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B
D
E
B
Thank
you,
we
do
have
a
quorum
for
today's
meeting.
Chair
reich
is
attending
the
transportation
advisory
board
for
the
metropolitan
council
on
behalf
of
the
city.
He
may
join
us
if
that
meeting
finishes
in
time,
but
otherwise
I
will
chair
the
meeting
in
his
absence
today.
I
will
note
before
we
proceed,
that
we
have
remote
participation
by
council
members
and
city
staff
as
authorized
under
the
provisions
of
the
minnesota
open
meeting
law,
section
13
d
.021
due
to
the
declared
state
of
local
public
health
emergency.
B
B
B
F
B
Their
flag
lies
that
carries
and
the
consent
agenda
is
adopted.
Thanks
to
those
who
joined
us
for
the
public
hearing
for
your
patience,
we
will
return
to
item
one
which
is
the
first
of
our
public
hearings.
It's
regarding
special
service
districts,
2022
proposed
services
and
service
charges.
We
have
three
of
these
items
on
our
agenda,
beginning
with
that.
First
one
and
I'll
turn
it
over
to
staff
for
the
introduction
before
we
open
it
up
for
the
public
hearings.
A
Thank
you
brad,
madam
chair
and
council
members.
My
name
is
andrew
carlson
and
I'm
the
project
manager
for
special
service
districts.
A
A
special
service
district
allows
property
owners
in
a
commercial
area
to
collectively
impose
service
charges
on
themselves
each
year
to
create
a
pool
of
funds.
These
funds
are
directed
back
in
the
district
in
the
form
of
enhanced
services
and
special
amenities.
The
enhanced
services
and
special
amenities
are
over
and
above
what
the
city
ordinarily
provides.
A
A
All
the
special
service
districts
before
you
today
were
established
under
statute
for
28a,
just
as
a
note
at
the
upcoming
october
13th
committee
meeting
I'll,
be
before
you
again
to
present
the
2022
budget
requests
for
our
legacy
districts.
Those
districts
predate
the
428
a
statute
so
back
to
the
districts
before
us
today.
Over
the
past
summer,
public
works
staff
worked
with
each
advisory
board's
each
of
the
district
advisory
boards
to
recommend
the
services
prepare
estimated
budgets
and
to
review
their
assessment
methodologies
for
the
coming
year.
A
A
Staff
therefore
recommends
passage
of
the
resolution
approving
the
2022
operating
plans,
special
services,
cost
estimates,
service
charges
and
the
lists
of
service
charges
for
the
coming
year.
In
the
50th
in
france,
54th
in
lindale,
bloomington
lake
chicago
lake,
east
lake,
lindell
lake
and
west
broadway
improvement,
special
service
districts
and
directing
the
department
of
public
works
to
proceed
with
the
work.
B
B
B
Seven
districts
that
mr
carlson
outlined
but
I'll
go
ahead
and
open
the
public
hearing
and
see.
If
anyone
would
like
to
speak
on
these
seven
districts,
then
we
have
the
downtown
district
on
the
next
two
items
coming
up.
Next,
would
anyone
like
to
speak
on
item
one
hearing,
then
I
will
close
the
public
hearing.
I
will
move
approval
of
this
item.
Is
there
any
discussion.
B
Seeing
and
I'll
just
thank
all
the
folks
who
are
involved
in
our
districts.
They
have
provided,
like
all
of
our
institutions
and
organizations,
an
enormous
amount
of
additional
support
in
this
last
18
months
of
our
pandemic
and
everything
that
our
city
has
faced.
So,
even
though
we
haven't
heard
from
representatives,
we
know
that
there
are
folks
working
so
hard
at
each
of
these
districts
across
the
city.
B
B
D
B
Eyes
that
carries-
and
that
item
is
adopted.
The
next
two
items
are
both
related
to
the
downtown
improvement
district
item.
Two
is
passage
of
an
ordinance
that
renews
this
special
service
district
agreement
for
a
five-year
period
and
item
three
is
passage
of
the
resolution
that
would
approve
the
operating
plan,
services,
budget,
cost
estimates
and
charges
for
the
2022.
B
Did
so
these
items
are
listed
separately
on
our
agenda
and
I
know
we
have
folks
who
are
signed
up
to
speak
at
each
of
them.
So
I
just
wanted
to
know
that
they
are
related
and
will
be
able
to
take
up
each
of
those
hearings
right
now.
They're
listed
separately-
and
I
think
that
makes
them
of
sense.
But
I
know
maybe
some
folks
who
are
signed
up
to
speak
would
would
speak
on
both
of
them
and
that's
that's.
Okay,
too.
G
Thank
you,
council,
president
bender.
Yes,
so
we
have
two
related
items.
I
will
we
have
a
slide
deck
that
I
see
is
up,
so
I'm
going
to
give
a
kind
of
a
brief
background
overview,
and
then
I
will
be
introducing
mr
kramer
to
talk
about
some
of
the
district's
work
before
the
renewal
public
hearing
and
then
I
will
give
up
a
brief
introduction
as
we
move
into
the
2022
operating
plan.
G
So
next
slide,
please
so
just
some
a
little
bit
of
history
around
the
downtown
improvement
district,
as
as
mr
carlson,
I
always
like
when
he
gives
his
presentations
prior
to
this,
because
there's
so
much
good
background
that
covers
the
downtown
improvement
district
as
well.
