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From YouTube: July 22, 2020 City leaders provide update on response to homelessness, COVID-19 and recovery work.
Description
Speakers include:
Andrea Brennan (CPED): update on encampments response; City/County RFP for proposals for homelessness response and plans to use ESG funding to bring several new shelters online.
Erik Hansen (CPED): Recovery work updates.
Enrique Velazquez (CPED): Update on the City’s complaint-based, education forward approach to compliance of COVID protocols.
A
Good
afternoon
I'm
Andrea
Brennan,
director
of
housing
policy
and
development
for
the
Community
Planning
and
Economic
Development
Department
I'm.
Also
the
interim
director
of
the
Community
Planning
and
Economic
Development
Department
mark
ruff.
Our
city
coordinator,
is
currently
in
the
city
council,
Budget
Committee
meeting
right
now.
That
committee
is
meeting
to
discuss
the
amended
2020
budget.
A
A
We
have
updates
on
recovery,
work
updates
on
the
city's
complaint,
based
education
forward
approach
to
compliance
of
Kovan
protocols
and
then,
if
our
health,
commissioner,
Gretchen
music,
can't
can
join
us
from
the
Budget
Committee
meeting
and
we'll
also
have
an
update
on
the
latest
health
inspections
in
bars
on
the
latest
kovat
statistics
from
Minneapolis.
So
I
will
start
with
the
update
on
on
the
city's
homelessness
response.
A
The
city
in
the
county
have
been
partnering
on
homeless
response,
since
the
start
of
the
pandemic,
helping
to
get
vulnerable
persons
out
of
shelters
and
into
hotels,
ensuring
that
shelters
could
remain
open
for
24
hours
and
providing
hygiene
support
through
the
City
Health
Department.
To
those
experiencing
unsheltered
homelessness,
despite
all
of
these
efforts
and
work
by
the
county,
to
bring
bring
on
more
shelter
capacity
than
we've
ever
had
before,
we
know
that
we
are
experiencing
unprecedented
levels
of
unsheltered
homelessness.
A
The
city
and
county
are
working
to
further
expand
our
response
through
directly
funding,
shelter,
expansion,
street
outreach
services
and
other
services
to
support
persons
experiencing
homelessness.
The
city
has
received
a
one-time
influx
of
funding
from
the
federal
government
through
the
hairs
act
to
provide
help
with
responding
to
homelessness
during
the
pandemic.
This
historically
large
one-time
emergency
solutions
grant
or
ESG
as
we
call
it.
Funding,
provides
an
opportunity
to
strategically
respond
to
kovat
19
across
a
range
of
strategies
and
to
reshape
the
city-county
homelessness
response
system
to
better
serve
persons
experiencing
homelessness.
A
We
expect
to
make
Awards
of
up
to
9
million
dollars
from
this
RFP
process
outside
of
the
RFP
process.
The
city's
policy
and
government
oversight
committee
of
the
City
Council
tomorrow
will
consider
a
funding
package
of
approximately
8
million
dollars
to
expand
shelter
in
three
separate
projects,
including
a
new
women-specific
stand-alone
year-round
shelter.
This
project
is
a
partnership
between
the
city
and
the
county
and
a
non-profit
service
provider
to
a
new
medical
respite,
shelter
to
serve
medically
frail
persons
experiencing
homelessness.
A
This
project
is
funded
by
the
city,
the
county
and
the
state
through
Minnesota
Housing
and
then
third,
a
new
emergency,
shelter,
culturally
designed
to
serve
Native
American
persons
experiencing
homelessness.
This
project
is
in
partnership
with
American
Indian,
Community,
Development,
Corporation
and
funded
by
the
city,
county
and
state.
A
All
three
projects
are
a
response
to
the
significant
increase
in
unsheltered
homelessness
that
has
occurred
locally
since
the
beginning
of
the
Cova
19
pandemic
and
and
and
subsequent
economic
turbulence.
We've
experienced
the
city
County
response
to
homelessness
during
kovat
nineteen
prioritizes
moving
people
from
unsheltered
homelessness
to
safer
shelter
and
housing
situations.
