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From YouTube: June 30, 2021 Policy & Government Oversight Committee
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B
Good
afternoon
my
name
is
steve
fletcher
and
I'm
going
to
call
to
order
the
regular
committee
meeting
of
the
policy
and
government
oversight
committee
for
wednesday
june
30th.
I'd
like
to
note
for
the
record.
This
meeting
has
remote
participation
by
council
members
and
city
staff
as
authorized
under
the
minnesota
open
meeting
law,
section
13d
.021
due
to
the
declared
state
of
local
public
health
emergency.
B
I
will
also
note
that
the
city
will
be
recording
and
posting
this
meeting
to
the
city's
website
and
youtube
channel
as
a
means
of
increasing
public
access
and
transparency.
This
meeting
is
public
and
subject
to
the
minnesota
open
meeting
law
at
this
time.
I'll
ask
the
clerk
to
call
the
role
to
verify
the
presence
of
a
quorum.
B
E
C
B
Thank
you.
Let
the
record
reflect
we
have
a
quorum.
I
will
note
that
council
members,
jenkins
and
reich
are
expecting
to
join
us
part
way
through
the
meeting.
I
will
turn
over
the
chair
to
council
vice
president
jenkins,
when
she
arrives.
B
In
the
meantime,
we
have
12
items
on
today's
published
agenda,
including
a
public
hearing
and
two
discussion
items.
I
will
also
note
that
we
have
three
last-minute
additions
to
the
agenda
today.
The
first
is
a
grant
acceptance
from
9-1-1
which
we
will
take
up
during
the
consent
portion
of
our
agenda.
B
The
second
is
a
resolution
by
myself
and
council
members
schroeder
and
cunningham
to
withdraw
the
council-generated
public
safety
charter
amendment,
which
will
also
be
taken
up
on
the
consent
portion
of
our
agenda
and
the
second
edition
or
the
third
edition
is
a
resolution
opposing
the
line
three
pipeline,
which
council
member
gordon
will
bring
up.
As
our
final
discussion
item,
we
will
begin
with
item
1
on
the
agenda,
which
is
an
ordinance
amending
title,
2
of
the
minneapolis
code
of
ordinances
relating
to
administration,
creating
a
new
department
of
arts
and
cultural
affairs.
B
We
have
a
public
hearing
on
this
item
today,
but
I'll
first
note
that
we
will
not
be
taking
action
on
this
item
today
or
receiving
a
staff
presentation.
We
will
open
today's
hearing,
take
comments
from
the
registered
speakers
and
then
I
will
move
to
continue
the
hearing
to
our
next
regular
meeting
scheduled
for
july
21st.
B
B
The
first
speaker
registered
is
manque
and
dosi
welcome.
You
can
hit
star
six
to
unmute.
H
Thank
you,
council
members,
I'm
glad
to
be
here
and
definitely
glad
to
be
here
in
support
of
making
an
arts
and
culture
or
artists
and
culture
department.
H
Arts
are
one
of
the
major
things
that
folks
use
to
attract
people
to
between
cities.
I'll
say
that
I'm
an
artist
and
I
live
in
ward
9,
currently
of
the
city
of
minneapolis,
all
right.
So
one
of
the
major
things
that
folks
that
are
used
to
attract
people
to
the
twin
cities,
the
other
is
the
lakes
and
business
well,
there's
a
parks,
department
and
lots
of
commerce
and
business
association,
but
no
coherent
and
clear
place
in
the
city
of
minneapolis
to
serve
and
support
artists.
H
The
city
has
little
ability
to
have
a
way
to
invest
and
engage
or
in
a
consistent
and
sustained
way
with
our
department.
The
arts
is
at
the
whim
of
the
political
and
budgetary
winds
as
much
as
the
arts
are
contributed
to
the
city
economically
relationally
spiritually.
H
We're
turned
too
often
when
nothing
else
works
and
assume
to
or
offer
often
over
time,
for
when,
when
the
community
is
in
need
and
every
time
there
are
artists
who
respond.
But
how
do
artists
survive
and
given
what
artists
provide
to
the
city
of
minneapolis?
H
H
Artists
are
not
often
defined
as
businesses,
but
we
are
often
our
small
businesses
and
there
are
departments
that
focus
on
business
again
as
a
contributing
economic
engine
to
the
city.
We
also
request
demand
and
you
leave
a
department
to
focus
on
our
success
that
helps
that
can
help
to
deepen
and
expand
the
work
that
arts
can
do
not
only
transactionally
but
transformationally,
because
so
much
of
our
work
is
about
patterns
and
possibilities.
H
An
investment
in
artists
in
the
department
for
artists
and
cultures
in
the
city
of
minneapolis
is
an
investment
in
the
relational
expressive
and
engaged
infrastructure.
The
invisible
infrastructure
that
is
as
critical
as
the
physical
one,
because
it
shapes
how
we
imagine
and
engage
with
our
neighbors,
our
histories
and
our
futures.
B
I
Thank
you,
members
of
council,
it's
a
pleasure
to
be
with
you
today
and
share
a
letter
from
the
minneapolis
arts
commission
in
support
of
the
ordinance.
The
minneapolis
arts
commission
is
a
residential
led
commission.
My
name
is
lotna
ailsworth.
I
am
a
layperson
from
ward
11
who
serves
as
the
secretary.
I
We
are
a
group
of
artists.
We
people
and
earth
professionals
across
our
great
city
whose
mission
is
to
strengthen
the
arts,
enrich
the
cultural
life
of
minneapolis,
and
we
are
tasked
in
chapter
36
to
advise
city
council
with
respect
to
arts
related
matters.
We
strive
for
high
standards
of
quality
in
the
arts
and
represent
the
arts
whenever
possible.
So
it
is
with
that,
with
extensive
conversation
review
that
we
pledge
full
support
to
create
a
new
department
of
arts
and
cultural
affairs
within
the
city
coordinator's
office
to
centralize
the
city's
arts
agenda
across
our
enterprise
stabilizing.
I
The
arts,
with
a
new
department,
is
essential
to
give
the
work
of
arts
more
visibility,
legibility
and
internal
efficiency.
This
structure
will
ensure
aspirations
set
forth
in
our
creative
city.
Roadmap
are
met,
centralization
will
make
arts
work
more
fully
aligned
in
both
city
and
community
by
creating
cohesion
and
transparency.
I
An
arts
department
can
provide
the
technical
assistance
and
resource
guidance
that
have
been
lacking
in
our
arts.
Community.
Providing
money
directly
and
reliance
on
grant
funding
year
to
year
does
not
provide
the
ongoing
support
needed.
Creating
leadership
and
administrative
support
is
vital
for
the
arts
to
rebound
through
resource
stabilization
and
strong
communication
across
the
enterprise.
I
We
feel
the
phrase
leverage
investments
is
stronger
than
advanced,
which
is
in
the
current
proposed
language.
So
we
are
suggesting
replacing
cultural
with
racial
to
be
clear
about
the
city's
mission
number
two
suggested
language
for
an
additional
duty
advocate
for
a
dedicated
local
revenue
stream
for
the
arts
and
cultural
investments.
I
There
are
duties
that
address
state
and
federal
funding,
and
this
language
would
directly
address
the
desire
for
a
dedicated
local
revenue
source.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
comment.
We
sincerely
appreciate
it.
Minneapolis
arts
commission
is
david
smith.
We
submit
joan
voterbergen
ahavis
wilkie
jones,
jeffrey
clinton,
ari
mansfield,
crystal
brinkman,
andy
bedbury,
lucy
thompson
and
me.
B
Thank
you
for
sharing
your
testimony
and
to
all
of
you
for
your
work
on
the
arts.
Commission
next
is
david
o'fallon
welcome.
You
can
hit
star
six
to
unmute.
J
J
K
J
I
now
live
over
in
ward
10.,
I'm
the
former
president
of
mcphail
center
for
music
as
well,
and
I
just
want
you
to
know
that.
I
think
that
this
creation
of
this
department,
with
sustained
funding
from
the
city
can
also
increase
the
opportunity
for
focused
support
from
other
sources,
federal,
regional
and
private
foundations,
as
they
see
the
city's
investment
in
creating
exactly
the
kind
of
infrastructure
that
banquet
was
talking
about
for
the
city
itself,
as
we
confront,
as
you
know,
better
than
any
many
better
than
many.
J
J
J
Learning
is
now
24
7,
so
organizations
like
pillsbury
house
and
juxtaposition
and
a
dozen
others
provide
essential
education
and
learning
resources
and
venues
coordinated
department
can
help
those
be
even
more
effective
in
reaching
and
sustaining
young
creative
voices
that
are
part
of
imagining
a
new
minneapolis
as
we
go
forward.
So
again.
I
think
this
builds
on
strengths
that
the
city
already
has.
I
support
the
previous
two
speakers.
I
won't
repeat
their
points.
I
think
they're
excellent,
and
I
want
you
to
know
that
as
a
long-time.
J
B
B
Well,
we
will
note
for
the
record
that
council
president
bender
has
joined
the
meeting
and
was
president
and
was
present
for
most
of
the
public
hearing,
not
hearing
any
further
testimony.
I
will
move
to
continue
this
public
hearing
to
the
meeting
of
july
21st.
Is
there
any
discussion
on
that
motion
not
seeing
any
I'll
ask
the
clerk
to
call
the
role
on
the
motion
to
continue
this
public
hearing
to
july
21st.
C
C
H
L
B
Thank
you
that
carries
and
we'll
move
on
to
our
consent
agenda.
We
have
nine
items
on
today's
consent.
Agenda.
Item
number
two
is
the
appointment
of
davis
senseman
to
the
transgender
equity
council
items.
B
Three
through
five
are
various
requests
for
proposals
item
six
is
a
legal
services
contract
with
the
department
of
justice
item;
seven
is
a
contract
amendment
with
riverview
window
inc
for
lead
hazard
control
item
eight
is
a
contract
with
canopy
mental
health
and
consulting
to
provide
professional
services
to
operate
24
7
mobile
behavioral
health
crisis
response
teams,
item
9
authorizes
a
grant
acceptance
from
the
graves
foundation
item.
10
is
a
memorandum
of
understanding
with
hennepin
county
human
services
and
public
health
department.
B
M
Good
afternoon
and
thank
you
for
council
members
for
allowing
me
to
get
this
in
here
for
the
last
at
the
last
minute,
starting
the
july
1st
of
2021,
there
is
a
state
statute
that
is
now
requiring
all
dispatch
centers
in
the
state
of
minnesota
to
have
required
training
for
cpr
services
over
the
telephone.
M
It
doesn't
necessarily
have
is
not
necessarily
requiring
that
the
dispatch
center
is
able
to
provide
direction
on
being
able
to
give
cpr,
because
we
are
the
dispatch
center
that
transfers
over
to
hennepin
county
and
north
memorial.
But
we
have
to
be
able
to
recognize
that
the
person
on
the
phone
is
in
need
of
it.
So
we
were
able
to
provide
the
training
that
needed
to
be
done
by
midnight
tonight,
virtually
through
a
service
virtual
academy.
