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A
Good
morning,
everyone
I
want
to
first
by
acknowledging
the
somewhat
painful
and
difficult
backdrop
during
which
we
we
make
this
announcement,
which
is
covet
19
cases
in
minnesota
and
throughout
the
midwest,
are
skyrocketing,
making
us
in
some
ways
the
the
capital
of
the
world
right
now
for
the
work
that
needs
to
be
done
ahead.
A
Every
day
is
an
opportunity
to
do
things
different,
to
transform
our
way
of
thinking
to
embed
racial
equity
in
everything
that
we
do
to
act
in
a
resilient
and
transformative
and
sustainable
fashion,
and
at
times
to
make
out
the
scenario
where
two
plus
two
can
actually
equal
five
and
that's
actually
what
we're
doing
right
now
through
the
minneapolis
forward,
rebuild
resilient
work.
A
We
are
now
making
an
announcement
that
we
will
be
investing
1.17
million
dollars
to
towards
rebuilding
in
a
resilient
fashion,
and
let
me
tell
you
a
little
bit
about
what
that
works.
How
that
works?
A
Many
of
the
businesses
that
were
most
substantially
impacted
by
covet
19
are
the
same
businesses
and
properties
that
were
hardest
hit
by
the
unrest
following
the
killing
of
george
floyd
they're.
Faced
with
a
series
of
very
difficult
decisions
right
now,
you
know
they
need
to
obviously
first
clear
the
rubble
they
need
to
rebuild.
A
They
need
to
install
appliances
put
in
light
bulbs
put
in
hvac
determine
what
forms
of
energy
they're
ultimately
going
to
use
figure
out
how
they're
going
to
pay
for
it
all
all
on
the
landscape
of
at
times,
an
economic
downturn
in
a
dramatically
diminished
customer
base
with
far
less
foot
traffic.
These
are
difficult
decisions
that
have
to
be
made
by
so
many
of
these
business
owners
along
these
corridors
like
east
lake
street
and
like
west
broadway,
but
it's
also
an
opportunity.
A
It's
an
opportunity
for
our
minneapolis
forward
coalition.
That
has
done
some
extraordinary
work
and
our
city
and
our
utilities
all
to
step
up
to
partner
and
to
do
this
right
if
you're
going
to
have
to
get
a
new
light
system
and
new
fixtures.
Well,
let's
make
it
led
if
you
need
a
new
hvac
system,
let's
make
sure
to
dramatically
reduce
the
carbon
footprint
if
we're
using
energy,
let's
put
solar
on
the
roof
and
do
it
the
right
way.
These
are
decisions
that
are
being
made
anyway.
A
Each
of
those
200
businesses
will
get
up
to
forty
thousand
dollars
and
that
money
will
go
a
long
way
because
by
investing
1.17
million
dollars,
those
businesses
are
better
able
to
leverage
the
work
that
our
utilities
are
already
doing.
That
1.17
million
dollars
will
leverage
15
million
dollars
from
our
respective
utilities,
excel
energy
as
well
as
center
point.
Also
that
1.17
million
dollars
is
not
just
good
in
terms
of
the
environment
and
reducing
our
carbon
footprint.
It
also
saves
these
businesses
money
to
the
tune
of
1.5
million
dollars
annually.
A
So
again
we
invest
1.17
million
dollars,
it
leverages
15
million
dollars,
and
each
of
these
businesses
collectively
are
able
to
save
1.5
million
dollars
annually,
I'm
no
mathematician,
but
that
sounds
like
a
formula
for
success.
That
sounds
like
a
formula
for
trans
transformation,
and
that
sounds
like
a
plan
to
to
do
things
right
and
we're
going
to
make
sure
that
we're
also
developing
our
workforce
in
the
process.
A
We
have
a
relationship
with
with
summit
oic
to
move
forward
with
making
sure
that
the
individuals
being
trained
up
at
summit
can
be
the
same
individuals
installing
the
solar
can
be
the
same
individuals
installing
the
new
fixtures.
So
this
is
a
fully
wholesome
and
comprehensive
effort
that
is
going
to
include
everyone.
A
This
is
the
a
good
investment
for
our
city
and
is
really
a
sincere
reflection
of
the
values
that
we
have
here
in
minneapolis,
and
you
know
you're
going
to
find
some
really
extraordinary
people
that
will
be
speaking.
