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Advocate for Minneapolis Neighborhoods–action deadline Wed. Sept.30!

September 29, 2020 By Sarah

KFNA needs you to advocate for the future of all Minneapolis neighborhood organizations by submitting supportive public comment to the City by September 30, 2020. Check out our action guide where you can sign a petition, find a template to contact the City Council, and help spread the word on social media.

During this time of multiple extreme crises, the work of neighborhood organizations is more important than ever and this work must be funded to a sustainable level. We are asking the City to increase neighborhood organization funding in 2021 (instead of cut it!) so that we can successfully implement the racial equity framework proposed by the City and continue to act as a key connector and lead community building, organizing efforts, and provide critical services.

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KFNA Needs Your Help; Please Advocate for Minneapolis Neighborhoods

September 23, 2020 By Sarah

KFNA needs you to advocate for the future of all Minneapolis neighborhood organizations by submitting supportive public comment to the City by September 30, 2020.

Check out our action guide where you can sign a petition, find a template to contact the City Council, and help spread the word on social media.

During this time of multiple extreme crises, the work of neighborhood organizations is more important than ever and this work must be funded to a sustainable level. We are asking the City to increase neighborhood organization funding in 2021 (instead of cut it!) so that we can successfully implement the racial equity framework proposed by the City and continue to act as a key connector and lead community building, organizing efforts, and provide critical services.

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Kingfield Neighborhood Association Supports a Vote on the Minneapolis Charter: But What does that mean with another Public Hearing Today on Yet Another Charter Amendment?

July 27, 2020 By Sarah

Passed by the KFNA Board 7/19/2020

Whereas, the Kingfield Neighborhood Association (KFNA) sees an urgent need for transformational change to community safety and policing in the City of Minneapolis.

Whereas, the current Minneapolis City Charter does not allow for that change and accountability. 

Whereas, the community of Minneapolis should be given the opportunity to voice their opinion on this change and directly engage with the question of policing and safety. 

Whereas, the need and responsibility to take bold action now is essential.  

KFNA calls on the City of Minneapolis Charter Commission to fulfill their duty and let the people of Minneapolis vote on a meaningful City Charter amendment. 

But what does this mean and what will the Charter Language Be? That Remains to be Determined.

Background:

In June, the Minneapolis City Council unanimously initiated a process to allow voters to decide whether to adopt a proposed charter amendment whether to create a new Department of Community Safety & Violence Prevention. The Charter is essentially the City’s constitution, and this change (if approved by a majority of voters) would allow much more flexibility in how public safety is ensured or everyone in our City. The charter amendment would not eliminate law enforcement. Instead, this measure is needed so that we can incorporate strategies in addition to traditional policing. The language that was to be voted on as an ammednment is “Shall the Minneapolis City Charter be amended to provide for the establishment of a new Community Safety & Violence Prevention Department and to remove the Police Department.”

However in July the Minneapolis Charter Commission has proposed another possible change to the City Charter, our City’s constitution, and will also seek public input on this proposal. This new proposal removes minimum funding requirements for the Police Department without eliminating Police as a required department. The language for this ammednment is ““Shall the Minneapolis City Charter be amended to remove the minimum funding requirements of the Police Force.”

  • Read the first proposed Charter amendment
  • Read the second proposed Charter amendment

The Charter Commission’s new proposal is separate from the Minneapolis City Council’s existing proposal to eliminate Police as a required department in the City Charter and instead require the creation of a Department of Community Safety and Violence Prevention, which may include a police division. PLEASE NOTE: If both proposals are approved by the deadline, they could both appear as ballot questions this November.

The public hearing for this newer proposed Charter amendment is set for:

  • Monday, July 27 at 5 p.m. online.

How to participate and submit comments

  • Use this online public comment form.
  • Email .
  • Or mail comments to: Minneapolis Charter Commission / City Hall – Room 304, 350 South Fifth Street, Minneapolis, MN 55415
  • If you’re interested in speaking at the July 27 online public hearing, you can pre-register here.

Background information

  • Learn about how online meeting participation works.

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FAQ’s on the proposed charter amendment creating new Department of Community Safety and Violence Prevention

July 21, 2020 By Sarah

As you may be aware, on July 20th, a special meeting of the Minneapolis Charter Commission, called for this purpose, accepted a proposed charter amendment offered by Commissioner Giraud-Isaacson which it intends to submit as a ballot question at the general election on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. The proposal that Commissioner Giraud-Isaacson put forward essentially strikes from the city charter the provision which establishes a minimum required MPD staffing level. It makes no other changes from the current charter.

The Charter Commission called a special meeting for next Monday, July 27, 2020, at 5 p.m. for the purpose of conducting a public hearing on this new proposed charter amendment.

