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Minneapolis Intergovernmental Relations Committee Meeting
A
Good
morning,
everyone
I
am
calling
to
order
our
standing
committee
of
the
inter-governmental
relations
committee.
My
name
is
elizabeth
glidden,
I'm
the
chair
of
this
committee
and
I'm
joined
today
by
council
members,
quincy,
frye,
cano
and
andrew
johnson,
and
we
are
a
quorum
of
the
committee
able
to
do
the
city's
business.
A
A
There
is
also
an
action
to
establish
a
city
staff
work
group,
which
would
be
a
multi-department
work
group
to
identify
opportunities
for
the
city,
to
support
implementation
of
the
executive
actions
and
to
bring
forward
a
proposal
for
official
action
and
support,
and
this,
I
will
say,
I
think,
relates
to
several
things
happening,
but
in
particular
we
just
took
action
on
a
budget
yesterday
and
it
does
include
an
appropriation.
A
So
this
would
be
then,
something
that
the
work
group
would
do
would
be
to
review
a
proposal
to
present
to
the
council,
whether
it's
this
committee
or
another
might
go
through
this
committee
and
then
go
to
ways
and
means,
of
course,
about
how
that
funding
might
be
best
utilized
after
work
with
some
of
our
partners.
And
finally,
on
this
action,
we
would
amend
our
federal
agenda
to
include
language.
A
That
indicates
our
support
of
the
president's
executive
actions,
and
I
want
to
allow
mr
ranieri
to
maybe
give
us
any
additional
comment
that
he
might
have,
because
I
know
he
has
been
working
with
others
already,
including
the
mayor's
office,
including
staff
from
neighborhood
and
community
relations,
to
work
with
external
partners,
in
particular
on
how
we
can
best
partner,
and
then
I
think
I
will
turn
it
over
to
councilmember
cano,
who
really
put
together
these
actions.
So
she
can
make
the
motion
and
comments
that
she
might
desire.
So,
mr
ranieri.
B
Madam
chair,
thank
you
very
much
good
morning.
My
name
is
gene
renery,
the
director
of
intergovernmental
relations.
On
november
20th,
the
president
issued
executive
actions.
We
started
meeting
almost
immediately
with
some
of
our
partners,
including
immigration
law
center.
Many
of
the
foundations
there's
going
to
be
some
meetings
in
the
next
couple
days
regarding
this
issue
with
not
with
the
philanthropy
community
ourselves
and
others
to
see
how
we
come
up
with
a
strategy
that
best
serves
the
people
who
can
best
benefit
from
this,
we
will
set
up
our
work
group
immediately.
B
We
are
also
going
to
be
working
closely
with
congressman
ellison
and
senator
our
state
sen.
U.S
senator's
offices
are
also
interested
in
this
issue,
so
the
groundwork
has
been
laid.
We
went
through
this
before
in
2012.,
the
city
council
in
2012
adopted
a
support
resolution
and
some
and
items
in
the
federal
agenda
supporting
daca
or
the
the
dream
act,
as
well
as
the
deferred
action
for
students,
and
this
is
a
continuation
of
that
and
continuation
of
the
city's
policies
to
assist
in
this
area
and
I'll
stand
for
any
questions.
A
Thank
you,
mr
ranieri.
I'm
not
seeing
questions,
and
so
I
think
I
might
turn
it
over
if
that's
all
right
too
councilman
cano
to
actually
make
the
motion
and
I'm
sure
she
has
comments
that
she
wants
to
make.
C
Sure
thank
you.
I
would
like
to
move
this
item
forward
and
just
wanted
to
thank
all
my
colleagues
here
on
the
council,
who
have
been
working
with
me
on
this
for
a
few
months
actually
on
this
immigration
issue.
So,
as
I
mentioned
last
night,
this
is
perhaps
the
most
historic
immigration
policy
change
within
the
last
few
decades,
and
so
out
of
the
11
million
undocumented
people
in
this
nation
about
four
million
of
them
will
be
able
to
gain
some
kind
of
benefit
from
this
change,
and
that
is
very
significant.
C
That
is
going
to
change
the
lives
of
a
lot
of
families,
a
lot
of
students
and
and
have
them
focus
more
on
education
and
less
on
deportation
and,
of
course,
contributing
to
our
economy
and
other
ways
and
stabilizing
our
neighborhoods.
So
this
is
a
very
significant
action
and
in
minneapolis
we
will
see
the
effects
of
it
for
years
to
come.
We
are
going
to
see,
I
believe,
a
more
empowered
community
because
of
this
action
we
will
see
folks
who
are
investing
in
their
neighborhood
at
an
accelerated
rate.
We
will
see
more
participation,
more
civic
participation.
C
We
will
definitely
see
more
connections
and
more
investment
in
our
neighborhoods,
because
people
are
now
able
to
live
life
more
freely
and
I
think
that's
very
important.
