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Minneapolis Public Health, Environment, Civil Rights, and Engagement Committee Meeting
A
Good
afternoon,
everyone
I'm
going
to
call
to
order
this
regularly
scheduled
meeting
of
the
public
health
environment,
civil
rights
and
engagement
committee
for
Monday
November
5th
2018.
My
name
is
Philippe
Cunningham
I
am
the
councilmember
for
Ward
4
and
the
chair
of
this
committee
with
me
at
the
dinosaur
council,
members,
Cano
and
trader,
as
well
as
council,
vice-president
Jenkins.
They
let
their
work
like
the
record
reflect
that
we
have
a
quorum
also
with
us
at
the
diamond.
A
I
want
to
make
sure
to
give
a
shout
out
to
our
committee
coordinator
Peggy,
as
well
as
our
assistant
city
attorney
Andrea.
So
thank
you
and
so
what
our
first
order
of
business
today
is
a
presentation
on
the
2018
Green
Business
Awards
and
the
Minneapolis
building
energy
challenge,
Patrick
Hanlon,
director
of
environmental
services
and
Gretchen
musekamp
Commissioner
of
the
health
department,
we'll
begin
the
presentation
and
we
will
be
presenting
all
together
as
a
group,
the
Green
Business
Award
winner,
so
I'm
going
to
pass
it
on
over
to
Commissioner
who's
accountable.
B
B
We
are
recognizing
a
local
school
for
their
commitment
to
renewable
energy
that
started
a
much
larger
solar
movement
here
this
year
in
Minneapolis
and
a
local
restaurant
for
its
continued
exceptional
commitment
to
sustainable
practices.
I'm
gonna
turn
it
over
to
Patrick
Hanlon.
Who
will
talk
about
a
little
bit
more
about
what
we
have
in
store
for
us?
B
C
My
name
is
Patrick
Hanlon
on
the
director
of
environmental
programs
for
the
Health
Department.
We
were
just
joking
that
usually
there's
not
this
many
people
who
are
here
in
a
good
mood.
So
this
is
really
nice
to
see
this
many
people
here
and
so
yeah
I'm
happy
to
be
part
of
this.
This
is
a
six
year
of
the
Green
Business
Awards.
C
You
know
it
took
after
seeing
this
room
and
this
really
drives
his
homes
that
it
took
three
years
of
denied
proposals
for
the
first
green
business
project
to
get
into
the
city
budget.
Once
it
started,
we
were
told
by
a
local
government
agency
that
no
one
would
even
sign
up
once
we
got
a
couple
projects
going
where
you're
told
that
this
would
take
too
long.
This
approach
would
take
too
long
and
says
switch
businesses
away
and
we
needed
to
stop
and
strategize
for
something
bigger.
Well,
others
talked.
C
We
have
now
scaled
this
program
from
that
first,
business
in
2012
to
118
businesses
and
nonprofit
organizations
strong
in
Minneapolis.
I
am
happy
to
announce
that
this
will
be
the
last
year
of
the
green
business
Awards.
That's
confusing
I'm
happy
to
say
that,
because
we
need
to
rename
the
awards
to
eliminate
business
because
we're
no
longer
working
exclusively
with
businesses,
we're
here
to
assist
multifamily
building
owners,
tenants
working
with
residential
partners
as
well,
so
we'll
need
to
rename
the
work
they
awards
for
next
year.
C
The
program
has
reduced
over
70
thousand
pounds
of
pollution
in
our
local
air.
Here
in
Minneapolis,
we've
eliminated
20
million
pounds
of
greenhouse
gases
through
the
strongest
local
incentive
program
in
the
country
to
address
pollution
and
climate
change.
Today
we
would
like
to
honor
partners
who
were
there
from
the
very
first
challenging
steps
to
guide
us
and
say:
yes,
how
could
we
help
there's
a
group
of
partners
who
made
the
green
business
program
possible
and
continued
to
work
today?
C
A
Great,
thank
you.
So
much
I
will
just
hop
right
over
here.
So
before
I,
kick
it
off.
I
actually
want
to
make
sure
this
was
kind
of
breezed
over
a
little
bit,
so
I
just
want
to
pause,
and
it's
actually
kind
of
a
big
deal
that
we've
expanded
beyond
businesses
and
moved
into
residential.
So
it's
being
able
to
it's
been
so
impactful
that
folks
are
like.
Let's
keep
expanding
it.
So
can
we
actually
give
a
round
of
applause
for
the
leadership
of
Commissioner
and
director.
A
A
A
Why
don't
you
sit
oh
yeah,
so
the
city
of
Minneapolis
health
yeah,
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
Health
Department,
advocates
for
protecting
human
health
in
our
city.
Fortunately,
we
have
state
partners
like
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Health,
to
provide
us
with
the
tools
to
act.
Our
Minneapolis
staff
rely
heavily
on
the
standards
that
have
been
established
by
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Health
in
evaluating
inhalation
risks
of
chemicals,
using
what
is
called
the
health
risk
value
benchmarks.
Their
staff
have
been
dependable
and
responsive
in
guiding
us
in
protecting
human
health.
A
As
we
have
developed
this
program,
these
Minnesota
Department
of
Health
benchmarks
have
given
us
the
justification
to
ask
specifically
Act
specifically
through
the
green
cost,
share
program
in
evaluating
air
quality
samples
at
dry
cleaners,
as
well
as
in
the
citywide
air
quality
studies.
So
thank
you
to
the
administrative
Department
of
Health.
A
All
right,
so
there
would
be
no
green
cost-share
program
if
it
weren't
for
the
assistance
of
the
MPCA
staff,
who
held
support
and
formulate
the
idea
back
in
2012.
The
MPC,
a
small
business
program
has
assisted
and
helped
leverage
several
dry-cleaning
and
automotive
shops,
with
financial
and
with
financing
and
incentives.
They
have
been
incredibly
helpful
in
providing
technical
assistance
for
air
sampling
techniques
to
assess
the
impacts
of
individual
projects.
They
were
also
able
to
assist
our
last
dry
cleaning
projects
with
a
financial
incentive
through
their
small
business
assistance
program.
A
D
Thank
you,
I
just
want
to
say
it's
a
it's
an
honor
to
accept
this
on
behalf
of
the
department
and
we
really
value
our
partnership
with
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
They've,
really
taken
the
idea
of
taking
good
public
health
science
and
applying
it
at
the
local
level,
which
is
gonna,
produce
public
health
benefits
for
Minneapolis
citizens
and,
first
anybody,
everybody
who's
interested
in
clean
air.
So
I
want
to
congratulate
the
city
on
being
the
first
city
in
the
country
to
go
perc
free,
that's
just
wonderful,
Thanks,.
E
And
I'd
like
to
echo
those
efforts
with
the
Pollution
Control
Agency
that
partnership
that
we
have
with
the
city,
in
addition
to
working
with
the
city
on
their
program,
we've
learned
from
the
city
itself,
and
so
we've
implemented
the
care
program
at
the
statewide
level,
where
now
we're
up
to
80
businesses.
So
so
it's
something
that's
reaching
out
even
further.
F
Thank
you
very
much.
It's
my
pleasure
to
introduce
the
next
couple:
partnership
Awards
the
first
one
I'd
like
to
present
the
award
to
energy
smart
from
the
Minnesota
Chamber
of
Commerce
and
a
hopefully
executive
director,
Rob
friend
and
senior
efficiency
specialist
Chris
rusted
are
here
come
on
up.
You
can
give
them
a
round
of
applause.
Now,
if
you
like.
F
Energy
smart
can
also
help
business
owners
understand
financing
options
that
are
out
there,
as
well
as
helping
business
owners
overcome
administrative
hurdles
involved
in
applying
for
rebates
and
incentives,
so
that
project
makes
sense
they
bring
a
trusted
face
to
business
owners
looking
to
save
money
and
lower
their
carbon
footprint.
Thank
you
so
much.
F
G
H
Just
had
a
few
words
drawn
up,
yeah
we're
honored
to
be
a
recipient
of
this
award.
Oh
yes,
since
2008
energy
Smart
has
worked
closely
with
Minnesota
businesses
across
the
state
to
help
them
identify
and
implement
energy,
efficient
equipment
and
strategies
and
to
reduce
energy
costs.
As
most
of
you
know,
the
challenge
have
overcoming
financial
barriers
is
one
of
the
main
obstacles
that
prevent
businesses
from
making
a
leap
from
standard
to
high-efficiency
choices.
H
This
is
especially
true
for
small
businesses
and
startups,
where
capital
extra
capital
is
hard
to
come
by,
and
energy
efficiency
usually
ends
up
low
on
the
priority
list.
Minneapolis
green
business
cost
share
program
has
proven
to
be
a
valuable
tool
allowing
businesses
to
bring
energy
efficiency
and
environmental
stewardship
to
the
forefront.
Thank
you
to
the
city
of
Minneapolis
for
making
this
program
available
to
all
businesses
of
all
sizes.
I'd
also
like
to
thank
Minneapolis
eat
app
participants
in
Lake,
Street
Council.
H
Their
work
in
partnership
with
Great
Plains
Institute
on
the
energy
coaching
model
has
been
instrumental
in
bridging
the
gap
between
local
communities
and
technical
assistance
providers
such
as
energy.
Smart
I'd
also
like
to
thank
Xcel
Energy,
Center,
Point,
Energy
and
Center
for
energy
and
environment
for
their
partnership
in
these
efforts
and
I.
Thank
you
again
to
the
city
of
Minneapolis
and
your
continued
leadership
and
environmental
stewardship
and
support
of
the
local
business
community.
F
Speaking
of
the
Center
for
energy
in
the
environment
or
Cee,
I
would
like
them
to
step
up
next
I
think
Christopher
Ann
is
here
maybe
Jenny.
Edwards
come
on
up
here
for
a
partnership
award
as
well.
Cee
certainly
been
working
on
these
issues.
Well
before
we
even
created
our
program.
Actually,
they
spun
off
originally
as
a
city.
Division
within
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
the
Center
for
energy
environment
works
across
the
city
of
Minneapolis
and
assisting
us
in
providing
energy
advice
from
their
well
qualified
engineers
and
energy
experts.
F
Their
trusted
program
implementers,
including
our
recent
4d
program,
which
ties
naturally
affordable
housing
with
energy
efficiency,
improvement
potentials.
