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From YouTube: December 4, 2019 Adjourned Minneapolis City Council
Description
2020 City Budget: Public hearings,
Receiving and filing public comment on the proposed 2020 budget and tax levy; the Fiscal Year 2020 Consolidated Plan; and the proposed water and sewer rates
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B
C
B
A
There
are
eight
members
present.
Let
the
record
reflect
that
we
have
a
quorum
I.
Imagine
a
number
of
colleagues
will
be
joining
us,
but
I
wanted
to
get
us
started
on
time.
Out
of
respect
for
all
of
you
who
came
to
speak
today,
the
agenda
is
before
us
and
I
would
entertain
a
motion
to
adopt
the
agenda
as
presented.
D
A
A
Since
that
time,
the
City
Council,
but
through
its
budget
committee,
chair
by
councilmember
Palmisano,
has
conducted
a
series
of
hearings
to
examine
the
details
of
each
department's
budget
requests.
Actually,
those
were
meetings
of
the
consul's
committee,
the
budget
committee.
The
budget
committee
also
conducted
the
first
of
three
public
hearings
on
the
proposed
budget.
On
November
7th,
all
those
meetings
and
hearings
have
been
broadcast
on
the
public
access
television
from
the
city
website,
as
is
tonight's
meeting,
and
those
are
still
available
on
the
city's
website.
A
So
tonight's
hearing
is
the
second
of
three
hearings
that
the
city
will
conduct
on
the
proposed
2020
budget
that
satisfies
the
statutory
requirement
for
a
truth
and
taxation.
Hearing
a
little
over
two
weeks
ago,
Hennepin
County
mailed
out
proposed
tax
notices,
which
identified
the
potential
property
tax
impact
based
on
the
proposed
2020
budget
and
as
required
by
state
law.
A
Here
we
have
overflow
seating
in
room
319,
which
is
located
across
the
hallway
for
anyone
who'd
like
to
sit
down
if
there
isn't
enough
space
in
this
room
and
then
a
live
broadcast
of
this
hearing
is
also
available
in
that
space.
So
you
can
watch
on
TV
from
the
other
room.
Also,
we
have
arranged
for
translation
assistance
in
room
319
for
anyone
who
needs
that
assistance
for
those
who
want
to
and
add
their
comments
to
the
public
record,
but
do
not
want
to
speak
today
as
part
of
this
hearing.
A
Their
comment
forms
available
at
the
registration
table
and
the
hallway
outside,
and
we
encourage
you
to
make
use
of
those
forms
or,
of
course,
contact
your
City
Council
member.
You
may
also
submit
comments
about
the
proposed
budget
using
the
web
form
on
the
city's
budget
website.
If
you
have
materials
to
submit
today
as
part
of
the
public
record
of
this
hearing,
you
can
submit
those
to
the
clerk
again
at
the
end
of
the
diet.
E
Members,
thank
you
again
for
the
record.
My
name
is
Micah
internal,
the
city's
budget
director.
As
a
reminder,
the
mayor
has
proposed
a
budget
budget
for
the
city,
only
excluding
our
independent
boards
of
approximately
1.6
to
billion
dollars.
That
budget
is
structurally
balanced
in
2020
and
all
planning
years.
The
one
point:
six
two
billion
dollars
represents
approximately
three
point:
five
percent
increase
to
that
overall
city
budget
from
2019
and,
of
course,
includes
the
general
fund,
the
city's
Enterprise
in
internal
service,
special
revenue
funds.
E
Investments
in
economic
inclusion,
including
the
creation
of
cultural
districts,
expansion
of
the
city,
small
business
team
and
direct
outreach
to
different
communities
of
color
and
improved
city
operations,
including
additional
funding
for
our
elections
in
2020.
As
we
know,
we'll
have
four
of
those,
including
a
special
election,
modernizing
some
of
our
core
IT
infrastructure
and
adding
some
other
operational
investments
that
don't
necessarily
give
as
much
public
discussion
as
some
of
the
others.
E
F
E
E
The
what
that
six
point:
nine
five
percent
increase
to
the
property
tax
levy
means
on
the
median
valued
home
for
an
individual
who
owns
and
lives
in
their
own
home
is
a
increase
of
a
hundred
and
nine
dollars
to
their
annual
property
tax
bill
to
just
over
fifteen
hundred
dollars
again
for
the
city.
Only
so
this
excludes
any
increases
associated
with
the
Hennepin
County
or
the
Minneapolis
Public
Schools.
It's
about
a
seven
point,
eight
percent
increase
and
that
compares
to
roughly
six
percent
increase
to
the
property
value
for
that
median
home.
E
When
we
talk
about
property
taxes,
we
do
always
like
to
remind
all
of
you
and
those
in
the
audience,
those
watching
at
home,
of
the
the
property
tax
refund
programs
offered
through
the
state
of
Minnesota.
There
are
two
different
technically
three
different
programs:
one
is
the
regular
homestead
credit
and
the
property
tax
refund.
Those
are
programs
that
are
available
to
everybody,
but
there
are
income
phase-outs,
so
the
greater
your
income
is,
the
less
refund
is
available,
but
there's
also
a
special
homestead
credit,
which
is
available
to
all
individuals
who
own
and
live
in
their
home.
E
If
they've
had
a
net
increase
to
their
property
taxes
of
greater
than
twelve
percent
and
at
least
one
hundred
dollars,
and
that
increase
isn't
related
to
any
improvements
that
they've
made
to
their
home,
then
there's
a
circuit
breaker,
where
they're
able
to
get
a
refund
of
that
amount
in
excess
of
$100.
So
the
point
here
is:
it's
always
valuable
for
folks
to
file
that
paperwork,
even
if
they're
not
sure
whether
or
not
they
qualify
for
those
credits
and
refunds,
because
these
do
mean
real
dollars
and
you
know
into
the
the
hundreds
in
many
cases.
E
A
Don't
see
any
questions
from
the
council,
we've
had
ample
opportunity
to
talk
with
you,
mr.
Amell.
Thank
you
so
much
for
you
and
your
staffs
availability,
our
clerk's
office,
our
budget
office
staff
and
many
department
heads
are
here,
so
we
really
thank
you
for
being
here
into
the
evening
tonight
and
all
the
work
that
you've
done
on
this
budget.
So
far,
just
a
couple
quick
reminders
before
we
open
up
the
public
hearing,
so
we'll
be
taking
speakers
in
the
order
that
they're
registered
I
have
a
photocopy.
So
the
names
are
something
a
little
blurred.
A
I'll
do
my
very
best,
but
I'll
also
tell
your
number,
along
with
that,
to
help
identify
people.
If
you
had
a
chance
to
speak
at
the
first
hearing,
we
had
88
people
speak
to
us
that
time
and
you're
able
to
allow
others
to
go
first,
we'd
appreciate
it.
I
don't
have
a
list
of
those
folks.
I
won't
be
cross
referencing.
Just
a
suggestion
to
allow
us
to
hear
from
everyone
in
the
community
that
meeting
and
this
one
are
both
commenting
on
the
mayor's
proposed
budget.
The
City
Council
hasn't
taken
any
action.
Yet
on
the
budget.
A
We
will
do
so
on
Friday,
so
councilmember
Palmisano
will
go
over
this
at
the
end.
But
just
so
you
all
know
in
case
you
have
to
leave
on
Friday
starting
at
10
o'clock,
so
tonight
we're
just
here
to
listen
quietly.
We
won't
be
making
any
comments
or
actions
tonight
on
Friday
morning,
starting
at
10
o'clock.
With
the
budget
hearing
the
Budget
Committee
meeting,
we
will
be
making
our
amendments
and
voting
on
those
changes
to
the
proposed
budget
and
then
the
following
Wednesday
a
week
from
tonight
we'll
have
a
public
hearing
so
that
you
can.
A
Let
us
know
what
you
think
of
any
changes
that
the
City
Council
has
made
during
that
markup
session.
So
we
welcome
your
comments
tonight
in
between
any
time
between
now
and
next
Wednesday.
When
we
take
that
final
vote
on
the
budget,
each
picot
will
have
two
minutes.
I'll
ask
you
to
wrap
up
if
you
reach
your
two
minutes
out
of
respect
for
everyone's
time
to
allow
everyone
to
speak,
I
want
to
ask
that
people
be
respectful
of
each
other.
A
You
all
probably
actually
a
lot
of
you
know
each
other,
even
if
you
don't
agree
and
then
again
just
a
quick
reminder,
if
you
don't
want
to
testify
but
want
to
comment.
There's
forums
outside
please
sign
in
and
with
that
I
will
make
sure
that
we
get
going
so
I
will
call
on
the
first
speaker,
speaker,
one
who's
Megan
and
if
the
next
couple
of
make
their
way
over
toward
the
microphone
area,
that
would
be
great.
G
G
I
am
speaking
on
behalf
of
all
three
block
nurse
programs,
which
is
the
Nokomis
healthy,
seniors,
southeast
seniors
and
the
long
fellow
Seward
seniors
older
adults
want
to
stay
in
their
own
homes
and
communities
and
live
independently
as
they
age
our
cost
effective
program,
utilizes
hundreds
of
volunteers
that
contribute
thousands
of
hours
of
preventative
services
from
rides
to
medical
appointments,
to
social
opportunities
that
prevent
isolation,
exercise
classes,
preventative
health
care
and
post
hospitalization
visits.
These
help
ensure
that
older
adults
have
a
choice
of
how
they
age.
G
Last
year,
we
provided
1200
rides
that
mostly
to
medical
appointments,
16550
miles,
that's
over
three-quarters
of
the
circumference
of
the
globe
that
we
provide
rides
for
these
seniors
and
we
see
a
lot
on
these
rides.
We
have
seniors
who
seem
to
be
losing
weight
from
trip
to
trip,
and
we
know
they
need
food
assistance.
We
see
clients
having
a
harder
time
getting
into
the
car
due
to
vision,
loss
and
we
can
match
them
with
the
needed
resources.
We
see
clients
more
depressed
than
the
last
time
and
know
they
need
help
with
their
mental
health.
G
Our
volunteers
are
the
eyes
and
the
ears
eyes
and
ears
of
our
seniors
during
rides,
foot
care
and
home
visits.
They
are
listening
to
what
our
clients
are
saying
or
not
saying
they
see
if
the
cupboards
are
empty.
Was
that
my
own
okay?
Well,
our
program
is
vital
to
seniors
in
our
area,
and
we
hope
that
you
can
support
this.
We
appreciate
all
the
past
and
ongoing
support.
We
thank
you
for
all
that.
You
do.
Thank.
H
Good
afternoon,
I'm
Lisa,
bung,
Michelson
and
I
represent
the
YMCA
other
girl
n
cities
and
we're
asking
for
your
continued
support
for
the
stable
home,
stable
Schools
program.
We
know
that
families
in
Minneapolis,
like
many
cities,
are
facing
some
significant
and
complex
challenges.
Freezing
rents
and
a
tight
rental
market
have
resulted
in
a
lack
of
safe
and
affordable
housing
in
our
community,
and
the
situation
is
affecting
our
youths
features
more
than
2,500
students
in
Minneapolis
Public
Schools
experienced
homelessness.
Last
year.
H
Research
research
shows
that
these
students
are
less
likely
to
graduate
high
school
or
attend
post-secondary
programs,
which
only
widens
the
already
large
opportunity
gap
in
Minneapolis
for
our
students
and
people
of
color.
This
is
unacceptable
and
I
am
proud
to
be
a
part
of
the
city
that
is
boldly
willing
to
do
something
about
it.
The
YMCA
is
partnering
on
this
dynamic
solution
that
is
led
by
our
city
to
really
move
that
needle
and
bring
partners
together
to
leverage
the
resources
that
they're
best
at
providing
to
our
community
residents
to
make
a
lasting
and
sustainable
difference.
H
The
stable
home,
stable
Schools
program
aims
to
end
or
prevent
homelessness
over
650
children
and
their
families
over
the
next
three
years,
while
keeping
these
students
connected
to
their
school
and
on
track
to
succeed
academically,
we
are
on
track
to
exceed
those
goals
with
the
continued
support
from
the
city
of
Minneapolis
and
our
partners.
To
date,
we
have
ended
homelessness
for
a
hundred
and
forty
five
children
in
just
seven
months
when
we
have
connected
more
than
200
additional
children
to
other
resources
along
with
their
family
members.
H
There
are
currently
four
families
that
are
pending,
move
in
and
our
hope
is
to
have
these
families
in
their
homes
for
the
holidays.
A
hundred
percent
of
the
children
that
we
have
served
in
this
program
have
been
able
to
remain
in
the
same
school.
This
is
another
indicator
of
academic
success.
Many
of
the
families
were
serving
have
five
or
more
children
and
are
facing
some
complex
generational
challenges
together
we're
moving
these
families
from
living
in
crisis
to
thriving,
and
we
hope
we
can
count
on
your
continued
support.
Thank
you.
I
Everyone,
my
name,
is
Stacey
Sweeney
and
I'm,
also
representing
the
IMCA
of
the
greater
Twin
Cities
in
support
of
stable
home,
stable
Schools,
Initiative
and
I
brought
forth
a
story
from
a
family
who
was
unable
to
be
here
tonight,
but
really
would
like
to
share
the
impact
that
this
program
has
had
mom
and
dad,
along
with
their
five
children,
moved
to
Minneapolis
from
northern
Minnesota.
After
they
found
out,
mom
was
pregnant
with
conjoined
twins
and
needed
to
be
close
to
their
doctor.
I
They
had
nowhere
to
go
so
they
moved
into
Mary's
play
shelter,
mom
gave
birth
and
the
twin
girls
had
multiple
surgeries
and
needed
extensive
medical
care,
including
24-hour
care,
which
resulted
in
either
parent
being
able
to
work.
The
family
was
not
able
to
get
nursing
support
for
the
girls
until
they
had
housing,
leaving
the
family
stuck
in
the
shelter
for
more
than
two
years
because
of
the
stable
home,
stable
schools
program,
their
nine-person
family
was
able
to
secure
a
five
bedroom
home
in
their
children's
school
busing
zone.
I
Dad
has
recently
gone
back
to
school,
to
earn
a
certificate
in
construction
management
and
mom
has
been
able
to
apply
and
receive
a
grant
to
help
pay
for
some
of
their
daughter's
medical
care,
since
moving
into
their
home,
their
five
oldest
children
have
been
attending
school
consistently
and
have
a
proper
space
to
eat.
Sleep
study
and
grow
in
the
twin
girls
are
now
two
years
old
and
are
thriving
in
their
new
home.
All
thanks
to
stable
home,
stable
schools.
I
J
There,
my
name
is
Mark
sweat,
I
live
at
264,
one
34th
Avenue,
south
I
am
a
member
of
the
Seward
neighborhood
group,
and
also
south
Minneapolis
Public
Safety
coalition
and
I
also
work
with
organizations
that
focus
on
addiction
within
the
city
of
Minneapolis
I've
lived
in
the
Stewart
neighborhood
for
ten
years
and
compared
to
a
number
of
my
neighbors,
that's
not
a
very
long
time.
So
it's
concerning
to
me
that
these
neighbors
are
voicing
concerns
of
increased
prevalence
and
visibility
of
crime,
addiction,
homelessness
and
mental
health
crises.
J
This
is
causing
my
neighbors
to
move
away
and
discuss
with
four
other
neighbors
about
their
concerns
and
causing
them
to
move
away.
I
don't
want
these
narratives
to
define
my
experience
in
my
neighborhood
and
that's
why
we
need
more
focused
street-level
resources
towards
addiction,
homelessness
and
people
experiencing
mental
health
crises.
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
your
efforts
recently
in
the
past
couple
years
to
reduce
disparities,
a
minute
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis
and
for
making
the
city
a
more
equitable
place
to
live.
I.
J
Don't
want
the
spirits
of
these
recent
efforts
to
be
lost
on
the
extend
the
day
to
day
experiences
of
my
residents,
my
neighbors,
that's
why
I'm
asking
for
the
councilmembers
to
use
their
positions
to
find
and
invest
in
street-level,
public
safety
and
livability
resources
to
change
the
day
to
day
lived
experiences
of
the
people
in
my
community.
Thank
you.
Thank.
K
K
My
concern
is
that
you
continue
to
look
at
ways
to
strengthen
programs
for
youth
in
the
families,
whether
it
be
street
outreach
or
whether
it
be
after-school
activities
that
are
free.
Many
programs
through
the
park
board
through
the
schools
have
fees
there
are
changing.
Demographics
I
have
seen
too
many
young
people
I've
always
worked
in
high
poverty.
Schools
not
have
viable
options
for
their
interest.
K
Yes,
schools
and
libraries
provide
homework
help,
but
unless
they
have
access
to
programs
that
are
free,
they
will
be
amusing
themselves
or
looking
for
the
excitement
that
may
not
help
them
in
the
future
and
they
don't
see
the
consequences
they
have.
The
magical.
Thinking
of
youth-
oh
yeah,
I
heard
about
that.
That's
not
going
to
happen
to
me
and
I
have
seen
what
successful
programs
for
youth
have
done
for
children
in
difficult
situations.
K
Please
look
at
all
of
the
budget
items
with
that
lens
when
you
are
looking
at
anything
that
impacts
youth
I
have
seen
some
miracles
with
students
that
I
have
taught
that
my
friends
have
taught
in
other
schools
where
thank
you
they.
Let
me
finish
my
sentence
Lisa,
where
they
have
by
all
research
common
sense
descriptions
would
fail
to
thrive
and
they
have
thrived.
Thank
you
thank.
A
K
L
My
name
is
grace
quirky
and
I'm,
a
renter
in
Ventura,
village
and
I'm.
Also
here
today,
representing
the
South
Minneapolis
public
safety
coalition
and
the
Powderhorn
Park
Neighborhood
Association
I
want
to
echo
the
voices
of
many.
This
budget
season,
calling
for
investment
in
community
centered
safety
resources
and
affordable
housing.
L
I
want
to
see
our
city
prioritize
and
invest
in
street-level
outreach,
restorative
justice,
youth
programming
and
other
strategies
to
ensure
that
everyone
in
our
community
is
healthy
and
safe.
I
urge
you
to
fully
fund
programs
and
services
in
order
to
truly
meet
the
needs
existing
in
our
community
today.
I
urge
you
to
invest
in
affordable
housing
and
to
do
so
quickly,
because
so
many
people
will
continue
to
be
homeless
until
those
solutions
have
been
fully
funded.
