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From YouTube: August 18, 2021 Policy & Government Oversight Committee
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B
B
B
D
B
Let
the
record
reflect
that
we
do
have
a
quorum.
Colleagues
before
we
begin
with
our
scheduled
agenda,
I
want
to
offer
the
city
clerk
opportunity
to
address
the
council.
Mr.
E
Clark,
thank
you,
madam
vice
president.
I
just
wanted
to
offer
a
bittersweet
note.
Today
is
the
last
day
that
the
committee's
clerk,
ayanna
dan,
will
be
with
us.
We
have
been
thrilled
to
have
her
be
part
of
the
clerk's
team.
She
joined
the
office
last
year
immediately
after
the
global
health
pandemic
caused
by
kova
caused
us
to
go
into
a
remote
work.
Environment.
E
Her
last
day
will
be
september
3rd,
and
this
will
be
her
last
committee
meeting
but
wanted
to
call
out
how
much
we've
appreciated
her
membership
and
contributions
to
the
clerk's
office
and
specifically
to
our
legislative
team
that
supports
the
council
and
all
of
its
committees.
E
She
has
been
the
clerk
for
this
committee
and
also
for
the
independently
elected
board
of
estimated
taxation,
and
so
we
know
that
she
is
going
to
be
relocating
to
california,
with
her
husband
having
recently
been
married
to
join
her
family
who
lives
in
california
and
expecting
her
first
child
in
the
near
future,
and
so
we
wish
her
nothing
but
the
best
in
the
next
adventures
that
come
her
way
and
appreciate
all
of
her
service
to
the
city
of
minneapolis.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you,
mr
carl,
and
I
want
to
express
my
deep
gratitude
to
miss
badan.
Certainly,
this
has
been
a
a
very
robust
committee.
It's
a
new
committee
and
in
fact-
and
you
have
helped
us,
manage
this
process
admirably
and
effectively,
and
I
wish
you
all
the
success
on
your
relocation
to
to
california
and
congratulations
on
your
recent
marriage
and
your
upcoming
addition
to
the
family.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
service
to
the
city
of
minneapolis
and
specifically
to
this
committee.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
B
I
see
that
council
member
bender
has
put
her
name
in
you.
F
Yes,
thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
certainly
echoed
the
congratulations
I
wanted
to
ask.
I
just
came
from
the
court
hearing
in
a
lawsuit
related
to
one
of
the
agenda
items
today,
given
the
timing
of
the
mandate
that
we
have
to
make
a
decision
on
the
two
charter,
questions
that
are
on
the
agenda
today.
F
F
I
I'm
where
the
timing
here
is
very,
very
tight
for
us
to
make
sure
that
we
complete
our
work.
So
it's
just
a
request
to
to
use
the
chair.
G
F
Yep,
I
know
we
have
three
discussion
items
and
I
know
the
importance
of
the
item
related
to
the
water
yard
and
roof
depot
site
and
expect
a
robust
discussion
of
the
various
options
under
consideration.
I
certainly
have
no
intention
of
cutting
that
off.
I
just
know
that
we
have
three
very
substantive
items
and
we
have
a.
F
We
have
a
very
hard
deadline
on
the
two
charter
questions
per
the
email
from
the
city
attorney
I
mean
we
would
be
in
danger
of
being
personally
held
in
contempt
of
court
if
we
don't
complete
our
work
on
the
two
charter
questions,
so
I'm
confident
that
we'll
be
able
to
come
together
and
complete
our
work
on
those,
but
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we
have
ample
time
in
the
meeting
to
be
able
to
complete
our
work
on
the
two
charter,
questions
which
are
due
to
the
elections
office
on
friday.
B
Thank
you,
and
with
that
in
mind
I
mean.
Certainly
when
we
get
to
our
discussion
items,
we
can
rearrange
the
order
to
ensure
that
we
discuss
the
charter
amendments
and
then
have
the
subsequent
discussion
of
the
roof
depot
matter.
B
After
that.
Thank
you,
madam
president,
and
so
colleagues
we
will
go
ahead
and
begin
with
our
consent
agenda
and
the
receive
and
file
portions
of
our
agenda
and
so
item
number
one
is
a
resolution
supporting
the
puerto
rico.
B
Item
number
six
authorizes
a
lease
agreement
with
h.e.c
acquisitions
llc
for
elections
at
10,
45,
10th
avenue
southeast
item
number
7
authorizes
an
agreement
with
sun
dial,
solar
for
purchase
of
renewable
electricity
item
number
eight
is
the
staff
purchasing
and
joint
purchase
reports
and
item
number?
Nine?
Is
the
2021
second
quarter
financial
reports
on
results
of
select
city
funds?
I
Thank
you.
I'd
like
to
pull
number
eight
and
or
ask
that
staff
be
prepared
to
answer
questions
regarding
item
number,
eight
and
sundial
solar
as
it
pertains
to
standard
wages
and
benefits
paling,
paying
prevailing
wage
following
state
electrical
regulations
and
etc.
We've
been
contacted
by
idbew
about
this,
and
I
would
like
to
get
some
answers
to
those
questions
before
we
need
to
vote
on
it.
B
That's
item
number
seven
on
the
agenda
but
very
well
noted
and
I
to
have
some
questions
so
any
other.
B
Seeing
then
I
will
move
approval
of
the
consent
agenda
and
the
receive
and
file
agenda.
Minus
item
number
seven
authorizing
the
sundial
solar
and
I
will
ask
the
clerk
to
call
the
world
well.
Is
there
any
discussion?
I
guess.
H
C
C
H
B
And
I
am
scary
and
we
will
return
back
to
item
number
seven
7,
which
authorizes
an
agreement
with
sundial
solar
for
purchase
of
renewable
electricity.
Councilmember
goodman
did
you
have
specific
questions.
I
Otherwise,
I
think
it
would
take
a
lot
of
time
for
staff
to
go
through
all
of
these
questions
and
I'm
sensitive
to
the
charter.
Amendment
timeline
language,
although
I
do
want
to
find
out
more
about
prevailing
wage
in
this
contract,
as
well
as
some
of
the
other
labor
protections,
so
I
think
the
best
way
to
handle
it
would
be
to
postpone
one
cycle
and
direct
staff
to
answer
those
questions.
So
we
can
put
it
on
a
consent
agenda
and
have
it
resolved
in
the
next
cycle.
I
Sure
I'm
happy
to
I.
I
I'm
happy
to
make
that
motion
and
I
I
want
to
know
it's
not
because
the
sustainability
staff
can't
answer
the
questions.
It's
because
there's
a
lot
of
them-
and
I
don't
think
we
have
the
time
today
so
I'll-
move
to
postpone
and
direct
staff
to
answer
the
questions
in
writing
to
us,
which
would
come
after
labor
day.
A
B
I
will
just
put
myself
in
queue
and
that
I
am
concerned
around
these
issues
as
well,
particularly
you
know.
G
B
Our
our
process,
I
I
think
this
is
a
two
phase
rfp,
so
I
will
be
looking
forward
to
having
that
discussion.
I
will
ask
the
clerk
to
call
the
role.
H
H
K
B
B
And
that
item
carries
and
will
return
to
our
agenda
at
our
next
polo
meeting
september
9th.
At
this
time
I
will
move
on
to
item
number
11
on
our
agenda,
which
is
the
proposed
city
charter,
amendment
related
to
public
safety,
and
I
will
invite
our
city
clerk
to
provide
a
presentation.
E
Thank
you.
Madam
president,
staff
is
before
the
committee
to
present
revised
draft
ballot
language
on
the
two
questions
that
are
set
to
be
referred
to.
Voters
at
the
november,
2nd
municipal
general
election.
The
council
had
previously
taken
action
to
set
the
language
of
three
questions:
proposing
amendments
to
the
city
charter,
the
subject
matters
of
those
amendments
included
a
proposal
to
restructure
the
city
government
under
an
executive
mayor
legislative
council
system,
a
proposal
to
remove
from
the
city
charter,
the
existing
police
department
and
add
a
new
public
safety
department
and
two
proposals
related
to
rent
stabilization.
E
At
its
meeting
on
july
23rd,
the
city
council
adopted
resolution
number
2021
r209,
which
set
the
ballot
language
for
the
proposal
to
create
a
department
of
public
safety.
That
resolution
was
returned
by
the
mayor
unsigned
and
therefore,
as
provided
under
city
charter,
section
4.4
c2.
That
act
was
deemed
approved
at
its
meeting
on
august
6,
the
city
council
adopted
ordinances
and
resolutions
to
set
the
final
language
of
the
amendments
and
ballot
language
on
two
rent
stabilization
proposals.
E
The
mayor
vetoed
the
proposal
to
create
an
initiative
petition
pathway
to
a
rent,
stabilization
policy
and
the
council
failed
to
override
that
veto.
Therefore,
the
amendment
died
and
will
not
be
referred
to
voters.
The
other
amendment,
which
seeks
to
empower
the
city
council
to
propose
a
rent.
Stabilization
policy
was
returned
by
the
mayor
unsigned
and
is
therefore
deemed
approved,
as
set
forth
in
ordinance
number
2021-040
and
resolution
number
2021
r227
and
will
be
referred
to
voters
in
november.
E
Finally,
at
its
meeting
last
friday
on
august
13th,
the
city
council
adopted
resolution
number
2021-243,
which
set
the
language
of
the
ballot
question
the
proposed
government
structure,
amendment
that
provides
a
total
of
three
ballot
questions
to
be
referred
to
voters
in
november.
All
of
those
proposals
are
available
for
public
access
from
the
city's
website
and
the
website
location
is
shown
on
this
slide
for
public
access.
E
As
this
body
knows,
this
proposal
was
initiated
by
citizen
petition
led
by
the
yes
for
minneapolis
committee
as
a
result
of
the
court's
order.
In
that
case,
staff
is
returning
to
present
revised
drafts
of
the
ballot
language
for
both
the
proposal
on
the
public
safety
department
and
government
structure
and
before
reviewing
the
new
draft
ballot
language.
I'd
like
to
ask
deputy
city
attorney
eric
nielsen.
To
summarize
the
court's
order
and
the
impact
of
that
decision
on
these
proceedings.
L
Sure,
thank
you,
city
clerk
carl
council.
Vice
president
jenkins,
by
I'll.
Just
note
that
also
with
us
at
the
meeting
today
is
sarah
mclaren,
who
is
the
the
city's
litigator
that
has
handled
the
ballot
litigation
here,
and
so
she
might
be
in
the
best
position
to
give
you
the
up
to
the
minute
update
on
where
the
case
stands.
L
But
I
will
quickly
summarize
because
I
believe
you
all
are
aware
the
court's
august
13th
order
issued
by
judge
anderson
in
hennepin
county
district
court
in
in
very
short,
summary
fashion,
the
court
found
or
held
that
the
city
has
the
authority
to
include
an
explanatory
note
on
the
ballot.
That
was
abundantly
clear.
L
L
That
is
a
task
for
the
legislature,
which
is
you,
the
city
council.
That
is
your
task
and
duty
to
set
and
fix
that
language
and
the
deadline
for
doing
that
still
remains
this
friday
august
20th.
L
So
I
will
also
allow
sarah
here
to
to
go
ahead
and
update
us
on
the
hearing
that
occurred
shortly
before
pogo
today.
M
Thank
you,
deputy
city
attorney,
nelson
and
madam
vice
president
members
of
the
council.
Today
the
court
held
a
hearing
just
an
hour
ago
on
yes
from
minneapolis's
petition
for
rid
of
mandamus.
So
this
is
a
new
petition
that
they
filed
on
monday,
in
which
they
requested
two
things.
M
They
requested
that
this
court
order
the
city
to
send
the
ballot
question
minus
the
explanatory
note
from
july
23rd
that
had
previously
been
approved
on
july
23rd
to
the
county
auditor,
and
that
it
also
asked
the
court
to
weigh
in
on
the
proposed
draft
language
that
both
city
clerk
and
city
attorney
staff
worked
all
weekend
on
to
circulate
in
advance
of
this
meeting
the
they
asked
that
that
language
also
be
weighed
in
on
by
the
court.
M
So
we
feel
comfortable
that
we
will
be
able
to
proceed
and
have
this
body
city
council
on
friday
adopt
an
amendment
to
the
existing
ballot
language.
M
As
this
body
chooses,
and
I'm
here
to
to
the
extent,
it
is
helpful,
I'm
here
to
be
a
resource
as
to
these
questions,
given
the
state
of
the
the
litigation
surrounding
these
issues,
one
more
thing
I'll
say
is
that
the
court
said
that
it
likely
would
not
issue
an
order
on
the
current
petition
today,
due
to
the
court's
very
full
schedule,
and
the
court
did
not
say
when
exactly
to
expect
an
order
from
this
latest
petition
for
mandamus.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you
for
that
presentation.
B
So
we
we
have
that
information
from
the
the
clerk
and
the
city
attorney
and
I'm
not
sure
what
we
have
in
front
of
us
at
this
particular
moment.
E
Madam
vice
president
I'll
continue,
then,
if
I
can,
with
the
next
slide
so
in
front
of
you
now
then,
and
it
should
be
showing
on
the
screen-
is
the
latest
redraft
of
the
proposed
ballot
language
for
the
amendment
on
the
public
safety
department,
as
assistant
city
attorney
mclaren
indicated.
This
is
the
language
that
the
city
attorney's
office
and
I
had
worked
on
over
the
weekend
and
shared,
I
believe,
late
evening,
saturday
with
all
members.
E
So
this
language
remains
faithful
to
the
petition
submitted
by
the
yes
for
minneapolis
committee
and
its
intent,
which
is
to
replace
the
existing
police
department
with
a
new
department
of
public
safety.
That
new
department
would
open
the
door
to
possible
consolidations
or
combinations
of
the
city's
departments,
services,
programs
and
functions
which
pertain
to
the
broad
subject
of
public
safety,
if
approved
by
voters.
E
Those
policy
decisions
about
what
functions
the
public
safety
department
would
encompass
would
be
determined
in
the
future
by
the
mayor
and
council
by
ordinance,
which
is
consistent
with
the
process
set
forward
in
section
7.2,
a
of
the
charter.
That
section
requires
that
the
city
council
establish
organize
and
provide
for
certain
departments,
and
if
this
amendment
were
approved
by
voters,
then
the
public
safety
department
would
be
included
in
that
list
of
departments
established
in
the
charter,
if
approved
by
voters.
E
Nevertheless,
if
this
amendment
is
approved
by
voters,
then
the
city
would
still
have
the
ability
to
provide
for
law
enforcement
functions
under
the
purview
of
the
new
public
safety
department.
That
could
include
licensed
police
officers,
if
necessary,
to
fulfill
the
public
safety
obligations
of
that
new
department.
That
would
be
a
matter
of
policy
to
be
made
in
the
future
by
the
mayor
and
council.
Nothing
in
this
proposed
amendment
would
prevent
the
city
from
providing
law
enforcement
functions.
E
The
original
question
that
was
approved
by
this
council
had
a
total
of
73
words
and
an
explanatory
note
of
198
words.
That's
a
total
of
271
words
for
the
total
pro
total
question
of
that
total.
The
explanatory
note
accounted
for
73
of
the
question
and,
as
the
attorneys
have
indicated,
the
court
did
raise
concern
about
the
length
of
the
note,
which
was
the
primary
focus
in
bringing
forward
revised
language
today.
E
E
If
the
council
approves
this
revision,
then
staff
will
prepare
a
resolution
to
formalize
that
direction
and
have
it
prepared
for
presentation
and
final
consideration
at
the
regular
meeting
of
the
full
council
on
friday.
This
week
passage
of
that
resolution
setting
the
ballot
language
requires
a
minimum
of
seven
affirmative
votes
and
the
approval
of
the
mayor.
Once
we
have
a
final
action,
I
am
required
to
submit
the
final
ballot
questions
to
the
county
auditor.
The
statutory
deadline
for
the
submission
of
those
questions,
as
we
all
know,
is
this
friday
august
20th.
E
I
want
to
assure
council
members
that
my
office
has
been
in
regular
contact
with
our
colleagues
in
the
county
to
keep
them
apprised
of
our
work
in
completing
these
ballot
questions,
and
we
are
confident
both
my
office
and
the
county
elections
office
that
we
will
be
able
to
meet
our
statutory
requirements
to
submit
those
ballot
questions
in
time
with
the
statutory
deadline
on
friday.
That
completes
my
summary
of
this
first
question.
