City Council - Regular Meeting

Good morning, everyone. My name is Elliott Payne. I'm the president of Minneapolis City Council. And before we convene our meeting, we have the presentations of honorary resolutions. Before I invite council members up, I want to note that we recognized On the shooting and Annunciation on Tuesday at our Committee of the Whole, we honored the victims, survivors, families, and community of Annunciation and commemorated the one year of hope and healing. We did that on Tuesday because today is the exact one year anniversary, and we just want to take a moment of silence to recognize Fletcher Merkel, Harper Moiskey, and the entire Annunciation community. Thank you. I will now invite up Council Member Warren to give the first presentation related to the dozens, North Minneapolis' food-focused future.

Thank you, Council President Payne. I'm wondering where my people are. Come right on in. Come right on in. Come right on up. Good morning, good morning. Good morning, good morning. this no this um resolution is honoring the dozens and north minneapolis food focus future whereas the dozens is a community-centered celebration taking place on saturday august 29th along west broadway avenue between logan avenue and penn avenue in north minneapolis bringing residents, organizations, small business, families, artists, food advocates, and community leaders together for a day of food, music, culture, wellness, and family activities. And whereas the dozens represents more than a community celebration, reflecting a collective commitment to revitalizing the local economy, restoring faith in community, rebuilding a shared vision of resiliency, and designing a future grounded in equity, inclusion, cultural competency, and community participation, and whereas the event seeks to highlight West Broadway as a vibrant cultural and economic corridor while celebrating creativity, entrepreneurship, resilience, and community pride that define North Minneapolis. And whereas organizers and community partners are advancing a food-focused future that supports local food systems, community gardens, environmental stewardship, tree planting, neighborhood business, healthy families, and pathways to an equitable and inclusive green economy. And whereas the dozens recognizes the important relationship between food access, agriculture, neighborhood investment, public health, economic opportunity, environmental sustainability, and long-term strength of North Minneapolis communities. And whereas the event reimagines West Broadway as a place where local business, entrepreneurs, cultural leaders, residents, and organizers can gather, collaborate, showcase talent, innovation, history, and possibilities of North Minneapolis. Whereas the Dozens is being advanced through a collaboration among civic-minded residents, neighborhood organizations, nonprofits, food and agricultural advocates, foundations, environmental organizations, and other community partners committed to co-designing the future of North Minneapolis. and whereas participating and collaborating organizations include neon project sweetie pie cpc 2.0 north side green zone the anika foundation minneapolis edible boulevards seeds of justice llc appetite for change strong roots foundation the Jay and Rose Phillips Foundation, Heritage Park Neighborhood Association, Common Endeavors, and other community partners working to strengthen North Minneapolis. Whereas these collaborative efforts reflect the broader vision for a connected, culturally vibrant, environmentally sustainable, and economically inclusive North Minneapolis where residents and community organization play a meaningful role in shaping neighborhood development, and whereas the dozens demonstrates the power of community-led collaboration and recognizes the lasting neighborhood transformation is strengthened when residents, organizations, business, and civic institutions work together. Now, therefore, be it resolved that the mayor and the Minneapolis City Council recognize and honor the dozens, and its organizers, community partners, participating businesses, volunteers, and residents for their commitment to strengthening North Minneapolis through food access, environmental sustainability, economic opportunity, cultural celebration, and community collaboration. Further, the city of Minneapolis recognizes Saturday, August 29th, 2026, as a day to celebrate the dozens and continued work of residents, businesses, and community leaders advancing a food-focused, sustainable, equitable, and vibrant future for North Minneapolis.

Northside!

Northside! Northside, we ride.

Can you play our anthem?

Yes, you can play your anthem.

Contribution North Minneapolis is going green. Give us a call and learn what we need. We're one slight urban blight. We're all north. Minneapolis is going green. Give us a call and learn what we need. We're one slight. Now since luscious garden sites, gardens without borders, classrooms without walls, architects of our own destinies, access to food. justice for all and now like sweet potato vines our missions and goals all intertwine from the educated elite to the fit soldiers in the street out of these caves to the middle of the stage where we can get people engaged thus bringing those who've been historically stranded on Youth and family education never tasted so good. So good. So good.

Put some respect on the north side. Would anybody else like to say anything?

I JUST WANT TO THANK THE CITY FOR SUPPORTING THE NORTH SIDE. WE HAVE THIS INCREDIBLE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS ON WITH THE NEONS OPENING UP THE COLLECTIVE KITCHEN. AND SO WE WANTED TO RESPOND TO THAT CALL AND RESPONSE, RIGHT? THEY'VE BUILT THIS COLLECTIVE KITCHEN. SO IT'S NOW TIME FOR US AS A COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT THAT AGENCY, TO SUPPORT THOSE CHEFS, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ARCHITECTS OF OUR FUTURE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

I'm really grateful for this initiative because I am a business owner who has my license within this collective kitchen. I have a catering business. I have been a restaurant owner. And I really do see the necessity of collective groups coming together to support some of our small businesses like my own. And so I'm just really grateful that this has taken place. And I'm really grateful to be a part of this very powerful movement. Thank you.

Community Partnership Collaborative 2.0, CPC 2.0, we just moved across the street June 1st, and so we're right across the street from the Capri Theater in Neon, and had a fabulous youth program there this summer, so we're like excited, excited. Uber super excited that the city was able to support this initiative because we're going to leave our future in the hands of these young people. So we want to make sure we give them a hand them off something great and give them a good example of what community building looks like.

I'm Leslie Jackson.

I'm one of the co-chairs of Minneapolis Northside Green Zone.

And this is a part of our work plan, working together with community, collaborating, and building relationships, and recognizing the needs that we need in our city, not just North Minneapolis, but South Minneapolis. I'm thankful for my mentors here, just graduating myself with my master's degree from Metro State for advocacy and political leadership. And these people have taken me under their wings as well as Shamika Bowden and the small businesses over in North Minneapolis to teach me on this journey about a deeper collaboration with community and building this. And this is only the first to come. And I thank the city for supporting us. I thank the city for the green zones and supporting North Minneapolis and rebuilding and vitalizing our businesses and recognizing we too are a part of this city. And I thank each and every one of the city council members for recognizing North Minneapolis a part of the city. Thank each and every one of you and Mayor Frey.

Hi, everyone. I just want to thank everyone here who has been a part of this incredible collaboration. I'm also a part of the Northside Green Zone Task Force with Leslie and Michael. Just how important it is to be uplifting the green zones. The green zones is incredibly important and to be able to continue that uplifting of the green zones because this event is taking place in the green zones. So this has been an incredible collaboration across all these different incredible organizations. And also thanking the city because we do have a number of city collaborations in this. So yeah, it's just been a great collaboration. So thank you.

I WANT TO CONCLUDE THE INSPIRATION FOR DOING THIS EVENT WAS ACTUALLY THE CUTTING OF THE FUNDING FOR THE MINNEAPOLIS CONNECTS I THINK THAT WAS A TERRIBLE MISTAKE BECAUSE WITHOUT COMMUNITY WE HAVE NO UNITY AND SO THESE KIND OF THOSE THAT INVESTMENT OF MINNEAPOLIS CONNECTS WAS REALLY AN HONORING OF ALL THOSE CIVIC-MINDED CITIZENS WHO OVER THE YEARS HAVE INVESTED IN THE BUILDING OF THIS COMMUNITY AND BY SEVERING THAT ROOT You know, we have really cut ties to each other and to the broader community. So I would urge each and every one of you to reconsider. That is an amazing investment because that's where, community begins with the community at the grassroots level and bubbles up to the governmental agencies, the county agencies, and the state agencies. So if the community rots at the foot, then we have nothing to face. But again, I would urge you all to really reconsider the investment of Minneapolis Connects because it's a valuable resource and effort.

Thank you all so much for coming here. And I know that we have a resolution coming up for the Northside Green Zone. So you'll be back again while we present that. So I thank you all so much. And thank you to my colleagues for allowing us this space this morning too as well.

Thank you.

All right, so get me. Make sure you're not taking a picture. All right, one, two, three.

While we're standing here, I just want to say I grew up on the north side. I was born and raised there. other grandparents is where B3 is right now so the prosperity that was being brought to the north side has changed

Next up, we will recognize welcome week with Councilmember Chavez.

Hello, hello. Awesome.

Well, we're super excited to recognize Welcoming Week 2026. We'll first start off by reading the resolution here with our colleagues, and then we're going to pass it to Director Rivero to kick us off. All right, y'all. So recognizing Welcoming Week 2026, whereas Welcoming Week, sponsored nationally by Welcoming America, brings communities together to strengthen connections across languages, cultures, and customs worldwide. TO AFFIRM THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ALL COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING IMMIGRANT, REFUGEES, NEW AMERICANS, AND LONGTIME RESIDENTS, AND TO INVITE REFLECTION ON THE MEANING AND PROCESS OF ACQUIRING UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND WHEREAS THE CITIES OF MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL HAVE COLLABORATED IN DEVELOPING THIS RESOLUTION TO AFFIRM, WELCOME, A SHARED REGIONAL COMMITMENT TO WELCOMING COMMUNITIES AND TO RECOGNIZE THAT EVERY RESIDENT BENEFITS WHEN OUR CITIES FOSTER BELONGING, SAFETY, CONNECTION, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL.

And whereas Minneapolis is strengthened by people who call our city home, including immigrants, refugees, new Americans, and longtime residents who contribute as neighbors, workers, business owners, public servants, community leaders, and advocates. And whereas the stories, cultures, languages, and experiences of our diverse communities are the essence of Minneapolis and contribute to the cultural, civic, and economic vitality of our city, And whereas current events with continuing impact on our communities, including Operation Metro Surge, have demonstrated the importance of trust, clear and accurate information, standing up for one another, and ensuring we all have safe spaces to live, work, seek help, and participate in community life without fear of discrimination or harm.

And whereas a welcoming Minneapolis requires more than words or celebrations, it calls for continued commitment to language access, equitable services, meaningful community engagement, inclusive employment practices, and ensuring residents have real opportunities to shape the decisions that affect their lives. And whereas our communities continue to show resilience, creativity, and support for one another, reinforcing the strength that comes from a shared commitment to belonging. And whereas Welcoming Week 2026 with the theme, Stories We Share, The Courage to Connect, will take place September 10th through September 19th, offering Minneapolis opportunities to recognize the people and the communities who make our city stronger and to renew our shared commitment to belonging, dignity, safety, and opportunity for all.

Now, therefore, be it resolved that the Mayor and City Council do hereby recognize Welcoming Week 2026, September 10th through 19th, and reaffirms Minneapolis' commitment to being a city where every resident can experience safety, dignity, connection, opportunity, and belonging. Further, the City of Minneapolis encourages community recognition of Welcoming Week through strengthening connections and partnerships, expanding equitable access to services, and supporting community-driven efforts that foster trust and inclusion throughout the city. Thank you.

Thank you all. We're going to first pass it to Director Rivero, and we really want to thank staff for all the work that they do on this. Thank you.

Thank you so much. So thank you council members. Thank you all the council members for advancing this resolution. My name is Michelle Rivera. I'm the director of the Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs for the city of Minneapolis. My counterpart in St. Paul is here and will say a couple of words too. I just want to open by expressing gratitude to every single person who is here today. We have employee resource groups, including SOMOS and MIRA, the Minneapolis Immigrant and Refugee Alliance represented. We have representation among the neighborhood and community relations department, where the Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs sits. We have representation from the Civil Rights Department. and we have Green Card Voices representation here too. Thank you everybody for being here and for making this day an important day, a way to start to recognize Welcoming Week. A fundamental idea on Welcoming Week is from moving from strangers to friends, It takes a lot of courage to learn about each other. It takes a lot of courage to foster a sense of belonging. It takes courage and strength to feel a sense of belonging. But there's an incredible amount of power in saying and believing, I belong here. And in whatever language you say that in, whatever language, whatever cultural background you have, recognizing that Minneapolis is home for you, Minneapolis is where we all belong, is an incredibly, incredibly powerful idea, and an idea that challenges a lot of what we're seeing in society today. so encourage everyone whether it is learning how to say thank you gracias come on saying thank you in a different language or learning something about someone else's culture this is a way to recognize welcoming week this year encourage everyone to do that September 17th is Citizenship Day, which is always celebrated during Welcoming Week, and it's a good time to think about what does it mean to be a U.S. citizen today, and how do we support community members in acquiring citizenship when doing so has never been more challenging. So I'll pause there and turn it over to Edmundo if that's okay for a second.

