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Minneapolis Public Health, Environment, Civil Rights, and Engagement Committee Meeting
A
Good
afternoon,
everyone
I'm
going
to
call
to
order
this
meeting
of
the
public
health
environments,
civil
rights
and
engagement
committee
for
Monday
May,
14th
2018.
My
name
is
Philippe
Cunningham
and
I
am
the
chair
of
this
committee
with
me
at
the
Dyess,
our
council,
members,
Ellison,
Schrader
and
Gordon
and
Johnson.
Please
let
the
reflector
the
record
reflect.
We
have
a
quorum.
I
also
want
to
give
a
quick
shout
out
to
Peggy
our
city
clerk
and
also
our
clerk
for
this
committee
and
also
Andrea
for
being
the
city
attorney
for
this.
So
I
wanted.
A
We
have
eight
items
on
today's
agenda,
including
public
hearings
on
the
reappointment
of
commissioner
of
health
and
the
tobacco
21
ordinance.
We
will
begin
with
the
consent
items
then
moves
the
public
hearings
followed
by
the
discussion
item.
So
on
our
consent
agenda
agenda
we
have
five
items.
The
first
is
a
nuisance
or
odors
ordinance,
setting
a
public
hearing
for
June
4th
2018
to
consider
the
subject
matter
of
an
ordinance
amending
Title,
3,
chapter
47
of
the
Minneapolis
Code
of
Ordinances
related
to
air
pollution
and
environmental
protection,
energy
and
air
pollution.
A
Amending
provisions
related
to
nuisance
odors.
This
amendment
will
actually
codify
the
health
department's
current
practices.
The
second
is
the
day
of
the
transgender
child,
the
passage
of
resolution
recognizing
May
20th
2018
as
the
day
of
the
transgender
child
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
This
is
actually
going
to
be
the
second
annual
day
of
the
trans
child
and
transforming
families,
a
nonprofit
that
supports
parents
and
their
trans
children
has
moved
this
event
from
being
local
to
being
international.
So
I'm
very
excited
about
that.
A
And
then,
if
you
are
a
trans
Ally,
please
consider
joining
us
on
Saturday
May
19th
at
Hidden,
Falls
region,
Regional
Park
for
the
day
of
the
transgender
child
celebration
event,
and
then
next
Friday
May
25th
at
the
full
council
meeting
where
we
will
read
the
resolution
and
present
it
to
community
leaders.
The
next
consent
item
is
Minneapolis
advisory,
Committee
on
Aging
appointments
and
reappointments,
and
just
for
the
crowd
who's
here,
I'd
like
to
take
a
moment
to
well.
First
I
would
like
to
recognize
council
vice
president
Jenkins.
A
Thank
you
for
joining
us
I
like
to
take
a
quick
moment
to
thank
folks
who
take
their
time
to
be
on
advisory
committees
by
raising
and
praising
some
of
the
work
that
they've
already
done
in
some
of
the
genius
that
they're
bringing
so
bear
with
me.
While
I
go
through
and
honor
these
community
elders,
who
have
taken
the
time
so
approving
the
following:
City
Council
reappointments
for
two-year
terms,
beginning
January,
1st
2018
and
ending
December
31st
2019.
A
He
is
also
the
recipient
of
the
University
of
Minnesota's,
outstanding
Community,
Service
Award
and
the
public
policy
award
on
Minnesota's
Department
of
Health
and
Human
Services
and
board
on
Aging
Policy
Award.
We
have
flow
Kastner
seat,
5,
Ward,
5
she's,
a
former
IDI
of
the
Minnesota
Civil
Liberties
Union.
She
participated
in
the
founding
of
the
Children's
Theater
Company
in
school
she's
assistant,
professor
at
Oakland
University.
As
the
only
American
faculty
of
the
Royal
Academy
of
Dramatic
Arts.
She
is
a
member
of
several
national
Low
Income
Housing
Coalition
housing
law
and
disability
law
organizations.
A
We
have
hazel
Tanner
seeds,
11
ward,
11,
miss
Hanna
retired
from
MPs
system
in
June
2012
after
16
years
of
service
as
a
licensed
school
nurse.
She
is
currently
involved
in
the
Minnesota
black
Nurses
Association
and
which
is
dedicated
to
improving
the
health
and
living
conditions
of
those
experiencing
health
disparities
all
along
the
public
health
spectrum,
both
in
the
community
and
internationally.
We
have
Joanne
Elyse,
c-13,
Ward
13,
bringing
a
lot
of
experience
in
project
management
and
grants
administration
specialized
in
social
service
delivery,
arts
and
volunteer
management.
A
A
Five
c14
member-at-large
has
18
years
as
a
commercial,
real
estate
and
multi-housing
developer,
most
recently
focused
on
senior
housing,
specifically
affordable
housing,
James
Meier,
Ward
11
C
15,
as
a
member
at
large,
an
LPN
in
long-term
care
for
10
years
at
the
Minnesota
veterans,
home
and
passionate
about
advancing
the
quality
of
life
for
the
aged
and
helping
them
stay
in
their
home.
When
advantageous,
we
have
Rebecca
Furman
seat.
A
Excuse
me:
Ward
3,
seat
17
member
at
large,
who
is
very
passionate
about
serving
her
community
and
the
Minneapolis
Advisory
Committee
on
Aging,
provided
she's
felt
that
that
has
provided
her
a
great
opportunity
to
pull
together
her
experience
to
be
able
to
serve
the
aged
community
and
then
last
we
have
approving
the
following:
mayoral
reappointment,
Jeanne,
greener
seat
16
member
at
large
is
a
lifelong
resident
of
Minneapolis,
and
is
the
former
director
of
Catholic
excuse-me
community
and
church
relieves
relations
for
Presbyterian
homes
and
served
on
the
Catholic
elder
care
board.
Six.
A
Unfortunately,
I
didn't
get
information
before
him
about
him
before
this
meeting,
but
I
would
like
to
also
thank
him
for
his
service
and
the
last
consent
item
that
we
have
is
the
minneapolis
foundation,
slash
environmental
Legacy,
Fund
grant
for
these
Minneapolis
solar
energy,
green
business
initiative,
accepting
a
grant
from
the
minneapolis
foundation,
environmental
legacy,
Lea
or
she's
been
fund
in
the
amount
of
$20,000
for
the
Minneapolis
solar,
green,
green
initiatives,
business
initiatives
and
I
just
wanted
to
say
real.
Quick
to
that.
A
Because
of
the
great
work
like
this,
our
health
department
and
sustainability
office
are
set
to
meet
and
potentially
exceed
their
goal
to
well.
The
amount
of
solar
energy
produced
in
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis
in
one
year
so
I
just
wanted
to
say
great
work
team
on
on
those
consent
items
due
committee
members
have
any
questions
all
right.
Seeing
none
I
move
approval
of
the
consent
agenda.
All
those
in
favor
of
the
motion
please
signify
by
saying
aye,
those
opposed
say.
A
No,
the
eyes
have
it
and
that
item
is
approved,
so
we're
going
to
be
moving
now
to
our
public
hearings.
Our
next
item
is
the
public
hearing
to
consider
the
reappointment
by
the
executive
committee
of
Gretchen
use
account
to
the
appointed
position
of
commissioner
of
health
/,
the
director
of
Health,
the
health
department.
Okay.
So
now
what
I
will
do
is
I
will
open
this
public
hearing
I
have
a
sign-in
sheet
and
we'll
call
the
names
in
the
order
listed.
A
If
anyone
is
present
who
would
like
to
speak
and
did
not
get
to
sign
in
yet,
please
see
the
clerk
Peggy
I
wanted
to
make
a
quick
note
before
we
dive
in.
We
have
a
very
large
crowd
today
so
happy
to
see
so
many
folks
involved
and
passionate.
We
have
two
minutes
per
person,
so
oh
wait:
I'm,
I'm,
sorry,
I'm.
A
Skeptical
not
opening
it
to
that
part.
Yet
sorry,
my
apologies,
I'll
open
the
public
hearing.
Is
there
anyone
here
to
speak
to
the
reappointment
of
graduating
music
aunt?
Anyone?
Oh
right
are
there
any
excuse
me
seeing
no
one
wishing
to
speak
I
will
close
this
public
hearing
and
I
see
we
have
mayor
Frey.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
joining
us
and
I
would
like
to
go
past
the
floor
to
Mayor
Frye.
Well,.
B
Thank
you
mr.
chair
Cunningham,
you
know,
although
there
there
wasn't
anybody
here
to
testify
as
to
Gretchen's
brilliance
during
the
public
hearing.
Rest
assured
I'm
sure
that
folks,
that
are
here,
whether
it's
in
support
of
raising
the
smoking
age
to
21
or
any
other
health
related
issues
that
they
are
strongly
supportive
of
miss
music
aunts
work,
you
know,
Gretchen's
leadership
has
been,
has
been
broad
and
all-encompassing.
B
She
one
that
recognized,
recognizes
the
intrinsic
link
between
health
and
poverty
between
pollution
and
wellness,
she's,
someone
who
recognizes
the
fact
that
we
can
quite
literally
predict
a
person's
likelihood
of
having
a
heart
attack
by
the
age
of
50,
simply
based
on
the
zip
code
in
which
they
were
born
and
she's
been
excellent
to
tackling
really
specific
measures.
Recognizing
that
you
know
the
precision
of
our
solutions
have
to
reflect
the
precision
of
the
harm
initially
inflicted
and
that
harm
was
precise.
B
So
we've
done
work
around
pollution,
remediation,
making
sure
that
those
traditional
cross
sections
of
pollution
and
poverty
don't
continuously
exist.
She's
done
work
around
group
violence,
intervention
which
makes
sure
we're
moving
away
from
kind
of
the
traditional
model
of
incarceration
and
moving
towards
a
model
that
encourages
mentorship
and
ownership
within
the
community.
She's
done
work
around
next
step
next
step.
B
A
hospital-based
intervention
which
we
found
has
gotten
some
really
tremendous
results
and
and
I
will
say-
and
this
is
kind
of
an
internal
thing,
but
Gretchen
also
has
produced
a
department
that
is
brilliant
at
applying
for
and
then
ultimately
receiving
grants,
both
at
the
state,
as
well
as
the
federal
level,
as
well
as
some
of
from
our
nonprofit
partners,
and
so
this
work
is,
does
not
go
unnoticed.
In
fact,
it
should
be
noticed
more
and
when
you
look
at
Gretchen's
worked,
it
also
stems
beyond
simply
her
work
within
the
health
department
itself.
B
She's
done
quite
a
bit
of
work
on
F
Sam
and
making
sure
that
our
new
city
office
building
is
amenable
and,
in
fact,
accommodating
to
new
staff.
You
know
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we're
retaining
talent
here
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
We
need
to
make
sure
we're
retaining
women
and
communities
of
color
in
numbers
that
were
presently
not
doing
and
as
we
look
at
the
working
conditions
and
we
look
at
the
office
space,
that
is
a
big
part
of
it.
B
We
know
that
a
whole
lot
of
people
who
work
in
the
city
could
be
making
a
whole
lot
more
money
elsewhere,
but
they
are
here
because
they
care
about
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
This
music
hand
recognizes
that
and
her
own
employees
have
attested
to
some
of
the
work
that
she's
done.
This
is
this
doesn't
come
from
me.
This
comes
from
the
people
who
she
works
with
no
Gretchen
quote:
Gretchen
encourages
all
of
her
staff
to
be
outwardly
in
mission
focused
and
she
models
that
philosophy,
another
staff.
B
She
reminds
her
staff
that
everything
they
do
is
about
the
people
they
are
at
the
top
of
the
pyramid
from
another
individual.
She
recognizes
that
no
person
holds
all
the
answers,
but
together
they
just
may
final
quote:
Gretchen
pushes
the
health
department
to
rely
on
strong
dialogue,
skills
to
listen,
to
incorporate
community
members,
knowledge
and
viewpoints
and
with
all
of
those
staff
and
employees
from
the
city
of
Minneapolis
I,
most
certainly
agree
and
I'm
happy
to
put
forward
her
name
for
reappointment,
Thank
You
mr.
chair
and
thank
you
fellow
council
members,
Thank.
A
C
Going
to
speak
in
support
of
the
reappointment
miss
music
han't.
My
only
regret
is
that
I
didn't
get
in
Cuba
for
the
mayor,
because
he
said
many
of
the
things
that
I
wanted
to
to
say,
but
but
I
will
add
that
I
believe
miss
music,
can't
act
from
a
place
of
compassion
and
I.
Think
that
is
a
really
important
value
and
attribute
to
bring
to
the
work
that
she
does.
C
It's
a
very
broadly
based
health
department
and
one
of
the
things
that
I
would
note
is
that
when
we
started
the
trans
gender
equity
summit
five
years
ago
now,
the
health
department
was
one
of
the
first
departments
in
the
city
to
step
forward
and
sponsor
that
event,
and
that
was
due
certainly
to
miss
music
and
leadership.
And
so
thank
you.
So
much
and
I
am
very
much
in
support
of
this
reappointment.
D
Thank
you
very
much
chair
and
I'm
speaking
in
favor
of
this
reappointment,
I've
been
at
City
Hall.
Now
for
a
little
while
and
when
I
got
here
back
in
2006,
Gretchen
was
here
with
Health
Department
and
since
that
time,
she's
been
a
fantastic
partner.
I
really
appreciated
the
way
miss
music
aunt
is
willing
to
solve
problems,
be
open
minded
and
creative,
and
also,
let
others
shine
with
their
passion
and
their
power.
D
She's
she's,
helped,
develop
and
lead
a
department,
I
think
that's
willing
to
push
the
envelope
and
try
rather
courageous
things
in
terms
of
for
the
health
of
the
city
and
also
partner
across
departments,
as
which
you
don't
see
here
that
often
but
willing
to
see
that
I'm
really
the
way
to
make
a
bigger
impact,
isn't
maybe
to
stay
over
there
in
your
little
office,
but
actually
it
is
to
infiltrate
and
find
out.
Well
what
are
the
needs
of
the
other
departments?
What
are
they
working
on?
Where
can
we
get
some?
Some
synergy
going.
D
We
see
this
time
and
time
again
we
see
enormous
progress
in
terms
of
unhealthy
foods,
green
business
initiatives
in
terms
of
clean
air
working
in
those
kind
of
regulatory
realms,
but
also
looking
at
Public
Works.
And
what
can
we
do
about
Public
Works
in
our
streets
in
our
sidewalks,
so
that
people
can
be
healthier
and
they
can
walk
more
and
they
can
bike
more,
and
what
does
that
mean?
And
even
in
terms
of
building
design
and
all
those
other
things
so
I
think
it's
been
fantastic
for
me,
working
especially
I.
