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From YouTube: June 16, 2021 Committee of the Whole
Description
Additional information at
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A
A
B
Good
evening,
everyone,
my
name,
is
jeremiah
ellison,
I'm
the
chair
of
the
committee
of
whole
I'll
call
to
order
the
special
meeting
for
wednesday
june
16th
I'll
note
for
the
record
that
this
meeting
has
remote
participation
by
council
members
and
city
staff
arise
under
the
minnesota
open
meeting
law.
Section
13
d8.021
due
to
the
declared
state
of
local
public
health,
convert.
B
Additionally,
the
city
will
be
recording
and
posting
this
meeting
to
the
city's
website
and
youtube
channel.
This
meeting
is
public
and
subject
to
the
minnesota
open
meeting
at
this
time.
I'll
ask
the
clerk
to
call
the
role
to
verify
the
presence
of
a
quorum
and
maybe
to
mute
somebody
who's
typing,
pretty
aggressively
on
their
computer
claire.
Please
call
the
world.
A
D
B
Let
the
record
reflect
we
have
a
quorum.
I
will
note
for
the
record
that
council
member
johnson
is
absent
due
to
a
death
in
his
family,
so
keeping
him
in
your
thoughts
and
we
send
him
our
condolences.
B
Colleagues,
we
have
one
item
today
and
that
is
to
receive
public
comments
on
mayor
frye's
proposed
amendments
to
the
2021
budget
relating
to
the
first
phase
of
proposed
funding
under
the
american
rescue
plan
act.
Before
I
open
the
public
hearing,
I
will
ask
our
budget
director
amelia
cooper
to
frame
the
hearing
for
us
by
briefly
summarizing
the
proposed
revisions.
E
E
Go
to
the
next
play.
Thank
you.
So
the
american
rescue
plan
act
was
passed
in
march
of
this
year.
It
included
350
billion
in
direct
aid
to
cities
and
states
across
the
country.
The
purpose
of
these
dollars
are
to
help
respond
to
the
acute
needs
of
the
cobit
19
pandemic,
both
associated
with
health
and
economic
impact.
E
E
The
us
treasury
has
released
guidance
on
may
10th
detailing
the
authorized
uses
of
these
funds.
Minneapolis
is
receiving
271
million.
We
have
already
received
the
first
half
of
that
funding,
135.5
million,
and
we
expect
to
receive
the
other
half
of
that
funding
next
year
in
may
go
ahead
and
go
to
the
next
slide
so
eligible
uses
from
from
a
high
level.
E
In
addition,
the
the
guidance
we've
gotten
from
the
federal
government
also
puts
an
emphasis
on
an
equity
lens
when
spending
arp
dollars,
so
existing
disparities
in
health
outcomes
and
economic
outcomes
are
assumed
to
have
been
exacerbated
by
the
coven
19
pandemic
and
spending
to
ameliorate
those
is
within
the
authorized.
Use
of
these
funds.
F
G
E
So
there
are
a
few
uses
that
are
called
out
as
explicitly
not
eligible
for
use
with
arp
dollars,
and
that
is
deposits
into
pension
funds,
spending
dollars
on
legal
settlements
or
judgments
putting
dollars
back
into
rainy
day
funds
that
may
have
been
depleted
during
the
economic
crisis
as
well
as
financial
service
instruments.
This
just
means
debt
service.
We
can't
use
the
dollars
to
pay
down
debt
we've
already
incurred
and
these
ineligible
uses.
E
We
see
one
of
the
in
one
of
the
big
pieces
for
rationale
from
the
treasury
department
is
avoiding
the
slow
recovery
we
saw
after
the
2009
recession.
So
it
is
the
belief
of
many
of
those
that
crafted
these
guidance.
This
guidance
that
local
austerity
measures,
drastic
cuts
and
spending
led
to
the
slow
recovery
from
the
last
recession.
E
E
In
the
guidance
from
treasury.
We
are
given
a
very
specific
formula
for
calculating
how
much
we
lost
in
revenue
as
a
city
when
we
use
that
formula
and
apply
it
to
the
experience
of
minneapolis.
E
We
find
that
we
lost
about
280
million
dollars
of
revenue,
and
that
is
comparing
our
actual
receipts
in
2020
to
our
expected
expected
revenues.
Had
things
been
moving
in
the
direction
that
they've
been
moving
before
the
pandemic,
so
the
revenue
loss
in
minneapolis
was
substantial
and
in
2021,
when
we
set
the
budget,
we
are
still
experiencing
cuts
and
reductions
because
of
this
crisis.
E
So
in
the
2021
budget,
we're
holding
over
300
positions
vacant
in
the
city
in
order
to
meet
the
lowered
revenues
that
we
continue
to
experience
as
a
result
of
the
economic
crisis
go
ahead
and
go
to
the
next
slide.
E
So
the
mayor's
recommended
proposals
you'll
see
in
round
one
some
targeted
proposals
based
on
largely
external
need
that
have
been
prioritized
because
they
are
seen
as
essential
to
get
out
the
door
this
summer.
Let's
go
ahead
and
go
to
the
next
slide.
