2026-10-27 - Intergovernmental Relations Committee

00:21>>OOD MORNING AND WELCOME. MY

00:22THA NAME IS AURIN CHOWDHURY,THEE

00:28INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

00:28COMMITTEE. I'LL CALLO ORDER

00:30OUR REGULAR MEETING FOR TUESDAY,

00:32OCTOBER 27, 2026. I WANT TO

00:33OFFER A FRIENDLY REMINDER TO ALL

00:35COMMITTEE MEMBERS, STAFF, AND

00:37THE PUBLIC THAT THESE MEETINGS

00:38E BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE

00:40GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

00:41THESE BROADCASTS INCLUDE REAL

00:43TIME CAPTIONING AS A FURTHER

00:45METHOD TO INCREASE THE

00:47ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR PROCEEDINGS

00:48TO THE COMMUNITY. THEREFORE ALL

00:51SPEAKERS NEED BE MINDFUL OF

00:52THE RATE OF THEIR SPEECH SO THAT

00:54OUR CAPTIONERS CAN FULLY CAPTURE

00:56AND TRANSCRIBE ALL COMMENTS FOR

00:57THE BROADCA. WE ASK ALL

01:01SPEAKERS TO MODERATE THE SPEED

01:02AND CLARITY OF THEIR COMMENTS.

01:05I'LL NOW HAVE THE CLERK CAL THE

01:07ROLL TO VERIFY THE PRESENCE OF A

01:11QUORUM.

01:11>> COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE.

01:12>> PRENT.

01:14>> WONSLEY IS ABSENT. VETAW IS

01:17ABSENT. WARREN IS ABSENT.

01:20OSMAN IS ABSENT. SHAFFER.

01:23>> PRESENT.

01:24>> STEVENSON.

01:25>> PRESENT.

01:26>> CHAVEZ.

01:27>> PRESENT.

01:28>> CHUGHTAI.

01:29>> PRESENT.>> WHITING. IS ABSEN

01:32PALMISANO.

01:33>> PRESE.

01:34>> VICE CHAIR RAINVILLE.

01:36>> PRESENT.

01:36>> AND CHAIR CHOWDHURY.

01:37>> PRESENT.

01:38>> THERE ARE EIGHT MEMBERS

01:40PRESENT.

01:40>> LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE

01:42HAVE A QUORUM.

01:44ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES. FIRST,

01:46THERE IS A WALK-ON ITEM AUTHORED

01:49BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ,

01:50MYSELF, UNCIL MEMBER OSMAN,

01:52AND COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI

01:54RELATED TO CALLING ON THE U.S.

01:56DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

01:58TO DESIGNATE HAITI FOR TEMPORARY

02:00PROTECTED STATUS. WITHOUT

02:02OBJECTION, I'LL GO AHEAD AND ADD

02:03THE ITEM TO THE END OF OUR

02:05AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION. WE HAVE

02:08TWO ITEMS TO RECEIVE AND FILE

02:10TODAY. WE'RE GOING TO START

02:12WITH OUR 2027 POLICY POSITIONS

02:15AND THEN OUR FEDERAL UPDATE.

02:17SO, FIRST, WE'LL KICK IT OFF

02:19WITH THOSE DRAFT 2027

02:21LEGISLATIVE POLICY POSITIONS. I

02:24WILL ALSO NOTE FOR MEMBERS IN

02:28OUR CONVERSATIONS TT WE'VE HAD

02:31ABOUT OUR 2027IGRGENDA, WE'LL

02:35BE ANTICIPATING ON

02:36DECEMBER 1st, WHEN OUR NEXT

02:37MEING IS, TO TAKE FINAL ACTION

02:39AND AMENDMENTS ON THAT FULL

02:41AGENDA. THIS IS A OPPORTUNITY

02:44TO HEAR ABOUT THE DISCUSSIONS

02:46TH OUR IGR TEAM HAVE HAD WITH

02:50THE DEPARTMENT-LEVEL STAFF. TO

02:52WITH THAT, I'LL INVITE DIRECTOR

02:55STEVE HOUSEMAN FOR THE

02:58PRESENTATION. .

03:00>> >>: THANK YOU. MY NAME IS

03:03STEVE HOUSER. SO TODAY WE'LL BE

03:09PRESENTING TO YOU THE POLICY

03:12LIAIN TEAM PROCESS, WHICH IS

03:14THE INTERDEPARTMENT PROCESS WE

03:15DO WITHIN THE CITY TO LOOK AT

03:18OUR CURRENT POLICIES AS WELL ASS

03:22TO OUR LEGISLATIVE POLICY

03:25DOCUMENT.

03:26WE'LL GO OVER THE NEW

03:28RECOMMENDED POLICIES IGR H

03:29GONE THROUGH WITH THE

03:30DEPARTMENTS AND RECOMMENDING TO

03:32PUT FORWARD TO ADD TO THE

03:34CURRENT DOCUMENT. AND THEN GIVE

03:35YOU A PREVIEW OF THE DRAFT 2027

03:38LEGISLATIVE AGENDA UPDATE. AND

03:39HOW THAT PROCESS WILL WORK MOVE

03:42TOWARD THE DECEMBER 1st

03:45COMMITTEE HEARING

03:46I'M GOING TO PAUSE HERE AND

03:50INVITE MS. FALANA.

04:05>> GOOD MORNING. I'LL PROVIDING

04:08AN OVERVIEW OF THE POLICY

04:10PROCESS AND THEN THE DIRECTOR

04:11AND I WILL PRESENT ON THE POLICY

04:13RECOMMENDATIONS. SO THE POLICY

04:15LIAISON TM PROCESS, AS WE CALL

04:18IT PLT, IS COORDINATED BY OUR

04:20DEPARTMENT AND IT'S OUR ANNUAL

04:23PROCESS WHICH CITYTAFF

04:25EVALUATE PROPOSED CHANGES FOR

04:26POSSIBLE INCLUSION ON CITY

04:28STANDING POLICIES A AGENDA.

04:35AND THEN THE POLICY LIAISON TEAM

04:37IS MAD UP OF INTERDEPARTMENTAL

04:39CITY STAFF. A FEW STAFF MEMBERS

04:42FROM EACH DEPARTMENT IS WHAT

04:43MAKES UP OUR POLICY LIAISON

04:45TEAM.

04:46THE POLICY LIAISON TEAM

04:50PROPOSALS AND SUGGESTED POLICIES

04:51FOR INCLUSION. AND WE ALSO

04:54PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR

04:55DEPARTMENTS TO WEIGH IN AS PART

04:56OF OUR PROCESS ON WHAT POLICIES

04:58TH FEEL ARE A PRIORITY FOR THE

05:02UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND

05:03YEAR TO BE ADDED TO OUR

05:04PLATFORM.

05:05TODAY WE 11 RECOM 11

05:10RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOU. NEW

05:12POLICY OR AMENDMENTS TO THE

05:12CURRENT POLICY. AND THE 2027

05:14DRAFT POLICY POSITIONS AND

05:15AGENDA WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE

05:17NEXT CYCLE. DEPARTMENT STAFF

05:21PART OF PLT ARE HERE TO ANSWER

05:23ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AT

05:24THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.

05:28SO THE FIRSTROPOSAL COMES FROM

05:29OUR ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS

05:32DEPARTMENT. IT IS ADDRESSING

05:34AND DEALING WITH THE INDEPENDENT

05:36MUSIC VENUES AND RELIEF FOR

05:39THOSE VENUES. THIS YEAR THE

05:40ARTS ANDULTURAL AFFAIRS

05:43DEPARTMENTS COMMISSION EXAMINED

05:45THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS AND

05:47SUSTAINABILITY OF THE FUTURE OF

05:48WHY INDEPENDENT MUSIC VENUES

05:50ACROSS THE CITY AND THE MET POLL

05:52CONTAIN REGION. THE DATA WAS

05:53CLEAR ABOUT 80% OF THOSE VENUES

05:56ARE OPERATING WITHOUT A PROFIT.

05:58PLACING MUCH OF MINNEAPOLIS'

06:00LIVE MUSIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN A

06:01STATE OF FINANCIAL INSTABILITY.

06:03DUE TO RISING OPERATING COSTS,

06:06INCREASING RTSES AND INSURANCE

06:08PREMIUMS, INFLATION, STAFFING

06:11ORTAGES, DECLINING ALCOHOL

06:12SALES, CHANGING AUDIENCE

06:13BEHAVIORS, AND GROWING

06:14COMPETITION FORNTERTAINMENT

06:16DOLLARS. THIS HAS CREATED THE

06:18CHALLENGES FOR THESE SMALLVENUES

06:22FOR SUPPORT FROM THE STATE FOR

06:24FUNDING FOR IMMEDIATE RELIEF,

06:26FINANCIAL RELIEF FOR

06:28INDEPENDENT, SMALLUSIC VENUES.

06:29IT WILL HELP STABILIZE THE LIVE

06:31MUSIC ECOSYSTEM ANDRESERVE

06:33CRITICAL PERFORMANCE SPACES,

06:35WHICH ARE NOT ONLY ESSENTIAL

06:37CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS, BUT ALSO

06:38ECONOMIC ENGINES THAT DRIVE

06:40TOURISM, CREATE JOBS, ACTIVATE

06:42COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS, AND

06:43STRENGTHEN THE VITALITY OF OUR

06:45NEHBORHOODS.

06:45AND THEN I'LL PASS IT ON TO

06:48DIRECTOR HUSER TO CONTINUE.

06:54>> THANK YOU. COMMITTEE, SO THE

06:58NEXT PROPOSAL IS CLEAN SLATE ACT

07:01MODIFICATION. IT WAS ENACTED BY

07:03THE STATE LEGISLATURE, I BELIEVE

07:04IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS. AND

07:06WHAT THAT LEGLATION DID WAS

07:07ALLOW AN EASIER STREAMLINED PATH

07:10FOR SOME EXPUNGEMENT FOR CERTAIN

07:12TYPES OF CRIMES PEOPLE MAY HAVE

07:14HAD. AND THEY CAN GO THROUGHTHS

07:18EXPUNGED. ONE UNINTENDED

07:20CONSEQUENCE IN THE CASE OF SOME

07:22DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OFFENSES, WE

07:24ARE SEEING A SITUATION WHERE

07:26SOME OF THE VICTIMS OF THOSE

07:28CRIMES ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY

07:30BEING ABLE TO POINT TO THE

07:32CRIMES A FIND RECORD OF THEM

07:33AS PART OF A PROTECTIVE ORDER

07:35WHEN THEY GO IN FRONT OF A COURT

07:37TO GET THAT ORDER.

07:39SO WHAT THIS POSITION WOULD DO

07:41IS PUT THE CITY IN A POSITION TO

07:43SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT WOULD

07:44TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT

07:46MODIFICATIONS SPECIFIC TO THIS

07:47ISSUE. TO ADDRESS THE IDEA THAT

07:49WE NEEDO AT LEAST HAVE SOME

07:50SORT OF A RECORD TO -- FOR

07:54VICTIMS TO POINT TO IF THERE'S

07:55CONTINUED ARE ACTIVITY THAT THE

07:56WOULD REQUIRE A PROTECTIVE

07:58ORDER.

