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Minneapolis Public Health, Environment, Civil Rights, and Engagement Committee Meeting
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A
Good
afternoon,
everyone
and
welcome
to
this
regularly
scheduled
meeting
of
the
public
health
environment,
civil
rights
and
engagement
committee
on
August
12
2019.
My
name
is
Philippe
Cunningham
council
member
for
the
4th
Ward
and
chair
of
this
committee
with
me
at
the
Dyess,
our
council
members,
Cano
Schrader
and
vice
chair,
kam
Gordon.
Please
let
the
record
reflect
that
we
have
a
quorum
and
can
conduct
the
business
of
this
committee.
Colleagues,
we
have
a
public
hearing,
5
items
for
consent
and
a
discussion
item.
A
If
there
are
no
objections,
I
will
go
ahead
and
go
through
and
discharge
the
consent,
move
up
the
discussion
item
and
then
save
the
public
hearing.
For
last
we
have
been
joined
by
council
vice
president
Jenkins,
so
I'll
start
off
with
the
consent
item,
accepting
a
grant
from
Hennepin
County
for
a
five-year
period
for
teenage
pregnancy
prevention
services
for
the
Health
Department
school-based
clinics.
Item
number
3
is
authorizing
a
contract
with
bridge
healthcare
partners
for
school-based
clinic
billing
services.
Item
number
4
is
sending
a
public
hearing
for
neighborhood
and
community
engagement
and
CEC
Commission.
A
Commission,
appointments
item
number
and
item
number
five
is
accepting
a
grant
from
Hennepin
County
for
a
five-year
period
to
provide
help
provide
mental
health
services
at
the
Health
Department
school-based
clinics
for
5
years.
So
I
move
approval
of
those
four
items.
Are
there
any
questions
or
comments
on
the
consent
agenda
items
all
right,
seeing
none
all
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
aye,
those
opposed,
say,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it
and
item
carries
next
up.
A
B
Good
afternoon,
chair
Cunningham
members
of
the
committee,
my
name
is
Jim
Doty
and
I
am
the
supervisor
environmental
services
for
the
Health
Department
of
Minneapolis.
One
of
the
things
that
recently
the
council
passed
was
a
regenerative
agriculture
and
biochar
resolution
supporting
its
use
throughout
the
city
in
order
to
combat
climate
change.
One
of
the
things
that
we
are
looking
at
is
just
what
is
biochar
and
where
can
we
use
it
across
there?
In
order
to
answer
those
questions,
I
got
the
litany:
I
have
Linnea
champ
off
to
my
side.
B
Here,
Linnea
got
an
undergraduate
degree
in
biological
chemistry,
from
Grinnell
College
in
Grinnell
Iowa
and
is
currently
was
pursuing
a
master
in
public
health
at
Harvard
and
based
on
sustainability,
health
and
global
environment.
She's
interested
in
innovative
ideas
of
make
urban
environments
healthier,
more
sustainable
places
and,
as
part
of
that,
she's
been
looking
at,
exploring
how
biochar
can
be
used
across
the
Sierra
enterprise
and
so
I'd
like
the
opportunity
to
introduce
Alinea
and
give
her
a
chance
to
explain
what
she
found
out.
C
Biochar
is
an
excellent
tool
to
add
to
the
city's
green
infrastructure
toolbox,
all
of
which
makes
Minneapolis
a
healthier,
cleaner
and
more
climate
resilient
City
biochar
is
a
carbon-rich
charcoal
that
is
made
when
agricultural
waste,
such
as
tree
clippings
grass
clippings,
are
heated
to
very
high
temperatures
or
heated
to
very
high
temperatures.
When
biochar
is
then
added
to
soil,
it
can
increase
agricultural
yields,
it
promotes
microbial
and
fungal
growth
and
it
absorbs
carbon.
Improving
soil.
Health
increases,
soil
fertility.
C
Plant
nutrition
improves
water
quality
and
increases
drought,
resistance,
the
city
of
Minneapolis
and
the
world
as
a
whole
may
be
on
the
tipping
point
of
reducing
carbon
dioxide
and
carbon
sequestration
or
taking
carbon
out
of
the
atmosphere
is
critical
to
our
ability
to
mitigate
climate
change.
I
created
this
graphic
to
outline
the
discussion
and
the
potential
uses
of
biochar.
C
The
potential
uses
that
I
think
Minneapolis
could
benefit
the
most
from
our
urban
agriculture,
carbon
sequestration,
urban
forestry,
stormwater
management
and
soil
remediation
first,
as
I
mentioned
in
2014,
Minneapolis
entered
a
memorandum
of
understanding
with
the
meditatin
Sioux
community
to
use
biochar
and
urban
agriculture.
We
found
that
here
in
Minneapolis,
crop
yields
were
up
20
to
30
percent
when
biochar
was
applied
to
the
soil.
C
Moving
on
to
carbon
sequestration
in
the
past
decade,
there's
been
exponential
support
for
biochar
to
sequester
carbon,
for
it's
used
as
a
carbon
negative
technology.
The
International
Panel
on
panel
on
climate
change
has
approved
biochar
as
a
carbon
negative
technology.
It
can
actually
take
carbon
out
of
the
carbon
cycle
and
put
it
into
the
soil
on
an
order
of
decades
to
centuries.
Soil
contains
3
times
more
carbon
than
the
atmosphere.
Therefore,
increasing
the
soil
capacity
of
our
soil
will
help
decrease
carbon
dioxide
as
Minneapolis
works
to
decrease
emissions
by
80%
in
2050.
C
Our
carbon
negative
technology
may
be
essential
to
making
this
happen.
The
first
thing
I
did
this
summer
was
look
at
land
cover
throughout
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
so
I
looked
at
the
land
that
wasn't
occupied
by
sidewalks
buildings
or
other
structures
that
biochar
could
be
it
relied
to,
and
the
exciting
news
is
that
there's
a
lot
of
land
here
so
using
biochar,
we
have
the
capacity
to
sequester
at
nearly
a
million
tons
of
carbon
dioxide
in
everyday
terms.
C
That's
about
170
3,000
passenger
vehicles
driven
per
year
or
a
hundred
thousands
homes,
energy
use
per
year,
looking
down
at
locally
publicly
owned
land,
local
beep
on
the
left.
You
can
see
here
this
broken
down
by
City
Department
and
then
on
the
right.
You
can
see
the
capacity
when
Minneapolis
parks
are
considered
so
there's
a
lot
of
green
space
in
our
parks
and
then
in
the
city
alone.
C
There's
the
capacity
to
to
sequester
thousands
of
tons
of
carbon
within
our
land,
but
I
wanted
to
get
a
fuller
picture
of
what
biochar
could
do
for
the
entire
city,
and
there
is
also
a
lot
of
potential
in
privately
owned
land.
So
if
we
look
at
the
city
of
Minneapolis
there
in
terms
of
land
use,
there's
a
lot
of
single-family
detached
homes
and
these
single-family
homes
have
large
Lots,
have
a
lot
of
green
space
and
have
the
capacity
to
sequester
a
lot
of
carbon.
C
So,
as
you
can
see
on
here,
Minneapolis
parks
is
looks
almost
like
nothing.
When
you
compare
the
residential
land
that
is
included.
So
as
we
move
forward
thinking
about
biochar,
we
need
to
be
critical
about
thinking
about
the
markets
that
will
target
and
those
should
include
homeowners,
landscape,
architects
and
other
people
in
privately
owned
land.
C
Next,
moving
on
to
urban
forestry,
the
city
of
Minneapolis
is
trying
to
increase
our
urban
tree
canopy
to
40
percent
in
2040.
There's
a
lot
of
factors
that
go
into
making
treated
hard
for
trees
to
grow.
There's
not
a
lot
of
space.
Urbanization
has
diminished
our
soil
quality.
There's
been
topsoil.
Removal
as
well
as
soil
compaction,
so
as
we
grow
work
to
increase
the
canopy,
we
want
to
make
sure
that
the
trees
that
we
do
plant
thrive,
the
city
of
Stockholm,
has
been
experimenting
with
biochar
in
their
trees.
C
For
the
past
decade
used
planted
it
almost
a
thousand
trees
with
biochar
on
the
left.
Here
you
can
see
a
tree
that
was
planted
or
that
was
in
2002,
and
then
it
was
remediated
with
biochar
and
the
same
tree
is
on
the
right
in
2013
they
found
that
six
year
old
trees
planted
with
biochar
were
to
be
up
to
five
times
larger
than
thirty
year
old
trees
planted
with
traditional
techniques.
So
we
shouldn't
underestimate
the
potential
of
biochar
added
to
to
our
trees.
C
Moving
on
to
stormwater
management
as
Minneapolis
prepares
for
climate
change
and
intensification
of
the
water
cycle,
we
want
to
make
sure
our
stormwater
systems
are
able
to
perform
their
best
when
biochar
is
added
to
stormwater
systems.
It
increases
resiliency,
removes
contaminants
and
ultimately
cleans
clean
surface
wipers,
clean
surface
water.
C
So
altogether,
what
this
does
is
it
reduces
the
risk
of
flooding,
reduces
the
load
on
our
stormwater
systems
and
it
can
remove
pollution.
It's
in
particular
eco
light.
It
is
able
to
remove
ecoli
up
to
three
times
more
so
than
sand
and,
as
you
know,
the
mini
city
minneapolis
has
been
struggling
with
semi-colon
contamination
over
this
past
summer
and
lastly,
one
of
biochars
best
uses
is
with
soil
remediation,
so
minneapolis
has
already
committed
to
improving
soil
health
in
the
city
policy.
C
Now
that
I've
outlined
the
full
potential
uses
of
biochar
throughout
the
city,
enterprise
I
want
to
note
the
importance
of
local
production
of
biochar.
The
really
exciting
part
of
biochar
is
that
you
can
take
existing
green
waste
that
the
city
is
currently
paying
to
get
rid
of
and
turn
it
into
a
value.
Add
product
that
helps
take
carbon
out
of
our
atmosphere
and
make
Minneapolis
a
healthier
place
to
live.
However,
this
is
dependent
on
the
ability
to
produce
it
here
in
Minneapolis.
C
The
other
important
consideration
is
a
need
for
a
reliable
feedstock,
and
we
need
to
outline
that
of
note.
There
may
be
up
to
250,000
ash
trees
that
could
be
incoming
feedstock
due
to
the
emerald
ash
borer.
So,
lastly,
I
just
want
to
point
out
that
Minneapolis
has
the
opportunity
to
be
a
leader
in
this
in
the
United
States
and
also
the
world
and
with
the
adoption
of
a
carbon
negative
technology
at
the
city
level.
Overall,
biochar
is
an
investment,
that's
good
for
the
environment,
people
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
Thank
you.
A
D
D
So
if
anyone's
questions,
please
feel
free
to
reach
out
to
me
as
well
and
I
think
it's
kind
of
goes
just
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
work
you're
doing
and
why
the
city
is
so
engaged
on
this
one
solution
and
just
say
it's
one
of
many.
We
really
need
to
think
of
stop
thinking
about
just
surviving
climate
change.
D
E
A
I'm
really
excited
about
this
technology
and
really
am
grateful
for
you
having
spent
so
much
time
this
summer,
adding
that
bringing
that
Harvard
education
over.
So
thank
you
for
bringing
that
to
our
health
department.
That's
much
appreciated
and
we're.
Definitely.
As
a
council,
we
backed
the
resolution
for
increasing
the
use
of
this
technology
and-
and
thank
you
so
much
for
the
details
today.
Are
there
any
other
questions
or
comments
for
my
colleagues
council.
Vice
president
Jenkins.
F
Thank
You,
chair,
cam
I
would
just
offer
a
note
of
gratitude,
councilmember
Schrader
for
really
leading
on
this
effort,
as
as
mr.
Dilton
and
and
the
recipe
step,
and
thank
you
for
your
work.
Congratulations
on
presenting
this,
this
information
in
front
of
a
really
large
audience
to
help
us
get
the
word
out
about
this
exciting
technology.
So
thank
you
very
much.
I.
