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Officials from the City of Minneapolis will be sharing updates on recovery efforts underway in neighborhoods impacted by civil unrest following the death of George Floyd and the City’s ongoing work to respond to the pandemic.
A
A
A
That
is
not
something
we
as
a
city
can
do
ourselves.
We
need
all
of
you
as
partners,
and
those
are
individuals.
Those
are
institutions,
whether
it
be
the
county,
the
state,
the
University
of
Minnesota,
our
school
district,
the
Park
and
Recreation
board
our
nonprofit
partners
and
our
for-profit
partners.
We
need
to
stand
together.
A
The
third
message
is
to
our
black
indigenous
people
of
color
communities
is
also
a
full
recognition
that,
where
we
are
today
is
a
result
of
structural
racism
within
every
institution,
but
in
particular
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
in
that
this
is
not
just
about.
As
our
council
vice-president
angry
at
Jenkins
says,
cleaning
one
house
of
a
particular
department
within
the
city.
It
is
cleaning
the
house
of
every
department
in
our
city
and
those
that
stand
before
you
this
morning
are
some
of
the
leaders
that
are
within
the
city,
but
not
all
of
the
leaders
as
staff.
A
We
have
exceptional
leaders
within
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
who
are
members
of
our
black
community,
who
are
people
born
in
countries
other
than
the
United
States
who
have
come
and
he'd
come
here
with
a
choice.
To
make
this
a
better
place,
you
will
hear
those
voices
in
future
events
like
this,
where
we
will
be
briefing
you
on
what's
happening
day
to
day
to
week
to
week
within
the
city,
to
again
bring
us
to
a
better
place
as
a
city.
A
But
I
also
stand
here
as
a
white
leader
within
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
with
a
full
acknowledgement
that
our
responsibility
as
white
leaders
is
equal
to,
if
not
more
important
than
the
reliance
on
our
people
of
color
leaders
to
bring
messages
forward
in
terms
of
the
need
to
change.
We
as
white
leaders
need
to
move
past
the
defensive
Nisour
in
the
words
of
Robyn
D'angelo
are
white
fragility
into
a
place
where
we
can
have
real
conversations
and
real
actions.
The
stage
has
been
set
for
a
while
by
our
city
elected
officials.
A
We
are
centered
around
a
strategic
racial
equity
action
plan
that
was
adopted
by
this
council
and
this
mayor
at
the
beginning
of
their
term.
It
is
that
we
have
not
lived
up
to
the
ideals
and
brought
action
to
a
place
where
it
needs
to
be,
and
we
will
again
with
our
partners
move
and
make
real
progress
to
that.
That
is
a
commitment
on
the
part
of
we
as
city
leaders.
A
We
are
tired
of
being
the
ones
to
carry
forward
the
message,
so
I
just
want
to
assure
all
of
you
that
we
as
city
staff,
following
the
values
of
not
only
our
elected
officials,
but
our
community
will
make
that
a
major
value
and
action
point
within
any
recovery
effort
associated
with
this
I
also
want
to
reassure
you
that
our
basic
systems
have
functioned
and
will
function.
When
you
call
911,
you
should
expect
an
answer.
That
is
not
to
say
that
we
didn't.
We
were
not
overwhelmed
for
a
period
of
days.
A
We
certainly
were
like
many
other
systems,
but
that
system
has
functioned.
Our
911
dispatchers
folks
are
on
the
job
24
hours
a
day.
Our
fire
department
is
fully
operational
and
I
also
want
to
emphasize
that
when
you
call
nine
one
and
one
and
have
an
immediate
need
for
Public
Safety
response
that
our
Minneapolis
Police
Department
still
is
at
the
ready
for
responding
to
those
immediate
Public.
Safety
needs
I
recognize
that
many
people
are
hesitant
to
call
911
for
police
response
and
may
want
to
take
security
issues
into
their
own
hands.
A
So
with
that
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
other
leaders
within
the
city
to
talk
through
specific,
require
recovery
efforts,
as
well
as
the
other
kovat
issues
that
we
had
described
and
certainly
we'll
happy
to
stand
for
questions
afterwards.
With
that,
I'll
ask
Eric
Hanson
from
our
Community
Planning
and
Economic
Development
Department
to
come
forward.
B
Good
morning
my
name
is
Eric
Hanson
I'm,
the
director
of
economic
policy
and
development
for
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
it's
Eri,
Kay,
Haan
Sen
is
my
name
spelled
and
before
I
get
started.
I
have
seasonable
seasonal
allergies.
So,
if
I
clearing
my
throat
or
coughing
a
little
bit,
that's
what
it's
from
as
speak
on
behalf
of
the
department,
Community
Planning
economic
development,
we
have
the
housing
director
and
the
development
services
director.
B
It
also
gives
some
comments,
but
today,
as
we
start,
this
conversation
over
100,000
people
in
Minneapolis
are
drawing
unemployment
benefits
and
out
of
those
it
disproportionately
impacts
those
younger
and
black,
and
without
more
than
a
high
school
degree.
The
outcomes
of
our
structural
racism
system
is
evident
in
every
aspect
of
of
the
economy
in
the
output.