07:58THE NEXT ONE IS EXCEPTIONALLY

08:01CLEARED OFFICERS. THIS PROPOSAL

08:03WAS BROUGHT TO THE PLT FROM THE

08:07CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT. WHAT

08:08THIS POSITION WOULD DO IS

08:09SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT WOULD

08:10ALLOW FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF

08:13PEACE OFFICER MISCONDUCT AFTER

08:14AN OFFICERERE TO SEPARATE FROM

08:16A DEPARTMENT. SO, IF AN OFFICER

08:18WERE TO FIND OTHER EMPLOYMENT

08:20WITH A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT, OR

08:23JUST RESIGN FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT

08:25WORK ALL TOGETHER, CURRENTLY ANY

08:28INVESTIGATION INTO MISCONDUCT

08:29WOULD CEASE. WHA THE PROPOSAL

08:32WOULD DO IS ALLOW STATE LAW FOR

08:35THE INVESTIGATION TO CONTINUE

08:36BEYOND AND THEN HAVE THE FINDING

08:39THAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT TO BE

08:40MADE PUBLI THAT INFORMATION

08:41COULD BE USED POTENTIALLY BY

08:43FUTURE EMPLOYER. AS PART OF,

08:45LIKE, LAW ENFORCEMENT WORK AND

08:49THE LIKE.

08:51I'LL PASS IT OFF TO MS. FALANA.

08:57>> THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM WE

08:58HAVE COMES FROM THE HEALTH

09:00DEPARTMENT. HEALTH TRENDS

09:01ACROSS COMMUNITIES IN THE DATA

09:03COLLECTION PROGRAM THAT USES

09:05ELECTRONIC RECORD DAT 0 TRACK

09:07AND ANALYZE POPULATION TRENDS.

09:10IT'S USED BY LOCAL AND STATE

09:11HEALTH DEPARTMENTS AND COMMUNITY

09:13ORGANIZATIONS. AND PROVIDES

09:14CHRONIC MENTAL HEALTH, MATERNAL,

09:16AND SUBSTANCE USE CONDITIONS

09:18DOWN TO THE COUNTY DISIP COD

09:19DATA CAN BE REVIEWED BY PATIENT,

09:22ATTRIBUTED SUCH AS RACE, ETD

09:25MESSTY, LANGUAGE, SEX, AGE,

09:28HOMELESSNESS, OR INCARCERATION

09:29TO SUPPORT HEALTH EQUITY. THE

09:31MINNEAPOLIS HEALTH DEPARTMEN

09:32USES THE DATA FOR GRANT

09:33APPLICATIONS AS WELL AS TO

09:34INFORM THE PUBLIC HEALTH

09:35CAMPAIGNS. AND OVER THE YEARS,

09:36THE PROGRAM WAS FUNDED BY

09:38GRANT AT THE STATE LEVEL AND THE

09:40GRANT FUNDING HAS BEEN MOVED

09:41AROUND IN RECENT YEARS. SO

09:42HEALTH TRENDS ACROSS COMMUNITIES

09:44SN'T BEEN FUNDED ADEQUATELY.

09:46AND CONSISTENTLY.

09:48SO THE ASK IS FOR ABOUT $2 TO

09:53$5 MILLION AND OUR POSITION, THE

09:54PROPOSAL, TO ADVOCATE FOR THE

09:56CONTINUITY AND THE IMPORTANCE.

09:58THE NEXT PROPOSAL COMES FROM OUR

10:00HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AS WELL. IT

10:01ADDRESSES MEDICAL STANCE

10:03REIMBURSEMENT RATES. OUR HEALTH

10:05DEPARTMENT RUNS AND MANAGES NINE

10:07SCHOOL-BASED CLINICS WITHIN

10:08MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

10:09WITHIN THE CLINICS ARE MENTAL

10:10HEALTH THERAPISTS THAT HAVE

10:12SHARED THAT MENTAL HEALTH

10:15REIMBURSEMENT RATES TIED TO

10:16PUBLICLY FUNDED TO HEALTH

10:18INRANCE ARE TOO LOW. AS A

10:19RESULT, RATES ARE NOT COVERED.

10:21THE COST OF CARE, INCLUDING

10:25PROVIDER SALARIES AND BENEFITS.

10:27THEY HAVE SEEN INCREASES IN

10:32YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS.

10:34FEWER THERAPISTS MEAN THA FEWER

10:36HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WILL GET

10:38THE CARE NEEDED AT A TIME WHEN

10:40STUDENTS ARE AT-RISK FOR MENTAL

10:42HEALTH CRISES. AND MENTAL

10:44HEALTH NEEDS CONTINUE TO GROW

10:46CONSIDERABLY. MENTAL HEALTH

10:48SERVICES ARENDERFUNDED AND

10:49MEDICAL ASSISTANCE WORKS AS A

10:50PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE STATE

10:51AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SO

10:52THIS PROPOSAL ASKS THE STATE TO

10:55INCREASE THE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

10:56REIMBURSEMENT RATES.

10:58NEXT PROPOSAL COMES FROM HEALTH

11:02DEPARTMENT. THIS PROPOSAL WOULD

11:04CREATE A GRANT PROGRAM FOR

11:05CITIES WITH POPULATIONS OVER

11:0750,000. AND IT WOULD BE $10

11:09MILLION OVERHE NEXT EIGHT

11:11YEARS AVAILABLE TO ALL CITIES

11:14THAT MEE THE POPULATION

11:15THRESHOLD AND ELIGIBLE TO APPLY.

11:17THE GRANT PROGRAM WOULD BE

11:19FUNDED THROUGH THE RDA. IT

11:21WOULD BE DEDICATED TO PROJECTS

11:23THAT DEMONSTRATE FULL

11:27DECARBONZATION OF BUILDING

11:28ENERGY PROCESSES OR INDUSTRIAL

11:29PROCESSES FOR FUEL SOURCES. THE

11:30GRANT PROGRAM WOULD BE

11:31ADMINISTERED BY THE STATE'S

11:34CLIMATE AND INNOVATION

11:34AUTHORITY. KNOWN AS O STATE'S

11:37GREEN BANK PROVIDES FLEXIBLE

11:38FINANCING SUCH AS LOANS AND GAPE

11:41RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY

11:42PORTION OF PROJECTS INCLUDING

11:46GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS AND HVAC

11:50UPGRADES.

11:53THE NEXT PROPOSAL ALSO COMES

11:55FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

11:56THIS PROPOSAL IS MORE SPECIFIC

11:57THAN THE PREVIOUS ONE I SHARED.

11:59AS A FOCUSES ON ONLY MINNEAPOLIS

12:03PROJECTS. SO THIS FUNDING WOU

12:05COME FROM THE STATE'S GENERAL

12:07FUND USED TO SUPPORT THE

12:08DECARBONZATION AND CLIMATE GLS

12:10WITH THE INSTALLATION OF TWO

12:14GEOTHERMAL HEATING SYSTEMS THE

12:18DEMOACY CENTER AND THE WATER

12:19DISTRIBUTION FACILITY. THE

12:20FINAL ITEM COMES FROM THE HEALTH

12:25DEPARTMENT ADDRESSES BUILDING

12:25PERFORMANCE STANDARDS. S

12:29A FEW YEARS AGO. AND THAT

12:31REQUIRES OWNERS OF LARGE

12:33COMMERCIAL AND MULTIFAMILY

12:35PROPERTIES T REPORT AND TRACK

12:36THEIR WHOLE BUILDING ENERGY

12:39USAGE ANNULY TO THE STATE.

12:40THE BUILDING PERFORMANCE

12:43STANDARD COMPLEMENTS THIS BY

12:45MANDATING BUILDING OF A CERTAIN

12:46SIZE TO ACHIEVE 90% REDUCTION IN

12:49GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM

12:50THE 2005 BASELINE B2045. AND

12:53FAILURE TO MEET THE REDUCED

12:55GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION

12:56REQUIREMENTS WOULD RESULT IN A

12:59FEE. I'LL CALL UP DIRECTOR

13:07HUSER.

13:08>> THANK YOU. THE NEXT PROPOSAL

13:14CAME FROM OUR RACE, EQUITY, AND

13:16INCLUSION DEPARTMENT. THIS WAS

13:18THE DISABILITY WAGE JUSTICE

13:20PROPOSAL. WHAT THIS PROPOSAL

13:21WOULD DO IS SUPPORT THE ANY

13:24LEGISLATION TO DISCONTINUE SUB

13:26MINIMUM WAGES FO PEOPLE WITH

13:27DISABILITIES. THIS IS CURRENT

13:29POLICY IN OUR LEGISLATIVE

13:30POLICIES, SO WE DO HAVE THIS FOR

13:32NOT ONLY FOR THOSE WITH

13:34DISABILITIES, B ALSO FROM OUR

13:36INCARCERATED PEOPLE, AS WELL.

13:38BUT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THISONER

13:42WILL LOOK FOR OTHER

13:43OPPORTUNITIES IF ARE THE MAYOR'S

13:44OFFICE AND THE COUNCIL TO EITHER

13:46BE PART OF CLITIONS OR SIGN

13:48LETTERS TO THE EFFECT. AS WELL

13:50AS OUR LEGISLATIVE POLICIES.

13:53THE NEXT PROPOSAL IS FOR

13:58MS. FALANA. THANK YOU.

14:00>> THANK YOU.

14:01THIS NEXT PROPOSAL COMES FROM

14:02THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY

14:04DEPARTMENT. 2011 MINNESOTA

14:05PASSED LEGISLATION TO CREATE AT

14:07PROGRAM CALLED SAFE HARBOR. THE

14:08PROGRAM WAS FUL IMPLEMENTED IN

14:112014 AND WE WERE ONE OF THE

14:12FIRST STATES TOOING ?

14:14DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS. TO

14:16SHIFT TO A PUBLIC HEALTH

14:18APPROACH WHEN, UMM, AH,

14:20INTERACTING WITH SEXUALLY

14:21EXPLOITED AND TRAFFICKED YOUTH.

14:24UMM, THE PROGRAM IS RUN THROUGH

14:25THE STATE'S DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN

14:27SERVICES, AND FOCUSES ON

14:28PREVENTION, OUTREACH,

14:30NAVIGATION, CULTURALLY

14:31RESPONSIVE, AND TRAUMA-INFORMED

14:33SERVICES SUCH AS HOUSING

14:34CONNECTIONS, HEALTH AND MENTAL

14:37HEALTH CARE, AS WELL AS ECONOMIC

14:39STABILITY, LEGAL SUPPORT, AND

14:41INDIVIDUALIZED NEEDS. THIS

14:43PROGRAM FOCUSESN YOUTH GOING

14:44TO AGE 24. IT CREATES A GAP IN

14:45SERVICES FOR THOSE WHO ARE AGE L

14:49CALLS ON THE STATE TO CREATE A

14:51SIMILAR PROGRAM F THOSE AGE 25

14:52AND OLDER. UMM, I BELIEVE THE

14:54FUNDING AMOUNT TO START UP A

14:56PROGRAM LIKE THIS WOULD BE ABOUT

15:00$4 MILLION. ND I WILL CALL UP

15:03DIRECTOR HUSER AGAIN.

