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Minneapolis Public Health, Environment, Civil Rights, and Engagement Committee Meeting
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A
Good
afternoon,
everyone
and
welcome
to
this
regularly
scheduled
meeting
of
the
public
health
environment,
civil
rights
and
engagement
committee
for
February,
2nd
2020.
My
name
is
Philippe
Cunningham
and
I.
Am
the
chair
of
this
committee
with
me
at
the
dinosaur
council
members,
Johnson
Cosmo,
Bert,
Gordon,
councilmember
Schrader.
Please
let
the
record
reflect
that
we
have
a
quorum
and
can
conduct
the
business
of
this
committee.
Colleagues
before
us,
we
have
six
items.
A
We
have
two
public
hearings,
two
consent
items
and
excuse
me
discussion
items.
We
will
go
ahead
and
dispense
of
the
consent
agenda,
we'll
move
into
the
public
hearings
and
we'll
wrap
up
with
the
discussion.
So
item
number
three
on
our
agenda
is
authorizing
a
Memorandum
of
Understanding
with
the
UNICEF
USA
to
support
the
UNICEF's
child
friendly
cities
initiative
the
first
cycle
of
the
child
friendly
cities,
initiative.
Recognition
is
five
years
from
the
signing
of
the
MOU
and
item
number
four
is
directing
the
office
of
violence
prevention
to
convene
and
lead
a
workgroup.
A
Tast
was
developing
a
proposed
community
centered
plan
to
respond
to
critical
incidents
of
violence
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
I
just
want
to
note
for
the
record
that
we
will
be
changing.
The
title
of
item
number,
four
from
critical
incident
response
workgroup
to
community
trauma
response
workgroup.
Do
any
of
my
colleagues
I
move
approval
of
these
two
items
to
my
colleagues.
Have
any
questions
or
comments
all
right?
A
So
there
we
are
we're
on
track
to
be
the
first
to
actually
get
the
designation
as
well.
So
we're
very
excited,
thank
you
to
the
leadership
of
the
health
department
in
making
this
a
reality.
With
that
I
move
approval
of
these
two
items,
all
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye,
those
opposed,
say,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it
in
that
item
carries
next.
We
are
moving
to
our
two
public
hearings,
which
both
are
reappointments
for
department
heads.
A
The
first
is
considering
the
reappointment
by
the
executive
committee
of
famil
Korbel
to
the
appointed
position
of
Director
of
Civil
Rights,
the
Civil
Rights
Department
for
to
a
two-year
term,
beginning
January,
2nd
2020.
Do
we
have
anyone
signed
up?
So
if
you
are
interested
in
speaking
on
behalf
or
speaking
to
this
particular
item,
please
sign
up
here
with
our
committee
clerk
and
we
will
put
you
down
to
speak.
Each
speaker
will
have
two
minutes
to
be
able
to
address
the
council.
Thank
you
so
much
and
we
will
move
from
there.
A
B
Thank
you,
I'm
Dave,
picking
from
south
Minneapolis
I've,
come
here
to
oppose
the
reappointment
of
Elma
horrible,
as
I
have
done
in
2012,
2014,
2016
and
2018.
I
expect
that
director
Corbeau
will
be
reappointed
again.
I
think
that's
unfortunate
because
it
will
be
very
difficult
to
implement
much-needed
reforms
in
the
Civil
Rights
Department
you've
received
a
letter
from
communities
United
against
police
brutality.
We
attached
to
that
letters
from
2018
and
2014
to
give
further
background
and
just
added
some
updates,
because
the
failures
in
the
Civil
Rights
Department
are
continuing.
B
Particularly
you
want
to
call
your
attention
to
the
office
of
police
conduct
review,
which
continues
to
fail
and
its
mission
of
holding
police
officers
accountable.
As
we
say
here,
we've
been
keeping
the
statistics
or
since
the
beginning,
because
we
filed
data
practices
to
get
the
record
of
the
complaints.
There
have
now
been
over
2,500
complaints
filed
with
that
office
by
members
of
the
public
of
those
2,500
complaints.
B
11
have
led
to
discipline,
that's
less
than
half
of
one
percent
in
Chicago,
when
it
was
discovered
that
their
civilian
review
had
a
discipline
rate
of
3
percent.
It
was
a
citywide
scandal.
We
are
far
worse
here
and
nobody
seems
to
care
that
needs
to
be
reviewed.
You
said
when
the
office
was
first
put
together,
that
there
would
be
a
review
after
one
year.
You
said
then,
oh,
it's
too
early
to
tell,
and
there
has
been
no
review
since
then.
Does
that
mean
my
time
is
up
er
no.
B
B
Up
sorry
for
the
confusion
and
me
up
where
it
can
be
visible,
I
think
yes,
so
that
is
one
area
that
desperately
needs
reform.
In
the
last
two
years,
I've
been
attending
meetings
of
the
Civil
Rights
Commission,
also
because
I
was
curious
at
the
last
reappointment.
How
is
that
doing-
and
you
know
I
found
that
much
the
same
is
true:
I
brought
to
them
statistics
showing
that
you
know
in
2011
there
were
case
reviews
done
by
the
Civil
Rights
Commission.
B
A
C
C
We
have
had
a
long-standing
relationship
with
the
city
of
a
partner
in
a
builder
and
therefore
have
had
numerous
interactions
with
the
civil-rights
department
and
I'm
here
to
say
that
it
is
a
very
collaborative
department
that
Velma
has
created
an
environment
where
they
are
seen
as
a
resource
to
the
business
community,
not
as
a
hammer
not
as
a
hindrance
and
I
think
that
it
would
be
great
for
her
to
be
reappointed
to
continue
that
collaboration
with
the
business
community.
Thank
you.
D
A
E
I'm
here
to
oppose
the
reappointment
of
velma
Korbel
as
head
of
the
minneapolis
Civil
Rights
Commission,
my
focus
is
on
the
police
conduct
oversight
Commission,
which
is
tasked
with
evaluating
cases
brought
before
the
office
of
police
conduct
review.
The
PCO
see
is
important
to
our
justice
system
because
it
gives
away
that
for
the
like
to
look
at,
what's
being
said,
about
police
outside
the
stories
I
read
in
the
paper,
and
also
for
them
to
try
to
obtain
some
justice
over
the
past
four
years,
I've
gone
to
many
PC
OSI
meetings.
E
It
has
helped
me
understand
why
Minneapolis
has
the
lowest
or
sustained
rates,
one
of
the
lowest
sustained
rates
for
complaints
against
police
officers
in
the
US
and
why
our
city
has
one
of
the
worst
records
in
disparities
in
jobs,
housing
and
education
for
people
of
color.
A
look
at
the
current
PC
OCS
city
website
shows
the
systemic
problems.
Quite
clearly,
the
COC
meeting
snapshot
shows
a
meeting
from
2016
listed
under
current
commissioners
are
two
who
have
resigned
and
one
who's
been
gone
for
a
year.
E
The
Outreach
Committee
has
one
person
listed,
as
does
rules
and
Governance
Committee.
Apparently
three
resigned
commissioners
staff,
the
audit
committee.
This
is
not
to
disparage
our
current
or
former
commissioners
who
have
done
some
excellent
work
on
the
research
and
some
of
which
has
never
been
utilized.
E
This
is
disrespectful
to
PC
OSI
board
members
and
a
disincentive
to
continue
to
serve
on
the
board.
Most
egregious,
though,
is
the
inaccessibility
of
case
synopses
and
summaries
of
complaints
by
the
public.
Nowhere
else
is
this
information
available
to
the
public
so
that
people
can
see
what
their
fellow
residents
are
experiencing
and
their
encounters
with
police,
even
when
cases
are
found
to
have
no
merit
as
they
most
often
are,
people
deserve
to
know
what
their
fellow
Minneapolis
residents
are
experiencing
in
their
encounters
with
the
police.
E
A
You
so
I
also
just
want
to
share
briefly
I
just
got
a
call
in
to
my
office.
My
staff
notified
me
from
Monique
Linder
from
omg
media.
Also.
She
wanted
to
make
sure
that
she
had
her
voice
on
the
record
that
she
is
in
support
of
the
reappointment.
Next
up,
we
have
Cassie
Guarnere.
If
you
could,
please
come
up
and
introduce
yourself
for
the
record.
Welcome.
G
Many
of
the
the
issues
brought
here
today
have
nothing
to
do
with
the
corbels
leadership
it
has
to
do
with
policy
and
how
the
council
and
mayor
sees
fit
to
have
our
office
of
police
conduct
run
and
under
that
guys.
Velma
has
done
just
an
incredible
job.
I
would
our
work
is
typically
focused
on
enforcement,
and
my
work
runs
with
within
the
realm
of
racial
equity.
G
Velma's
voice
is
oftentimes
the
only
department
head
in
spaces
where
she
is
consistently
bringing
attention
to
the
racial
disparities
that
the
city
faces
and
pushing
for
real
change,
and
so
both
as
a
resident
and
as
someone
who
serves
underneath
her
as
an
employee
I
am
in
extreme
favor
of
the
reappointment
of
director
Korbel.
So
thank
you.
A
H
Thank
you
Cunningham
and
members
of
the
Peace
Community
I'm,
proud
to
join
you
today
to
speak
in
favor
of
director
corbels
reappointment.
If
you
take
a
moment
and
look
back
at
the
portfolio
of
work
that
falls
under
the
civil
rights
department,
you'll
see
very
quickly
that
it
is
some
of
the
most
complex
work
first,
but
second,
that
work
has
expanded
quite
dramatically
over
the
last
four
years.
We
did
not
have
a
minimum
wage
ordinance.
In
fact,
no
city
and
the
entire
state
had
a
minimum
wage
ordinance.
We
did
not
have
a
wage
theft
ordinance.
H
H
We
are
holding
people
to
account
and
I
think
our
city
is
better
because
in
all
of
these
different
ordinances
took
time,
they
took
a
quite
a
significant
amount
of
community
engagement
and
which
ultimately
resulted
in
the
passage
but
I'll
say:
there's
also
a
softer
side
to
the
work
as
well.
There's
the
ability
to
Shepherd
the
urban
Scholars,
Program
citywide
and
in
my
office,
these
young
leaders
have
made
really
a
tremendous
impact
on
our
work
and
we're
very
proud
of
what
they've
accomplished,
both
here
in
City
Hall,
but,
most
importantly,
really
beyond.
There's.