B
The
events
that
have
occurred
over
the
last
few
weeks,
just
exacerbated-
what's
happened
over
the
last
few
months,
with
kovat
and
over
the
history
of
the
city,
since
it's
starting
in
1867,
we
as
a
city
are
working
as
closely
as
we
can
across
our
divisions
to
figure
out
what,
in
fact,
is
the
damage
and
we've
gotten.
Some
advice
from
community
around
damage
versus
impact
damage
is
something
we
can
quantify.
B
It's
going
to
take
a
long
time
to
quantify
that
figure,
but
impact
is
across
the
board
and
it's
disproportionately
impacted
neighborhoods
that
were
already
suffering
from
displacement,
pressures
and
economic
downturns
in
some
of
our
neighborhoods,
when
stronger
neighborhoods,
more
economically
diverse
neighborhoods
get
a
cold,
they
get
the
flu
and
we're
in
the
middle
of
a
pandemic.
So
the
activities
that
the
events
that
occurred
after
the
killing
of
George
Floyd
have
not
started
on
May
25th.
They
started
a
long
time
ago.
B
So
it's
going
to
take
a
long
time
for
us
to
get
a
number
you'll,
see
some
projections
and
that's
where
they
are.
Projections
come
out
of
the
city
about
what
we
believe
are
the
damages.
We
will
be
working
with
our
Office
of
Emergency
Management
to
come
up
with
figures
that
we'll
need,
through
the
FEMA
process
and
working
with
the
states,
we're
working
with
the
legislature
in
the
governor's
office
around
resources
that
we
can
bring
to
bear,
but
don't
expect
that
we
will
have
answers
and
solutions
quickly.
B
If
we
continue
down
this
road
and
continue
to
use
the
decision-making
processes
that
we
have
in
place,
it
will
disproportionately
it
will
disproportionately
forget
the
voices
of
those
black
and
brown
communities
that
have
not
been
at
the
table.
Historically,
so
you'll
see
the
city
asking
for
as
many
resources
as
we
can
with
as
few
strings
with
as
little
requirements
on
those
funds
as
possible,
so
that
we
can
work
with
community
about
the
outcomes
so
you'll
see
in
that
process
come
through.
B
In
the
meantime,
there
are
resources
available
for
those
that
are
impacted
by
this
this
these
few
months,
I
will
start
with
our
career
force
system,
the
state
through
the
Minnesota
Works
and
our
career
Forest
System,
working
with
the
state
of
Minnesota
Hennepin
County
and
the
city's
workforce
board
as
resources
available
for
those
that
have
lost
employment,
either
through
kovat
or
through
the
events
of
the
last
few
weeks.
There
are
resources
there
that
it,
like
you,
take
advantage
of
the
city's
technical
assistance
program.
B
C
Our
our
group
was
tasked
with
going
out
and
looking
at
the
damage
after
the
events
from
May
25th.
What
we
did
immediately
was
deploy
staff
out
onto
Lake,
Street,
West
Broadway
and
we're
trying
to
identify
buildings
that
have
been
catastrophic
ly
damaged,
that's
important,
because
these
are
properties
that
could
fail
and
then
injure
citizens,
people
around
on
the
right-of-way
or
nearby
we
identified
more
than
a
dozen
properties,
and
we
took
action
to
make
sure
those
properties
were
demolished
safely
and
in
a
very
expedited,
timely
way.
C
We
then
went
on
and
looked
at
other
properties
that
had
substantial
damage
and
had
to
make
determinations
as
to
whether
they
were
going
to
fail
and
cause
public
safety
issues,
or
were
they
more
or
less
stable.
In
that
we
could
put
those
kind
of
at
a
second
tier
to
address.
We
completed
most
of
that
work
within
two
days.
It
was
painful
to
go
out
there
and
walk
the
streets.
C
C
This
work
was
was
partly
what
came
up
with
the
fifty
five
million
dollar
number
that
we're
working
with
governmental
units
to
receive
aid.
The
four
broad
categories
of
damage
were
affected,
which
was
cosmetic
damage
to
the
roofs
or
sighting
damage
to
landscape
and
trees,
but
would
no
impact
to
access
onto
the
property.
The
second
category
was
minor.
Minor
damage
often
could
be
uninhabitable
structures
damaged
to
the
mechanical
systems
and
the
HVAC
units,
but
there
was
no
substantial
structural
damage
to
the
property,
so
the
property
was
not
in
danger
of
failing
or
collapsing.
C
The
next
category
was
major
major
damage,
again
included
properties
that
were
uninhabitable,
but
they
had
minor
failures
of
structural
elements
on
the
walls,
foundation,
damage
or
displacement.
These
properties
were
identified
as
not
being
safe,
but
were
again
not
in
a
category
that
needed
to
be
demolished
immediately.
C
The
fourth
category
was
destroyed
and,
sadly,
we've
all
seen
the
pictures
of
the
properties
that
were
destroyed
and
devastated.
Some
of
those
properties
did
have
remaining
elements
that
did
need
to
be
addressed
immediately,
whether
they
were
walls
that
were
going
to
collapse
onto
the
right-of-way,
even
if
they
didn't
have
a
roof.