Madam
president,
mr
nielsen,
ms
mclaren
and
I
are
all
available
to
answer
any
specific
questions.
B
Thank
you,
mr
clerk.
I
see
we
have
council
member
cunningham
and
queue.
N
Thank
you,
madam
vice
president,
and
thank
you
to
everybody
who
has
been
working
on
this.
This
has
been
a
a
tricky
conversation,
so
I
wanted
to
I
sent
out
a
amendment
or
a
motion
related
to
this
item
and
just
want
to
bring
that
forward.
This
is
our
attempt
to
be
as
close
to
as
possible
to
the
judge's
orders.
So
if
that
could
be
pleased
to,
please
plea
be
displayed,
I
will
read
it
here.
N
The
language
submitted
to
the
voters
for
the
november,
2nd
2021
ballot
shall
read:
shall
the
minneapolis
city
charter
be
amended
to
strike
and
replace
the
police
department
with
a
department
of
public
safety
that
employs
a
comprehensive
public
safety
approach
and
which
would
include
licensed
peace
officers,
police
officers,
if
necessary,
to
fulfill
its
responsibilities
for
public
safety?
N
B
B
So
we
have
a
motion
and
a
second
is
there
any
discussion?
I
see
council
member
goodman.
I
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
I'm
wondering
in
the
comments
of
the
authors,
if
you
could
explain,
did
you
guys
just
draft
this
on
your
own
over
the
weekend
or
you
just
sat
down
and
decided
how
it
was
going
to
go,
because
my
understanding
is
that
our
professional
staff,
the
city
attorney's
office
and
the
clerk
spent
a
good
amount
of
time
trying
to
exactly
follow
the
ruling
of
the
judge.
And
then
we
have
like
council
members.
Writing
the
language
council
members
who
were
authors
in
the
first
place
of
this.
I
Just
writing
the
language
they
wanted
and
just
throwing
it
out
there
for
us
to
discuss.
So
now
we're
caught
between
a
situation
where
our
professional
staff
is
telling
us
one
thing,
and
then
we
have
like
you
know,
essentially
colleagues,
elected
officials,
politicians,
kind
of
deciding
what
the
language
is
going
to
be
on
their
own.
I
I
oppose
having
anything
without
an
explanatory
note,
which
is
perhaps
a
kind
of
a
line
for
me
in
the
sand
on
all
of
the
amendments,
but
this
one
that
leaves
out
a
number
of
things
that
this
motion
would
do
most
importantly,
eliminate
the
minimum
staffing
as
well
as
not
having
the
police
chief,
be
in
charge
of
all
public
safety
functions,
and
I
would
think
that
that
would
be
something
the
public
would
want
to
know
more
about.
So
perhaps
councilmember,
cunningham
or
fletcher
could
just
explain.
I
B
Thank
you,
councilmember
goodman,
councilmember,
fletcher,.
O
Thank
you,
council
vice
president
jenkins,
and
thank
you
councilmember
goodman
for
the
question.
We
did
not
in
fact
just
sit
down
and
write
this.
This
is
the
language
that
we
passed
previously
with
the
explanatory
notes
removed,
and
it
is
our
approach
on
this
to
conform
very,
very
literally
and
completely
with
the
ruling
by
the
judge,
which
says
the
court
hereby
orders
respondents
to
remove
the
explanatory
note
from
the
ballot
question.
O
O
So
it
was
not
just
about
the
length,
but
it
was
also
about
the
content
and
and
we've
gotten
a
judicial
ruling
that
that
that
gave
guidance
on
content
that
suggested
that
the
inclusion
of
some
of
those
details
would
have
the
effect
of
creating
an
impression
of
being
warning.
O
Label-Like
was
the
the
wording
that
the
judge
used
and
the
judge
explicitly
ordered
us
to
remove
the
explanatory
note
from
the
ballot
question,
and
so
it's
my
view
that,
in
order
to
comply
with
that,
the
right
approach
here
is
to
take
this
very
straightforward
language,
which
is
included
in
in
the
ruling
as
well
and
to
move
forward
with
this
more
straightforward
language.
I
feel
like
that's
what
the
courts
have
told
us
to
do.
P
Thank
you,
madam
vice
president.
I
do
have
some
comments.
However,
I
also
have
a
question
based
on
council
member
fletcher's
comments
for
sarah
mclaren.
Can
I
please
ask
through
the
chair
to
ms
mclaren,
if
what
council
member
fletcher
just
said,
is
her
understanding
of
the
court's
order.
M
Thank
you,
council,
councilmember,
paul
sano
and
council
vice
president
jenkins.
No,
it
is
not.
The
court
did
not
certify
alternate
language,
and
so
it
is
not
my
understanding
of
the
court's
order
that
this
is
the
language
that
would
conform
to
the
court
order.
M
I
think
there
is
some
question
this
could
be.
This
proposed
language
could
be
vulnerable
to
a
legal
challenge
for
leaving
out
some
key
details
should
it
be
submitted
without
an
explanatory
note.
That
said,
I
think
there
are
a
variety
of
forms
of
language
that
could
be
adopted
by
this
body
that
would
meet
those
legal
requirements,
but
but
no,
it
is
not
my
understanding
of
the
court's
order
that
this
is
the
required
language.
P
This
previous
language
was
approved,
based
on
the
premise
that
an
explanatory
note
would
accompany
it.
I
think
that
our
first
course
of
action
here
as
a
committee
should
be
to
use
the
language
that
we
received
on
saturday
night
from
city
staff
and
go
with
that.
It
has
the
oversight
of
an
actual
attorney
that
is
working
for
us
in
court.
P
You
know
I,
I
think
that
we
should
use
language
from
people
who
are
more
familiar
with
what
the
judge's
order
says.
That's
written
in
compliance
with
the
judge's
order,
and
I
just
need
to
point
out.
I
have
strongly
supported
the
use
of
an
explanatory
note
and
consistently
and
we
did
have
that
set
up
pretty
consistently
in
our
ballot,
amend
amendments
here,
her
ballot
measures
for
service
to
voters
and
for
increasing
access
to
the
ballot.
P
All
of
this
was
put
forward
by
staff
and
upheld
by
the
courts.
All
the
points
that
staff
brought
forward
in
the
explanatory
note
that
you
first
saw
in
this
meeting
are
valid,
factual
and
they're
reflective
of
the
language
that
the
petitioners
submitted.
It
comes
from
the
petition,
and
now
we
must
use
that
language
in
the
petition.
P
I
think
it's
our
our
job
as
council
to
put
forward
a
question
that
accurately
reflects
what's
going
on
here.
We
thought
it
would
make
the
most
sense
to
keep
the
question
short
and
put
organized
statements
below
it,
but
this
is
literally
the
language
of
the
petition
and
the
courts
affirmed
this
as
a
separate
friendly
measure.
I
do
want
to
point
out
that
I
don't
know
what
haste
this
item
was
written
in,
but
council
members,
trader's
name
is
spelled
incorrectly
on
it
and
if
you
could
just
agree
that
we'd
want
to
correct
that.
Thank
you.
J
E
My
fault
that
was
called
to
my
attention
and-
and
I
thought
I
had
corrected
it
before
it
was
shared
with
the
tech
team.
So
I
apologize
council
member
schrader.
I
did
see
that
your
name
was
misspelled
and
we
will
make
sure
that
that
is
corrected.
B
Thank
you,
councilmember
palmistano
and
clerk
carl
nixon,
keyless
councilmember,
gordon.
D
D
In
fact,
I
think
that,
even
in
the
decision
from
the
judge,
it
was
written
that
the
proper
function
of
the
ballot
is
to
assist
a
voter
in
easily
and
accurately
identifying
what
they
are
voting
on.
D
And
then
the
judge
went
on
to
explain
that
attempts
to
enlighten
voters
on
good
faith
issues
may
create
an
unfair
advantage,
one
way
or
the
other.
If
extraneous
information
is
allowed
and-
and
I
think
that's
what
we're
doing
and
also
seems
like
with
the
notion
of
the
removal
of
the
police
chief-
is
exactly
one
of
the
things
that
was
called
out
as
problematic
in
the
past,
and
yet
there
it
is
in
an
explanatory
note
again
we
can
have
a
police
chief.
D
D
The
electorate
was
able
to
understand
what
they
were
and
to
vote
on
them
clearly,
and
I
think
they
can
do
the
same
with
this,
which
I
think
is
much
simpler
and
much
clearer
and
there'll
be
a
lot
more
public
discourse
about.
So
thank
you
for
bringing
it
forward.
I
look
forward
to
voting
for
it
and
being
in
the
majority.
B
L
Thank
you,
council.
Vice
president
jenkins,
I
believe
I
I
was
mainly
trying
to
get
in
queue
in
order
to
to
have
sarah
mclaren
prompted
for
the
update
that
she
did
give.
So
I
I
don't
believe
I
I
need
to
the
only
thing
I
will
note
is
at
least
in
this
draft.
H
L
I
this
motion
references,
comprehensive
public
safety
approach,
and
that
is
not
what
the
the
one
challenge
in
court
said
that
it
said
a
comprehensive
public
health
approach.
I
believe,
but
it
just
I'm
just
just
reading
that
right
now,
so
a
very
key
choice
of
terms
there.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you,
assistant
city
attorney,
nelson
mayor
frye.
We
have
been
joined
by
mayor
frye.
I
want
to
acknowledge
and
mayor
fry
is
in
queue.
J
Thank
you,
madam
vice
president,
thank
you
to
the
members
of
the
city
council
for
having
me
today
and
to
your
willing
willingness
to
deliberate
over
this
very
important
topic.
It
is
my
belief
that
we
are
all
here
now
in
good
faith
to
ensure
that
we
are
in
fact
fulfilling
our
statutory
obligations,
our
statutory
duties,
to
get
this
question
on
the
ballot
and
ensure
that
the
language
is
objective
and
that
it
fairly
and
accurately
represents
what
the
charter
amendment
actually
does.
J
J
Staff
also
stated
that
if
we
remove
some
of
these
key
details
that
we
are
vulnerable
to
challenges,
council,
member
gordon
is
correct
when
he
stated
that
this
is
indeed
complex.
These
matters
are
complex
and
the
best
way
to
fully
inform
the
public
is
to
fully
inform
the
public.
We
have
an
obligation
right
now
to
be
transparent.
J
We
now
have
an
obligation
to
tell
the
truth
and
to
provide
as
fair,
unbiased
and
as
objective
language
as
we
possibly
can.
There
are
several
elements,
and
there
are
several
things
that
we
should
all
be
able
to
agree
on
where
there
is
no
dispute.
In
fact,
these
items
were
literally
included
in
the
petition
itself.
J
It
is
true
that
this
would
create
a
new
department
of
public
safety.
We
can
all
agree
on.
It
is
true
that
this
would
remove
the
minimum
number
of
police
in
the
staffing
levels.
It
is
true
that
it
would
eliminate
the
police
department.
It
is
true
that
this
change
would
eliminate
the
position
of
the
chief
of
police,
and
it
is
true
that
would
also
entirely
change
the
structure
of
reporting
for
police
officers
from
being
exclusively
directed
by
the
mayor
to
being
directed
by
14
policy
makers.
All
of
that
is
true.
J
J
J
We
need
to
make
sure
that
meets
the
requirements
that
that
are
led
laid
out
by
the
judge,
and
we
should
agree
to
move
it
forward
to
the
voters
to
decide
in
november.
Simply
eliminating
this
explanatory
note,
removing
the
additional
language
would
do
a
serious
disservice
to
the
voters
of
minneapolis.
We
need
to
be
concerned
for
our
residents.
J
We
can't
be
afraid
to
provide
as
transparent
a
question
as
possible.
People
need
to
know
what
they
are
voting
on,
and
so
my
goal
here
today
again
is
to
get
to
a
point
where
we
can
agree
to
move
forward
with
language
that
is
fair,
and
that
is
objective
so
that
we
can
make
sure
that
we're
upholding
our
statutory
obligations
and
getting
it
on
the
child
in
charter.
E
Madam
vice
president,
your
microphone
is
not
working.
We
can't
hear
you.
O
Council,
vice
president,
is
having
technical
issues
and
has
asked
if
I
can
take
over
chairing
the
meeting
while
she
works
through
technology
issues.
If
the
clerk
can
help
me,
I
think
I
was,
I
think
next
in
queue
was
council
member
ellison
correct.
Thank
you.
Q
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
I
just
wanted
to
go
through
a
couple
of
these
quotes
because
I
you
know
we're
here,
because
there
were
some
issues
with
the
original
document.
Council
members
raised
those
issues.
In
so
many
words,
we
were
told
to
be
quiet.
We
did.
We
were
quiet,
we
voted
for
it.
Q
The
public
raised
those
issues
and
the
judge
affirmed
that
there
are
issues,
and
so
I
just
want
to
quote
here,
because
while
our
attorneys
are
correct
that
you
know
the
judge
did
not
find
that
we
could
not
make
use
of
explanatory
notes
as
a
whole.
I
just
want
to
read
a
couple
of
these
quotes
so
that
the
public
knows
what
it
is
that
we're
here
debating.
Q
Here's
from
the
decision,
the
court
finds
that
petitioner
has
failed
to
prove
by
a
preponderance
of
evidence
that
the
city
councils,
including
the
explanatory
note,
is
in
and
of
itself
a
wrongful
act
in
need
of
correction
pursuant
to
minnesota
statute.
204B
0.44,
that's
on
page
eight,
but
I
do
want
to
also
quote
page
11.
That
says
in
its
conclusion,
the
quote:
the
court
hereby
orders
respondents
to
remove
the
explanatory
note
from
the
ballot
question.
That's
on
page
11.,
and
so
you
know,
while
I'm
thankful
for
the
mayor's
editorial.
Q
I'd,
also
like
to
just
stick
to
the
language
here
that
we're
being
asked
to
wrestle
with
I'll
continue
just
reading
a
few
more
quotes
from
the
from
from
the
decision
quote
time
and
time
again,
the
supreme
court
of
minnesota
has
held
that
supplemental
information
should
be
added
to
a
ballot
sparingly
and
should
be
excluded
if
it
will
potentially
sway
a
voter's
vote.
It's
on
page
nine.
The
ballot
question
itself
is
comprised
of
a
single
sentence
containing
of
six
of
67
words.
Q
While
the
explanatory
note
is
192
words
spread
across
across
six
bullet
points
and
multiple
subsections
that
read
as
much
like
a
warning
label
as
they
do
informational
statements,
that's
page
10
and
then
also
on
page
10.
A
voter
could
very
well
construe
such
a
lengthy
and
detailed
explanations
and
as
either
an
endorsement
or
a
warning,
and
so
I
think
that
it
is
by
no
means
out
of
line
for
us
to
shorten
this
question.
To
make
it
clear
and
simple
for
us
to
you
want
to
talk
about
honesty.
Q
The
language
here
explains
what
it
is
that
voters
will
be
deciding
on
and,
and
that
I
you
know
it
was
the
mayor
mentioned
that
you
know
we
shouldn't
be
afraid
to
tell
the
truth,
and
I
agree
with
the
mayor,
but
some
of
us
seem
to
be
reading
this
document
and
trying
to
provide
the
truth,
and
some
of
us
are
really
really
adamant
that
small
points
be
made,
that
that
that
that
the
courts
have
decided
that
that
could
be
construed
as
an
endorsement
or
a
warning.
Q
That's
not
my
editorial
right.
You
know
that
is
that
is
that
is
reading
directly
from
this
document
here,
and
so
I
just
wanted
that
to
be
noted
for
the
public.
I
just
wanted
my
colleagues
to
know
that,
and
so
so
that
as
we're
we're
making
this
consideration,
this
false
binary
not
be
placed
the
way
that
the
mayor
sort
of
placed
it
that
that
you
either
want
to
tell
the
truth
or
you
don't.
Q
The
folks
who
are
proposing
this
language
raised
concerns
from
the
get-go
and
the
concerns
that
they
raised
were
raised
by
the
public
and
affirmed
by
the
courts.
So
let's
get
this
right.
F
N
It's
totally
okay.
I
appreciate
city
assistant
city
attorney
eric
nelson,
pointing
out
that
there
was
the
wrong
version,
most
updated
version.
It
should
be
comprehensive
public
health
approach,
and
so
I
included
that
I
sent
it
to
the
city
clerk
and
also
posted
it
in
the
chat
for
the
tech
team
to
be
able
to
pull
up
and
use
for
visual
reference
and,
according
to
the
clerk,
I
do
not
have
to
make
a
motion
for
that.
