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From YouTube: October 13, 2022 Public Works & Infrastructure Committee
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A
Good
afternoon,
everyone
I'm
going
to
call
to
order
this
regularly
scheduled
meeting
of
the
public
works
and
infrastructure
committee
for
October
13
2022
I
am
Andrew
Johnson
and
I
am
the
chair
of
this
committee.
At
this
time,
I
will
ask
the
clerk
to
call
the
roll,
so
we
can
verify
a
quorum
for
this
meeting.
B
A
A
We
have
a
number
of
folks
in
community
that
are
here
today
by
the
way
to
speak,
not
on
one
of
these
items,
and
so
normally
we
wouldn't
open
this
up
for
speaking
opportunities
because
it
was
not
noticed,
but
given
that
folks
are
already
here
today,
what
we're
going
to
do
is
create
space
at
the
end
of
the
meeting,
so
that
the
folks
from
Community
who
are
here
to
speak,
have
an
opportunity
to
do
so
and
just
like
these
other
items,
they'll
have
two
minutes
each
to
speak.
A
If
so,
if
you
are
here
to
speak,
please
sign
up
with
the
clerk
and
we
will
proceed
with
the
rest
of
our
agenda
and
then
save
that
for
the
end.
So.
A
You're
you're
good,
thank
you.
So
there
are
three
items
on
the
consent
agenda
which
I
will
read
for
the
record
item.
Number
four
is
authorizing
a
partnership
agreement
with
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Transportation
for
an
outfall
repair
project
at
Taft.
Lake
item
number
five
is
authorizing
the
submittal
of
a
Grant
application
to
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Natural
Resources
for
2023
State
Park
Road
account
program.
Funding.
Item
number
six
is
authorizing
a
second
budget
amendment
for
the
Lowry
Hill
Special
Service
District.
A
Is
there
any
discussion
on
the
consent
agenda
or
are
there
any
items
that
anyone
would
like
to
pull
for
further
discussion,
not
seeing
any
all
those
in
favor
of
the
consent
agenda?
Please
say:
I
I,
those
opposed,
say,
nay,
the
eyes
have
in
the
consent,
agendas
approved.
Next
we
are
going
to
turn
to
our
public
hearings.
Our
first
public
hearing
today
is
the
2023
proposed
services
and
service
charges
for
eight
special
service
districts
and
director
Anderson
Kelleher,
who
will
be
presenting
on
this
item
today.
Thank.
D
You
good
afternoon,
Mr
chair
and
council
members.
My
name
is
Andrew
Carlson
and
I'm
the
project
manager
for
special
service
districts.
Previously,
you
may
recall
we
were
before
you
on
September
15th
to
present
the
2023
services
and
service
charges
for
our
428a
special
service
districts.
As
you
may
recall,
this
refers
to
the
Minnesota
state
statute
that
grants
municipalities
the
authority
to
establish
special
service
districts
by
order.
It's
all
the
special
service
districts
before
you
today
are
Legacy
districts,
meaning
that
they
predate
that
state
statute
428a,
but
regardless
of
a
District's
Origins.
D
All
special
service
districts
allow
property
owners
in
a
commercial
area
to
collectively
impose
service
charges
on
themselves
each
year
to
create
a
pool
of
funds.
These
funds
are
directed
back
to
The
District
in
the
form
of
enhanced
services
and
special
amenities.
These
enhanced
services
and
special
amenities
are
over
above
what
the
city
ordinarily
provides.
D
D
D
The
City
of
Minneapolis
Public
Works
Department
implements
the
recommended
Services,
most
often
through
competitive
bid
contracts
and
through
third-party
vendors.
The
city
provides
all
Advisory
Board,
Administration
procurement,
Services
contract
management,
financial
management
and
vendor
performance
monitoring.
Advisory
board
members
also
monitor
Service
delivery
throughout
the
year
to
ensure
services
are
meeting
the
expectations
of
property
owners
within
each
district.
D
D
Over
this
past
summer,
Public
Works
staff
worked
with
each
district
Advisory
Board
to
recommend
the
services,
prepare
estimated
budgets
and
review
their
assessment
methodologies
for
the
coming
year.
These
service
charges
would
be
collected
on
their
2023
real
estate
taxes
in
the
same
manner
as
special
assessments.