So
we
thank
president
obama
for
for
making
this
change
and
the
resolution
that
we
have
before
us
will
list
all
the
co-authors
tomorrow
and
and
many
of
us,
if
not
all
of
us
are
actually
now
listed
as
co-authors
tomorrow.
C
We
expect
a
big
presentation
to
the
community
where
they
will
come
here
at
9
30
a.m,
before
council
meeting
and
accept
the
resolution
and
talk
about
the
importance
of
this
of
this
change
at
the
federal
level.
So
in
in
the
resolution,
we
also
acknowledge
the
need
to
continue
to
fight
for
more
permanent
immigration
reform.
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much,
councilmember
kano
and
I'm
not
seeing
any
further
comments.
So
with
that
we'll
call
the
vote
on
her
motion
I'll
approval.
Please
say
I
I
opposed,
and
that
item
is
approved.
Thank
you
very
very
much.
Next,
we
have
what
is
the
continuation
of
our
work
on
the
state
legislative
agenda.
A
A
We
have
one
big
document
that
we
are
kind
of
looking
at
what
might
be
the
changes
to
that
document
and
that
will
be
one
piece
of
what
we
will
adapt
and
we'll
kind
of
take
those
final
adoption
actions,
the
very
first
part
of
next
year,
which
gives
us
time,
as
we've
heard,
from
our
staff,
to
engage
fully
in
the
state
legislative
session
which
is
about
to
start.
A
But
this
document
that's
before
us.
This
is
what
you
might
call
the
the
full
kitten
caboodle.
This
is
all
of
our
policy
positions.
It
is
the
full
list-
and
this
is
what
we
kind
of
keep
our
before
the
public,
but
also
kind
of
in
our
back
pocket
is
not
necessarily
the
list
of
what
we
are
most
active
on
in
one
year,
but
allows
us
if,
if
issues
come
up
to
know
that
we
have
set
positions
on
a
wide
variety
of
topics
that
are
important
to
our
residents,
that
are
important
to
our
city
enterprise.
A
And
so
that's
the
type
of
document
that
we're
now
seeing
what
we
usually
do
and
what's
happening
this
year,
is
that
we
take
the
feedback
from
the
actual
new
proposals
that
are
made,
and
we
have
heard
the
presentations
on
for
the
last.
Was
it
two
or
three
sessions
of
this
committee,
but
then
also
we
go
back
and
and
make
perhaps
more
technical
corrections
amend
based
on
what
has
happened
in
prior
years,
so
that
we
are
continuing
to
make
sure
this
is
an
updated
and
fresh
document.
A
So
with
that,
ms
lesch,
why
don't
you
take
us
through
our
documents
and
work
for
today.
D
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
council
members.
Good
morning,
madam
chair,
I
think
you
outlined
what
the
documents
are.
You
have
in
front
of
you
and
what
our
timeline
is
very
well.
What
we're
going
to
be
doing
today.
D
The
left-hand
column
shows
the
language
in
the
city's
existing
2014
legislative
agenda
and
then
you'll
see
some
strikethroughs
and
some
link
with
some
strikethroughs
on
the
left-hand
side
and
then
the
result
of
those
strikethroughs
in
the
right-hand
column.
That's
noted
the
2015
draft
policy
positions
and
what
we've
really
done
with
this
document
is
go
through
and
try
to
shorten
up
some
of
the
language
we've
stricken
items
that
have
been
accomplished
that
were
accomplished
in
the
2014
section
session.
D
Excuse
me,
but
no
real,
I
don't
believe
substantive
changes
in
terms
of
what
the
city's
policy
positions
are
on
any
given
topic.
So
our
plan
today
is
to
walk
through
this
document
and
then
the
other
document
you
have-
and
it
also
is
online
with
the
letters
draft
and
large
font
here
for
everyone
to
see-
is
the
result
really
of
that.
That
right
hand
column
that
2015
draft
policy
positions.
A
D
Other
city
departments
and
council
mayor's
office
are
proposing
for
our
2015
policy
positions
and,
as
the
chair
noted,
this
document
is
meant
to
act
as
sort
of
a
library
of
sorts
detailing
the
city's
position
on
a
wide
variety
of
issues
and
then,
as
we
go
into
the
2015
session
and
then
2016-17,
each
of
those
legislative
sessions
are
going
to
be
unique
in
and
of
themselves,
and
so
what
igr
is
suggesting
is
that
we
maintain
this
library
of
policies.
That
very
clearly
says
what
the
city
believes
on
a
multi
multitude
of
fronts.
D
D
We
will
have
a
very
tailored
finite
list
of
what
we
really
see
as
being
the
large
items
that
we
will
be
spending
significant
time
on
during
the
2015
session.
So
we'll
come
back
at
that
next
meeting
on
january
8th
and
we
will
have
a
final
version
of
this
based
on
the
discussions
today
and
over
the
next
couple
of
weeks
and
then
we'll
also
have
a
final
version
of
that
very
narrow,
tailored
document
for
the
2015
session.
D
D
So,
madam
chair
with
that,
I
think
what
we'll
do
is
begin,
a
brief
walk
through
of
this
side
by
side
document
and
council
members.
