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From YouTube: November 7, 2019 Budget Committee
Description
Minneapolis Budget Committee Meeting - Public hearing on the proposed 2020 budget and tax levy, the Fiscal Year 2020 Consolidated Plan, and the proposed water and sewer rates.
https://lims.minneapolismn.gov
A
Good
morning
my
name
is
Lenny
Palmisano
I'm,
the
chair
of
the
Budget
Committee
and
I'm,
going
to
call
this
meeting
to
order
with
me
at
the
dais,
our
council
members,
Johnson,
Goodman,
Schrader,
Cunningham,
Fletcher,
Jenkins
and
cano.
We
will
be
joined
by
others
shortly.
Please
let
the
record
reflect
that
we
have
a
quorum
colleagues.
Today's
meeting
is
the
first
of
three
hearings
to
invite
the
public
to
share
with
us
their
ideas,
their
concerns,
even
their
suggestions
about
the
mayor's
2020
recommended
budget.
A
As
you
know,
we
added
a
third
hearing
time
to
our
budget
process
last
year
and
we're
repeating
that
again
this
year.
I
think
that
this
additional
opportunity
for
public
participation
and
the
increased
transparency
in
our
city's
budget
is
a
positive
and
an
important
step
that
we
can
take
to
be
accountable
to
you.
Our
constituents
we'll
be
conducting
two
additional
public
hearings
at
different
times
as
in
prior
years,
and
those
have
been
noticed
to
the
public
and
they're
included
on
the
council's
published
calendar
for
many
months
now.
A
The
next
public
hearing
will
be
Wednesday
December
4th,
beginning
at
6:05
p.m.
that
is
the
truth
in
taxation
hearing
that
is
required
by
state
law.
Our
goal
is
to
hear
from
everyone
different
than
in
years
past.
We
are
all
here.
All
13
members
are
part
of
our
Budget
Committee.
So
we
would
ask
that
people
who
come
today
and
speak
today
if
you
feel
the
need
to
come
to
a
future
hearing
that
you
let
everybody
who
hasn't
had
a
chance
to
speak
yet
speak
before
you
sign
in.
We
feel
that
would
be
most
fair.
A
The
third
and
final
public
hearing
will
be
on
Wednesday
December
11th
at
6:05
p.m.
both
of
those
public
hearings
will
be
conducted
in
this
chamber
and
they,
but
those
are
adjourned
meetings
of
the
full
City
Council
and
not
of
this
committee,
although
it
has
all
the
same
people,
we
anticipate
that
the
full
council
will
take
final
action
on
our
proposed
2020
budget
following
its
public
hearing
on
December
11th,
so
that
same
night
before
we
get
started,
I
want
to
review
some
basic
information
where
the
budget
mayor
Frye
has
proposed
a
1.6
to
billion
dollar
budget.
A
To
the
fight
to
finance
the
city's
operations
next
year,
exclusive
of
the
independent
board
of
estimate
and
taxi
and
the
Minneapolis
Park
and
Recreation
board
that
includes
an
increase
in
the
property
tax
levy
of
about
six
point:
nine
five
percent,
a
copy
of
the
mayor's
recommended
budget
is
posted
to
the
city
website
and
a
full
printed
copy
is
available
for
public
inspection
with
the
city
clerk.
This
committee
has
conducted
a
series
of
hearings
on
each
departments
budget
over
the
past
several
weeks.
A
All
of
those
meetings
were
broadcast
on
the
city's
TV
channel
and
they
are
streamed
on
the
city's
website.
All
of
the
documentation
from
those
meetings
has
been
posted
and
made
available
to
the
public
on
our
city's
budget
website.
Before
we
open
the
floor
to
public
comments,
I'll
review
a
few
procedural
matters.
First,
we
will
be
taking
speakers
in
the
order
they
are
registered.
If
you
wish
to
speak
as
part
of
this
hearing-
and
you
haven't
already
registered
I-
invite
you
to
do
that
now,
you
can
register
with
the
clerk
mr.
A
carl
or
outside
or
outside
at
the
tables.
Also,
if
you
have
any
documentation
that
you'd
like
us
to
have
that
you
can
submit
that
for
the
public
record
and
you
can
just
give
those
materials
to
the
clerk
after
your
speaking
time,
each
speaker
will
be
given
two
minutes
to
address
the
committee
who
asked
everyone
to
be
respectful
of
all
speakers
and
of
all
the
opinions
offered.
This
hearing
is
a
neutral
forum
where
all
residents
are
invited
to
comment
on
the
proposed
spending
plan
and
the
priorities
included
in
the
mayor's
recommended
budget.
A
Out
of
respect
for
all
speakers,
we
ask
that
if
you
are
testifying
today,
you
conclude
your
comments
when
your
time
has
expired
and
allow
the
next
speaker
their
opportunity
to
address
the
committee.
We
have
a
timer
set
up
to
help.
Speakers
monitor
the
use
of
their
time
so
that
they
can
wrap
up
their
comments.
Also,
the
clerk
does
have
some
blank
comment
sheets
for
those
who
would
prefer
to
submit
their
testimony
in
writing,
and
that
also
will
be
included
in
the
public
record
of
this
hearing.
A
B
Hello,
City
Councilmembers,
my
name
is
Mary
Albright
executive
director
of
Longfellow
Seward
healthy
seniors,
were
one
of
the
living
at
home
block
nurse
programs
that
currently
receives
sitting
funding
to
help
seniors
remain
living
independently.
Thank
you.
Although
we
provide
an
array
of
services
to
seniors
today,
I
want
to
highlight
one
of
those
services,
our
monthly
nurses
and
clinics.
These
clinics
often
serve
as
a
gateway
service,
where
seniors
have
their
first
encounter
with
our
organization,
have
a
chance
to
talk
about
health
concerns
and
medications
with
a
registered
nurse
and
get
their
blood
pressure
monitored.
B
We
hold
nurses
and
clinics
at
eight
community
locations.
Our
newest
location
is
the
Somali
Senior
Center.
We
also
hold
conics
at
the
american
indian
center
korean
service
center
Brian
Coyle
community
center
to
subsidize
apartment
buildings,
a
senior
housing
cooperative,
a
local
church
and
that
our
office
as
needed.
Our
nurse
we
follow
up
with
individual
seen
at
the
clinics
and
do
a
home
nursing
visit,
which
may
include
a
fall
prevention
assessment
and
a
vision,
consultation
or
we
may
match
a
senior
we
meet
through
the
clinic's
with
a
friendly,
visitor
or
transportation
volunteer.
B
A
C
C
To
that
effort
and
I
had
the
opportunity
and
the
honor
to
serve
on
that
on
that
body
in
its
last
session,
and
at
that
time
we
came,
and
we
asked
the
budget
committee
to
continue
to
fund
the
TEC
for
their
work
and
to
fund
a
staff
person
who
can
be
a
between
the
Cathy
committee
and
the
city,
and
we
came
through.
We
managed
to
make
that
happen.
C
It's
not
an
ongoing
line
item
so
we're
here
again
to
ask
for
that
to
be
approved
again,
for
what
we're
looking
for
is
a
full
time
staff
person
and
money
to
support
the
work
of
the
transgender
equity
Council.
The
budget
committee
did
the
right
thing
last
last
round
and
I
know
that
you'll
be
able
to
find
the
money
again
and
then
looking
forward
to
find
a
way
to
keep
that
as
a
permanent
line
item.
So
thank.
D
Morning,
thanks
for
taking
time
to
hear
my
comments,
I
live
in
North
Minneapolis
I've
been
there
15
years.
There's
a
lot
of
crime
in
my
neighborhood.
My
house
has
been
robbed.
My
car's
been
stolen.
My
cars
get
broken
into.
This
is
not
uncommon.
My
neighbors
deal
with
this
too.
A
lot
of
911
calls
don't
get
answered
because
we
don't
have
enough.
You
know
bandwidth
in
that
system
and
I.
Think
it's
because
we
don't
fund
our
police.
I
shouldn't
have
to
be
here
right
now,
like
the
vast
majority
of
Minneapolis
residents,
I
should
be
at
school.
D
I
should
be
at
home.
Taking
care
of
my
kids.
I
should
be
at
work.
I
work
at
the
university
Minnesota
I'm,
a
cancer
researcher
I
should
be
studying
cancer
right
now,
but
I
feel
like
I
have
to
be
here
to
kind
of
watchdog
you
guys,
because
I'm
frustrated,
our
city
has
grown
by
tens
of
thousands
of
residents
and
we
have
thousands
of
high-density
housing
units
and
were
reluctant
to
approve
just
14
more
police
officers
for
a
city.
D
D
I
get
it
there's
a
lot
of
important
things
to
do
and
believe
me:
I
know
that
there
are
social
challenges
to
increasing
the
the
good
use
of
a
police
force,
but
public
safety
comes
first
I,
can't
think
of
any
better
way
to
erode
trust
in
government
than
for
you
to
pass
a
budget
that
fails
to
put
law
enforcement
first.
Please
return
this
budget
to
the
mayor
and
ask
for
a
fully
funded
traffic
unit
and
a
community
officer
for
every
neighborhood.
Thank
you
thank.
E
E
In
your
analysis,
the
people
of
this
city
are
effectively
being
taxed,
with
higher
car
insurance
costs
due
to
the
extreme
high
number
of
drivers
driving
without
car
insurance
I
compared
rates
based
on
zip
code
at
car
insurance
com.
Yesterday,
the
rate
is
20%
higher
on
average
or
327
dollars
per
year,
more
than
if
I
lived
a
few
minutes
to
the
westin
Robbinsdale.
This
does
not
even
take
into
account
all
the
hit
runs:
pedestrians
bicyclists
hit
cars
going
into
buildings,
and
so
on
per
vision.
E
Zero
pedestrians
make
up
only
20%
of
all
the
trips
taken
in
Minneapolis,
yet
they
bear
30%
of
the
injuries
and
deaths.
Bikers,
meanwhile,
only
account
for
5%
of
all
trips
and
they
represent
15
to
20%
of
all
traffic
related
deaths.
One
area
often
overlooked
is
that
the
MPD
is
often
the
first
ones
to
the
scene
of
an
accident,
a
house
fire
or
person
in
medical
distress.
These
first
responders
often
save
lives
and
make
sure
the
scene
is
safe,
so
that
fire
and
EMTs
can
do
their
jobs.
E
I
witnessed
this
firsthand
at
an
accident
scene
close
to
my
home
a
few
months
back.
Yes,
adding
police
has
cost
to
the
city
budget.
The
problem
is
for
years.
The
city
has
not
kept
up
with
growing
population,
and
now
we
have
to
play
catch-up.
We
all
know-
or
we
should
know
the
numbers
last
year
between
July
1st
and
June
30th
of
this
year
over
6700
times
when
somebody
picked
up
the
phone
and
called
911
call,
there
was
no
squad
available
to
go
at
that
time.
E
F
Good
morning,
madam
chair,
my
name
is
Michael
rainbow
I
live
in
the
Third,
Ward
and
I'm
here
today
to
number
one.
Thank
you
for
your
service,
because
public
service
I
know
how
much
of
your
personal
life
is
sacrificed
by
serving
our
community
and
really
public
service
is
second
only
to
the
clergy
for
helping
our
community.
So
thank
you
for
what
you
do.
I'm
here
to
support
chief
arredondo
and
the
mayor's
request
for
more
police
I
think
that
we
have
the
best
chief
of
police
in
North,
America
african-american
of
the
city
he's
a
30-year
veteran.
F
Please
listen
to
him
when
he
asked
for
more
police
and,
lastly,
I
want
to
challenge
you
I
read
in
the
paper
of
a
woman,
a
county
commissioner,
either
from
Seattle
or
Portland,
who
came
her
to
study
our
housing
because
she
said
that
Minneapolis
does
affordable
housing,
the
best
of
any
city
and
it's
in
the
country,
and
she
came
here
to
study
your
efforts.
Why
can't
you
put
that
effort
in
knowledge
that
you
have
into
community
relationships
with
the
police
department?
You
can
do
it.
F
G
If
that
were
to
equate
to
about
37
hundred
dollars
per
citizen.
That
should
tell
you
that
simply
it's
not
enough.
Safety
is
important.
Health
and
human
services
are
important.
Everything
that
every
person
that's
going
to
come
to
this
podium
and
tell
you
that
needs
to
be
funded
should
be
funded
..
We
have
to
do
better,
and
that
starts
with
you
helping
us
to
understand
the
full
cost.
I
implore
you
to
be
more
honest
than
where
you
have
been
today.
G
You
can
push
back
and
go
to
the
mayor
and
say
not
only
do
we
need
the
budget
that
we're
going
to
implement.
We
need
the
budget
that
gives
the
citizenry
a
full
understanding
and
accounting
of
what
it
will
need
and
take
for
us
to
be
a
functioning
municipality.
We
are
not
functioning
when
we
have
vacancy
rates
hovering
around
2%.
We
are
not
functioning
when
we
have
an
opioid
crisis
and
we
spend
months
and
months
having
a
mayor's
opioid
task
force
with
18
recommendations
and
51
tactics
and
doesn't
nobody
know
the
cost?
G
We
are
not
functioning
when
it's
you
gonna
and
2018
pass
a
strategic
racial
equity
action
plan
with
three
pillars
that
everybody
in
this
chamber
agree
with,
and
you
do
not
know
the
full
cost
we
have
to
get
beyond
platitudes
and
telling
us
that
these
things
are
important
down
to
cultural
districts.
If
you
do
not
know
what
it's
going
to
take
to
implement
it
enough.
A
H
You
and
good
morning,
Council.
My
name
is
grace
Berkey
and
I'm
here
this
morning
as
a
renter
in
Ventura
village,
as
a
representative
of
the
Powderhorn
Park
Neighborhood
Association,
with
tabatha
in
the
South
Minneapolis
public
safety
coalition,
we're
part
of
that
coalition
and
are
here
this
morning,
advocating
for
fully-funded,
holistic
and
community
centered
solutions
to
improve
safety
and
livability,
particularly
for
areas
of
the
city
that
experience
a
disproportionate
amount
of
overdoses,
homelessness
and
other
livability
concerns.
H
I
urge
you
all
to
consider
ways
in
which
the
city
of
Minneapolis
can
invest
in
upstream
and
early
intervention
resources
to
create
a
healthier
and
safer
community,
and
when
you
choose
to
invest
in
our
communities,
I
urge
you
to
be
serious
about
the
true
cost
of
creating
the
kind
of
community
that
we
envision
and
to
fully
fund
those
programs
and
initiatives.
There
are
corridors
and
communities
in
the
city
that
have
been
under-resourced
year
after
year
and
I
do
not
believe
that
partially
funded
pilots
and
programs
are
enough
to
materially
change.
H
The
lived
experiences
of
people
in
those
communities,
Tabitha
referenced
a
proposal
that
we
are
working
on
with
the
south
Minneapolis
public
safety
coalition.
For
a
10
million
dollar
investment
in
fully
funded
street
level,
resources
to
improve
safety
and
livability,
and
in
general,
we
just
urge
you
to
like
I,
said,
invest
in
holistic
strategies
and
community
centered
centered
strategies
and
to
fully
fund
those
this
budget
season.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
I
My
name
is
Doris
Overby
and
I
live
in
the
Standish
Erickson
neighborhood
I've
lived
there
for
over
45
years,
I'm
here
to
support
Chief
Rondo
and
his
request
for
additional
police
officers.
In
my
opinion,
our
chief
is
the
best
smartest
most
empathetic
chief
that
we
have
ever
had
plus
grew
up
in
south
Minneapolis.
My
council
member
is
Andrew
Johnson
and
he
has
done
great
work
for
our
ward.
Thank
you.
I
hear
from
our
neighbors
that
more
police
officers
are
needed.
I
J
Good
morning
my
name's
Mark
Anderson
on
my
executive
director,
Barbara
Schneider
foundation,
robbed
ID
and
a
police
call
year,
2000
Lukas
Sanders
as
well.
That's
how
I
get
involved
in
this
I
have
some
data
here
from
this
order.
Department
of
Health
I'd
like
to
share
with
you
and
I,
probably
can't
pass
it
out,
but
I
made
copies
here.
J
I'll
even
law
here
in
the
state
of
Minnesota
for
2000
to
2017
number
of
opioid
deaths
is
10
times
has
increased
ten
times
number
of
alcohol
attributable
deaths
has
doubled
in
those
17
years
number
of
suicides
statements
that
has
doubled
I.
Just
learned
this
morning
we
lost
to
two
police
officers
in
Minnesota
in
the
last
24
hours,
just
suicide.
J
J
We're
doing
it
here
in
Minnesota,
in
in
Minneapolis,
chief
chief
ER
down
a
big
supporter.
It's
about
partnering,
police,
mental
health
and
community
advocacy.
That's
a
difficult
partnership,
but
it
works
it's
a
way.