L
I
urge
you
to
continue
to
be
critical
in
what
community
priorities
desperately
need
funding
this
year
and
to
be
equally
as
critical
about
where
there
are
existing
inefficiencies
in
the
budget.
Please
help
us
create
a
city
where
resources
can
be
accessed
by
people
who
need
them
before
911
is
called
where
everyone
who
wants
to
be
are
housed
and
where
everyone
in
our
community
is
safe.
Please
fund
solutions.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Speaker.
M
Ten
full-time
positions
have
massive
potential
to
impact
our
communities,
as
has
been
seen
in
the
cases
where
Nikki
line
gang
and
track
Trachtenberg
were
given
part
time
support
and
undertaking
this
work.
As
trans
equity
staff
members,
there
is
great
potential
for
these
positions.
Already
the
trans
equity
Council
has
been
able
to
form
subcommittees
in
partnership
with
other
city
staff,
start
an
lgbtq+
employee
resource
group,
with
the
trans
trans
issues
workgroup
and
table
at
pride,
MN,
POC,
pride
and
other
local
art
events.
M
Given
the
major
successes
seen
in
growing
the
scope
and
accessibility
of
a
trans
equity
Summit
with
only
a
marginal
increase
in
the
in
hours
for
track
Trachtenberg,
it
is
obvious
that
these
two
positions
would
allow
it
to
become
a
deeply
integrated
community
planned
event.
With
more
hours
comes
more
input.
The
trans
equity
Council
could
engage
the
community
by
offering
events
and
holding
listening
sessions
in
community
spaces
for
black
trans
youth.
It
would
allow
for
more
work
to
be
put
into
mapping
community
resources
on
the
website.
M
These
positions
would
provide
the
Civic
space
and
support
her
proactive
action
on
the
part
of
the
transact.
We
council
to
develop
information
and
infrastructure
to
aid
the
City
Council
his
supporting
trans
equity
while
doing
its
own
work
in
the
community.
It
is
necessary
that
every
council
member
support
this
initiative
in
order
to
allow
the
trans
equity
council
to
continue
building
relationships
within
the
community.
Thank
you,
Thank.
N
Hi
I'm,
Emily,
Wade
and
I
live
in
Stevens,
Square
and
I
work
for
an
organization
called
our
streets.
Minneapolis.
We
work
for
a
city
where
biking,
walking
and
rolling
are
easy
and
comfortable
for
everyone,
and
we
do
this
work
because
we
believe
that
everyone
should
get
to
be
able
to
get
where
they're
going
and
the
way
that
works
best
for
them
and
because
we
know
that
abundance,
walking
and
biking
leads
to
happy
people,
a
strong
economy
and
a
healthy
environment
at
our
streets.
N
We
support
the
$100,000
included
in
the
budget
for
vision,
zero,
the
program
to
eliminate
traffic
injuries
and
serious
deaths
on
our
streets,
but
we
know
that
the
$100,000
a
non
renewing
funding
is
not
enough.
People
won't
walk
and
bike
if
they
don't
feel
comfortable
doing
it.
There
are
114
miles
of
streets
in
the
vision,
zero
high-end
jury
network
with
only
$100,000
budgeted.
That's
just
877
dollars
per
mile.
It's
not
enough.
I'd
also
like
to
find
this
funding
in
a
different
way.
N
Part
of
my
work
at
our
streets
is
keeping
track
of
everyone
who
was
killed,
biking
and
walking
in
Minneapolis.
It
is
by
far
the
worst
part
of
my
job
since
the
City
Council
passed
of
passed,
a
vision,
zero
resolution
in
September,
2017,
16
people,
biking
and
walking
have
been
killed
by
people
driving.
N
This
is
16
friends,
16
family
members,
16
people
who
are
just
trying
to
get
home
$100,000
is
six
thousand
two
hundred
and
fifty
dollars
per
life
that
we
have
lost
since
the
city
committed
to
vision,
zero
and
that's
absolutely
unacceptable,
and
it
doesn't
even
conclude
the
people
who
lost
their
lives
driving
in
Minneapolis.
During
that
time,
please
increase
the
funding
designated
to
vision,
zero
and
put
it
toward
what
we
know
works,
life-saving
Street,
design
improvements.
O
Thank
You
council
members,
Carl
noise
and
with
the
Neapolis
for
students,
Neapolis
students
for
sensible
drug
policy.
In
my
short
time
I
want
to
advocate
that
City
Council
put
1.2
million
dollars
towards
the
creation
of
to
overdose
prevention
sites,
also
known
as
safe
injection
sites,
one
in
North
Minneapolis
in
wine,
South
Minneapolis.
As
you
know,
2019
was
another
record
year
for
overdoses
in
overdose
deaths.
I
was
on
the
mayor's
2018
opioid
task
force
and
was
in
meetings
where
we
were
told
by
his
assistants
that
safe
injection
sites
were
off
the
table.
O
I'm
here
to
ask
why
what
could
be
more
important
than
saving
the
lives
of
citizens
who
elected
you
all?
As
representatives
ready,
see
leadership
in
Baltimore,
Philadelphia,
Denver,
San,
Francisco,
Seattle,
New,
York
and
Boston
are
pushing
forward
with
overdose
prevention
site
plans.
The
public
health
science
on
them
has
been
sound
for
decades
and
recently
a
federal
judge
ruled
that
efforts
in
Philadelphia
were
legal
and
accepted
health
interventions
and
saved
lives.
Why
is
Minneapolis
so
far
behind
on
this
issue?
Where
is
our
five-year
plan?
O
Is
it
because
it's
people
of
color
that
die
of
higher
rates
of
overdose?
Is
it
because
of
neighbors
with?
Is
it
because
the
neighborhoods
with
highest
rates
of
poverty
are
the
ones
primarily
impacted
by
cycles
of
trauma
and
addiction?
These
neighborhoods
are
no
accident.
There
create
decades
ago
by
redlining
and
racial
covenants.
We
as
a
city
o
impacted
neighborhoods,
our
investment
in
May.
The
city
gave
the
family
of
Justine
diamond
a
white
woman,
20
million
dollars
for
her
death.
O
Surely
the
city
can
find
one
point:
two
million
dollars
to
provide
the
resources
to
open
overdose
prevention
sites
in
our
Minneapolis
I.
Think
the
city
council
members
have
array,
bulkeley's,
support,
overdose
prevention
sites
and
I.
Ask
that
other
members,
including
the
mayor,
come
out
publicly
in
support
of
creating
overdose
prevention
sites
and
saving
lives.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
P
Good
evening,
everyone,
my
name,
is
Audrey
Pugh
and
I
am
a
Jordan
resident.
I
am
also
the
founder
of
an
executive
director
of
the
blue
couch,
a
non-profit
in
North
Minneapolis
that
promotes
recovery
and
healing
initiatives
that
transform
I
started
off
the
blue
couch
because
I
was
a
drug
user,
and
although
my
drug
of
choice
was
cocaine,
that
drug
is
a
drug
and
addiction
is
addiction.
P
P
Funding
should
also
be
considered
for
black
owned
and
operated
organizations
in
North
Minneapolis
without
us
having
to
apply
for
a
grant
organizations
like
a
mother's
love,
their
dads
off
the
blue
couch
that
are
doing
the
boots-on-the-ground
work
should
be
considered
for
funding.
Our
community
is
affected.
North
Minneapolis
is
tired.
We
are
tired
of
being
overlooked
and
forgotten.
We
are
here
we're
not
going
anywhere
and
we
won't.
Let
you
forget
it.
Q
Hi
I'm
Sheila
Delaney
I
live
at
3:06
Oak
Grove
streets,
Loring,
Park,
Minneapolis
I'm,
coming
before
you
I
have
a
lot
of
engagement,
a
lot
of
organizations
but
I'm
here
before
you
as
a
resident
who
I
think
I'm,
really
reflective
of
the
city
in
some
ways,
I
appreciate
a
lot
of
the
aspects
of
our
2020
budget.
I
particularly
appreciate
the
unprecedented
investment
in
affordable
housing,
but
would
like
to
see
us
move
to
a
dedicated
source.
I'm
came
out
tonight
specifically
to
talk
to
you
about
two
things
that
are
great
concern
to
me.
Q
One
as
I
said
a
person
in
the
city
had
a
lot
of
things.
One
of
the
things
I
am
is
a
domestic
assault
and
sexual
assault.
Survivor
I
am
strongly
in
favor
of
having
more
investigators
for
domestic
and
sexual
assault
I'm.
Also
in
favor
of
more
neighbourhood
kin,
community
outreach
and
community
resources
for
all
of
us,
particularly
I,
appreciate
the
coal
responder
program.
My
neighbors
in
Loring
Park
have
used
that
in
partnership
with
councilmember
Goodman's
office
and
it's
effective
and
I
want
to
have
more
access
to
that
primarily
I'm
here
today.
Q
To
tell
you
that,
while
I
am
deeply
appreciative
of
the
mayor's
move
to
put
75
thousand
dollars
towards
bail
reform
at
the
progressive
City
that
we
are
I
know
we
can
do
better.
Other
cities,
75
cities
in
Alabama
have
ended
cash
bail
I,
want
this
council
in
this
mayor
to
ask
the
city
attorney
to
end
cash
bail
except
in
extreme
circumstances.
Another
thing
I
am,
is
a
person
who
had
a
DWI
in
2014.
I
went
to
jail
from
the
very
beginning.
My
experience
was
amazing.
Doctors
joked
with
me.
Q
They
let
me
have
my
phone
in
the
car.
What
do
I
do
with
that
phone
I
called
my
network
at
that
time.
I
had
no
means
of
my
own.
I
was
self-employed,
but
I
did
network
and
my
network
got
to
work
for
me.
So
I
was
in
jail,
they
were
reaching
out
I
woke
up.
In
the
morning
there
was
a
woman
sitting
on
my
bed.
Her
name
is
ceci.
I'm
gonna
tell
you
she
offered
me
kool-aid
a
cookie
anyway.
Ceci
had
been
languishing
in
jail.
I
got
out
that
day,
because
my
network
went
to
work.
Q
All
my
attorney
knew.
He
didn't
know,
I
could
pay
him.
I
didn't
know.
I
could
pay
him
by.
Turning
who
my
friends
were.
My
attorney
knew
that
I
was
white.
Cash
bail
is
unequal.
Justice
I
was
not
more
innocent,
that
Intel
proven
guilty
than
CC
or
any
of
the
other
women
that
languished
in
jail.
I
want
you
to
seriously
move
on
cash,
bail,
reform
and
pretrial
detention.
Thank
you.
Thank
You
speaker.
R
Hi
I
couldÃve
name,
my
name
is
Deborah
and
I
live
in
East
Philips
on
Monday
morning,
when
I
stepped
out
of
my
front
door
to
go
to
work.
I
almost
stepped
right
on
the
face
of
someone
who
was
sleeping
inside
our
front
porch
when
I
looked
closer,
I
realized
he
was
a
young
homeless
man
I'm,
not
gonna,
tell
you
his
name,
but
he's
someone
that
we
know
from
our
neighborhood.
He
was
wrapped
up
in
an
old
sleeping
bag.
We'd
offered
him
and
using
my
partner's
boot
as
his
pillow.
R
Yes,
this
person
has
a
drug
addiction
and
he
buys
and
uses
on
our
street,
but
we
already
know
the
best
solutions
to
that:
safe
housing,
mental
health,
counseling
treatment
and
social
services.
What
is
not
going
to
help
is
another
police
officer.
The
only
people
you
are
helping
when
you
send
a
police
officer
to
a
scene
like
that
other
white
homeowners
who
are
offended
by
the
side
of
poor
people
of
color
around
them,
especially
homeless
people
and
people
with
addictions.
R
Increasing
policing,
is
not
only
a
false
solution.
It's
a
slap
in
the
face
to
people
of
color
and
immigrants
who,
as
you
know,
are
disproportionately
over-represented
in
the
incarcerated
population
in
this
state,
and
that
statistic
is
true,
even
if
you
don't
count
the
hundreds
of
immigrants
who
are
incarcerated
in
Minnesota
for
ice.
R
Of
course,
the
vast
majority
of
them
wind
up
in
ice
detention
because
of
contact
with
the
police,
one
in
five
people
in
a
Minnesota
prison
are
there
on
drug
charges
and
when
an
immigrant
gets
arrested
on
drug
charges,
they
automatically
get
put
into
deportation
proceedings.
I
have
accompanied
many
such
people
to
their
court
hearings
and
ice
check.
Ins
have
hugged
their
partners
and
held
their
babies
while
they
get
put
in
handcuffs
at
Fort
Snelling.
This
is
why
I
never
feel.
R
Okay,
calling
the
police
when
I
see
people
of
color
buying
or
using
drugs
and
ice
cream.
I
am
not
comfortable
being
the
person
who
is
essentially
signing
the
deportation
order
and
you
shouldn't
be
either.
There's
a
City
Council
of
a
sanctuary,
City
I
know
you
can
do
better
than
that.
Please
invest
in
real
solutions
for
our
community,
not
more
police,
Thank,
You.
S
My
name
is
Amber
Sun
I
live
on
Girard
Avenue
South
in
Lowry.
Hill
I
am
here
in
support
of
the
seventy-five
thousand
dollars
that
the
mayor
has
proposed
for
bail
reform,
but
I
think
we
can
do
more.
I
lived
in
New
York
City
for
15
years.
I
moved
back
to
Minneapolis
my
hometown
about
five
years
ago
and
frankly,
I've
been
shocked
at
the
level
of
racial
disparity
that
exists
in
my
hometown
and
especially
because
I
always
held
out
Minneapolis
is
such
a
progressive,
City
and
Minnesota
is
such
a
progressive
state.
S
S
I'm
here
to
respectfully
request
at
the
City
Council,
asked
the
city
attorney
to
end
cash
bail
and
focus
our
attention
on
ways
in
which
our
citizens
can
more
thoroughly
be
assessed
for
risk.
Criminal
justice
reform
is
at
the
heart
of
any
effort
to
stem
the
tide
of
racial
inequality
in
our
country,
and
we
should
have
the
courage
in
Minneapolis
and
the
leadership
to
start
with
that
small
change
right
here
in
our
hometown.
Thank
you.
Thank.
T
Thank
you,
I
thought
he's
gonna
slip
open.
The
chairman,
Genda
I,
thought
she
said,
Alicia
only
scare
me,
but
thank
you,
a
council
member
team
dinner
by
Sierra
Jenkins
and
to
the
mayor.
I
came
here
today.
We've
been
sitting
up
here,
we're
talking
about
some
tragic
things,
weather
about
ice,
but
it's
about
the
bike
lanes
and
making
people
safe,
I'm,
gonna
come
and
say
just
that.
T
I'm
in
young
tree
Johnson
is
handing
y'all
the
document
that
some
of
y'all
have
I've
I've,
giving
it
to
some
of
y'all,
but
I
wanted
him
to
give
it
to
you,
because
I
want
these
young
kids
to
know.
We
fighting
for
them
and
I
want
to
say
with
nobody's
in
here
and
nobody's
I,
don't
believe
nobody
come
to
say.
200
over
240
African,
Americans
or
people
are
color
over
80
some
percent
shot
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis
40
dead,
30
people
in
st.
Paul
over
30
people
in
st.
T
Paul
did
what
we
did
is
organized
together
with
st.
Paul
and
Minneapolis
with
groups
that
work
on
these
issues
of
violence.
But
that's
what
I
did
I'm
bored
now,
I'm,
organizing
it
I
told
Kyle
Attorney
General
keep
Ellison,
because
I'm
saying
just
like
the
ice
and
the
federal
government
that
discriminate
against
immigrants,
you're
discriminating
ADA
against
African
Americans,
the
descendant
of
the
slave,
because
you
won't
work
with
them.
You
won't
work
with
them.
You
want
to
tell
us
what
to
do,
but
you
won't
work
with
them.
Everybody
think
seems
to
think
we
got
there.
T
The
big
issue
with
the
police
I've
been
jumped
many
times
by
the
police,
but
that
ain't.
My
issue,
I,
don't
want
Trey
to
hate
the
police.
I,
don't
want
the
young
kids
to
hate
the
police
I
get.
We
got
to
figure
that
out.
That's
growing
up
I
do
not
want
them.
Hating
the
police,
especially
right
now
when
we
got
a
black
chief
that
will
try
to
do
everything
he
can
for
our
community.
T
So
when
somebody
like
a
Miskin
or
who,
from
the
Somali
community
said
it
doesn't
matter
about
our
African
American
chief,
yes,
it
does,
if
you've
been
here
under
this
oppressive,
so
I
want
to
say
to
y'all.
We
we
fighting
right
now,
I'm
going
to
the
Attorney
General
then
say
if
they
don't
help
us
if
they,
if
you
don't
help
us.
T
If
this
city
we've
met
with
governor
walls,
which
we've
met
with
governor
Wallace,
we've
met
with
people
in
the
county
we
met
whatever
I
went
all
around,
but
I
wanted
to
bring
us
together
and
we're
together,
and
we
will
show
up
at
the
next
budget
meeting
next
week.
We
are
together
in
the
african-american
community
and
it
ain't
about.
We
all
didn't
know
about
the
police.
T
I
could
kill,
they
beat
me,
we
can
kill
them
in
the
neighborhood,
so
you
can
sit
it
if
you
ain't
over
there
in
it
don't
say
you
can't
say
nothing
to
me.
I'm
going
today,
I'm
watching
the
death,
I
watch
the
mother
get
killed
about
by
her
boyfriend
s.
Domestic
abuse,
councilmember
Cunningham,
put
that
under
the
violence
prevention
program.
Don't
lump
us
in
there
cuz
we
gonna
get
left
again.
That's
all
I'm
asking
I'm
asking
y'all
I
know
it's
time
to
step
back
to
thinking.
T
I
know
it's
time
to
step
back
but
I'm,
saying
quick
plan
I'm
going
to
the
Attorney
General.
If
we
get
discriminated
against
anymore,
that's
my
role,
I'll!
Let
that
other
people
fight
the
battle.
What
they've
been
doing
for
safe
Street,
but
we're
gonna
do
the
same
thing
like
keith
Ellison,
its
fight
for
the
immigrant
community.
