[0:23] **President Elliott Payne:** GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ELLIOTT PAYNE, I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL. I CALL TO ORDER THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR JANUARY 15TH. THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. **Council Member Jason Chavez:** PRESENT. [0:39] **City Clerk Casey Carl:** WARREN. **Council Member Pearll Warren:** PRESENT. SHAFFER. **Council Member Elizabeth Shaffer:** PRESENT. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** WONSLEY. **Council Member Robin Wonsley:** PRESENT. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** CHUGHTAI. **Council Member Aisha Chughtai:** PRESENT. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. **Council Member Jamison Whiting:** PRESENT. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** CHOWDHURY IS ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. **Council Member Soren Stevenson:** PRESENT. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** RAINVILLE. **Council Member Michael Rainville:** PRESENT. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** VETAW. [0:54] **Council Member LaTrisha Vetaw:** PRESENT. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** PALMISANO. **Council Member Linea Palmisano:** PRESENT. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. **Vice President Jamal Osman:** PRESENT. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** PRESIDENT PAYNE. **President Elliott Payne:** PRESENT. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** THERE ARE 12 MEMBERS PRESENT. **President Elliott Payne:** LET THE RECORD REFLECT 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 REAL TIME CAPTIONING AS A FURTHER METHOD TO INCREASE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR PROCEEDINGS TO THE COMMUNITY. THEREFORE, ALL SPEAKERS NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THE RATE OF THEIR SPEECH SO THAT OUR CAPTIONERS CAN FULLY CAPTURE AND TRANSCRIBE ALL COMMENTS FOR THE BROADCAST. WE ASK ALL SPEAKERS TO MODERATE THE SPEED AND CLARITY OF THEIR COMMENTS. [1:34] WITH THAT, THE AGENDA FOR TODAY'S MEETING IS BEFORE US. ITEM 8 UNDER NEW BUSINESS WHICH RELATES TO A RESOLUTION CALLING ON STATE MORATORIUM FOR EVICTIONS HAS BEEN NOTICED DURING PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. -- HOWEVER, OUR COUNCIL RULES DO NOT PERMIT PUBLIC COMMENT AT MEETINGS OF THE FULL COUNCIL. [1:59] THAT BEING CORE FUNCTION OF OUR STANDING COMMITTEES. THEREFORE, THE MOTION IS TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED TOGETHER WITH THE MOTION TO SUSPEND COUNCIL RULE 7.2. [2:14] ADDITIONALLY, I'M PROPOSING A NEW BUSINESS ITEM 9, EGREGIOUS DISREGARD OF RIGHTS AGAINST THE MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY. PRINTED COPIES OF THE RESOLUTION ARE IN FRONT OF ALL OF US. ARE THERE ANY AMENDMENTS TO BE MADE TO THE AGENDA? MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AS I'VE STATED? [2:41] **Council Member:** SO MOVED. **Council Member:** SECOND. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. **Council Member Jason Chavez:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** WARREN. **Council Member Pearll Warren:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** SHAFFER. **Council Member Elizabeth Shaffer:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** WONSLEY. **Council Member Robin Wonsley:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** CHUGHTAI. **Council Member Aisha Chughtai:** AYE. [2:58] **City Clerk Casey Carl:** WHITING. **Council Member Jamison Whiting:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY IS ABSENT. STEVENSON. **Council Member Soren Stevenson:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** RAINVILLE. **Council Member Michael Rainville:** NAY. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** VETAW. **Council Member LaTrisha Vetaw:** NO. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. **Council Member Linea Palmisano:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. **Vice President Jamal Osman:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** PRESIDENT PAYNE. **President Elliott Payne:** AYE. [3:14] **City Clerk Casey Carl:** THERE ARE 10 AYES AND TWO NAYS. **President Elliott Payne:** THAT CARRIES. AND THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED AS AMENDED. THE NEXT ITEM IS ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES. TODAY, WE HAVE FOUR SETS OF MINUTES. THEY ARE FROM THE FINAL THREE MEETINGS OF 2025 HELD ON DECEMBER 9TH, 11TH, AND 16TH. AS WELL AS FROM OUR ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING FROM THIS TERM WHICH WAS HELD ON JANUARY 5TH. I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT ALL OF THOSE MINUTES. [3:39] **Council Member:** SO MOVED. **Council Member:** SECOND. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. **Council Member Jason Chavez:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** WARREN. **Council Member Pearll Warren:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** SHAFFER. **Council Member Elizabeth Shaffer:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** WONSLEY. **Council Member Robin Wonsley:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** CHUGHTAI. **Council Member Aisha Chughtai:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** WHITING. **Council Member Jamison Whiting:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** STEVENSON. [3:55] **Council Member Soren Stevenson:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** RAINVILLE. **Council Member Michael Rainville:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** VETAW. **Council Member LaTrisha Vetaw:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** PALMISANO. **Council Member Linea Palmisano:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. **Vice President Jamal Osman:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** PRESIDENT PAYNE. **President Elliott Payne:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** THERE ARE 12 AYES. **President Elliott Payne:** THAT CARRIES AND THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED. FINALLY, WE HAVE THE REFERRAL OF PETITIONS, COMMUNICATIONS AND RECORDS TO PROPER COMMITTEES. MAY I HAVE THAT MOTION PLEASE. [4:16] **Council Member:** SO MOVED. **Council Member:** SECOND. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** CALL THE ROLL. CHAVEZ. **Council Member Jason Chavez:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** WARREN. **Council Member Pearll Warren:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** CHUGHTAI. **Council Member Aisha Chughtai:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** WHITING. **Council Member Jamison Whiting:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** STEVENSON. **Council Member Soren Stevenson:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** RAINVILLE. **Council Member Michael Rainville:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** VETAW. **Council Member LaTrisha Vetaw:** AYE. [4:33] **City Clerk Casey Carl:** PALMISANO. **Council Member Linea Palmisano:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** THERE ARE 12 AYES. **President Elliott Payne:** THAT CARRIES. COLLEAGUES, TODAY'S MEETING IS BEING HELD IN ORDER TO HANDLE TIME SENSITIVE -- WHICH ARE SET TO BEGIN ON MONDAY, JANUARY 26TH. [4:50] SO THE BULK OF OUR AGENDA IS UNDER NEW BUSINESS. UNDER THE STANDARD LEGISLATIVE PROCESS, THESE WOULD HAVE BEEN BROUGHT THROUGH OUR COMMITTEES. HOWEVER, WE ARE DISPENSING THROUGH THESE ITEMS TODAY WITHOUT A PRIOR REVIEW. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS TO DISPENSE WITH BEFORE WE GET TO NEW BUSINESS, HOWEVER. [5:14] THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS NOTICE OF ORDINANCE INTRODUCTIONS UNDER THE CITY CHARTER AND COUNCIL RULES, EACH ORDER IS CONDUCTED BY TWO READINGS - ORDINANCE FOR ITS FIRST READING, FORMAL INTRODUCTION TO THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AND REFERRAL TO THE STANDING COMMITTEE HAVING SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION. [5:36] TODAY, WE HAVE OUR FIRST NOTICE OF 2026, 2029 TERM. THAT IS A NOTICE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY TO INTRODUCE AT THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 5TH. THE SUBJECT MATTER TO AMEND HOUSING CODE TO AUTHORIZE EVICTION MORATORIA. [5:59] BEFORE I OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS, I'LL RECOGNIZE THAT WE'VE BEEN JOINED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS NOTICE? SEEING NONE, THAT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN AND NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED AT THIS TIME. AS I INDICATED IN THE FORMAL INTRODUCTION WILL COME AT THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH. OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS UNFINISHED BUSINESS. TODAY, WE HAVE ONE ITEM OF UNFINISHED BUSINESS AND THAT IS COUNCIL'S RECONSIDERATION OF THE MAYOR'S VETO OF THE HUMANE ENCAMPMENT. [6:39] I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO EXPLAIN THE PROCEDURE. MR. CLERK. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** MR. PRESIDENT, AS YOU NOTED, THE MAYOR DID VETO THE ORDINANCE AND RETURNED THAT ACT TOGETHER WITH HIS OBJECTIONS IN WRITING AS REQUIRED BY CITY CHARTER, AND AS PROVIDED IN COUNCIL RULE 7.8. [7:00] AN ACT THAT'S VETOED BY THE MAYOR IS RETURNED TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR AUTOMATIC RECONSIDERATION AT ITS NEXT MEETING. THE RECONSIDERED ACT IS PLACED BEFORE THE BODY IN THE SAME FORM WITHOUT DEBATE AND AMENDMENT. AND IMMEDIATE QUESTION TO BE DECIDED IS AS FOLLOWS: SHALL THE DECISION OF THE MAYOR BE OVERRIDDEN? IF AT LEAST TWO-THIRDS OF THE COUNCIL VOTES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, THEN THE MAYOR'S VETO IS OVERRIDDEN, AND THE ORIGINAL ACT AS PASSED BY COUNCIL WILL BE ADOPTED. THAT MEANS AN OVERRIDE REQUIRES A MINIMUM OF AT LEAST NINE AFFIRMATIVE VOTES. OTHERWISE, THE MAYOR'S VETO IS SUSTAINED AND THE ORIGINAL ACT FAILS. WITH [7:45] THAT, MR. PRESIDENT, I'M READY TO CALL THE ROLL ON THE MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION. **President Elliott Payne:** ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCEDURE FOR THE CLERK? SEEING NONE, TO SUMMARIZE, THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VETO OF THE HUMANE ENCAMPMENT RESPONSE ORDINANCE IS BEFORE US. TO OVERRIDE THE VETO REQUIRES AT LEAST NINE AFFIRMATIVE VOTES. [8:06] THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** CHAVEZ. **Council Member Jason Chavez:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** WARREN. **Council Member Pearll Warren:** NAY. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** SHAFFER. **Council Member Elizabeth Shaffer:** NAY. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** WONSLEY. **Council Member Robin Wonsley:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** CHUGHTAI. **Council Member Aisha Chughtai:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** WHITING. **Council Member Jamison Whiting:** NAY. [8:21] **City Clerk Casey Carl:** CHOWDHURY. **Council Member Aurin Chowdhury:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** STEVENSON. **Council Member Soren Stevenson:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** RAINVILLE. **Council Member Michael Rainville:** NAY. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** VETAW. **Council Member LaTrisha Vetaw:** NO. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. **Council Member Linea Palmisano:** NAY. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. **Vice President Jamal Osman:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** PRESIDENT PAYNE. **President Elliott Payne:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** THERE ARE SEVEN AYES AND SIX NAYS. [8:38] **President Elliott Payne:** THAT MOTION FAILS AND THE MAYOR'S VETO IS SUSTAINED. THE ORDINANCE IS NOT ADOPTED. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS NEW BUSINESS. WE HAVE EIGHT ITEMS TODAY THAT ARE BYPASSING OUR STANDARD LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AND COMING DIRECTLY TO FULL COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION AND FORMAL ACTION. I'LL CALL UP STAFF TO INTRODUCE EACH ITEM BEFORE CALLING A MOTION. ITEMS ACCEPTING GRANTS FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. I'LL INVITE LISA, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES TO INTRODUCE THESE ITEMS FOR US. AND OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANY CLARIFICATIONS FROM COUNCIL. WELCOME. [9:18] **Lisa (Director of Public Health Initiatives):** THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. THERE ARE TWO GRANT ACCEPTANCES. THE FIRST ONE I BELIEVE IS THE YEAR FOURTH OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE. THAT IS FUNDING THAT COMES TO US DIRECTLY FROM THE CDC FOR THAT WORK. AND THE SECOND GRANT IS A STRONG FOUNDATIONS GRANT THAT STATE FUNDS THAT COME TO US FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF EVIDENCE BASED HOME VISITING, FAMILY HOME VISITING SERVICES. AND I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. [9:47] **President Elliott Payne:** THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? SEEING NONE, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEMS 1 AND 2? **Council Member:** SO MOVED. **President Elliott Payne:** IS THERE A SECOND? **Council Member:** SECOND. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. [10:03] CHAVEZ. **Council Member Jason Chavez:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** WARREN. **Council Member Pearll Warren:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** SHAFFER. **Council Member Elizabeth Shaffer:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** WONSLEY. **Council Member Robin Wonsley:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** CHUGHTAI. **Council Member Aisha Chughtai:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** WHITING. **Council Member Jamison Whiting:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** CHOWDHURY. **Council Member Aurin Chowdhury:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** STEVENSON. **Council Member Soren Stevenson:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** RAINVILLE. **Council Member Michael Rainville:** AYE. [10:18] **City Clerk Casey Carl:** VETAW. **Council Member LaTrisha Vetaw:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** PALMISANO. **Council Member Linea Palmisano:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. **Vice President Jamal Osman:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** PRESIDENT PAYNE. **President Elliott Payne:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** THERE ARE 13 AYES. **President Elliott Payne:** THAT CARRIES, AND THOSE ITEMS ARE APPROVED. ITEMS THREE AND FOUR ARE GRANT APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. I'LL INVITE KELLI McINTIRE, SENIOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER TO INTRODUCE THOSE ITEMS. WELCOME. [10:48] **Kelli McIntire (Senior Professional Engineer):** THERE ARE TWO MET COUNCIL GRANTS THAT WE ARE APPLYING FOR THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO APPLY FOR. THESE GRANTS PROVIDE FUNDING FOR PROJECTS THAT REDUCE INFLOW AND INFILTRATION INTO THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM, WHICH WE CALL I AND I. [11:06] THAT IS GROUND WATER AND STORM WATER THAT CUTS INTO THE SEWER SYSTEM. THE GOAL OF REMOVING I AND I IS TO PRESERVE CAPACITY IN THE REGIONAL METROPOLITAN COUNCIL'S SYSTEM AND TREATMENT PLANT FOR GROWTH IN THE POPULATION AND IN THE REGION AND TREATMENT PLANT CAPACITY. [11:27] **President Elliott Payne:** THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEMS 3 AND 4? **Council Member:** SO MOVED. **Council Member:** SECOND **City Clerk Casey Carl:** THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. **Council Member Jason Chavez:** AYE. [11:43] **City Clerk Casey Carl:** WARREN. **Council Member Pearll Warren:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** SHAFFER. **Council Member Elizabeth Shaffer:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** WONSLEY. **Council Member Robin Wonsley:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** CHUGHTAI. **Council Member Aisha Chughtai:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** WHITING. **Council Member Jamison Whiting:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** CHOWDHURY. **Council Member Aurin Chowdhury:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** STEVENSON. **Council Member Soren Stevenson:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** RAINVILLE. **Council Member Michael Rainville:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** VETAW. [11:59] **Council Member LaTrisha Vetaw:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** PALMISANO. **Council Member Linea Palmisano:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. **Vice President Jamal Osman:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** PRESIDENT PAYNE. **President Elliott Payne:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** THERE ARE 13 AYES. **President Elliott Payne:** THAT CARRIES AND APPROVED. -- I WILL INVITE MELISSA RUSSO GRANT COORDINATOR TO INTRODUCE THIS ITEM. WELCOME. [12:19] **Melissa Russo (Grant Coordinator):** THERE WE GO. THIS IS JUST AN EXTENSION OF AN EXISTING GRANT. WE RAN INTO SOME DELIVERY ISSUES WITH PARTS AND VEHICLES AT THE END OF 2025 WHICH WAS THE ENDING DATE FOR THE GRANT. WE REACHED OUT TO THE STATE TO DO A FOUR MONTH EXTENSION SO WE COULD FINISH THE UPFITTING THE VEHICLES AND SALE OF THE VEHICLES. [12:42] **President Elliott Payne:** THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? SEEING NONE, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. ACTUALLY, IS THERE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 5? **Council Member:** SO MOVED. **Council Member:** SECOND. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. CHAVEZ. **Council Member Jason Chavez:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** WARREN. [12:57] **Council Member Pearll Warren:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** SHAFFER. **Council Member Elizabeth Shaffer:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** WONSLEY. **Council Member Robin Wonsley:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** CHUGHTAI. **Council Member Aisha Chughtai:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** WHITING. **Council Member Jamison Whiting:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** CHOWDHURY. **Council Member Aurin Chowdhury:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** STEVENSON. **Council Member Soren Stevenson:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** RAINVILLE. **Council Member Michael Rainville:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** VETAW. **Council Member LaTrisha Vetaw:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** PALMISANO. [13:12] **Council Member Linea Palmisano:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. **Vice President Jamal Osman:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** PRESIDENT PAYNE. **President Elliott Payne:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** THERE ARE 13 AYES. **President Elliott Payne:** APPROVED. -- POLITICALLY APPOINTED EMPLOYEES. I'LL INVITE DUGAN KERN FROM HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT TO INTRODUCE BOTH OF THESE ITEMS. [13:34] **Dugan Kern (Human Resources):** THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I DO HAVE A SLIDE FOR YOUR REFERENCE. I HAVE TWO ITEMS TO PRESENT RELATED TO SALARY INCREASES. THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE TO THE RIGHT IN THE TABLE HERE ARE PROVIDED AND THEY ARE SUPPLIED FROM THE APPROVED BUDGET FOR 2026. THIS IS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IMPACTED. AND THE TOTAL COST OF THESE INCREASES. THE PROPOSED INCREASES ARE 4% FOR THE [14:20] NON-REPRESENTED POPULATION. AND 2.5% FOR THE POLITICALLY APPOINTED POPULATION. THESE WOULD BE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 4TH. AND THE BUDGET NUMBERS HERE ARE INCLUSIVE OF THE SALARY INCREASES, STEP PROGRESSION, AND LONGEVITY. [14:39] **President Elliott Payne:** THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI. **Council Member Aisha Chughtai:** YEAH, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I'M JUST WONDERING IN THE PAST I'VE SEEN THIS ITEM AS AFFECTING THREE GROUPS OF NON-REPRESENTED EMPLOYEES BROADLY SPEAKING. THE POLITICALLY APPOINTED EMPLOYEES, THE NON-REPRESENTED AND JUST THE APPOINTED OFFICIALS. AND SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF THE APPOINTED OFFICIALS ARE INCLUDED IN THE NON-REPRESENTED SECTION HERE AND IF YOU'RE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THAT. [15:14] **Dugan Kern:** THE OFFICIALS -- APPOINTED OFFICIALS ARE NOT REPRESENTED. **Council Member Aisha Chughtai:** GOTCHA. THAT'S ALL. **President Elliott Payne:** ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 6 AND 7? [15:29] **Council Member:** SO MOVED. **Council Member:** SECOND. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. CHAVEZ. **Council Member Jason Chavez:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** WARREN. **Council Member Pearll Warren:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** SHAFFER. **Council Member Elizabeth Shaffer:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** WONSLEY. **Council Member Robin Wonsley:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** CHUGHTAI. **Council Member Aisha Chughtai:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** WHITING. **Council Member Jamison Whiting:** AYE. [15:45] **City Clerk Casey Carl:** CHOWDHURY. **Council Member Aurin Chowdhury:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** STEVENSON. **Council Member Soren Stevenson:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** RAINVILLE. **Council Member Michael Rainville:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** VETAW. **Council Member LaTrisha Vetaw:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** PALMISANO. **Council Member Linea Palmisano:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. **Vice President Jamal Osman:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** PRESIDENT PAYNE. **President Elliott Payne:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** THERE ARE 13 AYES. **President Elliott Payne:** THAT CARRIES AND THOSE ITEMS HAVE BEEN APPROVED. FINALLY, ITEM 8 IS CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION CALLING ON THE STATE OF MINNESOTA TO ENACT AN EVICTION MORATORIUM. WONSLEY TOGETHER WITH VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN, COUNCIL MEMBERS CHAVEZ AND STEVENSON. I'LL ASK COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY TO INTRODUCE THIS ITEM FOR US. [16:21] **Council Member Robin Wonsley:** THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. COLLEAGUES, I KNOW THAT WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE TAKING UP THIS ITEM, I BELIEVE. WHICH IS THE RESOLUTION CALLING ON GOVERNOR WALZ TO ENACT EVICTION MORATORIUM. BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO BRIEFLY SHARE A FEW THOUGHTS AS WE BEGIN THIS DISCUSSION. I KNOW MANY OF US HERE HAVE WITNESSED THE CHAOS THAT HAS BEEN INFLICTED AMONGST OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR CITY, AND OUR RESIDENTS. AND MANY OF US HAVE DONE EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY ON THE GROUND DESPITE THE VERY CREDIBLE THREAT OF VIOLENCE BEING WAGED [17:06] BY ICE AGENTS WHO HAVE BEEN JUST SIMPLY TERRORIZING OUR COMMUNITIES FOR JUST LIVING. I WANT TO ALSO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE COUNTLESS NUMBER OF RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE STREETS PROTECTING OUR NEIGHBORS WITH NOTHING MORE THAN WHISTLES AND THEIR CELL PHONES. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU WHO HAVE CONTINUED TO STAND LOUDLY AGAINST THIS VIOLENT OCCUPATION ARE TRUE HEROES AND ARE DEMONSTRATING WHAT LOVING YOUR COMMUNITY LOOKS LIKE. IN JUST A FEW DAYS, I HAVE RECEIVED HUNDREDS OF EMAILS, LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS ALL STATING THAT THIS IS A CRITICAL NEED THAT WILL HELP KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. AND AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO [17:53] SAY THAT I AM DOING EVERYTHING I CAN TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR CITY RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY AS I SEE OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY WORKING TOGETHER TO TAKE CARE OF ONE ANOTHER IN RESPONSE TO THE STATE VIOLENCE WE'RE SEEING. MANY PEOPLE WHO WILL BE SPEAKING HERE TODAY TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT ARE DOING SO DURING THEIR WORK BREAK OR SWITCHING NEIGHBORHOOD PATROL SHIFTS TO BE HERE. SO IN ADVANCE, AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO BE HERE DESPITE EVERYTHING GOING ON IN OUR CITY. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY, BUT SUPPORT EVICTION MORATORIUM BECAUSE THEY ARE OUT PATROLLING OUR STREETS, SCHOOLS, [18:39] BUS STOPS. MAKING SURE PEOPLE CAN GET TO THEIR PLACES OF WORSHIP SAFELY. THOSE FOLKS ARE OUT HELPING MAKE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS SAFER. AND I WANT TO EXTEND GRATITUDE TO YOU ALSO. THEY ARE MAKING SURE THAT THE FAMILIES AND RESIDENTS IMPACTED ARE ABLE TO MOVE AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT MORE FREELY AROUND OUR CITY, OR AT LEAST FEEL AN OUNCE OF SAFETY THAT THEY ARE NOT BEING GIVEN BY THE AGENTS IN OUR COMMUNITIES OR ALSO WHERE THEY'RE NOT SEEN BEING EXTENDED BY THE ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO REPRESENT THEM. THIS IS AGAIN AN ATTEMPT TO DEMONSTRATE THAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING WITHIN OUR COUNCIL AUTHORITY TO SHOW UP FOR OUR RESIDENTS. I'LL SHARE MORE COMMENTS AFTER THE PUBLIC COMMENT. BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR [19:25] WORKING WITH ME ON THIS, AND I HOPE TO HAVE YOUR SUPPORT. WITH THAT, I WILL MOVE THIS MOTION FOR APPROVAL. **Council Member:** SECOND. **President Elliott Payne:** THIS HAS BEEN MOVED FOR APPROVAL AND SECONDED. BEFORE WE TAKE UP THE RESOLUTION VOTE, WE WILL HAVE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. AS PART OF OUR AGENDA ADOPTION, WE DID SUSPEND THE RULE. WE WILL PROCEED WITH THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. [19:54] **Council Member Linea Palmisano:** MR. CHAIR. **President Elliott Payne:** I'M SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. **Council Member Linea Palmisano:** MR. CHAIR, I APOLOGIZE. WHEN I WAS VOTING ON THE AGENDA, I DID NOT REALIZE YOU WERE PUTTING IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT VOTE ALONG WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. I DID VOTE YES ON THAT. I DON'T WISH TO. I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WHO WISH TO BE HERE TODAY IF WE WERE HAVING A REAL PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS. [20:19] SO I WOULD LIKE US TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE ON PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME. **President Elliott Payne:** IS THAT A MOTION? **Council Member Linea Palmisano:** YES. **Council Member:** SECOND. **President Elliott Payne:** MR. CLERK, DO YOU HAVE ANY GUIDANCE ON THIS MOTION TO RECONSIDER? [20:34] **City Clerk Casey Carl:** MOTION TO RECONSIDER HAS BEEN MADE BY SOMEONE WHO VOTED WITH THE AFFIRMATIVE. THAT'S A PROPER MOTION. IT'S BEEN SECONDED. THE BODY NOW WOULD HAVE TO CONSIDER IN ITS VOTE WHETHER IT WISHES TO PROCEED HAVING A PUBLIC COMMENT WHICH WE NOTICED. THE VOTE IS TO RECONSIDER THAT MOTION. NOW IF THAT MOTION PASSES, THEN THE MOTION WOULD BE TO ADOPT THE AGENDA WITHOUT THAT PROVISION AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE REST OF THE AGENDA AS PRINTED. [21:04] **President Elliott Payne:** OKAY. I HAVE VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN IN QUEUE. DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS MOTION TO RECONSIDER OR WERE YOU IN QUEUE FOR THE -- **Vice President Jamal Osman:** NO, FOR THE -- **President Elliott Payne:** LET'S PROCEED WITH THIS MOTION TO RECONSIDER. I WON'T BE SUPPORTING THIS MOTION TO RECONSIDER. THIS WOULD REQUIRE A TWO-THIRDS VOTE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** IT SIMPLY REQUIRES MAJORITY VOTE. **President Elliott Payne:** OH, SIMPLE MAJORITY. THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. **Council Member Jason Chavez:** NO. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. **Council Member Pearll Warren:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** SHAFFER. **Council Member Elizabeth Shaffer:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** WONSLEY. **Council Member Robin Wonsley:** NAY. [21:40] **City Clerk Casey Carl:** CHUGHTAI. **Council Member Aisha Chughtai:** NO. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** WHITING. **Council Member Jamison Whiting:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** CHOWDHURY. **Council Member Aurin Chowdhury:** NO. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** STEVENSON. **Council Member Soren Stevenson:** NAY. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** RAINVILLE. **Council Member Michael Rainville:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** VETAW. **Council Member LaTrisha Vetaw:** AYE. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** PALMISANO. **Council Member Linea Palmisano:** AYE. [21:56] **City Clerk Casey Carl:** VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. **Vice President Jamal Osman:** NO. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** PRESIDENT PAYNE. **President Elliott Payne:** NAY. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** THERE ARE SIX AYES AND SEVEN NAYS. **President Elliott Payne:** THAT MOTION FAILS AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROCEED WITH THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. I'LL RECOGNIZE VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. [22:15] **Vice President Jamal Osman:** THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I DO WANT TO HEAR FROM THE RESIDENTS THAT CAME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. THERE'S OVER 30 OR 40 MEMBERS THAT SIGNED UP. THE PUBLIC THAT CAME TO TESTIFY. BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE MY COMMENT. I MIGHT NOT BE HERE AT THE END OF THE MEETING TO PICK UP MY KIDS. I DO WANT TO SAY AS WE JUST ENDED THE PRESS CONFERENCE THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN OUR CITY, ESPECIALLY IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, ARE VERY SCARED TO GO OUT TO WORK, TO GO OUT SHOPPING. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE VISITED ON LAKE STREET AND FRANKLIN. BUSINESSES ARE CLOSED. THEY HAVE BEEN CLOSED. [22:58] AND WHAT WE'RE ASKING, IT'S VERY SIMPLE THING. WE'RE ASKING THE GOVERNOR WALZ TO PASS THIS MORATORIUM AND MAKE SURE THAT HE IS STANDING UP FOR OUR RESIDENTS. GOVERNOR WALZ IS THE ONLY PERSON WITH THE POWER TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION. I WOULD LIKE TO TELL GOVERNOR TIM WALZ HISTORY WILL DOCUMENT YOU. [23:27] THE HISTORY WILL WRITE YOU. A TIME WHERE AUTHORITARIAN GOVERNMENT, AS I CALL IT UNDER DONALD TRUMP ARE TERRORIZING OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS. PEOPLE FROM MY COMMUNITY THAT WENT THROUGH REFUGEE, THAT WENT THROUGH CIVIL WAR, THAT CAME HERE FOR SAFETY. NOW THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO ESCAPE. THEY ARE SCARED TO GO OUT. THEY'RE BEING SNATCHED. THIS IS THE SAME PEOPLE THAT WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF VETTING PROCESS. THE LEGAL WAY, AS THEY CALL IT. [24:01] THERE ARE PEOPLE WITH REFUGEE STATUS THAT ARE BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM MY COMMUNITY. SOMALI COMMUNITY, AFGHAN COMMUNITY, LATINO. SO MANY PEOPLE ARE BEING SCARED. WE KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. SO I'M CALLING THE GOVERNOR WALZ TO DO SOMETHING, YOU KNOW. HISTORY WILL WRITE YOU, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WHEN THE COMMUNITIES ARE BEING TERRORIZED. ENOUGH WITH THE PRESS REACTION. BUT WE NEED SOME ACTION HERE. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED BUSINESS SUPPORT. [24:38] COMMUNITIES THAT ARE BRINGING ECONOMY, THE HEART OF LAKE STREET AND FRANKLIN. WE HAVE NOT GOT ANY SUPPORT FROM BUSINESS COMMUNITY THAT ARE STRUGGLING. COVID TIME, YOU STOOD UP. YOU HAVE DONE GREAT WORK TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAD DURING COVID. THIS IS IMMIGRANT COVID. [24:57] SO I'M HOPING THAT YOU WILL LISTEN TO OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OUR CITY AND WE ARE ASKING THE STATEWIDE MORATORIUM TO FOLKS THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO PAY THEIR RENT. AND I HOPE YOU WILL LISTEN TO THE LEADERS THAT REPRESENT MANY OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS. [25:24] **Council Member Aisha Chughtai:** THANK YOU. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I WILL TRY TO KEEP MY REMARKS BRIEF BECAUSE I WANT TO GET TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT. AND I'LL PROBABLY HAVE SOME COMMENTS AFTERWARDS. I WANT TO GROUND US IN THE MOMENT THAT WE'RE IN. WE WOULDN'T BE CALLING FOR AN EVICTION MORATORIUM IF IT WASN'T AN EMERGENCY. RIGHT. THE VERY NATURE OF AN EVICTION MORATORIUM SHOWS UP WHEN THERE IS A STATE OF EMERGENCY CALLED BY THE GOVERNOR. AND I THINK IT'S VERY APPARENT TO CONSTITUENTS, TO THE RESIDENTS, TO THE WORLD THAT ARE WATCHING MINNEAPOLIS, AND MINNESOTA AT LARGE. BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN HORRIFIC ACTIONS HAPPEN AT THE HANDS OF ICE IN RICHFIELD, MANKATO, ST. CLAIRE [26:10] AS WELL. I WAS ON 24TH AND LYNDALE TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE OKAY. TO OBSERVE. IT WAS ANOTHER INFLECTION POINT WHERE A COMMUNITY MEMBER, A LATINO PERSON WAS SHOT. AND THAT'S ANOTHER DRAMATIC MOMENT OF ESCALATION. AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. RIGHT. TODAY, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, AS A DAUGHTER OF IMMIGRANTS, I HAVE A WHISTLE AROUND MY NECK AND IN MY COAT POCKET, I HAVE MY PASSPORT. [26:42] THAT IS NOT THE REGULAR MOMENT OF PEACETIME. AND I COMMEND ALL MINNESOTANS, ALL MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENTS THAT ARE SHOWING UP, LEANING IN AND DOING WHATEVER IS POSSIBLE. YOU ARE ALL BEING ASKED TO DO WAY MORE THAN YOU SHOULD EVER HAVE TO BE ASKED TO DO. BUT I THANK YOU FOR YOUR RESILIENCE AND YOUR GRIT. AND WE AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, LOCAL LEADERS, HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY. AND THAT'S WHY I THINK THIS CALL FOR AN EVICTION MORATORIUM IS SERIOUS. AND I THINK THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE AUTHORING IT ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS RARE TO CALL FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS. RIGHT? THIS IS NOT AN EVERYDAY THING TO CALL FOR AN EVICTION MORATORIUM. THE REASON WHY WE'RE CALLING FOR IT IS BECAUSE MANY COMMUNITY [27:28] MEMBERS HAVE LOST SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THEIR INCOME. THEY DO THEIR FAMILIES TORN APART. THEY ARE TRYING TO SHELTER IN PLACE. BUT THEY'RE BEING FORCED TO GO OUT AND WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY AREN'T DISPLACED IN A MOMENT WHERE IT IS SO DANGEROUS TO BE DISPLACED. AND OUR NEIGHBORS WHO ARE ABLE TO GO OUT AND WORK AND SHOW UP, THEY UNDERSTAND WHEN THEY'RE ON THE GROUND AND THEY'RE TALKING TO THEIR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS HOW FRAGILE, HOW PRECARIOUS THINGS ARE FOR PEOPLE RIGHT NOW. AND SO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, OUR ROLE, ONE THING THAT WE CAN DO IN THIS MOMENT WHERE WE AREN'T ABLE TO TELL THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO STOP, WHERE WE CAN'T CONTROL THESE ICE AGENTS AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, IS MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE MEANS TO PROTECT [28:14] THEMSELVES AND STAY INSIDE. AND A PART OF THAT IS MAKING SURE THAT THEY DO NOT GET KICKED OUT OF THE RENTAL UNIT WHERE THEY ARE STAYING BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF RENT. AND ALSO, PEOPLE AREN'T TRYING TO AVOID PAYING RENT. PEOPLE ARE CROWD FUNDING. THERE'S MUTUAL AID DRIVES HAPPENING IN EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL SITE IN MINNEAPOLIS. IN HIGH SCHOOL IN MY WARD, THEY KNOW THEY HAVE TO RAISE $20,000 TO $50,000 AND THEY'RE DOING IT CONSISTENTLY. PEOPLE ARE STILL TRYING TO PAY THEIR RENT AND MAKE IT HAPPEN. SOMETIMES IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN ON TIME. [28:49] SOMETIMES IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE AREN'T BEING KICKED OUT OF WHERE THEY'RE LIVING. HOUSING IS ALWAYS A HUMAN RIGHT. BUT RIGHT NOW IT IS EVEN GREATER NECESSITY FOR PEOPLE. IT IS PEOPLE'S SAFETY. IT IS PEOPLE'S ANCHOR. AND SO I AM REALLY GRATEFUL THAT MY COLLEAGUES ARE BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I STAND IN A UNITED FRONT WITH THEM. I APPRECIATE THE WORK OF THE GOVERNOR SO FAR. I THINK WE'RE AT A DIFFERENT POINT NOW WHERE WE NEED TO TAKE MORE STEPS AND WE NEED TO ESCALATE IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE ADDRESSING PEOPLE'S BASIC NEEDS AS MINNESOTANS, AS MINNEAPOLIS, THAT'S OUR DUTY. [29:29] WITH THAT, I WOULD LOVE TO BE ADDED AS A CO-AUTHOR IF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL HAVE ME. I'M SEEING A NOD. SO THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. AND TO ALL SHORT NOTICE TO COME AND SPEAK AT CITY HALL, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THIS PUBLIC COMMENT. TO MY COLLEAGUES, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN LEAN ON TOGETHER. RIGHT? IT'S TIMELY. [29:52] OUR CITY'S BEEN THROUGH A LOT. THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST MEETINGS WE'RE HAVING AS AN ORGANIZED BODY. LET'S HEAR FROM OUR PEOPLE. IF WE NEED TO HAVE MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND PUT OUT A HEARING NOTICE, LET'S DO IT. CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS SO WE CAN DO THE BEST POSSIBLE JOB FOR THEM. [30:16] **Council Member Jason Chavez:** THANK YOU. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION, AND THAT WE HAVE THE GOVERNOR DO EVERYTHING THAT HE CAN TO PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORS. I KNOW THAT MANY OF US HERE TODAY HAVE BEEN HEARING FROM SO MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS ASKING GOVERNMENT TO STEP UP AND DO WHAT THEY CAN TO PROTECT OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS. I WILL LET YOU ALL KNOW THE RATE OF CALLS I GET EVERY DAY. NOT JUST PEOPLE FROM WARD 9, BUT LATINO NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, SUBURBS, IN GREATER MINNESOTA AND IN THE STATE. [30:47] FOLKS DON'T WANT TO GO OUTSIDE BECAUSE THEY'RE SCARED THEY'RE GOING TO GET STOPPED BY ICE. WHEN I ASKED MY NEIGHBORS TO STAY HOME TO SHELTER IN PLACE, THE NUMBER ONE THING THEY ASK ME IS SAYING, JASON, WHY AM I GOING TO STAY HOME? HOW AM I GOING TO PAY MY RENT? HOW AM I GOING TO AFFORD THE GROCERIES? HOW ARE YOU EXPECTING ME TO CHANGE MY WHOLE LIFE TO THEN EVENTUALLY GET KICKED OUT OF MY RENTAL UNIT? SO NOW YOU HAVE OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS DRIVING TO WORK. AND I WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS EARLIER. SHAKING AS THEY'RE HOLDING THEIR WHEEL AND PRAYING TO GOD THAT THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE IT TO WORK AND THEN MAKE IT BACK HOME. TO SEE THEIR BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN. THIS IS NOT NORMAL. IT'S NOT NORMAL TO BE IN [31:37] THIS COUNTRY AND TO LITERALLY HAVE YOUR FAMILY TORN APART JUST BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF YOUR SKIN. BECAUSE THAT IS ACTUALLY WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS AND IN THE STATE. THE COLOR OF YOUR SKIN, IT IS WHAT IS BEING TARGETED BY THE FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES. [31:57] AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO AND NEED TO FIGURE OUT IS HOW DO WE ADDRESS THE SYMPTOMS OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THIS COUNTRY. ICE IS LITERALLY FOLLOWING VEHICLES, BREAKING VEHICLES, STOPPING PEOPLE ON THE WAY TO WORK, DROPPING OFF KIDS AT SCHOOL, AT DAYCARES, AND TEARING THEM OUT OF THEIR CARS. THAT IS ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE WAYS THEY'RE DOING THIS TODAY. HOW DO WE HELP ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? WE HELP PEOPLE STAY AT HOME. WE HAVE TO CALL FOR EVICTION MORATORIUM. IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE SHELTER IN PLACE AT HOME BECAUSE THEY ARE SAFER AT HOME. [32:39] THAT IS ONE THING NEIGHBORS WOULD LOVE TO DO BUT CAN'T BECAUSE THEY STILL HAVE TO PAY THEIR BILLS AND THEY'RE STRESSED ABOUT HOW THEY'RE GOING TO STAY IN THEIR HOME WITHOUT GETTING EVICTED. SO YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT OUR NEIGHBORS IN MINNEAPOLIS HAVE TOTALLY RISEN UP TO THE OCCASION. THEY HAVE LITERALLY CROWD FUNDED FUNDRAISERS. THEY HAVE PROVIDED THEIR NEIGHBORS WITH FOOD. [33:03] THEY'VE DROPPED THEM OFF IN THEIR FRONT YARDS. THEY DRIVE THEIR NEIGHBORS TO WORK. THEY DON'T SLEEP AT ALL BUT YOU KNOW WHO IS ALSO NOT SLEEPING? WHEN THEY SEE A RANDOM CAR ON THEIR STREET, OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS. [33:19] THEY SEE A CAR ON THEIR STREET AND THEY'RE SCARED. SO IMAGINE HOW THEY FEEL WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO WORK. WHEN ANY RANDOM CAR IS JUST FOLLOWING THEM. SO I'LL SAY THAT OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE TOTALLY RISEN UP TO THE OCCASION AND IT'S TIME FOR US AS GOVERNMENT TO SUPPORT OUR NEIGHBORS AS WELL. THIS IS ONE THING THAT WE CAN DO TODAY, BUT IT'S NOT THE ONLY THING WE SHOULD BE DOING. [33:44] BECAUSE WHEN WE HAVE A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT DOES NOT CARE ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORS, IT IS UP TO THE FRONTLINE OF DEFENSE THE WAY OUR NEIGHBORS ARE LITERALLY PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE. SO I HOPE THAT THIS COULD BE UNANIMOUS. [34:04] **Council Member Pearll Warren:** COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. SORRY. SUSTAINABILITY FOR FAMILY IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. BUT I'M HAVING A VERY DIFFICULT TIME UNDERSTANDING HOW THIS WILL SUSTAIN OUR FAMILIES FOR THE LONG TERM. WE KNOW THAT ICE IS TOXIC. WE KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY IS EXTREMELY TOXIC. BUT THIS DOES NOT SUSTAIN OUR FAMILIES FOR THE LONG TERM. [34:38] IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO GO TO WORK TODAY OR TOMORROW OR NEXT WEEK OR NEXT MONTH, WHAT DOES THIS TRULY LOOK LIKE? ARE WE BAILING OUT PROPERTY OWNERS? WHAT ABOUT OVERHEADING UTILITIES? OTHER THINGS WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE STILL OVERCOMING FROM THE LAST MORATORIUM THAT WE JUST HAD DURING COVID. THERE'S BIGGER PICTURES HERE AND THERE'S MORE PLANS THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO BUILD MUTUAL AID, TO HELP SUSTAIN FAMILIES DIFFERENTLY. THIS DOESN'T SPELL OUT SAFETY SUCCESS IN THE LONG TERM. IT'S A BANDAID ON A BULLET WOUND. THIS IS BIGGER THAN US. [35:24] **Council Member LaTrisha Vetaw:** SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE, I WILL PROCEED TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. FOR ALL IN ATTENDANCE, AND ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WISHING TO OFFER TESTIMONY -- OH, COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE TODAY. THAT THIS IS A RESOLUTION THAT IS -- EXCUSE ME. THAT IS FOR THE GOVERNOR TO CONSIDER. [35:52] THAT THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL IS LITERALLY DOING NOTHING BUT ASKING -- SENDING THE GOVERNOR A GREETING CARD TO SAY, CAN YOU PLEASE CONSIDER THE THINGS WE WANT ON THIS PAPER. I THINK THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONFUSION IN MY OFFICE WITH PEOPLE CALLING AND EMAILING AND APPROACHING ME AND ASKING FOR A MORATORIUM ON EVICTIONS, AND THAT'S NOT WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE TODAY. I THINK I JUST WANT US TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT. THIS IS LITERALLY SOMETHING THAT WILL BE SENT TO THE GOVERNOR SAYING WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO CONSIDER THIS AS THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL AND NOT ANY ACTION BEING TAKEN HERE TODAY. SO PEOPLE, I'M GRATEFUL THAT PEOPLE ARE HERE TO SPEAK. I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE WASN'T GIVEN NOTICE ENOUGH TO COME DOWN AND SPEAK. BUT THEY'RE GOING TO [36:38] HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK. BUT THEY'RE NOT SPEAKING TO US DOING ANY ACTION TODAY. THIS IS JUST TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION FOR THE GOVERNOR TO THEN HOPEFULLY TAKE ACTION. JUST CAN SOMEBODY CLARIFY THAT FOR ME ON THE RECORD, PLEASE. **President Elliott Payne:** MR. CLERK. [36:54] **City Clerk Casey Carl:** MR. PRESIDENT, THE SUMMARY THAT COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW JUST GAVE IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. THIS IS A FORMAL ACT BY THE BODY ASKING THE STATE GOVERNMENT, THE STATE OF MINNESOTA AND OUR GOVERNOR, TIM WALZ, TO CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS RESOLUTION. IT IS A FORMALIZED REQUEST ADOPTED BY THE BODY, BUT NO FORMAL ACTION ADOPTED BY THIS BODY. [37:20] **Council Member LaTrisha Vetaw:** THANK YOU. I HOPE COLLEAGUES WILL PUT OUT INFORMATION TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS AND LET THEM KNOW THERE'S NO MORATORIUM ON RENT. SO THAT PEOPLE -- WHATEVER SHOWS UP ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THAT THEY ARE STILL RESPONSIBLE TO THEIR LANDLORD FOR RENT UNLESS BECAUSE THAT IS NOT WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON HERE TODAY. AND ALSO, I DON'T -- I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT. I JUST REALLY HOPE THAT WE ALL PUT OUT PROPER INFORMATION SO THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE ACTION THAT IS TAKEN HERE TODAY AND THAT THEY ARE STILL RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR RENT UNTIL THE GOVERNOR OR WHOMEVER, DOES SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY. [38:01] **President Elliott Payne:** MR. CLERK, CAN YOU ALSO SPEAK TO PUBLIC NOTICE FOR TODAY'S PUBLIC HEARING. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** MR. PRESIDENT, THE OPEN MEETING LAW REQUIRES A SUFFICIENT NOTICE BASED ON BOTH TYPES OF MEETINGS AND SPECIFIC ACTIONS THAT ARE TAKEN. THIS IS A MEETING THAT WAS ADDED TO THE CALENDAR, INTERIM CALENDAR ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL LAST YEAR TO COVER THE POTENTIAL FOR TIME SENSITIVE BUSINESS, WHICH WE HAVE DONE. THIS ITEM IS ADDED TO THAT. HOWEVER, WE ADDED THE NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC AS PART OF THE PUBLISHED AGENDA THAT THERE WOULD BE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IF APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL THROUGH ITS RULES, WHICH IT WAS. SO WHEN THAT AGENDA WAS POSTED ON TUESDAY IN LIMS AND MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, THAT NOTICE WAS GIVEN THAT THERE [38:47] WAS A POTENTIAL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD ATTACHED TO THIS ITEM. **Council Member Elizabeth Shaffer:** THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. THANK YOU FOR THIS MOMENT TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS. FROM THE OUTSET, LET ME STATE CLEARLY THAT I STAND WITH THIS COUNCIL AS WE DID LAST WEDNESDAY. THE MAYOR AND THE RESIDENTS OF OUR GREAT CITY IN CALLING FOR IMMEDIATE WITHDRAWAL FROM ICE FROM OUR STREETS. AND TO AN END OF THE ATTACKS THAT ARE BEING MADE ON OUR RIGHTS, FREEDOMS AND WAY OF LIFE. WE LOVE MINNEAPOLIS. WE LOVE OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS REGARDLESS OF THEIR LEGAL STATUS. AN ATTACK ON THEM IS AN ATTACK ON ALL OF US. THEIR SAFETY IS OUR SAFETY. [39:31] AND I AM COMMITTED TO DOING EVERYTHING WITHIN OUR POWER TO STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THEM IN THIS MOMENT. I ALSO WANT TO NAME THE FEAR THAT SO MANY IN OUR CITY ARE LIVING IN RIGHT NOW. [39:47] PARTICULARLY IMMIGRANTS AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES, GO TO WORK, TAKE THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL OR SEEK MEDICAL CARE. THIS IS NOT WHAT OUR COUNTRY IS ABOUT. THESE ARE OUR NEIGHBORS. AND THIS FEAR IS SHAPING EVERY PART OF THEIR DAILY LIVES. AT THIS VERY MOMENT, WE ARE FACING DEEPLY ALARMING THREATS FROM FEDERAL LEADERS, INCLUDING STATEMENTS INVOKING THE INSURRECTION ACT. -- FAMILIES, STUDENTS, WORKERS, PARENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS. SUCH UNPRECEDENTED ATTACKS CALL FOR UNPRECEDENTED ACTS OF CARE. [40:29] WHILE I AM NOT CONFIDENT THAT THIS RESOLUTION WILL ACHIEVE ITS AIMS, I APPRECIATE THAT THIS RESOLUTION AS AMENDED, DOESN'T JUST IMPOSE THE BURDEN OF COST STANDING UP TO ICE ON TENANTS OR HOUSING PROVIDERS EXCLUSIVELY, BUT ENSURES THAT THE COSTS WILL BE MORE EVENLY DISTRIBUTED. REGARDLESS OF HOW THE GOVERNOR RESPONDS, WHAT THIS MOMENT DEMANDS MOST ARE GRASSROOTS --. THIS IS A UNITED WE STAND MOMENT. MY FOCUS TOMORROW, THE NEXT DAY, AND [41:15] GOING FORWARD IS ON MAKING AN IMMEDIATE AND TANGIBLE DIFFERENCES FOR RESIDENTS OF MY WARD AND ACROSS THE CITY WHO ARE EXPERIENCING FEAR, INSTABILITY, AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BECAUSE THEY DO NOT FEEL SAFE LEAVING THEIR HOMES. THIS INCLUDES PULLING RESOURCES, DISTRIBUTING FOOD, PROVIDING FINANCIAL AND EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE AND OTHER BASIC SUPPORTS AT THE GRASSROOT WORKING DIRECTLY WITH TRUSTED COMMUNITY LEADERS AND NEIGHBORHOOD NETWORKS TO GET HELP TO PEOPLE QUICKLY WITH DIGNITY AND WITHOUT UNNECESSARY BARRIERS. THIS IS WHERE WE CAN ACT IMMEDIATELY. THIS IS WHERE WE CAN REDUCE HARM RIGHT NOW. [42:01] AND THIS, THIS IS HOW WE STAND UP FOR THE VALUES THAT DEFINE OUR CITY. THANK YOU. **President Elliott Payne:** THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, YOU'RE IN QUEUE. I'M WONDERING IF YOU'D BE WILLING TO HOLD YOUR COMMENTS UNTIL AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING SO WE CAN MAKE SURE FOLKS GET ENOUGH TIME TO SPEAK. [42:23] **Council Member Robin Wonsley:** SURE. **President Elliott Payne:** OKAY. WITH THAT, LET'S MOVE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. FOR ALL IN ATTENDANCE, AND ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WISHING TO OFFER TESTIMONY EITHER AS A REGISTERED SPEAKER OR BY SUBMITTING WRITTEN COMMENTS, LET ME OFFER THIS NOTICE. THIS PUBLIC MEETING IS BEING RECORDED AND BROADCAST. THE BROADCAST MEETING IS LIVE, IT'S A LIVE STREAM OF THESE PROCEEDINGS. AND THE BROADCASTS ARE -- BY ATTENDING THIS MEETING AND PARTICIPATING, YOUR IMAGE AND TESTIMONY OR INFORMATION WILL ALSO BE SUBJECT TO DISCLOSURE UNDER THE LAW. THAT INCLUDES BUT NOT LIMITED TO YOUR ATTENDANCE, NAME, AND OTHER PERSONAL DETAILS YOU PROVIDE YOUR TESTIMONY OR [43:09] COMMENTS WHETHER FORMAL OR OTHERWISE, AND ANY WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS YOU MAKE WHICH ARE INCLUDED IN THE RECORD OF THIS MEETING. IF YOU PLAN TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, WE WILL BE TAKING SPEAKERS IN ORDER REGISTERED. IF YOU HAVE NOT REGISTERED YET BUT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, SPEAKERS CAN REGISTER WITH THE CLERKS IN OUR OVERFLOW SPACE, WHICH IS OVER THAT WAY. EVERY SPEAKER HAS BEEN ASSIGNED A SPEAKER NUMBER. [43:37] BY THEIR ASSIGNED NUMBER AND BY NAME. IF YOU PLAN TO SPEAK AS PART OF THIS HEARING AND HAVEN'T ALREADY REGISTERED, YOU MAY DO SO NOW. EACH REGISTERED SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN TWO MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. WE HAVE A TIMER AVAILABLE TO HELP SPEAKERS MONITOR THE USE OF THEIR TIME. [43:54] JUST OVER THERE. WE ASK THAT YOU WRAP UP YOUR COMMENTS WHEN YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED SO WE CAN ACCOMMODATE ALL SPEAKERS THIS EVENING. WE ALSO ASK EVERYONE TO BE RESPECTFUL OF ALL SPEAKERS AND OPINIONS OFFERED. IF YOU HAVE WRITTEN COMMENTS OR MATERIALS TO SUBMIT, PLEASE GIVE THOSE TO THE CLERKS AT THE REGISTRATION TABLE. THOSE WILL BE INCLUDED FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD. WE ALSO HAVE PRINTED COMMENT FORMS AT THE REGISTRATION TABLE IF YOU'D LIKE TO SUBMIT A COMMENT. I ALSO WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SUBMITTING YOUR COMMENTS IN OTHER WAYS. THE EASIEST WAY TO SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS AND TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE ADDED TO THE PUBLIC RECORD IS TO SEND THOSE FROM THE CITY'S WEBSITE AT [44:40] MINNEAPOLISMN.GOV/PUBLIC COMMENT. WITH THAT, WE'RE READY TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. SO FAR WE HAVE 40 SPEAKERS REGISTERED FOR TODAY'S HEARING. I WILL CALL SPEAKERS IN GROUPS OF FIVE BY THEIR REGISTERED NUMBER. IF YOU'RE IN THE OVERFLOW SPACE, PLEASE PROCEED TO THE CHAMBER AS WE CALL YOUR NUMBER. NATALIE, PATRICK, HEATHER, CECIL, AND SHAMUS. I WILL NOW RECOGNIZE SPEAKER 1, NATALIE. WELCOME. [45:13] **Natalie:** HI, I'M NATALIE. I LIVE IN WARD 9. I HOPE SOME OF YOU GUYS GET ELECTED. I'M VICE CHAIR OF THE MINNEAPOLIS L. SINCE ICE HAS TAKEN OVER OUR CITY, MY LIFE HAS CHANGED. THIS MORNING I WAS TALKING TO STUDENTS AND THEY ASKED, IS ICE GOING TO TARGET MY SCHOOL? AND I COULDN'T TELL THEM YES OR NO BECAUSE YOU SEE, I'VE PROTECTED SCHOOLS. [45:44] LAST WEEK AFTER RENEE GOOD WAS SHOT, MY FRIEND CALLED ME IN A PANIC. SHE SAID NATALIE, I NEED YOU TO COME TO MY SCHOOL TODAY. THREE ICE VEHICLES DROVE BY HER SCHOOL AND I CHASED THEM DOWN. I DID LAPS AROUND MY SCHOOL. AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, IS THIS THE DAY I GET SHOT. IN MY JOURNAL I WROTE LETTERS TO MY PARENTS AND TO MY FRIENDS. JUST IN CASE LETTERS, I CALL THEM. I'VE BEEN DELIVERING GROCERIES AND DRIVING NEIGHBORS TO WORK. I'VE RIDDEN IN PATROLS, IN POWDERHORN. I'VE ASSEMBLED KNOW YOUR RIGHTS KITS. [46:32] I SAY THIS NOT BECAUSE I AM DOING ANYTHING BETTER. I'M A BETTER THAN THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE SITTING IN FRONT OF ME. I SAY THIS BECAUSE I AM A BROWN WOMAN. I AM AFRAID. I CALLED MY MOM LAST WEEK, AND SHE SAID ANUK, THAT MEANS CHILD IN TAGALOG. MY BROTHER DIED 10.5 YEARS AGO. I'M THE ONLY CHILD THEY HAVE LEFT. [47:05] IN MY LETTER TO MY PARENTS I TELL THEM I DON'T WANT TO DIE. - I LOVE THIS CITY. I LOVE THIS COUNTRY. WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORS. THANK YOU. **President Elliott Payne:** THANK YOU. NEXT, WE WILL WELCOME UP PATRICK BERRY, NUMBER 2. BERNIE. [47:27] **Patrick Bernie:** HELLO. MY NAME IS PATRICK BERRY. I LIVE IN STEVEN SQUARE COMMUNITY. AND I CAME OUT OF THE HOMELESS CAMPS OF THIS TOWN. ABSOLUTELY I DID. AND I'M NOT HERE TO SPEAK WITH YOU ABOUT A WHOLE LOT OF DRAMA AND PERSONAL THINGS LIKE THAT BECAUSE WE'RE ALL FEELING IT DEEP INSIDE, ARE WE NOT? ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER. I HEARD THIS BANDAID ON A BULLET WOUND. THAT'S A POOR CHOICE OF WORDS CONSIDERING A WOMAN IS DEAD. WHAT THIS IS IS A SEVEN-GENERATION APPLICATION TO TURNIKIT, A CHEST SEAL BECAUSE OF THE WORLD WE NOW LIVE IN. THE LACK OF RESPONSE TO HOUSING AND [48:14] CRISIS AND ALL THESE OTHER ISSUES ARE PART OF WHAT'S DRIVING THE REACTIONAL ACCELERATION THAT IS DRIVING OUR DEMOCRACY INTO THE GROUND. IT IS PROVIDING REACTION POINTS FOR PEOPLE TO ATTACK THIS CITY AND TO INVADE US ILLEGALLY AND UNCONSTITUTIONALLY. FRANKLY, THAT'S ON ALL OF YOU, REGARDLESS OF YOUR IDEOLOGIES. I'M ASKING YOU TO GO AHEAD TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU CAN, ALL OF YOU, AND WITH THE LAST MORATORIUM, WE SAW PROTECTIONS APPLIED TO THE UNSHELTERED RESIDENTS OF MINNEAPOLIS AND THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. THIS IS CRUCIALLY IMPORTANT FOR REASONS THAT I DON'T HAVE TO REPEAT FOR THE MILLIONTH TIME. I GOT UP OFF THE STREETS. NONE OF YOU HELPED ME WITH THAT. FRANKLY, [49:00] RESPECTFULLY, I DID IT MYSELF. I DID IT WITH THE HELP OF COMMUNITY. AND WE ARE GROWING. WE ARE NOT LOCKED INTO YOUR ELECTION CYCLES. YOUR ECONOMIC CYCLES, AND YOUR NEWS CYCLES. WE ARE BUILDING A MOVEMENT BASED IN COHERENCY, AND WE ARE RADIATING THAT COHERENCY FROM THE MICRO TO THE MACRO. I STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT YOU START HEEDING THE PEOPLE INSTEAD OF THE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS AND GENTRIFICATION OCCURRING AND FIGURE IT OUT. THANK YOU. [49:33] **Heather Miller:** HELLO. BEFORE I BEGIN, I JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT THE SIZE OF THIS ROOM IS A DISSERVICE TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND THE CROWD OF PEOPLE WHO WAS GATHERED DOWNSTAIRS. A 30-PERSON CAPACITY WITH YOURSELVES INCLUDED, EGREGIOUS. ANYWAYS, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE STONEBRIDGE WORLD SCHOOL STAFF WHO SENT A STATEMENT. SO TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF MINNEAPOLIS, WE ARE WRITING TO YOU AS A STAFF FROM STONEBRIDGE WORLD SCHOOL TO SHARE OUR CONCERN OVER OUR STUDENTS' FAMILIES DURING THIS EMERGENCY IN OUR CITY. WE ASK THAT THE GOVERNOR ENACT AN EVICTION MORATORIUM. [50:17] STONEBRIDGE'S COMMUNITY IS SMALL AND DIVERSE. AND WE WORK CLOSELY WITH FAMILIES. IT IS IMPORTANT AS EDUCATORS THAT WE LISTEN TO OUR STUDENTS' NEEDS. TODAY, A FAMILY OF OUR STUDENTS TOLD US THEY'RE IN NEED OF OVER $20,000. [50:35] WE'RE RAISING FUNDS FOR RENT, FOOD, BASIC NECESSITIES, AND PLANE TICKETS TO REUNIFY FAMILIES. OUTPOURING OF ASSISTANCE TO MEET THESE NEEDS. BUT THIS IS NOT AN EFFECTIVE LONG-TERM SOLUTION. STONEBRIDGE STAFF AND FAMILIES NEED THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL TO ADDRESS THESE NEEDS AND ALLOW FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO SAFELY SHELTER IN PLACE AS NEEDED. WE URGE YOU TO CONSIDER THAT OUR FAMILIES NEED LONG-TERM RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND STABILITY. PLEASE RESPOND WITH THE URGENCY THAT OUR STUDENTS DESERVE. SINCERELY, STONEBRIDGE WORLD SCHOOL STAFF. [51:14] THANK YOU. **President Elliott Payne:** THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE NUMBER 4, CECIL SMITH. FOLLOWED BY SEAMUS McNAMARA. I WILL READ OFF THE NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS, WHICH ARE TODD FITZGERALD, NUMBER 6. IVY, EILEEN KING. WE WELCOME UP NUMBER 4, CECIL SMITH. [51:47] **Cecil Smith:** COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS CECIL SMITH. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY TODAY. MHA IS STRONGLY OPPOSED TO THE POLICY PUT FORTH. EVICTION MORATORIUM IS NOT A SOLUTION. THE DAMAGE DONE FAR OUTWEIGHS ANY PERCEIVED -- WE LEARNED FROM THE COVID-19 EXPERIENCE. RENTERS GET SO FAR BEHIND THAT THEY CANNOT CATCH UP, DESPITE RENTAL ASSISTANCE. [52:20] THERE'S NOT ENOUGH RENTAL ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE TO EVEN SUPPORT THIS POLICY. FURTHERMORE, WHATEVER GOVERNMENT PROCEDURE RESULTS FROM THIS POLICY -- THINK THAT THROUGH IF YOU'RE TRYING TO ASSIST RENTERS. DEEPLY INTERVENTIONIST POLICIES SUCH AS AN EVICTION MORATORIUM AND RENT CONTROL HAVE CHILLING EFFECTS TO OUR MARKET. A MARKET THAT NEEDS SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL TO BUILD THE HOUSING WE NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY. EVEN THIS DISCUSSION IS DAMAGING OUR ABILITY TO ATTRACT RESOURCES FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. IF AN EVICTION MORATORIUM HAPPENS, THE GREATEST RISK WILL BE FELT BY OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS, WHO HAVE NOT YET RECOVERED FROM [53:07] THE FIRST MORATORIUM, AND ARE NOW IN A FINANCIALLY WEAK POSITION. THEY WILL NEED FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO SURVIVE THIS POLICY. THIS IS NOT THE SOLUTION FOR THE CHALLENGE BEFORE US. PLEASE THINK AGAIN AND CONSULT BROADLY WITH ALL THE PARTNERS SO THAT WE CAN SUPPORT THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. [53:28] **Seamus McNamara:** GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS SEAMUS McNAMARA. I'M A CONSTITUENT OF WARD 9. I CAME TO THIS CITY THREE YEARS AGO AFTER LANDLORDS LEFT ME HOMELESS IN CHICAGO. I WAS WORKING AT UPS, ESSENTIALLY LIVING IN THE WAREHOUSE PARKING LOT. THIS LED ME, LIKE MANY OTHER DISPLACED CHICAGOANS TO MOVE TO THE CITIES IN GREATER MINNESOTA. I MOVED HERE TO START OVER ONLY TO FIND THE SAME GENTRIFICATION THAT PUSHED THE [54:14] SAME PEOPLE OUT. I PAY FOR A ROACH NESTED APARTMENT WHILE LANDLORDS IGNORE MY REQUEST FOR PEST CONTROL. THE ABUSE OF MY NEIGHBORS HAS BEEN GOING ON LONG BEFORE ICE WAS IN THE CITY. THE FACT THAT IT TOOK A VIDEO MURDER OF RENEE GOOD IN BROAD DAYLIGHT FOR YOU TO SAY THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE IS FRANKLY, INFURIATING. ICE AND OTHER RIGHT-WING GROUPS HAVE BEEN TERRORIZING LONG BEFORE THIS. [54:46] THEY ARE COMING FOR OUR MOST MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. NOW I MIGHT NOT LOOK LIKE THE MOST AFFECTED -- IT IS THESE COMMUNITIES WHO TOOK ME IN WHEN I WAS HOMELESS AND SHOWED ME THE WAY TO SURVIVE AND WHEN THE WORLD DOESN'T EVEN KNOW YOU EXIST. I APPLAUD THE CALL FOR AN EVICTION MORATORIUM. BUT I PUSH FOR IT TO BE FURTHER REACHING THAN TO SIMPLY SAY NO EVICTIONS. [55:19] THEY WILL EVICT SIMPLY ON A WHIM. TODAY, YOU ARE A TENANT. TOMORROW, YOU'RE ON THE STREET. -- ADDED CLAUSE TO KEEP ICE AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE OUT OF THE ENCAMPMENTS. [55:35] PROTECT AND HOUSE OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO NEED US MORE NOW THAN EVER. WE DESERVE A CITY TO PROTECT LIFE, DIGNITY AND SAFETY. AND WE REFUSE TO SETTLE FOR LESS. THANK YOU. **President Elliott Payne:** THANK YOU. NEXT, WE WELCOME UP NUMBER 6, TODD FITZGERALD. [55:52] **Todd Fitzgerald:** GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS TODD FITZGERALD AND I LIVE IN WARD 5. THE BRUTALITY OF ICE AND THE MURDER OF RENEE GOOD IS ON EVERYONE'S MIND TODAY. AND THE TIME HAS COME FOR COUNCIL TO TAKE ACTION. THE PRESENCE OF ICE HERE IS NOT LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT A VICIOUS CAMPAIGN THAT VIOLATES OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. [56:14] PEACEFUL PROTESTORS ARRESTED WITHOUT CHARGE. AND VIOLENCE IS BEING ROUTINELY USED AGAINST ANYONE THESE THUGS COME ACROSS. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? OUR GOVERNOR HAS SUGGESTED THAT WE LOOK TO THE VOTING BOOTH AND OUR COURTS. HOWEVER, ELECTION DAY IS 11 MONTHS AWAY. [56:32] AND THE PRESIDENT'S HAND-PICKED SUPREME COURT DECLARED HIM A KING IN THEIR RULING OF TRUMP VERSUS UNITED STATES. WE ARE ON OUR OWN. SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? IT CAN BE DIFFICULT FOR A CITY STANDING UP TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BUT THAT SHOULD ONLY INSPIRE OUR CREATIVITY. I RECOMMEND THAT OUR SMOKE CLOUDS SHOULD DUMP -- ANY STAGING AREAS TO PREVENT THESE THUGS FROM LAUNCHING VIOLENT RAIDS ON OUR CITY. ALSO, OUR TRAFFIC LAWS APPLY TO EVERYONE. [57:05] MINNEAPOLIS OFFICERS SHOULD KEEP OUR STREETS SAFE. USING A CELL PHONE WHILE DRIVING OR NOT WEARING A SEATBELT. MAKE IT PERSONALLY EXPENSIVE FOR ANYONE WHO COMES HERE TO ATTACK OUR COMMUNITY. EVERY MOMENT ICE'S DELAY -- FAMILIES BEING TOGETHER AT THE END OF THE DAY, AND OUR FORCES. IF THEY LOOK THE OTHER WAY, THEY SHOULD BE REPRIMANDED OR FIRED. GIVEN A PATH TO BECOMING SWORN OFFICERS FOR STEPPING UP IN THIS CRISIS. [57:44] THE ACTIONS OF ICE IS WHAT THE GESTAPO LOOKED LIKE. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? THANK YOU. **President Elliott Payne:** THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE IVY, NUMBER 7. [58:07] **Ivy Letourneau:** HI. IVY LETOURNEAU. I LIVE IN WARD 3. I KNOW SOME OF YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE YOU'RE ORGANIZING. BECAUSE YOU'RE HEARING IT DIRECTLY FROM YOUR CONSTITUENTS. THE REST OF YOU, LIKE YOU KNOW ABOUT IT NOW BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE COME HERE TO TELL YOU. IT'S OUT THERE FOR YOU TO HEAR ABOUT IF YOU'RE WILLING TO LOOK. THERE'S A MILITARIZED FORCE TERRORIZING OUR CITY. YOUR CONSTITUENTS, LIKE, OUR NEIGHBORS. IT IS THE MOST ORDINARY PEOPLE IN OUR CITY WHO ARE PUTTING THEIR BODIES ON THE LINE TO STAND UP FOR EACH OTHER. [58:49] AND YOU KNOW, WHETHER IF IT'S FOR THIS RESOLUTION TODAY OR WHATEVER COMES UP WHILE THIS IS GOING ON IN MINNEAPOLIS, I JUST WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT WHAT ARE YOU DOING THAT DOES ANY JUSTICE, THAT HONORS YOUR CONSTITUENTS IN TERMS OF WHAT YOUR RESPONSE IS. [59:09] RIGHT. LIKE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE HERE TO REMIND YOU AT YOUR NEXT TOWN HALL OR, YOU KNOW, AT THE NEXT PROTEST OR EVEN IN 2029. WILL ASK YOU THAT QUESTION. BUT MOST OF ALL, 20, 30 YEARS FROM NOW WHEN YOUR KIDS, YOUR GRANDKIDS, YOUR BIOGRAPHERS, WHEN THEY ASK YOU IN THE MIRROR, LIKE, WHAT DID YOU DO WITH THE POWER I HAD AT THE TIME IT MATTERED MOST? ARE YOU GOING TO BE MORALLY AT PEACE WITH WHAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK YOURSELF IN THE MIRROR AND ADMIT TO? WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THE POWER THAT YOU HAVE? [59:56] THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY TIME LIKE NOW. I MEAN, THIS IS IT. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? **President Elliott Payne:** THANK YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE NUMBER 8, MITCHELL HANSON. [1:00:17] **Mitchell Hanson:** HELLO. I'M MITCHELL HANSON. I WAS HOPING THERE WOULD BE MORE UNITY OVERALL ON THIS COUNCIL. SOME PEOPLE HERE SURPRISED ME SOME DIDN'T. BUT I'M STILL HAPPY. YOU KNOW WHAT'S NOT POLITICAL? PEOPLE WHO ARE FACING HOMELESSNESS, YOU THINK IT'S POLITICAL TO THEM? BEING IN THE STREET. THE MAYOR HE JUST VETOED BASICALLY TREATING PEOPLE HUMANELY. YOU WANT THESE PEOPLE TO END UP HOMELESS AND TREAT THEM LIKE CRAP. PEOPLE ARE LITERALLY BEING THREATENED BY ICE SAYING DIDN'T YOU LEARN YOUR LESSON? YOU WANT PEOPLE JUST BECAUSE IT'S NOT PERFECT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT. THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE DON'T HAVE IT FULLY PLANNED OUT. LANDLORDS WERE HAPPY TO TAKE RENT -- [1:01:07] BAD FOR BUSINESS. I DON'T CARE. I WANT PEOPLE TO STAY IN THEIR HOUSES. IN THEIR APARTMENTS. IF YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE NO ON THIS, WOW, HOW WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO SLEEP TONIGHT? TELL YOUR CONSTITUENTS, ONCE YOU'RE HOMELESS, WE'RE GOING TO BULLDOZE YOU. ALL WE'RE DOING IS BRINGING IT TO TIM WALZ. SOME OF YOU PROBABLY WISH SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN TO ME BECAUSE YOU HAVE MADE LIFE SO POLITICAL OVER THINGS THAT AREN'T. THIS IS BASIC COMMON SENSE HERE. PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO STAY IN THEIR PLACE AND NOT GET MURDERED. LIKE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? NO, FORGET IT. I DON'T EVEN WANT TO TRY BECAUSE IT'S NOT PERFECT. WE [1:01:54] DON'T HAVE 100 PEOPLE HERE. I'M SHOCKED. I WANT TO HELP PEOPLE STAY IN THEIR HOMES. I DON'T CARE ABOUT BUSINESS CONCERNS. DO YOU REALLY JUST WANT US ALL GONE? DON'T TELL ME YOU CARE ABOUT IMMIGRANTS AND THEN VOTE NO ON IT. MY GOD. THANK YOU. GRACIAS. [1:02:21] **Eileen King:** GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS EILEEN KING. I'M A CONSTITUENT IN WARD 10. IF MY VOICE SHAKES IT'S BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BE DOING THIS. BUT I'M DOING IT ANYWAY. I'VE BEEN DOING SUPPORT FOR NEARLY SIX YEARS. SEVERAL FRIENDS WHO HAVE TRANSITIONED OUT OF CAMPS. I'VE GIVEN LATE NIGHT RIDES TO SHELTERS. I'VE HELPED DISTRIBUTE MEALS. AND I'VE TAPED TENT POLES IN COLD TEMPERATURES. I'M NOT HERE AS [1:03:07] PREACHY WHITE LIBERAL. I'M HERE IN A PLACE OF DEEP SOLIDARITY. THE RESOLUTION BEFORE US IS IN DIRECT RESPONSE TO INCREASED THREATS ON OUR BLACK AND BROWN AND NATIVE AND IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS. WE ALSO KNOW THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. WE'RE ALL AWARE THAT WE HAVE NEIGHBORS WHO AREN'T LEAVING THEIR HOMES RIGHT NOW. IT'S ALSO NEIGHBORS WHO AREN'T LEAVING TENTS TO OBTAIN FOOD AND LIFE SAVING WARMTH. EVICTION IS THE [1:03:52] EUPHEMISM THAT WE SEEM TO HAVE CHOSEN FOR THE CITY VIOLENTLY BULLDOZING OUR -- EVICT ICE, NOT US MEANS ALL OF US. MINNEAPOLIS HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD HERE IN GENUINE SOLIDARITY WITH ALL NEIGHBORS WHO ARE UNDER THREAT. [1:04:15] NOT JUST ONES WHO ARE CURRENTLY LIVING INDOORS. WE CALL ON COUNCIL TO TAKE A STAND TO CALL ON A MORATORIUM NOT JUST ON HOUSING, BUT ENCAMPMENTS AS WELL. WE WON'T SETTLE FOR LESS. [1:04:32] THANK YOU. **President Elliott Payne:** THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS NUMBER 10, KRISTEN ELDRIDGE. THE NEXT FIVE ARE BOB, CLYDE, DEX, LIAM, AND ELY SHERMAN. [1:04:48] **Kristen Eldridge:** THANK YOU FOR YOUR COURAGE, COUNCIL MEMBERS. I AM A WARD 4 RESIDENT. AND I'M AN EMPLOYEE OF A MAJORITY MINORITY CITY WHO IS ALSO VULNERABLE TO ICE AND THE ACTIONS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. I AM CALLING FOR A STATEWIDE EVICTION MORATORIUM AND LETTER TO GOVERNOR WALZ. COUNCIL MEMBERS, FOLKS ARE SCARED TO TRAVEL TO THE GROCERIES. ICE IS SHOWING UP IN THE MOST VULNERABLE PLACES WHERE PEOPLE SHOULD FEEL SAFE. [1:05:20] CHARGE FOR SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. AND I URGE THE COUNCIL AND GOVERNOR WALZ TO STAND FOR ITS CONSTITUENTS WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS ABANDONED US. WE HAVE A LOT OF INFLUENCE ON THE STATE. PLEASE KEEP OUR FAMILIES SAFE FROM HOMELESSNESS AND TERROR FROM ICE. I'M PROUD OF THE CITY RESIDENTS FOR STANDING UP TO FASCISM. BUT OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVEN'T DONE THE SAME. [1:05:48] COURAGE SHOULD BE AN EASY YES TO EXTEND A RESOLUTION TO GOVERNOR WALZ. IT'S KIND OF LUDICROUS TO HAVE TO SEND A LETTER, HONESTLY. PLEASE VOTE TO PROTECT IMMIGRANTS FROM EVICTION AND KEEP A BARRIER BETWEEN THEM AND ICE. I WANT TO CALL OUT WARD 4 AND ALSO WARD 3. YOU SAY THIS IS A TIME TO COME TOGETHER. YOU SHOULDN'T NEED ATTORNEYS TO PROTECT WARD 4 RIGHT NOW. SIGN THE LETTER TO GOVERNOR WALZ NOW, PLEASE. LASTLY, TO MINNESOTA MULTI-HOUSING, IF YOU DON'T HAVE RENTERS, YOU WON'T HAVE DEVELOPMENT. PLEASE SIGN THE LETTER. THAT'S EASY. [1:06:34] **President Elliott Payne:** THANK YOU. NUMBER 11, BOB GUNEN. **Bob Gunen:** HELLO, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS BOB GUNEN. I'M A RESIDENT OF NORTH MINNEAPOLIS IN WARD 4. I'M GOING TO SHORTEN MY COMMENTS A BIT ABOUT WHAT ICE IS DOING TO OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THERE SEEMS TO BE GENERAL AGREEMENT ABOUT THAT. BUT NOT ON WHAT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS COUNCIL MEMBERS IS TO DO ABOUT IT. OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE LIVING IN FEAR. WE KNOW THAT ICE USES ADVANCED SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY TO IDENTIFY, TO TRACK, AND TO TARGET THEM. [1:07:12] DOCUMENTED OR UNDOCUMENTED, CITIZEN OR NOT, THEY ARE ALL LIVING UNDER MILITARY OCCUPATION. LIKE MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS, I'VE ASKED MYSELF WHAT CAN I DO? LIKE TENS OF THOUSANDS, I HAVE ATTENDED RENEE GOOD. BUT I'M ALSO TAKING PART -- SUPPORT TO THESE FAMILIES. LIKE WAITING WITH THE CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANT FAMILIES AT SCHOOL BUS STOPS. DRIVING THE CHILDREN TO AND FROM SCHOOL. [1:07:45] PICKING UP AND DELIVERING GROCERIES AND MEDICINE. OFTEN PAYING OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKETS BECAUSE THE PARENTS CANNOT GO OUT, CANNOT WORK, AND THEY ARE RUNNING OUT OF MONEY. BUT THESE MUTUAL AID NETWORKS CANNOT COVER THE COST OF RENT. THERE HAS TO BE A LARGER SYSTEM SOLUTION IN PLACE TO ADDRESS THAT PROBLEM. [1:08:05] THAT IS WHERE STATEWIDE EVICTION MORATORIUM MUST COME IN. BUT IT IS ON YOU, AS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND ON MAYOR FREY, TO DO SOMETHING MORE THAN TALK. AND I REPEAT, WORDS ARE NOT ENOUGH. [1:08:21] YOU NEED TO DO YOUR PART AND YOU NEED TO ACT. CALLING ON OTHERS TO DO MUTUAL AID IS NOT ENOUGH. PASS THIS EVICTION MORATORIUM