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C
A
A
A
A
Seven
is
amending
the
2023
General
appropriation
resolution
decreasing
the
racial
Equity
inclusion
and
belonging
appropriation.
Increasing
the
Office
of
Public
Service
appropriation.
Eight
is
accepting
a
bid
for
ramp
a
escalator
removal.
Nine
is
accepting
a
bid
for
refuse
Packer
bodies
and
Tipper
assemblies.
10
is
accepting
a
bid
for
the
upper
Harbor
Terminal,
lower
Dowling,
Avenue,
33rd
Avenue
and
West
River
Road
construction
project.
A
11
is
authorizing
contract
with
short
Elliott
Hendrickson
Inc
for
engineering
and
design
services
for
Nicolette
Avenue
street
reconstruction
and
Bridge
reconstruction
12
is
authorizing
a
contract
with
restorative
justice,
Community
Action
for
restorative
justice
services
authorizing
a
contract
Amendment
with
Tetra
Tech
Inc
for
National
Incident
Management
System
reset
exercises
14
is
authorizing
a
contract
Amendment
with
Urban
Design
perspectives
for
continuing
work
for
on
the
climate
Equity
plan
and
five
is
authorizing.
Contract
Amendment,
with
stantec
Inc
for
engineering
and
design
services
for
the
upper
Harbor
Terminal
project
16
is
authorizing.
A
Contract
Amendment
with
Deloitte
Consulting
LLP
for
additional
compensation.
Consulting,
Services
and
17
is
contract
amendments
with
organizations
providing
Services
Under
the
Minneapolis
strategic
Outreach
initiative.
While
this
item
was
originally
originally
had
three
contract
amendments
at
the
request
from
staff
I'll
be
removing
I'll,
be
moving
to
delete
the
first
contract
Amendment
with
the
corporate
neighborhood
association
neighborhood
organization.
A
18
is
authorizing
contract
amendments
with
various
artists
for
the
John
Biggers
seed,
public
art
project
and
19
is
authorizing
a
contract
with
the
National
forum
for
black
public
administrators
for
a
recruitment
table.
Is
there
any
discussion
on
the
consent
agenda?
C
You
chair,
I,
will
send
I
just
want
to
pull
item
18
the
contract
Amendment
with
various
artists
for
the
John,
bigger
C
public
art
project.
Thank.
A
You
and
then
I
will
pull
items.
One
two
and
seven
item
seven
is
being
pulled
so
that
we
can
amend
the
language
per
staff's
request
and
and
then
I'll
talk
a
bit
about
items.
One
and
two,
as
those
have
been
held
from
the
past
committee
as
well,
so
see
no
further
discussion.
A
I'll
move
to
approve
items
three
through
six:
eight
through
sixteen
Seventeen
B
and
17c
and
items
item
19
and
I'll
move
to
delete
item
17A
from
the
agenda
a
little
bit
convoluted,
but
almost
in
favor,
say
aye
aye
aye,
all
those
opposed
say.
No,
all
right
that
motion
carries
and
the
consent
agenda
is
approved.
A
I'll
start
with
items
one
and
two.
These
are.
These
items
were
held.
Are
staff
positions,
appointed
positions
in
the
police
department?
We
requested
a
presentation
that
will
be
coming
tomorrow
at
Cal,
and
so
we
will
be
I'll,
be
holding
those
items
in
committee
and
taking
no
action
today.
But
I
think
that
after
the
presentation
things
go
well
and
I
I
suspect
that
they
will
or
I
hope
that
they
will.
But
as
the
public
gets
to
see,
what
the
plan
is,
what
the
vision
is.
A
Moving
forward
on
these
positions,
we'll
have
an
opportunity
to
pull
the
items
at
full
Council,
either
way,
but
I
think
as
a
part
of
transparency
and
due
diligence.
It
felt
most
appropriate
to
not
take
action
until
after
we've
seen
the
presentation
and
then
do
I
have
to
make
a
motion
to
delayed
items.
Okay,
we
just
no
action
on
those
items
today.
