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From YouTube: November 29, 2017 Adjourned Minneapolis City Council
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Adjourned Minneapolis City Council Meeting
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A
A
And
I
don't
see
any
so
we'll
move
on
and
I'm
just
going
to
read
some
preliminary
statements
here,
a
little
over
two
weeks
ago
on
November
14th,
Hennepin,
County
mailed
out
a
proposed
property
tax
notice,
which
identified
the
potential
property
tax
impact
based
on
the
2018
budget
that
was
proposed
by
mayor
Hodges.
Tonight's
hearing
provides
the
public
an
opportunity
to
comment
on
that
proposed
budget
in
part
based
on
information
that
was
included
in
the
property
tax
notices
from
Hennepin
County,
as
well
as
information
made
available
by
the
city.
A
A
copy
of
the
mayor's
recommended
2018
budget
is
posted
to
the
city's
website
and
a
full
printed
copy
is
available
for
public
inspection
with
the
city
clerk.
The
council's
budget
subcommittee,
under
the
leadership
of
councilmember
John
Quincy,
has
conducted
hearings
on
each
departments
budget
request
over
the
past
several
weeks,
all
of
which
were
broadcast
on
public
access
television
as
well
as
the
city's
website.
A
All
documentation
related
to
the
proposed
budget
is
also
posted
and
available
on
the
city's
website
before
I
open
the
meeting
I'd
like
to
inform
folks
that
we
are
going
to
be
taking
speakers
in
the
order
they
are
registered.
If
you
wish
to
address
the
City
Council
as
a
part
of
this
public
hearing
and
haven't
already
registered
I
encourage
you
to
do
so
now.
A
The
speaker
sign-in
table
is
in
the
hallway
just
outside
the
door,
and
also
we
have
arranged
for
overflow
seating
if
it's
too
crowded
in
here
in
room
319,
which
is
just
across
the
hallway
for
those
who
would
like
a
seat
to
have
a
seat.
A
live
broadcast
of
this
hearing
is
available
in
that
space.
We
also
have
available
our
City
Assessor
Patrick
Todd.
So
if
you
had
raised
his
hand
here
for
anyone
who
has
questions
about
that
notice
that
they
received
in
the
mail,
mr.
A
D
Members
of
the
City
Council,
my
name
is
Mark
ruff
and
the
chief
financial
officer,
I
promise
I'll
be
brief.
Less
than
five
minutes
on
an
overview
as
council
president
mentioned,
the
budget
document
has
been
online
for
a
number
of
weeks.
Certainly
the
hearings
provided
opportunity,
both
live
and
recorded,
or
folks
to
get
a
sense
of
what
the
department
presentations
the
meat
behind
the
actual
document
itself
and
I
will
just
give
an
overview
in
terms
of
the
overall
budget,
as
well
as
the
property
taxes
themselves.
D
D
The
total
budget,
again
excluding
boards
and
commissions,
is
1.4
billion
dollars
that
we
talked
about
spending
and
spending
is
both
from
revenues
as
well
as
some
cash
for
capital
items
of
6.2
percent
increase
or
eighty
two
point,
five
million
dollars
over
the
budget
from
2017.
We
do
have
to
remember
that
the
budget
comprises
a
number
of
the
city's
activities
and
the
majority
of
those
activities
are
actually
the
water
and
the
sewer
and
the
stormwater.
D
The
basic
businesses
of
the
city,
as
well
as
the
Convention
Center
and
the
Target
Center
that
are
that
are
also
supported
by
revenues
as
well.
The
general
fund
or
the
basic
city
operations
is
something
under
five
hundred
million
dollars
and
that's
where
most
of
the
property
taxes
go
to.
So
overall,
the
property
taxes
are
less
than
twenty
three
percent
of
the
total
budget.
D
When
we
include
all
of
those
other
enterprises,
when
we
talk
about
weird
other
there's,
a
specific
proposed
property
tax
levy,
which
is
the
subject
of
the
public
hearing
and
the
discussion
tonight,
where
does
that
go?
The
city
does
include
in
the
proposal
evie
the
park
boards
levy
and
in
the
yellow,
in
in
a
small
slice
of
the
light.
Blue
is
the
park
board
both
for
the
general
park
board
operations,
as
well
as
a
tree
levy.
D
The
MBC
is
the
entity
that
runs
this
building
and
for
those
who
don't
know,
40%
of
this
building
is
is
used
by
the
county,
primarily
the
fourth
and
fifth
floors
of
this
building
used
as
a
detention
center.
We
also
have
debt
that
is
being
supported
by
a
property
tax
levy
that
relates
to
the
library
improvements,
both
the
central
library
and
neighborhood
libraries,
and
then
we
also
have
a
legacy
cost
related
to
teachers,
retirement
funds,
which
is
the
TRA
in
this
particular
line
item.
D
When
we
look
at
the
actual
line
items
of
the
property
tax
levy
and
the
changes
from
two
thousand
seventeen
and
eighteen,
when
I
talked
about
the
general
fund,
the
basic
city
services
that
most
cities
provide
is
contained
within
the
general
fund.
That's
up
7.1%
the
Minneapolis
Park
Board
levies,
up
4.2
percent
and
1.2
percent.
We
also
have
debt
service.
D
That's
called
bond
redemption
in
this
line
item,
but
it's
a
way
to
pay
for
the
the
bonds
that
we
issue
for
capital
items
and
most
of
those
bonds
are
issued
for
streets
and
the
park
improvements
in
the
20-year
street
and
park
plan
that
was
was
formulated
last
year.
So
that
number
is
going
up
4.1
percent.
We
also
have
legacy
pension
costs,
in
addition
to
their
attentions
retirement,
which
is
staying
the
same
at
22
million
dollars.
D
Person
and
some
operational
costs
there
I
mentioned
the
NBC,
the
Municipal
Building
Commission,
or
our
share
of
operating
this,
our
being
the
city's
share
of
operating
this
building,
the
Teachers
Retirement
and
the
debt
service,
I
should
say
the
bottom
line
of
the
library
debt
service
is
going
up
because
the
state
has
provided
some
matching
funds.
So
when
we
increased
our
levy
by
a
million
dollars,
the
state
aid
went
up
by
four
hundred
thousand
dollars,
so
that
was
a
net
benefit
to
the
city.
Overall,
we're
just
gonna
be
able
to
pay
the
bonds
out
faster.
D
The
cost
of
the
libraries
is
not
going
up
and
in
fact,
now
that
the
libraries
are
run
by
the
county,
the
city
has
no
operational
costs
of
those
libraries,
but
we
still
do
have
the
debt
service
associated
with
those
libraries
and
that
will
be
around
for
another
four
to
five
years.
Major
highlights
of
the
budget.
We
do
I
mentioned
the
neighborhood
streets
and
pipes
program.
D
0.7
of
the
five
point:
five
percent
increase
in
property
tax
lobbyists
were
directly
related.
The
planned
increases
in
the
lobby
to
cover
the
capital
costs
associated
with
that
program.
We
do
have
an
enterprise
emphasis
on
public
safety,
in
addition
to
the
police
department,
Fire
Department
activities,
as
well
as
regulatory
services,
Health
Department,
on
the
broader
scope
of
what
is
considered
to
be
Public
Safety.
It's
not
just
about
the
police
department.
We
are
also
looking
at
addressing
climate
change
and
overall
spending
increase.
D
Was
the
franchise
fee
that's
associated
with
them,
helping
to
increase
the
city's
ability
to
deal
with
renewable
energy
as
well
as
energy
conservation
programs
and
then
additional
funding
on
affordable
housing?
This
chart
is
helpful.
I
think
when
we
talk
about.
Where
did
the
levy
go
in
terms
of
the
different
functions
of
the
city?
And
again
these
are
primarily
the
general
government
kind
of
functions,
whereas
most
of
the
levy
goes
to,
as
well
as
the
capital
that
I
talked
about
the
debt
service
or
the
payments
on
the
on
the
bonds.
D
The
median
property
tax
increase
for
those
properties
is
seven
point,
seven
percent
or
about
ninety-two
dollars
per
year,
and
this
does
not
include
apartments
but
includes
duplexes
triplexes
single-family
homes
that
are
rented
as
well
as
owner
occupied
homes,
but
also
just
always
like
to
mention
a
program
and
many
of
us
know.
People
or
ourselves
have
used
this
program.
My
mother
I
fill
the
forms
out
for
her
every
year.
This
property
tax
refund
that
the
city
had
or
that
the
state
has
common,
is
on
a
city
run
program.
D
It
doesn't
help
you
make
your
initial
property
tax
payments,
but
if
you
are
a
homeowner
or
a
renter
and
your
property
taxes
exceed
a
certain
percentage
of
your
income,
the
state
does
allow
you
to
get
a
rebate
of
that,
and
and
for
many
people,
it's
not
just
ten
or
twelve
dollars.
It's
sometimes
it's
several
hundred
dollars
and
so
I
would
encourage
anyone
in
the
audience
who
may
be
watching
this
to
look
at
this
opportunity.
A
You
mr.
Roth,
with
that
we'll
move
into
the
public
hearing
portion
of
our
meeting
and
I,
will
entertain
a
motion
to
suspend
the
rules
to
allow
members
of
the
public
to
address
the
City
Council.
It
moved
and
seconded
any
discussion,
seeing
none
all
in
approval,
say
aye
aye
opposed
that
carries
so
before
I
recognize
the
first
speaker
I'd
like
to
review
a
few
procedural
matters.
As
I
already
stated,
we
will
take,
we
will
be
taking
speakers
in
the
order
that
they
signed
up.
A
If
you
haven't
already
registered,
and
you
would
like
to
address
the
council
tonight,
please
be
sure
to
sign
it.
The
registration
table
in
the
hallway
or
with
the
city
clerk
and
the
city
clerk
is
at
the
end
of
the
day
us
here.
Mr.
Carl,
we
ask
everyone
to
be
respectful
of
the
comments
offered
this
evening.
All
speakers
will
be
limited
to
two
minutes.
If
you're
a
speaker,
we
ask
that
you
conclude
your
when
your
time
has
expired
and
allow
the
next
speaker
there
the
opportunity
to
address
the
council.
A
The
clerk's
will
be
monitoring
time
and
a
timer
is
available
to
help.
You
monitor
your
comments.
If
you
also
have
documents
or
other
supporting
materials
you
that
you
would
like
to
submit
for
the
public
record,
you
can
also
give
them
to
the
city
clerk.
So
with
that
we're
ready
to
open
the
public
hearing,
so
I
have
the
pleasure
of
saying
that
we
have
a
special,
a
special
group
that
has
come
to
start
our
meeting
off
and
give
us
an
honor
song.
A
A
Thank
you
now
for
a
public
comment
and
the
first
speaker
that
we
are
going
to
have
is
from
a
Girl,
Scout
Troop
that
is
visiting
us
today
and
we
typically
don't
let
people
sign
up
ahead
of
time.
People
are
recognized
as
they
come
in,
but
I
said
as
a
former
Girl
Scout
leader
I'm,
going
to
take
this
privilege
and
let
the
Girl
Scout
speak.
A
F
Hello,
City
Councilmembers,
my
name
is
Hadley
dovish
and
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
to
you
today.
I
am
10
years
old
and
I
live
in
the
Erickson
neighborhood
I'm.
Here
with
my
girl
scout
chip
chip
number
one,
six,
five,
six
six
and
we
were
all
fifth
grade:
students
at
downe
urban
environmental
school
in
the
Longfellow
neighborhood
of
Minneapolis.
We
have
tours
today
all
today
and
we
were
learning
about
government
government
in
school
and
in
scouts.
Our
troop
is
been
talking
off
all
about
what
can
we
do
to
help
our
city?
F
Many
of
us,
Girl
Scouts,
are
also
safe
to
patrol
for
Dowling
school.
We
have
noticed
that
there
are
safety
issues
with
the
traffic
around
our
school.
There
are
two
changes
we
would
like.
We,
we
think,
would
make
our
school
a
safer
place.
First
of
all,
we
would
like
to
have
a
four-way
stop
signs
at
the
intersection
of
East,
38th,
Street
and
Edmond
Boulevard,
and
also
in
the
intersection
of
Dowling
Street
and
Edmond
Boulevard
I.
F
Do
safety
patrol
at
both
of
those
corners
on
different
dates
and
I,
can
tell
you
that
cars
go
away
too
fast
and
careless
through
these
intersections?
Secondly,
we've
proposed
to
make
Edmond
Boulevard
a
one-way
Saffron
street,
serving
at
Dowling
Street
until
tomorrow,
we'll
drive
all
these
school
buses
lined
up
along
Edmond
Boulevard
and
the
street
is
just
too
narrow
to
have
traffic
in
both
directions,
plus
parents
trying
to
drop
off
kids
and
cross
in
front
of
buses,
and
if
someone
is
parked
on
the
street,
then
two-way
traffic
is
near
impossible.
F
We
as
Girl
Scouts
and
the
safety
patrol,
agree
that
if
we
can
get
this
short
stretch
of
a
street
turned
into
a
one-way
street,
it
would
be
a
great
benefit
to
the
whole
community
to
keep
kids
safe.
Ideally,
we
hope
this
city
can
look
at
all
intersections
around
schools
and
Minneapolis
and
make
sure
that
all
schools
have
as
many
stop
signs
and
safety
safety
considerations
as
possible
in
this
day
of
distracted
driving
with
cell
phones.
We
think
it
is
necessary
for
these
precautions
to
keep
kids
safe.
F
A
A
G
I'm,
a
former
Girl
Scout,
so
thank
you
for
all
you're
doing
good
evening.
I'm
Marty
Miller
I'm,
the
executive
director
of
southeast
seniors.
We,
along
with
Nokomis
and
Longfellow
Seward
healthy
seniors,
provide
services
for
seniors,
so
they
may
live
well
at
home.
We
provide
nursing
services,
blood
pressure,
clinic
service
coordination,
outreach,
nursing,
caregiver,
support
intergenerational
activities
and
visiting
volunteers
for
companionship
and
to
reduce
isolation.
These
services
are
critical
to
allow
older
adults
to
stay
living
in
the
homes
they
love
together.
About
a
third
of
the
older
adults
in
Minneapolis,
live
in
our
combined
service
area.
G
I
have
a
story
to
share
with
you
about
one
of
our
the
seniors
we
serve.
Her
name
is
artist
and
she
was
her.
Son
was
the
saying
that
she
should
leave,
leave
her
home
and
she
called
our
program
to
help
her
find
another
place
to
live
and
Judy
asked
her.
You
know.
Well,
where
would
you
what
would
you
like
to
do
and
she
says
well:
I
want
to
stay
in
my
home,
I
love
my
home,
I
love,
my
neighbors
and
Judy
said
well.
G
I
could
help
you
do
that,
and
so
our
social
worker
Judy
found
her
some
services.
She
has
macular
degeneration.
She
got
vision,
loss
services
for
her.
A
group
of
volunteers
are
helping
her
Linda
Lydia.
Our
volunteer
coriander
got
her
a
volunteer,
that's
helping
her.
