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From YouTube: December 18, 2019 Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
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Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
B
A
You
have
a
quorum.
Thank
you.
Just
for
the
record
I'll
note,
I,
Commissioner
Severson
is
trying
to
make
it
tonight.
He
is
still
dealing
with
some
recovery.
Illness
I
would
entertain
a
motion
for
the
approval
of
the
agenda
with
the
following
editions.
There's
a
Commissioner
should
have
received
a
resolution
for
the
full
board,
2019
430,
which
is
a
under
unfinished
business,
which
is
an
agreement
with
Phyllis
Wheatley
community
center
on
snow
removal,
this
winter
and
then
from
the
admin
and
Finance
Committee
2019
426.
A
There's
a
request
to
advance
the
board
this
evening,
a
resolution
or
a
lease
agreement
for
the
restaurant
at
the
low
pet
and
advancing
from
Sanderson
conduct
this
evening,
2019
423
amending
the
rules
of
the
board.
Is
there
a
motion
and
moved?
Is
there
a
second
second
moved
and
seconded?
Is
there
any
discussion
on
the
agenda?
Commissioner
Meyer.
D
Regarding
the
item
in
the
standards
of
conduct
meeting
I
don't
understand
why
that
one
needs
to
come
to
the
full
board,
so
I'm
going
to
vote
against,
adding
that
one.
That's
something
that
I'd
like
to
have
a
full
understanding
enough
and
I
think
would
be
appropriate
for
the
public
to
have
a
longer
opportunity
to
review
that.
D
A
Treat
that
is
there
any
other
discussion
on
the
agenda,
if
not
I'll
just
treat
that
as
a
second,
they
will
take
admin
in
finance
and
2019
430.
Is
there
any
discussion
on
the
approval
of
the
is
there
any
addition
on
the
approval?
I
will
go
into
the
discussion
on
standards
and
is
there
any
trying
to
think
how
to
get
this?
E
A
You,
commissioner
morning,
seeing
no
further
discussion,
the
the
item
coming
up
from
Sanders
and
conduct
amending
the
rules
of
the
board
would,
among
other
things,
they
change
requested
by
our
legal
counsel,
to
clarify
some
of
the
procedures
that
we
that
this
board
adopted
last
year
around
the
selection
of
supplemental
legal
counsel.
There's
another
slate
of
changes
adding
to
the
superintendent's
responsibility,
a
report
on
a
regular
basis
of
vacancy
positions
and
a
temporary
temporary,
detailed
and
temporary
filled
positions.
A
The
the
reports
around
vacancies
and
detailed
positions
came
to
our
attention
during
her
last
budget
discussion
that
there
are
a
number
of
potential
violations
of
civil
service
rules
with
how
long
positions
are
being
detailed
and
I
think
that
this
is
a
fiduciary
responsibility
of
the
board
commissioners
to
understand
where
we
are
at
with
budgets
that
are
approved
and
I
think
it
will
be
easier
for
staff
to
have
an
entire
slate
of
new
policies
and
new
policies
and
financial
procedures
going
into
2020.
So
that
is
my
request
to
have
it
go
forward
this
evening.
A
B
A
Motion
to
include
Sanders
in
conduct
resolution
before
the
full
board
fails.
Is
there
any
question
on
the
full
Jim
any
further
discussion
on
the
full
agenda,
seeing
none
all
those
in
favor
of
the
agenda
as
amended,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
aye
opposed
abstentions.
The
agenda
carries
they
would
entertain
a
motion
for
the
approval
of
the
minutes
of
December
4th
2019,
so
move
it's
been
moved.
Is
there
a
second.
A
A
A
Together,
we've
worked
to
repair
the
wrongs
of
the
path
of
the
past,
like
overturning
decades
of
underinvestment
and
communities
of
color,
restoring
the
name
of
oedema
Kafka
repealing
sista,
systemically
discriminatory
ordinances
and
policies
healing
our
relationships
with
organized
labor,
increasing
our
financial
transparency
and
working
with
our
neighbor
and
partner
Graco
to
create
a
world-class
park.
An
entire
generation
ahead
of
schedule.
A
I
personally
poured
myself
into
changing
our
culture
to
ensure
that
the
that
everyone
who
deals
with
the
Minneapolis
Park
Board,
whether
you're
a
card-carrying
member
of
the
n-double
a-c-p,
the
descendants
of
the
descendants
of
Dakota
who
we
currently
occupy
their
land
or
children
of
color,
interacting
with
our
Park
Police,
are
all
treated
with
dignity
and
respect
together.
We've
also
kept
our
eyes
on
the
future,
and
we've
worked
to
ensure
that
the
promise
of
Minneapolis
is
accessible
to
current
and
future
generations.
A
We've
done
this
in
part
through
the
selection
of
Mary
Merrill,
as
our
interim
superintendent
last
year
and
I'm
very
proud
to
say,
through
the
selection
of
al
Bangor.
As
our
current
superintendent
of
the
parks,
the
hiring
of
the
superintendent
is
the
most
solemn
responsibility
that
this
board
does
and
any
of
us
sitting
up
here
will
do
in
our
time
on
the
board
and
simply
put
we
couldn't
have
made
a
better
choice
than
superintendent
Bangor.
A
Ax
l
is
a
visionary
leader
he's
dedicated
to
putting
the
needs
of
our
youth
in
the
front
and
center
of
every
conversation,
and
without
help
in
the
face
of
shrinking
resources.
This
year
we
were
able
to
increase
youth
funding
this
year
by
about
a
million
dollars
insuring
kids
in
our
city
continue
to
have
the
same
opportunities.
That
I
was
fortunate
to
have
growing
up
in
the
face
of
shrinking
resources.
A
Over
the
last
ten
years,
I've
never
been
happier
with
where
the
Minneapolis
Park
Board
is
than
I
am
today
and
I've
never
been
more
optimistic
about
our
future.
That
is
why
I
will
not
accept
the
nomination
for
the
presidency
of
the
Minneapolis
Park
Board
in
2020
as
I.
Look
around
I
see
we're
on
excellent
footing
and
for
the
first
time
in
our
over
130
year
history,
we
have
an
elected
board
that
is
truly
reflective
of
the
people
in
Minneapolis
they
serve.
A
There's
still
a
lot
of
work
to
do
and
I'm
still
fully
committed
to
serving
as
a
commissioner
in
the
park
board
and
for
the
remainder
of
my
term
and
beyond
and
I'm
committed
to
supporting
our
next
president,
she
or
he
will
have
to
continue
to
fight
to
preserve,
to
fight,
to
preserve
an
increase
of
funding
for
our
parks,
while
increasing
investment
in
our
young
people
and
holding
the
line
on
privatization
and
outsourcing
of
public
jobs.
It's
a
daunting
task
and
I
know.
A
Sometimes
it's
easier
to
make
friends
than
it
is
to
make
progress,
but
I'm
glad
to
say
that
I
think
most
members
of
our
board
are
up
to
that
challenge,
while
there's
more
work
to
do
I'm.
Also,
personally,
looking
forward
to
restoring
some
of
my
own
work,
life
balance
that
being
the
full-time
president
of
a
part-time
board,
also
working
a
full-time
job
makes
very
difficult
without
incredible
personal
sacrifices.
A
Those
of
you
that
know
me
know
that
in
2017
during
my
campaign
to
help
diversify
and
bring
progress
to
the
Minneapolis
Park
board,
I
lost
my
mother
in
a
battle
to
Alzheimer's.
Folks
also
know
that
just
this
last
March
I
lost
my
father
unexpectedly,
so
it's
really
easy
to
turn
around
and
wish
that
you
spend
to
one
fewer
day
door,
knocking
in
more
day
with
the
funky
hero
and,
if
Ida,
also
in
the
middle
of
that
tragedy,
we've
done
some
incredible
things.
A
I've
met
my
lifetime
partner
and
I'm
very
excited
to
spend
a
little
bit
more
time
with
my
families
and
my
family
friends
and
loved
ones
and
I.
Also,
while
doing
that,
I
know
that
there
is
ample
leadership
on
this
board
to
carry
on
and
the
incredible
progress
that
we've
made
together.
So
thank
you
all
for
the
support
over
the
last
two
years
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
working
to
continue
to
work
with
the
board
in
2020.
That's
the
conclusion
of
my
report
of
officers,
superintendent
Bangor.
F
A
F
President
Boren
and
thanking
commissioners
and
it's
hard
to
follow
well
said
so
so
super
ten
update
for
the
board
aquatics,
the
Junior
Swim
Club,
will
be
wrapping
up
its
2019
season.
This
week
highlights
includes
74
youth
participants,
ages,
7
to
17
practices,
start
back
up
on
Tuesday
January
7th.
If
you're
interested
in
joining
the
club
contact,
Phillips,
Aquatic,
Center
scholarships
are
available
ice
arenas,
athletics
and
volunteers.
Today
we
have
232
Coaches
registered
to
coach
winter
sports
for
2020.
F
We
continue
to
recruit,
volunteer
coaches
for
basketball
wrestling
and
hockey
and
if
you're
stood
to
contact,
your
local
recreation
center
volunteer,
a
Mike
Miller
at
Van,
Cleave
Park
Mike
Miller
has
been
a
volunteer
coach
for
the
Minneapolis
Park
and
Recreation
Board
for
the
past
29
years
he
has
coach
youth,
girls,
volleyball,
softball
and
basketball.
His
service
to
vancleef
Park
in
Minneapolis
community
is
beyond
measure
he's.
He
has
touched
the
lives
of
hundreds
of
Minneapolis
kids
and
their
families,
and
we
are
so
lucky
to
have
Mike
volunteer
for
us.
F
So
congratulate
congratulations
to
Mike
Miller
and,
as
we
all
know,
on
this
Park
System.
Without
our
volunteers
we
wouldn't
be
the
premier
park.
The
record
system
in
the
country,
and
so
thank
you
to
all
the
volunteers
that
make
this
city
great,
make
our
Park
and
Recreation
great.
So
thank
you
again.
Join
our
golf
pros
and
the
first
tee
program
for
winter
junior
golf
lessons
classes
will
be
held
once
a
week,
starting
at
mid
January
and
running
through
the
early
March.
More
details
will
be
available
soon.
F
Recreation,
centers
and
program
updates
follow
partnered
with
other
Southwest
locations
to
submit
to
Walter
dates
at
grants
for
2024
senior
programming.
They
also
hosted
a
gingerbread
house
event
with
60
people
in
attendance,
Wyndham,
south
new
holiday
centerpiece
program.
They
had
six
families
that
attended.
So
some
of
those
examples
are
up
there
and
I
love.
Seeing
the
gingerbread
house
said
that
that
pretty
much
happens
at
all
of
our
centers
and
it's
really
nice
to
see
so
great
work,
Linda
Lyndhurst
13,
you
girls
grab
soccer
once
it
the
won
the
city
championship.
F
Whittier
Whittier
rec
center
received
a
grant
from
the
Mississippi
watershed
management
organization
to
focus
on
water
quality
and
habitat
programming.
With
a
new
summer
program,
water
leaders,
Whittier
team
leaders,
will
receive
training
and
implement
their
own
creative
project.
With
our
youth
campers
northeast
and
southeast,
with
temperatures
reaching
below
zero,
we
had
30
seniors
venture
out
to
make
it
to
our
December
luncheon
and
enjoyed
some
warm
Italian
food.
They
had
a
holiday
special
meal
with
which
was
centered
from
Muranos
deli
and
a
local
establishment
for
Northeast
Minneapolis
youth
development.
F
Pop-Up
parks
will
feature
some
new
equipment
in
2020,
starting
with
adaptive,
basketball,
hoops.
The
hoops
are
fun
for
all
ages
and
abilities.
Youth
line
staff
attended
a
full
social
and
emotional
learning
training
offered
by
the
University
of
Minnesota
Extension
department.
The
train
was
focused
on
developing
practical
strategies
and
resources
for
creating
learning
environments
and
designing
and
prepped
and
impactful
learning
experiences
full
service,
community
schools,
quick
report,
Bethune
registered
90
families
and
317
students
as
toys,
tots
holiday,
giveaway
recipients,
families
began
receiving
their
gifts
at
1
o'clock
this
afternoon.
F
So
it's
just
fantastic.
So
thank
you
for
that
forestry,
forestry
crews
brain
the
latest
cold
snap
to
remove
nearly
100
ash
trees
at
the
peace
garden.
Knowing
that
that
emerald
ash
borer
kills
all
ash
trees
they
remove,
these
removals
will
ensure
that
nearby
path
stays
safe
for
pedestrians,
maintenance
and
operations.
F
Sorry
ice
rinks
ice
building
efforts
are
in
full
swing,
main
locations
are
moving
to
a
double
watering
shift
to
build
as
much
ice
as
possible
during
our
current
cold
snap
release
season,
snow
has
introduced,
has
introduced
added
complexities,
but
our
teams
are
on
it
and
working
hard
to
get
our
us.
Our
ice,
rinks,
ready
and
I
every
morning,
I
look
across
a
little
farmstead
and
I
see
the
wonderful
work
that
the
staff
are
doing
out
there
and
it
is.
F
It
is
literally
a
science
and
it
really
is
amazing
to
watch
so
thank
you
to
all
of
our
staff
and
maintenance
that
are
out
there
doing
that
work.
It's
really
something
to
behold
and
so
I'm
excited
to
see
our
skaters
get
out
there
and
have
fun
snow
removal.
Teams
are
working
hard
and
familiarizing
themselves
with
their
pollen
and
shovel
routes
for
the
90,
19
and
20
winter
season.
Huge
thanks
to
the
staff
that
worked
over
the
Thanksgiving
holiday
to
clear
paths,
parking
lots.
F
So
services
were
not
interrupted
for
our
events
and
permit
holders
Environmental
Management
Link
ice
update.
All
Minneapolis
lakes
were
ice
covered
as
of
December
11th.
Freeze
dates
are
recorded
for
15
water
bodies
in
Minneapolis,
but
a
mikasa
has
the
longest
record
at
50
years
of
ice-covered
dates.
F
Beach
ponds
was
the
first
water
body
to
freeze
on
November
8th,
a
cold
snap.
Early
November
froze
many
lakes,
but
birch
was
the
only
one
to
her
frozen.
Most
lakes
froze
on
December,
2nd,
but
Emma
Kafka
and
Harriet
were
the
last
lakes
to
freeze
on
December
11th
notable
unsafe
areas
remain
on
lakes,
Harriet,
Hiawatha,
Nokomis
and
Ryan.
Where.
G
F
Is
actively
flowing
into
or
out
of
these
lakes
during
wintertime,
construction,
dewatering,
water,
main
breaks
and
rain
events
can
cause
unsafe
areas
around
storm
sewer
outlets.
So
please
the
the
very
simple
thing
is
to
be
safe
in
and
to
use
caution
and
to
be
aware
of
ices
ice
and
beyond
the
lakes
it's
unsafe.
So
please
be
careful.
F
Conservation,
Corps,
Minnesota,
youth
outdoor
end
of
end
of
your
summary,
CC,
mi,
yos
or
WA
hose
work
with
the
MPR
be
ended
on
December
11th
this
year,
youth
crews,
ages,
15
to
18,
were
based
out
of
North
Commons
and
pattern
parks.
The
young
adult
crew
and
their
youth
worked
on
conservation
based
projects
throughout
the
park
system.
Much
through
June,
the
crew
spent
their
time
in
theater
Worth
parks
working
on
the
outdoor
heritage,
grant
for
habitat
enhancement,
the
remainder
of
the
year.
They
worked
throughout
the
park
system
on
evasive
species
removal.
G
F
Just
begun
planning
staff
is
accepting
Community
Advisory
Committee
applications
through
January
31st
2020.
So
please
watch
for
more
information
finance
on
Tuesday,
December
17th.
The
office
of
the
state
auditor
released
the
Minneapolis,
Park
and
Recreation
boards
are
green
upon
procedures
report
the
engagement
tested,
a
sample
of
10
NPR,
be
professional
service
contracts
and
to
NPR
be
pre-selected
contracts.
The
way
have
you
found
no
instances
of
non-compliance
with
the
test
performed.
The
report
is
available
on
the
office
of
the
state
auditors
website
and
will
be
including
the
board's
January,
8th,
2020
petitions
and
communications.
F
F
Please
welcome
Jeff
Evanson,
as
our
new
director
of
asset
management
Jeff
comes
to
us
from
the
city
of
Maple,
Grove,
Parks
and
Recreation
Board,
where
he
served
as
superintendent
parks
and
planning
for
the
past
three
years
as
superintendent.
