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Minneapolis Public Health, Environment, Civil Rights, and Engagement Committee Meeting
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A
Good
afternoon,
everyone
and
welcome
to
this
regularly
scheduled
meeting
of
the
public
health
environment,
civil
rights
and
engagement
committee
for
December,
2nd
2019.
My
name
is
Philippe
Cunningham
and
I
am
the
chair
of
this
committee
with
me
at
the
Dyess,
our
council
members,
Cano,
Schrader,
Gordon,
Johnson
and
council
vice-president
Jenkins,
please
let
the
record
reflect
that
we
have
a
quorum
and
can
conduct
the
business
of
this
committee.
Colleagues,
this
is
the
last
meeting
of
the
year,
so
we
have
a
jam-packed
action-filled
agenda.
A
A
We
have
three
public
hearings
as
well
as
for
discussion
items
we'll
go
ahead
and
start
with
the
presentation.
We
will
approve
of
the
consent
agenda,
open
the
public
hearings
and
then
move
to
the
discussion
items
with
that.
We
will
start
with
item
number
one
receiving
a
presentation
on
the
2019
green
business
awards
to
recognize
businesses,
organizations,
individuals
and
our
partners
for
fighting
climate
change
of
committing
to
the
health
of
the
people
of
Minneapolis
I'll,
pass
it
over
now
to
director
of
environmental
services,
Patrick
Hamlin
and
health.
Commissioner
McCutcheon
musekamp
hi.
B
My
name
is
Patrick
Hamlin
I'm,
the
director
of
environmental
programs
for
the
city
of
Minneapolis
I
realized.
We
have
a
full
schedule
today,
so
I
try
to
keep
this
as
fast
as
I.
Getting
going
as
fast
as
I
can
I'd
love
to
see
all
the
all
the
signs
being
on
this
perspective
and
seeing
all
the
the
climate
change
signs
that
are
out
there
today.
That's
great
the
green
cost
share
program
is
a
program
that
provides
matching
incentives
to
work
with
individuals
and
organizations
to
pay
to
make
positive
environmental
change.
B
It
started
in
2012
working
with
one
business
in
North,
Minneapolis
called
AB
establish
dry
cleaners.
We
worked
with
AB
estoppel
is
to
remove
perch
from
the
dry
cleaning
process,
which
is
perc,
is
a
hazardous
cancer-causing
chemical
in
the
dry-cleaning
business,
and
that
first
program
were
those
first
programs
that
we
are
the
first
projects
that
we
did
we're
leaps
of
faith
in
trust.
The
city's
leap
of
faith
was
beginning
to
reinvest
it's
pollution
fees
in
businesses
and
it
always
viewed
as
the
cause
of
environmental
problems
and
not
the
answer
to
them.
For
businesses.
B
It
was
a
leap
of
faith
to
trust
government
agencies.
They
had
always
known
as
passing
environmental
rules
that
didn't
take
into
account
the
monumental
challenges
they
all
face,
just
to
stay
afloat
every
day
for
the
under
this
model
of
trust,
we've
grown
and
scaled.
This
program.
Every
year
since
2012,
we
became
the
first
city
to
completely
eliminate
perc,
not
just
from
a
bestop
list,
but
from
all
of
our
dry
cleaners.
B
Today
we
work
with
auto
body
shops,
nail
salons,
other
industries
and
making
changes
that
are
safer
for
workers
and
cleaner
for
the
cleaner
air
for
the
neighborhoods
in
which
they
operate.
We've
removed
over
a
hundred
thousand
pounds
of
criteria
pollutants
in
our
neighborhoods
each
year
annually.
We
have
strategically
expanded
the
focus
of
this
program
to
take
on
the
toughest
of
issues
that
we
faced
climate
change.
B
We
now
work
with
nonprofits
multifamily
buildings
and
low-income
homeowners
through
our
Lenten
Healthy
Homes
program.
We
intentionally
invest
in
areas
of
historical,
historic
and
intentional
underinvestment.
We
intentionally
support
green
zone
communities
and
cultural
corridors
and
we're
twice
as
likely
to
receive
applications
in
those
areas.
As
a
result
of
our
intentional
investments,
we
are
focusing
benefits
on
low-income
members
of
our
community
in
2018
and
2019
those
two
years
alone.
We
are
benefiting
close
to
a
thousand
members
of
our
community
who
are
in
low-income
situations.
B
We
are
generating
over
forty
million
dollars
in
wealth
from
energy
savings
and
production
in
our
communities
over
project
lifetimes.
It
took
all
of
us
and
I
see
many
friendly
faces
in
this
room.
It
took
all
of
us
to
create
this
program
from
the
council
offices
and
their
dedicated
staff,
a
mayor
that
took
a
chance
on
this
concept
and
I,
don't
know
if
our
team
made
it
or
not.
B
Together,
we
have
all
grown
this
program
from
something
small
and
incremental
to
something
more
equitable
scalable
here
in
Minneapolis
and
as
a
national
model,
there
were
three
green
cost
share
projects
in
2015.
There
were
63
projects
in
2018
where
the
awardees
here
today
and
there
are
over
240
project
sites
that
were
closing
out
here
in
2019
yesterday
was
the
first
deadline
for
the
2020
projects.
Just
last
night,
I
got
a
call
from
a
solar
developer,
saying
they
are
putting
together
a
package
of
100
buildings
for
a
low-income
solar.
B
It's
a
hundred
buildings,
that's
900
units
for
low-income,
solar,
solar,
a
combined
initiative
put
together
directly
as
a
result
of
the
focused
incentives
that
this
council
supports,
that
this
mayor
supports
in
our
communities
through
this
program
and
2020
and
Beyond
will
be
working
with
training,
centers
developers
and
contractors
to
create
pathways
to
jobs
for
people
in
the
communities
that
these
proper.
These
projects
are
being
done,
especially
in
North
Minneapolis
in
south
Minneapolis.
B
So
we're
gonna
give
a
shot
at
recognizing
some
of
the
2018
green
coffee,
our
heroes.
Today,
we've
broken
it
into
nine
categories:
energy
efficiency
for
nonprofit,
large
business
and
small
business,
solar
for
nonprofit,
large
business
and
small
business
innovation
and
then
for
D,
our
low-income,
our
14
low
income
program
or
naturally
occurring
affordable
housing
program
and
then
partner
awards
for
the
partnership
Awards.
The
first
up
is
a
Minneapolis
Foundation
and
CEO,
and
president
RT
Rybak
I'm,
not
sure
if
he
made
it
I
did
not
see
him.
B
Oh
you
are
okay,
great
I
do
want
to
add.
One
thing
is
that
RT
Rybak
was
the
one
person
who
took
a
chance
at
the
one-person
camp.
Gordon
was
a
strong
supporter
starting
this
program
out
as
well,
but
we
would
not
be
here
doing
this
work
today,
but
we're
not
for
the
chance
that
RT
took
on
this
project
in
this
program.
But
the
Minneapolis
Foundation
has
been
plated
been
an
important
partner
with
many
of
the
city
of
Minneapolis
endeavors
in
2018
they
provided
a
grant
to
the
Minneapolis
Health
Department
for
the
green
cost
share
program.
B
This
grant
provided
a
dish,
additional
stopgap
funding
to
the
program
for
smaller
scale
projects.
Recently,
the
foundation
has
even
launched
their
own
climate
action
and
racial
equity
grant
program,
adding
yet
another
way
for
that
we
can
leverage
efforts
in
our
communities
and
we
look
forward
to
working
with
you
in
the
future.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you.
The
Lake
Street
Council
was
up.
Next
small
businesses
can
seemingly
be
running
their
own
small
cities
from
rent
utilities,
supply
shipments
staff,
scheduling,
staying
ahead
of
the
competition,
the
Lake
Street
Council
offers
technical
and
project
management
assistant
too
busy
small
business
owners.
Looking
at
energy
efficiency
upgrades,
the
council
coordinates
and
pulls
together
multiple
energy
program
offerings
in
a
way,
that's
makes
sense
to
busy
business
owners
and
conducts
outreach
to
small
businesses
on
the
lake
Street
corridor.
B
They
provide
needed
feedback
on
our
program,
improvements
from
the
participants
they
work
with,
and
they
have
also
become
a
model
for
the
city
through
the
energy
technical
assistance
program
eat
app
that
has
now
run
through
cpad
in
matka.
Zinc
is
standing
up.
Here
was
a
huge
part
of
pulling
not
only
doing
a
lot
of
on-the-ground
work
along
Lake
Street,
but
also
pulling
together
a
really
innovative
project
here
at
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
So
thank
you.
B
Thank
you.
Thanks.
Diana
clean
energy
resource
teams,
we're
here
recognizing
Minnesota,
clean
energy
resource
teams.
This
group
provides
vital
administrative
support
to
the
green
cashier
team
each
year.
This
organization
convenes
a
panel
of
energy
pollution
and
pollution
experts
for
every
application
that
comes
through
our
doors
we
receive.
They
provide
feedback
and
ranking
for
each
of
those
applications
and
applications
and
prioritize
them
they're,
also
crucial
in
helping
the
city
spread
the
word
about
the
program
and
giving
us
useful
feedback
on
program
delivery.
So
thank
you.
B
B
We're
unable
to
make
it
okay,
the
Midtown
YWCA,
eliminating
racism
and
empowering
women.
It
is
located
in
city's
Southside
Green
Zone,
along
Lake
Street,
with
the
help
of
the
cost
year,
the
YWCA
updated
their
building
automation
system
for
the
HVAC
heating
ventilation.
Air
conditioning
this
allows
the
building
to
use
only
as
much
energy
as
is
needed
to
keep
occupied
rooms
comfortable
for
those
using
it
and
innovate
an
innovative
way
to
cut
down
on
greenhouse
gas
emissions
and
saving
money.
So
they
can
deliver
on
their
mission.
B
B
The
curtain
provides
an
invisible
barrier
to
the
outside
that
allows
operations
to
run
seamlessly
while
saving
money.
It
is
an
innovative
project
that
can
be
replicated
elsewhere
across
our
across
industry
in
our
city.
I
just
want
to
mention
that
Nick
is
a
true
climate
hero,
pushing
the
envelope
literally
in
this
with
the
case
of
this
project
at
his
company.
B
This
is
one
of
the
values
that
we
see
in
the
program
is
that
it
puts
resources
in
the
hands
of
people
like
Nick
and
so
I
apologize.
We
haven't
met,
but
I'm
sure
you
do
great
work
too,
but
it
puts
resources
in
the
hands
of
people
like
Nick,
and
so
when
they
go
forward,
stand
they're
competing.
They
may
be
competing
with
things
like
marketing
and
research
and
development
and
other
projects
going
on
in
their
company,
and
so
it's
tools
that
folks,
like
Nick,
can
bring
forward
to
get
projects
done.
B
C
B
Can
I
go?
We
got
time,
I,
think,
okay,
the
nexus
fig
and
Faro
fig
and
Pharaoh.
Sorry
is
an
entirely
plant-based
comfort.
Food
restaurant.
Do
we
have
a
representative
from
them?
It's
an
entirely
plant-based
comfort,
food
restaurant.
The
restaurant
is
dedicated
to
teaching
customers
about
climate
change
and
greenhouse
gas
emissions
benefits
that
come
from
eating
a
more
plant-based
diet.