They
also
assisted
us
in
rolling
out
a
refrigeration
pilot
with
Xcel
Energy
as
part
of
our
first-in-the-nation
Clean
Energy
Partnership.
Any
time
we
have
a
challenge
with
energy
efficiency.
We
know
we
can
count
on
Cee
to
help
us
and
those
we
serve
to
overcome
the
barriers.
Seee
will
continue
to
be
a
key
partner
across
our
organizations
as
the
city
embarks
on
transformative
and
essential
work
and
climate
change
into
the
future.
Thank
you.
So
much.
I
I
Before
we
spun
off
and
back
then
we
were
founded
because
of
the
energy
crisis,
and
now
here
we
are
years
later
working
together
on
trying
to
address
the
climate
crisis
and
I
just
want
to
thank
actually
the
city
of
Minneapolis
for
their
leadership
and
doing
that
all
the
work
you're
doing
on
the
policy
front
on
the
program
front,
this
program,
and
so
many
other
things
we're
proud
to
be
a
partner
of
yours
and
we
look
forward
to
working
together
in
the
future
on
so
many
other
things.
So
thank
you.
J
Okay,
so
my
name
is
Alan
Drake
I
know
a
9th
Ward
council
member,
and
we
have
here.
The
next
award
is
to
the
environmental
initiative.
So
if
we
can
have
Bjorn
and
Bill
join
us
at
the
front,
are
you
here
today,
okay,
beautiful
okay,
so
the
ethos
of
a
public-private,
win-win
approach
to
solving
problems
was
inspired
by
environmental
initiatives
approach
to
their
work.
J
A
I
was
another
key
creator
of
the
green
business
cost
share
program
when
it
first
started
their
staff
conduct
and
one-on-one
outreach
with
our
commercial
and
industrial
partners
to
share
opportunities
and
walk
owners
through
hurdles
was
second
to
none.
They
also
played
a
huge
role
in
2017
to
add
financial
contributions
to
both
the
Don's
leather
and
Vikings
cleaners.
Projects
we
couldn't
have
become
a
perk
free
city
without
them.
Thank
you
to
the
environmental
initiative.
J
K
Could
just
really
quick
hi
everyone?
Thank
you.
Thank
you
so
much
to
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
This
is
really
a
incredibly
humbling
award
and
we
just
want
to
acknowledge
all
the
effort
that
the
city
puts
in
in
commitment
to
worker,
public
public
health
and
worker
safety,
and
also
the
environment
and
specifically
Patrick
Hanlon
for
his
efforts
organization,
environmental
initiative.
K
We
build
partnerships
to
develop
collaborative
solutions
to
solve
Minnesota's
environmental
issues
and
really
what
we
do
is
focus
on
proactive
and
voluntary
actions
that
improve
the
environment,
but
also
promote
economic
solutions
and
also
public
health,
and
you
heard
the
numbers
earlier,
the
they
speak
for
themselves.
This
program
is
second
to
none
in
the
nation,
and
we
should
really
take
heart
and
be
proud
of
what's
going
on
here,
because
it's
very
unique
and
it's
very
special,
it
shows
what
we
can
do
when
we
work
collaboratively
together
towards
solutions.
So
thank
you.
J
Sounds
amazing,
thank
you
so
much
for
being
here.
So
the
next
award
is
to
the
Minnesota
Technical
Assistance
Program.
If
we
have
Laura
and
her
team
come
up,
that
would
be
great
Thank,
You
Laura
for
being
here.
So
the
Minnesota
Technical
Assistance
Program
M
tap
was
another
partner
who
was
essential
to
creating
the
green
business
cost
share
program.
They
assist
us
and
the
organization's
to
work
within
quantifying
reductions.
So
we
can
all
understand
the
return
on
investment
in
pollution
reduction.
J
M
tap
strengthens
our
Minneapolis
businesses
and
organizations
by
improving
efficiency,
while
saving
money
through
energy,
water
and
waste
reduction
they
have
embarked
on
focused
work
with
an
environmental
justice
or
Green
Zone
areas
of
Minneapolis,
specifically
in
south
Minneapolis.
We
hope
to
continue
this
focus
in
the
Minneapolis
green
zones,
both
in
earth
north
and
south,
as
M
tap,
helps
our
businesses
and
organizations
to
be
the
cleanest
and
most
efficient.
They
can
be.
Thank
you
so
much.
L
Thank
you
very
much,
we're
very
honored
to
be
here
today
and
we're
very
honored
for
this
recognition.
We
really
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
work
with
the
city
of
Minneapolis
to
do
outreach
to
businesses,
that's
what
we've
been
doing
for
the
last
35
years
and
what
we
hope
to
do
for
a
long
time
to
come.
L
M
Hey
everybody
I'll
be
presenting
the
partnership.
Reward.
I'm
really
excited
to
do
this,
especially
to
work
with
the
both
the
Windham
neighborhood
community
council,
as
well
as
the
tinkerer
tingle
town
Neighborhood
Association.
They
really
started
a
new
innovative
way
of
solving
the
neighborhood
problems
around
environmental
issues.
Both
neighborhoods
work
with
the
owners
and
made
financial
contributions
to
assist
alamak
dry
cleaners
in
alongside
with
the
city
and
switching
to
a
safer
alternative
to
to
using
perc
I.
Just
want
to
thank
the
Windham
Community
Council
as
well
as
Tangletown
Neighborhood
Association.
J
N
Want
to
thank
the
city
and
the
health
department
I
think
this
is
a
marvelous
example
of
a
really
cool
collaboration
between
neighborhood
groups
and
the
city
to
improve
a
business,
a
local
business,
our
dry
cleaners
lamech,
and
to
improve
the
health
of
our
neighborhoods
by
eliminating
perc.
Thank
you.
N
M
Think
thanks
so
much
Becky
and
you
know
I
really
want
to
say
this
was
really
led
by
neighborhoods.
The
neighborhood
boards
really
were
dogged
about
this.
They
really
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
could
have
cleaner
with
a
cleaner
environment
for
their
neighborhood,
but
it
wouldn't
been
possible
without
a
receptive
business
owner
that
had
this
in
his
heart
and
LeMat
cleaners.
M
You
know
they've
been
interested
in
making
the
switch
away
from
FERC
for
a
number
of
years
and
in
2017
with
the
added
support
of
the
neighborhood
associations
as
well
as
the
city,
they
were
able
to
make
that
switch
away
from
perk
for
a
safer
environment,
and
it
was
well
for
the
neighborhood
employed
with
surrounding
neighborhood.
So
I
want
to
thank
LeMat
cleaners.
Please
have
the
owner
Nick
Saqqara
up
here
to
a
receive
the
award
yep
he's
here
all
right.
Well,
he
wasn't
able
to
make
it.
M
So
we
really
appreciate
all
that
he's
done
and
I
will
hand
it
back
over
we'll
actually
I
take
that
back.
I
will
be
I'm,
also
giving
out
the
annexed
partnership
award
for
the
e
style
residents,
association
and
Lowry
Hill
East,
Neighborhood
Association.
Hopefully,
Brad
Ashe
and
Paul
Shannon
felt
our
here.
If
you
want
to
come
on
out.
M
So
while
it's
it's
important
to
have
innovative
starters,
like
the
ones
we
have
in
Ward,
11
and
tinkletown
and
Windham,
and
it's
it's
it's
old
to
have
folks
that
are
able
to
finish
this
and
make
sure
that
we're
the
first
city
that
is
perc
free
and
in
that
specially
true
for
East
Isles
residents,
Association
and
the
Lowry
Hill
East
Neighborhood
Association.
These
two
organizations
were
able
to
come
together
and
to
support
osmond
cleaners
with
a
financial
contribution
to
make
sure
you
to
make
them
have
the
commitment
to
switch
from
perc
in
a
drying
cleaning
industry.
M
O
So
yeah
I
mean
we're.
You
know
this
was
a
no-brainer
when
it
was
brought
to
us.
You
know
we
could
help
our
community.
We
could
help
a
local
business.
Great
initiatives
are
huge
and
when
our
community
gets
better,
all
Minneapolis
gets
better.
So
we'd
make
our
little
section
a
little
bit
nicer
and
everyone
wins
but
really
happy
to
partner
with
Larry
Hill
in
the
city
and
osmond
cleaners,
especially
and
the
Minneapolis
Pollution
Control
Agency
that
helped
with
the
financing
and
things.
So
thanks
Patrick
for
kinda
bringing
this
done
to
our
attention.
O
P
The
Larry
Hill
East
Neighborhood
Association
takes
tremendous
pride
in
the
environmental
work
that
we
do
and
it's
also
one
of
our
main
priorities
and
without
the
support
of
our
environmental
committee
and
our
Lena
board
members.
This
would
have
been
possible,
as
well
as
our
partnerships
with
the
city
and
with
osmond
cleaners,
and
this
is
a
shining
example
of
how
the
city
and
neighborhood
partnerships
can
be
effective
and
making
sure
that
our
cities
are
more
sustainable
and
greener.
Thanks.
M
F
Was
really
a
pioneer
in
all
of
this?
This
was
the
first
dry
cleaner
in
Minneapolis
to
switch
away
from
perc
early
this
year
and
none
of
the
dry
cleaners
in
Minneapolis
came
to
the
decision
for
a
major
investment
and
it
does
take
a
major
investment
in
new
dry
cleaning
equipment
easily
and
I
think
you
were
no
exception,
but
you
were
gracious
enough
to
host
a
small
celebration
at
your
dry
cleaning
operation
in
South,
Minneapolis
and
I.
Think
that
made
a
big
big
impression
on
people
and
we
know
it
wasn't
an
easy
decision.
Q
Q
It
wasn't
because
we
wanted
to
get
that
quote
and
unquote
the
last
cleaners,
but
because
of
the
financial
reasons,
and
that's
why
we
finally
went
through
and
had
it
not
been
for
Patrick
helping
us
out.
This
wouldn't
have
happened
and
also
thanking
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
making
it
more
green
and
working
with
us
at
all
times
to
achieve
this
goal.
So
I
want
to
thank
especially
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
and
everyone
always
helped
us
out.
Thank
you.
F
The
final
dry
cleaner,
not
the
first,
was
the
first
on
my
list,
though
we
have
a
couple
other
that
we
want
to
celebrate
to
these
I
think
the
next
three
are
award
to
businesses
and
some
of
the
end
on
on
Lake
Street
East,
Lake
Street,
the
first
one
is
Don's
leather
cleaning,
no
I
mean
I.
