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B
I
will
call
the
first
official
meeting
of
this
committee
to
order
for
our
regular
committee
meeting
wednesday
september
16th,
and
I
would
also
note
that
this
for
the
record
that
this
meeting
has
remote
participation
by
council
members
and
city
staff
as
authorized
under
the
minnesota
open
meeting
law.
Section
13
d
point:
zero:
two
one
due
to
the
declared
state
of
emergency,
I'm
sorry
due
to
the
declared
state
of
local
public
health
emergency.
C
D
F
C
B
Let
the
record
reflect
that
we
do
have
a
quorum
and
that
council
member
fletcher
is
also
in
attendance.
So
clerk,
please
note
that.
Colleagues,
today
we
have
13
items
on
the
agenda.
B
We
will
start
with
the
consent
agenda,
which
is
items
one
through
eleven
item
number
one
is
the
increase
in
salary
schedules
to
meet
the
state's
gender
pay
equity
salary
range
test.
Items
number
two
through
eight
include
a
bid
and
several
contract
amendments
related
to
the
public
service
building
project.
B
Item
number:
nine
is
the
acceptance
of
a
grant
from
hennepin
county
for
cares,
act,
funding
to
be
distributed
for
2020
elections
and
number
10
is
the
authorization
of
several
contracts
for
2018,
2019
and
2020
housing
opportunities
for
persons
living
with
aids
or
hopwa
funding.
B
G
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
I
I
don't
want
to
pull
any
of
the
items,
but
I
did
want
to
just
give
a
shout
out
to
items.
9
and
11.
both
pertain
to
the
elections
team.
You
know,
one
is
the
reimbursement
and
just
wanted
to
thank
the
elections
team
for
all
the
amazing
work
that
they
do
and
and
then
the
other
is
for
a
an
application.
G
And
while
I
know
we
don't
wanna
sort
of
counter
chickens
before
they
hatch
as
they
say,
I'm
really
excited
about
about
this
work
and
our
ability
to
conduct
elections
safely
and
just
wanted
to
highlight
the
awesome
work
that
the
election
team
is
doing
in
pursuing
that
funding
and
in
and
making
sure
ensuring
that
our
elections
are
safe.
So
that's
all.
B
Thank
you,
councilmember
ellison.
I
echo
those
sentiments.
Are
there
any
other
comments
or
council
members
who
would
like
to
pull
any
of
these
items.
H
C
C
F
B
B
So
that
item
carries
and
the
consent
agenda
is
approved.
Our
next
item
for
discussion
is
number
12,
which
relates
to
a
lease
with
the
loftenbach
properties
and
imagine
express
for
the
use
of
2633
minnehaha
avenue
as
the
third
precinct
temporary
site.
B
This
item
has
been
discussed
at
our
august
20th
meeting,
but
at
the
august
28th
meeting
of
the
city
council
was
referred
back
for
further
work
to
both
this
body
and
the
public
health
and
safety
committee.
The
public
health
and
safety
committee
discussed
this
item
at
this
meeting
last
week
and
recommended
denial
of
the
lease
agreement,
and
there
have
been
some
additional
developments
since
then
related
to
this
item,
and
I
would
ask
our
clerk,
mr
carl,
to
provide
a
brief,
update
and
a
recommended
motion.
I
I
I
This
particular
lease
agreement
was
referred,
as
you
noted,
madam
vice
president,
to
by
the
council,
to
both
its
public
health
and
safety
committee,
as
well
as
this,
the
policy
and
government
oversight
committees,
given
the
fact
that
there
is
mutual
agreement
between
the
parties
to
not
pursue
further
negotiation
on
the
proposal,
staff
is
then
recommending
that
this
committee
forward
its
recommendation
to
delete
this
matter
from
the
agenda
so
that
formal
action
can
be
taken
by
city
council
at
its
meeting
on
friday
this
week,
essentially
bookending
this
proposal.
B
That
is
quite
a
development.
Well,
based
on
your
recommendation,
mr
carl,
I
will
go
ahead
and
move
to
delete
this
item
from
the
agenda.
Is
there
any
discussion,
councilmember
johnson.
J
Thank
you,
madam
vice
president,
I'm
wondering
if
staff
could
help
fill
in
for
us
what
the
next
steps
are
here,
because
we
have
been
told
that
officers
currently
working
and
servicing
the
area
of
the
third
precinct
have
been
working
out
of
the
convention
center
and
that
that
really
has
a
time
certain
expiration
on
it.
In
the
new
year
with
the
convention
center
uses,
I
know
staff
had
looked
at,
I
believe
26
properties
or
more
and
then
selected
and
recommended
this
site
for
a
lease,
and
so
you
know
are
there.
J
Other
properties
that
were
looked
at
of
the
26
that
would
be
candidates,
are
staff
planning
on
starting
from
scratch.
How
soon
might
we
hear
something
on
this?
Any
of
those
kind
of
details,
I
think,
would
really
be
helpful
and
then
I
also
understand
that
council,
member
gordon
was
working
on
conditions
related
to
this
lease
they
could
really
get
at
community
needs
and
benefits
and
concerns,
and
also
help
move
forward.
J
I
Madam
vice
president,
this
is
casey.
I
believe
that
mr
ruff,
our
city
coordinator,
is
also
part
of
the
meeting,
and
I
know
he
can
speak
in
more
detail
to
some
of
those
questions,
so
I
would
defer
to
mr
ruff
on
any
further
response
back
to
the
council
on
this
particular
issue.
B
F
Sure,
council,
vice
president
and
members
of
the
city
council
and
mark
ruff,
the
city
coordinator,
I
think,
number
one
when
we
originally
had
the
the
vote
and
referred
back
to
committee.
We
did
identify
this
as
a
risk
that
we
could
not
assure
that
the
owner
and
the
city
would
continue
discussions.
We
we
did
our
best,
and
I
know
the
owner
did
their
best
too
and
have
nothing
but
respect
for
the
owner.
F
Through
this
process,
we
we
do
not
have
an
alternative
site
and,
as
council
member
johnson
referred
to,
time
is
of
the
essence,
and
so
we
will
likely
go
back
to
the
list
of
properties
that
we
had
contacted
previously
and,
as
we
had
discussed
in
committee,
we
may
need
to
go
look
at
properties
that
are
outside
even
the
boundaries
of
the
precinct.
At
this
stage
we
certainly
have
heard
the
council's
suggestions
about
breaking
this
into
smaller
pieces
or
several
properties.
F
F
This
was
a
holding
place
as
the
council
and
the
mayor
evaluate
the
future
of
public
safety,
so
we
will
do
our
best
and
certainly
take
into
account
council,
member
johnson's
and
council
member
gordon's
conditions
as
a
part
of
this,
but
I
guess
we
will
also
have
to
depend
on
what
the
what
the
ultimate
selection
is,
what
the
term
is
and
how
that
fits
into
the
overall
city
needs
for
this
kind
of
piece
of
property.
