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Minneapolis Public Health, Environment, Civil Rights, and Engagement Committee Meeting
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A
Good
afternoon,
everyone
and
welcome
to
this
regularly
scheduled
meeting
of
the
public
health
environment,
civil
rights
and
engagement
committee,
On
June,
10th
2019.
My
name
is
Philippe
Cunningham
and
I'm.
A
proud
chair
of
this
committee
with
me
at
the
diets,
our
council
members,
Cano
Schrader,
Vice,
Chair,
Gordon,
council,
member
Johnson
and
council
vice-president
Jenkins.
Please
let
the
record
reflect
that
we
have
a
quorum
and
can
conduct
the
business
of
this
committee.
A
I
want
to
make
sure
to
give
a
special
shout
out
to
our
committee
clerk
Kelly
Keith
flirt
as
well
as
our
stand-in
today
for
our
city
attorney
or
committee
attorney
with
Susan
Trammell.
So
on
our
consent
agenda.
Today,
colleagues,
we
have
three
items
and
we
have
four
items
for
discussion.
The
first
item
is
accepting
a
grant
from
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Health
in
the
amount
of
1.7
over
1.7
million
dollars
for
the
evidence-based
home
visiting
program.
A
The
second
is
approving
two
council
appointment
of
Laura
RAM
guard
for
seat,
11,
ward,
11
and
the
council
reappointment
of
Yolanda
Adams
Lee
for
c18
member-at-large,
and
the
last
item
is
accepting
a
grant
in
the
amount
of
$10,000
for
from
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Health
for
contaminants,
outreach
and
education.
So
I
will
go
ahead
and
move
approval
of
those
three
items.
A
Are
there
any
questions
or
comments
for
my
colleagues
all
right,
seeing
none
all
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
aye,
those
opposed,
say,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it
in
those
items
carry
we
have
as
I
mentioned
four
items
for
discussion.
We
have
a
lively
day
today,
so
excited
about
that
covering
the
gamut
of
amazing
work.
That's
happening
that
comes
to
this
committee.
So,
first
up
we
have
receiving
and
filing
the
findings
and
recommendations
of
the
2019
health
inspection
study.
Today
we
have
our
Budget
Manager.
B
Thank
You
mr.
chair
and
members
for
the
record
mica
in
turn
the
city's
budget
director
so
I'm
here
to
give
just
a
brief
introduction
to
the
topic
and
then
we'll
have
our
consultants
join
us.
But,
as
a
reminder,
funding
for
a
study
of
the
health
inspections
program
was
included
in
the
2019
budget
through
my
division.
B
The
goal
list
help
answers,
what's
become
somewhat
of
a
perennial
question
about
the
quote-unquote
right
level
of
staffing
for
the
health
inspections
program,
I'm
excited
to
introduce
to
you
Kate,
Noble
and
Matt
Rezac
or
the
consultants
we
have
hired
to
perform
this
analysis
and
provide
some
recommendations
for
strengthening
the
efficiency
of
that
health
inspections
program.
I
also
have
to
say
that,
though
the
funding
went
through
my
office.
B
This
couldn't
have
been
done
without
strong
partnership
from
the
health
department,
dann
huff
and
his
team
in
the
Environmental
Health
Team
are
just
phenomenal
to
work
with,
as
was
C
ped
and
the
small
business
team,
and
so
teal.
We
could
not
have
done
it
without
their
help
either.
So
with
that,
I
will
just
invite
Matt
to
come
and
present
the
findings.
C
So
thanks
to
all
of
you-
and
they
will
also
be
here
to
help
me
stand
for
questions
if
any
were
to
arise.
The
study
was
really
prompted
by
three
interrelated
concerns.
One
is
the
potential
for
over-regulation
of
Minneapolis.
Businesses.
Second,
is
the
questions
about
the
right
size
of
the
Minneapolis,
Environmental
Health,
Department
and
third
is
a
gap
between
the
expenses
and
revenues
that
are
triple
attributable
to
M
eh,
also
known
as
the
recovery
ratios.
C
In
sum,
we
reviewed
federal
guidelines,
state
statutes
and
local
ordinances
in
Minneapolis
and
elsewhere
to
get
a
sense
of
what
regulation
is
required
of
the
city
and
then
what
regulation
results
from
local
discretion,
whether
that
be
local
discretion,
that's
articulated
in
city,
ordinances
or
through
department
level,
discretionary
practices.
We
then
learned
as
much
as
we
could
about
what
regulation
is
actually
happening
through
interactions
with
about
35
people
which
included
interviews,
informational
meetings,
tagging
along
and
health
inspections.
C
We
also
summarized
health
inspection
data
from
the
enterprise
database
Elms
and
from
data
requests
that
we
made
of
other
jurisdictions
and
in
order
to
get
a
good
sense
of
comparison
on
nine
turis
diction's
were
included
in
the
study
both
locally
and
nationally,
and
they
were
st.
Cloud,
st.
Paul,
Bloomington,
Richfield,
Brooklyn,
Park,
Hana,
Penn,
County,
Multnomah,
County,
Portland,
King,
County,
Seattle,
Denver
and
Kansas
City.
It
didn't
take
long
before
we
recognized
that
we
were
studying
an
iceberg
and
I
would
get
a
chance
to
use
one
of
my
favorite
slides.
C
And
so,
as
you
know,
I
mean
lasting
solutions
to
problems
are
ones
that
are
found
at
those
deeper
levels
have
changed
below
the
surface,
but
I
thought
it
was
worth
naming
this
because
we
all
face
so
many
pressures
to
find
kind
of
quick
fixes
to
things
and
our
hope,
katin
mines,
hope,
and
the
team's
hope
is
that
this
study
will
begin
to
illuminate
what
those
deeper
system
dynamics
are.
So
they
can
be
better
understood
and
addressed.
So
with
that
I'll
start
with
some
of
the
key
findings.
C
C
Routine
inspections
lead
to
re-inspect
shion's
in
Minneapolis
about
36
percent
of
the
time,
and
the
average
among
all
the
jurisdictions
we
studied
is
a
little
more
often
about
39
percent
of
the
time.
Minneapolis
is
also
somewhere
in
the
middle.
In
terms
of
how
many
inspections,
each
inspector
and
each
inspector
conducts
on
average,
so
I
apologize
that
the
numbers
did
not
end
up
on
this
graph.
C
But
what
those
indicate
is
that
the
average
of
those
the
numbers
of
inspections
per
food
pool
and
lodging
inspector
in
2018
was
about
390,
although
the
range
is
quite
broad,
so
Kansas
City
had
753
inspections
per
inspector,
st.
Paul
conducted
about
a
hundred
and
sixty
two
inspections
per
inspector
and
that's
a
combination
of
both
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Health
and
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Agriculture,
who
regulates
st.
C
D
D
C
D
C
Nods
from
thank
you,
the
team
along
the
back
of
the
wall,
who
are
closer
to
the
information
on
the
day-to-day
basis
than
I,
am
takes
two
other
ways
that
we
looked
into
how
many
apple
staffing
levels
levels
compared
to
others
were
comparing
sort
of
the
total
inspector
FTEs
to
population
and
comparing
total
inspector
FTEs
to
the
number
of
sites
that
needed
to
be
inspected.
So
first
off
using
population
as
a
metric.
C
Minneapolis
is
again
about
average,
where
there's
one
inspector
for
every
23,000
residents
in
the
city,
the
average
amongst
the
jurisdictions
that
we
studied
was
one
for
every
26,000
residents
and
then,
unfortunately,
we
found
that
using
the
sights
as
a
metric
like
the
number
of
sites
that
needed
to
be
inspected.
It
was
not
a
helpful
comparison
because
there's
just
such
a
wide
variety
of
ways
that
sites
are
counted
across
jurisdictions,
and
so
we
just
couldn't
get
an
apples-to-apples
comparison
and
that
respect-
and
you
can
read
it
all
all
about
that
in
the
report.
C
If
you're
curious
curiosity
leads
you
there.
So
while
there
are
in
all
of
these
kind
of
primary
sort
of
big
picture
ways,
Minneapolis
is
really
on
average,
with
other
jurisdictions.
In
terms
of
health
regulation,
we
did
find
a
few
ways
that
Minneapolis
is
an
outlier
that
we
wanted
to
lift
up
and
that
I
think
are
important
to
note.
First,
one
areas
Minneapolis
regulation
is
higher
than
anywhere
else
in
terms
of
the
number
of
violations
that
are
called
per
inspection.
C
C
So
while
it's
true
that
most
of
the
jurisdictions
in
Minnesota
named
data
entry
in
efficiency
as
an
area
of
improvement,
it's
also
true
that
all
the
major
metro
areas
that
we
talk
to
nationally
have
a
much
more
efficient
system
than
Minneapolis
does.
And
so
again
we
dug
into
this,
because
this
was
surprising
and
the
problem
clearly
is
not
that
you
know
there
are
slow
typing
or
thumb
twiddling
inspectors.
C
So
another
of
our
key
findings
is
that
Minneapolis
business
licensing
fee
schedule
is
longer
more
detailed,
less
integrated
and
less
user-friendly
than
many
other
jurisdictions,
and
one
of
our
interviewee
said
this
quote:
I,
never
compare
our
fees
to
Minneapolis,
because
I
can't
read
their
fee
schedule,
I
have
to
call
their
staff
and
ask
I,
have
worked
in
this
field
for
50
years,
and
I
can't
figure
out
the
square
footage
of
all.
So
there's
a
large
section
and
the
report
that
details
this
issue.
C
But
in
sum
the
number
of
licenses
and
license
categories
seems
to
make
everyone's
job
harder.
Both
businesses
who
are
looking
for
licenses
and
city
staff
too,
and
like
with
data
tracking
most
jurisdictions,
have
identified
this
as
a
problem.
Their
licensing
fee
structure,
but
also,
as
with
data
tracking
many
are
further
along
than
Minneapolis,
is
so
far
in
addressing
it.
C
So
a
short-term
event
is
a
food
and
beverage
service
establishment
which
operates
no
more
than
10
total
days
in
conjunction
with
fairs
celebrations,
community
celebrations,
carnivals,
circuses,
promotional
food
product
events,
sports
events
and
other
specialty
events,
all
very
fun
things.
Minneapolis
inspects
the
second
most
short-term
events
of
any
jurisdiction
with
703.
C
The
city
can
do
to
minimize
the
need
to
use
short
term
events
as
a
workaround
and
lighten
the
load
on
businesses
on
of
the
city
permitting
process
and
on
the
Minneapolis
health
environmental
health
department,
as
well.
So
a
final
way
that
current
practices
in
Minneapolis
are
sort
of
an
outlier
is
in
the
plan
review
process.
D
This
is
actually
about
the
first
reason
we
were
an
outlier
and
I
noticed.
Also
in
the
report.
It
was
pretty
striking
when
it
came
to
some
of
those
hotels,
so
you
have
compared
certain
hotels
with
certain
areas
and
it
the
the
the
Hilton,
the
I
guess
what
it
looks
like
with
its
821
rooms,
they're
only
paying
eight
thousand
two
hundred
and
twenty
seven
dollars,
but
if
they
were
located
in
Bloomington,
they
would
be
paying
twenty
over
twenty
thousand.
E
D
C
In
the
study
that
we
found
I'm
again
looking
over
to
make
sure
that
I'm
not
missing
some
important
detail,
but
oh
yeah,
what's
in
theirs,
is
what
we
found.
I
will
say
that
all
of
the
information
is
not
available
from
all
the
jurisdictions
that
we
studied.
So
it's
not
to
say
that
there
aren't
some
out
there
but
of
the
ones
we
were
able
to
get
information
for.
We
tried
to
put
the
key
in
fill
in
there
I
just.
F
C
A
I
have
a
question
so
I'm
piggybacking
off
of
that
around
the
workaround.
Can
you
explain
a
little
bit
more?
What
that
you
had
talked
about
grilling
outside,
for
example,
but
can
you
elaborate
a
little
bit
more
creately
about
what
that
means
and
what
the
recommend
we
might
get
to
the
recommendations
on
that
later?