Think
the
president
dart
poach
is
here
to
receive
the
award
dart.
The
owner
of
Don's
leather
cleaning.
I
made
the
commitment
to
go
perc
free
with
the
support
of
the
city.
An
environmental
initiative.
F
Dart
has
also
played
a
huge
role
in
the
development
of
our
green
business,
cost
share
program
to
the
Minnesota
cleaners,
Association
and
providing
feedback
to
how
to
effectively
meet
the
needs
of
cleaners.
More
importantly,
dart
played
an
important
role,
among
others
across
the
state,
in
some
of
the
original
efforts
to
promote
technologies
that
contained
perc
and
create
a
sustainable
dry
cleaning
site
remediation
funding
program.
Because
of
efforts
like
his
like
yours,
we
now
have
financial
tools
across
the
state
to
clean
up
legacy
pollution
from
perc.
Thank
you
so
much.
R
S
Thank
you
to
the
pece
committee,
the
Minneapolis
City
Council
in
Patrick
Allen,
your
work,
commitment
and
assistance
with
grant
money
to
purchase
of
new
cleaning
equipment
helps
ensure
the
viability
of
our
shrinking
yet
viable
industry.
In
1994
there
were
350
dry
cleaners
in
Minnesota
today,
there's
a
hundred
and
twenty
and
more
about
a
third
as
many.
However,
despite
this,
the
eight
cleaning
Minneapolis
operations
who
benefited
from
this
grant
program
provides
an
important,
integral
and
appreciate
his
service
to
Minneapolis
consumers
and
businesses
into
the
community.
S
Since
the
start
of
this
grant
program,
I
have
been
fortunate
to
work
on
several
occasions
with
Patrick
Hanlon
as
a
cleaner,
but
also
as
a
representative.
The
notes
of
the
cleaners
Association
has
always
been
considerate,
professional
and
willing
to
help.
First
and
foremost,
he
understood
that
the
cleaning
machinery
is
the
largest
capital
outlay
for
the
dry
cleaning
company,
as
well
as
a
single
most
important
piece
of
equipment
in
a
dry
cleaning
plant.
S
F
Next
up
is
Viking
cleaners,
I
wonder
if
Samir
is
here
to
come
down.
Viking
cleaners
made
a
significant
commitment
to
move
away
from
perc
in
the
dry
cleaning
process
that
required
significant
construction
on
site
and
coordinated
effort
with
the
building
owners.
It
was
not
a
decision
they
came
to
easily
and
they
had
significant
downtime
in
their
operations.
To
get
everything
in
place.
Viking
is
our
only
laundry
and
dry
cleaning
site
switch
that
went
through
the
green
business
cost-share
program.
F
T
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
everyone
to
be
a
part
of
this
great
gift,
also
thank
to
the
city
and
the
state.
Local
agencies,
Viking
village
penis,
has
been
in
Minneapolis
since
1961
I
acquired
the
property
in
2009
and
was
able
to
put
it
into
the
perk
monster
this
year.
So
I'm
very
glad
and
happy
that
we
part
of
this
program
thanks
again
to
everyone.
F
Next
we'd
like
to
give
out
a
sustainable
business
award-
and
this
is
to
Ghandi,
Mahal
and
I-
think
that
I
will
and
Clare-
or
maybe
both
here,
you
want
to
come
up
here.
Wonderful
Gandhi,
Mahal
doesn't
just
have
sustainability
as
a
nice
talking
point
on
their
website.
They
walk
the
talk
as
they
ensure
to
be
the
change
in
their
community
in
our
city
and
on
this
planet.
They
have
aquaponics,
providing
fresh
produce
and
fish
with
partners
like
SPARC.
Why?
To
educate
youth?
They
initiated
urban
farming
initiatives
across
the
city.
F
They
have
been
taking
incremental
steps
for
waste
reduction
with
an
eye
on
a
zero
waste
goal
and
they
have
installed
energy
efficiency
initiatives
like
the
variable
frequency
drive
ventilation
system
installed
in
2017.
This
project
was
a
partnership
between
Gandhi
Mahal,
the
green
business
cost
share
program,
Lake,
Street,
Council
and
energy
smart.
We
are
hoping
more
businesses
follow
suit.
With
this
technology
that
saves
heat
and
electricity,
Gandhi
mahalos
already
reduced
their
energy
use.
80%.
F
To
be
honest,
if
we
had
more
businesses
like
Gandhi
Mahal
in
Minneapolis,
we
wouldn't
even
need
our
climate
action
goals,
but,
as
we
haven't
reached
our
climate
action
goals,
yet
Gandhi
maja
will
probably
be
the
place.
We
will
need
to
meet
with
the
community
to
figure
out
how
to
reach
them.
They've
been
gracious
hosts
to
many
community
inspired
meetings,
and
we
are
so
grateful
for
the
blessing
they
have
been
to
this
city.
U
Thank
you,
a
Minneapolis
City
Council
and
the
people
who
have
supported
us
on
our
journey
to
a
sustainability.
I
know
there
is
a
limited-time.
You
know,
I
need
a
little
more
time
because
I
speak
Bangla
SHhhh,
my
name
is
Mihaly
Salam
and
I
came
all
the
way
from
Bangladesh
to
frozen
Minnesota
to
please
your
palates
I
believe
we
are
all
connected
through
food.
The
recipes
that
people
enjoying
at
Gandhi
Mahal
have
been
in
my
family
for
generations.
Today
we
use
those
same
recipes
with
local
ingredients
to
provide
fresh,
healthy,
delicious
food.
U
Since
the
beginning,
I
always
tell
people
if
you
like
what
you
do
tell
a
friend.
If
you
don't
like
what
you
do.
Tell
us
and
we'll
work
together
to
fix
it.
Working
together
is
at
the
core
of
Gandhi
mahalo
Sophie,
and
how
we
build
stronger,
healthier
communities
that,
like
I,
call
them
fully
fed
communities.
It
is
not
easy
to
do
business
in
another
country,
but
Minneapolis
has
given
me
the
opportunity
to
achieve
my
life
dreams.
U
Just
because
one
comes
from
a
different
country
doesn't
mean
one
has
to
forget
one's
mother
culture
I
grew
up,
farming,
fish
and
fishing.
Now
in
Minnesota
I
fish
through
holes
in
the
ice
instead
of
ponds
now
I
found
fish
in
my
basement.
Using
a
cap,
Onix
I
want
to
thank
entire
city
of
Minneapolis
Tov,
City,
Council
members,
partners,
friends
and
patrons
I
believe
together,
we'll
be
able
to
make
monopolies
one
of
the
best
green
city
in
the
world.
Let's
be
the
change
and
I
hope
all
will
vote
on
Tuesday
with
their
hearts
and
minds.
V
Thank
you
good
afternoon.
Everyone
and
I
just
want
to
say
congratulations
to
all
of
the
award
winners
and
I'm
going
to
announce
the
last
award.
The
solar
energy
award,
which
goes
to
a
chance
to
grow
co-founder
Bob,
devor
Bob
here
hello,
Bob,
are
you
a
chance
to
grow?
Is
a
school
in
Northeast
Minneapolis
helping
children
and
adults
reach
their
highest
potential.
V
They
have
integrated
environmental
programming,
including
Jane,
Goodall's,
Roots,
&
Shoots
program,
concentrating
on
conservation
and
humanitarian
efforts,
plus
the
Marlene
Meijer
Gardens,
bringing
a
hands-on
approach
to
urban
gardening,
with
the
state
of
Minnesota's,
smallest
recognized
borås
in
2017.
They
invested
in
solar
in
a
solar
array
that
produces
fifty
thousand
kilowatts
of
clean
renewable
energy
every
year
with
an
interactive
display
for
the
kids
at
the
school.
It
was
the
first
time
we
tried
and
sin
abiding
a
solar
program
and
it
prompted
us
to
start
a
citywide
solar
incentive
program
in
2018.
V
That
program
has
gone
on
to
help
with
six
million
five
hundred
thousand
kilowatts
of
solar
production
in
just
a
few
short
months
in
2018
before
the
forum
before
the
funds
were
completely
exhausted.
Thank
you
to
a
chance
to
grow
for
the
investments
you
have
made
in
your
school
and
starting
something
big
here
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis
and
again
it's
like
the
sappy
words
I.
W
W
They
have
all
been
very
helpful,
had
a
chance
to
grow.
We
work
with
kids
from
zero
to
adults,
and
so
maybe
10
years
ago
we
did
our
marlene
meyer,
green
garden,
and
we
took
a
abandoned
lot
and
installed
27
trees
in
a
rain
garden
in
a
forest
and
granite
pillars
and
gardens,
and
then
the
dnr
works
with
schools
to
get
involved
in
school
in
forests
it
helped
with
caring
for
them.
So
yes,
indeed,
we
have
the
smallest
certified
forests
in
the
state
of
Minnesota.
So
it's
just
up
in
Northeast
Minneapolis.
W
So
every
one
of
a
visit
or
have
a
lunch.
It's
wonderful!
You
can
see
the
IDS
tower
from
this
little
forest.
The
kids
can
take
part
of,
and
it
was
important
because
a
lot
of
children
in
Minneapolis
don't
get
outside,
don't
get
exposed
to
Gardens.
So
there's
a
way
to
address
that,
but
it's
also
a
way
to
address
a
larger
problem,
and
that
is
we've
seen
working
with
disabled
kids
that
there's
been
an
explosion
of
these
kinds
of
live
births
2530
years
ago.
The
incidence
of
autism
was
1/2
in
2000
births.
W
Now,
if
you
follow
it
at
all,
it's
now
down
to
one
in
maybe
hundred
births.
So
there's
explosion
happy
right
before
us
and
we
really
believe
we
had
a
chance
to
grow.
That's
environmental
toxins,
that's
contributing
to
all
these
health
problems,
so
it's
important!
It
helped
raise
people's
awareness
of
that.
We
need
to
take
some
action
now
so
again
thank
the
council
and
Patrick
and
his
whole
staff.
Thank
you.
C
Here
we
go,
that
was
that
was
great
to
hear
all
that
and
I
kept
hearing
people
say
my
name.
