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From YouTube: December 11, 2019 Adjourned City Council
Description
Minneapolis City Council Meeting - Budget Adoption
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A
Those
in
favor,
say
aye,
any
opposed,
say
no
that
carries
in
the
agenda
is
adopted.
I
want
to
just
welcome
all
of
you
tonight
here
to
City
Hall
and
recognize
the
other
elected
officials
who
are
here.
We
have
president
Brad
born
from
the
park
board,
along
with
commissioners,
Meg
Forney,
Lundell,
French,
Latricia,
Vita
and
John
O
kögel
welcome.
Thank
you.
For
being
here.
We
have
David
wheeler
from
the
board
of
estimate
and
tech,
taxation,
I
think
those
are
our
elected
officials.
Who've
joined
us.
So
thank
you
again
to
all
of
you.
A
Tonight's
hearing
is
the
third
and
final
hearing
that
the
City
Council
would
be
conducting
about.
The
2020
recommended
budget
mayor
Frye
presented
the
2020
recommended
budget
on
August
15th,
providing
a
proposed
fiscal
plan
for
the
city's
operations
next
year,
that
totals
1.6
to
billion
dollars
with
a
property
tax
levy
of
about
six
point:
nine
five
percent.
Since
that
time,
the
City
Council,
through
its
Budget
Committee,
chaired
by
councilmember
Palmisano,
has
conducted
a
series
of
hearings
to
examine
the
details
of
each
department's
budget
requests.
A
That
notice
showed
that
the
budget
includes
a
property
tax
levy
that
equates
to
an
additional
$109
for
the
average
home
that
has
a
median
valley
of
264
thousand
five
hundred
dollars.
The
maximum
tax
levy
was
set
by
the
board
of
estimate
in
taxation
and
it's
meeting
on
September
25th.
All
of
these
meetings
and
hearings
that
I've
talked
about
were
notice
to
the
public
broadcast
on
public
access,
television
and
livestream
from
the
city's
website.
So
as
on-demand
access
to
those
broadcasts
are
still
available
from
the
city's
TV
channel
and
on
the
website.
A
A
copy
of
the
proposed
2020
budget
is
posted
on
the
clerk's
website
and
a
printed
copy
is
available
over
there
with
the
city
clerk
by
the
clock.
All
the
documentation
related
to
the
proposed
budget
has
also
posted
and
available
on
the
city's
website.
This
past
Friday,
the
Budget
Committee
conducted
a
markup
of
the
mayor's
proposed
budget,
which
included
a
total
of
26
amendments
that
were
approved
and
forwarded
to
the
meeting
tonight.
As
I
mentioned.
A
This
is
the
third
public
hearing
on
the
budget
proposal,
which
will
give
the
community
an
opportunity
to
further
give
input
on
the
plans
that
we've
developed
and
the
changes
made
on
Friday
during
the
council's
markup
session.
So
if
you
plan
to
address
the
council
tonight
as
part
of
the
hearing,
please
note
that
I'll
be
taking
speakers
in
the
order
that
they
have
registered.
Speakers
can
register
with
the
clerk
at
the
table
outside
the
hallway
and
if
you'd
prefer,
to
submit
submit
written
comments.
A
The
clerk's
have
forms
that
you
can
use
to
do
that
again,
also
at
that
table,
if
you
haven't
already
done
so,
and
you
do
want
to
speak
at
the
hearing,
I'll
invite
you
to
register
now
before
we
open
the
floor
to
public
comment.
We'll
have
a
very
brief
presentation
from
our
budget
director
micah,
inter
mill
about
the
contents
of
the
proposed
2020
budget.
E
As
the
council
president
mentioned,
the
mayor
recommended
a
budget
of
1.6
to
billion,
which
was
structurally
balanced
in
2020
in
all
planning
years.
That
structural
balance
continues
following
the
amendments,
though
one
of
those
amendments
move
the
debt
service
and
capital
expense
associated
with
their
new
office
building
from
2020
into
2019,
so
that
reduced
the
2020
expense
by
about
90
million
dollars.
E
The
result
of
that
is
that
this
budget,
before
you
is
one
point,
five
four
billion
dollars,
which
is
31
million
or
roughly
1.9
percent
less
than
the
2019
Council
adopted
budget,
as
may
not
make
a
ton
of
sense.
Why
we're
raising
property
taxes
by
about
seven
percent
when
the
budget
is
less,
but
that
last
bullet
point
on
this
slide
highlights
that
the
operating
budget
so
taking
out
the
capital
and
debt
expense
when
we
compare
2020
to
2019
is
about
a
hundred
and
sixteen
million
dollars
or
nine
and
a
half
percent
greater
than
the
prior
year.
E
E
An
interdisciplinary
approach
to
public
safety,
including
increases
to
the
office
of
violence,
prevention,
investments
in
training
through
MPD,
City,
Attorney's,
Office,
fire
and
others,
and
investment
and
economic
inclusion
through
the
creation
of
cultural
districts
across
our
city,
expansion
of
the
small
business
team
to
focus
on
small
businesses
owned
by
persons
of
color
and
improved
city
operations,
including
additional
funding
for
our
elections
in
2020,
modernization
of
some
of
our
core
IT
infrastructure
and
and
other
less
lesson.
Noter
iBall
changes
in
terms
of
our
capital
budget,
the
over
the
five
year.
E
The
budget
includes
some
changes
to
our
monthly
utility
rates
of
about
$4
per
month
for
the
average
household
or
51
dollars
per
year.
It's
about
a
4%
increase.
They
increased
from
2018
to
2019
for
comparison
was
4.3
percent,
as
discussed
our
2020
levees
that
stand
before
you
are
about
six
point:
nine
five
percent
greater
than
the
2019
levees
each
city
dollar.
E
So
this
includes
all
property
tax
dollars,
utility
rates
and
other
sources
of
revenue
for
the
city
about
one
in
four
dollars
goes
to
Public
Works,
the
next
biggest
category
being
capital
improvement
and
falling
following
all
the
way
down
the
line.
This
is
a
little
bit
different
than
the
graph
that
you
saw
on
Wednesday,
which
just
looked
at
property
tax
dollars
themselves.
E
As
the
council
president
mentioned,
the
impact
of
the
proposed
property
tax
levy
increase
is
about
one
hundred
and
nine
dollars
on
the
median
valued
home,
which
is
valued
at
two
hundred
and
sixty
four
thousand
five
hundred
dollars
and
again,
as
I
mentioned
when
x'
day,
all
everybody
in
this
room,
everybody
watching
at
home,
should
be
mindful
of
the
property
tax
refund
program
offered
by
the
state
of
minnesota.
There's
a
regular
homestead
credit
and
rent
or
property
tax
refund
program.
That's
available
to
everybody,
though
there
are
income
phase-out.
E
So
if
you
make
a
certain
amount
of
income,
then
those
refunds
aren't
available
to
you,
there's
also
a
special
homestead
credit.
So
if
you
live
and
owned
live
in
and
own
your
home
there
and
you
have
a
net
property
tax
increase,
that's
greater
than
twelve
percent
and
at
least
a
hundred
dollars.
So
there
are
a
few
requirements
there,
and
the
increase
to
your
taxes
is
not
related
to
improvements
that
you've
made
on
your
property.
Then
you
are
eligible
for
this
special
homestead
credit.
So
all
of
these
programs
are
worthwhile.
E
They
can
return
hundreds
of
dollars
to
individuals,
we're
not
just
talking
about
tens
and
that
can
be
very
meaningful,
depending
on
any
individual
circumstance,
so
folks
can
go
to
the
website
listed
here
for
more
information.
That
concludes
my
remarks
and
I'm
happy
to
yield
the
floor
to
our
public
testifiers
Thank.
A
You,
mr.
intimal,
are
there
any
questions
for
the
budget
director
I
don't
see
any
so.
That
brings
us
to
our
public
hearing
before
we
open
up
for
public
comment.
I'll
just
very
briefly
go
over
some
rules
and
expectations
will
be
taking
speakers
in
the
order
that
they're
registered.
So
if
you
want
to
address
the
council
and
haven't
registered,
please
do
sign
up.
A
We
have
arranged
for
overflow
seating
in
319,
which
is
located
just
across
the
hallway
and
a
live
broadcast
of
this
hearing
is
also
taking
place
in
in
that
space.
We
have
interpreters
available
in
that
room.
If
anyone
needs
that
assistance
with
interpretation,
each
speaker
tonight
will
be
given
two
minutes
from
the
timer.
There
will
be
a
beep
that
will
go
off
I,
usually
let
people
finish
their
sentence
and
then
interrupt
with
a
nice
kind
reminder
that
the
time
has
ended.
Something
like
thank
you.
Some
people's
sentences
are
longer
than
others.
A
So
the
intention
isn't
to
you
know
not
let
you
finish
your
thought,
but
also
just
to
make
sure
that
everyone
has
time
to
finish.
So
that's
the
purpose
of
the
timer
and
we
really
ask-
and
this
has
never
been
a
problem,
but
we
ask
that
people
be
respectful
of
speakers
and
the
opinions
offered
not
interrupting
each
other.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
this
hearing
is
a
neutral
place
for
all
residents
to
have
an
equal
opportunity
to
address
the
council
members
and
we
know
folks
have
a
variety
of
opinions.
A
F
I
think
this
was
a
very
good
compromise
and
I
thank
the
council
as
well
as
the
mayor's
office.
The
mayor
has
come
to
all
different
neighborhoods,
specifically
in
the
downtown
area:
North
Loop,
mill,
district,
Loring
Park,
and
what
I
think
that
he
has
heard
the
residents
concerns
as
well
as
the
city
council
has
heard.
Our
concerns
with
the
increase
in
crime
and
I
think
that
what
this
shows
is
a
good
compromise
and
a
way
forward.
Something
that's
definitely
needed
in
our
future.
So,
thank
you
and
I
think
the
agreement
is
is
very
good.
Thank
you.
F
G
A
H
I'm,
the
new
Winston
and
now
I
live
in
Northeast
Minneapolis,
and
this
landlord
that
I
got
Jim
Lange.
He
took
me
to
court
and
I've
been
there
for
years.
He
took
me
to
court
in
July
and
I
won
in
the
courtroom
and
he
in
the
pan
me
off
and
they
had
to
pay
rent
again
in
October
I'm
living
in
a
three-bedroom
apartment
and
when
I
moved
in,
there
was
only
five
hundred
other
people
that
was
in
the
building
moved
out,
so
I
had
to
pay
fifteen
hundred.
H
So
when
I
went
to
court,
I
dropped
it
down
to
twelve
hundred.
So
within
this
time,
he's
been
demanding
my
prescription
medications,
and
you
know
wanted
me
to
work
for
him
and
things
like
this.
Instead
of
taking
the
money,
so
I
ended
up
giving
him
my
personal
prescription
medication
and
in
some
designer
sunglasses
that
he
wanted,
and
now
today
I
end
up
getting
a
eviction
notice,
I
gotta
be
out
in
24
hours.
Can
it
give
me
no
receipts
so
I'm,
so
what
I
would
I
should
do?
A
It's
absolutely
if
you
want
to
leave
your
contact
information
with
mr.
Carl,
our
clerk.
We
can
have
either
your
councilmember
or
city
staff
or
some
of
the
organizations
that
we
funded
to
help
renters,
either
home
line
or
legal
aid
and
follow-up.
So
you
can
give
mister
call
your
phone
number
or
email
address
and
we
can
follow
up
as
soon
as
the
hearing
is
over.
Okay.
Thank
you,
yep
and
I'm.
Sorry
to
hear
that
that
is
happening.
We've
had
more
and
more
problems
like
this,
so
I'm
glad
that
you
came
today.
I
Good
evening,
Council
members-
and
thank
you
for
being
here-
my
name-
is
grace
perky
and
I'm
here
this
evening
as
a
renter
in
Ventura
village,
and
also
as
a
representative
of
the
Powderhorn
Park
Neighborhood
Association,
and
the
South
Minneapolis
public
safety
coalition.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
work
on
this
budget.
While
I
was
encouraged
by
the
amendments
presented
by
the
council
on
Friday
shifting
money
to
the
office
of
violence
prevention
and
see
it
as
a
step
in
the
right
direction.
Unfortunately,
I
believe
it
is
much
too
small
a
step.
I
The
urgency
and
need
for
street
level
resources
to
address
the
opioid
crisis
and
homelessness
in
our
city,
as
well
as
other
safety
and
livability
concerns,
will
require
significant
dollar
and
resource
investment.
For
example,
in
a
proposal
that
the
south
Minneapolis
Public
Safety
coalition
put
together,
we
identified
that
a
minimum
of
10
million
dollars
was
required
to
fully
resource
strategies,
tools
and
programs
on
only
227
blocks
in
South
Minneapolis
alone.
I
urge
you
to
be
honest
with
yourselves
and
the
residents
of
Minneapolis
about
the
true
cost
of
creating
the
kind
of
community
we
envision.
I
Please
do
not
settle
for
pilot
programs
and
understaffed
and
underfunded
resource
allocations.
Trust
us
as
community
members
to
understand
the
true
cost
of
addressing
the
opioid
crisis.
The
mayor's
opioid
task
force
that
identified
a
list
of
tactics
and
strategies,
never
included
a
budget.
How
are
we,
as
community
members
supposed
to
understand
the
significance
of
a
$500,000
investment?
I
If
we
don't
know
what
the
true
cost
is
again,
I
asked
ask
of
you,
as
our
elected
leaders,
to
please
quantify
the
true
cost
of
a
community
where
everyone
is
safe,
housed
and
has
access
to
the
resources
that
they
need
do
not
rest
until
our
Health
Human,
Services,
Housing
and
Community
LED
safety
initiatives
are
fully
funded.
We
look
forward
to
continuing
this
conversation
with
you
in
2020,
although
I
wish
I
didn't
have
to
thank
you.
Thank
You,
speaker.
J
J
My
share
to
make
possible
real
solutions
to
these
serious
problems
that
we
are
talking
about
of
the
opioid
crisis,
combined
with
homelessness
and
the
dignity
of
so
many
people
in
our
community
being
sacrificed
and
impaired
in
some
very
significant
ways
and
I
feel
like
we
need
big
change
and
yes,
it's
going
to
require
big
investment
and
I
am
here
for
that
and
I
know
many
people
in
my
community
who
are
here
for
that.
They
can't
physically
be
present.
Tonight.
K
Madam
council
president
councilmembers
mayor,
thank
you
from
for
hearing
from
me
tonight.
My
name
is
Andrew.
Caston
burg,
I
live
at
2,
2
1-3,
22nd,
Avenue,
South
I
am
a
public
school
teacher,
proud,
labor,
union
member
and
trying
to
be
a
proud
citizen
of
our
city.
I
came
here
tonight
to
talk
about
affordable
housing
and
public
housing,
and
the
difference
between
the
two
recently
mPHA
has
applied
for
section
18
for
717
scattered
site
units
of
public
housing.
K
K
The
risk
is
that
our
budget
is
seems
to
be
increasing
our
spending
on
affordable
housing,
while
risking
that
some
of
our
existing
public
housing,
which
is
at
a
deeper
level
of
affordability,
could
be
changed
to
a
higher
level
of
affordability.
Therefore,
the
residents
who
are
living
in
those
buildings
may
not
be
able
to
afford
them
after
the
change
goes
through.
I
guess
my
question
and
concern
is:
should
we
be
investing
and
increasing
our
investments
in
affordable
housing
for
50%
AMI
when
we're
not
fully
funding
our
current
stock
of
public
housing.
K
So
that's
my
big
concern
and
I
just
want
to
know
if
it
makes
sense
to
you
guys,
because
if
we
add
you
know
if
we
add
a
hundred
units
of
affordable
housing
at
50%
ami
next
year,
but
we
Lou,
but
we
transition
717
units
from
30%
of
the
renters
income
to
50%
ami.
Is
that
a
gain
or
a
loss?
So
thank
you.
Thank.
L
Hi,
my
name
is
michael
johnson.
You
ran
a
good
meeting
on
the
4th.
I
appreciate
everybody
being
here
so
real,
quick,
just
a
couple
stories
of
burglary
hit
about
80
coffee
shops
and
restaurants
and
retailers
and
now
awaits
charges
this
after
he
was
convicted
of
burglary
threat
theft,
drug
possession
and
helping
an
offender
with
the
murder.
L
I
did
not
know
how
committed
you
were
to
not
arresting
my
way
out
of
this.
I
did
not
whole
how
committed
you
were
to
not
criminalizing
this
or
that
a
woman
on
a
light
rail
had
a
gun
pointed
at
her
face
was
robbed
and
that
offender
gets
one
year
in
prison.
That's
really
interesting
to
me.
I,
if
I,
maybe
I'm
old-fashioned.
Maybe
if
you
point
a
gun
at
a
woman,
you
should
be
buried
underneath
the
jail,
but
that's
just
me,
but
we
can't
criminalize
the
youth
right.
So
what
do
you
need?
L
L
L
I,
don't
know
how
you
understand
how
how
crime
is
connected,
how
low-level
drug
dealers?
That's?
What
one
of
my
favorites,
who
the
heck
do,
you
think
is
shooting
up
your
city
violent.
We
got
robberies
home,
invasions,
drive-bys
violence
in
the
schools,
violence
on
buses,
where
I
guess
it's
a
death
penalty.
When
you
say,
can
you
please
be
quiet?
75
year
old
guy
gets
killed,
that's
just
lovely
violence
in
the
warehouse
district
violence
in
malls,
violence
on
the
light
rail
violence
in
the
light
rail
stations.
M
Good
evening,
I'm
miss
Nicole,
Miller
I
live
in
the
Falwell
neighbourhood
of
North.
Minneapolis
I
am
pleased
to
be
going
after
this
gentleman
because
I
agree
to
that.
More
police
isn't
going
to
fix
the
problem
and
the
one
thing
that
he
didn't
get
to
was
the
root
of
the
problem,
and
the
root
of
the
problem
is
mental
and
emotional
health
in
my
community
and
the
marginalization
of
people
in
my
community.
That's
what
leads
to
crime!
That's
what
leads
to
violence.
M
Is
people
put
into
survival
mode
and
forced
to
make
very
hard
decisions
on
a
daily
basis?
I
went
through
the
proposed
budget
and
I
like
to
play
with
numbers
and
I
like
to
play
with
words.
The
word
healing
shows
up
in
the
proposed
budget.
Twice
the
words
trauma-informed
show
up
eight
times
the
words
mental
health
show
up
thirty-two
times.
Those
three
phrases
show
up
for
a
total
of
42
times.
The
word
police
shows
up
156
times.
If
policing
was
going
to
help
our
problem,
it
would
have
happened
by
now.
M
M
None
of
us
in
here
knows
everything.
We
all
know
a
little
bit
of
something
about
this
or
that.
But
the
most
important
thing
we
can
all
do
is
be
vulnerable,
so
I'm
gonna
try
to
be
vulnerable
for
15
seconds
and
talk
about
the
fact
that
it
wasn't
police
that
got
me
right
with
my
life.
It
was
places
like
emerg.
It
was
places
like
the
Minneapolis
Urban
League.