Some
had
partial
roofs,
but
they
were
gonna
collapse.
Most
of
these
properties
were
immediately
adjacent
to
the
public,
sidewalk
or
a
street
or
an
alley,
and
so
again
that
category
was
immediately
addressed
in
working
with
our
partners
in
the
construction
industry.
C
We
will
continue
to
work
with
county
state
officials
to
fob
on
the
findings
and
we
will
continue
to
work
with
property
owners.
So
what
are
we
doing
with
property
owners?
We've
tried
to
get
the
message
out
early
on
that
property
owners
can
go
on
to
their
property
if
they
do
certain
things
first
and
the
first
thing
they
should
do
is
contact
their
insurance
company.
They
need
to
call
the
insurance
company.
Let
them
know
what's
happened,
follow
the
directions
of
your
particular
insurance
company
about
the
protocols
to
deal
with
these
types
of
situations.
C
Often
an
insurance
agent
would
come
out
and
may
size
up
the
situation
and
bring
additional
resources,
whether
it's
a
their
own
engineer
or
some
other
type
of
specialist
to
look
at
the
damage.
The
other
thing
that's
important
to
do
is
don't
take
for
granted
that
the
utilities
have
been
cut.
One
of
the
challenges
we
had
in
the
first
week
was
trying
to
make
sure
that
gas
service
had
been
cut
off.
C
C
C
So
the
message
again
is:
if
you're
a
property
on
earth-
and
you
haven't
done
so
call
your
insurance
company
make
sure
you
start
that
process.
If,
for
any
reason
you
don't
have
insurance,
but
you
still
want
to
go
on
to
the
property,
follow
the
guidelines
that
we've
given
you
about
making
sure
the
property
is
safe
to
go
on
to
it.
As
we
move
forward
and
folks
come
in
to
try
to
stabilize
their
properties
and
rebuild
their
properties,
we
will
face
the
challenge
of
operating
in
the
cove
Adira.
C
We
recognize
there's
a
very
high
demand
on
3
1,
1
call
services
and
others
so
beginning
this
week.
We'll
have
a
dedicated
phone
line
that
folks
can
call
in
that
will
get
you
to
the
zoning
office.
The
zoning
office
for
those
aren't
who
aren't
familiar
is
what
regulates
the
land
use,
and
so
people
are
want
to
not
want
to
know.
Can
I
rebuild,
can
I
build
bigger?
How?
What
is
the
process
to
rebuild,
and
the
first
call
to
get
that
information,
particularly
for
small
business
owners,
is
to
call
the
zoning
office.
C
D
Thank
you,
I'm
Andrea,
Brennan,
director
of
housing
policy
and
development
in
the
Community
Planning
and
Economic
Development
Department,
my
name
is
spelled
Andrea
and
D
Rea
brennan
bre
and
na
n.
As
mr.
ruff
mentioned
earlier,
the
city
was
already
facing
a
housing
crisis
before
kovat
came
along
and
the
housing
crisis,
meaning
for
folks
who
are
cost
burdened,
meaning
that
they're
paying
more
than
they
can
afford
for
rent
or
facing
eviction
or
our
experiencing
homelessness.
D
So
one
of
the
things
that
we're
doing
is
to
continue
to
work
and
and
double
down
on
investment
in
producing
and
preserving,
affordable
housing,
and
we
are
hoping
to
produce
or
preserve
close
on
the
financing
along
with
many
of
our
partners.
Another
1,000
units
this
year
related
specifically
to
the
last
few
weeks
there
there
were
three
affordable
multifamily
developments
that
had
city
financing
in
them
that
were
damaged.
One
of
them
was
completely
destroyed.
That
one
was
in
the
in
the
in
the
Lake
Hiawatha
area
and
it
had
not
quite
finished
construction.
D
So
it
was
unoccupied
at
the
time
it
was
destroyed.
There
were
two
other
properties
that
sustained
damage,
but
they
will
be
repaired
and
no
one
was
was
displaced
as
a
result
of
that
there
were
35
households
who
were
displaced
from
their
homes
due
to
fire
and
damage
those
35
households
were
served
by
the
Red
Cross
at
the
request
of
the
city
to
set
up
a
temporary
shelter
in
hotel,
and
so
those
those
those
households
were
sheltered
in
a
hotel.
D
The
city
has
made
a
request
of
the
County
Human
Services
group
and
team
to
help
assist
those
those
households
to
find
new
housing,
so,
as
of
now
21
are
able
to
or
were
able
to
return
to
their
homes
after
repairs
have
been
made,
nine
have
been
assisted
and
found
new
homes
and
their
five
households
that
were
still
working
with
the
county
and
trying
to
assist
them
to
find
new
homes
in
late
May.
This
is
an
update
on
persons
experiencing
unsheltered
homelessness
in
our
city.
D
In
late
May,
a
group
of
private
volunteers
secured
a
hotel
hotel
rooms
at
the
Midtown
Sheraton
for
persons
experiencing
unsheltered
homelessness.