A
Used
to
be
a
teacher,
so
I
feel
like
it's
responsible
for
grading
that
wasn't
a
a
like
a
97%.
So
congratulations.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
presentation.
Much
appreciated,
echoing
the
gratitude
to
councilmember
Schrader
for
his
leadership.
So
next
up
we're
gonna
be
moving
to
today's
public
hearing,
which
is
the
passage
of
an
ordinance
amending
title,
13
chapter
267
of
the
Minneapolis
Code
of
Ordinances
related
to
licenses
and
business
regulations,
amusements,
adding
a
adding
and
amending
provisions
related
to
places
of
adult
entertainment.
G
G
First
of
all,
a
little
bit
of
background.
We
have
17
licensed
establishments
in
Minneapolis
that
are
licensed
as
adult
entertainment.
14
of
these
offer
live
nude
or
semi-nude
dancing
and
in
most
clubs
the
entertainers
are
considered
independent
contractors,
not
employees
of
the
club
when
they
give
you
an
idea
of
this
project.
G
Since
this
has
been
a
sort
of
an
ongoing
project
for
two
years,
it
started
in
2016
when
the
Health
Department
received
complaints
both
from
our
colleagues
within
the
city,
business
licensing
staff,
as
well
as
from
the
public
about
unsanitary
conditions
in
some
of
our
adult
entertainment
establishments
in
February
of
2017,
the
Minneapolis
Health
Department
conducted
environmental
health
inspections
within
those
clubs
and
concurrent
with
that,
the
University
of
Minnesota
that
Miss
Melander
will
discuss,
conducted
a
study
reaching
out
to
entertainers
to
learn
more
about
their
experiences
working
in
clubs.
Mr.
G
Mr.
chair
council,
vice
president
I
know
of
one
club
in
particular
that
does
have
their
entertainers
as
employees
most
give
the
option
either
they
can
become
an
employee
or
a
independent
contractor.
I
do
not
know
the
specific
number,
however.
I
know
it
is
the
majority
of
the
clubs,
the
entertainers
act
as
independent
contractors.
A
I
also
just
want
to
say
excuse
me
to
the
crowd
that
we
will
be
having
a
public
hearing
where
folks
will
be
able
to
speak
for
two
minutes
if
you're
interested
in
speaking,
please
sign
up
over
here
by
the
committee
clerk
Irene.
Can
you
raise
your
hand
so
folks
know,
and
this
we?
This
is
public
hearing
and
specific
to
this
item.
So
if
that's
what
you
would
like
to
speak
to,
then
please
sign
up
for
is
back.
Yes.
Thank
you.
Mr.
G
Chair
then,
in
fall
of
that
year,
we
conducted
follow-up
environmental
health
inspections
over
the
winter.
We
conducted
policy
research
within
the
city,
then
in
spring,
both
University
of
Minnesota
Iraq,
as
well
as
Minnesota
State
University
Mankato
conducted
additional
research,
engaging
with
entertainers
learning
more
about
the
workplace
experiences
and
getting
feedback
on
this
policy
options.
G
So
it
started
really
in
those
inspections
that
we
conducted
back
in
2017,
where
we
found
I
would
have
been
commonly
termed
stains
of
concern
where
we
had
11
of
those
clubs.
We
had
confirmed
semen
stains
and
then
after
orders
and
then
subsequent
inspections
9
were
confirmed
through
our
tests
that
showed
us
that
there
are
some
environmental
health
exposures
that
we
were
concerned
about.
As
part
of
that,
we
wanted
to
get
a
much
better
idea
of
what
was
happening
within
the
club.
What
are
the
other
workplace
or
occupational
safety
issues
of
concern?
G
H
Hi
there,
chairperson,
cunningham
and
council
members.
Thank
you
so
much
for
having
us
today
and
for
hearing
this
presentation
for
hearing
this
issue.
So
my
name
is
christina
Melander.
I
work
as
a
research
fellow
at
the
university
of
minnesota's
urban
research
outreach
engagement
center,
also
known
as
you
rock.
H
This
study
was
led
by
dr.
Lauren
Martin,
who
is
not
able
to
be
here
today.
So
the
study
that
we
did
was
really
an
exploratory
study,
a
mixed-methods
study
to
try
to
understand
what
are
the
strengths
and
concerns
for
entertainers
in
their
workplace
and
also
to
try
to
understand
what
works
well
for
them
and
what
are
the
solutions
that
they
have
to
address
some
of
those
workplace
concerns.
H
We
use
a
community-based
approach,
which
we
believed
was
necessary
for
this
study,
knowing
that
a
lot
of
entertainers
face
stigma
in
the
workplace
and
in
society
that
prior
work
as
an
entertainer
can
harm
someone's
future
job
prospects
and
their
anonymity
and
safety
dignity
and
respect
to
a
really
core
components
of
how
he
approached
this
project.
We
assembled
a
community
advisory
group
of
industry
stakeholders
to
help
co-advised
the
work
to
co-advised
the
research
project.
H
Just
briefly
about
our
methods,
and
so
we
did
qualitative
confidential
interviews
with
24
individuals
and
then
on
online
survey.
We
had
29
individuals
participate
in
the
online
survey
and
it
was
really
important
that
we
had
different
ways
of
participating,
because
we
know
that
for
a
lot
of
individuals,
anonymity
is
really
important
to
being
able
to
share
their
workplace
concerns
or
what
also
works
well
for
them.
H
We'd
also
like
to
highlight
the
importance
of
anonymity,
as
we
are
here
today,
presenting
to
council
members
that
even
this
itself
is
not
the
best
venue
for
a
lot
of
entertainers
to
be
presenting
and
to
be
sharing
because
of
the
lack
of
anonymity
that
this
type
of
environment
affords
between
interviews
and
the
surveys,
we
did
learn
about
workplace
conditions
in
all
of
Minneapolis
strip.
Clubs
were
able
to
engage
people
across
race,
age
and
other
demographic
backgrounds,
and
this
was
an
exploratory
study
in
2016.
H
So,
just
a
few
brief
highlights
of
some
of
the
workplace
findings,
one.
We
actually
used
an
OSHA,
a
modified
OSHA
survey
for
the
online
anonymous
survey,
finding
a
lot
of
occupational
health
and
safety
concerns
related
to
physical
injuries,
potential
exposure
to
bodily
fluids
and
physical,
physical
and
sexual
assault,
as
well
as
just
cleanliness
within
clubs.
A
second
piece
is
really
related
to
financial
exploitation.
We
found
that
in
the
form
of
participants
describing
wage
theft,
mandatory
tipping
of
salaried
staff
that
resulted
in
certain
forms
of
favoritism
within
the
clubs.
H
Finally,
there
unclear
customer
expectations
that
can
lead
to
sometimes
pressure
for
sexual
activity
within
the
clubs
and
a
lack
of
support
from
and
from
management.
In
these
circumstances
again
that
sometimes
relates
back
to
tipping
practices
and
in
general,
a
culture
where
harassment
and
assault
was
tolerated
and
sometimes
normalized.
We
also
want
to
emphasize
that
we
did
see
a
lot
of
different
variability
within
clubs
and
variability
across
entertainers
perspectives
some
times.
This
was
really
related
to
institutionalized
racism
and
power
and
privilege
for
folks
who
are
people
of
color
or
have
other
marginalized
identities.
H
They
may
experience
clubs
in
different
ways
and
then
just
to
kind
of
wrap
up
some
of
our
key
findings
here.
So
some
of
the
major
concerns
that
participants
talked
about,
one
was
just
a
lack
of
training
and
clarity
around
the
workplace
expectations.
A
lot
of
entertainers
do
not
actually
have
access
to
their
work
contracts
as
being
independent
contractors.
We
heard
very
often
that
people
might
come
in
sign
a
contract,
but
never
get
the
chance
to
see
what
was
in
that
contract.
H
What
some
individuals
pursued
were
mandatory
tipping
practices
and
then,
finally,
you
know
we
have
heard
a
lot
of
concerns
from
advocates
in
social
services
related
to
trafficking
within
clubs.
We
wanted
to
help
right-size.
Our
understanding
of
that
issue
found
that
this
is
a
minor
concern
within
clubs
in
Minneapolis
simply
related
to
you
know.
We
know
that
trafficking
happens
in
every
industry
and
so
being
able
to
talk
to
entertainers
helps
kind
of
right-size.
Our
understanding
of
that
issue,
so
today
I
know
that
you'll
be
hearing
from
a
lot
of
different
individuals
and
I.
I
J
Afternoon,
Council
I'm
Eric
Frankel
and
associate
professor
of
psychology
at
Minnesota,
State,
University,
University
of
Mankato
and
a
resident
of
Ward
8
in
Minneapolis
for
the
past
two
years.
My
clinical
psychology
graduate
students
and
I
have
had
the
honor
and
privilege
of
working
with
the
sex
workers
outreach
project
in
Minneapolis
on
a
needs
assessment
examining
workplace
conditions
in
minneapolis
strip
clubs.
J
The
research
was
collaborative,
meaning
that
both
the
Minnesota
stage,
research,
team
and
members
of
SWAT
Minneapolis
were
involved
in
each
step
of
the
project
from
the
study
design
to
where
we
are
now
advocating
for
change.
So
I
want
to
thank
you
for
this
opportunity
to
share
the
research
methods
and
results
over
the
next
few
minutes.
J
Looking
at
health
and
safety
first,
the
majority
of
our
participants
were
concerned
about
cleanliness
and
I
know.
The
original
concern
by
the
city
was
about
bodily
fluids
and
stains
of
concerns
in
the
VIP
areas.
However,
our
results
indicated
concerns
about
common
communicable
diseases
like
cold
and
flu
virus
transmitted
from
worker
to
worker,
not
customer
to
worker
in
unkept
shared
areas
of
most
concern
was
the
cleanliness
of
the
workers,
private
dressing
areas
and
bathrooms,
followed
by
the
staged
areas
and,
lastly,
by
VIP
spaces.
J
Another
consensus
about
cleanliness
concerns
was
who
was
responsible
for
maintaining
a
clean
working
environment
dancers,
felt
this
responsibilities
and
fairly
fell
onto
them
and
would
prefer
paid
staff
members
working
at
the
club
to
be
held
responsible
for
regularly
cleaning
shared
areas
with
safety.
77
percent
of
our
sample
were
not
concerned
about
safety
with
their
interactions
with
customers,
but
almost
half
of
our
sample
reported
getting
injured
on
the
job
from
the
physical
structures
of
the
club
itself.
J
J
J
Having
to
review
the
proposed
ordinance
related
to
the
sections
on
health,
structural
safety
of
the
club
and
pay
structures,
it
is
aligned
with
the
results
from
the
study
and
therefore
I
support
its
passage.
I
believe
it
will
improve
working
conditions
and
increase
the
well-being
of
the
workers
at
Minneapolis
strip
clubs.
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
time.
G
You
doctor
sprinkle
Thank
You
mr.
chair
and
council
members,
so
first
of
all,
I
wanted
to
actually
read
this
because
I
think
it's
just
important
to
frame
the
value
statement
upon
which
policy
makers
and
staff
approach
this
ordinance
development
entertainers
in
Minneapolis,
are
engaged
in
illegal
work
and
deserve
workplaces
that
protect
their
safety
and
dignity
and
allow
them
to
make
a
living
without
exploitation
and
discrimination
or
abuse
with
that
guiding
principle
or
value.
This
is
the
following
parts
of
this
of
this
ordinance.
G
G
Sorry
about
that
and
click
and
then
around
general
security
rules
should
be
posted
for
the
conduct
of
customers
and
that
these
rules
should
be
posted
in
general,
but
also
specifically
in
each
of
the
VIP
or
semi-private
areas
of
the
club.
Security
cameras
must
cover
all
areas
of
the
venue
not
in
the
dressing
rooms,
but
rather
where
entertainers
interact
with
customers
and
that
footage
must
be
made
available
for
review
by
the
licensing
official.
If
requested.
G
And
then,
in
accordance
with
state
law,
prohibiting
tip
pooling
of
employers,
managers
and
owners
are
prohibited
from
accepting
tips
from
entertainers
and
at
the
end
of
the
shift.
