2026-10-13 - Committee of the Whole

00:17[ GAVEL ]>> GOOD AFTERNOON AND O

00:20THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

00:22MEETING FOR TUESDAY, OCTOBER

00:2413th, 2026.

00:25MY NAME IS AURIN CWDHURY, AND

00:28I'M THE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE.

00:29I'LL CALL THIS REGULAR MEETING

00:31TO ORDER, AND ASK THE CLERK TO

00:31CALL THE ROLL TO VERIFY THE

00:32PRESENCE OF A QUORUM.

00:37>> COUNCILMEMBER PAYNE PRESENT.

00:40>> WONSLEY

00:41>> PRESENT.

00:43>> GREENVILLE.

00:44>> PRESENT.

00:45VETAW

00:46>> PRESENT.

00:46>> WARREN IS ABSENT.

00:47OSMAN IS ABSENT.

00:49SHAFER

00:50PRESENT

00:51>> STENSON.

00:52>> PRESENT.

00:52>> CHAVEZ.

00:53>> PRESENT.

00:54>> WHITING IS ABSENT.

00:56>> PALMISANO.

00:57>> PRESENT.

00:58>> VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI.

01:00>> PRESENT.

01:00AND CHAIR CHOWDHURY.

01:03>> PRESENT.

01:03>> THERE ARE TEN MEMBERS

01:04PRESENT.

01:06>> THANK YOU.

01:06CLERK, LET THE RECORD REFLECT

01:07THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM.

01:08BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING LETO

01:11EVERYONE THAT THESE MEETINGS ARE

01:11BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER

01:14PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

01:14THE BROADCT INCLUDE REAL TIME

01:16CAPTIONING TO INCREASE

01:18ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE ENTIRE

01:19COMMITY, SO IT'S IMPORTANT

01:20THAT ALL SPEAKERS BE MINDFUL OF

01:21THE RATE OF THEIR SPEECH, SO

01:23TH OUR CAPTIONERS CAN

01:24CAREFULLY CAPTURE AND TRANSCRIBE

01:27ALL COMMENTS FOR THEROADCAST.

01:28WE ASK ALL SPEAKERS TO PLEASE

01:30MODERATE THE SPEED AND CLARITY

01:32OF THEIR COMMENTS.

01:34COLLEAGUES, OUR AGENDA IS IN

01:35FRONT OF US, AND I HAVE ONE

01:37AMENDMENT TO MAKE BEFORE WE

01:38ADOPT THE AGENDA.

01:39WE HAVE A WALK-ON ITEM FROM THE

01:42MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENTRET

01:47ACCEPTANCE FROM THE MINNEAPOLIS

01:47POLICE FOUNDATION FOR

01:49CONFERENCES BOTH IN FLORIDA FROM

01:53OCTOBER 21st TO THE 28th.

01:54WITHOUT OBJECTION, I'LL ADD THIS

01:55TO THE TOP OF OUR DISCUSSION

01:58AGENDA.

02:02ADDITIONALLY, IF THERE IS NO

02:03OBJECTION, I'M GOING TO HAVE US

02:04START WITH OUR RECEIVE AND FILE

02:06ITEM, AS I BELIEVE ALL OF OUR

02:07ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA MAY GENERATE

02:10A DISCUSSION AFTER, AND WE'LL

02:12TAKE THAT UP AFTER OUR REPORTS

02:14OF STANDINGOMMITTEES.

02:17WITH THAT, I WILL ADD THAT TO

02:23OUR AGENDA FOR THE DISCUSSION,

02:27AND I WILL MOVE THE AGENDA

02:31FORWARD.

02:31ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

02:34[ AYES RESPOND ]

02:35THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.

02:37WE HAVE THE AGENDA BEFORE US.

02:40AND NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE

02:41REPORT OF OUR STANDING

02:42COMMITTEES BEGINNING WITH OUR

02:43BUDGET COMMITTEE CHAIR.

02:47VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI.

02:48>>HANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.

02:50THE BUDGET COMMITTEE HAS

02:51CONTINUED TO RECEIVE REPORTS AND

02:51PRESENTATIONS RELATED TO THE

02:53MAYOR'S RECOMMENDED 2027 BUDGET.

02:55SINCE THE LAST COUNCIL MTING,

02:57WE'VE RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING

02:59PRESENTATIONS.

03:00REGARDING THE FIREEPARTMENT,

03:01EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, 9-1-1 OR

03:04THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS

03:06CENTER, NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY,

03:07ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS,

03:09COMMUNITY PLANNING AND ECONOMIC

03:10DEVELOPMENT, CIVIL RIGHTS,

03:12MAYOR'S OFFICE, OFFICE OF CITY

03:14CLERK, OFFICE CITY AUDITOR,

03:15SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND CONSENT

03:17DECREE AND HUMAN RESOURCES.WE AC

03:19HEARING ON OCTOBER 7th TO

03:22RECEIVE COMMENTS RELATED TO THE

03:232027 RECOMMENDED BUDGET.

03:25OUR NEXT MEETING, OCTOBER 19th

03:27AT 6:05 P.M. IS OUR SECOND

03:29PUBLIC HEARING.

03:30WE DO NOT HAVE ITEMS TO FORWARD

03:31TO COUNCIL.

03:32THANK YOU.

03:33>> THANK YOU.

03:35NEXT IS THE REPORT OF OUR

03:36BUSINESS HOUSING AND ZONING

03:38COMMITTEE.

03:38AND I'LL BE GIVINGHAT.

03:40OUR COMMITTEE WILL BE BRINGING

03:42FORWARD 12 ITEMS TO THURSDAY'S

03:44COUNCIL MEETING.

03:47ITEM 1 APPROVED SIX LIQUOR

03:50LICENSES.

03:50ITEM T APPROVES 31 LIQUOR

03:52LICENSE RENEWALS.

03:53ITEM THREE APPROVES ONE GAMBLING

03:55LICENSE.

03:55ITEM FOUR APPROVES A GIFT

03:59ACCEPTANCE FROM THE MINNEAPOLIS

03:59FOUNDATION.

04:00ITEM FIVE APPROVES A GIFT

04:01ACCEPTANCE FROM THE LINCOLN

04:02INSTITUTE OF LAND POLICY.

04:04ITEM SIX APPROVES A GIFT

04:05ACCEPTCE FROM THE ASSOCIATION

04:07FOR PUBLIC POLICY.

04:09ITEM SEVEN DISSOLVES THE

04:11MINNEAPOLIS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE

04:13COMMITTEE.

04:14ITEM EHT AUTHORIZES A CONTRACT

04:15FOR THE METRO BLUE LINE

04:16EXTENSION PROJECT.

04:18ITEM NINE RESCINDS BUSINESS

04:19LICENSE OPERATING CONDITIONS FOR

04:23DRIFTWOOD.

04:23ITEM TEN APPROVES

04:27RECOMMENDATIONS AND BUSINESS

04:28LICENSE OPERATION CONDITIONS FOR

04:31LOS ANDES LATIN BISTRO.

04:32THIS WAS ACTUALLY SENT WITHOUT

04:33RECOMMENDATION.

04:35ITEM NUMBER 11 AUTHORIZES THE

04:39APPLICATIONS FOR THE FALL 2026

04:41BROWNFIELD GRANT ROUND.

04:42AND LASTLY, ITE NUMBER 12

04:45APPROVES THE DECERTIFICATION FOR

04:47SEVERAL TIF DISTRICTS.

04:49IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS?

04:51SEEING NONE, WE WILL NEXT MOVE

04:53TO THE REPORT OF THE CLIMATE AND

04:55INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE GIVEN

04:56BYTS CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER

04:59WONSLEY.

05:03>> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY

05:05THE CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE

05:06COMMITTEE WILL BE BRINGING2

05:07ITEMS FORWARD TO THURSDAY'S

05:09COUNCIL MEETING.

05:10THE FIRST IS A RESOLUTION

05:12ADOPTING 2027 ASSESSMENTS FOR

05:14NON-GOVERNMENTAL TAX EXEMPT

05:16PARCEL STREETLIGHT OPERATION F

05:18AND OPERATION.

05:20NUMBER TWO IS A ROLUTION

05:22ADOPTING 2027 ASSESSMENT RATES

05:25FOR NON-GOVERNMENTAL TAX EXEMPT

05:26RCELS STREET MAINTENANCE.

05:28THREE IS A RESOLUTION ADOPTING

05:322027 SERVICES AND SERVICE

05:34CHARGES FOR A SPECIAL SERVICE

05:36DISTRICT, ALSO KNOWN AS LEGACY

05:38DISTRICTS.

05:39NUMBER FOUR IS RESOLUTION

05:41CANCELING STREETLIGHT OPERATION

05:42AND STREET MAINTENANCE

05:43ASSESSMENTS AND RELATED CHARGES

05:45FOR AN INCORRECTLY CHARGED

05:47PARCEL.

05:48NUMBER FIVE IS ACCEPTING A LOW

05:51BID FOR CRUSHING RUBBLE

05:52CONCRETE.

05:53SIX IS ACCEPTING THE LOW BID FOR

05:56HILTON RAMP SANITARY PLUMBING

05:57REPLACEMENT PROJECT.

05:59SEVEN IS ACCEPTING THE SOLE BID

06:01FOR MAINTENANCE HOLE SPRAY

06:03LINING PROJECT.

06:04EIGHT IS ACCEPTING T SOLE BID

06:05FOR THE PUMP STATION FIVE, ADDED

06:08FUEL FOR GENERATORS PROJECT.

06:11NINE IS AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT

06:12WITH NEIGHBORHOOD RECYCLING

06:15CORPORATION FOR PROCESSING,

06:17MARKETING AND SALE OF COMMINGLED

06:19RECYCLABLE MATERIALS.

06:21TEN IS AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT

06:24AMENDMENT WITH ADVANCED SEWER

06:26AND WATER INC. FOR LEAD SERVICE

06:27LINE REPLACEMENTS, YEAR THREE,

06:29EVENT ONE OF TWO PROJECT.

06:3211 IS AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT

06:34AMENDMENT WITH THOMAS ANDONS

06:35CONSTRUCTION INC. FOR THE 26th

06:38STREET EAST AND HIAWATHA AVENUE

06:39SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

06:43AND 12 IS AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT

06:45AMENDMENT WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY

06:45FOR WASTE DISPOSAL SERVICES.

06:47STAFF DID GIVE A PRESENTATION ON

06:48THIS MATTER THAT I ENCOURAGE

06:51COLLEAGUES TOLSO REVIEW,

06:54CONSIDERING THIS WILL HAVE

06:56LINKAGES TO WHAT WE DO WITH OUR

07:01ZERO WASTE INITIATIVES TO

07:02SUPPORT THE CLOSURE OF THE

07:04HURRICANE CENTER.

07:05SO WITH THAT, I WILL STAND FOR

07:08ANY QUESTIONS.

07:10>> SEEING NO DISCUSSION, WE'LL

07:12GO TO THE ENTERPRISE LABOR

07:15RELATIONS COMMITTEE, REPORT

07:16GIVEN BY ITS CHAIR, COUNCIL

07:18MEMBER PALMISANO.

07:20>> THANK YOU.

07:21THE ENTERPRISE AND LABOR

07:22RELATIONS COMMITTEE WILL BE

07:24BRINGING NINE ITEMS FORWARD FOR

07:25THURSDAY'S COUNCIL MEETING.

07:26NONE OF THEM WERE PARTICULARLY

07:28CONTROVERSIAL.

07:29ITEM ONE WAS A WINTER WORK

07:30RESERVE POOL LETTER OF AGREEMENT

07:34FOR LABOR'S LOCAL 36

07:34ITEM TWO IS A CONTRACT AMENDMENT

07:36WITH KEYSTONE COMPENSATION FOR

07:39CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION

07:40CONSULTING SERVICES.

07:41ITEM THREE WAS A CONTRACT

07:43AMENDMENT WITH GOOD WORKS FOR

07:45CHANGE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

07:47ITEM FOUR WERE CONTRACT

07:48AMENDMENTS WITH THE ALIVENESS

07:49PROJECT FOR HOUSING

07:50OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH

07:52HIV AIDS PROGRAMING.

07:54ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS A CONTRACT

07:56AMENDMENT WITH CORDIA FOR STEAM

07:57SERVICE AT OUR PUBLIC SERVICE

08:00CENTER.

08:00SIX IS A CONTRACT WITH PRINCIPAL

08:02FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS FOR

08:05INVESTMENT, CUSTODY, SECURITIES

08:05LENDING AND TRUSTEE SERVICES.

08:07ITEM SEVEN IS A CONTRACT

08:09AMENDMENT FOR SUPPORT AND

08:10MAINTENANCE OF OUR WATER

08:12LABORATORY.

08:13ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS A LEGAL

08:15SETTLEMENT IN THE CLAIM OF ACE

08:18NAH.

08:18AND ITEM NINE IS A CONTRACT

08:19AMENDMENT WITH LSE FOR

08:20ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING

08:21SIGN SERVICES FOR OUR

08:24MINNEAPOLIS DEMOCRACY CENTER

08:26PROJECT.

08:26COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, I THINK,

08:27HAS EVEN MORE DETAILS ON ITEM

08:29NUMBER NINE, IF THE ARE ANY

08:31QUESTIONS.

08:31>> THANK YOU.

08:32MEMBERS, IS THERE Y DISCUSSION

08:34ON THIS?

08:35SEEING NONE, WE WILL GO TO OUR

08:39LAST COMMITTEE REPORT FOR THE

08:40PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY AND EQUITY

08:43COMMITTEE GIVEN BY ITS CHAIR,

08:44COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ.

08:45>> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY.

08:49THE PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY AND

08:50EQUITY COMMITTEE WILL BE

08:50BRINGING FORWARD 26 ITEMS.

08:52ITEM ONE AUTHORIZES A CONTRACT

08:56WITH CELLEBRITE USA CORPORATION

08:57FOR MOBILE DEVICE FORENSIC

08:59SOFTWARE SERVICES.

08:59THIS W SENT FORWARD WITHOUT

09:02RECOMMENDATION.

09:02ITEMS TWO THROUGH TEN AUTHORIZES

09:06MASTER CONTRACTS FOR THE HEALTH

09:08DEPARTMENT.

09:09ITEM 11 AUTHORIZES A CONTRACT

09:12AMENDMENT WITH NORTH STAR

09:13SUSTAINABILITY TO SUPPORT

09:14IMPLEMENTATION OF FOOD FORWARD.

09:16ITEM 12 AUTHORIZES A MEMANDUM

09:19OF UNDERSTANDING WITH

09:19NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH SOURCE,

09:21CENTRAL CLINIC, NEIGHBORHOOD

09:22HEALTH SOURCE FREMONT CLINIC,

09:24FAIRVIEW RECOVERYLINIC, AND

09:26REDWOOD CLINIC, TO EXPAND ACCESS

09:29TO LONG-ACTING INJECTABLE FOR

09:30PEOPLE WITH OPIOID USE DISORDER.

09:34ITEM 13 ACCEPTS THE 2025 URBAN

09:37AREA SECURITY INITIATIVE GRANT

09:39FOR PURCHASING MERIDIAN VEHICLE

09:41INTRUSION MITIGATION BAICADES,

09:42AND AUTHORIZES A CONTRACT FOR

09:43THE GRANTS.

09:48ITEM 14 ACCEPTS REDISTRIBUTION

09:51FUNDING FR THE MINNESOTA BOARD

09:51OF FIREFIGHTER TRAINING AND

09:54EDUCATION FOR BOOT TRAININGS AND

09:57APPROVES APPROPRIATION OF THE

09:58FUNDS TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

10:00ITEM 15 ACCEPTS THE STAFFING FOR

10:00ADEQUATE FIRE AND EMERGENCY

10:02RESPONSE GRANT FOR FIREFIGHTER

10:04POSITIONS, THE SAFER GRANT.

10:06ITEM 16 AND 17 ACCEPTS GRANTS

10:08FOR STAFF CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE.

10:11ITEM 18 APPROVES THE DISPOSITION

10:12OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT MOUNTED

10:13PATROL SURPLUS PROPERTY BY

10:16DONATION TO THE MOUNTED POLICE

10:19FOUNDATION.

10:20ITEM 18 DIRECTS THE LEGISLATIVE

10:20DEPARTMENT TO UNDERTAKE RESEARCH

10:22AND ANALYSIS ON AUTOMOTIVE

10:23BUSINESS REGULATION AND

10:25ENFORCEMENT.

10:27ITEM 20 APPROVES THE 20262029PHE

10:30COMMITTEE WORK PLAN.

10:33ITEM 21 REQUESTS THE CITY DIT

10:34COMMITTEE TO REQUEST A CITY

10:35AUDITOR TO UNDERTAKE AN

10:37INDEPENDENT AFTER ACTION REVIEW

10:38OF THE CITY'S RESPONSE TO

10:40DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RELATED CALLS

10:41FOR SERVICEY MARIAH SAMUELS,

10:43AS WELL AS THE CITY'S

10:44INVESTIGATION INTO HER DTH.

10:47ITEM 22 DENIES A CONTRACT WITH

10:48COMMUNITY BRIDGES INC FOR MOBILE

10:49CRISIS RESPONSE SERVICES.

10:53ITEM 23 APPROVES A LEGISLATIVE

10:54DIRECTIVE RELATETO THE

10:55UNRESOLVED MANAGEMENT CORRECTIVE

10:56ACTION PLANS POLICE OFF DUTY

10:58WORK AUDIT.

11:03ITEM 24 APPROVES THE LEGISLATIVE

11:04DIRECTIVE RELATED TO THE

11:05UNRESOLVED MANAGEMENT CORRECTIVE

11:06ACTION PLANS MINNEAPOLIS POLICE

11:07DEPARTNT FLEET MANAGEMENT

11:11AUDIT.

11:11ITEM 25 REQUESTS... THE CITY

11:12AUDIT COMMITTEE REQUEST THE CITY

11:14AUDITOR TO CONDUCT AN

11:14INDEPENDENT AUDIT OF THE POLICE

11:16DEPARTMENTVERTIME MANAGEMENT

11:16CONTROLS AND USE.

11:19AND ITEM 26 ACCEPTS A DONATION

11:22FOR THE HEALTH STAFF TO ATTEND N

11:26BIRTH WORKERS.

11:26I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS,

11:28AND WE'LL REMIND THE PUBLIC THAT

11:29TODAY'S VOTES ARE COMMITTEE

11:32REPORTS.

11:33WE DON'T VOTE ON ITEMS.

11:36>> YEAH, THANK YOU, COCIL

11:38MEMBER CHAVEZ.

11:38THOSE ARE ALL OF OUR STANDING

11:40COMMITTEE REPORTS.

11:41I WILL RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE

11:42BEEN JOINED BY VICE PRESIDENT

11:44OSMAN.

11:45FIRST, WE WILL START WITH OUR

11:46ONE RECEIVE AND FILE ITEM.

11:48THIS IS A PRESENTATION FROM LRO

11:51REGARDING THE CITY OF

11:53MINNEAPOLIS BUSINESS REGULATORY

11:55ENVIRONMENT AND ITS POLICIES AND

11:57PRACTICES.

11:57I'LL INVITE ASHLEY FM LRO TO

11:59GIVE THIS PRESENTATION.

12:01WELCOME.

12:08>> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR

12:11CHOWDHURY, VICE CHAIR CHUTAI,

12:12AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.

12:13MY NAME IS ASHLEY ZOOK WITH

12:16LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH AND

12:17OVERSIGHT AND I'M HERE TODAY TO

12:18PRESENT ON BUSINESS REGULATORY

12:19ENVIRONMENT.

12:21THE STAFF DIRECTION REQUESTED A

12:23LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS OF MUNICIPAL

12:25EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE

12:26REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT FOR

12:29BUSINESSES, AND BASED ON THIS,

12:30HIGHLIGHT POTENTIAL TRENDS,

12:32COMMON PRACTICES OR INNOVATIVE

12:34PROGRAMS FOR POTENTIAL

12:35CONSIDERATION BY CITY COUNCIL.

12:37IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THESE

12:40REQUESTS, LRO STAFF INTERVIEWED

12:40A VARIETY OF CITOFFICIALS FROM

12:42MUNICIPALITIES WITH RECENT OR

12:44ONGOING LICENSING AND PERMITTING

12:47REFORMS, AS WELL AS THOSE

12:48OFFERING ASSISTAE TO NAVIGATE

12:51THEIR REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT.

12:52TO PROVIDE LOCAL CONTEXT, STAFF

12:54ALSO CONDUED INTERVIEWS WITH

12:57REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE

12:58MINNEAPOLIS DOWNTOWN COUNCIL,

12:59MEET MINNEAPOLIS, MINNEAPOLIS

13:01REGIONAL CHAMBER, ELEVATE

13:03HENNEPIN, AND THE MINNESOTA

13:03DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND

13:04ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

13:07LRO STAFF WOULD ALSO LIKE TO

13:08ACKNOWLEDGE INTERVIEW

13:10CONTRIBUTIONS FROM 11 DIFFERENT

13:11CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS DEPARTMENTS

13:15AND DIVISIONS.

13:15A LITTLE BACKGROUND...

13:16REGULATORY BURDENS TEND TO

13:18ESPECIALLY HURT NEW AND SMALL

13:21BUSINESSES.

13:21IMPROVING THE REGULATORY

13:22ENVIRONMENT FOR BUSINESSES IS A

13:24OAD AND COMPLEX ENDEAVOR GIVEN

13:27THE INTERCONNECTED SYSTEMS AND

13:28PROCESSES IN PLACE.

13:30URBAN INSTITUTE RESEARCH SHOWS

13:31THAT EFFORTS TO MAKE PERMITTING

13:32AND LICENSING PROCESSES EASIER,

13:34EITHER BY INCREASING TECHNICAL

13:36SUPPORT OR STREAMLINING

13:38PROCESSES ARE FREQUENTLY

13:42UTILIZED ACTIONS TO SUPPORT

13:43SMALL BUSINESSES.

13:45EFFORTS INTENDED TO MAKE

13:45PROCEDURALND ADMINISTRATIVE

13:46REQUIREMENTS EASIER TO NAVIGATE,

13:48LESS FREQUENT, LESS INTENSIVE,

13:50LESS EXPENSIVE.

13:52DESPITE BEING A COMMON TOOL,

13:54URBAN INSTITUTE COULD NOT FIND

13:55STATISTICALLY VALID EVIDENCE OF

13:58IMPACT PROVING THE POLICIES

14:00WORK.

14:00CITIES INTERVIEWED FOR THIS

14:01REPORT STATED THAT WHILE SOME

14:03METRICS FOR MEASURING THE

14:05GENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

14:06INCLUDED NEW LICENSES, SALES TAX

14:08AND HOSPITALITY VACANCY RATES,

14:10METRICS TO MEASURE THE IMPACT OF

14:12SPECIFIC REGULATORY CHANGES ARE

14:15MORE COMPLEX.

14:15CITIES GERALLY STATED THAT

14:16THEY WERE EITHER JUST STARTING

14:18TO GATHER METRICS OR THEY WERE

14:20RELYING MOSTLY ON ANECDOTAL

14:22FEEDBACK TO MEASURE IMPACT.

14:23THE URBAN INSTITUTE FURTHER

14:25EXPLAINED, HOWEVER, THAT IF

14:28EFFECTIVE, STREAMLININ

14:28PERMITTING AND LICENSING

14:29PROCESSES IS A RELATIVELY LOW

14:30COST WAY OF MAKING IT EASIER TO

14:34START OR GROW A BUSINESS IN A

14:35COMMUNITY.

14:39SO MINNEAPOLIS BACKGROUND.

14:40BUSINESSES INTERACT WITH MANY

14:41DIFFERENT MINNEAPOLIS CITY

14:42DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS WHEN

14:44APPLYING FOR BUSINESS LICENSES

14:45AND PERMITS.

14:46EACH BUSINESS IS UNIQUE AND THE

14:48REQUIREMENTS VARY DEPENDING ON

14:49THE BUNESS TYPE, LOCATION,

14:51NECESSARY BUILDING CHANGES, AND

14:53SEVERAL OTHER VARIABLES.

14:55THE MAIN WAYS THAT BUSINESSES

14:56INTERACT WITH THE CITY OF

14:59MINNEAPOLIS INCLUDE FIRST

15:00BUSINESS LICENSES FOR BUSINESSES

15:02THAT NEED A LICENSE.

15:03THERE IS NO GENERAL BUSINESS

15:04LICENSE IN MINNEAPOLIS.

15:06MANY BUSINESSES FALL INTO THE

15:08NON-LICENSED CATEGORY, MEANING

15:09THEY DO NOT NEED A LICENSE TO

15:11OPERATE.

15:12OTHER BUSINESSES REQUIRE EITHER

15:13A CITY OR STATE BUSINESS LIC

15:17LICENSE.

15:17SECOND, BUILDING CODES FOR

15:18BUSINESSES WITH A PHYSICAL

15:20PRESENCE.

15:21ANY PHYSICAL BUSINESS HAS THE

15:22POTENTIAL TO INTERACT WITH THE

15:22CITY IF THEY COMPLETE ANY

15:26RENOVATIONS OR CONSTRUCTION IN

15:26THEIR COMMERCIAL SPACE.

15:29THIRD, LABOR STANDARDS FOR

15:30BUSINESSES WITH EMPLOYEES.

15:31BUSINESSES WITH EMPLOYEES MAY

15:33INTERACT WITH THE CIVIL RIGHTS

15:35DEPARTMENT THROUGH LABOR

15:36STANDARD LAW IF A COMPLAINT IS

15:39FILED.

15:39AND FOURTH, ELECTIVE BUSINESS

15:42ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT SERVICES.

15:43BUSINESSES CAN ELECT TO ILIZE

15:46A VARIETY OF CITY-PROVIDED

15:47BUSINESS ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT

15:49SERVIC, BUT ARE NOT REQUIRED

15:50TO DO SO.

15:51BECAUSE MANY BUSINESSES ARE NOT

15:53REQUIRED TO OBTAIN A SINESS

15:54LICENSE, SOME BUSINESSES IN

15:56MINNEAPOLIS MAY NEVER INTERACT

15:57WITH THE CITY.

15:59DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS

16:00INVOLVED IN THESE INTERACTIONS

16:01INCLUDE THOSE LISTED ON THE

16:03SLIDE.

16:06THE MINNEAPOLIS BUSINESS

16:06REGUTORY ENVIRONMENT WAS

16:08CONSISTENTLY DESCRIBED AS

16:10COMPLEX, HARD TO NAVIGATE, AND

16:12ADMINISTRATIVELY BURDENSOME FOR

16:13THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY BY STAFF

16:15FROM THE MINNEAPOLIS DOWNTOWN

16:17COUNCIL, MINNEAPOLIS REGIONAL

16:19CHAMBER, MEET MINNEAPOLIS, AND

16:21ELEVATE HENNEPIN.

16:22WHETHER ACCURATE OR NOT, THERE

16:23IS A PERCEPTION THAT MINNEAPOLIS

16:26IS HARD TO DO BUSINESS IN.

16:28MINNEAPOLIS IS NOT ALONE,

16:30HOWEVER, WITH MANY CITIES

16:31RECENTLY LAUNCHING INITIATIVES

16:31TO REDUCEEGULATORY BURDEN AND

16:34STREAMLINE LICENSING, PERMITTING

16:35AND OTHER BUSINESS PROCESSES IN

16:37ORDER TO SUPPORT BUSINESS GROWTH

16:38AND DEVELOPMENT.

16:40CITIES ARE ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE

16:42IN MANY WAYS, BUT MOST FALL

16:44UNDER THREE OVERARCHING TRENDS

16:45OR ACTION AREAS.

16:46THESE THREE AREAS WERE

16:48IDENTIFIED BASED ON TNDS

16:50OBSERVED IN THE EXAMPLE CITIES

16:51THROUGHOUT THE REPORT, AS WELL

16:52AS ADDITIONALITIES REVIEWED

16:54FOR POSSIBLE INCLUSIONS.

16:55THE FIRST IS REVIEWING AND

16:57REDUCING REGULATIONS.

