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Description
Minneapolis Housing Policy & Development Committee Meeting
A
Everyone
I'm
calling
to
order
this
meeting
of
our
housing
policy
and
development
committee.
My
name
is
cam
Gordon
I'm,
a
committee
chair,
joined
today
by
council
members
right,
Schrader's,
ellison
bender.
You
may
be
joined
soon
by
councilmember
Goodman
as
well.
There's
four
items
on
our
agenda
today:
two
content
items
and
two
discussion
items
the
I'm
expecting
the
last
discussion
item
on
the
encampment
on
Hiawatha
Avenue
to
take
up
most
of
the
meeting
I'll
go
ahead
with
the
consent
items
and
move
those
first.
If
anyone
wants
to
pull
anything
on
the
committee,
we
can
discuss
it.
A
The
first
one
is
passions
of
resolution
resending
a
previous
resolution
and
replacing
it
with
a
new
one
having
to
do
with
the
East
Towne
apartments.
This
is
a
revised
bond
issuance
and
then
it's
located
at
815,
sixth
Street
south
and
the
second
is
referring
to
staff
the
subject
matter
of
an
ordinance
that
was
introduced
at
the
last
council
meeting
commanding
title
16
chapter
420,
we
lay
ting
to
planning
and
development
and
the
public
housing
authority.
B
You
mr.
chair
I
know
that
the
staff
referral
for
item
choose
a
routine
part
of
our
procedures
for
introducing
a
new
ordinance
but
I
know.
Councilmember
Goodman
had
some
questions
and
she's
at
a
community
event
right
now
in
her
ward,
so
I
wondered
if
we
might
be
able
to
pull
that
off
her
just
brief
discussion
at
the
end
or
whenever
your
discretion.
A
C
A
All
right
well,
then,
on
item
number,
one,
all
those
in
favor,
please
say
aye
any
opposed.
That
item
carries
and
let's
move
on
to
item
number
three
then
I
believe
mr.
Hendrix.
No
mr.
Winkle
is
here
to
make
a
brief
presentation.
This
is
on
our
2017
annual
tax,
increment
financing
disclosure
statement
and
we've
got.
The
committee
might
benefit
with
some
background
information
and
some
details.
Thank
you.
Good.
D
Afternoon,
mr.
chair
councilmembers,
my
name
is
Mark
Winkle
ache,
I'm,
the
director
of
the
development
finance
division
in
the
finance
department.
As
many
of
you
know,
all
cities
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis
or
Minnesota
excuse
me
must
report
on
their
use
of
tax
increment
financing
each
year
for
the
year
ended.
December
31st,
2017
city
finance
staff
submitted
94
TIF
reports
consisting
of
90
reports
on
individual
TIF
districts
and
four
reports
on
TIF
debt
to
the
office
of
the
state
auditor
by
the
August
1st
deadline.
D
So
if
you
look
at
the
fourth
column,
captured
net
tax
capacity,
any
district
that
has
a
zero
in
there
has
been
decertified
and
it's
not
active.
The
tax
increment
received
column.
That's
the
sixth
column
over.
You
can
see,
there's
a
variety
of
different
sizes
of
TIF
districts
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
Some
are
big.
Some
are
small,
the
bulk
of
them
I'd
say,
are
militarily
small
one
parcel
one
building,
they
generate
less
than
a
million
dollars
per
year
in
increment
there's
about
ten
of
them.
D
They
fall
into
the
medium
category,
where
there
might
be
one
to
three
million
dollars
per
year
generated
by
the
district,
and
there
might
be
two
three
four
or
five
buildings
in
there
there
and
then
there's
one
exceptionally
large
tip
district,
and
this
is
the
only
one
I
want
to
point
out
on
this
report
and
that's
the
consolidated
district,
which
appears
about
a
third
away
down
on
the
first
page.
So
if
you
look
at
the
numbers
there
they're,
you
know
exceptionally
larger
than
than
the
other
ones.
D
The
captured
net
tax
capacity,
for
instance
in
the
fourth
column,
is
about
twenty-seven
million
dollars.
That
equates
to
a
little
over
two
billion
dollars
in
market
value.
So
this
is
exceptionally
large
district.
It
has
over
4,000
parcels
in
it
and
it
is
larger
than
all
the
other
66
active
districts
combined.
You'll,
also
note,
if
you
read
across
it,
it
started
generating
increment
in
2011
and
it
will
have
to
be
desertification.
D
D
A
couple
other
slides
that
I
just
grabbed
on
the
way
over
to
give
you
a
little
bit
of
feel
for
how
the
tax
increment
program
has
evolved.
Over
the
last
ten
to
fifteen
years,
the
number
of
active
TIF
districts
was
at
its
highest
in
2008,
when
we
had
a
hundred
and
one
tip
districts
active
now,
we
currently
have
sixty-seven.
D
D
D
This
is
a
line
graph,
showing
the
number
of
active
TIF
districts
in
Minneapolis
from
2002
until
2017.
The
numbers
are
kind
of
small,
but
you
can
basically
see
the
trend
here
is
in
the
early
2000s.
We
were
establishing
about
four
districts
a
year.
We
got
up
to
that
hundred
and
one
maximum,
and
since
then
the
general
trend
has
been
downward
as
we've
desertified,
a
fair
amount
of
districts
every
other
two
three
years
or
so
we're
down
at
67
I.
D
A
D
The
big
drop
there
was
because
in
2009
all
of
the
pre
79
districts-
these
are
these
very
old.
Large
districts
had
to
be
had
to
be
decertified
by
statute.
So
some
of
this
is
driven
by
state
statute,
and
some
of
it
is
driven
by
city
policy,
but
but
but
those
large
drops
were
predominantly
because
those
districts
had
reached
their
maximum
life
and
they
were
just
plain
done
so
then.
A
I
have
another
question:
it's
is
there
some
guideline
or
best
practices
policy
in
terms
of
how
much
of
your
property
taxes
should
be
in
tip
and
how
much
shouldn't
I
think?
Sometimes
we
talk
about,
and
we
hear
people
talk
about
a
ideal
maximum
and
if
you
get
above
that
level,
it
doesn't
make
any
sense
here.
We
have
some
percentages
right,
so
we
were
at
15%
for
a
long
time
and
now
we're
much
lower.
Is
there
something
that's
healthy
or
unhealthy
about
either
of
those
numbers?
Well,.
D
That's
that's
mr.
cherien,
that's
interesting
because
the
next
slide
I
was
just
going
to
put
up
was
the
percentage
of
the
city's
tax
base
that
lies
within
tax
increment
districts
and
in
the
early
2000s.
There
was
a
lot
of
discussion
about
whether
our
percentage
was
to
hide,
as
you
can
see,
from
the
graph
from
2002
to
2009.
D
We
were
in
that
14
to
16
percent
range
every
single
year,
and
so
and
then
we
had
these
large
number
of
these
certifications.
We
had
a
huge
drop.
It
bumped
back
up
a
little
bit
with
the
establishment
of
the
consolidated
tip
district,
but
it's
generally,
you
know
been
coming
down
and
we're
sort
of
leveled
out
at
about
seven
and
a
half
percent.
Now,
once
the
consolidated
district
goes
away
in
a
couple
years,
we
will
be
below
four
percent.
D
So
to
answer
your
question:
is
there
you
know
some
general
guideline
that
says
if
you're
above
X
that's
bad
and
if
you're
below
X
that's
good.
The
answer
is,
it
depends
to
be
asked
for
the
people
who
really
believe
that
the
but-for
test
is
being
followed
in
tax,
increment
financing.
They
argue,
none
of
this
value
would
happen
anyways
without
the
tool
of
the
people
who
believe
some
of
it
would
happen.
D
Anyways
you're,
saying
well
you're
capturing
value
that
would
otherwise
be
on
the
tax
base,
so
but
I
I
can
say
at
this
point
as
compared
to
other
communities,
particularly
in
the
metro
area,
we're
down
in
the
lower
area,
and
once
we
get
down,
you
know
in
2021,
we'll
probably
below
4%
we're
at
a
pretty
low
level,
considering
what
other
folks
are
doing
and
considering
our
history
of
course.
So
you
know
if
that
helps.
Thank
you.
So
with
that
I'd
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions
that
council
members
have.
B
You
mr.
chair,
it's
really
more
of
a
comment
but
I
think
it's
worth
noting
that
the
city
of
Minneapolis
typically
hasn't
used
tax
increment
finance
in
recent
years
on
things
that
a
lot
of
communities
use
the
tool
for,
for
example,
building
infrastructure
in
places
of
the
city
that
are
very
rapidly
growing.
It's
like
a
very
classic
example
of
how
a
lot
of
communities
use
tax
increment
finance.
B
So
if
you
look
at
formerly
industrial
areas
of
the
city
that
are
near
new
transit
lines,
where
we
expect
thousands
or
even
tens,
thousands
of
new
residents,
a
lot
of
communities
would
use
tackling
component
financing
and
that
kind
of
scenario
to
make
the
investments
that
might
help
support
the
new
population,
growth,
pedestrian
improvements,
new
public
spaces,
plazas
transit
improvements
or
bicycle
and
pasture
and
access
I.
Think
it
measure
that.
B
A
Appreciate
that
I
know,
there's
are
some
complicated
restrictions
on
tax,
increment
financing
and
I
also
know
there's
tool.
We
can
use
of
tax
abatement,
which
is
a
little
bit
sometimes
easier
because
we
don't
have
to
deal
with
the
other
jurisdictions
or
the
state
necessarily,
but
I
think
this
has
been
good
to
get
a
little
picture
of
it
today
and
thank
you
for
coming
and
giving
us
an
opportunity
to
start
the
discussion
and
I'm
sure
we'll
have
lots
more
conversations
later.
A
So
with
that
then
I'll
move
to
receive
and
file
that
report,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye
any
posts
say
no.
That
motion
carries
and
I
think
we
could
either
take
a
brief
break
here
to
discuss
the
public
housing
authority
ordinance
so
councilman
Durr.
Why
don't
we
do
that
come
summer?
Schraeder
did
you
have
some
questions?
Yes,.
C
A
This
is
an
ordinance
introduction.
You
may
recall
that
we
had
a
report
to
our
committee
about
the
kind
of
the
I
guess,
the
legal
framework
around
our
relationship
with
the
public
housing
authority.
We
looked
at
the
ordinance
there
and
with
the
assistance
of
our
City
Attorney's
Office
reviewed
that
Minh
glaring
thing
that
stood
out
was.
We
were
referencing
a
1980s
citizen
participation
program
that
the
city
were
not
using
anymore
and
probably
quit
using
it
back
in
the
1990's.
A
We
even
had
difficulty
finding
it,
so
there
was
a
sense
that
that
ordinance
that
hadn't
been
amended
or
updated
since
the
1990s
needed
some
amending.
It
definitely
needed
to
get
into
fresh
look
at
community
engagement
in
those
requirements.
There's
also
I
think
there
was
something
about
quarterly
reports
and
there
are
questions
about
what
exactly
that
means,
and
so
my
intention
was
to
open
it
up.
A
So
we
could
take
a
fresh
look
at
it
to
engage
with
the
public
housing
authority
and
probably
take
several
months
or
even
a
year
to
depending
on
what
we
want
to
look
at.
So
it
was
no
no
big
hurry
but
review
the
ordinance
and
come
up
with
some
potential
amendments
and
then,
but
at
that
time
set
to
public
hearing.
