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B
A
Someone
must
have
muted
me.
Thank
you,
mr
clerk
and
good
afternoon.
My
name
is
andrea
jenkins.
I
am
the
chair
of
the
policy
and
government
oversight
committee.
I'm
going
to
call
to
order
our
regular
committee
meeting
for
wednesday
march
24th.
I
will
note
for
the
record.
This
meeting
has
remote
participation
by
council
members
and
city
staff
is
authorized
under
the
minnesota,
open
meeting
law,
section
13
d
point
.021
due
to
the
declared
state
of
local
public
health
emergency.
A
I'll
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,
and
now
I
will
ask
the
clerk
to
call
the
role
to
verify
the
presence
of
acorn.
A
C
A
A
Let
the
record
reflect
that
we
do
have
a
quorum.
Colleagues,
we
have
17
items
on
today's
agenda,
including
two
discussion
items,
we'll
begin
with
the
consent
portion
of
our
agenda,
which
are
items
1-15
on
the
agenda
and
number
one
approves
the
local
board
of
appeal
and
equalization
policies
and
procedures.
A
A
Item
number
four
sets
a
public
hearing
for
the
appointment
of
candace
faulk
to
the
civil
service
commission
and
number
five
is
an
appointment
to
the
transgender
equity
council
items.
Six
through
nine
are
various
legal
settlements,
the
details
of
which
can
be
found
on
the
agenda
item.
A
10-14
are
various
contact
amendments,
the
details
of
which
are
listed
on
the
agenda
item
number
15
is
various
appointments
to
the
capital?
Long
range
improvements
committee,
better
known
as
click?
Do
any
of
my
colleagues
wish
to
comment
on
any
of
these
items
or
pull
any
for
discussion.
A
No
comments:
I
will
move
approval
of
the
consent
agenda.
Is
there
any
discussion.
B
D
C
A
Thank
you,
madam
clerk,
and
let
the
record
reflect
that.
We
have
been
joined
by
council
member
allison
as
well,
and
that
item
carries
and
those
items
are
approved.
E
We
will
be
providing
myself
and
our
federal
lobbyist
from
primacy
group,
emily
trainger
we'll
be
providing
a
presentation
on
what
is
the
second
largest
spending
package
from
the
federal
government,
better
known
as
the
american
rescue
plan
act,
and
with
that
I'll
go
ahead
and
pass
it
over
to
emily
to
introduce
herself
and
then
to
run
through
these
side
presentations
for
us.
Thank
you.
F
F
I
am
going
to
give
you
an
overview
of
what
is
in
the
american
rescue
plan
first
of
what
I
believe,
a
lot
of
there's,
much
focus
on,
which
is
the
direct
payments
to
local
governments
and
then
and
kind
of
what
we're
expecting
for
next
steps
and
then
overview
of
the
other
major
components
of
the
bill
and
there's
quite
a
bit
of
information
in
this
presentation
and,
as
you
can
imagine
in
the
bill
itself
at
1.9
trillion
dollars.
F
F
So
the
the
package
which
was
signed
into
law
by
president
biden
on
march
11th
was
is
1.9
trillion
dollars
the
the
things
that
you
will
be
seeing
mostly
getting
the
most
press
or
the
most
attention
is
that
it
did
provide
fourteen
hundred
dollars
in
direct
stimulus
checks
to
individuals
and
twenty
eight
hundred
dollars
in
couples
and
it
it
does
phase
out
which
I'll
get
to
get
to
it.
F
In
a
moment
it
extended
pandemic
unemployment
programs,
expanded
the
tax
credits
for
families
and
for
employees
who
offer
paid
leave
it
funds,
the
state
and
local
government
aid,
350
billion
dollars,
and
it
boosted
funding
for
testing
and
vaccine
activities,
schools,
mass
transit
systems,
hospitality,
restaurants
and
other
small
business
nutrition
and
more.
It
was
extremely
comprehensive
bill.
F
It
also
expanded
subsidies
to
purchase
health
insurance
under
the
aca,
the
affordable
care
act
for
two
years,
and
it
temporarily
increases
medicaid
funding
to
states
that
expand
their
programs
next
slide.
Please
miss.
A
Transfer
before
you
continue,
can
you
just
if,
if
at
all
available,
how
will
resources
be
distributed
to,
for
example,
restaurants,
and
I
mean,
is
it
going
to
be
like
a
ppp
loan
program?
Is
it
direct
grants?
Do
you
have
any
awareness
of
how
that's
going
to
play
out.
F
Yeah,
so
a
lot
of
this,
particularly
in
the
restaurants
and
and
the
small
businesses,
will
mirror
how
it
was
distributed
during
cares
and
it's
different
under
every
department,
the
small
business
association
will
will
provide
grants
or
direct
payments
and
in
the
form
of
loans.
I
think
there's
multiple
different
funding
streams
that
will
be
that
will
be
considered
treasury
and
the
short
answer
is
the
treasury
department.
On
all
of
this,
I
should
have
opened
with
that.
F
We
are
waiting
for
a
lot
of
the
of
the
regulations
to
be
to
be
written
for
the
rules
to
be
written,
so
this
bill.
They
are
working
furiously
the
treasury
department
and
other
departments
to
to
consider
and
and
interpret
the
law
and
and
write
the
regulations
on
it
right
as
we
speak,
but
but
particularly
on
restaurants.
I
can
follow
up
with
what
that
will
look
like
and
if
there
are
other
specific
industries
or
or
particular
areas.
You'd
like
more
information
on,
I
can
do
that
as
well.
F
So
for
the
state
and
local
aid
which,
at
this
the
estimates
right
now
as
we
wait
for
treasury
to
to
fund
these
and
we're
checking
daily
for
the
treasury
guidance
and
how
they
will
disperse
these
or
win,
had
350
billion
dollars
for
state
and
local
governments.
F
So
you
see
the
breakdown
here:
195
billion
for
the
states
themselves
and
the
district
of
columbia,
130.2
billion
for
local
governments,
20
billion
for
tribes,
4.5
billion
for
territories
and
one
of
the
and
then
the
another
divide
out
is
4.45.6
billion
for
metropolitan
cities.
F
And
of
that,
the
the
estimates
out
of
the
senate
when
the
bill
passed,
which
was
the
final
version,
was
about
284
million
dollars
for
the
city
of
minneapolis
in
state,
in
direct
aid
and
and
the
next
steps
are
that
the
the
there's
a
60-day
deadline.
So
at
my
account
mark
may
11th
is
when
that
money
has
to
be
dispersed
directly
to
the
city.
F
But
it
could
be
sooner
and
it
will.
It
will
come
direct.
It
will
not
go
through
the
state
because
of
the
size
of
the
city
of
minneapolis
and
just
to
note,
because
of
the
complexity
and
the
number
of
different
municipalities,
cities
under
50
000
will
be
they
will.
The
treasury
will
allocate
it
through
the
states
and
then
the
states
have
an
additional
30
days
to
allocate
out,
but
it
is
still
they
have
to
do
that.
It's
not
the
state
money
they
have
their
own
bucket.
A
F
Yes,
so
the
45
is
a
subset
of
the
130
billion,
so
130
billion
includes
counties,
metropolitan
cities
and
then
non-counties.
So
if
you
can
imagine
towns
townships,
you
know
any
sort
of
municipality
under
this
definition.
So
that's
the
breakdown
but
the
metropolitan
cities
themselves.
So
over
500,
000
or
excuse
me,
no,
that's
not
correct
over
50
000
that
were
were
designated
in
their
own
designation
in
their
own
category.
That's
the
difference.
F
Yep
next
side,
please
so
the
use
of
funds.
Now
this
is
what
it
was
written
into
law
again.
Treasury
will
be
coming
out
with
their
guidelines
in
in
the
coming
days,
and
but
it
is
the
the
biggest
takeaways
of
this
is
a
much
more.
F
Not
only
is
it
direct,
but
it
is
much
more
flexible,
so
the
use
of
funds
by
and
and
much
there's
a
much
longer
runway
so
instead
of
having
you
know,
nine
months
to
use
this
there's
three
years
and
and
the
city
can
use
this
funding
to
respond
to
covet
19
emergency
and
address
its
economic
effects,
including
through
aid
to
households,
small
businesses,
non-profits
and
industries
such
as
tourism
hospitality.
F
So
that's
another
answer
to
your
question.