He
managed
all
asset
rehabilitation
projects
and
the
implementation
of
the
cartograph
an
asset
management
program.
F
He
also
worked
with
maintenance
staff
to
gain
efficiencies
and
provide
a
higher
level
of
service
for
park
users
prior
to
his
work
with
the
city
of
Maple,
Grove
Jeff
served
as
the
park
superintendent
for
the
city
of
Roseville,
where
his
accomplishments
included
implementing
the
Roseville,
Park
and
Recreation
renewal
program
and
an
extensive
natural
resource
restoration
program
along
with
the
rehabilitation
projects
and
a
rec
reorganization
of
the
park
maintenance
division.
Jeff
began
his
career
as
a
coworker
of
the
Creekside
landscaping.
F
Have
tuition
and
extend
these
special
thanks
to
Brent
Keith
for
serving
as
the
assistant
of
the
asset
management
interim
director
and
to
the
park
operations
managers
who
also
stepped
up
to
lead
the
department
during
the
recruitment
period.
Their
leadership
was
integral
in
getting
us
to
this
point.
So
thank
you.
Congratulations!
We're
so
excited
to
have
you
here
and,
of
course
thank
you
to
all
of
the
management
team
and
the
work
they
did
interim
until
you
got
here.
So
welcome
and
I'm
excited
to
be
working
with
you
and
congratulations.
F
H
A
D
D
D
Just
think
that
that's
going
to
be
a
burden
on
staff
to
to
add
all
of
those
and
will
also
slow
down
a
lot
of
contracts,
especially
in
the
target
market
program
for
those
small
businesses
that
don't
always
have
everything
together
on
short
notice,
I,
don't
necessarily
know
exactly
where
I
think
the
threshold
should
be
like
it
used
to
be.
Fifty
thousand.
D
The
board
recently
raised
it
two
hundred
thousand
at
the
city,
the
threshold
at
which
they
read
contracts
is
175
thousand,
but
I
do
think
$2,500
is
probably
too
low
and
that
it's
going
to
slow
down
a
lot
of
small
contracts
that
I
trust
our
staff
to
take
care
of.
So,
for
those
reasons,
I'm
going
to
be
voting
no
on
this.
At
this
time,.
A
Seeing
no
further
discussion,
I'll
just
add
the
revisions
to
our
financial
policies
came
after
two
years
of
discussion
with
this
board
on
how
to
increase
transparency
and
increase
accountability.
There
were
some
pretty
high-profile,
I
think
at
some
point.
During
the
last
two
years,
every
Commissioner
has
had
some
reservation
about
the
transparency
of
some
professional
service
agreement
that
has
come
through
the
board
again.
I'm,
really
proud
of
the
fact
that
during
our
last
audit
we
intentionally
selected
some
of
the
most
high-profile
contracts
and
nothing
there
were
no.
There
were
no
violations
of
any
policy.
A
That
said,
some
of
the
things
that
did
come
up
in
that
report
that
commissioners
will
be
that
commissioners
will
be
seeing
is
that
there
might
not
be
enough
conflict
of
interest
policies
available
for
folks
that
are
that
are
signing
those
professional
service
agreements
and
some
of
the
ones
that
we
tested
said
that
there
were
no
violations,
but
there
was
some
pretty
high-profile.
There
were
some
pretty
high
profile
perceptions.
A
The
way
our
the
way,
our
professional
service
agreements
work
right
now
is
that
they
can
all
be
added
to
consent.
They
can
all
be
added
to
consent
and
wouldn't
cause
any
more
of
a
stoppage.
It
would
only
cause
the
stoppage
that
commissioners
chose
to
create
if
commissioners
are
comfortable
with
the
items
coming
through
consent,
they
can
move
forward
rather
rapidly.
One
of
the
other
concerns
that
I've
had
for
10
years
on
this
board,
with
having
two
levels
of
thresholds.
A
When
we
had
a
threshold
of
$50,000,
there
were
a
lot
of
what
Park
Watchers
at
the
time
called
14
$5,999.00
specials,
where
the
superintendent
had
authority
to
sign
those
contracts.
I,
don't
think
that
there
were
anything
wrong
with
what
what
were
sign,
but
they
become
they
became
political
footballs.
For
folks
we
raised
that
level
to
one
hundred
thousand
and
we've
seen
an
incredible
increase
of
one
hundred
thousand
dollar
contract.
So
whatever
we
set
that
level
at
you're,
gonna
see
an
incredible
number
of
the
dollar
level
and
the
last
thing
I
will.
A
B
A
Boren's
5:30
5:30.
We
are
moving
in
open
time,
which
is
our
public
comment
period
for
the
Minneapolis
Park
forth.
Every
at
every
meeting
the
park
board.
We
entertain
members
of
the
public
to
testify
before
the
board,
to
draw
our
attention
to
any
item
that
you
would
like
to
make
sure
that
the
board
attention
to
there
are
two
pieces
that
we
ask
that
we
don't
receive
public
comment
on
and
those
are
items
of
pending
litigation
and
personnel
issues.
A
Those
issues
are
important
and
the
board
does
want
to
hear
your
opinions
on
those,
but
the
best
way
to
bring
that
information
forward
is
through
contacting
us
through
our
we
can
each
be
contacted
individually
on
our
website,
which
is
Minneapolis
parks.
Org
I
have
one
at
the
park
board
will
also
not
tolerate
discriminatory
or
harassing
comments
towards
anyone.
So
I
just
asked
the
folks
maintain
that
thought
in
their
mind,
while
they're
giving
their
comments.
I
have
eight
speakers
signed
up
for
open
time.
I
will
allocate
up
to
three
minutes
per
speaker.
A
I
My
name
is
Elizabeth
Ashbrook.
My
address
is
5100
Irving
Avenue,
South,
Minneapolis
I'm,
a
Minneapolis
homeowner
and
resident
in
Lyndhurst
for
25
years
within
a
block
or
two
of
the
parkway,
so
I'm
very
interested
in
aware
of
the
plans
to
change
traffic
through
Lyndhurst
and
the
reason
I'm
here
tonight
is
first
to
encourage
the
board
to
support
Commissioner
borns
resolution
to
modify
the
CAC
from
changing
traffic
on
the
parkway.
I
can't
help,
but
wonder
I,
don't
know
if
any
of
you
have
received
emails
or
any
contact
for
me.
I
know:
Commissioner
French,
you
called
me.
I
We
had
a
nice
conversation
a
couple
of
weeks
ago,
but
this
issue
is
more
than
just
personal
interest.
Although
my
house
is
directly
impacted
being
on
West
51st
Street
I'm,
one
of
five
houses
that
would
see
two
thousand
more
cars
go
by
my
house
daily
I'm,
also
a
block
within
half
a
block
of
an
intersection
at
51st
and
James
Avenue
south
near
model
of
a
church
and
Burroughs
school.
That
would
be
a
disaster
for
that
amount
of
traffic
to
be
at
that
intersection
on
a
regular
basis,
51st
and
James
Avenue
south.
I
In
case
you
don't
know,
sits
lower
it's
on
the
creek,
there's
no
visibility
at
that
intersection
for
pedestrians,
specifically
children.
There
are
thousands
of
children
daily
who
are
going
to
school
into
Church.
Pedestrians
bicyclists
alike
are
at
risk
from
trying
to
cross
that
Street,
so
I'm
not
quite
sure
how
this
design
came
into
being
that
we
would
have
traffic
and
a
bike
path.
Go
from
the
Parkway
at
West
Minnehaha,
along
51st
to
James,
but
it's
a
it's
a
risk.
I
It's
a
public
safety
issue
that
I've
been
trying
to
draw
attention
to
at
CAC
meetings
for
months,
I,
don't
get
feedback,
my
neighbors
I'm
speaking,
not
only
on
behalf
of
myself
but
neighbors
and
residents
were
concerned
as
well.
This
is
not
an
anti
bike
petition
whatsoever,
but
I'm
here
tonight
to
make
sure
that
all
of
you
have
received
my
feedback.
Our
feedback
from
the
neighborhood
I've
got
a
petition
with
750
signatures
and
over
300
comments
all
strongly
against
this
change.
I
So
I
just
want
to
make
my
point
clear
tonight
and
then
I'm
supporting
the
resolution
and
then
I
hope
that
we
don't
have
to
go
through
this
again.
It's
been
a
tedious
torturous
process
to
understand
how
this
process
works
and
to
spend
nine
months
on
a
design.
That
is
a
public
safety
issue.
It
defies
common
sense,
so
I'll
leave
it
at
that.
If
any
of
you
need
that
petition
with
signatures,
I'm
happy
to
send
it
again,
I
don't
know
how
to
get
it
into
the
official
records
emails
enough.
Elizabeth.
A
I
A
J
Thank
You
president
board
members
of
the
board
superintendent
I,
come
before
you
as
the
relatively
recent
new
business
manager
for
city
employees,
local
363.
We
represent
park
keepers,
arborist
and
a
number
of
other
titles
here
at
the
park
board,
as
well
as
folks
from
nine
other
agencies
around
the
Metro.
We
are
the
only
public
sector,
local
for
the
laborers
in
Minnesota
and
altogether
we
represent
over
11,000
people
in
the
state
of
Minnesota.
J
Today
we're
talking
about
the
downtown
Commons
park
and
how
and
what
the
future
of
this
park
looks
like
I
urge
you
to
be
consistent
with
maintenance
practices
across
an
entire
system
and
maintain
that
Park,
if
it's
handed
over
to
this
board
as
any
other
Park,
and
let
my
folks
serve
it
with
pride
and
access
to
opportunity
that
they
have
everywhere
else.
It's
really
about
the
future.
It's
about
the
future
of
this
park.
J
It's
about
the
future
of
other
parks
and
it's
about
the
future
of
the
people
of
Minneapolis
to
have
access
to
great
jobs,
with
negotiated
benefits
with
retirement
packages
and
with
great
amenities
that
people
of
Minneapolis
truly
deserve.
So
please
think
about
this
as
you're
thinking
about
this
new
asset
and
other
new
assets
behind
me
are
some
of
the
stewards
and
officers
of
local
363.
The
work
at
agencies
all
throughout
the
metro
area,
they're
very
proud
of
what
they
do.
J
A
K
K
My
comments
might
be
wide-ranging,
but
the
overall
basic
message
is
that
I
believe
that
you
here,
because
the
NPR
be
and
and
kack
should
reflect
the
will
of
the
people
and
actions
and
the
funding
should
should
the
money
spent
should
reflect
that
priorities
were
the
priorities
for
residents
is
to
preserve
our
fragile
urban
ecology,
especially
as
our
city
grows
more
and
more
dense
and
there
were
losing
trees.
A
green
space
is
vital
and
we
must
be
protecting
our
growth
trees.
K
Listen
our
funding.
If
we
should
go
funding
again,
apologies
planting
more
trees,
encouraging
more
pop.
The
priorities
should
be
funding
the
forestry
at
fully
funding
the
forest
forestry
department
and
the
arborist
positions
was
trying
to
get
it
other
priorities
associated
with
preserving
our
natural
resource,
natural
spaces,
planting
more
trees,
encouraging
more
pollinator
gardens
whenever
per
ever
possible,
creating
bird
friendly
habitat
and
militantly
opposing
any
conversion
from
brain
space
to
impaired
impermeable
surfaces.
K
Climate
change
is
real
coming
fast
and
we
must
be
able
more
militant
about
our
intentions
of
where
we're
going
and
what
we're
trying
to
save
the
tree.
Canopy
is
disappearing.
We
must
be
thinking
about
when
we
do
any
development
coming
in
I
see
the
oil
groceries
and
developments
that
are
going
lot-lined
a
lot
line,
so
there
is
no
room
to
plant
trees.
Take
this
into
account.
So
that's
where
I
get.
K
A
M
You,
my
name,
is
Walker
Reese
and
I
live
at
one
one,
one:
seven
West
26th
Street
in
Minneapolis,
Thank
You,
president
Boren
and
commissioners
I
am
here
regarding
resolution
2019
for
19.
Basically,
the
resolution
reads:
maintain
the
continuity
of
the
Parkway
for
motorists
and
adding
that
to
the
CAC
plan.
I
opposed
this,
because
maintaining
continuity
for
motorists
does
not
happen
in
a
vacuum,
but
instead
it
comes
at
the
expense
of
everyone
else
using
the
park
by
any
means
other
than
driving.
M
So,
given
that
there
are
numerous
other
routes
for
motorists
in
the
immediate
area,
but
there
are
no
other
respecters
of
parkland
I
urged
the
Commission
to
respect
to
the
decision
of
the
CAC
and
vote
no.
On
this
resolution.
There
are
countless
other
examples
of
traffic
calming
measures
that
do
not
increase
traffic
on
surrounding
streets
from
New
York
to
Seattle
and
calming
traffic
is
the
best
decision,
I
think
for
the
safety
of
the
park
and
for
the
climate
the
park.
Thank
you
thank.
A
N
A
O
You
chest
Nate
and
Quist
I'm,
a
Minneapolis
resident
I'm
here
as
a
member
of
a
community
network
organizing
for
many
years
to
support
the
parks
and
facilitating
a
transition
to
regenerative
land
care
practices.
This
includes
eliminating
the
introduction
of
toxic
chemicals
that
harm
the
ecosystems,
which
are
the
necessary
foundation
of
safe,
healthy
parks
for
all.
O
At
the
basis
of
this
transition
is
the
need
to
dismantle
institutionalized
colonialism
inherent
in
the
use
of
pesticides
and
to
restore
land
rights
to
the
Dakota
people
I'm
here,
to
commend
the
work
of
the
pesticide
Advisory
Committee
and
to
reflect
the
need
for
a
community
engagement
process
to
inform
the
pack
on
Biological
and
racial
equity
measure
measures
similar
to
what
was
called
for
while
drafting
the
urban
agriculture
activity
plan.
What
I've
witnessed
is
an
active
member
of
the
public
who
has
attended.
O
Nearly
all
of
the
pack
meetings
over
the
last
year
is
primarily
that
pack
members
are
developing
a
critical
understanding
and
response
to
the
community's
reminder
that
the
obligation
to
endure
gives
us
the
right
to
know
as
the
technical
experts
who
are
calculating
the
risk
of
exposure
to
toxic
biocides
and
asking
the
public
to
bear
the
burden
of
those
risks.
The
pack
is
called
to
provide
accurate
data
in
order
to
fully
inform
the
public's
decision
about
whether
they'd
like
to
continue
to
assume
the
risks
of
exposure
to
toxic
pesticides.
O
O
Additionally,
I
see
the
team
of
appointed
technical
experts
on
public
and
private
land
care
is
conducting
a
robust,
thoughtful
and
heartfelt
conversation
around
short-term
alternatives
and
exploring
and
preparing
to
guide
ongoing
efforts
to
educate
staff
and
community
member
unfeasible
long-term
solutions.
The
team's
co-chair
appointed
by
president
Boren
is
adept
at
facilitating
community
led
process
to
effectively
develop
consensus
around
the
community's
recommendations
for
public
policy
pertaining
to
food
sovereignty,
land
access
and
environmental
justice.
O
There
is
a
need
to
appoint
committee
members
who
are
available
to
participate
routinely
and
who
are
committed
to
engaging
in
broader
outreach
to
inform
equitable,
sustainable
and
community
driven
outcomes.
There
is
a
need
for
representation
of
wider,
ranging
values
around
our
relationship
to
land
stewardship
and
our
understanding
of
the
ongoing
impacts
of
systemic
pollution
on
underserved
communities.
These
are
the
factors
that
I
will
hold
myself
accountable
to
this
board:
the
staff
and
the
community.
O
Thank
you
again,
commissioners,
for
you,
your
unanimous
decision
to
establish
this
committee
nearly
a
year
ago
to
staff
for
genuinely
supporting
this
body
of
work.
I
hope
you
are
as
eager
as
I
to
receive
tonight's
report
as
a
positive
indicator
of
the
committee's
formation
and
promising
development.
Thank.
P
Hybl
Troyer
38:56
38-7
of
south
minneapolis,
I
just
sended
a
19-year
career
working
for
the
Minneapolis
Park
Board
has
a
arborist
and
as
a
barkeeper,
so
I
do
have
to
say,
protect
the
trees
and
protect
the
tree
preservation
positions
tree
cop.
We
made
it
we're
losing
over
40,000
public
trees
to
emerald
ash
borer.
We
need
to
protect
that
part
of
the
budget
also.
L
P
The
Commons
Park
and
the
talk
of
outsourcing
jobs
I
really
feel
that
outsourcing
jobs
is
a
pathway
to
disaster.