M
It
was
community
spaces
like
Sammy's,
Avenue,
eatery,
okay,
it
was
being
a
community
with
people
that
understood
the
struggles
that
I
had
gone
through
and
the
things
that
I
had
gone
through
and
working
through
that
trauma
that
got
me
to
a
place
where
police
interactions
are
no
longer
a
part
of
my
narrative.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
N
Thank
You
Sharon
and
Mia
prior
in
the
City
Council
I'm,
coming
to
say
one
more
time
our
our
community
have
organized
we're
ready
to
deal
with
our
violence.
You
took
care
of
downtown
now
of
me
or
pride.
When
we
ran
for
mayor,
you
said
you
were
gonna,
take
care
of
all
the
bus.
Now
you
took
care
of
downtown
I
heard
what
he
said.
N
The
first
speaker,
we've
been
fighting
I've
been
meeting
with
councilmember
Ellison
Cunningham
and
yourself
I've
gave
y'all
the
proposal
that
the
community
I
can't
do
the
work,
but
I
know
who
can
I
have
organized
it,
I'm
speaking
as
an
african-american
descendent
of
the
slave
I'm.
Speaking
for
my
community
I'm
speaking
as
the
person
that
worked
with
the
Urban
League
worked
with
the
black
churches,
work
with
everybody
in
our
community
in
Minneapolis
and
st.
Paul
to
deal
with
Biden.
So
you
don't
have
one
of
the
speakers
before
mr.
Cole
get
up
and
say
what
he's
saying.
N
I
know
what
he's
saying
is
it's
a
subliminal
message
about
black?
He
just
didn't
say
which
are
everybody
up
there?
Nobody
talking
about
so
this
I'm
saying
to
this
I'm
saying
to
our
community.
We
got
to
stand
up,
we
got
to
do
something
and
you
keep
smiling
when
I'm
talking
yeah.
You
keep
smiling
ain't,
nothing
to
smell
about
about
our
depth.
220
people
come.
N
P
N
N
Let
y'all
continue
to
play
like
we
in
here,
even
if
we
got
people
sitting
on
the
City
Council
and
that's
not
not
I'm,
not
talking
about
councilmember
Jenkins
I'm,
not
talking
about
councilmember
Watts,
honey,
I'm,
talking
about
where
only
death
is
happening
over
in
the
floor
they
feel
bored,
I
got
to
say
it
and
I
got
to
say
it
publicly
and
you
should
not
have
got
no
deal
without
saying
something
within
our
community,
so
we
can
help
our
people
may
apply.
You
said
I
did
that
you
said
you
can't
do
this.
N
No
more
and
I'm
telling
our
community
I
people
you
got
to
stand
up.
You
got
to
turn
the
place
out.
Don't
let
just
reclaim
the
block
come
down
here
and
say
about
what
to
do.
We
have
to
stand
up
as
a
community
if
we
want
to
stop
what's
happening
and
if
we
want
to
create
wealth
in
our
community,
we
have
to
do
it
and
y'all
must
do
you
got
a
reprimand.
We're
ectomy
enough,
like
you,
recommend
everything
else
you
doing
with
the
immigration
everything
else
you
doing
put
us
on
the
top
right.
N
Now
we
don't
want
240
people
died
but
shot
over
45
day.
Look
at
us
and
I'm,
not
that's
what
I'm
here
for
today,
that's
I'm,
not
gonna,
y'all
ain't
gonna!
Do
it
no
more
and
I'm
telling
the
young
people
you
got
to
read
bail.
So
if
they
nothing
in
this
budget,
when
y'all
get
to
make
it
cut
and
all
these
deal,
if
there's
nothing
to
help
our
community
with
violence
after
is
America's
out
getting
and
I
hope
we
claim
the
block
stand
with
us,
but
we
must
rebuild.
We
cannot
let
them
do
it
or
you.
N
Q
Okay,
thank
you
good
good
evening.
Mr.
flowers,
that's
a
lot
of
passion
there
and
identify
with
that
I.
Don't
get
asked
boisterous
as
he
does
it's
just
not
in
me,
but
it
is.
A
serious
issue
is
beyond
the
state
of
an
emergency
in
the
community
and
it's
not
just
in
North
Minneapolis,
it's
everywhere
and
like
grace
mention
about
the
Southside
safety
coalition.
As
the
executive
director
of
the
Corcoran
neighborhood
I,
see
it
all
too
often
and
I
happen
to
do
a
lot
of
work
and
what
mr.
flowers
was
mentioning.
Q
There's
been
over
30
organizations
meeting
for
the
last
year,
black
organizations
focusing
on
the
african-american
problem,
because
we
see
that
these
numbers
are
start.
We
are
dying
and
suffering
at
a
rapid
rate,
and
at
this
pace
there
looks
like
there
is
no
hope
for
the
future
of
our
people,
and
our
young
people
are
growing
up
in
a
war
zone,
and
that
is
scary,
because
I'm
raising
two
young
amazing
amazing
young
men
and
I,
get
the
privilege
of
watching
them
in
boys
that
look
like
them
play
and
have
a
great
time.
Q
But
it's
only
a
matter
of
time
before
they
are
criminalized
if
they
haven't
been
already,
and
so
my
children
happen
to
be
privileged
because
I
happen
to
be
educated
and
I
know
better,
so
I
do
better,
but
sometimes
everybody
doesn't
have
the
fortune
of
knowing,
and
it
is
time
that
we
take
some
time
and
give
the
community
the
african-american
community
an
opportunity
to
address
the
inequities
and
the
issues
going
on
within
the
african-american
community.
Now
that
there
are
not
other
issues
affecting
other
people,
but
it
is
affecting
us
at
a
much
different
rate.
Q
We
have
a
different,
a
different
perspective.
We
have
a
different
lived
experience
in
this
country
as
descendants
of
the
slaves.
It
is
true,
our
experience
is
unique
and
not
like
anyone
elses,
and
we
have
trauma
historical
trauma
rooted
in
the
very
way
in
which
we
are
addressing
and
talking
to
each
other
every
day,
and
so,
like
mr.
flowers
were
saying
it
is
time
we
do
have
to
reveal.
Q
We
can
no
longer
ask
for
permission,
we
have
to
move
and
we
have
to
do
it
with
the
urgency
like
it's
happening
to
your
children
today
tomorrow,
and
it
will
continue
to
happen.
It
is
a
really
scary
number
to
hear
that
over
two
hundred
and
forty
people
have
been
shot
and
over
forty
something
people
have
been
killed
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis
in
30
and
st.
Paul,
so
I
ask
you
to
reconsider
and
to
consider
community-based
solutions
when
you're
talking
about
addressing
of
violence
in
the
trauma
in
the
african-american
community.
Thank
you
thank.
R
So
when
I
come
here
today,
I'm
not
coming
here
to
say
that.
But
we
don't
need
the
war
police
office.
We
don't
need
that.
I.
Just
find
it
ironic
that
when
I
first
came
to
this
meeting
back
in
Oh
809
with
my
dad
when
I
was
16
15,
we
was
in
here
talking
about
the
same
thing.
We're
talking
about
the
same
problems,
the
same
people
not
looking
at
us
saying
whatever
takes
me.
The
most
is
when
brothers,
like
mr.
R
Ellison,
who
come
in
the
neighborhood
when
you're
trying
to
get
elected
and
everybody
filed
on
your
back.
But
when
the
deaths
is
coming,
we
can't
feed
and
now
all
of
a
sudden,
your
real
voice
Turris,
but
we
can
see
that.
Then
we
don't
see
that
same
thing.
We
don't
see
none
of
that
for
the
mr.
Cunningham.
We
don't
see
that
we
can't
see
y'all
at
the
same
meetings.
That's
all
I
need
to
be
it
and
then
y'all
go
to
these
other
organizations
and
say
what
y'all
gonna
do
to
help
prevent
violence.
R
We're
not
coming
to
the
peoples
out
there
trying
to
prevent
the
you're
not
coming
through
the
people
who
actually
out
there
trying
to
do
it.
We
don't
want
this
being
affected.
These
are
people
that's
dying
out
there.
It's
a
hurt,
you're,
a
man.
You
got
something
to
say:
you're
gonna
have
your
time.
Brother,
you're
gonna.
Have
your
time
I!
Hope
it's
something!
That's
gonna
help
us
for
once.
Cuz
I've
been
coming
to
these
me
for
a
long
time
that
we
still
talking
about
it
every
time.
The
violence
we
dying.
R
R
He
was
Latino,
but
with
the
African
Americans
it
can't
happen,
and
then
everybody
want
to
come
off
our
dance
off
the
back
of
our
dance
and
say:
hey
y'all
need
to
help
them
put
put
money
into
the
the
programs
for
them,
but
they're
not
working
with
the
people
who
got
to
actually
deal
with
these
families,
that's
dying
on
the
regular
day
basis.
So
we
all
do
do
this
version.
Consider
the
group's
is
really
out
there
fighting
and
when
y'all
come
back
around
when
it's
time
for
re-election
time.
S
Good
evening
Council,
my
name
is
Monica
love,
I
work
with
two
organizations
within
one
in
Minneapolis
and
one
in
st.
Paul
as
administrative
supporter,
and
also
a
program
director.
The
program
director
I
work
with
centered
on
youth,
it's
in
Minneapolis
right
on
Oliver
and
Penn,
and
we
are
in
the
fourth
ward.
Okay,
my
specific
concern.
My
specific
request
is
for
the
council
to
support
what
we
are
doing.
I
organization
is
also
a
member
of
the
Minnesota
safe,
safe
streets
initiative.
We
focus
specifically
with
Khoi
on
youth
intervention
and
prevention
to
crime,
intervention
and
crime
prevention.
S
We
on
the
streets.
We
see
it
in
the
nightly
news.
We
read
about
it
in
the
newspapers
we
hear
about
it
from
our
children
and
witness
it
firsthand
and
I'm
sure
that
we
all
have
some
type
of
experience
with
youth
violence,
young
people
getting
into
fights
and
shootouts
in
our
neighborhoods
shopping
malls
on
the
playground
and
in
schools.
S
S
It's
a
public
health
problem.
It's
not
just
a
specific
community
problem
or
a
black
problem.
It
is
a
public
health
problem.
If
you
wanted
to
do
something
to
stop
this
violence,
then
we
recommend
that
you
support
the
Minnesota
safe
streets
initiatives.
It's
often
best
to
get
support
the
expert
advice
from
organizations
and
agencies
that
are
members
of
this
initiative.
S
What
we
have
specifically
agencies
is
the
Council
on
Minnesotans
heritage,
Minneapolis,
n-double-a-cp,
Twin,
Cities,
Urban,
League,
Minneapolis
police
department,
centered
on
youth,
Minneapolis,
Park
and
Rec,
the
mother's
love
and
coach
Mackenzie's
enterprise,
and
what
we
are
asking
and
I'll
leave
you
with
two
questions:
what
is
the
City
Council
strategies
for
prevention,
preventing
youth
violence
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis?
In
the
second
question,
can
we
be
assured
that
the
council
will
support
the
Minnesota
safe
streets
initiatives?
S
T
T
Virginia,
the
Carolinas
I,
don't
I
thought
we
were
standing
in
the
state
of
Minnesota
I
thought
the
state
of
Minnesota
was
predominantly
democratic
state
who
believed
in
the
democratic
philosophy.
I'm.
Sorry
I,
just
that's
what
it
is,
but
it
seems
to
me
that
we
stand
like
like
a
colonized
state
like
a
state
that
just
like
stands
all
on
its
own,
like
do
whatever
you
want
to
do
to
African
Americans
and
just
feel
as
though
that's
okay,
that
it's
funny
that
lives
are
being
lost
on
the
streets
of
Broadway
Lake
Street
surrounding
areas.
That's
funny.
T
Minneapolis
just
had
the
Super
Bowl
for
a
couple
of
years
ago.
Minneapolis
all
these
beautiful
structures,
that's
being
built,
Mall
of
America
being
added
on
new
additions
and
stuff
Minneapolis
Minnesota
I'm.
Sorry,
because
if
it's
a
joke,
then
you
guys
probably
need
to
just
move
somewhere
else
and
let
the
real
people
who
believe
in
a
democratic
philosophy
not
saying
I'm
a
Democrat
over
but
don't
matter.
But
if
you
believe
in
that
philosophy,
then
you
guys
should
try
to
make
some
change
because
ain't,
nothing
changing
not
for
the
convicts,
not
for
the
people
that
stop
that.
T
Fighting
putting
their
lives
on
the
line
coming
out
of
our
pockets
to
feed
people
on
the
street,
Little
Caesars
Pizza,
and
that's
funny.
That's
that's
laughable!
That's
something
that
you
guys
look
at
it
be
like
ours.
Is
it's
just
them?
Well,
just
them
gonna
come
up
and
be
like
yeah,
it's
just
y'all.
Now
so
I
mean
we
got
to
be
able
to
be
smart
in
that
we're
human,
we're,
not
creatures
of
any
other.
U
U
That's
what
you
need
to
do
if
I
mean
we're
already
charge
and
paying
taxes
and
so
forth,
and
we
hire
you
people
through
elections
and
so
forth,
to
do
our
business
while
we
go
raising
money
to
pay
for
it
and
it's
about
time.
What?
What
some
of
us
say?
Maybe
we
need
to
take
back
some
of
this
power
unto
ourselves
and
take
the
time
out
to
run
our
own
city
since
we're
the
residents
and
the
owners
of
it.
V
Tamar
Julia
Bashar,
they/them,
pronouns,
recovering
New,
Yorker
and
now
a
resident
of
the
eighth
ward
I
work
as
both
a
local
and
bicoastal
actor.
My
work,
simplified
is
about
embodying
narrative
and
I
think
a
lot
about
embodying
the
narrative
of
Minneapolis.
So
when
I
heard
that
we
were
investing
only
two
hundred
forty
two
thousand
dollars
in
the
office
of
violence
prevention,
I
really
questioned
how
I
could
like
sat
on
my
floor
and
cried
about
it
like
a
couple
times
today.
Actually
you
know
I
thought.
Maybe
I
could
tell
myself
other
cities
don't
even
have
this.
V
Something
is
better
than
nothing,
but
then
I
started
to
place
this
number
into
a
context
to
see
if
I
could
actually
name
that
shameful
a
small
amount,
something
I
thought
about:
Raven
Gant,
a
black
woman
murdered
on
Thanksgiving
by
her
partner.
The
cost
of
a
funeral
in
Minnesota
can
get
up
to
twelve
thousand
dollars.
An
average
of
19
deaths
in
Minnesota
over
the
last
three
years
were
from
intimate
or
from
homicide
related
to
intimate
partner
violence.
Two
hundred
forty
two
thousand
dollars
is
only
enough
to
bury
twenty
people.
V
I
thought
about
the
fact
that
reparations
haven't
been
paid
and
we're
putting
8.2
million
dollars
in
the
police
department,
an
institution
that
was
fortified
during
Reconstruction
to
ensure
that
black
voices
would
not
ever
have
the
power
or
the
strength
to
ask
for
what
they're
worth
I
thought
about
how
the
enslaved
black
person
would
today
be
approximately
forty
thousand
dollars
and
since
not
much
has
changed
in
the
way
that
the
system
values
black
folks.
It's
not
our
face
to
say
that
this
money
is
only
worth
about
six
black
lives.
V
Something
is
better
than
nothing,
but
no
matter
how
much
you
costume
it.
This
is
still
nothing
good
directors
in
my
industry
will
tell
you
that
when
you're
talking
about
embodying
a
narrative,
if
you
remove
contacts
for
the
actors,
you
remove
consent.
Two
hundred
and
forty
two
thousand
dollars
is
a
total
removal
of
context
which,
in
this
narrative,
makes
the
police,
the
city
and
the
mayor
of
Minneapolis
violators
of
consent.
And
if
you
don't
like
that
narrative,
you
should
change
it.
V
A
W
We
could
have
gone
through
the
city
mechanisms
to
prevent
violence
from
happening,
but
the
whole
time
none
of
us
trusted
that
police
would
come
and
wouldn't
further
escalate
the
issue.
None
of
us
had
trust
in
the
city
sanctioned
way
to
deal
with
these
things.
So
we
had
to
deal
with
it
by
ourselves
and
because
of
that,
more
violence
was
caused
towards
the
members
of
our
community,
and
so
with
this
budget.
W
I
personally
and
my
community
would
love
to
see
that
money
going
towards
real
solutions
for
folks
that
are
suffering
from
illnesses
and
and
mental
health
issues
that
when
violence
does
come
up,
there's
actual
protocol
and
structural
solutions
that
are,
you
know
that
don't
suck
and
that
don't
further
escalate
situations
of
violence.
Yeah.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
X
Hello,
my
name
is
Kristen
and
I'm
with
reclaim
the
block
tonight.
I
live
in
West
Bank
off
of
Fifth
Street
a
week
ago,
community
members
waited
hours
for
their
chance
to
come
up
to
the
podium
and
share
their
perspectives.
Dozens
and
dozens
shared
the
same
message.
Wonder
communities,
don't
hire
more
cops
fund
solutions
to
the
opioid
crisis
fund,
housing
for
young
people,
fund
mental
health
crisis
teams,
fund
violence
prevention,
we
don't
need
more
police.
We
need
real
solutions.
X
People
took
time
from
their
busy
lives
to
do
that,
because
we've
been
told
that's
the
way
to
participate
in
this
process.
That's
how
we
have
our
voices
heard.
It
seems
that
our
dozens
of
voices
fell
on
ears
that
are
not
ready
to
listen.
You
have
all
have
made
almost
no
significant
changes
to
the
mayor's
budget.
The
mayor's
Cadet
class
amendment
will
still
put
more
cops
on
the
street
than
we
have
today,
even
if
he
calls
it
a
compromise
aimed
at
improving
community
relation
police
community
relations.
X
We're
glad
and
thankful
that
you
all
were
able
to
find
money
to
fund
a
trans
equity
position
to
fund
a
waist
best
enforcement
position.
To
give
a
little
bit
of
extra
support
to
the
office
of
violence
prevention,
these
things
really
matter
and
will
make
a
significant
difference
in
the
lives
of
people,
I
love.
So
many
of
us
were
thrilled
two
years
ago,
when
we
thought
we
had
just
elected
one
of
the
most
progressive
city
councils
in
the
country
being
progressive
means
making
hard
political
decisions
to
move
us
forward
not
being
stuck
in
the
status
quo.
X
X
Y
We've
been
saying
this
loud
and
clear:
since
the
start,
we
have
a
smarts
skills
and
resources
to
build
that
city
and
only
we
can
get
theirs
by
taking
a
closer
look
at
the
police
budget.
Yes,
thank
you
very
much,
there's
a
hundred
ninety
three
dollars
and
forty
cents.
This
represents
the
one
hundred
ninety
three
point:
four
million
dollars
that
mayor
Frey
is
imposed
to
give
MPD
this
year,
that's
more
than
1/3
of
the
money
in
the
general
fund.
Y
Out
of
the
one
hundred
ninety
three
point:
four
million
dollars
that
the
police
have
been
given.
We
all
agreed
on
Friday
to
give
two
hundred
forty
two
thousand
dollars
for
violence
prevention.
