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From YouTube: February 22, 2021 Minneapolis Commission on Civil Rights
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As
we
begin,
I
will
note
for
the
record
that
this
meeting
has
remote
participation
by
members
of
the
city,
council
and
city
staff
as
authorized
under
minnesota
statutes,
section
13d
0.021
due
to
the
declared
local
public
health
emergency.
The
city
will
be
recording
and
posting
this
meeting
to
the
city's
website
and
youtube
channel
as
means
of
increasing
public
access
and
transparency.
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I
and
sorry
could
I
introduce
ayan
quick
here,
since
this
is
her
first
time
here
on
the
meeting
with
us.
This
is
ayan
adan
she's
from
the
city
clerk's
office
and
she
will
be
running
kind
of
the
logistics
of
our
commission
meetings
moving
forward.
So
we're
happy
that
she's
here
today,
starting
today,
we
know
ion
because
she
used
to
work
for
the
civil
rights
department
and
she's
wonderful.
So
I
am
very
confident.
She'll
do
a
great
job.
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Thank
you.
The
motion
passes
and
the
minutes
are
accepted
as
presented
item
number.
Four:
an
agenda
is
a
commission
orientation
presentation
which
will
be
given
by
the
complaint
investigation
staff,
commission
members
and
andrea
neef
from
the
city
attorney's
office.
I
will
now
invite
miss
conan
conan
to
begin
that
presentation.
Q
R
If
I
could
weigh
in
this
is
jackie
hansen
from
the
clerk's
office,
if
the
you
know,
if
it's
up
to
the
commission
as
to
whether
or
not
they
want
to
follow
the
printed
agenda
or
if
they'd
like
to
first
have
the
orientation
before
they
proceed
into
the
into
the
election
process,
either
way
is.
Is
fines
up
to
the
commission.
Q
B
I
Commissioner
stevens,
I
do
have
a
thought
for
the
people
who
are
new
to
the
commission.
The
the
new
orientation
might
be
useful
in
describing
some
of
the
roles,
so
I
to
me
it
might
be
appropriate
to
have
the
orientation
first.
B
I
think
you
make
a
great
point
and
thank
you,
but
I
want
to
acknowledge
what
the
agenda
says
and
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
following
the
law
and
the
procedure,
so
maybe
andre
and
neve,
can
give
us
some
feedback
on
how
to
best
handle
this
situation.
S
Madam
chair,
since
the
agenda
has
been
adapted
technically,
if
you
want
to
change
it,
the
commission
should
vote
on
that.
But,
like
ms
hanson
said
this
is
up
to
the
commission,
it
can
change
its
agenda.
Technically.
You
should
take
a
vote
on
that.
B
Okay,
thank
you,
miss
neve,
so
I
believe
this
will
be
possible.
This
will
be
our
first
vote
and
the
question
is
and
please,
if
I'm
not
saying
this
correctly-
please
let
me
know,
but
we're
going
to
vote
on
if
we
should
do
the
presentation.
First
correct.
B
B
B
So,
city
clerk,
we
will
need
to
take
a
roll
call
on
the
vote
in
question.
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M
B
So
much
the
item
has
been
passed
and
the
changes
will
be
reflected
and
we
can
move
on
to
the
orientation.
C
Thank
you
very
much
vice
chair
and
I
do
want
to
just
note.
I
apologize
on
behalf
of
the
department
that
was
our
error
on
switching
those
agenda
items,
so
I
know
that
we
had
initially
talked
about
doing
it.
The
way
that
we
just
that
was
just
voted
on
so
sorry
about
that
and
any
confusion
that
that
caused
I'm
gonna,
ask
ted
to
please
put
the
start,
the
powerpoint,
and
while
he
is
doing
that,
I
can
introduce
myself.
C
My
name
is
kayla
mcconandyra
and
I
am
the
interim
manager
for
the
complaint
investigations,
division,
which
is
the
division
that
supports
the
civil
rights
commission.
I'm
very
happy
to
be
here
today
and
doing
this
presentation
a
warm
welcome
to
especially
our
brand
new
commissioners.
C
We're
very
happy
that
you're
here
and
we
hope
that
this
presentation,
you
know,
provides
some
kind
of
assistance
and
understanding
what
what
all
your
role
is
here
as
a
commissioner
and
we're
very
excited
to
work
with
you,
I'm
going
to
start
out
this
this
presentation,
but
I'm
also
going
to
be
joined
by
some
of
your
fellow
commissioners
in
presenting,
as
well
as
a
couple
of
city
colleagues
muhammad
who
works
in
the
complaint
investigations:
division
with
me
and
andrea
neff
from
the
city
attorney's
office.
C
So
with
that
ted,
could
we
put
it
in
like
slideshow
mode
so
that
people
can
see
the
full
slides
perfect?
Thank
you
so
much
okay.
So
we
can
go
to
the
next
slide.
C
So
I'll
start
just
with
an
overview
of
what
all
we're
going
to
talk
about
during
the
presentation.
We'll
start
with
the
commission
creation
and
purpose.
Mccr
is
just
the
acronym
for
minneapolis
commission
on
civil
rights.
So
we'll
see
that
throughout
the
presentation
and
that's
what
it
refers
to
next,
we
will
talk
about
the
commission's
mission,
we'll
talk
about
the
city
of
minneapolis
structure
and
how
the
commission
fits
into
that
structure.
C
C
So
I
will
start
with
the
commission
creation
and
purpose,
so
the
commission
was
established
in
1975,
so
it
has
a
pretty
long
history
by
chapter
141.10
of
title
7
of
the
minneapolis
code,
and
I
will
just
read
the
verbatim
language.
There
is
hereby
created
a
minneapolis
commission
of
civil
rights
for
the
purpose
of
carrying
forward
the
policies
of
the
city
in
the
field
of
human
relations,
to
promote
civil
rights
and
to
enforce
the
provisions
of
this
title
for
all
the
commissioners,
particularly
the
new
commissioners.
C
The
handbook
that
was
shared
prior
to
the
meeting,
and
that
is
posted
to
the
agenda
does
have
in
the
appendices.
The
first
appendices
a,
I
believe,
has
the
entire
title,
seven
of
the
minneapolis
code
of
ordinances.
So
that's
something
that,
if
you
haven't
already
would
be
helpful
to
review
that
talks
about
a
lot
of
the
the
different
pieces
of
the
commission,
but
also
talks
a
lot
about.
C
You
know
discrimination
and
kind
of
describes
things
like
the
protected
classes,
and
you
know,
and
what
kind
of
areas
discrimination
is
banned
within
the
city
of
minneapolis
next
slide,
please,
the
mission
of
the
commission
is
to
seek
and
to
seek
to
prevent
and
eliminate
bias
and
discrimination
in
the
city
of
minneapolis,
provide
leadership
in
the
area
of
civil
rights,
encourage
and
educate
the
public
in
the
promotion
of
civil
rights,
identify
principal
civil
rights,
concerns
of
community
members
and
recommend
objectives
to
the
city.
C
Council,
adjudicate,
complaints
of
discrimination
occurring
in
the
city
of
minneapolis
and
advise
the
mayor,
city,
council,
city
agencies
and
departments
of
issues
surrounding
civil
rights.
We'll
get
into
a
lot
more
detail
about
these
different
pieces
of
the
commission
as
we
go
through
the
presentation.
But
this
is
just
kind
of
to
give
you
a
first
idea.
Next
slide.
C
So,
as
you
all
know,
you're
a
part
of
the
civil
rights
commission,
which
is
supported
by
the
complaint
investigations,
division
and
the
contract
compliance
division.
These
are
both
divisions
within
the
larger
department
of
civil
rights,
so
the
department
of
civil
rights
reports
to
the
city
council,
specifically
the
public
health
and
safety
committee
of
the
minneapolis
city
council
and
our
interim
director
franklin
reed,
who
many
of
the
the
commissioners
that
have
been
around
for
a
little
while
know.
Well
because
he
was
the
director
of
the
complaint
investigations
division.
C
He
he
reports
directly
to
the
mayor,
jacob
fry
and
then
within
the
civil
rights
department.
There
are
five
divisions,
complaint
investigations,
which
is
where
I
work
and
who
will
support
you
kind
of
the
most
heavily,
but
then
there's
also
an
equity
division,
a
contract,
compliance
division,
which
also
contributes
to
the
work
of
this
commission,
labor
standards
and
enforcement
division
and
the
office
of
police
conduct.
Review
then
kind
of
within
that
structure.
There
are
three
different
commissions
that
the
different
divisions
of
the
civil
rights
department
supports.
C
So
this
one,
of
course
the
civil
rights
commission,
but
then
there
is
also
a
workforce
advisory
committee,
which
is
supported
by
the
labor
standards
and
enforcement
division,
and
there
is
also
a
police
conduct
oversight
commission,
which
is
supported
by
the
office
of
police
conduct
review
with
that.
I'm
going
to
hand
it
over
to
commissioner
stevens
to
keep
going
with
the
slides
here,
but
I
will
be
on
throughout
the
meeting,
for
if
there
are
any
questions
that
I
can
be
helpful
in
answering
kind
of
at
the
end
of
this
presentation.
I
Thanks
kayla
next
slide,
please
possible!
Thank
you.
So
the
actual
structure
of
the
commission
is
made
up
of
21
members
appointed
by
the
mayor
or
city
council.
We
have
to
have
a
minimum
of
actively
licensed
attorney
members,
a
minimum
number
of
six
actively
licensed
attorney
members
with
a
maximum
of
eight,
and
there
is
a
residency
requirement.
So
you
must
live
within
minneapolis,
but
that
can
be
waived
or
granted
a
waiver
if
necessary,
which
is
not
something
that
I've
encountered
yet.
I
Board,
which
makes
up
the
chair,
the
vice
chair,
the
treasurer
the
secretary
and
then
the
subcommittee
chairs,
which
we
will
talk
more
in
detail
later
and
the
executive
board
basically
works
at
you
know
it's
in
the
handbook.
To
a
certain
extent,
I
think
there
might
be
some
things
that
are
changing
a
little
bit,
but
generally
we
meet
after
commission
meetings,
kind
of
as
needed
to
set
the
agenda
to
talk
about
commission
issues
and
business
and
to
generally
appoint
or
determine
what
the
subcommittees
are
going
to
look
like
last
year.
