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Adjourned Minneapolis City Council Meeting
B
C
A
A
Agenda
has
been
moved
and
seconded
all
in
approval,
say:
aye
aye
opposed
that
carries
next
item
is
to
explain
why
we
call
this
meeting
this
evening
and
it
is
to
receive
comment
on
the
2015
proposed
budget
mayor
hodges,
2015
proposed
budget
and
tax
levy,
and
also
receive
comment
on
the
fiscal
year,
2015
coordinated
plan
and
then
receive
comment
on
the
proposed
water
and
sewer
rates.
So
that
will
be
the
items
that
will
be
addressed
this
evening
by
the
public.
E
A
We
have
several
elected
officials
joining
us
here
tonight
and
I
don't
see
any
members
of
the
board
of
estimate
and
taxation
right
now
if
I've
missed
somebody,
forgive
me,
but
we
have
two
members
of
the
park
board:
the
chair
of
the
park
board
chairman
liz,
wilinski
and
anita
tab.
Oh
you're,
on
the
board
of
estimate
taxation.
I
forgot
that
so
we
do
have
a
board
of
estimate
taxation,
she's,
the
parkour's
representative
on
the
board
of
estimate
and
taxation.
So
thank
you
for
joining
us
this
evening.
A
Next
item
is:
I
should
announce
that
in
the
corner
of
the
council
chambers
there,
mr
todd
is
there
with
raising
his
hand,
he
is
the
city
assessor.
So
if
anyone
has
questions
about
their
evaluation
or
a
particular
property,
he
is
the
gentleman
to
talk
to
and
he'd
be
happy
to
visit
with
you
about
a
particular
property,
so
feel
free
to
talk
to
him.
If
you
need
to
so
the
next
item
on
our
agenda,
then,
is
public
testimony
and
we
have
a
list
of
people
that
have
signed
up.
A
A
No,
okay,
we
have
a
list
of
people
who
have
signed
up
to
speak
and
we're
going
to
ask
you
to
hold
your
comments
to
two
minutes
so
that
we
can
get
through
our
list
of
people.
The
other
thing
is,
it
looks
as
I
see
buttons
and
that
sort
of
thing
if
people
are
here
to
support
a
particular
speaker,
you
can
go
like
this
and-
and
that
tells
us
gives
us
kind
of
a
frame
of
how
many
people
are
here
about
a
particular
issue,
quietly,
not
clapping,
but
quietly
so
that's
helpful.
A
So
I
have
a
list
of
people
if
you're
not
on
the
list
signed
up.
Yet
you
can
go
over
to
the
city
clerk,
mr
casey
carl,
at
the
end
here
and
sign
up
so
we'll
start
and
I'm
going
to
call
two
names
and
the
person
that's
the
second.
If
they
would
come
up
and
then
be
ready
to
speak
at
the
podium,
that'd
be
great,
so
the
first
person
is
esther
van
second
person,
juanita
jensen,
ms
vann.
F
F
F
You
helped
get
our
street
lights
done
over
at
lucy
laney
and
we
just
thought
home
ownership
for
anybody
when
it's
affordable
and
they
have
an
opportunity
to
raise
a
family
and
to
provide
not
only
just
homeownership
and
stability
but
you're,
offering
an
opportunity
for
your
children
to
have
a
safe
place
to
go
a
safe
place
to
call
home
a
place
for
your
children
to
come
home
to
a
school.
A
community
there's
many
opportunities
that
home
ownership
offers
a
family
that
can't
normally
afford
a
home
or
having
the
opportunity
to
safety.
G
G
I
had
on
the
opportunity
last
summer,
with
folks
from
my
congregation.
We
hosted
three
families
who
were
experiencing
homelessness
and,
and
they
were
hope-filled
people,
they
had
shelter
while
they
were
in
the
process
of
looking
for
permanent
housing,
and
I
remember
one
woman
who
had
about
eight
children.
She
was
just
she
said.
I
know
we
were.
We
are
going
to
get
our
section
8
housing.
I
know
we're
going
to
have
housing.
I
know
it's
all
going
to
happen
and
it's
so
great
to
have
so
many
of
you
supporting
us.
G
A
H
The
baby
boomer
bubble
is
putting
pressure
on
senior
housing.
Working
families
are
crowded
into
two-bedroom
apartments
that
they
can
barely
afford,
and
our
high
schools
have
had
to
create
dedicated
staff
positions
just
to
deal
with
hundreds
of
homeless
kids
in
our
schools
budgeting.
Nothing
is
no
help
at
all
budgeting.
Just
a
little
helps
just
a
little.
H
If
we
really
intend
to
address
the
shortage
of
affordable
housing,
we
need
a
healthy
and
solid,
affordable
housing
trust
fund.
This
afternoon,
I,
along
with
many
others,
received
an
email
from
our
mayor.
The
subject
of
the
email
was
proposed
budget
investment
running
the
city.
Well,
in
that
email,
the
word
invest
or
investment
appeared
12
times
I
submit
that
affordable
housing
is
a
need
today,
and
it
will
certainly
be
a
crying
need
tomorrow.
H
H
H
I
A
I
I
Every
day
I
drive
out
of
the
well-off
13th
ward
through
the
affluent
neighborhoods
of
the
seventh
ward
and
then
into
the
impacted
fifth
ward,
where
our
offices
are
located.
The
real
estate,
economic
livability
and
racial
differences
across
these
wars
are
significant,
but
the
challenges
to
find
affordable,
responsible,
sustainable
housing
in
each
of
them
are
remarkably
similar.
I
As
of
this
coming
december,
we
have
assisted
200
homeowners,
achieve
affordable,
responsible,
sustainable
home
ownership
in
our
city.
The
way
we
do
that
is
we
we
create
ownership
for
households
that
otherwise
would
never
have
been
able
to
purchase
a
home
if
and
when
they
ever
go
to
sell
their
homes.
