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From YouTube: August 29, 2014 Minneapolis City Council Meeting
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Minneapolis City Council Meeting
B
A
B
B
And
whereas
there
are
194
food
production
gardens
in
minneapolis
and
whereas
there
are
over
38
acres
of
community
garden
space
in
minneapolis
and
whereas
community
gardens
built
community
by
crossing
cultural
and
socio-economic
divides.
By
providing
cross-cultural
and
intergenerational
opportunities
for
neighbors
to
meet
and
work
together
and
whereas
community
gardens
add
beauty
to
urban
neighborhoods
and
provide
much
needed.
Green
space
in
high
density
areas.
B
And
whereas
minneapolis
community
gardens
reflect
the
cultural
and
ethnic
diversity
of
the
city,
including
gardeners
who
speak
dakota.
Ojibwe
english
spanish,
hmong
somali
french,
vietnamese
ukrainian,
arabic,
russian
and
korean
and
whereas
community
gardens
reduce
the
urban
heat
island
effect
and
filter
rain
water,
helping
to
keep
our
rivers,
lakes
and
groundwater
clean
and
whereas
community
gardens
provide
horticultural
therapy
and
exercise
helping
to
draw
people
out
of
their
homes
and
get
active
and
whereas
community
gardens
combat
inactivity
and
provide
access
to
healthy
food,
thereby
reducing
risk
of
diabetes
and
obesity.
B
And
whereas
community
gardens,
educate,
neighbors
about
land
stewardship.
Providing
an
informal
classroom
for
children
and
adults
to
learn.
Skills,
caring
for
the
natural
environment
and
whereas
community
gardens
provide
an
asset
that
enables
our
city's
children
to
grow
physically,
socially
and
emotionally
through
important
food
and
educational
programs
such
as
youth
farm
and
whereas
community
gardens
enhance
crime
prevention
efforts
and
improve
property
values.
And
whereas
community
gardens
provide
a
more
livable
environment
in
minneapolis
and
present
a
positive
local
image
to
a
community's
residents
and
visitors.
B
Whereas
community
gardens
and
urban
farms
provide
rich
opportunities
for
adults
and
young
people
to
learn
to
grow
their
own
food
and
become
active.
Stewards
of
environmental
health
and
ecosystem
restoration,
while
co-creating
local
food
systems
and
whereas
community
gardens
and
urban
farms
actively
involve
many
step
up
summer.
Youth
interns
throughout
the
city
of
minneapolis
each
year
providing
work,
experience,
engaging
youth
and
making
a
difference
in
their
communities
and
preparing
our
next
generation
of
environmentally
responsible
urban
leaders
and,
whereas
community
garden
day
will
take
place
in
the
twin
cities.
B
Metro
area
on
september,
13th,
giving
residents
an
opportunity
to
learn
about
community
gardens
and
visit
gardens
in
their
area.
Now,
therefore,
be
it
resolved
by
the
city.
Council
of
the
city
of
minneapolis
that
the
city
of
minneapolis
recognizes
the
role
community
gardens
play
in
making
our
city
more
livable,
attractive,
resilient
and
healthy.
Be
it
further
resolved
that
the
city
council
and
the
city
of
minneapolis
declares
september
13
2014
as
community
garden
day
in
the
city
of
minneapolis.
C
D
We
are
just
very
thrilled
to
be
here
and
to
be
recognizing
the
thousands
of
community
gardeners
that
contribute
to
community
gardens
across
the
city
of
minneapolis
each
year
these
are
volunteer,
run,
gardens
people
putting
in
their
sweat
and
muscle
power
and
resources
into
these
spaces
to
make
their
communities
more
livable
and
they're,
inviting
you
into
the
gardens
on
september
13th,
which
is
saturday
they're,
going
to
be
hosting
free
public
celebrations
across
the
city
and
actually
across
the
twin
cities.
Metro
area.
You
can
look
for
more
information
on
our
website.
D
It's
at
gardeningmatters.org
and
we've
got
a
full
event
directory
there,
but
they're
going
to
be
fun.
Events
where
you
can
just
wander
in
and
learn
more
about
the
spaces
near
you,
and
we
look
forward
to
seeing
you
there
and
just
thank
you
to
the
city
and
all
the
city
council
members
here
for
the
support
that
you
all
provide
to
your
community
gardens
without
you.
We
couldn't
go
as
nearly
as
far
as
we've
gone
today,
so
thank
you.
A
Sure
people
want
to
come
closer
if
someone
wants
to
take
a
photo
well-
and
you
know
I
just
want
to
give
a
shout
out
to
to
our
cped
staff
this
year
we
actually
broadened
the
availability
of
lots
for
community
gardens
to
include
areas
that
have
been
damaged
by
the
tornado
in
north
minneapolis
and
our
cped
staff
worked
very
very
hard
to
make
sure
that
the
policies
were
in
place
to
allow
that
to
happen,
and
we
had
a
great
expansion
of
community
gardens
in
north
minneapolis
because
of
their
great
work.
So
thank
you.
E
I
thank
you.
Thank
you,
madam
president.
You
know
we
so
sometimes
even
take
for
granted
the
cooperative
movement
in
minneapolis,
because
it's
so
pervasive.
It's
so
much
a
part
of
almost
every
corner
of
the
city,
and
we
have
so
many
different
types.
But
today
we
want
to
recognize
a
very
important
week.
E
As
a
result,
leaders
of
every
sector
of
the
cooperative
movement
from
across
the
nation
will
be
gathered
in
minneapolis,
including
the
keynote
speaker
and
president
of
the
international
cooperative
alliance,
dame
pauline
green,
so
a
very
great
honor
for
our
city.
Minneapolis,
as
we
know,
is
an
ideal
location
for
such
a
momentous
event
of
this
gathering
of
this
magnitude
because
of
the
cooperative
movement
so
strong,
historically,
and
currently
in
our
state,
a
number
of
the
cooperatives
that
have
had
their
first
beginnings
here
in
the
state
of
minnesota
and
laws
that
support
them.
E
We
were
pioneers
in
that.
The
city
of
minneapolis
itself,
I
was
a
pioneer
and
certainly
very
active
way,
going
way
back
to
the
1870s
with
the
cooper's
union,
and
now
we
have
one
of
the
nation's
first
cooperative
breweries
in
the
making.
So
in
a
hundred
years
we
went
from
barrels
to
beer
and
everything
in
between
through
the
cooperative
efforts.
E
In
addition
to
that,
we
have
now
an
emerging
cooperative,
real
estate,
commercial,
real
estate,
investment
group,
northeast
investment
cooperative,
one
of
the
first
in
the
nation
to
do
that,
and
one
of
the
first
actually
in
the
site
of
the
hemisphere
to
take
community
empowerment
to
the
next
level.
I'd
like
to
ask
tom
pearson,
the
board
member
of
north
country
cooperative
fund
and
the
cooperative
works,
as
well
as
the
people
who
are
associated
with
different
groups
in
our
local
cooperative
network.
Would
you
please
come
up.
F
Sure
thank
you
for
bringing
this
resolution
and,
as
you
mentioned,
cooperatives
are
not
only
strong
here,
but
for
for
the
education
of
people
here,
but
also
the
council.
Cooperatives
are
operating
in
every
sector
of
the
world
economy,
every
sector
of
the
world
economy
and
they're,
also
in
nearly
every
country
in
the
world.
