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A
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B
A
C
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
colleagues,
item.
One
is
an
update
on
where
we
are
with
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Human
Rights
investigations
into
the
City
of
Minneapolis
and
the
police
department.
The
city
attorneys
are
here
to
give
a
brief
update
about
the
status
of
the
city
settlement
negotiations
with
the
mdhr.
C
And
the
city
and
the
mdhr
negotiations
are
confidential,
as
is
typical
for
settlements
of
legal
claims.
As
a
result,
the
City
attorney
will
not
be
able
to
discuss
and
or
answer
questions
about,
the
substance
of
any
of
those
items
being
discussed.
Although
the
City
attorney
cannot
share
details,
I
hope
that
it
will
be
worthwhile
for
the
public
to
get
a
status
update
and
with
that
I
will
invite
to
the
attorney
Kristen
Anderson
to
give
the
report
good.
D
Afternoon,
council,
president
and
council
members,
thank
you
for
letting
me
appear
before
you
today
to
give
just
a
brief
overview
status,
update
on
the
city's
negotiations
with
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Human
Rights
I'm,
going
to
give
the
presentation,
starting
off
with
a
little
bit
of
a
recap
on
the
background
how
we
got
to
where
we
are
today
and
then
a
short
update
on
the
current
status
as
council
president
identified
negotiations
of
settlements
of
legal
claims
are
always
confidential.
In
my
experience,
and
this
one
is
frankly
no
different.
D
D
Excuse
me,
okay,
so
back
to
the
Refresh
on
on
the
background,
how
we
wound
up
in
the
place.
We
are
today
so
June
1
2020.
In
the
wake
of
the
murder
of
George
Floyd,
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Human
Rights,
the
state
agency
responsible
for
overseeing
the
Minnesota
Human
Rights
Act
filed
a
charge
of
discrimination
against
the
City
of
Minneapolis
to
begin
an
investigation
into
whether
there
is
a
pattern
or
practice
of
racially
discriminatory
policing
in
Minneapolis.
D
Right
away,
June
5th
2020
after
that
charge
was
filed,
the
city
council
and
mayor
approved
and
the
human
rights
Department
signed
a
stipulation
for
a
temporary
restraining
order
that
mandated
several
immediate
changes
to
MPD
policy.
Examples
include
Banning
neck
restraints,
requiring
the
chief's
approval
to
use
crowd,
control,
weapons,
reinforcing
the
duty
to
report
and
the
duty
to
intervene.
That
applies
to
all
officers,
regardless
of
rank
and
requiring
disciplined
decisions
within
30
days
of
review
panel
recommendation
and
those
discipline
decisions
must
be
published
when
they
are
finally
public.
D
So
after
those,
the
restraining
order
was
put
in
place,
mdhr
began
in
Earnest
its
investigation
into
the
charge
of
discrimination,
so
at
the
human
rights
Department
from
July
of
2020,
through
about
March
of
2022
conducted,
its
investigation
and
the
city
fully
cooperated
disclosing
documents
making
City
Witnesses
available
for
for
interviews
and
then
in
April
of
April
27th.
Precisely
of
2022,
the
human
rights
Department
released
a
probable
cause
finding
asserting
that
the
city
and
MPD
have
engaged
in
a
pattern
or
practice
of
racially
discriminatory
policing.
D
In
July
of
2022,
so
a
few
months
after
the
probable
cause
finding
was
issued,
the
commissioner
of
Human
Rights,
Rebecca,
Lucero
council,
president
Jenkins
and
mayor
fry
all
signed
a
joint
statement
of
principles
which
was
then
published,
and
there
are
really
I
would
say,
four
key
provisions
of
this
joint
statement
of
principles.
That
really
has
been
the
guidepost
for
our
negotiations.
Ever
since
the
joint
statement
was
entered
so
number.
D
The
Dignity
of
all
persons
in
Minneapolis
and
a
respect
for
Life
health
and
safety
are
to
guide
the
actions
of
MPD
officers
and
necessary
measures
are
undertaken
to
build
trust
between
MPD
and
all
communities
in
the
city.
That
was
the
first
of
the
joint
principles.
The
second
was
that
the
parties
agreed
to
negotiate
toward
a
court
enforceable
settlement
agreement
to
address
the
probable
cause.
Findings
and
I
know
this.
D
Past
summer,
City
assistant,
City,
attorney,
Lathrop
and
and
City
attorney
Ginder
gave
you
a
presentation
on
what
is
a
court
enforceable
settlement
agreement,
how
it
differs
from
a
consent
decree.
So
that
was
the
second
of
the
joint
statement
of
principles.
Third
part
of
the
joint
statement
of
principles
was
an
agreement
between
the
city
and
mdhr
that
any
settlement
agreement
that
we
enter
into
will
include
an
expert
to
evaluate
compliance
with
the
agreement
on
the
federal
level.
