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From YouTube: March 1, 2018 Enterprise Committee
Description
Minneapolis Enterprise Committee Meeting
A
Good
afternoon,
I
want
to
call
this
meeting
to
order.
It's
the
Enterprise
Committee
meeting
of
March
1st
2018
with
me
here
on
the
dais,
our
committee
members,
councilmember
Goodman,
councilmember
Warsaw
me
Cano,
councilmember,
Fletcher
and
councilmember
Reich.
We
also
have
with
us
joining
us
today,
council
vice
president
Jenkins
and
councilmember
Schrader.
Thank
you
for
being
here.
Welcome
mayor.
We
have
you
just
give
me
two
minutes
into
the
agenda
on
today's
posted
agenda.
A
It
includes
a
public
hearing
for
the
reappointment
of
city
attorney
susan
siegel,
as
well
as
five
quick
consent
agenda
items
I'm
going
to
ask,
because
it
will
only
take
a
minute
that
we
cover
these
consent
agenda
items
first
and
then
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
the
clerk
to
explain.
What's
going
to
happen
with
the
public
hearing
today.
So
on
the
consent
agenda,
you'll
see
the
first
three
items
are
IT
items.
They
are
contracts
with
CS
disco
for
the
ediscovery
platform
subscription
used.
A
A
The
next
two
are
continuing
our
efforts
to
continue
to
improve
the
processes
that
we
use
the
ordinances
that
govern
some
of
our
work
on
thing
and
items
of
the
city.
So
item
number
5
says
internal
audit
duties
and
audit
process
ordinance.
That
gets
referred
to
staff
and
what
that
means
is
that
that
will
go
to
the
audit
department
for
potential
future
coming
forward
of
any
ordinance.
Changes
on
the
audit
process
ordinance
and
the
boards
and
commissions
ordinance
will
also
be
referred
to
staff
amending
provisions
about
boards,
Commission's
committees,
task
forces
and
similar
kinds
of
organizations.
A
So
I
would
like
to
move
these
five
consent
agenda
items
forward
at
the
beginning
of
the
meeting
today.
Any
comments
on
that
all
those
in
favor,
please
say:
aye
aye
opposed
that
item.
Those
items
carry
next.
We
have
the
public
hearing
for
the
reappointment
of
City
Attorney
Susan
Segal
and
before
we
ask
the
mayor
to
speak
about
this
appointment,
could
I
turn
it
over
to
you,
ms
Geisler,
to
help
us
on
and
help
the
public
understand
how
we're
going
to
proceed.
B
Thank
You,
chair
Palmisano,
you
will
open
the
public
hearing
after
the
mayor
speaks,
and
the
people
that
have
signed
up
today
will
have
the
opportunity
to
speak
for
two
minutes
apiece,
because
the
executive
committee
that
recommends
this
appointment
still
has
action
that
needs
to
be
taken.
They
will
be
convening
on
Monday
Monday
to
finish
their
business.
This
public
hearing
will
not
be
closed.
It
will
be
adjourned
to
an
another
meeting
on
Wednesday
at
1:15
March,
7th,
immediately
prior
to
the
Committee
of
the
Whole
meeting
at
that
time.
B
A
C
A
A
Ok,
so
then
I'd
like
to
open
the
public
hearing
for
the
reappointment
of
City
Attorney
Susan
Siegel.
There
are
a
number
of
people
signed
in
here
on
this
sheet
and
we'll
go
through
these
names
in
the
order
that
they
were
signed
in.
So
the
first
person
on
our
list
today
is
Jolene.
Jones
Jolene.
Are
you
here
today?
Thank
you
and
just
to
set
you
up.
A
If
you
could
please,
when
you
come
forward
state
your
name
and
address
for
the
record,
if
you're
not
comfortable
giving
your
address,
you
can
give
it
to
the
clerk
after
you
speak.
This
two-minute
timer
will
beep
at
the
end
of
two
minutes
and
we'll
ask
you
to
conclude
your
comments
by
that
time.
So
Julian
go
ahead,
so
welcome.
D
C
D
Based
on
that
that
we
received,
and
in
part
this
is
because
of
Susan's
office
and
under
Susan's
direction.
You
know
the
in
my
community.
We
have
the
highest
rate
of
overdoses
from
opiates.
We
have
our
women
are
out
there.
