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From YouTube: June 17, 2021 City Council
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B
Thank
you
good
morning
my
name
is
lisa
bender,
I'm
the
president
of
the
minneapolis
city
council.
I'm
going
to
call
to
order
this
regular
meeting
for
thursday
june
17th
before
we
proceed
I'll
note
that
we
have
remote
participation
by
council
members
and
city
staff
as
authorized
under
provisions
of
the
minnesota
open
meeting
law,
section
13d
.021
due
to
the
declared
state
of
local
public
health
emergency.
B
The
city
will
be
recording
and
posting
this
meeting
to
the
city's
website
and
youtube
channel
as
a
means
of
increasing
public
access
and
transparency.
This
meeting
is
public
and
subject
to
the
minnesota
open
meeting
law
at
this
time.
I'll
ask
the
clerk
to
call
the
role
to
verify
the
presence
of
a
quorum.
C
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B
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F
B
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B
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B
Colleagues,
our
first
item
under
new
business
is
the
mayor's
regular
report
of
the
declaration
of
emergency
for
coven
19..
That
report
was
circulated
to
all
council
members
just
a
bit
before
this
meeting
this
morning.
It's
linked
for
public
access.
Well,
actually,
is
it
linked.
I
know
it
wasn't
when
I
checked.
B
B
And
maybe
I'll
just
put
myself
in
queue,
and
I
do
see
customer
trader
as
well.
Maybe
I'll
just
kick
off
and
note
that
I
I
had
sent
an
email
to
council
members
last
week.
I
think
on
friday
I
had
done
some
work
to
track
down
the
approval
process
for
the
agape
contract
and
confirmed
that
that
was
approved
under
the
mayor's
executive
authority
because
of
the
pure
procurement
regulation
that
is
in
place
from
the
kovic
19
declaration
of
emergency.
So
I
forwarded
that
information
as
soon
as
I
got
it
to
all
council
numbers.
B
E
I
think
you
thank
you
guns,
I'm
not
sure
which
staff
would
be,
but
my
my
question
is
exactly
your
question:
I'd
like
to
learn
more
about
the
over
300
000
that
was
authorized
under
the
emergency
funds
for
agape
and
why
that
did
not
go
through
the
council
process.
How
that
related
to
the
the
covet
emergency
again,
not
sure
who,
on
staff?
That
seems
like
a
question
for
the
mayor
or,
if
someone's
from
the
mayor's
office,
because
he's
not
here.
E
I
do
want
to
point
out,
like
the
whole
point
of
having
the
mayor
here,
who
hasn't
been
here
for
months,
is
to
answer
questions
like
this.
I've
gotten
questions
from
constituents
of
how
money
was
appropriated
from
the
city
430th
in
chicago,
so
I
think
it'd
be
important
to
answer
that
question
publicly.
B
I
did
receive
a
confirmation
about
the
expenditure
from
our
city
coordinator.
Mr
ruff
was:
was
it
the
coordinator's
office
that
was
authorizing
this
expenditure
under
the
emergency
declaration
or
who
can
help
us
understand
the
process
that
took
place
in
order
for
this
contract
to
be
signed
without
council.
E
There
all
right,
then
the
interest
of
time.
Madam
president,
I
I
guess
I
guess
I
have
a
question
for
the
clerk
or
whoever
can
let
us
know
what
the
appropriate
appropriation
process
is
for
money.
That's
especially
this
amount,
that's
359
000.
Normally
that
goes
through
council.
So
if
this
is
something
that
was
supposed
to
go
through
council
and
didn't
like
what
are
the
options
for
council
now,.
B
B
I
Yes,
thank
you,
council.
President
bender.
I
don't
know
that
I
can
answer
all
the
questions,
but
I
did
want
it
to
by
write
a
little
perspective.
I
think
city
attorney
router
is
better
equipped
to
answer
the
questions
we
did
receive
through
the
eoc
spreadsheet,
a
request
for
this
contract
coming
from
the
coordinator
city
attorney's
office,
the
process
to
go
through
that.