We
ensure
that
we
can
keep
those
homes
affordable
for
another
income,
qualified
household
and
then.
I
These
homeowners
represent
over
10
million
in
public
affordability
and
rehab
investments,
some
of
which
has
been
funded
through
through
past
cdbg,
nsp
and
home
funding
to
the
city
of
minneapolis
in
2014.
Our
organization
has
busted
our
tails
and
raising
close
to
two
million
dollars
from
the
state
of
minnesota
and
from
hennepin
county
and
and
and
I
got
to
think
that
that
these
funders
are
not
going
to
be
as
willing
to
entertain
future
investments,
knowing
that
the
local
municipality
might
be
pulling
back
from
their
commitment
to
affordable
housing.
I
So
why
is
it
important
to
fund
leverage
over
the
life
of
organization?
We've
now
seen
30
resales
in
each
and
every
one
of
those
instances
we've
been
able
to
keep
those
homes,
affordable,
equity
city,
minneapolis
residents,
40
represent
community
of
color
household.
Only
13,
though,
are
homeowners
we're
serving
over
50
of
the
homeowners
that
we
serve
our
community
of
color
households
and
then
foreclosures.
We've
only
seen
eight
over
the
last
10
years,
lanches
homeowners
are
50
percent,
less
likely
to
get
into
foreclosure
than
the
average
minneapolis
homeowner.
I
In
closing,
I've
had
the
opportunity
to
meet
with
with
many
of
you
over
the
last
several
months,
and
I've
also
shared
that
there
are
several
policy
tools
and
funding
tools
that
I
believe
the
city
has
in
its
toolbox
tools
that
are
being
used
by
other
great
cities
across
this
country.
The
city
is
beginning
to
prosper
again,
real
estate
values
are
increasing
and
more
and
more
of
our
residents
are
getting
left
behind.
We
look
forward
to
each
of
you
to
be
bold
in
your
support
of
affordable
housing.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
B
I'm
barbara
leitzy,
I
live
at
4018,
fremont
avenue
north
minneapolis,
I'm
one
of
those
200
homeowners
jeff
just
mentioned.
I
bought
my
house
in
406..
Without
the
land
trust
I
would
not
have
been
able
to
buy.
A
home.
Minneapolis
currently
has
40
percent
of
its
homeowners
or
people
of
color
of
the
200
of
the
land.
Trust
40
percent
are
homeowners.
B
B
A
A
J
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
mayor
and
council,
president
johnson
and
members
for
this
opportunity
to
comment
on
the
city
budget,
I'm
gail
dorfman.
I
live
at
4200
forest
road
in
st
louis
park
and
I'm
the
executive
director
of
saint
stephen's
human
services.
We
serve
9
000
people
in
minneapolis
every
year
who
are
homeless,
are
at
risk
of
becoming
homeless
through
street
outreach,
emergency
shelter,
rapid
rehousing
support
services
and
community
engagement,
and
we
could
not
do
this
work
to
end
homelessness.
J
Without
your
support,
your
funding
for
our
street
outreach
team
helps
move
single
adults
from
streets
into
the
into
housing.
Your
support
for
high
needs
families
makes
it
possible
to
get
families
out
of
homeless
shelters
in
minneapolis
into
stable
housing.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
continued
support.
J
It's
as
simple
as
that
for
homeless,
single
adults,
their
monthly
median
income
is
400.
Median
monthly
rent
is
800.
for
homeless
families.
Their
median
monthly
income
is
562..
The
fair
market
rent
for
a
two-bedroom
apartment
is
904..
The
math
just
doesn't
work.
We
do
not
have
a
sufficient
supply
of
housing
that
people
with
very
low
incomes
can
afford,
and
while
we've
made
progress,
there
are
still
more
than
2
000
people
tonight
in
our
minneapolis
shelters
and
250
people
unsheltered
on
our
streets.
J
We
work
every
day
at
st
stephens
to
me:
move
people
out
of
shelter
and
off
the
streets,
but
we
could
move
faster
and
do
more,
as
could
other
non-profits
if
there
was
more
affordable
housing
in
both
minneapolis
and
in
our
suburban
communities.
We've
seen
that
making
the
right
investments
and
targeting
them
well
gets
real
results.
J
K
Thank
you
mayor
and
thank
you
council,
chair
johnson.
My
name
is
jim
gritmanian.
I
am
the
senior
minister
of
plymouth
congregational
church
and
I'm
a
minneapolis
resident
living
at
2441,
pleasant
avenue.
As
you
know,
except
for
its
first
year,
the
affordable
housing
trust
fund
has
been
chronically
underfunded,
always
below
its
10
million
dollar
goal.
Rents
are
rising,
the
building
industry
is
booming.
Every
year,
minneapolis
becomes
a
more
desirable
place
to
live.
As
a
result,
people
with
lower
incomes
are
being
forced
to
leave
their
homes
that
makes
our
city
poorer,
not
richer.
K
We
want
minneapolis
to
be
a
place
where
people
of
all
incomes
are
able
to
live
and
thrive
as
one
of
the
clergy
senior
clergy,
of
the
minneapolis
faith,
congregations
that
make
up
downtown
congregations
to
end
homelessness
and
as
one
of
the
founders
of
beacon,
interfaith
housing
collaborative
and
as
a
co-chair
of
heading
home
hennepin.
It
has
been
my
privilege
to
work
with
some
of
you,
as
well
as
a
host
of
others,
to
bring
about
the
day
when
homelessness
is
a
thing
of
our
past.
K
To
get
to
that
day,
we
depend
on
your
leadership
on
your
courageous
leadership
and
we
look
to
you
now
to
help
ensure
that
current
residents
are
able
to
maintain
their
residency
in
minneapolis
rather
than
being
forced
out
by
higher
rents.