E
E
Spending
to
ameliorate
those
is
within
the
use
of
guidance
and
you'll,
see
proposals
that
address
all
of
those
things
in
here
and
that's
about
28
million
dollars
and
I'll
say
I'm
just
going
to
walk
through
the
high
level
summary
of
these.
The
details
on
these
proposals
can
be
found
on
the
city's
website
as
well
as
attached
to
this
limbs.
File
go
ahead
and
go
to
the
next
slide.
E
So
public
safety
nationwide
there
has
been
an
increase
in
crime
as
the
results
are
after
the
the
pandemic,
and
so
the
treasury
guidance
for
arp
dollars
allows
spending
to
address
that
rise
in
crime
as
a
part
of
the
arp
funds,
and
so
there's
about
11.5
million
dollars
in
this
proposal,
going
towards
public
safety
goals
go
ahead
and
go
to
the
next
slide:
climate
and
public
health.
So
spending
to
combat
the
public
health
effects
of
the
coronavirus
pandemic
is
an
authorized
use.
E
In
addition,
some
of
the
indirect
impacts
that
have
been
felt
as
a
result
of
the
coronavirus
pandemic,
such
as
increased
need
for
mental
health
services,
increased
need
for
youth
access
to
services,
as
well
as
programming,
have
been
identified
as
things
that
were
negatively
impacted
over
the
last
year
and
authorized
use
for
these
dollars.
So
there's
about
five
and
a
half
or
five
point:
one
million
dollars
attributed
to
climate
and
public
health
going
on
the
next
slide
and
finally,
city
capacity
and
performance.
E
E
You'll
also
see
recommendations
in
here
to
support
the
work
of
our
convention
center
in
supporting
the
tourism
and
hospitality
industry,
which
has
been
really
singularly
impacted
by
the
the
restrictions
of
the
last
year,
as
well
as
funds
to
support
increasing
access
to
high-speed
internet
within
our
city,
and
that's
about
6.7
million
dollars
go
ahead
and
go
to
the
next
slide.
E
B
Somebody
trying
to
speak
up
or
was
that
just
an
echo
all
right
looks
like
maybe
just
an
echo
all
right.
Thank
you,
miss
prover.
We
will
now
proceed
to
the
public.
We
will
be
accepting
comments
from
speakers
anywhere
they
registered
when
your
name
is
called.
Please
press
star,
six
to
unmute
your
phone
and
make
your
comments.
B
Each
speaker
will
have
a
total
of
two
minutes
and
we
will
be
tracking
time
so
that
we
can
help
speakers
stay
within
that.
It's
time
limit
for
those
who
wish
to
add
their
comments
to
the
public
record,
but
who
do
not
do
not
register
to
speak
at
this
hearing.
You
may
send
your
comments
by
email
counsel,
comment
at
minneapolismn.gov,
that's
council
comment
at
minneapolism.com
and
they
will
be
incorporated
into
the
record
of
this
year.
With
that
we're
ready
to
open
the
public
hearing.
B
We
have
20
registered
speakers
and
we
will
begin
with
speaker
number
one
steve.
B
B
Is
mr
kramer
on
the
line.
B
All
right,
if
he
shows
up,
we
can
circle
back,
I'm
being
told
he
is
on
the
line,
but
I'm
not
able
to
hear
him.
C
Mr
chair
ken
daler
from
the
clerk's
office,
it
may
be
worth
a
reminder.
I
I
can't
remember
if
I
heard
you
say
it,
but
remind
people
to
hit
star
six
to
unmute
themselves
in
case
they're,
muted.
B
Yes,
star
six
hit
star
six,
please
give
it
a
second.
If
you
hit
it
twice
in
a
row,
you'll
simply
re-mute
yourself,.
G
B
Why
don't
you
start
your
comments
and
then
because
you
only
have
two
minutes,
so
I
don't
want
you
yeah.
G
G
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Now
we
are
in
the
final
phases
of
making
envision
community
a
reality,
and
we
appreciate
your.
We
appreciate
you
taking
the
time
to
get
to
understand
our
project
and
us
being
included
in
the
american
rescue
plan
proposed
budget,
the
vision,
family
and
I
are
excited
to
work
with
the
city
to
bring
affordable
units
to
people
experiencing
homelessness
and
these
trying
times
from
winters,
homeowners,
business
owners,
families
and
singles.
We
need
to
come
together
to
help
our
city,
our
community
and
our
neighbors
flourish.
G
H
Okay,
I
apologize
earlier,
but
I
as
you
as
the
first
speaker
said,
I
want
to
thank
you,
mr
chairman,
and
the
members
for
the
opportunity
to
comment
investing
these
resources
is
an
incredible
opportunity
to
launch
our
city
into
a
covet
post,
covet
upswing
after
a
rough
15
months
as
an
involved
and
committed
minneapolitan.
I
appreciate
the
breadth
of
the
mayor's
phase
one
plan
and
I
wish
you
all
success
in
making
wide
decisions
about
the
use
of
american
rescue
plan
dollars.
H
I
want
to
specifically
focus
on
an
aspect
of
the
public
safety
recommendation
you
are
reviewing
tonight.
