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From YouTube: July 24, 2020 Minneapolis City Council
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B
Thank
you
good
morning.
My
name
is
lisa
bender
and
I'm
the
president
of
the
minneapolis
city
council,
I'm
going
to
call
to
order
this
adjourned
meeting
for
friday
july
24th
before
we
proceed.
I'll
note
that
this
meeting
has
remote
participation
by
council
members
and
city
staff
as
authorized
under
the
provisions
of
minnesota,
open
meeting
law,
section
13d
.021
due
to
the
declared
state
of
local
public
health
emergency.
At
this
time,
I'll
ask
the
clerk
to
call
the
role
to
verify
the
presence
of
a
quorum.
D
E
B
B
D
B
B
F
Oh,
it's
fine!
It's
fine!
I
just
had
a
question
on
the
agenda
and
really
more
for
public
clarity,
but
I
know
in
our
transforming
community
safety
resolution,
there's
supposed
to
be
a
report
back
to
council
today
with
a
set
of
preliminary
recommendations
for
engaging
the
community
working
with
relevant
experts
and
such,
and
I
know
that
a
lot
of
my
residents
were
eagerly
anticipating
that,
and
so
it
would
be
great
if
we
could
get
an
update
on
where
that's
at
when
we'll
see
it
and
which
department
is
working
on
that.
B
I
think,
honestly,
it
was
a
technical
error
in
the
resolution
itself
that
listed
this
meeting
today,
which
is
a
special
meeting
to
adopt
the
budget
and
that
that
item
is
really
more
appropriate
to
go
through
a
committee
which,
in
this
council
structure
is,
is
really
just
the
one
committee
pogo,
so
councilmember
cunningham.
H
Thank
you,
madam
president,
and
thank
you
for
asking
that
question.
Councilmember
johnson.
H
I
am
helping
to
lead
and
facilitate
that
work,
so
I
just
wanted
to
speak
to
it
briefly,
so
this
will
be
coming
before
pogo
this
upcoming
thursday
and
due
to
the
fact
that
there
was
a
there
was
a
technical
error
given
that
today's
just
for
the
the
budget,
so
it
will
be
going
through
pogo
this
upcoming
thursday
and
to
be
able
to
just
give
you
a
quick
overview
of
who's
working
on
it,
and
there
will
be
lots
more
detail
on
thursday,
but
the
lead
folks
on
it
are
sasha
cotton
from
office
of
violence,
prevention,
brian
smith,
from
the
coordinator's
office
they
and
joymar
stevens,
also
from
the
coordinator's
office.
H
So
and
then
almost
nearly
almost
every
department,
it
seems
like
is,
is
a
part
of
it.
So
we'll
be
getting
a
lot
more
detail
about
that,
and
thank
you
for
creating
the
space
for
us
to
be
able
to
address
that
at
this
point.
So
it
will
be
this
upcoming
thursday
at
pogo.
B
Thank
you
both
and
just
to
note
our
our
gen
ours.
Our
schedules
are
very
different
than
usual
because
of
the
shift
from
the
pandemic,
as
well
as
this
additional
budget
process.
So
a
week
from
today
is
a
council
meeting
the
regularly
scheduled
city
council
meeting
that
will
take
up
the
items
from
the
biz
and
pogo
meetings
from
this
cycle,
and
then
the
next
pogo
meeting
is
on
thursday
august
6th.
So
that
report
will
come
on
thursday
august
6th
from
the
staff
that
councilmember
cunningham
described.
H
B
No
no
problem,
thank
you,
councilmember
johnson,
for
raising
that
and
apologies
for
that,
any
confusion
that
that
has
caused
for
constituents
or
the
public.
B
So
we
have
councilmember
palmisano's
amendment,
so
I
will
move
the
adoption
of
the
agenda
with
that
amendment
included.
Is
there
any
discussion
on
the
agenda.
D
D
B
B
Colleagues.
The
only
item
on
our
agenda
today
is
the
adoption
of
the
proposed
revision
of
our
2020
budget
before
we
get
started.
I
just
want
to
thank
you
all
for
the
work
that
went
into
this
adjustment
that
was
needed
because
of
the
pandemic
and
the
economic
crisis
facing
not
just
our
city,
but
cities
and
communities
across
minnesota
and
across
the
country.
B
B
So
again,
I
just
want
to
thank
the
staff
who
have
really
shown
such
leadership
across
every
department
in
making
tough
decisions
through
that
lens
of
our
shared
priorities,
to
focus
on
racial
and
economic
equity
in
everything
we
do
and
for
all
of
your
leadership,
especially
council
council.
Vice
president
jenkins,
who
reminds
us
in
every
meeting
that
racism
is
a
public
health
crisis,
that
race
is
intricately
linked
to
the
injustices
that
we
see
in
our
community
and
seen.
B
B
I'd
like
to
recognize
our
budget
committee,
chair
council,
member
pomasano,
and
thank
you
so
much
to
council
member
palmisano
for
all
of
your
work
and
bringing
us
this
revised
budget
and
your
partnership
in
this
and
to,
of
course,
the
budget
staff
and
all
of
the
department
staff
who
worked
so
hard
to
prepare
these
documents
today,
who
worked
so
hard
to
prepare
for
the
shifts
that
we
have
made
through
the
council
process.
It
is
so
appreciated.
Councilmember,
palmisano,.
G
B
I
B
Thank
you,
councilmember
goodman
has
moved
to
separate
the
item
about
the
public
information
officer.
I
wonder
if
the
communications
or
it
folks
could
shift
the
screen
a
bit.
So
more
of
the
amendment
could
be
shown,
I'm
not
sure
if
the
whole
of
it
can
be
shown,
but
I
think
the
all
right
thank
you
and,
and
we
can
zoom
in
our
screens,
I'm
not
sure
how
that's
showing
for
the
public
at
home,
but
that
does
give
us
the
full
picture
of
that
that
sheet
of
the
budget.
I
C
Madam
president,
it's
a
courtesy
to
go
ahead
and
separate
that
one
piece
from
the
entire
resolution.
You
certainly
can
vote
if
there's
some
objection,
but
as
president,
you
can
pull
that
apart.
I
I
Yes,
so
I
just
wanted
to
shed
a
little
bit
more
light
on
this
issue,
because
I
did
have
an
opportunity
to
talk
to
my
colleagues
about
it
and
one
of
the
things
that
was
said
during
the
conversation
in
the
budget
meeting
was
that
we
wanted
to
hear
what
journalists
thought
about
this
potential
move,
and
now
we
know
what
journalists
think
of
this
potential
move,
and
I
just
want
to
note
in
a
letter
from
the
minnesota
chapter
of
the
society
for
professional
journalists.
I
They
note
that
they
are
expressing
concerns
about
this
proposal.
They
believe
in
it
they
say.
Should
the
council
approve
this
budget
amendment,
the
pio
position
would
be
eliminated
and
the
city's
communication
team
would
take
over
police
communications.