B
According
to
the
book
drawdown
put
together
by
the
world's
top
experts,
examining
all
the
top
strategies
to
fight
climate
change,
eating
eating
a
plant-based
diet
is
the
number
one
strategy
in
the
fight
to
save
our
planet
as
part
of
their
climate
friendly
mission,
the
restaurant
took
steps
to
reduce
their
own
low
carbon
footprint
by
replacing
old
energy,
inefficient
lighting
with
new
LED
lighting,
along
with
enhanced
controls.
So
thank
you
to
figure
in
Fargo,
picking
apparel.
B
B
130
on
a
Monday
after
a
snow,
storm
I
think
is
a
tough
time
to
get
here.
So
urban
ventures
is
a
non-profit
in
south
Minneapolis,
with
the
goal
of
preparing
children
in
their
neighborhood
for
college
and
post-secondary
education
through
a
variety
of
educational,
recreation
after
school
and
family
support
programs
and
2018
they
applied
for
funding
for
a
20,
kW
solar
array.
The
installation
of
the
solar
system
provides
cost
savings
and
state
incentives
which
can
be
diverted
towards
their
core
programming.
B
B
They
own
their
own
and
managed
over
a
hundred
properties
across
the
metro
area,
including
the
Greenway
office
building,
one
of
the
city's
first
LEED
certified
buildings,
so
they
have
a
lot
of
chances
to
make
an
impact
here
in
our
communities.
Last
year
they
undertook
a
series
of
energy-saving
projects
at
their
highlight
shopping
center,
near
Lake
Street
in
the
green
zones,
including
an
80
kW
solar
array
consisting
over
of
over
two
hundred
and
twenty-two
solar
modules.
The
installation
of
the
solar
system
will
reduce
maintenance
costs
that
would
be
passed
on
to
clients
and
tenants.
B
B
Located
in
the
city's
north
side
green
zone
along
the
upper
harbor
terminal,
mississippi,
mushroom
stands
out
as
an
example
of
a
business
focus
on
sustainability
last
year.
In
addition
to
the
multiple
energy
efficiency
projects,
they
installed
a
10
kW
solar
system
on
the
corner
of
their
production
warehouse
to
lower
their
carbon
footprint
of
their
production.
They
also
have
plans
to
expand
the
solar
been
looking
at
expanding
the
solar
array
as
a
result
of
their
initial
success.
B
In
addition
to
many
other
sustainable
initiatives,
they're
taking
at
their
business
from
waste
for
use
of
local
Brewers
grains,
eliminating
any
presence
of
any
toxic
chemicals
in
their
production
process,
they're
doing
a
lot
around
sustainability
and
it's
part
of
their
core
mission.
So
thank
you
for
the
work
that
you
do
here
in
Minneapolis.
B
As
one
of
the
first
participants
in
the
40
energy
efficiency
program,
Ron
and
his
wife
replaced
an
existing
50
year
old
efficiency
boiler
and
a
27
year
old
water
heater
with
high-efficiency
condensing
boilers
and
high-efficiency
water
heaters.
Additionally,
rod
Ron
made
lighting
upgrades
air
sealing
and
weatherization
stripping,
while
going
through
the
Xcel
Energy
Multi
Energy's
multifamily,
building
energy
efficiency
program.
I
think
you
get
another
energy
in
there,
further
reducing
the
tenants
energy
bills.
B
B
And
then
Beth,
Baron
and
Dean
Bona,
who
also
received
the
words,
are
not
here
today,
but
we
will
get
their
awards
to
them
and
the
last
award
for
innovative
pollution
reduction
goes
to.
So
each
of
the
green
collar
program
aims
to
provide
financial
assistance
to
organizations
undertaking
innovative
pollution
reduction
projects.
These
projects
have
immediate
positive
impacts
on
our
local
air
quality.
We're
recognizing
this
year's
highest
pollution
reduction
project,
Broadway
resource
recovery.
B
Broadway
Broadway
resource
recovery
and
local
materials
handler
and
recycler
located
in
the
city's
Northside
Green
Zone
last
year,
Broadway
replaced
a
diesel
excavator
with
an
electric
material
handler.
This
is
this
upgrade
is
estimated
to
reduce
5,000
pounds
of
combined
fine
particulates,
VOCs
and
NOx
emissions,
so
harmful
air
pollutants
and
154
thousand
pounds
of
greenhouse
gas
emissions
annually.
The
project
was
so
successful.
Mm
2018
Broadway
has
applied
to
replace
their
second
excavator
with
an
electric
model
as
well
as
well
as
replacing
some
of
their
diesel
vehicles
at
the
property
Diesel.
B
We
always
love
to
see
diesel
emission
reductions
at
some
of
the
most
harmful
air
pollution
we
have
in
the
city,
and
it's
in
one
of
the
those
reductions
are
happening
in
the
best
neighborhood
that
they
could
happen
in
in
North
Minneapolis.
So
thank
you
for
the
work
that
you
guys
are
doing
in
upgrading
all
of
your
equipment
up.
There.
B
So,
thank
you,
I
think
we're
out
of
time.
I
will
I
just
want
to
take
a
special
shout-out
to
Ahmed
Sydney
Nadia
Isaac,
who
keep
this
green
cashier
train
running
on
time
and
to
Gretchen
for
laying
the
tracks
of
that
train
as
we
move
along
I'm
truly
grateful
to
be
working
with
with
and
for
all
of
you
here
in
delivering
this
program.
Thank
you.
I.
D
E
Projects
are
generating
over
forty
million
dollars
in
wealth
in
our
communities,
through
solar
production
and
energy
savings.
And
whereas
the
green
cost
share
program
is
one
significant
and
scalable
solution
to
our
climate
crisis
that
cuts
emissions
and
builds
wealth
in
our
communities,
especially
our
most
under
burden
overburdened.
A
Thank
you
all
so
much
for
that.
This
program
is
truly
amazing
and
the
amount
of
work
that
is
done
and
the
level
of
impact
that
is
created
as
a
result
of
it
is
truly
amazing.
So
thank
you
so
much
to
the
leadership
of
Patrick,
as
well
as
commissioner
music
aunt,
and
thank
you
for
everyone
who
has
participated
in
the
program
and
utilized
the
resource.
That's
available
with
that.
A
All
those
are
approval,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
aye,
those
opposed,
say,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it,
and
that
item
carries
next
colleagues,
we
shall
go
to
the
consent
agenda,
which
starts
on
item
number
five,
so
item
number
five
is
referring
to
staff
and
ordinance
amending
title
16
chapter
423
of
the
Minneapolis
Code
of
Ordinances
related
to
planning
and
development,
adding
thereto
provisions
relating
to
the
applicability
of
the
small
and
underlight
underutilized
business
program
to
amendment
of
city
contracts.
Item
number
six
is
passage
of
a
resolution.
A
Item
number
eight
is
going
to
be
referred
back
to
staff
for
further
action
item
number
nine
is
approving
City
Council
appointment
of
reappointments
of
Dana
Frank
Joann
Hager
Marilyn,
Lohmann,
Veronica,
Mendez
more
and
may
Brooks
approving
at
the
council
reappointment
of
Wade
Lundberg
confirming
the
mayoral
appointments
of
reappointments.
Excuse
me
of
Brian
Elliot,
James,
router
and
Kate
Davenport,
as
well
as
waiving
the
residency
requirement
for
Kate
Davenport
item
and
item
number
10
on
the
consent
agenda
is
approving
homegirl
Minneapolis
food
council
appointment.
A
With
that
colleagues,
I
will
move
approval
of
items
five
through
10,
all
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
aye,
those
opposed,
say,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it
in
that
item
carries
now.
We
will
move
back
to
item
number
two
for
our
public
hearing.
We
have
three
public
hearings.
The
first
is
going
to
be
the.
F
A
A
B
So
this
is
amending
title
15
chapter
399
of
Minneapolis
Code
of
Ordinances
related
to
control
of
invasive
species
and
tree
pests.
This
is
a
voluntary
tax
assessment.
This
change
grants
the
city,
the
authority
to
assess
the
cost
of
a
proactive
and
voluntary
removal
at
the
request
of
a
property
owner
on
a
private
property
for
ash
trees
that
may
or
may
not
be
visibly
infested
with
an
ash
borer
but
which
can
reasonably
be
assumed
will
die.
B
The
ordinance
does
not
take
it
and
does
not
take
effect
until
a
funding
source
is
determined,
but
we
need
to
pass
this
ordinance
first
before
we
go
through
that
process
of
whether
that's
bonding
or
a
budget
process
or
whatever.
That
is,
we
need
to
bring
this
forward
first,
so
the
current
plan
is
April
of
2021
for
a
pilot
and
a
report
back
to
Council.
B
The
rationale
behind
this
is
there's
as
close
to
100%
mortality
rate
with
emerald
ash
borer.
It
will
likely
affect
100
percent
of
the
city's
more
than
200,000
sorry
there's
a
type
of
when
they're
200,000
ash
trees
on
private
properties
that
includes
commercial,
industrial
and
residential
its
own.
It's
estimated
that's
at
about
11
years
from
the
first
outbreak
of
the
typical
path
of
the
ash
borer.
B
We
are
approximately
10
years
into
this
outbreak,
so
it's
11
years
when
we,
you
typically
see
from
other
cities
where
it's
gone
through
other
areas
where
it's
gone
through,
where
you
see
total
mortality,
we
seem
to
have
pushed
that
timeline
back
and
it
might
be
the
result
of
our
cold
winters
here
that
has
pushed
that
back
a
little
bit.
This
is
in
with
exists
within
existing
authority
and
structure
on
private
property.
The
city
has
the
legal
authority
to
remove
hazardous
trees.
Well,
the
our
board
has
the
authority
to
remove
infested
trees.
This
is
proactive.
B
This
is
an
ordinance
that
adds
perta,
proactive
capacity
to
mitigate
an
emergency
scenario
where
tens
of
thousands
of
these
ash
trees
are
going
to
be
coming
down.
At
the
same
time,
and
becoming
as
becoming
a
hazard
all
at
once,
so
this
would
create
a
shortage
of
contractors
and
it
would
also
be
overwhelming
on
city
staff
and
responding
to
hazardous
tree
conditions
at
rental
properties
and
other
properties
around
the
city.
This
is
also
to
help
with
manageable
costs.
B
So
it's
a
tax
assessment
that
will
allow
property
owners
the
opportunity
to
spread
out
the
costs
of
a
removal
over
an
extended
period
of
time
and
the
cost
for
the
removal
typically
range
from
1,000
to
5,000.
It
can
go
as
high
as
10,000
if
there's
cases
where
it's
overhanging
a
house
or
it's
overhanging
powerlines
and
it's
a
difficult
situation,
so
we
want
to
it,
gives
property
owners
the
ability
to
spread
that
cost
out
implementations.
B
So
we
have
seasonal
environmental
inspectors
working
in
partnership
with
the
park
board
that
will
identify
potential
trees
and
work
with
communities
on
outreach
so
that
they
even
know
if
they
have
an
ash
tree
on
their
property.
So
it
would
be
a
outreach
program
and
then
Minneapolis
all
Minneapolis
residents
would
be
eligible.