We
have
missing
women
the
highest
rate,
anything
that's
back
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
D
My
people
have
the
highest
rate
of
anything,
that's
bad
and
for
Susan
to
be
able
to
engage
our
community,
and
this
is
the
first
time
in
the
40
years,
I've
looked
at
low
earth
that
we've
ever
had
a
relationship
with
the
city
attorney
in
it
and
she's
honest
with
us.
When
we
ask
her
stuff,
she'll
tell
us
no,
you
know
we
appreciate
that
we
don't
want
somebody
lying
to
us
and
I
really
appreciate
that
she
has
engaged
our
community
I
appreciate
that
the
mayor
has
to
be
appointed
her.
D
A
E
County
I've
worked
with
some
of
you
and
you
know,
I'm
not
shy
about
speaking
out
when
I
think
that
an
injustice
is
happening
in
an
individual
case.
Our
office
isn't
shy
about
litigating
issues.
Susan
would
be
the
first
to
tell
you
that
I
would
be
on
the
phone
calling
her
to
complain
about
an
individual
case,
but
I'm
not
here
to
talk
about
individual
cases.
E
I
want
to
talk
about
true
criminal
justice
reform,
and
that
comes
from
strong
leadership
and
policy
change
and
I
will
tell
you
that
Susan
Siegel
in
the
Minneapolis
City
Attorney's
Office
has
been
incredibly
strong
in
the
area
of
criminal
justice
reform
back
in
2015
Hennepin
County
applied
for
MacArthur
Foundation
grant.
It
was
safety
and
justice
to
try
to
eliminate
our
jail
population.
We
didn't
get
it
but
to
Hennepin
County's
credit.
They
went
on
and
funded
it,
and
out
of
that
came
something
called
the
adult
detention
initiative
and
I
know.
E
Some
of
you
are
familiar
with
that.
Susan
I
know
gave
you
a
memo
about
some
of
the
work
that
they've
been
doing.
One
of
the
things
had
to
do
with
text
reminders
to
our
clients
to
help
them
come
to
court
and
I
just
got
some
numbers
on
this
last
week.
That
program
has
resulted
in
a
30
point.
Four
percent
reduction
in
failure
to
appear
warrants
a
second
area
where
I
think
Susan's
done
incredible.
Work
has
to
do
with
the
behavioral
health
initiative.
E
Have
other
thoughts,
I
will
wrap
up
so
one
last
thing
that
I'm
extremely
proud
of
that
we
have
worked
with
Susan's
office
on
and
that
is
putting
a
social
worker
in
first
appearance
court
to
help
out
with
misdemeanors
and
I
think
this
is
an
example
of
Susan's
leadership.
We
came
back
from
New
York
and
saw
a
pilot
for
a
project
called
community
court
and
we
wanted
to
implement
that
here.
E
What
we
ran
into
is
bureaucracy
and
obstruction,
and
so
Susan's
office
in
my
office
and
Health
and
Human
Services
just
said
we're
going
to
do
it,
and
so,
if
you
go
over
to
misdemeanor
court,
you
can
see
a
social
worker
there
every
day
helping
our
clients.
That's
the
kind
of
leadership
that
I
believe
that
susan
has.
We
just
basically
said
to
the
court
step
aside:
you're,
not
helping
we're
going
to
do
it
on
our
own,
and
we
have
done
that.
E
A
F
Thank
you,
I've.
Never,
my
I'm
63
years
old
ever
endorsed
a
city
attorney
most
of
my
life
and
people
that
I
know
didn't
have
a
good
relationship
with
the
City
Attorney's
Office,
but
season
susan
has
changed
that
I
actually
have
very
good
access
to
her
and
she's
allowed
my
organization
of
work
with
first-time
gun
offenders.
Mr.
A
A
F
F
You
know
we
have
in
very
strict
guidelines
that
they
have
to
go
by
and
the
guys
that
are
doing
tremendous
things.
Our
CEO
even
helps
with
the
program,
but
it
couldn't
be
possible
without
the
City
Attorney's
Office
being
willing
to
step
out
and
say
we
want
to
help
these
offenders
as
opposed
to
sending
everybody
to
jail.
So
I'm
very
excited
that
the
mayor
has
decided
to
reappoint
her
and
her
inventors.
You
know
we
are
fully
my
organization.
I
talked
to
my
CEO
and
the
other
members
of
my
organization.