Chair
jenkins,
is
that
if
the
city
itself,
you
know
cities
themselves
can
can
respond
to
their
communities
and
specific
community
needs
in
these
different
pockets
as
they
see
fit
and
then
provide
premium
pay
to
essential
employees
or
grants
to
their
employers.
F
If
it's
a
partner
and
provide
government
services
affected
by
a
revenue
reduction
during
the
pandemic,
find
it
interesting
that
make
that
the
city
could
use
it
to
make
investments
in
water,
sewer
and
broadband
infrastructure,
and
and
could
also
transfer
funds
to
private
nonprofit
groups.
Public
benefit
corporations
involved
in
passenger
cargo
transportation
and
special
purpose
units
of
governments.
F
The
one
thing
that
was
explicit
in
law
is
that
you
cannot
deposit
the
money
into
a
pension
fund,
so
those
are
the
that's.
The
parameters
of
the
usage
right
now
and
treasury
will
provide
further
guidance
on
the
to
really
specify
the
use
of
funds,
but
it
is
to
be
used
for
lost
revenue.
So
it
is
not.
F
You
can
fill
budget
gaps,
which
is
very
important
and
something
that
this
that
the
city
as
a
whole
was
very
engaged
with
over
the
over
2020,
with
your
members
of
congress,
senators
and
congresswoman
omar
to
say
you
know
this
and
with
cities
across
the
country
to
say
this.
Funding
really
needs
to
be
able
to
be
used
for
lost
revenue,
because
that
was
a
large
impact
of
of
kova
on
communities.
G
F
So
if
you
look
at
hud,
for
example,
during
cares,
I'm
talking
to
some
officials
at
hud,
you
know
they
were.
They
were
feeling
underwater
because
they
with
their
specific
program,
they
had
51
additional
million
dollars
and
they
their.
You
know.
The
staff
was
saying
this
is
the
fantastic
problem
to
have,
but
we
need
a
little
time
to
figure
out
how
and
where
this
money
is
going
to
go,
how
it's
going
to
flow
out.
So
that's
what
they're
doing
right
now,
as
you
know,
in
in
the
weeks
after
this
bill
passed.
F
So,
as
I
said-
and
this
is,
this
is
just
the
local
aid
I
will-
I
will
move
to
the
other
major
provisions,
but
next
steps
for
local
aid
is
again
we're
waiting
for
treasury
guidelines.
The
timing
of
the
local
aid
payment
will
be
between
now
and
may
11th
and
then
the
city,
it's
you
know.
The
city
will
need
to
plan
for
the
use
of
the
the
direct
local
aid
and
that
will
be
an
internal
city
city
process.
F
So
next
slide.
If
there's
no
questions.
F
So
the
the
rest
of
these
provisions-
some
are
directly
applicable
to
the
city
of
minneapolis
and
to
cities
in
general.
Some
are
what
I,
what
I
think
would
be
of
interest,
because
your
your
residents
are
are
going
to
be
paying
attention
to
this
and
because
they
are,
you
know
they
are
major
provisions
in
this
bill.
F
Again,
there's
a
lot
of
information,
so
I
will
try
to
be
succinct
here,
but
if
there
are
questions
you
know
happy
to
dig
in
further
to
more
specific
bullets,
but
the
direct
payments
obviously
was
was
a
big
discussion
point.
As
this
bill
was
being
drafted
and
passed
earlier
this
year,
it
would
provide
the
bill,
provides
1400
for
individuals,
2800
for
joint,
follow,
filers
and
then
1400
additional
for
each
qualifying
dependent.
F
It
does
phase
out
with
individuals,
income
75,
000
an
over
and
no
gross
income
of
80,
000
or
more
individual
would
be
able
to
receive
any
stimulus,
and
but
it
does
does
double
for
joint
filers
and
then
dependence
would
include
full-time
students
younger
than
24
and
then
adult
dependents
as
categorized
and
there's
they.
You
know
they
because
of
cares
and
some
of
the
confusion
about
who
was
eligible.
F
They
put
some
some
restrictions
in
here,
for
you
know
the
estates
or
the
the
living
relatives
of
of
individuals
who
passed
away
before
january
1st
2021
would
not
be
eligible.
F
Then
they
will
be
based
on
2019
or
2020.
Tax
returns
and
and
what's
interesting,
is
that
they
are
the
treasury
department
is
paying
u.s
territories
directly
to
cover
the
cost
of
them,
then
providing
those
direct
payments.
So
those
are
moving
out
very
quickly,
as
I'm
sure
you
have
seen
in
media
and
fulfills
that
desire
to
have
that
full
two
thousand
dollar
direct
check
next
slide,
just
a
little
bit
more
on
dependent
care
that
I
think
that
is,
is
fairly
valuable
information.
F
The
the
increases,
the
tax
credit
for
dependent
care
to
cover
35
percent
of
care
expenses
for
3
000
for
one
dependent
and
6
000
for
two
or
more,
and
it
makes
the
tax
credit,
refundable
and
increases
the
allowable
expense
and
one
of
the
things
is.
It
begins
phasing
out
of
the
credit
at
a
125
000
in
salary
instead
of
just
15
000..
So
that
was
a
major
jump,
but
essentially
it's
it's,
creating
a
very
a
robust
system
for
assisting
with
dependent
care
next
slide.
F
Unless
there's
no
questions
so
employment
provisions
again,
this
is
for
small
businesses
in
your
community,
and
this
is
a
lot
of.
It
is
extension
of
of
cares
and
consideration
of
what
employers
went
through
this
last
year.
So
through
december
31st
it
it
extends
an
employee
retention
credit
that
was
established
in
cares
and
expands
eligibility
for
the
credit
to
new
to
startups
that
were
established
after
february.
F
15
2020
also
accompanies
it
to
companies
if
their
revenue
declined
by
90
percent
compared
to
the
same
in
the
calendar
same
quarter
and
last
calendar
year,
and
that
that
expanded
quite
a
bit
to
include
startups
paid
leave
credits.
The
bill
would
extend
through
september
30th,
tax
credits
for
employer
provided
paid,
sick
family
leave,
which
was
established
originally
in
last
march,
early
in
the
pandemic
under
family
first
and
it
it
increases
the
value
of
the
credits
as
well
to
match
an
employer's
share.
F
It
also
increases
the
wage
covered
by
the
pam
by
the
paid
family
lead
credit
to
12
000
per
worker.
Instead
of
10
and
covers
as
many
as
60
days
of
paid
family
leave
for
self-employed
individual
individuals
instead
of
50,
which
felt
that
is
a
was
a
specific
adjustment
that
that
was
you
know.
F
Lessons
learned
from
cares
is
that
that
those
individuals
needed
needed
the
needed
that
that
boost
and
expanded
paid
leave
credits,
including
for
self-employed
individuals
to
cover
coven,
19
vaccination,
vaccinations
or
waiting
time
for
test
results,
so
the
quarantine
time
and
it
bars
employees
from
receiving
credits
if
their
paid
leave,
favors
highly
compensated
employees,
full-time
workers
or
employees
based
on
tenure.
F
So
again,
these
are
of
interest
for
for
employers
in
general
and
next
slide.
If
no
one
has
any
questions,
and
also
in
what
has
been
a
a
major
point
of
conversation
across
the
nation,
is
the
unemployment
extensions
in
extended
several
pandemic-related
unemployment
benefits
included,
created
under
cares,
so
it's
300
for
unemployment
compensation
through
september
6th,
and
that
was
actually
even
a
boost
over
the
house
pass
version
which
which
passed
the
week
before
the
senate
version
and
the
final
bill
that
was
was
signed
into
law.
F
It
also
extends
jobless
benefits
through
september
6.
That
would
have
expired
on
march
14th
and
also
extends
through
september
6
federal
payments
to
nonprofits
and
government
agencies,
which
is
of
interest
to
local
governments
for
75
percent
of
the
costs
of
providing
unemployment
benefits,
which
was
increased
from
a
50
percent
coverage,
and
there
is
interest-free
federal
loans
for
state
unemployment,
trust
funds
and
full
federal
funding
to
qualifying
states
for
extended
benefit
and
work.
Sharing
programs
in
full,
instead
of
partial
federal
funding
for
states
to
provide
regular
unemployment
benefits
without
a
waiting
period.
F
So
really
focusing
in
on
what
employers
and
both
private
and
then
public
employers
needed
to
assist
with
with
leave
and
with
with
unemployment.
Next
slide,
please,
unless
there's
any
questions.