D
A
E
You
mr.
chair
Gretchen
music
has
been
a
fantastic
Commissioner
of
our
health
department
and
agreed
to
work
with
you
and
it's
been
amazing
to
see
all
the
work.
It's
such
a
broad
body
of
work
that
touches
our
city
in
so
many
different
ways
from
Ludd
inspection
to
gun,
violence,
sexual
health
to
air
pollution.
It's
so
broad,
and
it's
so
important
in
moving
the
dial
on
equity
issues
and
advancing
the
health
and
happiness
of
residents.
E
A
A
That's
been
talked
about
here
that
is
completed
by
our
health,
our
public
health
departments,
so
the
accomplishments
on
into
her
department
under
her
leadership,
are
undeniable
millions
of
dollars.
Every
year
in
Grant's
record,
the
mayor
mentioned
group
violence
intervention.
We
actually
have
record
numbers
of
guns
being
collected
and
it's
being
done
without
shootouts
being
involved.
Typically
in
order
to
get
guns,
there
has
to
be
a
shootout
that
happens,
but
because
of
group
violence,
intervention
people
are
willingly
turning
their
guns
over
the
green
business.
A
Cost-Share
program
has
been
resoundingly
successful
in
reducing
tons
of
emissions
and
was
recognized
as
a
bus
as
a
national
best
practice,
and
now
it's
grown
actually
in
to
covering
all
property
types,
almost
all
properties
types
in
our
city
so
and
we
also
have
national
accreditation
there.
We
have
had
some
great
accomplishments
under
your
leadership
and
I'm
grateful
to
see
you
here.
A
She
knows
how
to
build
a
staff
of
brilliant
people,
she's
receptive
to
feedbacks
to
feedback
new
ideas,
I
look
forward
to
being
able
to
work
with
you
over
the
next
term
to
continue
to
strengthen
and
scale
the
strategies
that
are
working
to
address
some
of
our
city
and
society's
deepest
challenges
around
violence
or
children
living
in
homes
that
are
poisoning
them
through
lead
and
mold,
climate
change
of
pollution,
and
more
so
I
will
pause.
There
are
there
any
Gordon,
chupa
all
right,
false
alarm,
all
right,
so
seeing
no
further
questions
from
the
from
my
colleagues.
A
I
move
the
approval
of
the
reappointment
by
the
Executive
Committee
of
Gretchen
music
and
to
the
appointment
appointed
position
of
commissioner
of
health
/,
director
of
health
department
for
a
two-year
term,
beginning
January,
2nd
2018.
All
those
in
favor
of
the
motion
please
signify
by
saying
aye
aye,
those
opposed
say
no,
the
eyes
have
it,
and
that
item
is
carried.
Congratulations
and
thank
you
very
much.
A
Congratulations,
commissioner,
music
hands
now
time
for
the
next
ordinance,
so
so
our
second,
our
second
public
hearing
for
today,
is
on
the
tobacco
21
ordinance.
This
is
the
passage
of
ordinance
amending
title
13,
chapter
281
of
the
Minneapolis
Code
of
Ordinances
relating
to
licenses
and
business
regulations,
tobacco
dealers
amending
provisions
to
increase
the
minimum
age
for
sales
or
provision
of
tobacco
products
from
18
to
21.
We
have
our
newly
reappointed,
commissioner
of
health,
Gretchen
music
hands,
we'll
have
a
presentation.
Miss
music
ends.
F
The
first
thank
you
for
all
the
comments
and
and
accolades
and
reflections,
it's
very
humbling
to
hear
that
every
once
in
a
while,
so
I
am
Gretchen
music
and
the
commissioner
of
health
for
Minneapolis
and
I'm
here
to
talk
about
the
ordinance.
That's
before
you
to
increase
the
minimum
tobacco
purchase
age
to
21.
F
We
need
a
code
or
something
to
unlock
the
computer
I'll
talk
while
you're
doing
that.
Folks
I
think
you
can
follow
what
I'm
saying
so,
despite
tremendous
progress
that
we've
made
in
reducing
tobacco,
reducing
smoking
tobacco
use
remains
a
leading
cause
of
death
in
Hennepin,
one
in
seven
adult
deaths
are
treated
to
smoking
and
at
the
current
tobacco
use
rates,
one
in
13
youth
will
die
eventually
from
a
tobacco
related
illness.
F
F
F
In
the
past
17
years,
youth
cigarette
use
has
dropped
almost
23
percent
and
the
use
of
most
other
tobacco
products
has
dropped
to
for
the
first
time
in
17
years.
Overall
tobacco
use
has
risen
and
threatens
to
erode
the
progress
public
health
strategies
have
made,
and
this
is
due
primarily
to
the
use
of
e-cigarettes
in
2017,
nearly
one
in
five
high
school
students
used
e-cigarettes
in
the
past
30
days.
This
is
nearly
a
50%
increase
since
2014.
F
We
hear
love
and
probably
know
Allah
about
the
health
effects
of
tobacco.
The
short
and
long-term
health
effects
of
tobacco
are
well-documented
tobacco
uses
associated
with
causes
cancer,
heart
disease
and
exacerbates
asthma
and
other
conditions
as
well.
Nicotine
is
the
addictive
component
of
the
tobacco
product.
F
This
is
a
slide
that
shows
you
some
of
the
products
out
there,
which
I,
probably
don't
pay
attention
to,
and
I
go
somewhere.
So
these
are
not
really
marketed
to
adults
and
we
may
not
see
them
or
recognize
them
so
the
first
image
on
the
left
hand
side
these
are
images
of
eliquid
and
they
might
look
to
you
kind
of
like
child
oriented,
candies
or
juices.
F
The
item
in
the
middle
is
Joule,
which
is
the
number
one
used
e-cigarettes
product
amongst
youth
and
I
brought.
One
of
my
jump
drives
here
because
it's
really
designed
to
look
a
lot
like
one
of
these
and
then
the
product
at
the
very
right
is
a
pen.
It
looks
like
a
pen,
but
is
a
electric
or
an
e-cigarette
delivery
device,
and
so
these
are
not
only
marketed
to
be
appealing
to
young
people,
but
also
are
confusing
in
their
designs.
So
that
vigilant
adults
may
not
even
recognize
what
is
going
on
in
a
classroom
say.
F
So
t21
the
ordinance
that
were
considering
today
that
you're
considering
today
reduces
youth
access
and
initiation
youth
access
tobacco
products
in
two
common
ways.
One
is
social
provision,
and
that
means
a
slightly
older,
teen
or
peer
who
is
able
to
legally
buy
the
tobacco
product
supplies
it
to
a
minor.
F
The
second
way
is,
minors
can
also
buy
tobacco
directly,
even
though
it's
it's
not
done.
According
to
the
law
between
April
and
June
of
this
year,
youth
participating
in
the
Minneapolis
health
department's
youth
compliance
check
program
or
sold
tobacco
in
13%
of
the
hundred
and
twenty
stores
that
they
visited.
F
So
let
me
talk
a
bit
about
the
implications
of
this
ordinance.
This
ordinance
will
restrict
the
sale
and
provision
of
all
tobacco
products
to
persons
21
years
and
older.
It
does
not
criminalize
purchase,
use
or
possession
of
tobacco
products
for
those
under
21,
as
proposed
today.
The
ordinance
would
go
into
effect.
August.
1St
of
this
year,
2018
and
the
enforcement
will
be
the
same
as
we
have
today,
which
includes
an
annual
license,
inspection
and
then
inspections
based
on
complaints.
F
There
be
tap
program,
business,
technical
assistance,
program
to
conduct
outreach
to
corner
stores,
conduct
a
convenience,
store
assessment
and
connect
retailers
with
appropriate
of
each
app
or
business
resources
like
healthy
corner
store,
merchandising
package,
facade
improvement
loans,
and
so
we
have
shared
that
information
with
retail
outlets,
and
we
will
now
be
going
door-to-door
in
essence,
with
those
retailers
to
do
more.
Intensive
outreach.
F
There
was
a
notification,
a
letter
that
was
sent
out
to
retailers
April
3rd,
about
this
proposed
ordinance
to
date
through
emails,
which
are
all
filed
with
the
Council
of
Commons
in
the
council
Commons
with
the
city
clerk.
We
have
received
58
public
comments
all,
but
one
is
our
supportive
of
the
ordinance
and
one
is
opposed.
A
Thank
You,
commissioner
music,
can't
do
I.
Have
any
questions?
Do
the
council
members
have
any
questions
all
right,
you
thank
you
so
much
all
right
now,
I
will
open
the
public
hearing.
I
have
a
sign-in
sheet
and
I'll
call
the
names
in
order
as
listed.
If
anyone
is
wishing
to
speak
and
has
not
yet
signed
up,
please
do
so
with
our
clerk
Peggy.
A
A
So,
as
for
you
to
please
here
is
your
lovely
timer
there
and
additionally,
currently
we
have
30
people
who
are
signed
up
and
I'm
sure
that
there
will
probably
be
some
more
so
what
I
will
throw
out
there
for
folks
is
to,
if
you
hear,
maybe
like
the
third
or
fourth
time
of
like
a
similar
idea-
and
you
agree
with
it-
maybe
throw
some
snaps
out
there
and
considering
not
taking
the
two
minutes
to
reiterate
that.
Second
from
that
point
again
just
want
to
throw
that
out
there
for
consideration
all
right.
A
G
My
name
is
Laura
Oliver
I'm,
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Health
tobacco
control
manager
in
st.
Paul,
I'd
like
to
start
by
congratulating
Commissioner,
music
and
and
thinking
and
her
team's
extraordinary
leadership
in
the
area
of
tobacco.
So
earlier
this
year
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Health
released
Youth
tobacco
survey,
showing
Minnesota
youth
to
commercial
tobacco
use
at
26%.
It
was
rising
for
the
first
time
in
over
17
years.
This
is
largely
due
B
to
arise,
an
e-cigarette
use
it
a
50%
increase,
which
is
now
a
whopping
19%.
G
In
contrast,
our
youth
cigarette
use
is
at
an
all-time
low
of
9%
in
a
new
and
troubling
trend.
Over
20
percent
of
youth
ecig
users
have
never
before
used
années
tobacco
product.
So
the
survey
also
revealed
that
32
percent
of
underage
high
school
students
who
use
e-cigarettes
got
their
cigarettes
from
a
retail
outlet.
The
most
common
retail
outlet
reported
was
vape
shops
at
18%.
G
In
response
to
data
and
the
reports
of
widespread
ecig
use
in
schools,
we
and
the
Department
of
Education
recently
sent
a
joint
letter
to
over
a
thousand
school
officials,
warning
them
about
the
rapid
expansion
of
e
cig
use
and
providing
them
with
new
tools
and
resources.
We
consider
the
rapid
growth
and
popularity
of
youth
ecig
use
as
a
serious
public
health
problem,
as
highlighted
in
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Health
nicotine
health
advisory.
No
amount
of
nicotine
is
safe
for
youth.
It
has
negative
implications
for
learning
memory,
attention
and
future
addiction.
G
A
H
H
The
tobacco
industry
each
year
spends
billions
of
dollars
marketing
the
young
people
that
look
just
like
myself.
I
believe
that
does
I
believe
that
this
is
a
cycle
that
needs
to
be
broken
and
I
believed
about
something
one
will
be
able
to
do
that
by
preventing
or
making
it
harder
or
making
it
harder
for
young
teens
like
myself,
from
picking
up
their
first
cigarette.
So
I'm
here
today,
asking
guys
to
support
the
policy
and
thanks
Thank.
I
My
name
is
Keisha
I'm
17
17
years
old.
I
am
a
part
of
briefly
program.
We
are
a
group
of
youth
who
work
to
protect
our
community
from
tobacco
as
I
can't
smoke.
I've
been
a
part
of
this
since
I
was
12
years
old
I
am
a
part
of
I,
am
proud
of
all
we've
accomplished.
I
am
here
today
in
support
of
support
of
this
policy
because
it
will
save
lives.
Please
vote
yes
to
protect
the
younger
generation
from
daily
tobacco
addiction.
Thank
you.
A
J
Hello
and
good
afternoon,
my
name
is
Britta
Babel
I
live
at
23,
21
japón,
Avenue,
South
I'm,
a
passionate
social
services
worker
for
the
nonprofit
Aviva,
where
I
work
under
the
benzoyl
and
chemical
health
wing
and
I'm
also
dedicated
volunteer
for
the
American
Cancer
Society
Cancer
Action
Network.
My
interest
in
the
tobacco
2000
policy
stems
from
my
passion
to
do
everything
I
can
to
make
our
money
at
this
community
better.
This
policy
will
help
young
people
from
ever
trying
tobacco
products,
including
e-cigarettes
it'll,
help
prevent
tobacco
and
the
struggles
that
come
with
it.
J
I
also
care
about
this
policy,
because
I
believe
it
can
reduce
the
number
of
cancer
diagnosis
here
in
Minnesota,
I
lost
my
mom
to
cancer
and
my
dad's
a
smoker
he's
been
smoking
for
about
45
years.
So
if
potentially
tobacco
21
was
in
place
at
his
time,
he
may
not
be
a
smoker
to
my
profession
and
through
my
father's
deteriorating
health
and
his
many
attempts
to
quit
smoking
I've
seen
many
different
faces
of
addiction.
J
You
have
the
powdered,
reduce
cancer
rates,
improve
the
health
of
our
community
and
prevent
young
people
from
starting
a
life-threatening
addiction
through
smart
dimecaco
policy
like
t21
minneapolis
has
a
choice.
We
can
lead
the
way
toward
a
tobacco-free
future
and
during
other
cities
who
have
put
the
health
of
our
communities
and
young
people
first,
let's
improve
the
quality
of
life
for
our
Minnesota
residents.
Excuse
me
Minneapolis
residents
for
years
to
come.
Please
don't
yes
on
this
ordinance!
Thank
you.
J
A
K
Chair
Cunningham
and
council
members,
my
name
is
Camille
San,
Juan
and
I
live
at
900,
Washington,
Avenue,
southeast
I'm,
a
capital
pathways
entering
and
through
it's
through
clear,
a
Minnesota
and
I,
like
many
others,
supported
tobacco
21.
So
to
speak,
a
little
bit
about
myself
and
the
capital
pathways
internship
that
I'm
in
there's
a
program
hosted
by
the
citizens
League,
and
it's
aims
to
provide
college
students
of
color
indigenous
students,
an
opportunity
to
gain
exposure
to
various
careers
in
policy
and
so
through.
K
It
I
have
been
paired
up
with
Cleary,
Minnesota
and
I'm
fortunate
to
learn
and
gain
a
passion
for
smoking.