Everybody
is
behind
this
appointment.
F
A
G
Great
go
ahead
afternoon:
I'm
Sahni,
Hernandez
and
I'd
like
to
give
my
address
to
the
clerk.
Thank
you,
I'm,
the
vice
president
at
the
Women's
Foundation
of
Minnesota,
and
today,
I
want
to
highlight
Susan
Siegel's,
integral
role
as
a
catalyst
in
our
city
and
our
state
to
end
sex
trafficking
of
children
in
2010.
As
the
Minneapolis
City
Attorney
Miss
Siegel
was
the
first
leader
in
our
state
to
both
see
an
uptick
in
the
number
of
girls
being
prostituted
and
to
seek
a
solution
with
community.
G
She
called
a
meeting
with
the
foundation
and
the
head
judge
of
the
juvenile
bench
at
that
time.
To
bring
this
issue
to
light
and
Susan
informed
us
that
at
that
time
she
was
seeing
more
and
more
girls
under
the
age
of
18
being
placed
in
juvenile
justice
system
for
prostitution.
She
asked
you
know
these
girls
are
victims
of
a
crime
but
they're
being
treated
as
criminals,
and
so
what
are
we
going
to
do
about
it?
G
It's
this
leadership
and
call
to
action
that
propelled
the
women's
foundation
of
Minnesota
to
further
explore
this
emerging
issue
with
community
partners,
and,
let's
not
forget,
though
it's
different
today.
Eight
years
ago,
tell
a
prostitution
was
an
issue
so
hidden
from
our
public
consciousness
that
the
mere
mention
of
it
resulted
in
shock
and
denial
so
fast
forward
to
the
day
and
what's
happened
as
a
result
of
miss
eagels
initial
leadership.
She
helped
us
build
our
statewide
initiative.
G
Minnesota
girls
are
not
for
sale
and
with
that
initiative,
along
with
community,
we
change
laws,
we're
the
first
state
in
the
nation
to
have
a
biennial
of
investment
of
more
than
13
million
dollars
to
ensure
safe
and
appropriate
housing,
trauma-informed
care,
appropriate
trained
law
enforcement
and
increased
frontline
workers,
and,
of
course,
together
we
created
this
Super
Bowl
anti-sex
trafficking
model,
the
first
of
its
kind,
a
huge
success
and
a
model
for
other
cities.
For
these
reasons
and
more
I
support
the
nomination
of
Susan
Segal
for
City
Attorney.
Thank
you
thank.
A
H
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
My
name
is
Xavier
moody,
you
I'm
president
of
SEIU,
Local,
26
or
Union
of
8,000
janitors
security
officers
and
other
service
workers.
We
are
in
the
in
Northeast
I've,
given
the
address
my
address,
so
it
is
from
the
my
perspective
as
a
as
a
leader
of
this
union
of
service
workers
that
I
stand
here
in
support
of
the
reappointment
of
Susan,
Segal
I,
also
I.
H
Now
we've
had
an
awful
like
the
ring
to
his
voting
elections
under
our
belt
that
it's
that
we
might
take
it
for
granted,
but
this
was
that
Supreme
Court
decision
was
extremely
important
and
there
was
something
that
Susan
argued
herself
more
recently,
the
defending
the
city's
ordinance
for
a
second
save
time.
On
this
we
have
worked.
H
When
the
question
of
whether
the
minimum
wage
should
be
decided
by
charter,
amendment
I
think,
is
a
different
question.
That
was
a
question
of
strategy
and
tactic,
and
there
was
always
a
consistent
belief
and
assertion
that
the
city
could
could
pass
an
ordinance
on
there
its
own.
This
recent
decision
that
we
got
this
last
week
is
actually
going
to
help
on
that
territoriality
question.
H
I
Mr.
chair
committee,
members
chapter
2
2112
working
on
Avenue
in
the
fall
of
1970,
a
teenage
girl
in
st.
Louis
Park
had
on
her
bedroom
wall,
a
two-page
picture
of
a
group
of
young
men
who
had
unsuccessfully
attempted
to
Rea
draft
board
offices
in
rural
Minnesota.
That
girl
was
Susan,
Siegel
and
I
was
among
those
in
the
picture
and
today
I'm
going
to
question
her
rationality.
What
a
strange
rule
but
I
am
I,
am
sure.