We
can
improve
the
way
we
respond
to
crisis
in
our
communities,
but
when
officers
say
we
don't
have
time
for
this
breaks,
my
heart
officers
tell
me
they
don't
care
about
us.
J
The
city
doesn't
care
about
us.
I
said:
what
do
you
mean
he
said
well.
I
was
I
was
on
a
call,
giving
keeping
an
infinite
life
and
attending
to
this
infant.
The
EMS
came,
took
the
child
away
and
then
I
had
to
go
on
the
next
call.
I
said:
didn't
anyone
talk
to
you?
Was
there
any
debriefing
any
counseling
anything.
A
I,
need
you
know,
nothing
was
offering
I'm
happy
to
let
you
submit
the
rest
of
your
comments
to
the
clerk.
Could
you
please
give
the
papers
that
you
put
on
the
on
the
stand
there
to
the
clerk
and
we'll
make
sure
that
we
all
receive
it
and
that
it's
included
in
the
public
record,
Lisa
Clemens
and
then
Nora
Bradford.
A
K
So
I'm
going
to
say
two
things
that
I'll
try
to
be
quick.
I
really
want
you
to
look
at
your
cadet
program
and
fund.
It
I
left
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department
in
2001
there
was
six
black
women
on
that
department.
It
is
2019,
there's
eight.
That
is
the
one
way
that
you
bring
people
of
color
into
your
department.
So
if
you're
serious
about
diversity,
that
is
the
route
to
go
now
to
the
14
cops
I
support
it,
but
I
want
to
say
to
everybody
sitting
in
this
room.
K
We
all
want
one
thing
and
that's
safety
in
our
community.
You
have
a
lot
of
agencies
or
organizations
with
departments,
whatever
you
call
in
them
under
your
umbrella.
That's
not
just
the
police,
but
you
always
call
us
to
come
in
here
or
there
to
speak
against
police
funding.
If
you
take
1%
from
every
department
that
you're
funding
and
put
it
into
a
Kaffir
account
whatever
you
want,
call
it
to
fund
all
of
the
things
the
people
in
this
really
want
to
do.
You
will
have
more
than
what
you
keep
trying
to
siphon
off
the
police.
K
K
It
is
the
easiest
thing
in
the
world
for
y'all
to
come
out
and
tell
us
to
come
in
here
and
speak
against
the
police
department's
budget
and
I'd
say
you
are
a
divider
in
our
community
when
you
should
be
u19s
I'm.
Looking
at
a
picture
with
Trump
in
what
is
he
a
divider
of
the
people,
the
City
Council
is
a
divider.
K
L
Morning,
City
Council,
my
name
is
Nova
Bradford
I'm,
a
mental
health
professional
in
Minneapolis
and
I
was
the
co-chair
of
the
inaugural
Minneapolis
transgender
equity
Council
I'm.
Here
today,
to
ask
we
requested,
in
a
previous
budget
hearing,
to
have
a
line
item
for
a
part-time
staff
person
for
the
transgender
equity
Council
that
was
granted,
but
any
possible
metric
is
in
a
smashing
success.
M
Good
morning
my
name
is
George
clubber
I
work
for
the
Minneapolis
Mary,
our
cities
in
our
downtown
and
I'm
here
to
talk
about
safety
in
downtown
I've
noticed
over
the
last
five
years.
I
lost
but
not
lost.
I
created
I've,
been
at
the
Marriott
31
years.
I've
created
a
great
relationship
with
a
lot
of
police
officers.
They
used
to
walk
the
beat
downtown
and
I
can
say
out
of
100%.
M
Of
those
guys
that
I've
got
to
know
is
Perry
down
to
1%
other
police
that
walk
around
downtown
they'll
I,
don't
see
police
officers
anymore
moving
around,
but
I've
noticed
a
lot
more
aggressive.
Young
teens
I've
noticed
a
lot
more
aggressive,
paying
Ellen
and
I'm
going
through
it
every
day
that
come
to
word,
but
we're
being
spit
on
sometimes
physically
challenged.
M
N
We
do
need
more
of
a
police
presence,
sometimes
I
feel
like
I'm,
the
police,
cuz
I'm,
the
doorman,
a
lot
of
kids
go
downtown,
you
know,
start
fights
homelessness
and
we
got
a
lot
of
builders
and
something's
coming
up
right
now,
so
we
need
more
presence
to
get
more
people
living
here.
They
have
no
problem
touring
cars,
giving
tickets
and
I
just
excuse
me
just
wish
for
more
police
presence.
There's
a
lot
of
police.
They
seem
like
they're
afraid
to
do
the
job
because
they
getting
criticized
out
of
town
because
of
what's
going
on.
O
To
thank
y'all
and
I
want
to
thank
your
ancestors
we're
bringing
y'all
here
today.
Please
thank
mine
every
day,
I,
wake
up
and
I
tell
myself
it's
a
good
day
to
be
black.
It's
a
good
day
to
be
native.
It's
a
good
day
to
be
trans.
It's
a
good
day
to
be
your
youth
I.
Do
this
just
not
because
affirmations
are
good
for
one
spirit,
but
because
my
city's
infrastructure
tells
me
otherwise.
O
There's
toxins
in
our
soil
there's
lead
in
our
water
and
you
wonder
why
we're
all
depressed?
You
wonder
why
we
can't
get
our
act
together.
Everyone's
calling
for
safety,
but
police
have
only
hurt
me.
They
have
only
choked
out
my
mother,
they
have
only
cussed
me
out.
They
have
only
physically
abused.
People
like
me.
O
O
Experiencing
homelessness,
we're
experiencing
pollution,
our
school
systems
are
taking
our
art
away
from
us.
I'm
sitting
here
in
pain,
must
amazing
knives
like
we
don't
need
God's.
They
took
so
much
away
from
us.
If
you
care
about
the
people.
If
everyone
in
this
room
cares
about
loving
safety
and
care,
we
need
public
housing.
We
need
food
justice.
We
have
to
do
something
for
Gaia
I
promise.
You
I
swear
to
God
I
swear
to
God.
We
take
care
of
each
other
in
the
earth
and
we'll
all
be
ok.
Please
don't
add.
P
My
name
is
Yolanda
and
I
live
in
the
6th
Ward.
Today,
a
few
of
us
from
reclaim
the
block
are
going
to
share
our
vision
for
the
city.
We
know
that
you
all
didn't
write
the
budget
we're
looking
at
today,
Mayor
Frye
handed
it
to
you,
and
now
you
get
to
work
with
it.
We
are
counting
on
you
to
work
with
us
to
keep
shaping
it
into
the
budget
that
will
build
a
city
where
we're
all
actually
safe,
where
black
and
brown
people
are
safe.
Queer
and
trans
people
are
safe
and
immigrants
are
safe.
P
We're
not
here
because
we're
in
denial
about
the
real
problems
in
our
city,
we're
here,
because
we
know
how
serious
these
problem.
We
see
the
gun,
violence,
the
domestic
violence,
the
racism's,
the
addictions
and
the
overdoses,
the
lack
of
affordable
housing.
We
know
how
serious
these
problems
are,
but
50
years
of
trying
to
solve
them
with
more
and
more
police
has
not
solved
them.
It's
just
landed
more
black
and
brown
people
behind
bars.
It's
moved
the
problems
from
block
to
block
year
after
year
we're
here,
because
we
are
very,
very
serious
about
solutions.
P
We've
been
talking
to
neighbors,
researching
other
cities
and
dreaming
about
the
kind
of
Minneapolis
we
want
to
live
in.
We
want
to
partner
with
you
all
to
take
some
steps
towards
that
kind
of
Minneapolis.
The
first
step
we're
asking
you
to
take
with
us
is
not
a
new
one.
Thanks
to
the
work
of
councilmember,
Cunningham
and
councilmember
Fletcher.
Last
year,
the
council
moved
1.1
million
to
the
office
of
violence,
permission
prevention
and
other
critical
programs
that
address
the
root
causes
of
these
issues.
This
year
we
want
to
keep
building
on
that
momentum.
P
Q
Councilmembers,
my
name
is
Sheila
and
I
live
in
the
central
neighborhood
and
I'm
a
member
of
reclaim
the
block.
So
housing
is
an
urgent
need
for
many.
Many
people
in
our
city
and
last
year's
investments
were
an
important
step,
but
that's
what
they
were
a
first
step.
The
second
step
were
asking
you
to
take
with
us
is
to
make
a
major
investment
in
youth
homelessness
services.
Young
people
between
16
and
24
often
fall
through
the
cracks
of
existing
programs.
Q
They
can
get
turned
away
from
both
youth
and
adult
shelters,
and
when
we
hear
sensationalized
media
reports
about
young
people
engaged
in
crime,
we
need
to
ask.
Why
is
that?
What
is
causing
that
we
know
that
housing
creates
a
foundation
of
stability
for
young
people,
for
young
people
who
have
already
been
arrested?
Research
shows
that
affordable,
supportive
housing
slashes
the
likelihood
that
they'll
be
arrested
again
stable
home
staple
schools
is
a
good
start,
but
only
meets
the
needs
of
20%
of
youth
experiencing
homelessness.
Q
R
Hello
Council,
my
name
is
Jehan
shim
I
live
at
29:19,
14th,
Avenue
South,
the
opioid
crisis
is
hitting
our
communities
hard.
It's
hit
me
hard.
A
little.
Over
three
years
ago,
I
was
prescribed
opiates
to
deal
with
a
chronic
pain
condition
a
little
under
two
years
ago.
My
life
was
saved
by
narcan
in
2018.
There
are
over
950
overdose
calls
to
911,
just
in
Minneapolis.
That
number
has
consistently
been
increasing
every
year.
The
third
step
we're
asking
you
to
take
with
us
is
investing
solutions
for
the
opioid
crisis.
R
At
the
scale
of
the
opioid
crisis
itself,
Ameriprise
budget
proposes
400,000
new
dollars
for
opioid
initiatives.
That's
a
drop
in
the
bucket
compared
to
what
is
actually
needed,
and
then
he's
safe
disposal.
Boxes
that
were
just
installed
are
a
really
great
tool,
but
that's
not
one
of
the
recommendations
that
was
handed
down
and
we
would
like
to
have
those
fully
funded
from
the
opioid
task
force
that
was
created.
They
put
in
a
lot
of
work
and
they
have
wonderful
recommendations
listed
out
for
you.
We
also
want
you
to
farm
harm
reduction
activities.
R
Our
9-1-1
operators
are
regularly
fielding
calls
about
overdoses.
The
priority
one
calls
that
currently
demand
police
attention
and,
if
we're
concerned
about
9-1-1
response
times,
then
we
need
to
be
doing
things
to
reduce
these
calls
even
coming
in
to
them
in
the
first
place.
This
is
about
prevention,
and
this
crisis
is
a
public
health
crisis.
This
is
not
something
the
police
should
be
overseeing.
This
belongs
with
the
public
health
department
and
with
the
community
to
decide.
Huggies
dollars
are
used.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
S
My
name
is
Lanna
Gabriel
and
I'm.
Here
with
reclaiming
the
blog.
One
of
the
steps
were
actually
asking
you
how
to
take
with
us
is
to
improve
how
we
handle
mental
health
crisis.
When
our
neighbors
are
in
a
mental
health
crisis,
they
need
a
mental
health
response
team,
not
police.
We
are
asking
the
police,
we
are
asking
the
police
to
do
too
much
when
asking
them
to
become
experts
and
handling
them
to
health
emergencies.
S
Let's
look
outside
of
the
police
department
for
professional
cultural,
culturally,
relevant
emergency
responses.
Mpd
has
a
track
record
of
killing
community
members
when
they
respond
to
mental
health
calls,
and
the
result
is
that
many
people
just
don't
call
the
help
when
their
loved
ones
are
in
a
crisis.
I
heard
someone
earlier
say
that
police
officers
are
not
social
workers,
and
that
is
exactly
why
they
should
be
used
in
a
space,
but
there
are
actually
successful
models
that
we
can
learn
from
in
Eugene
Oregon.
S
They
have
a
program
called
cahoots.
When
someone
calls
911
about
a
mental
health
crisis,
the
dispatcher
sends
an
EMT
and
a
mental
health
professional
instead
of
the
police
officer.
Everyone
in
that
situation
wins
because
a
person
in
crisis
gets
a
professional
care
from
a
mental
health
expert
rather
than
the
police
and
the
program
diverts
about
17
percent
and
the
9-1-1
calls
away
from
the
police.
Since
people
are
worried
about
911
response
times,
this
approach
seems
common
sense
for
Minneapolis
as
well.
S
We
build
safety
by
providing
stable
jobs
where
people
know
they
can
rely
on
their
paycheck
employers
target
black
and
brown
workers
disproportionately
for
wage
theft,
while
these
communities
get
profiled
as
a
perpetrators
of
crime
that
are
actually
the
ones
most
victimized
by
corporate
waste
EFT
a
much
more
significant
threat
than
property
theft
to
be
exact
three
to
four
times
more
likely,
we
ask
that
Minneapolis
hire
an
additional
investigator
for
the
labor
standards
enforcement
division
and
invest
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
community
contacts
towards
out
work,
outreach
and
worker
education.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
T
T
The
final
piece
I'd
like
to
say
here
is
Minneapolis,
has
enough
money
to
pay
for
every
solution
that
we've
outlined
today,
but
we
have
to
stop
allowing
the
police
budget
to
balloon
year
after
year,
unchecked.
In
the
past
ten
years,
MPD's
budget
has
grown
faster
than
our
city's
budget
as
a
whole.
We
can
pay
for
programs
like
these
if
we
don't
hire
fourteen
new
police
officers
this
year
and
if
we
don't
give
MPD
an
eight
point.
Four
million
dollar
raise
Bob
Kroll
in
the
police
union
have
shown
us
that
they
stand
with
Donald
Trump.
T
Not
our
communities
and
I
just
want
to
say
that
this
is
go
so
far
beyond
being
anti
police.
This
actually
goes.
This
is
connected
to
being
pro
our
communities.
This
is
about
being
pro
our
future
right
and
we
need
to
stop
Jax,
but
juxtaposing
those
things
and
start
living
into
a
sentiment
of
abundance
that
we
have
what
we
need
in
the
next
month.
You'll
hear
from
a
lot
of
residents
about
how
serious
the
safety
concerns
are
in
their
neighborhoods.
We
know
that
drugs,
violence,
unstable
housing
and
homelessness.
T
T
Not
just
push
the
problem
around
to
another
neighbor
neighborhood
or
criminalize
it
or
put
it
off
until
next
year,
but
really
we
need
to
start
chipping
away
at
the
root
causes
now,
not
because
safety
isn't
important,
but
because
it
isn't
critically
important
Minneapolis
can
be
a
city
where
all
of
us
have
high
quality
housing
and
livable
wages
and
where
rates
of
overdose
an
addiction
go
down
instead
of
where
people
feel
instead
and
where
people
feel
safe
in
their
neighborhoods.
Small
one-time
budget
allocations
won't
make
this
happen.
T
U
Hi,
my
name
is
cobs
I'm,
a
lifelong
Minneapolis
resident
I
live
in
the
East
Phillips
neighborhood
I'm
here
as
a
member
of
Southside
harm
reduction
services.
I'm
here
to
talk
about
the
city's
response
to
the
opioid
crisis,
I'm
part
of
a
group
that
distributes
naloxone,
safe
injection
supplies
through
home
delivery
and
street
outreach.
We
provide
referral
referrals
to
treatment
programs
when
people
are
ready
to
take
that
step.
People
who
utilize
syringe
access
programs
are
drastically
more
likely
to
decide
to
good
treatment.
U
We
offer
a
naja
non-judgmental
sympathetic
ear
and
we
have
live
trust
that
we've
built
in
the
drug-using
community
over
the
last
few
years.
We're
all
volunteer
done.
We
managed
to
be
out
at
least
four
nights
a
week
and
we
do
this
with
really
minimal
funding,
mostly
through
one-time
grants
and
money
that
we
raise
through
grassroots
last
night.
I
was
out
doing
deliveries
till
about
midnight.
U
Something
else
I
hear,
unfortunately
commonly
is
traumatic
and
negative
experiences.
People
have
had
with
the
police,
I
talked
to
people
who
are
facing
paraphernalia
charges
for
carrying
clean
syringes
and
for
cleaning
up
dirty
syringes
in
their
neighborhood,
causing
people
to
reuse
and
share
syringes
and
not
properly
dispose
of
them.
This
leads
to
the
dirty
syringes
in
public
places,
but,
more
importantly,
to
the
spread
of
Hep
C
have
a
HIV,
syphilis
and
deadly
bacterial
infections.
The
proposed
budget,
the
city,
is
mostly
looking
to
fund
brand-new
programs
and
a
police
position.