Each
affected
property
owner
was
mailed.
A
notice
of
public
hearing,
which
is
today
with
their
service
charge,
amount
10
days
in
advance
of
today's
hearing.
D
Staff
therefore
recommends
the
passage
of
a
resolution
approving
the
2023
operating
plans,
special
services,
cost
estimate,
service
charges
and
the
list
of
service
charges
for
the
coming
year
for
the
40th
in
Chicago,
Central,
Avenue,
Dinkytown,
East,
Street,
Linden,
Hills,
Lowry,
Hill,
Stadium,
Village
and
Uptown
special
service
districts
and
authorizing
the
department
of
the
Department
of
Public
Works
to
proceed
with
the
work.
A
couple
notes:
the
total
investment
within
our
public
right-of-way,
for
these
eight
districts
is
1.3
million
dollars
of
annual
investment
and,
lastly,
I
just
wanted
to
quickly
give
well
it's.
D
You
know
my
privilege
to
stand
here
and
present
these
budgets
to
you
today.
I
just
want
you
to
know
that
there's
a
lot
of
people
that
are
involved
in
the
delivery
of
these
services
and
the
success
of
our
special
service
districts.
So
just
a
couple
quick,
shout
outs,
you
know
at
the
risk
of-
hopefully
not
forgetting
anybody,
but
we
have
over
65
Advisory
board
members
across
15
districts.
D
My
colleagues,
Michael
McLaughlin
and
David
Bauer
are
the
my
team
that
I
work
with
closely
in
terms
of
making
sure
we
properly
administer
and
deliver
on
these
Services.
We've
got
Paul
Keating
and
Matt
Hannon,
who
are
instrumental
with
the
properly
calculating
our
property
service,
charge,
assessments,
Peggy,
mencheck,
of
course,
from
the
city
clerk's
office.
We've
got
Gene,
Stevens
and
Craig
Troutman
from
accounting,
not
to
mention
all
of
our
wonderful
Public
Works
employees
that
help
us
out
from
time
to
time.
D
E
You
chair,
Johnson
I,
just
wanted
to
share
a
quick
comment:
real
quick
about
the
special
service
districts.
I
know
many
of
them
are
working
in
some
ways,
but
I've
also
been
contacted
pretty
regularly
by
business
owners
in
my
ward,
who
feel
as
though
that,
of
course,
there's
aspects
that
are
not
working
to
fully
utilize
available
resources
that
they
need
in
these
districts.
E
One
clear
action,
I
believe
this
body
can
take
to
get
a
closer
look
at.
You
know
how
we
can
ensure
that
these
Boards
of
these
districts
fully
represent
the
diversity
of
folks
who
live
and
work
every
day
in
these
neighborhoods,
rather
than
the
interests
of
out-of-state
developers
or
corporate
interests.
E
Is,
is
really
looking
at
the
composition
of
these
boards,
how
we
can
truly
diversify
that
so
I
just
wanted
to
share
that
our
office
will
be
reaching
out
to
connect
with
our
staff
to
discuss
steps
or
actions
that
we
can
take
together
to
strengthen
the
community's
representation
through
the
boards
and
I.
Think.
That's
a
really
positive
next
step
in
really
strengthening
the
Dynamics
of
our
Special
Service
District.
A
A
Anyone
anyone
not
seeing
any
I
am
going
to
close
the
public
hearing
for
this
item
and
we'll
see
if
there
are
any
comments
or
questions
from
colleagues.
I
will
just
ask
a
question.
Mr
Carlson
I
know
there
is
communication
from
the
Business
Association
of
Dinkytown
around
disrepair
of
some
of
the
public
right-of-way
and
public
realm
and
a
frustration
around
when
they
would
call
three
and
one
they'd
be
told
hey.
This
is
the
responsibility
of
the
Special
Service
District
and
then
the
Special
Service
District
would
say
this
is
the
responsibility
of
the
city.
A
Can
you
speak
to
these
concerns
and
where
this
is
currently
at
sure.
D
Absolutely
chair,
Johnson,
council
members.
We
had
a
wonderful
community
meeting
in
Dinkytown,
having
heard
from
some
of
the
stakeholders
preceding
that.