He
doesn't
have
to
tell
y'all
to
do
what's
right
and
you
should
put
over
2
million
dollars
or
something
to
deal
with
the
violence
in
our
community.
T
C
Name
is
Alicia
Smith
I
am
the
executive
director
for
the
Corcoran
neighborhood,
also
here
as
a
avid
community
organizer
and
an
advocate
for
young
people
and
for
people
in
general.
But
what
mr.
flowers
were
referring
to
you
guys
is
the
hand
out
that
my
son
Walter
the
third
hand,
did
you
guys
was
the
Minnesota
safe
streets
and
what
it
is.
It's
a
comprehensive
approach
and
plan
from
the
black
community,
specifically
and
very
intentional,
around
solutions
that
are
community
based
community
proven
well
folks
that
have
boots
on
the
ground.
C
We're
talking
about
addressing
trauma,
we're
talking
about
a
critical
response
and
pre
sponsz
to
the
issues
affecting
our
communities,
that
affecting
our
people
and,
like
mr.
flowers,
said
what
I
don't
want
is
for
my
children
to
grow
up
and
hate
the
police.
While
there
is
an
innate
fear
because
of
the
things
that
they've
witnessed
on
television
and
seeing
as
we've
driven
by
they
have
not
had
a
personal
experience
and
I
will
not
allow
for
that
to
happen.
C
But
it
is
important
that
we
allow
the
people
that
are
the
experts
that
come
from
the
community
to
address
these
issues.
You
can
no
longer
have
systems
and
institutions
telling
folks
what
to
do.
You
now
have
to
step
back
and
allow
the
experts
to
address
it
and
get
some
solutions
and
get
some
actions
to
move
some
things.
I
was
at
a
vigil
on
Monday
for
a
family
that
was
gunned
down
and
there's
a
vigil
tonight
for
the
young
woman
that
was
killed.
C
U
V
Evening,
good
evening,
madam
chair
mayor
councilmembers,
my
name
is
Anthony.
Mcmorris,
rice
and
I
am
part
of
a
mother's
love,
ya,
powerful,
powerful
stuff
that
everybody
brung
up
very
important
on
just
as
equal,
equally
as
important
as
anything
else.
The
main
thing
that's
most
important
is
lives
bodies
you
know
and
being
able
to
come
together
as
a
community
to
put
forth
some
sort
of
solution
to
the
problems
that
we
may
create.
V
V
V
If
that
was
the
case,
then
most
of
us
would
never
got
out
on
early
release,
and
most
of
us
will
never
got
our
period,
so
we
can't
be
that
much
of
a
threat
to
society,
so
I
would
like
to
you
know,
put
some
things
into
play
where
people
reverie
enter
it
back
out.
You
know
society
to
have
something:
housing
is
the
most
important
thing
and
then
other
jobs
like
that,
but
I
hope
I
made
sense,
I'm
kind
of
coming
down
from
a
code
and
I
hope
every
one
of
you
had
a
great
Thanksgiving.
Thank
you.
V
W
A
different
name:
Merv
Morehead
I,
live
in
East
Side,
so
I'm
here
to
voice
my
support
for
the
inclusion
of
the
additional
14
officers
as
a
key
component
of
mayor's
proposed
budget.
My
support
for
the
additional
officers
is
firmly
rooted
in
the
specific
goals
in
the
Minneapolis
2040
comprehensive
plan.
There
are
three
specific
goals
within
the
plan
that
I,
don't
believe,
are
achievable
without
a
strong
sense
of
public
safety
throughout
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
Gould
number
two
is
more
residents
more
jobs.
W
Companies
will
no
will
not
relocate
or
invest
in
Minneapolis
without
the
belief
that
Minneapolis
is
safe
place
to
do
business.
The
expansion
of
public
transportation
is
also
a
key
to
the
overall
growth
and
right
now,
there's
a
pers,
a
pervasive
belief
that
it
is
unsafe
in
the
city
goal.
Five
is
healthy,
safe
and
connected
people.
The
city
is
in
need
of
more
visible
and
active
police
presence,
particularly
along
the
Hennepin
and
Nicolette
Avenue
corridors.
W
These
are
major
thoroughfares
for
public
transportation
and
commerce
and
unfortunately,
there
are
no
go
zones
for
many
of
the
people
in
Minneapolis,
incomplete
neighborhoods.
The
city
is
pushing
for
walking
biking
and
utilization
of
public
transportation,
but
once
again,
safety
is
an
issue
that
will
hinder
this
goal.
W
The
current
environment
is
pushing
people
to
forgo
walking
and
public
transportation
in
favor
of
using
light,
rideshare
companies
or,
worst
of
all,
choosing
not
to
take
advantage
of
what
is
available
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis
so
again,
I'm
in
full
support
in
additional
14
officers
and
the
in
the
mayor's
budget.
Thank.
X
X
So
a
couple
weeks
ago,
I
volunteered
with
reclaim
the
block
to
have
conversations
with
strangers
about
community
safety
over
at
Midtown
global
market,
and
one
of
the
questions
we
are
asking
folks
was:
what
would
you
want
your
city
to
funds
to
actually
prevent
violence
and
here's
what
we
heard
we
heard
actually
affordable
housing
right.
We
heard
youth
services,
harm
reduction
responses
to
the
opioid
crisis
and
mental
health
response
teams,
and
that's
exactly
what
we're
here
reclaim
the
block
asking
for
today
right.
X
Y
Y
We
can
release
the
oxygen
into
the
atmosphere
to
repair
the
ozone.
Of
course,
if
you
breathe
more
clean
oxygen,
you're
gonna
think
better
feel
better.
Okay,
we're
a
non-profit
and
we
get
our
money
from
outside
sources,
not
from
city.
I.
Do
believe
that
the
police
department
needs
more
help.
Okay,
I
deal
with
a
lot
of
people
with
head
tremor
trauma
and
when
I
call
the
police
for
them
to
be
escorted
to
the
hospital.
Sometimes
it
takes
seven
to
eight
police
officers
to
take
some
people
in
and
I
noticed.
Y
In
the
last
two
years,
the
police
officers
have
been
much
more
gentle
and
more
sensitive.
We
have
officer
lieutenant
Snyder's,
okay,
we
helped
them
raise
$10,000
to
pass
out
hats
and
gloves
and
coats
I.
Think
our
Chief
of
Police
is
a
a
warm
loving
tender
person
from
Minneapolis
I'm,
a
matter
of
fact,
I'd
known
quite
well.
He's
made
me
my
nephew,
but
I
think
he
has
a
good
heart
and
he's
very
spiritual
and
we're
seeing
more
spirituality
in
the
police
department.
Y
My
son
was
ran
over
by
a
police
officer
back
in
2009
t5
turned
the
headlights
out
and
ran
him
over
because
he
was
out
after
curfew.
They
even
beat
him
up
refusing
medical
attention.
I
worked
with
the
police
department
to
solving
problems
like
this
and
in
the
last
couple
years,
since
our
chief
has
been
in
here,
I've
seen
a
remarkable
change
in
our
Police
Department,
okay,
I'd
like
to
promote
healthy
living.
Z
Sorry,
that's
me
stuck
with
me,
so
my
name
is
Valentina
I'm
here
with
Bitcoin
the
black
stick
tool
and
black
visions
collective.
This
morning
a
group
of
us
took
this
budget
back
to
mayor's
Fry's
office
and
we
returned
it
to
him.
We
deserve
better
than
this
and
what
he
is
offering
us.
We
ask
you
to
join
us,
amend
this
budget
so
that
when
it
lands
on
mayor's
Fry's
desk
again
that
it
will
be
a
budget
that
our
city
deserves
and
will
reflect
the
kind
of
city
that
we
want
to
be
sorry.
Z
When
we
look
at
this
budget,
when
we
look
at
this
budget,
we
see
the
status
quo.
There
are
tweaks
here
and
there,
but
overall
it
does
nothing
to
create
the
vision.
The
visionary
change
required
to
address
the
crises
of
domestic
violence,
homelessness
and
drug
and
addiction.
So
they're
hitting
our
communities
hard
mayor.
Surprise
budget
gives
the
office
of
the
office
of
violence
prevention,
I
pay
cut,
just
as
it
is
getting
its
work
to
begin
so
that
Minneapolis
Police
Department
can
get
an
8
million
raise.
We
know
mayor
Frye
is
responsible
for
this
budget.
Z
We
are
not
letting
him
off
the
hook,
but
for
now,
while
it
is
in
your
hands,
we
are
relying
on
you
to
fix
it.
You
guys
know
that
you
can
do
better
than
this.
We
are
here
because
we
love
this
city.
We
are
dreaming
about
what
it
could
look
like
years
from
now.
If
we
started
getting
to
the
root
causes
of
violence
today,.
A
AA
Title
doing
my
name
is
hani.
I
live
in
32nd
and
clinton
also
here
with
the
reclaim
the
block
black
visions,
collective,
and
so
what
I
wanted
to
say
that
people
in
this
world
Ward
everyone
of
the
city
are
ready
for
profound
change:
we're
tired
of
living
in
a
city
with
some
of
the
biggest
disparities
in
this
nation
disparities
that
were
created
by
decisions
about
resources,
decisions
like
the
ones
you're
gonna
make
today.
Historically,
these
decisions
have
prioritized
funding
for
white
communities,
while
black
indigenous
and
immigrant
communities
have
been
forgotten
and
police.
AA
So
in
front
of
you
are
petitions
signed
by
over
700
people
who
want
a
Minneapolis
where
we
don't
hire
14
new
cops,
but
instead
fun
violence,
prevention
care
for
our
kids
by
investing
in
youth
homelessness
services.
Instead
of
criminalizing
young
people,
fun
solutions
to
the
opioid
crisis
at
the
scale
of
the
crisis
itself
sent
mental
health
Response
Teams,
not
police,
when
our
neighbors
experience
mental
health
crisis
and
enforce
wage
theft,
laws
that
protect
workers
in
our
community.
Thank
you.
A
Next
will
be
22
Charles,
then
Camille,
then
Ricardo,
then,
will
be
at
the
end
of
the
sheet.
I'm
gonna
pause
then
and
see.
If
there's
any
speakers
who
have
young
kids
that
need
to
get
home.
So
if
that's
you
you'll
be
able
to
feel
free
to
come
up
after
speaker,
24
and
you'll.
Just
tell
me
that
which
number
you
have
welcome
hello.
AB
My
name
is
Charles
from
pollen
and
Junior.
I
live
at
735,
East
16th,
Street,
Ward,
9,
Minneapolis,
Minnesota
I'm.
Here
with
black
vision
of
collective
tonight
VD
apples,
the
police
department
has
a
track
record
of
failing
our
communities.
This
is
not
about
chief,
our
Dondo
chief,
our
Dondo
isn't
the
first
chief
that
has
come
in
to
MPD
calling
for
reform,
but
history
shows
us
that
these
reforms
never
actually
materialized.
We
aren't
here
to
criticize
chief
our
Dondo.
AB
We
are
here
because
no
matter
who
is
chief
of
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department,
that
continues
to
show
us
their
true
colors
and
it's
irresponsible
to
keep
responding
year
after
year
by
giving
them
a
raise.
The
police
chief
has
the
authority
to
shift
Minneapolis
Police
Department's
staffing
to
do
what
needs
to
be
done.
AB
If
it
was
important
for
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department
to
process
1700
untested
rape
kits,
they
already
would
have
done
it
if
it
was
important
to
MPD
to
put
more
beat
cops
in
neighborhoods,
getting
to
know
the
neighbors
and
building
trust
they
already
would
have
done
it.
Instead,
MPD
decided
to
target
black
people
downtown
with
low-level
marijuana
stings.
Just
last
month.
AB
AC
AB
AC
AD
Hi,
my
name
is
Camille
Mitchell
I
live
at
33rd,
and
so
what
do
we
do
to
build
safety
in
Minneapolis?
The
solutions
on
a
mystery,
they're
just
under-resourced,
we're
not
here,
because
what
we're
against,
but
because
of
what
were
for
our
reduction
programs
like
needle
exchanges
and
safe
congestion,
injection
sites
reduce
overdose
deaths.
AD
Affordable
housing
makes
neighborhoods
more
stable
and
keeps
people
safe.
Treating
gun
violence
as
a
public
health
issue
reduces
gun
violence.
When
mental
health
professionals
respond
to
mental
health
crises,
the
people
involved
are
more
likely
to
get
the
help
they
need
and
the
demand
on
the
police
response
system
is
reduced.
AD
It's
time
to
stop
expecting
programs
like
these
to
transform
our
cities
if
we're
only
giving
them
small
one-time
investments.
The
police
have
had
over
150
years
of
steady
funding
that
grow
year
after
year.
If
they
are
going
to
produce
transformative
results,
they
would
have
happened
by
now.
We
wish
that
Mayor
Frye
have
been
visionary
and
enough
to
build
a
budget
that
gives
our
communities
what
we
deserve,
but
since
he
didn't,
we
need
to
do
better
join
us.
Please.
Thank
you.
A
AE
Alice
2311
in
32nd
street
artist
and
business
owner
9th
and
2nd
wards
third
Precinct
7th
decade,
speaking
in
memory
of
Fred
Hampton,
killed
by
a
police
death
squad
50
years
ago
today,
I
want
to
start
by
acknowledging
that
the
police
are
doing
a
remarkably
effective
job
and
that's
the
problem.
We
need
to
know
that
the
u.s.
AE
police
system
was
set
up
following
the
Civil
War
to
resolve
one
urgent
problem:
how
to
keep
black
people
in
servitude
after
emancipation
and
the
solution
with
criminalization,
whether
through
the
Black
Codes
war
on
drugs,
broken
windows,
policing,
stop
and
frisk.
Racially
selective
enforcement,
deliberate
provocation
planted
evidence,
falsifying
reports
and,
of
course,
punishing
protests.
AE
This
is
the
only
one
they
do
consistently
and
well
trying
to
address
the
problems,
including
crime,
addiction,
homelessness,
violence
and
trauma
that
this
apartheid
policing
system
has
done
so
much
to
fuel
by
feeding
it
with
more
millions
of
dollars
is
like
trying
to
put
out
a
fire
with
gasoline
and
forget
about
the
soothing
reassurance
that
you'd
be
supporting
the
our
first
black
chief,
his
community
friendly
reform
mission.
Look
at
the
track
record
around
the
country.
Performance
police
chiefs
are
like
post-it
notes.
They
leave
no
trace
behind
when
they're
gone.
AE
AF
AG
Guys
already
know
who
I
am,
but
just
for
folks
who
came
and
showed
the
numbers.
Thank
you
for
inviting
us
today.
Cuz
I
wouldn't
even
know
next
thing
was
the
Pledge
of
hearing
so
I'm
coming
because
I
claimed
the
block
and
all
the
organizers
who
put
this
together,
but
I
was
also
supposed
to
be
at
a
Green
Zone
meeting
and
also
with
juxta.
So
I
brought
the
juxta
team
with
me
because
they
they've
kind
of
been
learning
about
different
things
happening.
We've
also
been
working
on
different.
AG
AG
Engagements
and
incentives
we've
gotten
some
of
the
funding
that
you
guys
have
given
out
to
communities
to
come
up
with
our
own
community
safety
strategy.
So
I
felt
that
it
was
only
fair
to
come
up
here
and
show
you
some
of
the
work
that
we've
been
doing
with
some
of
the
money
that
you
guys
have
allocated
instead
of
getting
it
to
the
police,
so
one
I
have
tasted
here,
she's
gonna
bring
you
a
gift.
You
want
to
bring
some
yeah,
we
had
a
gift.
AI
AG
But
it's
a
little
gift
box
that
we
do.
We
call
it
a
little
healing
kids
got
some
sage
and
a
little
journal.
A
pen
we
passed
hundreds
hundreds
of
these
out
on
the
block
to
people
just
randomly
in
mostly
areas
where
there's
they're,
saying
that
there's
lots
of
crime
happening
we've
also
done
different
activities.
Do
you,
as
one
of
y'all
want
tough
market
activities,
real
quick
before
I
pass
the
mic
I
just
want
to
say
real,
quick
I
was
calling
the
police
a
lot.
It
wasn't
helping
at
all
and
I
think
you
guys
know.
AG
I've
had
numerous
issues
with
police
warning,
my
car's
spine
and
my
girls
windows
one
in
the
morning
and
then
just
recently,
almost
being
tasered
in
a
grocery
store,
so
I
didn't
get
any
calls
back
on
that
by
the
way
which
is
kind
of
like
things.
You
can't
help
the
person
who's
out
here.
Working
for
the
city,
then
I'm,
worried
and
concerned
about
the
average
person
out
here
for
sure,
but
I
just
wanted
to
say.
AG
Instead
of
giving
money
to
the
police,
I
went
got
myself
a
security
system
and
I
haven't
had
any
issues
with
the
police
more
you
know,
abuse
of
ex-boyfriends,
so
I
would
just
say:
please
put
some
funding
and
to
paying
for
people's
security
systems
out
here.
I
think
that's
a
much
better
use
for
money
to
help
out
with
domestic
violence
situations,
and
you
guys
are
I'm.
AH
Elijah
I'm,
a
juxtaposition
arts
I've
been
there
for
going
on
three
years
in
January
and
this
summer,
with
the
money
that
we
were
given
from
the
grant
who
we
started.
Broadway
vibrate,
we
continued
the
Broadway
vibrations,
which
is
a
community
based
kind
of
self
help.
We
create
our
own
forms
of
benefiting
our
community
in
ways
that
we,
the
people
of
our
community,
see
fit.
We
go
out.
We
give
out
our
healing
kids,
which
we
all
designed
from
everything
to
what
we
felt.
AH
That
would
benefit
people,
and
we
also
went
around
in
ask
people
directly
to
fill
out
surveys.
We
questioned
them.
We
people
give
us
their
honest
opinions
on
how
they
thought
we
could
better
our
community
and
then
the
number
of
people.
That
said
we
need
more
police
is
it
was.
It
was
so
low,
it's
like
hard
to
count
and
then
the
people
that
wanted
to
actually
better
our
community
through
ourselves
through
our
families
through
getting
kids
off
the
street.
They
they
were
the
loudest
people,
they
were
the
first
there
they
were
the
first
to
come.
AG
And
we'll
just
end
it
with
this,
when
we
went
out
to
the
block
we
intervened
and
interrupted
at
least
four
situations.