RESOLUTION. KEEP OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS IN THEIR HOMES UNTIL THIS CRISIS PASSES. THANK YOU. [1:08:37] **Clyde Warren:** MY NAME IS CLYDE WARREN. I AM A RENTER IN MINNEAPOLIS AND A MEMBER OF THE IPG TENANT UNION. [1:08:55] I'M HERE TODAY REPRESENTING MYSELF, MY UNION MEMBERS, AND THOUSANDS OF LOCAL RENTERS WHO ARE JOINING THE CALL FOR AN EVICTION MORATORIUM. THE PEOPLE OF MINNESOTA ARE EXPERIENCING A GROWING INVASION OF FEDERAL AGENTS CARRYING OUT A RACIST, VIOLENT CRACKDOWN TARGETING OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS. MY NEIGHBORS ARE LIVING IN FEAR OF ABDUCTION, KIDNAPPING AND DEPORTATION. THOUSANDS OF IMMIGRANTS HAVE BEEN SHELTERING IN PLACE AND NOT LEAVING THEIR HOMES FOR WEEKS AND WEEKS. [1:09:28] WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE HAVE LEGAL STATUS, A WORK PERMIT OR EVEN CITIZENSHIP, ALL IMMIGRANTS ARE TERRORIFIED RIGHT NOW. THESE AGENTS HAVE SHOWN AGAIN AND AGAIN THAT THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT ANY OF US, OUR CHILDREN AND OUR RIGHTS. I WANT TO BE SURE THE CITY COUNCIL UNDERSTANDS THE HORRIBLE DECISIONS FAMILIES HAVE TO MAKE IN THE ABSENCE OF INTERVENTION. ACROSS THE CITY, IMMIGRANTS ARE RELYING ON THEIR NEIGHBORS AND THEIR FELLOW PARENTS TO TAKE THEIR KIDS TO THE BUS BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID OF GETTING KIDNAPPED BY MASKED AND VIOLENT AGENTS ON THE WAY. THEN THEY HAVE TO CALL IN BECAUSE THEY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN ANOTHER PARENT WALKS THEIR CHILD HOME AT 3:30 P.M., IT WON'T BE TO AN EMPTY HOUSE. [1:10:14] PEOPLE ARE DOING WHAT ANY ONE OF US WOULD DO IN ISIS, SACRIFICING THEIR PAYCHECKS, THEIR HEALTH AND THEIR RENT MONEY TO TRY AND KEEP THEIR FAMILY TOGETHER NO MATTER THE COST. THIS IS NOT THE STORY OF JUST ONE PERSON. THIS IS REALITY NEIGHBORS. HOW CAN FAMILIES WHO ARE LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK PAY WE'RE SEEING IS ECONOMIC HARM BEING PUSHED ON TO OUR PEOPLE THROUGH THIS RACIST IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT, WHILE HOUSING COURTS AND EVICTION PROCESSES OPERATE LIKE NOTHING HAS CHANGED. [1:10:51] **President Elliott Payne:** THANK YOU. NEXT, NUMBER 13, DEX ANDERSON. WELCOME. **Dex Anderson:** LUCKY NUMBER 13. HI, MY NAME IS DEX ANDERSON. MY PRONOUNS ARE THEY/THEM. I AM A RESIDENT OF WARD 10. AND GOOD, LINEA CAME BACK IN IN TIME TO HEAR THIS BECAUSE APPARENTLY SHE DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY. BUT I THINK SHE SHOULD LISTEN. I'M HERE SPEAKING IN MY PERSONAL CAPACITY AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN. HOWEVER, IN THAT WORK, I AM MUCH MORE AWARE OF THE IMPACT ON ICE ON DISABLED MINNESOTANS. THE DISABILITY SECTOR IS LARGELY POPULATED BY [1:11:36] IMMIGRANTS. -- CARE TASKS, WITH GOING TO THE DOCTOR, WITH THEIR NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE. AND PEOPLE WHO CARE, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WHO ARE IMMIGRANTS ARE LIKEWISE DOUBLY IMPACTED BY THIS. BECAUSE WHEN THEY GO TO THE DOCTOR, THEY'RE AFRAID ICE IS GOING TO BE THERE IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM OR THE WAITING ROOM WAITING TO PICK THEM UP. [1:11:58] AND WE'VE ALREADY SEEN HOW ICE TREATS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WITH THE LADY WITH AUTISM, WHO ALSO HAS A TBI, WHO WAS BRUTALIZED BY ICE JUST THIS WEEK. MANY OF THESE WORKERS ARE AFRAID TO GO TO WORK, WHICH MEANS THAT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WHO ARE SERVED BY THESE WORKERS ARE NOT RECEIVING CARE. THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO GET TO THE DOCTOR. THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO GET THEIR MEDICATION AND THE CARE THAT THEY NEED. WHICH GREATLY IMPACTS THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND THEIR ABILITY TO LIVE. [1:12:28] ADDITIONALLY, DISABLED PEOPLE OF COLOR DON'T FEEL SAFE IN THE CITY. AND THEY ARE UNABLE TO MOVE AND RUN WHEN ICE SHOWS UP. THEY OFTEN CANNOT DRIVE, SO THEY'RE RELYING ON TRANSPORT OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHO ARE ALSO AT RISK. AN EVICTION MORATORIUM IS NEEDED AT THE STATE LEVEL BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE ARE ALREADY ON A KNIFE'S EDGE AND ON PRECIPICE. AND IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING, WE WILL SEE MANY MORE DISABLED PEOPLE BECOME UNHOUSED HERE IN MINNESOTA. WE CANNOT MUTUAL AID OUR WAY OUT OF THIS. THANK YOU. [1:13:05] **President Elliott Payne:** THANK YOU. NUMBER 14, LIAM CASEY. **Liam Casey:** MY NAME IS LIAM, AND I LIVE IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS. I WAS BORN IN ALASKA, MOVED TO CALIFORNIA, TEXAS FOR 11 YEARS, ALL BEFORE MY FAMILY DECIDED TO SETTLE IN MINNESOTA. I'VE LIVED AND GROWN UP IN MINNESOTA. I CALL MINNESOTA HOME. I'M A CITIZEN OF THIS COUNTRY. A COUNTRY FOUNDED ON IDEALS OF LIFE, LIBERTY, AND PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS FOR ALL. [1:13:50] RECENTLY, THESE HAVE SIMULTANEOUSLY COME UNDER ATTACK FROM OUR OWN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. ICE AGENTS ACTING AS IF THIS COUNTRY AND THE LAWS ARE THEIRS TO INTERPRET AND TO ENFORCE. PAY ATTENTION, COUNCIL MEMBER. THERE ARE LOTS OF POLICE OFFICERS WHO ACT WITH THE SAME ATTITUDE AND I SEE THIS ATTITUDE WITH THE SAME COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL. WHY IS IT THAT WHEN I'M EXERCISING MY FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT PEACEFULLY AND FOLLOWING ALL ORDERS AND IN LINE WITH MY PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS, I AM SHOT IN THE HEAD WITH RUBBER BULLETS, AND WITNESSING DISGUSTING USES OF FORCES WHO MOST ENCOUNTERS? A [1:14:37] KID'S HEART STOPPED YESTERDAY FROM INHALING TOO MUCH CS GAS. THIS DOES NOT HAVE TO HAPPEN TO ENFORCE IMMIGRATION. STANDING UP FOR INALIENABLE RIGHTS IS STILL YOURSE FROM. THIS HELMET TO PREVENT MY SKULL FROM TAKING LETHAL DAMAGE BY NON-LETHAL SHOTS BY AGENTS. A GAS MASK TO PROTECT MY LUNGS FROM WHAT IS A WAR CRIME. GOGGLES TO PROTECT MY VISION AND EAR PLUGS TO PROTECT MY HEARING FROM L-RADS THAT THEY HAVE DEPLOYED. RUBBER BULLET -- I SAW A VIDEO OF A KID GETTING BLINDED BY A RUBBER BULLET WHEN HE GOT SHOT FROM THREE FEET AWAY. HERE'S A HAT. I URGE THE [1:15:24] COUNCIL TO SET OFF THE HAT AND SHOW THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. IT IS COATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF GAS. PLEASE, SHOW YOUR SUPPORT IN SOLIDARITY. MAKE A DECISION THAT ACTUALLY COUNTS FOR PEOPLE. **President Elliott Payne:** THANK YOU. WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE NUMBER 15, ELY SHERMAN. 16, IS SARAH ORRENSON. [1:15:51] THE 17, LAEF -- LAWRENCE, 20, DRESI SALI. **Ely Sherman:** THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. [1:16:06] IF WE WANTED TO AVOID PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ISSUE, IT COULD HAVE BEEN ADOPTED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT. BUT WE'RE HERE TALKING ABOUT IT. WHY? THIS IS THE MOST BASIC THING WE CAN DO TO SHOW SUPPORT AND SOLIDARITY WITH OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW. I HEAR A LOT OF CONCERN FOR LANDLORDS AND FOR BUSINESS INTERESTS AND FOR CAPITAL. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE MONEY? I DON'T REALLY CARE. I DON'T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY CARE RIGHT NOW WHAT HAPPENS TO THE MONEY. OH, COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, I AM A WARD 3 RESIDENT, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO ANSWER MY EMAILS YOU MIGHT WANT TO LISTEN TO ME NOW. [1:16:54] YOUR PRIORITIES IN A DIFFERENT ORDER. PUT THE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY ABOVE CAPITAL. PUT THE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY ABOVE LANDLORDS. WE NEED HELP RIGHT NOW. WE ARE ALL OUT HERE DEFENDING OUR NEIGHBORS AND I HEAR THESE SAME ARGUMENTS ABOUT FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY WHEN IT COMES TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BEING $20 MILLION OVER BUDGET. [1:17:16] NO ONE SEEMS TO CARE ABOUT THAT. WHAT DO WE GET FOR THAT MONEY? WE WATCH THEM WATCH US GET -- I STAND WITH OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY, AND EVERYBODY WHO IS AFRAID THAT THIS MODERN GESTAPO WILL PICK THEM UP. SEND A RESOLUTION UP TO TIM WALZ, THAT YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT. YOU JUST HAVE TO PASS THE BUCK. THIS IS YOUR THING. IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE COURAGE TO STAND UP FOR OUR NEIGHBORS, STEP DOWN AND LET [1:18:01] SOMEBODY WHO WILL DO IT. **President Elliott Payne:** THANK YOU. NUMBER 16, SARAH ORRENSON. **Sarah Orrenson:** MY NAME IS SARAH ORMSON. I LIVE IN MINNEAPOLIS. I'M A PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE AND MENTAL HEALTH NURSE. I'M CALLING FOR AN EVICTION MORATORIUM THAT INCLUDES OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS. [1:18:24] WE CANNOT ALLOW OUR CITY TO DISPLACE OUR -- THE CARE THAT WE PROVIDE TO OUR MOST VULNERABLE THAT IS A PRECEDENT TO WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND ICE THAT IS CURRENTLY RIPPING OUR CITY APART. IT IS A MAJOR HEALTH RISK FOR ANYONE TO BE OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW IN THE FREEZING COLD, TEAR GAS, LETHALS AND BULLETS IN THE AIR. WE CAN'T ALLOW EVICTIONS TO WEAKEN OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW. [1:18:53] STOPPING EVICTIONS OF ENCAMPMENTS IS THE LEAST WE CAN DO AFTER THE VETO OF THE HUMANE ENCAMPMENT RESPONSE. DISPLACING UNHOUSED RESIDENTS MAKES IT INCREDIBLY HARD FOR OUTREACH NURSES, SOCIAL WORKERS TO REACH PATIENTS WHO ARE AT AN INCREASED RISK OF BEING HARMED BY ICE. [1:19:11] THIS IS A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY, AND KEEPING OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE AND HEALTHY STARTS WITH HOUSING FOR EVERYONE AND HALTING ALL EVICTIONS. **President Elliott Payne:** THANK YOU. NUMBER 17, LAEF GRENA. [1:19:29] **Laef Grena:** MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, MY NAME IS LAEF GRENA. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE MINNEAPOLIS REGIONAL RETIREES COUNCIL, A CONSTITUENT BODY OF THE MINNEAPOLIS LABOR FEDERATION. I AM 73-YEARS OLD. BEING 73, I AM PART OF THE COHORT THAT IS THE LARGEST DEMOGRAPHIC EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN THE UNITED STATES. 40% OF PEOPLE ON SOCIAL SECURITY ONLY HAVE THAT AS A SOURCE OF INCOME. AND OUT OF THAT, I PAY A PREMIUM EVERY MONTH FOR MEDICARE. ICE'S REIGN [1:20:15] OF TERROR DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE ON AGE, ONLY RACE. THEY DON'T CARE WHO YOU ARE. THEY WILL COME AFTER YOU REGARDLESS. ABSENT ACTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE GOVERNOR, YOU WILL HAVE MORE HOMELESS PEOPLE. ELDERLY PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING BECAUSE SOCIAL SECURITY CAN'T PAY THE BILLS, AND WHO NOW CANNOT WORK, WILL LOSE THEIR HOMES BECAUSE THEY CANNOT PAY RENT. IT'S OBVIOUS. I WANT TO REMIND YOU OF THE WORDS OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS, POWER CONCEDES NOTHING WITHOUT A DEMAND. THIS RESOLUTION IS A [1:21:02] DEMAND ON THE POWER OF THE GOVERNOR AND THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, TO ACT ON BEHALF OF ITS PEOPLE. I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT MAKING THAT DEMAND. THANK YOU. [1:21:19] **Jenette Korsillias:** NEXT, WE HAVE JENETTE KORSILLIAS. GREETINGS, MY NAME IS JENETTE CORESILLIAS. I AM A MEMBER OF OPIU LOCAL 12, EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION. AND I AM A PROUD MEMBER OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA. I'M ALSO A DELEGATE TO THE -- ALL THREE HAVE SIGNED ON TO THE EVICTION MORATORIUM ORDINANCE. OUR MOST VULNERABLE MINNESOTANS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO WORK OR LEAVE THEIR HOMES IN SIX WEEKS BECAUSE WE [1:22:06] ARE UNDER SIEGE BY OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. EVERY DAY I WAKE UP TO A NIGHTMARE AND I CAN BARELY SLEEP AT NIGHT. I AM CONSTANTLY ON MY PHONE MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE PATROLS AROUND OUR SCHOOLS. [1:22:23] MAKING SURE THAT OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE FOOD TO EAT EVERY DAY. I AM STRESSED. I AM A DAUGHTER OF AN IMMIGRANT. I CANNOT IMAGINE HOW IMMIGRANTS WHO'VE NEWLY COME TO THIS COUNTRY FEEL RIGHT NOW. [1:22:40] MANY OF THEM ARE THINKING ABOUT FLEEING MINNESOTA. IF WE CARE ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORS, WE WILL STAND UP FOR THEM. MORE AND MORE STUDENTS ARE NOT SHOWING UP TO VIRTUAL OPTION. I'M ASKING EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU TO TAKE A STAND. SHOW SOME EMPATHY. BE LEADERS IN THIS MOMENT BECAUSE THE MAYOR WILL NOT. THE GOVERNOR WILL NOT. TAKE A STAND OR BE FOR THE PEOPLE. THINK ABOUT 50 YEARS [1:23:27] WHAT WILL WE BE REMEMBERED AS IN THE HISTORY BOOKS? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. **President Elliott Payne:** THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE LAWRENCE WILLIAMSON. **Lawrence Williamson:** LAWRENCE, WARD 8. TWO DAYS AGO I WAS DETAINED FOR A NUMBER OF HOURS AT THE FEDERAL BUILDING. YOU CAN SEE MY SCRATCHES. I WALKED PAST A LONG LINE OF WAS LATINO MEN IN SHACKLES. THESE ARE BREADWINNERS AND PROVIDE FOR FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY. [1:24:02] THEY ARE BEING PUT ON PLANES AND FLOWN TO CAMPS. THAT IS WHERE WE ARE. SO LET ME BE ABUNDANTLY CLEAR, COME FEBRUARY, WE ARE NOT DOING EVICTIONS IN MINNEAPOLIS. WE CAN DO NO EVICTIONS THE EASY WAY OR WE CAN DO IT THE HARD WAY. AND I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT ON ALL OF US TO TRY TO DO IT THE EASY WAY. THANK YOU. [1:24:32] **Speaker:** THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. GOING FOR IT. I WANT YOU TO SEE MY FACE WHEN YOU SAY THIS. YOU -- BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY THAT I AND MY COMRADES ON THE -- ICE WILL KILL US ANYWAY. AUTHORITARIANS DO NOT NEED PERMISSION. WALZ KNOWS THIS. WE THE PEOPLE IN THE STREETS ARE NOT GOING TO FALL FOR THE TRAP OF STAGNATION. IF THE CITY POLICE REFUSES TO ENFORCE OUR LAWS, MAINTAINING THOSE WHITE SUPREMACISTS THIN BLUE LINE. THIS IS ANOTHER [1:25:18] CONSEQUENCE OF PERFORMANCE DEXTERITY. -- OR YOU CAN HELP US HELP OURSELVES. YOU MUST SUPPORT ON PAPER AND OUT LOUD AN EVICTION MORATORIUM. TOGETHER, WE ARE FEEDING EACH OTHER. TOGETHER, WE ARE HOUSING EACH OTHER. TOGETHER, WE ARE FIGHTING FOR EACH OTHER. AND WE WILL ARM EACH OTHER AS IS OUR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHT. PEOPLE ARE BEING USHERED FURTHER AND FURTHER INTO THE MARGINS. OUR HOUSING SUPPORT NETWORKS ARE ALREADY OVER BURDENED. AS MORE PEOPLE LOSE ACCESS TO HOUSING AND BECOME HOMELESS BECAUSE THEY ARE STUCK INSIDE, IT IS COLLABORATIONISTS TO ALLOW FASCISTS TO CONTINUE ON OUR STREETS. -- UNDER THIS OCCUPATION. AND IT'S STILL NOT [1:26:05] ENOUGH. THIS CITY HAS FAILED TO UPHOLD ITS OWN LAWS. IMMIGRANTS ARE UNDER ATTACK. HOMELESSNESS IS BEING FURTHER WEAPONIZED BY THE SYSTEM. HOMELESS IMMIGRANTS WORK, PAY TAXES AND WHO HAVE FAMILIES THAT LOVE THEM. STILL DESERVE TO BE PROTECTED. THESE PEOPLE LIVE OUTSIDE. WE'RE LETTING THEM FREEZE TO DEATH. [1:26:32] INDESIRABLES. THAT'S WHAT THE FASCISTS SEE. WE MUST PROTECT THEM. WE MUST INCLUDE LANGUAGE FOR OUR HOMELESS NEIGHBORS. THANK YOU, JASON, ROBIN, AISHA, JAMAL, SOREN, AND ELLIOTT. EVERYONE ELSE, YOU DISGUST ME. [1:26:48] **President Elliott Payne:** THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE NUMBER 21, STACY. 