We've
said
it
again
and
again,
all
of
us
you
and
we
together,
that
everyone
in
our
city
deserves
a
safe,
affordable
and
decent
place
to
live
in
our
city.
K
Around
500
children
and
youth
stayed
in
shelters
last
night
with
their
parents
or
without
them
nearly
one
in
ten
children
and
youth
in
the
minneapolis
school
system
are
homeless
or
highly
mobile
one
in
ten.
These
are
not
someone
else's
children.
They
are
our
children,
the
values
that
have
made
this
city
great,
including
the
sense
that
we
are
morally
responsible
for
the
most
vulnerable
among
us.
Those
are
the
values
that
should
guide
us
now.
Please
take
this
opportunity
to
provide
20
million
dollars
for
affordable
rental,
housing
and
home
ownership.
K
Please
take
this
opportunity
to
protect
the
economic
diversity
of
our
community.
Please
take
this
opportunity
to
invest
in
affordable
housing,
knowing
that
the
return
on
such
an
investment
financially,
socially
and
morally
will
be
incalculable
every
now
and
then
the
most
compassionate
thing
to
do,
and
the
smartest
thing
to
do
are
the
same
thing.
This
is
one
of
those
times.
Thank
you
for
your
commitment
to
all
the
people
of
minneapolis.
L
L
L
L
A
M
You
good
evening,
council
president
council
members,
my
name
is
latricia
vita
2301,
4th
avenue
north
that's
ward,
5..
I
also
work
in
ward,
5
and
north
point
health
and
wellness
center,
and
I'm
here
tonight
in
support
of
protected
bike
lanes
as
a
part
of
my
job
at
north
point
over
the
summer,
a
part
of
many
of
my
jobs.
At
north
point
I
had
the
pleasure
of
working
with
nice
ride
on
the
orange
bikes,
so
the
community
program,
not
the
green
bikes.
M
M
A
N
Miss
sharkey
council
president
johnson
council
members,
I
I'm
allison
sharkey.
I
live
in
powderhorn
park
in
the
ninth
ward
and
I'm
also
the
executive
director
of
lake
street
council,
and
I'm
also
here
on
behalf
of
a
number
of
organizations
that
implement
the
city's
great
streets
program,
and
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
robust
support
of
the
business,
technical
assistance
or
btap
program.
N
The
two
programs
that
were
concerned
about
with
the
with
the
lack
of
great
streets
allocation
this
year
are
the
facade
improvement
program
and
the
business
district
support
program.
Cped
had
requested
500
000
for
the
program
to
maintain
current
levels
of
investment
and
zero
dollars
were
allocated
in
next
year's
budget.
Part
of
that
was
because
of
an
error
that
assumed
that
there
was
more
available
to
carry
over
into
next
year
than
there
actually
will
be
due
to
2014
expenditures.
N
The
business
district
support
program
is
also
a
really
important
program
that
a
number
of
organizations
use
to
help
implement
some
of
the
city's
goals.
We
provide
marketing,
support
to
our
commercial
corridors,
help
fill
vacant
properties,
conduct
business
to
business,
training,
workshops
and
connect,
many
business
owners
with
city
programs
and
services.
N
O
Miss
george
yes
good
evening,
president
johnson,
mayor
hodges
and
council
members.
My
name
is
becky
george.
I
live
at
2615
park
avenue
and
I'm
lucky
to
be
within
walking
distance
of
my
job
with
the
neighborhood
development
center
at
the
midtown
global
market.
I'm
the
communications,
marketing
and
property
manager
there
before
that
in
1999.
O
My
work
with
the
neighborhood
development
center
is
twofold.
Not
only
is
it
with
our
investments
along
lake
street
mercado,
central
plaza
verde
and
the
midtown
global
market,
we
also
have
we
work
a
lot
with
business
owners
with
the
technical
assistance
and
a
lot
of
the
people
along
lake
street
have
benefited
by
the
facade
improvement
grants
that
were
available
with
the
city.
O
One
of
the
things
that
well
in
fact
this
past
year,
the
global
market
was
able
to
spruce
up
at
least
the
front
of
the
building.
With
the
facade
improvement
grant-
and
I
think
what's
important
about
this-
is
it
isn't
an
outright
grant
where
the
business
owners
are
receiving,
something
for
nothing?
They
have
skin
in
the
game
as
well
part
of
the
investment
that
they
have
is
matched
with
this
facade
improvement
grant.
O
P
Hi,
thank
you
to
the
mayor
and
to
the
council
council
members.
My
name
is
catherine
windick
and
I
live
at
2400
3rd
street
northeast
in
minneapolis,
I'm
here
to
support
the
funding
for
protected
bike
lanes
in
the
budget.
Four
years
ago,
I
randomly
decided
to
try
bike
commuting
to
my
job
at
the
u
of
m
from
northeast.
P
I
decided
to
try
this
because
west
river
road
would
take
me
basically
from
northeast
directly
to
the
u.
I
had
never
really
thought
about
bike
commuting
before
I
thought
that
it
looked
really
scary
being
in
the
road
with
cars.
Looked
terrifying
so
having
this
separated,
protected,
bikeway
made
it
possible
for
me
to
start
commuting
to
work
and
I've
since
become
a
very
hardcore
commuter
of
still
going.
So
far.
P
I
want
them
to
be
able
to
experience
the
economic
benefits
that
I've
experienced
the
happiness
that
I
get
from
biking.
The
health
benefits
the
environmental
benefits
all
of
these
things.
I
want
them
to
be
able
to
experience
that
and
if
we
put
more
protective
bike
lanes
in
more
people
will
start
biking
because
they'll
see
that
it
looks
like
a
safe
thing.
They
can,
they
can
try.
You
know
they're
going
to
see
kids
on
protected
bike
lanes
and
they're
going
to
say
I
could
try
that
and
they'll
get
hooked
and
they'll
love.