A
V
Everybody,
my
name
is
ty
Nels,
Bay
I'm,
here
on
the
being
that
cuts
permanent
this
state
tool
and
we're
just
here
to
address
the
disregarding
the
proposal
please
in
regards
to
they
use
utilize
cutter
law
and
birf
rights.
Theft
in
regards
to
using
color
code
casts
and
my
own
personal
beliefs,
and
it's
all
done
that
we're
most
Americans
as
or
as
well
as
Morris
as
well
as
not
color
I
mean
black
white
or
any
other
color
color
that
others
all
just
one
nation,
that's
the
elimination
and
that
all
these
are
color
code
caste
systems.
V
That
surprised
me
separates,
separates
the
human
family
and
causes
divided
conquer
katachi,
say
they.
We
can't
resolve
in
our
communities
and
should
be
no
reason
why
we
can't
address
these
in
our
communities,
as
this
is
a
community
that
we
would
like
to
address
them
in
curse
our
own
safety
and
public
matters,
because
at
the
end
of
day,
there's
all
intermixed
in
regards
to
everywhere,
and
it's
just
a
shame
that
we
can't
go
to
the
elders
and
those
that
know
right
and
address.
V
These
will
help
them,
provide
you
with
semantics
deceit:
that's
based
off
of
slavery.
Our
peonage
and
other
subject
matters,
but
in
regards
to
our
communities,
if
I
feel
like
if
we
band
together
and
promote
education
across
the
law
and
how
that
applies
to
our
history
and
how
those
are
tied
together,
it
should
be
no
reason
why
our
communities
are
suffering
all
these
things
that
all
as
it
together
can
tackle
and
as
well
as
embrace.
V
A
W
So,
instead
of
investing
in
14,
more
police
officers,
I
strongly
believe
that
you
should
invest
in
the
community
organizations
that
we
have
present
today
and
that
are
trying
to
provide
safety
in
our
communities
versus
spread.
The
fear
and
terror
that
I
do
believe
that
the
police
promote
because
I
feel
like
they
have
other
ways
that
they
can
do
what
they
do
their
job
without
hiring
more
police
officers
and
with
wage
stuff.
W
I
believe
that
wage
chef
occurs
more
commonly
than
property
theft
and
that
we
should
fund
organizations
likes
a
tool
that
enforce
waste
F
laws
and
are
out
there
during
the
outreach,
because
I
didn't
hear
about
wage
theft.
If
it
wasn't
for
sa
tool
worker
doing
the
outreach,
so
I
strongly
believe
that
it's
important
that
we
invest
in
our
community
organizations
and
organizations
that
are
historically
known
to
hurt
the
community
and
threaten
the
community.
That's
all.
Thank
you.
Thank.
X
Thank
you
hi.
My
name
is
Kristin
Wommack
and
I'm.
A
resident
and
business
owner
of
Ward
1
I'm
here
today
to
testify
in
support
for
the
request
to
fund
to
full-time
year-round,
permanent
trans
equity
staff
roles,
starting
with
the
2020
budget.
My
daughter,
Nora,
is
transgender
and
I
am
so
proud
of.
Her
I
can't
tell
you
how
many
times
my
spouse
and
I
have
counted
our
good
fortune
of
living
in
Minnesota.
X
We've
had
resources
when
we
needed
them,
particularly
when
named
navigating
her
name
change
in
connection
with
her
student
ID
and
school
policies
lucky
for
us.
There
was
a
lot
of
groundwork
laid
before
we
stepped
onto
this
path,
but
we're
not
done
progress
is
not
the
same
as
equality.
We
have
more
to
do
without
representation
of
trans
people
at
the
level
of
policymaking.
We
lack
representation,
not
just
elected
officials,
but
staff
members,
and
not
just
at
the
state
level,
but
at
the
City
I
became
aware
of
the
transact
Witte
council
at
pride.
X
I
went
to
the
trans
equity
summit,
and
both
of
these
things
were
amazing
and
their
work
was
only
possible
because
it
was
prioritized
and
there
was
a
budget,
but
it's
not
just
the
summit
and
pride,
its
policy
and
restrooms
and
police
training
and
school
safety
and
equity
for
transgender
and
gender
non-conforming
people
in
all
of
our
city.
We
must
have
representation
for
all
citizens
of
Minneapolis,
and
particularly
adults
and
youth
that
are
most
at
risk,
are
impacted
by
lack
of
representation.
X
My
daughter
is
a
citizen
and
deserves
have
equity
and
representation.
All
transgender
citizens
deserve
to
have
equity,
civil
rights
and
protections
in
Minneapolis.
These
services
are
not
free
cost
and
price
are
very
different.
Things,
though,
and
the
value
of
this
representation
of
the
city
level
will
yield
more
value.
That
is
particularly
critical
for
the
basic
equity
of
transgender
citizens.
The
cost
is
too
high
to
not
have
these
roles
approved.
X
A
Y
My
name
is
Davis
cents,
Minh
and
I'm,
a
resident
and
business
owner
in
Ward
1
and
a
parent
of
two
MPs
students
I'm
here
today
to
request
that
the
city
of
Minneapolis
budget
include
funding
for
two
full-time
year-round:
permanent
trans
equity
staff
roles,
starting
with
the
2020
budget.
Significant
disparities
still
exist
in
this
country
for
trans
citizens
in
virtually
all
areas,
including
employment,
health
care,
safety,
housing
and
access
to
public
spaces.
Federal
cases
threatening
our
livelihoods
and
safety
are
currently
being
heard
in
the
Supreme
Court.
Y
Violence
against
trans
individuals,
particularly
trans
women,
of
color,
continues
to
rise.
Ensuring
that
our
city
is
addressing
the
needs
of
the
trans
community,
which
includes
members
from
all
of
our
most
marginalized
communities,
will
improve
our
city
for
everyone
with
full-time
positions.
Minneapolis
can
maintain
its
position
on
the
forefront
of
working
towards
equity
for
trans
citizens
and
providing
services
for
parents
like
Chris,
by
engaging
all
of
our
community
members
without
full-time
positions
which
exist
for
nearly
all
other
city
committees.
Y
The
city
forces
members
of
the
community,
who
already
face
discrimination
and
marginalization
in
employment
settings
to
take
on
this
work
for
little
or
no
compensation,
part-time
positions
are
not
sustainable
and
making
our
city
equitable
for
the
trans
community
is
certainly
not
a
part-time
workload.
This
year's
transact
bode
summit
was
the
largest
most
accessible
and
most
Community
Plan
summit
to
date.
It
was
also
the
first
to
compensate
speakers
and
breakout
session
presenters
and
that
would
not
have
been
possible
without
a
staff.
Member
I'll
be
at
a
half
time
staff
member.
Y
If
this
council
is
truly
committed
to
equity
and
success
for
all
members
of
this
city,
including
our
trans
community,
I,
would
ask
that
you
demonstrate
that
value
through
fully
funding
to
full-time
year-round,
permanent
tranzec
wa
t
staffers
to
allow
both
the
summit
and
other
vital
community
outreach
to
be
fully
realized.
Thank
you.
Thank.
Z
Good
morning,
thank
you
for
taking
time
to
listen
to
all
of
us.
This
morning,
I'm
barb,
Ginetta
I
live
in
the
eighth
ward
I'm,
the
director
of
Alliance
housing.
We
own
about
five
hundred
units
of
affordable
housing
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis
and
I'm.
A
member
of
make
homes
happen
coalition
this
month,
Alliance
is
moving
seven
Alliance
tenants
and
thirty-seven
homeless
adults
over
the
age
of
55
in
de
mini
Commons
in
the
Longfellow
neighborhood.
Z
Thank
you
very
much
for
the
1
million
plus
city,
affordable
housing,
trust
fund
dollars
that
it
took
to
leverage
another
seven
million
in
state
county
and
Federal
Home,
Loan
Bank
dollars
to
make
that
happen.
100%
of
the
money
that
funds
that
project
is
deferred
debt,
we
don't
pay
a
monthly
mortgage
payment
and
it's
the
only
way
to
make
that
property
affordable
for
these
men
and
women
who
live
on
Social,
Security,
disability,
general
assistance
or
low
any
erratic
Rik
wages.
Z
I
applaud
the
mayor
and
council
for
the
2019
and
29:20
housing
budgets
they're
higher
than
past
years,
but
I'm,
worried
and
concerned
about
the
future
and
the
long-term.
As
you
all
know,
the
housing
crisis
isn't
a
one
and
done
or
two
in
done
situation.
Working
adults
and
families
continue
to
struggle
to
make
their
wages
match
the
rising
cost
of
housing
and
people
on
a
fixed
income.
Honestly,
don't
have
a
chance
in
this
housing
market
make
homes
happen,
encourages
the
city
to
identify
a
new
dedicated,
ongoing
revenue
source
for
funding,
housing,
preservation,
production
and
tenant
protections.
Z
AA
We
do
support
the
mayor's
request
for
14
additional
officers
from
the
business
standpoint.
I'll
cite
an
example:
MCC
MC
is
a
business
that
moved
into
downtown
Minneapolis
from
Oakdale
about
three
years
ago,
brought
500
employees
to
our
area
when
they
asked
why
the
number
one
reason
is
the
vibrancy
and
number
two
was
the
transportation
options
and
they
said
what
are
the
two
things
that
have
been
the
most
difficult
for
your
employees
and
each
of
the
panel
said
number
one
was
safety
and
number
two
is
parking
for
that
matter.
AA
So
safety
is
a
real
concern
for
a
lot
of
our
members,
their
tenants
and
the
employees
that
they
have
as
a
citizen
state
of
Minnesota
safety
is
crucial.
You've
heard
many
times
the
9-1-1
calls
and
yes,
they
might
be
because
of
something
from
a
safety
or
a
crime
is
being
committed.
But
let's
not
forget
that
opioids
are
the
overdose
that
we've
heard
countless
times
so
far.
AA
Today,
car
accidents,
a
child
choking
or
something
these
are
what
the
police
officers
do,
as
well
as
preventing
crime,
so
just
to
see
the
police
officer
playing
chess
with
a
citizen
down
in
the
nickel
mall.
That's
a
really
refreshing
thing.
So,
on
behalf
of
our
members,
we
support
the
mayor's
request
for
14
additional
officers.
Thank
you.
Thank.
AB
You,
madam
chair,
my
name,
is,
and
members
of
the
committee,
my
name
is
Steve
Kramer
I'm,
president
CEO
of
the
Minneapolis
downtown
cultural
and
downtown
Improvement
District.
So
we
work
in
partner
with
the
city
on
a
wide
variety
of
issues
on
behalf
of
our
business
membership
to
support
a
growing
and
vibrant
downtown
I
was
last
year,
just
as
an
example
on
the
Hennepin
street
scape
program,
but
there's
no
issue
that
that
we
face
together
that's
more
important
to
the
future
of
our
downtown
of
our
city
than
Public
Safety.
That's
true
for
downtown
as
different
neighborhoods.
AB
Throughout
Minneapolis,
we
forged
a
number
of
very
effective
partnerships
on
a
wide
variety
of
strategies:
preventative
strategies,
outreach
programs,
long-term
solutions.
All
of
them
are
important
and
they're
all
part
of
the
the
the
mix
of
things
that
we
need
to
do
together
to
make
our
down
our
communities
safe.
But
we're
at
a
point
in
time
when
investment
in
the
police
department
is
is
essential.
Mpd
is
simply
stretched
too
thin
to
play
its
role
in
that
continuum
of
strategies
as
effectively
as
it
needs
to
be
played.
AB
AC
Diamond
Lake,
it's
more
people
around
Corcoran,
Lake,
Street,
north
of
and
they
are
in
anguish,
I
really
feel
for
them.
I'm,
not
really
here
with
an
agenda
on
a
budget
number
or
a
right
and
wrong
or
whatever
it's
way
beyond
me.
I
trust
you
to
do
what's
right,
but
I
get
a
sense
that
there's
a
belief
that
the
crime
is
down
and
people
are
sticking
to
that's
to
hurry
and
I'm.
Just
I
I
can't
really
believe
it.
AC
2018
was
a
big
outlier
with
the
Super
Bowl
security
and
all
the
attendant
high
surveillance,
which
has
been
an
ongoing
concern
at
that
time
and
now,
which
I
understand
the
long
cold
winter
spring.
Then
the
tent
city
and
the
navigation
Center
was
a
effective
containment
and
control
which
actually
advocates
for
maybe
a
supervised
use,
but
that's
a
different
story.
Our
homicide
rate
is
numerically
up.
There's
no
there's
no
debate
right
from
last
year
and
I
know
that's
a
bumpy
number,
but
we're
up
already
before
Veterans
Day
aggravated
assault
is
up.
AC
Burglary
I
mean
this
gigantic
ring
that
ran
out
of
51st
Avenue
North.
Maybe
they
picked
on
the
suburbs,
but
that's
not
really
a
win
for
Minneapolis
the
car
shopping,
the
auto
thefts
that
till
tapping
the
store
swarming.
So
why
are
we
having
all
these
emergency
safety
meetings?
If
we
don't
have
this
problem
or
why
build
up
fence
around
Cedars
I'm,
very
interested
with
my
neighbors
from
all
sides
and
some
innovative
efficient
change
and
reform?
I
just
hope
you
just
do
it
honestly
and
in
togetherness
and
cooperatively
and
respectfully.
Thank
you
very
much.
AD
Morning,
council
members,
thank
you
so
much
for
your
service.
My
name
is
Shore
like
the
North
Shore
or
the
seashore,
my
pronouns.
Are
they
them
their
or
my
name
and
I
live
in
Ward
9
I'm.
Also,
the
co-chair
of
the
trans
equity
council
here
through
the
city
of
Minneapolis
I,
want
to
start
off
by
saying
that
I'm
really
proud
to
live
in
a
city
that
holds
up
the
work
of
trans
equity,
of
LGBTQ
equity
and
racial
equity
within
the
city.
Walls.
AD
I,
think
that
is
incredible
and
honestly
it's
one
of
the
reasons
I
moved
back
to
live
in
Minneapolis
since
I
joined
the
trans
equity
council
and
have
witnessed
the
work
of
the
trans
equity
work.
Group
I
have
noticed
the
hard
work
of
so
many
community
members
as
well
as
so
many
staff
and
many
of
you
on
the
council
to
elevate
this
work.
AD
I
am
so
proud
to
see
the
growth
of
the
trans
equity
Summit,
the
growth
of
community
engagement
within
LGBTQ,
trans
and
POC
communities
through
pride
events
and
other
forms
of
community
engagement
and
outreach
that
there's
work
to
start
an
LGBTQ
employee
resource
group
within
the
city,
and
that
this
council
has
been
working
so
hard
with
you
all
and
with
staff
to
create
and
dream
up
a
more
equitable
city,
government
and
city.
It's
truly
remarkable,
so
some
of
our
goals
on
the
trans
equity
council
is
to
continue
growing.
AD
This
work
and
our
hopes
for
that
is
further
deeper,
more
meaningful
community
engagement
and
outreach.
We
want
to
continue
bringing
our
communities
together
at
the
trans
equity
summit
and
we
want
to
continue
doing
really
deep
and
meaningful
systems
change
work
through
the
subcommittee's
of
the
council
and
through
all
of
the
works
that
the
council
is
hoping
to
do.
In
order
to
achieve
this
growth
to
achieve
further
success,
we
are
asking
that
the
City
Council
appoint
two
positions
fully
funded
to
support
the
work
through
the
city
government.
Thank
you
so
much.
Thank
you
sure.
Katie.
A
AE
Time
welcome,
hi.
Thank
you
thanks
city
for,
for
allowing
the
space,
my
name
is
Katie
Cora
and
I
live
in
Ward,
12,
I'm,
a
pediatric
gender
researcher,
and
also
a
member
of
the
trans
equity,
Council
and
I,
moved
here
not
long
ago
from
from
a
city
that
fancies
itself
very
progressive,
and
it's
also
deeply
invested
in
the
values
of
capitalism
and
white
supremacy
and
I
was
very
Seattle
and
I
was
very
thrilled
to
move
to
Minneapolis
and
see
that
they
had
an
entity
like
the
trans
equity
council.
AE
So
as
a
pediatric
and
Alice
and
Gender
researcher,
my
colleagues
and
I
spend
much
of
our
days
immersed
in
research
and
talking
to
young
people
and
the
people
who
care
about
them.
All
of
the
data
that
exists
suggests
that
when
we
allocate
material
resources,
everyone
does
better
sis,
young
people,
trans,
young
people,
sis,
adults
and
trans
adults
all
do
better
when
we
invest
in
queer
and
trans
youth.
How
much
of
what
has
been
talked
about
today
is
hoping
to
compel
you
to
care
about
trans
people
recognize
a
need
and
do
something
about
it.
AE
Anyone
can
say
that
they
care
and
many
people
mean
it
Kerry,
saying
that
we
care
is
not
our
ask
our
ask
is:
how
are
we
accountable
to
that?
Just
like
putting
up
a
black
size
matter?