So
this
is
not
just
a
small
business
model.
It's
not
just
a
quaint
community
development
model,
it's
actually
serious
business.
F
One.
One
thing
that
I
want
to
differentiate
for
folks
to
understand
cooperatives
is
that,
ultimately,
these
businesses
are
powered
by
the
people
that
are
within
them
and
the
the
values
that
are
behind
them.
So
you
can
distinguish
cooperatives
from
other
businesses
by
looking
at
these.
These
values
that
are
underpinning
their
operation
and
just
to
share
three
examples:
solidarity,
equity
and
self-help-
and
we
don't
just
use
these
values
as
footnotes
in
our
annual
reports,
they're,
actually
the
very
basis
of
our
best
practice,
and
so
that's
how
you
can
identify
cooperatives
in
our
communities.
G
I'm
chris
buffster,
I
represent
the
northeast
investment
cooperative
and,
I
think,
probably
the
east
side.
Food
cooperative
as
well
today,
northeast
investment
cooperative
is
what
you
mentioned
earlier.
The
first
of
its
kind
in
the
nation,
real
estate,
cooperative,
we've
taken
a
blighted
building
on
central
avenue
and
then
less
than
a
year
turned
it
into
three
businesses
and
30
jobs.
H
C
J
J
M
E
And
whereas
a
new
wave
of
cooperative
businesses
emerged
in
the
city
of
minneapolis
in
the
1970s,
with
the
establishment
of
co-ops
such
as
north
country,
co-op,
seward,
community
cafe
and
park
cooperative
apartments,
and
whereas
minneapolis
is
home
to
dozens
of
cooperative
businesses
in
the
sectors
of
food,
child
care,
credit
unions,
financial
services,
health
care,
housing,
real
estate,
development,
recreation
and
more,
and
whereas
the
united
nations
supports
international
cooperative
day
designated
2.
20.
E
Excuse
me,
2012
as
the
international
year
cooperatives
under
the
unifying
theme,
cooperative
enterprises
build
a
better
world
and
whereas
the
cooperative
business
model
has
demonstrated
its
unique
utility
as
a
tool
for
economic
empowerment
of
individuals
and
communities
to
create
access
to
capital
resources
and
employing
a
collaborative
decision-making
process
and
incorporating
the
principles
of
concern
for
community
and
whereas
the
national
cooperative
business
association's
2014
purchasing
cooperatives,
conference
and
annual
cooperative
conference
are
being
hosted
in
the
city
of
minneapolis
september.
8Th
through
11th.
E
A
A
O
A
Q
A
Any
discussion
seeing
none
all
in
approval,
say
aye
aye
opposed
that
carries.
Next.
We
have
referral
of
petitions
and
communications
and
reports
of
the
city
officers
to
proper
committees
and
departments,
so
moved
any
discussion,
seeing
none
all
in
approval,
say
aye
I
oppose
that
carries
next.
We
have
the
community
development
and
regulatory
services
committee
report
and
that
committee
is
chaired
by
council
member
goodman.
Thank.
R
You,
madam
president,
the
community
development
and
regulatory
services
committee
is
bringing
forward
14
items
for
approval
this
morning.
Notable
items
include
item
number
one,
which
is
the
city's
2013
consolidated
caper
report
to
hud
item
number
three,
which
is
a
change
that
will
allow
distilleries
to
operate
and
sell
liquor
that
they
distilled
on
their
own
premises.
A
O
S
Thank
you,
madam
president.
The
health
environment
and
community
engagement
committee
is
bringing
one
item
forward.
It's
to
extend
our
maternal
and
child
home
visiting
program
by
amending
the
contract
with
the
minnesota
department
of
health
to
extend
the
termination
date
by
six
months
and
accept
an
additional
revenue
amount
of
sixty
thousand
dollars
for
home,
visiting
services
for
women
and
young
children,
and
I
will
move
that
forward
for
approval.
A
A
T
The
second
item
is
to
authorize
acceptance
of
the
2014
emergency
management
performance
grant
award
in
the
amount
of
thirty
thousand
dollars.
The
third
item
is
authorized:
issuance
of
a
new
request
for
proposals
for
health
club
memberships,
fitness
and
wellness
services
and
facility
use
for
the
mpd,
the
mfd
and
the
minneapolis
parks
and
rec
board
police
department.
A
E
Thank
you.
Madam
president,
transportation
public
works
committee
forwards.
Eight
items
today
item
one
is
the
passage
of
an
ordinance
amending
title
11
chapter
225
of
the
code
relating
to
health
and
sanitation,
garbage
and
refuse
expanding
the
authority
of
public
works,
division,
solid
waste
and
recycling
to
provide
cleanup
and
charge
for
excessive,
solid
waste
at
residential
properties.
E
More
than
four
dwelling
units
and
non-residential
properties
in
the
city
item
two
is
to
authorize
conveyance
of
land
from
the
university
of
minnesota
to
the
city
of
minneapolis,
at
no
cost
to
the
city
for
a
permanent
street
easement
needed
to
construct
a
cul-de-sac.
Extension
at
the
conjunction
of
eighth
street
southeast
per
that
project.
E
E
item
4
is
the
authorized
execution
of
a
permission
permission
to
use
metro
transit
property
letter
of
agreement
to
allow
the
city
use
of
the
property
owned
by
metro
transit
at
834
north
7th
street
for
snow
storage
item
5
is
approve
a
special
boulevard
permit
application
submitted
by
the
riverfront
parking
ramp
at
212,
ninth
avenue
south
to
pave
the
boulevard
on
two
sides
of
the
building
with
previous
payers.
The
next
two
items
will
be
referred
to
the
ways
and
means
committee
item.
E
Six
is
authorized
twelve
thousand
five
hundred
dollars
to
be
expended
from
the
public
works
operating
budget
to
allow
2014
participation
in
the
minneapolis
dulu
superior
passenger
rail
alliance
board
for
the
development
of
the
northern
lights.
Express
item
7
is
to
accept
a
low
bid
of
global
specialty
contractors
incorporated
for
bridge
9
rehabilitation.
E
Item.
8
is
a
report
from
the
adjourned
meetings
of
august
19th
and
august
27th,
and
it's
regarding
the
southwest
light
rail
transit
project,
and
there
is
four
action
items
included
in
that
with
the
following
authorized:
execution
of
a
memorandum
of
understanding
between
the
city
of
minneapolis
and
the
metropolitan
council
on
the
proposed
redesign
of
a
portion
of
the
southwest
lrt
project.
E
A
passage
of
resolution
approving
the
physical
design
component
of
the
preliminary
design
plans
of
the
southwest
quarter.
Light
rail
project
submitted
to
the
city
by
the
metropolitan
council
on
july
10
2014
to
fulfill
the
requirements
of
the
minnesota
statute.
Section
473-394,
subdivision
iii
and
direct
the
city
attorney
and
director
of
public
works
to
monitor
the
progress
of
the
supplemental
draft
and
environmental
impact
statement
to
that
project
line
and
to
update
the
city
council
with
new
information
or
in
the
event
of
further
delays.