P
It
and
it'll
be
great.
I'm
excited
to
see
improved
connections
between
northeast
and
downtown
north
minneapolis
and
the
u
of
m
it
makes
me
the
bike.
The
bike
infrastructure
minneapolis
makes
me
not
want
to
ever
move
away.
So
you
know,
I
think,
that's
important
too,
for
keeping
people
in
the
city.
It
also
made
me
care
about
what's
happening
with
the
city.
I've
never
thought
I'd
be
testifying
at
a
budget
hearing,
so
that's
also
another
benefit.
It
can
get
people
involved
and
interested
in.
What's
going
on
with
things.
Thank
you
very
much.
Q
I
have
been
a
resident
of
1225
south
8th
street
for
8
years,
currently
serve
as
a
resident
council
president
and
project
project
lookout
coordinator
security
is
residents
number
one
priority
and
have
been
for
many
years.
Our
buildings
are
comprised
of
over
70
percent,
elderly
and
disabled
residents.
Q
Many
with
mental
issues
who
are
especially
vulnerable
to
crime
and
fear
of
crime
over
200
project
lookout,
volunteers,
citywide
help
improve
safety
and
the
feeling
of
security
among
residents,
but
more
help
is
needed.
As
you
may
know,
the
mill
levy
for
mpha
allowed
under
state
law
provide
about
1.2
million
to
mph
annually
over
20
years.
Q
Mpha
reports
that
the
backlog
of
over
80
million
in
critical
elevator
electrical
and
plumbing
work
needs
to
be
repaired,
need
to
be
done.
Restoring
the
levy
at
the
full
amount
allowed
by
state
law
would
provide
close
to
3
million
each
year.
Both
security
and
building
repair
work
could
be
reported
by
this
levy.
Q
If
not
this
year,
then
please
begin
a
serious
discuss
discussion
for
for
next
year's
budget.
As
I
said
earlier,
project
look
on,
volunteers
have
stepped
up
to
help
fill
the
gap
left
by
security
and
funding
cuts
over
200
200
resident
volunteers
contribute
over
64
000
hours
a
year
and
29
high
rises
to
help
keep
our
community
safe.
We
request
that
the
city
provide
30
000
for
project,
look
at
organizing
efforts
and
a
2015
budget.
Thank
you.
R
E
S
Hello,
everyone,
my
name,
is
molly
sullivan.
This
is
teddy
rockwell.
We
live
at
132
west
35th
street
in
council
member
glidden's
ward,
we're
here
tonight
to
talk
about
two
aspects
of
the
mayor's
budget
which
we
really
support.
Although
I
support
many
many
aspects
of
the
budget,
we're
here
to
talk
about
our
support
for
protected
bike
lanes
teddy
goes
to
daycare
in
downtown
minneapolis.
S
We
live
in
south
minneapolis
and
I
work
for
minneapolis
public
schools,
so
my
office
is
in
north,
but
I'm
all
over
the
city
every
day
we
depend
on
walking
and
biking
and
transit
to
get
around
and
I'd
really
like
to
start
biking
with
him,
but
I'm
really
afraid
so.
My
voice
is
all
shaky
sorry,
so
we
are
so
excited
that
the
mayor
wants
to
help
us
get
around
the
city
safely
and
we
hope
that
you
all
support
teddy
safety
and
my
safety
by
supporting
the
budget
allocation
for
protected
bike
lanes.
S
I'd
also
like
to
say
thank
you
to
the
mayor
for
proposing
corner
clearing.
When
you
have
to
push
a
stroller,
it
makes
a
huge
difference.
It's
not
a
very
sexy
part
of
the
budget,
but
it's
a
very
important
part
of
the
budget,
so
we
hope
that
you
all
enthusiastically
support
protected
bike
lanes,
sorry
about
the
shaky
voice.
Thank
you.
T
I
live
in
saint
paul
at
2294
marshall
avenue
and
I'm
an
83
year
old,
senior
citizen,
who's
very
concerned
about
the
housing
for
the
poor
and
the
homeless
problem.
We
have-
and
I
don't
know
if
20
million
is
enough
to
end
homelessness,
but
if
it
isn't,
then
I
suggest
we
raise
raise
the
figure
if
it
has
to
mean
raising
taxes.
I
would
do
it
and
it
seems
to
me
if
we
can
find
a
billion
dollars
to
build
a
new
stadium
for
the
vikings.
U
I
live
at
1912,
15th
avenue,
south,
that's
ward,
6.,
I'm
actually
not
here
with
any
non-profit,
I'm
just
here
as
a
citizen,
so
I
am
actually.
I
think
you
guys
have
a
hard
job.
I
like
a
lot
of
the
mayor's
budget.
I
actually
like
a
lot
of
the
things
that
people
are
talking
about
here.
I
guess,
as
a
citizen,
what
I'm
asking
you
guys
to
do
is
please
look
at
things
in
the
budget
that
first
are
pathways
to
home
ownership
and
affordable
housing
for
all
of
the
people
in
our
community,
regardless
of
class.
U
I
live
in
a
neighborhood.
I
think
there
are
five
languages
on
my
block.
It
is
an
amazing
place.
It
is
a
wonderful
place.
I'm
from
minneapolis
I
lived
in
san
francisco
for
many
years
and
I
watched
as
the
housing
prices
rose,
both
in
rental
and
in
ownership.
Almost
every
community
of
color
get
priced
out,
and
I
think
when
we
talk
about
growing
the
population
of
the
city.
When
we
talk
about
stadiums,
when
we
talk
about
revitalization,
we
sometimes
forget
that
what
that
means
is
you
know
my
property
value
is
going
to
go
up.