It
was
a
stakeholder
initiative
process
so
as
with
all
special
service
districts,
it
really
is
about
the
people
who
reside
in
that
have
businesses
in
those
areas
and
want
to
see
a
higher
level
of
service.
G
So
in
the
mid
2000s
there
was
an
effort
to
create
a
special
service
district
for
all
of
downtown
there.
At
that
time
there
was
one
on
the
hennepin
theater
district
and
one
on
nicolette
mall
and
in
2008.
The
city
council
approved
an
ordinance
to
establish
the
did
and
it
took
it
began
full
operations
in
2009
and,
as
mentioned
earlier
on,
these
districts
are
provide
services
in
the
right
of
way
that,
above
and
beyond
what
is
currently
done
in
the
city.
G
Within
that
ordinance
there
was
an
automatic
sunset
provision.
This
was
one
of
the
checks
and
balances
put
into
place
when
the
district
was
formed.
G
It
just
puts
a
regular
check-in
with
the
city
council
and
with
the
for
the
members
of
this
district
to
make
sure
things
are
working
well,
so
in
we
most
recently
renewed
the
district
in
2017
and
with
without
a
renewal,
the
sun,
the
district
would
sunset
in
september
of
2022,
and
the
district
renewal
can
be
initiated
by
a
written
notice
to
the
city
next
slide.
G
We
did
receive
timely
notice
of
the
intent
to
renew.
There
are
no
changes
proposed
to
the
district
boundaries
and
there
are
no
changes
proposed
to
the
existing
ordinance,
and
so
with
that
staff
does
recommend
renewal
of
the
district,
and
I
would
like
to
introduce
steve
kramer,
president,
ceo
of
the
minneapolis
downtown
council
and
the
minneapolis
downtown
improvement
district.
To
give
some
highlights
of
the
did's
work.
E
E
So
our
service
charges
are
paid
by
commercial
property
owners
subject
to
the
accountability,
measures
in
state
law
and
city
ordinance,
such
as
today's
public
hearings
and
the
annual
veto
period
that
is
initiated
by
this
process.
I
think
the
significance
of
that
is
if
tid
didn't
exist
or
the
other
districts
that
you
just
approved
didn't
exist,
then
neither
would
the
dollars
that
are
expended
in
our
various
budgets
that
are
before
you.
E
Those
dollars
raised
through
service
charges
again,
as
noted,
supplement,
but
don't
supplant
basic
city
services
pay
cheaply
by
the
property
taxes.
The
id
rate
payers
are
also
responsible
to
pay,
along
with
other
taxpayers
in
the
city
did,
and
city
departments
work
hard
to
adhere
to.
That
theory
supplement,
don't
supplant,
but
I
think
in
reality,
amount
of
president
committee
members.
E
But
I
would
note
that
did
greatly
values,
our
partnership
with
city
departments
such
as
public
works,
cpad
and
the
police
department.
Those
working
relationships
are
strong
and
I'm
very
confident
they
will
stay
that
way
over
the
five
year
renewal
period
authorized
by
the
ordinance
before
you
shifting
to
the
work.
Our
overall
priority
remains
supporting
reanimation
of
the
downtown
economy
after
the
impacts
of
covet
and
civil
upheaval
that
we've
all
experienced
in
in
2020
and
into
this
year,
as
events
have
just
transpired,
it's
fair
to
say
much.
E
Progress
was
made
towards
that
overarching
goal
during
21
so
far,
but
much
work
remains
ahead
of
us
as
well,
in
22
and
beyond,
and
I'd
just
like
to
mention
and
quickly
illustrate
three
streams
of
work
in.
In
particular,
I
do
have
some
slides
that
I'm
not
able
to
see,
but
I
will
hopefully
give
the
right
cues
to
advance
them.
E
The
first
stream
is
activation
and
it
was
especially
rewarding
this
year
to
bring
back
regular
activities
throughout
downtown
after
none
of
that
occurred
in
2020,
and
that
priority
will
carry
over
into
2022.
So
hopefully,
you
see
the
first
slide,
which
is
the
farmers
market
and
the
makers
market,
which
are
part
of
downtown
thursday.
E
There
are
two
slides
there,
so
if
you
could
go
to
the
next
slide,
who's
ever
working
the
slide
deck
and
then
also
in
the
activation
area,
among
other
things,
kind
of
regular
activities
at
pv
plaza
again,
two
slides
so
can
work
through
both
of
those
slides,
and
these
are
just
examples
of
activations
that
occurred
throughout
throughout
downtown
second
stream
of
work.
I
want
to
illustrate
partnerships.
E
It
always
takes
many
shoulders
at
the
wheel
to
make
progress,
and
never
more
so
than
in
times
like
these.
So
here
you
see
first
slide
third
avenue
third
annual
street
art
festival,
which
is
a
partnership
with
the
hennepin,
theater
trust
and
again,
I
believe
there
are
two
slides
to
illustrate
the
street
art
festival.
E
Next
partnership,
just
to
highlight
quickly
the
community
storage
program
in
ramp
b.