If
you
have
any
questions
as
we
go
through
as
to
why
something
might
have
been
changed
or
removed,
please
don't
hesitate
to
stop
us
and
then
the
other
thing
I
would
point
out,
madam
chair,
is
that
in
this
new
document
that
will
be
the
new
city
policy
positions.
We
have
also
broken
it
down
to
correspond
if
you
see
in
the
table
of
contents
with
the
city's
goals.
D
So
if
you
look
on
page
one
internally,
we
have
it
broken
down
into
funding
and
running
a
city
that
works.
Ensuring
the
city
is
safe
and
livable,
creating
great
natural
and
built
places
in
minneapolis,
making
minneapolis
a
hub
for
economic
activity
and
innovation
and
fostering
equity,
one
minneapolis,
and
that's
another
way
that
I
think
our
residents
can
really
see
where
we're
putting
some
of
our
time
and
energy
as
we
move
forward
in
the
legislative
session.
D
E
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
members
of
the
committee,
I'm
sasha
bergman
from
the
igr
department,
and
actually,
if
it's
okay
with
you,
I'm
I'm
hoping
to
walk
through
the
status
of
the
presentations
that
were
given
on
november
6th
and
november
20th
to
this
committee
from
the
various
departments
and
let
you
know
where
those
are
in
the
document
or
where
they've,
where
they've
landed.
At
this
point,
so
I
guess
first
just
looking
at
the
the
draft
policy
positions
document.
E
E
We
just
incorporated
the
additional
translation
assistance,
coupled
with
a
number
of
other
things
that
were
already
listed
in
the
agenda.
E
The
third
item
that
comes
up
in
the
policy
document
that
was
presented
in
committee
as
a
new
policy
position
is
the
rule
of
three
change
which
we
incorporated
also
into
the
municipal
governance
section
it's
on
page
five.
E
The
third
bullet
from
the
top
represents
that
additional
position
and
then
the
increased
funding
for
hiv
and
std
prevention
and
control,
which
was
something
that
the
health
department
was
presenting
on
on
november.
6Th
is
incorporated
into
the
city
livability
section
on
page
9
of
the
document
under
the
closing
the
health
equity
gap,
just
the
third
bullet
from
the
bottom
there.
E
There
were
four
proposals
that
are
incorporated
into
the
early
childhood
education
section
on
page
12
under
the
the
eliminating
racial
and
gender
disparities
section
of
the
agenda,
and
so
those
are
the
proposals
that
will
that
are
incorporated
into
this
policy
positions
document
at
this
time,
and
we
do
have
two
proposals
that
were
presented
in
committee.
E
This
public
works
proposal
for
the
session
law,
amendment
for
legacy
districts
and
then
the
city
attorney's
proposal
on
expanding
prohibitions
on
the
driver,
while
using
a
wireless
communication
device
to
to
prohibit
playing
video
games
on
your
phone.
While
you're
driving
these
are
not
in
the
policy
positions
document
at
this
time,
the
committee
presentations
and
and
discussions
revealed
that
there's
you
know
some
uncertainty
and
remaining
questions
about
those
proposed
proposals.
That
would
we
would
like
to
see
further
discussion
and
consideration
of
at
this
time
and
I'm
happy
to
stand
for
questions.
A
Thank
you,
miss
bergman.
I
just
want
to
note
from
my
colleagues
that
ms
bergman
has
put
together.
I
it's
helpful
to
hear
you
kind
of
verbally
go
through
this,
but
she's
actually
put
together
a
summary
of
the
proposals
that
were
presented
to
us,
so
we
can
kind
of
see
in
one
document
where
did
they
land
and
I
am
forwarding
that
via
email
right
now,
again
we're
not
taking
action
at
this
committee.
So
if
there
are
further
questions,
I
think
there
will
be
an
opportunity
to
address
them.
A
I'm
going
to
make
just
maybe
a
comment
on
the
second
item
that
you
brought
up,
which
was
this
proposal
identified
by
the
city
attorney's
office
regarding
what
I
think
is
really
outdated:
legislation
about
texting
while
driving-
and
we
had
a
pretty
good
conversation
here,
but
I
think
some
of
the
things
that
that
get
revealed
in
that
conversation
are
who
is
the
best
lead
and
what
needs
to
be
the
work
done
to
ensure
that
this
gets
the
best
chance
of
success.
So
again,
it
wasn't
that
this
was
an
idea
that
is
unnecessary.
A
I
think
it
certainly
sounds
like
it's
true
that
this
law
needs
to
be
updated.
However,
is
the
city
of
minneapolis
the
proper
lead,
knowing
that
there
is
no
other
organizational
body,
and
this
would
be
traditionally
an
item
that
is
brought
forward,
probably
by
either
someone
within
the
criminal
justice
system
or
around
the
transportation
system,
some
one
of
those
organizational
bodies
that
that
then
we
could
support
and
lend
our
our
voices
to
to
as
this
legislation
would
wind
through
the
system.
