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From YouTube: April 15, 2020 Policy & Government Oversight Committee
Description
Minneapolis Policy & Government Oversight Committee Meeting
https://lims.minneapolismn.gov
B
Thank
you
good
afternoon.
My
name
is
Lisa
bender
and
the
chair
of
the
policy
and
government
oversight
committee
and
I'm
going
to
call
to
order
our
regular
committee
meeting
I'll
note
for
the
record
that
this
meeting
has
remote
participation
by
council
members
and
city
staff
as
authorized
under
the
Minnesota
Open
Meeting
Law
Section
13
D
point
0
to
1
due
to
the
declared
state
of
local
public
health
emergency.
At
this
time,
I'll
ask
the
clerk
to
call
the
roll
to
verify
the
presence
of
a
quorum
council.
D
F
G
C
B
You
cuffs,
our
Ellison
and
I
know
comes
marcano
is
likely
joining
asks
by
phone,
so
the
first
order
of
business
is
our
consent
agenda.
The
consent
agenda
includes
those
items
that
have
been
determined
to
be
matters
of
routine
business,
but
if
any
council
member
wants
to
pull
off
any
of
the
items,
please
put
yourself
in
queue
and
I
will
recognize
you.
There
are
ten
items
listed
on
today's
consent.
Agenda
and
I'll
read
them
each
for
the
record
item.
B
One
is
setting
a
public
hearing
on
May
6th
on
the
proposed
summit
house,
housing
improvement
area,
ordinance
item
2
is
referring
to
staff,
the
matter
of
an
ordinance
amending
the
code
to
create
cultural
districts.
Item
3
is
authorizing
a
contract
amendment
to
extend
the
existing
contract
with
Alpha
renew
gen
acts
for
medical
bill
review
services.
Item
4
is
authorizing
gift
acceptance
to
allow
the
Deputy
Commissioner
of
Health
to
attend
the
leadership
for
well-being
and
equity.
B
Bluetongue
study
tour
item
5
is
approving
layout
and
the
acquisition
of
easements
for
the
Johnson
Street
northeast
reconstruction
project
between
Lowry
Avenue,
Northeast
and
18th
Avenue
Northeast
item
six
and
seven
are
both
tied
to
the
passage
of
resolutions
to
authorize
acceptance
and
the
quit
claims
deed
for
certain
lands
from
the
state.
First
for
property
adjacent
to
trunk,
highway,
94
at
Lyndale
Avenue
and
the
second
for
property
adjacent
to
the
trunk
highway
394
at
Washington,
Avenue
Norris
item
8
is
passage
of
a
resolution
authorizing
a
cooperative
agreement
letter
with
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Transportation
for
landscaping.
B
Improvements
in
the
North
Loop
neighborhood
item
9
is
contract
authorization
for
engineering
and
design
services
for
the
Brian
Avenue
South
reconstruction
project
in
the
amount
of
1
million
two
hundred
sixty-six
thousand
six
hundred
dollars
with
Bolton
and
mink
and
items
head
is
accepting
a
low
bid
from
Niger
construction
companies
for
catch
basin
and
man.
Home
repairs,
titling
one
mill,
totally
$1,195,000
in
it
and
$95
all
in
accordance
with
city's
specifications.
D
Just
thought
it
might
be
helpful
to
get
a
little
bit
of
a
timeline
on
the
item
number
two
and
the
process
of
the
next
steps.
There's
been
a
lot
of
community
conversation
that
has
to
do
with
the
cultural
districts,
ordinance
and
I.
Don't
know
what
the
timeline
or
expectations
are
around
that
and
I'm,
not
sure
if
anybody
else
does,
but
I
just
wanted
to
pull
it
to
ask
that
question.
Yes,.
B
B
Why
don't
I
go
ahead
and
let's
just
pull
that
off?
It
is
a
staff
referral,
but
we
have
the
three
authors
all
on
the
phone
as
well
as
I,
believe
staff
from
C
pen,
so
L
will
go
ahead
and
pull
item
two
just
for
some
brief
discussion
of
that
time
line
and
have
a
chance
to
ask
any
questions.
So,
let's
go
ahead
with
the
rest
of
the
consent
agenda,
so
item
one
and
three
through
ten:
is
there
anyone
who'd
like
to
pull
off
any
of
those
items
or
any
comments
or
discussion.
C
G
I
C
B
B
B
So
in
coordination
with
the
clerk
and
the
three
authors
we
have
determined
to
bring
this
through
as
an
ordinance
at
one
point,
I
think
it
was
slated
to
come
through
as
a
as
essentially
our
report
to
the
committee
and
particularly
given
the
fact
that
we
have
a
different
committee
structure
right
now
and
we
really
want
to
be
able
to
track
legislatively
this
action,
and
we
all
decided
that
using
the
ordinance
process
was
the
best
fit
for
this
work.
So
mr.
