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Minneapolis Housing Policy & Development Committee Meeting
A
C
D
D
My
name
is
cam
Gordon
and
I'm
joined
today
by
all
committee
members,
council,
member
Reich,
Schrader
comfortable,
the
committee
vice
president
Ellison
and
council
president
bender
and
councilmember
Goodman
I
just
want
to
let
folks
know
this
is
the
first
of
two
meetings
it'll
be
taking
place
here
this
afternoon.
This
is
the
committee
meeting
that
has
to
do
with
housing.
It
will
be
meeting
now
and
then
we'll
take
a
recess
after
this
meeting
and
there'll
be
a
full
council
that
will
be
meeting
second
I
suspect.
D
A
lot
of
people
are
here
to
talk
about
the
Hiawatha
encampment
and
the
possible
location
of
a
navigation
Center
that
will
be
is
on
our
agenda,
we'll
be
discussing
in
and
getting
a
staff
report
about,
generally
about
that,
and
then
we'll
also
be
getting
another
staff
report
before
the
full
council.
My
intention
here
today
is
that
the
report
that
we're
going
to
get
here
will
be
a
little
bit
more
general
on
how
the
navigation
Center
might
operate.
D
What
pieces
are
in
place
already
and
some
input
on
the
staff
direction
and
we'll
focus
more
on
approval
of
a
location
and
taking
real
action
on
that
at
the
council
meeting
at
2:30.
I'll
also
note
that
we're
joined
by
a
number
of
different
guests
from
a
number
of
different
organizations,
including
several
tribes
from
the
state
here:
Leech
Lake,
White,
Earth,
Red,
Lake
and
I-
think
I'm
forgetting,
say
that
again,
leech-like,
okay,
super,
so
I'm
going
to
go
through
our
committee
agenda
here
that
we
have
one
public
hearing
and
then
we
have
consent
items.
D
We
have
one
discussion
item
and
then
an
addendum
first
I'll
go
through
the
consent
items
and
make
sure
that
the
council
members
are
comfortable,
leaving
the
amount
consent.
The
first
consent
item
is
number
two
on
your
written
agenda
and
this
is
amending
a
resolution
regarding
the
Riverside
homes.
Bond.
Issuance
second
item
is
modification
to
a
redevelopment
contract
with
American
Indian
Community
Development
Corporation
for
the
Pokegama
North
project.
Fourth
item
is
approving
additional,
affordable
housing
trust
fund
loan
up
to
six
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
for
the
West
Broadway
West
building,
affordable
housing
project.
D
Those
are
the
three
consent
items.
Does
anybody
want
to
pull
anything
off
for
discussion
or
questions?
Seeing
none
then
I'll
move
all
three
items
for
approval,
all
those
in
favor,
please
say
aye,
any
opposed,
say
no.
Those
motions
carry
then
then
I
think
we'll
go
to
our
land
sale.
We
have
one
land
sale,
we're
considering
today,
which
is
the
land
sale
of
4111,
Colfax,
Avenue
north
to
Cherie,
saline
and
we'll
get
a
brief
staff
report
and
then
open
the
public
hearing
to
see.
If
anyone
wants
to
speak
on
that
welcome.
E
Good
afternoon
mr.
chair
committee,
members
4111
Colfax
Avenue
North
we're
the
sail
through
Minneapolis
home
policies
from
the
program
were
established
by
the
City
Council
on
December,
11
2015,
and
further
on
February
10th
2017
staff
recommends
the
sale
of
four
11411
one
Colfax
Avenue
north
to
Shahir,
selenium
for
its
appraised
value
of
$24,000,
subject
conditions.
E
Additionally,
we
were
recommending
awarding
up
to
$20,000
just
sure
here,
Cellini
from
the
Minneapolis
Homes
programs,
buyer
incentive
funds,
the
property
at
4111,
Colfax
Avenue
north
was
acquired
on
August
25th
2010
from
the
Twin
Cities
Land
Bank
for
twenty
two
thousand
four
hundred
fifty-four
dollars
with
the
dilapidated
structure.
Subject
subsequently
demolished
staff
has
continuous
you
market
this
property
to
a
listserv
of
now
over
2400
people.
This
is
the
only
application
received.
The
lot
size
is
75
by
128
or
approximately
nine
thousand
six
hundred
square
feet.
The
purchaser
intends
to
invest.
E
Two
thousand
six
excuse
me
two
hundred
sixty
four
thousand
to
build
a
duplex
with
three
bedrooms
and
two
bathrooms
in
each
unit
and
a
lower
level
of
deed,
restricted,
accessory
dwelling
unit
with
two
bedrooms
and
one
bathroom
to
live
in
as
owner
occupant.
Si
PES
construction
management
staff
reviewed
the
scope
of
work
and
estimate
submitted
by
the
applicants
builder
and
confirmed
that
they
are
sufficient
to
meet
the
minimum
rehabilitation
standards
of
the
program.
Notification
was
provided
to
the
Weber
Camden
Neighborhood
Association
on
May
22nd
2018.
The
neighborhood
supports
this
application.
Mr.
A
C
Name
is
Sahira
Salim
I
am
the
owner
occupier
really
excited
about
the
opportunity
to
live
in
North
Minneapolis,
provide
some
additional,
affordable
housing
to
people
and
just
kind
of
be
in
that
community
that
I
kind
of
grew
up
in
and
just
excited
hoping.
The
city
will
grant
the
opportunity
for
me
to
do
so.
Well,.
F
This
is
a
little
north
of
my
ward,
I'm,
always
happy
to
see
folks
moving
into
the
neighborhood
and
to
welcome
you
into
North.
Minneapolis
sounds
like
you've
been
there
already
for
a
while,
but
you
know
welcome
to
owning
this
property,
and
I
would
like
to
move
approval
of
this
land
sale.
D
Are
there
any
comments
or
discussion
on
the
motion
seeing
none,
then
I
will
call
for
a
vote
all
those
in
favor,
please
say
aye
any
opposed,
say.