Entertainers
are
to
be
provided
a
walkout
by
security
so
that
they
do
not
risk
harassment
or
assault
at
the
end
of
their
shift
and
that
written
contracts
must
be
provided
at
both
a
time
of
hire
and
upon
request
by
the
entertainer
by
the
place
of
business.
G
G
A
A
Again,
I
would
like
to
reiterate
that
this
public
hearing
is
specifically
for
this
item.
If
you
are
not
on
the
list
to
speak
to
this
item,
I
ask
for
you
to
please
recuse
yourself
from
the
list.
This
is
meant
to
be
a
space
for
folks
who
are
impacted
by
this
particular
ordinance
change,
so
so
I
will,
if
you
are
not
here
to
speak
to
that
I,
ask
for
you
to.
Please
not
speak
during
this
public
hearing
unless
it's
related
to
this
item.
A
K
Okay,
thank
you
I'm
here
as
a
representative
deja
vu
Dreamgirls
in
Spearmint,
Rhino
I
want
to
thank
the
council
and
their
staff
for
taking
a
great
deal
of
time.
I've
been
doing
two
meetings,
my
partner's
been
to
another
meeting
and
we've
had
a
lot
of
input
and
I
appreciate
listening
to
the
input
and
where
appropriate,
making
changes
to
the
ordinance.
The
only
thing
I
wanted
to
address
is
one
of
the
things
councilman
Gordon.
K
A
L
Thank
you
and
thank
you
for
pronouncing
my
name
correctly.
I
appreciate
this
opportunity.
I
do
support
this
ordinance
when
I
was
18,
I
worked
in
a
strip
club
I
was
given
a
contract
to
sign
and
never
sign.
It
saw
it
ever
again
after
that
I
was
told
I
would
be
trained
in
the
Showgirl
of
the
year.
That
sounds
very
glamorous
trained
me
in,
and
she
told
me.
L
Customers
could
not
touch
me
that
I
had
to
stay
at
least
10
inches
away
from
the
customer,
which
was
confusing,
because
I
could
see
girls
sitting
on
the
laps
of
different
customers
and
a
lot
of
touching
happening.
So
I
was
very
confused
by
the
rules.
I
was
told.
The
other
rule
she
told
me
was
to
take
my
heels
off
before
I
did
a
couch
dance
not
to
poke
holes
in
the
upholstery.
So
there
wasn't
a
lot
of
detail
to
her
training.
I
was
left
to
figure
all
of
that
rest
of
it
out.
L
On
my
own,
the
first
time,
I
was
physically
assaulted
by
a
customer.
I
stood
up
shocked
because
I
worked
in
a
restaurant
in
a
doughnut
shop
and
retail
and
I
knew
there
were
certain
laws
that
don't
get
broken
so
I
immediately
jumped
up
the
customer
laughed
at
me.
The
bouncer
laughed
at
me
and
the
manager
told
me.
Don't
let
that
happen
to
you
again?
Why
did
you
let
that
happen?
So
there
were
a
lot
of
confusing
messages
happening.
L
I
didn't
know
who
to
turn
to
if
I
was
assaulted
again,
according
to
a
study
that
beautiful
and
loved
did
with
people
who
used
to
work
in
the
strip,
club
and
I
would
just
want
to
point
out.
Distance
is
important
when
reflecting
on
a
situation
like
this,
that
85%
of
them
I'm,
sorry
81%,
so
that
they
had
experienced
some
sort
of
sexual
or
verbal
assault
within
the
club
more
than
once
and
there's
no
there's
no
support
to
know
where
to
go
with
that.
L
Caused
competition
and
an
unsafe
again
environment
and
I
did
write
a
much
more
detailed
testimony
that
I
did
turn
in.
So
please
take
the
time
to
read
that
it
outlines
unfair
fees
that
seem
to
come
out
of
the
blue
and
as
well
as
intimidation,
I
did
feel
intimidated
to
tip
the
manager.
It
was
the
only
way
you
are
gonna
feel
safe
in
that
environment.
Thank
you.
So
much
thank.
A
N
And
again,
thank
you
for
taking
our
testimony.
So
I
am
a
former
dancer
and
I
am
a
socially
engaged
artist,
working
on
a
project
with
dancers
called
the
feminist
strip
club,
where
we're
looking
at
the
current
conditions
of
and
utopian
visions
for
what
stripping
can
be
I'm
here
today
to
support
the
ordinance,
because
so
much
of
it
is
simply
common
sense.
Worker
protection,
specifically
the
idea
that
dancers
should
be
able
to
get
a
copy
of
their
contracts
as
an
artist
I
work
as
an
independent
contractor.
All
the
time.
N
That's
the
majority
of
how
my
work
happens
and
I'm,
always
given
a
copy
of
the
contract
and
often
I'm,
given
a
copy
of
that
contract
in
advance
in
order
to
review
it
and
approve
it.
So
I
think
it's
simply
common
sense.
That
dancers
should
be
able
to.
You
know,
ask
for
that
contract,
see
it
and
not
feel
intimidated,
not
be
seen
as
a
threat
or
in
some
cases,
also
blacklisted.
N
N
Secondly,
obviously,
most
important
to
me
is
tipping
out
to
management
and
owners.
It's
a
blatant
conflict
of
interest
when
those
people
are
directly
controlling
access
to
work.
It
also
perpetuates
the
inequality,
particularly
racial
inequalities
that
exist
in
tip
based
industries,
and
it's
also
particularly
offensive
that
workers
who
are
not
getting
paid,
who
are
not
getting
a
wage,
are
then
being
expected
to
take
the
money
that
they
earn
and
give
it
to
workers
who
are
already
earning
a
wage
from
the
club.
N
So
I
think
that
the
ordinance
is
an
important
first
step
in
addressing
the
labor
issues
that
we
have
in
the
industry
and
it's
an
industry
that,
of
course,
yes
is
often
ignored
because
of
the
stigma
around
it
I'm
hoping
to
see
that
the
ordinance
gets
passed
and
I'm
also
anxious
about
how
it's
going
to
be
enforced
as
well.
Thank
you.
O
You,
mr.
chairman
and
councilmembers,
my
name
is
Steve
effort,
clothes,
yeah,
I,
teach
at
the
University
of
Minnesota
law,
school
teach,
labor
and
employment
law
subjects
and,
amongst
my
areas
of
study,
has
been
the
plight
of
precarious
workers,
individuals,
particularly
independent
contractors,
who
have
less
clout
in
the
workplace
and
tend
to
be
exploited
in
the
workplace.
Now
the
issue
about
the
principal
issue
with
independent
contractors
is:
they
are
not
subject
to
the
same
protections
that
employees
are
so
take.
O
For
example,
the
issue
of
tips,
Minnesota
state
law
says
that
no
employer
may
require
an
employee
to
share
a
gratuity.
So
that's
already
on
the
books.
The
problem
is,
is
that
most
of
these
dancers
are
classified,
whether
rightly
or
wrongly,
as
independent
contractors,
and
what
the
ordinance
attempts
to
do
is
extend
to
independent
contractors,
the
same
rights
that
state
law
provides
to
employees
and
it
actually
goes
a
step
further.
O
Not
only
can
an
employer
not
require
tip
sharing,
it
cannot
accept
tips
from
an
employee
or
an
independent
contractor
and
I
think
this
will
go
a
long
way
towards
ending
what
what
Monica
just
talked
about
with
financial
exploitation,
discriminatory
treatment
and
feminization
of
poverty,
because
this
is
largely
a
female
dominated
group
of
workers,
so
I
urge
the
passage
of
the
ordinance.
Thank
you.
A
P
Good
afternoon
my
name
is
John
albinius
I'm,
a
lawyer
at
Berger
Montague
here
in
Minneapolis,
I
represent
employees
and
consumers
and
lawsuits
against
companies
and
me,
along
with
other
lawyers,
I've
worked
with,
have
represented
entertainers
and
numerous
lawsuits
against
clubs,
alleging
that
the
clubs
had
misclassified
the
entertainers
independent
contractors.
You
know
the
employment
laws
in
this
country
draw,
as
a
previous
speaker
was
just
saying,
draw
distinction
between
independent
contractor
and
employee,
where
employees
received
numerous
protections
and
the
independent
contractors
receive
almost
none
when
entertainers
have
challenged
their
classification
more
often
than
not.
P
So
it's
greatly
affected
my
ability
to
represent
those
workers,
because
the
economics
of
it
start
to
not
make
any
sense,
so
I
applaud
the
counsel
for
taking
this
up
and
I
think
it
provides
a
number
of
basic
protections
that
should
be
any
worker
in
Minnesota
should
be
entitled
to,
regardless
of
whether
they're
classified
as
an
independent
contractor
or
employee.
Thank
you
thank.
Q
Thank
You
counsel,
so
I've
had
the
chance
to
meet
with
some
of
you
previously
in
my
capacity
as
one
of
organizers
of
the
Minneapolis
chapter
of
the
sex
workers,
outreach
project
and
was
one
of
the
authors
of
the
study.
The
Eric
just
spoke
about.
I
am
also
a
researcher
that
focuses
on
commercial
sex
economies
and
cultures
and
I
have
worked
in
adult
entertainment
here
and
elsewhere.
Q
Q
Zoning
policies
that
favor,
megachurches
and
property
owners
have
contributed
to
unhealthy
degrees
of
monopolization
within
the
industry
both
locally
and
nationally.
These
approaches
have
an
effect
on
dancers,
working
conditions
when
erotic
dance
is
treated
as
a
public
embarrassment.
Workers
find
very
little
help
in
their
struggles
with
an
exploitative
pay
structure,
racist
management
or
harassment.
Q
Q
Let
us
say
this:
we
know
that
law
and
policy
alone
cannot
end
economic
exploitation
or
discrimination,
but
what
this,
what
this
ordinance
does
is
change
the
legal
conditions.
Workers
actually
have
a
chance
to
advocate
for
their
collective
vest
entrance
and
introduces
transparency
and
accountability
into
our
workplaces.
Q
M
D
A
R
Afternoon
I
am
currently
a
dancer
I
work
at
downtown
Cabarete
I've
actually
been
in
the
business
for
15
years.
I
worked
everywhere
from
summer.
Try
No
Mas
Vegas
this
Bo
Moreno
here
deja
vu,
Dreamgirls
Seville,
you
name.
The
club
I
probably
worked
there
for
the
15
years.
I
worked
there
I
have
at
maybe
a
handful
of
times
experienced
some
sort
of
harassment,
but
it
wasn't
anything
that
I
was
afraid
for
my
well-being.
There
was
always
management
on
the
floor
that
was
able
to
the
minute
you
are.
R
You
are
in
any
sort
of
an
environment
where
you
don't
feel
safe.
You
immediately
get
up.
Any
leave.
Management
is
right.
There
to
walk
in
I've,
never
had
an
issue
with
it.
You
there's
there's
so
much.
You
could
be
working
in
a
normal
place
and
experience
some
sort
of
harassment
and
there's
a
lot
of
times.
I
worked
in
actual
being
an
employee,
mean-spirited,
experienced
harassment
where
no
nothing
happened.
The
biggest
issue
I
have
right
now
is
an
I'm,
an
independent
contractor
I'm,
not
an
employee
I
am
not
required
to
tip
management.
R
However,
it
is
to
me
it's
there
they're
there
to
protect
us.
They're
there
to
help
us
when
in
need,
I
tip
them,
babe
cup
of
that,
but
technically
we're
not
you,
you
or
nobody
else,
can
tell
us
whether
or
not
we
can
tip
or
not,
because
we
are
an
independent
contractor.
Employees
are
not
allowed
required
or
even
allowed
to
tip
management,
but
you're
coming
and
trying
to
tell
us
that
we
can't
tip
management
as
an
independent
contractor
and
perfectly
able
to
tip
management
when
wanted.
R
R
As
we
are
independent
contractors,
we're
not
employees,
and
a
lot
of
this
ordinance
ordinance
is
placing
us
as
employees
if
there
are
dancers
that
have
issues
with
the
the
cleanliness
with
the
structures,
the
things
that
they
are
wanting,
maybe
at
shipping
financially
to
the
club.
