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Mayor Jacob Frey, Council President Jenkins, Council Vice-President Palmisano, Council Member Koski, and Council Member Chavez joined community leaders to celebrate this historic moment: that all Minneapolis American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds have been allocated. In March 2021, ARPA was signed into law and Minneapolis was awarded $271 million through the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund.
These ARPA funds have been allocated over the past year and have allowed the City of Minneapolis to move forward with purpose and urgency with support for housing and homelessness, public safety, climate and public health, economic rebuilding, and City capacity and performance.
A
Good
morning,
everyone
we
are
here
today
to
celebrate
and
to
recognize
271
million
dollars
of
investment
through
the
american
rescue
act
and
I'll
note
where
we're
at
right
now,
which
is
east
lake
street.
If
you
think
back
to
24
months
ago,
this
was
a
core
door
that
got
hit
extremely
hard
by
the
global
pandemic.
A
What
you
show
is
that
our
people
are
strong.
Our
people
are
resilient.
The
city
knows
how
to
work
together.
They
know
how
to
be
compassionate
to
those
that
are
struggling
most
and
when
you
have
that
kind
of
collective
action.
When
you
have
our
federal
partners
step
up
and
by
the
way,
thank
you
to
senators,
klobuchar
and
smith
to
congresswoman
omar.
Thank
you
so
much
because
this
work
together
is
helping
to
bring
our
city
back,
and
so
there
were
more
than
a
few
people.
A
A
We
get
knocked
down,
but
we
get
back
up
again
and
when
we
get
the
necessary
resources
when
we
get
that
support
and
when
we
work
with
our
community
members,
really
amazing
things
happen,
and
I
think
that
is
emblematic
of
what's
happening
right
here
on
this
particular
spot
and
just
to
give
you
a
little
rundown
of
how
this
271
million
dollars
are
spent.
I'll,
give
you
just
a
few
examples:
40
million
dollars
for
affordable
housing
and
for
people
who
are
experiencing
homelessness.
A
Also
over
144
000
people
filed
for
unemployment
insurance
in
2020,
that's
a
whole
lot
of
people.
These
are
people
that
have
at
some
point,
been
looking
to
make
some
form
of
transition
in
their
life,
and
so
we
allocated
one
million
dollars
to
make
sure
that
they
had
the
necessary
technical
assistance
and
the
training
to
come
back
to
the
workforce
at
times
to
make
a
career
change
that
was
going
to
better
and
improve
their
life.
A
A
So.
In
conclusion,
here
I
want
to
say
I'm
I'm
so
proud
of
this
city.
I
believe
in
minneapolis
and
what
is
so
evident.
Is
the
people
in
this
community
believe
in
this
community?
You
see
that
up
and
down
lake
street
you
see
that
up
and
down
west
broadway.
You
see
that
in
the
fact
that
there
are
lines
out
the
door
and
down
the
hall
in
in
the
skyway
downtown
a
little
bit
by
bit.
A
You
see
the
comet,
the
city
coming
back
to
life
and
it's
because
of
the
people
in
it,
so
I'm
so
proud
to
be
working
here
with
the
with
the
people
up
up
here
with
me,
we've
got
a
number
of
council
members
who
I'm
going
to
be
introducing
here
shortly.
We've
got
city
staff
that
are
here
that
have
done
an
amazing
job,
putting
all
of
this
together
and
we
have
community
members
that
have
supported
as
well,
which
I'm
also
going
to
be
introducing
shortly,
but
first.
A
A
A
few
other
people
to
thank
cped
they've,
been
here
since
day,
one
working
to
make
sure
that
these
monies
got
out,
in
short
form
health
and
the
office
of
violence
prevention,
andrea.
In
a
way
in
my
office,
I'm
going
to
do
a
whole
round
of
thank
yous
later
you'll
hear
them,
but
to
make
this
money
go
out
in
such
short
order,
which
it
did
we
needed
to
have
the
mayor's
office
and
the
council
office
is
partnering,
and
this
is
an
example
of
partnership
where
it
really
really
worked.
A
We
had
wonderful
meetings
with
our
city
council,
president,
andrea
jenkins
and
our
council.