Issues
like
these.
This
tobacco
21
proposal
is
meant
to
protect
youth
and
from
easy
access
to
tobacco
products,
and
it's
meant
to
stop
the
start
like,
as
many
people
have
said,
and
so
as
a
college
student.
K
Looking
back
to
my
middle
school
self,
I
definitely
saw
easy
access
to
people
who
are
18
or
so
and
when
you
think
about
the
social
networks
that
you
attract
where
that's
a
young
age,
despite
this
digitally
interconnected
world,
you
probably
didn't
hang
around
anyone
who
was
21
while
you're
in
middle
school.
Nothing
is
a
one-time
fix
and
so
let's
keep
on
pushing
through
what
can
benefit
us
all
to
stop
the
smoking
and
the
addiction,
and
it
considered
a
start
with
us
here.
Thank
you
for
letting
me
speak.
A
L
L
So
I
want
to
speak
about
my
experience
with
addiction,
I
I
started
using
drugs
and
alcohol
when
I
was
15
years
old
and
in
relation
to
using
those
drugs
and
alcohol
started
smoking
cigarettes
at
fifteen
years
old
by
the
time
I
was
16.
I
was
a
pack-a-day
smoker
and
through
my
experience
in
finding
recovery
from
drugs
and
alcohol,
I
was
also
able
to
quit
smoking
by
using
vape
by
by
using
electronic
cigarettes,
something
that
I
have
noticed.
L
A
M
You
very
much
good
afternoon
City
Council
members
of
the
public
health
committee.
My
name
is
Steve
rush
and
I'm
appearing
on
behalf
of
holiday
station
stirs
at
four
five
six,
seven
American
Boulevard,
West
and
Bloomington
Minnesota
I
will
be
brief
in
my
reamer
I
want
to
thank
the
authors
of
the
ordinance
councilmembers
Ellison
and
Johnson
fort
meeting
with
the
retail
representatives
on
March
26
to
discuss
the
concerns
of
the
business
community.
I
want
to
just
touch
upon
two
points
made
in
that
meeting.
We
would
respectfully
request
that
two
changes
be
made
of
the
ordinance
first.
M
We
would
request
that
the
administrative
penalty
of
$50.00
be
left
in
place,
which
is
to
be
paid
by
the
sales
associate
who
made
the
underage
sale.
The
presence
of
the
fine
should
help
act
as
a
deterrent
from
sales
associates,
making
a
sale
of
tobacco
products
to
underage
people
and
training
a
new
employee.
We
would
typically
inform
the
individual
that
an
underage
sale
could
result
in
a
potential
fine,
as
well
as
potentially
losing
their
employment,
and
we
believe
this
helps
keep
employees
rajulun.
Also
in
hiring
these
sales
associates.
M
We
would
typically
inquire
about
violations
of
law
and
conduct
a
background
check
if
there
is
no
record
of
a
violation
under
the
ordinance
we
can't
properly
assess
the
candidate.
Second,
we
would
request
that
the
effect
of
day
be
moved
from
August
1
to
October
1.
Retailers
will
need
time
to
come
into
compliance
with
a
new
sales
age.
We
need
to
completely
retrain
all
of
our
current
sales
associates
and
update
the
training
materials
that
we
used
to
do
so
for
the
stores
of
electronically
scanned
id's
like
holiday.
M
We
need
to
update
the
point
of
sale
software
and
test
the
same.
Some
stirs
use
a
paper
program
called
we
card,
and
they
would
need
time
to
update
their
materials
for
age
21
when
a
Dinah
heard
testimony
in
April
of
20
°c,
20
of
17
April
of
2017,
the
city
decided
on
an
implementation
date
about
three
months
later
and
that
affected
only
18
retailers,
Minneapolis
I,
believe
has
over
300
licensed
locations
which
would
likely
affect
hundreds
of
employees
that
needed
to
be
retrained.
Giving
us
four
months
extra
to
comply
would
be
greatly
appreciated.
A
N
Till
2:00
to
5:00
Upton,
Avenue,
South
I'm,
an
internist
and
director
of
the
tobacco
dependence
clinic
at
Hennepin,
County,
Medical,
Center
and
I,
the
ward
7
representative
on
the
Minneapolis
Public
Health
Advisory
Committee
I'm,
here
representing
that
committee,
to
convey
our
unanimous,
very
enthusiastic
support
for
the
proposed
amendment.
The
the
scientific
basis
for
this
was
already
set
up
very
nicely
by
commissioner
music
and
I
just
want
to
emphasize
two
points
that
really
stood
out
for
us
and
the
first
was
the
impact
and
the
reach
of
what's
being
proposed.
N
N
We
also
noted
that
the
evidence
that
supports
this
is
growing
rapidly
and
it's
really
quite
compelling
each
cigarette
can
deliver
as
much
or
more
nicotine
than
cigarette.
So
it's
really
critically
important
that
all
tobacco
products
are
included
in
this.
In
this
amendment
yeah
and
finally,
just
got
a
larger
note.
We
we
can
appreciate
that
the
burden
of
Public
Health
is
increasingly
falling
on
local
government
and
we're
just
delighted
that
Minneapolis
established
a
very
strong
track
record
in
tobacco
control
and
CT.
21
is
a
great
way
to
build
on
this.
Thank
you.
A
O
Hi
and
good
afternoon,
my
name
is
Elizabeth
Johnson
from
Elk,
River
and
I'd,
just
like
to
start
off
by
saying
thank
you
to
the
council
audience
and
other
speakers
today,
and
also
that
I
believe
raising
the
minimum
age
for
tobacco
is
quite
unnecessary
states
and
cities
across
America,
including
New,
York
and
California,
have
already
implemented
laws
to
raise
the
age
to
21.
There's
a
no
systematic
research
on
the
effects
as'll
have
on
smokers.
However,
there
has
been
research
on
when
people
start
and
then
you
percent
of
smokers
start
before
the
age
of
18
well.
O
Well,
knowing
that
it
will
hurt
them,
it
makes
no
sense
to
entrust
the
rights
to
vote,
elect
officials
marry
fight
and
worse
for
our
country
and
participate
in
legal
contracts.
If
we
can't
even
entrust
them
with
the
choice
of
smoking
or
chewing
tobacco
by
law
on
every
packet
and
box
the
cigarettes
sold,
it
will
tell
you
it
will
kill
you
in
one
way
or
another.
Today
we
should
be
fighting
the
raging
and
impending
opioid
epidemic
ravaging
entire
communities,
not
common
sense.
Thank
you.
A
P
My
name
is
Michael
Johnson
I
to
promote
River,
but
a
lot
of
the
philosophies
in
Minneapolis
tend
to
work
their
way
throughout
the
state
so
I
figured.
This
is
ground
zero,
and
this
is
where
I'd
like
to
make
a
stand.
If
you
will,
the
first
thing,
I'd
like
to
say,
is
I
believe
this
is
generally
a
low-hanging
fruit
issue.
I,
don't
view
this
as
some
sort
of
accomplishment.
This
is
more
of
a
bullet
point
for
elections.
P
Tobacco
is
not
a
boogeyman
whenever
I
return
from
overseas,
whether
it
be
Korea
or
Iraq
I
would
smoke
a
cigar
to
celebrate
now
a
young
marine
or
Ranger.
Whenever
he
comes
home,
doing
good
things
from
doing
good
things
to
bad
people,
he
will
be
denied
this
right
in
this
city.
That
seems
preposterous
to
me.
Second
I
would
spend
my
time
if
you
could
figure
out
how
to
deal
with
drug
dealers
and
and
those
causing
the
destruction
of
generations
of
people
of
all
colors.
Then
I
might
congratulate
you.
P
For
instance,
the
Public
Library,
the
Public
Library,
has
more
security
than
the
building
I
work
in.
Why?
It's
because,
when
I
walk
out
the
front
of
the
Public
Library,
it
smells
like
Oktoberfest
for
for
dope
smokers
and
drug
dealers.
That's
something
that
I'd
like
to
see
fixed
far
more
soon
than
been
dealing
with
convenience
store
owners.
P
But
the
last
point
I'd
like
to
make
is
this:
is
this
is
not
the
end
of
of
tobacco?
This
is
this
is
just
the
start.
The
next.
The
next
thing,
the
next
t-shirt,
probably
will
have
something
to
do
with
diabetes
and
the
effects
of
the
evils
of
sugar
and
how
we
shouldn't
be
selling
coke
or
this
or
that
so
I
would
just
say,
stay
out
of
businesses.
Let
people
make
choices,
and
if
we
don't
want
18,
19
and
20
year
olds
to
make
make
choices
then
give
them
some
milk
and
cookies
in
purple.
A
Q
So
chair,
Cunningham
City,
Council
members,
City
Council
staff
good
afternoon,
and
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
today.
My
name
is
Onika
ward
and
I'm
director
for
the
Center
for
prevention
at
Blue,
Cross
and
Blue
Shield
of
Minnesota,
where
the
state's
largest
health
plan
supporting
one
in
three
Minnesotans
I'm
here
today
to
urge
you
all
to
pass
the
proposed
ordinance
to
raise
the
sale
age
of
tobacco
products,
including
e-cigarettes
from
18
to
21.
Q
In
2017,
Blue
Cross
released
a
report
showing
that
every
year
it
costs
Minnesotans
3.2
billion
dollars
to
treat
diseases
caused
by
smoking.
It
also
costs
Minnesota
businesses,
four
point:
three
billion
dollars
in
lost
productivity
annually
because
of
the
loss
of
earnings
due
to
premature
death.
The
total
annual
cost
7.5
billion
dollars
is
a
staggering
figure,
but
we're
not
just
talking
about
money.
Every
year
over
6000
children
and
adults
die
prematurely
because
of
smoking.
That
is
the
equivalent
of
an
entire
small
Minnesota
town.
Every
year.
Q
The
cost
of
commercial
tobacco
in
both
healthcare
costs
and
loss
of
life
cannot
be
compared
to
the
loss
of
profits
for
those
who
want
to
continue
to
sell
these
lethal
products.
As
a
mother
of
four
children
under
the
age
of
21,
I
also
have
a
personal
stake,
like
many
of
you
in
ensuring
that
our
youth
do
not
succumb
to
the
aggressive
marketing
tactics
used
by
the
tobacco
industry
in
order
to
recruit
replacement
smokers
and
guarantee
profits.
Almost
95%
of
addicted
smokers
start
smoking
by
the
age
of
21.
Q
The
tobacco
industry
knows
this
and
heavily
targets
18
to
21
year
olds.
This
ordinance
can
reverse
this
tragic
statistic
and
keep
youth
from
becoming
the
next
generation
of
smokers.
I
hope,
you'll,
take
this
important
step
in
ensuring
our
youth
can
breathe,
free
and
create
a
create
a
healthier
Minneapolis.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
your
time.
Thank.
A
R
Good
afternoon
Latricia
Vita
3241
47th
Avenue
South.
My
name
is
Latricia
Vita
I
work
at
North,
Wayne
health
and
wellness
center
in
North,
Minneapolis
I'm.
Here
today,
of
course,
in
support
of
tobacco
21,
the
Minneapolis
City
Council
has
a
long
history
of
leading
the
way
in
enacting
policies
that
protect
people
from
the
harms
of
tobacco
of
commercial
tobacco.
After
hearing
from
the
african-american
community,
this
council
took
a
stand
against
menthol
tobacco.
Thank
you.
Now
you
have
the
opportunity
to
once
again
protect
our
community
from
tobacco's
addiction.
R
One
of
the
best
ways
to
do
this
is
by
stopping
young
people
from
ever
getting
addicted
to
tobacco.
In
the
first
place,
tobacco
21
does
just
that
so
I
hope
you
will
vote
yes.
Also
I
would
like
to
thank
you
all
for
ensuring
that
this
policy
won't
criminalize
young
people
who
possess
tobacco
and
that
it
only
prohibits
the
sale
of
tobacco
to
those
under
21.
Thank
you.
A
S
Let's
give
him
a
big
round
snap
on
that
yeah
snap
on
that,
as
the
president
of
mad
dad's,
it's
I'm
a
product
of
the
candy
cigarette,
so
it
shows
how
old
I
am,
and
that
was
my
first
marketing
tool
that
was
used
against
me
to
get
me
excited
about
smoking
cigarettes
until
I
could
actually
get
my
hands
on
a
pack
and
then
I
began
to
smoke
cigarettes,
and
it
took
me
many
many
years
to
get
rid
of
that
poison
out
of
my
system
and
to
quit,
and
so
I've
been
on
a
mission
to
help
people
live
because
I
seen
what
it
does
to
our
community
and
I
see
how
many
dollars
get
wasted
in
our
community
on
cigarettes.
S
A
T
T
No,
you
can
say
whatever
you
name
it,
your
call
any
name.
You
want
what
time
you
started.
So
is
not
a
good
thing
is
to
defend
honestly,
but
it's
business,
our
business
on
it
and
H
wise
to
a
name
to
a
team
and
not
different,
but
I
will
say
we
need
time
to
be
better,
at
least
to
indicate
our
workers
to
consider
when
we
want
to
start
and
how
changes
we
can
make.
We
know
our
business
will
suffer.
T
Mental
to
magnetic
plays
21st
October
I
mean
up
first
we're
gonna
lose
half
of
our
business
already
based
on
our
customer
and,
unfortunately,
the
tobacco
still
somebody
else.
Next
door
will
be
still
selling
to
mark
mental
torment
of
tobacco.
Know
anybody
else.
My
neighbor
I
mean
I
would
have
a
liquor
store.
Next,
don't
be
silly,
so
what
is
still
there?
So
there's
nothing
different!
You
made
it
again.
You
refers
to
one
years.
One
word
of
eight
welcome:
I
have
seen
the
people
15
10
and
15
16
17.
It
is
small
T
number
from
me.
T
A
U
My
name
is
Angie
Griffith
and
I
am
co-owner
of
smokeless
at
by
14
East
Hennepin
Avenue
I'm
standing
here
today
to
plead
that
you
separate
vapor
products
from
tobacco
products
for
your
t21
legislation
for
the
sake
of
public
health.
Well,
it's
true
that
I
do
expect
a
fifteen
to
twenty
percent
loss
in
revenue
at
my
store
and
I
can
say
that,
because
I
have
another
store
in
Bloomington
who
has
already
passed
this
measure.
The
bigger
reason
for
my
plea
is
the
confusing
message
that
it
will
send
to
the
public
about
vapor
products.
U
Having
established
my
business
in
2009
with
a
kiosk
in
the
Burnsville
center
tobacco
regulation
and
legislation
is
not
new
to
me.
