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From YouTube: February 28, 2020 Minneapolis City Council
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Minneapolis City Council Meeting
https://lims.minneapolismn.gov
A
Good
morning,
everyone
I'm
Lisa
bender
I'm,
the
president
of
the
Minneapolis
City
Council,
I'm,
really
honored
to
welcome
you
all
to
City
Hall
this
morning.
Before
we
start
our
official
business,
we
have
a
really
special
presentation:
honoring
Women's,
History,
Month
and
I'll-
invite
all
the
folks
who
are
here
from
our
women's
employee
resource
group
to
come
up
and
join
me.
A
All
right,
so
we
are
going
to
get
started
and
I'm
joined
by
customer
Palmisano.
The
council
vice
president
Andrea
James,
more
council
members
may
be
joining
us
as
we
go
so
I
just
want
to
say
a
couple
of
things
before
I
start
reading
this
resolution,
and
that
is
I'm
joined
by
eight
members
of
the
women's
employee
resource
resource
group,
and
we
were
just
at
a
little
networking
event
and
we
talked
about
a
couple
things.
A
One
is
that
women
still
only
make
up
about
30%
of
our
whole
workforce
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis
and
every
time
I
hear
that
number
I'm
both
sort
of
surprised
because
it
feels
really
low,
but
I
also
know
that
because
we
feel
it
and
we
notice
it
and
I.
You
know
I
wanted
to
share
here
again
that
I
see
women
doing
their
job
job
and
then
a
lot
of
other
jobs
too.
The
emotional
work
of
holding
you
know
our
city
together
of
leading
through
crisis
of
the
day-to-day
connections.
A
You
know
when
someone
is
going
through
a
family
crisis
or
has
a
birthday.
You
know
it's
often
the
people
who
are
standing
up
here
in
front
of
you
that
are
organizing
the
the
card
or
the
support
and
even
in
a
more
serious
way,
I
really
think
the
women
of
color
in
our
city,
during
a
time
where
we're
focused
in
race,
equity
and
responding
to
trauma
and
crisis
in
our
community
are
really
leading
through
and
I'm,
not
sure
we're
always
really
compensating
women
for
this
work.
A
Lifting
up
their
leadership
enough
and
I
think
it's
something
we
all
need
to
keep
in
mind
continue
to
do
better
with
and
really
support
the
leadership
of
the
women,
especially
the
women
of
color,
who
are
doing
so
much
for
our
city.
So
with
that
today
we're
here
to
celebrate
and
honor
Women's
History
Month,
you
want
to
read
some
of
it
with
me
perfect.
So
me
and
Cheyenne
Oh
read
it
together.
A
I'll
just
do
like
the
first
chunk
and
I'll
just
turn
over
to
you.
Sometimes
the
back
and
forth
floor
hopscotch
II,
whereas
Women's
History,
Month
traces,
its
beginnings
back
to
1911,
with
the
creation
of
International,
Women's,
Day
and
Congress
designating
March
1987
is
Women's,
History,
Month
and
whereas
the
month
of
March
is
observed
nationally,
as
when
History
Month,
to
promote
equitable,
to
promote
equality
and
celebrate
women's
roles
in
history
and
society
and
whereas
on
March
6,
we
will
celebrate
International
Women's
Day
as
an
enterprise.
A
The
theme
each
for
equal
collectively,
each
one
of
us
can
help
create
a
gender
equal
world
and
whereas
Women's
History,
Month,
acknowledges
and
honors
numerous
past
and
present
educators.
Scientists,
activists,
pioneers
leaders,
artists,
inventors
entrepreneurs
and
elders
with
special
ceremonies
and
activities,
and
whereas
female
employees
make
up
approximately
30%
of
the
city
of
Minneapolis
workforce
and.
B
B
A
C
B
You
all
we
are
really
excited
to
be
here
today
and
just
we're
excited
to
be
joined
with
all
the
fabulous
women
here.
One
thing
I
did
want
to
just
share
with
you
all.
We
have
selected
a
new
executive
sponsor
for
our
group,
Karen
moe.
She
is
the
deputy
director
of
the
neighborhood
and
community
relations
department.
