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Seeking solutions for homelessness as winter looms

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By Andrew Hazzard

Michelle Smith has created a comfortable community on the shores of Lake Harriet, but she’s ready to leave.

When she obtained the Park Board’s first permit for an encampment in late July, she did so with the aim of finding residents a permanent housing solution. Now Smith, who both lives in and coordinates the Lake Harriet encampment, may be close to accomplishing her goal.

A local real estate broker reached out to Smith after reading about the Lake Harriet encampment in the news and offered his help locating a site that can be used as permanent supportive housing. Now the group, called Project Back to Home, is fundraising (tinyurl.com/home-lake-harriet) to put a down payment on a property that will house the dozen residents of the encampment and create a cooperative model to help people get out of homelessness.

They’ve raised about $5,000 toward a $90,000 goal and are looking at sites across the Twin Cities.

Smith said she’s feeling optimistic.

“Maybe it was all worth it,” she said.

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By Michelle Bruch

As Hennepin County’s chief public defender, Mary Moriarty wishes her neighbors in the Armatage neighborhood could see what she sees. She’s watched her favorite client sentenced to life in prison. She’s watched hours of police bodycam video, calling the prosecutor if she sees something troubling. She’s read about the harm clients experienced as children.

“I tend to think of what’s happening here in Minneapolis as a reckoning for all of us about what we’ve neglected all of these decades,” she said. “This is going to define who we are. Are we going to buckle down and figure out how to fix things and make things better, or are we just going to go back to whatever normal is for our lives, because it doesn’t directly impact us?”

The Minnesota Public Defense Board was questioning Mary Moriarty’s position as chief public defender at press time.

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Michelle Smith, coordinator and resident of the Lake Harriet encampment. Photo by Isaiah Rustad

Some businesses see pandemic bump Bike shops, garden centers and food sellers doing well

By Andrew Hazzard

Greg Neis, co-owner of Farmstead Bike Shop, has been busy fixing old rides and outfitting new ones during the coronavirus pandemic as more people turn to cycling for transportation, recreation and exercise. Photo by Isaiah Rustad

Many of the rides wheeled into Farmstead Bike Shop in East Harriet this year for service have been in dire need of some lube and love.

“We’re literally fixing bikes that haven’t been ridden in 15 years,” Farmstead co-owner Greg Neis said with a laugh.

The pandemic has been devastating for the economy and placed great hardships on many local shops, but some business types, like bike shops and food vendors, have seen a COVID-related boost.

Farmstead has been repairing more bikes.

Tangletown Gardens has sold more houseplants. And Lowry Hill Meats has been selling plenty of premium cuts.

“It was crazy early on because our phones would ring nonstop,” Scott Endres, co-owner of Tangletown Gardens and Wise Acre Eatery, said of the start of the pandemic.

The callers wanted advice on how to best care for the houseplants they now found themselves staring at all day. Many wanted new plants, too, to brighten up their living space SEE BUSINESSES / PAGE A14

A pizzeria from the chef behind Martina

Health clinic coming to Stevens Square

Voices from the pandemic

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Nightingale chef launches sandwich shop Two years ago, chef Carrie McCabe-Johnston took a trip to Italy with her family and stayed across the street from a focaccia sandwich shop in Florence. She’s never been able to get the flavors out of her head.

Now, the chef and co-owner of Nightingale at 26th & Lyndale is hoping to imprint those flavors on Minneapolitan palates. Last week, she launched Lake City Sandwiches, a delivery and takeout shop serving focaccia-based sandwiches out of the Nightingale kitchen.

“I’m always looking at food from a different lens,” McCabe-Johnston said.

The menu at Lake City has 12 sandwiches, seven cold and five hot, with vegan and vegetarian options for each. McCabe-Johnston said the porchetta is her favorite. All the meats are sourced through local vendors, with the exception of the cured meats, and they bake

the focaccia fresh in-house daily. Sides include house-made potato chips, salads, matzo ball soup and chocolate chip cookies.

Delivery is available throughout Minneapolis and some inner ring suburbs through ChowNow. McCabe-Johnston and her husband, Jasha Johnston, own Mortimer’s, Nightingale and Tilt Pinball Bar in Southwest, and initially the plan was to launch the sandwich shop as a stand-alone venture. But with the pandemic continuing to hamper normal bar and restaurant business, they opted for a delivery and takeout-only spot that can help supplement their other ventures.

Having a new project has been stimulating for the staff, McCabe-Johnston said.

“This is getting all our creativity going; people are excited about it,” she said.

Each month, Lake City will donate 50 cents from each sandwich sold to a local charity.

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Coimatan aims to help local shops survive coronavirus pandemic When the pandemic threatened to put local retailers out of business, Vasiliki Papanikolopoulos sprang into action.

Papanikolopoulos, a chemical engineer turned marketing professional who lives near Lake Harriet, wanted to find a way to support local shops in the early days of the stay-at-home order. She founded an organization called Minnesotans Unite, which has since been redubbed Coimatan, to help bring business to local retailers and create a network of support among small merchants.

“What drives all this is a real passion for retail and small businesses,” she said.

In the beginning, Papanikolopoulos reached out to Gallery 360 in Fulton and asked how to help. From there she began connecting with shops across the Twin Cities and worked to help them sell gift cards and do marketing in the form of storytelling on social media.

Now she’s working with a variety of Southwest Minneapolis shops and restaurants including Belle Weather, Digs, The Fitting Room, Hunt & Gather, June, Revival and Victory.

Southwest retailers say they’ve been grateful that someone wanted to help, and that the gift card sales and additional advertising on social media from Coimatan has helped send shoppers their way.

“I think people want to shop local and they don’t know where to begin,” said Katie Koster, who runs the gift store Digs at 38th & Grand.

Koster’s wide selection of fabrics kept her open as an essential business during the stay-athome order, with much of her material selling out for use in homemade masks. Her regular customers have continued to shop with her, but she thinks Coimatan’s efforts have helped reach some new clientele and that by bringing a large group of retailers together, the campaign has a stronger voice.

“She promotes everyone so well and so often,” Koster said.

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organization is not a nonprofit, she says it’s not about the money.

But to help make the effort sustainable, and to further promote her partners, Papanikolopoulos is launching Coimatan’s first products, which she calls Celebration Boxes. The boxes contain items from various affiliated shops and she believes they make for good gifts. She hopes to launch more boxes in time for the holiday gift season. The boxes are ordered online, but picked up at partnered stores, another strategy to get people in the door. The profits are split between participating retailers and Coimatan.

After the death of George Floyd, Papanikolopoulos added a metro-wide directory of small businesses owned by Black, Indigenous and people of color to make it easier for people to find shops they want to support.

Coimatan is continuing to expand, she said, and is looking for new ways to benefit small business in the area.

“We’re always looking for more organizations and individuals to get involved,” Papanikolopoulos said.

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Prieto Taqueria has closed in LynLake, but the restaurant’s quality tacos will still be available in Southwest Minneapolis when its new location opens in Tangletown.

Chef Alejandro Castillon Prieto shut the doors of his namesake restaurant at the corner of Lake & Lyndale Sept. 12, after a year and four months at the location.

He’s been planning to open a new shop under the same name at 48th & Nicollet for months, and the pandemic and the decline in business since the civil unrest along Lake Street forced him to rethink the LynLake location. It was a tough decision, he said, but one that seemed necessary given current business conditions.

“It’s ridiculous to have a business in Uptown right now,” he said.

The restaurant is nearing completion and will likely open in October, once a liquor license is secured from the city. While the menu will still be heavy on tacos, there will be some changes for the Tangletown restaurant, Castillon Prieto said.

The LynLake location had inherited a massive meat smoker from the Hasty Tasty restaurant and had put it to good use. But moving the massive woodfire oven is expensive and impractical, so Castillon Prieto is going back to more traditional taco preparations. His new location is a former gas station site, so the kitchen crew was able to set up the kitchen as they saw fit.

He and his wife recently returned from a trip to his native Mexico, where they sought taco inspiration in various regions: carnitas from Michoacán, al pastor from Mexico City and asado tacos from his home state of Sonora.

“Every night when we were there, we ate the asado tacos,” Castillon Prieto said with a laugh.

At the new location, the plan is to have six tacos inspired by six Mexican states. There will be some appetizers and tortas, but the menu will be simpler than at LynLake, with the focus on the ingredients and only cilantro and salsa for toppings. Also on offer will be fresh ceviche, prepared behind the bar. When COVID conditions subside, he plans to add a full salsa bar so guests can easily try all the house-made salsas at their leisure.

Service will also be more casual — a countertop-only model minimizing contact between staff and diners.

“I feel like it’s better for us and for the customer,” Castillon Prieto said.

Takeout and delivery service are also in the works. He wants to hire staff delivery drivers instead of relying on third-party services like DoorDash, which take a heavy cut.

Prieto Where: 4749 Nicollet Ave. Info: prietotaqueria.com

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Southwest Minneapolis chef Daniel Del Prado has opened his latest project, Rosalia Pizza, in the former Rose Street bakery space in Linden Hills adjacent to his original venture, Martina.

At Rosalia, the Argentine chef is serving up Sicilian-influenced wood-fired pizzas and the thicker Fugazza-style pies common in his homeland. A selection of crudos — raw fish dishes of scallops, salmon and tuna — accompany appetizers inspired by Mediterranean cultures, like baba ganoush, carrot tahina and burrata.

“I’m really excited about the menu,” Del Prado said.

The chef, who also founded Colita at 54th & Penn, purchased the Rose Street Patisserie space last October and has been building out the space and its patio. He added a brick pizza oven from Naples to give his pies authentic flavor.

The pizzas at Rosalia come in two varieties.

Individual or sharable wood-fired, Sicilian-style pies have traditional Italian ingredients and range from $8-$13.

Also on the menu are larger, thicker Argentine-style Fugazza pies, typically

made with a focaccia-like crust and often prepared without tomato sauce (though two of Rosalia’s Fugazza pizzas have marinara). Those cost $3-$5 for a slice or $24-$35 for an entire pizza — a massive rectangle capable of feeding a family.

The pizza oven is also being used for a range of roasted vegetables like beets, cauliflower and broccolini. Del Prado said he will build on the menu over time and make tweaks.

“It’s going to evolve,” he said.

Rosalia opened Sept. 16 and is currently available for dine-in and takeout orders that can be placed online. The large patio outside is being saved for sister restaurant Martina for now, according to manager Morgan Lent.

The restaurant is using a counter-service model and has many dishes tailored for to-go dining during the pandemic.

A steady stream of locals has been checking out the pizzeria, which is open from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. during the week and until 10 p.m. on weekends.

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Workers at Spyhouse Coffee and the Walker Art Center have declared their intent to organize and collectively bargain for improved wages and conditions.

Workers at the Walker Art Center announced their union on Sept. 26 and displayed a massive banner over the Irene Hixon Whitney Bridge between the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden and Loring Park.

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Staff from departments across the Lowry Hill museum are involved in the union campaign, according to a post on social media. Representatives declined to comment when reached by the Southwest Journal.

The Spyhouse Union was formed in early September, and workers at all five locations, including the East Isles and Whittier branches in Southwest, held a one-day strike on Sept. 19 to demand better COVID-19 protection protocols to keep staff safe. Spyhouse management has not voluntarily recognized the union, organizers said on social media.

Attempts to reach representatives with the Spyhouse Union and Unite Here, Local 17, which represents Minneapolis hospitality workers, were not successful as of press time.

Workers at businesses across Minneapolis, like Surly Brewing and Tattersall Distilling, have been organizing this summer, seeking a larger seat at the table for decisions made during the pandemic.

Disclosure: Southwest Journal editor Zac Farber’s partner is an employee of the Walker Art Center.

Studying I-35W’s human toll Freeway’s construction displaced residents.

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University of Minnesota researchers are looking to interview people who were displaced by the building of Interstate 35W in South Minneapolis in the 1960s.

The interviews will be part of a comprehensive study of the impact of the freeway’s construction on the area’s population, which included a middle-class Black community. The researchers, led by Greg Donofrio of the university’s heritage studies and public history program, hope to find out what happened to people who lived in the freeway’s path.

While they want to find more demographic information about the people who lived in the freeway’s path, they say the interviews are key to telling the complete story.

“These personal stories really put the human value of what was lost to the freeway,” researcher Denise Pike said at a virtual event in August.

In South Minneapolis, I-35W connects Downtown to Highway 62 — running between 2nd Avenue and Stevens Avenue south of Lake Street and curving around the Minneapolis Institute of Art as it straddles the Whittier neighborhood. It’s part of the 46,876-mile-long Interstate Highway System that was constructed starting in 1956.

Construction of the freeway tore up homes, businesses and buildings in a historically Black community. The freeway’s creation heightened racial tensions in the area and disrupted what had once been an integrated neighborhood, according to Ernest Lloyd, who wrote a doctoral dissertation on the project.

According to researcher Eric HankinRedmon, some planners wanted I-35W to run along Cedar Avenue, but state and

A view of Interstate 35W during its construction in the early 1960s. Researchers are studying how the freeway affected people who lived in South Minneapolis. Photo courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society

highway officials deemed the plan too inconvenient. He wrote that reaction to the two Minneapolis freeway proposals — I-35W and Interstate 94 — was mixed when the plan was presented in 1957 but that most people looked forward to quicker commutes and “the prestige of modernization.”

Just one public meeting about I-35W was held in Minneapolis, and information about the meeting was buried in between ads in the Minneapolis Star, according to Donofrio.

Petitions to Gov. Orville Freeman and meetings with the state Highway Department were unable to stop the project.

In subsequent years, the state government began purchasing properties along the freeway’s path. As residents moved out, the area became blighted and some houses were looted. Many weren’t aware of the project until construction started, Donofrio said.

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Plans for a towering apartment building in the heart of Uptown have been scaled back slightly, though it would still be the tallest structure in the neighborhood.

The developer, St. Louis-based LOCAL Ventures, now hopes to build a 14-story, 402-unit apartment with 258 indoor parking spaces and 8,600 square feet of ground-floor retail space on a vacant site just west of the mall formerly known as Calhoun Square. When the project was first pitched to neighbors in July, it was floated at 15 stories, 452 units, 307 parking spaces and 11,400 square feet of retail.

About 80 of the building’s units would be affordable to people making under 50% of the area median income, which translates to monthly rents around $1,250.

The height of the 160-foot J-shaped building has been lowered by just 2 feet, and the biggest change in design affects the building’s south wing, which faces a row of single-family homes along Fremont Avenue. The top 10 stories of that wing have been lopped off to improve “stepping toward the neighborhood,” according to LOCAL. The Minneapolis Planning Commission gave feedback on the proposed project during a Sept. 24 committee meeting.