16:58THE SECOND IS A BUSINESS

17:01CONCIERGE OR ONE-STOP SHOP.

17:02THE THIRD IS ONLINE PORTALS AND

17:05ADDITIONAL TECHNOLOGY

17:05MODERNIZATION.

17:07AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO

17:08ACKNOWLEDGE FIRST THAT

17:10MINNEAPOLIS STAFF ARE ALREADY

17:11ADDRESSING ALL THREE OF THESE

17:12AREAS THROUGH ONGOING AND/OR

17:14PLANNED WORK.

17:15THE CURRENT STATUS FOR EACH IN

17:18MINNEAPOLIS IS EXPLORED IN

17:19DETAIL IN THE REPORT.

17:22OKAY, THE FIRST ACTION AREA, AS

17:25I SAID, IS REVIEWING AND

17:26REDUCING REGULATIONS.

17:31WHILE STRELINING REGULATIONS

17:32MAY SEEM LIKE A STRAIGHTFORWARD

17:33ACTION, DETERMINING THE CORRECT

17:34BALANCE BETWEEN RISK AND

17:36RELATION IS COMPLEX.

17:38IT IS IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER EACH

17:39REGULATIONSURPOSE, EFFICACY

17:41AND THE POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES

17:42OF ANY CHANGES TO THE PUBLIC

17:44GOOD, AS WELL ASHE BUSINESS

17:46COMMUNITY.

17:46THE GOAL IS TO CONTINUE TO

17:48ENSURE REGULATIONS CREATE SAFETY

17:49FOR WORKERS,ONSUMERS,

17:52COMMUNITIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT,

17:54WHILE ALSO TRYING TO REDUCE

17:55ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN ON

17:56BUSINESSES.

17:58MANY EXAMPLE CITIES IN THE

18:00REPORT WERE TASKED BY THE

18:00RESPECTIVE MAYORS TO COMPLETE A

18:03COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF BUSINESS

18:04REGULATIONS WITH THE PURPOSE OF

18:06REDUCING THE PROCESSES.

18:08GIVEN THE DETAILED REVIEW

18:10REQUIRED, THISFTEN IS A

18:11LENGTHY PROCESS TAKING UP TO A

18:13YEAR IN MANY CASES.

18:15IT IS ALSO OFTEN INCLUDES FOCUS

18:17GROUPS OR OTHER BUSINESS

18:18COMMUNITY FEEDBACK MECHANISM.

18:20MINNEAPOLIS HAS ALREADY STARTED

18:21WORK IN THIS AREA THROUGH THE

18:23ENTERPRISE-WIDE LICENSING G AND

18:25PERMITTING REFORM INITIATIVE LED

18:26BY THE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT

18:28AND INNOVATION DEPARTMENT.

18:30THEIR PROJECT TIMELINE ALLOWS

18:31FOR THE CONSIDERATION AND

18:32POSSIBLE INCORPORATION OF

18:34OPTIONS IDENTIFIED IN THE REPORT

18:36AS THE PROJECT MOVES INTO ITS

18:38IMPLEMENTATION PLANNING PHASE

18:39DURING QUARTER FOUR.

18:41THE REPORT ALSO INCLUDES

18:42RELEVANT ADDITIONAL ONGOING AND

18:44PLANNED RELATORY REFORMS IN

18:46MINNEAPOLIS, AS WELL AS CURRENT

18:47PAIN POINTS, COMMON COMPLAINTS,

18:50AND OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPLORE

18:51PROVIDED BY CITY STAFF, AS WELL

18:54AS THE MINNEAPOLIS BUSINESS

18:55COMMUNITY.

18:56CURRENT PAIN POINTS SHARED BY

18:57THE SINESS COMMUNITY GENERALLY

18:59RELATED TO DIFFICULTY NAVIGATING

19:02REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS,

19:03COMMUNICATION ISSUES, AND TIMELY

19:06RESPONSES.

19:07THERE ARE ALSO MANY BIG-PICTURE

19:09AND DAILED EXAMPLES OF

19:11REGULATORY REFORM FROM THE MANY

19:13CITIES INCLUDED IN THE REPORT.

19:14SOME HIGHLIGHTS THAT MAY BE

19:16RELEVANT FOR MINNEAPOLIS INCLUDE

19:18TROIT'S TWO-YEAR LICENSE

19:19RENEWAL CHANGE.

19:21THEY MOVED MANY BUSINESS LICENSE

19:23RENEWALS FROM A ONE-YEAR CYCLE

19:25TO A TWO-YEAR CYCLE.

19:28BOSTON'S INCREASING INTERNAL

19:30COLLABORATION.

19:30CITY STAFF SAID THEY'RE WORKI

19:31ON HAVING A SINGLE ENTRY POINT

19:33FOR CONSTITUENTS, WHERE CITY

19:35AGENCIES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR

19:36WORKING OUT ANY CONFLICT AMONG

19:39THEMSELVES, AND THEN GETTING

19:39BACKO THE CONSTITUENT WITH A

19:41COLLECTIVE RESPONSE.

19:44AND MIAMS ANNUAL FACILITIES

19:45PERMIT IS A NEW OPTION FOR

19:47COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS AND

19:49CONTRACTORS THAT ALLOWS ROUTINE

19:52REPAIRS, REPLACEMENTS AND SMALL

19:53SCALE RENOVATIONS TO BE

19:55COMPLETED UNDER A SINGLE

19:58YEAR-LONG PERMIT.

19:58A FEW MORE EXAMPLE CITIES.

20:00SAN FRANCISCO ELIMINATION OF

20:02SIDEWALK TABLES AND CHAIRS

20:03PERMIT.

20:04THE NEED FOR A PERMIWAS

20:05REPLACED WITH AN ONLINE

20:08REGISTRATION WITH MORE

20:08SUBSTANTIAL PENALTIES IF

20:10BUSINESSES ARE OUT OF REGULATORY

20:13COMPLIANCE.

20:13SAN FRANCISCO ALSO HAD TAX AND

20:16FEE REFORMS.

20:17THE FIRST YEAR FREE PROGRAM

20:19WAIVED THE COST OF INITIAL

20:20REGISTRATION FEES, INITIAL

20:23LICENSE FEES, FIRST-YEAR PERMIT

20:24FEES, AND OTHER APPLICABLE FEES

20:27FOR QUALIFYING BUSINESSES IN

20:28THEIR PROPOSITION M,

20:32INDEFINITELY ELIMINATED 49

20:33ANNUAL LICENSE FEES.

20:33AND FINALLY, NEW YORK CITY'S

20:35PA LESSONS LEARNED.

20:36NEW YORK HAS HAD MULTIPLE

20:38ITERATIONS OF STREAMLINING AND

20:40REDUCING REGULATIONS OVER THE

20:42YEARS.

20:42A REVIEW FOUND A RECENT PAST

20:45PROGRAM FAILED TO ACHIEVE

20:46MEANINGFUL CHANGE FOR SMALL

20:48BUSINESSES.

20:48VAGUE DEFINITIONS, A LACK OF

20:52INTER-AGENCY ENGAGEMENT, ANDINAG

20:54CONTRIBUTED TO THE POOR

20:55PERFORMANCE OF AN OTHERWISE

20:58WELL-NTI-INTENTIONED INITIATIVE.

21:02THE SECOND ACTION AREA IS

21:02INCREASING ONE ON ONE ASSISTANCE

21:03FOR BUSINESS OWNERS WHILE THEY

21:04NAVIGATE REGULATORY

21:06REQUIREMENTS.

21:07THIS WAS OFTEN ACHIEVED THROUGH

21:08THE CREATION OF A DEDICATED

21:10BUSINESS CONCIERGE OR OTHER

21:12ONE-STOP SHOP TYPE ASSISTANCE,

21:14PROVIDING A SOLE POINT OF

21:15CONTACT FOR BUSINESS OWNERS

21:17THROUGH THE ENTIRE REGULORY

21:18PROCESS FROM START TO FINISH.

21:24MOST CITIES INTERVIEWED FOR THIS

21:25REPORT PAIRED REDUCING

21:25REGULATIONS WITH INCREASING

21:27ASSISTANCE FOR NAVIGATING THE

21:28ENVIRONMENT IN SOME CAPACITY.

21:30SEVERAL MINNEAPOS STAFF TEAMS

21:31ALREADY ASSIST CUSTOMERS THROUGH

21:33PART OF IF NOT THE ENTI

21:36PROCESS OF PERMITTING AND

21:38LICENSING.

21:38BUSINESS LICENSING STA HELPED

21:40WALK PEOPLE THROUGH THE BUSINESS

21:41LICENSING PROCESS, DEVELOPMENT

21:42REVIEW STAFF ARE THE MAIN POINT

21:44OF CONTACT FOR THE ENTIRE

21:46BUILDING PERMIT REVIEW PROCESS,

21:47AND IN ADDITION TO THOSE MORE

21:51SPECIFIC ASSISTANCE ROLES, THE

21:51SMALL BUSINESS TEAM ACTS AS A

21:54BUSINESS CONCIERGE THAT CAN WALK

21:55PEOPLE THROUGH THE ENTIRE

21:56REGULATORY PROCESS.

21:58THOUGH THIS TEAM CAN AND DOES

22:01ACT AS A BUSINESS CONCIERGE,

22:03THAT ASSISTANCE MAY NOT BE WELL

22:05KNOWN.

22:06CPED STAFF SAID THEY CAN AND

22:07SHOULD CONSIDER WAYS TO

22:09ENCOURE BUSINESSES TO LOOP THE

22:09CITY IN EARLIER IN THE

22:11REGULATORY PROCESS, AND BETTER

22:14PROMOTE THE WAYS THE SMALL

22:15BUSINESS TEAM CAN PROVIDE

22:17ASSISTANCE FROM THE VERY

22:19BEGINNING.

22:19STAFF FROM LOCAL BUSINESS

22:20ORGANIZATIONS AGREED THAT HAVING

22:22A MO COMPLETE BUSINESS

22:24CONCIERGE WITH THE ABILITY TO

22:27OFFER BUSINESS OWNERS A SINGULAR

22:27POINT PERSON IS A GOOD IDEA.

22:30THE REPORT COVERS ADDITIONAL

22:33CURRENT PAIN POINTS, COMMON

22:34COMPLAINTS AND OPPORTUNITI TO

22:36EXPLORE, PROVIDED BY CITY STAFF

22:37AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

22:45TWO CITY EXAMPLES I WANT TO

22:46HIGHLIGHT ARE NEW YORK AND

22:47SEATTLE.

22:48THOUGH, AGAIN, THERE ARE FURTHER

22:49EXAMPLES IN THE REPORT.

22:50ALONGSIDE A JULY REFORM PACKAGE,

22:52A NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER IN NEW

22:55YORK INCLUDED THE EXPANSION OF

22:55THE MISSION OF THE NYC BUSINESS

22:59EXPRESS SERVICE TEAM, OR NYC

23:01BEST.

23:02IT CREATES A DEDICATED ONE-STOP

23:04CONCIERGE SERVICE FOR NEW

23:05BUSINESSES, WHERE THEY ARE

23:06ASSIGNED A SINGLE CLIENT

23:08MANAGER, WHO STAYS WH THEM

23:10FROM START TO FINISH,

23:15FACILITATING PERMITTING,

23:15LICENSING INSPECTIONS, AND

23:16COMPLIANCE ACROSS ALL AGENCIES.

23:18THE EXPANSION OF NYC BEST WILL

23:20ENSURE MORE BUSINESSES BENEFIT

23:22FROM ONE-ON-ONE COMPLIANCE

23:25EDUCATION, SAVING THEM TIM AND

23:27MONEY.

23:27CITY STAFF WILL ALSO PROACTIVELY

23:29REACH OUT TO COMPANIES..OR

23:30REACH OUT TO BUSINESSES AHEAD OF

23:33QUALIFYING INSPECTIONS INSTEAD

23:34OF WAITING ON THEM TO REQUEST

23:37ASSISTANCE.

23:38IN JUNE OF 2025, AN EXECUTIVE

23:39ORDER IN SEATTLE INCLUDED THE

23:40NEW PERMIT COACHING AND

23:42EXPEDITED SERVICES WHERE

23:44ELIGIBLE SMALL BUSINESSES

23:45RECEIVE COACHING, RESEARCH

23:46SUPPORT AND DEVELOPMENT OF A

23:49PERMIT STRATEGY AS THEY PREPARE

23:51TO SUBT PERMITS.

23:53AT SUBMITTAL, THEY ARE ASSIGNED

23:54A SINGLE POINT OF CTACT, AS

23:56WELL AS A PRIORITIZED

23:58APPOINTMENT, AND A REDUCED

24:00TIMENE FOR COMPLETING A PLAN

24:01REVIEW OF THEIR APPLICATION.

24:04PROJECTS RECEIVING ASSISTANCE

24:06HAD PERMITS REVIEWED AND ISSUED

24:0757% FASTER HELPING BUSINESSES

24:09OPEN THEIR DOORS SOONER.

24:11THE THIRD ACTION AREA IS THE

24:13INCREASING USE OF ONLINE

24:14LICENSING AND PERMITTING PORTALS

24:16AND OTHER TECHNOLOGY

24:18MODERNIZATION TO HELP STREAMLINE

24:19REGULATORY PROCESSES AND

24:22INCREASE ASSISTANCE THROUGH AN

24:23EASY USER EXPERIENCE.ONLINE LICG

24:28PORTALS ARE ONLINE PLATFORMS

24:30US FOR PERMIT APPLICATIONS

24:30LICENSE APPLICATIONS, REQUIRE

24:31PLAN SUBMISSIONS, SCHEDULING

24:34INSPECTIONS, ANDEVIEWING

24:35RESULTS, AND MUCH MORE.

24:38APPLICANTS AND ALL RELEVANT CITY

24:39DEPARTMENTS CAN ACCESS THE

24:41SYSTEM, AND CITY STAFF CAN

24:42COMPLETE THE WORK KE

24:44INSPECTIONS IN REAL TIME WITHIN

24:46THE SYSTEM.

24:46APPLICANTS CAN TCK WHERE THEIR

24:47PROJECT IS AT IN THE PROCESS,

24:50RECEIVE AUTOMATIC NOTICATIONS

24:51IF AN INSPECTION FAILS OR

24:52ANOTHER ISSUE IS IDENTIFIED, AND

24:54BETTER UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS,

24:56ESPECIALLY WHEN THIRD PARTIES

24:59ARE INVOLVED, SUCH AS

24:59CONTRACTOROR LAWYERS.

25:02ONLINE PORTALS CAN INCREASE

25:03COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPARENCY,

25:05BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY.

25:07THEY CAN REDUCE TIME DELAYS FOR

25:10SUBMITTALS, CREATE PROCESS

25:11CONSISTENCY AND EQUITY, AND

25:12REDUCE STAFF WORKLOAD BY

25:14REMOVING MANUAL PAPERWORK ENTRY.

25:17CURRENTLY, THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY

25:18DEPARTMENTS INTERVIEWED FOR THE

25:19REPORT, USED THE ENTERPRISE LAND

25:20MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, OR ELMS, T

25:27PROCESS REVIEWS AND INSPECTIONS

25:28AS PART OF THE LICENSING AND

25:28PERMITTING PROCESS THERE IS NO

25:29INTERFACE FOR APPLICATION

25:30APPLICATION INTO ELMS, AND

25:32APPLICANTS CANNOT SEE WHERE THE

25:33APPLICATION IS IN THE PROCESS.

25:34CITY STAFF SAID THE BIGGEST

25:36ISSUE THAT CAUSES LICENSING

25:37DELAYS IS RECEING NECESSARY

25:38DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION ON A

25:40TIMELY BASIS.

25:42APPLICANTS OFTEN STRUGGLE TO

25:43QUICKLY SUBMIT THE NECESSARY

25:46ITEMS AND DO NOT ALWAYS KNOW

25:47WHERE TO SUBMIT WHEN THEY'RE

25:50MISSING ITEMS.

25:50THE INFORMATIOTECHNOLOGY

25:52DEPARTMENT IS IN THE PROCESS OF

25:54ROLLING OUT AN ENTERPRISE

25:54PAYMENT PLAORM, WHICH WILL

25:55EVENTUALLY ALLOW ALL DEPARTMENTS

25:57ACROSS THE CITY TO ACCEPT ONLINE

26:00PAYMENTS, INCLUDING FOR ALL

26:00LICENSES AND PERMITS.

26:02IN ADDITION TO THE PAYMENT

26:04SYSTEM, IT STAFF SAID THEY ARE

26:07PLANNING ON REPLACING ELMS WITH

26:08A LICENSING ONLINE OPERATION AND

26:10PERMITTING SYSTEM OR LOOP.

26:12THIS WILL BE A NEW ONLINE

26:14LICENSE AND PERMIT PORTAL, WHICH

26:16WILL INCREASE TRANSPARENCY,

26:17ALLOWING APPLICANTS TO APPLY,

26:20PAY, LOG IN AND SEE WHERE THEIR

26:23APPLICATION IS IN THE PROCESS.

26:24IT WILL ALSO INCREASE MOBILE

26:25CAPABILITIES FOR INSPECTORS,

26:26ALLOWING THEM TO ACCESS THE

26:28SYSTEM IN THE FIELD.

26:30THE LOOP PILOT WILL START THIS

26:32MONTH WITH SIX HEALTH PERMITS.

26:34STAFF ACROSS DEPARTMENTS AGREED

26:36THAT AN ONLINE SYSTEM COULD BE

26:37INCREDIBLY IMPACTFUL, REDUCING

26:39WORKLOAD FOR STAFF AND TIME

26:40BETWEEN SUBMITTALS.

26:42AND STAFF FROM LOCAL BUSINESS

26:44ORGANIZATIONS HAD VERY POSITIVE

26:45REACTIONS TO BOTH CONCEPTS OF

26:48THE ENTERPRISE PAYMENT PLATFORM,

26:49AS WELL AS THE ONLINE LICENSING

26:52AND PERMITTING PORTAL.

26:54I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ST. PAUL'S

26:58NEW ONLINE SYSTEM LAUHED IN

26:59SEPTEMBER OF 2025.

27:03POLY PROVIDES ONE ONLINE AND

27:03CESSIBLE PLATFORM FOR MANY

27:05SERVICES.

27:06RESIDENTS CAN APPLY FOR PERMITS

27:07AND LICENSES, TRK INSPECTIONS,

27:10AND UPLOAD DOCUMENTS, SUBMIT AND

27:11FOLLOW UP ON NEIGHBORHOOD

27:13COMPLAINTS, MAKE SECURE ONLINE

27:15PAYMENTS, AND RECEIVE TIMELY

27:17UPDATES AND MESSAGES REGARDING

27:17THEIR ACCOUNT.

27:20SAINT PAUL SELECTED TYLER

27:22TECHNOLOGIES ENTERPRISE

27:22PERMITTING AND LICENSING

27:24PLATFORM THROUGH AN RFP PROCESS.

27:25IT HAS ROBUST SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

27:27THAT ARE VERY CUSTOMIZABLE.

27:29STAFF NOTED THAT SEVERAL METRO

27:30AREA CITIES AND GOVERNMENTAGENC,

27:35WHICH HAS CREATED A KIND OF LIKE

27:37METRO AREA USER GROUP, WHERE

27:39THEY CAN DISCUSS ISSUES AND FIND

27:41WAYS TO SIMPLIFY THE USER

27:44EXPERIENCE.

27:45THE MORE PLACES THAT USE THE

27:45SAME SYSTEM IN THE SAME WAY, THE

27:47EASIER IT IS FOR USERS

27:48THROUGHOUT THE METRO AREA.

27:50THE PLATFORM ALSO HAS GOOD IN

27:53THE FIELD APP FOR INSPECTORS,

27:58AND THEY'RE ARTING TO DEPLOY

27:59IPADS IN THE FIELD TO UTILIZE

28:00THOSE OPTIONS.

28:01AND STAFF SAID THAT THE PLATFORM

28:02HAS GREATLY REDUCED PAPERWORK

28:02AND IMPVED COLLABORATION AS

28:04DEPARTMENTS CAN NOW EASILY TRACK

28:05AND REVIEW COMPLEX APPLICATIONS.

28:09PROCESS AND SYSTEM TRANSPARENCY

28:11HAS GREATLY INCREASED NOTNLY

28:12FOR APPLICANTS BUT FOR THE CITY

28:14STAFF AS WELL.

28:15IT ALLOWS THEM TO SEE EVYONE

28:17WHO INTERACTS WITH THE SYSTEM

28:20AND INCREASES THE CONSISTENCY

28:20AND EQUITABILITY IN THE CHOICES

28:22STAFF MAKE WHEN PROCESSING

28:23APPLICATIONS.

28:29IN ADDITION TO ONLINE PORTALS,

28:31ADDITIONAL TECHNOLOGY

28:32MODERNIZATION HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE

28:34DETROIT'S UTILIZATION OF

28:34TECHNOLOGY TO ALLOW FOR BETTER

28:36FEEDBACK.

28:37ALL INSPECTORS HAVE A QR CODE ON

28:38THE BACK OF THEIR BADGE, WHICH

28:40BUSINESS OWNERS CAN SCAN TO

28:41PROVIDE FEEDBACK.

28:44ADDITIONALLY, AFTER A BUSINESS

28:45LICENSE IS APPROVED, THE ONLINE

28:48SYSTEM OFFERS A SURVEY TO

28:49CAPTURE FEEDBACK AUTOMATICALLY.

28:53IN DENVER, TO HELP RESTAURANT

28:54OWNERS GET STARTED ON THEIR

28:57JOURNEY, THEY CREATED AN ONLINE

28:58INTERACTIVSTART SMART GUIDE

29:00FOR RESTAURANTS.

29:02THE ONLINE FORM ASKED QSTIONS

29:03ABOUT THE PROJECT TO HELP OWNERS

29:05IDENTIFY THE REQUIREMENTS THAT

29:06APPLY IN STEPS THA MAY NEED

29:09TO... THEY MAY NEED TO TAKE TO

29:10START THE PERMITTING AND

29:11LICENSING PROCESS.

29:12THEY ANTICIPATE CREATING MORE OF

29:13THESE ONLINE INTERACTIVE GUIDES

29:14FOR ADDITIONAL TYPES OF

29:15BUSINESS.

29:17DENVER IS ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF

29:19DEVELOPING AN AI-GUIDED INTAKE

29:22TOOL TO PERFORM A COMPLETENESS

29:24CHECK FOPERMIT APPLICATIONS.

29:26THE TOOL WILL SCREEN ALL

29:28DOMENTS AND APPLICATION

29:30MATERIALS BEFORE APPLICANTS

29:30SUBMIT THE PAPERWORK TO THE

29:33TY, LOOKING FOR ANY GAPS AND

29:34REVIEWING PLANS TO ENSURE THEY

29:36ARE AS COMPLETE AS POSSIBLE.

29:39SIMILARLY, SEATTLE IS DEVELOPING

29:40AN AI-POWERED PILOT TOOL TO HELP

29:42APPLICANTS CATCH AND CORRECT

29:43COMMON ERRORS BEFORE SUBMITTING

29:44THEIR PAPERWORK.

29:47AND TO HELP STAFF APPLY

29:51CONSISTENT, OBJECTIVE STANDARDS

29:52WHEN REVIEWING APPLICATIONS.

29:52THE TOOL WOULD ALSO ALERT STAFF

29:54TO UNCLEAR OR OVERLY COMPLEX

29:56REGULATIONS TO HELP THE CITY

29:57IMPROVE.

29:59IN ADDITION TO THE THREE ACTION

30:01AREAS ALREADY DISCUSSED, STAFF

30:02INTERVIEWED FOR THI REPORT

30:04OFFERED SOME ADDITIONAL IDEAS TO

30:06EXPLORE FOR IMPROVING THE

30:07REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT FOR

30:07BUSINESSES.

30:09THE FIRST IS TO INCREASE

30:11COLLABORATION ACROSS

30:12GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES,

30:13NONPROFITS AND OTHER

30:15ORGANIZATIONS, SO THAT ERYONE

30:16IS AWARE OF EXISTING REGULATORY

30:19ASSISTANCE.

30:20SEVERAL INTERVIEWEES SAID THERE

30:21COULD BE MORE EFFORTS TO PULL

30:22STAKEHOLDERS TOGETHER TO FIGURE

30:23OUT WHATUPPORT IS ALREADY

30:25AVAILABLE AND WHAT GAPS EXIST.

30:28CONDLY, THE MINNESOTA

30:29DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND

30:30ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WILL BE

30:31COMPLETING A PILOT PROGRAM IN

30:33SAINT CLOUD, WHERE ANY BUSINESS

30:35CAN DROP IN THAT WANTS TO

30:36REGISTER WITH THE STATE.

30:37THEY WILL ALSO BE PROVIDING

30:39GUIDANCE AND TECHNICAL

30:42ASSISTANCE ONSITE.

30:44STAFF SAID MAYBE A FUTURE PILOTN

30:47MINNEAPOLIS IF THERE IS

30:49INTEREST.

30:50AND LASTLY, DETROIT'S DISTRICT

30:52BUSINESS LIAISONS AND CORRIDOR

30:53COMPLIANCE EVENTS.

30:55EACH CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT HAS A

30:56DEDICATED DISTRICT BUSINESS

30:58LIAISON, WHO ACTS AS A CONDUIT

31:00OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION

31:01BETWEEN THE CITY AND BUSINESS

31:03OWNERS IN THAT DISTRICT.

31:05LIAISONS CAN KEEP BUSINESSES

31:06INFORMED AND ADVOCATE FOR

31:08DISTRICT BUSINESSES BY BRINGING

31:10COMMON ISSUES TO CITY LEADERSHIP

31:12AND HELPING FIND SOLUTIONS.

31:13THEY ALSO HELP THE CITY STAY

31:15NNECTED TO THE SMALL BUSINESS

31:17COMMUNITY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND

31:18THEIR CONCERNS AND NEEDS.

31:21LIAISONS ALSO HOST AT LEAST ONE

31:23CORRIDOR COMIANCE EVENT IN

31:24THEIR DISTRICT EACH YEAR.

31:26THESE EDUCATIONAL EVENTS BRING

31:27CITY SERVICES AND CITY STAFF OUT

31:29INTO THE COMMUNITY RATHER THAN

31:33REQUIRING BUSINESSES TO GO TO

31:35THE CITY FOR HELP.

31:38THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

31:39THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

31:40AND I'HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY

31:42QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PRESENTATION

31:43OR THE REPORT.

31:45>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

31:47THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

31:50IT WAS REALLY THOROUGH, AND IT

31:50WAS HELPFUL TO GET A LITTLE BIT

31:51OF A PICTURE INTO WHAT'S GOING

31:53TO BE LAUNCHED HERE IN THE CITY

31:56OF MINNEAPOLIS.

31:56I'LL LOOK TO THE QUEUE AND SEE

31:59IF MEMBERS ARE HERE FOR

32:00DISCUSSION.

32:01I'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW.

32:04>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.

32:06THANYOU R THE PRESENTATION.

32:09I BROUGHT THE STAFF DIRECTIVE

32:11FORWARD BECAUSE I GET A LOT OF

32:12QUESTIONS ABOUT STREAMLINING THE

32:16PROCESS, EFFICIENCY FROM

32:19BUSINESS OWNERS AND FOLKS

32:21STARTING NEW BUSINESSES,

32:24CONCERNS ABOUT EQUITABILITY AND

32:25THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.

32:27SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE

32:30PRESENTATION.

32:30AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE

32:31DOING SOME WK NOW TO KIND OF

32:35HELP WITH THIS, BUT I'M JUST

32:37INTERESTED IN WHAT ADDITIONAL

32:39STEPS WE CLD TAKE AS A CITY TO

32:42MAKE THESE PROCESSES A LOT

32:45TTER FOR FOLKS, AND THEN... SO

32:47OUTSIDE OF WHAT YOU SAID IS

32:50HAPPENING NOW, LIKE SOME OF THE

32:52STEPS WE COULD TAKE.

32:53AND ALSO WANT TO LEARN MORE

32:56ABOUT POLY.

