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Description
Health, Environment & Community Engagement Committee Meeting
A
B
Good
afternoon
I'll,
I
think
I'll
call
to
order
the
meeting
of
a
health
environment
and
community
engagement
committee.
Welcome
everybody
great
to
have
you
here.
My
name
is
cam
gordon
I'm,
chair
of
the
committee
and
I'm
joined
today
by
council
members,
johnson,
frye
clinton
and
bender.
That's
a
quorum
of
our
committee,
and
we
have
a
lot
of
items
on
our
agenda
today
or
more
than
last
time.
Anyway,
we
have
four
consent
items
and
five
discussion
items.
B
I
will
first
describe
and
move
the
consent
items,
and
my
colleagues
up
here
can
feel
free
to
move
something
if
they
have
questions
about
it
or
any
concerns.
The
first
item
is
coming
from
the
city
coordinator's
office
and
it's
to
approve
the
city
council
appointment
of
eduardo
cardenas
from
ward
9
to
the
minneapolis
community
environmental
advisory.
Commission
second
item
is
approve
a
resolution
and
refer
to
igr,
to
amend
the
city
of
minneapolis
legislative
agenda
to
include
support
for
phasing
out
triclosan
from
consumer
products
in
minnesota.
C
B
D
Thank
you
good
afternoon,
chair
gordon
and
council
members.
My
name
is
jane.
Shame
the
coordinator
for
homegrown
minneapolis
and
as
chair
gordon
said,
this
is
our
annual
report
that
we
give
to
the
committee
before
we
start
I'd
like
to
ask
the
food
council
members
here
to
please
stand.
I
know
we've
got
some
of
our
members
are
here.
D
Thank
you
so
presenting
today
we
have
three
members
of
our
community,
so
we
have
the
2013
co-chairs,
beth,
dooley
and
mustafa,
and
then
we
have
our
2014
co-chair,
which
is
russ
henry
and
a
second
co-chair
will
be
elected
on
wednesday
at
our
next
food
council
meeting.
So
we
just
have
one
co-chair
so
far
for
2014.
D
E
Thank
you
jane
and
thank
you,
tear
gordon
and
members
of
the
council.
I
really
appreciate
this
opportunity
to
present
to
you
what
we've
accomplished
over
these
last
couple
of
years.
As
you
may
know,
we
kicked
off
with
homegrown
minneapolis
in
2008.,
we're
now
in
phase
three
of
homegrown
minneapolis,
which
is
the
work
of
the
food
council
and
we've
accomplished
much
in
the
last
couple
of
years.
E
As
you
may
know,
homegrown
minneapolis
is
a
citywide
initiative.
Expanding
our
community's
ability
to
grow
process,
distribute
eat
and
compost
more
healthy,
sustainable,
locally
grown
foods
and
phase
three
is
what
we're
engaged
in
now.
I
thought
I'd
backtrack
a
little
bit
and
share
with
you
a
statement
of
our
vision.
The
homegrown
minneapolis
food
council
envisions
a
vibrant
local
food
system
that
enhances
the
health
of
all.
Residents,
protects
the
earth,
increases
economic
vitality,
expands
social
connectedness
and
improves
food
security.
E
To
support
all
of
minneapolis
residents
and
increase
access
to
food
quality,
we're
addressing
hunger,
food
insecurity,
we're
connecting
people
to
the
food
system
and
we're
connecting
sectors
of
our
food
system
in
ways
that
have
never
been
done
before,
and
I
might
add
that
we're
really
on
the
cutting
edge
and
other
cities
are
looking
to
us
to
see
how
we're
doing
this.
So
we
keep
evolving
and
we're
delighted
and
really
excited
about
what
will
happen
in
the
next
couple
years.
E
F
So
we
do
have
a
as
beth
mentioned,
a
greatly
diversified
food
council
this
year
and
we're
really
looking
forward
to
expanding
the
equity
work
that
we
do
you
see.
Food
is
a
shortcut
for
locally
grown
food
is
a
shortcut
for
people's
personal
health
empowerment
and
when
people's
health
choices
and
decisions
are
empowered,
then
their
life
has
that
much
more
power
and
their
community
has
that
much
more
power,
and
so
the
work
that
we're
doing.
Of
course
it
all
relates
to
equity.
G
So
we
had
one
working
group
staple
foods,
ordinance
which
consisted
of
the
food
council
and
community
members
were
surveyed,
100,
small
retail
food
outlets
to
access
availability
of
healthy
foods
and
potential
impact
of
changes
to
the
ordinance
land
access
urban
ag.
Community
engagement
also
was
another
working
group.
G
All
right
meetings
were
held
at-
and
this
is
this-
is
very
important
getting
out
into
the
community
to
really
engage
the
community
and,
as
you
can
see
from
these
from
these
places,
if
you,
if
you
know
these
places
they're
all
over
the
city,
hope
community,
which
is
doing
huge
work
over
south
youth
link,
which
is
a
teenage
homeless.
It
used
to
be
called
off.
Streets
is
what
it
used
to
be
called.
G
Now,
it's
youth
link
and
it's
right-
it's
right
not
too
far
from
downtown
sabathany
over
south
as
well,
and
st
olaf
community
center
over
north,
which
is
doing
huge
work
in
that
neighborhood
over
north
and
I'm
a
north.
I
was,
I
was
a
north
sider,
so
I'm
very
familiar
with
the
work
that
they're
doing
and
they're
all
doing
fabulous
work.
H
H
This
program
provides
members
with
the
necessary
resources
and
education
to
grow,
preserve,
cook
and
compost
their
own
fresh
produce.
Currently
there
are
approximately
700
members
who
are
participating
in
the
local
food
resource
hubs.
Network
and,
what's
really
exciting.
To
note
is
that,
with
support
from
the
minneapolis
health
department,
gardening
matters
has
been
working
with
liaisons
in
three
different
cultural
communities:
the
african-american
community
latino
and
hmong
community
to
better
give
them
access
to
the
local
food
resource
hubs,
network
and
subsequent
gardening
and
urban
ag
resources
in
the
city.
G
G
Approximately
300
individuals
attended
the
homegrown
minneapolis
open,
open
house
event.
We
handed
out,
I
think
five
homegrown
hero
awards,
which
was
excellent
as
well.
Very
community
oriented
four
community
partners
actually
got
five
of
four
of
the
four
of
the
five
awards.
A
lot
we
had
a
huge
turnout.
The
walker
was
a
wonderful
venue.
The
youth
that
showed
up,
as
you
can
see
in
the
picture,
was
just
an
awesome
turnout
as
well.
G
So,
as
you
can
see,
support
revision
and
adoption
of
new
standards
for
city
staple
foods,
ordinance,
support,
passing
of
the
mobile
healthy
food
store,
ordinance,
work
to
change,
cped
policies,
re
land,
use
for
community
gardens
and
growing
food,
expand,
curbside,
organic
waste
collection,
city-wide
and
advocate
for
local
and
state
policies
that
enhance
pollinator
habitat
and
protect
pollinators,
and
that
is
it.
Are
there
any
questions
and
I'll
step
back
and
let
us
all.
B
C
Thank
you,
mr
chair
and
first
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
so
much
for
your
work
on
behalf
of
all
residents
in
minneapolis.
It's
incredible
to
see
all
this
great
progress
and
it's
such
an
important
issue.
So
thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
that.
I
actually
have
two
questions
in
a
statement.
So
I'll
try
to
be
brief
on
this.
C
I
know
there
is
interest
in
doing
a
public
forest
forage,
so
it's
intentional
planting
where
individuals
can
come
through
and
basically
choose
food,
it's
a
great
great
asset
and
amenity,
I
would
think
for
the
community.
So
I'm
curious
if
there
is
any
involvement
with
that
and
if
you've
had
any
conversations.