If
it's
something
that
you
want
changed
talked
about
again.
My
biggest
issue
with
this
is
the
independent
contractor
issue
and
also
the
cameras
in
our
private
dances
that
you
guys
talked
about
explosion.
That's
explosion
in
itself.
A
S
S
S
T
My
function
at
the
house,
mom,
is
to
take
care
of
whatever
needs.
Our
women
may
have
to
make
their
job
easier,
provide
anything.
They
may
have
forgot
for
work
from
feminine
products
to
outfits
or
answer
any
questions.
New
dancers
might
have
to
make
them
feel
secure
and
know
their
rights
or
what
they
have
access
to
at
work.
T
I
also
provide
food
for
the
girls,
which
is
again
they
could
tip
me
if
they
want
to,
but
I
provide
that
at
no
cost
so
whether
they
made
money
or,
however,
the
night--was,
they
can
get
a
meal
a
lot
of
times.
They
even
send
food
home
for
girls
to
make
sure
that
they're,
okay
at
home
I,
have
radio
contact
with
management
and
security
at
all
times
for
an
extra
measure
of
security
in
the
dressing
room
or
any
place.
T
I
am
at
the
club
working
with
a
girl,
but,
most
importantly,
I'm
a
sincere
caring
ear
to
come
to
a
shoulder
to
cry
on,
for
whatever
they
may
have
going
on
outside
his
work
as
well
or
anything
they
might
be
struggling
with
I'm.
Almost
a
therapist
I
can
honestly
say:
I
love
my
job
and
the
women
I
work
with
with
everything
I've
done,
I'm,
40
years
old
and
I,
don't
see
myself
doing
anything
else,
I'm
very
happy
and
can't
imagine
not
working
with
these
women
I
understand.
T
T
One
of
the
biggest
sense
of
security
is
that
the
women
I
work
with
have
relayed
to
me
at
Downtown
Cabaret,
is
that
when
it
comes
to
private
rooms,
their
rules
are
related
to
the
patrons
via
the
dancers
and
anytime.
They
feel
any
type
of
threat
or
just
even
uncomfortable.
Not
only
is
the
room
done,
it's
shut
down,
but
they're
still
paid
for
their
time,
regardless
of
how
a
patron
may
conduct
themselves.
T
A
U
A
F
You,
chair
Cunningham
and
my
apologies,
and
to
all
of
you
and
have
a
dental
appointment
that
I
have
to
attend,
and
so
my
apologies,
however
I
do
want
to
just
express
my
support
for
this
ordinance
and
really
I
think
just
one
step
forward
for
for
workers
rights,
but
certainly
for
sex
workers,
rights.
I.
Think
passing.
This
is
certainly
a
step
in
that
direction,
to
really
lift
up
and
support
all
sex
workers
and
really
try
to
have
some
same
public
policy
around
a
very
important
part
of
our
culture
in
society.
Thank
you.
V
Hello,
I
am
one
of
the
organizers
with
SWAT
Minneapolis
and
one
of
the
authors
for
the
needs
assessment
survey
that
some
was
spoken
about
previously
I
stand
before
you
to
support
this
ordinance
with
the
knowledge
that
I'm
taking
a
sizeable
risk
professionally
and
personally,
due
to
stigma
and
unchecked
retaliation
from
clubs
should
I
find
myself
trying
to
get
hired
at
a
Minneapolis
Club
in
the
future.
I
also
experience
tremendous
privilege
in
this
industry,
as
a
white
sis
woman
I
want
to
acknowledge
that
these
risks
will
always
be
smaller.
V
V
This
industry
exists
as
a
microcosm
of
Greater
society
and
therefore
is
rife
with
structural
racism,
misogyny
and
classism.
You
will
hear
that
in
this
industry,
many
different
experiences
and
that
they
differ
widely
across
identities.
You
may
even
experience
hearing
different
opinions
on
parts
of
the
ordinance,
particularly
when
examining
the
clause
about
regulating
the
tipping
of
management.
This
practice,
of
course,
does
benefit
some.
It
creates
an
atmosphere
of
favoritism,
often
favoring
dancers,
who
are
predominantly
white.
V
This
is
why
it
was
important
that
we
gather
data
from
dancers
anonymously
from
all
identities,
as
well
as
be
critical
about
how
our
individual
privileges
shaped
our
experiences
in
the
industry.
This
clause,
among
other
parts
of
the
ordinance,
such
as
a
clean
workspace,
reasonable
worker
to
toilet
ratio,
should
be
expectations
in
the
workplace
and
exist
in
language
for
every
industry,
except
for
ours.
V
W
W
We
have
a
team
atmosphere.
We
work
together,
I,
don't
see
anything
anything
that's
being
brought
up
today,
specifically
in
our
club
and
I,
do
feel
like
this
should
be
addressed
on
a
club
by
Club,
good
paces,
because
I
do
understand
that
there
are
things
that
occur
within
this
industry.
I
have
been
in
this
industry
for
about
three
years
coming
from
corporate
working
in
top
corporate
companies
in
Minnesota,
I
love
my
job,
I
love
the
atmosphere,
I
love
the
people
that
I'm
around
I
feel
safe.
W
My
managers
make
sure
that
we
get
to
where
we
need
to
go
once
we're
leaving.
If
we
are
not,
you
know
if
we
don't
have
the
ability
to
drive
or
get
to
where
we're
going,
they
make
sure
that
they
arrange
a
town
car
to
where
we
get
to
where
we're
going
safely.
I
feel
like
the
ordinance
specifically
with
the
cameras
and
the
private
rooms.
I
feel
like
that
is
way
too
much.
I
feel
like
that's
exploitation
in
itself.
I
mean
who's
watching
these
videos.
Why
would
that
be
required?
W
These
women
have
the
option
to
work
in
this
in
this
industry.
I
have
the
option
to
go
back
to
my
corporate
job
if
I
have
to,
they
have
the
option
to
do
other
things
for
means
of
money.
If
it
was
such
a
hindrance
on
their
life
and
and
they're
having
all
of
these
issues
there,
they
have
a
choice.
They
have
a
choice.
They
do
not
have
to
do
this.
They
do
not
have
to
subject
themselves
to
whatever
they're
experiencing
me
specifically
and
our
environment,
where
we
are
again
just
a
touch
base:
I
love.
A
I
My
name
is
Cassandra
Holmes
I'm
from
little
earth
of
united
tribes
and
I
do
not
mean
to
diminish
the
importance
of
this
ordinance
are
the
workers,
because
I
support
them
and
their
ordinance
they're
asking
for
but
I
robic
use
ourselves,
because
I
thought
this
was
public.
Health
and
civil
rights
and
engagement,
so
I
came
up
thinking.
I
could
talk
about
the
East,
Phillips
and
Dorff
urban
farm
and
the
pollution
that
that
site
will
be
causing
us
so
I'm,
hoping
that
so.
A
We
so
when
we
have
public
hearings
or
public
hearings
are
typically
specific
for
the
items
that
come
before
it.
We
don't
have
public
hearings,
they're,
just
open
to
all
topics.
What
I,
what
I
would
recommend
is
to
talk
to
the
council
member
for
the
area,
and
then
we
can
have
further
conversations
from
there,
because
this
public
hearing
is
attached
to
a
specific
I.
I
Y
M
Z
Z
When
we
found
out
that
cam
was
taking
this
project
on,
we
got
really
invested
and
really
interested.
We
read
the
ROC
report
and
there
was
like
little
things
in
there
about
the
financial
abuses
that
happened
in
the
clubs
and
we
were
like
that's
the
real
story.
That's
what
needs
to
come
to
light!
That's
what
we
can
highlight
through
the
people
that
were,
you
know,
thinks.
Well
that's
really
exciting.
Z
Most
of
that
has
been
here
in
Minneapolis.
It's
a
really
unique
situation.
We
have
a
really
unique
opportunity
to
do
something
great.
Like
can
said,
we
can
do
something
innovative
that
really
benefits
dancers.
That
really
like
frames
us
as
a
labor
rights
issues,
which
it
absolutely
is.
A
lot
of
people
touched
on
this
as
being
a
human
rights
issue.
Z
Absolutely
and
all
I
really
want
to
say
from
my
16
years
of
experience
is
that
my
co-workers
mean
the
world
to
me
and
they
are
my
chosen
family
and
there
are
some
of
the
most
amazing
people
in
the
world
and
a
the
stuff.
That's
in
the
ordinance
might
seem
like
small
potatoes
like
a
real
common
sense
kind
of
things,
but
it
is
gonna,
make
a
world
of
difference
in
our
lives
every
single
day
and
it's
gonna
improve
lives
of
people.
I
care
very
deeply
about.
Z
AA
I'm
Alexis
Collins
I'm
here
because
I
agree
with
the
organ
inch
eye.
I
started
dancing
about
two
years
ago
off
and
on
and
like
when
I
got
hired
I
was
like
I
was
young,
I
was
18
19,
so
when
I
got
hired,
they
was
telling
other
rules
like
yeah.
You
have
to
pay
them,
pay
everybody
out
how
to
do
this.
Yeah
I
do
that
so
I
saw
extra
girls
like
so
what
happens?
If
you
don't
do
it,
they,
like.
AA
So
there's
like
degrading
us
like
we
were
not
good
enough
to
do
what
everybody
else
been
doing
and
like
I
still
do
it
off
and
on
again,
but
I
get
a
little
nervous
now,
because
some
of
the
guys
they
wait
till
you
leave
the
club
and
they're
like
watch.
You
walk
to
your
car
so
now,
like
I,
feel
like
I
have
to
bring
a
guy
with
me.
I
bring
a
family
member,
a
brother
somebody,
that's
like
I
know,
that's
going
to
protect
me
he's
like,
and
it's
just
like
really
sad.
AA
That
I
feel
like
I
can't
do
what
I
supposed
to
do
like
to
make
a
better
living
like
I
understand
they
said.
If
you
don't,
if
you
feel
unsafe,
you
can
find
a
different
job
and
stuff,
but
it's
like
same
as
you
do
this
to
make
fast
money
easy
money,
because
you
still
get
money
in
a
day.
That's
what
I
need
to
do
to
like,
but
we
shouldn't
be
have
to
find
a
different
job
because
we're
getting
harassed
or
we're
getting
assaulted
and
y'all
in
like
they
put
like
the
laws.
AA
It
can't
happen
to
you
in
the
vlogs
not
in
place,
and
you
disagree
with
them
when
it
happens
to
you,
then
what
is
gonna
happen
like
how
you're
gonna
feel
about
it
and
you
gonna
feel
it
really
bad
like
dang
I
should
have
listened
and
went
along
with
the
law,
so
pretty
much
I'm
just
saying
I'm
here
to
agree
with
the
law
because
everybody
should
be
safe,
but
what
anything
they
do,
regardless
if
they're
stripper
or
host
or
anything.
So.
Thank
you
guys.
AA
U
Afternoon,
Thank
You
mr.
Gordon
for
bringing
this
ordinance
forward.
I
have
worked
here
at
Minneapolis
clubs,
also
out
of
town
I,
know
upon
signing
my
first
contract
that
I,
that's
the
only
time
I
ever
seen
it
and
I
literally,
had
it
in
my
hand,
for
maybe
about
two
minutes,
did
not
take
the
time
to
read
it
over
and
turned
around
and
had
asked
for
a
copy
of.
It
was
told
that
they
do
not
give
out
copies
of
our
contracts.
U
After
that,
I
was
also
told
that
you
are
not
it's
like
the
untold
rule
to
tip
management
and
I
asked
well.
If
it's
an
unsaid
rule,
it's
not
necessarily
in
writing,
then
that
means
I
don't
have
to
do.
It
was
told
by
several
other
dancers
that
if
I
didn't
do
it,
that
I
would
be
blacklisted
and
not
being
able
to
work
at
any
other
clubs
here
and
that
that
basically
blacklist
would
continue
no
matter
where
I
decided
to
dance.
U
There
are
several
tripping
hazards.
