City Council - Regular Meeting

good morning my name is elliott payne i'm the president of minneapolis city council before we convene our meeting we have the presentation of honorary resolutions recognizing minnesota people of color lgbtq plus pride in twin cities black pride 2026 i'll invite council members vita and travis to give that presentation

Good morning.

Good morning.

Good morning. Happy Black Pride. Yes, absolutely. Good morning. How are you? Good to see you. All right, we have our distinguished guest here with us this morning, so I'll get started. This resolution is honoring Minnesota people of color, LGBTQ plus pride and Twin Cities Black Pride 2026, whereas Minnesota People of Color LGBTQ Plus Pride, MNPLC Pride, founded in 1999, has served the Twin Cities community for more than 25 years by creating affirming spaces that celebrate, empower, and uplift the LGBTQ plus people of color through advocacy, education, health initiatives, cultural programming, and community engagement. And whereas MMPOC Pride was founded in 1999 through the vision and leadership of Dennis Anderson, Latonya Noble, and Raymel Givens, whose commitment to creating safe, affirming, and culturally responsive spaces has strengthened and expanded opportunities for LGBTQ plus people of color throughout Minnesota and

Whereas Twin Cities Black Pride is one of Minnesota's largest running celebrations dedicated to honoring the history, resilience, leadership, and contributions of LGBTQ plus people of color while fostering inclusion, equity, and belonging for all residents and Whereas the 2026 Twin Cities Black Pride Celebration, themed Always Better Together, recognizes the power of community collective liberation and collaboration in creating a more just and welcoming Minneapolis. And whereas the Minnesota People of Color LGBTQ Plus Pride works year round to improve the health outcomes, develop youth leadership, strengthen community partnerships, and create opportunities, that support the well-being of LGBTQ plus communities across Minnesota through community events, public health initiatives, youth leadership development, advocacy and cultural programming.

All right, they let me relive my council memories again. Whereas the city of Minneapolis recognizes the importance of organizations that promote equity, celebrate diversity, preserve community history, and build stronger communities through service, education, advocacy, and leadership. Now, therefore, be it resolved that the mayor and the city council do hereby honor Minnesota's people of color, LGBTQ plus pride, for its more than 25 years of service to the city of Minneapolis and the state of Minnesota, recognizes the organization's continued commitment to uplifting LGBT and celebrates the 2026 Twin Cities Black Pride Celebration. The city further recognizes the vision and the leadership of its founders, Dennis Anderson, Latonya L.T. Noble, and Raymel Gibbons, whose dedication has created a lasting legacy of advocacy, inclusion, and community empowerment. Congratulations. Thank you.

Thank you, guys. I just want to say that we do have an event today. It's a youth health fair event over at Sabathony, and it's in the banquet hall on the second floor. We're giving away free backpacks. We have a kids auction. We also have a lot of vendors there for health fair, so free haircuts for kids and free food for kids. So come on over. We have a food truck out there that's giving away free food for K-12.

Thank you, Latonya. And I just want to add, they forgot Tyree, and he made that very clear. You want to say something?

That's the man. Okay.

All right. All right. So thank you all for being here. I think we'll move in for a photo. Thank you so much.

Events are all through the week as well. So we have events from today till Sunday. The big family day in the park at Powderhorn is Sunday. We have a boat ride. We have a brunch actually on Saturday at Butcher and Boar. So bring the kids out to family day at Powderhorn Park on Sunday. It's going to be a lot of free food, a lot of free games, and a lot of free fun.

Thank you.

Heritage Park in the building.

At this time, I'm going to call this regular meeting of the council for August 13th to order. The clerk will call the roll.

Council member Schaffer. Present. Council member Wansley is absent. Council member Shabtai is absent. Hey, you know what? Council member Whitey. Present. Council member Chauvin.

Present.

Council member Stevenson. Present. Council member Rainville. Present. Council member Vitoff. Present. Council member Palmisano is absent. Council member Chavez. Present. Council member Warren. Present. Vice President Osmond is absent. President Payne. Present. There are nine 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 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? Seeing none, is there a motion to adopt the agenda?

So moved. Second.

The clerk will call the roll.

Councilmember Schaffer. Aye. Councilmember Chaudhry? Aye. Councilmember Stevenson? Aye. Councilmember Rainville? Aye. Councilmember Vita? Aye. Councilmember Chavez? Aye. Councilmember Warren? Aye. President Payne? Aye. There are nine ayes.

