM. [1:42:28] **City Clerk Casey Carl:** [ROLL CALL VOTE - UNANIMOUS AYE] THERE ARE 13 AYES. [1:42:43] **Council President Elliott Payne:** THAT MOTION CARRIES. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS RESOLUTIONS. WE HAVE SIX RESOLUTIONS ON OUR AGENDA TODAY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? [1:43:10] **Councilmember Jeremiah Ellison:** THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER JENKINS FOR HER LEADERSHIP ON RECOGNIZING THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD. I JUST THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO REMEMBER THAT THE SYSTEMIC ISSUES, NOT THE INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE, BUT THE SYSTEMIC ISSUES WITH POLICING CAN'T GET BURIED UNDERNEATH DEREK CHAUVIN'S FEET ALONE. I THINK WE CAN LET THAT BE A SHIELD TO A SYSTEM THAT REALLY HASN'T SERVED OUR RESIDENTS OVER ITS 150-PLUS YEAR SERVICE. I JUST WANTED TO LIST SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE COMING TO MIND HERE: JAMAR CLARK, PHILANDO CASTILLE, JUSTINE DAMOND, DAUNTE WRIGHT, AMIR LOCKE. I KNOW PEOPLE ARE WORKING HARD TO REFORM THIS SYSTEM, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE NOT SUGARCOAT THE HISTORY. TO ALL WHO HAVE LOST NEIGHBORS AND LOVED ONES, WHO CARRY A LOT OF RESENTMENT FOR POLICING AS A SYSTEM, I STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH YOU. [1:49:18] **Councilmember Andrea Jenkins:** SO MOVED. **Councilmember Jason Chavez:** SECOND. [1:49:23] **City Clerk Casey Carl:** [ROLL CALL VOTE - UNANIMOUS AYE] THERE ARE 13 AYES. [1:49:59] **Council President Elliott Payne:** THAT CARRIES. NEXT IS NEW BUSINESS. WE ADDED ITEM NUMBER 2, WHICH IS A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN TO CONSIDER A PERMIT FOR EXTENDED HOURS FOR AMPLIFIED SOUND FOR THE WOLVES BACK BLOCK EVENT SERIES. [1:50:33] **Councilmember Katie Cashman:** THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. YESTERDAY WE RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM STREET FACTORY MEDIA TO HAVE AMPLIFIED SOUND AS PART OF A BLOCK PARTY EVENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TIMBERWOLVES UPCOMING NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS. I WANTED TO BRING THIS FORWARD TO GIVE THEM THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF TIME TO PLAN. THE EVENT HOURS WILL GO TO 11 P.M. WHICH IS WHY THE EXTENDED HOURS PERMIT IS NECESSARY. THANK YOU. [1:51:37] **Councilmember Michael Rainville:** THANK YOU. I ALSO SPOKE TO STREET FACTORY ABOUT THIS AND THE TIMBERWOLVES AND THIS IS A GREAT IDEA. IT BEHOOVES US TO SUPPORT THE MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES IN THIS EFFORT. I'LL SECOND COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN'S MOTION. [1:52:02] **City Clerk Casey Carl:** [ROLL CALL VOTE - UNANIMOUS AYE] THERE ARE 13 AYES. [1:52:33] **Council President Elliott Payne:** OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS ANNOUNCEMENTS. [1:52:49] **Councilmember Andrea Jenkins:** THANK YOU PRESIDENT PAYNE. I DID WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT THERE WILL BE A SERIES OF EVENTS TAKING PLACE IN AND AROUND WARD 8 AND GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE. RISE AND REMEMBER IS HOSTING A GALA ON MAY 23rd. THERE WILL BE ALSO A VISUAL ART EXHIBITION IN PHELPS PARK. COME HANG OUT IN WARD 8, HONOR THE MEMORY, AND STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE. THANK YOU. [1:54:21] **Councilmember Michael Rainville:** THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THE ART-A-WHIRL WEEKEND WHICH IS NOT ONLY WARD 3 BUT ALSO WARD 1. IT SHOWS THE VALUE OF ARTS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT LEADS TO BUSINESS PROSPERITY. SEE YOU DOWN ON 13th AVENUE THIS WEEKEND. [1:55:07] **Council President Elliott Payne:** THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. I ALSO PUT MYSELF IN QUEUE BECAUSE I WANTED TO BUILD ON SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON MADE. THE ISSUES ARE NOT JUST SYSTEMIC WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT LED TO THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD. THEY'RE SYSTEMIC WITHIN THE ENTIRE INSTITUTION. WE SEE THOSE ACCOUNTABILITY FAILURES ACROSS MANY DEPARTMENTS. WHAT ARE WE DOING AS AN INSTITUTION TO CREATE A CULTURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE THIS LEVEL OF JUSTICE THROUGHOUT OUR CITY? VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. [1:56:28] **Council Vice President Aisha Chughtai:** THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I WANTED TO REMIND COLLEAGUES THAT TOMORROW MARKS THE DEADLINE FOR YOUR COUNCIL BUDGET PRIORITIES BY MIDNIGHT. PLEASE GET YOUR BUDGET PRIORITIES INTO US BY MIDNIGHT TOMORROW. [1:57:16] **Council President Elliott Payne:** GREAT REMINDER. WITH THAT, AND WITH NOTHING FURTHER TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL, THIS MEETING IS HEREBY ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.