Just
my
plaque
passing
out
flyers,
making
jokes
playing
having
games
tournaments
playing
movies.
You
know
we
talked
to
people
out
there
who
are
out
there
struggling.
We
talk
to
people
who
are
out
there
addicted.
We
talk
to
people
who
are
out
there
drunk
as
hell.
AJ
My
name
is
Tasha
and
I'm
from
a
juxtaposition.
Arts
I
work
in
I'm,
gonna
pay,
Prentiss
I
work
in
two
different
labs,
contemporary
arts
and
tactical
urbanism
and
I
agree
with
a
lot
of
what
everybody
is.
Well,
not
everybody,
but
mostly
what
everybody's
been
saying
and
one
thing
that
I
will
leave
on
is:
if
the
murderer,
if
the
murderer
has
a
badge,
Who
am
I
supposed
to
come.
U
AK
U
U
U
AL
AL
AM
AN
Hi,
my
name
is
Tony
Grande
37:12,
Columbus,
Avenue,
September,
2nd
to
November
16th.
Last
year,
I
was
homeless.
I
was
a
resident
of
10
City.
Since
I've
turned
my
life
around
I've
collaborated
on
a
film.
That's
just
premiered
in
Salzburg
Austria
I'm,
a
recovering
heroin
addict
I,
wouldn't
be
standing
here
today.
If
it
wasn't
for
the
street-level
outreach
groups,
I
stand
before
you
today,
asking
for
a
solution
to
this
homeless
epidemic.
More
funding
to
street-level
outreach.
AN
More
funding
to
these
walk
in
mental
health
clinics
without
these
organizations,
I
wouldn't
be
standing
in
front
of
you
today,
I
wouldn't
be
doing
the
things
that
I'm
doing
right
now,
I
think
it's
important
to
put
more
funding
into
this
homeless
epidemic.
There's
other
cities
out
there
right
now
that
are
paving
the
way
and
we're
standing
by
the
wayside
I
think
we
can
do
better.
Thank
you.
Thank.
AO
Piece
of
much
love,
I'm
number
51,
but
I
got
some
things.
I
got
it.
I
got
a
do,
but
I
respect
you
guys
this
time
and
I
really
appreciate
it,
and
one
thing
that
I
really
want
to
express
everybody
is
that
the
community
is
grieving
right
now
we
really
need
your
support
and
we're
just
asking
for
some
funds,
just
some
little
funds
that
we
can
help
our
people
to
really
do
what
we
need
to
do.
We
have
homelessness.
We
need
affordable
housing
for
the
people
that
are
out
there.
AO
Sleeping
Minneapolis
gets
way
too
cold
to
be
fighting
about,
affordable
housing.
We
also
need
to
worry
about
wage
stuff,
because
wage
theft
happens
way
more
than
property
theft.
So
how
I
heard
about
waist-up
was
through
organizations.
Community
organizations
likes
a
tool
who
has
done
the
outreach
and
with
knock
the
door
to
door
and
has
talked
to
me
and
other
people
about
the
wages
that
we've
lost
nurses
that
work
through
their
breaks
that
don't
get
compensated.
The
people
that
give
us
our
food,
everybody
also
the
drug
epidemic.
AO
We
need
the
houses
for
safe
needle
disposals
in
places
that
they
can
be
comfortable
and
do
their
do
what
they
have
to
do,
because
we
don't
want
them
on
the
streets
because
we
want
to
be
safe
and
police
officers
do
not
make
people
safe
and
I'm
nervous
right
now,
I,
don't
know
why
I'm
nervous
I'm,
talking
about
my
safety
and
I
feels
like
I
got
a
big
for
it,
and
it's
really
it's
really
sad
that
it
has
to
be
that
way
and
I
feel
like
in
this
room.
AO
AF
Traded
with
me
on
84,
okay
and
I
have
a
small
child
to
get
home
to
been
working
all
day.
My
name
is
Felicia
Perry.
My
address
is
2130
Lyndale
Avenue,
North,
North
Side,
that's
the
fourth
Precinct
area.
I
grew
up
in
that
area,
so
over
35
over
35
years
of
experience
with
the
MPD,
specifically
the
fourth
Precinct
I,
even
hung
out
in
my
high
school.
AF
So
the
interesting
thing
about
some
of
those
collaborations
that
I've
even
done
with
you
all.
It
has
really
been
piecing
together,
bits
and
pieces
of
things
and
being
really
creative
to
try
to
come
up
with
solutions.
They've
been
working,
you
all
have
the
data
and
yet
we're
still
putting
band-aids
on
huge
gashes
in
a
community
and
in
various
communities
that
have
largely
not
a
seen.
Investment
I
propose
that
we
spend
those
millions
of
dollars
and
invest
erect.
AF
We
into
small
business
owners,
specifically
in
communities
like
North
Minneapolis,
specifically
in
a
business
district
which
I
know
you
all,
are
going
to
be
naming
or
have
named
as
a
cultural
district
and
y'all
gonna.
Give
me
my
time
in
North
Minneapolis,
because
you
know
that
I'm
solution
based,
you
know
what
I
can
do
with
the
money.
I've
worked
with
several
of
you.
AF
The
police
have
not
done
the
things
that
I
have
done
to
provide
safety,
Freedom,
Square,
slow
flow,
North,
Side,
Arts
crawl,
the
activations
at
juxta
that
I
partner
with
them
with
all
of
them.
You
have
data
showing
that
calls
are
reduced
during
that
time.
You
do
not
give
them
the
same
kind
of
calls
and
and
issues
of
crime.
We
are
doing
the
work,
invest
in
us
directly
to
allow
us
to
sustain
this
work
to
scale
up
this
work.
AF
AF
AP
AP
The
email
specifically
targeted
the
homeless
community,
residing
primarily
in
Stephens
Square
Park,
a
community
that
I
should
say
it's
primarily
people
of
color.
The
entire
email
is
framed
as
a
homeless
problem.
I
do
not
believe
in
the
homeless,
I
believe
in
people
dealing
with
homelessness.
I
myself
have
been
near
homelessness
multiple
times
in
my
life,
the
only
things
that
saved
me
were
a
little
luck
and
a
lot
of
privilege.
AP
AP
The
city
worked
with
community
leaders
and
helping
people
to
transition
out
of
the
encampment
on
Franklin
Avenue
working
with
community
leaders
working
with
community
leaders
from
within
that
homeless,
community,
so
I
urge
you
to
take
a
similar
approach
in
the
Stephens
Square
neighborhood
work
with
the
community
leaders
work
with
homeless
people,
because
that
will
not
only
say
money
and
investing
in
social
services,
but
will
restore
it
dignity
and
humanity
for
every
single
person
involved.
Thank
you,
Thank
You,
speaker.
D
Good
evening,
council
members,
my
name
is
jeff
near
bus
and
I'm
the
board
chair
of
the
camden
promise
and
pastor
at
the
seminal
lutheran
up
at
47th
and
Colfax
Avenue
North
I
am
I,
am
here
to
first-date.
Thank
you
for
your
leadership.
In
providing
money
for
the
city,
violence
prevention
program,
we
were
the
recipients
of
the
fifty
thousand
dollar
grant.
As
a
result
of
those
resources,
we've
been
able
to
move
to
community
oriented
food
self.
D
That's
now
giving
out
over
80,000
pounds
of
food
a
month
connecting
with
over
2,000
residents
on
the
north
side
a
month
and
connecting
with
over
800
families.
Our
community
meals
now
meals
that
we
gather
on
Wednesdays
and
on
Saturdays
are
being
used
as
moments
for
our
community
to
be
in
conversation
around
what
the
community
can
do
to
address
violence
and
we've
invited
our
councilmember
as
well
as
our
Minnesota
State
Attorney
General.
They
have
been
a
part
of
the
conversation
of
the
work
that
we've
been
doing.
It's
been
marvelous
and
really
appreciate
that
work.
D
I
urge
you
to
continue
that
the
issue
with
violence
prevention
programs
is
the
time
it
takes
to
build
trust
the
time
it
takes
to
build
relationship.
That
process
is
slow,
because
there
are
a
lot
of
people
who
have
a
great
deal
of
mistrust
about
who
the
neighborhood
is,
how
safe
they
feel
and
what
it
is
that
they
can
actually
do
to
make
any
formative
change.
The
consensus
that
we
have
right
now
is
that
the
people
that
are
meeting
are
beginning
to
get
to
know
one
another.
D
They
recognize
and
they
talk
about
their
families
and
their
kids
in
their
life,
and
we
are
less
predisposed
to
act
and
waise
when
we
engage
in
deeper
community.
So
I
hope
that
we
can
continue
the
violence
prevention
program,
increase
those
resources
and
keep
that
work
going
as
we
continue
into
the
future.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
AQ
AQ
I
recommend
that
we
fully
fund
all
those
recommendations
made
by
the
task
force,
with
the
exception
of
additional
policing,
and
let
me
explain
why
the
major
the
mayor's
budget
is
choosing
to
spend
money
to
increase
the
number
of
police
officers
for
an
agency
that
has
never
been
held
accountable
for
the
damages
it
has
caused
for
our
communities.
Almost
two
million
is
to
be
spent
in
2020
alone
on
the
training,
staffing
of
eight
new
traffic
and
outreach
officers.
AQ
Instead,
we
should
avert
this
money
and
future
money
into
the
office
of
violence
prevention,
social
workers,
community
block
grants
and/or
the
increased
24
hour,
opioid
crisis
task
force.
Every
night
we
see
volunteers
like
Southside
harm
reduction,
who
conduct
street
outreach
to
individuals
struggling
struggling
with
addiction
or
litterers
who
train
their
residents
to
administer
narcan
to
overdose
victims.
This
is
just
a
name
view,
but
the
point
is
our
communities
are
resilient
and
prepared
to
take
on
our
challenges.
The
only
ask
that
the
city
directly
invest
in
them
and
give
them
the
resources.
U
AR
My
comments
are
actually
indifferent
towards
the
proposal
for
affordable
housing,
because
I've
had
my
own
barriers
in
the
past.
I
can
understand
exactly
what
many
renters
here
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis
are
facing
due
to
the
lack
of
affordable
housing
as
a
resident
connections
coordinator
for
any
on
non-profit,
affordable
housing.
Here
in
Minneapolis,
my
job
is
to
provide
support
in
many
community
resources
such
as
mental
health,
chemical
dependency,
financial
literacy,
buttoning
cetera
in
three
years,
I've
been
in
my
position.
AR
In
order
for
them
to
find
housing,
there
should
be
adequate
to
supply
supply
of
affordable
housing,
which
is
why
I
bring
up
the
location
where
I
live
really
percent
vacant,
and
it's
unacceptable,
so
I
definitely
recommend
you
while
taking
another
look
at
the
affordable
housing
budget.
Thank
you
thank.
AS
You
guys
I'm
here
about
my
daughter,
I'm
Linda,
Reno
fifth
Ward.
My
daughter's
name
is
Shallon
de
Reynaud.
She
was
found
dead
at
the
Lauren
towers
and
downtown
on
Grant,
Street
sup,
but
all
I
know
is
I've
been
trying
to
find
out
what
happened
to
her.
AS
They
said
it's
undetermined,
a
medical
examiner
but
I've
been
calling
and
calling
leaving
messages
that
nobody
has
returned.
My
call
or
anything
so
I
just
came
I
heard
about
this.
I
came
down,
but
I
have
a
criminal
record
since
79
that's
been
preventing
me
from
even
getting
a
job
I'm
back
in
the
60s
I
was
raised
through
the
riots
and
stuff
bats
and
stuff
all
kinds
of
stuff,
but
I
was
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
I'm
just
I
want
to
find
out
what
happened
to
my
daughter.
AS
A
AJ
AM
My
name
is
senika
Kruger
I'm
here
representing
Southside
harm
reduction
services,
Southside
harm
reduction
services
is
a
grassroots
mobile,
syringe
exchange
and
narcan
distribution
service
in
Minneapolis.
We
stand
here
with
reclaiming
the
block
and
the
South
Minneapolis
public
safety
coalition
and
their
demands
that
the
city
invest
in
communities
instead
of
funding
more
police
I'm
here
to
ask
personally
for
you
to
get
more
creative,
we
don't
need
to
be
doing
the
same
things
that
we
know
don't
work.
If
police
officers
and
adding
more
police
officers
worked,
you
wouldn't
need
to
continue
increasing
funding
for
them
right.
AM
We
know
that
they
don't
work.
Let's
get
more
creative
right.
Let's
start
funding
organizations
like
Southside
harm
reduction
that
are
working
from
the
ground
up
instead
of
the
top
down
we're
outside
in
the
streets.
Every
single
week
doing
outreach
with
these
communities
that
we
serve
and
these
communities
had
been
criminalized.
Their
bodies
have
been
criminalized
enough,
just
as
a
result
of
being
unhoused
and
having
some
issues
with
addictions.
We
don't
need
more
police
officers
out
on
the
streets
criminalizing
these
bodies.
These
bodies
need
help.
These
bodies
need
services
like
Southside
harm
reduction.
AM
The
four
hundred
thousand
dollars
that
has
been
earmarked
for
the
opioid
to
address
the
opioid
epidemic-
it's
not
enough!
It's
ridiculous!
Stop
that
harm
reduction,
we're
all
volunteers,
we're
not
asking
for
any
money
for
ourselves.
We
go
out
on
the
streets
every
week.
What
we're
asking
for
is
just
that.
We
have
the
things
that
we
need
to
provide
the
people
that
we
serve
the
basic
stuff
right.
AM
AT
Hey
I'm
cobs
I'm,
a
lifelong
Minneapolis
resident
I
live
in
the
Phillips
neighborhood
I'm
here
with
Southside
harm
reduction
as
well.
To
advocate
for
funding
community
led
restorative
solutions
to
the
opioid
crisis.
Instead
of
more
police
police
that
are
gonna,
come
enforce
the
same
broken
war
on
drugs,
policies
that
are
dehumanizing
ineffective
and
they
increased
the
societal
harm
of
the
opioid
crisis
at
Seneca
said
us
and
lots
of
other
community
groups
and
individuals
have
been
out
dealing
with
this.
AT
For
years
we
were
out
giving
naloxone
and
harm
reduction
supplies,
while
up
until
about
a
year
ago,
the
Minneapolis
cops
were
fighting
against
even
carrying
naloxone
with
them
yeah.
The
city
is
taken
also
some
time
to
move
towards
funding
this
issue,
and
while
the
proposed
$400,000
is
a
good
step,
it's
kind
of
a
more
of
a
symbolic
gesture.
AT
When
you
look
at
the
scope
of
the
crisis,
it's
also
really
small
compared
to
the
8.4
million
dollars
to
hire
14
new
cops.
That
point
four
would
be
the
amount
that
y'all
are
proposing
for
you're
proposing
for
the
opioid
crisis,
and
it
kind
of
just
leaves
all
of
us
out
here
to
divvy
up
the
scraps
police
push.
AT
People
who
use
drugs
further
into
the
cycles
of
addiction
and
poverty
are
sentencing
for
nonviolent
drug
possession,
puts
people
in
prison
for
years
releases
them
to
a
city
where
they
can't
find
a
job,
because
they're,
a
felon
can't
find
housing
because
they're
a
felon
and
because
there's
nowhere
to
live
for
poor
people
in
this
city
and
then
there's
no
funding
for
harm
reduction
services.
So
what
do
you
expect
people
to
do
when
they're
not
given
options?
That's
where
you
get
all
the
negative
societal
effects?
That's
where
you
get
people
coming
out
of
prison
overdosing.
AT
AU
Good
evening,
council
members,
my
name
is
Nicole
and
I
am
a
school
social
worker
at
Nellie,
stone,
Johnson
elementary
school,
which
is
located
in
Ward
5
of
North,
Minneapolis
and
I
am
here
tonight
to
urge
you
to
continue
fully
funding
the
stable
home,
stable
Schools
program.
This
is
my
first
year
as
a
school
social
worker,
but
I
have
spent
four
years
working
with
students
in
Minneapolis,
Public,
Schools
and
I
have
seen
how
homeless
and
housing
stood.
Instability
impacts
our
students
and
families
on
a
daily
basis.
AU
Last
year,
at
Nellie,
stone,
Johnson,
20
percent
of
our
student
body,
experienced
homelessness
and
45%
had
experienced
homelessness
at
some
point
during
their
years
as
minneapolis
public
school
students.
We
know
that
even
one
experience
of
homelessness
impacts
a
young
person's
ability
to
be
successful
at
school,
and
this
is
a
single
greatest
risk
factor
for
not
graduating.
High
school,
stable
home,
stable
schools
is
having
a
direct
impact
on
families
who
desperately
need
support
to
remain
stable.
AU
I
became
a
school
social
worker
because
I
wanted
to
support
students
and
help
them
achieve
success
in
school
students
who
do
not
have
housing
outside
of
school
struggle
in
school,
and
we
know
this
as
a
social
worker.
I
wanted
to
be
able
to
connect
families
to
resources
in
stable
homes.
Stable
schools
is
a
unique
program
and
allowing
us
to
do
this
through
stable
home,
stable
schools.
AU
Another
unique
aspect
of
the
stable
home
staple
Schools
program
is
that
we
also
help
families
prevent
eviction
by
providing
funds
for
families
who
are
at
risk
of
losing
their
home.
This
is
so
critical
in
helping
our
students
maintain
the
stability
that
a
house
provides
for
them.
Our
students
are
finding
shelter,
local
shelters
and
other
homes,
but
a
house
provides
stability
that
our
students
desperately
need
to
be
successful
in
school,
so
I
urge
you
to
continue
fully
supporting
the
stable
home,
stable,
Schools
program.
Thank
you,
Thank
You,
speaker.
AV
The
vast
majority
of
overdose
reversals
are
performed
by
people
who
use
drugs
and
by
their
loved
ones,
not
by
police.
There
is
a
profound
and
well-founded
mistrust
of
police
among
communities
of
people
who
use
drugs,
especially
communities
of
color,
indigenous
communities
and
LGBTQ.
Folks,
at
Southside
we
distributed
over
10,000
doses
of
naloxone
in
the
last
year.
It's
hard
to
say
how
many
lives
have
been
saved,
but
I
hear
stories
on
a
bi-weekly
basis
about
people
who
were
able
to
reverse
an
overdose
in
someone
that
they
loved
so
I'm.
Just
here
to
say.