There
would
be
focus
again
in
the
green
zone.
B
So
that's
how
we'd
be
addressing
some
of
the
equity
components
of
this
program
is
doing
intentional
outreach
in
those
communities
to
make
sure
that
people
are
aware
of
this
program
and
the
fact
that
they
have
an
ash
tree
on
their
property.
Regulatory
services
would
be
will
contract
arborists
with
arborist
and
oversee
the
treatment
with
removal
process,
as
they
currently
do
and
submit
assessments
to
the
county,
as
they
also
currently
do
so.
This
is
one
example
of
an
ash
tree
survey.
B
B
But
what
we
found
was
that
it's
everywhere
it's
there
were
cases
of
ash
borer
and
in
every
neighborhood
that
we
went
to
and
I
was
quite
prolific,
so
the
pilot
program
again,
that
would
not
be
till
till
2021
as
we're
planning
it
now
would
be
the
first
year
the
pilot
and
would
be
voluntary
assessments
of
100
working
at
a
small
program
in
the
very
beginning.
Just
so,
the
staff
can
get
a
better
understanding
of
the
usage
of
data
and
getting
the
whole
program
coordinated
and
then
scaling
up
or
working
up
from
there.
B
The
city
will
experience,
amplified
service
levels
in
the
future
due
to
the
large
amounts
of
hazardous
trees
on
private
property,
and
then
will
report
back
to
both
the
tree
advisory
committee
and
council
and
the
results
of
that
program,
and
that's
all
I
had
at
this
time
and
great
weight.
If
you
have
questions
yes,.
G
B
Cunningham,
council,
member
Jenkins
yeah
there's
a
number
of
beneficial
uses
of
the
trees
as
they
when
they
come
down
composting
and
then
there's
also
a
technology
that
we're
looking
at
that
widely
used
in
Stockholm
and
councilmember.
Schrader
is
a
big
proponent.
Over
here
is
biochar
yeah
and
it's
a
way
that
we
can
sequester.
Everyone
is
a
big
proponent
if
their
way
to
sequester
carbon
in
our
soils
for
between
two
and
three
thousand
years,
and
then
it's
also
beneficial
for
soils
in
the
city
Minneapolis,
so
the
other.
B
A
The
other
any
other
questions
related
to
the
presentation,
all
right.
Seeing
none.
Thank
you.
So
much
is
there.
Anyone
signed
up
to
speak
all
right,
well,
I'll,
go
ahead
and
open
up.
The
public
hearing
on
item
number
two
around
the
invasive
species
ordinance.
If
anybody
is
interested
in
speaking,
you
can
go
ahead
and
come
up
to
the
microphone
now.
Anyone
anyone
all
right,
seeing
none
I
will
go
ahead
and
close.
The
public
hearing.
A
F
You
very
much
I
certainly
want
to
move
this
forward
for
approval.
I
also
want
to
pass
staff
direction
or
have
it
considered
by
the
committee
and
there's
copies
of
it.
There.
There
was
one
individual
who
did
contact
me
by
telephone
and
then
sent
me
an
email
and
I'll
make
sure
to
forward
that
for
the
public
record
as
well.
He
is
in
the
business
of
tree
removal
and
he
was
just
curious
about.
F
What's
the
process
going
to
be,
how
are
we
gonna
select
the
contractors
as
the
payment
going
to
work,
because
right
now
there
are,
there
is
a
system
in
place
for
trees
that
are
condemned.
That
has
some
hurdles,
so
this
staff
direction
is
just
kind
of
reassuring.
All
of
us
that
we're
gonna
work
on
some
of
those
details.
F
A
Thank
you.
So
we
have
a
motion
on
the
floor
for
the
approval
of
item
2.2,
aye
and
also
the
staff
direction.
Do
we
also
need
to
approve
2.1,
yeah
I?
Would
okay,
so
I
will
add
to
the
amendment
for
us
to
approve
I
move
approval
of
item
number
two.
Returning
to
author,
the
ordinance
amending
title
12
and
passage
of
the
ordinance
amending
title
15,
as
well
as
the
staff
direction
as
read
by
councilmember
Gordon.
Are
there
any
questions
or
comments
from
my
colleagues
on
these
two
items?
A
Okay,
all
right,
seeing
none
all
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
I
see
and
those
opposed
say,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it.
That
item
carries
great.
Moving
on
to
item
number
three,
we
have
passage
of
an
ordinance
amending
title
3
of
the
Minneapolis
Code
of
Ordinances
to
centrally
locate
existing
environmental
fees
and
adding
various
provisions
to
reference.
A
The
new
chapter
update
to
ensure
compliance
with
state
law
changes
and
for
accuracy
and
clarity,
and
then
3.2
is
passage
of
ordinance
amending
title
15
of
the
Minneapolis
Code
of
Ordinances
offenses
related
to
noise,
amending
provisions
to
reference
proper
location
of
fees
for
existing
permit
types
within
the
code
and
it's
those
two
sub
items.
Do
we
have
a
presentation
on
this
item.
C
As
a
result
of
earlier
action
taken
this
year
by
the
council
amending
title
5
chapter
91,
which
involved
the
environmental
directors
fees,
those
fees
included
are
well
called
permit
fees
regarding
tanks,
wells,
after-hours,
work,
amplified
sound
permits
for
outdoor
events
and
the
work
that
was
done.
Remove
those
seats
from
that
directors
sheet
schedule
requesting
now
to
create
the
new
ordinance
chapter
45
in
amending
the
subsequent
ordinances.
They
reflect
245
that
these
program
permit
fees
are
now
would
be
part
of
an
environmental
program
fee
schedule.
C
Also
in
the
ordinance
amendment,
there
is
a
couple
items
in
chapter
48.
Regarding
the
city's
well
program.
The
state
of
Minnesota
over
the
last
couple
years
had
made
some
amendments
to
monitoring
wells,
environmental
well
as
environmental
borings,
and
we
were
just
demanding
the
city
ordinance
to
more
correctly
reflect
those
state
changes.
Thank
you
great.
A
Thank
you.
So
much
do
any
of
my
colleagues
have
any
questions
related
to
the
presentation
all
right,
seeing
none.
Thank
you.
So
much
I
will
now
open
the
public
hearing
related
to
the
environmental
program
fees
ordinance.
Is
there
anyone
who
has
signed
up
if
anybody
is
interested
in
speaking
on
this
ordinance,
you
are
welcome
to
come
to
the
podium
anyone.
A
Anyone
all
right,
seeing
none
I
will
close
the
public
hearing
and
move
approval
of
this
item.
Are
there
any
questions
or
comments
from
my
colleagues
seeing
none
all
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
aye,
those
opposed,
say,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it,
and
that
item
carries
item
number
4.
Our
last
item
in
the
public
hearing
before
we
move
on
to
the
discussion
items.
Item
number
four
is
approving
the
Minneapolis
Commission
on
civil
rights
appointments
and
we
have
a
presentation
from
mr.
Frank
Reid
and
the
floor
is
yours.
Thank.
H
H
My
name
is
Frank
Reid
I'm
from
the
Civil
Rights
Department
good
afternoon.
Everyone
I'm
happy
to
put
forward
our
proposed
list
of
civil
rights.
Commissioners
each
was
closely
scrutinized
and
completely
vetted
I
was
able
to
confer
with
the
City
Attorney's
Office
to
make
sure
that
we
were
in
compliance
with
the
ordinance
and
I
got
the
thumbs-up
from
them.
H
H
This
will
bring
the
Commission
to
full
compliance
with
21
commissioners
and
eight
attorney
members
to
help
Commission
do
its
work
with
that
the
names
of
the
suggested
appointees
are
and
I
will
give
a
little
bit
of
their
background
too.
As
I
proceeds.
David
Farrar
is
a
trained
psychologist,
currently
works
with
organizations
which
provide
services
to
homeless
and
people
with
disabilities.
Lee
Linderman
is
a
lawyer
who
has
worked
as
a
civil
litigator
in
the
past
and
is
also
an
aspiring
writer.
H
H
Bennett
hearts
is
a
consumer
rights
attorney.
He
volunteers
with
a
volunteer
lawyers
network
refocuses
on
housing
law
matters,
Cindy
Lord
works
in
marketing
for
a
mere
prize
and
she
volunteers,
time
with
Youthlink,
an
organization
that
serves
homeless,
youth
and
finally,
finally,
Cindy
Devenish
possesses
a
master's
in
management
and
serves
as
a
corrections
officer
for
Ramsey
County.
As
you
can
see,
they're
a
very
interesting
group
of
folks
really
interested
in
working
with
them.
I
think
we
will
get
a
lot
done
in
the
coming
years.
A
There
any
questions
on
the
presentation
all
right,
seeing
none.
Thank
you
so
much
for
that,
and
thank
you
for
that
additional
information
Roy's
very
grateful
to
have
such
experience
committed
folks,
taking
time
to
volunteer
on
behalf
of
the
city.
So
I
really
am
grateful
to
be
able
to
raise
and
praise
them
in
gratitude.
So
I
will
go
ahead
now
and
open.
The
public
hearing
on
item
number
four
on
today's
agenda.
Is
there
anyone
signed
up
to
speak?
Is
there
anyone
interested
in
speaking
anyone
anyone
all
right?
A
A
Now
we
are
moving
on
to
the
discussion
items
like
I
said:
jam-packed
action
felt
so
next
up
we
have
receiving
and
filing
the
annual
report
from
the
transgender
equity.
Council
I
do
believe.
Trac,
Hunta
and
Shore
will
be
giving
the
presentation
today.
So
if
you
could
introduce
yourself
for
the
public
record,
that
would
be
appreciated.
I
D
D
So
the
work
that
the
transgender
the
equity
council
does
is
to
look
at
what's
happening
within
our
communities.
When
we
look
at
transgender
and
gender
non-conforming
people
as
we're
studying
this
out
in
the
public
for
the
last
several
years,
we
noticed
that
there
is
some
more
recognition
of
our
presence,
but
the
problems
that
our
community
faces
to
continue.
So,
even
with
some
of
the
experiences
that
we've
done
to
improve
the
situation,
it's
still
problematic.
If
you
look
at
the
statistics
that
we've
got,
we
are
dealing
with.
D
Transgender
people
have
more
likely
than
the
average
American
to
live
in
poverty.
Experience.
Discrimination
be
unemployed,
face
homelessness,
to
be
the
victims
of
a
crime,
to
lack
access
to
health
care
to
take
their
own
lives
to
it.
You
can
see
the
statistics
on
the
presentation
today
and
sort
of
the
comparison
from
2015
to
2018.
D
One
of
the
things
that
we
want
to
talk
about
today
are
some
of
the
accomplishments
that
we
have
done.
In
the
last
several
years.
We've
had
two
listening
sessions
where
we've
had
a
chance
to
increase
our
outreach
and
in
2019
we
appointed
a
new
round
of
commend
committee
members.
We've
been
building
our
priorities,
our
subcommittees,
based
on
the
intersection
of
that
work
and
the
work
that
has
been
done
up
till
now,
and
the
new
voices
on
our
committee
so
we're
just
in
a
revision
time.
D
D
We're
working
with
em
THC,
the
Minnesota,
transgender
Health
coalition
out
front
and
other
community
partners
in
those
presentations.