So
I
think
that's
a
good
example
of
something
again.
A
E
Great
and
madam
chair,
if
it's
okay
with
you,
I
will
turn
it
over
to
ms
lush
to
walk
through
the
some
of
the
new
provisions
that
are
in
the
the
section
that
starts
on
page
12,
fostering
equity,
one
minneapolis
regarding
eliminating
racial
and
gender
disparities.
There
was
some
work,
and
ms
can
talk
about
this
done
internally
at
the
city
level
and
there's
sort
of
new
proposals
that
are
included
in
the
policy
positions
that
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
walk
through
for
the
committee.
D
Madam
chair
and
council
members,
I
think
the
most
significant
amount
of
change
that
you
would
see
from
the
2014
to
2015
policy
positions
is
the
section
that
starts
on
page
12
and
is
continued
on
to
page
13,
which
is
under
the
city
goal
of
fostering
equity,
one
minneapolis
with
the
title
of
eliminating
racial
and
gender
disparities,
and
what
we
did
as
an
igr
team
was
convene
a
work
group
within
the
city.
D
This
was
separate
from
the
broader
policy
liaison
group
conversation
that
we
had
the
group
that
vetted
all
of
the
proposals
that
that
you
heard
here.
But
what
we
did
was
convene
a
work
group
of
primarily
department
heads
and
some
division,
heads
from
cped
human
rights,
civil
rights,
the
city,
coordinator's
office
staff,
from
the
mayor's
office
and
from
city
council,
and
we
really
want
to
thank
all
of
them
for
their
time
and
input
and
their
expertise.
D
It
really
was
their
work
as
practitioners
in
their
individual
fields
that
touch
on
racial
and
gender
disparity
work
and
some
initiatives
that
they
have
instituted
within
their
own
departments
that
they
think
could
be
successful
in
a
broader
way
for
the
state
and
some
barriers
that
they
have
identified
in
their
work
to
closing
racial
and
gender
disparity
gaps
within
the
city
that
they
see
as
state
law
changes
that
would
be
needed
or
at
least
state
administrative
policy
changes
that
would
be
needed
to
help
them
in
their
work
to
close
those
gaps
in
the
city
and
throughout
the
state.
D
And
so
that's
the
list
that
you
see
here
on
page
just
12
continuing
on
to
13.
there's
a
lot
of
new
policy
here.
But
there
also
are
some
existing
items
that
were
already
in
the
city's
legislative
agenda
that
very
clearly
fit
within
this
framework
of
fostering
equity,
one
minneapolis,
and
so
we
have
moved
them
from
other
sections
and
incorporated
them
here,
and
I
believe
that
is
noted
in
some
places
in
the
side
by
side
that
we'll
walk
through
later
so
beginning
on
page
12,
the
first
section
you
see
in
early
childhood
education.
D
This
is
the
cradle
to
k
agenda
that
came
out
of
the
mayor's
cradle
decay
cabinet
that
was
presented
by
the
mayor's
staff
before
you.
You
see
that
included
here.
The
next
section
is
the
health
department's
pieces
and
both
of
these
items
here
regarding
the
conducting
of
infor
infant
mortality,
reviews
and
policies
to
help
foster
healthy
homes.
These
were
policies
that
were
already
in
the
city's
legislative
agenda
and
they
very
clearly
have
an
equity
impact,
and
so
we've
incorporated
them
here.
D
We
do
anticipate
seeing
significant
legislative
action
on
both
of
these
items
in
the
2015
session,
and
we
expect
that
the
city
will
be
probably
the
lead
on
the
infant
mortality
piece
and
then
working
with
a
very
broad
coalition
on
lots
of
different
parts
of
the
healthy
homes.
Agenda.
Asthma,
lead
exposure,
things
of
that
nature.
A
C
Thank
you.
Madam
president.
First
of
all,
I
just
commend
the
city
staff.
I
used
to
lobby
on
one
issue,
which
was
the
dream
act,
and
that
was
really
hard
and
when
I
see
the
breath
of
work
that
you
all
take
on,
I'm
just
amazed.
So
I'm
I'm
like
wow.
How
do
they
keep
all
this
together?
But
I
do
have
one
sort
of
connected
question
to
this
and
I've
been
seeing.
You
know
the
name
and
and
the
title
of
the.
C
What
is
it
called
the
the
committee
to
close
opportunities
at
the
state
and
I
think,
senator
jeff
hayden
is
a
part
of
it
or
a
convener,
and
it
can.
A
Committee
senate
special
committee
to
on
disparities
and
opportunities,
and
it
is
a
bipartisan
kind
of
special
body,
and
I
think
right
now
I
I
would
say
we
don't
know
what
will
be
sort
of
the
path
for
that
committee
itself,
but
I
think
the
issues
that
it
raised
certainly
will
continue
to
be
kind
of
a
very
full
part
of
the
discussion
at
the
senate
and
the
in
the
house
moving
forward.