That carries and the agenda is adopted. The next item is acceptance of the meetings from our regular meeting of July 30th. May I have a motion to accept those minutes, please? So moved. Second. The clerk will call the roll.

Council Member Whiting? Aye. Council Member Chowdhury? Aye. Council Member Stevenson? Aye. Council Member Rainville? Aye. Council Member Vitoff?

Aye.

Council Member Chavez? Aye. Council Member Warren?

Aye.

President Payne? Aye. There are 10 ayes.

That carries, and the meetings have been accepted. I'll note we've been joined by Council Member Chuck Tye. 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 Schaffer? Aye. Councilmember Sheptai? Aye. Councilmember Whiting? Aye. Councilmember Chauvin? Aye. Councilmember Stephenson? Aye. Councilmember Rainbow? Aye. Councilmember Vita? Aye. Councilmember Chavez? Aye. Councilmember Warren? Aye. President Payne? Aye. There are 10 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 will begin with the report of our business housing and zoning committee given by that committee's vice chair councilmember chowdhury thank you president payne the business housing and zoning committee will be bringing forward 20 items today item one approves a permanent expansion of premises and sidewalk cafe license for putschak

Item number two approves a permanent expansion of premises and sidewalk cafe license for Bill's Bait Shop. Item number three is a resolution approving the Minneapolis Tourism Improvement District to continue collecting a service charge. Item number four approves two liquor licenses. Item number five approves 15 liquor license renewals. Item number six approves two gambling licenses. Item number seven approves four gambling license renewals. Item number eight approves a rezoning application for the neighborhood development center at 2941 Chicago Avenue Item number nine approves an appointment to the Minneapolis Workforce Development Board item number ten authorizes a contract amendment for pizza project at the convention center and item number 11 accepts a bid for the target center's interior doors item number 12 accepts a bid for the convention center concession stands remodel project item number 13 approves a loan forgiveness for the lindquist apartments at 1931 west broadway avenue item number 14 authorizes an ownership and opportunity fund loan for the business la herencia Item number 15 amends a previous contract amendment to correct the not to exceed amount. Item number 16 grants the 2026 Hennepin County transit oriented communities awards and authorizes a multi-jurisdictional agreement. Item number 17 is a resolution accepting a reimbursement donation from the International Code Council. Item number 18 is a resolution accepting donation from the International Association of plumbing and mechanical officials. Item number 19 approves a rental dwelling license reinstatement for the property at 2113 Ilion Avenue North. And lastly, item number 20 is nominating an appointment to the Minnesota Ballpark Authority. This was sent without recommendation. With that, I'll move all items for approval except for item number 20, which I will pull for discussion.

Councilmember Chaudhry has moved the committee report, polling item 20 for a separate vote and discussion. Is there any discussion on the remainder of the report? Seeing none, I'll ask the clerk to call the roll.

Councilmember Sheehy?

Aye. Councilmember Shuttai? Aye. Councilmember Whiting? Aye. Councilmember Chaudhry?

Those items carry. Next, we will take up item number 20. Seeing no one in queue, I will put myself in queue to introduce, oh, Council Member Mita.

I just want to make a motion to move the item from the biz agenda of appointing Justin Baylor to the ballpark authority. Second.

That's been moved and seconded.

Your microphone.

That's been moved and seconded. I originally put myself in queue. I'm going to be making a substitute motion to introduce Dr. Nathan Chamillo. As you all recall, we took this item up a few cycles ago and approved Jim Daviney as the appointed position. However, that nomination was uh vetoed by the mayor uh we got some feedback around wanting to see more diverse voices represented on this body and so i i did the work of reaching out to my community and identified dr chamillo he is the medical director for medicaid and medicare at the state of minnesota he's a pediatrician and A BIG TWINS FAN AS WELL. SO I THINK HE'S A REALLY GOOD FIT. HIS APPLICATION IS BEFORE US. IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? SECOND. I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER VITA.