I've
stood
up
in
front
of
some
of
you
before,
with
the
sampling
ban
and
I've
watched
Minneapolis
make
the
sound
choice
to
make
an
amendment
for
vapor
products.
We've
learned
a
lot
about
the
science
and
trends
of
vaping.
Since
then
in
the
UK.
The
Royal
College
of
Physicians
has
since
seen
the
potential
of
vapor
products
for
harm
reduction,
as
the
research
has
shown
it
to
be
95
percent
safer
than
combustible
tobacco.
U
While
nicotine
is
not
a
carcinogen
itself,
a
cigarettes
have
carried
the
stigma
of
cigarettes
in
this
country
by
legislating
harm
reduction
products.
The
same
way
as
tobacco.
You
send
a
very
confusing
message
to
the
public
for
those
who
have
smoked
and
since
switched
to
vapor
products,
but
are
not
yet
21
you're,
taking
away
access
of
their
harm
reduction
tools
and,
in
essence,
punishing
them
for
making
a
better
choice.
Vaping
has
improved
the
lives
of
many
minneapolis
residents.
U
Last
october
there
was
research
published
from
georgetown
and
Yale
University
regarding
the
potential
for
electronic
cigarettes
in
regard
to
harm
reduction
for
the
study,
a
team
of
ten
investigators
looked
at
such
variables
as
harm
from
isa,
grass
and
amount
of
youth
uptake
and
the
rate
of
cessation
among
others.
Two
projections
were
described.
One
optimistic
and
one
pessimistic.
The
pessimistic
scenario
found
one
point:
six
million
of
these
former
smokers
will
have.
U
It
combines
twenty
point:
eight
million
years
more
of
life,
while
the
optimistic
scenario
calculated
six
point:
six
million
nicotine
users
who
switch
from
cigarettes
to
e-cigarettes
will
live
eighty
six
point:
seven
more
life
years.
In
addition,
there'd
be
tremendous
health
benefits.
My
times
up,
but
you
see
where
I'm
going
and
I've,
also
emailed
you
all
of
this
research.
So
thank
you
for
your
consideration.
U
A
V
Carried
hi
Jerry
I
have
a
convenience,
store
corner
store
on
52nd
and
Bryant
Avenue
North
your
neighborhood
nice,
to
meet
you.
Finally,
thanks
for
the
opportunity
I
was
here
once
before,
when
we
were
discussing
the
menthol
cigarettes
and
I
opposed
that,
because
this
is
like
another
name
in
our
business
coffin
80%
of
our
sales
of
cigarettes,
it
was
menthol,
so
that's
going
to
destroy
our
store,
raising
the
age
in
here,
another
name,
you
know
and
I
said
before
and
I
was
born
in
a
country.
V
Up
till
now
they
don't
have
age
for
smoking
Lebanon
up
till
now
they
don't
have
it
I'm,
58
I,
never
smoked
it's
the
human
choice.
Why
do
you
want
to
take
a
choice
from
people?
Okay
and
before
I
said
about
Mensa?
You
know:
where
is
the
discrimination?
Do
we
allow
people
who
don't
smoke
menthol
to
enjoy
their
cigarettes?
V
Do
we
allow
the
people
who
don't
smoke
menthol
to
die
early?
Do
we
wanna
reserve
the
life
of
people
who
smoke
Samantha?
So
if
you
wanna
raise
up
the
cigarettes
prize
at
the
cigarettes
age,
the
smoking
age,
why
don't
you
let
the
people
go
back
and
smoke?
Menthol,
if
the
state
of
Minnesota
is
gonna,
go,
allow
marijuana
to
be
sold
legally.
Why
do
we
all
white
we're
not
allowing
willful
sniff
smokers
to
smoke,
minority
or
majority
with
all
due
respect?
It's
your
bail,
but
it's
given
us.
V
V
V
A
W
W
That's
why
most
of
us
started
smoking
underage.
We
had
friends
who
had
cigarettes
and
that's
how
it
was
at
the
age
of
18
when
I
turned
18
I
wanted
to
change.
I
saw
something
different
I
saw
a
different
opportunity
and
that
opportunity
was
electronic
cigarettes
that
changed
my
life.
That
day,
the
day
after
my
18th
birthday,
I
bought
an
electronic
cigarette
from
a
small
business
here
and
from
there
on
out
I
have
not
had
a
single
cigarette.
W
That
day
changed
my
life.
My
grandpa
was
a
smoker
up
until
the
age
of
50.
He
started
at
around
the
age
that
I
started.
He
died
of
lung
cancer.
I
see
electronic
cigarettes
as
a
alternative
to
smoking
that
can
save
lives
and
I,
see
it
on
a
daily
basis
or
clear
business
called
infinite.
Vapor
and
I've
been
there
for
3
plus
years
and
I've
watched
people
change
their
lives
and
switch
on
a
daily
basis.
It's
something
that
I'm
familiar
with
it's
something
that
I've
seen
physically
in
front
of
me.
W
X
A
Y
Afternoon,
City
Council
members,
my
name
is
Sylvia
Amos
and
I
live
at
1918
Thomas
Avenue
North
I
serve
as
president
of
the
Women's
Auxiliary
of
the
Minnesota
State
Baptist
Convention.
We
work
in
partnership
with
the
stair-step
foundation,
an
organization
that
confronts
and
addresses
inequity
in
our
community
through
the
african-american
church.
The
Women's
Auxiliary
has
educated
our
congregations,
family
members
and
community
about
the
dangers
of
menthol
Helmuth
o
has
specifically
placed
in
our
communities
how
tobacco
companies
have
engineered
these
products
with
menthol
and
targeted
african-americans
for
use.
Y
The
tobacco
industry
is
heavily
marketing
the
deadly
products
to
our
young
people,
especially
e-cigarettes.
They
need
to
place
those
who
have
died
from
smoking.
They
need
to
replace
those
who
have
died
from
smoking
related
illnesses
with
youth.
The
faith
community
has
spent
much
too
much
too
much
time,
burying
mothers,
fathers,
sisters
and
brothers
who,
because
they
became
addicted
when
they
were
young,
we
can't
afford
to
lose
another
life.
This
ordinance
will
continue
to
lower
the
mark
on
the
number
of
youth
you
start
using
tobacco,
so
that
we
are
one
step
closer
to
a
smoke-free
generation.
Y
We
thank
you
for
doing
everything
you
can
to
protect
our
community
and
our
youth
from
the
harms
of
tobacco,
and
we
sincerely
appreciate
your
leadership
and
I.
Consider
this
issue
to
increase
and
I
wish.
You
can
wish
that
you
would
consider
this
issue
to
increase
the
tobacco
sales
age
to
21.
Thank
you.
A
Z
Z
The
city
of
Minneapolis
has
embraced
harm
reduction
in
other
areas
like
needle
exchanges
and
what
houses,
and
it
should
do
so
as
well
when
it
comes
to
smoking.
Cigarettes
like
I,
said
I
do
represent
businesses
here
and
you've
heard
of
the
the
impact
that
raising
the
age
to
buy.
Vapor
products
has
on
businesses
that
sell
vapor
products
and,
and
that
you
know,
15
to
20
percent
loss
in
revenue
is
concerning
for
businesses,
but
what's
even
more
concerning
is
every
one
of
those
dollars
of
lost.
Z
AA
A
AB
AB
Smoking
cigarettes
I'd
been
smoking
since
the
age
of
13
or
14
and
believed,
and,
unlike
other
people,
I,
actually
got
them
from
older
family
members
that
had
already
been
smoking,
so
I
never
got
it
from
people
that
were
from
the
ages
of
18
to
21
that's
kind
of
most
of
what
I
would
like
to
say
to
you
guys,
but
yeah.
So
I
would
like
to
separate
the
two.
Thank
you
thank.
A
AC
Afternoon,
chair
Cunningham
and
council
members,
my
name
is
Amanda
Janssen
I
live
at
5
6:05
Pleasant
Avenue
in
Ward
11
as
a
Minneapolis
resident.
That
cares
deeply
about
the
health
of
my
community.
I
strongly
support
this
ordinance
I'm.
Also
here
today,
on
behalf
of
Minnesotans
first
smoke-free
generation.
We
are
a
coalition
of
over
60
organizations
across
Minnesota
that
share
a
common
goal
of
saving
Minnesota's
youth
from
a
lifetime
of
tobacco
addiction.
We
advocate
for
bold
policies
like
tobacco
21
that
would
protect
our
kids
and
create
a
healthier
future
for
all.
A
X
X
Is
that
good?
My
name
is
Adele
eviden
and
I
live
at
1225
LaSalle
Avenue
I
am
NOT
a
phylidia
filly
ated
with
any
organization,
but
I
am
strongly
opposed
to
this
ordinance.
I
think
that
prohibiting
legal
activities
to
adult
adults,
who
can
vote,
who
can
buy
a
gun
who
can
be
sent
to
war
who
can
marry,
who
can
buy
a
house
is
insulting,
and
what
we
really
need
is
to
show
our
youth
that
we
have
the
confidence
in
them
so
that.
X
Make
informed
healthy
decisions
for
their
own
lives
if
we
start
interfering
with
the
way
in
which
we
are
training,
young
people,
both
adolescents
and
then
telling
what
legal
adults,
what
they
can
and
can't
do,
I
find
that
very
alarming
for
the
future
of
raising
a
responsible
Society.
Thank
you
very
much.
A
AD
AE
You
so
good
afternoon,
council
members,
my
name
is
Alexander
fung,
2600
university,
avenue,
southeast
of
the
war
ii
with
councilman
gordon.
Thank
you
very
much
for
having
me
I'm
a
newly
minted
physician
from
the
University
of
Minnesota,
a
longtime
Minneapolis
resident
forever
Minnesota
home
to
actually
practice
here
in
support,
strong
support
for
tobacco
21,
including
all
tobacco
products,
including
e-cigarettes.
So
as
a
physician
I'm,
all
too
familiar
with
the
deadly
impact
of
commercial
tobacco
use.
Lung
cancer
is
just
one
of
the
many
ways
tobacco
kills
its
users.
AE
Tobacco
also
kills
by
causing
strokes,
heart
attacks
and
cancers
throughout
the
whole
body,
including
the
kidneys
and
stomach,
and
even
if
a
smoker
is
lucky
enough
to
not
develop
a
disease
caused
by
tobacco
smoke.
Smoking
makes
chronic
conditions
like
asthma
and
die
he's
worse.
Well,
physicians
can
work
to
treat
these
conditions.
You
have
the
power
to
prevent
them.
Tobacco
21
will
save
lives
by
preventing
youth
from
beginning
to
use
tobacco
products
in
the
first
place
on
behalf
of
the
medical
community,
I
urge
you
to
pass
this
policy.
Thank
you.
A
AF
All
right
good
afternoon,
my
name
is
niala
hernandez
Nima's.
I
am
a
tenth
grader
at
Patrick
Henry
high
school
three
things
I
am
passionate
about.
Is
my
family
aren't
in
my
education?
One
thing
that
I
bring
to
the
table
that
adults
may
not
is
my
creativity.
I
have
been
involved
with
the
Minneapolis
Youth
Congress
for
almost
a
year
as
part
of
the
Minneapolis
Congress
strongly
believes
that
no
decision
about
youth
should
be
made
without
youth.
Tobacco
21
involves
youth
because
90%
of
tobacco
users
start
before
the
age
of
me
chief
ask
youth.
AF
We
should
be
focusing
on
our
health,
medication,
dreams
and
aspirations.
However,
due
to
stress
we
are
under,
and
the
tobacco
industry
strong
marketing
to
us,
many
of
my
peers
have
begun
to
use
tobacco.
We
all
know
that
there
are
health
risks
caused
by
the
use
of
tobacco.
Some
examples
are
strokes,
heart
attacks
and
several
types
of
cancer.
We
also
need
to
pay
attention
to
hell'.
Nicotine
affects
brain
development,
especially
due
to
a
vulnerable
brain
development
that
occurs
during
the
teenage
years.
It
disturbs
me
to
hear
my
peers
talking
about
buying
tobacco
products
and
using
them.
AF
I
AG
My
name
is
Jack
Lyon
I
go
to
Hogwarts
a
collegiate
high
school
three
things:
I'm
passionate
about
our
music
law
and
history.
One
thing
I
bring
that
adults
tone
is
my
passion
for
this
tobacco
21
initiative.
I
am
part
of
the
health
committee
at
NYC,
and
today,
I
have
come
to
talk
to
you
about
the
results
we
have
gotten
from
our
T
21
survey.
We
surveyed
people
who
are
current
tobacco
users
and
so
far
we
have
51
respondents
about
the
tobacco
use,
and
here
are
the
results
so
far.
AG
78%
who
responded
were
ages
18
and
under
22%
were
19
and
older
in
terms
of
ethnicity,
14%
were
African,
American
27%
were
louder
next
and
47%
were
Caucasian
when
asked
to
expose
them
to
tobacco,
mostly
family
and
friends.
The
survey
revealed
that
the
age
of
first
use
among
those
surveyed
was
32%
for
ages,
12
to
14
for
a
5
percent
for
ages,
14
to
16
and
18
percent
for
ages,
16
to
18
the
types
of
tobacco
being
used
are
40%
cigarettes.
AG
What
53%
are
using
e-cigarettes
39%
said
they
purchased
their
tobacco
in
stores,
while
34%
said
they
received
their
tobacco
from
those
who
are
18
years
old
and
younger
and
7%
said
they
received
their
tobacco
from
19
and
older
peers.
This
means
that
people
surveyed
are
close
to
5
times
more
likely
to
beginning
their
tobacco,
from
their
18
and
under
year-olds
peers
versus
those
19
and
older.
This
result
alone
shows
the
importance
of
raising
the
purchasing
age
of
tobacco
from
18
to
21.
AG
A
AH
Yeah
no
problem,
my
name
is
Amy
mosquito,
Paris
I'm,
a
senior
at
Washburn
high
school
three
things
I'm
passionate
about
is
my
culture
as
being
latina
equal
opportunities
and
for
a
better
future.
What
I
can
bring
to
the
table?
The
scan
is
my
experience
of
full-time
student
and
as
a
Latina
in
Minneapolis.
The
goal
of
this
policy
is
to
prevent
youth
addiction
to
tobacco
by
limiting
the
accessibility
to
our
youth.
AH
We
all
want
the
best
for
youth,
but
in
order
to
do
this,
we
shall
better
educate
teens
about
the
effects
of
tobacco
have
centres
where
we
can
support
students
who
are
at
risk
to
falling
into
this
addiction.
The
health
community
of
NYC
will
work
on
ways
to
inform
students
about
t21
and
the
risk
of
consuming
tobacco.