D
So
well,
it's
not
something
we
do
all
the
time,
but
just
in
terms
of
the
questions
that
we
have
been
receiving,
we
did
host
a
community
meeting
in
the
Dinkytown
Special
Service
District
last
week
it
was
it
was,
you
know
we
always
want
more
people
to
attend,
but
the
the
folks
that
were
present,
we
had
a
very
engaging
conversation,
I
feel
like
we
were
able
to
address
many
of
their
concerns
and
just
in
terms
of
what
the
roles
and
responsibilities
of
the
service
District
are
it's
not
by
a
mistake
that
service
districts
are
within
public
works.
D
This
is
a
department
that
gets
things
done
and
with
our
colleagues
and
allies
within
the
department,
as
well
as
with
our
our
vendors,
we
are
responsive
to
the
needs,
spelled
out
within
their
annual
operating
plan.
We
are
extremely
mindful
of
that,
while
there's
always
more,
that
can
be
done.
That
comes
at
a
cost
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
are
presenting
a
budget
that
is
Affordable
to
to
those
great
payers.
D
In
terms
of
responsiveness
to
things
that
are
outside
the
purview
of
the
service
District,
we
do
follow
up
to
make
sure
with
our
colleagues
either
within
the
department,
Park
Board,
Public,
Works,
other
business
licensing
and
other
others.
That
would
have
a
a
stake
in
this
to
work
with
them
collaboratively
and
ensuring
that
those
issues
are
addressed.
So
we
we
have
relationships
across
the
Enterprise
to
ensure
that
these
things
get
dressed
addressed
in
a
timely
fashion.
All.
A
Right,
thank
you
for
that.
Any
other
comments
or
questions
on
this
I'll
just
make
the
the
comment.
I
think
it
is
notable
that
a
Business
Association
for
this
area
raised
these
concerns.
It's
you
know.
It
falls
almost
exclusively
on
businesses
in
these
special
service
districts.
To
cover
these
costs,
I
would
like
more
opportunity
for
engagement,
but
also
I'm
sensitive
to
needing
to
move
this
item
forward
as
well.
A
So
I
will
be
forwarding
this
without
recommendation
to
the
council,
so
that
we
have
more
time
for
engaging
with
Community
as
well
ahead
of
that
vote.
So
any
further
comments
or
questions
from
colleagues
not
seeing
any
all
those
in
favor,
please
say:
aye
aye,
those
oppose
a
nay
and
that
motion
carries
next.
We'll
move
on
to
our
second
item,
which
is
a
public
hearing
on
the
2023
assessments
for
non-governmental
tax-exempt,
parcel
Street,
Maintenance
Project,
Director,
Anderson
Keller,
who
will
be
presenting
this
item.
Thank.
F
F
F
The
rate
for
payable
2023
assessments
is
the
same
as
last
year,
so
public
hearing
notices
were
only
sent
to
properties
that
were
either
new
to
the
list,
so
change
tax
status
this
year
or
their
boundaries
changed
and
their
assessment
increased
and
with
that
on
notices
were
mailed
to
just
41
properties.
F
For
both
assessment
types,
there
are
1180
properties
in
the
city
that
are
assessed
for
these
services
for
Street
lighting
operation,
the
median
or
middle
value
assessment
for
eligible
properties
was
40,
is
43
dollars
a
year
and
the
total
for
the
street
lighting
assessments
for
payable
2023
assessments
is
104
397
dollars
for
the
Street
Maintenance
assessment,
the
median
or
middle
value
assessment
for
all
eligible
properties
is
214
dollars
a
year,
and
the
total
assessments
for
Street
Maintenance
is
521
287
dollars
and
with
that
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
All.
A
A
Anyone
not
seeing
anyone
I
will
go
ahead
and
close
the
public
hearing
for
this,
and
then
I
am
going
to
see
here.
Yeah
we'll
just
vote
on
this
item
first
and
then
handle
the
other,
but
we
don't
have
a
second
presentation
for
that.
A
So
any
questions
from
committee
members
not
seeing
any
so
I
will
go
ahead
and
move
approval
of
this
item
all
in
favor,
please
say:
aye
aye,
those
opposed,
say,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it
and
that
is
carried
so
next
we
have
that
item
considering
the
2023
assessments
for
non-governmental
tax
exempt
parcel
Street
lighting
operation
fee
project
and
that
was
already
presented
on
so
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
open
the
public
hearing
for
that
item
is
anyone
here
to
specifically
speak
on
that
item.