It's
just
a
clerical
error
being
corrected.
Thank
you.
B
B
Now,
council,
member
bender.
F
Thanks,
madam
chair,
I
I
put
myself
in
queue
primarily
because
I
was
able
to
attend
the
court
hearing
today
to
listen
in
as
the
discussion
took
place,
and
I
I
do
just
want
to
make
sure
it's.
It's
part
of
the
public
record
here
in
our
meeting
that
I
heard
that
our
city
attorney's
office
is
explaining
some
of
the
timing
issues.
F
I
do
just
want
to
note
for
the
public
record
here
that,
while
we
we
don't
have
a
way
as
counsel,
I
don't
have
a
way
as
council,
president
of
holding
any
kind
of
special
meeting
this
week.
Given
the
timing
of
our
notification
requirements,
the
mayor
of
minneapolis
had
the
option
to
hold
an
emergency
meeting
of
the
city
council
to
call
an
emergency
meeting
of
the
city
council,
and
we
did
that
recently.
The
mayor
called
emergency
meeting
of
the
city
council
in
order
for
us
to
consider
an
extension
of
the
emergency
declaration.
F
I
didn't
hear
that
mention
today
and
I
just
did
want
to
make
sure
that
we
are
all
clear
that,
given
the
very
tight
deadline
in
that
conversation,
that's
happening
that
that
is.
That
is
the
case
that
there
is
a
way
for
us
to
have
additional
council
meetings.
It
just
requires
the
mayor
to
call
them
given
the
timeline
and
the
notification
requirements
that
come
from
us
as
the
council.
I'm
listening
to
the
discussion.
I
I
support
this
version,
not
sure
I
really
have
anything
substantive
to
add
beyond
what's
been
discussed
here
thanks.
B
Thank
you,
councilmember
pamasano,.
P
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
I
respectfully
disagree
with
my
colleagues.
These
are
not
small
points
to
be
made
that
we're
eliminating.
From
this
explanatory
note,
I
don't
agree
with
going
with
this
limited
amount
of
information
council
member
gordon
spoke
to
enlightening
voters,
and
I
don't
understand
why
we
wouldn't
be
telling
them
that
this
measure
that
this
ballot
measure
changes
oversight
of
the
police
department
to
the
city
council,
for
example.
P
My
my
question
is-
and
maybe
this
is
most
appropriately
placed
to
ms
mclaren.
If
there
is
no
explanatory
note,
then
do
we
need
to
mention
things
like
the
deletion
of
minimum
staffing,
the
funding
of
that
staffing
provision,
maybe
the
taxation
thereafter,
because
those
are
changes
being
made
to
our
city
charter.
P
M
Thank
you,
council,
member
palmisano
council.
Vice
president
jenkins,
members
of
the
council,
so
you
know,
I
want
to
be
very
clear
that
I
am
not
saying
that
there
is
one
correct
version
of
ballot
question
language
with
or
without
an
explanatory
note,
and
I
want
to
be
clear
that
my
remarks
are
simply
meant
as
a
means
to
be
helpful
to
this
body
and
to
not
take
a
substantive
position
for
or
against
the
proposed
amendment.
M
So
that
said,
the
legal
standard
that
this
proposed
language
would
be
evaluated
against,
as
was
the
language
evaluated
against
at
the
july.
23Rd
hearing
is
excuse
me,
the
july
23rd
council
approved
language
is
legal
sufficiency.
M
So,
while
the
court
took
issue
with
the
language
previously
approved
in
that
it
felt
that
it
probably
just
kind
of
you
know,
used
too
many
words
and
perhaps
just
the
length
and
the
formatting
of
it
made
it
look
something
like
a
warning.
I
it's
my
personal
opinion
that
this
proposed
language
does
not
sufficiently
identify
the
key
changes
to
the
charter,
in
that
it
talks
a
lot
about
what
is
being
put
in
to
the
charter
in
terms
of
the
department
of
public
safety
with
a
comprehensive
public
health
approach.
M
So
I
I
think
now
you
know
it
it's
impossible
for
me
to
predict
the
outcome
of
any
specific
legal
challenge,
but
I
do
advise
the
council
to
contain
all
key
points
both
of
what
is
coming
out
as
well
as
what
is
going
in
in
battle
language
that
it
approves
as
that
being
the
language
that
would
be
most
likely
to
be
upheld
upon
further
legal
challenge.
P
R
Thank
you,
madam
vice
president.
I
just
want
to
put
a
you
know.
Let
my
colleagues
think
about
this-
that
a
council
member
with
english
as
a
second
language,
that
we
have
to
make
it
very
clear
something
that
individuals
like
me
that
english
their
second
language
can
understand.
R
I
understand
having
including
all
the
key
points
and
all
the
changes.
You
know
it
could
probably
fill
a
couple
pages
if,
if
we
have
that
option,
but
we
don't
have
the
option,
I
believe
because
of
what
the
court
decision
was,
ghana,
making
it
short
the
last
excellent
note,
making
it
short
and
making
it
smaller,
but
I
just
wanna
all
of
you
to
realize
that
it
shouldn't
be
a
matter
of
opinion.
It
should
be
a
matter
of
what
the
people
will
see.
You
know
what.
R
How
would
people
see
on
the
question?
That
is
a
key
important
of
this
discussion
that
I
will
think
about
simple,
easy
straight
forward
questions.
That
mention
is,
of
course,
the
importance
and
also
the
change
you
will
have
for
this
move.
So
I
just
want
to
you
know,
put
my
two
sentence
there
and
letting
you
know
that.
There's
a
large
community
that
that
that
we
need
to
consider
when
we
are
phrasing,
the
bad
questions,
any
valid
questions,
the
government
structure
or
this
one
should
be
easy
and
straightforward.
B
Thank
you
councilmember,
a
great
point,
mayor
fry.
J
Thank
you,
madam
vice
president,
wanted
to
reiterate
again
why
I'm
here
today
it
is
to
work
with
all
of
you
in
good
faith,
to
get
to
a
question
and
language
in
the
question
that
we
can
all
support.
J
That
is
transparent,
and
that
is
objective,
and
you
know
I
do
feel
strongly
that
the
aspects,
the
elements
that
I
mentioned
previously
again,
that
are
not
in
dispute.
J
Those
should
be
mentioned
in
some
form,
whether
that's
in
an
explanatory
note
or
on
the
question
itself,
we
shouldn't
be
afraid
to
tell
the
voters
what
they're
voting
on
we
should
be
transparent
about
it
and
I'll
note
that
similar
that
a
similar
proposal,
but
one
only
dealing
with
the
reporting
structure,
was
brought
by
several
members
of
the
city
council
back
in
2018.
D
Thank
you
very
much,
and
I
appreciated
the
mayor
sharing
that
language
from
the
2018
effort
that
I
led
on,
and
I
appreciated
that
language
as
well.
I
think
part
of
our
responsibility
is
probably
to
communicate
to
voters
outside.
What's
on
the
ballot,
I
think,
as
we've
talked
about
already,
it's
probably
going
to
be
impossible
to
put
everything
on
the
ballot.
I
will
note
that
that
2018,
that
was
just
a
valid
question.
There
were
no
explanatory
notes
and
we
also
didn't
talk
about
what
was
left
in
there.
D
If
that
had
made
it
on
the
ballot,
then
there
would
have
been
a
responsibility
for
those
who
supported
it
to
talk
about
it
and
those
who
didn't
to
talk
about
it
from
their
perspectives
and
add
the
details
and
the
reasons
and
the
rationale
we
actually
send
out.
Voters
guides
and
information.
We
can
put
information
about
the
valid
questions
in
there.
I
don't
quite
understand
why
we're
prohibited
from
having
the
actual
charter
changes
available
at
the
polling
place.
D
I
think
it's
interesting
that
the
judge
highlighted
a
supreme
court
case
in
his
ruling
too,
and
it
said
the
supreme
court
has
made
it
clear
that
additional
information
on
the
ballot
should
only
clear
up
confusion,
well,
that
there
would
be
confusion
if
we
had
two
or
three
public
safety
amendments
on
the
ballot,
but
we
don't
we've
made
it
clear.
There's
only
one
people
are
going
to
read
this
and
they're
going
to
know
exactly
what
charter
change
we're
talking
about.
They
could
probably
even
do
it
without
the
last
clause.
D
Shall
the
minneapolis
city
charter
be
amended
to
strike
and
replace
the
police
department
with
the
department
of
public
safety
that
that
employs
a
comprehensive
public
health
approach?
We
could
put
a
period
there
and
it
would
be
clear
to
everybody.
Oh
this
is
the
new
public
safety
department
charter
amendment
that
I've
heard
about
thought
about
read
about
and
if
they
haven't
heard
or
thought
or
read
about
it
when
they
get
into
the
polling
place.
I
don't
think
a
bunch
of
explanatory
notes
are
going
to
be
helpful
at
all
to
that
case
either.
D
K
Thank
you,
madam
vice
president,
I
appreciate
the
discussion
and
I've
been
listening
to
all
the
sides
really
considering
this
carefully.
When
I
looked
at
the
original
language
that
we
had
sent
out,
I
think
it
was
saturday
night
that
was
up
on
the
screen
for
us
earlier.
I
noted
that
it
was,
I
think,
eight
lines
long
in
terms
of
just
the
ballot
question
and
that's
on
our
screen.
K
I
imagine
if
it's
on
the
ballot,
it's
going
to
be
scrunched
up
from
there,
I'm
pretty
extensive,
and
I
think
this
really
is
the
council
member
osman's
point
about
having
something.
That's,
concise
and
that's
clear,
and
I
also
agree
with
my
colleagues
who
have
brought
up
points
around
wanting
to
have
as
much
of
the
information
captured
in
the
question
as
possible
so
that
those
key
points
are
being
made.
K
I
will
express
and
I'm
not
sure
how
kali
I
might
even
be
the
only
one
who's
about
to
say
this,
but
I
do
have
a
willingness
to
wordsmith
this
a
bit
in
this
meeting,
because
I
do
think
it's
important
to
get
it
right
and
to
try
to
find
that
balance
on
this.
When
I
read
this,
as
I
see
it
today,
you
know,
shall
the
minneapolis
city
charter
be
managed
to
strike
the
police
department?
Well,
that
means
all
of
the
existing
structure.
K
That
means
all
the
reporting
authority
would
be
gone
would
be
replaced,
and
I
think
the
issue
around
minimum
staffing
levels
is
captured
here
around,
which
would
include
licensed
police
officers,
if
necessary,
to
fulfill
its
responsibilities
for
public
safety,
because
if
there's
a
minimum,
then
that
would
be
required.
In
fact,
it
would
be
stated
directly
in
the
question.
K
So
on
after
the
word
approach
so
employs
a
comprehensive
public
health
approach.
K
I
think
it
would
be
fair
to
add,
in
the
words
with
administrative
authority,
to
be
consistent
with
other
city
departments,
and
I
chose
that
language
as
well,
because
we
have
this
government
structure
amendment
that
is
going
to
be
on
the
ballot.
This
fall
and
exactly
how
that
authority
looks
how
it's
divided
is
subject
to
whether
that's
passed
or
not
by
voters,
and
so
I
think,
structuring
it
in
this
way,
does
allow
for
that
flexibility
as
well
in
terms
of
if
that
passes
or
if
it
doesn't
pass.
K
How
does
that
influence
this
charter
amendment
if
it
passes
as
well,
and
so
this
is
a
good
faith
effort
to
try
to
include
and
capture
that
key
element
or
change
in
the
question
which
I
think
could
make
this
a
more
well-rounded
question
that
better
represents
the
change,
and
I
guess
you
know
happy
to
withdraw.
There's
a
lot
of
concerns
from
colleagues,
but
I
guess
I
will
go
ahead
and
move
that
as
an
amendment
to
this
language
and
see
what
my
colleagues
think
of
it.
B
Seeing
none
we
will
continue
with
discussion
on
the
underlying
motion.
The
cunningham
motion,
councilmember
fletcher,.
O
Thank
you,
council.
Vice
president,
I
just
wanted
to
clarify
before
we
go
down
the
road
of
of
amending
this
language
and
adding
too
much
that
when
I'm
looking
at
the
sufficiency
standard,
the
way
it's
described
multiple
times
in
the
judge's
ruling
to
describe
what
the
standard
is,
that's
being
applied,
it's
it's
that
it
that
the
language
be
sufficient
to
identify
the
amendment
clearly
and
to
distinguish
the
question
from
every
other
question
on
the
ballot,
and
so
I
think
it's
you
know
to
me.
O
This
seems
quite
clear
that
we
achieve
that
standard
right,
that
that
it
is
clear
that
this
is
not
the
rent
stabilization
amendment.
It
is
clear
that
this
is
not
the
other
government
structure.
Amendment
the
references
to
police
and
public
safety
seem
explicit
and
clear
and
create
that
kind
of
differentiation,
and
so
I
I
I
think
that
this
meets
the
sufficiency
standard.
As
I
see
it
described
I
and
it
it
feels
to
me
reading
this.
This
ruling,
I'm
just
drawing
a
different
lesson
from
it.
O
Maybe
then
than
some
others
who
are
reading
it,
but
it
sure
looks
to
me
like
it's
saying
we
should
use
additional
details
sparingly
and
that
the
sufficiency
standard
is
really
about
differentiating
from
from
other
questions
on
the
ballot,
making
sure
that
people
are
clear
that
if
they,
if
they
went
in
having
done
their
research
on
a
public
safety
charter,
amendment
that
they
knew,
whether
they
were
going
to
vote
yes
or
no.
They
want
to
make
sure
they're
voting
yes
or
no
on
the
right
thing.
O
And
so
I
think,
that's
my
understanding
of
the
sufficiency
standard
that
these
are
judged
against
and
and
I'm
certainly
willing
to
hear
from
staff
or
others.
If
there's,
if
there's
some
other
standard,
that's
not
included
in
the
judge's
ruling,
but
in
the
description
in
the
ruling.
That's
how
it's
described
and
I
think
that's
part
of
what
informed
our
interest
in
proceeding
this
way
and
to
make
sure
that
we're
complying
with
the
judges
ruling.
N
Thank
you,
madam
vice
president.
I
just
wanted
to
now
that
I'm
kind
of
seeing
conversation
winding
down
a
little
bit
two
points
here
is
the
first
is
that,
yes,
we
are
elected
officials,
but
it
is
also
possible
for
us
to
be
thoughtful
to
be
knowledgeable,
to
be
able
to
bring
a
meaningful
analysis
to
the
conversation.
N
What
I
also
would
like
for
us
to
do
is
for
us
to
really
take
into
consideration
that
many
of
the
arguments
that
were
brought
up
today
that
were
discussed
today
have
already
been
made.
The
points
have
those
points
have
already
been
made,
and
what
we
got
in
return
was
that
they
were
they
read
as
a
warning
label,
and
so
I
ask
for
folks
to
please
support
what
we
brought
here
forward
today,
so
that
it
is
simple.
N
It
is
clear
and
with
that
I
would
like
to
call
to
question
so
that
we
can
continue
moving
forward.
Thank
you.
B
So
councilmember
cunningham
has
called
the
question
on
the
underlying
motion
presented
by
cunningham,
fletcher
and
schrader.
J
B
N
C
H
B
All
right
so
now
we
have
before
colleagues
the
emotion
by
cunningham,
fletcher
and
schrader.
R
S
E
B
All
right,
very
good,
all
right.
Colleagues,
we
have
now
adopted
the
language.
E
So
if
I
can
get
the
technical
team
to
move
forward
to
the
next
slide,
we
can
move
into
the
next
agenda
item.
This
is
for
the
a
charter
proposed
amendment
on
government
structure,
although
this
was
not
brought
up
in
the
court's
case
around
the
public
safety
department,
which
the
attorneys
have
explained.
Staff
is,
of
course,
cognizant
of
the
court's
guidance
on
the
construction
of
ballot
questions,
particularly
as
they
pertain
to
the
incorporation
of
explanatory
notes.
E
The
original
ballot
question
that
staff
had
presented
in,
which
was
adopted
last
friday
by
council
had
a
total
of
394
words
330
of
those
were
in
the
explanatory
note
or
84
percent,
given
that
significant
disparity
staff
revised
the
language
of
this
particular
proposal
as
well
as
you
can
see
in
front
of
the
screen
so
that
revised
languages
in
front
of
you,
if
adopted
by
voters.
This
amendment
then,
would
change
the
basic
form
of
the
city's
governance
structure,
establishing
an
executive
mayor,
legislative
council
system.