But
if
you
could
talk
more
concretely
about
what
that
workaround
looks
like
in
the
frequency
of
it
sure.
C
So,
most
generally
and
again,
I
always
will
call
upon
my
phone
of
friends
to
help
me
out
if
I
get
this
wrong,
but
without
creating
a
new,
basically
indoor
facility
outside,
say
off
of
a
deck.
A
restaurant
can't
Kansas
grill
out
outdoors
unless
it's
connected
to
a
special
event
permit.
And
so
let's
say
you
had
a
restaurant
that
you
know
wants
to
do
their
grilling
out
every
third
Thursday
of
the
summer
or
something
like
that
or
every
Thursday.
C
They
would
need
to
request
a
special
event
permit
for
every
single
one
of
those
events
in
order
to
be
allowed
to
do
that
business
activity
and
that
that's
that's
the
sort
of
thing
that
my
understanding
is.
The
the
health
department
has
worked
with
businesses
to
try
to
find
those
kinds
of
solutions
so
that
they
can
do
that
kind
of
work.
But
it's
you
know,
maybe
not
the
most
elegant
sort
of
policy
solution.
C
C
I
don't
want
to
grab.
You
have
the
chance
to
hear
about
plan
reviews,
so
M,
eh,
Minister,
environment
I'll
help
is
required
to
be
involved
in
a
plan
review
process
whenever
a
restaurant,
for
example,
is
built
or
remodeled,
and
so
this
plan
review
process
requires
several
city
departments
to
review
plans
and
also
includes
the
state
departments
in
doing
an
electrical
plan
review.
C
And
so
the
plan
review
process
is
often
considered
burdensome
to
business
owners
because
it
involves
navigating
the
requirements
of
several
city
and
state
departments
who
do
not
always
coordinate
or
communicate
accurately
about
one
another's
requirements.
And
so
this
frustration
is
amplified
because
an
unapproved
plan
can
ultimately
halt
business
activity
that
they
can't
they
can't
open
up
until
they
get
that
final
plan
review
and
review
approved.
C
And
so
in
the
report
we
name
a
few
things
that
we
think
the
city
maybe
can
do
overall
to
stream
streamline
the
plan
review
process
that
again
with
simplify
things
for
everyone,
the
business
owners
and
city
staff
alike.
So
before
covering
it
up,
really
high-level,
just
a
few
recommendations
on
the
report
and
because
it
is
my
favorite
slide
of
time.
C
I
want
to
briefly
revisit
the
iceberg,
so
I
hope
what
I've
shared
so
far
is
it's
illustrating
the
fact
that
there's
a
lot
that's
going
on
beneath
the
service
surface
that
drives
health
regulation
in
Minneapolis,
so
there's
state
statutes.
There's
the
the
Elms
Data
Platform
relationship,
though
different
zoning
restrictions.
C
So
the
main
takeaway
is
again
that
we
found
our
most
of
what
the
Health
Department
does
is
very
standard
and
comparable
to
other
jurisdictions.
And
most
of
the
things
that
the
Health
Department
does
that
are
outliers
are
due
to
factors
that
are
beyond
their
direct
control,
but
results
from
being
part
of
a
larger
sort
of
municipal
ecosystem.
C
So
now,
I'll
turn
to
the
recommendations
and
I'll
note
that
in
the
report,
and
also
here,
they're
listed
in
order
of
sort
of
short-term
tactical
changes
like
you'd,
see
in
the
iceberg,
intermediate
strategic
changes
and
then
more
longer-term
systemic
changes,
and
so
theoretically,
the
timeline
for
full
implementation
and
the
related
results
would
correlate
with
those
those
time
horizons.
And
this
is
just
a
sampling
of
the
recommendations
that
are
in
the
report
and
isn't
meant
to
replace
your
reading
of
the
full
slate
of
recommendations
which
I
hope
that
you
will
do
if
you
haven't
already.
So.
C
One
obviously
maintain
most
of
the
environmental
health
department's
practices
to
improve
the
licensing
and
fee
structure,
and
our
understanding
is
that
there
have
been
efforts
to
do
that
or
to
analyze
that
in
recent
years
and
I
guess
I
would
we
would
just
hold
up
that
there
are
other
places
that
have
stuck
with
it.
It
sounds
like
an
arduous,
not
fun
task,
but
I.
C
Data
I
understand,
there's
a
there's,
a
Elms
committee
that
perhaps
could
work
with
the
health
department
to
figure
out
if
there's
some
sort
of
an
interface
that
could
communicate
between
what
the
inspectors
need
to
do
on-site
and
what
the
LM
system
does
in
the
back
office,
so
that
those
two
things
can
work
better
together.
That's
what
we've
seen
in
other
jurisdictions
to
do,
and,
and
then
this
changing-
how
short-term
inspections
and
and
plan
review
happen
to
the
question
of
whether
to
increase,
decrease
or
maintain
the
level
of
health
regulatory
activity
that
occurs
in
Minneapolis
I'll.
C
Try
to
just
name
that
directly.
It
seems
to
us
that
if
it
were
to
decrease
now,
what
would
end
up
happening
is
that
and
what's
on
an
already
stretched
inspection
crew
would
start
to
feel
overwhelmed
and
trying
to
accomplish
what
is
basically
a
standard
body
of
work
as
compared
to
other
jurisdictions.
But
if
the
process
improvements
like
these
are
whether
these
are
some
others
are
made,
and
they
do
in
fact
increase
efficiency
in
time.
That
would
give
the
city
more
options,
and
so
one
option
would
be
to
reduce
staffing.
C
One
would
be
to
increase
outreach
to
immigrant
business
owners
and
to
continue
accelerating
Minneapolis
as
a
as
a
cultural
and
economic
hub.
In
that
respect,
another
option
would
be
to
do
more
regulatory
activity
and
be
more
like
how
Kansas
City
and
Seattle
and
Denver
operate,
and
then
yet
another
is
to
just
position
yourself
for
the
unknown
of
the
future.
That
you
know
there
may
be
a
time
when
there
are
new
regulatory
demands
such
as,
if
Minnesota
becomes
part
of
the
cannabis
economy
and
that
that
creates
new
regulatory
practices.
C
So
I
want
to
before
standing
for
questions
just
really
quickly
go
through
or
just
display
the
list
of
all
the
people
who
helped
us
out
with
this.
It
was
a
tremendous
amount
of
people
who
were
very
generous
with
their
time.
The
small
business
team
conducted
the
interviews
of
the
businesses
and
we
really
appreciated
that
assistance,
lots
of
city
staff,
health
inspections,
inspectors
who
let
us
tag
along
while
they're
doing
their
work
and
then
tons
of
interviewees
from
other
jurisdictions
across
the
metro
area
and
across
the
country.
A
You
so
much
everyone
for
your
hard
work
on
this
quite
thorough,
quite
expansive
in
terms
of
who
was
involved,
who
was
interviewed.
The
various
jurisdictions
I
had
a
question
actually
about
the
staffing.
Just
because
we
mentioned
staffing
a
few
times
is
that
including
the
two
inspectors
that
are
currently
funded
through
one-time
dollars,
or
is
that
excluding
those
nope.
A
D
Don't
think
I
have
any
other
questions
right
now.
I
just
really
appreciate
the
report
and
all
this
information
I'm
still
kind
of
going
through
and
considering
it,
though
I
think
it's
important
that
we
follow
up
on
some
of
these
things.
I
mean
identifying
a
problem
with
plan
plan.
Review
process
is
pretty
significant.
D
So
that's
in
a
something,
hopefully,
that
we
I
believe
this
is
actually
coming
to
direct
services
committee,
something
we
can
look
at
there
and
maybe
there's
even
an
opportunity
to
give
some
kind
of
staff
direction,
or
at
least
an
understanding
of
when
we
might
get
some
information
back
I.
It
really
pained
me
to
have
you
open
up
the
Elms
debate,
because
this
has
been
such
a
problem
for
us.
We've
heard
lots
of
complaints
about
it
and
always
thinking
a
little
more
practice
finish
the
final
rollout,
oh
just
so
minor
modification.
D
It's
all
going
to
go
really
well
so
and
then
you
had
a
lot
of
confidence
and
this
looked
pretty
easy
to
do
an
overlay,
a
system
over
there,
but
I
think
I
mean
it
would
be
great
if
we
could
find
a
way
to
bring
that
90
minutes
of
wrestling
with
you,
the
software
down
to
something
more
manageable.
But
we
can't
decide
that
here.
That's
another
thing:
that's
going
to
take
a
lot
more
analysis
and
some
review
there
and
there's
probably
other
things
that
I
didn't
even
remember.
D
We
have
to
have
those
violations,
but
obviously
that
that's
not
the
thing
that
we're
gonna
spend
the
most
time
trying
to
fix
it's
those
critical
ones.
So
I
guess
I'm
open
to
the
idea
that
the
committee
could
touch
this,
but
also
I,
guess
I'll
just
raise
the
expectation
that
we
should
have
an
opportunity
here
back
from
our
own
staff
about
what
they
think
about
the
recommendations
and
how
much
they
think
they
can
take
action
and
win
on
those.
If
not
today,
sometime
in
the
future.
A
D
Well,
I
wouldn't
like
to
set
a
date
without
consulting
with
sounds
gun
and
staff.
First,
yes,.
D
A
Thank
You
councilman
Burt
I
just
want
to
bring
attention
to
my
colleagues
attention
that
in
the
RCA
there
is
a
high-level
summary
of
the
findings
and
the
recommendations,
as
well
as
an
executive
summary
for
those
who
may
be
our
time
crunched
and
are
not
as
big
of
a
nerd
as
me
and
read
the
whole
thing.
So
if
you
want
to
get
a
quick
glance
at
it,
that's
a
way
for
you
to
be
able
to
do
so,
seeing
no
further
comments
or
questions.
Thank
you
again.
Thank
you.
A
Team,
really,
wonderful
products
that
came
out
of
out
of
this
investment,
so
thank
you
so
much
and
with
that
I
move
approval
of
receiving
and
filing
the
findings
and
recommendations
of
the
2019
health
inspection
studies.
All
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
aye,
those
opposed,
say,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it,
and
that
item
carries
next
up.
We
have
a
presentation
on
regenerative
agriculture
and
biochar
use,
so
we
have
a
resolution
recognizing
regenerative,
agriculture
and
biochar
used
as
an
impactful
climate
action
and
resilience
tool
that
delivers
benefits
to
Minneapolis
residents
and
our
environment.
A
H
Thank
you,
Thank
You,
mr.
chair
and
council
members
were
happy
to
be
here
today
to
talk
about
the
regenerative,
agriculture
and
biochar
resolution
sponsored
by
councilmember
Schrader,
who
is
also
a
city
council
member
representative
of
the
homegrown
Minneapolis
food
council,
which
supports
this
resolution.
My
name
is
Claire
Begley
and
I'm.
The
urban
agriculture
program
specialist,
with
homegrown
Minneapolis,
which
is
an
initiative
dedicated
to
expanding
our
abilities
to
our
community's
ability
to
grow
process,
distribute
eat
and
compost
more
healthy,
sustainable,
locally
grown
foods.
H
Thank
you
so
to
start
regenerative
agriculture
is
something
that
I'll
walk
through
a
definition
of
talk
about
what
it
actually
means
to
do.
Regenerative
agriculture,
why
this
matters
to
Minneapolis
Jim
will
touch
specifically
on
biochar,
which
is
a
specific
practice
that
you
can
use
as
a
part
of
regenerative
agriculture
and
then
we'll
talk
about
why
this
resolution
matters
for
Minneapolis,
so
to
start
regenerative
egg
I'm
going
to
shorten
it
a
little
bit.
It's
long.
H
Regenerative
egg
represents
a
paradigm
shift
and
how
we
think
about
managing
and
caring
for
land,
and
it
also
recognizes
the
ecological
and
social
benefits
of
practices
that
are
already
occurring
and
should
continue
to
be
promoted.
So
to
begin
with
a
definition.
