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We
have
one
item
of
business
today
and
it
is
under
new
business
and
it
is
the
2018
city,
budget,
presentation
and
mayor
Hodges
will
be
making
the
budget
presentation
and
so
I
would
welcome
mayor
Hodges
to
speak
and
she'll,
be
at
the
podium,
don't
see
as
you're
all
seated
the
correct
way
welcome
mayor
and
we're
delighted
to
have
you
here
this
morning
for
your
budget
message.
Well,.
C
Thank
you,
madam
president,
very
much
for
having
me
Thank
You.
Colleagues,
for
letting
me
speak
here
in
your
meeting
today
as
elected
officials,
we
traffic
in
words,
and
that
is
very
important.
We
use
words
to
share
our
values,
our
policies,
our
expectations,
our
visions
for
a
shared
future.
We
use
words
to
celebrate
our
victories
and
sometimes
to
offer
support
in
tough
times,
words
matter,
but
words
alone
can't
create
change.
Even
the
loftiest
speech
just
sails
into
the
ether
if
it
is
not
tethered
to
real
action.
Words
are
the
easy
part.
C
It's
important
for
leaders
of
all
stripes
to
communicate
clearly
and
transparently,
but
it's
even
more
important
to
see
those
words
become
action
that
has
a
positive
impact
on
people's
lives.
That's
our
responsibility
as
leaders,
that's
our
responsibility
as
government
when
I
spoke
to
you
in
2014
in
my
first
budget,
address
I
quoted
then
Vice,
President,
Joe
Biden,
who
said
don't
tell
me
what
you
value.
Show
me
your
budget
and
I'll.
C
C
C
The
fight
for
racial
equity
is
my
life's
work
and,
as
mayor
I've
kept
it
at
the
forefront
of
our
work
in
Minneapolis,
it
is
no
longer
sufficient
to
talk
about
equity
as
a
program
that
we
do
under
my
leadership
and
through
investments
that
we've
made
as
a
city,
we've
made
significant
progress
in
embedding
equity
into
how
we
operate
in
Minneapolis.
We've
put
resources
behind
that
not
just
words
and
we've
gotten
results.
That's
why
there's
no
one
section
on
equity
in
this
speech
or
in
this
budget?
C
It's
foundational
now
to
all
of
our
work,
because
unless
we're
embedding
equity
and
everything
we
do
we're
not
doing
it,
it
is
not
hyperbole
to
suggest
that
our
changing
climate
represents
the
single
greatest
threat
to
our
city
and
to
our
planet.
The
current
occupant
of
the
White
House,
notwithstanding
we'll
get
to
him
in
a
moment
so
far,
2017
is
the
second
hottest
year
on
record
behind
only
2016
before
that
2015
was
the
hottest
year
replacing
2014
for
that
dubious
honor
notice
a
pattern
here.
C
Climate
change
is
real
and
it
is
already
wreaking
havoc
on
our
world.
We
have
only
to
look
as
far
as
Texas
and
Florida
to
see
the
damage
that
climate
change
is
doing
and
we
send
our
hearts
and
our
prayers
and
when
asked
our
resources
to
those
affected
by
the
recent
storms,
and
especially
since
the
federal
government
is
unlikely
to
do
much
about
this
issue
for
at
least
the
next
three
years.
Cities
cannot
wait.
It
is
up
to
cities
like
ours
to
lead
both
the
fight
against
climate
change
and
the
work
to
adapt
to
it.
C
Minneapolis
has
long
been
on
the
forefront
of
this
effort
and
we
intend
to
stay
there.
My
vision
is
clear:
reducing
our
emissions
and
our
carbon
footprint
helping
businesses
get
cleaner
and
greener
and
advancing
the
cause
of
environmental
justice.
When
Dawn
Trump
pulled
the
United
States
out
of
the
Paris
climate
agreement,
I
joined
a
group
of
377
mayor's
to
uphold
the
goals
of
that
agreement,
but
that
will
only
work
if
we
have
a
plan
to
put
our
money
where
our
mouth
is
in
2012.
C
In
its
first
year,
the
green
business
cost
share
program,
diverted
1,000
pounds
of
hazardous
pollutants
out
of
our
air
and
water,
which
is
great
in
my
first
budget.
Address,
I
didn't
talk
about
giving
businesses
more
incentives
to
operate
more
cleanly
and
more
effectively.
I
invested
in
the
green
business
cost
share
program
to
the
tune
of
three
hundred
and
thirty
thousand
dollars
over
the
last
two
years
and
in
those
two
years,
the
program
that
began
by
diverting
1,000
pounds
of
pollutants
has
now
helped
avert
100,000
pounds
of
pollutants
out
of
our
air
and
water.
