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From YouTube: May 1, 2019 Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
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Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board Meeting
A
C
A
Thank
You
Avery
to
entertain
a
motion
to
approve
the
agenda
with
the
following
changes.
We
will
be
moving
resolutions,
2019,
190
and
192
to
the
full
board
from
the
admin
and
Finance
Committee
this
evening.
We
will
also
be
pulling
from
the
agenda
consent
items,
1,
2019,
185,
187,
189
and
195.
There's
been
a
request
to
send
those
back
to
staff
and
they're,
not
ready
for
board
consideration.
Yet.
Is
there
a
motion.
D
A
E
A
2019
190
is
a
resolution
amending
the
mini
office,
Park
and
Recreation
board
capital
improvement
program
and
approving
the
2019
allocation
of
29,000
$680
to
Franklin
steel
square.
Fencing
project
from
the
Elliot
Elliot
Park
portion
of
the
parkland
dedication
fund
and
192
is
approving
for
one
year
license
agreements
with
jump
flying,
lift
and
spent
respectively
for
the
operation
of
motorized
scooter
share
throughout
the
many
office
parks.
E
A
Any
other
further
discussion
on
the
agenda
as
as
presented
and
changed,
seeing
none
all
those
in
favor
of
the
agenda,
please
signify
by
saying
aye,
aye
opposed
abstentions.
The
motion
carries
before
I
know
before
I.
Take
a
motion
for
the
approval
of
the
minutes.
I
will
just
note
that
council
rates
is
on
his
way
from
a
Charter
Charter
Commission
meeting,
so
he
will
be
here
momentarily
superintendent.
Bangor
is
watching
this
evening
from
Mecklenburg.
A
He
so
we're
all
wishing
we're
all
wishing
superintendent
Bangor,
ax
well
and
his
trip
down
there.
Folks.
He
has
been
very
open
about
this.
His
wife
has
taken
ill
and
we're
all
wishing
Kendra
very
speedy
recovery,
so,
but
he
is
very
much
at
the
helm
and
has
been
been
working
very
diligently
from
Mecklenburg.
Well,
while
he
is
there
attending
to
cameras.
So
with
that,
I
will
entertain
a
motion
to
the
approval
of
the
minutes
for
January,
2nd
February
6th
March
6
than
April
17th,
it's
been
moved.
Is
there
a
second
been
moved
and
seconded?
A
C
Commissioners,
we
have
several
items
to
report
to
you
tonight
and
superintendent.
Fangoria
certainly
sends
his
apologies
for
not
being
here
tonight.
He
would
have
loved
to
have
been
here.
So
first
of
all
in
golf
registration
for
women's
golf
week
will
start
this
week.
The
events
will
be
held
the
week
of
June
3rd
through
June,
7th
signups
are
limited,
so
make
sure
to
sign
up
early
we've
got
great
news.
C
Painter
park,
grand
opening
was
held
on
Monday
April
29th
painter
has
been
under
construction
in
renovation
since
mid
2018
and
we're
excited
to
be
serving
the
community
again
with
this
updated
facility
on
Saturday
made
for
that
10
a.m.
the
2019
summer,
jamming
in
the
park
series
kicks
off
music
and
exercise
program
in
partnership
with
the
noir
elite
fitness.
The
first
session
is
that
the
Lake
Harriet
band
show
youth
development.
C
Youth
line
staff
and
junior
camp
leaders
participated
in
outdoor
mentor
training
with
the
TI
PS
foundation
to
enhance
their
skills
in
preparation
for
summer
camps
and
programs
that
get
youth
involved
in
outdoor
activities.
The
training
was
funded
through
a
dnr
grant
that
focuses
on
getting
youth
involved
in
fishing
and
other
outdoor
activities.
Thank
you
to
Peter,
Yeager,
John,
outlaw
and
Chad
Collins
from
managing
the
grant
and
setting
up
the
training.
C
The
2040
comprehensive
plan
parks
for
all
that
the
MPR
be
comprehensive
planning
process
officially
launched
in
early
April.
The
NPR
Bee
is
now
accepting
Community
Advisory
Committee
applications
for
the
process.
Please
consider
applying
for
this
important
committee
parks
for
all
will
set
the
policy
priorities
for
the
next
decade
of
Minneapolis
parks
and
recreation.
In
addition,
the
parks
for
all
community
collaborator
application
deadline
has
been
extended
until
May
10th.
C
If
you
are
a
community
group
or
organization
in
Minneapolis,
that
would
like
to
receive
a
small
grant
to
convene
your
own
parks
conversation
with
Park
straw
and
the
NPR
be
comprehensive
plan.
Please
consider
applying
to
be
a
community
collaborator
visit,
Minneapolis
parks,
org,
slash
parks
for
all
for
more
information.
C
Moving
on
to
forestry,
the
new
tree
planting
is
in
full
swing.
80%
of
trees
are
bare
roots,
so
forestry
crews
are
focused
on
getting
these
plant.
These
planted
first
residents
are
being
encouraged
to
water
new
trees
once
a
week,
and
this
is
perhaps
one
of
the
best
pictures
we've
got
tonight-
7,000
plus
new
trees,
as
seen
from
Washington
Avenue
Bridge,
so
we're
working
this
year
to
start
bringing
these
trees
into
our
system
in
a
more
visible
way,
so
that
the
community
can
see
the
volume
of
trees
that
come
out
into
our
system
every
year.
C
Similar
for
forestry
for
last
Friday's,
Arbor
Day
at
theatres,
Worth
Regional
Park,
was
a
huge
success.
In
addition
to
helping
plant
200
new
trees,
the
nearly
1,000
visitors
enjoyed
bucket
rides
tree,
climbing
food
trucks,
a
beer
garden,
educational
exhibits,
nature
play
and
the
Arbor
ater
band
playing
from
a
tree
I
think
we've
got
a
great
photo
of
the
oh
I
thought
that
one
would
have
the
arbor
aiders
at
him,
but
it
was
really
cool
to
see
them
all
up
in
the
tree.
C
Forestry
strap
are
on
hand
to
help,
but
a
special
thanks
goes
to
Philip
Patti
Andy
close.
Ok,
thank
you
for
all
of
his
hard
work
on
the
exception.
Arbor
Day
maintenance
and
operations
docks
and
buoys.
Install
installs
are
going
very
well.
Everything
should
be
installed
within
the
next
two
to
two-and-a-half
weeks
fields
in
this
area.
Work
is
still
slow
on
fields
due
to
the
wet
conditions
between
drying
out
from
the
late
snowfall
and
rain.
C
Work
is
being
complete.
Environmental
Management
the
ribbon
cutting
to
celebrate
the
completion
of
the
second
phase
of
the
boardwalk
at
L,
Louise,
Butler,
wildflower
garden
and
bird
sanctuary
occurred
on
Friday
April
26th.
The
boardwalk
winds
through
the
wetland
area
includes
a
small
gathering
space
in
bench.
The
project
was
a
joint
effort
of
the
Friends
of
the
wildflower
garden
in
the
MPR,
be
stop
by
to
enjoy
the
spring
femorals
and
the
beauty
of
the
garden.
C
F
A
A
G
F
Behalf
of
the
Planning
Committee
I'd,
like
to
move
resolution
180
to
a
resolution
authorizing
entering
into
a
limited
use
permit
with
the
state
of
Minnesota
Department
of
Transportation
to
construct,
operate
and
maintain
a
non
motorized
recreational
trail
that
lies
within
the
right-of-way
of
state
of
Minnesota
trunk,
highway,
number
35
W
at
curry
park.
It's.
H
F
A
C
C
B
A
B
There
are
two
parts
to
the
amendment:
the
first
one
removes
or
changes
the
language
of
the
forth,
whereas
destroyed
eliminated
redundancy,
so
it
was
simply
States
the
Minneapolis
Park
Recreation
Board
has
deemed
it
is
in
the
best
interest
of
the
organization
to
work
closely
with
the
state
of
Minnesota
Legislature
and
removes
language
after
that.
That
says,
like
senators
and
legislative
representatives
and
the
second
one
is
the
more
important
one.
B
I
A
And
seconded
is
I,
guess
I'll
just
do
a
real,
quick
check
because
it
sounds
like
some
of
that
is
just
kind
of
a
lot
of
that.
It's
just
record-keeping
and
the
response
to
some
news
that
we
had
about
these
DNR's.
That
appeal.
Is
there
any
objection
to
just
receiving
those
amendments
to
clean
up
the
resolution?
Is
there
any
objection
to
just
receiving
those
amendments
and
moving?
That
forward?
Is
the
main
motion
I'm
seeing
no
objections,
so
that
is
the
that
is
now
the
main
motion.
A
C
A
A
E
B
I
just
wanted
to
speak
to
this.
This
is
something
that
was
kind
of
hastily
to
put
together
in
response
to
the
Minnesota
Court
of
Appeals
decision.
This
Monday
that
overturned
the
name,
bidet
mccaskin,
saying
that
the
minnesota
department
of
resources
did
not
have
the
authority
to
make
that
change.
We
I'm,
you
know
in
writing
this.
We
are
hoping
that
that
decision
will
be
overturned
at
the
Minnesota
Supreme
Court
and,
in
addition,
we
would
like
to
see
the
state
legislature
formally
approve
this
name
change.
There
was
an
amendment
that
passed
the
house
to
that
effect.
F
B
Things
are
happening
on
it
very
quickly,
so
that's
and
you
know
it
takes
72
hours
notice
for
us
to
be
able
to
put
this
through
committees.
So
we
weren't
able
to
add
that
to
the
Intergovernmental
committee,
but
I
do
think
it's
appropriate
for
us
to
move
quickly
on
this,
so
that
we
can
act
before
it's
obsolete.
B
F
B
The
Minneapolis,
Park
and
Recreation
Board
supports
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Natural
Resources
attempt
or
appeal
to
the
Minnesota
Supreme
Court,
to
restore
the
name
of
the
day.
Mccaskin
resolved
that
the
president
of
the
board
and
Secretary
to
the
board
are
authorized
to
take
all
necessary
administrative
actions
to
implement
this
resolution.
F
Thank
you
and
some
of
the
things
I
want.
Some
clarity
on
is
I.
Believe
president
Boren,
you
put
out
a
press
release
who
put
out
that
no
more.
What
should
we
say?
I
can't
remember
how
you
put
it,
but
anyway,
basically
no
tax,
more
tax
dollars
was
spent
on
this.
So
are
we
including
this
a
part
of
our
legislative
agenda?
F
F
A
F
A
F
Know
just
more
wanted
the
clarity
for
people
out
there
to
understand.
You
know
what
are
we
quote
unquote
committing
to
okay,
then
the
other
thing
is:
if,
for
some
clarity,
my
understanding
is
the
Sen
did
not
if
consul
rice
or
lobbyists
rice
can
share
with
us
what
the
status
might
be
we're
sorry.
The
ping-pong
is
in
the
legislature
regarding
this.
D
The
lake
back
to
today
macaca
at
the
same
time
yesterday
morning,
senator
Hayden,
no
senator
or
representative
Baker
fins,
were
to
bail
the
Minneapolis
legislators
co-authored
that
resolution
passed
without
any
serious
opposition
in
the
House
floor.
So
that's
in
conference
committee
in
the
environment
finance
bill
in
the
Senate
Finance
Committee,
the
legacy
bill
was
being
heard
and
senator
Hayden
offered
a
slightly
different
amendment,
but
one
that
would
accomplish
the
same
purpose
and
that
failed
on
a
voice
vote
come
the
saw
were
in
on
the
house
side
and
in
the
Senate
I
guess.
We
will
see.
F
D
Bob,
why
did
he
by
me?
Mr.
president,
commissioner
Forney?
Yes,
the
Department
of
Natural
Resources
has
renamed
a
number
of
lakes
around
the
state,
some
with
controversial
names.
There
was
one
in
Ramsey,
County
called
savage
lake
that
was
bifurcated
by
a
road
that
was
renamed.
There
were
several
in
Martin
County
and
throughout
the
state.
I,
don't
know
exactly
I'm
trying
to
find
that
out.
I'm
guessing
between
10
and
20
and
lakes
have
been
renamed
for
a
variety
of
reasons,
following
a
process
that
mr.
D
Boulet
at
the
DNR
advised
local
communities
and
counties
to
follow,
and
so
yes,
there
may
be
I'm
guessing.
There
are
potentially,
if
they're
challenged
10
to
20
lakes
in
the
state
whose
names
have
been
renamed
under
the
process
that
the
DNR
represented
the
local
communities
that
they
could
follow
if
they
wanted
to
seek
renaming
their
lives
and.
F
I
think
that's
a
very
important
information
for
everyone
to
know
is
that
there
is
an
opportunity
to
approach
this
collaboratively
and
the
the
the
judgment
was
only
on
our
particularly
nobody
else's,
so
I
find
that
very
interesting
and
that
we
need
to
be
consistent
and
I
would
hope
that
those
communities
can
join
us
in
an
effort.
I
think.
D
It
was
stayed
by
commissioner
Meyer,
but
the
DNR
today
indicated
that
they
have
intention
of
it's
actually
a
petition
for
review
before
the
Supreme
Court.
There's
no
right
of
appeal.
It
would
be
a
petition
to
the
Supreme
Court
to
request
that
they
review
this
manner.
It's
a
discretionary
review.
There
are
certain
items
of
Supreme:
Court
has
to
take
first-degree
murder,
convictions,
workers,
comp
decisions,
tax
court
appeals
and
they
generally
reserve
their
reviews
for
issues
of
constitutional
questions.
D
The
process
on
that
would
be
that
they
have
30
days
to
the
DNR's
30
days
to
request
review
by
the
Supreme
Court,
and
if
this
board
or
another
party
wanted
to
intervene
at
that
point,
they
would
have
15
days
to
to
ask
for
a
mica
status.
So
the
first
step
is
the
court
has
to
decide
whether
or
not
they'll
take
it.
If
they
do
take
it,
then
there's
15
days
after
they
decide
to
take
it
to
ask
for
a
mica
status.
D
The
petition
is
due
within
30
days
and
the
supreme
court
generally
disposes
of
these
cases
expeditiously.
But
not
always.
It
would
take
three
of
the
four
justices
to
vote
to
take
the
case.
Roughly
they
take
one
out
of
ten
cases
that
they're
asked
to
review
and
if
you
get
a
review
on
a
case,
your
odds
get
better
I
mean
the
odds
of
getting
reviewed
are
one
out
of
ten,
but
if
the
court
decides
to
review
the
case,
your
odds
are
probably
better
than
40
percent
that
you
can
change.
F
A
A
Makovski
I
think
a
lot
of
people
worked
really
hard
for
that
over
the
years
and
I.
Think
the
like
the
lawsuit
was
in
a
lot
of
ways,
just
a
slap
in
the
face
to
a
lot
of
the
people
that
I
do
not
think
that
the
legacy
of
John
C
Calhoun
represents
the
values
of
the
people
of
Minnesota
or
the
people
in
Minneapolis.
So
seeing
no
further
discussion
on
the
resolution,
I
would
ask
the
secretary
to
please
take
the
role.
C
A
Moving
on
to
I'm,
going
to
ask
secretary
unable
to
get
the
list
for
open
time,
we
have
a
closed
session,
which
I
will
be
resetting
the
board
and
we
will
go
back
to
closed
session
at
the
end
of
all
of
our
committees,
so
we're
going
into
our
public
comment
period,
which
is
open
time
every
Wednesday
at
5:30.
We
invite
public
testimony
and
virtually
any
topic
for
folks
to
come
to.
A
If
there's
anything
that
members
of
the
public
would
like
to
bring
to
the
attention
of
the
Minneapolis
Park
Board,
we
just
have
a
couple
of
guidelines
for
open
time.
The
only
matters
that
we
don't
hear
very
often
time
our
personnel
issues
our
pending
litigation.
So
if
there
is
an
item
around
either
of
those
that
you
want
to
make
sure
it
gets
the
board's
attention,
all
of
our
contact
information
is
listed
on
our
website.
The
Minneapolis
Park
Board
does
not
tolerate
discriminatory
or
harassing
comments
towards
anyone.
A
We
ask
folks
to
please
keep
that
in
mind
during
their
public
testimony.
I
have
two
speakers
signed
up
for
open
time.
I
will
allocate
up
to
three
minutes
per
speaker.
Our
first
speaker
is
Thomas
Mack
Thomas.
Are
you
here
this
evening
Thomas
if
you
would
state
your
name
and
if
you're
comfortable
your
address
for
the
public
record,
and
you
have
three
minutes
to
address
the
board
and
welcome
absolutely.
J
Thomas
Vasek
for
zero
one,
eight
to
thirty,
first
Avenue,
south
Minneapolis
I
have
an
event
permit
for
a
wedding
reception
at
Worth's
Chalet
on
June
8th
five
weeks
out.
My
fiance
is
too
quick,
bucha
on
a
new
she's,
a
Nigerian
immigrant.
We
chose
worth
Soleil
and
a
park
board
facility
because
it
was
beautiful,
it
met
our
needs
and
it
was
priced
reasonably.
According
to
the
public
mission
of
the
park
board,.
J
J
J
Saint
Paul
called
was
obeah
that
is
specifically
a
Nigerian
restaurant.
Like
many
immigrant
owned
restaurants,
it
is
an
extension
of
the
family
in
the
community
because
the
proprietor
balances
the
risk
of
operating
that
restaurant
by
having
a
second
job
being
open
on
weekends,
using
family
and
friends
for
help
in
doing
the
business
of
the
restaurant,
I
believe.
J
J
Park
District
employee,
with
a
request
specifically
about
the
application
process,
so
that
was
oh
via
this
restaurant
could
be
allowed
to
be
a
service
provider.
An
improved
service
provider
specifically
I
requested
a
waiver
to
the
requirement
that
these
approved
service
providers
visit
each
each
reception
venue
that
Bart
board
operates
in
this
case.