A
I
am
not
hearing
anyone
so
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
close.
The
public
hearing
for
that
and
I
am
going
to
move
approval
of
that
item.
All
is
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
aye,
those
opposed
say,
nay,
so
the
eyes
have
it,
and
that
item
carries
as
well
and
I
know.
We
now
are
going
to
move
to
a
public
hearing,
but
before
we
do
that,
I
did
want
to
recognize
a
very
long-standing
member
of
the
Public
Works
team,
Paul
ogren
Paul.
A
You
are
a
complete
jack
of
all
trades
from
your
your
lengthy
amazing
history
here.
So
I
I
want
to
say
a
few
words
but
I'm
first
going
to
turn
it
over
to
director
Anderson
Kelleher,
real,
quick.
C
C
A
jack
of
all
trades
he's
also
a
big
picture
thinker
and
he
often
became
the
person
that
people
went
to
in
public
works
when
there
was
something
that
needed
to
be
solved,
and
maybe
somebody
else
didn't
have
the
bandwidth
to
solve
it,
they
would
give
it
to
Paul
and
Paul
would
solve
the
problem
and
he's
been
doing
that
for
us
for
33
years
he's
a
resident
of
the
city
he's
raised
his
family
in
the
city,
he's
proud
of
our
city
and
his
dedication
to
public
works,
but
overall
to
the
City
of
Minneapolis
is
really
extraordinary
and
I
too
want
to
say.
C
Thank
you.
I
will
miss
him.
He
is
he's
just
a
delight
to
be
around
he.
He
also
I
think
would
want
you
to
know
if,
if
this
isn't
in
the
note
he
was
into
biking
year-round
before
biking
year
round
was
cool
for
about
30
years
here,
so
he's
been
he's
been
riding
his
bike
and
walking
the
talk
for
a
long
time.
So
I
really
appreciate
all
his
work.
A
Thank
you
so
much
and
Paul
just
what
an
incredible
Legacy
at
the
city
in
all
the
ways
I
I
have
this
long
list
of
all
the
different
ways
that
you
have
touched:
the
people
of
our
city,
both
the
residents,
the
guests
of
our
city
as
well
and
I,
mean
it's
I,
said
Jack
of
all
trades,
because
it's
so
expansive
what
you've
done
from
overseeing
the
engineering
laboratory
and
Central
store
operations,
leadership
for
concrete
asphalt,
plant
operations
and
during
the
eventual
removal
getting
projects
through
the
Halloween
blizzard
Paving
construction,
with
oversight
of
many
miles
of
roadways.
A
I
mean
this
list
just
goes
on
and
on
and
on
close
out
financially
over
250
million
dollars
worth
of
projects
covering
several
years
different
advisory
committees.
You've
been
on
I
mean
it's
it's
it's
incredible:
the
diversity
of
your
work
and
all
the
ways
that
you
have
moved
throughout
the
Department
of
Public
Works,
and
and
done
these
vital
services
for
the
residents
of
our
city
and
so
I
I'm,
so
glad
you're
here
to
join
us
today,
and
it's
just
thank
you.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
for
all
the
service
you've
given
to
the
people
of
Minneapolis,
the
City
of
Minneapolis,
and
it's
it's
these
Bittersweet
moments
right
because
we're
sad
to
lose
you
but
also
excited
for
you
in
retirement
as
well,
because
if
anyone
has
earned
a
great
retirement
ahead,
it
sounds
like
you
Paul,
so
I
would
invite
you
to,
if
you
not
to
put
you
on
the
spot.
If
you
have
any
interest
in
say
anything,
please
come
on
up,
but
I
mean
truly
truly
remarkable,
so
yeah.
G
Thank
you,
chair,
Johnson
and
committee
members.
It's
been
a
pleasure.
Not
only
have
I
grown
professionally
here,
but
personally
I've
raised
a
family.
The
city
has
given
me
enormous
opportunities,
and
so
it's
been
a
pleasure.
It's
been
fun,
there's
good
days
and
the
bad
days,
but
you
know
what
so
many
more
good
days
and
we're
all
doing.