C
Our
values
became
an
investment.
We
took
action
and
we're
getting
results.
My
previous
budgets
also
invested
in
residential
energy
efficiency
programming.
Getting
efficiency.
Investments
like
waterproofing
and
insulation
into
homes
is
the
kind
of
neighborhood
by
neighborhood
block
by
block
house
by
house
work
that
can
greatly
reduce
the
energy
demand
that
contributes
to
climate
change.
In
both
of
these
programs,
green
business
cost
sharing
and
residential
efficiency,
we've
demonstrated
how
to
do
this
work
successfully.
C
The
time
is
right
to
scale
up
our
efforts
and
thanks
to
the
good
work
we've
been
able
to
build
with
the
Green
Energy
Partnership.
We
know
how
to
find
the
resources
to
expand
our
critical
climate
work.
My
budget
proposes
we
raise
our
utility
franchise
fees
by
a
half,
a
percent
which
would
raise
over
2
million
dollars
in
2018
alone
to
ensure
that
we
have
significant,
predictable
funding
to
move
the
dial
on
our
climate
impact
in
2018.
C
I
propose
this
revenue
help
the
green
business
cost
share
program,
eliminate
5,000
metric
tons
of
co2
emissions
equivalent
to
take
a
thousand
cars
off
the
road
next
year
and
helping
both
the
environment
and
each
business's
bottom
line.
This
revenue
will
also
support
the
launch
of
a
residential
energy
benchmarking
program.
It
will
double
the
size
of
our
overall
benchmarking
operation
and
give
us
even
more
information
to
target
our
energy
efficiency
work.
C
Earlier
this
year
we
took
a
huge
step
forward
toward
achieving
100%
renewable
energy
use
for
the
city's
operations
by
entering
into
an
agreement
with
Xcel
to
purchase
50%
of
the
city's
electricity
used
through
their
renewable
connect
program.
The
increased
franchise
fee
revenue
will
help
cover
the
added
cost
of
that
commitment
as
well,
and
because
we
invest
in
ourselves,
others
have
made
the
decision
to
invest
in
us.
C
One
of
those
opportunities
is
to
continue
our
work
in
environmental
justice.
People
and
communities
of
color
have
borne
the
brunt
of
the
industries
that
led
to
climate
change
and
we
have
to
make
treating
those
impacts
a
priority.
We
have
done
some
strong
work
on
behalf
of
people
already,
particularly
related
to
lead
and
to
asthma
right
now.
C
Earlier
this
year,
we
reached
an
agreement
to
move
northern
metals
out
of
the
north
side
and,
through
that
agreement
invested
in
asthma
prevention
in
the
neighborhood
as
well.
The
additional
investment
in
the
clean
energy
partnership
franchise
fee
will
allow
for
community
input
into
how
we
can
best
use
those
dollars
for
the
biggest
possible
impact
for
environmental
justice
in
our
city.
C
Overall
I
am
proposing
in
this
budget
a
total
investment
of
nearly
six
million
dollars
in
clean
energy,
cleaner
businesses,
more
efficient
commercial
and
residential
spaces
in
our
city,
and
to
ensure
that
we're
not
ignoring
communities
that
have
faced
a
disproportionate
share
of
environmental
vulnerability.
That's
a
60%
increase
over
the
budget.
We
inherited
in
2014
that
increased
investment
has
allowed
us
to
take
real
action
and
that
action
has
led
to
real
results.
C
Now
Minneapolis
is
growing
faster
now
than
we
have
at
any
time
since
the
Gilded
Age.
Of
course,
the
Gilded
Age
of
the
1920s
was
a
time
of
rampant
expansion
of
crippling
income
inequality,
something
we
cannot
and
will
not
replicate
in
our
time
and
in
our
city.
We
need
our
growth
to
be
inclusive
and
housing
is
a
major
component
of
that.
C
So,
let's
talk
about
displacement,
a
word
that
I
am
using
instead
of
gentrification
the
core
of
people.
What
people
mean
when
they
talk
about
gentrification
is
people
who
spent
their
lives
and
their
resources
to
make
a
neighborhood
desirable,
particularly
low
income
people
who
can
then
no
longer
afford
to
live
in
those
neighborhoods
in
our
displaced
so
because
words
matter
and
because
gentrification
is
too
imprecise
a
term
for
this
issue.
I'll
call
it
what
I
mean
displacement.
C
There
is
a
tension
in
Minneapolis
between
development
and
displacement.