J
I
believe
it
is
appropriate
because,
first
of
all,
this
was
ovios
not
doing
setup
and,
second
of
all,
because
the
amount
of
time
it
takes
to
visit
each
site
is
very
substantial
and
if
you're
a
small
business-
and
you
have
other
responsibilities
such
as
caring
for
family
members,
this
could
be
a
substantial
burden.
The
answer,
or
the
request
for
a
waiver
was
rejected
and
I
believe
that
was
improper.
J
I
believe
that
the
Park
Board,
not
making
special
accommodation
in
this
case
are
more
generally
reviewing
the
rules
for
when
a
caterer
will
be
approved
and
for
what
they're
authorized
to
do
limits.
Accessibility
fees,
businesses
not
only
for
immigrant
owned
to
these
facilities,
not
only
for
him
we're
going
to
own
businesses,
but
also
for
the
constituency
that
would
would
want
to
use
them.
So
with
that,
I
want
to
commend
Megan
Rodgers
your
employee
for
actually
working
closely
with
me
and
responding
promptly.
I
I
have
nothing
to
say
against
her.
This
is
still
playing
out.
J
We
don't
have
a
final
decision,
but
I
suspect
that
it
will
end
up
being
too
difficult
for
this
catering
provider
to
to
comply
with
that
requirement.
Finally,
I
believe
the
board
almost
certainly
has
the
authority
to
grant
such
a
waiver
as
this,
and
the
employees
do
too
and
I
very
much
that
you
do
so.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
A
Cox,
if
she
could
raise
her
hand,
she'll
be
able
to
she'll
be
able
to
help
you
with
with
with
your
issue.
Thank
you
very
much.
Our
next
speaker
is
a
I
believe
dick
Yates
is
my
am
I.
Reading
that
right,
mr.
Yates,
if
you
would
state
in
your
name
and
if
you're
comfortable
your
address
for
the
public
record,
and
you.
L
And
I'm
in
the
sixth
District
I
have
some
issues
that
I
know.
My
serious
issue
has
been
I've
been
dealing
with
it
for
three
years
and
I
know:
I
can't
bring
it
up
here,
but
I
haven't
got
much
time.
I
got
about
a
week
to
resolve
this
problem
so
but
my
other
issue
is
I.
Just
got
involved
in
pickleball
I
go
to
the
Y
and
I
work
out
there.
You
know
I
love,
tickle,
ball
and
I.
I
know
you've
got
some
courts.
I
seem
you
got
some
over.
L
Ladies
and
you
got
some
indoors,
but
you
know
Recreation
keeps
changing.
I,
remember
you
know,
70s,
you
couldn't
get
a
tennis
court.
You
had
to
hang
your
racket,
you
had
45
minutes,
I
live
in
the
city.
You've
got
a
lot
of
tennis
courts
that
don't
have
to
be
there
because
nobody
uses
them.
When
I
came
on
me
and
219
57
year
to
hundreds
of
tennis
courts,
you
got
a
hundred
need
so
well.
L
L
Are
normally
tennis
and
you
got
pickleball,
you
can
play
both
I'm
recommending
that
you
take
some
of
those
courses,
one
or
two
in
each
district
and
get
rid
of
the
tennis
and
for
us
single
court,
we'll
put
four
people
corks:
a
double
cork,
we'll
put
six
and
pickle
balls
and
number
one
sport,
Sport
sport
and
in
the
country
right
now,
so
I'm
just
recommending
I
but
I
think
that's
the
way
to
go,
because
we
all
know
I
once
here.
I
don't
want
to
talk
about
that,
but
we've
almost
seemed
like
a
Ross
a
little
late.
L
L
A
A
H
G
H
Now
we
have
the
rules
of
open
time
in
month,
Somali
Spanish
and
in
English.
So
when
folks
sign
up,
people
can
read
the
rules
if,
in
their
own
language
in
case
they
don't
understand,
English
or
English
is
not
their
first
language,
and
then
I
would
like
to
invite
my
fellow
commissioners
tomorrow
to
join
me
at
the
park.
Patrol
agent,
graduation,
it's
going
to
be
here
at
6:30
in
this
room
where
I'm
just
gonna
be
here
tomorrow
to
welcome
the
new
agents.
I
participated
last
year.
H
B
It's
you
know
one
of
many
Park
ways
where
we
have
lots
of
issues
of
speeding,
but
might
be
one
of
the
worst
they're.
So
they've
been
putting
out
signs.
That
say
you
know
in
the
spot
please
slow
down
25
miles
per
hour
and
and
that
they
were
moving
them
around
to
avoid
causing
any
problems
with
maintenance,
but
a
park
staffer
took
them
all
down
and
because
we
have
an
ordinance
against
signs,
they
were
recovered,
but
I
hope
we
can
figure
out
a
solution
to
allow
them
to
keep
their
signs
and
also.
G
B
M
Know
if
that's
Paris's,
we
haven't
had
everybody
out
there,
but
I
will
say
that
there's
another
race
to
be
run
this
year
and
I
look
forward
to
it.
I
certainly
have
my
work
cut
out
for
me
in
my
training
regimen,
but
I
look
forward
to
working
with.
Maybe
president
born
in
our
running
regiment
right
here
we
go
all
right.
A
couple
of
things
to
mention
today.
M
M
Of
course,
the
issue
that's
been
in
the
news
is
videmic
Aska
and
a
kind
of
what
is
viewed
by
me
kind
of
a
technicality
argument
that
has
led
us
to
undo
potentially
years
of
community
work
that
has
been
supported
by
every
elected
body
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis
and
along
those
lines.
I
think
it's
pretty
critical
time.
It
couldn't
be
better
for
us
to
reinforce
and
undergird
our
support
for
the
restoration
of
the
name
by
also
ensuring
that
all
of
our
Park
ways
around
the
lake
reflect
the
name
of
the
lake.
M
M
Renaming
locations
or
restoring
the
names
of
beloved
institutions
is
something
that
matters
to
a
lot
of
people
and
I.
Welcome.
The
discussion.
I'm
gonna
chose
to
me
that
names
really
do
matter.
If
we
have
this
much
energy
and
emotion
attached
to
history
and
to
the
signifiers
of
our
history,
but
I
think
it,
it
means
a
lot
to
the
people
of
the
city
of
Minneapolis
that
we,
we
don't
teach
history
by
explaining
or
by
putting
a
name
on
something.
M
So
I
look
forward
to
continuing
the
conversation
with
any
of
my
constituents
who
want
to
talk
about
this
issue
and
anybody,
certainly
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
especially
those
who,
perhaps
that
brought
that
lawsuit
in
the
first
place,
Tom
lost
and
then
the
rest.
That
group
of
folks
I'd
be
happy
to
talk
to
any
of
you
and
have
this
conversation.
M
Moving
on,
I
was
really
excited
on
Friday
I
believe
it
was
to
go
with
Commissioner
Forney
to
the
dedication
for
the
boardwalk
at
Eloise,
Butler,
wildflower
garden.
We
had
a
great
time,
I,
think
that
was
already
kind
of
shown
photo
earlier,
but
was
really
really
wonderful
to
see.
I
encourage
everybody
to
go
down
there.
I
first
started
going
to
Eloise
Butler.
M
M
Great
ideas
from
folks
there
too,
around
reducing
speeding,
making
it
safe
for
folks
to
cross
and
I
look
forward
to
working
with
the
planning
staff
and
with
the
city
of
Minneapolis
to
to
help
realize
some
of
those
improvements.
There
were
some
great
ideas
like
creative
crosswalks.
Some
ideas
floated
about
how
we
reduce
speeding
and
signage,
and
even
what
the
speed
limit
should
be
there
and
I
really
want
to
thank
staff.
M
Daniel
Elias,
who
was
out
there
with
me
and
was
incredibly
helpful
in
informing
everybody
of
what
what
could
and
couldn't
be
done
and
how
we
could
be
realistic
about
what
improvements
are
feasible
and
then
finally,
I
want
to
make
a
plug
for
an
event
tomorrow
at
Franklin,
steel,
Park,
Franklin,
steel
Park
is
a
really
important
part
to
me
and
in
my
district,
because
it
has
serves
a
wide
variety
of
people.
Some
of
them
have
really
high
needs.
M
I
want
to
thank
MnDOT
and
its
partners
for
being
willing
to
put
forward
hosting
a
community
meal
at
that
site,
while
there's
the
construction
adjacent
to
Franklin
steel
Park.
It's
really
critical
I
think
this
summer
that
we
kick
off
the
summer
months
at
Franklin,
steel
right
with
activation
and
events,
so
I
want
to
thank
Newman
over
at
Elliot
Park,
where
his
work
in
thinking
about
how
we're
gonna
activate
that
space
and
I
look
forward
to
working
with
staff
on
innovative
ways
for
us
to
activate
that
space
and
make
it
make
sure
it's
a
space.
N
Want
to
talk
about
Monday
I
had
a
chance
to
actually
open
got
my
very
first
ribbon-cutting
ceremonies.
What
I've
been
waiting
for
since
I
got
elected
I
got
hurt,
I
got
to
go
scissors
and
open
up
a
no
parking
there,
a
lot
of
kids,
who
was
very
happy
that
peanut
Park
was
open,
cuz
I
guess
it
had
been
closed
for
about
six
months
facility
and
if
you
take
a
neighborhood
park
away
from
kids
for
six
months,
there's
gonna
be
some
restlessness
so
and
I
also
want
to
kind
of
mirror
with
Commissioner.
N
Koga
was
talking
about
it's
my
intent
to
introduce
on
an
ordinance
change
on
May
15th
to
permanently
change
the
name
of
various
Lake
Calhoun.
Well,
Parkway,
stupide,
McCosker
Parkway's!
This
is
something
that
the
park
board
has
neglected
to
do
for
a
long
time.
I'm
disappointed
in
us
in
some
ways
are
in
our
inaction
on
change.
The
names
of
the
parkway
may
have
embolden
the
hateful
actions
of
the
group
of
group.
Save
Lake
Calhoun
I'll
be
moving
forward
with
a
with
this
action
swiftly
and
deliberately
it's.
N
F
F
F
As
commissioner
Coquille
indicated,
the
Eloise
Butler
boardwalk
that
the
Friends
of
the
white
flower
garden
raised
the
funds
for
that
it
is
it's
a
really
really
lovely
addition.
Instead
of
walking
through
a
muddy
bog,
you
will
be
elevated,
and
so
it's
really
gorgeous
and
I
didn't
have
this
information
when
we
did
our
speeches,
but
all
of
the
wood
for
the
boardwalk
is
taken
from
the
ashes
that
we
took
down
to
our
initiative
and
to
me
I
think,
that's
just
wonderful,
a
sustainable
thing
that
we
should
continue
to
do.
F
I
went
to
several
Earth
Day
events
the
same
day,
so
you
know
the
Eloise
Butler.
Oh
yes,
oh
no!
Excuse
me
that
was
the
weekend
before
and
then
the
Arbor
Day
I'm
not
kidding
you
I
am
so
impressed
with
his
staff.
I
mean.
Can
you
imagine
a
whole
bunch
of
people
up
in
the
tree,
each
one
of
them
with
their
favorite
instrument
plane?
It
was
the
arbitrator's.
F
It
is
just
amazing
and
I'm
so
proud
of
each
year.
They
just
keep
on
popping
out
new
creative
things
to
celebrate.
You
know
something
one
of
the
more
important
events
that
happens
in
our
system,
so
I'm
very,
very
proud
of
it.
One
thing,
though,
I
do
have
to
say
here
we
were
Earth
Day
picking
up
litter,
and
everything
I,
though,
is
a
little
disappointed
that
we
are
still
have
several
of
our
events.
Anything
that
perm
is
permanent,
permitted
I
believe
it
should
also.
F
It
should
be
required
that
we
have
recycling
throughout
and
the
people
who
come
to
educate.
So
that
is
a
resolution
that
I
would
like
to
be
putting
forward
in
the
15th
to
require
that
up
all
of
our
events
that
we
always
have
recycling
that
couples
with
that
I
did
go
to
the
Southwest
CAC
meeting
and
once
again,
very
proud
of
our
staff
they've
been
taking
in
all
of
the
feedback
that
people
have
been
taking
and
in
in
synthesizing
and
finding
out.
You
know
what
are
the
commonalities?
You
know
what
are
the
priorities?
F
Things
like
that
and,
of
course,
they've
done
a
marvelous
job
of
alleviating
fears,
encouraging
people
to
they'll
continue
to
voice
what
you
need.
There
is
still
more
comment
time
on
that
on
the
master
planning
for
the
service
area,
master
planning,
and
so
first
people.
Please
continue
to
give
us
our
feedback
and
then
lastly,
I
wanted
to
remind
people.
It
seems
to
me:
we've
got
a
lot
of
competition
for
oh,
no.
This
is
for
Tuesday.
F
This
coming
Tuesday
May
7th,
the
Parks
Foundation
is
going
to
be
having
their
next
generation
of
barks
event,
and
this
is
parks
prescription
with
dr.
Robert
Sayre,
it's
going
to
be
at
the
trailhead
it's
at
6:30.
It
is
free
of
charge.
I
think
this
is
a
very
exciting,
a
conversation
that
I'm
seeing
more
and
more
articles
everything
about
the
fact
that
how
our
parks
really
are
the
prescription.
You
know
for
the
health
you
know
of
our
community,
so
please
everyone
come
to
that
next
Tuesday
evening,
Thank.
O
You
chairborne,
so
just
a
echo,
a
few
things
that
some
of
the
commissioners
have
said:
Earth
Day
was
awesome.
I
share
a
quick
story.
My
favorite
one
was
being
a
single
Creek
and
the
parents
finding
three
bikes
inside
the
Creek
and
the
kids
cheering
and
their
parents
on,
like
they
just
scored
a
touchdown
or
hit
a
home
run.
O
I
think
the
kids
maybe
thought
that
the
bikes
were
theirs,
but
it
was
awesome
to
see
the
Earth
Day
happened
there
and
I'm
really
excited
to
thank
the
staff
to
see
Earth
Day
happening
all
over
the
north
side.
Now
the
other
thing
that
was
really
awesome
to
see
where
the
students
at
North
Henry
and
Edison
out
there
picking
up
trash
at
different
parks,
so
really
good
job
appreciate
the
the
hard
work
on
the
staffs
part.
The
egg
drop
was
awesome.
O
I
got
the
opportunity
to
volunteer
to
help
set
up
I
just
want
to
put
another
plug
in
to
the
the
new
teen
room
at
North
Commons.
The
teenagers
were
trying
to
get
in
there.
We
were
setting
up
and
it's
just
a
really
great
space,
I
love,
seeing
when
we
have
great
facilities
for
everybody
and
last
but
not
lease.
Let
me
not
forget
about
fire
views
egg
hunt
as
well.
O
They
did
a
really
good
job
over
there,
too,
but
last
but
not
least,
I
just
really
want
to
thank
all
the
volunteers
throughout
the
city
and
the
county
in
the
state.
You're,
truly
making
an
impact
and
and
I
know
that
the
park
board
cannot
do
all
the
work
that
we
do
with
all
the
support
from
our
volunteers,
Thanks
Thank.
E
You
president
born
I'll
keep
my
comments
brief,
since
we
have
a
busy
agenda
this
evening
this
weekend
at
the
Nokomis
community
center
from
9:30
to
4:00
p.m.
there's,
a
Art
Fair,
it
happens
every
spring,
it's
mostly
local
crafters
and
artists,
and
the
selection
and
the
material
that
people
are
putting
out
is
just
beautiful
and
amazing,
and
if
you're
in
the
market
to
find
some
awesome
art
for
your
house
or
celebrate
your
mother
in
coming
weeks,
it's
a
great
opportunity
for
that
as
well.
Thank
you,
Thank.
A
You
Commissioner
Murray
Subspace
president
Hassan
Thank
You,
vice
president
Hassan,
just
a
couple
of
things
again
we're
all
wishing
superintendent,
bang,
gorras,
wife,
Kendra,
a
very
speedy
recovery
and
that
I
will
be
back
with
us
very
soon.
We're
continuing
to
work
on
the
biennium
biennium
budget
charter.
Amendment
I
want
to
thank
council
race
and
Commissioner
Vita
for
their
leadership
in
that
I
think
we're
getting
it
very
close
to
the
finish
line.
The
there's
also,
commissioner,
should
have
received
an
email
from
forded
from
secretary
Ringgold
from
the
chair
of
the
Charter
Commission.
A
Talking
about
the
upcoming
the
next
cycle
of
redistricting
I
would
encourage
commissioners
to
pay
close
attention
to
that,
so
they
still
find
themselves
in
the
district.
They
represent.
The
thanks
to
constituents
for
reaching
out
about
the
for
about
the
cellphones
master
plan,
I've
been
receiving
as
several
comments
about
that.
Thank
you
for
to
everybody
for
reaching
out
the
coolest
thing
about
painter
Park.
A
By
far
is
the
gender
inclusive
bathrooms
how
creative
staff
were
with
the
retrofitting
of
the
facilities
that
were
there
to
be
inclusive
for
folks
I
actually
got
approached
by
an
arts
organization
that
is
looking
for.
Some
advice
from
our
staff
and
had
heard
that
we
are
ahead
of
the
curve
on
the
city
on
the
design
of
gener,
inclusive
gender,
inclusive
restrooms.
So
I
may
be
asking
folks
to
just
send
a
quick
email
introduction,
but
I
just
want
to
thank
all
of
our
planning
staff.
A
You
know
what
Adina
was
kind
of
leading
on
that,
but
she's
not
here
tonight,
but
I'm
sure
it's
a
team
effort,
so
I
think
so.