B
clerk,
you
could
give
a
little
more
background
on
that
perhaps,
and
the
timeline
intended
here
and
then
FC
council
vice-president,
is
in
queue
the
three
authors
of
this
ordinance.
Now
our
council
vice
president
Jenkins
customer
Ellison
and
council
marcano,
who
are
all
with
us
at
the
meeting.
So
mr.
Karle
could
you
begin
sure.
A
Thank
you,
madam
president.
I
would
point
out
that
as
a
legislative
action,
it
must
be
by
ordinance
legislative
actions
of
the
city
are
by
ordinance
and
are
codified
in
our
code
of
ordinances,
which
then
effectively
become
the
municipal
statutes
of
the
city.
So,
as
a
governing
function,
legislative
actions
are
done
by
ordinance
prior
to
April
23rd.
The
draft
ordinance
would
need
to
be
finalized.
A
The
reason
we
say
this
is
because
state
law
also
requires
that
an
ordinance
be
available
to
the
public,
no
less
than
ten
days
before
anticipated
final
action
by
the
body,
so
we'd
need
to
have
the
final
version
completed
and
done,
and
posted
and
available
publicly
for
that
period.
So
in
our
timeline
by
April
23,
we
see
the
final
package
of
briefing
materials,
including
a
request
for
committee
action
due
to
our
office.
That's
in
time
for
us
to
set
a
public
hearing.
Today's
action
is
referring
the
entire
matter
to
staff.
A
To
finish
that
scope
of
work,
we
would
anticipate
coming
back
to
the
Pogo
Committee
on
May
6th,
for
the
public
hearing,
which
would
be
set
at
the
April
29
meeting.
We
would
then
publish
the
final
version
of
an
ordinance
May
3rd
in
anticipation
of
a
public
hearing
before
the
public
or
the
Pogo
Committee
on
May
6th.
B
J
J
B
G
G
Do
you
have
a
designation
in
Ward
4
and
that
folks
are
concerned
with
the
fact
that
there's
only
one
designation
in
North
Minneapolis,
so
I
we've
had
quite
a
few
emails
from
war
four
constituents
so
I
just
ask
that
you
all,
as
my
colleagues
as
well
as
the
city
staff
that
is
finalizing
this
work
to
please
take
North
siders
voices
into
consideration
and
seriously,
as
we
bring
this
work
back
forward
through
the
legislative
process.
So
again,
please
consider
more
for
and
the
upper
part
of
North
Minneapolis
as
we
are
designating
and
codifying
this.
Thank
you.
E
B
K
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Madam
president.
I
had
muted
myself
on
my
phone,
but
there's
like
a
little
star-6
thing.
You
have
to
do
to
use
the
system
so
I
appreciate
everyone
weighing
in
on
this
on
this
topic.
Right
now,
I
also
wanted
to
further
elaborate
on
some
of
the
context
and
rationale
for
the
cultural
districts
work.
As
many
of
you
know,
this
work
started
long
before
many
of
us
from
the
council
specifically
began
under
the
purview
of
then
council
vice-president,
robert
Liljegren
and
the
auspices
of
the
Native
American
Community
Development
Institute.
K
With
that,
I
will
also
say
that
it
is
not
a
model
that
can
be
simply
plopped
down
on
to
any
community
without
a
process,
a
deep
community
engagement
process
to
identify
the
issues,
the
challenges,
the
hopes
and
dreams
of
that
community
and
bring
it
together
and
bring
it
forward.
And
as
council
vice-president
Jenkins
mentioned
the
process
that
the
cultural
districts
work
has
taken
up.
It
is
now
on
year,
1.5
easily,
if
you
don't
count
back
all
the
way
to
a
year
2010
when
council
vice-president
Liljegren
was
taking
on
the
work.
K
So
it
is
really
important
that
when
we
talk
about
how
we
designate
a
cultural
district,
that
we
don't
assume
that
we
can
just
do
that
by
waving
our
magic
wands
from
the
Dyess.
This
actually
is
a
very
community
driven
process
that
has
involved
multiple
meetings,
multiple
conversations,
both
facilitated
and
led
by
council
members
separately.
K
K
K
H
Just
get
my
camera
on
Thank
You
council
president
also
just
wanted
to
speak
to
this
a
little
bit.
I
wanted
to
say
that
just
kind
of
zooming
out
I
know
that
my
colleagues
have
spoken
really
well
to
the
policy.
How
we
got
here,
but
I
also
just
want
to
acknowledge
that
I
think
a
number
of
council
members
are
bringing
I
think
some
really
legitimate
concerns
to
our
attention
around
this
definition
of
cultural
districts
and
I'm.
H
Taking
that
very
seriously
and
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
leaning
into
some
of
the
questions
that
we're
getting
from
colleagues,
so
that
we
do
craft
the
best
policy
possible
when
we
look
at
the
areas
that
we
are
trying
to
assist,
I
think
that
there
certainly
we're
looking
at
areas
that
obviously
have
great
need,
but
we're
not
looking
at
every
area
that
has
great
need
and
I.