15:05>> ALL RIGHT. AND THE LAST

15:06PROPOSAL ON THE SLIDE IS FOR

15:09FROM OUR PUBLIC WORKS

15:11DEPARTMENT. LOW-INCOME

15:13RESIDENTIAL WATER SERVICES

15:14AFFORDABILITY PROGRAM. THIS

15:16PROPOSAL WOULD DO IS THATHE

15:17CITY WOULD SUPPORT LEGISLATION

15:18TO CREATE A STATE-WIDE

15:21LOW-INCOME WATER AFFORDABILITY

15:22PROGRAM. THIS WOULD BE SIMILAR

15:24TO THE HEATING ASSISTANCE

15:24PROGRAM THAT IS CURRENTLY STATE

15:26LAW THAT ALLOWS FOR STATE FUNDS

15:28TO BE USED TO OFFSET THE COSTS

15:30FOR THOSE WHO QUALIFY FOR

15:32HEATING ASSISTANCE. THE IDEA

15:35BEHIND THIS PROPOSAL YOU WOULD

15:37USE A SIMILAR QUALIFYING SET OF

15:39DATA TO ALLOW FOR A WATER

15:44ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. THE FUND

15:46WOULD BE SUPPORTED BY A FEE ON

15:48SERVICE CONNECTIONS. AND, UMM,

15:49IT WOULD BE STATE IMPLEMENTED.

15:51SO THE MONEY WOULD BE ALLOCATED

15:53BY THE STATE. WHAT IT WOULD

15:55MEAN IS THAT FEWER LOW-INCOME

15:58RESIDENTS WOULD FACE WATER

16:00INCOME SHUTOFFS AND SYSTEMS

16:01WOULD GET MORE MONEY IN THE LONG

16:03RUN. BECAUSE THOSE FOLKS WOULD

16:04STILL BE ABLE TO PAY THOSE WATER

16:09BILLS WITHOUT THOSE -- THAT FUND

16:11THEY MAY NOT. SO I BELIEVE THAT

16:16IS THE -- I CAN PAUSE THERE.

16:18THAT'S THE TOTAL OF THE 11

16:20PROPOSALS THAT WE HAVE FOR U

16:22TODAY. AND I CAN PAUSE HERE IF

16:24THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. WE

16:25HAVE STAFF FROM OTHER

16:27DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE

16:28IF THERE'S ANY TECICAL

16:30QUESTIONS THAT OUR STAFF AND IGR

16:32CAN'T QUITE HANDLE.

16:33. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

16:34>> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR HUSER.

16:36WE HAVE, A COUPLE OF FOLKS IN

16:40QUEUE. GOING TO COUNCIL MEMBER

16:42CHAVEZ.

16:42>> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY.

16:43THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

16:46IF WE CAN GO TO PAGE, I THINK

16:49SEVEN. REGARDING THE DISABILITY

16:52WAGE JUSTICE. DO YOU HAVE THE

16:53LANGUAGE FOR THIS? I'M ASSUMING

16:57SUPPORTING GETTING RID OF THE

16:58SUB MINIMUM WAGE FOR PEOPLE WITH

16:59DISABILITIES OR ARE W LOOKING

17:00AT SOMETHING ELSE?

17:02>> MADAM CHAIR, COUNCIL MBER

17:04CHAVEZ. YES, IN THE CURRENT

17:062026 LEGISLATIVE POLICY

17:08DOCUMENT, WE HAVE IN TWO SPOTS

17:10IN THAT POLICY DOCUMENT WE HAVE

17:12LANGUAGE TO THE EFFECT OF

17:14SUPPORTING LEGISLATION TO

17:15DISCONTINUE SUB MINIMUM WAGES

17:16FOR THOSE WH DISABILITIES. AS

17:19WELL AS THOSE WHO ARE

17:20INCARCERATED. SO I DON'T KNOW

17:23THAT WE -- I WILL TAKE ANOTHER

17:24LOOK AT THE LANGUAGE T SEE IF

17:26THERE IS ANY NEED FOR

17:28MODIFICATION TO THE CURRENT

17:30LANGUAGE. BUT WE ARE, TODAY OUR

17:32POLICY WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD

17:35SUPPORT THAT.

17:35>> OKAY. MAYBE I NEED

17:37CLARIFICATION. IT SAYS NEWND

17:39AMENDED. IS THERE GOING TO BE

17:40NEW LANGUAGE? THE WAY I READ IT

17:42NOW IT SAYS WE SUPPORT GETTING

17:43RID OF SUB MIN MINIMUM WAGES

17:48BUT IT DOESN'T DISTINGUISH. I

17:50KNOW THERE'S BEEN BAD WAGES FOR

17:52PEOPLE IN PRISONS AND JAILS GET

17:53PAID. AND THEN I SUPPORT

17:55GETTING RID OF THE SUB MINIMUM

17:57WAGE FOR PEOPLE WITH

17:58DISABILITIES, AS WELL. I GUESS

18:00IS THAT NEW LANGUAGE GOING TO BE

18:02INCLUDED? JUST CLARIFYING OUR

18:05LEGISLATIVE AGENDA? I GUESS?

18:06>> YEAH, MADAMHAIR, THANK YOU

18:08FOR THE CHANCE TO CLARIFY,

18:10COUNCIL MEMBER. MY RECOLLECTION

18:13AND REVIEW OF THE POLICY

18:14DOCUMENT, WE SPECIFY BOTH. SO

18:16BOTH DISABILITY SUB MINIMUM WAGE

18:19FOR THOSE WITH DISABILITIES IS

18:20SPECIFICALLY CALLE OUT AS WELL

18:21AS THOSE INCARCERATED. WE HAVE

18:23BOTH SPECIFIED. I'LL DO DUE

18:28DILIGENCE AND TAKE ONE MORE LOOK

18:33AND MAKE SURE IT INDEED READS

18:35THAT WAY.

18:35>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE

18:36TALKING ABOUT THE NEW DOCUMENT

18:37NOT THE O THAT WAS LAST YEAR.

18:39ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT LAST

18:40YEAR'S? I GUESS THAT'S WHERE

18:41I'M GETTING CONFUSED.

18:42>> MADAM CHAIR, YEAH, THANK YOU,

18:44COUNCIL MEMBER. YES, SO, GOOD

18:47CHANCE TO KIND OF LET YOU IN ON

18:48THE HOW IT HAPPENS BEHIND THE

18:50SCENES. WHAT I IGRILL DO IS

18:56TAKE WHAT WE GET FROM THE POLICY

18:58LIAISON POLICY. WE INCORPORATE

19:00THAT INTO THE CURRENT 2026

19:01DOCUMENT. SO THAT IS OUR 2026

19:04DOCUMENT IS OUR STARTING POINT.

19:05WE MAKE AMENDMENTS TO THAT.

19:08SOMETIMES THAT MEANS WE HAVE

19:09RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE REMOVE

19:11POLICY POSITIONS BECAUSE WE'VE

19:13ACHIEVED THAT GOAL. SOME YEARS

19:15WE ALSO HAVE, LIKE, OUR BONDING

19:17PRIORITY LIST IN THE DOCUMENT.

19:19YOU KNOW, LUCKILY FOR US, I'LL

19:21BE ABLE TO CROSS OUT A FEW OF

19:22THOSE. WE WERE SUCCESSFUL LAST

19:24LEGISLATIVE SESON IN GETTING

19:25FUNDING FOR THE PROJECTS.

19:26SO THERE WILL BE SOME ITEMS

19:30REMOVED FROM THE 2026 POLICY

19:32DOCUMENT AS A STARTING DRAFT FOR

19:35THE 2027 POLICY DOCUMENT. AND

19:37WE'RE RECOMMDING THAT TO ADD

19:39LANGUAGE TO INCORPORATE THE

19:41IDEAS AND THE POLICY POSIONS

19:42THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED TODAY.

19:44>> OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THE

19:45LAST THING I'LL SAY, I THINK

19:47WHEN I -- WHEN I E-MAILED, I

19:50THINK, STAFF MONTHS AGO, IT WAS

19:52THE CURRENT LANGUAGE SUPPORTING

19:54LEGISLATION THAT WOULD MANDATE

19:56AN END TO ALL SUB MINIMUM WAGES

19:58INCLUDING FORCED LABOR IN

20:00CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS BY

20:02CLASSIFYING WORKERS AS RIGHT TO

20:03EMPLOYMENT. I THINK THAT'S WHAT

20:05THE CURRENT LANGUAGE WAS IN THE

20:07ONE ADOPTED LAST YEAR. AND I

20:09THINK WHAT WOULD HAPPEN NOW IS

20:11BE MORE SCIFIC ABOUT SUB

20:13MINIMUM WAGES IS MY

20:14UNDERSTANDING, THEN.

20:15>> MADAM CHAIR, COUNCIL

20:16MEMBER --

20:17>> WITH DISABILITIES.

20:17>> YEAH. I THINK THERE WOULD BE

20:18AN OPPORTUNITY, MAYBE TO

20:20CONSOLIDATE THE TWO POLICY

20:21POSITIONS. THEY ARE ON

20:23DIFFERENT PAGES IN DIFFERENT

20:24SECTIONS OF THE POLICY DOCUMENT.

20:25SO I DO THINK THERE'S AN

20:27OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT.

20:29AND TO SEE IF IT WOULD MAKE MORE

20:30SENSE TO BE EFFICIENT. BY

20:33HAVING THEM BE IN EITHER THE

20:35SAME POLICY POSITION, LIKE ONE

20:37BULLET, OR NEARER TO EACH OTHER

20:38WITHIN THE POLICY DOCUMENT.

20:39>> OKAY. THANK YOU.

20:41>> YEP.

20:41>> YEAH. AND COUNCIL MEMBER

20:43CHAVEZ, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD

20:45POINT TO SHARE FOR THE ENTIRE

20:48BODY. EACH YEAR WHEN WE WORK ON

20:52OUR IGR POLICY POSITIONS, WE

20:54AREN'T STARTING FROMERO.

20:55WE'RE STAND STARTING FROM

20:57THE LAST YEAR. AND SO THROUGH,

20:59I BELIEVE IT WAS THROUGH YOUR

21:00WORK IN BRINGING IT INTO THE

21:03AGENDA FOR SUB MINIMUM WAGE,

21:06ENDING SUB MINIMUM WAGEOR

21:07PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND I

21:09THINK THE FOLLOWING YEAR IT WAS

21:10COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY WHO

21:13BROUGHT FORWARD ENDING SLAVERY,

21:16ESSENTIALLY, FOR THOSE WHO ARE

21:18INCARCERATED AND HAVING TO TAKE

21:20UP THE FORCED MINIMUM WAGE --

21:23SUB MINIMUM WAGE. FOR ALL

21:25MEMBERS OF THE BODY, OUR PAST

21:27POLICIES THEY'RE ON LIMS

21:29AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO TAKE A LOOK

21:30AT. BUT WE BUILD OFF THAT EVERY

21:32YEAR. AND I THINK DIRECTOR

21:35HUSER WAS SHARING THAT ONE OF

21:38OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE GOING TO BE

21:40CALLED THAT OUT SPECIFICALL AS

21:42SOMETHING THEY WANT TO SEE US

21:43CONTINUE TO ADD HA

21:46ADVOCATE FOR AND PUSH FOR THIS

21:47LEGISLATIVE SESSION. I LIKE THE

21:48IDEA OF GETTING THEM ON THE SAME

21:50PAGE. AND HAVING THEM TOGETHER.

21:54WEAVE A FEW OTHER MEMBERS IN

21:56CUE. I PUT MYSELF IN AND'LL

21:59TWO TO VICE CHAIR RAINVILLE.

