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From YouTube: May 24, 2018 State of the City Address
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Minneapolis Mayor's, May 24, 2018 State of the City Address
A
Good
afternoon
and
welcome
my
name
is
Amy
Ellis
I'm,
the
executive
director
of
lundström
Performing
Arts
I,
have
the
privilege
of
running
lundström
with
my
four
sisters.
We
are
so
very
honored
to
have
mayor
fry
and
mimic
the
city
of
Minneapolis
give
their
State
of
the
City
address
here
today.
Lundström
Performing
Arts
is
a
Northside
legacy,
a
mini
Juilliard
for
musical
theatre.
A
That's
been
planting
seeds
of
opportunity
and
young
people
since
1927
mayor
Frey
understands
the
profound
and
positive
impact
that
the
arts
can
have
on
a
person's
life
and
the
overall
health
of
a
community
Thank
You
mayor
Frey,
and
thank
you
to
the
city
of
Minneapolis
for
providing
lundström
students
this
opportunity
to
shine.
We
now
bring
to
the
stage
the
lundström
performers.
C
D
Wow
that
was
amazing
good
afternoon
everyone
and
welcome
I'm
Lissa
bender
I'm,
the
10th
Ward
City
Council
member
and
president
of
the
Minneapolis
City
Council
I
want
to
thank
you
all
so
much
for
joining
us
here
today.
On
behalf
of
my
colleagues
on
the
council
and
welcome
you
here
to
the
lundström
Performing
Arts
Center
for
the
mayor's
1st
2018
State
of
the
City
address.
D
Thank
you
now,
I
have
to
say
before
we
started
a
few
of
us
council
members
were
wondering
how
the
mayor
was
going
to
incorporate
these
colorful
blocks
into
his
speech
and
I
think
we're
all
a
little
relieved.
You
never
know
quite
what
you're
going
to
expect
from
your
FRA.
We
would
also
just
like
to
offer
our
health
heartfelt
thanks
to
the
board
and
staff
of
this
amazing
Performing
Arts
Center,
for
your
gracious
hospitality.
Today,
the
lundström
Performing
Arts
Center
invests
in
children's
creativity
and
in
the
same
time,
in
their
hopes
and
their
dreams.
D
This
is
an
organization
that
serves
a
student
population.
That's
60%,
kids
of
color
and
40%
of
the
students
here
have
financial
assistance.
This
organization
is
investing
in
exactly
the
kinds
of
things
that
we
all
need
in
order
to
realize
our
shared
vision
of
a
more
equitable
City.
So
thank
you
to
everyone.
Who's
involved
in
this
incredible
organization,
and
thank
you
mayor
for
choosing
this
special
location
for
your
first
State
of
the
City
address
today
is
state
of
the
city.
Address
is
part
of
an
adjoint
adjourned
meeting
of
the
Minneapolis
City
Council.
D
D
B
Well,
thank
you
so
much
for
that
very
kind.
Introduction.
Council
president
bender.
Your
partnership
is
critical
to
the
success
of
our
of
the
city
and
I
can't
wait
to
get
to
work
with
you
even
more.
Thank
you
to
the
members
of
our
City
Council
in
this
journey
to
form
a
more
perfect
City.
Your
work
is
critical
and
it
is
so
very
much
appreciated.
My
amazing
wife
Sarah
is
here
today
together,
we've
been
navigating
an
entirely
new
and
very
public
life
and
she's
doing
it
all,
while
working
full-time
and
putting
herself
through
law
school.
B
Sarah,
you
are
an
inspiration
to
me
and
everyone
that
is
lucky
enough
to
know
you.
My
my
mother-in-law.
Kathy
is
also
here.
Thank
you
for
being
here.
Kathy.
Many
of
our
partners
from
the
state
legislature
are
here
as
well.
The
session
was
a
difficult
one,
but
they
gritted
it
out
and
got
some
good
things
done
for
Minneapolis.
So
please
stand
and
be
recognized.
B
B
B
B
Not
only
do
Minneapolis
succeed
in
becoming
the
best
park
city
in
the
entire
country,
but
st.
Paul
was
just
behind
us
number,
two
Mayor
Melvin
Carter,
of
course,
my
partner
from
across
the
river.
You
please
stand
and
be
recognized.
Thank
you
so
much
for
being
here,
mr.
mayor,
while
we're
at
it
how
about
the
lundström
students
that
performance
was
spectacular,
the
Casserly
sisters
are
clearly
doing
an
excellent
job.
I.
B
I
can
tell
you
with
100%
certainty
that
there
is
no
team
who
will
work
harder
to
get
the
job
done
than
this
one
and
welcome
to
everyone
to
our
administration's
first
State
of
the
City
address.
Welcome
to
the
lundström
and
welcome
to
north
minneapolis,
north
minneapolis,
the
home
of
people
who,
for
generations
have
invested
in
this
community
North
Minneapolis
home
of
the
University
of
Minnesota's
urban
research
and
Outreach
Center,
north
Minneapolis,
home
of
I
Bob's,
Thor
companies,
the
Minneapolis
apprenticeship,
training,
center,
Wolfpack
promotions,
project
sweetiepie
and
more
than
700
other
businesses.
B
But
when
some
here
North
Side,
they
don't
think
of
those
statistics,
those
facts
they
don't
think
about
North
Minneapolis
as
the
asset
that
it
is
that
speaks
to
a
deeper
need,
a
deeper
need
to
re-examine
how
we
look
at
ourselves
and
reimagine.
How
we
see
every
corner
in
every
neighborhood
of
our
entire
city.
We
need
to
flip
political
paradigms
on
their
heads.
We
are
ushering
in
an
era
of
action,
guided
by
a
results-oriented
approach
in
City
Hall
I'm
talking
about
results,
not
rhetoric,
but
results.
B
We
need
to
take
what's
practical
and
trade
it
in
for
what's
possible
and
I'll.
Tell
you
what
here's
what's
possible?
The
team
at
the
Cedar
Riverside
Opportunity
Center
is
making
our
regional
economy
stronger.
This
March
the
opportunity
center
marked
its
one-year
anniversary.
They've
done
a
lot
in
that
time.
In
the
first
year
alone,
more
than
550
people
have
secured
employment
through
the
opportunity.
Center
that's
more
than
one
job
placements
per
day.
Councilmember
Abdi
wore
Sami
recognized
what
was
possible
made.
B
It
happen
by
rallying
public
private
nonprofit
partners
around
the
goal
of
boosting
employment
and
higher
education,
enrollment
and
I'm,
proud
to
say
they
are
hitting
the
marks.