I
H
Supplier
diversity
goals,
another
big
one,
actively
engaging
the
business
community
and
stakeholders
to
assist
in
the
achievement
of
our
goal,
to
increase
our
supplier,
diversity
and
inclusive
procurement,
resulting
in
13
million
in
contracts
to
women
and
POC,
I
businesses
and,
finally,
I'll
just
want
to
frame
this
up
in
terms
of
where
the
department
has
been
where
it
is
now
and
then
ultimately,
where
it's
going.
I
did
have
experience
working
with
the
civil
rights
department
prior
to
my
time
as
a
city
council
member.
H
When
was
an
attorney
and
although
I
was
not
the
lead
attorney
on
the
case
and
although
I
was
not
the
attorney
ultimately
making
the
decisions.
I
do
recall
that
the
backlog
of
cases
going
through
the
sukkah
Civil
Rights
Department
what
was
significant,
and
while
there
was
every
incentive
to
bring
a
case
through
the
Civil
Rights
Department
and
that
they
offered
treble
over
three
times
the
damages.
H
A
J
Good
afternoon
mr.
chair
and
committee
members,
mayor
Frye
I
use
the
pronouns
she
her
first
of
all,
I
want
to
thank
the
mayor
for
his
nomination
and
your
confidence
in
me
to
continue
in
this
role
for
the
next
two
years.
I
want
to
thank
the
committee
for
making
the
space
for
me
to
come
in
and
talk
to
you
about
the
work
that
we've
done
in
the
past
and
my
vision
for
the
work
going
forward
and
I
especially
want
to
thank
the
people
that
have
called
sent
letters.
J
My
colleagues
who
are
here
today
in
support
of
this
nomination
and
most
of
all
I,
want
to
thank
the
employees
in
the
Civil
Rights
Department,
because
they
are
responsible
for
the
really
really
positive
and
good
results
that
the
department
is
achieving
and
has
achieved
over
the
last
the
last
almost
decade
that
I've
been
in
the
city
and
I.
Just
couldn't
do
this.
Without
them,
I
am
honored
to
actually
lead
this
group
and
as
Miss
Gardner
was
talking
about
the
work
that
the
department
has
done
the
last
10
years.
J
It
it
took
a
long
time
for
me
to
really
look
forward
to
coming
to
work.
There
was
a
period
of
time
where
it
just
wasn't
fun
to
get
up
and
come
to
work,
although
I
think
the
work
is
certainly
valuable
and
we,
as
advocates
and
really
activists
at
heart,
want
to
make
sure
that
people
who
are
residents
and
visitors
and
workers
and
businesses
in
this
city
have
the
best
that
we
have
to
offer.
J
But
it
has
been
over
the
last
two
and
a
half
years
that
the
employees
have
made
this
work,
not
just
necessary
for
making
the
lives
of
people
better
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
but
making
it
fun.
It's
a
really
smart
group
I'm
just
thrilled
to
come
to
work
with
them
every
day.
They
are
so
committed
to
this
work.
We
can
have
fun.
We
can
laugh
at
ourselves,
but
then
we
take
the
work
seriously
and
we
move
forward
to
get
it
done.
J
So
I
really
want
to
thank
my
employees,
and
many
of
them
are
in
the
room
behind
me.
I'll
tell
you
a
little
bit
about
the
civil
rights
department
for
people
who
don't
understand
what
we
do.
The
civil
rights
department
operates
with
these
three
guiding
principles.
We
protect
the
rights
of
people
and
we
promote
justice.
We
work
to
meet
our
customer
and
community
needs
and
we
also
work
to
engage
our
employees
to
yield
these
great
results
that
the
mayor
talked
about
and
I'll
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
going
forward.
J
All
of
the
departments
work
within
the
programs
that
I
oversee,
whether
it's
civil
rights
complaint
investigations,
the
office
of
police
conduct,
review,
contract
compliance,
civil
rights,
equity
and
labor
standards.
They
deliver
their
results
under
those
three
guiding
principles
and
I'll.
Try
to
break
that
down
and
give
you
some
of
the
top
highlights
over
the
last
couple
of
years.
So
just
in
terms
of
what
the
department
has
accomplished
in
2019,
the
mayor
talks
about
our
labor
standards,
ordinances
and
that
division
has
recovered
a
hundred
and
fifty
five
thousand
dollars
in
wages
for
city
workers.
J
So
if
you
look
at
what
Labor
Standards
has
done
and
the
work
that
the
contract
compliance
is
done,
we
are
recovering
wages
that
put
bread
on
the
table
of
people
in
this
city
that
they
would
not
have
gotten.
Had
this
department
not
gone
out
and
really
advocated
in
a
force
that
that
law,
the
mayor,
talked
about
the
millions
of
dollars
that
have
gone
to
women
and
businesses
owned
by
people
of
color.
J
But
the
other
thing
that
he
didn't
talk
about
is
there
has
been
a
significant
number
of
contracts
that
the
contract
compliance
division
has
actually
set
goals
on.
That
makes
it
even
more
necessary
I
think
in
and
yields
results
for
equity
and
inclusion
on
these
contracts
and
they've
said
women
and
and
people
of
color
business
goals
on
83
million
dollars
worth
of
contracts.
That
is
a
lot
of
bread
on
the
tables
of
people
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis
and
in
this
region.
J
We've
also
verified
that
there
are
women
and
people
of
color
working
on
city
contracts
and
the
contract.
Compliance
division
has
been
able
to
verify
that
a
hundred
and
sixty-three
thousand
five
hundred
hours
have
been
worked
by
women
and
people
of
color
on
publicly
funded
contracts,
they've
taken
in
almost
nine
hundred
complaints
of
discrimination,
police
misconduct
or
anything
related
to
under
payment
of
wages
across
the
department.
J
There's
been
some
talk
about
the
police
conduct
oversight,
work
where
the
department
actually
has
a
role
to
play
in
the
justice
has
meted
out
through
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department
fifty
to
merit
allegations
of
police
misconduct
have
been
referred
to
the
police
chief
for
the
police
chief
to
take
matters
into
his
hands
and
either
mete
out
the
discipline
and
deliver
consequences
to
misbehaving
police
officers.
That's
the
role
we
have
to
play
in
that
work.
J
Thirty-Six
new
businesses
have
been
certified
to
participate
on
city
contracts,
increasing
the
total
number
of
eligible
businesses
to
participate
on
city
funded
contracts
to
six
hundred
and
thirty
nine.
Ten
years
ago,
we
weren't
even
certifying
businesses,
so
this
is
work
that
continues
to
improve
over
time.
J
The
mayor
mentioned
the
urban
Scholars
Program
and
118
urban
scholars
that
are
placed
across
the
11
partners,
but
he
he
did
mention
and
I
will
that
one
of
the
goals
of
the
urban
Scholars
Program
was
to
put
people
in
the
pipeline.
Who
would
be
able
to
feel
jobs
that
would
becoming
vacant
as
I?
Think
here
in
Francoise,
a
previous
employee
called
the
silver
tsunami
would
would
take
effect.
So
we
have
hired
people
into
the
city
to
do
the
work
in
places
where
folks
are
leaving
retiring
and
I
know.
J
Right
now
there
are
at
least
five
urban
scholars
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis
who
are
working
full-time
positions
in
the
city
that
have
come
up
through
that
program
and
probably
one
of
the
most
heartwarming
things
for
me
to
do.
The
heartwarming
things
for
me
to
think
about
with
urban
scholars
is
that
this
program
has
been
successful.
Now
for
about
the
last
eight
years,
we
actually
have
former
urban
scholars,
hiring
new
graduates
of
the
urban
Scholars
Program.
That's
a
legacy
that
I'm
very
proud
of
one
of
the
other
things
that
I'm
proud
of.
J
We
work
with
the
human
resources
department
to
make
sure
that
those
people
get
promotions
in
the
department
where
we
can,
but
people
are
also
being
promoted
into
other
departments
in
the
city,
because
we
don't
want
to
lose
the
talent
that
we've
created
in
this
city.
So
we
try
to
make
sure
that
people
stay
employed,
that
their
careers
keep
progressing.
We
have
supported
over
a
thousand
hours
of
staff,
professional
development
in
2019
and
on
a
pro-rata
basis.
I
don't
think
there
are
very
many
departments
who
could
could
talk
about
that?
So
so
that's
just
work.
J
That's
going
on
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis
that
I'm
I
can
talk
about,
but
one
of
the
other
things
that
I
do
with
my
volunteer
time
is
that
I
always
engage
with
other
organizations
that
can
help
fulfill
them
fulfill
the
mission
of
the
work
that
we
do
in
the
civil
rights
department,
but
also
I.
Do
it
because
I
want
to
be
an
ambassador
for
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
with
the
work
that
I
do
so
I
am
the
chair
of
the
Minnesota
Advisory
Committee
to
the
United
States
Civil
Rights
Commission
I.
J
Also,
remember
of
the
Minnesota
women's
economic
roundtable
here
in
Minnesota.
I
am
the
co-chair
of
a
heritage,
achievement
foundation
board,
and
that
is
a
board
that
provides
scholarships
to
folks
who
are
headed
out
to
college
from
where
I
grew
up
in
East
Texas,
which
is
very
very
dear
to
me,
and
I'm,
also
a
board
member
of
achieve
Minneapolis,
which
of
course,
as
you
know,
is
the
organization
that
administers
the
step-up
program,
which
is
a
really
great
program
here
that
we
take
advantage
of
through
CPA
in
the
city.
The
mayor
mentioned
black
Business
Week.
J
We
do
some
doing
business
with
the
city.
Events
in
the
city,
I
am
the
executive
sponsor
also
of
the
ERG
here
in
the
city
called
the
Minneapolis
black
employee
Network
work
that
I'm
very
proud
of,
and
also
when
you
look
at
my
staff,
the
urban
scholars
I
think
in
you
know
kind
of
the
sunset
of
my
years
as
as
an
employee,
one
of
the
thrills
that
I
get
is
preparing
the
next
generation
of
workers
to
be
able
to
do
the
work
that
I
do
and
I
am
mentoring.
J
Several
employees
here
in
the
city,
their
early
career
mid-career
professionals,
and
that
is
very
rewarding
to
me
so
I
will
I
will
stop
right
there
and
say
to
you
that
I
am
committed
to
this
work.
I,
don't
live
in
the
city,
but
I
love.
The
city
I
want
to
see
positive
outcomes
for
the
people
that
work
with
me
and
for
me
and
I
am
just
thrilled
to
be
able
to
do
this
work
for
another
two
years.
So.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank.
A
You
director,
all
right
so
based
on
that
I
will
move
approval
of
this
reappointment.
