2026-10-21 - Public Health, Safety & Equity Committee

00:17

00:17MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL -

00:17PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY & EQUITY

00:18COMMITTEE.

00:27[GAVEL].

00:27>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS

00:29JASON CHAVEZ, I'M THE CHAIR OF

00:31THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY &

00:32EQUITY COMMITTEE. BEFORE WE

00:34CONVENE OUR MEETING, WE HAVE A

00:36PRESENTATION OF AN HONORARY

00:38RESOLUTION RELATED TO HEALTH

00:44LITERACY MONTH. I ASK THAT OUR

00:47STAFF COME UP HER TO THE FRONT

00:48SO WE CAN HEAR THE RESOLUTION.

01:12>> THANK Y EVERYONE. SO,E'RE

01:14HERE TODAY TO RECOGNIZE OCTOBER

01:17AS THE MONTH OF HEALTH LITERACY

01:20AWARENESS MONTH. HERE W WROTE

01:22OUR RESOLUTION THAT WE WILL READ

01:23TO YOU ALL TODAY. RECOGNIZING

01:26OCTOBER AS HEALTH LITERACY

01:28MONTH, WHERE OCTOBER IS

01:31RECOGNIZED AS HEALTH LITERACY

01:32MONTH. IT'S A TIME TO

01:34ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANCE OF

01:35MAKING HEALTH INFORMATION EASY

01:36TO UNDERSTAND AND OUR HEALTH

01:38CARE SYSTEM MORE ACCESSIBLE BY

01:40ENCOURAGING THE USE OF PLAIN

01:42LANGUAGE THAT CAN BE EASILY

01:45UNDERSTOOD IN YOUTH AND

01:46ACKNOWLEDGING AND WELCONG

01:47CULTURAL DIFFERENCES. THESE

01:49EFFORTS WILL EMPOWER CITY

01:50EMPLOYEES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS

01:53TO FIND, UNDERSTAND, AND USE

01:55HEALTH IORMATION TO MAKE

01:58INFORMED DECISIONS THAT SUPPORT

01:59THEIR HEALTH AND WELLBEING AND

02:00THE THAT THEY CARE FOR AND

02:04WHEREAS MOST ADULTS IN THE

02:05UNITED STATES HAVE TROUBLE

02:06DERSTANDING HEALTH

02:07INFORMATION. THIS CAN LEAD TO

02:09POOR HEALTH OUTCOMES, HIGHER

02:11MEDICAL COSTS, AND LOWER QUALITY

02:14OF LIFE. THIS IS WHY IT'S SO

02:16IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY TO SHARE

02:17HEALTH INFORMATION IN A WAY THAT

02:19IS CLEAR, RESPECTFUL, AND EASY

02:22TO UNDERSTAND. WHEREAS THE CITY

02:26OF MINNEAPOLIS IS WORKING TO

02:28REMOVE THE BARRIERS FOR

02:30COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO GET,

02:31UNDERSTAND, AND USE HEALTH

02:32INFORMATION AND SERVICES. WE'RE

02:34COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE

02:35EVERYONE HAS WHA THEY NEED TO M

02:38HEALTH AND THOSE THAT THEY CARE

02:41FOR. WHEREAS, PROMOTING HEALTH

02:43LITERACY ISOT ONLY AN

02:45INDIVIDUAL'S RESPONSIBILITY, BUT

02:46A RESPONSIBILITYE ALL SHARE.

02:48THE CITY AND ITS PARTNERS ARE

02:51COMMTED TO WORKING TOGETHER TO

02:52ENSURE HEALTH INFORMATION IS

02:53CLEAR AND USEFUL FOR EVERYONE IN

02:56MINNEAPOLIS AND WHEREAS WHEN

02:57PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HEALTH

02:59INFORMATION, IT BUILDS TRUST,

03:00BRINGS COMMUNITIES TOGETHER,

03:03REDUCE HEALTH PROBLEMS CAUSED BY

03:04UNFAIR CONDITIONS, AND CREATES A

03:06MINNEAPOLIS WHERE EVERYONE HAS A

03:07CHANCE TO ACHIEVE BETTER HEALTH.

03:15>> WHEREAS IN MINNEAPOLIS,

03:20MANY'S FIRST LANGUAGE IS NOT

03:21ENGLISH. THIS MAKES IT HARD TO

03:24UNDERSTAND HEALTH INFORMATION,

03:26WHICH IS WRITTEN IN ENGINE AN

03:29AND- ENGLISH AND USES

03:31DIFFICULT LANGUAGE. HEALTH

03:32INFORMATION HAS MADE IT

03:34INCRSINGLY DIFFICULT FOR

03:35COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ACCURATE

03:39INFORMATION. THIS HIGHLIGHTS THE

03:41VITAL ROLE THAT THE CITY OF

03:44MINNEAPOLIS IN MAKING HEALTH

03:49DECISIONS AND HEALTH AND

03:50WELLBEING ARE HAN RIGHTS AND

03:52HEALTH LITERACY IS REQUIRED TO

03:54UPHOLD THESE HUMAN RIGHTSND

03:55ACHIEVE THEM FOR ALL AND WHEREAS

03:59ALTH LITERACY IMPACTS AND

04:01NEFITS ALL. REGARDLESS OF

04:03SOMEONE'EDUCATION LEVEL OR

04:05LANGUAGE ABILITY, HEALTH

04:07INFORMATION AND HEALTH SERVICES

04:10CAN BE CONFUSING. BY PRACTICING

04:11HEALTH LITERACY, USING SIMPLE

04:13AND CLEAR LANGUAGE, IT HELPS

04:15MAKE HEALTH CARE AND HEALTH

04:17SERVICES MORE EQUITABLE AND

04:18EMPOWERS US ALL TO ACHIEVE

04:21BETTER HEALTH OUTCOMES.

04:26>> NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED

04:28THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS DECLARES

04:31THAT OCTOBER 2026 IS HEALTH

04:34LITERACY AWARENESS MONTH,

04:38STAYING COMMIT TO MAKE HEALTH

04:39INFORMATION AND SERVICES CLEAR,

04:41ACCESSIBLE, AND EASY TO

04:42UNDERSTAND FOR EVERYONE IN

04:45MINNEAPOLIS.

04:46[APPLAUSE].

04:46>>'LL SEE IF ANY OF MY

04:48COLLEAGUES WANT TO SAY ANYTHING

04:49AND THEN I WILL PASS IT TO THE

04:51HEALTH DEPARTMENT STAFF TO SAY

04:52SOME WORDS.

04:53>> SO WE JUST RECOGNIZED OCTOBER

04:56AS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

04:58THAT'S THURSDAY AND I THINK THAT

05:01TIES IN IMPORTANTLY WITH THIS

05:03CONVERSATION. MY WIFE IS A

05:04BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR. WE

05:07RECOGNIZED 10 YEARS OF BEING

05:11CANCER-FREE.

05:13[APPLAUSE].

05:14>> AS A CAREGIVER IN THAT

05:15SCENARIO, YOU END UP WITH A

05:18WHIRLWIND OF HEALTH INFORMATION

05:20FROM THINGS LIKE DUCTAL

05:25CARCINOMA, TO ER, JUST ALPHABET

05:31SOUP OF CONFUSING TERMINOLOGY,

05:33ESCIALLY AS YOU ARE FACING

05:34SOME OF THE SCARIEST TIMES OF

05:36YOUR LIFE. I THINK THAT IT IS

05:38HARD ENOUGH TO NAVIGATE THE

05:41COMPLEXITY OF THESEYPES OF

05:42HEALTH INCIDENTS WITHOUT TRULY

05:44UNDERSTANDING IT. I HAD THE

05:46BENEFIT OF, YOU KNOW,

05:48DOWNLOADING AN eBOOK THAT WAS

05:50AL ABOUT BREAST CANCER AND I

05:51DID A LOT OF STUDYING WHILE I

05:53WAS DOING THAT AND WAS ABLE TO

05:55HELP BE A NOTE TAKER AS MY WIFE

05:57WENT THROUGH ALL OF HER

06:00APPOINTMENTS AND FOLLOWING UP

06:01WITH ALL THE DOCTORS, BUT NOT

06:03EVERYBODY HAS THAT KIND OF

06:04SUPPORT AS THEY GO THROUGH THEIR

06:06JOURNEY. I THINK THAT MAKING OUR

06:09HEALTH CARE SYSTEM MORE

06:10UNDERSTANDABLE AND APPROACHABLE

06:11BY EVEONE IS JUST GOING TO GO

06:13A LONG WAY. I THINK WHATEVER WE

06:14CAN DO AS A CITY TO HELP THAT

06:16ALONG WILL BE VERY

06:28TRANSFORMATIONAL.

06:28>> I THINK JT FOR US, AS A

06:31HEALTH DEPARTMENT, REALLY WE'RE

06:32PROUD TO RECOGNIZE OCTOBER AS

06:34HEALTH LITERACY MONTH AND REALLY

06:36AT THE HEART OF WHAT HEALTH

06:38LITERACY IS, IS RECOGNIZING THAT

06:40IT IS YOUR HEALTH AND YOU ARE

06:43ENTITLED TO THE RIGHT TO

06:44UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR HEALTH

06:46MEANS AND TO MAKE INFORMED

06:47DECISIONS AND YOU HAVE THE

06:48INFORMATION AND RESOURCES TO BE

06:50ABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE

06:52IMPACTING YOUR HEALTH SO YOU CAN

06:54ACHIEVE YOUR BEST HEALTH OUTCOME

06:55FOR YOU. THANK YOU.

06:58>> THANK YOU.

06:59>> GET TO THE SIDE FOR A PHOTO

07:01AND I WANT TO THANK OUR

07:04INCREDIBLE HEALTH DEPARTMENT

07:04STAFF FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO

08:07DO. AT THIS TIME, I AM GOING TO

08:10CALL THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE

08:12PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY & EQUITY

08:14COMMITTEE FOR OCTOBER 21ST TO

08:14ORDER. I WILL ASK THELERK TO

08:16CALL THE ROLL SO WE CAN VERIFY

08:22>> PAYNE.

08:23>> PRESENT.

08:23>> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY.

08:24>> PRESENT.

08:26>> RAINVILLE IS ABSENT. COUNCIL

08:27MEMBER VETAW.

08:28>> PRESENT.

08:28>> WHITING IS ABSENT.

08:30>> VICE CHAIR STEVENSON.

08:31>> PRESENT.

08:31>> AND CHAIR CHAVEZ.

08:33>> PRESENT.

08:33>> THAT IS FIVE MEMBERS PRESENT.

08:35>> LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE

08:36HAVE A QUORUM. I WANT TO OFFER A

08:39FRIENDLY REMINDER TO ALL MEMBERS

08:40OF THE STAFF AND THE PUBLIC THAT

08:42THESE MEETINGS ARE BROADCAST

08:43LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER PUBLIC

08:47PARTICIPATION. THIS INCLUDES

08:50REALTIME CAPTION TO INCREASE THE

08:51ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR PROCEEDINGS

08:52TO THE COMMUNITY. ALL SAKERS

08:54NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THE RATE

08:57OF THEIR SPEECH SO OUR

08:59CAPTIONERS CAN TRANSCRIBE ALL

09:01COMMENTS FOR THE BROADCAST. WE

09:03ASK ALL SPEAKERS TO MODERATE THE

09:04SPEED ANDLARITY OF THEIR COMMEN

09:08COLLEAGUES THAT WE WILL BE USING

09:10SPEAKER MANAGEMENT TODAY, PLEASE

09:12MAKE SURE YOU'RE SIGNED IN. WE

09:14DO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND

09:15PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD TODAY, AND

09:16IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TESTIFY,

09:17PLEASE SIGN UP WITH THE CLERKS

09:19IN THE HALLWAY. FIRST, APPROVAL

09:21OF THE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING

09:22THE MONTH OF OCTOBER A HEALTH

09:25LITERACY AWARENESS MONTH. I WILL

09:26SEE IF THERE IS ANY DISCUSSION.

09:28IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

09:30THERE IS NO DISCUSSION, ALL

09:32THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS SAY AYE.

09:38[AYES EXPRESSED]

09:38>> THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY? ANY ON

09:44EXTENSIONS? THAT MOTION CARRIES.

09:47NOW TITLE 9 OF TH CHAPTER 172

09:50OF THE COYED OF ORDER NANTSS

09:53RETED TO FIRE AND POLICE

09:56PROTECTION, FOR THE COMPLETION

09:57OF ETHICS EDUCAON TRAINING FOR

09:59THE COMMUNITY COMMISSION OF

10:01POLICE OVERSIGHT. ANYONE WHO IS

10:02SIGNED UP TO SPEAK IS GIVEN TWO

10:06MINUTES. F EVERYONE IN

10:07ATTENDANCE AND THOSE WHO MAY

10:09PARTICIPATE IN THE HEARINGS OR

10:10COMMENT PERIOD, LET ME OFFER

10:12THIS NOTICE. THESE MEETINGS ARE

10:14BEING BROADCAST AND RECORDED.

10:16THE RECORDING AND THE BROADCAST

10:18IS PUBLIC DATA UND THE

10:20MINNESOTA GOVERNMENT PRACTICES

10:21ACT AND BY ATTENDING AND

10:23PARTICIPING IN THESE

10:24PROCEEDINGS, YOUR IMAGE AND ANY

10:26TESTIMONY OR INFORMATION THAT

10:27YOU PRIDE WILL BE SUBJECT TO

10:29DISCLOSURE UNDER THAT LAW,

10:31INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO

10:32YOUR ATTENDANCE, NAME, AND OTHER

10:34PERSONAL DETAIL I DON'T SAY --

10:38DETAILS YOU PROVIDE, AND ANY

10:40SUBMISSIONS YOU MAKE, WHICH ARE

10:41INCLUDED IN THE RECORDING OF

10:42THIS MEETING. BEFORE I OPEN THE

10:44PUBLIC HEARING, I WANT TO

10:45EXPLAIN WHAT THIS ORDINANCE IS.

10:48UNDER SECTION 172.60 OF THE

10:51MINNEAPOLIS COURT OF ORDINANCES

10:55OVERSIGHT ARE REQUIRED TO

10:57COLETE TRAINING ANNUALLY. IN

11:00MAY 2026, THE CITY COUNCIL

11:01ADOPTED A NEW ETHICS ORDINANCE

11:03AND AMENDMENT TO THE ORDINANCE,

11:05WHICH AMENDED THE REQUIREMENTS

11:06FOR THE COMPLETION OF ETHICS

11:08EDUCATION TRAINING FOR LOCAL

11:11OFFICIALS. IT CORRELATED ETHICS

11:13TRAINING FOR ALL NON-EMPLOYEE

11:17OFFICIALS WITH THEIR TERM

11:19APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS.

11:21THE REASON FOR THIS CCPO IS TO

11:24ALIGN THE ETHICS INTERVAL FOR

11:26CCPO MEMBERS WITH THAT

11:27ORDINANCE. IF THAT ORDINANCE IS

11:29ADOPTED, MEANING THIS ONE, CCPO

11:32MEMBERS MAY COMPLETE TRAINING IN

11:35ACCORDANCE WITH THAT NEW

11:37ORDINANCE, LIKE ALL OTHER

11:40NON-EMPLOYEE LOCAL OFFICIALS.

11:41WITH THAT, I WILL BEGIN THE

11:42PROCESS TO OPEN THE PUBLIC

11:44HEARING AND ASK THE CLE IF

11:45ANYONE SIGNED UP. ALL RIGHT,

11:47I'LL ASK THE PUBLIC ONEORE

11:49TIME IF THEY WISH TO SIGN UP.

11:55SECOND TIME, THIRD TIME. NO ONE

11:58CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND

12:00MOVE THIS ORDINANCE FOR

12:03APPROVAL.

12:04>> SECOND.

12:04>> AND I'LL SEE IF MY COLLEAGUES

12:07HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. COUNCIL

12:09PRESIDENT PAYNE.

12:09>> TNK YOU CHAIR CHAV. THIS

12:10IS JUST A REFLECTION O HOW THE

12:12WORK OF POLICE FORM IS GOING

12:15TO BE A CONTINUOUS JOURNEY. IT'S

12:18NEVER GOING TO BE A STOPPING

12:19POINT WHERE WE SOLVED IT. I

12:21THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A

12:23CONSTANT REVISITING THESE

12:24POLICIES AND ORDINANCES TO MAKE

12:26SURE WE HAVE A DEPARTMENT THAT

12:27ISCCOUNTABLE TO THE COMMUNITY.

12:28SO THANK YOU FOR CARRYING THIS.

12:31>> ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO ONE ELSE

12:34IN QUEUE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY

12:40AYE.