E
That
system
is,
as
I've
explained
before,
is
based
on
a
separation
of
powers
model,
that's
similar
to
the
model
that
exists
at
federal
and
state
levels
and
is
also
in
place
in
the
cities
of
saint
paul,
duluth
and
saint
cloud
here
in
minnesota.
Under
that
system,
the
council
would
be
defined
as
the
city's
legislative
body.
The
mayor
would
be
defined
as
the
city's
chief
executive
officer,
an
administrative
authority.
E
It
would
make
the
mayor
then
accountable
for
the
daily
work
of
the
administration,
which
is
defined
as
those
operating
departments
under
the
mayor's
supervision,
not
otherwise
under
the
council
or
another
board
or
commission
established
in
the
charter.
This
new
revision
has
now
a
total
of
139
words
and
of
that
the
explanatory
note
has
been
reduced
to
64.,
so
that
puts
it
at
about
46
of
the
total
question
less
than
half
of
the
language.
E
If
the
council
approves
that
revision,
then
staff
will
prepare
resolution
to
formalize
the
direction
and
have
it
ready
for
final
consideration
by
the
council
on
friday
august
20th.
E
Again,
as
with
the
last
one
passage
of
a
resolution
setting
ballot
language
requires
a
minimum
of
seven
affirmative
votes,
plus
the
approval
of
the
mayor,
so
once
we
have
a
final
action
on
friday,
I
will
then
submit
that
over
to
the
county
auditor,
the
statutory
deadline
for
this
question
as
well
is,
of
course,
friday,
august
20th
and
again
I
would
just
assure
council
members
that
my
office
has
been
in
contact
with
the
hennepin
county
elections
office
in
order
to
ensure
that
we
will
be
able
to
meet
the
statutory
deadlines
for
getting
those
ballot
questions
in
on
time.
E
That
completes
my
summary
of
the
revised
draft
language
in
front
of
you
and
the
attorneys,
and
I
are
certainly
here
to
answer
any
questions.
If
council
has
them.
Q
Thank
you,
chair
jenkins.
I
have
an
amendment
that
I
would
like
to
move,
or
I
have
a
a
motion
that
I
would
like
to
make
regarding
the
language
of
this
structure
as
well.
I
believe
the
clerks
have
that
language.
If
not,
I
can
make
sure
you
get.
E
Yes,
mr
councilmember,
we
have
that
language.
The
tech
team
will
be
displaying
it
next.
Q
Okay,
cool
well
I'll,
read
the
language,
and
hopefully
the
tech
team
will
put
it
up
soon,
but
the
language
should
read:
should
the
city
of
minneapolis
adopt
a
change
in
its
charter
to
shift
powers
to
the
mayor,
consolidating
administrative
authority
over
operating
departments
under
the
mayor
and
eliminating
the
executive
committee,
which
includes
the
mayor
and
four
council
members.
D
Q
Second,
great
and
the
motion
has
a
second
happy
to
speak
to
the
motion.
If
my
colleagues
have
questions
otherwise
I
will
I
will
move
this.
I
Thank
you.
Madam
president,
I
have
had
the
opportunity
to
speak
with
the
council
president
about
this,
but
now
this
language
is
even
different
than
what
I
saw
before.
Where
is
this
language
coming
from?
Are
you
guys
just
kind
of
like
making
it
up
as
you
go
along?
I'm
I'm
completely
confused.
Did
the
city
attorney
review?
This?
Has
the
city
of
clerk
reviewed
this
I
mean
this
is
completely
different
than
even
a
draft
I
saw
earlier.
I
F
Thanks,
madam
chair
and
I
I
appreciated
the
conversations
I
I
did
my
best
in
compliance
with
openme
law
to
reach
out
to
you
know,
council
members
who
I
know
have
have
been
on
the
council
for
a
long
time
whose
opinions
I
respect.
Of
course,
I
respect
all
of
your
opinions,
but
just
to
get
some
different
perspectives
on
this.
I,
the
intention,
at
least
speaking
for
myself
here,
is
to
bring
this
in
alignment
with
the
language
the
length
and
approach
of
the
language
that
was
just
approved
in
the
public
safety
question.
F
I
kind
of
cognizant
and
mindful
of
some
of
the
discussion
there
to
to
make
this
question
clear
and
simple,
so
that
it
is
easy
to
understand,
especially
for
the
voters,
to
understand
what
is
changing
and
how
it
will
affect
their
experience
of
government.
This
is
a
significant
change
and
I've
reviewed
at
length.
The
charter
amendment
itself.
F
I
hope
all
the
council
members
have
read
the
actual
language
of
the
charter
question
that
is
before
us,
of
course,
that
it's
not
our
role
to
have
an
opinion
on
it,
but
certainly
to
have
reviewed
it
and
and
know.
What's
what
it's
saying
and
doing-
and
it
is,
it
is
a
significant
number
of
changes
in
in
the
charter
question
proposed
by
the
charter.
Commission,
no
question
so
just
to
answer
the
question
as
as
posed.
F
The
intention
here
is
to
again,
like
the
last
one,
have
a
simple
question
that
captures
the
changes
that
are
being
made
in
the
charter
in
this
case
to
our
structure
of
government
and
kind
of
again,
as
the
clerk
noted
there,
this
wasn't
the
subject
of
a
lawsuit,
but
taking
it
to
heart
into
consideration.
F
The
judge's
ruling,
which
included
the
opinion
that
previous
ballot
questions
read
like
a
cautionary
note
and
sort
of
refreshing
and
reinforcing
the
supreme
court
language
around
sort
of
the
rationale
for
focusing
on
on
shorter
language.
B
Thank
you,
council
president
bender
councilmember
goodman.
Are
you.
I
No
problem:
well,
I'm
satisfied
with
the
fact
that
I
believe
the
council
president
has
gone
out
of
her
way
to
reach
out
to
me
to
talk
to
me
about
this.
So
I'm
satisfied
with
that.
I'm
unclear
as
to
where
this
even
came
from.
I
mean
like
explaining
what
the
executive
committee
is
using
up
five
valuable
words
to
explain
what
it
is
in
the
language
I
think
being
direct
is
good
and
I
definitely
think
saying
you
know:
executive
mayor
legislative
council
is
good.
I
don't
see
that
in
this.
I
I
We
paid
a
lot
of
attention
to
what
the
vote
yes
campaign
wanted
on
the
ballot
measure,
but
we
seem
to
be
saying
we
don't
care
what
the
charter
commission
says,
but
I
realize
a
lot
of
people
are
not
thrilled
with
the
charter
commission,
but
has
anyone
talked
to
anyone
on
the
charter?
Commission?
How
do
we
know
they're?
Not
going
to
litigate
over
this,
they
want
something
direct.
We
want
something
direct,
but
using
valuable
words
to
suggest
that
we
have
to
explain
what
the
executive
committee
is.
I
I
would
prefer
that
you
just
simply
say:
should
we
change
the
charter
to
change
our
system
of
governance,
to
be
an
executive
mayor
and
legislative
council
which
will
shift
certain
powers
to
the
mayor,
consolidate
administrative
authority
and
eliminate
the
executive
committee,
and
that
came
off
the
top
of
my
head?
That's
probably
something
I
could
support,
but
we
need
to
be
as
direct
as
possible
to
change
our
system
of
governance,
to
allow
for
an
executive
mayor
legislative
council
and
to
shift
certain
powers
to
the
mayor
consolidate.
I
We
got
to
do
something
like
that.
Folks,
I
mean
this
is
just
not
right,
but
I
do
have
to
be
honest.
I
have
had
the
good
fortune
to
talk
to
the
council
president
about
this
at
length,
and,
and
so
I
I
realized
well
we're
kind
of
running
off
the
seat
of
our
pants.
Here
I
haven't
been
able
to
see
the
final
language.
Please
consider
my
suggestion.
G
F
F
F
I
just
really
encourage
folks
to
make
sure
that
they've
read
the
specific
changes,
because
the
that
is
one
of
the
most
significant
changes
to
this
charter
is
to
remove
the
executive
committee
and
I'm
not
sure
if
voters
know
what
the
executive
committee
is,
but
to
the
point
we
can't
include
everything
here,
so
if
so
I
I
would
support
councilmember
women,
the
suggestion
that
you
just
made
as
well-
and
just
to
note
I
you
know
the
the
title-
does
sort
of
capture
that
executive
mayor,
legislative
council
language.
B
Yeah,
thank
you.
I
guess
I'll
note
that
I
I
haven't
had
conversation
about
this,
or
maybe
I'm
not
respected,
I
don't
understand,
but
I
will
call
on
council
member
ellison.
Q
Yes,
just
wanted
to
say
that
a
lot
of
these
writings
are
coming
because
of
the
court
decision
and
and
trying
to
keep
things
really
simple.
You
know
I,
like
my
co-author,
would
not
mind
the
deleting
of
the
definition
of
of
the
executive
committee,
but
but
I
do
think
that
you
know
when
we
first
got.
At
least
you
know
the
folks
who
were
sworn
in
just
this
term
when
we
first
got
our
orientation.
Q
You
know
we
were
told
that
this
that
the
current
system
was
an
executive
mayor
and
legislative
council,
and
so
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
were
really
naming
what
the
what
the
changes,
what
the
changes
were
and
when
we
saw
the
the
organizational
chart,
the
the
two
juxtaposed
against
each
other.
Q
The
exec
committee
was
sort
of
framed
as
as
sort
of
this,
this
this
power
equal
to
the
mayor,
which
you
know
which,
which
had
never
been
explained
to
me
that
way,
but
but
that's
the
way
it's
being
explained
here
and
that's
the
change,
that's
really
being,
I
think
emphasized
here,
so
we
thought
it
was
important
to
include.
I
can
work
on
some
I'm
going
to
work
on
just
a
few
changes
and
I'll
send
that
to
the
clerk's
office.
Thank
you.
P
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
I
feel
strongly
that
the
substance
of
this,
as
proposed
by
the
city
clerk's
office
and
city
attorney
staff,
which
have
affirmed
positively,
that
we
can
and
could
easily
be
using
explanatory
notes.
That's
not
really
the
will
of
this
council
right
now,
but
I
think
the
substance
of
this
ballot
measure
needs
to
go
back
into
the
question
a
concern
I
have.
I
do
agree
that
council
member
goodman's
suggested
changes
here
in
front
of
us
right
now.
I
see
as
an
improvement,
but
this
shifts
certain
powers
that
we
don't
define.
P
I
I'm
not
convinced
that
language
that
literally
says
shift
certain
powers
rather
than
listing.
Specifics
is
a
good
idea.
I
don't
know
how
voters
are
supposed
to
make
an
opinion
on
something
that
obscure
and
I
don't
believe
that
voters
will
go
back
and
read
the
actual
charter
ordinance
that
is
amending
this.
So
just
my
two
cents.
J
Thank
you,
madam
vice
president,
so
this
change
as
it's
set
up
just
to
be
clear
here.
This
is
the
equivalent
of
saying
on
the
previous
amendment.
Do
you
want
the
reporting
of
the
police
to
be
diffused
across
14
policymakers?
J
I
have
a
feeling
that
many
of
the
council
members
would
have
fought
that
language,
but
here
somehow
the
exact
opposite
point
is
being
made,
and
so
I
think
we
need
to
be
consistent
on
our
positions.
I
continue
to
believe
we
need
to
be
giving
voters
the
information
that
they
need
to
make
an
informed
decision.
J
J
D
Thank
you,
and
I
am
I'll
just
note
that
I
really
appreciate
having
the
mayor
here.
I
think
it's
been
a
while,
since
we
had
the
mayor
at
these
meetings
and
it
might
even
be
more
advantageous
to
have
them
before
we're
down
to
the
wire
kind
of
on
approving
one
of
these
things
to
have
that
input.
D
I
feel
pretty
satisfied
with
this
as
it
was
presented,
but
I'm
also
very
much
open
to
the
suggestions
from
council
member
goodman.
I
like
it
that
there's
not
an
explanatory
note.
I
think
if
we
are
expecting
to
be
able
to
explain
all
the
details,
it's
just
going
to
be
impossible
and
that's
not
what
a
ballot
is
for
a
ballot
is
to
identify
what
you're
voting
on
and
then
being
able
to
cast
your
opinion.
D
When
we
vote
on
mayor
and
council
members,
we
don't
have
explanatory
notes,
council,
members
and
mayors
are
lucky,
they
get
three
words,
so
at
least
that
maybe
he
does
something
but
park
board.
Doesn't
others
don't,
but
it
identifies
who
it
is
where
to
put
the
vote
for
okay,
that's
that
person.
I
can
vote
for
that
person
and
that's
what
these
are.
All
about-
and
this
clearly
will
be
telling
everybody-
oh
this-
is
that
one
about
the
government
structure.
It
came
from
the
charter
commission
and
that's
the
one
I'm
voting
on
here.
D
It's
not
the
other
one.
So
I
think
this
language
is
good.
I
I
appreciated
having
which
includes
the
mayor
and
for
council
members,
because
I
think
it
helps
people
understand.
Executive
committee
is
pretty
vague,
but
I'm
I'm
amenable
to
getting
to
where
there's
a
consensus
on
this
with
with
all
of
you,
so
I'll
I'll,
certainly
listen
and
see
what
other
suggestions
might
come
up.
My
member
ellison
has
some
amendment
he
might
be
proposing.
B
Yeah,
thank
you
councilmember
gordon.
I
will
just
add
that
most
candidates
spend
a
considerable
amount
of
time,
many
times
months
years,
talking
to
voters
explaining
why
they
think
they
are
the
best
candidate
and
so
that
language
is
not
on
the
ballot.
But
it
is
certainly
a
great
extended
amount
of
time
that
people
explain
why
they
think
they
should
be
there.
Hopefully
that
will
happen
with
our
ballot
initiatives
as
well.
B
R
Oh,
thank
you,
madam
vice
president.
I
just
go
back.
The
earlier
point
I
made
straightforward
and
very
clear
is
what
the
voters
deserve,
that
in
english,
their
second
language
or
maybe
their
english
english
is
not
their
second
language.
But
it's
easy
to
understand.
Yeah
we
can.
I
use
a
awards
that
we
understand,
but
probably
it
might
not,
but
I
am.
I
think
it
would
have
been
also
nice
to
kind
of
get
heads
up
of
the
actual
amen
thing.
That's
emotion!
R
That's
sit
in
front
of
us
to
kind
of
think
about,
and
learning
and
trying
to
make
decisions
through
as
we
discuss
it
has
its
own
challenges.
R
So
I
like
the
suggestions
that
our
customer
goodman
made
and
stat
I'll
leave
you
there.
Thank
you.
F
Thanks,
madam
chair,
I
did
just
want
to
clarify
that
so
the
reason
it's
written,
the
way
it
is
with
the
verbs
kind
of
described
that
way
is
when
it
says,
shift
certain
powers
to
the
mayor.
F
Those
include
consolidating
administrative
authority
overall
operating
departments
and
the
elimination
of
the
executive
committee,
which
is
one
of
the
most
significant
changes
in
the
actual
charter,
language,
which
again,
I
really
encourage
folks
to
read
carefully
not
not
just
the
public
council
members
who
are
or
considering
the
language
so
some
examples
of
the
impacts
of
that,
for
example,
the
mayor
would
have
full
authority
to
fire
department
heads
instead
of
including
council
members
in
that
decision
or
role,
which
is
currently
the
case.
F
Now,
partly
given
the
authority
of
the
executive
committee,
the
executive
committee
was
explicitly
added
by
voters
as
part
of
a
charter
amendment
in
the
past,
so
removing
it
from
the
charter
via
question
is
significant
and
it
just
you
know.
I
know
folks,
don't
necessarily
know
what
the
executive
committee
is,
which
is
why
I
included
the
definition
how's
my
allison
and
I,
but
you
know,
I
think
that
is
the
change,
and
you
know
to
the
summer
point
of
some
of
the
discussion
that
we've
had
the
changes
to
this
charter.
F
Particular
they're,
eliminating
the
executive
committee
being
very
adding
a
significant
amount
of
sections
to
enumerate
the
powers
of
the
mayor
to
have
administrative
authority
to
have
full
discretion
to
fire
department,
heads
and
then,
in
a
section
in
the
city
council's
section
to
limit
limit
council
interference
with
the
direction
of
staff.
That's
what
it
says
in
the
charter
change
it's.
You
know.