It's
there's
a
whole
team
of
folks
involved
in
doing
all
this
work,
and
so
a
lot
of
gratitude
goes
out
to
them
for
doing
that
work.
You
know,
I
talk
to
my
team
here
and
I
sometimes
hear
the
claim
by
those
in
government
to
remember
that
government
work
is
honorable
and
I
like
to
remind
my
team
that
that
isn't
necessarily
true.
C
C
If
we
look
at
this
program
now,
as
we
did
in
2012
when
it
first
started,
and
that
if
we
believe
that
we
are
just
starting
if
we
believe
that
we're
just
starting,
we
can
leverage
support
of
each
other's
work
that
even
climate
change
is
not
too
big
of
a
topic
to
be
solved
when
we
work
together,
council
members
as
the
embodiment
of
the
people
of
Minneapolis.
Thank
you
so
much
for
entrusting
us
with
this
work
and
supporting
everyone
here
in
this
work.
Thank
you
so
much.
A
A
Is
this
very
big
idea,
but
the
way
that
we
change
way
we
interrupt
what's
happening
is
individuals
making
differences
where
they
can
in
their
own
spaces,
and
what
we
have
seen
is
remarkable
change
in
a
rather
short
period
of
time
as
a
result
of
the
folks
in
this
room,
I
also
want
to
be
able
to,
as
a
city
council
member
in
the
chair
of
this
committee,
be
able
to
give
a
really
big
heartfelt.
Thank
you
to
Patrick
for
your
leadership
on
this.
You
were
definitely
a
common
thread.
A
One
of
the
best
things
about
being
a
city
council
member
is
that
I
get
the
wonderful
fortune
of
being
able
to
see
how
brilliant
city
staff,
farm
and
underappreciated
city
staff
are
Patrick
is
exceptional
and
we
are
very
fortunate
to
have
city
employees
like
him
who
truly
connect
and
get
the
issue.
So
thank
you.
Everyone
and
I
would
like
to
see
if
my
colleagues
have
any
final
questions
or
comments
all
right,
seeing
none.
Thank
you
again.
Everyone
seeing
no
questions
or
comments.
A
I,
move
to
receive
and
file
this
item,
all
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
aye,
those
opposed
say
no,
the
eyes
have
it
in
them.
Five.
The
item
is
filed
and
received.
I
want
to
make
sure
that
folks
get
the
opportunity
before
they
wear.
Maybe
that's
great
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
pass
it
over
as
well.
Here.
X
Thank
you,
a
piece
committee
and
thank
you,
a
committee
chairman
Cunningham
for
this
honor
to
present
the
Minneapolis
building
Energy
Challenge
Awards,
so
my
name
is
Katie.
Jones
and
I
have
the
privilege
of
working
with
the
city
of
Minneapolis
as
energy
benchmarking
program,
and
that
means
that
I
get
to
help
buildings
measure
their
energy
performance,
so
they
can
help,
but
they
can
better
manage
it.
X
We
know
that
better
management
can
hopefully
lead
towards
better
energy
efficiency
and
lower
costs
and
better-
and
you
know,
more
sustainable
operations
in
our
buildings,
and
so
for
the
past
four
years
we've
been
working
on
a
program
called
the
Minneapolis
building
energy
challenge
and
you'll
see.
If
you
found
this
little
handout
at
the
kind
of
sign-in
table,
it
gives
a
little
synopsis
of
what
the
building
energy
challenge
is,
and
it's
basically
a
test
or
dare
two
buildings.
X
X
And
I
want
to
mention
that
this
year,
if,
according
to
my
clock,
you
know
it's
2018
and
the
goal
is
in
2020,
so
these
these
buildings
have
achieved
that
goal
two
years
in
advance.
So
that's
that's
really
proof
of
their
dedication
and
proof
to
to
also
to
the
fact
that
the
market
values,
energy
efficiency
and
that
we've
got
great
examples
here
for
other
buildings
and
throughout
the
city
to
emulate.
So
yeah
take
out
your
cheat
sheets,
we're
going
to
be
going
through
each
building
one
by
one
in
that
order.
X
So
Butler
Square
is
just
one
of
the
most
phenomenal
buildings
in
our
city.
They
have
one
of
the
lowest
EU
eyesore
energy
use,
intensity,
x'
of
any
office
building
in
the
city
and
over
the
past
four
years,
they've
reduced
your
greenhouse
gas
emissions
28%
from
2014.
That's
phenomenal!
So
thank
you
so
much
for
your
work
and
I'd.
Ask
I
actually
like
to
ask
you
to
just
move
on
down
and
as
more
buildings
come
up.
I
want
to
get
one
big
picture
of
everyone
just
to
highlight
all
the
the
the
work
that's
been
going
on
here.
X
X
He's
with
City,
Hall
and
Igor
is
the
I,
don't
know
if
you've
ever
met
him.
If
you
work
in
City,
Hall
he's
the
lifeblood
to
me
of
this
building.
He
has
so
many
good
stories
about
this
building
and
anyways
city
hall
saved
18%
over
the
last
four
years.
They've
done
a
number
of
terrific
projects,
including
a
you,
probably
saw
within
the
last
couple
of
years.
Giant
LED
project
on
this
clock
tower
I've
done
a
lot
of
occupancy
sensors
and
just
making
sure
that
we're
utilizing
our
energy
here
as
efficiently
as
possible.
X
So
forensic
science
building-
maybe
a
lot
of
you,
probably
don't
know
where
this
building
is
it's
actually
right
by
the
US,
Bank
Plaza
and
you
know
doing
forensic
science
actually
is
a
very
intensive
building
use,
and
so
the
fact
that
that
this
team
dedicates
themselves
to
doing
continuous,
commissioning
and
trying
to
run
the
building
as
efficiently
as
possible.
It
really
does
show
that
the
county's
dedication
to
reducing
greenhouse
gas
emissions,
so
thank
you
so
much
to
Leah
and
the
rest
of
your
team.
X
X
X
Wow
18
total
in
at
government
center.
So
it's
a
lot
of
people,
but
also
like
that's
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
things
on
your
hands.
So
the
Hennepin
County
they've
been
doing
a
lot
of
lighting
and
controls
updates,
as
well
as
focusing
on
that
data
center
data.
Centers
are
energy
hogs,
so
making
sure
that
those
are
efficient
as
well
as
are
very
important.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
that.
All
right,
going
round
of
Lots
all
right,
yeah
names
squish
a
little
bit.
X
All
right
we've
got
the
next
building.
Is
this
another
city?
Building
the
Minneapolis
Convention
Center,
so
mark
zero,
Bull,
Minneapolis,
Convention
Center
you'll,
see
that
there's
a
giant
number
there
of
61%,
that's
just
phenomenal.
So
that
goes
that's
not
only
taking
it.
That's
not
only
energy
efficiency.
That's
also
made
up
of
the
fact
that
they're
sourcing,
all
of
their
electricity
from
wind
and
solar,
so
you
can
see
if
we,
you
know
if
we
use
renewables,
that
also
has
a
drastic,
drastic
result
on
our
greenhouse
gas
emissions.
So
thank
you
very
much.
X
So
the
Ralston
maintenance
facility
has
has
been
doing
a
lot
of
lighting
as
well,
but
also
focusing
on
those
very
much
like
what
we
would
call
mundane
operational
things
such
as
making
sure
your
set
points
are
at
the
right
at
the
right
temperatures
and
that
you
that
you're
scheduling
your
building
so
that
it's
it's
only
producing
that
to
the
right
temperature
when
the
building
is
occupied.
So
I
thank
you
for,
for
you
know,
focusing
on
the
the
on
the
things
that
that
you
that
make
the
buildings
efficient
every
day.
So
thank
you.
Brian.
X
You'll
also
notice
here
that
they
have
a
giant
number
and
that's
because
they've
been
doing
lots
of
work
and
they're
sourcing,
their
electricity
from
renewables,
so
Wells
Fargo
has
really
been
a
leader
in
doing
that.
So
I
appreciate
that
all
the
LEDs
that
they've
been
putting
in
they've
really
since
they
have
a
campus,
they
they
take
a
really
a
property
approach
to
their
heating
and
cooling.
It's
not
just
individual
buildings.
It's!
How
can
we
share
the
heating
and
cooling
load
to
make
sure
it's
the
most
efficient?
So
thank
you
very
much
for
that.
X
And
last
but
not
least,
we
have
Ann
Schneider
from
the
hospital
parking
ring,
excellent,
so
the
the
hospital
parking
ramp,
you
usually
wouldn't
think
of
parking
ramps
as
using
a
lot
of
electricity.
Thank
you
very
much,
but
they
actually,
you
know
if
you
think
of
all
the
lighting
there.
There
is
quite
a
bit
of
load
there.
So
over
the
past,
since
20
2010,
the
hospital
parking
ramp
has
been
working
to
improve
the
lighting.
That's
in
there,
so
you
know,
there's
the
first
generation
fluorescents
and
now
we're
onto
LEDs
and
so
I.
X
X
L
A
Thank
you
so
much
for
that.
Thank
you
so
much
everyone
for
your
hard
work
on
out
in
the
community
and
on
the
buildings.
Thank
you.
Everyone
for
your
leadership,
so
on
that
note,
I
also
want
to
make
sure
that
I
think
city
staff
and
Cee
for
all
their
hard
work
on
this
I
mean
really
quite
a
high
level
of
compliance
and
I,
see
councilmember
Gordon
well,.
F
A
Thank
you.
Are
there
any
other
questions
or
comments
from
my
colleague,
colleagues
all
right,
seeing
no
further
I
make
I
move
to
receive
and
file
this
item
all
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
aye
opposed,
say
no,
the
eyes
have
it
and
that
item
is
received
and
filed.
So
now
we
actually,
we
have
quite
a
robust,
a
jeff
consent
agenda
today,
full
of
lots
of
good
work
happening
throughout
the
city,
the
so
our
first.
A
A
consent
agenda
item
is
the
approving
of
the
authorizing
the
submittal
of
a
grant
application
for
four
point:
eight
seven
million
dollars
over
a
five
year
period
for
a
community-based
healthy,
starts
program
to
reduce
racial
and
ethnic
disparities
and
perinatal
health
outcomes.
That's
really
addressing
particularly
black
families
and
addressing
infant
mortality
in
the
black
community.