All
this
goes
to
show
that
what's
possible
when
we
work
together,
unfettered
by
skeptics,
undeterred
by
doubt
or
the
way
it's
been
done
and
I'll
continue
working
with
councilmember
Warsaw
me
and
stakeholders
to
further
strengthen
workforce
development
by
partnering
with
our
labor
allies
and
higher
education
institutions,
we
can
work
towards
a
scholarship
program
that
supports
members
of
community
pursuing
a
trade
or
apprenticeship.
B
This
is
a
real,
tangible
progress
item
that
can
be
measured.
We're
committed
to
being
accountable
to
the
goals
we
set
by
clearly
measuring
the
results.
That's
why
this
year,
our
city's
strategic
plan
will
no
longer
be
defined
by
values
alone.
Values
will
undoubtedly
continue,
be
informing
the
apalla
cease
and
resource
allocations.
We
prioritize,
but
moving
forward,
the
work
of
our
city
will
be
guided
by
measurable
and
tangible
goals.
The
abstract
and
the
theoretical
will
take
a
backseat
to
the
concrete
and
the
possible.
B
Our
city
government
can
be
more
efficient
and
more
responsive
to
the
needs
of
people
who
live
here.
Have
we
done
what
we
said,
we're
gonna
do
we'll
be
at
the
heart
of
how
our
city
will
operate
thanks
to
the
good
work
of
our
city
coordinator,
Maria,
Rivera,
van
der
Meyde
and
her
team.
That
will
be
the
expectation
for
our
city
and
all
of
our
departments.
B
Now
I've
heard
a
lot
about
the
a
lot
of
talk
about
the
youth
of
my
administration
and
the
relative
youth
of
the
council.
Usually
when
these
words
are
uttered,
it
is
an
accompanies
of
mentality
that
our
relative
youth
is
in
some
way
shape
or
form
a
liability.
I
disagree.
It
is
an
asset,
it's
an
asset
specifically
when
new
perspectives
and
ambitions
are
coupled
with
experience
and
know-how.
It's
an
asset
when
forward-thinking
public
servants
and
seasoned
experienced
ones
take
the
time
to
learn
from
one
another.
B
20-Some
years
ago,
a
very
young
activist
council
member
former
finance
director
of
Paul
Wellstone
executive
director
of
morale
and
arch
opponent
of
corporate
subsidies
entered
City
Hall
for
the
very
first
time
on
inauguration
day.
Her
name
was
Lisa
Goodman.
Now
new
council
members,
like
Philippe
Cunningham,
have
taken
up
the
mantle
of
young
trailblazers
while
drawing
from
the
expertise
of
time-tested
leaders.
We
have
exactly
the
right
blend
of
experience,
the
right
diversity
of
background
and
importantly
and
appreciation
for
the
urgency
of
now
good
the
challenges
of
the
day.
They
demand
it.
Despite
significant
investments.
B
Over
the
last
18
years,
we
have
lost
housing
that
is
affordable
to
people
at
or
below
50%
of
the
area
median
income
faster
than
we
have
produced
it.
At
the
same
time,
renter
incomes
are
down
14%
from
2000,
while
rent
is
up
11%,
it
is
difficult
to
overstate
the
severity
of
our
housing
crisis
and
the
need
to
address
it.
B
So
today
we
will
not
measure
up
to
these
tasks
unless
we
have
teamwork
and
sincerity
of
purpose
on
all
side
and
in
return,
I
asked
for
cooperation
and
assistance
in
making
possible
the
realization
of
the
type
of
administration
that
will
best
serve
our
community.
These
awards
were
not
my
own
I
borrowed
these
words
from
a
1945
speech
that
then
mayor
Hubert
Humphrey
delivered
to
frame
up
an
issue.
He
deemed
the
crisis
then
like
now.
That
issue
is
housing.
B
The
call
to
action
and
commitment
to
collaboration
resonates
today,
just
like
it
did
then,
and
it
is
in
dick
of
our
history,
one
that
spans
centuries
and
includes
intentional
segregation.
Redlining
restrictive,
covenants,
a
history
we're
in
North
Minneapolis
was
explicitly
designated
a
slum
for
blacks
and
Jews.
We
didn't
stumble
into
these
circumstances.
We
can't
expect
to
stumble
out
of
them.
We
must
move
forward
with
intentionality.
B
Earlier
this
month,
I
rolled
out
an
affordable
housing
agenda
for
the
city.
We
announced
the
recommendations
put
forth
by
my
affordable
housing
taskforce,
which
includes
an
historic
50
million
dollar,
push
for
affordable
housing,
a
level
four
times
greater
than
any
previously
put
forward
by
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
B
This
is
an
historic
amount
for
ana
stork
problem,
I'm
calling
on
all
of
us
to
make
history
and
back
this
push
to
secure
the
funding
and,
while
I
can't
guarantee
that
we
will
reach
the
50
million
dollar
figure
this
year.
I
can
make
a
promise
to
each
and
every
one
of
you
each
and
every
person
who
calls
and
wants
to
call
Minneapolis
home
that
if
we
fall
short,
it
won't
be
for
lack
of
trying.
B
Affordable
housing
must
be
in
every
a
neighborhood
I
believe
in
socioeconomically,
diverse
neighborhoods
and
I
believe
in
pushing
back
on
some
of
the
intentional
segregation
we've
experienced,
and
so
this
affordable
housing
plan
must
be
a
plan
for
the
whole
city
and
that
investment
is
key
to
effectively
setting
our
affordable
housing
agenda,
which
is
designed
around
four
primary
goals:
expanding
access
to
housing,
preserving
existing,
affordable
housing,
standing
up
for
tenants
and
promoting
homeownership
first
with
a
2%
vacancy
rate
and
demand
well
outpacing
supply.
Expanding
access
to
affordability
is
paramount.
B
While
I
would
be
naive
to
think
that
we
can
simply
build
our
way
out
of
this
crisis.
It
is
essential
that
we
make
building
more
affordable
housing.
A
key
component
of
our
plan
to
often
affordable
housing
built
has
not
been
built,
affordable
to
people
who
need
help
the
most
specifically
those
making
at
or
below
30%
of
area
median
income
and
a
majority
of
renters
at
or
below
30%
a
level
are
people
of
color.
Building
that
deeply
affordable.
B
Housing
is
a
critical
part
of
our
agenda,
because,
if
we
truly
being
intentional
about
helping
those
who
are
struggling,
the
most
those
who
have
been
subjected
to
historic,
disinvestment
then
deeply
affordable
housing
has
to
be
top
of
mind.
Not
an
afterthought
and
I
know.