12:42[AYES EXPRESSED]

12:42>> THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. ANY

12:45ABSTENTIONS? THAT CARRIES. NEXT,

12:47PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD REGARDING

12:48THE CITY'S RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC

12:51VIOLENCE RELATED CALLS FOR

12:53SERVICE BY MARIAH SAMUELS. AT

12:56THIS TIME, I AM GOINGO PROCEED

12:58TO OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT

12:59PERIOD. I WANT TO LET THE PUBLIC

13:01KNOW THAT SOMETIMES THE WAY

13:03PEOPLE SPELL THEIR NAMES IS

13:04REALLY HARD TO READ AND

13:05SOMETIMES BOARDS CAN GET

13:07CONFUSED BASED ON THE WAY IT IS

13:10WRITTEN HERE. SOMETIMES I WILL

13:11CALL ON THE PARTICULAR NUMBER

13:12AND PLEASE SAY YOUR NAME OUT

13:14LOUD. I'M APOLOGIZING IN

13:16ADVANCE. WITH THAT, I AM GOING

13:18TO CALL ON THE FIRST PERSON,

13:20NUMBER 2, I BELIEVE IT'S PHIL.

13:27>> CAN I SPEAK LATER?

13:29>> YES, WE WILL GO ON TO NUMBER

13:423, JAY.

13:43>> HELLO, I'M JAY YATES. WE

13:47WANTED TO BEGIN BY THANKING

13:50COUNCIL MEMBER JASON CHAVEZ FOR

13:51CONVENING THIS HEARING. FAMILY

13:54SUPPORTING FAMILIES AGAINST

13:56POLICE VIOLENCE, MINNESOTA 5051,

13:59THE WRONGFULLY INCARCERATED AND

14:00FAMILIES COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY

14:02MEMBERS STAGED A PRESS

14:03CONFERENCE AND SIT IN OUTSIDE

14:04THE OFFICES O MAYOR JACOB FREY

14:08ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF MARIAH

14:11SAMUEL'S MURDER. OUR CALLS FOR

14:14JUSTICE HAS GONE UNHEARD BY

14:18MAYOR FREY. MARIAH WAS KILLED

14:20AFTER REPEATED CALLS TO

14:22MINNPOLIS POLICE ABOUT HER

14:26EX-BOYFRIEND'SBUSIVE BEHAVIOR.

14:28HOURS AFTER SHE BROKE UP WITH

14:31M, HE THREATENED HER LIFE. SHE

14:35OBTAINED AN ORDER OF PROTECTION

14:37AGAINST HIM. ON SEPTEMBER 14TH,

14:44HOURS BEFORE WRIGHT TAKES HER

14:46LIFE, SHE CALLS 9-1-1 AT 5:14

14:49P.M. AND THE RESPONDING OFFICER

14:51RYAN WEBER WROTE IN HIS REPORT

14:53THAT MARIAH TOLD HIM SHE FELT

14:57SAFE. A REVIEW OF BODY CAMERA

14:59FOOTAGE SHOWS THAT CONVERSATION

15:02NEVER HAPPENED. OFFICER WEBER

15:04DID NOT JUST FAIL TO AEST HIM,

15:06HE FAILED TO DO ANYTHING TO

15:08PROTECT MARIAH, STATING SHE

15:11DIDN'T SEEM FEARFUL AND LEFT THE

15:15SCENE SO HE COULD END HIS SHIFT

15:16ON TIME. AT 7:45, AFTER THIS

15:20INTERACTION WITH OFFICER WEBER,

15:23MARIAH MADE A FACEBOOK POST

15:25ABOUT HOW MPD FLED TO PROTECT

15:27HER. THEN A 9-1-1 CALL HAD BEEN

15:31MADE AFTER MARIAH WAS SHOT 10

15:33TIMES BY WRIGHT. SHE WAS FOUND

15:35DEAD OUTSIDE HER FATHER'S HOME.

15:36THIS IS THE TRAGIC REALITY THAT

15:38EVEN WHEN VICTIMS DO EVERYTHING

15:40THEY ARE TOLD TO DO, THE SYSTEMS

15:41IN PLACE CONTINUE TO FAIL THEM.

15:56>> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE

15:58SPEAKER NUMBER 4, LORETTA.

16:00>> MY NAME IS LORETTA, I'MITH

16:02THE TWIN CITIES COALITION FOR

16:04JUSTICE.O BE ABUNDANTLY CLEAR,

16:06THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE

16:08DEPARTMENT FAILED MARIAH SAM

16:11SAMUELS. OFFICER RYAN WEBER

16:16FAILED MARIAH SAMUELS. MAYOR

16:19JACOB FREY FAILED MARIAH

16:23SAMUELS. THIS CITY CONTINUES TO

16:25FAIL MARIAH SAMUELSEN AND OTHER

16:31VICTIMS OF INTIMATE PARTNER

16:32VIOLENCE. MARIAH'S CASE IS NOT

16:35AN ISOLATED INCIDENT OR A

16:37PROBLEM WITH MPD REGARDING

16:41DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESPONSE. THIS

16:42IS HOW ALISON'S MURDER WAS

16:47MISHANDED -- SHANDLED BY MPD.

16:53THIS CASE IS CONNECTED TO MPD'S

16:56WELL DOCUMENTED PATTERN OF

16:59RACIST POLICING AND

17:00DIRIMINATION AGAINST BLACK,

17:01INDIGENOUS, AND IMMIGRANT

17:03COMMUNITIES. IT IS CONNECTED TO

17:06MPD'S APPALLING OVERSPENDING IN

17:08HOW THEY ALWAYS HAVE ME MONEY

17:10FOR RIOT GEAR, TEAR GAS, AND

17:13MILITARY EQUIPMENT, AND CAN

17:15ALWAYS FIND STAFF TO PROTECT A

17:16TARGET OR TO EVICT A HOMELESS

17:19ENCAMPMENT. SOMEHOW, THEY CAN'T

17:22FIND ENOUGH MONEY OR STAFF FOR

17:24MORE THAN TWO DETECTIVES TO B

17:26ASSIGNED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

17:28RESPONSE. IT IS CONNECTED TO THE

17:30FACT THAT THIS CITY WILL SPEND

17:32TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO GIVE WHITE

17:35SUPREMACISTS JAKE AND ARMED

17:39POLICE ESCORT AT A HATE RALLY

17:41BUT WON'T SPEND THE RESOURCES TO

17:43PROPERLY INVESTIGATE OR PREVENT

17:46THE DEATHS OF BLACK AND NATIVE

17:48WOMEN. VIOLENCE-FREE MINNESOTA

17:50DOCUMENTED 31 MINNESOTANS KLED

17:53BY INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE AND

17:54DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN 2025.

17:59FOLLOWING 24 KNOWN VICMS IN

18:012024, AND A HISTORIC HIGH OF 40

18:04VICTIMS IN 2023.

18:07>> THANK YOU, SPEAKER NUMBER 5.

18:14>> BLACK AND NATIVE AMERICAN

18:17WOMENACE HIGHER RATES OF

18:20DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. WHIA

18:26FOUNDATIONAL TRACKING STUDY BY

18:28THE MINNEAPOLIS BASE GLOBAL

18:31RIGHTS FOR WOMEN NOTED 20% OVER

18:35FROM MPD RESULT IN AN OFFICIAL

18:37POLICE REPORT OR ANARREST. THE

18:40CITY FOUND THAT MINNEAPOLIS

18:42POLICE DID NOT TRACK DOWN

18:43DOMESTIC ABUSERS THAT FLEE THE

18:49SCENE BEFORE OFFICERS ARRIVED.

18:50OFFICERS FAILED TO INTERVIEW THE

18:52WITNESSES OR DOCUMENT K

18:54INFORMATION LIKE DOMESTIC ABUSE,

18:57IDENTITY, AND CONTACT

18:58INFORMATION, MAKING IT MORE

18:59DIFFICTO PROSECUTE THESE

19:01CASES. WE CANNOT PREVENT

19:03TRAGEDIES LIKE WHAT HAPPENED TO

19:06MARIAH SAMUELS WHEN NO ONE WITH

19:08THE POWER AND WILL TO HOLD MPD

19:11ACCOUNTABLE FOR FAILING VICTIMS

19:14OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE.

19:20MAYOR FREY HAS NOT USED HIS

19:26POWER. WHERE IS THE DISCIPLINARY

19:28ACTION FOR THOSEHO FAILED

19:37MARIAH SAMUELS? OFFICER HAMAMAN

19:47WAS PROMOTED TO SERGEANT. THIS

19:49BUTCHER OF BLACK LIFE WAS

19:51PROPOS TO BE PROMOTED TO THE

19:52LEAGUE USE OF FORCE TRAINER. THE

19:58SERGEANT, INSTEAD OF BEING FIRED

19:59AN DISGRACED WAS ALLOWED TO

20:01TAKE HIS RETIREMENT BEFORE

20:03SPEAKING TO THE CITY AUDITOR.

20:05O'HARE WAS NOT PUNISHED ABOUT

20:07HIS FALSE STATEMENTS, CLAING

20:08AT A PRESS CONFERENCE THAT

20:10ALISON DIED OF A DRUG OVERDOSE.

20:12O'HARA DIDN'T REQUEST A MEDICAL

20:14EXAMINER'S REPORT UNTIL TWO

20:16YEARS LATER WHEN THE CITY

20:17AUDITOR REQUESTED IT FROM HIM.

20:19>> THANK YOU, SPEAKER NUMBER 6,

20:30MELISSA.

20:30>>'M MELISSA, FOR THE TWIN

20:32CITIES COALITION FOR JUSTICE.

20:34THE DISGRACED CHIEF WAS NOT

20:39DISCIPLINED. CHIEF O'HARE BLAMED

20:42HIM FOR HIS OWN SHOOTING, NOT

20:44ONLY WAS THIS DISGRACEFUL POLICE

20:47CHIEF ABLE TO RESIGN, BUT MAYOR

20:55APPOINTED HIM CHIEF, AFTER A

21:03SEXUAL MISCONDUCT CASE. OUT OF

21:06COURT, ALLOWING TM TO TAKE YET

21:09MORE CITY MONEY TO PAY FOR

21:11$23 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL

21:13OVERTIME. THE RESIDENTS OF THIS

21:18CITY WERE PROMISEDHANGES TO

21:21MPD'S OVERSIGHT STRUCTURE. WHAT

21:22WE GOT WAS AN UNDEMOCRATIC

21:25ARRANGEMENT IN WHICH WE GET NO

21:27REAL SAY ON HOW PUBLIC SAFETY

21:28OPERATES IN OUR CITY. WE GOT A

21:31MAYOR THAT FAMILIES HAVE TO BEG

21:32TO SPEAK WITH, WHO IGNORES

21:35CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE RIGHT TO

21:37CRITICIZE THE MANY POLICY

21:39FIGURES,HO MAKES EXCUSES,

21:40INSTEAD OF USING HIS POWER TO

21:43HOLD POLICE ACCOUNTABLE. THAT'S

21:45A SHAME. WE, THE RESIDENTS WHO'S

21:49TAX DOLLARS PAY FOR A POLICE

21:50RCE THAT CONTINUES TO RM OUR

21:52COMMUNITIES ARE LEFT TO DEAL

21:53WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF THESE

21:56FAILURES. WE WILL NOT CONTINUE

21:58TO SIT BY WHILE UNACCOUNTABLE

22:01POLICE OFFICERS TAKE MONEY THAT

22:03SHOULD BE GOING TOWARDS

22:04EDUCATION, HOUSING, JOB

22:06OPPORTUNITIES, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

22:08PREVENTION, AND MENTAL HEALTH

22:10SERVICES. THINGS PROVEN TO

22:12IMPROVE SAFETY IN OUR

22:14COMMUNITIES. WE NEED COMMUNITY

22:15CONTROL NOW SO THAT WE, THE

22:18PEOPLE EFFECTED BY THESE ISSUES

22:20HAVE REAL SAY IN THE PUBLIC

22:23SAFETY BEYOND 2-MINUTE

22:27TESTIMONIES, AND TOOTHLESS

22:28REVIEW BOARDS. WE DEMAND AN

22:30INVESTIGATION IN MARIAH SAMUELS

22:35CASE NOW.

22:36>> THANK YOU, NEXT WE HAVE

22:39SIMONE, SPEAKER NUMBER 8.

22:42>> I AM NOT GOING TO GET UP HERE

22:44AND WASTE MY TIME OR YR TIME

22:46TELLING YOU GUYS ABOUT ALL THE

22:50FAILURES TT MPD HAS DONE

22:52BECAUSE THE LOSS OF BLACK AND

22:54BROWN LIVES IS SO PROFOUND THAT

22:56THE NUMBERS SPEAK FOR

22:59THEMSELVES. IT HAS BEEN A LITTLE

23:00OVER A YEAR SINCE MY SISTER HAS

23:02BEEN MURDERED IN THE CITY OF

23:07MINNEAPOLIS.HE LAST TIME I WAS

23:08HERE I WAS ASKING VERY POLITELY

23:10TO HAVE A SMALL MEETING WITH

23:13JACOB FREY, WHICH HE DIDN'T HAVE

23:15THE DECENCY TO GIVE ME THAT ON

23:16E DAY OF MY SISTER'S MURDER.

23:18JUST LIKE THE OFFICER, RYAN

23:20WEBER, DID NOT HAVE THE TIME OF

23:22DAY TO SIT THERE WITH MY SISTER

23:23WHILE SHE WAS CLEARLY INEAR OF

23:25HER LIFE TO POTENTIALLY SAVE HER

23:28AND M FATHER FROM THE CURRENT

23:30SITUATION THAT WE ARE IN NOW. MY

23:33DAD HASN'T LEFT HIS HOUSE FOR

23:35TWO DAYS. HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE

23:36HERE TODAY BUT THE WEIGH OF THE

23:38LOSS OF MY SISTER HAS BEEN SO

23:44EFFECTIVE TOWARDS HIS HEALTH

23:46THAT HE THOUGHT IT BEST THAT HE

23:48DIDN'T COME HERE TODAY. JACOB

23:52FREY, HE NEEDS TO REPRIMAND

23:53THESE FICERS. THEY SHOULDN'T

23:55BE ALLOWED TO RUN FREE AER

23:58THEY DON'T HAVE A TIME FOR

23:59WHAT THEY SIGNED UP FOR. WHEN

24:01YOU BECOME A MINNEAPOLIS POLICE

24:02OFFICER, YOU TAKE AN OATH. YOU

24:04ARE PAID WITH TAX DOLLARS THAT I

24:07WORK FOR AND GIVE TO THE CITY TO

24:09MAKE MY CITY BETTER. I HELP TO

24:13MAINTAIN THE BALANCE THAT SHOULD

24:14BE HERE WHEN IT COMES T AN

24:16OFFICER PULLING UP TO MY HOUSE.

24:18I EXPECT THEM TO SAVE ME, NOT BE

24:20THE DAMNING THING THAT IS GOING

24:22TO GET ME MURDERED. I DON'T EN

24:24BOTHER TO CALL THE POLICE

24:26ANYMORE WHEN I AM GOING THROUGH

24:28ANY SORT OF CRISIS OR NEED

24:31INTERVENTION BECAUSE IT'S MORE

24:32LIKELY FOR THEM TO PULL UP AND

24:35RDER SOMEONE THAN IT IS FOR

24:38HELP TO BE DEALT OUT.

24:42$20 MILLION BEING SAVED TO GIVE

24:46TO MPD AFTER CONSISTENT LOSS IS

24:49A SHAME.

24:49>> THAT'S RIGHT.

24:52[APPLAUSE].

24:53>> THANK YOU SIMONE. NEX UP WE

24:59HAVE JANNA.

25:00>> THANK YOU, MY NAME IS JANNA

25:03WILLIAMS. I AM MEMBER OF TWIN

25:08CITIES COALITION FOR JUSTICE. WE

25:10DEMAND AN INDEPENDENT

25:11INVESTIGATION INTO THE HANDLING

25:14OF MARIAH SAMUELS CASE AND

25:17DISCIPLINE FOR THE OFFICERS. WE

25:23WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR REAL

25:25OVERSIGHT LED BY THE COMMUNITY

25:27THIS CITY HAS FAILED. JUSTICE

25:29FOR ALISON, MARIAH, AND ALL

25:31VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS O

25:33DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ABUSE.

25:35TODAY, I AM VERY EMOTIONAL

25:38BECAUSE I GOT PHONE CALLS, YOU

25:40KNOW WHAT I AM. I HAVE NEVER I

25:45MY LIFE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT I

25:47WOULD NEED TO FIGHT FOR JUSTICE

25:48FOR MY NIECES. I GET A PHONE

25:50CALL TODAY FROM THE COUNTY

25:52ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. I SAT IN

25:53COURT TODAYOR THE MURDER OF

25:56ARIANA AND THEY'RE GOING TO CUT

25:57A DE. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING

25:59TO CUT A DEAL WHEN THE

26:00PROSECUTOR WANTS TO CHARGE IT AS

26:03FIRST DEGREE PREMEDITATOR, BUT

26:07MORIARTY WILL NOT DO SO. I GET A

26:09PHONE CALL AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON

26:10AND THEY SAID WHICH NIECE IS IT?