So
three
years
later,
artis
is
still
living
in
the
home.
She
loves
with
her
family
and
is
very
happy
she's,
reserving
the
services
that
she
needs.
We
are
asking
you
to
include
sixty
thousand
dollars
for
Senior
Services
in
the
budget.
G
This
amount
was
recommended
by
the
Department
of
Neighborhood
and
Community
Relations
to
fulfill
the
commitments
in
the
Minneapolis
age-friendly
action
plan.
The
council
and
mayor
would
continue
to
support
organizations
that
provide
in-home
services
aimed
at
keeping
older
adults
in
their
homes.
We
offer
our
services
on
a
sliding
fee
or
no
cost,
and
this
allows
low-income
seniors
equity
in
receiving
quality
services.
We
provide
I,
think
relationships
with
with
seniors
are
spreading
in
the
community
and
I
see.
My
time
is
up
I'm
sorry,
but
we
have
received
funding
from
you
in
the
past.
G
A
H
Thank
you
so
much
yes,
my
name
is
Sharon
Bedell
I'm,
a
member
of
the
southeast,
seniors
board,
and
so
I'm,
just
here
to
reiterate
for
Margie
said
that
we
very
much
like
we
had
sixty
thousand
dollars
for
the
three-block
nurse
problems
in
the
past
and
we'd
like
it
reiterate,
we
would
like
to
have
it
reinstated
as
a
senior.
Obviously,
a
senior
here
I
would
appreciate
it
if
we
could
have
the
people
who
are
here
in
support
of
this
stand
is
that
alright,
if
you
could
all
stand
who
have
are
wearing
you
can
see
our
support.
H
This
whole
thing.
Thank
you.
Can
it
goes
way
back?
This
actually
was
in
the
Prospect
Park
30
years
ago
that
we
started
this
kind
of
program
because
people
were
leaving
the
neighborhood
as
they
couldn't
stay
in
their
homes.
So
this
is
a
very
important
thing.
It's
sort
of
another
way
that
Minneapolis
gonna
take
care
of
its
own
we'd
appreciate
this.
Thank
you.
Thank.
I
Over
the
last
10
years,
we've
seen
thousands
of
workers
come
into
our
Center,
who
are
been
victims
of
wage
theft.
Where
employers
don't
pay
overtime,
don't
pay
any
wages
at
all.
Don't
pay
people
what
they're
supposed
to
have
paid
them?
It's
a
significant
problem.
You
know
it
in
Minneapolis
in
Minnesota,
really
across
the
country.
A
seminal
study
done
by
the
National
Employment
Law
Project
showed
that
in
big
cities
and
when
they
interviewed
low-wage
workers,
particularly
workers
of
color,
that
up
to
75
percent
of
workers
had
experienced
some
form
of
wage
theft
in
the
last
month.
I
And
while
we
don't
have
the
specific
data
in
Minneapolis,
that
was,
that
was
a
nationwide.
That
was
a
nationwide
study.
That
I
think
is
very
telling
of
the
problem
that
continues
to
exist,
specifically
in
marginalized
communities,
communities
of
color
and
low-income
communities.
So
we
see
that
the
employers
in
that
are
employing
poor
folks.
I
J
That
we've
seen
is,
we
have
seen
a
great
increase
in
the
little
earth
community
with
heroin
overdoses.
We've
seen
it
throughout
the
city,
which
is
a
very
major
issue
across
this
country.
That
is
happening
right
now
with
the
drug
epidemic
period,
but
in
the
Native
community
it
has
become
a
really
bad
thing
and
what
we're
looking
for
is
to
somehow
get
funding
so
that
we
can
sort
a
sober
house
for
these
people
that
are
suffering
from
this
addiction.
J
So
that's
why
a
lot
of
us
are
here
right
now
is
to
speak
about
this,
to
be
able
to
start
a
sober
house
here
to
be
able
to
help
these
people
because
they
are
human
beings
just
because
they
have
an
addiction,
does
not
mean
that
they're,
not
human
beings,
and
they
don't
deserve
to
be
locked
up
just
because
they
have
an
addiction.
So
that's
one
of
the
reasons
that
we
are
here
to
help
out
in
any
way
that
we
can
and
we're
just
asking
the
first
time
funding
to
start
a
sober
house
for
this.
A
A
K
M
A
A
N
Good
evening,
good
evening,
madam
chair
and
councilmembers,
my
name
is
Queen
timox,
sorry
for
my
voice
on
I'm,
a
black
woman
from
strolling
tribe
on
stolen
land
and
I'm,
a
resident
of
North
Minneapolis
I'm,
presenting
today
on
behalf
of
one
family,
one
community
and
I'm.
Just
here
to
make
a
few
acts
please.
N
We
would
like
to
see
some
vacant
housing
funding
so
that
low
wealth
earning
families
can
also
start
to
build
some
wealth
instead
of
privilege
developers.
We
would
also
ask
that
we
would
have
some
money
set
aside
for
shelters
for
adults
in
North
Minneapolis,
because
currently
we
have
no
shelters
there
and
it's
going
to
get
called.
We
would
also
ask
that
we
have
the
county's
influence
or
your
influence
police
to
push
some
funding
for
supportive
housing
programs.
N
O
Hi
hi
Marilyn
Johnston
a
vice
president
of
the
board
of
Longfellow
Seward
healthy
seniors.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
talk
about
my
involvement
in
this
organization,
which
began
with
my
mother
for
many
years,
hands
right
being
a
part
of
a
group
of
people
of
similar
age
and
interest,
in
condition
when
I
retired
I
began
driving
my
mother
to
healthy,
seniors
monthly
socials,
which
includes
presentations
that
pertain
to
the
well-being
of
seniors
to
help
them
live,
healthy,
independent
and
socially
connected
lives.
I
always
enjoy
senior
interactions
with
her
people
of
her
same
age.
O
At
these
gatherings.
One
of
the
highlights
for
my
mother
was
the
healthy
seniors
annual
holiday
party.
It's
always
a
festive
occasion
involving
lunch,
entertainment
and
an
opportunity
for
each
senior
justice
to
select
a
nice
gift
from
a
great
selection
of
donated
items
for
so
seniors.
This
probably
is
their
only
gift
and
their
only
holiday
celebration
when
healthy
seniors
started
their
gentle
yoga
program
for
seniors.
My
mother
and
I
decided
that
it
would
be
a
good
thing
to
I.
My
mother
was
in
her
90s
at
the
time.
O
I
could
see
how
she
benefited
from
the
program
and
I
really
enjoyed
hearing
her
proudly
tell
her
friends
about
her
yoga
experience.
My
mother
also
enjoyed
weekly
visits
from
my
healthy
seniors,
friendly,
volunteer,
visitor
volunteer.
She
and
my
mother
would
play
cards,
talk,
watch
TV
and
enjoy
each
other's
company.
My
mother
remained
in
her
home
of
63
years
in
the
long
pillar
neighborhood
until
she
died
in
2011
at
the
age
of
96.
O
My
mother
was
such
an
inspiration
to
me
and
I
still
love
to
hear
people
who
are
poor
are
associated
with
Longfellow
Seward
healthy
seniors
reminisce
about
her.
It
is
an
honor
for
me
to
serve
on
this
organization.
Thank
you
for
considering
increasing
the
amount
of
city
funds
for
programs
for
seniors.
Thank
you.
P
My
address
is
50
15,
35th,
Avenue,
South,
actually,
I
was
born
in
Minneapolis
and
I've
lived
here
in
92
years,
so
I,
love,
Betty,
applets
I've
been
had
benefited
great
deal
from
healthy
seniors,
and
so
did
my
husband
who
passed
away
when
he
was
ill.
There
signors
came
every
week
to
take
his
blood
pressure
to
check
on
him
and
there
was
a
caring
group
where
we
could
meet
with
a
counselor
and
that
helped
me
a
great
deal
now
in
these
pastures.
Subscribers
passed
on
I
go
to
all
the
meetings
of
healthy
seniors.
P
Those
are
wonderful
meetings
where
they
have
special
people
who
are
well
informed
about
subjects
that
seniors
are
interested
in
or
have
need
for
and
so
I
with
all
those
other
people
benefit
greatly
for
my
healthy
seniors
meetings.
We
have
trips
that
we
go
on
and
we
have
boat
rides,
which
is
great
fun
for
us,
and
now
I
have
a
woman
who
comes
and
scrabbles
with
me,
which
is
she
got
my
name
from
healthy
seniors
and
so
every
two
weeks
we
confessed,
which
is
good
his
great
fun.
P
Now
the
juniors,
too,
means
that
we
can
be
with
other
seniors
who
have
the
same
interest
and
often
are
in
the
same
situations
we
are,
and
so
this
is
a
form
of
fellowship
for
us,
so
we
not
only
benefit
from
the
treats
that
they
serve
and
from
the
speakers
that
they
have,
but
from
our
conversations
with
other
seniors
and
I
am
blessed
to
be
part
of
healthy
seniors.
If
you
would
like
to
come
and
join
us,
please
do
we
meet
at
Holy
Trinity
and
that's
one
Tuesday
a
month.
Q
We
would
like
to
propose
for
us
to
have
a
sober
house
for
all
the
ones
that
are
on
drugs
to
help
them
come
to
a
safe
place,
but
I
could
feel
safe
and
they
can
get
off
this
stuff
because
it's
happening
too
much.
I'm
actually
I
just
came
about
three
months
ago
from
Ohio
and
Ohio
was
ranked
the
number
one
state
of
heroin
overdoses
and.
Q
Threes
Wham
with
noise
because
my
middle
brother
was
driving
when
he
showed
up,
he
was
asleep,
fell
out
and
he
died
right.
There
almost
hit
a
truck
head-on,
so
this
is
happening
all
over
the
place
and
we
would
like
to
do
this
for
our
people.
We
are
about
art,
we
love
our
people,
we
cared
for
them,
and
so
we
want
them
to
be
able
to
go
to
a
safe
place.
There's
only
other
places.
Q
You
know
they
cost
too
much
for
them
to
get
in
and
for
the
ones
that
really
need
help
and
continue
to
kind
of
need.
This
help
you
know
they're
not
any
much
help
and
some
are
just
dying
to
much
and
and
with
what
me
and
and
dannian
do
you
know
we
we
help
bury
some,
and
so
that's
hard
to
see
these
young
ones
dying
because
of
this
cuz.
They
feel
like
there's
no
hope
they
need
a
place
where
they
can't
go
so
they
can
go
home
and
they
can't
be
loved.
R
Evening,
Council
members,
my
name
is
Gregory
Russ,
I'm,
executive,
director
of
the
minneapolis
public
housing
authority
and
a
resident
of
the
city
of
minneapolis
I'm
here
to
speak
on,
affordable
housing
and
to
commend
the
council
and
the
mayor
for
emphasizing
affordable
housing
in
the
budget
this
year.
It
is
a
very
difficult
issue
that
we
face
and
I
feel
that
a
lot
of
the
budget
choices
are
very
helpful,
but
I
want
to
propose
a
few
more
for
your
consideration.
The
first.
The
current
budget
has
an
amount
of
$125,000
proposed
for
increased
security
at
the
mPHA
high-rises.
R
This
is
less
than
six
percent
of
the
cost
of
security.
These
funds
were
originally
provided
at
the
level
of
1.2
million
by
the
city
in
2010.
We
lost
that
funding
and
HUD
does
not
provide
that
funding
in
the
operating
formulas
that
we
use
to
support
our
housing.
We
are
asking
that
the
council
consider
raising
that
amount
to
$500,000
to
help
us
with
the
security
costs.
Second,
I
wanted
to
plant
some
seeds
here
tonight
for
important
changes
that
will
be
coming
in
2018.
R
We're
very
excited
to
see
the
million
dollars
in
the
family
housing
initiatives,
and
we
absolutely
will
be
coming
to
the
city
with
proposals,
but
we
also
need
to
explicitly
open
up
the
affordable
housing
trust
fund
and
to
allow
us
to
submit
projects
along
with
other
developers
in
the
city.
And
finally,
you
will
hear
our
residents
will
be
pushing
harder
than
ever
next
year
to
think
about
the
tax
levies
that
we
used
to
receive
and
the
power
that
the
levy
might
have
to
help
us
leverage
funds
to
reinvest
in
our
properties.
R
S
You,
madam
president,
members
of
the
City
Council
Russ
Adams
with
the
Alliance
I,
want
to
thank
you
for
budgeting
to
address
our
housing
challenges.
I
was
part
of
our
organization,
was
part
of
a
letter
that
the
make
homes
have
been
coalition
sent
you
but
I'm
also
here
to
challenge
you
and
challenge
all
of
us
to
do
more
in
2018.
Besides
budget
investments,
we
also
need
to
pass
policy
reforms
that
protect
tenants
and
allow
them
to
stay
in
place,
preserve,
affordable
housing
apartments
and
build
additional,
affordable
housing
opportunities.
S
We
also
need
to
build
to
need
and
those
policies
need
to
name
30%
of
the
area,
median
income
as
a
target
for
building
housing.
Now,
that's
jargon:
what
does
that
mean?
It
means
building
for
an
individual
who
makes
the
men
wage
a
senior
on
a
fixed
income
person
with
a
disability
or
someone
carrying
a
section-8
certificate.
So
we
need
to
target
that.
We
also
need
to
create
a
true,
affordable
housing
trust
fund.
S
What
we
have
right
now
is
largely
a
pass-through
of
various
dollars,
including
federal
money
and
that's
great,
but
we
need
to
find
a
way
to
create
a
dedicated,
predictable,
locally
sourced
revenue
stream
to
inform
our
long-range
planning
for
housing.
Finally,
the
addition
of
the
housing
stability
coordinator
in
the
budget
is
a
great
idea,
but
let's
make
that
position
as
meaningful
as
possible,
let's
give
them
the
authority
and
the
resources
to
work
across
departments
and
impact
policy.
It's
not
enough
to
have
one
single
individual
overseeing
these
housing
issues.
S
T
Thank
you
all
for
taking
the
time
to
listen
to
me.
My
name
is
John
boomin
I'm
speaking
on
behalf
of
the
little
Earth
YDC
I've
lived
at
little
earth
since
1998
I
weren't
keeping
the
YDC
open
on
weekends.
This
gives
our
young
children
and
teens
a
place
to
go,
that's
safe
and
gives
them
something
to
do
to
keep
them
out
of
trouble.
T
It
could
be
a
tough
neighborhood
at
times,
but
the
YDC
is
a
place
that
offers
mentoring
and
helps
to
keep
our
youth
grounded
in
a
nurturing
environment
that
my
own
own
children
enjoy
on
the
weekends.
Due
to
our
historical
trauma
that
we
deal
with
daily,
we
are
people
constantly
trying
to
heal
the
weekend.
Staff
at
the
Y
DC
has
been
helping
the
youth
with
cultural
teaching
beating
making
regalia
and
teaching
them
about.