I
I
just
want
to
first
give
a
big
shout
out
to
minneapolis
forward
and
the
coalition
that
has
come
forward
with.
So
many
of
these
really
wonderful
recommendations.
A
You
know
from
the
very
beginning
we
brought
together
this
group
of
of
just
brilliant
black
and
brown
business
leaders,
workers,
non-profit
sector
leaders,
government
officials
etc,
and
they
put
together
these
recommendations.
I
did
not
edit
them
even
a
lick,
and
these
recommendations
have
ultimately
resulted
in
the
work
that's
taking
place
now.
So
I
want
to
thank
all
of
you
and
we're
going
to
start
in
by
inviting
up
our
council.
A
Vice
president,
andrea
jenkins,
who's
really
been
a
persistent
partner
in
this
work
to
move
minneapolis
forward
and
has
helped
us
emerge
as
a
stronger
city
council.
Vice
president.
B
B
I
I
believe
that
many
of
the
recommendations
that
the
mayor
spoke
to
are
going
to
be
have
direct
impact
on
our
communities
of
color,
as
they
begin
to
try
and
and
rebuild
after
the
impacts
of
covet
19
and
the
subsequent
unrest
that
has
continued
to
plague
our
our
this
city
and
cities
all
around
the
country
and
as
we
learn
to
heal
the
the
wounds
of
inequity
and
distrust
exposed
by
the
murder
of
george
floyd.
B
You
know
we
we
have
to
be
thinking
about
public
safety,
but
also
we
need
to
be
thinking
about
economic
recovery
as
well,
and
that's
what
this
initiative
is
all
about.
As
we
know,
racial
inequities
have
been
really
deeply
baked
into
the
to
the
systems
that
we
live
and
operate
in
from
access
to
jobs,
to
affordable
rents,
even
the
energy
that
we
use
so
in
south
minneapolis
and
north
minneapolis.
B
B
By
investing
these
funds
in
communities
we
can
pay
into
the
system,
they
can
make
themselves
more
efficient
and
more
resilient
if
young
adults
in
these
communities,
something
that
I've
been
advocating
for
since
my
term
began,
are
given
a
chance
and
an
opportunity
for
jobs
in
energy
efficiency
and
solar.
They
can
make
their
own
livable
wages
an
entry
level.
Solar
installer
can
make
twice
the
area
median
income
in
north
minneapolis.
B
That's
twice.
I
had
the
opportunity
a
couple
of
weeks
ago
to
go
over
to
the
workforce
development
center,
the
former
workforce
development
center
in
north
minneapolis
and
see
the
installations
on
top
of
the
former
d
building,
and
it's
really
incredible
to
see
these
young
people
moving
us
deeper
into
the
21st
century.
So
there's
a
lot
of
work
that
can
be
done
in
all
areas
of
public
health,
public
safety,
housing
and
these
investments
today
are
start
into
a
more
community-led
clean
energy
future.
B
B
A
A
C
Thank
you
mayor
as
part
of
our
work
together
to
support
the
businesses
impacted
by
civil
unrest
this
summer.
It's
really
important.
We
are
creative
and
collaborative
in
our
approaches.
This
effort
is
a
great
example
of
what
makes
minneapolis
work
that
we
can
collectively
see
a
problem
and
come
together
around
solutions.
Our
public,
private,
non-profit
and
philanthropic
partners
join
hands
and
work
together
to
create
efficient
and
effective
solutions.
C
This
is
especially
true
when
we're
working
on
targeting
bypoc
businesses,
many
of
whom
are
harder
to
reach
with
traditional
communications
or
are
not
looped
in
to
normal
city
programs.
With
the
partners
joining
us
here
today
and
many
more
supporting
from
afar,
we
can
amplify
our
outreach
in
a
profound
way.
As
the
mayor
mentioned.
C
A
D
Thank
you,
mayor
council
vice
president
and
sean
for
bringing
together
this
amazing
group
of
people.
It's
been
an
extreme
joy
to
be
part
of
this
group.
We've
done
a
lot
of
work.
We've
met
together
every
week
for
many
hours,
starting
really
at
the
beginning
of
the
summer,
to
look
at
how
we
can
as
bipark
thinkers
and
business
owners
and
community
members
really
shape
the
strategy
moving
forward.
D
This
opportunity
is
going
to
allow
us
to
have
an
impact
in
the
city
like
perhaps
never
before,
and
so
it's
been
my
great
joy
to
be
part
of
this,
and
and
do
this
work.
