Here is the transcript with speaker names added based on the provided context and internal dialogue cues. [0:30] Elliott Payne: GOOD MORNING, EVERY 1. MY NAME IS ELLIOTT PAYNE I'M PRESIDENT OF MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL. BEFORE WE CONVENE OUR MEETINGS WE HAVE A FEW PRESENTATIONS OF HONORARY RESOLUTIONS. I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER JENKINS TO PRESENT THE FIRST RESOLUTIOION. [1:54] Andrea Jenkins: ALL RIGHT, WELL, GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ANDREA JENKINS. REPRESENTING WARD 8. AND I AM HONORED TO READ THIS RESOLUTION TODAY ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUES, COUNCILMEMBERS -- SORRY GMORNING, EVERYWING. -- EVERYONE. MY NAME IS AN DRA JENKINS REPRESENTING WARD 8 ANDD I'M SO HONORED TO READ THIS RESOLUTION ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUES COUNCILMEMEMBERS CHOWDHURY AND WONSLEY. [2:37] Andrea Jenkins: DECLARING APRIL 2024 ASS SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. WHEREAS FORMALLY ACKNOWLEDGING APRIL AS SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH IN APRIL EACH YEAR IS A STEP TOWARDS HAHN RRGERING -- HONORING VICTITIMS AND SURVIVORS IN OUR COMMUNI. AND WHEREAS WE MUSTT FACE THE TRUTH THAT SESEXUAL VIOLENCE OCCURS IN THIS CITY. AND AT ITS CORE, SEXUAL VIOLENCE IS INDISPUTABLY ABOUT POWER AND CONTROL. AND WHEREAS, SEXUAL VIOLENCE HAS BEEN USED AS A TOOL OF WAR, STATE VIOLENCE, [3:24] Andrea Jenkins: COLONIALISM, WHITE SUPREREMACY, ANTI-BLACKNESS PATRIARCHY TRANSPBIA, AND MISOFFING -- MISOFFINGANY, AND AS A RESULT, MINNEAPOLIS' BLACK, INDIGENOUS, QUEER, DISABLED AND YOUTH COMMUNITIES ARE VICTIMIZEDS AT HIGH RATES. AND WHEREAS. [3:53] Aurin Chowdhury: WHEREAS, VICTIM SURVIVORS FACE AN UPHILL BATTLE AFTER EXPERIENCING SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND BEING BELIEVED IS THE FIRST STEP BY MANY VICTIM SURVIVORS TO SEEK MEDICAL CARE, HOUSING, FINANCIAL RESOURCES JUSTICE AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT. AND WHEREAS, OUT OF EVERY 1,000 SEXUAL ASSAULTS, 975 PERPETRATORS WILIL WALK FREE E AND ONLY 310 OF EVEY 1,000 AAULTS ARE REPORTED. [4:23] Aurin Chowdhury: AND WHEREAS, DISCRIMINATION CULTURAL NORMS, CLASS, RACS, AGE,E, ABILITY, GENDER, AND SEXL ITY CAN BE A BARRIER TO HEALING. AND. [4:39] Robin Wonsley: AND WHEREAS THE IMPACT OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE EXTEND BEYOND THE IMMEDIATE VICTIMS,HE FAMILIES COMMUNITIES AND SOCIETY AS A WHOLE. AND WHEREAS, EVERY MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNY DESERVES A HEALTHY AND NOURISHING ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH SEXUAL VIOLENCE DOES NOT THRIVE AND EVERY MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITYS THEREBY RESPONSIBLE FOR CHAMPIONING CONSENT, BODILY AUTONOMY ACCOUNTABILITY AND ANTIRACISM. AND WHEREAS, A GROWING NUMBER OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE CALLING FOR CHANGE. [5:17] Robin Wonsley: AND WE WANT TO IMAGINE A NEW VERSION OF OUR CITY IN WHICH REPOS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE ARE TREATED WHERE URGENCY AND CONSIDERATIOION ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS ARE GIVEN SUFFICIENT RESOURCES, AND THE VARIOUS NEEDS OF VICTIMS, SURVIVORS ARE CONSISTENTLY MET. AND WHEREAS. [5:35] Andrea Jenkins: AND WHEREAS, ICTIM SURVIVORS DESERVE ACCESS TO ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS OUTSIDE OF THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM. AND WHEREAS, WE HAVE A LONG WAY TOO GO, BUT TRANSNSFORMATION IS POSSIBLE. WHEREAS, THE CITY COUNCIL IS DEDICATED TO COLLABORATING WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AGENCIES AND ADVOCATES TO COMBAT SEXUAL VIOLENCE, ENHANCE VICTIM SERVICES, AND CULTIVATE A SAFER COMMUNITY FOR ALL. THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS DEMONSTRATED ITS SOLIDARITY WITH VICTIM SURVIVORS [6:22] Andrea Jenkins: BY PARTICIPATING IN DENIM DAY, WHICH IS APRIL 24th -- I I'M SORRY, WHICH WAS APRIL 24th, 2024, THE LONGEST RUNNING SEXUAL VIOLENCEREVENTION AND EDUCATION CAMPAIGN HIGHLIGHTING THE MISCONCEPTIONS AND SURROUNDING SEXUAL VIOLENCE. [6:45] Andrea Jenkins: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL HEREBY DECLARE APRIL 2024 AS SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND ENCOURAGES ALL RESIDENTS TO ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS DESIGNED TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT SEXUAUAL ASSAULT AND ADVAE PREVENTION EFFORTS AND SUPPORT SURVIVORS. THANK YOU. [7:14] Andrea Jenkins: [APPLALAUSE] I CAN WE HAVE MANY -- I KNOW WE HAVE MANY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND ADVOCATES, SURVIVORS, HERE TODAY, AND SO I JUST WANT TO OFFER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME OF THOSE FOLKS TO SHARE SOME INSIGHTS AND MAYBE TALK ABOUT WHAT OTHER KINDS OF EVENTS ARE HAPPENING, AND I'LL START WITH OUR STAFF PERSON -- SHARE A F WORDS. [7:53] Michael Ohama: THANK YOU. THANANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER JENKINS, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, VICE PRESIDENT CHHTAI, AND COUNCILMEMBERS. I WOD LIKE TO JUST BEGIN WITH PASSING THE MICROPHONE TO -- CUNOAIVE -- SHE COULDN'T B BE HE BUT ALLISON HER STAFF TO SAY A FEW WDS. [8:16] Allison (Sexual Violence Center): [APPLAUSE] HELLO. AS MENTIONED I'M ALLISON. I'M THE PREVENTION ADVOCATE AT THE SEXUAL VIOLENCNE CENTER. THEEXUAL VIOLENCE CENTER IS A LOCAL RAPE CRISIS CENTER IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS. WE PROVIDE SERVICES TO PRIMARY AND SECONDARY VICTIMS OF SEXUAUAL VIOLENCE, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS FOR CONTINUING TO PARTNER WITH US. THROUGHGHOUT THIS WE ARE AE TO HELP ENSURE THAT VICTIM SURVIVORS DON'T HAVE TO NAVIGE THIS PROCESS ALONE. SO THANK YOU. [8:48] Michael Ohama: [APPLAUSE] NEXT I WOULD LIKE TO PAZ THE -- PASS THE MIKE MICROPHONE TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECR AT CORNERSTONE. [8:55] Executive Director (Cornerstone): [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBERS, THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR TAKING THE TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE RECOIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF VICTIMS AND SVIVORS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE. THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN JENKINS FOR YOUR LONG-TERM COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING SERVICES AND CENTERING COMMUNITIES. II APPRECIATE YOU ALWAYS BEING ABOVE THE CURVE, AND REALLY RECOGNIZING THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS NEED TO BE HEARD. [9:34] Executive Director (Cornerstone): AS YOU MENTIONED YESTERDAY WE OBSERVED DENIM DAY AND THAT COMES OUT OF A CASE IN ITALY WHERE A YOUNG WOMAN WAS TAKING DRIVING CLASSES, AND HER DVING INSTRUCTOR RAPED HER. H WAS CONVICTED, AND IN 1998, THE CONVICTION WAS OVERTURNED BECAUSE HE DEMANDED HER TO TAKE OFF HER JEANS, AND HIS CONVICTION WAS OVERTURNED BECAUSE THEY SAID THAT SHE PARTICIPATED IN HER OWN RAPE. [10:19] Executive Director (Cornerstone): NOW WE STAND IN SOLIDARY AROUND THE MISCONCEPTIONS BY RECOGNIZING THE INJUSTICE THAT HAPPENED ON THAT DAY, BUT STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH OUR SYSTEMS AND OUR PARTNERS THAT SOMETIMES WORK WITH CONSTRAINTS. BUT I KNOW THAT THE COUNCIL AND ESPECIALLY COUNCILWOMANN JENKINS HAS ALWAYS LOOKED AT HOW DO WE CENTER VICTIMS, AND OUR CALL TO ACTION IS CONTINUING TO DO THAT, TO CENTER VICTIMS BY DISMANTLING ANTIQUATED POLICIES, PRACTICES, AND LAWS THAT DON'T SERVE OUR COMMUNIT AND ALSO CENTER THE NEEDS OF VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS IN OUR SAFETY AND WELL-BEING AND IN MISSISSIPPI. SO THANK Y FOR -- MINNEAPOLIS. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LONG-TERM WORK AND COMMITMENT AND THANK YOU FORHE COUNCIL FOR LOOKINGNG AT THEIS THESE POLICIES AND PRACTICES IN A A WAY WHERE WE CAN CENTER THE WELL-BEING OF CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS IN CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. [11:24] Julia Tindel: [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD MORNING. COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBER JENKINS. TO THE COUNCIL, TO THE BRILLIANT STAFF WHO'VE BEEN HELPING AND SUPPORTING US TODAY AND TO ALL OF YOU WHO ARE HERE, MY NAME IS JULIA TINDEL, MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE/HER/HERS AND I'M INTERIM DIRECTOR OF THE SEXUAL VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM AT THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, ANAND IT IS SUCH AN HONOR TO GET TO BE HERE AND A PRIVILEGE TO SPEAK TO YOU ALL ON BEHALF OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, AND TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE FOR THIS RESOLUTION TO REAFFIRM THE CITY'S PLEDGE TO RAISE AWARENENESS, ADVANCE PREVENTION, AND SUPPORT SURVIVORS AS PART OF SEAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH. [12:09] Julia Tindel: BY 11th GRADE,, AT LEAST 16%, THAT IS ONE IN S, AT LEAST 16% OF MINNESOTA YOUTH H HAVE EXPERIENCED SEXUAL VIOLENCE. AND PEOPLE CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE VICTIMIZATION ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN. OVER 53% OF MINNESOTA HAVE REPORTETED IN EXPERIENCING SUAL VIOLENCE IN THEIR LIFETIMES. AND WE D'T HAVE THE NUMBERS TO UNDERSTAND THE LEVEL OF THE PROBLEM FOR OUR TRANSGENDER A AND GENDER QUEER SIBLINGS. AND WE KNOW FROM M TE WORK OF BLACK FEMINISTS, ACTIVISTS, AND SCHOLARS LIKE DR. KIMBERLY CRENSHAW THAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE EVEN HIGHER AMONG PEOPLE WHO FACE MULTIPLE INTERSECTING FORMS OF OPPRESSION AND DISCRIMINATION. [13:13] Julia Tindel: THIS IS A SOAP -- SOBERING REALITY, AND THIS IS THE THING THAT GIVES ME TRANSFORMATION IS POSSIBLE. SEXUAL VIOLENCE CAN BE PREVENTED AND THERE ARE PEOPLE DOING THAT N THE CITY OF MISSISSIPPI, AND I AM SO HONORED TO GET TO SHARE THE SPACE WITH ALL OF YOU TODAY. THERE IS A LONGG HISTORY OF COMMUNITIES IN MINNESOTA BILIZING TO PREVENT SEXUAL VIOLENCE LED BY BLACK LEADERS, AMERICAN INDIAN COMMUNITIES, PEOPLE OF COLOR, QUEER AND TRARS COMMUNITIES, DISABLED LEADERS, YOUNG PEOPLE, AND VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS. AND WE ALL HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. IT'S AN HONOR. [14:01] Michael Ohama: [APPLAUSE] I'LL PASS THE MICROPHONE TO -- AND HOPEFULLY SOMEONE FROM THUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. [14:28] Comfort Dondo: [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, GOOD MORNING, EVERYBOD COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILMEMBERS, ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS PRESENT, COMMUNITY ADVOCATES, ONE OF MY FAVORITE HUMANS IN THE WORLD, [LAUGHTER] GOOD TO SEE YOUOU. G, MY NAME IS COMFORT DAWNEDO, AND I'M THE FOUNDING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF A PROGRAM CALLED -- MINNESOTA AFRICAN AMERICANS AGAINST VIOLENCE. I AM A SURVIVOR, WHICH IS WHAT LED ME TO THE WORK. AND I R REPRESENTA LOT OF INVISIBLE SURVIVORS IN OUR COMMUNITY. THAT IS SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT THAT HAVEVE BEEN BEFORE THEY LANDED N MINNESOTA. RAPE AS A FORM OF WAR, AND SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE NOT -- KNOWN AS FEMALE GENITAL MUTILAON AND CUTTING. [15:02] Comfort Dondo: I'M JUST THANKFUL FOR THE PANERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, AND I WANT TO CONTINUE TO TO LIFT UP THOSE WHO ARE BECAUSE OF THE INDEMNIC NATURE OF COLONIZATION, RACISM AND OTHER ISMs THAT ARE NORMALLY NOT AT THE TABLE OR IN THESE ROOMS. THOSERE USUALLY VISIBLE AND UNDERSERVED AND UNSERVED AND I CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR RESOURCES TO BE FUNNELED TO THOSE SPACES WHERE OFTEN FOLKS ARE NOT AS REPRESENTED IN ROOMS. AND I THANK YOU. [15:32] Miriam Hosen: [APPLAUSE] HI, EVERYONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR HAVING THIS AND FOR RECOGNIZING THIS IMPORTANT MONTH. MY NAME IS MIRIAM HOSEN. I'M AN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. WE ARE HERE ON BEHALF OF THE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT GOVERNMENT SEXUAL ASSAULT TASK FORORCE. WE ARE A GROUP O STUDENTS, WE REPRENT 30,000 STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES, AND WE ADVOCATE FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION ON CAMPUS, FOR PROMOTING RESOURCES ON CAMPUS FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS. WE HOST EVENTS FOR UNE AND BE SUPPORTED BY A COMMUNITY. [16:08] Miriam Hosen: I WANTED T THANK EVERYONE HERE FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE ON CAMPUS TO CONTINUE THAT WORK WITHOUT ALL OF YOU. SO ANK YOU. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR RECOGNIZING THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE. IT AFFECTS STUTUDENTS, D ALSO EVERYONE ELSE IN MINNEAPOLIS. [16:24] Katie Blackwell: [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. I'M KATIE BLACKWELL COUNCILMEMBER PRESIDENT PAYNE, THANKS FOR INVITING ME AND COUNCILMEMBER JENKINS, IT'S WONDERFUL WORKING FOR MINNEAPOLIS POLICEPERATIONS DEPARTMENT, WITH THAT THAT IS PATROL AND INVNVESTIGATIONS. AD THIS IS ALWAYS NEAR AND DEAR TO OUR HEART TO INVESTIGATE THESE CRIMES TO THE FULLEST BECAUSE THEY ARE HEINOUS CRIMES. AND TO THE SURVIVORS OUT THERE, I WANT JUST YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE -- IT IS NOT YOUR FAULT. IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT. AND WE'RE HE FOR YOU, AND IT'S AN HONOR TO BE WITH ALL OF THESE PARTNERS OF OURS BECAUSEHEY PLAY A HUGE [17:10] Katie Blackwell: ROLE IN THE SUCUCCESS OF TRYINGO PROVIDE SOME COMFORT AND SOME CLOSURE WHEN WE COME TO THE END OF THE I INVESTIGATIONS FOR THEE SURVIVORS. AND WHAT YOU DO MATTERS, AND YOU PLAY SH A BIG ROLE IN TRYING TO MITIGATE THESE CRIMES, AND WE'RE DOING THE BEST THAT WE C CAN TO HELP WORK WITH ALL OF YOU TO SUPPORT THESE SURVIVORS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND BEING HERE. [17:38] Andrea Jenkins: [APPLAUSE] DID YOU WANT TO SAY MORE? WOW, I'M JUST SO DEEPLY -- SO DEEPLY HONORED TO BE IN, IN COMMUNIT WITH ALL O OF YOU WHO ARE DOING THIS TREMENDOUS WORK THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS TO P PREVENT SEXUAL VIOLENCE BUT ALSO TO BE THERE TO SUPPORT SURVIVORS. WE'VE B BEEN DOING THIS WORK TOGETHEHER FOR A RY, VERY LONG TIME, AND THERE'S STILL A LOT MORE WORK TO DO. SO THANK YOU, EVERYONE, AND I HOPE WE CAN GET A BIGROUP PHOTO. WE PROBABLY NEED A PANORAMIC SHOT. [LAUGHTER] [18:50] Andrea Jenkins: SOMEONE WANT TO HOLD THE RESOLUTION? I WT TO SHOUT-OUT OUT, STAFF WHO WORKEDD ON THIS RESOLUTION, THANK YOU SO MUCH, PAPARTICULARLY MY TEAM MEMBER CHRISTINA MITCHELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR MAKAKING THIS HAPPEN. [20:23] Elliott Payne: NEXT I'LL INVITE UP COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI HONORING VERONICA MENDEZ MOORE. [21:41] Aisha Chughtai: IT WORKS JUST FINE. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US TODAY. I'M REALLY HONORED TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO PRESENT THIS HONORARY RESOLUTION AND RECOGNIZE YOUR INCREDIBLE ANDND YOUR TIRELESS WORK, VERONICA. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE IMPORTANT ADVANCES THAT WORKERS HAVE MADE IN OUR CITY, WHETHER IT'S $15 MINIMUM WAGE OR THE RECOVERY OF STOLEN WAGES OR EARNED SICK AND SAFE TIME, SO MUCH OF THAT WORK HAD HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT WERE A PART OF IT, BUT VERONICA, YOU ARE SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN A LEADER IN ALL OF THOSE FIGHTS. YOU'VE BEEN AT THE CENTER OF SO MUCH OF THAT WORK. [22:53] Aisha Chughtai: THANK YOU SINCERELY FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, FROM COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ'S, FOR CITY COUNCIL, FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR WORKIKING PEOPLE IN OUR CITY, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR COLLABORATION HERE WITH US AT CITY HALL FOR ADVOCATING FOR BETTER POLICIES AND PRACTICES AND BUDGETS TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THAT WORK POSSIBLE AND TO CONTINUE TO CENTER WORKING PEOE IN ALL OF THTHE CHOICES THAT WE MAKE HERE YOUR WORK IN EMPOWERING EVERY DAY PEOPLE TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THEIR FUTURES AND OF THE WORKPLACES, I HOPE YOU SEE THAT AS ONENE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS OF YOUR LEGACY IN OUR MOVEMENT. I GOT TO KNOW VERONICA AS A YOUNG ACTIVIST, AND HAVE CONTINUED TO BE INSPIRED BY HERER LDERSHIP AS IDENTITIES WITH ME, AS A WOMAN OF COLOLOR, AS CHILD OF IMMIGRANTS, BEING A LEADER AND BEING JUST SO AUTHENTICALLY HERSELF IN ALL OF THE S SPACES THAT SHE'S IN, IT HELPS MAKE IT [23:39] Aisha Chughtai: POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME TO STEP UP AND LEAD TOO. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YR WORK OVER THE LAST 17 YEARS. ALL RIGHT, we're GOING TO PRESENT THIS RESOLUTION NOW. HONORING VERONICA MENDEZ MOORE, AS SHE DEPARTS FROM CITUL. WHEREAS VERONICA MENDEZ MOORE IS A SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENT BORN AND ISED HERE BY IMMIGRANT PARENTS FROM PERU. AND WHEREAS, FOR NEARLY TWO DECADES, SHE HAS DEDICATED HERSELF TO ORGANIZING WORKERS IN MINNEAPOLIS TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS IN THEIR WORKPLACES AND IN THEIR LIVES WITH A STRONG FOCUS ON IMMIGRANT WORKERS AND WORKERS OF COLOR. [24:21] Aisha Chughtai: AND WHEREAS, VERONICA SERVED ON PARTNERSHIP, WHICH HELPEDLATIONS AND SAFE TIME POLICY. ANDSICK WHEREAS, FROM ITS INCEPTION THROUGH 2023, SHE SERVED ON THE CITY'S WORKPLACE ADVISORY COMMITTEE OR WAC. AND WHEREAS, VERONCUWAS A COMPETE ORDINANCE. AND WHEREAS, IN 2007 SHE COFOUNDED AND BECAME CODIRECTOR OF THE WORKERS RIGHTS ORGANIZATION CENTRO DE TRAJABADORES UNIDOS S EN LA LUCA OR CENTER FOR WORKERS UNITED IN STRUGGLE. AND WHEREAS, VERONICA HAS SERVE SAID AS CODIRECT R OF CTUL FOR 17 YEAR HELPING LEAD CTUL IN ORGANIZING THOUSANDS OF WORKERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN MINNEAPOLIS TO I IMPROVE THEIR WORKPLACES ANDIVES, ESPECIALLY FOCUSING ON IMMIGRANT WORKERS AND WORKERS OF COLOR. AND. [25:31] Jason Chavez: WHEREAS CTU,LL SPENT THOUSANDS OF YEARS ORGANIZING JAJANITORS IN THE CITY A LARGELY IMMIGRANT WORKFORCE AND 500 WORKERS USED SKILLS THEY DEVELOPED TO UNIONIZE THE SERVICE,E, LOCAL 26, AND IMPROVE THE WORKING CONDITIONS AND PAY. AND WHEREAS, IN HER TENURE AT CTUL VONICA HELPED RECOVER WORKERS $6 MILLIONN UNPAID WAGES. AND WHEREAS, VERONICA AND CTUL HELPED HUNDREDS OF WORKERS IN MINNEAPAPOLIS APPLY R AND RECEIVE FRONTLINE WORKER PAY IN RECOGNITION OF THE DISPROPORTIOTE RISK AND SACRIFICES MADE BE THESEORKERS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. [26:07] Jason Chavez: AND WHEREAS, VERONICA WORKED TO DEVELOP THE CO-ENFORCEMENT PARTRSHIP BETWEEN THE LABOR STANDARDS DIVISION AND DEPARTMENTS ALONG WITH THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WHO ENGAGE REGULARLY WITH WORKERS WHO ARE MOST IMPACTED BY THE LAWS, THE DIVISION OFF OR DEPARTMENT OF ENFORCEMENT TO INCREASE COMPLIANCE WITH WORKER PROTECECTIONS. AND WHEREAS, UNR THE HER LEADERSHIP, CTUL HELPED WIN $1,816,650 -- $1.8 MILLION IN AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDS DIRECTED TOWARDS ENFOEMENT OF MUNICIPAL LABOR STANDARDS IN MINNEAPOLIS WITH A FOCUS ON DOWNTOWN, A PORTION OF THAT FUNDING IS ADMINISTERED BY CTUL TO HOST ANDND COORDINATE. [26:50] Aisha Chughtai: WHEREAS VERONICA AND CTUL BUILT THE CAMPAIGNN FOR DIGNITY AND RES VERONICA WILL BE STEPPING DOWN17 AT THE END OF THIS MONTH GIVING THE CITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE HER MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS A LEADER IN THE STRUGGLE TO CREATE A MORE AND JUST EQUITABLE MINNEAPOLIS. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE MOR AND CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY HONOR VERONICA MENDEZ MOORE FOR HER TIRELESS WORK OVER THE LAST 17 YEARS TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF WORKING PEOPLE AND IMMIGRANTS IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, AND TOGETHER WE WISH THEIR BEST IN HER FUTURE ENDEAVORS. [27:36] Veronica Mendez Moore: [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS, AND I AM REALLY HONORED TO BE RECEIVING THIS HONOR. I'M HONORERED TO GET TO SHARE THIS Y WITH ALL OF MY PEOPLPLE FROM CT, WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, AND WITH MY FAMILY, AND ESPECIALLY MY KIDS, TAIYO AND MILA WHO GET TO HEAR TODAY WHAT I DO WHEN THEY SHARE ME WITH THE WOR EVERY DAY. AND I FEEL DEEPLY PROUD OF ALL THE THINGS IN THE RESOLUTION BUT WHAT I'M MOST PROUD OF AND WHAT I BELIEVE UNDERLIES THAT IS I GOT TO SUPPORT SO MANANY PEOPE TO BECOME LEADERS IN THIS WORK WHO WILL CONTINUE TO BE LEADERS LONG AFTER I'M AT CTUL. [28:24] Veronica Mendez Moore: WHEN I STARTED AT CTUL I WAS NOT SURPRPRISED BUT I WAS OVERWHELM TO SEE ALL THE WAYS LOW WAGE WORKERS OF COLOR ARE BEING SQUEEZED FROM ERY ANGLE EVERY DAY BY BUSINESSES AND CORPORATIONS WHO WERE FINDING WAYS TO PROFIT OFF OF THEIR EXPLOITATION. AND DESPITE ALL OF THE THINGS STACKED AGAINST THEM, THOUSANDS OF WORKERS HAVE come TO CTUL TO STAND FOR -- UP FOR THEMSELVES AND I'VE HAD THE HONOR OF WORKERS FACING UN-- TO SHIFT FROM BEING VICTIMS TO BEING PROTAGONISTS, TO BEING LEADERS, TO RECOGNIZING THEIR LLECTIVE POWER. AND I'M PROUD [29:16] Veronica Mendez Moore: OF MOTIVATING WORKERS TO TRANSFORM THE WAY THAT THEY SEE THEMSELVES AND HOW THE MOVE IN THE WORLD. AND IT IS THROUGH PEOPLE'S OWN TRANSFORMATION THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO TRANS FORM THE SURROUNDINGS WHETHER WORKIN ING CHANGING THEIR WORKPLACES, CORPORATE CAMPAIGNS AND POLICY, FROM LEAVING ABUSIVE PARTNERS TO STANDING UP TO SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIONS DISCRIMINATING AGAINST THEIR KIDS, WHEN PPLE ARE TRANSFORMED, ALL OF THAT'S POSSIBLE. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M PROUD OF. BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT WE EXPAND AND WIN THE KINDS OF LIFE CHANGING VICTORIES THAT I'VE GOTTEN TO BE A PART OF WINNING TOGETHER WITH WORKERS, PARTNERS, AND CITY COUNCIL. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS HONOR TODAY, AND THE FACT THAT YOU'VE DECIDED TO HONOR ME TELLS ME THAT YOU ARE NOT ONLY VALUE ME BUT THAT YOU VALUE THE WORKERS HAVING A VOICE IN OUR CITY AND THAT EVEN AS I LEAVE CTUL I LOOK FORWARD TO STAO CONTINUE ADVANCING WORORKER POWR THROUGH LABOR STANDARDS BOARDS AND ENSURING THA NON-UNION CONSTRUCTION WORKERS HAVE A VOICE ON THE JOB. [30:25] Jason Chavez: [APPLAUSE] I'LL JUST SAY A FEW WORDS IF THIS WORKS F VERONICA. USED TO BE A WARD 9 CONSTITUENT, GOTS REDISTRICTED INTO WARD 8, A VERY BIG LOSS TO OUR WARD BECECAUSE F THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT YO HAVE ALWAYS DONE TO PUT WORKERS BEFORE PROFITS. I THINK ONE THING THAT I HAVE LEARNED TO REALIZE IS THAT YOU'RE ALWAYS AT THE FRONT MAKING SURE WE C PUT THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE, THE WORKERS IN THIS CITY ABOVE CORPORATE PROFIT, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE WITH US AS WE CONTINUE THIS JOURY ON OUR, IN THE CITY BUT ALSO FOLKS UP HERE THAT ARE GOING TO CONTINUE PUSHING THAT NEEDLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO PUT WORKERS FIRST AND I JUST WANT TO SHOW MY APPRECIATION FOR YOU AND THE WORK THAT YOU, THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO BECAUSE IT'S NOT DONE. IT'S JUST GOING TO BE IN A DIFFERENT ROLE, SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF YOU. [33:46] Elliott Payne: NEXT WE WILL HAVE VICE ESIDENT CHUGHTAI, COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ, AND COUNCILMEMBEBER CHOWDHURY INTRODUCE RESOLUTION HONORING INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY. [34:26] Aisha Chughtai: ALL RIGHT, I THINK THIS IS WORKING NOW. WELCOME BACK. I'M SO EXCITED TO HAVE AN INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY RESOLUTION RETURNING IN FRONT OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THESE, THAT WE RECOGNIZED THE INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY BACK IN 2007 AND 22009, AND TODAY THE IMMIANT AND WORORKERS RIGHTS MOVEMENTS IN MNEAPOLIS HAVE ONLY GROWN AND FORMED A CLOSER RELATIONSHIP WITH ONE ANOTHER MUNICIPAL CHANGES IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT HAVE, THAT HAVE TRANSFORMED THE LIVES OF SO MANY PEOPLE AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. INTERNATIONALL WORKERS DAY IS CELEBRATE AROUND THE WORLD, AND IT IS, IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS ALWAYS BROUGHT THE IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND THE WORKERS' RIGHTS MOVEMENT CLOSER TOGETHER BECAUSE OF HOW IS ARE. [35:12] Aisha Chughtai: IN THIS COUNTRY ESPECIALLY, THE UNIQUE TYPE OF EXPLOITATION WE SEE OF IMMIGRANT WORKERS IS SO DEEPLY CONNECTED TO THE W WORKERS' RIGHTS MOVEME, TO THE LABOR MOVEMENT, AND SO I'M EXCITED FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HONOR THIS DAY AND RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WORK IN OUR CITY AND IN LIDARITY WITH PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD WHO CELEBRATE THIS IMPORTANT HOLIDAY A AS W WELL. RECOGNIZING INTERNATIONAL WORKERS' DAY. WHEREAS, AROUND THE WORLD MAY 1st IS CELEBRATED AS INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY IN OVER 60 COUNTRIES IT IS A HOLIDAY TO RECOGNIZE STRUGGLES FOR WORKERS' RIGHTS.S AND WHEREAS, MAY 1 WAS FIRST CELEBRATED IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1886 AS A PART OF THE STRUGGLE FOR THE EIGHT-HOUR WORK DAY AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF WOWORKERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WET ON STRIKE TO DEMAND BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS AND SHORTERER HOURS. AND WHEREAS, MANY OF THE WORKERS WHO STRUGGLED FOR THE EIGHT-HOUR WORK DAY IN 1886 WERE IMMIGRANT AND BLACK WORKERS AMONG OTHERS WHO HADEEN PREVIOUSLY EXCLUDED FROM THE ACTIONS AROUND LABOR AND FACED REPRESSION DISCRIMINATION AND VIOLENCE. AND. [36:29] Aurin Chowdhury: WREAS MAY 1st CELEBRATIONS R RETURN TO MINNEAPOLIS IN 2006 BECAUSE OF THE DEDICATED WORK DONE BY THE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS MOVEMENT FOR DISCRIMINATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AGAINST IMMIGRANTS AT THE NATIONAL LEVELEL, AND STRENGTHENED RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ORGANIZEDED LABOR AND IMMIGRANT WORKERS. AND WHEREAS, S CITY COUNCIL PASD RESOLUTIONS IN 2007 AND 2009 RECOGNIZING THE GROWING IMMIGRANT WORKERS' RIGHTS RALLIES IN MINNEAPOLIS ON MAY 1st, WHICH HAVE CONTINUED ANNUALLY THROUGH THE PRESENT YEAR. [37:06] Jason Chavez: WHEREAS, MINNEAPOLIS HAS A LONG HISTORY OF IMMIGRANT AND WORKERS' RIGHTS ADVOCATES COMING TOGETHER IN THE SPIRIT OF SOLIDARITY. AND WHEREAS, IMMIGRANTS, WORKERS, AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE AN ESSENTIAL AND VALUED COMPONENT OF OUR MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS, LABOR UNIONS AND THE HISTORIC AND PRESENT A A AOCACYF WOING PEOPLE HAS RESULTED IN ECONOMIC SOCIAL POLITICAL TRANSFORMATION FOR THE DIGNITY OF ALL PEOPLE HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS AND AROUND THE WORLD. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE MAY 1, 2024, AS INTERNATIONAL WORKERS' DAY IN RECOGNITION OF IMMIGRANT AND WORKERS' RIGHTS. [37:52] Aisha Chughtai: [APPLAUSE] WE ALSO JUST WANT TO HONOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE WITH US FROM CTUL, FROM THE IRON WORKERS, OUR OWN CITY STAFF IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS DEPARTMENT, OUR TEAMSTERS, MINNESOTA WORKERS UNIONITED, AND -- UNITED, AND THE MINNESOTA IMMIGRANTS RIGHTS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND I'LL HAND IT OFF TO ONE OF OUR LEADERS. [38:20] Pablo Tapia (City Staff): BUENOS DIAS. [SPEAKING IN SPANISH] GOOD MORNING. [SPEAKING IN SPANISH] I'D LIKE TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT O HISTORY. [SPEAKING IN SPANISH] WHEN I ARRIVED IN THIS COUNTRY I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING. I JUST HAD A DREAM IN MY HEART. [SPEAKING IN SPANISH] I DIDN'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO LIVE. I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING. [SPEAKING IN SPANISH] I REMEMBER TIMES WHEN I SLEPT ON THE FLOOR. [SPEAKING IN SPANISH] I REMEMBER WHEN I DIDN'T EVEN IS AEVE -- EVEN HAVE A PLATE TO EAT OFF OF [SPEING IN SPANISH] BUT I WORKED HARD. [39:20] Pablo Tapia (City Staff): DAY AND NIGHT WASHING DISHES, CLEANING B BATHROOMS, AND I QUICKLY REALIZED THAT I DIDN'T HAVE RIGHTS. [SPEAKING IN SPANISH] I THOUGHT I I DIDN'T HAVE RIGHTS. [SPEAKING IN SPANISH] I REALIZED THERE IS DISCRIMINATION AND EXPLOITATION TOO AND I ASKED WHY ME. [SPEAKING IN SPANISH] WHY CAN'T I HAVE A BREAK? BUT NOW I FEEL VERY PROUD TO WORK FOR THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLI. [SPEAKING IN SPANISH] B THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES I EXPERIENCED DISCRIMINATION. [40:07] Pablo Tapia (City Staff): [SPEAKING IN SPANISH] I REMEMBER ONE TIME WHEN I came TO THE BUILDING I WORKED IN, AND SOMEONE CAME UP TO ME AND TOLD ME, ARE YOU THE JANITOR? [SPEAKING IN SPANISH] I TURNED AROUND AND I WAS SAD AS I WENT UP TO MY OFFICICE. [SPEAKING IN SPANISH] I HAVE A WORK PERMIT, BUT I HAVE TO RENEW IT EVERY YEAR. AND EVERY YEAR I THINK THISS COULD BE THE LAST YEAR THAT I'M HERE. BUT I KNOW I'M NOT ALONE. I KNOW THERE'S A L LOT OF PEOPL, AND I'D LIKE TO HONOR THEM. BUT THOSOSE THAT ARE TAKING CARE OF OUR POLICE, OUR BUILDING MAINTENANCE. THE WORKE IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS AND SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS, THE INVISIBLE WORKERS, AND I'D LIKE TO SAY I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE. I REMEMBER MORE T THAN 20 YEARS AGO WHEN PABLO WAS ORGANIZING, WILLIAM, AND THERE ARE MANY MORE. I REMEMBER WHEN WE ORGANIZED 40,000 PEOPLE TO THE CAPITOL. [41:32] Pablo Tapia (City Staff): AND I REMEMBER WHEN IT BROKE OUR HEARTS TO SEE IMMIGRATION RATES IN WORTHINGTON AND WILMAR AND EVEN HERE IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. AND WE HAD AN ORDINANCE BUT IMMIGRATION DIDN'T RESPECT IT. [SPEAKING IN SPANISH] FOR ME IT'S AN HONOR TO BE THE LATINO COMMUNITYPECIALIST FOR THE CITY OF M MINNEAPOLIS. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU ANDETS ALL RYAN AND -- AND LET'S NEVER FORGET THAT WE ALL HAVE RIGHTS. [43:10] Elliott Payne: THANK YOU FOR THOSE PRESENTATIONS. AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO CALL THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR APRIL 25TH TO ORDER. THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. [43:10] Casey Carl (City Clerk): COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. [Jason Chavez: PRESENT.] COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. [LaTrisha Vetaw: PRESENT.] COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON. [Jeremiah Ellison: HERE.] COUNCILMEMBER KOSKI. [Emily Koski: PRESENT.] COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. [Robin Wonsley: PRESENT.] COUNCILMEMBER JENKINS. [Andrea Jenkins: PRESENT.] COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. [Linea Palmisano: PRESENT.] COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY. [Aurin Chowdhury: PRESENT.] COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN. [Katie Cashman: PRESENT.] COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN. [Jamal Osman: PRESENT.] COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. [Michael Rainville: PRESENT.] VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. [Aisha Chughtai: PRESENT.] PRESIDENT PAYNE. [Elliott Payne: PRESENT.] THERE ARE 13 MEMBERS PRESENT. [43:41] Elliott Payne: LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM. COLLEAGUES, THE AGENDA FOR TODAY'S MEETING IS BEFORE US. ARE THERE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA? SEEING NONE, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED? [43:58] Aisha Chughtai: SO MOVED. [Seconded] [44:13] Elliott Payne: THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. [Roll call results in 13 Ayes]. THAT CARRIES AND THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. THE NEXT ITEM IS ACM OUR REGULAR MEETING ON APRIL 11th. I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION T ACCEPT THOSE MINUTES. [Moved/Seconded]. [45:00] Elliott Payne: THAT CARRIES AND THOSE MINUTES HAVE BEEN ADOPTED. FINALLY WE HAVE THE REFERRAL OF PETITIONS COMMUNICATIONS AND REPORTS TO PROPER COMMITTEES. MAY I HAVE THAT MOTION, PLEASE. [Moved/Seconded]. [45:33] Elliott Payne: THAT MOTION CARRIES AND THOSE ORDERS HAVE BEEN HEARD. THE NEXT IS PRESENTATIONS AFROM STANDING COMMITTEES. THEY ARE TAKING IN ALPHABETICAL ORDERER, WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED BY ITS CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. [45:50] Robin Wonsley: THANK YOU, CHAIR PAYNE. THE ADMINISTRATION ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE IS BRINGING FORWARD 15 ITEMS FOR APPROVAL. THE FIRST IS A PASSAGE OF RESOTION FOR A GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM THE HONOR GUARD FOUNDATION OF TRAVEL EXPENSES. TWO IS A PAT ACCEPTANCE OF THE METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT OF TRAVEL EXPENSES. THREE IS A PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION FOR A GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION OF TRAVEL AND LODGING EXPENSES. FOUR IS A PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION FOR GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM THE NATIONALL ASSOCIATION OF CITY TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS OF TRAVEL STIPEND, CONFERENCE REGISTRATION, AND TRAVEL AND LODGING EXPENSES. FIVE IS [46:37] Robin Wonsley: ACCEPTING BID FOR POND LANDCARE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT. SIX IS ACCEPTING BID FOR UPGRADES OF ST. ANTHONY ADA PEDESTRIAN RAMPS. SEVEN IS ACCEPTING BID FOR 2024 CONCRETE SIDEWALK REPLACEMENT PROGRAM. EIGHT IS ACCEPTG BID FOR SMALL DIAMETER PIPE CLEANING AND TELEVISING. NINE IS AHORIZING CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH VERSACON INC. FOR THE TARGET CENTER GRAB N' GO MARKET CONSTRUCT SERVE SERVICE 10 IS AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH SHORT ELLIOTT HENDRIKSEN I. FOROR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN SERVICES FOR NICOLETTE AVE. STREET CONSTRUCTION AND BRIDGE RECONSTRUCTION. 11 IS AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH MORCON CONSTRUCTION INC. [47:20] Robin Wonsley: FOR THE CEILING AND LIGHTING UPGRADE PHASE 4 PROJECT. 12 IS AUTHORIZING CONTRACT AMENDMEMENT WITH EUREKA CONSTRUCTION I INC. FOTHE UPPER HARBOR TERMINAL DOWLING AVENUE NORTH CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. 13 IS AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH THOMAS AND SONS CONSTRUCTION INC. FOR THE LOWER DOWLING AVENUE, 33RD AVENUE, AND WEST RIVEROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. 14 IS APPROVING A LEGAL SETTLEMENT WITH DONALD WILLIAMS V. CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, ET AL., AND THEN 15 IS A PASSAGE OF RESUTION APPROVING THE 2024 OPEN STREETS SPONSORSHIPSS AND AUTHORIZING CONTRACTS WITH VARIOUS ORGANIZERS. WITH THATTI MOVE ALL ITEMS FOR APPROVAL, AND ALSO STAND FOR QSTIONS. [48:02] Elliott Payne: COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY HAS MOVED APPROV OF THE COMMITTEE'S REPORT. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, I'LL HAVE THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL. [Roll call results in 13 Ayes]. [48:33] Elliott Payne: THAT CARRIES AND THE REPORT IS ADOPTED. THE NEXT REPORT IS FROM OUR BUDGET COMMITTEE, AND THAT REPORT WILL BERESENTED BY THAT COMMITTTTEE'S CHAIR, VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. [48:42] Aisha Chughtai: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THE BUDGET COMMITTEE IS BRINGING THREE ITEMS FOR APPROVAVAL TODA ITEM NUMBER 1 IS APPROVING ERICA MAUTER FOR REAPPOINTMENT TO THE CAPITAL LONG RIDGE -- COMMIEE. NUMBER TWO IS ADOPTING FINDINGS AND PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE FOR THE APPOINTED POSITION IN THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE D DEPARTMENT FOR DIRECTOR OF MPD TRAINING. AND ITEM NUMBER 3 IS ADOPTG FINDINGS AND PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE FOR THE APPOINTED POSITION IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF SENIOR MANAGER BANKING INVESTMENTS AND DEBT. I'LLLL MOVE APPROVAL OF THE BUDT COMMITTEE'S REPORT. [49:10] Elliott Payne: VICE PRESIDT CHUGHTAI HAS MOVED APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE'S REPORT. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, I'LL HAVE THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL. [Roll call results in 13 Ayes]. [49:42] Elliott Payne: THAT CARRIES AND THE REPORT IS ADOPTED NEXT WE'LL HAVE OUR REPORT FROM THE BUSINESS, HOUSING, AND ZONING COMMITTEE GIVEN BY THE COMMITTEE'S C CHAI, COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN. [49:58] Jamal Osman: THANK YOU, PRESIDENTNT PAYNE. E BUSINESS, HOUSISING, AND ZONING COMMITTEE IS BRINGING FORWARD 13 ITEMS FOR APPROVAL. WE ARE ALSO BRINGING FORWARD ONE ITEM WITH OUT RECOMMENDATION THAT TOBACCO PRODUCT ORDINANCE WHICH WAS AMENDED AT THE COMMITTEE. ITEM 1 IS THE APPROVAL ON SALE LIQUOR WITH SUNDAY SALES NO LIVE ENTERTAINN FOR HAZEL'S NORTHEAS. ITEM TWO IS A LAND SALE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, EXCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT RHTS A AGREEMENT AND TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT WITH ENVISION COMMUNINITIES FOR 2106 AND 2120, 2010 PENN AVENUE NORTH. SORRY. ITEM THREE IS THE TOBACCO PRODUCT ORDINANCE, WHICH WAS AMENDED AT C COMMITTE WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. ITEM 4 AND ITEM 5 ARE FIVE LIQUOR LICENSE APPROVAL AND 53 LIQUOR LICENSE RENEWAL. ITEM SIX IS 30 [51:12] Jamal Osman: GAMBLING LICENSE RENEWALS. ITEM SEVEN A APPROVES MODIFICATION TO E AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND LOAN DEBT FOR DUNDRY HOUSE AT 1821 FIFTH AVENUE SOUTH. ITEM 8 AMENDS DEVELOPMENT TERMS FOR THE BALDWIN SQUARE PROJECT. ITEM NINE AUTHORIZES APPLICATIONS FOR SPRIN BROWNFIELD GRANT ROUND. ITEM 10, A CONTRACT WITH MID-MINNESOTA LEGAL AID FOR LEGAL SERVICES TO SUPPORT LOW-INCOME RENTERS. ITEM M 11 S A DRAINAGE AND UTILITY EASEMENT VACATION AT 2400 AND 2406 MCNAIR AVENUE. ITEM 12 IS APPROVING AN APPLICATION FOR BAZEMNT FOR ON SALE LIQUOR WITH SUNDAY SALES AND LIMITED ENTERTAINMENT WITH OPERATING CONDITIONS. ITEM 13 IS A HOME AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN AWARD RECOMMENDATION FOR MINNESOTA INDIAN WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER PROJECT AND THE [52:16] Jamal Osman: KYLE GARDEN SQUARE. ITEM 14 IS APPROVING THE NEW NICOLLET FORMER KMART REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT PUBLIC SPACE TO PLAN FOR FUTURE PARK AND APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR PREDEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR PHASE 3. I WILL MOVE APPROVAL FOR ALL ITEMS EXCEPT ITEM 3, AND ITEM 12, WHICH I WILL LIKE TO PULL FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSIO AND VOTES. THANK YOU. [52:46] Elliott Payne: COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN HAS MOVED APPROVAL FOR ALL ITEMS EXCEPT FOR 3 AND 12. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE REMAINDER OF THOSE ITEMS? COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. [53:03] Michael Rainville: THANK Y, I WANT TO SPEAK ON ITEM 12. THAT'S WHY I'M IN QUEUE. [53:03] Elliott Payne: OKAY, WE'LL HOLD THAT FOR THAT VOTE. COUNCILMEMBER C CHAVEZ IS IN QUEUE. [53:15] Jason Chavez: I WAS GOING TO SPEAK TO ITEM 12, BUT ALSO ITEM 10, SO JUST REALLY EXCITED ABOUT AND IN FAVOR OF ITEM NUMR 10 WHICH WILL HELP WITH FREE LEGAL SERVICES TO LOW-INCOME RENTERS FACING EVICTIONS, HEALTH AND SAFEFETY HAZARDS AND OTHER LEGAL HOUSINGS. I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ASSET TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND JUST EXCITED TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF IT. I'LL HOLD MY COMMENTS ON ITEM NUMBER 12. [53:38] Elliott Payne: COUNCILMEMBER JENKINS. [53:45] Andrea Jenkins: THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I WANTED TO JUST SPEAK TO ITEM NUMBER 14 AND REALLY THANK STAFF FOR THE HARD WORK IN BRINGING THIS PROJECT FORWARD. THIS IS THE START OF I THINK A VERY NEW, EXCITING ERA IN THCITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. THE REOPENING OF NICOLLET AVENUE, RECONNECTING THAT ENTIRE CORRIDOR IS REALLY A MOMENTOUS OCCASION FOR THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, SO, AND THE SOUTH SIDE. AND THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PARK BOARD SOUNDS REALLY INCREDIBLE TO BRING GREENSPACE TO A COMMUNITY THAT REALLY DOESN'T HAVE MUCH RIGHT NOW. SO JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS BEGINNING PROCESS A EXPRESS MY EXCITEMENT. THANK YOU. [54:47] Elliott Payne: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER JENKINS. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. [54:55] Aisha Chughtai: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I WANTED TO JUST ECHO WHAT COUNCILMLMEMBER JENKINS JUST SHARED. THE KMART SITE IS ENTIRELY IN THE WHITTIER NEIGHBORHOOD BUT IT IS AT THE INTERSECTION OF WARD 1 WARD 6, WARD 9, AND WARD 8, AND ITS GOING TO, YOU KNOW, TRANSFORM THE SOUTH SIDE AND HAVING SOME MORE GREENSPSPACE IN THE WHITTIR NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS H HOME TO ONE OF THE LARGEST D DENSITY OF CHILDREN IN OUR CITY IS, IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT, AND, AND REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PUBLIC SPACE FRAMEWORK, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE COMMON THEMES T THAT WE HAVE HED THROUGHOUT THE ROUNDS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED SO FAR, AND I THINK IS REALLY SHARED BY THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND OUR STAFF THAT ARE WORKING REALLY CLOSELY ON THIS PROJECT IS YOU know WE ARE COMMITTED TO BUILDING FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE. THAT THIS IS, WE WANT TO SEE AN ASSET THAT IS BOTH GOING TO TNSFORM THE SOUTH SIDE AND ALSO PREVENT DISPLACEMENT OF O MANY, MANY COMMUNITIES WHO CALL IT HE TODAY AND H HAVE FOR GENERATIONS. SO EXCIT TO SEE THIS ITEM FINALLY COME BEFORE US. THANK YOU.. [56:06] Elliott Payne: THANK YOU. SEEING NO ONE LEFT IN QUEUE, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL ON ALL ITEMS EXCEPT FOR 3 AND 12. [Roll call results in 13 Ayes]. [56:38] Elliott Payne: THAT CARRIES AND THOSE ITEMS ARE ADOPTED. NEXT WE WILL TAKE UP ITEM NUMBE3 ON THE TOBACCO PRODUCTS ORDINANCE. ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM 3? VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. [56:57] Aisha Chughtai: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, COLLEAGUES, BEFORE YOU, YOU WILL SEE AN AMENDMENT THAT I AM BRINGING FORWARD TO THE REGULATION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS ORDINANCE WHICH ESSENTIALLY WILL ALLOW FOR A BUSINESS IN UPTOWN TO CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO EXIST. LIKE, LIKE SO MANY BUSINESSES IN OUR CITY, LIKE ALL COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS I IN OUR CITY, THE YES FOLLOWING 2020 HAVE BEE REALLLLY DIFFICULT, AND OUR COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS ARE GOING THROUGH MASSIVE TRARANSFORMATION, AND AE EXPERIENCING HARDSHIPS, AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF REPRESENTG UPTOTOWN. I'M RLLY PROUD OF THE PEOPLE THAT CONTINUNUE TO STAY N UPTOWN AND CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THE COMMUNITY THAT IS THERE. [57:46] Aisha Chughtai: AND I, I DON'T WANT T SEE ANOTHER EMPTY STOREFRONT IN UPTOWN. WE WANT TO SEE THE OPPOSITE THERE, AND S SO BRINGIG THISTEM FORWARD, I REALLY, I REALLY BELIEVE IN AND APPRECIATE ALL OF THE PUBLICEALTH REGULATIONS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THIS TOBACCOCO PRODUCTS ORDINAN. KNOW HOW MUCH THE WORK ON PUBLIC HEALTH MEANS TO ITS AUTHOR, COUNCILMEMBER VETAW WHO HAS HAD A LONG CAREER IN PUBLIC HEALTH PRIOR TO HER TIME IN, I OFFICE, BUT I, THERE'S, YOU know, THIS, THIS CHANGE WILL ALLOW THE ONE BUSINESS IN OUR ENTIRE CIT THAT IS USING, THAT HAS BUILT, THAT IS ALLOWING SAMPLING OF CIGIGARS THAT DONONT TARGET NEW SMOKERS AND DON'T TARGET YOUNG SMOKERS, BUT INSTEAD ARE LIKE THIS IS A BUSINESS THAT'S PATRONIZED BY, BY PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT BRAND NEW SMOKERS, AND I WANT TO CONTINUE TO SEE DEVELOPMENT AND PROSPERITY IN UPTOWN, AND THIS IS A PART OF ME STANDING UP FOR MY COMMUNITY. THANK YOU.ULAR ARE MOVE APPROVAL OF THIS MOTION AND ASK FOR A SECOND. [59:08] Elliott Payne: IS THERE A SECOND? [Seconded] THE ITEM NUMBER 3 HAS BEEN MOVED AND, AMENDMENT HAS BEEN SECONDED. COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN? [59:15] Katie Cashman: THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE DATE CHANGE HERE AT THE TOP OF THE AMENDMENT AND W WHAT THAT MEANS? [59:31] Aisha Chughtai: YES. MR. PRESIDENT, IF I MAY? YES, SO APRIL 1st, 2024, HAS COME AND GONE, RIGHT? AND THE IMPLEMENTATION DATE OF THIS, OF THIS ORDINANCE IS GOING TO BE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, B BUT THIS IS ALLOWING, ALLOWING THAT A BUSINESS THAT'S OPERATING AND USING SAMPLING AS OF APRIL 1st OF THIS YEAR AND HAS A LICENSE AND IS, AND IS ABLE T TO OPERATE IS, IS ABLE TO CONTINUE TO D DO SO FOLLOWING TE PAAGE OF THIS ORDINANCE AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE REST OF THE ORDINAN AS IT STANDS, AND THE PURPOSE OF PICKING THIS DATE WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WASN'T A NEW THING THAT BUSINESSES COULD, COULD ENGAGE IN, AND IT WOULD LIMIT THE EXPANSION OF SAMPLING IN OUR CITY. AND THE OTHER PIECE TO KNOW HERE IS ONLY BUSINESSES WITH 9 OF THEIR SALES BE TOBACCO PROCTS ARE ABLE TO USE THIS, SO KEEPING IN MIND THAT THE LARGEST GROUP OF NEW NICOTINE USERS ARE NOT TOBACCO E-CIGARETTES, VAPES, AND KNOWING THAT THAT, THAT THAT'S A PRETTY, YOU know, LARGE HURDLE. [1:00:43] Katie Cashman: THANK YOU. MY UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY THAT THIS KIND OF GRANDFATHERS IN THE ABILITY FOR THIS PARTICULAR BUSINESS TO ALLOW SAMPLING? [1:00:54] Aisha Chughtai: YES, THAT'S CORRECT. [1:00:58] LaTrisha Vetaw: THANK YOU, CHAIR PAYNE. OKAY. SO YES, THIS BUSINESS WOULD BE GRANDFATHERED IN BUT SO WOULD 64 OTHER BUSINESSES? IT'S NOT JUST ONE BUSINESS. THERE ARE 65 BUSINESSES IN THIS CITY WITH THE SAME LICENSE THAT THIS PARTICULAR BUSINESS HAS, SO IT WOULD BE ALLLL OF THEM. YOU CAT ST PICK ONE AND SAY THIS BUSINESS IS GOING TO BE GRANDFATHERED IN. AND THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING MY 20-PLUS YEAR CAREER WITH PUBLIC HEALTH AND TOBACCO IN PARTICULAR, VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. WITH HAVING THAT CAREER, I KNOW THA THE ARGUMENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT THE BUSINESSES ARE GOING TO SHUT DOWN. AS SOMEONE WHO WORKED ON FREEDOM TO BREATHE 17 YEARS AGO, I WAS TOLD THAT I WAS GOING TO SINGLE-HANDEDLY SHUT DOWN BARS AND RESTAURANTS BY ADVDVOCATING FOR THE MINSOTA CLEAN INDOOR AIR ACT, AND WE KNOW THE OPPOSITE HAPPENED. [1:02:03] LaTrisha Vetaw: THIS BUSINESS IS IS NOT SAMPLING. LIKE YOU GET A SAMPLE AT COSTCO WHEN YOU WALK UP, YOU GET TO TRY IT. IF YOU WANT IT, YOU GO TO THE FREEZER AND PULL IT OUT AND BUY IT. YOU HAVE TO PURCHASE BEFORE YOU SPLE IN THIS BUSINESS. YOU DON'T G TO, LIKE, TEST THE CIGAR AND THEN BUY IT LATER. YOU BUY IT, YOU SISIT DOWN, YOU SMOKE IT, AND TN IF YOU LIKE I IT, YOU BUY MORE N YOUR WAY OUT OR WHILE Y'RE SITTING THERE. SO THIS ISN'T SAMPLING AS WE UNDERSTAND SALING TO BE AS PEOPLE WHO LOVE, YOU know, YOU SEE THE LINE AROUND THE AISLES IN COSTCO FOR SAMPLING. IT'S NOT THE SAME WAY. AND JUST, YOU know, WE CAN'T CREATE POLICY IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS BED ON ONE BUSINESS. I MEAN,N, WE JUST CAN'T DO THAT THIS POLICY IS LIKE, WHAT I'M HEARINING IS WE WANT TO ALLOW TS ONE BUSINESS TO CONTINUE TO SAMPLE, WHICICH IS A LOOPHOLE IS REALLY NOT SA SAMPLING. [1:03:10] LaTrisha Vetaw: IT'S ALLOWING THIS ONE BUSINESS TO CONONTINUE TO HAVE SMOKING IN THE BUSESS, AND I WILL SAY, THIS DIDN'T COME OUT OF MY WORK OR EN THE ADVOCATES I WORKED WITH ON OTHER PARTS OF THIS AMENDMENT. THIS CAME FROM SURROUNDING BUSINESS OWNERS WHO CAN SMELL WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS BUSINESS. THIS CAME FROM PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY GO TO THIS BUSINESS, AND SAY LIKE, I GO IN THERE AND IUY CIGARS BUT IT'S PRTY SMOKY IN THERE WHEN I GO IN THEREECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE SITTING IN THERE SMOKING. AND SO I JUST WANT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT LIKE THIS GRANDFATHERING. IT'S NOT GRANDFATHERING IN ONE BUSINESS. IT'S GRANDFATHING IN 65 BUSINESSES, AND WHAT I KNOW -- WHAT I KNOWW OF RETAIRS WHO SELL TOBACCO IS TYPICALLY IF WE GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING, THEY WILL. AND THIS IS GIVING THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAMPLE, AND THAT IS THE OPPOSITE OF ALL THE PUBLIC HEALTH WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE IN MANY MINNEAPOLIS AND IN MINNESOTA. WE HAVE ALWAYAYS BEEN LEADING TS WORK FOR THE NATION, AND SO REVERSING FOLKS' WORK FOR DECADES BY GRANDFATHERING IN ONE BUSINESS BUT REALLY 65, IT'S NOT OKAY. THANK YOU. [1:04:31] Michael Rainville: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. SO I DO AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER VETAW THAT OPENING UP THE DOOR FOR 65 OPERATIONS TO DO THE SAMPLING IS NOT A GOOD IA. IT WOULD BE A STEP BACKWARDS FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVE, AND I'M NOT WILLING TO TAKE THAT STEP BACKWARDS. SO I'LL BE VOTING N NO ON THIS AMENDMENT. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERN, COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI, FOR EMPTY BUSINESSES, BUT I JUST CANNOT VOTE TO ALLOW 65 TOBACCO SHOPS TO DO SAMPLING IN THE CITY. [1:05:08] Katie Cashman: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PAYNE. I WAS NOT A THE BIZ COMMITTEE WHEN IT WAS DISCUSSED. IAS SICK LAST WEEK, SO THIS IS -- I DID WATCH THEEETING, BUT THIS IS kind of MY FIRST READING OF THIS ORDINANCE TOGETHER, AND I'M WONDERING IF THE CITY ATTORNEY OR BUSINESS LICENSING STAFF COULD CLARIFY WHAT CATEGORY 65 BUSINESSES THIS DOES IMPACT, BECAUSE I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED IF IT'S GRANDFATHERING ONE BUSINESS OR GRANDFATHERING 65 BUSINESSES. [1:05:35] Kristyn Anderson (City Attorney): PRESIDENT PAYNE, COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN. THE DRAFT OF F THE AMENDMENT THAT I HAVE BEFORE ME, THE LANGUAGE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW DOES QUALIFY THAT, THAT THE EXEMPTION SO TO SPEAK SHALL ONLY APPLY TO QUALIFYINGICENSE HOLDERS AS OF THE DATE WHICH OFFERED SAMPLING AND ONLY SO LONG AS THEY RETAIN AND RENEW THEIR LICENSE AT THE SAME PREMISES AND OPERATE IN COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND ORDINANCES. SO, S IN THEORY ON ITS FACE, 65 MIGHT REFLECT THEHE TOTAL NUMBER OF LICENSES IN THAT CATEGORY, BUT THE WAY THIS IS DRAFTED, IT'S REFLECTIVE OF ANYBODY THAT IS CURRENTLY OFFERING SAMPLING AS OF THE DADATE. WHETHER THAT'S A NUMBE, WHETHER THAT'S ONE OR MORE, I DON'T KNOW. STAFF WOULD HAVEO SPEAK TOHAT AND WHETHER THEY CAN VERIFIFY THAT. I IMAGINE TT MIGHT BE, I IF THERE ARE MORE, COULD BE DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE OR ENFORCE, BUT THAT WOULD BE A STAFF QUESTION. BUT I think THE LANGUAGE IS QUALIFIED ENOUGH IN TERMS OF WHAT, WHAT IT WOULD ALLOW, AND THAT IS LIKELY SOME NUMBER LESS THAN 65. [1:07:05] Katie Cashman: THANK YOU. IF I MAY WITH A FOLLOW-UP, PRESIDENT PAYNE? SO FURTHER AMENDMENTS TO THIS ORDINANCE WOULD NEED TO BE DE TO ACTUALLY GRANDFDFATHER IN OR ALLOW FOR SAMPLING AT MORE ESTABLISHMENTS? [1:07:05] Kristyn Anderson (City Attorney): PRESIDENT PAYNE, COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN, THAT'S CORRECT. AS, ON ITS FACE, THE WAY IT'S DRAFTED, IT WOULD ONLY APPLY TO A SHOP CURRENTLY LICENSED IN GOOD STANDING AS OF APRIL 1st O OF THIS YEAR THAT OFFERED, OFFERS SAMPLING. AND THEN AGAIN, AAND IT'SHE RETENTION OF THAT LICENSE O ON THAT SAME BUSINESS PREMISE. [1:07:16] Aisha Chughtai: YES, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE AND, YOU know, APPRECIATE THE QUESTION YOU ASKED HERE, COUNCILMEMBER. COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN, THE, I think THE OPERATIVE PART THAT CITY ATTORNEY NIELSEN SPOKE TO WAS THAT THIS, THAT AS OF APRIL t, BACK DATED, RIGHT, SO EARLIER THIS MONTH, A BUSINESS THAT HAS THIS TYPE OF LICENSE AND OFFERS SAMPLING, WHICH IN OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS LICENSING, DOES APPLY TO THIS ONE BUSINESS THAT OFFERS MPLING WHILE THOSE OTHER 64 HAVE THE OPTION O OF DOING THAT, IF THEY AREN'T AS OF APRIL 1st, A DATE THAT HAS ALREADY PASSED, THEN THEY'RE NOT ELIGIBLE TO START TO OFFER SAMPLING. SO THIS IS NOT EXPANDING A USE THAT BUSINESSES WOULD THEN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLOIT OR TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. THIS IS SAVING, THIS IS PREVENNG ANOTHER EMPTY STOREFRONT IN MY COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. [1:08:22] Elliott Payne: SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL ON THIS AMENDMENT. [Roll call results in 10 Ayes and 3 Nays]. THAT AMENDMENT CARRIES. NEXT WE H HAVE ITEM 1 12 ON THE AGENDA. [1:09:14] Andrea Jenkins: THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. YEAH, I'M PROUD TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS ORDINANCE TODAY. I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN TOBACCO -- IS SOMETHING WRONG? [1:09:38] Casey Carl (City Clerk): MR. PRESIDENT, I think ON THIS END WE'RE JUST CLARIFYING, WE'RE STILL BACK ON ITEM NUMBER 3, WHICH IS THE UNDERLYING ORDINANCE. WE HAVE APPROVED ONE AMENDMENT BUT WE'RE BACK ON ITEM NUMBER 3. [1:09:54] Andrea Jenkins: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. PROUD TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS TOBACCO ORDINANCE AS I HAVE BEEN DEEPLY ENGAGED IN TOBACCO CESSATION WORK FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. DECADES IN FACT, AND AS COUNCILMEMBER VETAW STATED, MINNESOTA HAS BEEN A LEADER IN THE CLEAN INDOOR ACT SINCE THE 1970s, AND THIS IS JUST ANANOTHER STEP TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE KEEPING OUR COMMUNITIES HEALTHY AND FREE FROM T THE OPPRESSION OF BIG TOBACCO. THANK YOU. [1:10:54] LaTrisha Vetaw: THANK YOU, CHAIR. I ALSO HAVE AN A AMENDMENT TO COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI'S AMENDMENT, AND THIS AMENDMENT IS JUST TO REMOVE THE LOUNGE FOR SAMPLING. AS ITATED BEFORE, THE SAMPLING ISN'T A ACTUALLY SAMPLING. IT'S PURCHASING AND THEN SMOKING, AND SO THIS AMENDMENTAS THE LOOPHOLE HAS BEEN CLOSED IN OTHER CITIES IN MINNESOTA.ARDEN HILLS, BROOKLYN CENTER, FALCON HEIGHTS, NEW BRIGHTEN, EDINA, AND THIS AMENDMENT THAT I'M BRINGING FORWARD WOULD REMOVE THE SEATING LOUNGE THAT'S PROVIDED TO CUSTOMERS WHILE SAMPLING NO CUSTOMER OR POTENTIAL CUSTOMER SHALL ENGAGE IN SAMPLING, IT WILL PUT A TIMELINE ON IT, IN EXCESS OF 15 MINUTES DURING A SINGLE VISIT OR IN EXCESS OF 15 MINUTES DURING ANY 60-MINUTE TIME PERIOD, AND TOBACCO THATT HAS NOT BEEN PURCHASED OR OBTAINED FM THE TOBACCO PRODUCT SHOP DURING THE VISIT OR THE CUSTOMER OR POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS MAY NOT SAMPLE IT. LIT, HEATED, OR OTHERWISE ACTIVATED. [1:11:51] Elliott Payne: COUNCILMEER VETAW HAS INTRODUCED AN AMEMENDMENT. IS THERE A SECOND? [Seconded] NEXT IN QUE IS COUNCILMEMBER KOSKI. [1:12:07] Emily Koski: THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. QUICK QUESTION ON THIS. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER VETAW, JUST, I know THAT IN THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE, WHICH I WILL ABSOLUTE SUPPORT TODAY, I'M, IN CONVERSATIONS THERE WAS SOME DATE REQUIREMENTS F ONE OF THE BUSINESSES THAT WE'RE TALKINGNG ABOUT IN WARD 10. COULD YOU JUST DESCRIBE HOW THIS PIECE WOULD RELATE TO THAT? DID THEY HAVE TO ADHERE TO THIS STARTING RIRIGHT AWAY OR WILL THIS STILLE ININ -- I know YOU'RE GIVING THM A YEAR TO COMPLY. JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT. [1:12:48] LaTrisha Vetaw: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER KOSKI. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, AND IT WOULD BE THAT DECEMBER 1st DE I think IS WHAT WHAVE FOR THE ORIGINAL AMENDMENT. AND SO WE WILL GIVE THEM TIME TO COMPLY. IT WON'T BE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY LIKE THE OTHER PARTS OF THIS AMENDMENT. [1:13:04] Emily Koski: THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THEN THAT THIS IS CLEAR TO EVERYBODY AND THAT THE CLERKS THAT TIMING IS CLEAR FOR THE, THAT AMENDMENT. THANK YOU. [1:13:14] Aisha Chughtai: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I TOO HAVE A QUESTION OR A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. W THAT PERMITTED? [1:13:14] Elliott Payne: GO AHEAD. [1:13:27] Aisha Chughtai: I DON'T SEE ANY ISSUES WITH THIS AMENDMENT. I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT IT,T, AND I DON'T -- WHT I GUESS I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING IS FOR, FOR THE, FOR ITEM NUMBER 2 OVER HERE, NO CUSTOMER OR POTENTIAL CUSTOMER SHALL ENGAGE IN SAMPLING IN EXCESS OF 15 MINUTES DURING A SINGLE VISIT OR IN EXCESS OF 15 MINUTES DING A 60-MINUTE PERIOD OF TIME. HOW DO YOU ENVISIONN THAT BEING LIK, HOW ARE WE GOING TO MEASURE COMPLIANCE HERE? ARE WE GOING TO SEND IN,OU know, LIKE OUR STAFF TO JUST BE IN THE TOBACCO LOUNGE FOR AN HOUR AND MAKE SURE THAT ANY CUSTOMER IN THERE, LIKE WE'RE GOING TO SET A CLOCK FOR 15 MINUTES ON EACH VISOR? [1:14:13] LaTrisha Vetaw: WELL, TYPICALLY, VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS FOR ANY BUSINESS WHEN BUSINES LICENSING OR INSPECTIONS GO IN. THEY GO IN AT A TIME. THEY, IF THEY'RE BEING VIOLATED, THE BUSINESSS GETS VIOLATED. THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE ANY SPECIFIC POLICING OF THIS BUSINESS. THERE WON'T BE A PERSON STANDING OUTSIDE OF THE DOOR FROM THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS WAITING ON THEM TO VIOLATE. BUT IF THEY GO IN A AND THERE IS A VIOLATION, THEY WILL BE FINED FOR THAT VIOLATION. SO THAT'S HOW IT WORKS. [1:14:50] Aisha Chughtai: I UNDERSTAND THAT. WHAT I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING IS, LIKE, WHAT, HOW DO YOU ENVISION THIS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ENFORCED AT, LIKE A D AT A DAY-TO-DAY LEVEL AT THE BUSINESS ITSELF? [1:15:10] LaTrisha Vetaw: I ENVISION THE BUSINESS OWNER IS GOING TO COMPLY WITH MINNEAPOLIS POLICY BECAUSE THEY'RE A GOOD BUSINES THAT'S WHAT I ENVISION. [1:15:27] Aurin Chowdhury: THANK YOU, CHAIR PAYNE. THIS IS JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION ON MY E. MAYBE THIS IS FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY. I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, SO DOES THE AMENDMENT BEFORE US BY COUNCILMEMBER VETAW CONFLICT THEN WITH THE AMENDMENT THAT WE JUST PASSED B BY COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI? DOES THIS MEAN THAT THE GRANDFAFATHERING IS NOT GOIG TO HAPPEN IF WE PUT THIS MOTION ON TOP OF IT? I'M JUST SEEKING A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY. [1:15:57] Kristyn Anderson (City Attorney): PRESIDENT PAYNE, COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY, NO, THE AMENDMENT DOES NOTONFLICT ON ITS F FACE WITH THE PRIOR ADOPTD AMENDMENT. STATE LAW PROVIDES AN EXCEPTION AND THE CLEAN INDOOR AIR ACT FOR S SAMPLING OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS. THE IS NO FURTHER ELABORATION IN STATE LAW OUT WHAT THAT MEANS. CITIES HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE MORE STRINGENT AND TO ADOPT OUR OWN LOCAL ORDINANCES IN THIS AREA,A, WHICH IS WHAT THIS PROPOSAL DOES. IT DEFINES SAMPLING MOREE NARROWLY, AND SO IT'S STILL ALLOWS SAMPLING, BUT UNDER THE DEFINITION AS PROPOSED, AND SO THERE IS NO C-- THERE IS NO CONFLICT ON ITS FACE BETWEEN THE TWO. IN PRACTICE WITH ANY AFFECTED BUSINESS, A BUSINES THAT WAS PERHAPS GRANDFATHERED IN BY THE PRIOR AMENDMENT, WOULD THEY VIEW THIS AS AN EFFECTIVE PROHIBITION OR B? I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT. BUT ON ITS FACE, THERE IS NO LEGAL CONFLICT. [1:17:16] Casey Carl (City Clerk): MR. PRESIDENT, I DIDN'T know IF THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY WOULD MAKE THIS COMMENT. THERE WAS A ESTION ABOUT EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE. THE AMENDMENT THAT C COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI BROUGHT FORWARD DOES INCLUDEHE EFFECTIVE DATE RETROACTIVE TO APRIL 1st AS EXPLAINED MANY TIMES TO GRANDFATHER THE ONE BUSINESS THAT'S IN HER WARD. THE ORDINANCE ITSELF DOESN'T PROVIDE A SEPARATE EFFECTIVE DATE AND SO OF COURSE UNDER THE CHARTER IT BECOMES EFFECTIVE IF ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL, IF APPROVED BY THE MAYOR AND THEN PUBLISHED. AND SO I DON'T know WHAT THE PUBLICATION REQUEST ON THIS IS. THAT MEANS THE STANDARD EFFECTIVE DATE WOULD NORMALLY BE NEXT SATURDAY. UNLESS THEHERE HS BEEN A REQUEST FOR AN EARLY SIGNATURE. SO THE AMENDMENT, THE ENTIRE ORDINANCE AND THE AMENDMENT OFFEREDY VETAW WOULD BECOME EFFECTIVE ON PUBLICATION. IF YOU WISH TO DELAY THAT, THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE AN AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THAT DATE. SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY FOR THE BODY THAT AN ORDINANCE BECOMES EFFECTIVE AFTER ENACTED BY COUNCIL, APPROVED BY THE MAYOR, AND PUBLISHED IN THE PAPER,ND SO THIS DOESN'T H HAVE A LATER EFFECTIVE DATE P PROVIDED. SO T WOULD BECOME EFFECTIVE ONCE PUBLISHEHED. [1:18:05] LaTrisha Vetaw: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO OFFER AN AMENDMENT TO MAKE THE EFFECTIVE TE DECEMBER 1st. [Seconded] [1:18:45] Aurin Chowdhury: THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT I'M HAVING A HARD TIME FOLLOWING ALL THE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE HAPPENINING. I FEEL LIKE THERES A VAGUE QUESTION HERE FOR OUR BUSINESS LICENSING AND INSPECTIONS TEAM ABOUT I IN PRACTICE WHAT HAPPENS TO THIS BUSINESS, SO I think I'M JUST GOING TO ABTAIN FROM VOTING OEN AMEON AMENDMENTS TODAY BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL THE CLARITY . [1:19:19] Elliott Payne: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER CHOWN ON THE AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT? SEEING NONE, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. [Roll call results in 12 Ayes and 1 Abstention]. THAT CARRIES, AND THAT AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED, AND WE ARE NOW ON THE UNDERLYING AMENDMENT. [1:20:23] Jason Chavez: YEAH, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HEAR, SO THERE'S A LOT HAPPENING, A LOT EMENTS OF OF AMENDMENTS, AND I WOULD LIKE IF THE COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT COULDD TALK ABOUT THE UNDERLYING MOTION AND GIVEN THAT THIS IS IN HER W WARD I WOULD LE TO HEAR HER OPINION. [1:20:30] Aisha Chughtai: SURE. SO THIS, THIS MOTION IS NOT MINE. IT'S C COUNCILMEMR VETAW'S, AND IT IS LIKE THE AMENDMENT THAT I OFFERED, WAS APPROVED BY THIS BODY, AND NOW WE HAVE THIS MOTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER VETAW, AND YOU know, AND YOU know, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF WHAT THIS IS GOING TO DO TO, TO THE BUSINESS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO PROTECT IN, THAT I AM TRYING TO KEEP IN MY WARD, I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T UNDERSTAND. I DON'T think THAT THIS IS, I think THIS IS LIKE EFFECTIVELY DOING THE SAME THING THAT T AMENDMENT -- THAT MY AMENDMENT WAS TRYING TO PREVENT. SO I DON'T know. I REALLY WANT TO SUPPORT IT, BUT I DON'T know THAT I CAN TODAY. [1:21:23] Andrea Jenkins: THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT. I think WHAT IT DOES, AND THE CITY ATTORNEY EXPLAINED IT, IT PROVIDES A SET OF RULES THAT, A, DEFINE SAMPLILING, WHICH IS UNDEFINED N THE STATE STATUTE. AND IT PROVIDES SOME LIMITATIONS. SO IF YOU WANT TO COME TO THIS PLACE AND PURCHASE A CIGAR, YOU HAVE UP TO AN HOUR, I think AS THIS THING STATES, TO SAMPLE, 15 MINUTES. IT WOULD BE LIKE ANY STORE THAT IS SELLING TOBACCO PRODUCTS. THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO SELL TO PEOPLE UNDER 21, BUT WE DON'T know THAT UNTIL BUSINESS LICENSING GOES IN PERIODICALLY AND DOES CHECKS. IT'S THE SAME THING. SO PEOPLE CAN COME TO ANTHONY'S, I think THAT'S THE DIS SRE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, PURCHASE CIGARS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I think HE'S IN BUSINESS FOR,, I DIDN'T know HE HAD A PLACE TO COME SMOKE CIGARS. HE HAS A PLACE TO SELL SIDARS, AND THEN SO -- CIGARS, SO HE CAN STILL DO THAT. THERE IS NO IMPACT ON HIS ABILITY TO SELL CIGARS. WHAT IS IMPACTED IS THE ABILITY TO SIT THERE AND SMOKE CIGARS AND THAT IS LIMITED TO, I'M NOT CLEAR ON THE 15 MINUTES TO AN HOUR, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS A LIMITATION ON HOW LONG PEOPLE CAN SIT THERE AND SMOKE. AND IT'S UP TO ANTHONY T TO ABIDE BY THE LAWS THAT HAVE BEEN C CREATED BY THIS BODY, AND IF HE, YOU know, DOESN'T ENFORCE THOSE LAWS, EVENTUALLY BUSINESS LICENSING WILL FIGURE THAT OUT. S I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THIS AMEMENDMENT TS CAN SUPPORT IT AS WELL. [1:23:54] Jamal Osman: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. I'M CONFUSED AND I'M SURE THE PUBLIC IS CONFUSED. I'THE CHAIR OF BIZ COMMITTEE, AND I WAS NOT AVAVAILABLE AT THT TIME, BUT THIS IS CONFUSING. THERE ARE SO MANY AMENDMENTS FLYING AROUND. I HAVE PLENTY OF QUESTION WITH THE U UNDERLYING ORDINANCE THAT RAISES MANY QUESTQUESTIONS FOR ME, YOU know? HOW DO WE GO FROM $10.43 TO $15 AT O ONE TIME? YU know, FOR ME IF IX YOU know, MAYBE GIVEN A TIME OR GIVEN YEAR THAT THIS COULD BE EFFECTIVE IN EACH YEAR AS WE GO BY, BUT LKS LIKE THIS IS GOING TO BE PROBABLY ONE OF T HIGHEST, IT IS, IT WILL BE THE HIGHEST PRICE IN THE COUNTRY. NEW YORK I I BELIEVE IS LIKE $1, $13. I AM NOT SURE, BUT I JUST HAVE MANY QUESTIONS. HOW DOO WE GET THIS, TO THIS NUMBER FROMM $13 -- $10 TO $15 CIGARET. PEOPLE CAN JUST DRIVEVE ACROSS THE -- AND BUY WHATEVER CIGARS THEY WANT. I DON'T know IF WE'RE REALLY MAKING THE PERFECT S ARE CONFUNG. I'M SEEING THAT SAMPLING AND HOW DO YOU SAMPLE CIGARS WITHOUT LIGHTING IT UP. E LOUNGE? I HEARD FROM THE AUTHOR, IT'S CONFUSING SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO SEND THIS BACK TO THE COMMITTEE AND CLEAN IT UP TO MAKE A BETTER OPTION. THANK YOU. [1:25:50] Elliott Payne: COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN HAS MOVED TO REFERTHIS BACK TO COMMITTEE. IS THERE A SECOND? [Seconded] ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION TO REFER BACK TO C COMMITTEE PROPERLY SECONDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN? [1:26:06] Katie Cashman: THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. SUPPORT THIS ORDINANCE, AND I WILL SUPPORT, YOU know, THE FINAL V VERSION OF IT. BUT I think IT'S, IT'S WISE FOR US TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE IN COMMITTEE AND TO WORK THROUGH AMENDMENTS IN COMMITTEE, SO WE DON'T HAVE THEONGEST CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS EVERY TIME,O I SUPPORT THAT MOTIONO REFER IT BACK. [1:26:25] Robin Wonsley: THANK YOU, COUNCILRESIDENT PAYNE. I ALSO WILL BE SUPPORTING THE DELAY. WHILE I'M APPRECIATIVE THAT CMV -- ON SUCH A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE, I AM ALSO CE ASPECTS OF THE ORDINANCE, AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THERE IS SPACE FOR COLLEAGUES TO DO SOME S ULTIMATELY PASSED. I WOULD NAME FOR ME I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT HOW WE GOT TO THE RATES, SPECIFICALLY I SAW COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE BRING F FORTH AN AMENDMENT AND COULDN'T REALLY PROVIDE AN EXPLANATION OF HOW WE LANDED AT $15. ALSO, I'VE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF ABOUT SOME OF THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF REGULATIN CIGARETTES W WHILE LEAVING E-CIGARETTES ALONE AND WHILE THAT MIGHT NOT BE THE INTENTION, IT DOES FEE LIKE WE'RE SIGNALING THAT E-SIGS ARE BASICALLY THE PREFERRED NICOTINE OF CHOICE, OR PRODUCT DESPITE THEM ALSO HAVING NEGATIVE HEALTH IMPACTS AND KNOWING A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE ALSO USE VAPES AND E-CIGS AS WELL SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HOW WE CAN ALSO BE RESPONSIVE TO THAT MATTER. AND REALLY GETNG TO A PLACE WHERE THE ORDININANCE DOES FEEL COMPREHENSIVE, SO I WOULD DEFINITELY ALSO APPRECIATE MORE TIME TO ENGAGE WITH BOTH MY CONSTITUENTS STAFF THE AUTHORS,S, AND HEALTH PROFESSIONALS BEFORE TAKING A FINAL VOTE ON THIS. [1:28:02] LaTrisha Vetaw: WELL, FIRST OFF, THIS ORDINANCE IS COMPREHENSIVE AS IT GETS. I DON'T know WHAT IS CONFUSING. WE WERE SPEAKING TO AN AMENDNDMENT THAT I BROUGHT FORWARD, ONE AMENDMENT NOT MORE THAN ONE. ONE. AN AMENDMENT THAT I BROUGHT FORWARD THAT OTHERS HAVE PASSED IN OTHER CITIES TO REGULATE MORE -- AS OUR CITY ATTORNEY SAID, TO PUT ACTUAL REGULATIONS ON THAT LOOPHOLE AT THE STATE LEVEL. SO I DON'T know WHAT'S CONFUSING ABOUT THAT. WHAT I'M CONFUSED ABOUT WHY WE WOULD SEND SOMETHING BACK THAT CAME UP LAST YEAR. WE WERE GOING TO TAKE A VOTE LAST YEAR. THERE WAS SOME OVERSIGHT ON AN ISSUE, AND IT'S COME BACK AGAIN. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN QUESTIONS OUT OFF BIZ BUT ONLY ONE COUNCILMEMBER HAS REACHED OUT TO ME ABOUT QUESTIONS. WITH QUESTIONS SINCE THE BIZ COMMITTEE, SINCE THIS ISSUE CAME UP AGAIN IN BIZ BECAUSE IT DID COME BEFORE US LAST YEAR AND LAST TERM. SO I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CONFUSION IS. I W WOULD LOVE FOR US TO JT TAKE A VOTE. IF IT'S A HARD VOTE, THEN JUST SAY NO OR SAY YES OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO SAY. BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND THA THE CONFUSION. I DEFINITELY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULDN'T TAKE A VOTE ON THIS TAY AND PROLONG SOMEMETHING THAT ADVOCATES HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR YEARS. THEY'RE HERE TODAY. THEY HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS SINCE LAST YEAR WHEN WE HAD TO RESCHEDULE THIS. I DON'T GET IT.T. AND TN LASTLY, I DON'T -- THIS JUST FEELS LIKE HYPOCRISY. MY ARGUMENT FOR UBER AND LYFT WAS THE PEOPLE IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS use THIS SERVICEND WANT TO KEEP IT, AND MAJORITY OF THIS COUNCIL SAID WHATEVER. WE'RE STILL GOG TO VOTE. AND NOW WE'RE -- [1:29:48] Elliott Payne: PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS FOCUSED ON THE U UNDERLYING -- [1:29:50] LaTrisha Vetaw: DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO KEEP MY COMMENTS FOCUSED ON. [Elliott Payne: DECORUM, PLEASE.] THANK YOU. LIKE I SAID. THE HYPOCRISY. I'M CONFUSED AT HOW WE'RE HERE WITH A PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN, A AND WE DON'T PUT INTO CONSIDERATION THE PEOPLE I PRESENT IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS WHO ARE WORRIED ABOUT GETTING TO THEIR JOBS AND TO GET THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY. [1:30:13] Aurin Chowdhury: THANK YOU, CHAIR PAYNE. I appreciate COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON'S REMARKS ABOUT OUR COMMITTEE THAT'S AHEAD OF US. I DO ALSO WANT TO BE ABLE TO SPEND TIME ON THE TNC ASPECT, AND IT IS, FROM OUR AGENDA SETTING, IT IS A LONG COMMITTEE. IT IS PROBABLY GOING TO GO RIGHT UNTIL THE TITIME THAT WE NEED TO BE OT OF THE CHAMBERS FOR THE FOLLOWING MEETING. SO I HAVE AN OPENNESS IF WE'RE ABLE TO DO THE COMMITTEE WORK AT FULL COUNCIL TODAY, FOR PEOPLE TO GET CLARITY, I'M, I'M HAPPY TO DO THA LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF THE DECEMBER DATE CHANGE VERSUS WHAT WE HAD ON APRI 1st. SO IF WE WANT TO ENGAGE IN COMMITTEE WORK, THAT'S SOMETHING I HAVE AN OPENNESS TO. [1:32:03] Jeremiah Ellison: THANKNK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDE. I UNDERSTAND THE DISCUSSION AND, YOU know, I RESPECT EVERYBODY'S PERSPECTIVE ON THIS. I DEFINITELY FEEL LIKE, YOU know, WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING HERE COULD BE PASASSED TODAY. I'VE HEARD BASICALLY TWO ISSUES. ONE, WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED, WHICH IS, WHICH IS THE PROVISION FOR SAMPLING AND MAKING SURE THAT BUSINESSES ARE NOT SORT OF HIT WITH A NEW REGULATION IMMEDIATELY, THAT THEY CAN'T, YOU know, MEET. SO THAT'S BEEN ADDRESSED. THE OTHER CONCERN I'VE HEARD IS AROUND THE MINIMUM RATE. IF FOLKS WANT TO REVERT IT BACK, THERE IS AT LEAST IN A PVIOUS DRAFT, A MINIMUM RATE. THAT WAS THERE. YOU