A
We
strongly
believe
that
encampments,
especially
large
encampments,
pose
serious
health
and
safety
risks,
and
we
should
and
that
we
should
be
undertaking
strategies
to
reduce
the
size
and
manage
the
growth
of
encampments
at
existing
encampments.
We
are
committed
to
working
with
our
contracted
outreach
providers
to
identify
who
is
staying
there
and
help
them
connect
to
services
and
safer
housing
and
shelter
options.
We
are
currently
working
to
finalize
an
outreach
contract
to
provide
additional
$200,000
to
support
individualized
approaches
to
serving
persons
experiencing
unsheltered
homelessness,
with
a
focus
on
placement
into
permanent
housing.
A
Housing
solves
homelessness.
In
addition
to
all
of
these
efforts
to
improve
the
homeless
response
system,
we
are
continuing
our
efforts
to
bring
more
permanent
housing
options
online
for
people
experiencing
homelessness.
There
will
be
110
new
housing
units
coming
online
between
now
and
February,
21
that,
specifically,
that
they
are
specifically
designated
for
persons
experiencing
homelessness
and
during
the
rest
of
2020.
We
we
expect
to
close
on
the
financing
for
city
funding
for
another
two
hundred
and
ninety
units.
A
We
are
also
preparing
for
the
end
of
the
evictions
moratorium
tomorrow.
The
city's
policy
and
government
oversight
committee
will
also
consider
1.2
million
in
funding
to
support
free
legal
services
to
low-income,
minneapolis
renters
facing
eviction
or
living
in
housing.
With
habitability
issues,
resources
are
available
to
assist
low-income
minneapolis
residents
to
pay
the
rent
and
mortgage.
The
city
is
providing
3
million
for
emergency
rental
housing
assistance.
The
application
period
for
these
funds
is
closed,
but
residents
can
still
apply
for
county
funds.
A
The
county
has
made
15
million
of
its
federal
cares,
act,
funds
available
for
emergency
housing
assistance,
both
rent
and
mortgage
information,
can
be
found
at
Hennepin
dot.
U.S.
forward
slash,
rent
help
again,
Hennepin
dot,
US
forward,
slash,
rent
help,
and
this
link
is
also
on
the
city's
the
city's
coronavirus
Housing
website.
A
The
state
is
also
making
another
100
million
available
for
housing
assistance.
We
expect
to
have
in
available
on
or
around
the
1st
of
August
and
we'll
link
that
information
on
our
website
as
well
about
how
to
access
those
state
funds
when
we
get
to
the
questions.
Part
of
this
I'd
also
like
to
acknowledge
that
David
Hewitt
of
the
Minneapolis
Hennepin
County,
Office
and
homelessness
director
is
also
here
to
respond
to
questions
so
with
that.
I
will
turn
it
over
now
to
Eric
Hanson.
Who
will
talk
about
recovery,
work
updates?
Thank
you.
B
Good
afternoon
my
name
is
Eric
Hanson
and
the
city's
director
of
economic
policy
and
development.
It's
Eri,
Kay,
Haan,
Sen
I
have
a
few
updates
in
three
areas
about
the
recovery.
First,
we'll
start
with
unemployment
and
employment
and
training.
At
this
moment,
as
we've
reported
in
the
past,
there
are
a
hundred
more
than
a
hundred
thousand
people
in
Minneapolis
receiving
unemployment
benefits
many
of
these
people.
Most
many
of
these
people
are
younger,
they're,
black
indigenous
people
of
color
or
people
with
limited
educational
credentials.
This
is
a
big
deal
coming
up
this
week
is
widely
reported.
B
The
federal
top-off
of
$600
of
benefits
per
week
from
the
pandemic
unemployment
assistance
program
will
end
and
without
federal
extension.
In
this
program,
we
expect
to
see
a
in
the
region.
Dramatic
economic
drop-off
and
families
in
our
city
will
endure
more
hardships
due
to
the
pandemic
for
those
laid
off
or
looking
for
support
to
find
new
jobs.
The
cities
or
the
state's
career
support
system
is
available
for
jobseekers.
You
can
find
more
information
by
and
pre-screening
by
talking
to
this,
the
career
for
centers
in
the
city
on
the
north
side.