I
We
did
some
revamping
with
the
subcommittees,
and
so
you
know
there's
different
duties
that
each
of
these
people
have
and
I'll
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
those
as
well.
I
was
the
secretary
last
year,
so
I
could
talk
a
little
bit
about
that
and
vice
chair
devenish
was
the
vice
chair
acting
chair
today.
She
can
talk
a
little
bit
about
those
things.
I
If
anyone
has
any
questions
and
janelle
schumache
was
the
treasurer
the
subcommittees
that
we
will
be
discussing
that
are
currently
what
we're
working
with
right
now
are
the
standards
and
procedures
subcommittee,
which
is
where
the
attorney
actively
licensed
attorney.
Commissioners,
usually
sit
and
talk
about
the
bylaws
talk
about
any
of
the
changes
that
need
to
be
made.
Last
year
they
worked
on
mediation
policy
among.
H
I
So,
like
I
said
earlier,
each
of
the
executive
board
members
have
different
roles
and
duties.
The
board
chair
represents
the
mccr
in
business
from
the
mayor
city,
council,
department
of
civil
rights
in
the
community
convenes
and
sets
agendas
assigns
members
to
subcommittees,
assigns
members
to
review
panels
and
contested
case
hearings.
The
vice
chair
assists
the
chair
in
duties
and
completes
duties
as
directed
by
the
chair,
an
executive
committee
and
will
fill
in
for
the
chair
when
the
chair
is
unavailable.
I
The
treasurer
oversees
the
mccr
bank
account
reports
on
finances,
prepares
and
submits
the
mccr
budget,
and
the
secretary
takes
notes
produces
minutes
tracks.
Attendance
and
records
votes
responds
to
emails
and
presentations
from
the
public
as
directed
by
the
commission,
and
these
will
be
what
we
are
voting
on
in
our
election
next
next
slide.
I
As
far
as
individual
commissioner
functions
really
what's
important,
whether
for
in
a
virtual
environment
or
in
person
is
participation.
It's
important
that
you
generally
stay
informed
not
only
about
things
going
on
in
minneapolis,
but
within
your
ward
in
your
community.
Community
engagement
is
a
big
part
of
this,
and
acting
chair.
Devinish
is
going
to
be
talking
about
that
active
participation
is
expected
not
only
for
the
general
regular
commission
meetings,
but
also
the
subcommittee
meetings.
I
We
ask
that
you
know
you
plan
to
devote
time
outside
of
meetings
for
research,
analysis,
outreach
meetings
or
other
activities
and
that
there's
a
focus
on
serving
the
public
interest
when
making
recommendations.
So
when
we're
talking
about
efforts
that
we're
doing
resolutions
that
we're
making
public
interest
is
at
the
forefront,
we
ask
that
you'd
be
willing
to
take
sides
and
a
controversy
and
whether
criticism
it's
important
that
we,
you
know
in
order
to
be
effective
and
to
get
things
done,
having
to
kind
of
take
a
side
be
able
to
support
your
side.
I
I
Next
slide,
finally,
there
is
an
attendance
expectation,
basically
that
you
there
is
an
expectation
that
you
attend
all
commission
meetings
and
subcommittee
meetings
for
there's
one
regular
commission
meeting
unless
we
have
a
special
one
held.
There's
generally
it's
set
by
the
subcommittee
is
how
many
times
they
meet,
but
at
least
one.
I
Sometimes
more,
for
example,
the
engagement
and
research
subcommittee
met
every
other
week
and
that
was
pretty
consistent.
There
might
have
been
a
time
when
we
didn't
or
we
met
more
than
once,
but
generally
it
was
every
other
week
and
you
can
expect
that
after
four
unexcused
absences
in
a
calendar
year,
you
will
automatically
forfeit
your
commission
membership.
I
There
is
a
requirement
for
notifying,
if
possible,
with
your
absence
the
executive
committee,
the
chair
of
the
subcommittee's,
basically
any
meeting
that
you're
missing,
notifying
the
leadership
of
that
committee
for
commission
meetings.
We
ask
that
there
be
timely
notice
of
the
absence
and
good
cause
for
it.
So
we
understand
that
there
are
emergencies,
so
timely,
good
cause.
Our
timely
notice
of
the
absence
and
good
cause
is
basically
assessed
by
the
executive
committee
on
occasion.
B
Away,
thank
you.
Miss
stevens.
You
did
a
wonderful
job.
Thank
you.
So
much
next
slide.
Please,
commissioner
functions.
Community
engagement.
Engagement
with
the
community
is
highly
recommended
and
can
take
many
forms.
Some
of
the
things
that
we've
done
is
we
passed
out.
Our
passed
out
6000
face
masks
to
the
community
of
minneapolis
volunteering,
tabling
at
pride
spreading
the
word
at
word.
J
Yeah
I'll
be
okay,
yep
hi
everyone,
my
name
is
abdi
mohammed.
I
am
a
senior
investigator
with
the
department
of
civil
rights,
so
I'll
be
talking
about
one
of
the
most
important
functions
that
you
have
as
commissioners,
which
is
to
serve
on
review
panels.
J
E
J
J
The
investigators
will
dismiss
those
a
finding
of
no
probable
cause
is
where
there
is
an
investigation
that
actually
takes
place,
takes
place
and
there's
no
procedural
hurdle
for
that
investigation.
But
then,
despite
that,
there
was
not
enough
evidence
to
sustain
a
finding
of
probable
cause.
One
of
the
things
that
I
want
to
mention
is
that
you
may.
H
J
J
So
a
reviewed
review
panel
determination
should
decide
one
of
three
things:
whether
or
not
to
sustain
the
department's
finding,
whether
to
remand,
which
means
send
it
back
down
for
further
examination
or
in
the
most
extreme
cases,
reverse
our
findings
and
actually
find
that
there
was
enough
evidence
to
find
a
probable
cause
that
discrimination
actually
took
place
in
this
particular
case.
J
Keep
in
mind
that
one
of
the
hurdles
that
you
must
meet
is
that
you
have
to
view
our
case
determinations
in
the
light
most
favorable
to
the
to
the
department's
determination,
otherwise
you're
to
sustain
unless
the
decision
is
clearly
erroneous
and
to
explain
that
further,
we
actually
will
be
having
a
training
on
this
specific
function.
At
a
later
meeting.
E
J
V
Good
evening,
everyone
for
the-
if
you
could
go
to
the
next
slide,
please
thank
you.
So
we
have
three
standing
subcommittees
on
the
commission
for
civil
rights.
The
first
one
is
community
engagement
and
research,
where
we
conduct
qualitative
and
quantitative
research
on
different
civil
rights
issues.
V
We
engage
the
public
on
civil
rights
issues,
policies,
meetings
and
events,
the
contract
and
workforce
compliance
subcommittee
was
kind
of
revamped
last
year,
so
we're
kind
of
getting
our
our
wheels.
V
Turning
again
on
with
this
one,
but
here
we
are
working
with
the
contract,
compliance
division,
reviewing
contracts
and
work
for
workforce
processes,
statutes
and
ordinances,
so
making
sure
that
the
contracts
that
are
going
out
to
different
vendors
are
within
the
ordinances
and
statues
of
the
city
and
encouraging
women
and
minority-owned
businesses
to
have
more
opportunity
to
work
with
the
city,
thinking
about
possibly
making
the
application
process
easier,
and
so
that's
the
contract
in
workforce
compliance
and
then
the
standard
standards
and
procedures
subcommittee
is
comprised
of
attorneys
that
really
focus
on
the
internal
and
external
standards,
rules
and
procedures
of
the
commission.
V
And
so,
in
addition
to
the
subcommittees,
we
have
tasks,
task
forces
and
working
groups,
task
forces
address,
specific
civil
rights
issues
and
otherwise
function
like
subcommittees.
They
usually
are
completing
their
work
within
a
year,
whereas
working
groups
take
generally
longer
than
a
year.
In
2020
we
had
the
un
task,
force,
policing
and
covid19
pandemic
task.
I
Hi
this
is
commissioner
stevens.
I
do
think
the
last
few
slides
are
meant
for
the
assistant
attorney.
Yes,.
S
Great
next
slide,
please
hi.
My
name
is
andrea
nuff
and
I
am
the
assistant
city
attorney,
who
is
assigned
to
support
the
commission.
I've
been
asked
to
say
just
a
few
words
about
two
state
laws
that
do
apply
to
the
commission's
work,
specifically
the
open
meeting
law
and
the
data
practices
act,
and
I
won't
be
attempting
to
cover
all
the
things
you
might
need
to
know
about
these
laws
tonight
in
difference
to
time.
So
I
will
move
through
it
quite
quickly,
but
I
am
always
available
for
questions
as
these
things
come
up.
S
S
So
we'll
start
with
the
open
meeting
law-
and
this
is
a
headline
from
the
star
tribune
from
last
year-
and
I
I
start
with
it
just
to
give
you
a
flavor
for
why
we
talk
about
open
meeting
law
and
you'll.
Hear
me
talk
about
it
quite
frequently
in
the
commission's
work.
S
I
won't
go
into
the
exact
dispute
that
was
involved
in
this
situation,
but,
as
you
can
see
from
the
headline,
there
was
a
dispute
about
whether
a
particular
minneapolis
advisory
board
was
following
the
open
meeting
law,
and
this
headline
resulted
wasn't
a
particularly
good
look
for
the
advisory
group
or
for
the
city,
and
we
would
like
to
not
have
questions
arise
about
whether
we're
conducting
our
meetings
in
an
appropriate
way
under
the
state
law,
and
so
it's
useful
just
to
talk
about
what
the
law
is
right
up
front.
S
S
The
basic
requirements
of
the
open
meeting
law
are
two
first.
That
meetings
are
to
be
open
to
the
public
as
this
one
is
tonight,
and
then,
secondly,
that
the
public
does
get
advanced
notice
of
all
of
our
meetings
so
that
they
can
attend
if
they
wish
to
do
so.
For
a
regular
meeting,
there's
a
schedule
of
all
these
meetings
on
file
with
the
clerk's
office
that
anyone
can
access
anyone
can
come
to
a
meeting,
either
virtual
or
in
person
and
for
special
meetings.