KW, IN THE SPIRIT, YOU know, SOME OF THE COMMITTEE, THE COMMITTEE TIME MANAGEMENT WAS BROUGHT UP, AND SO I'LL JUST SAY, COMMITTEES, ESPECIALLY THE BIZ COMMITTEE GETTING REALLY ROBUST,, REALLY INSANE, AND SO I AM ALSO EAGER TO NOT ADD ANOTHER LONG DISCUSSION TOPIC TO THE BIZ AGENDAS WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF AGENDAS ON THE DOCKET THROUGH MAY THAT ARE GOING TO BE ROBUST, THAT ARE GOING TO BE PROBABLBLY HOURS LONG. AND SO IF, YOU know, I WOULD, IF IT GETS SENT BACK TOO COMMITTEE, OBVIOUSLY, WE'LL TAKE IT UP IN COMMITTEE. IT THERE ARE TWO ISSUES THATT SEEM PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD TO ME, I RESPECT THAT FOLKS ARE MAYBE A LITTLE GETTING A LITTLE LOST IN THE DETAILS BUT THEY SEEM PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD TO ME, I DO think THIS IS WORK THAT WE COULD COMPLETE, YOU know, RELATIVELY EASILY HERE TODAY, AND THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO BE DONE WITH THIS WORK, AND MOVE ONTO OTHER WORK. SO THAT'S MY PERSPECTIVE FOR TODAY. IF IT COME BACKS TO L BE TOO MUCH OFF AN ISSUE BUT I'M HEARING TWO BASIC ISSUES AND I think WE CAN RESOLVE THEM TODAY. THAT'S MY PERSPECTIVE. [1:33:19] Linea Palmisano: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I ECHO, I DON'T NEED TO RESTATE COUNCILMEMBEBER ELLISON I think LAID IT OUT PRETTY CLEARLY. IT IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. THESE AMENDMENTS, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BUT I DO WANT TO REMIN MY COLLEAGUES THAT ONE OF THEHE THINGS WE AGREED TO MOE FORWARD TO THE NEXT BIZ COMMITTEE I think ALONG W WITH X PUBLIC HEARINGS NEXT WEEK IS THE TNC ANALYSIS FROM PAR. I'M NOT ON THIS COMMITTEE BUT I PLAN TO BE THERE AND I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT IT AND I IMAGINE OTHERS DO AS WELL, SO I DO think THAT WILL BE A LG ITEM, SO THAT'S JUST kind of A WARNING IN ADVANCE. I DON'T REALLY SEE THAT THERE WOULD BE A PROBLEM IN MOVING FORWARD ON THIS TODAY, BUT THAT'S JUST MY PERSPECTIVE. THANKS. [1:34:36] Katie Cashman: THANK YOU. I'M ALSO SENSITIVE TO THE NEEDOR HAVING BIZ COMMITTEE REALLY DEDICATED TO THAT TOPIC, AND I DID WANT TO ASK DID WE VOTE YETN, SO WE VOTED ON VETAW'S AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE. SO CAN WE GO BACKO THAT AND WORK THROUGH THAT BEFORE WE CONSIDER THIS MOTION TOEFER BACK TO COMMITTEE? OKAY, SO I WON'T -- I'M GOING TO KEEP, YOU know, THIS CONVERSATION HERE TODAY AND I WILL NOT SUPPORT THE MOTION TO REFER BACK TO COMM COMMITTEE. [1:35:14] Aurin Chowdhury: THANK YOU, CHAIR PAYNE. I appreciate COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON'S REMARKS ABOUT OUR COMMITTEE THAT'S AHEAD OF US. I DO ALSO WANT TO BE ABLE TO SPEND TIME ON THE TNC ASPECT, AND IT IS, FROM OUR AGENDA SETTING, IT IS A LONG COMMITTEE. IT IS PROBABLY GOING TO GO RIGHT UNTIL THE TITIME THAT WE NEED TO BE OT OF THE CHAMBERS FOR THE FOLLOWING MEETING. SO I HAVE AN OPENNESS IF WE'RE ABLE TO DO THE COMMITTEE WORK AT FULL COUNCIL TODAY, FOR PEOPLE TO GET CLARITY, I'M, I'M HAPPY TO DO THA LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF THE DECEMBER DATE CHANGE VERSUS WHAT WE HAD ON APRI 1st. SO IF WE WANT TO ENGAGE IN COMMITTEE WORK, THAT'S SOMETHING I HAVE AN OPENNESS TO. [1:36:06] Jamal Osman: THANK YOU, COUOUNCIL PRESIDE. E CHAIR OF THE BIZ COMMITTEE, WE CAN FIGURE O THE S SCHEDULING. SO I think IT'S FAIR FOR US TO DO THE WK THAT'S APPROPRIATE TO DO, AND YES, COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON RAISED A COUPLE VERY IMPORTANT POINTS. IF WE CAN know? HOW DO WE GET TO THE, YOU $15 AND CAN THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE ALREADY OPERATING CONTINUE TO OPERATE AND NOT RUN OUT OF BUSINESS. SO FOR THOSE MANY QUESTIONS I DON'T think THEY CAN BE ANSWERED HERE TODAY OR HAVE A TIME TO DO THAT, SO II WOULD LIE TO KEEP THAT MOTION, GET, YOU know, THE SUPPORT AND SEND IT BACK AND LET US FIGURE out HOW WE WILL PUT ON THE SCHEDULE OF BIZ COMMITTEE AND THE TIMING. THAT IS SOMETHING CLERK AND I AND CO-CHAIR CAN FIGURE THAT OUT. THANK YOU. [1:37:29] Casey Carl (City Clerk): THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, AND I'M GOING TO ASK DEPUTY ATTORNEY NIELSEN TO TAG TEAM WITH ME TO MAKE SURE I GET THIS CORRECT. THE PROPOSAL THAT CAME OUT OF COMMITTEE RELATED TO THIS ITEM HAS BEEN AMENDED SUCCESSFULLY B VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. AS SHE EXPLAINED AT LENGTH, THAT ENTIRE AMENDMENT ESSENTIALLY PROVIDES A GRANATHER CLAUSE FOR ONE BUSINESS THAT'S IN WARD 10. AND THE ATTORNEY CAN SPEAK TO THAT IF I'M INCORRECT ON WHAT THAT AMENDMENT DID. THE AMENDMENT THAT COUNCILMEMBER VETAW HAS OFFERED WOULD AMEND THE DEFINITIONS SECTION, AND AS PART OF THAT AMENDMENT WOULD PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN PROHIBITED USES WITHIN THAT DEFINITION THAT WOULD BE APPLICABLE TO L BUSINESSES IN THIS INDUSTRY, IN THES SECTOR OFFERING THESE PRUCTS EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1st. THAT MEANS THE GRANDFATHERED BUSINESS IN WARD 10 WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE NEW DEFINITIONS AND STANDARDS WITHIN THE VETAW AMENDMENT AS OF DECEMBER 1st. U UNTIL THEN, , IT WOULD NOT BE. SO THE BUSINESS IN WARD D 10 WOULD HAVE AN EXCEPTION PERMANENTLY FOR THE USE OF A SAMPLING OPERATION PROVIDED IT HAD BEEN DOING THAT IN APRIL 1st, BUT THEN THE DEFINITIONS AS AMENDED BY COUNCILMEMBER VETAW IF APPROVED, WHICH AGAIN HAS NOT BEEN PASSED, BUT IF THAT WERE TO BECOME EFFECTIVE, IF THAT AMENDMENT WERE ADOPTED BY THIS BODY, THAT WOULD BECOME APPLICABLE TO ALL SUCH BUSINESSES INCLUDING THE ONE IN WARD 10 ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE DECEMBE1st. SO THAT'S WHAT'S IN FRONT OF THE BODY NOW. WE ALSO HAVE A MOTION TO REFER THIS BACK TO THE BUSINESS HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE, AND I WILL POINT OUT THAT BECAUSE THE CHUGHTAII AMENDMENT PASSED, THE ORDINANCE THAT CAME OUT OF THE COMMITTEE WOULD BE REFERRED BACK, BUT THE AMENDMENT THAT IS CURRENTLY IN PLAY BY VETAW WOULD NOT. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE BROUGHT BACK UP AT COMMITTEE. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'D BE REFERRING BACK. SO HOPE FALL THAT CRIFIES WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS. . WHAT THE TWO AMENDMENTS WOULD DO AS THE ATTORNEY INDICATED NOT IN CONFLICT ON THEIR FACE. THERE JUST I WOULD SAY FROM now UNTIL DECEMBER 1st AN ADDITIONAL RIOD WHERE THIS ONE BUSINESS IN WARD 1 10 WOULD HAVE AN ADDITIONAL ABILITY TO DO CERTAIN APPROV FUNCTIONS WITHIN ITS PRPREMISES AND THEN DECEMBER 1st, IF THAT WERE TO PASS, WOULDOT. IF THIS IS SENT BACK TO BIZ, THEN THE CHUGHTAI AMENDMENT GOES WITH IT. THE VETAW AMENDMENT DOES NOT. [1:39:49] Kristyn Anderson (City Attorney): THE CITY CLERK IS CORRECT. I AGREE. THEUESTION THAT WE HAD WAS THE DECEMBER EFFECTIVE DATE, WHICH, AGAIN THE INTENT OF THE AUTHOR COUNCILMEMBER VETAW WE BELIEVE APPLIED JUST TO THE SAMPLING DEFINITION. I'D RATHR JUST REFER TO IT AS A DEFINITION OFOF SAMPLING RATHER THAN A PROHIBITION BECAUSE IT STILL ALLOWS SAMPLING BUT IT'S DEFINED SPECIFICALLY AND HOW THAT ALLOWED. BUT THAT DEFINITION WOULD TAKE EFFEC DECEMBER 1st, AND SO THE EFFECT OF COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI'S MION IS THAT ANY AFFECTED BUSINESS THROUGH THE EXEMPTION LANGUAGE OF HER MOTION WOULD BE ABLE TO CONDUCT SAMPLING AS THEY'VE BEEN ALLOWED OR AS THEY HAVE BUT A OF DECEMBER 1st, YOYOU WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY AS WILL ALL BUSINESSES WITH A NARROWER DEFINITION. [1:40:40] Robin Wonsley: THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE AND JUST COGNIZANT OF ALSO PELE WHO HAVE DIFFERENT TYPE OF MOBILITY NEEDS OR DISABILITIES, I WOULD ACTUAY LIKE TO MOTION TO STRIKE PART 1 IN LIGHTHT OF PEOPLE MIGHT NEEDO SIT OR HAVE THAT TYPE OF ACCOMMODATION, SO MAKING SURE WE'RE MEETING THE NEEDS OF ACCESSIBITY I WOULD LIKE TO MOTION TO STRIKE THAT PIECE A KEEP THE REST. [1:42:07] Robin Wonsley: THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE AND JUST COGNIZANT OF ALSO PELE WHO HAVE DIFFERENT TYPE OF MOBILITY NEEDS OR DISABILITIES, I WOULD ACTUAY LIKE TO MOTION TO STRIKE PART 1 IN LIGHTHT OF PEOPLE MIGHT NEEDO SIT OR HAVE THAT TYPE OF ACCOMMODATION, SO MAKING SURE WE'RE MEETING THE NEEDS OF ACCESSIBITY I WOULD LIKE TO MOTION TO STRIKE THAT PIECE A KEEP THE REST. [1:45:19] Elliott Payne: SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL ON THE MOTION TO REFER. [Roll call results in 5 Ayes and 8 Nays]. THAT FAILS, AND WE ARE BACK TO THE UNDERLYING MOTION. THE VETAW AMENDMENT THAT IS NARROWING THE DEFINITION OF SALING. [1:46:11] Aurin Chowdhury: JUST POINT OF CLARIFICATION ON THIS. SO I'M HEARING DIFFERENT THINGS UP HERE. WITH THE, WITH THE APRIL 1st MOTION THAT COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT MADE, IT CREATES THIS EXCEPTION FOR THAT CIGAR STORE. WITH THIS INC INCLUDING THE DECEMBER 1st DEADLINE, THAT MEANS BY THE TIME WE HEADO DECEMBER 1st, THAT EXCEPTION NO LONGER IS IN PLAY, THAT'S KINDF MY UNDERSTANDING? NO? I WOULD LOVE TO GET SOME CLARITY FROM THE CLERKS OR COUNCILMEMBERS. [1:47:03] Kristyn Anderson (City Attorney): PRESIDENT PAYNE, COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY, YES, I BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECT. UNDER OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE, THERE IS NO DEFINITION OF SAMPLING. THE AMENDMENT, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT DEFINES SAMPLING IN A VERY SPECIFIC WAY THAT TAKES EFFECT DECEMBER 1st, AND SO THE SO-CALLED GRANDFATHERED PROVISION WOULD ALLOW FOR SAMPLING TO CONTINUE ASAS APPARENTLY ONE BUSINESS HAS BEEN DOING OR HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO DOO IN THE FASHION THAT THEY'VE DONE IT, BUT AS OF DECEMBER 1st, THTHAT WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH SHOULD THE AMENDMENT BE SUCCCCESSFUL, WITH THE NEW DEFINITION. [1:47:43] Jeremiah Ellison: AND JUST FOR THE CLERKS AND THE ATTORNEYS, JUST TO CLARIFY, THE APRIL 1st DEADLINE ADOPTING THIS PRACTICE. NEWOM BUSINESSES. SO THAT'S WHAT THE, THAT'S WHAT THE TWO DIFFERENT DATES ACCOMPLISH. [1:48:23] Katie Cashman: I'M SO SORRY. THE CLARIFYING QUESTION I WANT TO ASK HERE IS ABOUT NUMBER 2. 15 MINUTES DURING A SINGLE VISIT OR IN EXCESS OF 15 MINUTES DURG ANY 60-MINUTE TIME PERIOD. CAN THE AMENDMENT AUTR EXPLAIN WHAT INN EXCESS OF 15 MINUTES DURING A SINGLE VISIT OR AN EXCESS OF 15 MINUTES DURING A 60-MINUTE TIME PERIOD, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO 15 MINUTES? [1:48:49] LaTrisha Vetaw: THE DIFRENCE IS IS THAT THE PERSON WON'T BE ABLE TO SIT DOWN AND JUST SMOKE A CIGAR, RIGHT? LIKE IT REALLY IS ABOUT SAMPLING. . I DON'T know IF YOU SAW IN BIZ A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO -- NOT A LOT. A UP CANAL PEOPLE WHO SPOKE -- A COUPLE PEOPLE WHO SPOKE SPOKE TO THIS PLACE BEING A PLACE WHERE THEY GO AND CONGREGATE WITH THEIR FRIENDS AND THEY SMOKE, AND I WILL ALSO SAYAY THIS IS HOW OTHR CITIES, I THIHINK THERE'S EIGHTI THE METRO, WHO HAVE CLOSED THIS LOOPHOLE. THIS IS HOW TY'VE DEFINED SAMPLING ALSO. [1:49:40] Robin Wonsley: THANK YOU, PRESIDENTNT PAYNE AND JUST COGNIZANT OF ALSO PELE WHO HAVE DIFFERENT TYPE OF MOBILITY NEEDS OR DISABILITIES, I WOULD ACTUAY LIKE TO MOTION TO STRIKE PART 1 IN LIGHTHT OF PEOPLE MIGHT NEEDO SIT OR HAVE THAT TYPE OF ACCOMMODATION, SO MAKING SURE WE'RE MEETING THE NEEDS OF ACCESSIBITY I WOULD LIKE TO MOTION TO STRIKE THAT PIECE A KEEP THE REST. [1:49:53] Elliott Payne: COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY HAS MOVED TO STRIKE ITEM NUMBER 1 IS THERE A SECOND? [Seconded]. [Roll call results in 9 Ayes and 4 Nays]. THAT AMENDMENT CARRIES. NEXT WE ARE ON THE UNDERLYING AMENDMENT. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT? [Roll call results in 13 Ayes]. THAT AMENDMENT CARRIES AND NOW WERE ON THE UNDERLYING ORDINANCE AS AMENDED. [1:51:40] Jamal Osman: THANK YOU SO MUCH. I GUESS WE'RE GOING TO DO A LOT OF WORK IN HERE TODAY. think I MADE MY POINT CLEAR THAT THANK YOU -- O EXPLAIN RAISING THE PRICE FROM $10.43 I think WAS THA THE ORIGINAL? $10.43 TO 15. I think THAT'S A BIG JUMP. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT MORE EXTENDED TO A DIFFERENT YEARS. TO DO THAT. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE HIGHEST IN THE NATION AND I think THAHAT WE WILL BE MAKING POLICIES AND WE SHOULD REALLY think ABOUT SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS OF, I DON'T know WHAT PERCENT, THAT'S 30% OR 40%, WHATEVER THE MATH IS. THAT'S A BIG JUMP. AND THAT IS A CONCERN FOR ME. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO STRIKE THAT $15 AND COME BACK TO THE ORIGINAL PRICE THAT IS MY MOTION. THANK YOU. [1:53:26] Casey Carl (City Clerk): MR. PRESIDENT, I'M SORRY. AMENDMENTS UNDNDER THE RULES MUT BE IN WRITING, AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE THIS IS LISTED THROUGHOUT THE ORDINANCE. IT'S NOT LIKE WE CAN DO ONE LITTL SECTION, AND SO I'M HAPPY TO HELP. I'M SURE THAT WE CAN TRY AND GET THAT IF WE WANT TO put THIS ITEM ASIDE, BUT IT WOULD BE IMPOSSLE FOR US TO CAPTURE ALL OF THE PLACESHAT THIS MIGHT BE LISTED WITH AN ORAL MOTION. [1:54:18] Linea Palmisano: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS ORDINANCE TODAY, AND I JUST WANTED A CHANCE TO EXPLAIN WHY FROM MY OWN PERSPECTIVE. THE use OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS IS HAZARDOUS TO OUR HEALTH, AND IT'S A CRISIS. THAT'S INDISPUTABLE. WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT AT ALL LEVELS, INCLUDING LOCAL LEVELS, INCLUDINGG HABITS OF use, COUPONS, AND PRICING, AND I APPLAUD COUNCILMEMBER VETAW FOR DOING THAT WITH HER WORK ON THIS TODAY. I'VE BEEN HEARING FROM PEOPLE WHO think THAT RAISING THE PRICE OF CIGARETTES WILL DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACT MEMBERS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, AND THEY'RE RIGHT. THIS WILL. I HAVE SOMEONE IN MY LIFE, MICHAEL WHO uses TOBACCO AS A WAY TO AVOID OTHER SUBSTANCES. IN OTHEHER WORDS, HE'S AN ALCOHOLIC. HE SMOKES MORE, HE DRINKS LESS. HE LIVES ON FOOD STAMPS. HE HAS NO EASY ABILITY TO GO TO THE SUBURBS TO SHOP. HE FILLS OUT SURVEYS TO GET PAYPAL MONEY AND MOST OFTEN SMOKES LUC STRIKES OR W WINSTONS WITH THE COUPON IN THE MAIL. ESSAY AND HOLIDAY HAVE REGISTER DISCOUNTS IF YOU buy TWO PACKS SOMETIMES. ALL OF MY KNOWLEDGE OF THIS COMES BECAUSE OF MICHAEL. AND THIS LOCAL ORDINANCE WILL GRELY IMPACT HIM. I FEEL FOR HIM, AND YESTERDAY SHARED LUNCH WITH HIM TO make SURE HIELD HEAR ME -- HE ULD HEAR ME SAY I WILL SUPPORT HIM IN WHATEVER WAY I CAN, BUT I AM NOT SORRY. I DON'T FIND IT APPROPATE TO make A CARVEOUT FOR MICHAEL OR PEOPLE LIKE HIM WHERE THIS IS THE LESSER EVIL BY FAR. THAT'S NOT GOING TO HELP THE BROADER LONG-TERM EFFORT OF THIS EFFORT. I AM NOT HERE TO SUPPORT THIS IF IT HELPS EVEN ONE PERSON STOP USING TOBACCO, ONE PERSO use LESS TOBACCO, OR ONE PERSON STOP FROM STARTING TOBACCO use. THAT'SWORTH IT T O ME. THIS IS FOR THE GREATER PUBLIC GOOD OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR RESIDENTS. I know IT'S EASY FOR ME TO SIT UP HERE A AND SAY THAT AS A NONSMOKER. BUT IT'S THE TRUTH. THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GOING TO BREAK OUR DEPENDENCE ON TOBACCO IS IF WE make SOME REALLY HARD CHANGES. THIS TIME OF TRANSITIONN IS GOING TO BE DIFFICULT, AND IT MAY LAST YEARS, BUT THE PAYOFF ISHAT PEOPLE OF ALL AGES COULD LIVE A TOBACCO-FREE LIFE. THAT IS GOOD FOR THEIR HEALTH AND FOR ALL OF US. THE PAYOFF I IS ALSO THAT THOSE PEOPLEHO CAN LEAST AFFORD TOBACCO PRODUCTS EVEN BEFORE THIS ORDINANCE WILL BENEFIT BY THEIR INCOME NO LONGER GOINGO TOBACCO, B BUT RATHEROR NECESSITIES OF LIFE OR EVEN ANOTHER LUXURY OR TWO. IF THERE ARE OTHER IDEAS FOR WHAT THE CITY CAN DO TO SUPPORT WEANING OFF TOBACCO, AND I GREATLY APPRECIATED EVELYN'S PRESENTATION AT COMMITTEE LAST WEEK, IF WE COULD BETTER HELP THOSE WHO WILL BE IMPACTED BY THIS ORDINANCE, I'M ALL EARS. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SUPPORT ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING WHOSE GOAL IS TO PREVENT OR CEASE TOBACCO use, SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME ANN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN MY VOTE. [1:57:33] Jason Chavez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. I'LL BE VOTING IN FAVOR OF THIS ORDINANCE. I think THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO PROTECT THE U PUBLIC HEALT OF OUR RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF MINNEALIS. PROUD OF THE WORK CITY STAFF HAS BEEN DOING FOR THE PAST YEARS TO GET US TO THIS POINT. I ACTUALLY SEE THIS FIGHT WITH BIG TOBACCO AND ITS INDUSTRY SIMILAR TO THE BIG FIGHT WITH UBER AND LYFT WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO PROTECT RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF MINNEALIS. AND I SEE THE SAME SCARE TACTICS THA BIG TOBACCO IS TRYING TOO use WITH THIS ORDINANCE AS THE SAME SCARE TACTICS THAT PEOPLE WITH BIG BUSINESS AND CORPORATE INTERESTS HAVE WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO pay MININIMUM WAGES TO UBEAND LYFT DRIVIVERS. SO I SEE THIS FIGHTS SIMILAR AND WILL B VOTING IN FAVOR OF IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [1:58:18] Katie Cashman: THANK YOU. I GUESS I DONON'T SEE COUNCILMEMBER VETAW HERE, AND I WOULD JUST, I'M GOING TO BE SUPPORTING THIS. I JUST WANT TO know IF WE CAN GO FURTHER WITH VAPES. I'M A YOUNG PERSON. I'M 30. MY FRIENDS DON'T SMOKE CIGARETTES. THEY SMOKE VAPES, LIKE, YOUNG PEOPLE SMOKE VAPES. SO IF I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS ORDINANCE GO FURTHER, SPECIFICALLY ON THAT ISSUE. [1:58:50] Jason Chavez: COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, I WOULD LIKE MAYBE A QUESTION FOR, WE DID ALL AEE WE'RE GOING TO DO FULL COUNCIL COMMITTEE WORK, SO MAYBE HAVE A QUESTION FOR OUR CITY ATTORNEY. WHAT IS, TO ADDRESS COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN -- I'M SERIOUS, LIKE WE DID SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO COMMITTEE WORK AT FULL CNCIL. I'M READY TO BE HERE TODAY. TO PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS OF CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND I WANT TO ADDRESS COUNCILMEMBER'S QUESTION. CAN OUR CITY ATTORNEYS LET US know WHY THAT ISOT INCLUDED IN THE ORDINANCE AND WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO INCLUDE THAT TO PROTECT MORE RESIDENTS IN MINNEAPOLIS. [2:01:23] LaTrisha Vetaw: I WOULD LOVE F FOR EVELYN TO COME BACK UP AND S SPEAK TO IT, PLEASE [2:01:27] Evelyn (Health Dept Staff): THANK YOU, CHAIR PAYNE AND COUNCILMEMBERS. YES, WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATION WITH CITY STAFF TS WEEK ABOUT WHY VAPE PRODUCTS ARE NOT SPECIFICALLY INCLUDED IN THE MINIMUM PRICE, AND THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE FAR RANGE AND COST OF VAPE PRODUCTS. SO THEY RANGE ANYWHERE FROM A FEW DOLLARS TO $25 TO UPWARDS OF $3$30, AND SO IT'S VERY DIFFICUT TO PUT A MINIMUM PRICE ON THOSE. HOWEVER, THIS ORDINANCE WILL GET AT YOU PEOPLE WHO use THESE PRODUCTS AS COUNCILMEMBER PALMISS ORDINANCE WILL DISALLOW PRICE DISCOUNTSND COUPONS AND THAT IS ONE OF THE PRIMARY WAYS THAT COMMERCIAL TOBACCO COMPANIES use TO TARGET THESE PRODUCTS, ESPECIALLY AT YOUNG PEOPLE. MUCH OF THESE PRICE DISCOUNTS AND COUPONS ARE DONE THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND E-MAIL AND things LIKE THAT, AND BY DISAOWING THOSE, IT WILL NOT ALLOW COMPANIES TO LOWER THOSE COSTS, AND SO IT WILL GET AT THOSE PRORODUCTS. [2:02:40] Jason Chavez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. I GUESS WE CAN CONSIDER THAT IN THE FUTURE. IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE DOING COMMITTEE WORK, BUT YEAH, OVERALL, VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS AMENDMENT. I MEAN, THIS ORDINANCE. I WANT TO THANK OUR CITY STAFF FOR THEIR INCREDIBLE WORK O ON PROTECTING OUR RESIDENTS HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS. I think IT'S A GOOD SP FORWARD. [2:03:00] Andrea Jenkins: THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. YOU know, I WAS JUST GOING TO COMMENT AS A FORMER SMOKER, YOU know, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I QUIT EIGHT YEARS AGO NOW WAS THE PRICE OF CIGARETTES. IFOU TRAVEL AROUND THE COUNTRY, NEW YORK CITY, YOU CAN'T buy A PACK OF CIGARETTES FOR UNDER $18. CHICAGO, $17 SOME PLACES, LOS ANGELES, I think THEY'RE UP TO $20. IT'S, AND YOU know, WE KEEP SAYING THERE ARE PLACES IN MINNEAPOLIS THAT SELL FOR $13.50, I'M SURE $14, AND SO WHILE WE MIGHT HAVE THE HIGHEST MINIMUM, THERE ARE PLACES THATT ARE SELLING CIGARETTES WELL ABOVE $15. AND SO I think WE'RE TAKING A STEP. I'M PROUD THAT WE ARE HOPEFULLY GOING TO PASS THIS ORDINANCE TODAY TO BE ABLE TO PREVENT SOME PEOPLE FROM STARTING TO SMOKE AND HOPEFULLY, ENCOURAGE AND INSPIRE OTOTHERS TO STOP SMOKIN. THANK YOU. [2:04:41] LaTrisha Vetaw: THANK YOU, CHAIR PAYNE. I WANT TO FIRST SAY I'M SO APPRECIATIVE OF THSTAFF AND THE ADVOCATES THAT HAVE WORKED ON THIS. THIS HAS BEEN -- THE PRICE DISCOUNTING HAS -- THIS WORK HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SEVERAL YEARS now. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR STAYING AT IT AND EVELYN, YOU ARE CRUSHING IT TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO GET UP HERE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. I know YOU AND I HAVE HAD MAN MANY DISCUSSIONS OVER FOUR YEARS ABOUT A LOT OF WHAT IS BEING ASKED TODAY. THANK YOU ALL SO MU COMMITMENT AND YOUR DEDICATION. I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS OF MY COLLEAGUES WHEN THEY SAY, YOU know, THE PRICE IS GOING UP AND PEOPLE ARE REACHING OUT AND THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE PRICING. I GET THAT, TOO, I'VE GOTTEN THAT FOR DECADES FROM FOLKS WHO ARE AFRAID OF THE PRICE. [2:05:43] LaTrisha Vetaw: BUT I'LL JUST SHARE A PERSONAL STORY. MY SISTER IS A SMOKER. MY SISTER HAS BEEN A SMOKER SINCE WE WERE TEENAGERS. A FEW YEARS AGO, MY SISTER WAS HOSPITALIZED AND IN A COMA FOR A LONG TIME AND WHEN SHE WOKE UP, SHE --E WERE TOLD SHE WAS GOING TO HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO WALK AGAIN AND DO A LOT OF SHE WAS IN THE COMA BECAUSE SHE HAD A BRAIN ANEURYSM. THE BRAIN ANEURYSM WAS RELATED . WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER, I LOST MY FATHER TO SMOKING. SO THIS WORK HAS ALWAYAYS BEEN PERSONAL FOR ME. I GREW UP IN NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE TOBACCO COMPANIES TARGETED BLACK FOLKS AT CHECK CASHING PLACES, AT THE WELFARE OFFICE, AT NIGHTCLUBS, I'MM AWARE OF ALL TE MUSIC FESTIVALS AND things THAT THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY INVESTED IN TO TARGET BLACK FOLKS. PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE ME. MY FAMILY MEMBERS. AND SO WHEN I WORKN A POLICY THAT RAISES THE PRICE KNOWING THAT PEOPLE LIKE MY SISTER WILL QUIT SMOKING, I'M PROUD OF THAT. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. I'M EXCITED THAT THIS COUNCIL IS KING THIS PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS SERIOUS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT IS. WE pay LOTS OF MONEY FOR SMOKERS. SMOKING IS THEUMBER ONE CAUSE OFOF DEATH IN THIS COUNTRY. WE DON'T SEE THE BODIES OF PEOPLE LYING OUT THE STREETS WHEN THEY DIE OF SMOKING RELATED ILLNESS AND THEY DO EVERY SINGLE COMMUNITIES TO SMOKING IN HIGH NUMBERS. I'M PROUD OF US DOING THISIS. I'M HAPPY THAT WE DID THE COMMITITTEE WORK TODAY IF THAT S WHAT WAS NECESSARY TO GET THIHI DONE. I'M HOPING FOR UNANIMOUS SUPPORT ON THIS BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT WORK AND IT SENDS A MESSAGE TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT THIS COUNCIL CARES ABOUT THEMM AND WANT THEM TO BE THE HEALTHIEST. THANK YOU, C COLLEAGUES. [2:13:06] Elliott Payne: THAT CARRIES! [Roll call results in 13 Ayes]. AND now, WE WILL MOV TO ITEM NUMBER 12 ON THE AGENENDA. THE BASEMENT. [2:13:42] Michael Rainville: THANK YOU, I DID SPEAK AT LENGTH AT THE COMMUNITY SO'LL BE BRIEF TODAY. I AM VOTING NO AGAINST THIS. I HAD A COMMUNITY MEETING WHERE IT BECAME VERY EVIDENT THAT THIS BAZEMNT, ORIGINAL APPLICATION WAS DENIED BY US BECAUSE OF OUR STAFF RESEARCH. THEY HAVE ILLEGAL HOUSE IN ST. PAUL. OUR STAFF HAS SAID THAT THE PAPERWORK HAS CHANGED. THAT THEY'RE CONVINCED THAT THE OWNERSHIP IS NOT THE SAME. I DO NOT AGREE WITH THAT. I ALSO AM VOTING NO BECAUSE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS NOT APPROVED THEIR SAFETY PLAN. IT'S OUT OF THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT. AND WITH THE SHORTE WE HAVE IN POLICE, THE POLICE DO NOT FEEL THAT THEY CAN COVER THIS ADEQUATELY FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY OF THE RESIDENTS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. I'LL BE VOTING NO ON THIS. AND I WOULD SUGGEST TO ALL OF US THAT WE HAVE TO START thinking ABOUT THE LIMITATIONS THAT OUR SHORT STAFFING ON THE PICE DEPARTMENT ARE GOING TO CAUSE. I think THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ISSUES WHERE THAT SHORT STAFF OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS A CAUSE TO SAY NO. THANK YOU. [2:14:48] Jeremiah Ellison: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. JUST WANTED TO SPEAK ON THIS. YOU know, WE DID HAVE THIS IN COMMITTEE. WE DELAYED IT A CYCLE TO GET SOME CLARITY BECAUSE, I think, YOU know, AS I JUSUST MENTIONED WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE BROUGHT ISSUES TO OUR ATTENTION. I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND NOT ONLY WHAT THE ISSUES WERE AND WHAT LOCATION BUT ALSO UNDERSTAND THE COUNCIL'S RECOURSE HERE AND, YOU know, AND I FEEL I DISCOVERED TWO things. AND I 10 RESPECT COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE HOLDING HIS LINE. I think IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR EACH OF US TO DO THAT FOR WARD ISSUES. T I ALSO FEEL THAT WHAT I LEARNED WAS THE APPLICANT WHO WE DENIED HAS NO RELATION TO THE CURRENT APPLICANT. I think THAT'S REALLY -- I think THAT'S SORT OF THE BIGGEST DETAIL HERE FOR ME IS THAT THE APPLICANT WHO WAS DENIED WHILE THE BUSINESS' NAME IS THE SAME. THE T TWO HAVE NO RELATION. AND STAFF WENT ANOTHER STEP FURTHER IN MAKING SURE AND PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG IN ADDING IN SOME OF THE CONDITIONS PLACED ON THIS BUSINESS THAT ACTUALLY CAN BE NO LEGAL FINANCIAL RELATIONSNSHIP WITH THE PREVIOUS OWNER AND THE NEW OWNER. IT'S NOT PERMITTED. [2:16:04] Jeremiah Ellison: SO I think THAT STAFF RLLY DID ITS DUE DILIGENCE. THERE'S A COUPL OF OTHER things. I think THAT STAFF REALLY DID ITS DUE DILIGENCE IN MAKING SUR THIS IS A BUSINESS THAT'S GOING TO BE LAWFULLY OPERATING. THAT IT'S A BUSINESS THAT DOESN know, SORT OF MISPRACTICE IN HOW THEY OPERATE THEIR BUSINESS. AND I think THAT, YOU know, IT IS STILL, YOU know, I think IT'S A CONCERN, VALID CONCERN THEHERS NOT A SAFETY PLAN HERE. BUT ALSO, THE LACK OF A SAFETY PLAN IN THIS INSTANCE AND STAFF CAN CRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IS -- IT DS NOT GIVE US ANY LEGAL CAUSE TO DENY THE APPLICATION. SO I think THAT THAT ISS JUST - I WANTED TO LAY THAT OUT FOR MY COLLEAGUES. AND, YOU know, WHEN FOLKS MEET THEIR STATE STATUTORY REQUIREMENT ON ISSUES LIKE THIS, YOU know, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF RECOURSE TO DENY THEM UNLESS THERE'S A REAL CLEARCUT ISSUE AND WHAT I FND HERE WAS THAT THERERE WASN'T ONE ON PAPER. I think, AGAIN, COMPLETE RESPECT FOR COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE FOR HOLDING HIS LINE A AND SAY WE'V GOT TO SET A STANDARD HERE. & THE APPLICANT DID came TO COMMITTEE. I HAD A CHANCE T ADDRESS THE APPLICANT AND SAID THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO PROVE PEOPLE WRONG AND YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A RELATIONSHIP WITH H THE NEIGHBORS. THIS IS YOUR OPPORNITY TO BUILD A RELATIONSHIP WITH COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE AND SEW THAT THE PREVIOUS OWNER IS NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT T YOU'RE TRYING TO DO AND THE BUSINESS THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO RUN HERE. SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE MY COLLEAGUES THAT CONTEXT BECAUSE I know THAT I DIDN'T HAVE IT. IT'S WHY WE DELAYED IT A CYCLE. AND, YOU know, I DO thinkNK WE SHOULD PASS THIS OUT OF COUNCIL TODAY GIVEN THOSE DETAILS. BUT AGAIN, BY NO MEANS THE DUE DILIGENCE AND THE POSITION THAT HE HOLDS. I WANT TO EXPLAIN TO THE PUBLIC AND MY COLLEAGUES WHY I'LL BE SUPPORTING TO SUPPORT T THIS LICENSE AND PASS IT ALONONG. [2:17:49] Robin Wonsley: THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON FOR PROVIDING THAT CONTEXT. I WAS VERY EXCITED TO SEE THAT WE HAD AN OPPORORTUNITY TO SUPPT EMERGING BLACK-OWNED BUSINESS ESPECIALLY AS SOMEONE WHO LOVES AFROBEATS ANDE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF THOSE SPACES IN MINNEAPOLIS. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THAT WE COULD HAVE THAT RIGHT HERE IN NORTHEAST AND, YOU know, ALSO RECOGNIZING THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRACTICE WHAT WE PREACH WHICH WE SAY WE LOVE SUPPORTING, YOU know, SMALL BUSINESSES AND WE ALSO want TO make SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE BLACK AND BROWN AND FROM OTHER, YOU know, DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS ARE ABLE TO ALSO PARTICIPATE IN CREATING SMALL BUSINESSES SO I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS OPPORTUNITY come FORWARD. DILIGENCE OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS, YOU know, make IT VERY CLEAR THAT THE APPLICANT AND THE INTENDED BUSUSINESSWNERS DID EVERYTHING RIGHT TECHNICALLY. THEY'VE MET THEIR LAL OBLIGATIONS AND HAVE DEMONSTRATED AN INTEREST TO OPERATE IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH BOTH STATE AND LOCAL STATUTE. MOVED TO NOT DENY THIS APPLICANT BASESED OFF IT SEEMS LIKE OTHER PARTICULAR SOCIAL CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN ARTICULATE I know FROM SOME OF THE MEETINGS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE HAS HAD WIT HIS CONSTITUENTS, BUT REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS BUBUSINESS come FORWARD. AND, YOU know, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT ANOTHER BLACK-OWNED BUSINESS HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS. SO THANK YOU ALL, COLLEAGUES, FOR GETTING IT TO THE FINISH LINE HERE. [2:19:44] Linea Palmisano: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I'M NOT SUREF THERE'S ANYBODY HERE THAT C CAN ANSWER THIS. MY PRESUMPTION WOULD BE NEW APPLICANT AS IS OUTLINED HERE WITH T CONTEXT OF THIS CONVERSATION, NEW SAFETY PLAN. SO DESPITE THIS BUSINESS LICENSE BEING APPRED TODAY, WOULDN'T IT, PERHAPS, ADMINISTRATIVELY T ACTUALLY GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL THERE IS A SAFETY PLAN? AND I ASK THAT BECAUSE THESE SAFETY PLANS ARE VERY SIGNIFICANT things, YOU know, 10 YEARS AGO, THIS WAS ABOUT HAVING OFF-DUTY OFFICERS AS BOUNCERS. IT'S NOT THAT ANYMORE. I REALLY LIKE HOW THE EVOLUTION OF OUR SAFETY PLANS HAVE come ABOUT. AND I'M JUST CURIOUS. IT SEEMSPPROPRIATE THAT A SAFETY PLAN WOULD BE IN PLACE BEFORE WE WOULD ALLOW A NEW BUSINESS EVEN WITH AN OLD NAME TO OPERATE. AND I, TOO, AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS BUSINESS. [2:20:30] Kristyn Anderson (City Attorney): THANK YOU, THROUGH THE PRESIDENT AND COUNC MEMBERS, FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. I DON'T T BELIEVE ANYONE FROM BUSINESS LICENSING IS HERE ALTHOUGH I DO know, OF COURSE, THAT THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL ON THIS MATTER. MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE SAFAFY PLANS AS PART OF THE BUSINESS PLAN DO GO TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR COMMENTS. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS SE EVEN WITH THE NEW APPLICANT. THERE IS NOT A REQUIREMENT THA THE POLICE DEPARTMENT APPROVE THAT FOR THE LICENSESE TO GO FORWARD AND FROM MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE LINGO OF BUSINESS LICENSING IS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S CMENTS ON THE SAFETY PLAN WERE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT AND THAT THE CONDITIONS WERE DEVELOPED kind of IN RESPONSE TO THAT. [2:21:44] Aurin Chowdhury: THANK YOU, CHAIR PAYNE. I HEARD FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON T THAT THERE'S N LEGAL BASIS FOR US TO DENY THIS LICENSE TODAY AND I JUST WANTED TO OFFER MAYBE MORE DETAILS FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY ON THAT AND CLARITY ON WHAT THAT MEANS. [2:22:00] Kristyn Anderson (City Attorney): COUNCIL, PRESIDENT PAYNE, COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. ALWAYS A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE TO OPINE ON, YOU know, ULTIMATE LEGAL LIABILITY IN A PUBLIC FORUM LIKE THIS. I'LL JUST SAY THIS. THAT THIS IS -- THIS IS NOT A NEWLY LICENSED PREMISES. THIS HAS BEEN LICENSED BEFORE FOR A LIQR RELATED use. IT'S NOT AN INTENSIFICATION AND IT'S NOT A NIGHTCLUB UNDER DEFINITI EITHER. I BELIEVE IT'S A LIMITED ENTERTAINMENT LICENSE WHICH DIFFERS FROM A NIGHTCLUB. SO IT IS NONE OF THESE things. IT'S BEEN LICENSED BEFORE. IT'S NOT INTENSIFICATION AND IT'S A NEW APPLICANT AND BUSINESS LICENSING DID ULTIMATELY AS DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH IT WITH SEVERAL CONDITIONS TO ADDRESS A POTENTIAL ADVERSE E IMPACT. [2:23:50] Jeremiah Ellison: SO, TWO things. ONE IS -- ONE IS THAT, YOU know, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S COMMENTS REMINDED ME SOMETIMES I WILL PROJECT SO MUCH CONFIDENCE UP HERE THAT I FORGET TOO GIVE THE DISCLAIMER. I PRETEND TO know A LOT ABOUT THE LAW WHEN I'M UP HERE SOMETIMES. NOT T A LAWYER. SECOND IS I DON'T'T BELIEVE WE' MADE A MOTION TO PASSS THIS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND make THAT MOTION. [2:25:12] Elliott Payne: [Seconded] ITEM HAS BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED. I SEE NO ONE IN QUEUE. CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. [Roll call results in 12 Ayes and 1 Nay]. THAT CARRIES AND THE FULL BUSINESS REPORT HAS BEEN ADOPTED. ITIT IS 12:05. I AM RECESSING UNTIL 12:35 TO GIVE FOLKS AN OPPORORTUNITY. [2:31:15] Elliott Payne: THE TIME IS N now 1212:41. I WILL A THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL TO VERIFY THE PRESENCE O A QUORUM. [Clerk Carl calls roll. 9 members present.] LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM WELCOME BACK. THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS REPORT FROM OUR CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMIEE WHICH IS PRESENTED BY THAT COMMITTEE'S CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. [2:32:05] Katie Cashman: THANK K YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. THE CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE IS BRINGING FORWARD 10 ITEMS TODAY. NUMBER ONE IS THE APPOINTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS DIRECT OR. NUMBER TWO IS THE RESIDENTIAL RESURFACING PROJECT APPROVAL AND ASSESSMENT. NUMBER 3, FREMONT ALLEY RECONST ASSESSMENT. ITEM NUMBER 4 I IS THE LOWRY AVENUE NORTHEAST STREET CONSTRUCTION PROJE PHASE ONE. I AM GOING TO MOVE TO REFER THIS ITEM BACK TO COMMITTEE AFTFTER CONVERSATIONS WITH THE WARD ONE COUNCIL MEMBER ABOUT SOME OF THE BUSINESSES THAT came TO THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT DAY AND WANTING TO DO OUR DUE DILILIGEN AND make SURE THAT WE HAVE TIME TO TALK WITH EACH OF THEM ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS. PUBLIC WORKS DID set UP A PLAN OF COMMUNICATIONS PLAN WITH THOSE FOLKS, BUT WE WANT TO GIVE THIS A COUPLE MORE WEEKS TO make SURE THAT HAPPPPENS. [2:33:13] Katie Cashman: NUMBER 5 IS NEAR NORTH RESIDENTIAL RESURFACING PROJECT APPROVAL AND ASSESSMENT. NUMBER 6 MINNESOTA D DEPARTMENTF TRANSPORTATION, HIGHW 121 IMPROVEMENTS. 7, COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY FOR THE HIAWATHA LAKE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. NUMBER 8, A AGREEMENT FOR HENNEN AVENUE SOUTH RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. NUMBER 9, GRANT APPLICACATION T FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY DUE TO CLIMATE POLLUTION REDUCTION GNT PROGRAM TO ADVANCE HOME WEATHERIZATION, COMMERCIAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY DEPLOYMENT. AND NUMB 10, A AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT TRANSITION PLAN FOR PUBLIC WORKS 2024 UPDATE. SO I WILL MOVE APPROVAVAL OF AL ITEMS EXCEPT NUMB 4.4. AND MOTION TO REFER ITEM NUMB 4 BACK TO COMMITTEE. [2:33:56] Elliott Payne: THANK YOU, COUNC MEMBER CASHMAN HAS MOVED APPROVAL OF THE COMMITTETEE'S REPORT WITH T MOTION TO REFER ITEM NUMBER 4 CK TO COMMITTEE. [Seconded] IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO? [2:34:36] Linea Palmisano: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I'M NOT LOOKING TO PULL THIS ITEM. I HAVE SOME COMMENTS TO BE MADE FOR ITEM NUMBER 6. HIGHWAY 121 IS IN MINE OR BETWEEN MININE AND COUNCIL MEMB KOSKI'S WARDS TO SOME EXTENT. I WASN'T AE TO GET TO COMMITTEE WHERE THIS WAS set. I CAN CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE POSITIVES OF THIS PROPOSAL, REDUCING BOTH OF THE ROADWAYS HERE DOWN TO ONE LANE IS A WIN, IS A WIN IN SOME ASPECTS. REMOVAL OF 1 1/2 TOTAL MILES OF CONCRETE AND ADDING IN MORE GREEN SPACE, THOSE ARE GOOD things. THERE ARE ALSO NEGATIVES. WE'RE PERPETUATING THE UNDERuse OF THIS LAND FOR HIGHER PURPOSE. WE STILL HAVE TWO HARD SURFACE ONE-WAY ROAD SEGMENTS THAT DON'T, YOU know, THATT DON'T COE TOGETHER. [2:35:25] Linea Palmisano: THIS AREA HAS LONG BEEN CONSIDERED FOR ITS POSSIBILITIES FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. THESE POD IN THE 2006 SOUTHLINDALE CORRIDOR MASTER PLAN LINKED TO OUR 2040 PLAN. IT'S FOR 2006 AND HERE WE'RERE TALKING ABOUT RESURFACG THE ROAD WITH NO PLANS TO DO ANYTHING ELSE. HUNDREDS OF STAFF AND VOLUNTEER HOURS WERE SPENT ENVISIONING HOW THIS LAND COULD BE put TO BETTER use OF MANY IDEAS DISCUSSED, THE CONCEPT OF COMPLETELY MOVING THIS ROAD TO THE EAST AND OPENING UP THE AREA TO ADDITIONAL HOUSING ROSE TO THE TOP. WE ALL know THAT SOUTHWEST MINNEAPOLIS LACKS AORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONSNS AND WELL, HERS OUR CHANCE. BOTH THE BICYCLE AND THE PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE SSED RESOLUTIONS EXPRESSING CONCERN WITH CONTINUING THIS use. WE HAVE ROADWAYS THAT MAINTAIN THE LOOK AND FEEL OF A RURAL TRUNK HIGHWAY BECAUSE OF THESE BIFURCATED ONE-WAY LANES AND A LARGE CHUNK OF LAND TWEEN THEM BUT NOT REDUCING THIS TO A SINGLE ROADWAY WHICH WE TRIED TO EXPLORE, WE CONTINUED A NEED TO MODIFY, REPAIR AND MAINTAINN TW SEPARATE ROADWAYS. [2:36:32] Linea Palmisano: WE'VE LOST AN OPPORTUNITY, I think SAFETY AND COMFORT AND REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT. DEVELOPINGNG HERE WOULD HELP CRTE A MUCH MORE URBAN FEEL WHICH HAS BEEEEN PROVEN TO CALM TRAFC AND ADD TO THE SAFETY OF PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS. SO I SORT OF QUESTION WHY WE HAVE THESE ADVISORY COMMITTEES IF WE DON'T -- IF WE DON'T STEN TO THEM SOMETIMES. I KEEP HEARING ABOUT HOW HARD IT WOULD BE TO REDEVELOP THIS AR. IT WOULD REQUIRE A TURNBACK FROM MINN DOT AND ASSEMBLING THESE INDIVIDUAL PARCELS AND THAT IS COMPLITED EVEN TIME TOLD MORE COMPLICATED THAN UPPER HARBOR TERMINAL. IT WOULD take A GREAT DEAL OF INFRASTRUCTURE TO set THE TABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT HERE. AND I GET IT. AND I UNDERSTAND IT. BUT I ALSO know THAT RESURFACING THIS ROAD now DOES NOT PRECLUDE DEVELOPMENT IN THE FUTURE. THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE CANAN'T TR IN THE MEANTIME SO I CHALLENGE US AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS TODAY TO NOT LET THIS T TO CONTINUE TO BE IGNORED. LET'S GET IT INTO THE CIP AND WORK ON IDENTIFYING PROPERTY OWNERS SCOPING THE INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES AND DOING SOMETHING. SO I WILL VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS TODAY. [2:37:49] Linea Palmisano: BUT I WANT IT TO BE CLEAR AND ON THE RECORD THAT I DON'T WANT MNDOT TO RESURFACE THIS ROAD EVER AGAIN AND I DON'TANT A FUTURE COUNCIL DISCUSSING THESE SAME ISSUES IN ANOTHER 10 OR 15 YEARS AND IT MIGHT take US THAT LONG TO GET READY BUTSK US, PLEASE, L LET'S BE READY WHEN T TIME comes BEFORE US AGAIN. THANK YOU. [2:38:28] Emily Koski: THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO FOR BRINGING up THE OJECT AND THE MASTER PLAN FROM 2006. AS YOU know, I HAVE LIFTED THAT OUT OF THE DUNGEONS OF CITY HALL AND HAVE DUSTE IT OFF. AND I WANT TO make SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS AWARE. I DID CLARIFY AT THE COUNCIL MEETING THAT WE ARE -- THIS DOES NOTT PRECLUDE US LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO SAID. I HAVE BEEN DILIGENTLY WORKING ACTUALLY FOR THE LAST ALMOST TWO YEARS BECAUSE THIS IS A TOP PRIORITY OF MINE. I ACTUALLY AM MEETING AGAIN WITH BACHMANS NEXT WEEK WHO HAS SECURED A DEVELOPER TO SUPPORT IN THIS WORK. I HAVE MET WITH OR A DOZEN INDIVIDUALS AND DONE TOURS OF HIGHWAY 121 AND IF ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LE TO JOIN COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE IS ACTUALLY COMING WITH ME IN ANOTHER WEEK OR SO. [2:39:12] Emily Koski: BUT I HAVE TALKED TO OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. I HAVE DONE RIDEALONGS WITH OUR PARK BOARD COMMISSIONERS, SENATOR MUHAMMAD HAS JOINED ME AND I ACTUALLY WAS SUPPOSED TO AT 1:00 TO DISCUSS THE NEXT STEPS ON THIS PROJECT AND SO I JUST WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR THAT I AM SO DEDICATED TO CREATING AN AREA IN THE SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS WHERE I BELIEVEVE I THE REPORT, IT SAID WE COULD PROBABLY build ABOUT 300 UNITS OF HOUSING. now, TALKING TO CPED, I BELIEVE WE CAN PROBABLY DO OVER 500 UNIT OF HOUSING IN THIS AREA. I HAVE A COMPLETE VISION AND I'M HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO SHARE THIS. I AM DOING MY DUE DILIGENCE TO COLLECT AND WORK WITH OTHERS SO WE CAN MOVE IT FORWARD. SO EXCITED TO CONTINUE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. BUT ALSLSO WILL BE APPROVING TH BECAUSE THESE ARE IMPORTANT -- THESE ARE IMPORTANT ADDITIONS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN now BUT IT DOESN'T PRECLUDE US FROM CONTINUING THE WORK THAT want TO DO FORWRWARD. [2:40:25] Jamal Osman: I WANT TO THANK THE CHAIR, CASHMAN AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR REALLY thinking ABOUT AND LISTENING TO THE RESIDENTS AND THE BUSINESS OWNS AND PUSHING BACK ITEM 4 BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. AND I WANT TO THANK PUBLIC WORKS STAFF FOR MEETING WITITH THOSE BUSINESSES AND REAY TRYING TO put A PLAN TOGETHER. IT VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE CONSIDER BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY CULTURAL CORRIDOR BUSINESSES BEFORE WE START CONSTRUCTION. ENGAGEMENT IS NOT A FLYER OR E-MAIL. IT'SN PERSON AND GOING TO THE COMMUNITY AND TALKING TO WHAT kind of EFFECT THIS WILL HAVE FOR STARTING THE CONSTRUCTION IN THAT AREA. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU, CHAIR AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT. [2:41:38] Jacob Frey (Mayor): MR. PRESIDENT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. I'LL BE RELATIVIVELY BRIEF AS IE SPOKE TO THE MAIN REASONS FOR APPOINTING AND APPROVING MR. SEXTON TO THE CLIMATE AND THROUGH THE CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE AND SPECIFICALLY FOR THE POSITION OF PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. MR. SEXN IS THE kind of LEADER THAT WE NEED RIGHT now. HE'S A PERSON THAT'S EXTRAORDINARILY FORWARD thinking. BOTH IN THE AREAS OF CLIMATE WHERE HE IS A NATIONAL, IF NOT INTERNATIOL LEADER, ANDND IN THE AREA OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS MORE BROADLY. HE'S THE kind of PERSON THAT CAN MANAGE A TEAM, make SURE THAT HE'S GETTING THE MOST out OF EVERY LAST ONE OF OUR STAFF AND IN THIS CASE, THERE ARE MORE STAFF IN PUBLI WORKS THAN NEARLY ANY DEPARTMENENT IN THE CITY. THIS IS A REALLY GOOD NEXT STEP FOR HIM AS WELL AND WE'RE REALLY HONORED THAT YOU'VE CHOSEN TO take ON THIS POSITION. I WON'T SPEAK TO HIS RESUME OR HIS ACCOLADES. YOU CAN READ ABOUT THOSE AND I'M CERTAINLY HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS BUT COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FORHE TIME. AND I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR AFFIRMATIVEVOTE. THANK YOU. [2:42:28] Katie Cashman: THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. IF I MHT JUST SECOND THE MAYOR'S REMARKS ABOUT TIM SEXTON. I'M REALLY GLAD THAT YOU'RE TAKING THIS POSITION, YOU know, BEING A PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AT THE CITY ISN'T EASY. BUT I REALLY appreciate YOUR BACKGROUND WORKING IN WASHINGTON AND EATTLE AND ALSO IN GERMANY. I think THERE'S SO MUCH TO BE LEARNED FROM WORKING IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS AND THEN IN TH LAST ALMOST DECADE WORKING FOR THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND BRINGING A CLIMATE LENS AND AN EQUITY LENS INTO TRANSPORTATION WORK AT THE STATE LEVEL, I think, SHOWS YOUR COMMITMENT TO FORWARD THIHINKIN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS FOR THE . AND THEN JUST want TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR OPENNESS TO LEARN ON SOLID WASTE. I REALIZE THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE AREA THAT YOU HAVE WORKED ON. AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO, YOU know, TOURING THE HENNEPIN ENERGY RECOVERY CENTER TOGETHER. MEETING WITH ADVOCACY GROUPS TOGETHER ON SOLID WASTE AND WORKING TOGETHER ON THOSE ISSUES. [2:44:22] Jason Chavez: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDT. THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE IS BRINGING FORTH THREE ITEMS. ITEM NUMBER 1 1 IS AUTHORIZING AGREEMENT WITH -- WHOA! OK, WE'RE GOOD. THERE IS SOME CORRECTIONS IN THIS COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE thing SO I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GO. IT'S JUST OFF. SO I'LL HAVE TO GO TO THE ACTUAL AGENDA HERE. ITEM NUMBER 1 IS MINNEHAHA 3000 UPDATE DELETED FROM THE AGENDA, THE DRAFT CONCEPT PLAN UTILIZE THE PROPERTY AT 3000 MINEHAHA FOR FUTURE use BY ELECTION AND V VOTER SERVICES A THERE'S A SECOND PART TO IT. IT'S 1.2, APPROVING A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE REQUESTING DATA REGARDING THE CITY'S TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION PROCESS. PAST PROJECTS INVOLVING CITY PROPERTY DEVELOPED INTO COMMUNITY-CENTERED PROJECTS AND ITEM NUMBER 2 IS A A SUNDANCE FM FESTIVAL REQUEST FOR INFORMATION. MOVE APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 2 AND PULL ITEM 1.1 AND 1.2 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. [2:45:46] Elliott Payne: COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ HAS MOVED APPROVAL OF ITEM 2 OF THE REPORT. AND HAS PULLED ITEMS 1.1 AND 1.2 EACH FOR SEPARATE VOTES. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM 2? [2:46:07] Andrea Jenkins: THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. FOR SOME REASON, SPEAKERER MANAGEMENT WON'T ALLOW ME TO GET IN QUEUE BUT THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION. AND I REALLY JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS MY EXCITEMENT THAT WE HAVE BEEN INVITED TO SUBMIT FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THE SUN DANCE FILM FESTIVAL TO MINNEAPOLIS. MINNEAPOLIS H LONG BEEN A HOTBEDED. MINNESOTA AND MINNEAPOLIS FOR FILM, FOR FILM FESTIVALS AND FI MOST ICONIC MOVIES MADE HAVE BEEN MADE IN MINNESOTA AND I think FILM NORTH IS GROWING IN TRYING TO BRING THAT ENERGY BACK TO MINNESOTA AND AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE HOSTING THE SUN DANCECE FI FESTIVAL WOULD ONLY BOLSTER THAT COMMITITMENT TO THE FILM INDUST WHICH, BY THE WAY, BRIRINGS TREMENDOUS ECONOMIC -- HAS A TREMENDOUS ECONOMIC IMPAC FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE STATE. SO THRILLED THAT WE'RE SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION AND HOPE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO BE IN THE RUNNING TO HOST THE SUNDANCE. THANK YOU. [2:47:46] Elliott Payne: CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON ITEM NUMBER 2. [Roll call results in 13 Ayes]. THAT CARRIES IS THE ITEM IS ADOPTED. NEXT, WE'LL take up ITEM NUMBER 1.1, DELETING FROM THE AGENDA MINNEHAHAA 3000. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? [2:48:17] Linea Palmisano: YES, THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. I JUST FEEL THE NEED TO POINT out THAT I DON'T think I'VE EVER IN 10 YEARS HERE SEEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN. SURE, WE'VE DELETED things FROM AN AGENDA WHEN things CHANGE DYNAMICALLY RIGHT? TYPICALLY RE SERVICES OR LAND use things. NEW thingSOMETIMES HAPPEN OVER THE COURSE OF ONE CYCLE. BUT THIS IS DIFFERENT. AND I JUST NEED TO POINT THAT out. THE CONTEXT OF THIS STARTS LAST YEAR AFTER STAFF AND THIRD PARTY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND AFTER NENEARLY EVERYBODY HERE AND NOT PERTAINING TO OUR TWO NEW COLLEAGUES VOTED THATT POLICE UE WOULD NEVER BELLOWED BACK AT THIS SITE. AND IN AND BECAUSE OF BRIEFINGS THAT THEN COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS AND I AS COUNCIL LEADERSHIP SUGGESTED TO PRODE A LOT OF INFORMATION AND INVITE QUESTIONS ANDD CONCERNS, STAFF AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HEARD THAT YOU want TO WORK AND ACT TOGETHER ON WHAT'S NEXT. AND I I want TO POINT out, I FE LIKE I NEED TO POINT out, THIS IS A DEPARTURE OF THAT. [2:49:17] Linea Palmisano: I'VE NEVER SEEN SUCH DISREGARD FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS AND RESEARCH THAT'S BASED ON MULTIPLE FACTORS. NOT BECAUSE WE DISAGEE WITH IT HAPPENING. YOU'VE MADE THAT CLEAR IN YOUR COMMENTS. BUT BECAUSE YOU LITERALLY DON'T want TO VOTE O ON IT. SO AFTER EVERYTHING SAID LAST YEAR ABOUT HOW DARE THIS HAPPEN WITHOUT YOUR BUY-IN, SOM OF YOU want TO DISTANCE YOURSELVES FROM IT. SINCE when DO WE OPERATE IN THIS AND HAVING HOURS OF DISCUSSION D THEN GETS DELETED? IT'S NOT AN IMPROVEMENT AND I HOPE WE DON'T DO THAT AGAIN NO MATTER WHAT THE TOPIC. [2:49:54] Andrea Jenkins: THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS MY DISAPPOINTMENT THAT WE'RE DELETING THIS FROM THE AGENDA AS WELL. I think IT DISREGARDS A LOT OF SIGNIFICANT WORK THAT STAFF HAVE put IN TO THIS PROCESS AND, YOU know, AS HAS BEEN NOTED, THEY CAN CONTINUE TO DO C COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, BUT, I JUST think IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE POWERFUL IF WE AS A BODY WERE ENGAGED. I know WE'VE WRITTEN LETTE TO THE ADMINISTRATION WANTING TO BE ENGAGED IN OTHER ISSUES WITH THE TIMELINE OF when THE ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO REPORT BACK, ETC., ETC. AND THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORKK TOGETHER ON THIS PROJECT. I'M JUST DISAPPOINTED THAT WE'RE ACTING out OF THAT POSSIBILITY. THANK YOU. [2:52:40] Robin Wonsley: THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I want TO OFF SOME CLARITY ALSO AS TO why WE'RE BRINGING THE LEGISLALATIVE DIRECTIVE ATTACHED TO THIS ITEM. SO when WE HAVE BRIEFINGS ABOUT THE CONCEPT PLAN which, AGAIN, ORIGINALLY WAS JUST SUPPOSED TO BE A RECEIVE AND FILE. NOT A VOTE. WE WERE ALSO ADVISED AS COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT IF WE DID NOT SUPPORT THE CONCEPT PLAN THAT MAYOR FRYE AND HIS STAFF WAS RECOMMENDING THEN COUNCIL SHOULD GIVE DIRECTION ON WHAT TO DO NEXT. AND THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE IS REFLECTIVE OF THAT. IT'S REFLECTIVE O OF WHAT WE HED, THOSE OF US WHO REPRESENT THE BOUNDARIES OF THE OLD THIRD PRECINCT AND WHO HAVE BEEN EITHER A PART OF CREATING OR PARTICIPATIN IN COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THAT SITE, IT'S REFLECTIVE OF WHAT CONSTITUENTS HAVE ASKED FOR which IS A TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION PROCESS. [2:53:22] Robin Wonsley: IT'S ALSO A RECOGNITION OF THE OTHER OPTIONS THAT THEY'RE EXPLORING SUCH AS THE BLACK CULTURAL ARTS CENTER AND SO MANY OTHERS THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY ADVANCING AND ADVOCATING FOR FUNDING FOR AND THOSE PROPOSALS DOES NOT INCLUDE AN EVS. IT ALSO RECOGNIZES THE NEED FOR EVS AND THE PHYSICAL RESOURCES THAT OUR STAFF IS ASKING FOR TO SUPPORT THAT WORK. AND WE'RE ASKING STAFF TO come BACK WITH AN ANALYSIS AND LOOK AT OTHER PROPERTIES IN which TO ACCOMMODODATE AN EVS. WE ARE STILL ENGAGING THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE WITH STAFF AROUND THESE CRITICAL COMPONENTS THAT WE'VE HEARD, YOU know, FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS AND ALSO AGAIN, FROM STAFF WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE. SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE RULTS AND RESPONSES TO THIS LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE TO HOPEFULLY CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION AT LEAST ON THIHIS SI. I ALSOO want TO OFFER CLARITY T THAT. THE MAYOR HAS ALREADY ANNOUNCED HE INTENDS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CONCEPT PLAN THAT WE'RE NOT BASICALLY TAKG A DEFINITIVE ACTION ON. [2:54:29] Robin Wonsley: WHICH AFFIRMS WHAT MANY OF US TALKED ABOUT ON TUESDAY, REALLY, DOES OUR VOTE EVEN make A DIFFERENCE IN HIS DECISION? AND APPARENTLY IT DOES NOT. BECAUSE HE'S MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT SO AT LEAST THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVEE PART, WE E HAVE FAD TO DELIVER ON, TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION, ACKNOWLEDGING OTHER types OF OPTIONS THAT CAN REPLACE THAT SITE AND MEETING THE NEEDS AROUND VOTOTER AND ELECTION SERVICES FOR UR STAFF. want TO PROVIDE THAT CONTEXT. [2:55:07] Jason Chavez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. THIS VOTE WAS NOT BROUGHT FORWARD WITH THE INTENTION OF WORKING WITH US. IT FELT MORE LIKE A GOTCHA MONT. AND THAT'S why IT'S A L LITTLE USTRATING IT'S BEING DISGUISED THAT THIS VOTE IS TO GET INPUT FROM CNCIL TO WORK TOGETHER TO FIFIND A SOLUTION. WE COULD HAVE MET TO FIND A SOLUTION THAT WAS AGREEABLE WITH OUR RESIDENTS AND A PATHWAY FORWARD BUT THAT'S NOT THE PATHWAY THAT WAS MOVED FORWARD I ALSO know I'M READY TO VOTE NO. DOESN'T HAVE TO BE DELETED FROR THE AGENDA. I AM NOT SCARED OF TAKING A VOTE. I CAN BE A NO VOTE. I WAS JUST, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, I THOUGHT DELETING FROM THE AGENDA WOULD JUST make IT SO IF THIS WERE TO HAVE FAILED, IT WOULD STILL BE ON THE AGENDA THE FOLLOWING WEEK. SO THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT IT MEANT. BUT I'M READY TO VOTE NO, IF THAT'S WHAT OLKS ARE ASKING US TO make A DECISION. [2:56:06] Aurin Chowdhury: THANK YOU, CHAIR PAYNE. FIRST OF ALL, I want TO take A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND appreciate THE WORK THAT STAFF put BEHIND THIS, AND ALSO UNDERSTAND THA WE SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR ELECTION VOTER SERVICES BUILDING. OUR ELECTION STAFF NEED A PLACE TO WORK, AND THAT'S A NEED THAT I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT. I think I MADE MY OPINION ON THIS PRETTY CLEAR. LIKE WE WERE -- WE WERE TOLDD B STAFF THAT OUR VOTE WAS NOT NECESSARY MULTIPLE TIMES. THIS WAS A UNIQUE thing THAT WAS OCCURRING. AND I -- I JUST FELT LIKE IT WAS out OF ORDER OF OPERATIONS TO ASK FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL AND I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THIS A MECHANISMM FOR US TO come TOGETHER BECAUSE INEITHER OF THE BRIEFINGS WERE HERE ANY OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED TO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO DEFINITIVELY WEIGH IN ON THE PROJECT. AND IN THE FIRST BRIEFING IT WAS TOLD TO ME THERE WOULD BE MMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AHEAD OF ANY type OF COUNCIL ACTION THAT WAS TAKEN. AND IT'S DIFFICULT -- THE WAY THAT THE SECOND BRIEFING THAT I HAD WAS ON A FRIDAY A THEN I WAS TOLD I WOULD HAVE T VOTE up OR DOWN ON AN ITEM THE FOLLOWING WEEK ON TUESDAY. SO THAT DID NOT FEEL LLABORATIVE AND THIS DOESN'T FEEL LIKE A COLLABORATION POINT. I HAVE REACHED OUT T TO A COO ANDERSON AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO DISCUSS HOW WE CAN COLLABORATE FURTHER ON 3000 MINNEHAHA. THIS COUNCIL HAS MULTIPLE TIMES outside OF A PROCESSSS WITH AN AND DOWN VOTE ON A CONCEPT PLAN BEEN ABLE TO FIND PLACES OF COLLABORATION. I FELT THIS WAS AN UNNECESSARY VOTE, AND WITH DELETING THE ITEM, IT'S NOT A OPPOSITION OR APAPPROVAL OF THE CONCEPT PLAN. BUT IF I WERE TO HAVE TO VOTE without HAVING THE NECESSARY things THAT I NEED TO HAV BUY-IN AS A COUNCIL MEMBER AND UNDERSTAND WHERE OUR NEGOTIATION POINTS AND WHERE THE COMMUNITY HAS SOME NEGOTIATION POINTS AND WHAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LOOKS LI. I WOULD HAVE VOTED NO. SO I CAN put THAT IN THE RECORD. [2:58:12] Katie Cashman: THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I'D LIKE TO ASK THE CLERK IF WE WERE T TO VOTE NO ON DELETING TS ON THE AGENDA, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THE ITEM? [2:58:19] Casey Carl (City Clerk): MR. PRESIDENT, THE ITEM REMAINS ON THE COUNCIL'S AGENDA. THERE'S NO ACTION HAVING BEEN TAKEN. IT WOULD stay ON THE AGENDA UNTIL THE C COUNCIL TOOK SORT O ACTION TO DELETE FROM THE AGENDA TO APPROVE THE PLAN. TO MODIFY THE PLAN TO make APPROVALS. I think THIS IS THE CLERK'S RECOMMENDATION TO THE BODY THAT GIVEN WHAT WE HEARD FROM BOTH BRIEFINGS AND FORMAL PRESENTATIONS AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE'S DISCUCUSSION WAS THAT THE BODY REAY DIDN'T want TO take A POSITION. AND SO THIS ALLOWS US TO ESSENTIALLY CLOSE THE FILE ON THTHIS ISSUE. IT DOES NOT take AN ACTION up OR DOWN. THIS I NOT A THUMBS up OR THUMBS DOWN. IT'S SIMPLY SAYING WE'RE DONE WITH THAT ITEM. take TT OFF OUR AGENDA. IF THAT makes SENSE. IF THE BODY DOESN'T APPROVE A MOTION TO DELETE FROM THE AGENDA, THEN IT STAYS ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN ITEM FOR THE BODY TO CONSIDER. [2:59:16] Katie Cashman: THANK YOU, SO I WILL BE VOTING NO ON DELETING THIS FROM THE AGENDA. AND I think THAT IT DOES KEEP THE DOOR OPEN FOR MORE CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF, FOR MORE UPDATES ON COMOMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PLANS. I JUST DON'T want TO SIGNAL TO RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT W WE DON'T want TO WORK ON THIS. SOHAT'S why I'LL BE V VOTING NO ON DELETING IT FROM THE AGENDA. AND I HAVE HEARD FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN WARD 7 AND I REALIZE THAT WARD 7 IS NOT IN THE VICINITY OF THIS AREA BUT THEY ARE EXCITED ABO AN ELECTION AND VOTER SERVICES CENTER ON A TRANSIT LINE THAT' MUCH CLOSER TO WARD 7 than THE CURRENT ELECTION VOTER SERVICES CENTER. AND ALSO BE SUPPORTING THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE TODAY. [3:00:07] Jason Chavez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. I'LL NOTE THAT I'M GOING TO make A MOTION TO ACTUALLY JUST VOTE DOWN THIS PROPOSAL. SO take A FULL VOTE. VOTING NO. IF THE CLERK CAN HELP ME. I'LL make MY MOTION TO VOTE IT DOWN. AND I'LL JUST NAME IT VERY CLEAR. THE WAY THIS PROJECT HAS come BEFORE THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN THERE HAS BEEN A LACK OF ACTUAL ENGAGEMENT WITH COUNCIL ON HOW TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS CRITICAL PROJECT. THERE HAS BEEN A LACK OF ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PEOPLE IN THE AREA. THERE HAS BEEN A LK OF ENGAGEMENT OF ACTUALLY HEARING IMMIGRANT VOICES ND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN THE AREA. AND TO PRETEND THAT HAS HAPPENED IS JUST WRG. AND TIME TO JUST, I'M READY TO VOTE NO. [3:01:14] Kristyn Anderson (City Attorney): COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND A LITTLE bit OF CLARIFICATION. VOTING AFFIRMATIVELY TO DENY THE PLAN IS JUST EXPRESSING THE WILL OF THIS BODY THAT THIS BODY IS NOT IN SUPPORT OF THE PLAN. OBVIOUSLY, T MAYOR IS, YOU know, THE ADMINISTRATION HAS T E ABILITY TO DO WHATEVER IT'S EXPRESSION OF THE WILL OF THIS BODY. AS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, THIS DS NOT BAN THE ADMINISTRATION FROM PURSUING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ON AN EARLY VOTING CENTER, DOES NOT PROHIBIT US FROM IN THE FUTURE AS A RESULT OF THAT ENGAGEMENT AN EARLY VOTING CENTER. NCLUDES WE'RE SIMPLY TAKINING A VOTE TO NOT ENDORSE THA PLAN TODAY. [3:06:14] Elliott Payne: CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. [Roll call results in 7 Ayes and 6 Nays]. THAT SUBSTITUTE MOTION CARRIES MEANING THAT THE BODY DOES NOT APPROVE OF THE CONCEPT PLANAN BUT AGAIN, TO REITERATE THAT DOES NOT FORECLOSE THE POSSIBILITY OF EARLY VOTING CENTER AS A FUTURE CHOICE OF THIS BODY WITH THAT, WE ARE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 1.2, LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE. [Roll call results in 9 Ayes and 4 Nays]. THAT CARRIES AND THE REPORT IS ADADOPTED. FINAL REPORT WILL BE OFFERED BY OUR PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED BY THAT COMMITTEE'S CHAIR which IS ALSOO COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. [3:08:13] Jason Chavez: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE IS BRINGING FORTH SIX ITEMS. ITEM NUMBER 1 IS THE CITY SPONSORED NATIONAL NIGHT out. ITEM 2, AUTHORIZING A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT WH THE STATE OF MINNESOTA AND THE P POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR A MULTIPATROL IT TO ASSIST WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT PROTECTIO FOR THE STATE FAIR. THIS WAS SENT ORWARD without RECOMMENDATION. ITEM NUMBER 3, AUTRIZING A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT WITH THE CITYF ST. PAUL TO ALLOW FOR THE TRANSFER O OF CIVIL RIGHTS CASES. ITEM NUMBER 4, TOOOOL FOR LABOR STANDARDS AND SERVICES. ITEM NUMBER 6 IS ACCEPTING A GRANT. AND ITEM NUMBER 6 IS ACCEPTING THE URBAN AND COMMUNITY F FORES GRANT FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL FOREST SERVICES. MOVE APPROVAL OF THESE ITEMS WITH THE EXCXCEPTION OF ITEM NUMBER 2 WHICH I WILL PULL FOR A SEPARATE VOTE. [Items except #2 moved/seconded and roll call results in 12 Ayes]. [3:09:53] Jamal Osman: SO MOVED. [Seconded] ITEM NUMBER 2 HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? [3:10:09] Andrea Jenkins: THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. JUST CLARIFYING. THIS ACTION WOULD HELP TO SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY AT THE SFAT FAIR GROUNDS DURING THE STATE FAIR? OUR MOUNTED PATROL WOULD BE ASSISTING WITH OTHER AGENCIES TO HELP PROVIDE PUBLIC SAFETY AT THE MINNESOTA STSTATE FAIR? MY READ OF THE AGENDA IS THAT'S A JOINT POLICY AGREEMENT TO HAVE THE MOUNTED PATROL PARTIPATE AT THE STATE FAIRGRNDS. what THEIR MISSION IS I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT. OK. SO YEAH, I MEAN, WELL, I'M STATING what THE MISSION IS. IS TO SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY AT THE MINNESOTA STATE FAIR. THANK YOU. [3:11:15] Robin Wonsley: THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. LAST TIME, WE ACTUALLY HAD MPD GIVE A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE MOUNTED PATROL AND ASK THEM ABOUT ACTUALLY THE -- THERE ARE IMPACTS OF THIS PARTICULAR SAFETY INITIATIVE ON SAFETY OVERALL. NOT ONLY ARE WE THE ONLY CITY IN THE ENTIRE STATE THAT ILL HAVE HORSRSES WITH OUR POLICE, THEY ALSO SHARED IN THE PRESENTATION, IT REALLY OPERATES MORE AS A P.R. PIECE SO THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS can come up AND RUB THE HORSES while THE POLICE SIT ON THEM. SO YES, IN TERMS OF PUBLIC RELATIONS, IT'S A GREAT TOOL FOR, YOU know, GETTING THE PUBLIC TO SMILE AT POLICE OFFICERS ON HORSES. IF THAHAT'S EQUATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY, RESESIDENTS TO CHECK out THAT PRESENTATION THAT WE DID HAVE AND THAT COMMITTEE IS OW out SO I know THAT PRESENTATION WAS HELPFUL FOR ME IN MAKING A DECISION ON THIS ITEM. [3:12:13] Jamal Osman: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I WILL SUPPORTING THIS ITEMEM, think LAST 3 1/2 YEARS, WE ALWAYS HAD OUR OFFICERS ASSISTING THE BIGGEST GATHERING IN THE STATE AND I think IT'S GREAT THAT WE CONTRIBUTE. THANK YOU. [3:12:35] Aisha Chughtai: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. YOU know, appreciate COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY'S COMMENTS. AND REMEMBER ALSO WATCHING THAT PRESENTATION AFTER IT came THROUGH COMMITTEE LAST YEAR. I WASN'T ON THE COMMITTEE SELF. BUT GOT A C CHANCE TO CATCH up D SEE what THE DISCUSSION THERE WAS LIKE. AND TO , YOU know, I VOTED NO ON THIS ITEM LAST YEAR AND I'LL DO IT AGAIN TODAY. AND IT ULTIMATELELY comes DOWN THE -- EITHER WE HAVE -- EITHER WE HAVE A LAW ENFORCEMENT SHORTAGE OR WE DON'T AND WE know FOR A FACT THAT WE DO IN OUR CITY. AND SO TO ME, IT DOESN'T make SENSE FOR US TO BE SENDING OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES TO FALCON HEIGHTS. AND ESPECIALLY when THERE ARE OTHER AGENCIES THAT ARE STEPPING up AND DOING THE LAW ENFORCEMENT WORK AT THE STATE FAIR. SO, YOU know, I DON'T -- I DON'T PERSONALLY UNDERSTAND why WE WOWOULD DO THAT AT A TIME when HAVE LESS RESOURCES than -- SO THAT TO ME IS THE HE VERY PRACTIL REASON F FOR why I WILL BE VOTI NO ON THIS ITEM AGAIN THIS YEAR. [3:13:52] Andrea Jenkins: THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I MEAN, I GUESS JOINT POWOWERS AGREEMENT, WE HAVE MANY OF THEM. MANY COMMUNITIES HAVE SIGNED TO HELP MINNEAPOLIS. I think THAT A VAST MAJORITY OF MINNEAPOLITANS DO GO TO THE STATE FAIR. SO TO DENY BEING IN A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT ACTUALLY LIMITS OUR ABILITY TO BE IN RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES when WE NEED ASSISTANCE. SO IT JUST SEEMS, YOU know, I DON'T want TO use THE WORD FOOLISH. BUT SEEMINGLY JUST UNINFORMED OF US TO NOT PARTICIPATE when WE know WE NEED JOINT POWERS ASSISTANCE FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES AND OTHER AGENCIES AS WELL. AND, YOU know, IF THERE'S A MOUNTED POLICE OFFICER, I'M SURE THEY WOULD DISMOUNT IN ANY INS INSTANCE OF PUBLIC SAFETY. I know THEY ARE NOT JUST RIDING HORSES FOR R., LIKE THAT IS LIKE SAYING THEY'RE JUST DRIVING THEIR CARS TO BE INVISIBLE IN THE CAR. THEY'RE RIDING THE HORSE OR A BIKE OR WALKING TO PRODE A PRESENCE OF PUBLIC SAFETY. [3:15:32] Michael Rainville: WELL SAID, COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS. SO HAPPY TO SIT NEXT TO YOU AND ABSORB YOUR WISDOM CLOSE up. SO LIFE IS A TWO-WAY STREET, COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND whether IT'S THE HELP THAT WE GET FROM THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT AND when THE CRIME IS THERE, THEY HELP US, IT'S OUR turn TO HELP THEM AND BE A TEAM PLAYER IN THIS. I'LL BE VOTING YES. [3:16:04] Linea Palmisano: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. ALSO, IN THAT PRESENTATION, which I WAS THERE FOR AND PART OF LAST YEAR, IT WASN'T ABOUT JUST P.R. LITERALLY, THE PRESENTER SAID THAT T THESE HORSES HAVING A MOUNTED PATROL HAS A CALMING EFFECT ON CROWDS. THAT'S PART OF why WE use THEM IN CROWD DISBURSEMENT. THAT'S PART OF THE CONNUED -- IT'S PART OF THE CONTINUED CASE TO CONTINUE USING THEM IN OUR CITY. SO IT'S NOT JUST.R. AND AS IT WAS JUST STATED, WE ARE THE ONLY JURISDICTION WITH A MOUNTED PATROL. IF SO, THAT'S THE WAY FOR THE CITY TO UNIQUELY PARTICIPATE AND TO BE A COLLABORATIVE PARTNER AND BRING THIS kind of UNIQUE RESOURCE TO THE STE FAIR. AND I think IT'S PRETTY COOL FOR THE CITY TO DO THAT. whether IT'S FOR P.R. OR FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. IT'S OUR WAY TO PARTICIPATE. THANK YOU. [3:16:59] Jeremiah Ellison: YOU know, MY SUBSTANTIVE ISSUE IS NOT WITH THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT ITSELF. BUT MAYBE WITH THE MOUNTED PATROL. WE'VE -- I'VE BEEN up HERE TALKING ABOUT HORSES FOR NEARLY SEVEN YEARS. AND, YOU know, WE DID SPEND AT COUNCIL ATTEMPTING TO DIVEST FROM OUR HORSES. WE TOOK THAT VOTE. IT DIDN'T OCCUR SOMEHOW. WE STILL HAVE THOSE HORSES AN STILL INVESTED IN THE HORSES. AND I'M SENSITIVE TO THE FACACT THAT LIKE WE WOU NEED TO FIND A RESPONSIBLE WAY TO OFFLOAD THESE HORSES AND NOT JUST, YOU KNOWOW, HIT THE EJECT BUTTON ON THEM SO THEY DON'T HAVE ANY SORT OF, YOU know, RECOURURSE OR THE CAN'T BE STABLED. I GET THAT. BUT I'VE NEVER BEEN, YOU know, I'VE BEEN ON PLENTY OF BODIES where -- BEEN ON PLENTY OF COUNCILS THAT THE MAJORITY AGREED THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE INVESTING IN THE HORSES. IT'S EXPENSIVE. IT'S -- I DON'T know THAT THE I know THAT THE ARGUMENTS ARE THERE. THAT THE TALKING POINTS ARE THERE. I DON'T know THAT THE ACTUAL EFFICACY IS THERE IN TERMS OF HORSES AS A PUBLIC SAFETY TOOL. SO I'LL VOTE AGAINST THAT. I'VE BEEN MAKING THAT ARGUMENT FOR NEARLY SEVEN YEARS, 6 1/2 YEARS AT THIS POINT. AND SO AGAIN, I AGREE WITH THE OTHER POINTS THAT WE SHOULD, IF OTHERR JURISDICTIONS, IF JURISDICTION ARE HELPING US, IT'S FAIR THAT WE HP THEM. I think THAT THAT'S AN APPROPRIATE LINE OF ARGUMENT. BUT I'M JUST NOT, YOU know, why NOT CENTER BIKE PATROL?? why NOT HE FOOT PATROL? LIKE I think WE GOT TO GET out OF THE HORSE BUSINESS. THAT'S MY OPINN. [3:20:46] Katie Cashman: THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I DO NOT want TO take US TOTALLY OFF THE RAILS HERE. BUT I WOULD BE CURIOUS IF THE ATTORNEYS COULD LET ME know which JOINT POWERS AGREEMENTS A. THIS can BE A FOLLOW-UP BUT UPTOWN REALLY NEEDS THESE RESOURCES. [3:20:51] Kristyn Anderson (City Attorney): COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I DON'T know THE ANSWER OFF THE top OF MY HEAD. BUT WE can PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION. [3:22:21] Elliott Payne: SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM. I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE . [Roll call results in 9 Ayes and 4 Nays]. THAT CARRIES. AND THAT REPORT HAS BEEN ADOPTED. COLLEAGUES, NEXT ITEM OF REFERRAL CALENDAR. INTRODUCTION AND COUNCIL MEMBERS WONSLEY, CHAVEZ AND OSMAN WILL BE INTRODUCING AND GIVEN FIRST READING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE LICENSING CODE RELATED TO ENFORCEMENT OF MINIMUM COMPENSATION FOR TRANSPORORTATION RIDE SHARE COMPANIES WHICH WILL BE REFERRED TO THE BUSINESS, HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE. [3:23:20] Aurin Chowdhury: THANK YOU, CHAIR PAYNE. I AM BRINGING FORWARD AN AMENDMENT THAT IS B BEFORE THE BODY TODAY WITH COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. IT IS JUST ADDING THE LANGUAGE SAYING AND DETERMINING MINIMUM COMPENSATION RATE. THIS AMENDMENT IS A TECHNICAL CHANGE TO ENSURE THAT AS WE ARE ENGAGING IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE STATE LEGISLATURURE, AND AS WE HAVE HAD -- RECEIVED SOME NEW INSIGHTS FROM THE POLICY AND RESEARCH TEAM, WE HAVE VE THE ABILITY TO make ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR COMPENSATION RATE IF WE DEEM NECESSARY. SO I'LL BE AING FOR THE BODY'S SUPPORT OF THIS AMENDMENT TOD. [3:24:10] Katie Cashman: THANK YOU, can I B MADE A CO-AUTHOR OF THIS AMENDMENT? [3:24:26] Elliott Payne: ABSOLUTELY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? [Roll call on Chowdhury/Payne amendment results in 11 Ayes and 1 Nay]. THAT AMENDMENT CARRIES. NEXT, WE WILL take up THE UNDERLYING MOTION TO REFER. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? [Roll call on Referral results in 12 Ayes]. NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS RESOLUTIONS AS SHOWN ON THE AGENDA. WE HAVE THREE HONORARY RESOLUTIONS TODAY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS ON ANY OF THOSE RESOLUTIONS? SEEING NONE, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT ALL THREE? [Moved/Seconded]. [Roll call results in 12 Ayes]. [3:32:22] Jeremiah Ellison: THANK YOU, COUNCIL P P PSIDE PAYNE. THIS PAST WEEK ON THE NORTH SIDE, WE HAD LOSS OF A BIG FIGURE OF SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN ENTREPRENEUR, JUST A GENUINE GUY. SAMMY MCDOWELL WHO IS THE OWNER OF SAMMY'S AVENUE EATERY PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY. AND SO JUST WANTED TO, YOU OW, A COUPLE OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE REACHED out, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSNSLEY AND COUNCILEMBER VETAW AND THE MAYOR IS WORKING ON SOMETHING AS LL. WE'LL HAVE SOME FORMAL ACTION COMING FORWARD IN THE NEXT COUPLE O CYCLES. BUT I DID JUST want TO OFFER JUST SORT OF CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY AND THEN SEE IF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD HUMOR MEN A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR SMY MCDOWELL. [3:33:44] Elliott Payne: THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON. SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE WE HAVE NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO come BEFORE THE COUNCIL. without OBJECTION, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU, EVERYONE.