Regenerative
agriculture
is
a
holistic
land
management
practice
that
enhances
and
sustains
the
health
of
the
soil
by
restoring
its
carbon
content,
which
in
turn
improves
productivity.
H
Part
of
that
definition
comes
from
drawdown,
so
that
is
a
great
definition
to
start
with,
but
I
also
thought
it
was
important
to
include
a
part
of
what
the
Rodale
Institute
does.
The
Rodale
Robert
Rodale
actually
coined
the
term
regenerative
agriculture
years
before
this
definition
existed,
but
the
Rodale
Institute
offers
something
called
a
regenerative,
organic
certification
which
factors
in
not
only
soil
health,
but
also
animal
welfare
and
social
fairness.
These
two
additional
factors
are
really
critical
to
this
conversation
because
we
don't
have
agriculture
and
land
management
systems
without
connection
to
animals
and
humans.
H
So
what
is
regenerative?
Agriculture
actually
look
like
in
practice,
and
how
can
we
scale
it
to
Minneapolis
when
it's
commonly
used
to
describe
larger
scale
agricultural
systems?
Last
time,
I
checked
for
a
city,
not
a
rural
area?
So
this
is
a
tricky
conversation,
but
I
will
just
mention
to
as
I
said
before.
Biochar
should
be
included
on
this
list,
but
Jim
is
going
to
expand
on
it,
so
that
will
come
later
in
the
presentation
really.
First.
H
Most
importantly,
this
picture
on
the
right
here
is
an
image
of
what
healthy
soil
looks
like
to
give
a
really
brief
summary
of
why
that's
healthy.
It's
dark
in
color,
meaning
it's
rich
in
organic
matter,
meaning
it's
storing
carbon
because
carbon
is
stored
as
organic
matter
in
the
soil.
There's
these
white
threads
called
fungal
hyphae,
which
actually
help
to
hold
the
soil
together,
deliver
more
nutrients
to
plants
and
are
a
really
good
sign
of
health
of
the
microbial
community
in
the
soil.
H
Then
you
can
see
all
these
little
pieces
of
organic
matter
and
stuff,
that's
just
in
there
like
straw.
That's
what
healthy
soil
look
like.
It
doesn't
just
have
one
color:
it's
not
just
one
texture,
it's
really
an
ecosystem
and
that's
what
we're
trying
to
support
with
regenerative.
Agnes
is
just
stay
there,
thanks
nope.
H
So
how
do
we
get
soils
that
actually
look
like
this?
A
really
quick
overview
of
practices
include
not
tilling
so
the
more
we
disturb
the
soil.
The
more
we
break
up
that
web
of
life
and
structure
that
already
exists
in
our
soil.
We
can
use
mulches
and
cover
crops
that
reduce
erosion,
hold
the
soil
in
place
and
help
keep
water
in
our
soils.
H
That's
especially
important,
as
we
face
increased
down
paw
down,
poor
events
from
climate
change
and
increased
amounts
of
high
heat
and
drought
periods,
where
we
need
to
maintain
that
in
order
to
retain
productivity
in
our
soils,
we
can
also
plant
biodiverse
native
plants,
perennial
plants
in
our
landscapes
and
Gardens.
This
image
down
on
the
bottom
left,
shows
the
root
systems
of
prairie
plants
in
the
Midwest,
while
not
all
applicable
to
the
urban
area.
We
can
see
that
below
an
above
ground,
there's
so
much
going
on.
H
That's
supporting
pollinators,
supporting
the
soil
microbes
that
live
in
the
soil.
This
is
one
of
the
ways
we
can
sequester
more
carbon
by
having
living
roots
in
the
soil.
More
often,
and
then
these
plants
being
a
diverse
plants,
are
supporting
pollinators
people
and
animals
that
rely
on
them
for
food,
fuel
and
fiber
and
then,
finally,
just
to
finish
up
on
that
slide.
Another
regenerative
egg
practice
relying
on
in
farm
fertility,
so
that
would
mean
composting
on-site
using
sources
of
fertility
that
come
from
the
place
where
you're
doing
the
the
farming
or
the
land
care.
H
It
could
also
mean
integrating
chickens
into
your
farm
or
garden
system,
because
we
know
that
chicken
manure
is
fertilizer
and
that's
good
for
the
soil
and
then
finally,
in
in
congruence
with
the
Minneapolis
pollinator
friendly
City
resolution,
we
know
that
pesticides
are
harmful
to
pollinators.
So
it's
something
that
our
city
has
taken
a
stance
on
already.
In
addition
to
not
using
pesticides,
regenerative
eggs
also
calls
for
not
using
synthetic
fertilizers,
because
that
is
harmful
to
the
soil
biology
and
this
the
ecosystem
that
we're
trying
to
support.
H
So
these
practices
can
be
taken
and
applied
in
context
of
our
communities.
This
image
here
is
of
Angelina
and
Jasmine
at
one
of
the
gardens
on
the
Minneapolis
garden
lease
program
sites,
so
these
practices
specifically
could
benefit
communities
that
are
facing
disproportionate
impacts
from
climate
change.
By
helping
to
restore
urban
soils
that
are
suffering
from
really
poor
soil
health,
it
could
also
help
to
support
production
of
nutrition
and
nutritious
locally
grown
foods.
H
As
of
last
count,
we
have
just
about
300
community
gardens,
market
gardens
and
urban
farms
in
our
city
and
are
working
on
getting
an
updated
number.
These
practices
can
also
provide
economic
opportunities
related
to
farming
and
landscaping,
or
compost
and
biochar
production,
and
with
munchin
of
biochar
I
will
let
Jim
share
more.
I
Thank
You
clearer,
chair,
councilmembers
biochar.
What
is
it
and
they'll?
Try
to
keep
it
simple,
because
people
know
me:
I
tend
to
chat
a
lot.
This
is
about
a
two
thousand
year
old
practice
that
we
happen
to
refine
a
refined
again
and
bring
back
into
vogue
and
with
little
twist
it's
a
Sall
enhancer
that
can
hold
carbon
boost
food
security
and
increase
soil
biodiversity,
and
it's
a
process
and
its
really
charcoal
that
helps
retain
nutrients
and
water
and
that
that
definition
comes
from
an
international
biochar
initiative
and
the.
I
But
the
neat
thing
about
it
and
I've
got
some
biochar
here
is
that
the
carbon
and
biochar
resists
degradation
and
can
be
held
in
the
soil
for
hundreds,
if
not
thousands
of
years-
and
she
had
mentioned
that
claire
had
mentioned
a
key
word
there
before
was
drawdown
and
the
ability
to
reverse
climate
change
has
not
only
stopped
it,
but
go
carbon
negative
and
reverse
the
rot
process.
Biochar
is
one
of
those
things
that's
recognized
by
the
national
panel
panel
on
climate
change
as
one
of
the
six
carbon
negative
technologies
that
can
actually
accomplish
that.
I
I
You
can't
just
date
the
Kingsford
briquettes
and
throw
it
in
your
garden
just
doesn't
work,
but
if
you
do
it
right
at
the
right
temperature
with
the
right
feedstock
for
the
right
time,
you
end
up
with
something
that
can
last
for
thousands
of
years,
but
it
has
a
lot
of
amazing
benefits
beyond
just
locking
up
that
carbon
for
a
long
period
of
time.
It
actually
brings
life
back
to
the
soil
and
enhances
the
microbial
activity
that
Claire
had
mentioned.
I
Michael
ray
is
a
fungi
and
stimulates
additional
carbon
in
the
soil,
beyond
just
what
you
put
in
the
ground.
So
it
continues
to
build
carbon
and
draw
carbon
doubt
in
and
put
it
back
into
the
ground
and
help
us
adapt
to
in
reverse
climate
change,
but
some
of
the
things
that
also
does
that
help
in
the
city
infrastructure,
stormwater
retention,
it
has
amazing
ability
to
hold
water.
I
Take
the
water
in
rather
than
to
point
it
down
into
the
storm
drain,
retains
it
where
it's
used
for
the
plants
and
put
back
up
and
helps
build
additional
carbon
in
the
form
of
those
plant
roots
and
associated
microbial
activity.
In
the
soil.
We
have
increased
carbon
sequestration.
They
said
this
is
up
to
2,000
years.
This
stuff
will
still
be
here,
but
it
also
it's
it's.
It's
not
an
inert
material
that
interacts
with
the
soil
and
arrives
a
lot
of
processes.
One
of
the
results
is,
is
increases.
I
Crop
yield,
you'll,
see
that
I
couldn't
find
a
better
model
to
hold
the
corn,
but
that's
what
I
had,
but
you
look
to
the
one
to
the
right
of
migration,
see
migrate,
left
on
the
picture.
I
guess
that
cob
right
there
is
from
little
earth
and
was
grown
in
the
soil
with
biochar,
the
other
one
was
compost
and
the
other
ones,
compost
and
biochar,
and
that
cob
there
is
are
pretty
much
the
average
from
the
one
side
and
what
we
saw
on
the
other
side
you
can
see.
I
The
difference
in
yield
in
compost
is
a
great
thing,
but
the
synergies
that
you
see
with
the
biochar
by
adding
that
and
stimulating
the
activity.
You
can
see
why
it's
an
important
practice,
regenerative
practice
and
the
other
thing
is
a
we
can
do.
Increase
the
soil
health,
like
we
mentioned,
with
the
increased
microbial
and
fungal
activity
and,
as
like
I
said
it's
it's
identified
as
a
carbon
negative
technology
by
the
International
Panel
on
Climate
Change.
I
Just
want
to
mention
that
council,
member
Schrader
Public
Works
Director,
Robin
Hutchison
and
myself
recently
returned
from
Stockholm,
where
we
went
on
a
trip
sponsored
by
Bloomberg
philanthropies
and
hosted
by
the
city
of
stockholm,
stockholm.
He
has
gone
full
bore
into
the
biochar.
They
see
it
as
part
of
the
circular
economy
taking
their
garden
waste.
Putting
it
through.
You
can
see
the
picture
on
the
I
guess.
My
left
is
the
machine
that
they
got.
I
They
actually
take
their
waste
turn
it
into
biochar,
which
some
which
is
redistributed
for
urban
agriculture
to
home
users,
but
a
lot
of
it
was
put
it
into
the
city
infrastructure,
to
help
out
with
urban
forestry,
stormwater
management,
etc.
Really
helps
clean
up
there
they're
using
everything
they
produce
and
they're.
Currently
looking
at
building
a
second
other
plant
which
is
going
to
increase
by
five
fold,
their
biochar
production,
and
they
still
won't
have
the
ability
to
absorb
all
the
use
all
that
they'll
produce.
I
They
need
more
one
of
the
things
on
that
is
also
part
of
their
climate
action
plan
and
they
see
significant
results
and
ability
to
reduce
carbon
and
actually
achieve.
They
don't
feel
that
can
achieve
carbon
neutrality
without
some
component
of
being
negative
carbon
negative
in
there
and
that's
an
important
part
to
make
it
into
that
part
and
the
waste
heat
that's
in.
There
also
goes
to
feed
their
foot
the
central
heating
district.
A
lot
like
our
Herc
helps
heat
downtown.
They
tap
into
the
central
heating
district
and
it
helps
heat
a
lot
of
houses.
I
A
I
And
it's
kind
of
a
definition,
what
you
and
I
think
of
as
garden
waste
and
what
they
feel
is
garden.
Waste
is
a
little
bit
different
least
in
my
mind
when
I
think
garden,
waste
I
think
a
lot
of
the
soft
materials
are
Rotten,
Tomatoes
the
leaves,
etc.
They
do
take
that
and
collect
that,
and
they
do
make
compost
and
one
of
the
things
I
should
say.
We
have
an
agreement
right
now
with
metal,
walkin
and
Su
shakopee
mehta
watkins
su
community.
We
and
we
work
with
them,
mixing
our
compost.
I
Their
biochar
provide
that
for
urban
gardeners
in
areas
that
are
said
where
we
he
see
health
disparities
and
underserved
communities.