26:14ALISON SORT ARIANA? THESE ARE

26:16THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE TO

26:18HAVE. WHEN YOU GUYS, I

26:20APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU

26:21GUYS HAVE DONE BECAUSE YOU, AS

26:22THE CITY COUNCIL, IS THE ONLY

26:25ORGANIZATION, THE ONLY PEOPLE

26:25THAT ARE TRYING TO HOLD THIS

26:27ROE MAYOR AND THIS DEPARTMENT

26:30ACCOUNBLE. I WANT YOU, EVERY

26:32SINGLE ONE OF YOU GUYS TO KNOW

26:34THAT AFTER ACTION REPORTHAT

26:36HAPPENED IS THAT MPD PUT A NEW

26:40HOMICIDE DETECTIVE ON ARIANA'S

26:41CASE AND BECAUSE OF YOU GUYS AND

26:44THE PRESSURE OF TWIN CITIES

26:46COALITION FOR JUSTICE AND

26:47EVERYONE STANDING HERE THAT WE

26:48HAVE TWO MURDERS CHARGED IN

26:52ARIANA'S CASE. NOW THE SUBPOENA

26:55POWER. YOU KNOW, I AM ANGRY. I

26:58AM ANGRY BECAUSE MINNEAPOLIS PD

27:02TESTIFIED LAST TIME I WAS HERE

27:03THAT THEY DESTROYED EVIDENCE IN

27:08ARIANA'S CASE. WHO IS GOING TO

27:13HELP ME TAKE THAT UP?

27:15>> THANKS JANNA.

27:16>> THAT'S ALL I CAN DO. YEP.

27:19>> NEXT UP WE HAVE ANUSHA. SORRY

27:23IF I'M MISPRONOUNCING YOUR NAME.

27:25IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED UP AND YOU

27:27WISH TO TESTIFY, PLEASE SEE THE

27:31CLERKS.

27:31>> HI, I'M A WARD 4 RESIDENT AND

27:33I AM HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF

27:35THE RESOLUTION TO INITIATE AN

27:37AFTER ACTION VIEW ON MPD'S

27:39MISHANDLING OF MARIAH SAMUELS

27:42CASE. SHE SHOULD BE WITH US

27:45TODAY. I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET

27:48TO KNOW ONE OF HER SISTERS. I

27:49HAVE SEEN THE DEVASTATION THAT

27:51HER LOSS HAS CAUSED HER FAMILY

27:53AND COMMUNITY. I NEVER FELT

27:56PROTECTED BY THE MPD BUT I AM

27:58ENRAGED THAT A YOUNG MOTHER HAS

27:59BEEN STOLEN FROM US BECAUSE THE

28:01LICE THAT SHOULD HAVE

28:03PROTECTED HER WHEN SHE CALLED

28:05THEM DID NOTHING. MPD FAILED TO

28:08ASSIGN AN INVESTIGATOR TO HER

28:10CASE AND THEY FAILED TO PROTECT

28:11HER WHEN SHE BEGGED THEM FOR

28:13HELP. IN FACT, AS MY COMRADE

28:16BACK THERE SAID, THEY SAID SHE

28:19DIDN'T SEEM FEARFUL ANDHE WAS

28:20KILLED HOURS LATER. WE NEED AN

28:23AFTER ACTION REVIEW AND WE

28:25NEEDED IT A YEAR AGO. THE CITY

28:27AUDITOR TOLD US THAT MPD

28:29OFFICERS FAILED TO COOPERATE ON

28:32THE LAST TWO AFTER ACTION

28:35REVIEWS. MARIAH'S FAMILY

28:38DESERVES SO MUCH MORE. THEY

28:40DESERVE ACCOUNTABILITY AND THEY

28:42DESERVE CHANGE. MPD DOES NOT

28:44NEED AN INCREASE IN THEIR

28:46OVERTIME BUDGET IF THEY CANNOT

28:47USE THE BUDGET THEY ALREADY HAVE

28:48TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE OF OUR

28:50CITY. THE MAYOR HAS SOLE

28:53EXECUTIVE POWER OVER MPD AND HE

28:56IS UNINTERESTED INOLDING THE

28:58POLICE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR

29:00CRIMES. WE NEED MAYOR FREY TO

29:02RESIGN, AND WE NEED JUSTICE FOR

29:05MARIAH,OR ALISON, FOR JAMAR,

29:09FOR ALL OF THE LIVES AND

29:12LIVELIHOODS THAT HAVE BEEN

29:12STOLEN BY MPD. THANK YO

29:14>> AND THEN WE HAVE PHIL BACK TO

29:17NUMBER 2. THEN I BELIEVE I HAVE

29:19ANOTHER LIST COMING.

29:32>> THANKS. I DON'T WANT TO

29:34REPEAT THE THINGS THAT OUR

29:35NEIGHBS HAVE SAID BUT I WANT

29:37TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT. WITH THE

29:41INVESTIGATION, THEY DISCOVERED A

29:43POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT DOES NOT

29:45PRIORITIZE THE SAFETY OF WOMEN

29:46AND FAMILIES IN THIS CITY. WHAT

29:48THAT AUD DISCOVERED IS THAT WE

29:50HAVE 3 TO 5 INVESTIGATORS AT

29:52THAT TIME HANDLING ALL DOMESTIC,

29:55FELONY VIOLENCE INVESTIGATIONS.

29:57THIS IS A POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH

29:59A BUDGET IN THE HIGH TENS OF

30:01MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. THIS IS

30:02TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. AS

30:03COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THIS I NOT

30:05WHAT WE WANT OUT OF THE

30:07DEPARTMENT. WE NEED A REAL

30:10INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT THE

30:12DETAILS OF WHAT HAPPEN TO

30:13MARIAH ON THAT DAY AND THE

30:15DEPARTMENT'S FAILINGS AND

30:17CONTINUED FAILINGS TO KEEP OUR

30:18WOMEN AND FAMILIES IN THIS

30:20COMMUNITY SAFE. MARIAH'S CASE

30:22MAKES I CLEAR THAT WE DO NOT

30:23HAVE THE KIND OF DEPARTMENT THAT

30:25THE COMMUNITY WANTS AND NEEDS

30:26AND WE CNOT ALLOW THIS TRAGEDY

30:28TO CONTINUE HAPPENING TO OUR

30:31NEIGHBS.

30:32[APPL

30:33[APPLAUSE].

30:34>> SPEAKER NUMBER 10.

30:42>> DID YOU SIGN UP RECENTLY? I

30:46THINK IT'S YOU.

30:59>> HELLO, MY NAME IS MOMO, AS A

31:03SURVIVOR OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,

31:06IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT

31:07WHEN WE REPORT WHAT'S HAPPENING

31:09AND OUR FAMILY REPORTS WHAT'S

31:10HAPPENING, THAT WE ARE BELIEVED,

31:13NOT JUST BY OUR NEIGHBORS, NOT

31:14JUST BY OUR COMMUNITY, BUT BY

31:17THE GOVERNMENT ANDHE OFFICIALS

31:18AROUND US. IT IS SO IMPORTANT

31:20THAT WHEN I HAVE TO PICK UP THE

31:22PHONE TO MAKE THAT CALL, THAT

31:24SOMEBODY IS GOING TO COME, AND

31:26THAT SOMEBODY IS GOING TO TAKE

31:28MY SERIOUSLY. THESE SITUATIONS

31:29SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING. WITH

31:31THE BUDGET THAT IS AVAILABLE,

31:34THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN TO

31:37ANYONE. IT NEEDS TO BE OUR

31:39PRIORITY, OUR PORITY BY THIS

31:41COUNCIL, A PRIORITY BY THE

31:44STATE, A PRIORITY BY THIS

31:46COUNTRY TO TAKE WOMEN'S CALLS

31:49SERIOUSLY, TO TAKE THEIR

31:51FAMILIES CALLS SERIOUSLY, AND AS

31:52A MEMBER OF A COMMUNITY THAT

31:54THIS EFFECTS IMMENSELY AND THAT

31:56WE ARE NOT NOTIFIED AND NOT

31:59TAKEN SERIOUSLY, IT IS

32:03DETRIMENTAL TO WHO WE ARE, TO

32:04WHAT WE CONTRIBUTE, AND ALL OF

32:06THE ABOVE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR

32:13TIME.

32:13>> THANK YO I WILL SEE IF

32:15ANYONE ELSE IS IN QUEUE, ON THE

32:19LIST. I THINK WE'RE GOOD. THANK

32:20YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

32:25SEEING NO ONE ELSE WISHING TO

32:26SPEAK, I WILL CLOSE THIS PUBLIC

32:28HEARING AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY

32:30QUESONS OR DISCUSSION BY THE

32:33COUNCIL MEMBERS. FIRST I WILL

32:35PASS IT TO COUNCIL MEMBER

32:37WONSLEY.

32:37>> THANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ. I

32:38WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE

32:43FAMILY OF MARIAH SAMUELS TO COME

32:46UP TO ADVOCATE FOR JUSTICE FOR

32:48YOUR LOVE ONES AND ALL THOSE WHO

32:51HAVE BN LOST DUE TO NEGLIGENCE

32:55ON THOSE WHO SHOULD HAV BEEN

32:57PROTECTING AND SERVING YOU. THIS

33:04MONTH IS DOMESTIC AWARENESS

33:06MONTH AND IT'S ALWAYS

33:07CHALLENGING BECAUSE I WANT TO

33:08SAY HER NAME, GWENDOLYN WAS ALSO

33:17A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

33:20AND WAS BRUTALLY MURDERED OVER

33:2710EARS AGO AND RECOVERED IN

33:31LAKE MICHIGAN BY HER PARTNER AND

33:33OUR FAMILY OVER 10-PLUS YEARS

33:36HAS NEVER RECEIVED ANSWERS FROM

33:37THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT

33:38NOR RECEIVED ANY JUSTICE IN HER

33:43CASE. IT DECIMATED MY FAMILY. IT

33:47STILL HAS IMPACTED MANY OF MY

33:50LOVED ONES. HER SON, WHO IS

33:52DEALING WITH LONGSTANDING TRAUMA

33:58AND I SEE SO MANY SIMILARITIES

34:01IN HOW MY AUNTY WAS FAILED AND

34:04OUR FAMIL WAS FAILED IN MARIAH

34:07SAMUELS AND IT IS MY GOAL MY

34:09COMMITMENT TO DO EVERYTHING THAT

34:10WE CAN WITHIN OUR AUTHORITY TO

34:14MAKE SURE YOUR FAMILY DOES NOT

34:15HAVE TO CONTINUE TO DEAL WITH

34:16THE LACK OF CLOSURE IN YOUR

34:20CASE. SO, THANK YOU FOR HOLDING

34:21OUR FEET TO THE FIRE AND

34:25CONSTANTLYOINTING OUT HOW WE

34:26ARE FAILING SO MANY OF OUR

34:29RESIDENTS, ESPECIAY THOSE WHO

34:32ARE EXPERIENCIN

34:35VIOLENCE AND OUR TAXPAYERS, THE

34:38CONTRIBUTING MEMBE OF OUR

34:39COMMUNITY, THEY ARE NOT BEING

34:44GIVEN THE TREATMENT THEY

34:45DESERVE. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU

34:52ALL. BY TELLING MARIAH'S STORY,

34:55YOU ARE HUMANIZING SO MANY

34:57VICTIMS THAT DO NOT HAVE A

34:59VOICE. SO I WANT TO SAYHANK

35:04YOU AND YOU HAVE A CHAMPION IN

35:06ME. I KNOW A NUMBER OF MY

35:08COLLEAGUES,UCH AS CHAIR CHAVEZ

35:12AND VICE CHAIR STEVENSON, AS

35:13WELL AS PRESIDENT PAYNE WHO HAS

35:16BEEN CONSISTENTLY ADVOCATING F

35:17JUSTICE, FOR ALL THOSE WHO HAVE

35:19FACED BRUTALITY AT THE HANDS OF

35:20OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND

35:22NEGLIGENCE. SO THANK YOU ALL.

35:27>> VICE CHAIR STEVENSON.

35:28>> I WANTED TO ECHO THEHANK

35:30YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME HERE.

35:33WE THOUGHT MAYBE GOING BACK IN

35:37TIME, THE NAMES, THEY ARE PILING

35:39UP. WE THOUGHT MAYBE AFTER

35:43GEORGE FLOYD, THERE WOULD BE

35:48CHANGE, MAYBE AFTER, MBE

35:51AFTER. SO I WANTED TO THANK YOU

35:53FOR BEING HERE BECAUSE IT'S BEEN

35:56A LONG ROAD, A VERY LONG ROAD

36:00AND WE WON'T GET THERE. WE WON'T

36:01GET TO A PLACE WHERE OUR

36:03COMMUNITIEARE BEING TAKEN CARE

36:05OF AND OUR COMMUNITIES ARE GIVEN

36:10JUSTICE IF SOMEONE IS NOT

36:11CARRYING THE TORCH. I WANT TO

36:15THANK YOU FOR CARRYING THAT

36:17TORCH. WE NEED YOU NOW MORE THAN

36:20EVER.

36:22>> THANK YOU, I WILL SPEAK AS

36:24WELL. I WANT TO TNK EVERYONE

36:26WHO CAME AND TESTIFIED BEFORE US

36:27TODAY AND THOSE WHO COULDN'T. I

36:32KNOW THERE ARE A L OF COMMENTS

36:35DIRECTED TOWARDS THE E-MAILS AND

36:38THE THINGS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN.

36:40A LOT OF FOLKS THAT WISH THEY

36:42COULD BEERE TODAY COULDN'T BE

36:43HERE. I WANT TO THANK THE FAMILY

36:46OF MARIAH SAMUELS FOR YOUR

36:48ADVOCACY, FOR CONTINUING TO

36:51DEMAND THE ANGE.. MARIAH WAS

37:00FAILED. I THINK THERE IS AN

37:02OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM THAT

37:04FAILURE TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE

37:05NO MORE MARIAH SAMUELS IN OUR

37:07CITY. I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR

37:09BEING HERE. IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY

37:10FOR US TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THE

37:12DEEP NEEDED CHANGE THAT NEEDS TO

37:16HAPPEN. AS YOU KNOW, WE DID

37:18APPROVE AN ACTION REQUESTING THE

37:20AUDIT COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN

37:27AFTER ACTION REVIEW. I WILL

37:29CONTINUEO SAY THAT NEEDS TO

37:37HAPPEN. WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT

37:39IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN ONE WAY OR

37:40ANOTHER. IF IT'S NOT GOING TO

37:42HAPPEN WITHIN THE AUDIT

37:45DEPARTMENT, WE WILL FIND ATHER

37:46WAY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. IF WE

37:52DON'T FIGURE OUT THE THINGS THAT

37:54WENT WRONG, THERE WILL BE MORE

37:56MARIAH SAMUELS IN OUR CITY AND

37:57THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE. THANK YOU

37:59FOR BEING HERE. SEEING NO ONE

38:01ELSE IN QUEUE, I WILL ASK THE

38:02CLERK TO RECEIVE AND FIL THOSE

38:11COMMENTS. COLLEAGUES NEXT ON OUR

38:13LIST ARE ITEMS 4 AND 5 WHICH I

38:15WILL MOVE TOGETHER. ITEM NUMBER

38:174 IS SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING

38:20FOR NOVEMBER 4TH, 2026, TO

38:20CONSIDER THE MAYOR'S NOMINATION

38:22OF HEIDI RITCHIE TO THE

38:24APPOINTED POSITION OF HEALTH

38:25COMMISSIONER FOR A TERM ENDING

38:29JANUARY 30TH. ITEM 5 IS SETTING

38:32A PUBLIC HEARING FOR

38:35NOVEMBER 4TH TO CONSIDER BILL

38:37PETERSON FOR THE POSITION OF

38:38POLICE CHIEF FOR THE TERM ENDING

38:402030. I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF

38:42SETTING THESE TWO PUBLIC

38:43HEARINGS AND SEE IF ANYONE ELSE

38:44HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS

38:46REGARDING IT. FOR THE PUBLIC TO

38:48UNDERSTAND, THIS IS SETTING UP

38:49THE PUBLIC HEARING, IT'S NOT T

38:52VOTE YET. ALL RIGHT, I WILL MOVE

38:55THESE ITEMS FOR APPROVAL.

38:58>> SECOND.

38:59>> AND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY

39:02AYE.

39:02[AYES EXPRESSED]

39:02>> THOSE OPPOSED S NAY. ANY

39:05ABSTENTIONS? THOSE ITEMS CARRY.

39:06NEXT UP WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 6,

39:09THE REVENUE CONTRACT WITH THE

39:11MINNESOTA DARTMENT OF NATURAL

39:12RESOURCES TO PROVIDE FIRE AND

39:14EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES TO

39:15THE FORT SNELLING UPPER POST

39:18HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. WELCOME.