22, ALAINA, 23, TIA, 24, HAGEN, AND 25, JOE. WE'LL WELCOME UP 21, STACY. **Stacy Bellkrin:** THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. MY NAME IS STACY BELLKRIN. I AM HERE ON BEHALF FIRSTLY ON THE FEDERATION, WHICH ENDORSED THIS EVICTION MORATORIUM LAST NIGHT AT ITS DELEGATION. OUR UNION MEMBERS OF ALL OF OUR 175 PLUS UNIONS UNDER OUR UMBRELLA ARE EXPERIENCING TERROR. THEY ARE EXPERIENCING TERROR ON THEIR WAY TO THEIR HOURLY WAGE WORK THEY'RE EXPERIENCING IT ON THEIR WAY HOME SHAKING. YESTERDAY, WE HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE TALKING ABOUT A MEMBER WHO WAS TAKEN [1:27:50] FROM A BUS STOP ON DECEMBER 2ND. THEY DIDN'T MAKE IT HOME UNTIL JANUARY 6TH. WE ARE WORKING WITH THE NETWORKS THAT WE HAVE ACROSS THE COUNTRIES TO DO WHAT WE CAN. BUT WE NEED ALL OF OUR LEADERS ESPECIALLY THE FOLKS WE ENDORSE TO LEAN IN NOW. I'M TAKING THIS HAT OFF NOW TO SPEAK AS A CONSTITUENT. -- MICHAEL RAINVILLE, THERE ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR LIVING IN WARD 3. I LIVE IN NORTH LOOP. WE EXIST. WE ARE LOOKING FOR A LEADER. [1:28:31] **Stacy Bellkrin:** ACKNOWLEDGE HER -- THEM, EXCUSE ME. IF ICE IS NOT IN WARD 3, WHICH IT IS. IF YOU'RE THINKING IT'S NOT AN ISSUE FOR US, IT IS. I HAVE COLLEAGUES WHO I CARE ABOUT. I'M FREAKED OUT. I'M A MEMBER OF THE PRESS OUT THERE EVERY DAY. IF I WERE SHOT IN THE EFFING FACE, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? [1:28:55] I'M A RENTER. I MAY LOOK LIKE I MAKE A LOT OF MONEY. I WORK FOR A LABOR UNION. OUR PAY IS FAIR. OKAY. IF I NEEDED TO STAY HOME, THANK GOD MY EMPLOYER IS PART OF THE EMPLOYER CLASS THAT CARES. [1:29:10] BECAUSE YOU CERTAINLY DON'T. **President Elliott Payne:** THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] NUMBER 22, ALAINA HOLLY. [1:29:25] **Alaina Holly:** MY NAME IS ALAINA HOLLY, AND I'VE LIVED IN THE TWIN CITIES ALL MY LIFE. I'M WITH NEIGHBORS FOR NEIGHBORS. NEIGHBORS FOR NEIGHBORS WORKS TO ENSURE MINNESOTA MAKES SURE EVERYONE HAS A SAFE AND STABLE PLACE TO LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THEY CHOOSE. I'M SPEAKING UP IN SUPPORT OF AN EVICTION MORATORIUM. WE'RE ASKING THE GOVERNOR TO UNLOCK THIS POSSIBILITY WITH A STATE OF EMERGENCY AS WELL AS ASKING COUNTY AND STATE LEADERS TO PURSUE MORATORIUMS AT STATE LEVELS. WHEN COVID RIPPED THROUGH OUR LIVES, OUR LEADERS [1:29:57] RECOGNIZED THAT -- AND TOOK THE REASONABLE STEP OF IMPLEMENTING AN EVICTION MORATORIUM. PANDEMICS AND FEDERAL DEPLOYMENTS ARE CIRCUMSTANCES OUT OF OUR CONTROL. BUT THE ABILITY TO DISTINGUISH AN EMERGENCY AND TAKE NECESSARY ACTION TO PREVENT DAMAGE TO HUMAN LIFE AND SAFETY DURING THAT EMERGENCY IS FUNDAMENTALLY THE ONLY ABILITY THAT WARRANTS THE ELECTION TO PUBLIC OFFICE. I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT THE LEADERS MINNEAPOLIS ELECTED CAN SEE THE ABSOLUTELY UNREASONABLE DANGER THAT THE SPECTER OF EVICTION POSES AT THIS MOMENT. I HOPE YOU WILL TAKE SWIFT ACTION. THE COUNTRY IS WATCHING US TO SEE HOW WE RESPOND TO THIS MOMENT. [1:30:39] WE HAVE A REPUTATION AS A HUMANE REFUGE, A STRONGHOLD OF LOGIC AND BRAVERY. WILL INFLUENCE THE ACTIONS TAKEN NATIONWIDE. YOU HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT NATIONWIDE AND IN MINNEAPOLIS. -- AND TO THE FINANCIAL CONCERNS ABOUT AN EVICTION MORATORIUM. IF LANDLORDS ARE HARMED FINANCIALLY IN THIS MOMENT, THEY SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO END THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ARE CAUSING THEM HARM. THANK YOU. [1:31:15] **President Elliott Payne:** THANK YOU. NEXT UP, WE HAVE NUMBER 23, TIA JENETTE. **Tia Jenette:** HELLO. I AM HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE WHITTIER TENANTS ASSOCIATION. WE'RE IN WARD 10. [1:31:46] WE REPRESENT FIVE. I THINK IT IS ABSOLUTELY UNCONSCIONABLE TO PURSUE EVICTIONS WHILE WE EXPERIENCE THIS VIOLENT INVASION AND OCCUPATION. IT IS SHAMEFUL. TO FORCE OUR MOST VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS TO MAKE THE IMPOSSIBLE DECISION BETWEEN SAFETY OR SHELTER. NOW IS THE TIME TO SHOW YOUR COMMUNITY THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO USE THE POWER THAT YOU HAVE TO HELP KEEP THEM SAFE FROM HARM AND PROTECTED FROM DISPLACEMENT. CALLING THIS MORATORIUM A BANDAID ON A BULLET WOUND, DISGUSTING, BY THE WAY. [1:32:31] IT DOESN'T MAKE IT OKAY TO TURN AND LOOK THE OTHER WAY WHILE YOUR COMMUNITY IS BLEEDING. THANK YOU. **President Elliott Payne:** THANK YOU. NEXT UP, WE HAVE NUMBER 24, ELLA HAGEN. [1:32:54] **Ella Hagen:** I'M ELLA HAGEN. I LIVE IN WARD 10. I'M A MEMBER OF PSL. TRUMP HAS DECLARED OPEN CLASS WARFARE AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF MINNESOTA FROM CANCELLING CHILD CARE FUNDING TO ENDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR FOOD STAMPS, TO SKYROCKETING INSURANCE PREMIUMS, AND CUTTING ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO STATES WITH SANCTUARY CITIES. [1:33:24] HE HAS ENLISTED HIS OWN PERSONAL ARMY TO ENFORCE THIS PUNISHMENT. IN DOING SO, AFTER OVER SIX WEEKS OF OPERATION METRO SURGE, ICE HAS MADE WORKING CONDITIONS FOR MINNESOTANS ACROSS THE STATE IMPOSSIBLE. FACING A MOUNTAIN OF RISING COSTS AND DANGEROUS AND RACIST FEDERAL OCCUPATION, WORKERS ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF RELIEF. WE'RE HEARING FROM OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR FRIENDS, OUR FAMILIES, OUR LOVED ONES. [1:33:56] LEAVING THEIR HOMES TO GO TO WORK BRINGS UNCERTAINTY OF WHETHER THEY MIGHT BE DETAINED ON THE STREET. FROM THEIR CARS, OUTSIDE PLACES OF WORSHIP, HOSPITALS OR THEIR WORKPLACES THEMSELVES. THEY'RE FORCED INTO A CRISIS WHERE GOING TO WORK MEANS BEING DETAINED AND STAYING HOME MEANS THEY CAN'T PAY RENT. [1:34:17] GOVERNOR WALZ HAS THE ABILITY TO ENACT AN EVICTION MORATORIUM. HALTING ALL EVICTIONS UNTIL SUCH A TIME ICE IS NO LONGER A BARRIER FOR MINNESOTANS TO PAY THEIR RENT. HE DID THIS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC WHEN THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WERE UNEMPLOYED OR UNABLE TO WORK. HE CAN AND MUST DO SO AGAIN. THANKS. [1:34:38] **President Elliott Payne:** NEXT UP WE HAVE NUMBER 25, JOE HESLA. 26, SAMUEL HESLA. 27-29 JESSE MORTONSON. AND 30, TYLER. WELCOME NUMBER 25, JOE HESLA. **Joe Hesla:** I LIVE IN WARD 9. I'M A RETIRED SCHOOL TEACHER. THE OTHER DAY I WAS PATROLLING AT A SCHOOL IN MINNEAPOLIS, A GROUP OF BROWN AND BLACK KIDS WERE ENJOINED THERE AT THE DOOR AND SUDDENLY THE STAFF SAID GET INSIDE NOW. GET INSIDE. IT WAS A TRAUMATIC MOMENT. AND WHO KNOWS HOW OFTEN THAT HAPPENS. I'M ASKING YOU TODAY TO VOTE FOR THIS. AND I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT RIGHT NOW DON'T THINK ABOUT WHO IS PRESSURING YOU LIKE MAYOR FREY OR SOMEONE ELSE ON THE COUNCIL. THINK ABOUT IF IT'S YOUR MOTHER OR UNCLE OR YOUR KID [1:35:44] THAT COULD BE LEFT WHEN YOUR MOTHER GETS SNATCHED ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL, WHO GETS A KNOCK AT THEIR DOOR, WHO GETS YANKED OUT OF THEIR CAR. YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT AND VOTE YES ON THIS. BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. IF YOU DON'T, HISTORY WILL NOT TREAT YOU WELL. [1:36:05] **President Elliott Payne:** NEXT, WE HAVE NUMBER 26, SAMUEL HESLA. **Samuel Hesla:** HI. HI, MY NAME IS SAMUEL HESLA. I JUST WANT TO SAY IT'S ABOUT TIME TO ABOLISH ICE AND GET JUSTICE IN HERE. IT'S TIME -- IT'S TIME TO SPEAK UP. AND IT'S TIME TO -- AT MY WORKPLACE, SOME OF MY COWORKERS IS TARGETED BY ICE. AND MY MANAGER IS ALSO TARGETED BY ICE. [1:37:43] AND I'M SCARED TO GO TO WORK. I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN STAY HOME OR STILL GO TO WORK BECAUSE IF I GO TO WORK, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M GOING TO FIND MY COWORKERS DEAD OR DEPORTED. I DON'T WANT THAT. [1:38:07] NO. I DON'T WANT MY MANAGER TO GET DEPORTED OR DEAD. NO. NO. NO. I DON'T WANT THAT. SO I'M ACTUALLY SCARED TO GO TO WORK TOO. [1:38:23] **Reagan Rink:** YEAH, YOU'RE WELCOME. [APPLAUSE] NEXT UP, NUMBER 27. REAGAN. HI. MY NAME IS REAGAN RINK. I'M HOMELESSNESS MANAGER, RENTER, AND RESIDENT. I WANT TO THANK ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE WHO PUT THIS RESOLUTION FORWARD. AND I HAVE A PARTICULAR THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOWING UP ON THE FRONTLINES WITH YOUR COMMUNITY. WE SEE YOU. THANK YOU. I AM AN ORGANIZER. I MEET WITH PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES. I MEET THEIR FAMILIES. AND I WORK WITH THEM AS THEY PURSUE THEIR VISION OF STABILITY AND JUSTICE IN HOUSING. AS AN ORGANIZER, YOU GET REALLY CLOSE WITH PEOPLE. I HAVE HELD RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE FOR YEARS. THE PEOPLE I ORGANIZE WITH THAT I LIVE WITH [1:39:10] AND THAT I LOVE DON'T WANT TO GO OUTSIDE. THEY TELL ME THAT THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT WHERE THEY CAN HIDE IN THEIR APARTMENTS. THEY SAY IS MY CLOSET GOING TO KEEP ME SAFE? THEY AREN'T LEAVING UNLESS THEY HAVE TO FOR WORK. THEY'RE ASKING THEIR LANDLORDS TO INTERVENE. [1:39:28] AND EVEN AT THE BARE MINIMUM, THEY'RE GETTING NO SUPPORT. AND FRANKLY, THEY'RE BEING GASLIT ABOUT THE REALITY OF ICE IN THEIR PARKING LOTS THROWING THEIR CHILDREN TO THE GROUND AND BRUTALIZING THEM. NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO MAKE THIS CHOICE BETWEEN THE SAFETY OF THEMSELVES OR THEIR LOVED ONES AND THE FREEDOM TO MOVE ABOUT THEIR DAY AS THEY SO CHOOSE. BUT HERE WE ARE, AND THOUSANDS OF RENTERS ARE HAVING TO MAKE THAT CHOICE. WE ARE ALL FROGS IN A POT RIGHT NOW. SOME FROGS HAVE BEEN BOILED ALIVE. [1:40:03] OTHERS SEE IT COMING AND HAVE NOWHERE TO GO. THERE ARE OTHERS HERE ARE JUST STARTING TO FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING. I WILL NEVER CHOOSE -- THERE ARE DECISIONS AND CHALLENGES TO BE FACED THAT I DON'T THINK I COULD STAND UP TO. BUT YOU AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF MY ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THIS STATE AND AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL DID MAKE THAT CHOICE. YOU CHOSE TO TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY AND UP WITH BETTER SOLUTIONS. IT'S ON US. IT'S EMPTY WORDS. BE NOT BOLD, MOVE NOW, DO IT TOGETHER AND MOVE TOWARDS REAL ACTION. [1:40:43] PASS THIS RESOLUTION. **President Elliott Payne:** THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] NEXT, WE WILL WELCOME UP NUMBER 28, JESSICA ZIMENSKI. I'LL REMIND FOLKS TO KEEP YOUR COMMENTS RESPECTFUL AND MINDFUL. WE'RE ALL GOING THROUGH A LOT OF INTENSITY HERE. WELCOME. [1:41:00] **Jessica Zimenski:** HELLO. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS JESSICA, AND I AM A WARD 9 RESIDENT AND A POLICY ATTORNEY AT THE HOUSING JUSTICE CENTER, AND A MEMBER OF THE HOUSING JUSTICE LEAGUE. HOUSING JUSTICE CENTER IS A NON-PROFIT -- SAFE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING. NOTHING I HAVE TO SAY RIGHT NOW IS SOMETHING YOU HAVEN'T HEARD BEFORE BUT ENOUGH TO KEEP REPEATING. MINNEAPOLIS AND MINNESOTA ARE IN CRISIS. ICE IS KIDNAPPING OUR NEIGHBORS. PEOPLE ARE SCARED TO GO TO WORK OR GETTING GROCERIES BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY'RE JUST ONE ENCOUNTER AWAY FROM BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES. IT'S NOT JUST [1:41:46] OUR UNDOCUMENTED NEIGHBORS AT RISK. ICE IS TARGETING ANYONE WHO DOESN'T LOOK WHITE OR HAS THE GUTS TO STAND UP TO THEM. COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE SHOWING UP WITH DONATIONS AND IN THE STREETS. IT'S TIME FOR -- SIMPLY BECAUSE RENT IS DUE IN TWO WEEKS. MINNEAPOLIS AND MINNESOTA NEED TO ACT AND ISSUE AN EVICTION MORATORIUM. WE OWE IT TO OUR NEIGHBORS TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO FOCUS ON THEIR PERSONAL SAFETY AND NOT STRESS ABOUT WHETHER THEY WILL STILL HAVE A HOME TO SHELTER IN NEXT MONTH. WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG ICE WILL BE TERRORIZING OUR COMMUNITY. BUT WE DO KNOW THAT AN EVICTION MORATORIUM WILL SAVE [1:42:32] LIVES. JUST LIKE IT SAVED LIVES DURING THE COVID-19 MORATORIUM. SEEK RENTAL ASSISTANCE WHILE THEY SHELTER IN PLACE. IT GIVES THEM A CHANCE TO LIVE ANOTHER DAY AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT A BILL UNTIL IT'S SAFE TO GO TO WORK AGAIN. THE TIME TO ACT ON THIS WAS YESTERDAY. [1:42:54] BUT THE SECOND BEST TIME IS NOW. EVICT ICE NOT US. THANK YOU. **President Elliott Payne:** NEXT UP, WE HAVE NUMBER 29, JESSE MORTONSON. **Jesse Mortonson:** JESSE MORTONSON, WARD 12. FOR ME, THIS IS ABOUT SHARED SACRIFICE. COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ AND OTHERS HAVE SPOKEN POWERFULLY TO THE FOLKS WHO HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO TAKE EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES WHO ARE BEING RACIALLY TARGETED BY ICE AND THE FEDS RIGHT NOW. AND WE'VE SEEN JUST INCREDIBLE EVIDENCE OF SO MANY PEOPLE ACROSS MINNEAPOLIS WHO ARE NOT IN THAT CATEGORY SACRIFICING TIME, ENERGY, MONEY TO HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING TARGETED. [1:43:38] IT'S ONLY STRAIGHTFORWARD TO ME TO ASK LANDLORDS IN THE CITY AND THE STATE TO SHARE IN THAT SACRIFICE. BECAUSE WHERE ELSE DO PEOPLE HAVE TO GO? WE'RE ASKING LANDLORDS LET PEOPLE STAY HOME BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO GO THAT'S SAFE RIGHT NOW. AND I THINK IF THIS WAS A FLOOD, IF THE WATERS WERE RISING AND WE WERE ALL PASSING BUCKETS OF SAND AROUND, I THINK IF WE'RE RUNNING LOW ON BUCKETS, WE MIGHT GO TO THAT MINNESOTA MULTI-BUCKET ASSOCIATION AND SAY, HEY, WE NEED YOU TO SHARE SOME BUCKETS RIGHT NOW. I THINK THAT'S PRETTY STRAIGHT FORWARD. THANK YOU. [1:44:14] **President Elliott Payne:** NEXT UP, WE HAVE TYLER, NUMBER 30 ON DECK. 31, ANNA NELSON. 32, ANGELA B. 33, FEDU MOHAMMED. -- 36. NUMBER 35 HAD TO LEAVE. NUMBER 30, TYLER. ANNA NELSON. ALSO HAD TO LEAVE. 1, 32, ANGELA B. I HAVE A HARD TIME READING THAT. [1:45:27] **Angela Bonfiglio:** HELLO, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ANGELA BONFIGLIO. I'M HERE BECAUSE FOR THE LAST SIX WEEKS ICE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAVE BEEN TERRORIZING OUR COMMUNITIES, HAVING FEAR AND ISOLATION. AND THIS STOPPED BEING ABOUT IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT A LONG TIME AGO. AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER, WE'RE SEEING HARASSED, BEATEN AND KILLED. LAST NIGHT WE EXPERIENCED ANOTHER NIGHT OF A MAN SHOT IN MINNEAPOLIS. A CAR FULL OF BABIES AND CHILDREN WERE ATTACKED BY FEDERAL AGENTS WITH THREE FLASH BANGS SENDING A 6-MONTH OLD TO THE HOSPITAL. WE DEMAND THAT GOVERNOR WALZ ISSUE A STATE OF EMERGENCY NOW. AND USE EXECUTIVE POWER TO ISSUE A STATEWIDE MORATORIUM IMMEDIATELY. WE ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO UNANIMOUSLY PASS A RESOLUTION AND POLICY TO SUPPORT EVICTION MORATORIUM BE PUT IN PLACE AS SOON AS HE DOES SO. [1:45:59] DURING THE LAST EVICTION MORATORIUM, AS A TENANT ORGANIZER, I SAW HOW MANY FAMILIES BENEFITED. IT GIVES US MORE TIME TO FIGURE OUT THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE, TO FIGURE OUT ALL THE PIECES. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW. I MYSELF WAS PROTECTED FOR RETALIATION FROM MY LANDLORD DURING THE PANDEMIC. [1:46:24] TWO DAYS AFTER THE MORATORIUM WAS OVER, MY LEASE WAS TERMINATED IN RETALIATION FOR SPEAKING OUT IN 2021. REMOVING MYSELF AND MY NEIGHBORS FROM A COMMUNITY THAT WE HELD DEAR AND DEEP RELATIONSHIPS IN FOR EIGHT YEARS IN WARD 5. WE HAVE HEARD FROM FAMILIES NOT ONLY WORRIED RETALIATION FROM THEIR LANDLORDS IN THIS TIME FROM OTHER ISSUES. [1:46:49] THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO REASON WHY WE DON'T NEED THIS AGAIN DURING THIS TIME. THE COUNTRY IS WATCHING MINNESOTA RIGHT NOW, AND WE NEED TO LEAD BOLDLY. PLEASE BE CREATIVE AND WORK TOGETHER TO FIND SOLUTIONS. **President Elliott Payne:** THANK YOU. NUMBER 33, FEDUMA MOHAMMED. [1:47:11] **Feduma Mohammed:** MY NAME IS FEDUMA MOHAMMED, I'M A WARD 9 RESIDENT. MY MOM, A WARD 5 RESIDENT, HAS NOT LEFT HER HOUSE SINCE THE MURDER OF RENEE GOOD. THEY ARE NOT LEAVING THEIR HOUSE. THEY ARE TRAPPED AT HOME OUT OF FEAR. THEY CAN'T WORK. THEY CAN'T EARN A WAGE. [1:47:33] THAT FEAR HAS ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES. WE ARE SCARED. PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES ARE BEING HUNTED DOWN. THAT IS THE REALITY ON THE GROUND IN MINNEAPOLIS. IF RENT IS DUE AND PEOPLE CAN'T PAY, WE ARE LOOKING AT MASS EVICTIONS IN THE MIDDLE OF ANOTHER PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. [1:47:48] WE CANNOT SURVIVE ADDING A HEALTH CRISIS ON TO EVERYTHING WE'RE ALREADY CARRYING. EVICTIONS WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR ICE TO ABDUCT AND MURDER OUR NEIGHBORS AND MAKE THE CITY UNSTABLE. SOME OF YOU ARE NEW TO THIS COUNCIL AND YOU ASKED US TO TRUST YOU THIS SUMMER WHEN YOU CAMPAIGNED AND WE ELECTED YOU. [1:48:08] NOW WE'RE ASKING YOU TO PROTECT US, TO STAND UP WITH US. JOIN YOUR CONSTITUENTS. JOIN YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS. PASS THIS MORATORIUM. PRESSURE GOVERNOR WALZ TO ACT. WE WILL NOT SURVIVE THIS MOMENT IF WE DO NOT PROTECT EACH OTHER. THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY. [APPLAUSE] [1:48:27] **Luis:** MICHAELA. -- LUIS. I'M HERE TO SHARE A PERSONAL STORY. UNFORTUNATELY, WHO I AM AND WHO MY FAMILY ARE, WE'RE NOT NEW TO DISPLACEMENT AND THREATS FROM IMMIGRATION AGENTS AND LAWS. MINNESOTA CONTINUES TO MY BE HOME TODAY. [1:48:59] BUT THERE HAVE BEEN MOMENTS WHERE -- IT HAS CAUSED US TO MOVE TO DIFFERENT STATES. AND I HAD SAW MY FAMILY THRIVE IN ARIZONA, IN PHOENIX, AND SAW THAT DRIVE THAT MY PARENTS HAVE BEING COMPLETELY DROWNED AWAY WHEN THERE WAS AN ELECTION OF A SHERIFF NAMED JOE ARPAIO, WHO MADE IT HIS MISSION TO REMOVE AND DISPLACE MY COMMUNITY. [1:49:25] MINNESOTA IS ON THE VERGE OF BEING COMPLICIT IN THOSE SAME STEPS. I URGE YOU NOW TO TAKE ACTION ON THESE RESOLUTION TO NOT ONLY URGE THE GOVERNOR TO ISSUE THROUGH HIS EXECUTIVE POWER AN EVICTION MORATORIUM, BUT TO EXERCISE YOUR ABILITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY TO USE ALL THE TOOLS IN YOUR MECHANISM TO ALLEVIATE THE PAIN. [1:49:46] AND MAKE SURE WE ARE SAFE AND WHOLE. I AM ALSO A BOARD MEMBER OF A NONPROFIT WHO DOES IMMIGRATION WORK. IT IS INCREDIBLY -- THERE'S NO WORDS TO EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS TO GO THROUGH A DELEGATION OF PARENTAL AUTHORITY WITH A PARENT TO ENSURE THAT FOLKS HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE FOR IF THEY ARE CAUGHT ON THE STREETS AND DISPLACED, AND THEIR CHILDREN ARE AT HOME OR THEY'RE AT SCHOOL OR ANYWHERE ELSE. THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A PLAN THAT THEY GO TO A FAMILY MEMBER THAT IS SAFE AND SECURE AND NOT INTO THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM. -- FOLKS ARE AT THEIR LAST STEP OF WHAT CAN BE DONE. I APPRECIATE THE FOLKS THAT ARE ON [1:50:34] THE STREET NOW AND IN THE COMMUNITY. COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, I HEAR YOU, I SEE YOU. MUCH LOVE TO YOU. **President Elliott Payne:** NEXT UP WE HAVE NUMBER 36, KENTON. AND ON DECK 37, IAN ROSENTHAL. 38, MIKE SAMUELSON. [1:50:57] 39, RABBI COHEN. AND 40, JOHN HAIN. **Kenton Card:** GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS KENTON CARD. I LIVE IN WARD 6. THE ACADEMIC EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT AN EVICTION MORATORIUM IS AN EFFECTIVE AND MEASURED TOOL TO FOSTER COMMUNITY SAFETY. SO I'M GOING TO SHARE RECENT RESEARCH ON THE TOPIC THAT SHOWS HOW IT STABILIZES FAMILIES. IT FOSTERS HEALTH AND IT HAS ECONOMIC BENEFITS. THESE ARE ALL PART OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE CONCERNED. IT STABILIZES FAMILIES BECAUSE IT WORKS IN REDUCING EVICTIONS. IT FOSTERS HEALTH. WE KNOW WE HAVE A GREAT NATURAL EXPERIMENT. GRAND WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTRY. [1:51:43] MORATORIUMS DURING COVID-19. IT HELPED REDUCE MENTAL DISTRESS DURING THAT CRISIS. IT ALSO REDUCED COVID INFECTIONS AND DEATHS. 