22:02THE FIRST QUESTIONHAT I HAD IS

22:07A QUESTION ABOUT THE FUNDING FOR

22:10HEALTH TRENDS ACROSS COMMUNITIES

22:11AND THEN THE EXISTING BUILDING

22:14DECARBONZATION. I JUST WANTED

22:16TO KNOW, ARE WE IN COALITION

22:18WITH OTHER CITIES AND

22:24STAKEHOLDERS GOING INTO THE

22:25LEGISLATIVE SESSION?

22:25>> MADAM CHAIR, I'LL ASK MS. FA

22:28WI MS. FALANA, TO

22:33HANDLE IT.

22:34>> I'M GOING TO PASS IT OFF TO A

22:35MEMBER FROM THE HEALTH

22:37DEPARTMENT. IN TERMS OF HEALTH

22:39TRENDS ACROSS AMERICA, THAT

22:41WOULD BE LED BY THE LOCAL PUBLIC

22:43HEALTH ASSOCIATION. SO LPHA,

22:46WHICH WE'RE A BE MEMBER OF. AND

22:48THE BUILDING -- THERE'S TWO. SO

22:56.. DECARBONZATION.

22:57>> NOT JUST FOR US AND OUR WORK

23:00FACILITIES OF THIS CITY OF

23:02MINNEAPOLIS THE EXISTING

23:05BUILDING DECARBONZATION.

23:06>> EXISTING. YES. I'LL PASS IT

23:09OFF TO A MEMBER FROM THE HEALTH.

23:13>> ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER

23:16CHOWDHURY, THANK YOU FOR THE

23:17QUESTION. SO, YEAH, WE'RE

23:19WORKING WITH A NUMBER OF CITIES.

23:20WE'RE TALKING TO CITIES THAT

23:22FALL UNDER THE -- ACTUALLY, THE

23:26BENCHMARKING STATUTE THAT'S IN

23:27THE STATE TODAY. SO THAT

23:28INCLUDES CITIES THAT ARE OVER

23:3050,000 PEOPLE. AS WELL AS THOSE

23:31THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE

23:34SEVEN-COUNTY METRO AREA. WE'RE

23:35LOOKING TO TALK TO OTHER

23:38CONSTITUENCIES THAT WORK IN

23:39OTHER CITIES, AS WELL.

23:44INTERESTED AND SUPPORTIVE OF

23:45THIS AND TALKING -- WE HAVE MORE

23:49MEETINGS SET UP ABOUT THIS. I

23:53CAN SAY MORE, IF YOU'D LIKE.

23:55WE'RE WKING COLLABORATIVELY.

23:56>> I'M CALLING THESE OUT

23:58SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE IT BRINGS

23:59DOLLARS INTO THE CITY OF

24:00MINNEAPOLIS. WE KNOW WE NEED IT

24:01FOR THE HEALTHEPARTMENT. WE

24:03KNOW WE NEED THAT FOR THE

24:06CLIMATE WORK. AND MEETING THE

24:09CLEAN ENERGY GOALS. I GUESS MY

24:11NEXT QUESTION IS, DO WE HAVE A

24:13BILL THAT IS LOOKING LIKE IT'S

24:14GOING TOOME FORWARD THAT WE'RE

24:15GOING TO CHAMPION OR ARE WE MORE

24:17AT A PLACE WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO

24:20GET A LEGISLATOR TO CARRY IT.

24:26>> I WILL JUST SAY ONE MORE

24:27THG ABOUT THIS. NORTHBOUND

24:31AND MINNEAPOS NEEDS THE FUNDS.

24:32WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SHOW HOW

24:37WE'RE CARBONIZING EXISTING

24:38BUILDINGS SPECIFICALLY. WE'RE

24:39GETTING GOOD AT BUILDG NEW

24:42DECARBONIZED NEW CONSTRUCTION.

24:43EXISTING BUILDINGS IS A NEW BALL

24:46OF WAX. THIS ALLOWSHERE TO BE

24:51EXAMPLES, MULTIPLE CITIES TO BE

24:53LEADING ACROSS THE STATE NOT

24:54JUST MINNEAPOLIS. SO THIS WOULD

24:55BE SOMETHING THAT SHARED BY

24:56MULTIPLE CITIES.

25:00>> AND CHAIR CHOWDHURY, IN TERMS

25:02OF A BILL. SOMETHING LIKE THAT,

25:03WE'RE WORKING ON CRAFTING,

25:05GETTING LANGUAGE FOR. LOOKING

25:06FOR BILL AUTHORS FOR. YES, TO

25:08ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.

25:08>> EXCELLENT. AND I HAVE ONE

25:10LAST QUESTION. IT WASN'T

25:15HIGHLIGHTED BECAUSE THIS ISN'T

25:17OUR -- THIS IS ONLY COVERING NEW

25:21AND AMENDED POLICIES THAT MP

25:25BEING ASKED TO APPROVE AS A

25:26BODY. BUT I WAS WONDERING IF

25:29UR TEAM COULD QUICK HIGHLIGHT

25:31SOME OF THE THINGS AROUND

25:35REVENUE GENERATION, LGA IN MY

25:37MEETINGS WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS

25:38THAT HAVE MET ONE ON ONE. IT'S

25:41BEEN A CLEAR THROUGHLINE AS A

25:42TOP PRIORITY IS FIGURING OUT HOW

25:44WEAN MAKE THE MOST OF THIS

25:46LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO HELP WITH

25:49OUR BUDGE

25:54>> YEAH. I WAS GOING TO ADDRESS

25:56SOME OF THE THINGS IN THE LEAD

25:59UP TO THE LEGISLATIVEGENDA

26:02DOCUMENT OR AS I CLOSED.

26:03HOWEVER, I'LL DO IT NOW. AS IT

26:06RELATES TO NEW CITY REVENUE,

26:09WE'RE INTENDING T ADD LANGUAGE

26:11TO THE EFFECT IN OUR LEGISLATIVE

26:13AGENDA DOCUMENT, WHICH IS A

26:14LITT BIT -- IT'S THE PART OF

26:15OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AND

26:16POLICY THAT WE KIND OF BUMP

26:18THINGS UP TO A HIGHER LEVEL.

26:19THESE ARE THE THINGS OUR TEAM

26:21WOULD SPEND MORE TIME ON, WOULD

26:23BERAFTING LEGISLATION, WOULD

26:24BE FINDI COALITION PARTNERS TO

26:25WORK ON WITH ONE OF THOSE THINGS

26:28IS NEW MUNICIPAL REVENUE. WE

26:29ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH, YOU

26:31KNOW,HE LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA

26:32CITIES, METRO CITIES, AS WELL AS

26:34HER CITY PARTNERS DIRECTLY TO

26:37LOOK AT WHAT ARE TOOLS WE CAN

26:39POTENTL I WILL ASK THE STATE

26:41TO GRANT US THAT WE DON'T

26:42CURRENTLY HAVE IN TERMS OF

26:43GENERATING REVENUE AT THEOCAL

26:44LEVEL. BE IT THROUGH SALES TAX

26:47OR OTHER METHODS. AKING LOOK

26:49AT LOCAL GOVERNMENT AID,

26:51ADVOCATING FOR A HIGHER DOLLAR

26:52AMOUNT FOR THE PROGRAM, BUT

26:53POTENTIALLY ALSO LOOKING AT IS

26:56THAT FORMULA STILL WHAT WE NEED

26:57IT TO BE? AND SO WE WOULD BE

27:00LOOKING AT OPE TO THOSE

27:01DISCUSSIONS AND ANY OF THOSE

27:02IDEAS THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY

27:03HELP US IN OUR CURRENT

27:05SITUATION. I THINK WHENEVER

27:07THEY'RE CHANGING FORMULA FOR THE

27:09LGA, IT'S TAKING A LOOK AT IS

27:11THIS STILL DOING WHAT IT NEEDS

27:12TO DO FOR THE CITIES THAT

27:13RECEIVE IT. ND IS THE DOLLAR

27:15AMOUNT THAT THE STATE IS

27:16ALLOCATING FOR THAT WORK HIGH

27:18ENOUGH? AND WE WON'T KNOW

27:20EXACTLY WHAT THE STATE FINANCIAL

27:23SITUATION IS UNTIL WE GET TO THE

27:25FEBRUARY FORECAST. WHICH IS

27:26WHAT THE STATE USES TO BASE ITS

27:28STATE BUDGET ON. BUT WE ARE

27:31ALREADY, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT

27:32THAT IN TERMS OF HOW DO WE

27:35PARTNER WITH OTHER CITIE AND

27:36MAKE THE CASE THIS FUNDING IS

27:38NEEDED AND WHAT WE WOULD BE

27:39USING IT FOR.>> THANK YOU. WE L

27:41MEMBERS IN QUEUE. I'LL PASS IT

27:43TO VICE CHAIR RAINVILLE.

27:47>> THANK YOU. QUICKLY. CAN YOU

27:49GIVE MY OFFICE A CALL. MAYBE A

27:51HALF HOUR NEXT WEEK TO ANSR MY

27:53QUESTIONS? I DON'T WANT TO TIE

27:54YOU UP TODAY.

27:56>> CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBER,

27:58ABSOLUTELY. HAPPY TO DO THAT.

27:59>> THANK YOU.

28:02>> NEXT IS COUNCIL MEMBER

28:04SHAFFER.

28:04>> YEAH. I THINK THAT MIGHT BE

28:05AN APPROACH FOR ME, AS WELL.

28:07BUT I WILL JUST COMMENT A COUPLE

28:11OF THINGS. ASK A COUPLE OF

28:12QUESTIONS. DID CPED PROPOSE ANY

28:16NEW OR AMENDED LANGUAGE?

28:18>>ADAM CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER

28:19SHAFFER, NOT THIS, YOU KNOW, N

28:22THIS TURN AROUND. A L OF -- I

28:24WOULD SAY THAT WVE GOT A

28:26PRETTY ROBUS YOU KNOW, LIST OF

28:28THINGS THAT CPED HAS DONE OVER

28:30THE YEARS THAT WOULD HELP US

28:31TOWARDS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,

28:33PLANNING FOR THE CITY, THE WORK

28:35THEY DO. I THINK THERE WAS

28:37SOMEONE FROM CPED. IS THERE

28:40CPED STAFF HERE? AT LEAST THERE

28:42WAS. BUT FOR THIS LEGISLATIVE

28:44SESSION, THERE WAS NOTHING

28:45ADDITIONAL TO WHAT WE HAD

28:47ALREADY ADDED TO OUR POLICY

28:48DOCUMENT IN PREVIOUS YEARS.

28:50>> OKAY. WELL, THAT'S SOMETHING

28:51I WOULD LIKE TO FURTHER DISCUSS.

28:53I THINK THERE ARE MORE SPECIFIC

28:55INITIATIVES THAT A GENERATING

28:58STATEWIDE ATTENTION THAT MIGHT

28:59BE GOOD FOR US TO SIGN ON, AS

29:01WELL.

29:02AND SO THAT CAN HAPPEN IN A

29:04FOLLOW UP CONVERSATION. AND

29:05I'LL JUST REITERATE THAT I THINK

29:07I AGREE WITH CHAIR CHOWDHURY'S

29:10COMMENT THAT, REALLY, REVENUE

29:11GENERATION IN ANYTHING THAT WILL

29:14DRIVE INVESTMENT. I APPRECIATE

29:15THE NEW PROGRAMS. I APPRECIATE

29:16THE NEW IDEAS FOR FUNDING NEW

29:18PROGRAMS. BUT WE HAVE TO LOOK

29:19AT SUSTAINABLE WAYS OF REVENUE

29:21GROWTH. AND THAT STARTS WITH

29:24NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, OUR LGA,WHI,

29:28BUT ALSO ONE OF OUR POLICIES ARE

29:31ACTUALLY STIMULATING ADDITIONAL

29:33GROWTH? AND SO I'LL LOOK

29:34FORWARD TO MORE DISCUSSIONS.

