This transcript has been processed with the correct speaker identifications based on the provided city context and the internal flow of the meeting. [0:16] Elliott Payne: . . . [GAVEL] >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ELLIOTT PAYNE. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. BEFORE WE CONVENE THE MEANING, WE HAVE PRESENTATIONS OF HONORARY RESOLUTIONS. WE ARE PLEASED TO WELCOME GUESTS TO SHARE IN THE SPACE. [0:34] Elliott Payne: AND FIRST UP IS A NATIONAL POLICE WEEK PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS RAINVILLE, VETAW AND PALMISANO. [2:11] Michael Rainville: HERE WE GO. RECOGNIZING NATIONAL POLICE WEEK AND HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF OFFICER JAMAL MITCHELL. WHEREAS: NATIONAL POLICE WEEK WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1962 BY PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY TO HONOR THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAVE DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY; AND WHEREAS: THIS WEEK PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIES AND CITIZENS TO REFLECT ON THE VITAL ROLE POLICE OFFICERS PLAY IN UPHOLDING THE RULE OF LAW, MAINTAINING PUBLIC SAFETY, AND STRENGTHENING THE BONDS BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE; AND WHEREAS: OFFICER JAMAL MITCHELL OF THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT GAVE HIS LIFE IN THE LINE OF DUTY WHILE COURAGEOUSLY [2:57] Michael Rainville: RESPONDING TO A CALL FOR HELP━DEMONSTRATING EXTRAORDINARY BRAVERY, SELFLESSNESS, AND AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO THE PROTECTION OF OTHERS; AND WHEREAS: OFFICER MITCHELL JOINED THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH THE MISSION OF MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES AND HAD ALREADY BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR HIS HEROISM IN A PREVIOUS LIFE-SAVING INCIDENT SHORTLY AFTER JOINING THE FORCE; AND WHEREAS: OFFICER MITCHELL'S DEEP DEDICATION TO SERVICE, HIS COMPASSION FOR OTHERS, AND HIS RADIANT SPIRIT LEFT A LASTING IMPACT ON HIS COLLEAGUES, HIS COMMUNITY, AND EVERYONE WHO HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF KNOWING HIM; AND WHEREAS: THE LOSS OF OFFICER [3:47] Michael Rainville: MITCHELL HAS LEFT A PROFOUND VOID IN THE HEARTS OF HIS BELOVED FAMILY, HIS FELLOW OFFICERS, THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THE ENTIRE CITY, AND HIS SACRIFICE WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN; AND WHEREAS: DURING NATIONAL POLICE WEEK, WE NOT ONLY HONOR THOSE WHO SERVE TODAY, BUT WE PAUSE IN SOLEMN REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE, INCLUDING OFFICER JAMAL MITCHELL, WHOSE LEGACY OF COURAGE AND COMPASSION WILL CONTINUE TO INSPIRE US ALL; CONTINUE TO INSPIRE US ALL; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS HEREBY RECOGNIZES THE WEEK OF MAY 11-17, 2025, AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK IN [4:33] Michael Rainville: MINNEAPOLIS AND ENCOURAGES ALL RESIDENTS TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE TO THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN OF LAW ENFORCEMENT WHO WORK TO KEEP OUR CITY SAFE; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HONORS THE MEMORY, HEROISM, AND SACRIFICE OF OFFICER JAMAL MITCHELL, AND EXTENDS ITS DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND FELLOW OFFICERS. HIS LEGACY WILL LIVE ON IN THE HEARTS OF A GRATEFUL CITY. [5:06] Michael Rainville: SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CHIEF, WOULD YOU BE KIND ENOUGH TO GIVE US A COUPLE OF WORDS ABOUT OFFICER MITCHELL AND YOUR FORCE? [5:06] Brian O'Hara: >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS. FOR HONORING JAMAL AND PAUSING TO HONOR ALL OF THE LOVED ONES OF THE 50 MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICERS WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES FOR THIS CITY, INCLUDING MANY, SOME WHO ARE STILL ALEAVE AND GREW UP AS CHILDREN WITHOUT A PARENT BECAUSE THEY WERE KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY SERVING THIS CITY. [5:46] Brian O'Hara: JAMAL WAS A HERO, NOT BECAUSE OF HOW HE DIED, BUT BECAUSE OF HOW HE LIVED HIS LIFE AS A MAN. AS PEOPLE IN AUTHORITY IF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, WE COULD NOT HAVE ASKED FOR BETTER. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICE. [6:02] Brian O'Hara: THANK YOU, TORI. THANK YOU, COHEN, JALEN, CADEN AND MASON FOR THEIR SACRIFICE. ALL OF US OWE YOU OUR GRATITUDE. AND AS I'VE TOLD YOU BEFORE, LONG AFTER THOSE BAGPIPES STOP PLAYING, THE PEOPLE IN THESE BLUE SHIRT WILLS NOT FORGET YOU. [6:21] Brian O'Hara: WE WILL NOT FORGET JAMAL'S KIDS. AND WE WILL ALWAYS BE HERE FOR YOU. THANK YOU. [6:21] Michael Rainville: >> THANK YOU, CHIEF. LET'S GATHER HERE FOR A PHOTO. WE'RE GOING TO DRY AND GET BETWEEN THESE TWO PIECES OF TAPE. [6:37] Michael Rainville: CHARLIE, I SEE YOU DON'T WANT TO BE IN THE PHOTO. COME ON. COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW IS REQUESTING YOUR PRESENCE. [8:01] LaTrisha Vetaw: EXCUSE ME. BEFORE YOU GUYS LEAVE, I JUST WANT TO SAY A LITTLE BIT. I HEARD FORMER CHIEF ARRENANDO ON THE RADIO THIS MORNING, AND I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR HIS SERVICE AS WELL AS ALL OF YOU AT A VERY MOMENTOUS, HISTORICAL TIME IN OUR CITY. [8:23] LaTrisha Vetaw: AND JUST THANK THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR ALL YOU DO EACH AND EVERY DAY FOR THE CITY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] [9:26] Elliott Payne: NEXT WE WILL RECOGNIZE PUBLIC SERVICE WEEK. [10:35] Elliott Payne: TODAY WE ARE RECOGNIZING MAY 2025 AS PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION MONTH IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. WHEREAS: PUBLIC EMPLOYEES AT FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEVELS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANTICIPATING, PROVIDING, AND PLANNING FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR COMMUNITIES AND FOR DELIVERING ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND PROGRAMS THAT ADVANCE THE COMMON GOOD AND IMPROVE THE WELL-BEING OF ALL COMMUNITIES; AND WHEREAS: PEOPLE ACROSS THE NATION, INCLUDING HERE IN THE CITY OF HERE IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, BENEFIT EACH DAY FROM THE VAST ARRAY OF SERVICES AND PROGRAMS PROVIDED BY PUBLIC EMPLOYEES WHO ARE COMMITTED TO THE TENETS OF GOOD GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; WHEREAS: PUBLIC SERVICE IS A NOBLE CALLING THAT ENABLES INDIVIDUALS TO USE THEIR GIFTS AND TALENTS, EITHER AS A PORTION OR EVEN ALL OF THEIR [11:21] Elliott Payne: CAREERS, TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THEIR COMMUNITIES BOTH NOW AND IN THE FUTURE; AND WHEREAS: EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS DEMONSTRATE EACH DAY THEIR PROFESSIONALISM, DEDICATION, AND FOCUS ON MAKING THIS COMMUNITY MADE UP OF MANY COMMUNITIES THE BEST THAT IT POSSIBLY CAN BE; AND WHEREAS: PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION MONTH PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE, PROMOTE, AND APPRECIATE THE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR PUBLIC SERVANTS; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE MAY 2025 AS PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION MONTH IN THE CITY OF [12:08] Elliott Payne: MINNEAPOLIS AND HONOR ALL EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS FOR THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS THEY MAKE AND THE CHALLENGES THEY FACE EACH DAY AND COMMEND THEM FOR THEIR MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OFFER SINCERE GRATITUDE AND THANKS FOR ALL THEIR EFFORTS TO SERVE, PROTECT, PROMOTE, AND ADVANCE THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE OF ALL RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, AND VISITORS OF OUR COMMUNITY. [12:34] Elliott Payne: [APPLAUSE] THEN WE'LL FIRST RECOGNIZE OUR C.O.O. TO SHARE SOME WORDS. [12:34] Margaret Anderson Kelliher: >> WELL, THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT, ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. [12:50] Margaret Anderson Kelliher: I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES WHO BOTH OUR COLLEAGUES WHO STAYED UP HERE AND OUR COLLEAGUE WHO IS CAME OVER FOR THIS. WE, OF COURSE, ARE REPRESENTING A SLICE OF THE CITY TODAY UP HERE. AND I THINK THAT I HAVE THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT WHY DO WE DO THIS WORK? WHY DO I DO THIS WORK? [13:08] Margaret Anderson Kelliher: WHY DO we DO THIS WORK? WE DO THIS WORK BECAUSE WE HAVE A DEEP DEDICATION TO PUBLIC SERVICE, TO SERVING THE PUBLIC. AND I CAN ONLY TELL YOU FOR THOSE WATCHING WHO ARE ALWAYS WONDERING ABOUT WHY WE DO OUR WORK, OUR WORK IS SOME OF THE MOST EXCITING WORK IN THE WORLD. [13:30] Margaret Anderson Kelliher: WE ARE WORKING ON POLICE REFORM. WE ARE WORKING ON TRANSFORMATIONAL GOVERNING. WE ARE WORKING ON PROTECTING PEOPLE'S CIVIL RIGHTS. WE ARE WORKING ON THE ECONOMIC WELL-BEING OF THE CITY. [13:45] Margaret Anderson Kelliher: AND ITSNFRASTRUCTURE EVERY DAY. AND PLEASE, THIS MONTH, MAKE OU, SURE TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOUR COLLEAGUES TOO. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. WE LOVE OUR WORK. WE DON'T DO IT FOR THE PRAISE. [14:03] Margaret Anderson Kelliher: WE DO IT BECAUSE THE WORK IS SO FULFILL. SO THANK YOU FOR THIS RESOLUTION TODAY. [14:03] Elliott Payne: >> YEAH, I WOULD JUST ADD OFTEN TIMES ESPECIALLY IN THIS CURRENT ERA IS THE IDEAS OF APPLYING BUSINESS IDEAS TO GOVERNMENT TO MAKE THINGS MORE EFFICIENT AND PRODUCTIVE. [14:25] Elliott Payne: AND THERE ARE PRODUCTS FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR THAT CAN HELP STRENGTHEN HOW WE DO GOVERNANCE HERE, BUT I THINK THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS IS REASONS WHY WE'RE HERE. AND THIS IS NOT MAXIMIZING PROFIT AND GETTING A RETURN TO SHARE HOLDERS. [14:44] Elliott Payne: THIS IS ABOUT SERVING A PURPOSE GREATER THAN OURSELVES. I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR EVERYONE THAT HAS DECIDED TO SERVE SOMEONE GREATER THAN THEMSELVES BY BEING HERE, SO THANK YOU. [16:17] Elliott Payne: NEXT WE WILL RECOGNIZE ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN, AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS CHOWDHURY AND VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. [17:42] Aurin Chowdhury: ALL RIGHT. HONORING ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. WHEREAS: ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN, AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH IS A MONTH-LONG CELEBRATION IN MAY THAT CELEBRATES THE RICH AND DIVERSE CULTURES, TRADITIONS, AND HISTORIES OF ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN, AND PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITIES; AND WHEREAS: AANHPI COMMUNITIES CONSIST OF APPROXIMATELY 50 DISTINCT ETHNIC GROUPS SPEAKING OVER 100 LANGUAGES, WITH CONNECTIONS AMONG PEOPLE IN MINNEAPOLIS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO BANGLADESHI, BURMESE, CAMBODIAN CHINESE FILIPINO HMONG INDIAN JAPANESE KOREAN [18:28] Aurin Chowdhury: LAO, PAKISTANI, THAI, AND VIETNAMESE ANCESTRIES; AND WHEREAS: OVER THE PAST FIVE DECADES, THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES AND ASYLUM-SEEKERS FROM ASIAN COUNTRIES AND CULTURES HAVE RESETTLED IN MINNESOTA, INCLUDING HMONG REFUGEES SINCE THE 1970S, VIETNAMESE REFUGEES SINCE THE 1980S, AND KAREN REFUGEES SINCE THE EARLY 2000S; AND WHEREAS: MAY REMINDS US TO CELEBRATE AND HONOR OUR AANHPI COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PAST AND PRESENT, AND THE BEAUTIFUL WAYS THEY CONTRIBUTE TO AND ENRICH OUR DAILY LIVES IN MINNEAPOLIS; AND WHEREAS: MAY COMMEMORATES TWO IMPORTANT EARLY DATES IN AANHPI HISTORY; THE ARRIVAL OF [19:15] Aurin Chowdhury: THE FIRST JAPANESE IMMIGRANTS TO THE UNITED STATES ON MAY 7, 1843, AND THE COMPLETION OF THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD, LARGELY BUILT BY CHINESE IMMIGRANTS, ON MAY 10, 1869; AND WHEREAS: MAY PROVIDES A TIME TO REFLECT ON THE CHALLENGING HISTORY OF AANHPI COMMUNITIES ACROSS DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES. [19:43] Aurin Chowdhury: DURING THE PAST NEARLY TWO CENTURIES, AANHPI COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE FACED COUNTLESS ACTS OF