AV
AW
According
to
the
CDC,
much
of
the
decline
in
fatal
overdoses
around
the
country
has
been
due
to
large-scale
grassroots
distribution
of
naloxone
like
Southside
harm
reduction
and
various
other
organizations
in
the
Twin
Cities
and
individuals
that
do
that
work.
Southside
is
out
doing
street
outreach,
doing
deliveries
of
naloxone
and
safe
few
supplies,
picking
up
syringes
on
the
ground,
teaching
people
how
to
use
naloxone
and
teaching
people
how
to
be
safer
and
getting
people
connected
to
resources.
AW
Southside
harm
reduction
has
spent
less
than
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
since
2017.
We
need
things
like
sustainably
funded,
syringe
exchange
programs,
programs,
providing
mobile
medicine,
to
bring
healthcare
out
of
clinics
and
into
communities.
We
need
drop-in,
centers,
shelters
that
are
accessible
and
culturally
focused.
We
need
safe
few
spaces,
save
consumption
spaces,
which
is
a
tried-and-true
approach,
used
all
around
the
world
to
prevent
overdose
deaths
and
help
access
services.
These
are
solutions
that
work
in
are
achievable
and
there
are
many
community
organizations
who
are
ready
and
wanting
to
do
the
work.
AW
AW
AX
Hello,
I'm,
Jack,
Martin
I,
live
in
Ventura
village
I'm
also
with
Southside
harm
reduction
services
and,
like
I,
said
before
my
Southside
armor,
diving
services
and
mobile
surge
exchange
program.
That's
run
completely
by
volunteers.
Everyone
donates
their
time
as
well
as
a
lot
of
resources
I'm
here
today,
because
I
do
not
support
the
funding
of
14
more
cops.
Instead,
we
should
invest
in
people
and
communities
before
I
continue.
AX
AX
We
we
see
people
all
over
this
the
city
and
we
are
most
likely
the
largest
strange
exchange
in
the
states
in
terms
of
number
of
just
you
know,
distributed
people
seeing
rocks
and
vials.
Given.
This
is
not
a
position.
We
should
be
in
the
this.
These
funds
should
be
funded
programs,
they
should
be
yeah,
they
should
be
funded
programs,
and
this
this
is
a
gap.
That
is
what
was
created
because
we
aren't
funding
and
supporting
people
experiencing
houseless
substance
use
when
exporting
healthcare
and
communities.
It's
not
because
we're
underfunding
tops
the
sentence.
AX
Is
this
this
sediment?
The
idea
that
we
are
funding
20
coughs
is
echoed
throughout
all
the
people
that
I
see
through
Southside
harm
reduction
services.
I
haven't
met
a
single
person
who
said
what
they
need
is
another
pop
on
the
street
everyone.
Everyone
has
said
that
they
need
that
cops,
just
tear
their
families
apart
for
their
signifies
their
existence
and
leave
people
with
charges.
They
can't
afford
to
deal
with
all
that
prevents
safe
and
healthy
recovery.
AY
Good
evening
my
name
is
commercially
a
bashar.
I
use
they/them
pronouns
I'm,
an
eighth
ward
resident,
a
New
York
University
Tisch
School
of
the
Arts
Drama
grad
and
I'm
doing
so
well,
acting
locally
about
as
of
last
week,
I
acquired
filming
TV
representation
in
New
York
in
LA.
So
thank
you.
I'll
be
traveling
a
lot
for
work,
though,
because
when
I
moved
to
Minneapolis,
I
truly
felt
like
I
moved
home.
AY
However,
when
I
first
arrived
from
my
original
state
of
New
York
by
way
of
New
York
City,
it
wasn't
for
acting,
it
was
because
I
was
diagnosed
to
four
different
cognitive
disorders,
because
the
poverty
I
grew
up
in
is
the
system
that
works
and
because
I
knew
I
wasn't
going
to
be
able
to
access
the
care
that
I
needed
there.
In
my
time,
making
use
of
the
excellent
health
and
community
care
resources
available
here
I
was
able
to
become
symptom
free
from
all
four
disorders.
AY
I
saw
15
different
care
professionals,
and
they
taught
me
a
lot
about
de-escalating
myself,
but
not
one
of
them
ever
told
me
that
it
was
a
good
idea,
while
in
crisis,
to
engage
with
a
paramilitary
force,
because
it
doesn't
make
sense
so
to
continue
to
use
polices.
Crisis
response
is
outrageous
and
is
causing
more
trauma
with
over
a
thousand
untested
rape
kits
over
the
course
of
30
years.
What
would
be
prudent
is
a
deep
examination
of
MPD's
misuse
of
current
resources,
not
giving
them
more.
AY
AZ
Hi,
my
name
is
Julia
Dodson
I'm
a
six
year,
PhD
headed
at
the
university
Minnesota,
and
that
drug
professor
at
University
of
st.
Thomas
and
I'm.
Also
the
creator
and
founder
of
queer
science
I,
am
sure
to
ask
you
today.
I
did
find
it's
the
money
for
two
full-time
trans
funding
of
trans
faculty
funded
positions.
What
I'd
like
for
you
to
do
is
instead
of
sitting
there
and
ignoring
some
of
the
major
trans
issues.
AZ
I
want
you
actually
look
back
at
the
sis
communities
around
you,
because
the
system
you
use
around
us
make
up
the
majority
of
who's
actually
electing
and
voting
for
you
and
office.
They
have
over
the
past
few
years
in
2015,
had
the
Minneapolis
or
the
Minnesota
State
High
School
League
make
sure
that
there
is
trans
protections
for
every
single
high
school
student
who
is
transgender
to
come
in
as
well
as
voting
for
some
of
you
representatives
here
and
also
most
recently.
AZ
We
also
had
the
ban
on
conversion
therapy,
because
the
time
and
time
again
the
community
around
us,
the
center
community
has
shown
that
they
are
it's
here
to
defend
and
stand
up
for
trans
rights.
They
understand
the
inherent
value
and
they
consume
our
art.
They
are
part
of
us
us
and
they
see
what
we
are
worth
and
they
have
been
constantly
supporting
us.
AZ
Here,
I
got
to
attend
the
very
first
ever
trans
equity
summit
that
allowed
me
to
be
in
networks
of
the
connections
to
actually
go
out
and
find
and
build
my
own
networks
and
community
organizations
such
as
career
science
without
those
kind
of
resources
and
keeping
them
persisting
in
our
community.
We're
going
to
be,
we
need
to
have
your
support
as
well
as
promoters
as
people,
to
make
sure
that
the
trans
community
stays
together.
Thank
you
thank.
BA
Good
evening,
mayor
and
council,
my
name
is
barb
Draper
I
live
in
Northeast,
Minneapolis
I,
believe
that
you
believe
the
declaration
you
just
passed
that
there
is
a
climate
emergency,
I'm,
proud
of
Minneapolis,
led
by
you
to
strive
to
lead
in
reducing
greenhouse
I,
see
missions,
and
yet
here,
in
the
face
of
a
climate
emergency,
the
city
reduces
funding
for
fighting
it.
The
city
is
already
behind
in
meeting
its
greenhouse
gas
reduction
goals.
In
fact,
if
it
weren't
for
excels,
most
renewables,
the
city
wouldn't
have
many
games
to
talk
about.
BA
So
I
am
here
to
ask
to
play
to
say
we
need
to
put
our
money
where
I
mount
this
and
fund
efforts
to
conquer
this
climate
emergency
as
I
understand
it.
The
budget
is
$600,000
less
than
last
year's
spending
allocation.
Clearly
that
needs
to
be
restored,
but
in
the
face
of
an
emergency
either
we
really
think
that
it's
an
emergency
or
we
don't-
and
if
we
do,
then
we
need
to
double
our
efforts.
This
means
going
back
up
to
the
2.8
million
of
last
year
and
adding
to
that
substantially.
BA
This
is
an
emergency.
You
said
it
I
think
the
city
is
on
fire.
Thanks
to
Mississippi
is
flooding,
Minneapolis
and
ruffles
residents
are
on
rooftops,
think
crops
are
feeling
and
people
are
going
hungry.
Please
emergencies,
don't
wait,
words
won't
do
it.
Resolutions
need
funding,
restore
the
600
million
and
increase
it.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
AC
Good
evening
my
name's
Steve
salmon
I
live
in
East
Phillips,
neighborhood
and
I
am
here
to
ask
you
to
return
the
seven
million
dollars
to
the
water
fund.
That
was
misappropriated
that
blocked
the
project
that
our
neighborhood
has
worked
for
for
for
over
four
years
now
and
I'd
also
like
to
uplift,
the
person
previously
said
fund
the
energy.
This
would
be
a
project
that
would
the
the
city
of
Minneapolis
would
get
awards
for
for
working
with
their
underprivileged
community.
We
have
a
partners
of
little
earth
housing.
AC
We
have
partners
of
a
Somali
group,
Southeast
Asia
families,
we
Hispanic
neighbors
that
have
gone
together
and
if
city
would
get
out
of
the
way,
we
would
have
a
facility
that
would
be
producing
food.
That
would,
although
would
be
training
in
our
youth.
We
have
a
cafe
a
market,
a
bike,
repair
and
building
shop
all
run
by
a
youth
governing
board.
This
is
on
our
Greenway
in
our
community
and
our
transit
oriented
hub,
and
what
does
the
city
do
they?
AC
The
first
day,
some
of
you
were
on
the
council
when
they
voted
to
take
this
money
from
all
of
our
water
fronts
and
block
our
efforts
to
buy
this
by
by
threatening
eminent
domain,
and
the
city
said
that
they
were
going
to
save
this
building.
It's
two
hundred
and
thirty
seven
thousand
square
foot
built
in
1947
asset
to
our
community
that
could
incubate
projects
that
are
much
needed
in
our
Green
Zone.
It's
an
enterprise
zone.
You
guys
need
to
get
out
of
the
way
and
let
us
develop
this
on
our
green
zone.
AC
BB
Thank
You
council
president
members,
the
City
Council,
my
name
is
Luke
Redman
I'm,
a
member
of
Ward,
4
and
I'm.
Also
a
lawyer
at
Legal,
Aid
Society
of
Minneapolis
Minnesota
legal
aid,
I'm
here
to
talk
about
we've,
we've
heard
about
solutions
and
things
I
could
use
funding
besides
police
and
besides
things
that
that
the
city
currently
funds,
one
of
those
things
is
the
right
to
counsel
tenants
facing
eviction
right
now.
The
ones
who
get
lawyers
do
face
fair,
a
lot
better.
This
council
has
already
supported
more
lawyers
for
tenants
facing
eviction.
BB
Other
cities
in
this
country
have
gone
to
right
to
counsel
as
a
matter
of
course,
New
York
City
San
Francisco,
Philadelphia
LA.
There
are
cities
that
are
continuing
to
move
in
that
direction.
Cleveland
is
one
of
them.
The
providing
tenants.
Lawyers
is
a
way
to
keep
them
in
the
housing
that
they
already
have.
We've
heard
time
and
time
again
today
how
housing
is
a
solution
to
housing
instability
that
we
could
build
more
housing
building
more
housing
cost
a
lot
of
money.
There
is
housing
that
people
are
in
now
tenants
who
face
eviction.
BB
Almost
eighty
percent
of
them
are
people
of
color.
If
they
are
represented
by
lora
lawyers,
ninety-six
percent
of
them
will
either
win
or
settle
their
cases.
Most
of
them
will
stay
in
their
homes
and
they'll,
be
there
without
eviction
records
after
the
case
is
over
with
the
right
to
counsel
is
a
solution
that
makes
sense.
It
makes
economic
sense.
It
doesn't
cost
a
lot
of
money
for
the
value
that
you
get
out
of
it.
I'd
strongly
encourage
the
council
to
do
that.
BB
BC
Good
evening,
I'm
mark
Sean
bomb
from
the
11th
ward
and
I'm
here
tonight
as
a
volunteer
board
member
of
non-profit
developer
PRG
and
a
member
of
make
homes
happen.
Last
year
you
made
a
40
million
dollar
down
payment
on
an
affordable
housing
trust
fund.
This
year's
proposed
31
million
dollars
takes
a
step
backward
on
this
critical
priority.
I
urge
you
to
budget
at
least
40
to
50
million
dollars
this
year,
if
not
more
budgeting.
BC
Substantial
general
fund
money
for
housing
each
year
is
hard,
but
it
has
to
continue
until
you
identify
funds
for
a
permanent,
dedicated
source
for
affordable
housing.
Other
cities
have
solved
this
puzzle
and
the
report
you
got
out.
The
city's
rule
was
too
pessimistic
where
state
law
is
a
genuine
roadblock
will
advocate
with
you
at
the
legislature
for
solutions,
but
in
the
meantime
we
can't
go
backwards.
Creating
affordable
homes
is
essential
to
the
success
of
the
2040
framework,
inclusionary
zoning
and
all
the
other
goals.
BC
You've
heard
about
here
tonight,
PRG,
where
I'm
on
the
board
has
created
affordable
housing
in
Minneapolis
for
over
40
years
and
counseled
families
to
buy
homes
or
save
their
home
from
foreclosures.
Every
day
brings
more
requests
to
PRG
and
other
nonprofits
than
can
be
met,
I'm
especially
proud,
as
you're
just
heard
of
the
city's
role
in
removing
slumlord,
Steve
and
Friends,
and
helping
stabilize
those
buildings.
BC
Investments
have
to
be
made
all
along
the
affordable
housing
spectrum
from
efforts
like
the
friend
situation,
to
stabilizing
the
homeless
and
developing
new,
affordable
homes.
The
housing
budget
you
adopt
and
a
couple
of
days
here
will
affect
all
these
goals,
so
don't
go
backwards.
Keep
your
leadership
going
and
improve
50
million
dollars
for
a
four
housing.
Thank
you,
Thank
You,
speaker.
AZ
AZ
BD
As
much
when
I
said,
are
you
talking?
My
name
is
Renato
Willer
and
I
live
in
Ward
6
and
the
Seward
neighborhood
I
am
here
this
evening
to
ask
every
council
member
to
support,
reclaim
the
block
and
to
fund
to
full-time
permanent
trans
equity
staff
in
the
2020
budget
because
of
the
investment
in
dedicated
trans
equity
staff.
Already
many
exciting
strides
have
been
made
this
year.
The
trans
equity
summit
was
the
largest
most
accessible
and
the
most
community
plan
summit.
Yet
the
appointed
board
application
was
updated
and
many
collaborative
partnerships
were
formed.
BD
We
can
capitalize
on
this
important
momentum
if
the
city
chooses
to
invest
in
it
further
funding
trans
equity
work
is
inherently
valuable
in
itself,
but
also
as
integral
violence,
prevention
strategy,
funding,
trans
equity
work
and
educating.
Educating
people
about
transphobia
will
keep
trans
folk
and
others
safe.
Real
safety
can
only
come
when
we
as
a
community,
decide
to
work
through
conflict
and
address
harm
without
relying
on
punitive
systems,
marginalization
and
condemnation.
BD
I've
been
working
in
the
homeless
service
community
for
the
past
four
years
and
I've
never
had
one
of
my
clients
say
we
need
more
police
on
the
streets
and
in
fact
many
of
my
clients
have
experienced
trauma
inflicted
by
the
police.
My
clients
asks
are
for
clean,
affordable
housing,
stigma,
reduction,
more
access
to
mental
health,
supports
better
public
transportation
and
lower
barrier
resources.
BD
We
talk
about
adding
more
police
to
the
streets
for
safer
communities,
I,
wonder
whose
safety
are
we
talking
about
my
clients,
and
so
many
others
need
us
to
break
free
of
the
punitive
mindset
we
are
stuck
in
for
these
and
many
more
reasons
ask
every
council
member
to
support
increased
permanent
funding
for
trans
acquittee
work
and
their
reclaim
the
black
asks.
Thank
you.
Thank.
AI
Good
evening,
council
members,
my
name
is
Donna
che
I
live
at
2
2
1-3
25th,
Avenue
South
in
the
super
neighborhood
I'm,
a
student
at
the
University
of
Minnesota
as
a
Global
Studies
major
hoping
to
become
an
environmental
educator
in
2015
I
was
diagnosed
with
skis,
Oh,
affective
disorder.
If
you
haven't
heard
of
it,
it's
a
mental.
It's
a
severe
mental
health
disorder
that
it
is
explained
most
easily
as
a
combination
of
schizophrenia
and
bipolar
disorder.
AI
One
day
around
four
years
ago,
at
the
peak
of
my
illness,
I
became
actively
suicidal
aggressive
and
violent
towards
my
father
to
the
point
where
he
didn't
know
what
to
do
and
called
the
cops.
The
cops
handcuffed
me
and
told
me
that
I
had
the
choice
of
going
to
jail
or
the
hospital
and
not
being
in
the
right
state
of
mind,
I
told
them
repeatedly
to
take
me
to
jail.
AI
They
ended
up
sending
me
to
the
psych
ward,
but
I.
Imagine
that
might
not
have
been
the
case
if
I
was
black
or
brown
or
indigenous
I'm
here
to
ask
that
the
city
put
money
towards
a
mobile
mental
health
crisis.
Intervention
team
such
as
the
one
in
Eugene
Oregon,
with
which
answers
calls
like
suicide
interventions
and
overdoses.
AI
I
speak
on
behalf
of
those
that
struggle
with
mental
illness
and
plead
that
you
consider
budgeting
money
for
mental
health
response
teams
that
are
better
suited
to
Han
conflicts
that
arise
as
mental
health.
Crises
which
cops
are
not
in
not
adequately
trained
to
handle.
I
want
Minneapolis
to
invest
in
real
safety
by
budgeting
for
these
mental
health
teams,
instead
of
hiring
14
more
cops,
which
will
save
people
from
going
to
jail
when
they
should
be
going
to
the
hospital
and
perhaps
even
save
a
life.
Thank
you.
Thank.
BE
BE
Unfortunately,
many
of
our
members
couldn't
be
here,
but,
as
you
know,
we
work
with
thousands
of
renter's,
low-income
renters
of
color
in
the
city
and
never
not
once
have
I
heard
from
any
of
them
that
they
want
more
cops
and
we
had
a
meeting
where
we
discussed
some
of
the
alternatives
to
increase
in
policing
that
could
better
support
our
renter
community
and
I.
Think
there's
too
many
to
name
which
I
think
is
telling,
but
some
of
the
ones
that
I
wanted
to
mention.