It's
been
great.
A
lot
of
the
work
has
been
with
the
American
Indian
community
in
the
city,
which
is
why
we
see
a
lot
in
the
work
in
the
Phillips
neighborhood,
but
they
take
that
component
that
still
uses
compost
they
and
they
do
use
that
in
their
city
infrastructure,
along
with
biochar
as
well
and
primarily
and
with
their
there
at
this
time
with
the
urban
forestry.
F
Was
that
on
that
point
was
charity?
One
thing
Jim
said
before
is
like
garbage
in
garbage
out,
so
the
better
thing
you
could
put
in
the
better
quality.
If
it's
a
tree
waste,
the
better
fire
of
the
the
better
the
benefits
of
the
biochar
are
going
to
be.
So,
while
you
can
do
it
or
a
lot
of
things,
the
better
quality
you
can
put
in
the
more
you're
going
to
get
out
of
it.
Yeah.
I
The
carbon
that
you
get
out
of
the
woody
that
the
soft
Tomatoes
leaves
it's
that
it
doesn't
hang
around
as
long
as
the
woody
waste
just
doesn't
add
the
components,
and
this
is
what
you
end
up
with.
It
is
different,
and
what
we're
looking
at
is
a
city
I
should
mention
is
right.
Now
is
we're
working
with
trying
to
work
with
an
engineering,
firm,
african-american
engineering
firm
to
try
to
produce
this
locally
is
take
what
we
waste
and
bring
it
back
into
the
community.
Wonderful.
H
So,
just
to
wrap
up
why
this
resolution
matters
for
Minneapolis
to
bring
it
back
to
our
context
here
in
this
city.
So
as
a
city,
this
resolution
could
help
us
meet
goals
outlined
in
the
climate
action
plan,
which
doesn't
yet
include
mention
of
agriculture.
We
are
also
developing
a
Minneapolis
food
action
plan
to
identify
specific
goals
and
benchmarks
to
address
climate
change
and
a
healthier
local
food
system
and
economy.
H
This
also
would
be
a
way
to
encourage
residents
to
support
a
healthy,
local
and
just
food
economy
by
purchasing
directly
from
farms
that
use
regenerative
agriculture
practices.
We
have
a
myriad
of
farmers,
markets,
coops
CSA
programs
in
our
city,
and
that
could
be
a
really
great
opportunity
to
be
able
to
promote
this.
H
This
resolution
would
also
empower
residents,
organizations
and
businesses
to
lower
their
own
carbon
footprint
by
implementing
regenerative
egg
practices
in
their
own
backyards
in
community
gardens
that
they
take
part
in
or
within
market
gardens,
urban
farms
and
then
finally,
promoting
regenerative
agriculture
practices
on
city-owned
Lots
leased
to
gardeners
to
the
garden
lease
program.
This
map
is
a
map
of
all
the
current
Lots
leased
and
available
to
folks.
H
In
the
city
of
Minneapolis
to
lease
as
a
community
or
Market
Garden,
this
is
just
a
snapshot
of
the
nearly
300
that
I
mentioned
before
so
there's
a
large
opportunity
on
city-owned
Lots,
but
also
in
other
areas
within
the
city,
and
then
this
could
expand
to
being
beneficial
on
public
land
owned
by
the
city,
such
as
on
boulevards
and
I
know.
Jim
had
maybe
a
little
bit
more
to
speak
to
on
that.
Yes,.
I
Real
quick
and
one
of
the
things
we're
looking
at
I
know
a
little
bit
ease
here.
The
word
agriculture
a
lot,
but
they
want
you
to
think
of
the
regenerative
practices
in
how
it
relates
to
climate
change
and
what
the
city
can
do
address
it.
We
have
a
lot
of
public
infrastructure
right
now
that
can
be
adapted
into
carbon
sinks
and
actually
reduce
our
maintenance
costs,
reduce
the
effects
of
climate
change,
deal
with
mitigation
of
climate
change
and
changing
climate
patterns
and
by
incorporating
these
practice
to
include
biochar
some
of
the
things
recently.
I
We
just
finished
up
a
project
last
week
with
Hennepin
County
and
doing
a
joint
urban
forestry
project
along
high
Wafaa,
we're
planting
some
trees
to
address
the
mortality
and
growth
rate
of
the
replacement
trees
that
we've
had
in
harsh
environments.
We
have
the
effect
of
urban
or
the
emerald
ash
borer,
which
is
coming
through,
where
we're
losing
a
lot
of
big
sticks
on
tournament.
And
what
do
we
do
to
replace
the
environmental
benefits
that
the
trees
provide
for
health
benefits,
as
well
as
the
carbon
benefits?
And
so,
if
we
can
make
the
trees
grow
faster?
A
So
much
I
wanted
to
just
take
a
moment
to
clarify,
with
authorship
of
this
resolution
that
I'm
listed
as
the
primary
I
think.
It's
because
I'm
the
chair
of
the
committee
but
I
want
to
make
sure
that
all
of
the
credit
goes
accounts
of
a
diverse
trader.
Who
has
been
an
amazing
champion
of
this
work.
I
am
really
excited
about
biochar
I
think
that
we
have
a
really
big
opportunity
with
that,
with
the
emerald
ash
and
being
able
to
really
use
that
in
a
productive
way.
A
J
You
for
the
presentation,
I'm
really
excited
about
this-
appreciate
the
leadership
of
customer
sheiter
as
well.
I
just
think
it's
an
incredible
area
and
really
appreciate
highlighting
this
indigenous
technology
that
has
been
developed
long
ago
and
that
we
seem
to
have
largely
forgotten
about
or
lost
and
I
think
it's
really
important
and
I'm
glad
that
we
are
working
on
this
area.
I.
A
I
F
Well,
thank
you
mr.
chair,
and
thank
you
for
that,
but,
honestly
we're
just
trying
to
keep
up
with
all
the
great
work
you're
doing
like
I
first
want
to
thank
you,
know,
Jim
and
Claire
for
all
the
work
you've
been
doing
on
this
Jim.
This
has
been
a
side
passion
project
that
you
I've
had
so
much
excitement
for
that's,
contagious
and
I
am
so
excited
and
proud
to
be
working
on
this
right
now
and
I'm
excited
about
what
we
can
do.
I
do
have
about
three
three
points.
F
You
know
first
I
think
declare
two
point
about
this.
Being
a
paradigm
shift
like
I
think,
that's
that's
almost
an
understatement
like
for
so
long.
We
have
talked
about
how
we
have
soil
health
and
how
we
take
care
of
agriculture
in
our
city
and
to
think
about.
You
know
how
we
have
to
stop
using
pesticides
and
what
that
means
and
to
start
thinking
about
like
making
sure
that
we're
using
organic
fertilizer-
and
all
of
that
is,
is
so
counter
to
have
way.
We've
lived
for
so
long
is
going
to
take
some
work.
F
So
I
think
that
this
is
a
really
great
first
step.
The
second,
you
know,
I
think
one
thing
that
wasn't
said:
that's
a
little
implying
one
of
the
things
I'm
actually
most
excited
about.
You
know
we're
so
overwhelmed
with
facing
climate
change
that
we
don't
always
think
that
this
is
an
opportunity
that
this
we
can
choose
our
future
right.
Now
we
have
to
go
quick
and
we
got
to
be
serious
about
it,
but
we
can
still
think
about
a
world.
F
F
That
may
not
be
able
to
afford
solar
org
at
different
electric
vehicles,
and
then
you
know,
finally
to
the
point
that
we're
a
city
and
not
an
agriculture
I
think
that's
an
important
point
mainly
for
the
the
distinction
that
we
have
this
climate
crisis
that
we're
facing
that
we're
not
treating
as
a
crisis
in
a
crisis.
You
are
thinking
about
every
single
resource.
You
have
every
single
thing
that
goes
out
the
door.
Every
single
square
inch
of
soil
is
a
resource
that
we
have
that
we
need
to
be
thinking
about.
F
You
know
in
my
area
we
have
an
issue
with
storm
water
reductions,
so
biochar
would
be
a
very
convenient
sustainable,
resilient
answer
and
we
need
to
be
thinking
about
as
a
city.
What
we
do
with
every
square
inch
here
so
I
mean
first
and
foremost
again
want
to
thank
staff
and
really
excited
about
is
forward.
F
Would
tell
me
good
toughen
snap
direction.
Yes,
go
ahead,
all
right,
also
on
that
no
I'd
like
to
offer
a
motion
to
direct
sustainability,
the
Health
Department
of
Public
Works
staff,
to
explore
ways
to
partner
together
to
support
and
implement
regenerative
agriculture
and
biochar
practices
and
in
the
future,
City
Minneapolis
projects
and
to
report
back
to
the
public
health
environment.
Civil
rights
and
engagement
committee
by
August,
2019
I,
should
have
said
for
my
colleague
beforehand,
we'll
be
passing
out
a
sheet
of
what
I'm
just
read.
I
A
Thank
you
so
much
council
member
Schrader
I
also
just
wanted
to
say
for
the
record
before
we
move
on
that.
I
wanted
to
make
sure
so
we
do
by
default.
Add
the
chair,
as
as
one
of
the
authors,
but
I
wanted
to
be
intentional
about
taking
my
name
off
of
it,
so
that
you
got
that
you're
do
perhaps
because
you
deserve
it.
You've
been
leading
a
lot
on
this,
so
I
just
wanted
to
name
that,
but
also
thank
you
for
this
motion
here
and
thank
you
for
the
presentation.
Are
there
any
question?
Yes,
please
well,.
A
Challenge
accepted
all
right,
so
we
have
a
motion
before
us
with
a
staff
direction.
Are
there
any
questions
or
comments
on
it
all
right,
seeing
none?
Those
in
favor
of
the
motion,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
aye,
those
opposed,
say,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it,
and
that
motion
is
carried.
Thank
you
again,
council
member
Schrader,
for
your
leadership
on
this
issue.
A
I
would
also
like
to
make
a
motion
approving
the
passage
of
a
result
of
the
resolution
recognizing
regenerative,
agriculture
and
biochar
use
as
impact
impactful
climate
action
and
resilience
tools
that
benefit
and
deliver
benefits
to
Minneapolis
residents
in
our
environment.
All
those
in
favor
of
the
motion,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
aye,
those
opposed,
say,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it.
That
item
carries.
A
Thank
you
so
much
everyone
now
being
able
to
really
demonstrate
how
versatile
and
diverse
the
work
is
at
the
health
department
we're
going
to
be
shifting
now
to
violence
prevention,
so
we
have
before
us
today
is
gonna,
be
a
presentation
on
establishing
the
office
of
violence
prevention.
I,
see
we
have
a
whole
slew
of
folks
here,
but
we'll
have
Commissioner
moose
can't
kick
us
off.
Thank
you
so
much
thank.
K
You
mr.
chair,
rich
music
and
commissioner
of
health,
I'm
just
gonna
breeze
through
a
couple
slides
at
the
beginning
to
get
us
started.
What
we
hope
to
discuss
today
is
just
giving
you
the
briefest
of
backgrounds,
of
sort
of
how
we
got
to
where
we
are
today,
then,
the
creation
of
the
new
office
of
violence,
prevention
and
and
how
that
is
proceeding.
We
will
then
hear
about
work,
that's
being
done
to
get
the
steering
committee
off
the
ground
and
going
very
soon
and
then
the
recommendations
about
spending
the
violence
prevention
fund.
K
So
briefly,
we
started
this
work
in
2006,
really
when
Minneapolis
was
called
mini,
murder,
appleÃs
or
something
like
that
and
I
should
remembered
exactly
what
we
were
called,
but
it
wasn't
a
good
characterization.
We
didn't
like
it
and
we
also
were
concerned
about
what's
happening
in
our
community.
K
Not
just
our
reputation
and
so
put
a
group
together
at
the
community
level,
began
to
think
about
how
to
proceed
and
in
2008
came
to
the
City
Council
City
Council
declared
youth
violence
as
something
that
is
a
public
health
issue
and
we
created
a
blueprint
for
action
and
that
was
adopted
as
well.