DISCRIMINATION AND ENDURED TRAUMATIC EVENTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT OF 1882, THE LOS ANGELES CHINESE MASSACRE OF 1871, THE INVASION OF THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM IN 1893, THE 1917 AND 1924 IMMIGRATION LAWS THAT EFFECTIVELY ENDED IMMIGRATION FROM ASIA UNTIL 1965, THE BRITISH LED PARTITION OF INDIA, U.S MILITARY AID IN THE BANGLADESH GENOCIDE OF 1971, AND THE INCARCERATION OF OVER 120,000 JAPANESE AMERICANS DURING WORLD WAR II, THE MURDER [20:29] Aurin Chowdhury: OF VINCENT CHIN IN 1982, AND THE SPIKE OF ANTI-ASIAN RACISM IN VIOLENCE THROUGHOUT THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC; AND WHEREAS: THROUGHOUT HISTORY, THE AANHPI COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN OFTEN SUBJECTED TO THE PERCEPTION OF BEING PERPETUAL FOREIGNERS, DESPITE THEIR DEEP ROOTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO AMERICAN SOCIETY; AND WHEREAS: THE PERVASIVE MYTH OF THE AANHPI COMMUNITY BEING THE MODEL MINORITY, IN PARTICULAR INDIVIDUALS OF EAST ASIAN DESCENT, HAS INACCURATELY PORTRAYED THIS COMMUNITY AS BEING UNIVERSALLY SUCCESSFUL, OBSCURING THE SOCIOECONOMIC DISPARITIES AND CHALLENGES FACED BY MANY WITHIN THE DIVERSE [21:15] Aurin Chowdhury: AANHPI COMMUNITY, AND HAS BEEN WEAPONIZED TO DOWNPLAY INSTANCES OF RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION; AND WHEREAS: THE RISE OF ANTI-ASIAN SENTIMENT AND RHETORIC HAS RESULTED IN A SURGE OF HATE CRIMES AND DISCRIMINATION TARGETING THE AANHPI COMMUNITY, PERPETUATING FEAR IN THESE COMMUNITIES; AND WHEREAS: DESPITE THESE CHALLENGES, THE ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN, AND PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITIES HAVE PERSEVERED AND MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE AMERICAN SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND CULTURAL FABRIC OF THE UNITED STATES; AND WHEREAS: AANHPI COMMUNITIES HAVE CONTRIBUTED GREATLY TO THE ARTS, MUSIC LITERATURE BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY GOVERNMENT AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, ENRICHING [22:02] Aurin Chowdhury: THE CULTURAL AND CIVIC LIFE OF MINNEAPOLIS AND BEYOND; AND WHEREAS: ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE COALITION OF ASIAN AMERICAN LEADERS (CAAL), ASIAN AMERICAN ORGANIZING PROJECT (AAOP), SERVING ASIAN-INDIAN FAMILY WELLNESS (SEWA-AIFW), AND THE SEAD PROJECT NURTURE CIVIC LEADERSHIP, CREATIVE EXPRESSION, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE FOR AANHPI COMMUNITIES ACROSS MINNEAPOLIS AND MINNESOTA; AND WHEREAS: AANHPI ENTREPRENEURS HAVE STRENGTHENED MINNEAPOLIS'S ECONOMY, OPENING BUSINESSES THAT SERVE DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE VIBRANCY OF THE CITY'S MARKETS AND CULTURAL CORRIDORS; AND WHEREAS:ARTISTS, EDUCATORS, AND LEADERS FROM AANHPI COMMUNITIES HAVE EXPANDED [22:47] Aurin Chowdhury: THE UNDERSTANDING OF SHARED HISTORIES AND BUILT INTERGENERATIONAL BRIDGES IN MINNEAPOLIS AND ACROSS MINNESOTA; AND WHEREAS: ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN, AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS ARE AMONG THE FASTEST GROWING RACIAL GROUPS IN THE UNITED STATES AND ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT 7.5 PERCENT OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS POPULATION, WHEN CONSIDERING INDIVIDUALS WHO IDENTIFY AS ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER EITHER ALONE OR AS PART OF THEIR MULTIRACIAL IDENTITY; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE THE MONTH OF MAY AS ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN, AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH; AND CELEBRATE THE RICH CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF THESE COMMUNITIES. [23:36] Aurin Chowdhury: THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] WOULD YOU ALL LIKE TO SAY SOME WORDS? [23:36] Elliott Payne: >> SURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [23:52] [AANHPI Community Guest]: >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI, COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT. [23:52] [AANHPI Community Guest]: WE REALLY APPRECIATE THIS RECOGNITION AND APPRECIATION OF THIS VERY HARDWORKING AND FOR HARDWORKING COMMUNITY. THEY'RE VERY RESILIENT AND ARE A VALUABLE PART OF THE COMMUNITY. [24:08] [AANHPI Community Guest]: SO THE SUPPORT WE HAVE SEEN FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THE ADMINISTRATION IS VALUABLE, SO THANKS FOR THAT. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. GOING TO PASS IT ON. [24:26] [AANHPI/MIRA Representative]: >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS CHUGHTAI AND CHOWDHURY. IT'S ALWAYS AN HONOR TO HAVE U YO PRESENT THE HONARY RESOLUTION FOR US. [24:26] [AANHPI/MIRA Representative]: THANK YOU TO ALL THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL FOR ALWAYS SUPPORTING US. I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO MIRA. THAT'S OUR MINNEAPOLIS IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE ERG WHO ARE ALSO SUPPORTING US AS WELL. [24:41] [AANHPI/MIRA Representative]: AND I ALSO WANT TO ANNOUNCE SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT WE'LL BE HOSTING THIS MONTH. ON MAY 15 AT 7:30 A.M. TO 9:30 A.M., WE'LL BE HOSTING A COFFEE AND DOUGHNUTS SOCIAL EVENT. SO COME BY AND GET SOME COFFEE AND DOUGHNUTS. [24:59] [AANHPI/MIRA Representative]: AND ON MAY 22, BETWEEN 1:00 P.M. TO 2:30 P.M., WE'LL ALSO BE HOSTING A POT LUCK. SO COME ON DOWN AND GET SOME FOOD. IT'S REALLY DRISHS. THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF MAY WE'LL ALSO BE HOSTING A CULTURAL DRESS AND ARTS DISPLAY AND THIS WILL ALSO EXTEND INTO JUNE FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE HERITAGE MONTH AS WELL, SO COME ON BY AND SEE SOME PRETTY CLOTHES AND ART AND YEAH, HAVE FUN. [25:39] Aisha Chughtai: >> THANK YOU. >> WE WENT TO THE POTLUCK LAST YEAR. IT WAS REALLY, REALLY GREAT FOOD AS YOU SAID, SO WE RECOMMEND ANYONE TO COME. WE'LL BE THERE. OKAY. LET'S GET TOGETHER FOR A PHOTO. [26:24] Elliott Payne: FINALLY, I WILL WELCOME UP COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ TO RECOGNIZE INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY. [27:36] Jason Chavez: ALL RIGHT. SO TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE RECOGNIZING INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY, BUT BEFORE WE BEGIN, WE WANT TO TAKE A LITTLE MOMENT OF SILENCE AND ALSO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY. SO FOR THE PAST TWO DAYS THE SOUTHSIDE OF MINNEAPOLIS HAS BEEN ROCKED WITH GUN VIOLENCE IMPACTING OUR NATIVE COMMUNITY AND OUR RACIALLY DIVERSE COMMUNITY IN PHILLIPS AND ON LAKE STREET. [28:02] Jason Chavez: THIS IS HAVING A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW WHERE WE HAVE LOST YOUNG ONES. OUR RELATIVES, OUR RESIDENTS, OUR FAMILY MEMBERS, OUR FRIENDS, OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE TRULY ROCKED WITH THIS PAIN AND TRAUMA RIGHT NOW IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS. [28:18] Jason Chavez: AND WE WANTED TO AT LEAST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BECAUSE A LOT OF FOLKS UP HERE TODAY ARE SOUTH SIDERS, AND WANT TO MAKE SURE WE TALKED ABOUT THE SITUATION THAT'S HAPPENING IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS RIGHT NOW. AND ACKNOWLEDGING THE PAIN THAT OUR NATIVE COMMUNITY IS STRUGGLING WITH RIGHT NOW. [28:34] Jason Chavez: THAT OUR PHILLIPS COMMUNITY IS STRUGGLING WITH, THAT LAKE STREET IS STRUGGLING WITH RIGHT NOW. OUR RACIALLY DIVERSE COMMUNITY IS STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW. SO I AT LEAST WANT TO START OFF WITH THAT. I JOE KNOW THAT JOE, ONE OF OUR NATIVE LEADER, WILL BE SPEAKING ABOUT THIS SITUATION AS WELL. [28:56] [Native Community Leader Joe]: >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, AND I APPRECIATE THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE THIS. I FIRST WANT TO START OFF WITH SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S WITH DEEP APPRECIATION TO THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS FOR THE RESOURCES AND THE COORDINATION THAT IS HAPPENING BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS AND THE NATIVE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS OUR MEXICAN AND LATINX COMMUNITIES. [29:18] [Native Community Leader Joe]: WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONTINUED COORDINATION AS WE GET THROUGH THIS. AS WE DEAL WITH THESE TRAVESTIES, THOUGH, I THINK WE HAVE A TENDENCY TO PAINT SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS AS THIS HELLSCAPE OF, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING WRONG GOING ON, AND I THINK WHAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IS TODAY IS THE EXAMPLE OF WHAT SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS ACTUALLY IS. [29:42] [Native Community Leader Joe]: HERE IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS, COMMUNITY ISN'T A WORD. IT IS A PERSPECTIVE. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE IS FOLKS AT LITTLE EARTH AS WELL AS INVITATIONS TO OUR NEIGHBORS MEETING AT SOLDIER FIELD FOR A COMMUNITY PRAYER. [30:04] [Native Community Leader Joe]: LATER ON IN THE DAY AT 6:00 WILL BE A COMMUNITY GATHERING FOR ALL TO DEAL WITH THE GRIEVING AND THE HURT. COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THIS MEANS YOU COME WITH WHATEVER GIFTS YOU MIGHT HAVE, WHETHER IT'S YOUR TIME, YOUR TREASURES, OR JUST REACHING OUT TO SOMEBODY THAT LET THEM KNOW YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THEM. [30:22] [Native Community Leader Joe]: THAT'S WHAT SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS IS ABOUT. AS WE NAVIGATE AND GET THROUGH WHAT IS, YOU KNOW, THE ATROCITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING, AGAIN, I WILL REINSTATE WE APPRECIATE THE COORDINATION OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND UPLIFT THE ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMUNITY. [30:47] [Native Community Leader Joe]: AND PRAYERS ARE WITH THE FAMILIES AS WELL. THEY HAVE LOST YOUNG ONES AND THE FUTURE AND LIFE IS NOT REPLACEABLE, AND WE ARE HERE FOR THEM. I WILL PASS IT ON. [31:03] [Native Community Elder]: >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE AND TO THE COUNCIL. [31:03] [Native Community Elder]: FRIEND, WE'RE ALL RELATIVES. WE HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR A LONG TIME. AND THIS LIGHT IS THE ANCESTORS THAT RECENTLY PASSED, OUR NEW ANCESTORS THAT WE'RE HONORING WITH THE MEDICINE I DO HAVE HERE. [31:23] [Native Community Elder]: AND I DO WALK IN THE COMMUNITY AS A PERSON WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF SOME OF THE MEDICINES AS WELL AS SOME OF THE LAW, BUT WE WANT TO SAY TODAY WE ARE ONE COMMUNITY. WE ARE INTERRELATED IN SO MANY WAYS. [31:41] [Native Community Elder]: AND WE ARE NEIGHBORS AND FAMILY AND COUSINS, AUNTIES, GRANDPARENTS OF EACH OTHERS. THERE ARE NO NATIONS TODAY. THERE IS ONE STRONG COMMUNITY HERE PRESENT. [31:57] [Native Community Elder]: AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE TIME AND HONORING OF THE YOUNG RELATIVES. [32:18] Jason Chavez: >> GRACIAS. NOW WE'RE GOING TO TRANSITION TO RECOGNIZING INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY, BUT WE KNOW THAT RECOGNIZING INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY, MAY DAY, IS INTERCONNECTED WITH THE SITUATION HAPPENING IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS. [32:18] Jason Chavez: POVERTY, GUN VIOLENCE, WORKERS RIGHTS, THAT IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY ARE ALL INTERCONNECTED ON THIS DAY AS WELL. WE'RE RECOGNIZING INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY AND THE REASON IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER IS WE HAVE A FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION THAT IS GUTTING WORKERS, THAT IS ATTACKING THE RIGHTS OF WORKERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. [32:40] Jason Chavez: THAT IS DEMONIZING THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY ACROSS THIS COUNTRY, TARGETING MINNEAPOLIS, AND IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN AT THE LOCAL LEVEL TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO UPLIFT OUR WORKERS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PROTECTING PEOPLE'S WAGES, TO INSURE THAT