The
staffer
that
we
have
has
been
a
great
resource
in
helping
us
develop
those
relationships.
Internal
and
external
partners
they've
been
able
develop
presentations
and
long-term
partnership
opportunities
because
we
have
that
staff
person
and
over
the
last
few
months,
we've
been
doing
testimony
public
hearings
and
we
are
looking
for
more
budget
items
for
that
staff
person.
D
D
I
Wonderful
with
our
remaining
time,
I'm
just
gonna
go
a
little
bit
deeper
into
some
of
those
recommendations
and
some
of
the
issues
that
the
council
has
noticed
related
to
training
recommendations.
We
know
that
the
city
has
the
power
to
drive
education
around
trans
equity,
not
only
just
internally,
but
using
the
city's
grant,
making
and
contracting
power
to
ensure
that
non
public
employees
are
trans
inclusive.
I
Human
Resources
has
already
rolled
out
gender
inclusivity
training
that
has
been
piloted
in
some
departments
and
has
gotten
incredibly
positive
reviews,
which
is
awesome
and
we're
super
excited
about
that,
and
there's
already
been
budget
set
aside
to
continue
rolling
out
these
trainings.
Second,
we
would
love
to
include
training
and
inclusion
requirements
in
all
city
grants
and
contracts.
I
I
Related
to
public
awareness
and
community
engagement,
recommendations,
I
think
hunter
really
did
a
great
job
summarizing
some
of
this.
But
we
know
that
the
city
plays
a
major
role
in
communications,
inclusion
and
training.
As
in
many
different
levels,
we
would
love
to
see
a
public
awareness
or
media
campaign
that
really
highlights
trans
gender
nonconforming
and
gender
expansive
community
members.
I
We've
been
looking
at
campaigns
like
they've
done
in
Vancouver
and
Washington
DC
that
have
really
been
about
public
awareness
and
education,
and
we've
been
working
with
the
city
coordinators
office
to
look
into
how
to
partner
to
create
this
type
of
campaign,
and
so
this
is
something
that
we're
very
excited
to
continue
working
on.
Secondly,
we
would
love
for
the
city
to
continue
to
incorporate
images
of
trans
and
gender
non-conforming
folks
into
everyday
city
publications.
I
And,
lastly,
we
wanted
to
reiterate
again
some
of
the
priorities
that
we
put
forth
about.
Housing
housing
is
one
of
the
largest
crises.
That's
facing
our
city
today,
the
lack
of
affordable
housing-
and
this
is
especially
true
in
transgender
communities
as
well
in
the
2015
u.s.
transgender
survey,
as
Hunta
mentioned
earlier.
That
survey
mentioned
that
30
percent
of
Minnesotans
that
are
trans
and
gender
non-conforming
experience
homelessness
and
that
one
in
10
of
those
people
experience
homelessness
due
to
gender
discrimination.
So
this
is
a
really
important
issue
for
us
that
we
want
to
continue
working
towards.
I
It's
very
closely
linked
to
that
implementing
a
standards
of
inclusion
for
homeless,
shelters
and
also
mandating
that
staff
in
those
spaces
are
required
to
be
trained
on
trans
inclusion
and
best
practices
and
third,
ensuring
that
non-discrimination
and
anti-discrimination
protections
in
accommodations,
such
as
shelters
and
rentals,
are
as
strong
as
possible.
Due
to
these
disparities,
those
a
lot
I
know:
I
talked
fast
and
I'm,
so
grateful
to
be
here
and
for
your
time.
Thank
you
so
much
for
having
us
for
supporting
this
work
and
Hunta,
and
I
are
open
to
questions
your
thoughts
or
reflections
today.
A
Well,
nothing
one
any
I
will
go
ahead
and
say
that
I'm
really
grateful
for
all
of
the
work
that
you
do
with
the
transgender
equity
Council
it
when
we
try
to
create
new
systems
and
create
new
space
within
institutions
that
have
historically
been
halls
of
power
that
have
excluded
us
on
purpose.
I,
say
us
for
folks
who
don't
know.
I
am
also
trans
that
have
been
historically
exclusive
of
us
to
create
new
space
and
co-create.
A
That
with
community
has
been
a
challenging
process
because
it's
really
uncharted
territory
and
so
I'm
grateful
for
the
resilience
and
for
the
tenacity
of
members
to
ride
this
out
with
us,
as
we
try
to
figure
out
how
to
do
something
differently,
how
to
build
power
differently
and
to
think
about.
How
do
we
move
beyond
advising,
but
how
do
we
build
power
together,
thinking
about
it
more
as
horizontal,
organizing,
rapid
and
top-down
and
so
I'm
very
grateful
to
you
all
Minneapolis
is
a
special
city
in
that
we
have
not
one
but
two
trans
council
members.
A
We
really
have
the
opportunity
to
show
the
rest
of
the
country,
if
not
the
world
really.
What
does
it
look
like
to
have
a
radically
inclusive
society
for
trans
folks,
who
truly
have
an
equitable
opportunity
to
thrive
and
to
navigate
in
public
spaces
safely,
to
be
able
to
enjoy
public
accommodations
safely
and
to
do
more
than
survive,
but
to
thrive
so
with
that
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
again
and
I
have
council.
Vice
president
Jenkins
Thank.
G
D
Recognizing
of
the
transgender
community
and
particulars,
something
that
we
can
do
that
addresses
transgender
use,
transgender
youth
resources
and
as
a
deaf
person
when
I
think
about
transgender
people
with
disabilities
who
are
deaf
or
multilingual.
What
do
we
have
in
terms
of
accommodations
and
access?
That's
comfortable
for
the
trans
community.
Those
are
things
that
I
can
think
of
sure.
What
else.
I
Absolutely
and
I
think
that
there's
a
number
of
things
that
have
come
up,
including
one:
how
do
we
increase
safety
via
visibility
and
the
second
part
being?
How
do
we
celebrate
via
visibility
and
so
I
think
that
what
we
would
hope
to
do
is
hold
up
both
of
those
two
things
as
well,
as
you
know,
introduce
ourselves
a
little
bit
more
deeply
to
the
city
that
to
our
fellow
Minneapolis
folks,
the
public
awareness
campaign,
as
well
as
create
a
sense
of
yeah.
D
If
I
can
add
one
more
thing,
we
have
had
a
lot
of
issues
with
transgendered
people
of
color,
particularly
black,
experiencing
crime,
homicide
and
I.
Just
don't
know
what
we
can
do
to
be
a
little
bit
more
brave
about
addressing
that.
It's
just.
We
need
to
be
a
little
bit
more
overt
about
this
particular
safety
issue
for
our
community,
we're
screaming
for
it
and
we're
not
seeing
a
lot
of
response.
J
And
I
can
add
I'm
track
I'm
the
staff
for
the
TC
that
the
subcommittee
has
also
been
talking
about
in
partnership
with
soon
as
anti-trafficking
work.
How
do
we
create
something
that
highlights
what
community
members
think
will
be
most
most
listen
to,
whether
that's
more
through
social
media
or
more
through
kind
of
posters
in
bus
shelters
or
something
else
like
that
and
so
part
of
the
efforts
of
the
kind
of
community
engagement
part
of
that
subcommittee
or
to
determine
what
will
actually
have
the
farthest
impact
and
be
able
to
accomplish
these
goals?
G
G
A
Great,
thank
you.
Are
there
any
other
questions
or
comments
from
my
colleagues
all
right,
seeing
none.
Thank
you
all
so
much
for
taking
the
time.
This
was
a
really
great
presentation.
We
will
take
those
recommendations
very
seriously
and
look
into
how
we
can
possibly
operationalize
those.
So
thank
you
so
much
and
please
send
our
thank
you
to
the
rest
of
the
councilmembers
as
well.
So
thank
you.
Thank
you
all
right.
So.
A
Yeah
all
right,
so
I
would
like
to
make
a
motion
to
receive
and
file
the
annual
report
from
the
transgender
equity
Council.
All
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
aye,
those
opposed,
say,
nay,
the
ice
habit
and
that
item
carries
moving
on
to
our
second
discussion
item,
which
is
item
number
12
on
the
agenda.
We
have
passage
of
a
resolution
declaring
that
there
is
a
climate
emergency
which
demands
a
massive
scale
mobilization
to
halt,
reverse
and
address
the
consequences
and
causes
of
climate
change.
We
have
Kim
Havey
here
director
of
sustainability.
K
You,
mr.
chair
and
councilmembers,
my
name
is
Kim
Havey
I'm,
the
director
of
sustainability
for
the
city
of
Minneapolis
I'm,
here
to
talk
with
you
today
about
the
key
elements
of
declaring
a
climate
emergency.
Why?
The
city
should
declare
a
climate
emergency
and
what
actions
the
city
can
take
now,
once
the
climate
emergency
has
been
declared,
so
there
are
three
key
elements
of
declaring
a
climate
emergency.
K
One
is
for
local
officials
like
yourselves
to
pass
an
emergency
resolution,
as
you
have
in
your
request
for
council
action,
packet
advocate
as
local
elected
officials
and
other
leaders
that
we
are
in
the
midst
of
a
climate
emergency.
This
means
talking
with
other
elected
officials
from
across
various
jurisdictions,
as
well
as
the
state,
the
county
and
other
cities,
as
well
as
really
working
on
mobilizing
across
leadership
in
our
business
and
our
public
sectors.
K
The
third
is
to
develop
and
implement
policies
and
strategies
locally
at
a
sufficient
scale
and
I
emphasize
that
a
sufficient
scale,
because
we
need
to
do
a
lot
more
now.
We
need
to
do
more
faster,
so
once
we
have,
we
need
to
mobilize
at
a
sufficient
scale
to
achieve
net
zero
energy
emissions
by
2030,
but
no
later
than
2050.
K
The
UN
is
indicating
that
we
do
need
to
reach
that
net
zero
emissions
level
by
2030
if
we're
able
to
stop
some
of
the
greatest
impacts,
climate
change
in
the
future-
and
we
as
I
mentioned
earlier-
need
to
mobilize
both
the
public
and
the
private
sectors
in
this.
It's
absolutely
essential
that
we
have
both
sectors
working
hard
at
this
effort.
K
So,
as
you
know,
I
like
to
show
this
picture
from
1972
of
the
known
as
the
blue
marble
the
first
time
ever,
the
earth
was
actually
captured
as
a
globe,
and
it
shows
this
beautiful,
blue
green
white
with
clouds
planet,
but
we
are
dramatically
affecting
the
planet
because
of
our
emissions.
We
have
a
lot
of
research
showing
that
evidence
is
there.
The
alarm
bells
are
being
sounded
by
more
than
11,000
scientists
recently
that
the
impacts
of
climate
change
can
be
catastrophic.
K
We
have
an
obligation
to
really
look
out
for
this
planet
to
really
look
out
for
our
youth
to
really
support
the
efforts
to
climate
activists
and
others
have
done
to
really
slow
the
emissions
and
to
really
make
a
change
in
climate.
These
are
just
a
few
headlines
that
have
come
out
within
the
last
few
weeks,
actually
just
on
Sunday
the
European
Union.
The
day
before
was
a
cop
25
climate
I'm,
sorry
UN
climate
summit
in
in
Madrid
started.