So
this
is
a
small
step
along
the
way,
referring
back
to
staff
from
our
review
there.
Any
other
people
who
have
questions
about
item
number
two
I.
A
Don't
see
any
that
all
right,
all
those
in
favor,
please
say
aye
any
opposed,
say
no.
All
right.
We've
referred
that
to
staff.
Now
we'll
move
on
to
our
final
item,
which
is
a
report
on
the
encampment
on
Hiawatha,
Avenue
and
I.
Think
before
the
presentation
on
the
report,
I
know
that
we
have
some
of
the
residents
of
the
area
who
wish
to
speak,
and
we
also
have
with
us
sergeant
Snyder
who's
been
working
outreach
there.
E
Mr.
chair
good
morning,
thank
you
and
members
of
the
committee.
Thank
you
for
a
long
as
to
hear
this
group
of
five
amazing
individuals
had
met
with
councilmember
Allison
and
calls
from
her
condo
last
week
and
provided
a
story
and
testimony
that
I
felt
was
quite
moving
and
it
was
with
their
invitation
that
they
come
here
today
and
so
they've
prepared
to
speak
for
a
few
moments
and
I
would
just
like
to
introduce
them.
That's:
okay,
that's
hot!
We
have
rose,
Serena,
J,
Shelly
and
Kelly
is
with
us
today.
So
Rose.
Do
you
mind
starting.
F
Thank
you,
my
name's
Roland
I'm.
You
know
here
to
represent
all
the
homeless
people
who
have
been
basically
tending
out
or
anywhere
else,
I'm
a
felon
and
that's
one
thing
that
stops
me
from
getting
on.
Legit
housing
and
I've
been
waiting
for
a
while,
while
I
was
on
the
street.
I
realized
that
you
know
things
would
happen
that
I,
never
thought
would
happen
and
I
have
I've
gone
through
things
like
theft
and
started
drinking
a
lot
more
and
I
just
feel
like.
F
Like
me
for
a
fact,
I
can't
really
I
don't
work
well
with
other
people,
sometimes
just
because
of
my
anxiety.
I
have
anxiety
issues,
so
I
would
like
to
have
mental
health
there
for
support
in
my
house
and
stuff.
So
I
guess
I've
been
sleeping
a
lot
in
places
that
weren't
meant
for
habitation
and
that's
been
a
baby.
F
Thing
that
made
my
mental
issues
a
lot
harder
for
me
to
get
a
job
or
anything
like
that.
So
I
would
need
some
of
like
at
their
therapy,
to
help
me
get
job
placement
or
prepare
me
for
a
job
placement.
So
I
like
that
I
could
might
be
able
to
be
a
part
of
the
community
again
and
because
I
do
have
hopes
and
dreams
of
them
plans
and
want
to
go
back
to
school
and
get
on
my
feet
again.
So
I'm
pretty
much
just
to
make
a
long
story
short
I,
don't
know
the
best.
F
G
G
Haven't
been
able
to
get
housing
because
of
my
background
and
the
income
can't
get
a
job
because
of
that,
and
so
I
just
been
wanting
to
rip
and
run
on
the
streets
because
of
I
haven't
been
able
to
get
a
job
because
of
I'm
in
out
of
jail
and
just
basically
the
deposit
rent.
Don't
have
the
money
to
pay
and
can't
get
a
job.
Because
of
my
background
and
it's
just
hard
so
I
don't
want
to
do
nothing
but
used
and
I
start
treatment.
Today.
G
So
but
I'm
just
I
wish
that
the
new
Americans
weren't
on
the
street
the
way
they
are
not.
Oh,
it's
just
hard
to
see
families
out
there
and
with
their
kids,
and
they
shouldn't
be
out
there
like
that.
It
is
just
hard
and
I
just
hope.
We
can
get
like
shelters
and
lower
the
renter's
income
or
something
or
it's
just
hard,
so
I
just
hope
something
can
get
done.
A
H
That's
my
girlfriend
right
there
you
were
finally
got
a
place
about
a
month
ago,
moved
in
got
all
comfortable
and
then
all
of
a
sudden
he
wanted.
He
came
up
with
the
application
thing
for
the
apartment,
and
once
we
got
the
application,
I
told
him,
I
had
felonies
and
he
just
was
so
money
hungry.
He
got
the
money,
and
five
days
later
you
told
us
we
had
to
go
so
here
we
go
again
out
on
the
street.
H
Me
being
in
and
out
of
prison
of
wrongish
L
towards
the
police
in
the
community
feeling
like
I
can't
be
anything,
but
just
do
it
on
the
street
using
and
carrying
on,
but
today
I
can
say.
There's
officer
that
really
cares
about
us
and
I
know
bears
some
strong
people,
because
we
stick
together
every
night
sleeping
on
the
street
and
with
as
far
as
the
apartment
thing
we
got
kicked
back
out
with
two
bikes
and
a
carrier
for
our
clothes
and
our
belongings.
H
I
G
Hello,
my
name
is
Kelly.
There's
a
lot
of
us
Native
Americans
out
here
that
got
the
same
story:
I've
been
in
and
out
of
prison.
Most
of
my
life
I've
been
sheltered.
Ever
since
I
was
a
young
girl
until
18
ever
since
18
I've
been
in
and
out
of
prison.
Since
then,
like
my
me,
being
a
person
is
like,
what's
holding
me
back
from
getting
housing
right
now
and
having
a
good
job.
I
have
five
children.
G
G
We
just
need
a
lot
of
help
and
before
it
gets
cold
and
I
would
love
to
see
like
most
most
families
get
in
with
their
children
before
anybody
else,
and
then
also
help
with
jobs.
But,
like
me,
being
here
today
helps
helps
me
know
that
I
can
move
forward
and
hope
that
you
guys
can
help
get
us
housing
before
it
does
get
cold.
Thank
you.
Thank.
J
You
know
I'm,
being
everyone
asks.
What
what
do
you
need?
Would
it
we
do?
You
know
what
what
would
really
really
help,
but,
as
you
see
these
real
strong
voices
here,
each
person
has
a
different
story.
You
know
why
they're
there,
sometimes
it's
addiction.
Sometimes
it's
lack
of
of
income.
You
know
that
can't
afford
the
rents.
Nowadays,
illegal
evictions
have
happened
across
the
board,
love
many
people.
J
You
know
application
fees
to
look
for
apartments
that
you're
pretty
sure
you're
not
going
to
get
because
they
do
credit
checks
and
background
checks.
It
check
for
you
DS
and
you
know
I'm.
It
goes
across
the
board.
It
takes.
You
know
not
too
many
people
can
pass
all
those
plus
keep
putting
in
these
application
fees,
which
you
know
it
gives
you
a
sense
of
hopelessness
and
always
working
with
people's
trying
to
get
people
a
sense
of
hope
that
something
will
happen.
I.
J
J
J
J
I'm
not
from
you
know,
I
have
more
questions
and
answers,
but
you
have
to
keep
the
community
involved
and
engaged
and
I'm
talking
about
the
camp
community
not
like.
We
have
here
today
and
engaged
and
give
them
a
voice,
they're
not
used
to
having
a
voice
and
that's
why
you're
not
hearing
what
the
problems
are
native
people
will
just
tend
to
walk
away
and
take
care
of
themselves.
The
best
way
they
can
and
yeah
I
mean
we
are
a
refugee
camp.
J
E
Mr.
chair
Shelly
asked
me
to
say
just
a
couple
of
words
on
her
behalf,
she's
more
comfortable
with
that
she
wanted
to
relate
that
she
is
struggling
and
has
been
attempting
to
get
a
treatment
since
January
and
that
she's
had
a
number
of
experiences
of
overdosing
and
she's
really
wrestling
with
this
process
of
being
actually
able
to
get
into
treatment
and
I
wanted
to
just
relate
those
words
to
her,
because
she
didn't
feel
comfortable,
seeing
it
on
her
own.
K
He
moved
to
Rapid
City,
which
is
my
father
and
he
currently
was
homeless
in
the
camps,
and
he
moved
back
to
Rapid
to
try
and
find
assistance
in
our
tribe,
I
guess
today,
I'm
here
to
just
speak
about
our
history,
that
a
lot
of
us
don't
really
get
educated
about
in
school.
Knowing
that
you
know
our
families,
my
grandma
and
specific,
who
was
homeless
and
passed
away
being
homeless
in
2002,
she
was
part
of
the
boarding
school
era,
and
a
lot
of
that
happened,
you
know,
was
really
really
bad.
K
We
have
the
Dakota
38
that
happened
in
Minnesota
that
just
got
brought
to
attention
that
this
last
10
years.
We
have
you
know
the
Wounded
Knee
Massacre,
which
my
family
in
specific.
It
wasn't.
You
know
our
survivors,
you
know
my
son
is
the
Dakota,
a
38
survivor
as
well
from
his
grandma's,
and
all
of
that
just
happened
so
for
us
today,
I'm
here
just
to
remind
us
that
it's
it's
new,
it's
something
new
to
our
our
families,
I
really
gotta
here
today
and
it's
something
that
we
all
need
to
think
more.
K
Even
you
know
other
people
think
more
less
of
a
reservation
and
more
like
a
nation,
so
we
can
be
together
and
actually
help
because
we
all
know
Minnesota
is
cold
and
you
know
these.
There
are
kids
out
there.
There
truly
are
children
out
there
and
it
is
really
heartbreaking.
So
you
know
just
just
want
to
leave
that
thought
right
there.
You
know
thinking
like
a
nation,
not
a
reservation.
Thank
you.
I.
L
A
L
This
issue
is
not
new.
This
has
been
going
on
for
decades
and
I.
Want
you
guys
to
understand
that,
just
because
it
turned
into
a
campement
now
doesn't
mean
that
it's
a
new
issue,
we're
banding
together
as
a
people
and
we're
working
together
to
try
and
help
our
people,
but
we
need
your
help.
We
need
you
guys
to
step
up.
You
talk
about
being
progressive,
be
progressive.
Do
something
new
make
a
change
because
we're
not
we're
not
changing
anything.
L
The
housing
crisis
is
still
here.
Gentrification
is
occurring
rapidly,
while
I
was
door-knocking.
All
I
kept
hearing
is
I
can't
live
here.
I
can't
move
here,
I
can't
stay
here.
Rents
keep
rising.
Well
guess
what
it's
happening
everywhere,
and
it's
not
just
Native
Americans
at
that
camp.
We're
taking
in
people
from
all
different
races
and
backgrounds-
and
you
got
to
understand
native
americans
were
multiracial,
so
you
might
be
a
Native
American
you've
been
here
for
many
generations.
L
L
I
know
what
it
feels
like
displacing
them
at
the
end
of
the
month
is
not
a
solution,
and
it
cannot
happen
and
we
won't
allow
it
to
happen
not
as
a
community,
so
I
want
you
guys
to
understand
this
situation
is
real
and
we're
not
going
anywhere
until
we
all
work
together
to
come
up
with
a
solution,
and
if
you
don't
want
to
do
the
roof
depot
site,
you
need
to
find
another
solution,
because
the
cold
is
coming.
It's
coming,
and
it's
not
going
to
stir
and
wait
for
politicians
and
politics
and
backroom
talks.
L
It's
not
gonna.
Wait
Abdi's
been
dealing
with
this
situation
by
himself
for
how
long
in
his
district
it's
time
for
all
of
you
guys
to
step
up
and
help.