A
A
The
funding
was
originally
to
be
transferred
to
the
Office
of
Public
Service,
but
staff
have
since
reached
out
to
request
that
the
transfer
be
to
the
community
planning
Economic
Development
Department,
due
to
their
small
business
program
being
in
better
alignment
with
this
event
and
as
such
I'll
be
moving
to
amend
the
resolution
to
increase
the
community
planning
and
economic
development
general
fund
budget
instead
of
the
Office
of
Public
Service.
Is
there
any
discussion
on
that
item?
A
Seeing
no
discussion,
all
those
in
favor
say:
aye
aye,
all
those
opposed
to
Nay
and
that
motion
carries
and
and
then
on
item
18
is
an
amendment
with
various
public
artists.
So
we
have
Mary
I,
don't
know
if
we
have
too
many
questions,
but
just
in
case
it's
glad
to
have
you
here.
I
pulled
this
item
because
I
think
that
I
might
be
one
of
the
artists
included
on
the
item
and
for
that
reason,
I
have
to
abstain
from
this.
A
From
this
vote,
I
was
an
artist
long
before
I
was
in
on
the
council
on
this
item.
Is
there
anything
that
you
wanted
to
add?
Solomon
all
right,
great
and
I
will
call
on
councilmember
if
I
share
wansley.
Thank.
B
A
That
motion
carries,
and
so
our
next
item
is
an
update
related
to
the
cities,
hate
crimes,
response
and
I.
Understand
that
there's
a
presentation
and
saw
now
invite
civil
rights
director
Alberta
Gillespie
to
get
us
started
with
presentation.
Thank
you.
So
much.
D
Thank
you,
chair
Ellison
and
council
members
I'm
here
to
provide
an
update
on
the
work
in
response
to
a
council
directive
which
asks
multiple
City
departments
to
consider
and
address
the
following.
The
city's
existing
protocols
and
policies
were
responding
to
hate
crimes,
particularly
those
targeted
at
places
of
worship,
protocols
and
policies
from
jurisdictions
that
have
been
successful
in
deterring
and
accountability
and
healing
from
hate
crimes,
existing
requests
from
recommendations
from
organizations
representing
representing
communities
targeted
by
hate
crimes.
D
D
This
directive
we've
been
working
in
a
very
collaborative
way:
the
Civil
Rights
department,
the
city
attorney's
office,
Minneapolis
Police,
Department
and
NCR,
and
so
this
presentation
will
focus
on
the
tools
we've
identified
that
already
exist
in
in
the
Enterprise
to
address
in
bias
crimes
as
well
as
our
plan
moving
forward,
so
I
will
bring
that
up.
Next,
the
city
attorney's
office.
E
Thank
you,
chair
Ellison
members
of
the
committee,
I'm
Mary
Ellen,
Hing
I'm,
the
criminal
Deputy
I'm,
just
going
to
give
you
a
kind
of
a
quick
overview
of
what
the
law
is
I.
Think
as
we
started
these
discussions,
we
thought
that
was
a
really
good
place
to
start.
So
you
know
what
already
exists
in
state
law
and
then
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
two
of
my
colleagues
and
our
victim,
witness,
specialist
and
they're
going
to
talk
about
this
a
little
bit
from
the
victim
perspective.
E
E
The
case
that
was
in
the
news
recently
that's
a
felony
because
of
the
level
of
injury
on
the
victim
who
was
transgender.
While
we
believe
that
crime
was
motivated
by
bias,
it
is
charged
as
I
believe
a
third
degree
assault
because
of
the
injury,
and
that's
where
the
laws
kind
of
I
think
frankly
lacking
because
that
crime
is
more
serious
because
of
the
level
of
injury
and
not
because
of
you
know
what
the
alleged
facts
are,
but
an
assault
where
there
would
not
be
a
felony
level.
E
Injury
can
be
enhanced
to
a
gross
misdemeanor
so
up
to
a
year
in
jail
if
the
victim
or
victims
were
assaulted
because
of
their
actual
or
perceived
race,
color
religion.