M
This
service
was
provided
to
us
through
the
metropolitan
emergency
services
board,
who
was
able
to
acquire
this
company
that
was
coming
into
all
of
the
dispatch
centers
in
the
metro
area,
and
they
were
able
to
get
a
grant
to
be
able
to
provide
this
to
all
of
us.
The
grant
the
total
amount
of
the
grant
that
they
were
able
to
get
for
us
was
in
the
amount
of
3969
dollars.
M
This
grant
is
also
going
to
leave
us
enough
funds
to
currently.
I
need
to
hire
some
staff
that
I'll
be
bringing
in
this
fall,
and
this
is
allowing
me
to
be
able
to
to
give
these
classes
to
the
staff
I
bring
in
this
fall.
It's
also
allowing
the
classes
to
continue
for
a
year.
In
addition
to
the
cpr
classes.
This
particular
company
offers
many
classes
on
mental
health
well-being
working
with
difficult
callers.
So
it's
giving
us
a
virtual
set
of
classes
to
be
able
to
use
for
a
year.
M
The
billing
that
I
would
need
for
this
would
be
for
80
employees,
and
so
our
actual
bill
on
this
is
39.20.
So
it
does
come
in
under
the
amount
of
the
grant
of
the
allotted
funds
that
we
would
be
reimbursed
for
this.
B
A
Thank
you,
chair
fletcher,
just
wanted
to
note
that
an
error
in
one
of
the
consent
items
on
the
agenda
was
discovered
earlier
this
afternoon
item
number
five,
which
is
a
request
for
proposals
for
workers,
compensation,
legal
services.
While
there
wasn't
a
change
to
the
action,
I
just
wanted
to
make
note
of
the
fact
that
there
was
an
incorrect
dollar
figure
listed
in
the
request
for
committee
action
and
that
has
been
updated
and
posted
to
limbs
the
city's
website.
A
B
B
Thank
you
and
then,
and
then
finally,
before
I
move
approval,
I
will
invite
my
co-authors
to
introduce
the
last
minute
edition
of
a
resolution
withdrawing
our
the
council
generated
charter.
Amendment
related
to.
N
Thank
you,
chair
fletcher,
so
just
colleagues
just
wanted
to
let
you
know
a
little
bit
of
what's
happening.
We
will
later
be
hearing
in
future
cycles
more
about
the
amendment
the
proposed
amendment
from
the
community
through
the
the
charter
process.
We
are
at
this
point.
It's
so
we're
starting
to
it's
because
of
the
similarities
between
the
two
charter
amendments.
N
There
has
been
kind
of
some
difficulties,
so
we're
looking
at
withdrawing
the
one
that
the
council's
generated
just
to
give
you
a
little
bit
of
background
because
of
them
they
both
are
so
similar.
They
both
create
a
new
department
of
public
safety.
N
Both
amendments
would
have
the
same
reporting
structure
where
the
new
department
would
be
like
every
other
department
in
the
city
they'd
report
to
the
mayor
with
legislative
oversight
with
by
the
council.
They
also
both
would
continue
to
have
law
enforcement
because
of
that,
our
city
attorney's
office
has
had
some
issues
really
drafting
up
a
clear
question
for
voters,
and
so
in
the
interest
of
being
clear,
my
authors
and
I
would
like
to
withdraw
formally
withdraw
ours,
thus
freeing
up
kind
of
some
of
that
confusion
and
making
it
much
clearer
for
the
ballot
in
november.
B
Thank
you,
councilmember
schrader,
that
summed
it
up.
Well,
are
there
any
questions
on
this
item
before
we
added
to
the
consent.
B
Agenda,
I'm
not
seeing
any
so
with
that.
I
will
move
approval
of
the
consent
agenda,
which
is
items
two
through
ten
on
the
agenda,
in
addition
to
the
grant
acceptance
from
9-1-1
as
introduced
by
staff
and
the
resolution
withdrawing
the
proposed
charter
amendment,
as
described
by
council
member
schrader
and
displayed
on
the
screen,
is
there
any
final
discussion
on
any
of
the
consent
agenda
items.
C
B
I
D
C
H
B
That
carries
and
the
consent
items
are
adopted.
Item
11
on
our
agenda
is
a
presentation
on
the
proposed
city
charter
amendment
relating
to
the
public
safety
department.
I
will
invite
carolyn
bushoon
from
the
city
attorney's
office
to
give
that
presentation.
G
G
The
attorney's
office
did
provide
a
legal
memo
on
the
issue
that
goes
into
a
little
bit
more
detail,
I'll
just
be
summarizing
it
in
this
powerpoint
and
just
to
let
you
know
there
were
some
recent
changes
to
the
ballot
language
and
the
powerpoint
and
the
memo,
and
those
are
all
dated
june
30th.
So
those
are
the
most
recent
next.
G
So
I
have
the
petition
language
you
will
find
in
the
legal
memo
and
there
are
two
resolutions
so
we'll
go
over,
that
the
petition
basically
removes
the
police
department
and
substitutes
a
department
of
public
safety.
G
G
For
a
petition
to
be
legal,
all
technical
requirements
must
be
met.
You
did
hear
from
the
city
clerk's
office
on
may
14th
and
the
city
clerk's
office
did
say
that
all
technical
requirements
were
met.
I
the
met
legal
memo
goes
into
a
little
bit
more
detail
about
that.
The
amendment
must
also
be
a
proper
subject
for
the
minneapolis
charter,
and
it
must
be
constitutional
and
comply
with
federal
law,
state
law
and
state
public
policy.
Next,
as
I
said
on
may
14th,
the
clerk
did
advise
the
city
council
that
there
is
a
valid
petition.
G
Next,
the
petition
must
be
a
proper
subject
for
the
charter
and
there's
a
statute
that
says
what
a
charter
could
include
and
it
may
provide
for
the
establishment
and
administration
of
all
departments
of
the
city
government.
Well,
that's
exactly
what
this
petition
does.
It
removes
the
police
department
and
substitutes
out
the
department
of
public
safety,
and
it
does
provide
how
that
department
will
be
administered.
G
G
Next,
the
petition
does
meet
the
legal
requirements.
There
is
no
requirement
for
either
constitutional
or
by
law.
There's
no
requirement
for
a
city
to
have
a
police
department,
there's
no
requirement
for
a
city
to
have
a
police
chief
and
there's
no
requirement
for
peace
officers
to
be
overseen
by
a
police
chief.
G
So
there
are
no
constitutional
provisions
that
would
prohibit
this
petition
and
it's
and
this
amendment
language
so
that
I'd
like
to
go
forward
to
the
next
slide.
G
The
petition
does
meet
the
legal
requirements.
It
does
talk
about
integrating
public
safety
functions,
it
does
not
specify
which
public
safety
functions,
it
will
include,
and
it
does
also
say
that
peace
officers
will
be
used
if
necessary.
G
So
it
does
anticipate
that
at
some
point,
if
legal
services
get
part
of
me,
if
peace
officer
services
need
to
be
provided-
and
those
can
only
be
provided
by
peace
officers
by
statute-
that
there
would
be
some
type
of
use
of
peace
officers
if
that
was
needed
now
the
city
council
may
fill
in
the
gaps.
We
don't
know
at
this
point.
What
functions
will
be
integrated?
However?
The
city
council
can
enact
ordinances
to
decide
what
those
functions
will
be,
and
the
city
council
can
also
budget
for
the
new
department.
G
Next,
so
the
findings
are
from
the
city,
attorney
that
all
the
technical
requirements
for
the
petition
have
been
met.
The
amendment
is
a
proper
subject
for
the
charter.
The
amendment
is
constitutional
and
complies
with
federal
law,
state
law
and
state
public
policy,
and
it
should
be
placed
on
the
ballot
this
november.
G
G
Next,
now
I'm
going
to
go
over
the
proposed
ballot
language,
the
a
real
distinction
between
the
two
res.
There
are
two
resolutions:
one
has
the
first
title:
department
of
public
safety
peace
office
is
included
if
necessary
and
the
other
one
has
a
department
of
public
safety.
So
there
are
two
separate
resolutions.
G
That
would
be
meant
to
distinguish
between
two
ballot
questions
now.
I
know
that
there
was
a
motion
that
was
just
passed
and
that
likely
will
go
through
city
council
and
then
the
mayor,
but
just
to
be
safe.
There
are
two
resolutions
that
I
I
would
suggest
that
the
city
council
approve
today
and
the
other
resolution
states
that,
if
there's
only
going
to
be
one
department
of
public
safety
charter
amendment
on
the
ballot
which
I
anticipate
after
that
motion
gets
fully
through
the
system,
and
that
would
be
the
yes
for
minneapolis
petition.
G
G
G
The
language
that
we
used
was
close
to
the
yes
for
minneapolis
ballot,
language
that
was
online,
but
it
does
to
the
extent
that
we
can
use
the
language
in
the
actual
amendment
language.
G
It
would
include
licensed
peace
officers.
If
necessary,
and
it
specifies
that
that
that
a
peace
officer
is
basically
a
police
officer
and
that's
more
information
for
the
voter
in
case,
they
don't
understand
that
technical
language
and
and
the
general
nature
of
the
amendments
would
be
indicated
in
the
explanatory
note
below
which
I'll
go
over
now
next.
G
So
this
is
the
first
portion
of
the
explanatory
note.
This
portion
of
the
explanatory
note
talks
about
the
creation
of
the
department
of
public
safety
and
what
it
would
do.
It
would
combine
the
public
safety
functions,
and
this
is
the
language
of
the
of
the
of
the
actual
amendment
into
a
comprehensive
public
health
approach
to
safety.
G
G
It
would
also
include
licensed
peace
officers
if
necessary,
to
fulfill
the
responsibilities
of
the
department,
and
it
would
be
led
by
a
commissioner
of
public
safety
and
the
appointment
process
is
in
the
ballot
is
in
the
language
of
the
amendment
and
that
language
is
placed
here.
The
appointment
process
for
the
commissioner
would
include
a
mayor
nomination
and
a
city
council
appointment
next
now
this
portion
of
the
explanatory
note
tells
what
was
removed
from
the
charter
with
the
language
of
the
petition.
G
G
If
that
51
is
achieved,
then
it
would
be
effective.
30
days
after
the
election,
there
was
no
specific
date
for
when
this
petition
would
start
when
this
amendment
language
would
be
effective.
So
therefore
it
goes
with
the
default
language
of
the
statute
that
it
would
be
effective,
30
days
after
the
election.
G
Next,
if
you
have
any
questions,
the
legal
questions
could
be
directed
to
james
router,
the
city
attorney
or
myself.
Carolyn
bushoon
and
technical
questions
can
be
provided
to
casey
carl,
the
city
clerk,
and
if
you
have
any
questions
now,
I
can
also
answer
those.
If
council
members
do
have
questions
council,
member
fletcher.
B
Thank
you
for
that
presentation.
Are
there
any
questions
from
my
colleagues
council,
member
gordon.
F
Thank
you
very
much,
and
I
appreciate
this.
I
wondered
why
we
had
a
sentence
in
the
actual
ballot
language
that
got
repeated
as
part
of
the
explanation.