29:35>> THANK YOU.

29:37>> THANK YOU. NEXT IS COUNCIL

29:39MBER WARREN.

29:40>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. UMM, I

29:42JUST HAD A QUESTION IN W W

29:46REGARDS TO THE DISABILITY WAGES

29:51AND THE SUB MINIMUM WAGES. IS

29:53THERE A SPECIFIC ASK IN THE

29:57AMOUNT?

30:04>> I WOULD SAY NO. GENERALLY

30:05SPEAKING THE LEGISLATION I'VE

30:06SEEN AT THE CAPITOL RELATED TO

30:08THESE ISSUES IS JUST THAT THE

30:13SAME STATEWIDE MINIMUM WAGE

30:14WOULD APPLY TO THOSE WHO ARE

30:17INCARCERATED OR PEOPLE WITH

30:18DISABILITIES. AND SO THERE

30:20WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE A

30:21DIFFERENT DOLLAR AMOUNT. IT

30:22WOULD MEAN THAT WHATEVER THE

30:23CURRENT MINIMUM WAGE IS FOR THE

30:24STATE WOULD APPLY TO THOSE

30:25PEOPLE AND THEIR WORK, AS WELL.

30:27>> OKAY. AND SO THAT LANGUAGE

30:30IS SPECIFIC IN THERE. IT'S NOT

30:32JUST AN ASSUMPTION. I THINK

30:34IT'S IMPORTANT YOU SAY IT SO

30:36THAT, LIKE, MAKE IT PLAIN. SO

30:38THATEOPLE AREN'T ASSUMING,

30:41ESPECIALLY IF, I MEAN, LOOKING

30:42AT THIS, IT SAID IT WAS, LIKE,

30:45SEVEN CENTS ON THE DOLLAR. I

30:47MEAN, MY GOODNESS. SO THEN

30:50LET'S BE VERY SPECIFIC SO THAT

30:56IT BUILDS HABITUAL BEHAVIOR AND

30:59PRACTICE, YOU KNOW, EVEN FROMPEM

31:03INCARCERATION. THEY KNOW THE

31:09CAN OBTAIN A ACTUAL POSITION

31:11THAT CAN HELP SUSTAIN THEMSELVES

31:12AS THEY MERGE INTO GENERAL

31:14POPULATION IN SOCIETY. AND I

31:16THINK IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY

31:18BENEFICIAL, ESPECIALLY

31:21SURROUNDING THE DISABILITIES ACT

31:23THAT INDIVIDUALS WHO DO HAVE

31:25DISABILITIES ARE RECEIVING A

31:28FAIR WAGE FOR THEIR ACTS OF

31:30SERVICE IN COMMUNITY. AND THANK

31:33YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. IT

31:35WAS GREAT.

31:37>> THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS

31:39COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON.

31:40>> THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE A

31:43QUESTION ABOUT THE INDEPENDENT

31:46MUSIC VENUES RELIEF. IT'S HARD

31:47TIME FOR MUSIC VENUES,T'S

31:49ALSOS A HARD TIME TO BE IN A

31:50BAND. IS THERE ANYTHING IN

31:53THERE AROUND, LIKE,

31:54REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR BANDS OR

31:58MUSICIANS?

32:02>> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL

32:04MEMBER STEVENSON, WE HAVE THE

32:05DIRECTOR FOR ARTS AND CULTURAL

32:07AFFAIRS. AND MAYBE I'LL TAKE A

32:08ICK CRACK AT AN ANSWER TO YOUR

32:10QUESTION. WE'LL SEE IF IT

32:13ANSWERS IT. THEY'RE AVAILABLE.

32:14MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT IT

32:15WOULD BE FOR THE VENUES

32:17EMSELVES.

32:18SO IT WOULD BE TRYING TO GET THE

32:19SUPPORT FOR THE VENUES THAT

32:20ACTUALLY WOULD HOST THE ACTS,

32:23AND THEN TRY TO HELP SPORT

32:25THEM TO JUST STAY AFLOAT. THEY

32:26ARE ANCHORS IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND

32:29IN WHICH THEY EXIST. IT IS A

32:31DRAW TO THE CITY TO HAVE THOSE

32:32VENUES ACROSS THE CITY. LIKE WE

32:35DO. WE'RE SOMEWHAT UNIQUE IN

32:37THE STATE, I WOULD IMAGINE,O

32:38HAVE AS MANY AS WE HAVE. BUT

32:40THE -- THIS PROPOSAL WOULD NOT

32:42NECESSILY GO TO THE ACTUAL

32:44BANDS OR ACTS THEMSELVES. BUT

32:45TO THE VENUES THAT WOULD HT

32:47THEM.

32:47>> YEAH. OKAY. I'M NOT

32:49DISPUTING THAT. I'M ASKING A

32:50QUESTION.IF THERE'S ANYTHING

32:52IN THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, MONEY

32:54IS PREDICATED ON CERTAIN

32:56REIMRSE RATES OR ANYTHING.

32:59>> NOTN THE -- SO THIS IS -- I

33:01WOULD SAY THIS IS, MADAM CHAIR

33:03AND COUNCIL MEMBER, THIS IS MOR

33:04OF A GENERAL IDEA OF LEGISLATIVE

33:06SPORUPPORT. AS THIS GOT

33:10FURTHER DOWN IN DISCUSSION, AS

33:11WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WITH

33:12LEGISLATORS ANDE COULD GAUGE

33:15THE, YOU KNOW, WHO IS

33:17INTERESTED. WHETHER IT'S

33:19MUSICIANS, INDEPENDENT ARTISTS,

33:20OR LEGISLATORS THAT HAVE IDEASFE

33:23COULD, YOU KNOW, IF WE WERE TO

33:25ADOPT IT A A LEGISLATIVE POLICY

33:26FOR THE CITY, WE WOULD BE OPEN

33:28TO WORKING WITH THOSE IDEAS.

33:29AND I THINK THERE WOULD BE

33:30NOTHING ABOUT WHAT WE WOULD

33:31INCLUDE THAT WOULD PRECLUDE US

33:32FROM SUPPORTING THAT. IF THAT

33:34WAS THE FINAL RESULT OF THE

33:36LEGISLATION.

33:36>> OKAY. THANK YOU.

33:40>> THANK YOU. AND THEN HAVE

33:43PRESIDENT PAYNE.

33:44>> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY.

33:46WE HAVE A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE

33:47THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING UP

33:50ON THURSDAY AROD RESEARCHING

33:52THE STEPS THAT IT WOULD TAKE TO

33:54BRING BCR IN HOUSE. I KNOW

33:56THERE ARE SOME DATA PRACTICES

33:58TOPICS THAT WERE RAISED BY THE

34:00CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. I'M

34:02WONDERING FOR IT'S ON YOUR

34:03DAR. BECAUSE YARL OFF T

34:08YARL WHEN WE WERE HOPING TO GET

34:10THE INFORMATION. I KNOW IT'S A

34:12PRIORITY. MAKING SURE WE'RE

34:13FLAGGING IT FOR YOU. HAVE YOU

34:18HAD ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT YET?

34:22>> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, PRESIDENT

34:23PAYNE, NOT SPECIFICALLY FOR THE

34:25PROPOSAL YET. I SAY, IN OUR

34:27CURRENT POLICY DOCUMENT, WE HAVE

34:28QUITE A LIST OF CHAPTER 13

34:33CHANGES THAT THE CITY WOULD

34:36SUPPORT BEING MADE. RELATED TO

34:38ESPECIALLY AROUND THINGS LIKE

34:39RESIDENCE PRIVACY IN THE

34:40INTERACTIONS WITH THE CITY.

34:45LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CHAPTER 13

34:46WHEN YOU HAVE THE DATA CHAPTERS

34:48OR SECTIONS OF THAT CHAPTER ARE

34:51USUALLY STRICTER AND MORE

34:53PRIVACY ORIENTED FOR RESIDENTS

34:55THAN OTHERS. YOU KNOW, OTHER

34:57INTERACTIONS WITH CITY

34:57GOVERNMENT WOULD BE. I WOULD

34:58IMAGINE THAT WE HAVE SOME OF

35:00THOSE SPECIFIC -- MAYBE

35:02SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED ALREADY.

35:03ND IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL, WE

35:05WOULD WANT TO ADD IN THE FUTURE

35:07IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TO HAVE

35:08A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THOSE

35:10MIGHT LOOK LIKE. I DO THINK WE

35:12LIKELY HAVE GENERAL ENOUGH

35:13POLICY POSITIONS IN OUR CURRENT

35:15DRAFT, AS WELL. THAT WOULD

35:16ALLOW THE IGR STAFF TO CONTINUE

35:19TO WORK AND HONE IN ON WHAT IT

35:22NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE, AS WE WENT

35:24FURTHER. EVEN IF WE DON'T HAVE

35:25SOMETHING SPECIFIC IN THE POLICY

35:26DOCUMENT.

35:26>> OKAY. LET'S STAY IN

35:28CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT.

35:28>> THANK YOU.

35:31>> AH, PRESIDENT PAYNE. IT

35:34WOULD BE GOOD TO GET CLARITY ON

35:37WHEN THAT STAFF DIRECTIVE IS

35:38SENT TO COME BACK. I THINK TO

35:43ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTE.

35:48BECAUSE WE -- WE'RE PLANNING ON

35:49CHECKING IN ON WHAT EVERYONEAS

35:52MENTIONED IS PRIORITIES. A

35:53NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE

35:54BROUGHT UP BCR IN-HOUSE AND THEN

35:56OUR CITY ATTORNEYS HAVE

35:58INDICATED TO US THERE NEEDS TO

36:00BE SPECIFIC STATE LAW CHANGE IN

36:02ORDER FOR THAT TO BE FACILITATED

36:05IN A FEW DIFFERENT AREAS. WE

36:07CAN HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS

36:08ONLINE. IT WOULD BE INTERESTING

36:09TO SEE IF WE CAN GET INFMATION

36:12FROM THE CITY'S ATTORNEY OFFICE

36:16AHEAD OF THE IGR FINAL AGENDA

36:19DISCUSSION. WHAT IT WOULD LOOK

36:21LIKE. OKAY.

36:22MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANYONE ELSE

36:24THATOULD LIKE TO ASK QUESTIONS

36:25OF DIRECTOR HUSER? I'M NOT

36:28SEEING ANYONE ELSE. SO GIVE THE

36:30FLOOR BACK TO YOU.

36:34>> MSFALANA I WANTED ME TO

36:43MAKE SURE -- I MISSPOKE. THE

36:46DISABILITY WAGE WAS NCR. I

36:47APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. WE THANK

36:52THEM. THANK YOU, MADAMHAIR.

36:55SO TO GET -- TO CLOSE THIS OUT.