We
strongly
discourage
this
change
and
request.
The
council
members
table
this
vote
on
friday
until
journalists
and
members
of
the
public
have
an
opportunity
to
weigh
in
their
primary
concern
is
that
the
city's
communications
department
is
not
suited
to
this
role.
An
effective
have
the
trust
of
the
police
officers
and
journalists.
I
I
And
I
bring
this
up
because
councilmember
fletcher
himself
said
he
wanted
to
hear
what
journalists
thought
and
we
have
heard
pretty
loud
and
clear
what
they
think.
I
don't
want
to
undermine
my
colleagues.
I'd
prefer
to
table
this
rather
than
have
a
vote,
although
I'm
happy
to
vote
on
it,
and
I
would
defer
to
the
chair
or
the
council
member
who
brought
this
forward.
If
you
would
prefer
to
go
forward
by
tabling
it
or
we
can
just
take
a
vote
and
I'll
vote.
J
Thank
you,
council
president,
and
thank
you
council,
member
goodman,
for
raising
this.
I
had
the
opportunity
to
speak
to
emma
nelson
yesterday,
who
is
the
president
of
the
spj,
and
you
know
we
had
a
very
constructive
conversation
about
the
about
the
concerns
and
about
what
the
issues
are,
that
journalists
are
raising,
and
I'm
still
convinced
that
this
is
a
move
that
can
move
us
forward
rather
than
backward.
I
think
it's
very
important.
J
J
I
think
this
is
a
good
opportunity
for
us
to
really
reaffirm
some
key
principles
about
how
we
report
crime,
which
is
that
we
report
it
honestly
and
accurately,
which
is
that
we
report
it
free
of
political
bias,
and
that
means
political
bias
from
leadership
in
both
city
hall
and
mpd,
and
that
we
structure
those
communications
so
that
they're,
consistent
and
not
subject
to
the
political
rhythms
of
of
city
hall,
and
I
think
it's
very
important
that
we
take
the
opportunity
of
this
transition
to
recognize
that
I
think
everybody's
focused
on
the
cut
and
that's
the
easiest
thing
to
focus
on,
but
that
we're
also
making
an
investment
in
communications
and
that
the
opportunity
to
utilize
that
investment
to
make
something,
that's
frankly,
better
than
what
we've
had
before
that's
more
trusted.
J
That
can
create
a
little
more
accountability
around
the
sort
of
pattern
of
inaccuracy
that
many
of
us
have
observed.
J
I
think
there's
a
real
opportunity
to
restore
trust
here,
and
I
think
that
it's
important
and
I
think
that
in
general
I
am
100
supportive
of
and
committed
to
spj's
mission
of
ensuring
access
for
reporters.
And
I
don't
think
that
the
city
always
does
that
as
well
as
we
can
and-
and
I
think
that's
true
of
pio-
I
think
that's
also
sometimes
true-
of
city
communications.
J
I
think
we
have
work
to
do
across
the
board
to
make
sure
that
we're
giving
the
public
as
much
access
as
we
can
to
the
workings
of
the
city
government
that
they're
funding.
I
do
not
think
that
the
the
contents
of
my
conversations
with
journalists
over
the
last
36
hours
since
that
letter
was
sent
changed
my
vote
or
my
desire
to
proceed,
and
so
I
I
am
hopeful
that
we'll
still
move
forward
with
the
vote
and
that
will
still
move
this
forward
today.
But
I
do
appreciate
you
raising
the
issues.
J
I
think
it's
important
for
us
to
really
reaffirm
our
commitment
that
city
communications
is
not
subject
to
politicization
by
the
council
by
the
mayor's
office
by
police
leadership.
I
think
it's
very
important
that
we
really
center,
especially
our
communications,
about
crime
and
about
public
safety
in
in
in
the
facts,
so
that
the
public
can
really
understand
what's
happening
in
our
city.
E
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
councilmember
goodman
for
asking
the
question.
I
think
two,
two
main
things
one
you
know
besides
journalists,
I
want
to
hear
from
the
community-
and
we
heard
loud
and
clear
that
we
need
to
make
transformational
change
with
how
we
do
public
safety
and
this.
This
is
just
one
step
that
we
can
be
able
to
do
in
this
budget
right
now,
we've
heard
loud
and
clear
that
they
do
not
trust
the
police
that
needs
to
change.
E
It
is
incredibly
hard
to
have
a
public
safety
system
that
works
for
everybody.
If
people
don't
feel
comfortable
calling
for
help,
I
I
think
every
whenever
we
hear
that
in
budget
committee,
whenever
we
hear
that
from
our
constituents,
that
should
be
a
kick
in
the
gut
that
something
needs
to
change,
so
I'm
supportive
of
having
the
vote
today.
E
I
think
council
member
flesher
for
all
his
work
on
this
and
second
thing
is:
you
know
if,
if
the
issue
is
worried
about
having
someone
to
answer
calls
24
hours
be
able
to
get
back
to
people
to
be
able
to
frankly
be
able
to
do
that
role
we'll
do
what
we
did
in
every
single
other
job
we
hire
for
we'll
hire
somebody,
that's
qualified
someone
with
experience
and
someone
that
can
do
the
job.
I
I
think
it's
kind
of
a
with
all
due
respect
kind
of
a
silly
argument.
E
G
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
I
do
want
to
speak
just
briefly
to
this
item
just
first
technically
this
doesn't
this
doesn't
eliminate
the
position
it
does
move
it,
though,
to
a
different
department
and
in
some
conversations
that
I
have
had
since
this
has
come
up.
I
really
wanted
to
try
to
drill
down
and
what
you
have
access
to
in
within
mpd
in
terms
of
reporting
is
a
pio
that
you
wouldn't
in
a
regular
communications
department
like
if
to
transition
this
permanently
over
to
communications.
G
In
other
cities,
for
example,
different
people
in
the
police
department
sometimes
have
the
ability
to
speak
to
things
about
like
when
and
how
a
report
came
in
and
that
type
of
thing-
and
I
think
that
really
does
deserve
looking
at
for
transparency
purposes,
but
some
things
that
I
feel
strongly
about
are
in
mpd
that
wouldn't
necessarily
be
accessible
to
somebody
in
a
communications
department.
Are
things
like
the
dispatch
system,
other
types
of
private
data
that
may
or
may
not
be
appropriate
to
share
at
the
time
to
communicate
things
about
a
crime.
G
That's
happened
and
at
our
hours
of
the
day,
I
had
a
brief
interaction
with
suki
dardarian
she's,
the
managing
editor
of
the
star
tribune,
and
it
was
she
wrote
back
and
said
I
could
share
her
thoughts
with
you
all
and
I
would
like
to
she
was
talking
about
how
we
would
like
the
city
and
police
department
to
communicate
with
the
media,
because
I
think
we
all
agree
that
we
need
a
pio
that
serves
the
community.
