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From YouTube: June 25, 2020 Update on violence prevention efforts, ongoing recovery work and COVID-19 response
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City Coordinator Mark Ruff will be joined by leaders from the City enterprise, including the City Attorney’s Office, Health Department, Community Planning and Economic Development (CPED) and Information Technology for the news conference.
A
Good
morning
my
name
is
Marc
ma
RK
ruff,
AR,
uff
I
am
the
city
coordinator
for
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
Thank
you
for
being
here.
This
gathering
is,
as
we
promised,
a
continuation
of
communication
with
the
media
with
the
public,
but
current
status
of
city
services.
We
have
before
you
a
number
of
experts
within
city
staff
who
can
give
you
updates
on
the
many
crisis.
A
The
persists,
persistent
crisis,
that
continued
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis
I,
do
want
to
reassure
our
residents
and
our
businesses
that
you
have
high
quality
individuals
who
work
every
day
on
the
front
lines
for
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
Those
include
our
first
responders.
Those
and
those
include
our
experts
in
technology
that
are
here
this
morning.
A
Those
include
our
folks
who
are
reaching
out
to
businesses
as
they
seek
to
recover
and,
most
importantly,
they
include
those
who
reach
out
directly
to
our
black
indigenous
people
of
color
communities,
who
are
most
hard
hit
by
the
kovat
crisis
by
the
impacts
on
our
neighborhoods.
Those
who
live
along
West
Broadway,
those
who
live
and
work
along
Lake
Street,
and
we
as
city
employees,
are
daily
keeping
the
priorities
of
those
communities
in
our
not
just
mines,
but
in
our
hearts.
B
Good
morning
my
name
is
Sasha
cotton.
That's
sa
sh,
a
last
name:
cotton
C,
o
TT,
o
n,
as
I
was
City
coordinators,
stated
I'm,
Sasha,
cotton,
the
director
of
our
office
of
violence
prevention
in
the
Minneapolis
Health
Department,
and,
as
we
think
about
the
circumstances
in
our
city.
Right
now,
we
recognize
that
we
have
a
lot
of
challenges
on
our
hands
in
the
sense
that
we
have
experienced
a
number
of
pandemic
and
crisis
with
the
killing
of
George
Floyd,
the
kovat
outbreak
and
the
increased
violence
that
we're
seeing
in
our
city.
B
We
know
that
we
need
to
mobilize
strategies
working
with
our
community
partners
and
the
agencies
that
the
office
of
violence
prevention
works
with.
It
will
be
essential
that
we
work
in
partnership
to
develop
a
strategy
to
address
the
violence
that
we're
currently
experiencing.
One
of
those
strategies
is
some
emergency
meetings
that
we're
working
on
to
get
input
from
communities,
particularly
those
who
are
doing
Browns
prevention
work
on
the
ground,
because
we
believe
that
they
have
the
right
approach
and
the
voices
that
need
to
be
centered.
B
Lastly,
I'll
say
that
we
know
that
violence
like
other
pandemics
is,
is
a
contagious
situation
and
so
we're
doing
everything
that
we
can
do
to
reduce
that
spread
and
work
with
our
partners
to
address
both
the
unrest
that
our
communities
are
feeling
and
the
violence
as
a
result.
So
I
will
close
with
that.
Thank
you
very
much
at
this
time.
I'll
pass
it
off
to
the
next
speaker
who
I
believe
is
Louisa.
C
Hi,
my
name
is
Louisa.
Lu
is
a
last
name:
PE
SS
Oh,
a
b
ra
ND
ayo,
and
I
am
the
manager
for
the
epidemiology,
research
and
evaluation
team
at
the
city
of
Minneapolis
Health
Department.
Just
to
give
you
a
quick
situational
update
on
covered
19.
As
of
today,
min
Minneapolis
has
four
thousand
four
hundred
and
fifty
five
new
cases
of
covered
19,
of
which
174
residents
have
died
related
to
covered
19
in
three
thousand.
Nine
hundred
and
sixty-seven
no
longer
need
to
be
in
isolation.
D
Good
morning
my
name
is
Velma
horrible,
that's
ve,
el
ma
and
Korbel
is
Kor.