All
of
those
factors
same
with
damage
to
property,
damage
to
property,
can
be
enhanced
based
on
those
factors
and
then
the
same
with
harassment
or
violation
of
a
restraining
order.
E
I
think
some
of
the
facts
that
we
see
in
these
kind
of
cases.
Some
of
them
are
obviously
very,
very
obvious
facts
right.
If
someone
punches
someone
and
uses
a
racial
slur
or
other
derogatory
remark,
then
that's
going
to
be
could
be
elevated
to
a
biased
crime
graffiti,
depending
on
what
that
graffiti
is.
If
it's
on
a
place
of
worship
or
depending
on
again
what
they
write
can
be,
but
it
can
be
other
things
such
as
you
know,
in
the
middle
of
the
attack.
E
If
someone's
cultural
garments
are
pulled
off,
we
might
be
able
to
enhance
based
on
that
motivation
or
even
something
as
simple,
not
simple,
but
if
they
as
they're
assaulting
you
or
committed
this
crime,
they
say
go
back
to
your
own
country.
Those
are
the
kind
of
facts
that
we
look
at,
that
we
can
use
in
our
analysis
of
should
this
be
elevated
to
to
a
biased
crime.
E
So
now
I'm
going
to
introduce
two
of
my
Victim
witness,
specialist,
Julie,
teets
and
Miriam
Diaz
Miss
Diaz,
has
been
part
of
this
work
group
she's
new
to
our
office
and
was
interested.
The
reason
Ms
tits
is
going
to
present
today
is
Miss
Diaz
just
got
back
from
vacation
and
I.
Didn't
think.
I
wanted
on
her
first
afternoon
back
to
ask
her
to
appear
so
she
is
here
because
she's
part
of
it
but
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
Julie
to
present
just
on
some
things
from
the
victim's
perspective.
F
You
chair
Ellison
and
members
of
the
committee.
My
name
is
Julie
tits
and
Miriam
Diaz
and
my
colleague
and
we
are
victim
witness
specialists
in
the
city
attorney's
office,
and
we
just
wanted
to
share
some
of
the
barriers
that
we
we
can
see
as
far
as
victims
and
involved
in
heat
and
bias
crimes.
So
you
know,
there's
always
the
overall
lack
of
knowledge
inside
and
outside
the
system,
on
what
hate
crimes
are.
What
can
actually
be
reported
where
to
go?
F
F
The
situation
could
get
worse
those
sorts
of
things
as
well
as
Language
and
Cultural
barriers.
Not
knowing
that
you
know
if
you
don't
speak.
If
your
English
is
not
your
first
language,
that
there
are
services
available
for
translation,
to
talk,
General,
mistrust
of
law
enforcement
and
the
legal
system
not
having
knowledge
of
the
U.S
system.
Countries
of
people
from
countries
of
origin
have
different
systems
that
don't
match
up,
and
so
it's
hard
to
sometimes
navigate.
F
What
is
illegal
in
the
U.S
versus
what
might
be
legal
from
your
country
of
origin,
unaware
of
victims,
rights,
and
you
know
just
overall
training
and
lack
of
training
and
law
enforcement
and
how
to
work
with
victims
of
bias
and
what
types
of
questions
to
ask
to
know
like
what
the
statute
that
could
be
applied
to
the
statute
and
what
could
come
from
an
interview
on
how
to
charge
that
out
and
then
also
just
lack
of
resources?
I
mean
victims
when
you're.
F
If
your
case
is
in
charge,
you
don't
you
don't
have
many
places
to
go,
I
mean
Miriam
and
I
obviously
work
with
lots
of
victims
within
the
cities
that
the
case
has
been
prosecuted,
but
you
know
not
every
case
gets
charged,
and
so
there
are
barriers
to
that
as
well.
So
those
were
just
our
our
list
that
we
have
so
far.
It's
definitely
not
a
full
list,
and
there
is
that's
all
we
have.
G
Hi,
chair
Ellison
council
members,
thanks
for
having
us
today.
My
name
is
Kayla
mcconindera
and
I'm.