32:57WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT A GOOD

32:59NAME FOR OURS, IF WE'RE GOING TO

33:00BE DOING IT.

33:01BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST WANT TO KNOW

33:03MORE ABOUT WHAT SAINT PAUL IS

33:04DOING.

33:05IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S GOING WELL

33:06IN SAINT PAUL I HAVE TALKED TO

33:08SOME FOLKS OVER THERE ABOUT THE

33:10ONLINE PORTAL AND HOW THAT'S

33:13HELPING NOT ONLY WITH STAFF

33:14ME, BUT ALSO WITH FOLKS WHO

33:16NEED SUPPORT IN NAVIGATING

33:20THROUGH APPLICATION PROCESSES,

33:22JUST UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS

33:25NEEDED.

33:27SO WHAT'S YOUR... WHAT ARE YOU

33:30THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE COULD

33:31ACTUALLY DO?

33:32>> THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCIL

33:35MEMBER VETAW, I THINK THAT SOME

33:37OF THE ONGOING WORK HIGHLIGHTED

33:38IS THE REVIEW THAT PMI IS

33:39PERFORMING RIGHT NOW A DETAILED

33:41REVIEW OF REGULATIONS AND

33:45PROCESSES THAT CAN POTENTIALLY

33:47BE UPDATED OR REMOVED, YOU KNOW,

33:51DUE TO REDUNDANCY, OR JUST NOT

33:53NECESSARY ANYME.

33:59IN THE TIME FRAME THAT I WORKED

34:00ON THIS, THAT WAS NOT...OU

34:02KNOW, THE DETAILS OF THAT WAS

34:03NOT PART OF MY... BUT I KNOW

34:04THAT THEY'RE DOING THE WORK AND

34:05I THINK CONTINUED CONVERSATIONS

34:06WITH THEM WOULD CERTAINLY BE

34:08USEFUL.

34:08THE ONLINE LICENSING AND PORTAL

34:10SYSTEM, LIKE I SAID, IT, I

34:15THINK, IS PILOTING THIS MONTH

34:16WITH THOSE SIX HEALTH DEPARTMENT

34:18PERMITS.

34:18THAT, I THINK, WILL BE REALLY

34:20HUGE.

34:21HAVING PEOPLE BE ABLE TO GET

34:24REAL TIME UPDATES ON WHEN THEY

34:25PASS INSPECTION, WHEN THEY DON'T

34:26PASS INSPECTION, HAVING

34:29IMMEDIE CONTACT, YOU KNOW,

34:30THROUGH THE SYSTEM WITHHEIR

34:31INSPECTORS OR OTHER PEOPLE THAT

34:33CAN ASK QUESTIONS TO, I THINK

34:34THAT WILL BE REALLY BIG IN

34:36LOOKING AT OTH CITIES, AND

34:37TALKING TO OTHER CITIES,THOSE..D

34:42THE ONLINE PORTAL... AND I

34:43APOLOGIZE, I KNOW I AM MOSTLYJUT

34:47THESE THREE CATEGORIES REALLY

34:48ARE WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING

34:50TO ADDRESS THIS.

34:51AND SO WHILE WE DO HAVE WORK

34:55STARTED, I THINK CONTINUING TO

34:57EVALUATE THAT WORK AND CONSIDER,

34:58YOU KNOW, HOW IT CAN BE

35:00SUPPORTED, INCLUDING THALIKE A

35:02MORE DETAILED BUSINESS

35:03CONCIERGE, THAT ONE-STOP PERSON,

35:06THAT LIKE YOUR BUSINESS... IF I

35:08LET'S SAY I'M GOING TO START A

35:08BUSINESS I KNOW THAT I HAVE ANY

35:09QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY CITY PROCES

35:10I CAN REACH OUT TO THAT ONE

35:11PERSON.

35:12THE BUSINESS CMUNITY SEEMED

35:14VERY ENTHRALLED WITH THAT.

35:16THAT WAS LIKE SOMETHING THAT

35:18WOULBE REALLY HELPFUL.

35:20IT CAN HELP THROUGH LANGUAGE

35:22BARRIERS, CULTURAL BARRIERS,

35:23WHEN THERE'S JUST THAT ONE

35:23CONSISTENT CONTACT.

35:24AND SO I REALLY DO THINK THAT

35:26THOSE THREE OVERARCHING THINGS,

35:27EVEN THOUGH WORK IS UNDERWAY IN

35:28MANY OF THEM, THOSE REALLY ARE

35:31THE PATHS FORRD RIGHT NOW.

35:32AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT I COULD

35:33FIND OTHER CITIES ARE DOING TO

35:34ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.

35:36>> OKAY.

35:36THANK YOU FOR THAT.

35:38AND I... YOU KNOW, THE P WORK

35:40IS ALSO A NEW THING TO ME, TOO.

35:42I DIDN'T KNOW OF THAT WHEN WE

35:44WERE WORKING ON THE STAFF

35:46DIRECTIVE.

35:47SO YEAH, WE'LL CHECK IN AND TO

35:47SEE WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON, BUT

35:49I WASN'T AWARE UNTIL AFT WE

35:53WROTE THE STAFF DIRECTIVE.

35:54THE OTHER THING IS... DID YOU

35:56SEE IF ANY CITIES HAD COST

35:59SAVINGS WITH, YOU KNOW, THIS

36:00SORT OF WORK, ONCE THEY MOVE TO

36:03NEW SYSTEMS OR COMBINE SOME OF

36:06THESE THINGS, DID YOU SEE A

36:08COST... DID THEY SEE A COST

36:10SAVINGS?

36:11>> THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCIL

36:14MEMBER VETAW, I WILL BE HONEST

36:14MOST OF THE PEOPLE I SPOKE WITH

36:15IN THE CITIES WERE NOT IN THE

36:17DETAILS OF THAT LEVEL.

36:19THEY WERE MANAGING THE CHANGES.

36:23THE ONLINE PORTAL SYSTEM... I'M

36:24NOT SURE IF COST SAVING IS WHAT

36:27THEY'RE NECESSARILY LOOKING FOR

36:30BUT STAFF TIME SAVING, THE

36:32CAPACITY OF THEIR STAFF, WHICH

36:34IS COST AS WELL ASSOCIATED, BUT

36:36I MEAN STAFF, FREEING THEM UP TO

36:38NOT DO DUPLICATIVE WORK, TO NOT

36:40HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, PHYSICALLY

36:41FILL OUT A FORM AND AN

36:42INSPECTION AND THEN HAVE IT SIT

36:43ON THEIR DESK FOR 3 OR 4 DAYS

36:46BEFORE THEY HAVE TIME TO

36:46MANUALLY ENTER IT.

36:47NOT HAVING STAFF SPEND TIME

36:49MANUALLY ENTERING PERMITS OR

36:52LICENSE APPLICATIONS, THAT WAS

36:53REALLY BIG.

36:54NOT HAVING TO ANSWER PHONE

36:56CALLS, LE WHERE IS MY... YOU

36:58KNOW, WHERE IS MY APPLICATION

36:59AT?

36:59AND THEN THEM HAVING TO GO INTO

37:00THE SYSTEM AND LOOK WHERE IT'S

37:02AT, OR TO TRY TO SETTLE DISPUTES

37:04BEEEN THE BUSINESS OWNER AND

37:06THE BUSINESS OWNER'S LAWYER, OR

37:08THE BUSINESS OWNER'S CONTRACTOR,

37:09WHO SAID THEY SUBMITTED THIS,

37:11YOU KNOW, SIX MONTHS AGO, AND

37:13WHY IS THE CITY TAKING SO LONG?

37:14WHEN IN REALITY THEY SUBMITTED

37:16SIX WEEKS AGO, AND THESE SYSTEMS

37:18NOW SHOW THAT.

37:19THEY CAN ACTUALLY SHOW THE

37:20BUSINESS OWNER, LIKE THIS IS THE

37:22DATE THIS WAS SUBMITTED, YOU

37:24KNOW, THAT'S WHERE IT'S AT.

37:26>> THA YOU.

37:26AND THEN THE LAST THING IS...

37:28YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATE

37:30THIS OPPORNITY TO MAYBE HAVE A

37:32FUTURE WHERE ITS ELECTRONIC.

37:33I HAVE A PERSON IN MY WARD RIGHT

37:35NOW WHO IS... WHO HAS BEEN

37:39TRYING TO APPLY FOR A BUSINESS

37:40LICENSE WELL OVER A YEAR, AND

37:42LANGUAGE IS A BARRIER, BUT ALSO

37:46LITERACY IS A BARRIER.

37:48AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SHAME

37:51ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

37:52OPLE DON'T WANT TO WALK INTO

37:54AN ALREADY INTIMIDATING PLACE

37:55AND SAY TO PEOPLE WHO THEYEE

37:57AS PROFESSIONALS THAT "I CAN'T

37:59READ AND WRITE" OR "I DON'T HAVE

38:01THE LITERACY SKILLS THAT I NEED

38:04TO COMPLETE THIS."

38:06AND SO I'M HOPING THAT, YOU

38:07KNOW, GOING TO A MODEL WHERE

38:08THINGS ARE ONLINE... I MEAN,

38:10THIS PARTICULAR PERSON GETS HELP

38:12FROM THEIR CHILDREN, AND LIKE

38:14THAT'S MUCH EASIER IF YOU'RE

38:15SITTING AT HOME, TO ASK YOUR

38:18CHILD TO HELP YOU, H, YOU KNOW,

38:22TRANSLATE THINGS OR READ THINGS,

38:23VERSUS COMING TO A CITY BUILDING

38:24WITH PEOPLE YOU DON'T KNOW AND,

38:26YO KNOW, HAVE TO BE THAT

38:28VULNERABLE.

38:29SO THAT'S ANOTHER ONE OF THE

38:29REASONS I WAS LOOKING INTO THIS,

38:31AND SOME OF THE CITIES

38:33DEFINITELY SAW LARGER AMOUN OF

38:36PEOPLE WHO NEED THOSE ONLINE

38:40SERVICES FOR LANGUAGE AND FOR

38:40LITERACY ISSUES, KIND OF BEING

38:42ALLEVIATED BY JUST OFFERING THE

38:44SERVICE.

38:44THANK YOU.

38:44THIS IS A GREAT PRESENTATION.

38:45THANK YOU FOR THIS WORK.

38:47>> THANK YOU.

38:48>> THANK YOU.

38:49NEXT IS COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER.

38:52>> THANK YOU.

38:53I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS WORK AS

38:54WELL.

38:55VERY DAMNING RESPONSES, SO TO

38:58SPEAK, HEARING MINNEAPOLIS IS

39:02COMPLEX, HARD TO WORK WITH, AND

39:03THE PERCEPTIONS THAT

39:05MINNEAPOLIS IS HARD TO DO

39:06BUSINESS IN.

39:11WITH FEW POSITIVE COMMENTS TT

39:11YOU RECVED FROM THOSE YOU

39:14INTERVIEWED, I SEE THIS AS A

39:15CALL TO ACTION.

39:17I BELIEVE THAT IT IS TIME NOW

39:20FOR US TO CHANGE THIS DIALOG BY

39:22HAVING A MORE PREDICTABLE,

39:27FRIENDLY, EASY-TO-USE USER

39:28EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYONE WHO

39:29WANTS TO BRING THEIR BUSINESS TO

39:31MINNEAPOLIS.

39:32SO I HOPE WE AS A COUNCIL TAKE

39:35THIS AS A FIVE-ALARM FIRE, SO TO

39:39SPEAK, WITH THE COMMENTS THAT

39:42YOU SOLICITED OPEN ENDEDLY,

39:45BECAUSE I THINK THAT TELLS US,

39:48IN AN ERA WHEN WE NEED TO DRIVE

39:50REVENUE FOR OUR CITY, WHEN WE

39:52ARE FACING FISCAL BUDGETS LIKE

39:54WE'RE FACING THIS YEAR, WE HAVE

39:57TO LOOK AT WHAT BUSINESSES ARE

40:00TELLING US.

40:02WE HAVE TO DIG INTO THE DETAILS

40:03OF HOW WE CAN IMPROVE TS

40:06PROCESS.

40:06NOT JUST FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE,

40:09BUT FOR THE ACTUAL REVENUE OF

40:10OUR CITY.

40:12BECAUSE IF WEAVE A REPUTATION

40:15OF BEING UNFRIENDLY TO BUSINESS,

40:17THAT REPUTATION SPREADS.

40:18AND IT'S TIME TO CHANGE THAT

40:21DIOG.

40:21I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS OR

40:23OPPORTUNITIES THAT I SEE.

40:25I REALLY LOVE ALL OF THESE IDEAS

40:26THAT YOU'RE BEGINNING TO BRING

40:28FORWARD ABOUT ALL OF THESE

40:30DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR

40:31IMPROVEMENTS.

40:34I BELIEVE... OR I THOUGHT THERE

40:35WERE SOME PARTS OF OUR CITY THAT

40:37ALREADY USED AN ONLINE PROCESS

40:39FOR GETTING A PERMIT.

40:40I'M THINKING OF LIKE, YOU KNOW,

40:43YOUR PET LICENSE AND THINGS LIKE

40:44THAT.

40:44CAN YOU KIND OF GIVE AN OVERVIEW

40:47OF... ARE THERE SOME AREAS WHERE

40:49WE TYPICALLY DO THAT ONLINE

40:51CURRENTLY?

40:51>> THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCIL

40:54MEMBER SHAFFER, I WILL BE

40:55HONEST, I DIDN'T LOO AT PET

40:58PERMITTING SPECIFICALLY.

40:58I ALSO LOOKED AT BUSINESS

40:59LICENSING AND PERMIING.

41:00BUT I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME

41:02BUILDING PERMITS THAT

41:04CONTRACTORS CAN SPECIFICALLY

41:05APPLY FOR ONLINE ALREADY.

41:07IT IS DISCUSSED IN THE REPORT.

41:09MY APOLOGIES, I CAN'T REMEMBER

41:10THE NAME OF THE SOFTWARE SYSTEM.

41:12FOR LIKE ONE AND TWO DWELLING

41:15UNITS AND STUFF.

41:16SO THERE ARE SOME SPECIFIC

41:18CAPABILITIES ALREADYN THE

41:19CITY.

41:19THIS OVERARCHING IDEA OF ONE

41:22ONLINE PLATFORM FOR ALL OF THAT,

41:26SO THAT WOULD... MY

41:31UNDERSTANDING IS WHAT THIS LOOP

41:31FROM IT THEY'RE LOOKING AT FOR

41:32THE THIS NEW IDEA NEW IDEA WOULD

41:36ENCOMPASS ALL PERMITTING AND

41:37LICENSING.

41:38AGAI I GUESS I WILL BE HONEST,

41:40I DIDN'T SPECIFICALLY ASK ABOUT

41:42PETS, BUALL THE PERMITTING AND

41:43LICENSING FOR BUSINESS

41:44REGULATIONS AND REGULATORY

41:45ISSUES.

41:45>> WELL, THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF

41:47WE COULD HAVE ALL OF OUR

41:49PERMITS, EVERYTHING ALL IN ONE

41:50SPOT FOR EASE OF... I THINK OF

41:51LIKE PARKS AND REC PROGRAMING.

41:53YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHERE TO GO TO

41:54SIGN UP FOR WHICH CLASS YOU NEED

41:56WHEN YOU WANT IT, ETC.

41:58THAT'S FANTASTIC.

42:00I DO THINK THERE'S ONE

42:00OPPORTUNITY THAT WE COULD

42:01CONTINUE TO EXPLORE.

42:03YOU MENTIONED THAT SOME

42:04BUSINESSES WITHIN OUR CITY NEVER

42:06HAVE CONTACT WITH THE CITY.

42:09AND THAT'S TO BE EXPECTED.

42:10THEY DON'T NEED A LICENSE.

42:12THEY DON'T NEED THIS, THAT OR

42:14THE OTHER THING.

42:14BUT I REALLY THINK WE NEED A

42:16PLAN, IF WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE

42:17TO DRIVE REGULATION... I MEAN,

42:21REVENUE... YOU KNOW, RIGHT?

42:23WE WANT TO CHANGE THIS

42:25NARRATIVE, IF WE'RE GOING TO

42:26CONTINUE TO REALLY DRIVE OUR

42:28REVENUES, WE NEED TO BE IN

42:29CONTACT TH EVERY BUSINESS IN

42:30OUR CITY, NOT JUST THOSE THAT WE

42:32CURRENTLY HAVE TOUCH POINTS WITH

42:34THROUGH LICENSING OR PERMITTING

42:36OR INSPECTIONS.BUT ALL OF THE BO

42:41FIND OUT WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES

42:43US A CHOICE... YOU KNOW, WHY ARE

42:45YOU DOING BUSINESS HERE IN

42:47MINNEAPOLIS?

42:47AND HOW CAN WE SUPPORT YOU?

42:49WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO TO CHEERLEAD

42:51YOUR EFFORTS AND NOT LET THOSE

42:54PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY SLIDE

42:56UNDER THE RADAR.

42:57I THINK OF LIKE WHEN GRECO LEFT,

42:59THERE WAS NOT MUCH ANNOUNCEMENT

43:02OR KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY WOULD BE

43:03LEAVING OUR CITY.

43:05AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR

43:06US TO UNDSTAND.

43:08NOT ONLY THE BUSINESSES WE HAVE

43:09TOUCH POINTS WITH, BUT THOSE

43:11BUSINESSES THAT ARE OUTSIDE OR

43:13OFF OUR RADAR, TO GET THEIR

43:15INPUT AND TO GET THEIR IDEAS.

43:17SO THANK YOU FOR THIS REPORT.

43:19IT'S REALLY EXCITING.

43:20AND I THINK, AGAIN, THAT IT'S A

43:23WAKE-UP CALL FOR US AS A COUNCIL

43:25THAT WE HAVE A BAD REPUTATION IN

43:26THE AREA OF BUSINESS

43:28DEVELOPMENT, AND THAT NEEDS TO

43:29CHANGE.

43:30>> THANK YOU.

43:34>> NEXT UP IS COUNCIL MEMBER

43:35WONSLEY.

43:36>> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY.

43:40ACTUALLY, CONTINUING ON FROM THE

43:40POINT THAT COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER

43:42JUST RAISED, JUST GOING THROUGH

43:44THE REPORT ITSELF, I THINK THAT

43:45THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION OR

43:47CONFUSING POINTS FOR ME, BECAUSE

43:49I DO APPRECIATE THAT YOU DID

43:53ENGAGEMENT WITH A NUMBER OF

43:54STAKEHOLDERS THAT ACTUALLY

43:54OFFERED DIFFERING PERCEPTIONS

43:56AND OPINIONS ABOUT ACTUALLY THE

43:59BUSINE ENVIRONMENT HERE IN

44:00MINNEAPOLIS.

44:01JUST LOOKING ON PAGE 21, WHERE

44:02YOU LOOKED AT GETTINADDITIONAL

44:03FEEDBACK FROM OUR STAFF, IT

44:05SAYS, HER, ACCORDING TO CPED,

44:10THE LARGEST ISSUES THEY HEAR

44:10FROM SMALL BUSINESSES AREROUND

44:13ROAD CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS AND

44:14LIVABILITY ISSUES, AS WELL AS

44:15HIGHER COSTS IN MINNEAPIS.

44:16AND THIS WAS ACTUALLY

44:17FASCINATING TO ME, THE MINNESOTA

44:19DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENAND

44:22ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEED, DID

44:24STAFF MILARLY SAID THAT THEY

44:25ACTUALLY DON'T HEAR THAT IT'S

44:26HARDER TO DO BUSINESS IN

44:29MIEAPOLIS BECAUSE OF LICENSING

44:30REGULATIONS, AND THAT'S GOING TO

44:30GET TO MY NEXT QUESTION.

44:32BUT MOSTLY DUE TO HIGHER COSTS

44:35AND SOME OF THEROADER

44:39LIVABILITY MATTERS THAT COMES

44:41WITH DOING BUSINESS IN A

44:45METROPOLITAN CITY.

44:45SO I THI THAT IS ACTUALLY

44:46ENLIGHTENING BECAUSE ONE OF THE

44:47FIRST RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU

44:47PUT IN YOUR PRESENTATION, THAT

44:49ACTUALLY WAS KIND OF CONCERNING

44:52TO ME WAS THE REDUCING OF

44:53REGULATIONS PIECE.

44:54SO I AT LEAST WANTED TO GET A

44:56LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY, BECAUSE

44:57THROUGHOUT THE REPORT, I

44:59ACTUALLY NAMES... LIKE I'M

45:00LOOKING HERE, ALSO ON PAGE 21,

45:03THE SMALBUSINESS TEAM SAYS

45:04THAT THEY PRIMARILY DO NOT GET

45:07COMPLAINTS ABOUT REGULATORY

45:09ISSUES, BUT THAT IS SUCH A MAJOR

45:10HIGHLIGHT IN THIS REPORT.

45:12AND I THINK OFTENTIMES, WHEN

45:13YOU'RE HEARING ABOUT WHAT IS

45:14NEEDED TO DO SINESS, IT'S

45:16OFTEN MET WITH THIS VERY

45:21NEOLIBERAL ASPECT OF WE NEED TO

45:23REDUCE REGULATIONS, MAKE IT, YOU

45:27KNOW, MORE FLEXIBLE, MORE

45:28STREAMLINED.THOSE ARE USUALLY TS

45:30FOR IT.

45:31BUT OFTEN WE SET REGULATIONS IN

45:34PLACE TO NOT JUST PROTECT THE

45:36BUSINESSES THEMSELVES, BUT TO

45:37UPHOLD A STANDARD FOR THE

45:38BROADER COMMUNITY THAT ALSO HAS

45:42TO BE INTERFACING WITH THESE

45:44BUSINESSES.

45:44SO I ACTUALLY WANT TO KNOW IN

45:45THIS REPT, AT LEAST FROM WHAT

45:47I SAW, I DIDN'T SEE ANY

45:49SPECIFICS, AT LEAST FROM STAFF,

45:50BUT ARE THERE SPECIFIC

45:51REGULATIONS THAT YOU CAME ABOUT

45:54THAT APPARENTLY LENDS ITSELF TO

45:59LEGITIMIZING OR AFFIRMING THIS

46:01FEAR OF IT'S OUR REGULATORY

46:03ENVIRONMENT THAT'S MAKING IT

46:04CHALLENGING TO DO BUSINESS IN

46:07MINNEAPOLIS?

46:09>> THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCIL

46:10MEMBERONSLEY, I WANT TO MAKE

46:11IT CLEAR THAT THE SCOPE OF MY

46:13REPORT WAS TO LOOK AT HOW WE

46:14COULD REDUCE THE REGULATORY

46:17ENVIRONMENT AND SUPPORT

46:18BUSINESSES THROUGH THAT PROCESSE

46:21THE MOST LARGEST ISSUES, THE

46:23LARGEST CHALLENGES, AND HOW CAN

46:25WE ADDRESS THOSE FOR GETTING

46:26BUSINESSES TO MINNEAPOLIS.

46:28THAT BEING SAID, I INCLUDED SOME

46:30OF THOSE PIECES TO POINT OUT

46:32THAT THOSE PIECES EXIST, AND

46:34IMPROVING THE REGULATORY

46:35ENVIRONMENT WILL NOT FIX ALL

46:37ISSUES FOR BUSINESSES, BUT

46:38YOU'RE RIGHT, I DID NOT EXPLORE

46:40THOSE OTHER ISSUES MORE THAN

46:41WHAT IS MENTIONED IN THE REPORT.

46:44I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TONS

46:50COMMUNITY, STAFF THAT I SPOKE

46:51WITH FROM THOSE ORGANIZATIONS

46:54ALSO TALKED ABOUT... AS WELL AS

46:58CPED DID TALK ABOUT THE

46:59CONSTRUCTION BEING A BIGGER

47:02ISSUE, HIGH,OU KNOW, HIGH

47:06PRICES. I THINK THERE'S A LIST

47:07OF ABOUT LIKE 20 COMMON

47:07COMPLAINTS THAT I INCLUDED IN

47:08THE REVIEWING AND REDUCING

47:09REGULATION SECTION FROM THE

47:09BUSINESS COMMUNITY THAT WERE

47:11JU PRETTY MUCH VERBATIM FROM

47:12THEM.

47:12I DIDN'T LIKE SCOPE ANY

47:14FEASIBILITY OR ANYTHING LIKE

47:18THAT.

47:19RECOGNIZING THAT THIS IS NOT THE

47:21MOST... YOU'RE RIGHT, THIS ISN'T

47:22THE NUMBER-ONE ISSUE THAT

47:25BUSINESSES BRING FORWARD.

47:29THE ISSUE OF THE HIGHER WAGES,

47:30THE INCREASE IN THE HIGHER

47:31TAXES, THOSE ARE CERTAINLY

47:32LARGER ISSS MORE FREQUENTLY

47:32BROUGHT FORWARD.

47:34BUT AGAIN, GIVEN THE SCOPE, THE

47:35POINT WAS TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE

47:36COULD REDUCE IN REVIEW, AND THAT

47:38IS A LOT OF THE WORK THAT PMI IS

47:40DOING IN THAT ONGOING WORK, MUCH

47:45MORE ON A... MY UNDERSTANDING IS

47:46ON A MUCH MORE WORKING CLOSELY

47:47WITH DEPARTMENTS AND SORT OF

47:48DOING LINE ITEM EDITS OF LIKE

47:50WHAT REGULATIONS ARE REMOVABLE.

47:54AND I DON'T THINK WITH THE GOAL

47:57OF DECREASING... OR INCREASING

47:59RISK OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT

48:00JUST SOMETIMES THERE ARE A FEW

48:03THAT ARE... THAT IS DUPLICATIVE

48:05WITH THE STATE.

48:05OR WE HAVE THIS REQUIREMENT LIKE

48:06A PINBALL MACHINE LICENSE

48:08REQUIREMENT.

48:08I DON'T REALLY KNOW IF THAT'S

48:10NECESSARY.

48:10I'M NOT THE EXPERT.

48:11IT'S NOT FOR ME TO DECIDE.

48:14THEY ARE LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE

48:16THAT TO SEE IF THERE ARE THINGS

48:16THAT THEY CAN REMOVE WHILE STILL

48:17MAINTAINING APPROPRIATE SAFETY

48:18FOR ALL INVOLVED.

48:19>> OY.

48:19THANK YOU FOR THAT.

48:22YEAH, I WAS TRYING TO FIND WHICH

48:23SECTION I SHOULD POINT TO,

48:26BECAUSE AGAIN I WANT TO KNOW...

48:27BECAUSE YOU DID GOOD JOB OF

48:31GIVING WHAT OTHER CITIESRE

48:32DOING AS EXAMPLES FOR, YOU KNOW,

48:34REGULATIONS OR THE WAYS IN WHICH

48:36THEY'VE APPROACHED REDUCING,

48:39QUOTE UNQUOTE, REGULATIONS, AND

48:40THEN STRMLINING.

48:41YOU NOTED SOME OF THOSE EXAMPLES

48:44NOW, BUT PINBALL, FOR INSTANCE,

48:46LIKE THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING FOR

48:46BECAUSE OFTENTIMES IN OUR

48:47CONVERSATIONS WE ARE HEARING

48:48SOME OF THE THINGS AROUND LIKE

48:48MINIMUM WAGE, FOR INSTANCE, OR I

48:49THINK A NUMBER OF US ACTUALLY

48:53HEAR SOME OFHE LIVABILITY

48:54MATTERS THAT YOU MENTIONED.

48:54YOU KNOW, YOU HIGHLIGHTED VERY

48:56YOU KNOW BROADLY IN THE INPUT,

48:58BUT THAT WAS NOT THE CHARGE TO

49:00REALLY DIVE INTO.

49:01BUT I WANTED TO KNOW SOME MORE

49:01OF THE SPECIFIC REGULATIONS THAT

49:04STAFF IS PURSUING AT THIS CITY

49:09LEVEL.

49:09>> THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCIL

49:12MEMBER WONSLEY, SO ON PAGE 19,

49:14THERE ARE DITIONAL ONGOING AND

49:16PLANNED REFORMS.