B
Thank
you,
mr
ruff.
I
I
know
you
you
complimented
the
the
property
owners
for
their
forthrightness
in
negotiating.
I'm
just
wondering
do
you
do
you
know
why
they
may
have
pulled
out
of
negotiations.
F
Council
vice
president,
I
don't
I
don't
I
don't.
I
don't
presume
to
understand
exactly
their
motivation
other
than
what
I
referred
to
earlier,
which
was
we
asked
them
to
hang
on
to
this
property
for
a
long
period
of
time,
while
we
evaluated
it
and
and
so
that,
as
I
said,
that
was
a
risk
that
we
identified
a
few
weeks
ago.
B
J
Council
vice
president
councilmember
johnson
here,
so
I
appreciate
that
explanation
of
next
steps
around
this.
I
I
certainly
hope
we
can
find
a
temporary
location
that
can
work
sooner
than
later
for
our
city
employees.
I
don't
see
that
as
something
that's
optional,
providing
a
workspace
for
our
city,
employees
who
are
out
there.
It's
it's
temporary
workspace.
J
J
This
council
has
such
few
opportunities
around
that,
given
our
current
authority
under
the
city
charter,
one
is
certainly
during
the
budget
process,
but
really
this
represents
a
critical
moment
as
well
in
that
regard,
so
I
was
hopeful
that
today
we
would
be
able
to
move
something
forward
with
some
really
leading
nation-leading
conditions
as
well,
that
were
smart
goals
that
were
achievable
and
that
would
really
advance
that
work.
J
J
I'm
glad
to
hear
that
you're
listening
to
council
on
some
of
these
alternative
options,
such
as
leveraging
substations,
so
we're
not
so
centralized
things
like
that
and
again,
I
don't
think
any
of
this
is
in
conflict
with
the
larger
discussions
around
our
public
safety
system
or
even
things
that
I
think
that
this
council
and
the
mayor
should
look
at
such
as
looking
at
the
size
of
the
precincts
and
number
of
them,
and
we
know
the
third
precinct
geographically
is
the
largest
in
the
city.
J
It
serves
a
ton
of
residents,
you
know,
does
it
make
sense
to
have
it
continue
to
be
one
precinct?
Should
it
be
split
up?
You
know:
how
does
that
work
with
the
alternative
safety
responses
as
well
that
we're
pursuing
things
like
that
and
those
are
larger
conversations?
J
B
Thank
you,
council,
member
johnson,
seeing
there's
no
other
discussion.
I
will
ask
clerk
to
call
the
roll
on
this
motion.
H
K
B
That
item
carries
and
that
motion
has
been
approved,
so
this
committee's
recommendation
will
be
forwarded
to
friday
city
council
meeting
for
final
action.
B
Our
last
item
on
the
agenda
item
number
13
is
a
report
on
air
pollution.
In
the
city
of
minneapolis.
We
have
a.
B
We
have
staff
from
the
minneapolis
pollution
control
agency
on
hand
to
provide
us
with
this
presentation,
we'll
start
with
the
city
of
minneapolis
own
patrick
hanlon,
of
the
city's
health
department.
Mr.
A
Hammond
chair
jenkins,
vice
chair,
ellison,
council
members,
my
name
is
patrick
hanlon,
I'm
the
director
of
environmental
programs
in
the
health
department,
we're
presenting
on
air
quality
today.
Just
to
give
you
a
little
context,
there's
a
lot
of
concern
from
council
offices,
many
of
you
here
and
community
regarding
air
quality.
A
When
the
pandemic
started
mainly
around
the
economic
shutdown,
then
a
couple
weeks
into
the
pandemic,
there
were
some
studies
that
came
out
that
appeared
to
show
a
correlation
between
poor
air
quality
and
cobit
19,
the
spread
of
covet
19
and,
of
course,
our
areas
of
environmental
justice
are
hit
the
hardest
by
poor
air
quality.
So
we
wanted
to
bring
together.
We
started
meetings
with
the
minnesota
department
of
health
and
with
the
minnesota
pollution
control
agency,
about
presenting
to
council
in
may.
A
Unfortunately,
due
to
the
unrest
from
the
murder
of
george
floyd,
we've
had
to
delay
that.
So
thank
you
for
your
patience.
I
want
to
thank
those
from
minnesota
department
of
health
and
minnesota
pollution
control
agency
for
their
patients
as
well.
In
bringing
this
all
together
today,
you're
going
to
be
hearing
from
jim
kelly
manager
at
the
minnesota
department
of
health,
environmental
surveillance
and
assessment,
jose
luis
villasenor,
the
npca
ej
staff
and
a
local
ej
advocate
as
well
greta
gauthier,
gothier
assistant
commissioner
legislative
intergovernment
relations
and
kerry
palmer
air
assessment
manager.
A
So
they've
brought
some
great
experts
to
talk
about
air
quality
from
from
a
state
level
and
then
also
looking
at
our
local
air
pollution.
Here
they
also
have
on
hand
several
of
their
staff.
Should
we
have
technical
questions
for
them
afterwards?
I
know
they
have
this
all
timed
out,
so
I
was
thinking
that
we'd.
Let
them
get
through
their
presentation
and
then
ask
questions
afterwards.
A
Of
course,
if
there's
some
clarifying
questions
in
the
middle,
that's
this
is
your
show,
but
I
think
with
no
further
ado,
we'll
start
out
with
jim
kelly
from
the
minnesota
department
of
health
to
get
us
started.
B
E
Thank
you,
madam
chair
council,
members,
as
patrick
said,
I'm
jim
kelly,
I'm
a
manager
in
the
environmental
health
division
at
the
minnesota
department
of
health,
and
I'm
just
going
to
talk
to
you
briefly
about
some
of
the
connections
that
have
been
made
between
air
pollution
and
adverse
health
health
outcomes
and
how
that
is
also
could
be
associated
with
kovid
19..
So
if
I
could
have
the
next
slide,
please
the
connections
between
air
pollution
and
adverse
health
outcomes
have
long
been
established.
E
The
most
recent
one
that
we
conducted
in
2013
looked
at
data
from
the
year.
2013
showed
that
between
five
and
ten
percent
of
all
residents
who
died
and
one
to
five
percent
of
all
residents
who
visited
the
hospital
or
emergency
room
for
heart
and
lung
problems
did
so
partly
because
of
fine
particles
in
the
air
or
ground
level.
Ozone,
which
are
two
of
the
most
common
air
contaminants
that
we
find
both
in
the
metro
and
as
well
as
out
state.
E
This
equates
to
roughly
two
thousand
to
four
thousand
deaths
per
year
that
are
contributed
to
by
exposure
to
air
pollution,
500
additional
hospital
stays
and
800
emergency
room
visits.