G
She
said
in
general,
we
expect
any
government
body
to
communicate
with
us
authentically
respectfully
and
factually
the
folks
who
serve
as
spokespeople
need
to
be
credible
and
trusted.
So
they
need
a
strong
understanding
of
the
subject
matter:
an
appreciation
for
the
need
for
transparency
in
government
and
an
ability
to
anticipate
the
kinds
of
questions
we
might
ask.
G
We
need
individuals
who
know
and
respect
laws
and
procedures
for
public
meetings
and
public
disclosures
and
that
they
actually
see
their
job
as
serving
the
community.
We
know
they
also
need
to
also
be
trusted
by
the
people
for
whom
they
are
speaking
and
particularly
in
the
case
of
law
enforcement,
spokespeas
spokespeople.
G
They
need
to
be
accessible
at
all
hours.
As
you
know,
information
and
misinformation
can
travel
quickly
on
social
media.
We
need
trustworthy
people
to
help
shed
light
on
the
facts,
important
to
public
safety.
When
news
erupts
at
all
hours
of
the
day
and
night
between
the
criminal
justice
and
pandemic
crises,
transparency
in
government
has
never
been
more
important.
G
I
share
that
to
kind
of
elim
illuminate
that
there's
there's
still
a
lot
more
discussion
that
we
can
have
to
to
improve
the
communications
and
how
we
do
them
around
the
city.
I
think
that
the
audit
last
year
about
how
we
communicate
as
a
city
is
a
really
good
first
step,
but
we
need
to
work
on
implementing
those
steps.
G
I
You,
madam
president,
and
thank
you
councilmember
fletcher,
for
taking
the
time
to
talk
to
ms
nelson,
who
wrote
us
the
letter.
I
very
much
appreciate
it
and
I
do
not
question
the
integrity
of
your
work
at
all.
I
do,
however,
question
the
comments
where
we
are
suggesting
that
this
is
a
silly
argument.
I
Transparency
in
communication
about
what
happens
with
the
police
is
not
a
silly
argument
and
accessibility
as
it
pertains
to
get
direct
information
from
licensed
peace
officers
is
not
a
silly
argument.
The
fact
that
journalists,
why
and
open
data
and
open
meeting
experts
pretty
much
unanimously
agree
that
this
is
a
bad
idea,
is
not
a
silly
argument
and
I'll
also
note.
This
is
hardly
transformational
change.
If
this
is
the
transformational
change
that
many
of
you
are
looking
for,
I
would
say:
there's
a
lot
more
work
to
do.
I
Moving
a
position
from
the
police
department
to
the
communications
department
is
hardly
transformational
change.
It
almost
feels
like
it's
retaliatory
towards
the
public
information
officer
who
gave
out
information
at
the
time
of
the
horrible
murder
of
mr
floyd
that
he
thought
he
knew
to
be
correct
information
that
I
understand
he
got
from
the
bca.
I
don't
want
to
make
this
about
our
current
pio.
It
seems
like
some
people-
probably
not
the
author-
want
to
make
this
about
the
current
pio.
E
B
I
Madam
chair,
I
I
give
you
the
greatest
kudos
for
trying
to
handle
this
meeting
with
everybody,
calling
in
myself
included.
Thank
you
for
giving
me
the
opportunity
to
speak
and
thank
you
for
doing
a
good
job
during
this
time
at
which
it's
commun,
it's
hard
for
people
to
communicate
and
emotions
are
very
high.
I
am
done
with
my
comments.
Thank
you.
E
B
Here
in
the
chat,
thank
you.
So
we
have
council,
member
cunningham.
H
Thank
you
so
much
so
I
have
a
technical
question.
Does
this
move
have
to
happen
alongside
the
budget,
or
is
this
something
that
can
happen
outside
of
this
budget
process?
That's
I
don't
know
who
would
be
the
appropriate
person
to
direct
that
question
to,
but
I'm
just
curious
if
this
has
to
be
tied
to
the
budget
process.
B
Thank
you,
councilmember
cunningham.
We
can
ask
our
finance
department
to
weigh
in
typically
when
we
shift
staff
from
one
department
to
another
or
add
or
remove
staff.
It
is
done
through
the
budget
process.
B
K
K
Eliminate
positions
in
mpd
communications
and
add
positions
in
city
communications
is
budget
neutral,
so
that
wouldn't
change.
It
would
change
some
of
the
numbers
and
the
resolution
before
you,
but
it
wouldn't
change
the
bottom
line.
So
from
that
standpoint
it
would
not
necessarily
need
to
be
taken
up
today.
H
Yes,
just
just
very
quickly,
I
I
wanted
to
get
that
information
to
be
able
to
better
inform
whether
or
not
we
should
delay
this.
H
For
further
conversations,
I
will
say
that
I've
heard
from
some
constituents
that
they
do
have
serious
concerns
about
this,
and
it's
unclear
about
what
the
new
like
how
this
would
look
in
action,
and
so
I
I
will
currently
defer
to
my
colleagues
to
be
able
to
hear
from
folks,
but
I
do
think
I
wanted
to
make
sure
I
have
that
information,
but
I
do
want
to
just
share,
but
I
have
heard
from
constituents
that
have
some
some
pretty
serious
concerns
about
this
move
without
with
a
lack
of
clarity
about
what
happens
on
the
once
this
move
is
made.
L
Thank
you,
madam
president,
and
I
have
a
technical
question
as
well
and
then
some
additional
comments.
My
question
is:
does
the
pio
need
to
have
a
law
enforcement
certification
or
or
background
in
order
to
access
a
crime
scene?
L
And
so,
if
someone
can
answer
that
question,
I
would
appreciate
it
and
I
guess
my
comments
would
be
as
as
has
been
noted
there.
There
are
some
some
challenges
that
have
been
identified
with
our
communications
and
you
know
we
haven't
had
the
opportunity
to
take
steps
to
to
shore
those
up.
L
I
have
personally
just
been
concerned
with
you
know
the
communication
support
that
the
council
is
able
to
access,
and
so
it
just
feels
like
the
capacity
of
the
communications
department
and
has
has
been
stretched
to
the
absolute
limit,
given
all
of
the
challenges
that
we
have
been
facing,
and
and
even
prior
to
that
there
again,
as
has
been
noted,
you
know
the
audit
department
identified
issues
in
areas
where
you
know
we
can
certainly
make
improvements,
so
I
would
be
in
support
of
tabling
this
conversation
to
get
more
details,
and
if
someone
can
answer
the
question
about
the
the
crime
scene,
I
would
appreciate
it.
B
C
Madam
president,
it's
casey,
and
I
I
don't
want
to
presume.
I
know
that
chief
eridando
was
on
the
line
and
he
may
still
be.