The
second
agenda
consent
item
is
authorizing
this:
the
middle
of
a
grant
application
to
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Health
in
the
amount
of
4.6
million
dollars
over
four
years
for
the
evidence-based
home
visiting
program
to
improve
outcomes
for
pregnant
families.
A
Number
four
is
the
RVT
number
item.
Number
three
is
the
approving
updates
to
the
Minneapolis
healthy
food
policy
to
be
in
alignment
with
the
fit
well
standards,
so
that
we
can
actually
have
that
in
our
new
public
service
building
number
five
is
mo
use
with
the
United
States
and
state
of
Minnesota
Department
of
Labor's
promote
compiling
compliance
with
the
minimum
wage
laws
in
Minneapolis.
A
Our
fifth
item
consent
item
is
the
Commission
on
civil
rights
of
appointment,
setting
a
public
hearing
for
our
our
last
meeting
of
the
year,
November
26
2018
to
consider
appointments
to
the
Commission
on
civil
rights.
Number
six
is
the
contra?
Is
a
contract
authorizing
a
contract
in
the
amount
of
$100,000,
with
a
tool
for
coordinated
out
public
outreach
to
low
wage
workers
and
collaborative
and
strategic
enforcement
of
Labor
regulations?
Just
to
let
folks
know
on
that
really
quick.
A
This
is
an
exciting,
innovative
approach
to
being
able
to
make
sure
that
workers
who
we
are
really
passing
these
workers
rights
protections
for
are
actually
able
to
leverage
and
access
them,
and
there
is
relationships
and
trust
already
built
between
say
tool
and
between
low-wage
workers,
in
particular,
so
by
building
this
inside
outside
strategy.
Again
with
community-based
organizations
folks
on
the
ground,
that
is
how
we're
going
to
really
be
able
to
see
some
good
work
happening.
Our
seventh
consent
agenda
item
is
the
workplace
Advisory
Committee
appointments.
A
Number
nine
is
a
number
of
120
eighteen,
one
Minneapolis
funding
recommendations.
This
is
really
great:
exciting
work
around
helping
to
diversify
the
city
of
Minneapolis
boards
and
commissions,
as
well
as
developing
leadership
in
marginalized
communities.
Some
really
really
great
organizations
here
that
are
included.
A
Do
any
of
my
colleagues
have
any
questions
or
wish
to
pull
any
items
from
the
consent
agenda
all
right,
seeing
none
I
move
approval
of
the
consent
agenda.
All
those
in
favor
of
the
motion,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
I
think
those
opposed
say
no,
the
eyes
have
it
and
that
those
items
are
approved.
I
just
want
to
take
a
quick
moment,
a
Thank
You
city
staff
for
all
that
work.
There's
a
lot
of
really
amazing
work
happening
there.
A
A
We
have
Tamara
downslide
food
policy
coordinator
with
the
big,
we'll
begin,
our
presentation,
and
we
are
also
fortunate
enough
to
have
Emily
London
executive
director
of
Neighborhood
routes,
Devon
Nolan
manager
of
the
West
Broadway
farmers
market,
christine
Novotny
program
manager
of
the
Mill
City
Farmers,
Market
and
Joe
Nowak
of
the
farmers
market
metrics
project
with
the
U
of
M,
so
I'm
going
to
hand
it
over
to
Tamara.
Thank
you.
Y
Thank
you
very
much
chair
Cunningham
and
council
members.
It's
really
an
honor
to
be
here
today
with
the
colleagues
you
mentioned,
as
well
as
many
of
our
other
farmers
market
collaborators
who
are
in
the
room
and
on
a
day
when
so
much
excitement
around
sustainability
as
part
of
the
chambers
glad
to
have
a
chance
to
talk
about
the
farmers
markets
in
our
urban
AG
and
food
business.
Y
So
I
think
you
all
know:
homegrown
Minneapolis,
City,
Community
Partnership,
founded
just
about
10
years
ago,
helping
improve
the
community's
ability
to
grow
process,
distribute
to
eat
and
compost
more
healthy,
sustainable
and
locally
grown
food
farmers
markets
are
doing
nearly
all
of
those
goals
in
in
their
work,
and
so
we'll
be
talking
a
bit
about
that
today,
as
well
as
some
quick
updates
on
the
garden
lease
program
and
the
homegrown
Small
Business
Fund.
Thank
you.
Y
So
there's
a
lot
on
this
slide,
which
I
will
not
reiterate
for
you,
but
I
think
some
some
real,
quick
snapshots
of
how
we
got
today
to
be
here
wearing
our
team
colors,
the
red
aprons,
which
were
in
part
funded
by
by
city,
support
with
the
logo
you'll
hear
about
funded
through
the
General
Mills
foundation.
We
over
a
number
of
years
there
were.
There
were
markets
for
over
a
hundred
years
in
Minneapolis
operating
I
know
we
have
the
Minneapolis
market
manager
in
the
room
as
well,
and
as
more
markets
grew
and
grew.
Y
There
were
a
number
of
conversations
that
really
became
more
formal
in
the
homegrown
Minneapolis
recommendations
about
formalizing,
a
more
structured
collaboration
and
more
support
for
farmers
markets,
and
a
number
of
things
did
transpire
that
really
helped
the
farmers
markets.
As
a
result
of
that-
and
there
were
some
some
opportunities
still
left
on
the
table.
That
kind
of
came
back
to
the
foray
when
there
were
a
city,
council,
member
and
I'm
devon.
Y
Nolan,
a
food
council
co-chair-
and
I
know
I,
counsel,
member
ikono
and
and
devon
had
a
lot
of
really
amazing
things
to
share
back
from
the
barcelona
public
markets
conference,
which
we
were
able
to
discuss
as
a
McKnight
Foundation
and
really
then
catalyze.
Another
conversation
among
us
that
brought
in
the
University
of
Minnesota
and
a
conversation
about
metrics
and
the
city,
saying
where
are
the
numbers?
Y
And
we
all
agreed
we're
the
number
and
there
were
a
number
of
people
who
were
collecting
metrics
on
their
markets
already
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis
and
partnering
with
other
universities,
and
so
we
got
together.
The
University
had
a
researcher
Hikaru
Peterson,
who
was
not
able
to
join
us
today,
who,
together
with
our
managers,
had
a
phone
call
with
the
Farmers
Market
coalition
and
that
really
led
to
the
formation
of
a
metrics
project
that
you'll
hear
more
about
which
is
now
and
it's
I,
think
4th
year,
3rd
or
4th
year,
we've
got
a
marketing
campaign.
Y
Z
Thank
You
Tamara
happy
to
be
here,
I'm
representing
the
University
of
Minnesota
in
this,
the
farmers
market
metrics
project,
which
is
I
just
want
to
take
a
minute
to
point
out
that
the
farmers
market
metrics
project
is
a
three
year.
Usda
funded
grant
it's
not
just
Minneapolis,
but
this
collaborative
is
what
made
it
happen
and
it's
it's
really
unique
in
terms
of
a
food
system
assessment
and
talking
to
folks
all
across
the
country.
Farmers
markets
are
a
really
tricky
thing
to
collect
data
on
it's
direct
sale.
Z
A
farmer
could
pick
crops
that
morning
and
with
the
exchange
of
cash
customer
goes
home
with
bag
of
tomatoes
or
radishes,
and
there's
no
way
of
tracking
that
farmers
markets
are
way
more
important.
That
I
think
any
of
us
in
this
room
recognize
the
local
food
economy,
and
this
project
is
really
helping.
Not
only
Minneapolis
find
out
how
important
they
are,
but
also,
potentially,
this
project
can
really
show
how
Minneapolis
could
act
as
a
model
for
others
around
the
country
to
to
understand
the
importance
of
farmers
markets
in
their
communities.
Z
I'm
happy
to
be
here
in
half
of
Peterson
Tamara
mentioned
at
the
university
Minnesota
applied
econ
Department.
She
is
really
taking
taking
a
special
liking
to
this
project.
She
she's
kind
of
borrowing
from
some
other
methods
around
the
country
and
work
together
with
the
collaborative
and
the
metrics
project,
finding
a
way
to
start
to
really
understand
the
importance
of
farmers
markets
in
your
community.
AA
Councilmembers
needs
to
be
here,
I'd
like
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
marketing
campaign
and
how
we're
getting
the
word
out
about
the
farmers
markets
of
Minneapolis.
First
off
we
have
our
page
on
Facebook
I
was
launched
in
2017
through
the
support
of
the
General
Mills
foundation
and
through
sponsored
ads,
we've
cultivated
more
than
63
hundred
followers
and
have
posted
paid
and
unpaid
ads
engaging
more
than
two
hundred
thousand
customers
over
the
past
year
alone.
AA
AA
We
also
had
a
citywide
bus,
shelter
ad
campaign.
One
of
the
pictures
on
the
screen
is
an
example
of
that
ad
that
had
a
huge
reach,
an
estimated
three
million
people,
just
in
the
short
time
that
we
had
it
up.
We
also
had
radio
ads
on
more
than
eight
local
radio
stations.
All
of
them
are
listed
up
on
the
screen.
Those
ran
in
May
and
then
through
some
and
in
September
and
October,
made
to
announce
the
opening
of
the
farmers
markets
and
September
October.
AA
As
we
see
numbers
start
to
drop
off,
because
people
are
going
back
to
school
like
it's
busy
again,
but
it's
the
time
of
most
abundance
for
our
farmers
and
lastly,
collateral,
like
this
beautiful
apron
that
I
am
wearing
goes
with
everything,
and
then
we
had
signs
aprons
bags.
One
of
them
was
actually
seen
in
a
DC
Airport,
so
our
reach
is
far
just
trying
to
get
the
word
out
about
the
great
work
that
we're
doing
as
a
collaborative
working
together
with
all
markets.
So
thank
you.
AA
AB
You
Christine
good
afternoon,
cher,
Cunningham
and
peace
committee
members.
My
name
is
Devon
Nolan
I'm
with
appetite
for
change,
I
managed
the
West
Broadway
farmers
market
in
North,
Minneapolis
and
we've
collaborated
to
provide
trainings
and
technical
assistance
to
remove
barriers
and
build
capacity
with
market
vendors
and
market
managers.
We
provided
training
on
food
safety
from
finance,
cottage
food
law,
farmers,
market
nutrition
program,
certification
for
more
than
50
vendors
and
market
managers.
This
year.
