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From YouTube: December 5, 2018 Adjourned Minneapolis City Council
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Minneapolis City Council Meeting - Budget Adoption
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A
In
favor,
please
say
aye
any
opposed
that
carries
and
the
agenda
is
adopted.
I
want
to
welcome
our
special
guests,
elected
officials,
who
are
with
us
here
tonight:
Mayor
Jacob,
Frye
I,
think
the
entire
Park
Board
commissioners
Bourne
Forney
French,
reto,
meier,
Severson,
Hassan,
Cowgill
and
usage
along
with
superintendent,
Merrill
and
I,
saw
school
board
members,
Felder
and
Gagnon,
and
if
I've
missed
anyone
I
apologize
and
appreciate
very
much
all
of
the
partnership
that
the
city
of
Minneapolis
enjoys
with
elected
officials
across
the
region.
A
Tonight
is
our
third
public
hearing
on
the
mayor's
2019
recommended
budget.
The
mayor
first
presented
his
budget
on
August
15th
and
that
included
a
financing
plan
which
was
referred
to
our
Budget
Committee,
chaired
by
councilmember
plumb
Asano,
with
the
vice
chair,
councilmember
Fletcher
over
the
past
several
week,
actually
months
that
Budget
Committee
has
reviewed
the
presentations
from
each
of
the
departments
with
the
mayor's
recommended
budget.
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Those
were
all
open
to
the
public
and
they're
available
on
our
website,
and
so
then
the
a
copy
of
the
budget
was
also
posted
online
and
we
have
a
printed
copy
available
as
well
with
the
city
clerk.
Everything
that
has
happened
with
the
budget
since
that
date
is
available
on
the
website
on
November
15th,
Hennepin,
County,
mailed
out
notifications
to
identify
property
owners
of
the
potential
tax
impact
based
on
the
mayor's
recommended
budget.
A
That
notice
showed
that
the
budget
budget
includes
a
five
point:
six,
seven
percent
increase
in
the
property
tax
levy
and
that
was
set
by
the
board
of
estimate
and
taxation
and
it's
meeting
on
September
26th.
The
proposed
budget
includes
several
components
and
those
are
all
listed
on
the
agenda
for
tonight's
meeting,
including
the
2018
level
levies
payable
in
2019
the
five-year
capital
program,
the
2019
utility
rates
among
other
items.
Since
the
mayor
first
proposed
his
budget,
the
council
has
conducted
two
previous
public
hearings.
A
The
first
was
conducted
in
the
budget
committee
on
November
1st
in
the
morning,
and
the
second
hearing
was
in
the
evening
on
November
28th,
when
that
was
the
required
truth
and
Taxation
hearing
required
pursuant
to
state
law.
Tonight's
hearing
is
the
third
opportunity
that
the
public
has
had
to
provide
input
on
the
proposed
budget
for
the
City
Council
and
this
past
Friday.
The
Budget
Committee
conducted
a
markup
session
where
each
council
member
was
able
to
bring
forward
amendments.
Those
were
all
voted
on
there.
A
E
Good
evening,
council
president
bender
vice-president
Jenkins
mayor
Frey,
in
the
entire
City
Council
I'm,
joined
by
the
entire
board
of
commissioners,
flanked
by
superintendent,
emeritus
Meryl
and
vice
president
Hassan.
Thank
you
for
taking
some
for
allowing
us
to
make
some
brief
comments.
I'm,
my
name
is
Brad
Bourne
I'm,
the
president
of
the
Minneapolis
Park
and
Recreation
Board
I'm,
here
to
speak
in
support
of
mayor
fries,
recommend,
recommended
budget
allocations
for
the
Minneapolis
Park
Board
and
how
those
recommendations
and
the
council
support
of
those
recommendations,
impact
our
parks
and
our
city's
youth.
E
First
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
supporting
mayor
fries
recommendations
for
funding
for
superintendent
murals
recommended
budget
superintendent.
Murals
recommended
budget
represents
a
preservation
of
frontline
services
to
maintain
our
parks,
a
reallocation
of
financial
resources
to
increase
our
investment
in
youth,
increased
allocations
in
frontline
living
wage
jobs
and
a
support
of
our
nation
leading
pilot
on
full
service
community
campus,
as
a
partnership
between
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
the
park
board
and
the
school
board
and
those
initial
locations,
our
green
Central,
School,
City,
View
and
two
more
locations
to
be
determined.
E
So
thank
you
for
I.
Thank
you
for
your
support
of
the
of
those
collective
visions.
Your
support
of
the
mayor's
recommended
allocation
allows
us
to
adopt
superintendent
Merrill's
recommended
budget.
That
does
all
of
those
things
and
more
one
year
ago
today,
my
predecessor
stood
here
at
this
dais
and
said
elections
have
consequences
and
painted
a
scenario
of
doom
for
the
next
year
for
the
Minneapolis
Park
Board.
While
I
disagree
with
those
scenarios
of
doom,
one
thing
was
right:
elections
do
have
consequences
this.
E
The
consequences
of
that
election
were
entire
Minneapolis
partnership
between
the
city,
the
park
board
and
the
school
board,
an
invitation
to
superintendent
emeritus
Merrill
to
join
us
and
help
us
through
a
year
of
what
at
times
was
a
difficult
transition
and
her
presentation
of
a
budget
that
is
before
us
tonight.
That
represents
the
values
of
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
E
E
Superintendent,
murals
leadership
is
recommended,
as
reflected
in
her
budget
through
preserved
rec
center
hours,
through
Superintendent
murals
vision
to
negotiate,
as
she
has
cleared
millions
of
dollars
of
liabilities
from
the
park
board
over
the
last
year
through
negotiations
with
FEMA
through
negotiations
with
Graco.
That
has
allowed
us
to
maintain
frontline
resources
instead
of
paying
millions
of
dollars
in
legal
settlements.
Her
leadership
is
reflected
in
in
this
in
this
budget.
E
Her
leadership
is
reflected
in
this
budget
in
over
four
million
dollars
of
new
additional
philanthropic
gifts
to
the
Minneapolis
Park
Board,
just
1
million
dollars
of
that
announced
announced
just
a
few
days
ago
from
gift
from
bank
to
bank
of
America.
So
in
short,
the
sky
didn't
fall
over
the
last
year
and
with
superintendent
Merrill's
eyes
on
the
horizon.
The
Sun
is
rising
on
the
Minneapolis
park
board
and
thank
you
all
for
your
support
and
your
confidence
in
your
vision.
E
In
that,
as
we
vote
on
superintendent
murals
recommended
budget
this
evening,
it
will
be
a
bittersweet
vote.
For
me,
this
will
likely
be
superintendent,
Merrill's
last
budget
that
she
will
present
to
the
Minneapolis
Park
Board
and
the
city
of
Minneapolis
she's,
shaking
her
head
hard.
Yes,
there
Mary
simply
put
you
have
influenced
this
organization
today
for
generations
in
the
past,
and
your
work
influences
the
city
for
generations
to
come.
E
Thank
you,
your
your
service
to
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
thank
you,
Mary
for
your
service
to
the
city
of
Minneapolis
and
for
delivering
this
final,
incredibly
thoughtful
budget
that
delivers
a
down
to
our
city's
youth
in
the
last
135-year
history
of
the
minneapolis
park
board.
I.
Think
most
of
your
colleagues,
all
of
your
colleagues
in
the
building,
I
think
the
folks
here,
the
entire
mem
members
of
the
board
would
agree
that
two
people
have
had
a
monumental
impact
on
our
Minneapolis
parks.
Those
are
those
two
people,
in
my
opinion,
our
Theodore
Worth
and
Mary
Merrill.
E
It's
only
fitting
that
that
those
contributions
be
recognized,
and
it's
with
great
honor
that
this
it
this
evening,
when
we
gavel
in
our
agenda
down
the
hall,
that
I
will
be
introducing
a
motion
to
name
the
heart
of
the
Minneapolis
Park
Board.
Our
Minneapolis
Park
Board
headquarters
after
the
heart
of
the
Minneapolis
Park
board
superintendent,
Mary
Merrill.
F
Wow,
that
sounds
pretty
amazing.
As
I
said
many
many
times.
My
love
affair,
with
the
parking
recreation
board,
I
started
in
1972
when
a
young
21
year
old
or
maybe
I
was
22,
was
hired
as
the
director
of
a
65
acre
park
and
I
thought
now,
when
I
think
back,
they
must
have
been
out
of
their
mind,
but
it
was
at
that
place
that
I
fell
in
love
with
and
understood
and
began
to
understand
what
parks
can
do
for
community
and
for
people,
and
so
we've
had
a
long
journey.
F
There
have
been
lots
of
challenges
that
we
faced
and
in
many
different
roles,
whether
it
was
training,
whether
it
was
a
pipe
director
or
whether
it
was
an
assistant,
superintendent
or
a
superintendent.
When
we
tried
to
set
a
direction.
That
said
this
city
is
unique.
It
is
special
and
it
is
special
because
it
has
an
incredible
park
system
and
it
has
been
our
inheritance
and
has
been
built
on
the
shoulders
of
many
many
many
people
who
I
could
name
who
have
made
contribution,
and
so
this
is
an
incredible
honor.
F
When
we
moved
to
that
new
space,
we
were
still
downtown.
It
was
a
little
controversial
to
move
out
of
downtown,
but
the
idea
was
to
really
refocus
our
attention
on
what
I
call
the
unfinished
agenda
to
refocus
our
attention
back
on
the
river,
and
so
that's
what
we've
done
so
I
just
say.
Thank
you,
I'm,
totally
humbled
by
by
what
you're
presenting
thank
you
very
much
to
the
board
and
to
all
of
you.
Thank
you.
A
G
Council
president,
been
ER
mayor,
Frye
members,
the
council
I,
as
I
attempted
to
be
last
week,
will
try
and
be
brief
once
again
in
a
summary
of
what's
transpired
over
the
past
week.
So
again
as
a
reminder,
the
budget
proposed
by
the
mayor
and
recommended
by
the
budget
committee
for
the
city,
excluding
the
independent
boards
as
one
point:
five
five
billion
dollars.
This
budget
is
structurally
balanced
and
roughly
ten
percent
greater
than
the
council
adopted
budget
for
the
city.
G
Only
in
2018
on
Friday
council
made
a
series
of
amendments
to
the
mayor's
recommended
budget
and
hit
pretty
pretty
well
every
core
area
within
the
mayor's
recommendation.
So
within
the
area
of
affordable
housing
about
two
five
two
point,
five
million
dollars
was
added
for
enhanced
winter
supports
in
the
area
of
Public
Safety,
a
new
office
of
violence
prevention
and
a
violence
prevention
fund
were
added
with
both
ongoing
and
one-time
dollars.
G
Excuse
me
to
support
community-based
approach
to
public
safety,
other
investments
which
were
included
in
the
mayor's
recommendation,
one
time
in
the
Health
Department
and
the
City
Attorney's
Office
were
made
ongoing
in
the
area
of
economic
inclusion.
The
collaborative
collaborative
enforcement
pilot
which
the
mayor
proposed,
which
is
putting
money
into
community-based
organizations
to
help
collaboratively,
enforce
the
sick
and
save
time
and
minimum
wage
laws.
G
So
as
a
reminder,
the
the
city's
budget
that
you'll
be
adopting
tonight
includes
a
five-year
capital
investment
plan.
The
first
year
of
that
plan
includes
two
hundred
and
eighty
three
million
dollars
roughly
of
capital
investment.
The
budget
that
you
will
be
considering
or
you
are
considering
also
includes
some
increases
to
utility
rates.
The
typical
home
will
feel
about
fifty
one
dollars
of
an
increase
in
2019
about
four
point:
three
percent
greater
than
this
year.
G
The
as
the
park
board
president
mentioned,
the
mayor,
recommended
a
five
point:
six
three
percent
levy
increase
and,
as
we
discussed
last
week,
the
board
of
estimate
detects
taxation
set
a
maximum
levy
increase
for
all
city
levies
of
five
point:
six,
seven
percent,
as
we
discussed
last
week.
This
is
just
the
distribution
of
each
property
tax
dollar
that
comes
into
the
city
and
just
to
underscore
this,
these
percentages
speak
to
only
property
tax
dollars,
not
the
entire
city
budget.
G
As
we
discussed
last
week,
the
in
the
city
we're
not
only
seeing
an
increase
to
the
property
tax
levy,
but
we're
also
seeing
an
increase
in
market
values
in
in
the
homes
across
Minneapolis,
and
so
the
estimated
market
value
for
a
median,
valued
home
increases.
Twenty
four
thousand
dollars
from
taxes
payable,
eighteen,
two
taxes
19
about
10.7%,
and
so
the
recommend
or
the
levy
increase
of
five
point.
Six
seven
percent
then
feels
like
a
6.7%
increase
to
the
median
property
tax
payer.
G
And
finally,
as
I
mentioned
last
week,
can't
underscore
enough
the
very
good
property
tax
refund
program
that
is
administered
through
the
state
of
Minnesota,
reminding
folks
to
indeed
not
only
seek
this
out
as
property
tax
owners,
but
as
renters,
every
renter
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis
should
receive
a
certificate
of
rent
paid
that
must
be
mailed
out
by
January
31st
each
year.
So,
if
they're
not
seeing
that
they
should
contact
their
landlord,
that
is
all
I
have
prepared
for
you
in
terms
of
an
overview,
I'd,
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions
or
have
a
seat.
G
H
Do
I
wanted
to
ask
a
couple
questions
about
the
five-year
financial
direction
page
7
in
the
budget
book,
and
maybe
that
we
could
even
put
that
on
the
overhead.
So
folks
could
see
that
and
I
just
kind
of
wanted
to
call
our
attention
to
some
of
the
projections
into
the
future.
So
there
it's
called
future
investments
on
the
sheet
there
and
this
I'm
glad
to
see
that
this
is
the
amended
version
that
we
have
forward
and
it
lists
some
of
the
things
that
we
put
in
there.
H
But
I
was
particularly
wanted
to
just
focus
a
little
bit
on
the
public
safety
line,
which
I
know
that
we
talked
about
at
our
budget
hearings
and
those
future
investments.
When
you
see
that
in
2020,
there's
the
750,000
for
public
safety
and
200,000
for
elections
and
200,000
for
body
camera
program,
money
I
just
want
to
understand
that
those
amounts
are
added
to
the
base
budgets
of
those
departments
in
2020
and
then
on
top
of
that
added.
Another
750
thousand
two
hundred
thousand.
Is
that
correct?
So.
G
Counts
president
bender
councilmember
Gordon,
so
the
the
future
investments
that
are
highlighted
here
in
the
section
below
the
double
line
are
indeed
ongoing
investments,
so
they
are
added
to
to
the
ongoing
current
service
level
each
year.
That's
how
the
spreadsheet
was
prepared.
I
will
say
just
to
clarify
the
the
this
document
is
indeed
a
planning
tool.
It's
not
counsel
is
not
appropriating
those
dollars
for
the
planning
years,
2020
through
2024,
so
it's
still
up
to
council
each
year,
the
mayor
each
year
to
carry
out
that
plan.
So
there
won't
be
an
automatic
increase.
G
H
So
that's
one
of
the
reasons
why
the
base
budgets
up
above
or
the
total
uses
are
increasing
by
as
much
as
they
are
preaching
and
also
I
seem
to
recall.
This
was
in
actually
got
proposed
previously
by
previous
mayor,
and
this
is
just
carrying
forward
some
of
those
financial
projections
or
directions.
Yep
council.
G
I
think
what's
different
this
year,
is
that
you
know
certainly
with
the
addition
of
an
extra
public
hearing
the
council
made,
as
as
you
are
interested
in
transparency
and
other
premier
fry
also
put
an
emphasis
on
transparency
in
his
budget
document,
and
so
this
this
five-year
financial
direction
is
contains
a
lot
more
information
than
in
previous
years,
not
only
from
mayor
hodges
but
Mayor
Rybak
when
the
five-year
financial
direction
started.
So,
yes,
the
those
investments
were
planned
in
the
previous
five-year
financial
direction.
They
just
weren't
called
out
as
specifically
and.
H
I
really
appreciate
that
transparency,
and
maybe
we
can
even
work
a
little
bit
more
on
this
and
understanding
what
future
investments
mean
as
we
do.
This
and
I
love
planning
ahead,
like
this
I,
also
understand
that
the
theory
behind
it
was
the
750,000
is
about
enough
for
five
new
officers.
A
year
said
rough
council.
H
And
then
I
just
kind
of
want
to
reiterate
what
you
already
said
before
any
of
this
actually
becomes
real
in
future
years.
It
has.
It
will
come
back
to
the
council
as
a
change
for
the
budget
and
change
orders
and
we'll
have
to
vote
on
it
and
decide
on
it.
Each
and
every
year.
Absolutely
I
appreciate
that
and.
C
H
Not
necessarily
planning
on
any
amendments
about
this
or
anything,
but
I
did
want
to
make
this
really
clear
to
everybody,
particularly
because
we've
been
talking
a
lot
about
our
investments
in
public
safety
and
I.
Think
this
gives
us
a
nice
picture
and
somebody
to
be
thinking
about
for
the
future
too.
So,
thanks
for
intelligence
questions.
A
Are
there
any
other
questions
from
Council
members
I
appreciate
that
very
much
counselor,
Gordon
and
I
think
maybe
just
a
couple
more
things
before
you
back
down
mr.
normal,
the
budget
markup
document
is
available
online.
If
folks
have
interest
in
looking
at
the
details
of
the
amendments
that
council
members
brought
on
Friday,
there
was
a
significant
motion
related
to
public
safety
funding,
and
those
changes
are
all
detailed
in
that
document.
A
And
if
anyone
didn't
get
a
chance
to
find
that
online
and
wants
to
see
a
hard
copy,
we
can
work
to
get
that
available
to
folks
and
you
could
check
in
with
the
clerk's
at
the
end
of
the
row.
There
may
be
just
a
couple
clarifying
questions
about
that,
so
the
funding
was
cut
in
that
amendment
had
been
intended
to
move
some
officers
from
desk
jobs
into
street
jobs
and
to
purchase
equipment
like
guns
and
in
cars
and
those
kinds
of
body
cameras
and
things
that
officers
need
to
be
on
the
street.
A
Then,
just
one
final
question
I
had
asked
for
my
own
information
to
put
that
amendment
into
more
of
a
context,
so
councilmember
Gordon
helped
us
look
forward,
but
also
looking
backward.
Can
you
share
what
the
council
and
mayor
have
done
for
the
past
four
or
five
years
related
to
MPD's
budget?
In
that
time,
is
it
increased
or
decreased
and
what's
the
sort
of
historic
context
to
that
yeah.