D
So
that's
on
the
list,
I'm
not
sure
it's
the
first
thing
they're
going
to
do
when
they
when
they
approve
the
plan
this
spring,
but
it's
something
they
want
to
work
towards
figure
out
the
best
location.
How
you
manage
that,
so
it's
not
completely
trampled
and
that
sort
of
thing
there's
also
been
talk
about
doing
something
here
in
the
city,
and
I
think
one
of
the
issues
we
have
to
determine
is
you
know?
D
Where
is
you
know?
Where
is
the
land
that
we
can
put
it
on?
And
you
obviously
want
something?
That's
permanent.
You
know
not
a
temporary
use,
and
so
I
think
that
I
would
say,
there's
interest
in
it.
I've
been
part
of
conversations
with
other
people
about
that
and
I
think
it's
a
question
just
kind
of
figuring
out
some
of
the
the
legal
and
procedural
you
know
ways
of
doing
it.
C
Excellent,
thank
you.
I'm
also
curious.
I
know.
Satellite
farmers
markets
are
one
of
the
wins
that
came
out
of
the
urban
agriculture
ordinance
changes
that
we
had
in
the
the
plan,
and
I
haven't
seen
a
ton
of
them
around
my
area
in
ward
12
yet,
and
I
was
wondering
if
there
are
any
efforts
to
try
to
create
more
of
those
or
incentivize
those
or
bring
about
more
of
those
within
the
community.
So
we
have
a
more
distributed
local
food
model.
D
So
you
know
that
is
something
that
you
know.
The
mini
market
thing
is
a
little
bit
tougher.
We've
had
some
start
and
fail,
and
part
of
it
is
the
economics
that
for
the
farmers
to
be
there
for
a
period
of
time,
they
need
to
sell
a
certain
amount
of
produce,
and
I
think
that's
partly
why
we're
seeing
a
move
towards
more
mobile
food
options
such
as
mobile
grocery
store
mobile
farmers
market.
D
C
C
Learn
where
their
food
comes
from.
Connect
with
it
establish
those
healthy
eating
habits
is
such
a
highly
important
thing,
and
I
would
hope
that
that's
a
priority
for
most,
if
not
all,
residents
of
minneapolis,
so
I'm
very
excited
to
work
with
you
on
how
we
can
identify
south
facing
lots
that
don't
have
too
much
shade
and
that
have
good
soil
and
how
we
can
and
in
some
ways
consolidate
and
have
two
or
three
lots
together
and
how
we
can
have
longer
leases,
and
things
like
that.
C
I
Okay,
thank
you.
Thank
you,
council,
council
member
gordon,
so
I
just
I
just
wanted
to
thank
everyone.
Here.
That's
been
involved
in
the
homegrown
minneapolis
initiative.
I
feel
very
lucky
to
be
a
part
of
a
city,
that's
so
visionary
and
is
really
taking
risks
and
leadership
in
this
area.
It's
imperative
not
only
for
a
mother
earth,
but
also
for
our
seven
generations
coming
down
the
road.
So
thank
you
so
much
who,
for
everyone,
that's
worked
on
these
efforts.
I
I
do
have
kind
of
a
question
and
I'm
not
sure
who
might
be
able
to
answer
it,
but
you
know,
as
new
city
council
members,
we've
embarked
on
strategic
planning
sessions
and
we're
talking
about
sort
of
learning
from
different
cities
and
different
efforts
across
the
world
that
are
doing
this
kind
of
work.
I
know
that
in
the
racial
equity
bucket
of
work
that
we
do
at
the
city,
there's
been
a
lot
of
exchange
with
the
the
seattle
folks
that
that
have
been
doing
a
lot
of
work
on
racial
equity.
I
So
I'm
curious
to
know
if
the
the
food
justice
efforts,
the
sustainability
efforts
of
our
city
have
recently
taken,
maybe
like
a
learning
trip
or
a
delegation
of
folks
to
learn
from
another
city,
another
state
to
really
kind
of
get
our
hands
and
and
minds
around
what
other
groups
are
doing
and
how
maybe
they're
pushing
the
envelope
on
some
of
these
questions,
and
just
kind
of
you
know
just
to
be
to
be
clear.
I've
I've
been
working.
I
B
D
D
We
really
tried
hard
to
do
a
better
job
recruiting
this
last
fall,
and
I
think
we
saw
some
of
the
benefits
in
terms
of
who
applied
to
the
council.
So
I
think
that,
given
the
council
of
the
food
council
membership
that
that's
really
going
to
be
a
priority
and
we
are
often
engaging-
I
know
we
were
involved
with
this
with
the
study
this
summer
around
economic
development
with
food
and
and
how
we
bring
communities
in.
B
I'll
just
note
that
when
there
was
a
major
food
justice
conference
a
couple
years
ago
in
new
orleans
that
I
went
to
and
some
of
us
did
and
julie
ristow,
one
of
the
founders
has
been
very
involved
in
that,
and
I
was
delighted
to
find
when
I
got
there,
that
we
had
city
presenters
there
with
our
healthy
corner
store
program,
trying
to
share
that
information
about
how
that's
helped
us
get.
You
know,
attack
the
food
deserts
and
improve
the
distribution
system
of
healthy.
J
B
D
I
would
love
to
hear
more
sure
we're
just
starting.
We
just
had
our
orientation
last
month
and
when
our
meeting
wednesday
we're
going
to
start
going
through
the
community
feedback
from
our
open
house
and
some
of
the
work
we
did
last
year
discussing
that
and
probably
by
march,
we'll
be
doing
much
more
focused
activity
plans
and
that
sort
of
thing,
so
we
very
much
will
be
doing
some
planning.
Okay,
yes,.
B
So
the
food
council
itself
will
be
engaged
in
that
and
I
think
that's
fantastic
and
people
should
know
that
all
the
food
council
meetings
are
open
to
the
public
they're,
often
frequently,
if
not
always
held
in
in
different
locations
in
the
community,
and
also
the
food
council
establishes
work
groups
typically.
That
are
also
open
for
full
participation
and
involvement
of
anybody
who's
interested
and
for
people
who
are
interested
in
getting
more
involved,
and
they
want
to
tap
into
some
of
this.
What's
the
best
way
that
they
could
do
that.
D
B
K
Thank
you,
chair,
gordon,
first
I'll,
just
echo
everything
that
council,
members,
conor
and
johnson
just
said
great
job,
guys
and
second
off.
I
I
just
wanted
a
definition
for
two
two
words
or
phrases
that
you
had
on
your
slides
here.
One
is
healthy
corner
stores
and
the
second
is
community
kitchens,
and
do
you
have
a
definition
for
those.
A
B
You
know-
maybe
I
can
mention
the
the
healthy
cornish
store
relates
to
maybe
there's
more
precise
definition
that
fish
has
too,
but
the
amount
of
fresh
produce
that
you
have.
It
actually
is
connected
also
with
our
staple
food
ordinance.
So
one
of
the
things
that
we
we
did
several
years
ago,
we
actually
required
more
fresh
produce
in
order
to
be
a
grocery
store
and
get
your
grocery
store
license.
B
But
what
we
found
was
some
of
the
corner
stores
weren't
able
to
accomplish
providing
the
right
variety
and
quantities
of
fresh
foods
and
produce.
So
we
created
a
program
with
money
from
the
state
through
the
state
health
improvement
program
where
we
actually
went
out
and
supported
efforts
of
those
corner
stores
and
helped
give
them
some
tips
and
lessons
about
marketing
and
give
them
access
to
where
to
get
the
the
food.