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project near Lake & Hennepin — a location close to grocery stores, the Greenway and multiple transit options. But they expressed concerns about the building’s massing feeling “a little overwhelming in context” and voiced a desire to “break up the facade on Lake Street.”

An analysis conducted by LOCAL shows that while the building would cast shadows all the way across Lake Street nearly year-round, few shadows would be cast into the residential neighborhood south of the building.

Planning Commissioner Sam Rockwell suggested a two-tower design could make the building less imposing for pedestrians in the Uptown commercial district.

“I think Lake Street needs to feel walkable, and it’s not just about the retail frontage on your building,” he told the developers. “It’s also about being able to get some sunlight to the other side of the street.”

Commissioners also requested more affordable units, the elimination of a protruding cornice, the addition of public artworks and the installation of a rooftop rain garden or solar panel array.

The building’s parking garage would be accessed via Girard Avenue, and commissioners sought more details about how that would affect the pedestrian experience.

City staff are concerned that over 75 feet of the street frontage would be dedicated to parking and loading. Commissioner Alissa Luepke-Pier, however, said she’s not too bothered because that stretch of Girard, now used to access parking for the shopping mall, already feels like a “service alley.”

Current plans for the apartment building call for 145 studios, 108 one-bedrooms, 127 two-bedrooms and 22 four-bedrooms. There is one level of underground parking and three levels of above-ground parking, which are mostly concealed from exterior view by wraparound units.

The building would require a conditionaluse permit for height, since the Minneapolis 2040 plan calls for developments of between two and 10 stories on the site. It would also require a variance to increase the floor area ratio from 4.05 to 7.21.

LOCAL Ventures plans to conduct a traffic study and an environmental review. The company hopes to start construction next spring and open the building to tenants in 2023.

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Community clinic moving to Stevens Square Family Tree Clinic offers sexual health services for LGBTQ community

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A St. Paul community health clinic plans on tearing down a vacant building in Stevens Square and constructing a new clinic and community center in its place.

Family Tree Clinic, which offers sexual health services and specialized care for the LGBTQ community, will construct the two-story, 16,545-square-foot building at 1925 Nicollet Ave., across the street from Plymouth Congregational Church.

The clinic and community center will replace a 67-year-old building that was most recently home to Loring Nicollet Alternative High School.

Office and retail space will occupy the ground floor, and the medical clinic will be on the second floor.

The project will double Family Tree’s physical footprint and allow it to increase the number of people it serves threefold, executive director Alissa Light said.

“It’s exciting to be doing a big project like this,” she said.

Family Tree Clinic, founded in 1971, offers everything from birth control and rapid HIV testing to trans hormone care and sex education,

St. Paul-based Family Tree Clinic, which serves the LGBTQ community, has purchased a vacant building in Stevens Square and plans to demolish it and build a new clinic and community center on the site.

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and reaches about 22,000 people each year.

Many patients receive free services through a state-run family-planning program, while others pay a percentage of the cost based on their income. The clinic also accepts state and private health insurance.

Light said Family Tree decided to seek a new building because its existing clinic, located near the intersection of Snelling Avenue and Interstate 94, wasn’t large enough to accommodate patient demand.

She said the Nicollet Avenue site, which is located near the geographic center of Minneapolis and on multiple high-frequency bus lines, is an ideal fit, noting that many Family Tree staff and patients live in the area.

The new medical clinic will have exam rooms and meeting rooms wired for telemedicine, Light said, adding that Family Tree wants to lease the retail space to practitioners of Reiki, acupuncture or other complementary health approaches.

Other building features will include abundant natural light, six exterior murals to be created by

BIPOC and LGBTQ artists and a courtyard with a medicinal herb garden.

A surface parking lot north of the new building will have up to nine stalls, and Family Tree will also use a 30-stall parking lot it owns next to the site, according to city documents.

The total cost of the project is $7.7 million, according to the Housing and Redevelopment Authority, which has awarded it a $350,000 grant.

Family Tree is in the middle of a $7.2 million capital campaign. The organization has already raised $5.3 million, Light said, a figure that includes proceeds from the sale of its St. Paul building. (Family Tree sold the building for nearly $3.5 million in March 2019.)

The half-acre site is slated for buildings between two and six stories tall under the Minneapolis 2040 plan.

The organization hopes to start pre-demolition work this month and to open in the new building in October 2021.

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A three-story townhouse with five rental units would replace a single-family house at 46th & Pillsbury in Tangletown. Submitted image

A three-story apartment building featuring five multi-level units is proposed at 46th & Pillsbury in Tangletown.

Daniel Oberpriller, owner of North Bay Companies, intends to demolish a single-family home and garden on the site, 137 W. 46th St., to make way for the building, which would include five three-bedroom, 2.5-bathroom units.

Rents at 4600 Pillsbury would likely be in the range of $1,800 to $2,500 a month, Oberpriller told the Tangletown Neighborhood Association

(TNA) on Sept. 22. The building would have three parking spaces.

The Minneapolis 2040 plan calls for buildings of up to three stories high on the site.

North Bay is seeking variances to reduce yard setbacks on all four sides and another variance to allow cars to back out of the parking garage and into the alley.

Nearby residents attending the meeting voiced concern about the building detracting from the character of the neighborhood and limiting parking in the area.

“Where are the tenants of this large building expected to park, given that it will be on a busy bike corridor with no parking on [the] side of the street?” Maria Boda wrote in a comment submitted to the TNA. The building is designed townhouse-style, with each of its five apartments including multiple levels. Four of the units would have kitchen and living spaces on the first floor, two bedrooms on the second floor and a master bathroom and porch on the third floor. The fifth unit, located over a three-car parking garage, would have its kitchen and living space on the second floor and three bedrooms on the third floor.

Some residents living next to the property said they worried their privacy would be compromised by people looking down from their south-facing patios.

Architect Damaris Hollingsworth said the goal is to submit building permits in midNovember and start construction early in 2021.

Oberpriller, who plans on retaining ownership of and managing the building, said the project will have a “12-month build cycle.”

— Nate Gotlieb

CORRECTION Sarah Bigger and Mike Slingerland have made an offer on a home in Tangletown but have not yet closed on the house, as was mistakenly stated in a caption for the story “Homes keep selling during pandemic” on page B1 of the Sept. 17 issue.

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Voices

The full context I am the editor and publisher of local news website Wedge LIVE, which was mentioned in your recent article “Neighborhood meetings: To record or not record” (Sept. 17 issue, page A14). Cedar-Isles-Dean Neighborhood Association President Mary Pattock says she was quoted out of context at a public meeting, and that this is why she opposes making full recordings of her organization’s meetings available to the public. I don’t understand this line of reasoning. The best remedy for a perceived lack of context is making it possible to hear the full context.

I commend the Kingfield Neighborhood Association for doing the extra work to involve as many people as possible in the conversations that happen at their city-funded neighborhood organization. A simple disclaimer at the beginning of every meeting should be sufficient notice that what happens at these public meetings is, in fact, public.

John Edwards Lowry Hill East

Don’t back pat. Listen.

The letter to the editor titled “Nice white parents” published on page A9 of the Sept. 3 issue is problematic for a number of reasons.

First, the number of white people in a school isn’t really the best metric for determining what should happen with a school. Why do I say that? Because as a nice white parent actually listening to Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) in this city, I know this is what many say. More than having

white families in their schools, they want relevant curriculum, more magnet/immersion programs in their neighborhoods and more social workers and counselors (we have far too few social-emotional support staff, and this is directly linked to graduation rates and college admission). If you want to learn more, attend listening sessions in North Minneapolis organized by Board of Education Director KerryJo Felder.

Instead of deeply listening, one set of nice white parents has assumed they know best and want to pat themselves on the back for supporting the district’s Comprehensive District Design plan (CDD), which has the purported goal of integration but actually makes many schools much whiter, makes few actual integration gains and puts most of the burden to move on BIPOC students.

The CDD was pushed forward by nice white people (not even all of them Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) parents, some just well-intentioned white people with money), some who spent three years working behind the scenes to influence a plan that did not sufficiently incorporate input from classroom educators, the social-emotional staff or any significant number of the BIPOC families that will primarily affect their children. The irony is that in the name of disrupting institutional racism, MPS has adopted a plan that will severely destabilize many BIPOC families. A large number of children who will be displaced from their current schools are BIPOC students in North and South-Central Minneapolis, the areas of our city under most economic and social distress. Dual-immersion seats — the best chance Latinx students have of doing well in the school system and making it to graduation — are reduced by 400 seats in South Minneapolis and some students will be bused farther away to Northeast to continue their studies. There is talk of implementing ethnic studies but no plan to do so until 2025. The massive reconstruction efforts required to move thousands of kids

and retrofit schools that will need to be ready in less than a year have not begun, and the funding numbers continue to fluctuate wildly.

Finally, the school board passed the CDD while families sheltered in place. Most impacted families did not even have the bandwidth to know about the proposed school boundary changes, much less the opportunity to respond to them or digest them. Moreover, the school board did this in knowing violation of district policy that requires an equity audit on all significant changes that impact BIPOC kids.

Minneapolis voters, you are being sold a plan that will move kids from South and North Minneapolis to Northeast schools, so schools there won’t have to close despite the fact that 60% of the parents in mostly white Northeast do not send their kids to public schools and also so that MPS can say it’s done something bold.

If you’re a nice white parent, please support Dr. Michael Dueñes, who is not a nice white parent at all but rather a thirdgeneration Chicano scholar and an actual expert in racial disparities. Voting for him is one important way you can hold MPS and School Board President Kim Ellison responsible for their continued refusal to create the schools our BIPOC communities want for their kids.

incidents in the Uptown area. In the first a hair stylist was punched, kicked and thrown to the ground before her car was stolen. A similar carjacking attempt there soon followed.

Continuing the story, the salon owner said the answer to these incidents wasn’t just calling police.

The stylist who was assaulted suggested that instead of more police, there was a need for more social services and community-based services as a solution to violence. For her assailants, the stylist said, she “wants them to get help with whatever caused them to feel they had to do these things.”

The fact is that the 5th Precinct is currently understaffed. While the perpetrators of these and other felonious acts might benefit from a social service/mental health/counseling approach — eventually — in the interim without adequate law enforcement resources and support for police in the community, I don’t expect the mitigation of these violent acts, and other lesser crimes, anytime soon.

Perhaps soliciting a few other opinions in the neighborhood on this subject may have reflected that thought.

Jeffrey Peterson Fulton

Alicia Gibson Lowry Hill East

Support the police Your recent article “Robbery pattern persists” (Sept. 17 issue, page A6) features some statistics in reporting on robbery, carjacking and “violent crime” in general in our area.

Your reporter cites the influence of “economic hardship, closed schools and added social stressors” as part of the explanation for increases in these crimes. Fair enough.

In the only examples presented, he goes on to specifically reference two carjacking

CALL FOR FALL POETRY There’s a lot going on in this season of change. But poetry still matters, maybe more than ever. The Southwest Journal’s fall poetry issue will come out at the end of October. The deadline for submissions is Friday, Oct. 9. Send your best work to wilhide@skypoint.com.

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Stories of coronavirus in Minneapolis How do you tell the story of what it’s like to live through a pandemic?

Throughout this crisis, the Southwest Journal is keeping in touch with a selection of local residents including a critical care physician and a schoolteacher.

All interviews are edited for length and clarity. Reporting for the stories in this issue is by Zac Farber and Nate Gotlieb.

Matthew Prekker, critical care physician, Hennepin County Medical Center

“We’re all pleased with the access we have to COVID testing now.”

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 23 Things during the workday now feel a bit more like the normal conditions that we remember from 2019. This coronavirus is still everywhere, and we still assume everyone we meet has it in the hospital and we’re still seeing a lot of folks come in with viral infections. But we’ve been forced to adapt to how this is and go about the rest of our business. Volumes are back up and our balance of cases is no longer dominated by the coronavirus, though we still have a few spectacularly ill community members.

The number of patients in an ICU statewide has been somewhere in that 100-150 range for quite a while. We’re all holding our breath wondering if the high plateau of positive test results will eventually lead to more people developing serious illness and needing to be in the hospital or ICU. But so far at HCMC, we haven’t seen that kind of surge this fall.

So much of that first surge in cases in April to June sickened a lot of our most vulnerable people in the community — it just ravaged the nursing homes and other congregate care settings. Those folks had a

big burden of disease to begin with, and I worry they were disproportionately affected, which led to a big portion of the mortality.

Now the folks who are increasing behavior and choices that put them at high risk — spending time around other people, not masking, etc. — those are the people we [seem to] be testing and diagnosing now. It’s possible the people now being exposed are from a healthier population. The nursing homes we work with have done an amazing job at protecting their staff and their clients, and we’re benefiting from it in the hospital.

We’re all pleased with the access we have to COVID testing now. Our short turnaround times are great for me as a doctor because I know what I’m dealing with and I can either rule in or rule out coronavirus very quickly. We’re looking at under 24 hours for all tests and we have access to about 100 ultra-rapid tests a day for which we can get results in a half hour or an hour. The ultra-rapid tests are great for emergency situations where a patient needs to visit multiple areas of the hospital in quick succession, such as after a car accident. Their test result determines quickly what part of the ICU they’ll go to.

As far as treatment, we’ve developed a lot more nuance in our supportive care — like how to use oxygen and like when, how and in what dose to start steroids when the lungs get involved. As part of government study trials, we’re testing hyperimmune globulin and monoclonal antibodies, which are real cutting-edge treatments for coronavirus. In another trial this winter, we’re going to be looking at how we thin patients’ blood preventatively when they come into the hospital. They spend a lot of time in bed, and we don’t want them to get clots.

We’re fully stocked with PPE now. We’re not having to ration equipment. But it’s a new normal. I’m in a mask all day long. I haven’t seen anybody’s mouth in months. So you learn to communicate with eye contact quite well, especially in emergency situations.

A number of my nurse and physician colleagues have had to miss work for coronavirus. I’ve worked closely with Dr. Nyan Pyae, a kidney specialist in training. When he fell sick, it was hard on our group to make those tough decisions like “When do we go on the ventilator?” and “What do we do when there are complications in the process?” It was pretty amazing — 80 days in the hospital and almost 30 days on ECMO. It was an intense case.

But for the most part, we’ve been pretty lucky. The number of severe cases among coworkers has been very small. The biggest burden has been a lot of my health care worker colleagues have had family members

Small apartment approved in Whittier A small apartment building will rise on a vacant lot a block west of the Minneapolis Institute of Art and Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

The 2.5-story building at 2413 1st Ave. will have six three-bedroom, 2.5-bathroom apartments and a four-spot parking pad in the rear.

The units will each be about 1,100 square feet.

Rents in the building will be about $2,200 to $2,300 per unit, developer Eric Ollestad said in an interview.