It
almost
seemed
to
be
word
for
word
repeated
and
it
seemed
to
me
that's
pretty
obvious,
so
you
could.
F
I
could
point
that
out,
if
you
don't
know,
but
it
was,
it
seemed
like
the
second
point
about
it
containing
peace
officers
if
necessary
was
actually
in
the
language
and
then
we
repeated
it
as
part
of
the
explanation
almost
word
for
word,
so
I
don't
know
if
that
was
intentional
or
why
we
would
want
to
do
that,
and
I
was
so
I
mean
I'm
not
even
so.
G
Well,
the
the
explanatory
note
is
something
that
the
attorney
general's
office
has
recommended
using
if
they're
they're.
Quite
if,
if
a
city
wants
to
provide
an
explanation
of
the
different
portions
of
a
ballot
or
an
amendment,
I
got
that
and
and
the
attorney
general's
office
basically
states
that,
in
its
opinions
that
you
should
have
a
general
general
overview
of
in
the
question
of
what
it
does
and
then
you
can
incorporate
the
explanatory
note
in
that
question
and
then
the
explanatory
note
could
give
the
general
gist
of
all
the
different
provisions.
G
So
that's
that's
really
what
this
is
doing.
It's
it
was
meant
to
follow
the
attorney
general's
advice.
I.
F
B
N
Yes,
that
was
great
foreshadowing.
I
will
be
making
a
motion
to
to
continue
this.
So
colleagues,
just
as
you've
heard
from
the
city
attorney
like
they've,
been
working
with
the
community
groups
that
have
been
bringing
this
forward.
N
There's
still
negotiations
they've
been
making
changes
up
to
today
and
then
we've
been
at,
like
the
we've,
been
asked
by
community
to
just
give
them
a
little
bit
more
time
to
continue
working
with
the
city
attorney
and
again,
once
the
motion
that
we
did
approve
on
the
consent
agenda
to
formally
withdrawal
the
charter
amendment
from
the
council
is
there
will
provide
a
lot
more
clarity.
N
So
I
I'm
not
trying
to
stop
the
questions,
but
I
I
think
that
council,
member
gordon,
really
brings
up
a
good
one
like
they
are
still
working
on
the
language
and
I
think,
by
delaying
this
one
cycle,
we'll
have
a
much
clearer
question
on
the
ballot
for
voters.
B
Thank
you,
council,
member
schrader,
I'll
just
I'll.
Second,
the
motion
to
continue
and
and
just
add
that
I
think
you
know
we
have
heard
that.
B
I
think
there
is
an
opportunity
to
remove
the
challenge
of
trying
to
differentiate
the
two
amendments
by
withdrawing
our
amendment,
this
cycle
and
then
continuing
the
work
and
considering
language
next
cycle.
So
I
I
think
it's
a
healthy
way
to
extend
the
process.
I
see
council
president
bender
and
q.
O
Thanks,
mr
chair,
I
have
not
been
as
involved
in
these
conversations.
As
the
authors
I
know,
of
the
council.
Version
of
the
amendment
have
been
because
of
that,
the
you
know
original
kind
of
potential
overlap
between
having
these
two
very
similar
questions.
So
I
guess
I
just
didn't
want
to
share
the
context
that
I
know
about
that.
O
The
authors
I
think,
are
much
much
deeper
in
so
my
understanding
is
that
there
was
a
an
original
version
of
this
descriptions
that
anticipated
there
being
two
questions
on
the
ballot,
the
council
version
and
a
version
that
was
initiated
through
the
signatures
and
that,
given
today's
action
related
to
removing
the
version
that
the
console
authors
had
initiated
that
that
had
an
effect
on
the
language
that
staff
was
proposing
for
this
version,
so
I'm
happy
to
support
giving
more
time
to
work
out
those
details.
O
O
O
I
know
this
description
piece
is
new
and
I
think
we're
seeing
that's
a
little
bit
fraught
with
more
questions
than
perhaps
writing
the
question
itself,
because
you
know
the
more
words
there
are,
the
more
I
think
opportunity
to
potentially
editorialize
or
draw
out
certain
features,
but
not
others.
O
I
guess
I
would
encourage
as
much
as
possible
those
explanations
to
be
really
just
truly
clarifying
of
something
we
think
an
average
voter
would
find
confusing
and
rather
than
being
redundant
of,
what's
in
the
question
itself,
and
I
think
that
might
eliminate
some
of
the
unease
that
was
reflected
in
councilmember
gordon's
question.
O
So
those
are
those
are
my.
You
know
my
thoughts
based
on
what
I
know
from
the
conversations
that
have
happened
again.
I
haven't
been
in
those
discussions
about
the
what
I
understand
we're
discussions
about.
How
does
the
council
version
interact
with
or
affect
a
petition
based
version,
and
so
that
the
delay
would
be
to
allow
for
more
time,
given
the
fact
that
today's
action
was
related
to
taking
off
that
taking
taking
one
of
the
questions
off
the
table,.
B
Thank
you
I'll
note
for
the
record
that
council,
member,
cunningham
and
council
vice
president
jenkins
have
joined
the
meeting
council
vice
president
jenkins
I'll
hand.
The
gavel
over
at
the
conclusion
of
this
discussion,
if
that's
acceptable
to
you
so
you're,
not
jumping
in
midstream
and
I'll
call
on
councilmember
goodman.
E
E
Why
are
the
city
attorneys
negotiating
with
the
petitioners?
Our
city
attorneys
are
supposed
to
be
not
political,
non-partisan
staff
they're
supposed
to
be
the
ones
writing
this.
They
shouldn't
be
negotiating
with
anyone.
The
facts
are
the
facts.
I'm
I
mean
I.
I
know
I
understand
that.
Maybe
my
colleagues
would
prefer
to
reinforce
the
fact
that
law
enforcement
isn't
just
kind
of
maybe
a
thing
that
it
would
will
be
included,
but
the
petitioners
are
pretty
clear
that
they
only
want
it
if
necessary.
E
That's
the
difference
between
my
colleagues
petition
or
your
petition.
I
don't
mean
to
speak
to
all
of
you
and
the
activist
petition,
so
I'm
a
little
alarmed
that
I'm
hearing
that
the
city
attorney
is
negotiating
with
the
petitioners
over
the
language
and
I'm
interested
in
if
the
city
attorney
could
tell
me
if
they're
also
negotiating
with
the
charter
amendment
on
their
petition
and
I'm
confused
by
this,
I
thought
that
the
petition
that
the
citizens
put
together
was
clear.
E
It
would
eliminate
the
police
department,
it
would
create
a
department
of
public
safety.
It
would
eliminate
the
minimum
staffing
take
that
out
of
the
charter-
that's
all
good
and
that
there
might
be
law
enforcement
if
necessary,
not
that
there
will
be
law
enforcement,
so
the
language
seems
pretty
clear
to
me.
I
don't
know
why.
Council
member
gordon
doesn't
want
to
have
the
explanation
there.
It
seems
like
we
have
to
explain
it.
Maybe
my
colleague's
petition
would
have
been
better.
E
It
probably
would
have
provided
some
insurance
to
a
very
nervous
general
public,
but
you
guys
just
voted
to
withdraw
yours,
so
I
don't
think
you
get
to
withdraw
yours
and
then
make
theirs
something
it's
not,
and
I
definitely
don't
think
that
the
activist
should
be
telling
the
city
attorney
what
the
ballot
language
can
be.
So
I
guess
my
question
is:
can
the
city
attorney
please
clarify
if
they're
actually
negotiating
with
the
petitioners
and
if
they'll
also
be
negotiating
with
the
charter
commission
on
their
amendments?
Thank
you,
sir.
B
Thank
you,
councilmember
goodman.
If
someone
from
the
city
attorney's
office
does
want
to
address
that
question,
they
are
invited
to
do
so,
but
in
the
meantime
I
will
call
on
councilmember
schroeder
to
see
if
he
wants
to
clarify
his
comments.
N
Yes,
please
do
appreciate
that
yeah
councilmember
goodman
negotiation
was
a
wrong
term,
but
I
also
would
say
that
your
framing
of
this
is
also
in
inaccurate,
like
under
state
law,
we
will
be
we're
required
to
have
law
enforcement
to
do
very
specific
tasks,
tasks
that
we
will
continue
to
do
in
the
city.
So
I
would
say
it
is
a
stretch
to
say
that
the
citizen
petition
is
maybe
going
to
have
police
officers.
We
will
continue
to
have
law
enforcement.
N
We
will
continue
to
need
law
enforcement
in
the
city,
and
that
much
is
is
very
clear.
I,
the
what
the
city
attorney
will
be
discussing
with
the
citizen
group,
is
just
the
best
way
to
clear
up
a
lot
of
the
confusion
that
we're
seeing
here
in
this
discussion.
What
is
going
to
be
the
most
clear
way
to
talk
with
voters,
and
so
they
understand
you
know
full
ramifications
of
what
they'll
be
voting
for
and
to
make
that
clear,
and
I
think
we
saw
a
little
bit
of
that.
N
Also,
in
the
explanatory
note,
it
just
got
longer
and
longer
and
longer,
as
you
try
to
distinguish
between
an
amendment
that
calls
for
a
new
department
that
reports
to
the
mayor
and
works
like
every
other
department
in
the
city
and
an
amendment
that
does
the
exact
same
thing.
So
it
really
a
lot
of
this
confusion
has
come
about
because
of
the
they're
really
parsing
words
and
parsing
different
language.
That
comes.
That
means
the
exact
same
thing.
B
Thank
you.
I
don't
see
anyone
else.
Thank
you
to
speak.
Is
there
any
more
discussion
on
this
item?
Councilmember
palmisano.
P
P
The
petition
the
petitioner's
proposal
said
may,
and
the
big
difference
is.
I
understood
it
between
these
two
amendments,
both
the
yes
for
minneapolis
campaign
and
the
one
from
my
colleagues
was
one
of
permissive
language
or
not.
So
if
that
is
no
longer
the
case,
then
I
guess
I
don't
understand
why
it
seems
like
we
would
be
trying
to
merge
these
two
things
together.
P
I
also
appreciate
that,
given
the
circumstances
of
this
intent
to
remove
the
the
charter
amendment
being
brought
forward
by
our
colleagues
at
this
point,
we
might
need
a
bit
more
time
to
make
sure
that
that
language
is
appropriate.
But
I
need
to
absolutely
make
it
clear
that
our
job
here
is
not
one
of
support
for
a
particular
amendment,
but
is
one
to
make
sure
that
there
is
an
absolute
line
between
what
the
petitioners
got
their
petition
successfully
signatured
for
and
what
this
ballot
language
says
and
no
more.
N
Sure
I
just
want
to
respond
to
that.
I
think
the
while
the
may
versus
shall
legal
argument
is,
is
a
valid
one.
It's
not
here.
The
main
point
is
being
clear
with
voters,
regardless
of
how
you
feel
about
this
amendment.
We
want
to
be
absolutely
clear
what
the
reality
will
be
if
they
vote
yes
or
if
they
vote
no,
and
the
reality
is
even
with
a
may
wording.
Instead
of
a
shall,
we
will
continue
to
have
law
enforcement.