He
also
like
others,
is
calling
in
and
has
had
some
technical
difficulties,
but
to
the
council
vice
president's
questions
about
crime
scene,
crime,
data
access
things
like
that
he
might
be
the
best
to
respond.
B
M
Yes,
good
morning
so
to
council,
vice
president
jenkins
questions
about
certification,
so
you
do
not
necessarily
have
to
be
a
licensed
peace
officer
to
fulfill
that
role.
However,
there
obviously
are
certain
trainings
that
the
pio
position
undertakes
and
obviously
being
embedded
within
the
the
police
department
establishes
a
lot
of
that
organizational
knowledge
relationships
and
just
workings.
M
In
terms
of
you
know
what
a
crime
scene
response
looks
like
what
are
some
of
the
crisis
management
decisions
have
to
be
made
and
those
those
types
of
things,
but
specifically
to
being
a
licensed
peace
officer.
That
is
not
a
requirement.
B
Thank
you
and
then
mr
ruff
did
our
city
coordinator
note
that
we
do
typically
make
these
changes
in
budget
actions.
We
do
occasionally
move
positions
outside
the
budget
process
which
we
have
done
recently
when
we
moved
one
function
of
the
city
to
another,
from
a
department
to
another
department.
B
J
B
Sure,
thank
you,
so
I
put
myself
in
queue.
I
did
want
to
comment
on
this
briefly.
I
support
moving
forward
with
this
change
with
the
timeline
provided
in
the
amendment
to
to
allow
some
time
for
this
transition.
B
It
found
that
we
have
fewer
communication
staff
than
typical
cities
of
our
sides
and
certainly
that
there
is
a
need
to
both
invest
in
communications
and
or
at
least
gave
a
set
of
recommendations
about
how
to
more
strategically
invest
in
communications
in
our
city,
and
so
I
think,
based
on
my
takeaways
from
those
recommendations,
and
I
think
our
need
to
communicate
about
all
of
the
things
that
the
city
is
doing
from
an
equal
and
coordinated
fashion.
B
So
it's
one
of
the
reasons
that
I
feel
it's
important
for
policy
makers
to
make
this
decision,
and
I
I
see
the
arguments
on
both
sides.
I
understand
the
different
positions
that
the
council
has,
but
I
do
not
think
more
time
will
yield
a
different
response
from
the
enterprise
itself.
I
think
we
can
see
that
in
the
length
of
time
that
this
conversation
has
been
going
on,
so
I
would
discourage
us
from
tabling
this
for
more
discussion.
B
I
think
it's
just
one
of
those
things
where
we
just
have
to
make
a
decision,
a
decision,
and
then
we
have
to
do
the
work
to
make
sure
that
we
are
meeting
all
of
the
goals
set
forth
in
this
strategy,
which
is
to
make
sure
that
all
of
our
communications
for
every
single
department
are
transparent,
that
you
know
reporters
are
getting
the
information
they
need
as
quickly
as
they
need
it.
B
There
have
been
big
shifts
in
in
reporting
in
the
speed
and
a
need
for
us
to
respond
with
information
quickly
as
an
enterprise,
and
you
know
our
city's
communication
functions.
B
B
B
So
that
is
why
I,
you
know,
for
those
reasons
I
I
support
moving
forward
with
this
today
and
appreciate
the
work
that's
gone
into
it
so
far
and
appreciate
the
timeline
provided
to
implement
this
change
so
that
we
can
make
sure
all
of
these
details
are
covered.
Council
member,
gordon.
N
Well,
thank
you
very
much.
I
I'm
also
supportive
of
moving
forward
with
this
today
and
I
I
think,
even
when
the
former
mayor
was
proposing
it,
I
didn't,
have
very
big
issues
with
it
and,
in
fact,
when
I
was
reading
the
concerns
coming
from
journalists,
I
think
those
are
actually
the
kind
of
concerns
that
can
be
addressed
by
this
kind
of
modest
change.
N
Of
course,
within
every
department
will
still
have
spokespeople
who
should
be
accessible
to
the
media,
and
that
was
one
of
the
issues
I
think
we
end
up
having
when
there's
a
designated
person.
There
who's
filtering
everything
and
is
the
spokesperson,
but
it
isn't
actually
the
leadership
of
the
department.
So
we've
seen
fantastic
work
by
other
department
heads
when
they've
there's
been
a
a
situation
where
they
want
to.
N
The
media
wants
to
have
access
to
what's
going
on,
including
up
from
our
amazing
leadership
in
our
current
police
department
to
be
accessible
to
the
media,
to
be
there
to
answer
questions
when
they're
needed,
and
I
think
we
can
have
that
coordinated
through
our
communications
department
by
strengthening
it.
I
J
Thank
you,
council
president
bender.
I
I
I
wanted
to
speak
a
little
bit
to
council
member
goodman's
comments
as
I've
been
reflecting
on
them
and
sort
of
thinking
about
the
question
about
caution
or
not
the
question
about
taking
more
time
or
not,
and
and
here's
where
I
think
we
are
as
a
city,
because
council
member
goodman's
right
this
is
not
transformational
change.
I
actually
don't
think
it's
gonna,
probably
change
that
much
what
level
of
access
people
have.
J
I
don't
think
it's
gonna
change
that
much
what
level
of
information
we
have,
but
it
does
allow
us,
hopefully
to
create
some
consistency
of
standards
to
take
away
some
of
the
questions
that
a
lot
of
people
have
had
about
the
politicization
of
the
way
our
department
communicates,
and
so
this
is
not
transformational
change.
This
is
one
of
the
really
small
changes
we
are
talking
about
doing
transformational
change
and
I
want
to
note
what
kind
of
barriers
and
what
kind
of
caution
people
start
to
put
up
anytime.
J
You
start
to
name
a
specific
change
right.
It's
easy
to
talk
about
transformational
change
in
the
abstract.
It's
easy
to
talk
about
change
generally
in
the
abstract,
but
one
of
the
things
that
we're
doing
as
we
move
forward
is
we're
going
to
start
to
actually
name
specific
things
that
we're
going
to
change
and
we're
going
to
take
responsibility
for
those
changes
and
accountability
for
those
changes
by
doing
them
in
public
by
debating
them
in
public.
J
I
think
it's
good
that
we're
going
to
have
a
vote
on
this
and
that
we're
going
to
know
who
voted
yes
and
who
voted
no,
and
it's
good
that
some
of
us
are
really
expressing
some
real
responsibility
and
accountability
for
making
sure
that
this
is
a
positive
transformation
to
the
extent
that
it's
a
transformation
at
all.
It
is,
as
you
note,
a
very
small
move,
but
even
this
small
move
is
creating
tension
and
anxiety.
Stakeholders
will
come
forward
and
express
concerns
about
whatever
was
good
for
them
about
the
status
quo.
J
J
We
weigh
the
costs
of
unintended
consequences
of
sitting
still
extremely
lightly
in
our
calculations,
and
it's
very
very
important
at
some
point
that
we
start
to
recognize.