Sign
alone
is
not
racial
equity
work,
saying
we
as
a
city
care
about
trans
people
and
not
materially
putting
resources
towards
trans
well-being
is
equivalent
and
its
continued
violence
towards
communities
of
people
who
already
already
experienced
disproportionate
levels
of
violence.
Funding
to
positions
allows
us
to
ask
the
question:
what
world
could
we
create?
AE
AF
Good
morning,
I'm
here
representing
the
Cedar
Riverside
community,
I'm
co-chair
of
the
Safety
Center
over
there
I'm
on
the
court
watch
for
the
first
Precinct
and
I'm
here
to
support
chief
Randall's
request
by
the
City
Council
today.
That's
why
I'm
here
and
I
really
believe
that
what
has
happened
to
our
Police
Department
is.
AF
Somebody
like
that
for
the
safety
of
their
community
that
they
represent.
All
I
can
say.
Is
that
that's?
Why
I'm
here
today
to
have
a
conversation?
I
can't
really
dialogue
much
with
only
two
minutes.
So,
however,
I
maybe
might
submit
something
for
the
record
in
writing
to
all
the
councilmembers
for
further
and
I
want
to.
AF
Thank
you
very
much
for
allowing
me
to
come
forward
today
and
support
our
chief
that
we
have
he's,
got
a
real
complex
job
to
do,
and
it's
actually
been
really
difficult
in
the
diverse
community
that
we
live
in
and
we
have
in
Cedar.
Riverside
is
a
pretty
diverse
community
and
there's
a
lot
of
complexities
over
there
that
a
lot
of
people
don't
understand,
and
we
have
to
make
sure
that
we
have
proper
communication
with
the
community.
AG
Good
morning,
council
members
I
have
been
a
social
worker
at
southeast
seniors
for
the
past
six
years.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
support
of
our
program
and
share
a
few
stories
about
the
positive
impact
your
funding
has
been
at
the
lives
of
southeast
Minneapolis.
Seniors
I
am
here
to
speak
on
behalf
of
our
senior
clients,
who
can't
be
here
today
after
30
years.
Southeast
seniors
is
an
integral
part
of
our
neighborhoods
seniors
trust
us
their
neighbors
trust
us.
AG
So
they
call
us
like
the
neighbors
of
my
client
Marie,
who
they
first
met
by
helping
her
get
up
from
the
driveway
after
a
fall
concerned
about
her
safety.
They
called
us
the
next
day
asking
if
we
could
help
our
outreach
nurse
and
I
met
with
Marie
and
the
neighbor
neighbors,
together
after
connecting
her
to
an
independent
case
manager
and
rides
to
medical
appointments
by
her
volunteer
drivers.
Marie
continues
to
live
at
home
safely,
Rosa
lives
in
a
subsidized
apartment.
AG
During
my
initial
home
visit,
it
became
apparent
that
she
had
profound
hearing,
loss
that
had
never
been
addressed.
English
is
Rosa's
second
language,
so
I
was
with
her
every
step
of
the
way
as
she
was
diagnosed
and
eventually
fitted
for
a
hearing.
Aid
with
our
support.
Rosa
continues
to
live
in
her
Marcy
homes.
Neighborhood
Antonio
Antonio
was
a
recent
short-term
client.
After
referral,
we
found
him
in
an
emaciated
state
sleeping
on
a
dirty
caught
in
a
back
room
before
adult
protection
needed
through
intervened.
AG
I
was
able
to
track
down
a
family
member
who
has
since
taken
him
into
her
home.
Esther
has
lived
in
Prospect
Park
home
for
50
years,
despite
advanced
macular
degeneration.
She
manages
well
with
the
help
of
our
staff
and
volunteers.
Esther
remembers
when
southeast
seniors
was
started
by
our
neighbors.
Wanting
to
ensure
people
of
all
ages
could
continue
to
live
side
by
side
in
their
neighborhood.
I
could
go
on
and
on
on
behalf
of
our
senior
clients
and
their
caregivers.
AG
AH
Name
is
Florence
Lippmann
I've
been
living
in
the
same
house
impressed
by
a
car
park
since
1963,
it's
a
great
place
to
live,
and
one
of
the
reasons.
Many
of
the
reasons
that
is
great
and
the
thing
I'm
talking
about
now
is
I'm.
A
real
live
client
of
South,
East
seniors
and
the
story
I
want
to
tell
you
happened
in
nineteen
us.
AH
Let's
see
a
2016,
my
husband
fell.
We
were
out
of
town
and
family,
get
together
for
Thanksgiving
fell
on
the
Friday
of
Thanksgiving
weekend.
Hope
he
doesn't
do
it
this
year
and
it
looks
like
things
were
getting
bad.
So
on
Saturday,
I,
called
southeast
seniors,
I
left
a
message.
I
said:
I,
think
I'm
coming
home,
Monday
night
I
think
we're
going
to
need
help
got
off
the
plane
on
Monday
night.
There
was
a
call
from
the
nurses
southeast
seniors
and
she
said
the
nurse
who
come
tomorrow
morning.
AH
The
nurse
called
me
first
and
she
said
you've
been
out
of
town.
You
probably
need
some
groceries,
don't
you?
You
probably
have
nothing.
You
know
no
first
vegetables
and
she
brought
did
some
grocery
shopping
for
me.
They
don't
and
they've
done
a
lot
more
than
that.
Now,
where
do
you
get
that
sort
of
service
I
mean?
That
is
absolutely
amazing.
It's
a
small
thing
but
you're
in
trouble,
and
you
have
a
husband
who
has
fallen
and
ended
up.
AH
They
helped
me
through
the
whole
process,
through
the
emergency
room
through
the
hospital
through
the
transitional
care
unit.
The
whole
thing-
and
this
has
unfortunately
been
repeated
a
few
times
when
I
go
to
the
first
time.
I
went
to
my
parents.
What
do
I
know
about
a
care
conference.
Judy
said
to
me:
let
me
come
with
you.
My
problem
was
I.
AH
Wanted
him
to
stay
an
extra
day
to
my
son,
who
lived
abroad
was
coming
I,
wanted
him
there
to
help
and
they
didn't
want
us
to
stay
an
extra
day,
although
we
we
were
paying
full
price.
This
wasn't
this
wasn't
being
paid
by
Medicare
because
he
hadn't
been
in
the
hospital
for
three
days.
They
always
see
to
that.
Judy
came
with
you
know.
You
know
you
have
a
social
worker
with
you,
you
go
to
a
care
conference,
that's
something
else.
They
were
eating
out
of
Judy's
hands.
AH
Well,
of
course,
no
problem
with
questi
should
stay
here
until
the
Sun
gets
no
till
the
Sun
comes
back
and
helps
out.
That's
been
repeated
three
times
on.
Also
it's
getting
to
be
a
habit.
We're
trying
to
break
that
habit,
we
as
a
drug
store
in
our
neighborhood
that
said,
government
is
about
making
the
lives
of
people
better.
That's
what
and
all
these
other
groups
are
talking
about
the
same
thing.
Thank
you.
Thank.
AI
Good
morning,
councilmembers,
madam
chairman,
Florence,
is
a
tough
act
to
follow.
I'm
the
executive
determine
exactly
the
director
of
southeast
seniors,
a
community
based
nonprofit
that
helps
seniors
stay
in
their
homes,
healthy,
safe
connected
and
independent.
We
mobilize
over
125
volunteers.
We
serve
over
300
seniors
each
year
as
really
a
glue
that
holds
the
neighborhoods
together
in
five
neighborhoods
and
the
other
side
of
the
river
I'm
here
today
to
thank
mayor
Frey
and
you
for
providing
funding
for
these
senior
programs
and
the
aging
support
services
line.
AI
Item
and
I
want
to
thank
David
Orr
for
giving
her
a
really
good
case
for
us
at
the
last
budget,
meeting
you've
had
and
I'm
also
here
to
ask
for
more.
As
many
of
you
know,
the
county
has
cut
our
funding
for
the
first
time
in
22
years
after
a
stable
contracts,
and
these
are
funds
that
we
use
to
leverage
state
funding.
So
that
creates
a
domino
effect
that
puts
our
program
and
the
other
programs
in
jeopardy.
AI
So
I'm
asking
to
have
you
work
with
the
county
and
with
each
other
to
come
up
with
a
way
to
bridge
the
gap.
The
cap
is
one
hundred
and
ten
thousand.
However,
you
come
up
with.
That
would
be
great,
and
this
funding
gives
a
lot
of
benefits
to
the
community
Lisa.
We
do
blood
pressure
thanks
in
public
housing.
We
work
with
a
community
education
to
provide
workshops
on
Medicare
reform
and
on
pain
management.
AI
We
work
with
the
University
of
Minnesota
and
Marcy
open
school
to
connect
seniors
with
the
youth
programs
and
we
contract
with
Fairview
nursing
program
to
provide
in-home
care
on
a
sliding
scale
to
vulnerable
adults
and
people
who
can't
afford
it.
Finally,
we
help
fulfill
the
Minneapolis
for
the
lifetime
plan,
especially
in
post-hospital
discharge
follow-up
that
can
make
the
big
difference,
as
Florence
pointed
out
and
getting
home
again
after
a
hospital
stay
that
helps
seniors
of
state
can
continue
living
at
home
safely.
Thank
you,
Thank.
AJ
Hi,
my
name
is
Dana
liver,
I
live
at
the
intersection
of
Park
and
42nd
Street
in
Ward.
8
I
stand
here
today
with
two
asks:
first,
to
fund
two
full
time
year
ran
who
year
rounds
permanent
trans
equity
staff.
Secondly,
I
stand
here
in
support
of
reclaim
the
block
asking
you
to
divest
from
the
MPD
budget
and
reallocate
the
money
for
14
cops
into
the
office
of
violence
production.
To
me,
violence
prevention
would
include
people
who
are
trained
in
de-escalation
without
guns,
it
would
be
money
going
into
domestic
violence
prevention
work.
AJ
Unfortunately,
there
have
been
times
in
my
neighborhood,
where
I
am
a
bystander
to
potential
domestic
violence.
I
want
there
to
be
something
that
I
can
do
and
that
our
neighbors
can
do
in
this
situation
that
isn't
calling
cops
that
isn't
calling
someone
who's
going
to
come
with
guns.
Additionally,
this
year
was
the
largest
and
most
Community
Plan
trans
equity
summit.
It
is
a
huge
win
and
something
to
be
celebrated,
but
we
can't
stop
here.
AJ
We
need
to
use
the
momentum
and
put
more
energy
and
money
into
trans
equity
in
Minneapolis,
despite
huge
successes
such
as
this
past
year's
Trant
trans
equity
summit
and
successful
community
engagement
throughout
the
city,
significant
disparity
still
exists
for
trans
citizens.
We
are
still
seeing
a
rise
in
violence
against
trans
folks,
especially
trans
women
of
color.
It
is
crucial
for
there
to
be
full-time
trans
equity
staff.
Yesterday,
I
volunteered
at
Q
quest
a
day-long
event
for
LGBTQ
youth
with
workshops,
performance
and
conversation.
The
energy
was
amazing,
I
overheard,
youth,
explaining
to
other
youth.
AJ
What
pronouns
were
there
were
a
lot
of
rainbows
everywhere
and
a
general
feeling
of
support.
This
event
seems
so
necessary
and
amazing
for
the
young
people
involved.
I
would
love
for
there
to
be
more
and
more
spaces
like
this,
for
trans
youth
and
adults,
I
believe
in
a
world
in
the
city
that
is
basing
community
safety
programs
and
violence,
violence,
prevention,
work
and
it's
supporting
all
members
of
our
city.
We
cannot
achieve
this
by
funding
14
more
cops.
We
need
to
put
our
money
into
supporting
our
community
into
prioritizing
youth
homelessness
instead
of
criminalizing
youth.
A
AK
When
we
talk
about
the
prophetic
tradition,
we
talk
about
people
who
didn't
foresee
the
future,
but
were
morally
outraged
in
the
present,
because
we
know
what
we
do
today
will
determine
the
future
and
so
from
Isaiah
we
hear
what
we
should
do.
We
should
feed
the
hungry
clothe
the
naked
and
provide
shelter
for
the
homeless.
That
is
the
work
we
must
do.
That
is
what
Isaiah
taught
us.
AK
That
is
what
is
important
today
and
we
have
the
potential
in
the
past
of
not
just
placing
some
money
at
some
time
to
put
our
finger
in
the
dike,
but
rather
to
systematically
make
a
difference,
and
so
our
budget
is
a
moral
document.
You
know
that
I
know
that
it
says
what
we
believe
in
it
reflects
truly
who
we
are
as
a
city,
and
so
I
am
asking
for
a
sustainable
source
of
funding
for
housing,
50
million
dollars,
and
for
me
that
would
be
an
incredible
moment
where
we
can
say
yes
Isaiah.
AL
A
AL
38,
exactly
yes,
all
right,
yep!
Thank
you
our!
So
to
me,
it's
just
obvious,
but
we'll
shout
out
like
move
money
out
of
the
police
department,
that
just
let's
do
it
housing
in
front
of
the
housing.
Let's
do
it
and
after
that,
I'll
come
in
and
speak
specifically
to
the
asked
to
put
at
least
two
full-time
trans
equity
staff
up
in
the
city
in
the
2020
budget.
AL
If
we
can't
have
like
something
else
that
can
be
for
Lexus
professionals
that
work
with
trans
people,
because
that
needs
to
happen
because
they
don't
know
how
to
work
with
my
community
and
I'm,
trying
to
see
the
city
build
out
a
more
powerful
trans
equity
summit
of
two
full
times.
Trans
staff
people
will
help
us
to
be
on
on
the
ground
in
the
community,
getting
the
topics
and
the
conversations
and
the
breakout
groups
that
the
community
will
most
benefit
from.
AL
AL
Thinking
about
the
two
forms
of
magic
as
I
think
about
them,
the
form
of
magic
that
shows
up
and
demands
something
and
the
deeper
form
of
magic
that
can
show
up
when
we
don't
have
to
demand
anymore
and
I
would
say
that
at
this
moment,
the
city
at
most,
at
its
best
moment,
is
experiencing
the
community's
magic
that
pertains
to
demands,
and
it's
not
until
there
is
space
imitation
and
autonomy
for
trans
people,
that
there
will
be
the
deeper
magic
that
actually
transforms
the
world.
Thank.
AM
I
am
Ali
fireside,
osteoid
and
I
live
in
Whittier
I'm,
here
to
speak
in
support
of
investing
in
community
over
cops
and
in
support
of
funding
to
permanent
full-time
trans
equity
staff
roles.
I
think
Minneapolis
has
been
taking
important
steps
to
support
community
safety
and
trans
equity.
That
said
in
a
state
with
some
of
the
worst
racial
disparities
that
we
hear
about
all
the
time
and
in
a
city
undergoing
rapid
gentrification,
we
need
to
do
so
much
more
I
want
Minneapolis
to
invest
in
our
communities
of
color
instead
of
criminalizing
them.
AM
I
want
us
to
invest
in
real
safety,
by
funding
violence
prevention
and
by
enforcing
wage
theft
and
protecting
workers.
Investing
in
trans
equity
is
also
a
community
safety
strategy.
Trans
people,
especially
trans
people
of
color,
are
disproportionately
experiencing
homelessness
and
face
significant
structural
violence.
Trans
equity
includes
creating
more
opportunities
for
accessible,
high-quality
housing,
education,
employment
and
so
much
more.
Please
keep
this
momentum
going
around
trans
equity
by
permanently
funding
these
two
full-time
trans
equity
staff
roles.
Please
invest
in
real
safety
instead
of
hiring
14
more
cops.
Thank
you.
A
AN
City
Council
members,
my
name
is
chip.
Nq
I
got
my
TA.
I
grew
up
in
south
Minneapolis
and
I
live
in
Whittier
I.
Ask
that
every
city
comes
from
reprioritized
in
the
budget
to
probably
fun
to
trans
equity
staff
positions
and
instead
of
hiring
14
more
cops,
I.
Ask
that
you
invest
in
the
community-based
solutions
and
support
the
thoughtful
solutions
put
forth
from
reclaim
the
block.
I
believe
Minneapolis
can
be
an
inclusive,
safe
and
thriving
place
for
all
people.
I'm
an
immigrant.
AN
My
family
moved
here,
I've
seen
the
best
it's
of
humanity
here,
but
currently
it
is
not
for
all
people.
Significant
disparity
still
exists
for
trans
folks
in
virtually
all
areas
like
employment,
health
care,
safety,
housing.
The
list
goes
on.
These
disparities
are
compounded
when
we
consider
the
intersection
of
race,
sis,
people
and
white
people
navigate
to
these
systems,
because
the
system
is
designed
for
them
to
make
them
feel
safe
enough
to
belong.