AB
Oftentimes
the
question
around
food
access
and
healthy
food
access
is
the
child,
the
biggest
challenge,
accessibility
or
affordability,
and
we
know
that
it's
both
we've
supported
market
implementation
of
snap
EBT
and
market
books,
the
power
produce,
which
is
a
Kids
Club,
where
they
get
their
own
token
each
week
to
come
in
it
got
what
they
want
for
produce.
It's
a
great
opportunity
for
us
to
address
the
issues
around
childhood
obesity
and
promoting
healthy
eating
habits
in
our
children
early.
AB
We
also
launched
a
fruit
and
vegetable
prescription
program
and
that
again
we're
moving
that
a
berry,
the
berry
of
affordability.
We
find
that
people
really
want
to
consume
more
fruits
and
vegetables.
We
partnered
with
medica
and
the
healthy
savings
program,
the
Farmers
Market
nutrition
program,
which
allows
us
to
accept
WIC
vouchers
at
the
farmers
markets
and
several
other
programs
helping
kids
and
families
access
and
learn
about
fresh
fruits
and
vegetables.
Next
I'll
introduce
Emily,
lund
who's,
the
executive
director
of
neighborhood
routes.
AC
Hello,
I'm,
Emily,
lund,
I'm,
the
executive
director
of
neighborhood
routes.
We
run
Kingfield,
Bolton
and
Nokomis
farmers
markets
in
south
Minneapolis
I
wanted
to
bring
our
attention
to
how
we
create
that
direct
connection
between
producers
and
consumers.
So
it's
not
only
about
the
access
to
healthy
food
from
the
consumers
perspective,
but
the
access
to
these
markets
from
the
producers
perspective.
So
this
is
a
short
list
of
some
of
the
food
business
that
have
been
incubated
launched,
really
started
to
thrive
at
our
farmers
markets.
AC
The
farmers
market
model
is
pretty
unique
because
it
keeps
the
overhead
relatively
low
and
the
margins
relatively
high,
as
opposed
to
starting
straight
to
a
retail
or
wholesale
business
model.
This
is
particularly
valuable
for
entrepreneurs
that
may
experience
discrimination
from
London
lending
institutions
or
other
gatekeepers
to
getting
that
retail
shelf
space.
So
I
just
wanted
to
bring
our
attention
to
you.
Think
of
thinking
about
all
of
the
businesses,
the
dollars
that
stay
in
our
local
community
with
the
direct
sale
model
that
we
have
at
the
farmers
markets.
AC
Y
So
a
little
summary
of
all
the
wonderful
things
you
just
heard
up
on
the
screen
here
and
I
might
be
burying
the
headline
a
little
bit
by
just
bringing
this
out
now.
But
twelve
million
dollars
is
what
we
learned
through
the
metrics
project
that
our
markets
generate
at
a
minimum.
It's
a
conservative
estimate
with
our
first
year
of
full
metrics
collection
and
we'll
have
another
report
after
this
year.
Y
Just
for
some
comparison,
I
think
in
the
most
recent
year
the
Eastside
food
co-op
had
about
15
million
in
sales,
so
think
about
a
business
like
that
and
we
are
very
similar,
but
it's
this
decentralized
disaggregated
across
the
city,
but
having
a
really
major
impact
on
the
food
business,
development
and
the
eaters
of
our
city.
We
supported
more
than
5,000
full
and
part-time
jobs.
Y
So
that
is
kind
of
the
summary
of
the
farmers
market
work,
but
just
stay
tuned.
There
will
be
more
as
I
said
next
year.
We're
excited
to
be
here
for
the
first
time
really
talking
about
this
project,
as
it
was
really
developing
over
the
course
of
several
years,
and
the
city
has
been
a
major
investor
in
that,
not
just
through
my
time,
but
through
sheephead
and
health
and
other
departments.
Y
We
had
urban
scholars
the
last
two
years
that
have
helped
the
work
so
really
multi,
department,
partnership,
multi,
sectoral
partnership
and
really
a
lot
of
the
managers
in
the
room
today,
showing
how
we've
all
really
kind
of
been
committed
together
to
the
work.
So
real
quick
update,
the
garden
lease
program
is
another
homegrown
initiative
in
partnership
with
CPD
public
works,
Health
and
some
other
departments.
From
time
to
time.
Y
This
year
we
were
thrilled
to
partner
with
the
Minnesota
horticultural
society
and
the
Health
Department,
and
distribute
more
than
80
garden
and
abox
kits
to
gardeners
on
city
garden,
Lots
we
distributed
more
than
1,000
donated
seed
packets
and
also
in
partnership
with
health
and
the
Minnesota
state
health
improvement
partnership,
distributed
more
than
$10,000
and
tools
and
equipment
for
gardeners,
as
was
the
same
for
the
garden
in
a
box
through
the
funding
there.
So
lots
of
really
great
activity
are
clear
who's
not
up
here
presenting
with
us
today.
Y
Our
program
aid
really
did
amazing
work
with
our
urban
scholar
and
other
partners
going
out
and
visiting.
Nearly
all
the
gardens
taking
photos
had
meetings
with
almost
30
garden
sponsors,
and
we
have
a
kind
of
report
on
insights.
We
learned,
including
all
the
amazing
vegetables,
that
people
are
able
to
grow
as
a
result
of
having
access
to
this
land
that
they
wouldn't
find
normally
in
the
grocery
store
and
in
engaging
with
their
family
on
this
land.
Y
So
we
are,
we
are
still
leasing
more
than
50
gardens,
but
still
dealing
with
some
some
policy
pressure
on
the
sale
of
land
and
that's
something
that
has
continued
to
come
up
for
us.
The
policies
that
are
supporting
the
garden
lease
program,
as
well
as
those
through
sales
of
side
yards
and
all
their
other
developable
lands.
Putting
pressure
on
our
ability
to
maintain
the
access
to
these
lots
for
gardening
that
has
been
so
important
to
the
community.
Y
Y
So
we
have
the
homegrown
loan,
which
is
administered
through
MCCD,
but
the
grant
pilot
was
with
United
Way
in
neon,
and
this
will
be
discussed
more
fully
at
neon
on
November
14th,
fortunately,
the
same
time
as
the
comp
plan
hearing,
but
we
will
be
happy
to
report
back
on
that
about
updates
on
the
homegrown
small
business
fund.
We
have
a
brochure
and
development
and
a
new
webpage
that
will
give
that
more
sunlight.
Y
Daylight,
as
far
as
a
resource
for
the
community
that
these
are
loans
up
to
$10,000,
for
a
food
business
to
be
able
to
support
their
endeavour,
including
packaging
or
things
even
like
working
capital.
That
can
be
hard
to
access.
So
we
want
to
be
sure
that
people
know
this
is
a
resource
for
food
businesses,
and
the
grant
pilot
in
the
promise
zone
with
neon
and
United
Way
is,
is
specifically
targeted
to
helping
provide
resources
to
under-resourced
food
entrepreneurs
and
helping
the
city
through
that
partnership
with
CPD
and
sustainability.
Y
Y
That
is
all
I
have
to
share
with
you
today.
I
just
wanted
to
take
a
moment
to
acknowledge
all
of
the
in-kind
and
funding
partners
and
in
all
of
your
investment
through
the
honor
of
supporting
the
collaborative
through
my
position
as
well
as
all
of
the
the
funding.
That's
helped
her
work.
Any
questions.
Yes,.
A
Thank
you
so
much
a
lot
of
really
wonderful
work
here,
that's
happening
and
really
capturing
innovative
work
that
can
just
fly
under
the
radar.
That
systems
can
miss,
and
so
I
really
appreciate
you
constantly
digging
in
folks
being
really
plugged
in
with
the
city.
So
I
had
a
quick
question.
I
was
curious
about
what
kind
of
engagement
mountain
farmers
have
had
with
all
of
this
work.
I.
Y
A
Thank
you,
I,
just
I
can
say
in
the
fourth
ward
that
we
have
a
large
representation
of
mome
folks
and
over
the
summer,
if
you're
driving
around
while
folks
are
gardening.
A
huge
portion
of
folks
who
are
out
gardening
are
mowing
folks,
and
so
I
just
want
to
make
sure
oftentimes
I
feel
like
we
don't
include
Hmong
folks
in
the
conversation
around
different
things,
and
so
just
seeing
knowing
how
farming
is
such
a
staple
in
that
in
that
community.
Alright
I
have
a
question
or
comment
from
councilmember
Gordon.
A
F
You
very
much
and
I
really
appreciate
the
report
and
all
the
details
on
the
farmers
markets
and
seeing
some
old,
familiar
friends.
I
haven't
been
on
the
food
policy
for
a
little
bit,
but
was
there
for
a
long
time
and
worked
as
near
and
dear
to
my
heart,
I
want
to
ask
about
the
garden
lease
program
are
most
of
the
community
gardens
and
their
gardens
that
are
gardens
that
are
at
least
is
that
on
city-owned
property.
All.
Y
Of
the
lots
that
we
call
the
garden
lease
program
or
city-owned
property
in
the
whole
city
of
Minneapolis,
there
are
about
300
community
gardens
of
which
about
fifty
to
sixty
are
on
city
land.
And
that's
when
we
talk
about
the
Minneapolis
garden
lease
program,
what
we
are
referring
to:
city-owned
Public,
Works
and
SEPA,
don't
per
CIL's
well.
F
I
couldn't
help
but
notice
in
the
written
staff
report.
The
request
for
council
action,
you
weren't
minting
any
words
when
you
said
these
policies
should
be
reviewed
for
potential
modification
to
better
support
the
ongoing
work
of
the
garden
lease
program
referring
to
our
city
policies,
so
I'd
like
to
refer
that
matter
to
the
Housing,
Policy
and
Development
Committee,
because
that's
really
where
the
program
got
set
up,
that's
where
the
policies
are
set
and
if
we
need
to
modify
them.
I
also
noticed
in
the
slides,
it
said,
impede
policies
it
impede.
F
We
don't
want
that
happening,
so
we
want
to
be
careful.
I
know
that
we
are
concerned
about
housing
and
city
land
and
its
value
and
what
it's
worth,
but
we
I
understand
if
we
don't
have
some
kind
of
stability
with
the
community
gardens
that
just
creates
more
of
a
problem
and
less
likelihood
we'll
have
people
investing
in
them
in
the
market,
gardens
and
providing
food
so
I'll
make
the
motion
to
I
could
move
to
receive
and
file
the
report
if
that
would
be
easier,
but
I
also
want
to
make
sure
that
we're.