It
may
not
be
your
district,
but
what,
if
I,
what
if
we
move
the
camp
to
yours,
you
guys
are
all
a
part
of
this
situation.
It
may
not
be
in
your
district,
but
you
have
part
in
it.
You
have
accountability
to
it.
You
guys
all
helped
create
this
problem
now,
let's
all
help
to
fix
it
and
I
need
your
guys's
help
to
do
that.
Thank
you.
I
Who's,
you,
chairman
city
or
the
council,
James
cross,
found
a
lot.
I
mean
honor
of
natives
against
Herren,
we're
out
there
daily
we're
out
there,
making
it
safe
for
our
people.
It's
not
a
sad
story.
It's
a
good
story,
we're
not
homeless.
Today,
right
we
got
tents,
we're
together,
it's
a
family,
it's
like!
If
you
ain't
been
out
there
come
out
there
and
see
you
can
hear
about
it.
I
We
got
barriers
out
there.
We
just
had
OD
last
night,
the
ambulance
couldn't
come
through,
it's
not
like
throwing
a
hot
dog
in
the
hallway
they
can't
got
through.
We
got
to
get
those
barriers
out
of
there
to
sing
about
politics.
This
is
about
real
life,
so
please
wake
up,
have
a
heart
and
understand
for
the
first
people
we
belong
here
so
respect
us
uh-huh.
A
M
M
A
So
I
think
the
committee
needs
to
get
some
more
information.
I
think
we're
hearing
about
sites
for
just
recently,
so
I
think.
That's
it's
good
to
hear
people's
comments
coming
in
here
and
and
to
understand
that
better
and
but
I
suspect
our
staffs
also
been
hearing
about
different
sites
and
locations
and
looking
at
things
and
some
strategies.
I
know
that
there
was
a
report
at
the
Public
Safety,
Committee
and
I
actually
want
to
thank
the
chair
of
Public,
Safety,
Committee
who's
joined
us
today,
Nakano
for
referring
this
to
the
Housing
Committee.
A
What
I'm
hoping
we
get
to
drilling
to
a
little
bit
now?
Is
the
housing
part
of
this
and
what
are
the
housing
solutions?
And
what
can
we
do
to
address
the
situation
and
the
needs?
That's
there
and
also
our
city
coordinator
has
been
tasked
with
coordinating
and
appropriately
on
this
effort
and
so
has
also
been
working
with
other
staff
throughout
the
city
and
other
jurisdictions
and
other
entities
in
the
community
and
is
prepared
to
give
us
a
presentation
and
an
update,
and
it
could
have
some
recommendations
for
us.
So
welcome.
N
N
It
is
why
we
have
been
thinking
hard
and
partnering
with
community
and
to
figure
out
what
can
we
do,
because
the
sense
of
urgency
that
has
been
expressed
is
real
to
us
as
well,
and
we
are
trying
to
find
options
not
just
for
now,
not
just
for
a
problem
that
is
epitomizing
a
larger
problem.
But
thinking
beyond
that
to
say
what
are
we
going
to
do
in
general
for
all
of
our
communities
who
are
facing
homelessness.
N
We
have
the
benefits,
as
we
started,
to
look
into
this
of
having
some
research
and
thinking
about
what
is
what
is
happening
across
the
nation.
We
had
the
National
Law
Center
for
poverty
and
homelessness,
issued
a
report
just
recently,
and
we
were
so
fortunate
to
think
about
it.
But,
as
somebody
was
mentioning,
this
is
not
just
a
problem
that's
happening
today.
It
is
not
just
a
problem
that
is
happening
here.
N
They
tracked
a
hundred
and
eighty-seven
cities,
particularly,
but
did
a
survey
in
2016,
and
you
can
see
that
the
growth
of
encampments
has
grown
from
19
and
2007
to
274
as
of
last
year
and
they're
already
growing
as
of
mid
2017.
At
the
time
of
this
report,
there
were
already
two
255.
It
is
a
growing
issue,
as
we
see
some
of
the
trends
on
encampments.
They
are
showing
that
they
are
growing
in
size
as
well
that,
whereas
perhaps
in
the
past,
you
may
have
seen
2/10
3/10
5/10.
N
We
also
far
saw
that,
while
80%
of
all
encampments
are
found
in
only
seven
states,
with
California
being
by
far
the
state,
with
the
highest
concentration
with
a
hundred
and
twenty
nine
camps
out
of
the
220
that
comprised
this
80%
cluster,
the
next
highest
was
Indiana
with
26.
I
wanted
to
also
share
some
data
about
relevant
Hennepin
County.
N
Annual
concert
I
wanted
to
highlight
and
I
won't,
spend
a
lot
of
these
times
and
the
more
kind
of
academic
slides,
but
to
say
that
the
United
States
interagency
Council
on
homelessness.
They
have
published
they're
an
excellent
resource.
They
have
published
a
guidebook,
really
ending
homelessness
for
people
living
in
encampment
and
advancing
the
dialogues,
and
there
are
some
principles
about
how
to
move
forward
in
a
way
that
really
honors
community
meets
them,
where
they're
at
and
figures
out
how
to
really
do
a
better
implementation
plan.
N
That's
simply
criminalizing
encampment
behavior
and,
as
so
many
people
here
reflected
the
last
one.
The
provision
of
low
barrier
pathways
to
permanent
housing
is
a
key
one.
Thinking
about
those
issues,
whether
it's
affordability
or
whether
it's
felony
convictions
on
your
record.
Those
are
the
things
that
we
really
must
tackle.
They
don't
happen
overnight,
but
if
we
don't
tackle
those,
we
will
continue
to
be
in
the
situation.
Time
and
time
again,
but
I
don't
say
that
lightly
and,
as
we
think
of
solutions,
I
also
take
the
same.
Us
agency.
N
They
have
certainly
cautioned
people
to
say
that
that
diverts
attention
from
the
real
issues
of
finding
people
a
path
to
permanent
housing,
finding
better
options
out
there,
and
so
there
are
some
caveats
about
creating
these
environments
that
they
share
out
and
that
we
have
thought
about.
As
we've
been
discussing
some
of
this
information
I
mentioned
earlier,
that
we
took
that
look
and
that
we
looked
at
that
survey
of
how
municipalities,
how
do
cities
deal
with
this
and
one
of
the
questions
that
had
been
asked
of
made.
N
It
was
to
think
about
and
look
at
best
practices
and
think
about
how
other
folks
had
dealt
with
this
situation
and
I.
I
am
hopeful
to
see
that
there
are
some
communities
that
have
addressed
homelessness
in
more
positive
ways,
but
there
is
a
big
group
of
the
majority
of
jurisdictions
really
move
to
more
punitive
criminalization
approach.
N
The
majority
of
jurisdictions
have
anti
camping
laws
and
disillusion
camps
without
an
attendant
need
to
think
about.
How
do
we
do
outreach?
How
do
we
do
services?
How
do
we
move
forward?
There
are
a
few
jurisdictions
that
have
some
notice
and
some
shelter
requirements,
some
storage
requirements,
because
that
is
something
that
we've
learned
too,
as
we
are
talking
about
the
unsheltered.
N
N
N
What
we
might
call
IDI
use
for
any
given
day,
and
so
where
those
have
worked,
and
there
again
is
some
caution
to
not
simply
build
these
types
of
home
tiny
homes
without
some
of
them
do
not
have
water
facilities
and
if
they're
built
in
isolation
and
not
in
community,
then
that
has
just
moving
down
a
problem
down
the
road
where
we
have
seen
some
of
the
and
I
again
in
the
appendix
to
this.
There
are
pictures
of
them.
N
We
have
seen
some
of
that
being
most
successful
is
where
there
has
been
lots
where
there
are
tiny
home
or
micro,
home
communities
that
allow
for
medical
services
and
sanitation
services
and
so
forth.
Most
of
those
are
again
and
I
have
some
cost
here
highly
expensive,
mostly
funded
by
private
entities,
not
public
entities,
but
these
are
in
the
gamma
of
things
that
we
have
seen
out
there
in
the
universe
of
other
cities
and
states
are,
are
on
the
table.
N
I
mean
the
list
is
here,
but
there
are
more
people
in
the
shadows:
I'm
sure
that
have
been
serving
this
community,
as
we
have
tried
to
figure
out
how
to
best
access
what
they
need
and
and
and
give
some
solutions
to
the
options.
So
I
just
wanted
to
just
share
this
out.
But
importantly,
there
was
a
meeting
last
Friday
that
were
about
75
people.
Strong,
my
understanding
was
I
was
not
able
to
be
there,
but
my
understanding
is
that
there
was
a
coalition.
N
It
was
a
group
of
folks
both
people
from
the
camp
folks
from
natives
against
Hera
and
folks
from
community
organizations,
leadership
from
mud,
the
mayor,
tribal
leadership
who
was
there,
and
there
were
some
concepts
that
were
agreed
upon
about
that
meeting
that
you
see
in
this
picture.
That's
here,
and
one
of
them
is
some
recognition
that
the
current
location
of
the
encampment
is
not
ideal.
It
is
not
sustainable.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
people
are
safe.
Someone
in
community
had
mentioned
that
they're
just
a
car
crash
away
from
a
tragedy.
N
N
Mud
leadership
has
been
working
hard
with
us
to
talk
about
community
organizations
and
really
stepping
up
to
think
about
what
are
the
greater
needs,
and
how
do
we
move
forward
from
here?
We
would
not
be
able
to
be
in
a
place
where
we
are
right
now
without
the
leadership
of
so
many
people
here
and
I
just
wanted
to
recognize
that
and
say
that
out
loud.
N
So
I
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
what
we've
done
so
far
and
what
some
of
our
recommendations
ours
we've
been
tasked
with
a
plan
again,
if
I
look
back
I'll
see
that
we
were
gonna,
do
a
living
and
dynamic
co-created
plan
by
Tuesday
we
have
talked
with
na
with
I'm
sorry.
We
have
talked
with
mud
as
we
are
moving
this
forward
and
they
in
turn
went
into
their
community
to
think
about.
N
What
does
that
look
like,
and
we
have
I
think
the
outlines
of
a
plan
that
we
share
with
you
today,
but
I'll
say
that
part
of
that
plan
remain.
It
is
also
about
retaining
the
stability
of
the
campsite,
as
we
have
right
now,
Gretchen
YZ
again,
our
Commissioner
of
health
is
here
and
she
can
respond
to
some
questions
about
the
medical
needs
of
the
encampment
as
she
comes
up
in
a
bit,
but
I'll
say
that
we
continue
to
provide
portable
toilets
and
hand-washing
stations
garbage
we're
trying
to
increase
that
service,
for
it.
N
We've
installed
some
lights
and
increasing
police
presence
at
the
request
of
community
we're
continuing
to
coordinate
with
local
care
providers
to
assist
with
ongoing
medical
services
so
far
and
I
believe
David
Hewitt
can
speak
to
this
and
a
little
bit
more
detail
as
well,
but
Hennepin
County
and
their
partners
have
done
65.
Housing
assessments
resulting
in
30
housing,
refute
referrals,
and
so
we
continue
to
work
on
that.
N
Our
commitment
moving
forward
is
to
continue
to
do
all
of
that
work
that
supports
the
folks
that
are
in
the
encampment
right
now,
but
also
to
continue
to
contract
to
provide
culturally
and
trauma-informed
peeling
at
the
hygiene
service
center
that
was
recently
created.