I
Miss
eagle
has
done
some
wonderful
things,
a
city
attorney,
but
for
several
years
now
I
have
requested
that
just
one
city
council
member
ask
mercy
go
in
a
public
forum
about
an
opinion.
She
provided
the
civilian
review
authority
board
many
years
ago,
when
Police
Chief
Jim
Dolan
routinely
wrote
that
his
decision
was
not
to
issue
discipline
in
CRE.
Sustained
cases
was
based
on
quote
his
disagreement
with
the
facts
as
adjudicated
by
the
CRA
Board.
Unquote,
miss
eagle
advised
the
board
that
this
was
consistent
with
the
ordinance.
I
The
ordinance
that
said
quote
the
chief
disciplinary
decisions
shall
be
based
on
the
adjudicated
facts,
as
determined
by
the
civilian
view
of
30
board.
Unquote,
no
one
who
knows
English
and
certainly
not
a
single
attorney
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
who
was
employed
outside
the
City
Attorney's
Office,
believes
those
two
statements
are
consistent.
That
would
not
be
rational
thinking,
but
that
was
missles
opinion.
I
Maybe
that
opinion
was
simply
a
mistake,
but
if
it
wasn't
a
mistake,
if
it
was
based
on
some
political
motive
that
should
never
enter
into
legal
opinions
of
the
city
attorney,
we
should
know
that
before
you
reappoint
her
I
am
NOT
someone
asking
as
then
councilmember
fry
said
two
years
ago
that
you
only
appoint
someone
whose
every
decision
or
opinion
you
agree
with
that
would
be
absurd.
I'm
only
asking
whether
you
agree
with
those
decisions
or
not
whether
you
think
the
reasonable
or
not,
that
they
can
be
characterized
as
rational.
I
J
I
just
have
the
utmost
respect
for
her
as
a
lawyer
and
as
a
person
and
as
a
city
charter
head,
she
is
a
brilliant
lawyer.
She
is
respected
by
the
profession
almost
higher
than
anyone
I
can
think
of.
When
I
talk
out
in
the
in
the
legal
community
and
gather
opinions,
she
has
a
department
that
is
high-functioning,
I
have
to
say
it's,
probably
one
of
the
highest
functioning
departments
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis
and
one
of
the
best
law
firms
in
the
state
of
Minnesota.
J
J
She
developed
the
theories
that
save
the
city,
millions
of
dollars
in
pension
reform,
including
twenty
million
dollars
in
just
one
year,
and
this
was
no
small
feat.
Let
me
tell
you
bringing
people
together
around
that
you've
heard
from
others
about
her
work
on
municipal
minimum
wage
and
sick
leave.
We've
had
important
victories
just
happen
right
now,
but
I
will
say
she
was
proactive
in
reaching
out
to
progressive
lawyers
to
get
advice.
It's
particularly
from
the
National
Employment
Law
Project
I
will
just
close
by
saying
it's
a
hard
job.
J
A
K
K
Referral
to
this
committee
is
also
void,
and
we
are
here
at
a
public
hearing
on
an
issue
which
you
don't
officially
have
in
front
of
you,
and
there
is
no
certainty
that
you
ever
will
so
it's
it's
I
guess:
I'll
use
this
opportunity
to
take
a
little
time
to
speak
about
Susan,
Siegel
and
the
process
that
goddess
here
you
have
seen.
I
I
sent
letters
on
behalf
of
communities,
United
against
police
brutality
and
committee
for
professional
policing
and
I
hope.
You
have
received
the
letter
from
the
National
Lawyers
Guild.
K
We
agree
with
everything
in
there
as
well.
There
are
many
many
reasons
to
oppose
the
nomination
of
Susan
Siegel,
despite
I'm
sure
she's
done
many
good
things.
I
would
hope.
Every
city
employee
has
done
many
good
things,
but
there
are
many
other
areas
where
she
is
newster
discretion
in
ways
that
were
clearly
harmed
the
people
of
the
city.
Obviously,
the
one
that
people
know
most
about
is
the
Viking
Stadium
and
the
fact
that
we're
going
to
be
paying
for
that
a
lot
for
the
next.