I,
see
people
downtown
the
downtown
Improvement
District.
Most
people
do
not
have
career
jobs,
they're
underpaid,
they
don't
have
maybe
pensions
or
health
insurance
at
the
same
level
that
we
do.
The
comments
was
actually
a
poorly
designed
system
set
up
in
the
beginning.
Q
L
P
Basically,
the
full-time
staff
members
of
like
363,
the
city
employees,
union
I'm,
a
retiree
member
of
that
Union,
and
we
have
a
lot
of
pride
and
a
lot
of
skill
experience,
and
that
commitment
is
what
we
need
to
protect
that
outset.
That's
a
huge
asset,
it's
downtown
its
high-visibility.
We
need
to
hold
those
jobs
as
instead
of
outsourcing.
P
The
Grand
Rounds
was
something
that
the
or
didn't
spend
planning
and
money
on
for
decades
and
when
we
finally
get
the
Grand
Rounds
completed
to
close,
that
off
just
seems
completely
counterproductive
and
the
750
signatures
on
the
petition
would
tend
to
show
that
so
main
point,
don't
let
the
comments
be
outsourced,
your
city,
employees,
full
time
people
are
going
to
do
a
better
job.
Thank.
R
Thank
you.
Yes,
my
name
is
michael
glass.
My
dress
is
1,200
Nicollet,
Mall
and
I'm
here
to
address
the
issue
of
continuity
on
the
Minnehaha
Parkway,
and
it
was
brought
to
my
attention
that
there's
a
move
to
maintain
continuity,
which
means
to
keep
the
traffic
flowing
all
the
way
around
the
parkway,
and
while
that
may
solve
a
traffic
problem
for
people
trying
to
use
their
cars
to
get
around
town,
what
it
does
raise
is
a
noise
pollution
problem,
I
live
in
Loring
Park
and
we
have
great
parks.
R
I
use
the
Loring
Greenway
walk
to
the
Loring
Park,
which
is
fantastic
inner-city
park.
But
the
problem
is
that
in
white
Park,
you
are
drowned
out
by
the
noise
from
Hennepin
in
the
highway
and
that's
vehicle
traffic,
which
is
something
that
can
be
predicted
based
on
the
volume
and
speed
of
the
vehicles.
It's
within
our
control
to
reduce
vehicle
noise
being
in
a
big
urban
city.
There's
going
to
be
a
lot
of
noise
pollution
and
it's
nice
to
be
able
to
escape
that
by
using
our
parks.
R
We
like
to
use
the
parks
I
like
to
use
Minnehaha
Parkway,
specifically
the
running
trail.
My
favorite
parts
are
it's
quiet
so,
where
the
park
dips
down
and
it's
below
the
road,
you
can't
hear
anything
and
I
like
that
aspect
of
it
as
well.
When
you
run
down
to
the
river
you're
down
to
the
creek
below
the
Falls
and
it's
silent,
it's
a
sanctuary.
I
think
one
thing
is
a
transit
and
Walker
and
biker
I
biked.
Here
today,
a
lot
of
us
don't
come
to
these
meetings.
R
I
represent
far
more
than
just
myself,
and
one
thing
is
that
people
who
use
transit
walk
to
these
places.
We
don't
have
means
necessarily
to
get
outside
the
city,
to
experience,
quiet,
we're
not
going
up
to
Boundary
Waters
necessarily,
and
so
we
need
inner
city
sanctuaries
from
noise
pollution.
I
think
our
parkways
is
one
place
that
we
can
really
give
that
part
of
the
city
as
a
sanctuary
to
its
citizens
of
all
income
levels
and
I.
Think
it's
really
disservice
to
have
a
lot
of
noise
pollution
on
there
from
continuity
of
vehicle
traffic.
R
A
A
H
Contingency
upon
the
forty
three
forty
four
thousand
three
hundred
sixty
nine
thousand
dollars
for
necessary
construction
change;
orders
that
may
arise
with
the
contract
and
amending
the
2019
capital
improvement
plan
to
include
one
hundred
forty
four
thousand
seven
hundred
fifty
nine
dollars
from
the
Elliot
Park
neighborhood
portion
of
the
parkland
dedication.
Fine.
A
A
B
E
A
1911
has
been
moved.
Is
there
a
second?
Second?
Second:
is
there
any
discussion
seeing
none
I
just
have
one
clarifying
question
for
Schroder
on
Commissioner
C
worsens
behalf
he's
not
here
with
us
tonight.
The
assistant
superintendent
Schroeder,
just
for
clarification,
going
back
to
the
public
I
know
in
the
master
and
the
master
plan
that
we
had
approved
a
call
for
a
splash
pad
I.
Think
Commissioner
Severson
has
gotten
considerable
feedback
on
also
interested
in
a
wading
pool.
A
Thank
you
so
seeing
no
further
discussion,
all
those
in
favor
of
2019
411,
please
signify
by
saying
aye,
aye
opposed
abstentions.
The
motion
carries
I,
will
go
into
I'm,
going
to
take
these
out
of
order
and
go
into
resolution
2019
for
30
a
resolution
authorizing
the
Minneapolis
Park
and
Recreation
Board
to
enter
into
an
agreement
for
services
related
to
snow
removal
within
the
leased
premises,
as
defined
in
a
ground
lease
between
the
Minneapolis
Park
and
Recreation
Board
and
Phyllis
Wheatley
Community
Center,
incorporated
with
such
least
located
generally
at
1301
10th
Avenue
north
is
there?
A
A
T
President
Boren
commissioners,
this
came
to
us
as
a
request
to
put
together
an
agreement
with
phillis
wheatley
to
provide
their
their
snow
removal,
so
they
currently
own
the
building
and
leased
the
land
in
which
the
building
sits
on
parkland.
It
is
adjacent
to
a
park,
and
so
they
had
been
providing
their
own
snow
removal
and
then,
at
the
start
of
this
year
they
made
the
request
that
we
provide
their
snow
removal.
T
Give
you
an
idea
of
the
property
we
currently
plow
the
paths
adjacent
to
the
least
area.
So
here's
you
know
the
park
land
that
we
currently
plow
the
exterior
paths
and
we
do
some
of
these
interior
paths.
I,
don't
know
if
you
can
see
my
curse,
my
mouse
or
not,
but
then
the
hatched
area
is
the
least
area
which
is
the
parking,
lots
and
sidewalks
leading
up
to
the
bill.
And
so,
as
we
put
in
the
background,
the
the
parking
lot
adding
the
parking
lot.
T
It
would
be
one
additional
parking
lot
to
our
current
plowing
operation,
which
is
about
a
hundred
and
nine
parking
lots.
So
this
would
put
us
at
110.
The
exterior
paths
would
just
be
extended.
We
currently
have
someone
going
through
there
with
a
smaller
piece
of
equipment
to
clear
the
exterior
paths.
The
piece
we
have
to
figure
out
would
be
the
sidewalks
and
paths
closest
to
the
building,
where
we
typically
do
that
by
hand,
and
so
in
our
parks.
T
We
typically
have
people
bid
into
the
buildings,
meaning
someone
is
assigned
to
work
there
and
we
have
shovels
and
sand
and
salt
and
the
equipment
on
site
and
they
report
to
work
there
and
they
do
the
hand
removal
in
this
case,
we
would
probably
have
to
find
a
way
to
add
this
to
a
route
and
so
a
mobile
crew
that
goes
around
and
does
which
we
have.
We
have
mobile
crews
that
go
around
and
do
hand
shoveling.
T
A
D
Okay,
yeah
just
a
quick
question:
well,
I,
don't
think
it's
an
issue
for
us
to
do
this.
One
time
I'm
just
concerned
about
doing
this
a
lot
because
I'm
and
the
question
I
have
is
like
with
the
money
that
we
get
from
this.
Would
that
go
to
hire
new
people,
or
would
it
basically
mean
that
they're
going
to
be
slower
getting
to
other
snow-clearing
priorities
throughout
the
city.
T
President
Boren
cámara
I
don't
think
it
will
be
enough
money
to
hire
a
full-time,
F
T.
So
at
this
point
it
would
be
in
addition
to
the
work
they
already
have.
I,
think
that
and
that's
why
we
put
the
1%
in
there
that
it's
literally
adding
one
more
parking
lot
to
to
the
route
there
is
a.
There
is
a
tipping
point
at
some
point.
Unfortunately,
we
don't
I.
Don't
we
don't
know
that,
so
we
see
this
as
we
could
take
this
on.
We
know
it's
going
to
be
an
impact.
T
How
much
of
an
impact
it
will
depend
on
the
details
in
terms
of
you
know.
By
what
time
does
this
building
need
to
be
cleared?
So
as
you
familiar
with
our
our
priorities
right
now,
when
we
do
snow
removal,
our
opening
up
as
simultaneously
opening
up
our
parking
lots
at
our
rec
plus
sites,
as
well
as
our
regional
trails,
and
so
this
would
be
treated
probably
similar
to
a
rec
plus
site,
meaning
we
would
need
to
get
there
first
thing
so
that
they
can
be
up
and
operating.
T
D
D
A
A
Assistant
superintendent,
Schroeder,
you
pointed
out
on
the
map
that
we
are
already
doing
some
plowing
adjacent
right,
so
we're
where
a
plot,
where
we
think
and
there's
a
difference
in
understanding
and
I'll
get
back
to
that
context
in
a
second.
But
we
we
think
it
is
phillis
wheatley
responsibility
to
plow
the
area
that
is
blue.
That
is
highlighted
on
the
map
here
and
we're
currently
plowing
the
the
remainder
of
the
lot
along
10th
Avenue.
Is
that
right
or
what
which
pieces
are
we
plowing
right
now.
T
So
I
know
for
sure
and
I've
looked.
This
isn't
super
intense
water,
but
I
know
for
sure
the
perimeter
paths
that
you
see
in
a
parkland
and
then
that
internal
path,
that's
kind
of
below
that
number
600.
But
as
for
the
building,
that's
labeled
917
in
that
parking
lot,
I'm,
not
sure
if
that's
school
or
president.
T
T
Along
a
route
using
that
piece
of
equipment
to
continue
to
clear
they,
don't
they
don't
necessarily
stop
and
get
out
and
do
some
shoveling
to
okay?
That
may
be
something
we
could
potentially
do,
but
that's
what
the
way
things
are
set
up
now
is
kind
of
the
equipment
is
set
up
to
a
route
that
matches
what
that
route
can
sustain
or
what
that
requires.
A
There
I
think
that
there's
a
in
interest
of
reducing
our
carbon
footprint
I
think
that
there
is
an
efficiency
of
scale
of
if
we
are
having
somebody
drive
over
to
this
park
and
do
this
work.
It
doesn't
make
sense
to
have
at
least
in
the
short
term,
to
have
another
vendor
come
to
drive
to
this
park.
To
do
work
that
is
adjacent
to
the
work
that
we're
already
doing
just
a
little
bit
of
historical
context
as
to
why
that's
coming
this
is
coming
forward.
A
Tonight,
Phyllis
Wheatley
has
been
through
an
incredible
amount
of
transition
in
the
last
couple
of
years,
and
I
think
that
that
probably
leads
to
their
past
practice
of
their
past
practice
of
clearing
a
lot
and
I
actually
do
think.
Our
agreements
are
pretty
clear
that
it
is
their
responsibility
to
clear
the
slot
wanting
to
give
our
friends
and
neighbors
the
benefit
of
the
doubt
and
some
assistance
and
transition,
while
they're
working
with
staff
to
better
understand
the
lease
that
their
predecessors,
predecessors
predecessor,
signed
about
10
years
ago.
A
They
still
have
to
clear
the
snow
and
get
and
get
some
room
and
I
make
sure
the
kids
can
get
into
their
Center.
So
this
is
a
this
is
a
stopgap
measure
through
this
through
this
season,
while
we're,
while
we're
doing
and
I,
think
it's
a
neighborly
thing,
they're
going
to
reimburse
us
for
our
time,
but
it
it's
not
my
intent
that
this
would
that
unless
there's
some
sort
of
other
agreement
that
we
come
to,
that
might
be
more
efficient.
A
T
French
at
this
point,
we've
got
a
rough
estimate
of
cost
per
square
foot
that
includes
time,
equipment,
etc.
I
haven't
I
literally
got
him
this
afternoon
and
it's
an
estimate,
and
so
we
haven't
like
I,
haven't,
sat
down
with
Jeff
to
unpack
it
and
make
sure
that
numbers
are
nominal
where
the
per
square
foot
it
it's.
You
know
less
than
50
cents,
a
square
foot
and
the
square
footage
on
this
site
I
think
is
in
the
neighborhood
of
a
three
or
four
thousand
square
feet.
Q
A
Thank
You,
commissioner
French
seeing
no
further
discussion.
All
those
in
favor
of
2019
430,
please
signify
by
saying
aye,
aye
opposed
abstentions.
The
motion
carries
I,
would
entertain
a
resolution
for
2019
for
our
2019
for
19,
a
resolution
modified
the
charge
of
an
appointed
Community
Advisory
Committee
for
the
Minnehaha
Parkway
regional
trail
master
plan.
Is
there
a
motion?
It's
been
moved?
Is
there
a
second?
Is
there
a
second
second,
it's
been
moved
and
seconded.
Is
there
any
discussion?
U
V
President
born
commissioner
music,
we
last
night
held
CAC
meeting
number
10,
and
the
purpose
of
that
meeting
was
to
discuss
a
variety
of
topics
that
were
not
actually
related
to
the
road
because
we,
a
month
ago,
had
a
series
of
open
houses,
or
we
had
an
open
house
and
a
CAC
meeting
specifically
to
discuss
the
road
on
the
heels
of
a
traffic
study
being
released.
And
then.
V
A
six
month
hiatus
in
the
project,
so
we've
kind
of
started
up
again
and
are
continuing
to
work
through
the
CAC
recommendation
process.
I
would
say
simultaneous
to
the
meeting
that
happened
last
night,
which
looked
at
some
older
designs
for
certain
portions
of
the
Creek
that
had
not
yet
been
discussed.
We
are
continuing
as
a
design
team
to
iterate
new
designs
based
on
the
feedback
that
we've
been
hearing
on
the
Parkway
Road
itself
and
also
based
on
the
data
included
in
the
in
the
traffic
study
that
was
commissioned
and
then
executed.
V
We
expect
to
have
new
designs
for
the
community
to
react
to
in
January
and
we're
working
to
schedule.
Another
CAC
meeting
in
January
we're
just
in
the
midst
of
finalizing
that
date.
So
we
will
continue
to
have
those
community
conversations
until
our
CAC
is
ready
to
make
a
recommendation
to
this
board.
V
U
I've
heard
a
lot
from
my
constituents
and
others.
Constituents
on
this
particular
topic
and
I
won't
be
able
to
support.
It
I
believe
strongly
in
our
Community
Advisory
Commission
process
to
engage
community
power
and
to
let
the
public
and
the
design
teams
work
together
towards
plans
that
really
demonstrate
what
they
want,
rather
than
what's
politically
popular
for
us
to
do
so,
rather
than
rather
than
engaging
in
political
interference
in
that
public
process.
U
I'd
rather
see
us
vote
this
down
and
allow
them
to
continue
their
work
and
bring
forward
a
plan,
and
if,
at
that
time,
we
feel
that
the
plan
has
been
brought
forward
does
not
reflect
the
will
of
the
people.
That
would
be
the
time
for
us
to
make
it
a
different
decision,
so
I
won't
be
able
to
support
this
motion.
U
D
The
idea
behind
them
is
you
know
if
you
were
trying
to
get
somewhere,
then
you
were
doing
it
wrongly
and
in
this
part,
or
in
the
western
part
of
the
parkway
50th
Street
is
capable
of
handling
that
traffic
and
is
the
more
appropriate
place
for
commuters
to
be
going.
A
lot
of
the
people
that
have
reached
out
to
me
seem
to
have
a
mistaken
understanding
of
what
the
CAC
had
been
discussing,
because
they
keep
talking
about.
D
So
you
know,
I
also
think
that
we
should
respect
the
work
of
the
CAC,
and
my
understanding
is
also
that
they
were
already
moving
in
the
direction
that
that
this
amendment
pushes
them
to,
but
I
think
we
should,
you
know,
give
them
the
chance
to
come
to
us
and
tell
us
what
their
thoughts
are,
and
you
know
if
people
want
to
vote
it
down
at
that
time.
They
can
but
I
think
this
is
the
wrong
time
to
do
that.