So
we
are.
B
We
are
honored
to
have
her
leading
our
group,
and
we
know
that
Karen
will
fight
for
us
at
every
table
that
she
is
sitting
at.
So
thank
you
and
then
one
additional
thing
I
wanted
to
just
let
everybody
know
is
next.
Friday
is
International
Women's
Day,
and
so
we
will
be
holding
a
panel
discussion
of
female
employees
at
the
city
in
the
rotunda
at
noon.
So
please
come
to
that.
Thank
you.
E
D
The
100th
anniversary
of
women's
suffrage
and
in
this
really
important
election
year,
I
want
to
challenge
women
and
I
know
that
women
are
going
to
be
the
the
leading
force
to
make
change
in
our
in
our
country
and
particularly
black
women,
and
so
I
just
want
to
lift
that
up
that,
while
we're
in
this
political
environment
that
that
voting
is
a
right.
That
has
only
been
granted
to
women
in
this
country
in
the
past
100
years.
And
we
must
exercise
that
right
and
leave
our
country
to
greater
change.
So
thank
you
and
congratulations.
F
G
Just
this
group
of
women
standing
here
into
our
entire
system
and
everybody
that
makes
up
our
entire
system
and
acknowledge
that
all
of
us
have
work
to
do
to
make
our
environment
healthy
and
welcoming
and
supportive
of
all
women
to
come
when
they
come
in
to
be
partners
with
us
in
this
work.
So
with
that,
thank
you.
Happy
Women's,
Month.
B
A
A
D
A
A
A
In
favor,
say,
aye
aye,
any
opposed,
say
no
that
carries
and
those
referrals
are
made.
The
next
order
of
business
is
a
report
from
our
standing
committees,
we'll
begin
with
a
report
from
the
economic
development
and
regulatory
Services
Committee,
given
by
the
vice-chair
councilmember
Ellison.
Thank.
A
C
C
Is
the
minnesota
department
of
employment,
economic
development,
metropolitan
council
tax
based
revitalization
account
and
hedeman
county's
Environmental
Response
Fund
brownfield
grants
and
six
is
the
passage
of
a
resolution
committing
to
continuing
the
work
of
economic
inclusion,
affordable
housing
and
racial
equity
by
working
together
as
elected
officials
and
departmental
staff,
and
with
that
I'll
move
approval
of
all
six
items.
Councilmember.
A
F
A
H
H
H
Just
wanted
to
highlight
this:
this
is
a
missing
middle
housing
pilot
program
and
we
were
surprised
with
how
successful
it
was
we
at
this
was
an
effort
to
get
more
of
that
missing
middle
kind
of
housing.
That's
above
the
duplex
triplex,
our
four
flex,
but
smaller
developed
in
the
city.
We
had
lots
of
developers
who
applied
for
this
ended
up
were
creating
50
units
of
housing.
28
of
those
will
be
long-term
term.
Affordability
involves
nine
separate
Lots,
eight
of
them
are
in
Ward
5,
and
one
of
them
is
in
Ward
12.
A
A
The
days
are
full
and
I
just
wanted
to
just
highlight
the
really
innovative
work.
That's
coming
through
the
HPD
committee
and
being
led
by
our
housing
division
in
seed
head,
I.
Think,
items
1
and
2
are
really
great
examples
of
this.
Both
the
missing
middle
housing
pilot
program
and
the
new
funding
that
will
be
available
through
the
housing
stabilization
pilot
program,
and
then
we
heard
some
really
exciting
ideas
about
how
to
rethink
some
of
our
funding
for
homeownership
programs.
A
That
I
think
are
going
to
be
a
big
benefit
to
our
community,
especially
those
folks
that
were
really
trying
to
target
which
is
potential
homeowners
of
color
and
really
I'm
digging
into
the
data
and
details
that
are
showing
how
we
can
improve
continue
to
improve
our
work.
So
I
also
wanted
to
note
that
for
item
1,
we
had
significantly
more
applications
and
we
were
able
to
fund
this
time,
which
shows
a
lot
of
interest
from
partners
in
our
community,
and
so
just
as
we
go
forward
with
budget
for
this
year
or
beyond.