In
2013,
we
revisited
that
blueprint
updated
it,
and
we
also
became
a
member
of
the
National
Forum
on
youth
violence
prevention,
so
we're
part
of
national
efforts
as
as
well
as
working
locally
and
then
in
2016.
K
We
were
able
to
add
to
that
portfolio
a
CDC
grant
that
focuses
that,
in
the
way
that
we
are
focusing
but
brings
in
teen
dating
violence
as
an
additional
component
of
violence,
prevention,
2016
and
17,
we've
really
expanded
into
tertiary
prevention
or
more
intervention
closer
to
intervention
with
the
creation
of
the
next
step
program.
Hospital-Based
with
our
group
violence,
intervention
program,
which
we
call
project
life
and
then
in
2018,
the
City
Council
created
a
new
committee
replacing
the
previous
one,
that
was,
youth
violence,
prevention
with
violence,
prevention,
steering
committee.
K
And
in
the
budget
decision
that
the
council
made
the
office
of
violence,
prevention
was
placed
in
the
health
department,
we
determined
that
it
should
be
a
standalone
division
within
the
department
reporting
to
the
commissioner
worked
with.
That
would
be
myself
worked
with
Human
Resources
to
determine
the
proper
classification
of
the
leadership
and
so
have
classified
that
as
a
director
and
we
recruited
for
that
position
locally
and
nationally
and
had
a
multi
round
set
of
interviews.
K
We
had
representatives
from
the
community
from
the
police
department
from
the
City
Council
and
the
mayor's
offices
and
are
just
waiting
for
some
paperwork
to
do
the
announcement,
but
will
not
be
announcing
it
today.
But
we
will
have
an
announcement
in
the
near
future
and
our
to
move
forward
in
formalizing.
That.
K
G
G
You
good
afternoon,
chair
and
committee
members
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
before
you
and
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
work
that
we're
doing
in
the
office
of
violence
prevention.
I
am
Sasha.
Cotton
as
Miss
music
can't
say
that
commissioners
can't
say
it.
Our
youth
violence,
prevention
coordinator
in
the
health
department
and
I
have
the
pleasure
talking
a
little
bit
about
next
steps,
so
right
now
giving
a
little
history.
Historically,
we
have
had
a
youth
violence
prevention,
executive
committee
that
is
converting
to
an
office
of
violence
prevention,
steering
committee.
G
It's
just
an
opportunity
to
expand
the
scope
and
the
people
that
we'll
have
around
the
table.
So
we
can
think
more
broadly
about
the
way
violence
is
cutting
across
our
community,
not
only
just
with
young
people,
but
really
thinking
about
teen
dating
violence,
intimate
partner
violence,
domestic
violence
and
Perley
childhood
exposure
to
violence
so
gives
are
both
the
office
and
the
steering
committee
a
greater
reach
in
July
of
2018.
A
resolution
was
passed
for
the
development
of
that
steering
committee.
G
I'm
not
going
to
read
this
very
dense
slide
to
you
verbatim,
but
essentially
I'm
per
your
request
and
approval.
It
is
a
21
member
steering
committee
that
consists
of
community
members
and
other
stakeholders
across
this
enterprise
and
other
systems
that
are
all
working
in
some
way
on
issues
related
to
violence,
prevention,
we'll
also
have
which
I
think
makes
us
slightly
unique
up
to
ten
non-voting
members
who
are
doing
work
here
in
the
enterprise
at
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
That
we
think
touch
points
have
touch
points
on
violence
prevention.
G
G
I
Atlanta
Evans,
who
works
with
protect
Minnesota,
which
is
the
leading
gun
lobby
agency
in
the
state
of
Minnesota,
and
it's
been
a
key
partner
of
our
work
up
until
this
point:
dr.
Rachel
Hartman,
who
works
in
the
school
public
health
as
a
associate
professor
at
the
University
of
Minnesota,
and
is
doing
some
cutting-edge
research
around
police
violence
and
its
impact
on
communities
of
color,
Reverend,
David
Hager.
Who
currently
is
the
director
of
spiritual
healing
and
healthcare
at
HCMC
and
is
doing
some
work
with
us
around
next
up.
G
G
Prevention
work
at
the
city
level,
Lance
Lamont,
who
was
the
ward
9
appointee
and
is
doing
some
really
innovative
work
in
the
Native
American
community
and
around
the
little
earth
community
around
violence
prevention,
Rosalyn
I'm
always
going
to
mess
up
her
name,
Petrus
--an,
who
works
with
HUD,
but
is
really
on
our
committee
focused
on
Rhea,
fender,
employment
and
re-entry.
She
is
the
board
chair
for
all
squared,
which
is
focused
on
employing
people
who
are
coming
back
to
our
community
from
incarceration
dr.
G
Madison
Stallman
who's,
the
ward
3
appointee
is
also
the
founding
president
of
helping
hands,
which
is
a
local
nonprofit
working
on
violence,
prevention,
Turnipseed,
who's,
doing
smart
with
our
city
attorney's
office
through
urban
ventures,
Jen
white
from
our
mayor's
office,
who
was
leading
the
work
there
on
Public
Safety
and
then
lastly,
Shane's
on
from
our
downtown
Improvement
District.
So
we
do
have
six
voting
members
seats
that
are
still
available
and
we
are
working
strategically
and
have
a
consultant
Lynn
brittle.
G
A
G
A
G
You,
sir,
it
should
also
be
noted
that
our
first
meeting
is
this
month
on
June
27th.
We're
excited
to
bring
folks
together,
start
to
get
to
know
each
other
and
lay
out
some
strategies
about
what
we'll
be
working
on
in
2019
and
2020,
but
that
will
roll
into
some
conversation
about
the
violence
prevention
fund.
In
the
2019
budget.
G
The
violence
prevention
fund
was
established
and
it
was
really
designed
to
help
us
think
about
community-led
strategies
and
make
sure
that
we
were
supporting
with
real
dollars
ways
to
get
money
into
the
community,
both
in
downtown
and
in
a
citywide
fashion.
In
the
actual
language
that
was
created
here
in
Council,
150,000
dollars
were
to
be
set
aside
for
downtown
strategies
and
we
used
the
balance
of
those
remaining
funds
to
develop
an
RFP
process
for
the
remainder
of
the
city,
which
left
us
with
about
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
do
citywide
implementation.
G
We
were
very
fortunate
in
the
Health
Department
to
have
a
very
skilled
and
talented
research
and
evaluation
team,
and
they
were
able
to
help
us
design
a
quick
online
survey
that
we
could
put
out
via
social
media
and
via
email,
to
get
some
responses
back
from
community
about
what
they
thought
were
the
priority
areas
that
we
should
be
funding
in
for
violence
prevention
strategies.
Week
hundred
and
sixty-four
completed
surveys
over
two
weeks
which,
from
our
research
team,
the
feedback
we
got
was
like.
G
G
Yes,
so
the
budget
was
approved,
obviously
in
December
and
most
violence
prevention
work
happens
over
the
summer
months,
just
given
the
nature
of
Public
Safety
and
the
concerns
that
people
have
a
lot
of
the
project.
Work
happens
over
summer
and
just
designing
and
developing
an
RFA
or
an
RFP
takes
some
time
and
getting
that
approved
takes
time,
and
so
in
order
to
get
the
money
out.
G
What
we
heard
from
community
members
and
the
kinds
of
agencies
that
were
intending
to
apply
for
this
money
was
that
they
would
want
to
be
able
to
do
the
work
starting
as
early
as
May.
So
we
wanted
to
get
the
RFPs
and
applications
out
in
spring
so
that
we
could
start
funding
these
programs
as
early
as
possible.
G
L
Okay,
thank
you.
Is
there
any
suggestions
of
how
we
can
because
I'm,
just
not
sure
everybody
is
being
able
to
be
aware
of
these
opportunities?
If
it's,
this
really
tight
timeline-
and
you
know
seemingly
there's
few
people
who
are
a
few
groups
who
are
engaged
in
this
and
and
so
certainly
they're
aware,
but
you
know,
I
mean
with
something
like
biennial
budgeting
process.
How
would
to
increase
opportunities
for
more
community
members
to
be
engaged
in
this
conversation,
absolutely.
G
So
both
biannual
funding
and
the
fact
that
the
funding
that
we
have
at
least
part
of
it
being
ongoing
is
really
important
to
the
stability
of
the
funding.
Our
hope
is
that,
for
the
2020
round
of
funding
that
we
know
will
have,
we
want
to
get
those
RFPs
out
as
early
as
late
December
early
January,
so
that
agencies
can
start
applying
right
away.
Have
the
money
in
queue
to
be
able
to
start
hiring
or
figuring
out
contractual
responsibilities
as
early
in
the
year
as
possible.
A
G
And
so
in
the
survey,
the
findings
did
show
that
youth
violence
and
peer
violence
were
the
top
priorities
of
the
community
members
that
we
were
able
to
hear
from.
We
had
a
variety
of
choices
for
folks
to
choose
from
as
far
as
what
they
thought
they
could
prioritize.
What
really
rose
to
the
surface
was
youth
and
pure
violence.
G
The
survey
is
reinforced
the
need
to
prioritize
a
diverse
and
varied
approach,
though,
because
what
we
also
saw
was
that
the
way
they
wanted
that
work
to
be
delivered
was
really
broad
and
wide.
So
we
tried
to
keep
the
RFP
consistent
with
these
kinds
of
forms
of
violence
or
forms
of
treatment
or
intervention.
I
guess
I
should
say
in
order
for
a
wide
range
of
stakeholders
to
be
able
to
apply
and
do
project
related
work.
G
So
there
were
$150,000
made
available
for
downtown
projects
through
the
request
we
allowed
agencies
to
apply
for
up
to
$50,000
and
the
existing
activities,
expansion
activities
and
new
activities
were
able
to
be
considered.
So
we
didn't
want
to
limit
people
to
just
new
work,
because
we
know
that
sometimes
with
a
short
period
of
time,
you
know
less
than
one
year
to
work
on
the
project
it
may
be
best
for
them
to
be
able
to
either
enhance
existing
work
or
fund,
something
that
they
know
is
already
working.
G
Based
on
those
proposals,
we
were
able
to
fund
five
agencies
with
a
caveat
that
one
of
the
the
actual
funding
sources
for
a
mother's
love
is
coming
from
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department
through
an
existing
opportunity
that
they
had
we're
funding
mad
dad's
out
of
the
health
department's
funds,
a
st.
Stephen's,
Green
Minneapolis
and
the
Hinton
theatre
trust.
G
So
mad
dads
will
provide
their
own
unique
version
of
outreach
that
I'm
sure
many
of
you
are
familiar
with
with
street
patrols
and
community
members
out
in
the
downtown
community
at
late
night
club,
let
our
hours
they
also
have
a
great
way
of
networking
with
people
and
helping
direct
them
to
services.
St.
Stephens
will
continue
to
do
outreach
with
highly
mobile
and
homeless
young
people,
ages,
18
to
24
and
the
downtown
community.
G
G
We
want
to
make
sure
that
they
have
safe
activities
to
engage
in
and
so
they'll
be
working
in
partnership
with
ycb
to
both
collect
information
about
what
young
people
want
to
do
in
their
downtown
and
then
implement
those
strategies,
and
then
the
Hennepin
theater
trust
is
going
to
be
using
our
installations.
Music
and
spoken
word
events
to
really
liven
up
the
Hennepin
theater
district
on
both
inside
and
outside,
and
that
will
be
from
as
early
as
June
as
soon
as
we
can
get
those
contracts
in
place
through
the
end
of
the
year.
G
So
they'll
be
doing
outdoor
things
during
the
summer
months
and
then
moving
inside
and
once
it
gets
cold.
Our
citywide
violence
prevention
fund
we
had
roughly
$200,000
to
be
able
to
allocate
resources
were
able
to
apply
for
funds
of
up
to
$50,000
that
could
go
through
the
end
of
the
year,
although
many
of
them
are
focused
on
summer
again.