T
U
Name
is
Marc
Sadr
I
live
at
40,
41,
16th,
Avenue,
South
and
I'm
here,
I
guess
in
opposition
of
your
budget
last
year
in
2017,
my
property
taxes
went
up
ten
and
a
half
percent,
and
this
year
they're
projected
to
go
up
12.2%
and
I
just
unacceptable
in
my
world
I'm
looking
at
retiring
in
the
next
couple
of
years
and
they're
taxing
me
out
of
my
home
and
I'm
just
here
to
let
you
know
that.
Thank
you.
V
Miss
Mallon,
chair,
City,
Council
members.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
be
here
tonight.
My
name
is
Deb
Taylor
I
am
the
CEO
of
senior
community
services
and
because
aging
is
a
process
we
all
experience.
Residents
of
Minneapolis
of
all
ages
can
do
better.
When
we
make
sure
everyone
has
what
they
need
to
age
successfully.
V
More
and
more
of
us
are
aging
but
I.
Guess
that
beats
the
alternative
adjust
society
treats
everyone
is
equals,
but
right
now
we
are
marginalizing
older
adults
and
minimizing
their
contributions
and
to
live
up
to
our
ideals.
We
must
change
this
as
more
Minneapolis
residents
live
longer
and
healthier
lives.
We
need
to
tap
into
our
ingenuity
so
that
we
can
adjust
our
systems
and
policies
to
make
the
most
of
this
new
reality.
V
W
W
I'm
always
surprised
at
my
restaurant
bill
when
I
get
the
my
figure
in
the
taxes
it's
something
like
over
10
or
11
percent,
and
it
always
makes
me
think
that
we're
spending
too
much
money
on
too
much
government
that
there
is
a
way
we
could
somehow
reduce
it.
That'd
be
most
appreciated,
I
think
if
I
was
paying
an
increase
in
10%
on
property
taxes,
I'd
probably
go
a
little
bit
crazy.
But,
aside
from
that,
going
back
to
the
arrowing
issue,
I
also
lost
somebody
cousin
and
so
I.
W
X
Good
evening
president
Johnson
and
fellow
council
members,
my
name
is
Rob
Hanson
I'm,
the
executive
director
of
the
West
Broadway
business,
an
area
coalition
I'm
here
tonight
to
offer
a
couple
of
recommendations
on
how
to
use
CDBG
funding
allocations
and
let
the
Minneapolis
City
Council
know
that
North
siders
are
paying
attention
to
how
city
resources
are
being
allocated.
First,
I'd
like
to
see
the
city
of
Minneapolis
use
section
108,
financing
more
aggressively.
The
section
108
program
allows
grantees
of
CDBG
to
borrow
federally
guaranteed
funds
for
community
development
purposes.
X
Section
108
borrowers
obtain
up
to
five
times
the
amount
of
their
annual
CDBG
grants
by
pledging
to
repay
section
108
loans
with
future
CDBG
grants
in
the
event
of
a
default
section.
108
thus
enables
grantees
to
undertake
substantially
larger
community
development
projects,
commercial
property
values
for
many
buildings
in
North
Minneapolis,
often
have
much
lower
than
market
rate
appraised
value.
Section
108
could
be
put
to
use
to
bridge
commonly
encountered
financing
gaps
and
can
provide
opportunity
for
smaller
developers
and
community
members
to
develop
within
north
Minneapolis.
X
There
are
numerous
examples:
nationwide
or
section
108
financing
has
been
used
to
help
make
economic
development
projects
a
reality
and
see
peds
staff
calls
it
a
large
and
untapped
opportunity
for
development.
Next,
the
great
streets,
facade
improvement
grant
program
should
be
altered
to
include
interior
repairs
as
a
Business
Association.
We
have
found
that
having
the
opportunity
to
give
grants
to
businesses
to
make
the
exterior
improvements
is
a
valuable
tool
in
business
retention
and
recruitment.
X
However,
many
of
the
buildings
in
our
commercial
corridor,
for
example,
are
nearly
100
years
old
and
require
extensive
upgrades
to
their
interiors
just
to
be
brought
up
to
code
costs
can
range
in
the
hundreds
of
thousands
of
dollars
to
open
a
brick-and-mortar
retail
shop.
If
we're
serious
about
helping
small
businesses
and
especially
entrepreneurs
of
color,
the
great
streets,
facade
improvement
program
should
be
modified
to
allow
for
interior
repairs.
X
The
north
side
has
suffered
from
decades
of
disinvestment
residents
and
stakeholders
are
paying
attention
to
how
resources
are
being
allocated,
and
we
need
more
accountability
from
City
Council
and
more
consultation
on
the
use
of
city
funding
for
low
to
moderate
income
areas
from
those
most
affected
by
it.
Thank
you,
Thank.
Y
Y
Y
Y
We
have
been
working
with
the
Minneapolis
high-rise
representative
council
to
chat
with
folks
all
around
the
city
about
pedestrian
safety.
We
were
talking
with
people
all
summer,
a
lot
of
different
community
events
and
more
than
a
1700
people
signed
postcards
asking
for
safer
crossings
for
people
walking
and
biking.
I
personally
talked
with
many
of
these
people,
and
I
can
tell
you
that
the
conversations
I
had
were
very
easy.
This
is
not
a
complicated
issue.
People
understand
that
pedestrian
safety
is
about
the
basic
functioning
of
our
city.
It's
about
meeting
a
basic
human
need.
Y
I
want
to
share
just
a
few
of
the
comments
and
we'll
be
dropping
off
the
stack
of
postcards
at
the
council
members
offices.
Next
week,
Jonathan
said
streets
are
for
people
not
for
cars.
Katrina
said
safety
starts
and
ends
with
the
most
vulnerable
of
our
population.
A
young
old
and
disabled
shirley
said
it's
the
right
thing
to
do.
The
elderly
people
with
disabilities
and
all
people
need
safer
street
crossings
for
walking
and
rolling.
We
believe
that
the
city
can
and
should
do
better.
Thank
you.
Thank.
M
M
We
asked
the
council
to
include
a
metric
for
reversing
economic
disparities
or
a
red
lens
in
all
current
and
future
recipients
of
grant
funds.
We
believe
federal
funds
should
be
prioritized
for
reversing
this
national
trend.
That
Minnesota
has
maintained
since
1960.
We
believe
all
recipients
should
include
a
red
lens
to
their
work
and
outcomes.
M
We
ask
the
council
to
utilize
HUD,
section
108
and
prioritize
Northside
lending
and
development
for
these
funds.
It's
a
proven
fact
that
the
black
community
and
the
Northside
have
been
underserved
under
virtually
every
socio-economic
area.
Black
Hispanics
and
Native
American
families
make
less
today
than
they
did
in
1970.
M
Our
current
work
to
establish
a
black
led
credit
union
on
the
north
side
is
simply
not
a
silver
bullet
to
correct
the
wrongs
done
to
this
community
and
we
need
the
city
to
step
in
and
help
section.
108
provides
the
council
with
a
timely
opportunity
to
be
on
the
right
side
of
history
and
reversing
the
shameful
economic
disparities
we
now
struggle
with.
Finally,
we
ask
the
council
to
prioritize
homelessness
prevention
for
transitional
housing,
homeless,
youth
families
and
adults.
M
Homelessness
exists
on
the
north
side
without
any
infrastructure
to
address
housing
needs,
including
homelessness
to
housing,
trenches,
no
transitional
programs.
We
also
ask
the
council
to
invest
in
homelessness
prevention,
transitional
housing
programs
that
usher,
youth,
adults
and
families
into
permanent,
healthy
housing.
Thank
you.
You.
A
Z
Evening,
council
members,
my
name
is
John
fruit,
I'm
with
it
32
31,
29th
Avenue
in
the
Longfellow,
neighborhood
and
I'm.
Here
this
evening,
representing
my
community
housing
advocacy
team
made
up
of
Minneapolis
residents
faith-based
institutions,
including
and
Jewish
community
action
on
behalf
of
our
task
force.
I
wanted
to
vocalize
our
support
of
the
make
homes
happen
Coalition
in
the
letter
they
sent
to
the
mayor
regarding
this
budget
from
their
comments
on
preserving
naturally
occurring,
affordable
housing
and
housing
properties
to
tenant
protections
and
support
to
homeownership
education
and
counseling.
Z
These
are
incredibly
important
areas
to
not
only
maintain,
maintain
relative
foster
and
grow.
We
also
want
to
show
our
support
of
the
council
and
its
efforts
to
obtain
funding
for
both
the
affordable
housing
trust
fund
and
a
naturally
occurring
affordable
housing
preservation
fund.
These
are
necessary
programs
that
have
seen
continued
support,
but
we
also
believe
that
they
need
more,
while
both
programs
are
set
to
receive
a
total
of
roughly
10
million
dollars
for
the
2018
budget.
We
know
the
trust
fund
itself
has
previously
been
up
to
10
million
dollars
all
on
its
own.
Z
In
order
to
address
the
housing
crisis
that
we
are
currently
facing,
we
need
to
make
certain
that
we
have
dedicated
and
reliable
source
of
local
funding
for
these
programs,
given
the
current
political
climate
towards
housing
and
the
fact
that
Minneapolis
is
currently
relying
on
federal
block
grants
and
TIF
funding
to
support
these
programs,
there
is
no
given
when
it
comes
to
these
funds.
This
makes
long-term
investment
difficult,
if
not
impossible.
Z
If
we
take
a
look
at
other
cities
like
Denver
and
Portland,
who
have
recently
passed
similar
dedicated
funding
plans
at
one
hundred
fifty
and
two
hundred
fifty
six
million
dollars
respectively
over
ten
years,
we
can
see
that
we
are
not
alone
in
this
fight.
We
can
also
take
away
from
these
cities
that
have
successfully
developed
these
strategies,
in
fact,
that
they've
done
it
using
dedicated
local
funding
sources
from
the
support
of
the
city's
residents.
Affordable
housing
is
a
bipartisan
issue
that
affects
everything.
Z
AA
President
Johnson
council
members,
I'm
Cathy,
Wetzel,
math
Stella
here
representing
PRG,
and
also
a
member
of
the
McCombs
happen
coalition.
I
am
here
to
talk
briefly,
hopefully
about
the
need
for
a
continuum,
a
full
continuum
of
affordable
housing
options
and
want
to
share
a
story
with
you
that
just
gives
you
some
evidence
of
the
demand
here.
AA
We
recently
put
a
video
up
on
Facebook
that
video
featured
a
Somali
family
who
had
purchased
a
house
that
we
had
developed
in
conjunction
with
city
assistance
and
that
video
was
intended
as
an
individual
fundraising
effort
for
on
behalf
of
PRG.
We
did
modestly
well
with
that.
But
what
happened?
Is
the
video
went
viral
within
the
Somali
community?
As
of
this
morning,
90,000
people
had
seen
the
video
I'm,
almost
all
of
them.
AA
Somali
members
community
members
we're
receiving
dozens
and
dozens
and
dozens
of
calls
from
that
community
with
interest
in
living
in
the
city
and
becoming
homeowners
and
we're
doing
our
best
to
serve
them
through
our
pre-purchase
education
and
counseling
programs.
But
the
reality
is
is
that
the
inventory
of
homes
available
for
those
families
whose
tend
to
be
larger
in
size
just
doesn't
exist,
and
this
is
an
irony
when
the
city
has
over
500
vacant
lots.
AA
AB
Speaking
as
an
ELC,
a
Lutheran
I
want
you
to
know
that
both
of
our
regional
national
assemblies
have
voted.
That
Lutheran
members
need
to
begin,
engage
in
a
robust
examination
on
the
consequences
of
our
nation's
15
plus
years
of
continuing
war
efforts.
We
note
that
similar
resolutions
from
the
Conference
of
Mayors
call
for
similar
examinations
when
the
majority
of
our
tax
monies
go
to
the
military
spending.
We
have
less
for
human
needs.
AB
AB
If
you
aren't
already
aware,
you
should
know
that
the
military
is
not
audited.
What's
more,
the
Pentagon
admits
it
puts
in
false
numbers.
They
call
them
placeholders
in
its
financial
reports,
meaning
very
defense
contractors
have
been
charged
with
and
had
to
pay
fines
for
fraudulent
practices.
Can
you
imagine
this
kind
of
lack
of
accountability
at
the
city
as
well?
Mr.
AB
AC
Good
evening,
it's
wonderful
to
be
here
and
we
thank
you
for
inviting
us
and
giving
us
this
opportunity
to
speak
I'm,
chair
of
the
I'm
Jeanne
greener.
Excuse
me
and
I
live
at
12:35
Yale
place
I'm
chair
of
the
Minneapolis
Advisory
Committee
on
Aging.
The
committee
members
represent
the
Ward's
of
the
city
and
several
at-large
seats.
As
you
can
see,.
AD
AC
Of
us
are
here
tonight
and
others
who
represent
other
senior
groups
are
here.
We
are
asking
you
to
restore
or
increase
the
very
modest
original
request
of
$60,000
for
support
services
for
seniors.
As
you
can
see,
those
dollars
are
seed,
money
for
many
other
organizations
that
add
to
it
and
increase
the
services
that
are
provided.
This
is
part
of
this
request
as
part
of
the
plan
in
the
budget
of
the
neighborhood
and
community
relations
department,
and
it
is
detailed
in
the
Minneapolis
for
a
lifetime
friendly
age
action
program.
AC
You,
the
members
of
the
City,
Council,
reviewed
this
plan
and
approved
it
in
January
of
2017.
As
we
worked
in
partnership
with
our
neighborhood
and
community
groups,
we
developed
a
plan
that
calls
for
working
in
partnership
with
the
city
to
increase,
affordable,
accessible
housing,
accessible
transportation
and
ways
to
stay.
Healthy
number
of
seniors
living
in
Minneapolis
is
estimated
to
in
continue
to
grow
rapidly.
It's
increased
by
10
percent.
Over
the
last
five
years
we've
worked
here
paid
taxes
raised
our
families
continued
to
volunteer.
We
ask
you
to
restore
the
$60,000
for
low
intensity,
supportive
services.
AC
Age
may
change
what
we
can
do,
but
it
doesn't
diminish
the
value
we
bring
to
our
neighborhoods
into
our
city.
Please
keep
your
commitment
to
seniors
to
us
by
restoring
the
full
sixty
thousand
dollars
or
more
don't
abandon
us
and
our
senior
friends
and
neighbors
now,
when
just
a
little
help
will
enable
us
to
stay
here
and
continue
to
contribute
to
our
Minneapolis
for
a
lifetime.
Thank
you.
Thank.
AE
President
Johnson
and
City
Council
members,
I'm
Mary,
Albright,
executive,
director
of
Longfellow
Seward,
healthy
seniors
or
living
at
home
black
nurse
program,
and
we
serve
about
six
hundred
seniors
annually.
Our
service
area
includes
five
neighborhoods
in
South
Minneapolis,
although
we
provide
an
array
of
services
to
help
seniors
remain
living
independently
in
their
own
homes.
Tonight,
I
want
to
highlight
just
one
of
those
services:
our
monthly
nurses
in
blood
pressure
clinics.