E
The
current
date
of
the
release
of
the
sdis
estimated
by
the
metropolitan
council
is
january
2015,
and
the
final
action
is
to
direct
the
intergovernmental
relations
department
to
convene
appropriate
staff
from
public
works,
community
planning
and
economic
development,
civil
rights,
the
city
coordinator,
mayor's
office
city
council
offices
to
complete
the
development
of
a
written
response
by
the
city
to
equity,
concerns
and
ideas,
and
to
report
back
to
the
transportation
public
works
committee
september
9
2014.,
madam
chair.
I
move
all
items
for
consideration.
E
A
I
A
R
R
R
R
This
review
must
occur
prior
to
decisions
being
made
by
governmental
bodies
like
us
today
and,
and
it
could
bias
the
objectivity
and
thoroughness
of
the
environmental
review.
Minnesota
regulations
in
particular
require
the
responsible
government
unit
to
decide
on
the
scope
of
environmental
review
at
the
beginning
of
the
process.
R
A
dis
for
the
southwest
lrt
project
was
completed
in
the
fall
of
2012..
At
that
time,
seven
alternatives
were
under
consideration
for
southwest
lrt,
which
included
three
strategies
for
dealing
with
the
kennel
worth
corridor.
If
one
of
the
build
alternatives
was
chosen,
rerouting
freight
through
st
louis
park
providing
adequate
room
for
lrt
tracks
in
the
kennel
worth
corridor,
rerouting
the
existing
freight
change
through
st
louis
park
and
running
out
lrt
through
the
midtown
corridor
or
co-locating
lrt
freight
and
the
pedestrian
and
bike
trails
at
grade
through
the
kennel
worth
corridor.
R
These
three
alternatives
were
subsequently
rejected
by
the
met
council.
Co-Location
in
particular
was
found
to
be
unacceptable
as
an
option
through
the
existing
deis
analysis,
which
concluded
that
co-location
would
not
adequately
preserve
the
environment
or
protect
the
quality
of
life
it
had,
and
there
were
high
construction
related
impacts
because
of
the
complex
construction
staging
required
to
rebuild
the
freight
tracks.
In
sum,
the
dis
stated
because
this
draft
eis
presented
other
feasible
and
prudent
alternatives
to
co-location.
R
It's
not
only
dewatering,
it's
the
loss
of
a
massive
amount
of
trees.
It's
the
concern
about
gigantic
crash
walls
and
maybe
most
notably
to
the
park
board
the
fact
that
there
will
be
a
fairly
substantial
bridge,
built
over
the
historic
kennel
worth
channel
a
bridge
that
we
have
no
idea
what
the
environmental
effects
will
be,
but
we
do
know
that
the
bridge
is
a
national
on
the
national
register
as
a
historic
landmark.
R
So
I
really
believe
on
the
environmental
issues
alone.
Most
of
you
should
be
voting
no.
Today.
We
also
can't
afford
to
allow
this
completely
unequitable
plan
to
move
forward.
This
route
fails
to
serve
densely
populated
areas
of
minneapolis
and
ignores
areas
of
transit,
transit
dependence
in
favor
of
suburban
commuters.
The
met
council's
own
numbers
show
us
that
less
than
800
boardings
or
400
round
trips
in
stations
that
the
activists
describe
as
north
minneapolis
would
happen.
Yet
thousands
of
boardings
would
happen
in
the
suburban
communities.
I'm
not
sure
how
that
serves
our
community
and
is
equitable.
R
This
route
has
almost
no
economic
development
potential
in
our
portion
of
the
city,
hopefully
in
the
neighborhood
that
I
live
in
bryn
mawr,
which
I'll
note
is
not
north
minneapolis,
where
two
of
the
stations
are
located.
Penn
and
van
white
will
see
some
development
in
the
van
white
area
and
I've
been
a
supporter
of
the
basset
creek
master
plan
for
a
long
period
of
time,
and
I'm
hopeful
that
this
will
spur
development,
but
clearly
there
won't
be
any
development
at
the
21st
street
station.
R
R
If
we
think
that
equity
means,
maybe
we
might
build
some
heated
bus
stops
in
north
minneapolis
sometime
in
the
future,
that
we
can't
promise
or
guarantee
and
won't
tell
you
where
they'll
be
then
good
for
us
for
standing
up
for
equity,
if
equity
means
that
we
might
add
some
bus
stop
somewhere
along
the
line
that
might
feed
to
penn
station
that
can't
feed
to
the
21st
street
station,
then
good
for
us.
We've
done
a
great
job
on
encouraging
that
equity
initiative
and
equity
has
its
risk.
R
If
there
is
a
turnover
in
the
at
the
federal
government
at
the
state
government,
we
risk
losing
transit
funding,
not
gaining
transit
funding
and
who
suffers
when
transit
funding
is
pulled.
People
who
are
the
most
impacted.
That's
when
bus
shelters
don't
get
built.
That's
when
bus
lines
don't
go
forward.
That's
when
they
reduce
service
rail
is
fixed.
It's
going
to
be
there,
that's
going
to
be
a
cost
buses.
R
A
U
Thank
you,
madam
thank
you,
madam
chair.
Every
last
thing
that
council
member
goodman
just
said
is
absolutely
right:
there
have
been
broken
promises
along
the
way
there
have
been
breached
agreements,
there's
lack
of
an
environmental
review,
and-
and
I
can
absolutely
see
why
that's
frustrating
you
know
you
have
testimony
from
a
senator
from
st
louis
park,
saying
that
they
would
take
the
reroute
of
the
freight
we
have
promises
made
that
we
wouldn't
do
co-location.
U
I
I
would
be
angry
also.
You
know
if
this
were
a
train
that
were
light
rail
that
were
built
for
density
and
serving
an
urban
population,
then
it
would
go
down
glendale
or
hennepin
up
through
uptown.
If
this
were
a
light
rail
that
was
built
for
our
diverse
populations
and
aimed
at
narrowing
the
opportunity
gap,
then
it
would
go
through
north
minneapolis,
so
I
can
entirely.
I
would
entirely
understand
if
some
of
my
colleagues
from
north
minneapolis
would
be
would
be
voting
against
that
this
project.
P
P
We
also
didn't
choose
the
timing
of
our
vote,
so
I
have
no
disagreement
with
anything
that
councilmember
goodman
has
said,
or
many
other
residents
have
said
about
the
importance
of
the
deis.
But
we
are
right
now
in
a
process
in
a
timeline,
and
if
we
do
not
comply
with
that
timeline,
then
we
are
in
essence
giving
up
some
of
our
rights
as
a
city
to
vote
on
this
project
or
try
to
make
sure
that
it's
the
best
project
that
could
serve
our
residents.
P
It's
clear.
We
have
waited
too
long
in
this
region
to
build
the
rail
infrastructure
that
we
need
for
minnesota
and
for
the
metropolitan
region.
We
are
just
woefully
behind
and
what
I
support
and
why
I
support
this
project
is
I
support
a
light
rail
system.
I
support
a
transit
system
that
I
believe
will
better
serve
us
as
a
region
and
as
a
city,
and
for
this
investment
to
be
successful
and
let's
be
clear,
it
is
a
very
large
investment.
P
We
need
for
there
to
be
good
service.
We
need
there
to
be
better
commitments
from
the
met
council
on
how
that
will
be
done,
how
our
neighborhoods
will
be
served
and
how
they
support
us
on
projects
that
serve
not
just
that
spine,
but
connect
into
the
neighborhoods
that
are
minneapolis
south
and
north
minneapolis,
where
we
have
dense
urban
neighborhoods
that
southwest
avoided.