I
have
personally
seen
the
effects
of
tobacco
on
my
family.
My
grandpa
suffers
from
lung
cancer,
so
it's
a
longtime
addiction
that
started
when
he
was
six
every
product
that
inclusive
acolo
should
be
included
in
this
initiative.
AH
For
us
as
youth
and
the
future
generations,
we
believe
it
is
important
to
have
a
safe
and
healthy
environment
where
we
can
all
succeed.
The
goal
here
is
to
be
able
to
start
moving
towards
a
better
community.
Our
youth
us
want
us
to
know
that
our
city,
our
community,
our
home,
wants
the
best
for
us
by
passing
t21
future
generations
will
not
struggle
economically,
socially
and
health-wise
to
see
a
consumption
of
tobacco
products.
Thank
you.
A
AD
Bartholomew
to-to-to
County
Road
B
to
West
Roseville
Minnesota.
My
name
is
Mark
Bartholomew
I'm,
the
manager
of
smokeless
smoking
northeast
located
located
in
the
birthplace
of
Minneapolis
I've,
had
the
privilege
for
the
past
five
years
to
help
people
transition
from
smoking
to
vaping.
In
this
time,
I've
seen
all
walks
of
life
come
through.
My
shop
I
have
assisted
in
helping
18,
19
and
20
plus
year
olds,
quit
smoking
through
vaporization
and
turn
their
life
around
at
an
early
age
only
to
bring
their
parents
in
and
help
them
get
off
smoking.
AD
It
never
gets
old
to
witness
this
I
myself
started
at
15.
I
never
had
any
influences
towards
this
I
was
led
to
write
to
vaping
by
the
cold
weather
and
after
I
tried
that
smoke
anymore.
I
couldn't
do
it
to
myself
or
anybody
around
me.
The
following
principles
are
pulled
from
the
harm
reduction
coalition.
AD
If
we
raise
the
age
of
vaping
and
smoking
to
21,
we
are
essentially
teaching
the
public
they're
one.
In
the
same.
All
studies
today
clearly
state
that
vaping
is
95
percent
safer
than
smoking,
and
it
says
it
as
as
a
citizen
of
the
great
state
of
Minnesota,
my
whole
life
I
implore
you
to
consider
leave
an
exemption
for
vaping
so
that
the
younger
population
can
further
their
success
and
harm
reduction
and
leading
others
towards
healthier
living.
Thank
you.
A
AI
AI
I
liked
your
presentation
I
thought
that
there
was
some
good
information
in
there
I,
don't
know
if
you
put
yourself
like
put
it
together
yourself
or
had
some
help
doing
it,
but
a
little
double
bubble
picture
was
pretty
funny.
I
just
want
to
say
that
when
it
comes
to
nicotine,
it
is
not
the
same
thing
as
tobacco.
You
cannot
want
them
into
the
same
thing.
They
are
not
the
same.
AI
A
AI
Sure
I
mean
if
we're,
why
are
we?
Why
are
we
targeting
nicotine?
We
could
be
targeting
videogames,
we
could
be
targeting
McDonald's
I
guess,
that's
all
I
want
to
say.
A
AA
My
name
is
Neil
soft
6/14,
Delaware
Street
southeast
I
just
finished
my
freshman
year
at
the
university
Minnesota
I'm,
very
proud
of
that
one
and
as
high
school
senior
I
became
involved
in
advocate.
Excuse
me
advocating
for
tobacco
prevention
policies,
because
my
peers
use
vaping
devices
and
ecig
arrests
at
alarmingly
high
rates
on
my
college
campus.
It's
the
same
story.
I
see
these
products
everywhere.
Students
are
being
manipulated
by
tobacco
companies
through
social
media
and
appealing
packaging
that
disguises
the
ugly
truth
and
dangers
behind
the
product.
AA
AA
A
AJ
So
if
you
again
take
that
away
from
them
of
having
the
ability
to
have
all
the
different
options
of
products,
they're
gonna
go
back
to
tobacco,
our
stores,
ID
people
on
arrival
and
on
checkout.
So
we
are
trying
to
double
up
to
make
sure
that
we
keep
these
out
of
the
hands
of
people
under
the
age
of
18.
Minors
are
easily
accessible
to
alcohol,
which
is
21,
plus
I'm
sure
to
speak
in
on
experience
and
any
one
of
you
could
say
the
same
you
or
anybody
else.
You
know
didn't
most
likely
had
alcohol.
AJ
When
you
were
in
high
school,
it's
actually
doubled
over
the
years
of
high
school
percentage
of
people
that
drink
and
it's
been
21
plus
the
whole
time.
So
if
people
want
something,
they're
gonna
find
their
hands,
criminal's
wants
hurt
somebody
they're,
gonna,
do
criminal
activity.
Changing
a
lot
is
not,
and
unfortunately
I
don't
believe,
do
that
and
it's
gonna
actually
cause
more
harm
than
you're
trying
to
do
with
good
and
I
believe
you
guys
are
trying
to
do
good
and
I.
AJ
Commend
you
and
appreciate
the
fact
that
you
guys
are,
but
I
really
hope
that
you
do
keep
vaping
out
of
this.
So
we
can
not
put
the
cart
before
the
horse
and
take
something
away
that
actually
is
doing
a
harm
reduction
before
you
actually
know
what
it's
doing
or
not
doing
right
now,
you're
acting
based
on
emotion,
in
my
opinion,
we're
also
on
a
main
transit
line.
We
have
a
lot
of
people
that
come
to
our
store
for
many
other
cities,
as
you
know,
there's
a
main
transit
hub
right
in
Minneapolis
and
ultimately
I
hope.
AJ
You
guys
appreciate
the
fact
that
we
draw
business
to
Minneapolis
and
give
people
an
alternative
to
come
here
to
Uptown
as
well
and,
lastly,
anything
yeah
flavors,
just
like
any
of
us
help
people
quit
smoking
because,
ultimately
it
tastes
a
lot
better
than
cigarettes.
You
like
candy,
you
like
ice
cream
may
be
the
case,
but
ultimately
it's
not
only
for
kids.
It's
help,
everybody!
Thank
you
guys
for
your
time
and
I
hope
you
make
the
right
decision.
Thank.
A
AK
You,
mr.
chair
and
members,
my
name
is
Kapil
work,
I'm,
a
resident
of
5816
10th,
Avenue
South
in
Minneapolis
or
12:00
word;
11.
Sorry,
I
used
to
work
12
that
was
mine
I'm
here
on
behalf
of
IV
RM.
The
retail
Association
in
vapors
in
Minnesota
I,
would
like
to
address
a
couple
of
issues
raised
and
give
you
some
data
from
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Health.
According
to
their
most
recent
adult
tobacco
survey.
Vaping
is
the
number
one
option
for
adults
looking
to
cut
down
or
quit
smoking.
It's
number
one.
AK
By
far
and
when
we
look
at
the
youth
access
of
adult,
the
CDC
data
says
that
less
than
two
percent
of
students
who
try
a
cigarette
do
so
on
a
regular
basis.
The
Minnesota
Department
of
Health
data
actually
supports
this.
When
you
look
at
their
2016
study,
less
than
5%
of
students
who
tried
e-cigarettes
did
so
on
a
regular
basis,
the
majority
of
which
did
so.
It
tried
so
the
the
the
30-day
mark
gets
thrown
about
what
they
don't
tell.
AK
You
is
in
studies
done
by
clearway
Minnesota,
the
30-day
mark,
using
that,
as
a
measure
for
regular
use
of
vapor
products
has
been
shown
not
to
be
an
adequate
measure,
so
the
CDC
judges,
a
regular
use,
has
20
days
over
the
last
30
days.
The
majority
of
students
who
are
trying
cigarettes
are
trying
them
one
to
two
days
a
month.
This
connotes
this
signals
that
this
is
mostly
students
who
are
using
these
an
experimental
process
and
often
because
vapor
products
do
not
all
contain
nicotine.
A
number
of
students
are
actually
trying
these
with
zero
nicotine.
AK
So
the
concerns
of
this
becoming
a
ongoing
addiction
simply
don't
bear
out.
They
haven't
born
born
out
and
in
the
UK
at
which
matches
what
we've
seen
in
the
u.s.
smoking
rates
continue
to
be
amongst
youth
and
all-time
lows.
Even
though
youth
experimentation
with
vapor
products
has
seen
increases,
students
just
simply
aren't
using
vapor
products
and
transitioning
to
cigarettes
like
many
claim
they
are.
Thank
you
thank.
A
AL
First
off
good
afternoon,
council
members
and
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
today.
My
name
is
rich
Pennington
I
am
at
88
to
Armstrong
West,
but
I'm
here
to
speak
on
behalf
of
the
youth
we
serve
for
the
kitty,
Anderson
Youth,
Science
Center,
the
kitty
understand
youth
Science
Center,
provides
out-of-school
programming
for
hundreds
of
underserved
youth
with
the
goals
of
building
leadership,
skills,
career
readiness
and
fostering
confidence
and
appreciation
of
science,
technology,
engineering
and
math,
while
working
to
be
socially
conscious
and
civically
engaged
this
year.
AL
Our
youth
have
been
learning
a
lot
about
the
signs
of
tobacco
and
how
we
could
help
to
prevent
the
harm
tobacco
causes
community,
particularly
the
most
marginalized
community
members.
We've
all
been
surprised
to
learn
about
how
much
the
tobacco
industry
targets
our
communities
and
to
learn
how
much
nicotine
harms
the
developing
brain.
For
this
reason,
the
youth
and
I
hope
you
will
stand
against
the
tobacco
industry
and
vote.
Yes.
Thank
you
very
much.
A
AM
You
well
councilmembers.
My
name
is
Brian
reek.
Eighteen
hundred
third
Avenue
South,
a
couple
of
my
of
you
know,
current
and
former
employees
actually
spoke
earlier
today
and
I
kind
of
want
to
sort
of
change
gears
and
say
something
that
no
one
has
probably
set
up
until
this
point.
I
think
it
really
is
the
fact
that
those
who
are
in
support
and
those
who
are
not
in
favor
are
still
really
on
the
same
side
to
a
certain
degree.
AM
I
think
we
all
care
very
much
about
the
health
of
the
people
that
we
help
serve
in
our
communities.
I've
been
a
store
manager
of
our
Uptown
Minneapolis
location.
For
excuse
me,
approximately
four
years
and
in
that
time
I've
worked
with
thousands,
thousands
of
people
and
I
think
until
this
point
I'm,
probably
the
only
one
who's
apparently
part
of
about
five
percent
who
actually
started
smoking.
After
a
legal
age
of
18,
most
customers
I've
ever
had
the
opportunity
to
work
with
I'm
part
of
actually
from
our
meeting
council
member
Gordon
and
I.
AM
Remember
us
talking
most
people
who
have
started
using
tobacco
products
started
using
that
approximately
the
purchase
young
is
8.
9
10
11
12,
13
14,
we've
heard
15
out
here
already
all
very
far
away
from
that
18
year
old
threshold.
The
very
common
theme
there
is
that
most
of
these
individuals
started
stealing
these
cigarettes
from
their
parents
from
some
older
family
member
and
the
fact
of
the
matter
is
you
can't
put
any
ordinance
or
law
in
place
that
will
actually
eliminate
a
human's
interest
in
doing
things
that
they're
not
supposed
to
do.
A
AN
In
a
council
member
Cunningham
council
members,
my
name
is
eugene:
nichols
I
live
in
59
10,
David,
Court,
Shoreview,
Minnesota
I
come
to
talk
to
you
about
two
stories.
Today,
two
personal
stories,
my
brother
just
recently
died
of
COPD.
He
started
smoking
at
the
age
of
15.
If
I
could
have
been
there
when
he
started
smoking
and
I
was
there
I
think
it
would
have
been
a
different
story
that
I'm
telling
today.
The
second
story
is
one
of
my
mom.
My
mom
was
my
best
friend.
AN
The
the
reason
why
I
tell
that
story
is
that
when
we
looked
at
her
autopsy
results,
it
wasn't
because
the
direct
cause
of
smoking
that
she
died,
but
it
was
because
of
the
related
illnesses
that
she
died
from
having
smoked
for
so
many
years.
So
my
point
is
this:
we
need
to
take
it
out
of
the
hands
of
young
people.
I
think
the
ordinance
that
you're
looking
at
will
help
prevent
what
I've
gone
through
in
my
personal
life
with
my
brother,
my
mother
and
my
grandfather.
Thank
you
for
listening
to
me.
A
AA
AO
Infinite
vapor
for
about
four
years
now
and
I,
and
from
my
experience
and
I
used
to
be
smoker
to
working
with
a
lot
of
customers
quitting
smoking.
His
heart,
you,
you
own,
I,
see
a
lot
of
young
people
here
that
are
opposed
to
smoking.
That's
great
I
am
proud
of
them,
but
they
probably
have
never
ever
used
a
cigarette
before
so
they
don't
know
how
hard
it
is
to
quit
smoking
and
vapor
product.
AO
It
is
the
most
effective
method
out
there
to
quit
smoking,
and
even
if
you
you,
you
get
your
hand
on
a
vapor
product.
It's
it's
not
that
easy
to
quit.
Either
everybody
is
different
when
they
come
into
the
shop,
we
advise
them
on
what
device
to
use,
depending
on
their
preference
and
without
that
kind
of
Education.
AO
AO
Getting
it
from
their
friends
or
the
easiest
and
cheapest
method
would
be
to
get
the
cigarettes
bomb
it
off
from
somebody
else
by
a
Luci
somewhere
and
and
they
won't
have
a
chance
to
switch
to
vaping
and
I.
Think
that
is
a
tragedy
on
and
on
I.
But
I
asked
you
that
these
remove
whipping
from
the
t21
audience.
Thank
you.
AP
C
K
AP
I'm
from
Lake
Minnesota,
also
on
the
bait
shop,
a
couple
ecig
stores
and
gonna
make
ville
I
want
to
just
oppose
or
take
paper
out
all
of
the
t21,
just
because
I
think
that
a
lot
of
people
like
we've
been
hearing
we're
on
the
side
of
public
help
and
we
want
to
benefit
public
health.
A
lot
of
people,
a
lot
of
teenagers
start
when
they're
15
from
15
to
18
a
lot
of
these
teenagers
and
young
adults
develop
habits
to
become
one
pack
of
a
smokers.
AP
Now,
for
now
this
young
adults,
weren't
equipped
in
eighteen
or
nineteen,
when
acting
on
the
weight
for
two
or
three
more
years
before
they
can
have
access
to
tobacco
reduction
products,
but
at
time
they
could
eat
to
pack
a
day
smokers
and,
at
the
same
time,
the
likelihood
of
them
quitting
tobacco
after
smoking
for
two
more
three
years,
two
or
three
more
years
without
having
access
to
those
products
likely
increases
their
chances
of
not
quitting
tobacco
and
so
I
think
we're
all
in
the
same
size.