K
The
European
Union
decided
that
it
was
actually
essential
to
declare
a
climate
emergency
and
to
start
looking
at
plans
like
a
green
new
deal.
I
mentioned
that
more
than
11,000
scientists
have
issued
a
warning
on
climate
we've
had
the
4th
annual
4th
national
climate
assessment
done
really
looking
at
the
impacts
to
our
communities,
the
people,
wildlife
and,
most
recently,
we've
had
reports
as
the
MPR
Soria
said,
and
that
we
have
given
here
to
the
council
that
we've
seen
greenhouse
gas
emissions
recently
increasing.
K
K
Currently
more
than
900
jurisdictions
in
18
countries
worldwide
have
taken
the
first
step
in
declaring
a
common
emergency
emergency,
and
this
actually
includes
in
June
2019,
the
US
House
of
Representatives,
introducing
a
resolution
with
the
support
of
six
US
President
presidential
candidates
and
including
our
own
senator
Klobuchar.
Declaring
a
climate
emergency
is
essential
and
we
need
to
do
more
now
locally.
As
our
climate
report
in
August
indicated,
we
are
experiencing
warmer
weather
and
higher
emissions.
K
This
is
actually
a
very
unique
graph,
that's
done
by
Edie
Hawkins
and
it's
called
the
warming
stripes,
it's
specific
to
the
50
largest
metropolitan
areas
in
the
United
States
and
what
it
shows
that
when
you
have
a
red
bar,
that's
when
the
temperatures
are
hotter
than
average.
When
you
have
a
blue
bar,
the
temperatures
are
cooler
than
average
and,
as
you
can
see,
over
the
last
20
years,
we
haven't
been
experiencing
much
warmer
than
average
temperatures.
This
is
a
fact
that
seemed
very
clearly
in
a
graph
like
this.
K
We
need
more
efficient
buildings,
better
insulated
that
can
handle
the
changes
that
the
climate
change
and
the
climate
is
going
to
be
incurring
on
our
building
stock
and
on
the
people
who
live
here
in
Minneapolis.
So
we're
not
right
now,
if
this
trend
continues
on
track
to
achieve
our
30%
emissions
goal
by
2025,
and
certainly
not
our
80%
emission
reduction
goal
by
2050,
so
we
need
to
do
more.
K
Much
of
our
emissions
are
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis
they're,
coming
from
our
built
environment
from
our
buildings,
both
electricity
and
natural
gas
in
buildings
amount
nearly
three-quarters
of
our
overall
emissions.
We've
actually
seen
some
good
progress
on
emissions
from
on
road
transportation
going
down,
and
we've
been
steady
on
wastewater
in
solid
wastes.
So
our
focus
really
needs
to
be
on
our
building
stock,
including
our
commercial,
industrial,
large
multifamily
buildings
as
well
as
single-family.
K
It
is
a
all
the
above
strategy,
so
one
of
the
things
that,
as
most
as
all
of
us
here
know
many
of
the
impacts
that
we've
seen
from
environmental
degradation
have
been
borne
by
those
who
are
least
able
to
address
it.
We
see
this
in
the
way
that
freeways
have
been
developed.
Industrial
industry
has
been
developed,
we've
seen
it
in
the
air
quality,
LED
asthma,
many
other
indicators
and
according
to
dr.
Robert
Bullard
and
dr.
Beverly,
Wright,
environmental
and
public
health
threats
from
natural
and
human-made
disasters
are
not
randomly
distributed.
K
So
we've
got
a
great
opportunity
here
to
really
change
the
way
that
we've
been
doing
business
from
a
very
top-down
approach
to
one
that
is
building
on
community.
This
is
a
picture
of
folks
that
worked
on
the
solar
installation.
On
top
of
Summit
Academy
in
North
Minneapolis,
and
it
includes
councilmember,
Schrader
and
councilmember
Ellison
and
the
mayor
as
well
too,
so
these
folks
are
all
being
trained
to
work
in
the
green
economy.
K
So
for
the
sake
of
our
children,
our
grandchildren
and
future
generations,
who
will
be
the
most
affected
by
this?
We
need
to
take
action
now.
These
are
actually
some
pictures
of
my
family.
From
this
last
Thanksgiving
weekend,
my
two
daughters,
my
husband,
my
nieces
and
nephews,
and
my
my
niece,
who
is
there
kind
of
sitting
in
the
middle
she's,
actually
pregnant
with
her
first
child.
K
So
it's
my
personal
issue
for
me
and
I
know
for
all
of
you
and
many
others
that
these
are
the
people
that
are
going
to
happen
to
clean
up
the
mess
unless
we're
able
to
get
our
act
together
and
make
this
happen
to
be
able
to
address
climate
change.
We
are
a
city
that
is
known
to
be
creative,
innovative
tech
savvy
and
committed
to
the
people
that
live
here.
K
So
my
recommendations
for
today
is
to
declare
the
climate
emergency
past
the
resolution
to
establish
a
social
cost
of
carbon
which
you'll
be
hearing
about
shortly
from
my
colleague,
Lou
Colin
Camp,
to
develop
a
sustainable
building
policy,
which
is
also
on
our
agenda
today
to
lobby
and
support
our
state
legislative
action
to
support
an
advanced
building
energy
code
which
will
drive
carbon
neutrality
for
buildings
by
2030
and
to
look
for
opportunities
to
accelerate
climate
change.
Action
throughout
the
city.
K
L
It
means
nothing
without
action,
without
transparency
and
accountability,
we're
watching
we're
seeing
what
you
do
and
we're
acting
upon
it
and
something
that's
also
very
important
with
you
know.
If
the
emergency
is
declared,
you
know
I'm
imagining
that
there
will
be
more
money
in
play
and
I
want
you
to
consider
reinvesting
in
communities
that
have
been
historically
disenfranchised.
I'm
thinking
about
the
green
zones,
in
particular
I
think
we
need
to
think
about
decolonization
and
reparations
for
these
for
these
communities
and.
A
M
This
one
okay
cool
hi,
my
name-
is
Charles
Frank
on
London
jr.
I
am
here
representing
the
Sierra
Club
Northstar
chapter
in
Seward,
Minneapolis
I
was
actually
called
to
testify
about
an
hour
ago,
so
I
hope
my
voice
doesn't
crack
when
I
get
to
this,
but
I
think
the
important
thing
to
remember
the
in
thing
that
I
have
been
thinking
about
in
the
past
year
as
I've
moved
forward
my
organizing
careers
thinking
of
the
fact
of
oftentimes.
M
When
we
speak
of
the
climate
crisis,
we
think
of
it
as
this
object
that
exists
in
the
future
when
the
crisis
has
existed.
My
entire
life
is
not
just
the
climate
crisis,
it
is
an
environmental
justice
crisis,
one
that
is
perpetuated
in
environmental
violence
towards
black
and
brown
people,
and
that
was
established
when
this
land
was
colonized
in
the
first
place.
So
I
encourage
us
to
think,
as
we
think,
of
solutions
for
the
crisis
that
we
were
currently
in,
one
that
acknowledges
solutions
that
are
centered
in
reparations
and
repairing
harm
that
has
been
done.
M
M
It
includes
access
to
food,
access
to
shelter,
policing
and
accountability
in
our
communities,
the
way
that
we
interact
with
our
friends
and
neighbors,
and
really
thinking
of
it
as
a
human
centric,
the
human
centric
issue
and
problem
that
we
need
to
address
together
as
a
collective
community
and
as
we
do
that
work
I
was
speaking
outside
there
about
being
a
sci-fi
nerd
and
being
really
into
the
idea
of
the
movie
Black
Panther.
And
that
was
a
big
moment
in
my
life
because
after
that
movie
came
out.
M
I
had
so
many
people
coming
to
me
telling
me
that
they
hadn't
seen
a
representation
of
the
future
like
that
ever
before,
and
in
my
in
my
mind,
it
just
made
so
much
sense.
As
far
as
being
like
a
fan
of
actual
futurism
that
this
was
just
a
perspective
that
was
sleeped
in
african
culture.
It
was
a
perspective
that
was
steep
and
cultures
that
have
been
left
marginalized
from
what
we
can
envision
for
our
futures.
So
I
encourage
us
to
expand
our
cultural
expectations
of
what
is
possible
and
really
think
of
transformative
change.
M
M
What
is
the
next
iteration
of
what
a
movement
can
be,
and
so
I'm
happy
and
grateful
to
have
this
opportunity
to
speak
in
front
of
City
Council
to
speak
amongst
all
these
wonderful
organizer
organizers,
activists
and
community
members,
and
you
know,
take
that
first
step
towards
envisioning
the
future
that
is
equitable
for
every
Minnesotan
and
yeah.
Thank
you.
N
You
hi,
my
name
is
Mina
Lee
r1
and
I'm,
a
mom,
a
Minneapolis,
Public,
Schools
teacher,
a
Minnesotan,
American
global
citizen
and
a
member
of
extinction.
Rebellion.
The
city
of
Minneapolis
will
no
doubt
declare
a
climate
emergency.
We
have
been.
We
will
be
joining
California
New
York
London,
the
EU
as
leaders
in
aligning
our
view
with
that
of
the
United
Nations
and
the
u.s.
N
and
National
Climate
Assessment,
which
just
came
out
on
Friday,
declaring
that
the
rising
seas
and
extreme
weather
patterns
experience
experience
worldwide
are
a
climate
emergency
scientists
are
predicting
the
destruction
of
hundreds
of
coastal
cities,
the
dislocation
of
millions
of
people
and
the
extinction
of
thousands
of
animal
and
plant
species.
If
this
doesn't
rank
as
an
emergency
I,
don't
know
what
does
extinction.
Rebellion
is
active
in
70
countries
and
US
cities
and
is
a
united
global
voice.
That
has
four
demands.
One
tell
the
truth
about
the
climate
crisis:
two
fossil
fuels
Net
Zero
by
2025.
N
Three
democracy
fit
for
purpose.
All
people
must
be
represented
as
we
transition
into
this
uncertain
climate
future
I've
been
very
proud
to
stand
with.
Oh
thank
you.
So
much
it's
great
to
have
such
a
diverse
council
and
I
feel
that
we
have
a
democracy
in
Minneapolis
and
I'm
going
to
continue
to
hold
on
to
it
and
fight
for
it.
Climate
justice
is
number
four
for
our
people
of
color
and
our
youth,
who
face
a
disproportionate
amount
of
the
consequences
of
the
climate
catastrophe.
N
N
Helping
the
environment
is
also
helping
ourselves.
It
is
important
to
take
care
of
ourselves
and
it's
important
not
to
give
up
the
fight
for
mother
earth
is
the
mother
of
all
fights
so
named
Artemis
ma
Zachary
Abba,
an
indigenous
climate
youth
activist,
and
you
with
the
Minneapolis
powers-that-be.
What
future
are
you
giving
to
the
next
generation?
What
will
be
your
lasting
mark?
Can
you
tell
the
truth?
Please
declare
a
climate
emergency
and
then
follow
it
up
with
the
actions
such
as
a
pesticide
free,
pollinator
habitat,
a
carbon
tax,
solar
power,
reduced
Metro
transit
fares.
N
O
Wondered
a
question
that
just
was
floating
throughout
my
head
as
I
was
listening
to
all
these
different
speeches
and
testimonies,
and
thank
you
all
for
coming
here
and
good
to
see.