B
D
D
Kitchens
are
kitchens
where
they
are
a
commercial
type
kitchen,
such
as
a
park
board
kitchen,
maybe
a
school
or
a
church
where
people
can
use
them
for
the
idea
was
if
they
want
to
do
any
kind
of
processing
or
canning,
and
then
there's
a
couple
kitchens
that
are
a
licensed
kitchen
where,
if
you're,
if
you
want
to
sell
like,
if
you
were
food
vendors,
somebody
like
that,
then
you
have
to
be
at
a
licensed
commercial
kitchen.
So
we've
got
a
kind
of
a
variation
on
that,
but
and
also
a
business
incubator.
C
D
D
We've
got
some
really
good
youth
programs
here
in
the
city,
so
my
role
is
much
more
of
a
support
person,
maybe
helping
with
planning
and
that
sort
of
thing,
but
they've
got
minneapolis
public
schools
doing
a
really
good
job
in
terms
of
what
they're
serving
in
the
schools
and
then
looking
at
the
gardens.
So
so
we
haven't
had
to
take
a
lead
on
that,
because
they've
already
got
their
own
people
doing
that,
and
we
just
try
to
help
where
we
can
in
terms
of
augmenting.
B
And
I
know
that
the
group
certainly
has
reached
out
to
the
public
schools.
We've
even
had
a
meeting
and
a
presentation
from
the
schools
that
they're,
where
they
make
the
I
forget
the
name
of
the
facility,
but
where
they
prepare
the
lunches
nutrition
center
and
actually
they've
been
pretty
amazing
in
trying
to
get
more
local
fresh
produce
in
their
schools
in
their
salad
bars
and
coming
up
with
recipes
that
they
even
serve
the
kids.
B
B
Well,
I
will
then
go
ahead
and
move
this
to
be
received
and
filed,
and
really
thank
everybody
here.
One
of
the
great
things
I
think
about
the
food
council
is
that
it
brings
different
people
from
the
community
together,
but
also
puts
them
around
the
same
table
with
city
staff,
and
I
really
appreciate
the
city
staff
that
are
there
and
then,
when
there's
a
problem
or
an
issue
or
something
we
need
to
work
on
it.
It's
proven
to
be
very
successful
for
us,
because
we
hear
those
different
perspectives
and
strategies
and
all
that
knowledge.
B
B
This
is
a
very
interesting
item,
though,
might
be
even
interesting
to
food
council
people
who
are
interested
in
gardening
and
produce
and
composting
because
it's
about
biochar
composting
and
a
demonstration
project
that
we're
planning
and
I'm
going
to
ask
mr
doughton
from
inspector
environmental
services
to
give
us
a
brief
presentation
and
about
this
interesting
partnership.
We're
developing
with
shakopee
madakatan
sioux
tribal
community
for
biochar
composting.
B
L
First
of
all,
when
you
said
my
name
is
jim
doughton,
I'm
environmental
inspector
with
environmental
services
in
the
health
department
with
me
today
is
I
just
arrived,
is
mike
witt
from
the
meadow
walking
in
tribal
or
excuse,
minnewaken
sioux
community
mike
is
the
natural
resource
manager
for
the
tribe.
So
welcome
mike
really
appreciate
the
opportunity.
As
I
said,.
L
First
of
all,
getting
a
nice
to
get
a
basis
from
where
we're,
starting
from
back
in
the
1950s
researchers
in
the
amazon
rainforest,
found
areas
that
were
of
soil
that
were
black
and
rich
and
lush
and
supporting
a
lot
of
vegetation.
The
picture
on
the
left
is
what
we
remember
from
middle
school
and
high
school
biology
classes
about
rainfall,
soil
rainforest,
soils
being
depleted
of
all
nutrients,
and
then
they
stumble
upon
this
rich
black
earth.
That's
been
in
producing
for
about
2
000
years
turns
out.
L
What
we
found
out
is
some
it's
a
an
ingredient
called
biochar,
which
is
a
fancy
name
for
charcoal
used
in
agricultural
purposes.
You
can
see
it's
it's
one
of
the
great
things
about
biochar
is
that
normally
waste
materials,
waste
agricultural
products,
wood,
etc,
went
after
it's
used
and
it
falls
to
the
forest
floor.
It
degrades
and
turns
right
back
into
carbon
dioxide.
It
continues
to
feed
the
carbon
cycle
and,
as
we'd
add
more
carbon
with
fossil
fuels.
We
get
global
warming
or
environmental
climate
change
with
biochar.
We
stabilize
that.
L
We
take
that
chart
that
we
take
the
char
and
or
excuse
me,
take
the
waste
material
heat
it
stabilize
that
carbon
and
take
it
out
of
the
carbon
cycle
for
up
to
three
thousand
years,
and
some
of
the
waste
gas
is
given
off.
Are
you
actually
used
in
the
process
to
make
it
or
make
cogeneration,
bio,
fuel
or
co-generation,
electricity
or
biofuel,
and
so
it
removes
the
carbon
from
the
carbon
cycle
and
helps
mitigate
the
effects
of
climate
change?
L
L
Some
of
the
benefits
that
we're
seeing
in
the
past
few
years
of
biochar-
and
this
is
an
initiative-
that's
been
going
on
worldwide-
it's
been
a
late
coming
to
the
united
states.
It's
very
widely
used
right
now
in
europe,
asia,
australia,
sub-saharan
africa.
It
reduces
the
carbon
footprint
of
agriculture
in
one
of
the
ways
it
does
it.
Besides
sequestering
carbon
for
over
a
thousand
years
is
it
also
reduces
a
lot
of
the
greenhouse
gases
that
are
associated
with
normal
agriculture,
modern
agricultural
production
such
as
nitrous
oxide?
L
It
reduces
erosion
by
about
two
thirds,
it
increases
the
drought,
resistance
of
crops
and,
as
we
see
changes
in
our
climate,
with
increased
precipitation
in
man
june,
followed
by
periods
of
drought.
This
is
going
to
be
important
for
keeping
a
stable
food,
local
food
access
or
food
source
in
the
city.
L
It
reduces
storm
water,
runoff,
better,
bigger,
better
plants.
Take
up
more
water,
as
well
as
the
charcoal
itself
absorbs
water
for
those
drought
periods.
So
overall
reduces
the
amount
of
runoff
from
precipitation
into
a
watershed
and
helps
stabilize
and
normalize
the
hydrologic
flow
into
the
watershed.
L
L
L
Additionally,
we
have
a
problem
with
the
emerald
ash
borer
coming
on
through
the
city
and
decimating
the
urban
forest.
What
is
not
really
known
is
the
public
health
effect
that
actually
has
on
it.
The
role
of
trees
in
reducing
air
pollution,
in
particular
particulates,
is
really
not
has
not
been
well
understood
or
well
communicated,
but
areas
that
have
been
hit
with
emerald
ash
borer
have
seen
increases
in
mortality
associated
with
heart
disease
and
lung
rung
problems.
This
can
actually
provide
an
alternative
and
also
the
storm
damage
we've
seen
in
recent
years,
but
used
properly
this.
L
How
this
all
began
this
kind
of
an
interesting
things,
if
your
eyes
will
observe
there,
you
may
notice
that
that
is
the
asian
honeybee
instead
of
the
european
honey
bee.
I
know
very
good
catch,
but
in
afghanistan,
if
a
couple
years
ago
was
working
with
the
afghan
government
and
restoring
the
asian
honey
bee
to
southern
afghanistan,
where
it
had
been
eliminated
30
years
prior
and
was
trying
to
restore
agricultural
production
in
the
south.
L
L
Patrick
here
had
worked
with
peace
in
the
peace
corps,
with
bees
as
well
and
together
with
our
friends
in
sustainability,
we
worked
on.
We
wanted
to
get
some
bees
up
on
city
hall
and
lucky
for
us,
mike
whit
with
the
tribe,
had
started
their
beekeeping
program
and
built
it
up
to
120
years
hives
over
the
years,
so
the
tribe
was,
we
might
walk
in
a
sioux.
