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From YouTube: Mayor Frey's 2019 State of the City Address
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Mayor Jacob Frey gave the 2019 State of the City Address on April 18, 2019.
A
Well,
good
morning,
I'm
Chuck,
cometh,
CEO,
biotech
me-
and
this
is
our
corporate
headquarters
like
to
welcome
you
all
here.
A
couple
of
facts
about
the
company
before
I
hand,
things
over
is
you'll
notice.
It's
a
pretty
old.
Looking
building
it's
a
hundred
years
old
this
year
it's
was
originally
the
Land
O'lakes
headquarters.
We're
encompassed
here
on
five
buildings
about
a
million
square
feet.
The
company
is
about
2,100
employees
worldwide,
but
we
about
eight
hundred
here
at
this
site
and
nearly
100
PhDs.
We
are
an
honest-to-god
biotech
company,
the
largest
in
Minnesota.
A
Not
many
people
know
that
we're
known
for
med
device
here,
but
not
much
of
biotech.
We
have
over
forty
thousand
products,
mainly
tools
for
Life,
Sciences,
Research
and
areas
like
cancer,
neuroscience
things
like
proteins
and
antibodies,
and
such
so
so
very
exciting.
Stuff
I'd
like
to
welcome
you
all
here
like
to
welcome
the
mayor
and
his
staff.
The.
A
C
Thank
you
so
much,
and
thank
you
so
much
for
hosting
us
here
today.
On
behalf
of
the
whole
City
Council
I
want
to
express
my
thanks
to
you
for
hosting
us
and
for
everyone.
Who's
joined
us
for
the
mayor's
state
of
the
city
address
before
we
take
up
the
formality
about
this
is
an
official
city
council
meeting.
So
we'll
do
a
roll
call
before
we
bring
up
the
mayor,
but
I
would
like
to
recognize
the
elected
officials
who
are
here
with
us.
We
have
mayor
Melvin
Carter
from
st.
C
C
We
have
school
board
superintendent
at
Graf
and
director
Irish
ordained
here,
I'll
see
if
I
missed
anyone
director
Arneson
is
here
Jenny
Arneson
from
the
school
board.
Thank
you
and
thank
you
so
much
so
we
also
have
the
most
extraordinary
team
of
department
heads
in
the
whole
country.
It's
just
true
we're
always
at
risk
of
them
being
recruited
away.
So
just
thank
them
before
you
leave
for
all
of
their
work.
They
are
leading
in
the
country
in
so
many
exciting
ways,
and
we
are
so
so
grateful
for
their
work
for
real.
C
Here
let
the
record
reflect
that
we
have
a
quorum
and
councilmember
Goodman
sends
her
regrets.
She
is
attending
a
funeral
service,
it
wasn't
able
to
be
here
today.
We
do
have
a
quorum,
and
so
I
will
ask
for
a
motion
to
adopt
our
agenda.
Is
there
a
second
all
in
approval?
Please
say:
aye
aye,
any
opposed,
say
no
that
carries
in
the
agenda
is
adopted
under
our
order
of
new
business.
We
have
the
2009
19
State
of
the
City
address
presented
by
our
mayor,
Jacob
Frye.
B
B
Thank
you,
madam
president,
for
that
kind
introduction.
Your
partnership
means
a
great
deal
to
me
and
to
the
city,
and
thank
you
all
for
being
here
today.
Thank
you
to
CEO
Chuck
Cometh
and
your
entire
team
at
bio
technique
for
hosting
us.
This
business
has
been
a
mainstay
in
the
Northeast
Minneapolis
community
for
more
than
40
years
growing
to
house
over
750
jobs
in
this
location
alone
and
hundreds
more
across
the
globe.
Thank
you
for
your
commitment
to
staying
on
the
cutting
edge
and
for
supporting
hundreds
of
Minneapolis
families,
my
partner
and
my
wife,
Sarah.
B
B
So
in
last
year's
State
of
the
City
speech,
I
made
a
promise
to
you
that
we,
my
council,
colleagues
and
I,
would
work
together
to
build
a
solid
foundation
for
a
stronger
future.
A
year
later,
I'm
happy
to
report
that
we
are
making
good
on
that
promise
in
the
defining
challenge
for
our
city,
affordable
housing,
we
are
making
progress
in
total,
affordable
housing.
Funding
from
the
city
is
three
times
higher
than
it
has
ever
been
before.
The
trust
fund
is
backing
production
of
new,
affordable
housing
to
the
tune
of
double
the
previous
record.
B
Our
naturally
occurring,
affordable
housing
policies
have
gone
from
experiment
to
permanent.
Take
for
D,
for
example,
landlords
get
a
property
tax
break
in
exchange
for
committing
to
keeping
their
units,
affordable
landlords
who
were
previously
unable
to
maintain
lower
rents
while
running
their
businesses
can
now
do
so.
B
It's
good
for
the
renter,
it's
good
for
the
landlord,
and
it's
good
for
our
city
and,
most
importantly,
it's
working
over
750
units
with
affordable
rents
have
been
preserved
with
a
10-year
commitment
now
for
D
is
being
emulated
by
neighboring
jurisdictions,
but
for
D
isn't
the
only
new
tool
for
tackling
the
affordable
housing
crisis.