Think
that
that's
being
noticed
and
I
think
that
I
really
want
to
have
that
conversation
with
my
with
my
colleagues,
I.
H
Think
some
of
the
the
rationale
behind
that
was
that
you
know
we
want
to
go
deep
with
the
with
these
investments,
not
spread
them
so
thin.
That
they
don't
have
an
impact,
but
but
that's
no
reason
to
not
lean
into
a
conversation
with
folks
who
have
I,
think
legitimate
questions
about
this,
and
some
of
that
might
be
even
just
the
fact
that
there's,
maybe
not
and
yet
enough
precision
with
the
definition
of
cultural
districts.
H
There's
going
to
be
some
a
different
council,
making
different
decisions
and
based
off
what
we
do
here
and
I
don't
want
to
get
into
a
situation
where
this
iteration
of
cultural
districts
is
is
being
pitted
against
another,
our
cultural
investment,
whether
it
be
in
the
arts
or
otherwise
that
that
we
don't
necessarily
want
to
to
pit
things
against
to
pit
ideas
against
each
other.
So
so
I'm
excited
to
sort
of
lean
into
the
work
to
lean
into
the
the
ordinance
I.
Think
it's
the
right
direction
to
go.
H
It's
certainly
direction
that
we're
going
in
anyway,
but
I
just
wanted
to
name
that
and
and
I
also
wanted
to
sort
of
speak
in
solidarity
with
councilmember
Cunningham
I
think
that
some
of
those
early
conversations
about
creating
a
cultural
district
further
in
the
northern
part
of
the
city
didn't
quite
get
as
fully
as
explored
as
they
maybe
should
have,
and
when
we
talk
about
the
Southeast
Asian
community,
we're
not
talking
about
their
community.
We're
talking
about
our
community
still
right.
So
so.
H
I
do
think
that
it's
important
that
we
take
the
time
to
lean
into
those
those
relationships.
Have
those
conversations
and
and
yet
I'm
excited
to
sort
of
nail
down
a
conclusion,
because
I
do
think
that
this
policy
is
needed,
even
if
there
are
some
some
questions
that
need
to
be
teased
out
a
bit
more.
Just
wanted
to
speak
on
that.
So
thank
you.
G
Thank
you,
madam
president.
I
just
wanted
to
circle
back,
since
there
were
some
things
that
were
said
that
we're
not
entirely
correct,
so
I
first
just
want
to
be
clear
that
I
have
been
advocating
for
this,
since
the
conversation
started
with
this
iteration
of
the
city
council.
This
is
something
that
I've
continuously
brought
up,
and
so
this
is
not
something
of
a
random
picking
a
favorite
and
plopping
it
down.
This
is
something
that
I
have
consistently
been
advocating
for.
G
Additionally,
I
understand
that
there
was
a
community
engagement
process
and
the
the
community
engagement
process
did
not
include
people
of
the
4th
ward.
I
have
asked
around
with
community
leaders
with
neighborhood
associations
and
when
I
even
asked
about
the
engagement
of
North
siders,
it
was
with
business
associates
with
the
West
Broadway
Business
Coalition,
so
we
don't
have
a
business
association
were
for
that
can
collectively
speak
on
behalf
of
small
businesses
in
our
community.
G
G
If
you
ask
most
residents
in
Ward
4,
they
would
say
that
that
investment
is
not
for
them.
I'm
fighting
everyday
as
we're
going
through
this
process
to
make
sure
that
it's
a
community
wealth
building
process.
But
that
is
not
how
the
constituents
feel
about
it.
It's
it's
a
destination
rather
than
an
amenity.
Then
this
is
the
perception
and
so
I
think
that
it's
really
important
to
think
about.
G
Also
the
differentiation
of
like
this
was
an
industrial
area,
whereas
on
Lowery
at
one
point
they
had
over
60
businesses
and
those
have
dwindled
over
time,
and
so
there
is
an
opportunity
there
and
with
the
Southeast
Asia
community.
Not
being
represented
I
just
have
concerns
with
us
saying
that
we
will
move
forward
with
this
and
get
back
to
them
later,
and
so
that's
just
a
concern
that
I
have
with
the
staff
direction.
G
I
would
still
like
to
see
something
brought
forward,
but
I
think
that
it's
still
worthwhile
for
us
to
have
this
conversation
about
the
fact
that
this
particular
area
was
left
out
of
the
conversation.
So
I
know
that
not
everybody
agrees
with
me
and
that's
okay,
but
I
still
think
it's
important
for
me
to
name
on
behalf
of
my
constituents
that
there
are
some
serious
concerns
with
the
lack
of
engagement
and
the
lack
of
awareness
of
our
needs
over
here.
Thank
you.
D
Thank
you
very
much,
I
think
that
so
my
experience
as
being
on
the
east
side
and
in
Ward
2
sounds
a
little
similar
to
Philippe's
in
terms
of
the
engagement
over
this
issue
and
I.