U
U
So
thank
you
very
much
for
being
here
on
a
cold
night
and
thank
you
for
hearing
me
and
I
guess
my
question
for
the
bike
lane
or
my
plea
for
the
bike
lane
people
would
be
protected
bike
lanes
for
people
like
me
who
have
to
work
in
rapids
and
can't
actually
bike
there.
I
think
there's
that
would
be
lovely.
Thank
you.
V
V
The
sierra
club
is
the
oldest
and
largest
environmental,
grassroots
environmental
advocacy
organization
in
the
country,
I'm
here
to
support
bikeways
protected
by
grace
specifically
and
I,
but
I'm
also
a
father
of
a
two-year-old
daughter
who
was
going
to
be
here
and
then
grandmother
swooped
in
and
and
saved
her
from
another
public
meeting,
but
I
also
drive-
and
I
take
the
bus
and
the
light
rail.
But,
as
I
mentioned,
I
ride
my
bike.
V
V
Bicycling
is,
is
a
proven
way
to
get
more
people
bicycling
sorry,
protected
bikeways
is
a
proven
way
of
getting
more
people
biking.
The
more
people
biking
means
a
healthier
community
for
for
all
of
us,
it
means
cleaner
air
for
all
of
us.
It
also
is
a
good
for
business.
We
know
this
that
you
know
when
I
choose
to
ride
my
bike.
V
I
stop
more
often
at
and
and
and
and
stop
at
local
businesses
opposed
to
driving
quickly
on
my
bike
or
even
in
transit,
protected
bikeways
will
help
grow
a
one
minneapolis
in
a
sustainable
way,
and
that
leads
me
to
my
my
next
and
last
point,
and
that
is
it's
a
global
warning
warnings,
warming
solution,
the
minneapolis
climate
action
plan
that
y'all
passed
has
specifically
in
it
30
new
miles
of
protected
bikeways
by
2020..
We're
never
going
to
get
there
without
some
initial
funding
for
specific,
protected
bikeway
projects.
W
Yeah
councilman
council,
president
council,
bob
johnson
and
I'm
eddie
chambers
and
I'm
with
aeon
an
organization
called
aeon.
I
live
in
1801
avenue
south
I
just
I'm
here
I
come
out
because
I
can't
help
but
stress
the
importance
of
the
support
that
we
need
for
housing.
I
mean
there's
so
many
homeless
people
here
that's
out
here
and
with
the
weather
changing
the
way
it
is.
I
firmly
believe
that
people,
when
people
have
a
home,
something
that
they
can
belong
to
it
changes
their
way
of
thinking.
W
You
know,
instead
of
thinking
singularly,
they
can
think
hey.
I
live
here
now,
they'll
take
pride
in
their
neighborhoods,
some
of
them
for
the
first
time
if
they
get
a
place
where
they
own
this,
the
first
time
they've
ever
even
had
something.
So
now
they
drop
the
street
thinking
they
start
thinking
like
hey
I
own
this
I
live
here.
This
is
my
area.
I
can
clean
this
up
now
we
can
take
better
pride
in
where
we
live.
W
It's
a
problem
that
I
can't
even
begin
to
scratch
the
surface
of.
I
implore
you
guys.
Please
help
us
out.
We
need
this
so
much
as
a
person
that
have
walked
that
path
myself.
I
know
it's
no
fun,
but
I
was
blessed
and
fortunate
enough
to
come
into
an
organization
that
cares
about
it,
see
we
at
aeon.
We
have
a
simple
philosophy:
everybody
deserves
a
home,
no
matter
what
and
we
don't
think
that
they
should
have
to
be
homeless
simply
because
they
happen
to
be
poor
and
don't
have
anything.
W
X
Yes,
hello,
everyone,
my
name
is
ethan
foley,
I'm
the
executive
director
of
the
minneapolis
bicycle
coalition.
I
also
live
at
2929
chicago
avenue
south
I'm
here
tonight
to
speak
in
support
of
the
funding
proposed
for
protected
bike
lanes.
As
you
know,
as
joshua
hodek
mentioned,
the
city
adopted
goal
of
building
30
new
miles
protected
by
claims
by
2020.
That
goal
cannot
be
reached
if
we
do
not
start
investment.
Now,
we've
been
out
talking
to
people.
This
is
a
new
idea.
There
are
a
lot
of
public
benefits
that
come
with
investing
in
protected
bike
lanes.
X
That's
why
the
city
adopted
the
goal,
I'm
not
going
to
talk
about
that.
I'm
going
to
talk
about
the
public
support
that
exists
for
protected
bike
lanes.
This
is
a
newer
concept.
We
only
have
we
don't.
We
have
about
a
mile
of
protected
bike
lanes
in
the
city
right
now
and
but
we've
been
getting
a
really
enthusiastic
support,
as
we've
been
out
talking
to
people
around
the
city.
X
So
after
thanksgiving
I'm
going
to
come,
deliver
your
constituents
messages
to
you.
This
is
over
3
000,
postcards
that
our
volunteers
and
sierra
club,
volunteers
and
other
partner
volunteers
have
collected
people
who
say
I
want
to
see
a
network
of
30
new
miles
of
protected
bike
lanes
built
in
the
city
by
2020..
X
X
X
So
just
a
few
sampling
you'll
get
yours
after
thanksgiving.
I
also
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
mayor
and
I
hope
you'll
support
the
funding
for
snow
maintenance
and
I'm
very
supportive
of
the
change
and
the
addition
of
a
transportation
policy
division
within
public
books.
Thank
you
all
see.
If
I
can
avoid
be
careful,
some
kind
of
tragedy
on
the
way
out.
Y
Y
And
our
veterans,
I'm
also
on
organizing
for
black
vets
of
america
and
per
capital,
the
most
black
vets
nationally
live
in
in
north
minneapolis
and
at
during
after
world
war
ii,
housing
for
hud
came
out
of
needing
housing
for
vets
at
that
time,
and
so
I'm,
I
think
that
what
about
our
vets
now?