WE ARE PROTECTING OUR UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS, REFUGEES, IMMIGRANTS IN GENERAL FROM DEPORTATIONS, FROM THREATS OF DEPORTATIONS, AND MAKING SURE WE ARE ACTUALLY A CITY THAT WELCOMES ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. [33:10] Jason Chavez: WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE AT LEAST STARTED WITH THAT AS WELL. WHEREAS: AROUND THE WORLD MAY 1 IS CELEBRATED AS INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY - IN OVER 60 COUNTRIES IT IS A HOLIDAY TO RECOGNIZE STRUGGLES FOR WORKERS' RIGHTS; AND WHEREAS: MAY 1 WAS FIRST CELEBRATED IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1886 AS PART OF THE STRUGGLE FOR THE EIGHT-HOUR WORKDAY, AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF WORKERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WENT ON STRIKE TO DEMAND BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS AND SHORTER HOURS; AND WHEREAS: MANY OF THE WORKERS WHO STRUGGLED FOR THE EIGHT-HOUR WORKDAY IN 1886 WERE IMMIGRANT AND BLACK WORKERS [34:01] Jason Chavez: AMONG OTHERS WHO HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY EXCLUDED FROM THE ACTIONS AROUND LABOR AND FACED REPRESSION, DISCRIMINATION, AND VIOLENCE; AND WHEREAS: MAY 1ST CELEBRATIONS RETURNED TO MINNEAPOLIS IN 2006 BECAUSE OF THE DEDICATED WORK DONE BY THE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS MOVEMENT TO COUNTER DISCRIMINATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AGAINST IMMIGRANTS AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL AND STRENGTHEN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ORGANIZED LABOR AND IMMIGRANT WORKERS; AND WHEREAS: THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL PASSED RESOLUTIONS IN 2007 AND 2009 RECOGNIZING THE GROWING IMMIGRANT AND WORKERS' RIGHTS RALLIES IN MINNEAPOLIS ON MAY 1, WHICH HAVE CONTINUED ANNUALLY [34:46] Jason Chavez: THROUGH THE PRESENT YEAR; AND 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 ADVOCACY OF WORKING PEOPLE HAS RESULTED IN ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND 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, 2025, AS INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY IN RECOGNITION OF IMMIGRANT AND WORKERS' RIGHTS. [35:39] Jason Chavez: THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE UP HERE FROM THE LABOR PARTNERS TO THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY ADVOCATES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT LARGE AND WE WANTED THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS UP HERE TO SHARE A FEW WORDS. WILLIAM, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I WILL LET YOU KICK IT OFF AND GO FROM THERE. [35:56] William Martinez: >> FIRST, THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, FOR GIVE US THE COMMUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY. I AM WILLIAM MARTINEZ, ONE OF THE CO-FUNDERS OF THE MINNESOTA COALITION IN 2006, BUT IF WE GO TO THE HISTORY, 100 YEARS AGO, WAS AN IMMIGRANT. [36:17] William Martinez: WITH DIFFERENT COLOR. THE ONES THAT START TAKING THE STREETS AND EARN THE EIGHT HOURS UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE AFL-CIO IN THAT TIME. 100 YEARS LATER, STADIUM THING. [36:33] William Martinez: THE ATTACKS HAPPEN AND YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW THAT THE DIVERSITY. WE, THE IMMIGRANT WITH THE MINNEAPOLIS LABOR FEDERATION, AFL-CIO, WE GOING AGAIN TO THE STREETS. WE GOING TO RETAKE AND FIGHT AND MAINTAIN WHAT WE WANT. [36:57] William Martinez: WE ARE READY TO GO AND TAKE THE STREET. ONE THING ABOUT ME, I WAS A SAME PERSON WHO CAME TO THE COUNTRY WITH NO LEGAL DOCUMENT. BECOME A U.S. CITIZEN. JOIN TO THE UNION AND RIGHT NOW I AM ONE OF THE PEOPLE FIGHTING FOR MY OWN PEOPLE. SO IT'S A PROCESS. [37:14] William Martinez: EVERY TIME WHEN PEOPLE TOLD US, WE STOP THERE, IT'S NOT TRUE. THE TRADES T UNION, YOU NEED TO JOIN TO THE UNIONS TO HAVE A BETTER LIFE, BUT THIS IS HOW YOU'RE GOING TO CHANGE. THIS IS A STRUGGLE IN THE IMMIGRANT MOVEMENT, BUT THIS IS WHY WE ARE HERE. [37:30] William Martinez: WE ARE HERE LIKE ONE ONLY GROUP OF PEOPLE, THE WORKING CLASS. AND THIS IS WHO WE ARE RIGHT NOW. SO THANK YOU, AGAIN. AND I SEE YOU TODAY, 4:30 P.M. IN THE STREETS OF THE CAPITAL. WE GOING TO BE THERE. SO DON'T WORRY. WE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TAKE TO THE STREET. [37:59] Jason Chavez: >> ANYBODY HERE? >> I HAVE A LADY DO THE PIECE AND WILLIAM SPOKE AND I HAVE TALKEN. [38:15] Pablo Mendoza: AND SINCE NO ONE WANTED TO TAKE ON THE MIC, I AM PABLO MENDOZA. I AM A MEMBER OF THE TEAMSTERS LOCAL 974 HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS. I'M A WORKER FOR THE AUTO BODY INDUSTRY FOR ALMOST 38 YEARS, BU I'M ALSO INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY ORGANIZING AS A FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE HOCV LIST. [38:48] Pablo Mendoza: AND ALL OF US HERE HAVE BEEN ROAMING THE STREETS AND MARCHING THE STREETS AND WILL DO THIS AGAIN AND IN MARSHALL AND ST. [39:03] Pablo Mendoza: CLOUD AND YOU NAME IT, AND WE WILL BE MARCHING ALL OVER THE PLACE. AND ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. SO JUST FOR WHAT? FOR RIGHTS. RIGHTS FOR IMMIGRANTS, RIGHTS FOR WORKERS, RIGHTS FOR EVERYONE. HUMAN RIGHTS AND CIVIL RIGHTS FOR ALL OF US. [39:26] Pablo Mendoza: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS RECOGNITION. WE HONORING OUR TEAMSTERS BROTHERS THAT THE STRUGGLE HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS IN THE 1930s, SO SOME OF YOU KNOW HISTORY IN MINNEAPOLIS IN THE 1930s WITH THE UPRISING OF THE TEAMSTERS AND THE MILITARY IN THE STREETS. [39:46] Pablo Mendoza: WE ARE HONORING THOSE IMMIGRANTS THAT WERE BACK THEN FIGHTING FOR US AND HUMBLE AND DEPORTED AND TAKEN AWAY BACK TO EUROPE BECAUSE THEY WERE EUROPEAN IMMIGRANTS. WE ARE HONORING THOSE FOLKS AND WE WILL CONTINUE BECAUSE I KNOW SOMEONE WILL HONOR OTHERS -- WILLIAM, JASON, AND ALL OF YOU, WILL BE HONORED IN THE FUTURE WHEN THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES. [40:19] Pablo Mendoza: THANK YOU AND AMEN. [40:38] Jason Chavez: ALL RIGHT. WE'LL TAKE A QUICK PHOTO AND THEN WE'LL GET GOING. [42:27] Elliott Payne: >> THANK YOU, EVERYONE. AT THIS TIME I AM GOING TO CALL THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR MAY 1 TO ORDER. THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. [42:42] Casey Carl: >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON -- CAN YOU HEAR ME, COUNCIL PRESIDENT? COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON IS ABSENT. NOPE, HE'S RIGHT THERE. NOT A GREAT START HERE. I'M GOING TO START HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON. [42:58] Jeremiah Ellison: >> HERE. [42:58] Casey Carl: >> COUNCIL MEMBER KOSKI IS ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS, PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN, PRESENT. [43:15] Casey Carl: COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN, PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, PRESENT. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, PRESENT. PRESIDENT PAYNE, PRESENT. [43:31] Elliott Payne: >> WE HAVE 12 MEMBERS PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM. BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING, I WANT TO OFFER A FRIENDLY REMINDER TO ALL MEMBERS AND STAFF THAT THIS MEETING IS BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THE BROADCAST INCLUDES REALTIME CAPTIONING AS A FURTHER METHOD TO INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR PROCEEDINGS TO THE COMMUNITY. [43:48] Elliott Payne: THEREFORE, ALL SPEAKERS NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THE RATE OF THEIR SPEECH SO THAT OUR CAPTIONERS CAN FULLY CAPTURE AND TRANSCRIBE ALL COMMENTS FOR THE BROADCAST. WE ASK ALL SPEAKERS TO MODERATE THE SPEED AND CLARITY OF THEIR COMMENTS. WITH THAT, THE AGENDA FOR TODAY'S MEETING IS BEFORE US. [44:04] Elliott Payne: ARE THERE ANY AMENDMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON. [44:04] Jeremiah Ellison: >> THANK YOU. YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD A RESOLUTION TO THE AMENDMENT -- OR TO THE AGENDA HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF KURT WASHINGTON, LONGTIME NORTH SIDE RESIDENT, POET, LOST HIS LIFE A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO. [44:23] Jeremiah Ellison: AND COMMUNITY HAS BEEN HONORING HIS LEGACY EVER SINCE. [44:23] Elliott Payne: >> ALL RIGHT. WITHOUT OBJECTION, I'LL JUST ADD THAT. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA INCLUDING COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON'S AMENDMENT? [44:40] Council Member: >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. [44:40] Casey Carl: >> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER KOSKI IS ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, AYE. [44:56] Casey Carl: COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN, YAY. COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE. PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. [45:15] Elliott Payne: >> THERE ARE 12 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED AS AMENDED. [45:15] Elliott Payne: THE NEXT ITEM IS ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES FROM OUR REGULAR MEETING OF APRIL 17. I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THOSE MINUTES. [45:31] Council Member: >> SO MOVED. >> A SECOND. [45:31] Casey Carl: >> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON, AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, AYE. [45:31] Casey Carl: COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER RAIN, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, AYE. COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE. [45:48] Casey Carl: COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. [45:48] Elliott Payne: >> THERE ARE 12 YAY YAYS. >> THAT CARRIES AND THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED. FINALLY, WE HAVE THE REFERRAL OF PETITION, COMMUNICATIONS AND REPORTS TO THE PROPER COMMITTEES. MAY I HAVE THAT MOTION PLEASE? [46:04] Council Member: >> SO MOVED. >> A SECOND. [46:04] Casey Carl: >> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. [46:04] Casey Carl: >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, AYE. [46:19] Casey Carl: COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE. COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. [46:19] Elliott Payne: >> THERE ARE 12 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THE MATTERS ARE REFERRED. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE PRESENTATION OF REPORTS FROM STANDING COMMITTEES TAKEN IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER STARTING WITH ADMINISTRATION AND ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT. [46:48] Robin Wonsley: >> TAKING A SIP OF WATER BECAUSE THIS IS A LONG ONE. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THE ADMINISTRATION AND ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE HAS 31 ITEMS. FIRST IS A GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM NEW YORK UNIVERSITY FOR TRAVEL LODGING AND CONFERENCE REGISTRATIONS AND MEAL EXPENSES FOR AMANDA HARRINGTON TO ATTEND THE 2025 ADVANCING THE FIELD OF ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE IN JUNE. [47:14] Robin Wonsley: TWO IS GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY AND CITY HEALTH OFFICIALS OF REGISTRATION, LODGING AND AIRFARE. AND THREE IS A GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM THE ASPEN INSTITUTE OF REGISTRATION, LODGING AND AIRFARE FOR DAMON CHAPLAIN TO ATTEND A CONFERENCE IN JUNE. [47:33] Robin Wonsley: GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM THE LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF REGISTRATION, LODGING AND AIRFARE AND MEALS FOR CERVANTES TO ATTEND A CONFERENCE IN APRIL IS ITEM FOUR. FIVE IS A GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM THE POHLAD FOUNDATION FOR TRAVEL, LODGING AND CONFERENCE REGISTRATION AND MEAL EXPENSES FOR MELNY RUCKER AND JARED JEFFREYS TO ATTEND THE 2025 ADVANCING THE FIELD OF ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE CONVENING CONFERENCE IN JUNE. [48:02] Robin Wonsley: SIX IS A GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CITY TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS OF TRAVEL STIPEND, CONFERENCE REGISTRATION, AND TRAVEL AND LODGING EXPENSES FOR ADAM HAYOW TO ATTEND A 2025 CONFERENCE. [48:18] Robin Wonsley: NUMBER SEVEN IS A BID FOR HAWTHORNE OFFICE BUILDOUT PROJECT FORMORE MORCON CONSTRUCTION. EIGHT IS A BID FOR LEAD SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT YEAR TWO PROJECT FOR TRIPLE E AND MMB, LLC. [48:36] Robin Wonsley: NINE IS A BID FOR SIDEWALK REPLACEMENT PROGRAM FROM CONCRETE IDEA INC.. 10 IS A BID FOR RAMP C WATERPROOFING AND STRUCTURAL REPAIRS FROM RAM CONSTRUCTION SERVICES OF MINNESOTA LLC. 11 IS A BID FOR TWELVE SIGNALS AND CURB RAMP IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FROM THOMAS AND SONS CONSTRUCTION INC.. [48:55] Robin Wonsley: 12 IS A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT WITH MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS OR ITS AFFILIATES FOR DANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM. 13 IS A CONTRACT WITH NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL AGENCY SERVICES FOR THE AMERICAN INDIAN MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR METROPOLITAN URBAN INDIAN DIRECTTORS. [49:15] Robin Wonsley: 14 IS CONTRACTS WITH VARIOUS VENDORS TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. 