Our
housing
committee,
chair,
councilmember,
kam
Gordon,
agrees
with
me
entirely.
I
believe
you
should
be
able
to
live
in
a
neighborhood
of
your
choosing,
be
that
north
south
southwest
and
our
investments
need
to
reflect
that
mentality.
B
Building
deeply
affordable
housing
will
be
challenging
even
when
we
are
fully
committed,
but
it
will
not
be
possible
if
we
rely
on
half
measures.
That's
why
we
should
remove
the
city's
self-imposed
$25,000
unit
cap
on
affordable
housing
funding.
Removing
that
cap
would
give
people
who
want
to
build
deeply
affordable
housing
more
opportunity
to
do
so.
Preserving
the
affordable
housing.
We
already
have
is
crucial
to
that's
the
second
corner
of
our
housing
agenda.
Preservation
is
the
most
effective
way
to
support
affordable
housing,
yet
it
is
all
too
often
been
one
of
the
most
neglected
strategies.
B
Our
for
deep
pilot
program
is
a
good
example
of
how
we
can
do
more
using
city
partnerships
to
expand
eligibility
for
a
property
tax
reduction.
This
program
incentivizes
keeping
at
least
20%
of
their
units
affordable
at
or
below
60%
of
area
median
income.
Now
we've
already
received
application
for
the
4d
program
for
hundreds
of
units
from
neighborhoods
across
our
entire
city.
That
strong
start
comes
in
no
small
spark
Park
thanks
to
the
work
of
our
City
Council
and
Thank
You
councilmember
Goodman,
who
helped
shape
the
policy
early
on.
B
If
the
final
results
of
this
new
program
are
positive,
as
the
launch
has
been
I
want
to
work
with
my
colleagues
and
the
state
on
bringing
it
to
scale,
we
should
also
be
doing
more
to
invest
in
efforts
to
support,
acquiring,
rehabilitating
and
renting
naturally
occurring
affordable
housing
throughout
Minneapolis
I
intend
to
increase
the
funding
in
the
city's
NOAA
acquisition
fund
to
do
just
that
and
beyond
the
buildings.
We
need
to
look
out
for
the
people
who
occupy
them.
We
need
to
stand
up
for
renters
to
account
for
more
than
50%
of
our
population.
B
Too
often,
the
deck
is
stacked
against
people
who
are
looking
for
a
safe
home.
The
practices
of
landlords
like
Steve
friends
and
mahmoud
khan,
have
made
that
all
too
clear
strengthening
renters
rights
will
require
that
we
actually
understand
the
housing
conditions
our
low-income
renters
are
experiencing
every
day.
Hiring
more
inspectors
will
help
us
do
better
on
that
front
and
when
legal
action
does
prove
necessary,
tenants
are
frequently
outmatched
by
landlords
with
more
time
and
resources.
That's
why
the
city,
the
city,
should
be
making
better
use
of
tenant
tenant
remedy
actions
in
the
past.
B
The
city
has
not
substantially
involved
itself
in
landlord
tenant
disputes,
leaving
costs
burden
renters
to
fight
for
justice
against
some
of
the
wealthiest
attorney,
backed
landlords
in
town
now,
through
ATR,
a
tenant
remedies
action
approach.
The
city
can
step
into
the
shoes
of
the
tenant,
putting
the
full
weight
of
our
city
attorney's
office
behind
them,
and
even
before
a
person
has
found
a
home.
There
are
institutionalized
barriers
like
exclusionary
rental
screening
practices
that
can
disqualify
people
solely
for
a
singular
past
issue
with
rent
payment,
and
that's
not
right.
B
Several
of
my
colleagues
on
the
council
are
working
on
a
to
to
end
those
practices
and
make
a
tenant
screening
more
inclusive,
and
so
we
need
to
be
doing
more
to
stand
up
for
renters,
but
we
also
need
to
be
making
it
easier
for
those
who
are
struggling
to
find
affordable,
homeownership
opportunities.
A
great
place
to
start
would
be
dramatically
increasing
vacant
City
lot
development
developing
more
vacant
lots
to
provide
homeownership
opportunities,
does
more
than
boost
tax
revenue
and
quality
of
life
in
the
surrounding
neighborhoods.
B
It
is
one
of
the
surest
ways
to
effectively
build
generational
wealth.
Complementary
to
this
approach
is
increasing
the
support
for
downpayment
assistance
for
affordable
homeownership
by
adding
a
new
first
generation
homebuyer
program
to
complement
traditional,
first-time
homebuyer
programs.
Our
city
can
make
a
roof
to
take
real
strides
in
reducing
poverty,
but
we
can't
stop
there.
Housing
is
about
more
than
shelter.
Housing
provides
a
foundation
from
which
people
can
rise.
Currently,
eight
and
a
half
percent
of
our
minneapolis
public
school
students
are
experiencing
homelessness
and
housing.
Instability.
B
That's
over
3,500
students,
our
kids,
don't
walk
into
the
classroom
as
a
blank
slate.
They
walk
into
the
classroom
with
all
the
successes
and
failures
of
society
failures.
We
can
either
perpetuate
or
we
can
prevent.
We
must
do
our
part
so
as
not
to
fail
our
schools,
our
teachers,
our
parents
and
our
families
and
our
children
who
so
deserve
to
focus
their
attention
on
their
futures
rather
than
where
they're
gonna
rest
their
head
at
night.
B
I'm
really
excited
I
am
really
excited
to
announce
a
new
initiative,
one
that
will
provide
stability,
stability,
promote
learning
and
help
to
create
a
more
direct
correlation
between
hard
work
and
success
for
our
students,
working
in
conjunction
with
the
minneapolis
public
housing
authority,
Minneapolis,
Public,
Schools
and
Hennepin
County.
My
office
has
arrived
at
the
Minneapolis,
stable
homes,
stable,
Schools
Initiative.
B
Through
this
initiative,
we
will
be
providing
support
directly
to
families
not
through
a
developer
or
some
outside
agency,
but
directly
directly,
so
that
students
and
their
families
who
are
experiencing
homelessness
or
housing
instability
have
rapid
direct
support
to
find
housing
near
their
school
or
prevent
them
from
being
displaced.
To
begin
with,
the
program
also
lot
also
looks
to
provide
wraparound
services
for
students
and
their
families,
including
school
supplies,
job
training
and
support
and
other
services.
We
can
provide
housing
stability
for
as
many
as
320
families
and
648
MPs
pre-k
through
eighth
grade
students.
B
B
B
Minneapolis,
stable
homes,
Minneapolis
stable
homes
for
stable
schools
is
a
landmark
plan
for
an
increasing
need.