B
While
we
are
monitoring
people
on
unemployment,
we
are
also
supporting
our
young
people
in
the
community.
With
the
step-up
program,
the
step-up
programs
and
running
for
a
number
of
years
in
Minneapolis
provide
youth
internships
and
career
services
for
young
people
through
summer
internships.
We
typically
do
about
fifteen
hundred
this
year
do
the
pandemic.
We
were
able
to
find
virtual
or
in-person
internships
for
about
five
hundred.
Those
are
people
making
somewhere
between
eleven
dollars
and
thirty
cents,
an
hour
to
thirteen
dollars
and
twenty-five
cents.
B
An
hour
we
had
about
three
thousand
people
apply
for
the
program
this
summer
and
for
those
who
did
not
get
an
internship,
we
have
paid
training
online
training
for
for
those
and
we've
had
about
a
thousand
young
people.
Take
us
up
on
that
offer
it's
a
five-week
program
where
our
young
people
can
make
up
to
$600
in
stipends
for
participating
in
that
full
training
program.
Damage
assessments
continue.
Our
Assessors
office
is
in
the
process
of
reassessing
properties
that
were
damaged.
B
We
have
over
700
buildings
that
were
damaged
in
the
events
after
the
murder
of
George
Floyd
and
numbers
will
continue
to
come
out.
We
work
with
our
inter
government
relations
staff
to
convey
these
numbers
to
the
state
legislature
as
they
consider
resources
for
the
city
to
recover
in
business.
Support
updates.
The
state
is
in
the
process
of
requesting
a
disaster
declaration
from
the
United
States
Small
Business
Administration,
with
an
SBA
disaster
declaration,
will
open
up
programs
for
businesses
that
were
damaged
physically
or
had
academic
entry.
B
Now
comm
forward,
slash
open
city
portal,
that's
Minneapolis,
dot
service,
now
dot-com
forward-slash,
open
city
portal
to
get
that
information
or
call
3-1-1,
and
they
can
help.
You
we've
also
received
reports
that
businesses
are
having
difficulty
with
insurance
companies.
The
state's
Department
of
Commerce
is
a
service
center.
If
people
are
denied
or
have
challenged
filing
claims,
you
can
contact
the
department
sent
er.
That's
six,
five,
one:
five:
three:
nine
1665
one:
five:
three:
nine
1600
or
1-800,
six:
five,
seven
3602
one,
eight
hundred
six,
five,
seven
thirty
602!
B
B
If
people
are
reporting
graffiti
on
buildings
for
those
who
receive
it,
and
the
markings
on
the
buildings
are
not
graffiti
rather
they're
art,
we
want
you
to
connect
with
our
solid
waste
and
recycling
team,
who
will
work
out
a
timeline
with
you
and
acknowledge
the
in
the
process
to
retain
the
artwork
and
you
can
reach
that
department
at
six
one.
Two,
six,
seven,
three:
two:
zero:
nine:
zero!
B
That's
six
one,
two,
six,
seven,
three:
two:
zero:
nine,
nine,
zero
or
email
them
at
graffiti
at
Minneapolis,
MN
govt
security
continues
to
be
a
comment
that
we
receive.
We
want
everybody
to
know
that
the
police
department
continues
to
fully
operate
for
those
who
need
it
do
not
hesitate
to
call
9-1-1
for
service.
We
understand
that
people
want
additional
security
for
businesses.
We
continue
to
encourage
businesses
to
protect
yourself
fully
by
hiring
only
licensed
security
personnel.
These
are
personnel
that
will
carry
insurance
and
have
the
training
to
support
the
businesses.
B
If
businesses
are
looking
for
specific
assessments
of
their
business
and
would
like
to
reach
out
to
the
police
for
more
advice,
we
are
allowing
or
we're
recommending
you
to
call
directly
to
the
police
precinct
and
talk
to
the
inspector.
The
numbers
for
the
police
precincts
are
six
one,
two,
six,
seven,
three:
five
zero
or
five
seven
zero
one
and
then
the
last
digit
zero,
two
zero,
three
zero
four
and
zero
five
for
the
different
precincts.