The
minnesota
transgender
health
coalition
sits
right
at
38th
in
chicago
and
rare
productions
is
at
30th
and
lake
street,
so
both
of
the
businesses
that
I
spend
the
most
time
working
on
have
been
impacted
greatly
by
covid
and
by
the
uprising
and
the
killing
of
george
floyd.
D
It
presents
a
challenge
to
to
move
through
our
spaces,
and
so
being
part
of
this
committee
has
really
given
me
an
opportunity
to
to
look
for
joy,
to
look
for
spaces
to
dream
and
to
dream
big
and
we're
talking
about
energy
connections,
we're
talking
about
bipoc
business
owners
having
the
opportunity
to
own
the
land
and
the
space
that
they're
in
we're
talking
about
investments
with
big
corporations
and
family
foundations,
and
we're
we're
able
to
dream-
and
that's
been
something-
that's
been
really
amazing-
to
have
the
opportunity
to
do
during
this
time.
D
My
partners
in
this
work
are
amazing,
thought
thinkers
and
they
they
think
big
and
they
they
dream
big
and
they
they
envision
minneapolis,
where
everyone
has
an
opportunity
to
be
their
best
and
to
live
their
best
life,
and
so
as
we
move
forward.
I
hope
that
you
and
the
community
will
get
behind
this
work
understand
it.
Look
it
up
on
the
website.
There's
lots
of
information
about
minneapolis
ford
and
just
work
with
us
as
part
of
a
team.
Give
us
your
support,
lend
us
your
ears,
throw
your
ideas
in.
D
We
want
to
know,
and
as
we
move
forward,
I
think
it's
really
important
for
everybody
to
have
this
understanding
that
this
work
doesn't
just
stop
now
with
the
mayor's
budget
request,
it's
something
that
we're
going
to
continue
to
move
forward
as
minneapolis
becomes
more
cohesive
and
won
minneapolis.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
so
much
rox
for
all
of
your
work.
Next
up
is
is
jt,
thomas
or
joaquin,
thomas,
who
you
know
I
mentioned
earlier,
that
we
were
going
to
be
working
with
summit
oic
to
train
in
some
of
those
that
would
be
installing
and
doing
the
work
on
some
of
these
properties.
Well,
this
is
the
guy
that
ultimately
is
going
to
hire
him
and
so
he's
doing.
Some
really
amazing
work
of
of
solar
service
solutions
and
already
has
a
number
of
projects
in
the
pipeline
for
2021.
E
Thank
you
guys,
I
like
to
tell
my
story
from
the
boots
on
the
roof,
as
we
call
in
the
solar
industry
or
the
boots
on
the
ground
and
how
the
work
that
the
council
do
benefits
us.
So
I'm
a
direct
benefactor
of
some
of
the
programs
that
help
these
these
systems
get
implemented.
So
you
know
vice
president
council.
Vice
president
council
jenkins
had
mentioned
the
workforce
center.
E
That's
a
huge
huge
beacon
of
success
for
the
north
minneapolis
gymnast
staple
is
going
to
really
help.
You
know
you
know,
get
these
programs
going
and
with
summit
and
in
different
job.
You
know
workforce
centers
like
that
it
will.
It
will
help
us
so,
but
what
I
really
want
to
talk
about
is
some
of
the
projects
I've
been
involved
in
that
has
been
funded
from
we
used
to
call
it
the
the
green
cost
share
program.
Now
it's
called
called
the
rebuilding
and
resilience
program.
E
When
these
programs
get
funded,
it
helps
certain
initiatives
get
off
the
ground
so,
for
instance,
we're
involved
in
a
north
side
incentive
that
essentially
getting
funded
by
ralph
jacobson
and
crystal
porter
from
renewable
energy
now,
but
the
they're
relying
and
leveraging
the
different
programs
even
from
excel
energy,
to
help
this
all
work
without
those
programs,
they
can't
make
this
work
and
eventually
they
come
get
a
diverse
workforce
to
help
this
happen.
E
So
the
soul
star
project
over
north
is
24
residential,
solar
arrays
that
will
eventually
be
funded
by
xcel
energy's
solar
rewards
program
and
the
resilient
on
the
minneapolis
rebuilding
resilient
program
as
well,
and
so
I've
also
been
a
part
of
some
programs
in
the
past
over
north.
That
was
recipients
of
this
funding.