The
whole
planning
team
there
I
will
I've
heard
commissioners
Co,
Gil
and
French
with
their
request
to
bring
forward
first
reading
of
an
ordinance
amendment
on
May,
15th
I
will
work
diligently
to
bring
that
forward
on
the
15th
with
them.
I
would
also
encourage
all
of
my
colleagues
to
to
support
that.
A
Just
from
vice
president
john
c
Calhoun's
dance
around
the
dissolution
of
our
Union,
to
the
be
in
one
of
the
main
architects
of
the
Indian
Removal
Act,
two
to
resigning,
the
vice
presidency
of
the
United
States
to
return
to
the
Senate,
where
he
thought
he
could
be
a
better
advocate
for
the
expansion
and
preservation
of
the
institution
of
slavery
to
having
never
set
foot
on
the
land
that
we
call.
Minnesota.
A
John
C
Calhoun
is
just
not
representative
of
the
values
of
the
Minneapolis
Park
Board,
the
values
of
the
people
of
Minnesota
and
the
people
of
Minneapolis.
So
I
will
work
with
my
colleagues
to
as
commissioner
French
put
it
swiftly
and
deliberately
bring
make
sure
that
our
amenities
are
named
after
something
that
reflects
the
beauty
and
majesty
of
the
of
the
amenities
that
they
are
named.
For
so
seeing
that
I
will
recess,
I
will
recess
the
full
board
chair.
F
H
M
G
M
N
M
Q
M
You
I
just
like
to
speak
to
this
I
appreciate
staff,
bringing
this
forward
very
much
while
it
may
seem
counterintuitive
to
put
up
a
fence
adjacent
to
a
park
space.
This
particular
space
is
adjacent
to
the
parking
lot
for
folks
who
live
right
by
the
park
and
there
have
been
substantial
concerns
from
mothers
and
their
kids
about
folks
who
are
using
making
that
space
very
dangerous
for
for
children
and
for
families
who
live
adjacent
to
the
park.
Q
Talk,
commissioner,
Cole
gilt,
really
it's
following
our
particular
it's
following
our
property
boundary.
There
is
no
fence
permit
required
from
the
city
or
under
or
within
the
planning
and
zoning
requirements.
We'll
proceed
with
construction
pending
board.
Approval
of
tonight
will
precede
any
construction
of
the
next
two
weeks.
Okay
and.
H
H
This
is
a
great
project
to
look
at
when
a
community
speaks
up
and
says
that
they
want
something
and
that
they
feel
like
they'll,
be
safer
with
this
happening,
Thank
You
Commissioner
Coquille
for
following
through,
we
won't
be
getting
those
emails
in
part
about
this,
though,
really
happy
that
this
is
moving
forward
and
I'm
excited
for
the
community
that
finally
feel
like
they
were
heard
about
this
matter.
So
thanks
to
all
the
staff
who
helped
to
make
this
happen,
any
further
discussion,
all
those
in
favor
of
resolution
2019
one.
H
B
You
I'm
not
in
this
many
of
it.
The
project
is
in
district
1,
I'm,
happy
to
see
this
move
forward
when
one
step
along
completion
of
the
Grand
Rounds
with
the
city
now
pitching
in
$800,000,
so
complete.
This
I
just
wanted
to
ask
you
a
couple
questions
about
how
the
maintenance
agreement
works,
so
the
the
space
will
still
be
owned
by
the
city,
but
the
park
board
will
mow
and
do
snow
clearing
and
all
the
other
maintenance
is
that
correct.
Thank.
R
Of
Utah,
commissioner
Meyer,
that
is
correct
so
similar
to
this
segment
that
is
north
of
35w,
connecting
Ridgeway
across
35
W,
which
is
the
agreement
from
last
year,
will
pattern
the
same
maintenance
and
ownership
kinda
arrangement.
So
the
city
will
continue
to
own
the
right-of-way,
but
we
will
maintain
seasonally
the
trail
itself,
so
plow
and
mow,
and
the
long
term
kind
of
maintenance
of
the
trail
will
be
overseen
by
the
city
as
the
owner.
So.
B
R
The
proposed
route
goes
along
quite
quite
a
bit
of
city-owned
right-of-way,
so
it's
likely
that
this
arrangement
will
will
continue
in
other
areas
where
the
city
owns
the
right-of-way,
but
the
park
board
may
operate
a
trail
on
City
right-of-way
as
part
of
the
Grand
Rounds
missing
link.
So
it's
likely
that
this.
This
is
a
pattern
that
we'll
see
and
continue
to
use.
Okay.
B
R
So
we
have
not.
We
have
not
necessarily
talked
to
the
city
about
changing
industrial
Boulevard,
but
do
have
a
proposal
in
the
master
plan
to
call
the
regional
trail,
the
bridalveil
regional
trail,
so
this
segment
could
include.
Could
you
know
could
be
included
in
that
renaming,
but
we
would
we
would
use
park
board
naming
procedures
for
that
process.
We
have
not
yet
been
in
communication
about
changing
the
name
of
of
industrial.
However,
okay.
H
C
G
A
You
thank
you
chair,
feet,
I'm
supportive
of
this
and
will
be
voting
for
it
and
will
encourage
encourage
my
colleagues
to
do
the
same,
so
it'll
be
great
to
have
the
cementery
out
for
this
season.
I
do
just
want
to
point
out
to
the
board
and
I
want
to
thank
staff
for
the
conversations
that
we
had
around
bringing
in
this
forward.
A
The
as
the
city
is
adopting
a
strategy
of
increasing
its
revenues
more
through
fees
and
licensing
agreements
as
a
way
to
hold
the
levy.
The
levy
down
the
Minneapolis
Park
Board
does
not
have
those
same
as
many
of
those
same
tools
in
our
toolbox,
so
I
think
something
like
70.
Almost
80%
of
our
overall
operating
budget
comes
from
the
levy.
This
is
a.
This
is
a
service
agreement
where,
undoubtedly,
undoubtedly
people
will
be
using
the
the
scooters
and
parks
a
lot
for
the
data
that
we
have
now
says
a
very,
very
miniscule.
A
Percentage
of
them
pick
up
our
scooter
in
a
park
and
drop
it
off
in
a
park,
but
without
a
doubt,
they're
going
through
our
parks
and
and
I
have
some
concerns
that
we
may
actually
be
inadvertently.
Hurting
some
of
our
bike-
rental
vendors
in
the
system,
but
not
to
just
overall
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
Their
side
of
this
license
agreement
generates
somewhere
around
2
thousand
dollars
in
collective
revenue.
The
motions
before
us
is
I
think
less
than
two
thousand
dollars
in
in
revenue,
and
we
have
the
Grand
Rounds
that
these
scooters
will
be
on.
A
We
have
20%
of
the
real
estate
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis
and
all
the
best
destinations
where
people
are
going
to
be
riding
these
scooters
and
then
and
then
more
resistance
around
bringing
in
levy
based
funds
from
the
city
because
they're
because
they're
finding
more
funding
in
another
through
other
venues.
So
this
is
a
this
is
a
one-year
license
for
us
to
collect
some
data,
but
I
would
expect
us
and
I
know.
A
Our
staff
are
very
encouraged
to
be
at
the
table
with
the
city
and
making
sure
that,
as
that,
as
we
have
more
day
than
we
know
that
these
we
know
what
we
believe
and
we
prove
what
we
believe,
that
these
are
being
used
substantially
in
our
parks,
that
the
licensing
agreement
is
reflects.
The
amount
that
the
Minneapolis
park
board
is
putting
in
in
it
for
next
year.
It's
a
really
important.
A
It's
a
really
important
issue
for
us,
we're
probably
losing
revenue
I
will
probably
be
losing
revenue
with
the
amount
of
care
that
we'll
be
putting
in
to
pick
things
up,
but
it's
an
important
amenity
for
folks,
so
I'm
hoping
that
I'm,
hoping
that
this
does
get
out
in
time
for
people
to
enjoy
it.
This
season,
Thank
You,
chair,
Rita,
Thank,.
H
M
You
chair
veto,
seeing
anybody
else
is
light
on,
but
I
have
mine
on
so
I
will.
First
I
just
was
wondering
regarding
the
lime
portion
of
the
agreement.
That's
been
struck,
yeah,
deputy
superintendent
Ringgold.
We
expect
to
have
an
agreement
with
them
and
would
it
be
different
than
the
other
three?
Ultimately
it.
C
S
You
good
evening,
commissioners
Lima
actually
reached
out
to
me
late
this
afternoon
and
said
they
wanted
to
do
one
more
review
of
the
contract
terms
and
would
rather
not
rush
into
an
agreement
if
they
weren't
sure
that
everything
that
they
wanted
to
be
addressed
within
the
agreement
was
addressed.
So
I
anticipate,
bringing
an
agreement
wit
line
back
to
the
board
likely
in
the
next
board
meeting
cycle
so
on
the
15th
would
be
my
guess,
and
it
would
be.
Our
intention
is
that
our
agreements
are
all
the
same
with
all
of
the
vendors
okay.
S
S
C
Chair
chair
phobia,
vice-chair
cobia
in
in
this
case.
If
something
is
left
in
the
park
system
abandoned
in
the
park
system
and
that
does
not
meet
our
policies
procedures
our
ordinance,
so
you
would
want
to
have
things
either
properly
secured
or
under
agreement
with
us.
Otherwise
we
can
remove
them
out
of
the
park
system.
So
great.
G
G
C
M
S
Commissioner
kögel
the
each
vendor
is
limited
to
up
to
500
scooters
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
There
is
a
distribution
requirement
as
part
of
the
city's
license.
That
requires
certain
percentages
of
each
fleet
to
be
distributed
to
different
areas
of
the
city
and
the
Minneapolis
perks,
as
we
all
know,
spread
across
the
entire
city.
So
there's
actually
an
overlay
of
a
map
that
matches
their
distribution
requirements.
Did
you
turn
it
on
here?
Okay,
make
this
work.
I
bet
one
of
these
buttons
will
make
it
go.
S
So
the
city
of
Minneapolis
has
put
forth
of
different
percentages,
specifically
in
racially
concentrated
areas
of
poverty,
that
there
are
expectations
that
the
next
referent
that
the
scooters
be
distributed
so
in
distributing
those
scooters
throughout
the
park
system.
Thank
there
is
actually
an
overlay
that
you'll
see
that
aligns
with
the
Minneapolis
parks,
so
within
one
of
the
areas
that
was
identified
was
here
in
North,
Minneapolis
and
Commissioner.
S
Severson
you'll
know
this
real
well,
where
the
parks
lay
within
this
grid,
as
well
as
within
Northeast
Minneapolis,
so
Commissioner
Meyer,
Meyer
you'll
have
specific
designated
locations
where
scooters
will
be
distributed
as
well
as
in
just
south
of
downtown
on
upper
south.
In
addition
to
those
specifics,
the
city
has
also
laid
out
a
percentage
that
will
be
in
downtown
specifically.
What
we
know
from
the
data
from
last
year,
which
was
the
beginning
of
the
pilot,
is
that
the
concentrated
used
for
these
scooters
was
in
the
downtown
core.
S
So,
as
president
Boren
mentioned,
it
was
a
very
small
transactional
amount
that
happened
within
the
Minneapolis
Park
System,
and
the
one
thing
that
we
can
regulate
based
on
ordinance
is
where
those
scooters
rest
when
they
are
not
in
motion.
What
we
don't
have
regulation
over
is
the
use
of
our
commuter
trails,
because
by
state
statute
and
by
ordinance
those
scooters
any
scooter
for
that
matter.
That
falls
within
this
spec
is
able
to
be
used
on
the
on
the
pathways
within
the
system.
S
So
that's
kind
of
where
the
layout
and
the
distribution
is
split
evenly
amongst
those
four
licensed
vendors.
So
the
intention
of
the
city
was
not
to
have
any
more
than
two
thousand
scooters
within
the
entire
city
of
Minneapolis.
They
knew
that
they
would,
through
the
RFQ
process,
select
anywhere
from
two
to
four
vendors.
S
They
were
very
closely
in
communication
with
the
University
of
Minnesota
contact
staff
contact
and
with
me
for
the
mambas
park
board
throughout
that
selection
process,
and
let
us
know
right
away
that
when
they
did
make
the
selection,
we
actually
ended
up,
selecting
four.
It
was
because
they
best
met
all
of
our
qualifications
within
that
are
a
few,
and
because
it
was
four,
they
will
be
limited
now
to
five
hundred
each.
So
that's
the
long
answer
to
your
short
question
very.
B
B
But
I
am
excited
about
it.
I
did
want
to
comment
on
the
staff
record,
which
describes
the
coming
of
scooters
as
an
onslaught
which
I
feel
is
a
negative
term
that
makes
it
sound
like
an
invasion.
I
have
been
delighted
by
all
the
scooters
we've
been
seeing
in
our
city.
It's
it's
really
giving
me
joy
to
see
all
these
very
different
types
of
people
like
old
men
in
business,
suits
just
scooting
along
on
the
parkways
I
love,
seeing
that
and
I
want
to
encourage
low-carbon
forms
of
transportation.
B
I'm
also
happy
to
see
the
provision
in
there
for
making
sure
that
we're
putting
some
of
these
in
areas
of
concentrated
poverty,
yeah
I'm,
going
to
try
and
finish
skimming
through
all
of
this
during
the
meeting
so
hopefully
I'll
be
able
to
get
to
do
that
before.
We
consider
it
at
the
full
board.
Thank.
E
S
S
We
volley
back
and
forth
between
topics,
but
we
have
a
pretty
good
idea
of
what's
happening
in
our
surrounding
communities
as
far
as
who's
entering
into
contracts
with
whom,
as
far
as
numbers
are
concerned,
I
don't
have
those
specifics,
at
least
not
off
the
top
of
my
head
right
now,
I'm
happy
to
share
what
I
do
have
with
you,
but
what
we
had
determined
as
a
staff
group
here
in-house
we're
kind
of
some
precautionary
measures
of
redundant
measures.
So
we
were
ever
in
the
position
of
having
to
kind
of
have
a
na.
S
What
do
we
do
if
we
see
a
lot
of
scooters
that
are
not
under
license
that
are
left
within
our
parks?
So
we've
talked
about
plans
for
you
know:
what's
our
plan,
if
there's
their
scooters,
their
bikes
left
in
the
middle
of
a
ball
field,
for
that,
for
example,
impeding
recreational
access
or
impeding
access
to
space,
whether
it
be
accessibility,
wise
or
otherwise?
So
staff
have
been
having
a
lot
of
conversations
about
this.
We
have
some
plans
in
place
on
how
to
handle
things
as
far
as
what's
happening
in
the
suburbs.
S
E
Thank
you
I'm
pleased
to
hear
that
we
are
helping
our
staff
strategize
ways
to
make
sure
that
the
parks
stay
accessible.
That's
awesome,
something
I
encountered
a
lot
downtown
last
year
was
scooters
blocking
entrances
to
public
buildings
which,
for
somebody
who's,
not
mobility?
Impaired
is
not
a
big
deal.
E
I
can
walk
around
it
or
move
it,
but
when
it's
the
Hennepin
County
Library,
for
instance,
there's
a
lot
of
folks
that
are
going
there
utilizing,
walkers
and
wheelchairs
and
that
that
really
does
impede
their
ability
to
access
those
buildings,
so
I'm
glad
to
hear
that
our
staff
will
be
proactive
about
addressing
those
things
when
they
do
occur.
Thank
you.
Q
M
F
B
F
M
G
U
U
U
So
it
is
for
the
two-year
licenses
for
a
watercraft
that
it's
related
to
the
American
Indian
studies
program
at
the
University
of
Minnesota
and
it
uses
their
watercraft
that
our
outriggers.
We
also
have
professor
Diaz
here
to
answer
questions
regarding
this,
but
they
have
Ojibwe
and
Dakota
birch
parks
and
other
dugout
as
platforms
for
teaching
and
research.
F
Other
questions
or
comments
well
I'm
very
excited
any
way
we
can
activate
the
gorge
and
and
getting
more
people
out
there
on
the
water
and
I'm.
Just
I
would
really
love
to
ride
in
them.
Please
I,
patted
I
know
how
to
do
it
and
everything
so
no
I'm
very
excited.
This
is
any
way
we
like
to
say
we
can
get
people
on
to
experience
that
and
in
a
cultural
way
to
me
it
is
really
exciting.
So
I'm
very
pleased.
Thank
you,
dr.
Diaz,
for
for
bringing
this
and
I
want
to
acknowledge.
F
A
couple
questions,
though,
that
I
do
have
is
that
when
this
really
isn't
a
part
of
our
agreement,
but
just
some
concerns
that
were
expressed
at
the
Minneapolis
rowing
club,
when
I'll
share
was
talked
about
being
there
is
the
ability
to
get
on
and
off
the
water
that
it's
not
in
conflict
with
the
University
women's
rowing
club
and
whether
or
not
there's
been
some
talk
about
how
a
from
a
safety
perspective
that
you
can
get
in
and
out
without
any
crashes.
So
please
welcome.
Welcome.
Please
thank.
P
P
F
Be
in
our
next
staff
report,
end
of
the
onslaught
Oh,
Oh,
wonderful,
well,
great
and
and
I
just
I'm,
so
excited
to
be
collaborating
with
the
University
and
in
hope
that
we
can
continue
to
have
you
know
consistent
policy.
I
mean
we
were
having
with
our
missing
link,
there's
going
to
be
an
awful
lot
of
things
to
mesh
and
I
hope
that
we
can
work
on
that.
I.
F
Don't
think
that
there's
any
other
questions,
I'm
just
very
excited
I!
Just
want
you
to
know
that
we,
the
many
of
us,
really
love
five
different
weekends
they've
had
to
postpone
getting
the
docks
out.
So
I
hope
that
you'll
get
out
soon,
but
we've
got
some
pretty
high
water
there.