That
will
become
a
permanent
location
for
our
storage
program
for
people
experiencing
homelessness,
downtown
relocated
from
a
temporary
site
in
the
lemington
ramp,
and
this
is
thanks
to
partners
in
public
works,
mndot
and
abm,
and
then
finally
see
ambassadors.
E
Greeting
fans
of
the
twins,
lynx
timberwolves
at
their
games
and
soon
families
attending
frozen
as
broadway
returns
to
minneapolis
all
part
of
a
special
partnering
effort,
as
downtown
institutions
work
together,
welcoming
back
people
to
our
downtown
and
then
finally,
broad-based
safety
initiatives.
E
Downtown
businesses,
through
their
support
of,
did,
have
long
embraced.
The
importance
of
weaving
together,
multi-faceted
approaches
to
safety
with
law
enforcement.
So
here
you
see
first
slide
mad
dad
youth
link,
our
livability
team
and
other
outreach
programs
that
are
operational
downtown
seven
days.
A
week-
and
I
would
note,
we
also
appreciate
support
from
the
office
of
violence
prevention
when
they're
able
to
bring
their
outreach
working
to
downtown
as
well.
E
Next
slide
is
james
seals,
a
hennepin
county,
social
worker
who's,
embedded
with
our
livability
team
to
provide
access
to
needed
county
provided
services,
and
just
note
the
van
that
james
uses,
which
really
has
proven
to
knock
down
barriers
related
to
transport,
and
he
can
get
folks
who
need
help
to
the
county
hospital
or
to
1800
chicago
or
even
north
point.
At
times.
E
Our
new
mobile
outreach
coordination
center,
which
provides
a
point
of
contact
for
a
variety
of
programs
and
workers
seeking
to
provide
assistance
to
those
who
need
help
throughout
downtown
and
then,
lastly,
just
a
sample
agenda
from
our
regular
nightlife
plan.
Implementation
committee
meetings,
which
is
a
private
public
collaborative
group,
working
to
improve
the
late
night
environment
and
experience
downtown,
and
I
just
would
would
know,
council
member
fletcher's
dedication
to
this
work,
which
is
very
much
appreciated.
E
So
just
to
conclude,
in
addition
to
the
work
I've
highlighted,
that
is
described
also
in
our
2022
operating
plan
and
2020
annual
report.
I'd
like
to
end
by
just
recognizing
the
work
of
our
did
ambassadors
and
livability
team
members.
E
They
have
been
a
constant
presence
missing
exactly
one
week
of
work
since
our
world
collectively
changed
in
march
of
2020
and
they've
created
a
sense
of
normalcy
during
a
decidedly
abnormal
time,
they're
out
every
day,
working
to
make
downtown
minneapolis
an
inviting
place
for
everyone.
They
see,
and
I
just
can't
thank
them
enough-
and
I
also,
madam
president
and
committee
members.
Thank
you
for
your
support
and,
of
course,
if
there
are
questions
now
or
later,
I'd
be
happy
to
try
to
respond
and
really
appreciate
your
time.
B
Director
jelly
and
maybe
also
to
the
clerk
is,
I
noticed
that
there's
quite
a
lot
of
overlap
in
the
speaker
list
for
the
two
items.
Is
there
any
concern
or
objection
with
taking
up
items
two
and
three
together
so
that
our
speakers
may
be
comment
on
both
during
the
public
hearings.
B
G
Council
president
bender,
yes,
let
me
just
a
couple
of
highlights,
so
the
second
public
hearing
is
required
as
part
of
the
city
council's
review
and
approval
of
the
district's
proposed
services
for
2022
and
the
service
charges
each
year.
The
dids
board
sets
these
this
budget
to
accomplish
their
goals
of
making
downtown
minneapolis
clean,
green,
safe
and
vibrant
public
hearing
notices
in
the
proposed
operating
plan
was
mailed
to
all
rate
payers.
There
was
a
virtual
open
house
on
september
1st,
and
this
information
was
available
in
a
number
of
other
formats.
B
H
Yes,
council,
president
bender,
thank
you
very
much.
I
I
wanted
to
quickly.
Procedurally,
I
do
believe
we
we
want
to
ensure
these
two
public
hearings
remain
separate.
I
believe
it's
important,
particularly
as
we
deal
with
the
budget
for
the
first
public
hearing
to
have
concluded
and
that
item
to
have
been
moved
and
resolved.
Just
procedurally
on
that
and
that's.
I
B
B
B
E
Framer
butting.
In
again
I
happen
to
know
that
mr
collison
is
tied
up
with
latino
business
week
and
will
not
be
able
to
offer
okay.
J
Kenneth
and
theater
trust
brings
over
600
000
people
a
year
to
the
downtown
we're
an
integral
part
of
the
reanimation
of
the
downtown,
and
we
simply
could
not
do
our
work
without
the
without
the
district's
partnership
and
support.
J
Mr
kramer
referenced
the
safe
environment,
the
clean
environment,
the
active
environment,
and
he
spoke
to
some
of
the
partnerships
that
we've
already
done
and
again
it's
a
very
simple
statement
that
we
hardly
endorse
this,
because
our
work
depends
on
the
partnership
that
they've
made
possible.
Thank
you.