L
Q
Of
emails
and
phone
calls
about
this
issue,
I
believe
that
we
have
way
too
many
cars
on
the
road.
I'll
be
the
first
one.
That
said,
I
think
we
need
to
change
how
we
get
to
work
every
day
and
how
we,
how
we
move
around
the
city,
but
I
also
understand
that
people
bought
houses
in
the
area
30
40
years
ago,
and
they
didn't
plan
when
they
plant
when
he
bought
those
houses
they
didn't.
Q
They
didn't
understand
that
20
30
years
down
the
line
that
the
traffic
would
be
changed
or
diverted
or
I'm
concerned
about
people
with
disabilities
who
won't
be
able
to
to
maneuver
through
these
areas
and
go
places
I.
Just
don't
think
this
has
been
thought
out
enough
I
think
we
can
have
some
broader
conversations,
maybe
later
and
I
think.
Maybe
we
need
to
get
to
those.
Q
What
do
you
call
it?
The
stages
of
grief
and
like
denial
and
all
that
stuff
they
let
people
kind
of
mosey
into
the
system
of
not
having
cars
everywhere.
Like
that's.
That's
that's
a
tough
one
for
a
lot
of
people
and
I
think
we
need
the
folks
who
want
to
shut
the
proper
way
down,
maybe
need
to
go,
have
a
conversations
with
their
neighbors
and
explain
exactly
what
what
they
want
and
what
they
need
and
what's
good
for
the
community
and
then
come
back
to
us.
A
A
The
board
I
want
to
make
sure
I
understand
the
history
on
on
this
one
right,
but
I
have
a
recollection
of
this
board.
Taking
it
there's
a
pop
quiz
I
have
a
recollection
of
this
board,
taking
a
vote
to
modify
the
charge
for
the
Hiawatha
golf
course
you
see
during
the
last
two
years
am
I
am
I
is
my
recollection
right.
President.
S
A
That
change
approved
to
the
letter
of
their
request.
No
okay,
it
was
not
so
I
think,
that's
my
only
that's
my
only
historic
questions,
so
this
would
thank
you,
assistant,
superintendent
Rory,
so
this
board
does
have
a
history
of
when
we
as
elected
leaders,
are
leading
and
feel
that
the
feel
that
we
might
be
on
the
verge
of
making
the
wrong
choice
for
the
community
we
come
in
and
we
lead
and
we
modify
charges
from
time
to
time.
A
We've
done
that
during
this
term
on
at
least
one
occasion,
I've
we've
done
that
more
times
than
I
can
remember
in
my
previous
two
terms.
It's
a
common
course
of
action.
I,
don't
think.
If
that's
a
precedent
when
we
know
what
the
right
decision
is,
I
am
more
convinced
that
this
is
the
right
decision
at
this
point,
that
it
is
the
same
decision
that
it
sounds
like
our
staff
and
our
CAC
are
getting
towards.
A
There's
a
lot
of
really
good
work
happening
in
this
CAC
and
there's
a
lot
of
really
there's
a
lot
of
really
concern
to
neighbors
that
may
throw
out
the
good
work
with
the
bad.
Sooner
than
later,
the
I
think
that
I
think
the
see
each
time
would
be
better
spent.
Looking
at
other
other
pieces
of
traffic
mitigation
along
the
Parkway,
but
diverting
traffic
forcing
traffic
off
the
roads
does
little
more
than
create
a
turn.
A
The
park
waits
for
everyone
and
I'm
not
really
interested
in
creating
a
publicly
subsidized
private
driveway
along
the
creek
for
some
of
the
most
affluent
people
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis
and
I.
Think
our
desires
seem
to
be
in
line
in
that
case.
So
I
have
no
seeing
no
further
discussion.
All
those
in
favor
of
I'd
ask
for
a
roll
call
in
2019
419.
A
B
U
T
President
Boren
commissioners
want
to
thank
you
and
thank
the
co-chairs,
Russ
Henry
and
Mike
Lynch.
We
were
last
in
front
of
you,
I
believe
April,
3rd
and
I'll
turn
it
over
to
them
to
give
you
the
full
update,
but
we
thought
it'd
be
a
good
time
to
come
back
and
kind
of
recap.
Some
of
the
work
that
this
committee
has
been
up
to
talk
about
some
of
the
next
steps.
T
One
of
the
things
that
we
also
want
to
talk
about
was
a
committee
composition.
So
we've
had
a
few
vacancies.
We've
had
a
couple
of
people
resigned
after
the
initial
recommendations
were
made.
We've
had
a
new
appointment,
Commissioner
Severson
had
a
new
appointment,
Rachel
Augusta,
and
then
we
have
two
vacancies
in
Commissioner,
vetoes,
district
and
Commissioner
kögel's
district,
and
then
one
staff
they
can
see
the
community
outreach
department
here
at
the
park
board
has
solicited
applications.
T
I
believe
that
application
period
closes
today
or
tomorrow,
we've
received
several
we've
actually
received
many
once
we
have
that
we
will
be
presenting
those
applicants
to
the
commissioners
and
asking
for
appointments.
The
only
one
that
will
come
before
you
for
approval
will
be
the
staff
appointment.
So
that's
what
you
can
kind
of
expect,
and
one
of
those
we
wanted
to
encourage
was
where
those
appointments,
and
so
with
that,
then
I
will
turn
it
over
to
these
two
gentlemen
to
walk
you
through
some
of
the
work
the
committee
is
done
and
we're
where
we're
currently
at.
W
Thank
you
very
much
for
having
us
here
this
evening.
Our
pesticide
Advisory
Committee
for
the
parks
has
been
very
busy.
We've
had
were
running
air
into
meetings
now
and
we've
had
a
very
active
crew
committee.
Members
have
been
very
engaged
and
then
they've
had
a
lot
of
public
feedback
coming
to
the
committee
as
well.
So
some
of
the
things
that
our
community
has
worked
on,
you're
very
familiar
with,
such
as
the
ban
on
glyphosate
and
how
to
support
staff
in
leaving
past
the
use
of
glyphosate
after
the
moratorium
was
implemented.
W
M
W
And
recently,
as
Jeremy
said,
we've
been
looking
forward
to
some
appointments
from
from
the
board
in
order
to
round
other
team
and
help
us
out.
I
came
tonight
to
talk
to
you
about
the
IPM
policy
and
we
have
currently
done
an
IPA
policy.
That
staff
has
asked
our
community
to
review
because
it
doesn't
appear
to
be
robust
enough
to
help
staff
understand
how
to
make
decisions
without
using
pesticides.
In.
L
W
Field,
and
so
we've
been
asked
to
do
that,
and
we've
got
some
pretty
good
places
to
start
with,
the
Big
Island
has
a
really
robust,
IPM
policy
that
we're
looking
through
and
as
a
part
of
our
review.
What
we'd
like
to
do
as
a
community?
What
we've
talked
about
is
doing
a
commune,
the
engagement
process
in
which
we
go
to
the
community,
and
we
ask
kind
of
the
big
questions
that
are
talked
about
in
the
IPM
policy.
W
So
that's
we
remain
asked
tonight
is,
in
addition
to
being
some
appointments
for
them,
and
we
look
forward
to
that.
Also
getting
some
support
so
that
we
can
go
into
a
community
engagement
process.
I
also
came
to
ask
you
tonight
as
I'm
hearing
going
more
from
the
public
people
are
asking:
what
is
the
timeline?
W
That
timeline
I
believe
our
committee
can
really
help
push
the
push
ourselves
to
give
you
product
what
product
that
will
help
the
parks
indeed
make
that
transition
and
third
planning
for
spring
of
2020
would
be
putting
together
myself
and
some
members
of
be
safe,
Minneapolis,
which
is
a
local
organization.
That's
work
closely
with
the
parks
we've
been
putting
together
a
symposium
for
spring
of
2024
workers
from
our
parks
department,
as
well
as
municipalities
around
around.
L
W
Be
a
way
to
develop
culture
around
not
using
pesticides
in
parks,
and
so
this
is
where
the
things
that
I've
come
to
ask
tonight
if
the
park
would
be
an
official
partner
into
this
ended
up
attacking
at
the
county
and
the
city,
elected
officials
and
they're
very
interested
in
partnering
on
the
symposium
like
this
as
well.
So
those
are
the
three
things
that
I've
come
to
talk
about
tonight
and
alternative
it.
My
co-chair
here,
Mike
Lynch,.
N
N
Since
then,
we've
reviewed
a
lot
of
the
an
in
close
contact
with
the
park
staff
on
what
actual
practices
are
going
on
on
the
ground
all
summer
long
and
they
were
letting
us
know
what
applications
were
upcoming
which
had
been
accomplished,
and
they
were
very,
very
forthcoming
and
allowed
us
to
really
be
good
supervisors
of.
What's
actually
going
on
on
the
ground.
We've
are
reviewing
different
Park
properties
and
creating
a
list
of
pesticide
free
properties
right
now.
N
N
But
we
are
compiling
a
list
of
the
specifically
pesticide,
herbicide,
free
or
insecticide
free
parks,
and
that
is
in
the
works,
but
it
kind
of
changes
and
depends
on
what
definition
we
want
to
put
on
it
and
we're
trying
to
come
up
with
a
way
to
communicate
that
to
the
public.
That's
clear
and
understandable,
we're
working
with
staff
and
if
they're
modifying
practices
on
the
ground.
As
of
the
summer.
N
Doing
piloting
different
techniques
of
instead
of
applying
herbicide
on
on
poison,
ivy
or
parsnip
cordoning
off
those
areas
and
putting
signs
up
just
to
keep
the
public
out
of
those
hazardous
plants
and
we'll
go
into
more
detail
on
that
we're
holding
the
staff
accountable.
Many
of
you
probably
are
aware
of
May
31st.
There
was
an
illegal
application
of
a
herbicide
at
Minnehaha
Park,
and
so
our
committee
was
very
very
direct
and
forthright
and
I
called
the
assistant
superintendent.
N
N
We'll
talk
more
about
the
wild
parsnip
employees
and
IT
management
and
then
public
feedback.
We
have
members
of
the
public
come
to
our
meetings
every
session,
it's
usually
a
small
number,
occasionally
we'll
have
a
larger
number
of
people
that
have
something
to
say,
but
we
definitely
receive
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
feedback
and
we
would
like
more
because
it
is
a
very
complicated
issue
and
it
is
important
that
we
do
receive
good,
high-quality
information
from
the
public.
So
we
know
what
we
are
following,
what
the
will
will
the
people
is?
W
One
way
to
avoid
using
herbicides
is
to
instead
of
using
her
sights
on
poisonous
plants
such
as
poison,
ivy
and,
while
parsing
it
to
find
other
management
strategies
in
order
to
keep
people
away
from
those
and
keep
people
safe
and
so
with
poison
ivy.
What
we've
tried
this
year
with
great
success
and
so
far
is
cordoning
off
the
areas
where
the
poison
ivy
is
with
signage
and
making
sure
that
people
can
understand
that
there's
poison
ivy
in
that
area
and
thus
far
we
haven't
had
any
complaints
about
that
approach
with
well
parsnip.
W
We
have
attempted
and
been
successful
with
a
mowing
approach,
and
so
we've
got
a
remote
control,
milling
unit
that
we
can
put
onto
hillsides,
where
we
have
found
some
well
person
up
growing
in
one
of
our
parks
and
we
we
treated
it
that
way
when
using
the
herbicide
so
signage
in
the
use
of
innovative
techniques.
As
getting
us
past.
W
But
he
has
experience
with
growing
organically,
and
so
he
and
the
turf
transition
expert
chip
Osborne
they
really
hit
it
off
and
stuff,
is
now
going
to
be
working
directly
with
chip
back
and
forth.
I'm,
making
a
plan
that
will
it
will
make
pesticides
from
snow
and
golf
course,
and
the
Sports
Complex
the
field
number
one.
There.
N
Another
area
that
we're
working
on
and
working
with
the
staff
on
is
the
is
a
rather
complicated
tool
that
we
are
kind
of
working
on
figuring.
How
to
use
effectively
is
the
environmental
impact
quotient,
and
this
is
a
decision-making
tool
to
help
in
choosing
the
least
risky
of
options
of
chemicals,
and
so
this
the
staff
has
actually
reached
out
to
us
and
said
they
were
interested
in
this,
and
so
we
recruited
and
talked
to
dr.
N
In
the
interim
before
this
organics
program
comes
online,
system-wide
and
so
they're
actively
trying
to
reduce
their
risk,
starting
now
so
shovel-ready
way
of
doing
that,
it's
rather
complicated
I
can't
say
that
I
fully
can
explain
them
that
rather
complicated
math
problem
there.
But
that's
that's
what?
For?
For
the
University
of
Wisconsin
and
Cornell
University
developed
this,
and
so
it
is
a
it
is
a
tool
to
help
cover
the
various
different
ways.
Pesticide
can
be
toxic
and
find
the
least
toxic
of
those
options.
Gentlemen,.
A
I
have
to
interrupt
your
report.
We
have
a
time
time
specific
item
in
the
planning
committee.
I'm,
not
sure
folks
are
signed
up
to
speak,
so
we
might
be
back
to
you
pretty
quick,
so
sorry
for
the
interruption,
I'm
recessing
the
old
board,
to
go
into
the
planning
committee
and
just
a
reminder
for
the
record
I'm,
placing
myself
and
all
of
the
Commissioner
fever
since
appointments
this
evening.
I'd.
E
S
S
E
H
E
Those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye,
aye
opposed
abstentions,
so
move
okay.
We
will
be
having
a
public
hearing
which
is
about
the
above.
The
Falls,
Regional
Park
master
plan,
public
hearing,
kate
Lamers
is
going
to
be
presenting
first
and
once
she
has
done
that
we
have
three
people
who
have
signed
up
for
open
time
and
we'll
let
Kate
first
make
the
presentation
of
this
was
on
the
agenda.
E
X
Okay,
sir
correct
so
thank
you,
commissioners,
good
evening,
I'm
Katelyn
Merson,
the
planning
department,
so
I'm
going
to
be
giving
you
a
little
bit
back
of
background
on
the
above,
the
Falls
Regional
Park
master
plan.
This
has
been
before
you
before
recently
and
I
recently
gave
you
a
steady
update,
but
just
for
the
benefit
of
people
who
are
listening,
I'll
go
through
the
the
basic
information
quickly
again,
so
this
master
plan
has
gone
through
somewhat
of
an
unusual
chore
trajectory.
X
Basically,
the
plan
went
on
hold
until
a
boundary,
for
the
regional
part
could
be
determined
through
an
upper
harbour
terminal,
specific
planning
process
which
was
partially
completed
in
2018
when
the
city
approved
a
boundary
in
2019.
With
that
approval,
we
brought
forward
the
master
plan
for
completion,
including
the
approved
boundary
in
August,
but
then
at
that
time,
right
before
actually
the
public
hearing
was
held.
Then
we
learned
that
maybe
we
needed
to
study
it
a
little
bit
further
and
we
knew
there
were
some
kind
of
community
concerns.
X
X
So,
as
you
know,
the
above,
the
Falls
is
our
youngest
regional
park
from
flemeth
Avenue,
basically
up
to
the
northern
part
of
the
city,
but
not
including
North
Mississippi,
Regional
Park
and
touches
several
North
and
Northeast
neighborhoods,
so
the
river
first
community
engagement
was
included
a
larger
area
than
above
Lethal's,
but
was
an
initiative
that
was
kind
of
meant
to
reap
it.
The
focus
back
to
this
kind
of
area
of
forgotten
riverfront
that
was
largely
inaccessible
to
the
public
and
had
its
own
community
engagement
process
and
then
sort
of
building
on
that
the
above.
X
So
that
also
went
through
several
phases.
As
you
may
remember,
the
city
in
the
Park
Board
entered
into
an
exclusive
rights
agreement
with
a
master
developer,
who
assisted
with
the
concept
planning
resulting
in
a
draft
concept
in
2018,
and
then
the
city
approved
concept
plan
in
earlier
this
year
outside
of
the
upper
Harper
terminal.
Quite
a
bit
of
the
above,
the
Falls
master
plan
has
continued
to
move
towards
implementation.
X
As
you
know,
we
have
a
process
for
tabulating.
Sorry
I
thought
I
had
fixed
that.
So,
as
you
know,
we
have
a
process
for
tabulating
public
comment
and
to
kind
of
sort,
commenters
responses
into
sort
of
the
hierarchy
of
the
level
of
themes
and
then
sort
of
the
level
of
impact
that
the
theme
has
on
the
master
plan.
Looking
at
you
know,
themes
that
would
have
minor
impact.