G
So
for
horse
historic
context
earlier
this
year,
the
budget
analysts
did
a
really
good,
strong
analysis,
which
is
on
our
budget
website.
If
I
can
recite
more
websites,
budget,
minneapolis,
MN
back
of
in
the
data
and
other
resources
section,
we
have
a
catalog
of
the
the
changes
proposed
by
the
mayor
over
the
last
four
to
five
years,
so
since
2014
and
any
changes
to
that
recommendation
from
the
city
council.
So
in
that
time
our
general
fund
expenditure
has
grown
by
about
twenty
point.
G
Six
percent
and
the
MPD
budget,
current
service
level
or
base
budget
has
grown
by
about
twenty
two
percent.
So
we
have
a
handful
of
departments
that
have
grown
faster
than
the
overall
general
fund,
growth
MPD
being
one
of
them,
and
we
have
a
number
of
departments
that
have
grown
slower
than
the
overall
general
fund
growth
and.
A
A
Let
folks
know
that
we'll
be
taking
speakers
in
the
order
that
they
have
registered
and
you'll
have
a
number
and
I'll
call
both
that,
along
with
your
name,
there
are
folks
waiting
in
319,
which
is
where
we
have
arranged
for
overflow
seating
just
across
the
hallway,
and
there
is
a
live
broadcast
of
the
hearing
in
that
space.
I
will
be
sure
to
name
the
numbers
that
we're
calling
so
folks
have
time
to
come
in.
A
If
you
prefer
to
submit
your
comments
in
writing
rather
than
speak,
there
are
printed
comment
forms
available
at
the
registration
desk
and
there's
also
a
sign-in
sheet.
If
you
have
just
haven't
signed
in
yet
to
speak
out
there
in
the
hallway.
If
you
have
documents
or
anything
you'd
like
to
submit
for
the
record,
you
can
provide
them
to
the
clerk
and
those
will
be
distributed
to
the
councilmembers.
Each
speaker
will
have
two
minutes
to
address
the
council.
A
A
So
then
I
will
go
ahead
and
move
to
suspend
the
rules
so
that
we
may
hear
public
testimony
at
our
council
meeting.
Is
there
a
second
all
in
approval?
Please
say:
aye
aye
any
opposed
that
carries
and
the
rules
have
been
suspended
to
allow
for
public
testimony.
I
will
go
ahead
and
open
the
public
hearing,
invite
up
our
first
speaker,
who's
Leslie
and
then
after
that,
we'll
have
speakers
two
and
three
and
four
Lisa
al
and
Jamar.
I
Good
evening,
thank
you,
president
fender
mayor
fry
I'm,
Lesley
Chester
I'm,
with
House
of
charity
at
510,
southeast
Street
in
downtown
Minneapolis
I'm,
here
to
speak
on
behalf
of
and
asked
for
reconsideration
of
some
of
the
cuts
for
the
community
police
officers.
They
have
been
a
enormous
asset
and
a
positive
exposure
within
our
food
center,
which
is
our
we
offer
one
of
the
only
public
meals
that
is
open
for
free
to
anybody.
365
days
a
year.
I
We
serve
about
350
people
a
day
and
during
that
community
meal,
when
the
police
officers
that
community
police
officers
come
in,
they
provide
such
a
positive
and
affirming
environment.
They
help
it
provides
a
natural
de-escalation,
and
this
partnership
has
been
going
on
for
about
a
year
with
us
and
it,
and
it
has
been
such
a
wonderful
asset
that
we
would
love
to
have
that
be
reconsidered,
because
they've
been
a
wonderful
partner
with
us
and
in
serving
our
in
the
public
and
people
who
are
experiencing
hunger
and
homelessness
in
Minneapolis.
I
K
Been
down
here
more
times
in
the
last
two
weeks
than
I've
ever
been
down
here
when
I
worked
as
a
cop
here
and
I'm
gonna
keep
coming
down
here
and
defending
chief
Arredondo
and
his
officers
and
all
the
great
work
they're
doing
trying
to
do
and
will
do
in
the
future.
I
think
you
are
sunny
for
the
food
I
was
just
really
hungry.
Thank
you.
I
want
to
thank
the
mayor
for
being
the
great
support.
K
K
K
Well,
we
have
a
tree
what
racist
items
that
they
feel
comfortable
doing
that
because
there's
two
black
officers
patrolling,
but
he
has
hired
with
the
help
of
Susan
Siegel
chief
air
chief
night.
They
have
removed
some
of
those
barriers
that
has
kept
us
out
when
I
was
in
that
department.
I
was
one
of
five
women
when
I
came
on,
I
was
one
of
three
I
think
they
have
probably
eight
now
black
women.
We
all
know
what
we
do
in
the
community.
We
are
like
the
mothers,
the
odds,
the
sisters.
K
We
have
that
ability
to
make
things
happen.
You
know
that
Jeremiah.
You
know
that
Philly
we
can
make
that
happen.
I'm
asking
you
to
stop
beating
up
on
this
man
and
let
us
do
the
work
we
work
better
together.
The
community
will
tell
you
that
we
work
better
together.
I
wish
you
had
sat
in
on
the
training
with
the
Chicago
Police
Department,
that
was
across
the
hall
here
Alondra,
when
I
saw
you
I,
think
you
have
a
better
understanding
of
how
this
works
I'm,
not
against
the
leap
doing
the
violence.
K
Prevention's
just
give
me
one
second,
not
against
what
you're
doing
I
am
against
you,
siphoning
off
money
to
do
these
different
programs
from
the
police
department,
not
against
your
seed
money.
At
one
point:
1
million
I'm
a
gift
continuing
to
siphon
off
dollars
from
this
chief
who
was
really
trying
I'm
just
asking
you
that
thank.
A
L
I,
don't
know
how
we
do
a
radio
show,
the
other
you
know,
but
but
but
we
do.
We
took
two
different
people
saying
mama,
but
I
came
up
to
to
say:
I
know
this
is
the
day
you're
gonna
make
things
happen.
What
I
want
to
say
is
about
the
violence
and
that
in
our
community
that
we've
been
trying
to
fight
year
after
year,
and
nobody
ever
helped
us
and
that's
why
I
keep
coming
I'm
gonna
keep
coming
back
to,
because
we
want
to
help.
L
Our
community
is
solidified,
whether
GBI
mad
ass
who's
out
there
doing
great
work,
we're
not
trying
to
attack,
we
need
all
of
that,
but
we
need
a
little
more
and
we
need
our
organizations,
our
churches,
our
community,
let
it
leaders,
I,
see,
pastor
hunter
here
from
the
hospitality
house.
We
need
them
to
be
involved
with
us,
stopping
the
violence,
because
the
kids
go
to
the
house,
fatality
house,
they
go
to
the
park
and
Rex
who's
here
early
now.
Now
we
need
that
help
and
we
need
to
do
it
ourselves.
L
You
know
as
as
african-american
just
like
what
you're
doing
right
now
you
make
a
municipal
IDs
of
undocumented
people
in
Minnesota,
where
you
try
to
make
it
a
sanctuary
city.
You
can
find
money
to
get
these
municipal
IDs,
and
you
know
it's
more
coming
on
to
that
cuz.
You
can't
because
you're
takin
care
of
the
immigrant
community
yeah,
you
know
I'm
just
sayin
what
it
is,
and
you
should
I'm
not
saying
you
said,
but
I'm
saying
we
get
a
turn
here.
You
gotta.
L
Let
us
try
to
stop
our
own
community
from
killing,
but
and
we
can't
do
it
with
nothing.
We
can't
do
nothing
they'll
fry.
We
can't
do
it
with
nothing
jail.
Now,
you
can
you
can't
you
can't
just
say
I'm
on
housing,
now,
Polly
can't
just
say
I'm
on
housing,
that's
what
we
done.
Yeah
I
mean
or
whatever
Committee
on
this
is
our
in
wolf's,
important
committee
to
try
to
keep
our
bodies
alive
and
I'm
asking
to
work
with
our
community.
L
Everybody
talk
to
every
pastor,
that's
in
our
community
I'll
take
talk
to
leaders,
I've
talked
to
up
people,
V,
J
and
GBI.
We
want
to
work
together,
but
we
need
the
resources.
Don't
give
us
the
crumbs
to
try
to
stop
this
virus.
Give
us
some
real.
Take
it
out.
Take
it
out
itself
somewhere,
you
do
it
all
the
time
but
and
I'm
saying
this
is
a
serious
issue
with
me.
L
K
M
So
I
was
looking
at
some
of
your
facial
expressions
and
I
was
wondering
where
any,
what
some
of
you
really
getting
the
emphases
that
we're
putting
on
the
importance
of
not
siphoning
money
from
what
I
deem
the
most
transparent
chief
we've
had
since
I've
lived
here.
Our
organization
of
mothers
love
started
from
monies
from
the
police
department
and
how
he's
proud
to
give
more
monies
so
that
we
can
go
out
and
aid
people
that
are
in
our
community.
M
M
Don't
understand
why
he
shouldn't
have
the
discretionary
spending,
like
any
other
chief,
has
had
so
the
fact
that
we
continue
to
siphon
money
out
of
and
looking
at
reading,
some
of
this
they're
in
total
conflict
of
one
another.
You
guys
are
you
guys
think
that
you're
helping
when
you
want
to
take
money
from
9-1-1
and
by
the
cameras?
Those
are
things
that
can
endanger
our
community.
Those
are
things
that
we
need.
M
We've
asked
for
we've
been
I've
seen
it
here,
I've
seen
he'll
be
ready
soon
for
body
cams,
and
now
that
we
have
them,
you
want
to
take
monies
from
them.
No,
we
need
to
trust
chief
arredondo
and
chief
are
at
night
to
do
what
they
say
that
they
have
been
doing
already
and
will
continue
to
do,
is
keep
us
safe
and
continue
to
be
transparent.
Now,
I,
don't
know
what
the
relationship
is
with
you
guys
and
the
Chiefs,
but
it
has
been
fantastic
with
members
of
community.
M
We
have
a
chief
that
we
can
trust
now
that
you
can
go
to
and
that's
what
we
need.
He
needs
your
support.
He
certainly
has
our
support.
That's
why
I'm
here,
ladies
I'm
gonna
Mac
to
you
to
trust
chief
Arredondo,
let's
give
this
man
a
chance
to
continue
doing
the
great
work
that
he's
been
doing.
Thank
you.
Thank.
C
N
N
N
O
P
Good
evening
my
name
is
Emily
class
delivered
18/19.
Tell
me
Gavin,
who
sells
these
unit
cells
knees.
Komal
I
am
absolutely
against
taking
money
away
from
the
police.
At
this
point
for
personnel
ii
police
that
precinct
has
been
understood
for
many
years.
There
may
have
been
a
time
when
we
had
enough.
This
is
not
the
time
anymore.
P
Population
changes
have
started
an
increase
in
property
crimes
of
all
sorts
and
assaults.
The
following
the
trend
I'm
here
to
actually
talk
about
the
adjunct
staff
at
the
second
Precinct.
We
cannot
get
away
without
our
crime
prevention
specialists.
We
have
two
people,
we
have
a
very
strange
popular.
We
have
a
population.
In
one
case,
we've
got
a
bunch
of
college
and
university
students
coming
in
their
news
are
young
and
we
have
an
established
Hispanic
population
in
all
over
all
over
the
second
Precinct.
P
We
also
have
a
new
incoming
East
East
African
population
coming
in
and
we're
very,
very
help.
You
see
them
showing
up
one
presence
that
has
made
it
possible
for
us
to
start
and
continue
to
integrate.
All
these
people
into
our
traditionally
white
old
neighborhood
is
our
crime
prevention.
Specialists.
Nick
juarez,
has
been
working
with
university
students
ever
since
he
came
into
the
second
Precinct
about
20
10
15
years
ago.
He's
welcoming
he
can
connect
with
them.
He
can
tell
them
how
to
be
safe,
how
to
be
situationally
aware,
and
they
listen
to
him.
P
In
the
same
light,
we've
welcomed
a
young
man
of
the
receipt
early
whose
community
our
second
crime
prevention
specialist,
and
this
is
particularly
important
because
we
are
enjoying
a
influx
of
East
Africans.
Moving
out
of
seven
corners
Rashid
can
get
to
these
people.
He
can
help
talk
to
them.
A
lot
of
them
are
still
uncomfortable
in
English.
It
doesn't
bother
him
if
we
lose
these
people,
we've
lose
a
major
connection
to
our
new
papers
and
we
don't
want
to
lose
that
we
can't
afford
it.
Thank
you.
Thank.
Q
My
name
is
KJ
Starr
I'm
here
on
behalf
of
the
West
Bank
Business
Association,
and
also
as
a
West
Bank
business
owner
I
came
to
support
safety
on
the
West
Bank.
The
wbba
supports
councilmember
gorn's
initiative
to
provide
youth
outreach
on
the
West
Bank,
and
we
also
feel
strongly
that
the
West
Bank
has
not
received
sufficient
police
resources
and
oppose
cutting
police,
staffing
and
community
engagement
in
our
neighborhood.
We
have
a
problem
on
the
West
Bank.
The
problem
is
that
we
have
a
lot
of
angry
disengaged,
sometimes
drug-addicted
youth
in
the
neighborhood.
Q
These
kids
hang
out,
intimidate
people
threaten
customers,
business
owners
and
residents,
and
sometimes
things
escalate
to
violence.
However,
police
statistics
show
that
crimes
are
actually
down
on
the
West
Bank
people
in
our
neighborhood
know.
The
crime
statistics
are
wrong,
because
many
people
do
not
call
the
police
they've
given
up
because
it
takes
too
long
for
a
response
or
they
don't
want
the
police
to
get
involved.
Yet.
Based
on
those
statistics,
the
police,
staffing
in
our
neighborhood
is
already
too
low.
Let
me
tell
you
a
story
twice
the
summer.
Q
In
the
middle
of
the
afternoon,
you
threaten
to
shoot
my
husband
right
in
front
of
our
kids
in
front
of
my
restaurant.
What
did
he
do,
but
did
my
husband
do?
Did
he
call
the
police?
No,
he
doesn't
believe
in
calling
the
police
and
he
fears
retaliation.
Instead,
he
stood
on
Cedar
Avenue
and
he
called
the
community
for
help.
One
time
the
elders
stepped
across
the
street
and
move
the
youth
along
another
time,
a
local
drug
dealer
who
likes
our
hotdogs
came
over
and
he
told
the
boys
to
move
along.
Q
That
is
what
our
neighborhood
has
for
protection
drug
dealers
and
the
community.
For
two
months.
This
summer
our
East
African
businesses
paid
privately.
They
raised
over
almost
nine
thousand
dollars
to
pay
privately
for
off-duty
police,
the
police,
our
neighborhood
and
a
lot
of
those
West
Bank
community
members
are
here
and
in
over
hopefull
room
in
their
first
public
hearing
at
the
City
Council,
because
we
care
about
safety
in
our
neighborhood.
We
can't
afford
to
lose
what
little
police
we
have
and
we
out,
we
need
Somali,
beat
cops
in
the
neighborhood.
Q
J
R
Thank
You
chairman
bender,
mayor
fry
and
the
council
members
I
appreciate
being
here
tonight:
I
am
the
co-chair
of
the
Safety
Center
over
in
Cedar
Riverside
I've
been
a
member
here
in
the
community
for
close
to
40
years,
maybe
longer
and
I'm
really
concerned
about.
What's
going
on
in
our
community,
I
always
have
been
I'm
also
on
the
court
watch
for
first
Precinct,
along
with
my
duties
and
responsibilities
to
the
community.
As
far
as
the
co-chair
of
the
Safety
Center
procedure,
Riverside
I
care
a
lot
about
this
community
and
I.
R
Tell
you
that
there's
a
lot
of
things
going
on
and
see
the
Riverside
that
nobody
wants
to
talk
about,
I!
Think
if
we
reduce
the
police
presence
in
our
community.
It's
gonna
be
a
big
problem.
Now
I've
been
here
for
a
long
time
and
I
can
see
the
trends
that
we're
going
through
and
we're
going
through.
Another
trend
right
now
and
I
gotta
tell
you.
We
can't
reduce
the
police
president
presence,
here's
what
we
had
before.
We
have
two
young
Somali
officers
in
our
community
that
helped
us
immensely.
R
We
have
lost
them
to
a
promotion
that
they
got
and
we
need
some
other
Somali
officers
in
our
community
and
I
have
to
tell
you.
We
have
some
major
problems
coming
on
that
nobody
wants
to
talk
about
over
there
and
I.
Don't
know
why
that
we
can't
get
some
more
Somali
officers
in
our
community
to
help
our
community
with
the
problems
that
we're
having
we
cut
these
budgets.
R
If
you
can't
support
chief
Arredondo,
we're
gonna
have
some
major
problems:
I
am
Telling,
You
I
have
seen
it
and
I've
been
around
here
long
enough
to
see
the
phases
go
up
and
down,
and
up
and
down
now
we're
on
a
downward
downward
spiral
again.
So
we
have
to
make
sure
that
the
community
has
substantial
police
presence
and
we
have
other
Somalian
officers
in
our
community
that
they
can
communicate
with
the
community
perfectly.
We
don't
live
in
a
perfect
world.
However,
we
can't
take
this
stuff
away
from
chief
arredondo.
Thank
you.
S
Good
evening,
council
members
and
miR
Frey,
my
name
is
Mary
Mellon
and
I'm.
A
resident
or
Anna
raised
in
Cedar
Riverside
I
could
live
anywhere
in
the
world,
but
I
choose
to
live
here
and
I
choose
to
live
in
Minneapolis
because
I
love
this
great
city.
Now
the
last
two
speakers
said
it
all.
I
am
president
of
the
neighborhood
Cedar
Riverside
neighborhood.
Revitalization.
We
have
a
job
ahead
of
us.
We
were.
We
are
reorganizing
ourselves.
S
We
are
connecting
with
the
city
what
we
need.
As
the
last
speaker
said,
we
need
to
have
more
youth
programs,
I
support,
Councilman,
Gordon's
youth
program
that
he's
going
to
bring
out.
We
do
need
to
have
the
client
coil
Center
open
on
the
weekends
right
now
it
closes
at
4:00
p.m.
these
kids
need
a
place,
young
adults
and
youth.
S
Give
me
$100,
that's
very
entrepreneurial,
but
they're
in
the
wrong
direction.
So
we
need
some
structure
and
we
need
some
more
programs.
I'm.
An
advocate
of
allowing
police
chief
Rondo,
both
Langella
and
I,
are
on
his
advisory
board.
Allow
him
to
have
his
funding
do
what
he
needs
to
do
on
the
West
Bank.
Our
beat
officers
are
often
called
downtown,
so
we
don't
have
them
so
we
have
a
good
job
ahead
of
ourselves.