Addressing
safety
has
always
required
a
multi-faceted
approach
and,
as
that
is
more
true
today
than
ever,
the
mayor's
recommendation
reflects
this
both
and
philosophy
law
enforcement
must
be
at
the
center
of
any
successful
multifaceted
strategy.
H
Today
in
our
city,
mpd
is
at
a
depleted
staffing
level
to
perform
its
critical
functions
consistently
and
effectively.
City-Wide
mpd
needs
help.
It's
positive
that
you
will
tomorrow.
I
hope,
approve
the
mpd
overtime
fund
set
aside
in
the
budget
process
last
december,
and
it's
very
exciting
that
officers
from
the
first
of
three
funded
recruit
classes.
This
year
are
hitting
the
streets,
but
neither
is
anywhere
near
adequate
to
meet
the
safety
challenges.
We
now
face
civilianization
and
expanded
cso
program,
along
with
mutual
aid
support
and
the
dollars
that
the
mayor
recommends
for
those
purposes.
H
B
Thank
you
speaker
number
three
katie
campoff.
B
B
All
right
so
now
here
from
speaker,
number,
three
or
speaking,
number
four,
which
would
be
the
kitty
camp
off
and
before
eric
sorum,
and
so
next
we
will
go
to
speaker
number
five
olga.
B
I
really
apologize
for
not
practicing
that
ahead
of
time,
but
number
five
speaker
is
older
you're
on
the
line.
I
That's
no
problem:
cheering
allison
and
council.
My
name
is
olga
chavellova
bamberger
and
I'm
the
vice
president
of
development
and
strategic
planning
for
metropolitan
community
services,
a
non-profit
corporation
whose
mission
is
to
provide
services,
education
and
resources
to
elderly
and
disabled
individuals.
I
In
short,
we
employ
personal
care
assistants
also
known
as
pcas,
who
provide
critical
services
and
care
to
people
in
minneapolis
to
allow
them
to
remain
independently
in
their
homes
and
community
and
avoid
admission
to
nursing
homes.
I'm
speaking
today,
on
behalf
of
the
minnesota
home
care
association,
a
trade
group
representing
home
care
providers,
the
association
respectfully
requests
the
council
to
allocate
funds
from
the
american
rescue
plan
to
supplement
the
cost
of
providing
pca
services
in
the
city.
Home
care
agencies
are
reimbursed
at
a
rate
established
by
the
state
for
services
provided
under
the
medicaid
program.
I
While
we
have
been
advocating
for
the
minnesota
legislature
to
increase
state
reimbursement,
it
appears
as
though
it
won't
be
enough
to
make
providing
services
in
minneapolis
sustainable
with
the
increase
in
minimum
wage
home
care
association
is
gathering
data
from
providers.
Preliminary
results
show
that
more
than
76
percent
of
agencies
are
considering
discontinuing
services
in
minneapolis,
many
of
whom
are
small,
culturally
specific
providers.
I
This
early
data
equates
to
approximately
750
of
your
citizens
going
without
critical
services.
They
need
to
survive
750
constituents
who
will
be
scrambling
to
find
care
during
pandemic,
70
of
whom
would
identify
themselves
as
a
person
of
color.
Therefore,
providing
funding
for
these
services
is
an
equity
issue.
We're
not
naive.
We
know
the
city
of
lakes
has
a
lot
on
its
plate.
We
know
the
council
strives
to
make
the
city
welcoming
for
all,
and
this
is
your
opportunity
to
demonstrate
your
commitment
to
care
for
residents
of
all
ages
and
abilities.
I
We
ask
that
you
use
some
of
the
american
rescue
funds
to
provide
this
critical
care,
while
we're
considering
asking
the
city
to
exempt
the
implementation
of
this
minimum
wage
for
health
care
positions
that
are
funded
by
government
established
rates.
We
believe
this
offers
another
option
and
would
be
prudent
for
the
council
to
consider.
B
All
right,
thank
you
all
of
us,
sorry
that
the
beeping
is
the
two
minutes
and
and
so
yeah
we
can
try
to
keep
our
comments
within
within
the
two
minutes.
Next
we
have
speaker
six
honor.
F
Great
I'm
a
word
nine
resident
and
work
in
world
one
at
ferris
state
brewing
cooperative,
a
local
small
business.
I
think
I
was
also
the
person
who's
doing
the
aggressive
typing
earlier.
So
sorry
about
that.
F
But
we
just
had
a
call
last
week
with
a
coalition
of
local
small
businesses
around
public
safety,
and
one
of
the
themes
that
emerged
was
a
need
for
safety
solutions
that
are
effective
rather
than
aesthetic
so
for
an
example
of
what
I
mean
ferris
state
is
over
in
central
and
lowry,
and
during
the
shogun
trial
we
had
a
national
guard
troop
and
uniform
fully
armed,
despite
the
fact
that
there
was
no
looting
in
the
area
at
all
all
throughout
the
uprising
last
summer
and
as
far
as
I
know,
there's
no
indication
that
there
would
be
any
looting
during
the
trial.
F
But
then,
meanwhile,
every
day
I
walked
past
a
bus
stop
on
central
lowry,
where
their
folks
were
experiencing
homelessness,
sleeping
on
the
bench
with
their
staff,
and
that
happens
every
day.