Thank you, Chair Payne. And thank you, President Payne, for finding someone else. It was brought to my attention that the current person that I am bringing forward, Justin Baylor, was going to be removed from the ballpark authority. I just want to make sure that it's clear that Justin has served as a fantastic commissioner on the ballpark authority. had no idea that his appointment was even being looked at as a person to be taken off of the ballpark authority. So it became a red flag to me from the Minneapolis NAACP. I had concerns about the folks who were on the ballpark commission and him being removed as the only person of color. So I do appreciate you finding this doctor to serve, I wish there would have been a process. I mean, you say you reached out to your community. I think the Ballpark Authority should represent more than just you reaching out to people. If this was an open application, I would have loved for us as a council to be able to send this out to folks and see who was interested. He certainly has, the doctor certainly has a great resume. As I saw an application has never sat on the border Commission. In it, I don't I don't really get the connection to the ballpark authority that was certainly a lot of conversation around in the application in my opinion around Hennepin County Medical Center, I want to state again Hennepin County Medical Center. has nothing to do with the ballpark commission or why i would be appointing someone to the ballpark commission lastly i spoke to council vice president ostman last night who told me that this was going to possibly be delayed there has been no conversation about delay and that's fine want to move forward with this if that's what this body chooses but I but I also just want to make sure that it is stated that Justin has served as a great commissioner he is willing to serve again he's the secretary on the ballpark Commission I would have loved for us to have a process if we were going to be selecting someone as a group and that has not happened for the second time

Council Member Warren.

Thank you, Council President Payne. I did all the comments of my council colleague. I think it is admirable that you did reach out to your community. I think it's admirable that Mr. Nathan Chamello is a person of color, of ethnicity. I appreciate his resume. It is It seems to have a lot of valor. And so I appreciate his credentials. There is a lot of emphasis being placed here on the medical background, which we did learn does not have absolutely anything to do, again, with the ballpark authority. And I would like to move to delay this because if we are able to pursue individuals from our independent communities, I think that it would be fair IF ALL COUNCILMEMBERS ARE ABLE TO REVIEW AND GO THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS OF SEEKING INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND WARDS THAT WOULD MAKE THIS FAIR FOR EVERYONE. SO I MOVE TO DELAY.

I'LL SECOND THAT.

COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE.

I SECOND THE MOTION.

I SEE. I SAW COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ BEFORE THE QUEUE CLEARED.

I think because of President pain, I'll be speaking out against the motion to delay. I think we have other issues that we have to address and focus on in this body and we get to just have a finale to this appointment today. I will say that other appointments have been brought forward to the similar process so there shouldn't be much confusion. So I'm just speaking out against this distiller.

I added myself to Q to also say we should move forward. This has been on our agenda for quite a few cycles now. And I did get an opportunity to meet with the mayor and the leadership at the ballpark authority to discuss what we would like to see in the next nominee. And that was a really enlightening conversation. Kind of the two biggest issues that were raised were the desire to be a champion for downtown, to be a good neighbor to the North Loop, and to be a fan of the Twins and sports writ large, and just have some enthusiasm for the city. And I think that Dr. Tramillo, he's been recognized by our Civil Rights Department for his leadership. He has served on a number of national boards, has really good nonprofit governance experience, and I think is a really great fit for this. And I think it's time to move forward.

Thank you. I have a question for the clerk. What is the typical process when the council is faced with nomination? Is there a discussion that we're allowed to have before we get up here on the dais?

uh mr president i would say that when we have had these types of appoint or nomination processes before i think as i explained the first time this came up uh sort of under the rules of council that say the president brings forward a plan to organize the council that broadly encompasses the appointments by council or nominations made by council I did clarify last time this is not an appointment by the president or by Mr. Payne specifically because of that position that he holds. It is, however, a nomination and is subject to debate, discussion, amendment, and a final vote by the full body. So it is the body's vote that makes the appointment and therefore it is subject to the consideration, discussion, debate, possible amendment per normal process.

Great, thank you very much. So I will not be voting for this, excuse me, I will be voting for the delay because I do think the full body should be here. Council Member Schaffer.

I just had a question for the clerk around process. Motion for delay, if that ties, does that fail? And then the same for the forthcoming votes, if you could clarify that.

through the president. Again, a motion to tie procedurally means that the motion fails. The underlying matter still remains to be disposed of, so if the motion pending right now, which is a motion to postpone this matter, fails in a tie, then that motion has failed.

And can you speak to tie votes?

I'm sorry, through the chair, in what way? A tie vote means the body has failed to take action. Thank you.

Seeing no one else left in queue on the motion to postpone, the clerk will, Council Member Chavez.

And can you clarify the vote, Council President Payne, please?

We are going to be taking a vote to postpone. So if a yes vote would hold this for another cycle, a no vote would have us deciding this today. Great. On that, the clerk will call the roll.

Council Member Schaffer. Aye. Council Member Shuntai.

Nay.

Councilmember Whiting. Aye. Councilmember Chowdhury.

No.