B
is
in
babi
el
and
I
am
just
here
this
morning
to
give
you
the
kind
of
the
first
status
update
of
the
charge
of
discrimination
that
has
been
filed
by
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Human
Rights
against
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department
as
a
standard
practice.
D
You
know
that
the
city
attorney
is
the
would
be
representing
the
city
in
a
matter
like
this,
and
the
city
attorney
Eric
Nielsen
is
here
this
morning
in
case
there
are
questions,
legal
questions
about
this
matter,
so
you
are
probably
all
aware
that
the
charge
of
discrimination
was
served
on
the
City
on
June,
2nd
and
that
effectively
started
the
human
rights
complaint
process.
Soon
after
that
charge
was
served.
The
Human
Rights
Commissioner
brought
a
petition
for
stipulated
injunctive
relief
to
the
district
court.
D
That
order
was
signed
on
June,
8th
and
if
you
are
familiar
with
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Human
Rights
complaint
process,
there
are
some
some
deadlines
in
the
complaint
process.
There
are
also
some
pretty
significant
deadlines
in
the
in
the
court
order.
Both
the
court
order
and
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Human
Rights
charge
are
public
documents
and
but
access
to
the
complaint
during
this,
the
complaint
process
would
be
handled
in
accordance
with
the
Minnesota
government
data
Practices
Act.
And
if
you
have
specific
questions
about
that
or
any
of
the
legal
matters
pertaining
to
this
charge.
D
City
attorney,
Eric
Nielsen
is
here,
as
I
said,
to
answer
those
questions.
The
first
significant
date
with
regards
to
the
court
order
was
last
week
on
June
18th
and
there
were
certain
Minneapolis
Police
Department
policies
that
were
to
be
amended
and
submitted
to
the
assistant
attorney
general
and,
as
you
know,
it's
the
attorney
general's
office
that
represents
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Human
Rights.
Those
policies
pertaining
to
NIT
restraints
and
chokeholds.
The
duty
to
report
unauthorized
uses
of
force,
the
duty
to
intervene
and
authority
and
methods
related
to
crowd
control
during
protests
and
demonstration.
D
The
next
significant
date
is
July
3rd
and
that's
the
date
that
the
answer
to
the
actual
discrimination
charge
is
due
to
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Human
Rights
and,
as
I
said,
both
the
charge
and
the
court
order
are
public
documents.
There
are
significant
dates
along
the
way
if
you
read
the
complaint
and
if
you
read
the
temporary
restraining
order
and
count,
you
should
be
pretty
being
able
to
do
a
pretty
good
job
of
ascertaining
when
those
different
things
are
due.
E
Good
morning
my
name
is
Eric
Hansen,
it's
Eri
kha
and
Sen
I'm,
the
city's
director
of
economic
policy
and
development
and
I'm
representing
the
Department
of
Community
Planning
and
Economic
Development
I'm
gonna
keep
my
mask
on
because
I
have
a
allergy
induced
cough
and
so
I
think
it's
best
to
just
keep
it
on.
For
now,
I've
got
five
updates.
The
first
one
is
around
general
rebuilding
and
opening.
Last
week
we
reported
about
700
buildings
or
storefronts
impacted.
E
We
have
increased,
that
to
1,000
storefronts
over
1,000
storefronts
and
of
those
a
hundred
and
forty
structures
have
observable
levels
of
damage
and
in
that
140
buildings
or
storefronts
53
buildings
were
destroyed,
31
buildings
have
major
damage,
56
buildings
have
minor
damage
and
an
additional
885
buildings
have
been
affected
by
the
events.
After
the
killing
of
George
Floyd.
E
We
have
resources
available
for
those
impacted
by
the
unrest
or
the
pandemic.
For
those
who
are
looking
for
incident
reports
to
help
with
insurance,
please
call
3-1-1
for
those
who
are
looking
for
questions
on
making
repairs
or
rebuilding
your
property
call
our
zoning
office
at
six
one,
two,
six,
seven,
three:
five:
zero
six:
five.
We
have
free
legal
advice
for
those
that
are
interested
to
look
at
their
situations,
either
for
built
property
ownership
or
for
leases,
and
that's
at
legal
core.