B
So
that's
six
one,
two,
six,
seven
three:
five:
seven
and
then
0
1
0,
2,
0,
3,
0,
4,
+,
0
5
for
the
different
precincts,
and
you
can
talk
with
the
inspectors
there.
The
City
Council
has
directed
the
licensing
and
consumer
services
team,
which
you'll
hear
from
their
manager
Enrique
Velasquez
in
a
minute
about
conditions
related
to
hiring
off-duty
police
officers
and
allowing
for
flexibility
to
hire
security
to
meet
their
needs.
B
Our
small
business
team
continues
to
operate
the
beat
app
or
the
business
technical
assistance
program,
and
you
can
call
the
small
business
team
at
six
one,
two,
six,
seven,
three,
two:
four:
nine:
nine
six
one,
two
six:
seven,
three:
two:
four:
nine:
nine
or
email
small
business
at
Minneapolis,
MN,
gov,
small
business
at
Minneapolis,
MN
comm,
and
they
can
help
you
walk
through
the
system
and
with
that
I
will
turn
it
over
to
Henrique.
Who
can
talk
about
kovat
production.
C
What
I
want
to
talk
to
you
today
is
the
city's
approach
to
complaint
management,
especially
in
the
times
of
the
corona
virus
pandemic.
The
city
itself
takes
a
complaint
based
education
forward
approach
to
compliance
as
part
of
our
business
licensing
informational
program.
We
have
issued
more
than
15
newsletters
to
our
licensed
businesses
around
the
city,
so
that
they're,
aware
of
expectations
and
how
they
specifically
may
be
impacted
as
the
various
stages
of
reopening
effort
are
underway
through
the
state
and
through
the
city.
C
Invariably,
we
do
follow-up,
whether
it's
in
person
or
through
a
virtual
inspection.
We
do
follow-up
after
the
fact
to
make
sure
that
the
issue
has
been
resolved
and
that
we
are
able
to
move
forward
and
ensure
that
that
complaint
is
no
longer
a
concern
for
the
community
members
or
or
the
business
at
large.
One
thing
that
I
would
like
to
advise
is
that
there's
a
differentiation
between
business,
behavior
and
individual
patron
behavior
with
respect
to
the
workplace.
C
We
see
significantly
more
complaints
relating
to
patrons
either
not
wearing
face
coverings
or
not.
Respecting
the
physical
distance
requirements
has
set
forward
in
this
emergency
regulation
or
through
executive
orders
from
the
state
of
Minnesota.
More
than
50%
of
our
complaints
received
are
specifically
on
patron
behavior,
not
necessarily
the
business
itself
patron
behavior
and
how
the
business
responds
to
that
behavior,
which
brings
up
another
point
with
respect
to
our
business
community.
C
They
provide
signage
throughout
their
business
businesses
so
that
there
are
visible
reminders
of
what
six
feet
of
physical
spacing
looks
like
in
the
space.
There
are
opportunities,
provide
a
directional
signage
in
the
aisle
ways
or
through
the
passageways
just
so
that
we
can
educate
patrons
on
what
the
overall
flow
should
be
in
these
spaces.
C
C
Behavior
in
these
spaces,
when
transacting
business
in
a
very
safe
and
non-threatening
manner,
to
both
the
patron,
as
well
as
to
the
business
employee
or
the
business
community
itself,
and
our
3-1-1
data
also
supports
that
almost
10%
of
the
complaints
received
were
for
patrons,
who
felt
that
they
were
threatened
with
the
wearing
of
a
mask,
as
opposed
to
also
not
wearing
a
mask
or
for
those
that
were
not
wearing
a
mask.
Now.
C
There's
that
requirement
to
still
wear
a
mask,
but
then
there's
a
forgetfulness
factor
that
does
come
into
play
of
putting
that
mask
back
on,
and
this
is
a
very
important
component
of
emergency
regulation,
20
20-12,
to
make
sure
that
we
are
reticent
and
continue
to
enforce
that
and
encourage
that
behavior
of
wearing
a
mask
when
going
to
the
restrooms
when
congregating,
especially
in
restaurants,
in
bars
and
nightclubs
and
alike.