Our
city
is
at
risk
of
going
under
under
the
costs
of
sitting
still
under
the
unintended
consequences
of
sitting
still
under
the
consequences
of
being
sued
over
the
practices
of
our
police
department
of
being
sued
over
the
access
to
information
from
our
police
department.
J
There
is
a
there
is
an
opportunity
for
us
to
do
systems
change
in
a
way
that
gets
ahead
of
some
of
the
problems
that
our
city
is
currently
sinking
under
the
weight
of,
and
at
some
point
we
are
going
to
have
to
be
willing
to
step
forward
without
the
level
of
caution
that
many
of
us
are
accustomed
to.
As
policy
makers
to
say,
we're
going
to
name
a
change,
we're
going
to
project
a
change,
we're
going
to
figure
out
how
that
change
is
going
to
work.
J
We
don't
want
to
be
reckless,
but
we
certainly
need
to,
I
think,
have
a
a
calculation
of
risk
that
incorporates
the
calculation
of
the
risk
of
not
acting,
because
people
are
asking
us
to
do
change.
People
are
asking
us
to
do
this
work
and
I
think
it's
very
important
that
we
move
forward
and
that
this
it
is
a
it
is
a
small
issue.
Stakeholders
are
raising
legitimate
issues
that
we
need
to
make
sure
we
incorporate
into
the
way
we
move
forward,
but
I
do
think
we
need
to
move
today.
B
Council
member
fletcher,
the
clerk
noted
that
I
had
moved
to
separate
the
items
but
not
moved
the
item
itself.
Would
you
like
to
make
that
motion.
B
F
Thank
you,
madam
president,
and
I
really
do
appreciate
this
debate.
That's
happening
over
this
and
I
really
respect
the
work
that
journalists
do,
that
independent
media
does
and
I'm
sensitive
to
those
concerns,
and
I
think,
when
you
look
at
the
intent
of
this,
the
intent
is
right.
Now
this
communications
function
is
under
a
department
of
more
than
a
thousand
people,
a
department
where
leadership
we
want
focused
on
addressing
violent
crime
on
addressing
crime
in
our
city
and
on
improving
those
results,
and
I'm
sensitive
these
to
the
concerns
of
journalists.
F
F
If
we
have
communication
professionals
that
can
be
a
part
of
the
work
plan
or
some
oversight,
rather
management
oversight
with
communication,
professional
experience
that
is
focused
on
how
do
we
actually
get
even
more
information
out
and
do
a
better
job,
communicating
with
the
public?
So
to
me
this
is
really
about
management.
This
is
about
direct
supervision,
and
I
think
we
can
proceed
cautiously
with
this,
we'll
be
insensitive
to
those
concerns
I
am
open
to.
F
If
there
was
an
interest
in
tabling,
I
would
be
open
to
bringing
this
back
up
in
a
another
cycle
or
something
like
that,
but
I
am
also
comfortable
moving
forward
today
with
this,
noting
that
I
will
absolutely,
along
with
I'm
sure
my
colleagues,
be
very
interested
in
ensuring
that
this
improves
outcomes
and
proves
results
that
media
has
just
as
much
access
and
that
the
public
has
more
information.
I
think
there
are
opportunities
to
really
push
out
more
information.
F
F
O
Thank
you,
council
president.
I
just
wanted
to
speak
in
support
of
this.
I
will
be
supporting
it
today.
You
know,
I
think
that
there's
while
I
would
also
be
fine
with
us
tabling
this
discussion
for
later.
I
think
that,
if,
if
we're
voting
on
it
today,
I
will
certainly
be
supporting
it.
I
really
respect
my
colleagues
who
are
who
are
responding
to
the
concerns
that
we
heard
from
from
journalists.
O
O
You
know,
but
when
I
as
I
was
reviewing
the
comments
on
social
media,
one
of
the
one
of
the
comments
that
was
made
by
a
journalist
was
essentially
and
I'm
paraphrasing.
You
know
they
were
admitting
to
the
fact
that
hey
look.
We
know
that
we
get
misinformation
from
from
police,
but
but
they
got,
but
you
know,
but
we
have
24-hour
access
and
to
me
I
felt
like
well
that's
a.
O
I
felt
really
sad
to
hear
that
folks
had
accepted
that
they
that
they
that
they
were
just
going
to
be
getting
bad
information
from
the
city,
bad
information
from
our
department,
that
they
expect
it
and
that
and
that
they
have
very
little
confidence,
that
they
will
get
accurate
information
or
more
objective
information.
O
And
but
but
as
long
as
they
could
get
sort
of
some
response,
anything
something
they
were
happy
with
that.
You
know.
I
think
there
there's
a
there's
a
saying
that
if
your
options
are
something
and
nothing,
then
something
feels
like
everything.
O
I
think
that
that's
a
little
bit
of
what
we're
experiencing
here
with
with
some
of
the
some
of
the
fear
around
moving
this
position,
and
I
think
that
we
owe
it
to
the
public
to
journalists
to
erase
the
expectation
that
they'll
get
bad
information,
but
24-hour
access
and
and
work
as
councilmember
johnson
was
saying
to
make
sure
that
we
do
improve
that
access,
that
we
do
improve,
that
quality
of
information,
and
that
and
that
this
is
about
transparency
and
not
about
pr
for
a
single
department
in
the
city
and
so
and
so
yeah.
O
So
you
know
I
I
agree
with
councilmember
goodman
that
this
is
not
transformational
change.
I
also
agree
that
this
is
not
about
any
any
individual
in
any
in
any
particular
position,
but
I
think
it's
important
that
we
erase
the
expectation
that
that
that
we're
gonna
have
any
department
in
the
city
that
just
produces
bad
information
as
a
given.
So
that's
all
said.
B
Thank
you,
councilmember.
I
put
myself
in
queue
just
to
make
a
few
comments.
Based
on
what
we've
heard
you
know,
I
think
I
have
so
many
thoughts
about
this.
I
think.
On
the
one
hand,
this
is
a
small
change
and
we've
heard
some
comments
that
reflect
that
this
alone
is
not
a
transformational
change,
but
I
also
think
that
a
lot
of
the
comments
that
we're
hearing
and
the
concerns
do
reflect
some
deep
held
beliefs.
B
That
policing
is
its
own
separate
thing.
That
is
different
from
all
of
the
other
ways
that
we
keep
people
safe
together
in
our
community.
I
think
it
reflects
a
bias
and
whose
expertise
we
value
as
a
community
as
a
society
and
who's.
We
don't,
and
I
think
that
some
of
the
comments
are
calling
into
question
the
integrity
of
our
communications
department
and
if
journalists
have
concerns
about
the
integrity
of
our
communications
department,
we
need
to
hear
about
that
separately
because
they
take
great
care
to
communicate
about
council
actions
only
after
we
have
taken
action.