Let's
do
it
together.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
all
the
work
you're
doing.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Speaker.
J
T
T
This
is
my
partner
I'm
coming
to
you,
because
I
oppose
any
budget
cuts
to
the
police
department,
because
we
started
a
little
program
and
that
little
program
has
grown
to
be
trimly
important
on
the
south
Minneapolis
Native
American
community.
We
have
the
young
women's
mentorship
group.
Your
council
actually
challenges
us
to
have
a
boy's
mentorship
group,
which
we
have
accepted
that
challenge,
and
now
we
have
a
boy's
mentorship
group.
Should
there
be
any
budget
cuts
that
would
completely
really
derail
what
we're
trying
to
do.
T
We
are
again
some
people
mentioned
it
before
we're
doing
a
whole
lot
with
nothing
right
now,
our
parents,
all
our
parents
in
our
program,
are
volunteers.
They
come
after
work,
they
come
during
work.
All
our
coaches
are
coming
free
of
charge,
the
only
people
you
know
where
we
started
this
program
with
our
own
money.
T
I
hope
you
keep
our
community
at
the
forefront
where
we're
trying
we're
doing
our
best.
We
have
a
number
of
problems
that
some
of
you
know
that
you
drive
by
all
the
time
we
have
a
ten
encampment.
We
have
lots
of
things
that
our
children
are
having
to
look
at
every
single
day
and
we're
there
to
help
them
deal
with
it.
So
thank
you.
Thank.
A
J
U
Name
is
John
Gilman
I
work
at
the
Minneapolis
American
Indian
Center
I
partner
with
pal,
so
they
come
to
the
need
Center
all
the
time.
It
was
good
to
hear
that,
but
I
just
wanted
to
say
all
the
good
things
that
Powell
is
doing
for
our
community
in
the
Native
American
community
they're
a
positive
positive
asset
that
we
have
all
the
kids.
U
They
have
a
place
to
go
and,
like
Cheryl,
said
it's
hard
right
now,
because
we
have
a
tent
encampment
across
the
street,
but
we're
doing
the
best
we
can
and
the
kids
are
enjoying
themselves.
They
have.
They
do
volunteer
work
that
mentorship
everything,
so
I
just
want
to
put
that
out
there
that
this
program
is
needed
in
our
Native
American
community.
Thank
you,
Thank.
C
V
Hello,
distinguished
councilmembers
and
mayor
Frey
hi,
my
name
is
Estelle
Lapointe
I
live
at
little
earth
of
United
tribes.
I
am
a
mentor
in
the
Police
Athletic
League
for
Native
American
youth
for
the
young.
Ladies,
that
I
am
to
work
with
it's
a
wonderful
program,
I
think
of
it
as
life
and
death.
I
really
do
because
we're
here
fighting
for
our
health
there's
a
choice,
there's
a
choice
these
youth
have
and
if
I'm
here
in
Cheryl,
Goodman
and
Colleen
zombie
are
here
for
them
and
then
our
boys
program
as
well.
V
When
they
have
good
role
models,
they
can
see
a
way
to
live.
I
am
Dakota
and
I
am
very
proud
of
my
people,
I've
I'm
here
for
them,
especially
the
youth
because
they're
our
future.
So
please
support
the
Police,
Athletic
League
and
all
the
initiatives
they
had
that
they
started
from
the
ground
up
the
grassroots
people.
That's
what
I
am
that's
I'm
here
for
the
youth
and
the
land
and
it's
a
really
healthy
on
synergy
between
the
community,
the
youth,
the
police
that
is
needed.
It's
really
needed
in
these
times,
and
the
prevention
is
unbelievable.
V
I
know
these
families.
They
would
have
a
choice
to
be
out,
but
they're
with
us
right
now,
they're
playing
volleyball
I
can
would
so.
The
the
health
is
really
important.
Physical
activity,
the
community,
the
culture,
this
Powell
program
that
Cheryl
and
Colleen
started
are,
is
in
the
Ojibwe
language.
So
thank
you.
Thank.
W
W
That's
what
I
do
and
I
do
it
well
with
a
group
of
men
and
women
that
really
love
what
they
do,
that
turn
their
lives
around
and
believe
that,
instead
of
being
a
part
of
the
problem,
they
should
be
a
part
of
the
solution
and
they
do
that
not
with
benefits
and
not
with
pension
and
not
with
all
the
extra
stuff
that
they
need.
But
they
do
that
with
the
heart
and
desire
to
make
a
difference.
So
they're
not
here,
because
if
they
were
here,
they
wouldn't
get
paid
and
they
need
to
get
paid.
W
So
they
are
the
streets
doing
what
they
need
to
protect.
This
community
I
believe
that
what
we
have
to
do
is
take
all
these
great
ideas
that
I
see
coming
and
mix
them
with
the
great
stuff
that
we
got
already
going
by
the
way.
20
years
of
doing
this
work
and
still
doing
it,
I'm
proud
to
say
that
it's
not
many
organizations
that
are
still
around
for
20
years,
but
I'm
glad
to
be
a
part
of
working
with
a
mother's
love
and
GBI,
and
a
lot
of
the
other
organizations
that
are
making
a
difference.
W
They
just
want
to
keep
going
out
there
and
hitting
a
block
and
saving
lives
every
day
and
I
talked
to
them
with
us
at
the
hospital
or
in
an
alley
or
in
front
of
a
drug
house
or
whatever
it
is
I'm
supportive
of
the
chief
I
told
him
that
I
would
be
as
soon
as
that
brother
got
in
office.
I
told
him.
I
was
down
for
him
for
whatever
and
I
know,
it's
not
a
perfect
deal,
but
also
look
at
what
my
sister
is
doing
and
some
of
the
ideas
I've
been
looking
at
those
ideas.
W
W
X
My
name
is
Samuel
Michael
I
hold
a
political
science
degree
and
I'm
a
program
advocate
for
organization
called
the
circle.
Discipline
located
at
1201,
East,
Lake
Street
and
my
father
had
founded
that
about
27
years
ago.
I
come
here
today
to
express
disappointment.
Man
in
this
city,
in
the
committee
for
many
years,
the
mayors
of
Minneapolis
have
came
to
our
organization,
promised
a
new
facilities
or
more
money
for
at-risk
at-risk
youth.
X
We've
seen
nothing
for
years,
they've
lied
to
us
while
they
continue
to
allocate
money
to
certain
our
prophets
who
help
use
after
the
fact
after
they
have
already
done
wrong
and
after
they've
already
violated
the
law.
Our
program
focuses
on
preventive
measures
to
help
the
troubled
youth
before
they
violate
the
law,
and
we
continue
to
be
overlooked
at
the
circle
of
discipline.
We
help
you
through
many
programs,
but
our
main
programs
are
boxing
program
for
years.
X
We
continue
to
represent
Minneapolis
not
only
on
a
local
and
nationally
scale,
but
an
internationally
scale,
even
at
the
Olympics
continuing
to
shed
a
positive
light
on
our
city
around
the
world.
I
say
that
to
say
this,
those
same
kids
that
the
city
has
lied
to
for
30
years
have
now
grown
up
to
be
educated,
young,
successful
business,
men
and
women
who
are
rising
to
the
top
and
corporations
around
the
nation
and
becoming
successful
young
entrepreneurs.
X
Not
only
that
one
of
the
children
has
grown
up
to
be
a
mandatory
challenger
for
a
world
championship
fight,
and
he
has
brought
professional
boxing
back
to
the
armory
that
hasn't
been
done.
60
years,
even
a
person
on
ESPN
who
announced
one
of
his
fights
said
that
he
should
be
mentioned
with
the
Vikings
twins,
and
the
Timberwolves
now
understand
is
a
501c3
non
proper
organization.
X
We
cannot
directly
endorse
any
political
candidates,
however,
those
same
young
children
that
you
have
lied
to
have
now
become
successful
and
will
be
able
to
continue
to
sway
the
C's
constituents
in
a
major
way.
Your
seats
are
not
permanent,
some
of
you
and
all
of
you
will
be
replaced
as
one
of
those
young
children.
You
have
lied
to
I
have
made
it
my
personal
mission
to
rid
the
city
of
liars.
X
It's
disgusting,
you,
kids,
have
kids,
you,
people
have
kids,
I
won't
take
too
much
of
your
time,
and
you
continue
to
let
our
kids
die
on
the
street
by
not
funny
people
who
can
actually
make
a
change.
I
hope
you
guys
make
a
change
and
I
hope.
You
guys
help
us
and
if
you
don't
we're,
not
gonna
need
it
like
a
lot
of
other
people
here.
Thank.
Y
Welcome
hi,
I'm,
Robin,
stager
and
I
have
a
business
at
6:09,
South
Portland,
it's
a
coffee
shop
in
a
church.
That's
called
grace
in
the
city
and
I
want
to
thank
mayor,
Frey
and
chief
Rondo
for
allowing
us
the
privilege
not
only
to
be
here
but
having
an
amazing
partnership
with
a
Minneapolis
Police
Department
I
want
you
to
know.
Y
I
oppose
the
the
suggestion
that
you
were
going
to
lower
the
the
rates
for
the
what
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department
are
going
to
receive,
but
I'd
like
to
talk
to
you
about
the
fact
that
I
see
a
glass
half
full,
so
I'm
going
to
share
our
story
in
April
2017,
my
husband,
who's,
pastor,
john
stager
and
I
planted
a
church
grace
in
the
city
in
a
little
coffee
shop
that
used
to
be
called
Segway.
It's
now
called
jar.
Y
It
stands
for,
just
as
you
are
when
we
planted
the
church
that
the
church
in
the
coffee
shop
we
never
wanted
on
a
coffee
shop.
We
wanted
a
place
where
we
could,
minister,
to
people
seven
days
a
week
that
was
approachable.
This
gave
us
that
venue
in
June
of
2017,
my
husband
and
I,
moved
downtown
at
the
suggestion
of
many
people
in
the
community
saying
if
you're
going
to
preach
in
this
community,
you
need
to
live
in
this
community.
You
need
people
to
trust
that
you're
part
of
their
community
summer
of
2017.
Y
We
started
what
we
call
it.
Jesus
walk,
it's
an
outreach
that
takes
place
every
Saturday.
We
have
people
that
have
been
in
recovery,
we
have
homeless
people.
We
have
just
people
that
love
to
support
these
opportunities
to
reach
out
to
others
that
don't
have
as
much
hope
as
one
might
have.
So
we
do
Jesus.
It
starts
at
12
and
it
goes
to
about
12:30.
We
pile
a
little
basket.
We
take
it
down
to
ninth
and
nickel
it
where
we
hand
out
sandwiches
and
coffee
and
share
the
love
of
Jesus
and
bring
these
people
hope.
Y
We
call
it
like
people
serving
people,
because
the
homeless
are
serving
their
own,
their
recognizable,
the
people
that
were
giving
coffee
and
sandwiches
to
know
one
another
and
now
they've
started
to
attend
church
on
Sundays
May
of
2017
May
of
2018.
Or
let
me
go
for
us
fast
forward.
Our
ministries
become
large
enough
to
have
the
whole
first
floor
of
this
building.
We
partner
with
a
grants
Nider,
he
actually
resides
in
our
office
space.
He
does
outreach
for
the
homeless
and
vulnerable
adults.
One
of
the
things
that
we
did.
Y
This
Thanksgiving
were
able
to
provide
200
meals
to
homeless
people
in
the
streets.
We
had
Mike
Sullivan
and
his
daughter
and
inspector
Mike
Sullivan
and
his
daughter
come
as
well
as
five
other
car
loads.
Full
of
people
come
up
and
pick
up
two
hundred
meals
that
were
delivered
into
the
streets.
It
was
an
amazing
opportunity,
then,
that
same
afternoon
we
were
able
to
deliver
a
hundred
to
homeless
people
that
resided
in
our
in
our
place
of
establishment.
Y
One
of
the
ladies
that
spoke
before
me
from
the
house
of
charity
house
of
charity
is
right
around
the
block
from
us.
They
serve
homeless
people
for
an
hour
and
a
half
a
day.
Jar
cafe
will
be
closing
on
December
31st
and
it
will
become
the
hub
stands
for
helping
you
become.
It
will
be
open
six
days
a
week
to
the
homeless
community
to
come
in,
have
coffee
food,
whatever
we
can
provide
them
with.
We'll
also
have
resources
for
housing,
social
work,
mental
and
healthcare
providers
and
our
inability
to
be
able
to
reach
these
people.
Z
Good
morning,
Eric
good
evening,
council
members,
mayor
I,
want
to
thank
you
first
and
foremost
for
the
time
and
opportunity
to
speak
today.
Regarding
the
matters
in
front
of
the
council,
my
name
is
Matthew
Corte
I'm,
an
attorney
at
a
local
law
firm
here
in
Minneapolis,
as
an
attorney
amused
to
be
used
to
being
fairly
long-winded.
But,
given
the
time
constraints,
I
will
try
to
be
brief.
Z
I'm
here,
not
in
my
capacity
as
an
attorney
in
town
here,
but
as
the
president
of
the
board
of
directors
for
the
minneapolis
police
activities
League,
and
on
that
behalf,
I
do
wish
to
express
my
appreciation
and
acknowledge
the
support
the
city
and
the
city's
counsel
has
given
to
power
not
only
through
this
budgetary
process,
but
in
the
past
as
well.
For
those
that
may
not
be
familiar
with
the
Minneapolis
police
activities,
League
or
PAL.
As
we
like
to
call
it,
we
are
an
independent
nonprofit,
we're
a
501c3
in
that
regard.
Z
We
work
in
conjunction
with
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department
to
coordinate
and
help
run
our
programs,
but
we
are
run
by
an
independent
board
of
directors
made
up
of
private
citizens.
Community
members,
company
and
corporate
leaders
from
Minneapolis
businesses
and
our
mission
is
to
bridge
the
gap
and
establish
trust
between
the
police
department
and
the
community
members,
and
we
do
that
through
youth
programming.
You've
already
heard
this
morning
or
this
evening,
some
of
the
positive
impacts
from
those
programs.
We
have
athletics
like
team
sports,
but
beyond
that
we
also
have
health
and
wellness
programs.
Z
We
have
educational
programs,
we
have
job
preparedness
programs
and
some
of
the
things
we're
most
proud
of
are
certainly
the
mentorship
programs
that
you
heard
about
before.
We've
been
recognized
on
WCCO
and
klj
for
our
efforts.
The
Minnesota
Vikings
also
sponsored
us
as
the
the
nonprofit
for
the
home,
opener
and
you'll
likely
be
hearing
in
the
news.
We
have
a
shop
with
cop
program
through
Target,
so
once
again,
I
would
just
like
to
acknowledge
and
send
my
appreciations
to
the
city
for
its
involvement
in
support
of
PAL
and
its
programming.
Z
I
understand
that
the
council's
initiatives
and
the
mayor's
initiatives
are
to
prioritize
citizen,
citizen
leadership
and
community
engagement,
and
that
certainly
dovetails
with
pals
mission
and
goals.
I'd
also
like
to
recognize
the
officers
that
have
available
in
participating
in
our
programs
to
help
achieve
those
goals
and
appreciate
the
continued
support
of
the
city
and
council
in
that
regard,
once
again,
I
thank
you
and
I
invite.
To
the
extent
any
council,
member
or
the
mayor
would
like
to
discuss
pal
any
further.
I
am
available.
AA
Good
evening,
council
president
councilman
mayor
Frye,
in
my
nearly
22
years
with
the
MPD
I've,
had
the
honor
to
work
with
chief
Arredondo
on
several
community,
facing
initiatives
from
limited-english-proficiency
translation
of
MPD
documents
to
our
groundbreaking
2003
federal
mediation
agreement
and,
most
recently,
our
procedural
justice
and
collective
healing
efforts.
I've
spent
a
duration
of
this
time
working
to
improve
the
relationship
between
the
MPD
and
the
communities
we
serve.
I
am
part
of
the
culture
change
within
the
MPD.
I
would
like
to
be
employed
to
continue.
AA
This
passion
has
become
my
life's
work
to
reduce
the
MPD
budget.
You
will
be
crippling
chief
erred
on
those
efforts
to
change
the
culture
and
create
a
model
of
service
that
better
benefits
the
citizens
of
Minneapolis.
This
cannot
be
done
without
the
various
outreach
and
training
arms
of
the
MPD,
whether
that
be
pal.
Our
homeless
outreach,
the
procedural
justice
team,
Community
Engagement,
Team
crime
prevention
specialists
in
community
navigators.
AA
We
all
know
that
true
change
comes
from
within
and
reducing
the
MPD
budget
destroys
any
chance
at
this
chief,
our
first
black
chief,
to
fully
implement
his
vision
and
I
would
like
to
briefly
State
to
council
member
Johnson.
Sir,
your
budget
amendment
of
looking
at
ways
to
respond
to
911
calls
with
non
law
enforcement
personnel
I,
will
receive
the
community
navigator
program.
AA
AB
Good
evening,
council
members
and
mere
fry
hi,
my
name
is
Jeffrey
Hayes
and
I
was
born
and
raised
in
North
Minneapolis
in
the
Kimberly
neighborhood,
and
my
husband
and
I
currently
live
in
the
Falwell
neighborhood.
Yes,
we
can
all
agree
in
this
room
that
there
is
and
always
will
be
room
for
improvement
and
keeping
up
to
date
with
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department
policies
and
the
handling
of
certain
situations,
but
cutting
that
MPD
budget
is
not
the
answer
or
the
solution
to
this
ongoing
learning
curve.
AB
I
urge
you
all
to
think
this
through
and
have
an
open
mind
to
support
the
chief
in
his
vision
to
move
forward
with
building
bridges
and
mending
the
deep
wounds
within
our
community
before
he
decided
to
cut
the
police
budget.
So
deeply
I
have
worked
as
an
MPD
civilian
employee
for
the
past
32
years
and
I'm.
Currently,
the
LGBTQ
community
liaison
for
the
police
department.
AB
In
my
current
role,
I
jumped
in
with
both
feet
reaching
out
to
my
community
and
organizing
a
positive
MPD
presidents
at
2018
twin
city,
pride
I
was
a
member
of
the
2018
trans
Summit
Committee,
which
was
a
great
success
as
well
as
attending
monthly
trans
issues.
Work
group
meetings
I
also
reached
out
to
many
other
groups
as
well
to
include
Twin
Cities
men's
Resource
Center,
the
Linc
youth
link,
the
bridge
for
runaway
youth,
to
name
a
few.
AB
The
other
members
of
our
MPD
Community
Engagement
Team,
include
representatives
of
the
Latino
community,
the
Native
American
community,
the
Minneapolis
public
housing
homeless,
community
Southeast
Asian
community
in
the
East
African
Community.