That's
like
taking
this
quarter
a
little
bit
less
in
this
quarter,
this
pile
of
money
and
moving
it
over
here.
Y
Here's
the
thing
I'm
with
y'all
this
quarter
actually
really
matters,
because
the
folks
at
the
office
of
violence
prevention
can
make
this
money
do
a
lot
of
work
in
our
communities.
We
all
know
the
folks
who
somehow
managed
to
feed
a
roomful
of
people
on
a
shoestring
budget
like
this,
but
just
because
we
can
stretch
a
dollar
doesn't
mean
that
we
have
to
keep
doing
it,
especially
when
our
city
has
more
than
enough
money
to
just
this
year.
Y
When
we
look
at
the
size
of
this
pile-
and
we
look
at
the
size
of
this
pile,
we've
learned
a
lot
about
what
I
think
our
city
cares
about.
Tonight
is
your
last
chance
to
carve
out
a
different
path
for
our
city,
where
this
pile
doesn't
keep
growing
year
after
year
without
any
accountability.
Thank
you.
Thank.
Z
Z
Here's
what
we
are
asking
first,
that
you
make
amendments
to
a
meaning,
move,
meaningful
amounts
of
money
out
of
MPD's
enormous
budget
and
into
some
of
the
priorities
we've
laid
out.
It
is
not
progressive
to
find
tiny
corners
to
cut
when
the
biggest
slice
of
the
pie
remains
untouched
and
I
love
pie
and
second,
we're
asking
each
of
you
to
make
a
public
commitment
to
work
with
communities
to
make
major
investments
in
safety
beyond
policing
in
the
years
to
come
by
taking
money
out
of
MPD's
bloated
budget.
Z
So
when
testimony
ends
and
it's
your
turn
to
talk,
if
you
commit
to
stepping
up
next
year
and
moving
real
money
and
not
pennies
or
a
part
of
a
quarter
out
of
MPD's
budget
and
into
alternatives
next
year,
please
make
that
commitment
on
the
record
by
saying
I'm
ready
to
actually
invest
in
safety
beyond
policing.
Our
city
is
ready
and
we
deserve
better
show
us.
What
real
progressive
leadership
looks
like
we'll
be
here.
Thank.
AA
I'm
Nick
Forney
3201,
Zenith,
Avenue
South
and
a
park
board
Commissioner
I.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
with
all
of
you
today
between
Thanksgiving
in
the
new
year.
Most
cultures
acknowledge
their
gratitude
in
some
form.
Another
I
personally
want
to
thank
you
electeds,
who
are
here
serving
the
city.
Thank
you.
As
one
of
the
lead
commissioners
in
bringing
in
the
fruition
of
the
20-year
neighborhood
park
plan,
I
saw
firsthand
how
the
park
ward
in
the
city
can
work
together
for
the
betterment
of
Minneapolis.
AA
I
applaud
the
mayor's
convening
of
the
youth
Coordinating
Board,
to
lead
the
initiative,
identifying
shared
resources
for
our
youth
and
appreciate
that
our
own
superintendent
is
taking
such
as
active,
lead
in
that
coalition
of
government
entities.
Our
schools,
as
well
as
Hennepin
County
as
mayor
fire,
write,
wrote
in
a
September
26
opinion
exchange
for
the
Star
Tribune.
We
can
identify
areas
pursue
efficiencies,
move
forward
and
on
innovative
programming
to
regular,
sustained
communication.
AA
We
are
unique
in
that
we
have
an
independent
park
board.
Therefore,
over
135
years
has
permanently
preserved,
protected,
maintained,
improved
and
enhanced
its
natural
resources,
parkland
and
recreational
opportunities
for
current
and
future
generations.
I
am
grateful
for
our
relationship
that
separates
and,
at
the
same
time,
collaborates.
AA
Silvering,
though,
is
the
recent
action
of
our
boards
leadership
to
amend
our
superintendents
recommend
a
budget
may
continue
one
that
was
balanced
financially
as
well
as
aligned
with
all
of
our
board
strategic
directions
and
performance
goals,
those
being
investing
in
youth,
be
financially
sustainable,
protect
the
environment
and
engage
communities
of
power.
Yet
in
amending
the
budget
just
last
week
over
40
amendments,
the
only
strategy
address
was
regarding
youth.
AA
Those
amendments
are
because
of
mistrust
of
you
of
the
city
conditioning
our
forestry
outreach
coordinator
tree
preservation
coordinator
for
not
even
one
year
now
many
people
apply
for
a
less
than
one
year:
job
politicizing
and
tokenizing.
Our
youth
and
unemployment,
innovation
and
innovation
initiatives
through
one-time
transfers
and
smoke-and-mirrors
financing
that
actually
breach
policy
denying
park
patrol
and
park
agent,
as
well
as
official
officer
positions
that
our
Park
expansion
needs
to
safeguard
our
growing
city's
population
and
maintain
our
current
record
of
having
only
2%
of
the
city's
crime
in
our
parks.
AA
Little
earth
residents
have
pleaded
with
us
to
keep
our
kids
safe
with
a
viable
police
source
and
topping
this
amended
budget
off
pushing
staff
to
perform
me
on
their
time.
Resources
and
structural
capacity,
cash
out
and
I
was
given
out
to
have
a
little.
Thank
you.
I
look
forward
to
next
year
and
I
wish
all
of
you
a
very
wonderful
2020.
A
P
Just
want
to
say
some
names:
first
Christina
Williams
Raymond,
Gantt,
Kirsten,
Nelson
and
William
Justin,
Anil
Harris.
Those
are
all
people
killed
in
Minneapolis
and
domestic
violence.
This
year,
Justin
was
a
father
Kirsten
and
her
children
were
killed,
Raven
Gant
was
killed
and
Christina
Williams
was
paralyzed
when
she
was
shot
in
front
of
her
children
by
her
significant
other
over
250
people
shot
in
Minneapolis
this
year
over
45
or
45.
P
You
don't
ever
ask
us
to
come
before
the
council
to
talk
about
those
people.
You
only
asked
us
to
come
when
you
want
to
use
the
divide
between
the
police
department
and
the
black
community.
That's
shameful
to
me.
A
white
woman
spoke
at
your
last
meanness.
She
said
there
are
non-controversial
funds
that
you
can
use
to
fund
us
fighting
in
the
community.
Our
mother's
love
fought
really
hard
in
the
community.
This
summer
we
didn't
get
support,
I,
call
council
members,
I
called
the
mayor.
P
We
didn't
get
support
so
when
you're
talking
about
investing
and
people
fighting
in
the
community,
I
don't
know
that
I.
Believe
you
mean
that
when
you
talk
about
the
office
of
violence,
prevention
I
do
support
that.
But
what
I
want
you
to
understand
is
one
of
the
main
components
of
that
is
gvi,
and
all
of
you
have
great
things
to
say
about
GDI.
But
what
you
don't
say
is
gvi
is
successful
because
they
work
in
a
partnership
with
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department.
P
That's
what
you
don't
say
we're
better
together.
We
need
to
not
be
called
in
here
to
just
talk
about
police
funds.
We
need
to
be
called
in
here
to
talk
about
the
issues
that
are
happening
in
our
community
and
we
do
need
you
to
support
it.
I
know,
I
usually
come
in
here,
yelling
hopper
long
said
and
I
really
know
tired
and
I'm
in
motion
and
I
just
want
to
say
these
names
again.
A
AB
You
council
president
bender
Thank
You
mayor
fry
Thank,
You
members
for
allowing
me
to
speak.
Jonno
Co
Gill
I
live
at
1910,
first
Avenue
South
in
the
Stephen
square,
neighborhood
and
I'm
here
this
tonight
to
first
just
thank
the
board
of
estimate,
taxation
and
the
entire
council
being
for
being
a
great
collaborator
with
the
park
board.
We
are
happy
that
we
got
the
level
of
servant's
increase
to
our
levy.
AB
The
other
thing
that
I
want
to
mention
is
that
the
tree
preservation
and
outreach
coordinator
positions
that
are
one-time
funded
are
a
critical
piece
of
our
ongoing.
A
really
big
investment
in
dealing
with
climate
change
and
I
want
to
thank
the
council
also
for
declaring
a
climate
emergency.
It
is
critical
that
we
have
done
that
and
it's
critical
that
we
continue
our
partnership
and
the
park
board
looks
forward
to
being
a
partner
in
that
work
going
forward.
So,
in
conclusion,
thank
you
all
for
your
support
and
look
forward
to
next
year.
Thank.
AC
You
hi,
my
name
is
Dan
Kennedy
I
am
a
homeowner
in
at
441
347
South
in
Ward.
11
appreciate
your
time.
Council
members
today.
Thank
you.
So
much
I'd
like
to
speak
here
today
in
support
of
the
proposals
by
claiming
the
block
I,
do
feel
as
an
educator
and
as
a
school
psychologist
that
I
have
had
a
lot
of
experiences
directly
with
the
school
to
Prison
Pipeline
and
the
factors
that
play
into
that.
AC
There
are
a
lot
as
a
school
psychologist.
I
am
taxed
with
assessing
students
who
demonstrate
behaviors
are
often
at
risk
of
learning
signs
for
future
experiences
with
incarceration
and
criminal
justice
system.
My
job
is
to
assess
why
those
situations
occur
in
order
to
prevent
them.
The
assessment
process
always
looks
at
the
function
of
the
problem.
AC
AD
I
swear,
I.
Reality
is
a
nightmare.
The
dreams
are
being
crushed
because
we
don't
fight
fair,
we
independent
sister
from
shooting
it
rivals.
They
hit
an
innocent
victim.
That
could've
been
my
brother
right
there.
That
could've
been
me
and
you
or
my
mother
right
there.
The
father
went
away.
Imagine
what
her
kids
are
going
through.
The
daughter
had
a
daughter
at
16
in
the
Sun
was
shooting
the
22
way
before
he
was
22.
We
in
a
cycle
of
more
money
than
mo
problems
mo
murder
with
no
justice.
AD
How
could
we
sobbing
broken
families
from
coke
lines
and
open
bottles?
It's
no
loud
at
the
skies
falling,
but
no
I.
Don't
soak
the
song
with
no
hope
for
tomorrow.
Holes
in
our
hearts
got
our
souls
hollow,
don't
have
no
power.
The
ball
just
play
the
Powerball
with
hope
to
hit
the
lotto
growing
with
no
way
doubt
a
role
model
I
got
a
mind,
filled
with
dreams,
page
full
of
pain,
heart
turned
cold,
with
a
soul
burn
in
flames,
million
dollar
thoughts
and
a
pocketful
of
change.
AD
AD
My
life
I'm
standing
here
to
just
say
we
need
to
get
out
of
this
point.
You've
seen
me
and
to
a
point
of
I,
see
and
understanding
we
all
are
worthy
to
be
here.
We
deserve
to
be
respected
and
valued
for
who
we
are
I
just
got
two
very
small
things.
I
want
to
address
one
is
we
need
to
intentionally
invest
into
the
youth
in
our
personal
development
and
our
professional
development,
also,
the
youth,
we're
tired
of
people
speaking
for
us
saying
that
the
youth
need
this.
AD
Bringing
us
out
to
these
events,
saying
that
your
story
is
important:
we're
not
really
taking
what
we're
saying
and
creating
actionable
steps.
That's
for
us
and
by
us
I.
Haven't
it
a
part
of
the
conversation.
Another
thing
that
I
just
want
to
say
I
want
to
address
this
to
the
entire
community
on
both
sides.
Whatever
side
you're
on,
we
need
to
add
understanding
and
subtract
the
shame.
You
know
we
all
got
stories
to
tell
we
all
come
from
a
different
background
and
we
all
got
things
going
on.
AD
But
if
we're
going
to
drive
as
the
community
and
move
the
needle,
we
need
to
add
understanding
and
subtract
the
shame.
My
name
is
Lewis
McCaleb
other
known
as
Louis
blaze,
I'm
born
and
raised
here
being
here.
My
whole
life
artists,
entrepreneur
and
activist,
and
thank
you
very
much
for
letting
me
speak
peace.
AE
We
can
do
the
only
things
that
we
can
really
control
is
the
budget
and
the
police
contract
fast
forward.
Now
we're
to
the
police
budget
and,
from
my
perspective,
what
it
seems
like
is
that
the
council
has
pretty
much
rubber-stamped
what
the
mayor
has
proposed
and
what
the
mayor
is
proposed.
You've
moved
around
dollar
letters
pennies
here
and
there,
but
that
doesn't
reflect
a
real
desire
to
make
changes
within
policing.
AE
As
you
know,
policing
and
criminalizing
things,
that's
what
leads
to
mass
incarceration
I,
don't
think
any
of
you
want
to
be
part:
mass
incarceration,
but
continuingly,
focusing
on
police
as
the
solution
is
what
drives
mass
incarceration.
So
you
need
to
understand
your
role
in
that
second
I.
Think
back
to
last
Friday,
when
this
compromise
was
announced
and
one
of
the
things
that
the
mayor
said
that
this
was
one
of
his
proudest
days
as
being
mayor
and
I.
Don't
share
those
same
feelings.
AE
I
was
extremely
disappointed,
frustrated
and
losing
hope
that
we
can
do
something
meaningfully
different
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
You
are
elected
as
one
of
the
more
progressive
Democrat
liberal
council
members
and
we're
not
seeing
fundamental
changes.
We
need
changes
to
how
we
do
Public
Safety
in
Minneapolis
and
that
doesn't
require
more
funding
of
Police.
Thank
you,
Thank.
AF
Madam
chair
and
council
members
mayor
Frye
I
was
thinking
back
to
our
first
public
safety
meeting
back
in
the
education
center
over
on
the
north
side
and
from
that
time,
until
this
moment,
I've
consistently
heard
the
community
say
that
we
don't
want
more
police-
and
it's
been
said
repeatedly
over
and
over
and
over
people
have
offered
solutions,
community-based
solutions
to
the
problems
that
the
police
are
alleged
to
have
solved,
but
we're
still
left
with
the
problems:
Thurman
Blevins,
family,
Jamar,
Clark's,
family,
Travis,
Jordan's,
family
they're,
still
grieving.
They
didn't
get
20
million
dollars.
AF
Perhaps
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department
should
pay
back
20
million
of
our
funds
before
they
demand
more
to
go
out
and
terrorize
our
community
again.
Last
year,
we
were
at
this
time
over
at
the
fourth
Precinct
purifying
a
tarnished
space
that
had
been
decorated
with
a
Christmas
tree
with
malt
liquor,
cans,
menthol
cigarettes
and
spicy
snacks,
and
that's
what
path
as
a
celebration
of
Christmas
at
the
4th
precinct.
Here
we
are,
and
so
we
were
told,
14
caps,
and
now
it's
30
gate.
AF
How
can
you
live
like
that?
How
can
you
sit
there
and
lie
to
us?
It's
ridiculous:
it's
it's
shameful
and
we
said
at
the
first
meeting
we
can't
hold
people
who
are
appointed
accountable,
but
we
sure
can
hold
elected
people
accountable
and
I
intend
to
do
that
and
I
intend
to
do
that
and
work
towards
holding
people
accountable,
I'm,
ashamed,
I'm,
completely
ashamed.
We've
said
it
repeatedly,
but
evidently
we're
not
being
heard
and
I
just
want
to
remind
you
that
dr.
Reverend
Martin
Luther
King,
said
a
riot
is
the
language
of
the
unheard
thank.
AG
Good
evening
my
name
is
Nikki
Mabry
I
am
a
former
resident
of
Minneapolis.
I
am
now
the
Community
Engagement
Manager
at
people
serving
people
at
6:14,
3rd
Street
South
as
a
person
that
trains
practitioners
in
trauma-informed
care
and
a
person
that
sees
daily
at
our
family
shelter
the
impact
of
deep
trauma,
deep
pain,
absolute
panic.
AG
W
Mayor
councilmembers
I
live
near
the
Midtown
station
and
house
and
works
downtown
and
I
want
to
testify
again
because
we
have
a
modified
budget
proposal
on
the
table.
I
feel
disappointed,
I
feel
angry,
because
to
me
this
is
not
an
acceptable
compromise
in
my
neighborhood
and
you've
heard
from
a
lot
of
people
in
my
neighborhood
who
are
doing
amazing.
W
Frontline
public
safety
work
does
not
rooted
in
the
criminalization,
that's
rooted
in
solving
some
of
the
fundamental
problems
around
violence,
and
what
we
have
today
is
is
is
to
me
not
even
a
compromise
because
you're
not
funding.
No,
but
no
one
has
come
forward
in
this
budget.
To
say
our
value
is
to
make
a
big
push
to
transform
violence
in
Minneapolis.
W
What
you
say
on
the
stump
is
not
nearly
as
important
to
me
is
what
you
say
in
this
budget,
and
so
they
have
a
budget
that
comes
for
with
a
huge
increase
in
funding
for
police
barmen.
They
have
a
situation
where
the
police
chief
can
come
forward
and
demand
a
giant
financial
change,
and
yet
nobody,
the
leading
among
the
leaders
who
I'm
looking
to
is
bringing
a
giant
change
in
funding
for
efforts
that
address
root
causes
is
really
disappointing.
My
property
taxes
are
going
up
and
you
know
I'm.
W
Okay,
with
that
I'm
willing
to
pay
for
a
city
that
provides
justice.
It
provides
services
that
improves
people's
lives.
So
that's
that's
what
I'm
here
for
in
Minneapolis
but
I'm,
not
willing
to
just
keep
handing
piles
of
money
to
a
department
that
has
systematically
and
repeatedly
refused
any
accountability
that
elects
for
a
workforce
that
can
selecting
a
Bob
Kroll
for
we're
forced
as
popular
with
officers.
At
my
national
line
out
a
block
party
who
are
there
defending
to
me
when
Bob
Kroll
says
hey,
we
need
cops,
who
are
willing
to
use
violence.
W
AH
What's
up
y'all
some
of
y'all
might
remove
me
I'm
here
to
represent
Chicago
once
again,
and
let
me
just
tell
y'all
it's
better.
To
fix
I
mean
it's
better
to
build
strong
children
than
to
fix
broken
the
dose.
That's
Frederick
Douglass,
who
said
that
and
speaking
of
which
I'm
gonna
speak
a
little
bit
about
slavery.
Tonight.
Last
time,
I
talked
to
y'all
about
black
casing.
We're
gonna
talk
about
that
a
little
more.
So,
first
of
all,
if
y'all
wanting
to
give
a
title
to
what
I'm
about
to
say,
I
will
call
it
the
reminder.
AH
Let
me
remind
y'all
that
Jake
the
snake
was
gone
for
a
long
time
when
people
was
talking,
he
was
going
while
I
was
talking,
so
I'm.
Definitely
glad
that
you
here
cuz,
you
gonna,
hear
what
I
have
to
say
this
time.
First
of
all,
as
far
as
history
is
concerned,
he
only
got
elected
because
of
what
I
call
the
JFK
effect
JFK,
even
though
he
ended
up
being
you
know
a
decent
president.
AH
He
pretty
much
only
got
elected
because
he
looked
a
Daboo
and
let
me
tell
you
this:
you
don't
deserve
to
be
mayor
just
because
you
look
like
you
could
be
on
in
front
of
her
just
for
me
and
box.