It
started,
opened
I
believe
about
a
week
ago
or
two
across
the
street
from
the
encampment.
It
provides
showers
and
a
centralized
place
by
which
folks
can
get
services
or
some
medical
attention,
mobilizing
additional
outreach
workers
to
facilitate
assessment
and
referrals.
N
We
know
that
there
is
a
need
for
additional
outreach
workers
to
make
these
referrals,
and
these
assessments
go
faster
and
quicker
and
deeper
as
more
and
more
people
have
come
to
the
encampment,
coordinating
with
health
care
providers
to
produc,
to
provide
hepatitis,
vaccinations,
rapid
testing
for
infectious
diseases
and
flu
shots,
and
so
we're
working
to
move
that
fairly
quickly.
We're
hoping
to
be
able
to
provide
that
this
week,
or
at
least
in
that
order,
hepatitis
vaccinations
being
sort
of
an
order
of
priority
as
we
move
forward.
N
What
that
looks
like
and
then
one
of
the
things
that
we
wanted
to
really
think
about
is
coordinator
to
provide
stemp,
temporary
storage
solutions,
and
this
issue
of
using
this
issue
of
storage
continues
to
come
up
and
I
wanted
to
show
these,
because
it's
two
prong
one
is
finding
temporary
storage
solutions
for
those
at
the
camp.
What
we're
hearing
somewhat
is
that
some
folks
in
the
encampment
don't
have
don't
have
don't
want
to
leave
their
belongings
behind
that
someone
had
mentioned.
N
There
is
and
I
don't
want
to
say
that's
at
this
camp,
but
because
they're
experienced
perhaps
in
other
shelters,
but
there
is
concern
about
leaving
their
belongings
behind
and
may
not
seek
go
to
hygiene
service
area
or
may
not
in
other
community.
In
other
instances
of
folks
being
not
necessarily
at
the
encampment,
they
will
not
go
to
a
job
training
center
or
not
able
to
access
medical
services
because
they
don't
have
a
place
to
put
their
belongings.
N
So
one
of
the
things
I
wanted
to
point
out
is
some
novel
things
that
we
are
committing
to
in
our
Public.
Works
Department
is
actually
reaching
out
and
looking
for
some
permanent
solutions,
we
want
to
prototype
permanent
storage
at
permanent
lockers
throughout
the
city.
You'll
see
this
first
image
on
the
screen
and
I
apologize
for
those
in
the
audience,
because
it's
small,
but
it
is
also
in
the
packets.
This
is
an
example
of
one
of
the
first
ones,
the
earliest
ones.
To
do
it.
N
It
is
a
locker
system,
twelve
lockers
in
Portugal,
and
the
innovative
thing
about
that
is
that
it
has
a
mail
slot,
so
it
could
serve
as
a
residency
place.
It
can
serve
as
a
place
to
send
mail.
There
are
some
other
lockers.
Some
churches
have
Rubbermaid
bins
that
are
just
numbered,
so
this
can
go
from
very
sophisticated
to
less
so,
but
we
really
want
to
explore
this
because
we
want
community
to
be
able
to
access
it
24/7.
N
It
does
no
good
to
store
your
belongings
and
then
have
to
be
able
to
get
it
out
of
there
at
8:00
or
9:00
at
night,
because
the
church
or
the
shelter
or
the
facility
that
you're
at
is
going
to
close
your
their
doors.
So
we
want
to
really
try
to
provide
24
access
to
storage
in
community
when
folks
need
it
the
most.
So
we're
excited
to
move
forward
on
that,
as
we
continue
to
think
of
options.
N
The
other
interesting
phenomenon
that
we
have
found
in
different
jurisdictions
is
this
creation
of
a
navigation
Center
to
provide
emergency
transitional
services
to
those
that
are
perhaps
hardest
to
connect
with
the
traditional
shelter
system.
We've
heard
some
of
those
barriers
today,
whether
it
is
folks
that
are
that
have
felony
convictions
or
that
have
you
DS
or
that
perhaps
can't
afford
rent
or,
in
certain
circumstances
may
be
struggling
with
addiction.
N
These
are
folks
that
we
cannot
leave
behind
that,
have
the
hardest
time
trying
to
find
traditional
shelter,
housing,
and
so
what
we
have
seen
in
other
jurisdictions
is
they
have
made
what
they
call
navigation
centers.
They
are
a
place
that
we
are
hoping
to
transition
folks
from
the
encampment
to
which
is
finding
a
site
and
I
know
that
the
issue
of
a
site
continues
to
be
something
that
we
are.
N
We
are
mightily
working
on
to
find
a
location,
but
it
is
a
centralized
place
where
we
can
find
safe
beds
and
encompass
and
put
an
intense
case
management
approach
to
really
get
people
to
what
they
need
to
go
to.
As
someone
was
mentioning,
it
is
not
a
blanket
everybody
has
different
needs,
everybody
has
different
realities
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
spend
some
time
in
an
environment
so
that
we
can
make
sure
that
we
get
the
referrals
that
are
right.
These
navigation
centers
can
be
a
variety
of
things.
N
You'll
see,
I've
included
some
pictures
here.
San
Francisco
and
San
Diego
have
used
a
tented
structure.
So
what
I
used
to
call
from
my
old
correctional
days
a
sprung
structure
we
used
in
Puerto
Rico,
for
example,
when
there
are
hurricanes
to
provide
emergency
shelter.
The
example
of
San
Francisco
is
one
of
those
who
were
used
to
house
folks.
Other
folks,
San
Diego
also
has
a
navigation
Center
that
they
took
the
picture.
On
the
left
hand
side,
they
took
an
empty
warehouse
building
and
made
that
an
immediate
emergency
location.
N
To
do
this,
navigation
Center
another
place
in
Seattle,
took
an
abandoned,
building
an
empty
vacant
building
and
turn
that
into
a
navigation
Center
as
well.
So
one
of
our
initial
recommendations
is
to
zero
in
on
those
possible
locations
and
try
to
have
a
site
opened
by
early
October.
That
is
our
commitment
to
try
to
move
folks
out
and
from
the
current
property
on
the
encampment
and
mostly
because
a
winter
is
coming
and
B.
It
is
just
unsafe,
and
so
we
have
been
working
with
our
county
partners
with
our
state
partners.
N
Is
on
the
table?
I
I
would
say
that
it
is.
It
is
not
necessarily
the
most
optimum
sight.
Iii
understand
that
its
proximity
to
community
is
great,
but
I
also
think
that
we
I
wouldn't
want
to
close
doors
and
just
take
the
site
that's
available.
There
are
zoning
issues.
There
are
mold
issues
in
the
facility.
There
are
a
variety
of
other
issues
that
we
want
to
deal
with,
but
I
won't
say
also
that
we'll
take
anything
off
the
table
right
now.
The
urgency
that
we
feel
to
house
people
is
important
and.
A
N
Gordon
and
committee
members-
absolutely
they
can
the
ones
that
we
have
seen
have
been
seen
and
the
ones
the
pictures
I've
portrayed
were
more
in
the
western
coast,
but
Michigan
has
used
them.
Chicago
has
used
them,
they
can
be
equipped
with
heat
and
cooling.
We've
actually
have
some
ourselves
in
our
emergency
management
they're
much
smaller.
They
would
not
fit
a
variety
of
people,
but
we
have
used
them
ourselves
for
emergency
settings
when
we
needed
to
and.
N
I
know
that
the
smaller
ones
that
we
have
in
the
Emergency
Management
area
that
fit
maybe
20
people
if
we
were
to
put
cots
in
there
it's
about
$20,000,
but
there
are
some
efficiencies
and
cost
for
size,
and
so
we
will
be
getting
that
and
part
of
our
recommendation
is
to
come
forward
with
some
funding
options
for
you
as
soon
as
we've
got
those
settled.
Do.
A
N
Gordon
I
think
it's
a
conversation
that
we
have
had
with
the
county.
I
think
that
we
would
be
partnering
with
the
county.
This
is
something
that
we
know
that,
if
services
that
we
need
to
do,
we
would
need
to
provide
case
management
and
at
least
I
have
a
verbal
commitment
from
the
county
to
operate
as
much
as
we
need
to
in
this
navigation
set
I,
don't
I
don't
want
to
put
David
on
the
spot,
so
I
don't
want
him
to
be
responsible
for
the
County.
If
he
had
additional
information,
he
can
certainly
share
it.
N
When
he's
speaking,
but
I'll
say
that
I
have
spoken
to
leadership
at
the
county
and
we
are
all
collectively
trying
to
move
forward
with
an
obligation
to
say
who
can
who
can
run
this
and
it
would
we
would
partner
with,
hopefully
a
community
organization
that
would
be
able
to
provide
that
service.
Okay,.
N
Gordon
councilmember
Ellison
thanks
so
much
we
have.
We
have
a
contact
at
MPs
we
have
been.
We
were
particularly
in
close
contact
with
them
at
the
start
of
school
season.
They
were
really
helpful
in
trying
to
get
students
registered
they
offered
to
give
supplies.
We
have
actually
spoken
to
them
about
possibly
using
a
school,
for
example
as
an
emergency
shelter,
and
that
one
perhaps
was
not
as
positive
and
the
affirmative
as
we
move
forward.
C
Q
Schraeder
councilmembers,
so
one
wants
that
question.
I
just
wish
they
quickly
say:
I
think
the
on-the-ground
mobilization
that
has
been
occurring
on
the
side
through
Nathan's
goeth
heron
and
particularly
been
there
every
day
from
the
outset
by
the
American
Indian
Community
Development
Corporation
outreach
team,
since
Stephens
health
care
for
homeless
and
others
has
been
incredible.
Everyone
stretched
very
thin.
This
is
a
crisis.
Q
It
is
not
a
new
one
to
a
point
that
was
raised
earlier
and
our
role
has
really
been
to
try
and
coordinate
between
those
agencies
that
are
doing
the
front-end
assessment
and
then
supportive
housing
providers
on
the
backend
so
very
relevant
to
the
question
that
coordinated
entry
system,
other
navigation,
centers
and
San
Francisco's.
The
most
famous
example
have
very
closely
linked
their
navigation
centers
to
coordinated
entry
and
those
pathways
in
supportive
housing,
they've
generally
operated
as
very
low
barrier
shelters,
which
is
key.
Q
We
talked
about
the
three
P's,
often
with
this
pets,
partners
possessions
as
being
critical
things,
that
a
lot
of
shelters
are
not
able
to
accommodate
and
then
make
it
easier
for
people
to
come
in
who
may
not
have
been
able
to
access
traditional
shelters,
as
is
often
the
case
with
folks,
we
see
in
Cameron
I'd
like
to
very
quickly.
There
was
some
numbers
earlier
that
I
can
update
a
tiny
bit,
which
will
also
I
think
illuminate
some
of
the
constraints
that
were
operating
within
at
this
point,
so
I
think
six.
Q
The
assessments
were
referenced
in
the
slide.
I
was
at
the
hygiene
service
area
earlier
and
we're
now
pushing
a
hundred
housing
assessments.
The
challenge,
of
course,
is
we
can
do
housing
assessments
all
day
every
day
with
people
coming
in,
but
it's
the
supply
of
housing
available
on
the
back
end,
so
the
number
of
referrals
that
was
up
there
was
thirty
that
has
crept
up
to
35,
but
some
new
options
that
became
available
this
week.
These
are
supportive
housing
programs
in
our
community
for
some
contact
for
those
unfamiliar
with
these
systems.