I
know
the
dressing
rooms
are
completely
disgusting.
We
were
asked
like
to
please
clean
up
behind
ourselves.
Things
of
that
sort
after
a
long
night
of
dancing,
is
the
last
thing
that
you're
thinking
about
is
cleaning
up
behind
yourself,
so
I
do
agree
with
having
another
company
come
in.
That
is
willing
to
take
the
time
to
clean
things
properly,
even
if
I
did
take
the
time
to
clean
it
properly
a
lot
of
times.
U
U
I
also
like
black
people,
are
less
favorable
inside
of
the
clubs,
so
we
already
get
less
dances.
We
get
less
money,
earning
and
any
type
of
salary
job
that
you're
getting
you
get
salary
regardless.
If
you
show
up
to
work
or
not,
if
you
are
a
manager
at
any
other
business
you're,
not
getting
tips
along
your
salary
unless
you're,
like
maybe
a
CEO
and
getting
bits
or
getting
bonuses
and
things
of
that
sort.
U
It's
already
written
in
law
that
it's
unacceptable
with
that
I'm
going
to
say
that
we
obviously
know
that
laws
are
not
doing
anything
unless
we
are
absolutely
enforcing
them.
So
I
highly
suggest
that
you
guys
take
deep
consideration
into
how
we
are
going
to
enforce
this
ordinance
when
it
is
once
it
is
passed,
and
thank
you
for
your
time.
Thank.
AB
Thank
you.
My
name
is
Rebecca
Bailey
I'm,
a
partner
at
Nichols
caster.
Here
in
town,
we
represent
employees
and
consumers,
usually
in
class
and
collective
actions
for
unpaid
wages
and
have,
throughout
the
years
come
to
represent
literally
thousands
of
entertainers,
both
in
Minneapolis
statewide,
as
well
as
across
the
country
and
from
the
experience
representing
these
workers.
AB
I
can
tell
you
that
it's
very
difficult
for
entertainers
to
cert
their
rights
for
a
health
and
safety
work,
health
and
safety
environment,
as
well
as
a
lawfully
compliant
wage,
free
and
clear
of
on
tipeee
requirements,
and
it's
primarily
difficult
for
two
reasons.
You've
heard
about
today.
One
is
the
Mis
classification
of
dancers
as
independent
contractors,
where
all
of
our
labor
and
employment
laws
that
we
have
at
the
state
and
federal
level
don't
apply
to
these
women.
AB
So
in
order
to
assert
their
rights,
they
first
have
to
go
to
court
or
to
arbitration
and
explain
why
they
should
be
protected.
It's
a
it's
an
onerous
process.
I
will
tell
you
that
oftentimes
courts
are
finding.
They
are
truly
as
a
matter
of
law
employees,
regardless
of
what
the
club
says.
But
that
is
a
an
additional
hurdle.
They
have
to
overcome
that
your
restaurant
server
does
not.
AB
The
second
large
barrier
is
the
prevalence
of
arbitration
agreements
inside
these
employment
contracts,
making
it
impossible
for
them
to
be
together
and
assert
their
rights
because
individually,
it
might
only
be
a
few
thousand
dollars
of
tips
that
they've
diverted
or
unpaid
minimum
wages.
But
together
it's
an
actionable
claim.
AC
Hi,
my
name
is
Eli
Adelson
Stein
I'm,
a
resident
here
of
Ward
10
I'm,
also
an
organizer
with
the
restaurant
Opportunity
Center
with
workers
and
another
tip
based
industry
in
the
restaurant
industry.
I'm
here
on
behalf
of
many
of
our
members
who
we've
talked
about
this
issue,
to
speak
to
some
similarities
and
power
dynamics
that
we
see
as
tipped
based
workers,
the
requirement
of
tipping
out
and
the
theft
of
tips
is
not
just
an
economic
issue.
It
is
also
a
power
issue.
AC
If
someone
who
controls
which
dances
you
get
which
hours
you
work
in
which
shifts
you're
allowed,
is
also
someone
that
you
are
paying
out
at
the
end
of
a
shift.
There's
clear
incentive
for
you
and
a
power
dynamic.
That's
reinforced
and
I
think
that
if
there's
no
recourse
at
all,
workers
are
left
marginalized.
AC
Just
want
a
name
that
to
come
up
here
and
say
that
I
support
the
status
quo
is,
is
much
easier
because
you're
rewarded
for
that
at
work
and
those
that
hold
power
continue
to
reward
you
for
that.
But
to
say
that
something
needs
to
change,
because
my
life
needs
to
change
and
knowing
that
you're
putting
yourself
on
the
line.
I
think
you
need
to
listen
real
close
to
that
when
you
hear
testimony
for
this,
so
we're
here
in
support.
Thank
you
for
listening.
AD
My
name
is
Hayley
Paige
I've
been
a
dancer
at
Downtown
cabaret
for
four
years,
I'm,
also
a
local
filmmaker
finished
school
at
the
Minneapolis
College
of
Art
and
Design
and
I
also
work
with
Monica
sheets
with
the
feminist
sex
worker
group
and
I
would
just
like
to
say
that
when
I
started
in
the
industry,
I
also
did
not
understand
why
tipping
management
was
not
fair.
I
was
one
of
the
girls
that
thought
well,
it
makes
sense
if
I
pulled
in
$1,000
in
a
night.
AD
I
should
like
I
should
tip
management
right
and
the
more
you
think
about
it.
Rci
dining
is
a
multi-million
dollar
corporation.
They
own
three
different
clubs
in
this
city
and
the
problem
with
us.
Tipping
management
is
that
our
CI
is
paying
their
managers
less
because
they
know
that
we
are
going
to
be
supplementing
how
how
much
money
they
make
and
the
problem
with
that
is.
We
are
we're
dancers,
I,
I'm,
a
college
student
with
so
many
student
loans
to
pay
and
I
need.
My
money
when
I
was
hired
at
downtown
cabaret
I
was
told.
AD
AD
If
you
are
a
girl
who
made
all
your
money
in
VIP
that
night
and
you
don't
tip
management
they're,
never
going
to
hook
you
up
with
another
client
that
will
take
you
to
the
IP,
because
they
know
they
won't
be
getting
a
cut
during
day
shift.
Customers
are
allowed
to
be
handsy
because
there's
only
six
or
seven
guys
in
and
the
manager
knows
well,
if
he
kicks
those
guys
out,
then
he's
not
gonna
make
any
money
and
the
girls
aren't
gonna
make
any
money.
So
you
have
these
new.
AD
These
new
girls,
who
are
18
years
old,
never
been
into
a
strip
club
before
get
hired
on
day
shift,
and
they
have
no
idea
how
to
combat
handsy
customers,
because
the
managers
don't
really
enforce
it.
I'm
a
night
shift,
I
had
to
say
was
a
giant
change.
The
managers
were
on
it
like
that,
because
there
were,
you
know
twice
as
many
people
in
the
club,
but
thank
you.
A
X
You
so
much
for
having
me
today.
My
name
is
Tony
Williams
I'm
here
today,
in
solidarity
with
sex
workers.
I
just
want
to
say,
sex
work
is
real
work
and,
like
all
other
work
in
the
city,
it
needs
to
be
equitable
and
fair.
I
want
to
commend
the
sex
workers,
outreach
project
I'm
in
the
city
for
your
strong
work
on
this
there's
a
long
history
of
discrimination
against
dancers
and
other
sex
workers
in
Minneapolis
from
police
brutality
and
extortion
in
the
early
1900's
to
a
lack
of
labor
law
protections.
X
A
AE
AE
It
is
it
I'm,
a
justice
issue
and
it's
making
things
much
harder
and
making
things
much
more
and
say
for
us.
We
don't
have
the
opportunity
to
have
someone
to
walk
us
out
of
work.
In
my
experience
of
any
club
that
I've
worked
at
in
Minnesota,
which,
when
I
travel
and
a
couple
times
a
few
times,
I've
had
opportunity
to
travel,
it's
been
much
better
and
I've
been
handed
a
contract,
didn't
able
to
read
it
being
able
to
get
a
copy.
If
I
wanted
to
all
that
which
I
said.
AE
Have
a
lot
of
friends
in
the
industry
as
well
and
have
heard
a
lot
of
different
stories
and
experienced
a
lot
of
different
things
where,
like
I
said
it
is
making
things
harder
for
us.
We
don't
have
the
same
thing
that
we
had
in
the
past
and
having
to
combat
with
people
going
against
us
based
on
their
own
experiences
and
only
their
one
experience
how
they
have
the
favoritism
in
their
club
or
how
they
have
had
a
great
experience.
I
think
it's.
AE
Like
I
said
to
listen
to
the
experience
of
the
people
that
are
not
in
the
middle
of
about
this
thing
and
how
we
can
go
forward
and
make
change
for
the
community
as
a
whole
was
it
doesn't
have
to
be
like
everybody
against
a
management
everybody
against,
like
all
the
people
in
management,
but
we
cannot
work
together
to
have
a
better
community
for
all
of
us,
so
I'm
here
to
stand
behind
that.
Thank
you
for
listening,
Thank.
A
AF
I'm
Emily,
O'hara
and
I
am
NOT
a
sex
worker
but
I'm
a
community
member
and
have
a
lot
of
loved
ones
who
are
sex.
Workers
and
I
just
want
to
speak
on
behalf
of
this
ordinance
because,
as
someone
who
is
an
independent
contractor
right
now,
I
can
only
say
that
you
lose
so
much
as
an
independent
contractor.
I
have
no
rights.
I
have
nothing
that
I
can
do
really
to
really
advocate
for
myself
and
I.
Just
think
this
is
amazing
and
incredible
work
done
by
Swap
to
organize
for
this
ordinance.
So
thank
you
so
much.
A
AG
We
have
I
believe
that
I've
had
a
good
and
positive
experience
with
the
club
that
I
work
at
and
I
feel
as
though,
as
an
independent
contractor.
It
should
be
my
choice
whether
I
would
like
to
tip
or
not.
I've
worked
in
the
past
in
rescue
in
the
restaurant
industry
as
well
as
service
industry
and
I
feel
that
as
a
bartender,
if
I
would
like
to
show
my
gratitude
to
my
bar
back,
I
am
allowed
to
tip
and
as
a
server
to
show
gratitude
to
my
cooks.
AG
I'm
allowed
to
do
that
as
well,
but
it
is
still
my
choice.
I
do
not
agree
that
it
should
be
forced
that
I
cannot
tip
if
I'd
like
to
to
my
management,
especially
since
I
feel
that
they
keep
me
protected
as
well
as
my
fellow
co-workers
and
then
as
far
as
another
piece
of
the
ordinance
with
the
zoning
I
do
not
I.
Also
don't
agree
with
that.
AG
A
AH
Thank
you
for
hearing
me
today.
I
didn't
plan
on
speaking,
but
since
I'm
here
and
I
have
a
lot
going
on
up
here.
Anything
I
should
tell
you
how
I
feel
we
as
a
whole
have
a
lot
going
on
in
this
industry.
I
do
think
that
this
ordinance
has
some
pros
and
some
cons.
Some
of
these
things
are
in
our
best
interests
as
a
whole,
and
some
I
believe
are
not
I.
AH
Think
that
if,
if
we
do
choose
to
tip
our
management
that
we
should
be
able
to
do
that,
I
just
wish
that
you
know
in.
If
that
was
the
case
that
then
there
was
no
expectation
that
we
must
tip
my
like
management
and
the
people
I
work
for
at
my
club.
I
do
like
to
tip
them
because
they
are
providing
like
safety
for
us
in
the
club.
I
I,
don't
know
what
I
would
do
without
them,
but
you
know
at
some
other
clubs
that
they
or
some
other
girls
are
experiencing
favoritism
or
racial
issues.
AH
I
think
that
the
cameras
and
the
change
in
the
private
rooms
will
make
it.
So
it's
no
longer
private
I.
Don't
believe
that
any
like
for
me.
I,
don't
want
to
be
recorded
or
I
don't
want
to
have
the
rooms
changed
to
what
some
more
other
people
can
view
it.