K
What
now
28
years,
her
political
opinion
on
that
led
the
city
into
a
very
bad
decision
which
is
going
to
harvest
her
ethical
considerations
are
questionable,
especially
for
someone
who
points
the
appoints,
the
chief
thick
Sophos
er
in
this
city,
for
someone
in
that
position
to
accept
free
tickets
to
a
game
at
the
stadium
that
she
helped
ram
through
I
I.
Can't
even
imagine
how
someone
wouldn't
say:
oh
my
goodness,
I
can't
take
these
tickets
and
when
she
was
caught
at
it,
she
paid
some
money
back,
but
nowhere
near
the
value
of
the
tickets.
K
It
clearly
wasn't
for
business
purposes,
there's
official
City
business
or
she
would
have
been
reimbursed
by
the
city
for
that
she
has
overly
prosecuted
people
of
color.
It's
not
by
accident
that
a
city
gets
to
the
point
where
there
is
a
much
higher
proportion
of
people
of
color
in
the
prisons.
The
statistics
are
there.
We
know
that,
and
it
doesn't
just
happen.
Each
person
there
in
prison
is
there
because
they
were
prosecuted.
K
She
has
used
his
risk
management
for
our
police
in
order
to
lessen
the
chances
of
you
know,
civil
suits,
making
sure
that
just
about
everybody
be
by
the
police
is
prosecuted.
I'll
go
on
just
quickly.
It's
ironic
that
in
the
matter
of
her
own
reappointment,
she
failed
to
give
proper
and
timely
advice
to
the
Executive
Committee,
which
is
what
got
us
into
this
mess.
In
the
first
place.
K
A
You,
mr.
baking,
next
we
have
oakley
smith
signed
in
and
then
anybody
else
who's
been
signed
in
with
the
clerk
I
do
want
to
make
a
point.
It
clicked
that
you
want
to
make
a
clarification.
My
understanding
is,
we've
started
this
hearing
because
we
voted
to
do
so,
and
it
was
noticed
at
the
City
Council
meeting
last
Friday.
L
Madam
chair,
as
the
council
knows,
the
process
was
that
a
referral
was
made
to
the
council.
The
council
referred
for
a
public
hearing
to
this
body,
the
matter
of
the
mayor's
nomination
to
reappoint
Susan
Segal
to
the
office
of
City
Attorney.
The
executive
committee
failed
to
sufficiently
achieve
the
vote
threshold
required
to
forward
that
nomination,
but
the
notices
to
the
public
had
already
been
issued.
L
It
would
be
too
difficult
to
tell
the
public,
literally
yesterday
afternoon,
that
we'd
cancelled
this
public
hearing,
so
that
we
would
open
the
public
hearing
and
could
continue
that
public
hearing
to
a
future
date
and
time
when
this
committee
could
adjourn
so
that
this
committee
could
then
pause
its
work,
as
the
executive
committee
goes
back
in
time
to
take
up
its
action
and
I
know,
as
has
been
stated,
that
the
executive
committee
is
scheduled
to
meet
on
Monday.
Thank.
M
I
just
want
a
preference
preface
everything
I
say
by
I'm,
not
used
to
public
speaking
and
there's
no
way.
This
is
not
going
to
be
a
little
disjointed
and
I
just
want
to
apologize
in
advance.
I
am
here
because
the
community's
united
against
police
brutality
kind
of
brought
it
to
my
attention
and
the
issue
is
a
little
bit.
The
issue
of
your
nomination
is
a
little
bit
new
to
me,
but
from
what
I've
gathered,
it
really
concerns
me.
There's
a
number
of
issues,
I
think.
M
Basically,
everything
that
I've
heard
from
Dave
baking
and
others
concerned
me,
but
you
know
your
opposition
to
insurance.
You
know
requiring
the
police
department
to
have
insurance
kind
of
confuses,
and
you
know
confuses
me
at
least
your
opposition-
to
bring
it
to
a
vote.
There's
been
a
couple
other
things,
your
reputation
for.
M
M
A
You
and
if
you
haven't
done
so
already,
if
you
want
to
make
oh
I,
see
that
you
do
have
your
address
here
on
the
sign-in
sheet
before
we
invite
comments
from
the
mayor.
Is
there
anybody
else
here
that
we
wish
to
speak
today?
This
meeting
will
be
continued
to
next
Wednesday
at
1:15
p.m.
but
is
there
anybody
else
that
has
planned
to
that
would
wish
to
speak
today?
C
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
on
behalf
of
my
appointment.