G
Good
I
want
to
thank
the
city
for
giving
me
this
opportunity
giving
me
the
resources
to
raise
a
family
here
and
the
ability
to
just
do
really
remarkable
work
with
a
great
bunch
of
people
from
yourself
and
all
your
predecessors
and
all
the
predecessors
and
themselves
so
anyway.
Thank
you
very
much
appreciate
it
very
much.
Thank.
A
Wonderful,
thank
you
so
much
Paul
excellent,
all
right.
Well
before
we
adjourn
today,
we
are
going
to
open
up
to
hear
from
the
public.
We
know
we
have
a
number
of
community
members
here
that
are
interested
in
speaking,
and
so
we
do
ask
the
folks
please
sign
in
with
the
clerk
I
will
call
from
the
list
that
we
have
folks
signed
up
and
then,
if
you're
not
signed
up,
I
will
ask
at
the
end.
A
If
anyone
who
would
like
to
speak
is
also
here
and
then
please,
if
you
can
limit
your
testimony
or
what
you
have
to
say
to
two
minutes
a
person,
so
the
first
person
is
Michelle
gross
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
open
this
Forum.
This
public
hearing
welcome
Michelle
and
then
after
Michelle
we
have
Keith.
H
H
Council
members,
my
name,
is
Michelle
gross
I
am
the
President
of
communities
United
against
police
brutality,
I'm
here
to
talk
today
about
something
that
is
deeply
disturbing
to
individuals
in
our
community,
which
is
the
constant
eviction
of
the
encampments
and
the
small
camps
around
our
city.
Last
Thursday,
we
saw
the
eviction
of
three
encampments
that
literally
put
about
120
people
back
on
the
streets
with
nowhere
to
live
and
when
I
tell
you
that
they
little
the
police
literally
walked
up
slashed
the
tents
with
knives.
You
could
not.
H
If
you
didn't
like
something
I
was
doing
in
my
house,
you
couldn't
take
a
wrecking
ball
to
my
wall
and
Steve
sees
my
property.
They
slashed
the
tents.
They
took
these
people's
property
illegally
and
in
violation
of
a
recent
decision
by
the
state
supreme
or
the
yeah,
the
state
supreme
court
in
the
ACLU
case,
and
not
only
did
they
do
that,
but
now
they've
got
these
people
wandering
the
streets
and
telling
and
the
police
are
telling
people.
H
If
you
are
east
of
27
East
of
Bloomington
on
27th
Street,
we
will
arrest
you
merely
for
standing
there,
not
for
violating
the
law
or
anything.
You
know,
I,
don't
know.
If
people
expect
unsheltered
homeless,
people
to
Simply
vanish
to
evaporate,
I,
don't
know
what
people
expect,
but
we
didn't.
You
know
that
day
that
happened
and
then
I
know
that
that
marvina
is
going
to
talk
about
what
also
happened,
which
is
that
a
halfway
house
for
people
on
parole,
who
are
you
know,
working
they've,
paid,
rent
and
everything
like
that?
H
Suddenly
those
folks
were
evicted
from
their
housing
that
very
same
day
and
suddenly
and
on
and
on
only
the
night,
the
notice
from
five
o'clock
the
night
before
so
now
we
had
32
more
people
made
homeless.
We
called
the
shelters,
we
called
the
shelter
hotline
to
see
if
there
were
any
beds
available.
There
was
not
a
single
bed
available
in
the
City
of
Minneapolis.
There
were
two
beds
available
in
Minnetonka.
This
is
not
solving
the
problem.
What
we
are
asking
for
is
for
the
city
to
place
a
moratorium
on
evictions
for
a
year.
H
People
are
saying
to
us
so
we're
coming
up
with
Solutions
and
things.
We
know
it's
a
complicated
problem.
We
know
the
solutions
take
time,
but
rather
than
making
people
wander
the
streets
cold
with
no
property
having
their,
you
know
their
medications,
their
their
papers,
their
money,
their
means
of
being
warm
rather
than
taking
those
things
and
leaving
people
to
wander.
The
street
Which
is
far
more
dangerous
than
any
encampment.
A
You
and
then
are
you
good
for
a
moment
or
I.