So
as
long
as
the
city
attorney
is
here,
I
would
actually
defer
to
him,
but
just
wanted
to
confirm
that
it
was
submitted
as
a
request
for
part
of
the
covert
emergency
response.
B
You
miss
johnson
and
I'll
note,
as
I
did
in
my
email
to
colleagues
and
for
the
public.
We
do
receive
regular
updates
on
the
procurement
regulation,
which
is
part
of
the
emergency
declaration,
so
the
email
that
that
went
out
last
week
for
me
included
links
to
all
those
background
information,
the
coveted
emergency
declaration,
the
regulation
in
question
around
procurement
and
then
all
of
the
mayor's
summaries
do
include
a
brief
overview
of
the
procurement
decisions
that
have
been
made
under
emergency
declaration.
B
I
was
able
to
look
back
and
review
them
and
they
are,
as
far
as
I
could
see,
there
were
two
main
categories:
ppe
and
other
health
related
emergency
materials,
masks
and
water
and
those
kinds
of
things,
as
well
as
some
early
emergency
assistance
dollars
for
rental
assistance
and
the
small
business
assistance,
and
I
believe
staff
would
be
able
to
provide
that
more
detailed
list
as
well.
In
summary,
to
council
members,
mr
router.
J
E
Thank
you,
mr
and
and
I'm
fine,
to
understand,
you're
right
having
this
more
in
close
session,
so
where
you
can
have
more
legal
advice.
I
understand
that
that
would
be
an
option.
I
did
want
to
have
one
final
other
question
since
then.
This
is
very
different
from
the
normal
process
and
double
what
the
normal
amount
is
that
can
be
approved
kind
of
without
going
through
counsel.
E
J
Well
again,
I
think
I'd
like
to
take
the
time
to
work
with
the
staff
on
my
team
that
work
directly
on
this
and
and
get
give
that
some
thought
before
giving
you
an
answer
to
that
question
and
thank
you
for
the
question
but,
and
I'm
certainly
not
trying
to
dismiss
it.
I
just
think
it
would
be
appropriate
if
I
could
consult
with
my
team
that
was
directly
involved
in
working
with
the
various
departments
on
the
contract.
B
J
I
think
there
were
safety
concerns
is
my
understanding
and
again.
We
need
to
go
back
and
work
with
the
various
departments
that
were
involved
and
we
can
follow
up
with
more
detail,
but
certainly
from
all
public
available
information
about
the
the
operation
to
to
help
open
up
those
streets.
I
I'm
very
certain
that
there
were
also
safety
concerns
in
the
execution
of
that
operation,
and
so
that's
that's
really.
What
I'm
referring
to.
B
B
So
we've
been
under
this
emergency
declaration
now,
since
last
march,
it's
likely
time
to
understand
what
kinds
of
procurement
decisions
need
to
be
made
in
an
emergency
manner.
Now
that
they've
been
you
know
so
many
months
for
planning
purposes,
you
know
I
I
would
like
to
to
have
that
discussion
with
staff,
but
I'm
inclined
given
this
action
to
end
the
procurement
regulation
that
is
in
place
or
restrict
it
and
I've
had
this
conversation
by
phone
with
the
mayor.
B
B
On
wednesday
april
7th
I
sent
an
email
asking
the
mayor
council
members
from
the
area,
the
city
clerk,
the
city
attorney
the
city
coordinator
and
the
public
works
director
to
please
you
know
start
the
planning
process.
If
there
was
any
intention
of
bringing
something
through
council
related
to
38th
in
chicago
stated
that
I
was
happy
to
work
together
to
facilitate
council
action
on
any
number
of
decisions,
I
included
a
reminder
that
council
action
requires
some
advanced
planning
and
staff
time.