So
don't
look
like
users
anyway,
like
I
said,
like
you,
don't
deserve
to
be
here
just
because
of
those
factors
alone.
You
know
you
was
talking
all
that
tough
talk
to
Trump
about
all
you're
gonna
owe
me
$500,000,
jumpin,
page,
nothing
cuz!
AH
You
ain't,
tough,
y'all,
know
another
thing
that
Starr
related
to
slavery,
he's
from
Virginia,
which
is
the
state
where
the
first
slave
ship
came
to
this
country,
just
so
y'all
know
and
speaking
of
slavery.
This
whole
issue
we
climb
stairs
back
to
the
fact
that
white
people
have
often
had
a
hard
time
understanding
the
concept
of
abundance
and
elect
thereof
and
the
effects
of
the
lack
thereof
and
all
of
the
crime
that
has
existed
in
this
country.
It'll
be
this
world
this
whole
world.
All
crime
has
been
invented
by
white
people.
AH
That's
deaf
selling
drugs,
rape,
sidenote
white
feminists,
the
real
rape
culture
is
the
reason
I'm
light-skinned
and
I
speak
English
side
note
just
so
y'all
know,
but,
like
I
said,
white
people
feel
like
they
have
to
go
through
this
because
they
didn't
understand
the
concept
of
abundance
and
y'all
still
don't
understand
the
concept
of
abundance.
Today.
That's
why
y'all
politicians
keep
up
the
budget
and
y'all
ain't
saving,
nobody
lives
and
y'all
ain't,
helping
note!
No
crime
get
lower.
Cuz
y'all,
don't
get
it
before
the
bumblebee
billboards
saying
that
Minnesota
is
trash
for
black
students.
AH
I
already
knew
that
because
I
actually
taught
in
MPs
and
I
taught
in
our
Bloomington
parvis
schools
as
well.
So
yeah
it
ain't,
no
soul
here,
especially
since
Prince
died,
so
the
black
kids.
They
may
not
understand
what's
going
on,
but
they
feel
that
energy
and
they
react
to
that.
So
they
beaten
ass
and
they
take
your
money
and
as
simple
as
that
read
the
damn
book.
AI
Actually,
I
wasn't
gonna
come,
but
last
week
there
was
a
discrepancy
around
the
he
said
she
said
and
I
wanted
to
come
here
to
clear
it
up
to
tell
you
what
I
said
as
it
relates
to
the
2020
budget
allocation
that
Mayor
Frye
had
put
in
for
the
money
towards
the
project,
and
so
what
I
come
here
today
to
clarify
is
that
I
am
NOT
in
support
of
money
moving
from
us
and
moving
to
something
that
is
not
black.
That
is
not
helpful.
It
is
not
helpful
to
take
money
that
was
meant.
AI
This
was
not
about
us.
This
was
bigger
than
us.
This
was
about
the
black
Northside
ecosystem
and
creating
infrastructure
so
that
we
can
have
the
things
in
place
for
education
around
finances
and
that
we
could
change
the
landscape.
We
are
not
in
the
business
of
dismantling
systems.
We
are
in
the
business
and
I
am
in
the
role
that
I'm
in
now
to
change
systems
and
create
new
ones
that
doesn't
happen
overnight.
It's
not
a
one-year
process,
there's
gonna
be
bumps
along
the
way
and
business
changes
happen.
AI
Organizational
changes
happen
for
you
to
step
away
simply
because
we
had
a
change
in
organizational
leadership
which
happens
every
day
in
white
organizations.
It
happened
Medtronic
when
I
was
there
for
six
years.
It
happened
in
the
military
when
I
served
and
went
overseas.
It
happened
here
at
the
city
happened
when
I
left,
councilmember
Cunningham's
office
organizational
changes
happen
and
it
shouldn't
be
any
different
one.
That's
coming
from
a
black
organization
versus
a
white
one,
so
I'm
here
to
address
the
fact
that
we
need
Northside
ecosystem
funding.
AI
AI
You
have
got
to
change
the
conditions
to
change
the
conditions
and,
as
we
fund
cultural
districts
and
other
cultural,
specific
necessities,
it's
critical
to
tell
our
narrative
and
black
is
a
culture,
we're
not
talking
about
a
race,
that's
a
common
istic
concept
and
as
a
culture,
we
suffer
from
the
worst
disparities
in
this
state
and
more
specifically
in
the
twin
cities
from
our
elders,
our
women,
our
children.
Our
men
are
refugees,
our
veterans.
AI
There
is
no
sect
of
the
black
diaspora
that
has
not
been
left
behind,
ignored
or
erased,
and
speaking
of
erasers
change
item
19,
it
was
black
women
in
the
city
council
offices
that
fought
to
have
their
wage
increased
and
I
started
that
councilmember
Cunningham
is
out
alive.
Why
do
I
see
council
members
on
Twitter
taking
credit
for
the
work
of
black
women
yet
again
and
erasing
us
from
our
narrative?
We
were
underpaid
and
we
were
brought
into
our
positions
under
where
the
white
males
came
in,
even
though
there
were
seven
steps.
AI
So,
let's
talk
about
erasure,
the
erasure
is
unacceptable
and
it's
key
to
remember
that
we
have
to
consistently
are
expected
to
do
more
with
less
these
community
development
projects
are
urgent
and
talking
about
urgency
is
400
years
and
Counting,
and
it's
not
going
to
take
that
long
to
correct
for
it,
but
it
does
mean
that
we
need
access
to
capital
to
be
streamlined.
It
needs
to
be
patient,
and
these
projects
from
concept,
engagement,
planning,
implementation
and
execution
are
five
to
seven
year.
AI
Commitments,
depending
on
the
size
of
the
project
and
resources
to
ensure
success
need
to
be
readily
available
in
the
home.
The
ownership
isn't
just
on
government,
but
either
every
single
one
of
you
have
a
role
to
play
and
are
accountable
for
continuing
to
ignore
the
truths
and
you're
also
accountable
to
work
with
us
to
prevent
them
from
happening
again
and
to
intervene.
The
specific
funds
should
remain
in
the
budget
as
an
open
RFP,
specifically
for
black
organizations,
more
specifically
for
North
Side
black
organizations.
AI
I
sat
in
the
overflow
room
and
heard
at
least
20
names
of
organizations
that
are
doing
the
work
that
you
call
upon
to
do
work
and
that
you
under
pay
to
do
that
work.
Give
that
$500,000
to
them,
if
not
gonna,
give
it
to
us,
but
you're,
not
gonna.
Take
that
money
and
move
it
to
something
else,
and
the
last
thing
I
want
to
say
and
I
know
I'm
over
time.
But
that's
okay
is
I.
Don't
want
to
hear
excuses
for
other
priorities,
we're
tired
of
flying
on
standby.
AI
AI
We
need
infrastructure
funding
and
we
need
it
now
and
I
demand
and
I
expect
that
you
do
the
right
thing
and
not
call
me
the
night
before
at
the
midnight
hour,
where
council
member
Ellison
told
me
about
how
the
money
was
going
to
be
moved,
no
preparation,
no
time
for
anything
and
that's
fine,
but
if
you're
not
going
to
give
it
to
us
that
it
needs
to
go
to
the
black
community,
because
our
community
deserves
to
be
funded.
Now,.
AJ
I'm
here
to
read
my
notes:
my
name
is
Madeleine
McWilliams
I
go
by
Dylan,
my
pronouns.
Are
they
them?
I
live
at
27
26
Gerrard
of
South
number
204
I'm
in
Ward,
10
I'm,
here
to
voice
my
support
for
reclaiming
the
block.
We
need
funding
for
real
community
safety
solutions,
not
more
cops
when
friends
and
loved
ones
of
mine
struggled
with
lived
through
and
survived
homelessness,
addiction
and
mental
health
crises,
and
when
I've
gone
through
mental
health
issues
myself,
it
was
and
gotten
through
them.
AJ
It
was
because
they
or
I
reached
out
and
were
able
to
access,
loving
and
supportive
community
mental
health
resources
and
housing.
None
of
my
friends.
Access
to
these
resources,
through
interactions
with
police
or
through
any
sort
of
police
institution
cops,
don't
provide
housing
for
homeless
youth.
They
criminalized
poverty,
cops,
don't
carry
complex
knowledge
of
mental
health
and
trauma
with
them.
They
carry
guns
and
white
supremacist
values.
Funding
the
police
is
funding.
AJ
Militarized
state
sanctioned
violence
against
youth,
poor
folks,
black
and
brown,
folks,
queer
and
trans
folks
funding
the
police
is
funding,
as
someone
already
of
multiple
people
have
said
a
bunch
at
a
number
of
these
hearings
funding
the
police
is
funding
the
institution
that
emerged
after
slavery,
specifically
in
order
to
maintain
white
supremacy,
and
thank
you
for
listening
to
us.
Thank.
AK
AK
There
are
some
things
that
have
been
put
in
in
the
park
board
the
park
or
proposal
that
were
changed
in
some
amendments.
That
happened
last
week
and
I
sincerely
hope
that
those
amendments
will
really
work
for
youth
and
I
appreciate
the
collaboration
that
you're,
the
independent
boards
have
collaboration
and
cooperation.
I
think
that
youth
are
not
seen
and
they
something
they
get.
AK
Tokenized
and
I
really
hope
that
the
level
of
sports
and
with
programs
that
happen
in
the
community
centers
that,
especially
at
middle
school
level,
I
think
that,
just
when
youth
are
starting
to
not
become
more
independent
and
they're,
only
in
school
eight
hours
a
day,
if
that
they
are
getting
forgotten.
And
that
is
that's
the
time
that
as
a
city,
we
need
to
catch
them.
AK
AL
Hi,
my
name
is
Sagara,
I'm
a
resident
of
the
central
neighborhood
in
south
india
hapless
but
I'm,
a
spiritual,
North
Sider
attended
a
measured
on
door
north
in
the
aplex.
My
whole
life
and
I
just
want
to
echo
a
lot
of
the
things
that
people
have
already
said
related
to
opposing
the
amounts
allocated
for
the
police.
I
think
you
should
just
get
rid
of
it
like
all
of
it
and
invents,
invest
it
directly
to
the
communities
that
have
expressed
their
concerns.
AL
AL
Lately,
when
acts,
how
are
you
I
respond
with
a
name
no
longer
living
rikiya
Jamar
Sandra
I
am
Alive
by
luck
at
this
point,
I
wonder
often,
if
the
gun
that
will
unmake
me
is
yet
made.
What
white
birth
will
bury
me?
How
many
bullets,
like
a
flock
of
Blue
Jays,
will
come
to
carry
my
black
to
find
its
final
bed,
which
photo
will
be
used
to
water
down
my
blood
today
I
did
not
die
and
there
was
no
God
or
laws.
I.
Think
the
bullet
missed
my
head
and
landed
in
another.
AL
Today
I
passed
a
mirror
and
did
not
see
a
body.
Instead,
a
suggestion,
a
debate,
a
blank
post-it
notes
there,
looking
back
I
haven't
enough
room,
it's
a
both
rage
and
weep
I
go
to
cry
and
each
tear
turns
to
steam,
I,
say
I
matter
and
a
goat
lysed
hand.
I've
got
a
ghost
white
hand
appears
over
my
mouth
since
by
Dante
Commons,
Dante
Commons,
a
Twin
Cities,
remember,
community,
member
and
I
think
it's
really
important
that
you
listen
to
the
community.
That's
telling
you!
We
don't
want
more
police
in
our
communities.
AM
My
name
is
Lilly
Richard
I
live
at
22:16,
Garfield
Avenue
I'm,
a
student
at
the
Humphrey
school
and
I
just
wanted
to
thank
everyone
else
for
sharing
their
stories
tonight
and
I
wanted
to
add
my
voice
to
the
support
for
reclaim
the
blocks,
proposals
to
invest
money
in
community
safety
and
violence
prevention
and
not
fund
more
police
in
our
community.
Increased
police
presence
benefits
downtown
business
owners.
It
benefits
gentrify
errs,
it
does
not
benefit
marginalized
communities
in
the
Twin
Cities
and
I.
AM
Think
that
it's
clear
that
the
people
who
are
affected
by
violence
in
Minneapolis
do
not
want
more
police.
They
want
funding
for
violence
prevention,
they
want
investment
in
the
black
community,
the
North
Side
community,
social
support
services
and
things
that
will
support
and
uplift
the
community
not
uphold
the
system
of
white
supremacy.
Thank
you.
Thank.
AN
Hello,
my
name
is
Shawna
Kiki
I'm,
23
I,
usually
them
pronouns
and
I
grew
up
on
the
south
side.
In
Cork,
Grande
I
went
to
South
graduate
in
2014
right
now.
I
work
at
sweet
cafe,
it's
kind
of
a
pillar
of
South
Sider
as
far
as
like
coops
collectively
owned
businesses
go
while
it's
white,
as
it
is
the
first
time
I
felt
seen
in
my
gender
in
a
workplace
consistently
every
day,
all
the
time
people
care
there
and
it's
hard,
but
we're
trying
to
hold
it
together.
AN
We
pay
ourselves
at
minimum
wage
split
tips
every
week
and
I
live
in
central
neighborhood
on
Portland
and
34th
I
just
moved
out
of
my
mom's
house
in
spring.
My
rent
is
$600
and
I
make
about
800
a
month
so
when
he
knows
to
say
that's
not
enough
and
I'm
realizing
everyday.
More
and
more
that
$600
for
rent
for
a
kid
like
me,
is
not
sustainable
and
I
see
every
day.
Lake
Street
tell
me
who
wants
to
live
on
shy.
AN
Lake
I
don't
know
who
wants
to
live
in
a
big
new
apartment,
building
on
shy
Lake,
but
even
their
big
new
apartments
are
being
built
and
I'm
terrified,
I
feel
panic.
Every
time
I
see
a
nice
ride
or
a
lime
scooter
like
our
city
is
getting
gentrified
as
and
we
need
affordable
housing
for
to
make
homes
for
the
people
whose
home
this
already
is.
We
need
affordable
housing
for
the
students
that
I
work
with
who
are
graduating,
who
would
want
to
make
their
own
homes?
We
do
not
need
cops.
AN
I
was
just
passing
on
West
Bank,
the
other
day
and
I
saw
that
they
had
put
up
fences
to
block
people
from
sleeping
under
the
bridges.
We
do
not
need
more
fences,
we
do
not
need
more
cops.
We
need
affordable
housing,
people,
don't
steal
people,
don't
kill
people
don't
commit
crimes
when
they
have
a
safe
home
and
a
place
to
sleep.
AO
I'm
Thomas
Russo
I've
lived
here
my
whole
life
I'm,
a
high
school
student
and
I'm
here
with
young
people's
Action
Coalition
I'm,
also
in
here
in
support
of
reclaim
the
block
and
I
would
like
to
say
that
we
understand
what
the
MTD
MPD
stands
for,
and
it's
not
for
black
brown
and
did
you
notice
for
people
of
color?
It's
not
for
homeless
people,
it's
not
for
drug
users
and
it's
not
for
immigrants
and
it's
not
for
people
in
crisis.
It
is
for
profit
and
as
long
as
the
city
invest
a
dollar
into
the
police.
AP
You
know
all
that
good
stuff
and
not
being
in
the
streets,
not
Doug,
and
you
know
like
that
bad
stuff,
as
y'all
like
what's
the
word
I'm
looking
for
like
how
y'all
like
to
display
black
people
is
not
the
way
I
am
like
differ,
I
grew
up
with
my
dad
and
my
mom
and
my
dad
have
been
through
that
he
don't
want
me
going
through
that
I've
been
you
know,
lectured
about
this
and
I,
don't
think
more
police
should
be
coming
harassing
and
attacking
me.
Thank
you.
A
AQ
Thank
you.
My
name
is
Maurice
and
I
say
like
like.
Why
do
we
need
more
cops
if,
like
it
sweet,
like
short,
cops,
awesome
and
like
which
is
the
money
can
go
to
like
tuitions
for
future,
like
doctors
and
lawyers
and
stuff
and
another
reason
is
driver's
ed
classes,
it
costs
a
lot
like
280
and,
like
I,
feel
like
that
money
can
go
to
the
schools,
so
they're,
like
y'all,
can
have
less
accidents
and
stuff.
AQ
AR
Good
day,
everyone
ma'am,
my
name-
is
Daphne
Brown
I'm,
with
Twin
Cities
Coalition
for
justice
for
Jamar,
Clark
and
I.
Come
here
today
to
support
the
reclaim.
The
block
I
also
come
here
today
to
support
every
last
one
of
our
organizations.
That
came
up
here
to
speak
with
you
and
let
you
know
about
the
work
that
they
doing
out
there.
We
need
y'all
help.
They
need
your
help.
That's
why
I'm
here
to
support
them
and
stuff
and
y'all
know
that
I
demand.
We
had
26
colleagues
for
justice
for
Jamar
Clark.
AR
We
demand
our
police
accountability
counsel.
We
need
it
now,
especially
when
I
walk
through
this
door
and
found
that
it's
not
14
cops.
It's
38,
really
y'all
haven't
been
hearing
anything
anyone
has
said
to
y'all
I,
don't
even
want
no
money,
I,
don't
want
your
money,
but
they
need
your
money
for
the
people.
That's
out
here.
You
guys
are
supposed
to
be
helping
us
to
heal,
helping
us
to
find
a
way,
so
we
can
feel
safe
and
we're
not
getting
it
from
y'all.
AR
So,
what's
the
next
step
to
start
of
literally
telling
you
which
one's
got
the
gun,
we
want
to
work
with
y'all.
They
want
to
work
with
y'all
all
the
work
that
they
do
and
everybody
that's
been
coming
up
here
last
week
it
was
over
100
speakers,
speaking
to
y'all,
asking
y'all
for
help
for
these
funds
right
here
and
then
you
stab
everyone
in
the
back
and
go
from
14
to
38.
That's
not
right!
That
is
not
right.
So
yeah
I'm
here
today
to
support
reclaim
the
block
to
support
all
of
our
organizations.
AR
We
will
be
speaking
about
our
Minneapolis.
Police
accountability
counts,
so
cuz,
that's
where
we
hidden
so
y'all
get
ready.
I've
met
a
couple
of
y'all
I'll
be
coming
to
meet
the
rest
of
you
because
we
want
it
and
we
want
it
now
and
on
another
note,
before
I
leave,
I
did
turn
in
a
sign-up
sheet
for
the
coalition
to
you
guys
if
y'all
could
sign
it,
support
us
or
show
yourself
cuz.
We
need
to
know
who
we
work
in.
We
do
working
with
us,
alright,
John,
yeah
and
I'm
dancing.
A
AS
Good
evening
folks,
my
name
is
annalisa
brand.
El
tennis
I
live
in
the
Ninth
Ward
on
34th
in
Bloomington
and
I
work
as
an
educator
for
both
the
Minneapolis
Park
Board
and
as
a
reserve
teacher
in
Minneapolis,
Public
Schools.
So
in
youth
public
spaces
I'm,
here
with
reclaim
the
block
today,
I've
been
mediating
fifth
graders
all
week.