S
Advance
notice
is
given
by
the
clerk's
office
at
least
three
days
before
the
meeting
occurs
next
slide,
please
what
groups
are
covered
by
the
open
meeting
law
most
of
the
things
you
do
as
commissioners,
if
not
all
of
them,
are
going
to
be
covered
by
open
meeting
law.
Both
are
full
civil
rights
commission
meetings
like
this
one
and
each
of
the
standing
committees
and
then,
if
you
are
assigned
to
a
task
force,
those
meetings
are
also
covered
next
slide,
please.
S
S
Is
the
number
of
commissioners
needed
to
make
a
decision
at
whatever
that
that
body
is
doing
so,
for
the
full
commission
quorum
is
the
majority
of
the
membership
and
for
the
committees
it's
half
of
the
committee
membership
unless
the
membership
is
less
than
three,
in
which
case
you
need
two
members,
so
any
time
that
a
group
of
commissioners
is
getting
together
for
any
reason,
the
first
question
is:
is
there
a
quorum
of
any
group
present
here?
S
S
So
if
you
just
have
coffee
to
get
to
know
each
other,
that's
not
a
meeting
but
anytime
that
commissioners
are
conducting
business
or
talking
about
civil
rights
issues
or
what
the
commission
should
do.
You
need
to
be
cognizant
of
is
a
quorum
president.
If
so,
we
should
not
be
talking
about
business
unless
we've
publicly
noticed
our
meeting
next
slide.
Please.
S
So
practical
tips
for
following
the
open
meeting
law.
First
of
all,
I
cannot
emphasize
enough
the
best
thing
to
do
to
avoid
any
problems
is
to
discuss
official
business
at
our
properly
noticed
meetings,
either
the
full
commission
or
subcommittee
meetings
that
will
avoid
even
the
appearance
that
something
has
been
done
in
secret
and
not
fully
in
public
for
committee
and
task
force
meetings.
S
As
far
as
written
materials
goes
this
the
things
that
you
may
consider
as
a
commission,
the
public
has
a
right
to
see
the
things
that
the
full
commission
is
looking
at.
If,
if
everyone
has
reviewed
it
in
advance
at
the
meeting,
that's
something
that
should
be
available
for
the
public
to
view
as
well.
S
So
we
can
do
this
in
a
virtual
format
by
submitting
your
materials
in
advance
to
the
liaison,
and
they
will
make
it
possible
to
put
that
up
on
the
screen
when
it's
being
discussed
when
we
return
to
in-person
meetings,
you'll
need
to
bring
at
least
two
extra
copies
of
anything.
You
want
to
pass
out
to
the
commission
to
the
meeting
and
that
will
allow
for
proper
records
to
be
kept,
and
also
for
anyone
in
the
who
comes
to
the
meeting
from
the
public
to
have
a
copy
available
to
take
a
look
at
next
slide.
S
S
Emails
and
open
meeting
law-
this
is
a
tricky
subject
to
talk
about
because
we
all
are
accustomed
to
conducting
business
by
email
and
there's
nothing
unusual
or
nefarious
about
this
or
even
remarkable
in
the
the
private
sector.
S
However,
with
the
open
meeting
law,
email
can
become
problematic
because
a
group,
email
or
email
chain
that
includes
more
than
a
quorum
of
commissioners,
could
just
be
another
way
for
the
commission
to
discuss
or
decide
things
about
commission
business
in
a
form
that
doesn't
that
isn't
available
to
public
view.
S
As
a
result,
what
we
should
do
is
you
should
avoid
group
and
email
chains,
especially
anything
discussing
commission
business,
save
the
discussion
for
meetings,
please
whenever
possible,
and
when
it's
needed
to
send
out
information
and
advance
of
a
meeting
or
say
an
announcement
of
an
event
or
a,
as
happened
earlier
today,
very
appropriately,
a
request
that
the
commission
look
at
a
proposed
letter.
S
I
believe
it
was
things
like
that
can
go
out
by
by
one-way
email
from
the
commission
liaison,
and
that
way
the
commissioners
all
have
an
opportunity
to
look
at
it
before
the
meeting.
But
then
you
save
the
discussion
for
the
meeting
itself
rather
than
hitting
reply
all
or
conducting
a
discussion
by
email.
S
Next
slide,
please
just
a
quick
note
about
virtual
meetings.
Our
current
situation
is
a
temporary
one.
The
open
meeting
law
allows
virtual
meetings
for
situations
like
a
health
pandemic,
thank
goodness,
but
it
does
not
allow
that
just
in
any
setting,
so
we
will
at
some
point
be
going
back
to
in-person
meetings
and
while
we
are
in
a
virtual
setting,
that
is
why
we
do
have
to
take
a
roll
call
for
every
single
vote.
It's
actually
required
by
the
open
meeting
law.
S
S
Very
briefly,
I
will
just
touch
on
the
government
data
practices
act.
Although
a
couple
points
are
sufficient
here
for,
for
your
just
general
knowledge,
this
is
the
state
law
that
creates
rules
about
how
government
entities
keep
and
provide
access
to
government
data
government
records.
S
Basically,
it
creates
a
presumption
that
all
government
records
are
public
data
unless
an
exception
applies,
and
there
are
hundreds
and
hundreds
of
exceptions
which
makes
it
very
complicated
to
understand
and
administer
this
law
for
purposes
of
your
work
as
a
commission,
you
should
assume
that
any
document
or
any
email
that
you
create
could
at
some
point
be
made
public
because
they
are
all
public
records.
Anything
you
do
in
your
capacity
as
a
commissioner.
S
You
should
be
prepared
to
keep
records
of
official
actions.
That
doesn't
mean
you
have
to
keep
every
email.
That
says,
can
we
meet
at
three
o'clock,
but
when
official
actions
are
taken,
they
need
to
be
properly
documented
and
then
finally,
should
you
get
any
requests
from
any
member
of
the
public
for
information
about
your
work
as
a
commissioner,
please
immediately
bring
that
to
the
commission
liaison's
attention.
S
We
do
have
an
obligation
to
respond
to
that,
but
you
don't
need
to
do
it
on
your
own.
In
fact,
you
should
not
try
to
do
it
on
your
own.
The
clerk's
office
has
a
staff
of
folks
who
are
experts
in
our
obligations
under
the
law,
so
we
will
handle
that
for
you,
and
I
believe
that
is
all
my
slides,
so
I
will
turn
it
over
to
whoever
is
next
on
the.
B
B
Thank
you.
I
believe.
The
next
item
on
our
agenda
is
the
election
of
officers
to
the
civil
rights
executive
team.
For
this
portion
of
this
meeting,
I
will
cede
the
chair
to
the
assistant
city
clerk,
jackie
hanson,
who
can
lead
us
through
the
nominations
process.
Ms
hanson.
R
Thank
you
and
good
evening,
commissioners,
in
accordance
with
the
election
procedures,
we
will
now
proceed
to
elect
the
four
commission
officers.
Each
office
is
for
a
one-year
term.
There
is
no
limit
on
the
number
of
terms
a
commissioner
may
hold.
However,
no
commissioner
shall
hold
more
than
one
office
at
a
time.
R
R
R
This
question
and
answer
period
by
commissioners
shall
involve
all
candidates,
concluding
with
a
vote
in
the
order
the
candidates
were
nominated.
The
same
process
will
be
followed
for
the
election
of
a
chair
vice
chair,
treasurer
and
secretary.
Are
there
any
questions
about
the
process?
As
I've
explained,
it.
R
O
There
any
phobia
I
I
nominate,
commissioner
shepard
for
chair.
R
W
Hi
everyone
I'd
like
to
start
by
just
saying
thank
you
for
being
allowing
me
to
be
a
part
of
the
commission,
I'm
very
honored
to
be
here,
I'm
currently
a
social
worker
at
hennepin
county
and
a
student
at
st
thomas
and
I'm
very
passionate
about
helping
the
community
and
to
achieve
a
just
society
in
which
we'll
work
very
hard
to
do
this.
I'm
very
persistent
and
passionate
about
this.
W
I
have
a
strong
desire
to
make
a
positive
impact
for
the
members
of
our
community
and
with
a
focus
on
using
community
voice
to
lead
the
work
that
we
do,
and
I
just
I
bring
a
perspective
that
allows
me
to
understand
different
world
views
and
I'm
dedicated
to
finding
strategic
ways
in
which
we
can
work
together.
To
do
that.
So,
thank
you
and.
M
H
R
I'm
sorry
excuse
me,
excuse
me
clerk.
I
have
forgotten
to
open
the
floor,
for
we
have
five
there's
a
five
minute
period
for
discussion
by
the
board
by
the
commission,
so
I
first
need
to
call
for
discussion.
Thank
you
so
much
and
I
apologize.
X
This
this
is
a
commissioner
lord.
I'm
I'm
just
wondering
if,
if
you
would
share
a
little
bit
more
about
your
background
and
any
particular
thoughts
you
have
on
things,
you
would
like
the
commission
to
focus
on
in
the
coming
year.
W
Yeah,
can
you
hear
me?
Oh
absolutely,
so
I
have
a
little
bit
about
my
background.
I've
been
a
social
worker
for
several
years
again,
like
I
said,
I'm
currently
pursuing
my
master's
in
social
work
at
the
university
of
st
thomas.
With
my
professional
background,
I've
done
a
lot
of
work
around
disparity
reduction
at
the
county,
anti-racist
collaboratives
towards
achieving
more
equitable
systems
in
the
shelter
system
with
the
homeless
population.
W
W
And
so
that's
a
big
part
of
my
vision
for
the
civil
rights
commission
is
to
really
make
sure
that
we
are
viewing
and
doing
our
practice
as
as
equitable
as
possible,
and
so
a
lot
of
that
for
me
looks
to
be
making
sure
that
we
have
a
very
shared
understanding
of
of
how
racism
really
plays
out
in
a
lot
of
the
discrimination
discriminatory
practices
that
we
see
and
how
we
are
using
our
privilege
in
this
position
to
really
be
engaging
with
community
members
and
within
our
task
forces
and
work
groups
that
we
will
have.