Last
year
we
added
an
important
one,
one
that
I
am
most
proud
of
stable
homes,
stable
schools,
an
editorial
earlier
this
year,
red
city
and
schools
believe
stable
housing
is
key
to
student
student
learning.
My
response
you're.
B
B
The
way
we
do
tenant
remedy
actions
in
Minneapolis
has
also
changed,
and
for
the
better
thanks
to
the
leadership
of
our
City
Attorney's
Office
and
regulatory
Services
Department,
hundreds
of
families
now
have
the
full
weight
of
the
city
behind
them
when
they
go
up
against
unscrupulous
landlords.
As
a
result
of
this
work,
they're
not
being
evicted,
they're
staying
in
their
homes,
homes
that
will
now
be
better
maintained
and
will
remain
affordable.
That
outcome
would
not
have
been
possible
without
the
city's
willingness
to
try
something
new
councilmember,
Jeremiah,
Ellison
and
council.
B
B
Lakeisha,
a
mother
of
three
in
North
Minneapolis,
was
dealing
with
a
series
of
health
and
sanitation
risks
in
her
apartment
from
a
mice
infestation
to
lost
heating
and
leaking
plumbing
the
straights
were
dire,
but
last
month
she
reached
a
settlement
with
her
landlord
that
included
$5,000
in
damages,
in
addition
to
complete
repairs,
bringing
the
previously
in
habitable
conditions
up
to
code,
lakeisha's
story
came
as
a
result
of
her
work
with
more
representation,
Minneapolis,
a
collaboration
among
leading
Twin
Cities
law
firms
built
to
equip
more
tenants
with
legal
representation
in
eviction.
Court.
B
More
representation
is
propelled
by
pro
bono
work.
It
doesn't
cost
the
taxpayers
a
dime
through
our
Minneapolis
Homes
program,
we're
helping
bridge
the
gap
in
homeownership
rates.
Last
year
we
completed
74
homes,
57
of
which
were
purchased
by
a
person
of
color
or
an
indigenous
person.
Those
are
the
four
corners
of
our
affordable
housing
agenda,
producing
more
affordable
housing,
preserving
naturally
occurring
affordable
housing,
securing
tenants
rights
and
promoting
homeownership.
This
work
will
undoubtedly
continue
the
milestones
we've
reached
in
City
Hall.
B
Our
shared
commitment
to
these
goals
show
clearly
that
a
collaborative
approach
has
indeed
animated
our
collective
work.
Over
the
last
16
months,
yes,
together,
we
laid
a
strong
foundation.
Now
is
the
time
to
build
on,
but
doing
so
will
require
an
honest
conversation
about
our
past
and
where
we
are
today
and
not
all
of
our
states
or
our
cities,
history
has
aged
well
Andrew
Volstead,
a
late
Minnesota
congressman,
spearheaded
successful
efforts
to
establish
a
national
prohibition
on
alcohol.
Today,
we
in
Minneapolis
are
leading
the
fight
to
end
the
prohibition
on
cannabis
in
1936,
st.
B
And
in
1946
a
high-profile
journalist
after
visiting
our
city
declared
Minneapolis
as
the
capital
of
anti-semitism
in
the
United
States.
Today
we
continue
to
grapple
with
prejudice
in
many
forms.
The
past
is
never
far
from
the
present,
but
back
in
the
nineteenth
century
there
was
one
thing:
Minneapolis
simply
got
right:
our
official
motto:
yeah,
we
actually
have
one-
was
enshrined
in
1878
and
has
stood
the
test
of
time
on
avant
French
for
forward
captures
the
spirit
that
will
define
2019
in
City,
Hall
and
a
fun
fact.
It
is
also
councilmember,
Steve,
Fletcher's
email
signature.
B
There
were
challenges
last
year,
but
together
we
rose
to
meet
them,
there
have
been
opportunities,
and
together,
we've
worked
to
seize
them
forward,
has
meant
different
things
at
different
times
and
the
way
we
understand
progress
has
changed
dramatically
since
1867,
and
that's
a
good
thing
for
mayor
Sharon,
sails.
Belton
progress
meant
a
revitalized
riverfront
for
Mayor
RT
Rybak
who's.
Here
with
us
today,
progress
meant
smoothing
the
transition
from
school
to
career.
In
the
creation
of
the
step-up
program
for
mayor
Betsy,
Hodges
progress
meant
supporting
early
childhood
education.
B
They
were
all
correct
in
2019.
The
only
way
we
move
forward
as
a
city
is
through
inclusive
policy
and
inclusive
economic
growth.
Consider
our
recent
successes
that
have
placed
Minneapolis
in
the
upper
echelon
of
cities
for
businesses,
big
and
small
biotech
knee,
is
a
striking
example.
Over
the
last
five
years,
they've
added
100
jobs,
locally
and
they're
doing
so
with
a
commitment
to
diversifying
their
workforce.
Just
ask
Council
member
Kevin
Reich
about
the
potential
in
this
neighborhood
mid-city
industrial
is
home
to
the
third
highest
concentration
of
jobs
outside
of
downtown
Minneapolis
and
downtown
st.
B
Paul
businesses.