Just
that's
my
input
on
that.
So
thank
you.
Thank.
A
AQ
I
live
at
2:03,
East,
19th
Street
here
in
Minneapolis,
I'm,
an
MD
and
also
I
hold
an
mph,
so
I
work
in
community
public
health
advocacy
and
run
a
youth
health
coalition.
I
just
want
to
say,
I
appreciate
the
idea
of
harm
reduction
and
fee
as
a
cessation
device.
However,
the
American
Medical
Association
and
no
other
institutions
within
this
country
have
approved
this
as
a
cessation
device.
Moreover,
this
conversation
is
not
about
harm
reduction
and
cessation.
AQ
It
is
about
stopping
the
start
in
our
15
16,
17
and
18
year
olds,
who
have
access
to
their
friends.
I
appreciate
also
the
conversation
about
long
term
recovery.
However
vaping
and
cigarette
smoking
are
not
replacement
therapies
for
other
addictions.
We
know
nicotine
is
one
of
these
strongest
drugs.
I
am
an
individual
living
in
long
term.
Recovery
and
I
will
be
the
first
to
say.
I.
Do
not
advocate
for
this
I
think
T
21
is
a
great
way
for
Minneapolis
to
step
forward
like
some
of
our
other
capitals
in
the
in
the
country.
AQ
A
AR
Good
afternoon
Council,
my
name
is
Bruce.
Gregoire
live
at
61,
southeast
Oak,
Street
and
I'm
a
first
year
medical
student
here
at
the
University
of
Minnesota
and
I've,
been
working
in
tobacco
control
for
the
last
four
years.
I'd
just
like
to
echo
what
my
colleague
just
said
that
a
cigarette
right
now
as
far
as
the
literature
goes
or
not
demonstrated
to
be
effective
means
of
tobacco
cessation
for
individual
users,
especially
when
you
consider
the
risk
that
they
pose
for
youth
as
a
modality
to
switch
into
tobacco
later
in
life.
AR
I
would
just
like
to
voice
a
counter
weight
and
say
that
you
should
consider
keeping
the
cigarettes
and
vaping
products
within
the
tobacco
21
legislation.
I'd
also
like
to
say
that
so
I
just
I
just
took
a
final
a
few
weeks
ago
in
human
physiology,
I
passed
luckily,
but
in
my
class
thank
you,
but
but
what
our
lecturers
really
stress
upon
us
amongst
the
many
organ
systems.
Is
they
it
talks
about
the
lung
and
how
the
lung
is
an
exquisitely
complex.
AR
The
very
sensitive
organ
and
vaping
is
relatively
new
technology,
and
what
we
don't
know
is
where
the
large
firm
complications
I
come
with
vaping
illnesses
that
come
up
with
Co
cigarettes
take
34
years
to
pop
up.
We
don't
really
know
the
implications
yet
of
putting
these
compounds
into
our
bodies,
yet
so
I
think
right
now
is
an
excellent
time
to
be
conservative
about.
You
know
the
risk
that
it
posed
to
youth
and
their
availability
to
put
this
in
their
body.
I
noticed
these.
These
hearings
are
recorded
right
now
and
I
guess.
AR
You
know
I
feel
worried
that
one
day,
four
years
from
now,
when
I'm
on
the
couch,
not
flexing
I,
don't
want
to
see
some
documentary
comes
up.
That
shows
we
had
the
opportunity
to
say
you
know
we're
gonna,
try
to
avoid
people
being
exposed
to
these
compounds.
Well,
we
just
didn't
know
how
risky
they
were.
I
think
that
was
a
good
time
to
be
conservative
and
I.
Thank
you
for
your
courage
in
this
endeavor.
A
AS
Name
is
Loretta
Chang,
a
pastor
at
Ebenezer
Church
in
Minneapolis
I
work
with
a
lot
of
African
I
know
how
much
tobacco
is
affecting
African
community
who
doesn't
have
any
voice,
but
when
I
listen
as
a
pastor,
listening
in
the
fight
between
the
prophet
and
life,
so
I
urge
the
council
to
stand
with
life
than
many
so
I
I
support
this
resolution
to
pass
and
I
hope
you
just
stand
with
life.
Thank
you.
AT
Name
is
Jake
border
Burgin.
For
me,
in
Minnesota,
I
am
a
nicotine
addict.
I
started
smoking
at
the
age.
18
I
spoke
for
about
eight
years
and
I
believe
that
T
21
should
not
be
passed
for
the
reason
of
there
are
gonna,
be
people
with
nicotine
addictions
well
they're.
Not.
This
has
passed
the
opportunity
to
bathe
rather
than
smoke
or
chew.
As
an
obviously
healthier
alternative.
AT
A
AU
My
name
is
Sam
Seymour
and
I.
Work
for
Bates,
calm,
relocated
out
in
Bloomington
I
just
want
to
kind
of
share.
My
personal
experience
with
vaping
I
used
to
smoke
cigarettes
in
high
school
growing
up
started
around
16,
vaping
kind
of
came
around
a
little
after
I
was
probably
like
19
20
started
it
and
I
was
able
to
quit,
and
I
haven't
had
cigarette
for
about
four
or
five
years
now.
AU
But
one
of
the
things
I'd
like
to
say
is
that
vaping
reason
why
I
was
so
successful
for
me
was
I
was
able
to
lower
my
nicotine
levels
all
the
way
down
to
even
zero
if
I
so
choose.
So
you
know
I'm,
just
having
the
option
there
to
choose,
you
know,
being
18
and
addicted
to
nicotine.
I
would
love
to
have
the
option
job.
You
know
for
a
healthier
choice.
In
my
opinion,
you
know
and
the
option
of
even
vaping
zero
in
15.
AU
A
AU
A
Thank
you
again,
I
want
to
ask
folks
to
be
conscientious
of
repeating
similar
messages,
as
we
are
asking
one
last
time
or
potentially
one
last
time
is
there
anyone
else
pride
the
president
who
would
like
to
speak
anyone
anyone
all
right,
seeing
no
one
else
wishing
to
speak.
I
will
close
this
public
hearing
now
I'm
going
to
turn
it
to
my
colleagues,
council,
member
Johnson
Thank.
E
A
E
Moved
my
men
I,
move
the
motion
and
then
made
a
motion
to
amend
the
port
yeah
and
so
I
just
want
to
speak
to
this
amendment.
This
is
an
amendment
that
would
take
the
original
implementation
date
of
August
first
and
move
it
back
by
60
days
to
October.
First-
and
this
was
after
extensive
conversation
with
the
industry,
they
made
some
really
reasonable
points
around
upgrading,
POS
software
training
employees
from
outside
jurisdictions
as
well.
We
wanted
to
respect
the
challenges
that
they
faced
in
implementing
this.
We
think
it's
a
reasonable
compromise.
E
A
A
A
C
You
again
sure
Cunningham,
so
you
know
and
I
heard
some
people
mention
that
we
are
dealing
from
a
place
of
emotionality
and
would
lack
of
evidence.
But
I
would
offer
that
I
have
been
involved
in
tobacco
prevention
for
over
10
years
and
served
as
a
coach
in
the
lamp
leadership
program
developed
by
clear
way
and
have
attended
international
national
regional
conferences
about
the
impacts
and
effects
of
tobacco.
X
AQ
C
C
And
I
don't
know
it's.
It's
just
really
interesting
to
me
that
tobacco
kills
more
individuals
than
than
any
other
substance,
and
we
still
allow
it
to
be
a
legal
substance,
and
so
to
me,
this
step
would
just
be
a
very
small
step
in
saying
we
are
interested
and
concerned
about
the
health
of
our
communities
and
our
young
people
and
trying
to
take
some
measures
to
help
improve
the
health
Thank.
A
AV
You
mr.
chair
I'm,
not
on
this
committee,
but
I
was
lucky
enough
to
co-author
this
piece
of
legislation
with
council,
member
Johnson
and
so
I
want
to
thank
you
for
inviting
me
into
this
process
and
and
helping
me
as
a
new
council
member
to
say,
introduce
my
first
ordinance.
I
also
want
to
thank
the
advocates
for
showing
up
and
for
you
know,
everybody
who
stood
up
and
testified.
I
think
this
is
a
really
this.
AV
AV
Also,
taking
this
issue
incredibly
serious,
you
know
last
year,
Minneapolis
raised
the
minimum
wage,
it's
right
when,
when
I
think
about
the
city
as
being
really
an
attractive
place
for
businesses
and
for
people
to
come
and
and
make
their
money
and
earn
their
living
in
a
city
like
Minneapolis,
you
know
we,
as
a
legislative
body,
have
to
say
that
we're
not
gonna
allow
the
the
financial
health
of
an
industry
to
be
predicated
on
the
exploitation
of
their
workforce.
Right.
AV
Similarly,
I
think
that
we're
saying
here
that
we're
gonna
not
going
to
allow
the
financial
health
of
the
tobacco
industry
to
be
to
come
at
the
expense
of
youth
and
so
I
think
that's
an
important
step
to
take
I'm
really
proud
to
of
the
advocates.
Who
really
were
the
loudest
voices
to
get
this
passed
and
I'm
happy
to
be
a
co-author.
So
I
just
wanted
to
to
say
those
words
and
to
thank
my
colleagues
and
to
thank
all
of
you
and
that's
all
it.
That's
it.
Thank
you.
D
That
is
some
of
your
motivation.
Unfortunately,
that's
not.
We
didn't
hear
the
whole
picture
of
e-cigarettes
because
there
are
actually
tobacco
companies
that
have
bunch
of
money
sunk
into
this
in
their
marketing
each
cigarettes
in
all
the
stores,
and
they
I
believe
had
very
different
motivations.
They
want
to
get
lifetime
customers,
even
though
their
lifetimes
will
be
shorter
than
most
lifetimes,
but
they
want
to
get
them
and
they
want
to
get
them
hooked
on
the
nicotine
and
so
that
they
can
gradually
can
spend
their
money
on
all
the
products
they
have
to
offer.
D
Not
like
some
of
you
who
actually
think
you
want
them.
You
told
me
this:
you
want
them
to
quit,
coming
and
buying
your
materials
within
a
year,
and
then
it's
a
stay
or
two
or
three
or
whatever.
It
takes
so
I
appreciate
that.
But
it's
also
really
hard
for
me
as
a
policy
maker
up
here
to
to
know
how
effective
that
really
is
because
nobody
recognizes
it
or
like
since,
is
it
or
acknowledges
it
as
a
cessation
device
and
strategy
and
listening
to
some
of
the
discussion,
I
think
some
people
are
gonna
leave
this
thinking.
D
You've
got
two
options.
If
you
want
to
quit,
you
either
have
to
go
cold,
turkey
or
vape.
Well,
that's
actually
not
true.
There
are
some
recognized
cessation
devices
and
some
people
were
raised
this
near
the
end
and
I
appreciated
that
I
mean
you
can
if
you're
18,
and
you
want
to
quit
right
now,
you
can
go
over
the
counter
and
get
a
patch.
You
can
go
and
get
over-the-counter
uhm
gum.
You
can
go
over
the
counter
and
get
lozenger.
It
will
provide
you
with
some
nicotine
and
will
help
you
quit
and
they
work.
D
I
can
speak
from
personal
experience,
they
work
and
they
can
work.
It
can
work
for
decades.
For
you,
if
you,
if
you
try
some
of
those
in
sometimes
it
only
takes
a
day
or
two,
and
so
it
isn't
a
big
expense
of
going,
and
if
that
doesn't
work
good
enough,
you
can
actually
go
talk
to
a
doctor
and
you
can
get
some
some
non.
Nicotine
alternative
prescriptions
to
also
assist
you
in
quitting.
There
are
teams
of
people
in
clinics
who
will
help
you
figure
out
a
good
way
to
quit
and
and
I
think.
D
People
should
understand
that
they're
not
going
to
be
doomed
somehow
to
driving
to
some
faraway
City
to
get
some
electronic
vaping
device
so
that
they
can
get
an
alternative
to
smoking.
So
I
just
want
that
to
be
clear,
especially
for
people
who
might
have
been
viewing
from
home
or
somewhere
else
that
there
are
lots
of
alternatives.
There's
lots
of
support
and
people
want.
You
can
do
to
to
to
try
to
quit
and
I
would
say
for
those
of
you
who
want
to
have
the
the
vaping
alternative
as
a
legitimate
cessation
device.
D
You've
got
to
figure
out
a
way
to
have
it
recognize.
There
are
still
concerns
about
what
else
is
in
there
and
I
know
that
you've
got
recipes
you'll
share
and
it
shows
that
there's
mostly
okay,
stuff
I
guess
you
know,
but
if
you
just
google
it
a
little
bit
they're
gonna
find
people
who
are
raising
concerns
about
what
are
the
additives
who's
regulating
it?
Where
are
they
actually
listed?
Are
they
on
the
packaging?
What
do
you
get?
D
It
it's
almost
a
Bigham
as
a
mystery
is
what
the
tobacco
companies
are
putting
in
their
cigarettes
in
terms
of
what
they're
putting
in
the
vaping
stuff
and
what
kind
of
stuff
that's
untested
and
I'm
figured
out
so
be
careful
with
it,
as
even
as
you're
using
it
as
a
stepping
stone,
maybe
to
get
off
tobacco.
So,
given
all
that,
maybe
overly
dramatic
and
hand
waving
that
I
just
participated
in
I.
Just
wanted
to
be
clear
if
it
that
I
sympathize
with
you
but
I'm.
Definitely
supporting
this
ordinance.
E
You
mr.
chair
I
want
to
start
by
thanking
everybody
who
showed
up
today.
It
took
the
time
to
come
and
speak.
There
were
many
passionate,
powerful
stories
on
both
sides
of
the
issue
and
I
greatly
appreciate
you
being
here
today.
I
want
to
thank
our
advocates
as
well
in
the
community.
It
really
is
mobilized
around
this
issue
when
I
think
our
Health
Department
staff,
our
business
licensing
staff
for
their
critical
support
and
bringing
this
forward
today.
I
want
to
thank
my
co-author.
It's
been
great
working
with
you
on
this
and
appreciate
the
partnership.
E
I
also
want
to
thank
the
other
cities
that
have
passed
c21.
This
is
something
we
like
it
when
Minneapolis
leads
on
issues
and
in
this
case
we're
not
necessarily
leading
on
it,
we're
proud
to
be
joining
our
other
cities,
but
these
cities
have
really
taken
tremendous
leadership
in
passing
these
policies.