I
talk
to
council
members
who
who
support,
changing
this
charter
in
the
way
that
they
do,
who
think
this
will
make
it
more
likely
to
pass?
That
may
be
maybe
the
case.
F
I
I
want
to
make
sure
that
when
people
go
to
the
ballot,
they
understand
what
they're
voting
on-
and
I
just
really
also
want
to
make
sure
that
whoever's
in
my
seat
or
your
seats
in
the
future,
they
people
understand
the
decision
that
they've
been
making
about
the
structure
of
government.
You
know
that
they
understand
that
calling
their
council
member
in
the
future
would
be
would
be
different
than
now
and
again,
as
we
talked
about
that
will
be.
That
will
work
itself
over
time.
F
It
will
be
in
part
about
what's
written
in
black
and
white
in
our
charter
and
it
will
be
in
part
about
who's
in
office
and
how
power
is
distributed
as
it
is
today,
but
the
the
literal
changes
in
the
amendment
to
the
charter
are
captured
here
and
I
appreciate
and
and
and
support
the
changes
that
councilman
goodman
made.
I
don't
know
if
they're
in
front
of
us
as
an
official
motion,
so
I'll
go
ahead
and
move
this
language,
that's
in
front
of
us
on
the
screen.
D
B
Amended
by
councilmember
goodman,
you
know
I,
I
actually
agree
with
you,
council
president,
that
our
voters
deserve
and
need
to
have
as
much
information
about
these
ballot
measures.
It
just
seems
like
we're
not
doing
that
with
each
of
the
ballot
measures,
and
it's
just
my
opinion,
and
next
we
have
a
cue
council,
member
ellison.
Q
Maybe
I'll
try
resetting
it,
I'm
saying
from
the
clerk
that
they
do
not
have
the
language
that
I
forwarded
I'd
forward
it
to
language.
I
think
it
essentially
tries
to
get
at
these
editions
here.
So
maybe
it's
neither
here
nor
there,
but
I
thought
I'd
maybe
see
if
the
clerk
has
the
language.
My
staff
is
saying
the
clerk
should
have
the
language.
Q
Q
Should
the
city
of
minneapolis
change
his
charter
to
shift
powers
to
the
mayor,
consolidating
administrative
authority
overall
operating
departments
under
the
mayor
and
eliminating
the
executive
committee
and
to
define
the
city
council
as
being
the
city's
legislative
body?
Removing
reference
to
governing
to
to
governing
body.
Q
Otherwise,
it
may
not
be
nothing,
it
may
be
neither
here
or
there
if,
if
my
colleagues
don't
feel
strongly
one
way
or
the
other,
and
I
do
think
that
you've
been
trying
to
accomplish
in
the
in
the
in
the
working
document
here.
So
maybe
it's
not
here,
nor
there.
I
Well,
as
you
might
imagine,
I
do
have
strong
feelings
that
my
strong
feelings
have
to
do
with
noting
that
it's
changing
the
form
of
government
to
an
executive
mayor,
legislative
council
structure
and
council
member
ellison's
language
takes
that
out,
and
so
that
makes
that
that,
for
me
saying
what
the
structure
system
of
government
is,
that
people
understand
is
important.
I
don't
have
any
objection
to
the
additional
changes
to
define
the
city
council
by
being
the
city's
legislative
body
and
removing
reference
to
governing
body.
I
don't
think
that's
needed,
but
I
don't
object
to
it.
I
Q
I
you
know
reading
the
language
that
we've
amended
in
real
time.
I
think
that
it
captures
what
I
was
trying
to
capture
and
even
more
so
captures
what
councilmember
goodman
was
trying
to
capture.
So
I'm
happy
to
that
that
language
has
been
moved.
My
language
has
not
been
moved,
so
I'm
happy
to
proceed
with
the
language.
That's
before
us.
E
It's
in
front
of
you
on
the
screen,
madam
vice
president.
This
was
suggested
by
council
member
goodman.
It
was
moved
as
a
substitute
by
council
president
bender
seconded
by
councilmember
gordon,
and
I
hope
you
can
see
it.
Should
the
city
of
minneapolis
amend
the
city
charter
to
adopt
a
change
in
its
form
of
government
to
an
executive
merit
legislative
council
structure
to
shift
certain
powers
to
the
mayor,
consolidating
administrative
authority
over
all
operating
departments
under
the
mayor
and
eliminating
the
executive
committee.
B
Got
it?
Is
there
any
discussion.
F
H
B
F
Thanks
manager,
I
mean
my
preference
would
be
to
stick
with
the
motion
I
made,
which
was
to
move
council
member
goodman's
language.
I
I'm
a
little
appreciate
the
discussion.
I
I
was
happy
with
the
version
before
that's
my
my
opinion.
Like
counselor
goodman
I
have
when
asked,
I
will
offer
my
opinion.
B
Great
any
additional
discussion.
B
Scene
then,
I
will
ask
the
clerk
to
call
the
wrong.
H
H
C
H
B
And
that
item
passes
and
so
next
we
will
now
return
to
our
third
discussion
item,
which
is
item
number
10
presentation
from
the
community
plan
and
economic
development
department
on
the
high
avatar
maintenance
facility,
campus
expansion,
and
I
will
invite
miss
hillary
devorek
to
provide
that
presentation.
T
T
Next
slide,
please
just
as
a
reminder
to
all
council
members,
a
full
presentation
on
the
public
works
high
weapon
maintenance
facility,
environmental
assessment.
Worksheet
was
given
at
the
biz
committee
on
may
4th,
and
also
the
city
council
committed
the
whole
meeting
on
august
5th
both
of
this
year
next
slide.
Please.
T
T
Any
new
development
on
this
site
would
have
to
complete
a
new
eaw
if
one
was
required
by
the
state
of
minnesota
next
slide.
Please,
the
environmental
impacts
identified
in
the
eew
for
the
proposed
project
can
be
mitigated
through
the
regulatory
processes
the
project
would
go
through
in
order
to
obtain
building
permits
next
slide.
T
Excuse
me,
accumulative
levels
and
effects.
Analysis
is
a
comprehensive
look
at
all
the
environmental
health
related
information
in
the
area
that
could
be
affected
by
the
project.
The
information
from
the
cumulative
levels
and
effect
analysis
is
used
as
part
of
developing
an
air
permit
that
is
required
by
the
mpca
next
slide.
T
Storm
water,
filtration
and
infiltration
systems
will
also
be
used
on
site
next
slide,
please
under
transportation.
The
travel
demand
management
plan
that
was
done
for
this
project
concluded
that
the
delay
and
level
of
service
at
the
study
intersections
are
not
significantly
impacted
by
the
project.
T
Next
slide,
please
in
the
tdmp
there
are
specific
travel
demand
management
strategies
that
are
needing
to
be
implemented
by
the
city.
For
the
project
to
reduce
vehicle
trips,
the
strategies
include:
enhancing
the
pedestrian
experience
around
the
site,
promoting
biking
to
and
from
the
site,
by
enhancing
connections
to
the
existing
bicycle
network
and
providing
bike
locker
and
shower
facilities
for
employees,
promoting
the
use
of
transit
to
and
from
the
site
by
providing
transit
passes
to
those
employees
who
work
in
the
building
next
slide.
T
The
recommendation
before
you
today
is
to
approve
the
adequacy
of
the
environmental
assessment
worksheet
for
the
proposed
hiawatha
maintenance
facility
expansion
located
at
1911,
east
26th
street
1860,
east
28th
street
and
2717
longfellow
avenue
approve
the
determination
that
environmental
impact
statement
is
not
required
and
adopt
the
findings
of
fact,
as
prepared
by
the
department
of
community
planning
and
economic
development.
Thank
you.
B
S
S
Thank
you
and
I'm
hoping
that
the
clerk's
team
can
display
the
staff
direction,
so
the
most
updated
version
of
the
staff
direction
was
circulated
today
between
11
30
a.m
and
noon.
In
case
you
need
to
look
for
it
in
your
inbox.
I
know
we've
been
getting
a
lot
of
emails
about
this
particular
project,
so
please
try
to
see
that
time
stamp.
S
So
the
staff
direction
is
a
staff
direction
by
myself
by
council
members
jenkins,
councilmember,
gordon
and
councilmember
johnson,
and
it
reads:
let
me
double
check
that
it's
up.
Thank
you.
I
will
go
ahead
and
read
it
on
the
screen
directing
staff
from
the
finance
and
property
services.
S
Two
number
one
implement
option:
c2
to
improve
the
existing
hiawatha
maintenance
facility
located
at
1901
26th
street
east,
including
construction
of
the
office
edition
shop,
base,
modified
parking
structure
and
suspend
all
aspects
of
the
city's
work
to
expand.
The
hiawatha
maintenance
facility
at
1860,
28th,
street
east
and
2717
longfellow
avenue.
South
number
two
is
to
provide
a
report
of
the
one
time
versus
annual
activities
and
costs
of
maintaining
these
city-owned
properties
located
at
the
aforementioned
addresses.
S
The
exclusive
development
rights
agreement
will
expire
on
september,
1st
2023
and
in
order
for
the
city
to
finalize
the
terms
of
a
redevelopment
agreement
with
epni
for
the
sale
and
development
of
the
properties
ep,
and
I
must
meet
the
following
terms
by
september.
1St
2023
and
those
items
are
a
ep
and
I
will
raise
12.3
million
dollars
to
replenish
the
city's
water
fund
b.
S
Ep
and
I
will
lead
a
multilingual
community
engagement
process
in
partnership
with
the
city's
southside
green
zone
council
to
solicit
input
from
east
phillips
residents,
environmental
justice
experts,
city,
elected
officials
and
city
staff
to
refine
its
vision
and
public
benefits.
Proposal
for
the
site
and
c
epni
will
provide
an
appropriate
development
plan
for
the
site,
including
programming
details
for
the
space
design,
work,
regulatory
approvals,
approvals
needed
cost
estimates,
business
plan,
organizational
model,
sources
of
capital
funding
and
operate
operating,
financials
required
to
realize
the
project,
and
the
final
item
here
would
be
ep.
B
Great,
we
have
a
question
from
councilmember
goodman.
I
I
How
will
we
know
what
choices
would
be
made
about?
What's
not
going
to
happen
in
order
to
do
that,
don't
you
think
that
we
should
be
having
a
fiscal
analysis
and
a
racial
impact
analysis
prior
to
making
a
decision
like
this.
I
mean
we
don't
know.
Is
it
400
000?
Is
it
4
million,
and
where
is
it
going
to
come
from?
I
don't
have
a
way
of
understanding
what
the
trade-offs
are
of
maintaining
a
building
that
is
in
terrible
shape,
how
much
it's
going
to
cost
and
what
the
impact
is.
S
Yes,
I'd
be
happy
to
respond
to
that.
This
has
been
a
piece
of
conversation
that
myself
and
the
co-authors
and
city
staff
have
just
discussed
at
length,
and
so
what
we're
proposing
to
do
today
is
take
up
this
policy
direction
as
step
one
of
step,
two
in
a
fully
bundled
direction
from
the
city,
council
and
so
I'll.
S
It
will
not
be
a
completed
action,
because
we
do
very
much
want
to
demonstrate
the
the
context
that
an
r
e,
a
I
a
would
show
which
is
a
racial
equity
impact
analysis,
and
we
also
want
to
have
city
staff,
give
the
question
of
the
fiscal
note,
diligence
and
time,
and
so
what
we're
proposing
to
do
today
is
take
up
the
staff
direction.
S
Vote
on
on
this
particular
item
around
the
high
level
values
and
some
of
the
potential
contract
language
that
would
be
involved
in
an
exclusive
development
rights
and
then
in
a
future
cycle,
once
staff
and
elected
officials
have
been
able
to
meet
together
to
review
the
contents
of
the
racial
equity
impact
analysis
and
to
look
at
the
impacts
of
a
fiscal
note,
then
we
would
bring
those
up
as
step
two
to
this
initial
step.
To
then
bundle
them
together
as
a
fully
fully
baked
and
and
complete
action.
S
You'll
see
here
in
item
number
two
that
we
are
requesting
that
city
staff
come
back
to
us
on
september,
9th
with
a
more
nuanced
detail
of
the
types
of
work
that
they
would
anticipate
would
happen
to
the
site
both
to
stabilize
the
building
and
be
considered
as
one-time
costs
versus
costs
that
they
would
anticipate
being.
You
know,
an
annual
basis,
type
of
cost,
and
so
we
do
want
to
make
sure
that
staff
have
more
time
to
put
that
thinking
together.
S
To
do
the
research
to
get
some
bids
to
be
able
to
go
above
and
beyond
what
they
have
called.
So
far.
Back
of
the
envelope
numbers
so
I'll
just
pause
there
and
see
if
the
city
clerk
can
just
chime
in
a
little
bit
and
and
maybe
fill
in
some
of
the
gaps
and
happy
to
also
take
more
questions
and
in
the
debate.
I
Chair
before
you
call
on
the
clerk
who
I
don't
really
want
to
answer
this
question,
I
first
want
to
note
for
the
record
that
the
eaw
being
brought
up
is
completely
separate
from
the
staff
direction.
The
eaw
has
only
to
do
with
a
public
works
facility
being
built
on
the
site,
and
I
would
argue
procedurally,
we
should
take
that
item
up
and
invite
council
member
kano
to
bring
up
her
staff
direction.
Separate
from
that.
That's
a
process
issue
two.
I
We
know
roughly
from
staff
that
we're
talking
about
four
million
plus
or
minus
to
mothball
the
building.
While
we
wait
to
see
if
something
can
happen,
and
so
it
seems
to
me
putting
the
cart
before
the
horse
to
suggest
that
we're
going
to
spend
4
million
to
mop
all
this
property.
In
the
meantime,
without
a
racial
equity
analysis
or
a
fiscal
note,
I
would
prefer
to
know
what
we're
suggesting
to
the
mayor
is
not
going
to
happen
for
four
million
dollars
while
we
stabilize
this
building.
I
I
None
of
us
know
what
the
trade-offs
are,
and
so
I
think
that
that
is
a
problem
in
terms
of
the
order
of
the
process
that
we
should
seriously
consider
we're
like
bossing
around
professional
staff,
who
are
you
know
ringing
their
hands
with
how
they're
possibly
going
to
do
this,
and
so
we
have
to
take
seriously
whether
or
not
we're
going
to
direct
them
to
do
something.
N
N
I'm
curious
and
I'm
not
entirely
sure
who
the
best
person
to
ask
this
would
be,
but
have
we
ever
done
an
exclusive
rights,
school
exclusive
development
rights
agreement
through
a
staff
direction
before
and
the
reason
why
I
ask
is,
as
someone
who's
been
doing,
a
lot,
a
lot
of
work
related
to
city
owned
land
with
upper
harbor
terminal
like
there
was
a
a
transparent
process,
rfp
process
or
arf
q
process
related
to
it
before
those
exclusive
development
rights
agreements
were
were
were
made.
N
That
also
has
been
the
case
with
a
couple
of
other
community-led
development
projects.
In
my
ward
that
the
city
owned
the
land,
there
was
a
transparent,
rfq
or
rfp
process
related
to
that
and
it's
like
with
one
of
them.
The
developer
is
a
first-time
developer:
lifelong
black,
north
sider
who's.
Doing
a
really
amazing
project.
That's
going
to
really
benefit
the
community
so
to
to
get
ahead
of
any
statements
that
the
the
process
is
exclusive.
N
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure,
though
that
is
this
within
our
practices
as
a
legislative
body,
slash
city,
enterprise,
around
exclusive
development
rights
agreements
through
staff
directions,
and
then
I
also
will
just
again
state
my
serious
concerns
with
the
lack
of
an
additional
location
identify
for
where
this,
where
this
water
yard
would
go.
If
it
does
not
go
in
this
particular
location,
the
most
common
sense
place
for
it
to
go
is
to
fridly.
N
So
I'm
going
to
continue
to
raise
the
concerns
and
not
allow
for
the
environmental
injustice
to
be
hot
potatoed
to
north
minneapolis,
with
none
of
the
benefits
that
have
been
discussed
along
with
this
project
that
is
not
addressed
in
this
either.
So
I
just
wanted
to
make
that
point
and
continue
to
make
that
point
that
north
minneapolis
is
negatively
impacted
by
the
decision
to
move
this
project
to
fridley,
which
is
more
than
likely
where
it
would
land
because
staff
have
not.
N
Yet
we
have
asked
them
for
at
least
three
years
to
find
a
different
location
to
move.