15 IS CONTRACT WITH SPEAK MINNEAPOLIS, LLC, FOR PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY MEDIA ACCESS SERVICES TO MANAGE PUBLIC ACCESS TELEVISION. [49:30] Robin Wonsley: 16 IS ESTABLISH A CONSULTING POOL OF 18 VENNER TOS FOR I.T. STAFF AUGMENTATION CONSULTING SERVICES. 17 IS CONTRACTS WITH NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS QUALIFYING FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS 2020 SHARED RESOURCES AND COLLABORATIONS FUND. [49:46] Robin Wonsley: 18 IS CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH CLARE HOUSING FOR H.I.V. SITE-BASED HOUSING SUPPORT SERVICES. 19 IS CONTRACT AMENDMENTS WITH TOUCH OUTREACH FOR YOUTH GROUP VIOLENCE INTERVENTION SERVICES. 20 IS CONTRACT AMENDMENTS WITH VARIOUS IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES OFFERING FREE IMMIGRATION AND LEGAL SERVICES TO CITY RESIDENTS. [50:05] Robin Wonsley: 21 IS A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH COSTAR REALTY INFORMATION INC. FOR ACCESS TO REAL ESTATE INFORMATION DATABASE. 22 IS A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH CERTIFIED LANGUAGES INTERNATIONAL LLC FOR REMOTE INTERPRETING SERVICES. 23 IS A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH AXON ENTERPRISE INC. FOR SOFTWARE LICENSES FOR BODY-WORN CAMERAS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. [50:26] Robin Wonsley: 24 IS A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH MID-MINNESOTA LEGAL AID FOR LEGAL SERVICES TO SUPPORT LOW-INCOME MINNEAPOLIS RENTERS. 25 IS A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH NORTHLAND BUSINESS SYSTEM FOR TRANSCRIPTION SERVICES AND CLOUD HOSTING MIGRATION. 26 IS A CLAIM SETTLEMENT FOR BLAISDELL PORTFOLIO, LLC. [50:47] Robin Wonsley: 27 IS A CLAIM SETTLEMENT, VARIOUS CLAIMS CONCERNING 43rd AND UPTON STORM WATER FLOODING. 28 IS A LEGAL SETTLEMENT, WORKERS COMPENSATION CLAIM OF DAVID VINCENT. 29 IS A LEGAL SETTLEMENT FOR MICHELLE GROSS AND JANET NYE V. [51:04] Robin Wonsley: CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. 30 IS A SEPARATION ORDINANCE OVERVIEW WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND THEN 31 IS A BID FOR MINNEAPOLIS CONVENTION CENTER MEETING ROOMS REMODEL PHASE 3 PROJECT FROM SHEEHY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. [51:22] Robin Wonsley: AND WITH THAT, I WILL MOVE ALL ITEMS FOR A VOTE, EXEMPTING NUMBER 28. [51:22] Elliott Payne: >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY HAS MOVED APPROVAL OF THE REPORT MINUS ITEM 28. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE REMAINDER OF THE ITEMS? COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. [51:40] Katie Cashman: >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE THE ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT FOR THIS INCREDIBLE FUNDING OPPORTUNITY AND THE EXPANSION OF DANCE EDUCATION IN ALL K-12 SCHOOLS IN ALL 47 PARK AND RECREATION CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. [51:58] Katie Cashman: I THINK THIS IS THE BEST OF WHAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH AT THE LOCAL LEVEL WHEN WE COLLABORATE WITH SCHOOLS AND PARKS IN THE CITY AND THE CREATIVES IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND AS A FORMER DANCER MYSELF, I KNOW HOW MUCH THIS REALLY CONTRIBUTES TO SENSE OF SELF AND CONFIDENCE, SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS PROGRAM BACK TO THE YOUTH IN OUR CITY. [52:17] Robin Wonsley: >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I JUST WANTED TO OFFER SOME BRIEF COMMENTS ON ITEM 30 WHICH IS THE SEPARATION ORDINANCE OVERVIEW WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE THAT I AND COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ ARE CO-AUTHORING. [52:36] Robin Wonsley: AS WE ALL THOUGH, MINNEAPOLIS AIMS TO BE A WELCOMING CITY FOR EVERYONE, REGARDLESS OF THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS. AND WE DO CURRENTLY HAVE A SEPARATION ORDINANCE THAT AFFIRMS THAT POSITION, WHICH STATES THAT THE CITY'S LAW ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT WILL FUNCTION SEPARATELY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS AND THE CITY WILL NOT OPERATE PROGRAMS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENFORCING THE IMMIGRATION LAWS. [53:01] Robin Wonsley: WITH THAT SAID, SINCE THE START OF THE TRUMP'S ADMINISTRATION, MY OFFICE AND PROBABLY MANY OF YOU ALL HAVE RECEIVED A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS FROM YOUR RESIDENTS THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THIS ORDINANCE IS FUNCTIONING, HOW THAT RELATES TO M.P.D.'S ROLE WITHIN THIS ORDINANCE AND ALL OF OUR STAFF, AND PARTICULARLY WHAT ARE THE POLICIES IN PLACE THAT HELPS ESTABLISH CLEAR LINES OF DISCIPLINARY CONSEQUENCES, ESPECIALLY FOR STAFF WITHIN LAW ENFORCEMENT OR ACROSS THE ENTERPRISE THAT VIOLATES THOSE POLICIES. [53:37] Robin Wonsley: SO DUE TO A LOT OF LOCAL AND MEDIA COVERAGE, I THINK RESIDENTS ARE AWARE THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP DOES HAVE A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH MINNEAPOLIS FORMER POLICE FEDERATION PRESIDENT BOB CROW, AND THAT CURRENT POLICE UNION PRESIDENT ALSO ENDORSED CROW FOR U.S. MARSHAL, SO A LOT OF RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT CLOSE RELATIONSHIP AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION RELATIONSHIP AND POTENTIAL TARGETING OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. [54:10] Robin Wonsley: IN RESPONSE TO THOSE QUESTIONS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ABLE TO GET A PRESENTATION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION TO ASSURE THE PUBLIC THAT THERE ARE SPECIFIC PLANS IN PLACE FROM THE FRYE ADMINISTRATION IN LIGHT OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AIMING TO FACILITATE ANY PARTICULAR TARGETING OF ANY RESIDENTS HERE AND TO ASSAUGE ANY CONCERNS AROUND THAT. [54:38] Robin Wonsley: AND FOR M.P.D. TO SHARE POLICIES AND DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS FOR THOSE WHO VIOLATE THEIR POLICY. THAT SAID, THIS LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE KIND OF PROVIDES THAT CLARITY AND HELPS OUR RESIDENTS KNOW THAT AS A CITY WE'RE TAKING THESE MATTERS SERIOUSLY AND DOING EVERYTHING WHAT WE CAN TO AFFIRM WE'RE NOT TOLERATING ANY OF THE INTOLERANT ACTIONS COMING FROM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. [55:01] Robin Wonsley: SO JUST WANTED TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT ON THAT, AND THAT'S ALL. [55:01] Elliott Payne: >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE, I ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL MINUS ITEM 28. [55:17] Casey Carl: >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON, AYE. WONSLEY AYE. JENKINS AYE. PALMISANO AYE. CHOWDHURY AYE. C CASHMAN AYE. [55:33] Casey Carl: OSMAN AYE. RAINVILLE AYE. CHAVEZ AYE. VETAW AYE. KOSKI AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE. COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. [55:48] Elliott Payne: >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THOSE ITEMS ARE ADOPTED. NEXT WE WILL TAKE ON ITEM NUMBER 28. AND I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. [55:48] Linea Palmisano: >> AN I WAS JUST GOING TO MOVE THAT ITEM. I WILL GO AHEAD AND SECOND THAT. [55:48] Elliott Payne: >> OKAY. WE ARE TAKING UP ITEM 28. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? AWE SAW SEEING NONE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. [56:03] Casey Carl: >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON, AYE. KOSKI AYE. [56:19] Casey Carl: WONSLEY AYE. JENKINS AYE. PALMISANO AYE. CHOWDHURY AYE. CASHMAN AYE. OSMAN AYE. RAINVILLE AYE. CHAVEZ AYE. [56:36] Casey Carl: VETAW AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE. COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. [56:36] Elliott Payne: >> THERE ARE 13 YAY YAYS. >> THAT CARRIES AND THE FULL REPORT IS ADOPTED. NEXT WE HAVE THE REPORT FROM OUR BUSINESS, HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE, WHICH WILL BE GIVEN BY THAT COMMITTEE'S CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN. [56:56] Jamal Osman: >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. BUSINESS, HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE IS BRINGING FORWARD 15 ITEMS. ITEM ONE IS APPROVING A PERMANENT EXPANSION OF PREMISES LICENSE FOR MOTHERSHIP PIZZA PARADISE. ITEM TWO IS APPROVING A RENTAL HALL LICENSE FOR ROYALSTON SQUARE. [57:14] Jamal Osman: ITEM THREE IS APPROVING LIQUOR AND ENTERTAINMENT LICENSE FOR FRO YO SOUL. ITEM FOUR IS LIQUOR LICENSE HABANERO TACK COASE. [57:33] Jamal Osman: ITEM FIVE IS FOR FAIR STATE BREWING WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION, BUT AFTER HEARING A RESOLUTION FROM STAFF AND OTHER, I WILL BE MOVING THIS ITEM FOR APPROVAL. ITEM SIX IS PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION APROVING A TIFF PLAN FOR SNELLING YARDS FAMILY HOUSING. [57:50] Jamal Osman: ITEM 7 IS APPROVING TWO LIQUOR LICENSE. ITEM 8 IS APPROVING 41 LIQUOR LICENSE RENEWALS. ITEM 9 IS AUTHORIZING A BTAP CONTRACT. ITEM 10 IS APPROVING A DTAP CONTRACT. 11 IS GRANTING RESOLUTION OF FINAL I A PROOUFL OF REVENUE BOND FOR THE NACC HOUSING PROJECT. [58:12] Jamal Osman: ITEM 12 IS THE PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SPRING 2025 BROWNFIELD GRANT. ITEM 13 IS A PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION APPROVING APPROPRIATION OF DEMOLISHING THE STRUCTURE AT 1001 WEST BROADWAY. 14 IS ACCEPTING A GRANT FROM THE BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY FOR TRAVEL FEES. [58:34] Jamal Osman: ITEM 15 IS AUTHORIZING TERMS OF EXTENSION FOR GREENBELT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. ITEM 16 IS AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO ENTER AN EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS AGREEMENT FOR FEDERALLY OWNED PROPERTY NEAR UPPER ST. ANTHONY FALLS. [58:50] Jamal Osman: LASTLY, ITEM 17 IS APPROVING THE DEVELOPMENT OF FRAMEWORK FOR THE NEW NICOLLET PROJECT. WITH THAT, I WILL MOVE ALL ITEMS FOR APPROVAL. THANK YOU. [58:50] Elliott Payne: >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN HAS MOVED APPROVAL OF THE COMMITTEE'S REPORT. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. [59:07] Katie Cashman: >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON THE ON SALE WINE AND BEER AND GENERAL ENTERTAINMENT LICENSE FOR FRO YO SOUL AT THE SCULPTURE GARDEN NEAR THE WALKER ARTS CENTER. THIS IS FOLLOWING A NEW STATE LAW THAT ALLOWS LIQUOR, BEER, AND WINE SALES IN PARKS. [59:27] Katie Cashman: I'LL REALLY EXCITED TO SEE FRO YO SOUL BRINGING THIS BUSINESS TO THE SCULPTURE GARDEN. I THINK IT WILL BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY THE PARK AND BRING VIBRANCY TO THIS COMMUNITY IN WARD SEVEN. I'M ESPECIALLY EXCITED THAT THEIR FOOD TRUCKS WILL BE POSSIBLE TO SET UP AT FOUR DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND PLUG INTO THE POWER BECAUSE THE PARK REDESIGN ALLOWED FOR THAT, SO THEY WON'T NEED ANY NOISY GENERATORS. [59:55] Katie Cashman: I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT RESIDENTS OF THE AREA KNOW THAT THE TIMING WILL BE RESTRICTED BETWEEN 11:00 AND 7:00 P.M. AND THAT ALL NEIGHBORS WILL BE NOTIFIED IF THERE WILL BE AMPLIFIED SOUND. AND THEY HAVE ASSURED US THAT ANY AMPLIFIED SOUND WILL BE FACING AWAY FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD. [1:00:10] Katie Cashman: SO TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD DOESN'T GET TOO LOUD BECAUSE OF THE NEW BUSINESS AS WELL. I WISH FRO YO SOUL ALL THE BEST WITH THEIR BUSINESS. [1:00:10] Aurin Chowdhury: >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I WANTED TO SPEAK TO THE NEW NICOLLET AVENUE REDEVELOPMENT. I KNOW IT IS NOT IN MY WARD. HOWEVER, IT WAS RUFFLE TO GETTING TO SUPPORT THIS OUT OF THE BUSINESS, HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE. FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO THANK THE COMMUNITY THAT PUT IN SO MUCH EFFORT IN PARTICIPATING IN THE ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS THAT WERE HAD. [1:00:47] Aurin Chowdhury: AND THANK OUR CITY STAFF FOR THE HARD WORK THAT THEY DID ON PUTTING TOGETHER THIS DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK. I JOKED AT THE BUSINESS HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE KMART PARKING LOT WAS JUST KIND OF A MEME FOR A LONG TIME, RIGHT? [1:01:03] Aurin Chowdhury: LITERALLY WE HAD PEOPLE DRESSED UP AS THE KMART PARKING LOT AND KMART FOR HALLOWEEN. WE SHOULDN'T LET THIS MOMENT PASS BY WHERE WE'RE STEPPING FORWARD AND RECONNECTING NICOLLET AND RESTORING ACCESS. AND JUST DELIVERING ALL TOGETHER AS A CITY A ONCE IN A GENERATION OPPORTUNITY TO CENTER AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE HEART OF SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS. [1:01:29] Aurin Chowdhury: AND THE THING I FELT SUPER PROUD ABOUT IS THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT IS TRULY HAS THE POTENTIAL OF BEING MULTIGENERATIONAL AND WELCOMING, RIGHT? AND TYPES OF HOUSING FOR FAMILIES, MULTI-BEDROOM APARTMENT BUILDINGS, OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND TOWN HOMES. [1:01:48] Aurin Chowdhury: THERE'S A PARK THAT'S THERE. THERE'S WORK TO GET A GROCERY STORE NEARBY. I'M HOPING THERE WILL BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING SPECIFICALLY FOR SENIORS BECAUSE IT'S SO ACCESSIBLE TO TRANSIT. AND THIS IS JUST REALLY, REALLY PHENOMENAL WORK AND WE'RE MAKING A GENERATIONAL DIFFERENCE ON WHAT MINNEAPOLIS AND THIS PART OF MINNEAPOLIS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. [1:02:10] Aurin Chowdhury: AND I AM JUST SO EXCITED THAT WE'RE PASSING THIS FIRST STEP TODAY. [1:02:10] Michael Rainville: >> THANK YOU. I WANT TO SPEAK BRIEFLY TO ITEM 16, THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY, THE MINNEAPOLIS PARK AND RECREATION BOARD AND OWAIMMIYONNI AND I'M BUTCHERING THAT NAME, SO I APOLOGIZE. [1:02:36] Michael Rainville: BUT SHELLY BUCK FROM THE DAKOTA TRIBE HAS BEEN A GREAT REPRESENTATION AND PROVIDED GREAT REPRESENTATION IN THIS PROCESS AND NEGOTIATING. SHE'S BEEN VERY PATIENT. AND SHE'S VERY SUCCESSFUL FOR THIS FIRST STEP, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, SHELLY, FOR ALL YOUR LEADERSHIP. [1:02:54] Aisha Chughtai: >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I ALSO WANTED TO JUST SPEAK BRIEFLY ON ITEM NUMBER 17T DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK FOR THE NEW NICOLLET PROJECT. WE'VE, I THINK THIS IS OUR SECOND REALLY BIG AND HISTORIC VOTE ON THIS PROJECT IN THIS TERM. [1:03:17] Aisha Chughtai: AS FOLKS HERE AT THE CITY KNOW, THE WORK ON THE FORMER KMART SITE AND RECONNECTING NICOLLET, YOU KNOW, HAS PREDATED ALL OF US AND HAS BEEN YEARS IN THE MAKING. REALLY EXCITED TO MEET THESE DIFFERENT MILESTONES AND MARKERS OF PROGRESS IN RECONNECTING NICOLLET. [1:03:36] Aisha Chughtai: THIS PROJECT IS ENTIRELY IN THE WHITTIER NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IT IS AT THE INTERSECTION AND THE BORDER OF FOUR DIFFERENT WARDS, WARD 8, WARD 6, AND WARD 9. AND THE PROJECT AREA IMPACTS ALL OF THOSE COMMUNITIES AS WELL. [1:03:54] Aisha Chughtai: AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WE HAVE SEEN HISTORIC AND TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT HAS GONE INTO BRINGING FORWARD THIS DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK AND THAT WORK WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE WORKED REALLY DILIGENTLY TO ENGAGE ALL ASPECTS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND REALLY DIG INTO WHAT WE WANT TO SEE AS THE FUTURE OF THIS HISTORIC AND GENERATIONAL INVESTMENT IN THE SOUTH SIDE. [1:04:29] Aisha Chughtai: SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THERE'S A HUNGER AS WELL FROM IN PARTICULAR THE WHITTIER COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE TO BE ENGAGED IN EVERY STEP OF THE PROCESS ALONG THE WAY. I THINK WITH SOMETHING THAT IS AS TREMENDOUS A GIFT AS A GENERATIONAL PROJECT LIKE THIS ONE, COMES TREMENDOUS ANXIETY AROUND WHAT THE FUTURE OF THIS COMMUNITY IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND WHETHER THE PEOPLE THAT CALL WHITTIER HOME, 90% OF US ARE RENTERS. [1:05:02] Aisha Chughtai: AND WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO CALL THIS COMMUNITY HOME. SO WANTED TO THANK STAFF FOR ALL OF THEIR WORK IN NAVIGATING AT TIMES CONTENTIOUS OR PAINFUL MOMENTS WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND CONTINUING TO MOVE THIS PROJECT ALONG AND FORWARD. [1:05:20] Aisha Chughtai: I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. THANK YOU. [1:05:20] Andrea Jenkins: >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I JUST WANTED TO ECHO AND CHIME IN ON THE NEW NICOLLET PROJECT AS HAS BEEN ALLUDED TO AS SEVERAL DECADES IN THE MAKING. [1:05:45] Andrea Jenkins: SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE HAD THEIR FINGERS ON THIS PROJECT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND I REALLY WANT TO JUST THANK STAFF FOR THEIR COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION TO THIS PROCESS. [1:06:01] Andrea Jenkins: IT'S BEEN MANY, MANY DIFFERENT STAFF PEOPLE WITH WORK AND INPUT ON THIS. I TEACH AT MCAD AND MCAD STUDENTS HAVE BEEN ENGAGED WITH DESIGNING THE THOUGHT PROCESSES AROUND THIS WORK. [1:06:19] Andrea Jenkins: WE BROUGHT IN CONSULTANTS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY. TO INSURE THIS PROJECT IS AFFORDABLE AND DOES NOT LEAD TO DISPLACEMENT AND/OR FOLKS NOT BEING ABLE TO ACCESS THIS COMMUNITY. [1:06:45] Andrea Jenkins: IT'S BEEN REALLY A GREAT WORK AND PROGRESS UP TO THIS POINT, AND IT'S TRANSFORMATIVE. IT WILL COMPLETELY TRANSFORM THE SOUTH SIDE OF MINNEAPOLIS AND LAKE STREET. MILLIONS AND HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF INVESTMENT HAS BEEN GOING INTO THIS PROJECT WITH THE NEW TRANSIT STATION LAKE STREET. [1:07:10] Andrea Jenkins: AND SO I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES OF REOPENING NICOLLET AND BEING A GATEWAY TO WARD 8 AND ALL THE AMAZING AMENITIES THAT EXIST ON THAT SIDE OF LAKE STREET, BUT IT'S A REALLY INCREDIBLE DEVELOPMENT TO REOPEN THIS CORRIDOR. [1:07:36] Andrea Jenkins: THANK YOU. [1:07:36] Elliott Payne: >> SEEING NO one ELSE IN QUEUE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLE ON THE BIHZ COMMITTEE REPORT. [1:07:53] Casey Carl: ELLISON AYE. KOSKI AYE. [1:07:53] Casey Carl: W WONSLEY AYE. JENKINS AYE. PALMISANO AYE. CHOWDHURY AYE. CASHMAN AYE. OSMAN AYE. RAINVILLE AYE. CHAVEZ AYE. VETAW AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE. [1:08:08] Casey Carl: COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. [1:08:08] Elliott Payne: >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THE REPORT IS ADOPTED. THE NEXT REPORT IS FROM THE CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. [1:08:23] Katie Cashman: >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. WE ARE BRINGING SEVEN ITEMS FORWARD. ONE DESIGNATING AND SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE 2025 FULTON RESIDENTIAL STREET RESURFACING PROJECT. ITEM TWO APPROVING THE CONCEPT LAYOUT FOR THE 35th AVENUE NORTH FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECT. ITEM THREE, APPROVAL OF MNDOT LEASE AMENDMENT ALLOWING RENTAL OF PARKING LOTS UNDER I-94 BRIDGES. [1:08:49] Katie Cashman: ITEM FOUR, SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS TO THE 54th AND LYNDALE SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICT BOARD. FIVE IS EAT STREET SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICT ADVISORY ABORT APPOINTMENTS. SIX IS GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE EPA ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE THRIVING COMMUNITIES GRANTMAKING PROGRAM. [1:09:07] Katie Cashman: ITEM 7 AUTHORIZING THE SUBMITTAL OF A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE BUSH FOUNDATION FOR THE COMMUNITY INNOVATION GRANT. I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF ALL SEVEN ITEMS. [1:09:07] Elliott Payne: >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN HAS MOVED APPROVAL OF THE COMMITTEE'S REPORT. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. [1:09:24] Katie Cashman: >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I JUST WANTED TO THANK NICHOLAS AND TREVOR FOR VOLUNTEERING TO SERVE ON THE EAT STREET SPECIAL SERVICES DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD. THESE TWO FOLKS ARE FROM WARD 8 AND WARD 10 REPRESENTING MCAD AND TASKS UNLIMITED. BUT I JUST WANTED TO THANK THEM BECAUSE I KNOW THE EAT STREET SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICT HAS REALLY STRUGGLED TO HAVE MEMBERSHIP BEYOND SAM TURNER FROM THE NICOLLET DINER, SO I AM REALLY GLAD THERE WILL BE MORE REPRESENTATION HERE, AND AS WE WORK TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS FOR THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR ALONG EAT STREET, I THINK THEIR COLLABORATION WILL BE REALLY IMPORTANT. [1:09:59] Katie Cashman: AND I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT AN ITEM THAT WE'RE PASSING THROUGH COUNCIL, WE DID HEAR THE CLIMATE LEGACY INITIATIVE 2025 UPDATE FROM DEPUTY COMMISSIONER PATRICK HAMLIN IN COMMITTEE WITH A LOT OF GREAT UPDATES ON THE $10 MILLION CLIMATE INVESTMENT AND ALL THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE BEEN BUILDING OUT TO WEATHERIZE AND RETROFIT HOMES AND BUILD OUT GEO THERMAL ENERGY AND GREEN WORKFORCE IN THE CITY. [1:10:27] Katie Cashman: IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THAT, YOU CAN LOOK BACK AT THE PRESENTATION FROM COMMITTEE. [1:10:27] Elliott Payne: >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. [1:10:43] Casey Carl: >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON, AYE. KOSKI AYE. [1:10:43] Casey Carl: WONSLEY AYE. JENKINS AYE. PALMISANO AYE. CHOWDHURY AYE. CASHMAN AYE. OSMAN AYE. RAINVILLE AYE. CHAVEZ AYE. VETAW AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE. [1:10:59] Casey Carl: COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. [1:10:59] Elliott Payne: >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THAT REPORT IS ADOPTED. NEXT WE HAVE THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED BY THAT COMMITTEE'S CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. [1:11:15] Jason Chavez: >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE IS BRINGING FORWARD ONE ITEM FORWARD. [1:11:15] Jason Chavez: IT IS A PASSAGE OF AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN APPOINTED POSITION IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WITH THE TITLE OF DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS. WITH THAT, I WILL MOVE THIS ITEM FOR APPROVAL. [1:11:31] Elliott Payne: >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ HAH MOVED APPROVAL OF THE COMMITTEE'S REPORT. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? [1:11:31] Elliott Payne: SEEING NONE, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. [1:11:46] Casey Carl: >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON, AYE. KOSKI AYE. WONSLEY AYE. JENKINS AYE. PALMISANO AYE. CHOWDHURY AYE. CASHMAN AYE. [1:11:46] Casey Carl: OSMAN AYE. RAINVILLE AYE. CHAVEZ AYE. VETAW AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE. COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. [1:11:46] Elliott Payne: >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THE REPORT IS ADOPTED. FINALLY WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED BY THAT COMMITTEE'S CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. [1:12:06] Jason Chavez: >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE IS BRINGING FORWARD NINE ITEMS. ONE IS THE PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE RELATED TO CIVIL RIGHTS ADDING NEW PROTECTED CLASSES, BOLSTERING ENFORCEMENT AND AMENDING PROCEDURES FOR EFFICIENCY. I WILL BE OFFERING AN AMENDMENT WITH TECHNICAL CHANGES, SO I WILL MOVE THIS ASIDE FOR A SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND VOTE. [1:12:27] Jason Chavez: TWO IS ACCEPTING A RETAIL FLEXIBLE FUNDING MODEL GRANT FROM THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION. THREE AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT FOR SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER CORE RESEARCH PROJECT. AND FOUR IS ACCEPTING A GRANT FOR THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR SEX TRAFFICKING AWARENESS MEDIA CAMPAIGN. [1:12:49] Jason Chavez: FIVE IS AUTHORIZING AN MOU WITH WILEY REBER LAW FOR UTILIZING THE SPACE AT THE LAKE STREET SAFETY CENTER. SIX IS ACCEPTING THE EDWARD BYRON JUSTICE MEMORIAL GRANT TO SUPPORT POLICE AND ATTORNEY INITIATIVES. 7 IS AUTHORIZING ANM.O.U. WITH CORNERHOUSE. [1:13:08] Jason Chavez: 8 IS A REVENUE CONTRACT WITH SMG FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES AT U.S. BANK STADIUM. AND ITEM NINE IS AUTHORIZING AN INCREASED CONTRACT TO FAIRVIEW HEALTH SERVICES FOR CONTINUED IMPLEMENTATION OF A NUTRITION-FOCUSED CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION PROJECT. I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF ALL THE ITEMS EXCLUDING ITEM ONE, WHICH WE WILL PULL FOR A SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND VOTE. [1:13:30] Elliott Payne: >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ HAD MOVED APPROVAL OF THE REPORT MINUS ITEM ONE. IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE REMAINDER OF THE REPORT? SEEING NONE -- SEEING NONE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. [1:13:46] Casey Carl: >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON, AYE. [1:13:46] Casey Carl: KOSKI AYE. WONSLEY AYE. JENKINS AYE. PALMISANO AYE. CHOWDHURY AYE. CASHMAN AYE. OSMAN AYE. RAINVILLE AYE. CHAVEZ AYE. VETAW AYE. [1:14:02] Casey Carl: VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE. COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. [1:14:02] Elliott Payne: >> THERE ARE 13 YAY YAYS. >> THAT CARRIES AN THOSE ITEMS ARE ADOPTED. NEXT WE WILL TAKE UP ITEM ONE AND I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. [1:14:22] Jason Chavez: >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. I WILL NEED SOME ASSISTANCE OF THE CLERKS. CAN I JUST MOVE THE AMENDED VERSION AS ONE OR TAKE THE VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT FIRST? [1:14:22] Jason Chavez: EITHER-OR IS GOOD FOR ME. JUST FOR CLARITY. [1:14:22] Elliott Payne: >> MADAM CLERK? [1:14:39] Casey Carl: >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, HONESTLY, YOU COULD DO IT EITHER WAY. IF THERE IS CONSENSUS WITH THE COLLEAGUES, YOU COULD MOVER IT AS ONE. [1:14:39] Jason Chavez: >> FIRST I WILL INTRODUCE THE AMENDMENT AND TALK ABOUT IT AND IF FOLKS -- I CAN DO EITHER-OR. I WILL TALK ABOUT THE AMENDMENTS. IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS, WE'LL GO FROM THERE. COOL. COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, WONSLEY AND I ARE BRINGING FORWARD AN AMENDMENT YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED YESTERDAY. THIS HAS A FEW SECTIONS THAT I WILL EXPLAIN. [1:14:57] Jason Chavez: THERE ARE THREE CHANGES TO SECTION 139.10. THE FIRST COMPONENT OF THIS CHANGE WILL ADD COLOR, CREED, RELIGION AND ANCESTRY ALONG WITH HOUSING STATUS TO THE BUSINESS SECTION UNDER THE DECLARATION OF POLICY PURPOSE. THE SECOND COMPONENT WILL RE-ARRANGE THE ORDER OF LIST PROD TEKTED CLASSES TO BE -- PROTECTED CLASSES TO BE CONSISTENT WITH OTHER PROTECTED AREAS. [1:15:19] Jason Chavez: AND THE LAST WORDS ADDS THE WORDS "A PROGRAM" TO CLARIFY THE LANGUAGE. THE NEXT CHANGE IN 139.20. WE ARE AMENDING THE DEFINITION OF HEIGHT AND WEIGHT BY REMOVING THE WORD "TOTAL" AND BASED AND COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND FROM COMING TO MEMBER WHO IS ADVOCATE AGAINST SIZE DISCRIMINATION. [1:15:38] Jason Chavez: THE NEXT CHANGE IS 139.40, WHICH ADDS COLOR, CREED, RELIGION, AND ANCESTRY TO THE ACTS OF DISCRIMINATION SPECIFIED COMPONENT. THIS IS MEANT TO MAKE LANGUAGE CONSISTENT WITH THE BUSINESS PROVISION LISTED ABOVE. AND THE LAST CHANGE IS REMOVING THE WORDS "OR RESPONDENT" FROM THIS SECTION. [1:15:57] Jason Chavez: THIS CHANGE IS THE RESULT OF A WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT FROM A CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSIONER AND IT'S THE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO MADE IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. SO WE ARE BRINGING THIS AMENDMENT TO THESE SMALL LITTLE CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCE. [1:16:16] Elliott Payne: >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ HAS MOVED TO AMEND THE UNDERLYING ORDINANCE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? [1:16:16] Robin Wonsley: >> PRESIDENT PAYNE, I WILL WAIT TO SPEAK TO THE OVERALL ORDINANCE. [1:16:16] Elliott Payne: >> GO AHEAD AND SPEAK TO THE OVERALL ORDINANCE. WE'LL TAKE IT UP. >> AND I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE ALSO IN QUEUE. [1:16:33] Robin Wonsley: >> OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> GO AHEAD, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. YOU ARE IN QUEUE AHEAD OF ME. >> I'LL HOP OUT. YOU GO, PLEASE. [1:16:49] Andrea Jenkins: >> YEAH, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. [1:16:49] Andrea Jenkins: I AM CURIOUS, CAN SOMEONE DEFINE ANCESTRY FOR ME? [1:16:49] Jason Chavez: >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ? >> WE'LL HAVE CIVIL RIGHTS STAFF IF YOU CAN HELP ME EXPLAIN THAT. >> WELCOME. [1:17:14] [Civil Rights Department Staff]: COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. I DON'T HAVE THE ACTUAL WRITTEN DEFINITION AND I'M NOT 100% SURE IF IT'S IN THE ORDINANCE, BUT I COULD FOLLOW-UP AND PROVIDE THAT WITH THE OFFICE. I WILL EXPLAIN ANCESTRY HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS ORDINANCE FOR QUITE SOME TIME. THIS IS NOT A NEW CHANGE. [1:17:29] Andrea Jenkins: >> OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IT'S LISTED AS A NEW ADDITION. [1:17:29] [Civil Rights Department Staff]: >> CAN PROVIDE CLARIFICATION ON THAT AS WELL. THERE WAS AN EFFORT TO MAKE THE ORDINANCE APPEAR AS CONSISTENT AS POSSIBLE, SO IT'S JUST A CHANGING OF ORDERING AND INCLUDING IN THE SUBSTANTIVE PROTECTIONS IN THE INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPHS AS WELL. [1:17:53] [Civil Rights Department Staff]: IT IS NOT A SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE. IT IS NOT PROVIDING ANY ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS THAT DIDN'T ALREADY EXIST IN THE ORDINANCE. [1:17:53] Andrea Jenkins: >> THANK YOU. [1:18:11] Kristyn Anderson: MAYBE THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS A DEFINITION? >> THE NATIONAL ORIGIN, BACKGROUND IS THROUGHOUT YOUR -- FOR EXAMPLE, MY PARENTS WERE ITALIAN. NIGH SO IT IS TO INSURE THERE IS NOT DISCRIMINATION BECAUSE OF SOMEONE'S BACKGROUND. [1:18:32] Kristyn Anderson: FROM A CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE, AND IT IS TRUE THAT ANCESTRY HAS BEEN PART OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ORDINANCE, YOU KNOW, FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME. AND IT'S JUST -- IT WAS SOME OF THESE EDITS ARE REALLY JUST CLEAN UP TO MAKE SURE THERE'S CONSISTENCY IN THE LISTED OF PROTECTED CLASS STATUSES THAT ARE IN ALL OF THE PROVISIONS. [1:18:55] Andrea Jenkins: >> THANK YOU. SO COULD THAT WORD BE REPLACED WITH ETHNICITY? WOULD THAT BE THE SAME? [1:18:55] Kristyn Anderson: >> COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I THINK THAT IS THE SENSE OF THE WORD. [1:19:12] Kristyn Anderson: I THINK THEY COULD BE USED INTERCHANGEABLY. OTHER CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION USES, YOU KNOW, THE TERM ANCESTRY, BUT I DO THINK TO ME THE ETHNICITY AND ANCESTRY WOULD BE INTERCHANGEABLE IDEAS. [1:19:32] Andrea Jenkins: >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [1:19:32] Michael Rainville: >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU. I WANTED TO THANK AMY WHO ADDED TO SOME OF THE AMENDMENTS AND SHE SITS ON THE CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE THIRD WARD. SHE CAME TO THE PUBLIC HEARING TO GIVE HER TESTIMONY. [1:19:49] Michael Rainville: WE DID INCORPORATE THE SUGGESTIONS AS WELL. AND THAT IS -- SO THANK YOU, AMY. [1:20:06] Elliott Payne: >> WE CAN TAKE UP THE AMENDMENT AND THE UNDERLYING ORDINANCE AS AMENDED IF YOU WANTED TO SPEAK, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. [1:20:06] Robin Wonsley: AWE THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. SO IN LIGHT OF I KNOW COMMENTS MADE BY FELLOW CO-AUTHOR COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ AT COMMITTEE, WE'RE BOTH PROUD AND EXCITED TO BRING THIS ORDINANCE FORWARD TODAY. ESPECIALLY AT A TIME WHEN THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION IS ADVANCING ATTACKS ON OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS AND ARE ATTEMPTING TO STRIP AWAY OUR HARD EARNED CIVIL RIGHTS. [1:20:32] Robin Wonsley: MINNEAPOLIS GETS TO BE A BEACON AND LIGHT IN THIS MOMENT. AND WE ARE NOT ONLY DEFENDING THE RIGHTS THAT WE HAVE, WE'RE CONTINUING TO EXPAND PROTECTIONS AGAINST DISCRIMINATION. I WANT TO NAME ONE PARTICULAR PIECE ABOUT THIS ORDINANCE THAT I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE WORK THAT THE COMMUNITY LED ON, AND SHOULD THIS PASS TODAY, MINNEAPOLIS WILL BE THE THIRD IN THE U.S. TO INSURE PROTECTED CLASS STATUS FOR JUSTICE IMPACTED COMMUNITIES. [1:21:00] Robin Wonsley: I, OF course, ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO WATCH THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ORDINANCE THAT TOOK PLACE LAST WEEK IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE. AND DOZENS OF DIRECTLY IMPACTED RESIDENTS SHOWED UP TO SPEAK ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO THEM TO SEE THE CITY TAKE A FORMAL STAND TO CODIFY THEIR RIGHTS FOR EQUAL TREATMENT AND PROTECTION. [1:21:25] Robin Wonsley: AND I THINK THERE'S NOTHING LIKE PERSONAL STORIES TO REALLY DRIVE HOME WHY THIS WORK MATTERS AND WHY WE GET TO SERVE IN THESE POSITIONS AND THE TYPE OF WORK WE GET TO DO IN THESE POSITIONS. SO OF COURSE, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, OUR CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSIONERS, THE CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT, MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO JOINED US IN THIS PROCESS FOR ALMOST A YEAR IN MAKING THIS ORDINANCE POSSIBLE. [1:21:57] Robin Wonsley: I LOOK FORWARD TO LEARN HOW THE CHANGES HAVE IMPACTED THEIR WORK AS A BODY AND HOW WE AS A COUNCIL CAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEIR ABILITY TO BE EFFECTIVE IN MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS TO SHOW UP AND EVALUATE HOW WE CAN INSURE CIVIL PROTECTIONS FOR OUR RESIDENTS. [1:22:17] Robin Wonsley: SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE MANY PARTNER WHO IS HELPED MAKE A REALLY -- PARTNERS WHO HELPED MAKE A REALLY MEANINGFUL POLICY HAPPEN. AND I ENCOURAGE ALL MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT IT. [1:22:41] Jason Chavez: >> A COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THE LAST TIME THIS CIVIL RIGHTS ORDINANCE WAS AMENDED WAS IN 2017, AND SINCE THEN WE HAVE SEEN THE WORLD DRASTICALLY CHANGE. WE ARE LIVERING IN THE TIME WHEN THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE ARE -- WE ARE LIVING IN A TIME WHEN THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE ARE BEING STRIPPED AWAY, BUT WE CAN ADD TO THE PROTECTED CLASSES AND I WILL GO OVER THE OVERVIEW. [1:23:06] Jason Chavez: IT INCLUDES CLASSES LIKE JUSTICE IMPACTED, HOUSING STATUS AND HEIGHT AND WEIGHT. THIS WILL BOLSTER CURRENT PROTECTIONS AND REQUIRES ACCOMMODATIONS FOR RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE, EXPANDS JURISDICTION TO INVESTIGATE PAY AND EQUITY. IT ADDS A DEFINITION THAT INCLUDES SKIN COLOR, HAIR, TEXTURE, STYLE, AND PROVIDES PROTECTIONS MIRRORING THE PREGNANT WORKERS FAIRNESS ACT AND