X
Some
things
like
typos
or
you
know
just
wording,
changes
things
that
are
kind
of
moderate
impact,
which
is
relatively
minor
things
that
can
be
added
to
the
plan,
but
you
know
would
be
a
significant
change
from
some
of
the
things
that
the
staff
had
recommended
and
high-impact
themes.
That
would
be
major
changes
to
the
plan.
So,
oh,
this
explains
a
little
bit
better
kind
of
how
how
these
things
are
categorized
and
for
original
park
plans.
With
these
moderate
impact
themes,
we
bring
those
forward
as
optional
amendments
for
for
you
to
decide
on
tonight.
X
So
one
of
the
earlier
high
impact
themes
was
the
upper
harbor
terminal
park.
Boundary
part
of
the
concern
among
community
members
was
the
amount
of
parkland
and-
and
there
was
some
concern
that
there
was
too
much
but
generally
more
concerned
that
there
was
too
little,
but
a
lot
of
it,
which
the
red
arrows
show
was
concerned
about
private
development
between
the
parkway
and
the
river,
and
so
the
continued
process
was
meant
to
address
that.
X
So
I
showed
this
alternative
B,
as
we've
been
calling
it
to
keep
it
consistent
to
you
at
a
study
item
about
a
month
ago,
which
chain
is
the
location
of
some
of
the
private
development
and
the
parkway.
It
maintains
19
and
a
half
acres
of
Regional
Park,
which
people
did
not
want
us
to
lose,
but
solves
the
issue
of
having
private
development
between
the
parkway
in
the
river
and
gives
us
a
consolidated
park
space
at
the
end
of
Dowling,
which
we
believe
also
will
make
that
park
space
more
accessible
to
community
members.
X
And
it's
not
our
PV.
You
know
they
wanted
to
express
the
interest
that
the
park
board
is
willing
to
participate
in
that
process,
because
they
feel
that
there
are
impacts
to
parkland
and
then
came
up
with
a
list
of
sort
of
questions
and
considerations,
and
this
was
part
of
a
larger
memo
to
the
city
CPC,
where
the
community
advisory
kiddo
is
just
wanted.
I
think
the
the
city
to
be
aware
of
kind
of
the
park
centric
lens
on
some
of
the
developments
for
the
upper
harbour
terminal.
X
So
after
this
I
know
that
you
have
the
public
hearing
tonight,
should
this
be
approved
in
January
by
full
board,
then
we
would
send
this
documentation
over
to
Met
Council
for
their
approval
and
eventually
possibly
adopt
this
fully
adopt
this
plan
and
have
the
boundary
redefined
by
Met
Council.
Thank
you.
E
Y
Leslie
Dennis
of
the
kingly
resident.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak.
You
know,
I
made
my
notes
and
I
said
you
in
all
of
this
and
do
this
and
do
that
and
I
said
well.
I'm
part
of
this
whole
thing,
so
I
kind
of
changed
into
we
and
because
I'm
part
of
it
I
live
in
the
neighborhood.
I
live
in
Minneapolis
for
many
decades
and
I'm
pointing
this
whole
process.
Y
Y
Means
you're
out
of
money,
you
know
when
you're
broke,
you
can
call
it
whatever
you
want,
but
it's
not
a
funding
gap.
You
don't
have
the
money
and
you
can't
afford
it
and
you
don't
need
it
because
you've
got
a
park
right
up
the
road
about
a
mile
that
is
underused
and
a
my
neighborhood.
The
Fargo
Park
is
very
underused.
I
see
the
basketball
hoop
goes
unused
for
numerous
hours
on
many
days
and
the
park
I
don't
see
people
walking
in
it,
so
we
don't
need
of
the
19-acre
Park
and
you
can't
afford
it.
Y
I,
don't
know
where
somebody
has
the
nerve
to
give
you
a
gift
like
that
when
it's
public
land,
that's
Industrials
old,
that's
very
valuable
that
could
be
sold
or
used
for
other
things
in
the
money
distributed
to
given
to
the
people
having
a
difficult
time
with
money.
So
we're
talking
about
taxing
the
people,
know
how
to
maintain
and
build
a
piece
of
land,
but
we
don't
even
alone
and
only
on
the
right
to
that
land.
I
think
it
was
given
to
you
and
properly
or
hasn't,
really
been
given
to
you
yet.
So
that's
a
point.
Y
Number
one
and
it's
not
suitable
for
park
because
you're
certain
days,
depending
which
way
the
wind
is
blowing
or
you're,
going
to
get
the
fine
particles
and
the
formaldehyde
and
other
toxic
emissions
from
the
company
and
I
know
they're
installing
what
they
call
a
thermal
oxidizer.
But
that's
not
going
to
do
anything.
Y
With
people
and
children
and
everybody
going
around
coming
from
facility,
I
know
they're
trying
to
do
something
to
help.
So
the
idea
of
putting
housing
and
a
liquor
bar
and
a
park
in
a
place
where
you're
going
to
have
the
emissions
coming
from
the
south
and
you
can
go
to
a
site
called
weather
street
calm
and
it
sorts
out
where
the
wind
direction
is
going
they'll
see
even
in
the
next
four
or
five
days.
The
wind
is
coming
from
the
south
and
southeast.
Y
Y
Landing
and
all
the
other
toxic
emissions
from
automobiles,
so
everything
about
this
whole
thing
is
wrong:
it's
wrong
and
you're
getting
it
it's
wrong
and
you
operating
it.
You
can't
afford
it
and
it's
just
an
operation
for
public
urinating
trunks
to
hustle
prostitutes.
So
it's
just
a
better
all-around
deal
for
us.
The
people
Thank
You.
Z
Z
We
strongly
support
alternative
B
for
the
alignment
of
the
River
Road
along
the
Mississippi
River,
with
the
traditional
River
Road
design
in
the
upper
harbour
terminal.
This
is
critical
for
public
access
and
to
prevent
the
private
owner
ownership
of
the
housing.
That's
planned
to
separate
the
public
from
the
river.
Z
E
E
K
Again,
my
name
is
Karen
Peterson
11
to
15
Broadway
Street
northeast,
and
my
only
comment
really
is
to
I've
been
very
concerned
and
listening
to
people
dropping
out
of
the
process
out
of
frustration.
People
on
their
side
that
we're
feeling,
like
their
voices,
were
not
being
heard,
the
thought
of
finally
getting
Park
land
along
the
river
that
for
decades
that
we
wanted
and
then
suddenly
turn
it
around
to
sell
it
to
a
private
entity.
So
those
are
the
concerns
that
I
have
I
think
this
needs
to
be
given
some
serious.
K
E
D
L
D
D
X
How
that
moves
you
know
through
the
site
is-
and
this
is
very
diagrammatic,
as
you
can
tell
so-
that
is-
is
going
to
be
designed
and
engineered
through
the
planning
processes
that
are
happening
right
now,
so
in
general,
this
is
kind
of
fairly
standard
which
is
to
have
so
if,
for
example,
the
Parkway
were
to
be
behind
the
development
between
the
development
and
the
railroad.
As
far
as
between
the
development
in
the
river
then
like,
for
example,
this
boundary
does
not
is
not
laid
out
for
that.
X
D
One
important
thing
that
Friends
of
Mississippi,
River
and
half-cock
have
pushed
for
is
for
there
to
be
a
clear
delineating
line
between
the
private
and
public
property
and
in
other
places
the
parkway
serves
that
function.
Both
some
people
from
the
Bicycle
Advisory
Committee
reached
out
to
me
and
asked
if
it
would
be
possible
for
us
to
separate
the
car
part
of
the
parkway
from
the
trail
part
of
the
parkway.
D
So
I
would
like
to
have
some
conversations
between
those
three
groups
to
see
if
we
can
accomplish
both
of
those
goals.
I
also
just
wanted
to
say
a
few
things
that
you
know
we're
brought
up
during
the
hearing.
I
believe
strongly
that
north
and
north
Northeast
Minneapolis
deserve
to
have
parkways
along
the
entire
length
of
the
riverfront.
D
D
You
know
I've
been
kind
of
you
know,
staying
in
my
lane
on
the
on
the
park
side
of
this,
but
something
that
up
a
lot
during
this
discussion
and
and
does
affect
us,
is
you
know
the
city
side,
because
for
the
amphitheater,
for
example,
and
they're
going
to
need
a
lot
of
bonding
money
to
make
that
happen,
which
will
compete
with
other
priorities.
So
III
do
personally
feel
that
it
would
be
better
if
we
had.
There
was
a
smaller
music
venue
and
preferably
publicly.
S
C
E
Anybody
else,
any
other
comments
to
me.
I'll
just
make
a
few
comments.
I
might
have
made
these
in
August
as
well.
E
Project
that
the
trails
that
are
just
outside
of
this
building
and
everything
it
just
really
excites
me
that
this
is
happening
you
know
with
now
is
saying
to
the
city.
You
go
your
way
and
we'll
go
our
way.
Yes,
we
will
have
to
collaborate
as
we
do
in
so
many
other
things
with
the
city,
but
now
we
can
do
our
citizen
engagement
to
define
what
is
going
to
be
happening
on
this
parcel.
So
it
is
with
great
excitement
that
I
asked
for
all
those
in
favor
of
the
motion.
H
E
A
N
We
left
off
on
the
environmental-impact
quotient.
I
think
we
finished
I
think
I
covered
that
one,
ok,
so
moving
on
to
the
integrated
pest
management
policy
revisions.
So
this
is
an
area
that
we
are
really
digging
into.
As
Russ
mentioned
there.
We
are
starting
to
look
at
other
templates
that
are
much
more
robust
and
covered
the
issues
that
are
that
the
city
actually
faces,
and
the
2008
version
is
clearly
out-of-date
and
does
not
meet
our
needs
and
doesn't
fulfill.
N
Our
goals
doesn't
fulfill
our
actual
address
the
issues
that
we're
trying
to
reach,
and
so
we
really
want
to
overhaul
that
and
working
with
the
staff
to
kind
of
figure
out
what
it
should.
Look
like.
It's
gonna,
be
fairly
comprehensive,
so
to
greatly
expand
that
we
really
need
to
have
a
good
input
on
what
our
goals
are.
What
the
trade-offs
are,
what
the
different
options
are
in
creating
this
crafting
a
policy
like
this,
because
there
will
be
trade-offs.
N
It
may
be
choosing
to
manage
one
thing
less
in
order
to
not
use
this
tool
or
may
be
using
a
different
tool,
much
much
more
so
that
you
don't
need
to
use
other
tools
and
in
order
to
do
that,
we're
going
to
really
need
a
good,
clear
picture
of
what
the
community
actually
desires
and
that's.
Why
we're
asking?
Why
we're
here
today,
asking
for
potentially
getting
some
support
staff
support
from
planning
to
create
a
more
robust
community
engagement
process.
N
Besides
just
who
shows
up
at
our
committee
meetings
but
to
actually
go
out
and
reach
out
to
the
public
to
the
stakeholders
and
get
real
contextualized
information
from
the
public
about
what
their
options
are,
which
they
prefer.
What
are
the
values
and
goals
that
they
want
to
put
in
there,
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
actually
reaching
out
to
a
diversity
in
the
city
and
inclusive,
have
an
inclusive
process
and
not
just
who
can
show
up
to
a
meeting
on
a
Monday
night.
W
W
A
U
T
U
T
President
Boren
commissioned
research,
the
plant
would
be,
you
know,
allowed
to
reproduce
on
site,
as
it
will
brothers
through
roots
recede.
We
continue
to
monitor
it
and
that,
that's
you
know,
there's
a
new
practice
for
us,
so
we
continue
to
monitor
it,
and
you
know
if
it
grows
to
a
point
of
you
know
compromising
or
not
being
acceptable
having
a
population
that's
acceptable
in
terms
of
risk,
then
that's
when
we'll
have
to
make
a
decision
on
what
is
the
next
step?
T
U
T
So
it
would
be
something
we
would
have
to
implement
with
staff
we've
already
identified
that
it's
a
challenge
when
we
hire
hundreds
of
seasonal
employees,
the
training
making
them
aware
of
what
poison
ivy
looks
like
even
full-time
staff,
new
or
full
time
staff.
We've
already
recognized
that
there's
a
there's
an
opportunity
there
for
us
to
do
more:
more
training
around
wild
parsnip
and
poison
ivy
and
exposure
risks
yeah.
Okay,.
U
Lovely
I'm
pleased
to
hear
that
people
like
broader
engagement
beyond
just
folks
that
are
really
passionate
about
this
topic.
That
seems
like
it
would
be
sensible
for
us
to
do.
Is
the
ask
of
the
committee
that
further
engagement
would
be
done
on
a
broad
citywide
level
prior
to
looking
at
changing
the
integrated
pest
management
policy.
U
Canada
there
might
behoove
us,
that's
like
an
operation
with
an
environment
committee
to
even
look
at
what
the
charge
of
the
work
is.
That
is
being
done
by
this
committee,
because
I
think
when
we
initially
established
it,
it
was
to
talk
about
how
we
reduce
the
use
of
guys
phase
in
the
system
right
and
what
you're
talking
about
now
is
a
much
broader
scope
than
what
was
initially
asked
of
you.
So
I
would
think
that
it'd
be
behoove
us
to
talk
about
that
further
as
a
board.
U
Y
D
W
You
Commissioner
Myra
president
Park
mr.
mayor.
We
we
are
looking
at
the
similar
strategies
that
we
use
for
the
urban
AG
plan,
where
staff
developed
a
plan
in
conjunction
with
the
urban
AG
policy
advisory
committee,
and
then
the
advisory
committee
themselves
did
volunteer
work
to
do
an
engagement
and
we
saw
at
extra
volunteers
from
the
community
to
help
do
that
engagement.
So
it's
kind
of
half-and-half
development
with
stuff
and
then
engagement
through
volunteers.
T
The
intent
for
tonight
was
to
share
this
discussion
kind
of
plant.
The
seed
with
the
board
get
a
conversation
going
so
that
we
could
revisit
a
resolution
in
the
future
that
you
know,
depending
on
how
the
conversation
goes.
What
does
that
resolution
do
in
terms
of
the
sculpt
of
the
committee,
and
there
would
be
some
work
on
figuring
out
scope?
T
Certainly
I've
had
conversations
with
assistant
superintendent
Schroeder
about
this,
because
I
would
be
leaning
on
planning
for
some
assistance
and,
of
course
there
is
a
staff
and
financial
implication
to
that.
So
I
wanted
to
start.
The
conversation
tonight
get
a
read
on
that
we
can.
We
can
then
work
on
resolution
that
identifies
costs
implications
and
how
that
would
work.
D
D
Me,
the
top
priority
is
protecting
the
public
from
carcinogens
and
other
things
that
are
harmful
to
people's
health.
In
the
case
of
glyphosate,
the
World
Health
Organization
had
already
declared
that
to
be
a
probable
carcinogen,
as
we
consider
other
pesticides
something
I'm
going
to
be
looking
for,
is
you
know,
scientific
analysis
of
what
other
pesticides
are
toxic?
D
And
then,
if
we
go
with
a
broader
mandate
on
this
I
think
we
should
probably
use
the
new
procedures
that
we
adopted.
You
know
we
adopt
new
procedures
kind
of
in
response
to
this
committee,
because
we
had
the
problem
where
you
know
each
Commissioner
made
good
appointments
on
their
own,
but
then
you
know
we
ended
up
with
the
committee
with
no
people
of
color
on
it.
So
that's
something
that
we
should
fix.
If
we
do
this.
H
Thanks
for
all
your
work
on
this
committee,
I
really
appreciate
it.
I'm
also
concerned
about
the
poison
ivy.
Just
growing
I
mean
the
signs
are
great,
but
what
about
folks
with
literacy,
issues
or
kids
that
don't
necessarily
pay
attention
to
signs
so
I
would
love
or
can't
even
read
the
sign,
so
I
would
love
to
figure
out
a
way
for
this
not
to
spread
it
all
over
our
parts,
especially
in
spaces
that
we're
encouraging
folks
to
use
you.
You
talked
about
three
things.
H
H
W
H
A
Q
Q
N
It's
complicated
because
we
have
various
timelines
with
the
pilot
project
growing
organic
that
has
a
more
or
less
you
know
we're
kind
of
looking
at
something
like
a
three
year
window,
and
that
would
be
for
the
first
pilot
and
then
depending
on
how
that
goes.
If
it
goes
well,
we
might
start
other
golf
courses
and
athletic
fields
after
that,
and
so
it
may
be
three
years
for
that
area
and
then
another
couple
years
and
then
three
years
for
the
next
area.