The
director
of
the
complaint
investigations
division
within
the
Civil
Rights
department
and
I'm
here
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
bias,
incidents
that
aren't
necessarily
criminal
in
nature,
but
can
be
addressed
via
the
city's
civil
rights
ordinance
and
via
the
division
that
I
lead
the
complaint
investigations
division.
So
what
we're
able
to
do,
or
what
we're
charged
with
under
the
ordinance
to
do
is
to
investigate
claims
of
discrimination.
G
We,
where
that
usually
comes
up
for
us,
is
and
where
we
have
jurisdiction
to
investigate.
Is
things
like
discrimination
and
employment
in
housing,
public
accommodation
so
where
you
might
shop,
use
a
gym,
go
to
a
restaurant
and
in
public
services,
so
interactions
with
the
police
or
with
housing,
inspectors,
other
city
employees
and
in
a
few
different
areas.
It's
very
similar
to
kind
of
the
biased
crime
discussion
that
Mary
Ellen
was
discussing
where
it
has
to
be
based
on
protected
class.
G
We
do
have
a
slightly
more
expanded
list
of
protected
classes
in
the
civil
civil
rights
ordinance,
so
we
the
most
often
the
cases
that
we
see
are
similar.
It's
race,
national
origin,
disability,
sexual
orientation,
things
of
that
nature,
but
we
also
have
things
like
familial
status
and
status
with
regards
to
public
assistance
within
the
Civil
Rights
ordinance,
and
so
what
we
kind
of
how
that
works
are
just
an
idea
of
the
types
of
situations
that
we
would
see,
bias,
incidents
that
we
could
investigate
and
have
the
jurisdiction
to
do
so.
G
It
would
be
things
like
not
getting
a
job
or
not
getting
a
promotion
and
thinking
that
that's
based
on
your
protected
class
race,
national
origin,
disability,
something
like
that.
It
also
could
be
experiencing
a
hostile
housing
environment
or
a
house
hostile
work
environment
based
on
your
protected
class,
or
it
could
be
something
like
being
denied
services
at
a
restaurant
or
a
store
because
of
your
actual
or
perceived
protected
class.
G
Just
to
give
you
a
very
basic
overview
of
what
our
process
looks
like
if,
if
someone
were
to
experience
that
and
then
come
to
our
office
with
that
that
experience
and
telling
us
about
it,
one,
they
can
file
a
complaint
lots
of
different
ways:
online
3-1-1.
They
can
come
to
our
office
and
once
we
receive
that
complaint,
my
staff
have
interaction
with
them,
get
more
information
to
understand
what
exactly
occurred
and
whether
it
looks
like
it's
something
that
fits
under
what
we
can
enforce
under
our
ordinance.
G
And
then
we
proceed
with
helping
them
draft
a
charge
of
discrimination.
So
that
charge
is
then
once
it's
drafted
is
shared
with
the
respondent,
which
is
whoever
is
alleged
to
have
engaged
in
discrimination
and
then
that
entity,
whether
it
be
an
employer
property
owner,
is
able
to
respond
and
then
we're
tasked
with
investigating
whether
it
does
in
fact
appear
that
discrimination
occurred.
G
Whether
there's
enough
evidence
to
to
demonstrate
that
that
occurred
and
then
make
a
decision
as
to
whether
that
is
the
case
throughout
that
process
and
in
an
attempt
to
provide
kind
of
more
avenues
for
Community
to
engage
and
have
this
be
a
productive
process
for
them.
We
offer
mediation,
so
we
have
a
fairly
new
program
that
offers
early
mediation.
So,
right
after
a
charge
of
discrimination
is
filed,
we
bring
folks
in
it's
voluntary,
but
if
folks
are
willing,
we
bring
them
in
to
meet
with
one
of
our
mediators.
G
We
have
trained
in-house
mediators
within
my
division
and
then
they
try
to
come
to
some
sort
of
solution
regarding
what
what
happened?
If
that's
not
successful
or
say
the
parties
don't
want
to
participate
in
that,
then
we
always
have
the
ability
to
go
through
the
full
investigative
process
and
make
a
decision
as
to
what
the
evidence
shows
in
regards
to
whether
or
not
it
occurred.