So
I
don't
know
ms
lush,
madam.
D
Chair,
thank
you.
I
think
you
described
it
perfectly.
We
think
that
that
committee
really
set
the
conversation
in
motion.
I
think
at
the
legislative
level,
and
they
began
by
hearing
some
fantastic
presentations
that
are
probably
available
online.
You
could
find
those
for
you
from
different
state
agencies
for
them
to
come
and
present
their
area
of
work
working
on
closing
racial
and
equity,
racial
and
gender
equity
gaps,
and
they
haven't
met
for
the
last
couple
of
months.
D
So
we're
really
not
sure
you
know
what
that
their
meeting
schedule
might
look
like
going
forward,
but
they
absolutely
were
a
catalyst.
I
think,
in
a
lot
of
awareness
that
there's
a
lot
of
legislative
work
that
can
be
done
and
there
are
some
state
regulations
and
things
of
that
nature.
There's
some
things
a
state
can
do
that
would
make
it
easier
for
local
units
of
government
to
make
strides
in
this
area
as
well.
C
Yeah,
thank
you.
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
we
got
a
chance
to
briefly
talk
about
it
because
I
think
for
the
rest
of
our
council.
Colleagues,
it
would
be
a
point
of
interest
and
I
know
that
I've
been
trying
to
go
and
attend
those
meetings
when
they
happen.
Sometimes
the
timing's
just
difficult
for
me
to
figure
out,
but
I
know
that
a
council
vice
president
has
been
there
and
the
mayor
has
been
there
as
well.
C
D
Thank
you
very
much
continuing
on
I'm
just
in
the
middle
of
page
12
in
the
housing
section.
These
two
items
also
were
already
included
in
our
legislative
agenda
having
to
do
with
finding
housing
and
support
for
those
exiting
the
criminal
justice
system
and
the
repeal
of
50
offset
for
households
living
in
public
or
public
or
rent
subsidized
housing.
D
This
was
also
an
item
that
was
included
in
our
2014
legislative
agenda,
looking
at
policies
that
reduce
access
to
providing
access
to
background
information
for
employers
and
things
like
that
criminal
background
checks
and
credit
reports
for
employers
and
the
city
has
done
terrific
work
in
that
area.
Council
member
clinton
has
been
to
the
capitol
to
testify
about
the
city's
success
in
our
ban,
the
box
program
and
supported
statewide
expansion
of
that
so
similar
policies
there
workforce
development.
D
The
first
item
I
would
point
to
is
an
existing
item.
We
did
tighten
up
the
language
there
a
little
bit
looking
at
workforce
goals
as
they
pertain
to
franchise
agreements,
and
we
just
kind
of
clarified
that
the
point
of
that
was
that
contractors
who
are
working
for
companies
that
are
subject
to
franchise
agreements
and
those
companies
that
are
subject
to
those
franchise
agreements
should
have
workforce
goals
in
place.
And
that
was
the
intent
of
the
last
statement.
It
just
wasn't
particularly
clear
yeah.
A
D
That's
helpful
manager.
Thank
you.
The
next
couple
of
items
in
the
workforce
development
section
are
new,
so
I
do
want
to
highlight
those
the
creation
of
a
statewide
portal
for
internship
opportunities
for
youth.
This
is
something
that
the
governor's
workforce
development
council
has
discussed
as
well,
and
we
think
that
this
would
be
a
really
fantastic
and
probably
simple
way.
You
know
some
technology
needed,
of
course,
way
to
increase
access
to
internships
and
after
work
activities
and
things
of
that
nature
for
young
people,
both
in
minneapolis
and
around
the
state.
D
Rather
than
having
to
hop
from
place
to
place
searching
for
internship
opportunities,
there
should
be
really
a
one-stop
shop
for
young
people
who
are
looking
for
these
opportunities.
The
second
point:
there
review
and
expansion
of
the
state's
apprenticeship
certification
process
to
allow
for
increased
inclusion
of
new
positions.
D
You
know
the
state
apprenticeship
certification
process
tends
to
focus
on
traditional
employment,
labor
things
of
that
nature,
which
are,
of
course,
incredibly
valuable
and
need
to
be
continued.
What
we're
suggesting
is
that
that
process
just
be
examined
and
that
there
are
other
positions
that
should
be
included
in
apprenticeship,
certification
processes
and
programs.
D
D
As
council
members
know
here
in
minneapolis
we
have
dbe
the
disadvantaged
business
enterprise
program.
We
use
that
mndot
uses
that
as
well
does
the
mac
and
the
met
council
and
then
tgb,
for
example,
is
a
targeted
group
business
program
and
that's
used
by
the
minnesota
state
department
of
administration.
D
So,
given
all
of
these
different
certifications,
it's
a
very
bumpy
landscape
and
there
are
a
whole
host
of
ways
to
become
certified.
Then
it
also
becomes
a
very
challenging
process
on
the
back
end,
if
you
are
say
a
city
or
a
contractor,
and
you
would
like
to
hire
one
of
these
different
certified
businesses
and
contract
with
them.