F
So
housing,
which
is
a
also
very
important
discussion,
the
bill
included
emergency
rent
relief
and
utility
assistance
and
actually
interesting
extra
for
rural
housing,
homeowner
assistance,
funds,
mortgage
payments,
property
taxes,
utilities
insurance
and
they
carved
out
that
not
more
than
15
percent
can
be
used
for
admin,
administrative
uses
by
states
and
local
governments,
meaning
that
the
the
funding
has
to
really
go
to
housing
and
getting
folks
getting
folks
sustainable
housing.
F
There
is
also
a
boost
for
emergency
housing
vouchers
to
address
homelessness,
utility
assistance,
nutrition
assistance
and
the
economic
development
agency
got
assistant
grants
which
are
competitive,
but
they
got
a
huge
boost
for
those
so
that
they
will
be
less
competitive
next
slide.
Please
unless
there's
any
questions
so
the
next.
F
The
next
three
and
final
slides
are
on
health
care
funding
and
vaccinations
and
there's
been
a
lot
of
conversations,
and
I
think
this
is
of
interest
in
terms
of
what
cities
need
and
and
how
they
could
use
their
direct
funding
to
help
their
specific
constituency
and
how
in
access
to
vaccines
and
things
like
that,
but
the
but
the
industry,
the
healthcare
industry
itself
and
and
that
sector
is.
F
F
There
was
quite
a
bit
of
funding:
47.8
billion
for
testing
and
tracing
activities,
8.5
billion
for
vaccines
at
the
cdc
there's
7.6
billion
to
expand
the
public
health
workforce,
including
grants
to
state
local
and
territorial
health
departments,
which
you
know,
county-based
services,
state-based
services
and
health
departments,
7.6
billion
for
community
health
centers,
and
then
I'm
just
going
to
jump
down
as
well,
because
there's
a
lot
of
other
the
pieces
to
this
and
happy
to
answer
any
questions
but
they're
also
looking
as
well
to
support
funding
for
things
like
you
know:
long-term
r
d,
so
500
million
for
evaluating
the
vaccines
and
500
million
for
data
modernization
and
forecasting,
which
will
help
prevention
next
slide.
F
F
F
There
is
not
only
that
money
set
aside
for
purchase
and
distribution
of
materials
and
equipment
under
the
defense
production
act,
which
is
you
know,
a
designation
that
has
to
be
invoked
by
the
president,
but
also
in
through
fiscal
year.
2025
fema
will
have
50
billion
dollars
to
reimburse
state
and
local
governments
for
covid
19
related
expenses.
F
So
that
is,
you
know,
as
this
plays
out
and
as
unintended
or
unforeseen
impacts
continue.
There
will
be
that
that
pot
of
funding
to
for
the
emergency
aspect
for
that
agency
to
to
have
that
funding.
A
And
that's
in
addition
to
what
fema
current
budget
is.
F
Yes,
and
and
if
you
know
fema
has
its
own
set
of
rules
and
will
have
its
own,
you
know
process
for
that,
but
it
is.
It
is
a
major
boost
in
funding.
A
And
then
next,
just
one
last
question
before
you
move
on
I'm
curious:
is
there
anything
in
this
bill
or
is
there
any
conversations
to
reinvigorate
a
sort
of
pandemic
response
division-
or
I
know
that
existed
at
one
point
in
time
and
then
it
kind
of
got
disbanded
by
the
previous
administration.
F
That's
a
very
good
question.
I
think
that
the
pandemic
response
team
right
now
is
is
because
it
was
disbanded
by
the
previous
administration
and
because
it
was
a
planning
organization,
because
we
weren't
in
the
middle
of
pandemic.
I
think
that's
been
replaced
right
now
by
the
by
in
the
white
house,
by
the.
F
But
I
think
that
in
the
future
there
is
definitely
going
to
be
a
refocus
on
you
know
not
only
research,
development,
pre-planning,
but
lessons
learned
and
and
making
sure
that
this
doesn't
happen
again
in
this
administration.
I
think
that
will
be
a
major
focus
great
and
next
slide.
I
believe
that's
my
last
slide.
So
if
there's
any
other
questions,
I
just
wanted
to
to
point
out
that
I'm
in
washington
dc
for
on
behalf
of
the
city
and
work
very
closely
with
your
igr
team.
F
Our
president
and
ceo
of
primacy
strategy
group
is
ryan
kelly.
He
is
based
in
the
twin
cities
and
we
have
a
team
both
in
minnesota
and
in
dc
out
here.
So
any
questions
and
and
assistance
we
can
provide.
I
know
that
this
is
a
great
deal
of
information.
We
are.
We
are
trying
to
digest
it
all
as
quickly
as
possible
and
be
helpful,
but
on
specifics,
we'll
run
anything
down
that
is
helpful
and
be
working
with
staff
to
make
sure
that
we're
ahead
on
all
opportunities
here.
A
Well,
mrs
tranter,
I
really
want
to
thank
you
for
your
detailed
analysis
as
well,
as
you
know,
kind
of
up
to
the
minute
reporting
we.
We
deeply
appreciate
that
and
will
likely
continue
to
lean
on
on
your
insights
and
relationships
and
networks
to
better
understand
all
the
processes,
all
the
re
requirements
and
regulations
as
they
come
down,
and
we
have
a
number
of
questions
from
my
colleagues
and
we'll
begin
with
council
member
schrader.
I
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
this
might
be
more
of
a
question
for
director
moore
and
I'm
happy
to
have
it
wait,
but
it
with
all
the
money
going
to
all
different
levels
of
government.
Has
there
been
kind
of
some
talk
of
like
the
coordination,
because
I
mean
the
the
needs
we
see
for
our
constituents
are
the
same
and
there's
a
little
bit
of
overlap,
and
so
I
just
want
to
see
if
there's
been
some
kind
of
talk
started
about
how
to
not
duplicate
services,
how
to
best
use
this
money
most
efficiently.
E
Yes,
console
chair
johnson
and
comes
up
yes,
those
conversations
really
started
happening
even
before
the
bill
was
officially
even
taken
up
in
the
house
side,
nor
the
senate
and
then
ultimately
signed
by
the
president
regarding
especially
the
response
to
housing
and
stability
and
homelessness.
E
E
You
know
as
what
was
what
was
shared
in
addition
to
the
direct
aid
that
the
city
is
getting
the
state's
also
getting
roughly
two
billion
dollars
as
well,
and
that's
in
addition
to
some
of
the
other
programmatic
funding
that
they
will
receive
from
agencies
like
hud,
for,
for
example,
so
to
to
ensure
that
our
our
money
is
is
having
the
most
impact
departments
are,
if
not
already
most,
some
of
them
are
having
conversations
with
other
local
and
state
partners
on
effectively
and
efficiently
getting
those
those
dollars
out.
J
You
know
this
is
something
we
have
been
lobbying
for
the
support
for
this
aid
for
our
city,
for
our
communities
and
for
our
residents
for
effectively
a
year
now,
and
we
have
faced
impact
just
as
everyone
across
the
nation
has
faced
impacts
related
to
the
pandemic,
and
it's
been
a
huge
hardship
all
across
our
city,
and
I
I
think
this
is
such
a
tremendous
moment
to
have
this
act
passed
and
to
have
the
support.
J
Finally,
here
it
has
been
something
that
cities
and
states
have
been
lobbying
for
this
entire
time,
and
I
I
want
to
also
thank
both
the
national
league
of
cities
and
the
minnesota
league
of
cities
for
their
work
on
this,
because
it
is
so
essential
and-
and
I
think
it's
important
to
contextualize
and
remind
everyone
who's
watching
that
you
know,
even
though
we
haven't
had
this
aid,
it
hasn't
stopped
us
from
stepping
up
on
so
many
different
fronts
to
address
the
real
needs
within
our
community
within
our
city,
and
our
staff
have
been
doing
more
with
less
resources.
J
As
a
result,
we
had
to
make
those
significant
deep
cuts
to
our
budget
that
were
the
largest
course
correction
as
a
result
of
revenue
shortfall
in
city
history,
at
a
time
when
we
needed
to
do
more
than
we've
ever
done
before,
and
our
staff
have
been
so
amazing
working
so
hard
non-stop
to
really
meet
the
needs
all
across
the
city,
and
so
this
it
has
been
such
a
tremendous
need.
It's
so
impactful
on
so
many
fronts,
and
we're
just
glad
that
this
is
allowing
us
to
revisit
some
of
those
decisions.