We
also
work
together
as
a
team
in
community
engagement
at
numerous
events
throughout
the
year
to
include
house
of
charity.
Lunch
service
coffee
with
the
cup
at
several
local
businesses,
Ronald
McDonald,
House
events
safe
summer
nights,
barbecues
and
Minneapolis
parks
chat
with
the
chief
events
that
lit
various
local
barber
shops
and
businesses.
Hospitality
house
just
to
name
a
few.
AB
We
have
also
been
a
regular
presence
at
the
Hiawatha
encampment,
with
providing
social
service
leads
and
resources
brought
supplies
toiletries
food
and
hand
warmers
for
the
cold
weather
to
the
people
into
their
encampment
each
and
every
one
of
the
people
and
agencies
we
interact
with
in
the
communities
that
we
serve
have
had
nothing
but
appreciation
and
positive
feedback
about
the
work
we
do
and
that
work
is
done
with
our
most
sincere
intentions,
because
we
truly
care
about
all
the
citizens
of
Minneapolis.
Please
support
our
chief
and
don't
cut
our
budget.
Thank
you.
Thank.
AC
Good
evening,
council
president
bender
mayor
Frey,
council
members,
my
name
is
Nicole
Archbold
I,
currently
work
for
MPD
I'm
here
tonight
to
speak
to
those
of
you
who
have
considered
are
considering
or
may
consider
in
the
future
a
reduction
to
the
police
budget
as
an
answer
to
demands
to
divest
from
policing
I.
Think
some
of
you
are
a
little
confused
about
why
people
are
asking
you
not
to
cut
the
budget.
AC
AC
So
I'm,
not
speaking
just
for
my
feelings,
but
for
many
years
of
experience,
working
with
chief
Arredondo
and
officers
across
the
department.
I've
also
worked
with
many
of
the
people
here
in
this
room,
both
on
the
dance
and
in
the
gallery
here
who
are
speaking
tonight
on
both
sides
of
the
divestment
issue.
AC
After
Jamar
Clark's
death,
elected
officials
from
both
sides
of
this
hallway
agreed
that
we
must
utilize
all
that
happened
to
urgently
accelerate
the
work
that
MPD
is
doing
and
transforming
the
way
it
serves
the
community,
and
this
is
what
made
possible
mental
health,
Co,
responders
group,
violence,
intervention,
collaborative
public
safety
strategies,
better
crime
analysis
and
data
transparency,
implicit
bias,
procedural
justice,
crisis,
intervention,
training,
the
Community
Engagement
Team,
as
it
is
today,
and
the
MPD's
new
community
and
navigators
and
I
know
this.
Because
I
worked
on
it.
When
I
worked
for
mayor
Betsy,
Hodges.
AC
AC
AC
Any
budget
cuts
like
those
contemplated
over
the
last
week,
whether
it's
five
percent
two
point,
five
percent
two
point:
whatever
percent
1%
are
not
going
to
be:
grounded
in
genuine
equity
principles
or
police
reform,
or
any
kind
of
real
desire
to
transform
the
culture
of
the
police
department.
What
you
would
do
is
ensure
that
culture
change
does
not
happen
under
your
watch.
Remember
that
this
year
and
next
year
and
the
year
after
that,
but
maybe
you
would
rather
see
the
department,
have
more
problems
to
keep
justifying
the
desire
to
divest
and
abolish
it.
AC
Your
strategy
is
to
cut
MPD's
budget
and
undermine
mayor
Frye
on
the
issue
of
building
better
police
community
relations
is
the
same
strategy
as
the
previous
counsel
used
against
mayor
hodges
many
priorities
of
her
agenda.
The
previous
council,
which
included
some
of
you,
worked
at
every
turn
to
undo
while
demanding
she
do
more.
AC
AC
AC
Imagine
what
it
would
be
like
if,
when
you
vote
to
reappoint
Rondo,
you
send
him
off
with
your
full
and
genuine
support.
It
would
be
like
having
the
wind
at
his
back
to
move
swiftly
on
to
his
next
chapter
of
being
the
chief,
the
first
black
police
chief.
The
city
has
seen,
if
it's
not
him,
who
was
it
going
to
be.
AC
Instead,
at
a
time
when
the
chief
could
use
the
hurtful
display
at
the
4th
precinct
to
accelerate
and
unapologetically
implement
more
aspects
of
his
vision
and
plan
for
the
police
department,
you
know
conceivably
if
there
was
it
to
something
or
5%
cut
on
that
on
the
on
the
table.
Here
he
would
be
managing
a
massive
blow
to
the
culture
change
he's
been
charged
to
make.
AC
It
is
possible
to
chart
a
new
course
for
Public
Safety
and
include
all
the
voices
at
the
table,
but
the
department
cannot
take
a
multi
million
dollar
cut
to
its
budget
without
cutting
service.
In
my
23
years
of
working
for
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
our
elected
officials
have
never
voluntarily
laid
off
dozens
of
employees.
That's
why
you're
hearing
from
employees
tonight,
because
they're
concerned
about
their
jobs,
to
those
of
you
considering
a
move
to
divest
from
MPD.
This
is
not
an
accomplishment.
AC
AD
AE
Hello
City
Council
members.
My
name
is
Erica
Peterson
and
I'm
here
as
a
member
of
I
matter
Minneapolis
and
in
Minneapolis
high
school
green
teams
to
support
the
one
hundred
percent
clean
energy
partnership
and
resolution.
We
are
a
youth
group
that
focuses
on
environmental
policy
changes
just
last
year.
We
helped
propose
and
pass
the
city's
commitment
to
renewable
energy
by
2030,
one
of
the
biggest
things
that
we
felt
when
helping
propose.
This
was
the
support
and
response
that
we
had
from
the
community
in
regard
to
taking
steps
to
slow
climate
change.
AE
AG
We'd
also
like
you
to
support
this
motion
by
councilmembers,
Johnson
and
Gordon,
which
will
handle
the
Kliq
later.
That
will
support
the
second
point
and,
lastly,
we'd
like
to
ask
to
end
the
misuse
of
three
hundred
seventy
five
thousand
dollars
to
buy
solar
from
Xcel
for
a
cost
premium,
as
the
city
could
instead
build
their
own
infrastructure,
not
only
improving
the
city's
ability
to
improve
the
environment,
but
there's
a
coup,
but
this
could
also
potentially
represent
future
resources
that
are
owned
by
the
city.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
Thank.
AH
Greetings,
council
members
and
mayor
Frey,
my
name
is
Grace
Corbin
I
live
in
Ward
5
right
across
from
Redeemer
Lutheran
in
North
Minneapolis,
so
I
also
work
as
a
staff
person
for
the
Minneapolis
area,
Synod
on
under
the
direction
of
Bishop
and
Svenning
sin'.
It's
part
of
the
Lutheran
Church
I'm,
also
here
with
the
Eco
faith
Network
as
a
part
of
that
part
of
the
Minneapolis
area.
Sand
has
worked
on
focusing
on
environmental
stewardship
and
justice,
with
emphases
on
water
and
energy,
but
to
that
end,
I'm
also
part
of
an
inclusive
financing
coalition.
AH
That
is
here
to
talk
to
you,
talk
to
you
about
energy
efficiency
and
allocating
some
funds,
especially
to
the
Clean
Energy
Partnership,
because
it's
so
important
that
we
move
forward
on
our
climate
and
energy
goals
as
we're
doing
this
work
of
justice
in
the
city
to
make
sure
that
we
are
looking
forward
to
the
future.
I
know
that
implementing
like
a
mechanism
like
energy
efficiency
would
help
reach
our
climate
goals
and
create
a
more
just
society,
and
so
I
have
two
simple
ask
for
you.
AH
One
is
to
restore
the
final
and
$900,000
for
the
clean
energy
partnership
work
to
ongoing.
In
order
to
do
the
work
of
climate
and
energy
justice,
we
must
have
funds
in
place
to
create
the
just
energy
systems.
The
people
of
Minnesota
want
to
see
when
the
aplex
excessive
in
Minnesota.
Eventually,
we
need
to
know
that
the
work
of
fixing
our
energy
systems
will
not
fall
by
the
wayside.
AH
My
other
ask
is
ending
the
multi-year
contract
with
excels,
Renewable
Connect
expose
Renewable
Connect
is
up
charging
to
taxpayers,
which
then
sends
money
back
into
a
monopoly
instead
of
into
our
neighborhoods.
This
is
why
I
urge
you
to
end
this
multi-year
contract
and
instead
put
the
money
toward
purchasing
of
city-owned
renewables
and
community-owned
sort
resources.
Oh
thank
you
for
your
time.
Thanks.
A
AI
You
good
evening,
council
president
bender
councilmembers
and
mayor
Frey,
I'm,
Reverend
white,
well,
genius,
11th,
Ward
community
minister
at
Mayflower,
UCC
in
Minneapolis
and
chair
of
the
board
of
Minnesota
interfaith
Power
and
Light,
an
organization
of
faith
communities
in
Minnesota
that
focuses
on
the
intersecting
issues
of
climate,
economic
and
racial
justice.
I
represent
Minnesota
interfaith
Power,
&
Light
on
the
coalition
working
on
inclusive
financing,
to
make
access
to
energy
efficiencies
and
renewable
energy
sources
available
to
low
income
and
low
credit
score
people
renters
and
small
businesses.
AI
Thank
you
for
increasing
franchise
fees
in
2017
to
raise
funds
to
create
and
sustain
programs
to
help
all
Minneapolis
constituents
to
save
money
and
lower
emissions
that
contribute
to
climate
change.
Prior
to
my
ordained,
ministry
I
worked
as
a
an
attorney
public
practice,
including
time
as
an
assistant
attorney
general
in
the
Consumer
Protection
Division
of
that
office.
One
practice
we
learned
was
to
follow
the
money
that
can
be
used
in
a
negative
way
to
identify
undue
influence
of
private
money
on
public
business
and
in
a
positive
way
to
celebrate
wise
use
for
intended
purposes.
AI
We
have
followed
the
money
from
increased
finance
fees,
franchise
fees.
The
good
news
is
the
commitment
to
spend
almost
all
of
the
increased
fees
for
the
intended
and
promised
purposes.
However,
$900,000
of
the
total
revenue
is
for
only
one-time
uses
that
may
be
okay
for
short
time
short
term
one-time
problems,
but
climate
change
is
not
such
a
problem.
It
needs
dedicated
long-term
funding
to
move
it
from
there
temptation
to
use
for
short-term
needs.
AI
Recent
reports
accentuate
the
urgency
of
rapid,
strong
climate
action
by
cities
and
states
in
the
absence
of
action
from
the
federal
government.
Please
restore
the
final
$900,000
for
Cle
the
Clean
Energy
Partnership
work
to
ongoing
funding,
as
was
promised
in
2017,
create
an
ongoing
fund
dedicated
to
the
purposes
of
those
increased
fees.
Thank
you
and
blessings
on
your
work.
Thank.
AJ
AJ
We
pivoted
and
chose
superintendent
emeritus
Mary
marrow
to
guide
us
this
year,
Mary
had
a
background
as
the
first
woman
of
color
in
the
role
of
a
park
to
a
park
commissioner,
and
has
been
crucial
with
the
shift
of
the
board's
priorities
towards
youth
equity
and
racial
justice.
We've
also
focused
on
rebuilding
the
relationship
with
you
folks
here
at
City
Hall.
This
was
a
cooperative
spirit,
resulted
in
a
few
in
levy
increase
passed
by
the
Board
of
estimation.
The
taxation
was
slightly
higher
than
the
mayor's
originally
proposed.
AJ
These
additional
funds
will
be
used
as
superintendent
Merrill
says,
as
a
downpayment
on
youth
development
in
our
city.
So
thank
you,
mayor
Frey.
The
board
was
made
significant,
significant
progress
policy
changes
this
year,
including
repeal
in
our
so-called
ban
on
speeding
and
lurking
now
that
kind
of
matches
what
the
City
Council
does
right
now.
AJ
Bannings
pesticides,
like
blocka
blocka,
seem
and
finally
finalizing
the
name
of
Big
Bird,
a
McCosker
to
the
name
that
it
was
at
before
restoring
a
name.
We
also
rebooted
the
gym
team
celebration.
Juneteenth
is
the
oldest
known
celebration
commemorating
the
freedom
of
enslaved
folks
in
this
country
we
bought.
We
brought
it
back
to
the
site
it
was
originally
at,
and
that
was
a
wonderful
time
and
hopefully
we'll
see
all
you
guys
next
year.
Now
we
turn
to
the
future.
AJ
We
are
excited
to
welcome
al
Bangor
back
home
to
the
Minneapolis
as
they
as
he
prepares
to
serve
as
the
first
african-american
man,
superintendent
of
our
parks
in
135-year
history.
I
am
proud,
I'm,
proud
to
note
that
the
vote
to
hire
al
was
unanimous
by
working
together.
We
are
doing
great
work
at
the
spatha
Park
level
as
a
good
as
this,
as
is
this
budget.
I
am
proud
of
what
I
have
accomplished
this
year
and
we
really
like
the
future
under
Albin
Gore's
leadership.
AJ
AK
Salam
aleikum
wa
rahmatullah
open
a
cut
and
my
name
is
Abdul
I.
My
English
is
not
good,
so
I
want
to
speak
my
Somali
language
and
see
that
Gilliam
at
Liguria
calculate
and
I
see
again
and
again.
I
have
done
C
relief.
Aside.
Welcome
no
problem.
Melanie
already
had
the
smoke
D
o
WT
next
time.
Oh
that
key.
You
have
for
the
enough
total
my
new
motto:
I,
actually
just
11.
AK
You
know
polish,
a
half
at
the
geometry:
oh
yeah
Carnac,
the
linear
other,
had
good
in
the
mesh
Hakeem
I
didn't
focused
on
unassisted,
which
virtually
mr.
Oliver
didn't
one
L
capital
e
and
that
Della
Bosca
Deena
looking
live.
Keno
one
was
orbiting.
Saturday
sang-hyeok
are
no
limit
in
Neurology
in
Laguna.
So
do
your
Italian
and
Bahamas
cream
are
abundant
I.
Like
an
hour,
you
know
last
clear,
Carlo
Ward
my
sentences
on
new
vocal,
attend
in
on
measure
cardinality
naked,
even
know
salam
alikum,
warahmatu,
Maya
bracket.
AM
Mr.
Bligh,
he
said
he's
out
translate
it's
up
like
he
said
he's
from
Cedar
Riverside
neighborhood,
and
he
came
here
today
because
of
a
public
safety
issue,
that
there
are
a
large
number
of
youth
in
the
neighborhood
that
are
causing
issues
that
the
mayor
used
to
have
to
Somali
police
officers,
who
have
now
been
promoted,
and
he
came
here
because
he
said
that
they
were
effective
and
they
would
like
to
have
beat
officers
who
are
of
Somali
origin.
Who
speak
the
language
who
can
connect
with
the
community
better
and
that
that's
the
issue.
A
AN
AO
AP
My
English
is
slow
and
my
name
is
Abdul
Rahman
tomorrow,
okay,
my
name
is
Adam
on
tomorrow.
I'm
talking
talking
about
all
of
the
come
in
Somalia
tonight
is
the
safety
of
the
Cedar
Riverside.
We
need
the
safety
underside
and
second
we're
talking
about
the
park
the
park
at
a
small
park
in
the
city
website.
Then
I'm
talking
about
the
park
that
I
have
to
children's
or
teaser.
We
need
the
park
separate
of
disability.
There
are
decent
people
on
boys
like
this.
Would
okay.
AP
I
owe
some
a
little
schools
or
behind
and
safety
bands
here
refers
to
the
site:
the
Berlin
area,
kaguro,
City,
Hall
or
sherry
behind
our
community.
The
bullies
call
Somalia
on
behind
I
love
Kabbalah,
not
so
they
can
measure
commodity
in
Greece,
an
open-casket
us
but
meet
the
collab
Barka
Barka
on.
We
are
a
community
new
Abedini,
hi
Ohana
bond.
A
disability
will
go
near
reappear,
a
cow
teasing,
Tarawa
Sigourney,
Ananya
Gulliver
Yaran
admire
Quran
Washington.
AP
AM
Name
is
Abner
man
chamalla.
He
lives
the
Cedar
Riverside.
He
want
to
talk
about
two
issues.
One
is
the
yeah.
They
need
some
other
police
officers
because
a
large
number
of
the
population-
they
don't
speak
English
very
well
and
they
would
be
more
comfortable
and
the
second
issue
he
talked
about
is
the
park
and
I
think
he's
referring
to
Kerry
Park.
He
said
the
park
is
small,
not
a
lot
of
amenities
and
not
enough
programming
for
children
with
autism.
Those
are
two
points
he
made.
Thank.
AQ
Excuse
me
for
being
tardy
president
bender
members
of
the
City
Council
Mayor
Frey
I'm
here
I
have
already
submitted
my
some
of
my
comments
in
writing
to
the
council
members,
but
I'm
here
to
speak
to
you
tonight
again
in
opposition
to
any
further
reductions
or
existing
reductions
and
any
potential
further
reductions
in
funding
to
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department
I.
Don't
deny
that
I
think
the
programs
that
have
been
proposed
are
very
good
ones
and
I.
AQ
Think
they're
needed
and
I
also
just
want
to
say
that
we
have
a
long
history
as
you've,
seen
in
neighborhoods
of
collaborative
efforts
between
the
police
department
and
between
neighborhoods
that
have
been
very
successful
and
I
feel
as
though
reducing
the
budget
for
the
department
would
be
a
mistake.
We
are
a
city.
AQ
There
is
no
part
of
this
city
that
is
not
growing
and
growing
rapidly,
and
in
addition
to
that,
we
are
also
attracting
a
lot
more
people
from
outside
of
Minnesota
regularly
to
very
large
events
here,
and
we
are
getting
more
people
to
come
from
other
parts
of
Minnesota
and
other
states
to
come
to
our
city.
I
think
it
would
be
a
very
big
mistake
to
start
reducing
resources
for
the
Public
Safety
Department,
where
they're
most
needed.
AQ
I
think
that
we
can
agree
that
collaborative
efforts
are
sincerely
needed
and
improvements
are
needed
and
working
through
the
existing
neighborhood
structure
that
we
have,
which
is
very
strong
and
the
changes
now
that
are
being
implemented
through
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department
I
think
will
bear
great
fruit,
but
I
think
that
trying
to
cut
the
budget
or
siphon
off
resources
is
a
mistake
and
I
think
that
we
can
do
better.
I
think
that
we
can
find
those
funds
to
fund
the
resources
that
we
need
and
the
tools
that
we
need
to
move
forward.