You
Charles
there's
a
lot
of
talk
about
the
green
New
Deal
and
how
that
could
potentially
gain
a
lot
of
steam
over
the
next
12
months
and
so
depending
on
the
outcome
of
the
presidential
election.
Just
curious
if
the
city
of
Minneapolis
has
been
able
to
plug
into
those
efforts
and
kind
of
bring
these
voices
together
in
a
legislative
manner
to
either
shape
that
bill.
O
I,
don't
know
quite
the
statuses
of
its
introduction,
but
I
know
that.
Certainly
a
lot
of
strong
leaders
throughout
the
country
are
talking
about
it
and
just
wanted
to
see
what
our
connection
is
as
a
municipality
to
into
that
plan
and
make
sure
that
we
are
aligning
all
these
different
efforts
in
government.
K
Mr.
chair
council,
member
kind
of
we
have
been
watching
very
closely
the
work,
that's
being
done
with
the
green
New,
Deal
I,
don't
know
if
it
actually
is
something
that
the
legislative
side
of
with
our
legislative
affairs
director
and
others
have
have
really
taken
a
position
on
at
this
point
in
time,
but
I
think
as
part
of
this
climate
emergency
and
the
work
that
we're
doing.
We
need
to
take
a
look
at
both
state
and
federal
legislation.
K
We
certainly
support
the
intent
of
the
work.
That's
there
through
our
work
with
on
work,
force
on
equity
and
renewable
energy
being
developed
are
transforming
our
economy
from
way
from
fossil
fuels
to
renewables.
All
those
points
of
the
green
New
Deal
line
up
very
closely
with
the
policies
and
and
the
initiatives
here
at
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
As
far
as
us,
taking
a
position
directly
on
what
has
been
introduced,
that
I'd
have
to
defer
to
our
legislative
team.
K
O
G
You,
chair
cunningham
and
mr.
Havey,
and
all
the
speakers
who
came
and
testified
very
passionately
and
deeply
and
and
I
think
accurately
about
the
challenges
that
we
face
around
climate
and
a
couple
of
things
as
we,
the
city,
think
about
meeting
our
goals
and
I
know
your
department.
Mr.
Haven
has
been
primarily
tasked
with
this,
but
but
this
work
cuts
across
all
of
our
departments
and
agencies
throughout
the
city
and
so
I'm
curious.
How
are
you
engage?
K
Mr.
chair
council,
vice
president
Jenkins,
we
do
work
across
many
different
departments
with
Public
Works
on
on
solid
waste
and
the
work
that's
happening
and
going
towards
our
zero
waste
policy
by
2025
and
recycling.
The
some
of
the
other
things
like
carry-all
bag
ordinances,
reduce
our
trash
and
to
reduce
the
amount
of
waste
that
we
have.
We
are
working
across
our
departments
with
C
ped
as
well.
K
We
did
initiate
a
workforce
study
that
was
completed
earlier
this
year
and
we're
working
with
our
energy
vision,
Advisory,
Committee
and
C
ped,
as
well
as
staff
from
C
pad
on
implementing
those
recommendations
and
looking
for
ways
that
we
can
implement
those.
We
have
taken
resources
that
were
dedicated
from
our
increased
franchise
fee
dollars
to
Workforce
Development
and
we
do
have
a
task
force
as
part
of
our
but
with
our
community
environmental
advisory
commission,
as
well
as
their
energy
vision,
Advisory
Commission,
which
are
now
meeting
together
to
work
on
those
components.
K
We've
met
with
electrical
labor
union,
who
represent
several
hundred
employees
at
Xcel
Energy,
to
talk
about
how
we
can
get
more
folks
from
Minneapolis
involved
in
apprenticeship
programs
and
stem
pathways
to
get
into
those
jobs
within
the
the
utility.
We've
worked
very
closely
with
the
utilities
for
a
clean
energy
partnership
as
well
to
to
focus
on
workforce.
K
We
have
a
lot
of
data,
but
we
do
need
to
do
more
and
we
need
to
make
this
part
of
some
of
our
larger
initiatives
like,
for
example,
I
really
want
to
make
sure
that
we
have
a
very
good
program
available
for
as
we're
transitioning
to
our
100%
renewable
electric,
in
which
the
city
may
be
acquiring
additional
renewable
sources
that
we
are
actually
making
sure
that
workforce
goals
are
being
met
as
part
of
the
acquisition
of
these
new
energy
sources
and
as
we
transition
to
a
more
carbon
free
future.
I.
K
K
Remember
cutting
out
council
vice-president
Jenkins,
the
the
really
the
climbing
emergency
declaration
is
what
you
make
of
it.
We've
recommended
that
we
go
to
a
social
cost
of
carbon
which
isn't
currently
being
used
by
any
other
city
in
the
state.
It's
really
looking
at
what
is
the
actual
role,
societal
and
externality
costs
of
carbon
and
putting
those
into
decision-making
both
when
we're
looking
at
whether
we're
buying
a
combustion
engine
or
an
electric
engine
vehicle
as
part
of
our
fleet.
K
How
are
how
it's
going
into
our
building
stock
and
whether
we're
making
decisions
about
doing
something
that
maybe
is
slightly
more
efficient,
a
little
more
expensive?
But
it
saves
a
lot
on
carbon,
utilizing
that
social
cost
of
carbon
in
there.
We.
So
that's
a
major
component
of
it,
we're
doing
some
very
creative
policies
around
our
building
policy,
looking
at
which
we'll
talk
about
in
a
little
while
four
major
components
of
our
work:
around
economic
development,
one
two
three
unit,
apartments
multifamily
and
our
own
city
enterprise
buildings,
ensuring
that
they
are
ultra
efficient
and
resilient.
K
K
So
the
commitment
that
the
city
makes
is
really
what
they
want
to
make
of
it
and
I
think
it's
really
important
for
us
to
take
the
initial
steps
and
then
to
be
able
to
come
back
and
report
here
are
some
of
the
more
let's
hear
some
of
the
things
that
we
can
do
both
as
a
city
and
as
policies
that
we
can
accelerate
the
action
we're
taking
and
climate
change.
So
it's
it's
a
it's
a
as
much
as
you
want
to
make
of
it
situation.
A
F
I,
don't
think
we'd
be
doing
this
if
it
wasn't
for
community
involvement
and
pressure
that
we're
feeling
from
outside
City
Hall
to
do
more
and
take
action
and
from
hearing
from
people
that
declaring
this
emergency
is
important
and
it's
an
important
step
and
I
appreciate
that
we'll
make
it
out
of
it.
What
we
will,
but
we'll
make
more
out
of
it
with
the
help
from
others,
I
mean
we
have
a
lot
of
opportunity
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis
I
think
we
have
a
very
sympathetic
climate,
conscious
staff
residents,
council,
member
policymakers
and
mayor.
F
We
want
to
be
able
to
do
the
right
thing.
We're
set
up
with
advisory
groups
to
help
us
figure
out
what
to
do.
We
have
ideas
coming
forward
all
the
time
and
the
more
you
can
help
put
pressure
on
that
as
a
whole
is
accountable.
The
better
we
have
a
clean
energy
partnership
and
I'll
tell
you
that
working
with
utilities
is
a
challenge
right
now
we're
seeing
the
most
emissions
are
coming
from
our
natural
gas
company.
That
right
now
has
a
monopoly
in
the
city.
F
We
have
to
figure
out
a
way
to
heat
our
buildings
without
using
fossil
fuels,
and
that's
going
to
be
a
challenge
for
us
and
we
we
need
to
get
our
heads
around
that
and
we
also
need
our
experts
in
the
utility
businesses
to
get
their
heads
around
that
and
we'll
see
what
kind
of
pressure
that
we
can
mount,
but
we'll
need
help
doing
that
and
we'll
need
help
from
the
community
not
only
pushing
back
at
us,
but
also
pushing
back
at
others.
I
mean
we're
over
at
the
state
legislature.
F
F
So
even
if
we
all
agreed
100
percent
of
US
residents,
policymakers
that
we
should
have
higher
standards
for
energy
efficiency,
we
couldn't
put
them
in
our
own
building
code
in
and
forced
them
right
now,
we're
gonna
hopefully
be
heading
towards
sustainable
building
policy,
but
we
only
have
leverage
there
right
now.
If
we
have
money
in
those
buildings
and
then
we
have
the
legal
right
to
require
more
standards,
we
don't
have
a
legal
right
to
raise
the
standards
right
now
because
of
the
state
legislature.
F
We
even
have
an
opportunity
coming
up
in
just
a
few
days
when
we're
gonna
be
talking
about
our
city
budget.
It
looks
like
we
probably
put
more
energy
into
climate
change
issues
last
budget
that
we
right
now
have
have
set
an
earmark
support
in
this
budget.
I
see
a
big
sign
over
there.
That's
naming
some
funding
gap
of
what
was
that
again.
Could
we
see
that
one
side,
Phil
600,000
gap
in
City
franchise,
fee
equity
budget
for
the
climate
I
think
there
is
an
issue
there
that
we
can
work
on?
F
We
have
been
working
on
it
up
here
and
that's
something
that
we
can
take
action
on
right
away,
and
hopefully
we
can
do
that
too,
and
there's
probably
a
lot
more.
We
let's
let
ourselves
get
fired
up
and
excited
about
this.
Let's
let
ourselves
believe
that
declaring
this
emergency
is
a
big
deal,
because
there
seriously
is
a
big
emergency
and
there
are
thousands
and
thousands
and
thousands
of
people
desperate
for
us
to
do
something
because
they
don't
see
a
bright
signs
for
their
future.
P
Course,
I
have
to
follow
councilman.
We
argued
I
think
just
to
push
that
a
little
bit
further.
You
know
I
had
on
the
point
of
we're
gonna
make
what
we
will
of
the
resolution.
I'm
going
to
just
want
to
be
clear.
We're
gonna
make
a
lot
out
of
it.
There
is
a
long
way
that
we
need
to
go
and
I
think
that
we
are
a
leader
in
so
many
ways,
but
we
really
have
to
be
you
know
in
the
state.
P
P
This
committee
does
because
I
think
too
many
times
we
talk
about
climate
change
like
it's
something
we're
just
going
to
survive
instead
of
saying
something
is
wrong
with
the
way
we
live
now
that
there
is
not
it's
not
equitable,
not
everybody
whose
voice
is
heard
and
that
needs
to
change
and
I
with
an
emergency.
Sometimes
some
of
those
things
get
left
to
the
side
and
I'm
very
proud
of
our
city
to
say
front
and
center.
G
Thank
you,
Jake
I,
am
you
know
I'm
just
looking
around
the
room
and
I
want
to
be
clear.
I
am
supportive
of
this.
This
effort.
This
is
the
planet
we
live
on
and
we
have
to
make
it
happen
both
for
all
of
us.
However,
I've
been
saying
this
for
years
and
years
and
years,
we
must
include
people
of
color.
In
this
conversation,
they
are
not
being
convinced
that
this
is
the
issue
of
our
day.
G
G
Take
more
risk,
be
more
creative
about
ways
to
include
communities
of
color.
In
this
conversation
it
has
to
happen.