Do
any
of
my
colleagues
have
any
comments
all
right,
seeing
none
well
I'll
just
go
ahead
and
say
that
I
will
be
voting
in
favor
of
this
item
of
this
reappointment.
I
have
worked
with
director
Korbel
for
about
five
years
now
here
at
the
city
and
working
with
her
in
these
different
capacities
has
been
very
exciting.
A
Where
can
we
leverage
opportunities
and
and
really
watching
the
work
that
unfolds
out
of
that
is
really
rewarding
as
a
council
member,
because
I'm
here
to
do
all
that
I
can
in
this
position
of
power
to
ensure
that
we
not
only
close
racial
disparities,
but
that
we
lift
everyone
up
in
a
way
that
we
all
thrive
and
being
able
to
work
with
director.
Korbel
has
been
really
powerful
and
helping
move
that
forward.
So,
thank
you.
So
much
I
have
a
question
or
comment
from
council
member
Johnson
I.
Think.
K
Mr.
chair
and
I
just
wanted
to
take
a
moment
to
extend
my
appreciation
to
the
department
for
all
the
work.
It
just
seems
to
me
over
my
time
on
the
council
that
we
increasingly
ask
the
civil
rights
department
to
take
on
more
and
more
work,
and
it's
really
great
work
to
stand
up
for
our
workers
and
residents
across
the
city
and
seeing
the
department
take
on
this
challenging
work
in
doing
so
in
such
a
smooth
way,
that's
really
responsive
and
gets
the
results
that
we're
looking
for
has
been.
L
Thank
you
very
much,
I'm.
Also
supportive
of
the
appointment
I
appreciate
how
the
department
has
some
years
to
have
improved
over
the
last
few
years
in
particular,
and
the
staff
and
everything
that's
going
on.
I
also
wanted
to
note
that
it
really
makes
a
difference
to
hear
from
people
who
come
in
and
speak
so
I
appreciate
everybody
who
came
in
and
shared
their
views.
L
I
also
think
that
hearing
views
of
people
who
are
critical
of
the
department
I
think
highlighting
those
two
things:
the
civil
rights,
complaints
and
and
watch
those
are
paying
off
and
also
looking
at
the
police
conduct
review
system
is
really
important.
I
also
appreciated
the
point
that
some
of
that
responsibility
for
the
dysfunction
of
that
department
rests
on
the
shoulders
of
the
council
and
what
we've
done
with
it.
It
might
be
time
for
us
to
look
again.
It
may
be
amending
that
and
seeing
how
we
can
strengthen
that
process.
L
Also,
you
have
to
understand
that
the
decisions
and
recommendations
that
leave
the
civil
rights
department
go
somewhere
before
discipline
is
issued,
and
so
there's
another
big
hurdle
to
get
through
and
some
some
things
to
think
about.
There
so
I
think
that
I'm
impressed
by
the
thoughtfulness
of
all
the
comments
and
and
the
information
that
people
have
provided
and
I
really
appreciate.
That
and
I
wanted
to
make
sure
to
say
that.
A
All
right,
thank
you
so
much
to
my
colleagues
for
those
comments.
Emotions
on
the
floor
to
approve
this
reappointment,
all
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
aye,
those
opposed,
say,
nay,
the
eyes
habit
and
that
item
carries
Thank.
You
director
item
number
two
for
the
public
hearing.
As
considering
the
reappointment
by
the
executive
committee
of
Gretchen
musekamp
to
the
appointed
position
of
commissioner
of
health
/
director
of
the
health
department
for
a
two-year
term,
beginning
January,
2nd,
2020
I
will
go
ahead
and
open
up
the
public
hearing
for
this
item.
A
M
Thank
you,
chair,
Cunningham
members,
the
committee
and
to
the
mayor
for
being
here.
I
am
Chuck
Oberg
and
I'm.
A
pediatrician
in
the
Twin
Cities
have
worked
here
for
35
years
at
Hennepin,
County,
Medical
Center
and
at
the
University
of
Minnesota
I've,
donned
Commissioner
musekamp
for
40
years
and
I
would
like
to
speak
on
her
behalf.
Her
work
as
a
commissioner
of
health
and
her
previous
role
as
a
director
of
public
health
initiatives
for
the
Minneapolis
Health
Department
is
well
known
not
only
to
you
but
to
the
larger
community.
M
M
This
is
evident
not
only
at
the
health
department
but
her,
but
in
her
previous
roles,
at
with
the
Minneapolis
Nurses
Association
when
tested
Minnesota,
Nurses
Association
and
the
Minnesota
Hospital
and
Health
Care
Partnership,
her
expertise
and
leadership
is
well
known
and
reaches
well
beyond
the
boundaries
of
this
fair
city,
the
entire
state
in
the
country.
A
few
examples:
locally
she's
served
on
the
board
of
directors
for
people
serving
people.
M
She
was
a
co-founder
for
the
Minnesota
for
Affordable
Care
Act
that
eventually
led
to
Minnesota
care
and
naturally
she's
chaired
the
big
cities,
health
coalition
and
most
recently
she's
actively
promoting.
As
you
mentioned
previously,
the
UNICEF
child
friendly
cities
initiative,
she
has
an
ability
to
get
things
done.
The
Commissioner
has
my
deepest
respect
in
the
operation.
The
city
Minneapolis
and
the
Department
of
Health
is
in
excellent
hands
and
I
encourage
you
to
support
her
via
appointment.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
H
You
chair
for
allowing
me
to
speak
out
of
turn
is
I
have
to
run
to
the
next
endeavor
here,
but
I
am
proud
to
join
you
all
in
support
of
the
reappointment
of
director
music
can't
to
lead
the
health
department
without
question.
I.
Think
we're
all
aware
that
director,
music
aunt
has
an
incredible
experience
in
public
health
based
knowledge,
but
one
of
the
Paramount
reasons
that
I
am
reappointing
her
and
one
of
the
main
reasons
that
I
support
her
is
that
she
really
has
a
global
view.
H
L
H
One
of
the
pieces,
I
I
think
is
really
staggering.
Is
that
in
just
the
last
three
or
what
is
it?
Four
years
now
we've
been
able
to
reduce
the
the
carbon
output
by
a
twenty
million
pounds,
20
million
pounds
worth
of
carbon
and
a
hundred
ten
thousand
pounds
worth
of
criteria,
pollutants
which
are
the
really
nasty
ones
that
give
you
asthma
and
lead
poisoning
and
all
the
other
things.
H
I
was
just
talking
about
and
additional
and-
and
it's
done
so
they've
done
so
through
an
initiative
that
allows
us
to
generate
fees
for
every
car
pound
of
carbon
produced,
and
so
that's
been
another
successful
program.
Her
her
restaurant
inspection
team
has
recently
modernized
the
transparency
of
its
inspection
records.
We've
established
a
new
office
of
violence
prevention
squad
along
with
a
mr.
chairs
work,
and
that
coordination
will
really
help
us
to
get
some
extraordinary
results
in
public
safety
and
so
there's
a
host
of
work.
H
A
N
Thank
You,
commissioner
and
chair
Cunningham
and
council
members
and
the
mayor,
no
apologies
necessary.
My
been
bad
handwriting
caused
you,
so
my
name
is
Daniel
gum
net,
that's
G,
NIT
I'm,
the
CEO
of
people
serving
people
and
people
serving
people
is
an
order
organization
dedicated
to
ending
childhood
you
and
family
homelessness,
and
we
also
operate
the
reasons
largest
and
most
comprehensive
shelter
for
families
experiencing
homelessness.
I'm,
here
to
speak
in
favor
of
Gretchen,
music
camp
and
I
want
to
speak
from
the
perspective
of
the
community.
N
Gretchen
has
been
serving
on
people
serving
peoples
board
for
six
years
and
has
been
the
chair
of
our
strategy
and
transformation
committee.
She
has
really
been
helping
us
bring
up
public
health
lens
to
our
work
with
homelessness
prevention,
and
it's
really
had
a
transformative
effect
on
our
conversations.
N
Dr.
perch
music
aunt
always
places
the
voices
of
our
families
at
the
center
of
our
conversations
and
I
think
that
is
really
important
in
the
work
that
we
do
and
she
has
a
deep
understanding
of
the
impact
of
trauma
on
young
children
and
families
and
has
been
helping
us
become
a
much
more
trauma,
responsive
organization.
She
also
deeply
understands
the
connections
between
the
predetermines
of
health,
like
housing
and
health.
N
A
O
Is
yours?
Thank
you
good
afternoon,
I
am
Latrice
Vita
I
serve
as
the
vice
president
of
the
Minneapolis
Park
and
Recreation
Board,
but
I
am
also
the
director
of
health
policy
and
advocacy
at
North.
Point
health
and
wellness
center
I
have
worked
at
north
wing
health
and
wellness
center
for
about
15
years
in
every
single
one
of
those
days.
I
have
worked
with
commissioner
music,
and
so
I
am
here
today
in
support
of
her
being
reappointed
to
her
position.
O
Commissioner
music
hand
over
the
15
years
that
I've
worked
with
her
has
worked
very
hard
to
make
sure
that
people
of
color
have
had
a
seat
at
the
table
when
decisions
were
being
made.
I
can
remember,
I,
don't
know
six
years
about
seven
years
ago
there
were
some
policies
being
discussed,
and
the
first
thing
she
asked
me
when
I
walked
in
her
office
is.
Does
the
community
know
about
this?
How
have
they
been
told?
Has
there
been
some
type
of
campaign?
O
So
it's
been
truly
a
blessing
to
work
with
her
and
her
team.
It's
not
always
just
her.
Her
team
is
good
to
work
with
as
well.
Over
the
years
over
the
15
years,
we've
passed
some
of
the
boldest
tobacco
policies
in
the
nation
through
the
meaning
through
the
city
of
Minneapolis
and
commissioner
music,
and
has
led
us
in
passing
a
lot
of
those
policies.
I've
worked
with
them
also
on
early
childhood
development.
I've
worked
with
them
on
what
else.
Oh
so
many
things
I've
worked
with
them
on.
O
O
A
G
P
Sheet
not
like
you
know,
sign-in
to
speak
sheet,
so
I'm
good
afternoon.
I
am
here
today
to
speak
on
behalf
of
the
reappointment
of
Gretchen
music
aunt.
It's
an
honor
and
delight
for
me
to
do
so.
I,
as
I
said,
I'm
Cindy,
Hillier,
I'm,
director
of
early
childhood
education
with
Minneapolis
Public,
Schools,
Commissioner
musican
is
a
visionary
leader
and
provides
skilled
oversight
to
programs
and
people.