It
turns
out
that
if
you're
trying
to
get
any
learning
done,
you
got
to
meet
them
where
their
social
needs
are,
and
even
if
you
know
that
they
can
resolve
their
own
disputes.
AS
If
you
just
say
hey,
you
got
this
I
trust
you
and
you
walk
away.
You
don't
think
you
trust
them.
They
don't
think
that
you've
got
it
even
when
it
seems
clear
that
they
know
how
to
do
it.
Even
when
you
just
watch
them
do
it
building
trust
means
meeting
them
where
they're
at
and
like
really
walking
it
through.
That
was
a
hard
lesson
for
me
to
learn
right
now,
because
I
was
like
youth
empowerment.
You
got
this.
If
I,
let
you
do
it,
you'll
be
okay
and
it
wasn't
working.
AS
Let's
not
do
that
as
a
city,
all
of
us
are
here
to
tell
you
what's
working
and
what's
not
working,
we're
doing
the
community
organizing,
we
know
what
works
and
what
doesn't
we
know
what
we're
good
at
and
we
need
you
to
say.
I
see
you
I
support
you
and
I'm
gonna
stand
with
you
and
I'm
gonna
show
my
commitment
with
that
money.
So
thank
you
for
adding
the
trans
equity
staffer.
Thank
you
for
putting
some
money
into
the
office
of
violence.
AS
Prevention,
I,
see
that
and
we're
telling
you
that
we
need
more
and
I
know
that
some
of
you
know
that,
and
so
it
would
be
so
so
wonderful
to
see
that
in
the
budget
and
to
validate
our
work,
because
folks
are
really
holding
it
down
to
keep
this
city
a
wonderful,
healthy
place
to
live,
and
we
need
you
to
meet
us.
Thank
you.
C
AT
Hi,
my
name
is
sean.
I
resided
2014-2015
north
and
today
I
got
no
senior
high
school
tool
and
I
stand
for
young
people
of
action.
Correlation
as
I
as
a
person
who
has
lived
over
North
for
over
seven
years
say
that
why
would
you
spend
money
spent
over
a
hundred
million
on
fourteen
cops
when
there
is
over
500,000
people?
That's
homeless
and
struggling
citizens
that
are
homeless
struggle?
I
say
that
instead
of
spending
your
money
on
cops
spend
money
on
your
people.
Think
about
that.
Thank
you.
AU
AU
Horry
I
want
to
start
out.
First
of
all,
my
name
is
hunter
Williams
and
I'm.
The
co
coordinator
for
the
trans,
equity,
Council
and,
first
of
all,
I
wanted
to
thank
you
for
your
support
in
your
time
for
the
for
the
trans
activity.
The
full-time
position
that
we've
been
advocating
for
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
support
for
that.
AU
AU
Given
us
such
a
small
amount
of
the
funding
and
then
a
lot
of
the
funding
goes
towards
policing
and
that's
not
fair
and
that's
not
equality
and
our
workers
are
are
working
80
hours
a
week.
They
are
exhausted.
You
know
their
mental
health,
their
physical
health
impact
that
has
been
impacting
their
work
and
yet
we're
still
getting
such
a
small
amount
of
funding.
But
the
large
amount
of
funding
is
going
to
the
policing
community,
the
police
saying,
but
the
trans
community
is
still
not
safe,
but
I
do
want
to
say.
Thank
you.
AV
Hey,
thank
you
all
for
allowing
me
to
speak
today.
I'm
margarita,
Ortega
I
am
a
community
member
and
little
Earth's
of
the
United
tribes.
I
always
get
nervous
when
I
do
this
and
I
don't
know
why?
But
I
am
here
because
I
haven't
seen
as
many
little
earth
residents
come
here
and
we
don't
always
come
here
and
when
we
do
come
here,
I
want
you
all
to
have
your
ears
open,
because
we
have
people
that
want
to
say.
Oh
little
earth
wants
this
and
little
earth
wants
that.
But
let
me
get
the
record
straight.
AV
The
police
do
not
help
us,
so
let
me
get
that.
Let
me
let
me
straighten
that,
for
whoever
was
up
here
saying
little
earth
wanted
the
police,
because
we
do
not
need
that.
We
need
you
to
help
fund
us.
We
need
you
to
help
us.
Do
the
work
on
the
ground.
We
can't
do
this
work
without
your
help.
We
have
constantly
asked
for
support,
but
we
don't
get
it
and
we
need
your.
We
need
you
to
come
help
us.
We
need
you
to
start
sitting
there,
putting
your
money
where
them
up
where
your
mouth
is.
AV
AV
Shuffle
them
around,
keep
pushing
them
all
over
the
place.
What's
the
solution,
we
haven't
seen
a
solution,
yet
the
navigation
Center
is
gone.
Where
is
my
people
sleeping
tonight?
I,
don't
want
my
babies
on
that
Street.
Are
you
gonna?
Throw
my
babies
on
that
Street?
Are
you
gonna
my
babies
in
a
freaking,
goddamn
cell,
because
they're
homeless
I
was
homeless
at
one
time,
I
was
in
that
street
I
did
sleep
underneath
that
bridge
that
same
stuff,
I
slept
there
as
a
six-year-old
child.
AV
A
AW
Name's
Lance
Lamont
I'm
a
little
resident
and
also
I
like
to
make
a
statement:
I'm
Native,
American
and
speaking
for
our
community
and
as
a
Native
American.
We
do
not
want
more
police,
the
Caucasian
lady
that
was
up
here
earlier,
stating
that
our
community
wants
more
police.
It
was
very
misleading
and
misrepresenting,
but
opposed
to
the
police
bill
and
getting
more
police
says
something
we're
totally
against
I
want
to
talk
about
the
amendment
number
eight.
It's
a
recommended
budget
for
the
general
fund.
AW
The
Health
Department
clarified
that
all
funds
appropriate
to
the
city
of
our
city,
office
of
violence,
prevention
for
violence
prevention
programs
shall
be
available
for
use
at
all
geographical
areas
in
the
city,
I
believe
that's
actually
I'm
disenfranchised
in
our
most
poorest
in
disadvantaged
communities.
We
get
statistics
back
from
the
third
Precinct
from
the
police
arm
from
the
Health
Department
stating
why
the
violence
office,
the
office
of
violence
prevention
needs
to
be
funded
for
these
communities.
We
don't
need
our
funding
that
goal.
AW
It
needs
to
go
to
the
North
Minneapolis
and
South
Minneapolis
and
Riverside
to
go
to
the
suburbs
just
because
they're
in
our
County,
we
need
to
make
sure
that
this
funding,
that's
for
in
the
office
of
violence
prevention
goals,
these
most
communities
that
are
most
in
need
and
it
doesn't
get
out
sourced.
Also
it's
another
amendment
18.
It
goes
with
the
neighborhood
and
Community
Relations
special
revenue
revenue
fun,
and
this
is
what
the
culture
corridors
another
community
members
spoke
about
this
as
well
earlier.
AW
Native
Americans
count
for
only
one
point:
one
percent
of
the
state
of
Minnesota's
population,
but
we
count
our
count,
makes
up
to
ten
percent
of
the
opioid
related
deaths
and
we
count
for
sixteen
percent
of
the
homeless
and
unsheltered
population,
so
I
would
urge
entire
you
guys
to
invest
not
just
in
one
culture
but
all
of
our
cultures.
Thank
you.
AX
I
was
shocked
that
he
thought
this
was
important
enough
to
enter
the
conversation
that
he
thought
his
feeling
of
police
backed
safety
while
he
walked
down.
Public
streets
is
more
deserving
of
taxpayer
dollars
than
the
lives
of
those
who
testified
about
the
dangers
of
policing
in
their
communities
and
the
life
stays
the
life-saving
impact
of
violence
prevention
programs.
The
difference
in
the
impact
of
the
of
two
lives
on
either
side
of
this
issue
is
astronomical,
but
somehow
the
proposed
budget
doesn't
reflect
this
at
all
and
I
fail
to
see
any
explanation
for
it.
Thank
you.
AY
Right
now
and
for
me,
as
a
white
person,
I've
always
been
taught
to
equate
cops
with
safety,
which
I
guess
is
kind
of
true
for
a
lot
of
white
people,
especially
since
able-bodied,
financially
well-off
ones,
but
the
problem
with
that
is
that
and
the
imagined
perpetrators
in
this
situation,
the
people
who
the
cops
are
supposedly
protecting
us
from
are
actually
the
most
vulnerable
and
most
marginalized
in
our
communities
and
I,
don't
think
that's
safety.
Relying
on
cops
to
solve
our
problems
is
a
cop-out.
It's
boring,
it's
unimaginative
and,
most
importantly,
its
fatal.
AY
If
you
prioritize
funding
for
the
MPD
you're
prioritizing
white
people's
imagined
fears
over
actual
human
lives,
there
are
better
ways
to
achieve
safety
and
they're
already
happening
as
you've
heard
tonight
from
countless
people,
communities
will
always
know
best
how
to
care
for
their
people.
Increased
criminalization
and
police
violence
is
a
depressing
fallback
when
so
many
creative
alternatives
already
exist.
I
hope
you'll,
listen
to
our
community
members,
who
have
long
been
the
source
of
visionary
paths
toward
justice.
Police
officers
are
external
to
our
communities
and
they
represent
violent
forms
of
power.
A
AZ
BA
Housing,
shelter,
water,
you
know
it's
conspicuously
absent
from
those
needs.
Is
police
and
I'm.
Gonna
say
this
for
you,
you
dude
and
I'm,
just
I
I
do
not
like
you,
because
you
know,
what's
gonna
end
up
happening
with
you
when
you
get
out
of
here,
you're
gonna
get
some
consulting
job.
You're
gonna
be
fine.
Please.
BA
When
I
say
that
that
is
conspicuously
absent,
I'll
give
you
this
safety
is
part
of
something
that
we
all
need.
That's
true,
but
are
the
cops
breaking
down
the
doors
of
the
City
Council
people
who
are
raising
our
property
taxes
so
that
people
can't
afford
to
pay
rent
anymore?
Are
they
coming
to
your
door
and
are
they
saying
jeez?
Why
are
you
punishing
these
people?
Are
they
making
us
safer
when
we
can't
afford
to
live
in
our
own
neighborhoods
anymore?
Some
people
who've
lived
here,
their
entire
lives,
unlike
you.
BA
BA
They
do
not
protect
the
people
who
do
not
have
food.
They
do
not
protect
the
people
who
do
not
have
shelter.
They
do
not
protect
the
people
who
do
not
have
clean
water.
So,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
the
people
who
are
making
feel
safe
or
the
people
who
are
already
safe
and
they're
being
protected
from
the
people
who
are
the
most
marginalized
and
who
have
had
every
thing
taken
from
them
by
this,
a
system
that
continues
to
marginalize
and
oppress
people
in
this
country.
BA
And
if
you
say,
oh,
we
got
to
put
this
off
a
little
more.
We
gotta
make
a
compromise
because
we
need
to
fund
all
these
things
fun,
what
fun
more
public
parks
that
only
people
who
can
afford
the
increase
in
property
taxes
that
result
can
actually
enjoy
good
god.
What
the
is
wrong
with
you.
Thank
you.
Okay,.
A
That
is
the
last
of
our
registered
speakers.
I,
don't
think
anyone
else
is
signed
in
okay.
Would
anyone
else
like
to
speak
last
call
for
the
public
hearing?
Okay,
I
will
go
ahead
and
close
the
public
hearing,
so
I
want
to
just
explain.
What's
going
to
happen
for
the
rest
of
the
night,
we
need
to
reef
briefly
recess
the
City
Council
meeting
so
that
the
board
of
estimate
and
Taxation
can
meet
that
will
take
about
20
minutes
and
after
that
board
meeting
has
adjourned.
A
The
City
Council
will
reconvene
in
this
chamber
to
complete
the
remainder
of
our
work
on
the
2020
budget.
So
at
the
same
time
that
the
city
council
meeting
is
reconvening
after
the
be
ET
meeting,
the
park
board
will
be
convening
in
room
333,
which
is
next
door
to
the
mayor's
office
to
complete
its
work
on
the
Park
District's
2020
budget.
All
of
these
meetings
are
open
to
the
public
and
the
overflow
of
space
and
319
will
be
available
for
the
rest
of
the
evening.
A
Welcome
back
everyone,
the
time
is
8:35
and
we
have
reconvened
from
the
recess.
The
board
of
estimate
and
Taxation
has
completed
their
business.
Let
the
record
reflect
that
we
have
a
quorum
as
I
indicated
earlier.
The
council
will
now
proceed
with
the
remainder
of
our
agenda.
At
the
same
time
that
part
board
is
now
meeting
just
down
the
hall
in
room
333.
They
complete
their
work
on
their
2020
budget.
Both
of
these
meetings
are
open
to
the
public
and
over
vote.
Overflow
seating
is
available
in
room
319
across
the
hallway.
A
So
we
will
now
take
up
the
series
of
resolutions
listed
as
items
on
the
printed
agenda.
I'll
note
for
my
colleagues
that
you
have
a
little
small
packet
of
three
items
before
you.
These
are
related
to
item
number
two,
and
that
is
when
we
will
be
taking
up
any
amendments
related
to
the
operating
budgets
of
the
departments.
So
item
number
one
is
the
proposed
2019
property
tax
levies
payable
in
2020.
This
is
listed
as
item
number
one
on
the
agenda
and
I'll
recognize
councilmember
Palmisano.
To
present
the
report
of
the
budget
committee.
A
AT
C
A
A
BB
A
Customer
Palmisano
has
moved
adoption
of
the
2020
general
appropriation
resolution
establishing
the
operating
budget
for
the
city
departments.
I'll
note
that
that
includes
the
amendments
that
happened
at
the
last
meeting
on
Friday.
So
if
there's
and
I'll
see,
if
there's
any
discussion
on
that
motion-
and
this
would
be
the
time
to
bring
forward
additional
amendments,
I.
A
BC
You,
madam
president,
I,
was
indeed
going
to
ask
if
budget
amendments
also
included
staff
directions,
and
so
I
would
like
to
bring
forward
this
staff
direction.
That
folks
should
have
in
front
of
them
by
now
relating
to
the
establishment
of
a
pilot
project
that
is
based
on
wraparound
services
and
harm
reduction
strategies
to
be
created
by
the
restorative
justice
and
adult
diversion
city
workgroup.
So
I'll
read
the
staff
direction
and
then
I'll
briefly
talk
about
it
and
then
stand
for
any
questions.
BC
The
staff
direction
says
directing
the
finance
and
property
services
department,
in
collaboration
with
the
city's
attorney
with
the
City
Attorney's
Office
in
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department,
to
provide
a
funding
source,
a
funding
source
recommendation
for
the
of
the
wraparound
services
and
harm
reduction
pilot
program
proposed
by
the
restored
restored.
It
restorative
justice,
an
adult
diversion
city,
work
group.
The
funding
source
recommendation
shall
fall
in
line
with
a
law
enforcement,
assisted
diversion
or
lead
for
its
acronym
national
support.
Bureaus
pilot
program
recommendation
of
$250,000
to
$500,000
for
the
successful
launch
of
a
Minneapolis
specific
pilot
program.
BC
The
finance
and
property
services
department
shall
report
its
funding
source
recommendation
to
the
public
safety
and
emergency
management
committee
no
later
than
April
1st
2020.
In
order
to
launch
the
minneapolis
pilot
program
by
June
1st
2020.
A
lot
of
the
language
in
here
is
in
direct
correlation
to
the
previous
staff
direction.
We
approved
today
at
committee
of
the
whole
relating
to
the
establishment
of
this
work
group
to
help
us
build
on
the
the
maturation
of
the
city's
approach
to
addressing
some
of
the
challenges
that
we've
been
I.
BC
Think
struggling
with
for
a
few
years
now,
I'll
just
talk
briefly
about
the
history
that
I've
seen
unfold
at
the
city
relating
to
this
issue.
So
when
I
was
first
elected
to
the
City
Council,
the
way
that
we
as
a
city
tackled
commercial
sexual
exploitation
was
by
sending
officers
to
do
undercover
stings
at
massage
parlors.
BC
We
quickly
learned
that
what
not
the
way
to
do
the
work
we
then
had
the
police
department
do
a
self
initiated
partnership
with
nonprofit
organizations
to
do
Street
outreach
where
things
like
toothbrushes,
condoms
and
toothpastes
were
handed
out
to
women
who
were
being
exploited
on
the
streets.
So
they
could
have
some
dignity
and
an
access
to
other
sanitary
products
as
the
oppression
continued
and
and
quickly.
We
learned
that
that
was
not
enough.
Later
we
developed
the
pre-charge
diversion
program
with
the
City.
BC
Attorney's
Office
and
MPD
and
of
people
were
electing
to
be
a
part
of
the
program,
because
there
was
no
sort
of
push
for
them
to
self-select
to
be
a
part
of
the
pre-charge
diversion
initiative,
either
at
the
county
level,
which
is
known
as
the
gift
court
or
calendar
where
at
the
time
in
2015,
there
were
no
women
involved
in
the
program
and
then
later
at
the
city
level.
It
was
really
hard
to
get
women
to
be
a
part
of
that
program
too.
BC
We
then
started
focusing
on
John's
and
trying
to
target
the
perpetrators
and
we're
successful
in
doing
a
few
stings,
but
then
quickly
learned
that
it
was
unsustainable
work
because
it
requires
voluntary
female
officers
to
pose
as
women
who
are
being
exploited.
So
a
lot
of
resources
went
into
that
and
I.
Think
some
of
the
folks
who
were
apprehended
through
those
strategies
were
did
not.
BC
Reoffended
apartment
learned
that
it
was
unsustainable
to
keep
doing
that
kind
of
work
at
that
level.
So
here
we
are
today
2019
trying
to
explore
yet
another
initiative
and
we're
hoping
that
this
lead
based
program
will
give
some
results.
The
timeline
is
aggressive
and
we
know
it's
a
heavy
lift
but
I
believe
that
there's
enough
political
will
and
support
both
within
the
city
Enterprise
and
in
the
community
to
tackle
such
an
initiative
and
I.
BC
A
BD
BC
Be
open
to
more
than
just
commercial
sexual
exploitation
and
the
staff
direction
in
from
the
committee
of
the
whole
this
afternoon
talked
about
that
and
it
you
know,
the
specific
language
was
including,
but
not
limited
to
some
of
those
efforts,
so
I'm
happy
to
have
any
of
our
council
colleagues
join
that
workgroup
and
that
work
and
help
guide
it
guide
it
and
oversee
it,
and
and
make
sure
that
we
have
the
proper
delivery
and
outreach
for
cultural
communities
and
specific
groups.
Thank.
BD
D
BC
An
excellent
question
and
we're
gonna
lean
on
our
partners
from
lead
to
figure
that
out
I
would
say
that
right
now,
based
on
what
I
know
of
the
work
from
the
past
six
years
of
looking
at
this
issue
is
that
this
seems
to
be
an
approach
that
follows
the
person
versus
the
geography
or
the
commercial
corridor.
So
it's
really
about
intensive
case
management.
That's
proactive!
That's
culturally!
Relevant!
That's
ongoing,
as
some
of
my
colleagues
might
recall.