N
We
will
continue
to
have
law
enforcement
as
long
as
we
have
have
crime
in
the
city
and
until
we
have
a
different
response
which
many
of
us
are
working
to
build,
but
that
will
take
time.
We
will
continue
to
have
law
enforcement
so
to
have,
I
think,
to
to
push
more
on
and
stress.
The
may
that
people
may
get
back
is
exactly
the
kind
of
fear
that
council
member
goodman
was
talking
about
like
we
are.
N
We
need
to
talk
about
the
reality
about
what
people
will
see
if
they
vote
for
this
amendment
and
the
vote,
the
reality
is,
we
will
continue
to
have
law
enforcement.
We
will
we
need
that
in
the
city,
so
I
think
that
that
I
get
that
questioning.
But
that
really
is
about
being
honest
with
voters.
O
Bender,
mr
chair
council,
member
paul
soto,
actually
said
some
of
the
same
things
I
put
myself
in
queue
to
say,
but
I
just
I
did
just
want
to
so.
The
motion
before
us
is
to
delay
a
cycle.
O
I
support
delaying
a
cycle,
given
that
the
motion
before
us
was
to
remove
the
council
version
of
a
very
similar
amendment.
I
trust
the
judgment
of
the
authors
who
have
chosen
to
to
bring
that
to
us
to
withdraw
their
proposal.
I
mean
I'll
be
honest.
I
I
preferred
the
council
version
of
the
language,
but
our
our
role
here
is
ministerial.
O
When
people
in
our
community
I
mean
it
set
forth
the
process
to
amend
our
charter
via
petition
is
set
forth
through
state
law.
You
know
it's
gone
through
the
process,
our
we
don't
get
the
discretion
to
say.
You
know
we
want
to
change
what
the
petition
said.
You
know
many
thousands
of
people
in
our
community
have
developed
and
signed
a
proposal
brought
it
through
the
process.
So
our
role
here
is
to
do
what
the
city
attorneys
laid
out
for
us.
O
I
I
guess
I'll
just
reiterate
that
I
am
concerned
that
this
new,
that
we
actually
as
policymakers
get
right
the
level
of
detail
in
this
new
approach
to
writing
descriptions
of
the
question,
and
I
would
suggest
that
those
descriptors
be
very
focused
in
again
just
clarifying
factual
information
that
a
typical
voter
would
need
to
make
a
decision.
O
I
mean,
for
example,
I
mean
like
so
it
seems
actually
worth
considering
it.
Perhaps
it's
too
far
afield,
but
if
there's
existing
state
laws
that
affect
the
outcome
like
that
seems
like
for
information
that
a
voter
might
need.
I
don't
know
that
sort
of
reiterating
the
same
language
in
the
question
in
different
words.
Multiple
times
is,
is
beneficial
and
that's
where
I
think
we're
probably
it
might
be.
I
think
it's
better
to
just
let
that
question
itself
stand
as
as
the
meat
of
what's
before
the
voters.
So
that's
my
my
opinion.
O
As
a
policymaker,
we
haven't
had
a
lot
of
citizen
petitions
come
through.
I
don't
think
we've
had
any
this
term
in
front
of
the
council.
We
had
a
couple
last
term
citizen
petitions
to
amend
the
charter
that
came
before
the
council.
So
I
think
for
a
lot
of
council
members.
This
is
this
is
new.
Others
have
seen
them
in
the
past
so
anyway,
just
reiterating
our
our
role
as
ministerial.
O
I
I'm
a
little
nervous
frankly
to
withdraw
the
council
version
before
this.
One
is
100
done,
but
I
trust
the
staff
and
council
members
who've
been
more
involved
in
those
conversations
saying
that
it's
necessary
in
order
to
get
the
language
to
be
clear
and
I'm
fine
with
from
with
that
delay.
Thank
you.
F
Well,
I'm
certainly
fine
with
the
delay,
and
I
think
my
initial
question
was
assuming
we
might
be
doing
that
and
it
was
to
give
some
feedback
on
the
language.
I
do
think
this
opportunity
to
offer
explanations
which
is
new
and
I'm
not
sure
how
how
great
it
is.
I
think
it
was
challenging
in
the
past
sometimes
to
have.
The
only
thing
you
could
do
is
have
the
ballot
language
approved,
but
I'm
not
sure
that
we
want
to
get
into
a
whole
bunch
of
explanations
either
to
make
things
more
complicated.
F
One
of
the
things
about
this
petition
drive
and
the
and
the
charter
languages.
It's
very
short,
so
it's
very
short
and
it's
fairly
concise
and
we
could
probably
have
almost
all
the
exact
language
what's
going
to
go
in
the
charter
as
the
ballot
question.
So
that
would
cover
a
lot,
and
I
just
wanted
to
offer
that
feedback
as
we're,
wordsmithing
and
and
getting
you
know,
thinking
about
the
explanation.
F
We
can
point
out
that
it
will
withdraw
a
big
section
or
of
the
information
you
know,
remove
it
and
add
this,
so
I
think
even
the
charter
language
was
pretty
was
pretty
positive
and
some
of
the
explanation
didn't
necessarily
seem
necessary
and
I
think
it's
really
clear
in
the
explanation
that
it
even
highlights.
F
I
mean
in
the
battle
language
not
end
since
they
repeated
it
in
the
explanation,
but
it
highlights
the
the
difference
absolutely
about
we'll
have
peace
officers
and
we
may
not
name
them
police
officers,
but
I
understand
how
putting
that
in
the
parentheses
might
be
helpful.
But
as
long
as
necessary-
and
I
think
well,
councils
into
the
future
will
all
agree.
They're
necessary
well
well
into
the
future.
B
Thank
you,
councilmember.
I'm
going
to
call
on
our
clerk
casey
carl.
Q
Mr
chair,
I
just
wanted
to
I.
I
have
heard
a
lot
about
the
ballot
excellent
explanatory
note,
and
yes,
it
is
new
this
time
that
was
brought
forward,
as
I
mentioned
previously.
Q
At
my
request,
it
is
difficult
on
election
day
for
election
judges
to
explain
to
voters
we're
not
allowed
to
explain
ballot
questions
except
to
read
the
question
as
written,
but
I've
heard
several
council
members
now
say
that
the
explanatory
statement's
new-
it's
confusing,
we're
not
sure
how
we're
doing
it
so
because,
if
this
passes
and
we're
delaying
this
until
with
the
ward
work
week
coming
up
around
july
4th
this
wouldn't
be
back
until
july
21st
to
save
ms
bushoon
lots
of
drafting
time
if
it
makes
sense
and
the
council
would
prefer
us
to
just
draft
this
question
as
a
straight
question
with
no
explanatory
note
involved
or
the
charter
commission
with
no
explanatory
note
that
might
make
the
council's
task
a
bit
easier.
Q
So
I
wanted
to
see
if
that
was
the
direction
so
that
ms
bashun
is
not
wasting
her
time.
B
Thank
you,
mr
clerk.
I
and
I'm
not
sure
procedurally
how
to
give
you
a
sense
of
that,
although
I
think
there
might
be
some
value
in
it.
So
maybe
we
should
discuss
offline
and
see
if
there's
some
guidance,
we
ought
to
give
either
at
committee
of
the
whole
tomorrow
or
in
full
council.
B
In
the
meantime,
I
put
myself
in
queue
just
briefly
just
just
to
summarize
that
I
I
think
we
saw
that
there
is
a
an
additional
burden
put
on
the
writing
from
having
to
differentiate
between
two
similar
amendments.
We
are
withdrawing
our
amendment
today
to
simplify
the
writing
process.
B
I
appreciate
everyone
giving
us
a
little
bit
of
space
to
breathe
so
that
we
can
step
back
and
just
remember
that
most
of
the
people
voting
in
november
will
not
remember
or
have
ever
been
aware
that
there
was
a
council
generated
version
of
this
that
it
needed
to
be
differentiated
from,
and
so
it's
probably
a
healthy
exercise
for
us
to
step
back.
Take
a
breath.
Look
big
picture
at
what
we're
actually
trying
to
accurately
describe
to
voters
and
make
sure
that
we're
actually
doing
that.
B
C
D
D
C
C
D
L
B
L
Thank
you,
councilman
reflector,
and
thank
you
for
stepping
in
and
and
being
willing
to
chair
the
meeting.
The
first
half
of
the
meeting,
and
I
do
want
to.
L
Just
bring
forward
our
next
discussion
item
item
number
12,
which
is
an
update
from
the
truth
and
reconciliation
work
group.
I
do
want
to
just
acknowledge
and
thank
our
community
members
who
have
been
waiting
patiently
for
this
portion
of
our
agenda
and
I
will
invite
miss
joy,
marc
stevens,
from
the
division
of
raising
equity,
to
introduce
this
presentation.
R
Good
afternoon
council
vice
president
jenkins
and
fellow
committee
members,
it
is
with
great
honor
that
that
we
are
here
today
to
bring
forward
the
recommendations
from
the
truth
and
reconciliation
work
group
we
can
move
on
to
the
next
slide.
R
As
a
bit
of
context,
our
city
council
unanimously
adopted
a
resolution
back
in
october
for
of
2020
charging
that
division
of
race
and
equity,
with
working
with
community
and
other
city
departments
to
explore
what
it
would
look
like
for
the
city
of
minneapolis
to
establish
a
truth
and
reconciliation
commission.
R
The
recommendations
broadly
do
lift
up
vision
and
focus
for
what
a
truth
and
reconciliation
commission
could
be,
and
also
providing
guidance
back
to
the
city
on
how
best
to
move
forward
and
implement
and
implement
those
recommendations.
R
As
some
additional
background,
how
we
got
to
this
specific
group
was
was
through
some
very
deliberate
planning,
both
in
some
recommendations
that
came
from
the
division
of
race
and
equity
and
looking
at
the
landscape
of
individuals
locally,
who
would
certainly
have
ties
in
residency
and
ties
to
or
residency
inside
of
the
city
of
minneapolis,
who
could
speak
powerfully
to
the
impact
of
structural
racism
within
american,
indian
and
black
african
descendant
communities
inside
of
the
city?
R
Looking
at
individuals
who
are
scholars
in
this
work,
individuals
who
are
doing
work
around
justice
with
for
these
specific
communities,
in
particular
those
who
have
experience
in
conflict
resolution
and
in
truth-telling
and
in
reconciliation,
so
the
specific
individuals
that
we
have
invited
to
participate,
and
I'm
really
thrilled
with
this
group
that
we
were
able
to
assemble
that
everyone
that
we
reached
out
to
was
very
eager
to
to
offer
their
time
to
this
specific
effort
and
the
names
of
those
individuals
are
listed
here
as
council.
R
R
So
the
process
of
working
together
we've
been
together
for
about
six
months
working
initially,
when
the
resolution
was
adopted,
we
had
a
very
aggressive
timeline.
We
imagined
that
we
would
be
able
to
bring
the
group
together
and
come
back
to
council
fairly
early
in
2021,
with
a
set
of
recommendations,
as
we
brought
the
group
together
and
really
began
to
explore
the
significance
of
the
work
that
we
had
asked
them
to.
Do.