The Whittier building was recommended for approval by city staff and supported by the Whittier Alliance, which praised the building’s fit with the neighborhood and inclusion of three-bedroom units.

The project, which would be located inside the Washburn-Fair Oaks Historic District, has been approved by the Heritage Preservation Commission. It received approval from the Planning Commission on Sept. 21.

A six-unit apartment building will bring an additional 18 bedrooms to Whittier in 2021.

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Architect William Wells said he expects construction to start in October and be completed by the end of summer 2021.

— Nate Gotlieb

get very, very sick — whether it’s elderly parents or others with comorbidities — and we’ve cared for them. That’s been really difficult; you have a worker trying to focus on their work during these stressful conditions, while down the hall or on a different floor is a sick family member. So they’re pulled both ways. We’ve had to support them and their family. It’s an uncomfortable position to be in.

Home life is good. Fall is a fun time; the season’s changing, everybody’s settling down a bit.

Our kids are all distance learning, like other Minneapolis students. We’ve set up desks for them in different corners. The main level of our house has kind of exploded into a classroom: We’ve got cardboard bridges, and we’ve got a scale out that measures stuff in grams.

We try to have it like a library inside. We’re constantly shushing kids: “Hey, you’re sister’s on Zoom. Be quiet.” But they’re kids, so we try to hold their attention as long as we can.

We’re lucky to have the paychecks still coming, so we’ve had some in-home help, a tutor, come to make sure the kids are doing their schoolwork and to try to teach them some extra things. They’re there when Fran and I are working, especially day shifts, and it helps that I can get the rest I need to for at least part of the day.

We’ve done some gardening in the backyard, and the Prekkers are going to be the proud owners of a pandemic puppy in about a month. We chose a bernedoodle; it’s a Bernese mountain dog and poodle mix. With allergies, we wanted something with minimal shedding. We haven’t been dog owners for 15 years, but the kids just broke us down. A stress reliever, almost like a family-therapy dog, is what we’re looking for. I don’t know if that’s wishful thinking.

Tracey Schultz, science teacher, Justice Page Middle School

“A lot of the logistics are getting easier.”

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 23 We’ve been doing experiments for two weeks.

It feels like a really long time.

Today we were doing experiments with cohesion and adhesion — really looking deeply at these properties of water — and we were trying to float paper clips on a cup of water. It was really fun, because I could say,

“If you have the metal paper clip floating, turn on your mic and say, ‘I do! I do!’” and then there comes the [chorus of] “I do! I do!

I do!” And then I said, “OK, now we need some tips,” and asked, “Who’s going to give a tip?” They’ll turn on their mic and say, “I did this,” or, “I did this.” Kids who haven’t got it yet or for whatever reason got a late start can benefit from that conversation.

Kids are just getting braver. They’re getting more comfortable saying, “How are we doing that?” or, “I’m not getting that.”

They feel comfortable turning on their mic and asking for help. So it’s just working way better than I thought it might and I hoped it might.

One thing I’ve gotten good at is manipulating my camera so I can model experiments, usually after the fact. (You never want to show students the really cool thing that’s going to happen before it happens.) When they come back after working on the experiment, I have a stand now for my laptop so I can do the experiment and we can talk about what we saw and what happened.

I feel like it’s not always the case at school that everyone does the experiment. Even when you have the materials in hand for every kid to do the experiment, it’s really easy to kind of watch your neighbor and do what your neighbor does.

But when your neighbor is not right there in the room with you, it’s really on you.

I love [physically] being at school. I get to have some interactions with colleagues every day, which professionally is really important to me. The bar is just really high for the safety of the physical space in terms of the cleaning that’s happening behind the scenes when we’re not there and the masks and distancing.

The demand on time is even greater than I thought it might be, just because every component of what you do every day just takes so much more time to plan and prepare for. You’re trying to have a lot of contingency plans in place, asking, “If this doesn’t happen, what’s my backup?” and “What’s my backup for my backup?” Every day, I need to be able to stop time for maybe three, four hours so I can sneak in what I feel like needs to happen in the workday.

A lot of the logistics are getting easier. Kids are figuring out how to be part of a Google Meet community in terms of: What does that mean for managing their microphone, managing the camera, how to use the chat and what to do if they lose their internet connection? As those things work better, it starts to feel more and more like our new normal.

At all levels, there’s just really extraordinary effort — from kids, from families, from our staff — to make this happen. Obviously, I hope distance learning will end tomorrow, but I feel like we are making this work for now, and that feels really good.

A DOLPHIN THAT SHIMMERS

Photo by Isaiah Rustad

A concrete dolphin that used to swim in the shallows of the Bryant Square Park wading pool has been given a shining new mosaic skin. After a short spell in storage during the pool’s 2018 reconstruction, the dolphin was returned to the park as a standalone sculpture last fall. This August, artist Sharra Frank worked with a team of volunteers from the South Uptown neighborhood to cut tile, set mosaic patterns, apply grout and paste many-faceted swatches of color onto the dolphin’s flanks, flukes and flippers. The finished sculpture was unveiled on Aug. 25.

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Dedicated transit, bike lanes likely for Hennepin Avenue reconstruction

By Andrew Hazzard / ahazzard@swjournal.com

Preparations are in full swing for a major street reconstruction in Southwest Minneapolis with the potential to reshape the Uptown area for decades.

The city will be reconstructing 1.5 miles of Hennepin Avenue between Douglas Avenue and Lake Street in 2023, a project that will impact one of the city’s most significant commercial and residential corridors. In late September, Minneapolis Public Works shared early designs that would add designated bus-only lanes and protected bike infrastructure and largely remove on-street parking. The entire 88-foot right of way will be rebuilt, creating opportunities for major design changes, though only so much space is available to fit a range of desired features.

“We know we’ll have to make some tradeoffs,” said Allan Klugman, a city traffic engineer who is working on the project.

The city and its contracted consultant, Kimley-Horn, are considering several design options. Six designs to rebuild the 88-foot right of way were shared at a Sept. 22 virtual open house.

Currently the street has 14-foot sidewalks,

two-lane traffic in both directions and on-street parking on either side of the street.

In 2019, the city added designated bus-only lanes on portions of Hennepin during peak hours, prohibiting parking during rush hour.

Hennepin Avenue was last reconstructed in 1957, and today it’s congested and doesn’t work well for most users, project planner Becca Hughes said.

All proposed designs would reduce car traffic to one lane in either direction, with most options featuring a shared middle left-turn lane and some form of designated bus lanes. Four of the six designs call for a 7-foot-wide protected bike lane on each side of the street. Designated bus lanes in both directions are also featured in four of the six designs. On-street parking is included in two of the six concepts — on just one side of the street. Sidewalks range between 10 and 15 feet in the concepts, depending on the bike and vehicle lanes proposed.

Comments at the virtual open house ranged from dismay at the lack of parking to disappointment that more wasn’t done to improve pedestrian safety. Opinions varied on whether bike lanes should be part of the design.

The project’s main goals are to improve sidewalks and intersections and replace aging traffic signals, Hughes said. The city’s complete street policy, which first prioritizes pedestrians, then bikers and transit users and lastly private vehicles, will be used to shape the design, she said, as will the city’s climate action plan and the proposed transportation action plan.

Improving safety for users is a priority, with Hennepin Avenue identified as a highinjury street by the city’s crash studies.

There were 290 crashes on Hennepin in the project area from 2016-19, with 69% of those crashes occurring at signalized intersections, according to a study. Pedestrians were involved in 11% of those crashes but accounted for the majority of total crashes resulting in serious injury.

Hennepin Avenue in Uptown is a busy street, used daily by between 770-3,400 pedestrians, 220-280 cyclists, 6,600 transit riders on 400 buses and 15,000-31,500 vehicles, according to a city study. During weekday morning and evening rush hours, buses carry 47% of people on Hennepin, but amount for just 3% of the vehicles. About 50% of journeys on the street are through trips, according to an origin-destination study using cell phone data.

Other planned projects will impact the design. Metro Transit is developing the E Line, a planned bus rapid transit (BRT)

service that would largely replace the current Route 6 and require larger stops than exist on Hennepin today. The city is planning to reconstruct a three-block stretch of Franklin Avenue between Hennepin and Lyndale avenues in 2022 and will resurface Franklin west of Hennepin in 2021. Resurfacing is also scheduled for 26th and 28th streets in 2021.

Hennepin Avenue was reconstructed south of Lake Street in 2018.

Hennepin Avenue is part of the Minneapolis Bicycle Master Plan, and any reconstruction is expected to contain protected bike lanes, likely in the separated-path-on-the-sidewalk configuration featured in the ongoing Hennepin Avenue reconstruction Downtown. Public Works is examining options that would run the bike lanes along Hennepin the length of the project or divert cyclists going to and from Downtown to the Bryant Avenue bike boulevard at either 24th Street or 26th Street.

2023 could be a busy season for street construction in Southwest Minneapolis.

Nearby Bryant Avenue is scheduled to be reconstructed south of Lake Street beginning in 2022 and extending into 2023.

The project is expected to cost $18.5 million and is eligible for about $7 million in federal funding.

The city is accepting public comment on the concept designs through Oct. 16.

One of six design options for rebuilding the 88-foot right of way along Hennepin Avenue.

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By Nate Gotlieb / ngotlieb@swjournal.com

Line 3 pipeline protest stops in Southwest A protest to raise awareness about the proposed Line 3 oil pipeline replacement stopped in Southwest Minneapolis in late September, with members of three local congregations urging Minnesota regulators to reconsider approval of the project.

First Universalist Church in South Uptown, Mayflower United Church of Christ in Tangletown and Shir Tikvah Congregation in Lynnhurst held ceremonies to support the “Relay for our Water.”

The event began Aug. 3 when a group of Anishinaabe women gathered a pint of water from the headwaters of the Mississippi River. The pint — named “Nibi,” the Anishinaabe word for water — has been passed between church and environmental groups across Minnesota, who have been holding ceremonies in recognition of the crucial role water plays in the world.

“This is the only water we get,” said Nookomis Debra Topping, one of the relay organizers. “Are we going to pollute it? Or are we going to pray for it and have it be healthy?”

Participants at the Southwest Minne-

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The environmental-justice team at First Universalist Church in South Uptown celebrated Minnesota’s lakes and rivers and spoke out against the proposed Line 3 oil pipeline replacement during a Sept. 25 ceremony at Bde Maka Ska. Photo by Rick Gravrok

apolis stops said the new pipeline would cut through Anishinaabe homelands and violate a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that established water rights for Native Americans living on reservations.

They are calling for the existing Line 3 pipeline to be removed and say the replacement isn’t necessary given the ongoing tran-

FROM HOMELESSNESS / PAGE A1

the most recent year for which full census returns are publicly available.)

Donofrio and his team have held public events about I-35W. In the spring, researcher M. Tyler McDaniel held a workshop at Clara Barton Open School in which students created interpretive art pieces about the project. There was also a walking tour in September 2019, an event hosted by the Hennepin History Museum in October 2019 and a virtual “story share” in August (online at tinyurl.com/35Wstoryshare).

The researchers plan on turning their findings into an exhibit at the museum in fall 2021.

By the time the freeway was finished, about 50 blocks of primarily residential properties had been demolished and paved over.

The Minneapolis Star estimated that around 25,000 people in Minneapolis and St. Paul were displaced by freeway construction. About 7,000 houses were torn down, according to the estimate; Donofrio said others were moved to suburbs or different parts of the cities.

He said the Highway Department maintained a list of owners and residents of properties acquired for freeway construction but that his team hasn’t been able to access the files during the pandemic.

They plan on cross-checking the data with census returns from 1940 to find out demographic information about the people who were forced to move. (1940 is

sition to sustainable power sources.

The new Line 3 pipeline, proposed by the Canadian natural gas distribution company Enbridge, would replace the existing Line 3 pipeline that runs across Northern Minnesota between Alberta, Canada, and Superior, Wisconsin.

Enbridge says the project would help ensure

As winter approaches, there is a sense of urgency to find ways to get the estimated 1,000 unsheltered residents of Minneapolis off the street and into safe, warm environments.

New models, like Smith’s, are emerging, and additional shelter space is being built, but all those efforts might not be enough to ensure the city’s unsheltered have roofs over their heads when the snow begins to fall.

Minneapolis parks have hosted homeless encampments throughout the summer.

Commissioners voted to declare all parkland a “refuge’’ for unsheltered people in June but implemented restrictions on the size and number of encampments and created a permit system after a site at Powderhorn Park swelled in size and drew safety concerns for nearby neighborhoods. Since then park staff and police have forcibly evicted residents of encampments at parks like Powderhorn,

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that Minnesota and the surrounding region have a stable supply of domestic oil and ease rail congestion. It also says the project would bring 8,600 jobs to Minnesota over a two-year period and increase state property tax income by more than $30 million annually.

Opponents say the pipeline would threaten pristine bodies of water that are protected by federal treaties.

They also note that demand for oil is down in Minnesota and say that spills are likely, adding that they could have grave environmental consequences.

“This pipeline is like building 50 coal plants,” First Universalist member Roberta Haskin said. She said the church’s environmentaljustice team also participated in order to raise awareness of the sacredness of water and about missing and murdered Indigenous women.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency will decide in November whether to approve required water-quality permits for the Line 3 project. Enbridge hopes to begin construction on the Minnesota section of the project later this year, MPR News has reported.

Kenwood and, most recently, Peavey Field — clearing camps with bulldozers and prompting protests over tactics that demonstrators have denounced as heavy-handed.

Today, there are about 340 tents scattered around 22 parks. But the Park Board resolution calls for encampments to be gone “before cold weather arrives.” There’s no date attached to that designation, according to a Park Board spokesperson, but as permits are renewed every 14 days, the Park Board will stop issuing them when forecasts consistently project weather in the 40s and 30s. As soon as late October, those residents will need a new place to stay.

New efforts

One emerging solution is the Indoor Villages project, a collaborative effort to create around 100 “tiny homes” in an old warehouse space in the North Loop. The coalition around Indoor Villages emerged SEE HOMELESSNESS / PAGE A15

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By Andrew Hazzard / ahazzard@swjournal.com

The future of the Bde Maka Ska pavilion The effort to rebuild the pavilion at Bde Maka Ska, which burned down in May 2019, is officially underway.

The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) has begun soliciting bids from architecture firms to design a new structure at the former pavilion site. While it’s clear that a facility is desired at the city’s most-visited park space, what form it will take is up for debate.

“It’s exciting that, given everything happening, our staff is able to get the project going,” said Park Board President Jono Cowgill, who represents the area.

An information session for interested architecture firms held in late September was well attended, according to Dan Elias, the design project manager. Planning staff will interview design firms and make a recommendation to the board, with the hope of having a consultant hired by the end of the year, he said.

