Good morning everyone.

My name is Elliot Payne.

I'm the president of Minneapolis City Council.

Before we convene our meeting, we have presentations of honorary resolutions.

We are pleased to welcome guests to this space to share in these presentations before taking up our agenda.

First up is a resolution recognizing Latino Heritage Month presented by Councilmember Chavez.

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Uh incredible way to start our full council meeting.

Today we're passing a resolution celebrating Latino Heritage in Hispanic Month.

Whereas the Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated in the United States from September 15th to October 15th, and the city of Minneapolis celebrates as celebrates it as Latino Heritage Month, and whereas the term Hispanic, Latino, Latina, Latinex, Latina are used for a diverse ethnic group recognized during Latino Heritage Month, and whereas during Latino Heritage Month celebration, the anniversary of the independence of several Latino countries in the American continent are recognized, including September 15th for Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.

September 16th for Mexico, and September 18th for Chile, and whereas according to the 2020 census, there are 16,000 people of Latino and Heritage living in Minneapolis, composing almost 9% of the city's population.

Statewide, there is about 345,000 people identified as Hispanic or Latino in Minnesota.

That means 6% of the state's population, and nationwide there are 62 million Latina folks in the US or almost 19% of its population.

And whereas many in the Minneapolis Latino community include individuals born in the United States, naturalized citizens, immigrants, refugees, and mixed status families who contribute to the city's culture, economy, and neighborhoods, and deserve to feel safe, valued, and welcomed.

And whereas, despite challenges such as heightened immigration enforcement at the federal level, the Latino, Latina Latina community in Minneapolis continue to demonstrate its resilience, creativity, and leadership that strengthens the city.

And whereas this month is also a time to affirm the city of Minneapolis' commitment to being a welcoming city for all residents, regardless of immigration status, and to uplift the hope and sense of belonging of our communities.

Whereas many Latinos and Latinas have made significant contributions to the world, including the United States of America, and taking opportunities this month to highlight those who have done so is an inspiration for all of us.

Whereas our leaders, including immigrant and refugee advocates in Minneapolis, work every day to defend the dignity and rights of their community.

Artists, educators, and culture leaders from our community, many of whom are immigrants and children of immigrants share their traditions, stories, and creativity, building bridges of understanding and belonging across Minneapolis.

And whereas under the Trump administration, our community has continued to suffer across the country due to harmful policies targeting our communities.

Yet we will continue to remain resilient and fierce in uplifting our communities and holding strong to our core values of hope, vision, and love for future generations.

As a community proudly affirms, aquí estamos inonosamos.

And whereas this month is a time to not only celebrate history and culture, but also to look forward to the inclusion, strength, and opportunity for all of our residents, including our immigrant and refugee families who enrich the fabric of Minneapolis.

Now, therefore, be it resolved that the mayor and city council do hereby celebrate Latino Heritage Month to protect and uplift the voices, visions, and strength that exists within our community in Minneapolis, the United States, and the world, and encourage our Minneapolis community to participate in events held in recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month and Latina Heritage Month this year.

Before I oh before I say a few words, we literally just had a great ceremony this morning in the City Hall Retunda.

And it was really inspirational, and we had a lot of good food.

Um for not only our city but this country.

Thank you so much, Councilmember Chavez.

Thank you, Council members, for advancing this resolution.

And it is incredibly powerful to see all of these people here on the dais, many of whom I know as individuals who are impacted by the federal immigration landscape at this moment, and who have worked tirelessly for years, if not generations, to advance the rights and the opportunities and the power of the Latino community here in Minneapolis in the state of Minnesota and beyond.

So I'm very, very grateful to be able to recognize Latino Heritage Month, Latinx Heritage Month, Latin Heritage Month with all of you.

Um the words this morning that were delivered by Angelica in Espanol and Muimmi Podero.

So it's very powerful words this morning from um a very gifted poet.

And so it was a privilege to be able to hear those words and to hear the power expressed in those words.

So thank you to everyone who's here.

Thank you to the entire Latinx community, Latini community, Latino community, and people who are connected to that community who are similarly impacted by the challenges of the moment.

Okay, good morning, everyone.

Thank you so much for joining us today.

Today we are recognizing September 2025 as a workforce development month in the city of Minneapolis.

Whereas the city of Minneapolis is working to build a strong, fairer, and more sustainable community for everyone.

A big part of this is making sure all residents have access to good jobs.

We do this by supporting a job training programs throughout local partners who serve people that are often left out.

And whereas helping Minneapolis residents get the education, training, and support they need for a good career is the key to keep our local economy strong, making sure everyone has a fairer chance to succeed, and whereas as a our population change, it's more important than ever to make sure everyone feels welcome, included in the workforce.

This means giving people from all backgrounds, regardless of race, gender, age, disability, or past involvement with the justice system a real opportunity to work and grow.

And whereas through the work of the Minneapolis Workforce Development Board and the City of Minneapolis Employment and Training, uh, it's as its administrative entity, we focus on jobs that pay enough to support a family.

No matter where someone lives in the city, we help job seekers explore their interests, build their skills, develop job search plans, and connect with employers and whereas Minneapolis businesses, especially in industries like healthcare and manufacturing need workers with the right skills to serve our communities and comp and compete around the world to meet this need uh yeah, to meet this need, schools, businesses, nonprofits, and government agencies must work together to prepare and support a workforce that reflects us all.