Councilmember Stevenson. Nay. Councilmember Rainville. Aye. Councilmember Vita. Aye. Councilmember Chavez. No. Councilmember Warren.

Aye.

President Payne. Nay. There are five ayes and five nays.

That motion fails. We are back to the underlying motion. The queue reset that might have been from folks from earlier. Councilmember Rainville, are you still in queue? No. On the motion to approve Dr. Cimillo, the clerk will call the roll.

Council Member Schaffer.

Nay.

Council Member Shagtuck.

Aye.

Council Member Whiting. Aye. Council Member Chowdhury.

Aye.

Council Member Stevenson. Aye. Council Member Rainville.

Nay.

Council Member Vita.

No.

Council Member Chavez. Aye. Council Member Warren.

No.

President Payne. Aye. There are six ayes and four nays.

That carries, and that completes the biz report. The next report is from the Climate and Infrastructure Committee, which will be presented by that committee's vice chair, Councilmember Stevenson.

Thank you, Mr. President. The Climate and Infrastructure Committee has 18 items to bring forward. One, passage of resolution adopting the levy assessments for sidewalk repair and construction. Two, approving a Gopher Garden large block event permit. Three, approving an annual Target Together Core Week block event permit. Four, approving a Target Together Core Week community celebration block event permit. FIVE, APPROVING A LORING ALLEY LIVE 2026 MUSIC FESTIVAL. SIX, APPROVING A MODE BY FLICKER LARGE BLOCK EVENT PERMIT. SEVEN, PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION FOR CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY FOR ROAD MAINTENANCE. Eight, adopting 2027 assessments for the non-governmental tax exempt parcel street maintenance. Nine, adopting 2027 assessments for the non-governmental tax exempt parcel street light operation fee. 10, authorizing contract amendment with St. Paul for the EV spot network project agreement. 11, authorizing contract with the University of Washington Urban Freight Lab in support of the SMART Grant Stage 2 project. 12, authorizing contract with University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies in support of the SMART Grant Stage 2 project. 13, Accepting low bid for large diameter cured in place pipelining 2026 14 authorizing contract amendment with Z companies incorporated for engineering and design services for the North Side Greenway phase one and phase two project. Five, authorizing contract amendments with Bolton and Menk Incorporated and Alliant Engineering Incorporated for engineering and design services for the 38th Street and Chicago Street Reconstruction Project. 16, authorizing contract amendment for Alliant Engineering Incorporated for Bloomington Ave. MINNEHAHA PARKWAY HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT 17 APPROVING A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE RELATED TO ZERO WASTE FUNDING 18 APPROVING THE 2026 TO 2029 CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE CLIMATE WORK PLAN I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF THE FULL REPORT COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON HAS MOVED APPROVAL OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION COUNCIL MEMBER SHAEFER

YEAH, I JUST WANT TO PUBLICLY GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO TARGET FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN BRINGING BACK THEIR CORE WHEAT BLOCK EVENT TO NICHOLETTE MALL. THIS IS A BIG DEAL FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HOST ALL THESE EMPLOYEES DOWNTOWN AND JUST WANTED TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO MINNEAPOLIS.

SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN CUE, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL ON THE CNR REPORT.

Councilmember Schaffer. Aye. Councilmember Shuntai. Aye. Councilmember Whiting. Aye. Councilmember Chowdhury.

Aye.

Councilmember Stephenson. Aye. Councilmember Rainville. Aye. Councilmember Vita. Aye. Councilmember Chavez. Aye. Councilmember Warren.

Aye.

President Payne. Aye. There are 10 ayes.

That carries and the report is adopted. Next we'll have the report from our Committee of the Whole given by that committee's chair, Councilmember Chowdhury.

Thank you, President Payne. The Committee of the Whole is bringing two items forward today. Item number one adopts a resolution for voluntary relocation plan for Heritage Park. I will note that after discussion at the Committee of the Whole, staff submitted a resolution to formalize this policy. There are printed copies before us and available online. I will move approval of this resolution. Lastly, item number two approves the contract with OnCourse Home Solutions for the Sewer Lateral Insurance Program. With that, I move both of these items for approval.

Council Member Chaudhry has moved approval of the committee report. Is there any discussion? Council Member Warren.