P
P
I'll
note
that
I
just
saw
in
the
newspaper
the
other
day
that
met
council
was
investing
in
how
light
rail
would
have
a
pedestrian
bridge
into
the
viking
stadium
and
I'm
not
saying
maybe
that's
quite
important-
to
make
sure
there's
safety
for
that
resident
those
residents
in
terms
of
crossing
the
light
rail
line,
lots
of
people
at
one
time.
But
it
also
says
to
me
when
we
identify
things
that
are
important.
P
We
can
find
a
way
to
make
sure
that
those
proper
investments
are
made,
and
I
kind
of
questioned
the
prioritization
of
that
announcement
when
we
have
also
just
had
released
a
report
that
talks
about
the
need
to
better
invest
in
the
core
of
the
bus
service
in
the
amenities
and
the
shelters
and
the
security
around
those
again.
I
really
want
to
thank
residents
in
minneapolis.
I
have
heard
from
many
many
and
I
will
tell
you
that
I
have
been
reading
your
correspondence.
I
have
been
listening
to
your
correspondence.
P
I
have
not
yet
been
able
to
respond
to
the
the
vast
amount
of
correspondence,
but
I
have
been
doing
that
and
I
respect
your
views
and
I
thank
you
all
for
speaking
up
about
your
views.
I
think
this
has
been
a
process
that
is
really,
unfortunately,
kind
of
pitting
up
pitting
us
pitted
us
into
haves
and
have-nots
here,
and
I
think
that's
regretful
about
how
the
process
has
happened,
but
thank
you
all
for
your
respectful
participation
and
again
I
will
be
supporting
this
project.
V
Thank
you,
madam
president.
First
of
all
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
council
member
glidden.
Councilmember
reich
the
mayor's
office,
peter
burgini,
specifically
for
sitting
on
the
the
body
that
has
been
digging
deep
and
looking
at
some
of
these
issues
and
putting
together
some
of
these
recommendations.
V
I
absolutely
think
the
cultural
corridors
of
our
community
must
be
tied
to
this
project
and
if
I
support
this
today,
that
is
my
expectation
that
west
broadway
cedar,
riverside
east
franklin
and
east
lake
are
closely
aligned
to
whatever
it
is
that
we're
doing
with
this,
because
we're
looking
at
if
we're
looking
at
transportation
from
a
regional
perspective,
if
we're
looking
at
southwest
as
a
regional
project,
then
absolutely
the
equity
concerns
must
go
above
and
beyond
heated
shelters
in
north
minneapolis.
It
has
to
go
deeper.
It
has
to
look
at
infrastructure.
V
W
I
know
that
most
of
my
constituents
in
the
dense
and
transit
oriented
neighborhoods
of
the
uptown
area
in
ward
10
would
have
strongly
preferred
an
alignment
that
served
our
neighborhoods.
This
train
is
not
directly
serving
our
minneapolis
neighborhoods.
It's
a
train.
That's
designed
to
give
suburban
commuters
a
fast
ride
into
downtown,
but
an
uptown
option
isn't
on
the
table
today.
It
hasn't
been
on
the
table
since
2009.
W
W
I'm
voting
yesterday
because
I
believe
that
the
southwest
light
rail
train
is
the
first
step
toward
giving
our
neighborhoods
the
best
transit
system
in
the
region,
but
we
need
stronger
commitment
from
hennepin
county
from
the
metropolitan
council
from
the
governor's
office
from
the
legislature.
To
make
that
happen.
W
W
I'm
disappointed
that
we're
voting
today
on
an
incomplete
system
that
does
not
serve
urban
neighborhoods,
that
we
are
relying
on
hope
and
our
own
hard
work
to
make
that
happen.
I
will
be
working
hard
along
with
council.
Vice
president
clinton,
with
tpw
chair,
kevin
reich
with
the
leaders
of
our
council
with
our
mayor
who've,
been
pushing
so
hard
for
those
commitments
in
the
past
to
make
this
a
reality,
but
we
shouldn't
have
to
fight
so
hard.
We
should
absolutely
not
have
to
fight
for
bus
shelters
in
north
minneapolis.
W
We
shouldn't
have
to
fight
for
the
transit
connections
to
serve
central
city
neighborhoods,
and
we
should
not
have
to
fight
to
protect
the
lakes
and
the
regional
bike
trail
that
are
regional
assets,
I'm
very
disappointed
and
frustrated
and
concerned
that
we
do
not
have
a
supplemental
draft
eis
today,
as
we
vote
on
this
package
before
us,
we
don't
have
an
option
today
of
voting.
Yes
with
conditions.
W
The
city
and
attorney
and
the
director
of
public
works
are
directed
to
monitor
the
progress
of
the
supplemental
draft
environmental
impact
statement
for
the
southwest
light
rail
train
line
and
to
update
the
city
council
with
new
information
or
in
the
event
of
further
delays.
The
current
date
of
release
of
the
sdeis
is
estimated
by
the
metropolitan
council
is
january
2015.
S
S
Our
the
city
council
unanimously
said
we'll
accept
the
alignment
as
long
as
you
remove
the
freight
and
and
then
we'll
work
on
getting
a
project
done
that
everybody
can
like
that
didn't
happen,
so
that
was
one
of
the
big
issues
that
could
have
gotten
me
to.
Yes,
I
want
to
get
to
yes,
because
I
actually
support
light
rail.
I
think
we
have
to
build
out
the
system.
I
think
that
we
need
a
regional
perspective.
S
I
think
we
have
to
move
much
more
quickly
in
showing
preferences
to
non-auto
traffic
in
our
region
and
in
our
city
we've
spent
decades
and
decades
and
decades
building
for
cars,
giving
preference
for
cars,
giving
subsidies
to
people
who
have
their
automobiles
and
want
to
drive
them,
and
it's
time
we
start
offering
some
incentives
and
subsidies
to
people
who
want
to
be
auto
free,
because
I
think
that's
how
the
city
is
really
going
to
work
in
the
future
and
be
better.
So
I'm
I'm
supportive
of
this.
S
So
I
got
to
about
this
far
from
yes
and
have
decided
that
that
my
role
here
and
serving
the
council
better
in
the
community
better
is
to
use
my
vote
to
express
the
concerns
and
the
reservations
because
they
are
significant.
I
think
we're
getting
a
project
here,
that's
incomplete.
The
work
isn't
done,
we've
already
heard
about
the
environmental
ins
assessment
and
the
impact
statement.
S
It's
not
completed
and
it's
not
done
and
I
think
that
it
should
be,
and
we
could
use
that
I
will
say
I
enthusiastically
support
the
staff
direction
that
we
just
heard
from
councilmember
bender.
I
think
that's
key.
I
also
support
the
memorandum
of
understanding,
so
there's
actually
three
items
before
us
today
that
I'll
be
voting
yes
on,
but
on
municipal
consent,
I'm
going
to
use
my
position
to
vote.
No,
I'm
going
to
stand
with
council
member
goodman
because
I
think
the
process
is
flawed.
S
I
what
we
want
to
get
when
something
comes
to
the
council
here
is
something
that
has
the
buy-in
from
the
community.
We
have
serious
divisions.