Vice
president,
all
the
council
members
early
on
to
make
sure
that
we
were
aligned
in
the
overarching
vision
and
that
vision
was
passed
and
so
a
huge
thank
you
to
all
of
them,
and
I
want
to
invite
up
our
city
council
president
andrea
jenkins,
who
has
been
at
the
table
advocating
for
community
and
making
sure
that
these
resources
got
out
in
short
order
from
the
very
beginning.
Council
president,
andrea
jenkins,.
B
Thank
you,
mayor,
frye
and
good
morning.
Everyone,
as
the
mayor
noted.
My
name,
is
andrea
jenkins,
president
of
the
council,
and
you
know
I
was
I
sort
of
led
a
economic
recovery
work
group
right
after
the
the
uprisings
that
we
saw
in
our
city
that
that
created
so
much
devastation
along
lake
street
and
other
parts
of
our
city,
and
we
would
bring
all
of
the
different
teams
together
to
talk
about.
B
B
We
invested
6.5
million
dollars
into
public
safety
initiatives
which
includes
our
behavioral
health,
mental
health
crisis
response
team.
It's
called
canopy.
We
have
invested
in
our
community-based
groups
to
be
able
to
address
some
of
the
issues,
and
I
know
we
have
some
of
our
some
representatives
from
some
of
those
organizations
here
today.
B
And
so
we,
as
the
mayor
mentioned,
we
have
been
getting
these
dollars
out
in
rapid
form
and
really
trying
to
address
some
of
the
most
critical
issues
in
our
community,
and
so
next,
I'm
going
to
just
introduce
council.
Vice
president
lynette
palmisano
to
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
some
of
the
investments
that
we're
making
with
our
opera
fund.
So
councilmember.
C
Hello,
I'm
here
to
highlight
some
of
the
climate
investments
that
we've
made.
We
all
need
we
need.
We
all
know
that
we
need
urgent
action
on
climate
change
and
as
a
whole,
our
state
and
federal
governments
have
not
have
made
it
even
more
important
for
cities
like
minneapolis
to
step
up
and
take
bold
action.
Our
cares
act.
Money
has
enabled
us
to
accelerate
some
of
that
work.
Minneapolis
is
a
leader
in
prioritizing
strategic
climate
initiatives.
C
D
E
One
of
my
additions
to
arpa
phase
ii
was
a
pilot
program
that
supports
small
businesses
and
gaining
compliance
with
the
city's
labor
standards.
This
pilot
program
is
a
progressive,
innovative
addition
to
the
city
of
minneapolis
that
allows
us
to
prioritize
equity
and
resiliency
in
our
business
community,
plus
it's
a
win-win
for
both
small
businesses
and
their
employees.
I'm
so
grateful
to
director
brian
welsh
of
the
labor
standards
enforcement
division
and
for
director
alberto
galepsy
of
the
department
of
civil
rights
for
working
alongside
me
to
create
the
proposal
for
this
pilot
program.
E
I'd
also
like
to
thank
my
fellow
council
members
for
their
collaborative
work
and
for
the
additions
that
they
brought
forward.
These
include
a
comprehensive
engagement
process
on
the
next
steps
and
redevelopment
of
the
third
precinct
site,
a
program
to
support
businesses
in
making
their
single
stall
restrooms
gender
neutral
by
providing
gender-neutral,
restroom
signs,
additional
funding
for
technical
support
and
outreach
to
small
businesses
impacted
by
the
pandemic
and
civil
unrest
through
the
city's
business
and
technical
assistance
program,
specific
communication
to
the
east
african
community
and
street
lighting
improvements
for
the
stephen
square
loring
heights
neighborhood.
E
As
I
close
on
my
remarks,
I'd
like
to
take
a
moment
to
thank
city
staff
who
worked
with
me
throughout
this
entire
process.
Here
today
we
do
have
budget
director,
mila,
kruver
and
city
clerk,
ken
daler,
as
a
new
city
council,
member
and
chair
of
the
budget
committee,
I'm
grateful
for
their
expertise
and
their
support.
Thank
you.
So
much
all
right.
I
now
like
to
hand
it
over
to
council
member
jason
chavez
who
can
speak
to
some
work
that
he's
doing
right
here
on
east
lake
street.
Thank
you
all
right.
F
F
We
also
know
that
the
pandemic
has
also
caused
multiple
challenges
to
our
neighborhoods
from
many
fearing
the
lack
of
safety
and
a
lack
of
support,
often
times
to
others,
asking
for
us
to
revitalize
our
cultural
districts.