If,
for
instance,
we
go
through
that
whole
process-
and
yes,
it
does
look
like
discrimination
did
in
fact
occur
by
an
employer
property
owner.
Whatever
the
the
case
may
be.
G
So
that's
where
everyone's
obligated
to
come
in
and
we
talk
to
the
person
that
filed
the
complaint
and
then
the
the
alleged
discriminator
and
then
the
department
is
a
part
of
that
as
well,
and
try
to
reach
a
resolution
of
settlement
to
the
case
so
in
either
that
situation
or
in
a
situation
where
mediation
occurred
at
some
time
along
along
the
way,
the
types
of
things
that
people
get
out
of
that
often
it's
monetary
in
nature.
G
So
a
lot
of
times
they
get
some
sort
of
money
paid
out
if
they're
settling
a
case,
but
also
non-monetary
things
like
being
able
to
get
a
job
back,
stay
employed,
stay
in
their
housing
or
bigger
picture
items
that
hopefully
will
promote
discrimination
not
happening
in
the
future.
Like
anti-discrimination
training
policy
changes,
things
like
that,
so
that's
kind
of
kind
of
what
they're.
G
Looking
at
that
comes
out
of
our
process,
I
will
highlight
that
we
had
a
pretty
successful
year
in
2022
with
that,
with
over
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
collected
on
behalf
of
victims
of
discrimination
throughout
the
year,
either
via
conciliation
or
mediation
kind
of
along
the
way.
And
then
the
last
thing
I'll
highlight
and
as
I'm
sure
you
all
know,
because
you
hear
from
your
constituents
as
well.
If
we
get
complaints
that
are
bias,
related
incidents,
but
don't
necessarily
fall
under
our
jurisdiction.
So
it's
not
an
employer
or
a
property
owner.
G
It's
maybe
just
a
member
of
the
public
on
the
street
that
they
had
an
interaction
with.
Maybe
it's
a
neighbor,
something
like
that
which
we
don't
have
jurisdiction
to
necessarily
investigate,
but
we
have
formed
a
partnership
with
Seward
Longfellow
restorative
justice,
and
we
do
refer
those
cases
there
to
either
provide
the
person
that
experienced
this
more
resources
in
their
neighborhood,
more
ways
to
feel
supported
or
potentially
a
restorative
conference.
If
they're
able
to
engage
with
the
person
that
was
allegedly
engaged
in
the
bias,
the
bias
incident.
G
H
You
good
morning,
chair
Ellison
and
other
council
members,
I
am
Lieutenant
Molly
Fisher
I
am
in
charge
of
the
pre-service
training
for
MPD
and
with
me,
is
Lieutenant
kazra
nasimport
who's
in
charge
of
our
procedural
Justice
division.
We
are
here
on
behalf
of
deputy
chief
Waite,
who
cannot
be
here
with
us
this
morning,
and
she
asked
for
us
to
come
and
speak
with.
You
I
just
wanted
to
address
some
of
the
policies
that
MPD
has
in
place.
H
Our
policy
is
that
they
shall
take
a
police
report
for
that
crime
and
that
they
shall
actually
call
a
supervisor
to
the
scene
as
well,
who
shall
also
observe
anything
that
occurred
there
and
that
they
shall
as
well
at
a
supplement
to
that
that
case
report
and
then,
as
far
as
the
training
side
of
things
within
the
police
academy,
we
do
actually
discuss
the
bias
crimes
in
our
report.
H
Writing
class,
where
it
is
discussed
of
them
doing
that
particular
thing
that
we
were
that
I
just
explained
as
well
as
their
follow-up
question
within
our
policy
procedural
testing
process
that
we
have
throughout
the
academy
as
well.
There
is
a
question
on
having
to
report
bias
crimes
and
we
are
actually
discussing
at
the
moment
adding
a
reality-based
training
scenario
within
our
Academy
as
well.
H
That
would
relate
to
a
bias
crime
again,
that's
a
discussion
that
has
not
actually
that
is
not
in
process
as
of
yet
and
then
as
far
as
the
our
procedural
Justice
side
of
things.