Good morning, thank you for having me here today. I'm Edmondo Lee Ho, I'm an Assistant City Attorney and I run St. Paul's Immigrant and Refugee Program. I'm Director Rivero's counterpart in St. Paul and we've been working together for the last seven years and I'm very thankful and grateful to the council for passing this resolution and for Welcoming Week and always being a wonderful neighbor and partner in this work and especially during Welcoming Week. You know, our communities really see us as one place, not two cities. And working together has been so beneficial for the city of St. Paul and our immigrant refugee communities. And I am grateful and thankful to this council and to all the folks that are up here today. So thank you very much.

Take a photo.

Quick thing. I think it's been a really tough year for our neighbors in Minneapolis and St. Paul across the state of Minnesota. So I think this day is really important to say that our neighbors are welcome here, that our neighbors are still here, and they're going to continue to stay here despite the attacks towards our neighbors. So I just at least wanted to say a few words. of the importance of Welcoming Week, the importance of events that are going to be happening to say that our neighbors do belong here, and they always will. So at least... Oh, yep.

Yeah.

And as we're speaking about the importance of making sure all of our neighbors, and in particular today, we're talking about our immigrant, refugee, new American neighbors, it's also important to recognize the value that the Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs has in our city, not just in our city enterprise, but for our broader community. It's one very, very small way in which, as an institution, we tell our community that we take this work seriously. And I know that the future is, tenuous, but wanted to take a second to just really, really thank the work that's carried out every day by the Neighborhood and Community Relations Department, and in particular, the Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs. We really could not be an inclusive and welcoming city and could not aspire to that value. I know it's not real right now, but that aspiration is so important and we couldn't do it without the work of the Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs. Really wanted to thank you all.

Yes. Hola. As a new immigrant that has been in Minnesota for 30 years, I love Minnesota much more this year than ever. For all of you, thank you community for supporting new immigrants. And thank you for continuing supporting with mental health and the trauma that thousands went through. Thank you for this space. And let me say this.

Yeah, thank you so much for your words. Thank you for being here. And echo what my colleague said about thanking OERA and Neighborhood Community Relations for all of your work, not just for this resolution, but this last year and the many, many years prior to this that have been foundational in having a resilient local government that can show up for community members, but also hear community members and be responsive to their needs because at the end of the day this welcoming week what I think about is this is really a government reflecting its people because the city of Minneapolis is actively almost like a prayer welcoming people all of the time. We see it in all corners of our city and in St. Paul. It's wonderful to share that across the river. We see it all of the time and in a moment where we see so much distrust in government, this welcoming week and that reflection is so important. And I I have great wishes and great hopes for the continuation of this work because our people in the streets and neighborhoods and schools both visibly and invisibly are doing doing this work. And ultimately this is this is the people City Hall and we have to keep that work up. So thank you. And the weight of this welcoming week is certainly felt at City Hall today.

All right, I'm trying to see everyone. Perfect. All right, look at me. One, two, three. Let me take a few. All right. Thank you.

At this time, I'm going to call this regular meeting of the City Council for August 27th to order. The clerk will call the roll.

Council Member Wansley is absent. Very clear. Council Member Chuntai. Present. Council Member Whiting. Present. Council Member Chaudhry. Present. Council Member Stevenson. Present. Council Member Raynville. Present. Council Member Vita.

Here.

Council Member Palmesano. Present. Council Member Chavez. Present. Council Member Warren.

Present. Council Member Schaffer. Present.

Vice President Osmond. Present. President Payne. Present. There are 12 members present.

Let the record reflect that we have a quorum. Before we begin the meeting, let me remind all members and staff that this meeting is broadcast live to enable greater public participation. The broadcast includes real time captioning as a means to increase the accessibility of our proceedings to the community. Therefore, all speakers need to be mindful of the rate of their speech so that our captioners can fully capture and transcribe all comments for the broadcast. We ask all speakers to moderate the speed and clarity of their comments. With that, the agenda for today's meeting is before us. Are there any amendments to the agenda? May I have a motion to adopt the agenda? So moved. Second. The clerk will call the roll.

Councilmember Shuntai.

Present, or aye.

Councilmember Whiting. Aye. Councilmember Chaudhry.

Aye.

Councilmember Stephenson. Aye. Councilmember Rainville. Aye. Councilmember Vitong. Aye. Councilmember Palmesano. Aye. Councilmember Chavez. Aye. Councilmember Warren. Aye. Councilmember Schaffer. Aye. Vice President Osmond. Aye. President Payne.

Aye.

There are 12 ayes.

That carries and the agenda is adopted. The next item is acceptance of minutes from our regular meeting of August 13th. May I have a motion to accept those minutes, please?

So moved.

Second. The clerk will call the roll.

Council Member Shuntai. Aye. Councilmember Whiting. Aye. Councilmember Chowdhury. Aye. Councilmember Stevenson. Aye. Councilmember Rainville. Aye. Councilmember Vita. Aye. Councilmember Palmesano. Aye. Councilmember Chavez. Aye. Councilmember Warren. Aye. Councilmember Schaefer. Aye. Vice President Osmond. Aye. Aye. There are 12 ayes.

That carries, and the minutes have been accepted. Finally, we have the referral of petitions, communications, and reports to proper committees. May I have that motion, please?

So moved.

Second. The clerk will call the roll.

Councilmember Shugtai. Aye. Councilmember Whiting. Aye. Councilmember Chowdhury. Aye. Councilmember Stevenson. Aye. Councilmember Rainville. Aye. Councilmember Vitoff. Aye. Councilmember Palmisano. Aye. Aye. Councilmember Chavez. Aye. Councilmember Warren. Aye. Councilmember Schaffer.

Aye.

Vice President Osman. Aye. President Payne. Aye. There are 12 ayes.

That carries and those matters have been referred. The next order of business is the presentation of reports from our standing committees which are taken in alphabetical order. We'll begin with the report of our business housing and zoning committee given by that committee's chair, Vice President Osman.

Thank you, President Payne. The Business, Housing, and Zoning Committee will be bringing five items today. Item one is approve an ordinance related to the dress code posting requirement. Item 2 approves one liquor license. Item 3 approves four liquor license renewals. Item 4 approves seven gambling license renewals. And lastly, item 5 approves a liquor license renewal for rain in Ward 6. I'm sorry, in Ward 10. With that, I will move all items for approval.

Vice President Osman has moved approval of the committee's report. And before I look to the queue, I'll recognize that we've been joined by Councilmember Wansley. Is there any discussion on the biz report? Seeing none, I'll ask the clerk to call the roll.

Council Member Wansley. Aye. Council Member Shabtai.

Aye.

Council Member Whiting. Aye. Council Member Chowdhury.

Aye.

Council Member Stephenson. Aye. Council Member Rainville. Aye. Council Member Vita.

Aye.

Council Member Palmisano. Aye. Council Member Chavez. Aye. Council Member Warren. Aye. Council Member Schaffer. Aye. Vice President Osman. Aye. President Payne. Aye. There are 13 ayes.

That carries, and the report is adopted. The next report is from our Climate and Infrastructure Committee, which will be presented by that committee's chair, Councilmember Wansley. Or actually, should we have Councilmember Stevenson?

Thank you, Mr. President. The Climate and Infrastructure Committee has 14 items. One, passage of resolution approving municipal consent for MnDOT Central Ave. Two, passage of resolution designating the Northside Greenway Phase 2 project and authorizing temporary construction easements for said project. Three, passage of resolution for gift acceptance from the US Department of Transportation. Four, authorizing acquisition of temporary construction easements for the Grand Avenue Bridge over the Midtown Greenway. Five, passage of resolution returning Nicollet Avenue public restroom funding from the general fund to the value capture fund. Six, authorizing a contract amendment with advanced masonry restoration for the Washburn water tower rehabilitation project. Seven, accepting a low bid for the Cedar Lake Trail 40 inch water main construction project. Eight, authorizing a contract amendment for pond land care vegetation management. Nine, authorizing a contract amendment with M&B Services LLC for lead service line replacements year three. Ten, authorizing a contract amendment with Kramer North America LLC for construction of the Nicollet Avenue Bridge over Minnehaha Creek Rehabilitation Project. 11, authorizing a contract with MJV Services LLC for photographing graffiti on private property and abatement of graffiti from sensitive surfaces, elevated locations, and other locations and services. 12, authorizing a contract amendment with Stantec Consulting Services Incorporated for North Transfer Station Revitalization Project. 13, passage of resolution adopting policy goals and priorities from the 2026-2030 Minneapolis Vision Zero Action Plan. 14, University of Minnesota Department of Public Safety Welcome Back Event Permit.

I'll move approval of the full report. Council Member Stevenson has moved approval of the committee's report. I added myself to queue to note that I have brought an amendment for item number one, so we can take that up on a separate vote. Is there any discussion on the remainder of the report? I'll recognize Council Member Renville.

Thank you. I wish to speak about the proposed resolution.

Okay, we'll take that up once we get there. Council Member Chaudhry.

Thanks, President Payne. Going to just keep it really brief. Wanted to, again, just highlight the Nicollet Avenue public restroom funding. Just this past few months, earlier in the summer, Councilmember Stevenson, Whiting, and myself, we had a meeting with seniors in our ward and one of the seniors who's a constituent of mine pulled me aside and she was just like, I have this really great idea. What if we had public restrooms on Nicollet Avenue and in areas in downtown where there are transit users and seniors who need to use the bathroom? I've run into that issue and I told her, we actually have funded a project that addresses exactly what you're talking about and so i think just keeping this in the frame of mind for us as something that we can both do for our downtown but also reflect different areas of our city is really important and i continue to get constituent feedback and i also just want to highlight it's a it's a multi-generational issue and it's something both families seniors have cited in terms of making our public spaces and our corridors more accessible for them to spend time and that's all a part of the vibrancy we want to continue to grow in our city just wanted to highlight that

Seeing no one else left in queue, I'll ask the clerk to call the roll on the C&I report minus item number one.

Council Member Wansley. Aye. Council Member Shugtime. Aye. Council Member Whiting. Aye. Council Member Chaudhry. Aye. Council Member Stevenson. Aye. Council Member Rainbow. Aye. Council Member Vita. Aye. Council Member Palisano. Aye. Council Member Chavez. Aye. Council Member Warren. Aye.

vice president boston i president by there are thirteen months those items carry next will take up item number one and all recognize comes member rainbow thank you say i i just wanted to uh... i saw this resolution i sat down and i read it uh... but perhaps in the future when something uh... affects my war i could get the knowledge ahead of time so i just asked for that courtesy my objection had i been allowed to comment on this i would have spoke that it's not strong enough for the arts district to get them at the table they have a very good idea about how to reduce central avenue and i feel that they're getting gas lit by the state and i think we should stand behind them a much stronger wording than this so i will not be voting on this today thank you

I'LL PUT MYSELF IN CUE. I WORKED WITH STAFF TO DEVELOP THIS. I ANNOUNCED IT AT THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. I DON'T RECALL IF YOU WERE THERE THAT I WOULD BE WORKING WITH STAFF TO BRING AN AMENDMENT. THIS WAS THE STAFF RECOMMENDED LANGUAGE. I WOULD ACTUALLY SUPPORT STRENGTHENING THIS IF WE WANTED TO TABLE THIS FOR THE REMAINDER. And pick it up?

I moved the table so we can get this ironed out, thank you.

All right, without objection, let's table this and see if we can't get our staff to draft something up, maybe working together with our offices. Thank you.

Let's move on to- As in we're continuing the item cycle?

No, we're tabling it until we get to later in the agenda today. Yeah.

Thank you.

And I'm going to shoot a note to my staff. With that, we're going to table that and move on to our next committee report, which is the Committee of the Whole by that committee's chair, Councilmember Chaudhry.

Thanks, President Payne. The Committee of the Whole will be bringing two items forward. Item number one approves a resolution honoring the victims, survivors, and families and community of Annunciation School and Church and commemorating one year of hope and healing. Item number two is a resolution rescinding delegated authority for non-disclosure agreements to the Community Planning Economic Development Department. With that, I will move both items for approval and see if there's any discussion.

Councilmember Chaudhry has moved approval of the committee's report. Is there any discussion? Councilmember Whiting.

Thank you, President Payne. Just want to note here specifically to item number one on here. I know we had yesterday, as we mentioned, at the top of the agenda. Wanted to, again, thank this body for our work that we've done earlier this year in banning assault rifles, or putting a resolution forward to ban assault rifles in this community. Just want to... Reiterate a note here that is as pertinent as it was last year as it is today. The leading cause of death for our children in this country is gun violence. It's not car accidents. It's guns. It's not poverty. It's guns. It's not cancer. It's guns. It's not childhood hunger. It's guns. Our children are dying in mass in this country because of guns. And so, again, I can't thank this body enough for the work that we are doing, not just with the resolutions that we have put forward, but all the work we are doing for every single person in this community that is dying on behalf of guns in our community. So, thank you.