L
Patrick
had
a
great
idea.
You
know
why
don't
we
go
talk
to
mike
he's,
got
the
commercial
compost
facility
with
meadow
walking
and
sue
down
to
shakopee,
so
we
went
took
mike
out
and
we
had
a
cup
of
coffee
and
kind
of
discussing
some
ideas
about
how
we
can
increase
work
on
some
projects
together
to
increase
agricultural
production
in
the
urban
community.
L
So
through
this
we
came
up
with
this
proposal.
The
city
has
purchased
biochar
using
the
money
that
we
raise
from
pollution
control
impact
fees
from
businesses.
It's
one
of
the
purposes
is
try
to
reduce
pollution
within
the
city
when
mixed
pro
mixed
or
charged,
as
we
say,
with
compost,
biochar
turns
into
a
very
powerful
soil
amendment.
L
The
city
and
the
metawatsu.
We've
also
been
working
with
various
community
agencies
to
set
up
a
demonstration
project
in
the
urban
core
on
ways
to
reduce
food
equity
issues
or
correct
food,
equity
issues
and
food
justice
issues
within
our
vernal
or
vulnerable
populations,
and
found
a
way
to
bring
that
into
our
lives
into
the
urban
core.
L
One
of
the
aspects
of
this
we
are
setting
up.
We
have
an
agreement
with,
through
the
indian
health
board,
with
the
24th
street
urban
farming
coalition
to
establish
a
test
plot
or
demonstration
site
in
the
philips
neighborhood
it
composed
the
three
test
plots
one
with
that
is
just
with
no
treatment,
one
with
compost
only
and
one
with
biochar
and
compost.
We
intend
to
let
the
group
rate
manage
the
site,
raise
the
crops
and
measure
the
results
and
then
we're
going
to
help
with
education
and
outreach
to
bring
this.
The
information
together
throughout
the
community.
L
Just
want
to
show
a
comparison
here
on
the
left
on
your
screen.
Is
you
can
see
just
plain
soil?
This
is
the
what
the
vegetation
looks
like
if
you
just
plant
it
in
the
ground.
Npk
is
just
short
for
nitrogen
phosphorus
and
potassium,
and
it's
a
fertilizer
and
on
the
right
is
biochar
and
fertilizer,
and
you
see
the
dramatic
increase
in
yield
that
we
see
next
and
again,
here's
a
demonstration
showing
just
fertilized
field
and
then
fertilizer
and
biochar.
L
Some
of
the
stakeholders
we've
been
working
with
on
this
project
include
the
indian
health
board,
the
24th
street
urban
farming
coalition,
women's
that
they
run
the
farm.
The
women's
environmental
initiative
and
the
dream
of
wild
health
help
support
the
24th
street
urban
farming
coalition,
but
are
also
interested
in
biochar
in
themselves.
L
L
So,
in
conclusion,
this
project
has
is
a
means
to
provide
food
equity
and
address
food
equity
issues
throughout
the
community,
as
well
as
address
several
environmental
concerns.
We
are
excited
it's
the
health
department
to
work
with
meadow
walking
and
sioux
in
providing
these
services
to
the
residents
of
minneapolis
and
to
the
greater
community.
Are
there
any
questions.
B
I
don't
see
any
questions.
There
are
some
questions
coming,
but
maybe
you
could
just
explain
to
me
what
the
city
is
going
to
be,
delivering
or
or
what
the
city
is
going
to
be
getting
or
what's
exactly
our
role?
Are
we
committing
now
to
take
trucks
and
pick
stuff
up
and
deliver
it?
Are
we
committing
to
use
some
of
our
funds
to
purchase
the
biochar
because
the
the
report
says
no
cost,
but
then
you
also
mentioned
this
pollution
and
fee
that
we
get.
B
L
L
And
so
we
do
have
that
material
purchases,
mainly
through
cost
savings
through
other
projects
that
we
found
the
money
and
purchasing
material.
The
meta
walking
in
sioux
is
providing
the
in-kind,
the
providing
the
compost
and
treatment
and
mixing
of
the
of
the
materials
I'm
currently
in
negotiating
some
terms
in
order
to
get
the
material
transported
up
to
the
sites.
To
avoid
further
exposures.
B
L
Correct,
sir,
as
of
this
time,
there's
no
facilities
in
minnesota
or
the
neighboring
states
that
are
manufacturing
it
because
it
is
coming
new
issue
and
is
coming
towards
the
midwest.
There
are
several
proposals
to
build
the
plants,
but
they
haven't
been
made
yet
they're,
not
in
creation
been
created.
Yet
one
across
the
united
states
have
been
active
in
biochar
groups,
both
at
the
national
and
regional
level,
went
and
identified.
Several
vendors,
such
as
the
beetle
killed
pine
out
in
the
rocky
mountains.
L
They've
set
up
several
plants
out
there
and
are
creating
char,
the
char
that
we
are
getting
right
now
or
we
have
is
waste
material
from
sawmills,
it's
white
oak
down
and
from
central
arkansas
and
southern
missouri,
and
that's
where
our
material
came
from
and
there's
some
others
out
in
the
east.
Just
some
problems
with
the
quality
of
the
material
out
there
they're
using
pallets
and
other
unsustainable
things
that
we
believe
wouldn't
be
inappropriate
sources
for
biochar.
L
K
L
A
Thanks,
mr
chair
and
well,
this
is
a
fascinating
presentation.
I
guess,
when
you
say
no
financial
impact.
I
guess
how
I
interpret
that
so
tell
me
if
I'm
right
is
just
that
what
you're
doing
today
is
kind
of
something
that
is
able
to
be
accommodated
within
the
department's
budget
without
requesting
additional
funds.
So
I'm
not.
I
I
guess
that's
that
certainly
is
is
fair
enough.
A
A
You
know
focusing
on
remediating
soil
and
I
guess
maybe
you
have
a
plan
about
that
right
now,
but
I
think
it'd
be
good
to
kind
of
understand
what
we
might
be
trying
first
off
and
maybe
we're
not
really
talking
about
large
amounts
of
stuff.
I'm
sure
there's
a
large
interest
in
how
to
get
the
best
kind
of
compost
you
can
to
remediate
soils.
L
Jared
gordon
council,
member
glenn,
I
appreciate
these
questions
and
yes
to
answer.
The
short
answer
is
yes,
we
are
actually
having
a
discussion
with
public
works
and
problem
properties
and
other
departments
within
the
city
about
uses
of
this
and
they're
very
interested
in
it
in
how
to
use
it
across
the
city.
L
It's
actually
a
lot
larger
than
just
the
community
gardens
and
the
discussions
that
we've
had
every
time
it
seems
like
every
week,
there's
a
new
opportunity
that
opens
up,
and
once
we
talk
about
it,
it's
like
well,
you
know
we
can
really
use
this
over
here
and
so
we're
going
to
be
looking
at
ways
that
we
can
incorporate
this
on
in
and
not
just
within
the
community
gardens
and
the
urban
farm.
But
we
want
to
make
sure
we
should
demonstrate
this
to
the
urban
farmers
as
well.
L
One
of
the
things
is
that
every
time
you
turn
around,
it
just
keeps
growing
and
growing.
As
far
as
the
aspects
go.
The
park
department
is
very
meeting
with
the
tree
advisory
board
on
thursday
to
discuss
this
further
about
ways
that
we
can
work
with
the
park
board
and
the
university
and
doing
the
study
and
finding
the
cost-effective
way
to
improve
the
urban
canopy
and
particularly
the
difficult
terrain
that
we
have
with
boulevard
trees.