The
burden
of
this
impact
on
public
health
does
not
fall
equally
upon
all
seniors
children.
People
of
color
people
with
pre-existing
heart
and
lung
conditions
are
affected
more
than
others,
so
it
it
bears
a
disproportionate
burden
on
those
who
are
at
least
able
to
deal
with
the
burden
of
continual
exposure
to
excess
amounts
of
air
pollution.
E
Low
income
areas
with
more
uninsured
people,
older
populations,
they're
both
most
vulnerable
to
the
impacts,
the
health
impacts
of
exposure
to
air
pollution
again,
and
these
these
connections
have
been
shown
in
scientific
literature
for
literally
decades.
So
this
relationship
is,
as
I
said,
has
been
fairly
well
established.
E
We
know
that
it
impacts
certain
populations
in
certain
areas
more
significantly
than
others.
If
I
could
have
the
next
slide,
please
now
most
recently
there
have
been
some
connections
and
some
preliminary
looking
at
whether
exposure
to
air
pollution
could
also
increase
either
the
spread
or
contribute
to
the
severity
of
covin-19
infection.
E
Earlier
this
spring,
a
a
study
was
done
and
released
by
the
harvard
university,
the
tc
chan,
school
of
public
health
that
found
increases
in
long-term
particulate
matter.
This
is
the
very
fine
particulate
matter
that
we
see
associated
with
with
air
pollution,
was
associated
with
up
to
an
eight
percent
increase
in
covid
mortality,
so
that
is
long-term
exposure
to
pollutants
in
air
could
also
make
one
more
susceptible
to
severe
outcomes
from
covid19
infection
from
a
biological
standpoint.
This
is
not
unexpected
anything
that
that
contributes
or
causes
inflammation
or
long-term
decrements.
E
In
how
your
respiratory
system
functions,
we
know
can
certainly
make
you
more
susceptible
to
severe
covalent
infection
in
the
same
way
that
other
underlying
conditions
such
as
asthma,
heart
disease,
diabetes
and
other
conditions
can
also
make
one
susceptible
to
the
more
severe
effects
of
covid19.
So
from
a
biological
standpoint.
This
this
makes
sense,
just
in
the
last
few
weeks,
emory
university
in
atlanta
issued
another
kind
of
preliminary
study
that
showed
that
coveted
death
rates
could
potentially
be
worsened
by
exposure
long-term
exposure
to
nitrogen
dioxide.
E
Another
air
pollutant,
that's
commonly
associated
with
vehicle
emissions,
seem
to
indicate
that
could
result
in
higher
death
rates
from
covid19.
E
So
it
may
be
that,
and
while
the
statement
said
that
they
they
were
shifting
the
focus
from
fine
particulates
to
nitrogen
dioxides,
I
think
the
implication
really
is
that
this.
This
area
of
study
is
very
new.
I
mean
covet
itself
is
very
new.
Only
around
six
months,
it's
been
in
the
united
states,
and
these
connections
are
really
just
starting
to
be
investigated.
E
So
the
takeaways
I
wanted
you
to
get
from
this
information
here
today
is
that
both
underlying
health
conditions
and
structural
inequities,
the
policies
programs
decision
making
governments
and
economics
influence
how
health
is
affected
by
air
pollution.
We
know
it
has
a
disproportionate
burden
on
those
who
are
people
of
color
who
are
poor.
Lower
social
economic
standards
standard
who
lack
access
to
health
care
that
again,
has
been
very
well
established,
a
reduction.
E
What
we
found
in
our
life
and
breath
report
is
that
even
a
reduction
of
10
percent
in
the
fine
particle
pollution
levels
could
prevent
up
to
500
deaths,
50
hospitalizations,
60
emergency
room
visits
across
the
state
that
would
have
a
significant
positive
public
health
impact.
This
is
based
on
models
that
link
the
data
on
what
we
know
about
air
pollution
to
the
public
health
outcomes.
So
there
is
good
news
here
in
that
further
reductions
in
air
pollution
will
definitely
produce
benefits
in
public
health.
E
At
the
same
time,
long-term
exposure,
according
to
preliminary
studies,
seems
to
suggest
long-term
exposure
to
air
pollution
appears
to
also
increase
the
population's
vulnerability
to
the
most
severe
covid19
outcomes.
So,
by
extension,
reducing
air
pollution
over
the
long
term
could
could
also
help
offset
some
of
the
more
severe
outcomes
from
covid19.
E
The
combination
of
this
chronic
exposure
to
both
air
pollution
and
infection
with
sars
cov2
the
virus
that
causes
covid19
appears
to
be
more
harmful
than
exposure
to
either
one
alone
across
the
u.s
population.
So
again,
when
you
layer
these
things
on
top
of
one
another,
it
produces
most
likely
a
more
severe
outcome
than
either
one
would
alone
and
again.
Improvements
in
air
quality
can
reduce
the
public
health
impacts
of
air
pollution
and
disease
and
disease,
and
I
think
that's
really.
E
The
most
important
takeaway
is
that,
by
by
continuing
to
to
to
focus
on
air
pollution,
not
lose
sight
of
it.
Despite
everything
going
on,
it
could
have
long-term
improvements
to
the
health
of
our
population,
as
well
as
improving
outcomes
potentially
from
covid19.
E
E
I'm
going
to
stop
there
and
turn
the
the
conversation
over
to
my
colleagues
at
the
minnesota
pollution
control
agency.
We'll
say
a
little
bit
more
about
what
we
know
about
air
pollution
and
its
occurrence
in
the
minneapolis
area.
So
I'm
going
to
pause
there,
but
I'll
be
on
remain
on
the
broad
on
the
broadcast
and
available
for
questions
later
on.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you
so
much,
mr
kelly.
I
I'm
not
sure
of
the
order,
but
I
have
jose
luis
via
senor
in
next.
Is
that
the
order
that
that
you
focus.
K
On
yeah
hi,
can
you
hear
me
council
president
council
members?
Yes,.
K
Okay,
so
I
just
want
to
just
really
quickly
just
have
my
my
colleagues
from
the
mpca
to
introduce
themselves
really
quick
and
then
we'll
we'll
begin.
Our
conversation
with
you
all,
so
I
just
want
to
ask
the
staff
that
will
be
presenting
to
introduce
themselves.
Please.
L
K
Thank
you.
I
just
want
to
say
vice
president
council.
Vice
president
council
members.
Thank
you
so
much
for
having
us
here
today.
My
name
is
jose
luis
via
my
gender
opponents.
Are
he
him
his
and
I'm
the
environmental
justice
outreach
coordinator
at
the
minnesota
pollution
control
agency
in
our
engagement
environmental
justice
unit?