K
Good
afternoon,
madam
president
and
council
members,
my
name
is
elizabeth
beeking,
I'm
the
hennepin
county,
behavioral
health
supervisor
for
the
downtown
improvement,
district,
social
worker
and
other
positions
within
hennepin
county
behavioral
health.
The
social
worker
position
with
the
downtown
improvement
district
was
made
possible
through
a
partnership
between
hennepin,
county
behavioral
health
and
the
downtown
improvement
district.
K
James
can
provide
transportation
to
the
behavioral
health
center
at
1800,
chicago
for
connection
to
longer-term
services
and
supports,
especially
for
needs
related
to
mental
health
and
substance
use.
This
work
is
relational.
The
did
social
worker
meets
people
where
they're
at
and
focuses
on
getting
to
know
them
so
that
the
services
offered
match
their
needs.
K
K
What
we
have
learned
about
this
population
so
far
is
that
one-third
of
the
individuals
identified
needs
related
to
substance
use.
A
quarter
identified,
needs
related
to
mental
health
and
three-quarters
of
the
222
residents
were
experiencing
housing.
Instability
for
homelessness,
42
of
these
individuals
have
engaged
in
ongoing
services
and
supports
with
the
social
worker
and
19
individuals
have
been
given
a
ride
in
the
van
used
for
transports
by
the
social
worker.
K
So
just
a
couple
of
stories,
the
social
worker
met
someone
downtown
who
was
experiencing
mental
health.
Symptoms
was
disorganized
in
their
thinking
and
was
overseated.
They
were
needing
help
figuring
out
how
to
get
home.
James
was
able
to
give
the
person
a
ride
back
to
their
supportive
housing
program.
K
K
He
has
also
engaged
with
multiple
residents
over
the
course
of
the
past
six
months.
Many
times
one
individual
who
he
offered
services
and
supports
to
numerous
times
and
oftentimes
would
say
no
eventually
did
agree
to
come
to
the
clinic
at
1800
chicago
and
he
was
able
to
go
to
withdraw
management
and
then
went
on
to
engage
in
substance,
use
disorder,
treatment
and
is
now
connected
to
long-term
mental
health
and
substance
use
disorder,
services.
K
Thank
you
yeah.
I
was
just
about
to
say
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
share
about
the
work
we've
done
so
far
in
this
new
position
and
about
the
partnership
that
we
have
with
the
downtown
improvement
district.
L
L
L
L
Mad
dads
worked
corporately
with
minneapolis
police
department
as
the
first
response
to
defense
and
de-escalate
incidences
and
behaviors,
and
we
interact
with
people
on
overdoses,
violence,
we've
broken
up
fights
the
other
day.
A
little
kid
ran
into
the
middle
of
the
street
three-year-old.
L
We
helped
resolve
that
situation
and
we're
just
a
presence
down
there
and
we're
getting
to
know
some
of
the
kids
we've
hired
a
couple
of
people
that
were
homeless
down
there.
They
we're
on
on
one
of
our
teams,
one
of
our
other
teams.
So
we're
an
active
part
of
downtown
minneapolis
and
most
of
our
face-to-face
contacts
or
emergency
situations
involve
alcohol
or
substance
abuse
people
passing
out
on
the
streets
down
there
and
we
make
sure
that
they
get
medical
help.
E
Good
afternoon,
madam
president
and
committee
members,
my
name
is
kevin
lewis,
I'm
the
president
and
ceo
of
bulma.
Greater
minneapolis
bowman
is
the
building
owners
and
managers
association,
so
our
members
represent
over
60
million
square
feet
of
commercial
office
buildings
in
minneapolis
and
in
hennepin
county,
and
I'm
testifying
here
in
full
support
of
both
the
ordinance
renewal
and
the
2022
budget
for
the
did.
E
Well,
that
was
two
years
ago,
and
now
we
need
them
really
more
than
ever.
As
everyone
is
fully
aware,
the
last
18
months
have
been
dramatic
and
it's
been
one
of
the
most
impactful
periods
of
time
in
our
city's
history,
with
covidon
and
death
of
george
floyd
and
so
on.
So
now
is
the
time
when
tenants
are
looking
to
bring
their
employees
back
to
our
city.
E
It's
been
a
slow
process,
but
we
need
to
keep
moving
forward
and
by
the
way,
there
are
other
options
out
there.
So,
as
some
of
the
leases
become
due
or
are
up
for
renewal,
they
can
look
at
other
options
outside
the
metro
outside
the
state.
For
that
matter,
we
can't
lose
those
individuals
and
due
to
the
efforts
by
the
did
to
make
our
city
clean,
welcoming
and
yes,
it
was
safety-
is
such
a
large
part
of
the
equation
there
there.
E
B
B
B
E
Good
afternoon,
thank
you
for
affording
me
the
opportunity
to
speak
today.
My
name
is
dave
horsman,
I'm
the
vice
president
of
ballpark
operations
for
the
minnesota
twins
here
at
target
field,
and
I'm
here
today
to
speak
on
in
support
of
the
minneapolis
downtown
improvement.
District
target
field
lies
outside
the
district
itself.
However,
we
do
voluntarily
pay
into
the
downtown
improvement
district
on
a
fee
for
service
basis
annually,
in
order
to
ensure
and
enhance
ambassador
coverage
within
the
downtown
improvement
district.
During
our
events,
we
do
this
for
a
very
simple
reason.