A
D
You,
madam
president,
I,
do
just
want
to
echo
your
thoughts
around
particularly
home
ownership
opportunities
or
really
low
income
communities
and
and
the
innovative
work
that
our
CPA
housing
department
is,
is
bringing
forward
and
and
also
thank
the
chair
to
her
Gordon.
So
my
sentiments
exactly
Thank.
A
A
I
Thank
you.
Madam
president.
The
intergovernmental
relations
committee
brings
forward
four
items.
The
first
is
amendments
to
our
legislative
agenda
and
policy
positions.
The
second
is
authorizing
a
submission
of
comments
on
the
proposed
federal
affirmative
furthering
fair
housing
rule.
The
third
is
approving
a
policy
objective
framework
around
redistricting
plans
and
approving
an
alternative
redistricting
plan.
The
fourth
is
a
directing
staff
to
pursue
amendments
related
to
redistricting
in
the
conduct
of
municipal
elections
and
I'll,
stand
for
any
questions.
A
Seeing
none
I
will
then
also
just
comment
quickly
here.
Cussler
Johnson
mention
this
I.
Don't
know
if
you
want
to
say
anything
further
as
well,
but-
and
we
did
as
he
mentioned
in
this
item-
talk
about
which
is
item
three-
the
redistricting
Ward
boundaries.
We
adopted
some
policy
goals
that
will
shape
and
guide
the
work
of
our
City
Clerk's
office,
which
is
supporting
basically
both
the
City
Council
and
the
Charter
Commission
in
decision
making
coming
forward.
They
outlined
a
couple
of
alternatives
and
the
committee
did
choose
the
alternative.
A
You
know
working
as
fast
as
possible
to
redistricting
time
for
the
2021
election
to
have
a
four-year
term
based
on
the
new
ward
boundaries
and
if
that
is
becomes
untenable
or
impossible
to
shift
to
a
special
election
for
the
City
Council
in
2023,
resulting
in
to
City
Council
terms.
That
would
be
two
years
each
in
2021
and
2023.
A
So
making
that
happen
require
efforts
that
the
legislature,
as
well
as
with
our
own
body,
potentially
looking
at
a
city
charter,
a
minute
which
would
require
unanimous
vote
of
this
body
or
a
ballot
question
to
the
voters,
so
just
want
to
make
sure
my
colleagues
are
fully
updated,
know
what's
going
on
and
I
got
it
mr.
chair,
if
you
want
to
add
anything,
no.
I
I
appreciate
the
comments
on
that.
I
know
that
we
encourage
folks
to
attend,
especially
our
first
meeting,
where
there
was
an
overview
in
a
presentation
and
the
clerk
has
given
a
really
lengthy
presentation.
Diving
into
was
a
very
technical,
complicated
matter
here.
I
know:
memos
have
also
gone
out
to
council
members
about
this
as
well,
and
really
the
reality
is
there's
no
good
decision
here.
I
They
there's
trade-offs
with
every
single
option
and
I
think
what
we're
doing
is
making
the
most
informed
option,
balancing
the
trade-offs
and
really
the
option,
that's
recommended
by
staff
in
terms
of
how
you
best
really
uphold
the
elections,
uphold
people's
ability
to
participate
and
try
to
reduce
all
the
different
consequences
on
this.
Thank.
D
E
A
H
Thank
you
very
much,
president
bender,
the
public
health
environment,
civil
rights,
engagement
committees,
bringing
forward.
Let
me
just
make
sure
it's
three
two
items
these
both
have
to
do
with
appointments
to
advisory
committees,
the
first
disappointments
to
our
Minneapolis
Advisory
Committee
on
Aging
and
the
second
disappointments
to
our
transgender
equity
council.
I'll
move
both
items
forward
for
approval
council.
A
A
F
B
A
J
A
A
F
A
K
You,
madam
president,
the
committee
for
its
14
items
today,
item
1
is
the
1st
Avenue
Street
South
resurfacing
project
is
the
4th
Street
northeast
Edison
residential
street
resurfacing
project
3?
Is
the
2020
Minneapolis
open
streets?