Here
get
the
importance
of
solid
infrastructure
investment
set
to
the
highest
universal
design,
and
the
city
responded
with
the
largest
mo
time
old
L
upgrade
in
a
generation
demonstrating
that
safety,
livability
and
commerce
should
be
a
package
deal
downtown
Minneapolis
isn't
letting
up
either
on
a
surface
parking
lot
that
has
laid
dormant
for
decades
were
about
to
break
ground
on
the
old
Nicollet
hotel
block
assuring
in
a
new
generation
of
commerce
were
growing,
but
our
potential
will
forever
be
hamstrung
if
we
don't
make
economic
inclusion
a
priority
in
the
last
10
years.
B
Despite
these
growth
rates,
businesses
owned
by
women
of
color
lag
all
demographic
groups
in
sales,
receipts
and
number
of
employees.
What
does
that
mean?
It
means
that
we
have
talent
that
is
woefully
underutilized
through
our
first
ever
strategic
and
racial
equity
action
plan.
We've
undergone
the
process
of
embedding
racial
equity
and
economic
inclusion
throughout
the
city
and
we're
going
beyond
just
words:
we're
using
metrics
we're
setting
tangible
goals
to
reduce
evictions
among
communities
of
color,
eliminate
the
disproportionate
impacts
of
violence
in
communities
of
color
and
increase
the
number
of
businesses
owned
by
people
of
color.
B
When
you
set
ambitious
goals,
you
may
fall
short,
but
a
fear
of
failure
should
be
our
fuel,
our
fuel,
to
get
this
right
because,
let's
face
it,
the
stakes
are
too
high
to
back
to
shrink
away
or
to
leave
these
issues
for
someone
else
to
solve,
and
I
want
to
put
a
finer
point
on
this.
Here's
what
I
mean
when
I
say
economic
inclusion.
B
Economic
inclusion
is
the
implementation
of
specific
solutions
that
undo
the
legacy
of
institutionalized
exclusion
of
black
indigenous
people
of
color
and
immigrants,
and
furthers
the
economic,
social
independence
of
these
communities,
in
principle
and
in
practice.
This
means
that
those
communities
are
prioritized
as
the
primary
beneficiaries
of
and
key
partners
in
our
decision-making
process
done
right.
B
Done
right,
the
upper
harbor
terminal
can
be
a
local
catalyst
for
inclusive
economic
growth
and
a
national
model
for
other
cities.
Looking
to
do
the
same,
we
have
a
shared
vision
for
the
site
and
for
the
community
last
year,
I
told
you
that
the
upper
harbor
terminal
redevelopment
project
was
a
top
priority
at
the
state
capital
and
that's
still
true.
After
our
first
phase
of
extensive
public
engagement
were
continuing
to
work
and
continuing
to
bring
North
siders
together
to
imagine
a
new
riverfront.
B
We
now
have
a
concept
plan
for
the
site
and
that's
just
the
beginning
of
the
shared
work
ahead.
Let's
build
a
more
inclusive
economy,
galvanize
the
types
of
investment
north
Minneapolis
has
long
deserved
and
reconnect
an
entire
community
with
the
Mississippi
River
front,
a
national
treasure
to
state
the
obvious.
The
seeds
of
our
economic
success
are
not
sown
in
marquee
projects
alone.
B
Want
to
change
your
business's
brand,
there's
no
better
way
to
reimagine
your
business
than
while
joining
Appalachia
from
La
Mexicana
put
a
pizza
on
East
Lake
Street
walk
along
a
block
on
Cedar
Riverside,
buy
a
Samba
and
catch
a
play
at
the
mixed
blood
theatre.
Despite
centuries
of
economic
exclusion,
people
of
color
have
woven
beautifully
resilient
communities
from
artists
to
inventors,
from
entrepreneurs
to
manufacturers.
Our
city
is
teeming
with
great
ideas.
These
ideas
deserve
to
be
brought
to
life.
B
We
as
a
city
have
the
obligation
to
set
the
stage
and
to
allow
them
to
lift
their
eyes
to
the
horizon,
as
opposed
to
the
downward
facing
gaze
of
a
daily
struggle.
The
Sun
is
not
setting
in
any
Minneapolis
neighborhood.
It
is
rising
and
through
our
cultural
districts
initiative
we
will
do
our
part.
We
will
target
our
investments.
B
Councilmember
Alonzo
Cano
sees
the
potential
on
Eastlake
Street.
She
took
me
on
a
bicycle
tour
of
local
businesses
and
explained
precisely
where
we
can
help
as
a
city.
Now,
I
visited
cultural
districts
repeatedly
and
I
repeatedly
hear
the
same
thing:
they're
not
asking
for
massive
subsidy
handouts
or
even
advice.
B
What
they're
asking
for
our
streets
primed
for
entrepreneurial
growth,
better
lighting,
clean
intersections
free
of
trash
and
debris,
facade,
assistance
and
loans
for
capital,
investments,
safe
and
improved
walkways,
and
yes,
partnership
in
every
sense
of
the
word
to
unleash
the
potential
that
is
bursting
at
the
seams.
One
shopkeeper
asked
me
to
repaint
the
stoplights
at
the
neighboring
intersection,
a
nice
bright,
yellow
through
active
work
with
more
than
30
community
members
and
in
partnership
with
Council.
Vice
president
Andrea
Jenkins
and
councilmembers
Alondra,
Cano,
Jeremiah,
Ellison
and
Abdi
were
sámi.
B
We
will
be
designating
cultural
districts
in
the
months
ahead.