39:28>> TNK YOU MR. CHAIR, I'M

39:29LUKE, THE FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR

39:31THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. BEFORE YOU

39:33TODAY IS A REVENUE CONTRACT THAT

39:37WE HAVE WITH THE MINNESOTA

39:39D.N.R., WHO HAS OVERSIGHT OF THE

39:41FORT SNELLING UPPER POST HOUSING

39:46DEVELOPMENT THIS CONTRACT PAYS

39:49US A RETAINER FEE ANNUALLY OF

39:51$15,000 PLUS A PER RESPONSE FEE

39:55FOR RESPONDING TO ANY EMERGENCY

39:57SERVICES THERE.

39:58>> THANK YOU. I JUST HAD ONE --

40:00THANKS SO MUCH. I WILL SEE IF

40:03ANYONE ELSE IS IN QUEUE. THANKS

40:06DIRECTOR. GIVEN THAT IT'S NOT IN

40:07MINNEAPOLIS, HOW DOES IT WORK IF

40:09THERE IS AN EMERGENCY. DOES

40:10SOMEONE CALL 9-1-1? DOES IT

40:12AUTOMATICALLY GET ROUTED THAT

40:15WAY?

40:16>> MR. CHAIR, THANK YOU FOR THAT

40:17QUESTION. YES, IT WORKS JUST AS

40:20ANY OTHER GENERAL RESPONSE WOULD

40:21WORK.

40:21>> PERFECT, GREAT. I WILL MOVE

40:25PAYNE.

40:26>> THANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ, I WAS

40:27CURIOUS, AND IF YOU DON'TNOW

40:29THE ANSWER OFF THE TOP OF YOUR

40:30HEAD, THAT IS FINE. IS THERE A

40:32HISTORY OF INCIDENTS THAT WE HAD

40:34TO RESPOND UNDER THIS CONTRACT

40:36OR IS THAT A PRETTY RARE

40:38OCCURRENCE?

40:39>> MR. CHAIR, COUNCIL PRESIDENT

40:41PAYNE, WE HAVE JUST COME OFF OF

40:43A FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT WITH THE

40:46SAME AGENCY. THE INCIDENTS WHIL

40:51HAD A FIRE THE A COUPLE YEARS

40:55AGO. I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT

40:57YEAR. THAT'S PART OF THE

40:58RETAILER. THEN WE ARE PAID PER

41:00INCIDENT, WHETHER IT'S A MEDICAL

41:01RESPONSE OR A FIRE.

41:05>> THANK YOU.

41:05>> ALL RIGHT, I'LL MOVE TS

41:07ITEM FOR APPROVAL.

41:10>> SECOND.

41:10>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

41:13[AYES EXPRESSED]

41:13>> THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. ANY

41:16ABSTENTIONS? GREAT. WE'RE BACK

41:17TO YOU LUKE WITH ITEM NUMBER 7,

41:21CONTRACT WITH KEEPERS WELLNESS

41:23FIREFIGHTE MENTAL HEALTH

41:25SERVIC.

41:25>> THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. THIS IS

41:27A THREE-YEAR CONTRACT FOR A NEW

41:28FIREFIGHTER MENTAL HEALTH

41:30SERVICES VENDOR, KEEPERS

41:32WELLNESS. I BELIEVE THE CONTRACT

41:34STARTS IN NOVEMBER AND RUNS FOR

41:37THREE YEARS AND IT'S ROUGHLY

41:42$440,000.

41:42>> THANK YOU, I PUT MYSELF IN

41:44QUEUE AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE

41:45ANSWER RIGHT NOW, THAT'S OKAY. I

41:46WAS READING THE R.C.A. AND IT

41:49WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU COULD WALK

41:50US THROUGH WHAT A CRITICAL

41:52INCIDENT MENTAL HEALTH BRIEFING

41:55LOOKS LIKE AFTER, I'M ASSUMING,

41:57A DIFFICULT CALL OR A DIFFICULT

42:00SITUATION THAT A FIREFIGHTER MAY

42:02EXPERIENCE AND HOW QUICKLY THIS

42:03KEEPERS RESPONSE OR THIS

42:04CONTRACT WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH

42:06RVICES RESPONSE.

42:07>> THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. I WILL

42:08DO THE BEST I CAN TO RESPOND.

42:11SO, THEY SPECIALIZE IN TRAUMA

42:19FOR FIRST RESPONDERS, SPECIFIC

42:20TRAUMA. THE AGREEMENT WE HAVE

42:21WITH THE VENDOR IS BASICALLY

42:26THEY ARE SOMETIMES EMBEDDED,

42:28OTHERWISE THEY'RE A 24/7

42:29RESPONDER. SO IF WE HAVE A TR

42:32TRE -- TRAUMATIC INCIDENT, THEY

42:35WILL COME ON SCENE OR RESPOND

42:37AFTER THE TRAUMATIC INCIDENT AND

42:40SIT WITH THEMND HAVE

42:41DISCUSSIONSND THERAPY THAT I

42:42BELIEVE THERE.

42:44>> AWESOME. THAS A GREAT

42:45THING. I WILL MOVE APPROVAL FOR

42:47THIS ITEM.

42:47>> SECOND.

42:48>> SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE,

42:50ALL THOSE IN FAVOR YE.

42:55[AYES EXPRESSED]

42:56>> THAT CARRIES. THANK YOU. ITEM

42:59NUMBER 8, A CONTRACT FOR ROCHE

43:05DIAGNOSTICS FOR POINT OF CARE

43:08TESTING EQUIPMENT FOR MOBILE

43:09MEDICAL UN.

43:10>> THANK YOU, THIS IS FOR POINT

43:12OF CARE TESTING FOR CHLAMYDIA

43:14AND GONORRHEA AT THE MOBILE

43:16MEDICAL UNIT. WE'RE CURRENTLY

43:18DOING POINTF CARE TESTING FOR

43:20SIFT FA LIS AND HEPATIS C, SO

43:28THIS WOULD ADD CHLAMYDIA AND

43:31GONOH

43:32GONORRHEA. WE HAVE HIGH RATES IN

43:34THE CITY, ESPECIALLY AMONG OUR

43:3515 TO 24-YEAR-OLD INVIDUALS.

43:40SO THIS IS ANOTHER WAY FOR FOLKS

43:43TO BE TESTED AND TREATED. IF

43:45SOMEONE TESTS POSITI, WE CAN

43:46IMMEDIATELY PROVIDE TREATMENT AS

43:48WELL.

43:49>> THANK YOU. VICE CHAIR

43:51STEVENSON.

43:51>> YEAH THANK YOU. HOW -- THE

43:58WORDS ARE ESCAPING ME. HOWOFF DO

43:59YOU THINK THIS IS GOING TO GET

44:01USED?

44:03>> SO WE ARE -- I DON'T KNOW, I

44:06AM HOPING OFTEN. WE WILL BE

44:08ANNOUNCING AND WE ARE HOPG TO

44:11DO IT ONCE WE HAVE THE MACHINE

44:13IN PLACE, WE WILL BE DOING

44:14EVENTS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO

44:16ADVERTISE FOR TESTING, BUT WE

44:18ARE CURRENTLY DOING HIV AND SIFT

44:21FA LIS. FOR SYPHILIS, OVER THE

44:23LAST TWO MONTHS, WE HAVE DONE 40

44:27TESTS. SO WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE A

44:29SIMILAR UP TAKE WITHICALLY MID

44:32YA AND GONORRHEA.

44:34>> GREAT, AND IS THIS PAID FOR

44:35THUGH THE SETTLEMENT FUNDS?

44:37>> YES, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO USE

44:39SOME OF OUR CHILD AND ADOLESCENT

44:45SFUN

44:45FUNDING TO SUPPORT AND THAT'S

44:46PART OF THE WORK WE'RE DOING. SO

44:50THE MACHINE IS PAID AND WE'RE

44:52HOPING THE CARTRIDGES AND

44:56SUPPLIES, WE CAN USE THE

44:58MATERNAL HEALTH FUNDING.

44:59>> SO THE CAPITAL SIDE WILL BE

45:02THE SETTLEMENT FUNDS AND THE

45:05OPERATING FUNDS WILL BE A MIX.

45:07>> A MIX OF BOTH.

45:09>> OKAY, TNK YOU.

45:11>> THANK YOU FOR THIS, I THINK

45:12IT'S INCREDIBLE AND GREAT WORK

45:13FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. I

45:15WILL MOVE APPROVAL FOR THIS

45:17ITEM.

45:17>> SECOND.

45:17>> ALL THOSE I FAVOR SAY AYE.

45:22[AYES EXPRESSED]

45:22.

45:23>> WE'RE BACK AT YOU, ITEM

45:26NUMBER 9, THE BLOCKRANT FOR

45:28MATERNAL AND CHILDCARE

45:29INITIATIVES.

45:30>> SO THIS IS OUR TITLE 5

45:33MATERNAL CHILD BLOCK GRANT THAT

45:35WE RECEIVED, A FEDERAL FUNDS

45:37PASS THROUGH THROUGH THE STATE

45:39TO THE MINNESOTA HEALTH

45:40DEPARTMENT. IT FUNDS A LARGE

45:41PROPORTION OF OUR MATERNAL CHILD

45:44HEALTH WORK AND QUITE A FEW

45:46PROVIDERS IN OUR SCHOOL-BASED

45:48HEALTH CLINICS. WE HAVE

45:51CURRENTLY A CONTRACT FROM 2024

45:58TO 2029 AND THIS IS YEAR 3I

46:01THINK, OF THE FUNDS. SO, WE'LL

46:02HAVE A COUPLE MORE YEARS OF

46:06FUNDING. IT'S BECAUSE WE ARE A

46:08COMMUNITY HEALTH BOARD SO WE

46:10RECEIVE THIS PASS THROUGH.

46:15>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WILL

46:16MOVE APPROVAL OF TS ITEM. I AM

46:19REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT

46:20THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT DOES WITH

46:22THISS WELL. COUNCIL PRESIDENT

46:24PAYNE.

46:25>> THANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ, I SEE

46:26AT THIS RUNS THROUGH 2027,

46:30SHOULD I ASSUME -- I'M SORRY,

46:332029. SHOULD I ASSUME THA THOSE

46:38FEDERAL DOLLARS ARE PROGRAMED TO

46:38THAT TIMELINE OR IS THAT EQUALLY

46:42AT RISK AS ANY OTHER FEDERAL

46:45DOLLARS?

46:45>> IT'S EQUALLY AT RISK. WE

46:47RECEIVE THE FUNDING ON A

46:48YEAR-TO-YEAR BASIS. WE HAVE A

46:49CONTRACT WITH THE MINNESOTA

46:51DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH THROUGH

46:532029. IT'S OCTOBER 1 THROUGH

46:56SEPTEMBER 30TH IS THE GRANT

46:56RIOD AND WE RECEIVE IT EACH

46:58YEAR. SO EACH YEAR W COME

47:01BERE YOU TO ACCEPT THE FUNDS

47:03AND WE HOPE THAT WE'LL NTINUE.

47:05WE HOPE THAT IT WILL CONTINUE

47:07WITHOUT CUTS, BUT IT ISN'T

47:10GUARANTEED.

47:11>> OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

47:12>> I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF THIS

47:16IT

47:16ITEM. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY

47:18AYE.

47:20[AYES EXPRESSED]

47:20>> THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. A

47:24ABSTENTIONS? THAT MOTION

47:25RRIES. NEXT WE HAVE ITEM 10,

47:28GREAT LAKES THRIVING COMMUNITIES

47:31GRANTMAKING PROGRAM TO CONTINUE

47:33COMMUNITY AIR MONITORING

47:36PROJECT.

47:36>> TODAY I AM ASKING THE

47:40MINNEAPOLIS HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS

47:40REQUESTING COUNCIL ACTION TO

47:44ACCEPT THE EPA ENVIRONMENTAL

47:45JUSTICE THRIVING COMMUNITIES

47:47GRANTMAKING PROGRAM GRANT FUNDS

47:48TO THE AMOUNT OF $250,000. THIS

47:51GRANT WILL FUND A FULL TIME

47:53TEMPORARY STAFF POSITION TO

47:54CONTINUE THE WORK OF THE

47:57COMMUNITY PROJECT FOCUSING ON

47:58COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND EXPERT

48:01DATA ANALYSIS. COMMUNITY MEMBERS

48:04OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE WILL

48:05USE A PORTION FOR STIPENDS FOR

48:08COMMUNITY MEMBERS PARTICIPATING

48:11IN MEETINGS AND OTHER TRAININGS,

48:17OUTREACH DOCUMENTS, AND BEGIN

48:19IDENTIFYING POLLUTION REDUCTION

48:21PROJECTS IN NORTH AND SOUTH

48:22SIDES AND GREEN ZONES. THE DATA

48:25CONTRACTOR WILL ASSESS ALL AIR

48:28MONITORING PROJECT DATING BACK

48:30TO 2022 ANDROVIDE ANALYSIS

48:31WITH VISITATIONS SHOWING THE

48:33RELATIONSHIP OF AIR POLLUTION TO

48:35DIFFERENT AREAS OF MINNEAPOLIS.

48:39>> QUICK QUESTION, WE HAVE A

48:41PART TIME STAFF THAT CURRENTLY

48:42DOES THIS WORK. THIS GNT WOULD

48:43HIRE A FULL TIME STAFF MEMBER TO

48:46HELP WITH THIS WORK AS WELL,

48:47CORRECT?

48:48>> CORRECT.

48:48>> OKAY PERFECT. YEP, BIG

48:50SUPPORTER OF THIS. THIS HAS

48:52HELPED A LOT OF MY RESIDENTS IN

48:53THE SOUTH SIDE GREEN ZONE,

48:55PARTICULARLY IN THE PHILLIPS

48:56NEIGHBORHOOD, MONITORING THE AIR

48:58THEY BREATHE. SO IT'S SOMETHING

48:59THAT I'M A BIG SUPPORTER OF. I

49:01WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM.

49:03>> SECOND.

49:04>> SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE,

49:06ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

49:13[AYES PRESSED]

49:14.

49:14>> NEXT UP, WE HAVE THE JOINT

49:18POW

49:19POWERS AGREEMENT FOR HENNEPIN

49:24COUNTY FOR COMMUNITY TRAUMA

49:26RESPSE SERVICES. I DON'T THINK

49:27ANYBODY IS IN THE ROOM FOR THAT.

49:36ANYBODY? I'LL MARK THAT -- OH,

49:39DIRECTOR, WELCOME. THEN THE NEXT

49:41ONE WILL BE THE GIFT ACCEPTANCE

49:43WHERE WE HAVE THE COMMANDER

49:46HERE. WELCOME.

49:47>> APOLOGIES. AMANDA HARRINGTON,

49:52DIRECTOR OF THE SAFETY

49:53DEPARTMENT. I'M HERE TODAY TO

49:54REQUEST AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER

49:56INTO A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT IN

49:58THE AMOUNT OF $704,000 FOR

50:04DECEER 1, 2026, THROUGH

50:06DECEMBER 31ST, 2028, TO PROVIDE

50:08COMMUNITY TRAUMA RESPONSE

50:11SERVICES IN THE IRD PRECINCT.

50:13I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

50:14>> I'LL SEE IF ANY MY COLLEAGUES

50:16HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. COUNCIL

50:21MEMBER WONSLEY.

50:23>> HI DIRECTOR HARRINGTON, I AM

50:25ACTUALLY VERY EXCITED TO SEE

50:27THIS PROPOSAL COME FORWARD

50:29BECAUSE I THINK THERE HAS BEEN

50:31LONGSTANDING CONVERSATIONS ON

50:33HOW BEST TO RESTRUCTURE,

50:35RE-EVALUATE THE EFFICACY OF OUR

50:37COMMUNITY TRAUMA RESPONSE

50:40INITIATIVE, AND EVEN PAST

50:42PROVIDERS HAVE NAMEDHEIR

50:44NEEDED TO BE A STRONGER LINKAGE

50:47TO HENNEPIN COUNTY BECAUSE THEY

50:48ARE THE PLACE WHERE SOCIAL

50:50SERVICES C BE PROVIDED TO

50:52THOSE EXPERIENCING SOME OF THE

50:54WORST MOMENTS IN THEIR LIVES

50:55WHEN WE' TALKING ABOUT GUN

50:57VIOLENCE OR ANY FORM OF A

50:59TRAUMATIC INCIDENT. SO I AM

51:00REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS. CAN

51:01YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF HOW

51:04IS RELATES TO OURURRENT

51:08COMMUNITY TRAUMA RESPONSE WORK?

51:10AND IF THIS IS ESSENTIALLY

51:13TRANSITIONING THIS OVER TO THE

51:15COUNTY, LIKE WHAT ROLE WILL THEY

51:17BE PLAYING IN THIS JOINT POWERS

51:21AGREEMENT.