K
Again,
I
want
to
thank
you
for
having
us
here
today
and
today
we're
going
to
share
with
you
how
our
staff
at
the
mpca
are
working
tirelessly
to
fulfill
our
agency's
mission
and
protect
the
environment
and
human
health,
and
one
of
the
ways
that
we're
doing
that
is
by
acknowledging
the
despair
disposed.
Expression.
Excuse
me
disproportionate
exposure
to
pollution
that
indigenous
communities,
communities
of
color
and
low-income
communities
are
experiencing
it's
something:
that's
not
created
in
a
vacuum.
K
As
an
agency,
we
are
learning
and
unlearning
the
ways
that
our
communities
neighborhoods
mario's,
look
and
function
are
due
to
structural
racism,
redlining,
racial
covenants
and
historical
disinvestments
of
indigenous
communities,
indigenous
communities
of
color
and
low-income
communities
that
continue
to
negatively
impact
our
communities.
Today,
within
our
presentation
that
we're
going
to
share
with
you
we're
going
to
share
how
we
use
data
to
inform
communities,
develop
authentic
community
engagement
strategies
and
continue
to
implement
environmental
justice
within
all
of
our
programs
at
the
agency.
K
M
Summa
dam,
chair
and
council
members
today,
I
wanted
to
share
some
information
of
the
results
that
we've
seen
at
air
monitors
in
minneapolis,
particularly
in
north
minneapolis.
But
first
I
just
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
fact
that
air
pollution
comes
from
many
sources
and
some
are
very
close
to
us.
For
example,
traffic,
construction
equipment
and
nearby
emission
facility
emissions
and
others
might
travel
from
really
long
distances.
M
B
Palmer
before
you
you
go
on,
I'm
I'm
curious
as
you
as
you're
discussing
this.
Are
we
recognizing
or
noticing
any
impacts
from
the
forest
fires
that
are
happening
on
the
west
coast
here
in
minneapolis.
M
Madame
chair
right
now
we
are
tracking
those.
We
have
been
lucky
enough
so
far
that
those
concentrations
haven't
come
down
to
ground
level,
so
we're
not
seeing
them
in
our
where
we
breathe
and
in
our
monitors.
However,
we
definitely
can
see.
I
don't
know
if
people
have
been
watching.
You
know
the
sun
sets.
I
was
just
out
last
night,
you
can
see
the
haze
from
it,
but
it's
up
in
the
upper
atmosphere
right
now.
However,
there's
always
the
possibility
that
it
could
come
down.
M
So,
looking
at
those
two
pollutants
for
nitrogen
ox
dioxide,
we
actually
saw
a
decrease
above
20
percent
in
2020
compared
to
that
same
time,
frame
in
2019
and
that's
probably
a
traffic
cars
and
trucks
are
a
major
source
of
nitrogen
dioxide.
So
we
think
a
lot
of
that
was
due
to
the
reduction
in
traffic
that
we
saw
during
that
time
period.
M
Now,
if,
on
those
fine
particles,
it
was
much
more
mixed,
we
have
one
monitoring
location,
that's
actually
at
the
94
or
35
w
intersection
and
there
we
did
see
a
decrease
again
of
about
20
percent
and
that
we're
attributing
likely
to
that
reduction
in
traffic
as
well.
However,
we
have
another
monitoring
site
in
the
phillips
neighborhood
on
the
anderson
school
and
that
was
actually
up
about
25
percent
in
that
march
to
june
time
frame
as
compared
to
the
same
in
2019.
M
So
it's
kind
of
been
mixed
for
the
fine
particles
and
we
don't
have
a
definitive
answer
on
why
it
increased
in
the
phillips
neighborhood
kai
the
next
slide.
Please,
we've
also
had
some
questions
just
in
general
about
what
we've
seen
in
air
quality
over
time
in
north
minneapolis,
particularly
as
the
northern
metal
shredder,
both
shut
down
and
decreased
its
operations,
and
this
is
a
little
bit
more
complex
live.
But
I
wanted
to
just
show
you
some
of
the
monitoring
sites
that
we
have
and
what
we've
seen
since
we
started
monitoring
there.
M
M
We
also
added
an
additional
site
in
2017
across
the
river,
in
the
marshall
terrace,
but
no
neighborhood,
and
we
wanted
to
see
because
there
were
three
types
of
pollutants
that
we
were
seeing:
elevated
in
north
minneapolis
and
they
were
including
larger
particles.
So
those
are
particles
that
are
quite
a
bit
bigger
than
those
fine
particles
we
discussed
but
are
still
suspended
in
the
air,
coarse
particles.
M
M
So
we
have
definitely
seen
reductions,
and
particularly
some
pretty
steep
reductions
in
lead,
which
we're
really
glad
to
see
the
other
take
home
is
that
we
did
see
significantly
lower
concentrations
at
that
bot,
no
marshall
terrace
site.
So
we
know
that
the
concentrations
are
going
down
pretty
rapidly.
We
think
they're
on
larger
particles
and
those
larger
particles
are
settling
out
pretty
quickly.
M
So,
along
with
looking
statewide,
we've
made
a
commitment
to
look
at
pollution
levels
and
emissions
at
a
finer
scale
and
to
try
to
better
understand,
what's
happening
in
individual
communities
and
neighborhoods,
and
I'm
going
to
turn
the
presentation
over
back
to
jose
luis,
to
talk
about
what
we've
learned
by
looking
at
a
finer
scale
and
what
we're
trying
to
do
to
achieve
healthier.
Air
for
all.
K
Madam
chair
members
of
the
city
council,
if
I
get
the
next
slide
and
I
apologize
there's
a
lag
on
what
I'm
watching
than
what
I'm
hearing.
If
I
apologize
on
that
ahead
of.
K
K
So
this
slide
here
is
a
very
shocking
data.
In
this
slide,
it
clearly
is
showing
that
in
minnesota
we
don't
all
breathe
the
same
air.
K
If
you
look
at
this
there
closely,
32
percent
of
residents
in
the
state
of
minnesota
are
exposed
to
air
pollution,
but
when
you
as
low-income
residents,
are
exposed
to
air
pollution
at
46,
communities
of
color
and
business
communities,
experience
at
91
exposure
to
air
pollution.
K
In
the
other
section
of
this
slide
across
the
state,
six
percent
of
our
residents
live
near
a
facility
we
permit
in
the
state
of
minnesota.
K
K
We
share
this
data
to
fulfill,
to
literally
say
that
we
are
falling
short
of
our
low-income
indigenous
communities
of
color
and
that
we
are
advancing
as
quickly
as
we
can
with
community
and
within
the
agency.
Our
environmental
justice
strategies
that
the
mpca
as
an
agency
is
setting
as
a
priority
in
exclusive.
K
Next
slide,
please
I'm
not
sure
in
the
next
slide
and
how
we
are
doing
this.
