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From YouTube: May 7, 2014 Committee of the Whole Meeting
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Minneapolis Committee of the Whole Meeting
A
Good
morning,
everyone
I
am
calling
to
order
our
regularly
scheduled
meeting
of
the
committee
of
the
whole.
My
name
is
elizabeth
glidden,
I'm
the
chair
of
this
committee
and
I'm
joined
today
by
council
members,
gordon
gano,
andrew
johnson,
yang
quincy,
orsami,
goodman
and
frye,
and
we
are
a
quorum
of
the
committee
and
able
to
do
business.
I
do
expect
maybe
joined
by
a
few
other
council
members
as
well.
A
We
have
three
items
on
on
our
agenda
for
today
for
discussion
and
the
first
is
a
consideration
of
single
employer,
self-insured
medical
plan,
and
we
had
a
brief
presentation
on
that
at
our
last
cycle,
and
so
I've
not
seen
anyone
come
forward.
So
I'm
inviting
you
to,
I
I'm
not
sure
miss
trevor
or
miss
trammell.
If
you
had
any
additional
information
that
she
wanted
to
present
to
us
and
then
I
might
pose
some
questions
and
then
move
forward
on
the
action.
That's
before
us.
Okay,.
B
A
Okay
and
just
to
let
folks
know
I
am
right
now
getting
into
my
speaker
management,
and
so,
if
you
are
in
queue,
please
help
signal
me
why
I'm
doing
a
million
things
open
here
and-
and
I
will
start
off
with
a
question
which
is
just
to
clarify
for
my
colleagues
for
myself
and
for
the
public.
What's
the
impact
of
the
action
that's
proposed
for
us
today?
A
My
understanding
is
this
essentially
allows
us
to
move
forward
on
an
rfp
process,
but
that
future
actions
would
again
come
back
before
this
body
for
any
final
decision
making.
So
maybe
you
can
take
us
through
what
does
the
action
before
us
today
actually
put
before
us
and
then
what
else
would
come
back
to
this
body.
B
That
would
include
as
there's
a
separate
action
pending
in
ways
and
means
budget
that
would
authorize
the
release
of
a
medical
plan
rfp
and
that
our
request
for
proposal
would
include,
would
request
for
proposals
on
fully
insured
and
a
self-insured
basis.
So
we
can
do
a
proper
analysis
and
then
we
would
come
back
to
the
full
council
with
our
recommendations
later
this
earth
this
summer.
A
B
C
Okay,
I
appreciate
that,
and
I
also
noticed
that
in
the
resolution
it
says
that
staff
will
be
directed
to
provide
reasonable
assistance
to
the
youth
coordinating
board.
The
municipal
building
commission
and
the
minneapolis
public
housing
authority,
as
they
transition
to
their
own
employee
benefit
plans.
C
I
want
to
acknowledge
that
we
received
a
letter,
and
there
are
we've
heard
some
concerns,
especially
from
the
public
housing
authority,
about
the
actual
costs
that
that
might
entail,
and
the
difficulties
and
the
challenges
and
what
I'm
reading
in
that.
That
clause
is
that
we
will
be
there
to
help
and
assist
and
and
we're
not
saying
an
actual
amount
of
money
that
we're
going
to
be
helping
with,
but
we
want
to
work
out
something
that
will
be
reasonable
to
all
parties
and
seem
reasonable.
A
And-
and
I
might
speak
a
little
bit
to
this-
and
thank
you,
councilmember
gordon-
for
acknowledging
the
letter
that
all
of
us
received
yesterday
and
and
I
want
to
acknowledge-
miss
cora
mccorvey
who
has
joined
us
today.
I
did
ask
if
she
wanted
to
to
speak
and
if
she,
if
she
does,
we
welcome
her.
But
she
indicated
just
want
to
make
sure
he's
here
to
listen
and
be
part
of
the
meeting.
A
So
I
want
to
thank
her
for
being
here
and
I
think
we
are
still
trying
to
understand
what
are
all
of
the
needs
from
the
partners,
and
I
know
from
I'm
not
sure
if
someone
is
here
from
the
mayor's
office
right
now.
But
the
mayor's
office,
as
well
as
a
council
president,
has
been
involved
in
some
meetings
with
public
housing
and
reaching
out
to
the
other
partners
to
make
sure
that
we
are
fully
understanding.
A
B
Chair
glidden
councilmember,
gordon
just
in
response
I'd
just
like
to
say
a
couple
of
things:
that
process
at
least
the
discovery
stage
of
that
process
has
already
started.
There
have
been
meetings
with
the
city's
benefit
consultants
in
mpha
and
also
with
nbc
we've
yet
to
meet
with
the
youth
coordinating
board.
The
needs
of
these
entities
are
all
different,
they're
different
sizes,
they're
different
considerations,
so
it's
really
looked
on
as
a
case-by-case
basis.
B
B
What
would
be
that
reasonable
assistance
kind
of
some
parameters
on
that
some
time
frames
and
we
are
in
the
process
of
developing
quotes
with
our
with
our
benefit
consultants,
if
they're
involved
in
the
process,
you
know
what
what
the
financial
commitment
might
be
so
we're.
We
have
started
down
that
path.
D
Option
and
then
do
you
know
if,
if,
as
mpha
has
considered
their
alternatives,
have
they
considered
going
as
a
block
of
business
with
the
other,
albeit
much
smaller
entities
it?
You
know
all
together,
instead
of
separately,
some
of
them
buying
on
the
exchange
and
others
like
mpha
not
being
eligible
for
that
exchange.
B
B
B
A
E
Madam
chair,
I
just
excuse
me,
council
members.
I
just
wanted
to
respond
to
the
questions
that
the
previous
speaker
couldn't
respond
to,
as
it
relates
to
the
pha,
specifically
the
phase
desire.
Would
we
would,
of
course,
love
to
stay
with
the
city's
plan.