Aren't
they
just
as
valuable
and
an
asset
to
us
now?
Why
not
have
housing
for
them?
Thank
you.
Z
Z
By
the
way
we
paid
about
1.5
million
for
the
taxes,
the
city
of
minneapolis
last
year,
I
think,
and
really
truthfully,
aeon
didn't
pay
that
the
renters,
who
have
annual
incomes
of
thousand
eight
hundred
dollars
paid
most
of
those
that
one
point:
five
million
dollars
taxes,
so
home,
is
pretty
high
on
the
need
scale
for
human
beings.
Air
water,
food
home
love
is
right
in
there
somewhere
in
that
ballpark.
Z
Just
want
to
leave
you
a
lot
of
folks
have
said
great
things
tonight.
I
just
want
to
leave
you
with
a
couple
of
facts.
One
is
on
the
sheet
of
paper.
You
have
in
front
of
you
fifty
thousand
people
below
the
poverty
level,
paying
more
than
thirty
percent
of
their
income,
half
of
them
over
fifty
percent
of
their
meager
income
for
their
housing.
For
a
city
that
wants
to
grow,
and
the
second
fact
is,
we
do
not
have
hardly
any
more
affordable
housing,
the
city
of
minneapolis
today
than
we
had
25
years
ago.
Z
I
want
to
repeat
that
dozens
of
us
have
been
working
to
provide
affordable
housing
in
this
city
for
those
25
years
and
we
have
hardly
more
affordable
units
handful
couple
hundred
300,
more
affordable
units
in
the
city
than
we
had
25
years
ago.
We
cannot
add
a
hundred
thousand
people
to
the
city
over
the
next
20
25
years.
Z
AA
AA
My
wife
and
I
bought
a
house
in
2011
in
the
bancroft
neighborhood
and
I
grew
up
in
minneapolis
and
I've
always
had
the
dream
of
owning
a
house
here
and
living
here
long
term,
and
so
I'm
happy
that
they
were
able
to
help
me.
But
it's
so
important
that
that
continues
to
be
a
sustainable
thing
for
more
people.
I've
been
very
lucky
to
be
able
to
be
a
part
of
it,
and
it's
very
important
that
more
people
who
are
less
fortunate
than
me
are
also
able
to
find
that
to
achieve
that
goal.
AA
One
of
the
things
that
the
land
trust
does
that's
so
important
is
not
only
helping
people
on
the
path
to
home
ownership,
but
making
sure
that
that
home
is
a
sound
place
to
live,
that.
It's
that
there's
an
initial
investment
of
rehab
funds
to
make
sure
that
that
house
is
a
safe
place
for
a
long
time
and
with
that
investment
comes
roots
in
our
in
our
minneapolis
community
and
in
our
neighborhood.
AA
The
consistency
for
our
family
to
know
where
we're
going
to
be
for
on
a
long
term
basis,
and
with
that
comes
the
great
benefits
to
to
to
the
younger
generations
and
educationally
and
just
in
terms
of
the
consistency
of
knowing
where
they're
going
to
be
and
how
important
that
is.
And
thank
you
for
your
time.
I
also
support
protected
bike
lanes
and
my
my
test.
AA
AB
Obviously,
public
safety
is
a
huge
concern.
I
definitely
understand
that,
most
recently
there
was
a
shooting
about
three
blocks
away
from
my
home,
so
obviously
I
think
that's
a
real
concern
and,
however,
I
also
believe
that
protect
bite
lanes
are
a
smart
investment
for
the
city
of
minneapolis,
and
I
support
that
component
in
the
in
the
budget.
AB
So
again,
what
we
want
to
do
is
provide
more
opportunities
for
safe
biking,
increased
access
to
recreation
amenities
and
bring
better
park
and
trail
access
to
north
minneapolis.
Obviously,
it's
extremely
important
to
me.
I'm
pleased
to
see
that
the
budget
provides
750
000
dollars
toward
that
network
network
of
protected
bike
lanes
as
well
as
snow
management
for
the
lanes,
and
I
think
it's
additionally
important
that
we're
making
sure
that
we're
investing
in
disenfranchised
low-income
communities
and
also
considering
the
impact
that
that
will
have
on
property
taxes
that
will
have
on
growing
our
community
or
city.
AB
I
should
say
economic
development
as
well
as
health
and
equity.
So,
and
also
this
is
kind
of
a
side
thing.
I
sincerely
recommend
the
city
kind
of
look
at
for
specific,
protected
bike
lanes
in
north
minneapolis,
for
example,
working
with
your
colleagues
at
hennepin
county
on
washington
avenue
north
second
street
north.
I
think
it's
a
crucial
connection
specifically
to
north
loop
to
downtown
minneapolis,
southeast
minneapolis
and
the
greenway
that
connects
to
the
university
of
minnesota.
AB
I
would
argue
that
it's
probably
one
of
our
most
direct
connections
to
downtown
protected
bike
lanes
in
addition
to
some
intersection
enhancements,
would
go
a
long
way
to
improving
the
vitality
of
these
corridors,
especially
as
it
relates
to
future
bike
trails
along
the
east
side
of
the
river,
as
well
as
the
rest
west
side
of
the
river.
Can
you.
AB
And
we
want
to
make
sure
that
minneapolis
is
a
city
that
works
for
both
economically
challenged
communities
and
affluent
communities,
and
we
want
to
see
a
community.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
keeping
our
residents
safe
and
that
we're
addressing
health
disparities
through
transportation,
investments
that
connect
communities
and
help
make
our
community
function
better.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
your
time.
I
do
appreciate
it.
AC
Hello,
I'm
back
again,
I'm
my
name
is
milton
manning,
I'm
at
3325.
Second,
I'm
with
one
family,
one
community
as
the
vet
rep,
I'm
also
with
the
poor
people
campaign
minneapolis
as
a
vet
prep.