E
E
By
supporting
the
did
in
this
way
and
ensuring
ambassadors
are
out
on
the
out
on
the
streets
in
the
district
we
can
extend.
We
believe
we
can
extend
that
experience
beyond
the
borders
of
target
field,
so
that
people
have
an
excellent
experience
from
the
time
they
arrive
until
the
time
they
leave
and
really,
we
feel
like.
E
E
E
Now,
there's
a
lot
of
stakeholders
that
are
involved
in
downtown
safety,
but
there
is
no
doubt
there's
no
doubt
at
all
that
the
role
the
did
plays
their
ambassadors
with
their
livability
team
and
with
the
work
they
do
at
the
fusion
center
that
they're
a
critical
part
of
that
of
that
safety.
And
of
that
experience
we're
we
support
the
downtown
improvement
district
and
we'll
continue
to
support
them
into
the
future.
Thank
you.
M
M
Thank
you,
madam
thank
you,
madam
president.
Madam
president
and
committee
members,
my
name
is
vincent
thomas.
I
am
an
academic
dean
at
minneapolis
college
and
I
represent
our
college
on
the
minneapolis
downtown
council
board
of
directors.
M
M
Students
56
of
our
students,
self-identify
as
students
of
color
42
percent,
are
pell
eligible,
which
is
an
indicator
of
low
ability
to
pay
their
education
costs
from
their
own
income
and
assets,
or
that
of
their
family
and
27
are
the
first
in
their
family
to
attend
college
for
all
of
our
students.
Downtown
is
our
students.
M
B
B
N
N
I
want
to
express
our
support
for
the
renewal
of
the
special
service
district
ordinance
for
the
downtown
improvement
district
and
we
believe
that
the
work
of
the
did
has
been
instrumental
and
a
critical
dependency
to
the
re-animation
of
downtown
and
the
breaking
back
of
our
and
other
organizations,
employees
and
consumers
at
large.
Thank
you.
O
Madam
chairs,
thank
you
for
having
me.
I
have
just
wanted
to
speak
to
the
did
for
the
past
six
years.
Seven
years
did
has
supported
us
in
a
very
significant
effort
in
our
partnership
with
peer
outreach
workers
on
the
streets.
O
O
It's
really
a
bittersweet
moment
for
me
to
be
able
to
testify
today
after
17
years.
Today
is
my
last
day
at
youthlink,
I'm
retiring,
and
I
think
about
this
as
I'm
testifying
today
and
I
think
about
if
we
just
touch
2600
youth,
2600
youth.
Today,
just
over
the
last
seven
years,
we've
probably
touched
probably
over
12
000
youth,
so
I
just
think
it's
really
important
that
did
continue
and
the
lives
that
are
going
to
be
touched
as
a
result
of
this
is
just
significant.
O
So
just
your
continuation
of
the
impact
that
did
will
continue
to
make
much
beyond
the
17
years
that
I've
been.
There
is
just
significant.
So
thank
you
for
your
support.
B
I
I
We
are
often
told
by
visitors,
to
our
city
and
by
meeting
and
event
planners
how
much
they
appreciate
seeing
the
face
of
did
staff
in
downtown
minneapolis,
seeing
this
team
providing
directions
and
information
cleaning,
the
streetscape,
keeping
an
extra
eye
for
potential
problems
and
creating
activity
in
downtown
minneapolis
is
really
valued
by
these
folks
and
frankly,
it's
one
of
the
selling
points
that
our
team
uses
in
trying
to
attract
meeting
and
event
planners
to
choose
downtown
minneapolis
for
a
site
for
one
of
their
events.
I
We
urge
you
to
improve
the
renewal
of
the
downtown
business
improvement,
special
service
district
ordinance
and
also
the
additional
support
for
the
22
accompanying
budget
and
to
enable
the
gid
to
continue
its
great
work
and
to
continue
to
make
downtown
minneapolis
better,
safer
and
cleaner.
So
thank
you
very
much.
P
I've
been
assigned
downtown
now
for
about
four
years,
either
as
they
watch
lieutenant
or
as
the
inspector
when
I
first
came
down,
I
didn't
know
a
whole
lot
about
the
did,
but
over
the
course
of
these
past
four
years,
I've
I've
found
them
to
be
an
invaluable
public
safety
partner.
P
In
so
many
ways
many
of
you
have
been
touched
on,
but
some
of
the
public
safety
initiatives
that
are
come
out
of
the
did
are
the
safety
communication
center,
which
is
located
here
in
the
first
precinct
radio
link,
which
connects
us
to
over
65
businesses
in
downtown
minneapolis,
obviously,
their
safety
ambassadors,
their
livability
teams.
They
are
extra
eyes
and
ears
out
there
for
us.
P
Mobile
cameras
is
another
asset
that
did
help
helps
bring
to
the
table
for
us
as
part
of
our
public
safety
efforts,
but
did
really
does
a
holistic
public
safety
approach
and
the
outreach
efforts,
many
of
which
were
talked
about
earlier,
did
just
does
a
wonderful
job
of
collaborating
and
coordinating
with
mad
dabs
youth
link.
The
office
of
violence
prevention,
ycb
saint
stevens,
outreach
james
seals.