Think
the
the
cultural
district
idea
came
out
of
the
mayor's
budget
process
and
proposal,
so
it's
been
around
for
a
while
and
I
think.
Maybe
there
would
have
been
and
could
have
been
more
time
for
a
larger
engagement
outside
of
those
areas,
although
they
were
designated
kind
of
as
part
of
that
proposal,
so
I
think
already.
D
At
that
point
it
was
clear
that
some
areas
were
left
out
but
I
think
now
and
especially
because
it's
gotten
more
complicated,
all
of
a
sudden,
because
now
we're
facing
microloans,
forgivable
microloans
on
the
geography
of
the
districts
that
we
haven't
yet
determined,
and
so
that's
really
complicated.
The
issue
the
mace
six
I
think
is
when
I
heard
the
hearing
is
is
to
be
potentially
seems
pretty
quick.
It
would
seem
if
there's
a
science
and
data
and
the
measures
that
are
used
to
determine
whether
or
not
a
cultural
district
should
exist.
D
Those
two
maybe
be
posted
online
already.
We
should
be
able
to
access
those
I
mean
we
in
terms
of
any
resident
of
the
city
or
business
owner
without
having
to
have
a
meeting
with
c-pen.
So
hopefully
we
can
get
some
information
somewhere,
so
we
can
understand
how
they
did.
Geography
got
determined
and
maybe
make
the
case
for
why
it
might
qualify
elsewhere
or
not,
but
I'm
concerned
about
where
it's
where
it's
heading,
because
it
seems
like
there
isn't
enough
knowledge
and
understanding
about
it.
D
At
least
in
terms
of
my
neck
of
the
woods,
and
now
it
sounds
like
it's.
A
similar
situation
with
the
4th
Ward
on
the
north
side
and
I
will
say,
I
think
it's
really
important
that
we
have
the
criteria
clearly
spelled
out.
So
everybody
understands
this
is
based
on
data
and
it
isn't
based
on
some
kind
of
political
decisions.
K
Thank
you
so
I
just
wanted
to
remind
everyone
to
you
know
if
you
do
have
specific
questions
to
please
reach
out
to
city
staff
and
and
to
get
the
background,
information
I
think
it's
been
a
long,
long
process
that
has
been
touched
by
many
many
people
and
it's
certainly
not
perfect.
Well,
humans
and
ordinances
can
change
and
do
change
in
the
future
and
in
the
City
Enterprise.
Of
course,
we've
all
been
part
of
making
amendments
to
ordinances.
K
It
is
important,
I
think,
to
share
for
the
public
record
that
the
reason
why
this
item
has
to
be
introduced
as
an
ordinance
now
it
is
because
of
the
new
structure
that
we
have
given
our
new
committees,
the
frequency
in
which
they
meet
the
I,
guess
the
new
rhythm
that
were
under
so
previously
when
we
have
been
operating
under
our
old
governance
structure.
We
were
planning
to
do
the
approval
of
the
geographies
before
the
ordinance,
and
so
it
was
couched
as
a
pilot
project
or
a
pilot
program
that
would
be
launched
this
spring.
K
So
I
do
acknowledge
that
that
might
feel
a
little
bit
different
for
policy
makers
who
hadn't
been
involved
in
the
steering
committee
or
may
have
not
heard
updates
from
others
involved
in
this
work
about
kind
of
what
was
happening
with
it
and
I'll.
Just
let
you
know
that,
for
the
past
three
weeks
we've
been
working
with
city
staff,
pretty
regular,
pretty
regularly
to
make
sure
that
we
are
keeping
this
work
alive
and
on
track
without
getting
it
completely
taken
off
the
agenda
because
of
code
19
and
so
I'll.
K
I'll
say
that
in
addition
to
reaching
out
to
city
staff,
to
get
a
one-on-one
briefing
on
this
and
I
hope,
you
all
do
it's
important
to
also
engage
the
mayor's
office,
and
so
the
mayor's
office
has
been
pretty
heavily
involved
in
the
cultural
district
work
and
in
the
creation
of
the
Engagement
mechanism.
Specifically-
and
there
has
been
a
lot
of
conversations
with
folks
in
the
community
about
this
I
know
that
not
everybody
is
happy
right
now
with
where
we're
at,
but
I
guess.
K
It
would
just
be
important
to
really
make
sure
that
you're
engaging
all
of
the
different
groups
and
internal
entities
that
have
touched
this
work
so
that
we
don't
make
assumptions
about
what
the
work
is
about
or
how
its
unfolded
just
based
on
this
meeting
right
now.
So
really,
if
you
are
truly
truly
interested
in
participating
in
this
work
and
shaping
it,
I
really
encourage
you
to
have
a
one-on-one
meeting
with
Sean
Pierce
in
the
mayor's
office.
K
Given
the
new
circumstances
and
again,
those
new
circumstances
were
communicated
to
me.