We
cannot
continue
to
just
let
this
go
on
and,
as
was
noted,
very
early
on,
the
people
who
are
merrily
impacted
by
this
crisis
are
communities
of
color
and
so
figure
out
a
way
to
get
them
engaged
in
this
issue.
Q
Thank
You
mr.
chair
and
I
really
want
to
thank
the
author's
for
their
work
on
this,
their
leadership,
our
staff
and
everyone
in
the
room
who's
both
here
today
and
all
those
that
aren't
here
today
that
can't
be
with
us.
This
is
the
issue
of
our
time
among
many
pressing,
important
issues
and
it's
so
easy
to
get
depressed
or
disheartened
about
it.
Q
A
A
One
thing
that
I
like
two
questions.
The
first
is:
you
talked
about
scaling
up,
so
ideally,
these
things
would
be
at
least
a
federal
level.
You
know
for
us
to
be
able
to
achieve
the
kind
of
scale
that
we
really
need,
but
if
we're
starting
on
the
local
level,
how
what
are
we
doing
now
to
scale
up
across,
let's
say
Hennepin,
County
or
across
the
metro
area?.
K
Mr.
chair
I
think
what
we're
doing
a
lot
is
coordinating
our
efforts
around
public
transit,
coordinating
our
efforts
around
our
advanced
building
performance
standards.
This
is
something
that's
fairly
new
and
hasn't
been
done
before
really
was
looking
at
other
cities
as
partners.
Looking
at
the
county
and
partnership,
we're
working
with
them
actually
on
benchmarking
buildings,
the
city
has
taken
a
lead
on
our
truth
and
sale,
housing
which
we're
going
to
be
launching
in
January
15th.
K
We
hope
to
be
able
to
spread
that
throughout
the
entire
metro
area,
so
that
everyone
who
is
going
to
look
at
a
home
actually
knows
what
they
can
do
to
make
that
home
more
energy-efficient.
But
in
regards
to
what
we
can
do
to
scale
up
what
that
is
going
to
scale
up
the
number
of
homes
that
are
going
to
go
through
energy
evaluations
from
about
1,200
to
hopefully
over
6,000,
from
nineteen,
twenty
nineteen
to
twenty
twenty.
But
what
we
don't
have
is
we
don't
have
the
investment
dollars
right
now.
K
I
know
that
in
working
very
closely
with
Patrick
Hamlin
and
the
environmental
programs
area
that
we
are
actually
pretty
much
out
of
funding
for
from
the
green
business
cost
share
by
February
first
and
there's
two
rounds
after
that
that
we
could
do
now.
Sustainability
through
the
franchise
fee
has
made
million
multi-year
commitments.
We
did
more
last
year
than
we've
ever
done
before,
but
again
scaling
that
up.
We
have
a
lot
more
demand
and
that's
without
even
really
advertising
or
promoting
it
at
all.
K
If
we
actually
use
social
media,
if
we
actually
looked
old,
our
explained
how
people
can
take
individual
action
could
really
make
a
difference
as
far
as
scaling
it
up,
but
it
is
dollars.
It
is
about
awareness,
it
is
about
making
coalitions
and
partnerships
with
other
organizations.
All
of
that
I
think
can
be
scaled
up,
because
we've
got
a
lot
of
great
ideas
and
we
have
in
many
cases
a
roadmap
for
what
we
need
to
do
to
reduce
our
energy
emissions
by
at
least
thirty
to
fifty
percent.
But
it
does
take
a
lot
of
individual
actions.
K
We
have,
you
know
more
than
90,000
premises
in
the
city,
eighty
eight
thousand
single-family
homes,
so
we
have
to
be
able
to
create
an
awareness
campaign
and
the
support
and
the
incentive,
I
think
or
the
regulatory
requirement
to
make
the
changes
happen
and
as
quickly
as
we
need
them
to
happen.
Great.
A
As
you
do
the
city
as
the
citywide
or
the
city,
Enterprise
landscape,
analysis,
around
investments
and
programming
and
staff
staff
time
is
conducted.
I
would
be
really
intrigued
to
see
what
is
being
invested
at
the
county
level
like
an
actual
full
landscape
analysis,
because
one
of
the
challenges,
as
well
as
a
local
jurisdiction,
is
that
we
have
to
take
the
brunt
of
the
financial
burden
for
when
federal
government
doesn't
set
up
step
up.
A
When
state
government
doesn't
step
up
when
county
doesn't
step
up,
it
falls
on
us
and
we
have
to
rely
on
largely
property
taxes
in
order
to
be
able
to
meet
those
needs,
and
that's
just
an
unsustainable
approach
to
funding
and
addressing
the
challenges
that
we
are
that
are
so
grand
that
we
can't.
We
can't
we're
the
last
frontier.
We
have
to
deal
with
it
because
it
has
to
be
done
so
so
I
would
be
interested
in
a
larger
landscape
analysis.
A
As
that
work
is
done,
and
then
my
last
question,
do
they
have
one
of
the
things
that
I
really
feel
passionate
about
is
interrupting
the
sixth
mass
extinction
that
we're
living
in
right
now
and
so
I'm
curious?
Where
does
biodiversity
fit
into
the
work
because
I've
heard
a
lot
about?
You
know
energy
consumption
and
you
know
what
not
the.
Where
does
like
habitat
loss
or
you
know,
how
are
we
protecting
biodiversity
or
helping
to
replenish
it
in
the
city?
Well,.
K
Is
it's
not
the
first
thing
that
you
think
of,
but
it's
really
important
for
all
of
us
to
do
that.
So
this
may
be
another
opportunity
now
that
this
issue
has
come
up
and
you've
brought
it
up
to
really
prioritize
this
and
figure
out.
Where
are
them?
What
are
the
missing
gaps
from
our
climate
action
plan?
I
really
like
to
be
able
to
do
an
update
to
our
climate
action
plan,
we're
in
the
process
of
adding
to
it
with
a
food
action
plan.
K
Right
now
will
be
completed
in
June
and
I'd
like
to
see
where
we
have
other
gaps,
because
I
think
we
do
have
other
gaps
within
that,
one
of
which
is,
we
don't
talk
about
how
we
want
to
achieve
things
through
human
centered
actions.
So
when
you
make
a
bus
more
comfortable,
faster,
efficient,
cleaner,
cheaper
than
other
modes
of
transportation,
we're
gonna
increase
ridership
the
same
thing
that
we
have
with
green
space
and
people
are
going
to
appreciate
green
space
when
it's
accessible
and
it's
clean
and
it's
safe.
K
So
we
support
more
green
space
and
more
carbon
sequestration
and
I.
Think
that
can
be
said.
A
lot
about
how
we
live
and
living
in
an
efficient
homes
and
being
very
efficient
is
more
comfortable.
You
don't
have
drafty
windows,
you
don't
have
a
clunky
heating
system,
so
we
do
have
the
ability
to
sort
of
refocus
it.
So
it
looks
forward
in
a
positive
way
rather
than
saying.
Okay,
everybody's
got
to
cut
out
what
they're
doing
right
now
and
I
think
that's
a
need
that
we
have
within
our
existing
climate
action
plan
as
well
too.
A
A
A
This
is
a
good
example
of
building
an
inside
outside
strategy
with
folks
who
are
advocates
and
and
allies
within
the
city
government,
like
my
wonderful
colleagues
and
the
city
staff,
as
well
as
folks
on
the
ground,
building
that
power
together
so
I
think
that
this
is
really
just
a
great
example
of
that.
So
with
that
was
that
fancy
thank.
A
You
I
will
take
all
right,
so
we
do
have
a
motion
on
the
floor
to
pass
the
resolution,
declaring
that
there
is
an
emergent
climate
emergency
which
demands
a
massive
scale
mobilization
to
halt,
reverse
and
address
the
consequences
and
causes
of
climate
change.
All
those
approvals,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
I
think
those
opposed
say,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it
and
that
item
carries.
Thank
you.
A
But
don't
go
anywhere
because
we
have
two
more
items
that
are
just
as
exciting,
so
next
up
I
mean
I'm
excited
about
it.
So
next
up
we
have
receiving
and
finally
a
report
on
really
related
to
establishing
and
a
social
cost
of
carbon
to
use
in
climate
and
energy
policy
and
passing
a
resolution
establishing
a
social
cost
of
carbon
use
in
climate
and
energy
policy.
Blue
collar
kept
the
floor
is
yours.
Thank.
R
You
Jared
Cunningham
council
members.
I
will
try
to
be
as
exciting
as
my
boss,
although
he's
a
tough
act
to
follow
again
here
today.
Talking
about
social
carbon,
so
one
of
our
first
follow-up
items
to
declaring
a
carbon
emergency.
There
was
a
few
months
back
a
staff
direction
for
staff
from
many
different
state
departments
to
convene
on
this
issue
and
provide
a
recommendation
back
to
the
committee
and
that's
what
we
are
here
today,
so
the
social
cost
of
carbon.
R
It's
a
very
important
subject,
because
it
is
an
element
that
that
addresses
the
kind
of
the
scene,
but
often
on
monetized
impacts
of
climate
change.
So
the
lack
of
progress
in
stopping
her
climate
emergency
really
creates
enormous
societal
costs,
as
you
can
see
here
from
this
image
and
to
the
20
members
previous
comments.
A
lot
of
these
impacts
are
things
actually
being
seen
by
the
city,
we're
seeing
these
impacts
and
we're
having
to
pay
for
these
impacts
as
well.
R
R
So
one
of
the
ways
you
can
account
for
the
section
out
of
these
is
by
using
a
social
cost
of
carbon
that
is
a
commonly
employed
metric
that
is
calculated
by
the
scientific
community
regarding
the
expected
long-term
damage
done
by
a
ton
of
carbon
dioxide
in
a
particular
given
year.
Another
way
to
think
about
that
is
not
just
in
terms
of
damages,
but
what
is
this
hiatal
benefit
of
forgoing
a
carbon,
a
ton
of
carbon
emissions.
R
An
example
of
how
an
organization
would
use
a
social
cost
of
carbon
is
in
something
called
shadow
carbon
pricing.
This
is
where
you
can
use
it
for
internal
accounting
methodologies,
as
well
as
decision
making
practices.
This
is
used
by
many
different
organizations
really
across
the
globe.
It
will
measure
their
climate
impact
as
well
as
manage
their
risk
for
future
regulatory
policy.
R
Now,
special
cups
of
carbon
is
used
internationally
by
many
different
national
organizations
of
national
organizations,
as
I
mentioned
companies
as
well,
and
there
is
a
large
variety
of
dollars
per
ton
that
are
put
out
there
for
what
a
social
car
social
class
carbon
should
be.
It
can
range
from
some
reasons
and
estimates,
for
instance,
may
be
heard.
International
Monetary,
Farm
fun
set
$75
per
ton
of
co2,
that's
a
number
that
they
came
up
with.
R
We
wanted
to
really
focus
in
on
estimates
that
have
had
a
really
rigorous
stakeholder
engagement
process
that
were
scientifically
an
economic
and
economically
valid
used
the
opinions,
experience
and
research
of
experts
across
the
field
so
where
we
looked
first,
was
federal
agencies
and
how
they've
used
social
cost
Cartman
in
the
Obama
administration.