If
you
take
away
the
privacy
aspect
of
it,
where
we're
also
probably
going
to
take
a
hit
on
our
finances
as
well,
because
if
you
take
the
privacy
out
of
the
private
room,
the
customer
is
no
longer
going
to
feel
like
it's
private.
AH
We
don't
feel
like
it's
private.
It
makes
it
uncomfortable.
I,
don't
know.
I
just
feel
like
that
is
exploitation
for
us.
We
don't
want
I,
don't
want
to
be
recorded
while
I'm
in
in
a
room.
That's
supposed
to
be
private.
I
also,
like
I,
said
before
know
that
it
is
a
much
bigger
issue
than
just
me.
I,
just
think
that
not
all
of
these
things
are
beneficial
for
us.
Some
of
them
are,
though,
thank
you.
A
AI
Hi
I'm,
it's
a
CV
I!
Don't
follow
you
for
not
pronouncing
your
right
cuz!
No
one
can
I
I've
been
dancing
I'm
at
surprise.
Downtown
Cabarete
I've
been
I've
danced
at
another
club
as
well,
and
I
do
understand
that
like
I
I,
definitely
understand
why
this
tipping
situation,
why
it
is
a
big
deal,
I'd
I,
don't
I,
don't
think
that
it
should
be
I.
AI
AI
Like
help
me
with
customers
or
saying
you
know,
they'll
help
me
like
with
stuff
like
that.
As
far
as
the
rooms
go,
I
don't
think
that
changing
the
size
of,
like
the
walls
or
adding
cameras
in
there
changes
anything
because
there's
cameras
already
in
the
other
parts
of
the
other,
like
in
the
other
parts
of
the
club,
and
there
are
no
walls
in
like
you
know
in
them
on
the
floor
and
we
still
experience
harassment.
AI
AJ
Hi,
my
name
is
Colleen
and
I've
worked
at
multiple
clubs
in
Minneapolis.
I
appreciate
the
testimony
acknowledging
the
power
amounts
at
work
when
we
look
at
who
was
able
to
testify
today
and
who
was
forced
into
hiding
out
of
fear
of
retaliation.
I
wanted
to
say
that
eliminating
tipping
and
other
wage
theft,
as
well
as
safety
of
the
space,
are
by
far
my
greatest
concerns.
Managers
should
not
be
supported,
be
support,
resources
for
dancers,
not
our
police.
AJ
We
need
safe
avenues
to
report
violations
of
our
boundaries
or
the
law
without
fear
of
blame
or
coercion
in
return.
So
to
me,
enforcement
doesn't
look
like
lower
walls
or
video
surveillance.
It
looks
like
labor
rights.
This
begins
by
eliminating
their
ability
to
leverage
their
willingness
to
support
us
and
how
lb
tip.
Furthermore,
we
shouldn't
be
paying
any
fees
to
the
house
at
all
when
we're
really
the
only
reason
customers
come
to
the
club
and
make
rational
purchases
in
the
first
place.
AJ
In
addition
to
a
steep
cover
charge,
the
club
makes
outrageous
profits
on
bottles
of
cheap
champagne
priced
at
300
percent
or
more
of
their
retail
price
and
$36
shots,
which
I
and
other
staff
are
incessantly
pressured
to
sell
and
retaliated
against.
If
we
do
not,
no
regular
bar
could
get
away
with
these
markups
and
gratuitous
fees
and
regular
bars
are
profitable,
profitable
businesses.
Furthermore,
they
are
profitable
without
stealing
the
tips
of
those
who
facilitate
their
sales
and
even
pay
their
salespeople.
AJ
The
idea
that
the
strip
club
would
financially
without
these
wages
to
practices
is
completely
unfounded.
The
idea
that
they
can't
pay
their
employees
better
to
compensate
for
the
loss
of
these
tips
is
unfounded.
The
staff
who
testified
today
should
be
on
our
side.
We
are
all
being
exploited
and
we
are
fighting
for
you
too.
I
do
fear
economic
and
other
retaliation
against
us
by
corporate
club
moguls
in
response
to
this
law
and
I
urge
you
to
keep
this
in
mind.
We
will
need
support
moving
forward.
AK
Hi
I'm
laser
I
have
worked
at
strip
clubs
in
Minneapolis
and
all
over
the
country
and
I've
worked
at
clubs,
ranging
from
being
like
extremely
exploitive
to
really
well
well-run
clubs,
and
also
I
have
worked
at
clubs
that
have
some
of
these
measures
in
place.
I've
worked
at
clubs
where
you're
not
allowed
to
tip
managers
or
owners
or
salaried
employees.
I've
also
worked
at
clubs
with
cameras
and
the
dressing.
Oh
sorry
in
the
VIP
rooms,
but
what
I
really
want
to
emphasize
is
that
this
ordinance
will
only
help
strippers.
AK
It
will
only
help
dancers
and
I
think
that
it's
very
important,
especially
if
you're
at
a
club,
that
you
feel
good
at
to
stand
in
solidarity
with
dancers,
who
don't
have
the
who
don't
have
protections
who
don't
have
a
good
situation,
because
that's
a
lot
of
them.
Specifically
one
of
the
clubs
that
I've
worked
at
here.
AK
There
was
such
a
high
degree
of
wage
theft
that
it
in
theory,
I
mean
I
kind
of
I
got
fired,
they
fire.
Anyone
who
won't
put
up
with
the
status
quo
I
witnessed
my
friend
gets
fired
on
the
spot.
Just
for
asking
to
see
her
contract
there's
they're
taking
so
much
from
us
managers
and
owners
do
not
need
anymore
in
it.
I
can't
stand
to
see
strippers
being
stolen
from
any
more
than
we
already
are
and
I
support.
This
ordinance
1,000%.
AK
Yeah
so
I
think
it's
important
for
those
who
have
more
privilege
like
myself,
for
those
you
know
get
to
work
in
these
top-tier
clubs,
where,
yes,
you
are
treated
a
lot
better
and
like
they
are
well-run
and
you
are
protected.
It's
important
for
us
to
also
stand
up
for
our
fellow
dancers,
who
are
experiencing
racism,
who
are
experiencing
discrimination,
who
can't
get
hired
because
of
fat.
Phobic
managers
who
are
forced
to
work
in
the
day
shift
and
make
less
money.
It's
just
yeah.
Thank
you.
AL
And
thank
you
to
the
City
Council
for
hearing
on
this
ordinance,
it's
more
than
a
little
important,
I.
Think
and
more
people
I
wish
were
here,
because
this
is
very
seriously
a
rights
issue.
I
am
NOT
personally
a
stripper,
but
I
am
an
organizer
with
SWAT
Minneapolis
I
would
like
to
address
a
couple
of
things
that
have
come
up
regarding
the
use
of
cameras
and
private
rooms
in
particular,
have
been
referred
to
as
exploitative
by
many
dancers.
AL
I
think
that's
very
concerning
to
hear
that
they
are
worried
about
how
those
how
that
footage
will
be
used
because
I
think
that
speaks
less
to
their
concerns
of
their
personal
safety
and
more
to
the
power
their
managers
hold
over
them.
If
they're
concerned
that
their
managers
or
other
employees
at
the
club
are
going
to
be
watching
this
videos
that
speaks
miles
to
their
safety
within
the
club.
Additionally,
I
believe
the
ordinance
does
not
add
cameras
or
require
additional
cameras
more
so
it
just
regulates
the
use
of
existing
cameras.
AL
I
may
be
a
little
wrong
on
that
when
it
comes
to
tipping
I
worked
in
two
industries.
It's
extremely
important
to
note.
The
incredible
variance
of
wages
that
strippers
in
the
city
face
one
day
you
might
make
$1,000
my
one
day
might
make
nothing
and
I
have
heard
more
than
once
from
friends
who
have
made
negative
money
in
a
night,
because
they've
had
to
tip
out
managers
they've
had
to
tip
out
people
in
the
club.
AL
Additionally,
some
clubs
have
dancers
who
want
to
take
their
managers.
I
think
that's
wonderful
that
they
have
those
experiences
I
think
it's
amazing
that
they
have
that
level
of
trust.
However,
that
part
of
the
ordinance
is
necessary
to
protect
strippers
and
other
clubs
to
protect
other
dancers.
If
it's
not
in
place,
it's
not
going
to
work.
So
that's
what
I
have
to
say.
Thank
you.
AM
So
my
name
is
Roxanne
I
put
on
my
red
dress
today
and
I.
Actually,
the
reason
why
I'm
here
is
because
I
heard
that
there
was
you
know
some
some
women
who
need
a
supporter
who
worked
in
the
entertainment,
business
and
I
am
actually
an
environmental
justice
advocate.
So
I
was
really
excited
for
y'all
that
you
came
down
here
to
fight
for
your
rights
and
I
really
have
a
lot
of
respect
for
y'all
in
both
sides.
AM
I
I
do
want
to
say
I'm
in
favor
of
the
ordinance
I
was
told
to
come
today
by
a
community
member
that
has
supported
me
in
the
past,
through
police
pursuits
and
other
issues
going
on
and
again
I
heard
about
this,
because
I
was
looking
for
some
support
from
strippers.
Who
could
possibly
do
a
direct
actually
with
me
around
environmental
justice
because
I
don't
know
if
you
guys
know
this,
but
there's
a
law
called
normalization
which
allows
a
community
to
push
out
of
a
stripper
facility.
AM
If
they
don't,
they
don't
want
it
in
their
community
and
I
work
on
getting
pollution
out
of
my
community
and
unfortunately,
we
cannot
use
that
law.
Like
other
states
use
that
law
to
push
out
polluters
only
for
stripper
establishments,
so
I
don't
know
if
you
knew
that
I
thought
that
was
kind
of
hypocrisy
and
so
I'm
looking
for
some
strippers
to
help
out
or
a
direct
action,
just
letting
you
know,
but
again,
I
want
to
also
say
to
the
city
that
I'm
concerned
about
kind
of
what
I
see
going
on
the
dynamics.
AM
The
power
plays
happening
in
here,
I'm,
hoping
that
you're
able
to
pay
attention
to
it
as
well.
It
saddens
me
because,
as
women,
we
already
have
it
hard
enough
out
here.
We
really
need
to
support
each
other,
and
just
because
some
of
us
aren't
dealing
with
certain
issues
does
not
mean.
That
does
not
mean
that
others
aren't
having
a
hard
time
with
things
and
so
women
that
we
need
to
support
and
empower
each
other.
When
you
know
something's
going
on
wrong,
you
need
to
speak
out.
AM
I've
never
been
public
about
this,
but
I
used
to
be
in
the
sex
industry
as
well,
and
so
I
know
how
these
power
dynamics
happen
out
and
I
just
want
to
say
that
I
don't
think
there
should
be
I'm,
not
the
camera
thing.
I
get
both
sides
but
I'm.
Also,
like
I'm,
pretty
sure
you
can
read
behind
the
lines.
There's
probably
some
things
that
happen
on
camera,
that
people
don't
want
to
be
seen,
but
I
think
that
that
this
ordinance
is
not
gonna,
hurt
you
guys
I'm,
just
really
I'm
kind
of
irritated.
AM
AM
So
I
hope
that
you
guys
now
do
more
of
your
more
of
a
job
and
help
protect
these
women
and
build
a
relationship
and
communication
line
with
some
of
these
women
who
have
testified
and
that
will
hurt
them
because
of
whatever
establishment,
because
I
definitely
can
see
some
sort
of
retaliation
happening
and
I'm
just
concerned
and
I
just
asked
you,
ladies
to
please,
you
know,
stick
together.
Y'all
we
got
like
life
is
hard
enough.
AN
When
we
look
at
the
research,
the
data
that's
been
collected,
and
we
see
that
we
have
evidence
showing
that
these
individuals
need
to
have
a
safe
and
healthy
environment
to
work
in,
and
if
we
can
do
anything,
it
would
be
to
start
with
supporting
this
ordinance
so
that
these
entertainers
have
at
least
a
clean
establishment.