Lola on the Lake has a food vendor contract for the site through 2022, but it’s unlikely any reconstruction will be completed by then. The goal is to have a design finalized in 2021, with construction starting in spring 2022.

Park Board staff are considering a range of options for the scope of reconstruction, but it’s unlikely to be a modern recreation of the old pavilion.

“Obviously the site is extremely constrained in its current setup,” Elias said.

Bde Maka Ska and the Chain of Lakes Regional Park do not have a formal visitor center, though one was called for near North Beach in the Bde Maka Ska/Lake Harriet Master Plan approved in 2017. Feedback from residents and visitors will influence the design process, Elias said.

Cowgill said it will be good to see what ideas come from design firms, but that his priority is to get basic infrastructure like bathrooms and enclosed seating back at Bde Maka Ska as soon as possible to ensure the most-visited park is accommodating users.

The funding sources for the rebuild are not fully established at this point, Elias said.

Today the former Bde Maka Ska pavilion site is well used by local skaters and exercise classes.

The process to rebuild the pavilion began formally this fall. Photo by Andrew Hazzard

The MPRB received just over $1 million from insurance after the fire, which is more than enough to start the design process but won’t cover construction. Park commissioners had requested funding for the site from the state Legislature but have yet to receive state aid.

The Metropolitan Council will likely allocate regional park dollars to the project.

The Park Board generally looks to its master plans when updating or adding facilities, but the plan approved for the parkland around Bde Maka Ska and Lake Harriet did not anticipate the 1930s-era pavilion burning. The plan had proposed added seating, more storage and a rehabilitated concession space for the building. But the fire gives a clean slate for designers to work with, which could mean a lengthy public engagement process before breaking ground.

Park Board policy, and requirements from

the Met Council that regional parks receiving funding follow established master plans, may mean the existing plan would need to be amended before reconstruction can begin in earnest.

After the fire, the Park Board cleared the site and repaved the area with a green surface. Today it is well used as the site of Lola’s food truck and hosts a makeshift skatepark on many afternoons with local skaters bringing small ramps to the fresh pavement. Gyms have also been hosting outdoor fitness classes on the surface some evenings. Cowgill said he’s enjoyed seeing the space being actively used and that he hopes any redesign will respond to the way it’s being enjoyed today.

“I’m looking forward to seeing how the space can continue to be activated in the next two years,” Cowgill said.

Hearing scheduled for Southwest parks plan After months of delay due to the pandemic, a public hearing on the Southwest Service Area Master Plan has been scheduled for Oct. 7.

The public hearing is the penultimate step in passing the master plan, which will guide changes and improvements to 42 neighborhood parks in Southwest Minneapolis for the next three decades. Park Board commissioners could approve the plan as soon as Oct. 21.

The plan was developed over a twoyear public engagement and community advisory committee (CAC) process that wrapped up in fall 2019.

The Park Board began accepting public comment on the plan in February but extended the comment period multiple times during the pandemic. The Park Board received more than 1,200 survey responses to the plan, much more than it had from any past master plans. The extra responses needed additional staff time to review and organize comments into themes.

Those seeking to comment can submit emails of up to 300 words to Park Board secretary Jennifer Ringold a jringold@minneapolisparks.org before 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 7. Residents can also call in at 612-230-6400 before 6 p.m. on Oct. 7 if they want to comment in person at the virtually held Park Board meeting.

The plan can be viewed in full at minneapolisparks.org/sw. For past coverage, see tinyurl.com/swparksplan.

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At the Public Defender’s Office where she has worked for 30 years, Moriarty has brought in social workers, added lawyer training and advocated to ban traffic stops used as pretext for investigations.

Her future was uncertain when this issue went to press. The Minnesota Board of Public Defense’s personnel committee voted Sept. 30 to open Moriarty’s position to other applicants, requiring her to reapply for the job. The full board had not yet voted at press time.

Personnel committee members said that while Moriarty is an excellent attorney and a strong advocate for social justice with broad community support, her relationship with the state has broken down.

The State Public Defense Board placed Moriarty on paid leave for three months late last year and issued a written reprimand for issues including an unclear delineation between personal and official social media accounts and “fractured” relationships with justice partners in the county and judicial branch.

While she was suspended, Moriarty volunteered at the Drake Hotel fire site, read books about racism and traveled to Selma to march on the 55th anniversary of Bloody Sunday.

“I am accused of not getting along [and] being collaborative with my justice partners, who are primarily prosecutors. I don’t particularly view them as my justice partners as much as I view our community,” Moriarty said.

Groups like the Minnesota ACLU and activists like Valerie Castile are mobilizing in support of Moriarty. She’s hopeful the board will reappoint her based on the office’s success. A 2019 report by the National Center for State Courts said Hennepin public defenders are as successful as privately retained attorneys in achieving favorable outcomes for their clients. And Hennepin’s “holistic” defenders, who team with social workers, receive sentences four months shorter than clients of private attorneys.

Learning

Growing up in New Ulm, Moriarty was convinced she never wanted to be a lawyer, because it seemed “boring.” But she was steeped in the profession. Her father, Patrick J. Moriarty, served as an assistant public defender in the Fifth Judicial District for more than 20 years.

She visited the jail with her father, she knew the police officers, and her classmates were her father’s clients. She used a Hardy Boys recipe for fingerprint powder to dust her parents’ wineglasses and lift their fingerprints with tape.

“We’d be running errands around town, and my dad would have cassette tapes about the 10 commandments of cross-examination,” she said.

She briefly considered journalism, covering county fairs for the New Ulm Journal, but

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or make that change in the garden they’d been daydreaming about.

“They look at their homes and their outdoor spaces as a bit of a refuge,” Endres said.

Tangletown Gardens has been busy in the pandemic, and Endres said he considers himself very lucky. Inside the shop, staff have spread out the aisles a bit more. Outside in the garden center, it can feel like a normal day. Community Service Agriculture (CSA) memberships rose in 2020, and the landscaping business has been doing well, too.

Food vendors have also seen an uptick in business with fewer people able to dine out and many choosing to up their game in the kitchen.

“I think folks are more focused on local sustainable products and smaller shops — so we have been fortunate,” said Erik Sather of Lowry Hill Meats.

When the stay-at-home order began, keeping up with people’s stock-up orders was a challenge, but things have calmed down and now they see customers ordering adventurous cuts and trying new recipes.

decided to enroll in law school at the University of Minnesota. She was thrilled to discover that one of her professors was Irving Younger, the expert on those old cassette tapes.

Moriarty clearly remembers her first juvenile detention case as a public defender. Her supervisor abandoned her after about 10 minutes.

“I didn’t know how to get the kid from the detention center to the courtroom. I didn’t know where to find the police reports,” she said.

With that experience in mind, Moriarty said she tries to give ample training to new lawyers and provide continuing education each week over the lunch hour. She aims to help lawyers become experts in forensic science, including DNA evidence and fingerprint analysis. Her training extends nationwide, teaching at the University of Minnesota, the nonprofit Gideon’s Promise and the National Criminal Defense College. She tries to encourage young lawyers.

“You may be the first person that’s actually advocated for that client, so you have to look at those day-to-day successes and remember those, because sometimes you feel as though you’re beaten up, you feel that you’re not getting what your client deserves,” she said.

Working

Moriarty oversees about 120 public defenders who handle roughly 38,000 cases per year.

“No matter how many cases you have, you still feel that you don’t have enough time,” she said.

As a young lawyer, Moriarty worked on a fifth-degree possession case that went to the U.S. Supreme Court. The court’s unanimous opinion said although warrantless drug seizure is permitted during a lawful pat-down search, the officer’s search in the case went beyond what was necessary to find a weapon.

But that’s not the case she thinks about most often.

“I have one case that’s always stuck with me — not because I’m proud of it,” she said.

That’s the case of Dameion Robinson, which she lost. Robinson was sentenced to life in prison for the 1997 murder of a man parked at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in the Regina neighborhood.

Moriarty explained that in the midst of the “Murderapolis” era, Robinson was convicted on the basis of a robbery case where the same gun was used, although he was later acquitted of the robbery. The case involved evidence that appeared to be planted, she said.

“That’s a case I’ll never forget because I truly believe he would never be convicted today,” she said.

Robinson wrote a letter to Centurion, which works to overturn wrongful convictions, and the nonprofit is reinvestigating the case. Transferred to a prison in Oregon, Robinson’s first visitor in seven years was Centurion, said Legal Director Paul Casteleiro. He said the search for new

To adjust to COVID, the butcher shop has limited its hours and is taking orders via text. Having an updated, easy-to-understand website for ordering has been key, Sather said.

The shop has tried to order strategically so that orders come in on fewer days and workers can get some much-needed physical and mental time off during a stressful time in Minneapolis.

“Curbside and delivery has proven to work well for us — and customers have been very respectful adapting,” Sather said, though he misses the in-person interactions with customers.

Challenges remain

Linden Hills-based Humble Nut Butter has the advantage of not having its own store but has dealt with some market volatility during COVID that has made it harder to reach new grocers and distributors, according to co-founder John Waller. Because it’s an inclusive employer that has many workers with disabilities who can’t work during the pandemic, production has also declined a bit. Still, Humble Nut Butter was able to secure a distribution agreement with Whole Foods during the

evidence will be time-consuming.

“You’ve got to put the pieces back together and you’ve got to find out where the truth lies,” he said.

Reforming

Taking inspiration from a tour of the Red Hook community court in New York, Moriarty’s office started bringing social workers to misdemeanor cases to offer alternative solutions. She said the concept is best suited for “livability” offenses like trespassing and aggressive begging where jail time doesn’t solve the problem. The practice evolved into the new “Restorative Court,” but initially it was a hard sell, she said.

“So our office and the city attorney’s office just did it,” she said. “I do think that’s more the wave of the future, where we understand that the majority of the clients we see do have issues with addiction and mental health. And that really addressing those issues is really what’s going to keep them out of the court system in the future.”

Social workers also help prepare personal histories, so a judge can see a full picture of each client, beyond a criminal complaint.

“There is so much trauma in the histories of clients,” Moriarty said. “How do we help the next kid not get to that point?”

She notes that communities of color are hardest hit by recent violent crime.

“If 100 people had been shot in Armatage, this would be a public health crisis. We would figure out what’s happening here and we would do something about it,” she said.

The Public Defender’s Office has used data to analyze racial disparities in recent years, including a 19,000-line spreadsheet on Minneapolis traffic stops. Police stops for equipment violations between June 2017 and May 2018 yielded searches where nearly 75% of those searched were Black, Moriarty reported. Her office found that white drivers had drugs or guns at slightly higher rates than Black drivers, and police “hit rates” getting guns were less than half of 1%.

To Moriarty, that means investigatory traffic stops are not an effective use of resources and particularly harmful for Black drivers, straining relations with police and potentially creating dangerous situations. Traffic violations should be handled in a different way, she said, and police shouldn’t ask drivers to voluntarily allow searches of their cars. That’s what she’s suggesting as a member of the mayor’s task force on public safety.

“To me, that’s how we prevent the next Philando Castile,” she said.

Moriarty has called her office the “disparities watchdog for the public safety line of business,” recently finding that Black people are very disproportionately charged with obstruction of justice. There are about 300 fewer people at the Hennepin County jail,

some released to avoid crowding during the pandemic, and the office is tracking any new offenses while defendants are not in custody.

“We can argue about bail and why people shouldn’t be in until we’re blue in the face.

This really gave us an opportunity to look and see what really happens when people that prosecutors and judges think should be in are out,” she said.

Moriarty’s suspension last winter drew concern from Attorney General Keith Ellison and an online petition generated 700 signatures. In a September essay, staff at the Minnesota ACLU praised her 2018 exposure of racial disparities in low-level marijuana arrests, which prompted the mayor to end the stings. Valerie Castile urged supporters in September to contact the board, saying: “Public Defenders Who Actually Give A Damn and Who WILL FIGHT FOR YOU, Not Plead You Out !!

Let’s HELP HER!! WE NEED PEOPLE In Those OFFICES THAT CARE!!”

The Minnesota Board of Public Defense hired an outside investigator that interviewed more than 30 people and interviewed Moriarty for five hours in February. The letter of reprimand ordered Moriarty to work more collaboratively with justice partners and work with the state board on any official social media posts.

Another issue related to Moriarty’s budget discussion with the Hennepin County board in fall 2019, where Moriarty and commissioners called the state’s takeover of the public defender’s office a “failed experiment.”

Moriarty said that despite a recent funding increase, public defenders paid by the state were still making about $10,000 less than prosecutors paid by the county. The letter of reprimand requires Moriarty to work with the state on future presentations.

Although her tenure was uncertain at press time, Moriarty said she is optimistic about the future. That’s partly due to the rise of smartphones and police bodycams, ensuring that client complaints about mistreatment don’t fall on deaf ears.

“Where would we be with George Floyd if we didn’t have video?” she asked.

She said people in the right positions are really trying to make change. And George Floyd died in Minneapolis, making it harder for locals to look away.

“We have to figure out how to live with this discomfort and really figure out how to make true change and reform, otherwise we’re going to see this happen over and over,” she said. “This is really our reckoning for who we are and what we’re going to do about it.”

The online version of this story includes more details from the Sept. 30 Minnesota Board of Public Defense meeting determining whether Moriarty will be reappointed.

Go to tinyurl.com/swj-moriarty to learn more.

Mechanic Harvey Wilhelm works on a repair at Farmstead Bike Shop in East Harriet. Local bike shops have been busy with service requests this year, but have also been challenged by a shortage in parts due to pandemic-driven slowdowns in production and shipping.

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pandemic and is now available at all Minnesota locations, including off Excelsior Boulevard in Southwest. Its online sales have grown as well.

“With all the people cooking at home, there are a lot of uses in our products,” Waller said.

Its biggest challenge as a newer product is that it’s harder for customers to get samples.

At Farmstead, bike sales were up at the start of the pandemic and service jobs were streaming in at a very high rate. As an essential business, the bike shop was able to stay open during the stay-at-home order and moved as many of its service exchanges outside as possible.

But the increase in demand has also been coupled with a reduction in supply, due to many bike parts coming from Asia, where plant closures limited supply in the winter, Neis said.

Farmstead and other shops are running out of common parts for repairs and unable to restock as quickly as normal, often having to wait on items to finish repairs.

Still, with more people seeking to spend time outdoors for recreation, exercise and transportation, Neis is grateful to be in an industry better suited for the pandemic than many.

“The bike is the perfect escape pod for social distancing,” Neis said.

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during the civil unrest following George Floyd’s death in late May, when there was a push to get unsheltered people off the street, according to Sheila Delaney, a navigator who works to help people find housing.