She
has
mastered
the
art
of
forging
effective
pathways
and
bureaucratic
structures.
P
She
fosters
an
environment
of
positivity
and
innovation
that
creates
staff
agency,
is
citizen,
centered
and
advocates
for
social
justice.
Over
the
past
15
years
under
Commissioner
musicans
leadership,
the
health
department
has
expanded
through
merging
and
emerging
programs
creating
the
city
health
department.
P
We
know
today
for
the
past
six
years,
I
had
the
privilege
of
representing
Minneapolis
Public
Schools
on
the
public
health
advisory
committee
and
through
that
experience,
I
saw
firsthand
Commissioner
musicans
commitment
to
dismantling
racism,
her
understanding
of
the
intersection
of
social
determinants
of
health
and
her
commitment
to
operationalizing
the
best
strategies
to
advance
a
healthier
city,
I
credit
Gretchen's
leadership
for
the
effectiveness
of
the
public
health
advisory
committee,
which
is
which
provides
citizen
leadership
to
address,
to
advise
the
City
Council
on
matters
related
to
health.
Quite
honestly
and
I
go
to
a
lot.
P
A
lot
of
meetings
like
you
all
do.
I
have
never
experienced
a
meeting
with
better
leadership
than
the
public
health
advisory
committee.
Dissent
is
welcomed,
passions
are
channeled,
citizens
lead.
The
work
transparently
is
transparency
and
equity
are
central.
The
committee
makeup
reflects
the
diversity
of
the
city.
Ideas
are
turned
into
actions.
One
such
public
health
advisory
committee
action
was
a
request
to
the
City
Council
to
establish
a
Minneapolis
Advisory
Committee
on
housing.
As
you
know,
that
happened.
The
passion
citizens
of
that
committee
caused
that
to
happen,
as
we've
heard
from
Mayor
Frye
and
others.
P
Q
P
A
F
You
well
good
afternoon.
Everyone
I
am
pleased
to
be
here
to
support
the
appointment
of
Commissioner,
music
and
I
have
heard
they
were
privileged
of
working
with
Commission
of
music
and
almost
20
years.
I
am
director
of
public
health
at
st.
Mary,
University
and
also
assistant
professor.
There
I
have
I
wish
to
be
an
employee
of
that.
Department
of
Health
have
worked
for
about
seven
years
and
also
I
always
say
I'm.
An
extension
of
always
continue
to
be
an
extension
of
the
Department
of
Public
Health
I
also
live
in
Minneapolis
over
the
years.
F
I
have
experienced
the
creativity
and
the
innovation
of
public
health
Gretchen,
music
and
truly
is
a
trailblazer,
not
only
a
trailblazer.
She
is
a
change
agent
and
her
work.
Her
recognition
actually
I'm
graduated
from
University
of
Minnesota,
and
if
you
go
to
the
hallways
at
University
of
Minnesota,
you
will
see
a
permanent
icon
of
legend,
music
and
Hannah.
She
knows
that
the
halls
of
public
health
and
also,
if
you
make
a
corner
you
or
the
kitty
corner,
you
will
see
her
also
forever
and
molded
a
name
and
face
in
the
nursing
school.
F
F
I
have
seen
her
during
the
former
mayors
for
Betsy,
but
work
hard
to
maintain
that
our
Department
of
Health
actually
stays
with
me
in
Minneapolis
and
not
merged
with
Hennepin
County
I
have
seen
the
kind
of
creativity,
work
and
they're
also
opportunity
to
bring
a
lot
of
resources
to
the
health
department
that
is
not
necessarily
dependent
on
milk
or
local
aid.
I
have
seen
her
mobilize
CDC
and
bring
in
workforce
paid
by
CDC
to
the
Department
of
Health
to
do
some
of
the
great
work.
What
is
new
idea
to
mean
really?
F
A
I
I
And
I'd
like
to
thank
the
executive
committee
for
forwarding
from
the
mayor's
recommendation,
my
reappointment
to
this
committee
and
for
you
for
sponsoring
the
public
hearing
and,
of
course,
it's
a
great
pleasure
for
me
to
work
with
the
team
that
I
work
with
in
the
Department
of
Health
and
so
I
want
to
thank
all
of
them
that
are
here
and
all
that
are
not
here
as
well.
So
when
I
spoke
with
you
mr.
I
chair
about
what
what
you
would
like
me
to
speak
about,
you
said
well
how
about
a
few
accomplishments
over
the
last
year
and
I
want
to
thank
you
for
that,
because
over
the
years
that
I
have
been
with
the
department,
the
years
kind
of
blend
you
know.
So
it's
fun
to
take
a
chunk
of
two
years
and
I
have
quite
a
list,
but
I'm
just
gonna
go
really
quickly
through
them
and
I.
Think
it's
telling
that
the
our
department
has
produced
so
many
results
in
two
years.
I
So
the
first
that
came
to
mind
was
the
krumbine
award,
which
is
a
national
award,
also
characterized
as
the
Academy
for
environmental
health,
which
we
were
the
only
recipient
of
in
the
year
we
received
it.
We
have
also
had
our
blueprint,
approved
Institute,
which
looks
at
trying
to
bring
funding
and
support
to
smaller
community-based
organizations
designated
a
model
practice
nationally
by
the
National
Association
of
county
and
city
health
officers.
Now
we
established
the
office
of
violence
prevention.
We
passed
tobacco
21mm,
the
u.s.
I
Department
of
State
State
Department
sponsored
a
visit
for
our
youth
violence
prevention
or
Violence
Prevention
folks
to
go
to
Ireland
and
Northern
Ireland
to
talk
about
violence
prevention
and
the
work
that
we're
doing
here.
We
also
had
a
visit
from
Malmo
Sweden
to
learn
about
a
group
violence
interventions,
so
we
have
international
influence
and
also
opportunities
to
learn
from
international
communities.
In
the
work
that
we're
doing,
we
launched
our
web-based
health
inspection,
look
up
just
at
the
very
very
end
of
2019
and
we've
had
over
a
hundred
thousand
hits
so
far.
I
It's
one
of
the
most
popular
items
on
the
web.
We
have
continued
to
grow
in
our
effort
to
address
climate
change,
including
a
field
trip
to
Stockholm
on
biochar,
which
councilmember
Schrader
was
a
part
of.
We
have
created
a
new
asthma
program
and
our
healthy
homes
work
and,
as
you
heard
others
speak
about,
are
really
leaning
into
a
different
approach
to
lead
as
well.
We
have
a
really
a
rapid,
multifaceted
response
to
the
opioid
use
epidemic
from
kind
of
0
to
100
miles
an
hour.
I
I
We
are
part
of
leading
two
coalition's
in
the
metro
area
to
address
mental
well-being
from
a
public
health
perspective
with
trauma
as
a
centerpiece
we've.
As
you
heard
last
piece
meeting,
we've
completed
a
strategic
plan,
we've
responded
to
the
encampment
and
the
navigation
Center
and
the
drake
fire
super
bowl
final.
Four
and
in
fact
we
received
a
state
award
for
our
food
protection
work
at
the
super
bowl
created
a
deputy
commissioner,
and
we
have
completed
StrengthsFinder
for
the
entire
department,
which
is
helping
us
have
an
asset-based
approach
to
the
work
that
we
do
together.
I
I
bet
there's
more,
but
that's
what
I'm
going
to
share
with
you
today.
The
other
thing
that
you
asked
me
to
talk
about
were
my
passions
and
then
I
won't
have
quite
as
long
lists
on
that
and
then
I
just
want
to
lean
into
another
coming
two
years
and
tell
you
where
I
think
we're
going
quickly
on
that.
I
So
I
am
a
lifelong
Minneapolis
resident
with
a
couple
years
off
here
and
there,
but
really
it
is
kind
of
Who.
I
am
mom.
Public,
Health
and
urban
communities
through
an
equity
lens
is
a
calling
of
sorts
for
me
in
our
StrengthsFinder
work,
I
discovered
or
named
some
strengths
that
were
not
a
surprise
to
me.
I'm
strategic
ideation,
I
love
new
ideas.
I
know
there's
a
downside
to
that,
but
I
do
loved
ideas,
I'm,
grounded
in
belief,
I'm,
a
Maximizer
I
like
to
make
the
good
even
better
and
connectedness.
I
I
Nurturing
connections
with
Unity's
and
community
members
is
really
part
of
the
sustenance
of
this
job.
For
me
and
showing
impact
I
think
is
really
important,
not
only
in
our
in
today's
expectation
that
we
have
impact,
but
we
want
to
see
what
we
get
for,
what
we
do
and
then
finally
leading
a
learning
organization.
So
an
organization
that
can
try
things
out
that
can
lean
into
things
modify
what
we
do
to
make
it
more
effective
and
that
people
feel
safe
doing
that.
I
So
this
long
list
can
be
kind
of
overwhelming.
It's
like,
oh,
my
gosh.
How
do
you
keep
it
all
straight
or
what
all
do
you
do?
So
I
have
done
some
thinking
about
trying
to
create
six
buckets
for
all
of
those
things
and
then
really
try
to
articulate
some
at
least
one
big
metric
that
we
can
look
for
in
the
coming
years
in
each
of
those
buckets.
So
the
first
is
thriving
children,
families
and
youth
and
I.
I
Think
our
designation
and
our
role
as
being
a
child-friendly
city
will
be
a
key
part
of
that
and
pull
together
many
other
of
our
activities.
The
second
bucket
is
communities
free
from
environmental
hazards
and
I.
Think
climate
change
mitigation
and
eliminating
lead
poisoning
are
two
of
the
takeaways.
That
I
hope
we
can
report
on.
Third
bucket
is
healthy
businesses
and
there
we
we
aspire
to
continue
to
be
a
cutting
edge
safe,
we
cut,
have
cutting
edge,
safe
businesses
for
workers
and
the
public.
I
A
R
Yes,
chair
just
excited
to
support
the
reappointment
of
director,
music
and
I
think
when
we
hear
in
the
testimony
I
think
visionary
really
under
States,
but
also
hits
it
on
the
right
on
the
head,
you're
tasked
with
basically
solving
almost
impossible
problems
and
the
fact
that
we
are
leading
on
so
many
of
those
is
a
direct
reflection
on
yourself
and
the
rest
of
your
department.
So
it's
it's
exciting
to
be
a
part
of
a
city
that
is
having
that
kind
of
vision
and
I
want
to.
Thank
you
for
your
service.
Thank.