36:58SO NEXT STEPS. SO YOU'LL SEE

37:02THE DRAFT LEGISLATIVE AGENDA

37:04DOCUMENT, WHICH IS KIND OF LIKE

37:05THE W, A I STATED EARLIER,

37:09THE AGENDA IS MORE OF OUR

37:10ELEVATED POSITION. THESE ARE

37:12THINGS WE MAY BE ACTIVELYDRAFTI

37:15WORKING INOALITION WITH OTHERS

37:17TO DRAFT LEGISLATION. AND

37:19HAVING IT BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER

37:20PRIORITY FOR THE CITY. THAT

37:22DOCUMENT WILL BE PREPARED AND

37:23READY FOR YR CONSIDERATION

37:25PRIOR TO THE DECEMBER 1st

37:28HEARING FOR TS COMMITTEE.

37:29RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR

37:32OVERALL LEGISLATIV POLICY

37:33DOCUMENT AS IT IS TODAY. AND AS

37:36I STATED EARLIER, WLL BE

37:38AMENDING THAT. WE'LL BE MAKING

37:40DELETIONS POTENTIALLY ON THINGS

37:42WE WERE SUCCESSFUL ON. AND

37:43TAKING LOO AT THE PRIORITIES

37:45FROM THE MAYOR AS WELL AS THE

37:46COUNCIL AND TRYING TO

37:48INCORPORATE FEEDBACK WE'VE BEEN

37:50RECEIVING, YOU KNOW, IN THE

37:51INTERVENING MONTHS NOW TO HAVE A

37:55DOCUMENT THAT WILL ADDRESS SOME

37:57OF THE BUDGETONCERNS THAT THE

37:59CITY IS FACING. AND THAT YOU

38:00ARE WORKING ON. AS WELL AS HOW

38:03WE CAN BEST, YOU KNOW, GET THE

38:05CITY IN A POSITION FOR GROWTH.

38:07AND SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE. SO

38:09WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING, IF

38:10THERE ARE ADDITIONAL MEETINGS,

38:12THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD LIKE

38:13TO HAVE WITH OUR DEPARTMENT, WE

38:16WOULD BE HAPPY TO MAKE THAT WORK

38:18AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS

38:20ABOUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING

38:21YOU'RE SEEING IN THE POLICY

38:23DOCUMENT OR NOT SEEING IN THE

38:24POLICY DOCUMENT, AND HAVE ANY

38:25QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, WE WOULD

38:26BE HAPPY TO JUST PLEASE REACH

38:28OUAND WE'D BE HAPPY TO TRY TO

38:31ADDRESS THOSE.

38:31>> THANK YOU. I'LL OFFER TO ANY

38:36CO COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT

38:38HAVEN'T SCHEDULED TIME WITH MY

38:39OFFICE. I WOULD LOVE TO TALK TO

38:40YOU ABOUT YOUR IGR PRIORITIES.

38:48I THINK ALMOST EVERYONE WE HAVE

38:50SOMETHING SCHEDULED. IF WE

38:51DON'T, WE CAN SCHEDULE

38:54SOMETHING. TO THE IGR TEAM, I

38:55THINK SOMEONE FROM MY OFFICE IS

38:58REACHING OUTO SCHEDULE TIME TO

38:59TALK THROUGH THAT. AND, ALSO,

39:00JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT DOES

39:04ADVOCACY FROM THIS BODY LOOK

39:07LIKE BEYOND, OKAY, WE GOT

39:08SOMETHING ON A PIECE OF PAPER.

39:09RIGHT. I THI THAT'S KIND OF

39:12BEEN THE SYSTEM WE'VE BEEN

39:13OPERATING IN. THERE ARE A FEW

39:16POLICY PRIORITIES AND EMERGING

39:18PRIORITIES WHERE WE CAN HAVE T

39:20INITIAL CONVERSATIONS WITH

39:21LEGISLATORS TO SEE IF THERE IS

39:22SOMETHING TO CHAMPION THIS

39:24SESSION OR IN FUTURE SESSIONS.

39:25AND THERE ARE ONES WE'VE BEEN

39:27ADVOCATING FOR EVERY SINGLE

39:29YEAR. DOWNTOWN TAXING BOUNDARY

39:32WHERE IT'S, LIKE, MAYBE THERE

39:33COULD BE A NEW STRATEGY TO GET

39:35IT ACROSS THE FINH LINE.

39:37OKAY. GREAT. MEMBERS, ANY

39:39OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEIN NONE.

39:41THANK YOU. AND THEN I WILL ASK

39:44THE CLERK TO FILE THAT

39:46PRESENTATION. OKAY. GREAT. SO

39:51NEXT WE'LL BE TAKING UP OUR

39:55PRESENTATION ON FEDERAL

39:56LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES UPDATE.

40:02I'LL START BY POINTING OUT THE

40:04LETTER WE RECEIVED FROM

40:07CONGRESSWOMAN ILHAN OMAR. YOU

40:09SHOULD HAVE A COPY BEFORE YOU. Y

40:15ATCHED TO THE LIMS FILE. I

40:17WILL SHARE, SHE WANTED TO BE

40:19ABLE TO GIVE THE PRESENTATION

40:20AND REPORT TO US IN-PERSON. BUT

40:24IN THIS PRESENT MOMENT AND

40:26POLITICAL CLIMATE, THERE ARE

40:28JUST SAFETY CONCERNS AND ISSUES

40:31THAT HER TEAM HAD TO CONSIDER.

40:32AND SO ONE DAY WE WILL HAVE A

40:35PRESENTATION FROM OUR

40:36CONGRESSWON, BUT I REALLY DO

40:37ENCOURAGE MEMBERS TO TAKE A LOOK

40:38AT THIS. IT'S VERY EXTENSIVE.

40:42IT HIGHLIGHTS A LOT OF THE WORK

40:44THAT SHE HAS DON ON BEHALF OF

40:46THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND OUR

40:49RESIDENTS DURING THE I.C.E.

40:51OCCUPATION, METRO SURGE, AND

40:53THEN FOLLOWING THAT, SHE ALSO

40:57SHARES A LOT OF IMPACTS OF THE

40:59BIG UGLY BILL THAT WILL IMPACT

41:00OUR CONSTITUENTS. VERY

41:03THOROUGHLY RANGING FROM SNAP

41:05BENEFIT CUTS, CUTS TO MEDICAID,

41:08MEDICARE, THE WAY THAT CUTS TO

41:10THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT

41:12IMPACTS US HERE AT THE LOCAL

41:15LEVEL. ALSO, SHE HIGHLIGHTS A

41:17LOT OF LEGISLATION THAT SHE IS

41:20WORKING ON THAT WOULD REALLY

41:22HELP THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS

41:26FROM THE MAKE I.C.E. PAY ACT TO

41:29PROTECTING WORKERS WAGES FROM

41:30MEDICAL DEBT ACT, TO ENDING

41:34POLLUTER WELFARE ACT. A LOT OF

41:36DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WOULD JUST

41:39BRING SUPPORT INTO OUR CITY.

41:41SO PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT

41:42AND HER OFFICE, ALSO,ANTED TO

41:45MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS

41:47HIGHLIGHTED THAT ANY CONSTITUENT

41:48NEEDS THAT YOU M HAVE, THEY'RE

41:50THERE TO HELP. WE HAD HER

41:53OFFICE PARTICIPATE IN THE ANNUAL

41:55SOUTH SIDE MINNEAPOLIS SENIOR'S

41:57FAIR. AND THEY DID A REALLY

41:59GREAT BREAKOUT FOR OUR SENIOR

42:01COMMUNITY THERE. THEY ALS

42:02TABLED AND DID SOME CASE WORK.

42:05AND SO THERE ISUST SOME WAYS

42:07TO INVITE IN THE FEDERAL OFFICE

42:10TO HELP SUPPORT CONSTITUENCIES

42:11IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

42:14ESPECILY BECAUSE WE GET ASKED

42:16TO DO EVERYTHING AT THE LOCAL

42:17LEVEL. THERE ARE SOME THINGS

42:19THAT OUR CD5 OFFICE CAN HELP US

42:24WITH.

42:24SO I THANK HER FOR SENDING

42:27IN THIS REPORT AND HER TEAM FOR

42:29WORKING WITH US. WE'LL LOOK TO

42:30A FUTURE IGR MEETING WHERE

42:33SHE'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE US A

42:35PRESENTATION. IN PAST YEARS,

42:36IT'S BEEN A PRACTICE FOR HER TO

42:38COME BEFORE US. SO WITH THAT,WN

42:42FROM OUR IGR TEAM ON FEDAL

42:45UPDATES AND I WILL WELCOME

42:49MS. LAUREN OLSEN.

42:59>> GOOD MORNING. I'M LAUREN

43:01OLSEN, SENIOR GOVERNMENT

43:02RELATIONS REPRESENTATIVE. I DO

43:04HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION FOR

43:05YOU TODAY I WANT TO

43:10ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, YOU KNOW,

43:11THERE'S, OBVIOUSLY, A LOT GOING

43:15ON FEDERALLY. I CAN'T COVER IT

43:16ALL. NOR WOULD WE HAVE THE

43:19TIME. BUT -- SO I ACKNOWLEDGE

43:21THAT TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE

43:22ROUTINE BUSINESS THAT CONGRESS

43:24NEEDS TO ADDRESS THE NEXT FEW

43:25MONTHS DOESN'T REALLY CAPTURE

43:26THE MOMENTERY WELL. BUT THERE

43:32IS CONGRESS CONTINUES TO DO SOME

43:35WORK AND I WANT TO LOOK AHEAD TO

43:36THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AND THINK

43:38ABOUT SOME OF THE WORK THEY WILL

43:41NEED TO ACCOMPLISH. OF COURSE,

43:42THE DYNAMICS THAT ARE GOING TO

43:43DRIVE THAT WORK AND OTHER THINGS

43:46THAT MAY ARISE IN THE NEXT FEW

43:49MONTHS ARE UNPREDICTABLE RIGHT

43:51NOW. AND, OF COURSE, THE

43:52ELECTION ON NOVEMBE3rd IS

43:54GOING TO REALLY HAVE A BIG

43:56IMPACT ON HOW THINGS PROCEED. I

43:59THINK EVERYBODY UNDERANDS,

44:01THOUGH, THERE IS A LOT OF

44:04UNPREDICTABILITY ABOUT HOW

44:05THINGSRE GOING TO PROCEED IN

44:08THE MONTHS AHEAD. BUT I WANT TO

44:11TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE WORK

44:13CONGRESS WILL BE DOING.

44:17FIRST, JUST A FEW DATES OF

44:19SIGNIFICANCE. I'M SURE YOU

44:20WOULD HAVE DATES THAT YOU WOULD

44:23ADD TO THE LIST. OBVIOUSLY,

44:25ELECTION DAY IS ON

44:26NOVEMBER 3rd. A YOU MAY

44:27RECALL, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

44:30IS PRIMARILY FUNDED UP THROUGH A

44:33CONTINUING RESOLUTION UNTIL

44:34DECEMBER 11th, SO ON TT

44:35DATE, THEY'LL NEED TO EITHER

44:37HAVE FUNDED THE GOVERNMENT FOR

44:39IF IS FISCAL YEAR '27 OR NEED

44:43ANOTHER CONTINUIN RESOLUTION.