They
want
to
make
that
clear.
We
have
enjoyed
these
benefits
for
23
years.
They've
worked
fabulous
for
our
agency,
our
300
employees
and
our
600
dependents,
a
total
of
900
people,
and
yes,
we
would
love
to
stay
so
to
make
that
clear.
E
Secondly,
no,
we
have
not
spoke
with
the
other
two
boards
or
agencies
are
affected
by
this.
Actually
we
haven't
had
the
time
frankly,
and
we
have
met
with
your
consultant
benefit
consultant
at
least
once
planning
to
meet
with
them
tomorrow.
So
we'll
know
more
as
as
this
progresses,
but
I
want
to
make
sure
I
answer
those
questions.
Okay,.
A
Item
number
two
is
a
report
on
the
racial
equity
action
plan
and,
more
specifically,
on
a
proposed
process
for
developing
a
racial
equity
action
plan,
and
so
I
want
to
welcome
ms
corbell
and
I
understand
there
has
been
a
robust
large
number
of
staff
and
so
really
want
to
thank
the
team
as
a
whole
that
has
been
involved
to
date
in
helping
to
evaluate
this
proposal
and
identify
what
might
be
some
proposed
steps
moving
forward.
So
ms
corbell.
F
The
city
council
offered
staff
directions
on
march
26th
on
the
development
of
a
racial
equity
action
plan,
and
we
are
back
today
following
those
directions
from
the
committee
on
march
26,
to
talk
to
you
about
what
we,
the
team,
has
been
discussing
on
a
proposed
racial
equity
action
plan.
I'll
read
you
the
direction
specifically,
it
should
be
in
front
of
you
and
up
on
the
on
the
screens.
The
direction
was
proposed
options
for
creation
of
a
racial
equity
action
plan,
utilizing
it
as
examples.
F
The
team,
madam
vice
president,
that
you
spoke
of
earlier
that
was
composed
of
individuals
from
the
mayor's
office,
the
ward
8
council
office,
and
it
really
has
been
brought
to
you
by
a
range
of
staff
across
the
city.
Who've
been
involved
also
in
the
ongoing
work
of
the
equitable
solutions
framework
that
was
developed
and
presented
to
the
public
safety,
civil
rights
and
emergency
management
committee
on
april
30th.
And
while
this
does
not
include
representatives
from
every
department
in
the
city,
we
thought
it
provided.
A
nice
cross-section
of
individuals
and
departments.
F
F
The
scope
would
certainly
include
the
ongoing
and
current
work
that
the
city
has
been
engaged
in.
It
would
include
future
strategies
and
the
work
would
be
more
than
the
internal
work.
If
you
recall,
that
is,
the
focus
of
the
equitable
solutions
framework
would
be
wider
than
what
is
currently
ongoing
in
the
city
enterprise,
and
it
must
align
with
the
recently
adopted
city,
values
and
goals.
F
So
we
have
attempted
the
team
as
attempted
to
identify
four
areas.
Certainly,
these
areas
would
be
your
choice
and
we
have
just
given
you
some
examples
of
where
those
might
land,
but
once
you've
made
your
decisions
on
which
areas
you
wish
to
focus
on,
the
team
agreed
that
the
strategies
might
be
developed
using
this,
this
high
low
bar.
F
So
if
you
look
at
the
for
look
at
this
slide,
for
example,
on
the
high
low
bar,
we
know
that
the
the
highest
level
of
influence
that
the
city
possesses
on
some
of
these
strategies
would
most
likely
be
the
work
that
the
city
does
within
its
own
enterprise
and
those
things
that
the
city
influences
directly
and
then,
if
you
notice
that
the
arrow
goes
from
left
to
right
to
where
they're,
where
the
city
has
a
a
little
less
influence.
And
if
you
look
at
the
next
slide,
there
are
some
examples.
F
The
current
equitable
solutions
work
on
the
guide
to
recruitment
and
hiring
the
affirmative
action
plan
is
is
an
example
of
that.
The
recruitment
program,
a
cadet
recruitment
program
in
the
fire
department,
community
services
officer
program
in
the
police
department
are
examples.
The
middle
of
that
bar
showed
things
that
this,
where
the
city
has
some
mid
level
of
influence
where
we're
strongly
involved,
but
there's
also
significant
involvement
by
individuals
and
organizations
external
to
the
city
and
then,
as
you
go
farther
to
the
right.
A
C
I
could
ask
it
now
and
it
could
be
answered
through
throughout
more
of
the
discussion
if
you
like,
but
you
you,
the
the
staff
group
narrowed
kind
of
the
scope
down
to
these
four
major
headings
from
a
much
larger
group.
So
I
was
very
curious
about
what
the
criteria
was
for
moving
from
kind
of
that
larger
area
and
as
as
to
one
of
the
four
main
buckets
of
work
that
we
could.
C
Can
you
know
what
we
could
weigh,
because
you
also
toss
that
out
to
us,
as
we
could
modify
that
and
change
that,
so
I
immediately
started
thinking
about.
What's
the
criteria
that
I
would
have,
and
why
would
I
put
something
in
there
and
something
not
so.
I
was
curious
and
you
don't
need
to
answer
it
now.
Maybe
that'll
get
answered
later
in
the
discussion
too.
F
Madam
chair
councilman,
gordon
I'll,
try
to
I'll
attempt
to
answer
it
now
and
mr
strobel
can
certainly
put
some
more
flesh
on
on
the
answer
when
he's
up
here.
But
again,
if
you
go
back
to
the
slide
that
the
slide
here
slide
number
six,
that
has
these
10
categories
or
focus
areas
and
again
the
team
did
not
make
any
come
down
hard
on
any
particular
area
except
employment,
because
you've
already
given
a
staff
direction
via
resolution,
2012
r456,
to
focus
internally
on
employment.