They wanted to provide housing that didn’t require jumping hoops and started with 50 rooms at the Midtown Sheraton, but the crowd at the hotel grew quickly and the situation was difficult to stabilize, she said. The group transitioned to helping those staying at Powderhorn Park, but was looking for an indoor, longer-term solution when they connected with people working on the Envision Community tiny home project and decided to pursue that model.

In tiny homes, units are built 30 at a time around a community hub that has shared common spaces and offices for service providers to help residents, Delaney said. The homes are private and lockable so people can secure their belongings and services will be culturally competent and trauma-informed. Residents will have 30-day agreements that can be renewed.

The tiny homes needed a site, and the group first approached Minneapolis about placing the homes inside the former Kmart on Lake Street, which the city recently bought with plans to eventually demolish it and reconnect Nicollet Avenue. City officials were receptive, Delaney said, but ultimately the group decided investing in a space it would ultimately lose didn’t make sense. Finding a suitable space and an agreeable landlord was hard, but the group found both in a former warehouse space at 1251 N. Washington Ave. What began as a lofty goal now appears to be on the verge of fruition. With a mix of public and private dollars coming in and support from local officials, Indoor Villages believes its planned two-year pilot will get the green light.

“I feel very confident we’re going to get the funding we need,” Delaney said.

Once the lease and funding are finalized, construction should go quickly. The tiny homes are essentially enclosed efficiency apartments constructed from metal by a Seattle-based company called Pallet Shelter.

“We really wanted the solution to be ready for winter,” she said.

White Earth Nation has agreed to partner with the pilot project and will provide housing support and help people sign up for Medicaid.

If the pilot is successful, the tribe is interested in continuing the model going forward. There will be well-paid jobs at Indoor Villages, Delaney said, and the group will try to hire people who have experience living on the streets.

Avivo will be the main service provider at Indoor Villages, with Whittier-based Simpson Housing serving as a fiscal partner and adviser. Steve Horsfield, executive director at Simpson, said the project is helping to build capacity in the region in a way that meets people where they are.

“Low-barrier, service-rich shelter is a really big first step to getting folks into housing,” Horsfield said.

State Rep. Aisha Gomez (DFL-62B) has been involved in trying to find solutions for unsheltered people in the city and was one of the first people Delaney called when the group was trying to find solutions for unsheltered residents.

“People want to help,” Gomez said, citing the generosity of those serving the encampments and the support the Kingfield neighborhood has shown to residents at Martin Luther King, Jr. Park. “There are a lot of resources and human power here.”

The first-term representative is not optimistic that an October special session of the Legislature will pass a bonding bill, which advocates were hoping would bring more dollars to affordable housing and new models like Indoor Villages.

She believes the area’s homelessness crisis is a symptom of an economy that doesn’t function for low-income people and that the Legislature should amend the tax code to pay for a statewide rental assistance bill and stop perpetuating disparities by giving more tax breaks to mortgage holders than renters.

“We need to not shy away from saying the economy is working well for a small amount of people and we’re going to ask those people to help out more,” Gomez said.

Shelter capacity

COVID-19 has changed the way shelters like Simpson operate. For the past six months, Simpson has been running a 24/7 service, and new funding from Hennepin County will allow it to continue those extended hours through 2021. The county is also helping fund two new diversion staff members who will help people find housing solutions to avoid the shelter system altogether.

Early in the pandemic, the number of shelter beds was reduced to ensure proper social distancing. Simpson typically had 66 beds, but the number dropped to the low 40s at one point. Now that the shelter owns the entire Simpson United Methodist Church, it has more room to spread out capacity. Currently, staff are serving about 50 guests and are preparing for the winter months by adding 20 more beds for female guests. Thankfully, Horsfield said, there have been no major outbreaks at any shelter and centers are increasing capacity as they learn how to cope with the virus.

“All the operators have been feeling that pressure to do something more,” he said.

Simpson leads the adult shelter connection office in Hennepin County and assigns about 900 shelter beds throughout the metro. When the pandemic hit, the county bought up hotel spaces for vulnerable shelter residents and today there are 200 more people in shelter than ever before, Horsfield said. But there’s more pressure, too, with the pandemic leaving many people out of work and at risk of losing housing when the statewide eviction ban eventually lifts.

More shelters are coming online. The Hennepin County Board approved $3.6 million to purchase two properties to house unsheltered people on Sept. 29 using CARES Act funding. The buildings, the 35-room Metro Inn Motel at 57th & Lyndale and the 23-unit dormitory owned by the Volunteers of America in Stevens Square, will replace about 60 leased units from hotels and give the county its own shelter space in the future.

The American Indian Development Corporation is constructing a new culturally specific shelter in South Minneapolis that will house up to 75 people; it should be complete by December.

Across the metro, 200 more shelter beds will be added as winter approaches, Horsfield said.

But he doesn’t think it will be enough. Right now, about 1,000 people in Minneapolis are sleeping outside. When the winter comes, about a third of those people will be able to find housing with relatives, a third will be accommodated through shelters and other programs and a third will need a different solution.

Finding a home

At Lake Harriet, Smith is hoping to channel the generosity neighbors have shown the encampment into a viable model for getting people out of homelessness. She’s been disappointed not to receive government funding but believes private individuals and organizations will get the group to its $90,000 fundraising goal.

The Project Back to Home group is looking at an old church in St. Paul and a couple of large older homes that could be split into apartments. The plan is to raise enough money for a down payment and a first year’s mortgage payment and, after a year rent free, ask residents to chip in for housing payments. In that first year, people will be connected to job training and other services. Many encampment residents have been homeless for years, Smith said, and giving them stable shelter is the biggest step to getting their lives to a better place. She hopes to create a cooperative housing model that lasts for years to come.

With the weather getting colder, she’s optimistic that the group will move into a building by the end of October, and not need to scramble for space when the Park Board stops issuing permits.

“We’re hoping to be out of here at that point,” Smith said.

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2020 VOTER’S GUIDE WHAT’S ON THE BALLOT? FEDERAL OFFICES

STATE OFFICES

U.S. President and Vice President: President Donald Trump and Vice Presi-

State Senator: There are three state Senate seats on the ballot this year in

dent Mike Pence (GOP) face off against former Vice President Joe Biden and his running mate Sen. Kamala Harris (DFL) in this year’s big-draw race. Seven other party tickets are also on the ballot, including — yes — rapper Kanye West, who is running with Wyoming preacher Michelle Tidball. Jo Jorgensen is leading the ticket for the Libertarian Party and Howie Hawkins for the Green Party.

U.S. Senator: Incumbent Sen. Tina Smith (DFL) is looking to be elected for her first full term in office after winning a 2018 special election to replace Sen. Al Franken (DFL), following his resignation amid accusations of sexual misconduct.

Smith is challenged by former congressman Jason Lewis (GOP), who lost his 2nd District seat in 2018. Also appearing on the ballot are Kevin O’Connor (Legal Marijuana Now) and Oliver Steinberg (Grassroots — Legalize Cannabis).

U.S. Representative, 5th District: Incumbent Rep. Ilhan Omar bested well-

funded challenger Antone Melton-Meaux in the DFL primary this August. She faces a challenge from Lacy Johnson (GOP), a North Minneapolis businessman, and Michael Moore (Legal Marijuana Now) in the general election.

See pages A21-A22 for more information.

districts overlapping with the Southwest Journal’s coverage area. In 62, Omar Fateh, a democratic socialist who upset incumbent Jeff Hayden in the August DFL primary, is up against Bruce Lundeen, a perennial GOP candidate in local races. In 61, incumbent Scott Dibble (DFL) faces a challenge from Jennifer Zielinski (GOP). And in 59, incumbent Bobby Joe Champion (DFL), who cruised to victory over challenger Suleiman Isse in August, is now running against Paul Anderson (GOP).

See pages A22-A24 for more information.

State Representative

In 59B, Esther Agbaje (DFL), a former State Department officer who narrowly won an August primary race against incumbent Raymond Dehn, is competing against Alan Shilepsky (GOP) and Lisa Neal-Delgado (Green Party).

In Southwest’s four other state House races, a group of DFL incumbents — one a seasoned veteran, the others freshmen lawmakers — look to hold onto their seats against Republican challengers. Frank Hornstein, first elected to represent 61A in 2002, is challenged by Kurtis Fechtmeyer. Jamie Long (61B), Hodan Hassan (62A) and Aisha Gomez (62B) look to win second terms in races against Lisa Pohlman, Arjun Kataria and Ross Tenneson, respectively.

See pages A24-A28 for more information.

Judges: There is one contested race on the ballot this year for a seat on the

LOCAL OFFICES County Commissioner: Minneapolis voters will not be weighing in on any

of the four Hennepin County board seats on the ballot this year. This year’s contested seats represent communities north, south and west of the city. In District 5, incumbent Debbie Goettel is running for a second term against challenger Boni Njenga. There are open seats in Districts 1, 6 and 7.

Minnesota Supreme Court. Incumbent Paul Thissen is being challenged by Michelle MacDonald, who was suspended from practicing law for 60 days in 2018. The Minnesota State Bar Association has posted candidate questionnaires on its website. Go to tinyurl.com/mn-bar for more information.

Also appearing on the ballot are a number of uncontested Court of Appeals and Fourth District races.

School Board Member: There are three contested board seats on the ballot

this year. For the at-large seat, incumbent Kim Ellison is facing a challenge from Michael Dueñes. In District 4, Christa Mims and Adriana Cerrillo vie for the seat vacated by Bob Walser. And in District 2, incumbent KerryJo Felder is competing against Sharon El-Amin. Ellison, Mims and Felder have the DFL endorsements.

The Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Association is hosting a moderated online forum for candidates running in the at-large and District 4 races. The forum starts at 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 5. Go to tinyurl.com/wedge-forum for details.

See pages A19-A21 for more information.

Ira Jourdain is running uncontested in District 6.

This voter’s guide was compiled by Zac Farber and Nate Gotlieb, with reporting contributed by MinnPost.

BALLOT QUESTIONS The Minneapolis Charter Commission’s decision in August to continue reviewing an amendment proposal that would have started the process of dismantling the city’s police department means there won’t be anything about policing on city residents’ ballots come November.

But there will be two other questions for voters to decide. One is a procedural question that simply updates language in the city charter to mirror state law about special elections. The other is more substantial: It will determine whether council elections will be decoupled from mayor elections after 2021.

See page A28 for more information.

VOTING BASICS To minimize direct contact with other people, officials are encouraging absentee voting this year.

For a sample ballot, go to myballotmn.sos.state.mn.us. Sample ballots include links to candidate websites.

To request a mail-in ballot, visit mnvotes.org. Do so as soon as possible to leave time for election officials to mail out your ballot. Ballots must be postmarked on or before Election Day, but officials recommend placing them in the mail by Tuesday, Oct. 27. Ballots can also be dropped off at the Minneapolis Early Vote Center, 980 Hennepin Ave. E. (Minneapolis voters only), or the Hennepin County Government Center, 300 S. 6th St., until 3 p.m. on Election Day.

You can pre-register and check your registration to vote at mnvotes.org until Oct. 13.

Although pre-registration is not necessary, it makes voting simpler, whether you vote in person or by mail.

Both the Early Vote Center and the Hennepin County Government Center are open for in-person voting every weekday (except Oct. 12) through the day before Election Day. The Early Vote Center will add Saturday and Sunday hours — and the government center will add Saturday hours — the final two weekends before the election. From Oct. 27 to Nov. 2, early voting is also available at Longfellow Park Recreation Center, 3435 36th Ave. S., and Urban League Twin Cities, 2100 Plymouth Ave. N. See hours for all four locations at tinyurl.com/mpls-vote-hours.

In-person polls will be open 7 a.m.-8 p.m. for the general election on Tuesday, Nov. 3.

Due to COVID-19, many polling places have moved. Be sure to check your polling place before you go vote at pollfinder.sos.state.mn.us. Minneapolis residents can go to vote.minneapolismn.gov for information on early voting, voter registration and other voter resources.

Precincts will start reporting results when polls close on Nov. 3, but due to the high numbers of absentee ballots expected to be cast this fall, final results may not be available for up to a week after Election Day. Election-night results will include information on the number of absentee ballots yet to be reported.

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SCHOOL BOARD AT LARGE In her bid for a third full term, School Board president Kim Ellison faces a challenge from Michael Dueñes, a former college dean and equity researcher, who is demanding greater financial transparency in the wake of the district’s recently passed restructuring plan.

The plan, called the Comprehensive District Design (CDD) and approved on a 6-3 vote in May, redraws school boundaries, reorganizes magnet-school programming and touches just about every aspect of the district’s operations. The district’s stated goals included increasing integration, creating more equitable access to programming, ensuring all neighborhoods have quality community schools and reducing busing costs, thereby allowing more funds to be spent in schools.

Ellison, who voted for the plan, has said that the district needs to make schools accessible to kids who live in the neighborhoods around them. She said the plan can do that by taking money the district spends in the streets and putting it into buildings.

“You shouldn’t have to leave your neighborhood to find success at school,” she said in a July interview. “I believe that the [CDD] can do that for families and for staff by providing the right resources where they’re needed.”

She’s said that she’s pleased with the performance of Superintendent Ed Graff, who she said is thoughtful and listens to different communities.

In the spring, Dueñes was a parent of a student at Seward Montessori School,

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which under the CDD will become an elementary school instead of a combined elementary/middle school. (His son is now at South High School.)

He was among the most outspoken parents in opposition to the CDD, creating a series of YouTube videos in which he argued that the district has provided flawed financial information about the plan and its costs. He said the plan will disrupt thousands of Black, Indigenous and other students of color and was critical of the board for not doing an in-depth equity audit before voting.

To address achievement gaps, Dueñes said, the district needs to implement best practices and provide dedicated funding to support them. That includes increasing student and family engagement with schools, potentially through ethnic studies courses, language-immersion programming and community partnerships.

He said he’d also focus on supporting fami-

lies as they navigate remote education and trauma stemming from police violence and that he’d commit to visiting schools weekly and conduct an in-depth study about why students leave Minneapolis Public Schools.

Ellison is also a supporter of ethnic studies classes, which have been taught in district high schools since 2015, and has championed efforts to make the subject a district graduation requirement starting in 2025.

She said priorities for a third term would include implementation of the CDD, adding that she’ll be looking to see diverse curricula and mental health supports for students.

Ellison was first appointed to the board in 2012 to fill an at-large vacancy and ran unopposed that year for the North Minneapolis seat. In 2016, she ran for her current at-large seat, handily defeating perennial candidate Doug Mann.

She is endorsed by the Minneapolis DFL for a third straight election, though she was the only one of five at-large candidates to

seek the endorsement this year. (Dueñes wrote on Facebook that he felt compelled to run after the School Board passed the CDD on May 13, which was nine days after the DFL endorsement convention concluded.)