W
So
that's
that's
a
big
part
of
where
I
really
vision
the
commission
to
really
lead
into.
I
know
that
there
are
some
racial
equity
things
happening
with
the
city
of
minneapolis,
and
so
I'd
really
like
to
see
that
within
our
own
commission
as
well
as
I
think
some
of
the
main
interest
that
I
have
as
far
as
civil
rights
would
be
like
criminalization
of
homelessness
and
then
again,
equity
is
huge.
Racial
equity
and
health
equity.
So
thank
you
for
the.
R
Question
there's
still
time
to
allow
for
additional
questions.
Q
D
G
D
H
L
T
M
V
N
H
H
D
Y
H
B
R
Thank
you,
claire
kadan.
I
believe
the
vote
was
unanimous
and
the
motion
passes
and
commissioner
mckenzie
kolas
has
been
elected
as
chair.
Congratulations!
Next,
we
will
move
on
to
the
election
of
a
vice
chair.
The
floor
is
now
open
to
nominations
for
the
position
of
a
vice
chair.
Are
there
any
nominations?
Please.
L
Good
evening
this
is
commissioner
hearts
based
on
on
her
excellent
performance.
Last
year,
I
nominate
commissioner
devenish
to
be
the
vice
chair.
I
Yes,
commissioner
stevens
here
I
nominate
commissioner
rantz.
R
Hearing
none,
I
will
close
the
floor.
We
will
now
move
on
to
the
to
the
recognition
of
each
candidate.
I
will
first
recognize,
commissioner
falk.
You
have
two
minutes.
The
floor
is
yours.
P
Just
a
question
really
quickly.
Sorry,
so
I
am
able
to
decline
if
I
do
not
want
to
run
for
vice
chair,
correct.
A
I
would
like
to
humbly
decline
as
well,
but
thank
you
for
the
nomination.
I
Okay,
well,
this
is
awkward
because
I
also
don't
feel
like
I'm
in
a
position
to
serve
as
vice
chair.
I
would
encourage
anybody
else
who
is
out
there
and
has
considered
it
wasn't
nominated.
I
I
think
it's
a
good
opportunity,
but
I
do
worry
about
my
capacity
to
be
in
such
a
position.
I
really
appreciate
the
nomination,
though
so
ms
hansen,
I
don't
know
if
we
need
to
maybe
open
it.
R
Up
for
nominations
again,
if
you
are
declining
the
the
nomination,
yes,
then
I
will.
I
will
reopen
for
additional
nominations
if
you
are
officially
declining.
K
E
H
Floor
for
nominations
I
nominate
commissioner
cobia.
D
Z
This
is
commissioner
woods
here.
I
nominate
commissioner
shepard.
Z
Already
declined
chair,
maybe
she
feels
vice
chair-
is
more
suitable.
R
Yes,
I
will
call
on
commissioner
shepard
to
ask
if
she
is
if
she
accepts
the
nomination.
R
O
Okay,
hi
everyone,
I'm
jeff,
I
would
be
happy
to
have
commissioner
schumannink-
be
the
vice
chair,
I'm
willing
to
do
it
as
well.
I
served
as
secretary
two
years
ago
on
the
commission
in
a
similar
situation
where
there
were
nobody
wanting
to
step
forward,
so
I'm
always
happy
to
fill
a
role
that
that
falls
to
me.
But,
commissioner
shoemake,
if,
if
she's
interested
in
doing
it,
I'd
I'd,
be
I'd,
be
very
happy
to
have
her
and
we
would
be
very
lucky
to
have
her
as
our
vice
chair.
O
O
I
think,
and
I've
been
on
the
commission
for
two
years
at
one
point
this
year
I
was
somehow
on
every
single
subcommittee,
so
that
was
exciting,
but
I
I
like
to
to
do
work
at
low
low
levels
and
and
in
the
background,
where
possible
and
and
pick
up
things
that
slip
through
the
cracks
or
that
other
people
might
not
be
interested
in
doing
I'm
willing
to
do
pretty
much
any
work
for
this
commission
and
that's
who
I
am.
V
Good
evening,
everyone,
my
name,
is
janelle
schumache,
I'm
from
minnesota.
I
have
been
on
the
commission
for
a
whole
year
and
I
was
treasurer
last
year.
V
I
was
also
on
the
community
engagement
subcommittee
and
then
also
the
the
contract
subcommittee,
so
have
a
little
experience
with
the
commission
for
my
day
job.
I
work
for
wells
fargo
as
a
risk
analyst
and
then
I'm
involved
with
the
global
shapers
community,
the
world
economic
forum
and
the
new
leaders,
council
and
yeah.
V
I'm
I'm
very
passionate
about
racial
justice,
social
justice,
women's
rights,
gender
equality,
I'm
happy
to
go
out
and
socialize
and
engage
with
the
community
and
would
really
be
honored
to
serve
in
any
capacity
to
help
the
work
of
the
commission.
O
I
I
really
didn't
plan
anything
for
vice
chair
position,
so
you
know
I
would.
I
would
want
to
work
with
I
I
guess
this
is.
This
is
a
little
more
I'm
getting
ahead
of
myself.
I
really
think
you
should
vote
for
commissioner
shoemake
and
I
think
at
this
point
I
should
just
back
out
I
just
kind
of
got
caught
in
the
procedural
situation.
So
that's
that's
where
I'm
at.
G
R
I
will
so
record
that
you've
declined
commissioner
hearts.
The
floor
is
yours,.
L
Great,
thank
you,
commissioner.
Schumic.
I'm
interested
in
the
commission's
job
as
as
an
appellate
board
for
for
complaints
lodged
with
the
with
the
department
of
human
rights,
I'm
wondering
what
we
can
do
to
make
sure
that
these
get
processed
and
appeal
that
the
fields
are
heard
in
a
more
timely
manner
than
they
have
been
in
the
past.
L
I'm
concerned
that
people
are
waiting
sometimes
years
to
hear
back
on
their
appeal
and
and
we
have
and-
and
you
will
have
as
part
of
the
the
leadership
team,
the
capacity
to
just
speed
that
along
and
shorten
that
timeline.
So
I
I
want
to
hear
you
speak
to
that.
If
you
can.
Thank
you.
V
Yeah
thanks
for
the
question
I
would
say
I
was
able
to
be
on
a
panel
this
last
year
and
it
was
really
a
great
experience
and
and
a
lot
of
exposure.
But
overall,
I
would
say
it
didn't
take
at
least
our
panel
a
really
long
time,
knowing
that
it
is
such
a
priority
and
that
it
is
something
that
the
commission
in
the
past
has
had
trouble
kind
of
getting
through.
V
I
definitely
think
that
chair,
coles
and
myself
could
sit
down
and
really
prioritize
scheduling
out
these
these
panels,
reaching
out
to
everyone
who's
interested
in
being
involved
or
assigning
those
panels
to
the
commissioners.
But
it
would
be
good
to
get
a
calendar
out
early
on
in
this
year
so
that
we
can
at
least
have
a
forecast
of
what
we're
going
to
get
through
by
the
end
of
the
year.
R
Q
V
Yep
the
question
was
how
I
would
support
the
chair.
Is
that
right,
commissioner
bergquist
yeah?
I
would
say
for
me:
it's
it's
starting
off,
which
I've
already
done
with
charcoalis,
which
is
like
getting
her
phone
number
right
away
and
reaching
out
and
just
building
that
relationship.
I
want
to
be
available
and
supportive.
I
know
kayla
I've
gotten
to
know
frank
over
the
last
year
that
I'm
really
comfortable
reaching
out
to
the
department.
V
If
I
need
anything
happy
to
do
that
on
chair,
cullis's
behalf,
if
needed,
but
really
just
reaching
out
asking
for
help
where
we
need
it
and
trying
to
move
forward,
and
I
think
it
would
be
good
to
to
set
objectives
so
that
we
can
be
held
accountable
in
some
way.
Q
D
H
D
T
M
G
E
H
H
H
I
R
N
Thanks
everybody,
my
name
is
andy
crowder
and
I'm
here
similar
to
everyone
else,
just
want
to
support
the
effort.
Do
whatever
I
can
and
I
don't
want
to
take
notes
as
the
secretary,
so
I
figured,
I
would
jump
into
the
treasury
nomination
so
happy
to
field
any
questions.
You
have
promise
to
work
hard,
do
my
best
and
always
use
the
calculator,
but
otherwise
go
ahead
and
shoot.
R
I
N
Member,
if
no
one
else
is
around
to
take
notes,
I'm
happy
to
do
it.
I
just
figured
I'd
rather
not
if
I
didn't
have
to
but
like
I
said
you
know,
I
see
myself
as
a
utility
infielder,
I'm
happy
to
do
whatever
needs
doing
just
like
jeff
said
earlier
and
so
happy
to
serve
in
this
role
happy
to
do
whatever
needs
doing.
While
people
are
out
and
ongoing
commitment
to
attendance,
something
I
can
guarantee,
I'm
I'm
always
going
to
show
up
so
happy.
N
And,
of
course,
do
whatever
needs
doing.
O
Yeah,
commissioner
stevens,
you
can
name
whoever
you
want
to
replace
you
as
secretary
when
you're,
not
there.
Commissioner
crowder,
can
you
tell
us
a
little
bit
about
your
background.
N
Sure,
like
you,
I'm
born
and
raised
in
chicago
I'm
an
attorney
at
a
smaller
law
firm
in
the
city
called
blackwell
burke,
and
I
do
primarily
litigation
in
products
liability,
space
with
a
lot
of
healthcare
companies
and
some
of
the
big
medical
companies
in
the
city.
N
I've
lived
here
for
five
years,
really
loved
minneapolis,
I'm
a
huge
fan.
My
wife
is
from
from
minneapolis,
so
I
enjoy
living
here
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
taking
the
next
step
and
being
more.
You
know
involved
as
a
community
member
myself
and
not.