One
of
those
projects
was
the
sanctuary
covenant
church
over
north.
E
That
was
a
project
that
was
developed
by
ideal
energies
and
I
was
able
to
get
on
that
project
and
develop
a
lot
of
my
workforce
training
from
there.
So
the
biggest
thing
is
these
programs
allow
boots
on
the
roof
to
get
to
get
and
do
our
job.
You
just
imagine
the
beginning
of
the
year.
E
You
know
people
are
they're
trying
to
make
a
dollar
they're
rushing
through
it,
they're
not
really
valuing
the
diverse
workforce
training,
so
it
kind
of
gets
pushed
to
the
side.
So
my
company
has
really
been
surviving
off
of
these
programs
and
able
to
get
recipients
from
summit
from
the
workforce
center
train
them
on
site
and
make
it
a
a
bigger
thing,
because
this
is
a
green
economy,
and
you
know,
president-elect
joe
biden
talked
about
the
green
economy
and
it's
a
real
economy.
E
C
A
Thank
you
jt
next
up
is
vana.
Murugasen
is,
is
the
north
market's
chief
transformation
officer
and
we're
really
grateful
for
his
partnership
and
his
willingness
to
speak
on
this
vana.
F
Good
morning,
everyone
I
just
want
to
thank
the
mayor
and
the
city
of
minneapolis
for
giving
pillsbury
united
communities
the
opportunity
to
talk
about
a
pro,
an
exciting
project
that
we
recently
completed.
So
jt
was
up
here
a
few
minutes
ago,
just
talking
about
what's
possible,
what's
down
the
pipeline
and
I'm
here
to
talk
about
what
just
recently
happened
as
in
like
as
of
last
week,
we
recently
completed
the
project
so
on
the
roof
of
north
market,
which
is
a
grocery
store,
operated
by
pillsbury
united
communities
in
north
minneapolis.
F
We've
installed
430
solar
panels
covering
approximately
75
of
our
roof
and
a
little
fun
fact.
The
modules
were
actually
made
in
minnesota.
So
that's
another
good
point
about
this
this
program,
and
so
when
the
opportunity
was
presented
to
pillsbury
united
to
to
work
on
this,
it
seemed
like
a
a
clear
win
for
us.
It
almost
seemed
like
a
a
no-brainer
for
us.
F
The
workforce
that
installed
the
solar
panels
again
jt
mentioned
that
it's
coming
from
summit
academy,
something
that
council
vice
president
mentioned
to
two
interns
worked
on
that
project.
They
gained
valuable
experience
working
on
solar
panels.
Sorry
installing
solar
panels.
It
is
a
high
growth
industry.
The
tide
is
moving
now
direction
where
the
green
economy
is
finally
going
to
kick
back
up
again
and
those
jobs
pay
pretty.
Well,
it's
an
average
of
15
to
25
an
hour.
F
We
are
really
excited
about
this
this
program
and-
and
we
feel
like
it's
a
good
opportunity
for
for
businesses
to
to
take
advantage
of
that,
and
finally,
the
green
cost
share
program
and
the
solar
rewards
program
from
excel.
It
is
very,
very
important-
and
I
cannot
state
this-
that
we
were
able
to
only
do
this
because
of
those
because
of
that
program
from
a
financial
pos
from
a
farmer
financial
perspective.
F
So
we
were
able
to
tap
into
some
small
grants
from
foundations,
but
predominantly
it
is
the
support
from
the
cds
program
and
the
excel
that's
making
it
financially
viable,
and
so
I
just
want
to
end
my
statement
with
with
you
know
something
that
that
that
the
mentioned
earlier,
you
know
it's.
It's
been
a
tough
year
for
everyone
here,
everyone
in
this
room,
everyone,
that's
listening
to
this
message:
the
pandemic.
F
It's
been
an
incredibly
difficult
year
and
during
times
like
this,
it
is
easy
to
lose
sight
on
other
things
and
just
focus
on
the
immediate
danger
and
challenges
in
front
of
us.
So
I'm
really
grateful
that
the
city
is
continuing
to
champion
programs
like
this,
because
it
is
an
investment
for
a
better
future.
F
I
want
to
encourage
businesses
and
actually
even
public
institutions,
anyone
that
has
a
large
roof
space
to
to
to
look
into
this
program
because
of
its
opportunity.
North
market
pillsbury
is,
I
think
the
phrase
is
proof
is
in
the
pudding
or
whatever
it
is.