Some
of
my
greatest
allies
and
friends
out
in
the
community
are
supporting
this
wholeheartedly
and
I
think
that
makes
it
more
of
a
conflict
for
me,
but
we
have
others
like
the
minneapolis
park
board
that
still
has
concerns.
They
still
have
objections
to
this
plan.
That's
coming
forward
and
others
are
divided
around
it.
I
think
we
need
that
environmental
impact
statement
and,
what's
really
strange,
is
it's
been
drafted.
S
There's
a
bunch
of
information
in
some
documents
somewhere
and
it's
been
sent
far
away
to
another
governmental
body,
how's
that
for
working
together
and
being
good
partners
when
another
governmental
body
here
who's
dealing
with
this
issue
right
at
home
can't
even
see
that
information.
The
federal
government
is
holding
a
draft
eis
and
won't.
Let
us
look
at
the
draft,
even
say
it's
just
a
draft.
We
haven't
finished,
but
have
a
look
at
it.
So
you
can
make
a
good
decision.
S
Council
member,
we
want
you
to
make
the
best
decision
for
your
people
instead
they're
holding
on
to
it,
and
we
have
to
wait
until
after
we
take
this
significant
boat
to
find
out.
If
they're
gonna
see
concerns
about
this
shallow
tunnel
in
the
water-
and
these
are
the
lakes
and
these
are
significant
and
and
even
if
there's
not
much
else,
but
somebody
think
starts
to
look
at.
Maybe
this
timeline
process
of
how
we
do
environmental
impact
statements
doesn't
have
to
be
replicated
for
bot.
S
No,
maybe
we
need
to
modify
this
so
that
the
decision
makers
can
actually
have
the
information.
Then
my
no
vote
would
have
been
worth
something,
but
I
also
have
really
big
concerns
about
other
issues
too.
Another
one
is
equity.
We
talk
about
the
equity
plan.
What
are
we
going
to
do
to
make
sure
that
this
works
for
others?
And
I
don't
think
we've
got
a
good
resolution
for
that.
We've
made
some
progress,
we're
moving
in
that
direction,
but
a
unanimous
or
a
12-1
vote
for
the
council
saying
hey.
S
We
think
that
the
med
council's
response
to
the
equity
issues
is
good
enough
and
we're
getting
enough
for
north
minneapolis
and
others
with
this.
So
we'll
vote.
Yes,
I
don't
think
that's
good
enough.
I
think
we
need
some
council
members
and
I'm
willing
to
be
one
of
them
to
say
we
need
to
see
more
to
make
sure
that
this
works.
This
is
serving
certain
people
and
not
others,
and
part
of
that
is
actually
making
sure
that
the
access
to
this
transit
works
for
everybody.
S
I
think
there
were
opportunities
for
the
met
council
along
the
way
to
say
we
will
absolutely
be
your
partner
in
building
out
a
streetcar
system,
so
we
can
reach
the
dense
areas
of
our
city
and
bring
them
into
lrt.
We
will
absolutely
work
and
invest
so
that
we
can
make
sure
that
there
are
the
kind
of
bus
services
and
shelters
and
amenities
that
will
lead
into
this,
and-
and
I
hope
that
we
will
continue.
S
S
But
I
hope
that
I
can
use
that
to
show
that
it's
not
unanimous
here,
I'm
hoping
it
can
help
send
a
signal
to
the
med
council
and
to
the
community
that
my
concerns
here
are
serious
and
actually,
I
think,
I'm
I'm
also
providing
a
service
to
my
colleagues
who
are
voting.
Yes,
because
I
think
they
also
share
these
concerns
and
I'm
better
reflecting
the
actual
opinion
of
the
city
council.
S
By
doing
this,
but
also
maybe
by
looking
at
how
flawed
the
system
is
here,
we
can
make
sure
that
next
line
we
build
and
the
more
transit
that
we're
building
out.
We
can
make
sure
that
issues
of
environmental
impact,
equity
and
transit
access
can
be
answered
before
it
comes
to
the
city,
council
and
other
decision
makers
there
and
we
can
have
a
better
process.
S
I
hope
we
learn
these
lessons
and
we
learn
from
this
experience
and
that
by
expressing
these
concerns
broadly
and
sharing
them,
it
it'll
make
sure
that
botno
goes
better
and
other
lines
will
go
better.
Better
and
we'll
have
a
commuter
rail.
That's
going
to
work
better
for
our
city
and
street
cars,
and
also
that
we'll
be
take
greater
care
on
working
to
preserve
and
even
improve
our
parks
and
lakes,
and
maybe
because
of
this
no
vote
will
actually
do
a
better
job
building
southwest.
S
Because
I'd
be
happy
and
delighted
to
see
active
engagement
from
here
on
in
because
I'm
sure
this
is
going
to
pass
and
actually
even
if
we
voted.
No,
I
suspect
the
med
council
would
move
forward
with
building
this
line
because
we
can't
actually
stop
it.
But
now,
if
it
goes
forward,
let's
make
sure
that
we
have
issues
of
preserving
and
protecting
the
environment,
building
equity
into
this
and
transit
access
to
the
line
for
everybody
as
top
priorities
and
prove
me
wrong
and
make
sure
that
it
all
works
better.
E
We
recognize
deficiencies
quickly,
we're
very
articulate
and
consistent
with
deficiencies
in
any
line
serving
a
system
we're
also
very
clear
and
and
very
impatient
when
we
have
a
very
sense
of
the
direction.
We
wanted
to
go
with
our
our
lines
and
our
system
in
serving
communities.
When
those
expectations
aren't
being
met.
We
get
impatient
with
not
having
the
partners
to
move
that
forward
clearly,
consistently
and
and
with
a
sense
of.
Of
course,
they
will
be
our
good
partners,
the
of
course
they
will
follow
along
the
agreements
that
we
set
for
today.
E
We
don't
have
that
sense
of,
of
course,
because
of
the
nature
of
the
line
as
it
was
presented
to
us.
However,
working
with
my
colleagues,
we
do
have
the
work
before
us
council,
member
glidden
bender
has
made
it
very
clear
that
the
work
is
before
us.
We
may
not
like
that
that
that
place,
but
we
have
to
move
forward.
I
think
we've
put
together
some
reassurances
in
terms
of
if
things
don't
go
right.
Environmentally,
we
have
a
process
to
come
back
and
review.
E
We
also
have
other
areas
in
which
there's
there's
significant
deviations
from
the
line
that
they
have
to
come
back
for
review
and
an
additional
vote.
So
there
are
some
safeties
in
there.
However,
those
assurances
are
very
pale
compared
to
the
concerns
of
a
community
that
sees
promise
after
promise
broken
in
terms
of
what
our
expectations
are.
So
it's
not
a
very
good
place
moving
forward.
We
know
the
work
before
us.
We
just
really
call
upon
the
partners
to
be
partners
to
make
a
system
that
works
for
communities
and
we
need
to
start
now.
B
B
B
B
We
have
the
best
park
system
in
the
nation,
but
even
though
it's
the
best
parks
system
in
the
nation
that
shouldn't
stop
us
from
doing
more
and
in
this
case
southwest
light
rail
going
through
kennel
worth,
is
going
to
have,
I
think,
a
negative
impact
on
the
recreational
experience
for
park
users,
and
that
is
a
cost
for
transit.