AE
These
clinics
often
serve
as
a
gateway
service,
where
seniors
have
their
first
encounter
with
our
organization,
have
a
chance
to
talk
about
health
concerns
or
medications
with
our
nurse
and
get
their
blood
pressure
monitored,
depending
on
their
individual
health
conditions,
are
nursery,
follow
up
with
them
in
an
in-home
nursing
visit,
which
includes
a
vision,
consultation
and
the
possibility
of
receiving
free
visual
aid
projects.
From
the
Minnesota
aging
eyes
initiative,
we
hold
nurses
in
blood,
excuse-me
blood
pressure
clinics
at
nine
community
locations.
Our
newest
location
is
the
American
Indian
Center.
AE
AE
Bluff
nurse
programs
in
the
city's
2018
budget
by
funding
our
three
programs
you'll
be
sending
a
message
to
seniors
that
Minneapolis
is
an
age-friendly
City
and
that
seniors
can
remain
living
independently
in
their
city
of
choice.
Ask
any
senior
there's
no
place
like
home.
Thank
you
for
your
path,
support
and
consideration
of
our
current
request.
Thank.
AF
We've
been
working
hard
for
the
last
three
years
to
make
sure
that
pedestrian
crossings
are
safe
for
our
people,
for
people
all
over
the
unit
lists
the
senior
people
and
people
in
the
housing
most
of
us
walk
and
take
buses
everywhere
or
we
bike.
So
those
areas
are
extremely
important
to
us.
That's
how
we
get
around
this
city.
Very
few
of
us
drive
cars.
It's
important
to
us
to
have
that
safety.
We
have
lost
members
because
of
it
because
of
not
having
that
safety.
AF
It
is
hard
for
us
to
get
across
at
certain
areas
because
the
cars
do
not
recognize
pedestrian
crossings
all
of
the
time.
It
is
very
important
to
get
this
out
there
for
everybody
for
all
of
our
seniors.
I
am
asking
that
you
make
sure
that
you
get
this.
Six
hundred
thousand
dollars
going
and
working
on
the
pedestrian
crossings
and
the
biking
areas.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank.
A
AG
One
of
the
things
that
drew
me
to
the
organization
was
the
holistic
approach
to
the
services,
everything
from
exercise
classes
to
health
and
education
programming
to
social
events.
Recently
fight.
There
was
one
study,
I
heard
that
said,
social
isolation
is
as
bad
for
your
health
as
smoking,
15
cigarettes
a
day,
so
we
are
really
increasing
efforts
to
get
our
seniors
out
in
the
community
with
events
lunches
and
that
kind
of
thing,
so
I
am
supporting
I'm
in
support
of
Margie
and
Mary.
As
far
as
asking
for
a
$60,000.
AG
Support
of
our
programs
I
also
want
to
mention
that
we
have
seen
an
increase
in
the
demand
for
services
and
especially
our
most
popular
services,
our
transportation
program,
where
we
match
volunteers
with
seniors
who
want
to
ride
to
a
doctor's
appointment
to
the
pharmacy
to
the
grocery
store
that
kind
of
thing.
We
only
expect
the
numbers
to
increase
as
the
baby
boomers
start
to
retire
and
with
the
Southwest
Senior
Center
at
38th
and
Bryant
closing
this
year.
That
has
made
a
big
impact
on
folks
looking
for
services.
AG
The
last
thing
I
want
to
say
is
that
our
organizations
are
very
trusted
and
we're
off
in
the
first
places
that
the
seniors
call
for
help,
because
we
provide
references
and
referrals
for
things
that
we
can't
help
them
with.
So
we
are
very
much
needed
in
the
in
the
community,
and
we
appreciate
your
support.
Thank
you.
AH
I'm,
sherry
Seifert
and
next
up
is
James
Seaford.
Okay,
they
cope
with
the
bad
handwriting.
I
live
in
the
Hiawatha,
neighborhood
and
I'm
here,
just
as
a
citizen
of
the
city
and
I'm
asking
you
to
please
reconsider,
increasing
the
funds
to
the
Minneapolis,
Police
Department
and
look
at
some
alternatives
to
policing
and
one
example.
I
want
to
bring
up
is
how
mental
health
crisis
are
responded
to
I
think
we
can
all
agree
that
there's
been
many
situations,
not
just
in
Minneapolis
but
across
the
where
it's
not
gone.
AH
Well,
when
the
police
have
intervened
in
mental
health
situations,
so
I
ask
that
we
I
want
to
just
plant
the
seed
that
you
consider
some
alternatives.
I
think
the
money
would
be
better
spent.
There
would
be
better
outcomes
that
money
would
be
diverted
to
people
that
are
actually
trained
to
deal
with
mental
health
crisis.
A
AI
I
am
James
Seifert
and
I
like
to
request
that
you
consider
trying
to
do
something
of
like
more
about
a
climate
change.
I
found,
there's
a
company
called
climb
works
and
they
have
a
machine
that
can
remove
carbon
dioxide
from
the
air
and
then
uses
the
carbon
dioxide
and
products.
So
it
can
also
make
money.
AI
Basically,
a
point:
I
can
understand
it,
the
plant
that
they
turned
the
carbon
dioxide
into
stuff.
It
generates
some
waste
heat
and
they
can
use
that
to
power
the
machine
that
takes
the
carbon
dioxide
out
of
the
air,
and
then
it
also
creates
its
own
water
from
the
process
of
collecting
carbon
dioxide.
AJ
I
am
I'm
Elizabeth,
Johnson
I
came
from
all
over
Minnesota
and
I'm.
Currently,
a
ninth
grader
according
to
Minnesota
Center
for
physical
excellence,
one
of
the
top
ten
budget
problems
for
Minnesota
is
public
welfare
spendings,
it's
twice
the
national
average
and
we
need
to
collaborate
and
set
a
baseline
perception
on
where
we
stand,
especially
because
the
$15
minimum
wage
was
passed
and
will
be
fully
implemented
in
2024.
Yet
welfare
is
foreseen
to
increase
in
Minnesota
and
Minnesota
budget
from
statistics.
AJ
Welfare
is
a
trap
and
is
very
hard
to
get
out
of
and
because
welfare
will
not
be
needed
with
the
$15
minimum
wage
I
feel
the
government
handouts
will
be
able
to
decrease.
I
say
this
because
the
$15
minimum
wage
affects
all
small
businesses
through
economy
and
government
and
correlates
with
the
social
programs
that
run
through
Minnesota.
I
would
just
like
to
thank
the
council
for
your
time.
Thank.
AK
Thank
you,
everyone
for
hearing
us
speak
tonight.
My
name
is
Aaron
Zimmerman
I'm,
the
development
director
at
domestic
abuse,
project
and
I
want
to
thank
the
council's
continued
support
of
our
work
in
ending
the
intercept
intergenerational
cycle
of
violence
and
I'm
here
to
advocate
for
continued
support
of
our
birth
to
three
program.
The
birth
to
three
program
is
the
only
early
childhood
program
in
the
state,
with
a
focus
on
domestic
violence.
AK
Gaps
purpose
in
the
intergenerational
cycle
of
violence
is
by
serving
the
entire
family,
so
we
work
with
men,
women
and
children
experiencing
domestic
violence.
The
birth
to
three
program
is
preventative,
it's
proven
to
work
and
have
a
huge
impact
on
young
children,
towards
better
outcomes
later
in
life
and,
as
a
result,
there's
a
huge
cost
savings
as
well
for
our
community.
So
thank
you.
AL
Madam
President
and
City
Council
members.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
tonight.
I'm
Sara,
Klein
I'm,
the
executive
director
of
the
domestic
abuse
project
and
I'm
here
to
speak
on
behalf
of
continuation
of
funding
for
our
birth
to
three
services.
So
I'm
gonna
give
you
some
context
about
the
pervasiveness
of
domestic
violence,
not
only
nationally
but
locally.
Within
the
city
of
Minneapolis
annually,
there
are
over
18,000
domestic
assault,
9-1-1
calls.
This
is
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis
alone,
and
daap
responds
to
every
single
one
of
those
calls.
AL
The
national
statistic
is
that
nearly
1
in
3
women
is
affected
by
domestic
violence
in
their
lifetime,
and
most
of
these
women
have
children,
young
children,
violence,
domestic
violence
is
a
public
health
issue
and
we
need
to
address
it
as
birth
to
three
services
are
dyadic,
meaning
that
we're
addressing
two
generations
simultaneously.
We
are
working
with
the
primary
caregiver,
mostly
mothers
and
the
child
during
therapeutic
services,
and
we
know
that
the
research
suggests
that
trauma
has
a
more
profound
impact
on
young
infants
than
it
does
on
older
children.
AL
AL
His
name
is
Tony,
he's
four
years
old
and
he's
been
receiving
services
through
Deb
for
several
months,
and
he
is
sitting
in
play
therapy
with
his
mom
and
he's
able
to
play
out
scenes
of
domestic
violence
in
his
household
that
he
witnessed
as
an
infant,
and
he
is
four
years
old,
so
he
picks
up
the
play
phone
and
dials
9-1-1.
He
takes
little
play
figurines
and
plays
out
and
acts
out
things
that
mom
can
confirm
actually
happened
to
her
a
few
years
ago.
So
we
know
our
services
work.
We
thank
you
for
your
support.
AL
AM
You
counsel,
for
allowing
me
to
speak
to
you
last
night,
I
spoke
from
script.
I
went
too
long,
so
tonight,
I'm
going
spontaneous
I
would
like
the
council
to
pull
the
curtain
and
the
mighty
great
eyes
to
tell
me
how
they
determine
the
property
value
of
my
house,
I'd
like
to
know
how
many
people,
council,
members
or
constituents
at
their
valuation
go
up
64
thousand
dollars
in
one
year.
AM
Seventeen
percent,
my
my
actual
payment,
would
be
eight
hundred
forty
dollars
now
I'm
already
paying
about
forty
six
hundred
sold
about
fifty
four
fifty
five
hundred
dollars
next
year
by
the
time
four
years
from
now
I
think
my
taxes
would
be
the
same.
They
will
be
in
Kenwood
or
Lake
of
the
Isles
area.
$10,000.
AM
AM
I'm
asking
for
transparency.
I
would
like
you
guys
to
mail
out
these
proposals
with
the
comps
that
you're
using
I
live
at
six.
Twenty
fourth
Street
northeast
since
Anthony
West
is
the
small
little
duplex
I,
don't
think,
there's
been
a
sale
of
a
duplex
in
two
miles
in
two
years
of
my
neighborhood
or
a
mutton.
My
address
there.
That's
why
I'm
blown
away
every
time,
I
open
up
the
envelope
I,
don't
know
how
you
guys
are
doing
it.
Thank
You.
Mr.
A
AN
At
em,
hard
Anderson
I'm,
a
senior
pastor,
Westminster
Presbyterian
Church
in
downtown
Minneapolis
I,
live
at
47:53
Emerson
Avenue
South
I'm
here
representing
the
downtown
congregations
to
End
Homelessness
DC
eh,
we're
part
of
the
make
homes
happen
coalition,
we're
a
coalition
of
downtown
congregations
to
end
homelessness,
DCH
fifteen
congregations
about
twenty
five
thousand
congregants
representing
the
Islamic
Christian
Unitarian
and
Jewish
traditions.
All
of
us
out
of
our
own
religious
traditions,
are
deeply
concerned
about
the
provision
of
affordable
housing
for
those
who
are
the
most
vulnerable
and
defenseless
among
us.
AN
We
engage
in
work
with
shelters
with
providing
transitional
housing
and
developing
affordable
housing
as
congregations
in
this
city.
We
can't
do
it
alone
and
we're
grateful
for
your
leadership
as
a
city
council
and
putting
into
the
budget
good
sources
for
affordable
housing.
That's
message:
one
gratitude.
Second
encouragement.
You
know
we
are
here
to
encourage
you
to
continue
that
motion
that
movement,
that
movement
forward
and
we're
going
to
be
with
you,
which
is
message
three,
where
we
want
to
be
partners
with
you
in
the
city,
the
community
of
communities
that
we
represent.
AN
E
AD
Buzu
mr.
Panucci
and
destiny
cars
among
do
day,
so
my
name
is
Jolene
Jones
I'm,
the
president
and
CEO
of
the
earth
residents
Association,
but,
more
importantly,
I'm
a
resident
of
low
Earth.
Now
I
want
to
talk
about
the
CPS
as
funding
that
came
through
in
2017
are.
Why
do
you
see?
We
already
have
one
person
speak
of
it?
What
they
didn't
talk
about
was
that
we've
added
an
additional
two
hundred
and
seventy
two
hours
to
evenings
and
weekends.
AD
This
has
increased
our
volunteerism
and
giving
back
to
the
total
in-kind
hours
of
a
community
community
over
30,000.
Sorry
about
that,
our
Khalifa's
athletics
League
has
provided
our
young
women
with
opportunities
experiencing
life
beyond
our
campus,
getting
them
out
and
about
empowering
them
to
be
young
women
and
grow.
AD
The
natives
against
heroin
has
provided
a
bridge
for
our
most
challenged
and
addicted
community
members
to
feel
wanted,
supporting,
supported
and
given
an
opportunity
of
hope
and
a
way
out,
I'd
like
to
see
this
in
this
year's
budget
to
have
it
I.
Do
it
one
time
it's
like
putting
your
finger
in
detecting
and
pulling
it
out
and
praying
that
the
dam
don't
break,
it's
still
gonna
break.
We
still
need
help.
AD
AO
I'm,
the
co
chief
Juanita
was
against
heroin
I'm
here
today,
just
giving
you
a
brief
update
on
the
past.
Compliments
that
we
had
with
a
really
small
portion
of
the
grant
money
that
we
received
since
July
11
2017
through
September
5th
2017,
a
three-month
period,
natives
against
heroin
was
able
to
do
27
outreach
events,
hand
out
clean
needles,
narcan
hygiene
package,
light
snacks
and
Duke
community
fees.
AO
We
did
marches
and
marching
through
communities
and
surrounding
community
to
bring
awareness
to
a
business
distress
as
with
residents
requesting
us
to
do
patrols
within
their
communities
on
the
blocks
because
of
the
high
prostitution,
the
gang
violence,
the
shootings
and
people
using
within
the
community
clean
sweeps.
We
walk
around
high
traffic
in
areas
using
areas
to
pick
up,
garbage
and
dirty
sharps
needles
and
stuff,
like
that.
I
create
a
health
hazard,
so
children
playing
outside
and
residents
that
live
in
these
villages,
community
11
patrols.
AO
We
put
her
presence
in
numbers
to
deterrence
street
level
crimes
and
we
also
act
as
first
responders
to
a
community
fights
and
Odie's.
Our
patrollers
carry
our
and
are
trained
to
administrate
administrating
archein.
Also.
We
have
created
partnerships
with
stop
the
Sigma,
it's
a
whole
trunk
reservation
in
Wisconsin,
American,
Indian,
Movement,
American,
Indian,
osc,
American,
Indian,
Center,
lured
residents,
association
board
and
the
white
bison
movement
bar
there's
treatment
center
miles
program,
new
people's
garage.