The
same
history
of
generational
disinvestment
from
communities
of
color
is
also
checkered,
with
a
legacy
of
redlining
that
has
stripped
wealth
from
these
same
communities.
Many
Minneapolis
business
owners
are
ready
to
hit
their
next
growth
stage
and
we
should
help
ensure
that
they
have
every
opportunity
to
do
so.
Time
and
again,
we
see
businesses
hit
financial
walls
on
their
way
to
opening
for
business
owners
of
color.
The
wall
can
often
be
impenetrable.
B
Often
minor
capital
purchases
become
a
major
impediment.
A
simple
mop,
Basin,
a
legally
required
investment
for
any
restaurant,
can
run
an
entrepreneur
over
a
thousand
dollars.
We
can
help
address
these
gaps
through
our
commercial
property
development
fund,
a
zero
percent
Interest
gap
financing
mechanism
that
requires
repayment.
Only
once
the
building
is
sold,
we
can
allow
project
to
start
faster
and
grow
with
confidence.
With
this
new
fund
from
business
leaders
to
nonprofits
from
legacy
institutions
to
government
partners,
we
are
calling
on
everyone
to
do
their
part
to
meet
high
expectations
in
building
a
more
inclusive
economy.
B
We
at
City
Hall
should
not
be
exempt
from
doing
our
part.
Let's
start
with
procurement,
we
are
committed
to
spending
more
of
our
public
dollars
with
minority-owned
businesses.
Last
year,
the
city
spent
almost
50
million
dollars
with
diverse
suppliers,
and
we
will
continue
to
push
ourselves
to
do.
Even
better
departments
have
been
asked
to
report
on
their
diverse
spend
through
the
city's
performance
management
program
results
Minneapolis
this
year,
we've
taken
it
even
further
we're
reviewing
over
7,000
vendor
records
and
incorporating
those
diverse,
spend
metrics
into
our
budget
process.
That's
a
lot
of
work.
B
So
thank
you
to
our
strategic
partnerships.
Our
budget
team
and
everyone
that
has
been
involved
in
making
this
possible.
We
are
also
expanding
ways
by
which
people,
from
any
background,
can
benefit
from
doing
business.
With
the
city
last
year
we
launched
a
procurement
portal
that
simplifies
how
businesses
can
be
alerted
to
bid
opportunities
and
allows
them
to
easily
submit
their
bids
online
and
track
their
payment
activity.
I've
also
started
using.
B
We've
also
started
using
best
value
procurement
as
a
means
to
expanding
the
bid
criteria
to
include
characteristics
such
as
quality,
past
performance
and
workforce
and
inclusion
goals.
By
doing
so,
we're
not
only
looking
at
price
or
considering
the
deeper
value
add
to
the
city
and
the
deeper
value
gain
benefits,
not
just
our
enterprise
but
future
generations.
B
For
the
last
year,
our
office
has
been
working
with
the
Minneapolis
foundation
with
McKnight
and
a
Scott
Finlayson
and
our
broader
philanthropic
community
to
launch
a
Minneapolis
climate
action
and
equity
fund
at
no
cost
to
the
taxpayer.
This
new
fund
will
invest
with
intent
directly
into
Minneapolis
communities,
to
produce
a
demonstrable
reduction
in
local
greenhouse
gas
emissions.
B
The
funding
will
be
dedicated
to
projects
that
are
in
line
with
our
climate
and
race
equity
goals
and
will
prioritize
work
in
communities
that
have
experienced
cross-sections
of
both
poverty
and
pollution.
Access
to
the
application
process
for
the
first
round
of
funding
will
be
available
at
the
end
of
this
speech.
How's
that
for
efficiency.
B
B
Yikes
and
and
work
with
our
team
to
help
address
climate
change
departments
across
city
hall,
from
sustainability
to
public
works,
are
guided
by
progressive
sustainable
transit
goals.
Laxed
October
Minneapolis
and
st.
Paul
were
chosen
to
be
part
of
the
American
cities.
Climate
challenge,
councilmember,
Jeremy
Schrader
was
an
ally
and
the
consistent
supporter
in
making
this
happen,
we're
already
making
it
putting
it
to
good
use,
kick-starting
new
ideas
and
doubling
down
on
the
work
already
underway.
B
B
But
commutes
don't
end
at
the
bus.
Stop.
In
fact.
It's
often
that
first
and
last
mile
to
and
from
that
is
the
most
difficult
to
tackle
the
first
and
last
mile
or
supporting
pilot
mobility
hubs
which
build
a
diversity
of
transportation
options
right
where
we
need
the
most.
The
president
and
his
cabinet
have
made
it
clear
that
climate
change,
if
they'll
even
admit
it
exists,
is
not
their
priority
at
the
local
level.
We
don't
have
the
luxury
of
ignoring
science.
B
But
much
of
the
climate
policy
were
pushing
will
only
be
as
effective
as
we
are
aggressive
on
our
housing
policy
to
borrow
a
sentiment
from
Janette
Sadiq
Khan,
the
former
transportation
commissioner
in
New
York
City.
You
want
to
save
the
climate,
then
move
to
Minneapolis,
because
changing
rules,
regulations
and
cost
structures
won't
really
matter
if
we
are
pushing
people
further
and
further
away
from
where
they
work.