R
Let's
go
on
to
the
next
slide,
so,
as
I
mentioned,
we
extended
the
timeline
of
meeting
with
folks.
So,
between
december
and
january,
we
did,
as
I
mentioned,
expected
we're
going
to
have
a
much
shorter
time
frame
to
come
together
quickly
learned
that
that
was
not
going
to
be
the
case
we
had
and
intentionally
and
hired
an
outside
firm
to
facilitate
the
work
and
then
also
quickly
learned
that
we
really
needed
to
keep
this
work
in-house
and
by
in-house.
R
What
I
meant
was
keeping
people
who
were
guiding
the
work
as
close
to
the
work
itself.
Those
who
had
relationships
in
communities
certainly
understood
the
work
of
the
city,
and
so
the
division
of
race
and
equity
staff
ultimately
took
over
leadership
of
that
work.
Let's
go
to
the
next
slide
between
february
and
up
until
present
day,
the
working
group
has
worked
very
hard
to
come
up
with
the
level
of
recommendations
that
they're
bringing
forward
today
and
identifying
a
set
of
vision.
R
Statements
about
what
the
success
of
a
truth
and
reconciliation
work
group
would
look
like
our
truth
and
reconciliation.
Commission
could
look
like
doing
some
some
significant
research
and
looking
at
other
types
of
models
of
truth
and
reconciliation
nationally
and
internationally,
and
we've
been
meeting
fairly
consistently
over
the
last
few
months
on
a
bi-weekly
basis
in
order
to
engage
in
these
conversations.
R
Let's
go
to
the
next
slide.
Okay,
at
this
point,
I'm
going
to
bring
up
ebony
adedayo,
who
works
in
the
division
of
race
and
equity.
Before
I
transition
to
ebony
I'm
taking
over
the
rest
of
the
you
know
what
I'm
going
to
switch
it
to
ebony
and
then
I'll
I'll
say
my
other
comments
to
the
end.
So
ebony
thanks.
S
Thank
you
so
much
joy
and
thank
you
for
having
me
having
us
to
present
and
to
share
the
work
of
the
working
group
over
these
last
several
months.
Vice
president
jenkins,
I,
as
joyce
said
I
will
take
over
facilitating
the
rest
of
the
presentation
and
we
have
also
invited
working
group
members
to
share
and
reflect
on
the
things
in
the
slide,
and
so
the
way
it
will
work
is.
I
will
introduce
a
slide
and
then
invite
specific
working
group
members
to
add
their
reflections
and
their
comments
to
each
of
the
slide.
S
Just
as
an
overview,
I
will
be
we'll
be
talking
about
what
is
in
the
recommendations
documents.
We
will
be
talking
about
the
identity,
definitions
for
american,
indian
communities
and
black
african
descendants.
We
will
be
talking
about
vision,
statements
for
a
truth
and
reconciliation
process.
We
will
cover
how
to
implement
an
authentic
truth
and
reconciliation
process.
S
We
will
talk
about
measuring
progress,
membership
and
one
of
the
things
that
I
forgot
to
add
to
the
slide.
We
will
also
talk
about
the
cities.
What
we
believe
the
city's
role
should
be
in
implementing
this
process,
and
when
I
say
we,
I
really
do
mean
the
working
group
and
the
city
staff
that
supported
that
process.
Can
we
move
to
the
next
slide
please?
S
So
we
came
up
with
identity
definitions
for
our
american
indian
communities,
as
well
as
our
black
african
descendant
communities
as
well.
We
spent
a
fair
amount
of
time
within
the
working
group,
really
establishing
the
fact
that
these
are
the
two
populations
that
we
needed
to
keep
centered
to
the
work,
and
we
also
spent
a
fair
amount
of
time
really
describing
and
defining
what
we
meant
by
american
indian.
What
we
meant
by
black
african
descendants.
S
Those
full
definitions
which
are
quite
verbose,
are
in
the
recommendations,
and
so
I
won't
read
those
definitions
here.
However,
I
do
want
to
give
some
statements
from
some
of
the
working
group
members
who
weren't
able
to
be
on
our
call
today
and
who
had
to
leave
early
and
then
I
will
hand
it
over
to
robert
lilligren
to
talk
about
the
american
indian
definition.
S
I
will
start
with
dr
brewer
dr
rose
brewer's
statement,
who
was
a
member
of
the
working
group,
dr
brewer
comments.
We
were
very
clear
that
defining
and
naming
black
african
descendants
of
enslavement
was
a
critical
and
complicated
piece
of
our
work.
We
interrogated
the
politics
of
naming
and
the
diverse
approaches
to
it.
We
embrace
the
fact
that
naming
is
a
complex
articulation
that
requires
a
good
deal
of
care.
Our
position
was
that
naming
must
be
rooted
in
the
historical
context
of
u.s
enslavement
and
cultural
understanding.
S
S
S
We
have
been
historically
in
our
currently
defined
interpreted,
given
labels
and
identities
by
others,
our
stories
tow
from
the
perspective
and
through
the
lens
of
the
majority
culture
and
white
supremacy.
We
knew
for
we
knew
for
there
to
be
a
silent
foundation
for
going
forward.
We
had
to
self-identify
based
on
our
history
and
communicate
it
from
our
perspectives,
we're
in
who
we
come
from,
who
and
how
we
know
ourselves
to
be,
and
so
those
are
the
statements
from
dr
brewer
and
sandra
richardson.
T
For
daisy
and
just
the
cods,
so
I
just
introduced
myself
to
you
in
ojibwe,
which
is
my
grandmother's
first
language,
first
by
my
tribe
white
earth,
then
by
my
clan,
the
sturgeon
clan
and
then
my
ojibwe
name.
So
now
you
know
a
little
about
me
and
my
place
in
this
world.
I
am
a
third
generation,
minneapolis
urban
indian.
T
I
just
love
a
few
blocks
from
where
my
grandmother
lived
out
her
life
and
where
my
father
was
raised,
and
I
want
to
thank
the
council
for
launching
this
work
and
establishing
the
truth
and
reconciliation
work
group
and
really
thanks
to
your
staff,
it's
been
an
incredible
experience.
Working
with
such
excellent
professionals
and
you
should
be
proud
and
to
let
you
know,
I've
had
the
privilege
of
being
involved
in
lots
of
sort
of
work
groups.
T
Hundreds
thousands
of
students,
like
sometimes
you
know
sort
of
think,
takes
brain
trust
and
I
do
have
to
say
this
is
sort
of
the
brainiest
brain
trust
I
have
ever
been
part
of.
It
was
an
incredible
group
of
people
and
I
really
want
to
thank
the
native
members,
the
younger
native
members.
They
were
all
younger
than
me.
Actually,
I
was
the
elder
of
the
group,
but
most
of
these
young
women
share
their
deep
expertise
and
knowledge
and
contributed
to
this.
T
This
report
on
these
recommendations
and
also
just
to
note
the
really
interesting
closer
relationship
and
understanding
between
the
black
african-american
and
the
native
communities,
and
some
real
dialogue
and
and
and
learning
and
that's
something
I
hope,
continues
and
grows
and
was
a
place
for
that
and
the
recommendations
as
well
and
to
look
forward
to
seeing
how
they
call
so
acts
on
the
builds
on
it.
And
the
first
thing
I
want
to
kind
of
talk
about
is
the
definition
of
american
indians.
T
I
want
to
lift
up
from
the
report,
and
one
is
just
the
theme
of
invisibility
of
urban
indian
people
and
to
call
out
that
fairly
recent
research,
it's
getting
it's
getting
older,
but
that
when
nearly
40
percent
of
americans
were
unaware,
that
native
people
still
existed
today
that
they
had
a
contemporary
existence.
T
Also
in
light
of
the
grim
recent
discoveries
of
mass
graves
of
native
children,
just
the
invisibility
and
unawareness
of
that,
I
gotta
tell
you,
there's
not
a
single
native
person.
I
know
that's
been
at
all
surprised
by
this.
We
have
similarly
documented
history
in
our
country
and
with
secretary
holland's
work.
I'm
sure
we'll
be
seeing
more
of
this,
but
I've
had
so
many
conversations
with
non-native,
people-white
people
who
were
completely
unaware
of
this
boarding
school
system,
tool
of
forced
assimilation
and
genocide.
T
T
And
so,
if
you
go
to
the
terms
of
native
americans,
there's
such
a
range
of
terms
and
there's
american
indian,
that's
a
term
that
gets
used
a
lot
here
in
this
region,
especially
but
it's
a
term
of
law,
and
so
so
it's
important
that
we
preserve
that
native
american
generally
on
offense.
T
T
T
So
that's
how
we
hear
in
his
own
document
and
then
a
term
called
descendant
and
tribal
membership
is
contingent
on
blood
quantum.
How
much
native
blood
you
have
it's
something
that
was
imposed
by
the
federal
government.
T
It's
a
tool
of
annihilation
really,
eventually,
no
one
will
be
able
to
be
able
to
be
involved
in
their
tribes,
and
I
would
like
to
note
that
the
minnesota
chippewa
tribe
and
I'm
guessing
most
of
you
know
that
six
of
the
seven
anishinaabe
nations
in
minnesota
operate
under
the
same
a
common
constitution
and
they're
reforming
the
constitution
right
now
and
just
weekend
before
last,
at
an
official
session
of
the
constitutional
convention
for
the
minnesota
chippewa
tribe,
the
delegates
voted
to
eliminate
blood
quantum
and
to
establish
enrollment
based
on
descendancy
and
that's
huge
in
indian
country,
and
it
still
has
several
steps
before
ratification,
but
but
it's
in
there
and
also
to
lift
up
the
idea
of
indian
child
removal,
and
this
is
not
ancient
history.
T
None
of
this
is
the
native
people.
It's
all
very
right.
Now,
all
of
our
families
were
impacted
by
indian
child
removal,
but
the
important
thing
I
think
to
note
here
is
that
was
the
government
right
in
partnerships
generally
with
churches,
to
remove
native
people
from
their
families
for
their
own
good
and
either
force
them
into
boarding
schools
or
into
adoption
into
non-native
families.
T
Again,
it
was
a
government
initiative,
and
so
so
it's
time
for
truth
telling
and
those
are
the
recommendations
I
really
wanted
to
to
lift
up
that
the
city
you
recognize
the
harm,
that's
been
done,
apologize
for
that
harm
as
a
threshold
to
truth,
telling
create
multiple
avenues
for
truth,
telling
and
and
then
to
adequately
resource
a
truth
and
reconciliation,
reconciliation,
commission
and
solutions.
T
S
Thank
you
so
much
robert
lilligren.
Can
we
move
to
the
next
slide?
Please
so,
and
one
of
the
things
that
I
also
said
that
the
recommendations
really
encompass
our
vision,
statements
for
a
truth
and
reconciliation
process,
one
of
the
things
that
we
did
as
a
group
was
really
trouble.
S
The
word
reconciliation
and
really
wanted
to
come
to
an
understanding
of
what
we
meant
by
reconciliation
to
make
sure
that
the
needs
and
the
expectations
of
american
indians
and
black
african
descendants
were
being
centered
and
not
the
needs
and
expectations
of
the
city
or
other
oppressive
systems.