E
That
number
is
six
one:
two,
seven
five,
two
six,
six,
eight
seven
and
for
all
other
needs,
including
those
who
are
interested
in
advice
on
opening
after
potential
pandemic
closures,
can
call
our
small
business
team,
and
that
number
is
six
one.
Two
six
seven,
three,
two
four
nine
nine
I
reported
last
week
that
our
unemployment
numbers
are
over
a
hundred
thousand
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
That
remains
constant.
The
state
of
Minnesota
is
reporting
over
800,000
people
drawing
unemployment
benefits
through
the
pandemic.
E
The
federal
cares
Act
allowed
for
a
$600
top
off
for
unemployment
benefits.
Those
benefits
will
expire
at
the
end
of
July,
impacting
those
on
unemployment
for
those
who
have
lost
employment
either
through
the
pandemic
or
from
the
unrest
should
contact
the
state's
unemployment
and
the
best
way
to
contact
them
is
online
at
Rui,
mn,
dot,
o-r-g!
That's
you!
I,
like
unemployment,
insurance,
em
and
like
Minnesota
Oh.
Our
G
calls
to
that
group
can
take
a
number
of
hours,
so
the
best
way
to
get
ahold
of
them
is
online.
E
E
We
have
a
second
disaster
declaration
that
we're
doing
in
partnership
with
were
leading
in
partnership
with
Hennepin
County
and
the
state
of
Minnesota,
the
state
and
the
in
this
disaster
declaration
we're
seeking
federal
support
through
the
Small
Business
Administration,
and
we
need
businesses
help.
We
are
looking
for.
E
In
order
for
us
to
meet
the
test
of
the
declaration,
we
need
businesses
to
report
sustained
building
damages
such
as
fire
damage
or
building
build
business
losses
or
other
damages
to
inventory
that
are
not
covered
by
insurance
or
not
fully
covered
by
insurance
or
forty
percent
of
uninsured
and
lost.
We
will
have
a
data
source
for
input
on
our
website
soon,
but
in
the
meantime
please
call
the
small
business
team.
E
Finally,
I
want
to
encourage
businesses
in
Minneapolis
to
take
advantage
of
the
state
small
business
relief
grant
program.
This
is
a
$10,000
for
small
business,
who
have
been
impacted
by
kovat
19.
Its
designated
for
businesses
with
50
or
fewer
employees,
and
priority
will
be
giving
to
those
that
were
closed
by
executive
order
for
any
period
of
time.
The
state
has
set
up
minimum
pools
for
businesses
that
are
run
by
women
veterans,
people
of
color
businesses
with
six
or
fewer
employees,
and
for
those
that
are
in
indoor
retail
or
food
markets
with
an
ethnic
cultural
emphasis.
E
Those
applications
are
due
on
between
those.
The
application
period
is
between
June
23rd
and
5:00
p.m.
on
July
2nd,
and
if
you
need
more
information,
either
go
to
the
deed
website,
the
Department
of
Employment
and
economic
development,
or
call
our
small
business
team
at
six
one.
Two,
six,
seven.
Three:
two:
four:
nine,
nine
and
I'm
available
to
answer
questions.
We
also
have
our
director
of
housing
policy
and
development
or
director
development
services
here
to
answer
technical
questions
that
might
arise
and
then
I'll
turn
it
over
to
our
IT
director
Fadi
Fidel.
F
F
Our
new
website
is
our
new
front
door
through
which
our
residents
interact
with
our
city
and
access
our
services
and
access
information.
In
addition
to
speed
and
stability,
our
new
website
will
provide
a
new
user
experience
through
which
they
can
access
information
quickly.
That
is
done
through
the
way
we
organize
content,
a
robust
search
feature
and
access
by
topic.
In
contrast
to
access
by
Department,
the
website
will
be,
or
is
optimized
for
use
by
any
device
and
any
screen
size.
The
language
is
made
simple
and
clear.
F
In
addition
to
accessibility
features,
the
launch
of
this
website
has
been
expedited
to
meet
the
needs
of
our
residents,
communities
and
local
businesses,
and
the
transition
will
happen
in
wave
and
we
say,
transition,
not
migration,
because
we
are
changing
our
philosophy
of
how
to
engage
with
our
residents
by
putting
them
front
and
center
and
the
philosophy
of
how
information
is
reflected
and
accessed.