I
wasn't
really
the
one
that
was,
you
know,
excited
to
spring
an
ordinance
on
to
anyone
at
the
at
the
behest
of
this
new
crisis,
but
I
think
we're
all
trying
to
do
our
best
to
keep
this
work
in
line
and
on
track
without
having
the
the
Cova
19
declaration
of
emergency
completely.
K
You
can
come
later,
it's
about
truly
authentically
stopping
to
listen
and
engage
and
having
the
institution
integrate
that
information
into
it
without
us,
coming
down
on
a
community
telling
them
well
now
you're
a
cultural
district,
because
that's
the
cool
thing
that's
happening!
That's
the
sexy
thing,
that's
happening
so
like
now,
you're
going
to
be
that,
and
so
I
really
want
to
want
us
to
be
able
to
respect
the
integrity
of
the
work
that
has
gone
into
this
thus
far
by
adding
other
layers
to
it.
K
Instead
of
trying
to
stop
this
layer
and
and
saying
that
this
isn't
perfect
and
therefore
we
can't
approve
it
so
I
just
want
to
encourage
us
to
build
on
what's
already
happening,
instead
of
trying
to
sort
of
say
that
this
isn't
that
this
hasn't
been
good,
because
I've
been
a
part
of
a
lot
of
conversations
with
a
lot
of
people
who
are
really
excited
about
this
and
I
would
not
feel
comfortable
telling
them
that
the
work
they've
done
for
the
last
year
and
a
half
or
more
is
not
good.
Thank
you.
B
B
You
know
seven
years
ago
or
whatever
it
would
be.
So
we
may
have
other
examples
of
work.
That's
come
through
that
way
that
we
want
to
clean
up
as
well,
but
regardless
of
the
ordinance
versus
agenda
item,
you
know,
I
think
we
would
be
having
the
same
substance
and
conversation
about
what
does
that
map
look
like,
so
just
want
to
acknowledge
that,
regardless
of
whether
it's
an
ordinance
or
some
other
council
action,
there
are
also
substantive
differences
or
concerns
or
questions
from
Council
members.
That
would
need
to
be
addressed
either
way.
B
I
did
want
to
think
of
our
Ellison
for
really
focusing
in
on
that
question
of.
What's
the
definition
of
a
cultural
district,
I
think
that's
really
helpful
and
something
to
continue
to
highlight
and
perhaps
to
refine,
particularly
as
we
start
to
add
in
other,
you
know
different
layers
of
different
kinds
of
districts.
We
have
green
zones,
we're
adding
cultural
districts.
There
may
be
other
parts
of
the
city
that
we
want
to
now
or
in
the
future
designate
our
highlight
in
a
specific
way,
and
it
comes
over
Gordon,
said
I.
B
Think
the
resource
question
is
obviously
you
know,
and
others
also
pointed
this
out.
You
know
the
fact
that
this
is
being
used
to
designate
resources
in
a
time
of
stress
and
scarcity
is
obviously
making
the
map
more
emotional
or
more
important,
more
a
focus
than
then
it
has
been,
but
I
think
that
would
have
been
the
case
no
matter
what
you
know.
I
just
also
wanted
to
share
a
perspective
from
a
ward
that
is
seeing
a
lot
of
change
in
displacement
and
and
actually
by
the
time
I
had
taken
office.
B
In
my
word,
where
businesses
are
they're
not
eligible
for
the
funds
that
would
be
designated
to
cultural
districts
and
I
and
I,
you
know,
and
I
haven't
advocated
for
that
addition,
because
I
think
it's
important
to
focus
funds
and
parts
of
the
city
that
have
a
different
dynamic
with
which
are
more
historically
under
invested
and
where
that
geographic
concentration
is
more
stark.
I
think
there's
a
benefit
to
the
city,
to
focusing
our
resources
and
geographic
areas
that
aren't
most
at
need
and
most
historically,
you
know,
left
out
of
city
investment
in
resources.
B
And
that's
one
of
the
reasons
that
I
worked
with
many
of
you
to
at
least
study
residential
rent
increase
caps
because
in
parts
of
the
city
like
mine,
where
things
are
changing
so
quickly,
we
just
don't
have
tools
that
are
able
to
help
people
stay
in
their
homes
or
businesses
stay
in
their
communities.
So
I
know
a
lot
of
us
are
hearing
similar
things.
So
I
just
wanted
to
voice
that.
From
my
perspective,
that
I
know
a
lot
of
council
members
will
here
have.
B
Why
are
we
in
a
cultural
district
for
one
reason
or
another
and
and
I
do
support
the
intended
purpose
of
these
I
really
appreciate
the
desire
to
hone
in
on
that
definition
and
make
sure
it
is.
It
makes
sense
not
just
for
us
now,
but
for
future
councils
and
future
mayors,
especially
because
the
intended
use
of
cultural
district
in
is
for
resource
allocation
and
to
bring
resources
to
community.
So
that
is
what
I
wanted
to
say.