49:17THAT'S A LIST OF TEN OF THEM.

49:21AND THEN I'M SO SORRY, I'M

49:23TRYING TO FIND THE... AND

49:25THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO

49:26EXPLORE, STARTING ON PAGE 21,

49:28THOSE ARE SOME OF THE DETAILED

49:29ONES THAT STAFF GAVE ME, OR I

49:33THINK THESE 21 AND 22 ARE ALL

49:36STAFF.AND OKAY, ON PAGES 24 TO E

49:39THE CURRENT PAIN POINTS AND

49:41COMMON COMPLAINTS LISTED BY

49:44THOSE BUSINE COMMUNITY

49:46ORGANIZATIONS.

49:46AND SO THAT'S A LIST OF 20.

49:48THOSE OTHER LISTS ON THE

49:49PRECEDING PAGES, THOSE ARE BY

49:51STAFF, THOSE ARE COMMON PAIN

49:52POINTS.

49:52HOW TO EXACTLY FIX ALL THOSE, OR

49:54IF THEY'RE EVEN ALL FIXABLE,

49:56BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S ONE IN

49:58THERE THAT I THINK IS DICTATED

50:00BY A STATE LEVEL.

50:02>> RIGHT.

50:02>> BUT THAT IS STILL THE ISSUE

50:03THEY SAY IS AN ISSUE FOR THEM.

50:04SO I SLL WANTED TO INCLUDE IT

50:05IN THE REPORT, EVEN IT'S A

50:07STATE-LEVEL LAW.

50:09>> RIGHT.

50:09AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU

50:10POINTED OUT , TOO, WAS AT LEAST

50:12SOME OF THE CITIES, WHY THEY'RE

50:13PURSUING FOR INSTANCE, LIKE AI

50:17PLATFORMS TO SUPPORT

50:18STREAMLINING AND ESSENTIALLY

50:19DECREASE... I THINK IN THE

50:20REPORT YOU NAME STAFF WORKLOAD.

50:23WITH THAT, I THINK SOMETIMES

50:24WE'VE HEARD WITH OUR LICENSING

50:30OR PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS THAT

50:30ARE ATTACHED TO FEES, THAT

50:33OFTENTIMES THERE IS NOT THAT

50:35OUTREACH OR ENGAGEMENT HAPPENING

50:36AT THE STAFF LEVEL TO BUSINESSES

50:37TO ALSO LET THEM KNOW, ONE, YOU

50:39HAVE TO PAY, BUT ALSO, THIS IS

50:42WHAT YOU'RE PAYING FOR.

50:43AND THOSE FEES ARE ACTUALL

50:44SUPPOSED TO SUPPORT THEN THAT

50:46OUTREACH FOR BUSINESSES TO KNOWD

50:50POLICIES IN PLACE?

50:51I SAW YOUR REPORT SOMEWHAT

50:54MENTIONED A BIT ABOUT THE FEE

50:56STUDY THAT'S GOING ON.

50:57BUT DID ANY OF OUR STAFF NOTE

50:59LIKE SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT IF

51:01WE WERE BETTER UTILIZING OUR FEE

51:03STRUCTURES, HOW THAT COULD ALSO

51:04ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT STRAIN

51:05THAT TY'RE EXPERIENCING IN

51:06THEIR WORKLOAD CAPACITIES?

51:08>> THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCIL

51:10MEMBER WONSLEY, HONESTLY, I DID

51:12NOT DIVE DEEPLY INTO THE FEE

51:13OPTION, BECAUSE THAT FEE STUDY

51:15IS ALREADY GOING ON, AND THAT'S

51:16MOSTLY WHAT STAFF DISCUSSED WITH

51:18ME.

51:19>> OKAY.

51:19THANK YOU.

51:20AND THEN CAN YOU... DID YOU SEE

51:25IN... YOU MENTIONED SOME OF THE

51:26PAIN POINTS OR SOME OF THE

51:27RECOMMENDATIONS SPECIFICALLY,

51:28I'M THINKING LIKE RENTAL

51:31LICENSING TO... AND MAYBE IF

51:32THIS HAPPENED IN OTHER CITIES,

51:34ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP

51:34FOR ME THAT MADE ME A LITTLE BIT

51:36NERVOUS, LIKE I THINK THERE ARE

51:39AVENUE TO STREAMLINE SOME

51:41PROCESSES, AND WHERE I THINK IN

51:42THE CITY WE'RE STRUGGLING, IT'S

51:46NOT ALSO STANDARDIZED.

51:47I THINK YOUR REPORT HIGHLIGHTS

51:50THAT.

51:50BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME AVENUES

51:52WHERE RENTAL LICENSING FEES

51:54ACTUALLY IS VERY SIMPLE, AND

51:55THERE'S BEEN A PROBLEM WITH

51:58THAT, WHERE THERE'S AN

51:59EXPECTATION THAT PROPERTY OWNERS

51:59FOR CERTAIN LICENSINGEES, THEY

52:02JUST ACTUALLY GO ONLINE, SUBMIT

52:04A THING AND PUT THEIR PAYNT

52:06IN, AND THAT'S IT.

52:08AND LIKE IT'S A VERY STREAMLINED

52:11PROCESS.

52:12MY OFFICE, UNFORTUNATELY,

52:13BECAUSE THE INCIDENT HAPPENED IN

52:15MY WARD, ONE THESE PROPERTIES,

52:16WHERE WE LEARNED THAT THIS IS

52:18THE PROCESS, LED TO THE UNITS

52:21THAT WERE A PART OF THAT

52:24PROPERTY ACTUALLY BEING

52:27SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS, AND THE

52:28INSPECTIONS ON THOSE UNITS HAD

52:29NOT HAPPENED BECAUSE THERE'S

52:31THIS VERY LIKE, YOU KNOW,

52:33SIMPLISTIC PROCESS WHERE IT'S

52:35JUST LIKE, OH, YOU JUST GO

52:39UPLOAD IT.

52:39IT WASN'T ON OUR RADAR

52:39SENTIALLY FOR STAFF.

52:41SO I WANTED TO KNOW IF ANY OF

52:42YOUR ANALYZES LOOKED AT LIKE THE

52:43BALANCING OF THAT, TOO, OF LIKE

52:47THE STREAMLINING, TO MAKE SURE

52:48WE'RE ALSO ENSURING QUALITY

52:51CONDITIONS, OR QUALITY ASSURANCE

52:52THROUGH IN THAT PROCESS.

52:53ESPECIALLY I THINK YOU

52:55MENTIONED, LIKE CALIFORNIA,

52:56WHERE THEY HAVE JUST A TWO YEAR

52:58LIKE PERMIT PROCESS.

52:58AND HOW DO YOU BALANCE THAT WITH

52:59THE NEED TO MAKE SURE, LIKE,

53:02YOU'RE STILL AS A CITY, LIKE,

53:05DOING THE ENRCEMENT AND

53:05INSPECTIONS ON THOSE THINGS?

53:07>> THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCIL

53:10MEMBER WONSLEY, I THINK THAT THE

53:12DETAILED ANALYSIS OF ANY CHANGES

53:14NEEDS TO BE COMPLETE BY THE

53:17STAFF WHO ARE EXPERTS IN THAT

53:18AREA, AND I THINK THEY CAN ALL

53:19SPEAK TO THAT.

53:21BUT I THINK IT WAS DETROIT THAT

53:23HAD THE TWO-YEAR LICENSE

53:25RENEWAL.

53:25AND IT WAS MOST OF THEIR

53:26BUSINESSES, BUT NOT ALL OF THEIR

53:28BUSINESSES.

53:29SO, LIKE, THEY HAVE SOME

53:29BUSINESSES WHERE THERE ARE

53:30SPECIFIC SAFETY CONCERNS THAT

53:31THEY MAINTAIN THAT ANNUAL

53:33LICENSING REQUIREMENT.

53:35IT WAS BINESSES THAT THEY

53:36DETERMINED AS A CITY DIDN'T NEED

53:39THAT ONE-YEAR LICENSE RENEWAL,

53:41BECAUSE THEY HEARD FROM BUSINESS

53:42OWNERS THAT IT TOOK THEM FOURWES

53:45TOGETHER, ANOTHER MONTH BEFORE

53:47ANYTHING LIKE HAPPENED AND GOT

53:48BACK.

53:48AND THEN TEN MONTHS LATER

53:49THEY'RE STARTING THE PROCESS

53:51AGAIN FOR NO...S THE CITY

53:54DETERMINED, NO... IT DID NOT

53:56LESSEN T RISK TO THE

53:59EMPLOYEES, TO STAFF, TO MEMBERS

54:00OF THE PUBLIC.

54:01IT WAS JUST BECAUSE WE'D ALWAYS

54:03DONE IT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, AND

54:04THAT'S WHAT WE DO IT.

54:05SO WHEN THEY REVIEWED, THEY WERE

54:06VERY CAREFUL IN LOOKING AT WHICH

54:08BUSINESSES WOULD BE APPLICABLE.

54:09LIKE WHICH WAS ALLOWABLE.

54:12AND I THINK SOMETIMES, TOO,

54:14THINKING ABOUT THE BUSINESS

54:15REGULATIONS AND STREAMLINING...

54:16AND TO BE CLEAR, THESE ARE NO

54:18RECOMMENDATIONS.

54:20>> RIGHT.

54:21>> THIS IS LOOKING AT WHAT OTHER

54:23CITIES ARE DOING.

54:23BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AN

54:26ALL-OR-NOTHING.

54:26IT CAN BE SOME REALLY SMALL

54:28ONES, LIKE THE NO LONGER

54:30REQUIRING... I THI IT WAS SAN

54:31FRANCISCO NO LONGER REQUIRING

54:31THE PERMITTING FOR TABLES AND

54:32CHAIRS ON SIDEWALKS.

54:32THAT WAS... THEY SAID THEY

54:34ELIMINATED 200 PERMITS EVERY

54:35YEAR.

54:35THEIR STAFF DOESN'T HAVE TO

54:36PROCESS IT ANYMORE.

54:38BUSINESS OWNERS ARE HAPPY THEY

54:39DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE

54:41EFFORT ALL THE TIME.

54:41AND THEY JUST HAVE AN ONLINE

54:43REGISTTION.

54:43BUT NOW, THEY INCREASED THE

54:46FINES FOR VIOLATIONS,

54:48ESSENTIALLY.

54:48SO IT'S LIKE, LISTEN, WE'RE NOT

54:48GOING TO MAKE YOU DO THIS

54:49PROCESS, BUT IF WE CATCH YOU

54:50DOING SOMETHING OUT OF

54:52ORDINANCE, THEN YOU ARE GOING TO

54:53GET HIT WITH A LARGER VIOLATION,

54:56A LOT LARGER FINE.

54:58AND SO I THINK FINDING THAT

54:58BALANCE IS GOING TO BE FINDING

55:00THAT BALANCE FOR EACH AND EVERY

55:03CODE OR ORDINANCE OR PERMIT OR,

55:04YOU KNOW, FEE THAT YOU'RE

55:07EXAMINING.

55:07>> RIGHT.

55:09>> I DON'T THINK THERE COULD BE

55:09AN ACROSS THE BOARD, IT'S ALL

55:11GOOD TO REDUCE, IT'S ALL BAD TO

55:13REDUCE.I THINK IT'S GONNA BE REY

55:13DEPENDENT ON WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING

55:14AT REDUCING OR REMOVING.

55:17>>IGHT.

55:17AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU MENTIONED

55:18OF LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE

55:19SOME EXCEPTIONS, AND REALLY

55:21THINKING LIKE, WHAT YOU NEED TO

55:23DO FOR BUSINESS PERMITS, MIGHT

55:24NEED TO VARY A BIT BAS OFF OF

55:27THE BUSINESS PARTNERS THAT'S

55:29APPLYING THERE VERSUS LIKE ALSO

55:30LOOKING AT RENTAL LICENSES,

55:33ANOTHER AVENUE IN WHICH WE

55:34INTERACT WITH HOUSING OWNERS IN

55:36OUR BUSINESS SECTOR, THOSE MIGHT

55:37HAVE TO VARY.

55:37AND THAT DID MAKE ME THINK TOO

55:39OF IN YOUR REPORT YOU LOOKED AT

55:42SOME OF THE CHALLENGES AGAIN

55:47WITH THIS NONSTANDARDIZATIONPIEM

55:52DEFINITION OF WHAT IT MEANS TO

55:52BE A BUSINESS IN MINNEAPOLIS TOO

55:53DID YOU SEE IN SOME OF THE OTHER

55:54CITIES HOW THEY RECTIFY THAT?

55:54BECAUSE I'M ALSO THINKING OF

55:55THATF, YOU KNOW, FOR SOME

55:57MAYBE LARGER-SCALE BUSINESSES

55:59THEY MIGHT HAVE THE MNS OR THE

56:01RESOURCES TO HAVE STAFF GO

56:02THROUGH OUR PROCESSES AS OPPOSED

56:04TO A SMALLER BUSINESS, BUT WE

56:06DON'T HAVE, AGAIN, A UNIFORM

56:08DEFINITION.

56:08BECAUSE U MENTIONED THAT, TOO,

56:10OF LIKE OUR MINIMUM WAGE

56:11ORDINANCE HAS A DIFFERENT

56:12DEFINITION THAN HOW CPED, FOR

56:14SOME OF THEIR PROGRAMS, DEFINE

56:16SMALL BUSINESSES.

56:16DID YOU SEE IF ANY CITIES ALSO

56:18LIKE USE THAT AS AN AVENUE OF

56:20LIKE CREATING THAT UNIFORMITY OF

56:21HOW THEY DEFINE DIFFERENT TIERS

56:23OF BUSINESSES?

56:24>> THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCIL

56:26MEMBER WONSLEY, NO, WE ARE NOT

56:28ALONE IN THAT.

56:28ALMOST NO CITY I SPOKEITH HAD

56:30REALLY ANY SPECIFIC DEFINITION

56:32SPECIFIC TO THEIR CITY.

56:32IT WAS MOSTLY LIKE IF IT WAS A

56:34PROGRAM DEALING WITH THE FEDERAL

56:36GOVERNMENT, IT FOLLOWED THE

56:37FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GUIDELINES,

56:38WHICH I THINK IS 500 EMPLOYEES

56:41OR FEWER.

56:42THEN SOME CITIES HAD... I MEAN,

56:45INTERNALLY, NOT IN LIKE A

56:46DEFINED IN STATUTE ANYTHING,

56:50BUT LIKE WELL IT'S A

56:51MICROBUSINESS, IF IT'S FEWER

56:52THAN 25 EMPLOYEES.

56:54WELL, IT'S A... BUT THERE WANO

56:55CITY THAT I SPOKE WITH WAS LIKE

56:56THIS IS THE DEFINITION THIS IS

56:57RECEIVES THESE SERVICES.

56:57MOST WERE LIKE OUR SMALL

56:58BUSINESS TEAM WAS LIKE, IF A

56:59BUSINESS IS SMALLNOUGH TO CALL

57:01IN TO WANT TO SPEND TIME WORKING

57:02WITH US TO GET SOMETHING DONE,

57:04THEY'RE PROBABLY A BUSINESS

57:05THAT'S SMALL ENOUGH TO BE USING

57:06OUR SERVICES.

57:08BECAUSE LARGE ORGANIZATIONS JUST

57:10AREN'T CALLING THE SMALL

57:10BUSINESS TEAM FOR THEIR HELP.

57:13>> OKAY.

57:14THANK YOU FOR THAT.

57:15THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS,

57:16SOME OF THE THOUGHTS THAT I

57:18HAVE.

57:18BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON

57:19THIS REPORT.

57:20>> THANK YOU.

57:22>> NEXT IS VICE PREDENT OSMAN.

57:24>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

57:29I'M NOT REALLY SURPRISED, AS

57:30BEING A VICE... A BIZ CHAIR,

57:37ALSO BEING IN BIZ EVER SINCE I

57:39STARTED WORKING I THE CITY.

57:45THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION THA

57:47HAPPENS BETWEEN THE STAFF AND

57:49ALSO THE BUSINESS OWNERS ARE

57:52VE DIFFICULT.

57:54IT'S NOT... IT'S NOT EASY

57:59NAVIGANG AROUND THAT.

58:01PEOPLE CALL 311, AND THEN THO

58:06COMMUNICATIONS NEVER GET TO THE

58:07RIGHT PERSON, AND WHEN THEY DO,

58:10ONE OF THE CHALLENGING PARTS

58:11THAT I SEE IS THAT IT'S NOT A

58:16SIMPLE PHONE CALL THATOU CAN

58:18GET AHOLD OF SOMEBODY.

58:22IT'S EITHER EMAIL, AND

58:24PERSONALLY, MY OFFICE HAS

58:26RECEIVED MONEY... COMMUNICATION,

58:27MANY EMAILS, MANY CALLS, WHERE

58:29PEOPLE WERE LIKE, OH, WE HAVE

58:30NOT HEARD FROM THIS DEPARTMENT,

58:33OR THIS INDIVIDUAL HAVE NOT

58:33TALKED TO US FOR WEEKS.

58:34WE'VE BEEN EMAILING BACK AND

58:36FORTH, BACK AND FORTH.

58:47AND IT'S REALLY CHALLENGING TO

58:48KIND OF FOR ME... THEN I COME IN

58:51AND I YOU KNOW EMAIL THE STAFF

58:52AND THEN THEY'RE LIKE OH WE'RE

58:53WAITING YOU TALK ABOUT THE OTHER

58:53THE TWO DEPARTMENTS NOT EVEN

58:55WOING TOGETHER, WE WERE IN THE

58:56BUILDING CODE TO GET THIS AS

58:58RIGHT TIL WE ISSUE IT.

59:00SO IT'S A BIGGER ISSUE.

59:02WHAT ARE SOME OF THE

59:03SUGGESTIONS. I DON'T KNOW IF

59:04YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS OTHER

59:08THAN THE REPORT, WHAT OTHER WAYS

59:11CAN WE IMPROVE THAT

59:11COMMUNICATION?

59:12AND I FEEL LIKE THE CUSTOMER

59:14SERVICE PART OF IT IS REALLY NOT

59:15THERE.

59:21WHEN MY COMMUNITY BUSINESS

59:23OWNERS USUALLY ARE HAVING

59:24DIFFICULTIES, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T

59:24OPEN THEIR RESURANT FOR

59:25MONTHS, BECAUSE THE LACK OF

59:28COMMUNICATION, THINGS DO SLOW

59:30DOWN.

59:32AND THE SLOWDOWN IS BASED ON

59:36LACK OF COMMUNICATION.

59:37WHAT ARE SOME OF THE SUGGESTIONS

59:39YOU HAVE TO IMPROVE THIS

59:41COMMUNICATION?

59:41AND IS IT... AND DO YOU NOTICE

59:44ALSO, WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?

59:47SIT BASE ON NOT ENOUGH STAFF?

59:49OR STAFF DOING A LOT OF TASKS

59:50INSTEAD OF JUST FOCUSING ON THE

59:53INDIVIDUAL AND THE OTHER SIDE OF

59:54THE PHONE OR OTR SIDE OF THE

59:56EMAIL?

59:56WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT

59:59YOU SEE ON MAKING THAT

1:00:03COMMUNICATION VERY, VERY

1:00:04DIFFICULT TO MOVE FORWARD?

1:00:05WHAT ARE SOME SUGGESTIONS YOU

1:00:06MIGHT HAVE IMPROVING THEBUSINESR

1:00:10CPED OR ANYONE WHO IMPROVES THAT

1:00:12PROCESS?

1:00:15>> THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCIL

1:00:15MEMBER OSMAN, I DON'T NT TO

1:00:17SPEAK ON DAY-TO-DAY WORK THAT

1:00:19THESE DEPARTMENTS ARE DOING.

1:00:20I N'T HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF THAT.

1:00:21I REALLY SPOKEITH HIM IN THE

1:00:23CAPACITY OF HOW DOES YOUR

1:00:23DEPARTMENT FIT INTO THIS

1:00:25PROCESS.

1:00:27I WILL SAY, AS FAR AS, AGAIN,

1:00:28NOT MYUGGESTIONS, BUT WHAT'S

1:00:29BEEN SEEN OUT THERE, THE ONLINE

1:00:32PORTAL SYSTEM, AGAIN, SHOWS THE

1:00:33INDIVIDUAL, THEY DON'T NEED TO

1:00:34CONTACT YOUR OFFICE.

1:00:35THEY COULD SEE... YOU KNOW, GO

1:00:36INTO THE SYSTEM AND BE LIKE OH,

1:00:37MINE IS STUCK IN BUILDING CODES.

1:00:39AND THEY MIGHT REALIZE THAT IT'S

1:00:41STUCK IN BLDING CODES NOT

1:00:42BECAUSE OF BUILDING CODE STAFF,

1:00:45BUT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, TY

1:00:46THOUGHT THEIR CONTRACTOR, THE

1:00:47PLUMBER SUBMITTED SOME

1:00:49PERMITTING REFORM, OR THEY

1:00:50THGHT THEY DID.

1:00:51AND THEY DIDN'T ACTUALLY GO

1:00:52THROUGH BUT THEY WOULD BE ABLE

1:00:53TO SEE THAT THEMSELVES IN REAL

1:00:54ME.

1:00:56AND THEN I ALSO THINK THE

1:00:57CONCEPT OF THE BUSINESS

1:00:59CONCIERGE, OUR SMALL BUSINESS

1:01:00TEAM WORKS WITH MANY BUSINESSES,

1:01:01BUT AS THEY SAID, NOT EVERYONE

1:01:03KNOWS THAT THEY EXIST, THAT

1:01:05THEIR SERVICES ARE THERE, AND

1:01:07THE IDEA OF EXPANDING THAT TEAM,

1:01:12THEIR SCOPE, OR HOW MANY FTES

1:01:13THEY HAVE, MORE TO HAVE THAT

1:01:20ONSTOP.

1:01:20SO WHEN ANY BUSINESS PERSON IN

1:01:22THE CITY HAS A QUESTION, FROM

1:01:25THE START OF THEIR PROCESS

1:01:26THROUGH I'M STUCK IN

1:01:28INSPECTIONS, OR I'M STUCK IN THE

1:01:29LICENSING PROCESS, THEY COULD

1:01:30HAVE THAT ONE PERSON TO CONTACT.

1:01:33I THINK IT IS THE GOAL OF THE

1:01:35SMALL BUSINESS TEAM, BUT AS THEY

1:01:37SAID, NOT EVERYONE KNOWS THEIR

1:01:39SERVICES, NOT EVERYONE KNOWS

1:01:40THAT THEY EXIST.AND SO MORE, YO,

1:01:42COMMUNICATION ON THEIR EXISTENCE

1:01:44EVEN MIGHT HELP THAT OTHER

1:01:45COMMUNICATION ISSUE.

1:01:48AS FAR AS BROADER COMMUNICATION,

1:01:51I GOT TO SAY THAT MOST OTHER

1:01:52CITIES TALKED ABOUT THAT AS A

1:01:53CHALLENGE AS WEL

1:01:54AND AGAIN, THEY REALLY WERE

1:01:56MEETING THOSE NEEDS THROUGH THAT

1:01:57ONLINE PORTAL SYSTEAND THROUGH

1:02:00SOME SORT OF INCREASED

1:02:02ASSISTANCE FOR PEOPLE TO

1:02:02NAVIGATE THE PROSS.

1:02:04>> THANK YOU.

1:02:05YEAH, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF

1:02:08WORK THAT THEY NEED TO DO OR

1:02:12FIGURE OUT WAY TO IMPROVE THIS.

1:02:14BECAUSE THIS IS NOT JUST THE

1:02:18SLOWING DOWN BUSINESSES IN THE

1:02:20CITY, DOING BUSINESS WITH THE

1:02:22CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, BUT ALSO

1:02:23IT'S JUST NO OTHER, YOU KNOW, I

1:02:28GUESS AGENCIES OR... THAT DOES

1:02:34THIS, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT.

1:02:36AND RIGHT NOW I'VE GOT

1:02:37TRACTOR-TRAILER HABIT OF SAYING,

1:02:40HEY, COMMUNICATE EMAIL M I'LL

1:02:41REACH OUT TO YOU.

1:02:42AND WHAT I DO I REACH OUT TO THE

1:02:43DIRECTORS LIKE HEY WHAT IS THE

1:02:43STATUS OF THIS I DO.

1:02:46WELCOME THE IDEA OF HAVING A

1:02:48PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO AND

1:02:49JUST PUT A PUT A NUMBER AND G

1:02:50A STATUS OF THEIR PROCESS, WHERE

1:02:51THAT PROCESS IS HEADING TO.

1:02:53THAT KIND OF GIVES AAY FOR THE

1:02:56BUNESSES TO FEEL LIKE WHERE

1:02:59THINGS ARE, BUT IT'S

1:03:00UNACCEPTABLE FOR BUSINESSES IN

1:03:03OUR CITY TO WAIT ONE PERSON TO

1:03:06REOND IN FOUR MONTHS OR SO ON.

1:03:09SO THAT IS THAT IS VERY

1:03:11CHALLENGING.

1:03:12AND I'M HOPING THAT LEADERSHIP

1:03:16CAN MEET AND MAYBE COME UP WITH

1:03:18A DIFFERENT PLAN WHEN IT COMES

1:03:21TO COMMUNICATION.

1:03:21ONCE WE IMPROVE THAT

1:03:23COMMICATION, THEN I THINK THE

1:03:25SLOW PROCESS WILL KIND OF, YOU

1:03:27KNOW, GET BETTER.

1:03:29SO THAT'S MY COMMENT.

1:03:29THANK YOU.

1:03:30>> THANK YOU.

1:03:31AND LASTLY WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER

1:03:34VETAW.

1:03:34>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.

1:03:36JUST A COUPLE QUICK THINGS.

1:03:37THE FIRST ONE IS... DO YOU HAVE

1:03:40AN IDEA OF WN PMI IS SUPPOSED

1:03:41TO BE DONE AND ACTUALLY

1:03:44PRESENTING SOME RECOMMENDATNS

1:03:45OR IDEAS?

1:03:46>> THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCIL

1:03:51MEMBER VETAW, I LAST SPOKE TO

1:03:52THEM AT THE END OF AUGUST

1:03:54I'LL BE HONEST, I FINISHED THIS

1:03:54REPORT THE FIRST WEEK OF

1:03:55SEPTEMBER.

1:03:55WHEN I SPOKE TO THEM AT THAT

1:03:57POINT, I KNOW THAT THEY WERE

1:03:58HOPINGO DO SOME OF THIS

1:03:59IMPLEMENTATION WORK IN THIS FALL

1:04:01QUARTER.

1:04:04I DON'T HAVE A DEADLINE FOR WHEN

1:04:05THEY'RE GOING TO BE PSENTING

1:04:07RECOMMENDATIONS.

1:04:08>> OKAY.

1:04:08I CAN CHECK IN.

1:04:08DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING?

1:04:10>> WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, IT

1:04:13MIGHT BE WORTHWHILE FOR THE

1:04:13CHAIR OF BIZ AND YOURSELF TO

1:04:17EVEN SEE IF THERE'S A PLANNED

1:04:18MOMENT FOR A PRESENTATN ON

1:04:19THIS.

1:04:19I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT

1:04:22THAT, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE A

1:04:23REALLY GOOD IDEA TO HAVE IT

1:04:25BEFORE THE BODY.

1:04:26>> OKAY.

1:04:28AH.

1:04:28AND THEN THE LAST THING...

1:04:30COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ WAS

1:04:31INTERESTED IN KNOWING IF YOU HAD

1:04:34WORKED WITH THE CULTURAL

1:04:36COIDORS.

1:04:36I KNOW THE STAFF DIRECTIVE WAS

1:04:41DEFINITELY DEVELOPED OUT OF LOTS

1:04:42OF CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS ON

1:04:44OUR CULTURAL CORRIDORS.