Now, therefore, be it resolved that the mayor and city council do hereby recognize and honor workforce development professionals across the city of Minneapolis for the significant for the significant contributions they make and commend them for their many accomplishments.

The mayor and city council offer sincere gratitude for all their efforts to advance the economic health and inclusion of all residents and businesses in our community.

Thank you all.

We have uh amazing leaders here.

We have a director of uh employment and training services and also doctor Eric Hansen.

Please come on in if you would like to make comments.

Anyone?

Hi, I pass the microphone to Dr.

Watson, Chair of the Workforce Development Board.

Thank you, good morning.

So good morning, honorable council members and community partners.

On behalf of our local workforce board, I want to thank you for declaring September as our workforce development month and for recognizing the importance of this work to our city.

Workforce development is more than helping people find jobs, it's about creating opportunities, helping residents build the skills they need to succeed, supporting businesses and finding the talent they need to grow, and strengthening our local economy for everyone.

Our programs and partnerships reach across the community.

We serve young people preparing for their first careers, adults looking to reskill, veterans transitioning to civilian work, individuals with disabilities, and those who have faced real barriers to employment.

Every success story is made possible because of the collaboration between education, business, nonprofit, and public partners who are with us here today.

Thank you again for all of your support.

This work is also about equity.

Workforce development ensures that no matter someone's background or circumstance, they have a fair chance to succeed.

When our residents thrive in good jobs, when businesses have the talent they need, our whole city is stronger.

So thank you again for this recognition for your continued support, and together we're building a more resilient, inclusive, and prosperous community.

I'm gonna hand it off to Mary Needemiter of one of our partnerships, and that's Kathy.

Thank you.

Good morning, Council members and community partners.

Thank you for recognizing workforce development as central to our city's vitality.

By declaring September as workforce development month, you shine a light on the investments we're making to connect people with meaningful careers and employers with the skilled talent that they need.

Workforce development is about more than trading.

It's about building thriving communities.

Too many residents still face barriers to employment, but together we can remove those obstacles.

When we do, we strengthen economic mobility, foster equity, and ensure every Minneapolis resident has the opportunity to succeed.

The impact of your investment is real.

Lower unemployment, stronger families, more resilient businesses, and new opportunities for communities that have too often left been left behind.

People of color, immigrants, individuals with disabilities, adults re-entering the workforce.

That's why we're grateful for your partnership to expand inclusive training programs, strengthen supports like childcare and transportation, and align education with industry needs.

Thank you, everyone.

At this time, I'm gonna call this regular meeting of the city council for September 25th to order.

The clerk will call the roll.

Councilmember Vita.

Present.

Councilmember Ellison.

Here.

Councilmember Koske.

Present.

Councilmember Wandsley.

Present.

Councilmember Jenkins.

Present.

Councilmember Palmasano.

Present.

Councilmember Chowdhury.

Present.

Councilmember Cashman.

Present.

Councilmember Osman.

Present.

Councilmember Rainville.

Present.

Councilmember Chavez.

Present.

Council Vice President Chugtai.

Present.

Council President Payne.

Present.

There are 13 members present.

Let the record reflect we have a quorum.

Before we begin the meeting, I want to offer a friendly reminder to all members and staff that this meeting is broadcast live to enable greater public participation.

The broadcast includes real-time captioning as a further method 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 transcribed 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.

If there's no objection, I will make uh a couple slight revisions to the agenda and move the order of motions to the top of the agenda right ahead of the reports of committees and move biz item number one, seven points inclusionary zoning TIFF plan after our committee reports.

May I I have a motion to adopt the agenda including the changes I've outlined.

So moved.

Second.

The clerk will call the roll.

Councilmember Vita.

Aye.

Councilmember Ellison.

Aye.

Councilmember Koskey.

Aye.

Councilmember Wandsley.

Aye.

Councilmember Jenkins.

Aye.

Councilmember Palmazzano.

Aye.

Councilmember Chowdhury.

Aye.

Councilmember Cashman.

Aye.

Councilmember Osman.

Aye.

Councilmember Rainville.

Aye.

Councilmember Chavez.

Aye.

Council Vice President Cherctai.

Aye.

Council Vice uh President Payne.

Aye.

There are 13 ayes.

That carries and the agenda is adopted.

The next item is acceptance of minutes from our regular meeting of September 11th.

I'd entertain a motion to accept those minutes.

So move.

Second.

The clerk will call the roll.

Councilmember Vita.

Aye.

Councilmember Ellison.

Aye.

Councilmember Koskey.

Aye.

Council Member Wansley.

Aye.

Council Member Jenkins.

Aye.

Council Member Palmazano.

Aye.

Council Member Chowdery.

Aye.

Council Member Cashman.

Aye.

Council Member Osman.

Aye.

Council Member Rainville.

Aye.

Council Member Chavez.

Aye.

Council Vice President Chugtie.

Aye.

Council President Payne.

Aye.

There are 13 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 move.

Second.

The clerk will call the roll.

Councilmember Vita.

Aye.

Council Member Ellison.

Aye.

Council Member Koskey.

Aye.

Council Member Wandsley.

Aye.

Council Member Jenkins.

Aye.

Councilmember Palmazzano.

Aye.

Council Member Chowderry.

Aye.

Council Member Cashman.

Aye.

Council Member Osman.

Aye.

Council Member Rainville.

Aye.

Council Member Chavez.

Aye.

Council Vice President Chugtai.

Aye.

Uh Council President Payne.

Aye.