DISCRIMINATION WHICH IS INTERSECTIONAL BASED UPON MULTIPLE CLASSES. [1:23:39] Jason Chavez: AND EXPANSION TO INCLUDE THOSE RESIDING WITH AND CARING FOR ADULTS AND THIS WAS LED BY CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT STAFF. AS I MENTION IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE, THIS ORDINANCE IS A COMPREHENSIVE ORDINANCE THAT BOLSTERS AND EXPAND MULTIPLE PROTECTIONS TO PREVENT DISCRIMINATION AT A TIME WHEN MANY PEOPLE ARE BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST IN OUR COUNTRY. [1:24:06] Jason Chavez: MONTHS OF WORK WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND STAFF, THE CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT AND STAFF, INCLUDING DIRECTOR, ALEX CANE, DIRECTOR PHILLIPS, ASHLEY GOELD, ALYSSA GREEN IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION ALONG WITH A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT STAFF MEMBERS FROM ACROSS THE ENTERPRISE, ALONG WITH JUSTICE IMPACTED ADVOCATES, CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM ORGANIZATIONS, ORGANIZATIONS THAT ADVOCATE AGAINST SIZE DISCRIMINATION AND HOUSING JUSTICE ADVOCATES. [1:24:34] Jason Chavez: AND AS I MENTION IN THE COMMITTEE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, THIS IS THE KIND OF WORK THAT WE CAN BE DOING AT A CITY ENTERPRISE WHEN THE COUNCIL, CITY STAFF, COUNCIL OFFICES, THE MAYOR'S ADMINISTRATION IS WORKING CLOSELY TOGETHER TO ADVANCE POLICY TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. [1:24:52] Jason Chavez: SO I WANT TO AT LEAST HIGHLIGHT THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WENT INTO THAT. I WANT TO THANK STAFF IN WARD 9, WARD 2 STAFF AND COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY'S STAFF AND EVERYBODY THAT HELPS US GET TO THIS POINT TODAY. THIS HAS BEEN DECADES IN THE MAKING. THERE HAS BEEN ADVOCACY THROUGH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THEY HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR. [1:25:10] Jason Chavez: ALL WE HAD TO DO IS GRAB THAT MANTLE AND BRING IT HOME. I WANTED TO HOPE WE GET SUPPORT FROM EVERYBODY HERE TODAY. I WANTED TO THANK OUR STAFF AT THE COUNCIL AND ALSO THE DEPARTMENT STAFF FOR THE WORK THEY DID FOR THIS, TOO. [1:25:26] Jason Chavez: I MOVE APPROVAL FOR SUPPORT. [1:25:26] Elliott Payne: >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ HAS MOVED THE ORDINANCE AS AMENDED AND WILL TAKE UP BOTH WITHOUT OBJECTION. AND WITH THAT, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. [1:25:43] Casey Carl: >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON, AYE. [1:25:43] Casey Carl: KOSKI AYE. WONSLEY AYE. JENKINS IS ABSENT. PALMISANO AYE. CHOWDHURY AYE. [1:25:59] Casey Carl: CASHMAN AYE. OSMAN AYE. RAINVILLE AYE. CHAVEZ AYE. VETAW AYE. CHUGHTAI AYE. PAYNE >> AYE. [1:25:59] Elliott Payne: >> THAT CARRIES AND THAT ITEM IS ADOPTED. THAT COMPLETES THE REPORT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE AS WELL AS OUR STANDING COMMITTEES. [1:26:17] Elliott Payne: THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS NOTICE OF ORDINANCE INTRODUCTIONS. WE HAVE FOUR NOTICES TODAY. FIRST, COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN GIVES NOTICE OF INTENT TO INTRODUCE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE LICENSES AND BUSINESS REGULATIONS CODE, ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 333 ENTITLED SAUNA ESTABLISHMENTS TO REGULATE SAUNA ESTABLISHMENTS. [1:26:41] Elliott Payne: SECOND, COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY GIVES NOTICE OF INTENT TO INTRODUCE AT THE NEXT MEETING THE SUBJECT MATTER OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT CODE ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 426B, ENTITLED RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS. THIRD, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY GIVES NOTICE OF INTENT TO INTRODUCE AT THE NEXT MEETING THE SUBJECT MATTER OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATION CODE ADDING SECTION 18.190 RELATES TO CONTRACTS FOR SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY. [1:27:09] Elliott Payne: AND FINALLY, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY GIVES NOTICE OF INTENT TO INTRODUCE AT THE NEXT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL THE SUBJECT MATTER OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATION CODE, ADDING A NEW SECTION 18.200 RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS BETWEEN $5,000 AND $175,000. [1:27:26] Elliott Payne: ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THESE NOTICES? COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. [1:27:26] Robin Wonsley: >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. JUST WANT TO SHARE A BIT OF INFORMATION ON THOSE TWO NOI'S. THE FIRST RELATED TO SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY. [1:27:42] Robin Wonsley: SINCE 2022, MY OFFICE HAS BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS AROUND HOW TO BETTER ENHANCE THE CITY'S PRACTICES RELATED TO SURVEILLANCE. I KNOW THIS WORK WAS ALSO NICHE YAYED BY THE -- INITIATED BY THE PRIOR COUNCIL STARTING AROUND 2018, BUT ALSO EMPHASIZING, I KNOW, WHILE WE CAN'T REALLY CONTROL THE OPERATIONAL MATTERS AROUND HOW SURVEILLANCE IS USED. [1:28:05] Robin Wonsley: MOST RECENTLY WE HAVE SEEN THIS REALLY ROLLED OUT UNDER THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT, I THINK THIS ORDINANCE HAS THE GOAL OF MAKING SURE WE'RE STANDARDIZING MORE TRANSPARENCY FOR THE COUNCIL AND PUBLIC TO LEARN WHEN AND WHAT TYPE OF SURVEILLANCE EQUIPMENT IS BEING UTILIZED, AND ESSENTIALLY THE GOAL WOULD BE FOR THIS ORDINANCE TO FOSTER MORE TRANSPARENCY EITHER THROUGH THE INCLUSION OF A PUBLIC HEARING WHEN SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY IS BEING PROPOSED FOR PURCHASING OR THROUGH A CONTRACT WITH EXTERNAL PARTY FOR THE SOLICITATION OF THOSE SERVICES. [1:28:42] Robin Wonsley: SO ALL THIS WITH THE GOAL OF MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S PUBLIC AWARENESS ON THE TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY THAT THE CITY AND ESPECIALLY LAW ENFORCEMENT IS USING OR HAS ACCESS TO. ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF, AGAIN, THINGS THAT'S HAPPENING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. THE SECOND N.O.I. IS RELATED TO THE SECOND CHAPTER, BUT UNRELATED ISSUE. [1:29:01] Robin Wonsley: WE HAVE, AS MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE, FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND ESPECIALLY IN RECENT MONTHS HAVE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS AROUND CONTRACTS THAT HAVE RAISED SERIOUS CONCERNS IN TERMS OF WHERE THEY ARE BEING AWARDED TO OR JUST QUESTIONABLE ETHICS FROM THE CONTRACTORS THAT'S BEEN ADMINISTERED UNDER THE FREY ADMINISTRATION. [1:29:25] Robin Wonsley: AND I KNOW THANKS TO PUBLIC SCRUTINY AND ALSO COUNCIL OVERSIGHT ESSENTIALLY THERE HAS BEEN CORRECTIVE ACTIONS THAT ARE PUT IN PLACE BY THE ADMINISTRATION SOMETIMES IN RESPONSE TO THOSE CONTRACTS B U I WANT TO KNOW IT SHOULD NOT TAKE MEDIA PUBLICATIONS FOR THE CITY LEADERSHIP TO INSTITUTE GREATER TRANSPARENCY AROUND $175,000. [1:29:52] Robin Wonsley: AND THESE CONTRACTS DO NOT REQUIRE COUNCIL APPROVAL, WHICH ESSENTIALLY GRANTS US VERY LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES FOR O OVERSIGHT AS A BODY OVER THE CONTRACT, AND ESSENTIALLY THERE IS NO TRANSPARENCY FOR THE CONTRACTS FOR THE PUBLIC AS WELL. [1:30:07] Robin Wonsley: THIS PARTICULAR LOOPHOLE IS ESSENTIALLY SHOWN ITSELF NOT TO BE GOOD FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE, AND THIS ORDINANCE SEEKS TO RECTIFY THAT. I WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT CONTEXT AROUND THE INTENT FOR BOTH ORDINANCES AS IT RELATES TO SURVEILLANCE AND HOW WE'RE TRYING TO STRENGTHEN TRANSPARENCY AROUND OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES. [1:30:29] Elliott Payne: >> BEFORE I CALL ON COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS, COULD YOU LIKE YOUR VOTES RECORDED FOR THE CIVIL RIGHTS ORDINANCE? [1:30:29] Andrea Jenkins: >> THANK YOU AND YES. [1:30:44] Elliott Payne: >> ALL RIGHT. WITHOUT OBJECTION, MADAM CLERK. >> NOTED, THANK YOU. >> THA YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. [1:30:44] Aurin Chowdhury: >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I WANTED TO SPEAK TO THE NOTICE OF INTRODUCTION THAT I'M BRINGING BRIEFLY. IT'S A RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS REMOVAL ORDINANCE. IT IS REALLY, REALLY CENTERED IN THE PACT ABOUT NAMING HARM AND TAKING -- IN THE FACT ABOUT NAMING HARM AND TAKING RESPONSIBILITY IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. [1:31:04] Aurin Chowdhury: WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF RACIALLY RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS BEING USED AS TOOL OF EXCLUSION THAT WOULD SHAPE WHERE PEOPLE OF COLOR COULD LIVE OR COULD NOT LIVE, WHERE THEY COULD BUILD WEALTH, WHERE THEY COULD HAVE CONNECTIVITY IN DIFFERENT NEIGHBORS. [1:31:21] Aurin Chowdhury: REALLY THE JIM CROW OF THE NORTH. AND MANY, WHILE RACIAL COVENANTS AREN'T CURRENTLY IN EFFECT, MANY HOUSES STILL HAVE RACIAL COVENANTS ATTACHED TO THEIR DEEDS. AND IN CONNECTION WITH MAPPING PREJUDICE, A TEAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, THEY REPORT THAT THERE'S OVER 8,000 COVENANTED PROPERTIES IN MINNEAPOLIS. [1:31:42] Aurin Chowdhury: AND A HANDFUL OF THESE HAVE ALREADY BEEN DISCHARGED VOLUNTARILY DUE TO THE WORK OF ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR CITY ATTORNEYS THROUGH THE JUST DEEDS PROJECT. AND WITH THIS START WE HAVE BEGINNING TO CORRECT THE HISTORY BY ACKNOWLEDGING THESE COVENANTS ARE NOT JUST ARTIFACTS OF THE PAST BUT STRUCTURE THAT STILL IMPACTS THE PRESENT. [1:32:03] Aurin Chowdhury: THIS ORDINANCE IS HOPEFULLY THE FIRST STEP TOWARD A BROADER EFFORT TO INSURE THAT OUR CITY CODE REFLECTS THE VALUES OF EQUITY, JUSTICE, AND BELONGING. AND THIS WORK WAS REALLY ACTUALLY INSPIRED BY A GROUP OF CONSTITUENTS WHO I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF IN THEIR EFFORT TO RENAME A STREET IN MY WARD EDMOND WALTON AND THIS WORK IS COMMUNITY LED FROM THE BEGINNING. [1:32:37] Aurin Chowdhury: AND RENAMING THAT COALITION MODEL AND WHAT THAT CAN LOOK LIKE AT A NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL. AND OTHER CITIES WERE TAKING UP THIS TYPE OF REQUIREMENT OF DISCHARGING RACIALLY RESTRICTIVE AND DISCRIMINATORY COVENANTS. [1:32:57] Aurin Chowdhury: AND BEING A PERSON OF COLOR MYSELF THAT REPRESENTS MY WARD, I KNOW THAT GOING BACK IN TIME, THERE ARE MANY PLACES WHERE I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO OWN A HOME AND BLACK, BROWN, JEWISH WHO LIVE ON EDMOND BOULEVARD OR LIVE IN A HOUSE THAT CURRENTLY HAS A RACIAL COVENANT OR IN THE PROCESS OF DISCHARGING A RACIAL COVENANT AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THEM AND THE KIDS THEY ARE RAISING. [1:33:27] Aurin Chowdhury: AND WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT HOW OUR CITY GOVERNMENT CHOOSES TO RESPOND OR DOESN'T CHOOSE TO RESPOND. AND I AM REALLY EXCITED TO MOVE THIS WORK FORWARD. THERE WILL BE A LOT OF EFFORT BEHIND THIS. AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE DO THIS IN A WAY THAT MAKES SENSE AND WORKS FOR THE PEOPLE OF MINNEAPOLIS. [1:33:52] Aurin Chowdhury: AND YEAH, I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH EVERYONE ON THE BODY ABOUT THIS AND THE STREET RENAME. [1:34:08] Elliott Payne: >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE, THOSE NOTICES ARE HEREBY GIVEN AND NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED AT THIS TIME. [1:34:08] Elliott Payne: THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL CALENDAR. WE HAVE TWO INTRODUCTIONS TODAY. FIRST, COUNCIL MEMBERS CASHMAN, RAINVILLE AND WONSLEY MOVE TO INTRODUCE AND GIVE FIRST READING TO AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT CODE, ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 425A ENTITLED MINNEAPOLIS TOURISM IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, ESTABLISHING THE MINNEAPOLIS TOURISM IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND PROVIDING FOR ITS ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATION AS AUTHORIZED BY MINNESOTA STATUTES. [1:34:38] Elliott Payne: ADDITIONALLY, THIS INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL INCLUDES THE SCHEDULING OF A PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD AT THE MAY 202025 BUSINESS, HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE MEETING. SECOND, PURSUANT TO NOTICE, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ MOVES TO INTRODUCE THE SUBJECT MADDER OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE LAND SUBDIVISION CODE FOR FIRST READING AND REFERRAL TO THE BUSINESS, HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE MODIFYING THE DEFINITION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS TO ADDRESS UNITS FINANCED IN WHOLE OR ■PART BY A TRIBE OR TRIBAL ENTITY. [1:35:06] Elliott Payne: MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE INTRODUCTIONS? [1:35:06] Council Member: >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. [1:35:06] Elliott Payne: >> IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. [1:35:23] Katie Cashman: >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I JUST WANTED TO THANK ALL THE FOLKS WHO HAVE WORKED FOR MANY YEARS TO BE ABLE TO ESTABLISH A TOURISM IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT IN MINNEAPOLIS. [1:35:23] Katie Cashman: I FIRST HEARD ABOUT THIS FROM REPRESENTATIVE FRANK HORNSTEIN WHO WAS THE AUTHOR AT THE STATE TO ALLOW CITIES IN MINNESOTA TO PASS TOURISM IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS. AND THEN THE GREAT FOLKS AT MEET MINNEAPOLIS INCLUDING BILL, KRISTI, MELVIN, JEFF, HAVE ALL REALLY CHAMPIONED THIS AND BROUGHT THE HOTELS IN THE CITY ON BOARD TO POOL RESOURCES TO IMPROVE THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY. [1:35:48] Katie Cashman: SO I'M EXCITED TO BE CARRYING THIS LEGISLATION TO AUTHORIZE IT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE DISCUSSION WITH COLLEAGUES AND THE PUBLIC HEARING ON MAY 20 TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THE INDUSTRY AND THEIR STORY AND WHAT THEY'RE HOPING THIS CAN HELP US ACHIEVE. [1:36:05] Michael Rainville: >> THANK YOU. I'M A LITTLE LATE ON THIS, BUT I WANTED TO WELCOME A NEW DEMOCRATIC SENATOR TO THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, DORAN CLARK. WE HAD WITH THE UNTIMELY DEATH, WE HAD A SPECIAL ELECTION, AND I HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT WITH HIM LAST WEEK, AND HE'S THROWING HIMSELF INTO THE JOB AND DOING A GREAT, GREAT REPRESENTATION FOR NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST MINNEAPOLIS. [1:36:21] Michael Rainville: SAY, I, TOO, WANT TO SPEAK ON THAT. IN PARTICULAR I WANT TO COMPLIMENT BILL FOR ALL THE HARD WORK. BILL, I AM TRYING TO SEARCH MY MEMORY BANKS, BUT THIS IS ABOUT A FOUR, FIVE-YEAR PROCESS ON YOUR PART. HOW MANY FINGERS? LONGER THAN THAT. BUT WHAT THIS WILL DO IS BRING RESOURCES INTO OUR CITY THAT OVER 200 OVER CITIES ENJOY TO PROMOTE THEIR HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY. [1:36:43] Michael Rainville: AND RIGHT NOW WITH DOWNTOWN SLOWING DOWN, WE NEED THAT HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY TO KEEP OUR PROPERTY VALUES UP AND OUR JOB CREATION, AS WELL AS THE TAX THAT GENERATES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BILL, FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK, AND LET'S KEEP TALKING ABOUT THIS. [1:37:01] Elliott Payne: >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. [1:37:16] Casey Carl: >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON, AYE. KOSKI AYE. WONSLEY AYE. JENKINS AYE. PALMISANO AYE. [1:37:16] Casey Carl: CHOWDHURY AYE. CASHMAN AYE. OSMAN AYE. RAINVILLE AYE. CHAVEZ AYE. VETAW AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE. COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. [1:37:35] Elliott Payne: >> THAT MOTION CARRIES AND THOSE MATTERS ARE REFERRED TO THE BUSINESS, HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE. [1:37:35] Elliott Payne: THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS RESOLUTIONS. OUR HONORARY RESOLUTIONS TODAY INCLUDE THE FOUR THAT WERE PRESENTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING AS WELL AS A RESOLUTION HONORING THE 125th ANNIVERSARY OF DELASALLE HIGH SCHOOL. [1:37:51] Elliott Payne: AND HONORING A RESOLUTION HONORING KIRK WASHINGTON JR. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? [1:38:07] Jeremiah Ellison: >> THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME WALK THIS ON. USUALLY I WOULD HAVE HIS FAMILY HERE AND DO A PRESENTATION. WE HAVE DONE THAT IN THE PAST. [1:38:07] Jeremiah Ellison: WE WILL BE DOING SOMETHING IN COMMUNITY. FOLKS WANT TO HONOR THE LEGACY OF KIRK WASHINGTON. NOT EVERYBODY UP HERE MAYBE KNOWS KIRK, BUT HE WAS A POET. HE WAS AN ARTIST IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS REPRESENTING HARRISON. AND WHILE I KNEW KIRK AS A KID, AT THE TIME OF HIS PASSING, HE WAS ACTUALLY DOING A PROGRAM HERE AT THE CITY KNOWN AS CREATIVE CITY MAKING. [1:38:29] Jeremiah Ellison: HE WAS WORKING ON DIGITAL DIVIDE ISSUES, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS AND THE REST OF THE CITY. AND SO JUST KIND OF REMIND ME EVERY TIME THIS TIME OF YEAR COMES UP SORT OF THE WORK THAT OUR OWN ARTS DEPARTMENT IS DOING IN ITS CURRENT ITERATION, THE WORK ARTISTS DO TO CREATE IMAGES AND TELL STORY, BUT ALSO TO REALLY ORGANIZE AND CREATE MATERIAL CHANGE. [1:38:51] Jeremiah Ellison: AND SO JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, ALL, FOR ALLOWING ME TO WALK THIS ON. AND HOPE TO HAVE ALL YOU GUYS' SUPPORT ON THIS. [1:38:51] Michael Rainville: >> THANK YOU. I WANT TO SPEAK BRIEFLY TO THE DELASALLE 125th ANNIVERSARY. [1:39:13] Michael Rainville: IT IS A TREMENDOUS SCHOOL AND A LOT OF MAYORS, POLICEMEN, FIREFIGHTERS, SOME GOOD, SOME BAD, BUT I WILL BE ON SATURDAY TO GIVE THIS IN PERSON. AND I JUST APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES SUPPORTING THIS EFFORT TO RECOGNIZE A GREAT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION. [1:39:29] Andrea Jenkins: >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I JUST WANTED TO BRIEFLY SPEAK TO THE RESOLUTION HONORING THE LIFE OF KIRK WASHINGTON JR. A VERY DEAR FRIEND, FELLOW POET. WE'RE ACTUALLY BIRTHDAY BUDDIES AS WELL. [1:39:47] Andrea Jenkins: AND I MEAN, I THINK KIRK'S LIFE AND WORK IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF HOW THE ARTS CAN CHANGE COMMUNITY AND IS A VERY CRITICAL PART OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND MOVEMENT CHANGE. [1:40:09] Andrea Jenkins: KIRK SPENT TIME OVERSEAS LEARNING AND DEVELOPING THIS CRAFT AND ADVOCATING AND SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY. [1:40:24] Andrea Jenkins: CERTAINLY RIGHT HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS. I WANT TO THANK THE AUTHOR FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I'M SADDENED WE DIDN'T HAVE THE CELEBRATION HERE AS WE USUALLY DO HAVE AND HAVE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHERE THE CELEBRATIONS WILL BE IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS SO I CAN PARTICIPATE. [1:40:48] Jeremiah Ellison: >> STILL WORKING ON THE DETAILS BUT AT THE OLD BIKE SHOP ON GLENWOOD. I AM FORGETTING THE EXACT ADDRESS. MORGAN AND GLENWOOD. I WILL GET THE DETAILS SO THAT ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO COME THROUGH CAN COME THROUGH AND LOVE TO HAVE FOLKS REMEMBER KIRK AND YOU'VE READ HIS POETRY HERE ON THE DAIS BEFORE. [1:41:11] Jeremiah Ellison: AND I CAN'T TELL ANDREA ANYTHING ABOUT KIRK YOU DON'T ALREADY KNOW, BUT OTHER FOLKS MAYBE LEARN ABOUT HIS LIFE AND WHY HE WAS IMPORTANT TO NORTH MINNEAPOLIS. [1:41:28] Andrea Jenkins: >> YEAH, THE POEM I READ WAS ACTUALLY A POEM FOR THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. THAT WAS COMMISSIONED BY FORMER MAYOR BESSIE HODGES. [1:41:28] Jason Chavez: >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. I WANT TO ANNOUNCE THE MAY DAY PARADE WILL BE SUNDAY AT NOON -- [1:41:28] Elliott Payne: >> WE ARE NOT AT ANNOUNCEMENTS YET. [1:41:45] Jason Chavez: >> WE'LL GET THERE. WE'RE ON RESOLUTIONS. >> WOW. TAKE A BREATH. TAKE A BREATH. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THESE RESOLUTIONS? [1:42:02] Council Member: >> SO MOVED. >> IS THERE A SECOND? [1:42:02] Casey Carl: >> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON, AYE. KOSKI AYE. WONSLEY AYE. JENKINS AYE. PALMISANO AYE. CHOWDHURY AYE. CASHMAN AYE. [1:42:18] Casey Carl: OSMAN AYE. RAINVILLE AYE. CHAVEZ AYE. VETAW AYE. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI, AYE. COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, AYE. [1:42:33] Elliott Payne: >> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT CARRIES AND THOSE RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED. [1:42:33] Elliott Payne: BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS, WHICH IS ANNOUNCEMENTS, I AM GOING TO JUST NOTE THAT THIS IS OUR FIRST UNANIMOUS AGENDA THIS TERM. AND POSSIBLY SINCE I'VE EVER BEEN ELECTED TO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AS WE TRANSITION INTO ANNOUNCEMENTS. [1:42:49] Elliott Payne: ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT? [1:43:06] Jason Chavez: >> YEAH, I'LL MAKE IT QUICK. BIG DAY ON THE SOUTH SIDE ON SUNDAY, MAY DAY PARADE. [1:43:06] Jason Chavez: THE MAY DAY FESTIVAL ACROSS THE BLOOMINGTON CORRIDOR. ALL ARE WELCOME. [1:43:28] LaTrisha Vetaw: >> THANK YOU. I'M SAD THAT I HAVE A SAD ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE, BUT WHEN WE GET ELECTED TO THESE POSITIONS, I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT HOW SOMETIMES YOUR CONSTITUENTS BECOME FAMILY AND THE RELATIONSHIPS YOU BUILD WITH FOLKS. [1:43:28] LaTrisha Vetaw: WE HAVE LARD, WARD 4 HAS LOST A COOL PERSON. HE SERVED ON THE CAPITAL LONG RANGE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE, RAY CHOAKE. AND THE SHINGLE CREEK WATERSHED. [1:43:43] LaTrisha Vetaw: THERE IS NO TOUR OF THE SHINGLE CREEK LIKE A TOUR FROM RAY. RAY IS SUPER COOL AND CAME TO VISIT ME OFTEN. A FORMER HISTORY TEACHER, HAD LOTS OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SHINGLE CREEK AND JUST ABOUT MINNEAPOLIS IN GENERAL. [1:44:00] LaTrisha Vetaw: AND I'M GOING TO MISS HIM TREMENDOUSLY AND THE POP-UP VISITS AN AND CHRISTMAS NEWSLETTER. I'M GOING TO MISS HIS LOVE FOR HIS GRANDCHILDREN AND HIS ARTISTIC VIBE AROUND STAINED GLASS WIN DOSE. [1:44:16] LaTrisha Vetaw: HE CREATED REALLY COOL WINDOWS AND TOOK SOME AMAZING PHOTOS OF NORTH MINNEAPOLIS. IN PARTICULAR THE SINGLE CREEK. [1:44:36] LaTrisha Vetaw: THERE WAS A BEAVER DAM FORMING AND HE GOT AWESOME PHOTOS. IF YOU WOULD JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR RAY CHOAKE, FORMER WARD FOR RESIDENT. THANK YOU. [1:44:52] Andrea Jenkins: >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE TOMORROW IS NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP DAY. AND I KNOW EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IS GOING TO BE ENGAGED IN ACTIVITIES TO CLEAN UP, BUT I WANT TO INVITE FOLKS IF YOU WANT TO COME TO GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE, WE WILL BE CLEANING UP AND REPAINTING THE NAMES ON THE STREETS OVER THERE. [1:45:20] Andrea Jenkins: THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY. AND THEN ON SUNDAY, MAY 4S THE WALK FOR MS WHICH WILL BE HELD AT MINNEHAHA FALLS, AND PLEASE COME OUT AND SUPPORT THE MS SOCIETY. [1:45:36] Andrea Jenkins: HELP RAISE MONEY TO DO RESEARCH AS WE KNOW, THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION HAS CUT ALL SORTS OF RESEARCH FUNDING. SO WE NEED TO HELP THIS ORGANIZATION TO BUILD THE COFFERS TO CONTINUE TO DO THE AMAZING WORK THEY DO. [1:45:56] Andrea Jenkins: THANK YOU. [1:45:56] Elliott Payne: >> I ADDED MYSELF TO QUEUE TO ANNOUNCE THAT SATURDAY IS OUR ANNUAL NEIGHBORHOOD DAY. AUDUBON PARK IS HAVING A SPRING FESTIVAL. LOWER NORTHEAST HAS THE MEETING AT SOCIABLE CIDER. [1:46:13] Elliott Payne: THERE'S A TOOL SWAP AT LOGAN PARK. THERE'S GOING TO BE A SPRING GATHERING WITH THE COLUMBIA PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. SO TON OF NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY ARE GOING TO BE CELEBRATING NEIGHBORHOOD DAY, AND EVERYBODY SHOULD GET OUT AND MEET A NEIGHBOR. [1:46:28] Michael Rainville: >> WELCOME, SENATOR CLARK, TO HIS NEW POSITION. >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE, WITH THAT, WE'VE COMPLETED OUR BUSINESS TODAY. WITH NOTHING FURTHER TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND WITHOUT OBJECTION, THIS MEETING IS HEREBY . [1:47:13] Elliott Payne: . . .