I'm
also
the
board
a
board
member
of
candu,
and
I'm
just
here
to
support
this
budget,
because
the
people
in
the
neighborhood
need
this
there's
a
such
thing
as
affordable
housing.
AC
AD
AD
I'm
fortunate
enough
to
have
a
gorgeous
bike
ride,
to
work
every
day
that
I
do
do
it.
The
dinky
town
greenway,
the
sixth
street
southeast
along
the
new
buildings
on
the?
U
of
m
campus
by
tcf
bank
stadium
and
the?
U
of
m
transitway,
are
all
routes
that
I
use
I'd
like
to
support
protected
bike
lanes
so
that
I
can
get
more
people
involved
in
biking
to
work
or
biking
for
recreation.
AD
AD
AE
My
name
is
marcus
mills.
I
live
at
309
6th
street
southeast
in
minneapolis,
in
apartment
109,
and
thank
you
mayor,
hodges,
council,
president
johnson
and
council
members.
Thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
share
my
thoughts
with
you
this
evening.
As
some
of
you
know
from
my
comments
yesterday
I
represent
the
marcy
holmes,
neighborhood
association.
AE
Maintaining
and
improving
my
way
of
life
that
I
was
wholly
unaware
was
transpiring
all
around
me
from
behind
the
scenes
I
have
taken
aback
from
the
littlest
touches
like
the
neighborhood
community,
gardens
and
sixth
avenue
greenway.
That
greet
me
on
my
walks
throughout
the
neighborhood,
as
winter
weather
gives
way
to
spring
to
the
more
herculean
tasks
that
face
the
neighborhood
and
its
service
to
its
people
and
the
city
tasks
like
the
stewardship
of
our
city's
historic
character
on
the
southeast
5th
street.
AE
Also,
let
us
not
forget
the
environmental
legacy
of
our
late
colleague,
kelly
phillips,
the
save
our
shade
trees
initiative,
protecting
many
of
marcy
homes,
ash
trees
from
emerald
ash,
borer
parasites.
These
are
these,
and
so
many
other
interests
are
served
by
our
neighborhoods
week
by
week.
Helping
instill
that
exquisite
feeling
of
home
that
we
each
take
for
granted
as
we
close
our
community
tonight.
AE
AF
AF
AF
AF
So
I
just
come
to
you
all
today
asking
that
you
provide
us
with
more
funding,
because
clclt
has
had
a
critical
element
in
providing
a
better
life
for
those
of
us
who
wouldn't
be
able
to
provide
it
on
our
own.
So
a
critical
element
of
the
housing
initiative
program
has
been
able
to
assist
home
buyers
with
a
purchase
with
moderate
rehab
to
their
homes,
and
this
critical
funding
has
gone
away,
but
there
is
very
little
in
the
city
policy
making
it
a
priority
in
2015's
budget.
AF
AG
I
I
I'm
here
to
support
the
people
that
are
here
the
people,
the
movements
that
I've
heard
from
that
I've
worked
with.
These
are
we're
colleagues
and
in
many
ways
we're
we're
family
joined
in
service
to
the
city
and
organizations
that
jeff's
organization,
community
city
of
lakes,
land
trust,
poor
people's
campaign.
AG
These
are
these
are
viable
ways
to
get
residents
engaged
they
without
it
without
a
house
there's
no
way
to
get
involved
in
minneapolis
boards
commissions
and
task
forces,
there's
just
absolutely
no
way.
So
I
I
applaud
the
mayor
and
moving
forward
her
agenda
of
one
minneapolis
and
applying
a
racial
equity
lens
to
the
budget
that
she
put
it
together,
and
I
I
just
ask
that
you
all
continue
to
continue
those
efforts.
AG
One
word
of
protective
bikeways.
We
definitely
support
that
in
the
neighborhood.
I
just
ask
that,
with
all
efforts
that
the
city
council
and
the
mayor
puts
forward
that
a
robust
community
engagement
process
takes
place
in
that
and
that
that
community
engagement
process
results
with
a
open
ear
from
city,
council
and
city
leadership.
AG
It
cannot
be
done
at
the
cost
of
businesses
and
specifically,
I'm
speaking
of
north
minneapolis
northside
residence
redevelopment
council
has
has
done
some
engagement
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
if
we
have
bus,
rapid
transit
coming
down,
pin
and
we're
very
adamant
and
looking
forward
to
the
economic
development
that
it's
going
to
spur
and
do
not
want
businesses
to
lose
their
parking
as
a
result.
So
thank
you
for
all
your
efforts.
AH
My
name
is
drury
mohammed,
I'm
my
first
time
to
the
city
hall.
I
come
from
the
voidless
community,
people
being
tortured
and
killed.
I
was
being
ended
up
in
minneapolis.
I
was
joined
land
trust.
I
was
suffering
to
struggle
into
helping
my
brothers
and
sisters
over
cc
and
then
this
affordable
housing
program
helped
me
and
then
I
get
it.
I
was
living
28
18
grand
street,
I'm
happy,
but
I
need
to
one
thing
to
address.
AH
As
a
community
member
as
a
romo
or
somali
community
member,
our
family
members
are
moving
every
single
day
from
the
city
because
of
affordable
housing.
Nobody
cannot
listen,
somalis
and
romos.
We
have
our
family
size
a
little
bit
bigger
public
housing.
They
are
kicking
out.
Please
sit
council
consider
about
this
affordable
housing.
I'm
happy
my
way.
Landry's
community
is
helping
me.
I
was
referring
a
lot
of
people.
They
helping
a
lot
of
people
too.
We
need
affordable
housing
program
for
our
city.
AH
AK
AJ
AL
AL
Hi,
my
name
is
charlie.
We
are
faced
with
an
addiction,
I
have
two
children,
I
had
lost
a
job
got
laid
off,
so
we've
lost
home,
rent
and
some
other
issues
that
have
happened
because
of
the
loss
of
this
job.