AN
I
cannot
stand
by
unless
our
city
leaders
ensure
the
same
for
our
trans
youth,
our
fellow
co-workers,
our
partner,
siblings
and
nibblies
and
sundering
people
of
color
I
mentioned
earlier
before
from
speakers
before
me.
The
trans
I'm
gender
equity
council
and
we
came
the
block
of
innovative,
strategic
and
responsive
solutions
to
ensure
to
safety
for
all
of
us
all
right
to
us
in
the
community-based
solutions
that
will
keep
people
safe.
AN
AO
My
name
is
married.
I
grew
up
in
Ward,
13
and
I
currently
live
in
the
Stevens
Square
neighborhood
I'm
here
today
to
please
ask
that
every
council
member
fund
vote
to
support
funding
for
fault
two
full-time
year-round,
permanent
trans
equity
staff
roles,
starting
with
the
Tony
Tony
annual
budget
already
so
much
tremendous
progress
has
been
made
that
we
can
be
joyful
about,
while
these
positions
were
funded
in
2018
and
2019
and
I
would
love
to
see
that
momentum
maintained.
AO
I,
think
that
that
would
be
the
best
way
to
respect
all
the
work
of
these
staffers
and
also
their
community
members
that
they've
been
working
with
I
think
these
full-time
positions
will
increase
the
transgender
equity
councils,
ability
to
follow
through
on
promises
made
and
relationships
that
have
been
fostered
with
community
members
already
in
terms
of
wins,
I'm
sure
you're,
aware
of
some
of
them.
The
the
Sears
chance
equity
Summit
has
already
been
spoken
to
is
highly
successful
in
many
ways.
AO
The
trans
issues,
working
group
and
LGBTQ
employee
resource
group,
so
I'm
very
excited
to
see
what
this
grouping
next.
Finally,
I
think
it
ties
in
really
well
with
violence
prevention
and,
as
many
people
have
said,
encouraging
trans
a
quitting
in
Minneapolis
will
really
make
everyone
safer.
So
those
better
than
cops
thank.
A
AP
Hi
I'm,
not
Alissa,
but
I,
have
signed
in
with
the
clerk
and
she
had
to
leave
so
I'll
be
taking
your
spot.
My
name
is
Tran
Wong
and
I'm.
A
policy
advocate
for
the
Alliance.
Our
organization
has
been
steeped
in
the
many
efforts
that
have
been
put
into
addressing
our
city's,
affordable
housing
crisis
on
multiple
fronts,
from
funding
to
policies
and
I'm
here
to
communicate
what
we've
heard
from
our
own
community
and
within
our
own
member
organizations,
which
is
that
the
proposed
housing
investments
in
the
2020
budget
are
insufficient
to
meet
community
needs.
AP
As
a
member
of
the
make
homes
happen
coalition,
we
are
asking
you
to
deepen
your
commitment
to
equitable
housing
in
2020
and
beyond,
by
working
with
staff.
Advocate
stop
across
departments
cities
across
the
state
and
state
legislators
to
identify
legalize
at
the
state
level
and
pass
one
or
more
local
long
term
dedicated
sources
of
funding
for
housing.
AP
We
remember
the
commitments
that
many
City
Council
members
made
during
our
housing,
Kennett
forums
in
2017
and
will
continue
to
work
with
you
for
as
long
as
necessary
to
turn
those
commitments
into
real
dollars
for
housing
for
the
Alliance
housing.
Investments
are
not
just
a
matter
of
creating
affordable
homes,
but
an
equitable
housing
system,
and
for
us
that
means
expanding
the
conversation
beyond
the
three
piece.
Yes,
preservation,
production
and
tenant
protections
are
incredibly
important
and
I.
AP
Think
our
analysis
needs
to
include
two
additional
piece,
which
is
the
placement
of
housing
to
benefit
historically
discriminated
and
disinvested
communities
and
second
renter
power,
ensuring
that
renters
are
not
just
trapped
in
a
cycle
of
consuming
housing,
but
that
they're
able
to
participate
in
the
housing
system
with
equal
power
to
achieve
goals
like
community
ownership
and
limited
equity
cooperatives.
For
that
to
become
a
reality,
we
will
need
to
see
City
dollars
to
support
upcoming
policies
like
the
tenant
opportunity
to
purchase.
AP
We
believe
the
city
should
also
be
considering
the
racial
impacts
of
its
investments,
particularly
related
to
the
cultural
districts
outlined
in
the
budget.
Our
communities
know
too
well
that,
when
new
investments
enter
historically
disinvested
neighborhoods,
the
risk
of
displacement
is
highly
increased.
Thank.
A
You
for
your
time,
I
will
need
you
to
sign
in
at
the
desk
so
that
we
have
the
accurate
name
of
you
when
speakers
need
to
leave
and
I
appreciate.
Everybody
is
coming
up
on
time
and
need
to
leave
for
work
that
we
need
you
to
turn
your
numbers
in
to
the
clerk
and
not
just
hand
them
off
to
somebody
else
and
roof.
Ostrom
Alex,
gallier
and
then
Greg
urban
welcome.
AQ
So
I'm
gonna
start
by
paraphrasing
a
poem
by
Christine,
Amy,
oops
Erickson.
It's
called
a
love
letter
to
Alaska
I
know
the
word
budget
doesn't
sound
sexy,
but
it's
actually
one
of
the
most
romantic
things
a
leader.
Does
it's
not
just
about
allocating
funds?
It's
about
sentiment,
whether
you're,
a
city
or
a
non-profit
or
a
household
a
budget
is
used
by
those
with
big
Dyer's.
It
communicates
our
values,
our
ideals,
our
limits.
It
separates
our
wants
from
our
needs.
AQ
Like
you,
when
I
read
the
proposed
budget,
I,
don't
see
numbers
I,
see
people
I
see
my
neighbors,
my
community.
This
budget
communicates
to
us
in
Minneapolis
what
we
want
and
what
we
need
and
who
we
want
and
who
we
need
when
there's
enough
money
to
preserve
and
increase
police
funding
year
after
year,
it
says
to
us,
we
need
them,
but
when
it
suggests
that
there's
not
enough
for
solving
our
housing
crisis,
our
youth
homelessness,
our
mental
health
crisis,
the
progress
in
trans
equity
or
addressing
wage
theft.
AQ
It
says
our
children
are
sick,
our
most
exploited
workers
and
our
trans
family.
We
want
you,
but
we
don't
need
you
and
I
know
that
that
message
doesn't
reflect
us
as
a
people,
because
in
our
city
on
this
land
we
know
how
we
belong
to
each
other.
The
budget
offered
for
feedback
today
is
a
statement
of
our
collective
values,
and
today
you
heard
the
values
that
you
can
incorporate
into
changing
this
budget.
You
heard
that
in
Minneapolis
we
don't
leave
each
other
out
in
the
cold.
We
take
care
of
the
air
that
we
breathe.
AQ
We
step
up
in
crisis's
and
we
respond.
We
resource
our
community
work.
We
look
to
root
causes,
we
have
abundance,
we
take
care
of
each
other
in
the
earth
and
we
are
serious
about
solutions
in
Minneapolis.
We
will
not
poison
the
streets
that
we
walk
on.
We
will
not
look
into
each
other's
eyes,
searching
for
criminals.
We
will
see
each
other,
our
people
in
Minneapolis.
AQ
A
AR
My
name
is
Greg
urban
I'm,
a
local
business
owner
I'm.
Also
a
city
council
member
in
Venice,
Heights,
so
I
understand
the
dynamics
of
what
everybody
here
is
working
through
with
their
budgets.
We're
doing
the
same.
This
spring
I
opened
the
third
location
on
my
chain
of
nightclubs,
while
Greg's
saloon
on
First
Avenue.
Here
in
the
warehouse
district,
we
open
with
great
success
all
spring
and
into
summer
bringing
great
crowds
of
people
not
only
from
Minneapolis
but
from
the
suburbs
to
come
down
and
enjoy
everything.
AR
Downtown
has
to
offer
and
my
business
included,
but
every
shooting
we
had,
two
of
which
were
on
my
block.
The
business
would
go
down
each
shooting
each
time.
People
would
wake
up
Sunday
morning
and
see
the
headlines.
Another
shooting
in
the
warehouse
district
would
go
down.
Go
down
when
the
disgusting
attack
at
Target
Field
made
headline
news.
Business
fell
off
a
cliff,
not
just
for
my
business
but
for
everybody's
downtown.
AR
The
twins
were
close
to
clinching
at
the
playoffs
at
the
time.
Sold-Out
crowds
on
Friday
night
would
leave
the
stadium.
40,000
people
would
go
straight.
Home
downtown
would
be
dead
at
midnight
very
unfortunate,
and
the
victims
of
this
is
not
just
the
business
owners.
The
employees
are
true
victims
of
this.
AR
Our
staffing
levels
are
probably
about
half
of
what
they
were
earlier
this
spring,
the
employees
that
remain
are
getting
less
hours
and
substantially
less
tips,
I'm
hearing
every
day
that
they
don't
know
if
they
want
to
drive
downtown
and
pay
twenty
dollars
to
park
to
work
down
here.
So
I
would
ask
that
you
support
the
mayor's
proposal
to
add
police
officers
to
the
force
and
help
make
downtown
a
safe
and
vibrant
place
for
everybody.
Thank.
A
AS
Good
to
see
you
look,
so
my
name
is
Molly
van
Erie
and
I
live
out
of
her
neighborhood
and
I
wanted
to
just
share
that
I.
Wake
up
extremely
grateful
every
day
to
own
my
home,
thanks
to
the
support
financial
support
from
the
City
of
Lakes,
Community,
Land,
Trust
and
I'm
here
with
McCombs
happen
to
thank
you
for
your
efforts
and
to
advocate
for
affordable
housing
throughout
Minneapolis
Virginia.
To
do
everything
in
your
power
to
create
a
consistent,
dedicated,
significant
source
of
funding
exclusively
for
affordable
housing.
AS
I
just
wanted
to
say
that,
because
of
my
stable
housing
and
my
low
monthly
mortgage
I've
been
able
to
house
artists
a
low
income
law
student
dedicated
to
immigration,
reform
partnered
with
the
GLBT
host
home
program,
to
open
my
house
to
a
young
trans
person
coming
out
of
homelessness
and
also
because
of
affordable
housing.
I
was
able
to
go
back
to
school
and
gratefully
become
a
single,
clear
parent
by
choice.
So
I
wrote
a
poem
for
you.
AS
I
came
with
the
presence,
and
this
poem
was
a
result
of
conversations
that
I
had
with
house
to
Minneapolis
folks
about
what
they
love.
Most
about.
Being
home
and
I
hope
that
you
can
hang
out
somewhere
in
your
office
and
see
it
every
day
and
be
reminded
of
why
the
work
that
you
do
in
the
advocacy
that
you
do
is
so
vital,
so
it's
called
Childress,
a
very
short
dear
truth
to
have
a
home
is
to
have
rest
to
put
babies
to
bed
cradle
creation,
origin,
Foundation,
kiss
our
loves
shelter.
AS
Our
loneliness
hold
our
stories,
tender
altars
dear
homes.
We
thank
you
for
the
ways
you
still
us
bump:
music
to
dance
us
closed
doors,
to
restore
us
turn
on
heat
to
warm
us
simmer
rice
to
feed
us
Dear
Leader's
keep
committing
resources
so
that
we
can
all
say.
I
sleep
cared
for
I
wake
up,
safe,
I
am
housed.
May
people
empower
in
our
shared
Minneapolis
day
after
day,
insist
upon
this.
We
all
have
homes
that
are
dear
to
us.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
your
work
and
your
time.
Thank.
A
AT
You
good
morning,
madam
chair
members
of
council,
my
name
is
hazel
Smith
and
I
reside
in
a
Logan
Park
neighborhood
of
Northeast
Minneapolis
I'm
here
to
make
remarks
on
three
aspects
of
the
budget,
but
I
only
have
time
for
two:
the
first
property
taxes.
Your
own
budget
documents
indicate
that
property
taxes
will
rise,
13
and
a
half
percent
on
apartments,
a
naturally
occurring,
affordable
housing,
which
I
own
and
managed
in
the
city.
AT
These
increases
year
after
year
are
a
significant
burden
on
the
poorest
residents
of
the
city,
property
taxes
of
the
largest
operating
expense
at
NOAA
properties
by
a
wide
margin,
water
and
sewer
paths
are
in
the
next
year
of
expenses,
but
those
rates
set
by
this
council
and
miR
keep
rising
faster
than
inflation
year
after
year.
Then
this
year,
the
capital
off
you
raise
rental
license
fees
dramatically.
The
reality
is
obvious.
AT
Broad
housing,
affordability
is
not
a
goal
of
this
budget
property
tax
hikes
on
the
poorest
residents
through
their
rental
property
managers,
are
the
real
news
in
your
own
budget
document
on
page
49
makes
that
clear.
This
approach
is
regressive,
not
progressive,
and
the
responsibility
for
the
displacement
of
residents
is
going
to
rest
on
this
body
and
our
county
government
and
school
board.
AT
Lastly,
I
work
in
the
community
I
worked
in
a
community
that
experienced
a
significant
crime.
I
had
had
many
occasions
over
the
years
to
seek
the
assistance
of
the
third
Precinct
I
call
for
assistance
only
when
I
need
to,
because
I
know
our
officers
have
many
pending
calls
at
most
times
of
the
day.
Earlier
this
year
we
had
a
carjacking
outside
our
building,
the
victim
managed
to
detain
in
one
of
the
alleged
perpetrators
for
the
safety
of
the
victim
and
the
perpetrator.
We
made
a
citizen's
arrest
and
called
9-1-1.
We
were
a
priority
one
call.
AT
It
became
clear
after
a
few
minutes
that
the
perpetrator
was
under
the
influence
of
some
substance.
We
called
9-1-1
again
and
pleaded
for
assistance.
The
operator
told
me
I'm
sorry
you're
a
priority.
One
call
but
I
have
no
available
squads
in
the
city
we
endure
at
a
verbal
assault
of
demeaning
and
sexually
Grotius
statements.
Spitting
threats,
provocation
for
an
hour
before
a
squad
arrived,
the
victim
was
a
person
of
color
and
to
add
to
the
injury
of
losing
his
vehicle.
He
thought
the
police
did
not
care,
I
corrected
the
assumption.
Thank.
AT
A
AV
You
thank
you
very
time.
My
name
is
Jessie.
Mortensen
I
live
a
couple
blocks
from
the
Midtown
light
rail
station
I'm,
the
CTO
of
US
tech
startup
with
an
office
downtown
and
I'm
here
to
ask
you
to
listen
to
the
voices
in
the
room
and
elsewhere
who
are
asking
you
to
consider
a
much
broader,
more
authentic
definition
of
Public
Safety
as
I
walk
through
the
city.
AV
One
of
the
things
that's
really
clear
to
me
hearing
those
voices
is
that
the
conventional
definition
of
public
safety
that
has
purported
to
protect
and
serve
people
who
benefit
from
privilege.
People
who
tend
to
look
like
me
historically,
is
not
just
a
neutral
consideration
for
the
city
to
balance
against
other
considerations
that
definition
of
public
safety
actually
actively
causes
harm
in
our
city.
I
think
we've
heard
some
of
the
language
that
comes
from
that
narrow
definition
of
public
safety
today,
in
this
room,
some
of
the
language
around
the
homeless,
panhandlers
control
and
containment.
AV
The
kind
of
language
that
spills
effortlessly
from
this
discourse
of
traditional
Public
Safety
in
my
neighborhood
folks
for
experiencing
homeless
are
my
neighbors.
First
and
foremost,
these
are
folks
who
are
they
are
experiencing
problems,
but
their
problems
created
by
the
way
our
communities
configured.
AV
The
way
our
economy
is
configured
I
want
to
see
a
definition
of
Public
Safety
that
encompasses
all
of
these
experiences
and
that's
why
I'm
asking
you
to
support
an
investment
in
holistic,
public
safety
and
a
divestment
from
policing
and
incarceration
and
very
quickly,
I
want
to
speak
to
downtown,
because
I
commute
downtown
all
the
time
by
bike.
My
safety
is
at
risk
downtown
on
a
weekly
basis,
because
we
have
bad
biking,
infrastructure
downtown
worst
place
in
the
city.
AV
AW
Morning,
I
wanted
to
the
mayor's
request
for
14
more
police
officers
into
some
context
and
point
two
across
the
street
from
the
downtown
library.
There
is
a
city-owned
parking
lot
that
the
Minneapolis
Youth
Congress
used
to
host
their
supplies
where
they
were
doing
their
outreach
work
with
young
people
experiencing
homelessness
and
oppression.
AW
The
city
sold
that
city-owned
lot
to
a
billion
dollar
developer,
who
is
currently
building
a
37
storey
tower,
which
will
contain
corporate
headquarters
a
five-star
hotel
in
nineteen
high-end
luxury,
private
residences,
not
one
unit
of
affordable
housing,
nothing
for
these
young
people,
no
jobs
for
those
young
people.