J
Around
service
cuts
and
to
look
at
the
ways
in
which
we
can
better
support
community,
it's
been,
you
know,
for
local
governments,
with
the
least
taxing
capacity
and
some
of
the
most
impact
around
the
pandemic
in
terms
of
revenue
shortfalls.
It's
been
a
tremendous
challenge,
and
so
we
really
really
appreciate
and
can't
speak
enough
about
the
need
and
the
value
of
this
support.
J
So
again,
thanks
for
everybody
involved
and
all
of
their
advocacy
for
this,
it's
it
is
so
huge
and
it
needs
to
be
said
and
repeated
over
and
over
again
how
important
this
is
given
all
the
need.
Thank
you.
H
Thanks
winter,
I
I
think,
like
councilmember
schroeder,
did
want
to
highlight
the
I
think,
importance
of
working
with
our
partners
in
county
and
state
government,
and
I
think,
we're
lucky
that
you
know
prior
to
the
pandemic
and
certainly
through
the
last
year,
we've
really
developed
very
strong
relationships
with
hennepin
county
and
the
wells
administration,
our
legislative
delegation
in
minneapolis,
as
well
as
partnerships
with
our
neighbors
in
st
paul
and
other
communities
in
the
region,
because
we're
all
facing
a
lot
of
the
same
challenges
together.
H
So
I
think
you
know
I
think
customer
trader
talked
about
this,
but
just
given
all
these
different
buckets
of
funding-
and
you
know-
as
we
talked
about
with
housing
but
also-
I
think-
with
health
and
the
fema
money,
you
know-
there'll
be
funding
coming
through
all
of
these
different
streams
and
some
coming
directly
to
the
city
and
other
to
our
partners,
and
I'm
just
really
glad
that
we
have
these
communications
lines
really
open
and
so
much
back
and
forth
between
staff
at
the
city
and
other
levels
of
the
government.
H
A
Thank
you,
madam
president,
and
saying
there's
no
one
else
in
queue.
You
know
I
will
just
say
that
that
this
does
present
us
with
a
real,
significant
opportunity
to
kind
of
right
size,
some
things
in
our
communities.
Thank
goodness,
we
have
a
strategic
racial
equity
plan
in
place
that
will
help
us
to
be
able
to
identify
how
we
can
help
the
most
marginalized
people
in
our
communities,
as
well,
as
you
know,
help
our
our
city
and
and
community
across
the
board.
A
But
I
believe
that
these
that
the
strategic,
racial
equity
action
plan
and
use
of
the
ratio,
equity
impact
assessment
and
other
tools
will
help
us
utilize
these
these
significant
resources
in
the
best
ways
possible.
A
So
I
do
want
to
just
thank
again
the
is
it
the
premier
agency,
I
believe,
as
well
as
the
director
moore
and
her
team
and
everyone
else
for
this
presentation
and
see
no
further
discussion.
I
will
direct
the
clerk
to
to
file
that
report
and
thank
you
all
so
much
for
this
presentation.
A
F
A
A
So
the
next
discussion
item
is
item
number
17..
It
is
the
the
arts
and
work
group
update
and
recommendations
from
the
arts
and
culture
and
creative
economy
division,
and
that
report
will
be
introduced
by
galon
kyam
from
the
city
coordinator's
office.
A
K
No,
no
worries
it's
good
to
see
you
too
good
afternoon,
chair
and
accounts
vice
council
vice
president
jenkins
and
council
president
bender
and
fellow
council
members.
My
name
is
danielle
shelton
volcek,
I'm
the
director
of
strategic
initiatives
for
the
city
coordinators
office
I'll,
be
presenting
the
arts
and
culture
update
with
my
colleague,
gilgoon
kayam,
who
oversees
the
arts,
culture
and
creative
economy
for
the
city
coordinators
office
next
slide,
please.
K
K
Then
she
will
also
discuss
the
arts
and
recommendations
for
the
arts
and
culture
functions
of
this
consolidated
arts
group
I'll
then
be
providing
a
recommendation
as
to
a
structure.
Then
we'll
go
into
in-depth
into
some
program
and
budget
considerations,
and
then
we
will
stand
for
any
questions
next
slide,
please
so
as
context
via
july
2019
staff
direction.
K
You
all
asked
specific
enumerated
departments
to
conduct
a
swot
analysis
in
regards
to
arts
and
to
construct
a
set
of
recommendations
to
align
and
grow
the
city's
arts
capacity,
the
city's
capacity
and
art
and
the
creative
cultural
work,
as
well
as
accelerate
the
city's
equity
goals.
And
then,
from
that
swot
analysis.
K
K
There
was
a
second
staff
direction
that
was
issued
in
november
of
2019
with
the
following
deliverables,
which
is
to
create
a
tactical
plan
for
the
implementation
of
new
arts,
of
a
new
arts
and
cultural
structure,
including
budget
and
timeline
in
any
necessary
policy
and
administrative
changes.
K
We
have
been
significantly
delayed
in
getting
this
report
back
to
you
simply
because
of
what
happened
in
2020
with
the
pandemic
and
also
the
civil
unrest
as
a
result
of
the
killing
of
george
floyd.
But
now
we
are
attempting
to
get
back
on
track
with
with
this
arts
update.
So
can
we
go
to
the
next
slide?
Please.
K
K
Next
slide,
please,
in
front
of
you,
you
see
the
core
group,
which
has
mainly
worked
to
as
a
synthesizer
to
synthesize
information
and
inputs
and
other
inputs
that
we've
gotten
from
the
people
enumerated
below
on
this
slide
and
the
next
slide.
Could
you
thank
you
and
the
work
group
are
those
people
who
actually
participated
in
the
swot
analysis
in
2019
that
led
us
to
one
of
our
first
set
of
recommendations.
L
L
The
following
information,
we'll
provide
is
a
very
brief
summary,
and
so
I
refer
you
to
the
appendix
at
the
end
of
the
presentation
for
more
detailed
information.
Next
slide,
please
so
on
this
slide,
you
see
a
high
level
sense
of
pre.
Excuse
me
sorry,
on
this
slide,
you
see
a
summary
of
our
current
arts
and
culture
climate.
L
Meanwhile,
overall,
declining
revenues
have
decreased
funding,
support
for
creative
non-profits,
leaving
them
in
more
precarious
positions.
Creative
sector
weaknesses
that
pre-existed
the
pandemic
have
been
amplified
by
the
current
emergencies
and
we
believe
that
the
city,
now
more
than
ever,
can
and
should
be
the
force
to
help
the
creative
sector
stabilize
and
recover
next
slide.
Please,
to
give
you
a
high
level
of
pre-pandemic
conditions
in
our
creative
economy.
I've
put
together
some
data
on
this
slide.
L
First,
the
first
snapshot
is
of
our
creative
for-profits.
Minneapolis
is
fortunate
to
have
a
thriving
creative
economy.
For
example,
our
for-profit
industries
provided
5
billion
in
revenues
in
2016,
and
our
highest
earning
industry
is
advertising
moving
to
workforce.
Despite
the
healthy,
healthy
for-profit
revenues,
our
workforce
has
significant
disparities
in
employment
and
pay
for
people
of
color
and
women.
Women,
the
local
employment
rate
for
bipod
creative
workers
is
13,
while
the
national
rate
is
30
percent.
L
Finally,
for
non-profits
pre-pandemic
conditions
had
them
struggling
due
to
declining
revenues.
This
led
to
recent
closures
for
organizations
such
as
the
soap
factory
intermediate
arts,
red-eye
collaborations,
and
for
those
that
didn't
end
up
closing
such
as
heart
of
the
beast
and
nema.
They
continue
to
struggle
to
remain
open
next
slide.
L
Not
surprisingly,
this
then
has
caused
a
knock-on
effect
due
to
revenue,
declines
and
significant
workforce
layoffs.
Even
in
this
healthy
industry,
the
creative
workforce
overall
is
on
its
knees
with
94
percent
reporting.
Loss
of
income.
L
So
a
little
bit
of
background
on
what
you're.
Looking
at
here
staff
and
subject
matter,
experts
worked
on
categorizing
the
functions
of
the
new
organization
and
divided
these
functions
into
different
levels
of
responsibility.
L
L
We
organized
these
policies
for
their
strengths,
of
fit
to
the
arts
and
culture
organization
and
then
scored
them
and
reviewed
them
together
and
then
created
several
iterations
of
the
work
before
finally
synthesizing
the
strategies
and
functions
which
I'm
going
to
share
with
you.
