Remarks by Soren Stevenson
13 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
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“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…”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Thank you. I just wanted to ask again, there's been a lot going on here. What are the changes that this ordinance does?”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“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.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“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…”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“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…”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“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…”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“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…”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“I'd like to pull number four for a separate vote.”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Director. Unfortunately, I will not be able to support your appointment today, and I want to let you know the reasons why. We got a letter from our AFSCME workers in your office, and we had a meeting and discussed that, and I appreciate you coming and talking with me directly about this, but the facts from this letter are just really NOT ACCEPTABLE. SO DOES THIS INDIVIDUAL EFFECTIVELY RESOLVE WORKPLACE ISSUES? NO. DOES THIS INDIVIDUAL COMMUNICATE WORKPLACE UPDATES AND ISSUES IN A CLEAR AND TIMELY MANNER? NO. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS. YOU TOLD ME THAT THERE ARE…”
City Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“Thank you. I just wanted to raise that Councilmember Schaffer, you brought up some really excellent points on parking policy in general and the value of our parking lots and the public space that we dedicate to parking in general. We dedicate quite literally hundreds of millions PROBABLY HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF PUBLIC LAND TO PARKING AND THAT HAS A HUGE MAINTENANCE COST AND SO I WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTED IN EXPLORING DISCUSSIONS ON PARKING METERING AND REVENUE FOR PARKING IN GENERAL ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY WITH YOU. I DID WANT TO MENTION THE FREE PARKING IN UPTOWN. AS MUCH AS…”
City Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“Thank you, Mr. President. The Climate and Infrastructure Committee has 13 items to bring forward. Number one, dinner to Nord commercial block event permit. Number two, banana ball games block event permit. Number three, Skyway easement for Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board. Number four, Metro Green Line extension subordinate funding agreement. Number five, Minneapolis street lighting plan amendment. Number 6 Cedar Lake Road bridge project overpass agreement number 7 cooperative agreement with Hennepin County Regional Railroad authority for the Grand Avenue South bridge over the midtown…”
City Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“that we say that we believe. We are in a historic time, a time when our actions are under different scrutiny and have different meaning than they would in another time. I hesitate to use the word unprecedented times because you can't have an entirely unprecedented times for the last decade or so. But we are in a time in this administration in the same exact year that ICE invaded our city and took our neighbors and killed some of our neighbors. We are in a time when our actions have different ramifications and we have to do things a little differently. uh in response to the fact that we are…”
City Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“Thank you council president. I want to echo it's it's really weird that he's not here. What's what's more important than being here right now. This is I've never applied for a job that I didn't want to sit on the discussions about whether I got it or not. Yeah, I came in here you know knowing I was going to vote yes and now him not being here is something that's really disturbing to me and kind of making me want to change my vote a little bit. Yeah, I have questions that I wanted to ask him. Does he plan on moving here full time with his family? We had a police chief who wasn't really here…”
City Council · Jul 30, 2026