That
is
a
trade-off
and
it
is
a
serious
reservation
that
I
have-
and
I
know
others
have,
because
we've
gone
down
that
corridor.
B
We
enjoy
it,
whether
that
is
kayaking
down
the
channel
or
our
bike
rides
or
just
the
beauty
and
the
nature
that
is
along
that
corridor
and
long
cedar
lake,
and
so
I
I
think
we
need
to
be
really
cognizant
of
that
in
our
process,
because
we
do
have
all
these
great
spaces.
But
our
parks
can't
be
the
easy
answer.
B
You
know
it
can't
be
so
easy
to
take
a
space
shared
by
all
of
us
that
we're
also
trying
to
do
as
much
as
we
can
to
protect
for
the
next
generation
and
so
easily
and
readily
say,
okay.
Well,
this
is
going
to
be
easier
than
the
costs
or
the
challenges
of
going
through
a
more
densely
populated
area,
and
we
have
that
coming
before
us,
as
well
with
the
bot
new
light
rail
line
with
the
plans
to
potentially
put
that
through
theodore
worth
park.
B
And
so
we
need
to
be
conscious
of
that.
We
need
to
work
right
now,
proactively,
to
make
sure
that
that
process
is
fair
to
the
environment
is
fair
to
the
experience
of
our
park
users,
because
their
perspectives
matter
and
is
important
within
this,
and
we
can't
always
be
taking
away
from
our
park
with
parks
without
giving
back,
and
I
know
that
we
have
gone
to
some
lengths
as
well
and
other
spaces
to
restore
and
protect
and
add
on
to
our
park.
B
B
In
fact,
we
make
a
lot
of
decisions
like
that,
if
I
know
there's,
for
instance,
residential
developments,
they're
four
stories
high-
and
you
put
it
next
to
somebody-
a
landowner
who
now
the
sudden
they
don't
have
sun
coming
in
and
hitting
their
yard
and
their
trees
die.
And
now
they
have
a
tower
of
apartment
windows,
overlooking
their
backyard
and
their
sense
of
privacy,
their
sense
of
their
backyard.
B
Their
place
is
irrevocably
changed
and
I
know
that's
going
to
happen
for
some
of
the
residents
along
kennel
worth
trail
along
this
corridor,
and
even
though
there's
been
agreements
about
relocating
freight
and
doing
this,
and
that
I
think
a
lot
of
folks
who
have
purchased
their
homes
there.
They
were
not
expecting
this.
It
was
not
a
reasonable
expectation
for
them
to
have
that
this
quiet,
serene
corridor
that
they
were
attracted
to.
That
was
one
of
the
reasons
why
they
bought
their
house,
that
that
would
be
turned
into
a
train
running
through
their
backyard.
B
Every
few
minutes,
potentially
at
some
times
of
the
day-
and
I
I
just
really
want
to
call
that
out-
because
there
are
people
that
are
losing
with
this
project
and
they
are
taking
on
a
burden-
and
I
I
don't
think
is
talked
about
enough
and
I
all
of
the
park
users
as
well
face
that
as
this
corridor
that
so
many
of
us
love
is
bound
to
change.
It
still
will
be
a
great
recreational
corridor,
but
it
will
be
changed
as
a
result
of
this
project.
So
thank
you.
T
Thank
you.
Madam
president.
I
have
a
series
of
random
thoughts
here,
but
hopefully
you
folks
will
follow
with
me.
Council
member
andrew
johnson
mentioned
the
bot
note
line,
and
you
know
a
lot
of
the
arguments
that
are
going
to
be
thrown
out
here
today
with
regards
to
southwest
lrt,
are
going
to
be
the
same
arguments
that
will
be
present
in
the
botnet
line,
and
I
hope
people
will
be
as
strong
in
their
advocacy
for
botno.
T
I
will
just
go
on
record
saying
that
I'm
not
a
huge
fan
of
the
current
alignment,
as
is
because
councilmember
andrew
johnson
mentioned
all
the
impacts
that
it
will
have
on
their
environments,
I'm
going
through
the
world
parkway
and
the
park.
That
being
said,
the
issue
of
equity.
When
people
talk
about
equity,
I
mean
I
would
certainly
hope
that
you
know
running
a
train
on
penn
avenue
would
be
a
much
better
option
and
it
would
hit
a
lot
more
people
and
it
would
serve
a
lot
more
people.
T
T
The
equity
concerns
to
me.
On
the
surface.
I
I
have
to
say
I
mean
I
I
was
struck
by
what
julie
sable
said.
I
mean,
I
think,
what
she
said
in
her
article
about
the
southwest,
lrt
line
not
being
an
equity
train.
I
think
she's
right
on
the
surface.
I
think
you
know
all
the
things
that
she
said
is
correct,
and
you
know
I
think
I
mean
with
this
line.
T
I
mean,
I
think
what
we
want
to
do
is
just
we
want
to
be
hopeful
for
the
future
and
we
want
to
be
hopeful
so
that
good
things
will
happen
and
equity
will
happen,
and
you
know
part
of
me
is
a
bit
hopeful,
but
part
of
me
feels
like
you
know.
It
may
not
be
realized,
and
you
know
we
don't
know
until
we
build
it
and
that's
you
know,
that's
that's.
That's
a
huge
concern
of
mine,
but
you.
T
T
You
know.
The
other
thing
I
want
to
mention
is
when
we
talk
about
this
divisiveness,
I
I
want
to
just
let
people
know
that,
for
me,
I've
been
very
impressed
and
just
struck
by
just.
You
know
how
amazing
the
folks
that
are
the
kenwood
folks
or
the
folks
people
call
nimbys
have
been,
and
you
know
I
don't
think
they're
nimby
at
all.
T
I
think
you
know
what
they
are
doing
is
exactly
what
they
should
be
doing,
which
is
to
advocate
strongly
for
what
they
believe
is
right
for
them,
and
you
know
I
mean
I
think,
that's
that's
a
political
process.
I
mean
people
are
supposed
to
advocate
strongly
for
what
they
believe
in,
and
so
I
you
know
from
what
I've
seen
of
the
folks
from
kenwood
or
from
the
folks
in
ward.
7
is
you
know,
a
lot
of
the
folks
were
very
civil
in
this
debate.
They
were
very
thoughtful
and
they
did
everything
they
could
to.
T
You
know
bring
this
conversation
to
a
new
level
and
a
better
level,
and
so
I
appreciate
that-
and
I
want
them
to
understand
that
that's
really
important-
that
they
did,
that
my
fourth
random
thought
and
I'll
leave
it
at
that.
This
is
that
you
know
today.
I
I
have
reservations
about
this
vote,
especially
about
not
having
the
sdeis
before
making
an
informed
vote
and
environmental
impacts
on
the
kennel
worth
area.
T
X
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
I
want
to
bring
up
something
that
was
removed
ultimately
from
our
our
municipal
consent,
whereas
is
today
and
it's
in
there
the
bush
era
transit
funding
formula
and
how
that
is
one
aspect
that
has
challenged
this
project
from
a
very
long
time
ago,
but
I
think
it's
missing
a
little
bit
of
the
good
news
that,
shortly
after
the
kennel
worth
alignment
was
chosen,
the
obama
administration
announced
it
was
changing
the
formula
citing
in
part
the
difficulty
in
building
that
central
lrt
line
with
sufficient
stations
in
an
urban
corridor.