AO
Also,
we
are
in
the
works
to
create
no
resolution
to
work
with
the
Minnesota
Indian
Affairs
Council,
it's
with
all
11
Minnesota
tribes,
so
that
we
can
collaborate
with
each
other
with
our
tribal
members,
come
into
the
inner
cities
to
sell
drugs
or
commit
crimes,
our
traffic
women.
So
we
have
a
collaboration
so
that
we
can
pretty
much
in
point
who
is
doing
what
and.
AO
We
created
six
Minnesota
reservations,
have
created
natives
against
heroin
chapters,
it's
pretty
much
on
within
the
reservations
and
Minnesota
they
have
their
own
chapters
where
they
hold
their
own.
Pretty
much
they're
kind
of
like
a
a
meetings,
any
meetings
they
get
resources
to
help.
You
forget
rule
25,
sober
coaching
help.
People
with
withdrawals
stuff
like
that
and
also
with
child,
cares
that
they
can
attend
meetings.
AO
And
our
social
media
page
has
20k
followers
and
Counting
daily,
our
pages
and
members
to
help
others
during
times
that
relapse
resources
with
treatments,
row
25
and
also
serves
as
a
support
group
and
I'm
pretty
much
here
to
tell
you
what
we
did
with
the
money
and
to
show
you
like
we
as
a
community.
We
understand
that
there
is
community
there's
systemic
issues
within
our
community,
but
we
believe
that
the
best
would
to
address
our
problems
and
create
some
hope
and
create
a
difference
within
our
communities.
Are
the
community
members
that
actually
live
there?
AP
You
very
much
for
allowing
me
to
speak.
My
name
is
Sarah
Chavez
I'm,
a
resident
of
the
Jordan
neighborhood.
Recently
this
year,
I
purchased
a
hundred-year-old
house
as
we
received
my
tax
bill
in
the
mail
I
realize
my
taxes
went
up
20%
currently
in
my
neighborhood
there's
trash
and
glass
in
the
streets
and
sidewalks
also
I've
heard
several
gunshots
in
the
neighborhood.
What
are
you
currently
doing
in
Minneapolis
with
my
money?
I
think
you
need
to
re-examine
where
money
goes
because
increasing
the
budget
will
not
solve
old
problems.
Thank
you
very
much.
AQ
My
name
is
Lennox
Lawrence
wood
I'm
here
to
ask
that
you
guys
consider
putting
a
good
amount
of
money
into
enforcing
the
new
$15
minimum
wage
and
the
increments
before
that
I
have
worked
close
to
minimum
wage.
The
entire
time
I've
worked
and
I
have
witnessed
laws
being
broken
constantly
personally
a
couple
weeks
ago,
actually
I
discovered
that
I
had
several
hours
missing
from
my
paycheck
and
when
I
brought
it
up
to
the
owner
of
the
company.
AQ
I
was
just
written
off
and
pretty
much
told
like
it
wasn't
his
problem
and
it
ended
up
because
I
didn't
get
all
of
the
money
from
the
hours
I
need
it.
I
ended
up
over
drafting
my
bank
account,
which
just
cost
me
even
more
money
and
then
today,
actually
this
was
really
aptly.
Timed
was
payday
and
I
didn't
get
paid
and
my
rent
is
due
tomorrow,
and
so
these
laws
are
very
important.
You've
passed
them,
but
they
need
to
be
enforced
in
order
for
them
to
mean
anything
and
I
happen
to
be
very
lucky.
AR
My
name
is
Emily
white
I've
been
working
in
the
food
service
industry
as
well
as
retail,
since
I
was
14
years
old
I'm,
currently
working
as
an
organizer
for
a
community
group
called
working,
America
I
would
also
like
to
address
enforcement.
We
passed
a
couple
really
great
ordinances
in
the
last
few
years,
passing
wage
increasing
the
minimum
wage
as
well
as
earn
second
save
time,
but,
as
Linux
just
said,
none
of
that
means
anything
if
we
can't
do
anything
when
the
law
is
broken.
AR
It
would
be
much
easier
for
people
to
report
things
when
they
happen
and
they
would
feel
more
secure
and
I.
Think
that's
the
most
important
thing
at
the
end
of
the
day,
I
also
have
with
me
some
petitions
in
Minneapolis
working
America
has
24,000
members
since
January
this
year
we
have
spoken
with
14,000
people
and
I
have
about
1,500
petitions
here
signed
by
our
members
asking
for
enforcement
to
be
part
of
the
budget.
So
I
will
leave
these
with
the
city
clerk,
but
I
appreciate
it.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
Thank
you.
AS
AS
I've
met
many
powerful
women
who
have
pushed
me
and
encouraged
me
to
go
to
school
and
be
more
active
in
the
community
and
try
new
things
like
new
sports
and
activities,
and
they
have
helped
me
get
a
job
with
the
NPD,
and
they
have
also
taught
me
that
school
is
important
and
it
is
important
to
graduate.
They
have
also
supported
me
at
home.
With
my
personal
and
family
issues.
AS
AS
AT
Residents,
businesses,
industrial
here
in
the
city
and
at
amounts
to
about
two
hundred
and
eighty
five
million
dollars
per
year-
that
we
could
be
saving
if
we're
making
strategic
investments
in
energy
efficiency
and
clean
energy.
And
that's
a
that's.
A
really
big
impact
for
families
and
small
businesses
here
in
the
city
really
appreciate
the
council's
effort
and
readiness
to
consider
really
investing
and
helping
the
Clean
Energy
Partnership
step
up
on
clean
energy
and
energy
efficiency,
and
just
a
couple
of
things
to
really
highlight
on
that
one.
AT
Second,
the
way
we
do
that
matters
there
have
been
utility
programs
that
are
funding
energy
efficiency
for
decades,
and
yet
only
a
fraction
of
a
percent
of
people
in
Minneapolis
are
able
to
take
advantage
of
those
programs
because
they
require
high
upfront
investment
and
just
having
the
capital
and
having
the
property
ownership
to
participate
in
those
solutions.
And
so
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we're
allocating
these
franchise
free
revenues
in
a
way
that
is
really
focusing
on
equity
and
access
for
low-income
communities.
AT
Small
businesses,
other
customer
classes
that
really
have
not
had
an
opportunity
to
participate
in
the
clean
energy
revolution
and
things
that
energy
efficiency
can
provide
the
energy
vision.
Advisory
Committee
has
been
working
on
a
series
of
strategies
that
I
won't
take
the
time
to
go
into,
but
just
really
wanted
to
highlight
the
importance
of
financing
mechanisms
that
make
it
easier
for
people
to
participate,
community
engagement
and
just
revamping
program
designs,
it's
much
easier
for
people
to
participate
and
see
the
opportunities
and
benefits
that
clean
energy
can
provide.
Thank
you
thank.
AU
Good
evening
my
name
is
Mari
Santo
Melander,
free
Slavin
behind
me,
I
have
a
number
of
Lucy
Laney
parents.
I
have
a
couple
of
Lucy
Laney
alum,
who
are
now
sixth
graders
at
Franklin.
I
also
have
with
me
Jaime
lessard.
She
is
the
executive
director
of
New
Horizons
daycare
center,
which
is
right
on
the
corner
of
34th
and
Penn
Avenue
north
and
then
I
have
my
wonderful
mr.
AU
Now.
Listening
to
everybody
speak
before
you
I.
Imagine
that
identifying
competing
priorities
as
difficult
the
Girl
Scouts
were
adorable,
and
so
how
do
you
say
no
to
compelling
arguments,
but
I
would
hope
that
between
Jamie's
two
hundred
babies
and
Lucy?
Ladies
five
hundred
that
you
would
please
consider
us
when
you
look
at
your
priorities
for
2018,
we
are
doing
everything
that
we
can
to
produce
beautiful
children
for
the
city
of
appleís.
We
are
asking
that
the
city
of
Minneapolis
you
as
the
City
Councilmembers,
not
operate
in
isolation
of
the
school
board
or
of
the
county.
AU
But
if
you
would
please
consider
looking
at
what
each
other
are
doing
and
see
if
there's
something
that
can
benefit
us,
we
are
right
smack
dab
in
the
middle
of
Lowry
to
36th.
It's
a
difficult
reality.
I
think
we're
doing
a
great
job
in
spite
of
it,
but
ultimately
the
messages
that
the
regular
gunshots
and
crime
that
our
children
are
exposed
to
is
difficult
to
combat.
If
you
would
be
so
kind
as
to
go
into
2018
with
us
on
your
mind,
we
would
deeply
appreciate
it.
AU
AV
Thank
you
for
listening
I'm,
also
not
asking
for
anything
tonight,
but
I
am
here
tonight
just
to
shed
a
little
light.
I'm
the
life
of
a
six-year-old
that
lives
in
the
hot
zone
of
North
Minneapolis
I
lived
on
the
3600
block
of
Oliver
had
four
children
that
attend
Lucy.
Laney
I
have
four
children
that
were
in
school
that
day,
while
they
were
shooting
in
back
of
that
school
I
have
four
children
that
have
trouble
sleeping
at
night
because
of
the
night
we
gun
fires
the
daily
gun
fired
since
June.
AV
AV
This
is
the
artwork
of
my
six-year-old
beautiful
from
that
point
of
view,
I'm
sure
until
I
explain
it
a
little
bit.
Rana
came
to
me
and
was
thrilled
showing
me
the
Sun,
and
this
is
our
house
in
the
pitcher
and
I
show
you
over
here
how
she
showed
me.
This
is
our
house
mom
and
look
at
this
slide,
how
it
goes
up
like
this
and
over
here,
they're
shooting
in
our
yard-
and
there
are
bullets
that
go
all
the
way
across
this
pitcher.
AV
Of
a
six
year
old,
this
is
not
normal.
This
is
not
okay
and
my
children
should
not
want
to
sleep
underneath
their
beds
at
night.
I
should
not
have
to
be
making
my
basement
comfortable
for
my
children
to
be
ducking
for
cover,
because
on
the
north
side
we
are
in
a
different
kind
of
storm
and
I'm.
Just
gonna
reinforce
what
Mori
said.
Please,
please
don't
forget
about
us.
A
AW
Evening
to
us
council
members,
I
am
top
of
the
Montgomery
and
I
currently
have
the
pleasure
of
serving
as
the
executive
director
of
the
Potter
home
Neighborhood
Association.
The
Association
is
encouraged
that
the
city
has
affordable.
Housing
remains
a
priority,
but
we
must
insist
that
the
council
also
look
at
line
items
that
improve
the
livability
over
50%
of
powder
horn
residents
are
renters
and
a
third
of
those
are
cost
burdened
through
the
association's
direct
outreach
to
richer
than
its
involvements
in
the
Minneapolis
renters
coalition.
AW
These
residents
and
all
residents
need
the
ability
to
escalate
property
complaints
that
they
can
be
100%
assured
will
be
addressed
in
the
fullest
and
complete
manner
possible.
To
this
end,
I
ask
the
council
to
support,
within
this
2018
budget,
to
additional
dedicated
complaint
driven
inspectors
within
the
fire
inspector
services
division
within
regulatory
services.
The
Association
believes
this
will
help
make
additional
inroads
to
ensure
renter
livability
concerns
can
be
addressed
more
completely
concretely.
AX
My
name
is
Corey
Lin
and
I'm.
The
community
partnerships
coordinator
at
Powderhorn,
Park,
Neighborhood,
Association
and
I'm,
also
speaking
as
a
renter
from
Ward
8
mm
and
I
live
on
32:12
1st
Avenue
south
I'm
speaking
along
with
Tabitha,
to
support
the
letter
that
the
Minneapolis
renter's
Coalition,
sent
out
last
week
regarding
the
increase
of
the
regulatory
services
budget.
I
support
the
current
budgets
edition
of
the
one
complaint
heard
an
inspector
but
asked
again
for
an
additional
two
inspectors
to
be
ad
for
total
3.
AX
Why
this
important
I'm
sure
you
all
know
about
the
current
housing
crisis
and
how
low
our
vacancy
is
vacancy
rate
is
lowest
in
10
years.
So
it's
crucial
that
we
have
reliable
inspector
system
with
more
resources
to
make
sure
that
our
large
unit
buildings
are
safe
and
then
of
being
held
accountable.
So
we
would
also
like
to
ask
the
additional
inspectors
have
an
intentional
focus
like
an
in
the
Job
Description
focus
on
tenant
communications
and
engagement,
as
well
as
habitability,
not
just
getting
checkmarks
and
getting
the
job
done.
AX
I'm
hoping
that
the
housing
stability
and
policy
coordinator
will
also
be
cross,
departmental
as
the
renters
issues
are
not
just
a
part
of
one
department.
Thank
you
so
much
for
using
our
budget
to
create
the
safety
and
happiness
of
our
renters
with
these
additional
inspectors
and
I
also
would
like
to
say
that
I
support
the
make
homes
happen,
request
as
well
as
community
powers
include
area
financing,
as
those
are
all
things
that
are
influencing
our
renters
in
our
neighborhood.
Thank
you.
AY
AY
Our
office
is
located
in
near
North,
but
we
try
to
work
with
families
on
their
self-sufficiency,
their
stability,
but
primarily
we're
doing
early
learning,
education
in
the
home,
hands-on
curriculum
to
prepare
children
for
school
success
and
as
children
enter
the
school
systems,
we're
also
working
to
make
sure
they
maintain
their
reading
levels.
Parents
are
engaged
and
involved
in
their
education
and
just
making
sure
that
those
families
have
holistic
connections
to
community
services
and
information
just
want
to.
Thank
you
for
your
time
and
your
funding.
Thank.
AT
AT
AZ
Also
goes
to
the
outgoing
City
Council
members.
After
this
hearing,
you
have
a
choice
to
make.
How
do
you
want
to
be
remembered
if
you
want
your
legacy
to
end
with
a
budget
that
spends
8.5
million
dollars
on
the
Superbowl,
but
only
25,000
on
helping
girls
and
boys
who
are
used
by
sexual
traffickers?
That
is
that
is
in
this
budget.
AZ
That's
shameful
and
it's
hurting
these
young
people
arrived
oka
bleah,
or
do
you
want
to
change
your
budget
and
help
the
people
of
Minneapolis
who
are
most
in
need?
People
like
those
children
and
like
women,
heads
of
households,
the
largest
group
of
people
living
in
poverty?
Here
after
the
September
13th
budget
hearing
I
asked
the
Minneapolis
CFO,
if
it's
possible
to
create
it,
create
a
make
sense
for
women
fund,
which
would
be
a
charge
at
parking
ramps
for
50
cents
of
each
parking
fee
goes
to
a
dedicated
fund
for
women
had
headed
households.
AZ
He
said
yes,
it's
doable,
public
transit
went
up
in
2017,
so
raising
car
park
fees
in
2018
is
fair.
All
you
have
to
do
is
change
your
budget
and
use
that
fee
money
for
something
like
read:
rent
subsidies
for
women
headed
households.
It's
that
simple.
Your
legacy
can
be
disappointing
or
courageous.