A
A
I
think
that
it's
way
bigger
than
what
folks
really
understand
and
to
have
someone
leading
who
has
the
depth
and
breadth
of
knowledge
to
be
able
to
lead
across
all
of
these
different
topic
areas
I
think,
is
a
really
powerful
and
truly
a
gift
really
for
our
city
to
be
able
to
have
your
leadership
also
with
good
leaders.
Good
leaders
bring
other
good
leaders
along
with
them.
You
have
a
really
great
staff,
a
full
who
work
for
you
as
well,
who
really
operationalize
some
solutions
to
really
big
social
problems.
A
So
I
am
very
much
so
supportive
of
seeing
you
continue
in
this
role
and
the
work
continuing
forward.
Thank
you
for
all.
You
do
all
right
with
that.
All
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
aye,
those
opposed,
say,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it
in
that
item
carries.
Thank
you
so
much,
commissioner.
Thank
you
to
the
city
staff
who
have
been
patiently
waiting
during
these
two
public
hearings.
So
we
have
two
discussion
items.
A
S
Good
afternoon
Thank
You
mr.
chairperson
members
of
the
committee
I'm
antic
Ruth
from
the
Minneapolis
Youth
Coordinating
Board,
we're
here
today
to
present
to
you,
our
children
and
youth
master
plan,
part
one.
We
have
been
working
on
this
plan
for
about
the
last
year
and
a
half
and
the
intent
is
for
it
to
guide
the
work
of
the
youth,
Coordinating
Board
and
our
for
public
jurisdictions,
which
include
the
city
of
Minneapolis
over
the
next
five
years.
S
Q
You,
as
Anne
said
my
name
is
Michaela
Berg
I
work
with
the
Minneapolis
youth,
coordinating
bat
board
and
I
was
from
the
last
year
and
a
half
helping
develop.
Excuse
me,
our
youth
master
plan,
which,
as
Ann
mentioned,
is
essentially
a
strategic
document
for
the
youth,
Coordinating
Board
and
our
four
partners:
city,
Minneapolis,
Hennepin,
County,
the
Minneapolis
Park
and
Recreation
Board
and
Minneapolis
Public
Schools.
Q
We
decided
to
take
up
and
we're
spending
right
now
kind
of
developing
the
next
steps
which
I
will
get
into
later
some
kind
of
overview
which
who
the
children
and
youth
of
Minneapolis
are
just
so
we
know,
have
a
little
bit
of
framing
and
know
who
this
document
is
informed
by
and
intended
for,
and
then
briefly
talk
about
the
methods,
how
we
got
there
and
then
overview
the
key
points
so
I,
the
2017
American
Community.
Survey
estimates
there
are
about
80,000
children
under
the
age
of
18
living
in
Minneapolis,
although
it's
use
Coordinating
Board.
Q
Our
definition
of
youth
is
from
0
to
age
24.
So
if
you
add
in
that
18
to
24
cohort,
that
adds
an
additional
56,000.
So
if
you
do
a
couple,
quick,
quick,
math,
I'm,
considering
our
city
population
of
400,000,
that
means
about
a
third
of
all.
Residents
are
under
the
age
of
24
and
what
the
youth
Coordinating
Board
considers
to
be
a
young
person.
Q
Geographically,
young
people
are
condensed
on
the
north
side,
I
mean
also
in
the
parter
Horn
Park
area
of
South
Minneapolis.
This
is
quite
a
little
bit
different
than
the
adult
distribution
of
population,
which
is
much
more
heavy
further
south
and
in
southwest
additionally,
racially
speaking
about
42%
of
our
young
people
are
white,
31%
are
black
or
african-american.
18%
are
Latinos
of
any
race.
So
it's
a
combined
total
of
about
60%
of
young
people
are
people
of
color.
Q
If
you
look
at
the
adult
population,
64%
are
white
and
the
remaining
44%
are
people
of
color,
so
our
34,
sorry
I,
can't
do
my
math.
So,
in
light
of
some
of
those
information,
we
know
that
the
young
people
in
Minneapolis
experience
different
things
in
our,
in
fact
look
very
different
from
the
adults
in
Minneapolis.
Q
So
we
realized
that,
as
we
work
with
young
people,
we
need
to
treat
them
differently
than
we
treat
adults
so
that
really
informed
some
of
the
youth
master
plan
we
went
disaster
plan
is
largely
informed
by
community
members
on
mostly
including
mostly
young
people,
although
it
does
include
some
youth
workers
and
other
people
who
are
connected
to
young
people.
We
did
this
or
a
theory
of
13
Ward
meetings
held
in
12,
different
City
Councilmember,
the
12
city
council,
Ward's
that
was
facilitated
and
attended
by
young
people
across
the
city.
Q
We
also
had
other
quicker
engagement
methods.
In
total,
we
solicited
about
400
responses
from
different
young
people
and
community
members
on
this
all
inform
the
youths
master
plan
you
have
in
front
of
you
today.
This
gave
us
six
priorities,
areas
which
again,
are
the
buckets
that
we
intend
to
structure
our
work,
the
ycb,
but
also
our
work
with
the
city
over
the
next
five
years.
Q
Q
So,
let's
start
the
first
one
is
youth
agency
on
this
really
says
that,
like
young
people
are
leaders
in
their
own
spaces
and
must
have
an
opportunity
for
leadership
and
to
work
in
partnership
with
adults,
yeah
young
people
really
do
did
talk
about
really
feeling
those
power
dynamics
between
young
people
and
adults
in
the
community
and
wanting
to
continue
to
build
out
their
knowledge
and
leadership
within
the
community.
The
second
priority
area
is
culturally
responsive
approaches,
the
matter
if
it
recognizes
the
meaningfulness
of
one's
culture
which
is
based
in
either
race,
ethnicity,
age,
socioeconomic
status.
Q
What
have
you
young
people?
This
is
where
that
kind
of
racial
mismatch
between
young
people
and
adults
really
comes
into
play.
A
lot
of
young
people
did
mention
that
a
lot
of
the
adults
in
their
communities
and
community
leaders
didn't
really
look
like
them
and
also
didn't
really
reflect
some
of
their
experiences,
and
they
want
to
at
least
have
that
increase
of
diversity
of
equity
and
togetherness
across
communities.
Q
Our
third
priority
is
gender
and
sexuality,
inclusivity
which
recognized
in
the
meaningfulness
of
gender
and
sexual
orientation
to
one's
identity
and
also
prior
to
prioritizes
the
safety
of
people
of
multiple
genders
and
sexual
orientations.
Young
people
mostly
talked
about
this
terms
of
safety,
especially
for
female,
transgender
and
queer
young
people
on
they
also
talk
about
the
need
for
more
inclusive
sex
education.
The
fourth
priority
is
social
connection,
as
humans
were
incredibly
social
beings
and
young
people
are
no
exception
to
this.
Q
Young
people
really
do
need
those
caring
supportive
relationships
in
their
lives,
but
this
also
includes
not
only
those
person-to-person
relationships.
It
also
includes
social
capital.
So
thinking
on
that
neighbourhood
level
of
like
what
are
the
connections
that
we
have?
Who
has
opportunities
and
access
to
to
white
within
their
communities?
So
young
people
really
talked
about
being
better
connected
with
people
in
their
communities
and
express
interest
in
community
building
within
their
neighborhoods.
Q
It
as
some
systems
do
currently
some
systems,
as
we
all
know
like
do
breed
harm
within
our
community
and
young
people.
You
know
that
feel
that
and
wish
to
change
that
some
of
the
ones
they
called
out
specifically,
who
are
school
school
system,
the
built
environment
of
their
communities
and
having
more
activities
and
community
amenities
where
they
felt
welcome
and
safe,
and
then
also
climate
change,
whether
it's
in
terms
of
transportation,
reducing
waste
or
teaching
climate
change
more
broadly
to
the
public.
And
finally,
our
last
priority
is
developmental
needs.
Q
So
those
are
the
basic
needs
that
everyone
needs
just
to
survive
in
the
world
at
the
ycv.
We
also
focus
on
not
only
surviving
but
also
thriving,
so
we
take
a
bit
of
a
broader
view
on
what
a
basic
need
is.
So,
in
addition
to
like
food,
water,
shelter,
it's
also
Economic
Opportunity,
it's
health
care.
It
is
feeling
sick
yeah,
so
that
people,
young
people
echoed
those
and
talked
about
basic
needs
in
a
very
broad
sense,
sounds
of
every
long
list.
Thank
you
for
saying,
attentive
throughout
that
whole
spiel.
Those
are
our
six
priorities.
Q
As
I
said,
it's
gonna
hopefully
guide
the
work
of
our
at
the
ycb
and
also
our
partnership
with
the
city
for
the
next
five
years
so
working
together.
That's
all
really
outlined
like
what
young
people
and
children
need
in
Minneapolis
in
order
to
be
contributing
citizens
and
leaders
in
their
communities.
Q
Our
work
for
this
current
year
is
to
continue
working
with
these
six
priority
areas,
develop
some
action
items
and
strategies
with
the
ycb
and
also
with
our
partners
to
advance
these
and
make
some
traction
on
them
over
the
next
five
years
and
we're
also
working
on.
We
got
a
lot
of
qualitative
information
to
kind
of
inform.
All
of
this
we're
working
on
filling
in
some
of
that,
with
more
quantitative
information
and
data
that
we
are
working
on
gathering.
Q
A
Thank
you.
It's
a
lot
of
work
went
into
this
I
was
excited
and
grateful
to
be
able
to
be
present
and
of
support
in
the
work
for
youth
meeting
to
be
able
to
gather
feedback
on
this,
and
it's
as
a
former
youth
worker,
as
I've
said
many
at
times
at
this
point,
I
really
am
grateful
for
this
work.
It
really
is
so
comprehensive
and
really
having
the
connection
with
the
various
agencies
and
partners.
This
really
will
help
pull
it
all
of
those
various
bodies
together
to
think
comprehensively
about.
How
are
we
addressing
youth
needs?
Great.
L
L
Let
my
colleagues
up
here
know
that
the
youth
cabinet
has
been
working
on
this
and
looking
at
this
and
in
working
with
the
youth
serving
you
all
on
the
youth,
Coordinating
Board
I
know
that
the
certainly
the
school
board
members,
but
also
Park
board
members,
have
had
input
and
involvement
in
this
as
well
as
folks
from
the
county.
So
where
are
we
in
terms
of
everybody
kind
of
weighing
in
on
this?
Yes,.
Q
We,
the
ycb,
is
board
approve
this
document
back
in
October.