Where
it's
more
of
a
social
gathering,
people
are
there
for
a
more
extended
period
of
time
than
just
a
casual
shopping.
C
C
Unfortunately,
my
colleague
Gretchen
music
and
the
commissioner
of
health
for
the
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Department
of
Health
is
not
here.
She
was
going
to
speak
on
more
of
the
response
with
respect
to
bars
and
nightclubs,
in
addition
to
the
state
of
health
in
Minneapolis,
with
respect
to
the
Cova
19
pandemic.
C
Thank
you
for
the
question
so
with
emergency.
Oh
pardon,
yes,
so
the
the
question
if
I
understand
it
correctly,
is
how
is
licensing
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis
handling
licensing
fees
for
businesses
that
were
impacted
either
through
closure
or
through
other
means
destruction?
What
not,
as
a
result
of
the
state
of
local
emergency
for
the
corona
virus
pandemic
or
the
state
of
civil
unrest
and
with
emergency
regulation.
20:27
mayor
Frey
allowed
the
licensing
to
suspend
the
collection
of
licensing
fees
specifically
as
they
relate
to
food
establishments
and
liquor.
Those
are
among
the
most
expensive
licenses.
C
We
have
within
the
city
that
are
also
paid
out
on
a
quarterly
basis
or
semiannual
basis.
So
we
have
suspended
the
collection
of
those
fees
in
the
interleaving
time.
We're
also
evaluating
what
options
we
have
to
either
provide
some
level
of
a
rebate
or
some
level
of
relief,
no
guarantees
that
we
will
be
able
to
offer
that.
At
this
point,
though,
it
is
something
that
we
are
considering
printers.
A
So
the
question
is
whether
that
whether
the
city
and
the
county
did
you
ask
the
city
and
the
county
are
working
with
the
Minneapolis
Parks
and
Recreation
Board
on
more
immediate
solutions
to
people
who
are
experiencing
on
sheltered
homelessness,
including
the
potential
for
a
indoor
type
sort
of
you
know
very
quickly
made
online
shelter
similar
to
the
navigation
center
that
the
city,
the
city
created
two
years
ago.
So
that's
the
question
and
the
answer
I
would
say
you
know,
as
it
relates
to
any
any
questions
related
to
the
Minneapolis,
Parks
and
Recreation
Board.
A
Obviously
they're
not
here
today.
Sort
of
encourage
you
to
reach
out
to
them
directly
also
want
to
call
out
that
the
many
of
those
parks
and
recreations
board
has
a
lot
of
information
about
recent
actions
they
have
taken
and
their
response
to
homelessness
in
Minneapolis
parks
and
encampments,
and
that
information
is
available
on
their
website.
So
that's
wwm
in
ea+
parks,
dot,
org
forward,
slash
encampments.
A
So
the
types
of
activities
I
mentioned
that
we're
hoping
to
see
proposals
for
would
include
rapid,
rehousing
outreach
to
ensure
again
that
we
are
providing
the
the
support
that
we
need
to
reach
out
to
everyone,
who's
experiencing
unsheltered
homelessness
and
identify
the
individualized
approach.
That
makes
the
most
sense
for
that
individual
as
well.
As
you
know,
activities
that
relate
to
any
kind
of
expand
or
expansion
of
shelter
opportunities,
particularly
targeted
to
to
folks
that
are
disproportionately
represented
in
the
homelessness
community,
including
black
and
indigenous
peoples,
and
I'm.
Just
gonna
look
at
David
Hewitt
to
see.
E
A
The
estimated
and
again
I'm
gonna
look
at
David
if
he
is,
wants
to
jump
in
and
add
anything
here,
because
these
are
all
projects
that
were
working
on
in
partnership
with
the
county,
the
medical
respite,
shelter.
We
are
hoping
that
that
will
close
on
its
financing
in
in
timber
and
start
construction
that
that
construction
period
is
likely
a
year,
so
that
shelter
is
probably
a
year
out
the
shelter
that
is
women-specific
that
one.