We
encourage
them
to
use
existing
activities,
expansion
of
activities
and
new
activities,
and
then
projects
can
be
focused
on
prevention
or
more
forms
of
violence
of
one
or
more
than
one
or
more
forms
of
violence.
G
We
are
really
excited
about
this
opportunity
because
we
know
so
often
the
folks
who
are
doing
this
work.
Thinking
about
some
of
our
own
programs
like
next
step
and
GBI,
are
not
always
getting
the
trauma-informed
care
models
that
they
need.
So
we're
really
looking
forward
to
being
able
to
encourage
folks
from
our
own.
You
know
contractual
organizations
to
participate
in
this
kind
of
training,
because
we
know
it
will
improve
the
quality
of
their
service
delivery
and
the
quality
of
how
they
take
care
of
themselves.
G
Inject
a
physician
with
their
infamous
work
around
arts
are
also
looking
to
do
our
installations
in
Jordan
Hawthorne
in
the
fall
neighborhoods
they'll
be
doing
activities
around
art
and
self
healing
along
the
Broadway
corridor,
and
then
art
is
my
weapon.
Has
an
exciting
installation
that
they're
looking
at
doing
across
the
city?
G
They've
done
some
work
like
this
in
the
past,
around
decommissioning
guns
and
using
the
metal
to
create
art,
the
art
that
they're
proposing
and
this
project
would
be
five
benches,
two
of
which
would
be
in
North,
two
of
which
would
be
in
South
in
one
downtown.
That
could
be
our
installations
on
display
permanently
or
semi-permanently
across
the
city
focused
on
violence
prevention,
we're
very
excited
about
this
project
and
the
longevity
that
it
has
and
the
use
that
it
has
of
art
and
bringing
young
people
together
to
create
this
kind
of
art.
G
That's
really
focused
on
taking
something
that
can
be
ugly
like
guns
and
making
it
something
beautiful
and
the
Camden
promise.
Last
but
not
least,
is
looking
to
do
community
work
up
in
the
Camden
neighborhood
and
they
will
be
doing
food
distribution
as
well
as
some
employment
readiness
and
then
also
some
peace
marches
throughout
the
community.
G
We
think
that
this
will
be
particularly
interesting
because
the
employment
work
that
they
want
to
do
is
with
group
and
gang
members,
and
so
we
see
some
clear
ties
into
the
work
that
the
city
has
already
prioritized
with
the
Camden
promise.
Oh
now,
that
has
been
at
least
the
East
Philips
Improvement
Coalition
is
addressing
multiple
forms
of
violence
and
using
youth
leadership
as
their
forum.
The
projects
will
include
equipping
young
people
with
canvassing
skills
and
allowing
them
to
go
out
and
serve
a
community
members
about
how
they
think
violence
prevention
should
be
addressed
in
community.
G
So
some
of
the
lessons
that
we've
learned
in
this
process,
our
RFA
process,
allowed
agencies
to
apply
directly
to
the
health
department's
email
address,
which
we
found
to
be
relatively
seamless
for
small
community
lead
agencies.
Our
supplier
system,
which
is
the
system
that
had
to
be
used
for
procurement
through
the
RFP
process,
was
much
more
cumbersome.
We
received
several
emails
and
completes
from
ages
these
who
tried
to
get
into
the
system
and
were
unable
to
apply
because
there
were
barriers
with
the
e
supplier
system.
G
So
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
figure
out
a
way
if
we
want
to
focus
on
community-led
initiatives
that
we're
making
sure
that
community
based
agencies,
particularly
small
ones,
that
maybe
don't
have
someone-
that's
tech,
savvy,
really
have
a
way
to
apply.
That
is
making
it
easy
and
seamless
for
them.
Community
interest
in
funding
is
significantly
greater
than
the
funds
that
we
have
available.
So,
as
you
can
see
from
the
presentation,
we
had
lots
of
applications
that
unfortunately
were
unable
to
fund
just
to
a
fund
limitation.
G
Many
of
the
applications
we
got
were
worthy
of
funding.
We
just
really
had
to
be
diligent
about
thinking
about
what
we
could
do
with
the
resources
that
we
had
and
how
do
they
make
the
most
of
the
money
we
had
to
work
with,
but
clearly
there's
an
interest
and
ability
from
agencies
to
do
more
work
than
what
we're
able
to
fund
her
at
the
city,
the
application
process
and
project
timing
again
to
council.
G
Member
jenkins
point
was
tight
this
year
with
it
being
the
first
year
and
it's
wanting
to
get
those
funds
out
the
door
as
quickly
as
possible.
We
are
being
very
thoughtful
about
the
2020
process
and
trying
to
figure
out
how
we
can
get
those
RFPs
out
sooner
so
that
there
is
not
such
a
rush
to
get
them
back
in
the
door
so
that
people
have
a
longer
span
of
time
to
do.
The
application
process
and
then
engagement
through
community
input
survey.
G
We
really
saw
that
in
a
short
period
of
time
we
got
a
lot
of
response
from
community.
Our
research
team
was
not
expecting
to
get
over
300
people
to
respond
in
a
two-week
period
to
an
online
survey.
So
we'd
like
to
do
more
engagement
like
that
to
get
input
from
community
both
online
and
in-person,
to
make
sure
that
we're
hearing
from
the
constituency
about
what
kind
of
violence
prevention
strategies
they
want
to
see.
The
office
working
on
I
have.
E
Thank
You
mr.
chair
and
I
appreciate
staff,
giving
an
update
on
this
I
wanted
to
start
by
saying
that
you
know
probably
a
third.
My
office's
work
focuses
on
crime
and
safety
and
livability
issues.
The
9th
Ward
is
inside
the
3rd
precinct,
which
the
third
precinct
is
the
largest
Geographic
precinct
in
the
entire
city.
It
also
carries
the
highest
concentration
of
opioid
opioid
overdose,
as
well
as
prostitution,
and
a
lot
of
the
questions
that
I
get
are
around
where
the
street
outreach
workers,
where
our
is
the.
E
Where
are
the
shelters
where
people
can
go
and
and
stay
so
they're,
not
sleeping
on
the
street
or
sleeping
on
the
on
the
entrances
to
the
businesses?
Where
is
the
help
for
the
chronic
drug
abuse
that
we
see
happening
in
our
neighborhoods
and
in
the
drug
addiction
that
we
see,
especially
with
heroin
and
fentanyl,
and
some
of
these
other
things
that
are
hitting
our
community
pretty
hard
and
and
disproportionately?
So,
of
course,
communities
of
color
and
low-income
communities
are
getting
hit
the
hardest
so
I'm,
you
know
I'm
hearing
a
lot
of
that.
You
know.
E
So
one
of
the
questions
has
been
recently
coming
to
me
more
and
more
frequent
frequently
is:
how
are
we
making
sure
that
these
resources
that
we
are
investing
in
nonprofit
partners
to
help
us
address
crime
and
safety
and
livability
issues?
You
know
the
questions
are
around?
Can
we
see
the
contracts?
Can
we
see
the
specifics?
Can
we
see
how
many
times
they're
going
to
be
out
there,
because
people
aren't
feeling
the
impact?
And
so
my
question
is
more
around:
how
are
we
as
a
city?
E
E
E
Programs
and
initiatives
such
as
the
DVI
program
and
others
that
the
city
has
and
that
we've
ran
and
that
can
show
results
and
improvements,
and
so
I'm
just
wondering
now
that
these
resources
are
going
to
be
kind
of
you
know,
sent
out
into
the
community.
What
is
the
process
or
the
mechanism
or
the
systems
that
we
might
have
in
place
as
policymakers
and
staff
to
be
able
to
say,
hey,
you
know
at
the
end
of
2019.
This
is
what
we
were
able
to
get
done.
This
is
how
much
work
we
accomplished.
K
If
I
might
gretchen
musekamp,
commissioner
of
health,
mr.
chair
and
councilmember
Kondo
I
had
at
least
three
thoughts,
and
hopefully
I
can
remember
all
of
them.
In
an
answer
to
your
comments.
One
is
that
the
role
of
the
office
of
violence
prevention
now
is
to
not
only
do
its
own
work
but
to
connect
with
other
work
across
the
enterprise
and
we're
really
just
starting
that,
because
we
don't
we're
not
fully
staffed
yet.
K
As
we
see
people
who
are
in
danger
of
overdosing
or
overdosing?
And
how
do
we
create
community
touch
points
for
folks?
And
so
we
are
pursuing
grants
along
those
lines
and
we
know
of
other
communities
that
have
done
that
work
and
so
part
of
the
work
of
the
office
of
violence.
Prevention
will
be
des
we've
back
together.
Some
of
these
things
that
are
occurring
not
only
in
the
office
of
violence
prevention.
Another
thought
that
occurred
to
me
in
response
to
your
question
is
the
s
reap
process
and
I
always
forget
what
those
letters
stand
for.
K
I
know
what
they
stand
for,
but
I
can't
remember
the
what
the
what
each
letter
is
but
strategic.
Thank
you
very
much.
So
we
are
in
the
process
of
working
with
the
team
to
identify
that
priority
that
you
establish
one
of
the
three
priorities
had
to
do
with
with
violence,
and
so
we
are
looking
for
what
is
the
focus
of
the
city
to
be
within
that
construct
and
definitely
looking
at
what
measures
can
we
have?
So
we
can
say
yes
or
no
we're
making
progress
or
we're
not
making
progress
or
these
component
parts
I.
K
Don't
think
it'll
fully
answer
your
question,
but
it
is
starting
to
get
tighter
on
that
and
then
the
fourth
piece
would
be.
We
certainly
as
part
of
any
grants
that
we
put
out
in
the
community
collect
information
about
what
was
done
with
that
money,
and
so
we
can
definitely
report
on
that.
But
I,
don't
think
that
gives
you
the
same
aggregate
answer
that
maybe
you
were
looking
for,
but
we
can
definitely
provide
you
the
very
specifics
of
what
occurred
within
certain
grants.
So
those
are
my
four
thoughts
and.
E
I
appreciate
that
the
three
things
you
shared
at
the
beginning,
I'm
I'm,
very
interested
in
that
fourth
piece,
because
folks
do
really
want
to
know.
Okay,
so
did
we
give
an
organization
$10,000
to
just
sit
in
the
office
and
answer
phones,
or
are
we
giving
them
$10,000
to
like
hit
the
streets
twice
a
week
and
make
some
contacts
and
log
who
those
contacts
were
and
so
they're
sort
of
asking
for
that
cut
that
accountability,
piece
and
I
need
to
just
be
able
to
communicate
that
better.
E
J
E
G
We
have
not
established
the
contracts
yet
because
they
have
to
be
fully
approved,
but
we
are
happy
to
work
with
our
evaluation
team
to
establish
some
metrics
and
I'm
happy
to
take
feedback
from
you
all.
If
there
are
metrics
that
you'd
like
us
to
keep
in
mind
to
do
both
pre
and
post
with
the
agencies
that
have
been
elected
for
funding,
I.
Think.
A
G
So
that
concludes
our
portion
of
the
presentation
at
this
time,
we'd
like
to
pass
it
over
to
our
partners
from
cities
United,
which
is
a
national
technical
assistance
agency.
That
Minneapolis
is
a
part
of
so
that
they
can
provide
information
on
recommendations
they
have
for
the
development
of
our
office
of
violence.
Prevention,
they've
been
working
with
us
with
us
on
this
over
the
last
several
months,
so
with
that
I
will
bring
up
mr.
Anthony.
G
M
M
What
we're
really
trying
to
do
is
make
sure
kids
have
the
opportunity
to
live,
safe,
healthy
and
hopeful
eyes
right,
then
that
means
bigger
than
just
staying
away
from
violence.
That
means
they
have
perfect
of
many
opportunities
to
have
powerful
education,
safe
housing,
but
also
that
their
families
have
access
to
opportunities
around
jobs
and
careers.
So
what
does
that
look
like
as
a
city,
and
how
do
we
do
that
collectively
and
part
of
our
job
is
really
helping
folks
think
through
that
process
and
what
that
looks
like.