1:04:46THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, OUT OF

1:04:47CONVERSATIONS WITH ME AND MYSTAL

1:04:51BUSINESSES THAT EXIST IN OUR

1:04:52CULTURAL CORRIDORS, BUT ALSO

1:04:54PEOPLE WHO WANT TO START

1:04:56BUSINESSES IN MINNPOLIS, AND

1:04:58JUST WONDERING IF YOU TALK TO

1:05:01ANYONE ON THE CULTURAL

1:05:03CORRIDORS.

1:05:03>> THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCIL

1:05:05MEMBER VETAW, I DID NOT.

1:05:08I SPOKE WITH THOSE FIVE BUSINESS

1:05:09ORGANIZATIONS THAT I LISTED

1:05:10THROUGUT THE REPORT AND

1:05:11PRESENTATION.

1:05:11I DID NOT SPEAK TO INDIVIDUAL

1:05:12BUSINESS OWNERS.

1:05:14I JUST DID NOT HAVE THE CAPACI

1:05:16IN THE SCO.

1:05:17>> OKAY.

1:05:18THANK YOU.

1:05:18AND YOU DID A GREAT JOB.

1:05:20YOU CERTAINLY ANSWERED QUESTIONS

1:05:23THAT WAS IN THE STAFF DIRECTIVE.

1:05:24SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.

1:05:27AND COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, JUST

1:05:29AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THIS WORKWAS..S

1:05:33CREATED OUT OF CONVERSATIONS

1:05:34WITH FOLKS IN MULTIPLE CULTURAL

1:05:38CORRIDORS, AND THIS WAS THE

1:05:38FIRST PLACE FOR THAT, WAS TOSIMF

1:05:42DIRECTIVE WITH QUESTIONS THAT

1:05:43THEY HAD, D YOU'VE ANSWERED

1:05:45SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS, AND TO

1:05:47FIGURE OUT POLICY PLANS, PROGRAM

1:05:50PLANS, WHATEVER MOVING FORWARD,

1:05:53THAT HOPEFULLY BENEFITS THOSE

1:05:55FOLKS.

1:05:55SO THANK YOU.

1:05:56>> THANK YOU.

1:05:57>> THANK YOU.

1:06:00SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE, I

1:06:03WILL SAY THANK YOU TO MISS JUKE

1:06:06FOR THE PRESENTATION, AND ASK

1:06:10THE CLERK RECEIVE AND FILE

1:06:11THAT PRESENTATION.

1:06:17NOW WE WILL GO TO OUR CONSENT

1:06:23ENDA.

1:06:23THE FIRST ITEM IS SETTING A

1:06:24PUBLIC HEARING FOR OCTOBER

1:06:2427th 2026 TO CONSIDER AN

1:06:25ORDINANCE REGARDING OUR

1:06:26GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE.

1:06:27DO COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY QUESTIONS

1:06:28OR DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT

1:06:29AGENDA?

1:06:33COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY.

1:06:33>> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY,

1:06:37JUST WANTED TO GIVE SOME BRIEF

1:06:39COMMENTS ON THIS.SO MANY OF MY O

1:06:42WERE HERE YOU KNOW, THREE YEARS

1:06:44O RECALLED THAT THE GOVERNMENT

1:06:46STRUCTURE IMPLEMENTED

1:06:46IMPLEMENTATION ORDINANCE WAS

1:06:47ADOPTED IN 2022, AND WE HAD

1:06:51ROBUST DEBATE AT THAT TIME,

1:06:52WHERE I KNOW A NUMBER OF

1:06:54COLLEAGUES, INCLUDING MYSELF,

1:06:55EMPHASIZED THE NEED TO LOOK AT

1:06:58HOW WE'RE STREAMLINING

1:07:01ACCOUNTABILITY WITHIN CITY

1:07:02GOVERNMENT, AS WE WERE BUILDING

1:07:04OUT THESE NEW STRUCTURES,

1:07:08ESSENTIALLY, TOO, WITHIN OUR

1:07:09GOVERNMENT.

1:07:09AND WANTED TO FIGURE OUT HOW

1:07:10WHE WE WERE DOING THAT, OF

1:07:13CREATING NEW BUREAUCRACY, IN A

1:07:15WAY THAT WOULD NOT ALSO

1:07:17UNDERMINE THAT ACCOUNTABILITY.

1:07:18AND A LOT OF TSE CONVERSATIONS

1:07:21PARTICULARLY CENTERED AROUND THE

1:07:22CREATION OF THE OFFICE OF

1:07:23COMMUNITY SAFETY AND MAKING SURE

1:07:25THAT WITH THIS CREATION, THAT IT

1:07:27WI BE STRUCTURED IN A WAY THAT

1:07:28WOULD PROMOTE ACCOUNTABILITY AND

1:07:31TRANSPENCY, AND NOT TO CREATE

1:07:32MORE DIFFUSION OF ENGAGEMENT

1:07:36BETWEEN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, THE

1:07:38OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND

1:07:40MPD, AND MAKING SURE IT ACTUALLY

1:07:43FELL IN LINE WITH THE INTENT OF

1:07:45QUESTION ONE, ESSENTIALLY, OF

1:07:46CREATING A MORE STREAMLINED

1:07:48MANAGERIAL SYSTEM.

1:07:55BUT WHEN WE BROUGHT THIS

1:07:56ORDINANCE FORWARD IN 2022, WE

1:07:57ALSO HEARD THAT IT WAS FRAMED AS

1:07:58A TRY BEFORE YOU BUY IT LIKE

1:07:58THIS WAS OUR PILOT.

1:08:01MEANING THAT AFTER A FEW YEARS

1:08:03OF EXPERIENCING IT IN IT

1:08:05PROPOSED ITERATION, COUNCIL AND

1:08:09THE PUBLIC COULD THEN LOOK BACK

1:08:10AT IT AND USE NOW YEARS OF DATA

1:08:15TO TRULY MAKE ADJUSTMENTS.

1:08:16AND THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS

1:08:16ORDINANCE AIMS TO DO, TO MAKE

1:08:18SURE THAT WE'RE DELIVERING

1:08:19MEANINGFUL OUTCOMES FOR OUR

1:08:20RESIDENTS.

1:08:20SO WITH THAT, IT ALSO LOOKS AT

1:08:23THEN SPECIFIC AREAS THAT WE HAVE

1:08:26NOT SEEN THAT DEMONSTRATED

1:08:30MEASURABLE SUCCESS, PARTICULARLY

1:08:31IN MEETING CITY GOALS THAT

1:08:33BENEFIT THE PUBLIC.

1:08:34SPECIFICALLY, THERE HAS BEEN

1:08:35LOTS O DEBATE ABOUT, AGAIN, THE

1:08:37OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY, ITS

1:08:39FUTURE ON THIS COUNCIL.

1:08:40I THINK MANY OF US WERE EXCITED

1:08:42ABOUT ITS INITIAL CREATION.

1:08:43BUT WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SEE

1:08:46OVER THE THREE YEARS OF ITS

1:08:48EXISTENCE, AGAIN, THAT

1:08:49MEASURABLE BENEFIT TO THE

1:08:51PUBLIC.

1:08:51AND WHILE WE KNOTHAT WE

1:08:53ABSOLUTELY NEED TO CONTINUE

1:08:55DOUBLING DOWN ON OUR CITY'S

1:08:57EFFORTS TO EXPAND OUR PROGRAMS,

1:09:03THAT GOAL AND DRIVE SAFETY

1:09:04OUTCOMES THAT GOES BEYOND

1:09:06POLICING, WE KNOW A BULK OF THAT

1:09:07WORK IS BEING CHAMPIONED IN THE

1:09:10NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT

1:09:11AND NOT NECESSARILY THE OFFICE

1:09:12OF COMMUNITY SAFETY ITSELF.

1:09:14WE ALSO HAVE SEEN, AGAIN, A

1:09:16MULTITUDE OF JUST CHALLENGE

1:09:18WITHIN THE OCS OFFICE IN TERMS

1:09:22OFOW HAS IT BEEN AN OVERSIGHT

1:09:23HAWK IN HELPING MPD STAY WITHIN

1:09:26ITS BUDG AND AVOID BUDGET

1:09:28MISMANAGEMENT.

1:09:28WE'VE HAD TO CONTEND WITH

1:09:29CHALLENGES AROUND VENDORS AND

1:09:30THE CK OF CONTRACT OVERSIGHT.

1:09:33WE'VE ALSO HAD TO AS A BODY

1:09:37CONTEND WITH ISSUES AROUND CRIME

1:09:39PREVENTION AND HOW WE COULD

1:09:42PROMOTE INCREASE CASE CLEARANCE

1:09:45OUTCOMES, SO THAT RESIDENTS ARE

1:09:47GETTIN JUSTICE WHEN THEY'RE

1:09:48EXPERIENCING HARMFUL INCIDENTS.

1:09:49AND WE JUST HAVE NOT SEEN THAT

1:09:52COME IO FRUITION WITH THE

1:09:53CREATION OF THIS OFFICE.

1:09:55SO IT DOES PROPOSE ELIMINATING

1:09:58THAT, BUT ALSO SHIFTING THOSE

1:10:00RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER THE

1:10:02NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT,

1:10:02WHICH HAS BEEN THE LEADING FORCE

1:10:03IN SOME OF THIS WORK.

1:10:05THE ORDINANCE ALSO PROPOSES THE

1:10:07ELIMINATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF

1:10:09RACIAL EQUITY INCLUSION AND

1:10:11BELONGING, REIB, WHICH IANT TO

1:10:14NAME, THIS IS NOT A MAGA EFFORT,

1:10:17THERE IS ALSO A PROPOSAL TO

1:10:19REALIGN THIS WORK WITH THE

1:10:21NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY SAFETY...

1:10:23SORRY... NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY

1:10:24RELATIONS DEPARTMENT THAT HAS

1:10:25DEMONSTRATED A STRONG RECORD OF

1:10:27SOUND MANAGEMENT, FISCAL

1:10:28OVERSIGHT, HAS BEEN ABLE TO

1:10:31PRESERVE STRONG COMMUNITY

1:10:33RELATIONSHIPS, AND HAS RICH

1:10:35ENTREPRISE KNOWLEDGE, AND HAS

1:10:36BEEN DOING THAT WORK EFFECTIVELY

1:10:37IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

1:10:38IT ALSO DOES LOOK AT ELIMINATING

1:10:40THE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND

1:10:42INNOVATION DIVISION AS WELL.

1:10:43BUT AGAIN, I ALSO WANT TO NAME

1:10:45THAT THIS IS A STARTING PLACE

1:10:47FOR DISCUSSIONS.

1:10:48IT'S VERY CLEAR IN THE MAYOR'S

1:10:51PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 2027, THEYAN

1:10:53REORGANIZE OUR GOVERNMENT

1:10:54STRUCTURE IN A WAY THAT DOES

1:10:55PROMOTE MORE EFFICIENCY, WHILE

1:10:57ALSO FOR US IS BALANCING THE

1:10:59GOALS OF THAT EFFICIENCY NEEDS

1:11:00TO COME WITH STRONGER OUTCOMES

1:11:01FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND BETTER

1:11:03SERVICES, AND THIS IS WHAT THIS

1:11:05LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AIMS TO DO.

1:11:08ALSO, I DO WANT TO NAME, WHILE

1:11:09THE BUDGET PROCESS PROPOSED FOR

1:11:12GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE ON THE

1:11:14MAYOR'S ADMINISTRATION SIDE CAME

1:11:15WITH BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS,

1:11:16THIS ORDINANCE DOES NOT.

1:11:18BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THE WORK OF

1:11:19DOING BUDGET MARKUPS SHOULD STAY

1:11:23WITHIN THAT TIMELINE.

1:11:24SO FOR ANY BUDGET IMPLICATIONS

1:11:26THAT MIGHT BE TIED TO THIS

1:11:28ORDINANCE, WE WOULD TAKE THAT UP

1:11:30AT THE BUDGET MARKUP

1:11:32DELIBERATIONS THAT'S HAPPENING

1:11:34IN THE COMINGEEKS AND MONTHS.

1:11:35AND THAT WOULD BE THE PLACE FOR

1:11:38AS A BODY TO TALK ABOUT

1:11:40PROPOSALS FOR ANY BUDGETARY

1:11:42IMPACTS.

1:11:42BUT THAT SAID, THIS IS REALLY

1:11:44THE STARTING CONVERSATION TO

1:11:46REALLY LOOK AT HOW WE CAN BETTER

1:11:47ALIGN OUROVERNMENT IN A WAY

1:11:48THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF OUR

1:11:50RESIDENTS, AND GIVES US THAT

1:11:51SPACE TO DO THAT, AS OPPOSED TO

1:11:53WAITING TO THE CHARTER

1:11:56COMMISSION TO ESSENTIALLY HAVE

1:11:58TO TAKE INITIATION ON THAT

1:11:59PROCESS.

1:11:59THIS ALLOWS US TO DO THAT

1:12:02PROACTIVELY, AND THEN ALSO BEING

1:12:02FURTHER CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM

1:12:03AS THEY START THEIR

1:12:05DELIBERATIONS NEXT YEAR AS WELL.

1:12:07SO I AT LEAST WANT TO GIVE THAT

1:12:09CONTEXT.

1:12:10>> THANK YOU, MEMBERS.

1:12:11IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?

1:12:13COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW.

1:12:15>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.

1:12:16YES, I HAVE A QUESTN FOR

1:12:17COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY.

1:12:18COULD YOU JUST REPEAT THE

1:12:19TIMELINE AGA FOR THIS PLEASE?

1:12:22>> THE TIMELINE FOR THIS, SO

1:12:25WHAT IS IN FRONT OF US TODAY IS

1:12:26ESSENTIALLY SETTING THE PUBLIC

1:12:29HEARING FOR OCTOBER 27th FOR

1:12:30THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.

1:12:31SO THAT'S WHEN WE WOULD HAVE THE

1:12:33PUBLIC HEARING, AS YOUNOW,

1:12:34THEN HAVE ANY DELIBERATION, TAKE

1:12:35UP ANY AMENDMENTS OR CHANGESND

1:12:38THEN DEPENDING ON THE OUTCOME OF

1:12:42THAT, IT WILL BE FROM MY

1:12:48UNDERSTANDING IN COLLABORATION

1:12:48WITH COUNCIL LEADERSHIP AND

1:12:51BUDGET CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER

1:12:56CHUGHTAI, IT WOULD THEN BE

1:12:58EITHER POSTPONED, IF IT'S

1:12:59PASSED, AT ANOTHERIME, AT

1:13:02ANOTHER DATE.

1:13:02BUT SO FAR, JUST THE PUBLICHEAR.

1:13:04>> OKAY.

1:13:05SO JUST THE PUBLIC HEARING.

1:13:06AND WHAT IS THE... OY, SO CAN

1:13:09YOU TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT THE

1:13:10BUDGET CHAIR HAS TO DO WITH

1:13:12THIS?

1:13:12ARE YOU SAYING LIKE IF THIS

1:13:15PASSES, THEN THAT MONEY IS FREED

1:13:17UP FOR US TO DO... LIKE, CAN YOU

1:13:19EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE?

1:13:21>> YEAH.

1:13:23AND I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER

1:13:24CHUGHTAI WANTS TO GET IN QUEUE,

1:13:26BUT THIS WAS MORE... SO BECAUSE

1:13:29WE KNOW THE ADMINISTRATION AGAIN

1:13:29HAD PROPOSALS THAT WERE TIED TO

1:13:30THE BUDGET, SO THAT IS WHY W

1:13:34NAMED LIKE THERE MIGHT BE SOME

1:13:35SPACE DURING BUDGET MARKUP,

1:13:37WHERE THERE MIGHT BE DISCUSSION

1:13:39ON THIS ORDINANCE THEN.

1:13:42IS THAT CORRECT, COUNCIL MEMBER

1:13:44CHUGAI?

1:13:48OR CHAIR CHUGHTAI.

1:13:49GO AHEAD.

1:13:50>> YEAH, SORRY, THANK YOU, MADAM

1:13:52CHAIR.

1:13:54YEAH, JUST TO ADDRESS COUNCIL

1:13:56MEMBER VETAW'S QUESTION, I THINK

1:13:58THE GOAL HERE WOULD BE TO HAVE

1:13:59THE GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE WORK

1:14:00DONE HERE IN COMMITTEE OF THE

1:14:01WHOLE AND BE READY TO GO FOR

1:14:04WHEN THE BUDGET WORK IS

1:14:05COMPLETED IN THE BUDGET

1:14:07COMMITTEE, SO THAT BOTH ACTIONS

1:14:09CAN BE SENT TO THE MAYOR FOR HIS

1:14:11CONSIDERATION AT THE SAME TIME,

1:14:12D THAT WE LEAVE OURSELVES

1:14:14ENOUGH ROOM AND FLEXIBILITY TO

1:14:16BE ABLE TO HAVE THE GOVERNMENT

1:14:18STRUCTURE WORK COMPLETED AND

1:14:20OPPORTUNITIES FOR ANY MINOR

1:14:22CHANGES TO TAKE PLACE, DEPENDING

1:14:23ON THE OUTCOME OF MARKUP.

1:14:31>> IS THAT ALL, COUNCIL MEMBER

1:14:33VETAW?

1:14:33>>ES.

1:14:34>> OKAY, THANK YOU.

1:14:35NEXT IN QUEUE, COULD YOU,

1:14:37COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, JUST LET

1:14:39ME KNOW IF I HAVE THIS RIGHT?

1:14:41NEXT WEEK... NEXT CYCLE, TOBER

1:14:4227th PUBLIC HEARING, WE HAVE

1:14:45DISCUSSIONS THAT'S MARKUP, AND

1:14:46THEN THE VOTE IS FOR A LATER

1:14:48DATE?

1:14:48MARKUP ON THIS ORDINANCE.

1:14:50>> THANK YOU.

1:14:51I WAS LIKE...

1:14:53>> MARKUP IS COMING, BUT NOT

1:14:55NEXT CYCLE. .

1:14:56>> LIKE THE STANDARD LEGISLATIVE

1:14:57PROCESS, EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO

1:14:58BRING AMENDMENTS OR

1:14:58DELIBERATIONS AT THE PUBLIC

1:14:59HEARING.

1:15:00>> GOT IT.

1:15:00BUT JUST NOT A FINAL VOTE AND

1:15:03IT'S NOT GOING TO THAT COUNCIL

1:15:03MEETING.

1:15:04>> NO.

1:15:05>> OKAY.

1:15:06PERFECT.

1:15:06THAT'S HELPFUL FOR

1:15:07CLARIFICATIO

1:15:08YEAH, I WILL JUST MAKE SOME

1:15:10COMMENTS.

1:15:11LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING A

1:15:12DISCUSSION WITH MY COLLEAGUES

1:15:13ABOUT THIS.

1:15:14THIS IS OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THE

1:15:16BIEST THINGS THAT WE'RE TAKING

1:15:18ON ALONGSIDE THE BUDGET IN TERMS

1:15:20OF RESTRUCTURING OUR GOVERNMENT

1:15:21AND THE WAY THAT OUR DEPARTMENTS

1:15:23WILL WORK, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO

1:15:26TALKING TO COLLEAGUES ABOUT IT.

1:15:28I'M INTERESTED IN TALKING TO

1:15:31ANYONE THAT HAS IDEAS OR

1:15:33THOUGHTS.

1:15:33SAME GOES FOR THE BUDGET

1:15:36CONVERSATION.

1:15:36I THINK THAIT'S GOING TO TAKE

1:15:39A LOT OF WORK FROM THIS BODY TO

1:15:41BE ABLE TO GET THIS SET

1:15:44ALONGSIDE THE CITY BUDGET AT THE

1:15:46SAME TIME.

1:15:46I DON'T THINK I'VE SAT THROUGH A

1:15:48CITY BUDGET WHERE WE'VE HAD TO

1:15:52DO TWO PARALLEL ACTIONS OF SUCH

1:15:55ENORMITY AND IMPACT BEFORE.

1:15:57SO, LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT

1:15:58WORK, AND WILL B REACHING OUT

1:16:01TO YOU, COUNCIL MEMR WONSLEY,

1:16:03TO JUST CHAT MORE OFFLINE, AND

1:16:05SAME WITH YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

1:16:09VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI, I HAVE YOU

1:16:10IN QUEUE.

1:16:11>> I'M ALL GOOD.

1:16:12THANK YOU.

1:16:13>> OKAY.

1:16:14GREAT.

1:16:15MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY FURTHER

1:16:15DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM?

1:16:19COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER.

1:16:20>> YEAH.

1:16:20THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS

1:16:22FORWARD, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO

1:16:23THE CONTINUED DIALOG AROU

1:16:24THESE IMPORTANT DECISIONS.

1:16:25I DO THINK THAT IT'S REALLY

1:16:30IMPORTANT THAT THIS TIME THAT WE

1:16:31TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE

1:16:32RESIDENTS OF MINNEAPIS TO

1:16:33REALLY DEMONSTRATE A

1:16:35COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT ABOUT

1:16:36TRYING TO WORK TOGETHER ON OUR

1:16:38DIFFERENCES OF OPINION, SO THAT

1:16:40WE DO NOT END UP WITH A VETO AND

1:16:43AN UPHELD VETO.

1:16:45THAT'S A CHOICE AT WE WILL

1:16:47MAKE AS A COUNCIL.

1:16:48AND I HOPE THAT WE ARE WILLING

1:16:53TO TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY AND TRY

1:16:55TO DIALOG AND COME FORWARD WITH

1:16:58SOMETHING THAT REDUCES THE LEVY,

1:16:59MAKES STRONG DECISIONS, AND

1:17:02DOESN'T HARM OUR CORE CITY

1:17:04SERVICES.

1:17:05SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THISWN

1:17:09DEMONSTRATE SOMETHING UNUSUAL.

1:17:16ANKS.

1:17:19>> SINCE YOU BROUGHT UP VETO, I

1:17:23WANTED TO SEE, SINCE ITS TIED

1:17:25TO THIS ITEM, BECAUSE IT COULD

1:17:30BE VETO-ABLE... COUNCIL

1:17:31MEMBER... VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI, I

1:17:33DON'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE

1:17:34SPOT, BUT DO YOU KNOW IF WE'RE

1:17:36GOING TO HEAR BACK FROM THE CI

1:17:38ATTORNEYS ON WHAT WOULD HAPPEN

1:17:39IF THE CITY BUDGET WERE TO BE

1:17:41VETOED BY THE MOR AND THEN

1:17:42UPHELD?

1:17:45OR I SEE ATTORNEY ABELSON.

1:17:47>> CHAIR, YES, I THINK WE WERE

1:17:49ASKED AT THE LAST BUDGET MEETING

1:17:50TO PREPARE A MEMO ON IT.

1:17:51WE'LL PREPARE A MEMO AND GET IT

1:17:53TO YOU RELATIVELY SHOLY.

1:17:54THIS WAS WORK THAT WE DID WE D

1:17:58TWO YEARS AGO, WHEN THE BUDGET

1:18:00WAS VETOED AND NOT OVERRIDDEN.

1:18:01SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE

1:18:03SOMETHING IN RELATIVELY SHORT

1:18:04ORDER.

1:18:04>> OKAY.

1:18:05GREAT.

1:18:05AND I'LL JUST ADD THE COMMENT, A

1:18:09VETO IS NOT A CHOICE OF THIS

1:18:11BODY.

1:18:11THAT'S THE CHOICE OF THE MAYOR.

1:18:13AND I HOPE THAT THAT'S ONE THAT

1:18:14WILL NOT HAPPEN GIVEN THE

1:18:15FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE

1:18:18CITY BUDGET.

1:18:19AND THAT'S WHAT I'M HOPINWE

1:18:20CAN IRON OUT AND WORK TOGETHER

1:18:21ON OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

1:18:23SOUNDS LIKE OTHERS WANT DO

1:18:24THAT TOO.

1:18:26SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I

1:18:31WILL MOVE THISTEM FOR

1:18:34APPROVAL.

1:18:35ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY A.

1:18:38[ AYES RESPOND ]

1:18:39ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.

1:18:41THAT MOTION CARRIES, AND WE WILL

1:18:45SET THAT PUBLIC HEARING.

1:18:45NEXT WE WILL MOVE TO THE

1:18:46DISCUSSION ITEM.

1:18:47THIS IS THE WALK-ON ITEM THAT I

1:18:50MENTIONED EARLIER.

1:18:50IT'S AN ADDITIONAL GIFT

1:18:51ACCEPTANCE FROM THE MINNEAPOLIS

1:18:53POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR... OH,

1:18:58COUNCIL MEMBER CVEZ.

1:18:59>> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY.

1:19:02IIGHT NEED ME HELP FROM THE

1:19:03ATTORNEYS AND CLERKS, BUT I WAS

1:19:04WONDERING IF I COULD OFFER A

1:19:04COMMENT WITHOUT YOUR OBJECTION,

1:19:05OR WITHOUT THIS BODY'S

1:19:07OBJECTION, THERE WAS FOLKS IN

1:19:08THE CHAMBERS HERE TODAY THAT I

1:19:10DID NOT WANT TO CONTINUE THIS

1:19:11MEETING WITHOUT ACKNOWLEDGING.

1:19:15>> YEAH, GO... UNDER THE

1:19:19DISCRETION OF T CHAIR, YES, GO

1:19:21AHEAD.

1:19:22>> OKAY, I KNOW WE WERE JOINED

1:19:24BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, THEY

1:19:26CAME TO THE CHAMBERS TODAY.

1:19:28I SPOKE TO THEM.

1:19:29THEY WANTED TO TESTIFY.

1:19:30I EXPLAINED THE PROCESS OF NOT

1:19:30BEING ABLE TO TESTIFY BECAUSE WE

1:19:31DO HAVE TO GIVE PUBLIC NOTICE.

1:19:33BUT I DID WANT TO AT LEAST

1:19:35ACKNOWLEDGE THEM SINCE THEY DID

1:19:36COME TO THESE CHAMBERS REGARDING

1:19:37AN ITEM THAT WAS REPORTED ON IN

1:19:39THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.

1:19:40AND WHILE THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO

1:19:42TESTIFY TODAY, I DID WANT TO

1:19:44THANK THEM FOR BEING HERE.

1:19:45THEY ARE MANY OF OUR

1:19:50LATINO/LATINA LEADERS IN THE

1:19:51COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY

1:19:51ADVOCATES WHO WERE ASKING US TO

1:19:54REJECT A LIQUOR LICENSE FROM LOS

1:19:56ANDES.

1:19:56AND I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS

1:19:57IMPORTANT TO AT LEAS

1:19:58ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY WERE HERE

1:19:59TODAY, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T MENTION

1:20:01THEM, AND THEY WERE HOPING TO

1:20:02TESTIFY.

1:20:02BUT I DID HAVE TO EXPLAIN HOW

1:20:03THE PROCESS WORKS AND THAT THEY

1:20:05WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

1:20:06ANK YOU, CHAIR.

1:20:08>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.

1:20:10ALL RIG.

1:20:11WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSSION.

1:20:13I PUT THIS ITEM AT THEOP OF

1:20:15OUR DISCUSSION AGENDA.

1:20:16THISS THE WALK-ON ITEM I

1:20:19MENTIONED EARLIER.

1:20:20IT'S THE ADDITIONAL GIFT

1:20:22ACCEPTANCE FOR THE MINNEAPOLIS

1:20:23POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE POLICE

1:20:25CHIEF CONFERENCES HAPPENING AT

1:20:27THE END OF OCTOBER.

1:20:29I WILL ASK COMMANDER BROWN TO

1:20:30PLEASE COME AND GIVE ME DETAIL

1:20:32TO THIS ITEM.

1:20:38>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, VICE

1:20:41CHAIR, VICE PRESIDENT, AND

1:20:42COUNCIL.

1:20:44AND SO THIS PARTICULAR ITEM... I

1:20:48AM COMMANDER CHRIS BROWN.

1:20:51I RUN THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AND

1:20:53FINANC FOR MPD.

1:20:54SO THIS PARTICULAR ITEM WAS...