When
do
you
anticipate
that
the
program
will
be
starting
again.
P
P
P
F
G
B
B
B
F
Did
say
anybody
wants
a
presentation,
otherwise
you
could
see
it
in
your
packet,
the
wonderful
things
that
have
already
been
done
by
both
Susan
and
Marcia.
This
is
I
love
that
they're
at
least
available
to
continue
their
hand
in
in
putting
this
artwork.
You
know
together
and
and
expanding
upon
it
so
I'm
very
excited,
and
when
do
we
think
that
the
project
will
be
shall
we
say
completed,
and
we
anticipate.
F
G
F
V
V
What
I'd
like
to
do
tonight
is
talk
about
the
timeline
that
has
brought
us
to
this
particular
point.
Talk
about
the
plan
itself.
The
purpose
and
organization
I'm
gonna
be
joined
here
in
a
moment
by
Lee
Fralick
who's,
a
CAC
member,
and
he
has
a
really
good
way
of
talking
about
how
the
plan
might
apply
specifically
to
neighborhood
parks,
to
one
neighborhood
Parkins
in
particular.
I
think
it's
a
good
way
to
illustrate
what
the
plan
can
do
and
then
also
talk
about
the
next
steps.
G
V
Was
the
first
thing
that
I
worked
on
and
it
was
the
impetus
for
me
coming
to
be
employed
here,
so
it
has
a
soft
spot
in
my
heart,
I
worked
on
it
significantly
for
the
first
year
and
a
half
I
was
here.
We
had
four
CAC
meetings:
three
TAC
meetings,
various
staff
meetings,
a
little
bit
of
community
engagement,
and
then
there
was
some
staffing
shake
ups
and
some
changes
in
in
roles,
and
we
ended
up
with
not
enough
staff
to
do
everything
that
was
happening
in
strategic
planning
at
the
time.
V
So
in
June
of
2015
the
project
was
put
on
hold.
We
were
able
to
restart
that
in
March
of
2017,
with
new
staff
on
board,
we
assigned
a
new
project
manager
to
this
project,
Alan
Kennedy
and
then
over
the
next.
Almost
two
years
there
were
an
additional
seven
CAC
meetings,
a
significant
amount
of
community
engagement,
additional
technical
advisory
committee
meetings.
V
We
did
direct
community
engagement
in
a
variety
of
different
ways
and
different
stages,
one
of
which
I'll
just
note
that
Ellen
actually
created
seed
packets
for
pollinator
mixes
that
she
was
giving
out
at
events,
and
this
is
actually
printed
with
how
you
can
get
involved
in
the
ecological
system.
Plan
I've
got
a
bunch
of
extras
if
anybody
wants
some
I'll
leave
them
up
here.
Yeah
and
I
see
her
at
hands
raising
on
February
14th.
After
the
drafting
of
the
plan,
the
public
comment
period
did
open.
V
Normally,
that
would
be
a
45-day
comment
period,
but
we've
delayed
it
a
little
bit
so
that
we
could
get
this
presentation
in
while
the
public
comment
period
is
still
open.
The
basic
purpose
of
this
plan
is
to
really
think
about
how
our
park
system
as
a
whole
performs
in
terms
of
environment,
ecology,
climate
change
mitigation
and
a
variety
of
other
factors.
V
Doing
an
ecological
system
plan
for
our
park
system
is
a
little
bit
difficult
because
we
only
comprise
a
fairly
small
jurisdiction
of
the
total
landmass
of
the
city
about
14%.
So
the
effect
that
we
can
have
on
the
environment
of
the
Twin
Cities
as
a
whole
is
somewhat
limited,
but
I
think
that
there's
still
some
things
that
we
can
certainly
do,
and
one
of
those
things
is
to
challenge
all
of
our
Park
users
to
think
about
how
environment
works
in
their
day-to-day
life
when
they're,
not
even
in
the
park
life.
V
In
order
to
do
that,
we
identify,
with
the
help
of
the
CAC
seven
main
topics
that
the
plan
wanted
to
address
and
those
topics
are
air
quality,
habitat
connectivity,
biodiversity,
stormwater
runoff,
sustainable
energy
generation,
carbon
sequestration
and
the
urban
heat
island
effect.
So
these
were
the
things
that
we
felt
as
a
park
board
that
we
had
a
real
way
that
we
could
take
on.
V
So
the
goals
that
are
included
in
these
plans
and
I
will
go
through
these
real
quick
because
it
is
kind
of
the
meat
of
the
plan.
We
have
12
goals
in
the
plan
to
prevent
the
degradation
of
water
quality
to
build
resiliency
in
the
face
of
changing
water
levels,
something
that
we're
seeing
kind
of
right
now
again.
Protecting
aquatic
habitats
contribute
to
improving
air
quality
in
the
city,
contribute
to
climate
change
mitigation,
reducing
negative
construction
related
impacts.
V
This
was
actually
a
big
deal
for
our
CAC
members,
who
really
talked
about
how
our
construction
projects
might
be
impacting
the
natural
environment
and
how
we
could
mitigate
that
maintain
and
improve
soil
health,
improve
environmental
performance
of
turf
management,
improve
habitat
quality
in
the
parks,
protect
and
maintain
the
urban
forests,
increase
habitat
connectivity
within
our
parks
and
to
reduce
human
related
negative
impacts
in
our
parks
and
I.
Think
one
of
the
things
it
pops
to
the
top
when
you
think
about
that
would
be
trash
in
the
parks,
especially
flowing
into
our
waterways.
V
Each
of
those
goals
does
have
a
set
of
strategies
around
them,
so
things
that
we
can
actively
do
in
order
to
begin
to
accomplish
that
goal.
So
I'm
gonna
highlight
some
of
the
ones
that
have
to
do
with
air
quality,
so
these
are
the
two
air
quality
goals
and
just
to
talk
about
the
second
one
here
you
can
see
some
dashes.
There
contribute
to
climate
change
mitigation.
One
thing
we
can
do
is
reduce
the
use
of
fossil
fuels
through
policy
procedure
and
purchasing
changes
and
explore
alternative
energy
alternatives.
V
We
can
increase
building
efficiency
where
possible,
through
the
use
of
more
efficient
and
green
building
materials,
whether
that's
renovations
or
building
new.
We
can
explore,
alternatively,
turn
ative
energy
generation
opportunities
in
the
parks
for
wind,
solar
and
geothermal
we've
done
some
work
around
solar,
already,
I
think
the
plan
calls
for
that
to
be
increased.
I.
Think
geothermal
is
a
good
possibility
for
us
being
that
we
have
small
buildings
and
large
pieces
of
land
tends
to
be
good
math
for
geothermal.
V
V
The
plan
becomes
itself
as
much
a
guidance
document
as
it
is
a
resource,
so
there's
resources
throughout
the
plan
that
help
accomplish
that
strategy.
There's
voluminous
background
text
in
here
that
really
talks
about
what's
being
done.
What
other
agencies
are
doing
is
very
well
detailed
and
very
well
researched,
and
my
compliments
to
senior
former
senior
planner
Ellen
Kennedy
for
pulling
all
that
together,
there's
a
piece
about
current
efforts
that
we
are
doing
that.
Obviously
we
want
to
sustain
there's
a
series
of
recommendations
that
are
even
more
specific
on
how
to
get
to
that
goal.
V
There
are
maps
and
there's
a
park.
Suitability
list
I'm
going
to
talk
about
a
couple
of
these
things
really
quickly.
So
in
terms
of
the
recommendations,
so
I've
pulled
out
again
one
of
the
climate
change
mitigation
strategies,
so
we
have
a
series
of
recommendations
down
at
the
bottom
here.
These
recommendations
are
much
more
specific,
continue
working
with
city
departments
to
monitor
the
heat
island
effect.
V
Now,
monitoring
may
not
seem
like
a
sexy
thing
to
do,
but
it's
important
that
we
continue
to
do
that
for
some
reasons
that
I'm
gonna
explore
in
just
a
moment
those
recommendations
really
kind
of
fall
into
four
different
types
of
recommendations
and
I'm
bringing
this
up
because
I
do
feel
like
a
good
plan,
especially
if
it's
revolving
around
something
as
big
as
climate
and
environment
should
touch
us
in
a
lot
of
different
ways.
So
there
are
recommendations
that
are
really
protectors:
those
things
that
sort
of
make
sure
that
we
maintain
the
status
quo.
V
If
that's
positive
things
that
are
continuations.
So
what
are
we
doing?
And
how
do
we
continue
doing
that?
There's
new
work?
We
should
have
new
projects
and
new
work
to
do,
and
additionally,
there's
ongoing
directives,
which
are
the
things
that
whenever
we
do
some
other
project,
there's
almost
an
overlay
on
the
top
that
says
hey.
You
should
be
looking
at
this.
V
So
if
we
look
at
these
recommendations
down
at
the
bottom,
we
have
these
of
different
types,
so
follow
the
metro
area,
climate
studies,
health
awareness,
health,
equity
studies
and
campaigns
and
climate
change,
adaptability,
studies
being
knowledgeable
about
what's
being
done
around
us,
it
protects
our
ability
to
continue
to
do
this.
The
continuation
I
mentioned
new
work
conduct
an
energy
audit
on
recreation,
centers
and
other
NPR
B
buildings
to
help
set
efficiency
goals.
V
That
is
something
that
we
must
move
forward
with
deliberately
that
is
new
work
and
there's
a
couple
here,
for
instance,
increase
the
use
of
pervious
pavers
and
explore
areas
where
greener
pavers
may
be
used
in
lieu
of
asphalt
and
concrete.
That's
an
ongoing
directive
because
in
theory,
every
time
we
look
at
refurbishing
pavement
or
putting
in
a
new
parking
lot
or
a
new
hard
surface,
we
should
take
that
moment
and
say:
is
this
a
place
where
we
can
do
more
pervious?
V
So
it's
that
it's
the
angel
on
your
shoulder
essentially
are
those
ongoing
directives,
so
I'm
gonna
use
heat
island
is
a
little
bit
of
an
example
to
talk
about
Maps.
So
we've
done
a
lot
of
mapping.
There's
a
lot
of
maps
in
the
document,
they're
complicated
maps
and
they
don't
read
at
a
great
scale
when
you
look
at
them
citywide,
but
keep
in
mind.
These
are
all
GIS
shape,
layer
maps
that
we
can
zoom
in
on
and
get
a
pretty
good
degree
of
specificity.
This
is
a
heat
island
map
of
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
V
Obviously,
red
means
that
we
are
hotter
than
it
normally
should
be,
and
green
is
slightly
cooler
than
it
normally
should
be.
But
what
we
can
do
is
we
can
clip
that
and
look
at
our
parks,
our
parks
only
so
if
we
think
about
what
can
the
parks
themselves
do
in
terms
of
heat
island
mitigation
I'm,
not
even
talking
about
the
street
trees,
now
that's
a
whole
nother
topic
right,
but
the
parks
themselves.
V
We
can
start
to
see
differences
between
the
parks
that
maybe
we
can
actually
have
more
direct
impact
right
now
in
those
parks
that
are
doing
pretty
good.
And
so
then
we
can
highlight
those
areas
and
then
the
other
piece
of
this
is
there's
a
resource
in
the
back.
That
is
this
parks
list,
so
you'll
notice
across
the
top
here
are
those
seven
big
topics
that
I
mentioned
at
the
beginning
of
the
presentation,
one
of
which
is
the
urban
heat
island
effect.
V
This
list
says
for
every
Park,
which
of
those
seven
topics
are
really
it's
low-hanging
fruit.
So
if
you
went
into
a
park
like
Wirth
Park,
you
maybe
can't
do
a
lot
around
heat
island
mitigation.
It's
one
of
the
coolest
places
in
the
inner
metro,
but
there
are
probably
other
things
that
you
might
want
to
focus
on.
So
under
urban
heat
island
effect
you
can
see.
Some
of
these
parks
have
check
boxes
and
some
of
them
do
not.
It
doesn't
mean
that
we
can't
do
things
in
the
parks
that
aren't
checked.
It
just
means.
V
If
that
was
gonna,
be
our
initiative.
There
are
places
where
we
should
direct
resource
or
there's
really
shortcomings
compared
to
other
parks.
Just
on
this
list,
which
is
the
first
group
alphabetically
awesome
field,
the
heat
island
is
actually
pretty
high
at
Boston
field.
It's
not
heavily
treed.
There
is
some
hard
surface:
there's
pag
lime,
it's
pretty
high
compared
to
Bassets
Creek
Park,
for
instance,
which
is
heavily
treed.
V
So
what
I'd
like
to
do
now
is
go
a
little
bit
deeper
and
I'd
like
to
invite
Lee
free
like
to
the
to
the
podium
at
the
at
the
chairs
discretion,
and
have
him
talk
a
little
bit
about
Loring
Park
and
his
experience?
You
know
Lee
has
been
on
the
CAC
since
the
very
first
days,
so
he
has
stuck
with
this
at
least
as
long
as
I
have
probably
longer.
Thank
you
for
welcoming
Lee
freely
Lee.
W
W
So
it
shows
the
usefulness
of
parks
as
a
refuge
from
heat
in
each
neighborhood
and
Laurine.
Park
is
not
an
exception
to
that.
Although
there's
some
very
hot
areas
at
the
north
end
of
the
park,
so
maybe
something
could
be
done
about
that
habitat
enhancement
zones,
and
this
goes
across
ownerships
now.
W
So
this
puts
the
park
in
the
context
of
other
ownerships,
where
maybe
they
could
work
in
concert
with
those
ownerships
to
change
the
entire
city,
and
especially
for
things
like
increasing
pollinator
habitat,
which
is
here
and
so
sweet
spots
shown
in
pink
here
are
areas
where
there's
potential
for
increasing
pollinator
habitat
and
they're
close
to
existing
good
habitat,
so
their
pollinators
would
actually
be
able
to
use
them,
and
so
you'd
get
the
best
bang
for
the
buck
by
enhancing
those
habitats.
And
then
the
yellow
areas
are
very
distant.
W
It
would
be
very
hard
to
get
pollinators
to
visit
those
very
isolated
areas.
You'll
notice,
coming
out
the
east
side
of
Loring
Park,
there's
that
pink
strip,
that's
the
luring
Greenway
which
is
owned
by
the
city,
and
it
shows
as
a
sweet
spot
and
in
fact,
I
live
on
the
Greenway
and
I
already
started
filling
it
with
native
plants
that
are
pollinator
friendly,
so
the
park
board
might
not
even
have
to
do
that.
Thank.
F
W
Here,
the
gray
areas
are
the
are
the
most
barren
concrete
jungle
parts
of
downtown,
but
the
kind
of
beige
areas
and
the
green
areas
are
areas
that
have
some
suitability
for
expanded
pollen
habitats
and
you'll
notice
that
there's
a
huge
swath
of
that
along
the
west
side
of
the
city
and
that
extends
into
Loreen,
and
maybe
we
could
extend
it
at
least
in
a
stepping-stone
fashion,
through
downtown
using
boom,
Island
and
Nicollet
Island
and
Loreen
as
the
stepping
stones
at
either
end.
So
these
maps
are
really
spectacular.
W
V
V
How
can
we
map
the
city
so
that
not
just
our
parks
are
represented
in
how
we
can
address
pollinator
habitats,
a
variety
other
things,
but
maybe
this
is
a
resource
for
other
implementers
too.
So
I'm,
hoping
that
this
plan
is
our
plan,
but
it
can
become
the
city's
plan
and
you
can
see
some
samples
of
the
mapping
there
that
went
along
with
that,
which
was
probably
the
most
arduous
task
of
creating.
This
was
trying
to
compile
all
that
data
and
get
the
mapping
together.
V
We
shared
a
couple
of
basic
examples
of
that
I
kind
of
went
through
the
heat
island.
You
know,
but
there's
at
least
two
dozen
different
maps
in
the
back
of
the
document
that
are
serve
as
resources
for
various
different
guides.
There's
suitability,
analysis
for
habitat
corridors
for
for
geothermal,
for
solar,
solar
potential,
so
there's
a
lot
of
maps
in
there
that
I
think
will
serve
as
resources
to
us
as
we
as
we
work
to
implement
the
plan
itself.
So
it
is
both
a
resource
and
potentially
a
plan
document.
V
The
next
steps
in
this
is
that
the
comment
period
will
now
close
on
May
12th,
which
is
about
a
week
and
a
half
from
now.
So
people
are
still
welcome
to
make
comments
online
or
directly.
To
me,
this
website,
Minneapolis
parks,
org,
slash
ecological
system
plan-
is
the
way
you
get
there.
There's
an
online
survey.
People
can
still
take
after
the
public
comment
period
closes
staff
will
compile
all
those
public
comments
and
modify.
The
plan
is
appropriate.
It's
important
to
say
that
the
charge
of
the
CAC
for
this
project
was
not
to
recommend
the
plan.
V
The
CAC
was
a
advisor
throughout
with
various
levels
of
technical
ability,
Lee's
technical
skill
and
ability
is
very
high.
Others
were
more
community
focused
rather
than
technical
focus.
We
combined
all
of
that
into
the
plan.
They
did
not
make
a
recommendation,
but
they
did
review
the
final.
The
final
guidance
staff
will
be
compiling
comments
and
modifying
the
plan
and
then
bringing
that
back
to
you
for
consideration
with
a
public
hearing,
as
we
do
all
of
our
master
plans.
V
F
E
You,
chair
Forney
I'm
very
excited
to
see
that
we
have
gotten
to
this
place.
We
started
talking
about
this
when
I
first
got
elected
to
the
board
and
it
kind
of
stalled
out
a
couple
times
and
the
fact
that
we
did
not
give
up
and
we
persevered-
and
we
now
have
this
framework
to
help
guide
the
work
that
we
do
around
the
ecological
health
of
our
city
is
just
a
beautiful
thing
to
see
making
it
to
this
place.