P
The
did
social
worker
who
was
brought
on
just
not
long
ago,
he's
doing
an
absolutely
incredible
job
down
here
and
then
the
mobile
outreach
hub
that
they've
got
really
provides
some
world-class
outreach
efforts
for
downtown.
Some
of
the
other
efforts
that
they've
got
is
helping
us
coordinate
the
joint
beats
with
hennepin
county
sheriff's
department,
transit
pd.
Obviously
we're
involved
in
that.
But
then
our
police
reserves
they've
done
a
remarkable
job,
doing
the
bi-weekly
virtual
public
safety
meetings
over
the
course
of
the
past
18
months
with
the
civil
unrest
the
trials
and
then
the
covet
shutdown.
P
Hundreds
of
businesses
jump
on
those
bi-weekly
meetings
and
we're
able
to
provide
very
timely
and
accurate
information
in
those
meetings.
The
did
attends
our
weekly
m-stat
meetings,
so
we're
able
to
problem-solve
again
real-time
safety
workshops.
They've
just
been
an
invaluable
public
safety
partner.
I
personally
could
imagine
doing
my
job
without
vid
and
they're
an
incredible
asset.
They
help
make
our
job
much
more
efficient
and
effective
and
overall
I
don't
have
enough
good
to
say
about
them.
So
I
appreciate
the
time
and
I
speak
in
full
support
of
them.
Q
Thank
you,
madam
president,
for
the
time
to
speak
to
with
you
today
I
am
deb
kohler.
I
am
the
general
manager
for
accessible
services
at
the
ids
center
and
a
rate
payer
as
a
long-standing
member
of
the
did
budget
and
operations
committee
and
as
its
current
chair.
I
wanted
to
take
a
few
minutes
today
to
highlight
the
benefits
of
the
did.
Q
The
did's
mission
is
to
lead
and
collaborate
to
create
a
green,
clean,
safe
and
vibrant
downtown.
I
am
proud
of
the
work
that
the
did
staff
and
extended
ambassadors
do
on
a
daily
basis.
Each
day
I
drive
downtown.
I
am
grateful
for
the
work
of
such
a
dedicated
staff
of
professionals
at
every
level
as
we
navigate
this
new
environment,
we
find
ourselves
in
due
to
both
the
pandemic
and
the
civil
unrest.
Q
The
activations,
especially
those
on
nicolette
mall,
have
brought
back
a
feeling
of
a
return
to
normal.
However,
we
define
that
today,
I've
had
the
opportunity
recently
to
travel
to
philadelphia
and
I
had
a
chance
to
talk
with
their
program
director
and
walk
their
city.
They
have
a
very
robust
program
and
it
shows,
however,
our
streets
and
sidewalks
are
cleaner
and
our
ambassadors
are
more
visible
and
more
friendly.
Q
E
E
Councilman
president
vendor
and
committee
members,
I'm
ted
campbell
director
of
management
with
ryan
companies
out
of
our
office
right
down
the
street
at
the
third
and
portland.
I
just
wanted
to
offer
a
few
brief
comments
in
support
of
both
the
renewal
of
the
eid
and
the
2022
service
charges
for
the
did.
E
Our
properties
contribute
or
will
contribute
approximately
a
half
million
dollars
in
2022
toward
the
bid
budget
did
services
are,
in
my
opinion,
one
critical
component
of
the
reanimation
of
downtown
in
the
coming
year
and
years
dollars
spent
in
2022
will
help
contribute
these
efforts
to
these
efforts,
and
I
anticipate
provide
activations
and
outreach
for
both
residents
and
visitors
in
the
central
business
district
as
we
seek
to
draw
employees
and
their
respective
businesses
back
into
downtown.
E
I
believe
that
ensuring
these
businesses
and
employees
are
comfortable
returning
is
essential
for
the
preservation
of
our
property
values
and
the
overall
success
of
downtown,
which
again
translates
to
taxable
dollars
as
well.
E
So
here
you
have
things
at
the
height
of
the
pandemic
and
our
efforts
still
created
a
welcoming
environment
in
downtown
to
attract
a
user.
Like
this,
a
great
success
story,
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
in
support
of
this
critical
function
and
again
would
encourage
you
to
vote
in
favor.
Thank
you.
B
B
E
Thank
you
so
much
council
president
bender,
my
name
is
dan
collison
executive
director
for
the
east,
stone
business
partnership
and
the
new
loop
partners,
both
on
the
growing
edges
of
downtown
and
I'm
here
speaking
in
support
of
the
renewal
of
the
did
ordinance.
E
The
organizations
and
businesses
that
I
represent
constitute
not
only
the
growing
edges
but
also
feathering
into
the
central
business
district.
Several
key
matters
that
matter
to
property
owners,
residents,
visitors
and
even
those
who
face
social
service
needs
all
at
the
same
time
and
what
the
did
provides
is
national,
leading
is
exceptional,
is
holistic
and
very
meaningful,
and
our
organizations
fully
support
the
renewal
of
the
ordinance,
and
we
also
believe
that
the
collaboration
that's
done
with
the
did,
and
so
many
public
and
community
organizations
that
also
care
about
downtown.
It's.
E
It's
an
amazing
and
remarkable
effort
that
benefits
everybody
from
screening
infrastructure
to
public
realm
to
right-of-way,
and
so
all
of,
in
addition
to
everything
that
everyone
else
has
shared.