Thank you, Council President Payne. The resolution for approving the Heritage Park voluntary relocation policy to be administered by CPED states that whereas Heritage Park is a 440 rental housing development owned by subsidiaries of McCormick Baron Salazar, and whereas approximately 211 Heritage Park units are currently occupied and whereas Heritage Park has been the subject of a widespread public attention regarding health and safety livability concerns that have resulted in some residents wishing to relocate out of their current units, and whereas on July 16th, COUNCIL ACTION NUMBER 2026A-0524 THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED 2.5 MILLION FROM THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND PROGRAM TO FUND RELOCATION NEEDS AND NECESSARY HEALTH AND SAFETY REPAIRS AT HERITAGE PARK TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE CPED DEPARTMENT AND DIRECTOR. And whereas voluntary relocation policy needs to define relocation benefits and services available to residents of Heritage Park who wish to relocate from Heritage Park due to health and or safety concerns. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the mayor and the City Council of Minneapolis that the Heritage Park voluntary relocation policy as follows and further set forth in the legislative file 2026. that's 0, 0, 9, 4, 3 is hereby adopted. Um, there are some amendments that I would like to make to, um, the relocation policy. I know that SRF has been, um, allegedly appointed to serve as the THAT IS IN SUPPORT OF RELOCATING THE RESIDENTS. HOWEVER, I SPOKE WITH DIRECTOR HANSEN ON YESTERDAY BECAUSE WE HAVE GONE BACK AND FORTH IN QUITE LENGTHY DISCUSSION ABOUT IF WE MOVE TO HAVE AN RFQ PROCESS FOR THE RESIDENTS OF AND FOR THE FUNDING ALLOCATION TO SUPPORT THE RESIDENTS OF HERITAGE PARK THAT THAT COULD TAKE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME. WE'RE LOOKING ANYWHERE BETWEEN 60 DAYS OR SO. AND THERE WOULD NOT BE A WAY TO EXPEDITE THAT PROCESS. SO MY REQUEST IS THAT SRF WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS IN SUPPORT OF OUR RESIDENTS. DIRECTOR HANSEN, DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE FOR ME ON THAT?

PRESIDENT PAIN, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. CITY COUNCIL. CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ERIC HANSEN. MY NAME IS ERIC HANSEN. MY NAME IS ERIC HANSEN. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY I'M THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY I'M THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY PLANNING AND ECONOMIC PLANNING AND ECONOMIC PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. DEVELOPMENT. DEVELOPMENT. AND THROUGH THE PRESIDENT, AND THROUGH THE PRESIDENT, AND THROUGH THE PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN, YES, WE COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN, YES, WE COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN, YES, WE HAD A CONVERSATION YESTERDAY. HAD A CONVERSATION YESTERDAY. HAD A CONVERSATION YESTERDAY. JUST TO PUT SRF, which has performed relocation assistance for the city and is under contract with the city right now. We would be doing an amendment to that contract, so we wouldn't have to go through that procurement process. There are also, as you'll see in the administrative response memo, have done complex relocations in the past, most notably to substantially large developments in the Brooklyn Park community. in the past, and yet they are a company that is not rooted in North Minneapolis. So the conversation you and I had yesterday was about potentially bringing in a community-based organization to help supplement the services that SRF could offer to the community. And CPET is open to that. We have made contacts with the North Point Health and Wellness Center. And the CEO, Kimberly Spates, and I plan to have a conversation about potentially a role for them. We have a contract with them as well, existing, to offer similar services and potentially work with them to provide some wraparound social services. As people know, North Point, uh is a organization that has been rooted in the north side since the 1960s most you know first pilot cities and now north point but it's also uh affiliated with hennepin county so it's a not only is it the health and wellness services that they provide in in their facilities and with their personnel they're also connected with hennepin county and their continuum of care and social services and health health and human services that are offered at the county level so there's a good match for us to be exploring that.

Thank you for that, Director Hanson. I just want to state that all 211 residents of Heritage Park deserve a very human-centered support in relocation assistance. And that we have, I understand that SRF currently does not have a standing contract, but neither do any of the organizations that have shown up and been present in supporting the residents of Heritage Park. And that is notable. And so I want to ensure that, again, this is a very human centered and very delicate approach and that all of the autonomy that is centered around choice, family support, schools, transportation, you know, housing selection is very centered in this work. and whatever is needed for them that they have the opportunity to to have that cultural approach to to whatever work is being done with with them in their in their relocation process and I'm pleased to have a number of the residents here from heritage Park in the audience today and I just want to acknowledge them and their presence and the hard work that we are all coming together to center around their safety and valuing them as residents of this city.