So
we
have
a
troops
who
are
responding
to
this
completely
theoretical
safety
emergency.
But
we
have
this
really
real
emergency.
F
Where
folks
don't
have
some
more
faith
indoors
to
sleep
and
there's
no
urgent
response
for
that,
there's
no
one
like
we
can
even
really
call
for
that
at
city
level,
and
so
I'm
thrilled
to
see
some
exciting
research
back
solutions
for
addressing
mental
health,
addressing
homelessness,
addressing
public
health
in
the
mayor's
proposal.
F
J
Hi,
thank
you
so
much
committee
members.
Thank
you
for
this
opportunity
to
comment.
My
name
is
farhaya
budo
and
I
am
a
woman
in
long-term
recovery
from
addiction
also
called
substance
use
disorders.
I'm
an
immigrant
east
african
woman
of
color,
whose
recovery
has
given
me
back
my
values
and
traditions.
I
once
had
growing
up
in
an
unfamiliar
world,
I'm
a
current
minneapolis
resident
in
ward
6..
J
I
come
before
you
this
evening
because
far
too
many
people
like
me
are
dying
too
soon
or
being
robbed
of
the
chance
to
recover
from
this
legal
disease
as
a
certified
peer
recovery,
specialist
with
a
degree
in
addiction,
counseling,
I've
discovered
that
the
minnesota
model
of
addiction,
treatment
or
recovery
leaves
too
many
people
to
fend
for
themselves.
Too
often,
these
people
are
black
indigenous
people
of
color
and
immigrants
who
have
little
or
no
access
to
tools
of
recovery
that
can
save
their
lives.
J
I'm
here
to
ask
you
to
devote
a
portion
of
the
city's
american
rescue
plan
to
funding
culturally
responsive
recovery.
Support.
Doing
so
would
be
a
desperately
needed
investment
in
reducing
overdoses,
relapses
and
residualism.
In
the
city's
buy
ball
communities.
It
will
put
money
where
city
leaders
mouths
are
when
they
speak
about
their
commitment
to
diversity,
equity
and
inclusion.
J
As
reported
minnesota
department
of
health
data
reported
27
percent
increase
in
preventable
overdoses
deaths
last
year,
but
that
the
statistic
sheds
no
light
on
the
unequal
toll
that
substance
use
disorders
have
on
the
buyback
immigrant
community
communities.
We
see
it
every
day,
but
the
data
simply
doesn't
reflect
that
fact.
The
mayor's
american
rescue
plan
in
his
own
words
that
providing
much
needed
relief
to
residents
who
are
struggling
and
will
be
a
vital
resource
to
tackle
some
of
the
city's
more
critical
issues.
B
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
comments.
Next,
we
have
speaker
number
eight.
B
Freddie
all
right,
I'm
not
hearing
from
speaker
number
eight
freddie
tauren.
We
can
move
to
speaker
number
nine
and
go
back
if
folks
log
on
speaker
number.
Nine
is
lorna
schmidt.
K
Mr
chair
and
members
of
the
committee,
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
comment
this
evening.
My
name
is
lorna
schmidt
and
I'm.
The
public
policy
manager
with
catholic
charities,
saint
paul
in
minneapolis
campus
charities,
is
a
halloween
emergency,
shelter
and
direct
services
provider
supporting
over
23
thousand
men,
women,
children
and
families
annually
across
18
sites.
K
B
And
housing
stability
following
lauren
quickly,
sorry
to
interrupt
lorna,
would
you
be
able
to
speak
up
at
all?
A
few
members
are
having
trouble
hearing
me.
K
Sure,
apologies
for
that
these
programs
are
critical
to
responding
to
the
state's
housing
and
homelessness
crisis
which,
as
you
are
all
well
aware,
existed
pre-coven
and
was
made
worse
by
its
economic
impact.
As
discussions
continue
and
details
are
finalized,
we
ask
that
permanent
programs,
like
those
provided
at
catholic
charities,
opportunity,
center
and
hope
street,
be
considered
and
included.
K
These
programs
faced
crisis
level
demand
before
covid
and
have
overcome
seemingly
impossible
challenges
throughout
the
past
year
to
continue
serving
those
in
need
safely
and
without
interruption,
as
temporary
options
intended
to
bolster
the
city's
response
come
to
an
end,
your
permanent
partners
will
face
additional
pressures
to
maintain
service
levels
and
supports
for
over
a
century.
Catholic
charities
has
been
a
constant
presence
in
the
minneapolis
community
for
those
most
in
need.
We
remain
committed
to
serving
the
community
as
we
reimagine
a
post-coveted
world,
but
we
and
our
fellow
service
providers
cannot
do
this
work
alone.
K
B
You
thank
you
so
much
next
we
have
speaker
number
10,
adriana
suriya,.
B
B
all
right,
and
so
I
think
that
would
put
us
at
speaker
number
11,
which
would
be
dave
baking.
B
B
Next
we
have
speaker
12.
The
faizal
demog
is
speaker
number
12.
B
All
right
moving
to
speaker,
13
wendy,
porter.