G
G
G
T
M
N
A
A
H
H
H
R
I
O
I
Okay,
I
I
I've
just
learned
recently
that
I
probably
won't
have
to
be
taking
notes
or
anything,
so
that
is
nice
and
I'm
fine
with
advocating
that
for
every
reason
I
need
to
I
will
I
will
do
so,
though-
and
I
I
mean
I
work
for
the
county,
I
work
in
advocacy
and
I
also
am
on
many
of
the
county's
efforts
for
racial
equity,
disparity
reduction,
leading
the
internal
issues
within
the
county
regarding
prejudice,
microaggression
and
systemic
disparities
in
addressing
those
things
both
in
my
unit
and
in
the
county,
at
large
experience
and
mediation
and
conflict
resolution
as
well,
and
also
in
school.
I
R
Thank
you
very
kindly.
I
will
now
open
up
for
the
question
and
answer
portion.
Commissioner
devinish,
I
see
your
hand
is
raised.
Would
you
like
to
ask
any
questions
or
is
that
from
prior.
R
G
H
H
Z
E
H
H
H
N
H
R
R
I
will
can
I
want
to
also
congratulate
all
the
newly
elected
members
of
the
executive
team
and
I
would
now
hand
the
meeting
leadership
to
the
newly
elected
chair
to
proceed
for
the
remainder
of
our
agenda.
W
AB
Yeah,
my
name
is
dave
vicking.
I
want
to
welcome
all
the
new
commissioners.
It's
encouraging
the
amount
of
interest,
but
also
a
little
worrisome
about
the
amount
of
turnover
I've
been
attending.
Many
of
the
civil
rights
commission
meetings
for
the
last
three
years.
I
first
came
when
I
received
some
data
through
a
data
practice
request.
AB
One
thing
that
the
data
showed
was
that
in
2011
there
were
71
review
panels,
but
in
that
year
a
couple
years
ago
it
had
dwindled
to
two
for
the
entire
year.
Also
in
eight
years,
only
one
finding
by
the
complaint
investigation
division
was
overturned
by
the
supposedly
independent
civil
rights
commission.
AB
AB
I
see
that
in
2020
from
your
minutes
there
were
just
six
panels
completed
I've
seen
elsewhere,
that
this
is
considered
being
on
review.
Panels
is
considered
the
most
important
role
for
commissioners,
but
a
number
of
the
commissioners
can
go
all
year
and
not
have
a
single
panel.
So
I
think
it
is
still
reasonable
to
question
why
there
is
so
little
of
this
kind
of
activity.
AB
Also,
as
you
know,
the
minnesota
department
of
human
rights
is
investigating
racial
discrimination
and
policing
in
minneapolis,
and
the
civil
rights
commission
used
to
consider
many
police
cases.
10
years
ago,
you
averaged
over
50
of
such
cases
per
year.
Now
it
has
dwindled
to
an
average
of
four
in
the
last
10
years,
and
only
one
each
in
the
last
three.
E
AB
So
this
may
be
due
to
the
futility
of
seeking
recourse
through
the
complaint
investigation
division,
because
all
but
one
complaint
during
that
time
has
been
dismissed
or
found
to
have
no
probable
cause.
This
should
have
been
considered
worrisome
and
it
may
have
something
to
do
why
the
state
human
rights
department
has
had
to
step
in
it
to
do
work
that
should
have
been
done
proactively
by
the
complaint,
investigation,
division
and
the
civil
rights
commission.
AB
AB
U
Yes,
okay,
good
evening,
everyone,
this
is
anika
robbins,
I'm
the
outgoing
chair
of
the
minneapolis
commission
on
civil
rights,
I'm
here
at
the
request
of
the
former
vice
chair,
cindy
devenish,
but
also
in
support
of
the
commission
and
all
of
the
current
and
incoming
commissioners.
I
I
simply
wanted
to
extend
congratulations
to
all
of
you.
U
Congratulations
to
chair
colas
and
to
all
you
know,
commissioner,
vice
chair,
I'm
drawing
but
janelle
and
schumach
strouder
and
of
course,
commissioner
stephens
secretary
clinton,
let's
see
cindy
devinish
is
in
possession
of
our
report
from
last
year
and
several
of
the
committee
reports
from
our
work
last
year,
2020
was
a
tumultuous
year
and
we
had
little
time
to
kind
of
turn
around
and
and
be
proactive
and
responsive
in
light
of
the
pandemic,
and
then
the
murder
of
george
floyd.
So
all
I
want
to
simply
say
is
welcome.
U
Congratulations,
please
consider
me
a
resource,
but
I
would
also
urge
this
commission
to
continue
to
remain,
grounded
in
the
issues
of
equity
of
equity
and
being
aware
of
the
very
real
issues.
We
know
that
the
upcoming
trial
of
officers
involved
in
george
floyd's
murder
is
coming
up.
It's
you
know,
so.
U
U
AC
Commissioner,
pino
from
the
pcos
pcoc
I'd
like
to
speak
if
available,
if
you're
willing.
Yes,
thank
you,
hello.
Welcome
to
the
new
commission
members.
My
name
is
jackson
pino.
I
am
also
a
volunteer
commissioner
on
the
city's
police
conduct
and
oversight
commission,
and
I
am
giving
my
final
report
as
a
liaison
for
those
of
you
who
have
seen
me
before
hello.
AC
AC
We
just
held
our
elections
as
well
earlier
this
month
and
happy
to
say
that
we
have
not
only
the
most
diverse
pcoc
that
we've
had
and
but
also
a
very
motivated
one.
I'm
excited
to
be
handing
my
liaison
role
off
to
commissioner
jacobson.
Unfortunately,
she
wasn't
able
to
make
it
tonight,
so
I'm
filling
in
the
very
last
opportunity
to
just
say
hello
and
goodbye.
AC
I
hope
we
can
continue
to
work
with
you
into
the
future
and
I
would
be
more
than
happy
to
help
facilitate
the
exchange
of
the
guard
as
it
were
over
and
so
that
way,
everyone's
communication
is
up
to
date
and
we
we
have
contact
information
for
everybody
who
needs
to
know
about
the
pcoc,
and
you
know
civil
rights,
commission,
and
vice
versa.
W
M
Hi
this
is
commissioner,
commissioner
shepard
and
commissioner
cni
co-chaired
standards
and
procedures
last
year
during
this
last
year.
I
know
we
prepared
a
summary
end
of
the
year
recap
which
I
believe
former
chair
robbins
provided,
commissioner
devenish
has
to
hand
over,
but
last
year
we
created
a
cle
that
ultimately,
we
weren't
able
to
present,
but
we
have
prepared
the
documents
for
that
for
the
future.
M
We
worked
with
the
commission
to
do
the
reviews
and
I
have
the
documents
and
I
have
a
spreadsheet
and
a
system
for
how
we
can
do
that
and
how
we
can
do
a
clean
handoff
to
the
chair
and
vice
chair
as
they
go
forward
in
organizing
how
those
reviews
will
be
conducted
and
going
forward.
M
I
know
this
commission
or
the
subcommittee
is
comprised
of
mostly
attorneys,
so
I
will
just
defer
to
the
chair
if
we
intend
to
if
you
would
like
us
to
set
a
subcommittee
meeting
or
wait
till
the
next
commission
meeting
to
determine
who
will
be
on
that
subcommittee.
O
Sorry,
that's
me
by
default.
Okay,
sorry
about
that,
okay,
so
the
contract
compliance
committee,
we
did
not
really
have
well.
Let
me
give
a
bit
of
background
so
two
years
ago,
when
I
started
on
the
commission,
the
committee
was
dissolved
for
lack
of.
O
O
So
that
was
not
a
committee
for
what
2019,
but
then
in
2020
in
I
think
this
summer
we
decided
it
was,
you
know,
an
important
position
or
an
important
subcommittee,
so
we
brought
it
back
and
we
had
a
very
because
of
the
nature
of
you
know,
dealing
with
covid
and
the
mid-year
committee.
Starting
up.
O
We
had
some
difficulty
getting
going
and
so
our
our
our
activities
last
year,
weren't
super
substantial.
We
did
well.
I
did,
and-
and
commissioner
schumache
did,
some
work
with
the
department
and
I'd
be
happy
to
fill
in
people
if
they're
interested
in
the
contract,
compliance,
commission
or
subcommittee,
but
basically
what
we're
trying
to
do
moving
forward.
O
O
They
have
certain
requirements
and
certain
metrics
that
they're
supposed
to
hit
and
whether
they're
hitting
them
or
not
is
is
something
that
we
can
get
involved
in
and
then
also
you
know,
encouraging
or
reaching
out
to
to
businesses
owned
by
women
and
minorities
in
the
city
to
further
their
ability
to
get
these
contracts
and
sort
of
educate
people.
O
That
this
is
something
that
the
city's
interested
in
in
helping
people
get,
and
then
we're
also
doing
sort
of
a
a
way
to
look
at
employment
discrimination
claims
which
make
up
the
bulk
of
the
contessa
case.
Hearings
that
we
hear
and
trying
to
see,
if
there's
anything,
sort
of
not
legal
but
sort
of
on
the
side
of
the
legal
process
that
we
can
work
on
to
see
what
why
are
people
filing
claims?
Are
they
satisfied
at
the
end
of
this
process?
Are
they
dissatisfied?
O
What
can
we
do
to
help
them
be
more
satisfied
with
the
process,
or
what
can
we
encourage
employers
in
the
city
to
do
to
avoid
this
process
becoming?
You
know
to
avoid
claims
being
filed
in
the
first
place,
so
sort
of
like
a
preventative,
curative
sort
of
look
as
well
as
looking
at
the
hard
metrics
of
the
filings
or
of
the
contracts
given
out
by
the
city
so
really
interested
in
forming
up
this
committee
and
and
getting
people
involved
in
this
committee
right
away.
So
I'll
stop
talking
now
sorry.
W
The
commission,
the
community
engagement
and
research
committee,
concession
and
consensus
census,
2020
task
force,
copen,
19,
policing
and
civil-
are
these
all
different?
I'm
sorry,
yeah.
X
That's
a
great
question:
this
is
cindy
lord
and
I
could
speak
to
that
committee.
X
So
the
community
engagement
and
public
relations
committee
is
a
relatively
newly
formed
joint
committee,
bringing
together
kind
of
the
resources
and
efforts
of
community
engagement
with
the
public
relations
committee.
Our
story
for
2020
was
really
in
two
chapters.
Prior
to
the
unjust
killing
of
george
floyd.