B
They
do
not
provide
support
to
individual
council
offices,
which
was
actually
identified
as
one
of
the
challenges
that
we
have
in
communicating
as
a
city
in
the
communications,
audit
and
report
that
was
done
by
an
external
organization,
and
so
the
notion
that
that
this
is,
you
know,
you
know,
I'm
concerned
about
some
of
the
the
comments
that
we're
getting
in
the
in
the
way
that
it
is
calling
into
question
a
department
that
I've
have
found
to
have
a
great
deal
of
integrity
in
how
they
operate
within
our
city
system.
B
And
I
think
that
the
way
that
we
have
organized
communications
within
our
cities,
enterprise,
perhaps
just
were
not
particularly
well
planned
over
many
years
but
as
reflected
in
the
communications
audit.
But
I
actually
think
that
it
does
reflect
some
bias
about
what
kind
of
information
we
find
more
valuable
or
more
necessary
to
communicate.
B
So
that's
why
I
support
this
change
and
I
think
that
you
know
that
part
of
what
we're
taking
on
here
is
ensuring
that
our
city's
communications
functions
are
working
well
and
communicating
about
all
of
the
work
that
the
city
departments
are
doing
from
health
from
to
transportation,
to
policing
to
housing,
etc,
all
of
which
are
integrated
into
making
sure
that
our
community
is
safe
and
healthy
council.
Vice
president
chickens.
L
Thank
you,
madam
president.
I
just
want
to
be
clear.
I
am
not
questioning
anyone's
integrity.
I
think
the
integrity
of
the
current
operating
system
has
been
called
into
question
around
the
pio
and
directly
called
into
question.
I
I
was
not
alluding
anything
around
our
communications
department's
integrity.
L
I
was
expressing,
I
think,
what
I
heard
the
communications
department
expressed,
and
that
is
concern
about
capacity
because
moving
this
does
not
add
capacity.
In
fact,
it
adds
more
responsibility
with
without
really
addressing
strengthening
the
communications
department
at
all,
which
I
think
we
absolutely
need
to
do.
Invest
in
our
communications
efforts
around
all
aspects
of
the
city,
and
this
move,
in
my
opinion,
does
not
do
that.
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B
That
carries
and
that
item
has
been
adopted.
That
brings
us
back
to
the
underlying
resolution,
which
is
the
other
items
in
the
2020
revised
general
appropriation
resolution
and
those
items
are
still
on
the
screen.
Although
zoomed
in
to
that
particular
one,
we
were
just
discussing
and
also
available
in
the
agenda
items
that
are
on
the
limb
system
online.
B
B
Oh
that's
right.
Thank
you,
mr
clerk.
Thank
you,
chair
palmisano,
for
that
motion
on
councilman
palmisano's
motion.
Is
there
any
discussion
on
the
rest
of
the
items
and
I
think
we
will
have
some
other
motions
related
to
specific
items,
bonds
and
other
things,
but
this
might
be
a
time
to
make
comments
on
the
general
changes
that
the
council
made.
If
anyone
would
like
to
do,
that,
certainly
could
do
it
at
the
end
as
well.
B
B
I
have
expressed
concern
about
the
amount
of
cash
that
we
are
using
to
balance
this
budget,
and
it
is
something
I
want
to
mention,
as
we
move
forward
into
a
time
that
I
think
will
be
a
sustained
shift
in
our
budget,
and
so
I
know
we're
looking
forward
to
the
2021
budget
and
beyond.
We
will
start
to
see
more
details
from
our
finance
office
that
will
help
inform
the
mayor
and
the
council's.
B
And
with
our
you
know,
our
housing
market,
the
way
it
is
with
so
many
folks
in
our
city
and
cities
across
the
country
facing
housing,
instability,
those
property
taxes
translate
to
many
into
higher
housing
costs
that
they
cannot
bear.
So
I
know
it's
on
all
of
our
minds
and
I
wanted
to
mention
it
today.
B
These
are
difficult
decisions
and
they
require
partnership
and
commitment
from
all
of
us,
and
this
budget
does
make
a
shift
away
from
more
traditional
policing
investments
to
investing
in
violence
prevention.
It's
a
strategy
that
I
and
many
of
us
have
supported
for
a
number
of
years,
and
I
think
that
we
will
be
able
to
see
you
know
for
each
dollar
that
we
invest
in
a
very
small
amount
of
funding
for
violence
prevention.
I
think
we
will
see
the
impacts
in
our
community
and
we
know
we
need
to
see
these
impacts
very
quickly.
B
So
I
just
want
to
appreciate
so
much
all
of
you
and
your
leadership
and
the
time
that
you
took
to
talk
with
each
other
and
to
create
thoughtful
proposals
in
this
very
short
time.
I
know
that
they
will
continue
to
inform
our
budgets
going
forward
for
2021
and
beyond.
So
thank
you,
councilmember
fletcher.
J
Thank
you,
council
president.
I
just
wanted
to
take
a
moment
to
really
lift
up
the
work
of
the
public
health
department
in
the
office
of
violence
prevention.
J
I
think
it's
very
reassuring
in
a
moment
when
we
are
seeing
significant
attrition
in
the
minneapolis
police
department
that,
whether
you
are
someone
who
is
cheering
a
reduction
in
the
number
of
sworn
officers,
in
fact,
or
whether
you're
someone
who
that
creates
a
lot
of
anxiety
for
it,
is
not
something
that
we
had
planned
for
on
this
timeline.
But
we
are
seeing
attrition.
J
We
are
seeing
a
change
in
staffing
levels
and
having
planning
that
has
happened
over
months
and
years,
leading
up
to
an
a
a
research-based
set
of
strategies
confirmed
by
both
pilot
programs
here
in
minneapolis
and
work
in
other
cities.
J
That
allowed
us
to
have
an
investment
that
we
could
make
informed
by
careful
planning
was
something
that
I
think
really
created
an
an
opportunity
for
us
to
do
something
in
response
to
the
calls
we've
been
receiving
from
constituents
really
calling
on
us
to
to
take
action
on
an
increasing
gun
violence
in
our
city,
and
I
think
it's
really
important
that
we've
been
able
to
do
this.
I'm
hopeful
that
it
is
helpful.
O
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
I
just
wanted
to
echo
a
lot
of
what
my
colleagues
said
and
also
really
hold
up
the
partnership
that
I
always
am
fortunate
to
have
on
the
north
side
with
councilmember
cunningham.
O
I
know
that
as
we
in
the
during
this
budgeting
process,
which
was
so
fast,
there
were
some
priorities
and
that
were
hard
to
sort
of
get
met
and,
and
we
sort
of
needed
to
help
each
other
to
get
across
the
finish
line,
and-
and
I
really
want
to
thank
councilman
cunningham
for
his
partnership
and
that
and
supporting
us
in
in
in
as
a
council
in
getting
this
cure,
violence
work
off
the
ground.