I
know
I'm,
just
gonna,
quick,
announce,
I
know:
councilmember
Payne
did
have
a
another
another
you're,
you're,
good
and
I
know
you
had
another
commitment,
so
I
just
want
to
acknowledge
that
if
you
see
him
take
off
it's,
he
told
me
this
before
the
meeting
perfect:
oh
yeah!
No!
No!
He
let
me
know
beforehand.
So
Keith
is
next.
Okay,.
I
So
my
name
is
marvina
Haynes
I'm,
the
president
of
Minnesota
wrongfully,
convicted
judicial
reform,
October
5th,
around
5
p.m.
I
got
a
call
that
40
of
the
formerly
incarcerated
Residence
at
better
future
Great
River
Landing
we're
going
to
be
displaced.
They
got
told
by
their
parole
officer
that
they
had
24
hours
to
move
with
no
resources
available
to
them.
We
scrambled
all
night
to
find
these
people.
These
formerly
incarcerated
residents
temporarily
housing,
also
better
future
employ
the
residents
at
13.50
an
hour.
I
We
were
able
to
get
some
of
them
jobs
and
also
we
had
legal
representation
to
advocate
for
them
to
try
to
see.
What's
the
best
way
to
handle
this
situation,
we
haven't
had
accountability
from
better
Futures,
which
are
greater
greater
River
Landing.
The
doc
has
had
Hennepin
County
has
no
one
has
had
no
accountability
for
these
actions.
This
place
in
these
men
hurt
our
community.
I
We
are
asking
for
their
deposit
to
be
returned
immediately:
resources
for
them
and
a
whole
list
of
other
things
to
be
able
to
stabilize
these
firmly
incarcerated
man
because
they
didn't
do
any
violations
to
have
this
affect
their
life
in
this
type
of
way,
and
no
one's
talking
to
us
so
I
know
that
Hennepin
County,
like
you,
said,
handles
this
matter,
but
you
guys
are
the
city
and
we're
asking
you
guys
to
hold
people
accountable
and
to
figure
out
what's
going
on
and
to
assist
these
men
because
they
were
trying
to
stabilize
their
life
better.
I
Yet
half
of
them
were
on
level
three
and
level
four
phases:
the
program
only
phased
out
to
level
four.
They
were
promised
housing,
assistance,
housing
vouchers,
a
whole
list
of
things,
and
now
they
have
no
direction
on
what
way
to
turn
or
even
a
solution
for
their
life
at
this
time,
and
all
of
this
happened
on
the
same
day,
they
displaced
hundreds
of
families
in
our
community.
H
And
I
should
mention
that
these
folks,
like
I,
said
they
were
rent
payers.
I
They'll
return
to
jail
because
yeah
they
had
contracts,
they
had
a
contract
with
the
property
itself,
a
lease
that
their
probation
officers
made
them
violate.
They
had
a
contract
with
better
Futures,
which
is
a
re-entry
program
that
was
violated.
They
have
a
contract
with
Hennepin
County
parole
office
that
was
violated.
Please
stand
with
us
and
help
figure
out
how
to
help
this
housing
crisis
that
has
been
put
upon
our
community.
A
H
A
K
It's
okay!
Thank
you,
Council
chair
Johnson
and
council
members
for
giving
me
an
opportunity
to
speak.
My
name
is
Keith
McCarron
a
resident
in
Minneapolis,
and
my
sole
reason
for
speaking
today
is
just
concern
for
the
most
vulnerable
segment
of
our
society
and
what
the
City
of
Minneapolis
is
doing
to
that
population.
K
I
have
no
illusions
of
white
saviorism
so
with
that
I
would
say
that
I
don't
understand
in
the
light
of
the
way
that
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department
is
trying
to
re-establish
trust
in
the
community
and
under
two
consent,
decree
rulings
coming
up
why
they
would
take
this
kind
of
aggressive,
brutal
activity
against
citizens
of
the
city.
The
other
thing
that
I'm
concerned
about
is
in
in
light
of
the
ruling
of
federal
Justice
right,
who
ruled
that
the
city
cannot
damage
people's
property
and
cannot
force
them
to
abandon
their
property.
K
K
So
these
traumatic
things
have
very
real
effects
consequences
on
citizens
and
despite
the
fact
that
people
want
to
not
see
these
people
in
our
community
and
want
them
to
just
vanish
and
disappear,
they're
here,
their
their
residents,
their
citizens
and
I
would
like
that
to
be
respected.