E
You
mentioned
permeable
pavers
and
this
one's
kind
of
a
pet
peeve.
For
me
in
that
we've
implemented
them
a
couple
of
times
in
my
district,
and
they
don't
work
very
well
so
I'm,
hoping
that
as
part
of
making
suggestions
and
exploring
new
ways
to
reduce
the
environmental
impact
of
the
places
where
we
do
have
hard
scape.
E
If
we
could
talk
about
what
steps
will
take
to
verify
that
they're
working
as
designed
and
intended
and
and
what
additional
maintenance
costs
may
be
associated
with
them,
if
they're
installed,
in
particular
situations
and
I'm,
not
going
to
get
into
exactly
what
those
are.
But
you
know,
for
example,
the
one
we
put
in
at
the
beach.
It
constantly
gets
clogged
with
sand,
and
then
it
doesn't
drain
and
it
just
puddles.
E
So,
if
possible
would
be
lovely
if
we
could
get
a
GIS
map
similar
to
what
we've
got
out
there
for
Park
dedication
fees
for
these
maps,
maybe
link
to
the
plan
so
that
people
can
see
both
how
it's
evolving
as
we're
doing
as
we're
implementing
these
suggested
changes
to
practice
and
landscape,
as
well
as
being
able
to
just
zoom
in
and
see
more
detail
which
we
can't
really
get
to
with
PDFs
that
are
attached.
That's
all
I
got
Thank
You.
V
Chair
Forney,
commissioned
research,
I
think.
The
second
idea
is
a
really
good
one.
I
can
envision
an
interactive
kind
of
layered
GIS
story
map
that
would
let
you
even
bring
up
several
different
overlapping
factors
and
see
if
there
could
be
stacked
benefits
somewhere.
I
think
we
were
intending
to
be
able
to
use
that
resource.
Certainly
in-house
for
planning,
but
having
that
be
a
public
facing
document
is
something
we
can
that
we
can
shoot
for.
Okay,
maybe
not
by
the
time
this
is
adopted,
but
it's
something
that
we
can.
We
can
work
toward
that.
B
You
I
was
impressed
by
the
maps
I'm
glad
it
wasn't
the
only
one
that
had
a
problem
reading
them,
though.
Thank
you
for
that
Commission
research,
but
I
was
struck
by
the
magnitude
of
the
Gila
he
doesn't
affect,
including
you
know
here,
where
it
gets
up
to
a
hundred
and
fourteen
degrees
Fahrenheit.
So
thank
you
for
all.
B
You
work
on
that
Thank
You
Lee
for
planting
pollinator
friendly
plants
along
the
Greenway
I
wanted
to
ask
about
carbon
footprint
analysis
in
this
plan
in
our
goals
for
the
superintendent
and
we
established
a
ten
percent
goal
of
carbon
reduction
by
2022
and
I
was
wondering
if,
if
staff
were
planning
on
doing
a
baseline
of
our
carbon
footprint
as
part
of
this
plan
or
if
they're
going
to
do
that
separately
or
what
the
plan
is
for
that.
V
Chair
forney,
commissioner
Mayer
I
may
have
to
get
back
to
you
on
that
question.
I
I
would
need
to
check
exactly
what
we're
saying
here
about
in
terms
of
like
the
sort
of
recommendation
commitments
for
assessing
carbon
footprint
within
this
plan
and
how
that
dovetails
with
the
goal
that
was
put
on
I
know
that
there
is
a
statement
of
the
need
to
reduce,
but
it
may
be
more
general
than
opposite
percentage,
as
is
included
in
the
goals.
V
M
My
my
hope
is
that
it
becomes
implementable
and
something
that
can
push
our
partners
and
including
the
city
and
and
our
neighbors
themselves
to
think
about
this,
a
little
bit
more
and
so
along
those
lines.
My
first
question,
commissioner:
music
brought
up
the
concept
of
having
some
of
these
maps
are:
all
of
them
be
public
facing
there's
the
map
that
has
the
heater
there's
the
heat
island
map,
which
is
really
helpful,
then
there's
the
map
that
shows,
but
the
sweet
spot
for
pollinator
spaces.
V
Metro
blooms
actually
came
to
the
table
and
was
working
with
a
researcher
student
at
the
University
and
they
were
trying
to
identify
for
their
work,
how
to
be
most
effective
with
pollinator
habitats
in
the
context
of
what
they
do
in
Metro.
Blooms
is
working
on
often
very
small
projects,
blooming
alleys,
rain
garden
projects,
typically
with
private
landowners,
and
so
they've
been
trying
to
understand.
How
do
they
look
at
their
resources
and
understand?
V
How
can
they
start
making
that
connectivity
and
so
that
sweet
spot
analysis
was
partly
funded
by
them,
and
then
we
partly
funded
it
out
of
the
project
cost.
In
order
that
you
know,
we
could
have
that
understanding
within
our
parks,
so
the
sweet
spot
analysis
I
think,
will
already
be
used
by
at
least
one
nonprofit
in
their
standard
operating
procedure
around
how
they're
prioritizing
their
investments.
That's
the
first
thing,
I
think
for
us.
The
sweet
spot
map
is
going
to
tell
us
a
couple.
V
Things
I
think
that
there
are
sweet
spots
that
are
within
our
parks
and
I.
Think
when
we
think
about
implementing
more
natural
areas,
gardens
things
like
that,
we
can
know,
maybe
even
what
side
of
those
parks
really
are,
the
ones
that
are
going
to
start
to
make
those
connections,
so
it
can
guide
our
detailed
design.
In
addition,
it
may
very
well
guide,
potentially
the
Forestry
Department
who,
if
there's
a
sweet
spot,
pollinator
area
that
doesn't
have
to
be
just
ground
plane
that
can
be
more
flowering
trees.
So
as
those
trees,
selections
are
being
made.
V
If
there's
an
opportunity
to
connect
some
of
these
sweet
spots
together,
we
can
do
that
through
the
urban
forest
and
then
the
average
homeowner.
If
we
can
get
this
public
facing
as
we
talked
about
the
average
homeowner
who
might
land
themselves
in
a
sweet
spot
likely
has
been
doing,
can
understand
that
they
maybe
have
even
more
they
would
have
even
more
impact
than
they
might
otherwise
in
other
places
of
town.
V
We
hope
can
do
that
if
the,
if
our
partnerships
with
the
city
Minneapolis
begin
to
evolve
toward
doing
more
stormwater
management
in
Boulevard
areas,
like
many
other
cities,
do
I
think
the
exact
complexion
of
those
in
the
planting
of
those
might
also
be
driven
by
understanding
where
there
might
be
higher
need
for
urban
heat
island
mitigation
pollinator
connectivity,
so
those
things
can
be
brought
to
bear
when
those
decisions
are
being
made.
Gotcha.
M
V
Chair
chair
for
naeun,
Commissioner
kögel,
the
several
different
departments
within
public
works
have
been
on
the
technical
advisory
committee
and
have
actually
contributed
in
some
cases
to
the
creation
of
these
maps.
So
there's
a
whole
series
of
maps
about
water
which
the
surface
waters
group-
that's
mostly
their
data,
but
then
once
we
start
to
overlay
it
with
parks,
we're
beginning
to
see
kind
of
where
there
are
both
impacts
and
also
where
there
are
possible
mitigations
that
benefit
both
parties.
V
M
Well,
I
think
this
is
great
and
I.
The
more
I
be
loved
to
promote
this
as
much
as
possible
and
think
that,
though
some
of
it
is
very
internal
facing
I
think
the
community
would
be
very
interested
to
see
how
the
park
board
in
the
city
are
pushing
forward
to
really
plan
for
especially
resiliency
issues,
but
certainly
all
the
issues
associated
with
the
resiliency
of
our
entire
ecological
systems
within
the
city.
So
great,
no
other
questions.
M
F
E
Bee
watch
org
where
people
are
supposed
to
be
reporting
that,
but
I
can't
recall
exactly
so,
if
it's
possible
to
help
connect
the
public
and
our
staff
that's
out
in
the
field
to
opportunities
that
are
like
that
through
a
website
or
other
opportunities.
That
would
be
really
interesting
to
see
as
well.
Since
it
does
open
up
more
funding
opportunities
for
us
to
be
implementing
parts
of
this
plan.
E
F
My
little
Bugaboo
is
stormwater
runoff
and,
as
commissioner
polio,
you
know,
indicated
you
know
more
collaboration.
We
can
do
this
city
because
I'm
just
really
incensed
that
we
pay
this
huge
water
bill
and
we
get
no
credit
for
what
we
take
on
as
far
as
the
stormwater
runoff
for
the
city,
so
I
hope
that
there
will
be
far
more
collaboration
because
it's
a
huge
bill.
Okay,
the
the
maps
and
the
connection
of
the
data
and
everything
is,
is
truly
awesome
and
and
I
appreciate
it,
because
it's
measurable
it's
it's.
F
What
it
comes
down
to
is
what
you're
putting
together
is
truly
transformative
for
not
just
the
system
but
for
all
of
us,
individually
and
and
as
a
whole
as
a
community,
and
that
is
so
powerful
that
we
have
that
ability
to
to
really
move
people's
consciousness
and
people's.
You
know
actual
on
habits.
You
know
how
they
do
things
I,
think
uly4
being
a
part
of
this
and
and
sharing
your
ear
experiences.
I
love
your
comment,
Adam
that
we
all
need
to
have
that
angel
on
her
shoulder
to
keep
telling
us.
F
F
C
E
M
C
G
H
M
G
X
Ptah
commissioners,
good
evening
tonight,
I
have
a
brief
study
report
for
you
that
walks
you,
through
some
Park
Police
operational
updates
that
have
taken
place
really
over
the
last
nine
months.
As
you
all
know,
we've
been
working
hard
to
advance
some
priorities
and
make
some
changes
within
the
Park
Police
Department,
and
there
are
a
few
things
that
superintendent,
Bangor
and
I
think
are
worth
bringing
to
the
board
and
highlighting
at
this
time.
X
So,
as
I
mentioned
over
the
course
of
the
last
month,
we've
received
a
lot
of
input
from
community
commissioners
and
PRV
staff
and
other
stakeholders
about
how
we
do
our
work.
We've
listened
intently
and
this
presentation
aims
to
highlight
and
summarize
some
of
those
changes
that
we've
been
able
to
make
over
the
last
few
months.
X
D
X
Historically,
Park
Police
vehicles
have
looked
different
than
the
Minneapolis
police
vehicles
for
those
of
you,
who've
been
in
the
city
a
long
time.
You'll
remember
that
Park
police
vehicles
were
always
characterized
by
a
green
stripe,
so
we've
brought
that
back.
We
brought
this
to
an
internal
work
group
that
included
president
borne
commissioners
hassan
and
vita,
to
provide
input,
and
by
the
beginning
of
summer,
all
of
our
police
squad.
X
We
were
able
to
come
to
a
letter
of
agreement
that
allowed
us
to
have
a
12-hour
powershift
and
assign
as
many
officers
as
we
thought
appropriate
to
that
powershift.
So
what
that
allows
us
to
do
is
is
stack
the
day
when
we're
the
most
busy
with
the
most
amount
of
officers.
So
this
year
we
have
a
really
thin
day
shift
and
a
really
thin
night
shift
and
a
really
robust
power
shift
so
that
we
have
that
overlap
between
the
hours
of
11:00
a.m.
and
11:00
p.m.
when
our
parks
are
most
busy.
X
X
Coordinators
name
is
pat
down
away,
pat
works
directly
with
our
officers
to
provide
opportunities
and
programs,
so
that
officers
have
positive
interaction,
engagement
with
young
people,
hopefully
to
inspire
young
people
to
come
work
as
park
police
officers,
but
minimally
to
provide
a
little
bit
of
conversation,
relationship
building
and
insight
into
how
we
do
our
work
and
why
and
also
to
hear
what
these
young
people
have
to
say
about
their
experience
with
police
and
our
parks.
So
I've
listed
some,
not
all
of
the
programs
we
participated
in
over
the
course
of
just
the
last
12
months.
X
Want
to
talk
to
you
briefly
about
two
policy
initiatives
that
have
taken
place
this
year.
Policy
really
shapes
how
we
do
our
work.
The
first
one
is
the
narcan
policy,
so
I
think
commissioners
are
all
familiar,
that
we
are
facing
an
opioid
epidemic
across
this
country
and
and
frankly,
within
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
that
opioid
epidemic
and
the
number
of
overdoses
that
are
taking
place
within
our
city
has
prompted
this
policy.
So
narcan
is
a
nasally
administered,
opioid
antidote
that
can
save
people
experiencing
in
overdoses
life.
X
X
The
number
one
tool
was
to
call
someone
else,
call
paramedics
or
firefighters
because
they
carry
narcan,
but
there
there's
a
delay
in
the
response
to
give
the
other
tool
was
essentially
CPR,
so
we
have
only
had
narcan
for
a
handful
of
months.
We
we
began
a
pilot
project,
last
fall
and
superintendent.
Ben
gora
ultimately
signed
the
policy.
This
past
February
I
will
tell
you
that
already
there
have
been
three
situations
where
part
police
officers
have
administered
narcan
to
overdose
patients
and
likely
save
lives.
X
D
X
Want
to
touch
for
a
minute
on
some
enforcement
alternatives
that
we've
been
doing
so
I've
reported
to
this
board
on
many
occasions
and
our
challenges
around
homelessness.
Those
challenges
persist
so
far
year
to
date,
this
being
May.
First,
we
have
already
responded
to
and
documented
23
camps
on,
Park
property.
X
Now,
if
you
put
that
in
the
context
of
what
the
weather's
been
like,
that's
a
lot
of
camps
in
a
very
short
period
of
time,
we
are
continuing
our
contractual
services
with
st.
Stephen's
to
make
sure
that
we
are
providing
resources
and
options
and
alternatives
to
people
experiencing
homelessness,
that
it's
not
a
punitive
approach
that
it's
really
trying
to
provide
people
a
pathway
to
assistance
so
that
they
don't
need
to
sleep
outside
in
our
parks.
I
want
to
close
the
loop
on
the
discussion.
X
We
had
about
non
enforcement
at
frozen
Minnehaha
Falls
over
the
winter
months,
so
I
came
to
the
board
in
December
and
I
said
you
know.
Last
year
we
wrote
a
whole
bunch
of
tickets
to
people
for
trespassing
and
that
it
really
ended
up
hitting
our
officers
against
park
patrons
and
that
we
wanted
to
try
something
different.
X
X
Also
want
to
touch
on
our
ongoing
partnership
with
Street
reach
in
the
youth
development
department.
You've
heard
me
talk
about
Street
reach
many
times.
They
are
critical
partners
for
us.
They
provide
a
first
point
of
contact
with
young
people
who
might
be
involved
in
some
behavior
issues,
especially
at
our
at
our
events
and
parts.
So
it's
not
pitting
police
once
again
against
young
people.
It's
providing
youth
workers
who
are
trained
in
youth
intervention
strategies
to
be
that
first
point
of
contact
and
our
collaboration
with
Street
reach
is
as
strong
as
it's
ever
been.
X
Earlier
the
spring
Commissioner
kögel
asked
me
some
questions
about
divergence,
so
I
thought
I'd.
Throw
this
slide
in
Park.
Police
do
participate
in
post
charge,
diversion
programs.
So
if
somebody
receives
a
ticket
for
one
of
the
many
offenses,
that's
listed
across
the
bottom
of
this
bar
graph
and
they
meet
to
and
eligibility,
meaning
they're
likely
a
first-time
offender
and
don't
have
a
criminal
history,
they
are
eligible
for
diversion
through
the
City
Attorney's
Office.
So
in
2017,
53
of
our
cases
were
sent
to
diversion.
X
X
X
Chair
Vita,
Commissioner
French.
We
always
have
our
eye
on
diversity.
We're
working
really
hard
to
improve
diversity,
we're
in
the
midst
of
a
testing
process
for
parked
police
officers
right
now
and
we're
employing
some
strategies
to
make
sure
that
we
have
diverse
people
on
the
hiring
panel
to
rank
those
police
officers
and
we're
doing
things
like
awarding
points
for
people
who
are
applying
that
live
within
the
city,
which
is
something
that
we've
never
done
before.
So
yes,
sir,.
H
O
You,
chair
veto
really
happy
about
working
with
st.
Stephens
I.
Don't
know
this
for
a
fact,
but
I
think
that's
an
adult
facility,
so
I
think
in
our
last
meeting,
I
encouraged
us
to
reach
out
to
st.
Joe's,
specifically
Hope
Street,
specifically
because
it's
attached
to
our
what's
not
attached,
but
it's
right
next
to
McRae,
Park
and
I
would
love
for
us
to
build
a
partnership
specifically
I
know:
there's
lots
of
teens
sleeping
in
our
parts
and
and
finding
housing
in
her
part.
So
I
just
want
to
encourage
that
again.
A
thank
you.
O
M
M
I
know
this
is
just
where
we're
at
right
now,
but
two
things
just
to
be
thinking
about
I'm
wondering
if
at
some,
if
we're
getting
an
update
on
this
again,
there
I'd
love
to
see
something
of
around
how
often
police
are
driving
on
parkland
or
just
even
a
rundown
of
why
that
is
happening
and
potential
solutions
or
ideas
about
changing
that
or
how
to
reduce
the
number
of
incidences
of
that
and
something
that
I
hear
a
lot
of
from
my
constituents.
So
just
getting
a
presentation
on
the.
M
Why
and
the
how
would
be
helpful
and
then
the
other
is
panhandling
solutions,
I'm
wondering
if
that's
something
that
is
comes
up
a
lot
in
it,
if
that's
just
an
ongoing
issue
or
how
that's
dealt
with
as
it
from
an
enforcement
perspective
and
how
that
kind
of
connects
to
you
know
people
who
are
experiencing
homelessness
in
our
parks.