There are 13 ayes.

That carries, and those matters have been referred.

The next order of business is motions.

Today we have motions from Councilmember Chavez to discharge from the Business Housing and Zoning Committee consideration of two ordinances related to commercial property sales.

Since these two ordinances are linked, we will consider the motion to discharge both items simultaneously.

Councilmember Chavez, would you like to make that motion?

Thank you, President Payne.

I would like to make that motion.

Councilmember Chavez has moved to discharge from the business housing and zoning committee further consideration of the commercial property sale and administrative enforcement procedures ordinances.

Is there a second to that motion?

Second.

That has been moved and seconded.

Is there any discussion on the motion to discharge?

Uh note that while this motion is debatable, this is simply a motion to remove this item from committee.

Comments and debate about the ordinances themselves will be in order once they have been discharged from committee and a motion to dispense with the item is in front of us.

Seeing no one in queue, I will ask the clerk to call the roll on the motion to discharge.

Councilmember Vita.

Aye.

Councilmember Ellison.

Aye.

Councilmember Koske.

Aye.

Councilmember Wandsley.

Aye.

Councilmember Jenkins.

Aye.

Councilmember Palmazano.

Aye.

Councilmember Chowdhury.

Aye.

Councilmember Cashman.

Aye.

Councilmember Osman.

Aye.

Councilmember Rainville.

No.

Councilmember Chavez.

Aye.

Council Vice President Chugtai.

Aye.

Council President Payne.

Aye.

There are 12 ayes and one nay.

That motion carries, and the ordinances are now in front of us.

Councilmember Chavez, would you like to make a uh the second part of your motion?

I would like to move.

I would like to move these ordinances for approval.

Is there a second?

Second.

Councilmember Chavez has moved to approve both ordinances.

Is there any discussion on the motion to approve these ordinances?

Seeing none, I will ask the clerk to call the roll.

Let me get my cue refreshed.

Yeah.

Anyone going once, going twice?

All right.

Seeing none, I will ask the clerk to call the roll.

Councilmember Vitaw.

Aye.

Councilmember Ellison.

Aye.

Councilmember Koskey.

Nay.

Councilmember Wandsley.

Aye.

Councilmember Jenkins.

Nay.

Councilmember Palmazano.

No.

Councilmember Chowdry.

Aye.

Councilmember Cashman.

Nay.

Councilmember Osman.

No.

Councilmember Rainville.

No.

Councilmember Chavez.

Aye.

Council Vice President Chugtai.

Aye.

Council President Payne.

Aye.

There are seven ayes and six nays.

That motion carries and the ordinances are adopted.

Okay.

And seeing no further discussion on those, we will move on to the next order of business, which is the presentation of reports from our standing committees.

Those are taken in alphabetical order, beginning with the report of our administration and enterprise oversight committee, which will be presented by its chair, Councilmember Wandsley.

Okay, I'm still here.

Oh, actually, I'm gonna have my share Pomasano uh do the AO agenda.

All right.

Uh Councilmember Pompeisano.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

The administrative and enterprise oversight committee is bringing forward 27 items.

The first eight are gift acceptances for work-related travel for city employees.

Item number one is from the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments for Transportation and Lodging Expenses for Chief O'Hara.

Item two is gift acceptance from the Millennium Alliance for Travel and Lodging for Nikki Odom.

Item number three is gift acceptance from the policing lab for Anna Edom.

Item number four is gift acceptance from the FBI National Academy for Chief O'Hara.

Item number five is gift acceptance from the IACP.

That's the Association of Chiefs of Police for Police Officers Kiddock, Capanos, and Withonem and Lieutenant O'Rourke.

Item number six is gift acceptance from LEVA, that's a law enforcement emergency services video association for forensic scientist Alison Murray.

Item number seven is gift acceptance from the Association of Minnesota Emergency Managers for Lodging and Meals for Katie Champion.

Item number eight is a gift acceptance from the Lincoln Institute for Director Meg McMahon.

Item number nine is a bid for hydraulic pump motor and cylinder repair and parts.

It's a low bid of 250,000.

Item number 10 is a bid for the Minneapolis Convention Center of Construction Project of Mill City Pizzeria, the low bid of $689,900.

Item number 11 are contracts with 35 vendors for the next three years of violence prevention services for the neighborhood safety department, totaling a not to exceed amount of $8.87 million.

So that's the next subset of 35.

Um item number 12 are contracts with two vendors for financial wellness, home buyer education, and foreclosure counseling services.

Item number 13 is a contract with National Captioning Institute for real-time video captioning services for 450,000.

Item 15 is a contract extension with Neptune for water monitoring systems.

Item 16 is a contract amendment with aloha landscaping for yard maintenance services, an increase of 100,000.

Item 17 is a contract amendment with asset works, an increase of $25,355 for fleet and fuel management software.

Item 18 is a contract amendment with DRI consulting for management assessments and related services, an increase of $125,000.

Item 19 are contract amendments with seven locations for a housing opportunities for persons with HIV and AIDS.

Item 20 is a contract with Zytec Concrete for the Phillips Safety Project, an increase of $36,000.

Item 21 is a contract amendment with Axon for additional equipment and software for the regulatory services department, an increase of $97,736.

The next three are legal settlements.

Item 22 is Mason Herman versus the City of Minneapolis.

Item 23 is Robert Maricado versus the city of a workers' compensation claim.

Item 24 is a worker comp claim for Andrew Ryer.