Last
week,
the
private
owner
of
the
hotel
informed
the
folks
that
were
staying
there,
that
they
had
to
leave
after
several
days
when
some
people
refused
to
leave
the
city
was
called
in
to
help
evacuate
the
remaining
residents
and
and
help
secure
the
site.
D
Many
of
the
unsheltered
individuals
who
were
residing
at
the
Sheraton
Hotel
are
now
at
a
growing
encampment
in
Powderhorn
Park.
The
city
is
working
proactively
with
the
Park
and
Rec
board,
the
county
of
the
state
and
outreach
providers
to
determine
next
steps
for
this
encampment
side
sight,
but
also,
more
broadly,
a
strategy
to
assist
and
serve
persons
experiencing
unsheltered
homelessness
in
our
city.
E
Good
morning,
I'm
Rebecca
mom
list
director
of
assessments
for
the
city
assessor's
office,
I'm
here
to
talk
to
you
about
the
disaster
assessment
for
property
tax
relief
that
we
are
working
on.
Minnesota's
statute,
273,
1,
2,
3
2
requires
all
damaged
property
in
a
disaster
area
or
emergency
area
be
reassessed.
This
is
done
to
capture
how
much
damage
was
caused
from
the
disaster
by
comparing
the
reassessed,
post-disaster
value
with
the
previous
market
value.
E
In
this
case,
the
previous
market
value
is
the
January
2nd
2020
estimated
market
value
statute
identifies
the
Assessor
as
a
responsible
party
for
the
reassessment
we
are
here
to
assist,
provide
information
and
answer
questions
to
ensure
that
all
property
owners
who
are
elder
L
chable
to
apply
do
apply
to
receive
this
relief.
We're
working
closely
with
our
partners
at
Hennepin,
County
and
the
Department
of
Revenue.
E
As
we
apply
statute
to
damage
received
during
recent
civil
unrest
that
was
originally
written
for
damage
obtained
and
natural
disasters
such
as
a
tornado
or
flooding
on
May
28th
2020,
the
mayor
signed
the
mayoral
declaration
of
local
emergency
for
civil
disturbance.
This
is
the
first
step
in
the
process
for
the
city
to
be
cleared,
declared
a
disaster
or
emergency
area
for
property
owners
for
the
property
taxes
of
owners
whose
property
has
been
damaged
or
destroyed
by
arson
or
vandalism
by
someone
other
than
the
property
owner
may
qualify
for
a
property
tax
abatement.
E
And/Or
credit
for
a
portion
of
the
taxes
payable
in
2020
and
2021.
Our
office
is
in
the
process
of
sending
notification
via
u.s.
mail
to
all
properties
that
have
been
identified
as
receiving
any
kind
of
property
damage
during
recent
civil
unrest,
and
that
is
the
work
that
Steve
was
seen
at
this
time.
There
are
seven
hundred
and
eighty
four
parcels
identified.
This
is
the
parcel
level
data,
not
business
data
or
building
data.
As
we
know,
there
could
be
multiple
buildings
and
businesses
on
one
parcel.
E
If
property
owners
that
sustained
damage
have
not
heard
from
our
office
been
contacted
by
our
office
by
June
26,
they
should
call
six
one,
two,
six,
seven,
three,
five,
nine.
Fifty
nine.
This
number
is
dedicated
to
disaster.
Reassessment
appraisers
in
the
assessor's
office
will
review
the
damage
collected
and
will
determine
the
percent
of
damage.
This
is
used
to
calculate
the
reassessed
value
for
properties
that
sustained
50%
or
more
damage
and
qualify
for
an
abatement
or
credit.
An
application
is
required
and
the
assessor's
office
will
assist
and
provide
these
applications
to
property
owners.
E
While
the
timeline
for
this
work
has
not
been
finalized,
we
expect
to
conduct
the
property
reviews,
collect
applications
and
calculate
the
reassessed
values
between
June
and
August
by
September
1.
This
work
should
be
complete
and
the
results
will
be
sent
to
the
Hennepin
County
Auditor's
office,
who
calculates
the
new
tax
amounts.
We
will
then
work
with
city
and
county
leadership
to
complete
the
application
and
supporting
documents
to
be
sent
to
the
state
requesting
property
tax
relief
in
the
form
of
reimbursement
to
the
local
taxing
jurisdictions.
This
is
due
on
November
1st.
E
We
know
that
there
are
bills
being
introduced
by
both
the
House
and
Senate
during
this
special
session.
We
are
monitoring
these
and
because
we
know
they
may
impact
the
work
being
done
right
now
on
the
disaster.
Reassessment
current
and
future
market
values
and
property
taxes
again
we're
here
to
provide
information
and
walk
property
owners
through
what
can
be
a
very
confusing
process
so
that
they
can
really
really
save
the
property
tax
relief
that
they
deserve.
Thank
you
and
I'll
be
passing
it
off
to
Robin
Hutchison
Director
of
Public
Works.