So
it
was
quite
a
lengthy
and
considered
process
next
slide.
L
L
So
you
can
understand
more
about
each
of
these
functions,
which
appear
in
the
in
the
column
under
categories
of
service,
so
the
art
spaces.
This
includes
working
with
venues,
workspaces,
studios
and
living
spaces.
A
part
of
this
work
will
include
an
area
focused
on
anti-displacement
strategies
and
involve
helping
post-pandemic
opening
and
recovery.
L
We
expect
that
a
portion
of
this
work
will
also
be
cross-departmental
in
nature
under
business
support.
This
area
of
work
includes
direct
financial
support,
as
well
as
indirect
support
for
the
creative
sector.
There
is
a
special
focus
on
direct
services
to
cultural
districts,
financial
support
organizations
and
robust
technical
assistance.
L
This
area
includes
investment
in
neighborhood,
festivals
and
other
areas
of
work,
supporting
cultural
heritage
and
community
identity.
Here
we
also
focused
on
on
cultural
district
investments.
Next
slide,
please
under
engagement.
This
area
includes
artist-led
engagement
in
collaboration
with
city
departments,
to
address
racial
disparities,
and
also
other
arts
and
culture
investments
to
support
city
engagement
policies.
L
Promotion
addresses
how
we
promote
the
city
as
a
premier
arts
destination
and
includes
the
promotion
of
the
city's
work,
for
example,
developing
and
maintaining
a
centralized
website
of
etc,
and
so
that
helps
you
understand
that
there
was
a
focus
from
the
arts
work
group
asking
for
that
specific
deliverable,
but
also
it
includes
working
with
our
external
partners,
such
as
meet
minneapolis.
L
Finally,
under
public
realm,
this
supports
fully
investing
in
our
current
public
health
functions
while
properly
maintaining
our
growing
public
art
collection.
It
also
adds
robust
technical
assistance
and
community
support
to
the
services
provided
by
public
art
and
we've
seen
recently
how
important
these
have
been
at
38th
and
chicago
next
slide.
Please.
K
So
one
of
the
deliberate
deliverables
for
today
was
to
come
to
you
all
with
a
recommendation
as
to
where
the
centralized
arts
work
could
live
next
slide,
please,
as
you
can
see,
on
the
slide
we
actually
in
conjunction
and
or
I
should
say
in
collaboration
with
the
city
attorney's
office,
looked
at
various
structures,
charter
department,
a
non-profit,
potentially
a
new
division
housed
within
an
existing
department,
and
each
of
these
these
structures
had
their
advantages
and
disadvantages,
which
we
weighed
pretty
heavily
next
slide.
Please.
K
K
Next
slide,
so
now
I'm
going
to
talk
about
some
program
and
budget
considerations,
both
gogoon
actually
and
I
are
before
golgoon-
gets
into
the
detail
of
the
program
costs
and
fte
expenses.
K
We
actually
did
a
comparison
with
peer
cities
as
to
our
current
programming
and
ftes,
and
our
recommended
programming
and
and
ftes
next
slide.
Please
so
here
are
the
cities
that
we
compared
ourselves
to.
We've
got
seven
national
cities
and
they
were
chosen
for
a
couple
of
reason.
A
couple
of
reasons.
K
First,
their
arts
departments
are
based
inside
their
city
structure
and
secondly,
they
have
similar
programming
to
that
which
we
are
currently
undertaking
and
that
we
are
recommending
that
this
centralized
arts
group
undertake
and
we
chose
these
local
peer
cities
based
on
the
fact
that
the
local
cities,
we
are
all
similar
in
our
authorizing
environments-
essentially
next
slide.
Please.
K
Then,
if
you
look
at
the
gray
and
gray
slash
brown,
depending
on
how
you
see
that
color
area
of
the
slide,
then
those
are
arts
spends
that
are
actually
outside
of
the
scope
of
services
and
programming
that
we're
recommending
for
the
centralized
group.
K
We
would
be
looking
at
increasing
that
spend
for
2022
by
an
additional
3
million
and
then
over
a
period
of
time
we
would
be
asking
for
a
full
recommendation
or
a
phased-in
approach
of
a
total
spend.
That
would
be
around
seven
to
eight
million,
and
this
is
still
how
we
would
fall
in
comparison
to
our
national
peer
cities.
So
we
would
still
be
a
high,
be
behind
a
bit.
K
K
So
here
is
another
way
to
look
at
the
slide
that
you
that
that
I
just
talked
about
only
we're
just
we're
just
showing
you
the
numbers
here
and,
like
I
said,
even
in
our
phase
in
approach
an
investment,
we
would
still
be
lagging
behind
our
peer
cities.
However,
it
would
still
allow
us,
even
if
we
have
this
lag,
it
would
still
allow
us
the
opportunity
to
enhance
our
arts,
supports
and
fully
execute
on
the
city,
the
city's
arts
and
culture
policies.
That
gogoon
was
talking.
K
So
if
you
look
at
the
very
bottom,
where
it
says
minneapolis
current,
we
currently
have
five
ftes
devoted
to
similar
programming
of
pure
cities,
and
I
also
want
to
there's
a
caveat
here
in
the
minneapolis
current
slide.
We
actually
have
two
of
those
ftes
that
actually
do
not
have
ongoing
funding.
K
K
I
think
that's
significant
as
we
look
at
pure
cities
and
the
ftes
that
they
have
dedicated
and
ongoing
to
support
their
programmatic
work,
that
not
only
that
we
are
undertaking
right
now,
which
is
similar
to
peer
cities,
but
also
what
we
are
suggesting
that
that
the
centralized
arts
core
do
which
is
similar
to,
like
I
said,
the
other
peer
cities
and,
like
I
said
earlier,
the
orange
are
dedicated
ftes
to
that
similar
programming.
K
And
then
the
brown,
slash
gray
portions
of
the
graphs
are
additional
ftes
that
are
working
on
programming
that
we
are
not
necessarily
recommending
for
for
the
city
of
minneapolis.
But
this
is
a
great
way
for
us
to
explain
and
show
you
the
level
of
not
only
like.
I
said,
programmatic
investment,
but
also
fte
investment
in
like
services
and
beyond,
in
comparison
to
those
seven
national
cities
and
and
even
with
our
phase
in
recommendation
at
minneapolis,
2020,
two
and
then
full
recommendation
later,
we
would
be
making
significant.
K
Quite
frankly,
at
least
in
the
fte
realm.
We
would
be
making
significant
strides
and
becoming
a
little
bit
more
on
par
with
our
peer
cities.
If
we
dedicated
more
ftes
to
the
work
of
of
what's
in
the
enterprise
now
and
the
work
that
we
have
recommended
that
this
core
arts
group
undertake
in
the
future
next
slide
next
slide.
L
L
We
then
added
administrative
and
leadership
leadership
structure
to
support
the
operations
of
this
new
department,
and
we
finally
then
created
new
programs
for
services
that
are
not
provided
by
current
program
areas.
That's
how
we
organize
the
work
in
ord
and
in
terms
of
structure,
and
we
also
then
considered
prioritizing
the
work
based
on
community
needs.
External
community
needs
next
slide,
please.
L
L
L
These
are
all
of
the
functions
that
I've
already
described
with
the
addition
of
the
administration
and
operations
on
the
right
is
our
rec,
our
set
of
recommendations
in
the
right
column
under
program
budget
and
then
operating
budget
and
then
finally
recommended
ftes.
L
L
L
So
here
we've
pulled
out
phase
a
for
you
to
look
at
so
based
on
our
research.
We
estimate
that
these
are
the
dollars
and
fdes.
We
will
need
in
these
service
areas.
Detailed
final
figures
maybe
may
change
as
conversations
with
the
budget
office,
hr
and
other
stakeholders
continue
and
as
the
programs
are
designed
so
a
little
bit
more
about
phase
a
phase,
a
is
the
most
basic
approach
to
investing
in
arts
and
culture.
L
L
But
one
thing
for
you
to
consider
here
is
that
a
critical
function
has
been
added,
which
is
management
and
advisory,
and
this
function
is
a
cross-departmental
function
that
allows
partnerships
and
collaborations,
and
this
is
because
there's
a
distiller
somewhat
a
disturbed,
a
dispersed
nature
of
work
that
happens
in
other
departments
and,
of
course,
this
department
will
have
issues
that
it
will
need
to
collaborate
with
on
for
other
departments.