The
time
is
ripe
for
action,
so
we're
leading
from
a
place
of
unprecedented
potential
in
our
city,
but
that
potential
will
not
be
realized
without
a
clear
plan,
a
comprehensive
plan
that
recognizes
we
aren't
limited
by
hundred-year-old
laws
anymore
than
we
are
limited
by
our
willingness
to
change
them.
Thank
you
so
much
to
council
president
bender
for
your
work
on
this
endeavor
and
thank
you
to
your
partnership
in
seeing
it
through
as
a
body.
B
We
are
not
inheriting
a
comprehensive
plan.
We
are
granting
one
to
future
generations.
Traditionally
our
plans
have
been
comprehensive
in
areas
of
agreement,
but
apprehensive
in
areas
of
controversy,
I'm,
not
under
the
false
impression
that
all
aspects
of
our
comprehensive
plan
will
be
universally
accepted
without
vigorous
discussion
in
our
communities.
But
I
am
of
the
impression
that,
without
that
vigorous
discussion,
we
are
taking
the
same
apprehensive
approach
that
dodges
our
foremost
deficiencies
do
I
believe
in
the
notion
that
we
should
change
our
zoning
code
to
allow
for
greater
breadth
of
housing
options.
B
You're,
damn
right,
I
do
and
here's.
Why
I
believe
that,
right
now
as
much
as
2/3
of
our
city
is
still
zoned
exclusively
for
single-family
homes
and
restricted
further
to
the
wealthy
by
lot
sides?
In
other
words,
unless
you
have
the
means
to
own
not
just
a
home
but
a
very
large
home
in
some
instances
on
a
very
large
lot,
your
chances
of
living
in
many
neighborhoods
is
zero.
B
I
believe
in
neighborhoods
that
are
built
on
inclusion
and
diversity
of
use
and
that
kind
of
all-encompassing
vision
will
not
be
made
real
unless
we're
willing
to
take
a
closer
look
at
how
our
zoning
code
impacts,
disparities
and
I
look
forward
to
doing
exactly
that
with
our
zoning
and
planning
chair
councilmember
J
me
Schrader.
Thank
you
for
your
work.
Councilmember.
B
The
concept
of
inclusion
also
applies
to
our
growing
economy.
Do
I
want
businesses
to
start
here,
grow
here
and
most
importantly,
stay
here
absolutely,
and
if
we're
serious
about
that,
we
must
retain
and
expand
land
designated
for
job
producing
uses.
We
must
ensure
a
welcoming
business
environment
by
implementing
policies
and
processes
to
support
small
midsize
and
large
companies.
Our
Minneapolis
will
be
the
place
where
entrepreneurs
find
roadmaps
to
success,
not
roadblocks
to
opening.
We
can't
be
agnostic
about
where
our
investments
go
and
who
benefits
front
from
them.
This
is
key
to
our
global
competitiveness,
competitiveness.
B
So,
through
our
comprehensive
plan
process,
I
want
to
hear
your
input,
positive
input,
enthusiastic
input
or
even
I
hate
the
Comprehensive
Plan
input.
We
want
to
hear
it
all
our
zoning
codes,
our
policies
and
our
practices
are
important,
but
the
most
precious
assets
are
neighbors.
A
good
neighbor
can
make
a
world
of
difference.
Just
ask
Blaise
Garcia.
When
Glaus
was
15
years
old,
his
parents
returned
to
Mexico
before
they
left.
They
asked
then
officer
giovanni
valise
to
look
out
for
their
son.
Lieutenant
valise
did
more
than
that.
B
He
mentored
blas
and
made
sure
that
he
finished
his
education
at
Washburn
high.
He
stepped
up
the
very
way
good
neighbors
do
and
helped
a
young
man
who
needed
it.
Lieutenant
believes
made
sure
blas
felt
a
part
of
the
community
that
he
was
included.
An
absence
of
compassion
can
corrupt
the
decency
of
a
community,
a
state
and
a
nation
wrote
civil
rights
attorney,
Bryan,
Stevenson
fear
and
anger
can
make
us
than
victim
and
abusive,
unjust
and
unfair
until
we
all
suffer
from
the
absence
of
mercy
and
we
condemn
ourselves
as
much
as
we
victimize
others.
B
Lieutenant
Willie
has
demonstrated
the
type
of
compassion
that
our
city
must
be
defined
by
precisely
at
that
moment
in
time,
so
blatantly
tarred
by
a
lack
of
compassion
in
our
national
politics.
New
Americans
are
not
simply
residents
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
They
are
our
brothers
and
sisters.
They
are
shopkeepers,
workers,
CEOs
and
artists.
For
many
of
us
they
are
the
loves
of
our
life,
our
entire
society
and
everything
we
believe,
rests
on
standing
up
for
them
right
now,
but
the
Trump
administration
and
I
promise.
B
That's
the
only
time
you'll
hear
his
name
insists
on
pretending
they
don't
not.
Since
1950
has
a
citizenship,
question
appeared
on
the
US
census
in
2020,
it
appears
that
it
will
be
asked
again.
That's
because
the
citizenship
question
flies
in
the
face
of
the
Constitution
and
is
indeed
an
extension
of
Conn's
concerted
racist
efforts
to
take
power
away
from
welcoming
communities
like
ours.
B
And
getting
the
census
right
is
about
getting
government
right.
An
accurate
count
lays
foundation
for
a
strong
and
healthy
democracy.
Cities
also
depend
on
census
data
for
delivering
good
services
that
help
improve
people's
lives.
Here
in
Minnesota,
over
$1,500
per
person
is
allocated
by
the
federal
government
each
year.
That
money
goes
towards
everything
from
housing
to
health
care.
Throughout
our
census,
2020
initiative,
the
city
is
partnering
with
trusted
nonprofits
and
diverse
community
leaders
to
help
fight
back
against
intimidation
and
fear
and
keep
our
participation
in
the
census.
Strong,
a.
B
Wonderful
council,
vice-president
Andrea
Jenkins,
along
with
councilmembers,
Alondra,
Cano
and
Abdul
or
Sami,
are
helping
spearhead
that
work
and
I
trust
that
these
efforts
will
only
gain
momentum,
as
we
make
our
way
toward
2020
immigrants
and
new
Americans
have
rights.
We
need
to
make
sure
they
know
what
those
rights
are.
The
sworn
officers
through
the
United
States
are
required
to
plainly
state
the
rights
provided
to
those
being
detained
in
the
form
of
Miranda
I
believe
that
those
who
are
undocumented
should
be
aware
of
the
rights
with
the
same
level
of
clarity.