The
east
lake
street
corridor
and
west
broadway
corridor
are
going
to
receive
incredible
investments.
Due
to
this
funding,
we
know
that
it
will
address
the
city's
backlog
and
lighting
requests,
convert
151
streetlights
to
led
which
is
really
important
and
install
48
lights
next
to
two
schools.
F
A
Thank
you
councilmember,
and
next
I
would
like
to
invite
up
kelly
drummer
who's.
The
executive
director
here
of
mcgeezy,
who
has
been
here
throughout
to
make
sure
that
this
particular
project
comes
to
fruition,
gets
back
online
for
people
in
our
community
that
need
the
help.
She's
gonna
both
acknowledge
the
the
funds
that
have
been
received,
but
also,
I
think,
talk
about
what
is
to
come
in
terms
of
the
next
steps
for
this
project.
Huge
round
of
applause
for
kelly,
drummond.
D
D
We
came
together
and
regrouped
and
we
purchased
this
building
in
january
of
2021
and
then
celebrated
the
healing
walk
from
27th
to
this
space
here
and
the
mayor
was
also
present
that
day,
but
we
are
investing
5.5
million
into
this
building,
we're
adding
on
to
the
structure
and
the
city.
Their
dollars
have
definitely
supported
this.
The
development
of
this
building,
but
also
the
programming
that
is
a
part
of
our
work.
D
The
city
is
contributing
to
our
geothermal
well,
which
will
be
right
here
where
we're
standing
and
then
solar,
arrays,
three
different
solar
arrays
on
our
roof,
and
then
the
arpa
dollars
will
go
to
support
our
programming,
which
we
work
in
green
jobs
pathways
with
young
people
from
middle
school
to
high
school.
We
have
a
long-standing
first
persons
productions.
Media
program
which
works
in
film
social
media,
radio
and
podcasting
best
buy,
will
be
investing
in
a
teen
tech
center
that
will
be
state
of
the
art
here
and
then
we
have.
D
This
was
an
old
ymca
which
will
be
a
community
center
for
our
young
people.
We
work
with
200
young
people
at
south
high
in
the
all
nations
program
and
we're
literally
a
block
away
from
south
high
school.
So
us
being
present
here
on
lake
street
is
very
important.
We've
been
located
on
lake
street
for
over
25
years
in
various
buildings
and
so
happy
to
rebuild
here,
and
thank
you
all
for
this
opportunity
to
tell
you
our
story.
A
G
We
cannot
address
poverty
and
our
mobility
without
making
sure
our
families
are
stable
in
food
support
is
specifically
culturally
food
for
support
and
we
are
israel.
We
believe
ensure
immigrants
and
refugee
families
to
have
opportunities
of
financial
well-being
and
stability,
and
the
most
important
is.
How
do
we
address
food
insecurity?
Is
the
core
of
everything?
Housing
is
an
issue,
but
if
families
are
worried,
what
they're
going
to
feed
their
kids
is
a
big
issue.
So
I
appreciate
the
support
and
I'm
also
here
and
I'm
grateful
seeing
my
council
member,
andrea
jenkins
and
everyone
else.
G
A
Thank
you,
fartune
next
up
is
muhammad
abdullah,
who
is
part
of
our
violence,
prevention,
team
and,
specifically,
with
touch
outreach.
You
know
working
on
a
top
priority.
The
top
priority
of
safety
right
now
requires
a
whole
ton
of
partners,
and
you
know,
touch
and,
and
the
work
that
you
do
muhammad
is
is
an
exceptional
example.
Come.
F
A
H
Well,
how
you
doing
how
you
guys
doing
today,
like
mr
mayor
said
my
name-
is
mohammad
abdullahi,
I'm
the
executive
director
for
touch
outreach
and
I'm
also
the
project
manager
over
seeing
the
minneapolis
the
strategic
outreach
program
led
through
the
city
of
minneapolis.
Well,
I
like
to
touch
a
little
bit
about
public
safety
today,
just
last
year,
the
last
of
last
year
of
2021,
the
violence
interrupters,
the
work
that
we
do
on
the
streets
help
de-escalate
over
2
000
de-escalations.
H
You
know
we
help.