1:20:59IT'S KIND OF A PART TWO FROM THE

1:21:00ORIGINAL, WHICH IS A GIFT

1:21:03ACCEPTANCE FOR MEMBERS OF THE

1:21:05MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT TO

1:21:06ATTEND THE INTERNATIONAL

1:21:07ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE.

1:21:10WE DO HAVE AN OFFICER WHO'S

1:21:11GOING TO BE RECEIVING AN AWARD

1:21:15FOR... WELL, HOPEFULLY, HE'S ONE

1:21:17OF THE NOMINEES FOR THE AWARD,

1:21:19FOR THE INTERNATIONAL

1:21:21ASSOCIATION POLICE OFFICER OF

1:21:23THE YEAR.

1:21:23AND SO THE ORIGINAL GIFT WAS FOR

1:21:28$16,000, AND THERE WERE SOME

1:21:30COUNCIL MEMBERS I APPRECIATE HAD

1:21:32GIVEN A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE

1:21:33SEEK THE ADDITIONAL COST TO

1:21:34COVER THE ENTIRE COST, AND SOME

1:21:36VERY GENEROUS DONORS DID EXACTLY

1:21:39THAT.

1:21:40SO THANK YOU TO THEM.

1:21:41AND THANK YOU FOR THE

1:21:43RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COUNCIL.

1:21:45>> THANK YOU, COMMANDER BROWN.

1:21:47I'LL ASK MEMBERS IF THEY WOULD

1:21:47LIKE TO GET INTO QUEUE ON THIS

1:21:50ITEM.

1:21:50I PUT MYSELF IN QUEUE.

1:21:54YEAH, I JUST APPRECIATE THE

1:21:55MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT

1:21:57ASNG FOR ADDITNAL GIFT

1:21:58MONEY.

1:21:59SO WE DIDN'T CONTRIBUTE TO

1:22:02FURTHER OVERSPENDING THE BUDGET.

1:22:03I THINK IT MADE A LOT OF SENSE

1:22:05IN OUR LAST RESOLUTION OUT OF

1:22:07COUNCIL TO ASK FOR THAT.

1:22:09AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT IT WAS

1:22:11COMPLETELY POSSIBLE, AND GLAD

1:22:13THAT WORK HAPPENED.

1:22:14AND SO I WILL MOVE THIS ITEM FOR

1:22:16APPROVAL AND ASK FOR A SECOND.

1:22:19>> SECOND.

1:22:20>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE.

1:22:23>> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY.

1:22:24I JUST WANTED TO THANK MPD AND

1:22:26THANK COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ FOR

1:22:27E DUE DILIGENCE ON THIS.

1:22:29YOU BROUGHT A SPIRIT OF PROBLEM

1:22:31SOLVING TO THIS, AND I THINK IT

1:22:33LED TO AN EVEN BETTER OUTCOME.

1:22:35SO, YOUNOW, THE OBJECTION

1:22:38PREVIOUSLY WASN'T TO CELEBRATING

1:22:39THE WORK OF LIEUTENANT KELLY.

1:22:43IT WAS RECOGNIZING THE FISCAL

1:22:45POSITION THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS

1:22:48IN, AND THIS HAS TOTALLY

1:22:50MITIGATED THAT.

1:22:50SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORT

1:22:54THIS.

1:22:56>> SEEING NO FURTHER

1:22:58DISCUSSIONS, AND THE MOTION FOR

1:22:59APPROVAL, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY

1:23:01AYE.

1:23:02[ AYES RESPOND ]

1:23:02ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.

1:23:04THAT MOTION CARRIES.

1:23:12ALL RIGHT.

1:23:13ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A RESOLUTION

1:23:13AUTHORED BY SEVERAL COUNCIL

1:23:15MEMBERS REGARDING THE

1:23:18MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS

1:23:19SCHOOL CLOSURE DEPROGRAMMING IN

1:23:23RELATIONSHIP TO THE MINNEAPOLIS

1:23:24PUBLIC SCHOOLS TRANSFORMATION

1:23:26PLAN.

1:23:26I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER

1:23:28VETAW TO START US OFF WITH SOME

1:23:30COMMENTS.

1:23:31>> THANK YOU CHAIR.

1:23:33SO, RIGHT, THERE ARE SEVERAL

1:23:36COUNCIL MEMBERS COAUTHORED THIS.

1:23:37ME BEING THE MAIN AUTHOR.

1:23:39BUT I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH

1:23:41SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS THIS

1:23:42MORNING, TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT'S

1:23:44MEETING, AND THAT THEY MIGHT BE

1:23:46MAKING A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT AUND

1:23:48THE RESOLUTION THAT WE'RE

1:23:50BRINGING FORWARD TODAY.

1:23:51SO I WANTED TO CONTINUE MOVING

1:23:55IT FORWARD, BUT ALSO WITH THE

1:23:58POSSIBILITY THAT I ALSO MAY BE

1:24:01WITHDRAWING IT AT A LATER DATE

1:24:02IF THINGS GO A CERTAIN WAY

1:24:04TONIGHT AT THE MEETIN

1:24:05THANK YOU TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES

1:24:07FOR HELPING WITH THIS.

1:24:09IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE

1:24:11SUPPORT OUR FAMILIES DURING THIS

1:24:12TIME.

1:24:13IT'S REALLY SCY FOR FAMILIES

1:24:15WHOSE SCHOOLS ARE ON THE LIST

1:24:16FOR BEING CLOSED DOWN NEXT YEARE

1:24:21MEETING TONIGHT BEFORE TAKING

1:24:24ANY MORE ACTION ON THIS.

1:24:30>> THANK YOU.

1:24:33COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON.

1:24:34>> I'M REALLY HAPPY TO HEAR

1:24:34THAT, I HADN'T HAD THAT UPDATE.

1:24:36SO I'M REALLY HAPPY TO HEAR

1:24:38THAT.

1:24:38I WANTED TO COAUTHOR THIS,

1:24:40BECAUSE A LOT OF PARENTS AND

1:24:42FAMILIES AND EDUCATORS IN MY

1:24:45AREA IN MY AREA IN SOUTH

1:24:49MINNEAPOLIS ARE REALLY UPSET

1:24:49ABOUT THIS PLAN PARTICULARLY THE

1:24:50CLOSING OF FIELD ELEMENTARY.

1:24:52FIELD HAS A RICH HISTORY IN WARD

1:24:56EIGHT.

1:24:56IT'S A CORNERSTONE OF THE SOUTH

1:24:58SIDE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY,

1:24:59AND WAS ONE OF THE FIRST SCHOOLS

1:25:01IN MINNEAPOLIS TO PARTICIPATE IN

1:25:02THE DESEGREGATION PROGRAMS IN

1:25:041971.

1:25:08SO, SEEING THAT SCHOOL CLOSED IN

1:25:11ALL OF THE OF THE OPTIONS GIVEN

1:25:13WAS REALLY ALARMING TO MY

1:25:15COMMUNITY.

1:25:16SO I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT MAYBE

1:25:17THERE'S A GOOD ANNOUNCEMENT

1:25:18COMING VERY SOON FOR, AT A VERY

1:25:22MINIMUM, AT LEAST MORE PUBLIC

1:25:24ENGAGEMENT ON THIS MASSIVE,

1:25:27MASSIVE DECISION.

1:25:28SO REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR THAT

1:25:30UPDATE.

1:25:30THANK Y.

1:25:31>> THANK Y, COUNCIL MEMBER.

1:25:33I HAVE MYSELF IN QUEUE, AND

1:25:37PERHAPS JUST WANT TO CLARIFY

1:25:37COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW THAT I HAVE

1:25:39AN UNDERSTANDI OF WHAT YOU

1:25:40WANT TO DO NEXT.

1:25:40SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE IT

1:25:42FORWARD...

1:25:43>> WITHOUT RECOMNDATION.

1:25:45>> WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION?

1:25:47OKAY.

1:25:47AND THEN THERE IS A NEED TO

1:25:49WITHDRAW, THEN THERE'LL BE A

1:25:51WITHDRAWAL.

1:25:51>> AT AT FULL COUNCIL.

1:25:53I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO

1:25:54WITHDRAW.

1:25:55>> OKAY.

1:25:56>> THANK YOU.

1:25:57GREAT.

1:25:57AND THEN I WILL PROVIDE SOME

1:26:00COMMENTS, TOO.

1:26:02I HAVE BEEN DEEPLY ENGAGED WITH

1:26:05MY COMMUNITY IN THE 12th WARD,

1:26:09AND THERE ARE TWO SCHOOLS IN

1:26:11PARTICULAR THAT ARE IMPACTED

1:26:13SCHOOL CLOSURE AND MERGER, AND

1:26:16THEN A SCHOOL RIGHT OUTSIDE OF

1:26:19MY WARD, LONGFELLOW HIGH SCHOOL,

1:26:22THAT ISET FOR CLOSURE THAT

1:26:24SUPPORTS PARENTING MOTHERS,

1:26:26PREGNANT MOTHERS, A DEEPLY HIGH

1:26:30ED COMMUNITY.

1:26:31AND IT'S JUST BEEN REALLY HARD

1:26:33FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SEE

1:26:35THAT PLAN MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT

1:26:36THEIR CONSULTATION.

1:26:38IT'S JUST CREATED A REAL SENSE

1:26:39OF FEAR THAT THEY'RE GOING TO

1:26:41LOSE A RESILIENT NEIGHBORHOOD

1:26:43HUB, ESPECIALLY THROUGH WHAT WE

1:26:44ALL ENDURED DURING OPERATION

1:26:46METRO SURGE.

1:26:47THE SCHOOLS IN MY WARD, AND

1:26:49OUTSIDE MY WARD, ALL THROUGHOUT

1:26:50THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS PROVIDED

1:26:53A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO GET HELP,

1:26:55WHETHER IT WAS RENT SUPPORT,

1:26:57WHETHER IT WAS FOOD AND

1:26:59GROCERIES, AND THEY REALLY

1:27:01FORGED A REALLY STRONG NETWORK

1:27:02THAT OUR CITY RELIED ON, AND TO

1:27:04HAVE TT TAKEN AWAY, CREATES A

1:27:09T, AGAIN, OF FEAR AND

1:27:11INSTABILITY.

1:27:11AND I ALSO HAVE TALKED TO A FEW

1:27:12SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.

1:27:14IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE IS AN

1:27:15OPPORTUNITY THERE TO NOT GO

1:27:18FORWARD WITH THE SCHOOL CLOSURE

1:27:20PLAN.

1:27:20AND I'M HOPEFUL OF THAT.

1:27:23I DO THINK THE RESOLUTION IS

1:27:26REALLY WELL DONE AND REALLY WELL

1:27:29PUT TOGETHER, A LOT OF VOICES

1:27:31ARE IN IT, AND HOPEFULLY IT CAN

1:27:32BE A PART OF SOMETHING IN THE

1:27:33FUTURE TO COMMUNICATE TTHE

1:27:35DISTRICT ABOUT WHAT THIS

1:27:38COUNCIL'S VOICE IS IN

1:27:42REPRESENTING OUR COMMUNITY.

1:27:43A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER SHARED TO

1:27:45ME THAT, DEPENDING ON WHAT

1:27:47HAPPS, AND NO MATTER WHAT

1:27:48HAPPENS, THEY WANT TO BE MORE

1:27:49DEEPLY ENGAGED WITH COUNCIL

1:27:51MEMBERS THAT REPRESENT OUR

1:27:54COMMUNITIES AND GIVING INPUT

1:27:55ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IN THE

1:27:57SCHOOLS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

1:27:58BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY,

1:28:00COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THEY DON'T

1:28:02KNOW THAT THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE

1:28:04JURISDICTION OVER IT, OR EVEN IF

1:28:06THEY DO KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO

1:28:07REACH OUT TO US FOR LP AND

1:28:09SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE, AND WE ALL

1:28:11END UP REACHING OUT TO OUR

1:28:12SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ANYWAY IN

1:28:13THE DISTRICT.

1:28:15SO JUST APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT

1:28:17WAS DONE ON THIS.

1:28:18AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER

1:28:22VETAW FOR BRINGING THIS TOG

1:28:24TOGETHER.

1:28:25COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ.

1:28:27>> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY.

1:28:28IF SOMEONE CAN MAYBE GIVE US

1:28:29MORE CONTEXT, I THINK WHAT I

1:28:29HEARD WAS THAT THERE'S TWO

1:28:31SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS PROPOSING

1:28:32AN ACTION TODAY AT SCHOOL

1:28:35BOARD MEETING, SO TONIGHT, TO

1:28:38DELATHE ACTION ON THE PROPOSED

1:28:40CLOSURES OF MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC

1:28:42SCHOOL AND THERE MIGHT BE A

1:28:44DECISION TODAY.

1:28:44IS THERE A VOTES FOR THIS, OR

1:28:47NO?

1:28:47>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, I

1:28:49DON'T WANT TO JUST SAY TOO MUCH,

1:28:51BECAUSE IT'S THE SCHOOL BOARD'S

1:28:53ACTION.

1:28:53BUT JUST FROM CONVERSATIONS I

1:28:55HAD EARLIER THIS MORNING, IT

1:28:56SOUNDS LIKE IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE

1:28:58MORE THAN THAT.

1:29:00THAN JUST LIKE A DELAY OR

1:29:03SOMETHING.

1:29:03LI ACTUALLY MORE ENGAGEMENT

1:29:06AND FIGURING OUT A DIFFERENT

1:29:07STRATEGY.

1:29:08>> OKAY.

1:29:08THE ONLY REASON I'M ASKING,

1:29:09MAYBE JUST TRANSPARENTLY HERE...

1:29:13RIGHT?

1:29:13I DON'T KNOW THAT INFORMATION.

1:29:14I THINK SENDING IT FORWARD

1:29:15WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION... I JUST

1:29:17N'T WANT MY CONSTITUENTS TO

1:29:18THINK THAT...

1:29:19>> I MEAN, I'M FINE TH SENDING

1:29:22IT... WE CAN VOTE ON IT I HAVE

1:29:23NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.

1:29:24>> I THINK WHAT I WOULD SAY IS

1:29:25THAT WE MO IT WITH

1:29:26RECOMMENDATION AND THAT FULL

1:29:26COUNCIL BE RETREATED IF THEY

1:29:28MADE A DECISION.

1:29:30>> TOTALLY FINE.

1:29:31>> AMAZING.

1:29:31OKAY.

1:29:32PERFECT.

1:29:32THAT WAS THE ONLY COMMENTS I HAD

1:29:33I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT

1:29:33INFORMATIOAND HOPING THAT THIS

1:29:34CAN BE AN EXTRA BUMP AT THE

1:29:35SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AND TO THE

1:29:37TEACHERS, EDUCATORS, FAMILIES,

1:29:38THAT ARE REALLY NERVOUS ABOUT

1:29:39THE CLOSURES, AND DID WANT TO

1:29:41THANK COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW FOR

1:29:42HER LEADERSHIP AND WORKING WITH

1:29:43COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THIS

1:29:45RESOLUTION.

1:29:45>> GREAT.

1:29:46SO MOVING IT FORWARD WITH

1:29:48RECOMMENDATION?

1:29:48>> MOVING IT FORWARD.

1:29:49>> YEAH, LET'S JUST TAKE ONE

1:29:51UNANIMOUS VOTE ON IT, HOPEFULLY

1:29:53ON THIS.

1:29:53>> I'LL SECOND THAT.

1:29:54>> EXCELLENT.

1:29:55I DON'T THINK IT NEEDS A SECOND.

1:29:57>> IT GOT A SECOND.

1:29:58[ LAUGHTER ]

1:29:59>> EXCELLENT. I THIRD IT.

1:30:01COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY.

1:30:06>> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHUGHTAI.

1:30:08>> OH, YOU DID IT IN PUBLIC THIS

1:30:10TIME ON THE MIC RECORDED!

1:30:12WOW!

1:30:13>> MAYBE WE SHOULD KEEP... NO,

1:30:16LET ME STOP.

1:30:18>> WE NEED TO HAVE...

1:30:20>> MY DEEPEST APOLOGIES TO CHAIR

1:30:23CHOWDHURY AND VICE CHAIR

1:30:25CHUGHTAI.

1:30:26I'M SORRY, I HAVE MY ORANGE HAT

1:30:29ON TOD.

1:30:29>> I'LL BE EMAILING.

1:30:32>> BUT THAT'S IT, CHAIR

1:30:36CHOWDHURY.

1:30:36FOR YOUR RECOGNITION.

1:30:38I WANTED TO ALSO NAME WHY I'M

1:30:40SUPPORTIVE OF THIS MOTION

1:30:42REGARDLESS OWHAT THE SCHOOL

1:30:42BOARD ACTS I THINK ALL OF US

1:30:43HAVE NAMED OR MANY OF US HAVE

1:30:43NAMED WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE

1:30:44MINNEAPOLIS SCHOOL BOARD MOVE

1:30:46FORWARD WITH A DELAY.

1:30:47I WILL NAME... I WOULD LIKE TO

1:30:48SEE A FULL ABANDONMENT OF ANY

1:30:50DISCUSSIONBOUT SCHOOL

1:30:52CLOSURES.

1:30:52AND I SAY THAT AS SOMEONE WHO

1:30:54LIVED THROUGH CHICAGO'S

1:30:58QUOTE/UNQUOTE RENAISSANCE 2010.

1:31:00BASICALLY, THAT WAS THEIR

1:31:01TRANSFORMATION PLAN.

1:31:02AND IT CLOSED BETEN 80 TO 100

1:31:04PUBLIC SCHOOLS, MOSTLY LOCATED

1:31:09IN BLACK, BROWN AND LATINO

1:31:11COMMUNITIES ALL OVE CHICAGO.

1:31:13AND IN FACT, THE HIGH SCHOOL

1:31:16THAT MY PARENTS AND MY LOVED

1:31:18ONES WENT TO WAS CLOSED AS A

1:31:20RESULT OF THAT, AND THEN

1:31:23CONSOLIDATED INTO THREE SMALLER

1:31:24SCHOOLS.

1:31:24TWO OF THOSE THREE MOSTLY

1:31:27CHARTER SCHOOLS.

1:31:27AND THE SCHOOL THAT I EVEN WENT

1:31:29TO THROUGH THAT CONSOLIDATION IS

1:31:30NO LONGER IN OPERATION.

1:31:32SO EVEN ALMOST 15 YEARS OUT OF

1:31:35CHICAGO DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR,

1:31:36THEY HAVE NOT SEEN BETTER

1:31:38OUTCOMES IN THEIR ENROLLMENT

1:31:39NUMBERS.

1:31:39THEY HAVE NOT SEEN STABILIZATION

1:31:41IN THE FISCAL LANDSCAPE OF THEIR

1:31:43SCHOOL DISTRICT AS A RESULT OF

1:31:45SHUTTERING OVER. OR NEARLY 100

1:31:48COMMUNITY SCHOOLS.

1:31:49AND I THINK LARGELY WE'VE HEARD

1:31:51THAT METRIC FROM MANY PARENTS

1:31:52AND FAMILIES WHO HAVE NOTED THAT

1:31:54THE IDENCE DOES NOT SHOW

1:31:56NATIONALLY.

1:31:57THE TRENDS DOES NOT AFFIRM THAT

1:31:58SCHOOL CLOSURES ACTUALLY ALLOW

1:32:00FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS,

1:32:01SPECIFICALLY PUBLIC SCHOOL

1:32:02DISTRICTS TO TRULY FLOURISH, AND

1:32:04TO ALLOW ALL FAMILIES THEIRRIGHD

1:32:10EQUITABLE EDUCATION.

1:32:12SO, IT IS MY HOPE, COMMUNITY

1:32:16GAGEMENT OR NOT, WE SHOULD NOT

1:32:17EVEN BE TALKING ABOUT SCHOOL

1:32:18CLOSURES, WHEN THERE IS NO

1:32:19EVIDENCE THAT SHOWS THAT THIS

1:32:21HAS BEEN A FRUITFUL OR EFFECTIVE

1:32:23STRATEGY.

1:32:23AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT MANY OF THE

1:32:26PARENTS WHO HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING

1:32:28IN MY WORK, BECAUSE PRATT

1:32:30ELEMENTARY PARTICULARLY IS UNDER

1:32:31THREAT OF CLORE, BASED ON THE

1:32:35DISTRICTS PLAN.

1:32:36AND THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME

1:32:36THAT CLOSURES OR THE PENTIAL

1:32:38CLOSURE HAS KNOCKED AT THE DOOR

1:32:40OF PROSPECT PARK FAMILIES,

1:32:42PARTICULARLY WITH PRATT

1:32:43ELEMENTARY.

1:32:44AND I WANT TO GIVE CREDENCE TO

1:32:47THOSE RESIDENTS WHO... I BELIEVE

1:32:49IT'S BEEN ALMOST THREE ATTEMPTS

1:32:51MADE TO CLOSE PRATT ELEMENTARY'S

1:32:55DOORS.

1:32:57IT TOOK COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN

1:32:58THAT AREA BANDING WITH FAMILI

1:32:59ALL ACROSS THE CITY TO SAY, NO,

1:33:00YOU WILL NOT ELIMINATE THIS

1:33:02SCHOOL.

1:33:02THIS IS ONE OF THE... IF NOT

1:33:04ONLY REMAINING MIDDLE SCHOOL IN

1:33:08SOUTHEAST MINNEAPOLIS.

1:33:10AND IT'S ONE OF THE SCHOOLS THAT

1:33:12PRIMARILY SERVES CHILDREN FROM

1:33:15CEDAR RIVERSIDE, ONE OF OUR MOST

1:33:18DIVERSE COMMUNITIES, AND THEIDES

1:33:21THAT MEAN TO ALL THOSE FAMILIES?

1:33:22WHERE WOULD THEY HAVE TO GO AND

1:33:24BE BUSSED TO?

1:33:27MANY, MANY MILES OUTSIDE OF

1:33:27THEIR OWN COMMUNITI.

1:33:28AND THAT IS SOMETHING

1:33:29UNACCEPTABLE.

1:33:30I THINK THESE ARE THINGS THAT

1:33:32ROLLS US BACK TO THE 1960S,

1:33:35WHERE COMMUNITIES, AGAIN, HAD TO

1:33:37COLETELY GO OUT THEIR WAY TO

1:33:38ACCESS SOMETHING THAT IS

1:33:40BASICALLY A HUMAN RIGHT, AND

1:33:42HAVING A DIGNIFIED, ACCESSIBLE

1:33:44AND EQUITABLE EDUCATION IS THAT.

1:33:46SO IT IS MY HOPE THAT THIS IS

1:33:48THE STARTING PLACE OF ACTUALLY

1:33:51MOVING TOWARDS WHAT CAN

1:33:52STABILIZE OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT,

1:33:53WHAT CAN ACTUAY ALLOW FOR MORE

1:33:56FISCAL SOUNDNESS TO PERVADE IN

1:33:59THE DISTRICT OR THE

1:34:00ADMINISTRATION, AND TO MAKE SURE

1:34:01THAT CLOSURES IS NOT PART OF

1:34:03THAT LONG-TERM STRATEGY.

1:34:05THAT IS MY CONVERSATIONS WITH MY

1:34:06COMMUNITYEMBERS AND WITH OUR

1:34:08LEADERS IN THIS MOMENT, AS WE'RE

1:34:10TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE OF

1:34:11PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN OUR CITY.

1:34:15>> THANK YOU.

1:34:15NEXT IL RECOGNIZE

1:34:18COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO.

1:34:20>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

1:34:22THERE'S MULTIPLE SCHOOLS IN MY

1:34:23WARD IMPACTED BY THE OUTLINED

1:34:26INFORMATION GIVEN BY THE

1:34:27DISTRICT.

1:34:29I PUT MYSELF IN QUEUE, BECAUSE

1:34:30SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE

1:34:32CLRLY VOICED THAT THEY WANT TO

1:34:35STOP ANY SCHOOL CLOSURE.

1:34:36I SUPPORT THE LANGUAGE IN THE

1:34:39RESOLUTION, WHAT IS IN THERE,

1:34:40AND WHAT IS NOT IN TRE.

1:34:47MANY OF YOU KNOW THIS ABOUT ME

1:34:49ME... ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF MY

1:34:49TEAM IN THE 13th WARD OFFICE

1:34:51IS A KENNY PARENT.

1:34:51MY OTHER AIDE HAS FOUR KIDS THAT

1:34:52HAVE GONE THROUGH MINNEAPOLIS

1:34:53PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ALBEIT IN THE

1:34:54PAST.

1:34:55I HAVE MORE KNOWLEDGE OF KENNY

1:34:57ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND ITS

1:34:58LEADERSHIP AND STAFF THAN ANY

1:34:59OTHER SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT.

1:35:01THE IMPACTS OF THIS INFORMATI

1:35:02ON THAT SCHOOL AND OTHERS IN THE

1:35:05DISTRICT ARE NOT HYPOTHETICAL OR

1:35:06ABSTCT TO ME.

1:35:08AND I HEAR THE COMMUNITY'S

1:35:11CONCERNS AND FEEL REAL SADNESS

1:35:12THAT IN ORDER FOR US TO MOVE

1:35:14FORWARD TOWARD REACHING MPS

1:35:17GOALS, THAT THERE ARE SCHOOLS

1:35:18THAT MIGHT NEED TO CLOSE.

1:35:20EVEN IF TEMPORARILY.

1:35:23MY OWN CHILDREN HAVE GONE TO

1:35:24MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS NOW,

1:35:26CURRENTLY, FOR A COLLECTIVE OF

1:35:2716 YEARS THUS FAR.

1:35:29AND I HOPE TO CONTINUE IN THAT.

1:35:32I'M A PROUD FORMER RUNNING COACH

1:35:35AT MPS, AND CURRENTLY A VERY

1:35:36INVOLVED BOOSTER PARENT IN

1:35:38ATHLETICS FOR MANY SPORTS, AND A

1:35:40ROOM REP, BETWEEN MY TWO KIDS

1:35:43HERE.

1:35:43AND NOT TO GET INTO MY OWN LIFE,

1:35:45T I'M THE DAUGHTER OF A PUBLIC

1:35:46SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR.

1:35:48I TRUST THE HARD WORK THAT

1:35:50DOCTOR SAYLES ADAMS AND HER

1:35:52DEPUTIES HAVE PUT INTO THIS

1:35:54RESPONSE, THIS REQUEST FOR

1:35:57INFORMATION,ND I'VE BEEN

1:35:59DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED AT THE WAY

1:36:00THAT THEY'VE BEEN RECEID AND

1:36:04THIS INFORMATION HAS BEEN

1:36:05WEAPONIZED AGAINST T

1:36:06NARRATIVE.

1:36:07I GET PASSION IN PARENTS.

1:36:10I MYSELF AM PARTICULARLY

1:36:11PASSIONATE ABOUT MY KIDS'

1:36:14EDUCATION TOO.

1:36:14BUT WE NEED TO ENGAGE HONESTLY

1:36:18IN THIS CONVERSATION, AND I URGE

1:36:19THE SCHOOL BOARD NOT TO

1:36:22CAPITULATE ABOUT NEEDINGHANGE

1:36:23AS TO HOW THEY DO BUSINESS TO

1:36:26ADEQUATELY SERVE EVERY KID

1:36:27ACROSS MNEAPOLIS.

1:36:29I URGE OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS

1:36:32TO TALK DIRELY TO THE

1:36:33PRINCIPALS WHO ARE STRUGGLING

1:36:35EVERY DAY TO SERVE THE CHILDREN

1:36:36THAT WALK THROUGH THE DOORS TO

1:36:39THEIR SCHOOLS WITH MANY

1:36:39DIFFERENT KINDS OF NEEDS

1:36:40I'M ALSO A STUDENT WHO MOVED

1:36:43SCHOOLS BECAUSE OF A PARENT'S

1:36:46B SITUATION.

1:36:47AND I'M A STUDENT WHOSE HIGH

1:36:49SCHOOL CLOSED AND THEN BUSSED

1:36:52FOUR TIMES THE DISTANCE TOANOTH.

1:36:54LEARNING THAT EME A MERD SCHOOL

1:36:58COULD REALLY COMBINE A POSITIVE

1:36:59SCHOOL CULTURE.