BC
So
I
would
say
that
this
is
probably
going
to
focus
on
specific
cases,
cases
of
individuals
who
are
likely
to
be
benefited
by
the
program
and
where
we
can
really
help
those
folks
exit
situations
that
they
find
themselves
in.
That
is
not
necessarily
constructive
of
productive
for
community
harmony
and
health
and
healing
so
more
people,
centered
versus
geography,
centered.
BE
If
there
are
any
parameters
on
where
do
you
think
they'll
be
looking
as
his
money
that
could
come
from
the
City,
Attorney's
Office
or
the
police
department,
or
both
or
it
just
makes
me
a
little
nervous
because
the
sources
are
so
vague
but
of
course
we're
figuring
this
out
now
my
assumption
is:
maybe
it
is
open
that
they
could
come
from
the
police
department?
Should
there
be?
BE
BC
Absolutely
so
councilmember
Gordon
is
correct
that
this
is
not
an
appropriation
move
right
now.
This
is
a
direction
to
have
our
staff.
Look
at
the
books
after
2019
closes
assess.
What
is
the
healthiest
initiative
where
this
these
sources
could
come
from
and
I
did
earlier
circulate
the
toolkit
that
the
lead
program
folks
shared
with
us
and
in
that
narrative,
where
they
recommend
starting
a
pilot
program
within
this
monetary
range?
They
talk
about
how
that
money
can
come
from
a
lot
of
different
sources,
so
this
could
potentially
come
from
the
city.
BC
We
could
ask
colleagues
and
collaborators
at
the
county
for
a
portion.
We
could
certainly
talk
to
foundations
and
other
groups
to
provide
some
of
the
other
portions
of
the
resources,
but
this
is
being
very
intentional
and
planful
about
ensuring
that
us,
as
policymakers
are
presented
with
recommendations
from
our
staff
about
how
we
can
resource
this
program
and
at
that
time,
which
is
April
first
or
before
that
is
when
we
will
be
then
asked
to
take
a
vote
on
where
that
exact
appropriation
would
be
coming
from
and
for
what
amount.
BC
AA
A
B
L
B
A
BF
Thank
you,
madam
president,
if
it's
an
order,
there's
a
slight
adjustment
to
the
original
amendment
for
number
12
and
it's
simply
to
strike,
as
it's
indicated
in
the
handout,
the
specification
of
where
the
money
comes
from
from
the
fire
department
and
just
making
that
a
flexible
administrative
choice
of
the
chief.
This
is
under
advisement
from
the
chief
himself
and
does
not
in
any
way
change
the
intent
of
the
original
underlying
amendment.
A
Thank
You
councilmember
Reich
I'll,
see
if
there's
any
discussion,
I
see
councilmember
Schrader
wants
to
comment.
I
do
I,
do
want
to
call
my
colleagues
attention
to
a
note
to
the
author's
that
came
from
finance,
suggesting
that
the
rock
would
be
best
assigned
to
a
particular
task
within
the
fire
department,
otherwise
finance
and
the
fire
department,
but
essentially
finance
will
be
assigning
that
cut.
So
I'm
happy
to
you
know,
come
back
this
item.
BG
Thank
you,
madam
president,
just
call
so
what
I
want
to
support
the
authors
and
support
this
amendment,
and
also
just
kind
of
thank
them
for
the
work
on
this
I
talked
to
the
chief
and
I
I
get
that
we
have
to
assign
it
to
something
we
had
this
discussion
last
time.
This
came
up,
but
after
talking
to
the
chief,
this
is
kind
of
more
preferred
just
to
be
able
to
have
some
flexibility
that,
hopefully,
in
the
future
budgets
we'd
be
able
to
fund
that
position.
A
D
Council
vice
president,
thank
you,
madam
president.
I
just
want
to
know
that
item
number
12
is
the
appropriation
for
the
trans
equity
coordinator
position
from
the
fire
department
and
I
will
work
with
my
colleagues,
councilmember,
Wright
and
Cunningham,
as
well
as
the
finance
department,
to
determine
exactly
what
source
that
will
come
from
in
the
fire
department.
BD
Just
briefly,
I
just
want
to
reiterate
my
gratitude
to
my
colleagues
for
support
on
this
position.
This
was
this
is
the
culmination
of
a
lot
of
years
of
work
related
to
trans
equity,
work
that
was
started
under
council.
Vice-President
Jenkins
I
got
to
carry
the
torch
on
for
a
bit.
We
had
somebody
on
contract
and
then
once
I
got
into
office.
I
really
understood
deeply
that
we
want
to
have
qualified
trans
folks
doing
work
within
the
city.
BD
BF
Thank
you,
madam
president.
I
know
we
stated
in
the
previous
meeting
that
people
make
it
clearer.
Intention
originally
was
never
to
take
any
dollars,
however,
specified
from
the
first
responders
or
the
equipment
that
supports
their
work.
There
would
be
some
more
administrative
adjustment,
so
when
we
find
this
specific
between
now
and
Friday,
it'll
still
be
in
that
spirit
as
well.
A
Thank
You
councilmember
yeah
I'll
just
note
that,
while
this
is
a
relatively
small
item,
I
think
the
principle
underlying
the
comment
from
finance
was
that
it
doesn't
work
for
the
council
to
make
essentially
a
base
cut
to
a
departments
budget,
because
the
way
we
budget
does
allocate
funds
within
the
department
for
specific
purposes.
So
I
appreciate
that
the
authors
of
this
will
be
in
communication
with
finance
and
the
fire
department,
the
fire
chief
to
add
more
specificity
to
this.
A
But
that
was
the
reason
behind
the
question
and
I
in
the
I
think
the
principle
that
we
want
to
avoid
in
the
future.
We
want
to
stick
to
the
principle
of
of
cutting
specific
programs
in
departments,
not
just
cutting
departments
by
a
certain
amount
of
money
without
specifying
what
we
would
be
stopping
or
starting.
So
thanks
for
that
and
I
don't
want
to
take
away
from
the
excitement
of
adding
this
position.
A
D
D
E
Vice
president
I
I
think
what
I'm
hearing
is
that
the
author's
would
like
to
continue
to
have
conversation
with
fire
department
and
finance
staff
and
perhaps
bring
a
staff
direction
to
Friday's
final
council
meeting
of
the
year
with
clarity
on
where
this
reduction
should
come
from.
I
think
that
would
work
perfectly
from
a
staff
standpoint.
A
A
A
BE
I,
don't
know,
I'm
I'm,
not
sure
why
I
mean
I'm,
not
sure
why
we
can't
figure
it
out
now,
but
that's
gonna
make
it
feel
pretty
intriguing
to
some
of
us
if
we
can
still
keep
fixing
the
budget
on
Friday
so
but
I
understand,
we
looked
at
this
amendment
now.
I,
don't
quite
understand
why
we
can't
just
pass
it,
as
was
presented
by
the
councilmembers.
BE
A
Motion
is
to
approve
this
item.
There's
been
some
discussion
about
clarifying
the
source.
If
that
clarification
requires
an
amendment
to
the
budget,
we
do
still
have
an
opportunity
to
do
that
on
Friday
or
if
it's
agreed
that
it
can
be
an
administrative
change
that
communicated
to
the
council.
I
think
finance
is
comfortable
with
that.
It
looks
like
the
clerk
is
not
comfortable
with
that,
which
is
why
I
was
working
to
recognize
him
if
he
wants
to
say
something,
but
if
not
that's
okay,
too
I.
B
Understand
your
direction
is
that
we're
passing
the
budget
tonight,
this
series
of
resolutions
that
are
coming
forward.
This
amendment
is
being
included
in
that
budget
tonight.
The
source
of
funding,
however,
for
this
one
item
would,
for
technical
purposes,
possibly
need
to
come
forward
on
Friday
and
we
would
be
amending
the
general
appropriation
resolution
only
that
is
one
small
component
of
the
entire
budget.
So
it's
not
opening
the
budget
to
new
opportunities
for
amendment.
B
A
BE
That's
good
clarity
and
if
I
may
so,
if
we
do
nothing
to
do
with
this
on
Friday,
there
still
be
the
money.
The
position
will
still
be
there.
We've
still
approved
funding
for
it
and,
just
as
a
side
note
I,
we
could
also
amend
it
in
January
and,
as
you
all
know,
we
make
budget
amendments
regularly
throughout
the
year.
A
J
A
Carry
them
that
item
is
adopted
so
I'll
see
if
there
are
any
other
amendments
or
items
from
Council
members,
councilman,
Cunningham
and
I
are
working
on
a
staff
direction
together.
It
was
just
passed
out,
but
is
lacking
some
of
the
language
that
we
had
intended
to
be
in
there.
So
we
are
working
on
getting
that
item
even
better
copy.
I.
BD
A
A
BD
You,
madam
president,
the
new,
the
updated
version
is
now
being
passed
out,
so
I'll
go
ahead
and
read
through
it
and
council
president
bender,
please
feel
to
jump
in
at
any
time
when
we're
discussing
it.
So
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department
is
directed
to
convene
a
working
group
charged
with
developing
outcomes
metrics
and
the
best
and
best
emergent
practices
for
vision,
zero-based
traffic
enforcement
with
MPD
in
alignment
with
the
vision,
zero
plan
and
the
strategic
and
racial
equity
action
plan
goals.
BD
The
working
group
should
include
staff
from
Public
Works,
the
office
of
police
conduct,
review
the
division
of
race
and
equity
and
the
vision,
zero
task
force,
as
well
as
community
representatives
from
relevant
advisory
bodies,
including
the
pedestrian
Advisory
Committee
Bicycle
Advisory,
Committee,
9-1-1,
workgroup
and
race,
and
the
race
equity
community
advisory
committee.
Advisory
committees
can
choose
to
have
an
ongoing
representative
on
the
workgroup
if
they
so
choose
and
receive
regular
updates
from
the
workgroup
on
progress.
BD
4.1
data
should
be
racially
disaggregated,
where
appropriate,
to
make
recommendations
related
to
setting
achieving
and
measuring
race
equity
goals
and
traffic
enforcement
by
compiling
best
and
emergent
practices,
and
increasing
Traffic
Safety,
and
three
making
recommendations
to
policy
makers
and
the
public
about
future
investments
in
traffic
enforcement
work,
including
potential
staffing
needs
and
structure.
This
workgroup
shall
be
co-chaired
by
a
city
council
member
and
the
MPD
lead
coordinator.
BD
BD
There
has
been
a
clear
interest
in
the
traffic
enforcement
division
being
re-established
within
the
police
department,
and,
as
that
is
happening,
it
is
intent.
It
is
important
for
us
to
be
as
intentional
as
possible.
Enforcement
is
one
of
the
pillars
of
the
vision,
zero
action
plan
and
also
we
want
to
be
as
intentional
as
possible
to
ensure
that
the
work
does
not
exasperate
racial
disparities
that
we
already
see
in
traffic
enforcement,
and
so
this
is
meant
to
create
parameters
for
this
reestablishment
to
happen
within
a
way
that
is
centering
race,
racial
equity
and
best
practices.
BD
Because
if
we
just
let
things
unfold
as
the
way
business
has
already
been
done,
we
will
continue
to
get
the
results
that
we
see
and
we
will
not
necessarily
will
not
see
improve
safety
on
our
streets.
So
so
this
is
meant
to
be
a
baseline,
that
we
are
setting
as
a
council
as
elected
officials,
that
this
is
how
we
would
like
to
see
this
work
carried
out
and
really
challenged
the
work
as
it's
currently
being
carried
out.
So
there
is
a
lot
here.
So
if
folks
have
questions
on
it,
I'm
happy
to
take
answers.
BD
A
You
councilmember
I
see
a
lot
of
councilmembers
in
queue
to
comment
or
ask
questions.
I'll
just
add
a
few
comments
to
Councilman
Cunningham's
words.
First
of
all,
this
really
originated
after
the
proposed
budget
included
the
establishment
of
a
new
traffic
enforcement
division
within
MPD,
which
originally
had
a
$500,000
cost
associated
with
it.
After
the
amendments
that
came
on
Friday,
the
budget
is
no
longer
structured.
That
way
the
money
has
shifted
now
to
a
cadet
or
a
recruit
class,
but
actually
that
was
the
structure
that
was
originally
in
the
budget.
A
Tens
of
thousands
of
people
are
pulled
over
for
traffic
violations
in
our
city,
and
so,
if
we
are
going
to
do
a
good
job
of
meeting
our
goals
of
using
enforcement
as
one
way
to
keep
people
safer
in
our
streets.
I
really
feel
strongly
that
this
foundational
work
is
important
and
I
really
want
to
thank
councilmember
Cunningham
for
all
of
the
work
that
went
into
this.
We've
talked
with
folks
in
the
police
department,
with
Public
Works
Department,
with
our
race
equity
staff,
with
people
in
the
office
of
police
conduct
review.
BI
BI
It
is
also
really
important
for
another
reason,
which
is
that
MPD,
in
addition
to
being
the
ones
who
could
potentially
write
tickets
and
enforce
and
pull
people
over,
which
is
really
where
the
conversation
has
been.
Centered
are
also
the
first
responders
at
accidents,
and
that
is
something
that
doesn't
get
talked
about
as
much.
But
I
want
to
talk
about
why
it's
important
a
little
bit
and
I
hope
you'll
bear
with
me
for
just
a
second,
because
I'm
pretty
upset
about
this.
It's
fairly
fresh.
BI
There
was
an
accident
about
a
month
ago
in
Ward
3,
at
2nd,
Street,
north
and
5th
Street,
and
many
of
my
constituents
contacted
me
and
they
were
very
upset
about
it.
They
said
there
was
a
serious
accident.
What
are
you
gonna
do
about
it?
What
is
what
are
we
gonna
do
about
it?
You
keep
talking
about
vision,
zero,
what's
gonna
happen
and
I
talked
to
Public,
Works
and
Public
Works
said
we
looked
at
it.
BI
We
looked
at
the
report,
it
doesn't
look
like
any
of
the
solutions
that
they're
proposing
would
have
fixed
the
problem,
and
so
I
relayed
that
back
and
my
constituents
looked
at
me
like
gosh
the
city's
really
not
responding
to
this
in
an
appropriate
way
and
there
was
a
disconnect
and
you
could
feel
the
disconnect
and
I
asked
Public
Works
again
and
they
said
no
I
think
this
is.
This
is
really
something
where
a
driver
made
a
mistake,
but
the
it
wasn't.
You
know
it,
they
had
a
stop
sign.
BI
So
what
else
are
we
gonna
do
and
there
were
only
minor
injuries
today
in
the
Star
Tribune
we
learned
who
received
the
allegedly
minor
injuries.
We
learned
that,
because
the
victim
passed
away
from
those
injuries,
it
was
reported
to
us
in
a
way
that
did
not
take
it
seriously.
It
was
reported
to
us
in
a
way
that
did
not
allow
Public
Works
to
enact
division,
zero
principles
and
work
to
redesign
that
Street.
BI
It
was
reported
to
us
in
a
way
that,
frankly,
just
did
not
take
as
seriously
as
it
should
have
a
collision
between
a
car
and
a
pedestrian.
The
woman's
name
was
Yvonne
Palka.
She
was
a
scholar.
She
was
a
children's
author
and
illustrator.
She
was
a
grandmother
and
she
passed
away
from
injuries
at
an
intersection
that
we
failed
to
make
safe
enough,
and
not
only
did
we
fail
to
make
it
safe
enough,
but
we
failed
to
even
report
accurately
what
had
happened
so
that
we
could
make
it
safer
in
the
future.
BI
And
so
when
we
talk
about
data-driven
decision
making
for
vision,
zero,
it
is
absolutely
critical
that
our
first
responders
who
are
writing
the
reports
on
these
incidents,
have
the
training
that
they
need
and
have
the
support
that
they
need
and
have
the
supervision
that
they
need
to
actually
report.
These
incidents.
BI
Who's
going
to
be
assigned
to
first
response
and
I
am
grateful
that
we're
working
on
this
I'm
grateful
that
the
staff
Direction
is
coming
forward.
My
thoughts
are
with
mr.
Paul
cos
family
and
the
people
who
are
fans
of
her
work
and
her
friends
wish
she
was
visiting
in
the
North
Loop
and
I
hope
that
we
can
do
better
by
everybody
as
a
result
of
the
very
intentional
and
thoughtful
work
that
you're
doing
to
put
some
structure
to
the
notion
of
traffic
enforcement
and
traffic
safety.
BI
A
I'll
be
brief
and
then
deferred
accounts
are
coming
him
I
think
we
we.
It
is
a
lot
of
work
with
a
lot
of
layers,
so
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
at
least
had
a
recommendation
before
we
were
considering
next
year's
budget,
especially
if
there's
a
budget
recommendation
or
ask
I
think
this
doesn't
preclude
the
chair
of
the
Public
Safety
Committee,
or
the
translation
of
Public
Works
Committee
to
request
additional
updates
or
progress
reports
in
interim.
But
that
was
the
thinking
and
I'll
see
if
cuts
mark,
Cunningham
would
say,
and
yes.
BD
I'll
just
add
saying
that
when
we
are
doing
cross
departmental
efforts
like
this
from
my
experience
we
it
takes
time
to
be
intentional
about
it
and
that
everybody
is
equally
accountable
in
the
process
so
that
one
department
isn't
carrying
it
forward
without
equal
accountability,
so
want
to
be
able
to
make
sure
we
have
enough
time.
The
idea
is
that
if
the
chief
is
going
to
reestablish
the
traffic
enforcement
division
with
the
recruits
that
are
graduating
in
December,
that
we
have
the
recommendations
in
place
before
then,
and
but
it's
it's
about
being
intentional.
BD
But
as
council
president
ponder
said,
if
tpw
or
PSC,
if
either
of
those
committees
are
interested
quarter,
one
can
come
back
with
what
the
plan
is.
You
know
how
it's
going
to
be
rolled
out
and
things
like
that.
There's
there's
definitely
opportunities,
but
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
have
enough
time.
One
of
the
symptoms
of
white
supremacy
is
urgency
in
a
way
that
that
creates
and
lesser
quality
work
and
for
the
sake
of
getting
things
done
faster
and
so
I
just
want
to
be
intentional
about
not
baking
that
into
this.
BJ
You
I
appreciate
that
I'll
just
note
a
couple
other
thoughts
and
I
don't
see
any
need
for
amendment
on
this,
but
just
wanted
to
put
it
out
there
on
the
record,
as
this
workgroup
is
looking
at
doing
this
work,
I
think
it's
implied
in
this
and
I.
Forgive
me
if
I
missed
it,
but
I
would
hope
that
the
reports
in
the
data
is
actually
posted
publicly
online.
BJ
It
certainly
says
in
here
that
there
will
be
a
report
to
the
committee
I
hope
we
can
have
some
sort
of
dashboards
so
that
the
public
is
able
to
see
in
near
real-time
or
regular
updates
on
the
results
and
then
the
other
piece
is
we
know.
Disparities
exist
today
with
the
current
traffic
enforcement,
or
stops
that
are
happening.
I
would
hope
that
the
aggregated
data
is
able
to
distinguish
between
the
dedicated
traffic
enforcement
unit
and
other
stops
that
are
happening
within
our
city
to
be
able
to
otherwise
I.