Even
though
they're
independent
contractors
I
feel
that
as
an
individual
who
has
a
degree
in
Applied,
Psychology
and
Human
Services
and
I'm
pursuing
a
career
in
the
healthcare
industry,
you
know
when
I
go
into
a
hospital.
AN
If
I
go
into
a
hospital.
I
know
that
things
are
being
cleaned.
We
have
an
environment
where
we
found
spills
of
bodily
fluids
and
I
feel
that
it's
just
and
it's
right
that
we
support
an
ordinance
so
that
these
establishments
are
clean
and
I.
Don't
feel
that
it's
too
much
to
ask
to
have
an
employee
of
these
establishments
that
isn't
an
independent
contractor
to
clean
and
to
make
sure
that
all
the
entertainers
have
an
environment
where
their
safety
and
their
health
is
being
supported.
Thank
you.
A
All
right,
thank
you.
So
much
is
there
anyone
else
here
who
is
interested
in
speaking
today.
Anyone
anyone
all
right,
seeing
no
further
folks
interested
in
speaking
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
close.
The
public
hearing
I
will
first
make
a
motion
for
approval
and
then
I
will
open
it
up
for
questions
and
discussion
amongst
my
colleagues.
A
So
I
would
like
to
move
approval
of
the
passage
of
the
ordinance
amending
title
13
chapter
267
of
the
Minneapolis
Code
of
Ordinances
related
to
Byzantine
and
Business
Regulation
amusements,
adding
and
amending
provisions
related
to
places
of
adult
entertainment
with
that
I
will
open
up
the
floor.
First
with
councilmember
Gordon,
followed
by
councilmember
Paul
Masson
Oh.
E
Wonderful,
while
I
certainly
will
support
that
motion
and
I
appreciate
you
making
it
I
want
to
note
to
my
colleagues
here
that
there's
also
a
staff
direction
before
you
that
I'd,
like
to
move
I,
also
wanted
to
address
three
things
that
were
brought
up.
Thank
a
lot
of
people,
and
maybe
maybe
just
a
little
speech,
I'll
try
to
wrap
that
all
into
one
package.
I
just
want
to
say,
first
of
all
that
when
I
ran
for
office,
I
never
expected
that
regulating
adult
entertainment,
businesses
would
be
a
thing.
E
I
would
work
on
necessarily
it
certainly
wasn't
something.
I
talked
about
on
the
campaign
stoop
very
much
and
when
it
came
forward
and
I
was
chair
of
the
public
health
committee
at
the
time
and
I
felt
was
an
obligation
for
a
responsibility.
I
had
to
deal
with
this
when
the
complaints
came
in
and
the
reports
and
the
information
came
in
I
was
still
wondering.
Well,
how
was
this
gonna
go
because
if
you
look
at
the
way
government's
have
regulated
the
industry
for
a
long
time,
it
haven't
gone
that
well,
but
luckily
people
step
forward.
E
I
think
we
did
this
in
an
incredible
way,
with
staff
reaching
out
to
academia
to
come
and
help
do
some
research,
so
we
could
really
understand.
What's
going
on,
it
was
clear
to
me
at
that
time.
The
way
we
dealt
with
it
mostly
was
by
acting
like
it
really
didn't
exist
anywhere,
hardly
ever
doing
inspections
not
really
doing
interactions
or
anything
like
that
and
as
things
slowly
evolved,
I
realized.
Oh,
this
is
absolutely
something
I
talked
about
on
the
campaign
trail.
This
is
an
economic
justice
issue.
This
is
about
social
and
economic
justice.
E
E
We
wouldn't
be
here.
We
wouldn't
have
gotten
this
far.
We
wouldn't
understand
this
at
all.
If
it
hadn't
been
for
you
and
all
the
efforts
that
you
put
into
this
and
and
Mankato
State
as
well,
so
really
appreciate
that
gave
us
a
picture.
So
we
knew
what
we
were
working
with
and
also
gave
us
a
chance
to
actually
get
feedback
and
make
sure
what
we
were
doing
didn't
run
contrary
to
what
the
workers
wanted.
Quite
honestly,
I
had
a
couple
ideas
at
the
beginning
that
I
thought
would
simplify
everything
when
I
heard
about
this.
E
On
my
own
first
thing,
close
those
VIP
rooms,
those
a
ridiculous
second
thing:
there
shouldn't
be
independent
contractors,
they
should
all
be
employees
who,
lo
and
behold
as
soon
as
I,
reached
out
to
the
workers
and
the
entertainers.
Those
were
two
things:
they
absolutely
wanted
preserved
for
very
good
reasons,
and
so
it
was
important
that
we
had
the
interaction
and
we
understood
that
I
also
want
to
just
emphasize
my
gratitude
to
my
colleague
and
co-author
Lynne,
a
Palmisano
and
also
her
office.
E
I
think
Josie
and
Robin
went
to
more
meetings
than
we
did,
but
I
have
to
say
that
Lynnae
do
a
lot
of
the
field,
work
with
Robin
and
out
and
and
saw
what
was
going
on
and
and
worked
on
this
and
also
sat
through
many
of
the
meetings
with
me.
I
also
want
to
acknowledge
that
industry
came
to
the
table
management
and,
and
they
came
and
make
a
feedback.
We
had
some
interaction,
some
dynamic
conversations
about
some
of
these
issues
and
believe
it
or
not.
They
really
didn't
understand
why
tipping
would
be
a
problem.
E
In
terms
of
the
comments
that
we
had
the
issue
with
tipping
the
ordinance
says
nothing
and
it
just
in
general,
the
ordinance
isn't
putting
any
requirements
on
what
any
of
the
independent
contractors
need
to
do,
we're
putting
all
our
requirements
on
what
the
business
license
holder
has
to
do
and
we're
saying
to
the
managers
that
they
can't
accept
a
gratuity
we're
also
not
saying
any
anything
about
back-of-the-house
so
to
speak,
tipping
or
tip
pooling
anything.
The
the
independent
contractor
wants
to
do
that,
complies
with
state
law.
I.
E
Think
a
lot
of
the
lawyers
have
already
left,
but
a
vacant
pool
tips
just
like
in
a
restaurant
and
all
of
those
things.
So
as
much
as
we
might
I
have
concerns
about
the
DJ,
getting
the
tips
and
are
they
gonna
play
the
right
songs?
If
you
don't
give
them
the
right
tip
and
all
those
other
details,
we
can't
really
mess
with
that
and
we're
not
so
that's
your
thing.
E
We
also
can't
we're
not
requiring
you
to
sit
through
any
training
or
hours
of
training,
we're
just
requiring
the
license
holder
to
provide
you
with
some
information,
so
you
know
and
understand
your
rights,
and
so
you
know
and
understand
how
to
call
the
city
if
there's
a
problem
or
somebody
else
and
get
protection
for
that.
So
I
just
want
you
to
understand
that
also
the
way
I
read
the
ordinance,
we're
not
talking
about
cameras
in
in
the
VIP
spaces.
E
If
you
read
it
we're
talking
about,
we
want
the
areas
where
the
performers
are
interacting
with
the
customers
to
be
covered
with
by
cameras.
So
if
your
VIP
spaces
are
all
upstairs
behind
it
close
at
the
door
separate
from
everything
else
well,
you
might
need
to
put
in
a
new
camera
up
in
that
space,
but
the
VIP
spaces
now
are
going
to
have
requirements
of
it.
E
So
if
somebody's
sharing
what's
on
those
cameras-
and
you
don't
think
they
should
be,
let
us
know
because
whoever
it
is
they're
probably
violating
the
law
once
this
passes
and
I
just
want
to
go
back
to
the
maybe
I,
maybe
I
don't
have
to,
but
the
the
tipping
issue.
It's
pretty
clear
if
you
actually
look
at
the
state
law
and
it's
interesting.
E
It
applies
to
these
workers
that
are
in
this
this
business
and
so
we're
just
asking
the
license
holders
to
please
comply
with
state
law,
so
I
think
that
covered
it.
Hopefully,
you
didn't
drag
on
too
long,
but
thanks
so
much
everybody
for
coming
down
here.
It
was
really
important
and
I
really
agree
with
everybody
who
also
talked
about
sorry
I'm,
not
quite
over
everybody
who
talks
about
the
importance
of
enforcement,
and
that's
gonna,
be
a
lot
of
us
working
together
to
figure
out
how
to
do
that.
E
Well
and
we're
probably
going
to
have
to
even
have
a
check-in
after
this
is
unveiled
and
before
I
close
I
just
want
to
move
the
staff
direction.
If
I
could
do
that.
At
the
same
time,
all
right
and
this
staff
direction
actually
is
in
response
to
one
of
the
first
speakers
and
the
concerns
from
the
industry.
Mostly
if
they
have
to
do
structural
and
physical
space
improvements.
E
Can
we
please
give
them
some
time
so
I'm
directing
licensed
games
services
staff
to
give
adult
entertainment
establishments
until
September
1
2022
to
implement
the
physical
space
requirements
in
the
ordinance
pertaining
to
seating
materials
and
some
I
enclose
their
private
space
partition,
height
and
entrance
widths,
and
further
directing
the
staff
to
work
with
the
Health
Department
civil
rights
and
city
coordinators
office
staff
to
convene
a
workgroup
of
entertainers
and
industry
representatives
to
make
recommendations
on
newly
required
materials,
including,
hopefully,
you'll,
stay
involved?
For
this?
E
That's
not
in
their
staff
direction,
including
training
materials,
notices
detailing
legal
rights
of
entertainers
and
notices
detailing
the
rules
of
conduct
to
be
followed
by
customers,
which
is
all
written
material.
We're
requiring
the
licensee
to
post
and
we'd.
Really,
like
some
input
to
make
sure
we
get
that
right.
So
that's
enough!
All.
A
AO
Thank
you,
I
just
want
to
say
a
couple
words
and
I
don't
want
to
belabor
anything
in
addition
to
Dan
huff
I
want
to
point
out
some
of
our
other
lead
staff,
linda
roberts
and
michelle
and
others
who
have
really
leaned
in
over
the
years
with
dr.
lauren
martin
and
her
team.
Her
colleagues,
including
ms
Cristina
Melander,
who
is
here
today,
dr.
Eric
sprinkle
you
know
long
ago,
and
the
work
group
efforts
here
at
City
Hall
that
I
took
part
in
that
I
was
brought
into
with
former
councilmember
Elizabeth
Glidden.
AO
We
realized
that
if
we
were
ever
going
to
make
any
updates
to
the
regulations
of
an
adult
entertainment
industry
that
we
would
approach
it
to
include
the
workforce
impacted
as
a
top
priority.
Thank
God
we
met
swap
is
the
co-author
of
this
ordinance.
This
ordinance
reflects
field
research
with
the
workforce,
as
you
heard,
during
the
staff
presentation
and
from
so
many
local
leaders
of
swap
today
who's
but
spoke
to
this
so
genuinely.
Thank
you,
industry
representatives.
This
does
reflect
multiple
conversations
with
industry
representatives.
It
also
is
about
a
lot
of
balance.
AO
Different
kinds
of
employment
status
gets
really
mixed
feedback
thing,
we're
trying
to
strike
a
balance
here
and
some
of
the
difficult
pieces
and
parts
of
this
ordinance.
But
things
I
want
to
make
clear,
really
clear
that
this
ordinance
reflex
is
number
one.
Every
worker
in
our
city
deserves
a
safe
environment.
As
a
couple
testifier
says,
some
of
the
work
in
this
industry
has
a
lot
to
do
with
wage
theft.
These
are
legal
businesses
protected
by
free
speech.
AO
Otherwise,
this
workforce
is
marginalized
and
stigmatized,
and
it
shouldn't
be
it's
important
that
we
have
been
approaching
this
work
in
a
way
that
undoes
that,
to
the
extent
that
we
can
so
thank
you
so
much
for
coming
out
today
to
City
Hall,
it's
important
to
stand
up
and
be
seen
and
I
know
that
that's
a
vulnerable
position
to
be
in
this
is
a
request
workers
within
our
community.
These
actions
that
we
look
to
take
give
the
city
more
enforcement
in
these
establishments.