The
sir.
The
first
wave
will
include
our
homepage,
that
is
our
front
door
and
other
high
demand
main
pages.
The
new
search
functionality,
report,
issues,
page
3-1-1,
help
page
and
other
feedback
mechanisms.
F
F
This
will
be
followed
by
additional
waves
of
content
transition
to
the
new
website
and
the
new
website
platform,
and
there
has
been
a
lot
of
engagement,
work
and
activities
put
through
that
is
reflected
through
this
work
and
we're
excited
to
continue
to
push
it
forward
and
continue
our
engagement
with
the
public
throughout
the
life
of
this
project
to
make
sure
that
it
continues
to
reflect
their
needs.
Thank
you.
B
B
There
were
some
limitations
as
a
result
of
co
vid
in
having
staff
in
the
hospital,
but
we
anticipate-
and
we
know
this
week-
we
already
have
been
able
to
get
staff
back
into
the
hospitals
and
next
week,
at
a
more
robust
rate,
we'll
be
able
to
have
folks
responding
to
bedsides
and
not
just
doing
follow-up.
So
we
feel,
like
that's
a
really
good
place,
to
invest
time
and
resource
because
of
the
number
and
volume
of
unfortunately
violent
incidents
that
we're
seeing
across
the
city.
B
We
do
have
reason
to
believe
that
some
of
this
violence
is
being
driven
by
groups.
We
don't
necessarily
have
reason
to
believe
that
it's
anyone
who's
been
participating
in
the
service
provision
from
GBI,
although
of
course,
or
the
group
violence
intervention,
but,
of
course,
we're
combing.
All
the
data
and
police
reports
to
ensure
that
we
can
do
the
appropriate
follow-up
and
work
with
parties
who
we
believe
are
vulnerable
to
becoming
the
next
shooter
or
the
next
victim
of
a
shooting
due
to
gain
or
get
affiliation.
Do.
B
H
B
We
really
do
feel
like,
as
I
alluded
to
before,
that
this
is
the
perfect
storm.
Obviously,
with
kovat
a
number
of
people
have
lost
their
jobs
and
are
feeling
a
deep
level
of
desperation.
We
also
know
that
there
are
a
number
of
people
who
have
been
released
from
jails
and
prisons
at
an
expedited
rate
due
to
the
outbreak,
as
well
as
the
unrest
that
came
from
a
killing
of
George,
Floyd,
and
so
tensions
are
high
in
our
city.
I
G
B
Naturally,
people
are
uncomfortable.
What
the
city
is
talking
about
doing
is
a
very
innovative
process
and
any
time
change
is
proposed.
I
think
it's
uncomfortable
I
think
that
that
it's
thoughtful
that
both
the
mayor
and
the
council
are
developing
processes
that
take
time
to
look
at
what
a
new
vision
of
Public
Safety
might
look
like
and
where
policing
fits
into
that
new
envisioning.
G
G
B
We
know
that,
with
with
group
dynamics
in
particular
retaliatory
violence
is
common.
So
I,
don't
think
that
we're
necessarily
looking
at
this
as
if
people
are
not
calling
the
police,
because
you
know,
but
that's
the
reason
for
the
spikes
in
violence,
I,
think
retaliatory
violence.
We
know
that
hurt
people
hurt
people,
and
so,
when
someone
has
been
impacted
and
hurt
by
violence
or
a
loved
one
of
theirs
has
been
hurt
by
violence.
B
B
Our
intention
is
to
do
some
emergency
meetings
throughout
the
next
week
to
really
meet
with
folks
who
are
doing
violence.
Prevention
work
on
the
ground,
both
those
who
are
currently
in
partnership
with
the
city
as
well
as
people
who
we
maybe
haven't,
worked
with
us
closely,
because
we
do
believe
we
need
all
hands
on
deck
and
that
all
options
are
on
the
table
to
explore
what
we
can
do
in
partnership
with
community
to
address
the
current
violence.