L
There
a
lot
of
potential
for
this
this
year,
but
it
is
not
limited
to
just
what
we
were
talking
about
in
this
short
discussion.
It's
been
it's
an
evolving
issue
and
it's
been
changing.
They
get
a
little
frustrated
with
here,
because
I
keep
walking
in
with
another
bright
ideas.
Somebody
hears
something
and
they'd
like
to
get
involved
with
it,
so
the
partnerships
have
continued
to
grow
and
we
hope
to
do
is
get
the
momentum
going
where
this
can
go
and
we
as
a
city,
can
back
out
of
being
this
principal
role.
L
C
You,
mr
chair,
so
this
sounds
very
exciting
and
incredibly
interesting.
I'm
looking
forward
to
seeing
what
the
results
are
at
our
test
plots.
One
question
I
did
have
is
that
it
looked
like
there's
some
land
being
provided
outside
of
minneapolis
by
the
medawakitan
sioux,
and
I
was
curious
about
that
and
then
would
part
of
the
minneapolis
pollution
impact
fees
be
going
towards
the
pilot
on
that
land
outside
of
the
city,
because
that's
kind
of
my
impression
by
the
based
off
of
the
powerpoint.
L
Chair
gordon
council
member
johnson,
I
just
want
to
backtrack
just
a
little
bit
for
the
council
member
glidden.
One
part,
I
had
a
question
I
didn't
answer
on.
Yours
is
actually
we
should
be
seeing
the
results
on
the
the
effects
on
the
soil
fairly
early
in
this,
in
fact,
from
dr
once
it
gets
dr
after
the
grounds
has
the
plants
germinated.
L
C
All
right,
well,
no
problem
I'll
repeat
that
so
in
the
presentation.
One
of
the
things
that
it
looked
like
that
I
I
saw
in
there
is
that
the
meadow
watkins
zoo
own
land
outside
of
minneapolis
and
that
potentially
our
minneapolis
pollution
impact
fees
would
go
towards
a
pilot
not
only
in
minneapolis,
of
course,
but
outside
of
our
city,
to
a
different
pilot,
I'm
guessing
in
prior
lake.
I
don't
really
know,
and
I
was
wondering
if
you
could
tell
me
if
I'm
correct
in
that
or
if
I'm
incorrect.
L
So
it's
one
of
the
concepts
we've
been
discussing
with
the
metawakadin.
Is
they
have
a
community
garden
out
of
the
condo
wasubi,
which
is
they
grow?
And
that's
part
of
this,
too
is
growing
heirloom
seeds
that
traditionally
have
been
in
in
the
native
american
diet
and
trying
to
restore
the
native
american
diet,
and
what
one
of
the
things
they
do
is
working
down.
L
M
Thank
you
very
much
for
for
having
me
the
the
idea
was
that
the
tribe
would
be
providing
about
five
parts
compost
to
one
part
biochar,
and
we
really
don't
have
identified
experimental
units
yet,
but
if
it,
if
it
did
take
place
on
the
reservation,
it
would
be
at
the
wazubi
or
organic
vegetable
farm
and
they'd
be
when
we,
when
we
talk
sample
plots.
You
know
we're
talking
about
three
plots:
three
to
six
plots
about
as
big
as
this
table,
so
pretty
small,
pretty
small
sample
size.
L
L
I
L
B
B
L
The
only
thing
is,
you
may
have
some
normal.
You
mix
it
into
the
normal
root
zone
and
you
may
end
up
with
some
normal
wear
and
tear
as
you
take
vegetables
out,
as
he
gets
a
little
bit
erosion
in
order
to
freshen
it
up,
but
we're
talking
over
a
period
of
years,
many
years
and
it'll
stay
present
in
the
soil.
Like
I
said,
the
the
terra
preda,
soil
is
about
2500
years
old
and
it's
only
continued
to
grow.
L
It
isn't
just
the
soil,
the
carbon
that
we
put
in
here,
but
it
actually
increases
carbon
beyond
that.
In
bringing
additional
sources
of
carbon
in
a
mature
prairie
can
hold
more
carbon
than
a
forest
can,
as
far
as
its
ability
to
mitigate
climate
change,
and
this
helps
restore
soil.
Carbon
at
a
much
faster
rate
than
nature
can,
on
its
own.
B
Well,
thank
you
very
much
for
the
fascinating
report
and
also
for
the
taking
the
initiative
to
explore
this
opportunity
and
I'm
glad
this
partnership
has
been
developed
and
I
think,
we'll
all
be
looking
forward
to
learning
more
about
it.
I'll
move
forward.
The
recommendation,
then,
that
we
authorize
the
execution
of
this
no-cost
memorandum
of
understanding
with
the
shakopee
mdwakatan
sioux
tribal
community.
B
Any
further
discussions
seeing
none
all
those
in
favor
say
aye
aye
any
opposed
that
motion
carries
now.
We
have
three
more
discussion
items
before
us,
I'm
gonna,
I'm
gonna
be
aiming
for
about
10
minutes
each,
but
we'll
see
how
this
goes.
We
may
actually
need
a
little
bit
more
time
than
that,
because
some
of
these
are
definitely
very
interesting
and
very
exciting.
The
first
up
and
maybe
patty
boulder.
Are
you
going
to
start
this
one?
B
O
Thank
you
good
afternoon,
councilmember,
gordon
and
members
of
the
committee.
My
name
is
patti
boller
with
the
health
department,
and
the
purpose
of
this
agenda
item
is
to
formally
accept
continued
funding
from
ucare
for
financial
and
in-kind
support
for
the
ucare
skyway
senior
center
and
with
me
today
is
our
coordinator,
sarah
goodnow,
and
also
gita
wurster,
who
is
the
senior
vice
president
for
public
affairs
and
marketing
and
dan
ness
who's
the
marketing
director.
O
There
are
daily
exercise
classes,
opportunities
for
socialization
reading
computer
use.
Those
are
all
really
very
popular
activities.
What
should
also
be
noted
is
that
the
center
has
over
25
very
active
volunteers
as
well
as
an
advisory
committee
and
a
friends
of
the
skyway
senior
center.
They
do
additional
fundraising
for
the
center.
O
B
P
I
encourage
all
of
you
to
come
over
there
and
see
the
center
and
the
people
that
are
being
served
there.
It's
truly
individuals
that
are
very
passionate
about
helping
in
folks
that
many
of
whom
are
isolated.
They
don't
have
support
systems
to
take
care
of
them,
so
this
is
a
real
resource
for
them
and
for
others
that
just
need
a
little
bit
of
help
in
figuring
out
what
resources
are
available.
P
B
O
C
B
J
Excellent
good
afternoon
counci
mr
chair
and
council
members,
dana
shellick,
deputy
director
of
minneapolis
animal
care
and
control
as
council
member
gordon
mentioned,
I'm
here
today
to
talk
about
our
new
animal
adoption
initiative,
and
so
today
I'm
going
to
talk
about
the
exciting
work
of
mac
staff
and
community
members.
On
this
initiative.
J
In
september
of
2013,
the
city
council
authorized
minneapolis
animal
care
and
control
to
make
all
adoptable
animals
available
to
the
general
public.
The
major
energy
behind
this
was
our
bully
breeds
or
sometimes
reference.
Our
power
breeds
ensuring
they
were
also
available
to
the
general
public
for
adoption.
J
Our
requested
funding
was
approved
in
the
2014
city
budget
and
we
subsequently
initiated
a
project
team.
The
project
team
is
comprised
of
mac
staff
broken
into
four
teams.
We've
broken
the
process
down
and
we
have
intake.
We
have
behavioral
and
health
evaluations,
we
have
adoption
transfer
and
then
finally,
the
leadership
implementation
team.
The
project
is
managed
by
jeannette
wiedema
bauer.