Q
I
do
want
to
throw
out
that
they
are
not
necessarily
fast
or
simple
either,
though,
a
lot
of
our
permanent
supportive
housing
is
actually
a
form
of
rental,
subsidy
and
ongoing
services,
but
we
still
need
to
find
the
physical
unit
and
landlord
to
take
people
and
you've
heard
very
eloquently
about
a
lot
of
the
barriers
that
exist
in
a
housing
market
like
the
one
we
face
here.
So
we
currently
have
35
people
in
the
pipeline
for
permanent,
supportive
housing
or
other
forms
of
supportive
housing.
Q
Five
people
have
got
into
some
of
the
lowest
barrier
housing
that
does
exist
in
our
community
again
through
the
American
Indian
Community
Development
Corporation
of
the
35
in
the
pipeline,
we're
worried
about
ten
breaking
down.
There
are
a
lot
of
challenges
as
we
work
through
these
processes
with
people,
so
I
just
want
to
put
out
there
that
we
can
connect
people
to
these
systems.
Q
There
isn't
enough
housing
at
the
end
of
it,
and
the
process
is
not
necessarily
as
fast
or
as
easy
to
navigate
as
we
would
like,
and
just
the
a
couple
of
points
that
came
up
in
the
presentation
again
being
there
earlier
and
seeing
the
demand
come
in
and
the
number
of
people
on
the
ground.
It's
an
incredible
mobilization.
We
are
stretched
very
thin,
particularly
for
that
kind
of
outreach
and
navigation
part
of
the
process.
A
R
It
takes
a
lot
to
get
down
here
and
to
testify,
and
so
I'm
really
privileged
to
be
a
part
of
this
journey
with
you
to
figure
out
how
we're
going
to
solve
this
issue.
I've
also
just
wanted
to
wanted
to
say
that
I've
been
extremely
impressed
with
the
work
of
our
sergeant
a
Snyder
here.
Who's
I
think
trust
and
reputation
in
the
community
has
earned
us
today.
R
Ideally,
we
would
get
something
together
and
located
within
the
next
three
weeks
and
I
also
just
want
to
share
that
when
I
met
with
the
residents
last
week,
Shelly,
if
it's
okay
with
you
I
I,
think
your
baby's
doing
November
right,
and
so
we
have
that
timeline
too.
So
I
just
want
to
remind
us
that
we
are
on
native
land.
R
We
are
on
your
land
and
we
need
to
make
a
decision
that
you
are
supporting
and
that
you're
advocating
for
today.
I
believe
that
this
is
your
land.
I,
believe
that
it's
my
responsibility
to
represent
you
on
this
council
I
hope
the
rest
of
our
council
members
do
too.
It's
not
a
coincidence
that
a
majority
of
the
residents
at
the
camp
are
Native
American,
that's
not
a
coincidence.
There
are
deep
structural
issues
that
we
need
to
address
that
we
have
the
power
to
address
today.
R
At
this
meeting,
we
have
all
of
the
assets
all
of
the
privilege
at
our
disposal
to
address
the
situation,
give
it
a
clear
solution
and
give
it
direction.
I
do
not
want
to
see
us
wait
for
the
county
to
respond.
I
do
not
want
to
see
us
wait
for
Minneapolis
Public
Schools
to
make
up
their
mind.
I
do
not
want
to
see
us
wait
for
mPHA
to
come
up
with
an
idea.
We
have
land
currently
under
our
disposal.
R
Seven
acres
in
my
ward,
which
is
the
roof
depot
site
which
the
metropolitan
urban
Indian
directors
group
has
sent
a
letter
to
all
of
us
that
I
shared
with
you
asking
for
that
site
to
be
a
place
where
the
encampment
could
go.
You
do
not
have
any
opposition
from
the
city
council.
Member
of
doing
that
residents.
In
fact,
from
east
phillips
are
saying,
this
is
the
best
idea
ever
so
I
just
want
to
reiterate
to
us
that
this
land
belongs
to
indigenous
people
and
that
we
have
a
responsibility
to
make
their
racial
equity
decision.
Today.
R
That's
going
to
clearly
set
us
on
course
to
find
homes
for
the
folks
that,
yes,
in
the
next
three
weeks,
would
be
transitional
but
commitment
to
ensure
that
Shelly
has
a
home
to
raise
her
child,
where
you
can
continue
to
do
your
work
in
your
community
and
bring
your
children
back
to
you
where
I
know,
Karen
you've
been
doing
a
lot
of
work
too
in
the
community,
where
we
can
be
building
neighborhoods
together
and
be
together
as
residents.
So
for
me,
I'm,
a
hundred
percent
behind
the
roof
depot
idea.
I.
R
Think
the
the
question
of
how
we
make
it
happen
is
more
about
logistical
dance
that
we
need
to
have
with
each
other
and
to
recognize
our
privilege
and
to
make
that
happen.
I,
don't
think
that
it's
rocket
science
to
figure
out
how
to
make
this
happen
within
the
next
three
to
four
weeks,
and
with
that
I
will
say
that
I've
been
very
thankful
for
the
work
that
Nuria
has
led,
as
our
city
coordinator,
I've,
seen
her.
R
You
know,
through
emails
and
in
meetings
and
conversations
and
rushing
from
here
to
there
really
owning
this
you
and
giving
it
depth
and
bringing
all
the
different
players
together
and
now
I
think
it's
our
turn
as
policymakers
to
really
make
a
commitment
and
put
our
votes
where
our
mouths
are.
Thank
you.
A
B
A
N
Gordon,
thank
you.
I'll
say
that
we
certainly
have
looked
at
some
of
those.
Those
are
some
of
those
use,
the
same
structures
we
did
not
list.
We
did
not,
for
example,
have
all
274
encampment
options
in
here.
We've
got
some
tiny
home
communities.
We
don't
have
them
all.
There
are
a
variety
of
options
that
exist
as
we
as
we
have
seen
that,
and
just
for
the
sake
of
trying
to
get
a
presentation
and
the
brevity
we
do
not
list
them
all
here,
but
we
are
acknowledging
of
that.
N
I
want
to
say
that,
as
we
continue
to
think
about
again
those
options
and
trying
to
find
those
funding
sources
that
we
know
as
a
group
that
the
navigation
Center
is
but
one
solution.
It
is
an
immediate
solution
right
now
to
the
fact
that
winter
is
coming
and
a
sense
of
urgency
about
what
that
looks
like.
But
beyond
that
the
encampment
has
highlighted
more
systemic
issues,
and
we
have
talked
to
about
looking
at
sand
again.
We've
talked
about
this.
N
That,
too
were
working
to
identify
that's
a
longer-term
issue,
but
we're
looking
to
identify
site
options
for
this
culturally
focused
model
and
that
we
will
report
back
to
Council,
but
we
are
working
not
just
ourselves
in
the
city,
but
with
our
county
and
our
state
partners,
along
with
our
community
partners,
as
we
move
that
forward.
So
that
is
a
second
prong
of
a
recommendation.
N
We
also
think
that
there
is
a
variety
of
options
as
we
continue
to
think
about
it.
We
want
to
affirm
our
commitment
to
work
collaboratively
there.
This
issue
again
has
highlighted
not
just
the
encamp
the
issues
of
this
encampment,
but
it
has
highlighted
the
issues
of
the
unsheltered
and
the
homeless
in
general.
So
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
learn
from
this.
If
we
do
not
learn
the
lessons
of
this
encampment
than
we
have
done
ourselves
a
disservice,
so
we
want
to
see
what
has
what
has
worked
well
and
for
me
again.
N
I
have
to
say
that
the
collaboration
with
community
and
with
community
leadership
has
been
essential
to
us
moving
forward
and
to
being
able
to
provide
quickly
and
acts
and
react
quickly
when
there
is
a
need
at
the
camp.
The
other
opportunity
that's
come
up
is
convening
with
tribal
council
leaders
and
other
organizations
from
across
the
state
to
continue
to
deepen
relationships
and
increase
partnerships.
We
saw
a
variety
of
tribal
council
leaders
and
organizations
come
to
the
city
come
to
the
encampment.
N
How
do
we
help
our
people,
as
I
have
heard
from
many
folks
in
community
and
I,
will
channel
a
little
bit
of
Robert
Liljegren
former
councilmember?
How
do
we
help
our
relatives
as
we
are
here
and
I
really
take
that
to
heart?
How
do
we
continue
to
deepen
those
relationships
and
I
think
that's
an
important
part
of
this?
There
are
a
variety
of
things
as
we
continue
to
think
about
shortening
homelessness
by
developing
constructive
alternatives
to
criminalization.
N
N
The
individuals
needs
with
the
availability
of
resources,
a
series
of
other.
These
are
recommendations
that
some
of
them
are
in
the
pipeline
and
some
of
them
are
for
the
longer
term,
issues
that
contribute
to
homelessness,
preventing
homelessness
by
strengthening
housing,
protections
and
elimination
of
unjust
convictions.
I
know
that
there
are
several
efforts
in
the
pipeline
and
I,
not
specifically
Council
President,
Lisa,
bender
and
Jeremiah
Austin,
who
have
proposed,
are
doing
an
a
working
ordinance
on
renters
protection,
and
that
too
will
help
and
contribute
to
ending
chronic
homelessness
as
we
move
forward.
N
Another
recommendation
is
to
continue
to
think
about
ending
homelessness
by
taking
steps
to
increase
access
to
an
availability
of
affordable
housing,
and
my
now
new
friend
David
Hewitt
has
said
that
those
earning
30,
AMI
and
less
is
the
target
the
sweet
spot.
It
is
really
for
the
people
that
make
the
lowest
I
or
to
no
income,
as
councilmember
Cano
has
remarked
to
me
continuing
to
support
and
act
on
a
city
policy
that
writes
down
the
cost
of
city-owned
land
to
support,
affordable
housing
and
continuing
to
fund
local
Housing.
N
These
are
some
of
the
examples
that
Hennepin
County
has
shared
with
less
about
moving
forward
on
trying
to
address
the
issue
of
homelessness.
Furthering
integration
of
housing
and
employment
services
is
pioneered
through
the
L
100
day,
challenge
on
youth
homelessness
that
helped
236
youth
into
housing
and
157
into
employment,
education
and
training
in
order
to
provide
both
housing
stability
and
pathways
into
careers
building
out
the
communities
coordinated
entry
systems
more
effectively
and
efficiency
match
services
to
individual
needs,
which
has
helped
more
than
150.
N
People
were
the
longest
histories
of
homelessness
and
greatest
vulnerabilities
and
disabilities
move
into
permanent
housing.
In
the
last
12
months,
increasing
coordination
between
homelessness
and
housing,
services
and
other
mainstream
services
of
the
state
county
and
community
Minor
connect
pilot
that
is
offering
a
new
model
to
support
for
15
and
17
year
olds.
Experience
homelessness
through
partnership
with
child
welfare
and
child
protection
sources,
and
systems
continuing
to
expand
the
variety
of
housing
support
programs
available
through
the
state
county
and
community
partners
for.
N
N
If
you
have
questions
from
them,
I
don't
need
to
go
into
all
of
these,
but
I'll
share
that
in
the
appendix
we
talked
a
little
bit
about
those
short
to
mid-term
housing
options.
I
mentioned
three
jurisdictions
that
had
these
courtyard
opportunities.