I
E
So
the
question
was
around
damaged
buildings,
if
I
heard
it
correctly
and
that
breakdown
between
city-owned
buildings
and
the
costs
total
costs,
so
don't
have
the
breakdown
of
how
many
city
buildings
that
were
impacted
there
in
these
numbers,
but
we
can
get
that
broken
out
for
you.
We
have
some
infrastructure,
that's
a
director
of
Public
Works
last
we
talked
about
if
the
structure
being
impacted
and
that's
part
of
the
FEMA
declaration
and
the
fire
that
our
impact
so
will
we
will?
E
We
will
work
on
on
those
numbers
for
you
as
far
as
the
cost,
we
are
still
assessing
that
damage.
Most
of
the
damage
is
going
to
happen.
You
know,
through
insurance
companies
and
it'll,
take
some
time
to
figure
out
what
that
true
number
is.
Our
estimates
are,
you
know
a
couple
hundred
million
dollars
and
that's
just
estimates,
and
so
we'll
get
there
as
we
go.
E
But
I
also
want
to
stress
that
there
are
there
there's
two
different
categories:
there's
three
different
categories
as
the
buildings
that
were
damaged
there
were
the
businesses
and
residents
that
were
impacted,
and
then
there
was
the
impacts
of
the
community
and
when
we
total
those
all
up,
it's
gonna
be
far
in
excess
of
the
damage
of
the
buildings,
because
there
are
every
business
in
Minneapolis
was
impacted
by
the
unrest.
Every
business
has
been
impacted
by
the
kovat
pandemic
and
those
losses
are
real
and
substantial.
E
People's
communities
have
been
impacted
and
cost
of
livings
have
have
gone
up,
and
so
that
we're
categorizing
that
as
we
go,
but
those
we
want
probably
not
have
the
true
sense
of
the
value,
but
it's
it's
it
double
or
triple
of
those
billions
of
dollars.
If
you
look
at
the
wealth,
that's
lost
in
community.
J
E
If
I
understand
the
question,
it's
it's,
what
have
we
heard
from
businesses
and
who's
staying
and
who's
going,
yeah?
Essentially,
okay?
We,
we
were
very
fortunate
in
the
city
Minneapolis
to
have
network
of
community-based
organizations
that
have
really
strong
relationships
with
businesses
throughout
the
city.
We
continue
to
work
with
those
organizations.
We
are
hearing
a
lot
of
very
substantial
concerns
about
doing
business
in
the
city,
most
notably,
what
is
the
security
plan
for
the
city
and
how
are
they
going
to
be?
If,
if
people
do
tend
to
reopen
out,
how
do
they
maintain
safety?
E
The
city's
police
department
continues
to
operate.
The
city's
police
department
continues
to
respond
to
911
calls,
but
some
are
reluctant,
as
you
would
imagine,
to
call
9-1-1,
and
so
we
are
encouraging
businesses
if
they
want
security
to
go
with
licensed
security
companies
and
to
work
either
with
our
community-based
organizations
or
you
can
call
us
if
you
need
some
additional
assistance,
but
it's
not
not
rosy,
it
wasn't
rosy
with
the
pandemic,
and
this
is
just
exacerbated
this
situation,
so.
G
I
just
want
to
follow
up
with
you
about
comment
you
made
about
this
July
30th
deadline
coming
up
in
the
the
civil
rights
case.
Give
me
a
sense
of
the
City
Attorney's
going
to
compile
these.
The
state
laws
that
are,
as
you
mentioned,
are
making
it
hard
for
the
police
department
to
be
transparent
and
just
one
officers
and
make
that
step
can.
D
G
G
D
In
terms
of
the
detail
of
what's
being
amassed,
I
will
refer
that
over
to
the
City
Attorney's
Office,
but
from
civilian
oversight
perspective
which,
as
you
know,
is
the
division
inside
the
Civil
Rights
Department.
You
may
recall
back
in
2012,
we
went
to
the
legislature
to
ask
for
some
stronger,
a
stronger
state
statute
for
civilian
oversight
and
and
we
weren't
unsuccessful
there
and
and
as
a
matter
of
fact,
that
statute
was
actually
weakened.
In
that
session
we
were
asking
for
for
some
subpoena
power.