Obviously,
procedural
Justice
is
talking
about
the
legitimacy
of
policing
our
communication,
the
way
that
we
treat
people
and
obviously
discussing
that
key
piece,
we
think,
is
an
important
factor
of
allowing
people
within
the
community
to
feel
comfortable
within
being
able
to
actually
discuss
these
incidents
with
us
and
actually
report
these
particular
crimes.
I
Good
afternoon,
chair
Allison
and
council
members,
my
name
is
Karen
Mo
I'm,
director
of
neighboring
community
relations,
and
we
are
also
involved
in
this
joint
Department
project.
Our
role
really
is
I.
Think,
as
Julian
Miriam
pointed
out,
is
to
talk
about
and
remind
ourselves
of
the
barriers
in
community
to
accessing
this
information,
as
well
as
accessing
the
resources
that
are
available
so
we'll
continue
to
support
this
work.
I
think,
in
addition
to
that,
what
we
recognize
is
for
some
of
our
community
members
reporting.
This
is
there
are
challenges
within
our
communities
either.
I
Lastly,
we
would
also
bring
in
the
concern
about
reducing
this
crime
overall,
so
thinking
about
even
Upstream,
not
necessarily
waiting
until
something
happens,
but
what
can
we,
as
a
city,
do
to
actually
send
a
message
that
we
will
not
tolerate
hate
crimes,
and
so
we
will
continue
working
on
this
I
will
say:
I
appreciate,
council
members
raising
this
issue
and
bringing
this
to
a
directive
to
City
departments
as
well.
I
appreciate
all
of
my
colleagues
and
director
Gillespie
for
continuing
this
work.
We
started
this
before
the
directive.
I
D
Foreign,
so
hopefully,
council
member
I
mean
Sherry
Ellison
and
council
members.
That
gives
you
an
idea
of
what's
currently
happening
in
the
city,
to
address
hate
and
bias
crimes,
and
so
our
goal
has
been
to
take
the
directive
that
was
given
to
us
and
figure
out
how
we
can
collaborate
to
be
proactive,
as
director
Mo
just
said,
and
so
when
I
talked
about
before
as
a
civil
rights
director,
the
education
elevation
and
engagement,
bringing
all
of
that
to
this
particular
directive.
D
D
And
capacity
to
address
these
issues,
so
in
our
meetings
we
determined
that
what
I
offered
up
as
a
civil
rights
department
is
that
we're
in
the
process
of
hiring
a
project
coordinator
in
a
position
that
can
do
a
a
city-wide
campaign
about
this
particular
issue
and
then
also
help
us
as
internal
staff
figure
out
where
we
can
coordinate
where
the
the
opportunities
for
us
to
collaborate
in
in
addressing
this
issue.
So
I'm
really
excited
about
that.
We
will
start
interviewing
people
actually
this
week
for
for
that
position.
D
So
there
is
not
a
lack
of
commitment
or
or
passion
around
this,
and
it
is
one
of
the
primary
things
that
when
I
came
into
this
civil
rights
position
in
in
Karen,
director
Mo
talked
about
this,
but
even
when
I
came
into
this
position
a
little
over
a
year
ago.
That
staff
brought
to
me
in
terms
of
this
is
what
the
community
is
feeling
places
of
worship:
our
AP
aapi
Community,
just
a
number
of
different
areas:
our
immigrant
Community,
where
our
transgender
Community,
where
this
is
being
felt.
D
We
know
that
there
has
been
an
increase
in
hate
crimes.
If
you
look
at
the
FBI
statistics
on
this,
we
had
an
opportunity
to
look
at
some
of
those,
and
so
we
know
that
these
things
are
on
the
rise.
So
to
have
this
campaign
where
we
can
educate
and
engage
the
public
and
work
with
the
community
on
how
we
can
proactively
try
and
prevent,
but
when
it
does
occur,
how
we
then
address
that
that
is
how
we
plan
on
moving
forward
with
that
I
will
stand
for
questions
well.