San
Diego
has
a
industrial
tent
that
holds
up
to
325
people,
San
Antonio,
San,
Diego,
San
Antonio
has
what
they
call
haven
for
Hope
and
Las.
Vegas
has
recently
modeled
their
courtyard
after
the
Haven
for
Hope
model
in
San
Antonio
and
just
again
as
an
example.
N
These
are
longer-term
options
down
the
road,
but
just
so
that
you
know
in
your
packet,
we've
got
a
series
of
tiny
homes
or
micro
villages.
All
of
those
have
different
cost
to
them.
Follow
had
different
possibilities,
but
where
they
have
worked
the
best
or
where
there
are
community
services
attached
to
it,
where
there
is
a
sense
of
not
a
one-off,
but
a
community
where
this
has
worked
with
that
council
members
I'm
certainly
happy
to
stand
for
questions
I'll.
N
A
Thank
you
very
much,
I,
don't
see
any
questions
right.
No,
what
I'd
like
to
do
I
would
like
to
acknowledge,
though,
a
couple
people
who
are
here,
robert
Liljegren
and
Mariel
guard
from
the
urban
Indian
directors
group,
and
also
I
Tony
still
day
from
Red
Lake,
appreciate
you
being
here,
I
think
I'm
going
to
move
to
make
a
staff
direction
based
on
your
recommendations
right
now
and
let
the
community
have
some
discussions
and
we'll
see
if
there's
questions,
unless
somebody
wants
to
take
some
time
for
something
else,
customary
also
I.
P
N
A
T
O
Good
afternoon
members
of
the
committee,
mr.
chair,
my
name
is
Gretchen.
Music
and
I
am
the
commissioner
of
health.
We
were
asked
to
do
some
research
on
supervised
injection
sites,
and
you
do
have
a
one-page
fact
sheet.
I
believe
it
looks
like
this
I
just
before
I
summarized
that
I
just
want
to
place
it
in
context
with
the
other
work
that
we're
doing
with
the
encampment
that
just
the
sheer
number
of
people
that
are
living
in
a
place
that
was
not
designed
for
habitation.
O
Our
first
priorities
have
been
hygiene
and
safety
and,
as
you've
heard,
we've
arranged
for
toilets
and
hand-washing,
and
potable
water
and
waste
pickup
and
sharps
containers.
Our
second
priority
is
infectious
diseases,
and
so
we've
tried
to
again
prioritize
within
that
looking
at
hepatitis,
A
vaccine,
which
we
hope
to
be
in
the
field
being
offered
to
folks
this
week,
also
offering
some
testing
for
other
infectious
diseases
like
hiv/aids,
hepatitis,
C
and
syphilis,
and
then
a
third
priority
with
the
emerging
flu
season.
We'd
also
like
to
make
vaccine
for
that
available.
O
O
O
We
have
also
asked
the
State
Health
Department
to
explore
the
ways
of
lifting
liability
issues
for
the
community
clinics
that
serve
the
area
and
we've
been
asked
to
explore
whether
or
not
declaring
a
public
health
emergency
would
be
in
the
it
doesn't
look
like
it
is,
but
they
do
have
some
other
solutions
and
we're
sharing
those
solutions
with
the
clinics
at
this
time
for
their
reaction.
So
that
brings
us
to
the
supervision,
the
supervised
injection
site,
which
is
really
a
tactic
in
a
harm
reduction
approach
to
the
opioid
epidemic
and
so
I.
O
Don't
I
would
be
remiss
if
I
weren't,
to
mention
that
the
mayor
has
formed
a
multi-jurisdictional
team
on
opioid
use
and
they
will
be
coming
forward
with
recommendations
and
so
I
want
to
honor
honor
that.
But
let
me
turn
to
the
fact
sheet
that
you
have
so
supervised.
Injection
sites
are
also
known
as
safe
consumption
sites
or
facilities
are
designed
for
people
who
acquire
illegal
drugs
elsewhere
and
inject
them
under
the
supervision
of
trained
healthcare
providers.
O
Planning
and
advocacy
for
such
facilities
in
the
United
States
has
accelerated
recently
in
response
to
the
rising
number
of
opiate
related
overdose
deaths.
As
of
July
18th,
no
sanctioned
supervised
injection
sites
have
opened
in
the
United
States,
because
decisions
related
to
official
supervision
injection
sites
in
the
u.s.
remain
pending.
There
is
no
way
for
us
to
fully
weigh
the
liability
and
legality
under
federal
law,
but
we
do
have
some
hints
in
December
13th
of
2017.
O
The
united
states
attorney
off
Attorney's
Office
in
the
District
of
Vermont
stated
that
the
proposed
sites
would
violate
federal
criminal
laws,
including
those
prohibiting
use
of
narcotics
and
maintaining
a
premises
for
the
purpose
of
narcotics
use.
It
is
a
crime
not
only
to
use
illicit
substances
but
to
manage
and
maintain
sites
on
which
such
drugs
are
used
and
distributed.
Thus,
exposure
to
criminal
charges
would
arise
for
users
and
site
workers
and
overseers
the
properties
that
host
sites
would
also
be
subject
to
federal
forfeiture.
O
Just
this
last
week,
the
Department
of
said
that
they
would
take
Swift
and
aggressive
action
against
any
such
approaches.
In
addition,
Minnesota
State
Chapter
150
two
addresses
drugs
and
controlled
substances,
drug
paraphernalia
and
related
crimes.
Possession
of
drug
paraphernalia
is
prohibited
by
Minnesota
statute,
which
could
be
interpreted
to
apply
to
workers
in
supervised
injection
sites.
So
those
are
all
legal
issues
that
would
need
to
be
taken
on
by
the
city.
O
If
this
is
an
approach
that
we
want
to
pursue
harm
reduction
advocates
have
pointed
to
the
success
of
sites
in
other
countries
in
terms
of
reducing
deaths
and
overdose
and
increases
in
getting
people
into
treatment.
A
recent
meta-analysis,
which
is
a
meta-analysis,
is
when
they
look
at
many
studies
and
kind
of
pile,
the
studies
up
on
top
of
each
other
and
see
if
their
findings
are
pointing
in
the
same
direction.
It
has
showed
a
small,
positive
effect
on
outcomes.
O
So
the
reason
I
started
by
talking
about
this
as
a
tactic
in
a
harm
reduction
strategy,
is
to
put
this
in
context
and
to
think
about
what
the
positives
and
the
liabilities
might
be,
or
the
challenges
in
moving
forward
and
to
urge
you
to
think
also
of
other
strategies
in
concert
with
that
one
so
that
we
might
continue
to
make
progress
and
I.
Imagine
that
the
multi-jurisdictional
team
on
opioids
will
will
bring
forward
recommendations
on
those
other
strategies.
Stanford
questions.
Thank.
P
O
Can
bring
in
some
information
that
might
exist
about
that
one
particular
site.
My
colleagues
across
the
country,
I,
have
had
many
conversations
with
them
and
heard
presentations
from
other
public
health
agencies
that
are
looking
into
this
issue
and
to
date
they
have
not
been
able
to
move
forward,
but
I
will
get
you
more
information
about
it
and.
P
I
mostly
wanted
to
bring
this
as
a
as
a
conversation
I
mean
I
would
like
to
come
up
with
a
solution
that
I
think
is
workable,
but
I
know
that
there's
been
some
conversation
around.
You
know
the
barriers
to
housing,
the
barriers
to
shelter,
and
certainly
chemical
dependency,
is
one
of
them
and
I
think
that
we've.
What
I
like
about
this
option
is
that
it's
it's
an
option
that,
if
done
in
conjunction
with
shelter
or
or
housing,
could
really
help
folks
not
be
set
up
to
fail
and
then
lose
their
shelter
or
housing,
whereas
I'm.
P
You
know
I'm
fearful
now
that
we'll
get
a
lot
of
folks
sort
of
housed
or
placed
in
an
emergency
sense,
and
then,
because
of
you,
know,
rules
around
chemical
dependency,
drug
use,
you
know
we're
basically
setting
them
up
to
setting
them
up
to
fail.
It
would
a
basic
sort
of
summary
be
that
there's
that
this
is
globally,
more
or
less
an
effective
model,
but
like
Jeff
Sessions
finds
it
unsavory.
Is
that
sort
of
the
stance
of
the
federal
government.
O
Mr.
chair
most
remember,
Ellis
and
I'm
I'm
not
going
to
interpret
the
federal
government
for
you,
but
I
would
also
add
to
your
maybe
list
of
strategies.
There
I
think
there's
a
great
deal
more.
We
can
do
with
medically
assisted
treatment,
and
there
have
been
some
recent
changes
to
make
it
possible
for
more
physicians
to
be
involved
in
that
and-
and
there
are
issues
around
the
caseload
that's
allowed
for
physicians.
In
order
to
oversee
that
kind
of
approach,
there
are
settings
in
which
it
could
be
offered
more
readily,
including
criminal
justice
settings.
O
There
are
certainly
a
lot
of
works
been
done.
The
community
already
around
naloxone
availability
for
not
just
first
responders,
but
people
in
the
community
and
I
think
that's
a
step
towards
a
similar
harm
reduction.
There's
also
interest
in
the
community
and
and
fentanyl
test
strips
so
that
people
can
have
a
better
idea
of
what
kind
of
substances
they
are
exposing
themselves
to,
and
certainly
all
of
our
needle
exchange
work.
That
includes
clean
supplies
and
alcohol.
Swabs
is
another
small
part
of
how
reduction
and
so
I
think.
O
J
J
Q
T
Thank
You
mr.
chair
council
members
think
we're
taking
so
much
of
your
time
to
hear
about
this
issue,
and
first
I
just
want
to
turn
to
that
community
members
and
the
residents
of
the
camp
and
Suchi
meegwetch
for
coming
down
here
and
for
telling
those
stories.
Those
were
incredible
and
for
really
helping
all
of
us
understand
what
it
will
take
to
get
to
sustainable
solutions
and
just
deployed
on
my
part
on
on
behalf
of
the
Metro
urban
Indian
directors.
T
We
look
forward
to
being
your
partner
in
helping
bring
your
voice
into
into
this
conversation
and
so
I'm
Robert
Liljegren
I
am
CEO
of
Native
American,
Community,
Development
Institute,
and
also
the
vice
chair
of
the
Metro
urban
Indian
directors
and
I
just
want
to
point
out.
There
are
other
mod
meant
to
urban
Indian
directors
organizations
for
sharing
day
of
the
nudist
people's
task
force,
Chris
Mary
Lagarde
from
Minneapolis
American,
Indian
Center,
dr.
T
It
still
is,
and
this
is
sort
of
the
result
and
I
just
thought
was
beautiful.
When
our
sister
Rose
talked
about
her
hopes
and
dreams
and
I
think
in
a
lot
of
ways.
That's
all
really
talking
about
what
it's
trying
to
give
people
space
to
express
their
hopes
and
dreams
and
to
live
out
their
hopes
and
dreams.
T
So
I'm
really
grateful
for
your
help
and
I
want
to
say
publicly
the
help
of
organizations
like
natives
against
heroin,
who
have
been
incredible
at
direct
outreach
and
an
incredible
partner
and
the
outreach
workers
at
American,
Indian,
Community,
Development
Corporation
as
well.
There's
a
couple
of
depart
city
departments
I
want
to
make
sure
to
highlight,
and
one
is
the
city
coordinators,
office
and
Nordea
has
just
been
incredible
and
really
second
councilmember
Connells
comments
and
she's
been
responsive
and
available.