We
did
come
up
with
10
vision
statements.
S
The
city's
history,
so
that
it
no
longer
divorces
minneapolis
from
the
history
of
minnesota,
including
deconstructing.
The
narrative
around
the
built
environment,
minneapolis,
learns
and
honors
the
histories
of
these
lands
and
waterways,
of
both
historic
and
contemporary
dakota
and
hanashinabe
peoples.
Next
side,
please
minneapolis
supports
efforts
made
by
dakota
communities
to
end
dakota
removal
and
legal
displacement
in
the
state
of
minnesota,
thereby
rescinding
the
executive
order
made
by
lincoln
in
1863.
S
S
The
cessation
of
the
policing
of
bodies
in
public
spaces
that
dictate
who
can
be
where
and
who
belongs,
as
well
as
the
valuing
of
profits
and
property
over
people
in
order
to
put
an
end
to
police
brutality
into
advanced
human
rights.
That
is
very,
very
comprehensive.
And
so
I'm
going
to
invite
ct
c.
Terrance
anderson
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
vision
statements
and
what
they've
meant
to
the
process.
U
Yeah,
thank
you.
Thank
you,
ebony,
and
it's
good
to
be
with
you,
madam
chair
and
committee
members.
Yes,
so
I
think
with
quite
a
large
vision.
That's
pointed
out
here
in
some
ways.
I
sort
of
understand
this
dream.
U
It
is
a
place
where
we
can
sort
of
come
around
this
vision
in
very
significant
ways,
pursue
it
through
truth,
pursue
it
through
building
the
capacity
building,
the
understanding
amongst
minneapolis
and
its
peoples
for
these
very
purpose,
and
so,
as
robert
sort
of
talked
about.
I
think
this
was
a
very
heady
and
and
deep
group
that
got
out
of
a
lot
of
sort
of
our
broad
talking
points
that
we
sometimes
have
when
we're
talking
about
equity.
U
When
we're
talking
about
diversity,
we're
talking
about
inclusion
and
really
getting
to
the
heart
of
what
is
the
end
product
of
a
lot
of
that
movement,
work
and-
and
I
think
that's
ultimately,
our
challenge
is-
is
to
get
deeper
and
more
nuanced
in
our
understanding
of
what
a
just
minneapolis
looks
like
in
comparison
to
sort
of,
maybe
the
superficial
ways
that
either
that
we're
forced
to
practice,
because
we
don't
have
the
capacity
to
envision
something
deeper
or
because
the
people
who
are
harmed
in
this
context
don't
sufficiently
have
space
to
air
out
the
very
real
things
that
need
to
come
out
in
order
for
them
to
move
forward
in
a
new
direction
together.
U
U
In
some
ways,
I
think
I've
talked
to
y'all
about
kira's
own
equitable
equitable
framework
is
somewhat
somewhat
more
of
a
process
than
an
endpoint,
because
I
sort
of
talked
about
this
notion
that
it's
hard
for
me
to
envision
this
place
that
we're
trying
to
get
to,
because
there's
no
real
process
in
for
us
to
really
understand
that
together.
And
so
I
think
this
is
somewhat
what
is
being
reconciled
in
the
context
of
this
work.
I
think
in
a
quite
powerful
way.
So
I
hope
you
all
spend
some
time
with
these
vision.
U
Statements
more
than
just
hearing
them
read
out
loud
right
now,
because
I
think
there
really
is
a
lot
packed
into
each
and
every
one
of
those
sentences
and
there's
a
lot
of
nuance
and
and
the
word
choice,
we're
very
careful
and
that
it
says
what
it
says
in
in
a
very,
very
powerful
and
intentional
way.
So
I
hope
you
all
spend
time
with
it.
But
I
think
this
is
ultimately
what
we
see
coming
out
of
this
truth
and
reconciliation
process,
not
just
when
we're
done
with
it.
U
But
what
it
sort
of
sets
up
to
happen
say
over
the
next
decades
or,
however
long
that
might
that
might
be
so,
balancing
this
work
and
urgency
and
patience
to
really
get
this
vision
together
right,
along
with
having
a
process
that
honors
this
very,
very
beautiful
end.
So
thank
you.
S
Thank
you
so
much
see
terrance
again,
it
is
robust,
but
I
think
it
also
acknowledges
the
fact
that,
if
we're
serious
about
dismantling
settler
colonialism
and
racial
capitalism
that
we
have
to
be
serious
about
what
it's
really
going
to
take,
I
want
to
transition
to
the
next
slide.
S
Implementing
an
authentic
tnr
process.
What
is
this
going
to
take?
What
is
it
going
to
look
like,
and
so
the
recommendations
talk
about
two
different
things
under
this
particular
area:
capacity,
building
and
transparency,
and
then
the
central
practices
of
the
truth
and
reconciliation
process.
What
that
has
to
include
it
has
to
include
a
platform
for
american
indians
and
black
african
descendant
communities
to
speak
openly
about
traumatic
harm.
We
have
to
be
able
to
tell
the
truth.
S
Tell
it
honestly
tell
it
wholeheartedly
in
order
to
get
to
resolve
the
city's
public
recognition
of
harm,
a
formal
and
a
public
apology
and
a
plan
with
dedicated
financial
resources
and
explicitly
stated
performance
accountability.
Measures
for
the
necessary
leadership
shifts
a
public
covenant
by
chart
change
leadership
to
not
repeat
these
harms,
and
so
I
think
that
that's
a
departure
from
some
government
policies,
federal
and
state
and
local
in
the
past,
where
it's
not
just
enough
to
give
an
apology.
S
We
have
to
back
apology
up
with
resources
to
repair
the
injustice
perpetrators
of
harm
institutions,
and
those
in
positions
of
power
must
be
present
for
the
true
telling
and
commit
to
reading
and
making
a
public
statement
regarding
the
findings
of
the
truth
and
reconciliation
commission,
and
so
this
process
we're
not
just
inviting
black
african
descendants
and
american
indians
to
tell
our
stories
in
a
vacuum.
S
But
this
is
an
accountability
piece,
we're
really
asking
those
who
have
been
perpetrators
of
harm
institutions,
individuals,
other
people
who
have
made
policies
that
have
been
very
harmful
to
our
communities
to
be
present,
as
we
are
witnessing,
as
we
are
true
telling,
as
we
are,
laying
out
the
things
that
are
harmful,
the
city
of
minneapolis
funding,
the
truth
and
reconciliation
community
and
its
work
by
every
means
necessary
and
we'll
talk
about
those
city's
role
in
that
a
little
bit
later.
S
V
Ebony,
thank
you,
madam
chair
dinnerway.
Maggie
duke
greetings.
My
relatives.
My
name
is
christine
dc
mcleave,
I'm
a
citizen
of
the
turtle,
mountain
ojibwe
nation,
and
I'm
also
the
ceo
for
the
national
native
american
boarding
school
healing
coalition,
which
is
headquartered
in
minneapolis,
just
want
to
echo
everyone's
comments.
So
far
from
the
work
group.
This
was
a
very
emotional
process
and
very
meaningful
for
a
lot
of
us
and
around
the
implementation
of
a
truth
and
reconciliation
process.
V
What
I'd
like
to
add
is
the
perspective
and
some
of
the
lessons
that
we've
learned
at
the
boarding
school
healing
coalition,
as
we
have
been
advised
by
the
former
commissioners
of
the
canadian
trc
and
we've
been
working
with
former
congresswoman
deborah
halland
as
she
introduced
a
bill
for
truth
and
healing
commission
last
fall
and
have
worked
with
her
on
on
the
initiative
that
the
interior
is
implementing.
V
We're
also
planning
to
reintroduce
the
bill
for
a
truth
and
healing
commission
and
with
all
the
news
that
is
coming
out
of
canada
about
the
unmarked
graves
of
now
over
1200
children
who
were
found
at
various
boarding.
Schools
is
rippling
through
the
native
communities,
the
tribal
communities
here
in
the
united
states.
V
It's
opening
up
an
unhealed
womb
wound,
bringing
up
unresolved
grief
and
triggering
historical
trauma,
and
so,
although
there
may
not
have
been
any
boarding,
schools
inside
the
city
limits
of
minneapolis-
and
we
might
not
have
those
unmarked
graves
here
that
we
know
of
the
residents
in
in
the
city
of
minneapolis.
The
native
people
here
are
feeling
this
on
a
deep
spiritual
and
emotional
level,
and
so
in
regards
to
how
truth
commissions
can
assist
with
healing
of
historical
trauma.
V
It's
imperative
that
there
be
a
spiritual
foundation,
and
one
of
the
things
that
I
heard
from
former
commissioner
chief
willie
little
child
from
the
canadian
trc
was
that
the
south
african
commissioners
reached
out
to
the
canadian
commissioners
and
shared
lessons
learned
and
one
of
the
things
that
they
applauded.
The
canadian
commission
on
was
making
their
process
their
public
hearings,
their
outreach
culturally
relevant
for
the
communities
that
they
were
working
with
and
laying
a
spiritual
foundation
for
indigenous
peoples
and
and
others.
V
I'm
sure
that
spiritual
support
will
be
essential,
and
so,
when
they
did
these
public
hearings
in
canada,
they
had
not
only
mental
health
counselors
available,
but
they
had
traditional
people
from
the
community.
V
Who
were
you
know,
healers,
as
well
as
clergy,
members
and
people
from
the
church
to
do
everything
they
could
to
care
for
people
mentally
emotionally
and
spiritually,
and
so
we
would
strongly
also
recommend
that,
in
the
implementation
of
a
truth
and
reconciliation
process
here
in
minneapolis
that
there
be
those
supports
for
the
community,
especially
because
right
now,
the
like,
I
said,
the
historical
trauma
is
already
surfacing.
V
V
That
that
part
will
be
important
in
terms
of
the
capacity
building
and
transparency.
We
found
working
cross-culturally
within
the
work
group
that
space
needed
to
be
carved
out
for
that
process
for
that
relationship
building
process,
and
so
we
would
advise
that
also
or
recommend
that
also
in
a
public
trc
process
that
that
happen
across
the
communities
as
and
including
for
non-native
and
and
non-black
folks
living
in
minneapolis.
V
It
really
goes
against
kind
of
these
colonial
systems
to
think
holistically
and
relationally,
and
so
that
I
guess,
is
my
closing
comment
that
that
this
process,
in
order
to
be
truly
effective
and
and
to
bring
about
the
type
of
healing
and
transformation
that
we're
seeking,
consider
things
in
a
non-traditional
manner
that
that
we
start
to
think
outside
the
box
and
a
little
bit
decolonized.
S
Thank
you
so
much
christine.
Can
we
go
to
the
next
slide,
please
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
measuring
progress
and
how
we
will
know
if
we
have
reached
these
vision
statements,
we
are
given
these
vision
statements
again,
not
in
a
vacuum.
We
really
want
to
see
progress
towards
this,
and
so
how
will
we
know
that
reconciliation
has
taken
place?
Reconciliation
isn't
just
about
the
relational
aspect.