B
So-
and
you
know
just
close
with
the
reiteration
of
of
the
need
to
be
planful,
I
received
a
response
back
from
the
mayor
saying
that
he
was
working
with
the
council
members
on
a
plan
and
would
get
back
to
us.
So
I
I
guess
I
contest
the
notion
that
there
wasn't
time
to
bring
something
like
this
through
council,
especially
with
the
amount
of
the
contract
which
seems
to
indicate
a
long-term
set
of
deliverables
related
to
planning
around
this
intersection.
B
H
Thank
you,
I
just
very
briefly
kind
of
wanted
to
say
what
you
already
said
a
little
bit
about
this
general
declaration
and
the
state
of
the
emergency
that
we've
been
under.
I
would
appreciate
in
the
next
report,
if
we
could
hear
more
about
what
is
the
proposed
timeline
for
getting
back
to
normal
and
in
terms
of
at
least
our
process
and
not
being
under
the
state
of
emergency
anymore,
it
feels
like
it's
ready
to
be
lifted.
H
I'm
sure
that
the
mayor
is
in
communication
with
the
state
and
everything
needs
to
be
coordinated,
but
this
is
probably
a
good
time
for
us
to
start
hearing
about
a
proposed
timeline
and
next
report
will
be
good.
I
didn't
see
anything
in
this
this
report,
about
that,
I'm
anxious
to
get
back
more
back
to
normal.
I
know
we're
not
planning
on
moving
back
to
have
meetings
in
person
until
september,
but
I
think
we
could
easily
get
out
from
under
the
state
of
emergency
before
that.
K
Thank
you,
madam
president.
You
know,
while
I
appreciate
mr
router's
justification
for
using
the
emergency
procurement
process
for
this
contract,
it
is
outside
of
what
would
be
an
appropriate
use.
We
have
the
ability
to
stretch
and
by
we
I
really
mean
city
staff,
when
city
staff
are
put
into
a
position
in
which
they
are
told
to
justify
a
use
in
a
particular
way.
K
K
We
bring
on
folks,
with
very
specific
skill,
sets
they're
trained
in
very
specific
ways
of
implementing
this
work.
We
invested
in
the
cure
violence
model.
That
means
that
violence
interrupters
should
not
be
used
as
protest
strike
teams.
They
should
not
be
used
for
crowd
management
at
protests.
They
should
not
be
doing
funeral
security.
K
That
is
not
what
building
comprehensive
systems
of
public
safety
actually
looks
like
we
are
not
looking
to
have
civilians
do
exactly
what
police
officers
do,
but
just
have
civilians
do
it.
Instead,
the
intention
is
for
us
to
do
public
safety
differently,
and
we
cannot
throw
in
folks
who
do
not
have
the
skill
sets
to
do
the
kind
of
work
that
needs
to
be
done
or
that
we're
hired
to
do
that
particular
kind
of
work.
K
The
office
of
violence
prevention
again
is
meant
to
be
the
place
in
which
we
are
implementing
evidence-based
strategies.
That's
why
it
houses
group
violence,
intervention
next
step
cure
violence.
These
are
all
evidence-based,
the
so
that's
the
science
there's
also
the
art,
which
is
the
blueprint
approved
institute
to
help
small
agencies
in
our
community,
be
able
to
do
violence,
prevention
work,
who
are
more
integrated
into
the
community,
being
able
to
support
different
community
groups.
Doing
this
kind
of
work.
K
Violence
prevention
related
work,
whether
it's
working
with
young
people
or
gang
members
or
whatever
the
case
may
be
the
office
of
violence.
Prevention
is
not
the
appropriate
location
to
to
reopen
38th
in
chicago,
and
I
say
that
with
all
due
respect,
the
reason
why,
right
now,
the
office
of
violence
prevention
has
become
a
catch-all
is
because
they
have
been
so
overloaded
with
work
between
the
trial
prep,
which
again
is
inappropriate
use
of
those
resources
to
now
what
what?