We
just
as
organizations
representing
several
hundred
businesses
connected
to
the
neighborhoods,
wholeheartedly
support
the
renewal
of
the
ordinance.
Thank
you.
B
R
R
One
piece
of
the
program
that
I
thought
really
contributed
to
a
welcoming
atmosphere
was
the
public
seating
that
gid
had
put
up
the
green
and
blue
chairs
all
over
the
all
over
nicolette
down
to
ninth.
But
one
of
the
biggest
barriers
now
to
really
enjoying
downtown
is
that
there
is
no
public
seating
on
nicolette.
R
R
I
know
that
we're
working
hard
to
bring
in
small
businesses
and
businesses
owned
by
people
of
color.
We
need
to
invest
in
the
amenities
too,
to
support
them.
If
movable
feeding
isn't
possible
because
of
worries
of
vandalism
or
theft,
I
urge
you
to
explore
other
options
permanent
harder
to
move.
The
funding
exists
and
I've
seen
you
all
use
your
creativity
before
think
bigger
about
who
is
welcome
in
downtown.
This
is
an
opportunity
for
the
businesses
who
make
up
the
id
to
really
engage
with
everyone
instead
of
limiting,
who
belongs.
R
I'd
also
just
like
to
speak
to
how
police
are
used
instead
of
parking
police
cars
on
the
sidewalk.
Consider
your
other
options,
feeding
more
ambassadors,
increasing
the
contracts
with
youth
link,
more
activities
on
nicolette
mall,
a
more
official
presence
does
make
people
feel
safe.
However,
when
that
presence
is
police
officers
sitting
in
their
cars,
many
people
feel
more
unsafe
and
we've
seen
that
play
out
into
reality.
R
B
B
F
Thank
you,
council
president,
and
I
want
to
echo
a
lot
of
the
feedback
that
we
heard
today
and
really
appreciate
everybody
for
their
testimony.
We
received
a
lot
of
feedback
on
this
question,
a
lot
of
it
very
positive,
and
certainly,
as
a
representative
of
downtown
I've
had
a
lot
of
occasion
to
work
with
did
on
a
lot
of
different
projects,
including
the
nightlife
implementation
work
that
was
mentioned.
F
We've
really
come
to
appreciate
a
lot
of
the
activation
and
and
work
that's
happening.
The
ambassadors
are
a
consistent,
positive
presence
and
we
appreciate
all
of
the
work
that
they
do
and
I
think,
there's
a
lot
that
is
important
here.
That
needs
to
be
continued
on.
I
also
think
I
I
think
it's
worth
lifting
up
some
of
the
feedback
that
I
got
that
wasn't
as
positive
or
that
at
least
suggest
some
directions
we're
going
to
want
to
go
in
the
future.
F
I'm
certainly
supporting
renewing
this
ordinance
for
now,
and
I
think
the
next
five
years,
as
we
sort
of
think
about
what
the
next
five
years
looks
like
we
do
want
to
frame
up
some
conversation.
F
One
area
of
feedback
is,
as
amity
foster
mentioned,
seating
along
nicolette,
and
I
think
that
the
seating
along
nicolette
is
feedback
about
two
things.
It's
feedback
both
about
seating
and
it's
also
feedback
about
democracy
and
about
who's
making.
F
Those
decisions
and
people
have
raised
questions
about
how
the
decision
about
whether
there
would
be
seeding
along
a
major
public
thoroughfare
would
be
outsourced
to
a
group
of
business
owners
and
is
that
appropriate
from
a
policy
making
decision,
and
so
I
think
that
there's
a
set
of
questions
about
what
role
the
city
should
have
and
what
role
did
decision
makers
should
have
in
that
kind
of
a
question
as
we
make
sure
that
downtown
is
for
everyone.
F
F
We've
received
some
feedback
raising
concerns,
and
I
think
this
is
something
that
we
we
do
need
to
aim
to
untangle
over
time
around
the
administration
of
our
surveillance
program,
which
is
done
by
did-
and
I
think
you
know
frankly
done
well-
which
is
why
we
probably
haven't
prioritized
unraveling.
This
sooner.
I've
appreciated
the
work
of
shane's
shane's
on
and
the
way
they've
approached
this
work,
but
in
a
perfect
world
we
would
not
be.
F
It
would
not
be
a
public-private
partnership
to
manage
a
surveillance
apparatus
that
is
housed
in
a
in
the
first
precinct,
and
I
think
that
that's
something
that
over
time,
we're
going
to
want
to
think
about.
How
do
we
administer
that?
I
know
it
started
as
a
kind
of
corporation-driven
initiative
over
time,
we're
going
to
want
to
think
about
how
to
shift
that
work
so
that
it
is
in
the
public
realm
where
it
rightly
belongs
and
where
it
can
rightly
be
regulated
as
a
matter
of
public
policy.
F
So
I
think
that
that's
something
that
we
received
some
feedback
about,
that
I
wanted
to
make
sure
people
were
hearing,
and
then
I
think
the
final
thing
that
I
think
is
going
to
be
worth
us
thinking
about
over
the
next
five
years.
As
as
we
think
about
the
duration
of
this
contract,
is
that
you
know
the
the
did.