No.
That
motion
carries
now
we'll
move
on
to
our
discussion
item.
This
is
a
response
to
a
snap
direction
that
we
moved
forward
last
meeting
and
went
through
the
council
process
and
I.
Think
we're
going
to
hear
from
our
city
coordinator
to
tell
us
about
the
status
of
the
encampment
on
Hiawatha
and
plans
for
the
future.
Welcome
Thank.
G
My
name
is
Maria
Rivera
van
der
Meyde
I'm,
the
city
coordinator,
I,
want
to
talk
to
you
a
little
bit
about
operations
and
how
we're
supporting
the
encampment
I
know
that
we
spent
a
lot
of
time
lately,
speaking
about
the
site
for
the
navigation
itself,
and
while
important
and
I
know
that
we're
going
to
talk
about
a
little
bit
more
about
that
in
our
next
meeting.
I
didn't
want
to
leave
by
the
way
slide.
What
we're
doing
currently
to
support
and
to
highlight
some
of
the
partnerships
that
we've
established.
G
G
As
many
of
you
have
noted-
and
we
know
quite
well
here
in
the
city-
we
do
not
ourselves
operate
shelters.
We
do
not
ourselves
operate
these
kind
of
services,
so
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
not
only
was
it
informed
by
those
that
really
owned
and
needed
services
and
access
to
whether
that
was
housing
or
programs
or
treatment,
but
from
those
who
are
best
equipped
because
they
have
been
in
this
space
either
as
operators
or
in
the
case
of
our
state
counterpart
and
you'll,
hear
from
Kathy
ton
broke
a
little
bit
later.
G
Those
that
have
been
entrenched
in
the
work
of
the
unsheltered
for
quite
a
while
now
so
I'm
going
to
with.
Unless
I
have
questions,
I
want
to
yield
the
floor
to
some
of
those
partners
as
we
move
forward
and
wanted
to
start
with
Jennifer
D
Q
Bella's
from
Hennepin
County.
She
is
a
deputy
administrator
for
Health
and
Human
Services.
H
Council
members,
Jennifer
deke,
ballasts,
Hennepin,
County
I,
am
the
deputy
county
administrator
for
Health
and
Human
Services
at
the
county
and
in
partnership
with
the
city,
the
state
and,
most
importantly,
the
community.
We
continue
to
have
daily
phone
calls
and
interactions
and
multiple
times
during
the
day
to
say
what
does
the
community
need?
How
do
we
best
respond?
How
does
government
not
necessarily
lead,
but
do
a
lot
of
listening
and
finding
out
what
is
working
with
our
government
programs?
H
What
is
not
working
and
how
do
we
close
some
of
those
gaps
listening
to
the
individuals
that
we're
really
trying
to
get
a
different
pathway
forward
with
to
highlight
a
couple
of
the
services
that
are
being
provided
through
the
county
I
spoke
to
the
council
last
week
on
some
of
this,
but
I'll
highlight
cut
some
of
the
big
lifts.
We
have
the
office
10
homelessness,
as
which,
as
all
of
you
know,
is
a
shared
effort
between
the
city
and
the
county,
where
we
are
long-term
working
on.
H
How
do
we
reduce
the
numbers
of
homeless
in
our
community?
What
are
our
strategic
efforts?
What
are
our
joint
efforts?
What
are
the
neighborhood
by
neighborhood
efforts
that
need
to
happen
in
this?
Encampment
has
clearly
highlighted
for
us
folks
that
are
getting
left
behind
in
some
of
those
efforts
and
it
is
challenging
how
we
do
programming
and
what
do
we
need
to
change
and
that's
been
the
encouraging
side
of
this
is
we
are
learning
a
ton
and
being
able
to
say
here's
what
is
working?
H
Let's
keep
it
going,
maybe
expand
it
and
here's
where
people
are
being
challenged
and
programs
that
are
meant
to
help
people
are
getting
in
the
way
sometimes,
and
so
how
do
we
make
those
adjustments,
our
healthcare
for
the
homeless
team
that
operates
out
of
Hennepin
County
has
been
at
this
work
every
single
day.
They
have
always
been
at
this
work
for
years
and
years,
and
they
have
stood
up.
They
were
at
the
encampment
before
it
was
called
an
encampment
when
an
individuals
were
first
identified
as
living
off
of
the
Hiawatha
area.
H
To
say
how
do
we
engage
them
in
healthcare
resources
connections
to
services,
so
they
are
often
our
frontline
responders.
They
continue
to
be
on
site,
as
the
community
has
stepped
forward
with
work
with
Livio
as
a
health
care
provider
on-site,
we
will
transition
to
being
a
support
operation,
but
certainly
staying
a
presence
and
ensuring
that
we're
connecting
people
as
best
we
can
to
the
health
care
services
that
they
need.
Chemical
Health
has
been
a
big
response
in
the
community,
and
chemical
health
is
sometimes
a
technical
term.
H
So
it
is
really
a
dealing
with
addiction,
whether
that
addiction
is
alcohol,
whether
that
addiction
is
drugs.
But
how
do
we
help
people
wherever
they're
at
in
the
recovery
and
offer
services
and
supports?
We've
had
some
great
discussions
in
the
last
few
days,
and-
and
some
of
it
was
highlighted
here
in
council
chambers
last
week,
where
there
were
concerns
about
rule
25
assessments
not
getting
in
front
of
folks.
The
rule
25
assessment
for
those
who
aren't
aware
is
kind
of
that.
First
assessment.
H
That
says
what
services
and
supports
do
you
need
and
folks
have
to
get
that
assessment
done
in
order
to
enter
into
recovery
services?
We
are
unique
in
Hennepin
County
and
that
we
have
direct
access
to
some
of
our
providers,
but
not
all
we
do
have
a
state
waiver
for
some
of
those
providers
to
get
direct
access
and
when
we
started
to
talk
to
the
community,
what
we
quickly
dispelled
was
the
rule.