We
have
since
then
been
trying
to
take
it
to
each
of
our
partner
jurisdictions
in
governing
bodies
for
receiving
file
and
possible
staff
directions,
in
this
case
the
Hennepin
County
Board
and
the
Minneapolis
Public
School
Board
both
received
and
filed
this
back
in
December
and
I
am
presenting
to
the
council
today
and
then
later
this
week,
we'll
be
presenting
this
to
the
recreation
committee
of
the
parking
recreation
board.
Excellent.
L
I
appreciate
that
and
I'm
happy
to
move
to,
receive
and
file
it
and
also
move
the
staff
direction,
which
is
asking
our
staff
through
the
use
cabinet
to
review
the
alignment
with
our
goals
and
our
policies
and
look
at
what
we
can
do
to
help
support
and
implement
the
recommendations.
And
you
can
read
the
full
staff
direction.
If
you
sure.
A
A
New
trainings
and
initiatives
support
the
implementation
of
recommended
action
items,
including,
but
not
limited
to
technical
assistance,
implementing
action
items
with
appropriate
department
staff
and
continuous
implementation
support
and
purchase
participate
in
the
evaluation
of
implemented
recommendations
and
the
plan
as
a
whole
in
cooperation
with
the
youth
Coordinating
Board.
So
we
have
a
motion
to
approve
those
items.
Are
there
any
questions
or
comments
from
colleagues
seeing
none
all
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
aye
those
are
posts
a
night,
the
eyes
have
it
in
that
I
new
carries.
A
Thank
you
so
much
for
that
great
presentation
and
thank
you
all
for
your
hard
work
last
on
our
agenda,
but
certainly
not
least,
we
have
receiving
and
filing
an
update
from
the
Minneapolis
Health
Department's
Office
of
violence
prevention
regarding
the
violence
prevention
fund,
2019
updates
so
welcome
director
cotton
as
well
as
Josh
Peterson.
Thank
you
all
so
much.
Thank
you.
T
And
good
afternoon,
Thank
You,
chair
Cunningham,
and
thank
you
to
the
rest
of
the
council
for
allowing
us
to
be
here
to
present
this
afternoon.
We
will
try
to
be
brief,
but
delineate
all
the
facts
given
the
timeline.
So
we
are
here
to
provide
an
update
about
the
office
of
violence,
prevention
fund
and
I'll.
Just
give
a
little
bit
of
high-level
background
next
slide.
Please,
the
fund
was
established
as
a
part
of
the
2019
budget
and
we
looked
at
ways
to
develop
some
community
driven
strategies
around
the
issue
of
violence
prevention.
T
The
language
is
here,
but
just
as
a
breakdown,
we
had
$150,000
that
needed
to
go
directly
to
downtown
outreach
and
the
balance
of
resources,
which
was
about
two
hundred
thousand
dollars,
was
left
for
us
to
do
some
community-wide
City
lead.
Excuse
me
citywide
implementation
strategies,
so
the
office
of
violence
prevention
did
use
some
resources
that
we
had
additionally
in
our
budget,
to
offset
some
of
that.
In
order
to
amplify
the
citywide
impact,
the
process
was
informed
by
a
community
input
survey.
T
We
felt
like
it
was
really
important
to
go
back
to
the
constituency
and
ask
them
what
they
thought
we
should
be
focused
on.
So
we
did
an
online
survey
in
the
spring
of
last
year
before
we
did
the
RFA
and
RFP
for
the
process
just
to
give
community
an
opportunity
to
tell
us
what
we
should
focus
on
and
those
results
are
available.
If
council
is
interested
in
seeing
them,
we
received
over
30
applications,
which
would
have
looked
at
funding
up
to
1.4
million
dollars.
T
So
there
is
definitely
community
interest
in
these
kinds
of
funding
opportunities
and
a
pool
of
people
who
are
interested
in
looking
towards
these
kinds
of
resources
in
the
future.
Next
slide,
please.
This
slide
captures
the
agencies
who
we
ultimately
did
fund.
We
had
the
Minneapolis
mad
dads,
green
Minneapolis,
Minneapolis,
peacebuilders,
Leadership,
Institute
you'll,
hear
from
shortly
the
Camden
Promise
juxtaposition,
the
Banyon
organization.
Excuse
me,
banking,
community
organization,
Hennepin,
Theatre
Trust,
the
Lake
Street
coalition,
as
well
as
st.
Stephen's
and
art
as
my
weapon.
T
So
a
wide
swath
of
organizations
doing
lots
of
different
kinds
of
work
for
downtown
and
six
citywide
programs
were
funded,
and
these
are
a
list
of
some
of
the
kinds
of
activities
that
we
were
focused
on.
So
through
the
violence
prevention
fund,
we
looked
at
community
building
space,
activation
youth
skill
training,
youth,
LED
programming,
leadership,
development,
street
outreach
strategies
for
trauma,
awareness
and
resilience,
training
raised
some
restorative
justice
talks,
partnership,
development
across
organizations
and
systems,
particularly
within
MPD,
and
our
County
Partners.
T
We
also
looked
at
community
meals,
resource
referral
and,
more
so
again,
a
wide
range
of
things
that
we
tried
to
capture
within
the
ovp
fund,
knowing
that
lots
of
different
public
health
approaches
ultimately
lead
to
a
reduction
in
violence
and
so
across
the
city.
This
map
just
delineates
the
locations
where
funds
were
allocated.
T
As
you
can
see,
it
was
pretty
comprehensively
across
the
city
and
really
focused
on
the
areas
where
we
know
we
have
the
greatest
needs
and
selves
north
and
down
to
Minneapolis
again
just
another
penned
map
showing
exactly
where
each
of
the
locations
either
deactivation
or
is
their
location
where
they're
housed
and
so
measuring.
The
impact
we
felt
like
this
year
more
than
ever,
it
was
really
important
for
us
to
capture
data
and
make
sure
that
we're
being
data-driven
and
Public
Health.
T
That
is
a
huge
priority
for
us,
and
so
we
did
create
an
evaluation
template
for
all
of
the
agencies
to
complete,
so
that
we
could
gather
information
about
the
outcomes
and
what
people
were
able
to
do
with
the
resources
that
we
allocated.
But
we
also
wanted
to
be
mindful
of
not
getting
so
rigid
with
the
evaluation
that
people
couldn't
tell
the
story
of
the
work.
We
know
that
in
one
to
one
work
with
communities,
it's
so
important
to
be
able
to
lift
up
those
experiences
that
people
have
and
the
difference
that
the
work
is
making.
T
So
our
evaluation,
which
was
attached
to
our
CA
if
people
want
to
see
the
specifics
of
what
was
asked
of
the
grantees,
but
the
information
that
was
captured,
look
both
at
diverse
strategies.
So
how
the
who
the
what
the
storytelling
aspects
of
the
evaluation
process,
as
well
as
some
more
quantitative
information,
so
number
of
people
serves
and
some
input
and
output
arm
data
and
I
have
another
slide
here.
That
gives
us
some
critical
information
about
what
we
were
actually
able
to
deliver
an
output.
T
So
there
were
over
a
hundred
events
that
came
out
of
the
ovp
fund
and
most
of
them
happened
over
the
course
of
the
summer.
So,
if
you
think
of
a
three
or
four
month
period
of
time,
100
events
is
really
monument.
It's
a
lot
of
work
that
our
agencies
put
into
putting
together
activities
and
outreach
engagement
to
ensure
that
communities
and
constituencies
were
uplifting
the
issue
of
violence
prevention
and
really
intervening
in
most
communities,
most
impacted.
T
There
were
over
7,000
people
who
were
engaged
through
programming
again,
a
really
large
number
for
a
short
period
of
time.
So
we
feel
really
good
about
the
number
of
people
touched
by
the
fund
in
the
first
year
and
we
look
forward
to
touching
even
more
people
in
2020
over
5,000,
almost
6,000
meals
were
served,
so
some
of
our
agencies
really
focused
on
the
intersection
of
the
highly
mobile
and
homeless
communities
or
those
who
are
not
able
to
access
meals
as
a
tool
to
pull
in
a
vulnerable
community.
T
And
we
know
that
youth
employment
really
gets
to
that
issue
of
both
putting
money
in
the
pockets
of
young
people
who
are
vulnerable,
but
also
giving
them
the
skills
that
they
need
to
go
on
and
be
successful
in
life.
150
hours
of
resource
referral
and
outreach.
Again,
outreach
is
a
key
part
of
the
way
that
we
do
this
work
and
so
lifting
up
the
number
of
hours
that
people
are
out
there
actually
engaged
in
outreach
is
really
important
and
resource
referrals.
T
T
We
know
how
important
our
black
Club
leaders
are
and
their
relationship
to
our
local
police
department,
as
well
as
to
the
community
and
lifting
up
the
issue
of
violence
prevention,
and
that
was
really
what
they
honed
and
I
was
gathering
those
two
entities,
MPD
and
black
Club
leaders
and
making
sure
that
they
were
bridging
the
gap
and
talking
to
each
other
on
a
regular
basis.
Green
Minneapolis
can
mean
dialogues
and
did
three
events
around
the
issue
of
youth
violence.
Prevention.
Next
slide,
please
juxta
a
familiar
organization
to
most
of
us.
T
Engaging
young
people
through
the
arts
did
some
really
important
work
both
along
the
Broadway
corridor
and
follow
neighborhood
around
youth
engagement
and
art.
Lake
Street
Council
was
able
to
recruit
stakeholders
for
the
Southside
Public
Safety
coalition,
which
is
an
emerging
group,
really
focused
on
the
issues
of
violence,
prevention
and
Public
Safety
in
the
Southside,
which
we've
been
attending
regularly
as
a
staff,
it
was
great
to
see
the
recruitment
and
the
numbers
go
up
as
a
part
of
this
project.
Next
slide,
please,
the
Camden
promise
did
some
amazing
work.
T
I
was
able
to
engage
with
them
on
our
very
regular
basis,
deep
on
the
north
side,
really
focusing
on
that
intersection
of
the
highly
mobile
and
young
people,
so
they
kind
of
bridge
the
gap
between
homelessness,
highly
mobile
and
youth
employment,
which
is
a
really
interesting
and
dynamic
way.
To
think
about
this
and
then
st.
Stephen's
again
a
familiar
face,
but
doing
incredible
work
around
the
issue
of
homelessness,
particularly
in
the
downtown
community.
Next
slide.
T
So
at
this
time,
I
am
pleased
to
be
able
to
bring
up
a
couple
of
the
recipients
of
funding,
so
they
can
talk
about
the
impact
of
their
work
and
what
they
got
out
of
this
process.