A
F
A
M
First
off
just
look
forward
to
having
that
conversation,
because
it's
something
that
there
is
a
lot
of
development
pressure
to
have
affordable
housing
and
have
urban
agriculture
and
have
access
to
food
sovereignty,
and
it
I
just
have
to
stress
that
it
cannot
be
a
nor
we
really
have
to
figure
out
a
way
to
do
both
of
these
things.
At
the
same
time,
so
I'm
really
excited
to
dive
into
that.
M
Also,
just
kind
of
wanted
to
thank
you
for
this
work
because
I
think
that
it,
it
isn't
always
measured
and
we
get
on
a
lot
of
top
lists
for
a
lot
of
the
great
work
we
do
in
the
city,
but
with
the
threat
we
face
from
climate
change
like
topless.
Doesn't
do
us
a
whole
lot
of
good
like
we
really
need
to
keep
doing
the
work
to
to
inspire
and
to
lead
other
cities,
so
I
want
to
thank
you.
M
A
Great,
thank
you
any
other
questions
or
comments
for
my
colleagues,
all
right
singing
done.
Thank
you
so
much
everyone
for
your
presentation.
Your
time
today,
I
move
to
receive
and
file
this
item.
All
those
in
favor
of
the
motion
please
signify
by
saying
aye
aye,
those
opposed
say
no,
the
eyes
have
it,
and
that
item
is
received
and
file
and
for
our
final
discussion
item
of
today,
we
will
be
having
a
presentation
that
relates
to
the
Americans
with
Disabilities
Act
action
plan
report.
A
G
This
is
really
a
strong
partnership
between
multiple
departments
in
the
city
that
are
really
responsible
for
ensuring
that
people
with
disabilities
have
access
to
our
programs
and
services,
which
includes
the
property
services,
the
IT
department
communications,
the
public
works
among
others.
So
it
is
a.
It
is
a
robust,
robust
plan
that
we
have
for
you
today
is
an
actual
action
that
is
requested.
He
is
really
a
receiving
file
of
the
annual
report,
but
we're
also
asking
for
a
one-year
extension
of
the
current
plan.
The
current
plan
is
three
years
in
duration.
G
We
have
a
significant
component
of
it
that
is
actually
proposed
to
be
implemented
next
year
in
2019,
so
we're
asking
for
the
plant
current
plan
to
be
extended
of
the
year
and
then
in
2019
we'll
be
coming
back
with
a
new,
revised,
updated
plan
for
the
for
the
following
three
years,
just
to
refresh
everybody's
memory,
the
legal
requirement
requirements
around
the
Americans
with
Disabilities
Act.
This
is
a
civil
rights
law
that
was
passed
in
1990,
really
with
the
intent
on
ensuring
and
that
people
with
disabilities
have
access
an
inclusion
to
all
levels
of
society.
G
It
really
requires
that
the
city
take
a
strong
look
at
barriers
for
equal
access
and
identify
ways
to
be
able
to
address
and
remove
those
barriers.
The
ATA
actually
has
five
titles,
which
it
includes
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
a
subject,
a
title
to
the
section
that
is
relating
to
state
and
local
government
agencies.
It
also
tends
to
be
the
most
restrictive
or
the
most
aggressive
form
of
the
Americans,
with
Disabilities
Act.
G
In
essence,
government
is
held
to
the
highest
standard
of
accomplishing
this
work
so
title
2
prohibits
discrimination,
ensures
equal
access
for
people
with
disabilities
and
all
programs
and
services
which
align
very
well
with
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
Those
goals,
around
equity
and
building
public
trust.
G
That
plan
itself
was
actually
adopted
in
2016
was
intended
to
be
a
three
year
plan
from
2016
to
2018,
as
I
mentioned,
we're
going
to
ask
for
it
to
be
extended
just
one
more
year.
A
lot
has
been
accomplished
over
the
course
of
these
past
couple
years
and
updating
the
seas
Americans
with
Disabilities
Act
were
this
is
as
the
document
REM
stands
right
now
as
a
comprehensive
policy
document
with
identified
strategies
to
remove
physical
communication
in
policy
barriers.
With
that,
we
want
to
hand
it
over
to
mr.
AD
Good
afternoon,
council
members,
my
name
is
Nick
no
I'm
the
ATN
in
which
access
coordinator
with
the
neighborhood
and
community
relations
department
patinas
it's
great
to
have
you
here.
Thank
you.
As
director
Rupert
art
has
mentioned,
we
develop
this
plan
in
a
partnership
with
a
lot
of
city
departments,
recognizing
that
this
is
a
system-wide
approach,
and
we
do
this
with
one
basic
operating
philosophy,
and
that
is,
accessibility
benefits
everyone,
its
inclusionary
work,
its
equity
work
and
the
term
accessibility
is
a
very
special
term
to
communities
with
disabilities,
primarily
because
of
the
space
design.
AD
The
program
design
and
the
communication
is
a
sign
of
how
we
operate
and
work
with
folks
with
disabilities
as
well.
So
when
we
talk
about
accessibility,
that's
really
what
those
come.
Particular
components
are.
So
we
have
a
few
different
ways
that
we
approach
this
level
work.
Ncr
is
primarily
responsible
for
title
to
the
Disabilities
Act
in
regards
to
making
sure
that
we
comply,
but
recognizing
that
we
as
a
civil
department
cannot
do
this
work
alone.
We
Forge
and
created
strategic
partnerships
with
our
city
departments,
so
the
plan
has
three
primary
components.
AD
The
physical
aspect
of
the
plan
is
managed
by
property
services
who
overlooks
our
facilities
and
city
lease
buildings.
Public
works,
who
manages
our
public
right-of-way
streets
sidewalks
and
the
NCR
who
oversees
our
programs
and
services,
and
that
also
follows
policies,
ordinance
change
and
then
MCR
myself
support
our
Minneapolis
Advisory
Committee
on
people
with
disabilities.
So
we
have
a
very
system's
wide
approach
to
making
sure
that
one,
we
not
only
comply
with
title
tune
with
88,
but
find
strategies
as
practices
to
be
inclusive
of
people
with
disabilities.
AD
So
traditionally,
with
that
88
plan
was
passed
in
1990
state
and
local
governments
were
mandated
to
create
a
transition
plan
and
to
create
one
and
pass
one
by
1993.
The
city
of
Minneapolis
did
that
and
that
really
what
that
was
is
a
identification
of
our
physical
barriers,
how
we
were
going
to
fix
those
barriers
and
what
the
cost
in
thailand's
behind
that
was.
That
was
our
last
transition
plan.
AD
I
believe
we
completed
most
of
that,
but
then,
outside
of
that
the
Department
of
Justice
did
not
give
any
guidance
on
one
city's
were
to
update
those
particular
plans.
So
back
in
2015,
Property
Services
took
it
upon
themselves
to
hire
consultant
and
review
our
city,
our
city,
physical
spaces,
where
we
operate
and
provide
programs
and
services.
AD
So
with
that,
when
we
were
doing
our
evaluation,
well,
programs
and
services,
property
services
completed
theirs
and
they
created
a
basic
mechanism
for
a
transition
plan
in
terms
of
what
our
physical
deficiencies
are,
what
their
barriers
are
and
how
they
will
take
care
of
that
in
2017.
They
completed
phase
1
items.
Phase
1
is
what
we
would
call
the
low-hanging
fruits
changing
the
height
of
a
mirror
inside
a
restroom,
maybe
adding
some
grab
bars
and
then
in
2018.
AD
They
took
on
phase
2
of
their
transition
plan
and
those
are
pretty
much
the
low
to
medium
deficiencies
that
they
want
to
remove,
but
took
a
little
bit
more
budget
and
planning,
and
what
that
was
was
ongoing.
Restroom
modifications,
as
well
as
working
on
the
entrances
and
sidewalks
to
those
particular
facilities
as
well.
The
larger
projects
for
our
police
fire
station,
where
we
actually
deliver
a
lot
of
our
programs
and
services
were
also
printed
consideration
and
I
believe
they
will
be
completed
in
2019.
AD
AD
We've
got
to
our
right
ways,
which
is
very
large
part
of
the
city
in
terms
of
how
people
get
around
how
they
access
public
services.
Our
parks
are
the
buildings.
Restaurants,
public
works
imagines
the
particular
maintenance
of
that
area
in
conjunction
with
the
state
and
county,
and
they
in
2018
have
upgraded
over
300
pedestrian,
curb
ramps
or
right
aways,
as
well
as
installed,
35,
different
audible,
pedestrian
signals
and
interest,
signalized
intersections
and
then
built
4.3
miles
and
new
sidewalks
throughout
reconstruction
projects.
A
new
program
that
they
integrated
into
2018
is
a
sidewalk
gap
program.
AD
That
was
something
that
was
not
in
existence
before.
That
was
an
issue
for
not
only
mobility,
impaired
people,
which
is
folks
in
general.
So
through
that
program
they
started
in
about
the
first
year
they
were
able
to
fill
in
the
sidewalk
gaps
between
Chicago
44th
and
46th.
Street
East,
as
I
mentioned
on
a
third
component
of
the
88
plan,
is
actually
the
Public
Works
ad
a
transition
plan
as
well.
In
twenty
two
or
twenty
twelve.
They
sought
out
to
create
a
transition
plan
for
their
pedestrian
right-of-way.
AD
They
drafted
a
plan,
but
it
was
never
fully
passed
to
Council
when
we
started
a
higher
valuation.
They
flagged
that
as
an
area
that
they
needed
to
evaluate
more
of
their
programs,
policies
and
services.
So
they're
in
the
midst
of
creating
that
transition
plan.
Right
now
and
it's
on
the
timeline
to
be
before
council
in
29th.
AD
As
mentioned,
NCR
is
the
really
the
stewards
of
title
two.
We
work
with
multiple
city
departments
to
make
sure
one
we
provide
access
to
our
city
programs,
services
and
activities.
We
do
that
through
reviewing
different
policies,
procedures
and
then
finding
ways
to
enhance
those
particular
areas.
So
we
can
include
people
with
disabilities
into
our
city
services
in
operations.