K
K
They
have
been
unable
to
finish
their
strategic
planning
process
in
order
to
set
appropriate
boundaries
of
what
their
work
is,
but
as
a
council
member
who
created
the
office
of
violence
prevention
through
ordinance,
who
has
been
continuously
fighting
for
investment
in
evidence-based
strategies
being
able
to
build
the
work
scale
it
up,
these
are
miss.
These
are
abusive
uses
of
these
resources
that
we
have.
It
is
hurting
the
credibility
of
folks
who
have
come
out
of
the
life
who
we
want
to
get
people
to
turn
back
around
and
help
get
others
out
of
the
life.
K
This
is
a
misuse
of
resources,
valuable
important
assets.
As
a
policymaker
who
has
fought
for
the
creation
of
this
work,
who
has
fought
for
the
investment
in
this
work,
I
am
hugely
frustrated
and
I
do
believe
that
we
should
in
the
emergency
procurement
process,
because
what
we
are
seeing
is
a
creep
into
inappropriate
uses
that
then
city
staff
have
to
turn
around
and
justify
I'm
very
frustrated
by
this.
K
K
L
Thank
you.
Council
president,
I'm
not
going
to
ask
questions
of
staff
today
because
I
think
it
puts
staff
in
a
terrible
position
when
the
mayor
has
asked
them
to
do
something
and
then
they're
forced
to
defend
actions
that
they've
taken.
I
think
what
they
were
asked
to
do
was
improper.
I
think
it
is
a
scandal
and
I
think
we
need
to
call
it
what
it
is.
This
is
a
misuse
of
the
kovit
19
authorization.
L
L
The
decision
that
that
the
initial
breakup
of
38th
in
chicago
had
to
happen
at
four
in
the
morning
was
evidence
that
it
was
not
something
that
could
stand
up
in
the
light
of
day
and
then
using
resources
that
were
allowed
to
look
like
violence
prevention
resources.
Well,
let's
say
first
claiming
that
that
was
the
independent
initiative
of
a
community
group
was
and
then
that
we
turned
out
to
be
paying
is
a
scandal
in
itself
and
then
trying
to
pay
them
through
covet
19
expenditures
as
a
scandal.
L
L
It
is
hard
to
build,
as
councilmember
cunningham
said
and
as
council
member
cunningham
has
worked
so
hard
for
this
entire
term
to
build
a
legitimate
violence
prevention
program
when
you
have
an
executive
who
doesn't
believe
in
it
and
who
doesn't
take
the
time
to
understand
what
it
is
to
who
takes
actions
that
diminish
public's
trust.
In
this
we
are
working
to
build
violence
prevention
as
something
that
can
build
community
trust
and
these
actions,
which
would
not
have
been
approved
by
council,
which
is
why
they
didn't
come
through.
L
Let's
be
clear,
I
I
think
it's
very
important
that
that
we
acknowledge
that
that
there's
a
reason
this
didn't
come
through,
that
it
is
a
scandal
to
bring
it
through
without
approval
and
that
this
has
to
stop,
and
I
agree
with
councilmember
cunningham
that
you
know.
I
think
this
came
to
us
so
last
minute.
I
don't
think
we're
prepared
to
make
a
motion
today,
but
we
really
need
to
look
at
ending
this
procurement
power
because
it
is
being
abused
and
is
not
something
that
should.
B
B
That
this
contract
did
not
go
through
the
office
of
violence
prevention,
kind
of
reflecting
some
of
the
the
high
level
policy
points
that
council
member
fletcher
excuse
me,
councilmember
cunningham
was
making,
I
I
think,
they're
still,
the
points
still
stand
from
a
policy
perspective.
I
I
intend
that
only
as
a
technical
clarification,
not
not
disagreeing
with
anything
councilmember
cunningham
said.
I
think
I
had
one
other
plan
of
clarification.
Oh
I
just
did
want
to
clarify.