This
they've
not
come
back
with
that,
because
that's
a
lot
of
land
to
find,
and
so
the
most
logical.
N
N
Our
kids
are
already
suffering
from
much
higher
rates
of
asthma
and
people
are
going
to
have
to
drive
further
now,
because
this
isn't
a
centralized
location.
Additionally,
we
don't
get
the
300
jobs
and
we
don't
get
the
job
training
facility.
We
just
get
an
amplified
version
of
the
negative
impacts
related
to
air
pollution,
so
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
I'm
stating
it
on
the
record
here
again
I
do
have.
I
would
like
for
my
question
to
be
answered
by
someone
but
related
to
the
third
bullet
point
around
executive.
U
Sure
happy
to
thank
you,
madam
chair
councilmember,
cunningham,
I'm
andrea
brennan,
director
of
cped,
and
I
think
that
there
are
two
questions
that
you
pose.
The
first
question
is
whether
we
typically
direct
staff
or
authorize
the
enactment
of
an
exclusive
development
rights
agreement
through
a
staff
direction.
U
The
answer
to
that
question
to
my
knowledge
is
that
we
typically
do
not
do
this
via
staff
direction,
but
there
may
be
others
who
have
a
longer
history
here
who
may
be
able
to
provide
examples.
To
my
knowledge,
this
is
not
how
we
typically
enter
into
exclusive
development
rights
through
staff
directions.
U
The
second
question
is
whether
we,
whether
we
do
exclusive
development
rights
agreements
outside
of
an
rfpe
process,
and
that
the
the
answer
to
that
question
is
a
little
bit
more
nuanced.
We
have
done
both.
We
have
with
city-owned
redevelopment
property.
U
We
have
issued
requests
for
proposals
and
reviewed
those
and
made
a
recommendation
and
brought
that
forward
to
city
council
to
enter
into
exclusive
development
rights
agreements,
and
we've
also
been
approached
by
community
organizations
or
particular
developers
for
specific
sites,
and
we
have
at
times
also
brought
brought
those
recommendations
forward
for
exclusive
development
rights
agreement
and
a
recent
example
of
bringing
forward
a
request
to
enter
into
your
exclusive
development
rights.
Agreement
with
the
developer
would
be
a
lot
a
development
that
happened.
U
I
believe
about
six
months
ago
that
the
city
council
approved,
so
we
we
have
done
it
both
ways.
We've
we've
entered
into
these
agreements
with
with
private
developers,
both
through
an
rfp
process
and
outside
of
an
rfp
process,
but
I'm
not
aware
of
us.
I'm
not
aware
of
a
staff
direction,
establishing
the
authority
to
enter
into
an
exclusive
development
rights
agreement.
B
Thank
you,
miss
brennan.
Next,
in
queue
is
council
president
binder.
F
Oh
thanks,
madam
chair,
so
I
guess
I
I
put
myself
in
cue,
because
I
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
remember
together
that
the
item
on
the
agenda
is
consideration
of
deeming
the
environmental
assessment
worksheet
complete
or
not.
That
is,
and
that's
the
action
and
that's
before
us
in
addition
to
the
staff
direction.
F
I
know
we've
have
a
lot
had
lots
of
discussion.
There's
lots
of
discussion
to
come
about
how
to
proceed
both
with
the
important
water
yard
and
surface
water
and
sewers
facilities,
as
well
as
how
to
proceed
with
this
site.
I
I
guess
I
will
just
say
that
in
my
conversations
with
with
staff
and
others,
I
don't
see
any
reason
not
to
certify
the
eaw.
F
The
environmental
assessment
workshop
sheet
was
done
voluntarily
by
the
city
and
as
and
you
know,
ms
dvorak's
presentation
was
very
brief.
So
I
would
encourage
folks
to
ask
questions
if,
if
you
have
them,
there
is
pollution
on
this
site.
Today,
asbestos
and
other
contaminants
that
are
in
the
soil
and
groundwater
that
this
project
would
clean
up,
as
approved
by
the
council
in
2018
and
the
mayor.
F
So
whatever
the
council
decides
about
walking
away
from
this
project
or
not,
I
would
hope-
or
I
think
we
all
would
hope-
that
in
the
future,
this
site
would
would
be
cleaned
up
to
remediate
the
toxic
contamination
in
the
soil,
and
that
is
what
is
described
and
and
analyzed
in
the
eaw
itself.
F
So
I
you
know
I
again
so
in
then,
if
the
council,
in
any
case
in
an
eaw-
and
these
usually
go
to
the
znp
committee
or
what's
now
biz,
so
I've
I've
been
on
that
committee,
you
know,
I
know
others
have,
but
not
everyone
has
I'm
like
a
lot
of
other
decisions.
The
the
question
to
the
council
is
narrow
and
maybe
colloquially
it
seems
like
it's.
F
The
question
is
like:
is
this
project
good
for
the
environment
or
not,
but
the
eaw
asks
a
set
of
very
specific
questions
and
it's
about
remediating
any
potential
impacts,
including
the
existing
contamination.
That
will
be
there,
no
matter
what
happens
so,
even
if,
for
example,
the
site
was
developed
by
a
private
entity
that
contamination
is
there,
and
in
that
case
the
eaw
should
be
able
to
serve
as
a
starting
point.
F
If,
if
the
community
still
feels
like
an
environmental
impact,
statement
is
needed
by
a
private
developer,
that's
a
very
expensive
process
and
would
take
a
lot
of
time,
but
at
least
the
environmental
assessment
worksheet
would
be
there
to
as
a
starting
point.
So
I
know
we're
talking
about
a
lot
of
other
issues
here
today.
I
just
don't
want
to
lose
sight
of
the
item.
That's
on
the
agenda
and
the
environmental
assessment
worksheet.
F
The
other
option
would
be
to
just
sort
of
cancel
it.
I
would
defer
to
to
see
pet
or
other
staff
about
that.
Procedurally,
I
would
just
really
encourage
us
to
not
set
into
motion
the
need
to
do
an
environmental
impact
statement
again
because
in
the
case
that
this
is
privately
owned
in
the
future,
I
I
just
don't
see
any
benefit
of
that
action
today,
regardless
of
what
happens
with
site
ownership.
F
So
I
I
know
again
like
that's
not
what
what
the
discussion
had
been
focused
on.
I
do
I'll
just
express
here.
You
know
I
I
feel
very
concerned
about
leaving
a
potential
hole
in
the
budget,
I'm
concerned
about
giving
exclusive
development
rights
to
one
organization.
F
I'm
worried
that
I'm
just
not
sure
how
this
organization
will
be
able
to
raise
12.3
million
dollars
in
this
timeline,
and
so
I
I
it
makes
me
nervous
that
that
if
this
were
to
pass,
it
would
create
an
expectation
that
this
action
is
doing
more
than
it
than
it
really
could
do,
and
in
order
to
create
a
private
private
development
on
this
site.
You
know
that
would
require
a
significant
investment
from
a
lot
of
different
sources.
F
Our
budget
is
not
in
a
good
shape
in
good
shape.
Right
now,
in
the
city
I
mean
you
all
know
that
we
had
a
34
million
dollar
hole
to
fill
just
to
keep
2021
operations,
as
they
were
going
last
this
in
this
year
with
the
300
vegan
staff
positions,
we
obviously
have
a
lot
of
financial
risks
related
to
various
lawsuits
around
our
police
department,
two
consent
decrees,
potentially
coming
with
the
state
and
federal
government
a
pandemic.
F
Our
revenues
are
not
expected
to
recover
until
at
least
year,
four
of
the
art
years
of
our
budget
with
a
lot
of
uncertainty,
and
so
it's
just
something
that
we
all
have
to
take
into
consideration,
and
I
know
you
all
are
I
just
want
to
voice
that
my
big
concerns
are:
are
leaving
a
hole
in
our
budget
that
that
would
be,
in
this
case,
filled
by
potentially
a
private
entity,
raising
12.3
million
dollars.
B
Thanks,
I
did
have
myself
in
queue,
but
I'm
gonna
defer
to
councilmember
fletcher.
O
Thank
you,
council.
Vice
president,
I
first
just
want
to
acknowledge
the
workers
who
are
at
the
inadequate
waterworks
site.
Currently,
I
know
that
there's
frustration
for
them
around
needing
an
adequate
site,
they're
doing
great
work,
keeping
our
water
systems
going.
We
know
that
we
need
to
build
them
a
better
facility.
O
You
know
whatever
delays
arise
from
this.
I
just
want
to
acknowledge
the
frustration
and
the
justifiable
frustration
of
many
of
those
workers
and
acknowledge
that
many
of
them
are
are
spread
out
in
offices.
You
know
in
in
ways
that
make
collaboration
more
difficult
that
are
that
are
separated
from
each
other,
and
so
I
we're
I.
I
think
it's
important
that
we
acknowledge
that
we
are.
O
We
were
proposing
this
project
for
a
reason
right
that
there
are
there
actually
is
a
an
important
need
in
our
city
to
support
these
workers,
and
I-
and
I
I
wanted
to
first-
acknowledge
that,
but
the
more
important
thing
not
more
important
but
but
the
the
thing
I
really
want
to
try
to
get
answers
to
today
is
a
question
around
kind
of
looking
at
the
eaw,
because
I,
I
think,
there's
a
there's.
O
A
perception
of
the
project
from
the
way
the
the
emails
we've
been
getting
over
the
last
couple
of
days
indicate
that
the
you
know
we're
being
asked
to
stop
the
toxic
hiawatha
campus
expansion,
and
I
just
wanna
make
sure
that
people
have
actually
looked
at
the
eaw,
because
this
is
an
important
document
and
it
actually
gives
us
a
lot
of
detail
about
what
actually
the
impact
is
likely
to
be
and
what
the
impact
is
most
likely
to
be.
O
What
seems
most
important
to
me
in
reading
this
is
that
there
is
significant
contamination
on
this
site
right
now.
There
is
a
an
arsenic
plume
in
the
groundwater,
underneath
this
site
and
clearing
the
site,
clearing
that
building
and
being
able
to
actually
clean
up
the
site
in
a
way
that
removes
those
toxins
from
the
community
feels
like
an
important
goal,
and
so
I
recognize
their
trade-offs
to
all
of
these
decisions,
and
I
wanted
to
ask
what
would
be
the
status
of
that
removal
of
toxins.
O
O
Because
my
understanding
is
that
if
the
building
is
left
in
place,
it
is
not
possible
to
clean
up
the
arsenic
that
is
underneath
the
building,
and
so
we
would
continue
to
trap
in
toxic
and
dangerous
chemicals
that
were
spilled
in
the
neighborhood
that
we
have
an
opportunity
to
clean
up.
So
I
I'm
curious
to
know
what
this
staff
direction.
I
want
to
understand
better
what
the
staff
direction.
V
V
My
understanding
is
that
we
would
basically
mothballing's
mothballing
until
there's
a
subsequent
development
and
the
subsequent
development
would
be
responsible
for
cleanup,
but
I
would
have
staff
clarify
that
is
that
they're
understanding,
I
know
it's
our
standard
procedure,
but
what
they're
understanding
for
this
unique
situation
might
be
different.
T
Council,
member
right
sure
jenkins,
I,
depending
on
what
would
happen
you
know,
depending
on
the
proposal
for
a
future
development
of
future
private
development
on
the
site,
depending
on
what
they
were
going
to
do.
If
the
building
were
to
remain,
you
know,
and
it
wouldn't
come
down,
then
no,
the
arsenic,
plume,
underneath
it
wouldn't
be
exposed
and
wouldn't
you
know,
would
not
get
cleaned
up,
so
it
would
depend
on
what
any
future
user
of
that
building
would
do
and
what
permits
they
would
be
needing.
T
And
what
kind
of
you
know
site
activity
they
would
be
doing.
You
know
that
that
project
would
then
start
a
review
by
by
the
city.
You
know
the
city
public
works
department
and
by
the
state
and
level
the
state
and
federal
like
the
mpca
and
others.
You
know
to
decide
what
that
person
or
that
entity
would
need
to
do
in
order
to
successfully
put
something
else
into
this
building.
V
V
And-
and
thank
you
director
brandon
for
for
that
clarification.
Well,
you
know
this
notion
of
you
know
what
the
impacts
are.
Certainly
we
don't
have
absolute
exactitude
and
some
of
the
key
elements
of
the
impact
of
this
particular
direction.
V
However,
we
did
have
a
pretty
thorough
staff
report
from
three
different
divisions:
public
works,
finance,
slash
facilities
and
cpad,
and,
I
would
say,
the
presentation
by
director
hanson
regarding
c
pet
impacts,
again,
not
with
some
exact
certitude,
but
with
broad
ranging
assumptions
that
are
pretty
verifiable.
Based
on
what
we
know.
V
It
will
be
a
jobs
generator
well
beyond
just
the
employment
of
existing
staff
due
to
the
training
center
and
the
partnerships
that
have
already
been
lined
up
and
could
be
expanded
upon
by
local
economic
empowerment
agencies
in
the
area,
including
the
relevant
cdcs,
who
have
shown
interest
in
that
concept
as
well.
V
So
the
upsides
of
option
a
are
very
clear
from
many
standpoints,
and
that's
why
I
think
staff
from
all
departments
affirm
that,
additionally,
the
impacts
of
option
c,
I
think,
were
beyond
cautionary
in
that
recording
from
staff.
V
It
was
beyond
an
exceptional
move
in
terms
of
how
he
dispensed
with
land,
how
we
evaluate
projects
in
advance
of
giving
any
sort
of
sort
of
right
how
the
process
would
have
a
long
lead-in
in
terms
of
review,
development
and
scrutiny
in
terms
of
feasibility,
all
that
absent
in
this
case
and
beyond
the
process,
components
and
the
exceptionality
of
it
all
it's
the
scale.
V
So
I
think
those
things
are
before
us
and
the
impacts
as
councilmember
cunningham
aren't
just
sort
of
what
it
would
mean
in
terms
of
our
financial
situation
and
how
that
affects
other
priorities.
Existing
and
pending.
V
It
does
pit
two
green
zones
against
each
other.
If
you
assume
the
premise
that
this
is,
as
we've
heard
in
thousand
seasonals
a
toxic
proposal
which
we
know
it
is
not
because
at
the
in
the
public
domain,
that's
the
number
one
conversational
point,
but
in
our
debate
up
here
we
never
mention
it
and
for
very
good
reason,
because
we
know
it
is
without
basis,
and
it's
really
a
shame
that
our
department
has
had
been
cast
in
that
way
so
vigorously.
And
for
so
long
to
me.
V
I
think
that's
somewhat
of
a
travesty,
to
be
quite
frank,
so
well,
I'm
very
willing
to
entertain
a
plan
b,
even
though
I'm
very
much
in
line
with
staff's
recommendations
and
and
a
big
believer
in
its
absolute
positive
impact
on
many
levels,
because
it
does
sort
of
give
a
nod
to
give
hope
a
chance.
Try
a
good,
unique
idea
from
the
community
explore
different
things,
but
still
move
forward
with
you
know
a
project
that
is
much
needed
and
by
not
doing
it,
we
already
know
the
impacts.
V
No
station
11
upgrade
other
projects
will
be
put
on
hold
or
will
never
happen.
The
impacts
that
are
supposedly
so
inherent
in
option
a
will
be
transferred
to
the
other
green
zone.
Absolutely,
and
so
I'm
I'm
very
willing
to
do
compromise,
but
compromise.
That's
actually
compromise,
and
I
do
know
that
there
was
a
staff
direction.
That
certainly
did
not
extend
that.
I
saw
previous
to
today.
That
certainly
did
not
extend
any
kind
of
right
to
2023.
V
That
to
me
is
beyond
the
pale
as
well.
So
those
are
my
comments
and
I
did
see
I
think
in
my
inbox-
a
staff
direction
from
council
president
bender
and
I
don't
know
if
she
is
moving
that
or
or
I
would
as
a
substitute.
V
V
Well,
actually,
I
would,
but
I
do
think
we
have
the
question
before
the
dispensing
with
the
approval
of
the
eaw
first.
V
So
I
have
to
reserve
that
because
I
think
someone
may
have
suggested
that,
and
so
what
I
would
do
is
first
move
the
item
before
us
that
is
properly
before
us,
which
is
approval
of
the
staff
recommendation
of
the
eaw,
as
submitted
by
mr
borak.
B
Thank
you,
and
I
think,
procedurally,
you
and
many
of
several
others
who
have
spoken
to
that
issue
are
correct.