A
We
are
again
hoping
that
construction
starts
on
that
in
September
and
that
the
shelter
would
be
online
in
February
and
then
the
third
one,
the
one
that
is
more.
That
is
in
partnership
with
the
AI
CDC.
Again
we're
hoping
that
that
we
can
move
on
that
very,
very
quickly
the
county.
And
if
you
have
a
question
about
that,
I
can
ask
David
to
actually
give
it
I'll.
A
Ask
you
to
come
up
and
talk
about
the
action
that
the
county
took
in
I,
related
to
funding
for
the
acquisition
of
the
building
and
the
rehab
rehabilitation
of
the
building.
But
the
reason
why
the
we're
asking
City
Council
and
the
County
Board
to
take
and
consider
action
on
these
three
shelters
outside
of
the
RFP
process
is
because
these
shelters
all
respond
to
what
has
been
identified
as
a
gaps
in
our
homeless
response
system
and
in
critical
needs,
and
these
shelters
all
are
our
position
to
move
very
quickly.
A
F
Last
week,
the
County
Board
of
Commissioners
authorized
through
committee
approve
water
allocated
three
and
a
half
million
dollars
in
cares
funding
to
AI
CDC
to
assist
with
the
purchase
and
rehabilitation
of
the
sites
that
will
go
before
the
full
board.
This
coming
Tuesday
for
final
approval.
In
addition,
just
on
the
subject
of
shelter,
I
should
note
that,
since
the
the
outsets
of
the
pandemic,
we've
been
operating
the
largest
and
most
intensive
shelter
system.
F
Our
community
has
ever
seen
with
more
than
five
hundred
people
who
are
at
high
risk
from
over
nineteen
aged
60
and,
above
all,
medically
fragile
placed
in
hotel
sites
that
are
fully
staffed.
Supportive
did
not
exist
that
many
of
March
have
now
been
operating
for
four
months.
In
addition
of
all
of
the
remaining
shelter,
sites
have
been
converted
to
24/7
operations
and
significantly
D
concentrated
to
an
alpha
social
distancing,
and
the
success
of
these
measures
is
seen
in
I'm
going
to
touch
word
at
this
point.
F
The
low
rates
of
transmission
that
we've
seen
amongst
people
experiencing
homelessness
to
the
extent
that
we've
also
voice
online
to
sites
with
almost
a
hundred
rooms
for
isolation
purposes,
of
which
only
two
are
currently
occupied.
Recent
mass
testing
at
a
shelter
found
zero
positive
cases,
while
another
one
of
our
largest
shelters
just
went
past
a
month
without
a
positive
case.
We
do
have
available
shelter
rooms
in
these
sites
each
day
for
families.
F
We
have
a
right
to
shelter
commitments
and
we
actually
have
about
fifty
private
rooms
for
families
with
children
available
right
now
and
would
urge
any
families
with
children
who
are
experiencing
homelessness
to
call
the
Hennepin
County
shelter
team
on
six
one,
two,
three,
four,
eight:
nine
four
one:
zero
to
access
those
spaces.
We
do
also
have
beds
for
single
adults,
and
we
have
some
beds
that
are
going
out.
F
E
B
The
question
is
how
the
city
assessing
the
damage
correct:
okay,
we're
working
this
work
is
coming
mainly
out
of
the
Assessors
Department,
and
so
we'll
probably
need
to
follow
up
with
Rebecca
Malcolm
in
the
assessor's
office
for
the
details,
but
they're
going
through
a
state
legislative
process
to
reassess
properties
that
were
damaged
and
from
there
they
can
make
an
evaluation
of
what
was
lost.
Now.
We've
said
this
multiple
multiple
times
in
these
conversations
is
we,
as
a
city
are
looking
at
it
from
three
three
levels
of
impact.
B
We
have
what
has
happened
to
the
buildings
which
is
coming
through
the
Assessors
process,
which
should
take
you
know
through
the
rest
of
the
summer,
for
the
assessments
of
over
700
buildings.
What
was
impacted
for
the
businesses
so
inside
the
business
is
an
inventory
loss.
Is
it
so
inventory?