We
are
marking
air
quality.
We
are
enforcing
the
law
and
regulation
and
regulating
pollution
sources
in
areas
where
that
we
directly
do
not
regulate
such
as
car
pollution
and
small
businesses.
We
are
working
with
the
public
and
businesses
to
prevent
air
pollution
next
slide.
K
B
K
I
apologize
next
slide.
I
see
this
one
next
one
perfect
one
example
with
the
new
administration,
the
mpca
has
increased
its
work
to
assess
air
quality
in
minneapolis
and
st
paul,
installing
the
best
technologies
and
communities
throughout
saint
paul
and
minneapolis
to
further
understand
the
air
quality
and
the
errors
shown
in
this
map.
K
This
month
september,
21st
through
september
23rd,
furthering
our
priority
of
authentic
partnership.
The
mtca
has
convened
an
environmental
justice
advisory
group,
a
body
of
based
community-based
environmental
justice
advisory
groups
that
work
closely
with
the
mpca
commissioner
and
improving
implementing
excuse
me,
environmental
justice
within
all
the
agencies
programs.
K
At
the
same
time,
our
commissioner,
laura
bishop,
has
created
a
new
position
director
of
public
engagement
and
tribal
liaison,
led
by
helen
walker.
That
is
here
today
with
us.
That's
here
today
with
us
now,
I'd
like
to
pass
it
over
to
greta
to
go
over
the
grants
and
loans
and
programs
that
our
agency,
as
well
as
the
challenges
and
what
more
we
can
do
as
the
state
agency
in
fulfilling
our
mission.
Thank
you.
L
L
We
are
in
the
process
of
distributing
money
from
the
volkswagen
settlement,
as
you
may
recall,
back
in
2016
when
volkswagen
the
department
of
justice
came
after
volkswagen
for
some
vehicle
tampering
with
their
emissions
equipment
and
in
a
settlement
of
several
billion
dollars,
the
state
of
minnesota
got
about
47
million
dollars
which
we
are
now
distributing.
L
This
is
going
to
be
about
an
eight-year
process
of
distributing
the
money,
then
we're
maybe
about
a
third
of
the
way.
Through
so
far,
we've
awarded
one
and
a
half
million
little
over
one
and
a
half
million
dollars
in
grants
to
projects
in
minneapolis,
and
these
have
been
able
to
reduce
the
amount
of
pollution
in
the
air.
As
you
can
see
in
the
black
circle
on
the
screen,
these
projects
have
included
things
like
grants
to
buy
new
diesel,
on-road
vehicles
and
electric
vehicle
electric.
L
Vehicles
or
machinery
for
off-road
purposes,
and
it
also
has
included
the
installation
of
some
electric
vehicle
charging
stations
next
slide,
please
ma'am
chair.
We
also
have
a
small
business
grant
program
at
the
minnesota
pollution
control
agency
and
we
have
directed
about
150
000
for
20
projects
in
minneapolis
from
our
small
business
grants.
L
This
includes:
14,
electric
landscaping,
equipment
projects,
four
and
charging
stations,
three
projects
to
switch
wood
and
metal,
finishing
products
to
cleaner
alternatives
and
one
project
to
switch
a
dry,
cleaner
away
from
perchloral,
ethylene
to
a
safer,
solvent,
more
environmentally
friendly,
solvent
for
their
dry
cleaning.
So
this
grant
program
helps
small
businesses
achieve
reductions
in
their
emissions,
and
we
have.
We
have
tried
to
focus
this
work
on
minneapolis
and
we'll
continue
that
next
slide.
L
Please,
madam
chair,
we
have
a
couple
other
things
that
are
also
impacting
air
quality
in
minneapolis
or
that
we
hope
will
and
I'm
going
to
go
into
those
just
very
quickly.
Next
slide,
please
we
have
a
brand
new
electric
school
bus
pilot
program.
Here
you
see
our
commissioner
laura
bishop
and
the
commissioner
of
transportation,
margaret
kelleher,
margaret
anderson
kelleher,
announcing
this
just
last
month.
We
are
investing
from
those
volkswagen
dollars
up
to
three
million
dollars
in
to
purchase
all
electric
school
buses
around
the
state
of
minnesota.
L
This
is
very
open
to
urban
districts,
school
districts
across
the
state,
and
we
encourage
your
school
districts
in
minneapolis
and
also
the
transportation
contractors
that
work
with
them
to
apply
for
this
grant.
The
grant
is
kept
at
275
thousand
dollars,
so
it
will
make
an
impact,
because
these
vehicles
sometimes
are
difficult
for
school
districts
to
afford
next
slide.
Please
also,
we
are
undertaking
a
major
change
in
the
rules
and
regulations
at
the
for
the
state
of
minnesota
around
clean
cars.
L
We
are
moving
forward,
a
change
in
the
state's
rules
to
so
that
minnesota
can
join
14
other
states
in
adopting
low
emission
and
zero
emission
vehicle
standards.
These
are
the
standards
that
were
in
place
at
the
federal
level,
but
earlier
this
year
at
the
end
of
march,
the
trump
administration
rescinded
those
limits
we
are.
We
want
to
stay
with
the
limits
as
they
were
before
and
provide
drivers
across
the
state
with
access
to
more
electric
vehicle
options.
L
L
Another
thing
we
have
done
recently
is
that
minnesota
became
the
first
state
in
the
country
to
ban
the
use
of
trichloroethylene,
which
is
a
solvent
in
the
state,
and
this
came
out
of
a
enforcement
that
we
had
at
a
facility
up
in
white
bear
lake,
but
starting
in
june
1
of
2022
no
facilities
can
use
trichloroethylene
again
and
we
are
working
with
many
facilities
across
the
state
to
reduce
their
use
and
help
people
get
off
of
using
tce.
L
This
includes
several
businesses
in
minneapolis,
so
we
are
focusing
on
community
engagement
using
our
modeling
air,
modeling
and
monitoring
data,
as
well
as
new
enforcement
actions
to
bring
this
ban
to
fruition
next
slide,
please
man
of
chair.
As
with
any
unit
of
government,
we
have
challenges
and
restrictions
upon
what
we
can
do.
We
are
a
state
agency
and
we
are
undercut.
We
are
delegated
by
the
federal
government
to
enforce
federal
environmental
laws
in
minnesota
and
we
also
enforce
and
implement
state
environmental
laws.
L
But
those
laws
are
not
perfect,
and
so
there
are
things
we
we
would.
It
would
help
if
we
could
do
them,
but,
unfortunately,
right
now
we
cannot,
and
some
of
those
things
are
regulating
all
pollution
sources
such
as
all
vehicles,
lawn
equipment,
small
machinery
and
so
forth.
We
we
cannot
decide
where
facilities
and
roads
are
located
and
we
cannot
for
the
facilities
that
we
regulate.