There
was
a
lot
of
progress
made
on
this
front
prior
to
2009
different
federal
agencies,
similar
to
how
maybe
different
state
departments
we're
using
a
social
cost
of
carbon
in
their
different
rulemaking
analyses.
R
This
working
group,
then
in
2010,
provided
a
set
of
estimates
which
were
based
on
the
year
that
emissions
would
take
place,
and
this
combined
IR
this
created
a
model
that
combined
climate
processes,
economic
growth
and
in
the
interactions
between
the
two,
because
it's
a
very
complicated
science.
However,
with
this
very
very
rigorous
process
and
the
use
of
scientific
experts
as
well
as
economic
experts,
they
did
create
a
very
Valley
underpinning
further
social
cost
of
carbon.
They
determined
and
in
fact,
then
they
had
a
planned
process
to
make
improvements
over
the
next
few
years.
R
This
is
an
example
of
the
social
cost
of
carbon
that
was
adopted
by
the
federal
government
again
under
the
Obama
administration,
because
what
it's
saying
that
this
these
values
have
now
been
changed
by
the
Trump
administration.
One
thing
you'll
notice
is
that
there's
a
different
dollar
assigned
to
a
metric
ton
of
carbon
depending
on
what
year
it
is
emitted.
It
increases
as
we
over
time
because
the
impacts
of
climate
change
are
more
expensive
as
we
go
into
the
future
and
even
more
irreversible.
It
also
then
depends
on
an
economic
and
economic
field.
R
The
discount
rate
that
is
established
and
I'll
notice
that,
in
addition
to
different
discount
rates
here,
5
percent
3
percent
2.5
percent.
The
federal
government
also
had
a
high
impact,
3%
95th
percentile.
What
that
rate
was
and
you'll
see
that
that
is
a
much
higher
rate
that
represents
a
lower
probability,
but
higher
impact
outcomes
from
climate
change,
so
unlikely
to
happen
impacts,
but
if
they
do,
they
are
very,
very
large
in
terms
of
their
impact.
R
R
They
first
established
social
cost
of
carbon
for
Wayne,
the
economic
externalities
that
we
just
discussed
the
environmental
costs
in
their
decision-making
processes,
and
this
was
at
the
time
specifically
for
electricity
generation,
a
few
decades
later
and
now,
a
few
years
ago,
from
now,
they
had
about
five
or
four
years,
really
intensive
stakeholder
process
where
they
updated
these
social
cost
of
carbon
values
that
they
had
previously
established
in
1994
I
mentioned
that's
very
extensive
and
it
was
a
very
broad
range
of
stakeholders.
You
can
see
here.
R
The
groups
are
involved
as
environmental
groups,
the
utilities,
business
interests.
Human
health
advocates
state
agencies,
the
Misses
office
of
the
Attorney
General,
as
well
as
administrative
lodges,
and
at
the
end
of
that
four-year
process,
they
adopted
a
range
of
social
cost,
social
cost
of
carbon
values
that
was
actually
glory
based
upon
the
Obama
administration's
value.
R
They
found
that
to
be
a
very
rigorous
process,
very
scientifically
sound,
and
because
of
that,
with
a
few
economic
adjustments,
they
adopted
that
social
cost
of
carbon
as
well
and
as
an
example
of
the
table
that
they've
produced
looked
very
similar
to
the
table
of
that
the
Obama
administration
put
out
what
you'll
notice
in
this
in
2020,
they
actually
had
a
low
value
and
a
high
value
for
social
cost
of
carbon,
and
then
in
2025.
You
can
see
that
is
increasing
and
I.
R
Just
note
that
that
is
the
our
next
greenhouse
gas
emissions
reduction
year
at
that
year
would
be
nearly
forty,
seven
dollars
per
ton
of
co2
and
then
in
2050,
which
is
our
80
percent
GHG
reduction
year.
The
value
rises
to
almost
$70
per
tonne
and
the
high
value
in
this
column
lines
up
very
very
closely
with
the
Obama
administration's
3%
discount
rate
value.
So
this
is
to
show
that
there's
been
two
very
rigorous
processes
that
have
aligned
themselves
around
this
high
value
mark,
which
is
that
second
column.
There.
R
After
looking
at
again
a
wide
range
of
options
really
across
the
globe
in
terms
of
social
across
carbons
and
then
focusing
in
on
what
the
federal
government
undertook
during
the
Obama
administration
and
then
what
the
Minnesota
PUC
recently
adopted
for
their
values,
the
staff
from
all
departments
involved
in
this
recent
discussion
are
recommending
that
social
cost
of
carbon
be
set
to
the
high
schedule
of
values
adopted
by
the
PUC.
So,
for
instance,
that
would
be
over
$41
per
ton
of
co2
in
2019
and
then
increasing
per
that
schedule
previously
shown.
R
And
furthermore,
we
had
consensus
that
for
internal
city
enterprise
policy,
that
would
be
again
shadow
carbon
pricing,
similar
to
the
electric
vehicle
study
that
we'd
recommend
the
city
use
the
and
the
high
values
adopted
by
the
PUC,
but
then
also
that
the
analyses
consider
other
values.
For
instance,
what
has
recently
been
recommended
by
the
International
Monetary
Fund,
as
well
as
that
high
risk
low
probability
level
recommend
by
the
Obama
administration.
This
will
provide
the
city
with
a
range
of
potential
values
to
consider
again
in
their
internal
shadow.
Carbon
pricing
conversations
analysis.
F
F
R
Is
a
chance
that
they
would
go
in
and
reevaluate
this
schedule.
To
my
knowledge
there
has
not
been
a.
They
have
not
set
up
a
process
to
intentionally
do
that
what
what
he,
the
values
have
currently
been
adopted.
I
think
we're
seen
by
many
as
a
compromise
values
between
the
different
organization
organizations
that
were
involved
again
that
large
list
so
because
of
that
I
don't
see
any
of
those
organizations
petitioning
the
PUC
to
re-examine
this
in
the
short-term,
okay.
F
It's
unclear
what
our
resolution
is
asking
us
to
do,
because
we're
kind
of
approving
this
the
schedule
that
they
have
right
now
to
be
my
guidance
which
I'm
fine
with
but
I'm,
also
aware
the
things
could
change
dramatically
and
people
could
suddenly
realize
that
costs
are
a
lot
higher
than
we
originally
understood.
So
I
want
us
to
be
able
to
come
back
and
reflect
on
and
be
nimble,
but
I,
don't
think,
but
to
change.
Anything
on
our
small
see
just
curious.
A
F
R
Sure
Cunningham
council,
vice-president
Jenkins
this
this
recommendation
and
this
resolution
being
brought
forward
by
a
councillor
Gordon
trader,
does
not
currently
set
the
exact
method
in
which
the
social
cost
of
carbon
should
be
applied.
I
think
I
see
that
as
the
next
step
to
this
process,
although
it's
a
very
valuable
step,
I
bring
up
the
shadow
cost
of
carbon
as
an
example
of
one
of
those
ways
that
this
could
be
applied
for
the
city's
enterprise
operations.
I
think
that
that
is
when
you
spoke
of
aligning
departments
across
the
city
in
their
climate
change
efforts.
R
I
think
this
will
go
a
long
way
in
aligning
department
so
that,
whether
it's
a
study
on
electric
vehicles
or
a
study
on
a
new
municipal
office,
building
projects
or
other
infrastructure
projects
that
use
energy,
those
studies
and
those
analyses
will
then
all
use
the
same
number.
But
as
for
specific
that
that
will
be
one
of
the
possible
items
to
be
included
in
the
next
agenda
item,
which
is
the
sustainable
building
policy.
P
P
F
Just
if
there's
more
questions
about
it,
this
is
right
now.
This
is
a
first
small
step
that
staff
Direction
was
even
a
smaller
step
that
we
took
a
few
months
ago
when
we
started
to
realize
we
need
to
agree
on
some
figure,
for
what
is
the
social
cost
of
carbon
I.
Think
the
example
when
we
talked
about
the
fleet,
our
fleet
of
cars
or
those
purchases,
is
kind
of
a
next
step
to
go
into
okay.
F
F
So
that's
kind
of
the
first
step,
but
this
is
just
getting
us
to
agree
on
a
number
basically
of
what
it
is,
and
if
it's
$42
a
ton
of
year,
then
at
least
we
know
what
that
number
is,
because
it
really
seems
to
help
people
put
things
into
a
monetary
number
to
understand
it
better.
So
that's
we're
trying
to
great.
A
Thank
you.
Are
there
any
other
questions
or
comments
from
my
colleagues
all
right?
Thank
you
so
much
for
this
information.
Thank
you
for
your
hard
work
on
it.
I
move
approval
of
receiving
and
filing
a
report
relating
to
the
establishment
of
a
social
cost
of
carbon
to
use
in
climate
and
energy
policy,
and
the
passage
of
a
resolution
establishing
the
social
cost
of
carbon
for
use
in
climate
and
energy
policy.
A
K
K
We've
also
had
an
opportunity
to
review
some
of
this
with
our
friends
over
at
the
University
of
Minnesota
center
for
sustainable
building
research,
fresh
energy,
C,
AK,
evac
and
others.
We've
talked
with
our
clean
energy
partnership
utility
partners,
as
well
as
solicited
outside
in
poke
through
C,
ped,
emailing
and
conversations
with
businesses.
K
So
the
attached
resolution
to
this
request
for
council
action
is
asking
that
a
sustainable
building
policy
be
developed
for
four
different
areas:
multifamily,
affordable
housing,
one
two
three
unit,
housing
economic
development
projects
and
city
owned
or
leased
buildings
and
facilities,
and
to
report
back
no
later
than
the
third
quarter
of
2022
the
council.
With
a
proposal
on
how
we
are
going
to
implement
a
sustainable
building
policy
across
all
those
four
sectors.
A
F
In
that
way,
I
think
this
is
kind
of
a
placeholder
then
later
for
when
we're
developing
some
of
these
policies
and
standards.
To
remember
that
so
I
would
and
reviewed
that
with
my
co-author
and
he's
it's
not
acceptable
as
well
and
I.
Don't
think
staff
would
have
any
objections,
so
I'd
like
to
move
it
with
that
and
a
clause
which
I'll
forward
to
everybody.
We
don't
give
it
too
great.
P
Be
really
brief:
I
just
want
to
thank
staff
as
well
as
see
pets,
dev
I
know
this
was
a
lot
to
get
to
this
policy,
but
it's
something
that
I
hear
when
developments
are
coming
up.
They
do
want
to
know
what
else
they
can
do
and
while
there's
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
things
that
new
buildings
can
be
doing,
I
think
this
sets
up
a
direction
of
how
we
can
be
helpful
on
those
standard
we're
gonna
be
setting
in
the
future.
A
A
Are
there
any
questions
comments
all
right,
seeing
none
all
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
aye,
those
opposed,
say,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it,
and
that
item
carries.
Thank
you,
everyone
so
much.
This
was
a
really
powerful
day
when
it
comes
to
talking
about
environmental
sustainability,
climate
change
and
what
are
we
doing
as
a
locality?
How
are
we
taking
responsibility
today
was
a
powerful
day
for
that,
and
so
thank
you
so
much
for
all
the
work
that
was
brought
forward
today
with
no
further
business
before
us.
We'll
see
you
all
next
year.