The Charter Commission is empowered to submit proposed amendments to voters, as one of the primary pathways to securing a change in the city charter. If this new proposed amendment is adopted by the Charter Commission, the City Council and Mayor have the duty of setting the ballot language of the question that is referred to voters.

You can access all these details from the meeting agenda, including the new proposed charter amendment, shown as LIMS File No. CH2020-00020, at:
http://lims.minneapolismn.gov/Agenda/Charter/1788.

Last night, the Charter Commission accepted a new proposal to amend the city charter which, if adopted, would be submitted to voters as a separate ballot question at the general election in November 2020. It would not be a substitute for the proposal that was initiated by City Council. The Charter Commission serves as a kind of “standing constitutional convention” and is the body that holds the city charter in trust for the people of Minneapolis. Any proposal to amend the charter must involve the Charter Commission, and the Charter Commission itself may initiate amendments and refer those to the City’s voters in the form of ballot question.

Q. What is the status of the original proposal initiated by the City Council?

The Council’s proposed amendment remains in the custody of the Charter Commission. The Charter Commission has created a Public Safety Work Group to examine the Council’s proposal and to submit recommendations back to the full Commission for its consideration. Under state law, amendments that are initiated by the City Council (to be referred to voters as ballot questions) must first be submitted to the Charter Commission for its review and recommendation(s), if any. The statutes give the Charter Commission a total of not to exceed 150 days to complete its review and to make its report with recommendations, if any, to the City Council. Until the Charter Commission submits its report back to the City Council, it remains in the custody of the Charter Commission, and the City Council cannot take any further action on the proposal.

Q. What actions can the Charter Commission take with regard to the Council’s proposed amendment? What actions can the City Council take in response?

Under state law, the Charter Commission may only take one of three actions with respect to the City Council’s proposed charter amendment; these are:
(1) Accept the proposed amendment and return a report that recommends the question be submitted to the voters;
(2) Return a substitute proposal drafted by the Charter Commission and return a report that recommends that that substitute question be submitted to the voters; or
(3) Reject the proposed amendment and return a report that recommends the question not be submitted to the voters.

Once the Charter Commission reports its recommendation(s), if any, to the City Council, the matter is back in their jurisdiction, and the City Council may take any of the following actions:
(1) Submit the original proposed amendment it had initiated, with (or without) the Charter Commission’s approval, to the voters as a ballot question;
(2) Submit the substitute amendment provided by the Charter Commission (as is, with no further changes) to the voters as a ballot question; or
(3) Refuse to submit any question to the voters—and the proposal dies.

The point is that once the Charter Commission reports back to the City Council, then the City Council gets to decide (1) if a ballot question is submitted to voters and, if so, (2) what that question will be.

Q. What is the deadline for submitting the ballot question? What happens if the clock runs out?

The statutory deadline for submitting ballot questions is no later than 74 days before the date of the general election at which the ballot question is intended to be submitted to voters. This year, that statutory deadline is Friday, August 21. If the question is not submitted by that deadline, then it will not be referred to voters in November 2020.

The Charter Commission has up to a total of not to exceed 150 days to review the City Council’s proposed amendment. The Charter Commission received that proposed amendment at a special meeting called for that purpose on Wednesday, July 1, which means the full 150-day review period extends through November 27, 2020, which is well after the date of the general election on Tuesday, November 3, 2020.

If the deadlines are missed for the 2020 general election, the question could be reintroduced next year and referred to voters as part of the 2021 general election (Tuesday, November 2, 2021).

For both proposals, the Charter Commission needs to act by its regular meeting on Wednesday, August 5, in order to meet the statutory deadline for submitting ballot questions (Aug. 21). That would give the City Council one two-week cycle to complete all its work within that statutory timeline.

Additional  FAQ’s about the public safety charter amendment.

 

 

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Proposed Public Safety Charter Amendment: Hearings Scheduled for July 15 & 21

July 14, 2020 By Sarah

The Minneapolis Charter Commission is seeking public comments on a proposed amendment to the City charter related to the future of public safety. People can submit their comments online or provide them directly to members of the commission at a public hearing July 15 or July 21.

The proposed amendment, submitted by the City Council, proposes adding a new Community Safety & Violence Prevention Department with a Division of Law Enforcement Services within the department. Under State law, the Charter Commission is required to review and submit its recommendation(s) on the proposed amendment before a ballot question can be presented to voters.

The virtual public hearings will take place at 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 15, and at 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 21. Participation instructions will be published on the City’s website. If you’re interested in speaking at either or both of the public hearings, you can pre-register using the online registration form.

Other ways to comment:

  • Using the online public comment form.
  • Emailing .
  • Mailing comments to: Minneapolis Charter Commission City Hall – Room 304 350 South Fifth Street Minneapolis, MN 55415

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