L
I
want
to
just
touch
on
a
couple
things
we're
looking
at
doing
madam
chair
and
give
you
a
flavor
for
what's
on
the
horizon.
For
us,
we
are
going
to
continue
all
of
these
efforts,
but
we
want
to
move
beyond
that
and
work
more
around
environmental
justice
and
equity,
engaging
with
communities
where
we
know
there
is
an
overburden
of
pollution,
and
there
has
been
for
many
years.
L
We
also
want
to
look
at
other
states.
The
state
of
oregon
just
passed,
a
pretty
comprehensive,
clean
air
ruling
rulemaking
and
just
a
few
weeks
ago,
the
state
of
new
jersey
passed
probably
the
landmark
environmental
justice
legislation
in
the
country
right
now,
and
so
we
are
taking
a
look
at
that
as
well.
L
But,
of
course,
as
jose
luis
said,
ma'am
chair,
we
can't
do
it
all
ourselves
and
so
we're
always
interested
to
work
with
other
governments,
communities,
citizens,
permittees.
Anyone
who
is
willing
to
help
us
in
this
effort
because
of
the
public
health
impacts
and
the
benefit
to
the
environment
next
slide,
please.
L
So,
madam
chair
with
that,
this
concludes
our
remarks
and
I
think
we
would
be
open
to
taking
any
questions
that
members
of
your
committee
or
you
may
have,
and
thank
you
again
for
allowing
us
to
come
before
the
committee
today
and
present
this
information.
B
Thank
you
so
much
ms
gaultier,
and
to
all
of
you
for
this
sobering
presentation.
B
There
are
some
encouraging
factors
that
that
that
were
presented,
including
the
awareness
about
the
funds
from
the
volkswagen
settlement
that
could
potentially
be
used
to
help
projects
designed
to
reduce
pollution
in
minneapolis
and
and
elsewhere
around
the
state.
We
certainly
want
to
be
able
to
partner
on
that.
B
The
school
bus
program
sounds
very
encouraging
electric
buses
for
for
schools,
I'm
wondering.
Are
there
any
questions
or
comments
from
my
colleagues,
councilmember
schrader.
H
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
I
just
wanted
to
take
this
opportunity
to
thank
city
staff
and
thank
the
state
staff
for
for
all
of
their
work,
especially
in
these
times.
I
also
wanted
to
you
know
thank
them
for
their
work
on
the
the
school
buses.
That's
something
constituents
of
my
word.
You
know
worked
very
hard
on
promoting,
so
I'm
really
excited
to
see
that
program
going
forward.
A
Yeah,
chair
jenkins,
this
is
patrick
hanlon
again.
I
just
want
to
close
this
out
with
some
of
the
the
next
steps
that
we're
taking
so
we'll
be
meeting
with
the
north
side
green
zones.
There
was
already
one
meeting
where
we
kind
of
had
this
same
presentation
with
the
green
zones
and
talking
about
air
pollution
and
what
can
be
done
we'll
be
having
another
meeting,
that's
focusing
on
local
solutions
in
november
and
then
greta
had
mentioned
legislative
action.
A
I've
been
really
pleased
to
hear
that
they
have
some
legislative
agendas
that
they'd
like
to
sit
down
and
talk
with
us,
so
we'll
be
meeting
with
jean
ranieri
and
fatima
moore
to
talk
about
how
we
can
support
those
legislative
actions
to
be
protective
of
public
health,
especially
in
our
environmental
justice
communities
and
then
having
some
more
of
those
conversations
where
we're
bringing
business
and
community
together.
That's
going
to
be
one
of
the
focuses
both
from
the
minnesota
pollution
control
agency
and
from
ourselves.
A
When
we're
going
out
and
doing
community
meetings,
the
community
can
be
a
really
powerful
voice
that
we
don't
have
in
meeting
with
some
of
those
businesses
and
and
really
getting
those
messages
across
and
then
incentivizing
change.
They
mentioned
some
of
the
grant
programs
and
the
loan
programs
that
they
have
at
the
mpca,
with
the
programs
that
we've
developed
here
in
minneapolis
and
through
your
support
through
council
and
the
mayor's
office,
we've
been
able
to
fund
an
incentivized
change
that
wouldn't
have
otherwise
happened.
A
The
the
eliminating
of
perk
in
the
dry
cleaning
process
is
one
of
the
first
victories
that
we've
had
in
that.
In
that
regard,
we're
looking
at
what
we
can
do
with
auto
body
shops.
There's
another
50
tons
of
potential
pollution
there,
and
today
we've
worked
in
industrial
on-road,
off-road
and
neighborhood
projects
to
reduce
60
tons
of
pollution
in
our
neighborhoods
and
that's
equivalent
to
one
and
a
half
times
all
the
total
pollution
from
northern
metals.
A
One
of
the
projects
that
I'm
most
encouraged
about-
that's
going,
we
just
funded
this
year,
was
a
clean
air
repair
program
and
that's
working
with
low-income
members
of
our
community
who
need
car
repair
and
there's
four
different
locations
across
the
metro
area,
two
of
which
are
going
to
be
in
are
in
minneapolis
the
lyft
garage
and
then
newgate
is
going
to
be
doing
some
improvements
as
well
and
today,
just
in
a
year,
that
program
has
already
reduced
four
tons
of
pollution
on
our
roadway,
because
those
are
some
of
the
you
know
the
least
efficient
vehicles
producing
the
most
pollution.
A
So
these
are
the
efforts
that
we're
taking
with
the
minnesota
pollution
control
agency
and
minnesota
department
of
health,
to
really
focus
on
local
solutions
and
how
we
can
drive
forward
and
one
last
thing.
I
just
want
to
again
thank
the
mpca
and
mdh
for
all
of
their
time
that
bring
coming
forward
today
and
then
also
like
to
thank
kelly
mullman
in
in
facilitating
and
organizing
a
lot
of
this
work.
She
put
a
ton
of
work
to
bring
us
all
together.
B
Thank
you,
mr
hanlon,
and
I
I
will
just
say:
I'm:
I'm
really
encouraged
to
see
the
the
reduction
in
in
pollution
in
small
particulates
in
north
minneapolis.
B
It
really
is
encouraging
and
a
testament
to
the
community's
engagement
and
advocacy,
as
well
as
city
staff
and
and
state
and
agencies,
working
all
working
together
to
to
bring
about
some
of
those
changes.
I
am
discouraged
to
hear
that
you
know
fine
particulars
are
increasing
in
the
phillips
neighborhood
and
in
south
minneapolis
and
and
we
we
really
need
to
try
to
figure
out.
What
is
the
challenge?
That's
creating
this.
This
significant
increase,
25
percent
is,
is,
I
would
say,
is
relatively
significant
and
and
and
deeply
concerning
councilmember
ellison.