So
we
haven't
really
discussed
what
timelines
we're.
N
L
Q
Guys
are
kind
of
like
the
citizen.
Experts
right,
you
guys
are,
and
you
guys
are
supposed
to
be
advising
us
so
I
would
I
would
encourage
you
to
go
to
the
CAC
and
try
to
figure
out.
It
doesn't
have
to
be
something
that's
finite
or
set
in
concrete,
but
just
something.
So
we
can
look
at
and
say
hey.
This
is
we.
This
is
where
we
want
to
be
out
in
two
years
as
we
want
to
be
in
six
months.
It's
just
a
helpful
tool
and
once
again
I
want
to
say
thank
you
guys.
Thank.
W
You
president
Park
you're
French,
thank
you
for
that
recommendation
and
I
will
take
that
back
to
our
committee
and
we
will
work
on
timeline.
Thank.
T
Boy,
oh
I,
don't
think
I
would
so
four
timelines.
The
original
resolution
did
set
a
timeline
of
a
two-year
term,
and
so
something
to
be
thinking
about
is
the
extension
of
this
committee
or
extending
that
timeline
and
recruiting
members,
and
so
there
is
the
timeline
set
to
the
committee
right
now
on
a
two-year
term.
Thank
you.
Sister
super
noon.
Thank.
C
You
president
born
thank
you
for
the
presentation
and
thank
you
for
the
work
and
wanting
to
invest
in
continuing
the
work.
I
would
love
to
see
this
Advisory
Committee
continue
its
work
beyond
the
two-year
of
time
frame.
Should
there
be
the
the
interest
and
the
the
will
of
the
community
to
invest
the
time
in
doing
that,
work.
C
For
that
reason,
I
think
it's
a
great
idea
to
have
some
amount
of
community
engagement
and
input,
and
so
I
appreciate
the
willingness
of
folks
to
spend
volunteer
time
to
do
that.
I
do
have
concerns
about
what
additional
staff
investment
there
would
be,
but
I
think
that
we
need
to
explore
this
and
come
forward
and
see
what
that
would
be,
because,
regardless
of
how
much
are
little,
we
can
get
to
make
that
happen.
I
think
we
need
to.
We
need
to
be
continuing
to
bring
this
forward
to
the
community
and
get
more
folks
involved.
AA
So
let's
say
we
can
we
move
forward
and
January
2020
and
come
up
with
a
resolution
to
end
registered.
You
know
classified
use
in
our
Park
System,
it's
very
harmful.
It's
not
good!
The
more
that
we
give
more
time
the
more
we
risk
in
our
kids
and
it's
our
responsibility
as
a
board.
I
know
we
need
to
extend
and
do
more
research.
We
know
that,
there's
enough
research
out
there,
there's
enough
articles
to
read
I,
don't
know
why
some
of
my
colleagues
wants
to
extend
that,
but
for
stuff,
what
research
can
we
give
you
to?
T
T
W
G
W
Would
never
want
our
children
around
and
I,
don't
know
a
single
person
who
is
willing
to
personally
guarantee
the
products
for
Monsanto
that
were
purchasing
right
now
and
their
safety
around
kids
or
people
who
are
suffering
from
autoimmune
disease
cancer
or
anything
like
that.
So
I
very
much
appreciate
you
are
your
points
here,
president
vice
president
Hassan
and
I
won't
be
taking
them
back
to
the
pesticide
Advisory
Committee
to
let
them
know
what
you
have
advised.
N
Yeah,
like
superintendent
assistant,
superintendent,
Barrack,
said
glyphosate
itself
is
banned
already
in
the
city.
It
was
banned
last
year,
January
first
or
this
year,
January
first,
the
other
different
alternative
herbicides
that
have
been
used
in
lieu
of
glyphosate.
We
are
working
to
reduce
the
toxicity
of
what
we
use
and
as
at
the
same
time,
we
are
working
towards
reducing
them
towards
zero,
as
per
our
charge
as
a
Advisory
Committee.
W
President
Boren
vice
president
Hassan
I,
very
much
understand
and
appreciate
the
direction
of
your
question
as
someone
who,
as
you
all
know,
I
myself
ran
for
Park
Board,
citywide
and
I
had
conversations
around
the
city
with
residents
who
roundly
rejected
the
notion
that
we
would
continue
using
pesticides
in
parks
from
every
single
neighborhood
in
the
city,
where
I
door
knocked
and
spoke
with.
People
I
clearly
was
given
the
impression
that
pesticide
use
it's
time
is
up
in
Minneapolis
parks
and
people
are
ready
for
a
transition
away
from
pesticides.
L
W
U
You,
president
Boren
a
number
of
times:
it's
been
reference,
but
the
committee
will
now
be
given
direction
based
on
the
comments
provided
by
my
colleagues
this
evening
and
I
just
like
to
clarify
that
the
comments
of
individual
commissioners
is
not
equivalent
to
direction
from
the
board
as
a
body.
So
while
I
am
very
supportive
of
us
taking
up
what
you've
brought
to
us
in
committee
and
putting
together
a
resolution
that
does
give
you
direction.
U
The
comments
that
have
been
given
this
evening
are
not
doing
that.
So
I
just
wanted
to
clarify
that
for
both
of
you
so
that
you're,
aware
of
how
our
process
needs
to
work
in
order
for
us
to
make
sure
that
you're
getting
the
guidance
you
need
in
a
way
that
represents
the
will
of
the
body
rather
than
just
individuals.
Thank
you.
U
A
You
commissioner,
music
I
want
to
thank
everybody
on
the
committee
for
the
incredible
work
that
they
have
done
to
this
point.
You
have
a
little
bit
of
time,
left
I'm
I'm
on
the
fence
as
to
whether
or
not
to
extend
the
work
of
the
body
and
the
work
of
the
committee.
I'll
echo,
some
of
vice
president
hassan's
need
for
urgency
here.
The
the.
A
Some
of
the
questions
around
alternatives
that
we
don't
know
are
toxic
today
are
give
me
pause
and
give
me
concern
and
again
it
reminds
me
of
asbestos
and
the
construction
lobby
like
there
wasn't
there
wasn't
evidence
until
there
was,
and
wouldn't
we
all
like
to
go
back
and
say
you
know
what
maybe
this
just
doesn't
feel
right
tobacco.
There
wasn't
evidence
until
there
was
vaping.
There
wasn't
evidence
until
there
was,
but
there
are.
There
is
a
community
of
people
that
remain
vigilant
to
keep
people
healthy
and
I.
A
Think
the
work
that
some
of
you
are
doing
is
is
right
up
there,
the
and
I
I
think
we
all
know.
Sometimes
we
get
caught
in
the
nomenclature
of
what's
a
pesticide
and
what's
and
what's
not,
I,
think
the
I
also
heard
the
will
of
the
community.
Pretty
clear,
I,
never
hear
people
and
somebody
somebody
comes
and
talks
about
their
recovering
bout
from
cancer.
They
don't
come
and
talk
to
this
board.
They
don't
come
and
talk
to
the
community
about
well
that
technically
wasn't
a
carcinogenic
has
decided
because
there
wasn't
a
label
on
it.
A
Yet
so
I
guess
I
don't
have
kin.
Like
that
that
doesn't
happen,
the
people
that
had
lung
cancer
from
tobacco
use
don't
say
well.
The
Surgeon
General
didn't
issue
a
warning
in
the
1940s,
so
I
guess
cigarettes
didn't
give
me
cancer,
so
I
I
think
that
there
there's
a
preponderance
of
evidence
that
some
of
the
stuff
that
we're
doing
has
a
real,
long-term,
harmful
effect
on
the
people
that
we're
charged
with
caring
for
and
we
have
again.
Human
beings
have
kept
manicured
spaces
for
thousands
of
years
across
cultures.
A
We've
only
really
started
using
these
chemicals
that
are
dubious
and
and
not
proven
to
be
safe
within
some
of
our
lifetimes
I
think.
The
right
solution
is
the
way
that
the
minneapolis
park
board
managed
land
for
the
majority
of
its
hundred
and
thirty-some
year,
history
and
that's
through
mechanical
control
and
naturally
occurring
organic,
mild
pesticides
and
a
change
of
our
expectations.
A
I
think
is
a
real
I
think
is
a
real
messed
up
when
I
agree
with
vice
president
Hassan
that
we
know
what's
going
on,
and
everybody
on
the
pesticide,
Advisory
Committee
knows
what's
going
on
and
I
think
we
just
need
to
again
not
be
afraid
to
do
the
right
thing,
because
it's
gonna
be
a
little
harder
and
it's
gonna
be
a
little
more
expensive.
So
again,
thank
you
for
your
work.
I
would
also
be
to
the
community
outreach
around
around
the
IPM
policy.
I'm.
A
Obviously,
supportive
of
that
again
I
would
echo
I
think
we
already
know
what
the
answer
is.
The
people
don't
want
to
play
around
in
poison,
and
we
want
to
be.
We
want
to
err
on
the
side
of
caution
and
we
don't
want
to
find
out
years
from
now
that
something
was
poison
on
the
symposium
I
think
it's
an
honor
to
be
requested
to
participate
and
I.
Think
the
it's
it's
my
understanding
that
there
are
other
bodies
of
government
that
are
also
co-hosting.
Mr.
Henry,
is
that
correct
president.
A
Thank
you,
I
would
be
personally
embarrassed
if
we're
not
a
co-host
of
a
Congress,
a
thought
leading
conversation
like
this,
and
this
is
part
of
the
parcel.
Why
we're
the
best
Park
System
in
America
is
that
we
take
these
bold
steps
and
we
have
these
serious
conversations
and
we
act
instead
of
study
when
it's
time
for
action
and
the
time
for
setting
is
done.
So
thank
you
again
for
all
of
your
work
and
for
your
presentation
here
this
evening.
D
S
A
AA
A
D
D
A
You
Commissioner
Meyer
I'll
just
pull
hard
a
full-throated
echo.
Echoing
of
your
sentiments,
the
the
generosity
of
lobbyists
rice
this
last
this
last
year
has
been
incredible.
I
think
our
we,
if
he
billed
us
for
every
hour
that
he
spent
working
on
our
behalf,
we
would
have
been
at
least
50%
over
50%
over
our
budget.
So
thank
you
for
picking
up
the
slack
I
also
really
want
to
thank
mr.
A
workman
for
picking
up
for
picking
up
the
slack
and
and
really
carrying
a
heavy
load
for
us
when
we
had
a
historic
and
decrease
in
investment
in
our
intergovernmental
and
lobbying
services.
So
just
thank
you,
consul
race.
It's
been
an
honor
to
work
and
and
really
glad
that
our
that
our
board
is
really
investing
in
the
resources
that
it
needs,
and
that's
not
it's
not
that
question
anymore.
It
does
not
appear
to
be
a
question
anymore,
so
I.
Thank
you,
chair
Meyer
is.
A
D
You
this
resolution
keeps
our
agenda
pretty
similar
to
what
it
was
last
year.
There
aren't
many
major
changes.
One
big
one
is
that
it
reflects
the
bonding
priorities
that
we
have
previously
discussed
at
other
meetings,
in
particular
adding
the
North
Commons
regional
vision,
phase
to
our
bonding
agenda.
Is
there
any
discussion
on
resolution
2019
for
22?
H
AB
Yes,
that's
why
the
the
second
year
of
the
biennium
is
typically
the
bonding
year
and
we
are
fortunate.
The
November
forecast
showed
a
1.3
billion
dollar
surplus
for
the
state
and
governor
walls
would
like
to
see
a
large
bonding
bill,
and
hopefully
the
House
and
Senate
will
agree
to
that.
That's
why
the
bonding
priorities
are
put
first
and
then
the
state
funding
priorities
are
second
and.
D
A
local
government
aid
used
to
always
be
the
highest
one
after
bonding,
but
LGA
has
become
a
smaller
amount.
As
you
know,
we've
had
more
buildings
built
in
Minneapolis.
Minneapolis
has
become
more
like
a
suburban
that
we
have
newer
buildings,
so
we
don't
get
as
much
from
that,
so
that
did
move
down
slightly
and
the
lccmr
funding
was
put
at
the
top
priority
there.
Aside
from
that,
I,
don't
recall
any
major
changes
in
the
listing
and
and.
AB
G
And
it's
largely
different
from
last
year
because,
as
Pamela
said,
binding
will
be
a
priority
this
year,
and
so
obviously
our
state
fundings
did
things
are
still
important.
The
LG
has
kind
of
moved
down
in
the
order,
because
the
legislature
dealt
with
it
last
year
and
added
another
40
million
I
think
to
the
formula
I,
don't
think
it's
likely
that
having
made
that
kind
of
significant
change,
it'll
be
an
issue
that
will
get
revisited
this
year.
G
It
could
but
but
not
not
likely,
we'll,
certainly
be
watching
it
and
see
if
there's
any
opportunity
on
the
state
funding
thing.
Just
a
note.
The
legislature
is
recommending,
or
we
expect
that
the
lccmr
will
recommend
1.8
million
for
the
aquatics
habitat
restoration
on
the
river
just
outside
our
window
here
with
the
mussel
reintroduction.
That's
a
major
effect
to
the
above.
The
Falls
area.
Senator
deeds
ik
worked
on
that,
so
that
we'll
be
monitoring
that
or
not
monitoring
it
will
be
proactively
supporting.
G
It
will
certainly
be
looking
at
all
maintaining
that
commitment
that
we
had
last
year.
I
would
we
did
very
well
last
year
and
making
sure
that
the
funding,
multiple
funding
sources
we
had
to
get
funded
last
year,
and
we
will
continue
to
work
on
the
campaign
for
youth
representative,
nor
has
a
bill
in,
and
that
already
will
renew
that
effort,
because
there
is
a
surplus
to
see
if
we
can
do
more
with
our
summer
learned.
G
Urn
I
know
the
board's,
always
that
that
is
a
priority
and
will
also
work
the
there
may
be
an
opportunity
and
the
full-time
community
service
initiative.
There's
money
in
the
budget.
It's
a
support.
Item
we'd
have
but
I
know
that
education
Minnesota
other
groups,
are
committed
to
that.
So
we'd
want
to
be
a
partner
with
that,
the
just
as
a
tease,
the
Dutch
Elm
or
the
emerald
ash
borer
is
a
big
issue.
St.
Paul
is
doing
what
we
did
five
years
ago
on
removing
their
trees.
G
We
can
maybe
expect
there'll
be
efforts
on
that
front
to
if
there's
a
surplus
watching
that
all
dad
you
know,
skatepark
funding
is
something
that's
come
before
the
board.
If
there's
an
opportunity
that
Senator
Dibble
has
been
a
big
advocate
for
that
in
bonding
and
then
just
one
other
issue,
I'd
like
to
call
the
board's
attention
to
this
is
a
initiative.
That's
come
forward
on
its
on
the
last
page.
G
Again
will
monitor
all
these
things,
but
when
issue
was
the
issue
about
liquor
licenses
at
sculpture,
garden,
the
Commons
and
the
boom
Island
Park,
that's
an
issue
that
Jane
Stenzel
has
identified
and
we
talked
about
it
last
year.
Did
it
wasn't
quite
ready
to
get
on
the
agenda
but
I
think
it's
a
it's
an
issue
that
we're
getting
prepared
to
work
on
this
here
and
we
would
recommend
that.
A
You
Thank
You,
chair
Meyer,
if
a
couple
of
times
I'm,
largely
supportive
of
the
legislative
agenda
and
I
want
to
thank
chairman
for
working
to
put
it
together.
I
do
just
want
to
have
a
just
want
to
remind
commissioners
that
we
bring
this
forward
in
its
draft
form
to
our
delegation
at
our
legislative
breakfast
coming
up
in
January
I
know
a
vice
president
has
son
and
I,
and
maybe
others
on
the
board
and
I.
A
Think
council,
rice
and
some
of
our
staff
have
had
conversations
with
representative
Neuer,
who
is
very
interested
in
dovetailing
the
park
board's
interests
and
his
community
interests
around
a
capital
investment
in
Brian,
Coyle,
Center
I
think
it's
a
significantly
I
think
it's
a
significantly
needed
a
piece
of
investment
and
I
would
encourage
colleagues
to
put
that
pretty
high
towards
a
high
towards
our
list.
I
was
personally
I
was
personally
disappointed
in
just
the
lack
of
the
lack
of
movement.
We
had
around
legislation
for
supporting
legislation
for
false
or
exaggerated
9-1-1
calls,
which
was.