President Payne, if I might. Just to clarify, Councilmember Warren, I appreciate the sentiment, and we agree with you. We need a human-centered, and it's something we've talked about through this entire ordeal with Heritage Park. We do have an existing master contract with SRF. We just don't have an approved and negotiated and agreed to scope of work under that contract. Just in case people falling at home, we do have a contract with SRF. We do have a contract with North Point. We're going to try and utilize those contracts so that we can move quicker.

Thank you.

Council Member Vita.

Thank you president paying I just wanted to say thank you to the residents and the organizers from heritage Park that have taken time today to be at City Hall. I know it wasn't easy to get down here certainly wasn't on your bingo card for what you're going to be doing this week or even you know what's happening your community. Our hearts are with you we certainly are working every day to make sure that you have the living and um the living experiences and that the city is caring for you like we should every resident council member warren has put this on our radar and made sure that is priority to the entire city of minneapolis and so i i want you all to know that we value you being down here certainly being vulnerable in this way and talking about what's happening where you live and Bring your kids down here and you know organize them for your neighbors who couldn't be here today And so thank you so much to the residents Thank you to the organizers who have made sure that folks come down here to be seen and heard and I'm sorry that you didn't have an opportunity to to speak today, but you always have opportunity to speak to any of us. I think you should reach out to folks if there are people you want to talk to, and that includes the mayor at all as well. You have an opportunity to write us emails, phone calls, whatever you need to do if you want to speak to any council members outside of your own council member. Also, I want to say thank you to staff. I know you all were up late last night. trying to figure this out and make sure that this human centered approach is valued as well. It's important that these folks get all the resources they need while possibly making transitions into new houses or also living there. We don't know what the outcome is going to be, but I do appreciate you, Director, and also your staff for the work you're doing to make sure that we make these people whole and get them better living conditions.

Council Member Rainville.

I too want to address the crowd here as well as Council Member Warren. Council Member, thank you so much for just, this is consuming your life, this problem. And every time I drive by Heritage Park and I see those boarded up buildings, I wonder how the heck did it get this bad? Like what happened? This is years and years and years of neglect. And you're suffering for that. You should not have to live in those conditions. I appreciate you coming down here today. I want to echo what Councilmember Vita said. We are all accessible to you, including the mayor. We want to help you all. We want to get this right for you. And I'm just so sorry that this built up and built up and that nobody paid attention to you. Our staff, is working hard to fix this. It's complex. There's a lot of organizations involved. And of course, there's the bankruptcy court of the United States of America, which I feel is the landlord is hiding behind this bankruptcy, and you're the one that suffers. So know that you have full support here on the city council, and we're here to help you. And again, Council Member Warren, thank you so much for just rising to the occasion. Council Member Warren.

Thank you, Council President Payne. And again, thank you to my colleagues. Thank you, Director Hanson and Alfred. Thank you to the NAACP and Zara and all the residents of Heritage Park. This has been mentally and emotionally tasking for everyone. And I want you to know that I value you as individuals. and that everyone's story and everyone's living situation is very unique and deserves a very person-centered and individualized approach this is not a blanket opportunity of service that can be delivered to each individual person because every household's needs is different And that is why I am fighting so hard to ensure that the human centeredness wrapped around each individual need of each and every person's household, each and every person's family dynamics, what their children need, what any health concerns are uplifted and are magnified. And I thank you for being vulnerable. I thank you for being.

for being open and for taking an opportunity to share each and every one of your stories with me because you didn't have to do that. But I want to see people win. I want to see people succeed. And because of anyone's income or where they are financially doesn't mean that affordable housing should be weaponized against them in any way. You deserve better. You are worth it. You are valuable. And I want to ensure that you are treated as such. So I thank you wholeheartedly, each and every one of you, so much.

The end.

With that, the clerk will call the roll. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

Council Member Schaffer. Aye. Council Member Shugtime. Aye. Council Member Whiting. Aye. Council Member Chowdhury. Aye. Council Member Stephenson. Aye. Council Member Rainville. Aye. Council Member Vita. Aye. Council Member Chavez. Aye. Council Member Warren. Aye. President Payne. Aye. There are 10 ayes.

That carries. Next is the report of our Enterprise and Labor Relations Committee, which will be presented by its Vice Chair, Councilmember Whiting.

thank you president payne uh the elr committee has six items to bring forward today uh number one is authorizing an agreement with the la organizing committee and passes of a resolution committing in-kind city services for the la 2028 olympic games flame and torch relay item number two authorizes a contract amendment with roshan corporation for the police department training annex building uh build out project Item number three amends a previous council action related to a contract amendment to providing computer aided dispatch and related support services. Item number four approves a legal settlement for a workers' compensation claim of Heather Bythal. Item number five approves the establishment of one position, assistant city clerk within the legislative support division. Item number six confirms the city clerk's appointment of Ken Daler as assistant city clerk. I'll move approval of the full report.