In
addition,
jody
mullner
hanson
from
the
city
coordinator's
office
is
providing
us
business
process
improvement
support
for
the
project
expectations
for
the
project.
We're
very
excited
about
this
initiative
once
again.
J
Finding
more
forever
homes
for
the
animals
that
come
into
our
care,
so
the
expectations
ensure
all
adoptable.
Animals
are
available
to
the
general
public.
Two.
We
want
to
improve
the
health
and
well-being
of
animals
in
our
care.
Three.
We
want
to
evaluate
and
facilitate
timely
and
successful
placement
of
sheltered
animals
and
fourth,
we
want
to
improve
the
efficiency
and
effectiveness
in
handling
animals
in
our
care.
Our
whole
goal
through
this
process
is
take
a
fresh
look
at
all
our
policies
and
practices
related
to
the
handling
of
animals
sheltered
at
mac.
J
The
initiative
will
look
at
the
entire
process
from
the
time
an
officer
picks
up
an
animal
or
an
animal
comes
to
us
through
the
shelter
to
the
time
it
goes
out.
The
shelter
one
of
the
important
parts
of
all
this
is
engaging
the
community
for
their
all
their
great
ideas.
We
currently
have
15
focus
groups
scheduled.
A
number
of
those
meetings
have
already
happened.
They
involve
different
stakeholders
and
interested
parties
to
help
us
think
through
the
reality
of
making
all
adoptable
animals
available
to
the
general
public.
J
You
will
see
a
schedule
of
those
events.
Tonight,
as
you
know,
is
the
one
in
regards
to
individuals
identified
by
yourselves
in
terms
of
talking
through
what
what
is
making
all
the
adoptable
animals
available
to
the
general
public,
but
we've
had
we've
got
15
scheduled.
We
have
a
few
more
coming
up
at
our
focus
groups.
We
are
engaging
rescue
groups
that
place
pit
bulls,
dog
owners
of
power,
breeds
volunteers
with
mac
members
of
the
minnesota,
herpetological
society
and
chicken
run
rescue
as
well
as
many
other
groups.
J
We
are
engaging
community
from
a
wide
variety
of
perspectives
and
drawing
upon
animal
shelters
in
minnesota
wisconsin
for
best
practices.
Anyone
interested
can
always
go
on
our
website
and
send
a
message
or
look
to
be
involved
in
a
focus
group.
Just
go
on
the
website
and
you'll
see
on
the
front
page,
just
some
big
timelines
that
we're
working
on
in
march,
we
have
a
software
called
chameleon.
J
This
person
will
be
largely
responsible
for
the
adoption
screening
and
the
volunteers
working
on
this
process.
In
addition,
we'll
be
coming
back
to
yourselves,
to
give
you
a
more
thorough
update
on
where
we
are
and
where
we're
going
and
what
we're
proposing
and
then
finally
may
is,
when
we're
really
targeting
the
launch
of
the
new
animal
adoption
process
for
the
city
of
minneapolis.
J
J
If
we
change
some
of
our
practices
around
bully
breeds,
my
concern
is
some
of
the
people
who
we
don't
want.
Having
some
of
these
pit
bulls
may
be
actually
coming
in,
because
we
don't
have
the
screening
process
in
place
to
ensure
the
right
person
is
placing
that
animal
or
taking
that
animal
home.
So,
for
the
benefit
of
the
animals
as
well
as
the
public,
we
haven't
changed
anything
until
we
can
get
this
process
done,
but,
like
I
mentioned,
we
have
48
rescue
organizations.
We
work
with.
J
C
You,
mr
chair,
so
I
had
two
questions
really.
The
first
is:
are
we
do
we
have
any
early
indications
from
this
whole
process
of
some
changes
we
may
want
to
see
in
there
and
then,
in
particular,
with
this
dog
that
came
up
over
the
weekend
and
has
been
very
discussed
this
dog
squish,
I'm
curious
if
there's
any
potential
for
change
of
process
around
microchipping.
C
I
know
that
one
of
my
colleagues
mentioned
that
her
dog
it
was
put
under
while
they
microchipped,
because
it
can
be
distressful
for
the
dogs
and
then
that
way
there
is
no
risk
of
that
dog
biting
or
reacting
to
a
situation
where
it
feels
some
pain
and
is
obviously
in
a
stressful
environment
and
stressful
situation.
In
the
first
place,.
J
Mr
chair
councilmember
johnson,
all
that
will
be
looked
at
and
is
being
looked
at
sort
of
give
you
a
quick
to
bring
everybody
up
to
speed
with
the
dog
people
are
referring
to
as
squish
it
came
to
our
shelter
january
5th.
It
was
impounded
as
a
stray
initially
thought
it
was
injured.
As
you
remember,
it's
fairly
cold
back
then
we
brought
it
in
we
made
available
for
rescues
on
january
13th
and
nobody
came
forward
on
january
21st.
J
We
had
somebody
indicating
they
were
an
owner
outside
the
city
of
minneapolis
in
corresponding
emails
and
faxes.
We
determined
that
in
fact
was
not
their
dog,
so
we
then
made
it
again
available
to
the
rescues
on
january
28th,
on
february
5th,
our
veterinarian,
dr
durr
who's,
been
in
shelter
medicine
for
more
than
20.
Some
years
has
worked
on
a
number
of
animal
behavioral
assessment
tests
on
that
for
a
variety
of
shelters
and
involved
in
the
science
was
seeing
that
the
dog
was
deteriorating.
J
J
When
staff
went
to
microchip
the
dog
then
attempted
it
did
actually
bite
one
of
my
staff
causing
bruising
and
also
attempted
to
bite
another
one
in
regards
to
microchipping
and
sedation,
a
number
of
factors
need
to
be
looked
at
when
you
sedate
a
dog.
You
also,
then
also
still
need
to
give
it
a
shot.
So
you're
still
looking
at
a
similar
there's
ways
to
look
at.
You
have
to
look
at
what
does
that
mean
in
regards
to
some
of
the
complications
that
can
go
with
sedation?
J
You
have
to
look
at
when
a
dog
is
sedated
when
it's
coming
out,
some
of
the
behavior
may
be
less
inhibited,
so
looking
at
all
that
will
be
looked
as
a
part
of
it.
One
thing
I
think
to
really
look
at
is
the
sooner
we
can
get
a
dog
evaluated
and
placed,
and
out
of
the
shelter,
the
better
for
the
dog
and
the
more
likely
successful
outcome.
What
this
process
will
do
is
decrease
the
time
adoptable
animals
will
be
in
our
shelter.
The
whole
idea
with
the
process
is
the
sooner
when
the
dog
comes
in.
J
C
Great,
I
really
appreciate
efforts,
especially
to
get
animals
placed
earlier
in
the
homes
and
to
get
them
out
of
that
environment
as
well
if
their
behavior
is
deteriorating
so
with
the
sedation
part
and
all
that
perhaps
there's
an
opportunity
to
muzzle
animals.
I
don't
know
if
this
has
happened
before
with
other
dogs,
where
they've
bit
during
the
microchipping,
so
maybe
there's
some
other
ways
we
can.
J
J
First
and
foremost,
I
believe
that
animal
care
and
control
is
to
ensure
the
safety
of
the
public.
We
don't
want
to
place
an
animal
that
has
behavioral
issues
and
it's
going
to
be
non-successful
placement,
because
we've
heard
stories
of
people
who
have
adopted
animals
for
different
shelters
and
then
they
get
home
and
they've
made
that
emotional
connection
to
the
dog,
but
they
are
now
tied
to
a
dog
that
they
cannot
necessarily
control
well
and
they're,
always
feeling
obligated
to,
and
they
feel
like
they've
been
given
an
unfair
burden
to
now
take
care
of
this
animal.