Thank
you.
Thank.
J
Thank
you
for
allowing
me
a
chance
to
speak.
I
am
a
resident
of
Minneapolis.
I
am
here
to
address
the
fact
that
Public
Works
does
work
in
conjunction
with
MPD
harassing
unhoused
residents
of
this
city.
They
did
use
their
own
materials
front,
loaders
Bobcats,
they
were
heavily
involved
in
destroying
people's
property.
J
I
would
also
like
to
mention
that
people
this
isn't
just
this
is
complete
cruelty,
because
people
literally
laugh
and
smile
while
they
are
destroying
people's
belongings,
destroying
their
medications
laughing
in
their
faces
and
not
allowing
them
to
retrieve
their
stuff,
stealing
their
property,
because
people
got
property
to
start
doing
jobs,
snow
removal,
all
this
taken
from
them,
Spirited
Away
somewhere,
they
don't
know
where
it
is.
J
They
won't
tell
them
that
is
beyond
wrong
and
it's
the
winter
is
coming
and
saying
that
it's
undignified
and
I
don't
want
to
see
people
out
in
the
streets.
It's
really
not
about
you.
Do
something,
then,
to
take
care
of
these
people
and
spending
all
this
Budget
on
militarizing,
the
police
I
saw
17
squad
cars
and
a
half
mile
radius
along
with
militarized
golf
carts,
whatever
they're
called
there's
like
five
of
them.
In
a
half
mile
radius,
why
is
all
this
money
going
to
this?
J
I
do
not
understand
it
and
I
don't
understand
why
Public
Works
needs
to
be
involved
and
terrorizing
our
most
vulnerable,
targeted
people
in
this
city
I,
our
taxpayer,
I
I
pay
taxes
here,
I
do
not
want
to
pay
to
watch
my
neighbors
get
killed
and
lose
their
three
people
are
dead
already
because
of
this.
Yes,
many
many
overdoses
in
the
last
week
and
a
half
the
numbers
went
up
and
it's
going
it's
going
to
be
snowing
tomorrow,
it's
going
to
be
really
cold.
J
What
are
people
supposed
to
do
and
they
forced
an
eviction
again.
There
was
like
what
two
three
the
other
day:
yeah,
that's
not
doing
anything
if
you
really
care
put
get
there
are
resources.
I
know
this
city.
Has
the
money
I've
seen
the
budgets
put
the
money
towards
the
community,
stop
giving
it
to
organizations
that
are
laundering
and
filtering
the
money
for
their
own
purposes,
give
it
to
the
Community.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
Ron
is
Ron
here,
Ron.
L
Right,
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
be
able
to
share
some
comments
with
you
today.
My
name
is
Ron
Wetzel
w-e-t-z-e-l-l.
L
L
L
Then
without
further
notice
or
announcement,
the
city
shows
up
one
morning
informs
residents,
they
must
leave
immediately,
can
take
only
what
they
can
carry
and
the
rest
of
their
belongings
are
loaded
up
into
dumps.
Dump
trucks
and
hauled
away
as
garbage
residents,
then
are
left
to
flounder
in
search
of
a
new
location
and
a
way
to
replace
what
possessions
they
had.
M
M
Ron
I
appreciate
you.
Thank
you
for
all.
You
said
this
is
what
I
have
to
say.
Is
that
your
prison
systems
for
a
reason?
But
if
you
don't
want
people
to
repeat
their
behaviors
and
their
habits,
maybe
you
should
act
appropriately
or
give
them
the
appropriate
skills
to
make
sure
that
they're
not
homeless
one
minute.
What
are
you
going
to
do
when
you're
homeless?
You
don't
have
nothing
you're
going
to
go
back
to
your
old
ways,
because
it
was
easier.
It
was
better
quicker,
faster
money.
M
These
non-profits
at
the
city,
state
county
I,
have
no
idea
they're
all
the
same.
I've
done
my
research.
My
research
is
developers.
You
want
to
develop
something
develop
the
state
of
Minnesota
develop.
The
people
here
developed
the
community
here,
make
a
change,
make
a
change.
You
guys
come
on.