It's
about
the
policies,
it's
about
the
programs,
it's
about
the
procedure,
it's
about
economics
and
things
of
that
nature.
S
It's
about
reducing
the
harm,
and
so
how
will
we
know
truth
and
reconciliation
has
taken
place.
How
will
we
know
that
harm
reduction
has
occurred?
We
will
know
that
we're
making
progress
toward
this
vision
based
on
redress
and
reparations
on
account
of
the
harm
committed
against
american
indians
and
black
african
descendants,
as
well
as
a
reduction
of
the
disparities
in
equities
that
exist
because
of
the
harm.
It
is
only
when
these
things
are
in
place
that
reconciliation
could
ever
be
possible.
S
Evaluation
and
other
reporting
mechanisms
will
be
needed
to
establish
baseline
data
and
measure
the
city's
progress
on
meeting
these
things
over
time,
and
so
I'm
is
judge
laying
on
the
call.
I
know
that
there
was
some
trouble
getting
on.
Is
she
on
then
I'll
just
speak
to
this
a
little
bit,
and
so
if
reconciliation
is
taking
place,
if
redress
and
reparations
are
the
measurements,
then
we
know
that
we
need
to
see
an
end
to
police
violence.
S
We
know
that
we
need
to
see
an
end
to
the
unemployment
disparities,
the
housing
disparities,
pollution
and
things
of
that
nature
that
plague
our
communities.
Those
really
are
the
measurements
around.
Whether
or
not
we
are
making
progress
towards
the
goals.
S
Can
we
move
to
the
next
slide,
because
the
recommendation
is
that
the
minneapolis
truth
and
reconciliation
convention
fully
addresses
the
complexity
of
structural
racism.
It
is
anticipated
that
this
work
takes
seven
at
least
seven
years.
It
was
favored
by
most
working
group
members
and
advised
from
past
trc
commissioners
that
the
minneapolis
truth
and
reconciliation
commission
consist
of
black
african
descendants,
american
indians
and
white
individuals.
S
Trc
working
group
members
are
also
strongly
recommended
also
strongly
recommend
that
the
working
group
and
city
council
members
appoint
the
commissioners
and
that
selected
commissioners
be
compensated
for
their
appointment,
so
just
to
go
a
little
bit
more
into
this.
What
this
means
is
that
we
spend
a
fair
amount
of
time,
looking
at
looking
and
evaluating
past
truth
and
reconciliation
commissions
spanning
south
africa
in
in
canada,
north
carolina
other
parts
of
the
world,
to
really
understand
what
it
will
take
to
implement
this
here.
S
We've
already
talked
about
on
this
call
how
this
work
is
unprecedented
because
we're
bringing
in
two
communities
that
have
been
slighted
and
not
just
focusing
on
one,
and
so
we
spent
a
lot
of
time
reading
reports.
We
brought
in
a
couple
of
commissioner,
not
commissioners,
previous
commissioners,
to
talk
and
understand
from
their
perspectives
what
it's
going
to
take
to
do
this
work,
and
so
the
recommendations
for
membership
is
really
based
off
of
that
really
in-depth
research
next
slide,
please
the
city's
role
in
the
truth
and
reconciliation
process.
S
S
The
other
recommendation
was
that
the
city
hires
outside
organization
to
convene
and
govern
the
trc,
the
final
one
was
that
there
would
be
a
hybrid
model
between
the
two
that
brings
the
two
together.
If
you
look
at
the
list
of
recommendations,
you
will
see
the
pros
and
the
cons
for
each
of
those
approaches.
S
S
S
S
Okay,
well,
then,
I
will
move
to
the
next
slide
and
hand
it
over
to
joymar
stevens,
to
close
out
our
time.
I
R
K
Good
afternoon,
members
of
the
city
council,
I'd
like
to
thank
you
for
entrusting
us
with
the
responsibility
of
the
tr
working
group.
I
think
you
understood
the
formation
of
this
group
reprimand
represented
the
acknowledgement
of
a
catastrophic
failure
of
our
government
to
protect
and
serve
the
rights
of
american,
indian
and
persons
of
african
descent
in
our
community.
K
K
K
R
I
want
to
extend
my
deep
gratitude
to
our
working
group
members
who
are
able
to
be
present,
certainly
also
for
those
who
have
been
able
to
contribute
to
this
process.
We
know
that
it
has
been
long,
as
christine
mentioned.
It
has
been
also
several
moments
where
the
work
was
very
deeply
emotional,
as
we
revisit
the
past
harms
the
current
harms
of
structural
racism
on
our
american
indian
and
our
african
descendants
of
slavery,
black
descendants
of
slavery
in
america,
certainly
recognizing
that
this
is
very,
very
challenging
work.
R
R
As
far
as
next
steps
in
the
process
council.
Vice
president,
I
know
we,
we
developed
a
staff
direction
to
go
along
with
this
presentation,
but
I
will
defer
to
you
if
you'd
like
me
to
speak
to
that
now
or
to
pause
for
any
remarks
that
you'd
like
to
offer
as
the
the
sponsor
of
this
work.
L
Thank
you,
mr
my
students,
and
I
I
do
just
want
to
acknowledge
and
and
recognize
the
the
deep
and
significant
emotional
labor
that
went
and
continues
to
to
be
expended
in
this
process.
L
You
know
for
the
for
the
sake
of
my
colleagues.
I
just
want
to
indicate
that,
throughout
this
process,
we
we
lost
three
team
members
from
the
division
of
race
and
equity
that
were
working
on
this
and
I'm
not.
I
can't
in
any
way
say
with
any
certainty
that
they
left
specifically
because
of
the
challenges
that
were
unearthed
and
uncovered
in
this
enormously
difficult
and
challenging
year
that
we've
all
been
experiencing,
but
also,
I
think,
digging
into
this
process,
has
has
potentially
had
a
a
very
challenging
impact
on.
L
You
know
some
of
those
team
members
and
so
just
want
to
acknowledge
their
contributions
and
and
the
contributions
of
the
remaining
staff
and
also
want
to
name
the
the
members
of
the
working
group
and
and
just
acknowledge
and
thank
them
for
the
emotional
labor
that
that
they
have
endured
and
exhibited
as
well.
And
we
are
from
sea
terrence
anderson
from
cura
elder
attune.
L
As
I
hear
from
the
cultural
wellness
center,
dr
k
bean
dakota
historian,
dr
rose
brewer
african
and
professor
of
african
american
studies
at
the
university
of
minnesota,
reverend
curtis
de
young,
the
ceo
of
the
minnesota
council
on
churches,
reverend
jim,
bear
jacobs.
L
The
program
director
for
racial
justice
for
the
minnesota
council
on
churches,
judge
lejeune
lane,
who
is
currently
the
honorary
council
for
south
africa
in
in
minnesota,
and
and
as
I
stated,
a
former
hanover
county
district
judge.
L
My
dear
friend,
robert
lilligren
metropolitan
council,
commissioner,
and
ceo
of
the
native
american
community
development
institute,
christine
mcleave,
ceo
of
the
national
native
american
boarding
school
reverend
sean
moore
from
the
living
spirit,
united
methodist
church,
who
is
also
an
expert
in
in
truth
and
reconciliation.
L
Having
received
a
doctorate
degree
in
that
study,
melissa,
olsen,
the
director
of
partnerships
and
operations
for
mcgeezy
communications,
melanie
pocinski,
who
is
now
a
policy
analyst
for
the
public
health
law
center
at
mitchell,
hamline
law,
school
or
school
of
law,
ms
sandra
richardson,
from
the
people's
institute
for
survival
and
beyond
and
former
mayor
sharon.
Sales
belton
also
just
want
to
acknowledge
the
mayor's
office.
L
My
colleagues
here
on
the
city
council,
the
civil
rights
department,
the
city
coordinators
office,
the
city
attorney's
office
and
the
office
of
the
city
clerk.
My
staff
played
a
significant
role,
so
thank
you
to
miss
diva
siddar
and
ms
zoe
bourgeois,
as
well
as
the
office's
council,
member
ellison
and
his
team.
L
So
I
I
I
just
want
to
just
really
just
name
those
individuals,
including
the
extraordinary
work
that
the
division
of
race
and
equity
has
expended
led
by
miss
joymar
stevens,
and
I
I
I
couldn't
be
prouder
of
these
recommendations
and
and
efforts
that
you
all
have
put
forth
again,
as
I
stated
within
this
completely
unprecedented
year
of
a
global
pandemic
and
then
the
subsequent
uprisings
resulting
from
the
murder
of
george
floyd.
L
R
Thank
you,
council.
Vice
president
jenkins,
included
in
the
council
packet
for
today
is
a
staff
direction.
The
staff
direction
is
fairly
straightforward.
R
Essentially,
what
we're
doing
is
asking
council
approval
to
implement
the
recommendations
as
they
have
been
presented
by
the
working
group,
as
as
members
of
the
working
group
have
very
eloquently
shared
both
in
the
written
document
and
in
their
comments
today,
and
that
ebony
has
helped
to
present
we're
essentially
saying,
let's
move
forward
with
the
work
and
inviting
that
direction
from
council
attached
to.
That
is
also
a
budget
that
has
been
identified
in
association
with
that
work.
L
That
is
accurate
and
we
will
be
voting
on
that
as
a
body.
This
coming
friday.
O
During
a
year
where
we
have
been
faced
with
multiple
constant
crises,
and
you
yourself
more
than
anyone
having
representing
you
know
representing
ward
8
in
the
area
of
30th
in
chicago
where
george
floyd
was
murdered,
it's
it's
something
I
think,
to
pause
and
and
celebrate
that
we've
been
able,
with
your
leadership
and
the
leadership
of
staff
and
the
amazing
community
members
who
we've
heard
from
and
who've
been
involved
through
through
this
crisis
response,
also
been
able
to
take
the
time
to
intentionally
dig
deeper
and
think
very
long
term,
both
back
historically
to
the
harms
and
forward
for
what
will
need
to
be
sustained
commitment
from
the
city
and
its
institutions
to
this
work.
O
So,
thank
you
very
much.
I
guess
I
just
want
to
say
you
know
it
was
mentioned.
I
want
to
reiterate
the
need
for
white
leaders
and
white
people
in
our
community
to
be
fully
participating
in
this
work
and
to
really
think
about
how
we,
as
a
city
or
through
these
various
processes,
can
thoughtfully
tackle
the
barriers
that
come
up
in
our
community.
O
A
lot
of
us
see
them
every
day.
A
lot
of
us
are
part
of
them,
and
so
I
just
I
just
want
to
acknowledge
it.
I
think
we
often
think
about
putting
resources
rightfully
into
communities
of
color.
I
think
that
work
has
been
very
piecemeal,
no
matter
how
hard
we
try
to
be
coordinated
and
thoughtful,
and
this
work
gives
us
such
a
opportunity
if
we
embrace
it
to
to
really
dig
deeper
and
set
up
the
fundamental
and
transformational
shifts
that
are
needed.
O
So
I
don't
know
I
just
want
to
offer
my
thanks
most
of
all,
but
my
support
and
thinking
through
what
what
that
looks
like
and
how
we
can
figure
out
all
the
necessary
pieces
of
this
work.