BJ
Don't
think
we're
going
to
really
understand
both
our
progress
on
changing
disparities
with
an
existing
MPD
work
and
also
how
effective
this
unit
is
being
in
their
work
in
terms
of
tackling
racial
inequities.
So
I
hope
the
workgroup
can
make
make
that
a
priority
in
their
recommendations.
Again,
I
really
appreciate
the
work
on
us.
Thank
you
for
your
leadership.
BJ
A
You
councillor
Ellison
is
in
queue,
I'll
just
note
as
part
of
a
response
to
comes
Mary,
Johnson's
question
the
top
five
behaviors
that
have
been
identified,
then
mostly
the
crashes
are
not
currently
being
tracked.
So
part
of
the
work
is
even
just
setting
up
a
system
to
track
the
behaviors
that
this
work
helps
to
address
so
part
of
the
timeline
issues
as
well.
Councillor
Ellison
I.
O
O
Think
that
that
the
fact
that
we
have
to
provide
this
level
of
intention
is
a
little
bit
frustrating
and
and
does
weaken
my
confidence
in
MPD's
ability
to
get
this
right.
So
I
look
forward
to
seeing
the
work
that
comes
out
of
this
SAP
direction.
I
can't
speak
to
whether
I
would
be
supporting
the
establishment
of
a
new
traffic
unit
in
the
future,
but
but
at
minimum
we
need
this
kind
of
analysis
if
we're
gonna
consider
it.
So.
Thank
you.
Councillor.
A
BE
BE
So
in
fact,
I
thought.
It
was
strange
that
it
was
in
the
budget.
We
would
budget
a
traffic
enforcement
unit,
knowing
that
once
we
approved
the
money,
it
would
be
up
to
the
chief
to
spend
that
where
they
wanted
so
I,
don't
have
necessarily
a
lot
of
confidence
and
I
want
to
point
out
that,
in
the
visual
vision,
zero
plan,
there's
no
recommendation
that
we
create
a
traffic
unit.
BE
They
talk
about
enforcement
and
concerns
about
behaviors,
and
then
they
talk
about
legislative
changes
that
might
improve
the
situation
and
they're
not
necessarily
called
out
in
this
I
understand.
This
workgroup
is
really
important.
I
really
like
that.
Although
players
that
are
at
the
table
to
be
involved
in
it
and
I
like
that,
we're
hammering
hard
on
the
equity
issue
and
I
think
that
is
that
could
inform
all
traffic
enforcement
efforts
in
the
department
that
will,
and
maybe
responses
to
traffic
reports
or
whatever
I
think
that
will
be
helpful
and
it
could
help
that
move
forward.
BE
A
Kuzma
Gordon?
The
chief
did
agree
to
this.
However,
I
share
many
of
the
concerns
is
waste
by
you
and
khansamar
Ellison
and
agree
that
the
level
of
specificity
here
is
a
bit
unusual
in
and
what
we
give
to
staff,
but
I
think
is
necessary
for
us
to
have
any
confidence
that
this
kind
of
work
would
be
done,
balancing
all
these
particular
priorities,
anything
else
seeing
none
clerk,
please
call
the
roll
councilmember.
B
AY
AY
B
AT
A
A
Don't
see
anyone
in
queue
and
so
I'll
pause
and
see
if
there's
any
comments
or
discussion
that
customers
want
to
make
on
this
item,
I
could
note
that
comments
would
be
welcome
now
or
there's
time
at
the
very
end,
so
we're
just
for
my
colleagues
sake
as
a
reminder.
We're
voting
on
each
of
these
items
that
are
listed
under
item
1
separately.
A
BE
So
we're
basically
approving
the
department's
operational
budgets
right
now,
so
this
seems
to
be
a
pretty
significant
vote
and
most
of
our
amendments
dealt
with
this
part
of
the
budget,
and
this
is
the
really
big
part
of
the
budget
and
I'm
trying
to
get
my
head
around
it.
I
have
a
lot
of
mixed
feelings
about
it.
I
think
I
talked
about
it.
The
last
public
hearing
that
the
compromise
with
the
police
department
fit
felt
like
a
compromise
that
I
was
left
out
of,
and
it
wasn't
good
enough
and
it
wasn't
a
compromise
with
me.
BE
Four
million
eight
point:
five
million
that
the
mayor
headed
and
then
we
took
250
thousand
out
of
that
and
I
thought
that
we
should
be
able
to
take
a
lot
more,
especially
when
we
heard
from
people
about
the
other
concerns
and
the
issues
out
there,
including
domestic
violence
and
opioid
crisis
and
all
of
those
things.
So
it
I
think
I
also
alluded
to
the
fact
that
I
might
be
working
on
finding
another
compromise.
BE
I
looked
at
the
the
budget
for
the
professional
standards
program
and
I
said:
I
just
want
to
just
look
at
contracted
services,
only
that
goes
to
the
professional
standards
budget
program
and
there's
a
4.2
million
dollars
that
they
just
go
into
contracts
to
support
the
professional
standards
program
and
there's
nine
hundred
and
eight
thousand
that
goes
to
rent
478.
The
thousand
that
goes
for
professional
services
number
one
over
1
million.
That
goes
for
IT
services.
BE
We
should
be
looking
harder
to
find
that
money.
I
know,
there's
some
amendments
that
I
brought
forward
that
got
passed
and
I
feel
good
about
it.
I
think
we
did
make
some
progress
is
getting
some
funds
to
violence,
prevention,
I,
think
what
I
want
to
do
and
and
why
I'm
belaboring
it
a
little
bit
here
is
I
want
to
make
sure
that
my
concerns
are
noted
on
the
record.
BE
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
are
invested
in
looking
at
that
9-1-1
study
and
those
recommendations
that
were
invested
in
looking
at
the
recommendations
of
the
opioid
task
force.
One
of
the
budget
amendments
that
I'm
most
supportive
of
is
actually
doing
a
staffing
study
of
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department.
BE
I,
actually
think
and
I.
Think
I
mentioned
this
a
little
bit
at
the
last
hearing
that
we
had.
There
were
at
a
tipping
point
and
people
are
finally
getting
it.
I
even
hear
from
the
police,
when
I'm
at
community
meetings,
we
can't
arrest
ourselves
out
of
this
problem.
We
don't
hear
about
the
broken
windows.
BE
BE
We
had
a
mentality
when
I
was
first
elected
about
12
years
ago
that
what
the
police
were
supposed
to
do
is
go
out
and
find
the
bad
guys
bring
the
bad
guys
in
and
lock
the
bad
guys
up
and
that's
been
the
mentality,
probably
for
150
years
of
the
police
department
and
people
are
slowly
understanding,
they're
just
trying
to
identify
bad
guys
and
actually
nobody's
a
bad
guy.
People
are
good.
The
thing
that
we
can
do
is
we
can
look
at
the
conditions
that
people
live
in.
BE
Please
invest
in
the
community,
please
invest
so
that
we
can
actually
prevent
these
problems,
don't
invest
in
helping
us
sort,
people
out
into
good
and
bad,
because
that
never
works
and
everybody
makes
mistakes
up
and
down
all
the
time.
And
then
we
end
up
relying
on
our
biases.
Our
prejudice.
We
end
up
looking
at
who's,
got
the
power
and
the
money,
and
we
have
to
protect
them
and
help
them
and
who
doesn't
you
know
what
it's
happened
to
us
over
the
years
with
our
historical
track
record
of
how
well
we
do
that.
BE
We
end
up
writing
the
law
as
tailor-made
so
that
we
can
end
up
picking
on
people
that
we
think
somehow
need
to
be.
I
guess
picked
on
or
taken
care
of,
so
we
have
to
do
better
than
this
and
it's
really
easy
when
there's
an
uptick
in
crime,
when
there's
livability
concerns
going
on,
it's
really
easy
for
a
lot
of
us
to
say
we
need
more
police.
We
need
to
take
care
of
this
problem.
Oh
these
people
are
creating
problems
for
me,
let's
not
really
solve
the
problem
and
that's
not
really
help.
BE
Let's
get
rid
of
these
people
instead
and
I
think
we
have
to
stop
moving
in
that
direction
and
we
have
to
stop
doing
that
and
I
think.
We
also
know
we
have
to
reform
the
culture
of
the
police
department
and
it's
so
hard
for
people
to
have
confidence
that
that's
happening
when
we
see
things
in
social
media
on
the
national
news,
what
our
Police
Department
is
doing.
I
will
tell
you
firsthand
I
know
that
we
have
wonderful
police
officers
and
they
save
lives
regularly
and
they
help
vulnerable
people
get
help.
BE
But
we
need
to
rebuild
the
confidence
and
we
need
to
do
a
lot
of
work
on
our
Police
Department
and
maybe
even
changing
the
way
that
they
operate
and
do
business
in
that
culture
too.
Before
we
come
back
asking
for
other
budget
increases
like
this,
so
seeing
that
my
time
is
up
with
those
some
serious
objections
noted
in
the
record
I'm
still
willing
to
support
the
budget
that
my
colleagues
worked
out,
but
I
really
hope.
Between
now
and
next
year.
BE
A
Thank
You
councillor
Gordon
any
further
discussion.
I,
don't
see
anyone
in
cute.I
I
will
make
some
comments,
then,
as
well.
I,
along
with
customers,
Gordon
and
Allison,
brought
an
amendment
to
the
meeting
on
Friday
that
failed,
and
so
while
I
wish
I
could
respond
to
my
constituents
who
asked
me
to
do
more
today.
I,
don't
think
there
would
be
much
value
in
bringing
another
amendment
after
the
result
of
Friday's
meeting
and
so
I
wanted
to
explain
that.
A
That
was
why
I
like
councillor
Gordon
I,
don't
think
we
found
any
change
from
that
discussion
that
we
had
on
Friday,
which
was
I,
think
good
debate
and
a
healthy
discussion.
I
do
want
to
note
that
I
think
this
is
a
very
good
budget.
We've
moved
on
from
debating
some
fundamental
things
that
even
a
few
years
ago,
weren't
accepted
as
mainstream
or
you
I,
guess
mainstream
and
we
funded
wage
theft,
not
only
investing.
A
The
idea
that
we
would
fund
a
community
organization,
who's,
organizing
workers
to
help
us
enforce
labor
laws
was
subject
of
debate
and
we've
moved
on
from
that
we've
gotten
to
a
place
where
we're
investing
a
little
bit
in
labor
enforcement
standards,
not
nearly
enough,
but
I'm,
glad
that
this
budget
includes
funding
specifically
for
wage
theft
enforcement
in
a
city
that
is
growing
to
make
sure
that
our
workers
are
paid
what
they
are
owed.
I'm
glad
that
our
my
colleagues
brought
an
amendment
to
invest
more
in
clean
energy.
A
The
number
one
thing
I
hear
from
my
constituents
is
a
concern
about
climate
change.
You
know
we
hear
a
lot
about
the
day-to-day
issues
facing
folks
in
the
community
about
when
we
ask
people
what
their
highest
priority
is.
We
often
hear
about
climate
change
and
a
real
fear
and
I
think,
especially
folks,
who
are
younger
than
me.
There's
an
age
difference
in
that
folks
are
women.
We
had
the
public
hearings
last
year
about
our
comprehensive
plan.
A
I
think
everyone
under
the
age
of
40
mentioned
climate
change
as
a
priority,
so
I
think
we
have
done
our
work
to
invest
in
that
we
have
much
more
to
do
to
reduce
City's
greenhouse
gas
emissions
to
meet
our
goals,
and
that
will
continue
to
take
all
of
our
work
together.
I
I
still
don't
think
this
budget
goes
far
enough
in
investing
in
a
balanced
approach
to
public
safety.
I
think
we
are
investing
too
much
money
in
incarceration
based
policing
and
not
enough
money
in
community-based
safety.
A
Actually
don't
even
understand
why
that
would
be
in
the
benefit
of
the
department.
So
I
think
we
need
to
reintegrate
the
police
department
back
into
the
city
of
Minneapolis
into
the
city.
Enterprise
that's
happening
in
a
lot
of
ways
and
these
new
innovative
work
in
violence
prevention.
It's
happening
in
other
places,
but
fundamentally
that
department
needs
to
be
part
of
the
city,
enterprise
and
I.
Think
there's
a
lot
of
work
to
do.
A
There
I
think,
there's
probably
a
lot
of
budget
efficiencies
to
be
gained
from
that
we
have
HR
departments
that
help
support
the
hiring
of
all
kinds
of
staff
engineers.
Folks,
who
make
sure
our
bridges
are
safe,
I
think
we
can
reintegrate
the
police
department
into
our
city,
so
I
think
I
know.
A
lot
of
folks
are
disappointed
that
this
budget
didn't
go
as
far
as
you
would
like.
A
I
want
to
make
sure
that
everyone
who
came
to
speak
we've
heard
from
hundreds
of
people
and
our
public
hearings,
I've
heard
from
many
of
my
constituents
and
I
know
my
colleagues.
Have
your
voices
really
did
matter
in
this
budget?
You
made
it
better
you've
put
pressure
on
this
body
to
do
better
next
year,
I'm
committed
to
that
and
I
know.
Many
of
my
colleagues
are,
we
know
you'll
be
back
to
hold
us
accountable
to
any
promises
that
were
made
and
there
were
a
lot
of
promises,
and
that
brings
me
to
my
final
point.
O
I'll
keep
it
short
I
just
wanted
to
echo
the
sentiment
that
you
cast
about
the
court.
Have
you
know
yet
we
brought
forward
an
amendment
to
go
a
little
bit
deeper
and
investing
in
non
police
based
strategies
and
and
and
I
think
that
it
was
the
will
of
the
body,
did
not
go
that
direction
this
year,
but
I
think
someone
from
reclaim
had
made
a
statement
saying
that
you
know
our
King
council
members
say
that
their
make
a
commitment
to
a
you
know
deepening
this.
O
Their
commitment
to
to
non
policing,
violence
prevention
strategies
and
I
just
want
to
say
that,
like
not
specifically
to
reclaim
the
block
but
to
the
whole
city
that
yeah
I
do
want
to
make
that
commitment
and
say
that
I
think
that
our
city
deserves
that
and-and-and
I'm,
sad
that
we
couldn't
go
that
direction
this
year,
but
I
know
that
a
lot
of
my
colleagues
also
value
that
and
and
say
that
you
know
when
it
comes
to
violence.
Prevention,
I
know
that
violence
prevention
is
sort
of
had
this.
O
This
may
be
disproportion
been
a
disproportionate
part
of
the
conversation
both
for
and
against,
and
even
though
we've
had
really
great
people
doing
great
work
for
a
number
of
years
here
at
the
city,
we've
only
really
been
funding.
Violence,
prevention,
non
police
based
violence
prevention
for
about
a
year.
This
is
maybe
our
second
year
a
lot
of
that
because
of
the
leadership
of
councilmember,
Cunningham
and
so,
and
so
I
think
that
we
have.
We
have
a
lot
of
work
to
catch
up.
O
We
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do,
to
really
invest
and
and
put
our
money
where
our
mouth
is
when
it
comes
to
not
just
pouring
more
money
into
the
police
department,
I'm
excited
to
work
with
my
colleagues
to
again
take
a
look
at
as
the
council
president
referred
to
this
sort
of
shadow
government
that
the
the
MPD
has
sort
of
developed.
They
have
their
own
data
records,
they
have
their
own
IT,
and-and-and
and
other
departments
that
that
aren't
replicated
throughout
the
city
does
the
part.
What
does
the
department
need
that?
O
O
I
think
that
there's
a
lot
of
great
things
that
we
were
able
to
do
in
terms
of
economic
conclusion,
which
you
know
was
a
highlight
for
the
mayor
in
his
State
of
the
City
address
and
I-
think
that
we
were
able
to
create
some
really
cool
things
this
year.
That
I,
really
believe
will
go
and
support
small
businesses
and
folks
look
into
folks
looking
to
be
assets
in
their
neighborhood,
who
already
are
assets
in
their
neighborhood,
but
don't,
but
don't
necessarily
get
that
level
of
support
from
the
city.
I
think
we
cannot.
O
BH
Thank
you,
you
know,
I
want
I
mean
I'm
gonna
support
a
budget,
but
I
don't
want
to
talk
about
the
public
safety
issue.
I.
Think
a
lot
of
my
colleagues
talked
about
the
public
safety
issue
and
reforming
the
police
and
it's
14
police
officers
enough.
If
less
is
enough,
if
you
should
get
rid
of
the
whole
police,
that
discussion
is,
you
know,
has
been
going
on
a
listen,
very
fruitful
discussion.
I
want
to
talk
about
economic
inclusion
and
the
real.
BH
You
know,
800-pound
gorilla
in
the
room
that
people
are
not
really
discussing,
which
is
there
is
a
community.
There
are
communities
in
this
city
that
are
poor.
There
are
communities
missing
when
we
talk
about
public
house.
Are
you
talking
about
them
when
we
talk
about
affordable
housing,
talking
about
them
when
you're
talking
about
lack
of
skills,
you're
talking
about
them?
And
we
don't?
BH
We
don't
want
to
hear
it
much
of
that
in
this
discussion
in
this
budget
and
I've
been
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis
for
six
years,
and
it's
really
really
hard,
and
it's
really
really
difficult
when
you
are
seeing
or
your
community
seen
as
not
being
taxpayers
or
not
in
taxes
in
the
serial
and
therefore
not
worthy
of
city
services
and
not
worthy
of
having
money
put
into
their
community.
For
example,
the
Star
Tribune
calls
a
public
market
after
the
village
public
market.
BH
The
fact
that
you
have
an
immigrant
population
in
the
city
who
are
black,
who
are
Muslim
who
are
marginalized,
is
controversial
and
therefore,
when
we
try
to
create
a
public
market
for
this
community,
there's
a
pushback
when
we
try
to
create
a
cooperative,
the
most
democratic
system
that
you
could
have
in
community
ownership.
It's
controversial
when
we
put
when
we
try
to
put
fifty
thousand
fifty
thousand
dollars
out
of
a
1.6
billion
budget
to
create
a
cooperative
for
the
poorest
community
in
the
city.
BH
For
them
to
have
ownership
of
their
market,
it's
controversial
and
I
think
that's
shameful
as
shameful
and
I
know
all
these
people
talking
about
you,
know,
reclaim
the
block
or
talking
about
North
Minneapolis
we're
talking
about
you
know.
You
know.
Why
should
why?
Should
we
put
money
in
the
Somali
community?
BH
Why
should
we
put
money
in
the
East
I
think
the
mean
is
frustrated
because
it's
frustrated
because
people
give
money
to
developers,
people
give
money
to
downtown
people,
give
money
and
doesn't
have
a
question,
but
one
little
bit
of
money
goes
to
this
east
african
community.
It's
a
question
as
if
we
are
taking
more
than
we
deserve,
we
are
taking
more
than
we
should.
So
that's
why
this
whole
year,
I'm
very
interested.
BH
You
know
with
the
African
village
market
development
that
a
so-called
progressive
city
will
push
back
against
the
creation
of
the
first
community
own
African
entity
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
What
you
have
you
have
in
every
single
word:
you
have
Somali
community
members
in
every
single
word.