51:22>> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER

51:24WONSLEY, WHAT WE'RE DOING I AS

51:26YOU NOTED KIND OF REVAMPING OUR

51:28COMMUNITY TRAUMA RESPONSE

51:29PROGRAM. IN THE PA, IT WAS A

51:30VARIETY OF SERVICES THROUGHOUT

51:32THE CITY A WE'VE MADE A SHIFT

51:36TO FOCUSING ON RESPONSE TO

51:38GUNSHOTS. SO, WE HAVE ONE

51:40CONTRACT THAT THIS BODY HAS

51:42ALREADY APPROVED FOR THE FOURTH

51:45PRECINCT, SO IN NORTH

51:46MINNEAPOLIS, A MOTHER'S LOVE

51:47PROVIDES THIS SERVICE. WE

51:48HAVEN'T HAD ANYTHING IN THE REST

51:49OF THE CITY, SO NOW WE WILL BE

51:52CONTRACTING WITH COPE

51:53SPECIFICALLY, THEY HAVE A

51:55RESPONSEEAM THAT RESPONDS TO

51:57SHOOTINGS, AND WE'LL HAVE THEM

51:59RESPD IN THE THIRD PRECINCT.

52:00SO WE WILL BE BUILDING ONHEIR

52:02EXISTING KNOWLEDGE OF RESPONDING

52:04TO CRISES THROUGHOUT THE

52:05COMMUNITY, WHILE ALSO

52:06GUARANTEEING THAT THEY HAVE A

52:07TEAM THAT CAN RESPOND TO

52:08MINNEAPOLIS, SINCE THEY SERVE

52:09ALL OF HENNEPIN COUNTY. WE

52:11WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT

52:12CAPATY ISSUE IS TAKEN CARE OF.

52:14THIS IS ONE WAY THAT WE WIL

52:17HAVE TO YOUR POINT, COMMUNITY

52:19MEMBERS AE TO GET EASIER INTO

52:23COUNTY SYSTEMS THROUGH THESE

52:25COUNTY STAFF AFTER SHOOTINGS

52:29OCCUR.

52:29>> THIS IS AGAIN GREAT WORK. I

52:31AM SO EXCITED TO SEE THIS,

52:34ESPECIALLY KNOWING IN PRIOR

52:35CONVERSATIONS WITH PRIOR

52:36PROVIDERS THAT AGAIN, IT WAS A

52:38BIG CHALLENGE FOR THEM OF THE

52:41RESPONSIBILITY OF THEM HAVING TO

52:43ALSO BE RESPONSIVE IN THESE

52:47OOTING INCIDENTS AND ALSO

52:48TRYING TO FOLLOW UP WITH VICTIMS

52:49AND ESSENTIAL BE SOCIAL

52:52SERVICE PROVIDERS THEMSELVES,

52:53WHICH THEY DID NOT HAVE THOSE

52:54FULL CAPABILITIES WITHIN THE

52:56ORGANIZATIONS, SO TO BE ABLE TO

52:58ACTUALLY HAVE HENNEPIN COUNTY

52:59NOT ONLY BE A PARTNER, BUT ALSO

53:02BRINGING ONEF THEIR PROGRAMS

53:03INTO THE FOLD TO ADMINISTER

53:06THESE SERVICES. THIS IS MY

53:08UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT CE DOES

53:10BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW THEY HAD A

53:12RESPONSIVE COMPONENT IN TERMS OF

53:14RESPONDING TO SHOOTINGS. SO,

53:16THIS IS REALLY GREAT. I WOULD

53:18LOVE TO MOVE THIS FORWARD FOR

53:21APPROVAL. I ASK FOR A SECOND.

53:23>> SECOND.

53:24>> GREAT, I AM NEXT IN QUEUE. I

53:27WANTED TO THANK YOU DIRECTOR

53:30HARRINGTON FOR BRINGING THIS

53:31ITEM TO US. I'M EXCITED TO SEE

53:33IT, ESPECIALLY THAT IT WILL

53:35SERVE THE THIRD PRECINCT SHOWING

53:37THAT WE HE SOME OF THE HIGHEST

53:40GUN VIOLENCE. I HOPE THAT WILL

53:42ADDRESS THAT, HELPING A LOT OF

53:45NEIGHBORS KIDS' FAMILIES. THANK

53:49YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE.

53:50>>HAIPG THANK YOU CHAIR

53:53CHAVEZ, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING

53:55THIS FORWARD. IT SOUNDS LIKE

53:56THIS WILL FUND ADDITIONAL COUNTY

53:58STAFF, RIGHT? IT'S NOT A

54:00CONTRACT AT THE COUNTY THAT DOES

54:01THIS WORK, THAT IS FTEs AT THE

54:04COUNTY THAT DOES THIS WORK. WE

54:05WANT TO EXPAND THE NUMBER OF

54:07FTEs THA THE COUNTY HAS. AM I

54:09UNDERSTANDING THA CORRECTLY?

54:10>> THROUGH THE CHAIR, THAT'S

54:11COECT. THE TEAM THAT DOES

54:13RESPONSES TO COMMUNITY CRISES IS

54:15A TEAM OF TWO FOR T ENTIRE

54:16COUNTY. SO, THIS FUNDING WILL

54:18ALLOW THEM TO HIRE TWO

54:20DITIONAL PEOPLE, CREATE AN

54:21ADDITIONAL TEAM BASICALLY TO

54:22MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE CAPACITY

54:24FOR RESPONSES IN MINNEAPOLIS.

54:25>> AND WOULD THEY BE EXCLUSIVELY

54:27RESTRICTED TO THE THIRD

54:29PRECINCT? WOULD THAT BE PART OF

54:29THE CONDITIONS OF THIS MONEY?

54:31>> THROUGH THE CHAI THIS JPA

54:34INSURES THAT THEY CAN RESPOND TO

54:38SHOOTINGS IN THE THIRD PRECINCT.

54:39COPE IS STILL AVAILABLE

54:40COUNTYWIDE. SO WE HAVE ACTUALLY

54:43TAPPED INTO THEIR RESOURCES WITH

54:44PRIOR SHOOTINGS, INCLUDING THE

54:47MASS SHOOTING THAT UNFORTUNATELY

54:50HAPPENED RECENT. THEY WOULD

54:51STILL BE AVAILABLE TO RESPOND TO

54:52SHOOTINGS THROUGHOUT THE REST OF

54:53THE CITY.

54:53>> OKAY,HANK YOU.

54:56>> RAINVILLE -- COUNCIL MEMBER

55:03RAINVILLE.

55:03>> THANK YOU, THE MORE WE DO

55:05WITH THE COUNTY, THE BETTER FOR

55:07OUR CITIZENS. THANK YOU FOR YOU

55:11>> VICE CHAIR STEVENSON.

55:12>

55:12>>.

55:13>> WHAT WAS THE THINKING BEHIND

55:15WITH GOING WITH THE COUNTY

55:17INSTEAD OF GOING WITH AN OUTSIDE

55:19ORGANIZATION. YOU MENTIONED A

55:20MOTHER'S LOVE.

55:21>> THROUGH THE CHAIR, THERE IS A

55:23LITTLE PIECE OF THIS WHICH WE'RE

55:26TRYING TO FIGURE OUT. IS THERE A

55:28DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A COMMUNITY

55:30ORGANIZATION PROVIDING THE

55:32SERVICES A COUNTY PROVIDING

55:33THE SERVICES. WE THOUGHT OF MANY

55:36OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU

55:37RAISED, HOW DO WE GET COMMUNITY

55:39MEMBERS IN THE COUNTY SYSTEM IN

55:41A MORE SMLESS WAY. THAT'S ONE

55:42OF THE REASONS WE WANTED TO TRY

55:44THIS INSTEAD OF HAVING TWO

55:46COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS

55:47RESPONDING. I THINK WE'RE GOING

55:48TO LEARN FROM THIS INITIAL

55:49PERIOD OF TIME THAT THIS JPA IS

55:51IN PLACE AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO

55:53ADAPT FROM THERE AS WE LOOK AT

55:54THE NEEDS OF THE REST OF THE

55:56CITY.

55:56>> GREAT. I WILL BE KEENLY

55:58INTERESTED TO LEARN WHAT YOU

56:00LEARN. KEEP ME APPRAISED. THANK

56:02YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, THE MOTION T

56:04APPROVE THIS ITEM. ALL THOSE IN

56:08FAVOR SAY AYE.

56:11[AYES EXPRESSED]

56:12>> THAT MOTION CARRIES. NEXT UP,

56:15A GIFT AEPTANCE FOR THE

56:18NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR

56:20VILIAN OVERSIGHT OF LAW

56:21ENFORCEMENT. WELCOME COMMANDER

56:23BROWN.

56:25>> GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU

56:26CHAIR CHAVEZ, VICE CHAIR

56:29STEVENSON, COUNCIL PRESIDENT,

56:30AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I AM

56:32COMMANDER CHRIS BROWN AND I

56:35SERVE AS THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS

56:43FINA

56:43FINANCE. THIS IS A GIFT TO

56:44ATTEND T NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

56:47FOR CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT OF LAW

56:50ENFORCEMENT. THE ACRONYM IS

56:53NACOLE. THE CONFERENCE WILL

56:54PROVIDE KNOWLEDGE AND BEST

56:55PRACTICES TO SUPPORT THE

56:56MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT'S

56:58IMPLEMTATION UNIT, AS THERE

57:00ARE ONGOING EFFORTS TO MONITOR

57:02COMPLIANCE, ADDRESS GAPS, AND

57:03STRENGTHEN ACCOUNTABILITY WITHIN

57:04THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THIS WILL

57:08BE FOR ONE MEMBER OF THE

57:09IMPLEMENTATION UNIT, A CIVILIAN

57:11ATTEND THE CONFERENCE AND IT

57:13COVERS ALL COSTS.

57:14>> COOL,HANK YOU COMMANDER

57:16BROWN. I WILL MOVE APPROVAL FOR

57:17THIS ITEM AND SEE IF THERE ARE

57:19ANY QSTIONS OR DISCUSSION.

57:20COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE.

57:21>> THANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ. I

57:22BELIEVE A YEAR AGO THIS

57:23COERENCE WAS HOSTED IN

57:25MINNEAPOLIS, DO YOU RECALL, AM I

57:27RECALLING THAT CORRECTLY?

57:29>> THROUGH THE CHAIR, I DON'T

57:31KNOW BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE, I

57:33CAN GET BACK TO YOU.

57:35>> I DON'T THINK I NEED AN

57:37ADMINISTRATIVE FOLLOW UP ON

57:38THAT. IT WAS A YEAR OR TWO YEARS

57:40AGO THAT WE HAD AUMBER OF THE

57:43CCPO MEMBERS OR CIVIL RIGHTS

57:46OPCR STAFF GO TO THIS

57:48CONFERENCE. I AM CURIOUS ABOUT

57:48THE ROLE OF THE INDIVIDUAL WE'RE

57:52SENDING, HOW DOES THATLUG INTO

57:54OUR OVERSIGHT. TYPICALLY NACOLE,

57:58I BELIEVE IT'S REPRESENTATIVE OF

58:00A CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT COMMUNITY

58:02AND SO HAVING SOMEBODY WITHIN

58:04MPD, I'M CURIOUS WHAT THEIR ROLE

58:05IS IN THE OVERSIGH

58:06>> THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCIL

58:09PRESIDENT, THE MEMBER THAT IS

58:11ATTENDING IS A CIVILIAN THAT

58:13WORKS WITHIN THE POLICE

58:14DEPARTMENT, SIMILAR TO THE WAY

58:15THAT THE CCPOORKS UNDERNEATH

58:19THE UMBRELLA OF THAT. THEY'RE

58:20THE ONES THAT LOOK AT THIS

58:22PARTICULAR PERSON'S TITLE IS TO

58:24OVERSEE AND LOOK UNDER LIKE BWC

58:28DATA. SO HIS OVERSIGHT WOULD

58:30ASSIST IN HIS ABILITY TO

58:31DETERMINE AND SEE THINGS THAT

58:33DON'T LOOK LIKE THE BWC VIDEOS,

58:38THAT FEED INTO THE QUARTERLY

58:40REVIEW PANEL, THAT RIEW

58:44OFFICERS' CONDUC SO, I THINK

58:46IT FALLS UNDER A SIMILAR LINE,

58:48MAYBE NOT BASED ON A COMPLAINT,

58:50IT'S MORE PROACTIVE FOR

58:52COMPLIANCE-RELATED THINGS.

58:53>> SO THIS IS MAYBE ONE OF THE

58:56BODY WORN CAMERA AUDITOR?

58:58>> SIMILAR. I THINK THROUGH THE

59:00CHAIR, SIR, I BELIEVE THAT THIS

59:03IS JUST FOR STAFFING PURPOSES,

59:05THEY SERVE A COUPLE DIFFERENT

59:06ROLES, BUT THAT IS ONE OF THEM.

59:07>> OKAY, THANK YOU.

59:09>> SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE,

59:11ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE THIS

59:14ITEM. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY

59:17AYE.

59:17[AYES EXPRESSED]

59:18.

59:18>> THANK Y FOR BEING HERE. THE

59:23NEXT IS THE AUTOMATED LICENSE

59:25PLATE READERS LEGISLATIVE

59:28RECTIVE. I WILL PASS IT TO

59:29COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY.

59:29>> THANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ. SO

59:31LICENSE PLA READERS ALSO KNOWN

59:34AS ALPR HAVE BECOME AN AREA OF

59:36CONCERN ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY,

59:39SPECIFICALLY THE BRAND SAFETY

59:43SCRUTINY IT HAS BROUGHT FOR

59:45SHARING DATA WITH THE GOVERNMENT

59:47FOR PURPOSES OF IMMIGRATION

59:50ENFORCEMENT AND HAS GIVEN

59:52CONCERN AROUND SURVEILLANCE,

59:54INFRINGEMENT ON CIVIL LIBERTIES,

59:56AND DATA SECURITY PRACTICES, AND

59:58ALL THOSE CONCERNS HAVE PROMPTED

1:00:03JURISDICTIONS TO STOP USING

1:00:04THOSE CAMERAS. THERE I AROAD

1:00:06COALITION OF COMMUTY MEMBERS WHO

1:00:14FLOCK. WENOW THE CITY COUNCIL

1:00:18APPROVED A RESOLUTION CALLING ON

1:00:23HENNEPIN TO REMOVE THEIR FLOCK

1:00:27CAMERAS. THAS ONE BRAND OF

1:00:27AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS.

1:00:30MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENTS HAVE

1:00:31REACHED O TO COUNCIL OFFICERS

1:00:33NOTING THAT THERE IS A VARIETY

1:00:35OF THESE TYPE OF CAMERAS AND

1:00:39WANTING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE

1:00:40PROTOCOLS IN PLACE TO OFFICIALLY

1:00:43GUARD AGAINST THE USAGES OF

1:00:46THOSE CAMERAS JUST BEYOND FLOCK

1:00:47HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS. THIS

1:00:49LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE REQUESTS

1:00:50INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT KIND OF

1:00:52CAMERAS RESIDENTS MAY SEE, THE

1:00:54FUNCTION OF DIFFERENT CAMERAS,

1:00:56AND THE DATA MANAGEMENT

1:00:58PRACTICES GOVERNING EAC TYPE OF

1:01:00THOSE CAMERAS. THIS CAN HELP

1:01:06IDENTIFY WHAT CAMERAS ARE AND

1:01:10ARE NOT. SO THIS LEGISLATIVE

1:01:14DIRECTIVE ALSO ASKS FOR OVERVIEW

1:01:18OF ALPRs IN T CITY AND HOW

1:01:19THEY ARE PERMITTED AND

1:01:21REGULATED, AND LASTLY A REQUEST

1:01:23OF DATES ON THE ADMINISTRATION'S

1:01:27IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MPD

1:01:32BIANNUAL LICENSE PLATE READER

1:01:34AUDIT. LOOK FORWARD TO USING

1:01:36THIS INFORMATION TO HELP SHARE

1:01:39OR SHAPE RPONSIBLE POLICY THAT

1:01:41PROTECTS RESIDENTS FROM

1:01:43OVERREACHING SURVEILLANCE. I

1:01:45ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR RESIDENTS

1:01:47WHO ARE SUBJECTATTER EXPERTS

1:01:49IN SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES WHO

1:01:52HAVE MET WITH MY OFFICEND I

1:01:53KNOW A NUMBER OF MY COLLEAGUES

1:01:55HAVE EDUCATED US ON THESE

1:01:56THINGS, AND ALSO HAVE IMPLORED

1:02:00US TO GET QUESTIONS ON

1:02:02OUTSTANDING CONCERNS ORET

1:02:03ANSWERS ON OUTSTANDING CONCERNS

1:02:05AND WHA POTENTIAL ACTIONS LOCAL

1:02:07GOVERNMENT LEADERS CAN TAKE. SO

1:02:08WITH THAT, I WILL A FOR A

1:02:11SECOND ON THIS MOTION.

1:02:12>> SECOND.

1:02:12>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAE.