O
So
thanks
again
and
oh,
I
guess
I
was
pausing,
because
I
I
appreciated
very
much
the
thought
that
went
into
thinking
about
the
different
structures
that
were
possible
and
I
think
we
would
look
to
to
you
all,
as
you
continue
those
conversations
about
the
right
structure,
acknowledging
the
need
for
the
city
to
take
responsibility,
but
also
you
know
the
fact
that
the
city
has
participated
in
harm
and
and
the
issues
of
trust
that
that
creates.
O
So
I
I
read
through
all
the
vision
statements
appreciate
the
thought
in
them
and
also
the
thought
to
the
careful
next
steps
of
how
to
structure
this
work
so
that
it
is
sustained
and
that
it
is
set
up
to
make
the
necessary
deep
changes.
Thank
you.
L
Thank
you,
president
bender,
for
those
very
thoughtful
comments,
and
you
know
I
I
do
want
to
acknowledge
you
and
the
rest
of
my
colleagues
for
having
unanimously
decided
that
this
that
this
undertaking
was
was
worthwhile
and
and
giving
the
up
the
community
the
opportunity
to
to
to
begin
this.
This
long-term
work
that
we
all
are
committing
ourselves
to
councilmember
gordon.
F
Thank
you
very
much,
and
I
really
appreciate
the
work
that
went
into
this.
This
feels
like
a
really
historic
moment
in
our
city,
and
this
is
like
a
one
small
step.
I
know
on
a
long
long
journey,
but
I
really
appreciate
how
seriously
everybody
took
this
effort
and
seeing
this
come
forward.
It's
just
fantastic.
F
I
have
to
say,
really
appreciated,
seeing
you
here,
robert,
and
it
reminded
me
of
when
we
did
the
year
of
truth-telling,
and
I
think
that
was
a
significant
step
and
and
so
andrea
you'll
remember
and
robert
and
others.
This
is
you
know.
F
We've
started
chipping
away
at
this
years
and
years
ago,
and
we've
slowly
been
inching
our
way
forward,
and
I
have
to
tell
you
to
actually
be
establishing
the
truth
and
reconciliation
commission
and
going
to
this
next
level
seems
really
significant
and
having
these
values
and
these
visions
and
talking
about
how
it
could
take
us
seven
years
of
work
to
really
get
there
makes
me
believe
that
this
is
a
very
serious
and
very
historic
moment,
and
I
just
wanted
to
note
that.
L
Well
stated:
are
there
other
comments
or.
L
Seeing
that
I
I
really
want
to
thank
you,
ms
mark
stevens,
for
that
presentation,
thanks
to
all
of
our
community
members
who
took
the
time
out
of
their
day
to
to
be
a
part
of
this
presentation.
Once
again,
I
do
apologize.
I
know
some
of
some
of
you
had
to
leave.
You
know
city
city
business
takes
time
we
have
to.
L
We
have
to
really
be
diligent
in
in
doing
our
work
and
so
appreciate
your
patience
in
that
process
and
without
any
further
comments
from
my
colleagues,
I
will
move
this
item,
which
includes
receiving
the
presentation
and
approving
the
staff
direction.
C
I
C
L
I
and
I
do
want
to
acknowledge
that
on
the
last
voice
vote
that
I
know
for
a
fact,
council
members
conor
johnson
had
some
technical
challenges,
so
I'm
wondering
if
they're
still
experiencing
that,
and
that
might
be
a
reality
for
councilmember
ellison
too.
L
But
that
item
passes,
and
so
we
can
go
ahead
and
move
and
and
hopefully
get
our
technical
challenges
squared
away
before
we
conclude,
we
have
one
additional
item
on
our
agenda
today,
which
is
from
council
members,
gordon
cano
and
schrader,
and
I
want
to
acknowledge
that
I
absolutely
100
support
this
resolution
as
well,
which
opposes
the
inbridge
energy
line.
3
tar
sands
oil
pipeline-
and
I
would
invite
council
member
gordon
to
introduce
this
item.
F
Thank
you
very
much,
and
I
think
that
we
can
be
pretty
brief
about
this.
I
do
apologize
that
we
didn't
have
this
ahead
of
time.
We
actually
written
this
a
while
ago,
and
I
think
many
of
my
colleagues
have
already
seen
it
and
are
familiar
with
it,
and
we
were
just
trying
to
get
it
timed
right
in
terms
of
other
factors
going
on
in
the
state,
particularly
at
the
state
level,
and
this
seemed
like
the
right
time.
F
We
were
going
to
bring
it
forward
to
the
council
meeting,
but
we
thought
it
was
better
that
we
bring
it
to
a
committee
first
and
so
that
people
have
a
time
to
see
it
and
read
it
and
know
it's
coming
before
comes
to
the
full
council.
It
kind
of
builds
on
previous
work
that
we've
already
done.
F
We've
certainly
been.
We
have
passed
a
resolution
opposing
the
dakota
pipeline.
We've
declared
a
climate
emergency,
and
I
think
this
is
pretty
straightforward
and
in
line
with
our
climate
action
plan
and
other
things
and
we're,
we
know
that
we're
better
off
leaving
these
kind
of
fossil
fuels
in
the
ground,
and
so
we're
really
doing
this
to
stand
with
thousands
and
thousands
of
minnesotans
and
I'd,
say
minneapolitans,
who
are
now
working
so
hard
to
slow
down
and
stop.
N
L
L
L
That
item
carries
and
with
that
colleagues,
we
have
come
to
the
conclusion
of
business,
though
I
do
see
that
there
is
a
comment
by
councilmember
schrader.
N
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
I
just
want
to
take
this
opportunity
to
to
publicly
condemn
the
actions
and
against
you
and
also
offer
my
support.
What
happened
should
is
not
acceptable.
We
need
to
have
a
certain
decorum.
I
I
appreciate
the
passion
that
many
politicians
are
bringing
to
the
issues
as
we
work
to
create
a
better
city
for
all,
but
that
there
are
limits
to
that,
and
I
think
that
we
need
to
just
take
a
deep
breath
and
respect
each
other.
L
O
Thanks,
madam
chair
I'll
echo
what
councilmember
schroeder
said
and
just
thank
you
again
for
all
of
your
extra
work
this
year.
I
did
just
want
to
say
here
publicly
in
this
meeting
that
we've
been
having
some
conversations
today
following
yesterday's
very
late
night
agreements
at
the
legislature
to
end
the
state's
emergency
declaration.
O
Our
local
emergency
declaration
was
tied
to
that
one
and
mayor
frye
has
announced
today
that
he
does
not
intend
to
extend
the
emergency
declaration
in
minneapolis
that
that
is
a
bit
different.
I
think,
than
some
of
the
other
local
governments,
even
here
in
the
metro.
So
I've
been
working
together.
You
know,
with
all
of
you
and
with
the
relevant
staff
city,
attorney's
office
city,
clerks
communications,
to
understand
the
ramifications
for
our
compliance
with
open
meeting
law.
O
L
Thank
you,
madam
president,
councilmember
goodman.
E
Thank
you,
madam
president,
and
thank
you
vice
president
and
thank
you
personally
for
all
the
incredible
work
you've
done,
especially
on
this
truth
and
reconciliation
process,
which
is
quite
moving
and
very
important.
I
wanted
to
comment
on
the
council
president's
remark
that
the
mayor
is
not
inclined
to
move
forward
with
any
further
state
of
emergency.
E
I
do
want
to
note
that
this
level
of
whiplash
for
small
businesses
is
very
difficult,
so
you
have
a
bunch
of
small
businesses
that
have
had
a
number
of
things
that
we've
allowed
them
to
do
as
a
result
of
the
declared
local
public
health
emergency.
This
isn't
really
about
us
meeting,
I'm
happy
to
go
back
in
person.
I
can't
wait
to
do
it,
but
the
truth
of
the
matter
is
small
businesses.
E
For
example,
I
would
like
to
bring
forward
an
ordinance
to
permanently
cap
delivery
fees,
but
that
could
take
three
months
and
so
what's
going
to
happen
in
the
interim
at
least,
we
would
have
some
advance
notice.
So
I
guess
I
appreciate
council
bender,
the
president
bender,
that
you
sent
us
something
this
morning
and
I
know
you've
been
working
through
this.
E
I
think
it's
somewhat
short-sighted
to
rule
out
unequivocally
for
the
mayor
to
rule
out
unequivocally
that
we're
just
not
gonna
extend
it,
because
I
think
there
is
implications
as
it
pertains
to
the
emergency
orders
for
many
struggling
small
businesses,
and
we
should
keep
that
in
mind.
It's
not
just
about
forcing
us
to
come
back
in
person
which
might
be
some
of
the
motivation.
It's
about
how
everybody
else
is
dealing
with
this
extremely
short
notice,
and
I
think
we
need
to
give
this
a
little
bit
more
thought.
E
And
you
know
god
bless
you
for
sending
us
something
by
nine
something
this
morning
and
all
of
the
people,
including
the
clerk's
office
and
mark
ruff,
who
have
been
working
towards
this.
I
don't
think
we
need
to
make
an
immediate
decision
without
understanding
all
of
the
things
that
potentially
could
be
unwound
for
so
many
people
in
our
community.
If
we
don't
extend
this
and
have
a
short
roll
out
so
that
we
can
put
some
of
these
protections
in
place
going
forward.
O
You
and
I
think
sorry,
I
don't
need
to
have
a
long
discussion
about
this
because,
as
I
said,
I
think
it's
important
to
make
sure
we're
sharing
the
accurate
information
all
at
once.
But
you
know
there
are
also
ramifications
for
procurement,
for
example,
so
I've
been
talking
with
finance
staff
and
others.
O
As
I
understand,
a
number
of
departments
had
planned
on
using
an
expedited
procurement
process
for
getting
arpa
funding
out
the
door.
I
think
we
will
have
a
solution
for
that
ready
for
tomorrow
as
part
of
the
arpa
approval
process
and
then,
as
I
mentioned
in
the
in
the
email,
I
think
the
consideration
to
councilmember
goodman's
point:
it's
not
about
us
where
we're
physically
located
as
much
as
our
ability
to
provide
the
access
that
the
public
has
grown
accustomed
to.
O
O
All
of
the
different
boards
and
commissions.
You
know,
staff
have
have
been
testing
remote
participation
for
a
hybrid
model
where
policymakers
or
staff
might
be
in
person,
but
others
could
participate
remotely.
It
sounds
like
there's
some
technical
issues
to
be
worked
out
before.
That
would
be
ready
to
go
so
yeah
there
are
there
are.
There
are
lots
of
issues
I
think
related
to
our
ability
to
serve
the
public
and
that
that
go
up
far
beyond
you
know
any
kind
of
convenience
for
for
elected
officials
thanks.
L
Thank
you,
madam
president,
and
councilmember
goodman
for
those
those
excellent
points
and
the
continued
dialogue.
Is
there
any
other
comments
or.
L
C9
and
without
objection,
I
will
now
declare
this
meeting
adjourned.
Thank
you.
Everyone
and
I
agree
with
councilmember
gordon.
This
was
an
historic
meeting,
have
a
great.