BE
I
know
that
there's
you
know,
there's
there's
never
enough
money
somehow,
but
we
need
more
money
for
efforts
like
time
opportunity
to
purchase
for
right
to
counsel,
as
my
friend
Luke,
with
legal
aid
mentioned,
and
also
wanted
to
talk
about
increased
funding
for
transit
staff
members.
Since
that
effort
has
already
been
doing
amazing
work
in
our
communities,
and
we
need
to
see
more
of
that
in
more
efforts.
So,
on
behalf
of
the
the
renter's
of
Angelino
sonidos,
we
want
to
ask
you
to
not
hire
more
cops
and
fun
solutions
and
fun
community.
Instead,
thank
you.
BE
BF
Good
evening,
madam
chair
members
of
the
council,
mayor
Frey,
my
name
is
Nikki.
Mabry
I
had
the
pleasure
of
once
living
in
this
beautiful
city.
I
now
work
here
as
the
Community
Engagement
Manager
of
people
serving
people
at
6:14,
3rd
Avenue,
South,
councilmember,
Fletcher's
district,
all
right.
So
as
a
community
manager,
Engagement
Manager
at
our
region's
largest
Family
Shelter
every
day,
I
get
to
see
the
fierce
resilience
of
children,
youth
and
families.
BF
It's
beautiful
and
every
day,
I
also
get
to
see
the
impacts
of
over-policing
systemic
violence
and
deep
trauma
from
contact
with
the
police
state.
A
beautiful
elder
said
once
we
have
to
believe
that
revolution
is
possible
and
we
have
to
act
like
it
every
day.
I
want
this
beautiful
city
to
invest
in
the
authentic
safety
of
our
families
and
community
by
funding
violence,
prevention,
programs
and
youth
homeless
services.
BF
Our
community
deeply
needs
real
solution,
real
solutions
to
the
opioid
crisis,
and
it's
urgent.
We
don't
need
more
police
I
want
to.
Thank
you.
I
know
that
every
one
of
you
ran
for
office
to
save
lives
and
to
support
the
dignity
of
all
of
our
peoples.
Thank
you,
and
may
the
ancestors
be
with
you
in
this
work.
K
Hello,
Council
and
mayor,
my
name
is
Jan
Court
I
live
in
Powderhorn
neighborhood
I'm
here
on
behalf
of
the
mayor's
Advisory
Council
on
Aging,
which
I
am
NOT.
The
vice
chair
of
thank
you
so
much
for
your
support
of
seniors
programs
and
your
continued
commitment
to
the
aging
action
plan
which
you
approved
and
also
our
fà bregas
and
the
UN
approved
the
visiting,
also
watch
painting
for
the
visiting
nurse
program.
K
That's
also
been
a
godsend
to
so
many.
The
older
adults
currently
comprise
25
percent
of
the
city's
population.
It's
also
the
fastest
growing
population
segment,
so
in
the
future,
until
the
additional
needs
to
be
considered
for
your
older
citizens,
I
know
there's
so
many
pressures
so
I.
Thank
you
for
considering,
as
you
work
on
the
next
year's
budget
and
the
budgets
in
the
future,
our
needs.
Thank
you.
Thank
You,
speaker,
53,.
A
BG
BH
BH
Our
existing
programs
seem
completely
inadequate
for
confronting
the
needs
that
we
have
in
our
communities,
especially
in
light
of
the
equity
problems
we
face
in
our
city
and
I.
Think
this
budget
mostly
preserves
existing
programs,
and
these
existing
programs
have
been
around
for
a
lot
of
years
with
limited
impact
and
very,
very
limited
outreach,
and
we
know
that
the
programs
that
exists
primarily
work
best
for
those
with
access
to
capital,
both
financial
capital
and
social
capital.
BH
Think
we
can
do
that
with
new
ideas
and
new
initiatives.
But
those
aren't
there
are
few
in
the
budget.
The
limited
ones
that
are
there
are
good
starts,
but
the
commercial
acquisition
fund
is
focused
on
large
development
and
so
much
of
see.
Peds
time
is
focused
on
supporting
large
developers
and
large
development.
Some
of
that
sour
necessity.
But
our
community
certainly
need
more
most
small
business
owners,
don't
know
how
to
advocate
for
themselves.
They
don't
know
the
program
that
exists,
they
feel
like.
They
have
the
partners
they
need
in
City,
Hall
and
I
hope.
A
BI
Hello,
my
name
is
Patrick
strong
and
with
that
21:03
second
Avenue
South
Minneapolis,
that's
Whittier.
Neighborhood
I
am
here
in
support
of
affordable
housing
in
Minneapolis,
and
then
so
can
they
go
home.
The
Coalition,
Alliance
housing,
I'm,
63
years
old
and
I
was
doing
pretty
good
up
to
a
few
years
ago,
when
I
had
a
stroke
and
if
it
wasn't
for
me
being
on
a
fixed
income
and
stuff
like
that,
I
can't
afford
what
the
rents
are
right.
My
afford
housing
is
important
to
me
right
being
the
nursing
home
I
wouldn't
be
living
independently,
like.
BJ
A
A
BK
BK
So
former
police
chief
harteau
ordered
an
end
to
massage
parlor
raids,
because
police
were
taking
too
many
liberties,
which
is
a
really
fancy
way
of
saying,
sanctioned
rape,
and
we
don't
need
more
police
officers.
We
need
police
officers
to
be
doing
their
jobs,
which
is
not
a
big
ask.
I,
don't
think
they
need
to
be
community
members.
14
more
police
officers
is
just
14
more
people
to
be
terrified
of
when
you
go
outside.
That's
there,
not
anyone
that
we
understand
to
be,
in
addition
to
a
super,
effective
team.
BK
So
I
think
we
all
have
heard
about
the
recent
discovery
of
rape
kits
and
the
well-established
history
of
disregarding
sexual
violence
and
cases
of
sexual
violence
and
I.
Think
that
just
speaks
more
and
more
to
how
the
police
can't
just
have
more
funding.
They
can't
just
have
more
officers,
they
need
to
be
specifically
trained
and
fixed
in
a
certain
that
our
Police
Department
needs
to
be
fixed
because
it
is
not
functioning
as
it
needs
to
be,
and
just
adding
more
people
and
training
them
in
the
same
way
that
we
have
been
is
not
sufficient.
BK
So,
yes
feel
great.
There's
a
couple
more
things
I'd
like
to
touch
on
in
terms
of
affordable
housing,
the
DC
police
chief,
Peter
Newseum,
says
it
really
well
when
he
says
we
can't
arrest
our
way
out
of
prostitution,
we
have
to
respond
to
poverty.
We
have
to
respond
to
things
that
are
causing
people
to
turn
to
these
non-traditional
forms
of
employment.
We
need
to
allocate
more
than
we
already
have
to
affordable
housing.
BK
We
need
to
allocate
far
more
than
four
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
the
opioid
epidemic,
which
is
astronomically
larger
than
that,
and
any
police
force
needs
that
we
have
any
recovery
program,
syringe
exchange
programs.
We
need
funding
to
do
something
working
with
people
like
Southside
harm
reduction,
who's
trained
me
and
I
have
passed
out
syringes
in
my
neighborhood
of
Seward
and
I
feel
like
if
we
can't
have
police
officers.
Who
would
do
that
we
can't
fund
them.
Thank
you.
Thank.
BL
Councilmembers,
mayor
and
I
came
to
speak
about
this
point
where
the
mayor
is
saying:
we
need
more
officers
to
build
relationships
with
people
on
the
streets
and
I
just
wanted
to
bring
a
little
bit
to
light
from
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department's
YouTube
channel
about
what
building
relationships
looks
like
so
I,
don't
know
if
you
know
about
the
police
young
explorers
program.
This
is
a
screenshot
from
the
Minneapolis
Police
YouTube
opened
it
up
for
the
crowd
here.
Oh.
BL
BL
BL
Have
another
one
which
is
a
different
picture,
so
this
is
the
Minneapolis
police
explorers
program.
This
picture
is
from
May
of
this
year,
showing
a
young
child
with
an
assault
rifle.
If
you
watch
the
whole
video
you'll
get
to
see
children,
doing
SWAT
raids
with
each
other
learning
how
to
arrest
each
other
and
just
smiling
the
whole
time
and
I
also
included
on
the
bottom
of
this
one.
BL
That's
on
the
screen,
the
Minneapolis
City
Council's
Public
Safety,
priority,
which
you
all
decided
on
which
the
mayor
kind
of
missed
in
his
budget,
which
is
to
increase
the
number
of
black
indigenous
and
people
of
color
ages,
10
to
24
living
in
higher
violence,
areas
of
Minneapolis
who
participate
in
quality
youth
development
programs.
So
I
would
argue
that
spending
eight
and
a
half
million
dollars
on
police
and
how
much
on
youth
development
is
probably
not
meeting
this
goal,
and
you
all
luckily
have
the
power
to
change
things
now.
BM
President
bender
members
of
the
council
I
concur
with
the
energy
vision
advisory
committees,
request
to
amend
a
2020
budget
by
restoring
the
590,000
which
had
been
in
the
2019
budget
laid
out
in
this
letter
here
which
I
could
submit
and
the
climate
emergency
declaration
from
the
Peace
Committee
on
Monday
plus
this
report
right
here
means
we
cannot
afford
to
invest
less
than
last
year
and
I
have
looked
through
the
spreadsheet
on
the
franchise
fee.
Enabled
programming
right
here.
BM
We're
at
10
of
the
budget
items
were
fully
spent,
but
also
the
whole
suite
of
the
green
cost.
Share
programs
ran
out
of
money,
even
though
they
gave
Minneapolis
residents
and
businesses
40
million
dollars
in
energy
savings
by
leveraging
less
than
4
million
in
city
funds
and
green
business
cost
share
how
to
close
its
applications
for
funding
in
February,
because
it
got
oversubscribed
back
quickly
and
yet
I
see
in
the
spreadsheet
that
it
gets
$171,000
less.
BM
The
next
year's
budget
and
I
know
that
energy
disclosure
ordinances
have
increased
demand
for
home
energy
audits
and
improvements
by
a
factor
of
10.
So
it
comes
as
no
surprise
that
the
home
energy
assessment
and
project
bio
downs
were
oversubscribed
despite
getting
extra
funds
from
the
realized
program
which
did
not
proceed,
and
if
this
increased
demand
is
not
matched
with
increase
in
that
funds
than
the
long
waiting
list
and
people
not
being
served
next
year
will
be
the
reality
that
we
face
at
least
for
next
year
and
at
the
most
recent
Clean
Energy
Partnership
board.
BM
Meeting
I
saw
that
Xcel
Energy
had
refused
to
take
the
next
steps
on
inclusive
financing
and
also
Centrepointe
offloaded
the
work
of
program
design
on
to
the
city,
even
though
they
handed
out
this
soap
made
from
captured
co2.
So
it
is
important
that
the
city
be
able
to
fund
the
technical
support
to
get
an
inclusive
financing
project
off
the
ground
and
I'm
wearing
purple
in
support
of
the
trans
equity
project
or
budget
and
reclaim
the
block.
Thank
you.
BN
I've
had
the
pleasure
of
serving
on
the
council's
9/11
work
group
that
was
put
together.
This
fall
and
I
come
to
share
a
lot
of
the
learnings
that
I
had
from
that
work.
First,
there's
a
tremendous
opportunity
to
respond
to
911
calls
without
police,
specifically
people
impacted
by
the
opioid
crisis
and
people
having
mental
health
crises.
The
chief
has
talked
about
the
fact
that
one
twelfth
of
police
resources
are
used
fighting
the
opioid
crisis.
Do
we
really
need
police
officers
being
the
first
persons
to
attend
to
these
people?
This
is
not
an
effective
approach.
BN
Second,
there's
been
a
lot
of
talk
about
priority.
One
calls
and
them
not
getting
responded
to.
We
first
need
to
look
at
what
the
definition
of
priority
one
calls
are
and
reevaluate
that
the
theft
of
a
candy
bar
can
be
considered
a
priority.
One
call
if
it
happens
within
ten
minutes
of
someone
calling
the
police
department
is
that
really
a
priority?
One
call
third:
there
needs
to
be
ongoing
investments
in
solutions
that
don't
require
police
presence,
there's
so
many
opportunities
to
do
that.
BN
BN
BG
Is
you
all
given
us,
the
runaround
you're,
not
really
trying
to
put
forth
the
effort
to
help
us
so
I'm
here
to
support
reclaim
the
block
and
I
want
to?
Let
you
guys
know
that
we
demand
our
police
accountability
councils.
We
won't
be
told
no
anymore,
all
of
these
reforming
and
talks
of
training,
and
we
definitely
don't
need
normal
police
officers
out
here.
We
don't
need
out
of
that.
We
need
our
police
accountability
councils.
BG
Everything
that
they're
asking
you
for
I,
don't
care
what
the
money
is
for
what
the
funding
is
for,
give
it
to
him.
Give
it
to
him,
because
we
need
it
out
here
and
don't
forget.
We
need
our
police
accountability
council
we're
coming
forward.
We
want
y'all
support,
we
need
your
support,
but
we
needed
more
than
we
need
your
support.
You
can
get
up
and
get
out
and
we
can
get
somebody
in
that
is
gonna
support
us.
We
just
tired
of
it.
BG
I
haven't
even
been
here
that
long
and
I'm
sick
and
tired
of
it
so
yeah
work
with
us,
so
we
don't
have
to
work
against
you.
Okay,
now
I
did
send
out
a
sign-up
sheet
for
Twin
Cities
coalition
for
justice
for
Jamar
Clark.
Anyone
y'all
won't
sign
it.
Let
me
know,
and
I
would
like
for
all
of
you
to
sign
it,
so
we
can
work
together.
BG
That's
what
the
goal
is
to
work
together
to
resolve
these
issues
with
you
guys
and
that's
enough
of
y'all,
that
you
can
start
discussing
it
amongst
yourselves
to
help
them
help
us
and
help
you.
You
have
family,
you
have
friends
out
there,
that's
not
up
under
you
all
the
time,
they're
travelling
various
Society
going
here
and
there
do
you
want
them
to
be
a
statistic.
We
don't
want
ours
to
be
a
statistic
either.
BG
BO
BO
So
in
my
work
as
a
patient
advocate,
I
acts
a
resource
to
patients
who
come
in,
most
of
whom
are
young
adults
and
teens
who
need
extra
support,
so
referrals,
education
or
assistance
navigating
our
services,
but
I
also
frequently
serve
as
a
stopgap
measure
if
front-desk
nurses
or
providers
suspect
there's
coercion
at
play.
When
a
young
person
comes
in
for
our
services.
Earlier
this
year
a
young
woman
ended
up
in
my
office
had
just
been
detained
at
her
high
school
by
the
police.
BO
Without
going
into
details,
the
police
have
been
called
for
her
benefit,
but
when
she
didn't
want
their
help
and
tried
to
push
past
the
officers
to
get
back
to
class,
she
told
me
she
was
shoved
against
the
wall
handcuffed
and
told
she
couldn't
go
back
to
class.
Instead,
the
community
police
liaison
brought
her
to
our
clinic
and
told
the
front
desk
she
needed
to
get
on
birth
control
when
I
asked
her,
why
she
was
there
at
the
clinic.
She
told
me
she
didn't
know
when
I
asked
her.
BO
If
she
wanted
on
birth
control,
she
said
no
to
reiterate.
Police
were
called
to
a
minor
school
supposedly
for
her
safety
in
the
process
detained
her
when
she
refused
put
her
in
handcuffs
and
against
her
will
brought
her
to
a
medical
facility
without
the
consent
of
her
or
her
parents.
Why
are
police
putting
our
children
in
handcuffs
and
interfering
in
their
sexual
reproductive
health?
If
I
didn't
know
the
history
of
policing,
sexual
abuse
or
the
medical
mistreatment
of
young
women
of
color
in
our
country,
I
would
be
surprised
because
I
do
know
these
histories.
BO
I
am
not
surprised,
but
I
am
outraged.
Our
young
people
deserve
better
in
my
office.
I'm
constantly
tasked
was
referring
young
people
to
sexual,
intimate
partner,
violence
organizations,
mental
health
care
providers
and
housing
advocates
with
wait
lists
that
are
so
long
that
young
people
can't
see
the
light
at
the
end
of
the
tunnel.
These
are
the
organizations
that
I
trust
serving
our
young
people
and
they're,
who
need
more
capacity
with
the
work
they
sewed
us
to
that
so
desperately
needed
fund
our
communities
and
not
mark
hops.
They
are
not
here
to
serve
our
young
people.
BO
BP
Thank
You,
chair
and
council
mayor
Frye
I'm
here
tonight
to
call
for
you
to
reconsider
the
funding
of
14
additional
police
officers,
I'd
like
to
see
a
dysfunctional,
broken
police
department
fixed
before
you
throw
some
patches
on
there
and
try
to
send
it
out
into
the
community.
This
police
department
has
done
great
harm
to
the
community.
I
know
that
you've
made
progress
in
mental
health
response.
However,
I
still
like
to
see
less
police
involvement.
BP
Secondly,
I
see
today
in
the
paper
that
you've
got
an
officer
that
was
terminated
at
the
Chiefs
discretion
and
now
he's
going
to
be
brought
back
in
a
cop
who
beat
a
handcuffed,
intoxicated
man.
Oddly
enough
30
years
ago,
the
city
of
Minneapolis
had
to
pay
out
over
a
million
dollars
for
Officer
Mike
sorrow,
who
also
leaked
a
handcuffed
person
who
was
being
detained.
So
in
30
years
nothing
has
changed
in
the
broken
dysfunctional
culture.
30
years
ago,
the
police
department
ignored
rape
kits
and
allowed
1,700
of
them
to
go
unprocessed.
BP
That's
five
mayors,
five
chief
of
police,
multiple
City,
Council
members
and
it's
time
to
draw
the
line
and
say
no
more
we're
not
going
to
do
it,
not
one
more
officer
until
you
fix
the
dysfunctional
Department
it
is
broken,
went
Bob
when
the
Bob
Kroll
is
told
you
will
not
do
this
and
he
goes
and
does
n
runs
around
the
chief
just
not
who
we
want
for
our
representatives
and
the
community
is
telling
you
in
great
numbers
that
they
feel
unsafe.
They
feel
harassed.