Thank
you.
Thank.
AR
Hello,
council
members,
my
name
is
Sheila
Nejad
I
live
in
the
East
Phillips
neighborhood
I
wanted
to
thank
you
all
for
your
leadership
and
your
bravery
and
looking
at
the
budget
and
thinking
about
a
broader
definition
of
safety.
So
I've
set
it
up
here
before
crime
isn't
random.
It
often
and
most
of
the
time
happens
when
people
don't
have
their
basic
needs
met.
They
don't
have
housing,
they
don't
have
employment.
Community
connections
are
broken
when
people
have
to
move
because
the
rent
is
too
high.
AR
So
when
we
think
about
safety
in
a
broader
way,
when
we
help
meet
people's
basic
needs,
that's
crime
prevention.
So
thank
you
for
your
leadership.
Looking
at
these
upstream
strategies
for
preventing
violence
and
supporting
victims
of
violence
outside
of
the
police
department
and
yeah.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Speaker.
AS
Welcome
good
evening
I'm
Heidi,
Roman,
ish,
I'm,
Danielle,
Robinson,
Bri
and
I
reside
at
13,
19,
Franklin,
Avenue,
southeast
and
I
have
a
daughter
in
Sanford
middle
school.
I
am
a
Spanish
medical
and
legal
interpreter,
as
well
as
a
advocate
and
immigrant
rights
activist
I'm,
currently
most
active
with
the
sanctuary
and
resistance
movement
at
First,
Universalist
Church
and
the
sanctuary
faith
network
in
the
city
and
state.
AS
So
I
want
to
commend
you,
the
council
and
mayor
for
moving
in
the
right
direction
in
a
lot
of
ways
in
terms
of
adopting
of
the
municipal,
ID
and
and
as
well
the
creation
of
the
office
of
immigrant
and
Refugee
services.
So
those
are
aspects
of
the
sanctuary
platform,
and
so
things
are
moving
in
the
right
direction.
However,
what
is
vitally
missing
is
access,
public
access
to
legal
defense
and
legal
support.
AS
So,
as
you
know
that
we're
in
a
crisis
in
the
city
and
in
the
country
in
the
way
that
ice
is
terrorizing
communities,
families,
it
looks
like
being
followed
in
the
church
parking
lots.
It
looks
like
being
followed
into
your
workplace
or
leaving
your
workplace
then
looks
like
having
your
family
from
one
day
to
the
next
being
carted
off
to
you,
mostly
the
sherbert,
County
Detention
Center,
again
without
legal
counsel
along
the
way.
AO
Like
it
could
be
yeah
that
there
are
several
cities
around
the
country
that
have
committed
to
using
taxpayer
money
to
support
the
legal
defense
of
immigrants
and
I
would
encourage
you
to
look
to
cities
like
Denver
that
are
allocating
in
the
six
figures:
cities
like
Chicago,
New,
York
million
dollars-
it's
it's
something
that
is
a
very
complicated
area
of
the
law
and
most
people
go
unrepresented,
and
this
is
not
the
time
to
think
small.
It's
the
time
to
think
a
lot
bigger.
So
thank
you
very
much.
AS
AT
Evening
president
bender
members
of
this
council,
mayor
Frye,
my
name
is
Mark
bond
Horst
I've
lived
at
46:37,
two-pot
Avenue
South
for
40
years,
I've
always
been
happy
to
pay.
The
price
of
living
in
a
civilized
society
and
I
would
urge
you
to
fully
fund
all
those
vital
programs
which
you
are
capable
of
funding
I'm
here,
primarily
as
a
in
my
role
as
a
volunteer
with
Minnesota
interfaith
Power
and
Light.
I've
worked
with
them
for
three
years
on
solar
equity
and
on
the
policy
team.
AT
I
commend
you
on
your
positive
state
steps
already
in
terms
of
the
franchise
fee
and
particularly
on
the
100%.
My
goal
I
would
also
commend
to
you
a
guidebook
on
equitable,
clean
energy
program,
design
for
local
governments
and
partners,
as
you
get
to
a
hundred
percent
I
think
we
need
to
get
there
in
an
equitable
manner.
This
guide,
which
was
just
issued
a
couple
of
months
ago,
is
the
product
of
the
urban
sustainability
directors
Network,
which
is
a
peer-to-peer
network
of
municipal
resilience
officers.
AT
If
I've
read
it
I
compared
it
with
what
we've
been,
what
I've
been
doing
for
the
last
three
years,
I
think
it's
excellent
I,
also
I'm
concerned
about
the
issue
of
transparency
of
the
funding
at
my
church.
Who's
already
been
mentioned,
a
1,000
member
church
in
south
Minneapolis
we're
talking
about
possibly
tithing
for
our
own
carbon,
we're
using
the
atmosphere.
All
of
us
as
a
dumping
ground
and
some
of
us
feel
morally
obligated
to
take
some
action.
You
could
pay
you
can
you
can
have
a
self-imposed
carbon
fee.
AL
So
I
want
to
thank
them
for
putting
that
forward.
I
also
want
to
thank
you
for
the
budget
that
you
have
approved
for
the
Minneapolis
Public
I'm,
sorry
for
the
park
board,
pregnant
recreation
board,
emeritus
superintendent,
Meredith
Merrill,
has
been
awesome
to
work
with
through
those
things
and
again,
that's
another
pay
mention
piece
full
service
to
me.
Schools
are
going
to
be
an
awesome
asset.
We
used
to
have
them
a
long
time
ago
and
I
know
they're
like
oh.
Our
schools
were
so
great
back
then
well
back.
AL
As
you
know,
I
was
the
second
pitcher
for
the
Christmas
tree
at
the
4th
precinct
that
went
out
and
it
was
really
disappointing
the
thing
that
got
me:
let's
tataki
bag,
that
was
on
the
Christmas
tree,
because
the
kids
sing
a
taki
song
right.
So
how
do
you
see
my
kids
running
around
North
Minneapolis
I
really
got
me
upset,
and
so
we
have
work
to
do
within
the
police
department
and
I
think
that
some
of
these
issues
can
address.
Some
of
those
I
would
like
to
see
more
funding
next
year
for
it.
AL
So
it
will
be
an
aunt
situation
if
that's
a
possibility.
I
just
think
that
every
aspect
is
very
important
when
we're
dealing
with
this,
but
I
just
want
to
tell
you
each
and
every
one
of
you.
You
know
voting
thinking
forward.
We
do
have
to
start
attaching
these
pieces
from
the
front
to
make
change
because
they
can
what
they
say.
You
can
build
a
it's
easy
to
build
a
strong
man,
but
it's
hard
to
fix
a
broken
one
right,
so
I
just
want
to
thank
you
for
your
furnace.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
A
C
AU
Doing
today,
that's
good,
that's
good
I
said
how's
everybody
doing
today:
okay,
okay,
let's
loosen
up
in
here,
it's
okay,
alright,
so
I
first
want
to
start
off
by
saying.
Thank
you
all.
This
has
been
amazing,
exhilarating
hard,
harsh,
confusing
all
of
the
above
and
I'm.
Just
glad
that
we
can
keep
on
working
together.
I
also
want
to
say
that
I
just
want
to
reiterate
what
what
the
brother
in
here
was
saying:
the
one
from
struggle
of
discipline.
Ten
years
ago,
I
was
fifteen
and
I
used
to
fight
on
the
streets.
AU
A
lot,
and
so
a
white
lady
by
the
name
of
Laura
will
come
with
her
Hummer
anytime.
Somebody
called
because
they
knew
little
James
on
the
Block
fighting
again,
she
would
come
pick
me
up.
Throw
me
in
the
Hummer
they'll.
Take
me
to
the
circle
of
discipline,
lock
the
doors
and
teach
me
how
to
box,
and
wouldn't
let
me
leave
and
if
y'all
recall
said
that
I
had
helped
somebody
not
get
deported
that
was
last
year
and
that
brother
Nate,
by
the
name
of
Paul,
was
a
boxer,
a
circle
of
discipline.
AU
Also
I
want
to
say
that
I
just
have
a
question
for
everybody,
because
we
are
all
coming
to
you
all
kind
of
mad
frustrated
talking
about
the
budget
different
things
like
that,
I
just
want
to
be
the
voice
of
reason.
To
say
what
we're
really
saying
is:
how
do
the
community
get
more
involved
and
the
budget
process
early
on?
That's
really
all
what
we're
saying
you
know
and
like
how
can
when
we
enter
room?
How
can
we
really
be
heard
like?
AU
AU
You're
doing
just
want
to
appreciate
the
lieutenant
I
want
appreciate
the
marijuana
appreciate
all
of
y'all
for
what
y'all
doing
I'm,
not
saying
I,
like
everything,
y'all
doing
I'm
just
saying,
I
appreciate
it,
because
I
know
for
a
fact
that
you
heard
what
I
said
and
we're
gonna
work
moving
forward
on
the
process
for
the
budget
for
2020,
whatever
got
to
do
for
19
we're
gonna,
do
that
we're
gonna,
be
inclusive
and
we're
going
to
keep
on
moving
forward.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank.
AV
Hi,
my
name
is
Tony
Williams
I
live
in
councilmember,
Wright's
ward,
so
first
I
want
to
draw
attention
to
this
altar
of
victims
of
police
brutality.
We
have
of
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department
from
listening
to
a
lot
of
the
speakers
tonight.
You
would
think
that
the
police
department
doesn't
do
anything
other
than
play
sports
with
kids,
and
we
here
have
a
lot
of
evidence
that
that's
not
the
case.
AV
So
we
got
one
of
the
emails
that
the
police
sent
in
order
to
turnout
people
for
the
hearing
tonight,
and
here
are
basically
the
things
that
it
said.
So
it
said
if
there's
a
divestment
from
the
department
and
I
do
support
a
5%
divestment
from
the
police
department
said
any
Police
Service,
not
911
related
will
stop
said
the
police
activities.
League
will
be
disbanded.
It
said
the
community
engagement
team
will
cease
to
exist
and
it
said
the
expansion
of
group
group
violence-
intervention
which
is
not
funded
through
the
police
department,
will
not
happen.
AV
So
I
think
it
says
a
lot
that
when
we
talk
about
a
30
million
dollar
expansion
in
the
budget
over
the
last
five
years,
that
the
second
that
there's
any
talk
of
divestment
and
of
anything
from
the
department,
they
immediately
threatened
to
cut
all
the
wonderful
programs
that
get
people
out
here
to
talk
about
how
great
the
police
department
is.
This
is
why
we
shouldn't
be
funding
these
programs
within
the
department,
because
the
second
that
we
try
to
take
away
any
of
their
money
for
guns
or
SWAT,
the
2.5
million
expansion
for
the
special
operations.
AV
That's
in
the
budget
this
year,
they
immediately
turn
around
and
threaten
to
cut
all
of
the
programming.
So
I
guess
the
question
really
is
how
in
is
that
programming
to
them?
If
that's
immediately,
what's
on
the
chopping
block,
the
first
second
that
they
turn
around,
that
you
know
ended
change
is
a
process
that
occurs
over
time.
So
how
much
time
is
that
exactly
so
Tony
Boozer
was
hired
as
the
great
reformer
of
the
department
in
1980
he
left
in
1989
said.
AV
The
department
was
a
bunch
of
bumpers
when
he
came
in
was
a
bunch
of
thumpers
when
he
left
he
put
out
a
editorial
in
South
Side
pride
two
years
ago.
That
said
that
he
had
failed
to
reform
the
department.
Janee
harteau,
our
first
chief
of
color,
first
queer
chief
hired
to
be
the
great
reformer
of
the
department
in
2012
left
in
2017,
fired
because
culture
change
wasn't
happening
enough.
Now
we
have
chief
Arredondo,
an
officer
who
actually
sued
the
department
for
white
supremacy,
naming
one
particular
officer
as
the
most
racist
officer
on
the
force.
AV
Bob
Kroll
Bob
Kroll
was
reappointed
by
the
rank-and-file
in
2017,
with
a
two-to-one
vote.
So
when
you
start
talking
about
culture
change,
when
you
start
trying
to
talk
about
shifting
the
culture
of
the
department,
we
need
to
understand
that
that's
been
tried
for
decades
and
decades.
No
one
has
succeeded
so
far,
and
no
one
will
because
the
second
anybody
pushes
back
on
them.
They
send
every
email
that
they
tend
to
turn
out.
AV
AW
Tuning
hello,
my
name
is
I,
am
a
mother
of
four
and
I
have
a
business
at
sea
review,
and
this
last
summer
we
have
a
big
issue
in
our
area:
Cedar
Riverside
and
as
a
mother
I
could
not
handle
how
our
youth
are
doing
in
the
area.
If
burglarized
and
everything
we
are
concerned,
mothers
who
care
about
well-being
of
our
sons
and
daughters.
We
come
here
today
to
request
a
couple
things
from
the
council
members.
There
has
been
up
sticks
of
killing,
robberies,
theft
and
other
similar
crimes
in
our
neighborhood
as
of
late.
AW
So
we
are.
The
mother
is
crying
for
help
to
make
your
decision
wisely
and
try
to
feel
our
pain
going
to
do
something
about
it.
Our
youth
don't
have
a
place
to
go
and
hang
out
around
Cedar
Avenue,
so
they
choose
to
come
front
of
the
businesses
and
the
only
thing
they
do
is
to
do
drugs
and
what
they
do,
that
they
not
holding
anything
they're,
just
gonna
rap
and
kill.
AW
So
we
thought
I
went
around
every
business
and
I
have
submitted
a
document.
I
collected
nine
thousand
around
the
business,
see
the
revenue
most
of
somalis,
businesses.
We
hire
of
Somali
off-duty
officers,
couple
of
nights
every
week
for
hours
dad
had
made
a
lot
of
difference.
They
cut
to
people
in
the
area
who
was
supplying
the
the
tracks.
Now
we
out
of
fun
one
we
hold
last
night,
you
guys
there's
option
for
five
percentage
cut
down.
We
believe
that
is
gonna
come
to
us.
The
first
place
is
gonna.
AW
Count
is
before
we
didn't
have
any
police
output.
I
could
I
mean
if
you
called
9-1-1,
you
have
to
wait
for
two
three
three
hours.
Now
we
don't
have
funds
for
our
own
and
the
hope
that
I
get
from
the
chief
was
to
have
a
to
Somali
officers
when
I
met
him.
But
to
have
this
cutting
is
going
to
affect
us
directly.
We
are
some
other
requesting
to
feel
our
pain.
You
have
you
raised
a
person
18
years
and
they
come
street
and
they
shoot
and
they
do
drives
and
they're
not
gonna.
Listen
to
you.
AW
What
are
you
gonna
do
how
you
can
handle
find
you.
They
are
Network
you
we
have
more
than
100.
Kids
are
doing
the
same
activity
around
this
city
Minneapolis,
so
we
need
help
from
drug
addiction,
counseling,
educating
and
monitoring
the
youngest
coming
up.
So
we
don't
want
to
lose
every
generation.
Now
we
are
facing
15
years,
25
years
go
to
same
bath,
but
we
cannot
use
em.
What
about
my
8
years
older,
because
I
already
face
my
firstborn,
what
he's
doing
so?
AW
A
AY
AX
AY
AX
Da
da
da
da
da
da
dee
and
Marty
edenia,
Marty
Sherman,
oh,
my
god,
Eric
Marty,
mucosal,
really
rare
too
familiar
absolutely
a
gala
macabre
nurse
or
how
I
am
behind
John.
Hey
the
kinematic,
a
leader,
a
module
with
American
costanera
in
man,
Kumari
Martino's,
oversee
megaohm
are
typically
not
ilaria
in
any
Buddhist
car
or
some
other
Hamner
Cheryl
Martin
examples.
You
know
Marty,
oh
yeah.
AX
AX
AY
AX
Martin
coolest
car
smell,
Haggar
I
get
how
many
got
me.
Man
I'm
a
difficult,
listen
I
was
anchor
up,
Soto
Hawaiian
money,
American
loop,
shaky
and
monkeys.
Rafi
I
had
one
else.
If
Tim,
why
hadn't
he
and
so
Mallika
Sarabhai,
my
son
are
gonna.
Do
a
Bible
in
Abigail
and
Dylan
I'm,
not
a
monkey.
No
sir
sitting
on
short
man.
He.
AY
AX
AY
AX
A
AZ
AZ
AY
AZ
AY
AY
AZ
AZ
AY
AZ
A
BA
Good
evening,
my
name
is
Emily
stout
and
I
live
in
Whittier
in
Ward,
10
and
I'm
here
tonight
to
recognize
and
appreciate
the
City
Council
for
passing
the
amendment
to
reallocate
1.1
million
dollars
from
MPD
and
towards
community
driven
Public
Safety.
This
move
helps
to
shift
our
narratives
around
policing
in
our
city
and
is
something
to
be
celebrated.
I
specifically
want
to
thank
council
president
bender,
my
council,
member
for
your
support
and
Ally
ship
during
this
process.
BA
You've
shown
that
you
are
invested
in
truly
making
our
communities
safer
by
moving
money
away
from
the
police
and
into
organizations
and
programming
that
supports
people
of
color,
LGBTQ,
folks,
victims
of
domestic
and
gender-based
violence,
immigrants
and
renters.
Thank
you
for
your
dedication,
these
issues
and
taking
a
political
risk
to
it,
invest
in
true
public
safety
and
thank
you
to
their
other
council
members
who
have
listened
to
your
communities
and
supported
the
amendment
as
well.
BA
Despite
claims
that
have
been
made
here
by
opponents
of
the
amendment,
the
amendment
to
the
budget
does
not
decrease
the
number
of
cops
on
the
streets
or
reduce
any
existing
funding
from
the
police
departments,
though
I
do
believe
divestment
in
favor
of
real
Public
Safety
is
the
answer.
These
didn't
disingenuous
claims
made
to
rally
supporters
of
police
have
revealed
MPD's,
true
priorities.
Opponents
of
this
amendment
say
that
if
divestment
occurs,
the
first
program
to
be
sacrifice
will
be
community
building
programs.
BA
The
same
programs
they
claim
are
the
core
to
their
ability
to
build
trust
with
the
community.
Clearly,
there's
work
to
be
done.
We
need
to
challenge
the
assumption
that
public
safety
equals
police
and
we
need
to
challenge
a
practice
of
funding
police
without
discretion
or
accountability.
I
support
a
5%
divestment
under
the
believe
divestment
from
MPD
into
Community
Safety
is
the
path
towards
safe,
vibrant
communities,
and
this
amendment
is
an
important
first
step
in
getting
closer
to
the
city
in
which
Public
Safety
is
a
work
of
communities,
not
cops.
So
thank
you.
BA
BB
BC
BC
So
it's
not
a
cut.