L
L
To
achieve
this
particular
phase
of
work
next
slide,
please
phase
b
adds
additional
art,
stabilization
and
recovery
programming,
specifically
for
neighborhoods
and
cultural
districts,
and
as
these
are
new
program
areas,
they'll
need
the
time
to
be
fully
built
out
this
investment.
The
investment
in
this
phase
is
shown
in
the
total
spend
below.
We
don't
currently
have
any
work
in
this
area,
so
it
would
all
be
brand
new,
as
I've
already
mentioned
next
slide
and
then
finally,
slide
c
adds
robust
promotion
to
the
department
portfolio
again.
This
is
a
new
area
of
work.
L
A
L
Yes
sure
so
part
of
our
recommendations
in
2019
was
neighborhood,
focused
investment,
and
so
this
is
where
we're
doing
that.
It's
in
the
arts
based
community
development
section
of
this
work,
so
under
that
portfolio
it
would
include
investing
in
festivals,
investing
in
identity
based
events,
etc.
We
went
all
those
functions
earlier.
L
K
So
in
summary,
and
coming
back
to
this
group,
as
requested
in
the
november
2019
staff
direction,
we
are
making
the
following
recommendations:
that
a
new
department
of
arts
and
culture
be
created
under
the
city
coordinator
that
this
that
the
enterprise
undertake
a
phased
approach
in
programming
and
operational
funding
over
a
three-year
time
frame,
beginning
with
fiscal
year
2022,
and
that
the
enterprise
provide
those
supports
necessary
to
accomplish
the
city's
arts
policy
goals
through
these
new
structure
or
through
this
new
structure.
K
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you
both
for
this
presentation
and
for
the
two
years
of
work
and
effort
that
has
gone
into
this
process.
Are
there
any
comments
or
questions
from
my
colleagues.
A
I
will
just
speak,
you
know
as
being
engaged
in
this
work
and
really
you
know
supportive
of
I
think,
building
out
our
arts.
A
We
have
been
able
to
create
such
a
robust
artistic
community
without
that
support
that
many
other
cities
provide
and-
and
I
think
this
proposal
will
help
us
move
further
in
that
direction
and
support
some
of
these
art
organizations
and
artists
that
you
know,
as
you
noted,
miss
kyam
have
been
stepping
up
in
the
midst
of
this
pandemic,
but
also,
you
know,
I
think
you,
you
noted
80
000
cultural
workers
in
in
the
in
minneapolis
and
10
000
of
those
being
bipod
creatives
and
so
to
have
that
kind
of
infrastructure
deserves
our
support
and
the
coordination
of
the
resources
that
we
have
in
the
city
of
minneapolis
to
to
continue
to
move
that
work
forward.
A
G
G
G
G
A
Thank
you,
councilman
riccano
and
I
see
councilmember
goodman
and
cute
customer
goodman.
Is
your
comments
directed
towards
the
motion
or
the
presentation?
Thank
you.
Please
proceed.
D
Thank
you.
I
am
sorry.
I
won't
be
able
to
support
this
today.
I
feel
like
this
is
a
lot
of
really
great
people
doing
really
great
work,
but,
quite
frankly,
when
we're
in
the
middle
of
a
situation
where
our
employees,
free
of
wages,
are
frozen,
when
we
are
in
a
situation
where
we
essentially
have
a
partial
hiring.
D
We
have,
we
think,
is
really
important
and
stick
it
to
the
coordinator
kind
of
empire
building
in
the
coordinator's
office.
I'm
not
sure
why
and
taking
it
away
from
the
departments
that
actually
work
on
that
on
a
day-to-day
basis.
I
also
object
to
the
concept
of
going
from
two
or
three
staff
people
to
20
and
adding
five
or
six
million
dollars
to
this
department.
I'll
note
that
we
couldn't
come
up
with
three
million
dollars
to
fully
fund
neighborhoods,
but
we
would
come
up
with
that
plus
some
to
fund
staff
people
working
in
this
area.
D
I
just
don't
see
how
we're
going
to
miraculously
come
up
with
millions
to
put
into
this
effort
in
a
budget
process
where
there
are
so
many
other
pressing
issues,
and
this
is
actually
a
legitimate
pressing
issue.
But
from
where
I
sit,
we
probably
wouldn't
spend
this
money
on
a
whole
bunch
more
staff,
but
by
giving
arts
organizations
grants
and
giving
artists
grants
to
do
the
kind
of
community
building
that
they
are
already
doing
in
community
through
neighborhoods
and
through
the
existing
arts
organizations
that
are
struggling.
D
So
I
respect
the
work
of
my
colleagues
who
care
very
passionately
about
this
issue.
Certainly
most
people
on
the
council
care
a
lot
about
arts
and
artists
or
our
artists
themselves.
I
just
don't
agree
with
the
way
that
this
is
rolled
out,
and
so
therefore,
I
can't
support
it.
A
Thank
you,
councilmember
good
man.
You
know,
I
would
note
that
the
community
planning
and
economic
development
department
has
been
engaged
in
this
effort
and
has
is
supportive
of
this.
J
You
thank
you,
madam
chair,
so
just
looking
at
the
staff
direction
to
me,
it
seems
like
this
is
more
of
bring
back
an
ordinance
around
how
we
can
establish
that
department,
really
structural,
organizational
change,
a
draft
budget
which
we
still
need
to
prove
through
and
consider
and
improve
through
the
actual
budgeting
process.
That
would
happen
in
november
december
of
this
upcoming
year,
and
I
think
it
is
to
council
member
goodman's
point.
J
J
It
seems
like
there's
a
real
opportunity
here
to
do
some
more
due
diligence
on
on
this
and
to
start
moving
in
the
direction
towards
organizational
changing
consolidation
of
some
of
these
functions,
so
I'm
just
putting
that
out
there,
because
I
think
it's
important
to
get
other
perspectives
in
this
in
in
thinking
as
well,
for
the
public
as
they're
watching
us.
B
Yes,
thank
you.
Madam
president.
I
just
wanted
to
add
to
share
shared
concerns
around
consolidating
a
lot
of
work
in
the
coordinator's
office.
I
feel
as
though
what
has
happened
increasingly
over
the
last
few
years,
probably
the
last
two
terms
or
so,
is
that
the
coordinator's
office
has
really
become
a
place
where
we
just
put
work
that
doesn't
fit
anywhere
else
and
it
doesn't
necessarily
cohesively
fit
together
itself,
and
so
that
is
a
concern
that
I
have
sorry
about
my
dogs.
B
So
that
is
a
concern
that
I
have,
generally
speaking,
is
just
continuing
to
grow
and
institutionalizing
more
and
more
work
under
the
coordinator's
office.
You
know
from
my
perspective,
the
coordinator's
office
is
a
really
good
space
for
us
to
incubate
work
that
then
goes
into
more
appropriate
locations
throughout
the
enterprise
and
other
departments,
but
we
have
not
seen
that
it
actually
has
has
just
stayed
in
in
the
coordinator's
office.
So
I
don't
think
that
this
is
a
current
coordinator
issue
with
our
particular
coordinator.
B
I
just
I
think
that,
generally
speaking,
when
we
think
about
when
we're
institutionalizing
work,
I
want
us
to
be
mindful
that
we're
not
just
putting
work
that
doesn't
seem
to
neatly
fit
anywhere
else
in
the
coordinator's
office
is
like
the
one-stop
shop
to
put
all
the
stuff
we
we
sometimes
do
that,
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
to
name
that
that
concern
with
with
this
particular
staff
direction.
Thank
you,
madam
vice
president.
A
M
Thank
you,
council.
Mr
president,
I'm
going
to
support
the
staff
direction
because
I
I
do
respect
the
work
that's
going
into
this,
and
I
I
want
to
see
us
continue
development
to
a
place
that
we
can
see
what
the
real
costs
are
going
to
be
and
and
what
the
you
know
what
this
is
going
to
look
like.
I
know
that
we
have
to
authorize
staff
to
do
a
lot
of
that
work.
M
To
get
to
the
next
point
I'll
say
it's
not
a
foregone
conclusion
that
I'm
going
to
vote
to
support
the
ordinance
we're
directing
them
to
bring
back,
though
I
think
that
I
think
it's
important
right
now
to
signal
that
to
many
of
my
colleagues
concerns
that
have
been
raised.
I
think
the
location
in
the
coordinator's
office
is
something
that
we
need
to
do
more
to
make
the
case
for
why
that's
the
best
answer,
I'm
not
convinced
that
it
is.