If
you
have
any
thoughts
about
that.
X
X
That
basically
said
panhandling
was
not
illegal,
behavior
couldn't
just
arbitrarily
be
prohibited
and
that
that
was
a
violation
of
the
First
Amendment
of
people's
free
speech,
and
so
from
that
point
on,
there
has
not
really
been
at
least
an
enforcement
strategy
around
panhandling.
There
are
some
issues
around
obstructing
traffic.
You
know
and
when
panhandlers
come
into
traffic
lanes
and
approach
cars
that
that
behavior
can
still
be
illegal
but
but
standing
at
a
corner
with
the
sign
asking
people
to
give
money.
X
It's
not,
although
it
may
be
a
livability
issue,
it's
probably
not
a
violation
of
law,
and
it's
I
mean
it
is
a
little
bility
issue
that
can
be
challenging
as
far
as
driving
on
parks,
especially
this
time
of
year,
when
the
turf
is
so
wet.
We
we
direct
our
officers
not
to
drive
on
turf
at
all
unless
it's
for
an
emergency.
Now,
with
that
being
said,
I
have
been
alerted
over
the
last
couple
weeks
of
other
law
enforcement
agencies
driving
on
turf,
and
we
have
taken
that
head-on.
A
A
Thank
you
again,
chief
for
the
report.
I
wanted
to
just
applaud
you
and
the
superintendent
for
your
initiative
on
the
pursuit
policy
revisions.
I
know
that
we
had
a
conversation
with
Colonel
Langer
at
the
State
Patrol
a
few
months
back
or
on
some
of
our
concerns
around
that.
So
I'm
glad
to
see
our
department
leading
by
example.
There
I
also
just
wanted
to
point
out
I.
Think
I.
A
Think
commissioners
are
aware
of
this
too,
but
the
chief
is
was
asked
by
the
colonel
to
provide
some
situational
awareness
training
around
pursuits
urban
areas
where
there
are
within
six
blocks.
You're
gonna
have
a
part
in
you're
likely
to
have
kids
around
and
just
some
increase
situational
awareness
around
that
so
I
think
that's
something
we
should
all
as
an
organization
be
proud
of
the,
and
so
thank
you
for
leading
by
example.
A
There
I'm
personally
a
little
torn
I,
actually
I
can't
believe
I'm
saying
this,
but
I'm
a
little
torn
on
the
on
the
vehicles
on
turf,
because
I
I
understand
I,
don't
remember
the
exact
number,
but
at
any
given
time
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
there
aren't
a
lot
of
park
police
officers
just
out
in
the
field.
Do
you
know,
can
you
tell
me
a
ballpark
what
that
number
is
during
a
day
where
folk,
how
many
folks
are
in
the
city
I,
would.
A
That's
seven
and
a
lot
of
times
they're
a
lot
and
they
are
the
precincts,
are
similar
to
our
press.
Are
we
mirror
the
patrol
precincts
which
are
very
similar
to
our
Park
Commissioner
districts?
The
is
I
mean
in
all
of
in
all
of
Southwest
Minneapolis
and
13
different
rec
centers
in
the
Regional
Park
system.
A
You
might
have
one
officer
that
that
needs
to
engage
with
the
public
and
be
a
public
face
and
a
friendly
face
for
folks,
but
also
may
need
to
get
from
like
Linden
Hills
to
Whittier
in
a
couple
of
minutes
and
if
they
are
blocked
away
from
their
car
in
a
Regional
Park
where
we
do
want
them
to
be
and
engaging
with
families.
That's
hard
to
get
back
and
respond
to
that
call.
A
X
So
that's
that's
something
new
and,
and
we
will
take
all
the
help
we
can
get
in
addition,
they're
also
participating,
along
with
the
Office
of
Traffic
Safety,
doing
providing
an
educational
booth
at
Juneteenth
this
year,
mostly
around
child
restraints,
and
making
sure
that
kids
are
protected
in
cars.
So
those
are
exciting
things
that
have
come
out
of
that
discussion
with
regards
to
to
driving
on
the
turf
there.
There
probably
cannot
be
an
all-out
prohibition
on
officers
driving
on
turf.
I
X
X
The
challenge
around
being
able
to
hire
officers
of
color
is
really
related
to
the
licensing
requirements
that
candidates
need
to
have
before
I
can
consider
hiring
them
and
I'm
working
with
superintendent
Bangor
right
now
on
our
racial
equity
action
plan
for
the
next
two
years
and
part
of
the
things.
One
of
the
things
that
we're
doing
in
that
racial
equity
action
plan
is
creating
what
I
would
call
an
apprenticeship
program
where
we
are
gonna.
X
Take
young
people,
probably
recent
high
school
graduates,
provide
them
employment
and
then
put
them
in
an
apprenticeship
program
where
we
will
pay
for
them
to
go
to
school
pay
for
them
to
become
licensed
eligible
and
work
with
them
to
get
their
peace
officer
license.
And
then,
at
that
point,
when
they're
licensed
eligible
to
become
a
police
officer,
we
will
hire
them
as
a
park
police
officer.
This
is
a
long-term
investment.
X
There
is
not
a
significant
number
of
people,
not
a
significant
number
of
african-american
candidates
in
the
candidate
pool
who
want
to
come
and
work
here,
and
so
that
is
the
challenge.
It's
a
challenge
that
we
recognize
and
that
we're
committed
to
and
that
superintendent,
Bangor
and
I
are
working
on
very
closely
together.
One.
I
X
So
chair
be
taught,
commissioner
sod.
We
traditionally
hired
police
officers
and
two
pathways.
One
is
the
traditional
recruit
that
has
gone
to
college
and
has
passed
a
licensing
exam
and
is
eligible
to
be
licensed
by
the
state
as
a
police
officer.
The
other
path
is
hiring
what
we
call
Police
Cadets.
So
that
was
a
program
where
you
could
have
a
degree,
a
two-year
degree
in
any
field,
and
we
would
then
hire
that
person
pay
for
them
to
get
their
law
enforcement
certificate
and
then
send
them
to
the
police
academy.
X
One
of
the
barriers
that
some
of
our
park
agents
have
had
is
meeting
the
conditions
that
are
additional
requirements
to
being
a
police
officer
from
Park
agent
and
frankly,
one
of
those
requirements
is
the
the
physical
agility
testing
that
we
do.
That's
also
required
by
the
state
of
Minnesota
Post
board
to
become
a
police
officer.
I
X
Kirby
talked
Commissioner
Hasan
they're,
not
leaving.
We
are
not
pushing
them
out
of
the
system
right
their
employment
as
a
park.
Patrol
agent
is
their
employment
as
a
park
Patrol
agent.
We
are
hopeful
that
that
they
will
be
able
to
be
very
competitive
in
the
police
officer,
hiring
process.
We
give
additional
points
for
things
like
having
a
certain
number
of
hours
as
a
park
patrol
agent
for
being
a
Minneapolis
resident
for
having
experience
in
a
positive
situation
with
young
people.
X
I
F
I
X
So
sorvita
Commissioner
nasaan-
if
there
are
specific
people
that
you
would
like
to
talk
about,
we
should
do
that
probably
offline.
What
I
would
say
is
that
in
general
Park
Patrol
agents
who
have
problems
becoming
police
officers
struggle
in
in
one
of
a
few
different
categories.
One
is
the
physical
fitness
and
physical
agility
test
that
they're
required
to
take.
We
are
required
by
the
Post
board
to
make
sure
that
we're
providing
a
physical
agility
test.
X
There
are
additional
background
requirements
that
police
officers
go
through,
so
the
scrutiny
of
a
background
for
police
officer
is
regulated
by
state
statute.
The
background
for
a
park
control
agent
is
not
they.
They
have
to
competitively
test
amongst
all
of
their
candidates,
so
they
have
to
score
high
enough
to
be
considered
as
a
finalist.
So,
like
I
said,
if
you
want
to
speak
about
specific
candidates,
we
should
do
that
offline.
But
those
are
some
of
the
issues
that
Park
Patrol
agents
have
encountered
when
trying
to
take
the
next
step
to
become
police
officers,
know.
I
G
X
F
You
chair
thanks
for
the
report
really
chief
O'hara,
a
lot
of
good
things
to
applaud
you
on
good
work.
I,
don't
know
if
you've
been
doing
this
every
year,
but
I
really
look
forward
to
next
year
and
how
these
the
police
oversight
committee
dovetails
into
that
and
hope
that
that
will
make
even
more
productivity
for
you,
one
of
the
curious
things
that
you
said
is
that
in
the
situation
of
many
Falls
that,
if
I
heard
you
correctly,
that
you
found
that
punitive
actions
had
a
more
it
wasn't,
a
positive
productive
thing.
F
Is
there
some?
Is
that
just
your
experience
or
is
there
some
Studies
on
that?
You
know.
As
far
as
you
know,
when
we
ticket
you
know
whatever
it
seems
to
me
that
you
know
like
with
on
our
bike
paths.
That's
one
thing
that
you
wanted
to
discourage
was
ticketing
everybody.
If
they
were
going
over,
you
know
10
miles
an
hour.
The
smoking
in
the
parks.
Things
like
that.
Can
you
share
a
little
bit
more
that
that
experience
or
understanding
sure.
X
Be
talk
to
mr.
Forney
there's
an
important
distinction
between
the
letter
of
the
law
and
the
spirit
of
the
law
and
in
the
case
of
frozen
mini
HOF
Falls.
We
have.
We
have
park
patrons
who
are
coming
to
one
of
the
most
iconic
places
in
the
state
of
Minnesota
to
take
pictures
of
a
beautiful
natural
feature
and
I.
X
Don't
think
that
it's
from
a
public
relations
perspective
ideal
to
have
park
police
officers
confronting
park
patrons
trying
to
do
something
like
that
in
an
enforcement
way
where
they're
gonna
get
a
fine
and
and
have
to
go
to
court,
and
all
that
if
we
can
physically
create
boundaries
that
allow
them
safe
access
right.
The
solution,
the
problem
that
we're
trying
to
address
is
safety,
we're
trying
to
prevent
people
from
hurting
themselves,
and
if
we
can
do
it
in
another
way,
other
than
writing
70
tickets.
X
That's
that's
what
we
should
be
striving
for,
not
just
as
a
police
department
but
as
an
organization.
We
should
be
striving
to
make
that
that
space
as
safe
as
possible
and
provide
a
level
of
access
that
meets
the
people's
needs
without
having
to
write
them
a
ticket,
because
when
somebody
gets
a
ticket,
they
never
feel
good.
They
walk
away
with
a
bad
feeling.
They're
angry
at
the
officer
they're
disappointed
in
their
experience
at
the
park.
They're,
probably
irritated
with
this
board.
X
N
N
Officers
of
color
I
want
to
be
really
really
intentional
when
I
say
black
officers,
because
a
lot
of
times
when
we
talk
about
black
folks
getting
to
a
certain
point
in
society,
other
folks
come
and
say
people
of
color
and
and
people
of
color
anti
blackness
comes
from
everybody,
not
just
white
folks.
So
it's
really
important
for
us
to
know
the
difference
between
black
folks
and
people
of
color
when
we
talking
about
specially
law
enforcement,
where
black
folks
that
people
are
kind
of
a
black
folks
disproportion
you're
are
suffering
from
the
criminal
justice
system.
N
X
N
Just
really
concerned
that
we
have
decided
to
stop
and
it
don't
get
me
twisted
I'm,
a
person
that
doesn't
think
we
should
have
super
punitive
actions
for
everything,
but
I'm
concerned
that
we've
decided
to
discontinue
punitive
actions
in
this
park
when
other
parks
may
be
having
some
maybe
similar
issues,
and
it
the
fuming
factions
haven't
been
discontinued.
That's
my
concern
right
now
like
this,
that
that
part
of
town
is,
has
a
you
know,
different
shade.
X
H
So
first
off
I
want
to
say
thank
you
chief
for
doing
this
presentation.
I
I
know
that
we
talked
about
it
a
while
back
so
I'm
I'm
happy
that
you
finally
share
what's
going
on
with
the
entire
board.
Also
I
want
to
say
thanks
for
reaching
out
and
asking
me
to
serve
on
the
exam
panel.
I
think
that
that
is
a
step
towards
something
different.
Your
commitment
to
change
and
like
what
the
future
looks
like
for
the
police
force
means
a
lot
to
me.
H
You're
you're,
open
to
new
ideas,
you're
open
to
what
the
community
has
to
say
it.
Sometimes
it
takes
a
little
time,
but
we
get
there
right
like
it
may
not.
It
may
feel
different
in
the
beginning,
but
you've
been
great
to
work
with
on
looking
at
these
changes,
particularly
the
police
cars,
the
park
police
cars.
That
was
something
that
you
said
to
me
right
away.
We
can
change
it.
There's
no
reason
to
even
have
a
further
discussion
about
it.
H
H
You
know
that
nice,
green
color,
that
these
are
car
police
officers,
also
you
and
I,
had
a
conversation
about
the
power
shifts
and
I
was
like
extremely
confused
like
well
they're
working
more,
and
this
is
like
harder,
and
you
really
sold
me
on
how
this
would
be
better
for
us
to
serve
better
for
them
to
serve
in
our
parks
on
this
time.
So
I'm
really
excited
about
seeing
the
outcomes
of
the
power
shifts
and
then
I've
had
the
opportunity
to
meet
and
talk
with
Pat.
H
So
I
I,
look
forward
to
tomorrow,
I,
like
the
pursuit,
the
police
pursuit
policy,
that's
a
great
step
towards
something
much
better
than
what
we've
seen
in
the
past.
I
I'm
just
really
excited
about
moving
forward
and
being
in
the
the
chair
of
this
committee,
because
I
know
you
and
your
team
are
committed
to
doing
better
and
I'm
so
happy
to
be
a
part
of
the
better
of
our
Park
Police.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Any
further
discussion,
those
in
favor
of
adjournment
a
motion
to
adjourn
so.
U
N
Q
C
Q
E
Against
whose
tensions
that
motion
passes
we
have
minutes,
may
I.
Please
get
a
motion
to
approve
the
minutes
so.
N
G
E
T
Services,
who
are
our
contractors
working
on
this
project
with
myself
and
park
staff
prior
to
Kim
and
Doug's
presentation
here,
I'd
like
to
just
give
you
a
little
recap
of
what
we're
doing
with
currently
my
role
with
the
natural
areas
from
2005
until
the
present
in
2005
environmental
management
got
their
first
work,
crew
of
seasonal
employees
that
were
just
designate
to
work
in
the
natural
areas.
A
lot
of
things
have
changed
since
that
time,
but
what
we
have
been
doing
consistently
since
that
time
is
management
of
a
couple
of
different
types
of
natural
areas.
T
The
first
is
what
we
have
designated
as
remnant
natural
areas
and
that
this
is
a
picture
of
our
comprehensive
plan
that
we
are
currently
working
under,
and
there
are
about
nine
remnant
plant
communities
in
the
park
system.
That
would
be
areas
like
along
West,
River,
Parkway,
Wirth
Park
and
some
areas
up
north
of
worth
the
worth
park
around
Eloise
Butler
up
towards
this.
What
is
now
the
ski
area
so
they're,
all
in
the
comprehensive
plan
and
designated
we're,
also
managing
planted
natural
areas
and
those
planted
areas
are
pictured.
T
We
are
currently
operating
under
the
technology
of
a
vegetation
database
that
was
designed
for
the
park
system
by
superior
consulting.
It
worked
extremely
well.
It
documented
over
funding.
All
the
work
activities
gave
little
mini
management
plans
that,
like
the
site
report,
that's
pictured
here
for
the
different
natural
areas
that
we
have
been
managing
in
the
park
system.
T
We've
worked
with
the
the
vegetation
database
to
document
what
we've
done
in
these
areas,
and
also
this
photo
with
the
pretty
colors
is
the
Minnesota
DNR
land
cover
classification
system
and
what
this
will
do
is
show
us
the
different
types
of
plant
communities
and
actually
the
land
cover
of
the
city.
So
you
see,
the
purple
area
is
the
residential
areas.
The
green
and
the
darker
purple
are
natural
areas
along
West,
River,
Parkway
and
36:30
is
shown
here.
T
What
we're
doing
now,
with
our
natural
areas,
plan?
There's
there
was
a
phase
one
where
we
did
more
of
a
desktop
exercise
and
Kim
and
Doug
will
explain
that
this
kind
of
stemmed
from
our
budget
performance
goals.
We
did
a
phase
one
where
we
developed
began
developing
some
management
strategies
and
mapping
and
in
Phase
two,
where
we're
working.
Now
we
are
working
at
assessing
those
areas,
we're
physically
having
people
go
out
into
the
field
and
look
at
the
areas
to
confirm
that
the
desktop
exercise
was
correct.
T
The
natural
what
is
showing
up
as
an
oak
woodland
is
really
not
woodland
and
looking
for
the
plant
communities
that
are
that
if
there
may
be
rare
plants
or
large
assemblages
of
native
plants,
we're
making
note
of
that.
So
the
phase
two
is
the
assessment
and
developing
management
reports
on
the
natural
areas
that
we
currently
have
in
our
park
system.
K
So
you
have
about
2,800
acres
of
natural
areas
in
your
system
and
what
this
project
is
all
about
is
trying
to
figure
out
just
what
you
have.
What
does
competition
is
and
what
can
be
done
to
increase
its
its
integrity
now
and
its
resilience
in
the
future,
despite
all
the
changes
that
we
know
are
coming
our
way.
K
So,
as
Marsha
first
indicated,
we
are
just
expanding
and
deepening
the
work
that
she
had
begun
back
in
2005.