A
First
I
just
want
to
say
just
give
an
incredible.
Thank
you
to
your
team
to
all
the
directors
and
departments
that
are
part
of
this
collaboration.
You
know
one
of
the
things
that
you
know,
governments
kind
of
in
general,
get
criticized
for
is
working
in
silos
and
so
to
see
multiple
departments
coming
up
to
present
on
the
work
that
they're
doing
in
relation
to
this,
because
it's
not
just
a
civil
rights
issue.
A
It
has
all
these
other
layers
that
it
touches,
and-
and
so
that's
that's
really
encouraging
to
see,
and
so
thank
you
for
that
and
I
know.
We
have
a
few
questions
from
colleagues
and
I.
Think
I
have
a
few
questions
myself,
but
we'll
start
with
Vice
chair
wansley.
Thank.
C
You
chair
Ellison,
more
so
of
a
comment,
so
thank
you
so
much
to
our
staff
for
this
presentation.
You
know:
I
got
unanimous
support
for
This
research
in
October
after
a
mosque
in
War,
II
was
vandalized
with
the
hate
crime,
and
sadly
this
is
also
opportune.
Timing
for
this
presentation.
As
a
City
Attorney
Mary,
Ellen
highlighted
you
know
we
had
this
tragic
attack.
C
Horrific
attack
attack
on
a
transgender
relative
just
this
last
week,
so
as
you
noted
we're
seeing
the
rise
in
these
attacks
months,
many
of
our
vulnerable
communities
and
most
vulnerable
constituents.
So
this
is
a
incredibly
tragic
reminder
that
we
need
to
be
looking
at
our
practices
and
taking
action
to
make
sure
that
hate
crimes
on
the
basis
of
race,
religion,
gender
or
anything
else.
As
you
noted,
it's
not
happening
in
Minneapolis
that
we're
setting
that
standard
and
that
that
go
bar
so
again
just
want
to.
C
Thank
you
know
civil
rights
for
leading
this
work
and
for
the
city,
attorney's
office
and
neighborhood
community
relations
and
the
police
department
for
being
a
part
of
it,
I
will
say:
I
was
disappointed
and
Confused
to
not
see
our
commissioner
of
the
office
of
community
safety
lead
and
being
involved
in
this
work.
I
envisioned
that
this
is
exactly
the
kind
of
work
that
would
be
perfect
for
our
new
OCS
Department,
because
it
is,
as
you
all
demonstrated,
a
multi-department
response.
It
requires
everyone
to
have
their
hands.
C
You
know
supporting
this
work,
but
nevertheless,
again
I
just
want
to
thank
civil
rights
for
taking
the
lead
and
convening
many
of
our
great
departments
to
really
troubleshoot
how
we
can
better
response
and
be
proactive
around
this
issue
and
I
look
forward
to
working
with
every
single
one
of
you
to
continue
straightening
our
response.
But
again
you
know
making
Minneapolis
a
model
where
we
are
proactively
doing
everything
possible
to
make
sure
that
this
is
not
tolerated
and
not
encouraged
in
our
city.
So
thank
you
all.
A
I
wanted
to
I,
don't
know
if
there
are
any
other
questions
from
colleagues,
but
I
I
wanted
to
ask
a
clarifying
question
for
my
own
knowledge
of
Attorney
Mary
Ellen.
There
was
you
talked
about
if
the.
If
the
assault
was
severe
enough,
it
would
get
elevated
but
then
no
longer
be
considered
a
hate
crime
is
that
is
that
did
I
misunderstand
that
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
I
was
chair.
E
Also,
members
of
the
committee,
so
the
first
salts
they
they
get
enhanced
based
on
two
two
legal
legal
issues:
one
if
someone
has
a
certain
number
of
Prior
convictions.
H
E
A
A
E
For
assaults,
though,
they
can
become
felonies
based
on
level
of
injury.
So
you
know
if
I,
if
I
say,
were
to
to
punch
you
and
break
your
orbital
bone.
The
fact
that
I
broke
a
bone,
that's
going
to
be
a
felony
level
injury,
even
if
I
have
no
prior
history.