G
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
I
had
a
couple
of
questions.
First,
I
do
want
to
thank
staff
for
this
presentation.
This
is
amazing
work
and
I
know
that
it's
been
hard
work
over
many
many
years
on
the
northern
metals
front,
I
I
am
likewise
glad
to
see
those
reductions.
G
I
think
it's
really
important
and
and
absolutely
the
community,
the
community
advocated
and
fought
to
try
to
eliminate
some
of
the
heavy
polluters
in
our
community,
but
I
wondered
we're
able
to
see
the
reduction
within
the
communities
that
were
impacted,
but
how
do
we
know,
and-
and
you
know
how
do
we
know
when
we're
at
a
level
that
is
on
par
with
with
what
other
other
communities
face?
You
know,
I
guess
I'm
interested
to
know
sort
of.
G
What's
at
what
level
do
we
know
that
we
that
that
our
community
members
are
breathing
essentially
clean
air,
to
the
extent
that
that
that's
possible,
because,
as
we
also
saw
just
a
few
slides
later
of
the
32
people
who
are
living
near
these,
the
these
polluting
sites,
91
of
them
are
people
of
color.
I
believe
that's
what
the
the
graph
indicated,
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
know
you
know
yeah.
G
What's
our,
how
do
we
know
when,
when,
when
the
levels,
even
though
they
are
decreasing,
how
do
we
know
when,
when
to
celebrate
the
fact
that
our
communities
are
breathing
clean
air?
That's
my
first
question,
then:
I
have
one
more.
L
Ma'am
chair
and
council
member
ellison.
Thank
you
for
that
question.
I'm
going
to
ask
kyrie
palmer
from
our
air
program
to
speak
to
that.
M
Madame
chair,
councilmember
ellison,
I
would
say
when
we
see
cleaner,
because
I
agree
it
still
is
elevated,
particularly
at
those
two
monitors
that
are
very
close
to
northern
metals,
and
probably
people
are
aware
that
it's
not
the
only
facility
in
that
area
either.
We
know
that
there's
multiple
facilities
in
the
area,
multiple
unpaved,
roads
and
dust
that
comes
from
those
areas.
M
M
So
that
is
what
we
would
do,
and
that
is
what
we
do
on
an
ongoing
basis
as
compared
to
what
are
we
seeing
at
other
sites,
both
in
the
twin
cities
and
throughout
minnesota,
because
again
we
shouldn't
have
certain
areas
that
have
lower
air
quality
than
others,
so
particularly
for
lead.
That
would
be
an
example
more
of
where
you
would
see,
but
we
should
be
seeing
metals
and
we
still
are
seeing
elevated
levels
at
those
two
sites
that
are
near
the
northern
metals
area.
M
G
You
so
much
for
that.
That
response
that's
very
informative.
Thank
you.
My
second
question
had
to
do
with
the
the
the
busting
program.
I've
had
some
community
members
reach
out
concerned
that
there
might
be
barriers
given
so
for
our
minneapolis
public
schools
being
able
to
access
this
program
that
maybe
there
are
restrictions
in
the
application.
I
don't
know
enough
about
what
those
restrictions
might
be.
Do
we
anticipate
potential
barriers
to
being
able
to
access
this
program,
or
do
we
think
that
this
is?
This?
G
Is
primed
for
minneapolis
public
schools
to
access.
L
Madam
chair
and
council
member
allison,
thank
you
for
that
question.
We
certainly
do
not
want
there
to
be
any
barriers
for
any
community
to
apply
for
the
school
electric
school
bus
grant
program.
So,
as
far
as
I
know,
we
are
taking
every
measure
that
we
can
to
ensure
that
there
is
not
a
problem,
but
I
would
be
happy
to
to
discuss
that
with
you
or
to
provide
the
committee
with
more
information
about
how
to
apply
for
these
and
timelines,
etc.
L
We
certainly
don't
want
anyone
to
to
face
barriers
in
applying
for
the
funds.
G
Great
yeah
I'll
I'll
take
that
follow-up
offline
and
would
love
to
would
love
to
have
a
few
more
pointed
questions
that
I
can
take
back
to
back
to
community
members.
So
thank
you.
D
D
I
was
a
bit
intrigued,
of
course,
as
a
legislator
and
member
of
local
government,
when
I
saw
the
slide
on
challenges
and
what
we
don't
or
can't
do,
and
you
talked
about
regulating
all
pollution
sources
such
as
vehicles,
lawn
equipment
and
backyard
fires,
and
we
actually,
this
comes
up
every
so
often
there
was
also
the
piece
about
force
facilities
to
close
and-
and
I
know
in
phillips,
there
are
some
industrial
uses
that
are
operating
on
there
right
now
and
I'm
just
wondering,
and
even
the
slide
says,
force
facilities
to
close
or
move
if
they
are
meeting
state
and
federal
requirements,
so
we're
even
implying
there,
we
could
change
our
requirements
and
maybe
have
some
different
leverage
there.
D
I
also
remember
getting
a
long
letter
with
some
articles
and
information
about
gas
powered
leaf
blowers
and
people
were
pushing
on
us
as
a
city
and
saying
why
can't
you
do
something
about
this
they're
terrible
for
us.
D
L
L
Yet,
of
course,
much
work
remains
in
terms
of
changing
what
the
mpca
can
regulate,
unfortunately,
or
or
fortunately,
that
is
the
parameters
of
that
are
really
set
by
federal
law.
L
So
you
know
our
hands
are
tied
to
a
degree
in
that
regard.
Of
course,
a
state
can
always
have
regulations
that
are
more
environmentally
protective
than
the
federal,
and
that's,
of
course,
what
we're
trying
to
do.
With
our
clean
cars
rule.
We
are
making
our
minnesota
rules
more
protective
than
the
current
rules
in
the
trump
administration,
and
we
we.
L
We
have
been
working
with
legislators
from
minneapolis
who
have
come
up
with
ideas,
and
we
have
tried
to
work
on
bills
that
would
address
specifically
communities
where
there
are
where
there
are
historical,
overburden
of
pollution
or
environmental
justice
concerns.
Unfortunately,
you
know
again,
we
face
the
same
problems
that
many
other
governments
face.
Is
we
have
a?
We
have
a
divided
legislature
in
minnesota
right
now,
so
it's
been
difficult
to
move
some
of
these
bills
through
the
entire
legislature
to
get
to
the
governor
for
signature,
but
we
are
ready.
L
We
are
coming
in
next
year
with
some
more
policy
proposals
that
we
think
will
bring
bring
to
bear
fundamental
changes
in
terms
of
specific,
and
we
want
to
work
with
the
city
minneapolis
on
those
proposals
as
well.