D
These
are
called
monitors
and
then
the
final
provision,
important
to
the
Joint
statement
of
principles,
is
that
if,
in
fact,
the
Department
of
Justice,
which,
as
you
know,
is
still
investigating
the
City
of
Minneapolis
reaches
a
consent
decree
with
the
city,
mdhr
and
the
city
have
agreed
that
they
will
modify
any
provisions
of
any
settlement
agreement
between
mdhr
and
the
city
that
that
as
needed
to
ensure
that
there
are
no
conflicting
Provisions
between
any
consent
decree
and
an
mdhr
agreement.
Compliance
with
both
is
possible,
and
then
there
is
no
more
than
one
monitor.
D
Foreign,
so
that
brings
us
up
until
the
summer
of
2022
Again
The
Joint
statement
of
principles
was
entered
in
July
of
2022,
and
then
negotiations
began
starting
in
August,
2022
and
continuing
to
the
present.
The
city's
legal
team
and
the
human
rights
Department
in
that
span
of
time
have
met
about
28
times
nearly
all
for
whole
day.
In-Person
negotiation
sessions,
in
fact
I
think
my
second
day
on
the
job
I
was
in
a
full
day
negotiation
session.
Talking
with
mdhr,
the
parties
have
been
negotiating
in
good
faith.
D
D
If
we
reach
agreement,
we
will
be
coming
to
the
city
council
for
a
vote
on
the
agreement.
The
agreement
is
not
in
agreement
until
and
unless
the
city
council
approves
of
it,
the
mayor
signs
it
and
the
commissioner
of
Human
Rights
also
signs
it.
If
again,
we
reach
an
agreement,
that's
approved
by
this
body,
the
mayor
and
the
commissioner
of
Human
Rights,
then
that
agreement
will
be
filed
in
court.
What
that
process
will
look
like
will
be
then
dictated
by
the
court.
D
Folks
have
asked
me:
what
does
public
participation
look
like
once
we
are
in
the
midst
of
a
settlement
agreement,
that's
been
approved
by
the
court
and,
while
I
can't
speak
to
what
ours
might
look
like,
what
I
can
say
is
that
it
is
very
typical,
like
for
federal,
consent,
decrees,
Federal
pattern
and
practice.
Consent.
D
Decrees,
that
there
again
is
a
monitor
and
the
monitor,
has
significant
public
engagement
includes
listening
sessions,
webs
public
websites,
reflecting
progress
of
terms
of
of
the
consent
decree
again
I
can't
speak
to
what
ours
might
look
like,
but
that
would
be
a
typical
term
that
you'd
see
in
in
federal
consent.
Decrees.
D
So
again,
very
high
level
status,
update,
I
I
apologize
that
I
can't
give
you
a
whole
lot
of
details
again.
It's
it's
because
of
the
the
confidentiality
that
I
hear
adheres
to
all
settlement
negotiations,
but
I
thought
it
would
at
least
be
helpful
for
you
all
to
know
in
the
public
to
know
that
that
those
negotiations
are
still
progressing
and
what
the
what
the
process
might
look
like.
D
Once
we
get
a
settlement
agreement
in
place,
I'm
obviously
happy
to
come
before
the
council
and
give
status
updates
either
again
before
we
have
an
agreement
and
obviously,
once
we
have
an
agreement.
If
the
council
would
like
further
public
presentations
from
from
myself
or
my
staff,
we
would
be
more
than
happy
to
come
and
and
give
those
updates
to
you.
C
E
F
Thank
you,
madam
president.
I'm
really
excited
even
to
have
this
brief
presentation
today.
You
know
I
know
I
share
with
you.
You
know
that
we
hadn't
had
a
presentation
since
July,
and
this
is
a
matter
that
you
know
has
worn
justifiably
a
lot
of
public
concern.
People
want
to
know
what's
going
on
how
the
city
is
approaching
it.
So
thank
you
for
providing
you
know.
Some
level
of
update
of
you
know
showing
that
we're
still
at
the
table
when
we're
moving
forward.
F
Also,
thank
you
for
presenting
information
that
kind
of
reiterates.
You
know
what
our
kind
of
basic
Scopes
related
to
a
consent,
decree
and
also
I,
think
this
entire
process
has
made
it
very
clear.
Like
you
know,
the
negotiations
themselves
is
to
create
a
plan
for
the
police
to
be
in
basic
legal
compliance
with
State
human
rights
law,
and
you
know
it
seems
like
there's
been
so
much.
You
know
in
the
the
mdhr
findings
shared
that
of
you
know.
F
There's
has
been
years
and
years
of
us
not
being
in
compliance
so
much
so
that
you
know
in
your
first
several
months,
there's
been
27
meetings
total,
but
you
this
is
taking
up
a
lot
of
your
time.
You
know
as
a
new
City
attorney
and
taking
on
shaping
this
work
with
our
partners
at
the
state.
So
I
just
want
to
you
know
validate.
You
know
the
work
that
you're
doing,
but
also
validate
many
of
our
constituents.
F
Who
said
prior
to
this,
you
know,
report
coming
out
like
MPD
ain't
been
okay
and
I'm
hopeful.
You
know
that
we
will
have
a
successful
negotiations
process
and
hopefully
reach
an
agreement
process
that
can
be
upheld
in
the
courts,
but
also
want
to
share
for
the
public.