So
in
the
incident
that
happened
again,
I'm
not
familiar
enough
with
the
person's
criminal
history,
but
let's
just
let's
say
that
the
person
who
who's
alleged
to
have
done
the
crime
that
just
happened
here.
E
That
person
has
no
history
based
on
what
I
understand.
Just
from
what
I've
read
in
the
news
of
the
level
of
injury,
that's
going
to
elevate
this
to
a
felony
charge,
but
we,
but
we
know
at
least
some
assumptions
are
being
made
that
this
was
also
motivated
by
the
victim
being
transgender
that
will
come.
E
You
know
we'll
see
how
that
plays
out
in
court,
but
but
if,
but
it's
a
felony
charge
and
I
haven't
seen
the
complaint
but
I'm
assuming
it's
like
a
felony
third
degree,
and
then
the
bias
charges
may
actually
be
lesser
offenses.
Because
of
the
fact
that
this
is
a
felony.
Whereas
if
if
the
victim
was
not
as
severely
injured-
and
you
know
had
no
demonstrable
injury,
it
might
be
if
they
had
no
priors,
normally
a
fifth
degree,
a
misdemeanor.
But
we
could
enhance
that
to
the
gross
misdemeanor.
A
Got
it
does
that
make
more
sense?
That
does
make
sense
that
does
make
sense
and
and
I
just
wanted
to.
You
know,
I,
think
a
part
of
when
the
public
hears
about
the
term
hate
crime
and
I.
Think
when
you
know
your
average
lay
person
hears
the
term
hate
crime,
it's
it
sounds
severe.
It
sounds
like
that,
but
it
speaks
to
intent
and
I
know
that,
and
so,
when
I
was
hearing
like
things
will
get
elevated
based
on
injury,
not
necessarily
someone's
intent.
You
know
just
kind
of
speaks
to.
A
You
know
that
we
that
at
least
in
the
loss,
maybe
the
term
hate
crime,
doesn't
necessarily
carry
the
same
weight
that
it
that
it
does
with
us
and
that
it
maybe
should
so
I
was
so
anyway.
Just.
E
Enter
Olsen,
agree,
I,
think
that's
a
really
great
point
and
I
think
it's
something
you
know
that
should
be
discussed
at
the
state
level,
because
there
are
certain
things
that
add
additional
penalties
to
a
crime.
You
know
if
a
certain
crime
is
committed
and
a
gun
is
used
right,
then
there
can
be
additional
penalties.
So
this
is
one
of
those
strange
anomalies
where
you
know
obviously
assaulting
someone
is
very
serious,
but
then,
if
you're
motivated
by
one
of
these
these
factors,
you
would
think
that
should
elevate
your
penalty
or
something.
E
But
yet
it
may
not
be
the
most
serious
charge
that
you
could
face
right
and
I
think
you
know
if,
if
I
had
my
way
that
would
be
looked
at
and
perhaps
there'd
be
some
changes
at
the
state
law
level
to
to
really
make
this
as
serious
as
it
is
because
I
think
in
this
particular
case
you
know
it's
it's
a
more
serious
charge
because
of
the
unfortunate
injuries
and
not
necessarily
because
of
what
the
motivation
was
and
that
that
doesn't
seem
to
really
accurately
reflect
reflect.
A
Right
well,
thank
you.
So
much
are
there
any
other
questions
from
colleagues.
D
I
would
just
like
to
say,
chair,
Ellison,
council
member
publicly,
thank
you
to
all
of
the
Departments
here
on,
because
it
has
honestly
been
a
just
a
pleasure
to
work
with
them
and
witness
the
passion
around.
You
know
this
particular
issue
and
protecting
and
educating
our
constituents
here
in
Minneapolis.
So
thank
you.
A
Absolutely
thank
you.
Seeing
no
further
discussion,
I'll
ask
the
clerks
to
file
that
report
and
with
that
we've
concluded
all
business
to
come
before
the
committee
today
and
if
there's
no
objection,
we
are
adjourned.
Thank
you.
All.
J
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