X
X
Yes
at
west
lake
station,
but
but
in
each
of
these
places
there
is
opportunity
for
this
to
be
made
so
much
better.
So
I
I
do
think
one
positive
result
of
the
mediation
process
was
30
million
dollars
for
these
stationary
improvements.
I
know
that
that
benefits
some
places
better
than
others
right
now,
but
I
think
the
ultimate
formula,
no
longer
being
biased
against
urban
areas
is
yet
to
be
seen
here
in
this
project.
X
X
It's
very
hard
for
me
to
suggest
that
some
of
this
space
would
go
back
to
what
it
was,
and
I
am
voting
in
favor
of
this
project
for
a
lot
of
the
reasons
my
colleagues
have
mentioned,
but
I
just
want
to
also
bring
up
the
point
that
the
good
news
in
the
funding
arrangement
is
yet
to
be
seen
that
I'm
very
thankful
for
what
has
come
out
of
the
mediation
and
that
I
think
we
we
have
some
more
work
to
do.
Thanks.
R
You
thank
you.
Thank
you.
Madam
president,
I
was
very
touched
by
a
lot
of
the
comments
that
have
been
brought
up
today,
in
particular
the
comments
by
council
member
yang
with
regard
to
my
constituents,
it's
very
painful
for
so
many
people
who
live
in
the
city
to
feel
marginalized
in
a
way
that
they
really
shouldn't,
and,
ironically,
at
the
public
meeting
that
we
had
at
ann
watten.
R
The
voice
of
reason
was
al
flowers
who
got
up
and
said
we
shouldn't
be
bashing
each
other,
should
we
we
should
be
talking
about
how
we
all
can
benefit
from
this,
and
I
appreciate
your
comments.
Councilmember
yank,
as
I
think
you
eloquently
describe
the
frustration
that
we
feel
with
regard
to
the
way
that
a
lot
of
people
in
this
area
have
been
treated.
R
Ultimately,
this
is
about
what
we
can
afford
and
what
we
can't
afford
and
what
we
can't
afford,
in
my
opinion,
is
the
self-inflicted
damage
of
this
alignment
surrendering
to
pressures
for
us
to
act
against
our
own
city's
best
interest.
Sadly,
I
think
this
has
been
about
the
suburbs
and
everyone
ganging
up
on
minneapolis.
R
R
I
thought
that's
what
the
vikings
vote
was
about
reinforcing
minneapolis
as
the
center
of
the
region,
and
I'm
glad
that
it
was
brought
up
that
there's
going
to
be
several
million
dollars
spent
on
a
staircase
to
get
from
the
rail
plaza
into
the
vikings
stadium.
That's
probably
a
couple
of
million
that
could
have
been
spent
to
heat
bus
shelters
right
now,
so
we
kind
of
know
what
the
priority
is.
R
We
have
created
this
kind
of
self-inflicted
damage
by
looking
at
the
regional
implications
over
the
environmental
stewardship
over
the
equity
concerns
and
over
our
own
best
interests.
This
isn't
about
the
fact
that
my
constituents
can't
afford
this
through
their
beloved
neighborhood
the
cedar
lake
park
and
the
kennel
world
trail
system.
It's
about
what
we
can't
afford
as
a
city,
the
environmental
risk,
the
lack
of
real
equity
and
the
government
failures
to
keep
up
with
promises
that
were
made.
Minneapolis
isn't
responsible
for
southwest
lrt
planning
failures.
R
Our
responsibility
is
to
demand
the
promises
made,
be
kept
to
make
sure
that
serious,
environmental
and
community
and
livability
concerns
be
fairly
legally
and
thoughtfully
addressed
our
city
should
expect
and
receive
no
less.
This
plan
and
process
has
failed.
This
is
government
at
it
were
as
its
worst
and
this
plan
with
this
council
should
fail
as
well.
S
Y
Thank
you,
madam
president,
the
city
of
minneapolis.
We
have
long
been
champions
for
transit.
We
have
long
been
regional
partners,
understanding
that
the
needs
of
the
communities
in
this
region
are
intertwined
with
the
needs
of
the
core
city.
That
is
an
understanding
not
understood
by
all
of
our
regional
partners,
but
we
have
forged
ahead
regardless
on
many
projects,
and
that
includes
southwest
lrt.
Y
Y
It
has
led
to
a
high
cost
for
the
city
of
minneapolis
and
for
our
residents
and
for
a
kenilworth
quarter
that,
in
the
words
of
governor
dayton,
the
correct
words
of
governor
dayton
will
never
be
the
same
broke.
The
core
broken
promise,
of
course,
was
the
promise
that
freight
would
be
moved.
The
constraints
we
face
include
the
process
that
has
happened,
a
region
that
does
not
value
in
all
cases,
the
value
that
the
core
cities
bring
to
the
region.
Y
The
mistakes
as
outlined
in
the
resolution
that
is
here
are
here
all
come
down
to
the
fundamental
mistake
of
not
having
written
things
down,
of
not
having
binding
agreements
of
not
having
votes
and
signatures
on
that
votes.
That
would
hold
everyone's
feet
to
the
fire
about
the
promises
that
had
been
made.
The
city
didn't
make
these
mistakes.
Y
There's
not
going
to
be
a
celebration,
there's
going
to
be
no
victory
lap
on
this
one,
but
in
the
face
of
these
constraints,
these
agreements
are
the
most
responsible
way
that
we
have
forward,
and
I
appreciate
the
support
that
there
is
for
this
responsible
path,
but
I
understand
the
objections
to
it
as
well,
but
make
no
mistake
this
vote
today
is
not
a
vote
for
or
about
equity.
That's
not
what
is
at
stake
here.
The
met
council
characterized
this
as
an
equity
train,
but
that
is
beyond
inaccurate.
Y
Y
A
A
Why
would
anybody
want
they
wanted
to
it
extended
to
st
louis
park
and-
and
they
said
at
the
time,
why
would
anybody
want
to
take
a
ride
out?
You
know
next
to
a
railroad.
Well,
it
was
before
people
realized
the
value
of
parks
and
trails,
and
I
think
part
of
the
problem
that
we
have
with
our
system
is
that,
and
I'm
thinking
in
the
broadest
context
is
that
it
just
takes
too
long
from
the
decision-making
time
about
creating
an
alignment
to
when
it
actually
gets
implemented.
A
It
was
so
interesting
to
me
to
have
the
met
council
come
into
the
to
our
committee
and
talk
about
their
equity
plan
and
understand
that
the
people
that
ride
transit
right
now
in
north
minneapolis
and
the
densely
concentrated
parts
of
south
minneapolis
actually
provide
the
huge
basis
of
funding
for
the
metro
transit
system
and
we
aren't
getting
the
services
even
out
of
that
very
basic
bus
system.
That's
been
in
existence
for
a
really
long
time,
so
I'm
just
very
concerned
that
this
is
a.
A
A
Light
rail
to
be
efficient,
I
I
get
that
my
colleague
councilmember
robert
lilligren
really
schooled
me
in
that
and
I
think
we're
seeing
some
of
the
of
the
challenges
if
we
have
a
system
with
the
central
corridor
right
now,
that
is
with
a
lot
of
stops.