It
was
a
good
job
and
I'm
calling
about
emergency
shelter.
For
me
and
my
two
and
a
half
year
old
son.
AK
AJ
AL
AJ
Me
my
three
children
and
my
boyfriend,
or
any
type
of
housing
like
as
soon
as
possible,
one
parent
four
children
are
under
the
age
of
seven.
If
you
can
give
me
a
call
back
at
your
early
inconvenience,
that'd
be
great
thanks,
because
I
can't
stay
here
either.
She
just
let
me
use
the
phone.
Thank
you.
Could
you
please
have
me
bye-bye.
A
D
Hi,
my
name
is
tom
weist.
I
live
at
895,
19th
avenue
southeast
I'm
here
to
talk
about
homes
as
well,
but
a
different
issue,
I'm
the
vice
chair
of
southeast
seniors,
which
is
one
of
a
handful
of
minneapolis
block
nurse
programs.
We
help
people
stay
in
their
homes.
We
provide
subsidized
medical
care
in
the
home
for
people
who
can't
get
out
of
their
home.
D
We
provide
care
for
things
that
medicare
doesn't
cover.
Medicare
doesn't
cover
chronic
conditions,
it
doesn't
pay
for
things
like
foot
care,
it's
surprising
how
many
people
can
no
longer
reach
their
feet.
We
provide
home
visitors
for
people
who
can't
get
out
of
the
home.
We
provide
raking.
We
provide
rides
for
people
who
need
them
to
get
into
appointments.
D
D
Everyone
spends
more
money
for
that
and
we
used
to
get
what
would
be
a
very
small
amount
of
money
from
this
from
the
city
about
ten
thousand
bucks.
The
bang
for
the
buck
was
good.
I
think
it's
in
the
city's
interest
to
look
at
to
do
that
again
for
southeast
seniors
and
the
other
block
nurse
programs.
It
would
make
the
citizens
a
lot
healthier.
D
It
would
make
our
neighbor
help
our
neighborhood
stay
together,
because
people
old
people
are
a
part
of
our
fabric
as
well,
and
it
would
save
all
of
us
some
money
on
another
note
from
1977
until
last
august
I
was
commuter
bicyclist
year-round
bike
lanes
work.
Once
people
get
started,
it's
hard
to
give
it
up.
You
can
do
it
a
long
time.
Y
A
AM
AM
Our
mission
is
chartered
in
1974
to
strengthen
the
arts
and
enrich
the
cultural
life
of
minneapolis
and
our
analysis.
Dedicating
no
new
funding
to
public
art
in
2015
would
seriously
compromise
this
mission
for
a
number
of
reasons,
one
it
such
a
dangerous
precedent
for
more
than
30
years,
the
percent
for
art
funding
has
been
a
tradition.
A
pause
of
one
year
sends
a
message
that
this
funding
is
not
critical
and
paves
the
way
for
the
funding
to
be
re
allocated
more
easily
in
future
years.
AM
We
would
love
to
see
the
percent
for
art
funding
put
into
policy
as
it
is
in
st
paul
and
many
other
cities
that
highly
value
their
arts.
Another
reason
is
no
new.
Funding
in
2015
means
that
the
regular
ongoing
activities
of
public
art
can't
happen.
These
include
conservation
of
emergency
repair
of
the
city's
existing
public
art
collection,
maintaining
the
collection
demonstrates
pride
and
and
respect
for
the
city's
artistic
assets.
AM
Another
reason
is
no
new
funding
for
public
art
in
the
same
year
that
minneapolis
is
creating
its
next
long-range
plan
for
the
arts.
Culture
and
creative
economy
undermines
the
trust
of
the
arts
community
and
sends
sends
a
message
that
the
city
is
not
serious
about
its
commitment
to
its
art,
arts
and
artists.
AM
And
finally,
the
16
members
of
the
minneapolis
arts
commission
urge
you
all
to
demonstrate
strong
support
for
the
city's
arts
and
culture
sector
sector
by
funding
public
art
at
one
or
two
percent
of
the
net
debt
bond
funding,
arts,
culture
and
the
creative
economy,
and
by
committing
to
a
demonstrable
reciprocal
relationship
with
artists
that
advances
racial
equity.
Thank
you
thank.
A
A
The
ways
means
committee
chaired
by
council,
member
quincy
has
been
hearing
from
individual
departments
about
each
department's
budget
requests
and
the
mayor's
response,
and
all
of
that
has
been
broadcast
on
public
access,
television,
which
you
can
access.
If
you
have
cable
and
also
on
the
city's
website.
A
So
tonight
again,
I
want
to
thank
you
for
joining
us
and
that
we
will
have
the
final
public
hearing
on
the
proposed
2015
budget
is
scheduled
for
wednesday
december
10th
here
in
this
chamber,
beginning
again
at
605
pm.
Following
that
hearing,
the
city
council
will
is
scheduled
to
vote
on
the
mayor's
proposed
budget
package
and
between
now
and
then
the
budget
committee
will
was.
The
budget
subcommittee
will
complete
its
work
in
reviewing
and
marking
up
the
mayor's
proposed
budget.
Those
meetings
are
also
broadcast
on
public
access
television
and
on
the
city's
website.
A
So
members
of
the
public,
also,
who
would
like
to
submit
comments
for
the
record
of
tonight's
hearing,
can
continue
to
do
so.
By
using
the
comment
link
on
the
city's
website
or
by
sending
email
directly
to
city
council
comment
at
minneapolismn.gov,
we
will
continue
to
accept
comments
for
the
record
through
december
9th
and
if
you
need
assistance
with
submitting
materials
for
the
record,
please
contact
the
city
clerk's
office
at
673-2216
or
see
mr
carl
over
here
at
the
end.