I
hope
you
choose
courage:
courage
to
change
the
focus
from
business
as
usual
to
doing
something
good
to
help
people.
Thank
you.
Thank.
BA
My
name
is
Shayla
Castro,
so
I'd
like
to
start
by
saying,
I
started
working
at
the
youth
development
center
in
little
earth
in
July
2017,
it
was
my
first
job
or
internship
I
had
ever
done
in
August,
2017
I
started
going
to
college
at
MCTC
full
time,
thanks
to
Frank,
Donwood
I
was
able
to
manage
both
being
a
college
student
and
working
at
the
youth
development
center
or,
as
some
people
call
it.
Why
do
you
see?
BA
I
could
have
worked
at
any
other
place,
but
I
chose
to
work
at
YDC
because
of
the
kids
in
the
environment.
I
would
say
that
the
greatest
gift
is
being
part
of
each
kid's
life
and
people
who
are
not
from
the
community
may
not
understand
that
I
am
or
that
the
importance
of
the
center
every
day,
kids
walking
through
the
doors
to
play,
games,
use
the
technology
to
ask
for
door.
Ask
for
homework,
help
to
eat
to
enjoy
themselves,
and
the
list
goes
on.
Not
only
is
it
my
job
to
work
there,
but
it
all.
BA
BA
AT
BB
Director
of
client
services
at
the
domestic
abuse
project
and
I'm
here
to
talk
about
the
importance
of
birth
to
three
funding.
So
when
we
think
about
three
month
olds,
we
usually
think
that
they
have
three
main
capacities
and
that's
to
eat,
to
poop
and
to
sleep,
and
while
that
is
absolutely
true,
we
also
know
that
by
three
months,
infants
are
actually
very
aware
of
relational
dynamics
between
their
caregivers
as
a
mother
of
an
eleventh
month.
BC
BC
It
was
Crystal
Lake,
Township,
annexed
by
the
city
in
1896,
the
greenhouse
business
on
dahling
and
Hubbell
North
Minneapolis
we're
faced
with
challenges
of
not
being
on
a
great
streets,
business
node.
So
we
have
no
access
to
storefront
Improvement
Grants.
Earlier
somebody
was
suggesting
make
those
grants
available
to
people
inside
well.
First,
they
should
be
available
to
businesses
before
we're
fixing
people's
interiors.
So
forget
the
nodes
make
them
available
to
businesses
the
businesses
on
Lowery,
one
of
them
got
twenty
thousand
five
hundred
dollars.
BC
Six
tenths
of
a
mile
from
me
a
couple
years
ago
to
fix
their
front
end
up.
I
can't
get
that
so
now
we'll
move
on
money,
money,
money,
money!
If
we
don't
have
it,
we
can't
do
it.
People
say
well
Phil
how
come
your
business
looks
like
it
does.
Well,
what
is
my
incentive
to
dig
into
my
pocket
to
improve
my
building
when
others
get
that
money
for
free?
Well,
there
isn't.
There
is
no
incentive,
so
we
don't
do
it.
Okay,
that's
our
fight
back!
So
that's
why
it
looks
like
it
does.
BC
So,
that's
why
the
properties
for
sale
we're
all
done.
March
9th
four
people
got
shot
everybody
in
one
car,
Fremont
and
darling
hot
zone.
North
Minneapolis
the
shooters
ran
to
the
west.
They
ran
right
into
my
property,
kicked
in
one
of
our
greenhouse
panels.
It
was
below
zero.
Our
alarm
system
went
off,
temperature
dropped
at
35
degrees.
We
lost
fifty
fifty
years
worth
of
work
because
of
our
proximity
to
crime.
Why?
Because
we're
in
North
Minneapolis,
simple,
so
properties
for
sale,
there's
nothing
more.
We
can
do
you
know
the.
BC
They
caught
those
shooters
in
the
cemetery
by
the
way
with
the
sea
Patrol
infrared
radar,
March
9th
our
tax
is
almost
every
resident
in
North
Minneapolis.
Their
taxes
went
up
20
to
24%
this
year
now
consider
in
the
4th
precinct.
No
neighborhood
has
escaped
the
strife
of
the
sounds
of
gunfire.
Every
neighborhood
in
North
Minneapolis
has
experienced
the
obscenity
of
people
trying
to
kill
people
with
a
firearm
that
doesn't
happen
in
other
neighborhoods.
That's
not
normal.
BC
It
should
be
unacceptable,
so
the
community
is
complicit
in
our
crime
because
it's
happening
in
the
community
that
has
to
stop
City
Council,
the
police,
social
service
role,
they're
not
going
to
be
able
to
solve
our
crime
problems.
We
have
a
community
problem.
So
how
do
you
stop
that?
Well,
I,
don't
know:
I
have
ideas.
I've
been
very
critical
of
everybody
sitting
in
front
of
us
here,
including
mayor
Hodges,
for
years,
because
these
problems
are
so
so
profound.
Any
Mets.
A
BC
So
just
consider
if
you
live
in
a
neighborhood
where
you
had
to
face
gunfire
and
in
North
Minneapolis
happens
every
day,
there's
not
a
day
that
we
escape
North
Minneapolis
without
gunfire.
So
when
Mauri
me,
lander
is
up
here.
Talking
about
the
strife
at
Lucile
Eenie
I've
been
on
Penn
Avenue
at
Broadway
bullets
have
whizzed
past
me,
hit
the
car
next
to
me
and
gone
into
Broadway
liquor.
You're
gonna
have
to
wrap
up
this
yeah.
K
BC
BD
BD
A
BE
My
name
is
Scott
Engel
I
live
at
37,
48,
19th
Avenue
South
I'm
here
tonight
to
thank
the
mayor
and
the
city
council
for
including
some
funding
this
year
in
the
budget
for
pedestrian
crossing
improvements,
as
well
as
sidewalk
infill
I'm.
Here
representing
the
most
vulnerable
road
users,
people
with
disabilities
seniors
children,
we've
heard
from
a
lot
of
them
tonight,
Girl
Scouts,
asking
for
crossing
improvements,
seniors,
saying,
I'm
scared
to
walk,
and
these
resources
will
help
make
that
happen.
Just
yesterday,
Public
Works
staff
gave
several
of
you
an
update
about
the
pedestrian
crash
study.
BE
There's
a
lot
of
work
to
be
done.
There
are
a
lot
of
people
being
hit
by
cars
in
the
city
crossing
at
intersections,
so
this
funding
is
sorely
needed
and
I
used
to
serve
on
the
pedestrian,
Advisory,
Committee
and
I
can
tell
you
these
intersections
are
not
a
surprise
to
me
when
I
was
on
the
committee
five
years
ago.
We
knew
these
crash
locations
were
dangerous
at
the
time
they're
just
having
been
resources
to
do
anything
about
it.
So
this
is
a
good
good
first
step.
Thank.
BF
City
Council
members,
my
name
is
Janelle
staples,
a
resident
of
North
Minneapolis,
I'm
civically
engaged
social
entrepreneur
in
the
renewable
energy
industry.
I
currently
serve
on
the
city
of
Minneapolis
energy
vision,
Advisory
Committee
and
as
a
chair
of
this
federally
designated
HUD
promise
zone
where
my
first
had,
as
as
as
chair,
Economic
Development
Committee
of
North
the
animals.
BF
However,
it
comes
with
a
caveat
that
we
use
the
promise
zone
for
what
it
was
used,
what
it
was
designated
for,
that's
to
acquire
federal
funding
for
the
purposes
to
support
our
community
I'm,
asking
that
we
repurpose
some
of
the
federal
funds
that
come
from
CDBG
grants
to
actually
go
towards
supporting
some
of
the
some
of
the
economic
coordinators
and
some
of
the
necessary
pieces
that
are
important
to
help
get
us
to
where
we're
supposed
to
in
North
Minneapolis.
Switching
hats
I'm
also
going
also
here
to
encourage
the
franchise
fee
of
Minneapolis
city
of
Minneapolis.
BF
It's
not
only
important
to
increase
the
franchise
fee,
but
that
we
also
utilize
those
resources
for
the
purposes
that
were
designating
them
for
and
that's
to
make
create
equal
access
and
opportunity
and
equity
for
blow
income
community
solar
people.
Finally,
I
would
like
to
thank
all
of
you
who
voted
for
my
company
to
actually
be
the
developer
of
one
of
the
one
of
the
two
developers
of
the
low-income
community,
solar
garden
in
North
Minneapolis.
Thank
you.
BG
Hi
I'm
Julia,
Curran
and
I
live
in
Ward,
7
I'm
speaking
on
in
two
capacities.
Today,
the
first
is
as
a
representative
of
the
Executive
Committee
of
the
pedestrian
Advisory
Committee.
We
are
very
excited
to
see
the
dedicated
funding
for
pedestrian
infrastructure
coming
into
our
city's
budget.
It's
something
that
we've
been
hoping
for
and
asking
for
for
a
long
time,
and
it
is
great
to
see
that
our
sidewalk
gaps
will
start
being
addressed
in
the
intersections
and
intersections
and
crossings
that
are
so
dangerous,
or
so
many
people
on
foot
will
start
being
improved
as
well.
BG
I'm.
Also
here,
as
a
citizen,
somebody
who
walks
the
city
a
lot
thousands
of
miles
so
far
with
my
father
who's
97,
although
I
now
remember,
I,
wasn't
supposed
to
tell
you
how
old,
who
is
a
distinguished
member
of
the
community
who
has
also
put
in
his
own
tens
of
thousands
of
miles
on
foot,
and
we
experience
it
as
a
place
that
is
both
vital
to
our
health
and
well-being
at
some
place,
where
we
can
see,
neighbors
connect
with
others
stay
healthy,
but
also
a
place
full
of
pitfalls
and
potential
risks
for
both
of
us.
BG
The
city
that
we
have
right
now
is
not
an
easy
one
to
walk
around
at
the
best
of
times
and
for
those
who
are
aging
for
those
who
have
mobility
challenges
for
those
who
aren't
sure
how
to
walk
on
ice,
because
this
is
the
first
city
they've
lived
in
that
has
icy
sidewalks.
There's
a
lot
to
be
wary
of
the
dedicated
funding
for
starting
to
look
at
pedestrian
issues
and
for
starting
to
improve
this
infrastructure
is
vital
and
we're
really
excited
to
see
it
in
there.
Thank
you
thank.
BH
My
name
is
Eric
I'm
Lara,
the
vet,
26
29,
18th
Avenue
South
I,
wanted
to
speak
in
support
of
the
current
budget
and
specifically
the
clean
energy
franchise
fee
that
you
have
before
you
this
last
year,
I
worked
at
for
Holland,
neighborhood
and
as
part
of
the
community
engagement
pilot
project,
which
I
was
tasked
with
surveying,
renters
and
landlords
who
were
in
our
neighborhood
alongside
Corker
neighborhood
and
Nokomis
nice
neighborhoods
Hollen
itself
is
majority
people
of
color
and
fifty-seven
point
five
percent
of
the
renters
occupying
it
up
the
people.
There
are
renters.
BH
BH
Needless
to
say,
and
I
know,
you
have
already
heard
from
many
of
your
constituents
that
we
have
a
problem
with
our
multi-family
property
and
and
the
most
vulnerable
in
our
communities
are
facing
that
so
I
am
very
encouraged
that
you
all
are
putting
your
money
where
you
said
your
values
are
and
are
working
on,
community
outreach,
better
financing
to
make
sure
that
these
programs
are
available
for
the
folks
that
that
we
really
want
to
keep
in
the
city
and
so
I.
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
time
and
thank
you
again.
A
BI
I'm
with
another
mother,
the
beautiful
Lucille,
a
nice,
her
name
is
Elizabeth
and
we're
here
today,
just
to
kind
of
bring
back
to
the
forefront
of
your
mind.
Safety
concerns
with
an
area
of
the
school.
We
do
both
live
around
the
school
I'm
about
eight
blocks
away
in
the
Jordan
neighborhood
I
believe
she's,
a
little
closer
to
the
school.
Over
the
past
seven
years,
I've
been
living
in
the
Jordan
neighborhood.
BI
BJ
My
daughter
is
a
student
at
Lucy
Laney.
She
is
4
on
November
17th
I
received
a
robo
call
from
the
principal
about
a
shooting
in
close
proximity
to
her
school.
My
heart
instantly
sank
to
my
stomach
and
I
felt.
Sick
I
was
scared.
I
was
nervous.
I
had
a
sudden
instinct
to
go
to
her
school
and
pick
her
up,
but
I
realized
that
I
live
fairly
close
to
the
school
as
well,
and
I
wondered
if
it
would
even
be
safe
to
bring
her
into
my
house.
BJ
My
co-workers
live
in
Rapids
and
all
they
said
was
isn't
that
typical
of
that
area
with
little
to
no
alarm
or
concern
I
was
angry.
I
was
confused.
I
was
pissed.
It
feels
like
the
only
people
protecting
my
child
and
prioritizing
her
safety
are
the
parents
and
the
faculty
at
Lucy
Laney,
but
that's
not
enough
anymore.
It
feels
like
people
don't
care
that,
while
my
four
year
old
was
learning
to
recite
my
phone
number,
people
were
shooting
a
block
away.
BJ
So
I
need
to
know
that
my
child,
as
someone
in
City
Council,
that's
making
our
priority
I
need
you
guys
to
make
that
a
reality
and
help
us
make
the
hot
zone
a
safe
zone,
help
us
protect
the
kids
of
the
community
that
are
going
to
be
sitting
in
the
same
chairs
that
all
of
you
guys
are
sitting
in
right
now
in
a
couple
of
years.
Please
make
our
kids
a
priority
in
the
upcoming
year.
Thank
you.
BK
BK
I've
experienced
wage
theft
in
Minneapolis,
twice
in
business
that
rely
on
the
blood
and
muscle
of
a
workforce
that
is
constantly
overlooked
enforcement
and
funding
for
smart
men
enforcement
excuse
me
are
necessary
because
not
being
able
to
eat
pay,
rent
like
people
have
said
or
get
to
work
safely
are
often
the
results
of
wage
theft.
That,
along
with
bills,
created
out
of
overdraft
fees,
which
I
know
is
something
else.
BK
Enforcement
just
means
that
Minneapolis
would
be
on
the
road
to
progression
that
it's
so
greatly
boasts.
We
talk
about
it
all
the
time
about
how
great
Minneapolis
is.
Enforcement
needs
to
be
there
to
make
sure
that
that's
a
reality,
although
many
appleís
benefits
in
every
way
from
the
busy
diversity
that
makes
this
city
run,
and
that
has
drawn
people
in
here
for
years.
This
diversity
is
constantly
suffering
from
these,
and
justices
in
wage
theft
is
one
of
them.
BK
BL
My
name
is
Daniel
Maddox
I
am
here
representing
450
now
and
I
am
in
support
of
the
team.
Now,
and
basically,
my
issue
is:
is
that
I
am
a
victim
of
fraud
of
worker
and
wage
stuff
and
I
feel
like
the
city
of
Minneapolis
does
not
appreciate
me,
but
how
long
this
has
happened
to
so
many
workers,
and
so
many
people
from
so
many
different
communities?