1:37:00MY HUSBAND AND I CONTINUE TO

1:37:02BELIEVE, DESPITE STRUGGLES IN

1:37:03THE VALUE OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL

1:37:04EDUCATION AND WHAT THAT MEANS TO

1:37:06OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

1:37:11WE ALL KNOW THERE IS NO

1:37:13CONSTITUENCY FOR SCHOOL

1:37:15CLOSURES.

1:37:15WHETHER THAT SCHOOL IS

1:37:16PERFORMING WELL OR NOT, WHETHER

1:37:18YOU ARE A HIGHLY ENGAGED PARENT

1:37:21OR NOT.

1:37:22AND THE MANY, MANY PEOPLE IN OUR

1:37:24CITY WITHOUT KIDS, WHO MIGHT BE

1:37:25FISCALLY MOTIVATED BUT AREN'T

1:37:27PAYING THAT MUCH ATTENTION.

1:37:29I LIKE THAT WE ARE ASKING TO

1:37:31SHOW HOW DOING SOMETHING LIKE

1:37:35REDUCING THE PHYSICAL FOOTPRINT

1:37:36ULD BE FISCALLY BENEFICIAL FOR

1:37:38THE NEXTONG-TERM FOR OUR

1:37:40SCHOOL SYSTEM ACROSS THE CITY.

1:37:42BUT IN THIS MOMENT, WHAT I HEAR

1:37:45THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS

1:37:46TALKING ABOUT IS HOW TO GIVE ALL

1:37:47THE KIDA QUALITY EXPERIENCE.

1:37:51AND THERE'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT

1:37:54GOALS OF DISMANTLING SYSTEMIC

1:37:55INEQUITY HERE, OF WORKING TO

1:37:57LISTEN HARD TO THE PEOPLE WHOSE

1:38:00VOICES AREN'T BEING HEARD.

1:38:02AND I FEAR THAT PARENTS, PARENTS

1:38:06IN MY COMMITY HAVE REALLY LOST

1:38:07THE NARRATIVE.

1:38:09LET'S NOT FAIL THE CITY'S

1:38:11COLLECTIVE CHILDREN.

1:38:13MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM

1:38:15IS NOT LIVING UP TO THEIR OWN

1:38:17GOALS, NOT THE GOAL OF GIVING

1:38:18EVERY STUDE IN MINNEAPOLIS A

1:38:22QUALITY EDUCATION.

1:38:22AND I AM ADAMANT THAT WE CANNOT

1:38:25BE FICKLE, AND WE HAVE TO HELP

1:38:27BY BEING HONEST.

1:38:29WE HAVE TO SEE THIS, AND WE HAVE

1:38:30TO START WITH THE STUDENT

1:38:32EXPERIENCE OF GIVING EVERY

1:38:34STUDENT IN EVERY PART OF THE

1:38:36CITY A QUALITY EXPERIENCE.

1:38:41I LIKE HOW IN OUR RESOLUTION IT

1:38:42SAYS TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL TIME

1:38:43FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT,

1:38:45CONSIDERATION OF ALTERNATIVES,

1:38:47AND DEVELOPMENT OF A

1:38:48COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY

1:38:50ADDRESSING ENROLLMENT, FINANCES,

1:38:52FACILITIES, AND THE LONG-TERM

1:38:54SUSTAINABILITY OF MINNEAPOLIS

1:38:55PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

1:38:56THAT'S AMBITIOUS.

1:38:57BUT I URGE US ALL TO KEEP ON

1:39:00GOING.

1:39:00AND IF THE SCHL BOARD PAUSES,

1:39:02I HOPE NO ONE CELEBRATES THAT.

1:39:04NOBODY HAS WON IN THAT.

1:39:06I SURE WON'T BE SAYING

1:39:08"CONGRATULATIONS."

1:39:09LET'S GET TO THE SYSTEMIC CHANGE

1:39:12THAT IS DESPERATELY NEEDED HEREE

1:39:17FUNDING TO UNDER CAPACITY

1:39:18SCHOOLS.

1:39:19BUT I KNOW THAT IT IS ABOUT

1:39:22CELEBRATING ALL THE

1:39:24HIGH-PERFORMING ALBEIT SMALL

1:39:25SCHOOLS, THAT SOME OF THEM ARES.

1:39:28THERE ARE STUDENTS THAT ARE

1:39:30BEING GROSSLY UNDERSERVED IN OUR

1:39:32DISTRICT, AND WE HAVE TO BE

1:39:33HONEST ABOUT THAT.

1:39:35I NEED TO SAY I FULLY APPRECIATE

1:39:39THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS

1:39:42RESPONDING TO FEEDBACK, IS

1:39:43RESPONDING TO A REQUEST FROM

1:39:44THEIR DISTRICT DIRECTORS, AND I

1:39:47URGE US ALL TO LET IT PLAY OUT

1:39:49THE WAY THAT WE AS PARENTS HAVE

1:39:51SEEN IT PLAY OUT.I HAVE A PUBLIT

1:39:54WHO HAS A CLASS SO FULL THAT THE

1:39:55TEACHER CAN BARELY TAKE

1:39:58ATTENDANCE.

1:39:58IT'S BEEN WRONG THREE TIMES IN

1:40:00THE FIRST MTH OF SCHOOL.

1:40:02AND THERE'S NO GETTING HOLD OF

1:40:03HER AS A STUDENT, IF YOU GO

1:40:05BEFORE OR AFTER SCHOOL, BECAUSE

1:40:06SHE'S RUNNING TO TEACH AT

1:40:08MULTIPLE SCHOOLS, AND HAS NO

1:40:10TIME THEN TO RESPOND TO EMAILS

1:40:11ACCORDINGLY.

1:40:13I HAVE A PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT,

1:40:15WHO'S HAD NO LIBRARIAN,

1:40:17PART-TIME NURSES TEACHING WITH

1:40:19THE LOOPING METHOD SO THEY CAN

1:40:22ACPT 30LE SECOND-GRADERS INTO

1:40:24THEIR CLASS INSTEAD OF 25, THEN

1:40:26COMBINED YEARS IN SINGLE

1:40:28CLASSROOMS.

1:40:28NOW NO GROUP READING

1:40:30INTERVENTION SPECIALISTS WITHOUT

1:40:31A SPECIAED DIAGNOSIS.

1:40:31AND THAT'S JUST THE PAST FEW

1:40:33YEARS.

1:40:35ADING FOR OUR KIDS ACROSS THE

1:40:37CITY IS REALLY IMPORTANT, WHEN

1:40:39YOU STT NEEDING TO READ IN

1:40:40ORDER TO LEARN.

1:40:44BOTH MY CHILDREN HAVE AMAZING

1:40:46PRINCIPALS, ALWAYS TRYING TO

1:40:47PULL A N WAY TO SAVE MEY OUT

1:40:48OF THEIR HAT, AND THEY'RE

1:40:50RUNNING OUT OF OPTIONS.

1:40:52WE NEED TO HAVE THE SUPPORT, NOT

1:40:54BY TRYING TO RAISE PRIVATE MONEY

1:40:56IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CITY.

1:40:57YOU CAN RAISE A LOT MORE MONEY

1:40:58THAN IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.

1:41:01STUDENTS ACROSS THE SYSTEM ARE

1:41:04BEING FAILED BY THIS MODEL.

1:41:06SO I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER

1:41:08VETAW ELEVATING THAT 'RE AWARE

1:41:10THAT THE BOARD IS MEETING

1:41:11TONIGHT, IN DIRECTION ABOUT

1:41:12WHAT'S NEXT MIGHT CHANGE

1:41:15SUBSTANTIALLY, AND I'M GLAD THAT

1:41:16WE WILL ALL KNOW MORE AFTER

1:41:18TOGHT'S MEETING.

1:41:18I'M GOING TO BE INTERESTED,

1:41:21CONCERNED, AND INVOLVED.

1:41:24>> THANK YOU.

1:41:24NEXT'LL RECOGNIZE

1:41:27COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.

1:41:27>> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY,

1:41:30AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMR

1:41:31PALMISANO FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

1:41:32AS WELL AS COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW

1:41:36AND OTHERS FOR BRINGING THIS

1:41:38FORWARD.

1:41:38WHATEVER HAPPENS THIS EVENINGI

1:41:39WILL WATCH WITH INTEREST,

1:41:42BECAUSE WE CARE ABOUT OUR CITY.

1:41:44WE CARE ABOUT OUR SCHOOLS.

1:41:46AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT OUR

1:41:48JURISDICTION, WE WANT WHAT'S

1:41:50BEST FOR OUR RESIDENTS' KIDS.

1:41:51AND I JUST HOPE THAT THE

1:41:54REDISTRICTING IS NOT COMPLETELY

1:41:56TAKEN OFF THE TABLE THIS

1:41:59EVENING, IS MY HOPE.

1:42:00BECAUSE IF WE TRULY DO WANT TO

1:42:02DRIVE ENROLLMENT, IF WE DO WANT

1:42:03TO BRING PEOPLE BACK TO THE

1:42:06SYSTEM, CURRENTLY IN MY WARD

1:42:09ONLY ONE-THIRD OF CHILDREN

1:42:11ATTEND MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC

1:42:12SCHOOLS.

1:42:12AND THERE HAS BEEN NOW

1:42:15ESTABLISHED PATHWAYS WHERE

1:42:15CHILDREN ATTEND ONE SCHOOL, AND

1:42:18THEN WITH THEIR FRIENDS TO THE

1:42:19TUNE OF ONE-THIRD TO ONE HALF OF

1:42:23THEIR CLASS HAVE A TRANSITION

1:42:24OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF

1:42:26MINNEAPOLIS THAT IS PLANNED,

1:42:27THAT IS EXPECTED, THAT EVERYONE

1:42:29BUYS INTO.

1:42:29AND IT ISNFORTUNATE.

1:42:31AND I HOPE THAT WE WILL ALSO

1:42:34INCLUDE THINKING ABOUT THESE

1:42:37REDISTRICTING IDEAS THAT WERE ON

1:42:38THE TABLE AND NOT FORGO THOSE

1:42:40COMPLETELY IN THIS DISCUSSION.

1:42:42BECAUSE WE REALLY DO WANT TO

1:42:45SUPPORT OUR MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC

1:42:47SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC SCHOOL

1:42:48TEACHERS WITH ALL OF THE

1:42:50RESIDENTS THAT WE CAN.

1:42:54THANKS.

1:42:57>> THANK YOU.

1:42:58NEXT I'LL RECOGNIZE

1:42:59COUNCILMEMBER VETAW.

1:43:00>> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY.

1:43:02I REALLY HAD DECIDED NOT TO

1:43:04SPEAK ON THE ISSUE, BECAUSE WE

1:43:06WERE GOING TO MOVE IT FORWARD.

1:43:07BUT I WANT TO JUST SAY, YOU

1:43:09KNOW, THIS FIGHT FOR ME IS A

1:43:12FIGHT FOR WARD 4 RESIDENTS.

1:43:15LAWRENCE SCHOOL IS A COMMUNITY

1:43:17SCHOOL THAT MEETING THE

1:43:18REQUIREMENTS.

1:43:18YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD THE CHANCE TO

1:43:20TALK TO FAMILIES WHO S THEY

1:43:22INTENTIONALLY SENT THEIR

1:43:25CHILDREN TO LAWRENCE SCHOOL

1:43:26TOGETHER AS A GROUP, AND THEY

1:43:27PLAN ON DOING THAT WITH THEIR

1:43:30CHILDREN TOUGHOUT THEIR SCHOOL

1:43:31CAREERS.

1:43:32AND SO I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT

1:43:34IS.

1:43:34I HAVE NCES AND NEPHEWS WHO

1:43:37ATTEND RIGHT NOW.

1:43:40SO THERE IS CERTAINLY A PERSONAL

1:43:40CRY FOR ME TO HELP MY NIECES AND

1:43:42NEPHEWS SAVE THEIR SCHOOL.

1:43:43BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE

1:43:44CONVERSATION TO BE HAD OVERALL

1:43:47IS 50% OF NORTHSIDE STUDENTS GO

1:43:50OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT.

1:43:51AND SO MY CALL IS TO GET THE

1:43:542000 STUDENTS BACK INTO MPS THAT

1:43:58WE NEED.

1:43:58AND SO THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO

1:43:59WORK WITH THE SCHOOL AND THE

1:44:03ADMINISTRATION ON, IS IT'S NOT

1:44:07ABOUT GIVING UP ON OUR STUDENTS.

1:44:07IT'S ABOUT WELCOMING OUR

1:44:08STUDENTS BACK IN TO MINNEAPOLIS

1:44:09PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

1:44:10BECAUSE IF WE WANT THIS TO WORK,

1:44:12THAT'S THE NUMBER.

1:44:13WE NEED 2000 KIDS.

1:44:14SO I'M COMMITTED TO WORKING

1:44:16TOWARDS GETTING THOSEAMILIES

1:44:17WHO HAVE DECIDED TO GO OUT OF

1:44:19THE DISTRICT TO COME BACK TO THE

1:44:21DISTRICT.

1:44:21DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS OR

1:44:22WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BUT THAT'S

1:44:25MY COMMITMENT THIS.

1:44:27I'M A PRODUCT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

1:44:31I WOULD ALWAYS SPEAK ON BEHALF

1:44:32OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND SO THAT'S

1:44:35THE GOAL, IS TO WORK WITH THE

1:44:36SCHOOL BOARD, TO WORK WITH

1:44:39WHOMEVER, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE

1:44:40CAN GET THOSE 2000 STUDENTS BACK

1:44:42INTO MPS, SO WE'RE NOT DEALING

1:44:46WITH THIS IN TWOEARS, THE SAME

1:44:48THINGS IN TWO YEARS.

1:44:51>> SO THANK YOU.

1:44:53SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.

1:44:54I WILL ASK THE CRK TO CALL THE

1:44:58ROLL.

1:44:59>> COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE

1:45:00>> AYE.

1:45:02>> WONSLEY.

1:45:02>> AYE.

1:45:03>> RAINVILLE.

1:45:04>> AYE.

1:45:05>> VETAW.

1:45:06>> AYE.

1:45:07>> WARREN ISBSENT.

1:45:09OSMAN.

1:45:09>> AYE.

1:45:10>> SHAFFER.

1:45:11>> AYE.

1:45:11>> STEVENSON.>> AYE.

1:45:13>> CHAVEZ.

1:45:14>> AYE.

1:45:16>> PALMISANO.

1:45:16>> AYE.

1:45:19>> VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI.

1:45:20>> AYE.

1:45:22>> AND CHAIR CHOWDHURY.

1:45:23>> AYE.

1:45:25>> THERE ARE 11 AYES.

1:45:27>> THAT CARRIES.

1:45:29LASTLY IS OUR DISCUSSION ITEM

1:45:32NUMBER THREE, AND IT IS A STAFF

1:45:34DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL LEADERS

1:45:35REQUESTING THE CITY'S ATTORNEY'S

1:45:37OFFICE TO PROVIDE US WITH A

1:45:39LEGAL ANALYSIS AS TO THE CITY

1:45:42UNCIL'S SUBPOENA AUTHORITY.

1:45:44WOULD ANY AUTHORS LIKE TO SPEAK

1:45:47TO THIS?

1:45:49COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE.

1:45:51>> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY.

1:45:53YEAH, WE MET AS A LEADERSHIP

1:45:54TEAM IN RESPONSE TO THE LETTER

1:45:55THE MAR SENT ABOUT RESTRICTING

1:45:57STAFF TIME TO COMMITTEE.

1:45:58I KNOW THAT AS WE'VE HAD A

1:46:01COUPLE CYCLES SINCE THAT LETTER,

1:46:02THE CHAIRS HAVE BEEN WORKING

1:46:03WITH THOSE DEPTMENT HEADS THAT

1:46:06ARE SLATED TO PRENT TO US AND

1:46:09HAVE BEEN NAVIGATING THIS.

1:46:11BUT I MET WITH THE MAYOR, AND HE

1:46:12STOOD BY HIS LETTER.

1:46:15SO WE REALLY CAN'T CONTROL WHAT

1:46:16THE ADMINISTRATIO DOES.

1:46:17WE CAN ONLY CONTROL WHAT WE CAN

1:46:19DO ON OUR SIDE OF THE GOVERNMENT

1:46:22STRUCTURE, AND WITH SOME INITIAL

1:46:24RESEARCH, THERE ARE SOME LOCAL

1:46:25JURISDICTIONS IN THE STATE OF

1:46:27MINNESOTA THAT DO HAVE THE

1:46:28ABILITY TO COMPEL CITY OFFICIALS

1:46:33TO PRESENT, AND JUST WANTED

1:46:35TO WORK WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEYS

1:46:38TO GET A LEGAL MEMO THAT CAN

1:46:40SHARE THAT PATHWAY FOR US

1:46:43ANOTHER MEANS OF OVERSIGHT.

1:46:45>> THANKOU.

1:46:47COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY.

1:46:48>> THANK YOU.

1:46:51THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY.

1:46:53I'M ALSO PLEASED TO BE MOVING

1:46:55THIS MOTION FORWARD, AND I WILL

1:46:58ASK FOR A SECOND.

1:46:59>> SECOND.

1:46:59>> THANK YOU.

1:47:01WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND COUNCIL

1:47:03LEADERSHIP, BECAUSAS A

1:47:05LEGISLATIVE BODY, WE HAVE THE

1:47:06RESPONSIBILITY TO ADDRESS

1:47:08BARRIERS TO TRANSPARENCY AND

1:47:10ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEMICALLY,

1:47:12RATHER THAN JUST ON A

1:47:15CASE-BY-CASE BASIS.

1:47:16AND I KNOWINCE I ENTERED CITY

1:47:17HALL FIVE YEARS AGO, OR NEARLY

1:47:18FIVE YEARS AGO, ONE OF MY

1:47:20ONGOING CONCERNS HAS BEEN HOW

1:47:21MUCH THIS INSTITUTION OPERATES

1:47:23THROUGH UNWRITTEN CULTURAL NORMS

1:47:25RATH THAN CLEAR STANDARDIZED

1:47:27POLICIES AND PRACTICES THAT ARED

1:47:31CONSISTENTLY APPLIED.

1:47:31AND TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESS TO

1:47:34INFORMATION SHOULD NOT DEPEND ON

1:47:35WHO OCCUPIES THE MAYOR'S OFFICE

1:47:36OR WHO SERVES ON THE CITY

1:47:38COUNCIL, OR EVEN THE WILLINGNESS

1:47:40OF ANY PARTICULAR ADMINISTRATION

1:47:42TO COOPERATE.

1:47:42THESE ARE ESSENTIALLY

1:47:46FOUNDATIONAL A FUNDAMENTAL

1:47:46PRINCIPLES OF GOOD GOVERNANCE,

1:47:47AND THEY MUST BE

1:47:49INSTITUTIONALIZED IN WAYS THAT,

1:47:51AGAIN, ENDURE ALL OF OUR TIME

1:47:53HERE ON THIS BODY AND IN THIS

1:47:56INSTITUTION.

1:47:58AS COUNCIL PRESIDE NAMED, WE

1:48:00KNOW THE MAYOR DID BRING FORWARD

1:48:01A LETTER TO ALL OF US REGARDING

1:48:03OUR CURRENT COUNCIL'S PROCESS.

1:48:05AND ESSENTIALLY IMPLIED, AGAIN,T

1:48:10IT'S MESSY.

1:48:11BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I

1:48:12THINK A FUNCTIONING DEMOCRACY IS

1:48:14MESSY.

1:48:15IT DOES INVOLVE DISAGREEMENT,

1:48:18DEBATE, SCRUTINY, AND SOMETIMES

1:48:20UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATIONS.

1:48:21BUT THAT'S NOT A FLAW IN

1:48:22DEMOCRACY.

1:48:22IT'S AN ESSENTIAL PART OF HOW

1:48:24DEMOCRAC WORKS.

1:48:25BUT WHEN INFORMATION IS

1:48:27RESTRICTED, WHEN STAFF ARE

1:48:28PREVENTED FR PUBLICLY

1:48:29PRESENTING INFORMATION, OR WHEN

1:48:31ELECTED REPRESENTATIVESACE

1:48:33UNNECESSARY BARRIERS TO CARRYING

1:48:35OUT OUR OVERSIGHT

1:48:37RESPONSIBILITIES, THEN THAT

1:48:38WEAKENS OUR DEMOCRACY.

1:48:39SO THIS MOTION IS MAKING SURE

1:48:41THAT THE CITY COUNCIL BOTH TODAY

1:48:43AND IN THE FUTURE HAS THE

1:48:45NECESSARY TOOLS TO FULFILL ITS

1:48:47LEGISLATIVE AND OVERSIGHT

1:48:49RESPONSIBILITIES, INCLUDING WHEN

1:48:51ADMINISTRATION IS UNWILLING OR

1:48:53VOLUNTARILY NOT PROVIDING TH

1:48:57THEM... INVOLUNTARILY NOT

1:48:58PROVIDING THEM.

1:48:58AND ULTIMATELY TRANSPARENCY

1:49:00SHOULD AGAIN BE JUST A STANDARD,

1:49:05NOT A GRANTED PRIVILEGE AT THE

1:49:06DISCRETION OF THOSE POWER.

1:49:08AND THIS IS WHAT THIS MOTION IS

1:49:10ABOUT.

1:49:10IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT

1:49:11'RE WORKING TOGETHER TO UPHOLD

1:49:13THAT STANDARD, AND MAKING SURE

1:49:15THAT OUR RESIDENTS GET A CITY

1:49:17GOVERNMENT WHERE ACCOUNTABILITY

1:49:18IS BUILT INTO OUR INSTITUTIONS

1:49:20AN NOT DEPENDENT ON GOODWILL OR

1:49:22INDIVIDUAL ELECTED OFFICIALS.

1:49:24SO RLLY EXCITED TO BE

1:49:26HOPEFULLY MOVING FORWARD SOME

1:49:27NEXT STEPS, OR GETTING SOME NEXT

1:49:29STEPS IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS

1:49:31FROM OUR CITY STAFF THROUGH THIS

1:49:35REQUEST.

1:49:36>> VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI.

1:49:38>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

1:49:41JUST WANTED TO CHIME IN HERE TO

1:49:43SPEAKBOUT THE WORK LEADING UP

1:49:50TO BNGING THIS STAFF DIRECTIVE

1:49:54FORWARD.

1:49:55I WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT,

1:49:58YOU KNOW, I'M SHANG HERE THAT,

1:50:00YOU KNOW, LIKE ONE ASPECT OF

1:50:03WHAT HELPEUS BRING THIS

1:50:07FORWARD OR WHAT PROMPTED US TO

1:50:08BRING THIS FORWARD NOW IS, IN

1:50:15PART, A RESPONSE TO THE CHANGING

1:50:15LANDSCAPE OF HOW THIS COUNCIL

1:50:18RELATES TO THE ADMISTRATION,

1:50:20AND HOW THE MAYOR DIRECTS THE

1:50:23ADMINISTRATION TO RELA TO THE

1:50:24COUNCIL.

1:50:25THAT ISN'T THE ONLY PIECE OF THE

1:50:27PUZZLE, THOUGH, AND I THINK IT'S

1:50:28REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT.

1:50:32IN THE YEARS IN THE YEARS THAT

1:50:34HAVE COME SINCE THE ADOPTION OF

1:50:36THE NEW GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE, I

1:50:37THINK WE HAVE OFTEN RUN INTO THE

1:50:39GRAY AREA OR JUST DISAGREEMENTS

1:50:47ABOUT HOW THE CHANGE OF THE

1:50:49GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE VERSUS HOW

1:50:51IT'S ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED

1:50:53DAY-TO-DAY LINE UP WITH EACH

1:50:55OTHER, AND HOW THE COUNCIL IS

1:51:01REALLY AT A DISSERVICE IN

1:51:03PERFORMING OUR ROLES OF

1:51:06REPRESENTING OUR CONSTITUENTS,

1:51:08PERFORMING OVERSIGHT, AND BEING

1:51:12THE POWER OF THE CITY'S PURSE.

1:51:14ALL OF THAT ISINDERED WHEN WE

1:51:20RECEIVE INACCURATE OR INCORRECT

1:51:22INFORMATION FROM THE

1:51:23ADMINISTRATION.

1:51:23IT'S HINDERE WHEN, YOU KNOW,

1:51:27WE'LL HEAR ONE THING IN THESE

1:51:30CHAMBERS, AND THEN SOMETHING

1:51:31COMPLETELY DIFFERENT OR

1:51:33CONTRADICTORY IN WRITING, OR

1:51:37WHEN WE ARE NOT ABLE TO BEST

1:51:39SERVE OUR CONSTITUENTS BECAUSE

1:51:41OF A LACK OF INFORMATION, OR

1:51:46MISINFORMATION BEING PRESENTED

1:51:48TO US.

1:51:49SO I JUST WANT TO NOTE, LIKE AS

1:51:52WE ARE MOVING INTO MORE AND MORE

1:51:54YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH US,

1:51:57UNDER THIS NEW GOVERNMENT

1:51:58STRUCTURE, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT

1:52:00WE REFINE OUR OVERSIGHT TOOLS TO

1:52:03MATCH THE NEW STRUCTURE OF

1:52:05GOVERNMENT AND TO MATCH CURRENT

1:52:06NDITIONS.

1:52:07SUBPOENA POWER, WHICH IS

1:52:09SOMETHING THAT EXISTS IN LOTS OF

1:52:12CITIES AROUND THE STATE,

1:52:13INCLUDING OTHER CITIES OF THE

1:52:15FIRST CLASS, LIKE DULUTH AND

1:52:18ROCHESTER, THAT WE HAVE ONE

1:52:24ADDITIONAL TOOL IN PERFORMING

1:52:25OUR WORK, IN PERFORMING OUR

1:52:27RESPONSIBILITIES HERE.

1:52:28SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO

1:52:30THE LEGAL REVIEW HERE, AND THINK

1:52:33THAT SUBPOENA AUTHORITY WOULD

1:52:38DRASTICALLY IMPROVE OUR

1:52:39OVERSIGHT TOOLS IN THIS

1:52:42ORGANIZATION.

1:52:44NEXT IS COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER.

1:52:47>> THANK YOU.

1:52:48I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS

1:52:50TODAY FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.

1:52:55ONE IS I THINK ANY RELATIONSHIP

1:52:59IS REALLY BASED ON TRUST.

1:53:00AND I UNDERSTAND IF OVER YEARS

1:53:02THERE'S PROBLEMS WITH

1:53:03INFORMATION RECEIVED, OR TRUST

1:53:05HAS BEEN BROKE ETC., ETC.

1:53:08BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT CY STAFF

1:53:10AND THE MAYOR HAVE NEVER

1:53:14WILLINGLY STATED TT THEY WOULD

1:53:16NEVER PROVIDE INFORMATION TO US

1:53:18AS A COUNCIL, AS FAR AS I AM

1:53:20AWARE.

1:53:21THEY HAVE ALWAYS SAID, "WE WILL

1:53:23GET YOU THE INFORMATION."

1:53:24WHERE WE SEEM TO HAVE HIT A SNAN

1:53:30NOT BEING ACCEPTABLE TO EHER

1:53:32THE CITY COUNCIL, PRIMARILY, OR

1:53:34THE MAYOR.

1:53:35AND SO IN MY OPINION, THIS IS

1:53:38SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE

1:53:40TO WORK OUT AS PROFESSIONALS FOR

1:53:42THE SAKE OF OUR WHOLE CITY.

1:53:45OUR CITY IS HUNGRY TO SEE US

1:53:46WORKING TOGETHER AS A COUNCIL

1:53:49AND AN ADMINISTRATION,

1:53:51WHETHER WE SUPPORTED THE MAYORIE

1:53:56BETTERMENT OF OUR CITY.