BP
BQ
I'm
something
awesome:
I
got
confused.
Okay,
hello,
my
name
is
Jessica
caraway
I
live
on
17
26,
James,
Avenue,
North
I
live
blocks
away
from
where
the
fourth
Precinct
op
rising
happened
in
2016
because
of
the
murder
of
Jamar
Clark
by
the
MPD.
I
also
lived
right
down
the
street
from
Broadway
Avenue,
where
almost
every
store
on
the
strip
is
occupied
by
a
police
officer,
I
moved
to
Minneapolis
four
years
ago
and
where
I
grew
up
in
Iowa,
this
was
not
commonplace.
BQ
There
was
not
this
level
of
police
presence.
This
is
not
something
that
I
should
be
desensitized
to
yet
a
sense
of
normalcy
has
already
taken
place
within
me.
I
also
work
as
a
substitute
teacher
in
Minneapolis,
Public
Schools,
the
you
thought.
Keith
teach
should
not
have
to
live
and
heavily
occupied
these
neighborhoods.
They
also
should
not
be
forced
to
take
classes
that
do
not
prepare
them
for
a
changing
world
and
the
throes
of
climate
change.
Instead
of
more
police,
we
should
be
getting
ready
for
the
havoc
climate
change
will
call
them.
BQ
Muddy
should
instead
be
put
into
youth
initiatives
that
seek
to
train
youth
and
green
technological
careers.
Instead
of
paint
for
14
cops,
let's
invest
in
mental
health
professionals
that
work
with
youth
instead
of
paying
for
14
cops.
Let's
put
that
money
in
programs
that
uplift
and
invest
in
our
communities
and
do
not
subject
our
youth
to
further
police
occupations.
Thank
you.
BQ
BR
Hi
everyone,
my
name,
is
Patrick
Alcorn
I
live
at
twenty
five.
Twenty
haight
Avenue
I
am
here
tonight
to
support
reclaim
the
block.
There's,
not
a
single
person
in
this
room
that
doesn't
want
to
live
in
a
safe
city.
I
think
it's
time
that
we
have
a
more
honest
conversation
about
what
safety
means.
For
me,
safety
means
not
having
community
members
sleeping
on
the
streets.
It
means
not
worrying
about.
BR
If
your
boss
is
stealing
money
out
of
your
paycheck,
it
means
not
being
afraid
to
call
for
when
your
family
members,
in
a
mental
crisis,
because
you
do
not
know
how
the
police
are
gonna
respond
for
me,
it
means
being
able
to
access
services
if
you
are
struggling
with
addiction,
stable
homes,
stable
jobs
and
stable
health
care.
That's
what's
gonna
lead
to
more
safety,
not
more
cops.
For
decades
we
have
tried
increasing
the
size
of
our
police
force
and
I.
BR
Don't
know
how
it
could
be
more
clear
that
that's
not
gonna
work
for
the
most
marginalized
in
our
city.
For
those
who
are
the
least
safe,
more
cops
doesn't
create
a
sense
of
safety,
but
one
of
fear
we
can't
afford
to
invest
in
more
police
officers
when
there
still
has
been
no
justice
for
those
who
have
been
murdered.
When
there's
been
no
accountability
for
the
countless
community
members
that
have
been
profiled,
harassed
and
brutalized.
Honestly,
adding
more
police
is
a
cowardly
response
to
complex
problems.
So
I
ask
you:
have
some
courage,
ponder
communities
not
cops.
BO
BS
My
name
is
Scott
Angle
I
live
at
3748,
19th
Avenue
South
I'm
here
representing
our
streets,
Minneapolis
and
I
wanted
to
thank
the
mayor
and
the
City
Council
for
including
additional
funds
this
year
for
sidewalk
snow
and
ice
clearance
at
corners,
you've,
a
lot
of
the
council
members
and
the
mayor,
I've
heard
from
our
streets
and
me
personally
before
as
a
disabled
person.
It
is
it's
very
hard
to
get
around
in
this
city
for
months.
BS
You're
not
done
so,
keep
you
every
year,
keep
working
on
it
do
something
new.
Every
year
you
know
we
just
had
snow.
That's
the
past
weekend.
It's
not
great
still,
people
in
wheelchairs,
the
disabled.
We
just
heard
that
25
percent
of
citizens
in
our
city
are
seniors
and
it's
growing
children
able
Datuk
bodied
adults.
It's
still
hard
to
get
around,
trying
to
walk,
try
to
catch
a
bus
climbing
over
snow
piles,
there's
a
lot
more.
That
can
be
done
so
I
just
want
to
mention.
One
other
thing
is
our
streets
and
our
open
streets
events.
BS
This
past
summer,
we
collected
more
than
1500
postcards
from
people
who
wanted
better
sidewalk
snow
and
ice
clearance.
This
is
during
the
summertime,
so
people
did
not
forget
about
the
winter.
So
so
thank
you
again
for
including
those
funds
I
think
it
is
going
to
make
a
difference,
and
thank
you
very
much.
Thank.
A
BT
Good
evening
my
name
is
Sam
I,
you
see
him
pronounced
and
I
work
with
the
Southside
harm
reduction
services.
Southside
harm
reduction
services
is
a
grassroots
mobile,
syringe
exchange
in
our
cane
distribution
service.
In
Minneapolis
we
stand
with
reclaim
the
block
in
the
South
Minneapolis
public
safety
coalition
and
their
demands
for
the
city
to
invest
in
communities
instead
of
funding
more
police.
The
surgeries
response
to
the
opioid
crisis
should
seek
to
support,
not
punish
people
who
are
impacted,
and
this
starts
with
making
sure
people
have
access
to
basic
needs.
BT
Human
Rights
that
includes
deeply
affordable
housing,
jobs
and
wages,
access
to
space
for
practice,
and
cultural
and
spirituality
transportation
supplies
to
use
drugs
safely
and
naloxone,
youth
homelessness
services,
mental
health
response
teams,
enforcing
wage
theft,
laws,
increasing
restroom
access
as
a
South,
Minneapolis
Public
Safety
coalition,
and
retain
claim
the
Block
demand,
as
well
as
funding
grassroots
harm
reduction
activities.
These
are
solutions
that
will
have
real,
immediate
and
lasting
impacts
on
the
lives
of
people.
Cities
have
been
trying
to
address
these
issues
using
policies
over
more
than
50
years
of
failed
drug
war
policies.
BT
We
know
how
that
has
turned
out.
There
are
issues
of
access
to
resources
in
our
communities,
not
a
crime.
If
this
city
wants
to
invest
in
crime
prevention,
address
homelessness
and
respond
to
the
opioid
overdose
epidemic,
it
can
be,
it
can
start
by
ensuring
people
have
access
to
basic
needs
and
human
rights
in
our
city.
I
hope
Minneapolis
decides
to
end
this
cycle.
BT
Also,
please
consider
safe
consumption
sites.
We
don't
need
any
more
overdoses.
Deaths
I
want
to
bring
up
this.
One
last
statistic:
last
two
months
in
Minnesota
in
Minneapolis
up
how
many
overdose
deaths
we've
had
overdoses
we've
had
in
October
of
2019.
We
had
99
overdose
calls
in
and
a
minimum
of
six
deaths
in
November
of
2019.
There
were
86
overdose
calls
and
at
least
three
deaths
confirmed.
BT
A
A
BU
My
name
is
Julia
Reyes
I
live
at
South,
ninth
Street
in
the
Stewart
neighborhood,
and
they
you
see
her
pronouns
I'm
here
today
in
solidarity
with
reclaim
the
block
and
say
tool
to
advocate
against
the
hiring
of
14
police
officers
and
specifically
ask
the
council
to
support,
ending,
not
reducing
or
alleviating,
but
ending
homelessness
and
wage
theft
in
Minneapolis.
First
I
support
the
funding
of
at
least
three
more
investigators
in
the
labor
standards
enforcement
division
of
the
Minneapolis
Department
of
Civil
Rights
relatedly.
BU
Most
people
facing
homelessness
are
forced
into
the
situation
in
part
due
to
financial
reasons.
Thus,
the
rest
of
my
comments
will
focus
on
experiences
with
police
and
homelessness,
I'm
appalled,
but
not
surprised
at
how
often
I
witness
and
am
a
part
of
police
harassment
in
the
city
against
me,
and
my
own
house
neighbors,
something
glaringly
obvious
only
living
in
the
city
for
18
months,
whether
they
are
sitting
on
benches
in
public
parks
chatting
with
or
chatting
with
me,
when
I
check
in
police
regularly
intimidate
curse,
I
follow
without
cause
and
abuse
on
house
community
members.
BU
But
as
been
said
tonight,
more
police
cannot
solve
a
housing
problem.
So
I'm
asking
the
council
to
fund
housing
based
on
the
housing
first
model,
the
Department
of
Housing
and
Housing
and
Urban
development's
housing.
First
program
has
demonstrated
in
cities
across
the
country,
including
Minneapolis
they're,
providing
housing
to
people
experiencing
homelessness
and
then
providing
them.
The
social
community
services
they
need
helps
people
be
successful
in
rehabilitation,
programs,
job
retention
and
job
stability
and
housing
stability.
BU
Excuse
me,
we
can
take
this
approach
and
implement
it
across
the
city,
but
only
if
we're
willing
to
make
this
a
part
of
mandatory
funding.
I
ask
you
to
stand
with
us.
Let's
work
together
in
supporting
our
unhoused
neighbors
by
ending
homelessness
and
funding
social,
mental
health
and
medical
services,
not
14,
more
cops,
fun
communities,
not
cops.
Thank
you.
Thank.
BV
The
Affordable
Housing
Trust
Fund
recommendation
is
important.
The
downtown
community
welcomes
the
continued
investment
of
the
new
market
rate
housing
options,
but
we're
very
concerned
that
there
are
more
affordable
and
middle-income,
affordable
options
that
are
included
in
the
new
product
development.
The
preservation
of
naturally
occurring
affordable
house
housing
is
critically
important
and
we
applaud
the
mayor's
attention
to
the
realities
connected
to
access
to
affordable
housing
such
as
tenant
rights
and
the
structural
ladders.
BV
More
people
working
and
recreating
and
recreation
in
downtown
is
making
a
difference
for
our
vitality
and,
as
such,
we
need
continued
and
increased
investments
in
all
services
to
meet
the
needs
of
a
growing
city,
an
urban
core
which
would
include
the
mayor's
proposed
investment
in
public
safety
initiatives.
Thank
you.
Thank.
BW
Hi,
my
name
is
Willa
Childress
and
I
live
on
South
5th
Avenue
in
the
central
neighborhood
I
want
to
tell
you
about
a
recent
experience
that
I
had
with
Minneapolis
police
officers.
Last
month
there
was
a
very
serious
car
accident
in
front
of
my
house
involving
three
young
women.
These
were
people
who
were
probably
no
more
than
20
years
old.
The
police
officers
on
site
did
not
treat
any
of
these
victims
with
the
basic
courtesy.
I
would
expect
a
trained
professional
to
give
young
people
who
are
experiencing
trauma
and
shock.
BW
One
of
the
women
was
very
seriously
injured
and
needed
to
be
rushed
to
the
hospital.
One
of
her
friends
was
also
injured,
but
less
severely,
and
she
couldn't
decide
whether
or
not
to
go
with
one
friend
to
the
hospital
or
stay
with
the
other
on
site.
She
had
initially
decided
to
go
and
then
changed
her
mind.
Hearing
this
one
of
the
police
officers
turned
to
her
and
said.
Let
me
be
clear:
there
will
be
no
lying
from
this
point
on.
BW
Do
you
hear
me,
the
police
officers
continued
to
behave
in
an
upsetting
and
manner
throughout
the
proceedings
both
to
the
victims
and
to
the
members
of
our
block,
who
had
gathered
after
watching
Minneapolis
police
fail
at
what
I
know
is
a
very
simple
part
of
their
jobs.
Responding
in
a
car
accident
I
feel
very
unsafe,
knowing
that
people
with
mental
health
crises
and
others
who
need
professional
de-escalation
services
often
have
no
one
to
turn
to
except
law
enforcement
officers.
BW
I
am
also
appalled
to
know
that
young
people
and
kids
in
my
community
and
many
communities
across
Minneapolis
are
treated
like
these.
Women
were
with
no
compassion
and
with
this
assumption
that
they
have
done
something
criminally
wrong
when
they
haven't
instead
of
hiring
14
more
cops.
I
am
calling
on
you
to
invest
in
mental
health
response
services
for
911
calls
and
investing
in
services
for
youth
like
homelessness
services
that
keep
them
sheltered
from
from
police
and
supported,
so
they
can
thrive.
These
strategies
are
tried
and
true
with
other
cities,
setting
an
example
for
moving
forward.
A
BX
It
going
my
name
is
Adonis
Williams
I
actually
started
my
own
mental
health
business
last
year
and
I
live
on
the
south
side,
but
shout
out
to
the
north
side
and
I'm
actually
here
to
represent
Chicago.
So
let
me
talk
about
Chicago
for
a
little
minute.
It's
going
somewhere.
Trust
me,
but
first
of
all,
I
noticed
I'm
sure
you
guys
I've
noticed
that
a
lot
of
black
people
have
been
coming
here
from
Chicago
right
from
places
like
Chicago
Atlanta
Detroit
all
places
where
black
people
have
historically
done
very
well
for
themselves.
BX
BX
Everybody's
up
here
talking,
artists,
talking,
I'm,
sorry
what
this
is
gonna
be
on
c-span
or
something
like
that:
I
don't
need
to
be
cussing
another,
but
anyway,
like
I'm,
saying
like
they
come
up
here
and
we're
told
about
affordable
housing,
stuff
like
that
but
affordable
for
who?
Let's
talk
about
low-income
housing,
because
what
does
it
matter?
If
you
have
a
job
and
it's
so
easy
to
get
a
job
when
he's
just
gonna
end
up
homeless
and
a
lot
of
these
are
housing
English.
BX
A
lot
of
these
housing
entities
do
not
serve
for
the
people
who
end
up
using
these
services.
Instead,
they
serve
to
promote
what
I
call
the
Minnesota
homeless
industry.
So
I
need
people
to
focus
more
on
these
entities
that
seem
like.
Oh
it's
so
many
things.
You
know
the
land
of
10,000
nonprofits,
there's
so
much
help
for
everybody
out
here.
But
why
is
everybody
stuck
in
these
systems?
And
and
don't
just
don't
just
worry
about
the
funding
worry
about
where
the
funding
is
going,
because
it's
a
lot
I
wanna
throw
no
shade.
BX
So
no
specific
groups
cuz
some
of
the
groups.
Our
representatives
come
up
to
speak
here,
but
a
lot
of
places
that
are
views
like
I'm
just
say
some
names
to
be
honest:
Aon
Catholic
Charities
a
lot
of
these
shelters.
They
are
scams
and
it's
not
a
is
not
a
lot
of
it's,
not
necessarily
the
people
who
work
there,
but
sometimes
it
is.
But
sometimes
a
lot
of
the
people
are
good
people,
but
they
work
in
the
damage
system.
BX
So
I
just
want
to
say:
I
like
Peter
Fred,
Hampton,
free
Larry,
Hoover,
free
Mumia,
free
Fred,
Hampton
I
mean
I'm
free,
Jeff
fort
and
at
the
end
of
the
day
this
is
a
microcosm
of
Minnesota.
For
the
removal
everybody
talk
about,
the
removal
of
the
middle
class
I
saw
that
here
when
I
moved
up
here
four
years
ago,
y'all
want
a
system
where,
as
a
bunch
of
people,
grab
a
whole
bunch
of
money
and
everybody
else
who
doesn't
have
money,
it's
not
like
you
don't
have
a
lot
of
money.
A
BY
Councilmember
bender
and
everyone
thanks
for
your
patience,
it's
so
great
to
see
how
much
wisdom
people
been
generating
tonight.
I'm
really
excited
about
all
the
solutions
for
the
opioid
crisis.
Homelessness,
I
live
near
a
highway
at
Lake,
and
we've
had
a
bit
of
a
kind
of
encampment
underneath
the
bridge
there
all
summer
I'm
here
with
the
Minneapolis
Green
Teams
coalition.
So
we
have
neighborhood
across
the
city
that
are
working
on
climate
solutions
and
we're
so
proud
of
the
council
of
having
the
Monday
the
climate
emergency
declaration,
the
sustainable
building
policy.
BY
So
we're
really
excited
about
the
leadership
for
for
both
our
Twin
Cities
and
the
state
on
climate
solutions.
So
we're
asking
the
council
to
support
the
same
level
of
funding
for
the
sustainability
office
and
the
climate
investment
fund
for
next
year.
What
we
don't
want
to
have
a
decrease
in
funding,
because
we'll
have
a
huge
amount
of
increase
of
need
for
the
home
energy
loans,
because
we'll
have
fought,
like
5,000
energy
audits
this
year
with
the
new
truth
in
housing
rule.
BY
BY
We
would
really
we
really
need,
like
10
billion
a
year,
to
really
invest
in
all
the
climate
solutions
that
are
needed
so
looking
at
whether
the
parking
fees
or
other
things
that
can
be
used
to
invest
in
going
for
a
low-carbon
future
and
then
we'll
be
gathering
up
all
the
suburban
Hennepin
County
cities
on
January
22nd,
so
the
suburban
Hennepin
County
cities
can
work
with
Minneapolis
on
achieving
your
goals,
with
Xcel
Energy
and
with
the
legislature.
So
all
right.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
BZ
BZ
We
can
practice
that
and
get
it
into
our
bodies
of
that
knowledge
of
how
to
practice,
consent
and
so
I.
Just
want
to
remind
all
of
you,
you
can
practice
that
by
listening
to
communities
knows
that
no,
we
don't
want
more
police
and
you
listen
to
our
yes
of.
Yes,
we
want
community
led
these
sources,
and
they
also
want
to
remind
everyone
that
I
remind
people
when
teaching
about
consent
is
that
silence,
isn't
consent
and
to
think
about
who
couldn't
be
speaking
here
tonight
and
wise,
such
as
anyone
who
needs
an
elevator.
BZ
F
You
know
and
trying
to
help
this
person
is
really
hard
when
my
hands
are
tied
when
there
is
no
housing
for
these
poor
people.
You
know
we
don't
have
deeply
affordable
housing
for
these
people,
which
really
is
really
hard
for
me
to
see
and
for
me
to
even
advocate
for
someone
when
I
can't.