BL
Q
BL
BM
BN
My
name
is
Sam
I'm,
a
organizer
with
the
Twin
Cities
coalition
for
justice
for
Jamar
I'm,
not
going
to
start
off
my
speech
by
saying
thank
you
for
the
fact
that
many
of
you
are
going
are
out
going
on
the
City
Council
and
that
the
mayor,
because,
quite
frankly,
people
didn't
do
their
jobs
and
they
deserve
to
go
out
going
to
be
outgoing
and
is
particular
I'd
like
to
speak
on
policing
issues
and
the
travesty
of
the
Criminal
Police
Department.
Who
people
talk
about
being
shot
in
North?
Yes,
people
are
shot
in
North.
That
happens.
BN
That's
a
fact.
We
know
that's
the
fact,
but
across
the
city,
people
have
been
victimized
by
police
and
while
you
have
people
here,
if
you
were
listening
to
what
was
said
tonight,
there's
a
common
threat
of
the
exploitation
of
working
people
across
the
city
being
exploited
by
their
bosses
by
the
police
department
by
corporations,
and
here
you
all-
are
going
to
bring
more
exploitation
of
the
Superbowl
into
the
city.
I
hope
you're
ready.
BN
What
the
people
are
in
this
room
are
planning
to
increasing
the
police
force,
but
right
now
you
have
a
stream
contradiction
where
you
can't
even
control
the
people
that
you
have
employed
by
the
police
force
at
this
time,
let
alone
your
white,
this
Police
Federation
leader.
So
these
are
things
as
we
really
need
to
be
looking
at.
BN
Instead
of
where
we
can
shuffle
money
to
people
from
out
of
corporations
out
of
the
out
of
the
state
and
I
hope
and
I'm
glad
you
guys
are
leasing
a
planning
to
get
reimbursement
for
the
police
force,
presence
that
you're
gonna
have
to
spend
and
taxpayer
dollars.
You're
gonna
have
to
spend
because
the
fact
of
the
matter
is
people
in
Minneapolis
are
sick
and
tired
of
the
same
thing
that
they
see
every
day.
BO
My
name
is
Nikki
I
live
at
1005,
East
31st
Street
in
Ward
9
I'm,
here
in
support
of
me
rax,
that's
Minnesota,
immigrant
rights,
action
committees,
amendment
from
municipal
IDs
and
their
continued
work
to
make
Minneapolis
an
actual
sanctuary
city
and
not
a
fake
one,
under
the
leadership
of
racist,
sexist
sheriff.
Stanek
I'm
also
here
to
call
attention
to
the
council's
weighted,
biased
and
terrible
budget
increase
for
the
police
department.
BO
After
the
death
of
Jamar
Clark
falando,
Castile,
Fuji,
Lee,
Fong,
fondly
Markus
golden
and
Justine
diamond,
not
to
mention
the
war
waves
at
Standing
Rock
last
year
in
which
Hennepin
County
troops
participated.
There
is
no
accountability,
and
this
council
continues
support
resources
into
the
department.
There
must
be
accountability
in
this
budget
too.
There
must
not
be
more
incentive
for
police
to
police
as
per
the
norm.
Please
invest
in
community
centers
and
services
instead
and
stop
giving
killer
cops
more
handouts.
People
need
more
resources
to
protect
ourselves
from
killer
cops.
BO
BO
BP
Thank
you
for
this
opportunity
to
speak
with
you.
I
mean
I.
Do
agree
with
this
last
speaker
that
the
answer
is
in
community
solutions
over
law
enforcement
any
day
with
that
I'm
just
here
to
speak
briefly,
on
our
grant
we
received
from
the
city,
it
was
the
collaborative
public
safety
strategies
grant.
It
was
our
programs
called
the
Willard
safe
zone.
BP
Essentially
what
it
did
was
open
our
Center
up
on
the
weekends
by
the
end
of
the
program
we'll
have
over
300
additional
hours
that
our
youth
were
able
to
access
the
center
during
the
weekends
and
later
on
in
the
evenings.
This
is
incredibly
important
in
a
in
a
in
a
very
dangerous
neighborhood.
Our
kids
need
a
safe
place
to
go
I'm
looking
for
continued
support
from
the
council
in
the
city
to
keep
things
like
this
going.
Our
kids
know
this
date
is
imminent.
BP
That's
coming
the
end
of
the
years
when
this
program
stops
and
there
will
be
no
place
for
them
to
go
on
the
weekends.
So
we're
looking
for
continued
support.
This
program
hired
specifically
out
of
the
community.
We
hired
staff
members
from
littler
from
the
community
and
we
created
five
or
six
jobs
through
that
good-paying
jobs
and
think
that
they
started
out
at
fifteen
an
hour
so,
but
we
also
trained
over
two
dozen
adults
and
de-escalation
techniques.
It
was
a.
It
was
a
pretty
rigorous
course.
BP
It
was
eight
hour
long
and
they
went
through
the
ins
outs
of
the
escalation.
We
would
really
like
to
continue
programs
into
the
year.
I
know:
there's
some
CP
SS
money
coming
through
again.
This
one
was
off
to
a
pretty
rocky
start
this
year
and
community
members
were
kind
of
pitted
against
each
other
over
this
money.
So
if
there
was
a
process
that
was
fair
and
clean
or
we
could
all
apply,
I
think
would
be
for
the
better.
Thank
you.
BQ
Good
evening
president
Johnson
council,
members
and
fellow
citizens,
my
name's
Scott
port
and
I,
live
it
37:24
Blaisdell
in
Ward,
8,
special
thanks
to
councilmember,
Glidden,
I,
I,
absolutely
love
living
in
this
city
and
I
think
I
get
a
tremendous
value
for
my
tax
dollars.
I
spent
all
my
time
and
energy
in
the
city.
It
pains
me,
though,
that
many
people
in
our
city
of
a
much
different
reality
I'd
like
to
speak
in
favor
of
pedestrian
crossing
and
sidewalk
funding.
You've
heard
several
people
talk
about
safety
issues.
BQ
I
want
to
talk
about
the
fun
associated
with
walking
I'm
a
volunteer
crossing
guard
at
lyndale
community
school
I've
done
that
for
the
past
nine
years,
walking
is
a
safe
as
a
sign
of
a
vibrant
neighborhood.
It's
good
for
the
local
business
economy,
it's
good
for
the
environment.
It
supports
a
healthy
and
active
lifestyle
and
it
supports
academic
achievement
as
well.
So
I
would
strongly
encourage
this
council
to
support
funding
for
pedestrian
improvements
and,
lastly,
I
want
to
say
I'm
very
proud
that
walking
is
also
an
integration
strategy.
BQ
It
brings
together
people
from
different
walks
of
life
from
different
religions.
Lyndale
community
school
and
walking
has
been
part
of
this
is
the
only
school
in
Minneapolis
Public
Schools
in
more
than
the
last
10
years.
That
has
come
off
the
racially
identifiable
school.
That's
thank
you
very
much
for
your
time
in
your
service,
for
all
of
you,
the
council,
members
and
the
people
here
tonight.
BR
I
had
put
myself
in
a
hotel
to
not
jeopardize
my
sobriety,
I
just
felt
lost
alone
and
hopeless,
and
a
member
of
natives
against
heroin
had
reached
out
to
me
letting
me
know
that
there
were
others
too
sober
natives
around
the
community
and
it's
against
heroin
has
helped
keep
me
sober
by
giving
not
only
me,
but
many
others
hope
that
we
as
Native
Americans
are
not
just
to
this
statistics.
I
am
here
at
calling
all
for
help.
For
my
community.
BR
We
lose
them
back
to
the
streets
or
even
worse,
drug
overdoses.
Our
native
community
always
seems
to
be
overlooked,
so
I'm
here
asking
for
help
that
you
continue
to
fund
our
natives
against
heroin
program
and
also
not
overlook
us
anymore.
You
have
helped
helped
us
start
something
that
has
how
many
Native
Americans
overcome
drug
should
have
put
them
on
a
healthy
lifestyle,
giving
them
hope
that
we
can
overcome
overcome
this
all
this
drug
addiction
and
all
these
statistics
and
I
just
ask
that
you
continue
Thank
You.
L
My
name
is
sundar
Walden
Franklin
middle
school
last
year,
I
went
to
Lucy
Laney
I
heard
there
was
going
to
be
an
improvement
on
Penn
Avenue
north
that
ends
at
Lowry
I
think
it
should
go
farther
north.
That's
where
we
see
Laney
and
new
horizon
is
when
I
want
to
be
feeling.
I
was
a
part
of
safety
bitch'll.
L
Sometimes
there
would
be
car
cars
running
red
lights
or
going
too
fast
once
or
twice
there
was
almost
car
crashes
when
I
went
to
Lucy
Laney
farad,
sometimes
these
shootings
or
even
someone
trying
to
get
inside
the
school.
That's
why
that's?
Why?
There's
no
longer
safety,
patrol
Mussolini,
I,
hope,
you'll
think
about
improving
I
hope.
You
will
think
about
expanding
the
improvement
day.
If
that
happened,
lucy,
rainy
and
new
horizon
would
be
safer.
Thank
you
for
this
opportunity
to
speak.
C
Hello,
my
name
is
Larry,
and
this
is
JT.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
say
a
few
words
about
affordable
housing,
I
work
as
a
housing
operations,
assistant
and
Alliance
housing
incorporated,
and
we
make
it
our
mission
to
allow
everyone
to
make
home
for
themselves
regardless
of
criminal,
rental
or
housing
background.
Our
work
is
dependent
on
the
generous
support
from
public
funders,
including
Hennepin
County.
The
state
of
Minnesota
and
the
federal
government
JT
Joyce
is
here,
is
with
us
this
evening,
he's
a
tenant
of
Alliance
housing
and
lives
at
25:19
Fremont.
C
BS
Right
good
evening,
my
name
is
JC
Joyce
and
I
lived
at
a
2519
Fremont
since
2014
and
I
only
operate
a
small
residential
construction
company
installing
gutters,
while
I
employ
three
people.
Now
before
that
you
know
my
life
was
at
Iraqi
state.
You
know
I
lost
my
job
eight
years
and
lost
my
housing
too
as
well
and
got
you
D's
on
my
record
because
of
the
situation
but
alliance
housing
units
that
can
change
so
I
can
become
a
much
more
productive
adult
and
have
a
safe
and
healthy
environment.
Sustained
and
I.
BS
BT
Good
evening
today,
thank
you
for
having
this
public
hearing
and
everyone
to
hear.
My
name
is
Jo
Christman
I'm,
the
director
of
the
downtown
foundations,
den
homelessness,
of
which
Tim
Hart,
Anderson
and
many
other
senior
clergy
are
members
of
I
wanted
to
come
today
on
behalf
of
the
downtown
foundations,
as
well
as
the
Minneapolis
mccombs
happen
coalition
and
express
our
our
excitement
or
the
upcoming.
The
housing
stability
coordinator
position.
That's
been
included
in
this
year's
budget.
BT
BT
One
of
the
things
that
that
we've
really
been
able
to
see
as
great
successes
both
with
the
collaboration
of
the
car
nations,
as
well
as
in
make
homes
happen,
is
the
impact
and
power
that
we
get
from
building
community
and
building
a
broad
base
of
support,
as
well
as
listening
from
a
diverse
group
of
people,
and
when
we
bring
all
those
voices
at
the
table,
we
can
see
a
much
greater
impact.
We
see
the
response
and
the
results
that
are
actually
going
to
make
a
meaningful
change
and
Rob
the
mystic
that
this
position
gives.
BT
The
city
gives
c-pen
an
opportunity
to
do
a
lot
more
of
that
community
outreach
to
lean
on
the
knowledge,
the
experience
that
that
both
leaders
have
and
people
who
are
experiencing
housing
instability.
There's
a
lot
of
great
ideas,
great
experience
that
those
ready
that
people
are
talking
about
that
would
help
that
this
housing
builder
coordinator
position
and
can
capture
and
can
start
implementing
within
the
city's
budget
and
the
city's
programs
going
forward.
So
we're
really
optimistic
and
thank
you
for
including
in
the
budget.
BU
You
need
to
bring
all
these
people
together
and
I'm
really
shy.
So
this
is
tough
for
me,
but
I'm
here
on
behalf
of
natives
against
heroin
I'm
Elisabeth
Campbell
I,
really
like
to
speak
for
the
community
fabric
as
a
whole.
I'm
nomadic,
so
I
don't
have
an
address
to
give
you
I
just
wanted
to.
Let
you
know
how
much
natives
against
heroin
has
helped
me
personally
in
my
life
and
and
in
our
neighborhoods,
it's
brought
a
lot
of
healing.
BU
For
me,
my
husband
was
a
heroin
addict
and
the
scales
of
justice
tipped
and
gave
my
children
to
the
to
the
Attic
I've
been
separated
from
my
children
for
a
year.
His
money
speaks
louder
than
mine
in
this
court.
Not
this
court
that
the
one
next
door,
and
so
natives
against
heroin
has
helped
me
on
that
healing
journey.
Help
me
to
understand
addiction,
which
I
was
very
naive
about,
even
though
I
was
married
to
it.
BU
BD
BU
BV
Hi
there
thank
you
for
letting
me
speak
this
evening.
My
name
is
akela
Sanders,
Reid
and
I
moved
to
Minnesota
about
five
years
ago,
because
this
seems
like
the
kind
of
place
they
could
lead
the
way
on
climate
justice
and
become
a
blueprint
for
21st
century
cities,
but
it
takes
more
than
pretty
words
on
paper.
It
takes
dedication
and
intention
and
it
takes
investment.
That's
why
I'm
here
tonight
supporting
the
clean
energy
franchise
fee
and
to
have
that
revenue
from
that
fee
be
devoted
to
meeting
our
renewable
energy
goals
by
prioritizing
inclusivity
and
equity.
BV
We
will
fail
at
meeting
our
goals
as
long
as
we
just
do.
The
minimum.
No
one
who
gets
dragged
somewhere
ever
makes
a
graceful
entrance.
Minneapolis
has
the
opportunity
to
really
put
our
money
where
our
mouth
is
dedicated.
Funding
that
prioritizes
programs
for
renters
job
programs
for
local
workers
and
investment
in
developing
renewable
energy
is
critical,
so
I
encourage
you
to
support
the
clean
energy
franchise
fee.
Thank
you
very
much.
BW
BW
We,
we
are
the
people
that
do
some
of
their
lowest
paying
jobs
and
live
in
some
of
the
highest
crime
areas.
We
become
victims
of
crimes
in
without
an
ID
to
to
show
who
you
are
or
to
prove
who
you
are
we're.
Also
victims
of
the
system
when,
when
we
have
a
member
of
our
community
fall
victim
of
a
crime,
we
have
no
way
of
identifying
them.
So
you,
you
got
a
really
look
in
your
own
life.
Would
you
want
your
family
to
see
this
on
Facebook,
and
this
is
the
idea
that
we
have.