1:53:57AND FOR US TO BRING FORWARD AN

1:54:01INITIATIVE TO ASK OUR LAWYERS,

1:54:03WHEN THEY'RE FIGHTING THE

1:54:04FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WH THEY'RE

1:54:06TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW,

1:54:08HOW TO SUPPORT BUSINESS IN OUR

1:54:09CITY, OR MAYBE NOT T LAWYERS

1:54:11EXACTLY, BUT ALL THE MANY FRONTS

1:54:11THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON, TO ASK

1:54:14THEM TO SPEND THEIR VALUABLE

1:54:16LEGAL TIME ON HOW TO HAVE THE

1:54:18CITY COUNCIL BE ABLE TO SUBPOENA

1:54:21THE ADMINISTRATION DO NOT SEEM

1:54:23LIKE A GOOD USE OF OUR TIME, FOR

1:54:25EITHER THEM OR US AS A COUNCIL.

1:54:28SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US SIT

1:54:31DOWN, HAMMER OUT THESE

1:54:33DIFFERENCES, IF IT'S PRIMARILY

1:54:34TIED TO THE INFORMATIONDISSEMING

1:54:36WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO WORK

1:54:38THROUGH.

1:54:38TO BRING FORWARD A WHOLE ARENA

1:54:42OF TRYING TO HAVE THE ACTION OF

1:54:43TAKING A SUBPOENA AGAINST OUR

1:54:45OWN CITY SEEMS RIDICULOUS.

1:54:53>> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO.

1:54:57>> SIMILARO COUNCIL MEMBER

1:54:59SHAFFER, I THINK THIS IS

1:55:00RIDICULOUS.

1:55:00WE ARE NOT ATTORNEYS.

1:55:02WE ARE NOT THE FEDERAL

1:55:03JUDICIARY.

1:55:03WE DO NOT HAVE SUBPOENA POWERS,

1:55:07AND OUR CHARTER DOES NOT ALLOW

1:55:09FOR THIS.

1:55:09SO IT ALL SEEMS PRETTY OBVIOUS.

1:55:11THIS FEELS FAR BEYOND ANY GOAL

1:55:16OF TRANSPARENCY.

1:55:16OUR AUDITORS AND NO ELECTED

1:55:18FICIAL ON THIS BODY SHOULD

1:55:19HAVE THAT KIND OF ACCESS.

1:55:23ONE CONSTITUENT'S REACTION TO

1:55:24SEEING THIS ON TODAY'S AGENDA

1:55:25REACHING OUT TO ME THIS MORNING

1:55:29WAS... "WELL, IT'S CLEARLY NOT

1:55:30GOING WELL WITH YOUR COUNCIL'S

1:55:31MARRIAGE COUNSELING WITH THE

1:55:32MAYOR AND HIS STAFF, SO MAYBE

1:55:33YOU COULD SAVE SOME MONEY WITH

1:55:35THAT."

1:55:37BUT SPECIFIC TO THIS REQUEST,

1:55:38ARE WE WASTING MORE RESOURCES

1:55:40AND TIME HERE?

1:55:41I'M GOING TO PRESUME IT WON'T

1:55:43TAKE MORE THAN A FEW MINUTES.

1:55:45SO DIFFERENT THAN COUNCIL MEMBER

1:55:47SHAFFER, I'LL GO AHEAD AND

1:55:48SUPPORT THIS REQUEST, I SUPPOSE,

1:55:50SO WE CAN ALL PUT THIS ISSUE TO

1:55:52REST.

1:55:57>> COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

1:55:58>> THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND THANK

1:56:03YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

1:56:04ADMINISTRATION IS NOT PERFECT,

1:56:06AND NO ADMINISTRATION WILL BE

1:56:08PERFECT, THIS ONE OR THE NEXT

1:56:10ONE.

1:56:10AND WE WERE ELECTED TO BE THE

1:56:13OVERSIGHT, AND HAVING MORE

1:56:15INFORMATION... I DON'T SEE HOW

1:56:16THAT'S A BAD THING.

1:56:23FOR TREATING, AS THE

1:56:25ADMINISTRATION, THEY'RE ALL

1:56:28GOOD, AND THEY'RE GOING TO TELL

1:56:30US EVERYTHING TRUE, IT'S JUSTNON

1:56:35THINGS THAT HAVE... THAT YOU'RE

1:56:36NOT HAPPY WITH, COUNCIL MEMBERS

1:56:37ARE NOT HAPPY WITH, THAT

1:56:38HAPPENED WITH THIUNDER THIS

1:56:40ADMINISTRATION.

1:56:40AND GOOD EXAMPLE IS THE

1:56:42MISMANAGEMENT OF THE MPD.

1:56:43THEY ADMITTED, THEY SAY THAT,

1:56:50AND THAT IS, YOU KNOW,

1:56:53ADMINISTRATION WILL BE PERFECT,

1:56:54AND THIS IS NOT JUST TOWARDS

1:56:55THIS MAYOR OR ANYBODY.

1:56:58IT'S JUST BEING RESPONSIBLE, AND

1:57:01I'M GLAD THIS IDEA CAME THROUGH

1:57:05CONVERSATION WITH THE LEAD

1:57:09LEADERSHIP, AND I'M HONG WE

1:57:10CAN HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE

1:57:12OVERSIGHT OF WHAT WE ALREADY

1:57:15HAVE.

1:57:15LIMITING INFORMATION, PLAYING

1:57:17POLITICS, YOU KNOW, NOT ALLOWING

1:57:22INFORMATION TO US,ECAUSE THERE

1:57:23ARE INFORMATION THAT I WANT TO

1:57:24KNOW, AND IF THE MAYOR IS

1:57:26SAYING, WELL, THIS STUFF'S NOT

1:57:28GOING TO COME THROUGH, IT'S

1:57:31OBVIOUSLY NOT A GREAT WAY FOR US

1:57:35AS A COUNCIL MEMBERS TO OPERATE

1:57:38AND DO OVERSIGHT WITH THIS.

1:57:42SO POWER BALANCE AND POWER, YOU

1:57:45KNOW, CHECK, IT REALLY IS A

1:57:48SMART WAY TO GO.

1:57:50SO I DON'T KNOW WHY ANYONE, WHO

1:57:54IN THIS POSITION AS A COUNCIL

1:57:55MEMBER, WHO WAS ELECTED TO DO

1:57:56THE OVERSIGHT OF THE GOVERNMENT,

1:57:59CITY GOVERNMENT, IS NOT WILLING

1:58:03TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION COME

1:58:05THROUGH THEIR WAY.

1:58:07SO, YEAH, THAT'S IT FOR ME.

1:58:09THANK YOU.

1:58:12>> NEXT IS PRESINT PAYNE.

1:58:14>> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY.

1:58:17I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK TO

1:58:17SOMEING THAT COUNCIL MEMBER

1:58:19SHAFFER RAISED.

1:58:20WHICH IS I JUST WANT TO

1:58:21EMPHATICALLY AGREE THAT THIS IS

1:58:21SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE ABL TO

1:58:22BE WORKED OUT WITHOUT HAVING TO

1:58:26PURSUE A TL LIKE THIS.

1:58:28BUT I WILL JUST SHARE, THAT'S

1:58:29EXACTLY WHAT I AIMED TO DO WITH

1:58:31THE MAYOR ONE-ON-ONE, AND I WAS

1:58:37DOING MY BEST TO BE AS FLEXIBLE

1:58:38AND ACCOMMODATING AND

1:58:40COLLABORATIVE AS POSSIBLE,

1:58:42OFFERING UP OPPORTUNITIES TO

1:58:45RESTRUCTURE OUR AGENDAS, WORK

1:58:46WITH OUR CHAIRS TO TRY TO GET AS

1:58:47MANY QUESTIONS FIGURED OUT AHEAD

1:58:51OF AGENDA SETTINGS, SO THAT THE

1:58:53CHAIRS COULD BE EMPOWERED TO GET

1:58:55THOSE AGENDAS SET UP IN A WAY

1:58:56THAT WOULD PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT

1:58:58MORE TIME CERTAIN FOR THOSE

1:58:59STAFF MEMBERS WHO ARE, YOU KNOW,

1:59:04OFTENTIMES WAITING THEIR TURN TO

1:59:06PRESENT.

1:59:06AND I WENT INTO THAT MEETING

1:59:08WITH A SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION

1:59:09AND PROBLEM SOLVING, AND THE

1:59:12MAYOR WAS NOT REALLY RECEPTIVE

1:59:14TO THAT, SAID HE STOOD BY HIS

1:59:17LETTER, AND THAT HE WANTED TO

1:59:18PROCEED WITH HIS DIRECTIVE AS

1:59:22INITIATED.

1:59:23AND SO TO BE ABLE TO BE A

1:59:24PROFESSIONAL AND WORK THROUGH

1:59:25DIFFERENCES LIKE THI YOU NEED

1:59:27TO HAVE TWO WILLING PARTICIPANTS

1:59:29AT MINIMUM, AND I WASN'T

1:59:30EXPERIENCING THAT.

1:59:31AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW,

1:59:34WE'RE GIVING OUR ATTORNEYS

1:59:35PLENTY OF TIME FOR THIS.

1:59:36WE'RE ASKING FOR A REPORT BK

1:59:39EARLY NEXT YEAR.

1:59:40WE KNOW THAT IT'S A BUSY TIME

1:59:41RIGHT NOW.

1:59:42AND THIS IS SIMPLY AN

1:59:43EXPLORATION OF WHAT'S POSSIBLE.

1:59:46THIS IS NOT A LEGISLATIVECTION

1:59:49AS SUCH, BUT JUST TRYING TO

1:59:51UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK

1:59:52AT OTHER CITIES THAT DO HAVE

1:59:54THIS OVERSIGHT TL, YOU KNOW,

1:59:59WHAT ARE THE ORDINANCE OR

2:00:00CHARTER CHANGES THAT WOULD BE

2:00:01NECESSARY TO PROVIDE THAT TO US.

2:00:04SO, I JU WANTED TO SHARE THAT

2:00:06ADDITIONAL CONTEXT.

2:00:07>> NEXT IS UNCIL MEMBER

2:00:09WONSLEY.

2:00:10>> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY.

2:00:13I ALSO WANTED TO JUST RESPOND TO

2:00:15ONE OF THE THINGS RAISED BY. I

2:00:17THINK IT WAS COUNCILMEMBER

2:00:19PALMISANO WHO NAMED THAT

2:00:20INFORMATION, SUCH AS LIKE WHAT

2:00:25WE'RE REQUESTING AND THE MODE OF

2:00:27ITS PRESENTATION THOSE THINGS

2:00:28SHOULD BE AVAILABLE SPECIFICALLY

2:00:29TO THE CITY AUDITOR WAS

2:00:30REFERENCED.

2:00:30AND I WANT TO NAME THAT THE CITY

2:00:32AUDITOR HAS ALSO EXPERIENCED

2:00:33CHALLENGES IN BEING ABLE TO

2:00:35ACCESS INFORMATION NEEDED TO

2:00:36CARRY OUT THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES

2:00:38FROM THE PRIOR ADMINISTRATION AS

2:00:39WELL.

2:00:39THAT WAS NOTED IN SEVERAL

2:00:42REPORTS, PTICULARLY TIED TO

2:00:44THE DAVIS MATTURY AND ALLISON

2:00:50LUCIER, AFTER ACTION WHERE THE

2:00:50LACK OF COOPERATION THE LACK OF

2:00:51PROVISION OF INFORMATION LED TO

2:00:52THEM EVEN HAVING TO INCUR

2:00:56ADDITIONAL AND UNEXPECTED

2:00:57CHARGES RELATED TO THE CONTRACT

2:00:59THAT WAS HELPING CARRY OUT THAT

2:01:03SPECIAL REVIEW, THAT ESSENTIALLY

2:01:04SOUGHT OUT TO HELP THIS BODY TO

2:01:05FIGURE OUT HOW WE ACTUALLY WORK

2:01:06WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO

2:01:07BETTER RESPOND TO HATE CRIMES,

2:01:09AS IN WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO DAVIS

2:01:14MATURI HIMSELF, AND THE CITY'S

2:01:16NEGLIGENT RESPONSE AND ACTUALLY

2:01:16PROVIDG HIM THE SAFETY THAT HE

2:01:17WAS CALLING US TO PROVIDE, AND

2:01:18THAT HE PAYS TAXES FOR.

2:01:19SAME FOR ALLISON LUCIER, HOW WEE

2:01:23OR DO CORRECTIVE MEASURES TO

2:01:25SUPPORT FAMILIES OR SURVIVORS OF

2:01:27DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, BECAUSE OF

2:01:31THE ADMINISTRATION'S

2:01:34UNWILLINGNESS TO PROVIDE

2:01:35PROACTIVE INFORMATION, WE WERE

2:01:37DELAYED IN OUR ABILITY TO GET

2:01:39THAT INFORMATION THAT WE'RE EVEN

2:01:40MOVING ON AS OF RECENTLY JUST

2:01:41THIS -- THAT COUNCIL MEMBER

2:01:44CHAVEZ SPOKE OF IN HIS REPORT,

2:01:47THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO ADVANCE

2:01:50SOME OF THOSE RECMENDATIONS,

2:01:51SO WE CAN MAKE SURE SAFETY

2:01:52OUTCOMES ARE STRENGTHENED FOR

2:01:53OUR RESIDENTS.

2:01:54AND ON THE COUNT SIDE OF THAT,

2:01:57OR THE OTHER SIDE OF IT, I WOULD

2:01:59SAY, NOT THE COUNTER, ACTUALLY,

2:02:01I WOULD ARGUE IS ABSOLUTELY NOT

2:02:02RIDICULOUS AND IT'S NOT A WASTE

2:02:04OFIME FOR US TO BE ABLE TO

2:02:05HAVE STRONGER OVERSIGHT TOOLS

2:02:06AND GET INFORMATION.

2:02:07BECAUSE ACTUALLY WN THIS

2:02:09COUNCIL HAS BEEN ABLE TO FLEX

2:02:10THAT, WE'VE SEEN BETTER OCOMES

2:02:12HAPPEN FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

2:02:14I WANT TO NAME A FEWN EXAMPLE.

2:02:19THE STUDY THAT WE JUST TALKED

2:02:21ABT, WE HAD EXPECTED THAT OUR

2:02:22ADMINISTRATION TO BE DOING WHAT

2:02:24THEY NEED TO DO TO RECOUP THE

2:02:26COST OF FEES FOR PROGRAMS, SO

2:02:27THAT OUR RESIDENTS CAN RECEIVE

2:02:29THEM AND BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS

2:02:30TO THE STAFF WHO HELP COORDINA

2:02:34THEM, BUT WE HAVE NOW LEARNED

2:02:34MANY TIMES OVER THAT THE FEES

2:02:35ARE NOT BEING ENFORCED IN THE

2:02:37WAYS THAT THEY SHOULD, AND THUS

2:02:38ARE RUNNING AT A DEFICIT THAT

2:02:41THEN PUTS THE BURDEN ON

2:02:42TAXPAYERS.

2:02:43A CLEAR EXAMPLE OF THAT, FOR

2:02:45INSTANCE, IS OFF DUTY.

2:02:46'VE BEEN ASKING THE MAYOR'S

2:02:47ADMINISTRATION FOR MULTIPLE,

2:02:49MULTIPLE DIRECTIVES THAT HAVE

2:02:50BEEN RESISTED TIME AND TIME

2:02:52AGAIN.

2:02:52AND ALSO FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION

2:02:54OF THE INFORTION THAT THEY

2:02:55FINALLY PRESENTED ON.

2:02:57AND INSTEAD OF ACTUALLY ENACTING

2:02:59THEIR OWN RECOMMENDATIONS, THEY

2:03:02HAVE ALLOWED TAXPAYERS TO HAVE

2:03:04TO STILL PAY ALMOST $2 MILLION

2:03:07TO SUBSIDIZE MPD OFFER SIDE

2:03:08GIGS.

2:03:09IF WE WERE ABLE TO TRULY FLEX

2:03:11OUR OVERSIGHT ARM ON THESE

2:03:13THINGS, THEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO

2:03:14GET INFORMATION ON HOW WE COULD

2:03:16TRULY KE THAT BURDEN OFF OF

2:03:19OUR RESIDENTS' SHOULDERS, AND

2:03:21THIS LETS US DO THAT.

2:03:24FEES, CKER FEES WHEN WE'RE

2:03:25TALKING ABOUT HOW DO WE FUND OUR

2:03:26CLIMATE EQUITY WORK, WE'VE HAD

2:03:27STRUGGLES WITH GETTING ACCURATE

2:03:28INFORMATION IN THAT.

2:03:29AS A MAJORITY LEADER MENTIONED,

2:03:32INACCURATE INFORMATION AO

2:03:34COSTS US TIME.

2:03:35IT DELAYS OUR ABILITY TO FUND

2:03:36THE THINGS THAT NEEDS TO BE

2:03:37FUNDEDO MAKE SURE OUR

2:03:38RESIDENTS HAVE A QUALITY OF LIFE

2:03:39AND HAVE SERVICES THAT TRULY

2:03:40ALLOW THEM TO HAVE THE THINGS

2:03:42THAT THEY NEED IN THIS CITY TO

2:03:45MAINTAINHEIR LIVELIHOODS, TO

2:03:46MAINTAIN THEIR HOMES, TO MAKE

2:03:48SURE THAT THEIR FAMILIES HAVE

2:03:49THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED.

2:03:51WHEN WE DON'T GET THE RIGHT

2:03:52INFORMATION, THAT JEOPARDIZES

2:03:53THEIR ABILITY TO HAVE A GOOD

2:03:54LIFE IN THIS CITY AS WELL.

2:03:55AND WE'VE SEEN THOSE OUTCOMES.

2:03:57BUT WHEN WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FLEX

2:03:58OUR OVERSIGHT, WE'VE BEEN ABLE

2:04:02TO CALL INTO QUESTION, VENDORS,

2:04:03PARTICULAR VENDORS AND CONTRACTS

2:04:04THAT SHOULD NOT BE GOING OUT

2:04:06WITH SPECIFIC ORGANIZATIONS.

2:04:11LIKE iRESCUE, FOR INSTANCE,

2:04:13WITH THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY

2:04:13SAFETY, WE WERE ABLE TO CALL

2:04:15THAT INTO QUESTION AND NOW WE'RE

2:04:16ABOUT TO HAVE A CREDIBLE VENDOR

2:04:18THAT'S OFFERING SEXUAL

2:04:19TRAFFIC... OR ANTI-SEXUAL SEX

2:04:19TRAFFICKING SERVICES AT THE NEW

2:04:20SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY

2:04:21SAFETY CENTER.

2:04:22THAT'S BECAUSE THIS BODY AT THE

2:04:24OPPOSITION OF THE ADMINISTRATION

2:04:26CONSTANTLY PUSHED AND SAID, NO,

2:04:27THIS CANNOT BE ACCEPTABLE.

2:04:29BUIT SHOULDN'T HAVE TO TAKE

2:04:30THAT.

2:04:30AND THIS IS LITERALLY WHAT WE'RE

2:04:32ASKING FOR.

2:04:32GIVE US OTHER TOOLS IN ADDITION

2:04:34TO THE CITY AUDITOR, IN ADDITION

2:04:36TO THE VERY LIMITED ONES THAT WE

2:04:38HAVE NOW, TO BE ABLE TO GET

2:04:38ACCESS TO INFORMATION, SO THAT

2:04:39WE CAN DO OUR JOBS EFFECTIVELY,

2:04:42NOT JUST FOR US FOR THE SAKE OF

2:04:44US DOING IT, BUT FOR OUR

2:04:45RESIDENTS.

2:04:46E 400,000 PLUS RESIDENTS THAT

2:04:47WE COLLECTIVELY REPRESENT.

2:04:52>> THANK YOU.

2:04:52NEXT UP ISOUNCIL MEMBER

2:04:56SHAFFER.

2:04:58>> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY, I

2:04:59TRIED TO MAKE A PRIORITY MOTION

2:05:00AND IT DIDN'T GO THROUGH SO I

2:05:01JUST WANTED TO FLAG THAT.

2:05:03I BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN

2:05:04SAID, YOU KNOW, I DON'T

2:05:05UNDERSTAND WHY ANY COUNCIL

2:05:07MEMBER WOULD VOTE AGAINST THIS.

2:05:09AND I THINK IT'S REALLY

2:05:09IMPORTANT FOR US AS A BODY NOT

2:05:10TO ASCRIBE MOTIVE AND NOT TO

2:05:14CRITICIZE EACH OTHER'S

2:05:14VIEWPOINTS IF THEY HAVE STATE

2:05:16THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE AGAINST

2:05:17SOMETHING.

2:05:18THANK YOU.

2:05:23>> ALL RIGHT.

2:05:23THANK YOU.

2:05:25YEAH, I WILL JUST NOTE I THINK

2:05:25THERE'S JUST LIKE AN ISSUE WITH

2:05:26THE FUNCTION OF SPEAKER

2:05:28MANAGEMENT, WHEN YOU HIT

2:05:30PRIORITY MOTION, IT WON'T

2:05:31AUTOMATICALLY MOVE TO IT WHEN WE

2:05:33HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN

2:05:34QUEUE, BUT I'LL BE MORE MINDFUL

2:05:35TO LOOK FOR THAT IN THE FUTURE.

2:05:38COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE.

2:05:42>> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY.

2:05:42I FORGOT TO MENTION LAST TIME I

2:05:43WAS IN QUEUE AND COUNCIL MEMBER

2:05:44WONSLEY REMINDED ME OF THIS.

2:05:46THE AUDITOR HAS ALSO HAD

2:05:47CHALLENGES GETTING INFORMATION,

2:05:49AND HE'S ACTUALLY INTERESTED IN

2:05:51EXPLORING INDEPENDENTLY OF THIS,

2:05:53WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE, HE'S

2:05:55INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING

2:05:57SUBPOENA POWER FOR HIMSELF THAT

2:05:59WOULD GO BEYOND JUST THE

2:06:02ADMINISTRATION.

2:06:02BECAUSE IN SOME OF HIS WORK, HE

2:06:05DOES NEED TO WORK WITH PARTIES

2:06:06THAT ARE OUTSIDE O THE CITY

2:06:08ENTERPRISE, AND HIS AUTHORITY IS

2:06:09LIMITED TO THE CITY ENTERPRISE.

2:06:11AND WE SAW THIS COME UP MOST

2:06:15SPECIFICALLY DURING THE AFTER

2:06:16ACTION REVIEW OF THE KILLING OF

2:06:18ALLISON LÜSCHER, WHERE THE

2:06:20OFFICER THAT HE WAS HOPING TO

2:06:21INTERVIEW RETIRED PRIOR TO THE

2:06:24COMPLETION OF TH INVESTIGATION.

2:06:25AND AS NO LONGER AN EMPLOYEE,

2:06:29THAT INDIVIDUAL IS NO LONGER

2:06:31REQUIRED TO WORK WITH THE

2:06:32AUDITOR.

2:06:33AND SO I THINK THIS IS JUST,

2:06:36AGAIN, A GOOD GOVERNANCE

2:06:38TRANSPARENCY TOOL THAT WE SHOULD

2:06:39CERTAINLY GET A PROFESSIONAL

2:06:41OPINION FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S

2:06:42OFFICE ON HOW WE MIGHT UTILIZE

2:06:44SUCH TOOL.>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHA.

2:06:48>> THANK YOU, CHA CHOWDHURY,

2:06:50AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE A BIG

2:06:51THANK YOU TO THE AUTHORS OF THIS

2:06:54COUNL ACTION, AND I WANTED TO

2:06:58POINT MY COLLEAGUES TOWARDS THE

2:06:592026 SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY

2:07:01REVIEW AND BEST PRACTICE

2:07:03ADVISORY THAT WAS PROMOTED TO

2:07:07US... NOT PROMOTED TO US, BUT

2:07:08THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US VIA THE

2:07:09OFFICE OF THE CITY AUDITOR.

2:07:11AND I'M GOG TO READ A

2:07:12PROVISION ON THERE REGARDING THE

2:07:15PUBLIC SURVEILLANCE CONTRACT

2:07:15OVERSIGHT.

2:07:15WE DID NOT OBTAIN EVIDENCE THAT

2:07:18OVERSIGHT ACTIVITY SPECIFICAY

2:07:19RELATED TO CONTRACT PROVISIONS

2:07:20FOR DATA OWNERSHIP PERMITTED USE

2:07:22IN OTHER DATA STEWARDSH WERE

2:07:24OCCURRING ACROSS THE ENTERPRISE.

2:07:26FURTHER, THE DATA SECURITY

2:07:26REQUIREMENTS THAT OVERSIGHT

2:07:27WOULD ENFORCE WERE NOT

2:07:30STANDARDIZED BUT PER INDIVIDUAL

2:07:32CONTRACT.

2:07:32THIS PREVENTA RISK THAT THE

2:07:33CITY'S CONTRACT FOR CAMERA

2:07:35SERVICES OR CONTRACT OVERSIGHT

2:07:36WOULD NOALIGN WITH BEST

2:07:38PRACTICES.

2:07:39WE REQUESTED BUT WERE UNABLE TO

2:07:41OBTA A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF

2:07:42DATA SHARING AGREEMENTS, OR

2:07:44MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANNG WITH

2:07:45FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

2:07:46AGENCIES.

2:07:46AND I'LL REPEAT THAT PART.

2:07:49WE REQUESTED BUT WERE UNABLE TO

2:07:50OBTAIN.

2:07:50THIS ACTION IS A VERY EASY VOTE

2:07:52FOR ME BECAUSE IF THERE'S A

2:07:53REQUEST AND INFORMATION IS NOT

2:07:55BEING PROVIDED, THEN COUNCIL HAS

2:07:57A RESPONSIBILITY TO GET THAT

2:07:58INFORMATION THEMSELVES.

2:07:59SO EASY VOTE.

2:07:59BECAUSE WHEN I SEE AUDIT

2:08:01REPORTS, I SEE SO MUC RISK IN

2:08:03THESE AUDIT REPORTS FROM LACK OF

2:08:04INFORMATION BEING PROVIDED FROM

2:08:06THE ADMINISTRATION.I HOPE SINCES

2:08:08BEEN SHOWN TO THE BODY IN THE

2:08:11AUDIT COMMITTEE, THAT THAT HAS

2:08:13BEEN ADDRESSED BUT WHEN I SEE

2:08:15THE KIND OF REPORTS TO THE

2:08:16AUDIT COMMITTEE, I SEE RISK

2:08:18ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, AND I SEE

2:08:20INFORMATION NOT BEING PRESENTED

2:08:23WHEN IT SHOULD BE.

2:08:24SO I HOPE THAT THIS PASSES, AND

2:08:25I HOPE THAT WE FIND A WAY TO

2:08:27EVENTUALLY DO THI SO STUFF

2:08:28LIKE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN, WHICH

2:08:29IT CURRENTLY DOES IN MANY

2:08:31INSTANCES.

2:08:34>> THANK YOU.

2:08:34I'M NOT SEEING ANYONE ELSE IN

2:08:38DISCUSSION.

2:08:39WITH THAT MOTION TO AROVE,

2:08:41I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE

2:08:42ROLL.

2:08:45>> COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE.

2:08:46>> AYE.

2:08:48>> WONSLEY.

2:08:48>> AYE.

2:08:49>> RAINVILLE.

2:08:50>> AYE.

2:08:52>> VETAW.

2:08:52>> AYE.

2:08:53>>SMAN.

2:08:53>> AYE.

2:08:55>> SHAFFER.

2:08:55>> NO.

2:08:57>> STEVENSON.

2:08:57>> AYE

2:08:59>> CHAVEZ.

2:08:59>> AYE.

2:09:01>> PALMISANO.

2:09:01>> AYE.

2:09:03>> VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI.

2:09:04>> AYE.

2:09:07>> CHAIR CHOWDHURY.

2:09:07>> AYE.

2:09:08>> THERE ARE 10 AYES.

2:09:10>> THAT MOTION CARRIES.

2:09:13ALL RIGHT, MEMBERS, SEEING NO

2:09:15FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE US, AND

2:09:18WITH NO OBJECTION, I WILL

2:09:19DECLARE THIS MEETING ADJOURNED.

2:09:21[ GAVEL ]