L
In
terms
of
specific
things
that
the
local
that
the
city
could
do,
I
guess
I
would
ask
kari
if
she
knows
of
anything,
but
I
I
guess
I
prefer
to
probably
get
back
to
you
with
perhaps
some
ideas
about
what
some
of
those
could
be
again.
L
We
have
such
a
great
working
relationship
with
the
city
that
we've
already
done
so
many
things
together
and
we
are
able
to
have
our
programs
complement
each
other,
so
we're
not
repeating,
but
we're
building
on
each
other,
we're
not
duplicating,
I
should
say,
we're,
building
we're
building
with
each
other
towards
our
goals.
D
Well,
it
does,
and
also
I
wanted
you
maybe
just
to
hear
the
questions,
because
I
think
if,
if
it
looked
like
cities
were
doing
things,
it
looked
really
promising
to
you
and
you
had
were
looking
for
a
place
to
maybe
encourage
somebody
to
pilot
something
innovative.
Maybe
they
couldn't
get
done
on
the
state
level.
D
We
did
create
our
green
zones
program
and
legislation
to
also
allow
us
to
focus
on
certain
areas,
to
try
innovative
things
and
to
try
to
make
a
difference,
and
so
I'll
say
honestly
to
hear
that
our
south
side
green
zone,
maybe
is
actually
suffering
more
than
elsewhere-
means
we're
not
making
a
lot
of
progress
there
as
much
as
we
probably
should,
and
I'm
sure
we
could
make
more
on
the
north
side
green
zone
as
well
so,
and
we
can
have
more
ideas
here.
D
But
I
also
really
appreciate
that
you
might
want
to
share
some
of
the
more
innovative
things
that
might
be
more
challenging
offline
and
outside
of
this
meeting
as
we
kind
of
delicately
tiptoe
into
increasing
regulation
somewhere,
it's
always
challenging
to
try
to
increase
regulations
and
change
behaviors.
So
I
appreciate
that
too,
but
if
anybody
else
wants
to
to
weigh
in
a
little
bit,
that's
fine
we'll
meet
you
thanks.
L
B
Thank
you
both
in
just
a
little
context.
B
We,
we
really
came
up
with
this
concept,
to
to
provide
this
presentation
when,
when
the
council,
the
biggest
challenge
we
were
dealing
with,
was
covet,
19
and
and
then
you
know,
the
subsequent
really
tragic
incident,
which
resulted
in
the
loss
of
george
floyd's
life
and
subsequent
unrest
really
delayed
this
this
presentation,
and
so
I'm
I'm
grateful
that
it
has
come
today
and
it
really
has
come
at
a
time
when
I
think
we
have
a
little
more
head
space
to
really
wrap
our
brains
around
what's
being
presented
today
and
and
consider
what
types
of
policies
and
changes
and
shifts
and
how
we
are
addressing
this
issue.
N
Thanks,
madam
chair,
I've
been
listening
with
interest
and
I
know
there's
a
lot
of
pieces
of
work
throughout
the
enterprise
that
are
looking
for
solutions
to
these
various
factors
that
we
can
influence.
I
I
did
want
to
note
that
one
of
those
is
the
transportation
action
plan
which
is
underway,
which
has
a
direct
relationship
between
our
air
quality
and,
I
think,
that's
another
process
and
project
that
has
shifted
its
timeline
because
of
staff
capacity
related
to
kobit,
19
and
and
george
floyd's
murder
and
the
unrest
and
all
the
other
things
happening.
N
But
that
work
is
still
underway
and
I
think
we
are
in
a
time
where
commuting
padding
patterns
are
shifting
and
transportation
choices
are
shifting
in
a
lot
of
ways
that
are
challenging,
but
also
give
us
a
chance
to
really
look
at
our
street
system
and
and
figure
out
how
we
can,
as
we
you
know,
eventually,
I
think,
start
to
re-open.
N
If
you
will
re,
you
know,
work
spaces
start
to
have
employees
come
back
and
schools,
and
all
these
things
you
know
we
have
a
little
bit
of
time
and
space
here
to
figure
out
how
we
want
to
make
sure
that
that
happens
in
a
way
that
supports
environmental
justice
and
supports
air
quality
in
the
right
way.
N
So
I'm
really
looking
forward
to
hearing
more
about
that
soon
from
staff
they've
done
engagement,
they've
heard
loud
and
clear
from
our
community
that
we
want
our
transportation
system
to
contribute
to
equity
and
not
contribute
to
harm,
and
so
I
just
want
to
highlight
that
that
is
another
piece
of
this
work,
along
with
all
the
other
parts
of
that
health
and
that
we're
doing
through
energy
efficiency
and
through
potential
regulations
of
polluters.
B
Thank
you,
madam
president,
for
for
that
context,
and
for
for
those
additional
supports
that
that
we,
as
the
city,
are
implementing
to
address
these
issues
and
certainly
continued
partnership
with
mpca
and
minnesota
department
of
health
is
going
to
be
critical
in
in
network
as
well
as
well,
as
our
you
know,
in
partnership
with
environmental
justice
advocates
and
groups
in
the
city.
This
is
this.
B
This
issue
is
becoming
more
and
more
urgent
every
day,
as
we
witness
the
fires
in
on
along
the
west
coast,
the
the
multiple
hurricanes
at
one
time
that
are
formulating
up
and
down
the
east
coast,
we
we
are
really
approaching
beyond
a
climate
crisis
and
emergency.
I
I
I'm,
I'm
not
quite
sure
what
the
right
sort
of
adjective
would
be
to
describe
this.
B
The
state
of
our
our
our
climate
is
but
suffice
to
say
that
that
we
don't
have
time
to
continue
to
to
sort
of
trim
around
the
edges,
and
now
now
is
the
time
for
us
to
take
both
steps
and
bow
actions
to
really
address
these
issues
for
our
low-income
communities
that
are
bearing
the
most
impact
in
front
of
this
issue.
B
But
beyond
for
for
our
entire
community,
because
we
we
know
that
we
are
all
being
challenged
by
this
by
this
environmental
disaster
impending
disaster
that
that
we're
facing
and
everything
that
we
can
do
from
the
transportation
action
plan
to
you,
know
the
solar
work
and
electric
cars
and
installing
electric
charging
stations
etc.
B
If
there
are
no
other
comments
or
questions
from
my
colleague
colleagues,
I
again
want
to
thank
the
minneapolis
health
department
staff,
mr
hanlon,
ms
mullman
kelly,
mullman,
our
partners
at
the
mpca
and
mdh
for
for
coming
in
and
and
sharing
this
presentation
today,
and
thank
all
of
you,
my
colleagues,
for
being
engaged
in
this
discussion,
and
I
will
direct
the
clerk
to
receive
and
file
that
report
and
without
any
objection
we
have
concluded
all
business
to
come
before
this
community
this
committee
today,
and
with
that
we
are
adjourned.