You
know,
that's
a
lot
of
conflict
that
we
had
to
de-escalate
within
the
last
part
of
last
year
with
the
uptick
in
our
city
in
minneapolis,
and
just
with
that
alone,
you
know
and
and
our
investments
with
the
federal
level,
and
thank
you
to
mr
mayor
and
the
council
for
making
this
investment
to.
You
know
to
support
our
work,
but
just
imagine
if
we
can
invest
more
into
the
work.
Our
work
can
go
just
beyond
just
being
violence
of
intervention
right
and
violence
prevention.
H
You
know,
invested
in
in
our
youth.
You
know,
because,
right
now
I
see
there's
just
an
uptick
of
violence,
and
you
know
I
just
wanted
to
come
and
just
share
a
little
bit
about.
You
know
the
work
that
we
do
and
just
wanted
to
thank
the
the
city
of
minneapolis
and
also
our
federal
partners
for
investing
in
this
work.
Thank
you.
A
I
Thank
you,
mayor,
frye
and
council
members.
I
really
appreciate
that
we
get
to
celebrate
inclusivity
today.
This
is
not
just
about
the
american
rescue
plan.
It's
about
really
the
inclusive
economic
recovery
plan
that
the
mayor
and
the
leaders
from
the
city
council
have
brought
us
all
together
to
have
really
inclusivity
and
how
we
all
move
forward
together
as
a
city.
I
The
second
thing
is
the
btap
program,
the
latino
economic
development
center.
It
really
is
one
of
those
beneficiaries
of
that
program.
We
get
to
provide
technical
assistance
to
many
businesses
along
this
corridor
and
along
the
the
city
and
investing
in
that
program
has
directly
invested
in
us,
which
means
we're
investing
in
our
latino
and
other
immigrant
businesses,
and
I
look
forward
to
the
full
recovery
of
this
region,
and
this
is
how
we're
going
to
do
it,
and
I
really
much
appreciate
that
inclusivity
is
at
the
core
of
our
investments
here
in
minneapolis.
I
A
One
point
a
couple
of
thank
yous
and
then
we're
going
to
open
it
to
questions.
So
one
of
the
main
points
here
is
that
sometimes
the
most
extraordinary
things
that
our
city
does
they
happen
with
little
fanfare
because
it
wasn't
controversial
there
weren't
big
fights
or
arguments,
and
I
think
this
is
a
prime
example.
A
This
is
incredible
work
and
I
want
to
make
sure
that
the
people
around
the
city
know
that
it's
happening
and
by
the
way
you
can
see
it.
You
can
see
it
come
to
fruition
on
corridors
like
this
one,
a
bunch
of
thank
yous,
first
to
all
the
council,
members
to
our
council
president,
who
has
been
leading
on
these
efforts
to
counsel
vice
president
paul
masano,
who
has
constantly
been
at
the
table
working
out
throughout
some
of
the
most
difficult
dynamics
that
we
have.
She
always
leans
in
to
our
budget.
Chair,
emily
koski.
A
A
No,
I
got
the
council
members
and
to
to
to
also
to
our
community
members
that
that
are
here
are
here
with
us
and
who
have
taken
the
courage
to
speak
out
and
to
support
the
work
and
partner
with
us.
Thank
you
and
then
to
all
of
our
our
budget
team
and
finance
team
emilia
adam
lori.
Specifically,
none
of
this
could
have
happened
without
you.
Thank
you
for
your
dedication
to
kelly,
drummer
and
mcgizzy.
A
Thank
you
so
much
for
hosting
us
today
and
all
of
the
service
that
you
continue
to
provide
to
our
native
community
to
our
three
other
community
members,
fartoon
henry
and
muhammad.
Thank
you
to
our
city
staff,
from
cped,
to
health,
to
ovp,
etc.
Thank
you
so
much
to
andrea
in
my
office.
Thank
you
for
for
all
of
your
work
and
and
sweat,
and
everything
that
you
have
poured
into
this.
This
budget
work
and
by
the
way,
there's
been
like
five
budgets
that
we've
had
to
put
out
in
the
last
couple
of
years.
A
A
I
A
Don't
have
it
on
hand
right
now,
but
we
we
will.
We
will
get
that
figure
for
you.
It
has
all
been
allocated.
A
lot
of.
It
is
out
the
door
already.
You
know
some
of
that
money
went
to
replenishing
city
coffers
either
to
staff
support.
In
some
cases,
the
support
we
got
from
the
feds
went
to
replenishing
furloughs.