Even
you
know,
this
system
hasn't
isn't
working
and
maybe
it's
working
the
right
ways
in
which
we
want
we've
wanted
all
along
through
working
but
yeah,
and
so
I'm,
not
sure
Cohen
izing.
F
Another
thing
I'm
asking
for
is
I'm,
seeing
an
uptick
of
domestic
violence
and
it's
getting
bad
because
we
don't
have
housing
to
put
these
women
into
and
then
they're
experiencing,
domestic
violence
and
it's
terrifying
and
so
I
urge
you
to
fun
violence
prevention,
to
rebuild
these
communities
and
to
look
out
for
these
women
and
men
who
are
experiencing
domestic
violence,
fun
Southside
harm
reduction,
they
do
great
work.
Amazing
work
within
the
community.
I
asked
you
to
find
deeply
fun
and
truly
affordable
housing.
Now
section
42,
not
you
know
not
all
these
things
like.
F
We
want
to
see
people
that
can
have
housing
and
can
have
dignified
housing,
and
that
can
work.
We
can
work
with
landlords
to
get
them
to
work
with
us.
You
know
and
I
know
that
everyone
has
mental
health
issues,
my
family
included
and
so
I
want
to
make
sure
my
family
doesn't
end
up
on
the
streets
too.
You
know
thank
you.
CA
Everyone,
my
name,
is
Tony
I
live
in
the
Whittier
neighborhood
I
want
to
talk
tonight
about
climate
change,
so
we
all
know
that
our
climate
is
changing.
We
all
know
that
there
are
going
to
be
increasing
crises
on
the
coast
and
in
more
southern
parts
of
the
country.
We
also
know,
interestingly
enough,
that
were
in
one
of
the
places
that's
going
to
be
the
most
resilient
to
climate
change
right.
That
means
a
lot
of
people
are
going
to
be
coming
here.
CA
A
lot
of
people
are
going
to
be
coming
here
and
we
already
are
in
the
middle
of
a
housing
crisis
right.
We
already
know
we're
not
building
enough
affordable
housing
to
keep
up
with
economically
affluent
people
who
are
moving
here
right
or
that
climate
migrants
that
are
already
on
their
way
here,
right
and
already
here
in
some
cases,
and
so
I
want
you
to
think
really
deeply
about.
We
maybe
have
10
years,
maybe
have
30
years
and
maybe
have
50
years
before
folks
start
showing
up
in
massive
numbers
right.
CA
CA
How
are
we
prepared
to
deal
with
those
mental
health
emergencies
with
those
housing
emergencies
with
the
public
safety
crises
that
come
from
trying
to
cram
way
more
people
into
this
community
that
already
doesn't
have
enough
space
or
enough
resources
for
the
people
that
we
have
living
here
so
I
encourage
you
to
think
really
deeply
as
you're
considering
public
safety
about
what
kind
of
public
safety
infrastructure
we
want
to
build
on
the
way
there
and
I
would
encourage
you
to
do
that
outside
of
the
police
department.
I
support
all
over
climb.
CA
The
blocks
demands
I'm
sure
that
doesn't
come
as
a
surprise,
but
as
a
member
of
the
911
MPD
work,
group
I
would
also
say
we
have
given
you
some
really
incredible
recommendations,
especially
around
taking
mental
health
crisis
out
of
the
police
department.
That
requires
a
five
hundred
thousand
dollar
one-time
investment
for
a
pilot
to
try.
CA
CB
Hey
there,
my
name
is
Martin
I'm
from
the
Whittier
neighborhood
I'm
here
tonight,
in
support
of
reclaim
the
block
and
their
demand
that
our
city
provides
real
needs
over
increased
policing.
Those
demands
to
avert
from
a
very
real
understanding
of
the
impact
that
150
years
of
history
of
policing
has
had
on
our
community
in
all
those
years.
The
police
have
yet
to
serve
the
needs
of
this
city
in
a
meaningful
way.
CB
Look
at
look
around.
You've
got
a
growing
housing
crisis,
drug
addiction,
problems,
challenges
with
mental
health
and
everything
else
that
all
the
other
community
members
of
court
before
me
tonight
have
brought
up.
This
city
has
real
needs,
and
there
are
people
here
ready
to
offer
real
solutions.
I
urge
you
to
prioritize
working
with
them
instead
of
a
police
department
with
a
history
of
criminalizing
traumatizing
and
at
best
ignoring
the
community
you
serve.
Thank
you.
CC
Hello
I
just
want
to
take
a
moment
to
make
sure
that
we're
all
aware
of
what
we're
feeling
in
our
bodies,
so
I'm
gonna,
take
a
moment
but
I
encourage
you
all
as
well,
because
this
has
been
a
long
meeting.
So,
if
you're
feeling
that
you're
numbing
out,
if
you're
feeling
that
you're
getting
tired,
then
recognize
that
and
see,
if
that's
how
you
want
to
show
up
right
now
and
feel
free
to
check
your
breathing,
are
you
taking
shallow
breaths?
Are
you
holding
your
breath?
Are
you
taking
deep
breaths?
So
let's
just
do
that
together.
CC
I
also
really
want
to
recognize
how
the
energy
shifted,
when
we
all
had
some
humor
in
the
room
when
that
individual
had
a
moment
where
they
had
to
catch
what
they
were
about
to
say.
We
all
had
a
laugh
together
and
that
felt
really
good
in
this
room
and
the
energy
did
shift.
I
know
that
I
felt
the
energy
shift,
so
I
want
to
just
name
that
that's
what
it's
like
when
we're
here
doing
this
work
together.
That's
what
community
feels
like.
So
it's
not
a
divide
of
you
all
against
us.
CC
It's
not
a
divide
of
people
in
power,
making
decisions
against
the
community
and
being
isolated
from
the
community.
Let's
take
that
moment
and
remember
that
laugh
together
and
what
that
felt
like
and
have
that
be
an
image
of
how
we
want
to
work
together.
I
also
want
to
take
note
if
people
are
watching
in
the
overflow
rooms
that
the
mayor
has
been
gone
for
over
about
15
speakers
and
I.
Don't
know
if
he's
coming
back
or
not,
but
let's
just
name
his
absence
and
let's
name
what
privileges
happen
when
you
can
be
absent.
CC
If
this
meeting
is
going
long
and
he
has
other
obligations,
so
let's
name
that
I
want
to
give
an
example
in
another
image
of
what
I'm
seeing
happening
and
how
I
see
police
response
in
our
community.
So
recently,
a
lot
of
homeless
camps
have
popped
up
on
the
Midtown
Greenway,
which
really
mirrors
what
happened
last
year
on
the
Franklin
Hiawatha
encampment
and
I
wanted
to
say
that
police
are
asking
people
just
to
move
along.
You
can't
be
here,
it's
getting
cold
and
they're,
throwing
away
their
belongings.
That's
the
police
response.
CC
A
A
CD
Don't
need
to
say
my
name
for
that
girl,
okay
Alice.
Madam
thank
you
for
this
time
to
listening
to
everyone,
who's
president,
who
called
who
wrote
in
thank
you
for
holding
three
meetings
again
and
this
year
instead
of
two
I
wanted
to
just
reiterate:
kind
of
the
skepticism
about
MPD's
ability
to
perform
the
functions.
I
understand
that
their
outreach
workers
I
understand
that
they're
meant
to
be
investigating
sexual
assault
crimes.
CD
CD
This
is
a
compass,
not
a
tangible
anything
yet
and
I
want
to
use
that
to
kind
of
steer
us
where
we're
going
now
as
the
evac,
the
energy
vision
advisory
letter
mentioned,
there's
five
hundred
and
ninety
thousand,
or
about
a
half
a
million
dollars
missing
from
the
climate
budget
and
that
doesn't
reflect
that
we're
in
an
emergency
that
says
this
issue
has
been
deprioritized
this
issue
we're
doing
enough,
for
we
can
afford
to
wait
to
do
more
next
year
and
climate
is
multiplicative,
but
longer
we
wait.
The
more
things
happen
to
escalate.
The
situation.
CD
We're
in
and
I
just
want
to
call
out
that
there
are
so
many
people
fighting
against
pipeline
infrastructure.
This
is
a
flashpoint
in
the
Midwest,
with
line
three
and
nine
five,
and
if
we
don't
have
alternatives,
ready
to
go
that
are
accessible
to
people
when
that
stuff
is
done,
we're
gonna
defacto
into
Excel,
striked
gas
plants
and
15%
price
increases.
So
please
restore
that
funding
and
multiply
it.
Thank
you.
A
CE
Hi,
my
name
is
Katie
and
I
use.
She/Her
pronouns
I
live
in
the
Philips
West
neighbourhood
in
Ward,
6
I'm
here
today,
in
support
of
reclaim
the
block,
because
I
want
Minneapolis
to
invest
in
real
safety,
but
funding
community
oriented
solutions
rather
than
funding
more
cops,
I'm,
a
shelter
worker
at
our
severs
housing
and
when
I'm,
the
only
staff
present
on
my
overnight
shift
and
a
resident,
is
experiencing
a
mental
health
crisis.
I'm
worried
about
the
welfare
of
the
residents.
CE
If
I
call
the
cops
when
I
call
a
service
provided
by
Hennepin
County
called
community
outreach
for
psychiatric
emergencies
or
cope
a
service
I,
know
and
trust
from
experience.
They
take
on
average
an
hour
to
respond
due
to
their
limited
funding.
But
that
is
what
the
resident
in
mental
health
crisis
needs.
A
mental
health
response
team,
not
police
in
Hennepin
County
as
nationwide
people
of
color
are
disproportionately
affected
by
house
lessness.
CE
So,
when
I
consider
the
option
of
calling
the
cops,
I
worry
how
this
might
traumatically
impact
the
other
residents,
the
majority
of
them
people
of
color,
whose
communities
have
suffered
violence
and
dehumanization
at
the
hands
of
the
police
and
are
likely
to
feel
unsafe,
with
the
police
presence,
I.
Think
of
the
resident
an
experienced
resident
experiencing
the
mental
health
crisis,
who
is
likely
a
person
of
color
who
is
much
more
likely
to
experience,
brutality
at
the
hands
of
the
police,
I'm
sure
I'm,
not
the
first
to
say
this
today,
but
I'll
say
it
again.
CE
CF
Hi,
my
name
is
Jane
and
I
am
resident,
Phillips,
West
and
I'm
pre-k
and
kindergarten
teacher
I'm
here,
just
as
a
community
member
with
no
specific
organization,
but
I
stand
in
solidarity
with
those
who
was
broken
for
me,
clean
the
black
sets
that
harm
reduction
services
and
stay
fool.
I'm
working
in
the
childhood
development
field,
I
see
how
children
from
families
who
have
experienced
incarceration
drug
to
mental
health
issues
and
have
unstable
housing
are
immediately
at
a
disadvantage
to
their
peers.
CF
Their
trauma
and
instability
puts
them
at
an
immediate
disadvantage.
These
are
3
and
4
year
olds
that
I
work
with
who
can
be
labeled
as
disciplinary
problems
due
to
the
trauma
or
instability
that
they
experience,
and
this
is
a
label
that
will
follow
them
for
the
rest
of
education
and
likely
for
their
entire
lives.
Many
of
these
children
live
in
highly
pleased.
Neighborhoods
already
will
go
on
to
attend
heavily
policed
schools.
Our
research
shows
that
this
police
presence
will
only
continue
their
path
to
criminalization.
CF
The
police
presence
in
the
neighborhood
I
work
in
is
already
large
and
it
has
a
direct
impact
on
the
children
for
the
sake
of
safety.
The
staff
move
the
children
inside
whenever
there
are
police
cars
are
active
sirens
in
the
area.
The
children
are
all
very
shaken
up
by
these
experiences.
They
happen
on
a
somewhat
regular
basis.
A
lot
of
many
of
the
children
start
crying
and
I
have
to
wonder
about
the
trauma
that
this
will
cause.
CF
A
CG
CG
This
was
a
appropriate
medium
for
tax
consent
and
right
now
I
own
a
piece
of
land
down
the
bassett
Creek
area,
and
they
are
in
suggestion
to
raise
my
percentage
change,
43
percent
above
what
was
last
year
now
I
know
there
are
a
lot
of
problems
as
far
as
public
budgets
are
concerned,
but
I
don't
think
this
is
a
way
to
to
raise
the
funds
on
a
private
piece
of
land
and
now
there's
no
building
there
on
the
land
at
all.
So
if
they
increased
it,
the
tactus
43%.
CG
CG
A
You
for
being
here
all
right,
our
Assessor
I
think
had
to
leave.
He
was
here
earlier,
but
if
you
your
contact
information
with
the
clerk,
we
can
have
him
follow
up
with
you
and
or
your
councilmember,
and
this
is
absolutely
the
appropriate
place
to
talk
about
that.
So
we're
happy
to
follow
up,
there's
a
process
to
appeal
the
assessment
and
we
can
get
you
that
information.
Okay,.
CH
CG
CI
People
who
are
for
the
police
and
people
who
are
and
I
think
that
we
know
in
our
community
here
that
our
council
members
have
worked
really
hard
for
us
in
the
past
and
you've
found
money
from
places
in
the
budget
that
have
seemed
uncontroversial
in
the
past.
When
it's
something
that's
really
mattered.
Two
years
ago,
I
got
to
come
here
as
a
board
member
from
the
domestic
abuse
project
and
thank
you
for
moving
150,000
dollars.
CI
Our
way,
it
came
out
of
a
traffic
light
fund
this
year,
I'm
asking
that
you
take
a
bold
move
and
instead
of
finding
uncontroversial
money,
you
take
money
that
really
matters
that
really
hasn't
been
doing
things,
productive
and
the
spaces.
It's
been
and
reinvest
it
into
our
communities
in
ways
that
you
know
what
make
a
difference.
We
elected
you
in
as
progressive
members
and
we
expect
to
see
that
and
we
expect
that
to
be
happening
now,
not
when
you're
getting
ready
for
the
election.
Thank
you.
CJ
Hello
I'm
chef
as
they
then
pronouns
and
I'm
here
with
reclaim
the
black
and
to
support
two
full-time
paid
staff
to
do
trans
equity
work
at
the
city.
A
lot
of
folks
have
already
spoken
to
my
values,
so
I
won't
say
too
much,
but
I
want
to
say
for
myself:
I,
don't
call
the
police
on
principle,
because
I
don't
want
to
escalate,
punish,
wound
or
kill.
Anyone
in
my
community
when
I
had
credit
cards
taken
this
year
and
two
of
my
bikes
were
stolen.
I
didn't
want
a
police
force
to
criminalize
anyone.
CJ
I
wanted
our
communities
to
have
what
they
needed.
I
wanted
people
to
be
paid
full
wages
at
their
jobs
and
I
wanted
safe
homes
for
people
to
go
to
home
to
at
night
for
the
trans
equity
funding.
I'm
grateful
for
the
work
that
the
council
has
done
so
far
to
start
to
create
a
position
at
the
city
to
do.
Trans
equity,
work
and
I've
been
excited
to
see.
CJ
What's
happened
so
far
with
the
trans
equity
Summit
this
year
being
the
biggest
and
most
accessible
and
most
community-based
so
far,
that's
said
that
we
need
more
to
do
more
paid
staff
to
do
that
work.
We
know
that
trans
communities
are
still
seeing
huge
disparities
in
job
place,
discrimination
in
housing
and
as
a
member
of
that
community
who's,
not
the
most
impacted.
CJ
CK
A
A
Before
we
adjourn,
we
have
two
more
items.
First,
I'd
like
to
invite
Casimir
Palmisano
to
give
us
an
update
on
the
remaining
timeline
associated
with
the
budget
process,
and
the
Casimir
Sami
has
asked
for
a
moment
of
silence
for
some
particular
tragedies
that
have
happened
in
the
community
recently,
so
we'll.
First
turn
it
over
to
chair
Palmisano
to
talk
about
the
budget.
CL
CL
This
will
be
the
first
set
of
amendments
to
the
base
budget,
as
proposed
by
Mayor
Frye.
We
will
then
take
up
for
consideration
further
amendments
that
council
members
have
at
that
time.
The
final
budget
package,
which
will
include
the
recommended
budget
submitted
by
Mayor
Frye
together
with
amendments
from
council
members
during
Friday's
markup
session,
will
then
be
submitted
to
the
full
City
Council
for
a
final
public
hearing
next
Wednesday
December
11th
at
6:05
in
this
chamber.
Following
the
conclusion
of
that
public
hearing,
the
full
council
will
take
final
action
on
the
proposed
2020
budget.
CL
A
Thank
You
councilmember
Palmisano,
and
thank
you
for
all
that
you
have
done
with
the
budget
committee.
It's
been
a
process
of
presentations
and
the
hearing
before
today.
So
then,
before
we
adjourn
with
a
motion
to
adjourn
and
I,
do
want
to
just
pause
and
acknowledge
that
there
was
a
terrible
fire
in
the
sixth
Ward
which
led
to
several
deaths
and
injuries,
as
well
as
two
very
tragic
domestic
violence.
Events
in
our
community
that
led
to
partner
deaths
and
in
one
case
children
as
well
and
I
know
we
have
a
lot
of
we
heard
tonight.
A
A
lot
of
issues
around
you
know
folks:
who've
lost
their
life
from
overdoses,
from
traffic
crashes
and
fatalities.
So
I
think
we
could.
You
know
I
would
invite
everyone
to
just
include
anyone
else,
you'd
like
to
keep
in
your
thoughts
in
honor
a
moment
of
silence
for
the
victims
of
those
three
tragedies,
but
then
all
of
the
other
things
that
have
happened
in
our
community,
for
which
I
think
we
share
responsibility
to
prevent
in
the
future.
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
taking
that
time
with
that
I'll
entertain
a
motion
to
and
to
adjourn.
That's
the
motion
to
adjourn
this
meeting
to
the
max,
which
is
on
Wednesday
December,
8th
11th
at
6:05
p.m.
one
week
from
tonight
for
the
final
public
hearing
on
the
recommended
2020
budget.
Again
that
will
follow
the
action
that
will
follow.
Friday's
actions
you'll
be
able
to
comment
on
them
and
then,
at
that
meeting
next
Wednesday
we
will
take
formal
action
to
adopt
the
budget
and
so
I'll
entertain
a
motion
for
that
move.