F
D
Of
the
committee,
my
name
is
wendy
porter
and
I
own
an
event:
management
company
called
wendy,
porter
events
based
here
in
south
minneapolis
in
ward
11.,
I'm
also
the
founder
and
chair
of
the
minnesota
chapter
of
the
live
events
coalition.
Our
industry
is
the
biggest
unseen
industry
in
the
u.s
as
a
whole.
D
The
live
events
industry
is
an
estimated
to
be
a
1.2
trillion
dollar
industry
in
the
united
states,
which
is
double
the
size
of
the
u.s,
auto
industry
and
no
one
seems
to
know
about
us
with
over
12
million
workers
and
1.2
million
small
businesses
across
the
country.
The
live
events
coalition
represents
six
sectors
from
the
live
events
industry,
which
is
an
intricate
tapestry
of
small
businesses.
These
sectors
include
corporate
events
fairs
and
festivals,
fundraising
and
political
events,
non-professional
sporting
events,
celebrations
and
performances.
D
As
you
know,
the
20
billion
dollar
minnesota
live
events.
Industry,
which
includes
an
estimated
1.6
billion
from
the
state
of
minneapolis,
has
basically
been
shut
down
for
the
last
15
months.
At
the
request
of
the
state
of
minnesota,
we
complied
with
those
orders
to
protect
our
community
from
the
spread
of
a
deadly
disease,
but
now
we
are
paying
an
extreme
price
and
have
deep
revenue
losses
to
recover.
Many
of
our
small
businesses
have
lost
100
of
revenues.
In
the
last
15
months
there
was
no
curbside
pickup.
D
We
were
literally
the
first
to
shut
down
and
will
be
the
last
to
reopen
and
now
we're
facing
both
staffing
challenges
and
supply
chain
challenges.
As
we
begin,
the
recovery
our
state
may
be
open,
but
our
small
businesses
have
a
long
road
to
get
back
to
normal,
which
we
anticipate
could
take
two
to
three
years
to
get
back
to
pre-pandemic
levels.
There
are
205
000,
minnesota
workers
and
over
18
000
small
businesses
in
the
minnesota
live
events,
industry
that
have
been
impacted
with
over
approximately
16
000
and
1500
small
businesses.
In
minneapolis
alone.
D
All
of
these
businesses
tie
into
the
hospitality
industry,
which
is
separate,
but
a
related
industry
and
the
live
events.
Industry
is
truly
the
engine
that
feeds
much
of
our
economy.
Events
attract
visitors
who
then
stay
in
hotels,
eat
at
restaurants.
Travel
in
airplanes
and
taxis
and
spend
money
in
retail
stores,
but
it
all
started
with
that
in-person
event.
While
there's
been
some
federal
aid
that
helped
our
industry
most
of
it
fell
far
short
of
the
need
and
to
be.
In
short,
our
industry
has
fallen
from
the
cracks
in
a
spectacular
way.
B
Up
you
so
much
wendy,
please,
if
you
weren't,
finished,
submit
the
rest
of
your
comments
to
councilcomment
at
minneapolism.gov.
Next,
we
have
speaker
14,
israel,
aranda.
L
Hi,
can
you
hear
me
now?
I
can
okay
great
I'm
going
to
interpret
for
a
stateful
member.
His
name
is
jefferson
mendoza
and
he
lives
in
ward.
M
M
L
So,
just
really
quickly,
I
went
through
some
white
steps.
There
was
this
man.
Excuse
me
that
does
not
pay
me.
My
wages,
I'm
owed
over
four
thousand
dollars.
L
So
for
me,
it
is
important
that
this
money
does
not
fall
into
the
hands
of
businesses
or
corporations
who
build
new
houses
where
people
will
with
low
income
will
not
have
access
to
housing,
in
other
words
gentrification.
For
me,
it
would
be
good
if
that
money
helped
people
who
have
been
victims
of
weight
step.
One
idea,
one
idea
that
that
arises
is
that
these
funds
help
monitor
employers
and
make
sure
they
pay
their
workers.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you
so
much.
Thank
you
so
much
next
we
have
speaker
15,
frank.
B
Mccree
speaker
15,
frank
mcquery.
If
you're
on
please
press
star
r6
to
unmute
yourself
and.
B
All
right
bring
anyone
on
the
line,
so
we'll
move
to
speaker,
16,
russ
adams.
N
Thank
you,
mr
chair
members
of
the
community,
the
committee
I'm
russ
adams,
I'm
the
manager
of
the
corridor
recovery
initiatives
for
the
lake
street
council.
I
did
submit
these
comments
to
so
you
have
them.
The
businesses
and
communities
along
the
lakes
recorder
have
weathered
an
unprecedented
number
of
challenges
in
the
past
year,
including
a
major
pandemic
civic
unrest
following
the
murder
of
george
floyd,
a
severe
economic
downturn
in
a
continuing
struggle
to
attract
customers
and
achieve
a
full
recovery
along
the
corridor.
N
You
may
have
seen
the
star
tribune
series
on
the
one
year
anniversary
of
the
civil
unrest
that
noted
of
the
334
damaged
businesses
along
lake
street.
Roughly
a
third
are
still
closed
and
only
21
of
the
most
damaged
properties
are
back
in
business.