Ellison said the strengths that she brings to the job include the relationships she has developed as a board member and her knowledge of the school system. Achievements during her current term, she said, have included the recently passed resolution that bans the use of school resource officers, a wellness policy that mandates 30 minutes of daily recess and the funding of a new literacy curriculum.

Dueñes, a former North Hennepin Community College dean who has a doctorate in political science, could be her toughest challenge yet after winning 24% of votes in the five-way primary in August.

(Ellison won 58% of votes.)

— Nate Gotlieb

AT A GLANCE: Kim Ellison (DFL-endorsed)

Michael Dueñes

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Occupation: School Board member

Priorities: Supporting students during time of COVID-19 and trauma over police killings, implementing best practices in educational equity, creating a transparent budget, understanding why families leave Minneapolis Public Schools

Priorities: Implementation of Comprehensive District Design, resources for young students during distance learning, mental health supports In her own words: “I believe that every student deserves an excellent education, and my experience in alternative high school showed me that we’re not doing that.”

Fundraising: Nothing reported between Jan. 1 and July 28 ($2,041 on hand)

Occupation: Policy analyst

In his own words: “I don’t have all of the answers, but what I do know how to do is engage communities and help them help me find answers and then make it happen.”

Fundraising: Did not register until after the primary

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2020 VOTER’S GUIDE

SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT 4 The race for the District 4 seat vacated by Bob Walser features two first-time candidates who say their experience working with youth and familiarity with the educational system is why they’re best positioned for the role.

Christa Mims, a social worker for Hennepin County’s child protection system, has directed a school, taught English abroad and led county efforts to reduce disparities in education.

She said she has experience managing budgets and working on a nonprofit board and her experience as a social worker has given her insight into the different factors impacting Minneapolis families.

“I think we need people with a very balanced view of the education system so we can identify places where we can improve and celebrate … good work,” she said in a July interview.

Adriana Cerrillo, an activist and consultant, emigrated from Mexico to the U.S. as a teenager and has been a champion of efforts to secure rights for undocumented immigrants over the past decade.

She said she’s proven her mettle as the legal guardian of her nephew, for whom she demanded better educational services at his elementary school, Emerson Spanish Immersion Learning Center in Loring Park.

She also has touted her experience as an education advocate for families of color through the organization Minnesota Comeback (now called Great Minnesota Schools) and as an Emerson site council member.

“We need to have a voice that will not settle,” she said in July.

Mims and Cerrillo have similar priorities, with both calling for diverse staff and curricula and increased support services, such as counselors and therapists, and vowing to tackle racial disparities.

Mims said she wants to empower families through engagement and clear communication, noting that many felt voiceless when the School Board passed the Comprehensive District Design (CDD) restricting plan in May. While she has avoided taking a public stance on the controversial plan, she said it’s critical for the district to listen to families during implementation and provide transparent and accessible information.

“I really think we need to think about the ways which we communicate and how the traditional method of communicating is not reaching many of our populations of color in particular,” she said at a virtual forum in July.

Cerrillo has been vocally critical of the CDD, saying it was all about saving money

on transportation. She has emphasized the importance of engaging with families on the CDD during implementation, calling it her top priority.

Another priority of hers would be pushing to pool all voter-approved school levies in Hennepin County so that districts with less taxing capacity receive more funds. (A nonprofit found that MPS would see a $186 per-pupil boost in revenue if taxes were pooled in Hennepin County.)

“Without this financial support, it is much harder for students to be successful,” she said at the July forum.

Mims, who lives with her wife in Downtown, earned the Minneapolis DFL endorsement over Cerrillo and former candidate Kirsten Ragatz at the party’s virtual convention in May. District 4 covers Downtown, the ECCO neighborhood and the seven Southwest Minneapolis neighborhoods north of Lake Street.

DISTRICT 4

— Nate Gotlieb

AT A GLANCE: Christa Mims (DFL-endorsed)

Adriana Cerrillo

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Occupation: Social worker

Occupation: Activist and consultant

Priorities: Closing racial disparities, investing in teachers of color, empowering parents and ensuring financial stability

Priorities: Full and equitable funding for schools, allowing disadvantaged schools to request additional resources, ending the school-to-prison pipeline

In her own words: “I really want to be an advocate and a voice for our youth and families that I feel like have been ignored traditionally in the feedback process.”

In her own words: “It is time to have a bold approach to create equitable education for all students, and I will be the fearless leader that our children and families need.”

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2020 VOTER’S GUIDE

SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT 2 In a district that covers North Minneapolis, first-term incumbent KerryJo Felder faces a challenge from an active North Side community member and former Minneapolis Public Schools parent and business owner, Sharon El-Amin.

Felder, an education organizer with the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, positions herself as a champion of North Minneapolis schools.

On her Facebook page, she said she has pushed for transparency, fought for equity and helped lead efforts to repaint and install new carpet, lighting, cafeterias and music rooms at four North Minneapolis schools.

She was an opponent of the Comprehensive District Design, questioning how it would help North Minneapolis students.

El-Amin has been president of the North High School Polar Parent organization and is a current member of the school’s site council.

She says on her website that there is a need for more staff, resources and parent involvement in schools and that she’ll focus on accountability and transparency.

She is also calling for vocational training and said decisions should be made with consideration to how they will affect future generations of students.

Felder was endorsed by the Minneapolis DFL and has also been endorsed by the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers.

El-Amin has an endorsement from Attorney General Keith Ellison and civil rights attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong.

DFL Ilhan Omar

(Incumbent)

ilhanomar.com Endorsements: Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Minnesota Speaker of the House Melissa Hortman, U.S. Sens. Bernie Sanders and Tina Smith, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Money raised/cash on hand: $4,282,287 (Jan. 1, 2019-July 22, 2020)/$732,446 (as of July 22)

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Sharon El-Amin

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Occupation: Education organizer Priorities: Full-service community schools, teacher retention, high-quality curriculum Fundraising: No data available on the Hennepin County website

Occupation: Businessman/ computer engineer

The 5th District race pits first-term incumbent Ilhan Omar against a North Minneapolis businessman and a Legal Marijuana party candidate.

Omar staved off a well-funded primary challenge in August by mediation lawyer Antone Melton-Meaux to earn her spot on the general-election ballot.

DISTRICT 2

Occupation: Business owner (retired) Priorities: Holding stakeholders accountable, community resources to support schools, transparency, innovation during the COVID-19 pandemic Fundraising: $1,300 between Jan. 1 and July 28

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Top accomplishments and top priorities As someone who experienced hunger as a child and has worked on food insecurity, our efforts to keep families and children fed makes me really proud. I introduced a bill to eliminate student lunch debt with Sen. Tina Smith and another to make school meals universal. My MEALS act, which helps keep 22 million kids who rely on school meals fed during the pandemic, passed into law as part of the coronavirus package.

Minnesota has some of the worst racial health disparities in the country, and this pandemic is only making them worse. Millions are losing their employer-provided health insurance, and there’s no end in sight. This is a health crisis, and that’s why we have to pass Medicare For All, which I’m co-leading.

On a single night, more than 10,000 people in Minnesota were homeless last year — the highest number ever recorded. We have the power to fix this with my Homes For All bill.

Endorsements: President Donald Trump Money raised/cash on hand: $4,271,443 (July 1, 2019-July 22, 2020)/$857,758 (as of July 22) Qualifications I’ve lived in CD5 for over 40 years, much longer than any other candidate. I’ve worked alongside city leaders around education, business development, entrepreneurship, criminal justice reform and neighborhood development. I care about my community as the agenda I am pushing is not to serve myself or my colleagues, but my community. To put it simply — my character.

I am honest, trustworthy and have a deep concern, understanding and connection with the people of CD5 and the issues we are facing.

Top priorities: Economy, education, family.

(Lacy Johnson did not respond to the Southwest Journal’s questionnaire. These answers are adapted from his submission for the July primary voter’s guide.)

Legal Marijuana Now Michael Moore usrepmoore.com Occupation: Retired businessman Money raised/ cash on hand: No data available on the Federal Election Commission website Qualifications and top priorities 150 words is not sufficient to detail my qualifications, let alone discuss priorities. I encourage people to check out my website for in-depth breakdowns of platform positions and extended explanations of issues and concerns that are affecting everyone in the 5th District.

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businessman. I moved to Thailand in 2009 and don’t need to work in or worry about the 5th District anymore. My successful enterprises have afforded me the opportunity to effectively “buy out” of the daily American struggle that we all share. But I was born and raised in the 5th District, and my hometown has a lot of problems right now, namely, a severe lack of leadership.

I deeply care about and fully understand our social issues, and I offer real, meaningful solutions. We all know that partisan politics doesn’t work. But then, I’m not a partisan politician.

2020 VOTER’S GUIDE

SENATE DISTRICT 59 In a district that includes part of Bryn Mawr neighborhood, most of Downtown and all of North Minneapolis, incumbent Bobby Joe Champion is looking for a third term.

Champion, an attorney, handily defeated Suleiman Isse in a primary challenge in August.

His opponent is businessman Paul Anderson.

DISTRICT 59

(Jan. 1, 2017-July 20, 2020)/$20,560 (as of July 20) Accomplishments and top priorities I was the proud chief author of Ban the Box, which allows individuals looking for employment to be judged from their skills and qualifications and not from their past.

I was the chief author of the new expungement law that gives individuals the opportunity to petition the court to seal their record. Since 2016, I have chief authored the equity bills which provide resources for women, people of color, veterans and small businesses to get the training and investments needed to improve their quality of life. To date, the equity bill has yielded over $90 million of investments across the state of Minnesota.

My priorities will continue to be affordable housing, education, criminal justice reform, gun violence prevention, combating climate change, Restore the Vote and driver’s licenses for all, just to name a few.

Police reform and public safety I will continue to build on the police reform measures that were adopted during the special session. I believe there should be a balanced approach by making sure that we transform our police departments so that they work for all Minnesotans while simultaneously providing the police with the training and insight they need to do the job. Additionally, I would build on the policies adopted by the Legislature during the special session to modify the use-of-force standard, ban chokeholds, address the arbitration system, explore the impact of the residency requirements, provide additional resources for training and expand resources for community-based partners.

Affordable housing and homelessness The homeless crisis is a layered and complex challenge and we must dig deep and address the homelessness crisis on every layer that it presents. On the state level we need to invest more money in affordable housing, to create more opportunities for people to make a livable wage, provide and expand mental health services and create additional opportunities for individuals to address drug addiction and chemical dependency as well as expand shelter beds. I believe that we must ensure Minnesotans are stable and safe.

DFL Bobby Joe Champion

(incumbent) champion4 change.org Occupation: Attorney Endorsements: Gov. Tim Walz, AFSCME Council 5, Minnesota AFL-CIO Money raised/cash on hand: $43,934

Systemic racial inequalities There are a number of systemic racial inequities that people of color face on a daily basis. I believe we must look deeply with a racial-equity lens into every industry to address the systemic racial inequities.

This requires courage and a commitment to look at the root causes of these inequities and develop policies to remove the barriers to foster fairness and inclusion.

We have to tackle the inequities in education, housing, the criminal justice system, higher education, fighting for environmental justice, healthcare, banking and combating redlining promoted by financial institutions, jobs and equity, just to name a few. So that it truly works for all Minnesotans.

GOP Paul Anderson paulanderson senate59.com

Dibble has won all of his state Senate races by at least 59 percentage points. He was in the state House for one term before being elected to the Senate in 2002.

Occupation: Corporate informationservices director Money raised/ cash on hand: No data available Qualifications and top priorities My career has given me a businessperson’s perspective on solving problems, setting and meeting goals and providing level-headed leadership in difficult situations. These skills and experience are needed now more than ever in our government, so that we, as a nation, and as a state, reunite with common goals for our society.

The violent riots on Lake Street, Broadway, and Nicollet have destroyed small businesses and damaged Minneapolis’s reputation for the next decade. Setting a new course and restoring our reputation as a safe and attractive city is my priority. Close behind that is economic security based on good jobs, affordable health insurance options for everyone, and school choice and excellence.

Police reform and public safety We must defend, not defund, the police, first and foremost. That said, there are duties, such as responding to 911 calls where the situation involves someone with a mental illness, that require a different approach than apprehending a criminal. Accountability for the actions of the few bad cops is critical and restoring faith and respect in our police officers is needed immediately.

Affordable housing and homelessness We should grow and improve our capacity for homeless shelters and get our homeless into these shelters where there are appropriate facilities and care. Affordable housing is a difficult challenge, but we must ensure acceptable zoning and densification within each city and neighborhood.

Systemic racial inequalities Wherever there is written law that “systemically” institutes racial inequality, it should be examined and if necessary revised through the process of legislation, not riots or “antiracism.” Everyone I know feels that equality means just that, equal treatment and opportunity based on our constitution, existing law and civil conduct.

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SENATE DISTRICT 61 Incumbent Scott Dibble is seeking a fifth term and faces Jennifer Zielinski, who ran as the GOP candidate for the U.S. House 5th District in 2018.

DISTRICT 61

DFL Scott Dibble

(incumbent)

scottdibble.com Occupation: Legislator Endorsements: Planned Parenthood Action Fund, OutFront Minnesota Action, Education Minnesota, Moms Demand Action Minnesota Money raised/cash on hand: $53,876 (Jan. 1, 2017-July 20, 2020)/$1,956 (as of July 20) Accomplishments and top priorities I’m proud to have served as chief author or been a leader on the freedom to marry, bullying prevention, eliminating smoking indoors, transit funding, medical cannabis, coal mercury emissions, protecting abused elders, ending HIV/AIDS in Minnesota, homeless youth, renewable and efficient energy, and tenants’ rights. All of these were originated and championed by non-elected people — those most affected and in need of change. People are demanding an economy that works for everyone — jobs that pay, a democracy and elections that are fair, a government that functions well so people are not devastated by interruptions in employment, accidents, illness or cruel inequalities.

Police reform and public safety Communities where people have free and fair access to good jobs, decent housing, excellent education, high-quality health care, purpose and meaning, connections to one another, a clean environment and the ability to influence their own government are the most safe,

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stable and secure places to be. I have introduced and supported many bills to improve police transparency, procedures, oversight, training, accountability and community relationships. An effective system of incident response, better communication and problem solving is an important change. Black and POCI Minneapolitans know the reality of their lives and what policies and practices will make a difference for the better.

Affordable housing and homelessness People are working harder and earning less, with a tiny number of extremely rich benefiting. Housing is out of reach, or puts those who have it in a financially precarious position. A tax system designed by and for rich people is the culprit. More public funds for affordable housing, shelter and supportive services is vital. However, absent systemic solutions and changes to our economy, the gap will grow. More money in pockets through the Earned Income Tax Credit, stronger enforcement on banks’ obligations under the Community Reinvestment Act, funding for legal services, job training, childcare and healthcare are also important.