It's
clear
that
we
need
development
because,
with
a
rental
vacancy
rate,
hovering
around
2%
in
a
city
where
53%
of
the
housing
is
occupied
by
renters,
rising
rents
are
a
sign
of
how
far
demand
exceeds
supply.
There
isn't
enough
housing
and
not
the
right
mix
of
housing
in
the
right
places
to
meet
all
the
needs
of
a
rapidly
growing
city
that
more
and
more
people
choose
to
live
in.
C
The
challenge
that
we
face
is
twofold:
finding
ways
to
retain
our
current
supply
of
affordable
places
to
live
and
finding
ways
to
add
to
that
supply
without
pricing,
long
time,
residents
out
of
the
neighborhood
they've
invested
in
for
years,
and
sometimes
generations,
there's
also
a
persistent
disparity
in
homeownership
rates
in
our
city,
with
a
thirty
five
point:
gap
between
white
families
and
families
of
color.
This
gap
has
a
deep
and
long
lasting
impact
on
our
city.
C
C
My
vision
for
housing
in
minneapolis
includes
a
range
of
high-quality
housing
options
affordable
to
people
at
all
incomes
in
every
neighborhood.
In
our
city,
we
get
to
maintain
our
pipeline
to
build
affordable
housing,
with
a
focus
on
affordability
for
those
at
the
lowest
incomes.
We
get
to
be
nimble
and
shift
resources
to
preserving,
naturally
occurring
affordability,
while
construction
costs
are
high
in
a
hot
market
and
those
units
are
at
the
most
risk.
C
We
get
to
create
and
find
new
tools
to
establish
long
term
affordability
in
areas
most
vulnerable
to
displacement
so
that
our
investments
benefit
the
people
who
already
live
there.
We
get
to
provide
resources
and
support
for
renters
facing
eviction,
substandard
housing
convictions
or
predatory
rental
property
owners,
and
we
get
to
build
wealth
and
communities
of
color
by
encouraging
sustainable
access
to
homeownership.
C
There
is
a
rising
trend
of
private
developers
who
are
converting
affordable
units
and
rent
units,
because
the
city's
trust
fund
can't
build
enough
new,
affordable
units
to
make
up
for
that
loss.
Last
year,
I
budgeted
1.5
million
dollars
to
preserve
naturally-occurring,
affordable
housing.
We
also
laid
a
foundation
for
action
by
investing
a
million
dollars
in
our
Minneapolis
Homes
program
last
year,
committing
to
developing
some
of
the
over
400
vacant
lots
owned
by
the
city
and
offering
financing
and
incentives
for
low-income
home
buyers.
C
Across
these
programs
we
have
been
able
to
create
or
preserve
over
2,700,
affordable,
renting
housing
units
in
just
the
last
two
years.
Our
investments
are
getting
results.
Giving
more
families
more
housing
options
and
we've
had
success
with
home
ownership
as
well.
Our
homeownership
opportunity,
Minneapolis
program,
provides
downpayment
assistance
to
low
and
moderate
income.
Homebuyers
I've
included
this
program
in
my
budgets.
Every
year
last
year
saw
over
100
households
getting
homebuyer
support
through
the
program,
77%
of
which
were
households
of
color.
C
That's
over
100
families
that
now
have
a
place
of
their
own
to
call
home
something
they
would
not
have
had.
I
had
not
made
a
budget
to
master
match
our
values,
and
if
the
city
hadn't
invested
in
those
families
that
investment
led
to
action
and
that
action
led
to
a
positive
change
in
hundreds
of
people's
lives,
those
are
real
results
and
we
have
far
to
go.
We
are
going
to
keep
investing
in
this
budget.
C
I
am
proposing
twenty
four
million
dollars
in
housing,
investment
in
2018
across
a
number
of
programs,
including
six
point:
five
million
dollars
in
the
affordable
housing
trust
fund,
$1,000,000.
It's
in
my
family
housing
initiative
and
three
point:
six:
five
million
dollars
in
a
housing
stability
strategy
that
includes
preserving
existing,
affordable
units,
supporting
renters,
supporting
low-income
homebuyers
and
creating
long-term
affordability
in
areas
where
displacement
threatens
long-term
residence
ability
to
stay
in
their
neighborhoods.
C
The
affordable
housing
trust
fund
continues
to
be
an
effective
mechanism
to
help
the
private
sector
build
new,
affordable
units,
I
propose
maintaining
the
base
funding
of
6.5
million.
At
the
same
time,
we
also
get
to
innovate
and
invest
in
other
housing
strategies
that
meet
the
current
and
changing
needs
of
our
city.
I.