You
know.
A
successful
consent
degree
means
that
we're
getting
MPD
back
into
compliance
with
constitutional,
like
laws
basically
free
from
discrimination
and
essentially
ceasing
its
pattern
of
violating
human
rights.
That
is
the
Baseline
of
this.
F
This
whole
process,
and
also
wanted
to
because
we've
gotten
lots
of
questions
about
this
too,
as
it
relates
to
the
consent
decree
making
it
clear
that
it
does
not
include
anything
about
mental
health
response.
It
doesn't
necessarily
take
on
social
workers
and
victim
services
like
that
is
not
names
because
I
think.
Of
course,
people
have
seen
this
as
an
opportunity
to
open
the
doors
towards
how
are
we,
you
know,
approaching
Public
Safety
in
a
different
way,
because
it
you
know
Public
Safety
does
not
start
nor
end
with
MPD.
F
So
naming
you
know
again,
the
scope
of
this
consent
decree
is
here
around
you
know
getting
it
up
into
compliance
with
state
law
and
federal
law.
It's
not
a
lot
of
this
other
work
that
this
Council
can
shape
the
comprehensive
proposal.
So
you
know
I
want
to
name
that,
because
we've
also
gotten
lots
of
questions
of
like
so
is
you
know,
BCR
is
going
to
be
in
there
like
all
those
things
so
I'm
hoping
you
know
as
we
get
these
regular
updates.
F
I
appreciate
having
regular
updates
on
this,
because,
again,
this
is
such
a
significant
matter
that
this
body
is
going
to
be
taken
up
especially
this
year
and
wanting
our
public
to
be
fully.
Also
aware
of,
you
know
what
is
the
status,
how
things
are
moving
along
and
be
assured
that
council
is
going
to
be
fully
involved,
I
mean
informed
when
we
have
to
make
a
decision
on
this
agreement.
So
thank
you.
Thank
you.
G
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D
C
C
A
H
Thank
you,
madam
vice
president,
we'll
be
taking
up
six
items
on
Thursday
for
approval
item.
One
is
denying
a
variance
approval
at
a
property
at
1338,
Logan,
Avenue
North
item
two:
are
the
liquor
license
approvals
and
three
of
the
liquor
license
renewals
item?
Four?
Are
the
great
streets,
Business
Development
support,
Grant
agreements?
Item
five
is
rezoning
at
29,
50,
45,
Garfield
and
item
number.
Six
is
a
commercial
property
Development
Fund
loan
for
a
property
near
George
Floyd
square
at
805,
East
38th
Street
with
that
I
will
be
moving
all
items
on
Thursday.
A
I
A
J
J
A
K
You,
madam
vice
president,
the
public
health
and
safety
committee
is
bringing
forward
five
items
that
it
is
recommended
for
approval
item.
One
is
authorizing
a
license
and
maintenance
agreement
with
the
Metropolitan
Council
for
public
artwork
at
2125
West
Broadway
item
two
is
accepting
a
grant
for
the
minister
from
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Health
for
the
Health
Equity
Network
program.
K
Item
three
is
accepting
a
grant
from
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Human
Services
for
opioid
response
work.
Item
four
is
approving
the
use
of
opioa
settlement
funds
for
a
full-time
employee
in
the
health
department
to
help
with
opioid
response
programming
and
item
five
is
confirming
an
appointment
to
the
Homegrown
Minneapolis
food
Council
I'll
stand
for
any
questions
on
these
items.
A
I
You,
madam
chair,
the
Public
Works
infrastructure
committee
is
ringing
forward.
19
items
this
cycle.
The
first
is
the
upper
Harbor
Terminal
public
infrastructure
Street
reconstruction
project.
The
second
is
the
Osseo
Road
Street
reconstruction
project.
The
third
is
the
Hennepin
Avenue
South
Street
reconstruction
project,
temporary
construction,
easement
agreement
item
number
four
is
an
agreement
with
Mac
Council
for
construction
of
a
temporary
traffic
circle
and
items
5
through
19
Are
Special
Service
District
Advisory
Board
appointments.
L
Thank
you,
madam
vice
president,
the
audit
committee
took
up
three
items
of
business.
The
most
important
and
crucial
item
of
business
was
appointing
Ryan
Patrick
as
our
city
auditor,
after
quasi-national
search.
We
had
candidates
from
around
the
country
and
regionally
that
applied
for
this
and
we're
very
happy
to
have
Ryan
Patrick
on.
A
M
Fat
and
healthy
his
eye,
his
right
eye,
I,
know
you're
the
loud
one.
I
was
worried
about
his
right
eye
and
it
looks
amazing
right
now.
A
lot
of
people
don't
realize
that
we
do
so
much
Animal
Care.
These
guys
are
a
feral
litter
that
just
came
in
Saturday.
You
are
the
messiest
kitties.
Look
at
all
that
food
on
their
faces.
They
don't
know
how
to
eat,
because
you
don't
have
a
mama
to
shake
her
finger
at
you.