This
includes
Edina
st.
E
I've
been
proud
on
this
council
to
be
a
big
proponent
of
our
small
businesses,
have
worked
to
create
our
small
business
office
that
work
to
eliminate
dozens
of
regulations
that
work
to
lower
licensing
fees
and
make
it
easier
overall
for
businesses
in
the
city
and
I
also
believe
in
common-sense
legislation
to
advance
public
health.
And
so
that's
why
I'm
proud
today
to
be
authoring.
E
This
ordinance
with
my
colleague
because
I
believe
it
has
a
very
minimal
impact
to
our
small
businesses,
but
a
very
large
impact
to
Public
Health
youth
are
aggressively
marketed
to
with
this
they're
targeted
disproportionately
targeting
black
brown
and
indigenous
people,
exploiting
their
bodies
for
profits
and
treating
their
lives
as
disposable.
Youth
are
targeted
with
products
that
are
highly
addictive,
meant
to
hook
them
and,
as
we
know,
tobacco
is
a
neurotoxin
and
disrupts
brain
development
and
chips
away
at
individuals,
health.
E
We
need
public
health
policy,
it
stands
up
for
our
youth
and
gives
them
a
fighting
chance.
I
can
tell
you
from
my
own
experience
in
high
school.
It
was
easiest
to
get
your
hands
on
cigarettes.
It
was
easy
because
seniors
that
are
18
years
old
could
just
go
down
the
street
to
a
convenience,
store
and
turn
around
and
sell
to
their
friends.
E
The
next
easiest
thing
was
marijuana
to
get
was
harder
than
cigarettes,
but
then
the
hardest
that
I
found
was
alcohol.
You
had
to
be
really
motivated
to
get
that
because
none
of
the
seniors
could
just
go,
get
it
and
a
lot
of
people
that
are
21
and
up
didn't
wanna
sell
the
teenagers
still
in
school,
and
so
you
had
to
be
pretty
creative,
pretty
motivated.
You
might
be
able
to
get
your
hands
on
it
and
that
use
the
use
really
followed
with
the
eats.
K
E
It
was
so
easy
and
some
other
aspects
of
being
young
is
that
I,
remember
being
an
18
year
old
and
I
thought
I
knew
everything,
but
then
by
21
I
realized
how
much
more
I
had
to
learn,
and
we
know
that
youths
brains
are
still
developing,
including
the
rational
thinking
skills
all
the
way
through
18
into
21
and
even
beyond.
Somebody
mentioned
here
about
guns
personally,
I
think
you
shouldn't
have
high
schoolers
being
able
to
go
out
there
and
get
assault
rifles
and
handguns
as
well.
E
So
I
think
we
need
to
be
careful
with
our
public
policy
and
think
about
the
milestones
within
a
person's
development
in
their
life
and
whether
they're
capable
of
making
the
most
important
decision
possible
in
their
own
interests,
because
while
we
have
warnings
on
cigarette
boxes,
if
you
ask
most
teens
trying
their
first
cigarette
if
they
thoroughly
wrestled
with
and
process
the
reality
that
two-thirds
of
smokers
die
early
from
tobacco
use
and
that
they
may
be
one
of
them
unable
to
stop
after
that.
First
cigarette.
E
E
E
I
encourage
the
state
to
take
action
to
pass
t21
at
a
state
level
so
that
over
the
next
15
years,
thirty
thousand
more
youth
will
not
start
smoking
and
they
will
have
healthier
happier
lives
and
so
will
all
those
that
know
them
and
can
value
and
appreciate
those
the
healthier
position
they
are
in.
So
with
that
I
ask
my
colleagues
to
support
this.
Thank
you
all.
It's
a
privilege
and
honor
to
be
able
to
work
on
this
issue.
E
A
You
councilmember
Johnson
are
there?
Do
my
colleagues
have
any
other
questions?
Comments
concerns
all
right.
Seeing
no
further
questions.
I
we
have
a
motion
from
councilmember
Johnson
on
the
table
for
the
approval
of
the
ordinance
amending
title
13
chapter
281
of
the
Minneapolis
Code
of
Ordinances
related
to
businesses
and
business
regulation,
tobacco
dealers
of
many
provisions
to
increase
the
minimum
age
of
sales
or
provision
of
tobacco
products
from
18
to
21.
A
All
right,
thank
you,
everyone
for
sticking
together
through
that
public
hearing
and
conversation
for
those
of
you
who
are
thrilled
and
excited
by
neighborhood
associations.
Please
stick
around
because
next
up,
if
folks
could
please
take
their
conversations
out,
it's
you,
the
hallways
out
of
the
chambers,
I.
AA
C
A
A
AW
Today,
we
are
joined
by
a
few
people
from
the
in
CEC.
I
want
to
make
sure
I
cover
them
all.
We
have
Nick
Chiclets,
who
is
the
chair
of
the
NCA
and
at
the
pleasure
of
the
chair
after
my
presentation,
I'd
like
to
say
a
few
words
about
this
process
as
well.
We
have
Marcus
Mills
who's.
The
second
vice
chair
of
the
neighborhood
community
engagement
commission,
and
we
have
also
I
believe
Dennis.
Poole
is
still
here.
Yes,
so
here
as
well
as
well
as
the
neighborhood
organization
representative.
AW
So
I
wanted
to
make
sure
we
pointed
that
out.
We
are
loading
up.
We
have
a
very
long
password
here,
but
we're
trying
to
enter
into
the
computer
and
trying
to
load
up
the
PowerPoint
presentation,
but
before
that,
I
can
talk
a
little
bit
about
what
we
are
looking
to
do
here.
I
think
one
of
the
things
to
start
off
is
really
so
state
and
I.
Think
it's
really
important.
Minneapolis
is
a
very
engaged
City.
AW
We
have
multiple
ways
for
people
to
engage
with
the
city
which
includes
our
neighborhood
organizations,
as
well
as
a
multitude
of
other
ways,
as
you
just
saw
and
spent
the
last
couple
hours
regarding
the
tobacco
21
ordinates
proposal.
So
we
have
a
very
engaged
city.
Our
neighborhood
organizations
have
really
been
a
significant
part
of
that
work
and
between
the
neighborhood
revitalization
program
and
the
community
participate
participation
program.
Excuse
me,
we
are
coming
up
on
three
decades
of
significant
investment
into
our
neighborhood
work.
AW
That's
a
consolidated
tax,
increment
finance
district,
which
currently
funds
our
neighborhood
organizations,
will
come
to
an
end
that
program
or
that
funding
mechanism
will
continue
to
fund
neighborhoods
through
the
end
of
2.
1
20
become
January
1st
2021,
both
the
current
community
participation
program
and
the
funding
for
it
comes
to
an
end,
and
so
this
discussion
is
really
about
what
happens
after
twenty
twenty
twenty-one
or
starting
in
2021.
AW
The
road
map
being
presented
today
is
really
an
outline
of
the
process
that
we're
going
to
go
through
in
order
to
involve
the
community
and
stakeholders
and
neighborhoods
in
that
discussion
about
dealing
with
the
program.
We're
also
going
to
look
at
governance
issues.
We're
also
going
to
look
at
engagement
policy
issues
within
the
city,
the
the
neighborhood
star.
The
road
map
really
just
outlines
the
process.
It
outlines
our
values
in
this
work
and
it
gives
us
an
opportunity
to
really
look
at
what
has
worked
really
well
in
what
ways
we
can
actually
improve
this
work.
AW
What
it
doesn't
do
is
in
the
proposal
is,
there's
a
number
of
ideas
around
possible
models
that
could
be
used
in
the
future.
There's
also
a
number
of
recommendations
that
have
been
developed
through
previous
previous
engagement
efforts,
as
well
as
through
the
vehicle
report
and
other
evaluations
that
have
been
done
along
the
way.
Those
were
included
in
the
road
map
and
still
are
in
there
as
an
appendix
for
when
the
workgroups
are
set
up
to
really
kind
of
dive
into
those
deeply.
But
what's
being
asked
today,
is
not
to
approve
any
of
that
work.
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It's
really
just
to
approve
the
work
routes
moving
forward
so
that
that
continues
to
be
a
part
of
the
road
map,
but
we're
not
making
any
recommendations
on
that.
As
of
as
of
today,
so
specifically,
what's
being
requested
of
the
council.
Today
is
three
specific
actions.
One
is
approving
the
workgroups
structure,
which
I'll
go
through
in
a
minute.
The
second
is
receiving
and
filing
the
public
comment
period.
We
did
open
the
road
map
up
for
public
comment
and
then
also
in.
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Receiving
and
filing
the
actual
updated
road
map,
we
made
a
number
of
changes
based
on
the
comments
that
came
in
to
really
help
kind
of
clarify
the
work.
This
has
a
reminder
and
I
know.
All
of
you
on
the
council
know
this,
but
neighborhood
organizations
over
the
last
thirty
years
have
really
done
a
tremendous
amount
of
work
for
the
city.
It's
really
considered
a
core
city
service.
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They
have
organized
thousands
of
volunteers
and
countless
hours
of
time
it
really
to
help
improve
our
city
and
have
supported
many
many
collaborations
with
other
nonprofits
businesses
and
governmental
entities,
as
well
as
the
city
to
make
improvements
into
the
into
their
communities
in
the
city.
They
have
created
a
sense
of
community
and
this
work
has
been
done
at
a
level
which
the
city
could
never
do
without
these
type
of
partnerships.
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Moving
forward,
as
I
mentioned
as
the
one
program
comes
to
an
end,
the
community
participation
program
comes
to
an
end
at
the
end
of
2020,
there's
really
an
opportunity
to
really
look
at
our
current
system
and
take
a
look
at
it.
What
could
be
improved
and
really
position
us
for
moving
forward
into
the
future?
We
know
that
there
are
many
opportunities
to
improve
the
work.
Our
current
system
right
now,
many
neighborhood
organizations
there's
different,
comparing
capacity
levels
within
the
organizations.
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We
also
want
to
make
sure
that
we
provide
lead
pass
ways
for
new
leadership
into
and
that
neighborhood
organizations
continue
to
serve
as
basically
areas
where
community
rep
remembers
can
really
learn
leadership,
skills
and
move
on
to
other
things
in
the
city.
We
know
that
the
NCR's
staff
are
stretched
and
supporting
the
70
neighbourhood
organizations
in
the
city
and
that
currently
some
of
our
staff
has
a
have
as
many
as
seventeen
neighbourhoods
assigned
to
them.
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We
know
the
city
has
become
more
diverse
and
it
continues
to
become
more
diverse,
racially
and
culturally
as
more
immigrants
and
people.
The
communities
of
color
move
into
the
city
and
our
city
has
become
more
renters.
The
number
of
renters
in
the
city
continues
to
grow.
We
are,
and
we
have
become
much
more
aware
of
the
equity
challenges
that
exist
in
our
cities
and
City,
and
know
that
neighborhood
organizations
can
be
a
partner
in
addressing
those
inequities.
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The
one
thing
on
this
is
I
would
say
that
our
current
model,
as
I
mentioned
really
has
been,
was
developed
in
the
1990s,
and
the
city
has
changed
a
lot
since
that
time
period.
So
at
this
time,
really
provides
a
great
opportunity
need
to
take
a
look
at
this
work
and
figure
out
what
it
is
that
we
need
and
really
to
carry
and
support
this
work.
Moving
forward.
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One
is
the
creation
of
the
NCR
department
itself,
which
was
started
about
seven
years
ago
to
really
look
at
ways
that
we
can
engage
cultural
communities
and
put
folks
that
are
generally
under
represented
in
the
process
and
the
decision-making
processes
and
making
sure
that
we
have
ways
to
address
that.
So
NCR
has
been
around
for
a
little
over
seven
years.
We
work
on
88
compliance.
We
work
on
supporting
language
access
within
the
city.
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So
we
have
seen
an
increase
in
the
language
access
work
in
the
city
since
2010
of
over
500%
and
just
as
another
example,
our
community
connections
conference
continues
to
grow
and
is
really
at
parity
with
the
city's
diversity,
diversity,
demographics
and
so
we've
been
able
to
make
significant
strides
in
that
area
with
that.
Neighborhood
organization
still
represent
the
largest
investment
in
community
engagement
by
the
city.
This
is
a
snapshot
of
the
2017
actual
expenditures
by
the
NCR
Department.
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Eighty
percent
of
our
budget
went
out
through
the
neighborhood
revitalization
program
in
the
community
participation
program
as
direct
support,
neighborhood
contracts
that
are
in
place.
In
addition,
neighborhoods,
we
have
neighborhood
staff
that
support
neighborhood
organizations,
which
represented
another
eight
percent
of
our
budget,
so
collectively
neighborhood
work
in
2017
represented
88%
of
NCR's
total
budget,
even
with
88
percent
of
our
resources
supporting
neighborhoods
neighborhoods
I've,
actually
seen
as
60%
decrease
in
expenditures
over
the
last
17
years,
so
announcements.
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What
we're
asking
is
our
neighborhood
organizations
to
do
more
work
in
cultural
engagement
and
and
cultural
outreach
with
less
resources
and
a
city
that
continues
to
become
more
diverse.
That's
a
challenge
and
it's
just
challenged
they've
taken
on,
but
the
challenge
that
we
need
additional
additional
support
in,
at
the
same
time,
we're
still
working
on
within
a
model,
a
framework
that
was
developed
in
the
1990s
before
some
of
these
demographic
changes
really
started
to
take
take
hold.
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So
this
is
really
a
great
opportunity
to
move
forward
and
look
at
what
really
we
can
be
doing
from
2020
and
Beyond
in
supporting
our
community-based
planning
and
our
neighborhood
organizations
in
the
city.
So
what
we
did?
What
NCR
does
we
listen
to
the
community
in
2017?
We
went
out
and
sort
of
talking
to
people
about
what
this
could
and
should
be,
and
how
could
we
do
this
better?
So
last
year
we
we
started
with
five,
what
we're
very
large
community
conversations
where
over
700
people
participate
participated.
Talking
about
neighborhood
work
in
the
city.
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So
these
are
some
of
the
challenges
that
in
neighborhoods
2020
we're,
hoping
and
we're,
not
hoping
that
we
will
be
taking
on.
We
also
sent
the
road
map
out.
We
developed
the
road
map
based
on
these
conversations
really
about
how
we're
going
to
go
through
this
decision
process
and
how
that
that's
going
to
be
who's
going
to
be
included,
and
we
sent
that
out
for
public
comment.
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The
comment
period
closed
about
a
week
and
a
half
ago
right
at
the
end
of
April,
we
had
33
neighborhoods
respond
and
we
had
16
individuals
also
respond
that
as
well
some
great
feedback,
it's
included
in
your
your
packet
for
the
meeting
today.