Seeing no one else left in the queue, I'll ask the clerk to call the roll on the Cowell Report.

Councilmember Wansley. Aye. Councilmember Shabtai. Aye. Councilmember Whiting. Aye. Councilmember Chowdhury. Aye. Councilmember Stephenson. Aye. Councilmember Rainville. Aye. Councilmember Vita. Aye. Councilmember Palmesano. Aye. Councilmember Chavez. Aye. Councilmember Warren. Aye. Councilmember Schaffer. Aye. Vice President Osman. Aye. President Payne. Aye. There are 13 ayes.

That carries. Next is the report of our Enterprise and Labor Relations Committee, which will be presented by its chair, Council Member Palmisano.

Thank you, Mr. President. The Enterprise and Labor Relations Committee has four items to bring forward this morning. The first is the quarter two quarterly donations report. It is that these are all of the Donations made to the city of Minneapolis valued under $15,000 item 2 is a gift acceptance from the Minnesota chapter of the National Institute of governmental purchasing first Daphne Holloway items 3 & 4 are approving two legal settlements with the Star Tribune media company in the amounts of twenty three thousand and eighty five hundred dollars respectively I'll move approval of the full report

Council member Paul Massano has moved approval of the committee report. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, I'll ask the clerk to call the roll.

Council member Wansley. Aye. Council member Shugtime. Aye. Council member Whiting. Aye. Council member Chowdhury. Aye. Council member Stephenson. Aye. Council member Randall. Aye. Council member Vietong. Aye. Council member Palmisano. Aye. Council member Chavez. Aye. Aye. Council Member Warren. Aye. Council Member Schaffer. Aye. Vice President Osman. Aye. President Payne.

Aye.

There are 13 ayes.

That carries, and that report is adopted. Finally, we have the Public Health Safety and Equity Committee, which will be presented by that committee's chair, Council Member Chavez.

Thank you, Mr. President. The Public Health Safety and Equity Committee is bringing forward six items. Item one is a package of five ordinances related to regulating noise in the city. Item two is an ordinance regarding pet ownership restriction changes. Item number three. authorizes a contract amendment with Professional Recovery Organization Network for Firefighter Mental Health Services. Item four authorizes a contract amendment with Axon Enterprise for additional software licenses, body-worn cameras, digital video storage, tasers, and related equipment for the police department. Item five authorizes the submittal of a grant application to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for a Healthy Homes Production Grant. Item six, amends council action 2023A0535 related to a grant from Hennepin County Human Services and Public Health Department by correcting the amounts accepted to include Wellstone High School and to provide the health mentor model.

I'll move approval of these items. Councilmember Chavez has moved approval of the committee's report. Is there any discussion? Councilmember Vita.

I'd like to pull item one for discussion.

Councilmember Vita has pulled item one. We'll take that up after the remainder of the items. Councilmember Wansley.

Thank you. I would like to pull item number two for a separate discussion and vote.

Councilmember Wansley has pulled item number two. Any discussion on the remainder of the report? Seeing none, I'll ask the clerk to call the roll on the PHSE report minus items one and two.

Council Member Wansley. Aye. Council Member Shuttai. Aye. Council Member Whiting. Aye. Council Member Chaudhry. Aye. Council Member Stevenson. Aye. Council Member Rainville. Aye. Council Member Vietong. Aye. Council Member Palmisano. Aye. Council Member Chavez. Aye. Council Member Warren. Aye.

All right, there are 13 eyes that carries Next we'll take up item number one and I'll recognize councilmember Vita.

Thank you president pain first I just want to say this came up in committee and I didn't have any questions or concerns about the noise ordinance changes, but Residents in North Minneapolis had lots of questions about this and concerns. So I know that Kelly's here and maybe can answer some questions please Yes, so the folks are concerned about safety and how the city is. I guess inserting themselves in what makes them feel safe and so this ring camera situation is is what we're dealing with here. I guess the first question is how is this going to be enforced.

Yeah. Council President, through the Chair, Council Member Vita, enforcement will look like inspectors going out upon complaint only. So we're not going to be seeking, we're not going to be, you know, driving through the neighborhood trying to find these issues. All of these are referred to us based on complaint. So if the issue is bothering an adjacent neighbor, they will reach out via 311. Our inspectors will receive that. They will go out and they will determine whether they can hear the adjacent neighbors, or I guess it could be across the street or anyone on the block, if they can hear that sounding of a motion sensor device. So far these have been ring camera-like devices. So if they can hear that from the adjacent property, adjacent residential property, then that would be considered a violation.

Okay, but it will be, how many complaints do we have noted for this?

Just in the last six months, we've had about 12 separate complaints.

Okay, and are these like duplicate complaints or are these 12 different households and 12 different neighborhoods?

I would say it's probably at least six separate geographic situations.

Okay. I just, you know, I want to talk about some of the concerns I've heard. really are concerned about the public safety trade off for this. The feedback I've received is this is used as a tool for package thieves, right? Like this sounds off and it scares people, it makes other neighbors alert that somebody could be walking up to someone else's porch or their porch. elderly folks use this as a tool, people who maybe have hearing impairments. It might sound loud to the neighborhood, but it sounds perfectly normal to them. The other issue that's coming up is, does this disproportionately affect dense neighborhoods? So in North Minneapolis, the houses are a lot closer than parts of South Minneapolis. So is this going to be something that now becomes a target in North Minneapolis because our houses are closer? And is this going to disproportionately affect people of color? who live in North Minneapolis that that's another thing that's coming up and then um what is the problem that we're actually solving with this I think is the biggest question yeah absolutely so through the chair council member Vita um so

We have received some very serious complaints from residents who have a neighbor where this device is going off potentially dozens up to even 100 times a day. They are saying that it is straining their well-being, mental, physical. And so we're trying to strike a balance, a compromise of, What is an individual property owner's right to be able to defend their property and have these alarm systems? And then what is the right of another property owner or resident to have peace when they're in their home? So this is the proposal that staff have developed and are bringing forward, but it is up to the body to decide what you think is best.

Yeah, and I appreciate you sharing that, but I also think that before we change an ordinance, we should maybe try to work through this situation, this one situation, because I've just heard from too many people who really don't understand what we're changing here and feel like it's gonna impact them greatly because it is used as a public safety tool for them. And they don't feel like they get assistance with other things when they need it. They certainly are afraid of um inspectors driving around the neighborhood uh you know they feel like they're going to be targeted by this and i appreciate you saying that it's a 3-1-1 call but what if you're having a neighbor dispute and the neighbor is just calling just because and now you have an inspector coming to talk to you about your public safety tool i i apologize for not bringing this up in committee i i thought it was like easy it didn't flag anything for me but it certainly has flagged things for other people in the community that i represent um especially because we do have a noise ordinance and there's i mean it's a complete north noise ordinance that We've had people pay for this product and they pay for that feature. They want to be able to alarm folks that I'm watching you. I see you at my house. I wish we could work with these maybe six or 12 situations to figure out if folks could be better neighbors or do something different. It doesn't sound like we can, but I'm not going to be able to support this because I really do believe that people should be able to monitor their private homes the way they should. I do appreciate the racial equity impact analysis, but there was no findings in there if it would disproportionately affect the people that I represent. And so because of that, I can't support this. And so I appreciate the time that you've put into this. Thank you, Council President.

Council Member Chavez.

Thank you, President Payne. Just a moment. Would you be able to explain the other parts of the changes of just for us to be aware of it?

Yes, so council president and councilmember Chavez the overall noise ordinance amendment is an effort to Clarify clean up reorganize the content of the noise ordinance The piece around the sounding of motion sensor devices is the only sort of authority or topical change within the amendment the rest of it is maintaining all the same authority that we have had for the last I think 15 years was the last time there was a major repeal and replace and update to the ordinance. So there's some language in there that is actually not even utilized within the ordinance and definitions. We're taking those out. There is some conflicting content around outdoor implements and when they are allowed to be used, snow blowers and such. So we're just clarifying that so that everything is very easy to interpret both for our inspectors and for the public. So this is based on just questions and conversations and enforcement ability we've had over the years. So that is the primary purpose of bringing forward the noise ordinance amendment. The addition of the motion sensor sounding devices was a newer concept that came up because of the number of complaints that we'd been receiving around these devices.

Thank you. I'll move this for approval.

THAT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER WARN.

THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAIN. I don't know if there's a rash of break-ins that are happening in Hawthorne community over in North Minneapolis, but I have one of these alarm systems that whistles at people when they are in your zone. So you can set up in your app what your zone is about where you want it to alert you. So it was funny because, not funny like ha-ha, but it was strange because just yesterday I sent a video, a copy of the video to one of my constituents who had told me just literally right up the street from his house where someone had broken into his home just like not even two weeks ago. They were back again. and this time they had more people with them, and so I just happened to look at my cameras around that time in the morning because, you know, I don't necessarily pay attention to my alerts in the middle of the morning, but my security system does exactly what I expect it to do, and wouldn't you know, there was a young woman, well, it appeared to be a young woman, that was approaching my home, And my, you know, doorbell thing went off and started whistling at her. And then she hurried up and scurried away. And that was at four o'clock in the morning, you know. And it's like, again, so we're talking about these security systems that people are putting into place that you pay good money for because, you know, we're we're. short on officers, officers are on overtime. You're trying to do your best to protect your home from perils of loss and whatever else and protect your family, right? You wanna stay away from the not 50 foot rule and you don't wanna have to shoot at nobody and doing anything crazy. So you just have this little security system as a deterrent to say, hey, make a different choice because we're gonna see you seeing us see you, right? And this is giving people a chance to do something differently. My neighbors in my neighborhood are happy about my cameras. And they're like, did you catch this? Did you see that? They all want to know. My neighbors across the street, someone broke into their car. They want to see what your cameras picked up and what, you know, is doing its job. Because everyone... Can't afford it, but everyone loves the rewards of it, you know, in my community. And I'm a Northside council member. So it works. I can understand where there may be some different mental sensitivities to things that are going on. But then I heard you talk about snowblowers, too, which then concerns me because. Again, we exercise community. I know, especially on the north side, a lot of my neighbors will get up before they have to go to work at five and six o'clock in the morning and will snowblow the whole block in the wintertime just to make sure people can get in and out and do what they need to do because it snowed heavily overnight. I don't want to take away that opportunity for them to be of service to other community members who are not necessarily able to do so. And although we do have this wonderful plowing program, it doesn't support all of the neighborhoods and communities. So we show up for others differently in our unique neighborhoods. And so if we ban certain noises at certain times, especially during our winter months, we know people leave for work at different times and they come home. And we're trying to be there to help folks, So, I get it. I mean, talk to your neighbors. You can adjust the volume on these things, and you can change the different tones and sounds on there. Mine is a whistle. It's not the blare, but there is a blare on there, right? It doesn't have to be the blare. It could be the whistle, like, you know. You know, like somebody's whistling at somebody like you're cute or whatever, right? But it lets you know that we see you doing something that's not so cute, right? But so you can adjust it. People just need to communicate with their neighbors, in my opinion, and work on those adjustments. And then check in about the snowblower thing that... I get it, but, I mean, yeah, not that snowblower. And I love the snowblower sound. That lets me know help is on the way, especially in Minnesota winters. But the security thing, you know, just talk to your, I would suggest talking to your neighbors because it is a benefit for all, and it's not there to inflict harm amongst anyone, but you can adjust the sound. Teamwork will make a dream work. Thank you. The end.

Council Member Chowdhury.

thanks uh president payne i just had a clarifying question um just want to make sure i fully am checking my understanding so just in reading the code uh it says sounding of a motion sensor on private property so far as it's not audible from an urban neighborhood or residential mixed use district boundary or permitted conditional residence use so could you just explain like in which circumstances the sounding of a motion sensor is allowed on private property versus when it's not, like how would you determine when it's violating this code?

Yeah, absolutely. So President Payne, Council Member Chowdhury, Yeah, that's the more technical language that we have based on zoning and land use. But basically what it's saying is if you can hear the sounding of the device from a residential property, then that would be a violation. So we don't want to eliminate the ability to use these devices. We've heard from, we're trying to find that balance between both sides that we've heard that it is important to defend an individual's property. from burglary, but that we don't want the sounding of that device to be so loud that it is burdening the neighbor who's hearing it go off because a rabbit ran through the yard or whatever it might be. These not these motion sensors are very sensitive and we have been trying to find that that neighborly compromise as you were talking about and some neighbors are more open to just dialoguing with our staff than others and So that's where the need for the ordinance comes in So it's just if it's like if you could hear it from another house or like another apartment building it's not like if you could hear it from like a

A sidewalk or like light rail station? Correct. It's just a place where someone lives? Correct. Okay, that's helpful.

All right, thank you.

Council Member Vitale.