C
I'm
also
proposing
continued
investment
to
help
tenants,
know
their
rights
and
to
offer
increased
access
to
legal
representation
when
they
feel
those
rights
have
been
violated.
The
tenant
hotline
we
support,
assist,
3,000,
renter
households
each
year
and
just
last
year
it
helped
prevent
over
200
evictions.
Thanks
to
our
investment.
Those
families
are
standing
on
firmer
ground
today,
they're
also
some
new
investments
that
I'm
proposing
we
make
for
the
first
time
in
2018
as
effective
as
our
tools
are
in
building
new,
affordable
units.
Those
tools
have
limitation
when
it
comes
to
insuring
and
portability.
C
In
the
long
term-
and
they
aren't
always
effectively
targeted
toward
the
communities
facing
displacement,
I
propose
investing
1.9
million
dollars
in
a
land
banking
pilot
to
help
by
repair
and
maintain
long
term,
affordability
of
properties
in
areas
at
risk
of
displacement
and
because
displacement
can
apply
just
as
easily
to
businesses
I'm
proposing
investing
in
a
commercial
land
trust
pilot.
So
we
can
help
our
small,
independently
owned
businesses
stay
and
thrive,
rather
than
priced
out
when
the
market
gets
hot.
C
And
finally,
because
the
issues
we
face
are
vast
and
complex,
I
propose
we
invest
in
a
housing
stability.
Specialist
position,
dedicated
full-time
to
ensuring
Minneapolis,
is
doing
everything
we
can,
including
adopting
significant
zoning
reform
to
provide
housing
stability
for
all
of
our
residents.
All
of
these
investments
in
housing
are
in
service
of
our
shared
goal,
ensuring
that
all
of
our
residents
have
high
quality
housing
choices
throughout
the
city,
regardless
of
race
or
income.
C
We
have
also
made
game-changing
investments
and
done
a
lot
of
groundbreaking
work
in
policing
over
the
last
few
years,
all
toward
building
a
model
of
policing
where
law
enforcement
and
neighborhood
share
ownership
of
public
safety.
Some
of
those
changes
weren't
about
money,
the
Minneapolis,
Police
Department
added
positive
community
engagement
contacts
as
a
key
metric
and
now
citywide
positive
police
contacts
are
up
23%
over
this
time
last
year
and
up
51
percent
over
two
years
ago.
C
But
some
of
the
positive
changes
have
required.
Investment
and
you'd
be
hard-pressed
to
find
a
city
or
a
mayor
that
has
invested
more
in
modern
policing
strategies
and
in
building
community
trust
than
I
have,
and
we
have
in
Minneapolis
I
propose
funding
for
a
pilot
program
that
has
provided
over
1,000
follow-up
visits
from
police
officers
and
family
therapists
to
homes
where
domestic
violence
related
9-1-1
calls
were
made.
But
no
report
was
filed
now
more
survivors
of
domestic
violence
know
where
to
turn
for
resources
or
for
help.
C
We
responded
to
a
community
request
to
put
more
resources
behind
safety
on
the
north
side
and
as
a
result
of
that
investment,
violent
crimes
in
the
fourth
Precinct
neighborhood
are
down
14%
over
last
year.
That's
a
clear
line
connecting
investment
and
results,
a
community
that
has
clearly
asked
for
both.
C
We
prioritize
stopping
gun
violence,
because
every
gun
death
in
our
city
violates
our
values
and
leaves
torn
families
and
community
trauma
in
its
wake
and
though
the
raw
numbers
are
still
too
high
too
high.
We
are
seeing
meaningful
declines
from
last
year.
At
this
time,
gunshot
victims
are
down,
20%
gun,
homicides
are
down
almost
40%
and
our
officers
have
removed
over
680
guns
from
the
streets
this
year
up
over
53%
from
this
time
last
year.
Thank
you.
Our
fire
department
helps
keep
us
safe
as
well
and
helps
keep
us
healthy.
C
The
increased
demand,
we're
seeing
for
fire
services,
hasn't
come
from
fires
as
much
as
medical
calls.
This
budget
invests
in
an
innovative
strategy
to
help
make
responding
to
those
calls
more
efficient,
I
want
to
acknowledge
she
Friedel
for
his
vision
and
for
setting
an
example
for
rethinking
how
we
provide
services
in
the
city.
C
Of
course,
our
work
is
far
from
done.
I
continue
to
hear
from
neighbors
that
they
want
a
change
in
the
culture
of
policing
in
our
city.
All
the
work
we've
done
over
the
past
few
years
has
us
on
the
right
path
and
chief
Madera
arredondo.