Our
committee
had
been
focused
in
the
first
half
of
the
year,
really
on
some
work
that
we
had
been
doing
around
implicit
bias
in
education
in
particular,
and
we
had
developed.
X
Kind
of
some
pieces
for
community
discussion,
some
stimulus
for
community
discussion
and
actually
held
our
very
first
forum
just
a
couple
of
days
before
everything
shut
down
from
the
pandemic
and
then
after
the
unjust
killing
of
george
floyd.
We
really
shifted
the
focus
of
the
committee
to
work
on
trying
to
understand
policing
and
do
leverage
our
kind
of
research
and
engagement
efforts
to
understand
community
feedback.
X
Around
the
issue
of
policing,
we
held
something
like
a
dozen
input
sessions
and
or
conversations
with
various
stakeholders
and
community
mem
community
members,
including
everyone
from
state
representatives
to
council
members
to
community
youth
to
the
police
chief
himself
and
other
community
members.
X
X
A
report
at
the
end
of
our
kind
of
at
the
end
of
the
year,
compiling
all
of
our
thoughts
and
recommendations
based
on
what
we
had
heard
from
the
community
and
in
january
of
this
year.
We
actually
shared
that
report
with
the
mayor
with
at
least
one
council
member
and
with
the
police
chief
through
in
one
case,
with
an
actual
conversation
and
others
through
email,
and
I
think,
there's
still
opportunity
to
share
that
report
and.
X
Kind
of
provide
that
input
for
consideration
to
leaders
in
our
community,
yet
in
the
coming
months
of
this
year,
a
lot
of
the
activities
in
our
in
our
committee
really
are
about
engaging
with
the
community
having
conversations
with
community
members
and
stakeholders,
and
so
were
you
to
join
the
community
engagement
public
relations
committee.
A
lot
of
your
effort
would
be
in
that
area.
X
We
also
have
some
people,
people
on
the
team
manage
some
communications
like
managing
the
social
media
posts
from
the
civil
rights
commission
and
other
kinds
of
outreach
to
the
community.
Overall,
any
questions
I
can
answer
about
that.
I
know
there's
a
there
there's
a
lot
of
initiatives
that
we've
been
working
on
in
the
past.
X
W
W
Okay-
okay,
sorry,
it
was
on
the
same
line.
Thank
you
census,
2020
task.
X
Force,
I
think
our
former
chair
chair
former
chair
robbins,
was
very
involved
in
that,
so
I'm
I'm
not
sure
how
many
other
people
can
speak
to
that,
maybe
or
former
vice
chair
devinish.
B
I'm
sorry
I
apologize.
I
received
the
email
from
the
former
chair
and
I
will
share
the
information
that
she
provided
to
share
to
the
group
to
review.
X
B
I
Chair
coalesces,
commissioner
or
secretary
stevens,
the
report
and
commissioner
devinish,
can
confirm.
I
think
the
reports
that
we've
generated
from
the
last
year,
I
think,
also
has
information
on
the
2020
task
force.
So
certainly,
I
think,
though,
that
information
can
be
shared
not
only
with
yourself
but
the
new
members
as
well
for
their
review,
so
that
they
can
see
some
of
the
work
that
was
done,
including
the
information
on
the
census.
Commissioner,
does
that
sound
right.
B
That
is
exactly
what
I
said.
I
said
I
can
send
email
to
all
the
new
commissioners
and
all
the
old
commissioners
as
well.
E
X
And
and
while
we're
still
kind
of
on
the
line
item
of
the
community
engagement
and
research
committee-
and
this
this
is
commissioner,
lord-
I'm
wondering
if
the
department
and
I'm
not
sure
who
to
ask
about
this-
could
potentially
publish
the
report
that
we
did
on
policing
on
the
commission's
website.
Is
that
something
someone
can
help
with
not
really
sure
who
to
ask.
X
Okay,
kayla
great
okay,
I'll
I'll,
follow
up
with
you
on
that
because
it
was,
it
would
be
great
if
we
could
get
that
actually
out
in
the
out
in
the
wild.
Thank
you.
I
Say
as
part
of
that
task
that
task
force
last
year,
there
was
some
work
in
research
and
review
around
the
health
disparities
that
we
were
seeing
within
our
community
and
within.
I
think
the
world
in
the
nation
regarding
covet
19,
but
a
lot
of
the
work
was
focused
around
the
policing
and
civil
rights
task
force.
So
I
I
think
there
is
some
information,
perhaps
in
the
reports
that
chair
commissioner
demonish
has
as
well
so
I'll.
Let
her
speak
now.
B
Yeah,
thank
you
for
saying
that
kate
and
I
will
once
again
share
that
information
with
everyone
and
part
of
our
accomplishments
is
that
I
passed
out.
6
000
masks
to
the
community
of
city
of
minneapolis
and
so
you're
correct
that
it's
an
ongoing
task
force
and
can
be
changed
or
altered,
or
in
any
way
that
the
chair
sees
fit
correct.
I
Yes,
I
think
that,
to
the
extent
that
the
chair
has
any
visions
for
task
force
or
subcommittees,
then
yeah
they
can
be,
they
can
be
altered.
S
If
I
may
chair,
this
is
andrea,
neff,
the
assistant
city
attorney,
your
subcommittees
are
set
out
in
your
internal
operating
procedures,
and
so
while
they
can
be
changed,
it
should
be
done
by
following
the
procedure
for
changing
the
internal
operating
procedures.
With
a
vote
of
the
commission.
S
Q
Force
thanks
chair
close,
so
just
a
quick
update.
I
know
I
circulated
a
draft,
a
draft
letter
that
I
want
to
talk
about,
but
the
especially
for
the
new
commissioners.
The
commission
has
been
engaging
with
the
united
nations
on
civil
rights
issues
that
are
relevant
to
the
city
of
minneapolis
and
we're
at
the
almost
the
final
point
in
the
particular
procedure
we've
been
engaging
with
and
the
as
a
result
of.
In
part,
our
lobbying
advocacy
and
the
report
we
submitted.
Q
There
were
116
countries
that
met
in
november
made
made
recommendations
to
the
united
states
government
for
things
that
it
could
do
better
to
respect
human
rights
that
resulted
in
347
recommendations
and
the
next
step
in
the
procedure
which
has
to
happen
like
the
week
of
march
15th
is
that
the
united
states
government
has
to
respond
to
those
recommendations
and
it's
typically
the
state
department
that
takes
the
lead
in
deciding
which
recommendations
it
will
accept
and
therefore
implement
and
which
ones
it
will
note
or
reject,
so
something
we
had
talked
about
at
the
end
of
last
year.
Q
But
it
was
premature
because
the
new
administration
wasn't
in
place
was
sending
a
letter
to
the
new
administration,
encouraging
them
to
accept
the
recommendations
that
touched
on
our
issues.
So
that's
the
letter
that
I
drafted
it
can
be
signed
by
our
new
chair
and
I
just
selected
the
particular
recommendations
that
were
most
relevant
to
the
report
that
we
submitted
and
the
issues
that
we
were
working
on.
We
had
raised
the
issue
of
police
violence
back
in
2019
long
before
the
killing
of
george
floyd,
but,
of
course,
after
the
killing
of
george
floyd.
Q
That
issue
became
a
lot
more
salient
and
relevant
to
the
members
of
the
united
nations
that
were
making
recommendations
as
you'll
see,
with
the
recommendations
that
I've
included
in
the
draft
letters.
So
with
that
repo
there's,
there's,
probably
not
a
whole
lot
more
for
this
task
force
to
do
this
year.
Q
But
I
I
would
move
then
that
the
commission
approve
the
letter
to
be
signed
by
the
chair
and
transmitted
to
secretary
of
state
lincoln,
to
encourage
the
secretary
of
state
and
the
administration
to
accept
the
recommendations
that
are
identified
in
that
draft
letter.
Z
G
W
K
K
I
this
commissioner,
fine.
My
question
is
probably
for
the
maker
of
the
motion
is.
This
is
something
that's
been
worked
on
in
the
last
year
and
we,
and
especially
the
new
commissioners.
We
just
received
this
and
it
seems
to
be
an
awful
lot
of
things
that
that
that
we're
going
to
consent
to
is
this
something
that
the
new
commissioners
should
be
voting
on.
Q
Yeah,
so
these
are
statements
we
don't.
We
don't
have
the
power
to
alter
the
statements.
They're
statements
made
by
diplomats
of
the
different
countries
that
are
listed
in
the
letter.
I
tried
to
select
the
statements
that
are
consistent
with
what
the
commission's
position
has
been
in
its
report
to
the
united
nations,
which
was
submitted
in
2019
and
the
subsequent
advocacy
we've
been
involved
with.
So
you
know
you,
you
can
sort
of
take
my
word
for
it
or
you
cannot
take
my
word
for
it.
I
guess
that's
that's
entirely
up
to
you.
Q
You
know
I
would
love
for
there
to
be
more
time.
I
had
hoped
to
be
able
to
present
this
letter
in
january,
but
the
the
decision
by
the
state
department
is
going
to
be
made
in
the
next
few
weeks.
So
if
we
want
to
be
able
to
influence
that
decision,
we
would
need
to
take
action
tonight,
and
you
know
I
I
would
be
open
to
amendments
as
well.
If
you
wanted
to
narrow
the
list
of
recommendations
and
just
select
a
few,
that's
fine
as
well.
Q
B
I
S
Oh,
it
is
perfectly
it's
perfectly
appropriate
for
it
to
have
been
presented
to
the
commission
when
it
was
in
terms
of
timeline.
It
also
could
have
been
presented
to
the
commission
at
the
meeting.
The
main
requirement
from
a
legal
perspective
is
that
it
be
made
available
to
everyone
and
also
viewable
by
the
public,
should
they
desire
desire
to
see
what
the
commission
is
looking
at
and
discussing,
but
there's
not
you
know
a
particular
amount
of
time
in
advance
for
a
particular
document.
This
might
this
item
was
on
the
agenda.
AD
W
Q
Q
F
I
R
Madam
chair,
if
you'd
like
some
clarification
from
the
clerk
I'd,
be
happy
to
provide
on
procedural
for
voting.
Yes,
thank
you.
Yes,
that's
correct.