What
this
call
for
fourteen,
more
police
officers
is
really
about
is
making
this
city
more
comfortable
for
big
real
estate,
and
it's
about
locking
up
in
further
displacing
the
working-class
people
and
the
people
of
color
that
don't
fit
into
Jacob.
AW
Fry's
vision
of
a
gentrified
city
I
live
in
the
Phillips
neighborhood
the
same
neighborhood
that
Cecil
have
talked
about,
and
I
see
interesting
to
hear
his
story,
because
I
watched
four
squad:
cars
roll
into
the
parking
lot
of
my
place
of
employment
with
tasers
pulled
and
guns
drawn
on
Somali
young
people
who
are
terrified
and
traumatized,
and
nobody
in
my
neighborhood
is
safer
from
that
interaction.
I
live
in
the
Phillips
neighborhood
I
have
never
once
been
made
to
feel
unsafe
by
the
poor
people
who
live
in
mind
by
my
neighbors.
AW
The
only
time
I
feel
unsafe,
even
with
all
of
my
privileged
is
when
armed
police
officers
roll
up
I'm
thinking
about
Jamar
Clark
in
November
and
every
time
I
hear
sirens,
my
heart
rate
increases
and
I
feel
a
pit
in
my
stomach.
I
also
just
wanted
to
SAS
seen
some
councilmembers
eager
to
take
photos
when
Trump
was
here
with
signs
that
said,
unbreakable,
solidarity
and
I
just
want
to
encourage
y'all
to
consider
the
fact
that
solidarity
is
not
measured
at
photoshoots
and
rallies.
AW
A
AX
Good
morning
my
name
is
Susan
dallara
born
and
raised
in
Minneapolis
and
living
right
now
out
on
35th
Avenue
and
50th
Street
I'm
here
today
in
support
of
Nokomis
healthy
seniors
and
to
tell
you
what
a
difference
they
have
made
in
my
life
in
three
ways
that
I
want
you
to
hear
about.
First
of
all,
transportation:
I
don't
have
a
car,
so
I
called
the
office
and
I
get
a
ride
from
a
volunteer.
AX
They
have
a
wonderful
volunteer
team
of
drivers
and
one
of
them
will
take
me
to
my
doctor
or
my
dentist,
and
that
keeps
me
as
healthy
as
I
can
be,
and
talking
about
health,
how
about
exercise?
They
have
a
wonderful
exercise
program,
I,
get
to
go
and
do
senior
exercise
which
perfect
for
me
and
then
I
can
take
yoga
and
she's.
A
beautiful
teacher,
so
I
get
the
benefit
of
all
that,
but
here's
something
just
as
important
and
that's
community
I
live
alone.
So
when
I
go
over
to
the
healthy
seniors,
I
have
friends.
AX
AY
Morning,
my
name
is
Doug:
Mitchell
I
live
in
17th
Avenue
South
in
the
11th
ward,
I'm,
a
retired
associate
pastor
from
Westminster
Presbyterian,
Church
and
I
represent
a
line.
Minneapolis
formerly
DC
eh
on
the
make
homes
happen,
coalition
people
of
faith
care
a
great
deal
about
members
of
our
community,
who
are
at
the
margins
those
that
Jesus
described
as
the
least
of
these
we
Christians
Jews
and
Muslims,
or
people
who
are
guided
sacred
texts.
Our
current
situation
as
a
society
with
deep
divisions,
massive
inequality
and
wealth,
power,
education
and
opportunity.
AY
AY
Among
the
other
activities
that
align
Minneapolis
does,
is
they
run
an
emergency
rental
assistance
program,
and
so
we
work
daily
with
those
who
are
experiencing
the
housing
crisis
make
homes
happen
is
appreciative
of
the
increase
in
budget
for
affordable
housing
in
the
last
two
years,
but
we
are
very
disappointed
in
the
continued
lack
of
commitment
to
fund
a
long
term
dedicated
strategy
for
funding,
affordable
housing.
Thank.
A
AZ
You,
my
name,
is
Greta
gates
and
I
live
at
6:08
West
25th
Street
in
the
Whittier
neighborhood
and
I'm
here
today.
Speaking
on
behalf
of
Twin
Cities
Habitat
for
Humanity
and
as
part
of
the
make
homes
happen,
coalition
housing
impacts
every
doctor's
office,
classroom
and
boardroom
in
our
community,
and
it
is
a
building
block
of
economic
vitality
for
Minneapolis
and
Habitat.
For
Humanity
families
tell
us
that
the
homes
they
own
improve
every
area
of
their
lives.
AZ
Families
are
healthier,
kids
do
better
in
school,
and
parents
can
build
wealth
so
that
the
next
generation
can
be
even
stronger
in
the
face
of
an
affordable
housing
crisis.
Now
is
the
time
to
be
bold
right
now,
nonprofits,
like
Twin
Cities
Habitat,
are
being
bold.
We've
doubled
the
number
of
home
buyers.
We
can
serve
in
the
last
few
years,
thanks
to
thousands
of
generous
donors,
volunteers
in
corporate
faith
and
government
partners.
Businesses
are
also
being
bold.
Local
companies,
like
Bremer
bank
and
u.s.
AZ
Bank,
are
stepping
up
to
help
us
create
and
preserve
more
affordable,
homeownership
opportunities
in
our
community.
Now
is
the
time
for
the
city
of
Minneapolis
to
be
bold,
to
cities
across
the
country
are
facing
housing
challenges
and
now
is
our
chance
to
set
Minneapolis
apart.
We
need
local,
dedicated
investments
in
affordable
housing
that
reflect
the
demonstrated
needs
of
our
city,
and
we
need
a
long-term
commitment
to
expanding,
safe,
stable
and
affordable
homeownership
opportunities
that
build
a
stronger
city
for
generations
to
come.
Thank
you
thank.
A
BA
BA
So
I
would
directly
see
a
lot
of
the
changes
of
downtown
homeless
people
coming
in,
and
you
know
stopping
pedestrians.
The
fact
that
we
have
no
warm
place
for
these
people
to
sleep
at
night.
It's
already
got
down
to
nine
degrees
at
night
and
I
have
to
go
to
work
and
see
people
suffering
and
be
cold,
and-
and
it's
one
of
the
reasons
why
I
left
Chicago,
but
it's
because
I
don't
have
enough
to
do
I,
don't
have
it.
I
didn't
have
a
voice,
I
feel
in
this
city.
BA
AU
Hello,
my
name
is
patrick
connolly.
I
am
a
proud
resident
of
the
eighth
ward,
I'm
here
to
speak
today
about
community
safety
and
empowerment
from
two
different
angles:
first,
asking
for
the
funding
of
two
full-time
year-round,
permanent
trans
equity
staff
roles
in
this
2020
budget
and,
secondly,
funding
for
programs
that
address
the
root
causes
of
violence
in
the
city.
AU
Minneapolis
needs
to
build
a
community
that
feels
safe
for
everyone,
no
matter
race,
gender
ability
or
other
identity
group
building,
a
community
that
feels
safe.
There
is
power
and
feeling
safe
and
for
many
community
safety
does
not
come
from
additional
police
officers,
as
is
currently
proposed
in
the
2020
budget.
Safety
and
empowerment
for
communities
who
are
the
most
police
comes
from
appealing
that
people
who
have
knowledge
of
and
care
for
communities
will
be
responding
to
emergency
calls
and
doing
the
community
work
to
prevent
such
emergencies
from
happening
in
the
first
place.
AU
Paid
staff
positions
working
for
trans
equity
would
promote
community
safety
and
empowerment,
as
shown
by
recent
successes,
spearheaded
by
track
Trachtenberg,
the
current
trans
equity
projects
coordinator
and
the
trans
equity
council.
These
include
the
largest
ever
trans
equity
summit
and
new
and
strengthened
partnerships
that
promote
this
work
and
community
building.
A
second
ask
I
have
is
for
an
increased
funding
for
programs
that
address
the
root
causes
of
violence
in
Minneapolis.
AU
A
year
ago,
this
week
a
man
was
killed
by
Minneapolis
police
officers,
who
were
responding
to
a
call
of
a
suicidal
individual
at
someone
living
with
chronic
mental
illness.
Who
occasionally
does
experience
these
acute
crises?
I
do
not
personally
feel
safe
with
police
officers,
responding
when
I
need
that
emergency
help.
That
is
why
I
am
joining
my
voice.
AU
BB
My
name
is
Natalie
Jacobson
I
live
in
Ward,
10
and
I
have
two
asks
for
the
City
Council
today.
I
first
asked
is
that
the
City
Council
find
two
full-time
year-round
permanent
trans
equity
staff
roles,
starting
with
the
2020
annual
budget
I'm
here
today,
because
the
trans
equity
Council
is
doing
incredible
work
and
they
need
institutionalized
support
from
the
city
in
order
to
do
this
work.
BB
Every
member
of
City
Council
should
care
about
this,
because
we
know
that
transgender
individuals
face
disparities
in
access
to
healthcare,
safety,
housing
and
a
variety
of
other
areas,
both
in
our
city
and
across
the
nation.
Violence
against
trans
people,
particularly
trans
women
of
color,
is
rising
if
the
City
Council
truly
cares
about
the
safety
and
well-being
of
all
of
its
residents.
BB
Every
member
of
council
needs
to
fight
to
prioritize
the
minneapolis
trans
community,
and
my
second
ask
today
is
that
the
city
invest
in
community-based
safety
solutions
that
get
at
the
root
causes
of
violence
in
our
city.
The
ones
proposed
by
reclaim
the
block
instead
of
hiring
14
more
cops,
Minneapolis,
should
fund
the
office
of
violence
prevention,
invest
in
youth,
homelessness,
services,
fun
solutions
to
the
opioid
crisis
and
enforce
wage
theft
laws.
Thank
you
so
much
in
advance
for
investing
in
our
community
and
the
solutions
that
truly
keep
all
of
us
safe
and
thriving.
Thank
you.
BC
My
name
is
Katherine
Schaefer
and
I
live
in
Ward,
3
and
I'm
here
to
ask
for
two
full
time:
fully
funded
positions
for
the
trans
equity
council.
Minneapolis
has
a
really
vibrant,
queer
community
and
it
has
been
attending
to
the
needs
of
the
queer
and
trans
community.
Since
1975
we've
been
on
the
forefront
of
this
kind
of
work
and
we
need
to
keep
it
up
and
the
current
trans
equity
council
has
been
doing
amazing
work.
The
summit
is
the
biggest
of
its
kind,
and
we
need
to
keep
that
momentum
going.
BC
In
order
to
do
that,
we
need
some
leadership,
some
fully
funded
leadership.
We
have
a
growing
community,
a
recent
study
that
was
done.
A
researcher
who
was
the
trans
person
of
color
here
in
Minnesota,
found
that
3%
of
our
youth
identify
as
a
gender
different
from
the
gender
that
they
were
assigned
at
birth.
This
is
a
community,
that's
getting
larger
and
needs
our
support
and
needs
to
feel
safe.
I
also
support
the
asks
of
reclaim
the
block.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank.
BD
Joy,
my
name
is
Tuan
nun
and
I.
My
representative,
Ninth
Ward
and
I'm
here
represent
on
Minneapolis
mad
dads
today
and
we're
not
here
to
talk
against
the
police
department.
None
of
that
we're
just
here
to
talk
that
we
ask
that
you
guys
had
us
into
the
budget
because
we're
out
there
almost
seven
days
a
week.
You
know
more
almost
the
same
type
of
work
they
do,
but
like
no
health
benefits
and
none
of
that
when
a
community
all
day
diffusion
fights
trying
to
bridge
the
gap
between
our
community
and
the
police
department
and
yeah.
BD
BE
Hi,
my
name
is
Wallace
I've
gone
with
the
Minneapolis
man.
That's
long!
Well,
we're
not
against
law
enforcement
with
just
one
somebody
to
invest
in
what's
been
working
already.
You
know,
as
the
man
says.
Well
we're
going
to
downtown
area
diffuses
a
lot
of
stuff
that
goes
on.
We
work
hand
in
hand
with
the
police
every
day.
You
know
and.
BE
It's
hard
to
work
full
time
on
a
part-time
budget.
You
know,
I
mean
a
lot
of
the
situations
and
things
that
going
down
and
we
diffuse
not
only
the
downtown
area,
but
some
of
the
rough
areas
are
probably
an
inhale.
A
lot
of
the
other
areas,
that's
real
infested
with
a
lot
of
stuff.
You
know
we
are
our
presences
of
this
realize
they're.
You
know
they.
BE
They
notice
we're
they're
in
there
they're
garland,
you
know
so
I
mean
we're
just
there
asking
for
some
funding.
You
know
we
need
some
budget.
You
know
to
keep
this
work
going.
You
know,
14
police
officers,
I
mean
it's
like
we're
doing
the
work
of
14
police
officers.
You
know
I
mean
it's,
but
it's
up
to
y'all.
You
know
it's
already
here,
you
know
you'll
need
you
don't
need
to
hire.
40
more.
You
know,
I
mean
you
know.
BF
Morning,
chair
Palmisano
councilmembers,
my
name
is
Elise
Ruiz
and
I
am
an
associate
state
director
with
AARP
Minnesota.
So
we
are
the
nation's
largest
nonprofit
nonpartisan
organization,
dedicated
to
empowering
Americans,
50
and
older,
to
choose
how
to
live
as
they
age.
So
we
have
more
than
six
hundred
and
sixty
thousand
members
across
the
state
of
Minnesota.
We
have
over
30,000
members
here
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis
and
we
work
to
strengthen
communities
and
advocate
for
what
matters
most
to
families,
with
a
focus
on
health
security,
financial
stability
and
personal
fulfillment.
BF
So
we're
proud
of
the
work
that
the
city
has
done
to
date
during
this
four-year
five-year
four
phase
five-year
process
of
continual
improvement
required
by
the
age-friendly
program.
So
the
continuation
of
the
Age
Friendly
work
is
critical
and
will
play
a
large
role
in
the
city's
future.
Looking
at
aging,
demographics
Minneapolis
saw
a
nine
percent
increase
in
its
50
plus
population
between
2010
and
2015,
and
over
a
quarter
of
its
residents
are
already
50
years
of
age
and
older.
So
we
know
that
people
are
living
longer.
BF
BG
Thank
you
good
morning,
Council
I
live
in.
My
name
is
Jean
tor
ma
I
live
in
near
North,
close
to
North
Commons
in
North,
High
I've
lived
there
for
more
than
30
years,
I'm
here
to
support
the
Chiefs
and
the
mayor's
ask
for
more
police
officers.
I,
don't
believe
more
police
officers
needs
to
be
a
negative
thing.
I
believe
that
if
they're
hired
properly
trained
properly
supported
properly
and
held
accountable,
they
can
be
a
positive
thing
for
our
community
and
work
with
the
other
holistic
solutions
that
have
been
presented
here
today.
BG
I'm,
in
particular,
support
of
a
traffic
enforcement
I.
Think
it's
ludicrous
that
a
city
of
this
size
has
no
traffic
forcement.
My
neighborhood
has
consistently
and
I
on
a
daily
basis,
see
in
particular
three
things.
No
stops
stop
signs
might
as
well
say
slow
roll,
that's
what
people
do
constantly
whenever
I'm
at
an
intersection
walking
my
dog
walking
myself
I,
stop
and
make
sure.
Even
if
a
car
is
a
block
down
whether
or
not
they're
gonna
stop,
because
they
often
don't
I,
there
are
hit
and
runs
my
neighbor's.
BG
Cars
have
been
damaged
by
being
parked
on
the
streets.
One
neighborhood
particular
has
had
several
cars
damaged
over
the
last
few
years.
I
witnessed
myself
a
t-bone
at
8:00
in
the
morning,
and
the
intersection
near
my
house,
a
woman
and
her
three
kids
were
going
and
the
right-of-way
going
east
and
west
car
blew
through
the
stop
sign
north
and
south
and
t-boned
her.
Luckily,
there
were
neighbors
there
to
help
and
no
one
got
injured.
I
do
believe
that
reducing
the
speed
limit
from
30
to
20,
it's
not
going
to
do
a
thing.
BG
If
people
don't
go,
30
they're
sure
not
gonna
go
20
very,
very
seldom.
Do
I
see
people
going
the
speed
limit
and
I
think
the
majority
of
people
in
my
neighborhood
agree
with
me,
so
I
don't
feel
that
it
should
be
an
either/or
fun,
cops
or
fun.
Other
solutions,
I
think
that
everybody
can
work
together
and
that
cops
should
be
part
of
the
community
rather
than
apart
from.
Thank
you
thank.