25
assessment
is
not
what's
getting
in
the
way
the
recovery
services
and
supports
may
be
what's
getting
in
the
way.
H
So
do
we
have
the
right
types
of
recovery,
so
addiction
services
are
a
continuum
of
services.
It's
everything
from
pure
supports.
I've
got
somebody
else
who
has
a
lived
experience
that
can
help
me
get
to
a
better
place.
We
have
residential
treatment,
which
is
often
what
people
think
of.
First,
we
have
day
treatment
programs
where
there
isn't
a
housing
component,
but
I
can
go.
There
are
culturally
specific
programs,
but
clearly
what
we're
hearing
from
the
community
is
something
along
the
way
isn't
meeting
the
needs
of
the
population.
H
So
that's
what
we're
working
on
right
now,
in
partnership
with
the
city
and
the
community
in
the
state
to
say
what
is
what
is
the
miss?
That's
still
happening.
We
have
in
Hennepin
County
a
diversion
and
recovery
team,
and
what
that
team
is
meant
to
do
is
crisis
response.
It
is
not
about.
You
must
be
100%
sober.
H
There
are
all
sorts
of
array
of
supports
that
exist
in
our
community
and
making
sure
we
get
the
right
supports
in
front
of
people
and
that
they're
meeting
their
needs
has
been
a
critical
initiative
as
well.
Our
housing
programs,
shelter
access,
is
at
the
encampment
on
a
regular
basis
and
what
we
have
learned.
H
His
family
shelter
wasn't
working
for
a
lot
of
folks,
so
the
communities
were
calling
out
some
of
our
own
policies
that
were
getting
in
people's
way
and
some
of
those
policies
are
things
like
I'm,
a
parent
with
children,
and
we
have
Family
Shelter.
We
have
individual
shelter,
but
if
I'm,
a
parent
with
children
and
I
have
extended
family
with
me,
shelter
system
wasn't
working
for
him,
so
we
had
to
get
creative
and
challenge
some
of
our
own
policies
and
procedures
to
better
meet
people's
needs.
D
H
Councilmember
I
don't
have
that
number
offhand.
What
I
had
as
of
yesterday
with
were
that
60
individuals
or
60
individuals
or
families,
depending
on
what
we're
talking
about,
were
assessed
and
approved
for
housing
support,
so
in
Hennepin
County,
it's
not
always
just
housing
its.
We
have
housing
with
supports,
so
for
people
with
disabilities
in
particular,
we
have
waiver
services,
and
additional
state
supports
that
exist.
That
can
help
people
get
and
maintain
housing
and
provide
some
supplemental
funding.
H
So
the
system
is
pretty
complex,
I'm
not
going
to
try
to
explain
it
all
today,
but
certainly
that's
why
it's
so
important
to
get
in
front
of
individuals
and
find
out
what
they
need
of
those
60
individuals
who
have
been
assessed
for
housing.
A
lower
threshold
of
them
have
actually
accepted
it,
but
a
lot
have
started
entering
into
our
shelter
as
we
remove
those
barriers,
which
is
a
safer
venue,
an
easier
way
for
us
to
get
all
the
services
and
supports
around
them.
H
And
then,
when
we
have
housing
identified,
it's
easier
to
locate
and
move
folks
in
we're
working
very
much
with
the
community
and
saying
we
need
a
better
process,
because
what
happens
at
the
encampment
right
now?
Is
people
come
in
and
we
don't
have
a
mechanism
to
track
who's
there
what's
their
plan?
How
do
we
get
them
out
and
on
a
different
path?
And
so
there's
lots
of
efforts
running
into
each
other?
H
How
do
we
say
that
what
I
know
on
a
family
or
an
individual
at
the
encampment,
the
city
also
knows
and
we're
working
in
concert
or
the
tribe
knows
and
we're
working
in
concert
together?
Those
are
some
of
the
process
improvements
we're
working
to
put
in
place,
because
what
we're
finding
is
as
soon
as
we
move
somebody
somebody
else
is
fill
in
that
tent,
and
that
is
some
of
the
struggles
of
keeping
track
of
the
numbers.
H
D
H
Get
some
more
specific
numbers,
but
it's
going
to
be
a
it's
going
to
be
limited
by
what
the
county
staff
who
they've
touched
and
do
they
know
the
follow-up,
so
I've
got
I,
get
a
daily
report.
That
tells
me
what
we're
doing
where
we're
hitting
barriers.
Sometimes
we
know
that
we
got
somebody
a
spot
and
the
report
says,
but
they
haven't
shown
up
yet
and
so
we're
trying
to
follow
up
and
track
them
down
to
say:
what's
what's
the
barrier
and
following
up
have
you
changed
your
mind?
Did
something
get
in
your
way?
D
I
understand
that
it's
really
difficult
and
challenging,
and
it
also
sounded
like
you
were
saying
that
you
don't
have
a
very
good
number
about
people
who
haven't
yet
been
evaluated
but
may
qualify
and
there's
a
sense
that
it's
so
fluid.
It's
very
difficult
to
keep
track
up,
and
part
of
this
is
because
I
think
what
we're
concerned
about
is
how
many
people
aren't
going
to
be
finding
a
suitable
relocation
before
the
cold
weather
comes
and
we're
trying
to
deal
with
that
50.
D
H
Gordon
I
think
that
is
fair.
I
think
it
is
because
the
flow
is
constant
in
and
out
daily
if
we
don't
have
a
great
way
to
manage
who's
coming
in
who's,
going
out
on
that
tracking
becomes
real
problematic,
and
that
is
what
we're
trying
to
operationalize
right
now
again
in
partnership
with
the
community
to
say:
how
does
that?
Look
that
doesn't
need
to
be
government
led?
H
The
chemical
health,
mental
health
is
clearly
a
concern
getting
people
to
those
services
housing
as
supports
as
I
mentioned,
another
big
areas,
income
assistance-
so
we
are
finding.