So
if
you
guys
want
to
come
over,
learn
about
how
it
worked
and
how
it
can
work
for
your
businesses,
we
welcome
that
that
conversation
with
you.
Thank
you
very.
A
Much
thank
you
so
much
vana
and
then
finally
ruhel
islam,
who
is
the
owner
of
gandhi
mahal.
His
story
has
been
reached
by
thousands,
if
not
millions
across
our
state
and
our
country,
perhaps
more
importantly,
right
now,
he's
also
heading
up
curry
in
a
hurry,
which
is
really
really
good.
Come
on
over
here.
G
I
want
to
take
this
opportunity
to
start
with
thanking
everyone,
whole
minneapolis,
minnesota,
donor,
funder
and
during
the
tough
time
all
was
around
especially.
I
want
to
thank
mayor
council
members
and
city
staff
every
single
person.
You
know
it
is
not
easy
to
do.
Business
come
from
another
country,
but
it's
a
wonderful
country
as
a
best
state.
G
I
always
said
I
came
from
a
hottest
part
of
the
world
to
the
coldest
part
of
the
town
to
pleasing
your
palate,
and
we've
been
building
a
pleasing
palette
for
last
12
years,
and
it's
always
a
good
experience
and
especially
during
the
tough
time
in
all
all
came
together,
and
that
was
like
a
I
felt,
the
sense
of
community.
We
have
here
the
program
you
know
we
are.
We
are
working,
collaborating
together
with
a
lot
of
other
organization
neighbor,
we
came
together
and
we
want
to
rebuild
it's
better.
G
The
green
building
you
mentioned
about
green
buildings.
We
want
to
build
a
green
building,
not
just
a
building
built
with
the
brick,
but
we've
been
working
on
climate
justice,
social
justice,
racial
justice,
food
justice,
work.
We
had
aquaponic
in
our
basement
beehives,
you
know
so
this
time
we
have
a
blank
canvas
we
want
to.
You
know,
do
everything
and
means
we
want
to
lead
by
example
for
21st
century,
so
that
people
can
come
and
look
at
yeah.
This
is
a
building.
G
It
makes
sense.
Even
100
years
later
will
make
sense.
So
energy
efficiency
program
we've
been
participated.
You
know
it
is
a
great
program
and
very
helpful
and
that's
helped
us
speed
up
our
you
know
making
decision,
and
you
know,
since
we
want
to
build
completely
like
a
big
green
building,
and
that
will
be
big
support
if
he
all
the
stuff
coming
in
from
you
know
different
sector
to
rebate
program,
we
had
participated.
G
Actually
we
were
one
of
the
first
pilot
participant
to
open
up
as
a
restaurant.
Someone
mentioned
restaurant
take
a
lot
of
use
a
lot
of
energy
right.
We
were
the
first
one
open
up
our
kitchen
restaurant
to
do
or
did
and
work
on
energy,
and
yes,
we
found
out.
Yes,
we've
been
using
a
lot
of
energy
and
also
we
saw
solution
using
the
hood
system,
automation
and
all
all
kind
of
energy
efficient
stuff,
and
that
was
really
helped
down
to
60
40
percent.
G
And
thank
you
for
that
and
all
I
want
to
say
I'm
so
grateful
you
know.
Thank
you
very
much
for
all
the
support
and
you
know
and
please,
let's
work
together.
Let's
do
more
collaboration,
so
we
can
lead
by
example,
because
world
is
watching
us
here,
not
only
global,
so
what
we'll
be
doing
will
be
doing
a
global
and
local
connection
and
to
make
a
world
a
better
place.
A
Thank
you
so
much
rohel,
and
you
know
I'll
also
note
that
we're
joined
by
john
marshall,
of
excel
energy
and
and
and
greg
mast
of
the
clean
energy
economy
in
minnesota
and
amber
lee
from
from
center
point,
and
also
here
with
us,
is
sean
pierce
from
my
office.
Who's
been
leading
a
whole
lot
of
the
work
from
minneapolis
forward
from
my
office
and
and
patrick
hanlon.
Who's
been
a
driving
force
of
of
sustainability,
and
I
haven't
seen
our
cped
economic
there.
A
He
is
eric
hanson
from
from
cped
our
deputy
director,
so
they're
really
all
experts
in
their
relevant
topics
and
with
that
we'll
we'll
open
it
up
to
any
questions
you
might
have.