It's
very
difficult
to
identify
them.
It's
very
difficult
to
identify
what
the
certification
process
was,
that
they
went
through
to
receive
that
particular
type
of
certification.
D
The
second
bullet
point
here
increased
consistency
and
simplicity
in
the
certification
standards
and
processes
such
as
the
development
of
a
single
certification
or
unified
certification
portal.
We
know
that
discussions
along
this
line
are
happening
at
the
state
level.
There
is
statewide
recognition
that
this
checkerboard
approach
to
certification
is
challenging
for
everyone,
clear
identification
of
certified
businesses
in
cooperative
agreements
and
then
finally,
policies
that
increase
the
number
of
certified
minority-owned
business
owners
pertaining
to
the
cooperative
agreements.
D
Again,
that's
one
of
these
pieces.
Where
is
not
necessarily
noted,
and
it's
difficult
to
identify
if
a
particular
business
is
a
certified
business.
So
an
entity
might
be
doing
business
with
a
certified
business
and
within
a
cooperative
agreement
and
not
know
that,
because
it's
not
specifically
identified
so
it's
another
piece.
D
The
next
section
then
moves
into
procurement,
which
is
the
support
then
of
those
certified
minority-owned
businesses.
If
you're
going
to
be
certified,
you
need
someone
to
actually
then
buy
your
products,
clear
goal,
setting
for
purchasing
from
minority-owned
businesses
for
the
state
and
other
units
of
government
development
and
investment
in
clear
strategies
by
the
state
and
other
government
entities
to
promote
themselves
as
purchasers
of
the
supplies
and
services
provided
by
the
minority
owned
businesses
a
lot
of
time.
D
Businesses
don't
think
to
actually
sell
to
us
and
that
we
have
large
purchasing
power
and
would
like
to
be
purchasing
from
these
certified
businesses.
State
investment
in
minority
owned
businesses
and
a
regular
reporting
mechanism
of
these
investments
throughout
the
state.
That
reporting
piece
came
up
repeatedly:
state,
statewide,
monitoring
and
regular
reporting
of
the
funds
spent
by
the
state
and
other
units
of
government
for
procurement
from
minority
owned
businesses.
Where
are
the
dollars
going?
Are
they
being
distributed
around
the
state?
D
Things
of
that
nature,
and
the
last
section
then,
in
this
piece
of
business,
development,
investments
and
outreach
initiatives
to
promote
entrepreneurship
and
business
development,
to
increase
the
number
of
minority-owned
businesses,
and
then
investment
in
organizations
and
programs
that
prime,
that
provide
financial
and
business
development
resources
for
minority-owned
businesses
to
assist
them
in
building
capacity
and
improving
improving
management
systems.
That
was
a
topic
that
came
up
repeatedly
in
our
discussions.
D
Was
it's
one
thing
to
start
a
business,
it's
another
to
sustain
that
business
and
that
the
businesses
that
we're
talking
about
really
need
ongoing
technical
support
and
then
finally,
state
review
of
unnecessary
barriers
to
minority
owned
businesses
and
entrepreneurs
and
then
finally,
madam
share,
the
last
section
here
is
in
capital
investment.
This
was
an
existing
item
of
conducting
racial
equity
impact
assessments
for
large
capital
investments
to
examine
how
different
communities
may
be
affected
by
proposed
projects
to
ensure
equitable
development
throughout
the
state.
D
Thank
you
very
much,
madam
chair,
and
with
that,
if
we
have
time,
I
will
turn
it
over
to,
I
think
ms
bergman,
we
would
start
with
the
public
finance
section
and
then
very
quickly,
walk
through
the
side
by
side.
So
you
know
what
you're
looking
at
for
the
next
couple
of
weeks
and
then
with
that.
I
think
that
I'm
sure
that
would
be
all
for
us
today.
Thank.
E
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
members.
So
again
we're
going
to
be
looking
at
this
side
by
side
document.
It's
quite
long
document
I
think
it's
31
pages
and
so
we'll
try
to
walk
through
this
in
a
you
know
not
go
through
absolutely
every
detail
and
we're
more
than
happy
to
answer
any
questions
that
you
may
have.
As
you
look
through
this
over
the
next
couple
of
weeks
of
why
certain
you
know,
items
were
worded
a
certain
way
or
why
they
were
removed,
or
anything
like
that.
E
So
we're
happy
to
answer
questions
starting
on
page
one
of
the
side
by
side
document
with
the
public
finance
section
or
the
previously
called
public
finance
section
is
now
the
local
government
finance
section,
and
this
this
section
in
the
previous
agenda
was
very
long
and
had
a
lot
of
narrative,
a
lot
of
details
about
the
contributions
that
the
city
makes
to
the
state
of
minnesota
through
sales
tax
revenues
that
we've
done
that
are
generated
here
or
commercial,
industrial
property
tax
and
those
are
all
definitely
important
points
to
make
and
important
facts
to
have
at
the
ready.