Then item 25 is the appointment of Megan Bergman for the Minneapolis Advisory Committee on Aging to seat four.

Item 26 is the parking management staff directive offered, authored by myself and councilmember Cashman.

And item 27 and finally, item 27 is the ABM parking services contract for all of our downtown parking ramp and otherwise in the amount of five years and 182 million dollars for management of our municipal parking system.

I will move to approve all items.

Councilmember Palmasano has moved to approve the committee's report.

Is there any discussion?

Vice President Chucktai.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

I would like to pull item number three and seven together for um separate discussion and vote.

And I would also like to pull item number 23 just for a separate vote.

Vice President Chuck Tai has requested a separate vote on items 37 and 23.

Is there any discussion on the remainder of the report?

Seeing none, I'll ask the clerk to call the roll.

Councilmember Vita.

Aye.

Councilmember Ellison.

Councilmember Koskey.

Aye.

Councilmember Wandsley is absent.

Councilmember Jenkins.

Aye.

Councilmember Palmazano.

Aye.

Councilmember Chowdry.

Aye.

Councilmember Cashman.

Aye.

Councilmember Osman.

Aye.

Councilmember Rainville.

Aye.

Councilmember Chavez.

Council Vice President Chug Tai.

Aye.

Council President Payne.

Aye.

There are 12 eyes and one absent.

Those items carry.

Next, we will take up items number three and seven together as they were are related.

And we will take up item number 23 as a separate item.

Is there any discussion on items three and seven?

Vice President Chucktai.

Yeah, thank you, Mr.

President.

These uh item number three and number seven are um just two gift acceptances from the administration and enterprise uh committee report.

Um they're they are unique um to me, and and the reason I'm pulling them is these are both gift acceptances that are coming for approval before the body after the gift has already been accepted and and has happened.

Um, we have a really clear city um adopted policy that outlines how gift acceptances um are work and there are few types of things that require a higher threshold um of support from this body um for for approval and um they are are things that demonstrate like uh a higher um you know just barred that needs to be cleared.

I you know, we have a really clear city um adopted policy that outlines how gift acceptances um are uh work and there are few types of things that require a higher threshold um of support from this body um for for approval and um they are are things that demonstrate like uh a higher um you know just barred that needs to be cleared um uh and I uh this has been a consistent issue that I have um seen on the administration enterprise um oversight committee where um we have uh gift acceptances that are coming in um after the gift has already been accepted and in you know it's something that's a a really clear violation of our city policy um and this is something that's been raised in in committee several times at council several times um and and I think the uh for whatever reason um that the the importance and the urgency of following our adopted policy um is is just not um being received um or understood so um i wanted to make a point to pull these items um and and state that like the this is this is a this is a problem um and that you know um from from here on out um i i'm i'm not gonna ever be able to support a gift acceptance that that is um retroactive so i'll be voting against these items um and uh thank you mr president seeing no one else left in queue i will ask the clerk to call the roll councilmember vita aye councilmember ellison aye councilmember coskey aye councilmember jenkins aye councilmember palmazano aye councilmember chowry aye uh council member cashman aye council member osman aye council member rainville aye councilmember chavez aye council vice president chugtai nay and council president payne aye there are 11 ayes and one nay those items carry next we will take up item number 23 is there any discussion on that seeing no one in queue I'll ask the clerk to call the roll councilmember vita councilmember ellison aye councilmember koske aye council member jenkins council member uh palmazano aye councilmember chowder aye council member cashman aye council member osman aye council member rainville aye councilmember chavez no council vice president chugtie uh I'm sorry nay okay thank you that's correct uh council president payne aye there are ten ayes two nays and one absence that item carries and that completes the remainder of the report next we'll have the report from our business housing and zoning committee given by that committee's chair councilmember osburn and I will note that we have moved item number one to the end of our agenda okay um thank you Mr.

President uh business housing and zoning committee will be bringing eleven items forward today um we're gonna skip item one so item two is approving a rental hall and extended hours license for free this event venue at 1501 lake street east item three is approving four liquor license item four is approving 54 liquor license renewals item five is approving three gambling license item six is approving a project financing forgiveness for the Claire apartment at 929 Central Avenue Northeast item seven is approving a grid street loan to one Southside clinic project at 100 I'm sorry 1000 Lake Street East.

Item eight is authorizing a C bed Director certify award from the local housing initiative account project item nine is authorizing ownership and opportunity fund to 42nd streets second addition additional at 3442nd South Street East Item 10 is approving an unused right-of-way street vacation next to 5117 Harriet Avenue and lastly item 11 is amending a previous resolution that cleans up a legislative citation within the resolution language with that I'll move forward for all items uh except item one thank you councilmember osman has moved approval of the committee's report is there any discussion seeing none I will ask the clerk to call the roll councilmember vita aye councilmember Ellison aye councilmember Koske aye council member Jenkins aye councilmember palmazano aye councilmember chowder aye councilmember cashman aye councilmember osman aye councilmember rainville aye councilmember chavez aye council vice president chugtai aye council president payne aye there are twelve 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 cashman thank you mr president the climate and infrastructure committee is bringing forward 11 items item one is passage of an ordinary

Aye.

Councilmember Chowdery.

Aye.

Councilmember Cashman.

Aye.

Councilmember Osman.

Aye.

Councilmember Rainville.

Aye.

Councilmember Chavez.

Aye.

Council Vice President Chugtai.

Aye.

Council President Payne.