F
But
every
one
of
these
areas
still
has
a
potential
for
additional
strategies
to
be
developed,
because
if
you
recall
the
resolution,
2012
456,
it's
just
focused
on
the
enterprise
and
even
with
employment.
There
are
other
strategies
that
could
perhaps
be
developed
as
you
look
more
into
the
community,
so
the
so
the
team
did
not
land
on
any
of
these
specifically
and
the
reason
we're
showing
these
four
categories
is
that,
as
the
team
was
thinking,
these
seem
to
us
to
be
the
areas
where
we
have
done
the
most
work.
F
A
G
Thank
you,
madam
churn.
Miss
corbell,
I
guess
on
on
your
flow
chart
here.
Are
you
saying
that
the
in
the
first
section
we
have
high
and
then
going
over
towards
low?
Would
you
say
that
I
mean
it
seems
to
me
step
up
in
urban
scholars
is
high?
Is
it
just
lack
of
space
that
you're
putting
that
that
isn't
a
mid
kit
category,
or
am
I
wrong.
F
Madam
chair
council,
president
johnson,
this
is
not
to
say
we
were
we
weren't
trying
to
grade
by
degrees
the
level
of
influence,
and
so
it
might
be
a
higher
level
of
influence
in
the
medium
category.
But
what
we're
attempting
to
say
by
this
is
that
there
there's
an
opportunity
here
to
use
these
programs
and
initiatives
also
to
connect
with
partners
in
the
community.
There's
some
ongoing
work
with
step
up
and
urban
scholars
to
move
it,
not
just
as
as
a
city
initiative,
but
to
move
that
also
into
the
community.
H
H
So
I'll
just
lay
out
all
my
questions
and
you
can
feel
free
to
respond.
I'm
just
trying
to
find
out
more
about
the
relationship
between.
If
you
could,
please
explain
the
relationship
between
this
particular
plan
and
all
the
other
racial
equity
initiatives
that
we've
discussed
and
heard
you
present
on
and
know
are
moving
within
the
city.
I
also
want
to
hear
a
little
bit
more
about
the
plan
for
communicating
about
these
projects
internally
and
externally,
particularly
because
a
lot
of
community
members
always
want
to
know
and
ask
what's
going
on
what
are
you
guys
doing?
H
F
Madam
chair
and
council
member
cono,
if
I
could
just
maybe
restate
your
questions
really
quickly
and
then
I
think
all
of
them
are
going
to
be
covered
in
the
second
half
of
the
presentation,
but
just
so
that
mr
strobel,
if
he
wasn't
jotting
them
down,
but
you
want
to
know
about
the
racist
relationship
between
this
work.
Another
racial
equity
initiative
ongoing
in
the
city.
You
wanted
to
know
how
the
communication
would
happen.
F
What's
the
communication
plan
internally
and
externally,
you
want
to
know
how
other
council
offices
other
than
the
ones
identified
and
the
staff
direction
could
be
involved
in
the
work,
as
you
feel
very
strongly
that
all
of
the
officers
should
be
accountable
for
its
for
its
implementation
and
success,
and
you
want
to
know
how
the
community
will
be
engaged
and
also
the
time
frame
for
development,
and
I
think
all
of
those
will
be
covered
in
the
second
half
of
the
presentation.
If
they're
not
I'm
happy
to
come
back
up
and
address
them
individually,.
I
So
I'm
going
to
be
spending
the
following,
slides
and
describing
these
steps,
but
very
briefly,
the
steps
we're
proposing
are
that
there's
a
forming
stage,
an
assessment
stage,
a
stakeholder
engagement
stage,
a
stage
around
strategy
development
and
then,
ultimately,
a
set
of
recommendations
and
implementation
in
terms
of
the
forming
stage.
There's
really
two
components
of
this.
I
The
first
component
is
around
structure
which
I'll
get
into
a
little
specifics
in
a
moment
and
then
also
around
setting
the
parameters
of
the
plan.
The
the
two
elements
in
terms
of
the
structure
I
would
propose,
starting
in
the
middle
of
this
chart
where
it
says
racial
equity
action
plan.
That's
what
we're
here
today
to
to
talk
about
how
we
would
propose
that
that
plan
get
developed
in
terms
of
structure.
I
Our
first
recommendation
would
be
that
the
racial
equity
action
plan
start
by
the
identification
of
a
steering
committee
that
steering
committee
would
in
turn,
report
up
to
the
racial
equity
policy.
Work
group
was,
which
was
the
initial
motion
for
creating
that
was
developed
in
the
staff
direction
that
came
out
of
the
public
safety,
civil
rights
and
emergency
management
committee
last
week,
and
I
think
that
will
be
taken
up
by
the
full
council
later
this
week.
I
In
turn
that
racial
equity
policy
work
group
would
oversee
the
work
of
not
only
the
racial
equity
action
plan,
but
also
the
current
work
underway
today
represented
in
the
equitable
solutions
oval
there
in
the
bottom
left
corner
of
this
diagram.
So
we
know
that
there
is
a
lot
of
work
going
on
today,
a
lot
of
great
work,
but
that
this
racial
equity
policy
work
group,
which
would
involve
both
elected
leadership
and
department
leadership,
would
be
involved
in
oversight
of
both
existing
work
and
the
development
of
this
new
racial
equity
action
plan.
I
In
addition
to
the
steering
committee,
the
other
structure,
components
that
would
be
created
depending
on
what
specific
topics
the
action
plan
would
focus
on
that,
we
would
propose
that
there
would
be
specific
work
groups
around
each
one
of
those
topic
areas.
The
climate
action
plan
held
a
similar
structure
and
it
proved
very
successful
in
terms
of
of
developing
a
set
of
recommendations.
I
I
The
second
step
would
be
the
assessment
step,
which
would
be
primarily
conducted
by
the
topic,
work
groups
and
with
staff
support,
and
we
feel
this
assessment
step
would
really
be
focused
on
identifying
current
efforts
underway
both
locally
and
regionally.