Thank you, President Payne. I'm just wondering if we can figure out a way to separate these votes. I want to vote against this portion of the noise ordinance change and not the entire item. So clerks, maybe you can help with that. I know that Council Member Chavez has moved this, but I would like to separate it out if possible.

I think we can take each of these sub points up one at a time. Mr. Carl?

Mr. President, we're going to have to look at this and consult with the attorneys because what's been presented is an entire packet to you. don't have the language right in front of me would have to take time to see what parts can stand on their own and which are dependent upon the whole okay well continue with the queue and see if the clerks can get back to us uh council member warren

Thank you. I was wondering, does this include like fire alarms and things like that, medical alert devices and stuff like that? Because people have those things in their home too. So if a fire alarm goes off in someone's home, you want it to be loud enough to where a neighbor next door could hear right especially if someone may be living alone or whatever else the case is and you want it to be an annoying sound so that someone knows to call for help in the event that maybe you can't right so i'm trying to is does this can you answer that for me please yes absolutely so council president payne

Council Member Warren, in this section of the code, which is titled alarms, any alarm may go off because of the existence of an emergency. So you could have an alarm system for your home, for your car, the fire alarm, all of those alarms. This is not applying to that. This is only for motion sensor devices that is not related to, like not specifically related to an emergency. Does that make sense?

Yeah, but if a motion sensor device, I mean, you can adjust the settings. The point is you can adjust the settings, that it doesn't pick up a rabbit or a squirrel or a butterfly or a bird, right? You can have it so that it detects people or, you know what I'm saying, a package, right? Right. So like my security system will say, yes, there's been a package delivered or there is a person lingering in your you know what I mean? Like so I know someone is at my door or whatever else the case is. But then if someone then breaks in. and there is a glass break, yeah, that thing's going to sing like, you know, there's carolers on the steps at Christmas time. Right. So that it does annoy people so that someone does take a second look and pay attention, because sometimes we can all be pre-consumed in our own self until we realize, hey, that sound has been doing something for quite a minute there. Maybe I should investigate what's happening. you know, to get attention of someone to say, hey, there's something going on here. So that was my question. So it doesn't have to do with car alarms or anything like that because I know some people's car alarms, when you first open up the door, it starts making a sound until they put the key in the ignition or they press the button to start their vehicle and then it stops, right? Yeah, this is unrelated to car alarms.

It sounds like in the situation you're describing that that is the appropriate use of this technology and that would be fully allowed.

And that would be fully allowed. So those those medical emergency and medical alert things. But as far as the cameras whistling at somebody or saying, we see you, you're being watched, you're being observed, making those because that's what it typically does. or makes a chiming sound.

Yeah, so adjusting the volume on those so that the person who is standing in front of the device can hear it, but not dozens to hundreds of feet away where the neighbor is.

Okay, okay. Thank you for that clarification.

I will recognize Council Member Stevenson.

Thank you. I just wanted to ask again, there's been a lot going on here. What are the changes that this ordinance does?

Yes, thank you. So President Payne, Council Member Stevenson. So the ordinance specifically changes to alarms. It adds to 389-100, the alarm section, subsection number four. That is the only change to alarms. And that specifically says the sounding of a motion sensor on private property so far as it not audible from an urban neighborhood or residential mixed use district boundary or permitted or conditional residential use. FOR THE REST OF THE NOISE ORDINANCE, THERE IS NO SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES. IT'S JUST REORGANIZATION, LANGUAGE CLARIFICATION, SOME MORE PLAIN LANGUAGE USE, AGAIN, TO AID IN ENFORCEMENT FOR OUR INSPECTORS AS WELL AS THE INTERPRETATION BY THE PUBLIC AND REMOVAL OF DEFINITIONS OF THOSE TERMS THAT AREN'T EVEN USED WITHIN THE ORDINANCE.

Okay, so the only change is that we're adding in no motion detector, like no device that has a motion detector can be heard from adjacent properties. That's the only change.

Correct.

So does this ban snow blowing?

No, it does not.

Okay. And does it ban fire alarms? No, it does not. Okay. Thank you. And I appreciate my council member for pointing out that you can adjust the sound on your ring cameras and you can adjust where on your ring camera, it makes it go off. In my neighborhood, I understand this is not one of the places that has received a complaint yet, but right next to one of the bus stops, you get off the bus stop, and if you cross the street and walk to your house, a ring camera goes off every time you walk in front of this particular house, and then it's so loud you can hear it for, like, across the intersection, down a few houses. So it's pretty... antisocial at the least to, you know, you're just walking down the street and then there's a ring camera saying, you're being watched. So, yeah, this is, this seems like a good change. Thank you.

Council Member Palmisano.

Regardless if you say it or not.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. While we have Ms. Molman, thank you for being here. I did want to ask, this is a large ordinance, like 10 pages long. I haven't had time to dive deeply into it. But the concerns I get most frequently from neighbors that are right around crosswalks near schools along 50th Street are the extremely loud, 24-7, public works installed, wait, wait type concerns. Messages that they hear from their windows because they have shorter front yards and such it's installed in city right-of-way It wouldn't be considered in the definition of alarm as you have just explained While there are settings that can adjust that you know, these are on things like West 50th Street a county road so they're trying to keep it at a volume and that would meet ADA accessibility requirements and also speak to children during school hours. But is there anything that can be done? Would we be seen as in violation of this noise ordinance ourselves when crosswalks around our city are extremely loud and go 24 hours a day?

Council President Payne, Council Member Palmisano, that is actually an issue that has not been raised to me before. So I would have to get back to you on that. Per this language change, it would not be related to this because it is not a motion sensing device. Sure. But if there are specific... in intersections or areas where that is happening, I'd be happy to speak with you after that.

I do appreciate that. I'm afraid that all of these 311 reports, of which there are numerous, end up going just back to Public Works, but we should involve health in this, in trying to find a solution here. So, thank you.

Council Member Chagtai.

THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. ACTUALLY, THE DISCUSSION POINT THAT COUNCILMEMBER PALMASANO BROUGHT UP AROUND INTERSECTION CROSSING Infrastructure and the the sounds that are made and so I just wanted to make mention here because it's a it's a thing that I've worked on with a constituent that a part of the reason those sounds are a little bit louder is is it's an ADA access thing and and it helps to people safely cross intersections and that especially people who may be visually impaired and so the the audio cue is is what helps them safely cross the street and so you know just I'll speak for my my word where we have a really large density of intersections where where pedestrian and vehicle crashes have happened that have resulted in loss of life at times or more serious injuries at times, that I personally really appreciate the volume of street crossing infrastructure, and I do think it helps save lives. The other thing I want to just make mention of, because I know it's been discussed here today around the sound of whistles as it relates during cameras and alerting neighbors about potential issues with people being BEING IN SOMEONE'S SPACE. BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT THE SOUND OF WHISTLES HAS A VERY DIFFERENT IMPLICATION IN MINNEAPOLIS NOW THAN IT USED TO. AND SO I THINK IT CAN CREATE DIFFERENT KINDS OF CONCERNS FOR NEIGHBORS DEPENDING ON WHAT PART OF THE CITY WE'RE IN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE.

So Kelly, is there any way this language can be reworked? Do you have any ideas? I hear long clear, and I raised this in committee, and you had a good answer. I wasn't satisfied with it. And as you can see today, some of us are not satisfied either. Do you have any thoughts in your professional opinion how we could manage this issue?

THROUGH THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. I'D BE HAPPY TO HAVE THIS ITEM DELAYED A CYCLE OR TWO SO WE COULD WORK ON WHAT THAT LANGUAGE WOULD LOOK LIKE BEHIND THE SCENES.

OKAY. THANK YOU. I MOVE TO DELAY ONE CYCLE. SECOND.

THERE HAS BEEN A MOTION TO DELAY A CYCLE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? Seeing none, I'll ask the clerk to call the roll on the motion to delay item number one of the PHSC report.

Council Member Wansley. Nay. Council Member Shugtai. Nay. Council Member Whiting. Aye. Council Member Chowdhury.

Nay.

Council Member Stevenson. No. Council Member Rainbow. Aye. Council Member Vita. Aye. Council Member Palmisano.

Aye.

Council Member Chavez. No. Council Member Warren.

Aye.

Council Member Schaffer.

Aye.

Vice President Osman.

Aye.

President Payne.

Nay.

There are seven ayes and six nays.

That motion carries, and that item will be revisited at the next council meeting. Next, we will take up item number two, which is the pet ownership restrictions ordinance, and I believe it was Councilmember Wansley that pulled that item. I now recognize Councilmember Wansley.

Thank you, President Payne. I just want to speak to this item. I'm really excited about it finally coming forward to full council. Just some context on this. Back in 2024, Councilmember Chavez and I worked together with city staff specifically in civil rights. and a number of other community partners to pass a comprehensive overhaul of our city's civil rights ordinances, thus making Minneapolis become one of the first cities in the country to establish a protected class for justice impacted residents. We won this change through close partnership with incredible leaders and organizations in the justice impacted community who advocate for the simple policy that once you complete your sentence, you shouldn't have to face official second sentence or extra barriers, costs, and other forms of discrimination. Those types of barriers are what make reentry and restoration impossible and leads often to recidivism. And our whole community thrives when our justice impacted residents have the resources and the support and the opportunities they need to live stable and safe and meaningful lives. That is why I was grateful when a Ward 2 resident reached out to my office to let us know that they had experienced a discriminatory policy within the city's own animal care and control facility. and implored us to eliminate said policy. I and my colleagues knew that this represented the opportunity to put the city's commitments around civil rights into practice, especially noting that our current city code includes extra barriers and fees for some justice impacted residents to own dogs weighing more than 20 pounds. not because the dog is more dangerous or the resident is a bad pet owner, but solely due to their prior convictions. And it's essentially a textbook example of a second sentence where justice impacted residents and communities are subjected to arbitrary barriers and costs that have nothing to do with public safety, but everything to do with punishment and discrimination against those who've already paid their debts to society. For that reasons, my coauthors and I work closely with leadership of our animal care and control department to create a new policy that removes barriers and fees for justice impacted individuals without changing animal care and controls ability to restrict ownership for dangerous animals. We also added language to make it easier for animal care and control to prevent adoption by residents who do have a demonstrated record of animal cruelty convictions. I am again so grateful to our partners in the Justice Impacted community for your advocacy and for the leadership of our Minneapolis Animal Care and Control, as well as to my co-authors, Councilmember Chavez, Whiting, and Chowdhury for your support in developing this policy. and truly addressing and ideally removing a discriminatory practice that has impeded recidivism and essentially a better reentry process for many of our residents and their furry friends really helped to make that possible. So with that, I would like to move this forward with approval.

Second. Council Member Wamsley has moved this item for approval. It's been seconded. I'll recognize Council Member Warren.

Thank you, President Payne. I want to say that this sounds really good and I am excited to hear that this is coming forward. Animals are a lot of times emotional support for individuals and definitely serve as a healing mechanism for individuals who may be just as impacted or anyone, period. I don't think that there should be any additional fees around having those animals. When you have an emotional support animal, even when you're living in specific housing, you don't have to pay those additional pet deposits or whatever else the case is, and this removes a great deal of barriers. I would like to be added as a co-author on this ordinance, and thank you for this work.

Sounds great to me. Thank you, Council Member.

Council Member Palmisano.

Thank you. I am glad to see Director Schindel here today, and I have a couple clarifying points I'd like to ask him to make, if that's all right. First, I'll say I agree with Council Member Wansley's argument about equity for justice impacted individuals who served their time, and I support this ordinance change. At the same time, Yesterday I received outreach of people concerned from animal rescue organizations Thanks to councilmember Whiting. He took time in his busy night to dive into that with me and I think I understand But director Shendell, could you confirm for me that this amendment does not change the restriction of people who have been convicted of animal cruelty charges to own pets under 20 pounds and how about under 20 pounds I

Yep. President Payne, Council Member Palmisano, thank you so much for the question. Yes, happy to clarify that. That is correct. This is only Removing the restriction from felons for 20 pounds or more who've been convicted of a felony that's considered violent under state statute However, we actually in this ordinance councilmember Wansley who was our author on this We actually worked with city attorney's office and added in language to include Being able to restrict ownership for anybody now who's been convicted of any animal cruelty charge, which even includes a misdemeanor, which is actually great because that's helping us further protect our companion animals in the city that really we want to keep away from people who may cause harm to them.

And how about domestic violence?

Domestic violence is not considered a part of that. It's specifically to the animal cruelty statute, but any time we're still able to restrict ownership based on potentially dangerous, dangerous designations on the animals, that remains unchanged. And then also for anybody who uses their animal negligently to potentially cause or attempt to inflict harm on someone.