BW
BW
This
is
not
a
frivolous
thing
that
we're
asking
for.
We
need
to
get
a
solution
right
now
that
you
are
on
time
to
see.
How
is
it
that
you
can
help
our
community
I
really
really
suggest
that
you
do
that
I'm
not
demanding
anything
but
I
as
a
human
being,
America
hasn't
been
known
for
being
the
country
that
fights
injustice,
there's
an
injustice
against
our
community
being
committed
when
we
don't
have
a
voice,
and
we
don't
have
an
idea
this
really.
This
is
what
we
have
to
do.
BW
BW
It
is
sad,
I,
don't
understand
why
I
said
we
have
a
administration
that
is
against
immigrants.
We
need
the
local
government
to
do
something
to
help
your
community.
This
is
in
your
hands.
You
really
have
to
touch
your
heart
and
see
we
came
here.
We
are
productive
members
of
community
I'm,
not
talking
about
people
that
are
caught
committing
a
crime
in
there
before
they
need
to
better
identify,
which
could
also
happen,
but
it
is
a.
It
is
a
public
safety
problem
that
we
have
as
a
community.
BW
BW
BX
BY
BX
BY
BY
BX
BY
BX
BX
BY
BZ
Hello,
I'm
Sara,
Lockhart,
I
work
at
domestic
abuse
projects
and
I'm
a
children's
therapist
there.
Thank
you
for
allowing
me
the
opportunity
to
speak
tonight.
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
for
your
continued
support
of
the
services
we
offer
in
the
community
at
dads
there
being
the
whole
family
and
stopping
the
intergenerational
cycle
of
domestic
violence.
I'd
like
to
share
a
really
brief
story.
I
know
it's
late
with
all
of
you
about
a
child.
I've
worked
with
it
dad
and,
of
course,
protecting
their
confidentiality.
BZ
BZ
Michael
came
through
our
door
with
three
older
siblings
as
well,
and
when
he
arrived
with
his
mom,
he
was
unable
to
even
go
into
our
childcare
drop-in
center
because
he
presented
with
such
severe
separation,
anxiety,
symptoms,
severe
night
terrors
and
I
was
having
difficulty
eating.
He
would
often
sit
on
his
mom's
lap
during
groups.
BZ
She
participated
in
in
order
to
get
some
comfort
at
the
time
his
mother
enrolled
her
older
children
in
individual
and
group
therapy
services
and
when
she
asked
me
and
what
about
her
son
Michael
my
heart
broke
and
I
had
to
say
that
we
really
only
have
a
drop
in
child
care
center
and
no
specific
service
to
offer.
Fortunately,
I
can
say
this
is
different.
BZ
We
know
that
research
tells
us
that
this
is
the
most
effective
in
helping
children
impacted
by
trauma
and
to
meet
children's
needs,
and
so
that
they
can
reach
their
developmental
milestone
fast
forward.
Two
years
later,
I
began
meeting
with
Michael
and
his
mother
he's
now
each
three
and
we
meet
for
therapy.
Each
week
when
Michael
first
started
coming
to
see
me,
he
was
still
struggling
with
separation
from
his
mother.
I
was
unable
to
regulate
his
emotions
and
calm
down.
A
BZ
BZ
BZ
CA
Hello,
council,
member
Johnson
and
council
members
I'm
here,
president
of
Corcoran
neighborhood,
and
about
31:32
22nd
Avenue
South
and
had
the
director
of
the
Alliance
for
sustainability.
We
have
about
a
thousand
members
in
Minneapolis
and
just
saying
thank
you
for
leadership
on
climate
and
energy.
Minneapolis
is
respected
around
the
state
and
nationally
on
working
toward
achieving
our
United
Nations
carbon
goals
and,
as
you
probably
saw,
the
nations
of
the
world
were
in
Bonn
Germany
and
the
u.s.
was
not
really
doing
much
there.
So
we
really
need
to
accelerate
achieving
this.
CA
The
UN
common
goal
and
this
franchise
fee
increase
will
be
able
to
help
put
dollars
five
million
dollars
a
year
in
achieving
outcomes
with
businesses
with
multifamily
buildings
and
with
homeowners
as
Timothy
shared.
We
could
save
two
hundred
eighty
five
million
dollars
a
year
in
wasted
energy
costs.
By
investing
in
these
solutions
and
over
the
last
two
years,
I've
met
with
thirty
other
suburban
communities
that
will
be
signing
on
to
these
carbon
goals,
including
Eden
Prairie.
CA
You
know
Burnsville
Minnetonka,
Bloomington,
so
they're
looking
toward
Minneapolis
for
pathway
forward.
So
we're
really
excited
that
we
could
actually
see
how
to
achieve
rapid
carbon
reductions
with
businesses
and
residents
through
this
feed
and
also
encourage
you
to
look
at
adopting
st.
Paul's,
stable
building
ordinance
so
that
all
the
new
buildings
that
are
coming
into
the
city
that
are
needing
variances
or
city
funding
would
would
be
built
to
be
more
high.
You
know
to
be
the
same
performance
as
state-run
buildings.
CA
I
also
encourage
you
to
look
at
inclusionary
zoning
citywide
to
have
affordable
units
in
a
lot
of
the
new
buildings
that
are
being
built
speaking
also
in
favor
of
the
pedestrian
safety
fund,
investing
in
solutions
for
the
heroin
epidemic
and
the
affordable
housing
trust
fund,
and
and
also
just
encouraging
you
to
promote
other
workforce
development
partnerships
with
the
county.
We
have
an
aging
population
in
the
Twin
Cities
and
we
need
to
fill
all
these
new
jobs
with
within
the
trades
and
other
areas.
So
please
work
with
Hennepin
County
on
connecting
community
with
these
good
jobs.
A
CA
Last
word
is:
if
people
are
worried
about
property
tax
increases,
let's
just
get
more
people
living
in
the
houses.
We
you
passed,
the
you
know
the
intentional
communities
and,
let's
figure
out
other
ways
of
matching
up
seniors,
that
have
an
empty
room
with
somebody
who
needs
a
place
to
stay,
and
then
people
can
afford
their
property
taxes.
So
anyway,
thanks
again,
thank.
A
CB
AT
CB
I'm
here
to
speak
on
the
franchise
for
you
today,
but
before
I
do
that
I
just
want
to
say
that
in
case
anybody
isn't
able
to
place
my
address
on
a
map.
It's
one
block
south
of
little
earth.
I
am
NOT
native
I've
not
received
any
of
the
money.
That's
that's
been
discussed
today
around
community
based
safety
initiatives.
I
am
just
a
neighbor,
but
I
want
to
take
just
a
second
to
speak
very
strongly
in
favor
of
that
money
being
renewed
at
the
amount
that
it
was
last
time.
CB
I
have
seen
as
an
involved
community
member.
The
incredibly
positive
effects
of
those
groups
like
natives
against
heroin
and
I
applaud
their
work
and
I
stand
in
awe
of
it.
I'd
encourage
the
council
to
do
the
same
so
talk
about
the
franchise
fee
for
just
a
second
here.
I
strongly
support
the
increase
in
the
franchise
fee
and
I
want
to
recall
a
moment
that
happened
in
this
room
about
two
years
ago,
which
I
was
also
here
for
which
was
when
the
City
Council
voted
to
commit
to
never
invest
in
fossil
fuels.
CB
Industry
stocks
as
a
city
entity,
fossil
fuel
divestment.
We
called
it
and
that
day
was
an
11
to
2
vote
in
favor
of
divestment
and
the
the
two
of
the
two
who
didn't
vote
in
favor
of
it
said
well.
If
we
only
had
a
concrete
proposal
with
numbers
that
would
actually
make
change,
this
would
be
unanimous
and
we'd
be
voting
for
it
so
the
times
now.
CB
AZ
AG
CC
The
heart
on
a
20
to
18
chip
I
ever
knew
North
I
am
also
the
equity
Engagement
Manager
at
urban
home
works.
I'm
here
to
speak
to
the
council
today
about
asking
you
guys
to
please
triple
the
money
for
affordable
housing.
I
know
that's
a
big
jump,
but
I
want
to
speak
to
you
guys
about
the
fact
that
I
have
family
friends
who
went
from
paying
$800
a
month
for
a
two-bedroom
to
$1,500
a
month
for
two
bedroom.
They
are
highly
mobile.
CC
People
are
out
here,
looking
for
housing
and
they're
making
$15
an
hour,
but
they
still
cannot
afford
that
twelve
to
fourteen
hundred
dollars
a
month
in
rent,
and
we
know
that
there
has
been
a
huge
rent
increase
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis
over
the
last
few
months
last
year.
As
look
as
equity
engagement
manager,
urban
home
works,
we
have
over
400
people
on
our
waiting
list.
CC
We
get
at
least
20
to
30
people
calling
and
collectively
calling
and
walking
in
every
day
looking
for
affordable
housing
in
the
city,
not
in
Carver
County,
not
in
Dakota
County,
but
in
Minneapolis.
They
want
to
live
in
Minneapolis
I
have
over
400
vacant
lots
in
my
community.
There
is
no
way
that
I
actually
have
over
400
vacant
lots
in
my
community
and
then
I
see
families
sleeping
in
a
bus,
shelter
that
doesn't
make
sense
to
me.
I
pay,
property
taxes
and
I.
CC
Don't
want
the
I,
don't
want
my
property
taxes
go
to
the
dump,
I,
don't
even
care
as
a
single
mother.
It's
hard
for
me
to
afford
that
increase
in
property
taxes,
but
I'm
willing
to
pay
that
if
that
means
that
I
will
see
a
family
sleeping
on
the
bus,
stop
trying
to
stay
warm
in
a
shelter
I'm
willing
to
pay
the
increase
as
a
single
mother
as
a
at
the
homeowner.
CC
If
that
means
that
I
don't
have
to
worry
about
those
kids
coming
to
school
and
they
might
worry
about,
they
not
know
what
they're
gonna
live
that
you
know
it
doesn't
make
any
sense
that
400
bacon
lots
and
over
400
people
on
my
waiting
list
and
families
are
living
in
bus
shelters,
marry
jobs
is
over
packed.
It
doesn't
make
sense
that
we
can
spend
so
much
money
for
a
dome
and
just
forget
about
the
people
that
we
here
to
serve
so
I
asked
the
council
those
who
I
stay.
Thank
you.
CC
Those
who
have
did
they
turn.
Thank
you
and
I'm
charging
you
guys
to
please
put
more
money
for
affordable
housing.
This
matters
it's
for
the
whole
region.
It's
not
just
the
4th
ward,
the
fifth
Ward,
the
eighth
ward,
the
10th
Ward
it
matters
for
all
of
us,
because
we
are
all
one
paycheck
away
from
being
homeless.
BY
CD
BY
CE
BY
CE
BD
I'm
speak:
my
name
is
Jacqueline
rod
which
one
6:03
Adams
Street
Northeast
Minneapolis
Minnesota,
I'm
speaking
to
the
clean
energy
franchise
fee.
I
believe
it
should
be
increased.
I
also
believe
that
it
needs
to
be
used
for
what
it
said
it's
being
used
for
and
that
it
shouldn't
be
diluted
in
any
way
it
shouldn't
be
moved
to
any
other
programs.
I
also
feel
strongly
that
it
needs
to
be
used
for
people
who
are
marginalized,
specifically,
low-income
or
otherwise
disenfranchised
communities.
Thank
you.
Thank
You.
CF
Good
evening
and
then
at
1410
Columbia,
Colorado,
Avenue
South
in
st.
Louis
Park,
but
I
work
for
say
tool
as
a
fast
food
organizer
at
3715,
Chicago,
Avenue
South,
my
job
as
organizer
is
to
go
out
and
talk
to
festival
workers
and
one
of
my
biggest
complaints
that
I'm
hearing
about
is
wage
theft
and
not
having
the
enforcement
laws
being
reached
as
to
the
ordinances
that
you
guys
have
put
into
effect.
CF
As
far
as
sick
and
save
time
goes,
workers
need
obviously
they're
low
wage
workers,
so
they
need
the
money
that
they
are
entitled
to.
I
have
had
complaints
from
auto
stores
inside
of
Minneapolis
I,
just
filed
15
this
week
on
either
on
safe,
safe
and
sick
and
save
time
ordinances
or
on
wage
theft
claims.
CF
It
is
a
huge
problem
here
and
I'm
asking
for
the
council
to
please
consider
putting
more
money
into
enforcement
both
from
the
city
and
into
partnerships
of
500,000,
for
partnerships
to
be
able
for
workers
like
me,
who
are
going
into
these
stores
and
dealing
with
these
workers
who
are
experiencing
these
things.
These
are
ordinances
that
you
guys
have
signed
and
I
put
into
law
and
it's
not
being
followed
by
the
businesses
so
I.
CF
A
CG
One
is
the
outline
of
all
of
our
spirituality,
which
we
fought
for,
and
it's
back
for
in
since
1978.
We
have
it
again
and
also
the
Indian
Reorganization
Act,
where
we
were
moved
to
urban
areas,
also
as
a
form
of
assimilation,
and
so
we
have
all
these
hardships
we
face,
and
one
of
them
is
the
heroin
epidemic
and
we're
pretty
high
on
the
percentages
with
the
deaths
in
the
heroin
epidemic
and
a
lot
of
other
issues.
But
so.
CG
We
say
that
it's
one
of
our
slogans
and
so
what
we
try
to
do
with
the
program
with
the
drumming
is
we
try
to
plant
that
seed
of?
If
drumming
is
not
their
thing?
We
want
them
to
try
to
go
out
and
find
their
drum.
What
that,
what
is
that
thing
that
makes
them
feel
empowered?
We
live
a
healthy
happier,
life
clean
lifestyle,
our
culture.
CH
Folks,
my
name
is
Fred
Mosel
I,
look
at
400
North,
first
Street
North,
3,
I
hadn't,
planned
on
talking
tonight,
but
there's
been
13
comments
about
pedestrian
crossings
bicycling
in
the
city.
This
started
when
Diane
Hoff
Steve
was
on
the
council.
Jacob
may
remember
this,
but
I
talked
also
to
Steve.
Fletcher
are
trying
to
get
a
hold
of
the
city
to
find
out
what
the
criteria
is
on
getting
crosswalks
painted
on
an
intersection.
CH
That's
not
signalized,
and
this
has
gone
on
for
the
last
five
years
and
I'm
getting
either
conflicting
answers
or
nothing,
and
the
reason
why
I
wanted
to
bring
this
up
now
is
going
to
wait.
But
with
the
Super
Bowl
being
here,
there's
gonna
be
a
lot
of
people
from
other
countries
that
are
going
to
be
here
in
town
and
they're.
CH
Gonna
expect
to
be
able
to
cross
the
streets
when
given
the
opportunity
and
without
the
markings
was
going
to
happen
now,
the
city
is
leaving
itself
wide
open
for
if
they
don't
have
any
standardization
or
technical
reference
or
regulation
to
fall
back
on.
So
I
wanted
to
bring
this
up
to
you.
Folks
now
and
thank
you
for
your
service
and
have
a
good
holiday.