They
give
us
more
enforcement
with
the
owners
of
these
establishments.
AO
I'm
really
proud
that
this
seems
to
have
been
a
very
empowering
conversation
for
workers
and
I
hope
that,
through
this
process
of
reinforcing
their
rights
and
protections
like
when
you
read
some
of
the
testimony
given
and
some
of
these
reports,
I
didn't
know
anyone
cared
about
us
or
our
safety
is
what
somebody
said.
I
hope
that
you
feel
more
emboldened
to
assert
your
rights
and
feel
more
comfortable
in
your
space
in
the
future.
A
You
councilmember
Palmisano
are
there
any
other
questions
or
comments
from
my
colleagues?
All
right?
Well,
I'll
go
ahead
and
throw
myself
into
queue
here.
First
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
all
of
you
who
are
here.
Some
folks
had
to
leave,
but
for
being
here
and
speaking
to
your
experience
in
the
face
of
potential
retaliation,
really
wrecking
I,
think
that
that
is
very,
very
real
within
the
power
dynamics
and
I'll
speak
a
little
bit
more
to
that
about
that
later,
I'm
grateful
to
my
colleagues
because
they
actually
just
passed
away.
A
A
AP
You
I'm
Linda,
Roberts,
I'm
assistant
manager
of
business
licensing
and
what
I
would
say
just
simply
with
having
the
tools
this
ordinance
allows
us
is
to
enforce
the
regulations
that
are
there.
So
simply
all
we
needed
to
do
so,
just
as
we
enforce
other
ordinances
on
other
businesses
like
they
must
pick
up
litter,
they
must
have
cameras
and
grocery
stores.
We
would
fold
this
enforcement
into
our
work
and
give
us
tools
actually
to
regulate
these
businesses
so.
A
AP
Chair
Cunningham:
it's
simply
that
there's
there
mechanisms
that
the
public
have
and
that
workers
have
to
make
complaints,
and
so
they
can
do
that
through
3-1-1
or
they
can
call
our
office,
and
we
have
license
inspectors
that
are
responsible
for
regulating
and
insuring
and
through
an
application
process
and
then
on
annual
inspections
that
businesses
are
complying
with
those
rules.
So,
in
the
case
of
a
litter,
we
get
a
complaint
from
301
that
there's
littering.
Then
we
send
out
a
license
inspector
to
verify
that
that
workers,
that
the
condition
is
exists,
I.
E
Really
it
was
just
a
little
bit
of
a
bigger
answer,
because
the
violation
can
go
further
than
a
visit.
The
visit
can
result
in
a
fine
and
the
the
fine
can
be
results
in
an
escalated.
Fine,
I'm,
corrected
problem
and
on
or
and
or
unpaid
fine
can
result
in
some
conditions
they
can
be
voluntary
conditions
that
the
licensee
enters
into
and
ultimately
somebody
who's
not
following
our
rules
can
have
their
license
revoked
and
pulled
so
they
can
no
longer
operate
their
business.
E
I
know
that
Linda
and
the
staff
use
of
a
proactive,
instructional
educational
compliance,
oriented
approach,
but
I
just
wanted
folks
to
know
that
there's
a
hammer
back
there
that
we
can
wheels.
Oh
boy,
that
sounded
way
too
violent
coming
for
me.
But
you
understand
what
I'm
saying
there
are
some
consequences
to
that.
I
wanted
to
make
sure
we're
clear
enough
and
I.
A
Just
want
to
thank
you
for
that.
I
just
also
want
a
name
that
I'm,
actually
her
council
member,
so
talk
about
getting
your
voice
in
front
of
the
people.
I
also
wanted
to
ask
a
question
about
clarification:
around
cameras
in
the
VIP
area.
Can
we
please
get
some
clarification
on
that,
because
I?
That
was
something
that
I
had
concerns
about
when
I
was
briefed
on
this?
A
G
Chair
the
ordinance
requires
cameras,
B
have
a
I
guess,
an
eye
on
anywhere
that
there
is
interaction
with
customers,
so
that
would
include
the
VIP
spaces
what's
new
here,
because
if
we
look
at
the
club's,
almost
all
the
clubs
are
currently
kamerad
everywhere.
Already,
there's
ordinance
ads
as
councilmember
Gordon
mentioned
a
requirement
on
how
that
footage
can
and
cannot
be
used.
So,
first
of
all,
the
footage
must
be
destroyed
after
30
days,
so
it
cannot
be
kept
after
30
days.
A
Okay,
so
question:
it's
like
some
follow-up
questions
on
that.
If
there's
something
that
will
be
required
to
be
included
in
the
contract,
that
they
are
informed
and
give
consent
to
be
recorded
in
the
VIP
areas
and
do
we
have
any
sort
of
protections
in
place
in
case
the
video
is
used
inappropriately.
O
G
A
AQ
I'm
councilmember,
Cunningham
and
committee
members
I
do
not
believe
that
the
ordinance
is
drafted
has
requirements
for
the
specific
contracts
of
the
contractors
and
that's
something.
That's
typically
worked
out
between
the
the
contractor
and
the
hiring
party,
but
I
would
defer
to
Joel
fussy
who
drafted
this,
who
might
have
a
better
answer
to
that
is
Joel.
It's
around,
maybe
not
I
will
get
I
will
confer
with
him
and
get
back
to
you
with
a
more
definite
answer
to
that.
A
AQ
Cunningham
and
councilmembers
there
is
a
retaliation
provision
in
the
draft
ordinance
that
says
that
no
establishment
shall
engage
in
retaliation
of
any
kind
against
anyone,
who's
complaining
about
the
violations
of
the
ordinance.
So
if
something
is
going
wrong
and
someone
complains
and
then
retaliation
against
them
would
be
prohibited.
AP
Can
and
I
would
just
like
to
add
chair
Cunningham
is
that
in
the
staff
direction
that
councilmember
Gordon
offered,
that
we've
got
work
to
go
in
going
forward
and
then
the
training
materials
that
are
available
so
the
retaliation
Clause
is
in
the
ordinance
and
we
I
don't
know
the
specific
answer
to
the
contract.
But
I
really
do
hope.
AP
We
had
a
call
out
to
folks
that
we
do
need
your
support
and
your
input
on
what
those
training
materials
are,
and
so
those
things
could
be
put
into
the
materials
about
how
the
staff
has
trained
what
they
know
and
what
the
regulations
and
policies
need
to
be
at
each
business
and
again,
the
value
statement
of
this
ordinance
is
really
that
we,
they
design
this
for
the
workplace,
protection,
safety
and
dignity
of
folks,
and
so
that
needs
to
be
out
paramount.
As
we
discuss
the
policies
going
forward
with
your
input.
E
I
I'm,
not
that
I,
don't
know
that
we
need
to
change
the
ordinance
at
all,
we're
already
requiring
a
camera
safety
plan.
To
be
that
we
can
review
the
safety
plan
to
come
from
them
too.
So
it
wasn't
quite
sure
what
you
were
asking
my
contention
also
is
that
they
already
have
cameras
in
the
VIP
areas.
It's
like
there's
booths
in
the
back
and
there's
a
camera
in
the
main
room
and
we're
not
saying
they're
gonna,
add
cameras
to
every
VIP
space,
which
I
think
is
I.
Don't
think
you
should.
E
E
We're
gonna
have
cameras
in
the
area
where
the
rooms
are
so
that
so
that's
my
intention
as
an
author
of
the
ordinance,
so
learning
that
we're
gonna
add
a
hundred
cameras.
If
there's
a
hundred
VIP
booths
because
I
don't
consider
them
rooms
necessarily
its
new,
so
we
might
have
to
look
at
the
interpretation.
Are
there
already
one
for
every
VIP
space
and
most
of
the
clubs.
AP
Cunningham
through
councilmember
Gordon,
what
I
understand
is
from
our
experience
from
doing
inspections
that
that
there
are
cameras
throughout
the
establishments
and
even
in
in
other
areas.
So
I
don't
think
that
any
of
the
establishments
and
even
when
they
looked
at
the
code
and
the
intention
of
the
code
anticipated
that
they'd
be
adding
any
new
cameras,
because
we've
had
many
conversations
with
the
industry
and
I
think
that
they're
satisfied
that
they
wouldn't
be
adding
any
more
cameras.
Well,.
E
A
That's
because
well,
if
there
is
no
customer
dance
or
interaction
in
that
nook
and
cranny,
then
it
would
have
to
be
covered
by
a
camera.
The
area
would
be
so
I.
Just
I.
Guess:
I,
think
that
where
my
challenge
is
right
now,
is
that
we're
having
multiple
interpretations
of
the
same
thing?
And
that
is
a
concern
for
me,
because
then,
how
are
we
going
to
implement
it
consistently?
It's
a
concern
that
I
have
councillor
Palmisano.
Do
you
want
to
add.
AO
Interest
as
well
is
to
put
controls
on
that
footage,
because
today
many
establishments
don't
have
controls
on
that
footage.
They
don't
have
controls
over
who
can
see
it
and
who
can't
when
things
can
be
looked
up
when
things
can
be
removed
from
it,
and
this
is
about
keeping
a
tight
realm
of
control
over
how
those
security
cameras.
AO
The
footage
from
that
exists
today,
making
sure
that
there
is
enough
time
if
a
worker
wants
to
come
forward
with
a
complaint
of
something
that
happened
in
that
establishment,
but
not
too
long,
so
that
these
tapes
are
not
kept
indefinitely
so
that
they
do
roll
off
with
regularity
and
that,
if
there
is
a
tight
order
of
control
over
how
they
can
be
requested.
Typically,
in
our
scenarios,
they
were
from
a
worker
wanting
to
make
an
allegation
and
how
their
safety
and
how
that
footage
is
protected.
AO
We
have
security
cameras
all
over
City
Hall,
but
again
it
doesn't
take
every
corner
and
underneath
every
table
into
any
sort
of
consideration
and
I
think
that
it's
reasonable
I
think
that
it's
reasonable
that
this
would
follow
that
same
line
of
reasonably
must
be
developed.
Rules
from
this
point
so.
A
I
definitely
think
first
I
just
want
to
name
like
this
is
really
great
work,
so
I
don't
want
to
make
it
sound
like
I'm,
criticizing
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
I
have
an
understanding
and
folks
have
an
understanding
of
the
camera
ass,
because
that
was
consistently
raised
as
a
concern
and
I
think
it's
great
to
have
those
regulations
on
how
long
the
camera,
like
the
footage,
is
available
and
and
who
has
access
to
way
since
that's
not
covered
now.
So
thank
you
for
that
clarification,
council,
member
Gordon.
E
So
how
about
we
pass
this
forward
to
the
council
and
then
I
make
a
commitment
to
work
with
you
work
with
mr.
fussy
and
reach
back
to
swap,
and
we
can
figure
out
how
to
define
area.
So
it
makes
sense
and
and
look
at
it's
already
existing
and
I'm
sure
comer
Palmisano
would
join
me
in
saying
we're
open
to
better
defining
that
sentence
and
making
sure
we
understand
what's
really
happening,
and
then
we
can
see
if
we
can
do
something
before
the
council
meeting,
which
would
happen
a
week
from
the
Friday.
Okay.
A
All
right,
thank
you
for
that.
I
do
appreciate
it
being
willing
to
dig
deeper
into
it
just
so
we
can
have
clearer
understanding
for
everybody
involved,
so
we
currently
have
a
motion
on
the
floor
for
approval
of
this
item
we've.
Additionally,
the
staff
direction
brought
forward
by
councilmember
Gordon
I,
will
ask
one
last
time:
if
there's
any
other
questions
or
comments
all
right,
seeing
none
I
want
to
just
say
thank
you
for
being
willing
to
to
collaborate
on
this
component
of
it.
E
A
It's
just
just
for
a
little
bit
tighter
language
to
be
able
to
have
an
understanding,
so
we're
all
interpreting
it
the
same
way.
So
with
that
all
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
aye,
those
opposed,
say,
nay,
the
ice
habit
in
that
item
carries
thank
you
again,
everyone
for
being
here
today
with
no
further
business
before
the
committee.
We
are
adjourned.