J
We
want
to
make
sure
people
understand
the
animal
they're
getting
and
it's
going
to
be
a
successful
placement,
and
I
think,
with
this
new
initiative
and
the
resources
we
have,
we
can
assess
the
animals
better
and
then
say
this
is
a
great
general
public
dog.
It's
not
a
risk
to
the
public.
This
is
a
dog
that
clearly
needs
some
care
and
attention.
We
have
our
rescue
partners
who
have
provided
us
with
plans
and
protocols
of
how
they're
going
to
work
with
these
animals.
Now
we
can
ensure
they're,
successful
placement
too
great.
Thank
you.
B
All
right,
thank
you
very
much.
I
don't
see
any
other
questions
and
I
see
that
you're
expecting
to
come
back
to
report
again
in
march
on
this
to
the
committee.
I
appreciate
that
and
as
the
community
meeting
tonight,
that's
not
open
to
the
public.
That's
a
focus
group.
That's
scheduled
and
everybody's
already
been
invited
correct.
That
is
correct.
Okay,
appreciate
that
all
right
well,
thank
you
very
much.
B
I
think
we
can
receive
and
file
this
report,
then
without
any
discussion,
all
those
in
favor
of
that
say
hi
I
opposed
okay,
and
then
we
have
one
more
item,
the
the
lucky
group
that
got
to
sit
here
for
the
last
item.
I
apologize
for
the
for
the
wait,
but
I
hope
it
was.
It
was
interesting,
but
this
is
about
the
one
minneapolis
fund.
Q
That
would
like
to
say
a
few
things
about
the
program
and
the
reason
they're
here
is
much
of
the
work
on
this.
One
minneapolis
fund
is
done
by
the
commission
and
I
think
they
all
want
to
speak
or
we'll
see
how
that
goes.
Okay
again,
this
is
a
program
that
provides
small
grants
to
community-based
organizations,
primarily
for
leadership,
development
and
community
engagement
activities
with
the
overall
goal
of
broadening
participation
in
civic
affairs
throughout
the
city.
Q
The,
as
I
mentioned,
much
of
the
work
of
on
the
program
in
terms
of
setting
up
the
the
rfp
and
reviewing
the
projects
that
are
submitted
is
done
by
the
commission.
The
first
year
was
just
about
this
time.
Last
year
we
issued
a
request
for
proposal.
We
received
24
applications.
I
think,
which
is
a
pretty
good
indication
of
the
demand
for
this
type
of
program.
Within
the
city.
Q
We
had
sixty
two
thousand
dollars
available,
so
we
were
only
able
to
fund
three
of
those
applications
and
they
are
the
pillsbury
white
house
which
is
doing
leadership,
training
with
latino
residents
in
the
pillsbury
community,
the
law
assistance
center,
which
is
doing
much
of
the
same
kind
of
work
in
the
lao
community,
primarily
in
the
north
side,
and
then
the
conflict
resolution
center,
which
is
doing
work
with
youth
to
promote
civic
engagement.
All
of
those
projects
we
received
about
twenty
thousand
dollars
in
the
second
year
of
the
program.
Q
Q
We'll
have
applications
due
in
april
and
again
we
anticipate
quite
a
demand
for
for
these
types
of
grants
and
then
we'll
be
back
to
this
committee
in
may.
With
recommendations
for
funding
and
again
the
the
recommendations
will
come
out
of
the
neighborhood
community
engagement
commission
so
again
we're
asking
for
authorization
to
issue
the
request
for
proposal
at
this
time,
and
we
have
with
us,
kenya,
mcknight,
jeff,
strand
and
andy
hortalosa
and
I'll
ask
them
to
make
a
few
comments
on
the
on
the
program.
R
We're
delighted
that,
finally,
we
have
you
to
ourselves.
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
and
members
of
the
committee.
First
of
all,
I'm
a
city
council
appointee,
so
you're
getting
your
money's
worth
for
acquainted
with
this
commission
and
we've
done
all
this
work
and
for
the
first
time
this
year
we
are.
Actually
we
actually
have
developed
a
tool
that
general
motors
nasa
is
using
to
to
decide
as
to
who
will
get
the
grants.
So
we're
putting
a
lot
of
rigor
into
this
into
this
committee
and
mrs
mcknight.
S
S
However,
the
commission
had
been
hopeful
of
large
reallocation
of
funding
and
I
think
we're
really
energized
by
the
potential
for
greater
synergy
with
collaborations
between
neighborhood
organizations
and
cultural
and
community
organizations
and,
as
a
matter
of
fact,
that's
coming
up
in
our
conversations
and
dialogues
with
the
proposed
community
innovation
fund,
the
nine
listening
sessions
that
are
being
held.
So
thank
you.
T
T
I
just
want
to
give
you
just
a
little
bit
more
backdrop.
The
conflict
resolution
project
that
we
supported
last
year
was
out
of
a
response
of
the
conflicts
that
happened
with
the
african
american
and
somali
community
itself
high
school.
So
it
was
really
good
to
be
able
to
support
an
initiative
that
would
help
youth
kind
of
resolve
their
conflicts,
but
we're
grateful
for
the
increase
in
our
funding
from
60
to
80
thousand
dollars.
T
T
Work,
which
is
this
year,
is
geared
towards
three
different
levels,
whereas,
though
last
year
was
kind
of
open
and
broad
where
there
was
not
a
real
intentional
connection
of
making
sure
these
groups
or
initiatives
were
connected
to
the
city
initiatives,
and
this
year,
we've
been
very
intentional
about
our
focus
and
clarifying
in
the
rfp
that
we
are
interested
in.
Seeing
these
communities
and
groups
be
connected
to
our
boards
and
commissions,
our
neighborhood
associations,
as
well
as
our
block
clubs,
and
any
other
initiatives
that
our
city
is
a
part
of.
T
T
We
put
a
lot
of
work
in
on
the
rfp
to
make
sure
it
was
inclusive
of
multiple
groups,
but
I
guess
the
final
thing
is
that
you
know
again
just
considering
that
eighty
thousand
dollars
is
is
good,
but
it
wasn't
a
lot
of
money
to
support
the
many
initiatives
that
we've
seen
last
year
and
we
were
not
able
to
refund
all
the
initiatives
that
we
supported.
Last
year,
so
we
couldn't
focus
on
sustainability.
T
We
thought
it
was
in
our
best
interest
to
spread
the
opportunity
amongst
new
groups
and
moving
forward
we'd
like
to
be
able
to
look
at
how
to
really
build
the
capacity
of
these
initiatives
that
we're
supporting,
because
ten
and
five
and
seven
thousand
isn't
really
enough
for
the
longevity
of
these
projects
and
some
are
new
startups
who
are
not
as
political
who
don't
have.
You
know
the
strong
grand
writing
and
things
like
that,
so
we're
investing
in
their
capacity
to
strengthen
their
community
engagement
work
so
just
fyi.
B
I
I
What
kind
of
partnership
component
is
built
into
this?
Grant
application
process
and
sort
of
distribution
of
resources
in
terms
of
if
the
wheat
house
is
going
to
get,
you
know
a
particular
amount
of
money.
Is
there
an
implied
or
explicit
or
intentional
component
of
this
grant?
That
involves
the
engagement
of
the
neighborhood
association
that
that
is
there
in
that
in
that
proximity.
I
Q
The
intention
there
was
to
again
fund
more
projects
and
to
see
if
fifteen
thousand
dollars,
as
actually
as
a
pilot,
would
be
sufficient
to
do
an
annual
leadership
development
program.
It's
it's
very
much
a
test
case,
but
the
primary
purpose
again
was
to
broaden
the
number
of
projects
that
could
be
funded.