The
first
phase
of
the
project
started
in
about
two
years
ago,
and
we
got
through
that
project
and
the
goals
being
to
basically
create
a
classification
of
habitats
for
you
using
your
specific
conditions,
as
well
as
a
ranking
system
that
is
actually
part
of
a
national
ranking
system
for
evaluating
ecological
conditions
in
each
of
your
prairies
and
forests
and
wetland
areas.
K
In
addition
to
that,
all
of
those
data
were
brought
into
a
GIS
system
which
you
have
and
is
operational
and
being
used.
There
was
a
preliminary
overview
of
your
field
conditions,
just
to
confirm
that
the
classification
was
working
and
that
the
ranking
system
was
working
and
to
do
some
other
adjustments
before
we
moved
into
phase
2
the
phase
1
report.
K
K
What
we
found
was
about
1/3
of
your
park
system
is
in
some
kind
of
a
dry
music
music
forest
State,
where
we
can
actually
identify
the
native
trees
and
ground
layer
plants
that
exist
at
those
locations.
So
we
know
it's
in
a
long
standing
plant
community.
It's
been
there
probably
for
at
least
a
few
hundred
years,
if
not
longer
in
some
cases,
and
you
have
about
300
acres
of
something
called
altered
forests.
K
K
The
big
difference
between
this
project
and
the
previous
one
is
we're
clicking
detailed
data
inside
each
of
those
plant
community
polygons,
recording
that
doing
a
better
job
of
assessing
what
the
conditions
are,
so
that
we
can
turn
that
into
management
recommendations
for
specific
locations
in
your
park
system.
And,
of
course,
once
we
have
the
recommendations,
you
could
be
going
to
talk
about
scheduling
and
how
much
time
it's
going
to
take
and
the
cost
to
implement
this
type
of
work.
K
K
Second
phase
is
the
field
inventory
the
assessment,
but
make
sure
the
boundaries
of
these
polygons
are
correct,
make
sure
we
know
what
is
inside
each
of
them
and
make
the
recommendations
for
long-term
management
of
these
locations
I'm
going
to
talk
about
something
called
a
management
brief.
In
a
moment.
K
The
management
brief
is
going
to
be
the
delivery
tool
to
the
staff
so
that
when
they
go
out
into
the
field
into
one
of
these
locations,
they
will
know
what
the
overall
assessment
is
for
that
location
and
be
able
to
then
implement
management
activities
consistent
with
the
goals
for
that
particular
location.
I'll
show
you
that
in
just
a
moment,
so
the
field
inventory
work
which
began
last
June
was
intended
to,
as
I
said,
make
sure
the
classification
was
correct
for
each
location
that
we
have
mapped,
get
the
boundaries
correct,
given
a
an
ecological
rank.
K
It's
an
A
through
D
scale,
a
excellent
condition:
D
poor
condition.
Those
carry
a
lot
of
weight
you're
in
poor
condition
d.
It's
going
to
take
an
awful
lot
to
increase
the
viability
of
that
location,
the
biodiversity
of
that
location,
a
lot
of
effort
and
time
and
money
if
you're
an
excellent
condition
or
good
condition.
A
lighter
touch
is
needed
to
secure
the
current
conditions
of
say,
a
prairie
or
Savannah
a
little
bit
of
rule
of
invasive
plants
and
prescriber
and
you're
off
and
running
in
terms
of
long
term
maintenance
of
that
site.
K
Invasive
plant
species
at
each
location
are
noted,
their
abundance
is
noted
and
their
distribution,
are
they
clumped
over
here
or
are
they
distributed
throughout?
That
is
very
important,
because
then,
by
clicking
on
any
one
of
these
polygons
you'll
be
able
to
say
how
much
work
it
would
take
to
remove
buckthorn
for
this
location
versus
this
location,
because
you
have
the
data
attached
to
those
locations.
K
There
are
some
other
minor
features
that
were
mapping
where
you
have
seeps
and
springs
where
there
is
erosion
and
then,
of
course,
all
of
these
places
are
photographed
in
the
field.
Where
have
we
completed
the
work?
Thus
far,
so
in
2018
the
polygon
that
you
see
there
that
ellipse?
That's
where
the
inventory
work
has
been
completed.
Is
that
correct?
K
K
Would
know
because
he
has
visited
most
of
those
areas,
if
not
all
so
we
have
a
little
more
than
half
of
the
way
to
go
in
2019
and
we'll
be
done
with
the
field
work.
So
I'm
just
going
to
show
you
an
example
of
what
the
data
look
like
on
the
ground,
so
here's
the
Gorge
Mississippi
River
Gorge.
We
accelerated
the
inventory
in
this
area
because
there
was
a
master
plan
going
on.
K
As
you
all
know,
in
that
area
we
want
to
have
the
data
available
so
that
the
master
plan
people
could
take
that
in
and
use
it
with
their
other
data
on
recreation
and
visitorship,
and
things
like
that
infrastructure
needs
and,
as
I
said,
all
of
these
data
are
being
brought
actively
into
a
GIS
system
that
is
live
right
now,
so
that
staff
can
interact
with
it
at
them.
At
this
very
moment,
so
I'm
just
gonna
give
you
a
little
demonstration
on
my
phone
believe
it
or
not
about
your
data,
and
this
is
live
data.
K
If
it
is
updated
tomorrow
and
I,
would
log
back
in
I
would
see
the
new
okay?
Thank
you.
We
can
spend
a
little
time
exploring
this
at
the
end.
It
just
takes
a
long
time
to
bring
it
up
on
the
screen
here,
so
I
just
want
to
demonstrate
how
wonderful
a
tool
this
is,
and
the
idea
is
this.
If
one
of
yours,
Berg
staff,
has
a
tablet
or
a
phone
with
this
one
of
your
parks
staff
has
a
towel
or
a
phone
with
these
data
on
it,
I'm
clicking
on
your
field,
inspection
data
right
there.
K
It's
asking
me
to
get
my
location
that'd
be
meaningless
because
I'm
nowhere
near
these
areas-
and
now
you
can
see
that
this
is
the
same
location
right
here-
that
I
just
showed
you
I'm
gonna
zoom
in
to
the
beloved
36th
Street
Savannah.
Everybody
knows
that
place
right.
So
there
it
is
I,
don't
know
if
you
can
see
from
here
the
brown
and
polygon
in
the
middle
there.
K
G
K
Go
the
layers
are
all
on
alright,
so
you
can't
see
it
from
here,
but
there
are
lots
of
little
points
on
this.
These
are
photographs.
These
are
other
bits
and
pieces
of
data,
so
I'm
going
to
click
on
one
and
it
brings
up
a
little
screen
as
observations
I'm.
Gonna
click
on
that.
Oh,
my
goodness,
look
at
that!
There's
a
photo
all
right
and
there
you
go.
There's
your
Savannah
right
there.
So
what
a
powerful
tool
for
field
staff
quite
remarkable!
The
other
thing
that
you
do
is
and
there's
a
lot
more.
K
You
can
do
with
this
I'm
just
trying
to
illustrate
that.
Ultimately,
this
is
all
about
application
and
getting
work
done
on
the
ground
and
making
it
possible
for
your
staff
to
do
it
efficiently
and
with
the
best
data
available
at
their
fingertips.
The
other
thing
you
can
do
is
to
click
on
one
of
the
polygons
and
you'll
get
some
of
the
background
data
associated
with
that
polygon.
K
So
for
the
savanna,
it's
one
of
your
highest
ranked
plant
communities,
believe
it
or
not
in
your
system
because
of
all
the
work
that
you
folks
have
already
done
it
so
I
clicked
on
that,
and
it's
bringing
up
the
savanna
3.92
acres
right
here,
amazing
and
there's
a
whole
bunch
of
other
information
as
well
all
right!
So
that's
that's
the
Show
and
Tell
part
of
the
presentation
we
can.
We
can
look
at
it
a
little
more
detailed
if
you
want
at
the
end
of
the
Q&A
session.
K
K
So
what's
the
plan
going
to
look
like
when
we
get
done
with
this
pad
next
summer's
fieldwork,
it's
going
to
have
little
figures
in
it
like
this,
which
is
a
scientist
perspective
on
what
the
core
Natural
Area
is
and
what
the
transitions
are
that
lead
out
from
the
core
to
the
less
hospitable
landscape
around
it.
That's
a
conservation
concept
is
basically
restoration
and
management.
Concepts
will
be
developed
well
for
each
of
your
natural
areas.
K
The
inventory
results,
management
tasks,
costs,
recommendations,
plant
species
lists,
including
climate
adaptive,
trees
to
plant
now
and
in
the
year
2040,
and
these
management
briefs.
So
here's
an
example
of
a
management
brief
trying
to
keep
it
to
two
pages
front
and
back
there's
a
lot
of
data
on
here.
But
this
is
for
your
36th
Street
Savannah.
You
can
see
the
map
off
to
the
right
with
the
Prairie,
thus
the
Savannah,
the
surrounding
woods.
K
The
lowland
forests
have
blue
off
to
the
right
by
the
river
and
then
lots
of
data
lots
and
lots
of
data,
but
in
a
format
that
can
be
downloaded
to
your
phone
or
your
tablet
or
taken
as
a
single
sheet
of
paper
out
into
the
field.
So
you
know
as
much
about
this
site
as
the
field
worker
as
we
do
as
scientists,
and
what
are
we
going
to
do
next?
So,
as
I
said
finish
up
the
inventory
in
2019
finish
up.
N
N
K
N
F
T
Can't
answer
that
sure
when
you
get
into
wetlands
and
you
start
working
on
vegetation
management
and
restoration
of
wetlands
in
Minneapolis,
many
of
our
wetlands
have
infrastructure
in
them.
They
appear
to
be
wetlands,
but
there
really
is
it's
much
more
complicated,
for
instance
the
Roberts
bird
sanctuary,
which
is
much
if
you
go
out
there
today,
you'll
see
it's
wetland.
Well,
it's
been
altered
by
the
way
the
road
has
been
backfilled
to
make
Lake
area
Parkway.
We
have
a
sanitary
sewer
line
in
there.
T
We
have
drainage
coming
from
Lake
Calhoun,
passing
through
the
cemetery
and
into
Lake
Harriet
there's
a
piping
that
goes
through.
So
what
seemed
to
be
wetlands
can
be
much
more
complicated
in
our
park
system,
and
this
is
a
very
big
project
to
go
through
all
of
the
natural
areas
and
physically
be
out
in
the
field.
So
for
this
project
right
now,
wetlands
are
not
being
thoroughly
investigated
and
given
management
briefs
for
them.
So.
T
Le
Tamarack,
Oh,
Eloise,
Butler
and
golf
courses
are
not
in
this
study.
Eloise
Butler
is
a
wildflower
garden
and
it
is
planted
and
again
the
wetland
area.
There
has
been
very
manipulated.
It
has
plumbing
in
it
to
bring
in
water
from
the
Minneapolis
water
system,
and
the
Tamarack
bog
is
being
studied
to
some
extent,
but
we
do
need
to
do
more
hydrological
studies
to
really
understand
where
the
water
comes
from
in
these
wetland
areas,
and
it
isn't
what
it
appears
to
be.
So
it's
a
much
more
detailed
thing.
T
I
can
see
that
coming
on
in
the
future.
If
we
choose
to
do
more
research
and
do
some
modeling
with
the
different
like
there's
inputs
of
groundwater,
surface
water
in
the
wetlands
off
of
Glenwood
Parkway,
it's
a
bit
more
complicated
than
what
we
can
handle
with
this
short
timeframe
that
we
have
for
this
study.
It's.
T
F
F
A
A
Look
when
I
when
I
looked
back
at
this
slide
that
had
the
sample
management
area
plan
that
had
a
bullet
bullet
point
list
of
strategies.
There
was
a
sample
item
of
like
spray
treatment
with
a
non-life
assay
herbicide
I
know
that
we
have
a
committee
with
a
Pacific
charge
right
now
that
is
looking
at
transitioning
away
from
more
than
just
more
than
just
glyphosate
and
they're,
looking
at
transitioning
away
from
a
larger
amount
of
herbicides
in
that
so
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
that
work
is
happening
in
conjunction
and
that
again.
T
Yes,
both
hands
now
I
can
answer
that.
I
am
more
than
aware
of
the
glyphosate
moratorium
and
the
work
that
the
pesticide
committee
is
doing.
I
I
have
contributed
to
that
extensively.
I
would
just
like
to
say
that
we
are
not
going
to
be
making
recommendation
that
are
just
one
type
of
recommendation.
For
instance,
we
did
a
lot
of
work
on
the
Mississippi
River
Gorge.
T
When
we
went
when
the
AES
staff
went
out
and
did
an
assessment
of
the
gorge,
we
were
happy
to
find
out
that
the
concentrations
of
buckthorn
along
the
gorge
were
up
along
the
trail
system
and
also
down
below.
So
what
this
means
is
if
we've
got
a
strip
of
buckthorn
how
we've
been
managing
along
the
Mississippi
River
Gorge
is
by
maybe
just
going
by
once
a
year
and
doing
a
mowing,
and
it
would
be
more
of
a
mowing
with
what
some
call
a
ditch
more.
G
T
Actually
doing
that
physically
with
Conservation
Corps
staff
and
brush
sauce
as
best
we
can,
we
do
have
some
capability
with
our
equipment
to
do
that
in
certain
areas.
But
that
is
a
non
herbicide
treatment
that
we've
been
doing
to
control
the
buckthorn
him
it
was
very
I
was
very
pleased
to
find
out
that
it
is
just
along
that
upper
edge.
We've
been
trying
for
sure
since
about
2010
myself
and
the
Conservation
Corps
crews
that
I
have,
as
we
can
do,
that
cutting
it
back
to
control
it
from
seeding
and
tow.
K
K
A
T
We
have
to
work
with
where
we
are
at
right
now,
with
a
park
board,
we
have
a
contract,
that's
been
in
place
since
2017
with
AES
we
were
working.
We
have
the
glyphosate
ban,
we're
aware
of
that.
There
will
be
multiple
recommendations
made
for
different
areas.
Prescribed
burning
is
also
you
know,
it's
that's
a
maniman
management
tool
prescribed,
burning
and
mowing
for
Prairie
areas
in
addition
to
herbicide
applications,
so
Thank
You.
M
T
Perhaps
we
do
have
it
as
a
tool.
Just
recently
we
hired
a
GIS
technician,
and
this
is
the
first
person
we've
had
in
on
Park
staff,
who
is
solely
dedicated
to
GIS
technology,
so
he's
just
getting
on
board.
I
I
think
he's
maybe
been
here
for
less
than
a
year
right
now
it
so
he's
getting
that
whole
system
set
up
where
we
can
get
into
ArcGIS
online.
The
information
that
Kim
was
showing
on
your
phone
can
be
done
through
an
application
with
Ark
collector
for
the
phone.
G
T
Cannot
be
used
very
smoothly
right
now
because
we
still
have
to
get
the
park
board
changed
its
GIS
system
a
couple
years
ago
from
City
and
Minneapolis
hosting
it
to
the
park
board
having
there
a
host-
and
that
has
we've
had
to
kind
of
reinvent
ourselves
with
that,
but
it's
going
much
smoother,
given
the
fact
that
we
have
staff
dedicated
a
staff
person
dedicated
to
just
that
activity.
Now.
So,
okay.
T
Wow
right
right
right
now,
where
we're
at
using
the
tablet
in
the
phone
and
the
fee
as
Kim
was
explaining,
is
not
something
that's
accessible
to
all
staff
gotcha
I'm,
just
the
GIS
users,
which
are
it's
a
small
subset
of
people
and
actually
the
what
Kim
is
using.
That's
just
really
a
couple
of
us
that
are
using
that
right
now
and
that's
Environmental
Management
staff.
Thank.
M
E
When
we
talk
about
natural
areas.
Management
I
had
been
thinking
about
this
as
encompassing
naturalized
areas
as
well
places
where
we've
gone
in
and
we've
converted
lawn
areas
into
a
natural
area
or
where
nature
has
done.
That
for
us
did
I
misunderstand
that
that's
included
in
the
scope
of
this
work.
T
That
will
have
a
management
brief,
because
we
have
an
investment
in
that
area
through
the
grant,
funding
and
the
all
the
activities
that
we
have
been
putting
in
to
maintain
that
area,
so
that
we'll
have
a
management
brief.
As
far
as
naturalized
areas,
we
have
some
areas
like
I'm
thinking
of
a
few
around
the
lake
that
are
like
reduced
mow
areas,
yeah.
E
E
T
I
will
say,
is
part
of
the
park
board's
effort
to
go
into
view
works
our
asset
management
system
that
we're
using
for
mapping
our
lands
and
tracking
work
activities.
I
and
other
staff
have
really
worked
last
winter
worked
very
intensely
on
hashing
this
through
and
what
kind
of
layers
we're
going
to
have
in
that
asset
management
system.
So
we're
going
to
have
natural
areas
layers,
which
is
what
applied
ecological,
has
made
maps
for
us
GIS
maps
layers
for
there
will
be
reduced
mowing
areas,
and
these
are
areas
like,
for
instance,
Lake
Nokomis.
T
We
have
mature
oak
trees
and
steep
slopes
that
get
mold
once
a
year.
That's
a
different
management
type,
a
different
land
type,
it's
maintained
by
our
maintenance
staff
and
not
environmental
management,
and
then
Eloise
Butler
is
a
garden.
So
that
is
in
a
garden
mapping
system,
a
garden
layer
in
our
few
works.
So
is
that
answering
questions
that
kind
of
kind.
E
Of
we
all
up
about
it
later
yeah,
the
other
question
I
had
was
around
where
we
go
after
this
phase
is
done
so
the
way
that
I've
been
following
this
is
that,
after
this
piece
is
done,
we
really
ought
to
be
in
a
place
where
we're
ready
to
start
creating
vegetative
management
plans.
Do
we
have
a
feel
for
how
much
more
work
is
going
to
be
necessary
internally
before
we
get
to
the
point
where
we
have
those
for
all
of
these
spaces?