I do want to point out that a big concern in the domestic violence support community is about abusers who use pets and animals in their violence against mostly women. I'm curious what kind of engagement has been done with our stakeholders, including our wonderful and trusted rescue organization partners, because those are the ones I heard from yesterday.

Yeah, that's a great point. We have talked to community on this. I know our author and co-authors have done a lot of extensive engagement in the community on this. We heard from some justice impacted residents and community members at the committee, as well as we have a very strong partnership with our organization. A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT FOLKS ACTUALLY, HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS, THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND DIRECTOR FOR THE STATE OF MINNESOTA WAS PRESENT YESTERDAY AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE IN SUPPORT OF THIS. ALSO SERVES ON OUR ADVISORY BOARD COMMITTEE AND WE ALSO HAVE A RESOURCE PARTNER, COMMUNITY RESOURCE PARTNER North Minneapolis Pet Resource Center, who also is in support of this. And we do work with hundreds of rescue organizations at Animal Care and Control, and we rely on them heavily to take our animals daily, specifically the ones that need more care. And I have not heard any opposition from them on this.

Is it true that the Animal Control Advisory Committee was eliminated a while back? You just mentioned it.

It is. It's more of an informal one now. It's not a formal ABC advisory committee.

I just want to say yes. Thank you, Director Schindel. These are really great rescue groups. Underdog is one example of another one who are helping to really be a soft landing for dogs from animal control and help relieve our numbers, as well as what you said, really complex and difficult situations. I think, you know, the... The former Animal Control Advisory Committee was maybe one way we used to communicate to people involved in the work, but it's really important that we talk to stakeholders so they know what this is and what it's not. I think they heard about this from the press conference just yesterday, and that's why they haven't been able to be Part of this process and that's why you didn't hear from them yet. They didn't even know about it So we could not be a no-kill shelter without partners like this They shouldn't have to hear about it at the end of the road on NPR yesterday These are the folks that work so hard to to originally get some of these protections and allow us to be a no-kill shelter Put those protections in place. So I think that engaging with them directly may have or still will help to alleviate those fears. So thank you and thank you for bringing this forward today.

Council Member Whiting. Thank you, President Payne. And just a quick question. I think Council Member Palmisano is exactly right, particularly as it relates to the, I think, confusion around this specific ordinance change, particularly by the title, I think, of the ordinance. Could you walk through maybe like briefly what the actual changes are happening and what is not happening as well? And I know we did this also in committee as well, so I appreciate you putting up with my additional question.

President Payne, Council Member Whiting, certainly. Yeah, so specifically right now, the way it stands in the ordinance is that anybody who's convicted of a violent felony under Minnesota state statute, which there's a long list, but to name a few would be a burglary, an assault, a felony assault, of course, so not really domestic violence there. BURGLARY, ANY OF THE DRUG CHARGE CHAPTERS, 152 CODE, WHAT IT DOES IS IT MAKES THEM APPLY FOR A PERMIT, AND THAT PERMIT FEE IS $250, WHICH ALSO LIVES IN THAT ORDINANCE, 66.80E, AS IN EDWARD. Under chapter 4 and it makes them apply for that permit which comes to our office for review Just to give an idea. We've had since January 1st of 2020. We pulled the data We had 18 of those requests come in 11 or approved were approved seven were denied Whenever there is a denial there certainly as part of that application feed at no additional expense There is certainly an appeals process and administrative hearing which takes place here in City Hall in front of myself or another city in official from our department and a neutral administrative hearing officer. They hear the case and they're often either side with the city or side with them, but they have that due process. And most of those seven appeals that either took place or could have taken place on the denials were based on things not because of their felony status. It's because of improper ownership of that animal specifically that we felt that could have caused harm or future things that they may have done to those animals and or as well as those animals posing a risk to the public safety. And I think it's important to note in this ordinance that it also, as it stands, it didn't involve domestic violence. We couldn't restrict based on that. But also in addition, we had to prove the animal was a danger, a risk to the public safety. I know there's certainly been cases where we had wanted to move that and allow disallow somebody for the safety of the pet But we weren't able to because we the animal was super friendly when it was in our care and we knew we couldn't Move forward on that. So really this ordinance change is just eliminating the felon restriction removing the the fee and the barrier the hidden barrier for our justice impacted community who are amazing pet owners just as all of us are and we see that so much and they're really just trying to regain a footing on finding housing securing a place to live during a pivotal time in their life so it's going to help them by removing that barrier and then it's it's going to no longer require them to do that and then really the other change to this ordinance that's a great positive change is implementing the Ability for us to restrict not only on the dangerous potentially dangerous designation But on the fact that if somebody has a prior animal cruelty conviction even a misdemeanor will be able to restrict solely on that and that is extremely helpful and Beneficial because that's exactly what we're trying to do with this ordinance

That's really helpful. Thank you, Director. Because I know the first time I read it, I was quite confused of like, hey, where are we adding? Are we changing some of these things? Are we actually making it easier for people that have some of these animal endangerment kind of charges? Easier to get animals and as I was actually not. And so thank you for the explanation. I appreciate it. Thank you.

Seeing no one else left in the queue, I will ask the clerk to call the roll on PHSE item number two.

council member wansley aye council member shaktai aye council member whiting aye council member chowdhury aye council member stevenson aye council member rainville aye council member vita aye council member pomisano aye council member chavez aye council member warren aye council member shaffer aye vice president osmond aye president payne aye there are 13 eyes

THAT CARRIES AND WE GOT GUIDANCE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEYS AND THE CLERKS ON ITEM 1.1, COUNCIL MEMBER VITAB REQUESTED A DIVIDED VOTE AND WE WILL TAKE UP AS OH, WE ALREADY DID THAT. THAT'S RIGHT. OK, I'm sorry. I'm catching up with my chats and following the queue at the same time. That's done. All right, that's done. So we will now revisit. We had tabled item number one on the Climate and Infrastructure Committee. This is the municipal consent for Central Avenue. MY INTENTION WITH MY ORIGINAL AMENDMENT WAS TO INCLUDE A REQUEST FROM THE COMMUNITY TO INCLUDE AN ART WALK. THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE THAT I BROUGHT FORWARD AFTER WORKING WITH STAFF KEPT THE LANGUAGE VAGUE TOWARDS PUBLIC ART, BUT WE WANTED TO STRENGTHEN THIS TO EXPLICITLY NAME OUR SUPPORT FOR AN ART WALK. SO I WILL READ INTO THE RECORD WHAT THIS AMENDMENT DOES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. Whereas the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District has been consistently named the top arts district in the nation due to the concentration of world renowned local artists and visionaries. And whereas the city expects that MnDOT will continue to engage with government partners, community groups, and Northeast Minneapolis residents and businesses about public art along Central Avenue in Minneapolis. And whereas the city of Minneapolis strongly supports the art walk concept and requests MnDOT to acknowledge that this part of Central Avenue is not a highway but a dense urban arts district. And they will include Northeast Minneapolis residents and artist communities in the corridor wide visual quality advisory committee to ensure direct input from the Northeast arts district community and the development of the visual quality manual. I believe that council member Rainville signed off on that language as well.

Yes, and I want to thank you for allowing me to have input on that. And I do appreciate that the community is so involved. MnDOT is a great organization, but they develop highways. And this could be the densest part of Northeast Minneapolis, at least up in Ward 1. And they just have to think differently and for sure listen to the community in this. So I appreciate the opportunity for input, Mr. President.

Seeing no one else left in queue, I'll ask the clerk to call the roll on climate and infrastructure item number one.

Council Member Wansley? Aye. Council Member Shuntai? Aye. Council Member Whiting? Aye. Council Member Chowdhury? Aye. Council Member Stevenson? Aye. Council Member Rainbow? Aye. Council Member Vietong? Aye. Council Member Pomsano? Aye. Council Member Chavez? Aye. Council Member Warren? Aye. Council Member Schaffer? Aye. Vice President Osmond. Aye. President Payne. Aye. There are 13 ayes.

That carries and that completes all of the reports of our standing committees. The next order of business is notice of ordinance introductions. We have two notices today. First, Councilmember Chaudhry and Vice President Osmond are giving notice of two ordinance ORDINANCES, AMENDING PROVISIONS, AND TWO SEPARATE TITLES OF THE ORDINANCES, AMENDING PROVISIONS, AND TWO SEPARATE TITLES OF THE ORDINANCES, AMENDING PROVISIONS, AND TWO SEPARATE TITLES OF THE CODE RELATED TO THE ZONING CODE CODE RELATED TO THE ZONING CODE CODE RELATED TO THE ZONING CODE AND LAND SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS AND LAND SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS AND LAND SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS TO UPDATE DEVELOPMENT AND TO UPDATE DEVELOPMENT AND TO UPDATE DEVELOPMENT AND SUBDIVISION STANDARDS FOR SUBDIVISION STANDARDS FOR SUBDIVISION STANDARDS FOR DWELLINGS WITH ONE TO THREE DWELLINGS The next order of business is the introduction and referral calendar. We have two items today. First, pursuant to notice, Councilmember Palmisano moves to amend her prior introduction of an ordinance amending the administration code regarding the capital long-range improvement committee given at our regular meeting on February 19th. THIS AMENDED INTRODUCTION, WHICH WILL BE REFERRED TO THE ENTERPRISE AND LABOR RELATIONS COMMITTEE, CLARIFIES THAT THE PURPOSED ORDINANCE WILL RESULT IN A REVISED CHAPTER 35 RATHER THAN A REPEAL AS ORIGINALLY INTRODUCED. SECOND, PURSUANT TO NOTICE, COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON MOVES TO INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE AIR POLLUTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION CODE FOR FIRST READING AND REFERRAL TO CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, REPEALING SECTION 47.190. may have a motion to approve these introductions.

So moved.

Is there a second? Those have been moved and seconded. I'll recognize Councilmember Palmesano.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. You did a good job explaining this, but I just wanted to offer just some kind of plain speak about it. When this click item was originally introduced, the plan was to repeal click as established in ordinance and just reconstitute it by resolution. It is now being proposed to leave it in ordinance and that CLIC will remain a Tier 2 body. Even though they don't have decision-making authority, the council and mayor rely heavily on their recommendations for the capital budget, and that feels more like Tier 2. Some of you heard that in budget committee this week. Another way to say this, we're making another concession here to achieve broad consensus and move forward. Thank you.

Councilmember Chavez. Thank you, President Payne. If Councilmember Palmesano or Clerk Hawkins please explain to the public what the current policy is, what the current breakdown of seats are, and then what this proposed change would do.

I'm going to cede this to Clerk Karl, because you can say it a lot more succinctly than I can.

Clerk Karl.

Mr. President, Councilor Rashad, as the current membership of CLIC is 33 members, those seats are appointed by the mayor and council's appointing authorities. The ordinance, as already drafted, follows along with our general board and commission ordinance reform and provides for a total of 23 seats. It reallocates those seats as follows. one to be nominated from each council member representing the 13 wards, two from the mayor, and then eight qualified seats. And again, under our ABC ordinance, a qualified seat refers to a seat where the individual in it must hold a specific qualification. So in this case, people who have expertise, experience, background, or working knowledge of capital finance, capital planning, project management, things that are related to the work of CLIC, the Capital Long Range Investment Committee. THE QUALIFIED SEATS ARE NOMINATED BY THE DEPARTMENTS THAT SUPPORT THE BOARD. SO IN THIS CASE, THOSE EIGHT SEATS WOULD BE NOMINATED BY THE FINANCE AND PROPERTY SERVICES DEPARTMENT WHICH IS THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ADMINISTRATION THAT SUPPORTS CLIC. HOWEVER, JUST LIKE ALL SEATS, THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY REMAINS THE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR. SO FINANCE AND PROPERTY SERVICES BRINGS FORWARD THE NAMES OF INDIVIDUALS WHO MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS SPECIFIED IN ORDINANCE AND IT'S UP TO THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL TO DECIDE IF THEY WILL APPOINT THOSE INDIVIDUALS. I think Council Member Palmosano already indicated the change was originally under the board and commission reform ordinance click because it doesn't have final decision-making authority would not otherwise qualify as a tier two which are created by ordinance. It would be a purely advisory board which is created by resolution as tier three. We had worked in 2025 to bring forward that resolution. Having met with Chair Bernstein and the Finance and Property Services team, representatives from the city attorney's office and others, we concurred basically with Chair Bernstein and others and what Councilmember Palmisano said, that due to the weight of CLIC and its recommendations on very significant and high dollar items related to the city's capital budget, that it should stay in the code. It should be created by ordinance. It should remain a tier two body. SO THE ORDINANCE COMING FORWARD SO THE ORDINANCE COMING FORWARD NOW HAS BEEN REDRAFTED TO NOW HAS BEEN REDRAFTED TO NOW HAS BEEN REDRAFTED TO RETAIN ALL OF THOSE THINGS. RETAIN ALL OF THOSE THINGS. RETAIN ALL OF THOSE THINGS. THE ONLY CHANGE THEN IS IN THE THE ONLY CHANGE THEN IS IN THE THE ONLY CHANGE THEN IS IN THE MEMBERSHIP TO ALIGN WITH WHAT WE MEMBERSHIP TO ALIGN WITH WHAT WE MEMBERSHIP TO ALIGN WITH WHAT WE HAVE IN THE BASE CODE FOR CREATION HAVE IN THE BASE CODE FOR CREATION HAVE IN THE BASE CODE FOR CREATION OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. SO CAN YOU REPEAT WHAT THE SO CAN YOU REPEAT WHAT THE SO

I think there should be more further conversation about this proposal particularly about the amount of seats that are being proposed because I think one there hasn't really been engagement on this ordinance with the city council at least myself I'll speak for myself and I hope that there are briefings that are set up. I think we're moving super quick with this ordinance without having engaged many of us, at least some of us on the council. And I know this is already now going to go to committee already. And I think that there should be briefings, conversations, engagement. Is there any comments made by CLIC? What do they think about the ordinance?