This
is
a
population
that
can
be
underrepresented
in
our
income
assistance
programs,
so
have
not
either
been
aware
or
known
how
to
access
what
those
services
and
supports
are
so
offering
enrollment
into
healthcare,
offering
enrollment
into
benefit
programs
that
they
are
entitled
to
and
trying
to
bring
that
to
the
location.
H
It
has
been
a
challenge
because
of
the
separation
of
the
the
tents
and
the
hygiene
area,
to
make
sure
we're
really
getting
everybody.
Who
has
that
capacity?
The
encouraging
part
about
the
navigation
centers.
We
believe
we'll
be
able
to
do
that
better,
because
it
will
be
a
more
systemic
process
that
we
can
directly
engage
and
make
sure
that
people
that
have
options
and
may
not
be
aware
of
it
are
aware
and
that
we
assist
them
in
getting
access
to
those
benefit
programs,
and
then
the
final
area
is
really
our
public
health.
H
So
we
are
in
partnership
with
Minneapolis,
Public,
Health,
Department
and
standing
up
a
response.
We
have
shared
agreements,
so
the
county
and
the
city
often
work
together
on
initiatives
to
say
when
one
systems
being
tapped
and
needs
to
rely
on
the
other
system.
We
are
present
and
available
for
where
the
city's
Public
Health
Department
may
need
some
backup.
I
You
mr.
chair
first
I
want
to
say
thank
you
so
much
for
all
that
you
and
your
staff
have
been
doing
on
top
of
the
normal
work
of
the
day
to
day
in
helping
us,
you
know,
really
get
all
hands
on
deck
and
I
know
that
you
personally
have
provided
a
lot
of
leadership,
and
we
appreciate
it
so
much
have
to
kind
of
main
questions,
but
I'll
just
ask
them
both
and
you
can
answer
them.
However,
you
choose.
I
Whoever
would
like
to
answer
this
question
can
help
us
facilitate
the
design
of
whatever
might
go
in
and
I
would
imagine
that
would
be
in
coordination
with
the
tribe
and
each
of
the
different
City
County
State
community,
and
then
the
second
question
was
about.
Can
you
walk
us
through
the
county's
approval
process
for
funding?
So,
are
we
looking
at
an
administrative
decision
about
how
to
spend
existing
funds
or
I
likely?
H
Absolutely
council,
president
vender,
the
navigation.
Center
concept
is
so
it
is
a
new
model.
It's
a
model,
that's
happened
elsewhere
in
the
nation,
but
isn't
something
we
have
experience
doing
here
in
Hennepin
County,
but
certainly
in
partnership
with
the
tribes
of
the
state
in
the
city
are
looking
at
those
models
and
saying
what
can
we
learn
from
that?
And
is
that
something
that
will
benefit
the
this
current
situation
and
the
people
we're
all
trying
to
serve
so
I
would
say
it's
less
of
a
shelter
model
and
it
is
much
more
of
Center.
H
How
do
we
better
connect
people
to
all
the
services
and
resources
I
mentioned,
and
that's
just
a
snapshot
of
Hennepin
County's?
How
do
we
better
connect
people
so
that
we
make
it
easier
for
them
and
remove
the
barriers
to
their
accessing
services
and
care?
We
do
not
currently
operate
our
shelters.
We
do
that
in
partnership
with
community
providers,
so
there
are
community
providers
that
operate
a
shelter
network.
For
us
we
do
have
over
a
thousand
beds
of
shelter
in
Hennepin
County,
which
is
huge.
H
A
lot
of
our
surrounding
counties
do
not
even
have
any
beds,
or
they
have
five
beds
or
ten
beds.
So
we
have
a
significant
system.
I
will
say:
I'm
not
looking
to
add
shelter
beds,
because
what
we've
repeatedly
heard
from
the
community
is
shelter,
isn't
the
answer.
Shelter
is
a
temporary
solution.
It's
not
the
longer-term
solution,
so
we'd
rather
have
our
dollars
and
our
investments
going
to
longer-term
stability
and
self-sufficiency
for
individuals
and
families.
H
But
what
we
are
watching
is
if
this
model
is
successful
and
we
get
better
outcome
and
we
steer
from
the
community
that
this
is
working,
do
we
take
some
of
our
existing
shelters
and
move
them
towards
this
model
over
time,
so
I
would
say
the
navigation
Center
is,
you
know,
we've
got
some
national
expertise.
That's
going
to
looks
like
we'll
be
willing
to
walk
alongside
us
to
help
guide
this
as
well.
We
will
all
have
learnings
in
partnership
with
the
community
and
then
we'll
figure
out
what
the
long-term
strategies
are.
I
would
say.
H
We
absolutely
are
in
partnership
to
say
who
is
best
to
run
this,
whether
it
is
the
tribes
that
say:
we've
got
this,
whether
it
is
a
community
partner
that
says:
we've
got
this:
whether
we
have
to
stand
up
some
expertise
that
doesn't
exist.
I,
don't
know
that
we
have
all
of
those
figured
out,
but
certainly
everybody's
at
the
table.
To
have
that
discussion
and
say
what
is
the
right
answer
for
this
first
phase
of
the
navigation
Center
approval
process
was
your
other
question
and
the
approval
process
that
the
county
is.
H
It
does
go
through
our
county
board.
Much
like
it
comes
through
council
chambers.
Here
what
I
am
looking
for
again
in
the
discussions
that
we're
having
we
had
one
just
the
other
day
to
say
what
are
the
services
and
supports
that
we
think
are
needed
at
the
navigation
Center
and
at
the
point
that
we
have
the
head
nod
from
the
community
that
says
yep.
This
is
what
we
need
for
me.
That
is
looking
at
what
is
existing
funding,
so
there
is
existing
funding
for
a
lot
of
the
services
and
supports
that
were
talking
about.
H
So,
ideally,
we
can
braid
existing
funding
into
this
model,
but
until
we
get
to
that
level
of
detail,
it's
really
hard
to
say:
are
there
any
gaps
and
that's
what
my
worry
is
is
if
we
say
here's
the
model,
here's
the
services
the
community
wants.