Work
is
intended
to
be
an
additive
to
what
the
city
offers
and
that's
something
that
we're
going
to
need
to
continually
revisit.
As
we
think
about.
F
The
changing
form
of
public
safety
and
the
changing
offerings
that
the
city
has
around
public
safety
and
where
things
that
were
envisioned
as
additive
become
duplicative
over
time,
as
we
start
to
think
about
the
the
shifting
roles
as
our
policy
emerges,
and
so
I
actually
do
think
that
there
are
places
where
there
are
functions
that
are
currently
being
conducted
or
managed.
By
did
that
would
now
properly
belong
in
the
office
of
violence
prevention,
and
I
I
don't
think,
that's
a
change
that
we
want
to
immediately
throw
at
them
the
office
of
violence.
F
Prevention
is
scaling
up
in
a
lot
of
different
ways.
So,
right
now
we
appreciate
the
idea
we're
doing
that
work,
but
I
would
say
that
over
over
a
period
of
years,
it's
a
conversation
that
we
should
have
about
how
that
work
is
administered
and
how
much
of
it
belongs
in
public-private
partnership
and
how
much
of
it
actually
really
should
be
administered
by
the
city
directly.
F
So
I
I
think
that
there's
a
set
of
conversations
that
we're
gonna
need
to
have
over
the
next
five
years.
I
want
to
really
encourage
decision
makers
with
did
to
really
work
a
little
at
aligning
with
city
values
of
inclusion
and
recognizing
that
downtown
is
for
everyone,
and
that
we
want
to
signal
that
everyone
should
be
comfortable,
whether
they're
spending
money
or
not,
whether
they're
downtown
workers
or
whether,
whether
they're
homeless
and
spending
time
on
our
mall.
F
We
want
to
make
sure
that
everyone
feels
welcome
and
has
a
right
to
be
in
the
public
spaces
that
we've
invested
public
dollars
in
and
conduct
this
in
a
way
that
reflects
that.
But
all
of
that
being
said,
I
want
to
return
to
the
main
thrust
of
my
comments
and
the
main
thrust
of
all
of
the
comments
that
we
heard,
which
is
that
did
provides
a
lot
of
valuable
services.
D
Thank
you
very
much,
president
bender,
and
I
really
appreciate
council
member
fletcher's
comments,
and
I
think
it
is
important
at
these
opportunities
that
we
talk
about
what
we
can
do
to
improve
and
change
these
kinds
of
things.
But
I
mostly
just
wanted
to
reflect
back
on
the
success
of
this
improvement
district.
D
I
remember
when
we
were
trying
to
first
form
it
and
put
it
into
place
and
how
innovative
it
felt
and
what
difficult
and
challenging
it
was
and
how
long
it
took
now
just
to
get
all
the
players
on
board
and
interested
and
willing
to
do
it,
and
I
think
we
demonstrated
that
it
did
bring
great
value
to
the
city
and
to
downtown.
D
I
actually
hear
about
now
things
that
downtown
has
going
for
that
other
business
nodes
and
districts
want
and
want
to
try
to
get
in
their
communities,
and
their
neighborhoods
might
be.
One
reason
why
we
might
want
to
think
about
how
we
as
a
city,
could
replicate
and
learn
some
of
these
lessons
and
bring
things
there,
but
also
we've
got
some
business
areas
that
are
wondering.
How
could
I
become
a
more
independently
managed
improvement
district
like
downtown,
and
I
think,
there's
great
possibilities
to
do
that.
D
D
I
also
think
that
the
seeing
how
nimble
the
district
has
been
in
terms
of
creating
the
livability
committee
of
the
downtown
ambassadors
has
really
been
critically
important
in
working
with
all
the
partners
there,
and
I
think
we'll
have
high
expectations
for
things
in
the
future
that
maybe
we
can
pilot
and
test
in
the
improvement
district
downtown
and
say:
oh
that's
something
worth
replicating
and
trying
somewhere
else
and
doing
somewhere
else.
B
I
will
just
briefly
echo
as
another
council
member
who
borders
downtown.
You
know
just
a
10
or
15
minute
bike
ride
or
bus
ride,
away
that
some
of
my
constituents,
you
know,
use
downtown
for
recreation,
for
jobs
and
as
much
as
it's
important
to
make
sure
our
downtown
is
a
regional
statewide
destination.
B
I
really
appreciate
how
much
so
many
of
the
speakers
highlighted
places
where
the
city
and
the
did
are:
coordinating
and
evolving
together,
providing
more
social
services
and
more
support,
of
course,
our
long
time,
commitment
to
supporting
folks
who
are
experiencing
homelessness
and
making
sure
that
we
do
that
with
an
eye
to
again
reflecting
the
values
of
our
city.
So
I
appreciate
how
this
partnership
has
evolved
and
the
ways
that
we've
identified
that
we
can
continue
to
evolve
together.
D
B
B
Cnn,
I
will
open
the
public
hearing.
We
have
many
of
the
same
speakers,
some
of
whom
who
reference
this
in
their
first
remarks,
but
I
will
make
sure
to
call
on
everyone
and
pause
to
make
sure
we
catch
anyone
who
would
like
to
speak.
Speaker
1
as
dan
collison.