At
this
time,
I
would
like
to
welcome
miss
Nikki
Macomb,
the
executive
director
of
artists,
my
weapon
to
talk
about
the
funding
and
a
grant
opportunity
that
she
received
through
the
office
of
violence
prevention
fund.
U
So
how
does
my
weapon
can't
really
be
condensed
in
small
minutes
two
minutes
so
hopefully,
I
won't
get
a
buzz.
Nobody
anyways.
How
does
my
weapon
was
able
to
bring
together
young
people
in
the
community
that
have
either
been
affected
by
violence
or
maybe
have
been
on
the
other
side
of
violence?
So
we
brought
shooters
with
victims.
U
We
brought
together
people
that
had
been
involved
in
crimes
that
were
on
the
news
that
your
community
saw
on
the
news
and
we
brought
them
together
to
help
them
to
understand
how
traumatic
something
like
that
can
be
one
upon
the
other.
So
through
five
workshops,
each
a
week-long.
We
were
able
to
bring
some
some
kids
from
County
home
school
in
one
workshop,
some
kids
from
the
street,
some
kids
that
were
homeless,
some
kids
that
had
just
been
shot.
U
Most
of
them
are
yeah
the
rest
of
them.
You
can't
do
that.
Most
of
them
are
upwards
of
3
to
5,
to
700
pounds
and,
and
one
is
actually
built
from
parts
of
this
building.
But
this
one
in
particular,
is:
it
was
actually
built
by
almost
everyone
that
came
into
the
into
the
five
weeks,
so
they
they
all
had
a
hand
on
it.
U
So
he
was
on
both
sides
and
and
he
was
able
to
tell
his
story
and
he
didn't
have
anywhere
to
live,
so
he
was
going
back
and
forth
between
the
link
and
some
of
their
services
and
me
and
our
biggest
partner,
which
was
Chicago
Fire,
Arts,
Heather,
Doyle
who's,
the
who's
leading
over
there
I
introduced
them,
and
she
taught
him
how
to
do.
Everything
from
these
are
things
that
I
did
not
learn
so
naming
them
is
a
little
difficult
but
forging
and
blacksmithing.
U
And
what
you
see
here-
and
he
did
this
all
by
himself-
and
he
actually
stayed
maybe
six
or
seven
hours
longer
each
session
so
that
he
could
earn
more
money
so
that
he
could
find
somewhere
to
go
that
night,
because
we
would
go
and
try
to
find
him
shelter
and
you
just
can't
get
a
kid
shelter
unless
you
take
him
home.
So
we
had
to
take
take
different
measures
to
have
him
work
and
he
learned
a
skill,
and
now
he
can
go
there
and
work
whenever
she
needs
him
because
she's
given
him
the
skill.
U
So
this
particular
bench
right
here.
If
you
look
at
it,
the
the
Springs
on
the
front
are
actual
inner
workings
of
of
weapons
that
were
collected
in
a
2016
gun
buyback
in
partnership
with
the
city
of
Minneapolis
and
the
police
department
and
I
had
probably
a
hundred
pieces
left.
So
I
was
able
to
execute
this
project
with
those
pieces.
This
one
has
the
least
amount
of
gun
parts
on
it,
but
each
bench
has
different
gun
parts
on
it
that
these
young
people
and
these
family
members
sat
down
and
crafted
and
developed
and
designed
themselves.
U
And
this
particular
bench,
the
the
seat
of
the
bench,
was
in
in
in
what
the
young
people
said:
chaos
in
the
city
and
that's
how
they
wanted
this
seat
to
look
was
a
chaotic
thing,
but
when
you
rise
up
to
the
top
of
the
bench,
you
see
the
wings
that
that
will
allow
locks
to
be
placed
on
the
bench
by
family
members
who
have
lost
someone
to
gun
violence
similar
to
the
locks
of
love
in
France.
There
are
two
of
these
benches
one.
Is
this
one
and
the
other
one
is
in
our
it's
in?
T
V
You
it's
a
pleasure
to
speak
to
you
today,
so
the
what
we
were
space
activations
community
meals
and
resource
referrals,
we're
building
social
capital
to
prevent
crime
on
Hennepin
Avenue.
The
fund
supported
five
to
ten
on
Hennepin,
which
are
a
series
of
arts
based
community
events,
specifically
targeting
people
experiencing
homelessness
of
all
ages
and
people
from
low-income
households
who
frequent
Hennepin,
Avenue
and
Hennepin
Avenue
theater
district.
V
When
you
go
there,
we
have
a
mobile
stage
out
at
a
parking
lot
that
we
rent
out
a
fifth
in
Hennepin,
which
is
a
crime
hotspot
which
becomes
this
great
community
gathering.
Space
kids
are
on
stage
from
culture,
cope
collaborative,
which
is
an
arts
based
program
serving
youth
experiencing
homelessness,
along
with
social
practice,
artists,
along
with
up-and-coming
artists,
doing
music
and
dance
and
spoken
word.
Where
did
your
investment
go?
Your
investment
in
Hennepin,
Theatre
trust
65%
of
this
grant
went
into
the
local
creative
economy,
artists
of
color,
social
practice,
artists,
emerging
artists,
youth.
V
We
also
took
the
opportunity
to
emphasize
purchases
from
business
of
businesses
of
color,
mad
dads,
doing
community-based
security,
Jim
Jamaican,
pimento,
Jamaican,
kitchen
and
voices
of
effective
change,
which
was
also
a
collaborator
on
artists
and
outreach.
This
grant
was
met
with
an
investment
from
the
Hennepin
theatre,
trust
all
we
donated
all
our
staff
time
to
coordinate
it
the
space
during
the
fall.
We
brought
it
into
our
Jack
Link's
lounge
and
did
everything
indoors
and
all
our
staff
time
for
that
was
covered
by
the
trust.
V
We
also
supplemented
the
funds
to
make
sure
that
people
are
getting
healthy
food
and
to
purchase
giveaways.
We
had
a
cold
snap
in
October
to
give
away
hats,
socks
and
gloves
what
is
the
impact,
the
scope?
Seven
people
were
reached
directly,
but
let
me
tell
you
when
you're
gathering
two
to
three
hundred
people
at
the
corner
of
Fifth
and
Hennepin.
It
creates
this
positive
vibe
for
the
thousands
of
people
who
are
going
up
and
down
the
street,
and
it's
not
people
going
in
to
consume
entertainment.
V
It's
people
coming
together
to
be
together,
who
aren't
necessarily
feeling
welcomed
on
Hennepin
Avenue,
who
the
majority
of
the
participants
in
this
in
this
project
are
our
by
pok
fifteen
to
twenty
percent.
Our
youth,
particularly
in
the
a
lot
of
them,
are
performing
on
stage
and
67
percent
identified
themselves
as
people
who
use
Hennepin
Avenue
every
day.
V
So,
as
you
know,
it's
the
theater
district,
but
it's
also
the
site
of
the
the
highest
concentration
of
homeless,
shelters
in
the
region,
so
they're
people
who
are
leaving
the
shelter's
and
wondering
what
they're
gonna
do
and
what
do
they
get
met
with
not
much
on
Hennepin
Avenue,
so
we're
trying
to
provide
something,
positive
and
expressive
for
them.
So
when
we
talk
about
the
impact,
what
does
it
mean
to
build
social
capital?
What
is
what
are
people
experiencing
when
they're
there?
So
we
did
surveys
as
well
as
just
hanging
out
with
people,
but
some
statistics.
V
81
percent
of
folks
there
reported
speaking
to
somebody
new
that
they
hadn't
met
before
they
reported
feeling
happy.
They
reported
feeling
safe
when
we
asked
them.
How
inclusive
and
welcoming
does
the
space
feel
to
you
scale
of
one
to
five?
We
got
almost
99
percent.
Saying
yeah,
you
guys
are
you
guys
are
moving
things
in
the
right
way.
V
Pardon
me
so
again,
kind
of
taken
a
whole.
We
so
appreciate
this
opportunity
to
do
outreach
right
here
on
Hennepin
Avenue
in
downtown,
not
a
place
that
is
necessarily
perceived
as
particularly
friendly
to
people
who
are
low
income
and
people
are
experiencing
homelessness,
we're
creating
that
space.
We
don't
want
Hennepin
Avenue
to
just
be
a
place
that
people
get
through
we're
turning
it
into
a
place
where
people
really
feel
like
they
belong
for,
however
long
they
need
to
be
in
this
area.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
support.
We
appreciate
it.
Thank.
T
A
W
With
those
funds
we
gave
three
star
light
trainings
and
ten
coming
to
the
table
racial
healing
circles
to
the
community.
The
starlight
training
is
based
off
the
strategies
for
trauma,
awareness
and
resilience,
training.
It
was
developed
in
Virginia
following
9/11,
with
a
two
million
dollar
grant
and
it
helps
communities
move
through
trauma
and
build
resilience.
So
we
do
a
that's
a
five-day
training.
The
Starlight
is
a
one-day
training
and
we
did
this
at
Northside
achievement
zone,
sanctuary,
Covenant
Church
in
North
Minneapolis
and
the
Minnesota
Indian
Women's
Resource
Center.
W
We
had
132
people
attend
the
three
starlight
trainings
and
because
of
funds.
Because
of
these
funds,
we
were
able
to
offer
to
pay
what
you
can
arrangement.
Sixty
percent
of
people
came
at
absolutely
no
cost
to
this
eight
hour
training
and
the
other
of
the
remaining
40
percent
paid
up
to
about
forty
dollars.
95
percent
of
trainees
in
the
starlight
rated
it
as
very
good
to
excellent
and
ninety
seven
percent
would
recommend
it
to
other
people.
W
We
also
have
pre
and
post
exams
that
we
give
at
the
beginning
and
end
of
the
training,
and
that
shows
that
there
is
a
statistically
significant
increase
in
understanding
of
psychological
trauma,
resilience,
violence
and
victimhood
and
restorative
strategies.
We
also
did
the
coming
to
the
table
racial
healing
circles,
which
address
interpersonal
community
and
structural
racism
in
trauma.
It
is
in
North
and
South
Minneapolis
every
month
and
is
open
to
folks
from
all
racial
backgrounds.
92
people
participated
and
coming
to
the
table
between
July
and
November.
Last
year.
W
T
So,
as
you
can
see,
we've
been
very
busy
with
the
ovp
fund
and
partnering
with
a
wide
range
of
different
kinds
of
organizations.
