The final version of the Safe and Thriving Communities Report was shared.

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Commissioner Barnette begins leading Office of Community Safety.

• City Council approves site for South Minneapolis Community Safety Center.
• Safety Design & Implementation builds out:
  
  • Steering committee
  • Workgroup 
• City Council approves $1 million to contract with New York University School of Law Policing Project.
• The group will help to build out the community safety ecosystem.

• OCS hires Director of Community Safety Design & Implementation, Amanda Harrington.
• Policing Project site visit to meet Design and Implementation team.
  
• Work starts on the Lake Street Community Safety Center.

• Build out a team approach to our work to manage how we put our community safety vision into action.
• City signs purchase agreement for South Minneapolis Community Safety Center.
  • This is located at 2633 Minnehaha Avenue.
• City begins asset and gaps analysis.

Learn more about the South Minneapolis Community Safety Center

• Finalized the mission, vision, and values of the design and implementation work.
• Subgroups of City staff begin to meet weekly or biweekly:
  • Conceptual Services/Resources Group
  • Infrastructure Planning/Design Group
  • Community Relationships/Communications Group
  • Finance Group

• Community engagement starts around the South Minneapolis Community Safety Center.