F
G
G
Certainly
in
kovat
our
first
crisis,
we
re,
we
reconfigured
our
field
work
so
that
all
830
of
our
field,
operating
crews,
could
continue
to
deliver
safe
drinking
water,
make
sure
our
sewer
system
was
functioning
pick
up
solid
waste
recycling,
and
we
continue
to
do
that
over
the
past
few
weeks.
We
have
also
ensured
that
our
basic
city
services
have
been
met
and
exceeded
a
few
activities
related
to
this
most
recent
recovery
effort.
The
first
and
foremost
is
our
immediate
response
to
recovery,
which
happened
every
single
day.
We
saw
damage
to
our
city.
G
Our
crews
began
often
before
6:00
a.m.
to
clean
up
debris,
glass
obstructions
in
the
right-of-way
burned
cars,
everything
that
we
needed
to
clean
up.
For
that
day,
our
crews
went
out
and
worked
sometimes
a
20-hour
day
to
pick
up
literally
pick
up.
The
pieces
of
our
community
and
I
want
to
thank
every
single
person
who
came
out
and
did
that
in
partnership
with
us.
Our
efforts
were
only
successful
because
we
had
I
want
to
say
thousands
of
people
helping
helping
their
neighbors
and
helping
us
in
partnership
to
clean
our
city.
G
Our
solid
waste
crews
continue
to
collect
from
city
sponsored
event,
sponsors
events
and
are
performing
graffiti
abatement
and
that
particular
crew
has
maintained
the
high
standard
of
solid
waste
and
recycling
pickup
that
our
resin
come
to
rely
on
as
a
source
of
stability
as
a
basic
city
service,
we've
documented
the
damage
to
our
infrastructure,
some
items,
many
items
needed
immediate
of
repair,
such
as
traffic
melted,
traffic
signal
heads
street
lights,
that
were
damaged
over
a
thousand
city
signs,
and
we
do
two
scorched
pavement
and
other
substandard
conditions.
We'll
need
to
restriped
four
different
streets.
G
H
So
as
the
governor
has
dialed
back
some
of
the
restrictions
on
activity,
we
have
worked
to
help
the
community
respond
to
that
opportunity
and
to
do
so
safely,
there
have
been
additional
testing
opportunities
that
have
been
created
both
by
the
state
health
department
and
by
us
locally.
We
have
conducted
just
this
last
week,
testing
in
the
Cedars,
which
is
a
public
housing
authority
building
and
seat
and
Riverside
Plaza
able
to
test
nearly
300
people
between
those
site.
The
State
Health
Department
is
running
testing
on
Tuesdays
and
Wednesdays
last
week.
H
H
We
also
have
seen
an
expansion
of
the
kinds
of
testing
that
are
available
through
providers
and
are
urging
people
to
go
to
their
providers
if
they
have
participated
in
any
of
the
public
activities.
In
addition
to,
if
they
are
feeling
symptomatic
or
work
in
healthcare
settings,
we
are
also
doing
contact
tracing
within
the
Minneapolis
Health
Department
early
in
the
Cova
outbreak.
This
was
done
exclusively
by
the
State
Health
Department,
but
for
the
last
month,
or
so,
we
have
also
been
doing
it
contacting
30
cases
a
day
and
so
have
contacted
over
a
thousand
cases.
H
H
This
has
been
a
time
of
great
stress
and
has
really
stretched
our
mental
well-being,
I
think
across
the
board-
and
we
recognized
this
since
the
very
beginning
of
the
Cova
outbreak.
Our
office
of
race
and
equity
use
recast
dollars
to
issue
grants
to
treatment
providers
who
are
specifically
geared
towards
helping
the
by
park
community,
and
we
have
been
directing
people
to
those
resources.
We
have
also
been
on
k
mo
j
k,
ly
&
Kixx,
talking
about
mental
well-being
and
are
working
with
our
minneapolis
youth
congress
to
develop
some
videos
around
mental
well-being
for
young
people.
H
Food
insecurity
has
been
exacerbated
both
by
the
co
vid
outbreak
and
the
loss
of
jobs
and
and
the
economic
wherewithal
to
purchase
food,
and
then
the
unrest
which
caused
disruption
in
the
supply
of
normal
ways
that
people
get
their
food,
and
so
we
have
been
working
with
the
city's
homegrown
Minneapolis
initiative
and
the
Office
of
Emergency
Management
to
help
with
community-led
food
distribution.
We
also
are
urging
people
to
remember
that
the
Minneapolis
Public
Schools
does
food
distribution
free
meal
box
for
any
student.
H
We
know
that,
as
we
continue
to
be
out
and
about
a
little
bit
more,
that
masks
are
very
important
and
we
have
an
executive
order
from
our
mayor
requiring
masks
to
be
used
indoors.
We
had
distributed
over
60,000
masks
to
long
term
care
settings
to
protesters
to
community
groups
who
want
to
distribute
them
broadly
in
our
community,
as
Andrea
mentioned,
we
have
had
a
role
in
making
sure
that
the
health
of
persons
who
are
without
shelter
are
attended
to
and
so
have
provided
sanitation
resources
for
folks.