Well,.
T
We
will
have
the
management
plans
for
these
spaces
so
for
the
River
Road
and
we've
used
that
as
our
example,
because
we
did
that
for
the
master
planning
process.
You
have
the
whole
river
corridor,
which
is
an
oak
forest,
but
within
that
we've
got
like
the
smaller
area
at
36th
Street,
which
is
Prairie
savanna.
So
we'll
have
an
oak
forest
management
discussion
of
how
that
can
be
managed
in
our
park
system
as
well
as
individual.
T
An
individual
plan
for
just
that's
of
Anakin's
is
unique,
so
there
will
be
those
kind
of
two
different
types
of
management
plans
like
a
larger
one
for
these
larger
areas.
So
we
know
how
to
manage
an
oak
forest.
We're
also
working
to
do
pricing
so
how
much
per
acre
could
it
be
to
get
something
from?
Maybe
a
sea
quality
up
to
a
be
quality
and
the
work
activities
that
it
would
would
be
included
in
that
effort?
Okay,.
E
T
E
T
R
T
K
K
On
the
other
hand,
to
know
the
limited
mo
areas
on
the
slopes
where
the
big
Oaks
are.
That
is
a
layer
that
you
have
mapped
and
it's
being
tracked
it
would.
It
is
classified
by
us
as
something
probably
we
classified
it
as
Prairie
on
the
slope.
Okay,
so
it
is,
it
is
mapped
as
Prairie
if
the
trees
are
very
sparse,
which
they
are
in
places
and
then
overlaid
on
that
is
this
layer
of
minimal
mall
ones.
So
that's
a
management
concept
dropped
on
top
of
the
land
cover.
K
E
Every
single
one
of
those
has
naturalisation
components
in
them
and
I've
looked
at
projects
we've
we've
projects
we
have
done
in
the
past
to
try
to
either
restore
or
enhance
vegetation
and
then
looking
at
what
they
look
like
now,
many
years
after
we've
done
that
work,
you
know
we
and
our
partners
have
invested
a
ton
of
money
in
them
and
we
haven't
really
managed
those
spaces
and,
in
some
cases,
they're
very
similar
to
what
they
were.
We
went
in
and
did
work
in
them.
E
Some
it's
policy
maker,
I'd,
really
love
to
see
us
get
to
a
place
where,
as
an
institution,
we
are
making
investments
and
then
maintaining
those
investments
to
ensure
that
the
value
that
we
got
out
of
them
initially
is
the
value
we're
getting
out
of
them.
Five.
Ten
fifteen
twenty-five
years
later
as
well.
So
thank
you
for
the
work
for
the
update,
I,
look
forward
to
reading
the
full
report.
I'm.
Sorry,
commissioner
horny
you
don't
get
to
leave
quite
yet.
Courtney
has
one
more
comment.
Go
ahead!
Sorry.
F
G
F
Don't
I
don't
know
what
our
policy
is
on
that,
but
it
makes
it
so
much
harder
to
eradicate
it.
I
mean
we
have
to
hand
dick
it
and
it
just
becomes
so
such
a
large
football,
but
it's
very,
very
difficult
to
get
rid
of
so
anyway.
I
just
wanted
to
share
my
own
personal
experience
on
that,
and
then
also
in
your
management
plan
is
Lysa
fade,
something
that
is
gonna
be
needed.
T
E
Q
E
N
N
N
I'd
like
to
take
a
vote
and
improving
them
minutes
from
that
day,
all
in
favor
say
aye
all
opposed
stitches
all
right.
We
have
just
one
study
before
report
item
today,
assistant
superintendent,
Therese
Cox
will
be
presenting
today,
and
we
were
going
to
learn
about
the.
What
is
the
invitation
in
Innovation
Fund
get
a
little
update
right,
good.
Y
Evening,
commissioners,
Thank
You,
chair
French-
this
will
be
very
brief.
I
want
to
give
you
an
overview
of
how
the
innovation
funds
are
rolled
out
this
year,
so
I
am
NOT
on
the
grant.
Review
committee
in
front
of
you
is
a
list
of
the
NPR
B
staff
that
serves
on
the
review
committee
and
makes
the
decisions
on
which
projects
get
funded
and
what
up
to
what
dollar
amount,
as
you
can
see
that
it
is
kind
of
a
broad
swath
of
staff
from
across
the
organization
representing
many
areas.
Y
So,
just
by
way
of
background,
what
is
now
the
law
distich
Innovation
Fund
has
existed
since
2014
and
then
that
year
the
board
allocated
$50,000
to
enhance
or
support
the
development
of
new
programs.
It
had
a
few
simple
goals,
some
of
which
were
to
just
support
response
and
responsiveness
to
community
needs.
So
when
a
need
arose
kind
of
mid
budget
season,
we
wanted
to
have
a
way
of
supporting
whatever
that
need
be
without
having
to
wait
until
the
end
of
the
budget
cycle
and
start
over.
Y
We
also
wanted
to
foster
greater
partnerships
between
the
parks
in
the
community.
So
how
do
we
work
more
work
differently
or
more
deeply
with
grassroots
community
organizations
to
provide
some
of
the
programs?
And
then
we
wanted
to
maintain
program
accountability
and
this
the
implementation
of
the
Innovation
Fund
has
gone
through
several
iterations
and
we'll
talk
about
how
we
got
or
where
we
are
now
in
terms
of
process
in
just
one
second.
Y
So,
as
you
all
funded
the
grants
for
this
year,
we
talked
extensively
about
these
being
micro
grants,
which
means
that
they
are
small
in
nature.
They
are
not
intended
to
support
an
organization
broadly,
but
really
small
things
to
get.
You
know
to
to
try
things
and
that's
really
the
essence
of
the
innovation
grant
it's
to
encourage
staff
to
take
some
risk
with
minimal
consequence.
Y
Y
So
after
the
application
after
the
partner
has
been
identified,
staff
submit
the
application,
and
then
the
grant
committee
receives
all
of
the
proposals
and
proposals
are
approved
based
on
creativity
or
innovation.
Really,
what's
this
thing
that's
different
than
what
we're
already
offering
remember.
The
essence
of
this
is
to
try
something
new.
It
is
also
based
on
need,
so
let's
say
there's
something
that
isn't
entirely
innovative.
Y
It's
we're
doing
this
other
places
in
the
city
in
the
system,
but
in
this
particular
geographic
area,
this
part
of
the
city,
whatever
it
doesn't
exist,
and
so
there's
a
little
bit
of
innovation
in
this
part
of
city,
as
it
doesn't
exist
over
here
and
then
appropriateness
so
by
appropriateness,
I
mean
I'm,
a
photographer.
That's
what
I
do
I
may
say:
I
want
to
do
a
project
with
you,
but
I
really
don't
have
the
background
to
work
with
kids.
Y
That's
what
I
do
professionally,
but
I
don't
have
the
experience
in
working
with
kids,
so
that
may
not
be
entirely
appropriate
view.
We
know
working
with
young
people
takes
a
particular
skill,
and
so
not
everyone
possesses
that
skill.
Additionally,
as
a
photographer,
I
may
only
own
my
own
camera.
Well,
these
are
micro
grants,
and
so
we
wouldn't
have
an
ability
to
provide
cameras
or
some
you
know
some
mechanism
for
all
kids
short
of
cell
phones,
but
you
get
the
gist
of
the
appropriateness
right.
Y
So
as
a
reminder,
the
innovation
funds
priorities
for
this
year,
obviously
innovation
as
I
keep
coming
back
to
that.
So
what
are
we
doing?
That's
going
to
be
different
and
we
had
four
key
areas:
Smyly
community
broadly,
which
included
youth,
adults
and
families,
girls
or
women
under
21
children
of
any
background
under
17
and
then
adults
over
55.
So
our
our
active
older
adults,
this
year's
budget
was
197
five.
Y
Y
So
let's
make
sure
that
we've
got
some
money
if
we
didn't
get
enough
applications
for
any
particular
group
in
this
go-around,
so
it's
not
a
ton
of
money,
but
we
want
to
hold
back
some
so
that
we
can
fund
some
things
that
maybe
didn't
get
funded
this
this
go-around
so
in
front
of
you.
This
is
what
proposals
look
like.
Y
Fifty-Six
proposals
were
received
and
all
of
them
totaled
more
than
four
hundred
seventy
three
thousand
dollars,
so
we
had
certainly
more
interest
than
we
had
funds
available.
Many
of
the
proposals
met
multiple
criterias,
so
you
could
be
both
girl
and
Somali.
You
could
be,
you
know
55
and
silly,
so
some
of
them
met
multiple
criteria
and
we
we
took
a
close
look
at
that.
Y
What
were
some
of
the
things
that
got
declined?
We
we
declined.
Expansions
of
existing
programs
so
night-owls,
we
didn't
give
more
money
to
expand
idols
because
it
already
exists.
Those
there's
no
real
innovation
in
that
and
we
declined
traditional
sports
so
soccer.
We
had
some
requests
for
soccer,
but
that
kind
of
exists
already.
So
unless
you're
gonna
do
something
incredibly
unique
with
soccer,
we
didn't
approve
those
kinds
of
things.
Y
Y
So
what
do
we
do
next?
So
we
are
going
to
look
at
what
we
like
to
see
in
the
fall.
I
start
to
think
about
you
know:
are
there
gaps
in
the
services
that
we
have
or
is
something
emerging
that
we
would
like
to
see
coming
up?
We're
gonna
obviously
review
the
process.
What
worked?
What
didn't
and
then
start
to
think
about
the
opportunities
for
4/20,
so
very
high-level
overview
of
the
innovation
funds
implementation
for
this
year.
If
you
have
any
questions,
I'd
be
happy
to
take
them.
C
I
Find
when
this
events
are
happening
the
park,
so
we
can
go
see
how
things
are
happening
like
it's
one
of
the
I
bought
this.
You
know
like
this
funny
hard.
You
know.
I
can
present
porno
this
and
last
year
and
there's
some
other
things
that
I
wanted
to
see,
and
it's
actually
a
great
thing
but
I
also
want
to
see,
is
when
some
of
the
dates
so
that
the
start
dates
and
how
low
it's
gonna
go.
I
Y
Saint
Mary's
mine.
Yes,
thank
you
vice
president
Hassan,
yes,
we
certainly
can
get
you
some
dates.
As
you
can
imagine,
there
will
be
rolling
start
dates,
so
some
programs
are
very
short
kind
of
a
couple
days
or
something
like
that.
Some
of
them
are
going
for
a
much
longer
period
of
time,
and
so
some
things
will
be
starting
and
stopping
at
varying
times
that
we
will
do
our
very
best
to
make
sure
that
you
are
informed
about
what's
happening
where
so
that
you
can
go
out
and
take
a
look.
My.
N
F
You
very
exciting,
really
is
of
all
of
these
grants,
or
you
know
a
bit
proposals.
Okay,
is
this?
The
dollar
amount
that
each
one
of
them
requested.
Y
Y
The
grant
committee
did,
you
know,
felt
like
the
per
participant
rate
was
was
absorbing
right,
and
so
they
said
we
can
fund
you
at
this
level
with
you
still
providing
this
amount
of
programming
which
brings
the
per
participant
rate
down.
So
not
everybody
got
the
full
of
dollar
now
that
they
asked,
for
there
were
some
a
little
bit
give-and-take
in
some
places
and.
F
The
reason
why
I'm
asking
it
many
years
ago
that
the
we
always
called
it
the
frosting
on
the
cake,
you
know
those
those
wish
list
things
that
you
know.
You
never
wouldn't
anticipate
me
in
the
budget
and
everything
which
it's
a
little
bit
similar
and
everything
and
that's
where
people
for
parks
came
in
so
do
we
segue,
for
you
know
our
staff,
that
you
know:
okay,
maybe
you're
not
getting
the
max
amount
but
encouraging
them
that
there's
other
potential
places
to.
Y
Forney,
that
is
an
excellent
question
and
I
can't
say
with
any
certainty
that
we
say:
no,
we're
not
funding
you
at
this
time
for
this,
but
go
seek
dollars.
Other
places,
I
can't
say
that
that's
part
of
this
process,
but
what
I
can
say
is
I
do
know
that
staff
are
getting
dollars
from
people
from
people
for
parts
and
I
also
know
that
there
are
other
departments
in
the
organization
that
says
well.
S
W
S
Forward
with
the
program
I
know
that
I
have
been
in
that
position,
where
I've
received
a
half
grant
and
then
expected
to
come
up
with
the
same
outcomes
and
that's
nearly
impossible
sometimes.
So
that
was
also
one
of
the
conversations
that
we
had,
because
each
member
of
the
committee
was
assigned
to
be
that
conduit
of
information
between
the
committee
and
the
applicant.
So
we
could,
like
assistant
superintendent
Cox
mentioned,
had
that
kind
of
give-and-take
in
conversation
to
determine
if
we
were
shutting
people
down
or
not.
Thank.
F
You
really
that's
very
helpful,
I
appreciate
hearing
that
are
we
tracking
now
that
we've
been
doing
this,
but
for
four
years
five
years,
whatever
how
many
of
them
have
been
successful?
Are
they
evolving
into
permanent?
Some
sort
of
you
know?
What's
the
track
record
of
us
ceding
this,
you
know
I
think
would
be
helpful
for
us
to
know.
Y
Commissioner
Forney
I
I'm
a
short-timer
here
so
I,
don't
know
that
we
are.
We've
have
been
tracking
in
a
formal
way
in
the
past,
but
what
I
can
tell
you
is
part
of
the
next
steps
is
really
to
think
about
what
does
success.
Success,
look
like
out
of
these
projects,
and
so
that
is
the
kind
of
the
next
step
in
their
work
to
say,
what
are
we
going
to
fund
what's
going
to
qualify
and
and
what
will
we
do
next
with
it
so
stay
tuned
for
what
come?
What
comes
out
of
that
grateful.
N
You,
commissioner,
funny
commissioner
message:
Thank.
E
You
chair,
French
I
would
advise
my
colleagues
that
our
district
commissioners
that
are
interested
in
these
programs
to
reach
out
to
the
rec
center
directors,
the
rec
center
Directorate
Nokomis,
reached
out
to
me
when
they
received
this
grant,
and
let
me
know
that
the
project
was
happening
and
actually
asked
me
to
participate
as
one
of
the
mentors.
So
there
there
are
opportunities
potentially
for
you
to
get
involved
as
well.
In
the
programming.
That's
being
explored,
I'm
hopeful
to
see
some
more
proposals
make
it
out
of
lower
south
I
know.
E
We've
got
a
lot
of
seniors
that
are
very
excited
about
trying
to
get
some
new
programs
started.
So
maybe
next
cycle
I'm
really
excited
to
see
this
list.
We
had
not
previously
been
updated
on
the
types
of
proposals
that
we're
getting
forwarded
is
just
getting
funded
and
so
having
that
exposure
at
the
board
level
I
think
is
important
and
I'm
excited
to
see
that
that
we
we
have
so
many
things
that
sound,
really
cool
that
might
grow
beyond
the
parks
are
at
I
know,
there's
a
huge
waiting
list
for
the
Nokomis
girls
bike
program.
E
There's
actually
also
a
request
to
expand
it
to
boys
and
that
we
include
a
wider
age
range
and-
and
there
I
think
that's-
it's
clearly
struck
a
chord
with
the
community
and
is
giving
people
an
opportunity
to
really
think
outside
the
box
about
what
it
means
to
go
to
a
program
at
a
rec
center.
So
yeah
keep
up
the
good
work.
Many
thanks
to
everyone
who
served
on
that
committee
and
helped
us
move
forward.
It's
awesome,
Thanks
Thank,.
Y
Chair
French,
mayor
I,
just
respond
to
commissioner
music,
so
you
are
absolutely
right.
We
recognize
that
we
just
didn't
get
as
many
55
plus
proposals
as
we
hope
to
which
is
great,
that
we
held
back
some
money
to
see
what
comes
out
of
it,
and
so
we
have
some
staff
we'll
start
to
do
some
reach
outs
now
say:
hey
here's,
some
things
that
we
like
to
do
and
start
to
seek
out
community
partners
to
help
make
that
happen.
So
we're.
N
Apologies,
commissioner,
research
and
superintendent
Cox
I,
don't
have
any
more
questions.
All
the
questions
I
want
to
say
thank
you
for
this
I
see
me
and
a
commissioner.
She
recently
about
a
lot
of
times
about
non
sports
activities
for
kids,
and
we
know
there
needs
to
be
a
place
for
what
I
call
urban
nerds,
because
I
think
I
was
an
urban
nerd.
You
know
and
you
need
to
be
a
place
for
those
those
type
of
folks,
so
I'm
really
really
excited
about
other
activities.
Besides
sports
I
think
those
are
good.
We
got
tons
of
that.
N
So
I'm
really
excited
to
see
other
things.
The
autism
function,
I'm
really
really
excited
about
that.
I
would
love
to
be
keep
posted
on
that.
So
thank
you
for
all
the
work
that
you
do
and
thank
you
for
everybody
in
the
record
apartment
and
give
yourself
a
pat
on
the
back.
That
is
the
last
I
know.
That
being
said,
I'd
like
to
present
a
motion
to
adjourn.
I
A
G
M
A
Resolutions
been
moved
as
their
second
say,
it's
been
moved
and
seconded
any
discussion.
Seeing
none
all
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
opposed
abstentions.
Motion
carries
that
would
now
entertain
a
motion
to
enter
into
closed
session,
though
it's
been
moved.
As
their
second
say,
it's
been
moved
and
seconded
all
those
in
favor
of
entering
the
closed
session.
Please
signify
by
saying
aye
opposed
abstentions.
We
are
in
a
closed
session.
We
can
move
to
the
other
two.
The
psychology.