It's
not
a
divestment
nobody's
losing
their
jobs,
nothing's
being
like
cut
from
MPD.
It's
just
that
there's
going
to
be
no
additional
police
officers
added
and
so
I
understand
that.
I
also
understand
that
this
money
is
going
towards
direct
programming
and
community
based
initiatives.
BC
Much
like
the
youth
mentorship
programs
discussed
tonight
and
I
really
trust
that
divesting
directly
in
community
safety
and
health
initiatives
instead
of
MPD,
is
a
great
direction
to
head
in
I'm
hearing
a
lot
of
people
want
to
invest
instead
in
improving
MPD's
community
relations
and
I
just
want
to
ask
everyone
to
consider
why
distrust
between
so
many
of
our
communities
and
MPD
runs
so
deep.
The
department's
had
150
years
to
build
trust
and
tonight
has
just
reaffirmed
to
me
that
it's
failed
to
do
so.
BC
If
people
are
so
worried
about
community
programs
that
they
run
being
cut,
the
first
thing
that
they
cut
if
they
experienced
the
budget
cut.
Yeah
I.
Just
think
that
says
a
lot
about
where
the
priorities
have
been
so
I'm
happy
to
hear
that
people
have
had
positive
experience
with
chief
Redondo,
but
I
just
believe
that
this
deeply
belief
of
this
issue
is
so
much
bigger
than
him
as
one
person
and
I
really
think.
BC
BB
Hi
everyone,
my
name,
is
Sonia
necklace,
COO
and
I
live
in
the
Como
neighborhood
of
Ward
1.
First
of
all,
I
just
really
wanted
to
thank
you
for
your
leadership
in
the
1
million
reallocation
of
the
money
from
the
police
budget
to
the
community-based
safety
programs
and
I
really
want
to
reiterate
what
a
previous
speaker
said
about
reimagining.
What
Public
Safety
looks
like
you
know.
A
lot
of
you
talked
about
your
commitment
to
affordable
housing,
creating
a
preserving
affordable
units
and
this
year
alone
my
rent
increased
by
12%,
which
is
really
not
uncommon.
BB
Of
a
lot
of
my
peers.
A
lot
of
students
and
young
working
people
are
being
forced
out
of
the
university
neighborhoods
due
to
rising
rent
prices
and
I.
Think
that's
a
crisis,
that's
affecting
the
rest
of
the
city.
So
again,
I
really
want
to
reiterate
that
you
know
I'm
having
a
safe
place
to
live,
I
come
home.
BB
To
is
what
makes
me
feel
safe,
not
the
institution
of
the
Minneapolis,
Police,
Department
and
I
really
think
that
we
do
need
to
continue
imagining
what
public
safety
looks
like
together
with
community
activists
and
input
from
the
folks
here
today,
and
I
really
urge
you
to
continue
revisiting
what
this
Public
Safety
looks
like
and
reinvest.
You
know
money
into
a
true,
affordable
housing
that
is
really
affordable
to
young
working
people
and
I
support
the
5%
of
estimate.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
40
for
Mary.
A
BD
So
I'm
awake
until
I
break
a
my
name
is
Mary
and
Shahab
denote
I'm
here
today,
speaking
as
a
Somali
black
Muslim
woman
I'm
here
as
a
resident
of
East,
Phillips
and
I
want
to
start
by
saying
thank
you
to
councilmember,
Fletcher
and
Cunningham
for
bringing
forth
the
the
community
safety.
Eminent
I
also
further
want
to
go
and
thank
councilmember
Cano
for
your
support,
as
my
console
woman
and
also
council
man.
BD
BD
Nothing
that
we're
not
really
naming
and
understanding
is
that
they're
criminalized
before
they
even
understand
what
that
means:
they're
criminalized
based
on
their
skin
color,
based
on
the
religious
practices
of
their
families
and
themselves,
they're
criminalized
based
on
their
sexuality
and
the
visibility
of
that
they're
criminalized
on
where
they
live,
and
before
we
think
about
what
safety
means
to
them.
We
need
to
think
outside
of
the
box
of
policing
as
a
refugee.
As
a
somebody
who
was
raised
in
a
civil
war,
somebody
with
a
gun
does
not
make
me
feel
safe.
BD
BD
What
makes
me
feel
safe
is
having
access
to
healthy
and
wholesome
foods
as
culturally
appropriate
to
me,
what
makes
me
feel
safe
for
me
and
for
my
child
is
being
around
the
communities
that
I
want
to
be
around,
and
so
I
appreciate
all
the
members
that
can
think
outside
of
the
box
of
policing
of
what
it
means
to
be
safe
and
I
appreciate
the
hard
work
of
groups
like
reclaim
the
black
who
have
put
together
a
list,
that's
appropriate
for
our
community
and
for
our
community
members.
Thank
you.
Thank.
BE
Good
evening
my
name
is
rithika
machete
I'm,
a
community
organizer
with
parts
and
power,
I,
hope,
community
and
I'm,
also
resident
of
South
Minneapolis
and
condos
Ward
I
just
wanted
to
thank
first
off
Fletcher
and
Cunningham
for
the
proposal
budget
proposal.
Amendment
I
also
want
to
clarify,
like
I,
feel,
like
everyone
who's
testified
before
me.
A
lot
of
folks
have
like
misunderstood
what
that
amendments
about.
It's
like
a
reallocation
of
1.1
million
dollars
away
from
MPD
to
community-based
safety
programs.
Not
it's
not
a
cut
to
MPD.
BE
So
I,
just
like
feel,
like
that's,
been
hard
to
hear
so.
I
just
wanted
to
reaffirm
and
greet
clarify
what
that
is.
I
think
we
all
deserve
to
be
safe
and
I.
Think
black
indigenous
people
of
color,
low
wealth
communities,
queer
trans
non-binary,
gender
non-conforming
communities
deserve
to
be
safe.
That
looks
many
different
ways
and
that
does
not
look
like
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department
I
want
to
thank
people
who
spoke
here
today.
I
understand
that
it
is
hard
to
be
unsafe
in
your
communities.
BE
BE
We
need
to
invest
in
things
that
work
and
the
police
department
does
not
do
its
job
of
protecting
and
serving
the
community
with
courage
and
compassion.
Is
that
what
it
is,
and
so
I
just
like
wanted,
like
reiterate,
like
there,
isn't
a
scarcity
of
funding,
there's
just
enough
funding
to
fund
what
we
need.
Thank.
J
BF
Thank
you
and
I.
Thank
you,
council
president
and
mayor
fry
and
my
council,
member
andreadd
Dinkins
live
in
the
Kingfield
neighborhood
and,
as
I
have
moved
there
about
a
year
and
a
half
ago-
and
I
know
many-
have
the
experience,
we're
watching
it
gentrify
as
everyday
as
we
speak,
and
I
guess
this
conversation
for
me
in
the
school
board.
We
spend
a
lot
of
money
on
transportation,
because
people
don't
feel
safe,
walking
to
school.
BF
BF
So
as
I
agree
that
community
based
programs
are
the
answer,
it's
not
an
and
or
we
have
individuals,
young
people
that
have
not
benefited
from
preventative
programs,
they
need
intervention
and
restorative
programs,
and
we
also
need
preventive
programs.
So
we
can
get
ahead
of
this.
We
need
both.
We
also.
We
are
often
very
short-sighted
on
saying
it's
one
or
the
other,
we're
not
in
a
time
of
place
where
it
is
one
or
the
other.
BF
We
have
to
do
both
and
our
families
that
reach
out
to
me
many
many
many
families
do
feel
that
under
Chief
faragonda's
leadership
that
we
could
have
better
police
practices
and
that
they
want
police
for
the
safety
of
their
communities
so
that
their
children
can
get
to
and
from
school
can
be
at
their
parks,
not
have
their
bike
stolen.
Thousands
of
bikes
are
stolen
in
this
city.
Every
day
you
want
to
be
a
walkable
bikable
community
I
can't
afford
to
replace
the
bikes
that
were
stolen
out
of
my
garage
a
few
months
ago.
BF
So
my
daughter,
who's
14,
has
no
way
to
get
around
town
except
public
transportation
took
her
15
minutes
to
ride
her
bike.
To
school
takes
an
hour
to
take
the
bus
she
has
to
get
up
at
6:00
in
the
morning
to
go
to
school.
So
let's
please
consider
doing
both
and
and
thinking
about
our
youth,
who
were
very
concerned
about
safety
and
transportation,
and
their
voice
is
somewhat
heard
here
today,
but
not
quite
enough.
Thank
you
guys.
Thank.
BG
Dean
I'm
Jake
Burton
I,
live
in
the
Phillips
neighborhood
I
was
raised
in
Northeast
Minneapolis
I'd,
like
to
start
by
acknowledging
the
author
in
front
of
me.
The
people
who
have
been
killed
by
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department
in
despite
what
Tony
already
exposed,
there's
bad
faith.
Attempts
by
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department
to
come,
speak
against
the
reallocation
that
happened
last
week.
BG
I
just
want
to
name
this
as
another
City
Council
that
voted
to
give
the
police
a
raise,
voted
in
on
a
promise
of
change,
and
you
could
shake
your
head,
but
you
didn't
raise
an
amendment.
Nobody
on
this
council
was
brave
enough
or
had
the
political
will
to
even
suggest
perhaps
a
freeze
in
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department
budget
again
after
they
drugged
people
after
they
failed
to
responsibly
investigate
sexual
violence
claims.
BG
You
know
how
many
hundreds
of
thousands
of
dollars
were
paid
out
this
year
to
settle
misconduct.
So
I'd
like
to
thank
the
activists
and
the
organizers
who
forced
your
hand
to
reduce
the
raise
that
you
gave
to
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department,
but
I
would
just
like
to
register
my
absolute
disappointment
with
every
single
one
of
you
for
showing
really
no
leadership.
It's
a
short-term
solution
to
think
that
chief
arredondo
is
going
to
change
this
and
the
logic
behind
the
reallocation
that
you
need
to
invest
in
public
safety.
That's
our
solution.
BG
I
mean
I
wish
it
was
meaning
somebody
was
gonna,
lose
their
jobs.
A
lot
of
these
cops
need
to
lose
their
jobs,
I'm,
not
afraid
to
say
that
it's
a
waste
of
money,
we're
paying
races
from
Elk
River
to
come
in
here
and
brutalize
us
and
abuse
us
so
I
hope,
you're,
not
feeling
self
congratulatory
or
proud
of
yourself.
Even
those
folks
who
maybe
thought
that
your
councilmembers
wouldn't
support
you
I,
don't
care
what
the
council
math
is.
AF
BH
Thank
You
council
members,
mayor
fried
my
name,
is
Rena.
Duggan
I
was
born
and
raised
in
Minneapolis
I
attended,
Minneapolis
Public
Schools.
Currently,
I
am
the
program
director
for
PAL
I've
had
the
unique
opportunity
to
work
in
the
PAL
unit
for
two
years.
It's
there
that
I've
helped
develop
organized
athletic
events
and
educational
activities
for
kids.
I
came
to
this
unit
with
the
goal
of
positively
impacting
kids
lives
and
provide
them
with
opportunities.
BH
Instead,
I
soon
realized
how
much
the
kids,
parents
and
community
volunteers
have
positively
impacted.
My
life
I
appreciate
your
continued
support
with
our
program,
I'm,
very
proud
of
the
work
that
we
do
and
a
request
or
ask
you
to
continue
that
relationship
with
us
and
support
our
program,
I
believe
in
it.
A
hundred
percent
and
I
am
grateful
for
my
position.
BH
BI
Airfryer
concur
members,
my
name
is
John,
Dunlop
have
lived
at
our
house
and
Bryn
Mawr
and
cops
personally
said:
I
could
mine
Ward
for
over
40
years.
Perhaps
a
most
important
piece
of
the
proposed
budget
before
you
tonight
is
the
funding
to
establish
and
an
ambitious
plan
to
quickly
eliminate
the
use
of
fossil
fuels
by
the
city.
The
city
is
to
be
commended
for
adopting
responsible
climate
and
energy
goals,
including
using
only
electricity
from
renewable
resources
by
2030
within
just
12
years,
and
reducing
all
greenhouse
emissions
by
80%
before
2050.
BI
These
goals
are
largely
consistent
with
the
urgent
call
by
the
United
Nations
to
eliminate
fossil
fuel
consumption
internationally
by
2050.
Major
changes
must
take
place
by
that
time.
In
order
to
avoid
the
worst
impacts
from
climate
change.
The
plan
is
stat
and
enabled
by
the
mayor's
proposed
budget.
We
must
quickly
be
put
into
place
in
order
to
immediately
begin
eliminating
the
use
of
fossil
fuels
and
by
the
city
by
the
city.
BI
I
also
am
the
chair,
the
national
chair
of
the
National
Conference
of
the
American
solar
energy
society,
annual
meeting,
which
will
be
held
here
in
the
Twin
Cities.
Next
August,
a
my
urging
the
conversation
will
focus
only
on
eliminating
the
use
of
fossil
fuels
for
electricity
and
transportation
nationwide
through
the
use
of
renewable
energy.
I.
Look
forward
to
highlighting
the
leadership
of
my
city
Minneapolis
at
the
conference
and
to
working
with
your
sustainability
office
in
organizing
a
tour
of
Minneapolis
city-owned
solar
installations,
while
riding
an
electric
bus.
BJ
I've
had
conversations
with
many
people
in
my
life
over
the
last
few
weeks
about
the
budget
and
I've
heard
over
and
over
again
that
the
organization's
doing
incredible
work
and
our
communities
are
getting
crumbs
and
not
even
consistent
crumbs
and
we're
ready
for
more
we're
ready
for
visionary,
progressive
leadership.
When
it
comes
to
putting
resources
into
organizations
doing
the
work
that
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department
cannot
do.
They
can't
do
it
because
they
cannot
meet
people's
basic
needs
like
housing.
They
can't
do
it
because
they
often
don't
have
the
skills
they're
unqualified.
BJ
They
can't
do
it
because
many
young
people
don't
trust
them.
Many
survivors
of
sexual
violence,
don't
trust
them.
Many
of
my
black
and
brown
and
in
digits
neighbors,
don't
trust
them
many
of
my
queer
and
trans
neighbors.
Don't
trust
them
and
I
don't
trust
them.
They
can't
do
it
because
of
the
people
that
they've
murdered,
harassed
and
violated
in
our
city.
We're
ready
for
visionary,
progressive
leadership
when
it
comes
to
actually
responding
to
the
issues
that
run
rampant
and
MPD.
BJ
A
Thank
You
Commissioner,
Cowgill,
speaker
52,
okay,
53
is
canvas.
BK
BK
It
isn't
easy
to
watch
a
mom
cry
up
here
at
a
mic
playing
for
the
safety
of
her
children,
and
it's
not
easy
to
understand
and
see
how
the
Minneapolis,
Police
Department
has
once
again
utilized
fear
tactics
to
drive
people
out,
instead
of
actually
thinking
about
ways
that
we
can
solve
our
issues.
And
it's
sad
to
think
about
folks
really
saying
like.
BK
Oh,
this
is
an
attack
on
a
black
police
chief
when
we
actually
know
that
this
is
a
issue
that
is
connected
to
a
larger
set
of
systems
and
problems,
and
so
what
I,
really
just
like
want
to
encourage
all
of
my
community
members.
All
of
the
folks
who
are
really
fighting
for
our
community
is
fighting
for.
The
safety
of
our
communities
is
for
us
the
vision
to
vision.
BK
I
encourage
us
all
to
vision,
because
1.1
million
is
a
step
in
the
right
direction.
That
I
do
want
to
thank
the
City
Council
members
for
that
work,
and
it's
not
enough,
because
yet
I
still
have
to
worry
about
my
masculine
partner.
My
dad
other
folks
walking
out
just
to
get
a
bag
of
Skittles
in
the
current
conditions
that
we
are
in
yeah
and
so
I.
Just
again.
I
want
to
like
encourage
us
to
vision.
BK
I
want
to
encourage
us
to
think
deeper
about
how
we
actually
address
our
problems
and
I
want
to
say
that
I
think.
One
of
the
first
ways
is
really
to
divest
from
an
institution
that
is
directly
linked
to
slavery
and
white
supremacy
in
this
country
and
invest
in
this
in
the
solutions
that
people
have
actually
said
right
here
today.
Thank.
A
BL
AY
AY
BL
BL
Here
and
I
said:
Al
Bundy,
hey,
I,
have
three
kids,
we
Hannity
gonna,
see
the
Riverside
and
I
live
in
Cedar
Riverside,
whoa,
Absalon,
aiyah,
I'm,
afraid
for
my
kids
boy,
a
single
mother,
I'm,
a
single
mother.
Also
the
hell
Carson
is
raising
three
kids
like
in
Micah
Hancock
Sunaina.
You
know
it
man
a
bit
value,
but.
BL
BL
C
BM
My
name
is
Steve
Sturm
I,
look
at
one
two,
three,
it's
Street
southeast,
let's
say
I
support
the
Minneapolis,
Police
Department
I
think
they
need
more
money.
We
need
more
officers
and
more
Somali
officers,
more
Hispanic
officers,
Asian
officers,
all
that
we
have
a
very
diverse
community
here
and
we
need
that
type
of
help.
Here
we
need,
like
I,
said
we
need
a
lot
more
smaller
officers,
so
I
think
we
should
be
spending
our
money
on
stuff.
Like
that
also
new
technologies.
We
need
more
people,
investigations,
I'm
sure
they're
completely
overworked
in
investigations.
BM
A
BN
BN
AY
BN
A
BO
Thank
You
council
president
bender
mayor
Fri
members
of
the
members
of
the
City
Council
I'm
here
tonight,
first
as
a
citizen
to
thank
you
for
your
budget
and
especially
your
holistic
approach
to
public
safety.
As
the
chair
of
the
evident
Finance
Committee
on
the
Minneapolis
Park
Board
I'm
here
tonight,
to
just
celebrate
what
I
think
has
been
a
fantastic
year
and
partnership
with
the
City
Council
and
the
mayor.
BO
I
want
to
thank
everybody
for
the
levee
that
we
were
able
to
receive
our
down
payment
on
youth
investment
in
the
city,
which
I
think
is
a
critical
piece
to
our
larger
acknowledgement
that
Public
Safety
has
has
to
do
with
investing
at
young
people
at
all
stages
of
their
development,
and
also
want
to
highlight
the
fact
that
we're
coming
forward
here.
The
park
board
tonight
in
passing
our
our
first
budget
this
year
with
a
new
board
and
are
really
excited
to
be
highlighting.
BO
Our
investment
in
youth,
also
investments
in
trees,
the
Walt
deed,
Sikh
youth
leadership
fund
are
some
of
the
really
great
highlights
that
we
have
and
really
just
want
to
again.