Aye.

There are 12 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 Cashman.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

The Climate and Infrastructure Committee is bringing forward 11 items.

Item one is passage of an ordinance renewing the downtown business improvement district.

Item two is passage of a resolution, adopting assessments, levying assessments, and adopting the assessment role for sanitary sewer charges.

Item three is passage of a resolution approving the 2026 operating plan and special charges for the downtown improvement special service district.

Item four passage of a resolution approving the 2026 operating plan and special charges for the 428A special service districts.

Item five is passage of a resolution approving the 2026 operating plan and special charges for the downtown improvement special service district.

Item six is approving deviations for a commercial block permit for dinner due nord.

Item seven is authorizing the utility easement agreement with the park board for the 53rd and York Avenue flood project.

Item eight is approving the concept layout for the Upper Harbor Terminal West River Parkway.

Item nine authorizing contract amendments with various organizations related to stormwater, wastewater, and community resilience.

Item 10 is adopting a legislative directive related to the city's recycling rates, annual targets, and zero waste program implementation.

And then finally, item 11 is a passage of a resolution amending a previously passed resolution to update wording regarding minimum design standards and road stations.

And I'll move approval of all 11 items.

Councilmember Cashman has moved approval of the committee's report.

Is there any discussion?

Seeing none, I will ask the clerk to call the roll.

Councilmember Vitaw.

Aye.

Councilmember Ellison.

Aye.

Councilmember Koskey.

Aye.

Councilmember Jenkins.

Aye.

Councilmember Palmazano.

Aye.

Councilmember Chowdery.

Aye.

Councilmember Cashman.

Aye.

Councilmember Osman.

Aye.

Councilmember Rainville.

Aye.

Councilmember Chavez.

Aye.

Council Vice President Chugtie.

Aye.

Council President Payne.

Aye.

There are 12 ayes.

That carries and the report is adopted.

The next report is from our committee of the whole, which will be presented by that committee's chair, Councilmember Chavez.

Thank you.

President Payne.

The committee of a full movement forward one item.

The item is approving bylaws and rules for the statement item committees reviewed.

With that, I will move this approval.

Item for approval.

Seeing none, I will ask the clerk to call the roll.

Councilmember Vitaw.

Aye.

Councilmember Ellison.

Aye.

Councilmember Koskey.

Aye.

Councilmember Jenkins.

Aye.

Councilmember Palmazano.

Aye.

Councilmember Chowdery.

Aye.

Councilmember Cashman.

Aye.

Councilmember Osman.

Aye.

Councilmember Rainville.

Aye.

Councilmember Chavez.

Aye.

Council Vice President Chugtai.

Aye.

Council President Payne.

Aye.

There are 12 ayes.

That carries and the report is adopted.

Finally, we have the public health and safety committee, which will be presented by that committee's chair, Councilmember Chavez.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

The public health and safety committee will be bringing forward five items.

Item number one is passage of a resolution related to the safe and thriving communities report and plan for public safety beyond policing.

Item number two is accepting a grant for DWI police liaison and DWI defendant monitoring services and authorizing an agreement with the DWI court for the grants.

Item number three is accepting a grant for cannabis substance use prevention.

Authorizing agreements with organizations to implement programs related and appropriating funds.

Item number four is accepting it.

My fault.

Apologies.

Go ahead.

I fixed it.

Okay.

Thank you.

Item number four is accepting a grant for chronic disease prevention, authorizing agreements with organizations to implement programs related and appropriate funds related.

Everything okay?

Okay.

Item number five, because accepting a grant for an automated car triage case, triage solution, cartridge case, triage solution authorizing an agreement with organizations to implement programs related and appropriating funds related.

I'll move approval of these items.

Councilmember Chavez has moved approval of the committee's report.

Is there any discussion?

Seeing none, I will ask the clerk to call the roll.

Councilmember Vitaw.

Aye.

Councilmember Ellison.

Aye.

Councilmember Koske.

Aye.

Councilmember Jenkins.

Aye.

Councilmember Palmazano.

Aye.

Councilmember Chowdhury.

Aye.

Councilmember Cashman.

Aye.

Councilmember Osman.

Aye.

Councilmember Rainville.

Aye.

Councilmember Chavez.

Aye.

Council Vice President Chugtai.

Aye.

Council President Payne.

Aye.

There are 12 eyes.

That carries and the report is adopted and that completes the reports of our standing committees, other than biz item number one, which is the seven points inclusionary zoning TIFF plan.

I will recognize Council Vice President Chuck Tai.

Uh Thank you, Mr.

President.

I really appreciate the body's flexibility with with moving this item to the end of our agenda.

And I am really excited to move approval for of this item and ask for a second.

Second.

This item has been moved for approval and has been seconded.

I will recognize Councilmember Chowdhury.

Thank you so much, President Payne.

Colleagues, our staff has been working really, really hard to ensure that we have a solid agreement.

We are really excited to see this project move forward.

And we had a uh a short discussion in business housing and zoning about ensuring compliance with prevailing wage for the workers that will be building this project.

So I would like to ask Director Hanson to come up through the chair.

Mr.

Hansen, welcome.

Thank you.

Um in the agreement with uh Doran companies, what will be there to require compliance of uh the prevailing wage state law and city city code.

Uh Council President Payne, Councilmember Shaudery, it's a pleasure to be here this morning, talk about this important project to redevelop uh the seven uh points project in Uptown.