1:02:15>> THANK YOU CHAIRHAVEZ AND

1:02:16COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY FOR

1:02:17BRINGINGHIS FORWARD. I KNOW

1:02:20THE DISCUSSION AROUND FLOCK HAS

1:02:22ESCALATED OVER THE LAST FEW

1:02:23MONTHS. I KNOW THAT I AM TRYING

1:02:24TO REMEMBER HOW FAR BACK I HAD

1:02:26MY FIRST CONVERSATIONS WITH THE

1:02:27CITY AUDITOR AROUND USE OF FLOCK

1:02:32IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. MPD

1:02:34HAS BEEN FORTHRIGHT THAT WE

1:02:35DON'T USE FLOCK CAMERAS BUT AS

1:02:37YOU'RE SAYING, THAT'S THE BRAND

1:02:38OF A CAMERA TT HAS THIS

1:02:40BROADER CAPABILITY. I THINK THAT

1:02:42HAVING A DEEPER DIVE ON THOSE

1:02:46CAPABILITIES IS CRITICALLY

1:02:47IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY O

1:02:48MINNEAPOLIS, EVEN IF WE DON'T

1:02:50HAVE FLOCK AS A HEADLINE BRAND

1:02:51THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE

1:02:54CAPABILITIES HERE. ESPECIALLY

1:02:55GETTING INTO THE DATA PRACTICES

1:02:57AROUND THAT AND ACCESS CONTROLS

1:02:59AROUND THAT, WE JUST SAW LAST

1:03:02WEEK AN OFFICER IN SAVANNA

1:03:05GEORGIA WAS FIREDFTER GIVING

1:03:11HER I.C.E. AGENT HUSBAND ACCESS

1:03:14TO THEIR LOCAL PD'S FLOCK

1:03:17SYSTEM. ION'T KNOW WHAT

1:03:18SEPARATION ORDINANCES MAY EXIST

1:03:20WITHIN THE JURISDICTION, BUT

1:03:23WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE TYPES OF

1:03:24CONTROLS IN PLACE, HOW DO YOU

1:03:28MAKE SURE THAT THE DATA IS ONLY

1:03:30ACCESSED WITH AUTHOZED USERS.

1:03:31SO I THINK THIS IS A CRITICALLY

1:03:34IMPORTANT INVESTIGAON THAT WE

1:03:38SHOULD BE LOOKING AT SO THANK

1:03:39YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

1:03:40>> ALL RIGHT, ON THE MOTION TO

1:03:43APROVER THIS ITE EVERYONE ALL

1:03:45THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

1:03:48[AYES EXPRESSED]

1:03:50>> THAT MOTION CARRIES. NEXT WE

1:03:53HAVE THE BEHAVIORAL CRISIS

1:03:56RESPONSE TRANSITION PLAN

1:03:58LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE. COUNCIL

1:03:58MEMBER WONSLEY.

1:03:59>> THIS BUILDS ON E

1:04:01CONVERSATION THAT THE BODY HAD

1:04:03LAST WEEK ABOUT THE BEHAVIORAL

1:04:05CRISIS RESPONSE. BCR IS ONE OF

1:04:08THE SUCCESSFU THINGS HAPPENING

1:04:09HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS. THERE IS A

1:04:11WIDESPREAD DISASTER TO SEE THE

1:04:14CURRENT SCOPE AND FOCUS OF THAT

1:04:15PROGRAM BE MAINTAINED IN TERMS

1:04:17OF HAVING SPECIALIZED MENTAL

1:04:20HEALTH FIRST RESPONDS BE PART

1:04:23OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC

1:04:27SAFETY SYSTEM. ALSO HOW WE CAN

1:04:28TRANSITION THIS PROGRAM FROM

1:04:29BEIN ADMINISTERED THROUGH

1:04:32EXTERNAL VENDORS TO BRING IN THE

1:04:34PROGRAIN-HOUSE AS WE ARE DOING

1:04:36WITH SAFETY AMBASSADORS. THIS

1:04:39LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE WILL GIVE

1:04:41US A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE

1:04:43ACTION STE THAT WOULD NEED TO

1:04:44BE TAKEN IN ORDER TO BRING THE

1:04:46BCR PROGRAM IN-HOUSE AND PROVIDE

1:04:49AN OVERVIEW OF OPTIONS FOR A

1:04:51TRANSITION PLAN T ENSURE THAT

1:04:52THERE IS A CONTY NEWTY OF

1:04:56SERVIC FOR OUR RESIDENTS WHILE

1:04:57THE CITY PURSUES THE IN-HOUSE

1:04:59PATHWAY. AS WE ALSO KNOW LAST

1:05:02WEEK, WE PRESENTED OR APPROVED A

1:05:04MOTION THAT ALLOWS THE

1:05:07ADMINISTRATION TO SEEK TO EXTEND

1:05:10OUR EXISTING CONTRACT SO THE

1:05:12CONTINUITY CAN BE PRESVED OF

1:05:14SERVICE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO

1:05:16HEARING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT

1:05:18THAT SO WE'RE NOT EXPERIENCING

1:05:20SERVICE DISRUPTIONS. WITH THAT

1:05:21SAID, I ENCOURE MY COLLEAGUES

1:05:23TO SUPPORT THIS LD, WHICH WILL

1:05:25WORK IN COME BY NAIGS WH THE

1:05:28ACTIONS TAKEN BY COUNCIL LAST

1:05:29WEEK TO TRULY MAK SURE THAT

1:05:33WE'RE EXTENDING AN EFFECTIVE

1:05:35PROGRAM THAT IS BCR AND MAKING

1:05:39SURE WE'RE PURSUING AATHWAY

1:05:40THAT SUSTAINS THE SUSTAINABILITY

1:05:43IN THE LONG RUN AND ALLOWS US TO

1:05:45HAVE BETTER OVERSIGHT AND

1:05:47STREAMLINE THEERVICES WITHIN

1:05:47THE PROGRAM. WITTHAT, I WILL

1:05:49ASK FOR A SECOND. >> SECOND.

1:05:55>>COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE.

1:05:56>> THANK YOU. S THIS IS A GREAT

1:05:57IDEA, BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

1:06:06COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON -- I'M

1:06:07SORRY. I'M TIRED, ASLEEP. I

1:06:10USUALLY HAVE A NAP BY NOW. THERE

1:06:13ARE THREE ISSUES THAT WE TALKED

1:06:15ABOUT. I'M HOPING THEY WILL BE

1:06:17COVERED AND MAYBE COUNCIL MEMBER

1:06:18WONSLEY, YOU CAN REASSURE ME

1:06:21REWHAT STATE LAW HAVE TO BE

1:06:25CHANGED, COSTS TO SET UP AND

1:06:28ONGOING COSTS, AND HOW MUCH TIME

1:06:29IT WOULD TAKE TO BRING THIS

1:06:31IN-HOUSE? DO YOU FEEL

1:06:32COMFORTABLE THAT THESE ITEMS

1:06:33WILL BE COVERED IN THAT?

1:06:37>> I CAN TAKE T QUESTION. I

1:06:41DO, JUST TO SAY OUT LOUD WHAT

1:06:44THIS LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE IS

1:06:47ASKING FOR COVERS WHAT YOU'RE

1:06:48RAISING. IT DOES ASK FOR

1:06:50TRANSITION PLANS, THAT THE

1:06:52ADMINISTRATION HAS CREATED IN

1:06:53ORDER TO BRING THIS PROGRAM

1:06:55IN-HOUSE. IT ASKS FOR A

1:06:56HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW OF

1:06:58OPERATIONS AND STAFFING, ALSO IT

1:07:00ASKS FOR AN OUTLINE OF ONE TIME

1:07:03RESOURCES NEEDED FOR THE

1:07:04TRANSITION AND BRINGING IT

1:07:05IN-HOUSE. IT DOES ASK FOR AN

1:07:07OVERVIEW OF ONGOING RESOURCES

1:07:09THAT WOULD BE NEEDED RELATED TO

1:07:10STAFFING, OPERATIONAL COSTS, AND

1:07:13OTHER ET CETERA COSTS. IT DOES

1:07:15ASK FOR A TIMELINE OF THE

1:07:17TRANSITION TO BRING IT IN-HOUSE

1:07:21AND AO A PLAN FOR A TRANSITION

1:07:23TO BE COMPLETED WITHOUT A

1:07:26INTERRUPTION IN SERVICE

1:07:27DELIVERY. ALSO, IT DOE ASK FOR

1:07:29ANY INFORMATION OR RECOMMENDED

1:07:31CHANGES TO CITY POLICIES OR

1:07:34LEGISLATIVE LANGUAGE IN ORDER TO

1:07:36ENABLE BRINGING THE BEHAVIORAL

1:07:39CRISIS RESPONSE PROGRAM

1:07:40IN-HOUSE. I THINK THAT GETS TO

1:07:42YOUR QUESTION ABOUT LEGISLATIVE

1:07:44CHANGES. SO IN THAT -- YEAH, SO

1:07:46IT DOES BASICALLY ADDRESS THOSE

1:07:47THINGS.

1:07:48>> GREAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

1:07:51>> VICE CHR STEVENSON.

1:07:51>> THANK YOU, I WAS GOING TO SAY

1:07:53AFTER OUR MEETING LAST WEEK AND

1:07:56WE HAD A VERY ROBUST DISCUSSION,

1:07:58SHALL WE SAY, ON THIS ITEM.

1:08:01WELL, NOT THIS ITEM BUT THE

1:08:02SUBJECT MATTER THAT LED TO THIS

1:08:05ITEM. COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE

1:08:06LEANED OVER TO ME AND ASKED IF

1:08:08MIGHT COAUTHOR ON AN LD THAT

1:08:10BASICALLY SAY THIS. SO I AM

1:08:14JUST REALLY PLEASED THAT WE HAVE

1:08:17A WIDE SUPPORT FOR BRINGING THIS

1:08:20REALLY CRUCIAL SERVICE IN-HOUSE

1:08:21I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE

1:08:22REALLY GREAT FOR THE CITY AND

1:08:23I'M EXCITED FOR OUR FUTURE.

1:08:28>> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW.

1:08:29>> THANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ. I HAD

1:08:30A QUESTION ABOUT THE LAST TIME

1:08:31WE RECEIVED A REPORT ON BCR

1:08:33SERVICES. WHEN WAS THE LAST

1:08:35REPORT OR UPDATE?

1:08:39>> THE QUARTERLY RESPONSE?

1:08:42>> YEAH, DID WE JUST HAVE ONE?

1:08:44>> I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK BACK AT

1:08:47MY CALENDAR. I CAN HAVE MY STAFF

1:08:48FOLLOW UP WITH EVERYBODY.

1:08:50>> YEAH, AND I MEAN ON THE

1:08:52SPECIFICS OF THE ACTUAL

1:08:55RESPONSES, LIKE THAT SORT OF

1:08:58REPORT.

1:08:58>> YEAH, WE CAN FOLLOW UP.

1:09:01>> THANK YOU.

1:09:04>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE.

1:09:05>> THANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ. I

1:09:06WANTED TO SPEAK TO SOMETHING

1:09:07THAT IS NOT REFERENCED HERE

1:09:09BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO

1:09:12BE PRESCRIPTIVE IN OUR

1:09:14LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE. I WANT

1:09:15THE ADMINISTRATION TO ENGAGE

1:09:16WITH US ON THIS CONVERSATION. I

1:09:18CAN SEE A NUMBER OF PATHWAYS

1:09:19THAT COULD MAKE SENSE. YOU KNOW,

1:09:22THEY MADE A CASE FOR EXPANDING

1:09:23THE SCOPE. A LOT OF US WANT TO

1:09:26SEE A REALLY FOCUSED SCOPE ON

1:09:28MENTAL HEALTH, BUT I DO THINK

1:09:29THERE IS AN ABILITY TO EXPAND

1:09:31THE SCOPE WITH DIFFERENT

1:09:34DELIVERY MODELS, RIGHT? BRINGING

1:09:38THE FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAM

1:09:39IN-HOUSE IS IMPORTANT TO US. AS

1:09:41DISCUSSED IN OUR DELIBERATIONS,

1:09:42WE HE OUR HOMELESS RESPONSE

1:09:44TEAM ALREADY, THE MOBILE MEDICAL

1:09:46UNIT, WHICH W JUST APPROVED

1:09:47SOME ACTIONS AROUND, WE DO HAVE

1:09:49OTHER CAPABILITIES. WE HAVE THE

1:09:52SAFETY AMBASSADORS THAT WERE

1:09:56ACTIVELY BRINGING IN-HOUSE AS WE

1:09:58SPEAK. HOW THEY WORK TOGETHER TO

1:09:59EXPAND THAT SCOPE IS SOMETHING

1:10:00THAT I THINK WOULD BE A REALLY

1:10:03HEALTHY CONVERSATION IN

1:10:04CONJUNCTION WITH GETTING THE

1:10:05CLARITY ON HOW WE CAN BRING THE

1:10:07SPECIFIC SPE OF WORKIN-HOUSE.

1:10:12>> ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO ONE ELSE

1:10:15ON QUEUE, ALTHOUGH IN FAVOR SAY

1:10:17AYE.

1:10:18[AYES EXPRESSED]

1:10:18>> THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. ANY

1:10:21ABSTENTIONS? THAT ITEM CARRIES.

1:10:22NEXT UP, WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 15,

1:10:25SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR

1:10:29NOVEMBER 4, 2026, TO CONSIDER AN

1:10:32ORDINANCE INVOLVING COMMERCIAL

1:10:33HOOD AND EXHAUST CLEANING

1:10:35PROGRAM. ANYONE HAVE ANY

1:10:36QUESTIONS? COUNCIL PRESIDENT

1:10:38PAYNE.

1:10:38>> THANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ. I AM

1:10:40BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I WILL

1:10:41SHARE A LITTLE HIGH-LEVEL

1:10:42BACKGROUND ON THE JOURNEY THAT

1:10:43BROUGHT ME HERE. YOU MAY HAVE

1:10:47L RECALLED THAT IN THE LAST

1:10:49YEAR OR SO, MAYBE TWO YEARS,

1:10:55MOMO HAD A SIGNIFICANT FIRE.

1:10:58THERE WAS A WAREHOUSE FIRE.

1:11:00THERE WAS A HOMICIDE FIRE JUST

1:11:02OFF OF CENTRAL AVENUE. I

1:11:04ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO THE FIRE

1:11:06DEPARTMENT TO INITIALLY INQUIRE

1:11:09IF THERE WAS ANY CONNECTION TO

1:11:13THE FIRES HAPPENING IN MY WARD.

1:11:15ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO, THERE WAS AN

1:11:17ARSONIST THAT HAD A LOT OF

1:11:19GARAGE FIRES IN MY WARD. I THINK

1:11:25IT WAS B-SHARP THAT BURNED DOWN

1:11:29AS A RESULT TO THE ARSONIST. THE

1:11:32GOOD NEWS IS THERE IS NOT A

1:11:35CONNECTION TO THESE FIRES BUT I

1:11:37LEARNED THROUGH THE INQUIRY THAT

1:11:41PARTICULARLY WIT THE

1:11:42RESTAURANTS, AND THE TWO THAT

1:11:43COME TO MIND, MOMO AND MASU,

1:11:51BOTH SUSHI RESTAURANTS, THEY USE

1:11:57FIRE GRILLS AND THERE ARE

1:12:00INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE

1:12:01STANDARDS THAT ARE ADOPTED BY

1:12:03THE STATE. THERE IS USUALLY A

1:12:05TIME DELAY FROM WHEN THE

1:12:06INTERNATIONA FIRE CODES ARE

1:12:08ADOPTED TO WHEN THOSE TRANSLATE

1:12:11DOWNO THE STATE AND THEN THE

1:12:13CITY. THE MOST UPDATED FIRE CODE

1:12:17HAS NOT INCREASED THEIR

1:12:20INSPECTION PERIOD FOR

1:12:27VENTILATION HOODS. I DID REACH

1:12:31OUT TO RESTAURANTS THAT USE

1:12:33SOLID FUEL. THEIR INSURANCE

1:12:35COMPANY REQUIRE AN INCREASED

1:12:37INSPECTION RATE. THE GOAL IS TO

1:12:40ALIGN OUR FIR CODE WITH WHAT IS

1:12:44COMING ONLINE, SO WE CAN GET

1:12:46AHEAD OF THAT A SAVING OUR REST

1:12:50>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A

1:12:51MOTION?

1:12:52>> YES, I MOVE TO APPROVE THIS

1:12:55ITEM.

1:12:55>> AND APPROVING THIS ITEM,

1:12:57SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR

1:12:58THIS ORDINANCE ON NOVEMBER 4,

1:13:002026. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY

1:13:03AYE.

1:13:05[AYES EXPRESSED]

1:13:05>> THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. ANY

1:13:09ABSTENTIONS? THAT CARRIES. THE

1:13:10LAST ITEM ON THIS PART,

1:13:14SMOKELESS TOBACCO USE IN STADIUM

1:13:17ORDINANCE. SEEING IF ANYONE HAS

1:13:19ANY QSTIONS OR EXHIBITS?

1:13:21COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW.

1:13:22>> THANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ.