B
Last
year
we
passed
an
historic,
comprehensive
plan
to
accommodate
population
growth,
allow
for
a
diversity
of
housing
options
in
every
neighborhood
and
consequently
tackle
climate
change
in
one
fell
swoop.
Thank
you
to
the
council
for
your
partnership
in
making
this
landmark
policy
a
reality.
So
many
of
our
achievements
have
been
driven
by
the
community.
That's
because
in
Minneapolis
civic
engagement
is
not
just
a
spectator
sport,
we
participate,
we
shape
our
futures
and
you
better
believe
we
vote.
Last
year
our
city
turned
out
to
the
polls
in
record
numbers
in
Minneapolis.
B
That's
the
highest
midterm
turnout
in
16
years
polling
places
by
the
way
they
don't
magically
pop
up.
Our
city
clerk
and
the
voter
services
team,
prepare
year-round
to
conduct
elections
with
integrity
and
with
excellence
we're
just
under
one
year
out
from
an
incredibly
important
count:
the
2020
census
from
our
political
representation
to
the
allocation
of
public
funds
to
policy
ranging
from
the
opioid
crisis
to
housing.
The
census
informs
how
our
democracy
is
organized
thanks
to
the
good
work
of
our
neighborhood
community
relations
team
and
complete
count
to
the
committee.
B
Minneapolis
is
organized
and
again
poised
to
lead
the
state
in
making
sure
that
we
get
the
most
accurate
count
possible
in
2020.
In
addition
to
being
fully
counted,
full
representation
also
means
being
treated
fairly
at
work
and
being
paid
the
wage
that
you're
promised
already
more
than
5500
workers
have
benefited
directly
from
Labor
Standards
investigations
conducted
by
our
civil
rights
Department,
upholding
that
most
basic
contract
of
employment,
Council
members,
lenay,
Palmisano
and
Steve
Fletcher
are
forging
ahead
on
a
wage
theft
ordinance
that
will
help
us
do
even
more
for
workers
in
our
city.
Some
of.
B
Some
of
the
most
important
items
we
have
and
we'll
discuss
today
have
been
driven
quietly
by
diligent
staff
in
our
departments,
but
one
of
our
city's
greatest
tests
was
handled
very
publicly.
Responding
to
the
Hiawatha
homeless.
Encampment
was
the
most
complex
and
perhaps
most
difficult
issue.
We
confronted
last
year,
it's
not
as
if
the
people
experiencing
homelessness
at
the
encampment
were
homeless
for
the
first
time
as
with
most
cities
across
the
country,
homelessness
is
an
uncomfortable
reality
invariably
present
throughout
Minneapolis
history,
but
it
was
the
visibility
of
the
encampment
itself
that
prompted
questions.
B
Are
we
a
city
that
will
take
action
to
end
homelessness,
and
do
we
believe
that
housing
should
be
a
right
for
all?
The
answer
to
both
is
a
resounding
yes,
perhaps
signaling,
a
new
approach,
an
approach
centered
on
a
compassion
and
a
respect
of
the
dignity
of
every
single
human,
being,
moreover,
and
most
importantly,
an
approach
that
was
born
out
of
sincere
partnership,
one
that
necessitated
our
native
community
lead
with
people
with
their
people
and
on
their
land.
The
Red
Lake
nation
stepped
forward,
helping
with
land
and
resources.
B
B
Was
it
politically
expedient?
No
was
it
the
path
of
least
resistance?
The
challenges
were
not
new.
They
were
difficult
issues,
ones
that
we
know
are
all
too
easy
to
brush
under
the
rug
overdoses,
human
trafficking,
unsheltered
homelessness,
the
native
experience.
None
of
these
challenges
are
new
to
government
leaders,
but
we
had
an
entire
city
resolved
to
providing
an
honest
answer
to
a
call
for
help.
Sam
strong,
the
Secretary
of
Red
Lake
nation,
is
here
with
us
today.
B
B
Our
City
Enterprise
stepped
up
in
a
big
way,
and
that
includes
our
city
coordinator,
who
orchestrated
the
endeavor,
along
with
our
health
and
fire
departments,
which
effectively
averted
disaster
that
kept
people
safe
and
consistently
responded
with
poise
under
pressure.
Thank
you.
All.
The
collaboration
with
Red
Lake
nation
is
unique.
Yes,
and
it's
in
line
with
the
Mait
way.
Minneapolis
is
now
conducting
business.
We're
partnering
with
Hennepin
County
pushing
for
the
expansion
of
the
d-line
with
council.
Vice
president
Andrea
Jenkins
steady
hand
guiding
us
forward,
I've
got
faith.
B
She
has
been
at
every
single
deal,
I'm
planning
meeting
with
an
unflinching
position.
Transit
access
for
all
is
quite
simply
good
policy.
We're
partnering
with
our
state
lawmakers
to
create
the
sort
of
inclusive
regulatory
and
licensing
frameworks
needed
to
write
past
wrongs
in
our
criminal
justice
system
when
we
legalized
cannabis,
with
the
brilliant
hand
and
leadership
of
and
regulatory
expertise
of,
councilmember
Lisa
Goodman.
It's
only
a
matter
of
time
today,
we're
working
just
as
incessantly
to
partner
with
the
private
sector
to
in
exactly
one
month.