I can chime in here. I've had several conversations with Chair Bernstein on this. I've also had conversation with some, not all, CLIC members. As you can see, this body is huge. There are a number of people that us as a city council, we just leave those seats empty. It gets incredibly difficult to make quorum on this very large body. So that plus not having to go through a very long introduction and training with new CLIC members that cycle on and off, These are some of the reasons for the change. I'll be happy to have a conversation with you and others offline to go through this. And this is just the start of the formal process. We've been talking about it as a council, as a body, not in individual rooms, but as a body here for a long time. So I'll be happy to offer another round of conversations on that, and especially with you, Councilmember Chavez.

Thank you. I would love a briefing because there hasn't been a briefing on this particular language at all. So it's the first time we're starting to see this language. I think we're rushing it without engaging CLIC. I think it's very clear that CLIC has not been fully engaged. And I think that should have been step number one. Thank you. Council Member Wansley.

Thank you president pain also why I will not be supporting this and having conversations with even my own click members who I know who have not been thoroughly consulted on this and also even with the proposed recomposition of mandating QUALIFIED EXPERIENCE. SOMETHING THAT I HAVE MOST APPRECIATED ABOUT CLICK IN THIS CURRENT ITERATION AS IS THE INTENT OF OUR ABC'S IN GENERAL IS FOR IT TO BE AN ENTRYWAY OR GATEWAY FOR REGULAR WORKING CLASS PEOPLE ACROSS OUR CITY TO GET SOME LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE OF SUPPORTING OUR CITY IN MAKING DECISIONS AND BRINGING DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AND EXPERTISE ABOUT THE WAY IN WHICH OUR CITY FUNCTIONS, THINGS THAT WE'RE MISSING WHEN IT COMES TO EQUITY OR OPERATIONALLY EVEN. And especially with capital dollars, which are such a critical component of how we finance our city, how we finance even our city's commitments around infrastructure, around development, also around equity and making sure communities that's been divested in for many, many years are getting returns in some level of investment. It has been one of the few democratic ways in which we've invited, again, normal people into that process. And what I've seen CLIC members demonstrate time and time again is they actually come into this with a level of due diligence and seriousness because they recognize how significant even this advisory board is. And they spend, and these are normal people who have jobs, they take time off of work and they come in for very long meetings that is very challenging. thoroughly detailed in terms of the presentations that they have to um sit through listen to numbers all day as someone who hates math i could not imagine another form of torture um that they also willingly sign up for because they want to also make sure that they're working with this body with the mayor to make sure that we are efficiently effectively and intentionally expanding this this other source of funding that we have at our disposal And I have seen them approach that seriously. And then they give this body a pretty extensive report around their recommendations, and they give us presentations on them. And yes, sometimes their opinions, because they are a regular Democratic body, differs from what the council and what the administration wants. And I'm very concerned that in this new makeup, we're essentially deferring to the mayor and to the mayor's administration on who gets to make up this body and thus then have a qualifier condition for them to even have entry into it. And I don't think that was the intent originally of any of our ABC boards. And I... I absolutely do not want to see us move away from that intent. Again, I've been so impressed with the folks who've come into this space, who have taken up the mantle and have approached it with the seriousness. And they have been doing their work. The thing about Quorum, again, we have not been delayed on a click report. um they are constantly giving us the information they're often ready to meet with us they're eager they want to be utilized so i am excited about the conversations about moving them to a tier two um because that is how they've operated even at the advisory or resolution level um so i also agree i think this is not ready um I think there's some more forethought that can go into it, more engagement prior to introducing this. So I don't feel comfortable supporting today this motion.

Council Member Warren.

Thank you, President Payne. Is this in relationship to the presentation that we received from the chair the other day?

May I, through the president, to my council colleague? Council Member Warren, I believe that was just a regular report, but Chair Bernstein did take the opportunity while in front of this budget committee to talk about some of his own views on this matter. I will say, sure, let's talk about this. This obviously needs to go offline and be a conversation. We have been in conversation about this with CLIC and with the chair of this body for years. I appreciate having a wide buy-in of a lot of people around the city, but they need to show up. And it's difficult. It's in the middle of the day. It's sort of a condensed process, as is a budget cycle. But people don't show up. COUNCIL DOESN'T KEEP THESE SEATS FILLED. SO I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE AN OFFLIGHT CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD IN A WAY THAT WORKS FOR EVERYBODY, AND I PROMISE TO DO THAT.

I RESPECT THAT, COUNCIL COLLEAGUE PALMASANO, AND I something that you have a broad vision for, and I would like to see this board and commissions be successful. As a new council member, these things were just brought to my understanding per the report of the chair in our budget committee meeting, and I truly would like to support, but I don't feel like I have enough information I did have a conversation with our CMC and talk to them about, you know, how boards and commissions could be better introduced to new council members so that we have a well-informed decision. Like I didn't know that I didn't have representation in five and that my person had resigned earlier this year. So there's a lot of things that I would like to, LEARN MORE SO THAT I CAN MAKE A WELL-INFORMED DECISION. I WOULD ASK THAT WE DELAY THIS, IF THAT'S OKAY. SECOND. I KNOW THAT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT HAS COME FORWARD, BUT I WOULD ASK THAT WE DELAY SO THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT OFFLINE AND THEN MAKE A WELL-INFORMED DECISION BECAUSE THEN I WOULD FEEL BETTER ABOUT VOTING TO SUPPORT.

SO I, AGAIN, I WANT TO PASS Suggestion this over to clerk Carl. I won't be supporting that because I do think there's still plenty of time to have these discussions But clerk Carl wants to say something.

Mr. President. I want to clarify what the action before the body is this isn't Approving that concept. This is changing the notice already given so voting for this today simply says yes It should be an ordinance click should be a tier 2 the details of that are still are subject to your review and amendment and process. So this is, we gave a notice a term ago, we brought it forward in this term because it expired last term, but when it was first introduced, it was moving this to a resolution as a tier three. So today, the only thing in front of you is saying, yep, we should revise the notice given to say that CLIC will be a tier two, BODY BY ORDINANCE. THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS HERE ON THE AGENDA. THIS ISN'T APPROVING ANY OF THE DETAILS OF THAT YET. THAT ORDINANCE STILL HAS TO GO THROUGH THE NORMAL PROCESS. THIS IS JUST THE NOTICE THAT CHANGES THIS BACK TO KEEP AN ORDINANCE, KEEP IT TIER TWO.

OK, thank you for that clarification, clerk, because he made a lot of the chair when he came and presented, made a lot of recommendations and saying we want to do this and it's got to be this and it needs to be that. And so I'm in honesty, I'm confused at this moment as to what it is that we're saying that we're doing, what it means to be. to what it was to be one who's on first who's on 3rd I'm not exactly sure but I want to make a well-informed decision about this and there were a lot of recommendations and requests that the chair when he presented before budget that he stated and this was my first time learning, hearing, knowing or understanding anything about this. And so I just wanna be fair to myself and to the constituents of my ward who at this current time lack the appropriate representation on this board of commission to be able to be supported in this. So right now my constituents only support and I just wanna make sure I'm serving them just right.

Councilmember Warren, I think some of your questions are more broadly about all board and commission reform work. That's something that I'm working on with Council President Payne, and it's about how do we bring our boards and commissions a little closer to the council's work and involve them in our work plans and our processes. THAT'S AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION. PLEASE ALLOW ME TO MAKE THIS CHANGE TO THE CURRENT INTRODUCTION THAT STANDS BECAUSE ALL IT'S DOING IS MAKING ANOTHER CONCESSION THAT IS SOMETHING CHAIR BERNSTEIN ASKED FOR.

OKAY. I'LL SUPPORT YOU IN THAT. AND I'M TRUSTING THIS PROCESS OPENLY. BUT I WILL PULL UP THE END.

COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN, ARE YOU WITHDRAWING YOUR MOTION TO DELAY? YES, SIR. Okay, Council Member Whiting.

Thank you, President Payne. And again, right, just like Council Member Warren, I'm new and so used to, or not, I think, entirely understanding of the process. But it is my understanding, I think we had this similar conversation. At some point during OMS, when there was a discussion of trying to move something into committee, I believe Council Member Schaffer had some concerns about at that time. And then we then moved it to committee and had that discussion process in committee. I think Council Member Stevenson was like, hey, this is a norm that we, Usually do to move it into committee to have those discussions. Is this similar to that situation? I guess for clerks, is this the similar process of this introduction and referral calendar then moves it to committee to have the conversations or am I off base here? Mr. Clerk?

Council President, I won't speak to the specific example that you gave, Council Member Whiting. What I would say is we already have a notice in place. This notice corrects it. If this notice doesn't go forward, the previous notice stands, which says we're going to transition to a resolution and make them a Tier 3. So we are on a course to redo CLIC and make it a Tier 3 advisory board by resolution. This says, no, no, we listen to you, CLIC, and we're going to make you a Tier 2 and keep you by ordinance. So yes, there is committee work to be done. Yes, that lies in front of the council and is yet to be done. However, this is just clarifying and changing the notice already standing. If this doesn't go forward, then the previous notice stands. And I think that is, as Council Member Palmesano has alluded to, not in the interest of click, not certainly what was expressed by Chair Bernstein, not what the staff have agreed to. So this is a purely procedural thing that allows us to change to an ordinance tier two and not the resolution tier three.

Beautiful. Thank you so much, Clerk Carl. That is quite helpful. That is all. Thank you.

Council Member Stevenson.

Thank you, Council President. Council Member Whiting, you stole my thunder. I was going to say that this was like that time in the winter when We were fighting over a different introduction. I don't think we should fight over introductions. There was an apocryphal moment where rent stabilization was killed at this stage and that was really shady. We should let things move into committee so that we can discuss them and have our thoughts and our feelings and let the public hear about them and let the public speak about them. So I will be supporting this introduction and referral and I almost certainly will not be supporting it in this form when it gets to the later stage, but that doesn't matter because we should let this get to committee so that we can have the discussion and do the work on it that we need to do. And I am again here saying this is a norm we should keep and when I introduce stuff that you don't support, please don't kill it at this stage. Let's move it forward and you can try and kill it at a later stage.

Councilmember Schaffer.

Yes, thank you President Payne. Through your chair to Councilmember Palmisano, I had a question.

My question is, can you give us a rough time frame for when you and the President will be through this work or coming before us? Councilmember Schaffer, now we're talking about two different things and one is kind of out of order, but the work on all boards and commissions reform has probably a longer trajectory than trying to get CLIC ironed out because it's an important thing to get under wraps here, but specifically this CLIC change, which yes, maybe I shouldn't have brought forward wanting to make this concession immediately, but I'm trying to continue to bring people into the conversation. Thank you to my colleagues for recognizing that. I anticipate that the click pieces of this should be ironed out kind of in separate conversations. The all boards and commissions reform work is gonna take a longer period of time. I don't have any set deadline or timeline to do this click work. If it takes more conversations and committee, it does. There isn't a problem with that. And I do need to point out that Chair Bernstein also conceded that almost all of his recommendations, his own personal recommendations have been remedied now with this change, so.

So let me just clarify this you're saying that the click reforms will come forward before the ABC reforms exactly and in your language then in speaking to Aligning with ABC reforms doesn't that's what doesn't make sense is we don't have visibility into that and so I think um maybe that's just part of the discussion that we have but to say this click work will align with what's happening but we haven't done that work yet feels a little bit like a conflict i hear you um colleagues moving this click stuff into

tier two will make it kind of a different level. Because it does already, there's clear inputs and outputs of what CLIC does and how it feeds what we do as a body. It is less clear what other boards and commissions do. I'm not picking on anybody, but like, for example, the Homegrown Foods Council or SEAC or some of these other bodies that are advisory, but they don't interact with council or committees in structured ways how to help that to better connect. That's what the work is of ABC reform.