It
is
also
available
online
and
we
are
reporting
back
to
the
community
about
the
major
themes
that
we
heard
as
well
as
the
individual
comments.
The
road
map
includes
a
timeline
about
how
this
process
will
move
forward.
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It
also
identifies
draft
core
city
services,
one
of
the
things
that
I've
been
really
I,
think
adamant
about
that.
We
need
to
clarify:
we
refer
to
neighborhoods
as
providing
a
core
city
service
and
really
those
kind
of
eyes
and
ears
on
the
street.
At
a
level
that
the
city
itself
cannot
do,
and
we
really
said
identify
what
that
is,
so,
would
people
understand
and
understand
what
that
role
is
both
for
the
city
city,
employees,
elected
officials
as
well
as
the
neighborhood
organizations?
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We
also
included
there
in
there
a
draft
set
of
guiding
values
for
this
work
and
what
we
really
believe
in
it
would
our
core
so
supporting
as
we
go
forward
with
these
discussions,
and
so
those
are
included
in
the
roadmap.
So
the
action
item
for
you
today
is
moving
forward.
We
are
requesting
to
move
forward
with
three
work
groups
to
support
this
work.
The
work
groups
will
be
in
three
specific
areas:
one
is
program,
funding
and
implementation
for
neighborhood
organizations,
so
this
is
really
looking
at.
This
is
the
core
of
what
does
that
program?
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Look
like
what
kind
of
resources
are
allocated
to
it
and
how
does
that
actually
get
implemented
over
starting
in
2020
or
20
2001
and
beyond?
The
second
workgroup
is
around
governor
advisory
structures.
So
currently
we
have
the
neighborhood
Community
Engagement
Commission,
and
we
have
the
NRP
policy
board.
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We
are
setting
up
a
workgroup
really
to
look
at
is
what's
the
right
type
of
advisory
structure
that
should
be
carrying
this
work
forward,
and
the
third
thing
is
as
a
citywide
and
Community
Engagement
policy
which
clarifies
our
attempt
here
is
to
clarify
the
role
of
neighborhood
organizations
of
working
with
a
city
in
the
city
working
with
the
neighborhood's.
This
is
not
only
will
this
include
this
workgroup,
but
we
will
be
engaging
city
departments
in
this
conversation
as
well
to
help
feed
the
information
into
the
workgroups.
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So
working
with
the
NCC
we've
come
up
with
a
structure
for
these
workgroups
they
will
have.
Two
of
them
will
have
15
members.
One
of
them
will
have
16
members,
I
will
just
say.
We
know
this
is
a
bit
large,
but
this
is
a
big
conversation
with
a
lot
of
people
that
are
wanting
to
be
part
of
this
conversation,
and
we
believe
this.
We
can
manage
this
over
the
next
eight
months.
Each
work
group
will
have
one
representative
from
the
City
Council
that
would
be
appointed
by
the
council
president.
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It
would
have
one
mayor,
Oriole
representative,
that
would
be
appointed
by
the
mayor.
It
would
have
to
in
CEC
reps
neighborhood
community
engagement
representatives
that
would
be
appointed
by
the
by
the
Commission.
It
would
have
one
in
NRP
policy
board
rep
for
two
of
the
workgroups,
the
program
guidelines
and
the
citywide
engagement
policy
and
then
have
two
NRP
policy
representatives
for
the
governance
advisory
structure,
because
clearly
they're
more
directly
affected
by
that
those
would
be
appointed
by
the
policy
board
and
would
not
be
an
CEC
members,
because
there's
overlap
between
the
two
and
then.
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Lastly,
there
will
be
three
community
representatives,
five
neighborhood
reps,
and
to
equity
and
undoing
racism,
representatives
on
under
work
groups
and
those
would
be
decided
by
a
joint
committee
between
the
NCSE
and
the
NCR
department.
So
that
is
the
proposal
for
you
today.
The
our
intent
is
to
get.
This
would
be
a
public
process
where
any
members
of
the
community
could
apply.
We
put
together
a
draft
application
form
which
I
believe
was
included
in
the
packet
for
you
today
we
are
going
to
be
reaching
out
to
community
members
to
apply
to
this.
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I
think
one
of
the
things
I'm
wishing
we
had
was
more
direct
council
involvement.
If
there
was
the
interest,
I
see
two
places
where
we
maybe
could
do
more.
Of
that,
one
would
be
to
I
mean
I,
don't
know
how
many
council
members
are
gonna,
be
interested
in
serving
on
these,
but
I
would
say
if
there
were
six
of
them.
The
two
wanted
to
be
on
this
one
and
two
on
that
one
and
two
on
the
other
one.
D
That
would
probably
be
good
for
us
and
good
for
the
city
to
get
more
engagement
from
council
members
on
the
workgroups,
so
I'm
not
sure
how
to
phrase
that
I
certainly
wouldn't
want.
If
we
want
them
to
be
somehow
balanced
and
with
community
involvement
and
of
course
we
have
quorum
issues,
I
would
want
the
meetings
to
be
noticed
and
I
wouldn't
want
them
to
be
a
majority
of
council
members
running
the
show
either,
but
I
want
to
throw
that
out
there.
D
Also,
when
we
talk
about
who
gets
to
appoint
the
community,
the
cultural
community
representatives
and
the
neighborhood
representatives-
and
it
looks
like
we
have
n
CEC
members
and
NCR
staff
involved,
but
we
don't
have
any
council
person
even
reviewing
those
are
looking
at
them.
It
seems
like
a
natural
fit
for
the
chair
of
the
committee
to
play
a
role
or
his
office,
or
something
like
that
or
somebody
from
the
council
to
also
be
involved
and
engaged
in
that
I
I
just
have
a
sense.
D
The
more
Council
and
Mayor
are
all
policymaker
involvement
we
can
have
in
the
workgroups
and
in
this
whole
process,
the
more
likely
we're
going
to
end
up
with
a
product.
At
the
end,
that's
gonna
have
enthusiastic
council
support
for
where
it's
at
so
that's
kind
of
where
I'm
coming
from
I
want
to
throw
that
out
to
you
and
the
committee
members
I,
don't
I,
understand
we're
proving
I'm,
not
sure,
if
I'm
ready
to
make
specific
amendments
about
how
to
improve
this
structure.
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County
dam
and
cons,
member
Gordon
I
very
much
appreciate
and
welcome
your
comments
around
having
council
involvement
in
this
that
it's
going
to
be
really
important.
When
we
get
to
the
end
that
there's
ownership
from
the
council
and
members
of
the
council,
they
can
speak
to
this
to
the
full
council
as
well,
and
so
I
think.
I
applaud
that
effort
and
I
I
would
welcome
that.
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Regarding
the
specifics
around
that
the
meetings
are
actually
gonna
be
open
to
the
public.
These
weren't
considered
voting
members
in
essence,
and
so
these
were
the
folks
that
will
be
come
to
decisions
would
be
making
it,
but
others
would
be
welcome
to
participate
in
the
conversation
as
well.
So,
whether
it's
it's
more
of
an
informal
connection
or
if
you
really
want
to
add
specifically
another
council
member
to
each,
is
right
now
we're
at
three
council
members
that
would
bump
it
to
six
so,
but
also
I
would
welcome
a
chair.
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D
Somehow,
if
I
can
to
just
say
that
it
will
be
up
to
two
City
Council
representatives,
so
that
would
if
we
can
only
find
one
or
none
I
guess
that
would
work
too,
but
on
each
and
I
and
I
guess
the
council
president
can
I
guess
pick
I'll
leave
that
alone
with
that
tone
in
my
voice
but
number,
and
then
let's
add
for
that
last
about
thing
about
the
three
community
representatives
and
five
Navy
representatives
and
to
equity,
undoing
racism
representatives
will
apply
through
an
open
appointments.
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AE
A
C
J
D
You
so
I'm
looking
at
the
staff
report,
and
it
has
three
work:
groups
would
be
and
they're
listed
so
that
I
don't
know.
If
everybody
can
see
that.
D
Yes,
so
maybe
I
should
have
gone
somewhere
else,
but
that's
where
it's
laid
out
so
I'm
number
three.
It
says:
citywide
community
engagement
policy
and
then
it
says
the
final
decision,
who
is
a
member
of
each
work
group
will
be
decided
as
follows,
and
it
says
one
two
three.
So
the
number,
even
though
I
think
yeah
one
City
Council
representative,
will
be
appointed
by
that
council
president.
D
Well,
I
guess
what
I
wanted
to
say
is
up
to
two
City
Council
representatives
will
be
appointed
by
the
council
president,
so
that's
gonna
fit
for
work
group.
So
that's
going
to
mean
we
have
to
amend
the
numbers
up
above
to
say
up
to
somehow
so
that
gets
complicated,
but
the
the
one
that
was
a
little
bit
confusing.
When
you
said
it,
city
clerk
was
three.
D
A
A
What
was
the
staff
direction?
I
would
like
to
amend
to
make
it
a
staff
direction
the
similar
to
change.
Sorry,
let
me
try
again.
I
would
like
to
amend
the
motion.
That's
on
the
table
too
I'm
I'm
getting
so
many
with
this
y'all.
How
do
we
set
direction
to
do
to
change
the
roadmap
to
reflect
the
requests
by
the
council?
AW
A
Correct,
yes,
okay!
So
it's
so
then
amending
the
road
map
council,
member
accomplice,
president
Jenkins
is
that
are
we?
Is
that
clear?
Yes,
okay,
cool!
Thank
you,
okay!
So
on
on
the
amendment,
then
all
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye
aye,
all
those
opposed
say.
No,
that
item
passes
and
then
do
we
have
to
vote
on
the
original
motion
as
well
all
right
so
on
the
original
motion
put
forth
by
a
council
member
Gordon,
all
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye.
A
AW
It's
my
expectation
that
these
workgroups
will
do
listening
sessions
and
do
engagement
also
and
that
we
would
be
continuing
to
report
back
to
the
community.
Yes,
his
work
continues
to
progress
so
with
that
I
do
believe
there
unless
I
miss
it.
There
there's
two
other
actions
that
would
be
needed
and
that's
the
receiving
file
for
both
the
community
comment
period,
as
well
as
the
updated
roadmap,
but
before
we
do
that,
if
I
may
hand
it
over
I'm
sure
Chiclets.
A
AA
AX
AX
AX
AX
F
AX
That
is
listed
as
a
draft
document.
That's
taught
that
neighborhood
and
community
relations
are
sorry.
Neighborhood
and
community
engagement,
Commission
recommendations
for
recalculating
the
2020
roadmap,
as
director
Rubin
or
talked
about
the
road
map
is
a
road
map.
I
mean
it
doesn't
have
the
answers
there
and
we
really
hope
that
the
workgroups
play
a
major
role
in
that.
But
many.
AX
AE
AX
AX
AX
The
last
ten
months
is
that
neighborhoods
are
doing
great
work.
There's
things
that
can
change,
there's
opportunities
to
reform
a
program
to
work
differently
for
training,
there's
opportunities
for
changes
at
NCR
and
CEC,
but
in
general
individuals
feel
like
we've
got
programs
that
are
allowing
neighborhoods
to
do
really
really
positive
work
out
of
our
Commission
meetings.
AX
It's
important
to
share
this
today,
even
though
the
workgroups
haven't
met
yet
is
I
want
all
of
you
to
know
that
the
NCC
will
continue
to
seek
output
in
the
coming
months
on
everything
that's
happening
in
the
workgroups
continuing
to
come
back
with
thoughts
and
ideas.
This
will
be
another
Avenue,
we'll
have
individuals
who
are
serving
on
the
workgroups,
but
we'll
also
be
hearing
feedback.
We
hear
a
lot
from
the
neighborhoods
about.
AX
Does
NCC
always
have
to
match
up
with
everything
that
the
department
says,
we're
an
advisory
board
or
an
Advisory
Commission
to
the
City
Council,
the
mayor
and
NCR,
and
we
want
to
continue
to
do
that
work
and
where
we
agree
with
NCR.
We
want
to
continue
that
path,
but
we
also
want
to
share
with
you
even
on
a
more.
B
AX
B
AX
Workgroups
and
I
think
the
suggestions
today
were
great
in
terms
of
getting
feedback
from
the
City
Council
and
building
in
that
and
a
cohesive
process.
The
NCC
has
a
strong
part
of
Me's
and
I
wanted
to
share
that.
The
makeup
of
the
workgroups
came
from
community
input
and
CEC
input
and
NCR
input,
and
so
there's
a
lot
of
questions
out
in
the
community.
If,
where
did
this
come
from
and
it
did
come
from
feedback
from
neighborhoods?
B
AX
Believe
that
there'll
be
more
recommendations
from
NCC,
which
may
overlap
with
the
workgroups
may
be
part
of
the
workgroups,
but
might
be
an
opportunity
for
all
of
you
to
say
what
are
other
parts
of
the
city
hearing
and
telling,
and
the
NCC
can
be
that
barometer.
We
want
to
continue
to
be
that
in
the
coming
months.
So
I
want
to
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
before
you
today.
Thank.
AW
He
has
really
changed
the
meetings
to
be
much
more
focused
in
on
community
input
sessions,
as
well
as
around
specific
topics
for
the
NCC
to
learn
from
people
that
are
out
in
the
field
doing
the
work,
and
it's
been
a
really
kind
of
a
refocus
of
that
work.
It's
gone
extremely
well
and
they've
been
great
partners
and
been
helping
to
shape
this
work.
So
with
that,
that
concludes
my
presentation.
Thank.
A
You,
mr.
rubadoux,
are
there
any
questions
or
colleagues
from
our
questions
or
comments
for
my
colleagues
all
right,
seeing
no
questions,
I
move
approval
directly.
Excuse
me:
I
move
approval
directing
at
the
neighborhood
and
Community
Relations
Department
to
move
forward
with
the
application
process
of
the
neighborhood's
2020
workgroups,
as
well
as
to
receive
and
file
the
public
comment
report
on
the
neighborhood's
2020
roadmap,
a
converse,
a
guide
for
conversation
and
receiving
and
filing
the
updated
bro
roadmap
document.
A
All
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
aye,
those
opposed
say
no,
the
eyes
have
it
and
these
items
have
been
approved
and
received
and
filed.
Thank
you,
mister
Rupa
door.
That
is
our
last
item
on
today's
agenda.
Thank
you
to
my
colleagues
for
sticking
around
for
this
marathon
meeting.
Our
next
meeting
is
scheduled
for
June
4th
2018,
one
at
1:30
p.m.
here
in
the
council
chambers,
as
always
to
the
riveted
listeners
at
home.