Thank
everybody,
and,
and
also
just
looking
forward
to
the
next
couple
of
years,
very
excited
to
continue
to
deepen
that
partnership
between
the
Minneapolis,
City
Council
mayor's
office
and
the
Park
Board.
So
thank
you
all
very
much.
Thank.
A
J
BP
Oh
good
evening,
I'm
getting
over
cold,
my
name
is
Tara
Durney
and
I
live
at
43,
14,
Pleasant,
Avenue,
South
I'm
here
with
reclaimed
the
block
and
the
number
of
absentee
I
want
to
point
out
that
the
2019
budget
includes
an
increase
of
several
million
dollars
for
the
police
department.
I'm
concerned
that
when
opposition
to
this
increase
is
voiced
that
the
police
department
responds
that
it
has
to
cut
the
programs
that
are
focused
on
building
trust
in
the
community
or
building
trust
with
the
community.
BP
BQ
Good
evening,
members
of
the
board,
including
the
audience
family
neighbors
I,
am
Bobby
Hall
I've
grown
up
here
in
Minneapolis
I
raised
my
children
here
in
Minneapolis,
and
in
doing
so
I
raised
some
children
lives
across
the
alley
from
me,
always
with
a
community
man
and
in
the
old
days
when
he
neighbor
his
kids
goofed
up
you'd
snatch
them
up.
You'd
spank
him
you'd
take
them
on
with
their
mom,
their
mom.
Dad
was
Franklin
too,
and
it
seemed
to
be
a
pretty
good
thing
at
the
time.
Now
we
call
it
child
abuse.
BQ
But
we
instilled
lots
of
things
into
our
children
and
one
with
the
spirituality
and
no
racism,
I'm
Irish
and
Cree
on
my
father's
side
and
my
mother's
Dakota
Indian
as
well,
and
we
believe
in
spirituality
and
what
our
police
department
has
missed
out
on
is
spirituality
in
empathy
for
the
people
that
they
serve.
We
took
that
protect
and
serve
off
our
vehicles
long
time
ago.
BQ
Lotta
guys
knew
me
for
with
occupy
and
we
talked
about
police
brutality.
In
the
last
couple
of
years,
we've
seen
a
lot
of
shootings
and
police
brutality
than
just
an
incident
on
the
Northside,
but
I've
seen
a
change
in
our
Police
Department.
Since
our
young
neighbor
Rondo
arredondo,
one
of
the
kids
I
used
to
snatch
up
and
spank
and
bring
home,
he
called
me
Mingo
no
kebab
and
we
don't
believe
in
any
kind
of
racism,
prejudices
and
I've.
Seen
a
change
in
this
police
force.
BQ
Since
he's
been
in
office,
I've
seen
a
different
attitude
about
the
police
officers.
The
officers
who
ran
my
son
over
with
his
headlights
off
and
refusing
medical
attention
after
he
beat
him
up.
He
now
has
a
program
called
cops
on
bikes
for
kids
and
we've
seen
a
change
in
these
people.
Rondo
intervenes.
BQ
Oh
well,
I'm
pleading
with
you,
okay,
we
had
Obama
for
president
and
we
tied
his
hands.
We
didn't
let
him
do
with
the
job
he
could
have
done.
Let's
don't
tie
this
brothers
hands.
Let
him
do
his
thing.
Let
him
bring
spirituality
back
into
our
police
force.
Let
us
become
a
family
in
South
Minneapolis
in
North
Minneapolis.
That's
we
used
to
be
before.
Okay,
let's
start
taking
care
of
each
other.
Let's
bring
some
spirituality
back
to
Minneapolis.
Thank.
A
BR
BR
BS
My
name
is
Mike.
I
actually
got
a
chance
to
work
with
your
police,
maybe
a
month
or
two
ago
they
were
awesome.
It
had
to
do
with
active
shooter
training,
I
believe
it
was
part
of
the
SWAT
team.
They
really
impressed
me
with
some
of
their
their
tactical
knowledge
and
I
wanted
to
make
sure
that
it
got
back
to
the
police
chief
that
that
I
I,
like
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department,
as
far
as
I
having
the
nice
photos
out
here,
maybe
the
next
time
I'll
bring
in
some
photos
of
the
victims.
BS
The
one
problem
is
I'll,
probably
the
first
three
floors
of
this
building
police
are
important
and
I.
Think
I
think
it's
outrageous,
the
narrative
from
sea
to
shining
sea
on
what
cops
are
being
accused
of
and
told
that
they're,
the
most
evil
people
on
the
planet,
blah
blah
blah
whatever
so
yeah
I
care
more
about
the
victims,
the
people
that
are
having
their
homes
invaded.
This
has
nothing
to
do
with
poverty,
or
anything
like
that.
This
has
to
do
with
complete
and
total
cultural
collapse
every
place
where
it
sucks.
BS
You
have
an
absence
of
fathers
just
to
tell
you
a
story
when
I
was
seven
I
stole
a
pack
of
bubble
gum.
My
dad
found
out.
It
was
the
last
thing
I
ever
stole
in
my
life,
these
places
are
without
fathers,
and-
and
that
is
the
biggest
problem
facing
this
nation-
is
why
you
can
you
can
ever
every
year
since
I've
been
kid,
it's
been
one
more
501c3.
BS
Whatever
charity,
it's
been
one
more
pastor,
it's
been
one
more
government
program
and
every
year
it's
more
violent,
more
violent,
more
violent
and
I
will
tell
you
calling
these
people
youth
that
drives
me
crazy.
They
will
stab
you
in
your
throat.
Bleed
you
out,
laugh
and
steal
the
five
bucks
in
your
pocket.
So
so
you
can
you
can
blame
the
police,
all
you
want
or
you
can.
BS
AD
President
bender
members
of
the
Council
to
brief
in
my
comments
on
the
budget
tonight,
I
support
the
three
asked
which
the
I
matter,
youth
had
related
to
the
clean
energy
franchise
fee
and
I
spoke
passionately
toward
the
fee
last
year
on
the
promise
it
will
support,
cost
burden,
Minneapolis
constituents
to
save
energy
use
so
that
the
increases
would
not
be
regressive.
I'd
also
like
to
recognize
that
having
an
inclusive
financing
option
one
day
will
help
this
2.8
million
dollar
funding
stream
be
more
effective
in
that
original
promise
and
going
forward.
AD
Let's
look
at
inclusive
financing
as
a
way
it's
something
useful
for
the
upkeep
of
affordable
housing
in
a
way
that
can
disrupt
the
Shock
Doctrine
behind
the
privatization
of
public
housing.
Likewise,
I'm
interested
in
exploring
ways
how
these
franchise
fee
dollars
could
be
in
alignment
with
the
budgets
top
priority
of
affordable
housing
such
as
funding
energy
improvements
in
noa,
h,
properties
that
are
using
40
and
implementing
a
multi-family
benchmarking
program.
AD
Not
only
is
the
clean
energy
franchise
fee
essential
to
making
good
on
the
mayor's
100%
renewable
energy
goals,
but
Minneapolis
has
an
opportunity
to
be
renowned
for
doing
something
new
and
groundbreaking,
rather
than
paying
a
premium
for
a
renewable
energy
source
that
the
company
Xcel
admits
is
actually
cheaper.
Let's
pivot,
that
purchase
to
a
reparations
up
charge
and
buying
renewables
from
hosted
on
tribal
government
land
rather
than
a
corporate
one,
and
thank
you.
J
AY
Evening,
everyone
she's
here
to
discuss.
She
said
that
she's
heard
that
funding
was
gonna,
get
get
taken,
was
gonna,
be
taken
away
from
the
police,
department
and
she's.
Here
too,
it
was
a
victory.
Just
got
banged
up
by
their
beautiful,
and
she
said
that
not
only
do
we
not
want
funding
to
be
cut,
we
need
to
increase
funding
and
we
need
more
in
our
areas.
J
AY
She's
referring
to
an
incident
that
happened
with
her
kid
and
herself
that,
with
her
kid
got
into
a
fight
in
which
she
was
able
to
call
the
police,
the
police
came
in
fact,
yelled
at
her
told
her
to
move,
shut
up,
don't
get
involved,
and
one
of
the
reasons
why
she's
here
is
requesting
for
police
officers
who
are
able
to
communicate
with
her
understand
her
and
see
her
needs
and
the
issue
before
he
gets
worse.
I'm.
J
J
AY
I'm
not
asking
for
them
to
be
specifically
Somali
to
be
Somali
speakers.
What
I'm
requesting
is
for
them
to
have
some
type
of
competency
when
it
comes
to
culture
and
religion
and
for
them
to
be
trained
in
a
way
that
they
are
able
to
communicate
with
us
and
respect
our
traditions
and
actually
understand
the
community
that
they
serve.
You
want
to
treat
us
like
humans,
not
based
on
our
religion,
creed
or
race.
J
AY
J
A
BT
Y
BT
AY
AY
BT
AY
BU
Someone
had
to
come
up
with
that
idea
in
the
first
place,
and
I
want
to
recognize
that
there
that
attacking
that
idea
buzz
period,
an
amount
of
polarization
and
I
think
that
that
is
simplified
by
how
MPD
is
trying
to
respond
to
this
and
I.
Think
that's
fine.
As
long
as
we
realize
what
what
it
provides
to
us
is
an
opportunity
and
I
want
to
thank
you
for
listening
to
us
and
we
will
continue.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
BV
Thanks
everybody,
my
name
is
Mark
smells
I'm
out
of
the
Marcy
homes
I'm,
trying
to
get
into
it
quickly.
Tonight
I'm
here
mostly
in
gratitude
of
too
many
subjects
to
list,
but
I'll
do
my
best
I
think
mayor
Frey
and
the
council
for
the
dedication
to
public
and
affordable
housing.
I
appreciate
the
council's
early
approval
and
proposal
of
the
neighborhood
funding
to
the
city's
five-year
plan
and
I
look
forward
to
seeing
that
through
I
will
quickly
remind
the
council
to
keep
an
eye
on
the
future
and
funding
both
neighborhoods
and
cultural
community
organizations.
BV
These
investments
would
promote
partnerships
that
help
solve
many
of
the
issues
put
forth
this
evening.
I'm
also
here
to
thank
the
mayor
and
council
for
the
backing
of
the
clean
energy
partnership
and
the
restoration
of
funding
of
innovative
energy
solutions
derived
from
the
franchise
fee
increase.
Meanwhile,
we
need
to
ensure
that
the
$900,000
slated
for
innovative
solutions
in
our
energy
vision
be
made
an
ongoing
investment
in
our
lower
and
in
lowering
resident
energy
bills
and
fighting
climate
change.
BV
Finally,
when
last
we
met
I
spoke
of
police
leaders
who
sought
to
mould
the
MPD
toward
service
and
partnership
with
our
communities
I
suggested
we
seek
them
out
and
offered
my
own
efforts
to
that
end
and
I
renew
that
dedication,
along
with
thanking
councilmembers,
Fletcher
and
Cunningham
for
the
and
the
council
for
the
amendment
on
Public
Safety,
including
an
office
and
violence
prevention.
But
listening
to
the
concerns
this
evening,
it
would
seem
that
the
police
budget
reallocation
has
targeted
several
of
the
very
partnerships
that
already
serve
communities
now,
along
with
programs,
already
mentioned.
BV
Good
ideas
like
watch
commanders
being
exposed
to
community
members
so
that
each
can
see
each
other
as
whole
and
complete
human
beings
takes
money,
bringing
residents
of
our
city's
ethnic
communities
to
speak
to
cadets,
to
accomplish
the
same
cost
money
and
I've,
unfortunately
seen
such
efforts
as
all
of
these
falter,
choke
to
funding,
let's
strategize
and
spend
smarter.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
BW
Good
evening,
council
members
and
in
abstention
mayor
Frey,
my
name
is
Rebecca
Volkl
and
I
live
at
48
15
37th
Avenue
South
in
Ward
12
grateful
for
council
member
Johnson
for
his
work.
I
stand
before
you
to
thank
the
council
for
your
preliminary
vote
around
reallocating
a
million
dollars
from
the
police
budget
even
as
I
stand,
and
encourage
you
to
think
in
the
future
toward
a
5%
reallocation.
I
urge
you
to
continue
to
work
in
that
direction.
BW
When
armed
officers
are
the
only
resource.
This
violence
is
far
too
often.
The
result.
We
need
separate
from
the
police
resources
and
responses.
I
would
ask
that
we
move
toward
building
genuine
community
safety
for
those
with
mental
illness,
for
brown,
black
indigenous
folks
for
LGBTQ
folks
for
all
of
us.
Thank
you.
Thank.
BX
So,
I
appreciate
that
movement
and
last
week
or
this
over
the
weekend
we
invited
in
Richfield,
we
invited
the
new
Sheriff
Dave
hutch
to
speak
to
a
meeting
at
Church
of
assumption
to
talk
about
the
future
work
that
is
going
to
be
happening
in
the
next
year
to
provide
driver's
licenses
for
all,
regardless
of
your
immigrant
status,
which
I
think
is
a
huge
positive
movement
in
that
direction.
So,
hopefully
we'll
just
keep
this.
BX
Think
that
all
of
us
and
all
the
immigrant
communities
and
all
of
us
need
to
work
together
to
create
neighborhoods
that
are
more
safe.
So
I
think
if
we
all
work
together,
trust
each
other
as
civilians
we
can
make
our
own
neighborhood
it's
better
and
lower
the
need
for
more
government-funded
law
enforcement
by
police.
So
I
support
a
cooperative
and
collaborative
effort
of
all
of
us.
Thank.
A
You
that
was
the
last
speaker
who
had
signed
in
ahead
of
time.
If
there's
anyone
we
missed
or
anyone
else
who
would
like
to
speak,
please
come
on
up.
Is
there
anyone
else
who
would
like
to
speak?
Last?
Call
okay,
seeing
none
I
will
close
the
public
hearing,
and
thank
you
all
so
much
for
speaking
tonight.
A
A
A
A
C
A
BY
A
A
C
B
President
there
are
a
series
of
seven
amendments
before
the
council
members
that
we've
passed
out
as
part
of
a
packet,
and
those
amendments
are
amendments
that
are
being
proposed
to
the
2019
general
appropriation
resolution.
Additional
copies
of
that
packet
of
amendments
are
here
at
the
diets
with
the
clerk.
Okay,.
A
AM
I'll
make
a
motion
with
Council
the
budget
with
the
budget.
Our
chair,
councilmember
Palmisano,
amending
the
mayor
is
2019,
recommended
budget
updating
the
city
financial
policies,
as
presented
in
the
mayor's
recommended
budget
book
with
chain,
with
changes
proposed
by
staff
to
the
Ways
and
Means
Committee
on
December
4th
2018.
AM
A
You
Cubs
over
horse
Tommy
has
moved
that
amendment.
Is
there
any
discussion
seeing
none
all
in
approval?
Please
say
aye
aye
any
opposed
that
carries.
The
second
amendment
is
brought
by
councilmember
Jenkins
I'll
recognize
the
council
vice
president
for
this
motion
related
to
the
african-american,
Museum
and
Center
for
racial
healing.
Thank.
D
A
AN
You,
madam
chair
I,
just
wanted
to
take
a
moment
to
thank
council
vice
president
Jenkins
for
her
leadership
in
this
and
really
being
able
to
set
a
line,
saying
that
this
is
something
that
matters
and
that
the
city
needs
to
be
investing
in.
So
thank
you
for
your
leadership.
A
question
I
had
is
15,000.
Is
small
I'm
curious,
we're
the
where
it's
coming
from
just
curious
about,
because
it's
not
listed
here
just
for
clarification.
AN
D
G
AM
Thank
you,
madam
president,
and
I
would
like
to
thank
vice
president
Jenkins
for
this
amendment
and
his
motion
for
the
African
American
Museum
and
center
for
racial
healing,
as
you
can
see
from
the
pictures
here
this
little
memorial
that
we
have
here
as
well
as
the
testimony
that's
Somali
mothers
made
today
in
front
of
us.
We
do
need
a
lot
of
healing
in
our
city,
so
I.
Thank
you
for
your
leadership
on
that
and
I'm.
Very
supportive
of
this
motion.
B
A
H
Thank
you
very
much,
president
bender.
This
is
motion
number
three
on
the
sheet
there.
This
is
to
provide
some
funding
for
the
children's
savings
account
effort.
I
think
that
most
council
members
are
aware
ever
this
is
something
that
there
was
funding
in
the
budget
for
last
year
for
doing
the
research.
We
got
a
lot
of
that
back
at
the
youth
Coordinating
Board
and
they
passed
a
resolution
requesting
one
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
to
kind
of
have
a
year
to
build
out
that
program.
H
The
research
is
done
and
we
think
we
have
everything
in
place,
and
so
I
was
searching
for
ways
to
help
support
that.
So
we
could
have
the
year
to
finish.
Building
out
the
program
and
I
believe
that
I
found
forty
three
thousand
dollars,
I,
like
that
three
thousand
is
what's
left
over
from
cams
surplus
I'm
in
the
camera
surplus,
and
twenty
thousand
actually
is
from
an
earlier
amendment
that
I
made
to
do
one-time
funding
with
the
Health
Department
to
keep
those
two
positions
and
in
some
discussions
with
them,
we
realized.
If
it
wasn't
ongoing
funding.
H
They
wouldn't
necessarily
need
to
to
spend
the
twenty
thousand
dollars
on
more
supplies
and
materials
for
those
that
and
they
could
still
have
the
positions
funded.
And
then
twenty
thousand
is
also
from
the
strategic
partnerships,
which
is
funding
that
we
have
in
the
coordinators
office
for
lots
of
small
partnerships,
ten
thousand
dollars,
so
that
we
can
participate
in
some
groups
and
some
larger
ones
like
greater
MSP,
where
it's
one
hundred
and
twenty
five
thousand
dollars,
but
I'm
taking
twenty
thousand
dollars
from
a
partnership
that
this
that
their
cities
no
longer
committed
to
are
engaged
in.
H
Did
I
did
advocate
four
years
ago.
Everybody
in,
but
that
group
is
now
not
relying
on
funds
from
government
jurisdictions
to
keep
it
going,
and
so
they
weren't
expecting
and
they
don't
require
that
funding,
even
though
it
was
still-
and
there
is
ongoing-
probably
more
information
than
anybody
needed.
But
that's
that's
the
story
behind
this
amendment,
so
I'm
happy
to
answer
more
questions
on
it.
If
anybody
has
any.
A
A
B
BZ
Thank
You
president
bender.