AD
Examples
of
how
we
do
that
was
partnership
with
the
MPD,
making
sure
that
we
provide
what's
called
video
remote
interpreting
services
into
their
protocols,
so
that
when
they
are
engaging
with
folks
that
are
deaf
and
hard
of
hearing
that
can
access
a
interpreter
actually
through
their
cell
phones,
to
do
an
intermediary
interaction
until
they
can
get
an
on-site
interpreter.
We
work
them
with
environmental,
health
and
reg
services
on
service
animal
procedures
and
policies.
AD
We
also
have
a
very
great
relationship
with
the
plan
review
and
see
ped
to
make
sure
that
we
review
commercial
spaces
when
they
asked
for
it
on
accessibility
guidelines.
This
last
year
we
were
looking
at
destination,
elevators
and
elevators
in
general,
and
what
the
policies
are
behind
there
for
applying
and
low
vision.
Folks,
we
also
provide
support
to
our
city
colleagues
as
well.
We
provide
training
on
disability
awareness,
a
foundational
course
around
different
communities
with
disabilities.
AD
The
interaction
stigler's
miss
we
also
provide
accessible
content
training
as
well
through
the
Science
Museum
of
Minnesota,
and
then
we
also
provide
axillary
services
in
terms
of
deafblind,
as
well
as
American,
silent
interpreters,
and
then
we
manage
what's
called
our
ad
a
grievance
procedures
under
the
title.
2
of
the
ADA,
a
state
and
local
government
agencies
are
supposed
to
implement
a
grievance
procedure
system.
We
work
with
3-1-1
on
that
they
collect
a
lot
of
what
would
be
called
ad
complaints
recognizing
that
there's
no
clear
navigation
panel
for
a
lot
of
residents.
AD
So,
even
though
we
may
not
manage
those
particular
areas,
we
work
with
the
residents
to
find
the
appropriate
departments
or
state
agencies
or
little
government
agencies
or
private
entities.
Just
last
year
we
worked
with
the
Timberwolves
and
the
links,
as
well
as
in
Target
Center,
on
program
access.
We,
the
city,
updated
the
Target
Center
over
the
last
few
years,
which
is
up
to
code,
but
then
we
kind
of
overlooked
the
program
access
event.
AD
For
folks
with
disabilities
as
well,
even
though
it's
not
our
particular
area
to
enforce
88
codes
for
small
businesses,
we
get
along
enquiries
from
small
businesses
on
what's
compliance
and
how
to
improve
their
space.
So
we
take
those
calls
in
and
then
connect
them
to
either
a
lawyer
or
consultants
that
could
review
their
space
or
the
State
Council
on
disability
as
well,
and
then
I
had
the
great
fortune
of
working
with
a
lot
of
residents
with
disabilities
with
through
the
Minneapolis
Advisory
Committee
on
people
with
disabilities.
AD
This
commission
was
created
in
1976
under
Mayor
Charleston,
vague
as
originally
the
mayor's
Advisory
Committee
of
people
with
disabilities
and
then,
throughout
the
years
it
became
the
Minneapolis
Advisory
Committee
people
with
disabilities.
The
committee
really
reviews
multiple
multiple
projects
to
the
city,
as
well
as
the
park
board,
the
state
it
had
been
counting.
We
work
on
a
lot
of
city
ordinances,
such
as
our
transportation
network
coming
company
opponents
a
few
years
ago.
AD
Back
then,
when
uber
and
lyft
was
trying
to
create
I
get
licenses
to
operate
within
the
city,
we
were
not
able
to
find
ways
for
them
to
provide
accessible
vehicles.
Business
licensing,
as
was
back
then
council,
member
Jacob
Frye.
They
found
ways
for
taking
part
of
the
business
licensing
fees
and
putting
them
into
a
pot
to
employ
a
fleet
of
accessible
taxicab
vehicles.
So
that's
been
a
great
service
for
folks
with
disabilities.
We
also
we're
currently
working
on
Minneapolis
2040.
AD
Another
a
plan
moving
into
2019.
We
are
proud
to
say
that
we
found
mechanisms
to
install
or
implement
captioning
into
our
City
Council,
as
well
as
informational
videos.
This
was
in
coordination
with
our
communications
department.
Right
now,
the
process
is
when
we
have
a
council
meeting,
it
is
recorded
and
uploaded
to
YouTube,
and
the
automated
captioning
will
activate
them
with
captioning
of
the
meeting
when
it's
live.
It
allows
for
deaf
and
hard
of
hearing
folks
to
participate.
Live.
AD
Captioning,
we
do
not
have
a
current
timeline
on
that,
but
it's
anticipated
that
when
it
gets
passed
a
bunch
of
process
and
if
the
dollars
are
secured,
we
will
release
an
RFP.
There
are
companies
that
are
very
interested
in
providing
the
service
with
us.
Communications
is
gonna,
be
with
the
ones
spearheading
this
with
NCR
as
a
support.
Yep,
okay,
well
I,.
F
AD
Know
we
have
multiple
strategies,
I
might
implement
this
and
then
recognizing
that
technology
is
a
merchant
area
for
folks
to
be
independent
as
well.
Originally,
when
the
a
da
was
created,
it
only
covered
physical
spaces
and
it
has
a
vault
to
improve
guidance
around
physical
spaces,
but
now
what
the
trend
of
technology
such
as
the
internet
and
other
communication
capabilities,
we
are
finding
ways
to
make
sure
that
our
digital
space
is
accessible
to
people
with
disabilities
as
well,
recognizing
that
it's
a
primary
mode
of
them,
interacting
with
the
city.
AD
AD
It's
a
plan
for
next
year,
where
IT
was
up
a
new
car.
Ten
management
system
they'll
make
sure
the
content
is
accessible
as
well
as
you're
writing
a
lot
of
our
I
guess,
city
legal,
and
to
find
language
that
not
only
accessible
but
easy
to
understand
to
our
residents
and
folks
with
disabilities
as
well,
and
then
they
will
be
doing
usability
testing
with
multiple
constituents.
V
Presentation,
I
was
excused,
she
mentioned
bathrooms
and
some
of
the
new
buildings,
and
particularly
a
new
office
building,
but
I'm
not
sure
if
you
identified
that
there
will
be
gender-neutral
bedrooms
in
in
these
facilities.
I
know
in
the
new
office
building,
but
what
about
some
of
the
retrofitted
restrooms
that
you
talked
about
in
the
police
and
fire
stations
and
other
areas
around
the
city
from
city-owned
properties,
character.
AD
R
Chuck,
honey,
I'm
sure,
councilmember,
Hankins,
Jason
periods
of
property
services,
I,
just
wanna.
Let
you
know
that
all
of
our
new
facilities
in
renovated
facilities
we
are
including
the
all
gender
restrooms
as
part
of
those
facilities.
So,
for
instance,
are
these
sad
stories
of
maintenance
facility
that
is
under
construction
right
now.
That
would
have.
V
A
You
again
when
it's
actually,
if
I,
because
that
was
a
question
I
was
thinking
about
too
so.
I
know
that
there
was
money
included
in
a
previous
budget
for
changing
restrooms
to
both
be
ATA
compliant
as
well
as
all
gender
in
public
spaces
like
police
precinct.
So
is
that
still
something
that's
going
to
be
happening
is
that
every
single
precinct
is
still
going
to
be
getting
a
public
and
an
employee.
That's.
R
A
AD
You
chair
well
with
that.
That
being
said,
our
ATA
plan
meets
the
basic
tenants
of
law
and
federal
requirements
moving
into
2019.
We
want
to
read
review
our
city
program
services,
recognizing
that
there
are
changing
trends
as
well,
and
we
want
to
be
on
top
of
a
lot
of
these
particular
policies
and
trends
too.
So
we
will
be
coming
back
Tober
of
2019
with
a
new,
updated
plan
to
make
sure
that
we
have
a
lot
of
proactive
approaches
to
that.
With
that
I'm
taking
questions.
F
Want
to
thank
you
for
being
here
and
thank
you
for
this
report
when
I
was
first
elected,
but
you
know
a
long
time
ago
we
had
no
a
DEA
officer.
We
clearly
weren't
tracking
this
stuff.
We
would
repeatedly
get
complaints
about
our
own
building
and
how
inaccessible
it
was,
and
I
know
that
it's
been
quite
a
big
hill
to
climb
to
get
things
in
order.
F
We've
also
had
certainly
improved
in
the
public
realm,
with
Public
Works
doing
that
work
and
property
services,
and
also
looking
at
our
programs
and
services,
sounds
like
we
still
have
a
ways
to
go
with
our
website,
but
we're
on
track,
and
we
have
people
helping
us
and
so
I'm
impressed
in
glad
we're
doing
this
and
I
don't
quite
understand
that
we
even
need
to
do
this
extension
because
it
felt
like
we
already
had
the
three
year
plan.
That's
gonna
be
wrapping
up
and
then
we'll
refresher,
but
I
certainly
will
support
that
idea.
F
A
A
It
really
means
a
lot
to
be
able
to
see
this,
not
only
in
NCR
but,
as
you
talked
about
it
being
enterprise
wide
one
of
the
questions.
I
do
believe
that
in
this
budget,
there's
money
for
a
sidewalk
gap
pilot
program.
So
I
just
wanted
to
point
that
out
to
my
colleagues
that
that
is
proposed
in
the
agenda
agenda
in
the
budget
for
this
year.
So
for
us
to
be
a
bit
eye
on
that,
because
that
is
a
really
good
connection
here
to
what
we
were
discussing
today.
So
with
that
I.
A
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
presentation.
Seeing
no
further
comments
or
questions.
I
move
to
receive
and
file
the
Americans
with
Disabilities
Act
action
plan
report
for
2018,
as
well
as
authorize
a
one-year
extension
of
the
existing
Americans
with
Disabilities
Act
action
plan
and
to
NCR
staff
to
report
back
to
the
Peace
Committee
in
October
20
19,
with
an
updated
3-year
plan.
A
All
those
in
favor
of
the
motion,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
aye,
those
opposed
say
no,
the
eyes
have
it
and
that
item
and
that
item
is
received
and
filed
and
that
motion
passes
before
we
adjourn
today.
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we
take
a
moment
to
plug
voting
last
day
of
early
voting,
as
well
as
our
general
election
tomorrow.
So
please
make
sure
that
folks
make
their
voice
heard
in
this
election
and
beyond
the
election.