10,000 ADDITIONAL DEATHS. SO HOW MIGHT ACTING HARM HEALTH? NOT ACTING HARM HEALTH. [1:52:13] WE SHOULD EXPECT THE ECONOMIC PRESSURES DURING THIS GREATER EVICTIONS. AND THAT'S GOING TO MEAN VIOLENT ARRESTS. WE KNOW PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE VERY VULNERABLE DURING THE EVICTION PROCESS TO THIS. [1:52:30] FINALLY, FUNDAMENTALLY, THERE ARE POSITIVE SIGNS THAT AN EVICTION MORATORIUM SUPPORTS A HEALTHY ECONOMY. WE KNOW THAT VULNERABLE FAMILIES RECOVER FASTER DURING COVID-19. THERE IS NOT EVIDENCE THAT THERE ARE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES FOR THE HOUSING MARKET OF IMPLEMENTING. -- SHOWN WITH THE MOST RIGOROUS ECONOMETRIC TOOLS. [1:53:00] IT DOES NOT REDUCE SUPPLY OR INCREASED COST OF RENT. I CAN SHARE THAT EVIDENCE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. **President Elliott Payne:** THANK YOU. NEXT UP, NUMBER 37, IAN ROSENTHAL. [1:53:18] **Ian Rosenthal:** HELLO, CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS IAN ROSENTHAL. RENTER IN WARD 9. AND I'M HERE TO LEND JEWISH ACTION VOICE. THE JEWISH PRINCIPLE TELLS US THAT THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE SUPERSEDES ALMOST ALL OTHER RULES. - THE DAILY VIOLENCE OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS AND LOVED ONES ARE EXPERIENCING IS A CIVIC CRISIS OF THE HIGHEST ORDER. WE [1:53:45] KNOW OUR LIVES ARE AT STAKE BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY LOST SO MANY. AT THE VIGIL OF RENEE GOOD, A MOTHER AND CHILD STOOD BEHIND ME. THE CHILD ASKED, MOM, DOES ICE KILL CHILDREN TOO? HER MOTHER WITH CARE AND HONESTY SAID I HOPE NOT, SWEETIE. I LOST MY BREATH AT THE SADNESS OF THIS MOMENT. I IMAGINE MY ANCESTORS FACING THE SAME QUESTIONS FROM THEIR CHILDREN AND HAVING TO MUSTER UNIMAGINABLE STRENGTH TO REPLY. [1:54:18] THIS IS THE WORLD WE ARE CURRENTLY LIVING IN. FOR THE PAST SIX WEEKS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TERRORIFIED TO GO TO WORK, AND PLACES LIKE THE GROCERY STORE. THEY ARE STILL FORCED TO DO THE CALCULUS, HOW MANY DAYS OF WORK CAN I MISS AND STILL MAKE RENT. [1:54:41] THEY ARE FORCED TO SPEND ON BASIC NEEDS RATHER THAN SOLELY FOCUS ON RETURNING THEIR BELOVEDS. EVEN AFTER DURESS, THE RENT IS DUE. OUR SYSTEM IS THREATENING TO DISPLACE OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. THERE IS NO JUSTICE IN EVICTION UNDER OCCUPATION. THERE IS NO JUSTICE IN EVICTION AT ALL. FOR THIS REASON, WE ARE CALLING ON OUR CITY COUNCIL TO UNANIMOUSLY, UNANIMOUSLY PASS THIS RESOLUTION AND POLICY TODAY. AND TO GOVERNOR WALZ, WE SAY DO YOUR PART. [1:55:17] **President Elliott Payne:** THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NUMBER 38, MIKE SAMUELSON. **Mike Samuelson:** MIKE SAMUELSON, WARD 10. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY. I'M HERE FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T BE HERE BECAUSE THEY'RE PROTECTING THEIR NEIGHBORS OR THEY'RE TOO AFRAID TO BE HERE. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY. WE DON'T NEED WORDS. [1:55:43] WE NEED ACTION. TODAY, WE CAN EITHER DO SOMETHING OR WE CAN DO NOTHING. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY. THIS ISN'T THE TIME TO SAY IS THIS THE PERFECT POLICY. DO YOU THINK EVERYONE HERE THINKS THIS IS THE PERFECT POLICY? NO. WE KNOW THIS IS NOT THE PERFECT OF THE SOLUTION. SO WE NEED PART ACTION TODAY FROM YOU ALL WHO WE TRUST, WHO WE'VE ELECTED IN A TIME WE NEED SO MUCH HELP. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY. PLEASE, TODAY, UNANIMOUSLY, PASS THIS RESOLUTION. PASS THIS ORDINANCE. [1:56:22] SEND IT TO THE GOVERNOR AND SHOW HIM WHAT LEADERSHIP LOOKS LIKE FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] **President Elliott Payne:** NEXT UP, 39, RABBI COHEN. [1:56:41] **Rabbi Eva Cohen:** THANK YOU. I'M RABBI EVA COHEN AND I LIVE IN MINNEAPOLIS' SEWARD NEIGHBORHOOD IN COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY'S WARD. I'M HERE TESTIFY TO THE NEED FOR AN EVICTION MORATORIUM IN THE WAKE OF ICE'S IMMORAL OCCUPATION THAT'S TARGETING OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. AN EVICTION MORATORIUM IS AN ETHICAL HUMANE RESPONSE TO AN UNETHICAL INHUMANE SITUATION. AS SO MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS ARE SHELTERING IN PLACE TO STAY SAFE AND ARE SUFFERING FINANCIALLY BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GO TO WORK OR BECAUSE THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE BEEN KIDNAPPED, THE LAST THING THAT WE NEED IS FOR OUR NEIGHBORS TO [1:57:27] LOSE THEIR HOMES AND TO BECOME EVEN MORE VULNERABLE. LOOKING TO JEWISH TRADITION, THE MISHNA, THE OLDEST COLLECTION OF RA RABBINIC LAW -- BETWEEN THE FALL FESTIVAL AND SPRING FESTIVAL OF PASSOVER. THERE'S A RECOGNITION THAT IT'S NOT ETHICAL TO KICK SOMEONE OUT OF THEIR HOME WHEN THE WEATHER OUTSIDE IS BAD, WHEN IT'S DANGEROUS TO BE UNSHELTERED. RIGHT NOW IN MINNEAPOLIS, NOT ONLY IS IT WINTER AND NOT ONLY IS IT FREEZING, ICE IS ADDING A WHOLE OTHER LEVEL OF COLDNESS AND DANGER. LET'S DO EVERYTHING THAT [1:58:14] WE CAN TO KEEP OUR NEIGHBORS SAFE AND WARM IN THEIR HOMES. THANK YOU. **President Elliott Payne:** THANK YOU. NEXT UP, WE HAVE JOHN, AND ON DECK, WE HAVE NUMBER 41, CLINT CONNOR. 42, CONNOR, 43, 44, AND 45. WELCOME NUMBER 40, JOHN. [1:58:40] **John Hain:** THANK YOU. MY NAME IS JOHN HAIN OF MINNEAPOLIS AND A RESIDENT OF WARD 7. I LIVE ON THE STREET GRID WHERE SOUTH MEETS NORTH. I'M HERE TO CONFIRM THIS MORNING EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IN THIS CITY IS UNDER A SIEGE, AND IT HAS TO END. YOU CAN'T END THAT SIEGE TODAY. THEY COULDN'T END IT YESTERDAY IN FEDERAL COURT JUST THE OTHER DAY. I APPRECIATE THE CITY HAVING A PART IN STEPPING UP. WHAT CAN BE DONE TO STOP THE INVASION OF OUR TOWN. BUT WE HAVE BEEN INVADED AND SIEGED BY AN ARMY OF THUGS. I HOPE YOU [1:59:26] TAKE EVERYTHING IN ACCOUNT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T SAY IT MORE ELOQUENTLY THAN I HAVE. I KNOW YOU HAVE SEEN IT. I KNOW ALL OF US IN THIS ROOM HAVE HEARD IT AND YOU CAN'T DENY IT. SO TO SAY THIS IS NOT AN EMERGENCY, IT IS. IT'S A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY. [1:59:43] IT'S A PUBLIC SAFETY EMERGENCY. WHAT CAN YOU DO IN THIS MOMENT? AN EMERGENCY IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, IT SURE AS HELL IS I WANT THAT DECLARATION. IT'S JUST ONE ELEMENT OF RELIEF IN EVICTION MORATORIUM. THERE'S SO MUCH MORE TO DO AND PEOPLE ARE HERE DOING IT. AND I'D LIKE YOU TO DO YOUR PART. YEAH, THERE'S GOING TO BE ECONOMIC DISRUPTION, SOME DISLOCATION. BUT WE'VE SEEN IT ALREADY. YOU CAN'T RENT A CAR, THEY'RE ALREADY ALL GONE. [2:00:18] YOU CAN'T FIND A MASK ON YOUR HARDWARE SHELF IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WELL, WE'RE MAKING ENOUGH WHISTLES ANYWAY. WHAT CAN YOU DO TODAY? IT SHOULD BE UNANIMOUS. PASS A RESOLUTION. [2:00:34] **Clint Connor:** 41, CLINT CONNOR. MY NAME IS CLINT CONNOR. I LIVE IN LOWRY HILL. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR GIVING THE PUBLIC THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THESE VERY IMPORTANT ISSUES. ALTHOUGH I'VE REPRESENTED MANY VULNERABLE TENANTS IN HOUSING COURT, I'M NOT HERE SPECIFICALLY TO SPEAK ABOUT THE MORATORIUM. INSTEAD, I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS HOW THE CITY IS DEALING WITH THE UNPRECEDENTED ISSUES WE ARE FACING MORE GENERALLY. I'D LIKE TO FOLLOW UP ON THE POINT MY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER MADE, MS. SHAFFER, LOCAL RESPONSE IN DEALING WITH ROGUE FEDERAL AGENTS. I COMPLETELY AGREE ON THAT POINT. [2:01:18] BUT IT BEGS THE QUESTION, WHERE ARE THE RAPID RESPONSE PROFESSIONALS IN THE MPD WHOSE SALARIES PAY TO RESPOND TO PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS? THE MAYOR HAS BEEN TOUTING TO THE MEDIA THAT THE CITY HAS ALREADY SPENT $2 MILLION IN OVERTIME FOR THE MPD SINCE THE ICE INCURSION. [2:01:37] BUT THE ONLY THING WE HAVE TO SHOW FOR THAT IS 40 ARRESTS OF OUR OWN NEIGHBOR PROTESTORS, AND ZERO ARRESTS OF ICE CRIMINALS. WE NEED THE MAYOR TO IMPLEMENT AN ICE CRIMINAL ARREST PLAN, JUST LIKE THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HAS ALREADY DONE. [2:01:57] WE NEED OUR POLICE TO HELP CHANGE THE NARRATIVE FROM LAW VERSUS RADICALS TO ICE CRIMINALS VERSUS LAW. AND WE NEED IT NOW. MANY SUSPECT THAT TRUMP IS USING INTERFERING WITH OUR ELECTIONS IN NOVEMBER. IF WE DON'T USE THIS TIME FOR OUR MPD TO LEARN COUNTER TACTICS AND WE ARE CAUGHT FLAT FOOTED LIKE WE ARE NOW, THE RESULTS CAN BE HISTORICALLY CATASTROPHIC. I HOPE YOU'RE NOT SATISFIED WITH THE MAYOR'S EXCUSE THAT ICE HAS BIGGER GUNS AND MORE MEN. THIS IS NOT ABOUT GUNS. IT'S NOT ABOUT NUMBERS. IT'S ABOUT OUR PAID PROFESSIONALS ENFORCING OUR [2:02:44] LAWS. THANK YOU. **President Elliott Payne:** THANK YOU. NUMBER 42, CONNOR HOLBART. **Connor Holbart:** COUNCIL, WARD 5 RESIDENT. JUST HERE TO SAY EVICT ICE NOT US. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] **President Elliott Payne:** NUMBER 43, SAM WEISSBERG. [2:03:05] **Sam Weissberg:** THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. MY NAME IS SAM WEISSBERG. I'M A LIQUOR SALES REP. I WORK FOR A LIQUOR DISTRIBUTOR. THIS IS NOT A JOB THAT SHOULD PUT ME IN FRONT OF THE CITY COUNCIL. I WORK WITH RESTAURANTS ACROSS THE CITY. I TALK TO DOZENS OF RESTAURANTS EVERY WEEK. EVERY SINGLE RESTAURANT IN THIS CITY IS BEING IMPACTED BY THIS ICE INVASION RIGHT NOW. THEY ALL HAVE STAFF WHO ARE BEING AFFECTED. AT BEST, STAFF ARE OUT BECAUSE THEY ARE CARING FOR LOVED ONES OR WATCHING THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. AT WORST, I HAVE PERSONALLY TALKED TO MULTIPLE RESTAURANTS, AT WORST, THEY HAVE STAFF WHO ARE HIDING IN THEIR HOMES AND ARE NOT ABLE TO COME TO WORK. IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL [2:03:51] IF THOSE RESTAURANTS COULD PAY THOSE STAFF PEOPLE FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO BELIEVE THAT AN EVICTION MORATORIUM IS NOT ENOUGH OF A POLICY. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOUR POLICY TO SUPPORT FOR RESTAURANT OWNERS. IF YOU LOVE BUSINESS, GO SUPPORT THEM. THEY COULD PAY THEIR PEOPLE. UNTIL THAT POLICY IS PASSED, FEBRUARY 1ST IS COMING, ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS PASS IT UP TO THE GOVERNOR. ASK THE GOVERNOR TO PASS AN EVICTION MORATORIUM. WHAT THIS POLICY IS DOING, WHAT WE ARE ASKING YOU TO DO IS TO PRIORITIZE THE LIFE OF PEOPLE IN YOUR CITY WHO WILL BE PUT INTO A SYSTEM OF CONCENTRATION CAMPS THAT ARE UNACCOUNTABLE. WE KNOW THIS. [2:04:31] THIS HAS BEEN REPORTED. SO YOU CAN EITHER PROTECT PEOPLE'S LIVES WHO ARE GOING TO BE PUT IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS, OR YOU CAN PROTECT THE FINANCIAL INVESTMENT OF LANDLORDS IN THIS CITY. I'M A JEWISH PERSON. I THINK THAT CHOICE IS REALLY MORALLY CLEAR. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THERE'S ANY HEMMING AND HAWING ON THIS COUNCIL. COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE, I AM ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL TO YOU. I SEE YOU ON THE STREET EVERY DAY. [2:04:59] THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] **President Elliott Payne:** NUMBER 44, AL LONGTINE. [2:05:15] **Al Longtine:** HELLO. I'M AL LONGTINE, I'M A WARD 7 RESIDENT. IT BEARS REPEATING THAT THESE AGENTS OF ICE, CUSTOMS BORDER PATROL, AND DHS ARE DELIBERATELY OBSCURING THEIR IDENTITIES, BRUTALIZING CIVILIANS WHILE DOING SO. OUR NEIGHBORS ARE BEING PICKED UP OUTSIDE OF SCHOOLS, THEIR WORK AND THEIR RESIDENCES. FAMILIES ARE BEING LEFT WITHOUT PARENTS AND PROVIDERS. WHO COULD GO TO WORK TO PAY RENT IN THESE CONDITIONS? FRIENDS OF MINE ARE AFRAID TO LEAVE THE HOUSE. THEY DON'T GO OUT. THEY CARRY THEIR PASSPORTS WITH THEM TO GET GROCERIES. ALL OF THEM HAVE BEEN CITIZENS SINCE BIRTH. BUT THEY KNOW THAT DOES NOT MATTER. A [2:06:05] RENT MORATORIUM WOULD HELP SECURE FAMILIES SO NO ONE IS TURNED OUT JUST TO BE SCOOPED UP BY ANONYMOUS AGENTS. THANK YOU. **President Elliott Payne:** NEXT WE HAVE NUMBER 45, GWEN. 46, AMBER FREDRICK. 47, MEGAN BLACKWOOD. 48, KIMBERLY LATREL. NUMBER 45, GWEN. **Gwen:** HELLO, MY NAME IS GWEN. I'M A RESIDENT OF WARD 2. AND I'M HERE TO CALL FOR AN EVICTION MORATORIUM SO THAT OUR CITIZENS CAN DO THE JOB OF OUR POLICE AND OUR GOVERNMENT, AND PROTECT OUR CITIZENS. BECAUSE OVER THE YEARS WE HAVE SEEN THAT THEY WILL NOT COME TO PROTECT US. IF YOU WANT US TO SURVIVE, IF YOU WANT US TO STILL PROP UP YOUR ECONOMY THAT YOU CARE ABOUT MORE THAN OUR [2:07:07] LIVES, THEN PLEASE, ALLOW US TO STRIKE. PLEASE. I FEEL THE WORLD IS SCREAMING OUT IN PAIN. THE SYSTEM THAT HUMANITY HAS BUILT IS FAILING. OUR WORLD IS RUN BY HATRED, AND IT SICKENS ME. IT BREAKS MY HEART. I'M EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED IN THE PEOPLE BEFORE ME. I'M EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED IN THE WORLD WE LIVE IN. I WANT TO SEE CHANGE. EVERYONE IS NO DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER. WE ALL DESERVE LOVE AND CARE. AND WHAT I'M SEEING HAPPENING TO OUR IMMIGRANTS IS SAD. AND IF WE THINK IT'S GOING TO STOP WITH THEM, YOU'RE WRONG. YOU'RE [2:07:59] WRONG. DONALD TRUMP IS USING US. HE'S SEEING IF HE CAN BREAK OUR SPIRIT. WE CAN'T LET HIM. ON A NATIONAL SCALE, SEE US FAIL. [2:08:14] THIS IS A TEST TO SEE HOW MUCH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN DO AND GET AWAY WITH. PLEASE, WE NEED TO RISE TOGETHER AND WE CAN ONLY DO THAT WITH ENOUGH EFFORT IF YOU HAVE THE EVICTION MORATORIUM. OR ELSE PEOPLE ARE -- THEY'RE SCARED. WE'RE TIED TO OUR JOBS TO LIVE, TO EAT, TO HAVE HEALTH CARE. [2:08:40] EVERYTHING. THANK YOU. **President Elliott Payne:** THANK YOU. NUMBER 46, AMBER FREDRICK. WELCOME. **Amber Fredrick:** MY NAME IS AMBER FREDRICK. I'M A MINNEAPOLIS PARK AND RECREATION BOARD COMMISSIONER, AND AT LARGE COMMISSIONER AND WARD 5 RESIDENT. COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN, YOU RAN ON ENSURING THAT EVERY RESIDENT HAS ACCESS TO SAFE AND AFFORDABLE HOMES. THE HOUSING CRISIS IS NOT THEORETICAL. IT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AND IT IS ESCALATING IN YOUR WARD. TODAY, MANY OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS ARE AFRAID TO SHOW UP AND SPEAK TO YOU. I RECOGNIZE MY OWN PRIVILEGE IN BEING ABLE TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY, AND I'M USING IT FOR NEIGHBORS WHO ARE TOO SCARED TO [2:09:25] BE PRESENT. HERE'S WHAT THEY ASKED ME TO SHARE. WE NEED TO STAY HERE WITH OUR FAMILY. OUR KIDS ARE MISSING SCHOOL. ANOTHER NEIGHBOR SAID, AS A MOTHER WITH A CHILD ON THE SPECTRUM, WE ARE LIVING IN FEAR. MY HUSBAND AND I ARE WORKING FROM HOME AND OUR LIVES ARE ON PAUSE. ANOTHER SHARED WE ARE TERRIFIED TO BE OUT. OUR KIDS DON'T GET TO PLAY OUTSIDE. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TOMORROW WILL LOOK LIKE. THIS IS NOT THE AMERICAN DREAM. WE ARE LIVING A NIGHTMARE. WE ARE AMERICAN CITIZENS. COUNCIL MEMBERS WARREN, VETAW, AND PALMISANO, AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL MYSELF, I HAVE SPOKEN WITH YOU ABOUT VALUES AND BELIEFS. AND I BELIEVE THAT WE SHARE COMMON GROUND. I DO. I BELIEVE THAT WE SHARE COMMON GROUND. IF THOSE SHARED VALUES DO NOT INCLUDE KEEPING OUR NEIGHBORS SAFE, IF PROTECTING [2:10:12] IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS IS DISMISSED AS NOT SUSTAINABLE, THEN I NEED TO KNOW WHAT WILL YOU DO? THIS IS AN EMERGENCY. AND OUR NEIGHBORS DESERVE PROPOSALS TO BE PASSED WITHOUT HEMMING AND HAWING ABOUT WHY THEY ARE NOT PERFECT. THEY WILL DIE. THEY DESERVE YOUR ATTENTION. YOU KNOW OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS ARE VULNERABLE. I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU DO NOT PASS THIS, YOU'RE USING YOUR AUTHORITY AS A SHIELD FROM YOURSELVES INSTEAD OF USING IT TO PROTECT THEM. THAT IS A DELIBERATE CHOICE. I BELIEVE THAT. I DO. [2:10:52] **President Elliott Payne:** THANK YOU. NUMBER 47, MEGAN BLACKWOOD. **Megan Blackwood:** MY NAME IS MEGAN BLACKWOOD. I AM A NURSING STUDENT. A HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL, A MOM, A WIFE, AND I'M A RESIDENT OF MINNEAPOLIS. OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS WE HAVE BEEN CATAPULTED INTO CHAOS. AS RESIDENTS, WE'VE BEEN LEFT WONDERING WHETHER WE STILL HAVE A CITY WE CAN ALL CALL SAFE, NOT JUST IN THEORY, BUT IN PRACTICE. I SENT MY DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL WONDERING IF SHE WILL BE SAFE. I GO TO WORK WONDERING IF MY COWORKERS OR [2:11:38] MYSELF WILL BE SAFE. I GO TO CAMPUS QUESTIONING EVERY PERSON WITHOUT A CAMPUS ID, ASKING MYSELF WHETHER THEY'RE MEANT TO BE THERE. OVER 40% OF MY COHORT IS MADE UP OF IMMIGRANTS, AND 10% HAVE ALREADY DROPPED OUT. [2:11:55] THE SEMESTER JUST STARTED. THEY WERE FUTURE NURSES WHO HAD TO PUT THEIR DREAMS ON HOLD. SO I WATCH FOR THEM. I WATCH FOR MY DAUGHTER. I WATCH FOR MY WIFE. AND I WATCH FOR MY NEIGHBORS. THAT CONSTANT VIGILANCE IS NOT SAFETY. IT IS FEAR. AND FEAR IS EXHAUSTING. ICE IS NOT ONLY INSTILLING FEAR IN IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, IT IS SPREADING FEAR ACROSS NEIGHBORHOODS, SCHOOLS, WORKPLACES AND HOMES. I KNOW YOU MAY HAVE LIMITED POWER TO REMOVE ICE FROM OUR CITY, BUT YOU HAVE IMMENSE POWER TO HELP US APPLY PRESSURE TO THOSE WHO CAN. YOUR VOICE MATTERS TOO. [2:12:44] YOUR POSITIONS MATTER. BUT KNOW THAT SILENCE IS ALSO A CHOICE. WHEN WE GO HOME, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FEEL SECURE UNDER OUR OWN ROOF. A HOME SHOULD BE A PLACE OF REST NOT A PLACE OF ANXIETY THAT FOLLOWS YOU THROUGH THE DOOR. YOU SIT IN POSITIONS OF POWER. ACROSS THE STATE, THERE ARE PEOPLE IN POSITIONS YOU ARE IN WHO WILL SAY ANYTHING FOR ATTENTION, FOR A HEADLINE, FOR 10-SECONDS OF FAME. WILL YOU BE ONE OF THEM? [2:13:13] **President Elliott Payne:** THANK YOU. NUMBER 48, KIMBERLY LATTREL. [2:13:29] **Kimberly Lattrel:** I FEEL LIKE IN MINNEAPOLIS I'M A SITTING DUCK. I DON'T FEEL SAFE AT HOME. I DON'T FEEL SAFE AT WORK. KIDS AREN'T SAFE AT SCHOOL. I WAS BORN IN MINNEAPOLIS, AND I'M SCARED OUT OF MY MIND BECAUSE I HAVE SKIN THAT IS NOT WHITE. AND THAT IS NOT FAIR. I AM A NURSE. THERE'S A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY BECAUSE NURSES AREN'T SHOWING UP OUT. BECAUSE WHEN WE ADVOCATE FOR OUR BLACK AND BROWN PATIENTS, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ICE COMES INTO OUR HOSPITALS? WE ARE MAKING PLANS OF WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO BECAUSE WE ARE IN ETHICAL DILEMMAS ON WHAT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. WHAT HAPPENS [2:14:16] WHEN THEY START PULLING PEOPLE SUSTAINABLE OUTSIDE OF THE HOSPITAL. WHERE IS OUR MORAL CODE? I MAKE $80,000 A YEAR. $20,000 MORE THAN WHAT THE AVERAGE MINNESOTAN MAKES AND I PUT MY MORTGAGE IN FORBEARANCE SUSTAINABLE. MUTUAL AID IS NOT SUSTAINABLE ANYMORE. [2:14:50] **President Elliott Payne:** OUR LAST SPEAKER THAT SIGNED UP IS CONNOR CARROLL. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? IF YOU DO, PLEASE SEE THE CLERKS OUTSIDE OF 392. OTHERWISE, WELCOME, CONNOR. [2:15:06] **Connor Carroll:** THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS. I DO HOPE THAT THE COUNCIL MAKES IT ABUNDANTLY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THIS RESOLUTION IS AND IS NOT. I KNOW THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION FROM FOLKS ABOUT WHAT THIS DOES AND DOESN'T DO. TO THAT POINT I WANT TO RESPOND TO SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO SPOKE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING EXPRESSING SKEPTICISM OF THE IMPACT OF THIS RESOLUTION. [2:15:26] CHARACTERIZING THIS RESOLUTION IS JUST A LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR. IT TO ME IMPLIES IT HAS NO IMPACT. I DON'T THINK THAT'S TRUE. I THINK THE LETTER TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MOST LARGES CITY HAS AN IMPACT AND SENDS A MESSAGE NOT JUST TO THE GOVERNOR BUT TO EVERYONE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND I HOPE THAT YOU -- THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHEN YOU RECEIVE A LETTER FROM YOUR CONSTITUENTS, I HOPE YOU WOULD SO CONSIDER THAT TO BE IMPACTFUL AS WELL. BECAUSE TODAY'S RESOLUTION IS SYMBOLIC, I WOULD ASK THAT THE COUNCIL WORK AS FAST AS POSSIBLE TO PASS CITY-WIDE EVICTION MORATORIUM. [2:16:10] AND IT'S HIGHLY BENEFICIAL, EVEN TO CITIZENS AND PERMANENT RESIDENTS OF MINNEAPOLIS, BECAUSE I PERSONALLY KNOW PEOPLE WHO ARE CITIZENS, PEOPLE OF COLOR, AND THEY ARE STAYING HOME MORE BECAUSE THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT GETTING PICKED UP AND HARMED. AND I WOULD ALSO ASK AT THE CITY LEVEL TO PASS RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE NEXT THREE TO FIVE MONTHS AT LEAST. EVENTUALLY ICE WILL STOP WHAT ITS DOING, I THINK. BUT IT WILL TAKE TIME FOR PEOPLE TO BUILD BACK THEIR SAVINGS AND RETURN TO WORK. THEY NEED TO HAVE SOME RELIEF DURING THAT TIME. SO THANK YOU. [2:16:47] **President Elliott Payne:** THANK YOU. NOW OUR LAST SPEAKER IS NUMBER 50, ABBY HARRY. **Abby Harry:** HI. I WASN'T GOING TO SPEAK TODAY BECAUSE I JUST WANTED TO SUPPORT EVERYONE ELSE IN THE ROOM. BUT I'M A RESIDENT OF WARD 4. I JUST FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO ADD THAT I'M WATCHING YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, ON HOW YOU VOTE ON THIS ISSUE. AND I WILL PERSONALLY SUPPORT IF SOMEONE ELSE RUNS AGAINST YOU NEXT CAMPAIGN IF YOU DON'T VOTE YES. THANK YOU. [2:17:21] **President Elliott Payne:** THAT IS OUR FINAL SPEAKER. AND THAT COMPLETES THE LIST OF REGISTERED SPEAKERS. WITH THAT, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. I WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE WHO SPOKE OR SUBMITTED COMMENTS. WITH THAT, I KNOW THAT VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN HAS A PRIOR ENGAGEMENT. I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY HAS SOME COMMENTS. AND I KNOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING HAS AN AMENDMENT. CAN WE PROCEDURALLY TAKE UP THE AMENDMENT, AND THEN SPEAK TO THE FULL PACKAGE? IS THAT OKAY WITH EVERYBODY? OKAY. [2:18:05] I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. **Council Member Jamison Whiting:** YES, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO OFFER AND WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO IT. SOUNDS LIKE WE'LL PROBABLY SPEAK TO THIS AS A WHOLE. I KNOW YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED COPIES FROM THE DAIS. IF NOT, LET ME KNOW. I'M SURE THE CLERK WILL GET THEM OUT. BUT OFFERING UP. IT SOUNDS LIKE MR. PRESIDENT, SPEAKING TO THIS AMENDMENT WILL COME AFTER -- RIGHT NOW? **President Elliott Payne:** WITHOUT OBJECTION, LET'S TAKE UP THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED. COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, IS THERE -- WE'LL TAKE THE FULL PACKAGE AS AMENDED. LET'S MOVE THIS AS AMENDED. IS THERE A SECOND? [2:18:45] **Council Member Robin Wonsley:** SECOND. **President Elliott Payne:** THIS HAS BEEN MOVED FOR APPROVAL AND SECONDED. I WILL NOW RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. **Council Member Robin Wonsley:** THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. AS I HIGHLIGHTED, COLLEAGUES, EARLIER, I'M BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION FORWARD URGING GOVERNOR WALZ TO ENACT EVICTION MORATORIUM FORWARD BECAUSE I, LIKE MANY OF YOU, HAVE BEEN CALLED ON BY MY CONSTITUENTS. A NUMBER WHO ARE REPRESENTED BY YOU ALL ALSO SPOKE TODAY. THEY DISCUSSED THEY WANT US TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO RESPOND TO THE REALITY OF WHAT OUR COMMUNITY IS EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW. MY OFFICE HAS FIELDED [2:19:34] COUNTLESS REQUESTS ON HOW THE CITY CAN PROTECT ITS RESIDENTS. I HAVE STRUGGLED TO ANSWER AND RESPOND BECAUSE THE REALITY IS WE AS A COMMUNITY ARE EXPERIENCING AN UNPRECEDENTED ATTACK ON OUR CIVIL LIBERTIES. AND I'M GRATEFUL TO COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE FOR BRINGING THE SUBSEQUENT RESOLUTION THAT ALSO ADDRESSES THAT. BUT IN ADDITION TO THEM VIOLATING OUR CIVIL LIBERTIES, IT'S ALSO UNCLEAR WHAT THE PLAN IS BEING BROUGHT FORWARD BY OUR ELECTED LEADERS ON HOW TO ADDRESS THE CONTINUED ESCALATING VIOLENCE THAT'S BEING CARRIED OUT BY ICE AGENTS AGAINST OUR RESIDENTS. AND I RECOGNIZE THE CITY COUNCIL IS NOT EQUIPPED WITH THE TOOLS TO EFFECTIVELY RESPOND TO THIS CRISIS. BUT DESPITE THE LACK OF [2:20:19] TOOLS THAT WE DO HAVE, I DO THINK THE ONES THAT WERE VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE ARE OF WHICH INCLUDES PASSING RESOLUTIONS, ALSO SOMETHING WE INCLUDED IN TODAY'S AGENDA AND THAT YOU ALL PASSED AS WELL. WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF TOOLS THAT WE CAN ADVANCE FORWARD. AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT ONE OF THOSE ARE BEING BROUGHT FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION TODAY AND WITH SUPPORT FROM SEVERAL OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE ALSO BEEN ON THE GROUND AND SEEN WHAT ICE HAS DONE IN SEPARATING FAMILIES AND... [gap in transcript] [2:23:25] **Council Member Aisha Chughtai:** ...and they were. City of Minneapolis for the largest city the most vibrant city in the state to be stepping up and that we shouldn't diminish that as just a glorified greeting card and that got me thinking about the ways the City of Minneapolis has led this state over and over and over again in transformative moments, whether it was passing a $15 minimum wage. Whether it was being the first city to guarantee earned sick and safe time to our workers. Whether it was in establishing a minimum wage, a living wage equivalent for Uber and Lyft [2:27:13] drivers and I hope similar types of actions will come from our local government partners and I think it will be an important inflection point in helping make an eviction moratorium possible. I know our community is doing everything they can. You know our community is calling for an eviction moratorium. Is contacting the governor's office and their elected leaders. The community is also stepping up in these brave and incredible ways right now; right? Last night 800 people from my neighborhood showed up to a community meeting. We've never seen that happen before. [2:27:54] To say, you know, I -- I am -- I'm terrified in this moment but what I can do to step up? What I can I do personally to step up in this moment to show up for my neighbors? To show up for my community and I asked to our landlord lobby here today Mr. Smith it's always wonderful to have you in our chambers. If an eviction moratorium isn't the solution that helps keep people in their homes prevents families from being foreign apart prevents people from being killed then what is? I mean, how do you want -- how do you suggest we get ICE out of Minneapolis? Should we do more Tweeting every day? Should we beg them to leave? I'm out of ideas actually, and so I'd love to know how you suggest we show up for our communities right now. [2:28:49] I'd love to know what you're doing to show up for the tenants who pay rent every month, and show me how we are all matching the courage that ordinary people are demonstrating. The extraordinary courage that ordinary residents are demonstrating right now. Until then I would -- I can't sleep at night knowing that we have put any family in the brutal and inhumane falls choice of picking between losing their home or losing their life in risking deportation. I support this and I want to thank the authors for bringing this forward and I wish to be added as a co-author as well. Thank you. [2:29:46] **President Elliott Payne:** Council Member Rainville, do you raise a point of privilege? **Council Member Michael Rainville:** Yes, I think we're all in agreement on this and I have to leave and I would like to call the question, please. **Council Member:** SECOND. **President Elliott Payne:** All right. There's no debate on that question so I will have the clerk call the roll on calling the question. [2:30:11] **City Clerk Casey Carl:** CALLING THE QUESTION. (ROLL CALL.) THERE ARE 13 AYES. **President Elliott Payne:** THAT CARRIES SO WE WILL TAKE UP THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED AND I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. [2:30:37] **City Clerk Casey Carl:** (ROLL CALL.) THERE ARE 13 AYES. [2:30:58] **President Elliott Payne:** THAT CARRIES AND THAT RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. FINALLY, WE HAVE ITEM NO. 9 WHICH IS THE RESOLUTION THAT I BROUGHT FORWARD RECOGNIZING OPERATION METRO SURGE AS AN EGREGIOUS DISREGARD OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND THE REPREHENSIBLE ACT AGAINST MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY DURING OPERATIONAL METRO SURGE. I DON'T THINK I HAVE THE VOICE LEFT HERE TO READ THIS RESOLUTION FULLY. [2:31:29] I'VE LOST MY VOICE SCREAMING AT FASCISTS AND GETTING GASSED SO WE'RE GOING TO -- IT'S BEEN PRINTED OUT FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO READ. IT WOULD GO INTO THE PUBLIC RECORD. IT'S JUST ACKNOWLEDGING THE HORRENDOUS CONDITIONS THAT ICE IS PUTTING OUR RESIDENTS THROUGH. NOT JUST OUR IMMIGRANT AND UNDOCUMENTED RESIDENTS—EVERY SINGLE RESIDENT IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS IS GETTING PUNISHED AND BRUTALIZED BECAUSE OF WHO WE ARE, AND I AM PROUD OF WHO WE ARE, AND I AM NOT SCARED OF THIS GOVERNMENT. [2:32:05] AND I WANT TO SAY THAT LOUDLY AND CLEARLY. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS RESOLUTION IS AIMING TO ACHIEVE. AND I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. **Council Member Robin Wonsley:** THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I JUST WANTED TO ASK IF I COULD BE LISTED AS A CO-AUTHOR ON THIS. **President Elliott Payne:** I WOULD WELCOME EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF THIS BODY TO BE A CO-AUTHOR. IF THERE ISN'T ANYBODY WHO DOESN'T WANT TO BE A CO-AUTHOR. CLERKS CAN WE RECOGNIZE THAT. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION WE'LL ADD ALL 13 COUNCIL MEMBERS. **President Elliott Payne:** THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER? [2:32:37] **Council Member Elizabeth Shaffer:** THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD, PRESIDENT PAYNE. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE ONE COMMENT. I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR MPD OFFICERS IN THIS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT MOMENT. THAT THEY ARE STILL ANSWERING OUR 911 CALLS. THEY'RE STILL SHOWING UP TO WORK AND I WANT TO PUBLICLY SAY I APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS IN THIS VERY DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS TIME. I ASK THAT YOU HANG WITH US, THAT YOU DECIDE NOT TO LEAVE US BUT THAT YOU STAND AND REMEMBER YOUR OATH OF PUBLIC SERVICE. [2:33:20] REMEMBER WHY YOU CAME TO THIS JOB AND HELP US -- HELP LEAD THE WAY IN THIS MESS THAT WE ARE IN, AND I'D ALSO SAY I AM GRATEFUL TO EVERYONE WHO IS TRYING TO LEAD, WHETHER THAT'S ON THE STREETS, WHETHER THAT'S OUR MAYOR, WHETHER THAT'S OUR GOVERNOR AND ALL OF US HERE ON THE DAIS. THIS IS THE TIME FOR ALL OF US AND I JUST WANT TO MENTION AND THANK YOU TO MPD'S PART IN THIS PUZZLE. [2:33:58] **Council Member Jamison Whiting:** YES, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT IF I COULD JUST BRIEFLY ADD ANOTHER COMMENT RIGHT HERE AND I THINK THERE'S A DEEP PROFOUND THANK YOU. I THINK WE'VE SEEN IN THIS MOMENT THAT THERE IS A UNITY ACROSS THE STREET BODY THAT WE ARE -- NOT ACCEPTING THIS LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT IN OUR CITY. [2:34:18] REGARDLESS OF IDEOLOGIES, REGARDLESS OF POLITICAL MAKEUPS, THIS BODY -- AND I'VE SEEN IT FOR THE PAST WEEK AND A HALF—EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US HAVE BEEN ENGAGING IN AND IN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE STEP UP AGAINST AN UNPRECEDENTED DEPLOYMENT OF FEDERAL AGENTS IN OUR CITY, AND EVERY SINGLE PERSON ON THIS DAIS FROM THE MAYOR TO EVERY SINGLE 13 ONE OF US ARE TRYING TO FIND THAT OUT. [2:34:45] JUST LIKE OUR RESIDENTS ARE—THEY ARE TOO. WE ARE ALL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW BEST TO OPERATE IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE HAVE A FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION THAT IS ACTIVELY NOT JUST LISTENING TO MINNEAPOLIS LAWS, BUT THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION. WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW BEST TO OPERATE AND NOT JUST AIM FOR PERFECTION. [2:35:08] OUR CONCERNS ARE NOT THAT THIS RESOLUTION IS NOT PERFECT. IT IS HOW WE ALLEVIATE HARM IMMEDIATELY. AND I BELIEVE THERE'S ANOTHER WAY THAT WE CAN DO THIS AS WELL AND I THINK MANY OF US ON THIS BODY AGREE WITH THAT TOO IS FIGURING OUT HOW TO PUT FUNDS INTO THE HANDS OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS IMPACTED BY THIS. AND I WOULD URGE MY ELECTED COLLEAGUES THAT IF WE WANT TO ACTUALLY ALLEVIATE HARM IMMEDIATELY, FIGURING OUT HOW BEST TO PUT FORWARD RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND MUTUAL AID ASSISTANCE IN THIS CITY AND I THANK YOU FOR ACCEPTING THOSE AMENDMENTS. [2:35:49] **Council Member Jason Chavez:** THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION FORWARD AND I'LL BE SUPPORTING IT AND I JUST WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW WHILE THESE ITEMS ARE BEING PASSED AND THIS ONE IS GOING TO PASS AS WELL, THE NEXT OF WHAT WE NEED TO RISE UP FOR IS THE EVICTION MORATORIUM THAT WE NEED TO PASS ON THIS BODY. WORDS ARE GREAT AND ASKING OUR GOVERNOR TO TAKE ACTION BUT THIS BODY, THIS COUNCIL, WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORS AND IT STARTS WITH THE EVICTION MORATORIUM IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. [2:36:26] **President Elliott Payne:** OKAY, I WILL HAVE THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL ON THE RESOLUTION. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** (ROLL CALL.) THERE ARE 13 AYES. [2:37:01] **President Elliott Payne:** THAT CARRIES AND THAT ITEM IS ADOPTED. WE HAVE A CLOSED SESSION COMING UP. NORMALLY WE TAKE ANNOUNCEMENTS BEFORE WE GO INTO CLOSED SESSION. ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS BEFORE WE GO INTO CLOSED SESSION OR SHOULD WE GET RIGHT INTO IT? ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT WE'VE COMPLETED ALL ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA AND WILL NOW CONSIDER THE REQUEST TO HAVE A CLOSED SESSION ON A BRIEFING TO THE LITIGATION AGENDA. BEFORE I CLOSE THE MEETING I'LL ASK THE ATTORNEY TO BRIEF ON THE SUGGESTED CLOSED SESSION. [2:37:36] **City Attorney Kristyn Anderson:** THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE CLOSED SESSION IN THE CASE OF STATE OF MINNESOTA ET AL. VERSUS GNOME ET AL. YOUR LAWYERS WISH TO PROVIDE A BRIEFING ON THIS LITIGATION MATTER. PURSUANT TO THE OPENING MEETING LAW MINNESOTA STATUTE SECTION 13D.05 SUBDIVISION 3B THE COUNCIL MAY UPON A PROPER COMMUNICATION ON WHAT THAT OF THE ATTORNEY/CLIENT PRIVILEGE. THEY NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING WITH THE NEED OF THE CITY TO PRESERVE THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF ITS DISCUSSIONS WITH ITS ATTORNEYS. [2:38:08] **President Elliott Payne:** THANK YOU, MR. CITY ATTORNEY. I MOVE TO CLOSE THE MEETING UNDER SECTION 13D.05 FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING A BRIEFING ON THE LITIGATION MATTER OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA ET AL. VERSUS GNOME ET AL. MAY I HAVE A SECOND ON THAT MOTION? **Council Member:** SECOND. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** (ROLL CALL.) THERE ARE 12 AYES. **President Elliott Payne:** THAT CARRIES. FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC I WILL NOTE THAT THE BROADCAST OF THIS MEETING WILL CONTINUE AND THE COUNCIL WILL RECONVENE IN PUBLIC AFTER WE'VE COMPLETED OUR CLOSED SESSION. THANK YOU. [2:39:06] (CLOSED SESSION) [3:41:26] **President Elliott Payne:** TECH TEAM, WE'RE READY. [3:41:44] THE TIME IS NOW 5:50 AND THE CITY COUNCIL HAS RECONVENED AN OPEN SESSION FOLLOWING OUR CLOSED SESSION. I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL TO PROVE THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. **City Clerk Casey Carl:** (ROLL CALL.) THERE ARE 9 MEMBERS PRESENT. [3:42:19] **President Elliott Payne:** LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM. WITH THAT WE'VE COMPLETED OUR BUSINESS TODAY. I WILL NOTE FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE PUBLIC THAT WE HAVE ANOTHER SHORTENED CYCLE OF MEETINGS SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK WITH THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING ON JANUARY 20TH AND A CITY COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 22ND. AT THIS POINT IT IS LIKELY WE'LL BE ABLE TO CONDUCT THOSE MEETINGS BUT A FINAL DECISION WILL BE MADE TOMORROW. COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL BE NOTIFIED VIA EMAIL AND THE CLERK WILL SEND OUT THE APPROPRIATE MESSAGES. WITHOUT OBJECTION THIS MEETING IS HEREBY ADJOURNED. [3:43:18] (ADJOURNED)