It
went
on
to
say
that
east
lake
street
was
particularly
hit.
Hard
quote.
Nearly
40
percent
of
riot
damaged
businesses
along
east
lake
street
have
not
reopened
or
have
closed
in
recent
months.
According
to
a
star
tribune
audit
moving
quickly
into
the
arp
funding
allocation
recommendations.
N
There's
a
lot
to
like
in
this.
We
want
you
to
know
that
we
want
you
to
pay
particular
attention
to
the
many
businesses
along
commercial
corridors
who
have
struggled
under
these
profound
economic
shockwaves,
the
last
16
months,
and
please
consider
how
our
vibrant
bipoc
communities,
cultural
corridors
and
entrepreneurs
have
been
impacted
by
these
disparately
impacted
by
these
social
and
economic
forces
under
the
cultural
district
activation.
N
We
support
this.
We
particularly
appreciate
the
emphasis
on
grants
and
favorable
loans.
Corridor
businesses
and
bypass
entrepreneurs
have
consistently
told
us
they
do
not
want
to
take
on
additional
debt.
That's
not
the
kind
of
assistance
they
need.
We'd
like
to
see
you
consider
increasing
this
amount
to
10
million
because
of
the
wide
latitude
of
uses
envisioned
in
this
program
and
the
outstanding
needs
of
businesses
in
these
cultural
district.
B
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
testimony.
We
will
be
moving
to
character.
Seven
christopher
romano,
seventeen
and
if
anyone
who
I
called
before,
if
speaker
fifth
planet.
B
M
A
Is
chris
romano
good
evening,
I'm
the
executive
director
of
seward
redesign
and
also
the
current
chairman
for
the
of
the
board
for
the
latino
economic
development
center
ledc,
seward,
redesign
and
labc
are
two
of
the
organizations
with
boots
on
the
ground
that
are
contributing
contributing
to
the
recovery
effort
of
lake
street.
A
I
would
second
russ's
comments,
I'm
speaking
specifically
in
regard
to
the
lake
street
corridor,
but
I
would
imagine
that
some
of
my
comments
could
also
apply
to
other
commercial
areas
if
time,
there
are
three
points
I'd
like
to
make
regarding
the
mayor's
recommended
budget.
The
first
has
to
do
with
the
commercial
property
redevelopment
fund
or
cpdf
the
mayor's
recommending
10
million
dollars
to
this
fund.
It's
probably
not
enough,
but
this
is
a
very
important
and
and
flexible
and
accessible
tool
for
bypass
business
owners
and
those
that
are
interested
in
acquiring
property.
A
To
give
a
very
tangible
example,
redesign
is
working
with
two
black
owned
small
businesses
to
purchase
and
redevelop
the
coliseum
building,
which
sits
at
27th
and
and
lake.
It's
a
15
million
dollar
project.
It's
one
of
the
most
consequential
buildings
left
standing
on
on
east
lake
street
outside
of
the
third
precinct
itself,
and
there
is
no
way
that
the
project
can
become
a
reality
without
funding
from
the
I
cpdf.
A
If
the
if
we
are
not
able
to
secure
the
building
and
move
forward
with
the
redevelopment,
we
have
indications
that
the
current
owners
would
bulldoze
the
site
and
sell
it
on
the
open
market
to
the
highest
bidder.
The
cpdf
fund
is
really
an
important
tool
for
us.
My
second
point:
I'm
aware
of
two
immigrant
owned
businesses
that,
at
the
city's
behest
spent
hundreds
of
thousands
of
dollars,
cleaning
up
their
site
and
doing
rubble,
removal
and
demolition
of
damaged
buildings.
A
After
the
fact,
I
know
that
city
staff
worked
hard
to
find
ways
to
pay
for
that
type
of
rubble.
Removal
because
of
legal
and
and
administrative
and
procurement
challenges.
Those
folks
who
spent
money
out
of
their
own
pocket
to
pay
for
this
before
the
city
issued
that
policy
have
not
been
reimbursed.
A
B
Thank
you
so
much
through
testimony,
I'm
gonna
go
back
to
speaker,
15,
frank
mccreery.
I
heard
him
speak
up
on
the
line
when
we
initially
couldn't
couldn't
quite
hear
him
so
frank.
If
you're
on
the
line
I'll
give
you
a
second
to
press
star,
6.
L
P
Oh
yep,
I
hear
you
all
right
there.
We
are
good
evening,
council
members,
my
name
is
frank
mccrary,
I'm
here
today
as
a
northside
resident
and
also
as
a
seiu
local
26
executive
board.
Member
my
day,
job
is
working
in
downtown
minneapolis,
as
an
ambassador
with
did
I'm
here
today
to
speak
in
support
of
the
funding
for
the
community
safety
specialist
program
as
a
lifelong,
north,
sider,
and
also,
and
also
working
with
keeping
our
city
safe.
As
my
day
job.
P
P
The
css
program
has
over
220
hours
of
training
to
help
support
people
in
our
communities,
along
with
the
gold
star
certification
from
the
minnesota
department
of
labor.
It
gives
us
a
new
apprenticeship
and
a
strong
foundation
piece
for
a
long-term
solution
to
the
issues
of
public
safety
that
have
faced
our
community
for
a
long
time.