I
councilmember
Fletcher
is
next.
F
I'll,
say:
I've
been
sort
of
a
lukewarm
supporter
of
this
it
it's
something
that
you
know
I
want
to
see
us
invest
in
these
communities.
If
this
is
a
way
to
do
that,
I
think
that
makes
sense,
but
I
think
now
we
have
to
look
at
the
money
that
was
allocated
for
this
in
the
context
of
a
looming
budget.
Cliff
that's
in
front
of
us,
so
we're
going
to
be
way.
These
expenditures
against
potential
service
cuts
potential.
Other
really
tough
decisions
that
we're
going
to
have
to
make
down
the
road
and
we're
gonna
be
I.
F
Think
finding
that
a
lot
of
the
feedback
that
we
got
needs
to
be
modified
to
the
new
time.
So
we
may
have
heard
from
community
that
there's
a
cluster
of
people
of
color
on
building
businesses
that
would
like
support
and
buying
their
buildings
and
we're
gonna
need
to
look
around
in
a
month
and
and
see
if
those
businesses
are
still
there
or
see,
if
there's
more
urgent
support
that
we
could
be
directing
to
them
to
help
them
still
be
there
and
I.
Just
it
feels
to
me.
F
I
will
I
just
want
to
express
my
own
skepticism
that
moving
this
forward,
based
on
the
feedback
from
before
the
pandemic,
feels
out
of
step
with
the
moment
and
I
am
not
I'm,
not
sure
we're
gonna
get
to
something
that
we
should
be
supporting
right
now.
In
this
context,
so
I
I
would
advocate,
hitting
pause,
I
think
and
I
would
need
some
convincing
that
we
have
the
right
information
about
the
world
as
it
is
as
opposed
to
the
world,
as
it
was
three
months
ago.
B
B
E
This
this
last
comment
is
one
of
the
deepest
concerns
that
I
have
had
during
this
entire
process
is
that
we
will
say
you
know
the
times
have
changed.
We
live
in
a
new
world,
so
we
have
to
put
racial
equity
in
the
background.
Until
such
time
as
we
are
flushed
again,
I
really
cannot
support
that
kind
of
thinking.
Yeah.
We
will
have
to
make
adjustments
to
our
budget.
We
will
have
to
adjust
to
this
new
reality,
but
that
cannot
mean
that
we
simply
put
our
commitments
to
race
equity
on
the
back
burner.
E
E
Why
aren't
we
a
cultural
district,
then
we'll
get
50th
Street
to
ask?
Why
aren't
we
a
cultural
district?
We
have
small
businesses
and
locally
owned
businesses.
This
has
been
a
process
that
has
been
as
councilmember
Cano
stated,
discussed
and
moved
for.
The
past
decade
we
have
been
discounsel
has
been
deeply
working
on
this
for
the
past
two
years.
E
F
Council
president
I
just
wanted
to
respond
briefly,
I.
Think
interpreting
my
comments
as
putting
equity
on
the
back
burner
would
be
a
big
mistake
and
a
big
misunderstanding,
and
so,
if
it
sounded
at
all
like
that,
I
just
want
to
clarify.
That
is
not
my
intention,
and
that
is
not
something
that
I
would
stand
for.
F
Frankly,
I
think
it's
very,
very
important
right
now,
maybe
more
important
than
it's
ever
been
to
make
investments
in
equity
I
think
we
have
to
consider
whether
this
is
the
best
investment
in
equity
that
we
can
make
and
I
think
we
have
to
be
able
to
have
that
conversation
without
immediately.
Turning
to
you
either
support
equity
or
you
don't
support
equity.
B
B
So,
item
number
two
on
the
consent
agenda
which
is
before
us
is
the
referral
to
staff.
We
did
hear
the
intended
timeline
from
both
staff
and
the
policy
makers
authoring.
The
ordinance
you
know,
I
think
there's
likely
follow
up
after
today's
discussion
in
this
meeting
about
that
timeline,
and
particularly
the
potential
inclusion
of
other
areas
of
the
city.
So
I
will
leave
that
to
the
authors
and
staff
I'm
happy
to
support.
B
Item
care
Ethan
will
be
referred
to
staff.
That
brings
us
to
the
discussion
item
from
the
person
agenda,
which
is
item
11.
This
is
a
request
to
amend
our
legislative,
our
federal
legislative
agenda
to
add
support
for
the
natural
disaster
and
emergency
Balan
Act,
which
has
been
introduced
by
Senator
Clovis
sharp,
and
to
authorize
us
the
middle
of
letters
of
support
for
that
bill
to
our
federal
delegation
and
I'll
turn
it
over
to
mr.
Karle.
To
give
some
background
on
this
item
before
seeing
if
any
council
members
have
questions
or
discussion
Thank
You.
Mr.
A
It's
entitled
the
natural
disaster
and
emergency
ballot
act.
Infan
acted.