We're
almost
like
best
friends.
T
Snyder
who's
just
done
incredible
work
until
Mudd
stands
as
a
partner
in
this,
and
what
is
a
40
plus
year,
Leadership
Forum
in
the
Native
American
community
and
we've
had
a
number
of
formal
and
informal
relationships
with
the
city,
and
we
look
forward
to
continuing
to
work
together
and
and
to
let
you
know
that
mut
membership
have
redirected
our
resources
to
crisis
response
when
we
really
don't
know
where
those
resources
are
coming
from.
But
because
this
is
such
a
phenomenon
within
the
community,
we
felt
it
was
important
to
do
that.
T
The
members
have
set
up.
As
you
heard,
the
hygiene
and
service
area
donated
donor
and
volunteer
coordination
and
Minnesota
Indians
Resource
Center,
for
example,
has
hired
three
additional
staff
to
help
with
the
community's
response
into
better
interface
with
the
agencies
that
are
that
are
looking
to
help
us
and
in
on
I,
bring
greetings
from
patina
Park.
Who
is
the
director
of
Minnesota
humans,
Resource
Center
in
the
chair
of
the
Metro
urban
Indian
directors?
T
You've
heard
it
directly
from
the
source
what
these
barriers
are,
and
you
know
that
we
need
to
move
forward
to
together,
to
address
them
and,
but
my
hope
is
and
I
think
hope
of
many
of
us
is
through
this
crisis
response.
We
can
put
systems
in
place
and
ways
of
doing
business
together
that
really
bring
the
community
voice
forward
to
find
the
strongest
solutions
and
that
these
systems
endure
beyond
the
crisis
response.
So
mud
is
committed
to
the
plan,
that
is
the
multi
jurisdictional
plan
that
is
taking
shape
or
short-term
midterm
and
long-term
solutions.
T
A
D
A
U
U
It's
taken
a
lot
of
time
to
get
that
far,
but
I
wanted
to
really
quickly
kind
of
let
you
know
that
I've
been
working
through
backchannels
with
relationships
with
tribes
who
have
stepped
out
and
said
that
they
want
to
help
support.
The
relatives
in
the
urban
core
I
came
close
to
having
a
solution
for
some
on-site
medical
services
through
a
relationship
with
one
tribe,
but
then
had
to
drop
back
from
that
plan.
U
A
couple
weeks
ago,
but
I
formed
a
relationship,
nak
and
another
private
entity
has
formed
a
relationship
with
the
Red
Lake
nation
and
we
will
be
out
in
the
encampment
on
Monday,
providing
eight
hours
of
medical
on-site
services
Monday
through
Friday,
and
we've
created
a
financial
structure
that
will
support
that.
So
we're
really
excited
about
that.
We're
excited
that
tribes
and
community
and
private
entities
have
come
together
to
solve
that
conundrum.
We'll
be
releasing
a
press
release
about
that
by
the
end
of
the
week
and
announcing
that
structure
publicly.
U
But
I
wanted
to
really
quickly
make
some
comments
about
the
conversation
around
safer
injection
and
safer
consumption
sites.
The
evidence
worldwide
shows
and
demonstrates
that
the
significant
benefit
of
having
safer
consumption
sites
in
a
situation
such
as
what
the
one
we
are
facing
right
now
with
the
opiate
crisis
in
our
country
in
other
countries
all
over
the
world
throughout
Europe
throughout
other
other
countries
and
even
third-world
countries
where
they
practice
these
practices.
It's
been
a
practice
that
has
demonstrated
the
capacity
to
save
lives
and
help
people
get
into
healthcare.
U
In
my
own
clinic,
we
got
a
grant
about
a
year
ago
from
the
county
are
actually
the
state.
The
Minnesota
Department
of
Health
gave
us
a
safer
use,
grant
to
help
us
to
do
syringe
services
in
within
our
community,
and
recently
we
augmented
that
contract
to
start
doing
hepatitis,
C
screening
screenings
and
also
HIV
screenings,
but
one
of
the
things
we
learned
when
we
started
doing
syringe
services
in
our
clinic
when
a
harm
reduction
model
was,
we
found
significant,
a
couple
of
really
significant
things.
U
Almost
immediately.
We
found
that
some
of
the
people
that
were
coming
in
for
syringes
services
hadn't
been
connected
to
primary
care
in
over
a
year
or
two,
sometimes
three
years
we
were
able
to
identify
and
get
a
number
of
patients
who
had
who
used
to
be
back
patients
and
be
connected
to
care
primary
care
with
significant
chronic
care
conditions
that
were
greater
and
more
impactful
than
even
just
their
whole
UD
disorder.
U
U
We've
we've
seen
a
significant
uptick
since
we
agreed
to
be
the
location
in
the
site
that
would
take
dirty
needles
and
and
dispose
of
them
with
increased
support
from
the
state
in
the
county.
In
the
city,
we've
seen
a
significant
uptick
and
needles
coming
into
our
hunter,
our
clinic
that's
a
critical
thing
for
us
to
pay
attention
to,
because
in
south
Minneapolis
our
streets,
our
parks
are
littered
with
needles
with
dirty
needles,
which
poses
a
significant
hazard
to
children
and
other
people
who
just
are
walking
in
public
in
public
areas.
U
So
I
save
her
consumption
site.
While
it
is
challenging
right
for
the
things
that
you
sent
to
said
you
know,
Jeff
Sessions
has
come
out
and
said
that
he
would,
you
know
significantly
swoop
quickly.
I
would
really
you
know.
I
would
really
ask
the
council
to
consider
the
anyway
this
this
challenge.
It's
not
an
easy
decision
to
make,
but
it's
one
of
the
most
humane
things
that
we
could
do,
and
it's
probably
one
of
the
most
swiftest
things.
U
That's
Ground,
Zero
in
the
urban
area
for
for
opiate,
opiate
overdoses,
Native
Americans
suffer
from
opiate
overdoses
in
the
state
of
Minnesota,
six
to
seven
times
greater
than
the
rest
of
population
nationwide.
When
we
look
at
the
ten
top
Native
American
communities
across
the
United
States
in
terms
of
the
highest
rates
of
overdoses,
Minnesota
is
two
to
three
times
higher
than
this
next
second
state.
So
we
have
a
crisis
here
that
is
of
epic
proportions
right
here
in
your
backyard
and
I'm
asking
you
to.
U
P
Not
gonna
like
give
a
staff
Direction
anything
about
this,
but
I
I
do
want
to
be.
You
know.
Let
folks
know
that
I
will
be
following
up
on
this.
I
think
that
I'm
glad
that
we
had
like
a
medical
professional
come
up
and
like
able
to
in
our
staff,
is
also
medical
professionals,
health
professionals,
so
I,
don't
I'm,
not
making
any
kind
of
statement
there,
but
just
to
just
to
affirm
sort
of
this
as
a
solution,
I
think
is
really
important.
When
I've
been
mentioning
this.
P
The
last
couple
of
weeks,
I
feel
like
I've
had
a
handful
of
people.
Look
at
me
like
like
a
pro
heroine
or
something
like
I'm
and
I.
Don't
think
that
that's
the
the
goal!
The
goal
is
that
this
could
this
could
actually
be
a
prerequisite
to
treatment
right
and
I.
Think
that
fentanyl
scripts
and
and
some
of
the
other
harm
reduction
tactics
are
great
tactics.
We
should
be
doing
them,
but
I
don't
want
to
see
us
house
people
in
an
emergency
situation.
P
You
know
put
certain
restrictions
that
they
chemically
cannot
meet
and
then,
when
we
find
perronnette
paraphernalia
in
their
rooms
or
wherever
we
put
them
back
out
on
the
street
and
make
speeches
about
personal
responsibility,
it
might
be
an
unsavory
solution.
But
is
you
know,
but
is?
Is
a
Hep
C
outbreak?
P
A
Now
I
mean
I
would
like
the
staff
to
report
back
on
September
20th.
That's
at
our
community
of
the
whole
meeting,
at
least
with
an
update
about
the
emergency
navigation,
Center
I
think
that's
key
and
it's
critical
and
if
we're
expecting
anything
in
place
by
October
1st,
which
seems
unlikely
this.
This
isn't
all
in
the
staff
direction.
But
this
is
something
we
need
we'll
have
to
have
some
big
decisions,
probably
made
by
the
20th
to
know
what's
happening.
A
We
and
I
would
also
like
to
have
the
timeline,
the
costs
and
the
funding
sources
for
that
as
soon
as
possible.
In
terms
of
the
other
project,
the
transitional
housing
project
I'm
directing
staff
to
report
back
to
this
committee
on
October
24th,
with
an
implementation
plan
for
both
of
those
steps,
should
present
to
implementation
scenarios.
A
And
others
who
are
supporting
the
encampment
residents,
as
well
as
the
residents
themselves
to
assist
in
determining
the
program
programming
requirements
of
the
navigation,
Center
and
the
longer
term
transitional
housing
project.
So
with
the
specific
language
before
committee
members,
you
have
any
questions
or
comments.
Councilmember
Goodman.
S
S
It's
important
for
us
to
move
slowly
to
ensure
that
when
we
say
we're
going
to
do
something,
we
actually
do
it
should
we
follow
through,
and
we
make
sure
that
all
the
pieces
are
in
place,
and
this
is
why
I
very
much
appreciate
the
general
staff
direction.
I.
Do
watch
a
note,
though,
that
on
item
number
to
one
or
more
culturally,
focused
and
informed
transitional
housing
options,
if
that
is
some
sort
of
permanent
housing.
S
So
I
guess
I'm
going
to
call
out
the
elephant
in
the
room
that
no
one
else
is
willing
to
call
out
I,
don't
see
any
leadership
from
the
county
here.
I
did
Jake
I,
think
you're
great
and
I
respect
the
work
you're
doing
but
you're,
not
the
County
Administrator
you're,
not
an
elected
official
right
and
I
I'm
frustrated
that
a
primary
activity
of
the
county
is
dealing
with
homelessness,
and
this
is
the
ultimate
in
homelessness.
Crisis
and
I
am
grateful
to
councilmember,
Cano
and
councilmember.
S
Warsaw
may
and
the
mayor
have
stepped
off,
but
the
truth
of
the
matter
is
the
county
is
twice
the
size
of
the
city
and
it's
ironic
that
they're
building
you
know
a
train
for
1.9
billion
dollars,
while
homeless
people
are
sleeping
on
the
trail,
it's
very
very
frustrating,
and
so
we
will
do
our
part,
because
the
city
has
learned
through
our
colleagues
like
councilmember
Liljegren.
That
trust
between
the
American
Indian
community
and
the
city
has
been
had
lacked
years
ago
has
built
up
to
the
best
place.
S
That's
ever
been,
and
in
many
ways
you
trust
this
entity
of
government.
You
want
to
work
with
us,
but
we
don't
have
the
deepest
pockets
and
we
should
hold
our
colleagues
at
other
level
of
levels
of
government
accountable
for
stepping
up,
because
we
will
not
be
able
to
pay
for
this
ourselves.
This
is
an
emergency
and
there
needs
to
be
a
very
broad-based
response
to
it,
and
I
definitely
do
not
want
to
make
promises
that
we
cannot
keep.
S
S
You
bared
your
souls
to
us
and
our
responsibility
now
is
to
hear
that
voice
and
to
try
to
work
with
you
in
an
honest
and
compassionate
way,
and
so
I
would
urge
us
our
incredible
public
health
commissioner,
our
city
coordinator
and
our
C
ped
director,
as
well
as
the
good
folks
in
the
police
department
to
implore
upon
the
county
to
step
up
now.