K
So
we
as
a
council
need
we
unanimously
passed
a
resolution
saying
that
we
are
committing
to
this
engagement
process.
We
had
no
city
capacity,
we
detailed
that
city
capacity
and
then
that
completely
got
had
to
be
reused,
because
so
much
work
kept
being
put
on
the
office
of
violence
prevention.
But
we
do
have
somebody
in
the
office
of
violence
prevention
who
does
work
on
just
reopening
38th
in
chicago
full-time,
which
again,
I
feel,
is
mission
creep
for
the
office
of
violence
prevention.
A
B
B
I
don't
see
anyone
else
in
queue.
I
will
reflect
that.
I,
I
think
we're
all
seeing
an
increased
interest
in
and
I
think
in
a
more
broad
definition
of
of
public
safety
services
for
our
city.
I
think
the
extreme
pressure
on
the
office
of
violence
prevention
shows
how
much
demand
there
is
for
a
broader
set
of
safety
services,
and
so
you
know
reflecting
about
what
council
member
cunningham
has
been
saying.
B
It's
likely
that
there
is
a
better
way
to
respond
to
protests
over
police
violence
than
sending
police.
We
just
don't
have
that
capacity
in
place,
and
so
folks,
who
are
supposed
to
be
working
on
interrupting
gun
violence
in
a
very
particular
way
based
on
evidence,
are
being
pulled
into
that
it
being
requested
by
mpd.
B
I
know
we've
been
getting
regular
updates
from
our
public,
our
our
commissioner
of
health,
on
the
status
of
vaccinations.
I
know
our
public
health
staff
are
working
around
the
clock
trying
to
get
people
vaccinated
staffing,
the
testing
sites
really
working
so
hard
to
reach
our
communities
that
are
most
vulnerable
to
covet
and
who
have
seen
those
disparities
in
vaccination
rates,
so
deep
appreciation
to
the
public
health
staff
and
everyone
across
the
enterprise.
That's
been
essentially
volunteering
to
help
support
those
outreach
efforts.
B
B
B
B
I
think
it
was
a
holiday
weekend
and
then
the
the
regulation
came
out
on
a
tuesday
and
and
again
this
may
be
more
to
the
mayor,
reflecting
not
wanting
to
put
staff
in
the
middle
like
that,
but
it
was
a
little.
I
think
I
think
it
would
have
been
helpful
if
we
thought
we
were
close
to
meeting
the
goals
of
that
were
set
forth.
Around
mass
regulation
changes
to
hear
about
it
on
that
friday,
presentation
ahead
of
the
tuesday
press
announcement.
I
H
E
H
D
A
G
G
I
never
can
pronounce
this
right.
I
apologize
item
number
two
is
an
expansion
of
premise
at
4724
cedar
avert
avenue
in
the
11th
ward
item
number
three
is
a
historic
use,
variance
ordinance
item:
four
is
a
cup.
This
is
denying
the
appeal
submitted
by
joe
wagner
regarding
a
property
at
3804,
440th
street
east
item.
5.
Are
the
liquor
license
approvals
and
6?
Are
the
liquor
license
renewals
item
7?
Is
a
contract
amendment
for
demolition
at
1625,
west
broadway
item
8?
Is
our
minneapolis
pathways
grant
agreements
item?
G
G
South
item
12
is
an
agreement
with
mndot
and
the
hennepin
theatre,
trust
for
a
mural
on
ramp,
a
and
item
13
is
an
agreement
with
mndot
and
the
native
american
community
development
corporation
for
a
temporary
public
artwork
on
franklin
item
16
is
a
contract
for
the
fabrication
of
public
art
at
the
green
crescent
public
art
project
item
number
15
is
a
rezoning
at
3331
hennepin
item.
16
is
a
rezoning
at
801,
9th
street
and
items
17,
18,
19
and
20
are
all
significant
commercial
property
development
fund
loans
for
properties
around
the
city,
I'll
remind
everyone.