Let's
hear
from
councilmember
gordon
and
then
we
will
take
up
the
matter
of
the
eaw
and
return
to
this
discussion
of
the
staff
sort
direction,
a
garden.
D
D
B
Chief
clerk,
do
you
have
mr
dollar,
do
you
have
a
opinion
on
this
matter.
W
Maybe
I'm
here,
can
you
hear
me?
Yes,
perfect,
yeah
ken
daler
in
the
clerk's
office.
You
know
at
at
this
point,
council
member
kano
has
moved
her
staff
direction
so
that
that
is
actually
what's
in
front
of
the
body.
So
I
I
think
it
would
be
appropriate
to
dispense
with
that
item
or
you
know
table
that
motion
to
deal
with
the
other
item.
I
think
it's
up
to
the
body
to
determine
how
to
move
forward.
D
Well
then,
I'd
like
to
speak
on
that,
and
I
appreciate
that
I
don't
have
any
problem
also.
I
think
it's
reasonable
that
we
would
consider
the
aw
complete,
but
I
am
very
grateful
for
all
the
work
that
went
into
this
staff
direction.
D
I
think
this
is
a
compromise
that
was
worked
out
and
I
will
say
that
things
have
changed
so
much
in
our
city
and
certainly
in
this
area
from
when
we
were
first
considering
this,
probably
in
the
90s
and
then
voting
on
it
in
in
2014,
maybe
was
when
we
took
a
significant
vote
that
I
lost
on
to
actually
sell
the
building
off
and
we
saw
how
little
progress
we
were
able
to
make
here,
because
we
were
probably
making
a
bad
decision
at
that
time,
because
we
were
deciding
to
do
something
that
didn't
fit
and
didn't
match
and
didn't
work
with
the
community.
D
D
We
went
through
the
killing
of
george
floyd
and
the
civil
unrest
and
the
destruction,
and
I
think
we've
we're
coming
up
now
and
realizing
that
we
can
do
better
than
this,
and
we
can
do
something
for
the
community,
and
I
should
point
out
that
this
is
in
the
heart
of
some
of
the
deepest
poverty
in
the
city.
We
have
homeless
encampments
in
the
area.
D
Well,
this
is
in
the
heart
of
where
concentrated
indigenous
populations
of
our
city
live,
and
so
I'm
proud
of
us
to
say
that
we
can
come
up
and
we
can
rethink
this
and
we
can
maybe
pivot
and
make
it
change
here
and
that's
what
this
staff
direction
is
saying.
I
will
say
that
it's
going
with
them
c2,
because
that
gives
us
alternatives
for
where
we're
going
to
relocate
things.
So
I
really
appreciate
councilman
cunningham's
points.
D
I
it
would
be
easy
to
think
of
relocating
it
infridley,
and
I
must
say
that
I
was
tempted
by
saying
we
should
just
pursue
that,
because
I
also
agree
with
councilmember
fletcher,
who
is
saying
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we
get
a
better
facility
for
our
employees
and
we
do
better
for
our
water
customers,
all
our
residents
and
businesses,
and
get
something
better,
a
better
facility
built
and
take
care
of
that,
and
I
think
this
will.
D
This
will
help
us
to
find
that
we
need
to
do
that
and
obviously
it's
been
unsuccessful
to
do
it
here
and
we
need
to
relocate
and
find
another
another
location
for
that.
This
staff
direction
also
makes
really
clear
that
we
want
to
go
ahead
and
build
out
what
we
can
on
the
land
here
with
the
shop
bays
the
parking
structure
and
the
office
edition.
So
then
the
environmental
worksheet,
it's
appropriate
that
it's
done
so
we
can
move
and
we
say
it's
complete
and
we
move
forward
with
that.
D
I
will
say
that
I
shared
some
of
the
concerns
and
I
think
they
were
raised
by
council
member
cunningham
council
member
bender
about
this
exclusive
development
rights.
That
is
actually
something
that
cped
pushed
for
pretty.
Clearly,
there
wasn't
an
interest
in
necessarily
having
holding
costs
indefinitely.
D
It's
a
challenge
to
go
out
for
a
request
for
proposals
request
for
qualifications.
How
do
we
write
that?
How
do
we
make
that
structure
up,
and
so
this
is
a
way
that
we
can
present
this
opportunity
to
what
we
think
is
the
most
interested
entity
that
the
only
entities
have
been
that
has
been
reaching
out
and
saying.
D
We
want
to
be
able
to
do
something
here
and
we've
set
some
metrics
for
them
to
prove
that
they
can
meet
and
and
hopefully
they
could
meet
them
a
year
earlier
than
2023,
because
I
agree
with
council
member
right.
That
certainly
looks
like
a
distant
time
in
the
future,
but
that
may
be
what
it
would
take,
but
but
by
this
we
will
be
putting
the
onus
on
them
to
deliver
and
to
come
forward.
D
I
also
think
it
makes
sense.
We
look
at
this
in
terms
of
what
what
more
information
can
we
even
get
in
terms
of
the
options
for
the
covering
holding
costs?
I
guess
you
should
call
it
in
the
meantime,
so
I
know
that's
a
big
question
that
was
also
asked,
and
I
agree
with
councilmember
goodman.
It
would
be
good
to
have
better
information,
but
we
get
different
information.
The
costs
for
us
holding
it
right
now
are
basically
zero,
we're
not
maintaining
the
building
at
all.
D
We
have
public
works
that
goes
out
and
trims
the
grass
and
shovels
the
sidewalks
and
those
kinds
of
things.
So
there
are
some
costs
involved
and
they
could
continue
to
be
zero,
but
we
could
at
least
take
some
time
in
looking
at
the
options
and
with
exclusive
development
rights.
Costs
could
be
borne
by
somebody
else.
Who's
got
to
take
advantage
of
that
as
well.
So
I
think
this
is
a
a
compromised
staff
direction.
D
D
D
I'll
also
note,
then,
since
I
have
a
couple
more
seconds,
I'm
still
very
interested
in
the
training
facility
and
relocating
to
other
places
in
the
city.
I
don't
think
necessarily.
Even
the
water
maintenance
facility
needs
to
be
friendly,
there's
other
areas,
including
in
southeast.
D
So
I
think
somebody
was
mentioning
how
if
it
doesn't
go
here,
it's
definitely
going
to
go
in
the
northern
green
zone
and
I
don't
think
that
that's
necessarily
true
or
possible-
and
I
also
agree
with
council
member
reich
that
I
think
the
concerns
about
toxicity
or
pollution
are
are
extreme
and
there
will
actually
be
places
in
the
city
industrial
areas.
Perhaps
that
would
welcome
something
like
this
and
would
be
a
big
improvement
over.
D
What's
there
now
and
I
could
think
of
some
areas
in
southeast
and
northeast
and
even
in
seward,
and
I
still
think,
there's
room
for
a
training
facility
right
on
minnehaha
on
26th.
It
could
be
right
in
the
same
neighborhood
here
if
there's
interest
in
that
in
the
future,
and
now
I
think
I
see
that
the
vice
chair
of
the
committee
is
ready
to
take
over
and
I'll
be
quiet.
Thank
you.
O
Thank
you,
councilmember
gordon
I'll
call
now
on
council
member
bender
council
president.
F
Thanks
thanks
mr
chair,
I
just
emailed,
and
I'm
I'm
I
wasn't
planning
but
happy
to
move
on
by
on
behalf
of
council
member
rike
and
myself
the
substitute
motion
that
our
tpw
chair
referenced.
F
F
Extending
this
decision
to
september
of
2023
would
leave
in
limbo
the
public
works
facility
that
is
needed
to
make
sure
that
our
city
can
provide
these
important
services
of
clean
water
and
a
functioning
sewer
system.
Our
sewer
system
is,
is
an
incredible
state
of
disrepair.
It's
why
it's
part
of
our
legislative
agenda
as
the
highest
priority
year
after
year
to
secure
resources
to
fix
our
sewer
system.
F
It
may
seem
like
something
people
don't
think
about
now,
but
if
people's
sewer
systems
are
not
working
in
the
city,
they
are
going
to
notice.
They
are
going
to
have
very
strong
negative
reaction
to
that,
and
I
also
don't
think
we
can
take
for
granted
the
fact
that
our
city
provides
clean
water
to
people,
not
all
cities.
Do.
The
tragedy
of
flint
is
an
extreme
example,
but
this
is
this:
is
the
staff
we're
talking
about
the
folks
who
fix
our
sewer
system
and
our
water
system?
F
They
do
not
have
a
functioning
building
today
and
they
need
to
locate
somewhere.
I
take
to
heart
the
point
that
we
could
re
move
stormwater
and
sewer
I'll.
I
see
council
councilmember
johnson's
comment
I'll.
I
can
address
that
council
member,
so
we
need
a
new
facility
leaving
the
question
open
until
2023,
about
where
it
would
go,
is
a
huge
risk
for
the
city,
so
in
the
attempt
to
compromise
and
to
create
a
pathway
for
this
needed
city
service
and
to
also
meet
the
needs
and
desires
of
having
a
community
serving
use.
F
Here.
This
this
motion
would
choose
option
b,
which
is
to
move
forward
with
most
of
the
of
the
project
as
proposed,
which
would
have
staff
space
for
surface
water
and
sewer
staff,
as
well
as
space
for
the
folks
who
fix
the
the
water,
sewage
and
stormwater
systems.
F
Councilmember
johnson
noted
that
it
is
our
stormwater
system.
That's
on
the
legislative
agenda,
our
their
these
things
are
related
to
each
other.
One
of
our
biggest
risks
from
climate
change
in
the
city
of
minneapolis
is
flooding
and
flooding
has
a
significant
impact
on
the
our
stormwater
and
our
sewer
system.
So
I
just
again,
I
completely
understand
the
advocacy
by
council
members
who've
changed
their
minds
to
not
move
forward
with
the
project.
F
I
I
do
also
think
that
the
consequences
to
our
public's
work
staff
for
providing
this
important
function
are
too
strong
to
not
try
to
reach
a
compromise
that
would
allow
us
to
provide
that
facility
as
well
as
provide
some
public
space.
I
am
also
legitimately
concerned
about
leaving
a
polluted
site
here
for
the
foreseeable
future,
one
of
the
benefits
of
the
project.
I
know
it's
not
reflected
in
the
emails
and
things,
but
one
of
the
benefits
of
the
project
is
environmental
remediation
of
significant
toxic
chemicals
on
this
site.
F
So
I
understand
that
that
that
folks
may
not
support
this,
but
I
do
feel
that,
for
the
reasons
as
well
as
the
concern
about
leaving
a
12.3
million
dollar
hole
in
our
budget
until
2023,
it's
worth
at
least
discussing
this
option
today,.
B
V
Thank
you
chair.
I
would
have
to
suggest
that
this
notion
that
we
can
just
sort
of
shift
gears
and
just
pick
another
site
is
highly
problematic
thinking.
It
will
take
several
years
before
that
can
happen
even
on
property.
We
do
own.
V
I
will
note
that
other
locations
and
other
industrial
areas
being
very
familiar
with
much
of
them,
knowing
their
current
status,
both
in
terms
of
being
on
the
market
and
the
current
price
points
they
garner
and
again.
I
think
there
is
a
preliminary
review
of
that
site
that
was
referenced
in
cped's
staff
report
from
previous
meetings.
V
That
indicated
that
that
was
highly
unlikely
and,
to
the
extent
that
we
could
make
it
likely
let
alone
swiftly
and
likely
would
be
extraordinarily
expensive,
so
we're
already
at
you
know:
12
16
18,
probably
you
know
with
the
cleanup
20
million
dollars,
so
let's
just
throw
on
another
10
to
get
exactly
what
we're
talking
about
now
to
me
is
unprecedented,
it's
unprecedented
and
just
the
fact
that
we
can
just
sort
of
willingly
project
that
oh
we
will.
We
can
do
this
and
then
we
can
maybe
switch
to
that
in
terms
of
site
selection.
V
That's
not
the
case
even
friday,
there's
a
real
strong
reason
why
staff
is
suggesting
don't
name
that
specifically
because
they
haven't
analyzed
that
recently,
since
sites
were
analyzed
in
previous
decisions
and
where
hiawatha
was
selected
for
all
kinds
of
reasons
for
its
first
phase
and
the
current
proposed
second
phase
that
we're
debating
now
is
that
friday
is
now
more
and
more
becoming
our
redundancy
capacity
site.
V
Every
project
other
than
facility
upgrade
has
been
dedicated
to
expanding
our
capacity
for
redundancy,
for
not
only
our
current
customers
and
citizens
and
ratepayers,
but
also,
ultimately,
some
long-standing
goals
for
regional
redundancy,
particularly
with
the
city
of
saint
paul,
with
global
climate
change.
That's
a
real
thing
to
sort
of
emphasize
some
of
the
points
that
was
made
by
council
president
bender.
V
This
is
important
stuff,
it's
big
stuff,
it's
required
of
us
to
do
this
function
and
to
say
that
we
can
just
sort
of
compromise
those
goals
for
some
kind
of
accommodation,
for
community
preference
to
me
is
really
not
balancing
the
scales
of
responsible
governance.
In
my
opinion,
I
would
also
say
that
this
is.
V
Well,
I'll
just
leave
it
at
that,
the
the
the
amount
of
extraordinary
expense
that
we
are
assuming
here
even
in
the
low
end,
we'll
have
impacts
on
all
the
projects
we
have
pending.
For
our
other
racially
concert
areas
of
poverty,
our
commercial
corridors,
our
other
areas
that
we
need
to
clean
up
that
are
highly
polluted
in
the
northern
end
of
town.
This
is
a
huge
trade-off
that
we're
contemplating
of
unprecedented
scale
with
a
process
that
has
never
been
really
attempted
before
and
for
good
reason.
O
Thank
you,
it
looks
like
council
vice
president
might
be
back.
S
Thank
you
so
much,
and
I
appreciate
the
the
different,
the
different
thinking
and
and
the
different
ideologies
presented
today.
I
I
can't
support
this
motion
by
council
member
reich
and
councilmember
bender.
S
You
know
I
I've
been
pretty
amazed
at
how
expensive
racism
can
be,
and
I
really
appreciate
councilmember
jenkins's
leadership
on
this
in
in
talking
about
this
project
as
an
investment
in
community,
not
a
zero,
a
zero-sum
game.
So
I
I
would
like
us
to
think
about
that
as
we're
debating
this
issue-
and
you
know
it's
the
institutional
racism
that
has
played
out
in
both
the
north
side
green
zone
and
the
south
side.
S
Green
zone
is
very
palpable
and
it
is
a
compounded
set
of
decisions
and
patterns
which
we
are
hearing
coming
to
life
today
in
this
debate,
and
so
I
just
want
to
gently
remind
us
that
this
is
what
institutional
racism
looks
like,
and
this
is
how
much
it
costs
to
fix
that.
So
I
I
I'm
hearing
people
sort
of.
S
S
This
is
going
to
significantly
significantly
improve
the
lives
of
working-class
people,
american
indian
people,
african-american
people,
east
african
people,
latino
people,
immigrants
and
refugees,
people
of
color,
bipoc,
folks,
children,
elders,
many
who
have
been
paying
the
price
of
probably
20
years
of
white,
supremacist
urban
planning
by
the
city
of
minneapolis,
and
so
a
lot
of
times.
When
we
talk
about
racial
justice
and
racial
equity,
governance
and
racial
equity
policy.
Making.
S
It's
really
important
that
we
remember
the
outcomes
is
what
we're
looking
to
measure,
not
the
intentions,
and
so
we
might
have
a
lot
of
well-intentioned
people
on
this
council
and
a
lot
of
well-intentioned
people
working
for
the
city,
but
the
outcomes
for
places
like
north
side,
green
zones
and
south
side.
Green
zones
have
consistently
been
them
receiving
the
shorten
of
the
stick,
and
so
that
pattern
is
what
we're
seeking
to
stop
today,
that
institutional
racism,
that
the
city
of
minneapolis
is
a
part
of
is
what
we're
trying
to
stop
today.
S
This
is
certainly
one
course
that
you
can
take
the
reich
and
thunder
amendment,
and
you
know
stay
the
course
that
very
militaristic,
one-dimensional
way
to
analyze
dollars
and
cents,
but
that
fails
to
recognize
that
the
people
who
pay
the
price
are
the
lives
of
people
of
color
who
are
dying
from
asthma,
who
are
suffering
from
the
opioid
epidemic,
who
are
often
times
pitted
against
each
other
to
to
fight
for
the
crumbs,
and
so
I
think
that
we
as
a
body
really
need
to
acknowledge
that
today
that
the
conversation
here
is
not
in
isolation
and
it's
not
in
a
vacuum.