M
So
how
do
we
change
the
name
of
the
office
and
move
it
from
violence
prevention
to
more
around
the
office
for
safe
communities,
healthy
communities
or
hopeful
communities,
and
really
push
ourselves
to
think
more
about
what
our
vision
is
for
our
for
our
kids
and
for
our
city
and
not
the
issue
that
we're
trying
to
deal
with
right?
Could
we
all
know
that
that
comes
up
and
it's
something
we
got
to
deal
with?
So
that's
a
vision
for
us
looking
at.
M
How
do
we
focus
on
the
vision
and
how
do
we
think
more
about
an
asset
frame
and
not
a
deficit
frame?
But
how
do
we
make
an
asset
frame
and
approach
to
this
work
as
well?
Second
for
us
is
also
Minneapolis
has
been
like
a
go-to
City
for
years,
with
your
blueprint
that
you
guys
have
been
working
on
and
using,
but
it
hasn't
been
updated
since
2013.
M
So
we
think
it's
time
to
really
update
that
and
use
that
as
your
guide
and
your
template
for
the
office,
so
really
taking
them,
taking
time
to
work
with
community
to
really
update
and
really
up
refresh
the
blueprint
on
how
we
move
forward.
We
see
that
there's
a
way
to
really
get
community
buy-in
and
then
also
get
community
accountability
and
shared
accountability
and
the
shared
vision.
So
if
you
all
really
take
some
time
to
put
community
members
in
and
create
this
new
blueprint
together,
where
it
is
not
just
what
is
the
city
going
to
do?
M
But
what
are
we
as
a
community
gonna,
do
a
who's,
a
who's
responsible
for
which
goals
and
outcomes
in
that
plan
is
gonna,
be
important.
One
of
the
things
that
we
saw
when
we
were
here
is
that
we
did
not
see
a
lot
of
youth
and
put
in
youth
voice
and
part
of
the
outside
of
the
work,
so
we're
recommending
that
you
all
create
a
Youth,
Council
or
youth
team.
M
That
really
gets
to
be
a
part
of
the
leadership,
not
just
that
we
bring
young
people
together
and
use
them
for
photo
ops
and
use
them
for
to
do
rubber,
stamping,
but
they
really
help
lead
to
work.
Part
of
that
recommendation
is
from
the
Youth
Council
is
that
two
of
them
actually
sits
on
the
steering
committee
so
that
they
toggle
back
and
forth
between
the
bigger
tables,
but
then
also
with
their
peers.
We
usually
want
this.
M
A
group
that
we
usually
ask
folks
to
do
is
look
at
young
people
twin
ages
of
14
to
24
and
put
them
through
a
grant
application
process
and
really
get
them
on
a
team,
but
also
once
we
get
them
on
their
team,
make
sure
that
they
get
reimbursed
our
you
paid
for
their
time.
So
make
sure.
There's
a
stipend
and
there's
money
set
aside
to
take
care
of
these
young
people,
so
that
they're
they
are
actually
you've,
been
rewarded
for
their
time
that
they're
giving
back
to
the
city
for.
M
But
this
way
you
create
a
pipeline
of
young
people
who
are
prepared
and
ready
to
be
a
part
of
that
conversation.
I
think
it's
also
important
that
we
think
about
it.
We
build
out
this
office
once
the
policy
scan
look
like
how
do
we
look
at
current
policies
and
see
if
some
of
those
policies
are
hindering
our
work
or,
if
they're
supporting
our
work,
because
if
they're
hindering
our
work,
we
got
to
make
sure
we
can
make
some
changes
around
that
stuff.
So
I
think
it
happened.
M
A
real
good
policy
scan
it's
going
to
be
important
to
what
the
work
looks
like
in
it
from
there.
How
do
we?
How
do
we
develop
a
new
policy
agenda
that
helps
us
move
forward
and
when
we
think
about
policy
that
includes
budget
and
we'll
get
to
budget
a
little
bit
later,
because
I
think
we
got
to
talk
about
a
clear
stream
to
also
councilmember
and
I.
Can
Oh
Connor
I?
M
Think
this
idea
of
hosting
quarterly
public
meetings
is
important
because
that's
about
transparency
and
you
do
that
in
community,
you
don't
have
folks
come
to
council
or
come
in
to
the
city
government.
You
do
that
in
the
neighborhoods,
where
we
are
actually
doing
the
work
in
and
people
are
experiencing,
violence,
but
I
think
those
quarterly
meetings
are
important
to
update
people
where
we
are
get
more
community
buy-in,
but
then
also
it's
about.
How
do
we
hold
ourselves
accountable
to
the
community
that
we
say
we're
serving,
but
then
also
for
us?
M
M
How
do
you
be
a
part
of
the
work
right
because
you
guys
want
to
make
sure
that
your
philanthropy
community,
your
business
community,
your
faith,
community
and
other
communities
know
that
they're
a
part
of
this
work,
and
this
is
how
you
can
be
a
part
of
it,
but
I
think
that
communication
strategy
there's
got
to
be
one
that
we
do
well
and
we're
saying:
leverage
two
cities,
communications
teams
to
really
create
a
marketing
and
communication
strategy.
So
some
of
this
is
around.
M
How
do
you
brand
the
work,
so
we're
gonna
put
a
new
blueprint
out
a
new
office?
How
do
you
brand
that
some
people
hear
about
it
as
seeing
they
know
exactly
what
they're
doing
and
how
they
can
fit
into
the
work,
so
we're
asking
for
that
to
take
place?
And
that
includes
thinking
about
what
our
social
media
and
media
relationships
and
how
we've
been
more
out
in
front
of
this
issue
and
how
that
we
all
have
the
same
talking
points
when
we
talk
about
it
from
the
city.
M
So
when
we
talk
about
creating
talking
points,
we
would
love
for
each
of
you
offices
to
have
the
same
talking
points
so
that
we're
all
on
the
same
page
and
that
we're
all
moving
from
the
same
sheet
of
music
I
think
the
last
recommendation
that
we
really
want
to
make
sure
that
we
talk
about
it.
I
heard
you
all
talk
about
the
funding.
M
Is
it's
got
to
have
a
dedicated
funding
stream
for
this
work
in
this
office,
so
that
we
can
make
sure
that
the
word
gets
moved
along
the
way
so
that
they
don't
have
to
be
thinking
about
what
we
got
to
cut
every
year?
Or
what
do
we
add?
Every
year
I
was
looking
at
the
2019
budget.
It
looked
like
the
Health.
M
Department
only
gets
one
percent
of
the
overall
1.7
billion
dollars
and
when
you
look
at
that
compared
to
what
the
police
department
get,
which
is
11%,
that
doesn't
mean
that
I
didn't
see
that
we're
moving
in
a
different
direction.
So
how
do
you
all
start?
Looking
at
the
budget
yearly
and
saying?
Where
else
can
we
cut
to
then
add
to
this
body
of
work,
because
this
body
of
work
is
to
prevention
and
intervention
work
that
we
want
to
see
done
and
part
of
what
we're
always
asking
cities
to
do
is
think
about.
M
How
do
you
read
imagine
what
Public
Safety
means
to
the
community
and
then
how
do
you
redefine
that
and
then
how
do
you
reallocate
your
budget
to
show
that's
where
you
move
into,
so
we
really
think
that,
as
you
move
forward
once
the
plan
is
developed,
we've
got
a
clear
strategy.
How
we
want
to
move
forward,
then
we
got
to
figure
out
how
we
fund
that,
and
it's
got
to
start
at
the
city,
but
I
think
it
also
gives
you
all.
A
A
Upper
harbour
terminal
community
couple
times,
but
but
I
really
love
that
assets
based
focus
really
shifting
that
paradigm
away
from
what
are
we
trying?
The
problem?
We're
trying
to
address
to
the
outcome
were
trying
to
get
so
I
really
really
appreciate
that
I,
you
have
a
question
or
comment
from
Councilman
rewarded,
I.
D
Also
really
appreciate
the
recommendations,
and
one
of
my
thoughts
is
this
could
be
some
work
actually
could
be
vetted
and
looked
at
by
the
new
leadership
group
that's
coming
forward
and
we
should
definitely
carry
those
ideas
forward
and
and
I
like
the
idea
a
little
bit.
If
your
name
is
going
to
change,
it
should
be
part
of
the
refreshed
plan
and
maybe
that's
something
we
could
ease
into
so
that
we
don't
change
the
name
too
quickly
or
whatever,
but
still
it
could
be
part
of
it.
D
Maybe
blueprints
old
and
roadmaps
better
now,
I,
don't
know,
but
I
think
that
that's
a
big
piece
of
work
and
we
better
have
the
buy-in
from
the
staff
and
the
leadership
team
to
do
that
and
I
think
that
we
probably
do
and
I
don't
know
that
we
necessarily
need
a
staff
direction
on
those
things.
I'm
sure
that
staffs
going
to
be
reviewing
the
recommendations
and
seeing
about
when
and
how
and
what
and
if
we
could
do
it.
D
I
also
would
call
out
that
we
do
have
a
Youth
Congress
and
the
youth
Coordinating
Board,
and
it
might
be
really
nice
to
coordinate
with
them,
because
the
idea
of
a
Youth
Council
is
very
exciting
and
then
to
members
who
could
serve
and
I
think
having
some
kind
of
stipend
for
them
would
be
important.
I
also
like
that,
because
it's
actually
preserving
and
holding
on
to
the
importance
of
youth
violence
prevention,
which
started
all
of
this
and
I,
don't
think
we
want
to
lose
that
and
that
could
be
really
key
to
doing
that.
D
A
You
so
much
for
all
of
your
work
on
this
time
for
coming
in
town
and
really
digging
into
the
issues.
The
possibility
is
the
work
that's
already
happening,
and
what
is
what
can
happen
in
the
future?
So
thank
you
so
much,
and
these
are
really
powerful
recommendations
that
we're
going
to
be
able
to
dig
more
into
with
our
team
of
folks
as
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
Commissioner
music
and
to
Sancho
to
Josh
for
all
of
your
work
as
well
with
establishing
the
office
of
violence
prevention
also
with
allocating
the
funds.
A
We
need
to
make
sure
you
know
it
was
exciting
that
we
were
able
to
have
the
public
safety
Omnibus
amendment
last
years
in
last
year's
budget
that
created
this
violence
prevention
fund,
but
with
limited
resources
means
that
we
have
to
focus
very
narrowly
geographically
I'm
excited
because
in
North
Minneapolis
we
do
have
a
lot
of
challenges,
and
this
is
investing
in
addressing
some
of
those
challenges.
But
but
the
demand
is
throughout
the
entire
city
and
every
every
person
who
is
impacted
by
gun,
violence
or
violence
of
any
kind.
A
Every
life
that
is
lost,
whether
that's
in
wards,
three,
four,
five,
six
or
nine
or
in
one
or
H
in
any
of
the
wards,
is
unacceptable,
so
being
able
to
really
scale
the
work
adequately
and
be
able
to
meet
the
demands
that
are
there.
I
think
is
really
important
for
us
to
take
into
consideration
and
really
work
across
this
ledge
body,
as
well
as
with
the
mayor's
office,
to
make
sure
that
we
are
actively
operationalizing
the
public
health
approach
to
Public
Safety
in
a
real
way,
because
we
are
seeing
improvements.
A
They.
The
data
that
you
know
I
get
to
see
is
around.
We
all
see
around
violent
crime.
I
can
say
that
since
we've
been
implementing
G
VI
of
next
step
and
the
various
interventions
that
we've
been
working
on,
we've
seen
a
notable
decrease
and
still
everything
is
every
single
incident
is
unacceptable,
but
a
decrease
is
pretty
great,
too,
and
so
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
acknowledge
that,
and
so
how
do
we
fold
this
in
and
make
it
a
priority
alongside
enforcement,
without
negating
the
need
for
it?