We
can
quickly
go
through
that
list
and
say
there's
an
existing
funding
stream
for
these
verse
five,
but
this
six
one
doesn't
and
we
have
to
get
creative
and
that's
where
we'll
have
to
have
some
discussions
about.
How
do
we
close
those
gaps?
H
There
is
a
commitment
to
figure
it
out
whether
it
is
through
foundations,
whether
it
is
through
philanthropy,
whether
it
is
through
tax
base.
But
again
until
we
have
more
detail.
Those
are
hard
discussions
to
happen.
If
its
current
funding
and
braiding,
we
can
do
that
oftentimes
just
through
agreements.
An
example
of
that
would
be
I
know.
Neriah
mentioned
the
work
that
my
gozi
and
a
ICDC
has
been
doing
so
as
they've
identified
opportunities
to
bring
up
new
housing
programs
with
supports
oftentimes.
H
It
is
a
simple
agreement
between
the
state
and
the
county
that
says,
let's
reallocate
existing
funding
to
help
support
this.
We
have
another
Mental
Health
Program
that
is
looking
to
stand
up
a
16
bed
response
as
well
for
some
stability
of
housing.
Again,
it's
leveraging
state
dollars
that
exists
today
and
pointing
them
to
these
projects.
So
so
far,
I
haven't
identified
where
we
have
gaps
and
we
don't
have
some
solutions,
but
I
know
they're
out
there,
and
it
is
getting
to
that
next
level
of
detail
to
be
able
to
do
that.
H
If
I
can
do
it
under
current
agreements
between
state
federal
funding
and
county
funding,
we
will
do
that
if
it
needs
to
go
in
front
of
the
borders
and
ask
it
does
come
through
our
committees
similar
to
the
council
here,
where
we
can
bring
it
in
sometimes
as
an
immediate
approval.
But
it
does
have
to
come
before
our
board,
depending
on
the
ask
so.
I
H
It
can
be
more
complicated
than
that
depending
on
again,
if
I
have
existing
agreements
that
I
can
do
amendments
to.
Sometimes
we
can
do
amendments
without
going
before
the
county
board
other
times.
There
are
contractual
agreements
where
we
have
a
signature
Authority
up
until
a
certain
amount
before
it
goes
to
the
board.
Those
numbers
are
tend
to
be
pretty
low,
with
a
50,000
and
below
and.
I
H
Bender
there
are
not
restraints
in
that
the
board
meets
every
single
Tuesday.
We
do
have
routine
Tuesday
meetings.
We
can
always
call
on
a
meeting.
We
have
to
publicly
notice
it,
but
we
can
always
call
additional
meetings
if
needed
and
we
have
the
ability
to
do.
We
have
an
immediate
approval
process
that
can
expedite
things
if
time,
if
time-sensitive
so
I'm
not
concerned
that
that's
gonna
be
a
burden
to
us
moving
things
forward.
H
I
But
I
think
we
all
expect
that
someone
who
has
experience
with
housing
people
in
some
way
is
helping
lead
the
design
of
this
that
we
make
sure
that
we
are
drawing
on
expertise
that
the
even
though
it's
a
very
temporary
habitation
that
it's
humane
and
safe
and
something
that
we
would
want
ourselves
or
our
loved
ones
to
be
staying
in
even
for
a
temporary
period
of
time.
And
so
if
we
need
to
identify
that
capacity.
I
I
A
A
What's
going
on
with
city
staff,
I've
been
really
insane
conversation
and
support,
and
so
I
wanted
to
take
a
moment
to
dive
a
little
bit
deeper
into
the
partnership
between
the
county
and
the
city
when
it
comes
to
public
health,
so
the
county
is,
the
social
service
provider
provides
actually
direct
services,
whereas
the
city
more
is
infrastructure.
So
when
we
are
thinking
about
setting
up
the
way
that
you
describe,
the
partnership
is
when
the
city
is
activated.
The
county
comes
in
as
support
to
help.
Can
you
describe
that
again
that
partnership
and
how
that
structured?
H
Councilmember
and
my
comments
for
that
were
specific
to
the
public
health
function.
Okay,
so
less
about
the
human
services
which
a
lot
of
the
chemical
health,
mental
health,
shelter
access
is
all
in
our
human
service
arm.
The
public
health
functions
are
so.
For
example,
when
we
were
concerned
about
disease
spread
or
disease
response,
we
can
back
up
influenza
shots.
We
can
back
up
Hep
A
implementation,
so
it
is
the
disease
management.
So
anytime
we
have
anything
that
exceeds
each
other's
capacity
to
respond.
H
We
can
leverage
each
other
staff,
so
we
have
an
epidemiology
department
where
we
can
deploy
them
over
because
the
city
of
Minneapolis
says
gosh.
We've
got
this
many
nurses
that
can
go
out
and
provide
this
service,
but
we
need
five
more
well
we're
going
to
under
our
Memorandum
of
Understanding,
we're
going
to
deploy
our
nurses
in
partnership
because
they're
joint
residents
that
we
all
want
to
be
responsive
to,
and
so
we
don't
draw
that
hard
line
between
ear
the
public
health
department
for
the
city
of
Minneapolis
and
we
have
outlying
areas.
A
How
are
they
being
implemented
it
because
again
the
city
does
not
provide,
is
not
a
service
provider
in
that
way,
and
so
we're
really
looking
to
the
county
to
be
able
to
have
that
coordination
in
place.
And
you
know
in
terms
of
investment
like
the
the
Health
Department,
the
city's
Health
Department
has
had
to
step
up
significantly
financially
in
order
to
meet
a
lot
of
the
needs,
including
like
the
porta-potties
that
came
out
of
the
Health
Department
city's
Health
Department
budget
and
then
the
size
doubled.
A
And
so
then
we
had
to
take
more
money
out
of
that
and
so
I
think.