G
This
is
our
effort
to
try
to
get
bypac
business
owners
to
be
able
to
buy
these
buildings
so
that
they
do
not
face
commercial
gentrification.
These
are
properties
at
1201,
east
lake
street
3500,
nikola
avenue,
2201,
franklin,
avenue,
east
and
1200
west
broadway.
With
that.
Madam
president,
I
move
items
1
through
20
for
approval
this
morning.
D
E
A
H
D
B
D
D
Item
number
two
is
the
appointed
position
director
hr
internal
workplace
investigations
in
the
human
resources
department
item
number
three:
approves
the
appointment
of
council
member
linnae
palmisano
as
the
city's
designated
representative
to
the
msp
noise
oversight
committee
and
number
four
is
a
resolution
accepting
and
appropriating
funds
under
the
american
rescue
act
plan
and
number
five
authorizes:
the
donation
of
information
technology
equipment
to
pcs
for
people
and
free
geek,
twin
cities,
items
six
through
eight
are
various
contract
amendments
item
number
nine
authorizes
a
contract
with
microsoft
corporation
for
end-to-end,
managed
technical
support
of
microsoft.
Products.
D
B
B
D
J
A
G
K
Thank
you.
Madam
president.
The
public
health
and
safety
committee
is
bringing
forward
three
items
for
approval
today.
Item
number
one
is
accepting
the
low
bid
and
second
low
bid
for
commercial
board
up
services.
Item
number
two
is
passes:
the
passage
of
a
resolution
appropriating
funds
for
2021
from
the
public
safety
staffing
reserve.
We
had
a
presentation
from
mpd
related
to
the
expected
use
of
overtime.
I
E
H
H
H
D
B
F
Thank
you.
Madam
president.
The
committee
forward
17
items
today
for
full
council
consideration
item.
One
is
the
53rd
avenue
north
street
resurfacing
project,
approval
and
assessment
item:
two
is
the
54th
street
west
resurfacing
project,
approval
and
assessment?
Three
is
the
franklin
avenue
west
resurfacing
project
approval
and
assessment.
Four
is
a
land
sale
for
a
portion
of
the
right
of
way
adjacent
to
2015
washington
avenue
north
to
mic.
Limited
five
is
a
joint
powers
agreement
with
the
city
of
brooklyn
center
for
maintenance
of
the
53rd
avenue
north
and
xerxes
avenue
north
project?
F
F
Eight
is
the
contract
member
with
london
construction
company
for
tenth
avenue,
southeast
river
bridge
rehabilitation
project.
Nine
is
a
contractor
for
kimberly
horn
and
associates
for
the
engineering
and
design
services.
The
amount
is
listed.
10
is
the
2021
capital
improvement
program
appropriations
and
revenue
adjustments.
The
city's
capital
projects
11,
is
request
for
the
proposal.
The
first
avenue
south
street
reconstruction
bridge
over
the
greenway
project-
12,
is
a
paracycling
large
block
event
permit
for
june
17th
through
the
19th
13
is
the
bid
for
the
whittier
lindell
project
protected
bikeway
project.
F
Four
is
the
bid
for
liquid
chlorine.
15
is
the
bid
for
the
freezing
campus
electrical
rehabilitation
construction
project
16
is
the
bid
for
the
2021
concrete,
paving
rehabilitation
that
project
location
is
34th,
avenue,
south
and
6th
street
street
south
project?
And
the
final
item
is
the
stormwater
utility
credit
program
updates
to
the
program
that
was
presented
to
us
as
committee.
Madam
president,
I
forward
all
items
as
submitted
for
approval.
I
H
C
K
G
B
K
That
is
a
lot
of
that
has
been
a
lot
of
work
by
city
staff
working
with
brooklyn
center.
The
south
side
of
the
road
is
city
of
minneapolis.
The
north
side
of
the
road
is
brooklyn
center,
so
it
has
been
an
incredibly
complicated
project
that
they've
been
working
on
for
a
long
time.