You
have
Somali
homeowners
in
every
single
world
in
every
single
school
district
you
have
Somali
members
and
yet
should
be
burden.
That
caramel
was
owned
by
a
slumlord.
BH
That
24
is
owned
by
a
slumlord
and
the
city
of
Minneapolis
for
a
decade
watch
that
slumlord
take
advantage
of
our
community
and
once
we
try
to
create
our
own
little
space,
our
little
Chinatown
our
own
little
area.
It
is
controversial.
So
that's
why
I'm
gonna
score
this
budget,
but
people
need
to
wake
up.
You
know
you're,
not
gonna
solve
the
public
safety
issue.
If
you
have
a
community,
that's
poor,
if
you
have
african-american
kids,
who
are
marginalized,
you're,
not
gonna,
solve
solve
this.
If
you
have
Hispanic
kids
marginalized
you're
not
gonna
solve
this.
BH
If
we
cannot
work
in
a
Mayo
Clinic
and
we
cannot
work
in
downtown,
we
cannot
afford
this
city,
so
this
is
about
economic
exclusion.
This
is
about
economic
exclusion.
These
children
need
to
be
trained
these.
These
young
men,
young
women,
need
to
have
skills
to
become
part
of
the
fabric
of
the
city,
and
unless
that
happens,
you're
going
to
be
talking
about
this
in
20
years,
kam
Gordon's
been
here
what
12
years?
BH
Can
you
remember
how
she,
the
Riverside,
look
like
right
with
the
holes
with
with
with
with
with
the
community
being,
you
know
marginalized,
that's
unacceptable!
That's
why
I
came
here.
I
came
here,
so
my
community
can
have
a
voice.
I
came
here,
so
my
community
can
have
a
voice
that
went
or
seen
as
others.
You
know
that
we're
not
seeing
is
some
weird
Outsiders
and
that's
what
I'm.
You
know
I
support
this
budget,
but
we
need
to
do
a
lot
more
in
economic
inclusion.
BH
We
need
to
do
a
little
lot
more
in
the
next
couple
of
years.
We
need
to
do
a
lot
more
in
the
next
couple
of
decades,
because
people
are
hurting
in
this
city
and
it's
not
just
about
public
housing,
and
it's
not
just
about
formal
housing.
We
are
part
and
parcel
of
this
city.
We
are
part
and
parcel
of
this
city
and
I
appreciate
all
my
colleagues
support.
Thank
you
very
much,
but
again
you
know
it's
been
a
very
difficult
year.
Thank
you.
Thank.
D
D
This
budget
attempts
to
to
lift
up
some
of
the
most
marginalized
people
in
our
community
councilman
first
time.
He
talks
about
poverty
and
I
deeply
believe
that
poverty
is
a
huge
issue
in
our
community
and
we
have,
in
this
budget
funds
to
begin
child
savings
accounts,
and
so
that
begins
to
address
this
poverty
issue
with
our
children.
D
We
were
able
to
fund
a
trans
gender
equity
coordinator
through
this
budget,
which
is
something
that
hasn't
even
been
a
discussion
on
this
body,
and
so
that
comes
with
this
budget.
We
were
able
to
to
really
put
some
resources
towards
domestic
violence,
which
is
one
of
the
most
pernicious
problems
in
our
society.
You
know
that's
men
attacking
the
women
or
intimate
partners
attacking
each
other
vulnerable
communities,
and
we
were
able
to
to
support
ending
that
level
of
violence
in
our
community.
D
BI
BI
We
approved
more
than
three
times
what
we
typically
do
because
of
the
investment
that
we
made
last
year
and
we
are
making
another
huge
investment
that
is
going
to
be
impactful
in
people's
lives.
We
are
providing
resources
to
support
workers
in
getting
paid
what
they're,
owed
and
I
think
that's
incredibly
exciting
and
to
support
businesses
in
following
the
rules
in
the
first
place.
BI
But
we
are
in
a
position
to
provide
the
safety
that
we
have
the
answers
for
today
and
also
lay
the
groundwork
to
have
better
answers
for
tomorrow
and
I.
Think
we've
done
that
and
I
think
that
that's
very
important,
the
9-1-1
workgroup
is
doing
critical
work
to
think
about
how
we
make
sure
that
we
are
sending
the
right
response
with
the
right
resources
at
the
right
time
when
people
are
calling
for
help
and
they
have
ideas.
They're
gonna
look
for
places
where
that
needs
to
be
MPD
either
legally.
BI
It
has
to
be
MPD
where
it
ought
to
be
MPD
and
where
it
ought
to
be.
Somebody
else
and
that's
gonna
produce
opportunity
for
us
to
really
shift
the
way
we
respond
to
things
and
the
way
we
use
city
resources
to
make
sure
that
people
are
supported.
We
have
laid
the
groundwork,
for
it
did
not
happen
in
time
for
the
for
this
year's
budget,
this
budget
is
a
snapshot
of
where
we
are
today.
BI
We
did
something
even
more
important,
though
I
think,
which
is
that
we
did
the
hard
work
of
working
together
to
get
to
a
13-0
vote
to
support
the
office
of
violence
prevention
and
that
actually
has
real
importance
for
our
city.
That
is
not
where
we
were
a
year
ago.
That
is
something
that
has
happened
over
a
year
of
conversations
to
get
to
a
place
that
everybody
sees
violence,
prevention
outside
of
policing
as
a
part
of
the
approach
that
our
city
does
that.
BI
This
is
something
that
the
mayor
and
the
council
have
all
agreed
to
that
anybody
working
within
our
city,
who
was
wondering
is
this
a
fad?
Is
this
a
factional
thing?
That's
going
to
end
up
losing
on
some
other
vote
later.
That
everybody's
wondering
is,
is
this
where
we're
going?
We've
now
said
this
is
where
we're
going.
This
is
very
clearly
14
to
zero,
the
mayor
and
the
council
moving
together.
BI
This
is
where
we
are
going,
and
that
means
more
for
the
future
and
so
for
me,
I
think
it's
very
important
that
we
make
that
commitment,
that
we
recognize
that
this
is
a
moment
that
we're
at
that
we
have
set
the
stage
to
look
at
the
staffing
budget
to
look
at
the
way.
Mpd
does
its
budgeting
to
make
sure
we've
got
the
right
resources
there
and
and
see
where
there
are
resources
that
might
be
better
placed
somewhere
else
and
I.
BI
Think
there
are
some
I
agree
with
the
council
president
on
that
I
think
that
we
are
looking
at
the
9-1-1
work
study
to
see.
Are
there
places
where
it's
clear
that
we
could
be
responding
in
a
better
way
that
produces
better
outcomes
and
I?
Think
we
are
going
to
find
ways
to
do
that
and
I
think
that
we
are
going
to
see
places
where
we
can
make
clear
investments,
and
so
the
commitment
that
I
want
to
make
it
takes
work
to
develop
these
programs.
BI
It
takes
work
to
get
these
programs
from
an
idea
to
something
actionable
that
we
can
invest
in
and
that
we
can
hold
accountable
for
results,
and
that
is
the
work
that
we
have
to
use
our
committees
for
it's
the
work
that
I
hope.
We
all
use
our
committees
for
to
be
looking
for
solutions
and
to
develop
these
solutions,
to
a
point
that
we
can
have
a
significantly
more
robust
budget
conversation
next
year
with
a
lot
more
options
on
the
table
to
be
looking
at
to
be
looking
at
how
we
respond
to
everybody.
Safety
needs.
BI
BD
You
president
bender
I
just
want
to
first
just
start
off
with
saying
thank
you
to
everybody
for
us
being
able
to
get
to
a
place
where
it's
14-0
around
public
safety.
I
have
been
a
very
vocal
champion
of
the
public
health
approach
to
public
safety.
So
again
for
folks
to
know
it's
the
prevention,
intervention,
enforcement
and
reentry,
and
we
have
seen
for
a
long
time
a
sole
focus
on
our
and
on
excuse
me,
enforcement
and
now
violence
prevention
is
actually
at
the
center
of
the
conversation
consistently.
BD
That
was
not
the
case
not
that
long
ago,
I
want
to
make
sure
to
name
that
a
lot
of
the
violence
prevention
work
that
we
are
funding
and
carrying
forward
started
under
the
leadership
of
Betsy
Hodges
and
her
senior
policy
aide,
Nicole
Archibald,
and
now
when
it
was
once
incredibly
controversial.
Now
we
are
in
a
place
where
we
have
worked
together
and
collaborated
to
be
able
to
get
to
a
place
where
everyone
says
that
violence
prevention
is
a
priority.
BD
Violence
prevention
is
something
we
should
be
investing
in,
rather
than
it
being
something
that
has
to
be
debated
over
it's
now.
Yes,
we
have
to
have
a
more
comprehensive
approach.
A
lot
of
work
has
gone
into
building
the
foundation
that
we
see
here
in
this
budget,
that
will
that
is,
opening
up
the
door
for
us
to
continue
to
build
on
a
more
comprehensive
approach
to
public
safety.
Does
it
go
far
enough?
No,
it
doesn't.
BD
But
again,
this
foundation
begins
the
process
of
us
being
able
to
fully
operationalize
the
office
of
violence
prevention
which,
by
the
way,
came
into
existence
last
November.
So
it
hasn't
been
around
that
long
and
the
fact
that
last
year,
when
the
public
safety
conversation
came
up,
it
was
very
wrought,
and
this
year
we
have
done
a
lot
of
work
and
had
a
lot
of
conversations
throughout
the
year,
so
that
it
is
considered
something
that's
inherent
now
in
the
public
safety
conversation.
BD
So
within
the
office
of
violence
prevention,
we
have
the
violence
prevention
fund,
for
example,
I
think
$350,000,
that
is,
for
community
based
strategies
again.
Is
that
enough?
No,
we
need
more,
but
we
have
the
foundation
there
and
the
infrastructure
there
to
be
able
to
have
money
going
to
community
members
who
are
carrying
out
the
hard
work
again,
as
I
said
on
Friday,
as
a
North,
Sider
I
understand
that
we
have
the
best.
BD
We,
as
North
siders,
have
the
best
answers
for
the
solutions
to
the
challenges
that
we
face,
and
this
is
a
way
to
be
able
to
have
the
city
investing
in
that
domestic
violence
is
something
else
that
we
see
an
investment
in
here
isn't
enough?
No,
but
we
have
last
year,
for
the
first
time,
ongoing
money
that
was
put
into
domestic
domestic
violence
hotspots
program,
and
this
year
we
have
foundational
dollars
that
is
going
to
help
us
begin
rolling
out
an
intimate
partner,
violence
prevention
program
that
is
comprehensive.
BD
Like
the
group
violence,
intervention
program,
it's
data-driven,
it's
in
partnership
with
John
Jay
College,
like
there
is
an
infrastructure
that
we
are
putting
into
place
to
grow,
something
that
is
desperately
needed.
Domestic
violence
is
an
intergenerational
issue
and
we
have
children
when
we
know
that
it's
the
number
one
reason
for
9-1-1,
which
means
that
we
have
a
lot
of
kids
around
our
entire
city,
who
is
being
exposed
to
violence
in
the
home
and
that
trauma
impacts
them
for
the
rest
of
their
lives.
BD
We
got
a
lot
of
work
still
ahead
of
us,
but,
as
some
of
my
other
colleagues
have
said,
I
am
here
committed
continue
to
be
committed
as
the
person
who
has
been
fighting
very
hard
for
violence
prevention,
since
I
got
into
office
as
a
baseline
and
like
it
shouldn't
be
controversial,
it
should
be
apolitical.
It
should
be
something
because
we
know
that
it
works
that
the
data
that
evidence
is
there,
that
it
works,
and
so
I
look
forward
to
continuing
to
champion
this
work.
BD
And
these
efforts
going
forward
and
the
way
that
I
see
it
is
that
this
this
year
is
the
foundation
it's
the
baseline.
We
are
now
in
a
place
where
everybody
believes
that
violence
prevention
is
inherent
in
public
safety.
It
may
feel
kind
of
obvious
to
those
of
us
who
are
on
the
ground
and
understand
the
work
and
who
see
the
data,
but
the
that
is
not
always
the
case
with
policy,
and
so
we've
gotten
there
and
so
I
want
to
just
say
thank
you
to
everybody
who
was
a
part
of
the
conversations
they
were
challenging.
BD
BE
Thank
you
very
much.
I
just
wanted
to
say
something
a
little
more
positive
than
I
did
in
my
first
speech.
I
think
I
got
myself
down
in
a
pretty
pretty
low
point
there,
but
I
appreciate
that
some
of
you
mentioned
the
climate
issues
that
were
brought
forward
and
we
got
some
more
funding
to
restore
there.
I
think
that's
fantastic
and
I
think
that
it's
really
important
that
we
talk
about
that
such
a
critical
feature
and
we're
doing
so
much
even
at
the
last
meetings
of
this
year.
BE
To
do
that,
we
actually
have
a
green
cost
share
program
that
I
just
learned
today
was
oversubscribed
to
just
in
the
first
round.
For
next
year,
over
one
hundred
and
seventy-three
applicants,
they
were
requesting
over
two
million
dollars
in
potentially
leveraging
13
million
more
I'm
looking
forward
to
going
on
with
funding
that
into
the
future,
but
also
with
next
year.
Looking
at
how
can
we
create
a
real
minneapolis
green
New
Deal
that
can
benefit
the
people
and
also
be
part
of
it?
BE
B
B
A
A
A
A
There
was
some
concern
that
there
was
a
particular
item
that
was
$100,000
specific
for
this
work
and
no
more
and
I
do
think
that
we
are
investing
in
really
meaningful
ways
in
pedestrian
and
bicycle
safety
through
our
capital
improvement
program,
as
well
as
other
important
priorities
related
to
climate
change.
The
impacts
of
climate
change,
flooding,
sustainable
stormwater
management
and
many
things
in
this
capital
budget
that
reflect
the
values
that
we've
been
talking
about.
A
I
do
think
that
there
was
a
question
going
forward
and
I
wanted
to
voice
that
today,
which
is
as
we
look
at
our
vision,
zero
plan
and
the
forthcoming
a
transportation
action
plan.
I
think
there
will
be
some
big,
bold
ideas
about
how
to
really
make
meaningful
change
in
our
streets,
and
in
order
to
that,
we
may
need
to
revisit
and
continue
to
rethink
how
we
program
capital
funds
for
street
projects.
A
We
have
evolved
that
in
recent
years
to
move
away
from
only
designating
capital
funds
for
specific
street
projects,
which
has
been
one
of
the
reasons
that
Street
funding
in
particular
is
very
inflexible
to
target
specific
safety
improvements
or
problems
in
the
community,
for
example
the
intersection
that
come
from
our
fletcher
raised
earlier
and
so
I
think.
In
over
time,
we
have
added
more
funds
for
standalone
safety
improvements.
A
We
have
a
standalone
fund
specific
for
implementing
the
protected
bike
Way
program,
and
it
is
part
of
why
we've
been
able
to
meet
our
goal
of
building
30
miles
of
protected
bikeways
we're
actually
going
to
meet
that
a
little
earlier
than
anticipated.
But
in
order
to
really
invest
in
the
kinds
of
things
that
are
coming
forward
in
the
vision,
zero
transformation
action
plan,
I
think
we
will
need
to
continue
to
push
that
even
farther
and
continue
to
put
in
standalone
funding
for
pedestrian
safety
improvements.
A
So
there's
a
lot
of
great
things
in
this
capital
program
and
some
more
questions.
I
hope
that
the
the
Kliq
committee
will
be
engaged
in
some
of
those
policy
level.
Discussions
we've
been
hearing
from
them
that
they
want
more
to
do
and
more
meaningful
involvement
and
I
think
this
policy
discussion
is
a
great
place
to
get
their
input
as
well
as
input
from
our
constituents.
As
we
talk
about
the
transformation
action
plan
next
year,
that
will
come
through
the
tpw
committee.
So
those
are
my
comments
about
capital
programming
there.
Any
other
discussion
on
this
item.
A
That
is
adopted
next.
We
have
a
series
of
bonding
resolutions
that
total
just
under
93
million
dollars,
all
of
which
are
reflected
in
agenda
items
four
through
eight.
Each
of
these
actions
requested
the
board
of
estimate
and
Taxation
authorized
the
city
to
incur
and
indebtedness
to
issue
bonds
for
specific
purposes
as
listed
on
the
agenda
and
those
are
all
tied
to
the
approved
2020
capital
improvement
program.
Organized
councilmember
Palmisano
for
that
committee
report,
Madam.
BB
President,
as
you
noted,
the
budget
committee
is
forwarding
five
resolutions
requesting
that
the
board
of
estimate
taxation
authorized
the
issuance
and
sale
of
City
bonds
in
a
total
amount
of
93
million
nine
hundred
and
four
thousand
dollars,
which
is
all
tied
to
the
2020
capital
program
and
within
the
five
year,
capital
bonding
period
of
2022
2024
I
move
approval
of
all
five
resolutions
reflected
in
items
four,
five,
six,
seven
and
eight
on
the
agenda.
Thank.
B
A
A
B
A
Carries
and
that
item
is
adopted,
that
those
rates
for
municipal
services
have
been
established.
Those
will
become
effective,
January,
1st
2020,
so
that
we've
completed
the
actions
on
the
agenda
related
to
the
2020
budget
and
before
we
adjourn
I
will
just
make
be
very
brief.
Make
a
few
comments.
I
just
want
to
thank
customer
Palmisano
for
all
of
your
work.
Sharing
our
budget
committee,
along
with
your
vice
chair,
councilmember
Fletcher,
you
added
a
public
hearing
last
year,
creating
more
availability
for
folks
to
come
in
a
different
time
of
day.
A
I
think
that's
helped
add
transparency
earlier
in
the
process,
so
that
we
have
more
time
to
respond
and
I
know
you
both
did
an
incredible
amount
of
work
to
create
a
supportive
environment
that
council
members
could
bring
forward
ideas
and
really
be
supported
by
both
of
you.
I
want
to
thank
the
finance
staff.
I
know
you've
been
working
around
the
clock,
many
days
and
nights,
and
we
really
appreciate
you
so
far
so
much
for
going
so
far
above
and
beyond.
A
Just
you
know
talking
about
the
budget
and
really
bringing
those
values
that
all
of
us
have
you've
been
a
great
partner
to
the
City
Council
and
our
work
to
shape
this
budget,
and
it
really
means
a
lot
to
us
and
thank
you
to
our
interim
city
coordinator.
I,
know
you've
been
supporting
the
finance
staff
in
their
work
and
then
thank
you
so
much
to
everyone,
who's
engaged
in
our
process.
A
We
had
a
lot
of
energy
and
passion
that
came
forward
into
the
budget
process
and
I
know
it
really
made
a
big
difference
in
the
work
that
we
did
to
shape
this
budget.
I
know
it
will
continue
to
shape
future
budgets
going
forward,
and
so
your
voices
really
matter.
We
appreciate
so
much
the
time
that
everyone
took
I'll
see
if
there
are
any
other
announcements
from
council
members.
I
don't
see
any
so
that
completes
our
agenda
for
today.
I'll
entertain
a
motion
to
adjourn
our
meeting
so.