A
E
Appreciate
your
point,
mr.
chair
and
I
think
we're
talking,
and
it
reminded
me
that
oftentimes
when
we're
talking
about
these
issues
of
reducing
gun,
violence
and
addressing
youth,
youth
violence
and
some
of
the
challenges
we
have
with
commercial
sexual
exploitation
and
the
opioid
abuse,
I.
Think
people
lean
on
the
city
a
lot
because
they
know
us
we're
so
hyper
local.
E
But
I
would
say
that
it
would
be
great
if
we
could
use
this
opportunity
with
a
conversation
that
we've
just
started
with
Sasha
and
our
guest
speaker
to
really
invite
the
county
and
the
state
and
the
parks
to
be
a
part,
an
active
partner
in
that
and
a
funder
of
that
work
because
we're,
like
you,
know,
David
versus
Goliath,
and
we're,
like
you
know,
with
their
little
slingshots
they're.
Only.
You
know
these
rocks
that
these
mammoths
of
problems
and
I
don't
feel
the
presence
of
the
other
jurisdictions
that
are
at
the
table.
M
Brooklyn
Center,
so
I
think
this
kind
of
regional
approach
would
be
smart
on
you
all
smart,
but
also
think
there's
a
number
of
states
who
have
known
cities
and
advocates
have
advocated
states
to
then
a
set
aside
money
strictly
for
this
issue
right,
so
you
got
California
who's.
Putting
aside
I,
think
27
million
this
year
and
they're
dictating
it
to
certain
states,
so
I
think
there's
some
advocacy.
M
We
could
do
at
the
state
level
where
I
can
share
those
bills,
and
we
can
think
about
what
that
looks
like,
especially
if
we
do
that
in
the
regional
approach
with
other
cities.
I
enjoyed
directions
here,
who
really
want
to
look
for
that
work,
so
I
think
you're
right
on
point
with
that
and
I
think
the
way
we
want
to
do
the
work.
M
You
know
it
happens
at
the
local
level,
but
because
to
where
you
all
sit,
you
got
young
people
going
back
and
forth
to
all
of
these
different
places,
and
it
would
only
make
sense
for
you
all
to
have
a
regional
approach,
but
then
also
advocate
to
the
state
to
really
support
the
work
in
a
way
that
we
know
other
states
are
doing
as
well.
So
you
got
a
blueprint
that
we
could
just
use
and
move
forward
on.
So
I
just
think
that
that
would
be
my
recommendation.
M
The
solution,
because
the
way
you
all
said
you
close
to
so
many
folks
who
are
already
thinking
about
thinking
about
the
work
and
I
think
Marilyn
Dee
in
Brooklyn
Park,
actually
just
hosted
a
regional
convening
where
he
invited
other
mayors
and
other
law
enforcement
to
come
and
have
this
conversation
with
him
and
I
think
it
was
just
me.
You
guys
got
an
easy
kind
of
platform
to
start
that,
but
then
I
think
this
state
work
could
be
pretty
powerful
as
well.
Okay
of.
A
Course,
I
just
think
that
it's
noteworthy
that
we
that
the
city
did
not
solely
create
the
conditions
that
have
created
the
violence
that
we
see
in
the
community
and
we
alone
cannot
solve
it.
We
have
to
be
working
with
drew
our
jurisdictional
partners
and
and
our
surrounding
communities
as
well
council.
Vice
president
Jenkins
Thank.
L
You,
chair
Cunningham
as
yes
ago,
a
lot
of
the
comments
that
yourself
and
Councilman
O'connell
shared.
You
know
we
really
need
to
be
thinking
about
how
the
role
of
opioids
and
other
drugs
play
in
violence,
I,
guess,
prevention,
but
certainly
the
role
that
it
plays
in
creating
violence
as
well.
As
you
know,
you
mentioned
that
we
really.
L
This
is
a
citywide
issue
and
you
know,
while
a
number
of
the
resources
and
and
I'm
I'm,
I'm
sure
that
the
decisions
that
were
made
about
where
the
funding
goes
is
data-driven,
though
it
was
a
very
short
timeline,
and
so
it's
hard
to
kit.
You
know
all
the
data,
all
the
input,
all
the
applications
from
people
who
are
really
in
need
of
those
services
in
in
time
in
a
timely
way.
But
these
issues
are
I
mean
we
are
experiencing
some
really
significant
challenges
with
drug
addiction.
L
This
is
where
these
challenges
are
happening
and-
and
you
need
to
be
investing
in
now,
so
this
want
to
highlight
your
comments
as
well
as
come
summer
McConnell
and
that
it
has
to
be
this
broad
strategy
and
approach
to
thinking
about
violence
beyond
you
know
the
really
pernicious
and
tragic
violence
that
happens
in
our
youth
communities.
It's
it's
broader
and
we
we
have
to
address
that
as
well,
certainly
with
our
partners
and
other
jurisdictions,
you
know,
gun
control
is
issue
the
head,
the
state
can
take
action
on
and
they're
not
Hennepin.
L
M
One
of
the
things
council
members,
when
you
think
about
I
mean
because
I
think
all
of
those
are
to
your
point
need
to
be
addressed
so
I
think
as
we
think
about
what
that
looks.
Like
there's
a
number
of
cities
who
have
made
their
safety
work,
our
safe,
healthy
work,
around
homicide
reduction,
suicide
reduction
and
overdose
reduction.
M
You
got
to
have
a
the
team
has
got
to
have
enough
space
to
think
about
all
of
those,
because
all
of
those
take
different
strategies
and
I
think
they're
all
important
to
work
right.
So
one
of
the
things,
especially
so
I
can
talk
about
when
I
did
it
in
Louisville
when
I
ran
it
for
mayor
Fisher.
Those
were
the
three
things
that
they
asked
me
to
pay
attention
to.
M
We
ended
up
creating
work
groups
for
all
three
and
then
the
other
two
became
their
own
separate
thing,
because
the
homicide
and
shootings
was
enough
for
one
office
to
work
on,
but
we
ended
up
creating
other
inside
of
the
Health
Department.
Other
kind
of
change
that
then
took
over
that
work.
But
again
a
big
piece
of
it
is
how
do
you
bring
community
who's?
Already
doing
a
lot
of
that
and
help
them
develop
different
kind
of
strategies
and
connect
tighter
to
the
city,
so
I
think
one
of
the
things
we
could
all
do
is
I.
M
Do
a
quick
scan
of
who's
doing
that
work
in
the
community
and
then
try
to
figure
out
how
do
we
help
them
get
what
the
resources
they
need,
but
then
also
what
kind
of
city
help
we
can
do
I
just
kind
of
cautioned
putting
it
all
on
one
office,
but
I
think
that
office
can
serve
as
the
backbone
and
kind
of
like
the
kind
of
do
the
scans.
For
you
all
that
help
you
see
who's
out
there
and
then
figure
out.
M
How
do
we
create
subgroups
or
work
groups
that
can
then
move
that
work
forward,
because
I
think
it's
right?
If
you
really
are
saying
we
want
to
help
safe,
healthy
and
hopeful
communities,
then
we've
got
to
figure
out.
How
do
we
do
that
and
how
do
we
keep
all
of
our
folks
safe,
healthy
and
hopeful
all
at
the
same
time,
I.
A
Just
want
to
add
thank
you,
council.
Vice
president
Jenkins
I
also
just
want
to
add
one
of
the
things
I
appreciate
about
the
about
this
office
is
that
while
we
talk
a
lot
about
youth
violence
prevention,
it
also
covers
domestic
violence
at
intimate
partner
violence.
It
also
talks
about
early
childhood
exposure
to
violence
and
other
areas
of
intervention
that
are
available.
I
do
have
one
question
and
I
think
it
would
just
be
helpful
to
clarify.
A
Where
does
the
opioid
work
that
currently
exists
or
is
in
development?
How
does
that
fit
into
slashes
separate
from
I'm,
not
sure
if
this
is
for
Sasha
or
for
Commissioner
music,
and
but
how
do
we?
Where
does
the
opioid
work
fit
in
just
for
clarification,
because
there
were
discussions
about,
does?
Should
this
fall
within
the
office
of
violence
prevention?
Should
it
not
so
what's
happening
currently
and
how
is
it
in
relationship
to
this
office?.
K
Thank
You
councilmember
Cunningham.
We
have
just
one-time
funding
of
a
very
small
amount
for
addressing
opioids.
We
are
trying
to
make
of
that
something
that
has
some
staying
power,
because
it
is
a
huge
challenge
in
our
community.
We
are
being
guided
by
the
multi
jurisdictional
task
force
that
the
mayor
put
together
and
the
recommendations
there,
but
this
one-time
funding
of
50,000
is
what
we're
working
with
and
so
we're
trying
to
fundraise
and
and
make
something
a
little
bit
more
permanent.
Yes,
mr.
Smith
mentioned
it's
it's
a
large
body
of
work
right
now.
K
But
at
this
point
it's
not
part
of
the
office
and
I
guess:
I,
wouldn't
put
it
there
right
away
as
long
as
we
have
other
activities
that
were
able
to
do
within
the
Health
Department
and
we
were
able
to
to
coordinate
because
I
think
the
office
itself
needs
to
get
its
feet
on
the
ground
and
write
another
blueprint,
and
you
know
look
across
the
enterprise
and
so
on.
So
we
won't
keep
them
separate
from
each
other,
but
I
don't
think
we'll
integrate
it
right
away.
A
Yes,
so
there
was
fifty
thousand
dollars
that
were
allocated
one-time
to
the
Health
Department
through
the
2019
budget,
yep
and
they've
done
a
great
job.
They
actually
have
to
Minnesota
opioid,
crying
to
rember
what
they're?
What's
what
is
it
the
recovery
core,
so
they
actually
have
two
vistas
I.
Think
is
what
the
program
is.
That's
focusing
on
it.
A
K
Thank
you.
Mr.
chair,
we
were
able
to
secure
two
mister
vistas
which
are
in
this
focused
only
on
opioids
and
system
related
approaches
to
opioids,
and
they
will
be
finishing
their
year,
I
believe
at
the
end
of
summer,
and
we
have
already
been
able
to
get
an
agreement
that
we
will
have
two
more
at
the
end
of
their
term,
and
so
we
do
have
have
that
extra
person
power.
But
we
also
need
some
resources
for
them
to
work
with.
A
About
a
little
bit
for
them
that
they
work
really
hard,
I
have
at
agenda-setting
they've
come
several
times
and
presented
on
their
various
work.
So
it's
not
just
oh.
We
have
some
vistas
who
are
doing
a
few
things
here
and
there
they're
actually
digging
into
the
work.
So
alright.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
that
and
thank
you
team
for
all
of
your
hard
work.
You
were
given
a
big
challenge
with
a
short
period
of
time
and
you
truly
have
done
amazing
work
in
that
period
of
time.
A
So
we
have
two
actions
that
we
need
to
take
as
a
as
a
committee
right
now,
so
the
first
is
I
move
approval
of
receiving
and
filing
the
presentation
on
the
establishment
of
the
office
of
violence
prevention.
All
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
aye,
those
opposed,
say,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it.
A
The
last
item
that
we
have
is
authorizing
contracts
with
the
Lake
Street
Council
Minnesota
peacebuilding
leadership
institute,
the
banyan
community
juxtaposition,
arts
art
is
my
weapon,
the
Camden
Promise
and
the
East
Philips
Improvement
Coalition
for
an
amount
not
to
exceed
a
total
of
two
hundred.
Thirty
nine
thousand.
Two
hundred
fifty
dollars
for
specifically
designated
strategies
for
citywide
violence
prevention
outside
of
downtown
all
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
aye,
those
opposed,
say,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it
and
those
items
are
approved.
Thank
you
so
much
everybody
for
all
of
your
hard
work.
A
This
is
one
of
my
the
kind
of
committee
meetings
that
I
really
love
because
it
gets
to
highlight
the
diverse
amazing
work.
That's
reported
to
this
committee,
so
in
all
of
the
hard-working
passionate
city
staff
and
also
partners
like
cities,
United
who
come
together
to
truly
make
amazing
work
happen
in
our
city.
So
thank
you,
everybody,
so
much
and
with
that
we
are
adjourned.