Reappointment
of
miss
Susan
Siegel,
miss
Siegel
is
the
right
decision
for
our
City
Attorney's
Office,
which
is
one
of
the
largest
and
most
effective
law
firms
in
the
entire
state,
she's
the
right
decision
for
the
city
of
Minneapolis
and
has
a
long
track
record
of
successful
defense
and
prosecution
of
our
cases
and
our
mentality.
She's,
the
right
leader,
also
an
attorney
for
progressive
causes
and
I'm
gonna
go
through
some
of
the
items
which
have
already
been
pointed
out.
C
I
mean
we've
heard
at
this
point
that
this
eagle
has
a
strong
relationship
with
the
little
earth
community.
We've
heard
that
she
has
a
strong
relationship
with
the
criminal
justice
reform
from
Mary
Mary
Moriarty
from
the
women's
advocates,
noting
that
she's
done
some
extraordinary
work
in
sex
trafficking
from
SEIU
Local
26
and
their
president
mister
Javier
Mario
on
the
record
that
he
hasn't
working
with
her
and
from
a
former
council
member
Elizabeth
Glidden,
and
this
is
not
by
accident,
that
such
high-profile
individuals
and
their
specific
arenas
have
come
to
testify
on
behalf
of
Miss
Siegel.
C
It's
because
she's
gotten
the
job
done
again
and
again
and
again,
I'm
just
gonna
go
through
a
few
of
the
examples
by
the
way
in
it.
But
first
I'd
like
to
note
that
this
is
a
hard
job.
The
City
Attorney's
Office
is
not
an
advocacy
position.
It's
not
a
policymaking
position,
they're
charged
with
with
defending
the
city
of
Minneapolis
and
advocating
for
the
causes
that
we
you
on
the
City
Council
and
me
as
mayor
that
we
push
and
I'm
just
gonna
go
through
a
list
of
some
of
the
things
she's
done.
C
First
and
the
topic
of
criminal
justice
reform.
She
has
successfully
reduced
the
number
of
arrests
and
bench
warrants:
reduced
arrests
on
bench
warrants
for
failure
to
appear
in
court.
The
through
the
development
of
sign
and
release
warrants,
she's
eliminated
bail,
reform
for
low-risk
offenders,
with
adoption
of
a
validated
risk
assessment
tool
at
the
jail.
She
is
pre-charged
diversion.
C
She's
done
some
work
on
the
ability
to
the
this
Court
rejected
cases
before
they
are
filed
in
court.
So
there's
not
the
permanent
dark
record
that
prevents
you
from
getting
housing
or
attempts,
or
at
times
jobs,
as
was
already
been
noted,
as
has
already
been
noted,
she's
done
a
ton
of
work
on
both
domestic
violence
and
sex
trafficking
and
then,
finally,
the
two
most
arguably
most
progressive
issues
that
have
come
before
the
City
Council
in
recent
years
earned
sick
and
safe
time
and
minimum
wage.
Mr.
C
Murray
Oh
noted
just
a
second
ago
the
difference
between
the
being
for
a
minimum
wage
ordinance
and
being
for
doing
so
via
charter.
As
we
heard,
Ms
Siegel
said
that
it
was
not
proper
legal
II
to
institute
a
minimum
wage
via
charter.
However,
we
could
institute
a
minimum
wage
via
ordinance,
that's
not
being
against
minimum
wage,
in
fact
that's
being
for
minimum
wage
and
then,
by
the
way
she
successfully
defended
both
earned
sick
and
safe
time
and
minimum
wage.
C
This
precedent
that
was
set
in
this
instance
is
one
of
the
most
impactful
progressive
policies
that
we
have
instituted
instituted
at
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
This
establishes
the
city
of
Minneapolis
and
other
municipality
throughout
the
state
as
laboratories
of
democracy.
This
is
progressive
change
and
Susan
Siegel
was
behind
it.
We
could
have
lost
these
cases
easily.
This
was
a
gray
area
could
have
gone
either
way
and
guess
what
we
got
it
done
so
I
feel
very
strongly
about
this
appointment.
This
is
the
right
decision
for
the
city.
C
This
is
the
right
decisions
for
the
the
City
Attorney's
Office
and
the
the
right
decision
for
for
progressive
causes.
I
put
her
name
forward
for
reappointment
and
I'll.