B
That's
why
today
we
are
announcing
that
Minneapolis
police
cars
will
soon
be
outfitted
with
language
from
our
City
Attorney's
Office,
outlining
those
rights
with
clarity.
We
will
be
installing
placards
with
language
in
both
English
and
Spanish
detailing
a
person's
rights.
As
far
as
they
relate
to
Isis.
We
will
not
let
the
lekha
the
lack
of
compassion,
demonstrated
the
highest
levels
of
our
government,
prevent
us
from
doing
the
right
thing
by
our
immigrant
community
right
here
in
Minneapolis.
B
And
so
I'm
committed
to
working
with
my
colleagues
on
the
council
towards
a
municipal
ID,
and
we
must
be
thoughtful
and
implementation
to
prevent
the
release
of
the
data
of
the
very
people
we
seek
to
protect.
We
need
everyone
in
our
city
to
feel
safe,
valued
and
loved
and
to
have
the
tools
they
need
to
succeed.
We
cannot
resign
ourselves
to
accepting
the
hand
that
federal
government
or
the
state
legislature
deals
us.
B
Too
often
it
does
continued
and
sustained
advocacy
at
the
Minnesota
Legislature
and
in
Washington
DC
will
be
critical
to
making
meaningful
gun
reform
happen,
but
community,
LED
and
community
backed
efforts
to
locally
are
making
a
big
difference.
In
2017,
the
city
of
Minneapolis
began
an
important
and
impactful
initiative
on
the
north
side.
It's
called
group
violence
intervention,
the
premise
is
simple
and
the
results
are
encouraging.
Gvi
relies
on
a
public
health
based
three
prong
approach
to
curb
gun
violence.
B
Gvi
clients
are
provided
the
wraparound
services
and
supports
needed
to
effectively
change
their
lifestyle
and
gvi
is
working
and
it's
exceeding
expectations
so
I'll
be
looking
closely
at
ways
to
expand
him.
Now.
Many
of
you
have
heard
me
say
that
the
concepts
of
safety
and
accountability
are
intrinsically
linked.
We
won't
have
safe
neighborhoods
unless
people
trust
the
police
and
right
now,
especially
for
many
communities
of
color
that
trust
has
been
broken.
So
we've
begun
rebuilding
trust
through
instituting
measures
that
increase
accountability
with
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department.
B
In
fact,
the
numbers
show
a
clear
increase
in
compliance
with
the
body.
Camera
policy
in
February
and
March
police
officers
were
failing
to
activate
their
body
cameras
nearly
half
the
time
our
police
change.
Our
policy
change
took
effect
on
April
4th
and
compliance
soared
to
about
81%.
Thank
you
to
Council
member
lenay
Palmisano.
We
can
now
track
our
progress
or
lack
thereof
through
transparent
audits,
Thank
You
councilmember.
Your
work
has
been
invaluable.
B
And
I'll
continue
working
with
you,
chief
Arredondo,
the
full
City
Council
and
our
leadership
from
internal
audit
team
to
monitor
and
measure
the
data
collected
and
refine
the
policy
as
necessary.
Additionally,
throughout
the
coming
year,
we
will
set
out
to
change
the
structure
of
our
Police
Union,
to
better
account
for
the
reporting
realities
of
a
working
administration.
Right
now,
those
identified
as
supervisor
sergeants
and
lieutenants
are
placed
on
the
same
side
of
the
bargaining
table
as
those
being
supervised
by
rank-and-file
officers.
B
Now
it
is
human
nature
to
be
less
willing
to
discipline
and
hold
accountable
those
who
are
on
your
team,
whether
that's
a
police
union,
a
sports
team
or
in
partisan
politics,
and
so
we
will
move
to
separate
out
lieutenants
and
sergeants,
creating
two
separate
bargaining
units,
that's
good
for
government
and
that's
good
for
accountability
and
we're
making
that
move.
Just.
B
As
we
are
committed
to
fostering
accountability
among
our
officers,
we
are
continuing
the
hard
work
of
changing
the
culture
of
policing
in
March.
2015
Minneapolis
was
one
of
just
six
cities
from
across
the
nation
to
be
selected
for
the
Obama
administration's
national
initiative
for
building
Community,
Trust
and
justice.
Mpd's
participation
in
the
national
initiative
has
brought
many
positive
changes
internally
and
has
helped
set
a
framework
for
changing
the
culture
of
policing
from
procedural
justice
and
implicit
bias.
B
Trainings
to
crisis
intervention
being
part
of
the
national
initiative
has
helped
move
us
toward
reconciliation
and
rebuilding
trust
with
communities
who
have
been
subject
to
historical
harm.
We
are
policing
differently
and
we
are
honoring
the
sanctity
of
life
as
a
cornerstone
for
everything
our
officers
do.
Chief
arredondo
has
instilled
procedural
justice
into
everything
our
apartment
does
in
an
effort
to
rediscover
and
reinforce
our
MPD's
role
as
peace
officers,
not
just
law
enforcement.
The
chief
stated
it
best
when
he
said
public
safety
is
not
just
the
absence
of
crime,
it
is
the
presence
of
justice.
B
Just
as
we
expect
accountability
from
our
officers.
We,
as
elected
leaders,
must
be
accountability
in
giving
officers
the
necessary
fools
to
succeed
and
be
the
best
versions
of
self
being.
Your
best
version
of
self
requires
self-care,
especially
in
a
profession
like
policing,
which
we
know
is
traumatic.
Don
Daymond,
Justine's
fiance
has
stressed
to
me
directly
the
importance
of
officer
wellness,
the
importance
of
allowing
officers
to
be
their
best
selves
and
the
importance
of
giving
them
the
necessary
time
to
recalibrate
between
calls,
so
that
difficult
situations
do
not
result
in
deficient
decision-making.
B
We
must
do
what
we
can
to
help
ensure
our
officers
are
in
the
right
state
of
mind
in
the
heat
of
the
moment
that
benefits
the
officers
and
the
communities
they
serve
and
protect.
Building
trust
also
requires
improved
police
community
interactions.
If
every
interaction
is
negative,
the
perception
of
our
Police
Department
will
be
informed
by
exactly
that.
Trauma
and
negativity
I
want
to
add
officers
not
to
patrol
a
community
that
does
not
want
patrolling
but
to
engage,
protect,
serve
and
respect
communities
throughout
our
city
that
deserve
just
that.
B
Now,
when
I
talk
about
adding
community
oriented
police
officers
to
generate
more
positive
interactions
with
the
community,
blous
Garcia,
the
young
man
who
lieutenant
believes
took
in
is
exactly
the
type
of
candidate
we
should
recruit
and
thanks
to
his
experience
with
lieutenant
valise
blahs
wants
to
give
back
to
our
city
as
a
law
enforcement
officer
himself.