As we all know, Uptown has been going through a minute, and this is a very positive thing for us to see uh dense densifying a corner, putting more people in the neighborhood, and so we're very very excited that we're getting to this point with with Doran companies and their development.

Um the question that you asked about prevailing wage is we we have a city policy, local policy around making sure that the trades when they're constructing buildings are getting paid what everybody else is getting paid in their specific trade, and that's what prevailing wage is.

Uh we're working with the developer because we know that there's an interest to make sure that folks are getting the wages that they're that they're due.

Um and uh Doran has uh volunteered to uh proactively and regularly um submit payrolls to our civil rights department um so that we can monitor and make sure everybody's getting paid um appropriately.

Uh and our civil rights department will work CPED will be working closely with civil rights uh to make sure that they're monitoring um this project.

There's there's a set of guidelines that will go into contract around the tax increment financing agreement with with Doran around monthly monitoring that civil rights has uh articulated in in writing.

So we'll be monitoring it through regular contacts through our civil rights department.

CPEP will be um collaborating with that with those efforts.

Great.

So just to shorten it up, um, in this agreement there is going to be the uh monitoring that occurs um with civil rights and several projects to ensure that there is compliance with the prevailing wage and it's proactive monitoring.

Um I'm unclear on as if it's going to be bi-weekly or monthly.

I also see that our civil rights director is here, and perhaps you and her could speak to the mechanism in which monitoring will occur.

Yeah.

Council President Payne, Councilmember Chaudry, I would like to defer to the Director of Civil Rights for the specific tactical um experience that they will have.

Thank you.

Welcome, Director.

Thank you, Councilmembers.

Appreciate you um allowing us to speak to this.

I'm gonna defer to our deputy director, Johnny Burns, who is most uh specially uh in tune with these issues to answer that question.

Welcome.

Thank you.

Um Councilmember, Council President Payne and Councilmember Chowdhury.

We um so with this contract, we will meet with them monthly to talk about the project, activities on the project.

The contractors will be required to pay either bi-weekly or weekly, and then report that the same way.

We would review the payrolls that they submit to us, and then if there's any issues, we would uh resolve any issues uh on the contract.

And I'm getting a little bit of a note from our city attorney that it is bi-weekly pay.

Okay.

Some contractors choose to pay weekly, but at the very least, they would have to report bi-weekly.

And then we will meet with them monthly if there's any issues and try to resolve those issues.

Wonderful.

Thank you so much to CPED and civil rights and our city attorneys for working on this and really appreciate that um Doran has agreed to this and is work willing to work in good faith to make sure that this project is good for everyone, especially our community and the the workers that are going to shape it.

Thank you.

Vice President Chugtai.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Um just wanna join um Councilmember Chowdry in expressing sincere appreciation and gratitude for um our our staff that have worked with us um so diligently um over the the last couple of days, but especially in in these um uh over the course of this morning um just to make sure that we are able to um approve something that is in line with um what we know our community is asking for, um what we know our Minneapolis values are um and our uptown values are.

This is a really big deal, and I you know I sincerely cannot thank um director director Hansen um and uh both the directors from from civil rights who are here um along with our city attorney's office for um working to make this possible.

Thank you so much for your work.

Councilmember Cashman.

Thank you, President Payne.

I want to echo my thanks uh for Councilmember Chowdhury and Council Vice President Chug Chai for um working on this in the last you know 12 hours or so and really thank the staff at at CPED for moving to advance this project.

We haven't had a big housing project in Uptown for a long time, and it's not without city intervention that this is happening.

Um and I think it's really important to acknowledge that the city is playing a huge role in spurring development for this neighborhood.

And this is a great this is gonna be a great housing project.

Um there are going to be 20 percent of the units at 50 percent AMI, so there will be affordable units.

Forty 46 percent of the or sorry, 46 units will be at 50 percent AMI, including 10 studios, 31 one-bedroom units, three two-bedroom units, and two three-bedroom units.

So it's important to acknowledge that there is a really healthy mix of housing types and affordability within this building that's coming to the corner of uh 31st and hennepin.

And most importantly, that we're able to uphold our prevailing wage and make sure that the work that's being done is being compensated fairly uh to the trades who without them this couldn't be possible.

So I'm really excited that we're moving this today, and I think this is really good news for Uptown.

Seeing no one else in queue, I will ask the clerk to call the roll on biz item one.

Councilmember Vita.

Aye.

Councilmember Ellison.

Councilmember Koske, aye.

Councilmember Jenkins, aye.

Councilmember Palmazzano, aye.

Councilmember Chowdry.

Aye.

Councilmember Cashman.

Aye.

Councilmember Osman.

Aye.

Councilmember Rainville.

All right.

Councilmember Chavez.

Aye.

Councilvice President Chugtai.

Aye.

Council President Payne.

Aye.

There are 12 ayes.

That item carries, and that completes all items on our committee agendas.

The next order of business is noticeable ordinance introductions from Councilmembers Cashman and Koskey.

We have two notices to introduce at our next regular meeting.

The subject matter of ordinances amending appendance appendices C2 and D2 of the Code of Ordinances, modifying the current customer categories and increasing the percentage rates of the gas and electronic franchise fee.

Are there any questions on these notices?

Vice President Chucktai.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Um just would uh like to note for our clerks um here that I would like to be added as a co-author on these two notices.

Excited to work with um our leaders of the Climate and Infrastructure Committee to advance this really important work looks like our clerk Scott.