Systemic racial inequalities Designing systems and devoting resources to level the playing field for those who face disadvantages and barriers, while putting those most affected at the center, in a position of leadership to meaningfully influence priorities and outcomes, is vital. No policy, program or appropriation should be passed absent an analysis to fully understand its racial, gender and economic effects. Officials must use their positions to talk about inequities, and how everyone benefits when they are dismantled. [I’m for the] elimination of structures so those who would subvert interests of the public in pursuit of profits don’t have special access and influence over governmental deliberations.

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Systemic racial inequalities [We need] to address the achievement gap in education. I believe our Minneapolis schools can be competitive with schools in the area, and I will work with the Minnesota Department of Education and Minneapolis School Board in order to make sure our children are successful for the future.

GOP Jennifer Zielinski Occupation: Financial services representative Money raised/cash on hand: $100 (Jan. 1-July 20)/ $100 (as of July 20)

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Qualifications and top priorities I love living in South Minneapolis, and my goal every day in the Senate would be to make it a wonderful place for all residents, visitors, employees, and employers who live and work in Senate District 61. I have lived here for over 15 years and have made Minneapolis my home. Currently I work in health care. I understand that health care will be a changing field over the next few years. My goals in the Minnesota Senate would be education, criminal justice reform and the economy.

Police reform and public safety Police reform and public safety are issues that can and should be approached on many levels. I would work on drug law reform and work to legalize marijuana. I also believe that bringing police and community leaders to the table to really work for the community will help us focus on what criminal justice resources we need. I also want to focus on restorative justice through the justice system.

Affordable housing and homelessness I believe in the free-market approach to bringing the housing market costs down.

I also believe we have to start to remove barriers in owning and renting. I would like to see more education and programs geared towards making this a reality for Minneapolis residents.

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Qualifications and top priorities I’m a democratic socialist community activist. Senate District 62, South Minneapolis, is one of the poorest, most diverse, most progressive districts in the state. I won my primary because the people here are tired of business as usual at the Senate.

They are fed up and seek political change at every level.

Police reform and public safety We must defeat the disproven idea that public safety can be purchased by investing more money in highly militarized police.

George Floyd was murdered in our district.

The current system killed him and caused massive unrest, which damaged many

After defeating longtime incumbent Jeff Hayden in the DFL primary, democratic socialist Omar Fateh looks to bring a progressive voice to the state Legislature.

His opponent, Republican Bruce Lundeen, is a perennial candidate in the district.

DFL Omar Fateh omarfateh.org Occupation: Business analyst Endorsements: Twin Cities Democratic Socialists of America, Black Lives Matter of St. Paul, Our Revolution, Hennepin County Commissioner Angela Conley

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Money raised/cash on hand: $48,707 (Jan. 1 2019-July 20, 2020)/$1,768 (as of July 20) SEE SENATE DISTRICT 62 / PAGE A24

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of our small community businesses. The current system of public safety doesn’t work for us. We must divest from police and reinvest in communities, addressing the underlying problems that cause us to feel unsafe such as houselessness, poverty and unemployment.

Affordable housing and homelessness Housing is a human right. We need to create a system that guarantees housing for all.

I believe in expanding funding for mixed income and alternative housing models such as housing cooperatives and land trusts.

Right now, affordability is determined based on the area median income. Minneapolis residents who are being asked to pay $1,200 for a studio know that this is not affordable.

We need to make sure that working families can find housing based on their ability to pay, not based on AMI. Systemic racial inequalities There is no silver bullet for ending systemic racism in our state. As senator, I will work to dismantle economic barriers that disproportionately impact communities of color by working towards health care and housing for all, increasing wages and labor rights and guaranteeing high-quality, equal public schools, which is our constitutional obligation as a legislature. We must also address a system of public safety and criminal justice that is killing and jailing our BIPOC youth. I will work towards ending mass incarceration especially through clemency for addiction-related offenses, eliminating cash bail and envisioning a system of public safety that builds community instead of destroying lives.

GOP Bruce Lundeen senatorbruce.com Occupation: Businessman Money raised/ cash on hand: No data available Qualifications and top priorities I have enjoyed and suffered through an extremely broad range of life experiences. I have been poor and made good money, been homeless and owned a house, had jobs from which I have been fired and immediately hired somewhere else, and I have made it working on my own.

Minneapolis is a mess. Minneapolis has had liberal leadership for 60 years. It is time for change. I am a conservative and believe it is time for a shift away from proven unworkable liberal and leftist public policies.

My interests would be government data practices, creating jobs for Minnesotans and racial disparities.

Police reform and public safety Disbanding or defunding the Minneapolis Police Department is a fool’s errand. The police problem is a leadership problem. Reformation of the New York City Police Department (about 36,000 officers!) has proven the effectiveness in addressing police misconduct through leadership improvements. It is not the chief, not the mayor or City Council, and most certainly not some Office of Police Conduct Review bureaucracy, that will create police accountability. It is the sergeants and lieutenants that set the behavioral, moral and professional standards of the service. Had Tou Thao been a sergeant, the George Floyd incident would not have been the tragedy it became.

Delgado, have unsuccessfully sought city and state offices in past years.

Affordable housing and homelessness It seems to me that the many panhandlers are too far gone to care for themselves. They may lack the hygienic practices, have personality disorders or chemical dependencies, and other problems that make them incapable of caring for themselves. It is not humane to allow them to remain on the streets. Institutionalizing may be an alternative.

On the other hand, the people “urban camping” in the Minneapolis parks need jobs.

Those who cannot hold down jobs fall perilously close to the those of the first paragraph.

The state and city governments must create employment opportunities for all who can work.

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Systemic racial inequalities Disliking and even sabotaging the life of someone different than one’s self is an unfortunate human characteristic. This is to say there is no complete solution to the problems of racial prejudice. People prefer people who think and have cultural backgrounds like themselves.

The need is to encourage the growth of successful working-class people in minority communities. Only after members of a minority have achieved prestige and respect from their peers will inequalities go away.

Barriers to success must be removed.

There are many more successful minority-members than there were a few years ago, and there are more every day.

DFL Esther Agbaje estheragbaje.com Occupation: Attorney

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HOUSE DISTRICT 59B DFLer Esther Agbaje looks to win her first term in office, after defeating longtime state Rep. Raymond Dehn in the primary. Her opponents, Alan Shilepsky and Lisa Neal-

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Qualifications and top priorities I have been in positions where listening to varied interests and then creating a solution that works is necessary. I have worked with people from different backgrounds, which will be an asset to the diverse district of 59B. I am a new leader with a bold vision for the future of Minnesota.

My priorities will be to work towards everyone having a safe, stable and affordable place to live. Environmental justice is another priority to ensure that we have clean air, water and nutritious food. Meeting people’s basic needs is crucial to keeping people healthy and safe in their communities.

Police reform and public safety To achieve a robust system of public safety, I believe in divesting away from systems of violence, racism and white supremacy. Police in our communities must be held to the same high standards as other professionals and public servants when it comes licenses and holding liability insurance. For potentially threatening confrontations, we need to instill a culture of de-escalation rather than relying on violence. By investing in social services, education, living wage jobs and other anti-poverty measures, we can build a world where we all care for each other. This is what will lead to better public safety.

Affordable housing and homelessness Housing should not be a difficult issue.

There should be public housing options available for all people and everyone should have a place to call home. This is why I signed the #HomesGuarantee pledge. I will focus on securing funding to build more public housing across Minnesota. The housing should also be specific to the age group, gender, family and cultural needs of people facing housing insecurity. I believe in a housing-first approach to homelessness.

Once a person has shelter, it can be easier to address other needs that a person has.

Systemic racial inequalities When combating systemic racial inequality, we must call it out. Racism is not just someone using derogatory language. It is also the systemic biases inherent in our institutions.

We need to remove racial barriers to hiring, retention, and promotion of BIPOC people in all professions. We need race-conscious policies in health care, education, housing and more to address the harm BIPOC people have faced from our current policies. I would author and support legislation that breaks down the inherent racism in our society so that people of color have equitable opportunities to live and thrive in the district and across Minnesota.

GOP Alan Shilepsky alanshilepsky.com Occupation: Database developer/ business owner Money raised/ cash on hand: $4,473 (Jan. 1-July 20)/$3,262 (as of July 20) Qualifications and top priorities A 40-year Downtowner, I’m a DMRA founder and past condo president. Originally a physicist, I retreaded in public policy at the U of M and worked for federal and state governments. Now I’m a database developer/ business owner. My priorities are reopening fast and smart after COVID. We need to reform our schools using recent experiences to rebuild better. We must also imagine a post-COVID city because our new work patterns (e.g., Zoom!) have changed. Last, we must rebuild mutual trust — we must ignore the prophets of despair and anger. Our society and our economy are sound, if we just reach out and grasp hope.

Police reform and public safety I chaired a Police-Community Relations Council in the 1990s. Then as now I support diverse hiring, community policing, neighborhood-dedicated officers and removing the “thumpers.” Unfortunately, the police contract inhibited accountability, personnel management and neighborhood involvement in personnel assignments. Public employee contracts must protect taxpayers and the public more. In any case, given human nature, we will always need cops. But not armed private militia or vigilantes. So, DO NOT DEFUND!

Affordable housing and homelessness We need to focus on truly affordable housing that’s based on the affected community’s real income. If we did that we would have truly affordable housing that focuses on preventing homelessness and curbing evictions. One way to prevent homelessness is to get people into homeownership. There is state-managed, federally owned land that is not being used and is prime for creating a space to help our unsheltered get housed. This is a project that I researched when I returned to fight for the public schools in my community.

Affordable housing and homelessness I’ve served on CCHT/Aeon’s board and recognize the need for more affordable housing, but we must be careful not to neglect other important priorities, e.g. at-risk youth at WillardHay’s Gordon Center. Homelessness is aggravated by COVID, substance abuse and mental illness, and neighborhoods don’t want uncontrolled encampments and dangerous behaviors. Help recipients must meet us “half-way.”

If individuals refuse shelters because of strict rules, we should not become “enablers.” Also, our deinstitutionalization movement decades ago may have gone overboard — some police killings indicate some people on the streets are dangers to themselves and others. We need to reexamine this.

Systemic racial inequalities Two things we could do to greatly reduce the amount of harm systemic racism has had on BIPOC communities is to implement solid restorative justice reforms and create better pathways to jobs and economic development.

One thing I am passionate about is the fact that no one should be making money off offenders who just need to call home. Money has always been a factor in racial inequality. We need to focus on stabilizing, developing and growing businesses in our underserved communities.

Systemic racial inequalities I was a racism awareness trainer for the U.S. GAO in 1977 and regret that we got off track since then. We’ve focused on anger and guilt instead of love and common humanity, and today we rehearse the worst past (1619!).

Not the way to save a marriage, or encourage individual agency. We inhibit frank personto-person discussions even when we said we welcome them. I’ve tutored POC at Hennepin County libraries and the Juvenile Detention Center, and believe we break barriers by getting beyond stereotypes and focusing on individual connections. Government should discourage segregation and division, by programs and by jawboning.

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HOUSE DISTRICT 61A Incumbent Frank Hornstein is seeking his 10th term in a district that includes all or parts of 10 Southwest Minneapolis neighborhoods around the Chain of Lakes. He has consistently won around 80% of the vote in recent races.

His GOP opponent, Kurtis Fechtmeyer, is an attorney and investment banker who served under President George H.W. Bush.

Green Party Lisa Neal-Delgado lisaformn59b.com Endorsements: Green Party Occupation: Retired from military service

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Money raised/cash on hand: $750 (Jan. 1-July 20)/$1,053 (as of July 20; includes funds from 2018 campaign) Qualifications and top priorities I am a lifelong resident of this community. As a 22-year veteran of the armed services, I have experience working with people from a multitude of values and cultures. I have deep roots here so I am 100% invested in this community. I am not a newcomer. I know the history of the district and have worked hard to affect change in our community. If the voters elect me, my top priorities will be education reform, economic development, restorative and criminal justice and affordable housing.

Police reform and public safety I had the opportunity to work as a police officer for a period of time before completing my military service. This gives me the unique opportunity to see these issues from both sides.

In our state we have issues with the language in our statutes that govern officers. As a state legislator I can affect changes in the different justice reforms by working to improve criminal procedures with the state’s peace officer licensing board that looks at officers’ transfers, licensing and accountability. I would fight to author and pass legislation that clearly defines how peace officers interact with communities.

safety; enhanced penalties for hate crimes; HIV/ AIDS funding; school safety; the hands-free cell phone bill; and support for Minneapolis parks.

I actively supported marriage equality, increases in the minimum wage and expansion of public health care.

My 2021-22 priorities are transit improvements, hate crimes prevention, a Green New Deal, racial equity initiatives, affordable housing, health care for all and passage of the ERA. Police reform and public safety I am a strong supporter of legislative police accountability efforts, and co-authored new legislation passed this summer advanced by the People of Color and Indigenous (POCI) Caucus. While the measures were a step forward, there is much work remaining at the state level to address racial justice in policing.

The Legislature banned warrior-style police training and use of chokeholds; required additional training related to mental health; addressed arbitration issues and formed new public oversight mechanisms. However, key provisions in a stronger House version were not included. I will continue to work alongside the POCI caucus to prioritize police accountability.

Affordable housing and homelessness I am a member of the Housing Committee and as such have authored and co-authored several major affordable housing initiatives.

My highest priority is to address the growing and extreme racial disparities in housing and home ownership in the region. These include preserving existing affordable housing, expanding the supply of affordable housing and protecting renters’ rights.

I strongly support constructing new transitional housing for the homeless, including on-site services for child care, counseling and assistance with education and employment.

We must also work to expand similar opportunities for homeless youth such as The Bridge, which is located in our legislative district.

Systemic racial inequalities Minnesota has among the worst racial disparities in the nation. We must look at all issues through an equity lens, particularly education, health care, housing, transportation, environment and criminal justice. A meaningful racial justice legislative agenda must include actively working with and following the lead of Black, People of Color and Indigenous led organizations, community leaders, citizens and elected officials in developing comprehensive solutions to the racial equity crisis.

The concurrent health, community safety, economic and climate emergencies have laid bare the failures to address racial justice and equity in our public life. Addressing these issues in the context of racial equity must be our highest priority in the coming legislative session and beyond.

GOP Kurtis Fechtmeyer DFL Frank Hornstein

(incumbent)

frankhornstein.org Occupation: College instructor Money raised/ cash on hand: $17,256 (Jan. 1, 2019-July 20, 2020)/$9,345 (as of July 20) Accomplishments and top priorities During my tenure in the Legislature, I have been the lead author of significant legislation that is now Minnesota law.