E
But
in
the
interest
of
making
sure
that
the
the
policy
positions
document
is
more
concise,
we
did
eliminate
a
significant
amount
of
the
language,
as
you
can
see
in
the
left-hand
column
and
sort
of
paraphrased
it
and
shortened
it
into
the
right-hand
column
on
pages
one
and
two
of
the
side-by-side
and
then
in
terms
of
the
minneapolis
priorities
in
the
2014
legislative
agenda.
All
of
those
items
are
retained
in
this.
E
In
the
new
document
we
just
maybe
reworded
some
of
them
and
or
updated
them
if
necessary,
but
none
of
the
none
of
those
policy
positions
went
away,
for
example,
supporting
direct
property
tax
relief
to
homeowners
and
renters,
or
supporting
funding
for
local
government
aid.
The
one
thing
that
we
did
change
is
you
can
see
on
page
three
we
did
add
the
pension
section
from
it
was
a
previously.
E
It
was
a
pension
section
in
the
2014
legislative
agenda
and
we
moved
that
that
whole
bullet
in
its
entirety
to
the
public
finance
section
just
to
kind
of
keep
that
together,
they're
sort
of
they're
interrelated
and
also
to
just
eliminate
the
pension
section
that
stood
on
its
own
other
than
that.
I
think
the
the
whole
that
the
whole
section
is
pretty
much
the
same.
It's
just
maybe
shortened
or
rephrased,
and
if
there
are
no
questions,
I'm
happy
to
turn
it
over
to
ms
lesch
to
talk
about
the
capital
bonding
section.
D
Madam
chair
and
council
members,
I'm
continuing
on
to
the
capital
bonding
section,
and
I
am
on
the
bottom
of
page
three
of
the
side
by
side
thanks
to
a
lot
of
the
work
of
the
council
members
that
we
have
here
today
and
others
and
the
mayor's
office
and
the
mayor
herself,
we
are
happy
to
cross
nicolette
mall
rebuild
for
25
million
off
of
our
list.
We're
very
excited
to
have
that
project
moving
forward
and
thank
the
legislature
for
their
support
and
our
partners
at
the
downtown
council
for
their
support
in.
D
D
We
are
working
with
city
departments
to
look
at
what
our
new
list
might
be,
and
so
we
will
be
coming
back
to
you
at
a
later
date
with
additional
projects
that
will
need
to
be
amended
into
the
bonding
list.
D
Continuing
on
to
the
bottom
of
page,
four
is
where
we
begin,
the
transportation
section
and
also
madam
chair
transportation,
as
we
all
know,
is
going
to
be
a
major
topic
of
discussion
in
the
2015
legislative
session.
We
are
still
in
the
process
of
having
internal
discussions
here
at
the
city
and
conversations
with
our
partners
in
other
units
of
government
and
things
of
that
nature
around
transportation,
and
we
don't
have
any
changes
at
the
moment
for
our
current
agenda.
D
We
have
some
cleanup
language
that
you
see
before
you,
but
nothing
that
we
would
recommend
deleting
at
this
time.
We
do
anticipate
coming
back
to
you
with
some
changes
for
this
section
and
then
some
very
honed
in
language
for
our
specific
2015
legislative
agenda
as
well
as
it
pertains
to
transportation,
so
we'll
be
coming
back
to
you
with
more
pieces
in
there.
So
with
that
medicare.
I
would
turn
it
over
to
mr
ranieri
to
talk
about
the
municipal
governance
section.
B
Madam
chair,
the
municipal
governance
section,
has
many
sub-sections
to
it,
and
the
first
in
the
general
general
government
or
municipal
governance.
There
are
some
changes,
we're
suggesting
really
shortening
the
language
when
it
came
to
abandoned
vehicles
and
making
a
shorter
statement.
We're
also
suggesting
that
legislation
that
was
proposed
a
couple
years
ago
to
to
amend
the
municipal
planning
act,
which
maybe
should
not
take
the
lead
on
that,
and
we
would
work
closely
with
the
league
of
cities
on
that
issue.
B
In
terms
of
other
language,
that's
deleted
on
the
general
government,
a
legislation
that
would
authorize
state
regulation
of
dog
and
cat
breeders.
I
think
that
was
accomplished.
B
I
think
miss
flesh
had
something
to
do
with
that,
but
the
enthusiastic
of
another
on
page
eight,
the
issue
about
sac.
For
years,
we
always
supported
growth
for
growth.
The
more
we
work
with
our
friends
at
the
met
council.
We
discovered
that
growth
is
being
defined.
We
thought
it
was
defined
to
me,
expansion
of
the
system
putting
in
new
pipes,
new
capacity
they're,
suggesting
that
growth
may
mean
more
than
that.
It
may
mean
also
increasing
your
use
of
the
system.
Even
though
you
don't
need
additional
capacity,
so
we
have
added
some
language.