This
is
a
motion
amending
the
2019
mayor's
recommended
budget
for
the
department's
of
Community,
Planning,
academic
development,
police
and
Public
Works,
and
this
is
to
create
funds
to
create
the
capacity
within
the
Public
Works
Department
to
work
in
collaboration
with
Steve
had
to
proactively
plan
infrastructure
improvements
to
keep
pace
with
rapid
growth
and
development.
BZ
This
is
something
that
would
have
solved
a
lot
of
problems
over
the
course
of
the
last
couple
of
years
and
that
I
think
will
really
be
an
improvement
in
capacity
and
when
we
started
talking
about
this,
we
knew
it
was
going
to
be
a
collaborative
effort
between
c-pen
and
Public
Works.
We
had
some
discussion
about
which
department
it
should
be
housed
in
we
think
public
works
makes
the
most
sense,
but
it
certainly
makes
sense
for
both
cpad
and
public
works
to
contribute
to
this,
and
they
both
are
contributing
to
it
together
and
to
preview.
BZ
My
support
for
the
next
amendment
not
to
steal
councilmember,
Paul,
Masson
a
thunderous.
You
made
this
a
little
bit
easier
for
Public,
Works
and
CPD
to
find
the
funds
to
complete
this
and
be
able
to
move
forward
with
this
by
being
able
to
replace
the
funds
that
are
coming
from
the
body
camera
interface
to
911
Kent.
So
thank
you
for
that
and
with
that
I
will
move
this
amendment.
Thank.
A
You
is
there
any
discussion,
none
councilmember
Fletcher's
motion,
seeing
none
I'll,
just
briefly
speak
in
favor
of
this
and
Thank
You
councilmember
Fletcher
for
your
leadership
in
parts
of
the
city,
they're
growing
rapidly
like
in
the
downtown
in
war
to
three
neighborhoods.
You
know,
I
think
this
is
one
way
that
if
we
were
a
little
more
proactive
as
a
city,
we
could
better
leverage
private
investment
to
meet
public
goals
in
in
places
again
like
downtown
or
foot
places
that
are
transitioning
from
industrial
to
residential.
A
Often,
the
infrastructure
isn't
in
place
to
support
thousands
of
new
people
living
and
working
in
a
neighborhood,
and
so
this
will
help
us
do
a
better
job
of
planning
for
pedestrian
improvements
for
safety
improvements
for
the
public
realm
improvements
that
people
need
to
be
able
to
live
in
neighborhoods
that
previously
didn't
have
the
level
population
that
they
do
or
well
soon,
and
so
I
think
it's
really
important
and
strategic
and
I'm
very
again
grateful
for
councilmember
Fletcher's
leadership.
Any
further
discussion.
Seeing
none,
please
call
the
roll
councilmember.
BY
That's
the
computer,
aided
dispatch
this
time,
as
my
colleagues
would
remember,
last
Friday
councilmember
Cunningham
removed
most
of
most,
but
not
all
of
the
funding
for
this
position
to
add
a
shot
spotter
system
to
his
work
in
North
Minneapolis,
but
I'd
like
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
importance
of
this
interface.
This
is
the
body
camera
program.
BY
Is
something
I've
been
working
on
for
five
years
now
in
something
that
in
conversation
with
Chief
arredondo,
he
asked
if
I
could
please
find
some
way
to
refund
and
I
worked
with
councilmember
Fletcher
a
lot
on
this,
because
I
knew
there
is
looking
for
money
for
the
last
one.
So
this
software
is
an
important
tool.
I
think
it
makes
a
significant
impact
in
the
police
department.
Under
our
body,
worn
camera
policy
officers
are
required
to
input
a
case-control
number
for
each
and
every
call
they're
sent
out
on
this
would
be
an
improvement.
BY
I
think
it
helps
to
enhance
public
trust
and
transparency.
This
is
the
part
that
was
expected
when
we
launched
that
full
body
worn
camera
program.
Three
years
ago,
is
that
increasing
trust
and
transparency
apart
through
this
integrated
system
officers
have
their
body
camera
video,
then
autumn,
radically
linked
to
the
important
identifying
number.
This
helps
investigators
aid
in
victim
services.
This
helps
in
expeditious
filing
of
charges
for
potential
prosecution
before
time
elapses
and
it's
efficient.
We
need
our
officers
to
be
able
to
go
from
911
call
to
911
call.
BY
BY
911
is
looking
at
training
needs
through
a
contract
resource,
so
the
coordinators
office
has
agreed
to
help
911
continue
this
contract
into
next
year.
While
we
continue
to
evaluate
the
system
and
then
perhaps
next
year,
this
would
come
forward
to
Council
after
that
system
has
been
fully
vetted.
That
way.
A
new
9-1-1
director
could
then
choose
to
fill
this
position
if
that's
the
need
for
an
FTE
or
to
continue
to
contract
for
services
on
a
one-time
or
year-to-year
basis.
BY
A
BZ
Thank
You
president
Vetter
I
just
want
to
note
what
a
good
investment
this
is.
This
is
something
that
we've
heard
a
lot
about
in
public
safety
committee
over
the
year
council.
Member
chromosome
has
really
shown
some
leadership
on
this,
and
this
is
one
of
the
things
that,
when
we
want
to
talk
about
accountability
and
creating
systems
of
accountability,
we
have
to
make
those
systems
work
and
making
this
integration
happen,
so
that
the
body
cam
really
becomes
automatic
and
that
we
really
do
know
that
we
can
reliably
find
footage.
BZ
H
Thank
you
I'm
a
little
bit
confused
about
the
money
here,
so
we're
taking
we're,
eliminating
the
position
in
9-1-1
and
a
hundred
and
five
thousand
dollars
for
that,
and
then
we're
putting
the
hundred
and
five
thousand
dollars
into
the
police
budget.
So
they
could
do
the
body,
camera
interface,
9-1-1,
CAD
and
then
we're
also
putting
$105,000
it'll
go
to
medical
priority
consultants
to
do
some
work
for
a
911
call
handling
software
protocol.
H
G
Council
president
councilmember
Gordon,
so
you
you've
tracked
it
absolutely
correctly.
The
hundred
and
five
thousand
dollar
$105,000
related
to
the
contract
with
medical
priority
Consultants
Inc,
is
so
what
what
that
last
authorization
does
is.
It
increases
the
not
to
exceed
amount
of
that
contract,
and
so
the
the
intent
behind
this
working
with
the
city
coordinator
and
councilmember
Palmisano
is
to
create
that
room
within
the
existing
contract
to
use
existing
budget
to
pay
for
that.
So
existing
twenty
eighteen
dollars
to
pay
for
that
increase
within
the
contract.
H
BY
H
Okay,
I,
you
know
I've
good,
deep
concerns
about
our
struggling
9-1-1
and
maybe
they're
exaggerated,
but
from
my
perspective,
as
soon
as
you
hear
little
rumblings
about
a
crisis
in
an
area
and
then
you
see
the
director
leave
and
you
hear
complaints
about
training
and
read
newspaper
articles
about
it.
I
the
training
and
Quality
Assurance
specialist
seemed
like
a
really
good
idea,
because
we
also
have
people
reporting.
They
can't
enter
data
into
it.
So
this
so
the
software
protocol
sounds
like
a
good
thing
to
some
how
it
this
is
probably
gonna
pass
anyway.
H
G
No,
no
disagreement
from
the
budget
office
on
that
point.
So
just
to
clarify
the
you
know
throughout
the
year,
as
staff
turnover
happens,
that's
that's
where
these
year
and
one-time
dollars
become
available
and
I.
Think
the
the
point
here
is
that
the
same
work
can
continue
using
one-time
dollars
in
the
contract,
rather
than
hiring
a
permanent
staff
person
with
dollars.
CA
Just
wanted
to
express
that
I'm
by
no
means
want
to
suggest
that
this
isn't
a
good
investment.
I
just
wanted
to
say
that,
as
we
are
sort
of
making
this
move
towards
policing
strategies
or
safety
strategies
that
aren't
centered
in
the
in
the
police
department,
it
feels
like
a
little
a
little
bit
of
a
backslide
from
that.
CA
From
that
principle,
standpoint,
and
so,
while
I
fully
agree
that
it's
a
good
long
term
investment
I
think
I'm
not
going
to
be
supporting
this
motion
with
all
due
respect
to
my
colleague,
but
I
am
happy
for
the
for
the
maneuvering
and
the
collaboration
that
occurred
between
colleagues.
But
I
was
the
coming-up.
You
support
less.
A
CB
This
workgroup
is
directed
then
to
report
back
to
the
Public
Safety
and
emergency
management
committee
with
recommendations,
including
training
needs
and
opportunities,
timelines
for
piloting
or
prototyping
alternative
dispatch
responses
and
financial
personnel
costs
associated
with
this
I
no
later
than
May
9th
2019.
The
goal
of
that
I've
been
working
in
partnership
with
the
mayor's
office
on
this
he's
supportive
of
this.
CB
One
of
the
speakers
tonight
mention
that
I
am
very
supportive
of
the
community
navigators
that
our
chief
has
envisioned
and
that
we
are
funding
I.
Think
it's
great
work.
It's
proactive
work,
especially
around
homelessness,
poverty,
mental
health
and
I.
Don't
think
that's
in
any
way
contradictory
to
this,
and
in
fact,
I
could
see
this
workgroup
coming
back
with
recommendations
actually
for
more
community
navigators,
potentially
to
do
that
great
work
that
they're
working
on
so
with
that
I
will
stand
for
any
questions.
If
colleagues
have
them
Thank.
AN
You,
madam
president,
I
just
wanted
to
speak
specifically
to
bullet
item
five
out
of
six
discussing
whether
our
new
alternative
emergency
number
for
more
specialized
triage
related
to
not
only
relate
to,
but
not
only
mental
health
crises,
domestic
violence
and
substance
abuse
to
improve
outcomes.
I
am
grateful
to
council
member
Johnson
for
including
this.
This
has
been
something
that
I've
really
wanting
to
push
the
city
to
explore.
AN
When
we
had
the
Travis
Jordan
case,
that
was
originally
a
three
one.
One
call
that
went
to
9-1-1,
and
so
the
idea
is:
where
is
another
option
for
calls
to
be
forwarded
for
folks
who
are
specialists
in
the
work
in
the
particular
crisis
that
might
be
happening
to
be
able
to
help
triage
the
exact
level
of
crisis
intervention?
That's
needed.
I
have
talked
to
officers,
including
leadership
at
the
fourth
Precinct,
and
they
don't
feel
comfortable
with
being
the
go-to
for
mental
health.
AN
Crises
like
they
would
like
to
have
other
options
for
them
to
be
able
to
remove
themselves
from
that
and
so
creating
this
creating
space.
For
this.
This
is
a
again
another
way
for
us
to
be
building
capacity
for
Public
Safety
outside
of
strictly
law
enforcement.
This
again
expands
to
the
public
health
approach.
Thinking
about
deeper.
How
do
we
look
more
long-term
rather
than
just
that
emergency,
but
then
how
do
we
make
sure
that
folks
are
connected
long-term?
A
Thank
you.
Is
there
any
further
discussion
on
this
motion,
seeing
none
I'll,
just
note
very
briefly,
that
the
department
is
listed
here
in
councilmember.
Johnson's
motion
are
already
working
very
closely
together
on
a
lot
of
this
work
and
I.
Think
this
reflects
a
partnership.
That's
already
formed
across
the
city,
Enterprise,
so
I
think
this
is
a
great
way
to
articulate
that
and
take
the
work
to
the
next
level.
But
I
just
want
to
express
my
gratitude
to
the
many
departments
that
have
been
working
on
these
improvements
for
a
long
time.
CB
H
Am
very
supportive
and
I
understand
that
I
was
added
just
not
in
the
draft
as
it's
before
you
now,
and
this
is
certainly
I'm,
something
that
we
heard
about
at
the
public.
Hearing
too
and
I've
been
very
interested
in
what
we
do
with
those
franchise
fee
increases.
So
I
appreciate
the
work
that
went
into
this
and
I'll
be
supporting
him.
A
A
Carries
and
that
is
adopted
are
there
any
other
motions
or
amendments
related
to
the
2019
general
appropriation?
I,
don't
see
any
so
we
had
a
motion
by
counsel
are
Palmisano.
That
would
be
a
motion
to
now
adopt
the
resolution
setting
Department
operating
budgets
in
fiscal
year
2019
as
amended
by
the
emotions
that
just
all
passed
and
so
I
ask
the
clerk.
I'll,
see
you.
If
there's
any
final
discussion
on
those
appropriations,
I
don't
see
any
so
clerk.
Please
call
the
roll
councilmember.
B
A
A
B
A
Carries
when
that
is
adopted,
the
next
item
is
item
for
a
series
of
bonding
resolutions
totaling
over
just
over
147
million
dollars.
Actually,
those
are
shown
as
items
4,
5
6,
7,
&
8
on
the
agenda
and
each
of
these
actions
requests
that
the
board
of
estimate
and
Taxation
operates
the
city
to
incur
indebtedness
and
issue
bonds
for
specific
purposes.
As
listed
under
each
item
on
the
agenda,
recognize
council,
member
Palmisano,
Madam.
BY
President,
as
you
noted,
the
budget
committee
is
forwarding
five
resolutions
requesting
that
the
board
of
estimate
and
Taxation
authorized
the
issuance
of
city
bonds
in
a
total
amount
of
147
million
164
thousand
dollars
all
within
the
five-year
capital
plan.
Bonding
period
of
2019
through
2023
I
move
approval
of
all
five
resolutions,
which
are
reflected
in
items
numbered
4,
5,
6,
7,
&
8
on
the
agenda.
A
A
C
C
A
There
are
39
that
carries
and
that
is
adopted.
Those
rates
for
municipal
services
will
be
established
and
become
effective
on
January
1st.
So
those
are
all
of
the
items
related
to
the
agenda
on
the
2019
budget,
I'll
pause
and
say
again:
we've
been
joined
by
Mayor
Frye.
Would
you
like
to
offer
any
comments.
CC
Won't
be
long,
I
promise,
council
member.
Thank
you.
Madam
president.
I
briefly
wanted
to
say.
Thank
you.
Putting
together
a
1.5
billion
dollar
budget
is
complex,
is
difficult,
is
oftentimes
controversial,
but
there's
a
whole
lot
of
different
people
that
came
together
to
ultimately
make
this
happen.
CC
Council
members,
all
of
you
I,
want
to
thank
you
for
your
participation
to
city
staff
to
finance
coordinators
office.
All
the
department
heads
I
want
to
thank
you
as
well.
You
care
deeply
about
this
city,
and
that
is
evident
in
the
budgets
that
you
put
forward
to
me
and,
and
hopefully
it
is
also
evident
in
the
budgets
that
have
been
recommended
by
my
office
that
ultimately
passed
by
the
council
to
the
staff
in
my
office.
Thank
you.
So
much
I
think
it
goes
without
saying,
but
I'll
say
it
anyway.
CC
H
Thank
You
president
bender
I
actually
just
wanted
to
also
express
some
thanks
and
gratitude.
I
wanted
to
thank
the
mayor,
who
lined
up
a
budget
process
that
was
more
inclusive
of
the
council.
I
think
that
it
needed
to
be
or
then
it
had
to
be.
We
were
privy
to
every
departments,
requests
and
budget
requests,
just
as
they
were
going
to
the
mayor's
office
to
council
offices
were
able
to
receive
those
and
have
access
to
them.
We
were
included
in
meetings
early
on
and
right
up
to
the
end.
H
We
were
having
meetings
so
that
we
could
share
whatever
amendments
we
wanted
to
and
get
feedback
and
work
with
the
mayor
and
the
mayor's
office
and
I
think
that
was
helpful.
I
know
we
could
probably
have
a
much
more
participatory
budget
in
terms
of
everything
and
where
it
all
goes
and
happens,
but
I
think
this
is
a
step
and
in
a
healthy
direction,
and
maybe
that's
one
of
the
reasons
why
I
think
we've
had
a
pretty
soft
landing
with
this
budget.
H
I
know
what
noticed
it
wasn't
unanimous,
but
there
was
an
opportunity
for
a
lot
of
people
to
weigh
in
and
I
want
to.
Thank
my
colleagues
too
for
all
the
hard
work
of
putting
this
together
and
making
amendments.
At
the
end,
there
was
actually
a
complicated,
lengthy
amendment,
the
councilmembers,
Fletcher
and
Cunningham
put
together
the
first
time,
I
think
that
I've
ever
heard
of
an
omnibus
on
the
buses.
How
would
you
say
that
fancy
word
budget
amendment
here
in
City
Hall?
H
That
was
an
omnibus
bill
or
I?
Guess
amendment
and
I
appreciated
that
and
I
think
it
was
that
way
because
those
council
members
were
taking
input
from
individuals
and
talking
about
what
the
next
steps
and
what
should
be
in
there
and
I
think
a
lot
of
us
saw
some
of
the
amendments
we
were
going
to
be
introduced.
H
So
I
think
that
that
was
really
beneficial
and
all
the
people
who
came
in
and
spoke
to
us
that
all
the
public
hearings
really
made
a
difference
and
can
have
some
impact
and
I.
Think
by
and
large
democracy
worked
well
for
this
budget.
I
think
it's
a
pretty
good
budget,
but
I
guess
we'll
have
to
keep
our
eye
on
it
and
see
how
things
are
always
do
as
the
year
goes
forward.
But
thank
you,
everybody
for
your
efforts.
Thank.
A
That's
an
office
right
now.
This
budget
has
an
historic
investment
in
affordable
housing
that
creates
balance
and
all
the
different
ways
that
we're
working
to
stabilize
housing
and
make
sure
that
every
neighborhood
in
our
city
is
affordable.
It
has
this
budget,
as
amended
by
the
council,
has
a
balanced
approach
to
public
safety.
A
We
are
just
getting
started
with
that
work
and
each
of
the
councilmembers
who
have
led
that
work.
I
think
their
work
is
just
going
to
continue
to
shine
and
grow
throughout
the
rest
of
the
term.
Our
staff
has
really
gone
above
and
beyond
our
budget
director,
our
finance
director,
Mark
ruff
and
our
budget
director
micah,
inter
mill
and
all
of
the
department
heads
that
were
so
flexible
in
helping
support
council
members
in
making
amendments
and
finding
funding
sources
and
helping
us
make
those
trade-offs.
A
Your
work
is
so
appreciated
and
then
a
special
thanks
to
council,
our
Palmisano,
our
budget
chair
and
council
member
fletcher,
the
vice
chair
for
you
know
creating
this
new
opportunity
through
another
hearing
and
just
as
we
continue
to
think
about
ways,
we
can
create
more
participation
in
our
budget
and
building
off
of
work
last
term
around
participatory
budgeting.
It's
really
exciting
and
grateful
for
both
of
your
leadership.