This
legislation
would
implement
several
reforms
and
the
administration
at
elections,
most
of
which
would
be
effective
for
the
2020
election
cycle.
In
terms
of
visibility,
the
bill
proposes
to
expand
no
excuse
absentee
balloting
across
all
states
in
the
nation,
including
both
the
early
in-person
and
vote
by
mail
variety's,
although
it
leaves
some
discretion
to
states
and
local
jurisdictions
in
terms
of
its
implementation
and
administration.
A
The
bill
does
mandate
certain
provisions
that
seek
to
protect
and
to
ensure
ballot
access,
even
in
the
event
of
a
disaster
or
emergency,
and
while
the
decentralized
nature
of
our
constitutional
republic
might
be
open
for
debate,
the
fact
is
that
all
elections
are
primarily
a
function
of
states
and
not
all
states
provide
the
same
access
to
the
ballot
or
the
same
assurances
to
voters.
Certainly
Minnesota
has
a
sterling
reputation
in
that
regard.
A
This
bill
seeks
to
level
some
of
those
state-by-state
discrepancies
in
order
to
protect
rights
that
are
nonetheless
guaranteed
to
all
voters
under
the
Constitution
of
the
United
States.
The
bill
currently
has
26
co-sponsors.
It's
been
referred
to
the
Senate's
rules
and
administration
committee,
but
a
hearing
has
not
yet
been
set,
so
the
next
slide
shows
some
of
the
major
provisions
that
are
included
in
the
Senators
bill.
Among
other
protections
that
it
seeks
are
to
establish
a
minimum
twenty
day,
no
excuse
absentee
balloting
period
nationwide
again.
A
A
In
order
to
avoid
any
delays
and
reporting
results,
it
would
provide
additional
accommodations
for
Native
American
voters,
including
allowing
tribes
to
designate
ballot
pick-up
and
drop-off
locations,
but
not
requiring
residential
addresses
for
election
mail,
and
it
would
guarantee
that
all
absentee
ballots
that
are
postmarked
or
signed
before
the
close
of
the
polls
on
Election
Day
and
which
are
received
on
or
before
10
days
after
election
day
would
be
included
in
final
vote.
Tabulations.
A
Some
additional
provisions
in
this
bill
are
that
it
would
require
all
states
and
local
jurisdictions
to
establish
contingency
plans
to
ensure
that
all
eligible
voters
are
able
to
cast
ballots
even
in
the
event
of
an
emergency,
and
that
those
contingency
plans
be
made
available
to
the
public.
It
would
require
all
states
to
offer
online
request
processes
so
that
voters
could
request
and
receive
an
absentee
application
form,
and
it
would
direct
all
states
to
use
envelopes
that
have
intelligent
mail
barcode
systems
so
that
voters
could
track
the
status
of
their
ballots.
A
It
would
mandate
that
all
states
provide
downloadable
and
principal
absentee
ballots
for
domestic
voters
that
is
comparable
to
the
service
now
required
under
the
uniformed
and
overseas
citizens.
Absentee
voting
act
often
called
you
acaba,
and
finally,
it
would
require
congressional
authorization
of
up
to
two
million
dollars
in
federal
funds
to
implement
the
requirements
of
the
Act,
which
would
be
administered
by
the
elections,
assistance
Commission.
A
Several
of
these
provisions
in
senator
klobuchar
bill
aligned
with
a
local
plan
advocated
by
secretary
of
states.
The
assignment,
for
example,
Secretary
Simon,
has
proposed
that
in
the
event
of
the
declared
emergency,
an
election
could
be
administered
entirely
by
a
male
with
every
registered
voter
automatically
sent
a
ballot
to
be
completed
at
home.
His
proposal
would
also
give
extra
time
to
election
administrators
to
process
ballots
after
the
polls
are
closed,
and
his
proposal
also
would
allow
for
changes
in
polling
places
notwithstanding
current
statues,
which
would
restrict
such
moves.
A
This
is
particularly
important
to
protect
vulnerable
populations
from
unnecessary
exposure.
So,
for
example,
a
polling
place
located
in
a
nursing
care
facility
could
be
moved
the
day
of
or
in
a
few
days
immediately
before,
an
election.
In
order
to
minimize
the
potential
for
exposure,
one
key
difference,
however,
between
federal
and
local
plans
is
that
secretary
Simon's
proposal
would
create
the
series
of
alternatives
only
to
be
activated
and
available
during
a
declared
emergency.
Some
of
the
features
in
the
proposed
federal
legislation
would
institute
more
sweeping
reforms,
which
would
be
applicable
in
both
emergency
and
non-emergency
conditions.
A
Of
course,
it's
unknown
at
this
point.
What
conditions
will
be
like
in
August
or
November,
and
it
would
be
only
a
guess
at
best,
for
anyone
to
try
to
predict
the
status
of
our
state
and
our
nation
at
those
times.
What
I
can
say
is
that
planning
and
conducting
elections
is
a
complex
and
time-consuming
responsibility.