Council Member Whiting has moved approval of the committee report. Is there any discussion? Council Member Stevenson.

I'd like to pull number four for a separate vote.

Councilmember Stevenson has pulled item four for a separate vote. Is there any discussion on the remainder of the report? Seeing none, I'll ask the clerk to call the roll.

Councilmember Schaffer.

Aye.

Councilmember Shugtime. Aye. Councilmember Stevenson. Aye. Councilmember Rainville. Aye. Councilmember Betop. Aye. Councilmember Chavez. Aye. Councilmember Warren. Aye. President Payne. Aye. There are 10 ayes.

Those items carry. Next, we will take up item number four. And seeing no one in queue, I will ask the clerk to call the roll.

Councilmember Schaffer. Aye. Councilmember Shuntai. Nay. Councilmember Whiting. Aye. Councilmember Chowdhury.

Aye.

Councilmember Stevenson.

Nay.

Councilmember Rainville. Aye. Councilmember Vita. Aye. Councilmember Chavez. No. Councilmember Warren. Aye. President Payne. Aye. There are seven ayes and three nays.

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

Thank you, Mr. President. The Public Health Safety and Equity Committee is bringing forward nine items. Item one and two authorizes contract amendments with the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension for Human Trafficking Investigations Task Force, Crime Analysts and Investigators. Item three authorizes a contract amendment with Canopy Roots for BCR Response Services. ITEM 4 ACCEPTS THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANT TO SUPPORT EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES. ITEM 5 ACCEPTS THE PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE SUSTAINABILITY GRANT TO SUPPORT EMERGENCY RESPONSE. ITEM 6 ACCEPTS THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY GRANT FOR BOMB DISPOSAL EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING AND AUTHORIZES AN I'm 7 accepts a gift from the International Association for identifications for staff conference attendance item except the gift from Minnesota Association of property evidence technicians for staff conference attendance item 9 accepts a gift to the International Association of official human rights agencies for staff conference attendance approval of these items.

Councilmember Chavez has moved approval of the committee report is there any discussion. Seeing none of us the clerk to call the roll.

Council Member Schaffer. Aye. Council Member Shefton. Aye. Council Member Whiting. Aye. Council Member Chowdhury. Aye. Council Member Stevenson. Aye. Council Member Rainville. Aye. Council Member Vita. Aye. Council Member Chavez. Aye. Council Member Warren. Aye. President Payne. AYE. THERE ARE 10 AYES. THERE ARE 10 AYES. THERE ARE 10 AYES.

THAT CARRIES AND THE REPORT IS THAT CARRIES AND THE REPORT IS THAT CARRIES AND THE REPORT IS ADOPTED AND THAT COMPLETES THE ADOPTED AND THAT COMPLETES THE ADOPTED AND THAT COMPLETES THE REPORTS OF OUR STANDING REPORTS OF OUR STANDING REPORTS OF OUR STANDING COMMITTEES. COMMITTEES. COMMITTEES. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS NOTICE OF ORDINANCE NOTICE OF ORDINANCE NOTICE OF ORDINANCE INTRODUCTIONS. INTRODUCTIONS. INTRODUCTIONS. WE HAVE ONE NOTICE TODAY. WE HAVE ONE NOTICE TODAY. WE HAVE ONE NOTICE TODAY REPEALING SECTION 47.190 ENTITLED COMMERCIAL AND MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING RATING AND DISCLOSURE. THIS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN AND NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED AT THIS TIME. The next order of business is the introduction and referral calendar. We have three items today. First, pursuant to notice, I move to introduce the subject matter of an ordinance amending the first and police protection code, fire and police protection code for first reading and referral to the Public Health Safety and Equity Committee, amending provisions related to commercial hood and exhaust cleaning program. SECOND, PURSUANT TO NOTICE, COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN MOVES TO INTRODUCE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT CODE FOR FIRST READING AND REFERRAL TO THE BUSINESS HOUSING AND ZONING COMMITTEE RELATING TO ENSURING THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY. AND FINALLY, PURSUANT TO NOTICE, COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN MOVES TO INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT CODE FOR FIRST READING AND REFERRAL TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY AND EQUITY COMMITTEE making technical changes to the process for conducting elections to the Neighborhood Revitalization Program Policy Board may have a motion to approve these introductions.