We
in
you,
we
have
a
leader
of
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department,
who
understands
both
the
challenges
we
get
to
address
and
the
opportunities
we
get
to
seize
it's
important
to
fully
invest
in
new
leadership,
to
give
it
a
real
chance
to
thrive.
Chief
arredondo
was
sworn
in
just
last.
C
Friday
and
I
wanted
to
make
sure
that
his
priorities
were
reflected
in
this
budget
so
that
he
didn't
have
to
wait
12
months
of
his
17
month
term
to
have
an
impact
on
his
department's
resources.
So
as
I
prepare,
this
budget
I
sat
down
with
chief
arredondo
and
I,
asked
him
how
it
could
support
his
values
and
his
vision
for
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department.
He
was
very
clear
about
two
key
budget
priorities,
both
of
which
I
fund
here.
C
First,
he
asked
for
an
investment
in
community
liaisons
civilians
who
are
embedded
in
precincts
who
serve
as
conduits
between
the
community
and
the
department
through
elaboration
and
partnership
with
MPD.
These
eight
community
liaisons
will
help
address
issues
related
to
community
trauma
heroin
and
opioid
addiction,
homelessness,
mistrust
of
government
agencies
to
name
just
a
few.
They
will
be
trusted
corrupted
credible
representatives
of
the
communities
in
our
city
most
affected
by
crime,
including
African,
American,
East,
African,
Latino
and
indigenous
communities,
I'm,
proposing
an
investment
of
over
seven
hundred
and
thirty
thousand
dollars
to
activate
this
strategy.
C
C
True,
community
policing
make
sure
officers
have
time
to
build
relationships
and
a
larger
sworn
compliment
means
our
officers
won't
be
stretched
going
from
911
to
9-1-1
call.
This
budget
builds
on
the
investments
in
community
policing
of
the
past
three
years,
where
we've
added
27
sworn
officers
to
our
compliment,
meaning
more
officers
building
relationships
in
more
communities.
C
Chief
arredondo
second
request
was
to
make
sure
that
all
sworn
personnel
in
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department
have
body
cameras.
Not
only
those
responding
to
911
calls,
as
is
currently
the
case.
Accordingly,
I
propose
a
three
year:
investment
to
get
every
single
sworn
member
of
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department,
both
a
body
camera
and
the
training
that
comes
with
it,
though
I
don't
see
the
ideas
as
mutually
exclusive
I
understand
the
tension
in
our
city
and
in
our
country
between
a
focus
on
community
trust
and
a
focus
on
law
enforcement.
C
It's
my
job
and
my
promise
as
mayor
to
make
sure
that
we
are
moving
forward
on
both
initially
in
this
speech.
I
wanted
to
talk
about
investments
in
community
trusts
and
then
investments
in
public
safety,
but
since
we've
done
so
much
to
change
the
center
of
gravity
on
public
safety
to
be
community
and
law
enforcement
working
together,
that
isn't
a
distinction
we
can
credibly
make
anymore
with
any
regularity.
C
Perhaps
the
best
examples
of
trust
and
public
safety
strategies
coming
together
are
happening
downtown
though
crime
remains
historically
low,
citywide
we're
still
seeing
far
too
much
criminal
activity
downtown
and
many
downtown
across
the
country
are
seeing
the
same
thing
at
the
cities.
United
convening
that
happened
here
a
few
weeks
ago,
I
talked
with
other
mayor's
from
around
the
country.
About
their
experiences
and
their
approaches
and
the
consensus
is
clear,
we
will
need
a
diverse
set
of
strategies
to
make
a
real
difference.
Much
of
this
work
is
already
underway
in
downtown
Minneapolis.
C
The
city,
downtown
businesses
and
law
enforcement
are
working
together
to
create
a
safe
and
inviting
downtown
from
midnight
to
midnight.
Law
enforcement
has
a
role
to
play,
of
course,
and
we
dramatically
increased
the
number
of
beats.
Our
officers
are
walking
downtown.
Two
years
ago,
I
invested
in
two
new
beat
officers
in
the
neighborhood
to
focus
on
those
downtown
issues.
C
This
year,
MPD
added
over
a
dozen
officers
on
beats
taking
our
foot
beats
in
the
first
precinct
from
589
last
year
at
this
time
to
over
5,000
so
far
this
year,
that's
a
real
investment
in
time
and
resources
and
community
policing
and
since
positive
contacts
are
up
51
percent.
We
know
our
officers
are
engaging
with
the
community
more
than
ever.
C
However,
we
also
know
that
law
enforcement
isn't
the
only
way
to
increase
safety.
The
downtown
Improvement
District
is
coordinating
the
outreach
and
activation
efforts
for
our
downtown
safety
strategies.