Uh Councilmember Vita.

Thank you, President Payne.

Um, you know, we had a discussion about this in committee, and um my my comments around this is really to caution us about the burden that these fees, these additional fees can have on uh some residents.

Um I know you know it came up that it might just be a few dollars, but for some that's a lot of money.

And so I just want us to keep that in mind and know that that is going to be um top conversation for me as we get I know this is just um you know the the notice, but this is another burden on Minneapolis residents, particularly ones in Ward 4 who already feel like uh they're paying out a lot of money and um things are just getting less affordable.

Councilmember Palmasano.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

I agree.

Um I'm concerned that there's another percentage increase in mind, and we were cautioned back in 2023 that an increase could disproportionately impact those who are already most disadvantaged, who we are trying to get out of uh energy cost burden.

You know, um two of the goals of our climate equity plan are to ensure all our one to four homes are adequately insulated and weatherized by 2040 in the green zones.

And then the second one being eliminate the number of households with a housing energy burden over six percent by 2030.

So we aren't in 2040 and we're not in 2030, but um you know that is still an ambitious though measured um worthy goal.

In our climate equity plan, it shows that residents of some of some parts of our city, including in Councilmember Vita's ward in the Jordan neighborhood, pay on average 19.5 percent of their monthly income for utility bills.

Nineteen and a half percent.

That is their housing energy burden.

So I'm sure that's where a lot of our resources have been deployed so far to weatherize their homes, but we are far from finished, and this would only make us further behind.

Thank you.

Councilmember Jenkins.

Thank you, uh President Payne.

I I have to concur, and I guess I would just add that, you know, with utility costs are significantly rising.

Um particularly with the federal government.

Um big beautiful bill.

Um also the cutting of supports for utility payments, it is going to negatively impact the very people who we are stating we are concerned about.

And I I've been expressing this consistently all along.

Um, and I think we are on a good path now.

Um, but to sort of create more of a um utility cost burden is I think it will have negative consequences that negative unintended consequences that um will really impact the most vulnerable people.

Councilmember Cashman.

Thank you, President Payne.

I just want to counter this narrative because I think these investments that the city makes are how we lower energy costs for the families living in the green zones in Ward 4 and Ward 8, both on the South Side and the North Side.

And we actually have really strong weatherization and retrofitting programs at the city.

However, they're not funded at the level that they need to be in order to provide the benefits that are in our climate equity plan to reduce the energy burden by 2030 and to weatherize and retrofit all one to four unit buildings by 2040.

If we are going to achieve these goals, we need funding to do it.

And these franchise fees are not raising the bills on utility payers.

It's actually the utilities' decision whether or not to raise bills on their ratepayers.

And that gets approved by the public utilities commission.

And so this is what the city has in our toolbox in order to generate the funding from the utilities in order to do this work.

And we are all deeply committed to this work.

I know every single one of you voted yes on the climate and equity plan in 2023.

If we're going to achieve the goals, we need to get serious about funding it.

And that's what the um ordinance changes are intended to do.

Seeing no one else left in queue, that 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.

single one of you voted yes on the climate and equity plan in 2023 if we're going to achieve the goals we need to get serious about funding it and that's what the um ordinance changes are intended to do seeing no one else left in queue that 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 planning and development code for first reading and referral to the public health and safety committee amending provisions related to the joint disparity study expiration of the chapter and administration and operation of the program second pursuant to notice councilmember chowder moves to introduce the subject matter of an ordinance amending the offenses miscellaneous code for first reading to the public health and safety committee enacting regulations on components possessions storage and use of firearms finally pursuant to notice vice president Chugtai moves to introduce the subject matter of an ordinance amending the administration code for first reading and referral to the public health and safety committee addressing enforcement provisions and exemptions may have a motion to approve those introductions is there any discussion Councilmember Chowdry Mr President I'll just be very quick just so my colleagues are aware what I'm noticing obviously our community has been deeply impacted by the scourge and public health epidemic that is gun violence our hearts continue to be with the community members in the families of Annunciation those impacted at 29th and Clinton and of course the mass shootings that took place recently just a week ago a couple weeks ago um this is an effort for us to start proactively working on local level um gun control legislation uh that can be enacted once state law it state law that preempts us is lifted we have a long road ahead um we likely have a special session that uh the governor will call and our state legislators in the Senate have already started a working group where they are looking at several bills and having discussions and several of our community members have shown up many times to share their stories and give testimony and how they have been impacted and so our intergovernmental relations team is tracking this and we are also locking arms with other cities the city of St.

Paul is also doing something similar so I'm really glad that this is being introduced and referred today and I'm really grateful to our city attorney's office for supporting this work and really grateful to all of the advocates that have been showing up to our city hall and to our community Councilmember Jenkins thank you President Payne and I just want to uh thank Councilmember Chowdry for bringing this uh this notice forward today um I worked with the policy and research uh team earlier this year to try and bring a very similar um proposal forward and you know was you know told that we were preempted by the state to be able to do this so I'm just hopeful that um that we can proceed with some local measures to try to curb gun um violence and gun ownership in our communities um and and hopefully um councilmember chowdry we can add in um banning guns in public buildings like city hall um which is I think there's a discussion about banning guns at the state capitol finally and so hopefully we're we're adding um city halls to those um list of reforms thank you Mr.