H
Finally,
our
health
inspectors
who
work
with
our
restaurants
are
out
there
intensively
giving
guidance
to
businesses,
so
they
can
reopen
helping
them,
develop
their
required
kovat
preparedness
plan
and
to
deal
with
some
of
the
damage
that
might
have
occurred
and
figuring
out
how
to
get
back
into
business
as
quickly
as
possible.
So
that
is
some
of
our
immediacy.
In
the
midst
of
this
marathon
I
believe
that
Greta
is
going
to
to
take
over
now.
I
H
You
the
question
has
to
do
with.
Has
there
been
a
change
in
the
prevalence
of
kovat
after
the
aftermath
of
the
unrest
and
the
ways
that
people
were
together?
I
was
really
heartened
by
the
amount
of
masks
wearing
there
was
out
and
about
in
the
community.
I
think
we
really
saw
the
establishment
of
a
new
community
norm
if
you
will
so
far.
The
testing
that
has
been
done
and
have
made
available
specifically
for
people
who
were
involved
in
those
activities
has
shown
positivity
rate
of
about
1%,
so
a
fairly
low
positivity
rate.
G
G
L
C
The
question
is:
do
we
have
a
number
about
the
number
of
businesses
that
were
damaged?
Let
me
say,
I
think
the
number
of
structures
I
believe
it
was
was
700.
Then
an
emergency
management
will
have
more
detailed
information
on
the
number
I'll
defer
to
director
Hanson
on
the
number
of
businesses
that
actually
were
damaged.
But
I
would
like
to
take
this
opportunity.
One
one
thing
I
failed
to
mention
earlier.
If
businesses
need
to
get
a
copy
of
their
fire
report
for
insurance
purposes,
they
should
call
the
Minneapolis
Fire
Department.
C
B
The
detail
you
see
in
this
maps
about
700
businesses
they're
not
necessary
structures
that
will
blend
all
the
way
from
people
putting
up
boards
to
total
destruction
and
we're
working
through
that
that
categorization
with
our
office
of
emergency
management.
We
did
it
first
for
the
FEMA
process
and
now
we're
doing
the
next
assessment.
When
we
initially
did
some
projections,
we
looked
at
200
businesses
and
this
was
200
bit
structures
that
were
impacted
after
the
first
weekend
and
so
that
number
has
grown.
L
B
This
has
been
a
very
challenging
time
in
the
country,
let
alone
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
and
what
we've
been
hearing
is
a
level
of
frustration
that
is
expected
after
somebody's
livelihood
is
taken
away,
and
it's
not
only
the
the
the
impacts
of
kovat
before
that.
So
we
put
the
timeline
the
governor
reduced
restrictions
for
a
real
for
opening
of
some
of
the
businesses
for
food
services
on
June
1st.
That
coincided
with
these
events
after
the
killing,
George
Floyd.
B
So
there's
kind
of
a
double
whammy
in
some
cases,
but
we've
also
heard
from
community
because
now
they're
they're
their
source
of
food
is
gone,
their
hardware
store
is
gone,
their
liquor
store
is
gone,
their
employment
is
gone.
So
this
is
not
just
the
structures
that
have
been
impacted.
It's
the
community,
that's
been
impacted
and
if
you
take
a
look
at
where
the
destruction
happened,
some
of
it
is
not
because
of
the
uprising.
A
So
the
question
was
around:
how
do
we,
as
city
leaders,
feel
about
how
the
city's
done
through
these
multiple
crises?
And
what
do
we
feel
like?
We
could
have
done
differently?
I
will
speak
to
one
immediate
issue,
which
is
why
we're
gathered
here
today,
which
is
we
could
have
communicated
better
over
the
last,
not
just
several
weeks
but
several
months.
A
There
is
always
for
us
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis
a
standard
where
we
want
to
be
95
percent
sure
the
information
we're
giving
you
is
completely
accurate,
and
until
we
have
that
certainty,
we
usually
don't
distribute
information
in
a
time
of
crisis.
That's
not
always
possible,
and
sometimes
the
silence
was
worse
than
having
information
that
was
maybe
60
or
70
or
80
percent
accurate.
A
So
if
I
were
to
look
back
on
my
own
performance,
not
real,
looking
back
on
the
entire
enterprise,
but
speaking
only
for
myself,
that
would
be
one
realistic
criticism
and
one
of
the
reasons
why
I
started
out
with
an
apology
to
both
our
risk
residents
and
our
businesses
is
hearing.
Nothing
is
disturbing
in
a
sense
that
there
is
not
a
functioning
level
of
government.
A
The
opposite
is
true:
I
will
tell
you
from
the
standpoint
that
when
I
mentioned
not
just
the
leaders
that
we
have
here
in
this
room,
but
throughout
the
enterprise,
it
is
an
extremely
strong
group
of
people
who
have
lived
through
other
crises
before
that
working
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis
and
being
challenged
is
nothing
new
for
us.
It
is
just
the
speed
at
which
the
challenges
have
occurred,
so
do
I
feel
like
we
made
major
mistakes
along
the
way.
No
do
I
feel
like
we
had
people
who
were
inexperienced
and
not
addressing
the
issues.