He
has
embarked
on
this
journey.
B
B
Policing
is
now
and
will
continue
to
be
a
difficult
topic
of
discussion.
I
fully
expect
that
in
the
days
ahead,
the
discussion
will
continue.
It
should,
and
we
should
have
it
in
honest
terms-
are
those
conversation
at
times
gonna
be
uncomfortable,
yes,
but
feeling
that
discomfort
tells
me
that
we're
collectively
leaning
into
a
pain
that
his
too
often
been
swept
under
the
rug
I
hear
you
I
won't
stop
showing
up
even
when
it's
uncomfortable
I
won't
stop
working
with
you
to
make
our
community
safer,
and
we
have
already
begun
fighting.
B
What
may
be
one
of
the
greatest
health
and
safety
issues
of
our
time.
The
opioid
crisis
council
member
Alonzo
Cano
from
her
seat
as
the
chair
of
our
Public
Safety
Committee,
has
worked
in
lockstep
with
our
office
to
launch
our
multi-jurisdictional
opioid
task
force.
Many
of
our
task
force
members
are
here
with
us
councilman
with
the
would
I.
Please
stand
up
right
now.
B
And
our
task
force
is
made
up
of
five
neighboring
jurisdictions
and
over
30
community
partner
organizations.
We
are
focused
on
developing
a
coordinated
plan
to
reduce
opioid
opioid
abuse
dependence
and
overdoses
in
Minneapolis.
We're
also
pursuing
ways
to
expand
access
to
treatment
and
support
recovery
strategies
that
are
culturally
specific
and
evidence-based,
as
the
scourge
of
the
opioid
epidemic
lays
bare
the
need
to
step
up
efforts
in
City
Hall.
It's
also
revealed
a
shared
commitment
to
the
health
and
safety
of
our
community.
B
Kelly
Doran
saw
reports
earlier
this
year
about
our
launch
of
an
locks
own
pilot
project.
We
equipped
125
of
her
officers,
primarily
in
and
around
Little
earth,
with
life-saving
anti-overdose
medication,
Kelly's
family,
like
so
many
across
the
Twin
Cities,
has
been
affected
by
the
crisis,
so
he
stepped
up
and
has
personally
donated
the
necessary
funds
to
make
sure
that
our
entire
force
will
be
trained
and
equipped
within
locks
owned
by
this
September.
In
many
ways
we
are
as
strong
as
we've
ever
been
my
administration.
B
B
B
Minneapolis
has
the
sixth
highest
place
on
the
creative
vitality
index
in
the
nation,
with
a
ranking
nearly
four
times,
the
national
average,
more
than
a
quarter
of
all
creative
jobs
in
our
entire
state
can
be
found
right
here
in
Minneapolis
the
average
wage
for
those
jobs
about
21
bucks
an
hour
comprising
nearly
5%
of
all
jobs
in
Minneapolis.
Our
creative
economy
has
put
our
city
on
the
map
and
helped
fuel
economic
growth
and
we're
not
limited
to
the
Walker
and
the
Guthrie,
which
are
wonderful.
B
Councilmember
Reich
I
saw
you
out
there.
We
found
art
on
buildings,
under
bridges
and
in
the
minds
of
people
who
haven't
even
discovered.
They
are
artists,
yet
our
communities
are
packed
with
potential
ready
to
be
delivered.
Earlier.
This
month,
I
met
with
a
group
of
pre-kindergarten
er
students.
I
was
reading
them
a
book
about
a
cat
that
kept
losing
their
buttons.
B
Inevitably,
subtraction
questions
became
a
focal
point
of
the
story.
The
students
answered
the
questions
with
ease
wonderfully
surprised,
I
asked
if
they
were
all
mathematicians
and
they
laughed
I
asked
if
they
were
scientists
laughed
again,
I
asked
if
they
were
ready
to
be
teachers
again,
they
laughed
followed
by
a
resounding.
No,
they
assured
me
they
were
just
students
after
I
finished
a
book
a
four
year
old
girl
in
a
green
dress
and
braids
sat
in
my
lap
threw
her
arms
around
me
and
whispered.
In
my
ear
I'm,
a
scientist.
B
Just
like
Dorothy
lundström,
this
building's
namesake
she
has
been
unbridled.
She
has
an
unbridled
belief
in
herself
in
her
ability
to
define
her
future
and
Dorothy.
Lundström
story
helps
assure
us
that
a
little
girl
growing
up
in
Minneapolis
can
be
anything
she
wants
to
be
Darcy's
commitment
to
her
craft
and
to
the
Northside,
never
wavered
council.
Vice
president
Jenkins
is
now
pushing
to
create
an
african-american
museum
and
center
for
racial
healing.
So
black
people
in
Minneapolis
have
a
space
to
come
together,
reflect
and
find
inspiration
collectively.
B
B
Now,
the
only
way
we
continue
to
grow
is
together
and
here's
why,
as
you
know,
we're
experiencing
a
workforce
shortage
in
the
Twin
Cities
region
as
of
just
a
couple
weeks
ago,
we
had
over
100,000
job
vacancies.
If
we
don't
access
every
bit
of
talent,
we
have
on
the
table.
If
we
don't
make
sure
every
kid,
regardless
of
zip
code
and
skin
color
has
the
opportunity
to
succeed,
then
we
will
lose
over
thirty
1
billion
dollars
in
GDP
by
2040
31
billion
dollars.
B
Now
any
good
business
person
would
tell
you
that
losing
31
billion
dollars
is
bad
business.
Any
honest
person
would
tell
you
that
it's
stupid,
you
may
have
noticed
that
I'm
not
talking
about
Minneapolis
exclusively,
but
the
Twin
Cities
region
Minneapolis
doesn't
operate
in
a
vacuum.
We
operate
in
a
regional
economy
and
our
policy
decisions
to
reflect
this
reality
not
obscure
it.
Mayor
Carter
shares
this
regional
vision,
I'm,
so
thankful
for
his
partnership.
B
The
economic
progress
of
black
and
brown
people
will
not
come
about
because
a
nonprofit
task
force
talked
about
it.
It
will
come
about
when
we
support
black
owned
businesses.
It
will
come
about
when
people
of
color
and
indigenous
people
have
the
same
access
to
capital,
financial,
social
and
political
as
their
white
counterparts.
B
Let's
begin
with
financial
village,
trust
financial
cooperative
will
be
the
only
black
owned
financial
institution
in
the
state
of
Minnesota.