M
M
We
just
received
a
presentation
on
prior
to
this
presentation,
so
you
know,
I
think
that
it's
entirely
possible
that
we're
going
to
give
the
staff
direction
and,
as
we
develop
the
ordinance
and
as
we
develop
this
a
little
bit
further
decide
that
either
this
isn't
the
year
or
this
isn't
entirely
the
right
approach.
But
I
think
that
there's
value
in
continuing
the
work
and
out
of
respect
for
my
colleagues
who
developed
it
this
far
I'll
support
the
staff
direction
today,
but
do
want
to
signal
that
we
have
work
to
do.
M
G
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
I'm
wondering
if
we
can
have
mark
ruff.
If
I
don't
know,
if
he's
available
right
now
today
or
maybe
danielle
as
the
leaders
of
the
city
coordinator's
office,
to
speak
to
this
particular
point
about
the
establishment
of
a
department
within
the
city
coordinators
office.
G
So
if
either
the
city
coordinator
is
here
with
us
today,
if
mark
could
talk
about
that
or
perhaps
danielle
just
to
sort
of
help,
the
public
understand
some
of
the
the
rationale
behind
that
particular
recommendation.
N
Sure,
council,
vice
president
jenkins
council
member
kano,
thank
you
and
for
all
council
members.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
with
you
today.
First
of
all,
I
just
want
to
also
recognize
the
great
work
that
danielle
and
golgoon
and
the
full
team
did
in
bringing
this
together
with
the
council
members.
N
Renee
youngs
also
hasn't
been
mentioned
as
a
key
staff
member
in
in
this
work,
along
with
vinson,
I
think
I
hear
and
understand
the
concerns
about
the
coordinator's
office.
I
just
want
to
be
clear
about
the
language,
sometimes
that
we
oftentimes,
including
myself,
sometimes
mix
together.
What
we
are
talking
about
is
creating
a
new
department
that
would
be
a
similar
department
to
neighborhood
and
community
relations
to
3-1-1
to
communications,
so
it
would
be
a
full-standing
department,
like
those
other
departments
that
would
in
in
my
recommendation,
which
we
will
bring
forward
later
through.
N
The
budget
process
would
be
under
the
umbrella
of
the
engagement
group
of
departments
within
the
coordinator
umbrella
and
remember
that
umbrella
includes
other
larger
departments
like
finance
and
property
services,
I.t
human
resources
and
convention
centers.
So
those
are
all
different
departments
that
reside
under
the
coordinator
charter
department,
umbrella
and
so
specifically
for
for
the
arts
department.
N
This
partnership,
especially
with
ncr
and
communications,
has
existed
for
a
number
of
years
that
golgum
and
her
team
have
have
been
regularly
involved
with
those
key
departments
in
the
city
that
bring
the
outreach
that
we
are
talking
about,
and
so
clearly,
when
we
talk
about
issues
of
community
development,
that
certainly
does
fall
into
the
sphere
clearly
of
cped.
But
it
also
falls
very
directly
within
those
departments.
N
That
recognizes
the
value
that
arts
brings
to
not
only
our
organization
but
our
city
as
a
whole,
and
so
I
just
want
to
more
fully
vet
that
organizational
vision.
That
would
be
then,
as
was
outlined
in
the
staff
direction
more.
I
You
know,
city
employees
that
are
on
furlough
that
have,
you
know
not
been
made
whole.
Yet,
as
we
look
to
coming
out
of
the
pandemic,
our
staff
is
doing.
You
know
a
number
of
really
important
things,
including
some
policies
that
I'm
working
on
that
we
will,
you
know,
need
to
have
implemented
as
we
roll
out
as
we
get
federal
dollars.
So
I
just
want
to.
I
G
I
think
it
would
be
appropriate
for
the
leaders
to
the
leaders
of
the
at
the
staff
level
to
address
that.
The
the
work
group
that
you
see
on
the
staff
direction
is
the
same
work
group
that
have
been
carrying
this
work
over
the
last
two
years
or
so.
G
So
you
know
right
now
it's
sort
of
trying
to
reach
some
sort
of
finish
line
here,
so
that
the
policy
makers
can
start
engaging
around
a
decision
point.
So
we're
really
looking
at
60
more
days
of
staff
level.
G
Attention
to
this
and
a
lot
of
it
I
know,
is
already
under
discussion
and
has
been
under
discussion
for
for
a
long
time
now.
We
we
didn't
feel
comfortable,
bringing
in
more
information
on
that
front
until
we
could
get
policy
maker
input
at
this
particular
point
or
or
juncture
in
the
work.
So
I
know
the
city
attorney's
office
and
renee
and
gauguin
and
danielle
and
andrea
brennan
have
all
been
discussing
some
of
these
high
higher
level
items
identified
in
the
staff
direction.
G
So
I'm
not
sure
if
I
can
tell
you
if
that
means
they're
going
to
spend
10
hours
a
week
on
it
or
40
hours
a
week
on
it.
I
think
city
staff
are
best
equipped
to
help
us
understand.
K
Yeah,
so
I
think
thank
you,
councilwoman
cano.
I
think
I
think
it'll
be
impossible
for
us
to
tell
you
like
how
much
actual
hours
we'll
be
spending.
I
do
want
you
to
know
that
we
have
a
lot
of
foundational
work
already
established.
We
have
a
lot
of
research.
We
have
a
lot
of
drafts
of
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
things
already,
so
it's
not
like
we're
starting
from
ground
zero.
K
It
really
is
kind
of
putting
finishing
touches
on
things
that
we
have
already
potentially
started
in
the
background,
simply
because
we
wanted
to
be
intentional
intentional
and
if
we
got
to
this
point
and
not
really
working
behind
the
eight
ball.
So
when
it
comes
to,
for
example,
creating
policy
me
and
the
city
attorney's
office
have
been
looking
at
policy
for
a
while,
not
only
internally
and
externally,
we
already
have
templates
and
things
set
up.
K
So
it's
not
as
if
and
we
continue
our
ongoing
conversations
with
public
works
and
with
cped
staff
and
and
their
department
heads.
So
it's
not
like,
like
we
will
be
devoting
all
of
our
time
and
taking
away
our
you
know
our
intellectual
resource
and
time
and
working
on
the
things
that
are
imperative
for
not
only
the
enterprise
but
for
community
right
now.
K
Those
things
aren't
stopping.
So
I
want
to
be
clear
about
that.
We
are
just
as
councilwoman
mcconnell
said,
trying
to
really
put
the
finishing
touches
on
things,
but
only
via
your
direction,
because
if
we
didn't
have
the
direction
then
we
would
presumably
not
do
it,
but
we
do
have,
like
I
said,
a
lot
of
documentation
and
foundation
and
discussions
that
have
already
can
help
us
just
kind
of
accelerate
this
work
in
the
next
in
the
next
60
days.
I
No
just
to
thank
everyone
that
really
helps
a
lot
and
I
think,
just
to
be
very
clear.
I
I
will
be
supporting
this
today,
but
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
if,
as
we
learn
more
about
the
requirements
for
the
federal
funding
that's
coming
in-
and
we
see
the
needs
of
the
city
that
that
that
be
seen
as
more
of
a
squishy
deadline
to
make
sure
that
we're
prioritizing
the
all
of
the
needs
of
everyone
in
the
city.
Right.
A
Yeah,
thank
you
councilmember.
You
know
I
do
want
us
to
be
really
careful
about
how
we
characterize
this
work.
Just
you
know,
it's
almost
sounding
like
people
feel
like
supporting
the
arts
is
some
kind
of
nice
thing
to
do.
If
we
had
the
time
and
the
resources
I.
I
would
hope
that
we
can
look
at
this
as
an
opportunity,
as
we
know
that
our
entire
arts
economy
has
been
been
been
shut
down.
It's
a
major
part
of
our
fabric
and
landscape
of
minneapolis,
as
well
as
our
income
base,
and
so
in
order.
A
You
know
this.
This
provides
us
an
opportunity
to
really,
I
think,
create
a
a
network
and
a
framework
for
that
industry
to
to
a
come
back
and
then
certainly
to
thrive
in
in
the
long
run,
and
so
I
I
just
don't
want
us
to
think
about
this
as
a
piece
of
art
hanging
on
a
wall
somewhere
or
as
a
new
sculpture.