A
A
The
question
was
around:
how
do
we
ensure
that
voices
of
black
and
brown
people
are
not
only
heard
but
continue
to
be
heard
over
the
course
of
this
process?
This
recovery
process
I'll
go
back
to
what
I
said
earlier
about
the
vision
and
commitment
of
our
City
Council
and
our
mayor.
They
bring
those
voices
to
each
one
of
us
in
this
room
on
a
daily
basis.
A
Each
of
us
hears
from
our
elected
officials
who
are
very
close
with
their
each
their
wards
and
with
the
overall
city
in
bringing
those
matches,
are
just
messages
to
us
as
staff.
Second,
is
we
have
many
many
staff
who
are
deeply
embedded
within
all
of
the
institutions
in
the
city
that
grew
up
in
the
city
that
live
in
the
city?
The
third
is
the
city
has
already
and
I
mentioned
before.
This
is
not
a
new
process.
L
A
L
I
Right
going
back
to
sort
of
the
projection
of
the
damage,
obviously,
there's
still
quite
a
bit
of
you
know
wreckage
everywhere
in
certain
properties.
What
is
this
sort
of
process
between
that?
You
know
either
businesses
or,
if
it's
the
city,
that's
involved,
has
to
follow
to
sort
of
remove
start,
removing
all
that
wreckage
and
things
like
that.
Is
there
a
deadline
for
when
that
needs
to
be
taken
out.
C
We
are
not
in
a
particularly
strong
enforcement
mode
on
this
right
now,
so,
in
other
words,
that
the
first
priority
is
the
stability
and
safety
of
a
site.
That's
been
damaged,
we
kind
of
talked
about
the
different
levels
of
damage
and
what
our
response
has
been
to
that
I
will
say
that
we
will
continue
to
monitor
properties
to
make
sure
they
don't
degrade
and
become
a
safety
hazard.
That's
one
piece
most
of
the
concern
about
debris,
particularly
around
uses
that
may
or
may
not
have
had
food
is
that
we
worry
about.
C
You
know
infestations
of
rodents.
Things
like
that.
Most
of
those
sites
have
already
been
cleared.
The
city's
role
was
really
focused
on
the
public
infrastructure
that
a
director
of
public
works.
Director
hutchinson
spoke
to
getting
debris
out
of
the
right-of-way,
the
sidewalks,
the
streets
on
the
private
property.
One
of
the
challenges
that
you
get
into
is
that
again,
insurance
companies
want
the
policyholder
to
contact
them
and,
while
we've
encouraged
people
to
make
your
site
safe
and
all
that,
we
also
want
to
work
through
their
insurance
company.
C
We
don't
want
them
removing
things
that
the
insurance
company
may
have
said.
Well,
we
don't
really
understand
what
happened
here.
The
level
of
damage
you
remove
to
too
much
I
will
say
that
we
know
that
there
has
been
ATF
has
come
in
to
several
sites
that
were
being
cleaned
up
at
different
points
and
that
cleanup
or
demolition
and
asked
us
or
asked
for
that
activity
to
refrain
so
that
there
could
be
further
investigations.
C
I
believe
that
happened
up
at
the
Auto
Zone
on
Lake
Street,
again,
where
I
think
ATF
wanted
to
look
at
the
nation
after
much
of
the
debris
have
been
cleared,
so
we
are
going
with
a
light
hand,
giving
people
time
to
get
the
resources
and
wherewithal
to
deal
with
these
catastrophic
issues
on
their
property.
We
look
at
them
if
there's
a
safety
issue.
So
again,
our
utilities
cut.
C
Is
there
anything
that
could
endanger
a
person
on
the
right
way,
but
short
of
that
we're
really
giving
property
owners
time
to
get
their
resources
together
to
deal
with
their
own
property?
It
is
by
and
large,
a
private
matter.
The
city
would
get
involved
to
it
if
again,
the
property
degrades
to
cause
a
public
health
issue.
If
there
becomes
some
kind
of
pest,
infant
infestation
or
other
type
of
public
health
scenario
that
would
endanger
the
public,
so
we're
trying
to
work
with
folks
and
have
a
light
hand
on
that
right
now,.
L
F
In
Cabo
just
follow
up
on
that
I
mean
so
this
essentially
you're
saying
there's
no
set
timelines.
I
mean.
Can
you
tell
the
city
of
the
residents
of
the
city
of
Minneapolis
it
a
year
from
now
they're
going
to
be
looking
at
a
pile
of
rubble
or
business
did
or
six
months
from
now
or
six
weeks
from
now,
I
mean?
Is
there
any
timelines?
You
guys
had
had
at
least
in
a
crystal
ball
kind
of
fashion,
so.
C
The
question
is:
is
that
those
the
city
have
a
timeline
under
which
we
would
be
telling
property
owners
to
clean
up
their
properties?
What
my
answer
to
that
would
be:
the
city
is
kind
of
looking
how
this
plays
out
in
the
community.
Again,
people
have
been
caught
in
a
terrible
situation.
We
don't
necessary,
have
a
good
understanding
of
who
has
what
we're
about
to
deal
with
the
problems.