B
Some
of
our
city's
most
remarkable
businesses
and
buildings
will
give
visitors
free
behind-the-scenes
access
during
the
first
doors
open
Minneapolis,
and
this
month
we
rolled
out
tech
for
tomorrow,
our
inaugural
tech
month
since
2015,
the
city
has
invested
more
than
two
million
dollars
to
provide
scholarships
and
support
for
low-income
Minneapolis
residents
to
train
in
IT
careers.
That's
an
investment
that
has
paid
dividends
in
concrete
ways.
Thanks
to
those
scholarships.
B
Over
1300
people
have
been
successfully
placed
in
tech
jobs
with
more
than
500
Twin
Cities
employers,
including
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
by
the
way
over
30%
of
those
grads,
are
women,
and
over
40%
are
people
of
color
all
in
an
industry
that
has
seen
stunningly
low
representation
in
the
same
groups
and
our
tech
sector
is
better
for
it.
Minneapolis
is
home
to
nearly
5,000
tech,
business
organizations
and
the
estimated
direct
contribution
of
our
tech
sector
to
economy
is
twenty-seven
point
five
billion
dollars.
B
We
can
continue
making
these
jobs
more
accessible
to
all
bry
by
bringing
to
bear
city
resources
for
support
and
city
personnel
for
outreach
already.
There
have
been
40
tech
for
tomorrow
events
and
neighborhoods
throughout
our
city,
from
coding
to
drone
camp
to
financial
technology
courses.
You
can
get
connected
in
an
amazing
way.
We've
got
our
events
running
through
the
remainder
of
April,
which
are
all
available
on
the
city's
website.
Our
tech
sector
is
growing,
and
so
is
the
demand
for
African
Goods.
B
We
know
that
statewide,
the
markets
serving
African
products
totals
hundreds
of
millions
of
dollars,
and
we
also
know
that
Minneapolis
is
home
to
the
largest
Somali
population
in
the
United
States.
We
should
provide
the
proper
space
for
our
East
African
business
community
to
meet
that
demand.
For
years
now,
councilmember
Abdul
or
Sami
and
I
have
talked
about
developing
an
African
market.
Now
we're
moving
full
speed
ahead
in
doing
it,
we're
narrowing
in
on
a
parcel,
bringing
key
partners
together
and
preparing
for
an
announcement
in
the
next
couple
of
months.
Councilmember.
Thank
you
for
your
partnership.
B
Our
new
American
entrepreneurs
shouldn't
be
pushed
to
the
fringes.
They
should
be
welcomed
as
mainstream
businesses
and
activated
as
economic
catalysts.
Now,
a
lot
of
the
ground
we've
covered
thus
far
has
been
specific
to
new
initiatives
and
new
policy.
To
some
extent,
that
comes
with
the
territory
in
a
state
of
the
city
address,
but
no
one
should
dispute
that
our
basic
obligations
come
in
the
form
of
traditional
services
in
Minneapolis
or
the
government
that
doesn't
shut
down.
B
B
And
if
April
showers
bring
April
potholes
guess
what
we
fill
the
potholes
Public
Safety
is
also
a
basic
city
service.
Our
ability
to
make
good
on
public
safety
commitments
defines
our
ability
to
maintain
the
public
trust
and
our
officers
are
answering
the
call
our
group
violence.
Intervention
initiative
brings
together.
Law
enforcement,
our
health
department,
social
services
and
community
leaders
through
gvi
group
shootings
are
down
on
the
north
side.
The
cycle
of
violence
is
being
interrupted
and
people
are
finding
second
chances
and
bettering
their
lives.
That's.
B
B
One
we
served
89
thanks
to
a
2019
budget
that
included
a
two-fold
increase
in
support
for
gvi,
we're
working
with
the
community
to
bring
the
initiative
to
south
Minneapolis,
with
the
leadership
of
our
health
department
and
in
partnership
with
the
MPD
and
city's
Attorney's
Office
were
pursuing
further
coordination
through
the
office
of
violence
prevention
I've
also
talked
to
our
public
works
team
about
a
city,
service
and
environmental
matter.
That's
easy
to
take
for
granted
our
water.
B
There
is
no
city
service,
more
basic,
more
essential
than
the
promise
that
when
you
turn
on
the
faucet
clean
water
comes
out,
while
cities
like
Los
Angeles,
grapple
with
drought
and
Flint
with
contamination,
our
plentiful
supply
allows
for
a
model
of
protection
of
sustainability,
of
efficiency,
we're
in
the
midst
of
a
multi-year
capital
improvement
project.
Making
upgrades
to
our
filter
plant,
which
has
faithfully
served
Minneapolis
for
over
90
years,
set
to
be
completed
in
the
next
two
to
three
years.
B
B
In
2019,
you
can
get
trained
in
on
pretty
much
anything
interested
in
fly-fishing
as
a
training,
sword-swallowing.
There's
a
training
aspiring
shoe
sushi
chef,
there's
a
training
to
make
it
happen.
The
same
is
true
of
policing.
Our
MPD
is
on
the
cutting
edge
in
the
trainings
that
they
provide
our
implicit
bias.
Training
has
gained
national
recognition.