I
want
to
remind
folks
that
you
know
in
on
the
north
side.
O
This
is
where
we're
seeing,
I
think,
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
the
violence
occurring.
It's
not
lost
on
me.
It's
not
lost
on
on
any
of
you,
I'm
sure,
and
and-
and
there
are
a
lot
of
nights
where
I
dread
those
those
text
messages.
Those
calls
that
I
get
from
the
fourth
pre
precinct
inspector
about
things
that
have
happened
in
my
ward
or
just
slightly
to
the
north.
O
I
think
that
we
owe
it
to
our
constituents
to
do
everything
that
we
can
to
make
sure
that
they're
safe.
Now
I
get
we're
building
a
public
safety
system
that
I
know
will
keep
people
safer
well
into
the
future,
but
it's
also
important
that
we
start
that
work
now.
O
You
know:
councilmember
cunningham
wrote
an
op-ed
that
talked
about
how
the
road
to
safety
beyond
policing
or
reimagining
public
safety
starts
with
violence
prevention,
and
so
I'm
really
I'm
really
glad
that
we
were
able
to
take
this
opportunity
to
take
this.
What
I've
been
referring
to
the
corona
as
the
coronavirus
budget
to
take
this
opportunity
to
do
something
that
I
think,
could
save
lives
right
now?
O
It's
you
know
until
we
reimagine
our
our
emergency
response.
Obviously
we're
gonna
need
to
have
a
response.
O
After
the
fact
after
the
violence
has
occurred,
that's
gonna
continue
to
happen
in
the
form
of
of
our
current
policing
system,
but
if
we
have
an
opportunity
to
save
lives
and
we
have
an
opportunity
to
get
ahead
of
the
violence,
I
think
we
owe
it
to
our
communities
to
do
that
as
well,
and
I
think
that
this
budget,
I
think
that
we've
made
some
steps
in
that
direction
and
I'm
really
proud
of
that
work.
O
So
that's
all
I
wanted
to
say
I
wanted
to
thank
my
colleagues
wanted
to
especially
thank
my
my
brother
to
the
north
king
of
the
north,
philippe
county,
cunningham
and
and
and
also
obviously,
all
all
of
the
staff
in
the
health
department
and
ovp
sasha.
Cotton
can't
be
lifted
up
enough
in
doing
this
work,
and
so
thank
you
all.
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G
Thank
you.
Madam
president,
on
behalf
of
the
budget
committee,
I
move
adoption
of
a
resolution
that
accepts
four
million
dollars
from
the
minneapolis-st
paul
housing
finance
board
in
support
of
the
revised
2020
city
budget
and
amending
the
2020
general
appropriation
resolution
to
appropriate
the
transfer
of
those
funds.
A
A
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B
G
Thank
you.
Madam
president,
on
behalf
of
the
budget
committee,
I
move
adoption
of
a
resolution
that
amends
resolution
number
2019
r-397,
which
has
to
do
with
the
bonded
indebtedness,
totaling
45
million
9
972
000
for
other
than
public
utilities
and
authorizing
an
increase
in
that
approved
level
of
indebtedness
for
projects
for
a
revised
total
of
51
million
dollars,
225
000.,
51
million
225
thousand
dollars.
Sorry.
B
D
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G
Madam
president,
on
behalf
of
the
budget
committee,
I
move
adoption
of
a
resolution
that
amends
resolution
number
2019
r-398
to
increase
the
level
of
bond
indebtedness
by
3
million
for
the
city's
on-street
systems,
parking
meter,
replacement
project
and
amends
the
2020
general
appropriation
resolution
to
appropriate
the
transfer
of
those
funds,
and
I
also
move
adoption
of
a
resolution
that
requests
the
board
of
estimate
and
taxation
to
incur
that
increased
level
of
indebtedness
and
authorize
the
sale
of
city
bonds.
Totaling.
Three
million
dollars
for
that
project.
B
D
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D
B
B
G
B
B
You
know
I'll
just
comment
that
this
furlough
strategy
is
really
intended
to
minimize
layoffs
at
a
time
of
real
economic
uncertainty,
and
I
know
that
we
as
a
community
are
relying
more
and
more
on
city
staff
to
respond
not
only
to
their
normal
jobs
but
to
adjust
to
the
pandemic
impacts
on
our
workplaces,
to
shift
their
work
to
remote
locations,
to
innovate
in
how
they're
communicating
with
and
serving
the
public,
and
that
you
know,
a
reduction
in
salary
at
this
time
is
very
difficult.
B
It's
difficult
to
ask
of
our
employees,
and
I
know
it
feels
difficult,
and
so
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
all
of
our
employees
who
are
showing
up
for
our
city
right
now
in
the
ways
that
you
are
we're
all
working
so
hard
together
to
serve
our
community
through
crisis.
B
In
this
time
of
crisis-
and
I
I
just
can't
say
enough
to
thank
you
for
all
that
you
do
for
our
city-
and
I
know
that
that
is
on
behalf
of
all
of
us
here
on
the
city
council,
our
deepest
appreciation,
and
thanks
for
all
that
you
do
councilman
of
homicino.
G
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
I
did
also
just
want
to
mention.
It
feels
an
appropriate
time
that
I
am
giving
today
notice
of
an
ordinance
introduction
that
is
specifically
about
these
furloughs.
That
would
essentially
ease
the
restrictions
for
taking
a
furloud
day
immediately
before
or
after
a
paid
holiday.
I
do
anticipate
through
the
process
on
a
on
a
regular
time
schedule
that
that
would
be
in
place
before
labor
day.
So
I
just
wanted
to
mention
that
as
one
way
we're
trying
to
make
this
as
tolerable
as
possible,.
B
A
D
E
L
B
B
D
N
N
D
D
L
B
B
I
do
try
to
check,
in
with
council
members
on
issues
that
I
know
they
might
be
interested
in
or
involved
with
ahead
of
those.
It
is
a
decent
amount
of
work
to
review
those
hiring
freeze
waivers
in
addition
to
chairing
what
is
essentially
eight
standing
committees
right
now.
So
I
appreciate
everyone's
willingness
to
step
up
and
help
out
with
all
of
those
things
that
I
have
taken
on
in
this
pandemic
time,
and
the
final
resolution,
which
was
added
this
morning,
pertains
to
that.
B
Oh
sorry,
that
we
just
did
so
next,
we
have
the
series
of
public
safety
directions
that
were
provided
during
the
amendment
process
through
the
budget
committee
and
those
are
part
of
the
2020
revised
budget
process
and
also
as
requests
to
the
mayor
operating
departments
in
preparation
for
a
proposal
to
the
2021
budget.
B
J
Thank
you,
council
president.
I
just
wanted
to
again
reiterate
my
thanks
to
all
of
the
department
heads
who
you
know
really
put
some
thought
into
the
initial
response
to
the
staff
direction,
and
you
know
I
think
it
is.