We
know
that
there's
a
lot
of
work
going
on
in
this
area
and
we
want
to
take
an
inventory
of
what
all
that
is.
So
when
the
racial
equity
action
plan
is
doing
their
work,
they
consider
all
of
that
work
as
part
of
developing
its
recommendations.
I
In
addition,
we
would
recommend
that
part
of
the
assessment
phase
identify
a
set
of
evidence-based
practices
that
are
been
proven,
successful
not
only
in
the
united
states
but
potentially
globally,
as
well
and
then
also
in
during
the
assessment
phase,
to
identify
specific
areas
of
greatest
need
within
certain
topic
areas.
So
if
the
topic
area
was
employment,
are
there
certain
areas
within
the
employment
area
that
needed
specific
attention
in
terms
of
stakeholder
engagement?
I
I
Ultimately,
we
feel
that,
in
addition
to
the
steering
committee,
that
these
recommendations
should
be
considered
by
the
racial
equity
policy
work
group
as
well
in
terms
of
time
line,
one
final
slide.
There
was
a
question
in
terms
of
how
does
the
current
work
that's
going
on
merged
with
the
racial
equity
action
plan,
and
this
particular
chart
we're
proposing
that
the
top
arrow
represents
the
racial
equity
action
plan.
A
J
Chair
glidden
council
president
johnson
council
members.
Thank
you
proposed
next
steps,
as
discussed
at
the
public
safety
and
civil
rights
committee,
the
other
day
the
the
racial
equity
policy
work
group.
The
mayor
will
convene
here
shortly.
She's
consulted,
I
think,
with
a
number
of
council
members.
A
G
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
You
know
I
was
late
coming
to
committee
of
the
hole
this
morning,
because
I
was
dealing
with
critical
issues
in
my
ward
and
I'm
just
going
to
highlight
a
couple
of
them:
shots
being
fired
inside
an
apartment,
building,
narcotics
violation,
10
people
arrested
in
a
business
in
north
minneapolis,
foul
park
gunshots
in
the
park,
nuisance
properties
loud
fighting,
music,
alcohol.
G
So
I'm
doing
my
my
best
to
try
and
figure
out.
You
know
who's
responsible.
What's
going
on
and
I'm
really
concerned
that,
as
I
see
this
staff
team
arrayed
of
people
that
are
involved
with
the
work
groups,
task
forces,
equitable
solutions
group,
I'm
just
wondering
how
much
staff
time
we're
talking
about
taking
here,
because
I
see
some
of
the
same
people
that
I
am
asking
to
help
deal
with
critical
public
safety
issues.
G
G
What
are
what's
our
priority
in
the
city?
I've,
I
remember
taking
a
government
class
in
college.
Public
safety
is
the
number
one
responsibility
of
government
and
we
have
neighborhoods
in
this
city
on
lowry
and
morgan
the
other
day
tuesday.
I
believe
it
was
somebody
fired
six
shots
at
a
car
on
an
ongoing
gang
war
that
is
going
on
in
our
city,
and
so
I'm
just
I'm
just
curious
as
to
what
kind
of
staff
time
we're
talking
about
and
and
exactly
what
our
priorities
are.
As
a
city.
I
am
so
frustrated
about
this.
G
I
just
I
I
see
it
as
another
task
force.
Another
report,
another
reporting
mechanism.
I've
got
all
the
reporting
mechanisms
I
need.
I
get
these
reports
every
single
week
from
the
police
department,
where,
in
my
neighborhood
60
shots
are
fired
every
single
week
and
in
the
rest
of
the
city,
it's
10..
What
are
we
doing
about
that?
When
are
we
going
to
spend
some
time
on
that?
G
This
is
so
frustrating
to
me.
I'm
I'm
just
I'm,
I'm
really
angry.
So
I
I
want
to
know
what
I
want
an
estimate
of
staff
time.
I
want
to
know
from
each
of
these
department
people
how
much
time
you're
spending
on
this,
these
multiple
multiple
initiatives
that
we're
using
to
produce
more
reports.
That's
what
I
want
accountability.
A
We
have
to
be
able
to
do
what's
in
front
of
us
and
address
those
priority
issues,
while
at
the
same
time,
putting
together
the
guiding
framework
that
hopefully,
will
allow
us
to
achieve
the
goals
that
we
have
identified
as
a
city,
and
if
we
can
do
this
work
around
climate
action,
let
me
tell
you.
I
really
believe
that
we
can
do
this
work
around
racial
equity.
We've
identified
this
as
a
goal:
we've
called
it
different
things
every
single
time.
A
I
have
been
elected
to
serve
on
this
council,
but
yet
we
haven't
formulated
a
plan
that
touches
our
departments
about.
How
are
we
moving
forward
and
how
are
we
going
to
get
some
focus
and
what's
the
work
that
we
are
going
to
prioritize,
I
think
it's
a
good
point
about.
How
are
we
able
to
balance
doing
that
work
and
not
spinning
our
wheels
and
not
taking
away
from
our
critical
functions
that
are
in
front
of
us
like
public
safety,
but
still
be
able
to
do
the
work
of
a
city
of
moving
forward?
A
Having
a
plan
and
finding
out
are
we
actually
accomplishing
our
goals
so
to
the
point
about?
How
are
we
going
to
develop
the
scope
of
work
so
that
we,
within
our
different
departments,
are,
can
have
more
confidence
and
what
will
be
the
time
allotted?
I
mean
it's
a
very
good
and
important
question.
Ms
corbell,
I
don't
know
if
you
have
a
response.
F
I
do
thank
you,
madam
chair
and
council
president
johnson.
It
it
has
taken
staff
time
to
put
together
the
proposal.