B
B
Officers
often
experience
trauma
on
the
job,
and
it's
only
right
that
the
job
recognized
as
much,
but
there
are
external
trainings
that
have
no
place
in
the
vision
and
the
culture
shift
outlined
by
our
chief
chief
madera
Arredondo
x'
police
department
rests
on
trust,
accountability
and
professional
service,
whereas
fear
based
warrior
style.
Trainings,
like
kilala
g
are
in
direct
conflict
with
everything
that
our
chief
and
I
stand
for
in
our
police
department.
B
Fear
based
trainings
violate
the
values
at
the
very
heart
of
community
policing.
When
you're
conditioned
to
believe
that
every
person
encounter
poses
a
threat
to
your
existence,
you
simply
cannot
be
expected
to
build
out
meaningful
relationships
with
those
same
people.
What
fear-based
training
teaches
is
not
inherent
in
the
human
psyche
is
learned.
Learned.
Experience
is
not
like
a
switch
that
you
can
flip
on
or
off.
It
is
embedded
as
muscle
memory
in
emotional
response.
B
Additionally,
aspects
of
training
learned
off
duty
inevitably
affect
behavior
on
duty.
Take
a
look
at
MPD
sanction
trainings.
You
won't
find
any
that
are
fear-based,
however,
fear
based
trainings
remain
available
to
officers
off
duty.
That's
why
today
we're
announcing
that
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department,
we
will,
we
believe,
be
the
very
first
major
department
in
the
nation
to
prohibit
fear-based
trainings.
B
Attending
or
instructing
at
a
training
that
relates
to
use
of
force
will
now
require
approval
from
our
chief
or
his
administration.
Our
officers
have
no
business
at
a
training
that
conflicts
with
those
provided
by
Minneapolis
on
use
of
force
and
de-escalation
effective.
Today
we
are
cementing
that
conviction
as
policy
no
longer
will
such
trainings
be
available
in
any
capacity
to
our
Minneapolis
Police
Department.
B
We
have
high
standards
in
this
city
in
many
respects,
they're
being
met
in
February
2018
compliance
with
our
body,
camera
policy
hovered
around
55
percent.
Today,
roughly
one
year
after
implementing
implementing
a
more
precise
policy
with
disciplinary
measures,
I'm
proud
to
announce
that
we
are
at
93%
for
quarter,
one
of
2019
55
percent,
then
93
percent.
B
Now,
yes,
that
is
progress,
we're
right
to
expect
a
lot
from
the
men
and
women
who
serve
in
our
Police
Department,
and
they
would
be
right
to
expect
that
elected
officials
provide
the
resources
needed
to
further
our
stated
mission
of
community
policing.
That
means
giving
chief
Arredondo
the
resources
he
needs
to
do
his
job
and
to
do
it
well.
In
2009,
when
Barack
Obama
increased
funding
for
community
oriented
policing
services
cops
program
from
twenty
million
dollars
to
one
billion
dollars.
B
He
did
so
with
a
call
for
higher
standards,
since
that
in
jet,
injection
data
has
clearly
shown
that
jurisdictions
that
used
money
to
add
officers
saw
a
concurrent
drop
in
crime,
notably
without
an
increase
in
arrests.
This
month
we
announced
a
new
victim,
centered
and
trauma-informed
policy
designed
to
address
shortcomings
and
sexual
assault
investigations,
but
the
strength
of
this
policy
will
be
limited
by
our
ability
to
implement
it.
B
Right
now,
with
over
700
instances
of
rape
reported
annually
and
just
eight
investigators
tasked
with
working
those
cases
on
top
of
their
other
duties,
ability
is
very
much
limited.
We
can't
maintain
the
status
quo
and
expect
better
results
and
officers.
Work
suffers
when
they're
over
scheduled
fatigue
leads
to
bad
decision-making.
B
This
is
borne
out
by
extensive
research
and
that
data
is
clear.
Understaffed
police
departments
experienced
more
complaints
and
their
officers
are
more
likely
to
use
force.
For
example,
2017
audit
of
the
King
County
Sheriff's
Department
in
Washington
State,
found
that
working
a
single
hour
of
overtime
led
to
a
2.7
percent
increase,
in
the
odds
that
an
officer
would
be
involved
in
a
use
of
force
incident
the
following
week:
Public
Safety
police,
community
relations.
These
are
broad
strokes
that
can
be
applied
to
any
department.
Something
that
is
unique
to
Minneapolis
is
our
leadership.
B
In
madera
Arredondo
we
have
a
chief
whose
entire
30-year
career
has
been
rooted
in
procedural
justice
and
defined
by
service.
Before
self.
He
has
been
asking
elected
officials
for
more
resources,
so
we
can
realize
the
vision
of
community
policing
in
the
MPD,
as
he
has
stated,
simply
running
from
9-1-1
call
to
911
without
the
time
to
build
out.
Positive
relationships
is
no
way
to
achieve
that
vision
and
I
think
we
should
listen
to
him.
B
So
let's
have
the
debate,
but
let's
have
it
in
honest
terms
using
facts
and
research
and
our
communities
they
deserve
as
much
in
a
city.
Progress
is
never
guaranteed,
Minneapolis
is
no
exception.
Sometimes
persistence
and
even
skilled
leadership
missed
the
mark.
Maybe
timing.
Maybe
luck
derail
the
best
intentions
and
the
best
plans,
but
in
our
city
we
are
collectively
committed
to
being
a
place
that
maximizes
the
correlation
between
hard
work
and
success.