Our
plans
here
in
Minneapolis
for
this
year's
elections
began
more
than
a
full
year
ago,
which
means
that
changes
in
those
plans,
especially
significant
change.
It's
like
moving
to
an
all-male
election,
what
create
havoc
in
our
systems
and
team.
A
A
Accordingly,
staff
have
proposed
a
letter
for
the
city
signed
by
the
mayor
and
council
president
that
would
express
the
city
strong
support
for
this
Klobuchar
bill.
It
would
also
be
addressed
in
the
state's
federal
delegation
we'd
believe
it's
appropriate
also
to
update
the
city's
federal
legislative
platform
to
reflect
this
support
and
I
know
that
mr.
Ranieri
is
with
us
and
can
address
questions
about
the
federal
platform
as
well
with
that
Madam
President
I've
concluded
my
prepared
comments
and
would
be
happy
to
respond
to
comment
questions.
B
L
You,
madam
president,
I'm
supportive
of
this
today,
I
will
say
from
a
legislative
agenda
amendments
standpoint.
Typically,
we
don't
include
support
for
specific
bills,
but
instead
for
positions
and
that
way,
if
a
different
bill
number
gets
introduced
or
a
different
bill
by
a
different
author,
we
can
be
flexible
and
nimble
enough
to
support
those
bills
as
well
as
long
as
it
meets
that
higher
level
criteria
of
our
position
on
this.
L
That
said,
I
think
given
the
circumstances
and
as
we're
adjusting
to
these
new
the
new
format
here,
our
committee
structure,
I,
think
that
this
makes
sense
to
approve
today
and
I'll.
Just
make
a
technical
note
for
that
clerk
I
didn't
go
on
to
the
limbs
item
for
this.
It
does
appear
connected
to
the
2017
legislative
agenda,
and
so
that
might
be
something
to
update
after
this
committee.
Thank
you.
Thank.
B
B
A
Given
the
fast
moving
pace
of
all,
this
I
wanted
to
confirm
for
all
policymakers
in
the
public
that
it's
our
hope
to
work
with
you
and
the
other
council
members
to
bring
forward
a
report,
possibly
in
May
I,
know
that
count
of
that
Secretary
of
State's.
The
assignment
has
mentioned,
and
his
testimony
to
the
House
Committee
this
past
week
that
he
really
needs
an
answer
by
a
force.
A
So
we
are
under
a
very
tight
timeline
and
given
the
significant
public
interest
and
policymaker
interest
in
assuring
a
good
election
process,
I
think
it
would
be.
Why
breasts
come
back
in
May
to
tell
you
where
we're
at
with
the
process
so
that
you
can
and
your
constituents
will
have
that
assurance.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
You
mr.
Carla
I
think
that
would
be
really
helpful
and
I
know
that
in
Minnesota
we
have
some
great
aspects
of
our
typical
voting
system,
including
anyone
can
request
an
absentee
ballot
at
any
time.
There's
no
phone
absentee
ballot
I
requesting
already,
but
that
doesn't
mean
that
there's
full
access
to
mail
balloting
unless
everyone,
you
know,
unless
you
really
communicate
that,
and
everyone
knows
how
to
request
that
and
is
requesting
on
time
and
that
our
system
can
handle
that
many
mail-in
ballots.
And
then,
of
course,
we
have
grave
concerns
and
I
know.
B
Others
do
as
well
about
the
health
of
our
election
workers
and
volunteers,
who
are
typically
at
polling
places.
We've
seen
in
other
parts
of
the
country
that
are
forced
to
have
in-person
voting
that,
because
there
is
a
shortage
of
workers,
then
we
end
up
with
consolidated
voting
locations
and
then
end
up
in
long
lines,
which
we
often
have
here
in
Minneapolis,
because
we
also
have
same-day
voter
registration.
So
so
many
people,
it's
great,
because
people
can
register
to
vote
at
the
same
day
that
they're
voting.
B
But
it
does
especially
in
parts
of
town
where
folks
tend
to
move
in
and
out
more
frequently
or
there's
lower
registration.
Overall,
we
end
up
with
longer
lines
and
therefore,
then
we
end
up
with
the
health
concerns
exacerbated
that
you
described
mr.
Karle,
so
I
know
that
work
office
is
working
on
this
again
with
with
a
number
of
council
members
and
really
appreciate,
appreciate
all
the
work.
I
really
appreciate
the
leadership
of
of
our
Secretary
of
State
to
push
for
our
right
to
have
safe
voting
in
in
our
community.
B
I
know
around
the
state
of
Minnesota.
A
number
of
communities
are
allowed
to
have
100%
male
voting
all
the
time,
and
so
the
fact
that
some
of
us
might
be
required
to
force
both
workers
and
voters
to
put
their
health
at
risk
in
other
as
well,
and
to
is
unfortunate
so
really
appreciate
all
of
the
effort
on
this.
Is
there
any
other
discussion
on
this
item.