P
This
is
the
collaborative
effort
between
nrc
ignoc
board,
fciu
local
26
at
next
global
security,
a
black
hole
security
company
that
provides
mentors
trainers
and
is
soon
to
become
a
co-op
through
the
css
program.
We
are
ready
to
get
going.
I'm
so
excited
that
there's
funding
from
this
program
in
this
batch
of
money
here
today.
P
This
program
is
building
off
the
leadership
of
decades
long's
work
from
the
winter
community
and
other
community
organizations
to
take
what
is
already
happening
in
communities
and
making
a
career
with
benefits,
training
and
professionalism.
It
deserves
the
community.
Safety
specialist
will
be
deployed
with
professional
support
to
address
homelessness,
mental
health
crisis
and
addiction
and
other
sources
of
trauma
and
stress
that,
and
that
are
not
areas
for
armed
police
interventions.
Add
value.
B
Minneapolism.Gov
next
we
have
we're
going
to
jump
back
to
the
order
with
doug.
B
Speaker
18,
if
you
are
on
the
line,
please
press
star
6
to
unmute
yourself
and
begin.
Your
comments
can.
Q
You
hear
me
yes,
yes,
we
can
all
right.
Thank
you.
My
name
is
doug
mork
and
I
am
the
director
of
the
building,
dignity
and
respect
standards,
council
or
bdc,
and
also
one
of
the
pastors
at
holy
trinity
in
kind
of
the
downtown
longfellow
neighborhood.
Q
We
are
in
deep
partnership
with
unidos
minnesota,
the
aywood
center
cepul
incalidos,
unidos
and
sciu-26,
and
are
part
of
riza
a
campaign
to
rebuild
the
commercial
corridors
that
suffer
damages
during
and
after
the
uprising
resulting
from
the
murder
of
george
floyd,
along
with
other
community
organizations,
we
are
working
to
ensure
that
what
we
rebuild
is
better
than
the
inequitable
reality
of
these
corridors.
Pre-2020.
Q
Already
in
the
early
days
of
the
demolition
work,
we
witnessed
wage
and
hour
violations,
wage
theft
and
even
potential
labor
trafficking.
These
violations
most
heavily
impact
workers
of
color,
usually
workers
working
without
the
protection
of
a
good
union
contract,
even
as
workers
and
their
allies
have
passed
significant
protections
like
prevailing
wage
and
anti-wage
theft.
Thousands
of
bypoc
workers
are
suffering.
B
Thank
you,
doug
mort.
Thank
you
for
your
comments
because
we
had
a
duplicate,
I
believe
we're
on
speaker,
19
and
that
speaker
number
19
is
our
last
speaker
on
the
20.
and
that
that
speaker
would
be
deborah
hurston.
O
Hi,
this
is
deborah
hurston,
I'm
the
executive
director
of
the
association
for
black
economic
power,
and
we
submit
the
proposal
to
the
city
for
funding
of
the
credit
union
being
planned
for
north
minneapolis
and
my
quest.
My
statement
is
more
of
a
question
I
am
looking
for.
How
do
I
find
out
what
the
status
is
of
our
funding
request
and
where
would
it
fit
under
the
plan.
O
The
residents
of
north
minneapolis
have
been
experiencing
financial
trauma
long
before
covet,
and
it
is
continuing.
It
is
more
activated
now
that
covet
has
entered
the
picture.
The
credit
union
is
more
than
just
a
source
of
pride.
The
credit
union
is
an
avenue
to
address
the
predatory,
lending
and
fringe
banking
and
with
that
out
in
my
comments.
B
Thank
you
and
please
feel
free
to
reach
out
to
any
of
the
council
offices.
This
format
doesn't
allow
for
q
a
but,
but
I
appreciate
you
asking
the
question
on
the
record
and
and
I
encourage
you
to
reach
out
to
houses.
B
And
so
that
is
a
lot
of
speakers.
We
did
have
a
number
of
speakers
who
weren't
on
the
line
when
I
called
on.
I.
B
Whoever
was,
just
speaking,
sorry
is
cutting
out
what
what
I
will
say
is
is,
I
was
gonna,
see
if
there
was
anybody
who
I
called
on
earlier.
Who
is
now
on
the
on
the
call?
I
wonder
if
the
clerks
can
maybe
quickly.
Let
me
know
if
anyone
who
didn't
speak
but
was
called
earlier
is.
B
And
then
also
also
councilmember
jenkins
is
inviting
deborah
hurston
to
call
her
directly,
so
councilmember
jenkins
is
is,
is
letting
you
know
that
in
the
chat
and
so
so
the
clerk.
Anyone
who
I
called
on
earlier,
who
didn't
get
to
speak
but
is
now
on
the
call
that
should
call
him
again.
B
Okay,
it
looks
like
there's.
No
one
else.
Is
there
anyone
who
was
not
registered?
Who
would
like
like
two
minutes
to
give
their
comments
stating
their
name?
Obviously,
so
we
can
have
you
on
the
record.
If
anybody
is
there,
please
press
star.
R
Your
name
hi.
Yes,
thank
you
for
giving
me
the
opportunity
to
talk
on
this
forum.