Loss
is
a
revenue
loss,
it's
a
reputation
loss
as
wages
lost
and
those
will
be
working
through
the
commerce
department,
because
that
that
would
be
insurance
data
and
the
Commerce
Department
is
has
requested
that
information
from
insurance
companies
will
work
with
the
state
around
that
assessment.
B
We
are
also
looking
at
those
that
are
that
will
hopefully
take
advantage
of
the
SBA
program
and
in
that
SBA
program,
a
lot
of
those
folks
will
be
connected,
but
won't
have
insurance,
because
business
is,
unlike
homeowners,
aren't
required
to
have
insurance,
so
some
business
owners
won't
be
insured
for
the
losses
that
they
have
and
then
the
third
tier
of
impact
is
we're.
Looking
at
the
economic
wealth,
that's
been
lost
in
the
communities.
Because
of
these,
these
events
that
occurred
after
George
Floyd
was
killed.
People's
quality
of
life
has
been
more
expensive
stores
are
closed.
B
Access
to
basic
services,
like
pharmacies
have
been
trouble
or
have
been
more
complicated.
We've
had
more,
you
know,
just
transportation
has
been
disrupted,
not
not
only
with
the
pandemic,
but
just
with
unrest,
and
so
we
think
that
we
think
that
the
the
long-term
impacts,
aside
from
that
quality
of
life
is
insurance
rates,
are
going
to
go
up.
There's
going
to
be
a
disruption
to
the
real
estate
market
because
of
potential
speculation,
because
Minneapolis
is
still
a
strong,
real
estate
market
and
we
have
our
development
services,
directors,
deep
work
and
talk
about
permit
values.
B
If
you're
interested
but
we're
still
strong
real
estate
market
and
it's
going
to
exacerbate
the
displacement
pressures,
we
see
throughout
the
communities
and
the
impact
of
this
this
pandemic,
and
then
the
unrest
after
George
Floyd's,
killing
impacted
all
businesses
and
all
residents
in
Minneapolis,
and
that
goes
from
people
that
are
you
know,
maybe
had
to
just
go
in
early
for
the
curfews
to
those
that
have
lost
their
entire.
You
know
economic
base
because
their
their
building
is
burned
down
there
fully
insured,
so
we're
we're
gonna.
B
You
know
if
all
of
the
falle
the
people
in
Minneapolis
are
getting
that
six
hundred
dollars
a
week
over
a
hundred
thousand
people.
That's
a
60
million
dollar
impact
to
economic
activity
next
week.
So
we
expect
that
the
problems
from
the
pandemic
are
gonna
continue
to
rip
through
and
it's
gonna
impact
housing.
It's
gonna
impact
stability,
so
we're
we're
not
out
of
the
clear
yet
but
continue
to
to
work
to
find
resources
for
people
in
the
community.
B
So
we've
in
our
data
collection,
we've
we've
asked
for
volunteers,
not
we
don't
have
a
database
of
those
who
have
uninsured
who
have
under
uninsured
losses
but
as
part
of
the
SBA
program,
we've
asked
for
some
companies
come
or
firms
and
businesses
to
come
forward
and
give
us
losses
and
that's
the
way
to
we
that's
the
way
we
get
through
the
test
of
the
SBA.
So
we're
not
sure
what
that
number
is.
But
we'll
I
mean
it's
just
it's
a
matter
of
time
and
it's
really
labor-intensive.
B
We
have
to
go
kind
of
business-to-business
and,
as
you
know,
businesses
aren't
just
you
know,
hanging
a
shingle
on
a
on
the
front
door.
Sometimes
you'll
you'll
have
multiple
businesses
in
the
single
building
and,
and
sometimes
you
have
for
businesses
that
are
virtual,
so
we
were
not
sure
the
total
impact
and
who
was
insured.
Who
wasn't
but
it'll
come
out
over
time.
B
D
B
If
I
understand
the
question
correctly,
it's
it's.
What
is
the
city
doing
to
help
prevent
displacement
and
I?
Can
let
director
Brennan
come
up
and
talk
about
housing
displacement
work?