S
So
I
I
definitely
cannot
even
phantom
supporting
the
right
bender
amendment,
it's
quite
shocking
to
me
that
it's
being
brought
forward
in
in
such
such
a
candid
way,
because
it's
it's
just
it's
wrong
in
every
way,
so
I'll
be
happy
to
vote
no
against
this,
and
and
would
really
like
to
call
the
questions.
So
we
can
get
back
to
the
underlying
motion.
B
All
righty
council
member
kano
has
called
the
question,
and
that
is
not
up
for
debate.
I
think
councilmember
johnson.
This
may
be
the
second
time
you
have
been
robert
rules
of
order
out
of
is.
Is
there
a
second
on
this
call
to
question.
A
B
All
right,
so
we
have
a
proper
motion
and,
and
second
I'm
calling
the
question
I'll
ask
the
clerk
to
call
the
role.
D
H
C
C
S
H
B
So
that
vote
was
on
the
question,
and
so
we
are
back
to
the
discussion
on
the
reich
bender
motion.
I
believe
councilmember
johnson.
K
K
I
want
to
thank
first
off
my
fellow
co-authors
council,
member
kano,
council
member
council,
vice
president
jenkins
council
member
gordon
for
the
staff
direction
that
has
been
meticulously
worked
on
over
and
over
and
over
again
with
community
and
with
staff
as
well,
and
I
think
it
reflects
frankly
compromise
in
the
language
itself.
K
That's
why
I
agree
with
councilmember
cano
that
for
this
motion,
that's
before
us
the
staff
direction
from
council
president
vendor
and
council
member
wright
that
I
will
be
voting.
No,
I
encourage
my
colleagues
to
vote
no
on
it.
You
know
I'd
say
please
listen
to
community
on
this.
They
have
said
they
do
not
want
this,
that
they
cannot
make
this
three
acres
with
new
construction
work.
K
We
have
never
on
any
issue
that
I
can
remember,
received
more
contacts
than
on
this
issue
and
it's
pretty
unanimous
among
the
contacts
we
receive,
that
we
should
be
working
with
community
in
order
to
help
maximize
this
site
and
allow
for
their
vision
to
proceed
and
move
forward.
And,
let's
not
forget
history
here
on
this
either.
K
I
know
one
thing
that's
cited,
often,
especially
in
the
last
few
meetings
we've
had
on
this-
is
that
in
our
last
really
big
vote
on
this
several
years
back,
the
council
unanimously
voted
to
move
forward
with
the
master
plan,
and
I
was
one
of
the
council
members
just
like
everyone
else,
except
for
council
member
osman,
because
he
wasn't
on
the
council
at
the
time.
But
like
everyone
else,
I
voted
for
that.
But
it
was
not
a
excited
vote.
It
was
a
very
reluctant
vote.
K
K
So
that's
why
I
think
we
need
to
vote
against
this
particular
staff
direction.
I
think
the
underlying
staff
direction
brought
forward
by
my
fellow
co-authors.
You
know
it
has
timelines.
It
sets
expectations
for
the
water
fund
to
be
paid
back.
It
is
a
good
staffed
direction
and
it
is
also
one
in
this
project
and
moving
forward
with
this
project
is
one
that's
supported
by
partners
as
well.
We've
got
multiple
state
senators,
multiple
state
representatives,
we've
got
our
accounting
commissioner
aligned
on
this,
and
so,
let's
give
the
community
a
shot
here.
K
N
Thank
you,
madam
president,
or
vice
president.
I
just
want
to
respond
to
two
points
very
quickly.
I
strongly
will
push
back
against
the
notion
that
voting
for
the
water
yard
is
a
vote
for
institutional
race
institutionalized
racism.
N
That
is
such
an
oversimplification
of
what
institutionalized
racism
looks
like
how
it
manifests
clean
water
is,
is,
is
a
is
a
racist
excuse,
me,
environmental
justice
issue,
putting
this
project
in
the
green
zone,
I
mean
northside
green
zone
got
referenced
more
than
once,
but
we're
talking
about
the
northside
green
zone
being
at
the
the
being
at
the
tail
end
of
this,
of
where
the
consequences
would
land-
and
the
second
point
is
that
sometimes
it
is
our
job
as
policy
makers
for
us
to
look
at
all
of
the
details
and
be
able
to
make
hard
decisions.
N
What
community
emails
are
saying
is
that
this
is
a
toxic
farm,
that
this
is
a
toxic
project
and,
and
that
is
not
what
the
environmental
assessment
worksheet
demonstrates.
We
know
that
that's
not
the
case.
This
option,
that's
before
us,
actually
will
help
to
address
the
arsenic
plume
leaving
it
there
does
not.
So
sometimes
we
have
to
make
hard
decisions
because
we
have
access
to
details.
We
dig
into
the
details
and
we
have
to
use
our
policy
analysis.
N
Doing
so
does
not
mean
that
we
are
perpetuating
institutionalized
racism.
I
understand
how
that
shows
up.
I
underst
understand
how
what
that
looks
like
in
real
life,
because
I
live
it
every
day
where
I
am
and
in
my
own
lived
experience
as
well.
We
cannot
oversimplify
it
and
saying
that
a
vote
for
this
is
a
vote
for
institutionalized
racism.
That
is,
that
completely
undermines
a
valid
analysis
and
the
consequences.
N
Unintended
potential
unintended
consequences
that
are
being
discussed
here
to
just
widespread
dismiss
that,
I
think
is,
is
an
unfair
presentation
of
of
how,
for
example,
I'm
showing
up
to
this
conversation
so
just
want
to
make
sure
to
put
that
on
the
record.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
F
Thanks,
madam
chair,
I
should
have
asked
this
earlier,
but
I
guess,
if
it's
possible
to
the
authors
of
the
original
staff
direction,
I
think
I
had
seen
a
different
version,
maybe
something
that
staff
had
recommended
what
will
happen
if
the
12.3
million
dollars
isn't
replenished
by
the
date
in
the
staff
direction.
F
B
Well,
I
mean
in
in
the
case
of
a
exclusive
development
right.
If
they
didn't
perform,
then
we
would
either
issue
a
new,
rfp
and,
or
you
know,
proceed
with
the
original
project.
So
those
are
potentials,
but
I
I
do
think
that's
a
question
that
we
need
to
have
more
clarity.
Around
comes
from
the
right.
V
Thank
you,
madam
vice
president.
Actually,
the
language
in
an
earlier
draft
of
the
staff
direction
that
I
had
circulated
prior
to
the
one
that
you
forwarded
council
president
bender,
the
bottom
section
of
that
was
the
staff
direction
prior
to
today's
adjustment
to
it
and
yeah.
It
does
stipulate
several
things
that
are
probably
important
to
stipulate,
which
include
not
only
just
the
replenishment
of
the
fund
and
the
work
that
they
would
do
with
community.
V
They
would
be
able
to
execute
this
by
december
31st
of
2022,
not
almost
a
full
year,
in
addition
to
that,
which
kind
of
sounded
more
reasonable
and
then
implement
the
full
master
plan
to
include
outreach
and
training,
and
if
and
if
the
selected
exclusive
selected
group
epni
cannot
secure
funds
to
replenish
the
city
water
fund
by
december
that
the
plan
would
go
back
to
plan
a
or
b
another
key
thing.
Was
it
highlighted
what
what
is
factually
true.
V
I
believe
that
any
dispensing
of
land
after
some
analysis
and
fulfillment
of
requirements
that
were
stated
would
have
to
have
a
two-thirds
vote
of
the
council
to
approve
it.
Assuming
those
things
are
even
met.
V
D
It
sounded
like
council,
president
bender
was
reaching
back
to
the
previous
the
original
motion,
so
I
think
that,
obviously,
whatever
we
do
today,
there's
a
lot
more
work
for
us
to
dig
into
and
get
done.
D
I
think
one
of
the
key
decisions
that
we
have
to
make
so
that
it's
clear
to
ourselves,
the
community
and
staff
is:
are
we
going
to
leave
the
roof
depot
site
available
for
community
development
and
once
we
make
that
decision,
we
are
definitely
going
to
have
to
dig
in
to
how
we're
going
to
deal
with
the
funding
hole,
and
I
think
it
could
be
a
mayor's
budget
proposal
and
a
council's
action
to
start
dealing
with
that
sooner
than
2023
and
sooner
than
when
we
might
get
to
12.3
million
to
help
us
replenish
it.
V
V
We
do
not
know
the
actual
impacts
to
our
budget
with
this,
this
project
proposal
and
what
we're
hearing
is
that
we're
gonna
have
to
dig
in
and
dig
into
our
budget
process,
which
is
already
basically
signaling
to
me,
that
there
will
be
significant
offsets
to
our
current
priorities
and
pending
project
proposals
for
all
our
communities
that
have
great
needs
and
have
been
waiting
to
develop
their
communities
as
well.
So
this
really
is
a
card
before
the
horse.
V
Then,
in
addition
to
any
kind
of
impacts
they
would
have
if
we're
going
outside
funding
in
terms
of
legislative
priorities
that
we
have
standing,
do
those
get
set
aside
or
do
we
have
parallel
requests
for
money
there?
How
confusing
that
would
be
at
the
legislature
that
could
even
have
additional
collateral
impacts
that
might
not
be
beneficial
to
us
again,
I'm
not
going
back
to
the
notion
of
a
good.
You
know
an
interesting
concept
by
a
passionate
community.
It's
just
that.
F
Thanks,
madam
chair,
I
guess
maybe
back
to
the
substitute
motion.
Thank
you
for
indulging
the
question.
I
do
think
there
was
a
a
version
of
the
cono
jenkins,
gordon
johnson
amendment,
that
had
some
suggestions
from
staff
that
weren't
incorporated.
So
that
is
helpful
to
understand
I.
I
guess
I
just
want
to
say
that
you
know
whatever
happens
with
the
votes
today.
F
F
It
is
possible
that
we
will
be
sued
by
a
water
user
and
need
to
pay
the
funds
back
if
a
court
decides
that
it's
one
of
the
potential
legal
risks
that
we
just
you
know
discuss
and
take
on
in
any
decision,
many
decisions
that
we
make
you
know
I
just
would
really
encourage
folks
to
take
seriously
the
the
12.3
million
dollar
cost
and
the
cost
the
result
of
12.3
million
dollars
is
that
we
have
no
water
yard
and
we
have
a
polluted
site.
F
So
it's
possible
that
the
legacy
of
this
decision
will
be
a
vacant
site
filled
with
asbestos
and
the
way
to
avoid
that
is
for
a
lot
of
people
to
figure
out
how
to
find
a
lot
of
money
to
create
something
different
that
is
going
to
require
trade-offs.
It
may
require
require
trade-offs
in
the
city's
legislative
priorities
in
the
city's
staffing
budget.
F
So
the
attention
of
my
motion,
my
substitute
motion,
was
to
find
a
compromise
that
doesn't
create
so
many
different
pieces
of
uncertainty,
including
the
existence
of
the
pollution
on
the
site.
Recognizing
that
folks
may
not
support
that.
You
know
for
the
time
that
I
have
left.
I
certainly
will
work
to
try
to
help
with
any
of
these
various
issues,
but
they
will
persist
for
years,
and
I
guess
to
me
the
most
important
thing
is
that
folks
take
seriously
the
responsibility
to
govern
in
a
way
that
creates
balanced
budgets.
F
You
know
if
we
need
to
raise
the
levy
this
year
to
help
fill
this
budget
gap
if
we
need
to
cut
other
infrastructure
projects
to
fill
this
budget
gap.
If
we
need
to
leave
staff
positions
vacant,
the
council
and
the
mayor
really
need
to
take
seriously
our
responsibility
to
adopt
balanced
budgets,
and
not
doing
so
should
really
be
disqualifying
to
you
know
to
be
in
leadership
to
serve
on
budget
committees.
It's
it's
just
not
reprioritizing
is
one
thing,
but
leaving
a
12.3
million
dollar
hole
in
our
budget.
F
In
a
time
where
we
have
very
significant
financial
issues
is
very
irresponsible,
so
you
know
I
stand
behind
the
motion
to
move
forward
with
parts
of
this
project
and
set
aside
other
parts
of
the
land
for
community
use.
If
that
isn't
supported,
I
hope
folks
will
take
would
take
very
seriously
the
responsibility
of
filling
that
budget
gap.
B
Great
so
before
us
is
a
substitute
motion
authored
by
council
members
reich
and
bender.
D
C
D
N
C
Both
osman
abstain.
S
C
J
C
K
C
P
H
B
That
is
a
majority
and,
do
you
say
six
I's
and
five
nays.
B
B
So
you
now
now
ask
the
clerk
to
call
the
role,
and
I
do
want
to
note
for
my
colleagues.
I
will
be
bringing
forward
a
motion
to
this
item
passed
to
develop
a
staff
to
come
back
with
a
racial
equity
impact
analysis,
as
well
as
a
fiscal
note
which
is
embedded.
W
Vice
president
jenkins,
ken
daler
from
the
clerk's
office,
I'll
just
clarify,
I
think
I
think
you
can
just
roll
that
into
one
motion
the
way
our
legislative
process
works
is
when,
when
staff
directions
are
approved,
without
that
necessary
paperwork,
it
would
be
automatically
referred
to
staff
for
that
work
anyway.
So
I
think
it
would
be
appropriate
to
just
clarify
that.
That's
all
part
of
the
same
motion
and
that
if,
if
this
item
is
approved,
it
would
be
referred
to
staff
for
the
necessary
fiscal
note
and
racial
equity
impact
analysis.
B
For
staff
to
develop
a
racial
impact,
racial
equity
impact
analysis,
as
well
as
a
fiscal
note
to
be
presented
to
the
council
at
the
next
pogo
cycle,
which
would
be
september
9th.
B
I'm
sorry
councilmember
fletcher.
O
B
Councilman
fletcher,
yes,
we
will
take
up
the
matter
of
the
eaw
after
this
motion,
which
was
presented
after
the
eaw
was
presented,
and
so
procedurally
we
had
to
deal
with
this,
and
then
we
will
come
back
to
the
environmental
assessment.
Worksheet.
H
H
H
C
I
C
H
G
H
H
W
Yes,
madam
chair,
that's
correct.
10.3,
essentially,
is
a
six
six
vote,
so
that
motion
fails
so
ten
point
parts
one
and
two
were
approved
and
10.3
was
not.
D
B
Great
all
right,
thank
you.
So
we
are
now
back
to
the
initial
presentation
of
the
eaw
by
miss
hillary
doric,
and
I
will
just
note
that
this
is
the
third
time
she
has
presented
this
information
to
us,
and
so
it
is
a
receiving
file.
But
I
will
ask
the
clerk
to
please
call
the
world.
W
Madam
chair,
just
to
clarify
it
is
not
a
receiving
file
you,
the
the
motion,
would
be
to
adopt
the
staff
recommendation
on
the
environmental
assessment
worksheet.
B
Thank
you,
mr
clerk,
and
my
apologies
to
my
colleagues
and
to
the
public.
The
the
motion
is
to
accept
the
the
eaw
as
presented.
Is
there
any
discussion.
B
Council
member
reich,
are
you
on
cue.
V
Madam
vice
president,
I
wasn't
intending
to
be
in
queue.
That
was
a
little
comment
that
I
had.
S
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
My
comments
were
similar
to
councilmember.
Gordon's.
Is
that
if
the
item
on
number
three
is
technically
a
tie,
that
is
considered
a
failed
attempt
to
off
offload
some
of
the
costs
of
this
project
onto
a
community
developer
in
this
case
in
this
case
epni.
S
So
we
would
just
have
to
bring
this
up
to
a
future
vote
again
in
terms
of
leaving
it
in
the
city
inventory
indefinitely
or
executing
exclusive
redevelopment
rights,
like
we've
done
with
a
multitude
of
other
projects
throughout
the
city
and
which,
in
fact
was,
the
recommendation
from
cped
was
to
institute
exclusive
redevelopment
rights
with
epni
for
two
years
to
absorb
some
of
the
costs
that
would
otherwise
be
shouldered
by
the
city.
So
at
this
point
you
know
we're
we're
now
carrying
the
whole
thing
until
we
take
a
different
vote
on
that.
B
D
H
G
H
B
And
that
item
passes
and
colleagues
we
have
dispensed
with
our
agenda
for
today
and.