I'm
super
excited
about
the
project.
K
You
know
we're
implementing
complete
streets
all
the
way
through
the
north
side,
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
give
a
shout
out
to
city
staff
for
their
absolute
hard
work,
navigating
a
very
challenging
project
with
two
different
jurisdictions
and
a
very
complicated
project.
So
thank
you
to
city
staff
for
all
of
their
hard
work
on
this
project.
That's
all.
Thank
you.
K
B
B
B
B
I
will
go
ahead
and
move
that
item,
so
it's
before
us.
I
don't
see
any
just.
Thank
you.
I
don't
see
anyone
in
queue.
I
I
did
have
a
chance
to
send
some
background
by
email
to
council
members.
I
look
forward
to
working
with
everyone
on
this.
This
is
in
the
civil
rights
code,
so
it's
going
to
public
health
and
safety,
but
the
folks
who
are
on
the
biz
committee
have
been
long
involved
in
all
of
the
issues
related
to
renter
protections
and
housing
stability.
B
A
I
H
A
H
D
B
B
B
A
K
Yes,
I
just
wanted
to
tomorrow
is
or
not.
Yes,
tomorrow
is
juneteenth,
and
I
wanted
to
share
that.
On
saturday
there
will
be
a
june
teen
celebration
for
children
and
family
in
ward
4
at
40th
and
thomas
at
the
minneapolis
school
of
new
music
that
will
take
place
from
12
until
5..
So
again,
that
is
a
juneteenth
celebration
in
ward
4
at
40th
and
thomas
at
the
minneapolis
school
of
new
music
from
12
until
five.
K
D
Thank
you,
madam
president,
and
my
my
comments
are
related
to
to
juneteenth
as
well.
Just
you
know,
and
the
united
states
congress
is
on
the
purposes
of
making
this
a
national
holiday,
and
you
know
I
just
wanted
to
just
acknowledge
the
city
of
minneapolis
and
my
colleagues
for
creating
a
as
a
city-wide
holiday,
which
I
think
builds
the
the
momentum
for
for
other
jurisdictions.
D
Hopefully,
the
state
of
minnesota
will
make
it
a
statewide
holiday.
There
will
be
celebrations
happening
all
over
the
twin
cities
and
certainly
in
minneapolis
in
ward
8.
There
will
be
a
juneteenth
celebration
at
phelps
park
in
collaboration
with
a
number
of
organizations
that
are
located
at
38th
and
chicago,
including
the
black
visions
collective,
so
stop
by.
I
think
there
will
be
a
a
very
broad
conversation
around
public
safety.
That
is
important
and
I
hope
our
community
and
residents
can
participate
in
that
dialogue
as
well
and
yeah.
D
I
mean
it's
a
monumental
day.
It's
the
reason
why
we're
meeting
today,
instead
of
our
regularly
scheduled
meeting
tomorrow-
and
you
know
I-
I
think
it
certainly
is
a
very
important
holiday
in
the
black
community,
but
I
believe
it's
a
very
important
holiday
for
the
united
states
of
america.
More
broadly.
Thank
you.
Madam
president,.
B
B
First
from
the
minneapolis
black
employee
network,
the
minneapolis
black
employee
network
fully
supports
the
passage
of
juneteenth
becoming
a
city
of
minneapolis
holiday.
Recognizing
this
day
as
an
employee
holiday,
supports,
highlights
and
acknowledges
a
significant
time,
not
only
in
african-american
history,
but
in
american
history.
B
That's
from
m
ben
and
echoes
what
council
vice
president
just
said,
and
from
our
human
resources
director
patience
ferguson,
who
is
so
critical
to
this
director
ferguson
says:
juneteenth
is
more
than
a
holiday.
Juneteenth
is
a
celebration
of
black
resiliency
juneteenth
honors
the
incredible
contributions
and
sacrifices
that
black
americans
made
to
this
country.