1:13:24QUICKLY, COUNCIL MEMBER

1:13:24RAINVILLE AND I HAVE BEEN

1:13:25WORKING WITH ADVOCATES WHICH I

1:13:27AM SURE YOU ALL ARE GOING TO

1:13:29HEAR FROM SOON OR HAVE HEARD

1:13:30FROM ALREADY ABOUT UPDATING OUR

1:13:32CO OF ORDINANCES AROUND

1:13:35SMOKELESS TOBACCO USE IN

1:13:37STADIUMS. THIS IS JUST REFERRING

1:13:39TO STAFF, THE FIRST PART OF

1:13:42WORKING ON THIS ORDINANCE. THANK

1:13:43YOU.

1:13:43>> THANK YOU, THE MOTION TO

1:13:45REFER THIS TO STAFF, ALL THOSE

1:13:47IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

1:13:50[AYES EXPRESSED]

1:13:50>> THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. ANY

1:13:54ABSTENTIONS. ALL RIGHT, NEXT IS

1:13:56TO RECEIVE AND FILE. COUNCIL

1:13:59MEMBER WONSLEY.

1:14:01>> THANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ,

1:14:02BEFO WE GET TO RECEIVE AND

1:14:04FILE, I WANTED TO BE NOTED AS

1:14:08AYE FOR THE ETHICS ORDINANCE.

1:14:13>> OKAY, WITHOUT OBJECTION, W

1:14:14WILL ADD YOU.N THE RECEIVE AND

1:14:16FILE COMPONENT, THE FIRST ITEM

1:14:20IS THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY

1:14:22SAFETY RESTRUCTURE. NICK WILL

1:14:26BEGIN THAT PRENTATION.

1:14:28WELCOME.

1:14:29>> THANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ AND

1:14:31COMMITTEE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MAY

1:14:35NAME IS NICK BARKLEY AND I'M

1:14:37HERE TO ASK STAFF TO PROVIDE AN

1:14:39ANALYSIS OF HOW GOVERNMENTS

1:14:42ACROSS THE COUNTRY STRUCTURE,

1:14:44MANAGE, AND DELIVER THEIR PUBLIC

1:14:45SAFETY SERVICES. THIS

1:14:48PRESENTATION AND THE ASSOCIAD

1:14:49BRIEF PROFILES A VARIETY OF

1:14:51PUBLIC SAFETY STRUCTURES IN

1:14:53COMPARABLE CITIES AND HIGHLIGHTS

1:14:54THEIR DIFFERENCES. ONE OF THE

1:14:55THINGS I LOVE ABOUT WORKING IN

1:14:57O IS THAT WE GET TO DO A DEEP

1:15:00DIVE ON IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT

1:15:02ARE HAPPENING OFTEN IN

1:15:04REAL-TIME. ON THE ONE HAND, THAT

1:15:05IS VERY EXCITING. ON THE OTHER

1:15:07HAND, IT CAN BE CHALLENGING

1:15:10BECAUSE SOMETIMES OUR TOPICS ARE

1:15:15EVOLVING IN REAL-TIME. IT'S

1:15:15IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE

1:15:17PRESENTATION TODAY RELIES ON

1:15:19PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DATA AS OF

1:15:20THE 19th OF THIS MONTH. SO

1:15:23STARTING LOCALLY, THE CITY OF

1:15:26MINNEAPOLIS COMBINED RE,

1:15:28POLICE, 9-1-1, AND NEIGHBORHOOD

1:15:32SAFETY UNDER THE SINGLE OFFICE

1:15:38OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY

1:15:40SAFETY. OCS IS COMPRISED OF FIVE

1:15:43DEPARTMENTS AND THE DEPARTMENT

1:15:44HEADS REPORT TO THE

1:15:47COMMISSIONER. ACROSS THE RIVER,

1:15:51ST. PAUL ALSO OPERATES THAT

1:15:54GOVERNMENT. THERE ARE FOUR

1:15:57ASSISTT MAYORS, INCLUDING THE

1:15:59SENIOR ASSISTANT MAYOR. THIS IS

1:16:03NEW TO ST. PAUL. THEY ARE

1:16:08RESPONSIBLE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY

1:16:09RELATED SERVICES A THE CITY

1:16:12ATTORNEY'S OFF. TO CONDUCT A

1:16:15NATIONAL ANALYSIS OF THESE

1:16:16STRUCTURES, LRO STAFF WANTED TO

1:16:19PICK CITIES THAT WERE COMPARABLE

1:16:20IN SIZE AND POPULATION DENSITY.

1:16:22THEY NEEDED TO BE ACTIVELY OR

1:16:24RECENTLY ACTIVE IN A CONSENT

1:16:26DECREE OR SIMILAR ROLE. WE

1:16:28WANTED TO ENSURE THAT MULTIPLE

1:16:29REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY WERE

1:16:32REPRESENTED. STARTING OUT IN

1:16:35CALIFORN, THE CITY OF OAKLAND

1:16:39OPERATES IN A HYBRID, APPOINTING

1:16:43A CITY ADMINISTRATOR, AND

1:16:46CONDUCTING TIE-BREAKING VOTES.

1:16:48THEY ACT AS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE

1:16:50AND ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE

1:16:52DAY-TO-DAY ACTIONS OF THE CITY.

1:16:53DEPARTMENT HEADS INCLUDING THE

1:16:55FIRE CHIEF AND POLICE CHIEF

1:16:56REPORT TO THE ADMINISTRATOR. THE

1:16:58CHIEF IS UNIQUE IN THAT THEY ARE

1:17:00NOMINATED FROM A LIST PROVIDED

1:17:01BY A POLICE COMMISSION AND THEY

1:17:03REPORT TO THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR

1:17:04FOR OPERATIONS, THE COUNCIL FOR

1:17:07MATTERS OF BUDGET AND CITY

1:17:08POLICY, AND THE POLICE

1:17:09COMMISSION FOR MATRS OF

1:17:11OVERSIGHT. SO IT'S A DIVERSE

1:17:13REPORTING STRUCTURE THERE.

1:17:17THOUGH GROUPED TOGETHER HERE FOR

1:17:19CLARITY'S SAKE ON THE ORG CHART,

1:17:23A DEEPER DIVE REVEALED THAT THE

1:17:24POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE

1:17:25DEPARTMENT REPORT TO CITY

1:17:28ADMINISTRATION THROUGH DIFFERENT

1:17:30ASSISTANCE, WHICH IS UNIQUE.

1:17:32MOVING OUT TO THE EAST COAST,

1:17:35BALTIMORE OPERATES A MAYOR

1:17:36COUNCIL FORM OF GOVERNMENT,

1:17:37WHICH THE MAYOR APOINTED DEPUTY

1:17:42MAYORS. THEY OVERSEE THE

1:17:43POLICIES AND OPERATIONS OF

1:17:45PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES,

1:17:46INCLUDING THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF

1:17:48NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETYND

1:17:49ENGAGEMENT. SPEAKING OF EVOLVING

1:17:52AND CHANGES BNG MADE, IN

1:17:53SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR,

1:17:55BALTIMORE'S COUNCIL PRESIDENT

1:17:56AND THE MAYOR INTRODUCED

1:17:58LEGISLATION TO CODIFY THE

1:18:01OFFICE. THIS PROPOSAL WOULD

1:18:02EXPAND MANY OF THE ALTERNATIVE

1:18:03RESPONSE PROGRAMSALTIMORE HAS

1:18:06BEEN PILOTING UNDER THE MAYOR'S

1:18:07OFFICE, INCLUDING A 9-1-1

1:18:09DIRSION PROGRAM AND A MENTAL

1:18:10HEALTH CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM.

1:18:12BALTIMORE HAS RECEIVED STATE AND

1:18:14FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THIS EXP

1:18:21EXPANSION. BACKUT WEST, THE

1:18:23CITY OF SEATTLE OPERATES A MAYOR

1:18:25COUNCIL FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN

1:18:29WHICH THE MAYOR SKROEFR SEES THE

1:18:32DAILY OPERATIONS. FROM A

1:18:33LEGISLATIVE PERSPECTIVE, THE

1:18:35MAYOR CHAIRS COUNCIL MEETINGS

1:18:37AND VOTES ONLY TO BREAK TIES.

1:18:40THE MAYOR HAS APPOINTED ONE

1:18:47DEPUTY AND ONE DIRECTOR OF THE

1:18:48DEPARTMENT, AND THE CHIEF OF

1:18:50POLICE AND OTHER DEPARTMENT

1:18:50HEADS REPORTS TO THE MAYOR'S

1:18:52OFFICEJUST A POINT OF

1:18:54CLARIFICATION ON THIS PARTICULAR

1:18:55ORG CHART, THE WORD PUBLIC

1:18:57SAFETY IS A BUCKET LABEL AND NOT

1:18:58A STEP IN THE LEADERSHIP

1:19:01STRUCTURE. AND LAST BUT NOT

1:19:04LEAST, IN NEW ORLEANS, THE CITY

1:19:07OF NEW ORLEANS OPERATE AS MAYOR

1:19:09COUNCIL FORM OF GOVERNMENT. THEY

1:19:11ACT AS THE CITY'S CHIEF

1:19:14EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND DOES NOT

1:19:16PARTICIPATE IN THE VOTING

1:19:17PROCESSES. THE MAYOR MUST

1:19:21APPOINT A CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE

1:19:23OFFICER TO SERVE AS THE MAYOR'S

1:19:26PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT. THE CURRENT

1:19:27MAYOR CALLS THIS POSITION THE

1:19:31FIRST DEPUTY MARE AND CAO, NOT

1:19:36TO BE CON FFUSE WITH OUR Cs

1:19:40HERE. DEPUTY MAYORS CAN SERVE

1:19:43DUAL ROLES AS DEPUTY MAYOR AND

1:19:46THE DIRECTOR OF A CHARTERED

1:19:47MANDATED DEPARTME. IN THAT

1:19:48CASE, THE MAYOR WOULD NOMINATE

1:19:52AND THE MAYOR WOULD CONFIRM THAT

1:19:55DEPARTMENT. E.M.S. AND VICTIM

1:20:03SERV

1:20:04SERVICES HOUSED UNDER HEALTH AND

1:20:05HUMAN SERVICES AS OPPOSED TO

1:20:07PUBLIC SAFETY. MOVING ON TO

1:20:10PUBLIC SAFETY METRICS, ACROSS

1:20:13THE COUNTRY, CITY LEADERS

1:20:14CONTINUE TO LIST PUBLIC SAFETY

1:20:16AS A TOP PRIORITY EVEN AS

1:20:20NATIONAL CRIMES STATISTICS TREND

1:20:22DOWNWARD. LEADERS OFTEN WORRY

1:20:23ABOUT THE GAP BETWEEN ACTUAL AND

1:20:26PERCEIVED SAFETY WHICH SUGGEST

1:20:27THAT RESIDENTS MAY NOT FEEL

1:20:29SAFER EVEN AS CITIE BECOME

1:20:31STATISTICALLY SAFER. CRIME

1:20:33STATISTICS APPEAR TO BE THE MOST

1:20:35POPULAR WAY OF MEASURING

1:20:36SUCCESSES AND STRUGGLES. CASE

1:20:38CLEARANCE RATES ARE IN A METRIC

1:20:41THAT THE AGENCIES LEAN ON BUT

1:20:43THERE IS DEBATE ON WHAT

1:20:46CLEARANCE RATES SHOULD BE AND

1:20:47HOW THEY DIFFER FROM CONVICTION

1:20:50RATES. THEY ARE USING MORE

1:20:52SURVEYS, PAIRING THE QUALITATIVE

1:20:54RESPONSES WITH QUANTITATIVE

1:20:56METRICS TO PROVIDE A HOLISTIC

1:20:57VIEW AND REVIEW OF PUBLIC SAFETY

1:20:59AND THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS IS

1:21:01NO DIFFERENT IN THAT REGARD. ONE

1:21:05METRIC THAT DID STAND OUT TO

1:21:07STAFF DURING THIS ANALYSIS WAS

1:21:08THE RATE OF TURNOVER AND THE

1:21:09POSITION OF CHIEF OF POLICE IN

1:21:12CONSENT DECREE CITIES. THERE IS

1:21:13VERY CLEARLY A RELATIONSHIP

1:21:16BETWEEN CONSENT DECREE CITIES

1:21:17D A RATE OF TURNOVER. AS YOU

1:21:18CAN SEE ON THE TABLE, CITIES N

1:21:23OPERATING IN A CONSENT DECREE

1:21:24HAD THREE TO FOUR CHIS IN THE

1:21:26LAST 15 YEARS, BUT THOSE WHO HAD

1:21:30ONE HA NEARLY DOUBLE THAT

1:21:35NUMBER. STAFF FOUND MANY OF THE

1:21:37STRUCTURES FEATURED IN THIS

1:21:38BRIEF ARE NEW OR ARE INFLUX.

1:21:40EACH CITY HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT

1:21:42CHANGES ON HOW THEY MANAGE AND

1:21:43DELIVER PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES

1:21:44SINCE 2020. MOST HAVE INCLUDED

1:21:48STRUCTURAL CHANGE, THE ADDITION

1:21:49OR REMOVAL OF LAYERS OF

1:21:50LEADERSHIP, AND THE

1:21:52CONSOLIDATION OF DEPARTMENTS.

1:21:54FORM OF GOVERNMENT OFTEN SHAPES

1:21:55THE CHAIN OF COMMAND. IN MANY

1:21:59COUNCIL CITIES, DEPARTMENT HDS

1:22:01GENERALLY ANSWER TO AN

1:22:02EXECUTIVE. IN COUNCIL MANAGER

1:22:06CITIES, THEY ANSWER TO AD

1:22:10ADMINI

1:22:11ADMINISTRATORS. OAKLAND AND

1:22:12MINNEAPOLIS ARE OUTLIERS IN THAT

1:22:20REGARD. THE CITIES PROFILED HERE

1:22:23ADD 5 IN NEW ORLEANS, OTHERS

1:22:30HAVE AVERAGED 3 OR 4 IN THE SAME

1:22:32PERIOD. DIFFERENT IN TITLE, THE

1:22:35FUNCTION OF THE POSITION ACROSS

1:22:36THE ORGANIZATIONS ARE

1:22:38OPERATIONALLY THE SAME, WHETHER

1:22:40IT'S DEPUTY OR ASSISTANT MAYOR,

1:22:45THEY DO NOT REQUIRE COUNCIL

1:22:47CONFIRMATION FOR THEIR

1:22:55APPOINTMENT. SIMILARLY IN

1:22:55SEATTLE, THE DIRECTOR OF

1:22:57DEPARTMENTS IS APPOINTED AND

1:22:58CONFIRMED BY THE COUNCIL BUT

1:23:01THIS POSITION COVERS ALL CITY

1:23:02DEPARTMENTS RATHER THAN JUST

1:23:04PUBLIC FETY. LASTLY, WE FOUND

1:23:06THAT THERE IS PROBABLY NOT A LI

1:23:12IN THAT THERE ARE WAY TOO MANY

1:23:14VARIABLES TO CORRELATE THE TWO.

1:23:16HOWER, WE DID FIND A STUDY ON

1:23:19THE OAKLAND POLICE DEPTMENT

1:23:22CITING THAT THEY SUGGESTED THE

1:23:23RESULTS WERE MORE CLOSELY

1:23:24DEPENDENT ON FUNDING AND

1:23:26LEADERSHIP CONTINUITY RATHER

1:23:29TH ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN. SO

1:23:32WITH THAT, I WILL BE HAPPY TO

1:23:34ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE

1:23:36COMMITTEE MAY HAVE.

1:23:37>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON

1:23:39THIS. SEEING IF ANYONE OF OUR

1:23:42COLLEAGUES HE ANY QUESTIONS OR

1:23:44COMMENTS. COUNCIL MEMBER

1:23:45WONSLEY.