I
So
I
was
a
little
curious
about
that
and
I'd
be
interested
in
getting
feedback
from
folks
about
what
what
that
looks
like
and
then
lastly-
and
maybe
this
is
more
a
question
for
it-
for
the
council
members,
but
also
from
your
perspective
as
a
staff
in
the
departments.
What
is
the
plan
to
grow
this?
This
effort?
Going
back
to
commissioner
mcknight's
comments,
I
mean
I
would
really
like
to
see
more
than
80
thousand
dollars
at
the
table.
So
I
don't
know
if
that's
something
chairman
gordon
could
address
or
you
or.
Q
Well,
I
can
speak
to
that
by
saying
I'm
quite
certain
in
the
budget
submittal
that
will
present
later
this
year,
you
will
see
increased
funding
for
this
project.
The
precise
number
I
can't
say
right
now,
but
we
did
ask
for
more
money.
Last
year
we
will
again
this
year
and
again
the
demand
throughout
the
city
for
these
types
of
projects
is
fairly
great.
So
I
think
we
can
justify
that.
B
So
the
one
thing
I
think
that
came
up
last
time
and
it's
come
up
a
couple
times-
is:
there's
a
concern
about
this
fund
and
the
support
that
we
give
to
neighborhood
organizations.
And
if
you
read
this
actually,
if
you're,
if
you
get
community
participation
program
funding,
you
can't
apply
for
these
funds.
So
clearly
it's
not
intended
for
neighborhood
organizations,
and
I
just
want
some
clarity
right
now.
So
everybody
understands
that
this
is
coming
from
a
separate
funding
source.
E
B
Q
Certainly,
council,
member
garden,
this
fund
isn't,
is
funded
entirely
from
the
city's
general
fund
and
it
was
in
the
first
year
it
is
in
the
second
year.
Any
increase
in
funding
that
we
request
in
the
future
will
again
would
be
from
the
city's
general
fund.
The
city's
neighborhood
programs,
particularly
the
community
participation
program.
The
source
of
that
funding
is
a
consolidated
tax,
increment
financing
district,
which
is
dedicated
solely
for
neighborhood
programs,
and
so
none
of
this
none
of
the
projects
funded
out
of
this
program.
B
And
I
appreciate
that
and
I
appreciate
that-
that's
the
way
the
commission
approached
it
and
sought
to
sacha
fund
it.
It
doesn't
say
that
we
can't
use
general
funds
to
support
neighborhood
organizations
more
in
the
future
either,
and
it
also
says
that
then
the
one
minneapolis
funds
are
committing
are
competing
with
pub
public
works,
please
fire
and
all
these
other.
So
so
there's
lots
of
competition
for
the
funds
too,
because
it's
all
from
the
general
fund,
but
all
right
are
there
any
other
questions
or
comments
about
this
all
right.
E
N
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
I
just
this
may
already
be
written
to
the
rfp,
but
I
was
just
looking
for.
Could
you
just
briefly
describe
the
sort
of
report
reporting
requirements
that
you
have
and
how
you're
able
to
report
back
on
the
impact
of
these
funds
in
in
organizations
that
I
imagine
might
have
varying
capacities
to
to
do
detailed
reporting
and.
Q
Councilmember,
gordon
and
council
member
bender,
first
of
all
we're
trying
to
keep
this
this
program,
both
the
application
process
and
the
reporting
process
as
simple
as
possible.
Again,
there's
not
a
large
amount
of
money
available,
and
we
also
provide
assistance
to
smaller
organizations
that
may
not
have
the
capacity
to
even
submit
an
application.
So
we
provide
that
in
terms
of
reporting
program,
recipients
are
required
to
do
a
six-month
report
which
all
have
done
they're
all
very
much
along
in
their
projects
and
then
a
final
report,
both
of
which
are
relatively
simple
to
complete.
Q
What
we
want
to
know
is
how
did
they
perform
in
relation
to
the
proposal
that
they
submitted?
What
were
some
of
the
results
and,
more
importantly,
what
can
we
take
away
from
these
projects
to
apply
elsewhere
in
the
city?
I
should
also
note
that
all
three
of
the
project
recipients
have
presented
before
the
neighborhood
and
community
engagement
commission,
which
really
facilitated
a
great
dialogue
with
the
commissioners
in
terms
of
how
again
these
programs
can
be
applied
elsewhere,.
S
So
I
think
there's
a
real
opportunity
for
synergies.
There
was
a
great
deal
of
misinformation
about
the
funding
sources,
and
so
I
think
it's
really
critical
to
make
sure
that
the
general
fund
nature
of
the
support
for
one
minneapolis
grants
is
always
delineated,
but
there
are
opportunities
going
forward
for
existing
programs
like
community
participation
and
perhaps
the
community
innovation
fund,
to
provide
even
more
opportunities
for
synergies.
B
But
neighborhood
organizations
are
right
in
there
and
I
think
this
could
be
a
great
tool
to
actually
help
strengthen
neighborhood
organizations
as
well,
which
I
think
is
what
you
were
also
saying,
and
I
really
appreciated
seeing
that
in
there
are
there
any
other
comments
that
anyone
would
like
to
make.
Yes,
that's
what
nate.
T
Just
want
to
thank
you,
councilmember,
gordon,
just
reiterate
that
part
of
our
focus,
or
at
least
for
me
as
a
person
of
color
in
the
city
of
minneapolis.
We
we
did
review
the
report
that
you
all
came
up
with,
or
that
was
done
around
the
boards
and
commissions
last
year.
That
showed
a
very
insignificant.
T
I
should
say
there
were
a
lack
of
people
of
color
who
participate
in
the
boards
and
commissions
in
the
city
of
minneapolis,
and
we
understand
that
there's
a
wide
range
of
disparities
here
that
are
related
to
a
number
of
different
things
in
our
city.
So
part
of
our
interest
and
focus
was
about
really
valuing
the
cultural,
specific
communities,
ways
of
thinking
and
organizing
themselves,
without
necessarily
relegating
them
to
just
necessarily
just
be
a
part
of
the
neighborhood
associations
as
their
first
approach,
but
figuring
out
how
they
work
with
themselves
to
build
that
bridge.
T
So
I
hope
that
our
neighborhoods
would
see
that
as
a
value
and
not
as
a
competition,
because
all
of
these
groups
exist
within
neighborhoods
and
all
of
our
commissioners,
while
some
of
us
are
not
board
members
or
staff
of
our
neighborhood
associations,
we're
all
very
involved
in
our
communities.
And
lastly,
I
would
say
that
for
me
in
my
own
community,
our
neighborhood
association
is
not
our
primary
go-to
for
our
needs,
culturally
in
our
community,
and
in
fact
so
many
of
us
don't
even
know
what
neighborhood
we
live
in.
R
R
I
would
like
for
you
to
consider
really
increasing
the
funding
for
this
for
this
fund,
for
it's
too
late
enough
for
this
year,
but
for
next
year
and
they
will
come
when
I
will
see
results
of
this
funding
and-
and
you
will
actually
see
names
you
can't
pronounce.
You
know
like
right
now.
It's
easy,
you
know
easy,
it's
gordon
johnson,
it's
I
just
think
about
it.
So
thank
you
very
much
for
for
having
us
and
for
your
time.
B
Thank
you
very
much.
I
appreciate
that.
I
don't
see
any
other
questions
or
comments,
so
I
will
move
to
authorize
the
neighborhood
community
relations
director
to
issue
the
request
for
proposals
and
solicit
applications,
and
then
the
commission
will
be
authorized
to
review
those
proposals
for
funding
and
make
the
recommendations
for
the
funding
awards
and
we'll
get
to
see
those
recommendations
again
and
probably
approve
whatever
the
commission
brings
forward.
But
you
know
it's
up
to
us
any
discussion
on
that
motion
and
that
part
about
us
approving
whatever
they
bring
forward.