It
will
take
staff
time
to
put
together
the
plan,
but
the
city
council
and
the
mayor
set
the
priorities
for
what
happens
in
this
city,
and
I
would
exp
10
out
of
13
of
you
for
sure.
I'm
certain
said
that
equity
and
racial
equity
were
priorities
for
you
during
this
most
recent
campaign,
so
the
staff
is
only
attempting
to
implement
direction.
F
F
I
suppose,
if
we
don't
care
that
30
years
from
now,
the
young
people
who
are
not
graduating
from
high
school
might
be
the
ones
involved
in
the
shooting
incidents
or
involved
in
the
dog.
Fighting
are
involved
in
the
public
safety
issues
that
you're
dealing
with
today,
but
we
are
poised
on
the
precipice
of
being
able
to
do
work.
That's
going
to
set
a
new
benchmark
for
what
happens
in
the
future.
F
None
of
us
on
the
steering
team
is
perfect.
None
of
the
city
council
members
is
perfect,
but
I
think
we
have
working
together
an
opportunity
to
change
the
norms
in
this
enterprise
and
also
change
the
outcomes
in
the
city,
and
it
does
take
time
I
mean
the
circumstances
we
find
ourselves
in
today
took
a
hundred
years
to
get
us
here.
It
is
going
to
take
time.
F
Nobody
is
forgetting
or
eliminating
or
or
de-prioritizing
the
things
that
you
believe
to
be
that
are
important
for
a
healthy,
vital
city.
Every
person
on
this
team
is
continuing
to
do
that
work
and
sometimes
we're
here
at
seven
or
eight
in
the
morning,
and
not
home,
till
eight
or
nine
o'clock
at
night,
because
all
of
this
work
is
important
and
we're
trying
to
multitask
and
do
the
best
job
that
we
can
within
the
hours
that
we're
given
every
day.
F
G
A
response
and
manager
thank
you
and
miss
corbell.
I
I
really
do
care.
I
I've
lived
in
this
community,
my
whole
life
that
I
represent,
and
so
it's
really
important
to
me-
and
I
guess
what
I'm
saying
is
that
it
is
important
that
the
basic
work
of
this
city
get
done
and
every
single
one
of
you
folks.
I've
had
interactions
with
you
about
my
frustrations
about
how
the
systems
within
the
city
do
not
help
get
these
outcomes.
G
F
I
I
do
understand,
and
and
madam
chair
and
council
president
johnson,
the
objective
of
this
work
is
not
to
spread
the
problems
around
the
city.
That's
not
what
the
objective
is.
The
objective
is
to
come
up
with
solutions,
so
we
don't
have
to
spread
problems
around
the
city
and
it
will
take
time
and
it's
frustrating,
but
it
will
take
time.
H
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
First
of
all,
thank
you
to
all
the
staff
who
have
been
putting
in
so
much
time
to
get
this
work
going.
I
used
to
work
at
minneapolis,
public
schools,
and
I
know
exactly
what
miss
corbell
is
talking
about
about
the
public
service
driven
mission
of
people
who
sacrifice
and
come
in
early
in
the
morning
leave
late
at
night.
I
can
feel
that
I
can
see
that
I
thank
you
for
it.
We
have
a
big
challenge
ahead
of
us.
H
I
think
it's
time
for
us
to
shine
and
to
deliver,
and
we
have
a
clear
moral
mandate
from
the
community
to
get
this
done.
We're
a
big
city
we're
one
of
the
most
diverse
cities
in
the
entire
state.
We
are
the
economic
engine
of
of
minnesota,
as
council.
Vice
president
has
mentioned
a
few
times
in
our
igr
meetings.
So
we
are
leaders
and
I
think,
by
doing
this
work,
we
are
demonstrating
our
leadership
and
we're
stepping
up
to
the
challenge
which
I
think
a
lot
of
community
members
are
looking
for
us
to
do.
H
I
wanted
to
just
ask
a
brief
question
on
the
steering
committee
and
I
saw
some
language
of
it
up
on
the
powerpoint.
I
don't
see
it
now,
but
could
you
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
who
makes
up
the
steering
committee
and
what
is
the
relationship
of
the
steering
committee
to
the
broader
community
that
the
residents
of
of
minneapolis.
I
It
would
be
our
recommendation
that
the
steering
committee
include
a
combination
of
people
both
within
city
government
staff
and
city
government,
potentially
elected
officials
and
community
members
as
well,
and
that
the
topic
work
groups
potentially
would
include
both
staff
members
and
community
members
as
well.
Ultimately,
that
decision
would
rest
with
the
racial
equity
policy
work
group
in
terms
of
of
how
those
bodies
should
be
formed
and
who
should
comprise
those
bodies.
C
C
A
lot
we
might
by
talking
about
it
dealing
with
it,
see
how
to
have
an
impact,
but
also
then
help
somebody
else.
Look
at
it
and
say:
oh
my
work's
going
to
change
because
look
this
could
address
this.
I
also
did
want
to
connect
it
back
a
little
bit
to
public
safety
and
some
of
the
stuff
we're
dealing
with
now.
First
of
all,
I
think
it's
really
important.
C
We
recognize
that
we
have
to
invest
in
the
things
that
we
have
to
invest
in
and
keep
investing
in
those,
and
that
would
include
public
safety
and
police
protection
for
everybody.
But
I
just
want
to
highlight
that
this
is
actually
a
public
safety
issue.
We
have
income
disparities,
it's
true.
We
have
graduation
disparities,
but
in
our
city
we
also
have
a
murder
disparity.
C
C
So
this
absolutely
gets
to
the
health
of
our
citizens
and
to
the
public
safety
of
our
citizens,
and
I
think
we
need
to
see
that
connection
as
we
move
forward
and
ultimately
we
could
preventing
a
lot
of
the
stuff
that
we're
having
to
deal
with
now
and
that
causes
us
to
be
late
to
committee
of
the
whole
because
we're
because
there's
so
much
crisis
going
on.