C
What
we
do
is
we
look
at
the
conditions
of
the
property,
we
monitor
the
conditions
of
the
property
and
we
focus
on
safety
to
the
community,
and
so
if
the
property
is
lying
there,
albeit
wood
debris,
if
it's
not
causing
a
public
health
situation
or
exacerbating
damage
to
an
adjacent
building,
then
I
think
this
is
not
the
time
to
put
down
hard
deadlines
when
it
needs
to
be
cleaned
up.
We
focus
on
public
safety
and
public
health.
C
It
is
the
case,
though,
as
we
move
into
different
seasons,
that
there
is
an
expectation
that
you
know
before
we
go
into
winter.
These
sites
have
been
stabilized,
which
is
a
big
important
issue
and
that
the
ground,
if
you
will
has
been
taken
care
of-
but
this
is
not
the
time
to
have
that
discussion-
that's
not
the
discussion
that
that
we
need
to
bring
to
bear
on
property
owners.
We
need
to
be
supportive
of
them.
C
I
G
Question
is
how
do
we,
how
are
we
feeling
about
the
volunteer
efforts
in
so
many
areas
of
the
city?
I
will
start,
but
I
will
also
ask
my
colleagues
to
contribute,
as
well
as
a
as
a
director
of
a
large
department.
I
was
in
constant
communication
with
my
staff
every
day,
and
there
was
a
day
in
particular
when
I.
G
Joined
Foreman
in
his
truck
mask
and
I
wrote
to
my
staff
on
that
day
that
it
is
possible
to
be
inspired
even
on
the
darkest
day
and
I
felt
that
way
because
of
the
volunteers.
I
felt
that
way
because
of
what
I
saw
in
the
community
and
I'll
just
say,
and
you
don't
have
to
put
this
on
your
cameras
or
anything
I
wept
over
it.
G
Seeing
that
we,
the
city,
were
bolstered
actually
by
our
volunteers,
supported
by
working
in
partnership
with,
and
it
was
possible
to
feel
a
sense
of
inspiration
and
I
continue
to
be
totally
inspired
by
our
community
and
by
the
resilience
of
our
our
black
indigenous
and
people
of
color,
who
continue
to
step
out
and
volunteer
and
lead
in
their
communities
and
by
everyone
who
has
stepped
forward
and
I
would
stop
there.
But
it
has
been
one
of
the
only
places
of
a
stop
right
there
and
I
will
ask
another
colleague
to
share
their
opinion
about
it.
D
That's
a
great
question:
I'll
just
add
a
couple
of
points
on
one
is
that
a
lot
of
city
staff
are
also
volunteers.
So
we
have
a
lot
of
staff
people
a
lot
of
a
lot
who
are,
you
know
doing
their
job
for
the
city,
but
then
also
when
they're
not
trying
their
job
for
their
study
out
volunteering
in
many
many
different
capacities
in
our
inner
community.
So
that
is
you
know,
and
that
brings
a
very
different
perspective
to
our
work,
then
also
around
housing
and
homelessness.
D
You
know
we
we
keep
hearing
from
from
neighborhood
residents
who
are
noticing
that
you
know
there
are
people
experiencing
and
children
homelessness
that
are
forming
encampments
and
one
of
the
things
that
we
hear
the
most
about
is
you
know
we
want
to
make
sure
that
people
have
the
basic
needs
met
and
how
can
we
contribute
to
that?
And
you
know
there
are
neighborhood
residents
who
are
who
are
bringing
food
who
are
bringing
water?
Who
are
you
know,
raising
funds
to
put
in
like
sanitation,
services
or
porta-potties,
and
so
it
is?
C
I
just
wanted
to
echo
the
comments
of
our
public
works
director
myself
in
the
building
official
and
other
staff
were
out
on
my
Wathan
lake,
the
following
Monday
and
what
was
really
striking
was
how
clean
the
sidewalks
in
the
streets
were.
It
was
a
very
odd
juxtaposition.
You'd
go
around
the
corner
on
27th
and
there
was
a
very
large
pile
of
debris,
restaurant
equipment,
and
then
you
look
to
your
left
and
there
was
a
table
where
everybody
had
stacked
the
shovels.
C
The
brooms,
the
rakes
lots
of
water
available
at
the
Crossman
coliseum
building
there
was
left
over
handouts
from
people
who'd
set
up
just
an
ad
hoc
food
shelf.
Pampers
things
like
this
I'm
at
one
point
in
picture
that
I
took
was
was
two
small
kids
snow
shovels
with
some
Disney
characters
on
them
down
at
Chicago,
Lake
next
to
a
sidewalk,
and
it
was
just
done.
A
beer
in
front
of
Hugo
was
actually
Hugo's
book.
C
It
was
very
moving
and
that
actually
made
our
job
easier
to
go
around
and
look
at
the
properties
and
try
to
make
assessment
and
just
move
about,
and
and
while
we
were
there,
we
were
there
very
early
in
the
morning
and
yet
hundreds
of
people
were
lining
up
in
the
parking
lot
at
Target
from
various
different
groups
just
showing
up,
and
it
was.
It,
was
very
inspiring
and
actually
made
our
work
and
easier.