Sometimes
that
means
direct
and
material
support.
Sometimes
it
takes
a
village.
B
The
VFC
team
has
challenged
the
status
quo
by
pushing
boundaries
of
what
a
community
development
financial
institution
should
be
all
about.
Village,
financial,
the
only
black,
LED
credit
union
n
CDFI
in
Minnesota,
saw
the
shifting
waves
waves
of
financial
technology
as
an
opportunity
for
the
community
to
create
new
financial
systems
instead
of
becoming
vulnerable
to
them.
B
In
less
than
a
year,
village
has
initiated,
cultivated
and
established
a
one-of-a-kind
relationship
with
square
Inc,
a
billion
dollar
FinTech
company
that
is
already
changing
the
industry
by
using
innovative
tools
to
reach
populations
that
have
historically
been
left
out
and
now
because
of
VF
sees
excellent
progress
over
the
last
year.
Our
partnership
is
expanding.
To
formally
include
square
square,
has
worked
with
Metro
areas
throughout
the
country
to
deliver
financial
education,
programming
and
resources
with
vfc.
B
We
can
take
it
a
step
further
in
Minneapolis,
in
partnership
with
square,
we
can
streamline
delivery
of
information
about
city
services,
programs
and
resources
presently
available.
You
won't
need
a
meeting
with
your
mayor
or
council
member
for
a
primer
and
navigating
city
hall.
The
information
that
will
be
provided
right
there
on
your
screen
and
our
small
business
team
can
be
notified
of
the
interest
and
they
can
follow
up
through
vfc.
We
can
be
sure
that
we're
reaching
the
people
we
intend
to
reach
through
this
platform.
B
Our
partnership
will
be
guided
by
the
core
principle
that
financial
institutions
should
help
meet
the
needs
of
consumers
in
all
segments
of
their
communities,
starting
with
those
of
the
black
community
and
including
indigenous
people,
immigrants
and
other
people
of
color
on
April
27th,
we're
hosting
Village
Square,
a
black
economic
symposium,
one
of
our
most
important
tech
month.
Events
where
black
black
entrepreneurs
will
receive
training
on
square
products
and
learn
more
about
the
new
partnership.
B
Do
I
expect
every
goal
and
every
policy
proposal
that
I've
put
forth
today
will
be
universally
adopted
by
all
in
City
Hall,
no
I'm,
not
that
naive,
I'm,
also
not
cynical
enough
to
lose
sight
of
the
reality
that
about
95%
of
the
work
before
us.
We
are
united
internally,
a
unified
front
of
impassioned
policymakers,
directors
and
city
employees
is
a
force
externally.
A
coalition
with
community
is
unstoppable,
but
any
effective
union
requires
a
sincerity
of
purpose
and
a
steadfast
commitment.
B
We
will
not
succumb
to
petty
politics
and
we
will
not
deal
in
ornamental
policy
in
Minneapolis.
Our
plotline
doesn't
require
villains
to
make
a
point
or
to
achieve
progress.
We
don't
need
foils
to
bolster
our
arguments
or
a
single
protagonist
to
make
our
story
national
politicians
may
claim
they
want
to
put
out
the
fire
of
injustice,
but
they're
pointing
out
blame
with
one
hand
while
fanning
the
flames
with
the
other.
That's
not
us,
that's
not
our
narrative.
It
is
not
our
politics.
It
is
not
our
motto.
B
C
Mayor
we
always
appreciate
your
leadership
and
your
partnership
so
much
you
know,
I
want
to
say
that
Minneapolis
is
truly
leading
in
the
country
in
so
many
ways
and
when
I
get
asked
about
our
story,
I
always
say
that
it
isn't
an
accident.
It
is
the
work
of
our
incredible
community
of
leaders
and
my
colleagues
on
the
Minneapolis
City
Council
and
I
really
want
to
lift
up
the
leadership
of
council.
Vice
president
Andrea
Jenkins.
C
C
And
I
really
want
to
take
the
time
to
just
think
and
honor
the
leadership
of
my
colleagues.
They
work
so
hard.
They
come
to
work
every
day
we
deal
with
everything
from
potholes
and
businesses,
opening
their
doors
to
raising
the
minimum
wage
and
taking
on
racial
exclusion
and
housing,
and
it
is
because
of
this
team
and
then
it's
Council
member
Kevin,
Reich
council
member
cam,
Gordon
council
member
Steve,
Fletcher
council
member
Philippe,
Cunningham
Jeremiah,
Ellison
Abdi
were
Sami
Lisa,
Goodman,
Alondra
Cano,
then
there's
me
Jeremy
Schrader,
Andrew,
Johnson
and
laneah
Palmisano.
Thank
you
so
much.
C
And
with
that,
I
will
take
a
motion
to
receive
the
mayor's
2019
State
of
the
City
address,
all
in
approval,
please
say:
aye
aye,
any
opposed
that
carries
in
the
mayor's
address
has
been
received
and
filed
with
that
we've
concluded
our
business
for
today
may
I
have
a
motion
to
adjourn
our
City
Council
meeting
on
approval.
Please
say
aye
aye,
any
opposed,
say
no
that
carries
and
we
are
adjourned.
Thank
you
again
so
much
and
thank
you,
mayor
Frye.