Six
different
outreach
teams
are
connecting
with
young
adults
and
people
experiencing
homelessness
and
helping
them
access
the
resources
that
they
need.
There.
Liveability
team
has
made
hundreds
of
social
service
referrals
this
summer
alone
and
our
Hennepin
Avenue
partners
are
bringing
Ches
mural
painting
live
music
and
other
positive
activities
to
Hennepin
and
throughout
downtown
during
the
day.
C
I
thank
Shane's
on
from
the
D
ID
I
thank
business
leaders,
Jonathan
wine,
Hagan
Steve,
Kramer,
Kevin,
Lewis
and
Melvin
tenant
and
Mark
Thompson,
Jennifer,
D,
Cabela's
and
Chester
Cooper
from
Hennepin
County
for
helping
lead.
This
important
work
with
me
and
to
make
downtown
safer
and
more
welcoming
at
night
I'm
proposing
an
investment
of
nearly
six
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
in
our
nighttime
ability
management
program.
C
This
program
will
add
code
compliance
specialist
for
traffic
to
our
downtown
streets
to
keep
people
and
traffic
moving
during
late
night
and
at
bar
close,
so
people
can
get
in
and
out
of
downtown
safely.
We're
educating
downtown
businesses
on
how
to
work
most
effectively
with
off-duty
officers,
we're
adding
public
bathrooms
and
we're
helping
venues
communicate
better
with
one
another
to
help
bring
a
greater
sense
of
order
to
our
late
night
scene.
This
will
be
done
working
with
the
businesses
downtown.
C
All
of
these
strategies,
bundled
together
outreach
activation
law
enforcement
and
communication
are
the
product
of
significant
investment
and
the
foundation
of
action.
We
think
will
yield
real
results.
Downtown
many
of
our
issues
with
downtown
crime,
particularly
violent
crime,
can
be
traced
back
to
a
small
number
of
people,
particularly
individuals
who
are
likely
to
wield
a
gun
who
have
an
outsized
impact
on
public
safety
throughout
the
city.
Our
group,
violence,
intervention
strategy
helped
lead
helps
these
individuals
leave
a
lifestyle
that
greatly
increases
their
likelihood
of
being
a
perpetrator
or
a
victim
of
violence.
C
There
are
now
20
participants
in
gvi
and
Counting,
and
it
is
changing
lives.
3
just
recently
got
their
GEDs.
More
than
half
are
now
employed
and
we've
supported
those
of
the
greatest
risk
in
relocating
to
different
parts
of
the
region
to
help
them
get
a
fresh
start
in
a
new
life.
By
all
accounts,
GDI
is
changing
the
way
they
see
their
futures.
C
C
That
highlights
a
reality
when
we
start
from
a
place
that
recognizes
the
humanity
in
communities
and
in
law
enforcement,
it's
easier
to
understand
the
tension
that
exists
between
the
urgent
need
for
action
and
the
fact
that
culture
change
takes
time.
This
budget
comes
from
that
understanding.
The
investments
I
am
making
in
community
trust
and
Public
Safety
will
strengthen
our
foundation
for
action,
increase
the
pace
of
change
and
deliver
positive
results
for
all
Minneapolis
neighborhoods.
C
Minneapolis
now
faces
a
challenge
that
we
could
not
have
conceived
of
fully.
A
year
ago,
though,
we
are
shocked
by
the
damage
he
does.
Every
day
of
his
presidency,
we
have
to
anticipate
that
Donald
Trump
will
remain
in
the
White
House
through
2020
in
the
next
three
and
a
half
years.
He
can
wreak
untold
damage
to
our
country
with
his
authoritarian
tactics
and
his
policies
of
oppression
and
suppression.
C
He,
the
president,
Trump,
doesn't
embrace
the
beautiful
diversity
of
our
communities
and
actively
targets
communities
based
on
race,
sexual
orientation,
immigration,
status,
ability
and
income
level.
Our
Muslim
neighbors
were
some
of
the
first
to
experience
this
ugliness
with
his
shameful
travel
ban.
They
weren't
the
last
Donald
Trump,
doesn't
want
demonstrators
exercising
our
First
Amendment
rights
and
making
our
voices
heard.
He
doesn't
want
citizens
to
vote.
He
doesn't
want
media
to
report
the
truth.
He
doesn't
want
artists
to
create
art
that
challenges
his
worldview.