A
BH
Good
morning
my
name
is
Elizabeth
Louise
reat
Bryant
I
am
live
at
27:16
Hennepin
Avenue,
that
is
Ward
7
I'm
here,
because
I
believe
in
my
neighbors
I
believe
in
each
of
you
on
the
council
and
every
single
person
in
this
room
and
throughout
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
to
make
our
communities
more
collaborative
and
safe.
To
me,
a
more
collaborative
and
safe
community
looks
like
a
community
where
we
know
our
neighbors.
BH
It
looks
like
a
community
where
we
have
skin
in
the
game
and
our
collective
struggles,
because
we
have
been
conditioned
to
replace
our
unknowing
with
fear
and
when
we
respond
out
of
a
place
of
fear,
we
risk
the
safety
of
ourselves.
Our
neighbors.
There
have
been
a
number
of
people
who
have
given
concrete
solutions
in
this
regard
that
do
not
necessitate
greater
funding
for
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department
and
I
stand
in
solidarity.
Solidarity
with
these
solutions,
I
stand
in
solidarity
with
the
trans
equity
council.
I
stand
in
solidarity
with
black
visions,
collective
and
reclaim.
BH
The
block
I
want
Minneapolis
to
invest
in
community
safety
by
investing
specifically
in
our
youth,
particularly
in
youth
homelessness,
services
in
young
people
of
color
and
in
LGBTQ
youth,
who
have
always
been
the
genesis
of
an
American
culture
that
is
vibrant,
beautiful
and
global.
Instead
of
hiring
14,
more
cops,
I
urge
you
to
invest
in
young
people,
they
are
our
future
and
they
are
our
neighbors
and
they
are
us.
Thank
you.
A
BI
You,
my
name,
is
cat
Hammond,
dialer,
16,
West,
26th
Street,
and
you
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
council
for
the
work
that
you've
done.
Two
dates
around
trans
equity.
It
is
as
so
so
cool
and
groundbreaking
that
we
have
the
trans
equity,
Summit
events
and
have
for
six
years
now
that
it's
an
annual
event.
It
is
so
meaningful
to
have
that.
Thank
you,
I'm
here,
to
ask
for
two
full
time:
staff
positions
dedicated
to
transact
Leedy
on
an
ongoing
basis,
starting
on
the
2020
budget
and
I.
BI
Think
that
I
see
that
it's
really
related
to
public
safety
as
well.
I,
deeply
respect
those
who
have
raised
concerns
about
public
safety
and
crime
I'm
concerned
about
safety,
but
it's
not
safety
unless
it
is
safety
for
all
of
us,
including
the
communities
that
are
ongoing.
Targets
of
violence
from
police
I
believe
that
more
police
and
more
funding
for
police
was
thinking,
small
and
reactive
to
a
problem.
It's
attempting
to
treat
the
symptoms
of
some
deep
but
addressable
problems
in
our
community.
BI
If
I
go
to
the
doctor
and
I
say
that
my
nose
is
running,
I
do
not
want
the
doctor
to
tell
me:
oh:
did
you
try
a
duct
taping,
your
nose
shut?
Why
don't
you
try
that
also
the
duct
tape
will
occasionally
shoot
some
people.
That's
not
acceptable
to
me.
I
want
my
doctor
to
treat
the
source
of
the
problem
and
prescribe
me
some
medicine
meaningful
support
of
the
most
valuable
members
of
our
community.
BI
Meaningful
holistic
support
of
the
most
vulnerable
members
of
our
community
is
how
we
treat
the
source
of
the
problem
when
it
comes
to
crime
and
safety,
trans
equity,
work
and
other
support
of
those
who
face
enormous
barriers
to
employment,
housing
and
education
is
crime
prevention
work.
It
is
violence,
prevention
work,
it
is
Public
Safety
work,
so
I'm
asking
you
to
please
sign
this
budget
back
to
the
mayor
and
ask
him
to
invest
in
holistic
violence
prevention,
including
ongoing
support
of
the
trans
community
here
in
Minneapolis.
Thank
you,
Thank.
BJ
Hello,
my
name
is
Madeleine
McWilliams
I
go
by
Dylan,
my
pronouns.
Are
they
them
theirs
and
I
live
at
27
26
Gerrard
out
South
in
Ward,
10
I
came
here
today
to
support
my
community
and
make
two
asks
of
the
council.
First
I
want
to
thank
the
council
and
in
particular
VP
Jenkins
and
councilmember
Cunningham
for
the
work
that
you've
all
done
towards
trans
equity.
BJ
BJ
Tranzec
WA
T
initiatives
are
deeply
connected
with
with
solutions
to
community
safety
that
do
not
involve
police
and
I
want
to
also
give
a
shout
out
to
MPD
150
when
I
read
their
150
year.
Performance
review
of
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department
called
enough
is
enough
available
for
free
online.
It
really
gave
me
an
incredible
history
of
MPD
and
I.
Think
it's
it's
worth
noting
too
that,
as
a
speaker
much
earlier
said,
the
leasing
is
deeply
connected
with
slave
catching
and
that
history
of
slavery
in
this
country
and
white
supremacy.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
BK
You
for
the
opportunity
to
be
there
appreciate
your
hard
work.
I
have
lived
here
in
Minneapolis
all
of
my
73
years,
except
for
the
time
and
his
service
in
my
country,
I've
been
in
my
current
residence
in
south
Minneapolis
near
Longfellow
Park
for
over
40
years.
We
have
a
good
city,
a
good
neighborhood.
Overall.
We
need
to
keep
it
that
way,
I'm
here,
because
some
of
my
neighbors
can't
be
here.
BK
Hopefully
they
can
make
one
of
the
other
sessions
they
had
to
be
at
work
today,
I'm
fortunate
to
be
retired
I
am
here
because
I
hear
people
talking
about
the
break-ins
of
cars,
houses,
garages,
etc.
I've
had
one
neighbor
that
has
already
left
I've
ever
had
a
couple,
others
that
are
talking
about
it.
I
don't
want
to
see
people
leaving
the
city
I
want
to
see
it
become
a
better
city.
BK
A
BL
You
thank
you,
cherry
Palmisano
fellow
council
members
for
the
opportunity
speak
to
the
2020
minneapolis
proposed
budget.
My
name
is
jeff.
Washburn
serves
as
the
director
of
the
city
of
lakes,
Camille
and
trust.
I
live
in
Ward
9
and
our
organization
is
also
a
level
to
make
homes
happen.
Coalition
over
the
years,
through
over
7
million
and
City
investments,
we've
been
able
to
create
and
preserve
over
365
permanently
affordable,
homeownership
opportunities
in
12
of
the
13
Minneapolis
Ward's.
BL
This
figure
includes
over
80
retails,
that's
80
retails,
where
we've
been
able
to
keep
each
home
affordable
for
another,
lower
moderate
income
household
without
having
to
seek
additional
funds
to
make
them
affordable.
We've
not
lost
a
single
one
of
those
homes
to
to
the
market.
All
of
the
households
we've
been
able
to
serve
we've
been
able
to
serve
households
of
color
at
a
rate
at
about
three
times
out
of
the
rate
here
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
We
all
give
a
lot
to
talk
to
affordable
housing
and
racial
equity
here
in
the
city.
BL
The
reality
is:
is
we're
not
doing
enough
to
be
able
to
support
that
talk,
especially
an
affordable
homeownership?
There
is
a
significant
displacement
occurring
in
the
city
and
there
are
winners
and
losers
as
its
occurs.
Lower-Income
households
who
we
all
know
are
disproportionately
chemi
of
color
households
or
other
losers,
as
this
plays
out
luring
inclusionary
policies
and
preferences
for
long
term.
Affordability
are
steps
in
the
right
direction,
but
that
will
only
dampen
the
loss
of
affordable
housing
that
is
already
happening
in
an
increasing
rate.
BL
The
only
way
to
make
a
significant
difference
is
to
develop
and
continue
to
invest,
dedicated
sources
of
funding
here
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis
to
help
bridge
that
that
difference
these
investments,
as
we've
learned,
would
only
be
leverage
many
times
over
without
their
levels
of
funding.
That
would
that
we
can
bring
to
the
table.
Thank
you
for
your
continued
support
of
affordable
housing,
but
encourage
all
of
you
and
all
of
us
to
do
more
this
year
in
future
years.
Thanks
thank.
BM
I'm
hearing
a
lot
today
about
how
serious
the
problems
of
poverty
and
homelessness
are,
especially
with
our
young
neighbors
and
before
going
back
to
school,
I
worked
in
person-centered,
a
permanent
supportive
housing
for
years
and
I
watched
hundreds
of
folks
sustain
healthy
lives
with
simple
support
of
consistent
and
secure
housing,
and,
while
there's
plenty
of
folks
today
who
shared
personally,
why
this
might
be
the
case.
I'll
speak
a
little
bit
like
a
Humphrey
student
for
a
moment,
there's
buckets
of
research
that
prove
that
when
people
feel
secure
in
their
needs,
crime
rates
go
down.
BM
Economic
consumption
rates
go
up
and
communities,
Drive,
etc.
Aside
from
the
lifelong
trauma
that
homelessness
instills
in
an
individual,
it
also
costs
three
times
as
much
of
taxpayers.
Money
to
keep
an
individual
homeless
than
it
does
to
support
them
with
housing
and
worse
and
we're
spending
so
much
to
subsidize
emergency
health
services,
temporary
shelters,
jail
stays
and
abundant
police
presence,
and
we
don't
have
to
the
budgets
the
budget
that
we
have
right
now
sustains
the
problem
that
we're
trying
so
hard
to
eradicate.
BM
I
heard
someone
here
today
saying
that
cops
are
not
social
workers
and
they're
right.
We
can
invest
in
the
community
programs
that
are
represented
here
today,
so
that
the
people
that
truly
know
what
they're
doing
and
build
the
strong
communities
that
we
dream
of,
and
then
we
won't
have
to
waste
money
in
services
that
dehumanize
ourselves
and
our
neighbors
only
to
treat
the
symptoms
of
poverty
rather
than
the
problem.
BM
So
today,
I
ask
you
to
invest
in
solutions
brought
forward
by
reclaim
the
block
which
are
youth,
homelessness,
services,
office
of
violence,
prevention,
solutions
them
to
the
opioid
crisis,
from
a
harm
reduction
model,
mental
health
crisis,
response
team
and
wage
theft
that
that
protect
workers
and
divest
divest
and
not
criminal.
Our
neighbors.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank.
BN
My
name
is
Brian
Rosa's.
He
they
pronouns,
please
I
am
here
as
a
born
and
raised
person
in
Minneapolis,
so
something
I've
seen
a
lot
here
is
talk
about
vibrancy
and
safety
and
how
much
the
city
has
changed.
And
yes,
it
has
changed.
You
know.
Rich
developers
have
come
here.
We
are
victims
of
capitalism.
We
were
victims
of
corruption
and
white
supremacy.
We
have
seen
time
and
time
again
us
be
victims,
people
of
color
queer
people
of
color
black
folk.
BN
They
are
constant
victims
of
all
of
this,
so
it
is
really
disappointing
because
my
city's
always
been
vibrant.
My
city
has
always
been
full
of
culture.
It's
been
full
of
great
things
until
rich
developers
start
to
come
here,
displace
us,
and
then
we
are
the
ones
criminalized.
We
are
the
ones
seen
as
the
issue.
We
are
the
ones
seen
as
the
creators
of
violence
and
crime
when
it's
just
been
the
effects
of
everything.
That's
been
happening.
BN
So
it's
been
really
disappointing
to
hear
so
many
old-time
residents
saying
that
I
am
NOT
for
funding
of
the
police.
I
am
a
part
of
so
many
other
queer
folks
who
want
to
see
liberation
who
want
to
see
equity
who
want
to
see
resources
be
given
to
our
communities
and
the
police
are
not
involved
with
that.
We,
as
the
queer
liberation
movement
moves
on.
We
do
not
want
more
police.
We
have
seen
them
also
be
such
an
oppressor
to
us
as
a
queer
community.
So
why?
BN
For
their
fund
them
I,
don't
support
the
agenda
that
the
police
wants
to
further
push,
which
is
marginalized.
People
oppress
people
for
the
displaced
people,
it
is
run
by
white,
supremacy
and
corruption.
Why
further
push
them
into
our
city,
a
city
full
of
diversity,
a
city
full
of
such
great
culture?
So
please
consider
that
and
yeah.
Thank
you.
Thank.
BO
Thank
you
for
allowing
us
to
come
and
share
our
thoughts
and
feelings
with
you
guys
as
we
you
get
ready
to
talk
about
this
budget.
My
name
is
valentina
Mackenzie
and
I'm
here
to
ask
you
that
when
you
say
law
enforcement,
what
analogs
are
you
actually
enforcing
city
of
Minneapolis
in
the
past
few
years
has
passed
several
worker
right
laws
and
ordinances
that
are
not
being
enforced
or
respected.
Most
people,
most
people
don't
even
know
about
their
rights
until
the
organizer
and
education
outreach
worker
comes
to
them
and
tells
them
this
isn't
about
arredondo.
BO
This
is
about
what
actually
keeps
our
communities
safe.
What
that
is
is
affordable,
housing,
education
opportunities,
jobs
with
steady
income
and
mental
health
and
addiction
resources.
I
can
tell
you
that
when
an
officer
comes
into
my
presence,
I
don't
feel
safe,
I
actually
hear
from
my
life.
If
I
need
help,
I
call
my
brothers,
my
sisters,
my
friends,
family
community,
to
come
to
the
rescue.
Never
a
police
officer
stop
investing
in
the
criminalization
of
black
and
brown
bodies
so
that
you
can
profit
from
it.
We
have
city
cops,
Metro,
cops
traffic,
cops,
SROs,
Park
Polly.
BO
It's
more
and
more
more
more
cops.
We
don't
need
anymore,
please
what
we
need
is
three
hundred
thousand
for
community
contracts
and
at
least
one
additional
investigator
for
labor
standard
laws.
I
stand
with
the
demands
of
reclaiming
the
block
black
visions,
collective
and
say
tool,
and
ask
that
you
make
the
necessary
changes
to
this
budget.
Thank
you.
Thank.
BP
You
good
afternoon
my
name
is
Eric
forsberg,
a
resident
and
business
owner
in
downtown
Minneapolis.
I
am
here
in
support
of
chief
Aaron
Don
dos
request
for
for
two
more
officers:
downtown
I'm
experiencing
an
increased
level
of
violence
in
downtown
and
a
lack
of
safety
for
both
my
workers,
as
well
as
my
the
people
that
I
look
with
I
I
hear
what
a
lot
of
people
are
saying.
You
know
and
I
agree.
I
think
the
answer
is
yes
to
all
of
this.
BP
Our
community
is
growing
and
is
changing
as
our
community
grows
and
changes
we
have
to
bring
proportionate
basic
safety
needs
up
with
it.
However,
the
holistic
approaches
also
need
to
be
in
place.
We
do
need
to
address
everything
that
everybody
is
talking
about
in
here.
There
is
no
simple
solution
here,
however,
there
has
been
an
erosion
of
trust,
the
erosion
of
trust
in
our
community
leaders,
as
well
as
in
our
police
force.
Our
police
force
are
here
to
actually
protect
us
and
they
are
part
of
the
community.
BP
They
need
to
be
embedded
in
the
community
and
that's
what
police
chief
earned
under
was
saying
he
wants
to
do.
He
wants
to
retrain
and
change
the
system
he
wants
to
change
the
paradigm.
This
is
about
bringing
in
officers
that
are
a
part
of
the
minneapolis
community.
Not
that's
not
the
communities
that
surest
in
this
country.
Minneapolis
has
always
said
no
to
the
rest
of
the
country
and
said
we
can
do
it
different.
We
can
build
it
better.
BP
A
Thank
you,
Eric
force,
burger
I
had
your
name
room,
speaker,
77th,
Brian,
Mackenzie,
78th,
George
Maus
are
either
of
these
speakers.
Here
doesn't
look
like
it
speaker,
number
79,
Mike
Johnson,
welcome,
followed.
It
will
he'll
be
followed
by
speaker
number
82,
Katz,
Eleniak
and
83
jeylani
hussein
hi.
BQ
My
name
is
Mike
Johnson
and
I'll.
Go
with
it.
I'll
say
now,
one
more
cop
for
this
city
don't
give.
What
is
that
cut?
The
cops
I
hear
we
can't
criminalize
teens
yeah.
We
can,
if
they're,
invading
people's
homes,
if
they're
shooting
people
if
they're
robbing
people.
What
kind
of
joke
is
this?
You
don't
run
cities
like
this,
so
the
one
thing
I've
learned
is
seize
all
across
this
nation
that
are
burning
down
right
now.
They
say
the
same
thing.
Every
mayor
says
the
same
thing.
Every
police
chief
says
the
same
thing.
BQ
We
can't
arrest
our
way
out
of
this.
That's
how
you
know
your
cities
gonna
burn
down,
so
so
you
can
make
up
all
the
excuses
for
this
crime.