That's
approving
the
list
of
routes
and
dates
for
those
events,
for
is
the
contract
with
employee
strategies
for
training
for
public
works
department.
5
is
the
contract
with
park
mobile
for
mobile
payment
application
for
on
street
parking
6
is
the
grant
application
for
the
2020
metropolitan
council
regional
solicitation
for
federal
transportation
funds.
K
7
is
a
request
for
proposals
for
the
upper
harbour
terminal
redevelopment
project
planning
engineering
services
for
street
in
public
utility
infrastructure.
8
is
the
Industrial
Boulevard
multi-use
trail
appropriation
increase
9
is
the
president's
bicycle
boulevard
layout
approval
10
is
the
bid
for
1st
Street
north
over
bassically
tunnel
repair
project.
11
is
the
bid
for
freedom
softening
plant
a
conduit
and
stop
blog
project.
12
is
the
bid
for
upgrades
of
American
with
disabilities.
A
J
J
A
L
You,
madam
president,
the
Ways
and
Means
Committee
brings
19
items
for
approval
today.
Item
number
1
is
a
Civil
Service
Commission
appointment
either.
Number
two
is
the
reappointment
of
the
City
Assessor
item
number
three
is
a
legal
settlement
claim
of
Paul
Michael
Dodd
item
number
four
is
a
legal
settlement
and
this
is
a
workers.
Compensation
claim
of
David
Gillen
item
number.
L
L
A
A
A
E
You,
madam
president,
the
zoning
and
planning
committee
will
bring
forward
off
five
items
for
approval
today.
The
first
is
the
appointments
to
the
City
Planning
Commission
number:
two:
is
the
vacation
area
way
vacation
at
one
to
five?
First
Street
north?
The
third
is
a
approval
Street
vacation
at
9:07,
Sibley
Street
northeast.
The
fourth
is
the
approval
rezoning
at
1600,
Penn
Avenue
north
and
the
fifth
is
the
approval
rezoning
at
2800,
North
Way,
seda
Boulevard
move
all
items
for
approval,
councilman.
A
A
I
very
11:00
eyes
that
carries
them.
Those
items
are
adopted.
The
next
order
of
business
is
our
introduction
and
referral
calendar,
and
we
have
two
items
this
morning,
both
of
which
were
noticed
in
the
last
cycle
since
councilmember
Goodman
is
absent
today.
These
are
both
authored
by
her,
but
it
will
be
the
vice
chair
of
the
EDRs
community
customer
elephan
and
moving
these
on
behalf
of
the
author.
A
Second,
we
have
a
motion
by
council
my
lesson
on
behalf
of
councilmember
Goodman,
to
introduce
gift
for
Sweeting
to
and
refer
to
the
economics
well
in
a
regulatory
Services
Committee
the
subject
matter
of
an
ordinance
to
amend
provisions
related
to
liquor
catering
licenses
pursuant
to
title
14
of
the
Code
of
Ordinances.
Are
there
any
questions
or
comments
from
Council
members,
seeing
none
all
those
in
favor
say:
aye
aye,
any
opposed,
say
no
back
carries
in
those
ordinances
are
referred
to
the
economic
development
and
regulatory
Services
Committee
in
the
next
cycle.
A
The
next
order
of
business
is
resolutions,
and
we
have
the
one
honor
a
resolution
declaring
the
month
of
March
as
Women's
History
Month
any
comments
from
Council
members,
seeing
none
all
those
in
favor
say
aye
aye,
any
opposed,
say
no
that
carries
in
that
honor
a
resolution
is
adopted.
Finally,
we
have
the
order
of
announcements.
Are
there
any
announcements
from
Council
members.
C
D
C
A
You
cuz,
where
else
and
share
of
our
elections
committee
and
our
primary
well,
if
you
want
to
vote
in
the
polls
on
your
primary
and
that's
on
Tuesday,
so
just
short
few
days
away
any
further
announcements,
I
don't
see
any
with
that.
We've
concluded
our
business
for
the
City
Council.
Today
we
do
have
a
request
for
a
closed
session
related
to
leave
our
contract
negotiations.
We
have
a
motion
to
adjourn
to
that
closed
session.
So.