So moved.

Second. The clerk will call the roll.

Councilmember Schaffer. Aye. Councilmember Shebtai. Aye. Councilmember Whiting. Aye. Councilmember Chowdhury. Aye. Councilmember Stephenson. Aye. Councilmember Rainville. Aye. Councilmember Vita. Aye. Councilmember I.

THAT CARRIES AND THE MOTIONS ARE REFERRED TO THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS RESOLUTIONS. WE HAVE ONE RESOLUTION ON OUR AGENDA TODAY THAT RECEIVED A PRESENTATION AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR MEETING. DO COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY COMMENTS TO ADD? Seeing none, may I have a motion to adopt the resolution?

So moved. Second.

The clerk will call the roll.

Councilmember Schaffer. Aye. Councilmember Shugtime. Aye. Councilmember Whiting. Aye. Councilmember Chowdhury. Aye. Councilmember Stephenson. Aye. Councilmember Rainville. Aye. Councilmember Vita. Aye. Councilmember Chavez. Aye. There are ten ayes.

That carries and that resolution is adopted. Our next order of business is unfinished business. Under unfinished business today, item number one relates to an appeal submitted by 1717 Developers LLC regarding the decision of the Heritage Preservation Commission denying a certificate of appropriateness application to demolish the property located at 948 18th Avenue Northeast, the Tyler Street Northeast John Cook House, an individual historic landmark. We've received a memo from staff stating that this appeal has been withdrawn, so I will move to delete this item from our agenda. May I have a second?

Second.

Any discussion? The clerk will call the roll.

Councilmember Schaffer?

Aye.

Councilmember Chaghty? Aye. Councilmember Whiting? Aye. Councilmember Chowdhury? Aye. Councilmember Stephenson? Aye. Councilmember Rainville? Aye. Councilmember Detok?

Aye.

Councilmember Chavez? Aye. AYE.

THAT CARRIES AND THE MOTION THAT CARRIES AND THE MOTION TO DELETE IS SUCCESSFUL. TO DELETE IS SUCCESSFUL. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO THE NEW WE'LL NOW MOVE TO THE NEW BUSINESS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA. BUSINESS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA. TODAY WE HAVE RECEIPT OF MAYOR TODAY WE HAVE RECEIPT OF MAYOR FRIES 2027 RECOMMENDED BUDGET FRIES 2027 RECOMMENDED BUDGET WHICH WAS PRESENTED YESTERDAY. WHICH WAS PRESENTED YESTERDAY. I WILL RECOGNIZE THE BUDGET I WILL RECOGNIZE THE BUDGET COMMITTEE CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER

THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I WILL MOVE TO REFER THE MAYOR'S RECOMMENDED 2027 BUDGET TO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE FOR ITS REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION OVER THESE NEXT FEW MONTHS. THANK YOU.

SECOND.

COUNCIL MEMBER CHUKTAI HAS MOVED TO REFER CONSIDERATION OF THE 2027 BUDGET TO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE. AND THAT HAS BEEN PROPERTY SECONDED. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Seeing no further discussion, all those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed say nay. Any abstentions? That carries and the Mayor's 2027 Recommended Budget has been referred to the Budget Committee. Finally, we have the order of announcements. Are there any announcements? ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? MR. PRESIDENT.

MR. PRESIDENT. MR. PRESIDENT. MR.

CLERK.

MR. CLERK.

MR. CLERK.

WITH YOUR INDULGENCE, I WITH YOUR INDULGENCE, I WITH YOUR INDULGENCE, I WANTED TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION WANTED TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION WANTED TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR THE COUNCIL'S CONFIRMING FOR THE COUNCIL'S CONFIRMING FOR THE COUNCIL'S CONFIRMING VOTE OF MY APPOINTMENT OF MR. VOTE OF MY APPOINTMENT OF MR. VOTE OF MY APPOINTMENT OF MR. DAILER, TO MY LEFT HERE, BY ONE DAILER, TO MY LEFT HERE, BY ONE DAILER, TO MY LEFT HERE, BY ONE SEAT,

WITH THAT, WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR BUSINESS TODAY WITH NOTHING FURTHER TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND WITHOUT OBJECTION, THIS MEETING IS HEREBY ADJOURNED.