C
Donald
Trump's
latest
attack
is
fresh
in
our
minds:
the
callous
cruel
decision
to
end
the
daca
program
for
immigrants
who
came
to
this
country
without
documentation
as
children,
six
years
old
on
the
average
unless
Congress
acts,
millions
of
families
will
be
torn
apart,
simply
because
of
rank
xenophobia,
but
because
of
investments
we
made
in
our
last
budget
cycle.
The
city
of
Minneapolis
didn't
have
to
wait
to
help
young
people
and
families
affected
by
Trump's
sickening
decision
after
the
2016
election
council.
C
Vice
president
Elizabeth
Glidden
and
I
recognized
the
coming
danger
for
our
immigrant
communities
and
we
set
aside
a
total
of
75
thousand
dollars
in
funds
for
the
immigrant
Law
Center
of
Minnesota,
volunteer
lawyers,
networks
and
Minnesota
advocates
for
Human
Rights
we
invested
and
as
a
result,
more
people
in
the
minneapolis
immigrant
community
know
their
rights,
have
accurate
information
about
immigration
policy
and
have
helped
facing
legal
challenges
to
their
immigration
status.
To
build
on
those
investments.
I
am
today
proposing
the
creation
of
a
new
office
of
immigrant
and
refugee
affairs.
C
Just
a
few
weeks
ago,
Donald
Trump
launched
another
attack
on
the
transgender
community,
signing
a
direct
directive
banning
transgender
people
from
serving
in
the
Armed
Forces.
It
was
a
stunning
move
that
hurt
people
who
have
chosen
to
serve
our
country
as
well
as
hurting
our
military
readiness
once
again,
Donald
Trump's
values
are
not
Minneapolis
values.
Here
in
Minneapolis,
we
stand
firm
with
our
gen
with
our
transgender
and
gender
non-conforming.
Neighbors
we've
continually
invested
in
the
groundbreaking
first-of-its-kind
trans
equity
summit.
C
Now,
in
its
fourth
year
at
the
recommendation
of
our
trans
equity
council,
we
are
also
now
in
the
process
of
adding
gender-neutral
bathrooms
in
44
city
buildings.
These
investments
match
our
values
and
will
make
a
difference
in
the
lives
of
our
trans
community.
So
too,
our
transgender
and
gender
non-conforming
neighbors
I,
see
you
I
love
you.
This
city
is
for
you
and
those
investments
will
continue.
C
We
cannot
have
true
democracy
if
people
cannot
depend
on
the
integrity
of
our
elections
in
Minneapolis.
Voting
rights
are
a
treasured
value
and
we
show
it
whenever
we
get
a
chance
to
go
to
the
polls
and
we've
invested
in
that
value
through
our
elections
Department,
and
we
are
already
and
we're
already
seeing
results
from
those
investments
in
our
elections
department
in
the
2016
election,
the
total
number
of
votes
cast
in
Minneapolis
was
the
highest.
Ever.
Seventy-Nine
percent
of
registered
voters
cast
a
ballot.
The
second
highest
rate
ever
and
10
points
higher
than
the
national
average.
C
This
year,
I'm
proposing
a
1.2
million
dollar
investment
to
protect
and
support
the
constitutional
rights
of
every
single
qualified
voter
in
Minneapolis.
This
includes
funds
for
voter
outreach
and
education,
election
operations
and
specific
funds
to
ensure
that
many
ippolit
ins
can
take
part
in
a
fair
and
well-run
2018
gubernatorial
election
in
Minneapolis.
C
C
C
Donald
Trump
talks
a
lot
about
bringing
back
jobs,
but
he's
not
really
standing
up
for
workers
for
all
his
talk
about
making
America
great
again
so
much
of
what
he
makes
comes
with
tags
that
say
made
in
China
were
made
in
Russia.
We
stand
up
for
workers
in
Minneapolis.
That's
why
I'm
investing
in
labor
standards
enforcement
and
outreach
in
the
Civil
Rights
Department
to
foster
a
new
culture
of
compliance
for
our
new
probe
worker
policies
both
are
in
SiC
and
save
time,
and
the
increases
in
our
minimum
wage.
C
It's
also
worth
remembering,
but
Donald
Trump
has
already
threatened
a
strip
federal
funds
from
city
like
cities
like
ours
that
don't
share
his
values
since
I
have
no
intention
of
having
Minneapolis
bend
the
knee
to
an
administration
that
would
be
cartoonishly
villainous
if
this
weren't
also
deadly
serious.
Our
financial
stability
is
all
the
more
important
like
all
of
my
budgets.
This
budget
isn't
just
balanced
over
one
year
of
spending.
It's
structurally
balanced
over
five
years.
That's
a
point
of
pride
for
me
to
point
a
pride
for
the
city,
and
it
also
makes
us
resilient.