A
Put
on
our
legislative
agenda
because
of
one
of
the
most
high
high
profile
incidents
the
park
board
has
had,
and
in
my
10
years
around
around
9-1-1
calls
the
so
I'd
really
like
to
make
sure
that
we're
looking
for
legislature
that
were
proactive
instead
of
monitoring
that
we're
proactively.
Looking
for
members
of
our
delegation
to
author
legislation
and
doing
whatever
we
possibly
can
to
make
sure
that
that
incident
never
happens
again.
A
A
System-Wide
and
I
have
I'm
still
supportive
of
fossil
fuel
divestment.
But
I
do
wonder.
I
do
get
a
little
bit
nervous
about
the
park
board
going
out
of
its
Lane.
The
I
think
we
can
be
in
favor
of
something
along
these
lines,
but
it
really
starts
to
impact
I
want
our
public
employees
to
be
able
to
invest
in
the
amenities
that
can
best
assure
their
retirement
after
after
putting
in
a
lifetime
of
public
service
and
so
I
would
be
really
concerned.
A
I
would
be
really
concerned
about
controlling,
controlling
and
try
to
influence
and
control
over
how
our
public
employees
best
receive
their
entire.
Their
retirement
I,
don't
I
support
the
ice.
I
support
this,
but
I
think
that
there
is
I
think
that
there
are
better
experts
on
how
to
make
sure
that
our
lifelong
employees
have
the
retirement
that
they
need
and
deserve.
So
those
are
my
thoughts
until
after
the
Legislative
for
the
legislature.
G
In
response
to
commissioner
born
about
the
liquor
issue,
I
think
your
points
are
well-taken.
Commissioner
borne.
It
was
really
at
my
urging
that
we
focus
on
three
ones
that
were
in
demand
or
focus
oven.
You
know
primarily
at
least
then
the
sculpture
garden
was
a
way
to
turn
that
revenue
situation
around
I
think
the
one
thing
the
board
may
want
to
think
about
is
that
I
know
there
was
some
talk
about.
We
want
liquor
everywhere
in
the
park
system
I
just
even
if
these
three
got
started
initially.
G
First,
you
could
I,
wouldn't
say,
be
inundated,
but
the
board
could
wind
up
spending
a
considerable
amount
of
time
looking
at
requests
for
people
to
operate
this
for
this
event
or
that
event,
because
the
way
the
legislation
is
drafted,
it
wouldn't
be
like
a
permanent
liquor
operation
there,
although
it
could,
but
it
might
be
like
okay,
we
want
to
do
liquor
at
boom,
island
over
Memorial,
Day
or
Labor
Day,
or
the
4th,
or
things
like
that.
So
I
think
it
was
more
of
a.
G
Go
slow
and
then
evolve
it,
but
it
would
also
be
unique
in
that
this
board
would
be
getting
authority
from
the
legislature
to
do
something
that
we
directly
haven't
done
before
in
the
past.
You've
done
it
through
City
Hall
to
set
it
up.
So
it's
an
expansion
of
the
power
of
the
park
boards
that
might
be
bigger
than
you
might
think.
D
Thank
You
lobbyist
race
I'll
just
take
the
opportunity
to
remind
everyone
about
our
legislative
breakfast
and
which
will
be
on
Friday
January,
17th
8
to
9
a.m.
at
the
Nicollet
Island
Inn,
where
we'll
have
lengthy
discussion
about
this
and
as
commissioner
Burnside
will
discuss
with
the
delegation
and
then
bring
it
back
for
a
final
form
after
that
in
regard
to
fossil
fuel
divestment,
I
would
just
encourage
Commissioner
borne
to
reread
the
resolution
that
we
passed
previously.
The
reasons
that
we
passed
him
were
primarily
about
financial
in
nature.
D
B
D
L
A
AA
G
We
had
talked
about
with
executive
staff,
the
superintendent
secretary
and
myself
I'm,
just
calling
him
up
the
first
one
I
see
they
did
a
legal
counsel.
The
question
had
been
did
it?
This
has
already
been
included
in
a
resolution
of
the
board
on
legal
counsel.
That
says
that
legal
counsel
is
supposed
to
review
other
contracts
or
give
a
recommendation.
G
President
Boren,
when
he
became
president
found
that
what
he
thought
that
was
a
power
reserved
to
the
board
to
hire
lawyers
which
I
think
it
is
under
the
Charter,
not
the
superintendent.
So
he
kind
of
reeled
that
in
in
the
budget
last
year,
to
require
any
legal
counsel
that
are
hired
or
hired
by
the
board,
not
by
the
staff
or
the
superintendent,
which
I
think
aligns
with
what
the
Charter
says.
G
G
The
board
would
have
to
have
a
direct
report
from
the
legal
counsel.
I
looked
at
this
I
think
it
makes
sense.
I
think
it's
aligns
with
the
resolution
that
passed
in
2018
relative
to
the
budget.
It's
more
a
matter
of
you
know
that
hasn't
is
it
could
happen,
but
it's
more
of
a
directive
that
president
Boren
thought
and
the
rules
should
be
done
and.
D
G
Say
minor,
probably
the
best
example
I
could
give
of
that
was
when
the
board
hired
the
Remley
law
firm
to
do
the
amicus
brief
for
the
board
and
I
had
given
a
different
opinion
and
they
would
be
appropriate
for
me
to
and
I
was
more
informed
as
time
went
on,
but
the
Remley
firm
also
is
a
excellent
firm.
They
did
a
great
job
on
it.
I
did
spend
some
time
on
that,
but
not
really
mine
during
what
they
were
doing
is
more.
G
They
needed
my
help
on
framing
some
fat
questions
about
what
the
Minneapolis
Park
Board
did
and
what
our
purpose
would
be,
and
some
of
the
other
ones
so
I
would
say
really
not
much.
I
mean
a
lot
of
times.
I,
don't
even
go
for
stuff
like
that.
It's
just
the
knowledge
of.
So
what
so
and
so
firm
is
working
on
this
matter.
G
G
This
was
an
issue
that
the
board
has
wrestled
with
a
bit
under
President
Boren's
presidency,
to
get
a
report
about
what
happens.
Initially,
president
Boren
wanted
this
world
to
say
that
if
the
position
hadn't
been
filled,
then
the
superintendent
would
have
to
get
authority
from
the
board
to
fill
that
I
told
him.
That
would
be
contrary
to
the
partner.
We
have
a
thing
called
the
Civil
Service
Commission
and
in
civil
service
positions,
and
once
the
board
creates
a
position,
that's
permanent.
G
It's
really
beyond
the
authority
of
this
board
to
micromanage
it
it's
even
beyond
the
authority
of
the
superintendent
to
do
it.
There
are
strict
rules
under
the
Charter
and
the
rules
of
the
Charter
and
the
Civil
Service
Commission
that
you
take
these
jobs
out
of
the
political
area
and
out
of
the
discretionary
even
of
the
superintendent.
If
you,
you
can't
keep
a
person
in
a
position
temporarily
for
more
than
six
months,
if
you
do
you're
violating
civil
service
rules.
A
good
example
of
this
would
be
I
know.
G
This
board
has
delved
in
and
pulled
back
the
layers
of
the
onion
to
find
out
about
position.
One
thing
that's
come
up
has
been
this
forestry
or
multiple
forestry
positions,
but
a
better
example
might
be
what
was
happening
in
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department
Minneapolis
Police
Department's
been
authorized
to
have
888
members
in
it
and
it
hasn't
ever
come
close
to
that.
They've
been
sometimes
50,
members
short,
and
so
the
mayor
came
in
and
said,
give
me
14
more
positions
and
that
ignited
a
big
fight
in
City
Hall,
we'll
wait
a
minute.
They
start
understanding
it.
G
They
found
out
that,
even
if
they
gave
him
the
14
positions,
he
probably
couldn't
get
to
888
in
the
year
2000,
so
what
they
really
did,
as
they
spent
time
finding
out
that
the
police
department
was
a
bit
dysfunctional
about
how
they
were
filling
positions
and
where
they
were,
and
they
really
kind
of
reverted.
Not
it
wasn't
a
genius
solution.
They
went
back
to
the
Civil,
Service
Commission
and
said:
look
if
you
have
a
position,
you
have
an
obligation
to
fill
it
and
you
can't
just
start
shifting
people
around
so
I
think
what
this
was.
G
An
effort
by
President
Boren
was,
and
we
talked
to
the
superintendent
and
his
staff
was
that
if
the
desire
is
to
understand
the
staffing
level
of
the
system,
the
best
in
the
way
might
be
for
the
commissioners
to
get
a
report
and
understand
where
all
your
jobs
are.
What
you
voted
on.
You
now
voted
on
the
budget,
which
is
got
I,
don't
know,
superintendent,
612,.
J
G
So
you
got
it
how
many
of
those
are
filled?
Are
they
part-time,
I?
Guess
I
would
compare
this
rule
to
be
the
one
similar
to
what
you
have
on
the
board
did
when
superintendent
Miller
was
created
doing
PSAs.
There
was
a
lot
of
activity
going
on
where
that
issue
got
settled.
Was
the
board
one,
the
monthly
report
about
what
the
PSAs
were
out?
You
get
a
monthly
report
on
the
outstanding
PSAs
and
the
amount,
the
expenditures
so
that,
as
as
trustees
or
as
oversight
Authority,
you
at
least
know
what
is
going
on
now.
G
If
you
want
to
delve
in
further,
you
could,
but
on
this
issue
about
personnel
I,
think
you
the
board's
authority,
if
you
think
that
something
is
overstaffed
or
understaffed,
you
need
to
address
that
in
the
budget,
allocate
the
money
and
create
the
position.
If
you
think
that
there
shouldn't
be
so
many
people
in
this
department
of
that
department,
you
can
cut
it
back,
but
the
board
doesn't
get
to
pick
the
employees
and
the
board
doesn't
get
to
just.
G
If
you
want
to
reallocate
that,
you
have
to
do
that
through
a
budget
decision,
because
the
civil
service
in
Minneapolis
is
designed
to
take
out
partisanship
politics,
professionalize
that
regulate
it
and
systematize
it
so
that
debate
about
this
issue
was-
and
you
know,
I've
sat
here
and
heard
some
of
the
discussion
on
the
board
is
like
what's
going
on
the
positions,
what
it
would
simply
do
is
the
superintendent
would
have
to
report
on
here's
the
staffing
here's
where
they're
at
or
the
positions
filled
or
not
are
they
have
they've
been
temporarily
assigned?
I.
G
Think
some
commissioners
over
time
have
heard
from
certain
employees
like
I'm,
not
getting
my
job,
it's
not
getting
filled.
This
would
maybe
be
a
way
to
put
it
on
paper
and
commissioners
could
actually
look
at
the
org
chart
and
say:
are
these
things
getting
filled
or
not?
And
if
so,
why
not?
And
if
people
are
getting
extended
beyond
the
civil
service
rules,
there
is
a
remedy
for
that.
People
can
complain
first
to
our
HR
department
under
the
city,
ordinances
and
the
civil
service
ordinances.
G
Your
first
complaint
is
to
the
HR
saying:
so-and-so
is
in
this
position
and
they
don't
have
any
legal
right
to
do
and
if
they
don't
like
the
decision
of
our
HR
department,
they
can
take
appeal
to
the
Civil
Service
Commission
itself
and
there's
been
some
high-profile
examples
of
that.
I.
Don't
know
that
I
need
to
go
into
them,
but
that's
happened
before
internally.
If
somebody
thinks
they're
not
being
classified
appropriately
or
if
somebody
has
a
position
that
they
shouldn't
have.
A
Thank
you.
A
vice
president
has
son.
I
can
give
a
little
bit
of
context
these
as
well,
but
I
think
Council
race
sums
them
up
pretty
well,
but
I
did
have
some
questions
around
just
civil
service
procedure
and
I,
don't
know
I'm
guessing
council
race
is
probably
going
to
be
our
most
knowledgeable
in
the
room,
but
is
there
a
scenario
between
the.
A
It
is
there
scenario
beach.
Is
there
a
scenario
where
the
board,
as
a
fiduciary
agent,
as
the
or
as
the
body
that
has
fiduciary
possibility
over
the
organization
if
they
are,
if
they
willfully
know,
if
they
know
about
civil
service
violations
and
willfully,
ignore
them?
Can
we
find
ourselves
in
an
actionable
position.
G
Chair
Meier
or
no
chair
assign
Commissioner
Bourne.
Well,
you
all
take
an
oath
to
uphold
the
Constitution
and
of
the
United
States,
the
state
and
the
charter
of
the
city
and
part
of
that
responsibility
is
the
civil
services
embedded
in
the
Charter,
and
you
know
unemployment
has
come
up
and
so
the
board
the
board
appoints
the
superintendent,
the
attorney
and
the
secretary,
the
superintendent.
Then
by
statute
has
about
20
or
so
professionals
that
that
that
he
appoints
or
she
appoints
and
then
the
rest
of
them.
G
Are
you
create
civil
service
positions
and
say:
okay,
we're
going
to
have
580
other
employees
and
they're
going
to
be
civil
service.
Those
employees
have
protections
under
the
Charter
under
the
ordinances
of
the
Park
Court
and
of
the
city,
and
one
of
them
is:
is
that
they're
permanent
positions?
That's
the
nature
of
civil
service
said
there
are
some
exceptions.
You
can
detail
the
person.
You
can
have
a
temporary
position
for
six
months,
but
after
that
and
I
wouldn't
say
we're
perfect
on
that
I
think
the
no
III
there's
always
a
challenge
to
fill
positions.
G
It's
probably
gotten
high
during
a
little
bit
harder
with
this
job
market,
finding
the
right
skills
to
the
right
position
with
the
right
pay
and
you
want
to
keep
the
work
going.
But
those
are
the
rules
and
someone
can
or
could
call
you
on
it,
and
we
that's
one
of
the
things
that
my
learn,
a
fair
amount
of
is
looking
at
the
rules
and
it
doesn't
happen
all
the
time.
But
you
might,
you
might
find
out
a
lot
about
this
new
rule.
G
G
Jarasandh
president
board-
yes,
it
but
also
the
staff,
does
I
mean
you've
got
some
really
good,
HR
people
that
have
worked
this
and
understand
the
rules
quite
well
and
they're
working
on
it
every
day,
trying
to
make
sure
that
they're
following
the
rules
of
the
city,
when
we
actually
evolved
years
ago,
we
evolved
and
we're
given
our
own
human
resources
department
and
it's
a
good
department,
they're
good
people
in
there
Mae
and
Theresa
and
other
people
there.
They
are
probably
as
expert
as
anyone
on
these
rules
and
work
with
them
on
a
daily
basis.
G
So
it's
will
answer
questions
and
work
on
it,
but
a
lot
of
I
would
say
you
know
if
it
goes
to
another
question,
most
origins
this
size
would
spend
maybe
two
percent
of
their
budget
on
legal
fees.
You're
not
anywhere
close
to
that
you're,
not
in
close
to
one
percent,
and
we
tend
to
take
a
fairly
light
touch
because
you
do
have
really
good
people
in
HR.
You
got
good
people
and
planning.
G
A
A
A
We
had
some
other
high
profile
cases
in
the
budget
this
year,
where
we
had
folks
detailed
for
three
years
and
two
into
a
position,
and
some
pretty
I'm,
really
proud
of
the
superintendent
that
superintendent
Fangoria
for
closing
those
gaps
right
away
and
looked
at
all
and
looked
at
all
those
vacant
positions
and
said
this
was
like
it's
just
a
piece
of
honest
budgeting
that
said,
I
want
us
to
govern
and
set
rules
around
best
practices
and
not
around
personalities.
I
impeccably,
trust,
superintendent
pangoro
from
his
year
at
the
helm.
A
That
he's
on
top
of
this
issue
and
staff
is
following
that
I.
Don't
know
what
will
happen
six
years
down
the
road
or
ten
years
down
the
road
and
I
think
that
this
is
a
good
practice
as
the
as
the
body
of
people
that
are
ultimately
responsible
for
this.
So
that's
the
that's
the
genesis
of
the
rules
that
were
brought
forward.
So
thank
you.
Vice
president
Hassan.
AA
C
H
H
A
Aye
I
would
entertain
a
motion
to
for
resolution.
2019
425
captioned
as
follows:
a
resolution
approving
an
agreement
with
ICM
seven
mil
place,
lpic
m
to
allow
the
Minneapolis,
Park
and
Recreation
Board
to
capture
rainwater
for
reused
in
the
waterworks
project
from
the
barrel
house
and
the
engine
house
properties
located
at
one
one,
one:
third,
Avenue
South
and
333.