This
is
huge.
Why?
Because,
whether
it's
mortgage
underwriting
lending
criteria
or
access
to
capital
in
general,
black
people
have
traditionally
gotten
a
short
end
of
the
stick.
How
do
we
know
that?
How
do
we
change
that
move
out
of
the
way
and
support
black
bankers
in
making
the
banking
decisions.
B
B
And
so
village
Trust
has
achieved
in
18
months
what
has
taken
most
other
financial
institutions
three
to
five
years,
securing
the
financial
backing
to
open
and
begin
lending
Malia
and
her
team
are
changing
the
game.
I
believe
in
this
organization,
council,
member
Jeremiah
Ellison,
who
has
taught
me
a
great
deal
in
just
the
first
several
months,
has
also
championed
village
trust
I,
very
much
look
forward
to
working
with
you
on
this
council
member.
This
is
real.
This
is
happening
and
we
are
supportive.
B
And
you
can
anticipate
seeing
that
support
reflected
in
our
budget
and
the
city
of
Minneapolis
is
going
to
benefit
from
increased
access
to
capital,
for
people
who
have
store,
eclis
been
denied
it,
and
the
importance
of
accessibility
doesn't
stop
with
financial
matters.
Its
environmental
too.
As
the
city
of
lakes,
the
city
of
the
Mississippi
River,
has
a
great
city
in
a
park.
We
should
make
that
access
a
reality
for
everyone.
The
Mississippi
River
runs
right
through
Minneapolis,
but
the
north
side
has
been
denied
access
by
heavy
industrial,
followed
by
a
significant
highway
for
generations.
B
Because
of
these
barriers,
there
are
kids
growing
up
a
half
a
mile
from
the
riverfront
who
don't
even
know
it's
there.
We
envision
a
North
Minneapolis
riverfront,
where
a
kid
gleefully
Sprint's
full-speed
from
school,
through
cascading
slopes
of
grass,
dirt
and
dandelions
to
dip
her
toe
in
the
cold
waters
of
the
Mississippi
River.
B
The
pure
unadulterated
happiness
that
water
can
bring
should
not
be
portioned
off
for
those
who
have
who
pay
the
highest
price.
The
Mississippi
River
is
an
emblem
of
our
city,
and
no
community
should
have
exclusive
rights
to
it.
To
this
end,
upper
harbour
terminal
is
our
number
one
Capital
Improvement
priority
and
has
the
potential
to
transform
an
underutilized
and
vacant
former
industrial
hub
into
a
practical
connection.
Facilitating
economic
growth,
inclusion
and
access
for
more
people.
B
Policies
aimed
at
economic
inclusion
are
only
as
good
as
our
ability
to
enforce
them.
One
already
existing
policy
that
we
need
to
better
enforce
centers
on
wage
theft,
also
known
as
stealing
when
people
are
delivered
the
over
time.
When
people
are
deprived
the
overtime
pay,
they
are
due
their
contracts,
they're,
contractually
agreed
upon
wages
or
simply
not
paid
at
all.
That's
not
just
unfair.
That
is
unjust.
I
worked
as
a
civil
rights
and
employment
law
attorney.
B
A
lot
of
you
likely
know
that
I
represented
people
who
were
victims
of
wage
theft
doing
that
work,
I
had
a
passion
for
upholding
agreements
and
doing
what
you
say:
you're
gonna
get
done.
Here's
one
contract,
one
basic
bargain,
I
believe
to
the
core:
an
honest
day's
pay
for
an
honest
day's
work.
Any
violation
of
that
contract
must
be
enforced.
That
is
a
fund
that
is
fundamental
to
our
society
and
to
our
way
of
life.
B
Councilmember
Steve
Fletcher
is
leading
on
a
resolution
that
we
will
pass
tomorrow,
which
reminds
us
that,
at
a
time
when
workers
rights
are
under
attack,
cities
are
often
the
last
line
of
defense.
That's
what
this
is
about.
Thank
You
council
members,
but
we
can't
be
content
with
just
preventing
bad
business
practices.
We
need
to
bolster
support
and
propel
good
ones.
B
Recently,
council,
member
Andrew
Johnson
our
ideas
guy
as
I
call
him
brought
to
my
attention:
a
mobile
flower
shop
that
might
be
shut
out
of
doing
business
in
our
city,
not
because
businesses
was
in
a
jeopardy
of
failing
it
was
succeeding,
but
because
we
didn't
have
an
appropriate
license,
that's
unacceptable.
We
can't
risk
not
being
home
to
the
next
lift
the
next
bite
squad,
simply
because
our
laws
aren't
keeping
pace
with
innovation
and
I
know.
Council,
member
Johnson
is
working
to
make
sure
that
we
are
innovating
every
single
day
and
thank
you.
B
This
is
a
pro-growth
and
pro-business
Council
and
I'm
a
pro-growth
and
pro-business
mayor.
We
recognize
that
the
great
role
that
our
business
community
plays
in
our
day-to-day
lives
and
in
making
Minneapolis
as
strong
as
it
is
from
Marla's
on
Bloomington
and
38
to
target
we
value
our
business
community,
we're
ready
to
partner.
Moreover,
I
know
that
our
businesses
value
our
community
and
they
are
ready
to
partner
things
aren't
bad
when
they
make
money.
They
are
good
when
they
catalyze
growth.
Broadly
Jimenez
knows
as
well.
B
He
has
dedicated
his
career
to
providing
high
quality
training
in
the
energy,
construction
and
engineering
fields.
His
programs
will
prioritize
unemployed
and
underemployed
adults
in
areas
of
high
unemployment,
people
of
color
women
and
returning
military
veterans.
His
partnerships
with
workforce
agencies
will
help
address
climate
change
and
also
meet
the
ever-increasing
demand
for
workers
and
emergency
business
in
emerging
businesses
like
clean
energy
and
energy
technology
startups.
Climate
change
is
the
single
greatest
threat
facing
our
planet
right
now,
Minneapolis
isn't
just
talking
about
strategies
to
tackle
climate
change
or
reducing
air
pollution.
B
We
are
implementing
them
and
investing
alongside
our
nonprofits
businesses
and
community
partners
to
bring
about
change
as
a
result
of
sweeping
environmental
reforms.
I
authored,
while
on
the
City
Council,
we
have
created
the
most
aggressive
environmental
incentive
programs
in
of
any
city
in
the
entire
country.
Already
the
projects
this
year
will
have
increased
our
commercial
solar
production,
nearly
10
fold,
giving
us
the
capacity
to
fully
power
over
750
homes
on
renewable
energy
while
reducing
our
impact
on
the
planet.