That's
going
on,
but
from
the
from
the
commercial
real
estate
side,
the
City
Council
and
the
mayor
have
been
pretty
aggressive
about
identifying
that
as
an
issue
very
early
and
looking
for
resources,
and
we
are
working
with
our
state
delegation
at
the
legislature
for
tools
coming
through
the
promise
act
and
some
other
bills.
B
That
would
help
us
both
with
cash
resources
but
with
legislative
tools
to
help
secure
buildings
that
might
go
through
speculative
sources
and
then
our
councilmembers,
cano
and
Gordon
are
authoring,
an
ordinance
that
will
require
all
notices
of
commercial
sales
to
come
to
the
to
the
city.
So
we
can
monitor
what's
going
on,
but
a
lot
of
this
is
working
with
our
community-based
organizations.
The
Lake
Street
councils,
the
West
Broadway
coalition's
the
LED
seas
of
the
world
to
help
with
that
connection.
B
A
Thank
you.
I
would
just
like
to
add
briefly
to
that.
The
the
City
Council
Budget
Committee
just
approved
one
of
the
well
wasn't
an
amendment
I
guess
it
was
a
staff
direction
as
part
of
the
budget.
Amendment
process
that
specifically
direct
staff
to
continue
to
look
for
opportunities
to
support
the
acquisition
of
naturally
occurring,
affordable,
housing
or
nowa
type
of
property.
The
city
does
have
about
three
million
dollars
in
its
current
2020
budget
that
designated
for
Noah
Noah
preservation
type
activities.
A
So
we
are
out
working
with
our
nonprofit
partners,
including
Land
Bank,
twin
cities
and
local
initiative,
support
corporation
to
identify
those
opportunities
as
well
as
community
partners,
community-based
organizations
and-
and
we
were
specifically
focusing
attention
on
the
areas
that
are
were
most
impacted
by
unrest,
so
that
work
is
happening
and
did
you
one
more
question?
Okay,
one
more
question
and
I
just
want
to
note
too
that
I'm
Commissioner,
Gretchen
music
and
is
here,
and
so
if
there
is
a
question
about
health
related
items.
D
A
The
question
is
given
some
of
the
things
that
we
mentioned
in
this
in
this
update
about
what
is
coming,
such
as
the
$600
sort
of
additional
employment
benefit
is
ending
at
the
end
of
the
month.
The
evictions
moratorium
that
right
now
is
scheduled
to
it's
a
statewide
moratorium
on
evictions.
That's
scheduled
to
lift
mid-august
unless
it's
extended
by
another
action
by
the
governor
or
the
legislature,
so
I
think
that
number
one
I
want
to
emphasize
that
there
are
on
the
housing
side.
A
There
are
resources
available
to
help
people
pay
rent
and
mortgage
and
there's
information
on
the
state's
website,
which
I
don't
have
here,
but
that
you
know
the
governor
just
announced
that
that
there
is
31
credit
union
lenders
that
are
providing
mortgage
payment.
We
leave
in
the
assistance
that
information
is
on
the
state
website.
Again,
the
county
is
currently
taking
applications
for
emergency
housing
assistance
both
for
rent
and
mortgage
payments,
and
that
information
is
I'm.
Just
gonna
say
it
one
more
time,
because
it
is
it's.
It's
so
important.
A
There's
there's
a
lot
of
funding
that
the
county
has
made
available
for
that.
It's
15
million
dollars
and
I
believe
that
a
very
small
percentage
of
that
has
been
allocated
so
far
and
then
again
want
to
emphasize
that
the
the
state
has
recently
announced
and
has
a
request
for
proposals
for
providers
for
one
up
to
one
hundred
million
dollars
of
additional
housing
assistance.
So
this
the
these,
these,
this
funding
for
housing
assistance
is
critically
important
and
it
will
become
more
important
when
people
lose
this
additional
unemployment
benefit
that
they
have
been
receiving.
A
So
those
are
some
of
the
I
think
the
areas
of
focus
that
we
are
working
on,
because
we
we
agree,
I
mean
with
the
evictions
moratorium
eventually
lifting
and
it
will
lift
eventually
and
the
loss
of
of
benefits
that
there's
definitely
concern
there
and
then
I
will
look
to
David.
Did
you
have
anything
to
add.