C
This
commitment
to
financial
stability
enabled
us
to
successfully
tackle
big
problems
in
our
city,
like
debts
to
our
internal
service
funds
and
our
close
pension
fund
that
desperately
needed
reform,
restoring
the
current
city's
bond
rating
in
the
process.
Next
up
he's
addressing
our
infrastructure
deficit.
A
year
ago,
the
City
Council
and
I
passed
the
historic
20-year
800
million
dollar
parks
and
streets
investment
plan
in
partnership
with
the
parks.
C
Once
again,
we
are
tackling
a
big
problem
and
in
return
from
that,
investment
will
see
a
revitalization
of
our
parks
and
our
streets
with
racial
equity.
At
its
heart,
we
now
have
revolutionary
street
design
that
prioritizes
pedestrians,
people
with
disabilities,
cyclists
and
transit
riders
with
equity
and
sustainability.
As
our
core
values,
we
will
have
approaches
to
technology
and
data
that
will
ensure
we're
ready
for
all
the
big
changes
in
automated
driving
that
are
just
around
the
corner
and
we'll
see
all
of
this.
C
In
every
neighborhood
across
our
city,
ensuring
that
everyone
gets
to
enjoy
the
returns
on
this
investment
40%
of
all
streets
being
improved
in
this
plan
are
in
racially
concentrated
areas
of
poverty.
That's
what
taking
action
looks
like.
So,
while
we
wait
to
see
if
the
president's
fabled
infrastructure
plan
ever
materializes,
we'll
be
over
here,
bringing
to
life
some
21st
century
infrastructure
of
our
own,
so
as
flawed
as
our
democracy
may
be,
with
its
long-standing
issues
of
inequity
and
injustice,
we
value
the
way
our
form
of
government
allows
us
to
fight
to
correct
those
flaws.
C
C
Council
members
I
can
say
with
confidence
that
this
budget
reflects
the
shared
values
of
our
city.
I
know
Minneapolis
values
our
individual
and
collective
responsibility
to
serve
as
good
stewards
of
our
environment
and
our
planet.
I
know
Minneapolis,
cares
about
elevating
those
left
behind
by
systemic
racism
and
discrimination
so
that
everyone
in
our
city
can
be
safe,
be
housed
and
be
welcome.
C
I
know
Minneapolis
values
our
status
as
a
progressive
beacon
in
our
country
and
will
not
allow
any
politician
or
any
president
to
threaten
that
these
proposed
investments
are
born
of
those
values,
they're
designed
to
keep
moving
us
toward
our
vision
for
our
city
and
get
real
tangible
results
for
the
people
of
Minneapolis
words
matter,
but
when
history
judges
our
time
as
leaders,
only
a
handful
may
remember
the
very
best
of
our
words.
The
lasting
impact
of
leadership
comes
from
the
positive
change
we
make
through
action.
C
Madam
president,
councilmembers
today
we
get
to
take
another
step
toward
creating
a
Minneapolis
that
fully
lives
into
our
shared
values,
invests
in
what
we
value
and
drive
tirelessly
towards
the
results
that
our
city
needs.
Thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
address
you
today.
I
submit
this
budget
to
you
and
I.
Ask
for
your
support.
Thank
you.
D
A
Moved
and
seconded
all
in
approval,
say
aye
aye
opposed
that
carries
and
I
just
want
to
say:
I
failed
to
acknowledge.
We
have
a
member
of
the
Minneapolis
Park
and
Recreation
Board
board
of
estimate.
Taxation
also
need
tab,
joined
us
today.
So
thank
you
very
much
and
with
that
we've
dispensed
with
our
work
today
opens
we're
busy.
D
Excuse
me,
madam
president,
I
knew
we
had
some
announcements
and
I
wanted
to
make.
That
was
a
appropriate.
The
first
is
to
note
that
the
board
of
estimate
and
Taxation
will
be
conducting
its
public
hearing
on
the
proposed
levy
limit
tomorrow
evening,
beginning
at
5:05
in
this
chamber,
and
that
the
hearing
will
be
continued
to
this
september
27th
meeting,
where
the
maximum
levy
will
be
adopted.
D
D
Wwe
app
lists,
MN
gov,
a
full
listing
of
all
the
public
meetings
and
hearings,
as
well
as
the
complete
content
of
the
recommended
budget,
will
be
posted
on
that
site
and
I
just
like
to
acknowledge
the
work
that
the
finance
department,
as
well
as
the
city
clerk's
office,
put
in
to
making
that
happen
as
long
as
well
as
the
IT
department
to
make
that
available
to
the
public.
Thank
you.
A
further.