B
These
organizations
are
saving
roughly
eight
hundred
and
fifty
five
thousand
annually
in
energy
costs
and
improving
our
city's
economic
resiliency.
At
the
same
time,
this
is
all
great
news,
but
we
can
do
even
more.
We
have
aggressive
goals
that
can
only
be
reached
by
new
and
innovative
approaches.
Council
kamme,
Gordon,
Jeremy,
Schrader,
n
Steve
Fletcher
have
laid
the
groundwork
for
moving
us
to
100%
renewable
electricity
for
municipal
facilities
and
operations
by
2022,
with
Minneapolis
wide
goal
of
reaching
100
percent
by
2030.
Thank
you
very
much.
B
Sustainable
multimodal
transit
is
another
key
element
to
protecting
our
environment
and
combating
climate
change.
We
have
to
ensure
people
are
getting
to
and
from
their
work,
their
home
their
place
of
worship,
their
grocery
store
with
ease
and
with
safety
with
more
diverse
housing
options
come
neighborhoods
of
the
future,
where
you
can
walk
to
the
local
store.
You
can
say
hi
to
your
neighbor.
You
know
each
other
by
name,
but
we
can't
make
that
vision
a
reality.
B
If
cars
are
the
only
way
we
plan
to
get
around
Council
member
Kevin
Reich
has
been
a
champion
of
both
transportation
and
collaboration.
He's
worked
with
the
Met
Council
Hennepin
County,
and
anyone
willing
to
let
to
listen
to
make
sure
our
transit
priorities
are
moving
forward.
I
wish
I
could
say
the
state
legislature
shared
this
full
collaboration
and
forward-looking
approach.
Thank
you
by
the
way
to
our
Minneapolis
delegation,
who
most
definitely
does.
B
And
despite
resounding
support
from
seemingly
everyone
from
the
blueline
coalition
to
the
Minneapolis
Regional
Chamber
of
Commerce,
we
cannot
get
funding
for
our
bus,
rapid
transit
lines
or
support
for
our
light
rail
lines
at
the
state
capital.
We
know
that
these
projects
are
good
for
business,
good
for
community
good
for
growth
and
good
for
equity.
You
think
it'd
be
a
slam
dunk,
but
we
continue
to
be
hampered
by
gridlock.
Still,
we
persist
between
the
Blue
Line
extension
and
Southwest
LRT
line
extension
routes.
B
We
expect
ridership
to
exceed
60,000
rides
per
weekday
when
we
got
our
bus.
Rapid
transit
projects
gone
we'll
see
even
more
growth
in
daily
ridership.
Luckily,
our
C
Line
bus
rapid
transit
is
being
constructed
in
North,
Minneapolis
and
I'm,
proud
that
Metro
Transit,
the
Met
Council
and
partners
at
the
county
prioritize
the
Penn
Avenue
community
works
program
and
may
disrupt
this
rapid
decline
in
Minneapolis.
This
line
alone
will
have
9,000
riders
per
day
and
many
of
the
riders
are
transit,
dependent
people
of
color,
low-income
communities.
B
We
cannot
be
agnostic
about
who
benefits
from
growth
and
our
investments
as
we
grow.
We
need
to
Center
the
experiences
of
communities
who
have
historically
been
excluded
and
ensure
that
we
grow
with
inclusion.
The
focus
of
transportation
should
not
be
on
a
train
on
a
bus
or
a
car.
The
focus
should
be
on
the
people
who
these
modes
are
supposed
to
serve
when
I
see
someone
on
their
bike
or
in
a
wheelchair,
I
think,
first
about
that
person's
everyday
experience
and
how
we
can
make
it
just
a
little
easier
for
them.
B
B
During
the
Super
Bowl,
we
shined
on
the
world
stage,
I've
seen
total
strangers
and
our
public
work
steam
shovel
one
another
out
of
snowdrifts
after
major
blizzards
I've
seen
neighbors
not
just
accept
housing
for
people
with
a
felony
record
but
welcomed
it
with
open
arms
and
I've.
Seen
our
City
Council
and
the
entire
City
Enterprise
focused
on
improving
the
lives
of
people
who
live
in
Minneapolis.
So
I've
been
asked
to
explain
to
you.
The
state
of
our
city
and
the
state
of
our
city
is
poised.
B
We
are
poised
to
deliver,
not
just
a
recitation
of
values
but
results.
We
are
poised
to
realize
the
opportunities
that
have
abated
our
city
in
years
past.
We
are
poised
to
experiment
with
policy
tests
and
measure
results
at
every
turn
and
be
a
Laboratory
of
democracy,
a
beacon
of
progress
for
our
state
in
this
country.
The
hard
work
of
good
governance
is
sometimes
messy.
The
fight
for
progress
is
often
met
with
powerful
resistance.
When
marriage
equality
became
law
of
the
land.
President
Obama
said
progress
on
this
journey
often
comes
in
small
increments.
B
Sometimes
two
steps
forward
one
step
back
compelled
by
the
persistent
effort
of
dedicated
citizens,
and
then
sometimes
there
are
days
like
this.
When
that
slow,
steady
effort
is
rewarded
with
justice
that
arrives
like
a
thunderbolt,
there
will
be
setbacks,
but
I'm
asking
you
to
hang
in
there
with
me
on
those
days,
I
promise
that
if
we
stand
united,
if
you
keep
working
alongside
me,
then
together
we
will
make
the
most
of
the
moment
Ahead's
we
haven't
arrived
yet,
but
we
are
poised
in
every
sense
of
the
word
to
do
so.
D
Thank
You
mr.
mayor,
and
thank
you
again
to
everyone.
Who's
joined
us
today
today
and,
as
the
mayor
said,
this
vision
for
our
city
requires
all
of
you
and
our
government
and
our
the
the
vision
that
we've
heard
today
is
only
as
strong
as
all
of
the
things
that
you
bring
to
it.
So
we're
so
grateful
to
all
of
you
and
I
know
that
my
colleagues
and
I
are
really
excited
to
try
to
keep
up
with
mayor
fry
going
forward.
D
So
at
this
time
I
would
entertain
a
motion
to
receive
and
file
the
mayor's
2018
State
of
the
City
address,
the
move
that
has
been
moved
and
seconded
all
improve,
Alise,
say
aye
aye,
any
opposed.
That
motion
carries
with
that.
We
have
completed
all
items
on
our
agenda
today.
Is
there
a
motion
to
adjourn
on
approval?
Please
say
aye
aye
any
opposed
that
motion
carries
our
meeting
is
adjourned.
Thank
you.
So
much
again,.