Currently,
what
we
have
set
up
is
unsustainable
for,
given
the
purview
of
the
Minneapolis
Health
Department
is
a
little
bit
more
infrastructure,
faith
base,
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
to
ask.
What
is
the
coordination
plan
if
I'm
hearing
from
several
folks
that
there
is
that
it
feel
if
it's
hodgepodge?
Oh
we're,
gonna,
give
this
group
some
money
to
do
this?
A
H
Council,
member
I
would
encourage
some
detail
behind
that
and
I'm
happy
to
talk
offline
about.
If
there's
details
about
that,
we
have
regular
calls
with
Commissioner
Musa
can't
so
we
are
in
close
alignment,
so
I
haven't
heard
the
disconnect
from
a
coordination
perspective
for
Human
Services.
We
have
a
schedule
and
that
schedule
is
shared
with
your
incident
command.
We
have
an
incident
command,
they
briefed
each
other
on
a
regular
basis.
We
share
situational
reports.
H
So
all
the
detail
that
I
have
is
also
available
to
your
team
members,
as
is
the
schedule
of
where
our
staff
are
who's
on
site.
What
is
needed
and
we
have
constant
dialogue
about
what's
working
and
what's
not
working.
So
if
somebody
says
you
know
what
we
need
more
mental
health
assessment
time
on
Monday
afternoons,
it's
getting
crazy
over
there
and
we
absolutely
need
to
stand
up
a
stronger
response.
Then
our
job
is
to
respond
to
that
and
in
partnership.
H
I
am
not
aware
of
a
single
request
that
has
not
been
met
at
the
county,
and
so,
if
you
are
hearing
things
that
are
not
working,
I
would
encourage.
If
it's
not
at
my
level,
it's
not
getting
into
those
situational
reports
and
it's
not
getting
solved,
and
we
absolutely
are
I'm
not
saying
that
it
doesn't
happen.
I'm
saying
if
there
isn't
the
awareness,
then
we
need
to
improve
our
communications,
because
my
at
the
staff
level
staff
feel
like
they're
running
alongside
each
other
very
well.
I
know
at
the
leadership
level.
H
J
Thank
You
mr.
chair
I
appreciate
it
mr.
Kouvelis.
Thank
you
for
being
here
today.
As
you
know,
this
is
a
very
pressing
issue
for
our
residents
and
because
we're
local
government,
we
get
extensive
amount
of
calls
from
people
that
are
really
concerned
about
what's
happening
and
in
general
about
why
we
let
us
get
this
way.
J
So
one
question:
well,
one
suggestion
that
was
posed
to
me
by
a
resident
was:
why
doesn't
the
council
come
together
with
the
county
and
other
jurisdictions
to
have
a
multi-jurisdictional
taskforce
to
look
at
this
issue
and
anticipate
when
something
like
this
might
be
bubbling
up
again?
So
we
can
be
taking
proactive
action
and
not
scrambling
at
the
last
minute
to
try
to
figure
out
how
we
get
something
built
before
October,
30,
30
ahthe,
to
avoid
the
cold
and
so
I
imagined
that
we
might
already
have
something
like
that:
I'm,
not
on
the
housing
committee
itself.
J
So
I
don't
follow
these
issues
as
closely
as
perhaps
I
could.
If
I
sat
on
the
actual
committee,
but
we've
been
delving
into
this
issue
just
as
Ninth
Ward
residents
and,
of
course,
as
the
person
who
serves
a
lot
of
the
constituents
who
are
at
the
camp
every
day,
doing
outreach
work.
So
I'm
curious
to
hear
from
you
about
your
suggestions
about
what
is
this
kind
of
multi
jurisdictional
table
of
decision-makers?
Not
only
staff
but
I
think
there
that
what
we've
seen
is
that
elected
officials
need
to
be
held
more
accountable
to
the
work.
J
That's
happening,
be
more
involved,
be
more
closely
aligned
with
the
decisions
that
have
been
made
and
how
resources
are
being
allocated
so
I'm,
just
curious,
I
mean
is,
is
heading
home,
Hennepin
like
where
we
should
all
be
kind
of
focusing
at
and
pointing
to.
Does
there
need
to
be
a
new
task
force
that
gets
put
together?
Is
there
one
already
that
exists?
What
does
this
work?
Look
like
moving
forward
so
that
we
don't
get
blindsided
by
something
like
this
in
the
future
council.
H
Member
Cano,
absolutely
the
heading
home
collaborative
that
we
have
has
city
representation
and
county
representation,
I
think
what's
been
missing
and
it
has
community
representation.
I,
don't
know
that
it
comprehensive
community
representation,
so
I
think
we
have
heard-
and
you
heard
this
last
week,
that
the
african-american
community,
as
well
as
the
Native
American
community,
feels
like
we
haven't,
stood
up
the
same
type
of
response,
so
I
think
we
do
need
to
look
at
that
membership
and
say:
do
we
have
the
right
people
there?
This
is
not
a
new
issue.
H
I
would
say
that
heading
home
committee
has
been
looking
at
the
fact
that
we
have
hundreds
on
our
transit
on
any
given
day
sleeping.
We
have
a
thousand
shelter
beds
that
are
full
or
near
full
every
single
night.
We
need
to
stand
up
a
different
response,
because
our
current
response
is
not
getting
people
to
that
longer
term.
Sustainability.
I
would
also
mention
that
nationally.
H
This
is
a
national
problem.
This
is
a
national
trend.
Affordable
housing
is
an
issue
work
force,
housing
is
an
issue.
Housing
with
supports
is
an
issue,
so
there
is
a
state
role.
There's
a
county
role.
There's
a
city
role:
there's
a
community
role,
there's,
certainly
a
tribal
role.
It
will
take
all
of
us
thinking
differently
and
I.
Think
what
we're
capturing
is
a
part
of
these
incident
commands
are:
where
are
we
missing
people?
H
D
G
Gordon,
thank
you.
So
much
and
I
just
want
to
reiterate
our
commitment.