1:23:46>> THANK YOU CHAIR CHAVEZ. AO

1:23:47JUST WANTED TO GIVE KUDOS TO LRO

1:23:49FOR RISING TO THE OCCASION AGAIN

1:23:52WITH DELIVERING A PRETTY, I

1:23:56THINK VERY THOROUGH REPORT,

1:23:58LOOKING AT THE 19 PAGES OF THE

1:24:00BRIEF, REALLY LOOKING AT EITHER

1:24:04COMPARABLE CITIES AS THEY ARE

1:24:06APPROACHING HOW TO BETTER

1:24:09OUTCOMES IN PUBLIC SAFETY FOR

1:24:10THEIR RESIDENTS AND STRUCTURES

1:24:14THEY UTILIZED IN THAT GOAL AND

1:24:16SOME INSIGH ON THAT,

1:24:18ESPECIALLY AS YOU NAMED, WERE

1:24:19GOING TO BE HAVING A

1:24:21CONVERSATION ABOUT THE FUTURE OF

1:24:23OUR OWN SAFETY SYSTEM AND THE

1:24:26ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE THAT IS

1:24:28GUIDING THAT LITERALLY NEXT

1:24:29WEEK. I THINK THIS IS VERY

1:24:32TIMELY INFORMATION AS WE'RE

1:24:33ABOUT TO GO IO A LEGISLATIVE

1:24:35CONVERSATION AROUND GOVERNMENT

1:24:36STRUCTURE AND AGAIN MAKING SURE

1:24:38WE'RE ALIGNING OUR

1:24:40STRUCTURE IN A WAY THAT PROMOTES

1:24:42SAFE FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS

1:24:44AND A CLEAR WAY, AND ELIMINATING

1:24:47ANY UNNECESSARY BARRIERS THAT

1:24:49HINDERS THAT GOAL. I AM REALLY

1:24:51EXCITED TO DIG INTO THE

1:24:53BALTIMORE EXAMPLE A LITTLE BIT

1:24:54D BEING ABLE TO READ MORE ON

1:24:56THAT. YOU MENTIONED THEY ARE

1:25:00EXPANDING THAT OFFICE. I JUST

1:25:02WANTED TO MAKE SURE I HEARD Y

1:25:04CORRECTLY AT THE END, IF THAT

1:25:05WAS THE ONE YOU POINTED TOHAT

1:25:08FUNDING AND THERE WAS SOMETHING

1:25:09ELSE YOU NAMED THAT HAS SHOWN

1:25:12MORE OF AN IMPACT. WAS THAT THE

1:25:15OAKLAND CASE?

1:25:16>> THROUGH THECHAIR, COUNCIL

1:25:18MEMBER WONSLEY, YES. BOTH OF

1:25:20THOSE THINGS YOU SAID WERE TRUE.

1:25:24THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF SAFETY AND

1:25:26ENGAGEMENT IN BALTIMORE IS THE

1:25:28ONE THAT IS BEING CODIFY IN T

1:25:29PROCESS OF BEING CODIFIED RIGHT

1:25:31NOW WI THE $16 MLION

1:25:32INVESTMENT FROM THE MAYOR'S

1:25:34PROPOSED BUDGET, AS WELL AS

1:25:35MONEY FROM THE STATE OF

1:25:40MARYLAND. THEN THE RESEARCH THAT

1:25:42I REFERENCED ABOUT OAKLAND

1:25:45HIGHLIGHTING FUNDINGND CONTY

1:25:48NEWTY WAS ABOUT THE CITY OF

1:25:51OAKLAND, NOT THE CITY OF

1:25:52BALTIMORE.

1:25:53>> GOT YOU, THANK YOU. SO THE

1:25:55CITY O BALTIMORE. SORRY, I'M

1:25:58CONFUSING THEM. OAKLANDS THE

1:26:00ONE THAT IS CODIFYING RIGHT NOW

1:26:01OR IS THAT BALTIMOR

1:26:03>> NO, MA'AM, THROUGH THE CHAIR,

1:26:05BALTIMORE IS CODIFYING. THE

1:26:08RESEARCH THAT WE WERE

1:26:09REFERENCING IN OAKLAND IS AS OF

1:26:132023 IN REFERENCE T THE

1:26:14PREVIOUS 6 OR 7 YEARS OF THEIR

1:26:16PUBLIC SAFETY OPERATIONS.

1:26:18>> IS THERE A WAY FOR A FOLLOW

1:26:20UP? I WAS JUST LOOKING THROUGH

1:26:21AND I DIDN'T SEE IN THE

1:26:23FOOTNOTES LINKED TO THAT

1:26:25CODIFICATION LANGUAGE, IF IT'S

1:26:27PUBLIC. COULD YOU FOLLOW UP WITH

1:26:28THE MEMOND SHARE THAT WITH US?

1:26:30>> YES, MAM.

1:26:31>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

1:26:32>> VICE CHAIR STEVENSON.

1:26:33>> SO MY QUESTION, IT SEEMS LIKE

1:26:35IN A FEW OF THESE YOU WERE

1:26:38MENTIONING ASSISTANT MAYORS,

1:26:40DEPUTY MAYORS, DEPUTY PUBLIC --

1:26:42YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT TITLES. WERE

1:26:44THOSE ALL ONE POSITION OR WERE

1:26:47THOSE DEPARTMENTS?

1:26:49>> THROUGHHE CHAIR, COUNCIL

1:26:52MEMBER STEVENSON, I THINK IT

1:26:54DEPENDS ON THE CITY. THERE WERE

1:26:59EXAMPLES OF A MAYOR OF PUBLIC

1:27:01SAFETY WHO WOULD OVERSEE ALLF

1:27:03THE PUBLIC SAFETY INITIATIVES,

1:27:05BUT THEN THERE WOULD BE ELEMENTS

1:27:06OF PUBLIC SAFETY THAT WAS

1:27:08UNDERNEATH A DIFFERENT DEPUTY

1:27:09MAYOR. THERE WERE CITIES THAT

1:27:11HAVE MULTIPL DEPUTY MAYORS,

1:27:13THERE WERE CITIES THAT HAD ONE

1:27:16AND CITIES THAT HAD NONE. SO IF

1:27:18THERE WAS A DEPUTY MAYOR, THERE

1:27:20ISENERALLY NOT A SPECIFIC

1:27:21DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY IN

1:27:22OUR RESEARCH. THERE WAS A DEPUTY

1:27:26MAYOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY THAT

1:27:28OVERSAW VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.

1:27:29>> OKAY. THAT ANSWERED MY

1:27:31QUESTION. MY QUESTION WAS ABOUT,

1:27:33WE HAVE OCS, WHICH IS MORE THAN

1:27:36ONE POSITION. YOU KNOW, IT'S

1:27:37MULTIPLE POSITIONS. SO IT SOUNDS

1:27:40TO ME THAT IN MORE OTHER PLACES,

1:27:43IT'S AN INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS A

1:27:44JOB THAT IS OVERSEEING RATHER

1:27:48THAN MULTIPLE POSITIONS.

1:27:50>> THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT

1:27:51WE FOUND.

1:27:52>> THAT IS WHAT WE FOUND. THANK

1:27:58YOU.

1:27:58>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE.

1:27:59>> I THINK THE OPENING EXAMPLE

1:28:02WAS INTERESTING, THE ROLE OF THE

1:28:04OVERSIGHT CIVILIAN BODIES. THEY

1:28:06ARE A STEPN THE PROCESS FOR

1:28:08SELECTING THE CHIEF. CAN YOU

1:28:11REMIND ME AGAIN, IS THAT BY

1:28:14CHARTER?

1:28:14>> THROUGH THE CHAIR, COCIL

1:28:17PRESIDENT PAYNE, I CANNOT

1:28:18REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

1:28:21IT'S BY CHARTER OR ORDINANCE. I

1:28:23CAN FOLLOW UP ON THAT IF YOU

1:28:24WOULD LIKE?

1:28:26>> MAYBE FOLLOW UP WITH ME ON

1:28:28THAT. THEN THE OTH QUESTION I

1:28:29HAD, IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS

1:28:31COMMON TO HAVE EITHER AN

1:28:33ASSISTANT MAYOR OR DEPUTY MAYOR

1:28:34THAT IS OVERSEEING THESE

1:28:38DEPARTMENTS. DO YOU KNOW

1:28:40SIMILARLY, THIS MIGHT HAVE TO BE

1:28:41A FOLLOW UP BECAUSE I THINK IT

1:28:45WAS IN BALTIMORE, IT WAS AN

1:28:47EXAMPLE OF THAT, ST. PAUL JUST

1:28:49PLEMENTED AN EXAMPLE OF THAT.

1:28:52WAS THAT -- DI THOSE CITIES

1:28:55HAVE A LONG TRADITION OF THE

1:28:56ROLE OF A DEPUTY MAYOR OR

1:29:00SUBSEQUENT MAYORS AS THEY COME

1:29:01IN, THEY USE THEIR EXECUTIVE

1:29:03AUTHORITY TO CREATE THE ROLE

1:29:05THAT REPORTS DIRECTLY TO THEM.

1:29:06THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCIL

1:29:08PRESIDENT PAYNE,REAT QUESTION.

1:29:10A MIX OF ALL OF THAT, IN CITIES

1:29:16OF NEW ORLEANS OR BALTORE, THE

1:29:18ROLE HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR A

1:29:19LONG TI. IN CITIES LIKE ST.

1:29:22PAUL, THE POSITION OF ASSISTANT

1:29:23MAYOR IS NEW THIS YEAR. THE

1:29:25PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION OPERATED

1:29:27WITH ONE DEPUTY MAYOR. THEN IN

1:29:32SEATTLE, AGAIN A CHANGE WHERE IN

1:29:35THE PAS THERE H BEEN MULTIPLE

1:29:37DEPUTIES AND THERE IS A LINK IN

1:29:40THE PRESENTATION OR IN THE BRIEF

1:29:42TO AN INTERVIEW WITH THEURRENT

1:29:45MAYOR WHO OPINED THAT THE MAYOR

1:29:51ELECT AT THE TIME, HER PLAN WAS

1:29:54TO CONSOLIDATE SOME OF THOSE

1:29:56DEPUTY MAYORAL POSITIONS INTO

1:30:02ONE AND ACHIE ADMINISTRATION

1:30:03OFFICER OR CHIEF DIRECTOR OF

1:30:04DEPARTMENTS TO REDUCEACTIONS

1:30:06WITHIN THE DEPUTY MAYOR'S

1:30:09SYSTEM.

1:30:10>> THANK YOU.

1:30:12>> THA YOU SO MUCH FOR THE

1:30:13PRESENTATION NICK. SEEING NO

1:30:16FURTHER DISCUSSION, I WILL ASK

1:30:17THE CLERK TO RECEIVE AND FILE

1:30:18THAT REPORT. COLLEAGUES, THE

1:30:21NEXT TWO ITEMS WE CAN TAKE

1:30:24TWOETH. OUR LAST TWO ITEMS ARE

1:30:26RECEIVING AND FILING ITEMS

1:30:28REGARDIN THE POLICE CHIEF

1:30:29HIRING PROCESS, ONE IS

1:30:32RECOMMENDATIONS ON POLICE

1:30:33OVERSIGHT AND THE SECOND IS

1:30:35RECOMMENDATIONS APPROVED BY THE

1:30:37MINNEAPOLIS COMMISSION ON CIVIL

1:30:39RIGHTS. I WANTED TO OFFER A FEW

1:30:41COMMENTS BEFORE WE RECEIVE AND

1:30:43FILE THESE. A RESOLUTION FROM

1:30:46THE COMMUNITY COMMISSION ON

1:30:48POLICE OVERSIGHT THEY ADOPTED IN

1:30:50AUGUST LAYING OUT HOW THEY WOULD

1:30:51LIKE THE COMMUNITY TO BE

1:30:52INVOLVED IN THE HIRING OF OUR

1:30:54NEXT POLICE CHIEF. MUCH OF THE

1:30:56PROCESS COVERED ALREADY HAS

1:30:57MOVED FORWARD BUT IT IS STILL

1:30:59HELPFUL TO HAVE THE CCPO'S

1:31:01PERSPECTIVE HERE ON THE PUBLIC

1:31:03RECORD AS COUNCIL GETS READY TO

1:31:04MAKE A DECISION ON THE NEXT

1:31:06CHIE I WOULD ALSO LIKE THE

1:31:07ADMINISTRATION TO FOLLOW UP WITH

1:31:09THIS COMMITTEE ON WHAT HAPPENED

1:31:10WITH THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS,

1:31:12WHICH ONES WERE USED, WHICH

1:31:14WEREN'T, AND WHY. CCPO ASKED FOR

1:31:16THAT EXPLANATION IN THE

1:31:17RESOLUTION. I THINK THE COUNCIL

1:31:18AND THE PUBLICHOULD SEE IT

1:31:21TOO, IDEALLY BEFORE THE FOURTH

1:31:25HEARING. IT ALSO ASKED US AS A

1:31:26COUNCIL FOR AN EXPLANATION AS

1:31:29WELL, WHICH I THINK WE SHOULD

1:31:30PROVIDE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

1:31:33ITEM NUMBER 19, A LETTER FROM

1:31:34THE MINNEAPOLIS COMMISSION ON

1:31:36CIVIL RIGHTS ABOUT THE POLICE

1:31:37CHIEF SEARCH. THE COMMISSION

1:31:40ASKED ME FOR THE FINALISTS

1:31:43BEFORE THE MAYOR MADE THE

1:31:44NOMINATION. THEY ASKED THAT THE

1:31:46CIVIL RIGHTS QUALIFICATIONS BE

1:31:48BUILT INTO HOW CANDIDATES WERE

1:31:52EVALU

1:31:53EVALUATED. WE HAVE SEEN THE USE

1:31:56OF FORCE WORKING WITH CIVILIAN

1:31:58OVERSIGHT, BUILDING TRUST WITH

1:31:59IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, AND A

1:32:01CLEAR COMMUNICATION ON HOW THE

1:32:03RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MPD ENGAGES

1:32:05WITH FEDERAL IMMIGRATION. THEY

1:32:07ALSO EXTENDED AN OPEN INVITATION

1:32:09TO THE FINALISTS THAT ATTENDED

1:32:10THE COMMUNITY COMMISSION

1:32:12MEETING, THE CIVIL RIGHTS

1:32:14COMMISSION ETING. I THINK THE

1:32:16LETTER IS IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY

1:32:19AFTER THE OPERATION METRO SURGE

1:32:20HERE IN OUR CITY AND IT PROVIDES

1:32:23A THOUGHTFUL PERSPECTIVE FROM

1:32:24THE CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION THAT

1:32:25I THINK WE SHOULD CONSIDER AS W

1:32:29THE CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION AND

1:32:31ALSOHE CCPO FOR THEIR WORK ON

1:32:33THIS. I WILL PASS IT NT TO

1:32:37COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY.

1:32:38>> THANK YOU CHAIR AVEZ. AS

1:32:41YOU ECHOED IN YOUR COMMENTS, I

1:32:43THINK TS INFORMATION PRESENTED

1:32:45BY BOTH THE CCPO, AS WELL AS THE

1:32:47COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS IS

1:32:53REA

1:32:53REALLY IMPERATIVE IN THINGS THAT

1:32:55WE SHOULD TAKE INTO

1:32:56CONSIDERATION AS WE'RE

1:32:59APPROACHING THE PROPOSED

1:33:00NOMINATION FOR POLICE CHIEF AT

1:33:04OUR NEXT PHSE MEETING. WITH THAT

1:33:08SAID, I WANT TO KNOW IF BOTH OF

1:33:10THESE THINGS COULD BE LINKED TO

1:33:11THAT LIMS FILE F THE PUBLIC

1:33:16HEARING A NOMINATION, JUST TO

1:33:17MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC CAN S

1:33:21RESIDENTS AND OUR ADVISORY

1:33:22BOARDS RLLY TRY TO BE PART OF

1:33:25THE SELECTION PROCESS AND TO

1:33:26MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE HAVING

1:33:30COUNITY FEEDBACK IN A SERIO

1:33:32WAY, THAT REALLY COULD SHAPE THE

1:33:36FINAL DECISION THE WAY THAT

1:33:38PEOP FELT ASSURED WE WERE

1:33:40GOING TO HAVIED

1:33:44CANDATE,HAT WAS GOING TO

1:33:45MEET SPECIFICOMMITMENTS AND

1:33:48SPIFIC DEMANDS AND NEEDS. I

1:33:50JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IS

1:33:51ALSO INCLUDED, AS YOU MENTIONED

1:33:54IN THE PUBLIC RECORD, WHEN WE'RE

1:33:56TAKING UP THAT ITEM IN REAL-TIME

1:33:58AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK

1:34:00YOU ALSO TO OUR ADVISORY BOARD

1:34:02FOR TAKING THE TIME. VERY

1:34:07CLEARLY ARTICULATING YOUR DESIRE

1:34:08TO BE PART OF IT. IT SEEMS LIKE

1:34:10THAT DID NOT HAPPEN ON BEHALF OF

1:34:12THEMAYOR'S ADMINISTRATION. SO

1:34:15ANY WAY WE CAN AGAIN MAKE IT

1:34:16CLEAR THAT WE TAKE OUR ABCs OR

1:34:19OUR ADVISORY BOARDS SERIOUS. I

1:34:20THINK THIS IS A GREAT

1:34:21OPPORTUNITY TO DEMONSTRATE THAT

1:34:24AND MAKIN SURE THAT THEIR

1:34:26EXPERTISE IS REFLECTED. AT LEAST

1:34:29IN THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS.

1:34:32>> SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON QUEUE,

1:34:35NO FURTHER DISCUSSIO FROM

1:34:35COUNCIL MEMBERS, I WILL ASKHE

1:34:38CLERK TO FILE THOSE COMMENTS AND

1:34:40TO ENSURE WE CAN ADD THOSE TWO

1:34:45FILES INTO THE PUBLIC HEANG

1:34:47THAT IS HAPPENING NEXT CYCLE.

1:34:49ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO FURTHER

1:34:50BUSINESS BEFORE US, I WILL

1:34:52DECLARE THIS MEETING ADJOURNED.

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