Well, thank you for taking this up. And I agree wholeheartedly that we can use those citizen groups more effectively if we have a process of communication that we work together on to move that forward. Because that's a huge resource that we're potentially missing and input that we might not get unless we specifically reach out for it ourselves directly. AND THEN ONE OTHER POINT I WOULD SAY IS IN OUR FURTHER DISCUSSIONS AROUND ALL OF THIS, IF YOU COULD JUST GRAB THE DATA THAT I'M SURE YOU HAVE AROUND QUORUM ISSUES BECAUSE I'VE HEARD THAT ACROSS THE BOARD FROM OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND THAT REALLY HINDERS THE WORK OF CITIZENS THAT ARE TRYING TO BRING WORK FORWARD OR HAVE QUESTIONS ANSWERED. SO ANY OF THE DATA YOU HAVE AROUND LACK OF QUORUM FOR THE CLICK AND OTHER BODIES WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL TO HAVE FRONT AND CENTER.

Yeah, I appreciate it. And just to be clear, I'm not trying to get ahead of the broader reform work with this initiative. My original notice was to align CLIC with ABC reforms already in place that we did like two terms ago. This is a departure from that is all. Thank you.

Councilmember Chavez. Thank you, President Payne. I just did want to point out that at the next AO meeting, we will not be voting to set a public ELR. At the next ELR meeting, we are voting to set a public hearing for this ordinance, is my understanding. So I guess I want clarification. Are we moving forward next cycle already? because i see the agenda it says we're setting a public hearing for this ordinance already so i'm hearing from my colleagues i guess i will support this motion today but i guess i want a commitment from councilman promosano that you'll just refer back to staff so we actually have time to have these conversations

That's a good point. I don't think it's wrong to hear from the public and hear what people might be thinking and then to continue talking about it. In fact, that might be refreshing to hear from somebody other than Chair Bernstein or other than people reaching out individually to other council members. So in my mind, that's not A bad thing is to have a public hearing and then maybe hold it a while for further changes. But if there's more people interested in delaying a public hearing, I'm also happy to set that date further out or just cancel that notice at committee, which I chair.

I'm just, thank you. I don't have a position necessarily. I'm just pointing out that Next Cycle were already taking action on this item. And I saw it on LIMS and I'm pointing it out because it seems like this was gonna take long. The way it was being spoken on there is that it's gonna take long, but it's literally Next Cycle already, so. Just pointing that out because I think there's a lot of feedback that we have here and I think we should all have briefings, we should all have conversations. It seems like maybe we're highlighting the concerns of the chair or what the chair likes and doesn't want, but there are so many other CLIC members whose voices also matter that are our residents that we have appointed and that we trust in this process who I want to make sure they have a say as well. So I'm just pointing it out. The reason I even talked about this notice is because IT'S MOVING SO QUICK. NEXT CYCLE THERE'S A RADIO VOTE TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING. I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS MOTION TODAY, BUT I NEEDED TO POINT IT OUT BECAUSE IT IS MOVING SO FAST. THANK YOU.

SO JUST TO CLARIFY, IN A MEETING IN TWO WEEKS, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH WE CAN DELAY, BUT THAT WOULDN'T BE FOR ANOTHER TWO WEEKS.

I'm not saying that we should delay the public hearing. I'm just saying that I want to come in as the primary author yourself, Council Member Pramosano, that if we were to set a public hearing and there's a lot of feedback, obviously you already submitted language here that we all get to now eventually see for the public. And there are a lot of concerns that I'm expressing that many people on the dais are expressing. And I hope that when the time comes, that feedback is taken into consideration. Thank you. Council Member Chagtai.

Thank you, thank you Mr. President. I really appreciate the discussion that has unfolded here as well as the discussion earlier this week in the Budget Committee following Chair Bernstein's presentation. I think my biggest takeaway from both sets of discussion is that this is an issue the Council's really engaged on. This is something that we all really care about. That makes a lot of sense to me. So just from discussion, a couple things I want to reiterate or just provide some clarification on that stood out to me. First, with the introduction and referral calendar, I am someone who has a really complicated relationship to the introduction and referral calendar. I am a member whose really hard work has in the past been disregarded through the introduction referral calendar killing of policies. So personally, to me, I always want to support any member bringing anything, regardless of how I may feel about it, to be able to advance it to committee. That's the work of democracy. It's really important that all members have the right to have the issues that they're working on be deliberated. And so I would ask my colleagues that we... ALLOW FOR THAT TO HAPPEN HERE, THAT WE SEND THIS WORK TO COMMITTEE AND DO COMMITTEE WORK IN COMMITTEE. THE THING THAT I WILL, I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION HERE IS THE HISTORY OF TEARS. THIS WAS A PART OF THE ABC REFORM A COUPLE TERMS AGO. THAT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD BY LEADERSHIP BACK THEN. I THINK THAT INCLUDED COUNCIL MEMBERS JENKINS, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER JENKINS. and Councilmember Palmisano. So this is a continuation of work that Councilmember Palmisano has been doing for quite a long time. And it's something I would be remiss to not lift up her work on. The history of these tiers is that all tier one bodies are ones where we have a statutory obligation to create them. That's things like the planning commission, where state statute requires us to have a planning commission for them to have a set of responsibilities that they do. Tier two bodies are those that are created by ordinance. And tier three bodies are those that are created by resolution, their advisory in nature. And they make up the bulk of appointed boards and commissions. The qualification is what determines what tier they're in. And this is a place where we're deviating from appointed boards and commissions in order to better accommodate the very real concerns that are brought up by the CLIC chair. AND I PERSONALLY WANT TO BE REALLY RESPECTFUL THAT I THINK THE CLICK CHAIR IS NOT JUST BRINGING FORWARD HIS PERSONAL CONCERNS, BUT I THINK IS DOING HIS VERY BEST TO REFLECT THE CONCERNS OF THE BODY. AND TO ME THE BEST EVIDENCE OF THAT IS THAT MY CLICK APPOINTEES ARE BRINGING THOSE SAME CONCERNS TO MY ATTENTION. So I don't think it's just the chair, and I don't think it's fair to categorize all of the feedback that Mr. Bernstein provided us with as just his personal opinion. I want to say that as someone who actually really resonated with a lot of what Chair Bernstein was saying and a lot of his really valid concerns, I want to request to co-author this policy and want to incorporate some of the concerns that he's bringing here. I really appreciate that that's actually the approach that the author already has. and want to thank her for that. And then I'll just pause there. Thank you, Mr. President.

Thank you, Mr. President. I don't think I'm going to wade into anything regarding actual policy positions I hold. I will look forward to sharing that with Councilmember Palmisano as we proceed. I just want to state one thing that I've been kind of thinking about since we had our conversation in budget, and that's in regards to vacancies and quorum issues on boards and commissions. I do think this is something that's not going to be fixed through the legislative process. I do think like perhaps there is an idea that Chair Bernstein shared about seated members creating quorum. I do think that there is just like a systemic deprioritization of council boards and commissions appointments and that's not a fault to anyone i think that's something our leadership needs to work with our legislative department on i'm very happy to see that we have a plan moving forward on just like uh the What is it called? It's called the Legislative Department Academy, where we're doing continued education for council members to make sure that they have the tools to do this very, very robust, complicated, multifaceted job. And as a member that came on uh... last term uh... you have to you have to drink water out of a fire hose and you have to just jump in and there are a million things that you have to figure out how to prioritize and for me there was very little training on boards and commissions and that is something that i've heard newer council members uh... echo and i feel really sensitive to that because you have to just figure it out and i think this would be a way for us to systemically figure out how do we create a system to prioritize boards and commissions and appointments, especially for the appointments to boards where we are expecting information necessary for the budget or processes that deeply impact our governing ability. I think the system currently isn't working and I think we just need to change that. And I think a lot of that does live outside of the legislative process. And I don't want us to go into a place where it's like, we should reduce the amount of seats when we can just change the system in which we prioritize this as a council. And I'd like to see that as a part of the legislative academy and also rethink our system.

I WASN'T GOING TO ADD MYSELF TO CUE, BUT I ALSO WASN'T EXPECTING THERE TO BE SUCH A ROBUST CONVERSATION ON THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL CALENDAR, SO I JUST WANTED TO JUMP IN BECAUSE COUNCIL MEMBER PAUL MASSANO MADE MENTION OF US WORKING TOGETHER ON BROADER REFORMS AROUND THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS, AND I JUST WANTED TO BRING THE ENTIRE BODY INTO THE CONVERSATION A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE MY HEAD IS AT, AND THAT IS THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN OPERATING WITH A STRATEGIC PLAN SINCE THE HODGES ADMINISTRATION. WE HAD STRATEGIC RACE EQUITY ACTION PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED IN functions as a strategic plan, but it is not. We haven't done strategic planning in many, many years. That is the basis for why I prioritized us making investments into that process. I'M DISHEARTENED BY HOW THAT PROCESS IS GETTING CHARACTERIZED WITHIN THE MEDIA. I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THAT IF THERE'S A CONTROVERSY ABOUT US ENGAGING IN A STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS AND WHATEVER STEPS IT TAKES TO GET THIS BODY TOWARDS SHARED GOALS, THE CONTROVERSY IS THAT WE'VE BEEN OPERATING WITHOUT A STRATEGIC PLAN SINCE 2019 AT THE EARLIEST. AND SO IT IS NO WONDER THAT THERE IS SOME DIRECTIONLESS activity that happens in this governing body with the absence of a formal document that says here goes our number one priority here goes our number two priority and here goes our number three priority and we're marching all in the same direction towards those priorities we we have not functioned with that type of document at minimum since 2019 but realistically since the hodges administration And my view is that the inevitable outcome of lacking shared goals and shared priorities is chaos. And I think that nobody can sit up here and make an honest assessment and say that they have not seen moments of chaos. And so I think how we... RINGLE THAT CHAOS AS WE IDENTIFY SOME SHARED GOALS OF THE GOVERNING BODY WHICH INCLUDES A MAJORITY OF COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR SIGNING OFF AND I THINK THAT THAT STRATEGIC PLAN SHOULD CONNECT TO OUR COMMITTEE WORK PLANS AND THAT THE POLICIES THAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD ARE WORKING TOWARDS THOSE SHARED GOALS AND THAT THOSE COMMITTEE WORK PLANS CONNECT TO BOARD AND COMMISSION WORK PLANS THAT HAVE AN ALIGNMENT ALL THE WAY UP TO THOSE INSTITUTIONAL PRIORITIES, THOSE SHARED GOALS. I THINK THAT OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ARE UNDERSERVED RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE VERY PASSIONATE, VERY DEDICATED, VERY CIVICALLY ACTIVE PEOPLE IN OUR CITY THAT ARE GIVING THEIR TIME AND THEIR TREASURE TO BRINGING THEIR BEST TO THE CITY. AND OFTEN TIMES IT'S RECEIVED It's a dead air because the chaos that begins with not having shared goals gets greater and greater and greater the further down into the work that you're trying to do. And so we need to bring all of this work into alignment around a set of shared priorities that I have every faith in the world that we can get to. and that we can actually operationalize those shared priorities into meaningful policy and meaningful work, meaningful operations, meaningful legislation and administration, the entire institution working together. I have many concerns that were raised BY THE CLICK CHAIR. I MET ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE CLICK CHAIR. HE MADE VERY GOOD ARGUMENTS. AND HE ALSO MADE CONTRADICTORY ARGUMENTS AS WELL. RIGHT? WE NEED TO WORK THROUGH THESE THINGS. THAT'S WHAT THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS IS FOR. THAT'S WHERE I WILL ALSO ENDORSE COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGTAI'S VIEW THAT THIS IS NOT THE STAGE to bring our disagreement. This is the stage to share that disagreement as critical feedback that can refine it towards a better policy outcome. And if that critical feedback can't get incorporated into a more refined, improved policy, then we'll vote against it, right? That happens later in the legislative process. So this is almost more feedback for Councilmember Schaffer around what my thinking is on that broader body of work of legislative process reform, of which this is a small component of it, and it should all ladder in together. So I just wanted to get in queue and say that now that we were on the topic, and I'll recognize Councilmember Palmesano.