What
we
have
learned
from
this
is
that
this
is
not
just
about
the
issue
right
now,
but
we
have
learned
some
lessons
to
scale
up
to
really
think
about
the
unsheltered
broadly
and
not
just
here,
and
so.
You've
heard
a
little
bit
about
what
the
county
has
been
doing.
G
I
want
to
invite
our
state
partner,
a
Cathy,
10
Brook,
who
heads
the
office
to
prevent
and
end
homelessness,
and
we
have
one
more
person
who
represents
community
might
go
see
from
the
AIC
DC
to
just
speak
briefly
about
those
efforts
operationally
with
both
what's
happening
now
and
some
thoughts
about
the
new
navigation,
Center.
Okay,.
K
Councilmembers,
thank
you
very
much
for
having
me
and
thank
you
for
your
leadership
on
this
issue.
I'm
honored
to
be
here
and
while
I
am
deeply
aware
that
the
city
in
the
county
are
the
jurisdictions
with
tribal
governments
and
community
partners
on
this
Minneapolis
encampment,
specifically
I
want
to
express
my
support
and
the
support
of
the
state
on
in
our
partnership
with
all
of
you,
as
we
work
on
this
really
critical
issue.
K
So
my
name
is
Kathy
Chen,
Brooke
I'm,
the
state's
director
of
our
office,
to
prevent
and
end
homelessness
and
I,
also
direct
the
Minnesota
interagency
Council,
which
is
a
cabinet-level
body
made
up
of
the
commissioners
of
11
state
agencies,
the
chair
of
the
Met
Council
in
the
governor's
office
and,
as
you
all
know,
really
well
in
partnership
with
many
of
you
and
and
partners
all
across
the
state.
We
have
been
working
on
preventing
and
ending
homelessness
for
for
many
years
and
where
we
have
collectively
turned
our
attention
over
the
years
veterans.
K
Homelessness
comes
to
mind
as
a
really
good
example.
We
have
really
seen
some
tremendous
progress,
but
the
truth
remains-
and
you've
heard
this
already,
but
we
do
not
have
the
scale
and
the
type
of
housing
options
in
this
community
or
in
this
state
or
frankly,
in
this
nation
to
serve
all
people
who
need
that
housing
stability.
K
So,
while
we
have
collectively
made
some
important
progress,
we've
seen
the
same
kind
of
really
concerning
trend
lines,
as
you
heard
from
Jennifer
that
people
have
seen
all
across
the
country,
while
some
populations
of
people
experiencing
homelessness,
the
trend
lines
have
been
going
in
the
right
direction
and
going
down
even
amidst
is
very
challenging
housing
crisis.
The
number
of
people
experiencing
unsheltered
homelessness
has
been
going
up
in
Minnesota
for
the
last
four
years,
we've
seen
about
a
forty
percent
increase
in
the
number
of
people
experiencing
unsheltered
homelessness.
K
So,
of
course,
this
speaks
to
the
greater
need
and
focus
on
the
kinds
of
housing
and
supports
that
are
necessary
to
serve
people
who
are
experiencing
unsheltered
homelessness.
In
the
immediate
term,
however,
it
means
we
have
to
collectively
turn
our
attention
to
proactive
strategies
and
alignment
of
resources
to
better
serve
people.
K
It
also
involves
the
coordination
of
Public
Health
entities
at
the
state
level,
with
another
incident
command
structure
in
place
there
as
well.
But
to
your
to
your
question,
councilmember
Ken
know.
The
governor
has
also
asked
that
we
do
this
urgent
work
with
an
eye
toward
the
kind
of
alignment
and
coordination
that
can
assist
us
to
be
more
proactive
to
proactively
address
unsheltered
homelessness,
all
across
the
region,
and
we
want
to
ensure
that
we
are
identifying
each
of
our
most
critical
roles
and
doing
everything
we
can
to
coordinate
and
be
more
effective.
K
Aligning
the
response
right
now,
in
addition
to
the
encampment
my
office
and
the
interagency.
Council
is
also
focused
in
partnership
with
the
Met
Council
on
people
experiencing
unsheltered
homelessness
on
the
light
rail
we're
in
conversation
with
st.
Paul
in
Ramsey
County,
about
increasing
encampments
than
st.
Paul
in
Ramsey
County
through
their
outside
and
initiative,
and
so
in
time
when
in
the
time
feels
right
to
you.
K
So
in
addition,
I've
talked
to
Nuria
and
I'm
really
grateful
by
the
way
for
the
partnership
with
your
city
coordinator.
She
has
been
fantastic
and
communicative
and
very
responsive,
I.
Think
we've.
We
worked
really
well
together.
Along
with
Jennifer
and
community
partners,
folks
at
Mudd
and
others,
I've
also
expressed
that
I
would
be
very
willing
and
very
happy
to
connect
with
national
colleagues
who
are
who
you
know,
unfortunately,
have
experienced
this
sooner
than
we
have
along
our
path
of
working
on
preventing
and
ending
homelessness.
K
One
of
those
partners
came
with
me
yesterday
to
a
meeting
with
Maria
and
Jennifer
and
patina
and
and
commissioner
Piper
and
others
in
our
partnership
meeting,
to
talk
about
this
opportunity
of
a
service
navigation
Center.
She
had
the
job
of
actually
setting
up
a
service
navigation,
Center
like
this
in
Seattle
and
the
housing
director
of
the
largest
housing
agency
and
service
agency
in
the
Pacific
Northwest.
K
What
do
we
need
to
make
sure
we
are
thinking
about
in
partnership
with
all
of
the
jurisdictions
and
our
community
partners
before
we
launch
into
the
operation
of
a
service
navigation,
Center,
so
I'm
happy
to
continue
to
bring
those
voices
to
the
table
if
desired
and
if
helpful,
as
well
as
potentially
some
philanthropic
partners
as
well,
who
have
also
really
stepped
up
and
want
to
be
part
of
the
solution
as
well.
So
so
with
that
I
know,
you
have
many
anything's
on
your
agenda
today.