A
motion
was
made
for
approval,
and
now
a
substitute
motion
has
been
made
to
essentially
postpone
this
item
to
the
next
meeting,
so
the
motion
to
postpone
is
in
order
on
the
floor
at
this
time.
E
B
Z
This
is
commissioned
with
that.
I
was
just
looking
to
be
recognized
by
the
chair
to
speak
to
speak
on
the
second
motion.
That's
been
made.
W
Z
All
right,
this
is
commissioner
woods
out
here.
I've
got
a
very
small
junior
commissioner
here,
so
if
he
chimes
in
during
this
conversation,
I
apologize,
but
it
does
seem
to
me
that
since
there's
sort
of
a
short
window
for
us
to
get
this
through
that,
maybe
we
could
take
a
few
moments.
Z
It's
been
circulated
if
other
commissioners
have
objections,
any
specific
pieces
of
the
document
that
commissioner
bergquist
has
circulated
that
they
could
raise
those
objections
and
we
could
get
through
on
a
substantive
vote
on
the
merits,
and
I
so
I
don't
support
tabling
the
motion
because
of
the
irrelevance
that
will
happen
if
we
table
the
motion.
I
yield
back
to
the
chair.
X
Thank
you
chair.
I
concur
mostly
with
the
opinion
just
rendered.
We
want
to
make
sure
we're
timely.
I
I
am.
There
are
a
lot
of
items
here
and
you
know
there
are
potentially
many
things
that
you
know
20
some
people
could
debate.
X
I
I'm
wondering
if
commissioner
burquist
has
maybe
five
items
on
this
list.
Perhaps
that
represent
the
most
substantive
and
diff
kind
of
different
ones,
and
maybe
we
could
focus
on
say,
though,
say
five
or
six
of
these
and
support
a
shorter
list,
because
there's
certainly
a
lot
of
redundancy.
W
Y
Yeah,
I
did
so
speaking
as
a
new
commissioner.
Here
I
was
just
going
to
say
that
I
did
get
advocated
to
look
over
the
brief
that
was
sent
prior
and
I
don't
personally
have
a
problem
with
voting
on
this
at
this
moment
in
time,
I've
worked
on
upr,
state
recommendations
before
I
get
the
timeliness
of
the
issue,
so
we
want
to
proceed
at
this
moment.
I
personally
feel
comfortable
doing
so.
F
You
know
basically,
a
motion
to
table
is
the
vote.
No,
so
it
would
be
probably
better
to
vote
it
up
or
down
at
this
meeting,
rather
than
move
the
table
to
the
degree
that
there
are
items
that
are
of
issue
other
to
the
commissioners.
I
would
urge
them
to
raise
them
now,
rather
than
you
know,
because
otherwise
it's
just
it
becomes
moot.
W
Thank
you,
commissioner.
Fee
I'd
also.
H
Just
like
to
note
for
the
benefits
of
the
new
commissioners
and
for
anybody
else
who
isn't
familiar
with
this
or
doesn't
feel
able
to
vote
on
this
in
good
conscience
right
now,
you
know
we
always
have
the
option
to
abstain
from
a
vote,
and
that
is
an
option
available
to
you.
Assuming
this
does
go
to
a
vote
in
the
next
round
of
motions.
W
Thank
you,
commissioner
stevens.
Thank
you.
I
I
just
I
actually
do
concur
with
what
commissioner
she
just
said
about
the
abstention,
but
I
simply
I
I'm
aware
this
was
on
the
agenda.
I
and
I
myself
was
you
know
I
took
on
the
fish
last
year,
so
I'm
aware
of
a
lot
of
this.
I
I
just
want
to
know
that
I
went
out
at
like
426
today,
so
I
was
just
wanting
to
give
the
commissioners,
particularly
the
new
ones
who
weren't
on
the
commission
last.
I
Whatever
and
have
some
time
to
go
over
and
maybe
ask
questions
about
it,
if
maybe
because
of
the
timing
of
when
the
document
was
actually
shared
with
the
commission
at
large,
but
certainly
the
abstentions-
and
you
know
picking,
I
guess
a
few
to
maybe
pursue-
I
think-
that's
reasonable,
but
it's
just
being
considerate
of
our
new
members.
Considering
there's
several
of
them
and
I
would
like
them
to
you
know-
have
opportunities
to
make
decisions
about
the
things
we're
asking
them
to
consider
and
that's
all
thank
you.
Q
Thank
you
to
facilitate
the
discussion.
If
I
may,
I
have
five,
since
that
was
the
number
that
was
thrown
up,
so
I
can
certainly
reduce
the
list
to
five
if
that
makes
matters
easier,
but
I
think
we
still
have
to
take
care
of
the
motion.
That's
on
the
floor.
W
G
I'll
ask
the
clerk
to
call
the
world
to
motion.
Q
D
O
F
T
AD
K
F
P
H
N
G
Q
Q
B
Can
we
refer
to
andre
and
neith
in
terms
of
this
procedure,
because
this
is
a
new
procedure?
I've
not
heard
of
so.
Can
we
check
with
our
county
attorney?
Please.
S
Chair
colas,
if,
if,
if
the
question
needs
a
response,
I
do
believe
you
can't
that
this
motion
can
be
amended.
I
would
just
suggest
that
commissioner
burke
was
be
very
specific
about
the
items
that
are
being
included
and
not
included,
so
that
there's
just
no
doubt
about
what
the
final
letter
would
would
look
like
when
people
are
voting
on
it.
S
I
think
the
preferred
way
to
do
this
would
be
for
her
to
quickly
edit
the
document,
if
possible
and
provide
it
to
the
commission
liaison
who
could
project
it
on
the
screen.
I
don't
know
if
tech
support
is
standing
by
and
able
to
provide
that
help
is.
Q
S
R
S
Yes,
thank
you,
chair
devenish.
You
know
this
letter
is
unique
in
its
clarity
in
terms
of
just
be
consisting,
you
know
primarily
of
numbered
items.
I
do
think
the
preferred
way
to
do
this
would
be
to
to
edit
the
letter
and
project
it
on
the
screen,
just
for
full
clarity
for
any
members
of
the
public
who
are
still
here.
S
So
I
would
encourage
that
if
it's
technically
possible-
but
this
is
you
know
a
pretty
clear
letter-
that's
being
edited
as
well,
so
I
you
know
I
would
just
whatever
procedure
is
chosen.
I
would
urge
you
know
just
very
that
it'd
be
very
clear.
What's
being
voted
on.
F
G
G
H
T
H
H
K
H
F
H
H
B
I'm
sorry,
could
you
please
repeat
what
we're
voting
for
please.
W
Yes,
what's
on
the
table
is
whether
or
not
we
will
be
adopting
this
letter
as
full
without
making
any
changes.
E
G
H
H
G
W
Q
W
Moving
on
vice
chair
of
civil
rights,
commission.
B
B
B
So
2020
was
like
a
year
like
no
other,
amid
the
massive
losses
inflicted
by
the
by
a
global
pandemic,
bitter
political
divisions
and
racial
unrest
that
exploded
into
violence,
glimmers
of
light
shown
through
the
darkness,
and
that
was
accomplished
through
our
work
as
a
commission
as
a
team
in
our
subcommittees
and
our
work
in
the
community.
So
I
just
want
to
take
a
moment
to
thank
the
new
staff
for
joining
us
into
our
2021
year,
and
I
want
to
acknowledge
the
former
commissioners
for
all
their
hard
work
and
dedication.
Thank
you.
B
So
I
just
want
to
again
thank
everybody
for
their
hard
work
in
their
commissions
and
so
once
again,
some
of
the
things
that
we
did
was
passing
out:
six
thousand
math
to
the
community
community
discussions
with
police
chief
redondo
and
this
kind
of
goes
into
the
work
that
the
chair
anika,
has
accomplished
or
or
accomplished
conversations
with
naacp
leslie
raymond.
B
If
I'm
saying
her
name
correctly,
we
had
we
had
conversations
with
representative
moran
in
terms
of
the
african
preservation
act
and
some
of
the
work,
the
crown
act.
That
janelle
is
working
on
a
resolution
on.
So
we
we
accomplished
a
lot
in
2020.
I'm
just
excited
to
see
what
we
can
accomplish
in
2021.
So
thank
you
for
everyone.
G
C
Hi
yeah,
so
I
introduced
myself
earlier,
but
just
again,
I'm
kayla,
mcconandera,
normally
frank
reed
was
giving
these
updates
because
he
was
the
cid
director.
He
is
now,
as
many
of
you
know,
the
interim
director
of
the
civil
rights
department
as
a
whole,
so
I'm
going
to
be
giving
kind
of
this
update
when
it
comes
up,
at
least
for
now,
so
I'm
the
interim
manager
for
complaint
investigations.
C
I
don't
have
to
take
too
much
more
of
your
time,
but
I
just
wanted
to
let
you
know
that
I
am
here
very
happy
to
be
working
with
the
commission.
I've
enjoyed
working
with
you
all
over
the
last
couple
of
years
and
looking
forward
to
doing
it
even
more
so
in
this
role,
my
virtual
door
is
always
open.
So
if
you
have
questions
or
need
to
connect
on
things,
I'm
always
available
whether
it's
giving
me
a
call
or
sending
me
an
email.
C
You
know
I'm
happy
to
to
get
to
know
all
of
you
and
work
with
you
all
moving
forward
the
complaint
investigations.
Division
is
working
hard
to
stay
on
top
of
investigating
cases
and,
as
we've
talked
about
before
in
some
of
these
updates,
but
new
commissioners
won't
be
as
familiar.
You
know.
A
lot
of
our
work
has
to
do
with
actually
working
on
specific
discrimination
cases
that
have
been
filed
with
the
department
and
we
do
have
a
special
focus
on
alternative
dispute
resolution
methods.
C
So
using
a
lot
of
mediation
style
things
to
try
to
get.
You
know,
good
outcomes
for
the
parties
that
are
involved
in
those
cases.
So
that's
a
big
focus.
We're
also
focusing
on
outreach
efforts
if
within
this
kind
of
covid
virtual
space,
because
it's
that's
just
additional
challenges
when
it
comes
to
being
as
available
as
possible
to
the
community.