With
this
being
the
first
year,
we
did
have
some
takeaways
and
some
things
that
we've
learned
from
process.
So
every
organization
that
we
work
with
stressed
the
importance
of
the
relationship,
building
aspect
and
again
I
think
that
is
a
key
factor
of
what
we
want
to
do
in
the
office
of
violence
prevention,
but
also
as
a
city
bringing
people
together
is
really
important.
T
How
can
we
improve
the
evaluation
method
to
capture
the
impact
of
relationship
building?
So
that's
a
question
we'll
be
working
with
our
research
and
evaluation
team
to
figure
out
a
way
to
incorporate
into
the
surveys
for
2020
that
we
asked
when
the
programs,
as
they
report
back
to
us
funding,
supports
only
excuse
me
funding
supported
not
only
the
recipients
and
participants,
but
the
network
of
partners
so
really
leveraging
the
partnerships.
As
you
can
hear,
Hennepin
Theatre
trust
worked
with
mad
dad's
was
another
recipient,
so
really
having
those
agencies
find
ways
to
work.
T
Better
together
has
been
important
part
of
ways
that
they've
leveraged
the
funding
that
they
received
from
us.
Most
organizations
said
that
the
ovp
could
improve
the
model,
but
by
providing
consistent
and
year-long
funding.
We
know
that,
with
limited
resources
to
stretch
that
money
out
over
12-month
periods
would
be
really
challenging.
T
This
came
out
at
a
time
where
we
were
rushing
to
get
the
RFA
and
RFP
process
done
in
time
to
get
the
work
activated
in
the
summer
and
because
it's
now
an
ongoing
funding
stream
and
we
can
rely
on
it
in
2020.
We
are
able
to
get
that
RFA
and
RFP
out
a
lot
earlier.
Most
grants
weren't
able
to
start
until
July
of
last
year
because
of
the
timeline
and
we're
hoping
to
have
all
of
our
programs
identified
and
contract
set
up
by
May
31st
of
the
shears.
That
programs
can
start
right
away
at
summertime.
T
We
know
activation
is
most
needed.
The
last
piece
was
the
capacity
and
training
for
recipients,
and
so
one
of
the
things
that
we've
talked
about
is
our
blueprint,
approved
Institute,
which
is
focused
on
capacity
building
and
what
we've
seen
come
out
as
a
model
practice
of
that
work.
But
we
know
that
even
organizations
that
are
receiving
funds
from
the
office
of
violence
prevention
fund,
which
is
a
larger
pot
of
money
and
I.
Ideally,
agencies
that
have
more
skill
sets.
T
We
still
as
a
city
feel
obligated
to
look
at
ways
to
build
their
capacity
and
help
them
to
do
bigger
and
better
work,
not
only
connecting
the
dots
between
each
other.
But
how
can
we
elevate
those
who
received
$10,000
to
be
in
better
positions
to
apply
for
25,000
and
for
those
who
got
$25,000
allocations
still
go
on
to
apply
for
$50,000
allocations
and
so
on,
and
so
on.
So
one
of
the
things
we
want
to
be
intentional
about
what
this
next
round
of
funding
is
looking
at
ways
to
build.
T
The
capacity
of
the
agencies
that
are
working
with
us
through
specific
trainings
and
also
one-to-one
service,
with
some
professionals
who
focus
on
technical
assistance
to
really
help.
Not
only
give
them
funds
but
grow
the
capacity
of
the
organization
to
do
even
more
strategic
work,
around
violence
prevention,
and
with
that
I
will
close
my
segment
and
I'm
happy
to
take
any
questions
or
to
bring
our
guests
back
up
to
the
podium
for
any
questions.
You
might
have
great.
A
Thank
You,
director
cotton.
Are
there
any
questions
or
comments
from
my
colleagues?
I
have
a
question
so
I
have
an
understanding
about
the
connection
of
prevention.
In
terms
of
why
relationships
matter
or
why
understanding
trauma
matters,
can
you
explain
to
the
public?
How
does
folks,
how
do
how
does
folks
learning
about
trauma
or
folks
coming
together
to
build
relationships
or
the
kind
of
work
that
was
really
funded,
inclusive
spaces,
building
a
sense
of
belonging?
How
does
that
prevent
violence?
Can
you
explain
that
to
folks
absolutely.
T
Creating
violent,
free
social
environments
for
young
people
is
one
of
our
key
goal
areas
of
our
blueprint
and
will
continue
to
be
a
key
part
of
the
way
we
do
the
work
in
the
office
because
we
do
want
to
focus
on
those
at
greatest
risks.
Just
like
a
public
health
approach
to
immune
is
you
know,
thinking
about
immunization
for
say
the
flu?
T
In
that
same
way,
we
want
to
focus
on
communities
that
are
deeply
impacted
by
violence
and
help
build
their
resiliency
for
being
involved
with
violence
in
the
future
and
a
big
part
of
that
is
addressing
underlying
trauma
and
building
connections
between
people,
because
we
know
people
are
far
less
likely
to
hurt
people
when
they
know
one
another
and
feel
deeply
connected
to
their
community.
We
also
know
when
they
feel
healthy
themselves,
they're
far
less
likely
to
be
involved
with
violence
and
when
we're
speaking
of
health.
T
We're
talking
about
mental
and
physical
health,
but
also
really
that
issue
of
trauma
and
unresolved
trauma
can
often
look
and
imitate
mental
health.
But
when
we
address
it
right
away,
it
won't
evolve
in
that
same
way,
and
so
that's
why
that's
such
an
important
part
of
this
and
all
the
work
we
do
in
the
office
of
violence,
prevention.
L
Yeah
I
really
appreciate
all
this
work
and
hearing
more
about
it.
I'm
struck
by
that
beautiful
bench
and
what
a
message
that
that
might
project
and
I
guess
other
art
as
well
and
I'm,
wondering
if
there's
anything
we
can
do
to
make
sure
it's
located
in
an
appropriate
place.
It
almost
seems
like
that.
L
It
I
mean,
in
some
cases
the
more
people
that
could
see
it
and
the
more
that
it's
in
the
public-
and
you
even
talked
about
being
able
to
put
locks
on
this,
for
example,
and
maybe
it
makes
more
sense
with
that
kind
of
interested
to
be
in
doors
or
anything
like
that.
I'm
sure
they're,
getting
something
in
City
Hall
must
be
have
lots
of
hoops
to
get
through
or
even
in
the
new
service
center
must
be
challenging
or
difficult,
but
maybe
in
a
library
or
somewhere
else.
T
Thank
you
for
that
question,
counseling
for
coming
here
or
head
counselor
Gordon.
It
is
difficult
to
find
the
right
public
spaces
for
these
kinds
of
benches,
because
we
are
talking
about
an
issue
that,
unfortunately,
is
still
so
very
taboo
and
does
hit
hard
for
a
lot
of
people.
We're
talking
about
the
issue
of
gun
violence
with
these
benches,
and
sometimes
people
get
a
little
gun-shy
to
use
a
little
bit
of
tongue-in-cheek
language
about
having
a
bench.
T
That's
really
focused
on
people
who
have
been
victims
and
giving
them
space
to
commemorate
the
lives
of
the
people
that
they've
lost,
and
so
we
could
certainly
use
the
help
and
support
of
the
council
in
identifying
some
of
those
public
spaces
with
our
partner
in
jurisdictions
such
as
parks,
County
and
even
right
here
in
the
city,
to
identify
some
public
spaces
where
the
benches
could
be
placed.
We
have
some
places
in
mind,
but
as
we
think
about
jurisdictional
partnership,
it
would
be
great
to
have
the
confidence
of
the
City
Council
in
identifying
those
places
just.
T
L
A
Thank
you.
This
is
really
helpful.
I
do
have
a
question
that
I
often
hear
from
folks
who
maybe
don't
aren't
fully
invested
in
the
violence
prevention,
the
public
health
approach
to
public
safety.
So
is
this
just
hand-holding
and
coddling
folks
who
are
perpetrating
crime?
Can
you
tell
us
more
about
how
this
is
different
from
that
absolutely.
T
Thank
you
for
the
question
chair
Cunningham.
This
is
absolutely
not
about
writing
free
get
out
of
jail
tickets
or
even
looking
at
ways
to
minimize
the
impact
of
violence.
We
are
really
taking
a
stand
in
the
office
and
saying
that
violence
is
an
unacceptable
thing
in
Minneapolis
and
across
our
state
and
country,
but
we
really
have
to
look
at
the
causes
and
we
know
that
it
is
not
just
about
bad
people
and
that
people
are
not
the
sum
total
of
the
bad
choices
that
they
make.
T
We
cannot
just
throw
our
people
away,
but
there
has
to
be
accountability.
There
has
to
be
compassionate
accountability,
so
we
have
to
look
at
the
totality
of
what
has
happened
to
a
person
and
try
to
use
risk
and
protective
factors
to
get
out
in
front
of
that
problem.
We
work
in
deep
partnership
with
our
Police
Department
and
with
probation
in
Hennepin,
County
and
other
stakeholders
in
the
Department
of
Corrections
to
really
look
at
ways
that
we
can
make
those
systems
work
in
a
way
that
is
restorative,
but
we
need
those
systems.
T
So,
in
no
way
are
we
looking
to
replace
law
enforcement
or
say
that
this
is
an
either-or
dynamic
between
our
partners
and
law
enforcement
or
other
criminal
justice
systems.
We
are
really
saying:
how
can
we
as
an
office
of
violence
prevention,
think
about
the
preventive
strategies
in
public
health
that
help
people
not
ever
get
involved
in
those
systems
and
for
those
people
who
have
been
involved?
T
How
do
we
mitigate
the
challenges
that
being
in
those
systems
might
create
so
that
they
don't
go
back
and
then
how
do
we
make
those
systems
work
as
well
as
they
can
so
that
when
people
go
through
them,
they
come
out
in
a
way
that
they
won't
be
inclined
to
commit
new
offenses.
So
it
is
in
no
way
a
replacement
for
our
public
safety
initiatives
across
the
city
and
the
county.
A
A
Thank
you
for
all
your
hard
work
out
in
the
community
across
the
city,
with
that
I
will
move
to
receive
and
file
an
update
from
the
Minneapolis
Health
Department's
Office
of
violence
prevention
regarding
the
violence
prevention
fund,
update
2019,
all
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
aye,
those
opposed,
say,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it,
and
that
item
carries
all
of
the
actions
that
were
taken
today
will
go
before
the
City
Council
on
Friday,
February
14th,
and
with
that
there
is
no
further
business
before
the
committee.
So
we
are
adjourned.