You
can
make
up
whatever
you
want
to
do
cut
the
police,
give
them
police
whatever,
even
if
you
give
them
the
police.
What's
that
gonna
do
yeah
yeah
cut
him
off
at
the
knees
every
chance
you
get
yet
decriminalize
crime
how's
that
working
out
we
getting
them
in
the
midst
of
our
worst
drug
crisis.
We
can
now
deal
drugs,
lovely,
that's
just
freaking
lovely.
BR
Hello
and
thank
you
for
hearing
from
me
chairwoman
in
Minneapolis,
City
Council
I,
am
a
South
Minneapolis
resident
I've,
been
in
Minneapolis
by
birth,
of
my
choice
across
many
different
wards
and
I
serve
in
out
front
Minnesota
a
South
Minneapolis
based
nonprofit,
that's
been
in
the
same
Sabath
aney
community
center
for
about
30
years
number.
Those
30
years
out
plant
has
done
so
much
work
to
support
Minneapolis
residents
and
today,
I
want
to
talk
about
a
couple
current
events
that
are
impacting
our
city,
specifically,
that
will
impact
the
transit
equity
council
moving
forward.
BR
Our
president
has
said
that
they
will
no
longer
fund
the
Violence
Against
Women
Act,
that
supports
OUTFRONT
anti
violence
program.
They
will
also
not
fund
or
encourage
health
insurance
companies
to
cover
trans
access
to
healthcare.
That's
what
this
means.
This
is
a
signal
that
hate
crimes
against
trans
people
can
continue,
and
unfortunately,
we
see
survivors
of
hate
crimes
in
Minneapolis
every
single
week.
In
our
offices
we
have
your
back
when
it
comes
to
supporting
survivors.
We
need
you
to
continue
to
have
our
back.
BR
The
police
are
not
cutting
it
when
it
comes
to
working
with
these
survivors
and
councilmember
Wright's
district.
Just
a
couple
weeks
ago,
a
trans
woman
was
attacked
outside
of
a
target
in
the
quarry,
and
we
had
to
see
that
person
the
police
walked
away
from
her.
They
said
no,
we
will
not
support
you
in
this
and
she
had
just
gotten
out
of
rehab
a
month
before
this
woman
has
been
sober
for
about
six
months
now,
she's
getting
on
her
feet,
she's
getting
a
job
and
then
her
car
was
destroyed
by
this
perpetrator
of
violence.
BR
The
police
said
too
bad
contact
your
insurance
company.
We
are
now
following
up
with
her
to
make
sure
that
she
gets
the
support.
She
needs
to
become
a
great
member
of
this
community
and
to
continued
on
her
path
to
recovery.
But
we
can't
have
your
back
unless
you
have
ours,
we
need
at
least
two
full
time.
People
funded
I
can
say
that
for
myself,
I
went
to
the
same
hospital.
I
was
born
at
North,
Minneapolis
I
think
you
could
last
comment
on.
This.
BR
A
BS
BS
BM
BS
AL
BS
To
come
to
the
streets
because
of
that
disparities.
Well,
this
budget
reflect
that
and
when
we
talk
about
crime
in
the
city
and
when
we
talk
about
crime
in
general,
crime
manifests
from
systems
of
oppression
that
are
based
on
systems
and
legacies
that
create
disparities
in
our
state.
So
I
believe
that
all
of
you
sitting
here
today
will
make
the
right
decision
and
support
communities
that
are
in
need
of
support
and
I
work
present
to
the
lid
to
the
council
that
you
hire
and
you
create
community
navigators.
Individuals
who
work.
AY
BS
The
most
concentrated
areas,
including
the
Cedar
Riverside
in
Middle
Earth
in
North
Minneapolis,
who
are
not
in
the
towers
who
are
actually
in
the
community
who
are
helping
connect
the
resources
of
this
wonderful
city
to
the
people
who
need
it
the
most.
That
is
how
you
address
the
disparities.
I
think
Karen,
see
once
you
do
that,
you
will
see
the
issues
that
we
are
dealing
with
the
communities
taking
their
role
in
addressing
the
issues
that
we're
talking
about,
including
Thank.
A
BT
Hi,
my
name
is
Dave
McKean
I
live
in
Ward
8
I
entirely
support
the
document
that
you've
already
received
from
communities
United
against
police
brutality.
We
have
a
number
of
ideas
regarding
the
city's
budget.
What
we
need.
Basically,
what
we're
saying
in
this
is
that
we
need
better
policing,
not
just
more
policing,
there's
a
lot
more.
We
can
say
and
we
do,
but
we
tried
to
take
a
deeper
dive
into
the
budget
and
what
I
discovered
at
least
is
that
that
document
is
not
actually
a
budget.
BT
It's
not
what
you
would
expect
from
a
600
page
document.
It's
really
just
a
bunch
of
changes
and
amendments
to
the
budget
with
only
the
most
great,
hardly
any
breakdown
in
the
actual
existing
budget,
and
that
is
what
also
needs
to
be
looked
at.
For
instance,
in
the
police
budget.
It's
broken
down
into
four
or
five
categories:
patrol
administration,
Professional,
Standards
investigation,
I
think
there's
another
one,
but
that's
it.
BT
How
can
we
possibly
understand
a
police
budget
that
isn't
broken
down
more
than
that
the
process
itself
of
having
just
the
changes
being
presented,
pretty
much
in
guarantees
annual
increases
in
the
budget
above
inflation,
because
we're
not
looking
at
anything
except
additions?
As
far
as
the
base
budget
well,
I'd
say
this
could
be
okay.
This
breakdown,
if
there
were
an
existing
budget
to
look
at
that
had
more
detail,
but
I've
looked
at
the
2018
and
2019
actual
budgets.
I've
looked
at
the
consolidated
annual
financial
report,
there's
more
no
more
detail
there.
BT
BU
Hello,
chair
Palmisano,
council.
My
name
is
tony
williams:
olivia
24:43,
Garfield
Avenue
stuff,
so
this
isn't
gonna
come
as
a
surprise,
but
I'm
here
to
advocate
for
no
new
police
in
the
2020
budget.
So
over
the
past
couple
months,
I've
had
the
pleasure
of
serving
as
a
City
Council
appointing
on
the
911.
So
thank
you
for
that.
Honor.
It's
been
really
interesting
to
get
to
learn
more
about
the
infrastructure
that
makes
our
city
respond
to
emergencies
so
going
into
that
I
thought.
I
might
change
my
perspective.
Honestly
I
was
like.
BU
Oh,
maybe,
if
I
get
a
look
at
some
of
the
way
that
our
emergency
response
infrastructure
works,
I'll
soften
my
views
a
little
bit
and
think
that
we
should
have
a
lot
of
different
approaches.
Maybe
including
police,
not
true.
Our
response
infrastructure
is
actually
really
evident.
The
way
we
look
at
it
now
of
a
system
that
looks
at
crisis
and
refuses
to
look
at
the
contributing
factors
that
move
into
it
right.
BU
So
when
we
look
at
stuff
like
emergency
and
I,
like
emotionally
disturbed
person,
calls
Wow
but
I
have
to
say
that
it
doesn't
feel
good
to
say
that
mental
health
crisis
response
calls
right.
We
see
that
it's
just
police
who
respond
to
them
and
that
they're
all
categorized
as
priority
one
calls
which
sort
of
implied
that
there's
an
inherent
danger
there.
BU
So,
when
I
think
about
the
killings
of
Travis,
Jordan
and
other
folks
who
have
experienced
mental
health
crises,
it
sort
of
makes
sense
to
me,
given
the
way
that
we
even
categorized
so
I'm
thinking
about
the
way
that
these
systems
result
in
outcomes
for
our
most
vulnerable
residents.
And
it's
not
looking
good
and
I.
BU
Think
overdoses,
right
and
I
found
out
that
it's
a
standard
practice
of
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department
to
handcuff
people
who
have
overdosed
before
they
wake
them
up
right,
and
is
that
really
what
care
for
our
community
looks
like
in
the
middle
of
a
huge
opioid
crisis?
I,
certainly
don't
think
so.
So
what
I'm
thinking
about
ways
that
we
can
make
these
systems
better?
We
do
have
some
recommendations
that
we're
going
to
be
presenting
to
you
next
week
is
a
workgroup.
I.
BU
Have
full
heartedly
support
some
of
those
recommendations,
especially
the
ones
around
alternative
response
to
mental
health
crisis,
but
I
also
want
to
say
we
need
funding
for
the
office
of
violence
prevention.
We
need
investments
in
youth,
homelessness
services.
We
need
to
find
solutions
to
the
opioid
crisis
that
aren't
about
arresting
people
who
have
overdosed.
We
need
and
mental
health
responders
to
mental
health
calls
yep
when
you
do
enforce
wage
theft
laws
and
we
need
to
trans
equity
liaisons
come
on.
Let's
take,
let's
protect
the
most.
BV
Morning
counsel,
my
name
is
Jeanette
staples
I'm,
a
resident
of
North,
Minneapolis
and
I
woke
up
this
morning
to
the
news
that
Minneapolis
and
st.
Paul,
the
Twin
Cities,
are
the
worst
place
for
black
Americans
and
that's
a
24/7
Wall
Street
report.
That
was
on
CBS
issues
like
this
seriously
concerned
me,
especially
when
we
have
unique
opportunities,
leveraging
the
things
that
policies
that
are
actually
in
place
with
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
BV
Actually,
the
Met
Council
and
even
the
county
in
the
state
and
even
the
local
utility
are
pushing
for
green
energy
opportunities.
I'm
sorry,
green
energy
infrastructure,
I've
acquired
a
piece
of
property
in
North
Minneapolis
for
the
purposes
of
developing
a
training
center
for
youth
and
adults.
Now,
I'm,
not
the
person,
that's
actually
going
to
run
the
programs,
but
the
necessary
resources
are
there
that
have
been
allocated
from
the
livable
communities,
demonstration
assistance
grant
for
the
purposes
of
activating
this
space.
Now
we
have
our
partnerships
in
place.
BV
The
city
is
a
I
serve
on
various
committees,
which
includes
the
energy
vision,
Advisory
Committee
and
the
city
has
committed
itself
to
hundred
percent
renewables.
There's
no
reason
why
we
can't
make
sure
that
that
work
is
actually
done
with
equity.
In
addition
to
this,
in
addition,
as
I
mentioned,
the
county
utilities
in
the
state
so
I
urge
you
and
ask
you
all,
as
we
think
about
these
resources
that
we're
all
kind
of
here
talking
about
to
use
the
money,
that's
actually
from
another
entity,
tale
to
help
address
some
of
these
issues.
Thank
you.
X
A
BW
Their
stories
are
often
about
the
bodily
safety,
the
lives,
the
food
security,
housing
of
the
most
marginalized
transia
lack
and
browny,
indigenous
youth
and
people
of
color
people
with
low
income,
and
so
I
guess
you
know,
I,
don't
want
someone's
car
to
be
damaged,
but
ultimately,
I
feel
like
the
question
is:
what
do
we
value
more?
Is
it
property
or
human
lives,
the
lives
of
the
most
marginalized?
And
for
me,
that
answer
is
easy
and
I.
BW
BX
All
right
good
morning,
I
want
to
commend
Jacob
Frye
and
what
he
said
about
Trump
that
he
was
not
welcome
here.
I
marched
with
MLK
50
years
ago,
and
we
all
know
that
this
is
still
a
very
racist
and
corrupt
country
and
the
problem.
You
will
never
solve
the
problems
downtown
for
the
wealthy
businessmen
until
you
solve
the
problems
in
North
Minneapolis,
my
son
I
lost
my
son
I
know.
What's
going
on
down
in
North,
Minneapolis
I
used
to
go
down
there
twice
a
week.
The
problem
is
drug
abuse.
BX
We
need
more
programs,
we
need
to
stop
mass
incarceration.
My
son
went
to
jail
for
one
marijuana
cigarette.
He
was
not
a
drug
addict,
he
did
not
take
hard
drugs.
I
think
you
should
legalize
marijuana,
not
hard
drugs
and
alcohol
I've
been
to
the
liquor
store
on
Broadway
and
Lowry.
It's
like
they're,
giving
it
away
free,
there's
so
much
problems
with
chemical
abuse.
BX
We
need
more
drug
treatment,
we
don't
need
more
police
I
live
in
Washington,
County
they're,
starting
a
program
where
they're
gonna
have
social
workers
and
mental
health
workers
that
you
could
call
24
hours
a
day
and
they
will
come
out
that
we
don't
need
more
racist
cops.
The
4th
precinct
is
the
worst
precinct
in
the
city.
It's
nothing
but
racist
cops
when
they
came.
They
did
not
call
an
ambulance
for
my
son.
They
stole
his
wallet,
they
were
laughing
about
it.
They
held
it
up
in
the
air
and
said
we
have
your
son's
wallet.
BX
There's
cash
in
it.
I
went
to
a
turn
internal
affairs
which
did
nothing.
They
said
we
can't
do
anything
because
of
Jamar
Clark
yeah.
They
they
put
me
on
hold
for
years.
Civil
rights
didn't
do
anything
they
stole
my
son's
wallet
and
then,
when
the
coroner
left,
they
said.
Oh,
you
can
leave
now.
He
was
just
an
alcoholic,
Thank,
You
Tara.
A
Appreciate
it
with
that
colleagues,
we've
concluded
today's
public
hearing
I'll
ask
if
there
any
questions
for
my
colleagues.
I
do
not
have
speaker
Management
up.
So
if
you
could
just
signal
I'm,
not
seeing
any
oh,
no,
we
did
have
interpreters
on
hand
today
and
I
appreciate
their
time,
though
they
weren't
needed.
We
will
continue
to
have
them
through
the
future.
Public
hearings
I'd
like
to
really
reiterate
what
I'm
sorry
councilmember
Jenkins.
A
Thank
you.
I'd
also
like
to
echo
that
and
I
I
know.
I
speak
for
all
of
my
colleagues
here
and
probably
many
of
you
in
the
audience
when
I
say
today
was
so
decent
and
respectful,
no
matter
how
different
our
views
were,
and
I
really
appreciate
that
and
I
hope.
We
can
continue
that
for
the
rest
of
the
budget
cycle,
I'd
like
to
reiterate
that
the
City
Council
budget
process
continues
with
two
additional
times
to
weigh
in
those
are
scheduled
for
December
4th
and
the
11th.
Both
of
those
hearings
start
at
6:05
p.m.
BZ
Mean
to
necessarily
interrupt
you,
but
I
just
wanted
to
make
a
comment,
because
mr.
Bicky,
near
the
end
there
raised
some
concerns
about
the
transparency
of
the
budget
I'm
in
a
unique
situation
here,
because
I
sit
next
to
the
budget
director
and
was
able
to
get
a
quick
tutorial
and
through
the
work
of
the
budget,
Department
and
the
clerk's
office.
We
do
have
a
open
portal
transparency
in
government
and
there
is
more
information,
so
you
can
actually
dive
into
a
program
even
and
you
can
see
within
the
police
department
in
investigations.
What's
for
office-supply?
BZ
What's
for
salary,
what
was
for
fringe
benefits
and
you
can
look
at
it
and
I'm
happy
and
I
suspect
mica
might
even
be
happy
to
help
give
it
to
toriel
to
mr.
bacon
or
others,
especially
as
this
is
the
first
hearing
and
we're
having
another
hearing.
There's
an
opportunity
to
people
to
actually
see
more
details
in
the
budget.
I
think
we
should
publicize
that
and
I'm
sure
we
have
to
do
a
better
job
of
helping
us
all
understand
how
to
see
the
numbers.
So
I
just
wanted
to
add
that
in
response,
thanks
for
indulging
me.
A
Thank
you
going
back
to
December
4th
and
December
11th.
Both
of
those
hearings
have
been
noticed
and
are
listed
on
the
published
council
calendar
on
the
website
after
the
December
4th
hearing.
This
is
a
little
bit
of
procedure
as
to
what
happens
next,
the
budget
committee
will
take
up
the
budget
for
markup
on
Friday
December
6th.
It
begins
at
10:00
a.m.
at
which
time
the
council
members
have
the
ability
to
introduce
any
amendments.
We
will
also
use
that
meeting
to
follow
up
on
any
questions
raised
during
the
budget
hearings.
A
We've
conducted
that
markup
on
December
6th
will
take
place
in
this
chamber.
It
is
open
to
the
public,
though
there
is
not
a
public
hearing
as
part
of
it
and
it
will
be
broadcast.
I
want
to
thank
everyone
who
took
time
to
testify
today
and
invite
you
to
stay
engaged
through
the
budget
process.
I
also
want
to
thank
our
professional
staff
for
their
incredible
work,
I'm,
bringing
forward
this
budget
to
finance
the
city's
operations
and
the
delivery
of
our
services,
seeing
no
further
business
before
this
committee.
We
are
now
adjourned.