44:44I SAID PRIMARILY BECAUSE SOME

44:47AGENCIES ALRDY RECEIVED

44:50FUNDING THAT UNTIL

44:54SEPTEMBER 30th, 2029,

44:54INCLUDING I.C.E. AND CUSTOMS

44:57BORDER PATROL IN THE SPECIAL

44:59BILL. THOSE AGENCIES HAVE

45:01ENOUGH FUNDING THAT THEY ARE NOT

45:04INCLUDED. ALL THOUG I BELIEVE

45:05THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF

45:07ADDITIONAL CUSTOMS AND BORDER

45:08PATROL FUNDING BEING CONSIDERED

45:11IN A FISCAL YEAR 2027 BUDGET.

45:16ON JANUARY 3rd, THE 120th

45:17NGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES IS

45:19EXPECTED TO CONVENE. THERE'S A

45:21STAR THERE BECAUSE THE 119th

45:23CONGRESS DOES HAVE THE ABILITY

45:25TO MOVE THAT DATE A LITTLE BIT.

45:28USUALLY THAT IS DONE JUST

45:30BEUSE, LIKE, I BELIEVE

45:31JANUARY 3rd IS A SUNDAY, FOR

45:32EXAMPLE. THEY MIGHT MOVE IT TO

45:36A WEEKDAY. BUT I WILL NOTE THAT

45:38THERE IS SOME AUTHORITY TO MOVE

45:42THAT DATE. JANUARY 4th IS THE

45:44DATE THAT THE GOVERNOR IS

45:46EXPECTED TO BE SWORN IN TO

45:48OFFICE. AND THE STATE

45:50LEGISLATURE CONVENES AND SWORN

45:51IN ON JANUARY 12th. NORMALLY

45:54WE MAY NOT NEED TO TALK TOO MUCH

45:56ABOUT STATE GOVERNMENT WHEN

45:57WE'RE GIVING A FEDERAL UPDATE.

45:59AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S POTENTIAL

46:00THAT OUR UNITED STATES SENATOR

46:01BECOMES THE GOVERNOR. AT THAT

46:05POINT, THERE WILL BE A VACANCY

46:07IN THE SENATE THAT CAN BE FILLED

46:09THE GOVERNOR.

46:12THE TIMING OF WHEN THE SENATOR

46:15RESIGNS HER SEAT DETERMINES WHO

46:17IS GOVERNOR A THE TIME OF THE

46:20RESIGNATION. AND WHO GETS TO

46:22MAKE THAT DECISION.

46:30SO FISCAL YEAR 2027 BUDGET

46:32PROCESS, AGAIN, THE GOVERNMENT

46:35IS OPERATING UNDER CONTINUING

46:38RESOLUTION UNTIL DECEMBER 11,

46:402026. CONGRESS NEEDS TO KEEP

46:41THAT DEADLINE IN MIND TO TAKE

46:43SOME TYPE OF APPROPRIATE ACTION.

46:47THE BIG DESCRIPTION OF WHAT IS

46:49GOING ON

46:51THE HOUSE HAS DE A LOT OF WORK

46:52AND THE SENATE HAS NOT, AT THIS

46:53POINT. IN THE HOUSE, ALL 12

46:55MAJOR BILLS HAVE BEEN THROUGH

46:57THE SUBCOMMITTEE PROCESS AND THE

46:58COMMITTEE PROCESS. SO,

47:01ESSENTIALLY, THEY'RE READY TO GO

47:02TO THE FLOOR. THREE BILLS HAVE

47:04GONE TO THE FLOOR AND PASSED

47:06THROUGH THE HOUSE ALREADY.

47:07THOSE ARE AVAILABLE. THAT'SI

47:10AGRICULTURE, MILITARY

47:12CONSTRUCTIONS, VETERANS'

47:12AFFAIRS,ND NATIONAL SECURITY

47:14AND DEPARTMENT OF STATE. THE

47:15HOUSE HAS COMPLETED THEIR WORK

47:18ON THOSE BILLS. IN THE

47:20MEANTIME, THE SENATE DOESN'T

47:21HAVE SOME OF THE TOP-LE

47:22NUMBERS OF WHAT THEY'RE AIMING

47:23FOR. AND THERE IS NOT BEEN

47:26ACTION IN COMMITTEE OR

47:27SUBCOMMITTEE. SO SENATE HAS A

47:29LOT OF WORK TO DO. WE HAVE SOME

47:36POTENTIAL CITY EARMARKS OR

47:38CONGRESSIOLLY DIRECTED

47:40SPENDING PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR

47:432027 PROCESS. I WANT TO EXPLAIN

47:45THE STATUS. THERE ARE CURRENTLY

47:49FOUR EARMARKS THAT HAVE A

47:50POTENTIAL FOR US TO REIVE SOME

47:53FUNDING. THREE OF THOSE ARE IN

47:55THE SENATE PROCESS. AS I

47:58DESCRIBED, THE SENATE ISN'T FAR

48:02ALONG IN GO BILLS. WE

48:07NEED THE APPROPRIATIONS TO GET

48:08APOVAL FROM THE APPROPRIATIONS

48:12COMMITTEE. AND THEN BE INSERTED

48:14INTO A BILL. IN THE SENATE

48:17SIDE, WE HAVE THREE PROJECTS

48:19THAT ARE U.S. SENATORS ADVANCED

48:21FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION. BUT

48:24THEY'RE STILL SITTING IN THE

48:26APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. AND

48:27WE'RE WAITING TO SEE IF THEY

48:28WOULD BE RECOMMENDED BY THE

48:32COMMITTEE. . THOSE TO

48:34MODERNIZE OUR POLICE RECORDS

48:35MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. FUNDS FOR

48:38POLICE RECRUITMENT THROUGH

48:41INTERSHIPS, A PROGRAM DESIGNED

48:44TO REACH YOUTH AND AVERSPOPULATA

48:48PATHWAY AND INTRODUCTION INTO

48:49THE POLICING CAREER. AND THEN A

48:52SMALL ASK FOR SOME IMPROVEMENTS

48:54FOR FORENSIC LAB. HERE AT THE

48:58CITY. WE'RE WAITING TO SEE IF

49:01THOSE PROCEED. ALL THREE OF

49:02THOSE ARE GOING TO COME OUT OF

49:04THE SAME APPROPRIATIONS

49:05SUBCOMMITTEE AND IN THE SAME

49:06BILL. I FEEL LIKE WE MIGHT NOT

49:09HAVE ALL THREE OUT OF THAT. OR

49:11IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING

49:13TO COME OUT OF COMMITTEE. SO WE

49:14WILL BE KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT.

49:16AND KEEPING YOU POSTED.

49:18ON THE OTHER HAND,HERE IS ONE

49:22PROJECT THAT ADVANCED TO THE

49:24HOUSE PROCESS THAT

49:25REPRESTATIVE OMAR SUPPORTED.

49:28FOR PEDESTRIAN ACCESS AND

49:28SAFETY. TO CONNUE OUR WORK TO

49:30ENSURE THAT THE CITY IS ADA

49:33ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL USERS.

49:37THE AMOUNT WHICH IS CMON IN

49:38THE HOUSE PROCESS WAS REDUCED

49:41FROM WHAT REPRESENTATE OMAR

49:43ORIGINALLY ASKED. THE AMOUNT IS

49:45LISTED AS $850,000. IF CONGRESS

49:50DOES, INDEED, PASS THE BILL,

49:53INCLUDING THE APPROPRIATIONS, I

49:54WOULD EXPECT THAT TO STA INTACT

49:55AND FOR US TO -- SO THERE'S

49:58GREATER LIKELIHOOD WE'LL RECEIVE

50:01THOSE FUNDS. USUALLY CONGRESS

50:03DOES APPROVE THE APPROPRIATIONS,

50:04BUT EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE THEY

50:07DON'T. CURRENTLY I'M HEARING

50:12THE'S AN APPETITE TO GET THE

50:14BUDGET PASSED DURING THE LAME

50:15DUCK SESSION AND GET THE

50:16APPROPRIATIONS PASSED. BUT,

50:18AGAIN, SO MUCH DEPENDS ON WHAT

50:20KIND OF DYNAMICS THAT WE ARE

50:23WORKING WITH. CERTAINLY IF

50:26DEMOCRATS WERE TO GAIN MORE

50:29CONTROL IN CONGRESS, THEY --

50:32SOME BILLS -- EXCUSE ME. SOME

50:34ACTIONS THEY MIGHT WANT TO

50:37DELAY. IF THERE'S A EXPECTS OF

50:39THE BUDGET THEY FEEL COULD HAVE

50:41MORE LEVERAGE ON THE IN FUTURE.

50:43THERE'S A LOT OF DYNAMICS AT

50:45PLAY.

50:45SOME OF THE OTHERCTIONS THAT

50:48CONGRESS WILL NEED TO TAKE IN

50:50THE NEAR FUTURE IS TO

50:54REAUTHORIZE THE TRANSPORTATION

50:55BILL. WHICH GUIDES THE POLICIES

50:58FOR TRANSPORTATION AND TNSIT

50:59INVESTMENTS. AND, CERTAINLY,

51:01THE PRIORITIES THAT HAVE BEEN

51:03EXPRESSED FROM REPUBLICAN

51:05MEMBERS AND DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS

51:06FOR TRANSIT AND TRANSPORTATION

51:08HAVE BEEN QUITE DIFFERENT. SO

51:11THIS EXPIRES ON DECEMBER 11th.

51:13AGAIN, THE SENATE HASN'T DONE A

51:15LOT OF WORK WITH THIS. THE

51:16HOUSE PASSED A VERSION. AND SO

51:18IT SEEMS LIKELY THEY MIGHT

51:20TEND THEIR TIME FURTHER TO

51:21WORK ON THIS BILL. THE FARM

51:25BILL ALSO EXPIRES. THAT'S BEEN

51:29RENEWED BY A CONTINUING

51:30RESOLUTION UNTIL

51:32DECEMBER 11th, ALSO. AGAIN,

51:33THE HOUSE HAS A VERSION THEY

51:34PASSED. THE SENATE HAS NOT YET

51:37COMPLETED THEIR WORK ON THIS

51:38BILL. ONE OF THE MAJOR STICKING

51:41POINTS TO COME INTO A AGREEMENT

51:43ON THE AG BILL, WHICH IS

51:47USUALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S USUALLY

51:49PRETTY BIPARTIS

51:51BIPARTISAN AND ABLE TO PASS IT.

51:52ONE STICKING POINT HERE IS THAT

51:53SOME OF THE SENATORS EN AN

51:55OPPORTUNITY TO FIX ONE OF THE

51:59CHANGES IN HR1 OR ONE BIG

52:02BEAUTIFUL BL THAT AFFECTS

52:04SNAP. THERE WAS A LOT OF

52:05CHANGES IN ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL

52:06BILL THAT AFFECTED THE S.N.A.P.