L
Chairman
councilmembers,
thank
you
for.
Let
me
speak
a
ICDC
when
the
camp
became
the
size
of
des
ADA,
a
esidisi
felt
that
we
had
to
do
something
to
coordinate
some
services
and
provide
a
level
of
Hygiene
in
humanitarian
support
to
the
camp.
We
have
been
delivering
120
lunches
a
day
bag
lunches
to
meet
the
needs
of
a
lot
of
the
people
there,
sometimes
at
all.
Sometimes
we
have
leftovers
and
so
and
then
we
built
the
HSA
understanding
that
we
had
make
a
stand
in
a
step
forward
in
helping
the
people
we
play.
L
We
have
three
showers.
There,
we've
been
open
three
weeks
all
right.
This
is
the
start
of
the
fourth
week
today,
and
in
that
time
we
have
had
over
700
people
through
the
showers
last
Sunday.
We
had
three
Silas's
the
volunteered
their
time
and
gave
haircuts
to
camp
members
and
their
children,
and
it
was
incredible
to
see
how
how
it
affected
the
people
and
they
felt
pampered
for
a
short
period
of
time
and
I.
Think
for
that
half
hour
or
45
minutes
that
they
were
being
groomed.
L
They
felt
as
if
they
were
cared
for
and
benefited
from
that.
We
have
provided
space
or
services
and
we've
had
numerous
organizations
at
the
county
and
the
state
and
city
and
nonprofit
organizations
that
have
come
to
the
aid
of
the
campers.
We
have
provided
rule
25
assessments,
we
do
the
housing
assessments
there,
I
think
in
total,
there's
been
over
25
housing
assessments,
and
so
the
40
or
the
50
that
we
talked
about
are
the
people
that
have
been
approved
for
a
level
of
housing.
L
What
we
know
we're
I
was
in
a
mud
meeting
yesterday
and-
and
we
talked
about
the
disconnect
between
the
services
and
the
residents
of
the
camp,
and
we
will
be
putting
together
a
plan
to
bring
to
the
city
into
County
as
how
we
feel
as
the
community.
We
we
better
serve
the
people.
We
need
navigators
to
get
people
from
point
A
to
point.
B
I
think
that
when
we
look
at
our
current
shelter
situation,
that's
not
what's
going
to
serve
this
population.
L
When
I
look
at
the
camps,
I,
look
at
the
tents,
I
see
people's
whole
lives
within
the
tent,
and
so
it's
not
as
if
they
have
a
backpack
and
a
in
a
you
know
toothbrush
in
their
pocket.
Some
of
the
campers
have
their
whole
lives
within
their
tents,
and
we
have
to
respect
that.
The
the
differences
that
we
see
in
regards
to
our
families,
our
culture
and
the
carrying
us
reach
family
is
something
that
has
been
talked
about
a
little
bit
here,
but
it
needs
to
be
further
addressed.
L
I
commend
the
state,
we
started
a
program
called
Sayla,
Cola,
safe
haven,
it
opened
December
and
we
serve
up
to
18
people
there
from
the
state
to
housing,
and
it's
been.
We
were
able
to
do
it
because
the
state
changed
their
rules
into
the
block
grant
from
the
state
to
the
county
in
the
county.
Did
it
to
AIC
to
give
it
to
AI
CDC.
So
we
can
serve
the
people
where
they're
at
and
we
can
make
the
adjustments
at
our
level,
not
at
their
level
as
far
as
the
city
in
the
county
and
the
state.
L
L
I
guess
that's
really
where
we're
at
today
we'll
be
in
a
planning
stage
for
the
next
couple
days
in
regards
to
what
we
feel
as
mud.
Not
you
know,
the
community
is
how
we
move
forward
in
preparing
people
even
for
the
navigation
Center.
We,
you
know
a
chairman.
You
brought
the
fact
about
connecting
people
to
housing.
L
We
need
to
have
people
to
help
them
do
that
when
they
have
their
whole
home
within
their
turf,
their
tent-
and
you
say,
all
right:
here's
a
voucher
and
a
bus
ticket
or
here's
a
voucher
and
a
token
get
down
to
the
Drake.
It's
unreasonable
and
it's
not
happening
and
AICC
a
FC
DC.
We
have
our
own
case
managers
and
we
ourselves
have
house
seven
people
from
the
camp
into
our
own
housing
and
I.
Think
that's
the
that's
the
best.
That's
happened
so
far.
L
D
J
G
Finally,
Council
Chair,
Gordon
and
customers
just
want
to
say
that,
as
you've
seen
will
continue
to
work
in
partnership
as
we
move
forward.
One
of
the
things
that
we
really
wanted
to
thank
not
just
mud,
but
all
the
tribal
leaders
is
to
make
sure
that
we
are
doing
this
with
people's
needs
and
interest
in
mind,
and
that
is
what
we
will
be
bringing
forward
as
we
continue
to
do
our
collaborative
work
so
stand
for
questions.
If
you
have
any.
I
D
Then
you,
okay,
I,
understood
that
and
I
was
heading
in
that
direction.
But
thanks
for
reminding
me
all
right,
we
we
have
to
end
this
meeting
and
then
we're
gonna
begin.
The
next
meeting
I
want
to
make
up
so
there's
the
presentation
is
over
now
so
I'm
gonna
move
to
receive
and
file
that
report,
and
then
we
have
one
other
item
to
take
up
and.
E
I
D
Opposed
say
no
well.
That
motion
carries.
We
also
have
one
other
item
where
we
have
to
refer
an
inclusionary
zoning
ordinance
that
was
at
the
council
last
meeting
to
staff
all
those
in
favor
of
that
referral,
please
say:
aye
all
those
opposed
that
motion
carries
as
well
and
our
business
is
over.
So
we
can
adjourn
this
meeting
and
I'm
gonna
stay
here
and
let
you
tell
me
what's
on
your
mind,
while
we
get
ready
for
the
next
meeting.