These initiatives include Orange Line Bus Rapid Transit; statewide funding for public transportation, bike and pedestrian infrastructure; increasing recycling and organics composting; oil and ethanol transportation

Occupation: Investment banker Money raised/ cash on hand: No data available Qualifications and top priorities I have a 30-year professional career in law and banking and was an appointee in the U.S. Small Business Administration under George H.W. Bush. My first exposure to politics was working on the John Anderson for President independent campaign.

Police reform and public safety Unbiased law enforcement is one of the most essential functions in a society. Politically motivated law enforcement is a danger to every citizen. We need to fully fund responsive, professional law enforcement that has the training and technology to serve each member of the community while respecting vital civil liberties.

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Accomplishments and top priorities It has been a tremendous privilege to represent Southwest Minneapolis. In my first term, I was elected as Assistant Majority Leader by my colleagues. I also succeeded in passing four bills — to fund our census mobilization efforts, to save Minneapolis taxpayers $20 million in pension obligations, to improve energy-efficient building financing and to increase funding for rooftop solar. If reelected, I will have four top priorities: 1) confronting our climate crisis by passing 100% clean energy; 2) expanding family economic security through paid family leave and affordable child care; 3) criminal justice reform; and 4) expanding voting rights.

Affordable housing and homelessness Our current system of affordable housing support is broken. Too much emphasis is placed on new buildings that target a narrow part of the population and do not meet the broader community needs. The city, county and state need to work together to rebuild and reinvigorate neighborhoods consistent with local objectives that prioritize employment, quality of life and sustainable transportation goals.

Chronic homelessness is a very different issue than housing and requires a combination of resources related to addiction treatment, mental health, law enforcement and shelter facilities. The two issues are related, but distinct.

Systemic racial inequalities Racism and prejudice in the delivery of government services are corrosive forces that need to be identified, addressed and ameliorated for society to function fairly.

Public figures and those in the public arena have a particular responsibility to operate without bias and bigotry.

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DFL Jamie Long

(incumbent)

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HOUSE DISTRICT 61B The District 61B race pits a first-term incumbent and one of six House assistant majority leaders against a longtime Minneapolitan whose aim is to break the streak of DFL dominance in the city.

Jamie Long, an attorney and DFL leader on environmental issues, is challenged by first-time candidate Lisa Pohlman.

jamielong.com Occupation: Attorney Endorsements: Minnesota AFL-CIO, Minnesota Association of Professional Employees, Moms Demand Action, AFSCME Council 5, Minnesota Nurses Association, Sierra Club Money raised/cash on hand: $61,855 (Jan. 1, 2019-July 20, 2020)/$9,940 (as of July 20)

Police reform and public safety As a member of the Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Committee, I have worked hard on police accountability, including proposing a bill last year with Sen. Dibble to move to an independent prosecutor for officer-involved deaths. The Minnesota Police Accountability Act, which we passed in July, is an important step forward and included a provision I sponsored requiring mental health and crisis intervention training for police. But we must continue to do more to transform public safety in our state, including true civilian oversight, improved licensing and independent prosecution.

Affordable housing and homelessness No Minnesotan should suffer from unstable housing. We are facing an urgent need to invest in more affordable housing in our state.

We should start by making bold investments in our bonding bill, including at least $200 million in new affordable housing, as well as millions more in homeownership support and public housing rehabilitation. We must create a state-level rent subsidy program to meet the enormous demand for rent support.

We should also protect renters by enacting just-cause eviction, so that landlords must demonstrate a reason to evict a renter.

Systemic racial inequalities Our racial disparities – from health, to homeownership, to education – are shameful. We must focus racial equity in every decision to eliminate these gaps. One area I have prioritized is criminal justice reform, where race drives many outcomes. I founded the bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform Caucus. I also authored a bill to cap probation at five years to rein in our fifth-worst-in-the-nation probation lengths, which we enacted through executive action! Next year I hope to pass my Clean Slate Act to automatically expunge old records and create opportunities to obtain employment, housing and a new start.

GOP Lisa Pohlman facebook.com/ LisaPHouse61 Occupation: Business manager Money raised/ cash on hand: No data available Qualifications and top priorities I have lived in Minneapolis for 25 years and seen our city go from a great place to live to scary in the last few months. Minneapolis has been represented by Democrats only at every level of government for 50 years and the results are not good. I am running to bring a conservative voice and positive change to our community. I have spent my career in the business sector. I have 30 years of leadership experience building relationships with companies, customers and suppliers globally. I will listen to and work for the South Minneapolis community and I will get things done. My top priorities are public safety, school choice and economic recovery.

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Police reform and public safety Defunding and dismantling police forces make headlines, but they will weaken our community and reduce public safety. I will fight for adequate funding of our police force to improve what exists. Minneapolis must have the best officers, that are welltrained, accountable and earn the respect of our community. I will make sure there are enough officers so they are not overworked and can maintain physical and mental health. I will not tolerate criminal behavior or misconduct by officers and will address it swiftly utilizing our legal system.

I will support Crime Prevention and Social Services entities that work in partnership with the police force to address the root causes of crime.

I will recommend the return of School Resource Officers to MPS. This is an opportunity for students to develop positive relationships with police officers and see them as part of their community, while maintaining safety in schools.

Affordable housing and homelessness My first priority will be prevention of homelessness. Our community must address the causes: abuse, addiction, mental illness, unemployment and evictions. If we provide support services such as counseling, health care, treatment and employment assistance, we can reduce the use of crisis services like shelters, hospitals and prisons.

I support building permanent supportive housing for those with long-term needs, in partnership with nonprofits. These are places where people can have a stable home while treating health and social problems and where they can get ongoing support to find work and live productive lives.

I do not support using our parks for encampments; this is not humane and it is not the appropriate use of the parklands.

Systemic racial inequalities As Americans we need to reject the divisive course and work to reduce the inequalities that separate races. We must close the gap of income, wealth and earnings by creating opportunity zones that will provide training, education and mentoring to lead to high-paying and rewarding jobs. Community and faith-based organizations, employers, public health agencies and the government must work together to support community opportunity zones.

These partnerships will close the inequalities by improving economic growth, social mobility, health and opportunity.

Caring for our community by providing educational choice, public safety, support services for those in need and opportunity zones will change the course of our city and make Minneapolis a great place for all races to live and prosper together.

HOUSE DISTRICT 62A First-term Rep. Hodan Hassan, a Somali immigrant, mental health clinician and assistant House majority leader, is seeking a second term. The DFLer faces a challenge from Arjun Kataria (GOP), an analyst at UnitedHealth Group.

Hassan’s top issues include LGBTQIA rights, universal single-payer health care, affordable housing and racial justice, according to her website. She calls for additional affordable housing and subsidies and educational resources for people to buy into their communities.

Other policy positions include greater police accountability, residency requirements

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HOUSE DISTRICT 62B Progressive Aisha Gomez looks to win a second term, running in a race against a pastor who also ran for office in 2018.

The Rev. Ross Tenneson leads All Peoples Church in the Central neighborhood. He said he’s “decided not to fill out questionnaires” because “it is not a competitive district.”

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for officers and free public college education for low-income students. She also wants to nullify a state law that bans cities from setting rent-control measures.

You can learn more about Hassan on her website at hodanforhouse.com. She has raised $21,674 between Jan. 1, 2019, and July 20, 2020, according to campaign finance filings, and had $14,349 on hand as of July 20. No financial information is available for Kataria.

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Hodan Hassan and Arjun Kataria did not respond to the Southwest Journal’s questionnaire.

Money raised/ cash on hand: $46,413 (Jan. 1, 2019-July 20, 2020)/$8,926 (as of July 20) Accomplishments and top priorities In my first term I was proud to work with the community on driver’s licenses for all, cannabis legalization, the statute of limitations on sexual assault, issues around housing and unsheltered homelessness, and tax policy to hold the wealthy accountable for paying their fair share so that we can invest in the education, health care and housing that our communities need. I am a co-author of the 100% clean energy bill and the Minnesota Green New Deal and have led on environmental justice issues that disproportionally impact BIPOC communities.

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Police reform and public safety George Floyd should be with his family today. So should Breonna Taylor, Elijah McClain, Philando Castile, Kobe Heisler and so many others. The realities that BIPOC people, especially Black people, face in interactions with police are inhumane and deadly and we can do better.

We need to examine and re-deploy resources that we invest in public safety and align them with the needs in our communities. We should shrink the footprint of what we ask police to do, invest in communityled violence intervention solutions and allow communities to meaningfully oversee the public safety apparatus that serves them.

During my first term I worked on police reform policy that we could pass in a divided legislature as a member of the POCI caucus and in partnership with the community and will continue this work.

Affordable housing and homelessness Housing is a human right and in a state and country with ample resources, people shouldn’t be homeless or cost-burdened. We need solutions that match the scale of the problem. That means more investment, which requires more revenue raised from progressive sources.

We must invest along the entire housing spectrum including: • Addressing the racial homeownership gap, • Protecting/building rental housing affordable for people making less than 30% of AMI, • Fully funding public housing, • Investing in land trusts, cooperatives and other democratic ownership models, and • Lifting the ban on rent control and providing rent support to cost-burdened households.

The homelessness crisis is also one of poverty, disinvestment and failure of systems: the

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economy, health care, mental health, substance use disorder treatment, incarceration, etc. We need solutions that meet people where they are and address the factors that drive homelessness.

Systemic racial inequalities Our race-blind policies have created the deepest racial disparities in the country. We have to craft race-critical policies shaped and informed by BIPOC communities in all of the areas where there are disparities: health care, education, housing stability, homeownership, employment, business and property/land ownership.

I believe we need to acknowledge the damage that our policies have done in communities of color and devise investments that take an explicit reparations-based approach. Racial equity needs to be incorporated into all of our budgets, the bonding bill, coronavirus relief dollars and other investments that we make.

Two questions are on the ballot for Minneapolis voters.

One of those questions is relatively simple.

It asks voters if the city charter should be amended to mirror state law, which requires all cities to hold special elections for council and mayoral vacancies on already state-approved election days. Those days are the second Tuesday in February, April and May, as well as the day of the primary election in August and the day of the general election in November.

The other question requires a bit more unpacking and has to do with something known as the Kahn rule.

Named after former DFL state Rep. Phyllis Kahn, the 2010 law requires Minneapolis to hold elections as soon as possible after ward boundaries are redrawn.

This would mean City Council members won’t only be on the ballot in 2021 as part of the city’s regularly scheduled municipal election. They will also have to go before voters in 2023, after the city’s new ward boundaries are in place. Council elections are about to be decoupled from mayoral elections, which — because the mayor is elected citywide — aren’t affected by the Kahn rule.

Minneapolis officials don’t love that, for a couple of reasons. It would mean the end to the city’s “unified ballot,” which has the entire City Council and the mayor — as well as the Board of Estimate and Taxation and the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board — facing election at the same time.

City officials are worried about the added cost of more elections, lower turnout in a councilonly election and the potential for voter burnout.

City officials first tried, and failed, to get

the state to give Minneapolis more options for complying with the Kahn rule. The city then made a plan to rush census-driven redistricting before the 2021 City Council election so the Kahn rule wouldn’t interrupt Minneapolis’ council terms. But delays to the census caused by the pandemic made that impossible.

The proposed charter amendment isn’t about undoing the Kahn rule, but rather about trying to realign City Council elections to get them back in sync with mayoral elections.

If the amendment passes, Minneapolis council seats would be on the ballot in 2021, 2023, 2025, 2029, 2033, 2037 and 2041, with the last of those also being for a two-year term.

It’s unclear what would happen if the amendment fails; the election schedule could end up being decided by the courts.

Got it so far? There’s just a bit more to it.

The ballot question, which is actually titled “Redistricting of Wards and Park Districts,” asks voters if City Council ward and Park Board district boundaries can be redrawn the year after a census and if those re-established jurisdictions can be used to hold an election in that same year.

If the measure is approved, that part of the question would allow council ward redistricting to be done quickly after a census — avoiding two-year council terms — an idea that was considered earlier this year before the pandemic made it impossible.

The ballot question also asks if the city can make adjustments to new council and park district boundaries after the state Legislature redraws its boundaries.

And, finally, the single ballot question asks voters to clarify that a “regular election” means a “regular general election” — and not a special election. The change in language ensures the city charter is in compliance with the Kahn rule.

But it’s an all-or-nothing question, so voters get all of these changes with a “yes” vote — and none of them with a “no” vote.

This story was written by Solomon Gustavo, a reporter at the nonprofit newsroom MinnPost.

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Getting out

Fall arts hum along into crisp October, even as we continue to live with the restrictions of a global pandemic. Getting outside to see the fall colors is a great option, but you may also be thinking about incorporating more virtual events into the way you connect with arts and culture, as that remains the safest way to experience the world without exposing yourself.

Meanwhile, visiting an art gallery or a museum is something you can do while maintaining 6 feet of distance indoors as the weather begins to change.

DESIGNS FOR DIFFERENT FUTURES Take a foray into the future with the Walker Art Center’s extensive design exhibition, “Designs for Different Futures,” organized in collaboration with the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago. The show is smartly curated by Emmet Byrne and William Hernandez Luege, with hopeful visions quelled by dystopian satire. The show offers lots to think about, like what cities in the future will look like and how the way we eat should be designed (meat produced from human cells, anyone?). There are also some splendid future fashion designs, like seaweed leather clothes. The work won’t necessarily give you ideas for what to wear at this very moment — but it will get you thinking about what’s possible, what should or shouldn’t be possible and how thinkers are coming up with ways to prevent ultimate disaster.

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AN EVENING WITH ALISON BECHDEL Ever heard of the Bechdel test? It’s a test you perform on a movie to analyze whether it includes three-dimensional female characters. Primarily, the test asks: Does the movie feature at least two women who talk to each other about something other than a man? Besides the famous test, Bechdel is known for her comic book art and her graphic memoirs. Enjoy her lecture courtesy of the University of Minnesota English Department.

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Filmmakers come from the U.S., Canada, Europe and Israel. Also featured are Minnesota-based artists, like Nyala Sarita and Janet Kolterman, who have produced the short experimental film “Crush.” And check out Simone LeClaire’s piece about bathrooms and social anxiety, “Bathroom Break.”

The LynLake gallery has reopened with a bang, hosting three separate exhibitions. The shows include “New Age Nostalgia,” featuring work about the Black experience and Black culture by mixed media collage painter Vitus Shell, and “Plates,” by Christopher Selleck, which combines photographic portraits of body builders with a small selection of cast ceramic weight plates as an entry point into an intersectional investigation of masculinity.

Also on view is “Full Spectrum,” paintings by Chris Heidman and Lauren Krukowski.

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