Chair Thank you seeing no one else in queue I will ask the clerk to call the roll councilmember Vita aye councilmember Ellison is absent councilmember Koske aye uh councilmember Jenkins aye councilmember palmasano aye councilmember chowder aye councilmember cashman aye councilmember osman is accent uh absent councilmember rainville aye councilmember chavez aye council vice president chugtai aye councilpresident payne aye there are ten ayes that motion carries and these matters are referred to the appropriate committees the next order of business is resolutions we have two resolutions on our agenda today both of which receive presentations prior to today's meeting are there any questions or comments from council members seeing none may have a motion to adopt those resolutions second the clerk will call the roll councilmember vita aye councilmember Koske aye councilmember Jenkins aye councilmember Palmazano aye councilmember Chowdhury aye councilmember cashman aye councilmember Rainville aye councilmember Chavez aye council vice president chugtie aye council president payne aye there are 10 ayes that carries and those resolutions are adopted our next order of business is a request for closed session before I recognize the attorney and re recess for

The clerk will call the roll.

Councilmember Vitaw.

Aye.

Councilmember Koskey.

Aye.

Councilmember Jenkins.

Aye.

Councilmember Palmazano.

Aye.

Councilmember Chowder.

Aye.

Councilmember Cashman.

Aye.

Councilmember Rainville.

Aye.

Councilmember Chavez.

Aye.

Council Vice President Chugtie.

Aye.

Council President Payne.

Aye.

There are 10 ayes.

That carries, and those resolutions are adopted.

Our next order of business is a request for closed session.

Before I recognize the attorney and be re-reased for closed session, I'll ask if there are any announcements from council members.

Any announcements?

Councilmember Palmsano.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

I just wanted to make it known in the spirit of gun violence prevention that there's an event going on, an update in community conversation, where we'll get community members will get information on kind of status of a legislative closed session from some local political leaders and have some other conversation.

It's tonight from 7 to 9 at what used to be called Solomon's Porch and now is the Meraki Center at 100 West 46th Street.

So it's 7 to 9, more of a drop-in type thing.

It's pretty easily found online.

But you'll also be able to listen to people directly impacted by gun violence, work in small groups to take some type of meaningful action, participate in a communal project banner making project, and hopefully feel a little bit more empowered right now on the effort for gun violence.

I'm feel fortunate that this effort is being put on by the Southwest Alliance for Equity, and they're connected to the Moms Demand action in every town for gun safety groups.

And so that's who is sponsoring this event tonight, is my understanding.

Wanted to share that, though I won't be able to personally make it due to a family commitment.

Thanks.

Councilmember Jenkins.

Thank you, President Payne.

I I guess I would just announce that on Saturday.

It's the Transforming Families is hosting an event called the Day of the Transgender Child.

And it is, you know, in light of all of the attacks on the transgender community, specifically young people.

Um this marginalized community and their families who who support them in receiving life saving health care and support.

And so just wanted to acknowledge that that will be happening this weekend.

Um there's a lot of rumors that there will be some executive orders that are coming down that will be potentially adding left-leaning groups, including LGBT organizations and specifically transgender organizations as terrorist groups.

Um hope that those rumors are not true, but we certainly need to stand up for these communities.

Thank you.

Councilmember Rainville.

Thank you.

I have two announcements.

First, uh Plan of Fitness is opening a new facility in Minneapolis.

And it'll be in uh the Marcia Holmes neighborhood of the third ward.

That is tomorrow.

Everybody knows how good it is to work out, right?

I see I'm looking down here, but so many of my colleagues are regular exercise uh people.

And uh, an even more exciting announcement is that Diana Moo, uh great little restaurant, Diane's place over in the third ward off of uh 13th Avenue.

Uh and uh she got the Restaurant of the Year by Food and Wine Magazine, the best restaurant in the whole United States is right here in Minneapolis, right here in the third ward, the economic engine of Minneapolis.

Thank you.

Okay.

With that, we've completed all the items on our agenda and we'll now consider the request for a closed session, which is to receive a briefing on the litigation matter listed on the agenda.

Before I move to close the meeting, I'll recognize the city attorney to provide the legal basis for this requested closed session.

Thank you, Council President, Council members.

The next item on the agenda is the litigation matter regarding the 10th Avenue Water Main River Crossing Project.

Your lawyers wish to provide a briefing to the council on this litigation matter.

Accordingly, under the Minnesota Open Meeting Law, Minnesota Statutes Section 13D point oh five subdivision 3B.

Your lawyers wish to provide a briefing to the council on this litigation matter.05 subdivision three B, the council may upon a proper motion close the meeting for the purposes of attorney client communication as permitted by the attorney client privilege.

And considering the motion, the council should weigh the right of the public to know what its government is doing against the need of the city to preserve the confidentiality of its discussions with its lawyers.

We are ready to get the question.

The time is now eleven fifteen, and the city council has reconvened an open session following our closed section.

Councilmember Vita.

Present.

Councilmember Ellison is absent.

Councilmember Coskey.

Present.

Councilmember Wandsley is absent.

Councilmember Jenkins.

Councilmember Palmasano.

Present.

Councilmember Chowdhury.

Present.

Councilmember Cashman.

Present.

Councilmember Osman is absent.

Councilmember Rainville.

Present.

Councilmember Chavez.

Present.

Council Vice President Chugti.

Present.

Council President Payne.

Present.

I will move that all known claims between the city and the general contractor on the Tenth Avenue Water Main Crossing Project, including those relating to subcontractor costs for microtunneling, be resolved according to the provisions of a deductive change order.