First
Street
South
Minneapolis
any.
C
You,
chair,
Vita
I
just
want
to
say
I'm
glad
to
see
that
this
has
been
worked
out
and
then
it's
moving
forward.
It's
a
great
part
of
the
waterworks
project
and
it's
kind
of
actually
a
critical
part
of
it
and
very
excited
to
see
it
happening
and
being
the
net
that
next
step
so
that
sooner
rather
than
later,
we
can
get
this
spot
open
and
get
the
sous
chef
in
there.
H
C
H
L
A
Vita
I
drafted
the
language
change
I'd,
be
happy
to
speak
to
it.
Thank
You,
chair,
Vita,
Commissioner
music.
This
resolution
in
part
came
up
through
your
questions
and
concerns
brought
up
during
the
budget.
There
was
clearly
some
differences
of
opinion
over
this
boards
ability
to
govern
itself
there.
G
A
Any
additional
information,
thank
you.
Thank
you.
I
have
the
floor.
I
believe
Commissioner.
Music
had
also
brought
up
some
concerns
around
potential
litigation
from
community
members
in
the
last
meeting.
So
I
think
that
this
clarifies
what
the
board's
intent
is
on.
What
could
potentially
be
a
confusing
item
in
our
ordinance
and
provide
some
clarification.
B
L
H
A
H
AA
H
U
S
S
D
U
All
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
aye
objections,
abstentions.
That
motion
carries
I,
would
also
entertain
a
motion
to
approve
the
minutes
of
November
20th
2019,
all
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
objections.
Abstentions.
That
motion
carries
this
evening.
We
have
a
study
report
item
on
Park
and
nach
Park,
natural
and
naturalized
areas.
U
AC
Chair
music,
same
environment,
knobs
committee
I'm
here
this
evening
to
talk
about
Park,
natural
and
naturalized
areas
and
to
give
a
brief
introduction
to
what
we're
doing
in
our
park
system
regarding
these
types
of
areas,
I'd
like
to
start
by
just
doing
a
couple
of
definitions
to
everybody.
Just
for
the
purposes
of
the
presentation,
so
we're
clear
on
what
we're
talking
about
Park
natural
areas,
our
areas
that
are
not
planted.
AC
We
have
a
study
going
on
currently
with
applied
ecological
services.
The
natural
areas
study
I
in
the
contractor
came
in
May
and
did
a
presentation
to
the
ops
and
Environment
Committee
about
this.
They
are
in
the
process
of
completing
the
study
which
will
be
done
in
2020.
They
are
looking
at
our
natural
areas,
the
naturally
occurring
plant
communities
that
are
out
there
in
the
park
system.
They
have
determined
that
most
of
the
natural
areas
are
forested.
AC
Another
definition
they
like
to
have
out
there
and
clarify
is
naturalized
areas
in
the
past.
The
park
board
had
some
areas
that
they
converted,
and
these
were
intentional
projects
to
convert
from
one
vegetation
type
to
another
and
most
frequently
this
was
done
from
using
turf
and
turning
into
prairie.
One
of
the
great
examples
for
that
is
the
Cedar
Lake
Regional
bike
trail
pictured
here.
This
is
an
old
railroad
grade
and
it
was
turned
into
a
tall
grass
prairie
surrounding
the
bike
and
walking
trails.
AC
There
are
other
types
of
land
cover
out
there
and
naturalized
type
areas,
and
these
are
areas
that
I
would
just
kind
of
call
their
natural
lights
and
they're
turning
into
something
else
on
their
own.
These
types
of
vegetation
cover
types
can
be
caused
by
different
things
happening
in
our
park
system.
We're
seeing
a
lot
of
flooding
around
Lake
Nokomis.
AC
We
have
what
was
once
a
turf
area
now,
turning
into
a
cattail
stand
or
standing
water,
it
can
happen
due
to
that
type
of
situation
or,
if,
for
some
reason,
Molina
stopped
like
we've
had
stumps
and
we
stopped
mowing
it
turns
into
something
other
than
what
was.
Maybe
once
a
mowed
turf
area
and
unforeseen
changes,
we
had
a
tornado
up
in
North
Minneapolis.
This
is
a
picture
of
parts
of
North
Mississippi
and
this
is
an
uprooted
stump
with
vines
on
it.
AC
We
do
that
type
of
mowing
like
at
mini
OTT,
Glen,
savanna,
we've
done
it
also
at
Wirth
park.
We
also
use
volunteers
extensively
myself
and
sherry
Brooks.
The
volunteer
coordinator
work
with
a
lot
of
volunteer
groups.
We
have
about
thirteen
stewardship
groups
and
we
have
just
groups
calling
and
wanting
a
project
working
in
natural
areas
or
working
on
native
plantings.
AC
We've
done
plantings
with
volunteers
after
invasive
removal,
most
frequently
we've
done
them
in
woodland
areas,
we've
done
them
in
Prairie
savanna
areas,
and
currently
there
is
a
new
project
that
we're
just
involved
with
just
starting.
This
fall
we're
partnering
with
the
University
of
Minnesota
for
cover
it
up.
It's
a
research
project
that
they're
doing
to
when
you
remove
buckthorn
putting
in
plants
to
give
some
competition
to
the
buckthorn
seedlings
that
could
come
up
in
any
of
these
cases.
It's
significant
long
term
commitments
to
Mary,
maintaining
the
area.
That
means
success.
AC
We
are
not
working
with
a
system
that
has
native
soils.
We
have
a
lot
of
altered
soils
here,
for
instance,
the
Cedar
Lake
Regional
Trail
was
old,
railroad
grade,
there's
concrete
debris
around
Cedar
Lake
and
in
many
how
Park
large
huge
chunks
of
concrete
that
are
part
of
the
landscape,
and
it
makes
it
difficult
to
do
a
restoration
or
enhancements
in
these
types
of
areas.
Invasive
species
are
everywhere,
they're
coming,
there
are
others
coming
in
the
future,
and
they're
coming
from
private
properties
into
park
lands.
AC
So
we
have
limited,
you
know,
control
over
a
private
property,
and
we
do
need
to
be
be
cognizant
of
the
fact
that
once
the
invasive
species
have
been
here,
some
of
these
plants
have
seed
viability
for
up
to
20
years
in
the
soil.
So
as
long
as
the
plants
grown
for
awhile
and
seeded
and
drop
the
seeds,
those
seeds
could
be
viable
to
be
sprouting
new
plants
for
up
to
20
years.
In
some
cases
in.
AC
Any
of
these
types
of
areas,
with
the
exception
of
the
other
we
are
documenting
in
view
works,
which
is
our
asset
management
software.
This
project,
I,
believe,
has
been
going
on
for
a
couple
of
years.
This
shows
the
area
at
Lake
Nokomis
near
Cedar,
Avenue
and
Nokomis
Parkway.
It
shows
different
types
of
vegetation
areas,
there's
the
stormwater
pond
gateway
pond
down
there.
The
green
shaded
area
is
mold
turf,
which
also
right
now
has
cattails
growing
in
it.
Due
to
the
flooding
and
the
reduced
mole.
L
AC
AC
AC
In
many
of
our
plans,
we
talk
about
natural
areas
and
naturalized
areas
in
park
plants
master
planning,
talks
about
this,
our
ecosystems
plan,
and
then
our
natural
areas
plan
is
working
on
the
natural,
naturally
occurring
areas
and
what
we
have
out
there,
the
forested
areas,
mainly
as
I
referred
to
before
in
each
of
these
plans.
There
are
there's
a
community
desire
to
have
more
natural
naturalized
areas.
AC
Different
plans
refer
to
different
types
of
different
types
of
natural
areas
in
different
ways
like
the
ecosystem
plan
talks
about
Wilding,
and
it
talks
about
prairies
and
some
be
lawns.
The
Nokomis
Hiawatha
master
plan
has
native
plantings,
wildlife,
habitat
and
naturalized
uplands
mentioned,
and
it
is
a
community
desire
to
have
this,
but,
as
mentioned
previously
resources
to
maintain
these
areas.
AC
That
is
not
just
money,
but
it's
people
who
can
go
out
and
identify
plants
and
know
what
to
do
to
continue
to
maintain
these
areas
is
very
much
a
key
component
to
having
success
and
it's
a
long-term
maintenance
of
these
areas.
For
instance,
the
North
Mississippi
Regional
Park
Prairie
that
was
planted
around
the
Cronin
interpretive
center
was
installed,
probably
in
the
early
2000s.
We
are
still
working
to
maintain
that,
so
it
doesn't
turn
into
a
bed
of
weeds
noxious
weeds
that
we
don't
want
they're.
AC
Also
putting
the
monkey
wrench
in
the
mix
is
our
changing
climate,
we're
seeing
larger
storm
events
more
frequently.
We
need
to
anticipate
for
what
that
will
cause
for
park
areas,
the
big
slump
at
the
River
Gorge
and
Franklin
that
happened
a
few
years
ago,
as
evidence
of
that
I
was
at
a
meeting
recently,
where
they're
talking
more
and
more
about
that
type
of
thing
happening
in
addition
to
like
flooding
and
the
causes
of
these,
the
effects
of
these
big
swings
in
the
climate,
so
invasive
species.
AC
Again,
we
don't
know,
what's
going
to
be
coming,
someone
called
me
and
said:
I
think
you
have
kudzu
at
Minnehaha
Park
and
it
wasn't,
but
I
did
what
on
the
website
for
the
USDA
and
it
is
found
in
Iowa
and
pretty
close
by.
So
that's
a
you
know,
a
legitimate
type
of
concern
that
plants
can
be
moving
into
this
area
as
the
climate
is
changing.
So
we
don't
know
what
will
happen
yet
with
that
and
with
that
I'd
be
happy
to
entertain
any
questions
that
you
may
have.
AC
AC
Q
AC
Q
AC
I
AC
Q
D
You
for
a
presentation.
It
was
very
helpful.
I
just
wanted
to
make
the
quick
comment
that
I
hope
we
can
expand
our
Nomo
areas
and
and
see
more
naturalized
areas
in
those
space
spaces,
especially,
as
you
know,
former
representative
Kahn
keep
saying
like
around
here
at
headquarters
and
River
that
something
I
definitely
like
to
see.
Mm-Hmm.
AC
U
Thank
You
Commissioner
Meyer,
seeing
him
further
questions.
I
have
a
couple.
Okay,
thank
you
so
much
for
being
here
tonight.
This
was
helpful
with
the
areas
that
we
have
that
are
naturally
naturalizing
themselves,
where
we
don't
have
a
choice
and
we're
not
making
the
conscious
decision
to
stop
mowing.
It
seems
to
me
observing
the
plant
populations
that
are
establishing
themselves,
that
it's
pretty
lacking
of
diversity.
U
AC
An
excellent
question
I
would
say
that
in
these
naturally
naturalizing
areas,
the
problem
being
that
they
are
filling
in
with
invasive
species,
for
instance
the
areas
at
Lake
Nokomis.
Initially,
when
the
flooding
started,
there
were
some
native
plants
and
their
native
wetland
plants
that
we're
coming
up
now
is
all
hybrid
cattail
is
the
dominant
plant
type
in
areas
that
are
where
we've
had
problems
in
the
past
is
like
we'll
have
a
stump
like
at
best
its
Creek
Park
and
we'll
stop
mowing
or
a
reduced
mole
area
doesn't
get
mowed.
What
will
happen?
AC
U
AC
U
Q
U
U
A
Q
Just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
Commissioner
Bourne.
For
the
last
two
years
of
service,
you
led
a
new
board
with
six
new
commits
six
new
commissioners.
I
thought
you
did
a
pretty
good
job.
You
you
made
some
commitments
to
the
youth
of
the
city.
You
made
some
communes,
two
areas
of
the
city
that
have
been
traditionally
ignored
that
were
disenfranchised
I
really
want
to
say.
Thank
you.
It's
been
an
honor
to
serve
with
you
and
I
appreciate
off
your
leadership.
Thank.
C
C
C
The
thing
that
I'd
say,
I've
learned
more
than
anything
as
though
not
everything
that
is
faced
can
be
changed.
You
can't
change
anything
without
facing
it.
First
and
time
and
again
you
have
shown
that
you're
willing
to
take
those
stands
on
really
important
issues
surrounding
justice.
At
a
time
when,
at
the
national
level
and
state
level,
we
are
still
seeing
people
hedge,
our
investments
in
youth.
C
You
have
stood
strongly
along
with
my
fellow
commissioners
to
say
that
if,
if
not
us,
then
who
and
to
continue
that
fight
and
I
hope
that
this
board
will
continue
to
do
that
in
the
coming
years,
acknowledging
the
fact
that
everybody
has
a
place
in
saying
that
every
child
is
worth
investment
so
I.
Thank
you
for
that,
and
I
also
wanted
to
say.
I
was
hoping
that
we'd
do
a
round
of
applause.
I
know
no
one's
here
anymore,
but
I
still
want
to.
G
L
AA
AA
You
know
it's
up
to
them,
but
I
was
great
honor
serving
with
you
as
a
vice
president
and
I've
learned
a
lot
from
you
and
I'm
sure
this
board
had
learned
a
lot
and
even
though
was
challenges
you
know
coming
in
as
the
first
time
I
looked
at
official,
even
though
we
came
me
as
with
no
superintendent
and
some
there
were
some
tough
times
ahead
of
us
and
just
one
in
2018
and
not
knowing
will
be
the
superintendent
or
not
knowing
who
to
appoint
that
job.
You.
L
AA
Went
up
out
of
you
know
every
way
to
find
someone
who
contributed
this
park
system,
someone
that
will
never
be
forgetting,
and
you
know,
part
of
that
legacy
that
won't
stay
in
this
park
system
them
in
the
headquarter.
As
mayor
Merrill,
I'm
known
in
this
park
would
have
a
thought
about.
You
know,
naming
someone
who
contributed
this
park
system
for
a
long
time
that
was
worth
naming
for,
and
it
has
been
an
honor
and
I
know
that
this
is
not
the
end
of
it.
You
still
going
to
be
you'll,
be
sticking
with
us.
I
know.
AA
And
I
don't
know,
says
that
I
am
sure
we
wouldn't
be
wouldn't
be
accomplished,
things
that
we
accomplished
without
you
support
without
your
guidance
and
I
hope.
The
next
president
works
with
you
and
gets
your
loans
from
you
and
and
prioritize
youth.
Just
like
you
did.
Even
though
you
tried
to
invest
in
youth
and
you
did
in
your
2020,
but
at
2020
budget,
some
colleagues,
you
know
went
around
and
find
things
to
go
after
the
Somali
community,
but
the
fight
is
not
over
and
the
community
are
coming
back
here.
L
AA
We
here
we
have
a
voice
still,
yet
there
is
colleagues
that
still
believe
that
some
communities
don't
deserve
their
fair
share,
but
that
work
continues
and
I'm
not
afraid
to
fight
for
the
voiceless
across
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
and
thank
you
so
much
I
mean
I
can
talk
about
you
this
the
whole
night.
If
you
12.
L
A
Thank
You
vice
president
Hassan
I'll,
be
brief.
I
already
made
a
report
in
petitions
and
re
I'm.
Sorry
under
reports
of
officers,
the
council
race
might
not
like
this,
but
I
think
I'm
going
to
quote
mayor
Rybak
and
I'm.
This
ducks
not
done
quacking
and
the
there's
a
lot
of
work
to
do
and
I
mean
just
for
your
your
kind
words.
A
You
know,
praise
of
the
praiseworthy
is
the
highest
honor.
The
I
owe
each
and
every
one
of
you
a
debt
of
gratitude,
the
the
work
that
we've
done
this
year.
We
could
not
have
accomplished
without
every
single
one,
every
single
one
of
you
contributing
in
your
own
ways.
There's
a
lot
of
there's
a
lot
of
things
that
we
accomplished
this
year
that
we
tried
for
a
decade
before
to
accomplish,
and
it
didn't
happen
until
these
human
beings
were
sitting
in
these
seats.
A
Even
when
there
have
been
some
disagreements,
we've
done
some
incredible
things
and
I'm
proud
of
that
work
and
I.
Just
praise
of
the
praiseworthy
is
the
highest
honor.
So
so
thank
you.
Thank
you.
All
I
seeing
know
for
their
business
I
will
entertain
a
motion
to
adjourn
so
moved.
Is
there
a
second?
Second,
it's
been
moved
and
seconded
all
those
in
favor
of
adjournment,
please
signify
by
saying
aye,
aye
opposed
abstentions.
We
are
adjourned.