It
is
a
remarkable
and
noteworthy
outcome
that
department
heads
identified
15
percent
of
incidents
that
are
currently
assigned
to
mpd.
J
That
might
be
a
good
fit
for
work
within
their
departments,
and
that
gives
us
an
incredible
starting
point
for
thinking
about
the
transformation
work
ahead
and
where
we
can
tap
into
the
talent
and
expertise
throughout
the
enterprise
to
really
think
about
a
more
comprehensive
approach
to
public
safety.
J
So
I
think
we
got
exactly
the
outcome
we
were
all
hoping
for
when
we
voted
for
this
staff
direction,
we
got
a
conversation,
that's
really
starting
to
move
along,
and
I
hope
that
it
provides
a
lot
of
inspiration
to
the
mayor
and
his
staff
as
they're
writing
the
2021
budget.
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
opportunity
and
I
hope
that
we
can
work
together
to
make
a
lot
of
really
great
things
happen.
D
E
D
B
G
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
I
am,
I
feel,
like
I
already
spoke
sufficiently
to
this
item.
We
just
noticed
in
going
through
this
difficult
process
of
figuring
out,
furloughs
and
figuring
out
how
we
could
be
most
equitable
about
them
in
our
city
that
this
one
piece
about
easing
restrictions
of
being
able
to
take
a
furlough
day
before
or
after
an
existing
holiday
was
currently
in
our
code
and
we'd
like
to
remove
that,
so
that
it
is
that
much
more
available
for
our
employees
and
what
we're
asking
of
them
right
now.
D
B
Thank
you
so
that
notice
is
given.
I
took
it
to
be
a
subject
matter.
I
reread
it
now.
Thank
you,
mr
clerk,
so
that
will
come
up
at
the
next
council
meeting
and
with
that
we
have
completed
all
of
the
formal
actions
on
our
agenda.
B
Before
we
adjourn,
I
will
recognize
the
mayor
if
he
is
here
and
would
like
to
speak,
but
he
is
not,
as
the
clerk
is
shaking
his
head,
no
problem,
we've
heard
from
mayor
fry
many
times
on
this
budget
and,
of
course,
at
our
regular
city
council
meetings.
B
I
will
note
that
well,
let's
see
I'll
do
that
I'll
save
the
big
announcement
of
our
meeting
marker
for
the
very
end,
I'm
sure
my
colleagues
want
to
make
more
serious
comments
on
the
budget
at
this
time.
So
I
will
recognize
my
colleagues
if
they'd
like
to
make
any
comments
on
the
budget
at
this
time.
Council.
Vice
president
jenkins.
L
Thank
you,
madam
president,
and
my
comments
were
not
intended
to
be
directly
at
the
budget,
though
I
am
very
proud
of
the
work
that
our
departments
as
well
as
my
colleagues
have
have
embarked
upon
to
bring
forward
this
amended
budget
in
this
very
difficult
time.
I
think
it
absolutely
speaks
to
the
needs
of
our
community
as
well
as
supports
the
values
that
we
have
placed
in
front
of
ourselves
in
order
to
respond
to
communities.
L
I
I
really
wanted
to
just
speak
to
an
item
that
we
passed
last
week.
L
A
resolution
declaring
racism
as
a
as
a
public
health
crisis
and
and
really
just
take
a
moment
to
just
thank
all
of
the
the
participants
who
helped
to
create
that,
including
my
own
staff,
diva
siddhar
and
zoe
bourgeore,
as
well
as
staff
from
the
department
of
race
and
equity,
ms
joymar
stevens,
and
her
team
amelia
brown
from
the
coordinator's
office,
as
well
as
dr
rachel
hardeman
from
the
university
of
minnesota
and
and
director
musicant,
from
the
department
of
public
health
and,
and
so
many
others.
L
We
we
actually
got
resources
and
and
research
from
people
from
all
around
the
country
who
were
aware
that
we
were
embarking
on
this,
and
you
know
that's
just
the
first
step
in
us
addressing
racism
and
and
all
of
its
ills
that
are
physical,
financial,
emotional
and
and
shows
up
in
our
public
safety
responses
and
all
of
these
things.
So
I'm
I'm
really
just
grateful
for
my
colleagues
for
supporting
that
resolution
and
and
the
subsequent
work
to
follow.
L
I
also
just
wanted
to
acknowledge
the
passing
of
congressman
john
lewis,
who,
without
his
efforts,
you
know
being
the
youngest
person
at
the
march
on
washington.
One
of
the
founding
members
of
the
student
nonviolent
coordinating
committee
served
in
in
the
united
states
congress
for
over
33
years
without
his
efforts.
L
I
would
not
be
able
to
sit
here
today
and
give
thanks
to
all
of
the
people
who
worked
on
the
resolution
around
racism,
and
so
I
just
want
to
ask
us
all
to
take
a
moment
of
silence
and
reflect
on
his
leadership,
his
vision,
his
commitment
to
making
america
a
much
better
place
to
be
so.
I'm
asking
my
colleagues
and
those
who
are
tuning
in
virtually
to
join
me
in
a
moment
of
silence.
B
H
Thank
you,
madam
president.
I
just
wanted
to
now
that
the
meeting
is
coming
to
a
close
reiterate
your
correction
of
my
error
and
saying
that
the
future
community
safety
work
group
will
be
presenting
at
the
this
upcoming
thursday,
but
actually
the
there
will
be
the
report
back
on
thursday
august
6th
and
the
meeting
starts
at
1
30..
H
That
is
where
we
will
see
the
future
community
safety
work
group
come
back
and
present
the
updates,
as
outlined
in
the
staff
direction,
so
that
community
members
are
aware
of
the
work
that
is
laid
out
ahead
of
us.
So
I
just
wanted
to
reiterate
that
correction.
My
apologies,
you
you
named
it
quite
clearly
accurately
things
are
all
kind
of
a
little
bit
wonky
with
our
new
our
new
schedule.
So
thank
you
for
that
clarification.
I
just
wanted
to
reiterate
that.
Thank
you.
B
And
thank
you
as
well
for
your
leadership,
along
with
council,
vice
president
on
the
resolution
that
she
talked
about
recognizing
racism
as
a
public
health
emergency
and
your
leadership
as
our
the
chair
of
that
committee
in
our
regular
council
structure.
Is
there
any
other
comments
or
announcements?
My
colleagues
would
like
to
make
about
the
budget
or
other
items
at
this.
B
B
So
thank
you
all
for
hanging
in
there
with
this
technology
and
this
different
way
of
operating
and
thanks
to
all
of
our
staff,
we're
working
so
hard
to
keep
our
meetings
open
and
transparent
for
the
public
and
continuing
to
improve
on
our
work
in
this
virtual
environment,
as
we
you
know,
are
remain
committed
to
keeping
every
member
of
our
community
safe
and
following
the
guidelines
of
the
health
experts
who
are
guiding
those
decisions.