A
You
know
this
is
about
really
restructuring
our
enterprise
to
be
able
to
respond
to
the
to
the
urgent
needs
and
the
ongoing
needs
of
our
artistic
community,
and
you
know
many
of
us
were
deeply
engaged
two
years
ago
when
we
were
before
the
pandemic
before
you
know
the
racial
unrest,
when
these
arts
organizations
were
dying
on
the
vine
and
and
that's
when
this
work
began
and
that's
you
know
those
those
structural
issues
are
still
going
to
be
there,
and
so
this
is
a
way
to
try
to
address
that
councilmember
reich
and
then
then
we'll
hear
from
council
administrator
again.
O
Thank
you,
madam
vice
president.
I
think
you
touched
on
the
point
that
I
wanted
to
reinforce
that
we
want
to
recognize
that
not
only
should
we
present
a
more
not
only
a
more
efficient
internal
operation
for
a
very
important
set
of
work
for
our
community,
but
it
should
be
more
legible
to
the
outward
our
outward-facing
efforts
should
be
more
legible
to
those
communities
that
we
hope
to
support.
I
think
that's
an
important
thing
to
recognize
in
our
efforts,
oftentimes
with
all
the
different
activities
going
on
in
the
different
people
and
organizations.
O
This
also
is
a
recognition
that
that
art
per
se
is
not
an
extra
it's
an
essential,
and
this
is
the
time
to
put
our
efforts
in
a
better
outward,
looking
more
legible
face
to
to
those
efforts,
and
so
I
do,
however,
want
to
say
having
this
conversation
at
this
juncture
with
the
full
set
of
colleagues,
your
input
has
been
valuable
to
me.
I'll
certainly
be
talking
with
the
people
and
the
members
of
the
the
work
group
to
say:
hey,
we
heard
some
pretty
significant
input.
O
A
Thank
you,
council
member
agreed
council
members,
trainer.
I
Thank
you,
madam
chairman.
I
I
want
to
you
know,
clarify
that,
and
I
think
you
and
councilmember
wright
put
it
really
well
that
this
is
arts
is
not
an
add-on.
My
point
is
really
people
folks
may
be.
You
know
facing
homelessness
after
this,
and
we
have
to
make
sure
that
we
craft
solutions
that
will
incorporate
arts
but,
most
importantly,
will
incorporate
the
basic
human
needs
that
the
families
of
minneapolis
will
be
facing.
I
A
Thank
you,
council
administrator,
councilmember,
fletcher.
M
Thank
you,
council.
Vice
president,
I
also
wanted
to
just
respond
and
and
clarify
that
nobody
is
suggesting
that
the
arts
is
extra
and
I
think
it's
very
important
that
we
be
able
to
have
conversations
about
how
we
structure
this
work
without
turning
it
into
a
conversation
of.
Do
you
value
the
arts
or
don't
you?
I
actually
think
that
it's
critically
important
that
we
support
artists.
M
And
I'm
telling
you
that
I
I'm
not
convinced
that
adding
a
couple
staff
in
the
coordinator's
office
is
what
I
think
we're
hearing
the
community
call
for
right
now,
although
I
am
open
to
being
convinced
that
we've
got
a
plan
for
what
that
impact
is,
so
I'm
telling
you
that,
because
of
the
urgency
of
the
arts,
I
am
raising
questions
about
whether
this
is
the
right
path
forward,
and
it
is
because
I
support
the
arts
that
I'm
gonna
continue
raising
these
questions.
I
appreciate
the
work
so
far
and
let's
continue
the.
A
Conversation
well,
I
do
apologize
that
people
have
taken
my
comments.
Pejoratively.
A
I
merely
stated
that
I
do
not
want
us
to
go
down
a
path
of
comparing
homelessness
to
the
arts,
but
we
have
made
ourselves
down
that
path.
So
you
know
I
I
see
no
other
comments
in
queue.
I
will
ask
her
to
well.
I
don't
know:
do
we
have
a
second
on
this
motion.
M
O
A
D
C
I
C
I
M
A
A
Thank
you
that
item
passes
and
next
we'll
have
the
reports
of
our
standing
committees
on
matters
to
be
considered
by
the
full
council.
This
coming
friday,
we'll
start
with
the
business
inspections,
housing
and
zoning
committee.
That
report,
given
by
the
chair,
councilmember
goodman,.
D
Thank
you
mountain
vice
president.
The
business
inspections,
housing
and
zoning
committee
is
bringing
18
items
forward
for
approval.
On
friday.
There
are
five
property
assessments
for
clean
energy
financing.
This
is
the
pace
program
that
we
started
a
few
years
back.
These
are
for
projects
at
2808,
washington,
4101,
harriet,
avenue,
south
1515,
19th
street
east
37,
54,
pleasant
avenue
and
504
506
24th
street
east.
These
are
all
solar
projects
that
they
are
able
to
put
on
their
buildings
as
a
result
of
using
the
energy
savings
to
finance
the
capital
improvements.
D
Item
number
six
is
an
interim
use
permit
for
saint
stephen's
in
the
seventh
ward
item.
Seven
is
fuzzy's
tobacco
shop
for
an
on
I'm
sorry,
fozzie's
taco
shop
in
the
north
loop
item
number
eight
is
a
variance
appeal
that
was
denied
3037
dupont.
Item
nine
is
a
variance
appeal
that
was
denied
at
1324
quincy
item
number
11.
Are
the
gambling
license
approvals
10
or
the
gambling
license
approvals
11
or
the
liquor
license?
Approvals?
D
12
is
minnesota.
Housing's
community
ownership
housing
impact
fund?
This
is
for
the
development
of
new
construction
homes.
This
is
accepting
a
million
dollars
item.
13
is
a
contract
with
north
point,
health,
health
and
wellness
for
a
virtual
phone
based
tenant
resource
center
item.
14
is
a
grant
agreement
with
mpha
with
regard
to
adding
sprinklers
into
high
rises
item.
B
You,
madam
vice
president,
the
public
health
and
safety
committee
is
bringing
forward
four
items
for
approval
on
friday.
The
first
is
authorizing
the
grants,
some
the
submittal
of
a
grant
application
to
the
us
department
of
health
and
human
services,
substance
abuse
and
mental
health
services
administration
for
the
recast
grant
and
the
amount
of
one
million
dollars
per
year
for
five
years.
B
I
will
just
note
that
that
work
is.
We
are
looking
to
have
that
work
now
in
the
health
department.
So
I
highly
recommend
for
folks
to
look
in
at
the
rca
to
be
able
to
get
some
more
information
about
the
shift
that
folks
city
staff
are
looking
to
make
with
this
work.
Item
number
two
is
accepting
a
grant
from
the
minnesota
department
of
health
and
the
amount
of
ninety
thousand
five
hundred
sixteen
dollars
to
implement
the
safer
sex
intervention
project.
B
The
us
department
of
human
and
urban
development
in
the
amount
of
1
million
250
000
over
the
next
three
years
for
older
adults,
home
modification
program
that
work
also
would
be
living
in
the
health
department
related
to
ensuring
that
our
seniors
and
elders
are
able
to
navigate
safely
throughout
their
homes.
A
O
Thank
you,
madam
vice
president,
the
committee
forwards
10
items
item.
One
is
the
weber
street
resurfacing
project
approval
and
assessment.
Two
and
three
are
contract.
Amendments
for
ongoing
work
of
the
department
for
is
utility
license
agreement
with
the
minnesota
department
of
natural
resources
for
the
irving
sewer
project.
O
Five
is
a
cooperative
construction
agreement
with
metropolitan
council
for
flood
improvement
project
at
humboldt
avenue.
South
six
is
the
b-line
bus,
rapid
transit
draft
quarter
plan,
and
this
is
submitting
our
city
comments
per
that
plan.
O
A
A
A
A
We
did
have
a
regular
schedule
meeting
earlier
this
week
yesterday
in
fact
march
23rd,
and
we
had
one
item
on
the
agenda:
the
appointment
of
the
city
attorney
receiving
and
filing
the
appointment
by
the
executive
committee
of
rebecca
ma
malcolus.
I'm
sorry,
I
said
city
attorney.
I
meant
city
assessor.
My
apologies.
A
The
executive
committee,
rebecca
monk,
was
to
the
appointed
position
of
city
assessor
for
the
unexpired
term
january,
ending
january
2nd
2022,
and
to
referring
the
to
the
policy
and
government
oversight
committee,
the
appointment
of
rebecca
mom
quiz
to
the
appointing
position
of
city
assessor
for
the
unexpired
term,
ending
january
2
2022
for
the
setting
of
a
public
hearing.