If
we
can
do
this
right-
and
I
hope
we
do
do
it
right.
K
K
I'm
I'm
equally
frustrated,
I'm
impatient
with
this
process,
and
I
I
just
have
this
sense
that
we've
complicated
this
whole
process
beyond
belief
and
it
makes
it
very
difficult
because
at
the
end
of
the
day,
this
thing
should
be
simple
and
it
should
be
simple,
for
every
department
to
implement
should
be
simple
for
the
city
council
to
use
and
if
it
isn't
like
that,
it's
going
to
be
very
difficult
to
apply
throughout
the
entire
enterprise.
And
that's
my
worry
about
this.
You
know
council,
presidents,
frustrations.
K
I
share
because
you
know
we
share
a
border
up
in
north
minneapolis
and
we
see
the
same
issues.
You
know
consistently
all
the
time
and
you
know
sometimes
I
I
would
wish
that
our
city
would
pay
more
attention
to
us
up
there
as
opposed
to
everywhere
else.
But
you
know
with
regards
to
this
sort
of
racial
equity
work
at
the
end
of
the
day.
I
just
think
it's
really
simple.
I
mean
you
know.
L
Councilmember
bender.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
I
just
wanted
to
voice
support,
for
I
think
what
everyone
is
saying
here,
which
is
that
this
process
results
in
actionable
outcomes
that
we
can
support
to
close
the
racial
and
other
equity
gaps
that
we
have
in
our
city,
and
I
also
want
to
say
that,
as
someone
who
doesn't
represent
north
minneapolis,
that
we
all
as
a
city
council
have
to
be
committed
to
focusing
on
the
urgent
needs
that
have
resulted
in
from
decades
of
disinvestment
in
communities
not
just
in
north
minneapolis.
L
I
would
argue
there
are
other
parts
of
our
city
as
well
that
that
that
applies
to
in
that.
But
I
don't
think
it
can
be
either
or-
and
I
represent
a
part
of
town
that,
if
you're
a
white
child,
you
have
inherently
going
to
have
better
outcomes
than
if
you're
a
child
born
into
a
family
of
color,
and
that
that's
not
okay,
and
that
I
have
a
responsibility,
no
matter
how?
L
A
A
So
again,
I
want
to
say
thank
you
for
the
presentation
and
thank
you
to
my
colleagues
for
the
discussion,
which
I
think
all
parts
of
it
help
us
move
towards
how
we're
going
to
get
as
councilmember
bender
said
to
the
actionable
outcomes
that
we
can
support
and
that
are
urgently
needed.
So
moving
receive
and
file
discussion
see
none
on
approval.
Please
say:
aye
aye
opposed
all
right
and
that
item
is
approved
next,
I'm
going
to
turn
to
councilmember
andrew
johnson
for
an
information
technology
subcommittee
item.
M
N
N
If
they
don't
see
a
strong
enough
value
proposition,
then
they
will
not
ensure
that
they
turn
around
and
in
essence,
participate
in
a
digital
society
which
is
fast
moving
and
in
some
respects,
challenging
to
be
a
part
of
this
year's
survey.
And
this
is
the
third
survey
that
we've
done
really
shows
really
the
same
picture
that
we
saw
in
2011
and
in
or
I
should
say,
2012
and
2013,
and
approximately
15
percent
of
our
households.
Don't
have
internet
access
at
home.
N
If
you
look
at
where,
in
the
city,
people
are
on
that
wrong
side
of
the
divide,
probably
the
typical
places
you
would
think
camden
near
north
phillips
appear
also.
Households
under
25
000
in
income
or
households
with
the
elderly,
as
well
as
american,
indian
and
in
black
african
american
communities,
also
are
much
more
likely
to
not
be
part
of
our
digital
society.
N
There
is
another
aspect,
though,
and
that's
what
you
see
at
the
bottom
of
this
slide,
and
that
is,
we
have,
over
the
years
put
in
a
number
of
facilities
close
to
2000
public
pcs,
whether
that's
a
library
or
the
parks
or
some
community
technology
system.
But
when
you
look
at
the
number
of
hours
that
they're
available
to
folks
and
the
distribution
of
those
hours,
they
really
tail
off
in
the
evenings
on
weekends
devices,
get
dedicated
to
just
training
and
are
not
available
for
people
to
walk
in
off
the
street.
N
N
Most
definitely
people
the
pc
that
laptop,
maybe
but
most
definitely
that
pc
sitting
in
the
home
is
is
the
most
predominant
technology
right
now.
But
it's
really
flattened
out
tablets
have
seen
a
significant
rise.
Some
of
those
rises
in
some
of
those
areas,
such
as
central
and
and
near
north
and
phillips,
are
fairly
dramatic.
N
Unfortunately,
there
is
a
challenge
with
the
smartphone
world:
try
filling
out
your
resume
or
get
a
job
on
a
device
with
this
form
factor,
it's
pretty
challenging,
I'm
not
saying
that
it's
possibly
undoable,
but
it
most
definitely
puts
you
at
a
disadvantage.
I
think
for
others
who
have
other
sorts
of
technologies,
at
least
at
the
tablet
level,
not
necessarily,
in
my
view,
needing
desktop,
but
most
definitely
need
a
sort
of
a
larger
form
factor.
N
They
they
don't
seem
to
have
an
easy
time
figuring
things
out,
it's
somewhat
more
challenging
for
them,
and
you
know
when
you
look
at
digital
literacy.
This
goes
beyond
those
fifteen
thousand.
I
mean
people
get
using
email
and
getting
on
the
internet
and
whatever
that's
not
to
say
there
aren't
people
out
there
that
need
to
learn
that,
but
they're
few
and
far
fewer
and
far
between
what
really
gets
us.
Is
you
get
sort
of
halfway
down
that
list
and
you
get
things
like
job
hunting
online.