52:10PROGRAM. THIS PERTAINS TO ONE

52:13PARTICULAR STICKING POINT WHERE

52:15THERE IS CONCERN AMONGST BLUE

52:18AND RED JURISDICTIONS. AND THAT

52:20KIND OF ALLOWED AN OPPORTUNITY

52:22TO POTENTIALLY ADDRESS THIS ONE

52:24ISSUE. AND THAT ISSUE RELATES

52:29TO A COST SHARING REQUIREMENT

52:30THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE. IT

52:32ESSENTIALL SAYS THAT STATES

52:36ARE GIVEN AN ERROR RATE BASED ON

52:40IF THEY OVERP SOMEONE, IF THEY

52:43UNDERPAY SOMEONE, IF THEY MAKE A

52:45MISTAKE ON, LIKE, REPORTING AN

52:47INCOME CORRECTLY OR IN A TIMELY

52:50WAY IT CONTRIBUTES TO THE

52:52STATE'S ERROR RATES. AND EVEN

52:56THE USDA ACKNOWLEDGES THESE ARE

52:59GENERALLY UNINTENTIONAL THINGS

53:00THAT LEAD TO AN ERROR RATE

53:02CALCULATION. AND IT'S NOT AN

53:04INDICATION OF, LIKE, FRAUD. BUT

53:08THE HIGHER THE ERROR RATE YOU

53:10HAVE, YOU HAVE THE STATE NEEDS

53:12TO PAY A PORTION OF THE S.N.A.P.

53:16BENEFITS. INSTEAD OF THE

53:18FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PAYING THE

53:20TIRE AMOUNT FOR THE S.N.A.P.

53:22BENEFITS TO THE COMMUNITY

53:23THE STATE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE ON

53:27A PORTION. THE STATE OF

53:32MINNESOTA, FOR EXAMPLE

53:33FORECASTING IT COULD HUNDREDS OF

53:34MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. IT DEPENDS

53:35ON THE EXACT ERROR RATE. THIS

53:39WILL -- IS SCHEDULED TO KICK IN

53:42NEXT FALL. IN OCTOBER. BUT IT

53:45COULD COST HUNEDS OF MILLIONS

53:46OF DOLLARS TO THE STATE OF

53:47MINNESOTA, FOR EXAMPLE. ONE

53:52THING THAT IS INTERESTING ABOUT

53:56THIS WHERE SENATORLOBUCHAR IS

53:59LEADING THE CHARGE TO SEE IF WE

54:00CAN MAKE REFORMS TO THIS IS THAT

54:02SOME OF T STATES WITH VERY,

54:05VERY HIGH RATES 245 THEY

54:14WERE EXEMPTED AND GIVEN ME

54:15TIME OFF THE HOOK. WE'RE UP

54:17HERE, BUT WE'LL GIVE YOU A

54:19COUPLE OF YEARSO FIGURE IT OUT

54:21BEFORE YOU CHIP IN YOUR PORTION.

54:22AND I THINK PEOPLE BELIEVEDHAT

54:24THAT WAS DONE BECAUSE SOME --

54:27THEY WANTED TO EARN THE SUPPORT

54:29OF SOME SENATORS WHO WERE IN

54:31STATES WITH VERY HIGH RATES. SO

54:32THEY KIND OF CARVED OUT THERE

54:34WAS EVIDENCE OF CARVING OUT SOME

54:36UNIQUE EXCEPTIONS. AND,

54:39OBVIOUSLY, SOME PEOPLE OBJECTION

54:43TO THAT. AND SOME OF THE

54:45SOLUTIONS BEING DISCUSSED ARE

54:46NOT MIRACLES. BUT THERE WOULD

54:49PERHAPS ALLOW A COUPL OF YEARS

54:50FOR STATES TO UNDERSTAND THE NEW

54:52SYSTEM BEFORE THEY START TO HAVE

54:53TOAY THIS PORTION. AND ALSO

54:56TO PREPARE FOR THEY NEED TO

54:59BUDGET FOR

55:02IN -- THIS. SO SENATOR

55:04KLOBUCHAR IS THE RANKING MEMBER

55:05OF THE AGRICULTURAL COMMITTEE.

55:06IT'S BEEN AN IORTANT ISSUE TO

55:07TRY TO GET THIS TO BE AT LEAST

55:11IMPROVED. NOW WE KNOW THAT

55:14OTHER CHANGES TO S.N.A.P. COMING

55:18INCLUDE INCREASED REPORTING

55:19ABOUT YOURNCOME AND

55:20DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY. AND

55:22WORK REQUIREMENTS. AND THAT

55:26WILL ONLY ADD TO I THINK THE

55:28ADMINISTRATIVE CHALLENGES OF

55:30MAKING SURE YOU'RE REPORTING

55:33EVERYTHING QUICKLY AND THAT

55:34YOU'RE GETTING INFORMATION FROM

55:35YOUR CLIENT IN THE TIMEL WAY.

55:37IN ORDER TO MANAGE THOSE ERROR

55:39RATES. SO JUST IT'S GETTING

55:41EVEN I THINK MORE CHALLENGING TO

55:44DO THAT. THAT'S KIND OF WHAT IS

55:48HOLDING UP THE FARM BILL. AND

55:50WE WILL SEE HOW THAT GOES WHEN

55:54THEY RECONVENE. ANOTHER BILL

55:55THAT IS PENDING IS THE NATIONAL

55:58DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT.

56:00AGAIN, THESE BILLS THAT WE'RE

56:02TALKING ABOUT HERE ARE ALL ABOUT

56:04THE GUIDING POLICIES AND

56:07DIRECTION THAT CONGRESS IS

56:09GIVING. WHILE THESE DON'T

56:11AUTHORIZE THE FUNDS, THEY JUST

56:13HAVE THAT RELATIONSHIP TO THE

56:14OTHER BILLS, WHICH WOULD DO

56:16AUTHORIZE THE FUNDS.

56:20JUST ONE TIDBIT THAT IS IN THE

56:23BILL JUST HAPPENS TO FORMALLY

56:28RENAME THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

56:29TO THE THE PRESID

56:32DEPARTMENT OF WAR. OBVIOUSLY,

56:34THERE WAS AN EXECUTIVE ORDER

56:35THAT DID THAT. SOME PEOPLE SAID

56:36IT WAS SUFFICIENT, THERE'S AN

56:38ATTEMPT TO MAKE THAT FORMAL BY

56:41CONGRESS. THE CONGRESSIONAL

56:44BUDGET OFFICE ESTATES THAT THE

56:45COST OF CHANGING THE NAME IS

56:49$152 MILLION TO EXECUTE. .

56:54WITH THAT, I HAVE CONCLUDED MY

56:58PRESENTATION.

56:58>> THANK YOU. I'LL RECOGNIZE

57:01THAT COUNCIL MEMBER VAW HAS

57:03JOINED US. MEMBERS, IS THERE

57:08ANY DISCUSSION OR ANY QUESTIONS?

57:11I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION AT THE

57:13FARM BILL. THIS IS DIFFERENT

57:14THAN THE SKINNY FARM BILL THAT

57:16HAD THE FIX FOR HEMP BEVERAGES

57:20OR THE SAME?

57:27>> YEAH. I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M

57:30ABLE TO -- I THINK THAT HEMP

57:33PROCESS WAS SEPARATE. BUT I'M

57:34NOT REALLY --

57:35>> I WANTO MAKE SURE. WE CAN

57:37FOLLOW UP ON THE QUESTION.

57:39THAT'S FINE. I REMEMBER -- I

57:41THINK WHICH CONGRESSPERSON TOLD

57:44ME WE'RE CALLING THE SKINNY FARM

57:46BILL.

57:46>> MADAM CHAIR, SO IF I GET THIS

57:50WRONG, I APOLOGIZE. WE CAN

57:52FOLLOW UP OFFLINE. MY

57:54RECOLLECTION IS THAT THAT SKINNY

57:57BILL WAS PASSED. IT DID INCLUDE

58:00A DELAY IN THE M IMPLENTATION

58:02OF A CHANGE TO THE HEMP

58:03DEFINITION, WHICH WOULD HAVE

58:04IMPACTED, YOU KNOW, HEMP DIVED

58:06THC IN BUSINESSES THAT USE THAT.

58:09AND ITS ABILITY TO GET SOURCE

58:11THAT PRODUCT ACROSS STATE LINES

58:14SPECIFICALLY. IT'SHE CRUX OF

58:15THE MAJO PART OF THAT ISSUE.

58:17SO THAT DELAYED IT UNTIL EARLY

58:19NEXT YEAR. I BELIEVE IS WHEN IT

58:20WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED. THERE

58:22WOULD LIKE LIE NEED TO BE A PUSH

58:24ON THIS AG BILL TO EITHER CHANGN

58:29PERMANENTLY OR HAVE SOME SORT OF

58:30AN AGREEMENT ON HOW TO HANDLE

58:32THAT SITUATION. BUT, YEAH,

58:33THERE WAS A SKINNY FARM BILL

58:35THAT DID DELAY THE

58:36IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT

58:38DEFINITION. AND THIS FARM BILL

58:40COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE FURTHER

58:42LANGUAGE TO EITHER DELAYHAT

58:44FURTHER OR CLARIFY IT.

58:48>> UPDATE TO T BODY IS WHERE

58:49IT IS HELPFUL. CALLING IT OUT.

58:52BECAUSE IF THE BUSINESSES IN OUR

58:54CITY CAN'T HAVE HEMP-DERIVED THC

58:57BEVERAGES, WE HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH

59:00OF DISTILLERIES, LOCAL SHOPSTHAY

59:04IM IMPACTED IN MINNEAPOLIS.

59:07I'M NOT SEEING ANY FURTHER

59:09DISCUSSION. SO I WILL ASK THE

59:10CLERK TO FILE THAT PRESENTATION.

59:13OUR LAST ITEM IS A WALK ON

59:15RESOLUTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER

59:16CHAVEZ, MYSELF, COUNCIL MEMBER

59:19OSMAN, AND COUNCIL MEMBER

59:20CHUGHTAI. THIS IS A RESOLUTION

59:21THAT CALLS ON THE U.S.

59:23DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

59:24TO DESIGNATE HAITI AS A

59:26TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS. AND

59:29AFFIRM THE CITY' SUPPORT FOR

59:30HAITIAN RESIDENTS. COUNCIL

59:32MEMBER CHAVEZ, WOULD YOU LIKE TO

59:34SPEAK MORE ON THE ITEM.

59:35>> YES, THAN YOU.

59:38AND, YES, EXPLAINED WHAT THE

59:40RESOLUTION DOES. IN ADDITION TO

59:43ASKING THE SENATE TO PASS THE

59:46IDENTICAL COMPANION BILL THAT

59:47WAS PASSED BY U.S. HOUSE OF

59:51REPRESENTATIVES HR168 THE

59:53CURRENT BILL IN THE SENATE IS

59:54PENDING BEFORE THE SENATE

59:56COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY. SO I

59:58WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS BILL GETS

59:59PASSED BEFORE THE END OF THE

1:00:00YEAR TO SUPPORTUR HAITIAN

1:00:04RESIDENTS.

1:00:04>> THANK YOU. WOULD YOU LIKE TO

1:00:07MOVE IT FOR APPROVAL?

1:00:08>> YES.

1:00:10>> SECOND.

1:00:10>> THANK YOU. AND, MEMBERS,

1:00:14WE'RE IN SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH

1:00:15OUR IGR TEAM TO SEE IF THERE IS

1:00:19SO MINIMAL TWEAKS THAT MIGHT

1:00:21NEED TO BE MADE AT FULL COUNCIL.

1:00:23SO WE'LL KEEP YOU APPRISED OF

1:00:25THAT. IS THERE ANY OTHER

1:00:26DISCUSSION FRO MY COLLEAGUES?

1:00:29SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION,

1:00:30ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

1:00:33THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THATMOTE

1:00:37HAVE CONCLUDED ALL BUSINESS

1:00:39BEFORE US. AND WITHOUT

1:00:40OBJECTION, WE ARE ADJOURNED.

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