Look
like.
M
Something
has
to
change.
There
has
to
be
a
difference.
There's
three
spots
in
the
great
City
of
Minneapolis
they're,
absolutely
doing
nothing
with.
We
understand,
there's
people
with
mental
illness
illness.
We
understand,
you
know,
theft,
we
get
that
are
realistic,
but
to
can
you
just
want
to
be
on
the
streets
and
to
blame
people
for
this,
or
that
is
not
good.
My
words
are
all
jumbled
and
bobbled,
because
last
time
I
was
here.
M
I
say
you
guys
the
city,
whoever
decided
to
take
every
single
thing,
I
owned
as
they're
welcoming
me
to
come
up
here
and
speak
they're,
taking
it
all
away,
I,
don't
know
if
anybody
knows
they're
not,
but
I
came
back
27
minutes
later
and
just
snapped
and
started
throwing
random
garbage
on.
You
know
the
railway
and
that's
not
good
behavior.
You
know
what
I
mean.
That's
kind
of
you
know
unrealistic
Behavior.
Everybody
knows
that.
But
what
I
do
know
is
a
mother's.
M
Love
is
unbelievable,
and
what
I
do
know
is
that
every
resident
in
the
state
of
Minnesota
needs
to
come
to
grapes
with
one
thing
there
needs
to
be
a
change.
This
is
broken.
The
old
saying,
if
it
ain't
broke,
don't
fix
it
well,
it's
broke.
Let's
do
something:
we're
not
going
to
fix
it,
maybe
in
our
lifetime.
Let's
amend
it,
you
know
what
I
mean.
Please
somebody
May
refry,
somebody
from
Hennepin
County.
M
H
Really
briefly,
honestly,
all
right:
okay,
all
right!
Well,
yeah.
H
Consider
themselves
middle
class
or
asset
poor,
which
means
that
they
were
one
paycheck
away
from
becoming
homeless
after
the
pandemic.
It's
now,
59
I
think
that's
a
real
reality
for
people.
The
way
that
we
help
people
stabilize
their
lives
is
not
by
making
them
move
every
10
minutes,
because
the
police
decide
that
some
places
an
eviction
with
no
notice
and
things
like
that.
This
is
not
the
way
I
want
to.
Thank
you
all
for
being
the
most
respectable.
H
We
have
been
trying
to
get
attention
at
this
about
this
issue
this
entire
week
and
starting
last
week
you
are
the
first
people
actually
sat
and
listened
to
us
for
a
change
and
didn't
try
to
get
rid
of
us.
Unlike
what
happened
yesterday
by
the
way-
and
the
point
is-
is
this:
this
can
be
anybody's
problem.
You
know
I
happen
to
have
a
house
right
now,
but
you
know
I'm
on
Social,
Security
I,
don't
know.
What's
going
to
happen,
I
might
run
out
of
money
and
lose
my
house.
H
We
all
of
us
are
vulnerable.
All
of
us
are
vulnerable
and
we
have
to
not
let
this
type
of
conduct
happen
to
our
neighbors.
You
know,
living
in
a
an
encampment
is
not
ideal,
but
it's
a
hell
of
a
lot
more
ideal
than
wandering
around
with
your
stuff
in
your
hands
or
nowhere,
no
blankets,
no,
nothing
and
sleeping
in
a
doorway.
It
is
way
better.
It's
that's.
H
People
perform
these
in
chemists
because
it's
safety
in
numbers,
please,
please
put
a
moratorium
on
the
shutdown
of
these
encampments
for
at
least
a
year
to
give
the
city
an
opportunity
to
build
the
appropriate
resources
and
housing
for
people.
Please
bring
it
into
these
encampment
shutdowns.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
A
I
can
speak
for
my
colleagues
and
saying
it's
really
important
for
us
to
hear
from
community
members,
and
it
always
means
something
when
folks
come
down
to
city
hall,
because
we
know
it's
not
always
easy,
especially
you
know,
as
is
it
can
folks
live.
You
know
miles
away
and
it's
it's
hard
to
get
down
here
in
the
day
for
a
lot
of
folks
too.
So
we
appreciate
that
we
have
no
further
business
before
this
committee,
so
without
any
objection,
I
will
declare
this
meeting
adjourned.
Thank
you.