One
final
note:
this
legal
had
nothing
to
do
with
the
executive
committee
and
the
previous
instance
nothing
to
do
with
it.
There
will
be
no
vote
taken
here
today.
This
is
only
the
public
hearing
and
an
additional
instance
in
which
the
public
can
testify
either
for
or
against.
C
There
will
be
a
final
public
hearing,
I
believe
following
the
executive
committee,
where
a
vote
will
then
take
place,
but
I
mean
if
you
want
to
blame
somebody
on
the
executive
committee
kerfuffle.
You
can
blame
me,
but
it
wasn't
her
fault,
so
I
I
asked
so
respectfully.
Council
members
I
ask
for
your
support.
I
believe
miss
eagle
is
the
right
person
to
lead
the
department.
A
N
You,
madam
chair
I'm,
just
curious
because
I
learned
about
it
up
here
and
I
just
want
to
understand
and
I've
been
asked
a
couple
questions
about
it.
How
did
we
decide
on
Wednesday,
for
when
this
is
happening?
It's
not
a
normal
meeting
of
this
committee.
We
just
talked
about
that
process
and
the
rationale
for
the
timing.
Sure.
L
Madam
chair,
the
question
I
understand,
is
on
the
timing
of
the
process.
The
process
was
initiated
as
it's
defined
in
the
Charter
by
the
mayor,
bringing
forward
his
nomination.
The
Charter
says
that
the
mayor
has
exclusive
power
to
nominate,
in
the
first
instance,
all
of
the
officers
of
the
city,
which
are
the
Charter
department
heads,
including
the
city
attorney.
The
mayor
did
that
that
process
began
then,
with
the
meeting
of
the
executive
committee
two
weeks
ago,
then
that
was
referred
to
the
City
Council
under
the
city
charter.
L
The
executive
committee,
as
we
know,
is
a
separate
and
independent
body
created
by
an
amendment
in
1984.
The
executive
committee
exists
to
combine
the
executive
powers
of
the
mayor
and
the
legislative
authority
of
the
City
Council
in
a
single
body
and
is
not
a
committee
of
the
City
Council.
Therefore,
it
cannot
make
referrals
directly
to
a
subordinate
body
under
the
council.
L
The
council
took
that
recommendation
from
the
executive
committee
and
referred
it
to
the
Enterprise
Committee,
because
in
this
term
of
this
council
it
has
structured
itself
with
a
standing
policy
committee
system
that
includes
this
committee.
The
Enterprise
Committee,
to
which
the
office
of
city
attorney
has
a
reporting
relationship.
L
Subsequent
to
that
and
after
notices
were
made
saying
that
we
would
have
the
public
hearing
at
this
meeting
today.
It
was
pointed
out
to
me
by
mr.
baking
that
the
vote
that
was
taken
at
the
executive
committee
failed
to
meet
the
sufficient
threshold
to
to
act.
The
executive
committee
has
a
unique
rule
which
says
that
an
action
requires
three
affirmative
votes
at
a
minimum.
There
were,
as
you
know,
two
affirmative
votes,
2
abstentions
and
one
member
absent.
L
So,
whereas
under
normal
procedure,
that
would
be
sufficient
a
majority
acting,
it
was
not
in
this
case,
because
the
executive
committee
does
have
a
special
rule
applicable
only
to
it,
which
says
that
of
its
membership.
It
requires
three
affirmative
votes
for
passage,
because
we
did
not
achieve
that
minimum
of
three
affirmative
votes,
but
we
had
already
noticed
and
referred
this
meeting
or
this
public
hearing
to
this
meeting.
It
was
my
advice
that
we
continue
the
public
hearing
as
noticed
today,
and
that
we
therefore
work
to
get
an
executive
committee
schedule.
L
The
mayor
has
called
a
special
meeting
of
the
Executive
Committee
on
Monday,
so
that
this
matter
can
go
before
that
body
and
get
the
definitive
action
required
either
the
three
affirmative
votes
or
not,
and
then
that
process
can
continue.
Since
that
meeting
is
scheduled
on
Monday,
this
body
can
Julie
called
in
today's
meeting
continued
this
meeting.
It's
public
hearing
forward.
The
thought
process
was
to
continue
that
to
next
Wednesday
because,
as
you
know,
in
our
two-week
cycle,
committee
of
the
whole
includes
all
13
council
members.