C
But
if
there
are
questions
or
anything
like
that
regarding
the
department
or
the
division
and
how
we
all
work
together.
I
am
always
open
to
that
and
I'm
very
happy
to
be
here-
and
I
will
note
that
brian
walsh,
who
is
the
director
of
contract
compliance?
I
don't
believe
he's
on
the
call
today,
but
he
will
be
on
future
calls
and
we'll
be
able
to
engage
with
the
commission
as
we
move
forward.
W
Thank
you
to
all
commissioners
and
staff
for
those
updates
with
that
we've
concluded
all
items
on
our
agenda
for
this
meeting
I'll
see
everyone
back
here
next
month
for
the
march
15th
regular
meeting,
seeing
no
further
business
to
come
before
us
and
without
objection.
I
will
declare
this
meeting
adjourned.
W
Thank
you,
everyone
and
have
a
good
night.
Oh
yes,
commission.
A
Oh,
I
had
one
question
this
commissioner
rants
has:
has
the
mccr
made
any
statement
in
regards
to
civil
rights
pertaining
to
the
trial
that
is
about
to
take
next
month,
or
has
the
mccr
taken
a
position
on
that
and
does
that
need
to
be
communicated
to
the
citizens
of
minneapolis?
I
mean
we're
about
to
have
the
trial
of
of
the
world
here
next
month.
V
I
would
ask
the
assistant
city
attorney:
if
that
is
something
we
are
able
to
make
a
stance
on,
because
it's
an
ongoing
case.
A
E
S
Hi
there,
yes,
commissioner,
schumacher.
Thank
you
for
your
question.
This
is
a
more
complicated
area
because,
as
you
noted,
there
is
an
ongoing
trial.
A
V
If
I
may,
commissioner,
I
would
encourage
you
to
sorry,
commissioner.
Lord
put
her
hand
up,
please
go
ahead,
no.
V
I
would
just
encourage-
maybe
let's
start
a
task
force
and
let's
draft
up,
let's
start
drafting
up
some
a
statement,
a
resolution
and
we
can
share
it
next
month
with
in
our
next
meeting
for
everyone
to
approve
and
we
can
publish
that.
I
I
Right
now,
I
don't
think
it
would
be
that
difficult
to
draft
and
get
put
up
there,
yeah
you're,
not
wrong
jeff
about
jury
selection,
but
in
my
opinion
it
starts
on
the
eighth.
As
someone
who
works
for
the
county
attorney's
office,
I
think
that's
what
a
lot
of
people
feel.
So
that's
that's
my
suggestion
going
off
of
commissioner
ranson,
commissioner.
She
makes
suggestions.
A
A
G
X
Do
you
think
you
could
summarize
what
you
think
the
point
of
view,
or
the
stance
or
commission
should
take,
is
because
I've
heard
you
talk
about
a
couple
of
things
in
terms
of
like
exercising
first
amendment
rights
and
behavior,
but
also
advocacy
for
civil
rights.
So
I'm
a
little
unclear
as
to
what
the
kind
of
the
position
you're
advocating
for
is.
A
N
Sorry
still
still
on
mute
thanks,
commissioner
rants
for
this.
I
think
it's
a
great
idea
that
the
first
thing
that
jumped
into
my
mind
was:
oh
damn.
We
better
not
be
taking
a
stance
on
the
guilt
or
innocence
of
the
defendants
at
this
point,
but
it
doesn't
sound
like
that's
what
you're
talking
about,
and
I
think
it's
a
great
idea
like
putting
out
something
that
says
hey.
This
is
going
to
be
a
volatile
situation
and
people
need
to
protest
peacefully
and
here's
where
you
can
access
information
about
the
trial.
E
N
I
will
say
that
my
law
firm
is
very
involved
in
the
prosecution,
so
I'm
going
to
abstain
from
anything
we
do,
but
I
certainly
support
this
position
and
I
think
taking
a
stand
now
is
is
going
to
be
key
and,
like
you
said,
our
firm
downtown
completely
locked
down.
We
have
security,
no
one
can
go
there.
I
mean
people
are
preparing
for
this,
so
we
should.
We
should
make
a
stance,
I
think
and
say,
hey,
be
peaceful
proactively
as
opposed
to
a
month
from
now
saying
man.
We
wish
that
didn't
get
out
of
hand.
AD
Thank
you
chair.
I
just
wanted
a
second
commissioner
rants
and
his
words
and
thoughts,
although
I
do
feel
that
the
protests
have
been
peaceful
outside
of
the
uprising.
AD
I
think
we
have
a
duty
to
make
a
statement
to
encourage
and
educate
folks
and
citizens
of
minneapolis
that
we
are
here,
because
I
know
a
lot
of
people
have.
Oh
sorry,
I
think
I
had
the
mic
or
the
video
off
a
lot
of
people
do
feel
like
their
civil
liberties
have
been
taken
advantage
of,
and
so
I
think
this
is
a
great
opportunity
for
us
to
be
known
and
to
do
some
outreach
and
I'm
happy
to
hop
on
board
with
that.
So
thank
you.
M
Shepard,
thank
you.
I
would
suggest
I
think
the
trial
starts
march
8th,
but
our
next
meeting
is
march
15th.
Jury
selection
of
this
case
will
take
two
weeks,
if
not
more,
and
so
I
would
suggest
that
we
take
this
time
to
carefully
craft
a
statement,
and
I
like
the
idea
of
a
task
force
who
can
come
together
to
have
a
proposal
ready
for
the
next
meeting
at
march
15
so
that
we
can
vote
on
it
at
that
time
and
we
can
receive
the
statement
in
anticipation
to
the
meeting.
M
X
And
if
I
could
like
jump
onto
that
as
the
I
guess,
at
least
for
now
acting
chair
of
the
community
engagement
and
research
committee,
I
I
feel
like
it
would
also
be
an
opportunity
to
re-iterate
our
recommendations
that
we
had
made
with
respect
to
changes
for
consideration
for
policing,
I
mean
it's
kind
of
a
perfect
opportunity
to
kind
of
reinforce
those
and
publicize
those
because
they're
really
they
go.
X
T
Yes,
thank
you
chair.
I
second
what
commissioner
lloyd
said
and
as
somebody
who
previously
was
on
the
community
engagement
committee,
I'm
more
than
happy
to
jump
in
and
do
that
with
anybody
else's
input
sydney.
Commissioner,
lord,
has
led
us
well
in
this
area.
T
I'd
also
say
that
it's
a
great
opportunity
to
wordsmith
exactly
what
we
want
to
say,
because
I'd
like
to
submit
that
we
talk
about
it
as
demonstrating
instead
of
just
protesting
because
protesting
puts
it
at
that,
it's
in
us
against
them,
and
what
I
experienced
in
in
our
city
and
in
my
neighborhood
was
a
real
actual
unity
of
people
coming
up,
and
I
think
it's
a
great
opportunity
for
a
strong
stance
saying
this
is
who
we
are.
T
This
is
what
we
believe,
and
here
are
some
of
the
findings
that
we've
had
and
suggestions
that
we're
making.
I
think
we've
got
a
lot
of
good
supporting
materials
from
the
previous
year
or
two
that
we
could
add
to
this
conversation.
Thank
you,
chair.
AD
W
P
B
I'm
sorry
I
would
as
well
cindy.
W
Devenish,
commissioner,
lord
is
your
hand
up.
X
Yeah
it
is,
I
I
had
a
question
for
andrea.
Is
there
any
reason
we
could
not
put
forward
our
point
of
view
as
a
like,
an
op-ed
in
the
star
tribune,
or
something
or
use
a
more
public
forum
because
like
who
goes
to
our
website
for
realsies,
not
not
a
lot
of
people.
S
Sure,
commissioner,
lord
and
chair
colas,
thank
you
for
the
question.
There's
no
reason
that
the
commission
couldn't
write
an
op-ed
and
submit
it
to
the
star
tribune.
S
T
X
Sure
I
I'd
be
willing
to
do
that.
I
I'm
not
sure,
and
forgive
me
I
see
your
name
as
ken
I
I'm
not.
I
want
to
make
sure
I
understand
your
last
name.
Is
it
rand.
A
X
Great
because
the
other
commissioners,
I
volunteered,
I
think
I
know
you're
you're,
the
one
I
don't
so
I
just
want
to
make
sure
I
knew
your
best
name,
so
the
people
who
volunteered
for
the
task
force
were
commissioner
herkman.
Commissioner
stevens,
commissioner
rands
was
there
one
more.
F
X
X
P
Commissioner,
folk
f-o-k.
X
Thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much.
Okay.
I
will.
I
will
reach
out
to
the
commissioners
who
volunteered
for
this
through
our
through
the
commission
and
try
to
find
time
for
a
virtual
meeting
for
us,
so
we
can
think
through
what
we
want
to
our
talking
points
and
put
together
a
plan
in
the
next
week.
Q
So
I
I'll
I'll
rely
on
mrs
naff
to
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong,
but
if
we're
creating
a
task
force,
I
think
we
have
to
vote
on
that,
and
so
I
would
just
put
forth
motion
that
the
chair
create
the
task
force
for
the
purpose
of
drafting
a
resolution
and
an
op-ed
on
the
topics
discussed.
K
E
W
We
hold
the
discussion.
Q
Q
A
A
W
Q
G
G
L
As
an
assistant
attorney
general-
and
you
know,
with
my
office
being
involved
in
the
prosecution,
I'm
gonna
have
to
abstain
from
everything
related
to
this
trial.
So
I
abstain.
H
H
A
G
H
F
H
H
N
H
D
W
Thank
you.
Lastly,
do
we
need
to
decide
which
committee
people
are
interested
in
at
this
meeting.
I
V
This
is
vice
chair
shoemake.
I
would
just
recommend
sorry,
commissioner
lord
I
did
it
again.
I
was
just
gonna
say
if
everyone
wanted
to
email,
myself
or
chair
call
us
with
what
your
top
two
preferences
are,
then
we
can
go
from
there
based
on
need.
W
W
X
Add
I
was
wondering
if
you
want
the
chairs
from
the
committees
last
year
to
attend
the
executive
committee.
I
guess
we're
not
technically
chairs
anymore
or
or
no.