B
B
Based
on
our
discussions
with
the
met
council
in
the
election
section,
we
talked
about
translation
services
and
we
were
going
to
do
some
research
because
we're
on
my
understanding
and
talking
to
some
folks
from
this
city
clerk's
office
years
ago,
there
was
some
of
our
ballots
were
printed
in
scandinavian
languages,
something
that
helped
us
historically
so
also
understaffing
and
human
resources
on
bottom
page,
nine,
special
legislation
that
would
be
trying
to
change
our
system,
as
I
think
we
commonly
call
it
the
rule
of
three
and
then
the
driver's
license
is
the
same.
B
We
also
moved
some
of
the
utility
language
and
some
of
the
language
we
used
to
help
work
with
the
clean
energy
issues
over
to
the
environment
environment
issue,
but
we
are
suggesting-
and
we
need
your
guidance
on
this-
maybe
deleting
the
support
for
the
municipalization
language
and
also
wondering
if
we
may
need
the
language
we
had
in
the
past
dealing
with
allowing
certain
things
we
put
in
the
franchise
agreement,
because
now
we've
done
it
differently.
So
those
two
issues
we
need.
We
need
to
do
further
discussion
on
the
other.
B
All
the
other
language
that's
deleted
was
either
accomplished
or
is
no
longer
necessary
because
it's
been
accomplished
or
withdrawn
by
people.
We
were
supporting
I'll
stand
for
any
questions.
A
Thank
you,
mr
ranieri.
I
am
not
seeing
questions
yeah,
so
I
think
we're
ready
for
what
will
bring
us
to
conclusion
here
or
I'm.
I
guess
I'm
not
sure
where
you're
at
in
the
presentation
so.
B
We're
to
pop
public
safety,
housing,
city,
livability,
okay,.
A
I
think
we
need
to
go
more
quickly
to
get
us
through
this.
I
don't
so.
We
have
another
committee
that
starts
at
10.,
and
so
I
think
why
don't
you
hit
the
high
points.
D
Madam
chair,
we
will
just
whipping
through
really
quick
on
the
bottom
of
page
11.
We
deleted
the
item
having
to
do
it
lost
and
stolen
cell
phones,
because
that
was
accomplished
in
2014.
D
D
We've
deleted
we've
cleaned
up
some
of
the
language
around
firearms
because
we
had
some
redundancy.
We
had
some
items
in
the
domestic
abuse
section
that
were
also
in
the
gun
section,
so
we've
just
kind
of
combined
those
we've
deleted
the
item
in
the
fire
safety
section
about
mandated
sprinklers
in
facilities,
there's
not
complete
agreement
on
that
item
and
it
was
debated
heavily
last
year.
So
we
would
like
to
hold
that
for
further
discussion,
a
lot
of
shortening
then
in
the
opposition
to
policies
that
compromise
public
safety.
D
We
have
just
shortened
that
up
a
little
bit
and
eliminated
items
that
aren't
really
in
the
purview
of
the
city
and
then,
let's
see
moving
on
to
affordable
housing.
Let's
see,
actually
I
might
kick
affordable
housing
to
sasha.
I'm
sorry,
let's
go
quickly.
E
Right,
thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
the
affordable
housing
section.
There
really
aren't
any
policy
changes
suggested.
A
couple
of
the
statements
were
moved
into
the
later
section
on
equity
on
the
city
livability.
I
just
want
to
point
out
on
page
18
under
general
city
livability,
we
did
suggest
an
added
statement,
support
policies
and
tools
to
prevent,
reduce
or
mitigate
noise
and
health
impacts
to
airport
adjacent
communities.
We
didn't
have
a
statement
on
this
previously
and
then
otherwise.
E
B
Madam
chair
environment,
energy,
there
are
not
very
many
changes,
but
we
see
the
first
one
on
page
22
is
inserting
mattresses
as
part
of
product
stewardship.
There
is
some
redrafting
of
the
whole
issue
dealing
with
score.
We
had
a
very
long
paragraph.
We
tried
to
break
it
out
and
so
there's
no
really
new
policy
changes
there.
B
One
of
the
things
we
did
do
suggest
that
one
thing
we
don't
have
is
support
legislation
dealing
with
drinking
water,
so
we
suggest
offer
that
as
a
new
item
and
also
we
just
did
some
reordering
and
really
trying
to
shorten
up
paragraphs
and
make
them
a
little
bit
more
easy
to
read
other
issues.
We
also
worked
in
other
issues
here,
dealing
with
wastewater
and
trees,
again,
nothing
new
and
then
also
for
pollinators.
We
just
tighten
up
the
language
and
suggest
the
continuation
of
our
policy
dealing
with
pesticide
bans.
D
D
So
with
that,
madam
chair,
I
think
we've
covered
everything
for
today
and
we
will
be
available
for
questions
from
the
panel
going
forward
and
we'll
be
back
on
january,
8th
for
a
final
vote,
and
so
please,
let
us
know
if
anyone
has
any
questions
in
the
meantime.
But
thank
you
very
much,
madam
chair
and
committee.