This
is
the
time
we
don't
need
this
kind
of.
S
Maybe
they
need
this
kind
of
report
to
hear
and
look
into
the
faces
of
the
people
who
are
sitting
in
front
of
to
understand
that
we
need
to
do
something
and
so
I'm
appreciative
of
what
councilmember
Gordon
has
done.
I
think
it's
important
for
us
to
move
fast,
but
incrementally
and
making
sure
that
every
promise
we
make
we
can
keep
because
it's
getting
cold
and
people's
lives
are
depending
on
the
actions
that
we
take
so
Thank
You
councilmember
Gordon
for
moving
this
forward
today.
I
wholeheartedly
support
the
efforts
you've
put
forward
well.
A
R
You
Thank
You
mr.
chair,
so
I
just
wanted
to
clarify
excite
with
you.
Don't
coming
up
with
some
of
the
language
here
is
that
the
the
staff
report
that
we're
hoping
to
get
on
the
20th
is
to
present
a
plan
for
the
the
thing
we
have
to
do
now
to
support
people
and
to
house
people
now
so
they're
no
longer
in
tents.
So
we
have
something:
that's
a
little
bit
more
stable,
something
that
can
give
us
some
breathing
room
to
then
think
about.
R
What
is
that
longer
systems
change
strategy
where
we
are
exploring,
for
example,
when
I
met
with
residents
they
expressed
interest
in
building
their
own
homes.
Then
we
have
a
proposal
from
community
to
do
long
houses
and
we
have
other
ideas
to
maybe
do
the
Habitat
for
Humanity
model
to
pilot
different
ideas
and
scattered
sites
that
involve
creative
approaches
at
how
to
solve
this
long-term
issue.
R
So
the
October
24th
deadline
is
not
to
have
the
thing
ready.
The
October
24th
deadline
is
to
have
a
plan
of
how
we're
going
to
approach
that
longer
conversation
of
where
do
folks
get
housed
on
a
more
long-term
basis.
So
I
just
wanted
to
clarify
that
there's
two
tracks
here.
One
track
is:
what
are
we
going
to
do
in
three
weeks?
R
What
are
we
going
to
have
available
for
folks
to
move
into
in
three
weeks
and
then
the
October
24th
deadline
is
more
connected
to
what
is
that
long-term
plan
that
we
have
to
address
a
lot
of
the
different
issues
that
we've
been
learning
about
and
seeing
and
maybe
revisiting
through
the
conversations
we've
been
having
through
the
visits
we've
hosted
at
the
campsite
and
through
hearing
from
the
residents
who
are
impacted
today.
So
just
clarification
and
then
I
just
wanted
to
see.
R
If
the
chair
would
entertain
an
amendment
to
this
I,
don't
formally
sit
in
the
committee,
so
I'm
gonna
have
to
rely
on
you
for
the
procedures
of
how
to
do
this,
but
I
would
like
I,
think
it'd
be
important
to
add
four
words
to
item
number
one.
So
after
one
or
more
navigation,
centers,
adding
prioritizing
city
owned
property
property
to
provide
emergency
transitional
services,
etc,
etc,
and
the
intent
there
is
to
own
up
to
the
fact
that
we,
as
council
members,
have
purview
over
large
land
stock.
R
In
the
city,
through
city-owned
property
and
city-owned
boarded
up
and
vacant
lots
and
properties,
and
so
I
don't
want
to
kick
a
can
to
the
county.
I
don't
want
to
kick
the
can
to
the
schools
or
to
mPHA
I
want
to
be
held
responsible
for
the
power
in
the
position
and
the
responsibility
that
we
have
here
today
to
our
residents,
who
have
come
to
our
residents,
who
have
so
derived
extremely
traumatic
events,
poverty
issues
that
we've
tried
to
address
through
minimum
wage
and
other
forms.
So
I
just
want
to
see.
R
A
S
You
mr.
chair
I
heard
our
city
coordinators
say
there
were
lots
of
options
on
the
table
and
that
they
weren't
sure
about
what
the
solutions
were
and
suggesting
that
we
put
this
in
suggest
we're
moving
in
one
direction
over
another
and
I
object
to
that
I
heard
our
staff
get
up
and
say
don't
do
that
we
got
a
letter
that
I
didn't
even
get
so
it
was
just
passed
out.
We
don't
know
that.
That's
the
best
solution.
We
don't
know
what
the
solution
is.
R
A
I
think
everybody
is
thinking
of
those
options,
so
we're
just
having
a
discussion
about
five,
adding
five
words
or
not
two
to
the
the
action,
whether
or
not
I
think
the
disagreement
in
is
is
what
will
get
us
to
a
piece
of
property
more
quickly
that
we
can
actually
use,
and
so
that's
I
want
us
to
get
a
chance
to
have
the
discussion.
So
we
can
vote
on
it.
R
So
I
wanted
to
clarify
I
wanted
to
clarify
for
councilmember
Goodman
and
for
the
public
record
and
the
community
here
that
saying,
you're
prioritizing
city-owned
property
doesn't
mean
you'll
omit.
It
means
you
prioritize,
and
that
is
the
purview
that
we
have
as
council
members
right
now
to
solve
an
issue
that
is
happening
and
festering
in
our
community
and
has
been
going
on
for
a
long
time.
So,
let's
not
miss,
inform
folks.
Prioritization
means
that
you're
looking
at
a
list
of
things
and
number
one
will
be
city-owned
property.
R
Secondly,
the
letter
I
apologize
if
you
just
got
the
letter
from
the
metropolitan
urban
Indian
directors
today
it
is
my
understanding
that
this
letter
was
delivered
to
the
mayor
a
few
days
ago.
I
don't
know
the
date.
I
happen
to
get
a
copy
of
this
letter
by
accident
last
night
and
as
soon
as
I
got
it
and
I
was
able
to
read
it.
I
forwarded
on
to
the
rest
of
the
councilmembers,
and
so
it's
important
to
note
that,
yes,
here
in
this
letter,
the
metropolitan
urban
Indian
directors
are
asking
for
the
roof
depot
site.
R
I,
don't
think
that
should
fall
on
deaf
ears.
I
think
it's
important
for
us
to
acknowledge
that
to
acknowledge
the
member
on
the
actual
agreement
that
contractual
agreement
and
government
agreement
we
have
between
the
city
of
Minneapolis
and
mud,
so
that
for
the
public
record,
I
want
it
to
be
clear
that
that
is
the
intent
and
the
context
of
actions
I've
presented
today.
So.
A
I
think
it
makes
total
sense
that
we
look
carefully
at
public
land
and
I'm
sure
that
it
would
rise
to
a
certain
level
I'm,
so
I'm
wondering
if
we
could
perhaps
change
the
wording
and
say
one
or
more
navigation
Center,
including
careful
consideration
of
city-owned
property.
Do
you
think
that
that
would
address
your
concerns?
A
Councilmember
Goodman
and
still
highlight
it
instead
of
prioritized,
we
just
say
include
careful
consideration
of
I'm
gonna
make
that
motion
then
I'll
move
the
week
I'll
make
that
emotion
at
I'll
just
say:
hey,
use
the
chairs
prerogative
and
add
the
language
to
point
one
before
you,
where
it
says
one
or
more
navigation,
Center
I
will
say,
including
careful
consideration
of
city-owned
property
and
then
the
rest
of
it
will
go
on.
So
with
that
before
you
that
amended.
That
restated
a
motion.
President
Bennett
thank.
B
B
I
think
that
there's
more
agreement
here
than
this,
maybe
five
words
is
demonstrating,
is
so
I
just
want
to
say
that
you
know
this
is
a
new
area
for
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
to
step
into
to
the
idea
that
we
would
take
on
responsibility
for
providing
emergency
shelter.
That
would
be
a
new
function
for
the
city
to
do
the
idea
that
we
would
engage
in
setting
up
medical
facilities
or
helping
to
operate
them.
B
That
would
be
a
very
new
function
for
the
city
and
almost
certainly
we
would
be
doing
it
in
partnership
with
community
organization
with
folks
who
have
more
expertise
than
the
city
does
today
and
I
also
just
wanted
to
echo
what
councilmember
Goodman
said,
which
is
that
you
know
as
city
leaders.
I
know
that
we
all
want
to
step
up
and
do
the
right
thing
in
any
moment.
But
we
also
feel
so
much
pressure
from
the
failure.
B
From
decades
of
so
many
government
agencies
and
the
continued
you
know,
the
federal
government
is
not
only
walking
away
from
our
communities,
they're
attacking
our
communities
and
the
burden
that
that
is
shifting
to
the
city
and
our
our
desire
to
not
be
only
reactive
in
this
moment
to,
but
to
set
up
sustainable
systems
that
are
investing
in
community
for
the
long-term
and
so
I.
Think.
B
So
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
stay
centered
on
those
values
that
I
know
we
share
as
council
members
and
as
we
find
our
way
to
what
the
specifics
on
this
page
say.
But
that
is
the
root
of
our
commitment
that
we're
making
today
and
again,
thank
you
to
councilmember
Cano
for
making
it
clear
that
the
city
of
Minneapolis
is
stepping
up
in
leadership
right
now.
B
So
all
that
said,
I
would
support
the
alternative
description
that
councilmember
Gordon
just
offered
I
understand
from
our
staff
that
they've
been
working
with
the
county
with
the
school
board,
with
private
landowners
with
basically
anyone
anywhere
that
we
could
find
to
help
to
try
to
create
a
temporary
shelter
and
I.
Think
no
one
wants
to
close
any
of
those
doors
and
we
support
those
efforts
of
our
staff
and
particularly
the
time
sensitivity
and
need
to
be
nimble
as
we
make
decisions,
even
maybe
in
the
next
few
days.
So
I
don't
think
it's
in
the
intention.
B
The
intention
of
the
committee
to
stop
any
of
those
conversations
but
I
also
take
to
heart,
councilor
mikanos
desire
that
we
are
clear
that
if
we
can't
get
the
support
of
other
partners
that
the
city
is
still
committed
to
moving
forward
and
taking
action
as
soon
as
as
needed.
So
thank
you
mr.
chair
thank.
A
A
B
B
So
just
again,
some
of
the
language
and
the
staff
Direction
is
really
focused
on
the
immediacy
of
folks
who
are
at
the
encampment
and
I
know
that
that
is
a
priority
for
now.
But
I
think
we
should
just
keep
in
mind
that
long
term,
peace
and
understanding
that
that
there
is
about
an
urgency
for
a
long
time,
and
there
will
continue
to
be
beyond
the
people
who
are
at
the
camp.
Now
we
have
people
living
on
sheltered
throughout
our
city
and
and
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we're
focused
on
on
all
on
everyone.
A
And
I'm
sure
we
could
talk
a
lot
longer
about
this
and
all
the
other
details
about
it,
but
I
think
we're
ready
to
have
the
vote.
Let's
vote
on
the
staff
direction
and
then
we'll
receive
and
file
and
then
we'll
end
a
meeting.
So
all
those
in
favor
of
this
staff
direction
as
amended,
please
say:
aye
any
opposed.
You
know
that
motion
carries
then
I
will
then
move
to
receive
and
file
the
report,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye
aye
and
he
posed
and
carries.
This
meeting
is
adjourned.