Thank you to my colleagues for this feedback. Here we are doing work in a city council meeting, not my intent. It's important for me to say my own feelings about this are removed here. My interest is in the public good and the health of our budget process. My driving, let's get this done already, is it would be good to get this figured out so that we can all recruit qualified members so that they can start this process again at the beginning of next year. So timing here is important. Whether it's one appointment or two appointments, we have to come to terms on what we're doing. Something that my own conversations with the chair of CLIC also brought out is that he agreed it's not good to recruit right now until this is ironed out and finalized. HE SEES SOME DANGER IN TRYING TO DO THAT WHILE WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THAT NEXT BEST THING. SO THANK YOU FOR THIS FEEDBACK. THERE WILL BE MORE CONVERSATIONS TO COME.

AND I NOTICED MR. CARL WANTED TO.

MR. PRESIDENT, YOU SPOKE VERY ELOQUENTLY ABOUT LEGISLATIVE PROCESS REFORM AND STRATEGIC PLANNING. In that regard, while we're all gathered here, there are several things underway. And pointing out that, appreciate Council Member Chowdhury raised the Legislative Academy. I sent you an email this morning about that. That was directly in response to her request and idea and proposal that we provide better support to council members. She likened it to drinking out of a hose. I like to say we drive you to the middle of the Pacific Ocean, dump you out, and say, fine, sure. Either way, it is a very hard job for sure. things that we're trying to do to help the legislative process reform and modernization initiative that councilmember paul masano and president payne are shepherding through the use of legislative labs or ledge labs through our legislative research and oversight division this new legislative academy growing out of councilmember chowdhury's proposal ABC reform we do owe our new members a briefing on that. It's something I've been working on since 2011 So when we sort of talk at a high level about it I can appreciate members don't understand or or recognize the background behind those tears and what it took to get there But I will just say this scheduling as you know is probably the hardest part of our jobs up here on the dais and Finding time when I can get the 13 of you together for training is probably my most difficult challenge. And so we're going to endeavor very, very hard to find time and hopefully you can help prioritize that on your calendars with your aides. We're going to move very quickly to develop that calendar. I spoke with Council President Payne about putting together a calendar and sharing that very soon. About the ledge labs briefings and other things that will be necessary including the Legislative Academy to Help provide that support that I think this body not only needs but has asked for many many times and we want to be responsive to that So thank you for the opportunity We look forward to partnering with all of you on getting that information to you so that you can do those jobs even more effectively and better and I'll just take a moment of

CHAIR'S PRIVILEGE TO SAY WE DON'T HAVE A CHALLENGE OF FINDING TIME. WE HAVE A CHALLENGE OF PRIORITIZING TIME. AND SO I'M GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THE CLERK TO MAP OUT A CALENDAR FOR THESE LEG LEADERSHIP LABS AND THESE DATES WILL WORK FOR YOU IF THIS IS IMPORTANT CONTENT FOR YOU. IF THESE DATES DON'T WORK FOR YOU, THERE ARE OTHER IMPORTANT THINGS GOING ON IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND THERE IS ZERO JUDGMENT ABOUT HOW YOU'RE PRIORITIZING THAT. WITH THAT, THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE VOTES, SO I WOULD LIKE US TO JUST TAKE THESE UP AS SEPARATE VOTES FOR EACH ITEM, STARTING WITH ITEM NUMBER ONE, THE CAPITOL LONG RANGE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE REFORM. THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL.

councilmember wansley aye councilmember shugtime aye councilmember whiting aye councilmember chowdhury aye councilmember stevenson aye councilmember rainville aye councilmember vita aye councilmember pomisano aye councilmember chavez aye Councilmember Warren. Aye. Councilmember Schaefer. Aye. Vice President Osmond. Aye. President Payne. Aye. There are 13 ayes.

That carries and now we'll take up item number two, which is commercial and multifamily energy disclosure repeal ordinance. And I'll have the clerk call the roll.

Councilmember Wansley. Aye. Councilmember Shebtai. Aye. Councilmember Whiting. Aye. Councilmember Chowdhury. Aye. Councilmember Stevenson. Aye. Councilmember Rainville. Aye. Councilmember Vito. Aye. Councilmember Palmisano. Aye. Councilmember Chavez. Aye. Councilmember Warren. Aye. Councilmember Schaefer. Aye. Vice President Osmond. Aye. AYE. PRESIDENT PAIN? AYE. THERE ARE 13 AYES. THERE ARE 13 AYES.

THAT CARRIES AND THOSE ARE THAT CARRIES AND THOSE ARE REFERRED TO THE APPROPRIATE REFERRED TO THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES. COMMITTEES. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESSES THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESSES RESOLUTIONS, WE HAD TWO RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTIONS, WE HAD TWO RESOLUTIONS ON OUR AGENDA TODAY THAT ON OUR AGENDA TODAY THAT RECEIVED A PRESENTATION AT THE RECEIVED A PRESENTATION AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR MEETING. BEGINNING OF OUR MEETING. DO COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY DO COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY COMMENTS TO ADD? COMMENTS TO ADD? MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO AD

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That carries and those resolutions are adopted and finally we have the order of announcements are there any announcements councilmember if you talk.

Thank you chair of pain. Couple things sad announcement and happy announcement. The first one is the world lost an icon this week. in Dolly Parton. I just want to read an email that my aide Wyatt sent to the mayor's office, a part of an email. It's the longest email I've ever seen him write, so I'll just read a part of this email. He says, we the people of Ward 4 would like to request a mayoral proclamation recognizing September 25th, 9 to 5, as Dolly Parton Day in the city of Minneapolis. A nod to her iconic song and film 9 to 5. 9 to 5 became far more than a hit song. It gave voice to the experiences of working women at a time when conversations about workplace equity, fair treatment, pay, and opportunity were gaining national attention. Nearly five decades later, its message remains instantly recognizable. Dolly's impact, however, extends far beyond music. She has spent decades using her success and platform to support literacy, education, children, families, and communities across America. Her legacy also includes meaningful support for black communities. After Whitney Houston transformed Dolly's I Will Always Love You into one of the most successful recordings in history, Dolly invested royalties she earned from the song into a historically black neighborhood in Nashville. Dolly later reflected on the significance of using money generated by Houston's extraordinary rendition to invest in that community. why it would like for the city of Minneapolis to recognize Dolly on September 25th and give Minneapolis an opportunity to celebrate all the time while making a playful and unmistakable reference to one of her most important works. So can we all just have a moment of silence for Dolly Parton? Thank you, colleagues. And then on a lighter note, Council Member Warren is celebrating her first birthday as a council member this Saturday. I've told her Council Member Wansley couldn't have came back at a better time. I told her Council Member Wansley likes to sing happy birthday.

Happy birthday.

The end. Happy birthday. happy birthday to you happy birthday yeah she's celebrating a big one too so happy birthday council member warren and we are lucky to have you here at the minneapolis city council the end council member rainville

Oh, what a nice surprise. Congratulations on turning 40 Councilmember Warner. So I on this very solemn anniversary of the Annunciation Catholic school shooting, I just want to thank all the responders not only that they but are watching us all the time, whether it's fire, police 911 operators, ambulance drivers, mutual aid agencies who helped out. Unfortunately, we had to have something like that for us to really see front and center how important they are. And I was drawn to do the shout out today. Channel 11 ran a very brief episode this morning interviewing six of our officers, including Inspector Kelly, who then as Lieutenant Kelly was the first responder on site and risked his life to take care of those children. He talked about seeing the little heads poking above the pews. And congratulations to all of our 911 responders. Congratulations to the Minneapolis Police Department. And this happens all the time. Just last Saturday, a young man in distress jumped off the Plymouth Bridge into the river. I saw all the commotion at Boom Island, and I went down there. And our fire department had been there. They put a boat in the water. Park Police, Minneapolis Police, the BCR, which is so important. And you know, I have to compliment you, Council President Payne. I know of your help with the behavioral crisis response, setting that up. It was working that night and it works. But those 911 responders, we don't see them until we have to. And thank God that they're there when we need them. So that's my announcement today.

Before I call on Councilmember Whiting, I want to have Councilmember Osmond's vote recognized without objection.

On resolution.

Thank you.

Okay, Council Member Whiting. Thank you, Council President Payne. Two quick announcements here, particular to, as Council Member Rainville notes, today is again the one year commemoration date of the tragedy at Annunciation. With that, from 1 to 5 PM today at Pearl Park, an unhoused neighbor and MPS school supply drive as well as a boulevard beautification. And so please feel free to come and join us as council members and then as residents across the city of Minneapolis. You can just show up and show up as neighbors as we move our feet in joy. A version of happiness too as well for the other announcement. This is the first time I think this body has been back to 13 in a while. And so it is very good to see a lot of rejuvenated faces here across our body. And so it makes me excited to see this body fully whole again. So I appreciate it. Bye. The end.

Council Member Warren.

Thank you, Council President. Thank you, colleagues, for my warm birthday wishes. The Dozens is happening August 29th, and Northside has a theme song, but you didn't know that. Wanted to also have a moment of respect, and I know my council colleague and I are going to be doing something later, but to recognize Charles Dillon, also known as Chaz Millionaire, who passed away this week. He is remembered across the Twin Cities community for his decades of service in Minneapolis radio to KMOJ. since 1981 and um he hosted a number of programs on KMOJ and ran tributes um smooth soul flight 612 you know um you know jazz with Chaz um and it's it's endearing because my daughter is a lover of jazz and he just recently did some deep advocating for her to be able to um to sing underneath her genre at our Northside Jazz Festival, our first annual, and it was beautiful to see him out there. And so I just wanted to uplift him and then say that this weekend, August 30th, from 3 to 8, In St. Paul, they're having friends and listeners gather to tell stories about him. So they're having a memorial gathering for him this Sunday, August 30th, from 3 to 8 at Game Day, 191 7th Street East in St. Paul. And so friends and listeners are able to gather and share stories about Chaz Millionaire and his vision and legacy there. here in the Twin Cities. So I wanted to just recognize that. And yeah, guess what? It's my birthday. And so I love you all. Everyone have a happy and safe weekend. That's what I got. The end.

Council Member Stevenson.

Thank you. Um, not this Saturday, but next Saturday, September 5th is South side back in the day from 11 AM to 7 PM at Phelps park. Uh, lots of activities, lots of live entertainment, um, come down. It's a great time. I just wanted to read a little, um, join us as we celebrate South side's history and present reconnect and make lasting memories together. And one highlight, my office will be tabling about a pocket park that is going up at 4th and 38th. This is something that my predecessor, Councilmember Jenkins, had advocated for and gotten through, and it is currently under construction. So come by and learn about it. And there are ways for people who have longstanding memories of the Southside African American community to put their input into that. so that the history can be preserved and inform our present and future. So this is a great event. Please come by.

Council Member Chowdhury.

Thanks, President Payne. Two happy announcements I want to make. The first is on September 4th, it's Council Member Chugtai's birthday. So I have to shout out the other Virgo on the council plate, Virgo's Groove by Beyonce. um so just just make sure you wish her happy birthday as it comes around to as well as councilman warren the other happy announcement that i want to share is that uh councilmember whiting and his lovely wife kelly their due date for their first baby their baby girl is tomorrow so that's really exciting and wanted to just congratulate him and kelly for this just wonderful gift and it's going to be awesome to have a baby around the council the council floor it's going to be exciting i got 12 12 babysitters so do not count me in that number no you're gonna be the first one that baby gonna be born on my birthday

yeah i just heard there was somebody else that was forever 40. you know council member vita is that true september 2nd proud to be 50. okay all right all right amen well happy birthday to you um maybe we need to have a big celebration with everybody um two things i just wanted to remind everyone the police chief listening sessions are beginning and ward 7 has the special distinction of being in three police precincts So I was on the north side with my colleagues yesterday with Precinct 4, downtown with Councilmember Rainville the night before, and look forward to the fifth precinct in mid-September. So I'm a part of 1, 4, and 5, and a lot of good input. AND A LOT OF PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW, HONEST DIALOGUE, AND MANY PEOPLE PARTICIPATED. THE MAYOR WAS HELPED OUT, COMMISSIONER BARNETT, LESLIE, GANESHA, JOHN FRUDE. I MEAN, THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE ENGAGED IN LISTENING, AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY A SHOUT OUT TO STAFF FOR THEIR ENGAGEMENT IN THIS PROCESS, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE WORK THAT'S UNFOLDING AS WE SPEAK.

Council Member Chowdhury.

Thank you, Mr. President. I wanted to share a really happy announcement and ask my colleagues to join me in congratulating Council Member Chowdhury. She is getting married this weekend, and it's a really big deal. So if we would all consider maybe not blowing up her inbox, that'd be a really kind thing we could do as a wedding gift as she enters this new chapter in her life. But congratulations. And this is a really big deal. Thank you.

I'm marrying a Virgo, by the way.

With that, we've completed our business today with nothing further to come before the council. And without objection, this meeting is hereby adjourned.