N
N
Employers
excuse
me
to
actually
go
through
the
process
of
getting
a
job
and
so
for
people
to
not
feel
as
comfortable
with
that
to
us
is
a
challenge
that
we
need
to
somehow
help.
It's
the
same
thing
with
you
know
protecting
your
computer,
just
as
you
know
some
of
the
discussions
this
morning
already,
if
you
don't
feel
safe
on
the
street,
then
you're
going
to
modify
your
behavior.
N
Now
the
city's
role
has
changed
over
the
three
years
that
we've
been
tackling
this
issue.
For
starters,
we
really
wanted
to
make
connections.
We
wanted
people,
we
wanted
to
understand
what
facilities
were
available
in
the
city
and
make
sure
that
people
understood
what
others
were
doing.
There
was
really
all,
and
there
still
is
a
lot
of
good
things
that
are
being
done,
but
it's
very
disjoint,
and
so
one
of
our
roles
was
to
research
and
connect
and
to
ultimately
identify
gaps.
N
N
And
so
we
did
a
number
of
programs
which
I'll
point
out
on
the
next
slide,
because
now
what
we
want
to
do
is
we
want
to
really
sort
of
ramp
ourselves
up
if
we're
truly
going
to
move
the
needle
and
get
beyond
you
know
statistically
show
that
we're
getting
people
to
be
able
to
take
advantage
of
technology
in
their
lives
in
their
households
and
their
families
that
we
need
to
move
beyond
some
of
the
things
we've
done.
Don't
get
me
wrong.
I
think
we've
done
some
good
work.
N
Sustainability.
I
mean
what
does
it
really
take
to
get
a
newcomer
into
the
digital
society
and
and
some
of
the
things
that
we
learned
is
they
they
really
need
help?
They
don't
have
the
sort
of
safety
nets
built
in
they
don't
necessarily
have
those
children
that
maybe
are
in
college
and
are
well
established
in
in
the
use
of
technology.
N
N
N
We've
had
some
that
have
really
hit
home
here
in
minneapolis
recently,
and
so
you
know
people
should
be
concerned
and
it
is
a
complex
world
and
also
just
in
general,
they
hate
to
be
stopped.
We
see
so
many
times
where
somebody
runs
into
either
getting
a
virus
or
having
a
failure
in
their
device,
and
that
literally
just
takes
them
out
of
the
digital
society,
and
they
don't
go
back
in.
N
N
People
need
to
have
the
technology
get
out
of
their
way.
It's
getting
to
the
internet,
it's
getting
to
the
wealth
of
knowledge,
opportunity
and
communication
ability,
not
only
with
their
neighborhood
with
their
friends
and
family,
but
with
the
world.
For
that
matter
and
out.
You
know
the
windows
world
in
particular:
it's
a
pretty
challenging
world.
N
They
don't
have
an
I.t
department
trying
to
smooth
that
out
every
day
of
making
sure
that
things
work,
and
so
you
know
having
a
more
capable
technology
from
the
standpoint
of
of
less
care
and
feeding
by
the
actual
consumer
of
that
technology
and
just
allowing
them
to
be
taught
and
to
understand
and
get
comfortable
and
really
take
advantage
of
what
this
sea
of
knowledge
we
call
the
internet
has
to
offer
is
really
important.
Also
that
value
proposition
has
to
be
there.
N
N
We
want
people
to
recognize
because
we
really
feel
there
are
strong
of
value
proposition
and
then.
Finally,
that
last
item
is
something
particularly
well
working
with
the
build
wealth.
Folks,
whether
we
like
it
or
not,
technology
is
expensive
and
it's
it's
never
ending
you
you,
you
have
to
refresh
your
technology,
you
can't
buy
something
and
keep
it
forever
as
much
as
we
would
like
to,
and
so
thank
you
ma'am,
and
so
it
was
very,
very
powerful
for
us
to
be
hooked
into
an
organization
that
was
working
with
the
same
people.
N
You
know
what
we
want
to
do
is
we
feel
if
we're
really
truly
going
to
meet
our
goal
of
moving
the
needle
in
the
city
of
getting
more
of
our
population
to
be
able
to
take
advantage
of
the
online
world
number
one.
We
need
to
try
to
concentrate
on
getting
the
capability
inside
people's
homes.
That
is
just
too
much
of
a
differential
if
they
don't
have
that
access
at
home.
N
I
don't
know
if
you've
been
to
a
library,
for
instance,
lately
it's
packed
every
variable
square
foot
has
got
a
device
sitting
there
on
a
table
in
there.
You
know
a
lot
of
places.
You
only
get
30
minutes
and
there's
a
line
waiting
for
every
device,
and
so
I
don't
think
we
can
ultimately
get
there.
Unless
we
can
really
concentrate
on
being
able
to
to
establish
this
capability
in
people's
households.
N
N
N
We
think
that
there's
a
lot
of
people
still
wanting
in
in
doing
good
work
in
the
city,
and
we
feel
that
those
collaborations
the
city's
in
the
opportune
position
being
a
city
government
to
be
able
to
look
over
the
landscape
and
help
make
connections
for
folks
and
to
make
connections
ourselves
and
then
one
one
of
our
pet
peeves
is,
and
it's
not
so
much
for
the
person.
Heaven
forbid.
N
If,
if
you're,
in
a
situation
where
in
your
family,
you
need
to
go
someplace
to
use
technology,
you
know
I
really
want
that
person
to
be
able
to
call
up
3-1-1
and
the
3-1-1
guys
to
be
able
to
have
an
app
that
can
say:
hey
here's
the
closest
place
it
has
this
many
devices.
This
is
the
hours
it's
open
and
and
really
have
that
we
we
have
a
system
currently
in
the
system
that
wasn't
built
by
the
city
government.