My
name
is
ade
alabi
I
hold
through
my
llc,
the
former.
J
R
R
After
doing
my
total
due
diligence,
because
that
was
how
much
I
believe
that
decision
was
done
to
be
successful,
but
on
march
16
2020
the
restaurant
business
was
shut
down
because
of
coverage
19,
and
then
we
all
know
what
happened
on
may
29
2020
the
building
and
the
business
is
in
it,
among
others,
were
totally
destroyed
and
burned
down
a
while.
After
the
civil
unrest,
the
city
indicated,
it
will
financially
help
the
affected
businesses,
including
mine,
especially
with
demolition
and
debris,
removal
costs,
and
not
long
after
that.
R
R
I
waited
months
for
the
health
which
never
came,
but
then
I
got
a
an
order
to
comply
letters
from
the
city
stating
that
I
needed
to
do
the
demolition
and
total
degree
remover
on
the
side
in
a
little
over
a
month's
time,
or
I
may
be
fined
and
then
say,
civil
and
or
criminal
legal
action,
so
I
had
to
run
around
and
scramble
to
get
the
money
which
includes
me
getting
a
loan
of
around
fifty
thousand
dollars
loan
from
the
sba
to
build
the
debris,
remover
and
out
of
pocket.
R
The
cost
of
this
project
was
about
425
000
and
the
insurance
only
paid
25
000
towards
it.
Because
of
this,
I'm
really
deep
in
the
hole,
I
believe
like
some
of
the
other
differences.
With
this
same
situation,
I
did
not
cause
the
civil
unrest,
but
this
unrest
has
introduced
the
possibility
of
rendering
me
bankrupt
if
I
do
not
get
help
and
at
least
recouping
the
cost
of
this
debris
remover,
so
we
can
at
least
start
planning
rebuilding
again.
I
thank
you
for
your
time
to
allow
me
to
speak.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you,
and
similarly
I
would
encourage
you
to
speak
reach
out
to
the
council
offices
and
to
help
with
your
specific
issue,
even
though
I'm
not
able
to
address
it
during
this
public
hearing.
B
All
right
so
that
completes
the
list
of
registered
speakers
all
right.
You
know,
so
I
guess
I'll
put
it
out
there
one
more
time.
I
I'll
ask
if,
if
there's
anyone
on
the
call
for
tonight,
hearing
who
is
not
already
already
addressed
the
community,
who
wishes
to
speak
last
chance
for
anyone
all
right
with
no
further
speakers?
I
will
close
this
public
hearing.
B
Thank
everyone
who
participated
in
tonight's
in
tonight's
ebook
or
so
many
comments.
We
appreciate
your
engagement
in
this
important
work
and
it
really
helps
us
move
the
community
forward
and
move
our
city
forward.
B
I
will
say
that,
while
I'm
as
happy
as
anyone
to
not
be
here
all
night,
I
think
that
the
the
arpp
funding
the
city's
recovery-
these
are
big
topics
that
people
are
interested
in,
and
so
the
the
low
number
of
speakers
does
seem
to
indicate
that
maybe
this
process
is
not
moving
in
a
way
where
people
feel
like
they
have
time
to
wrap
their
minds
around
the
decisions,
we're
considering
and
and
how
to
engage.
B
And
so
I
don't
have
any
suggestions,
but
it's
just
something
that
I'm
noting
from
my
colleagues
that,
given
the
steep
amount
of
interest
and
engagement
that
we
consistently
see
from
our
constituents
all
around
the
city,
it
seems
that
19
registers,
a
few
of
whom
were
not
able
to
make
it.
B
It's
just
it
just
stands
out,
so
it's
really
low
and
so,
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
note
that
I
will
repeat
for
those.
B
Before
joining
today's
meeting,
I
will
take
the
opportunity
to
review
the
remaining
timeline
in
which
we
will
work
to
allocate
the
first
round
from
the
american
tonight.
This
meeting
will
adjourn
to
next
next
wednesday
june
29
a.m.
At
that
point,
we
will
consider
amendments
to
the
mayor
after
the
committee
has
considered
amendments.
B
B
Oh
seems,
like
my
signal,
maybe
was
breaking
up.
Is
there
any
information
that
I
should
repeat?
Can
people
hear
me
now.
B
Okay,
yes
and
I'm,
but
I'm
coming
through
clear
now.
B
So
tonight
this
meeting
will
adjourn
to
next
wednesday
june
at
10.
At
that
point,
we
will
consider
amend
amendments
to
the
mayor's
proposal.
After
the
committee
has
considered
amendments,
the
amended
package
will
be
forwarded
to
the
full
city
council
with
anticipated
final
actions
scheduled
at
our
regular
meeting
on
friday
july,
2nd
at
9
30
am.
B
Thank
you
right.
Are
there
any
final
comments
or
questions
from
my
colleagues
before
we
get
ready
to
adjourn,
seeing
none
at
this
point?
Today's
special
meeting
is
adjourned
turned
to
next
wednesday
june
23rd
at
10
a.m.
When
we
will
do
our
markup
session
and
consider
amendments
to
the
mayor's
proposal
have
a
good
night.
Everyone
thank.