N
That
really
needs
to
be
made
more
robust,
so
that
people
can
actually
not
only
whether
it's
call
311
but
work
with
the
organizations
that
they
work
with
in
their
communities
and
have
access
that.
Somebody
who
does
have
connectivity
to
the
internet
can
quickly
point
people
there,
because
at
a
minimum,
if
they're
willing
to
get
to
that
library
or
that
park
or
that
community
technology
center,
we
need
to
be
able
to
make
it
as
easy
for
them
to
find
where's
the
best
place,
and
so
with
that
said
again,
we
really
appreciate
the
opportunity
we.
M
Thank
you,
mr
dahl,
for
the
presentation,
so
I
have
a
question
for
you.
What
can
we,
as
a
council,
do
to
support
this
work
in
terms
of
closing
the
gaps,
and
it
sounds
like
there's
a
lot
of
things
that
we
can
do
today
and
I
saw
the
scale
up
the
impact
slide
and
certainly
lists
a
lot
of
things
on
there.
Is
there
anything
that
we
can
do
to
help
support
this
work
and
support
scaling
up
the
impact?
N
Thank
you
for
the
question
chair
johnson.
Most
definitely
we're
going
to
be
putting
in
for
a
budget
request
for
resources
to
allow
us
to
to
take
advantage
of
some
very
interesting
dynamics
that
are
going
on
in
the
telecommunications
industry
today,
where
we
feel
that
you
know
today
the
way
we've
operated
in
the
past
we've
gone
out
through
pc's
for
people
which
reconditions
old
pcs,
of
which
the
city
gives
up
its
refresh
pcs
to
that
effort,
and
then
they
resupply
those
back
here
in
minneapolis.
N
M
Excellent,
thank
you
and
to
my
colleagues
I
would
say
that
this
is
absolutely
connected
to
these
equity
issues.
We're
talking
about
in
so
many
ways
coming
from
the
programming
world
in
in
coding
world.
You
know
those
are
great:
six
figure
a
year
jobs,
yet
there
are
huge
gaps
racially
in
the
workplace.
It's
a
very,
very
white
white
world.
M
All
of
this
is
very,
very
interconnected,
so
I
I
think
it's
incredibly
important
work
and
I'm
very
appreciative
of
the
efforts
of
mr
dahl
and
the
it
department
around
this,
as
well
as
all
of
our
partners
that
are
working
on
this.
So
I
hope
we
can
really
support
these
efforts
this
year
and
get
a
lot
of
great
things
done
as
a
result.
M
A
O
Thank
you,
madam
vice
president,
we
have
a
number
of
items
on
our
agenda
for
approval
tomorrow
they
total
18.
item
number.
One
is
probably
something
those
of
you
who've
been
around
a
long
time,
we'll
be
very
happy
to
see.
That
is
the
final
land
sale
of
the
hollywood
theater
in
the
first
ward
to
andrew
volna
who's
been
working
on
this
for
quite
some
time.
Item
number
two
is
a
house
land
sale
item
three
is
allowing
the
sale
of
pre-packaged
perishable
items
from
non-motorized
carts.
This
is
the
ice
cream.
Push
cart
issue.
O
Item
four
is
a
revocation
of
a
rental
license.
As
is
item
five
item.
Six
are
all
the
liquor
beer
gambling
license.
Applications
item
seven
is
operating
conditions
on
a
license
for
ld
foods.
Settlement
conference
recommendation
is
item
eight
item.
Nine
is
a
recommendation
to
demolish
a
problem
property
item.
10
is
a
stipulated
agreement
and
conditions
on
a
rental
license.
O
Item
number
15
is
slightly
increasing
the
great
streets,
business
district,
eligible
areas
to
one
side
on
the
south
side,
one
mid
and
one
north
item.
16
is
our
consolidated
plan.
Public
hearing
comments,
item
17
are
the
grant
applications
for
hopwa,
which
is
housing
for
people
with
aids
and
item
18
is
appropriating
nsp
funds
that
we
receive
from
mhfa
back
to
the
nsp
program,
I'll
note
that
those
are
recycled
funds
but
can't
be
used
any
other
way.
With
that
I'll
answer,
questions
on
items
1
through
18.
M
M
A
All
right
and
thank
you
for
stepping
in
there.
Next
we
have
intergovernmental
relations,
and
there
just
is
one
item
on
that
report,
which
is
a
proving
appointment
of
lauren
olson
as
the
city's
alternate
representative
on
the
noise
oversight
committee.
Next
we
have
public
safety,
civil
rights
and
emergency
management.
K
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
We
have
three
items
and
the
first
item
I'm
wondering
if
I
need
to
read
the
whole
thing,
but
basically
it
was
us
receiving
and
filing
the
equitable
solutions
for
one
minneapolis,
a
racial
equity
framework
report
and
then
giving
staff
direction
on
what
we're
going
to
do.
Next.
With
regards
to
that,
the
second
item
is
the
us
department
of
justice,
burn
criminal
justice,
innovation
program
grant
application
and
that's
to
authorize
application
for
a
three-year
period
for
implementation
of
the
minneapolis
police
department's
community
strategies
program.
A
D
You
tomorrow
or
at
the
full
council
meeting,
we
have
11
items
for
approval
from
tpw.
The
first
is
the
54th
and
lindale
special
service
district
passage
the
sanc.
The
second
is
a
very
large
west,
broadway
improvement,
special
service
district.
The
third
is
the
edgewater
area
and
cedar
avenue
south
straight
resurfacing
project.
D
A
P
Thank
you,
madam
chair
ways
and
means
we'll
bring
forward
five
five
items
for
consideration
on
friday.
The
first
is
a
acceptance
of
a
low
bid,
cannon
solutions.
America
inc
for
a
document
solution
center,
a
three-year
agreement,
a
rental
agreement.
The
other
two
items
are
a
donation
of
digital
billboard
display
time
and
donation
of
public
service
announcements.