You
know
it
makes
it
makes
for
excessive
time
to
actually
get
through
the
route
which
diminishes
diminishes,
the
effectiveness
of
going
from
one
city
to
the
next.
So
I
just
think
we
have
real
challenges
and
council
member
reich
is
so
right
about.
A
We
need
to
understand
the
scope
of
the
system
and
what
our
citizens
need
for
the
dollars
that
they
have
put
in
and
will
continue
to
put
in
to
the
dollars
that
are
collected
through
property
tax
and
the
transit
tax
that
is
levied
across
counties
in
this
community
because
we're
not
getting
the
fair
shake
out
of
the
dollars
that
we're
putting
in
so.
I
won't
be
supporting
this
today.
A
But
I
want
to
say
that
I
very
much
respect
all
the
work
that
my
colleagues
have
done
and
the
thoughtful
consideration
that
they
have
put
into
this
process,
and
particularly
council
member
clinton
and
councilmember
reich
for
sitting
through
and
making
sure.
As
the
mayor
said,
that
we
have
signed
documents
that
that
are
able
to
be
looked
back
and
held
accountable
when
this
project
moves
forward.
And
I
that
was
a
huge
step
and
I
really
appreciate
the
work
that
was
done
and
mr
rogenias
from
the
mayor's
office.
A
Q
O
S
S
P
O
A
S
S
Is
municipal?
Well,
it
depends
on
which
sheet
you're
looking
at
so
I
would
like
to
vote.
Can
I
just
I
would
like
to
vote
yes,
unauthorizing
execution
of
the
minimum
of
understanding
between
the
city
and
the
metropolitan
council
on
the
proposed
redesign
on
a
portion
of
southwest
light
rail?
I
don't
know,
I
guess
that's
the
is
that
the
municipal
consent.
S
Ms
siegel
I'm
getting
yeah,
so
I'd
like
to
vote
yes
on
that.
I'd
like
to
vote
no,
on
the
passage
of
the
resolution
approving
the
physical
design
component
and
I'd
like
to
vote,
I
on
the
city
attorney
the
director
direction
to
the
city
attorney
and
director
of
public
works
to
monitor
the
progress
of
the
sdeis,
and
I
would
like
to
vote
eye
on
the
other
staff
direction
to
the
intergovernmental
relations
department.
It
could
be
an
appropriate
staff
from
public
works.
O
O
A
F
A
A
A
O
A
O
W
Thank
you.
Madam
president.
We
have
two
items
to
forward
from
the
zoning
and
planning
committee.
The
first
is
zoning
code
amendments
regarding
one
to
four
unit,
residential
developments
to
create
new
regulations
to
regulate
the
size
of
of
those
buildings,
along
with
the
staff
direction
that
was
brought
forward
by
councilmember
palmisano
to
direct
staff
to
study
methods
related
to
green
building
deconstruction.
A
X
I
want
to
make
clear
that
what's
before
you
today
is
the
final
step
of
zoning
amendments
that
will
apply
to
one
to
four
unit
residential
buildings,
and
it
will
work
in
combination
with
the
construction
management
agreement
that
we
voted
on
in
the
cdn
reg
agenda
and
also
the
toolkit
for
neighbors
of
new
construction
for
better
regulation
of
residential
construction,
improved
processes
and
better
outcomes
for
homes.
In
every
ward,
there's
been
extensive
input
from
stakeholders,
hundreds
of
residents,
neighborhood
focus
groups,
builders,
real
estate
professionals,
architect,
groups,
city
staff
and
my
council.
X
X
X
X
I
want
to
note
also
that
if
there
are
things
that
require
tweaking
in
the
near
future,
we'll
do
that
if
we
find
that
these
provisions,
we
haven't
gotten
right
or
are
causing
problems,
we
don't
have
to
live
with
these
problems
for
years.
We
we
can
and
will
fix
them.
I
thank
you
also
for
the
staff
direction
support.
X
W
You,
madam
president,
I
just
wanted
to
quickly
say
you
know:
I've
seen
this
issue
at
mini
zoning
and
planning
planning,
commission
hearings,
and
I
just
wanted
to
commend
a
councilmember
palmisano,
which
has
really
hit
a
good
middle
ground.
Here.
I
think
I
said
this
in
in
committee
of
the
whole
that
the
planning
commission
hearing
was
very
non-controversial
with
a
lot
of
support
from
all
of
the
different
stakeholders,
and
I
can
say
that
the
ward
13
constituents
have
an
incredibly
hard-working
and
conscientious
council
member
in
councilmember
palmisano.
I
W
A
A
We
also
have
an
honorary
resolution
which
we
presented
at
the
beginning
of
the
meeting
recognized
in
the
week
of
8
of
september
8
2014
as
cooperatives
week.
Any
discussion
on
that
resolution,
seeing
none
all
in
approval,
say
aye.
I
oppose
that
carries
and
we
have
the
honorary
resolution
also
that
was
presented
before
the
council
meeting
honoring
community
gardening
day
in
minneapolis.
Any
discussion
on
that
resolution,
seeing
none
all
in
approval,
say
aye
I
oppose
that
carries
under
motions.
We
have
a
motion
by
two
motions
actually
by
council
member
paul
masano
to
amend
the
committee.
A
Seeing
none
all
in
approval
say
aye,
I
oppose
that
carries.
We
have
unanimous
consent
under
new
business
notice
of
intent
is
given
by
council
member
andrew
johnson
and
council
member
frye
to
give
notice
of
intent
to
introduce
at
the
next
meeting
of
the
city
council
the
subject
matter
of
an
ordinance
amending
the
code
relating
to
licenses
and
business
regulations,
courtesy
benches
amending
regulations
on
the
number
and
implementation
of
courtesy
benches.
That
notice
is
given
also
on
notice
of
intent.
A
Council
member
bender
gives
notice
of
intent
to
introduce
at
the
next
regular
meeting
of
the
city
council
the
subject
matter
of
an
ordinance
amending
the
code
relating
to
sidewalks,
see
streets
and
sidewalk
block
events,
reforming
and
streamlining
block
event,
conditions
and
restrictions
to
increase,
permit,
attainability
and
compliance
that
notice
is
given.
Next
we
have
announcements,
anyone
have
any
announcements,
councilmember
frye.
U
Thank
you,
madam
president,
just
two
brief
announcements,
first
is
as
part
of
our
primary
election.
We
had
a
recount
that
was
triggered
by
mr
mann.
Mr
mann
was
one
of
the
candidates
for
the
school
board.
In
the
end,
he
picked
up
one
vote,
but
still
ranked
fifth
overall
in
the
results
of
the
at-large
race
for
the
school
board.
Those
unofficial
results
will
be
canvassed
by
the
school
board
tomorrow
afternoon
that
the
top
four
vote
getters
will
advance
to
the
november
fourth
election.
You
know
if
nothing
else.
U
U
U
Q
Thank
you,
madam
president,
I'd
like
to
top
pole
vaulting,
but
I
can't
so.
I
will
end
with
my
annual
encouragement
for
council
members
and
the
community
in
general
to
attend
the
annual
monarch
festival.
This
is
done
in
conjunction
with
the
minneapolis
park
board
and
the
nokomis
diese
neighborhood
association.
It
is
on
saturday
september
6th
from
10
to
4
in
sunny
ward
11
at
the
nokomis
community
center
on
lake
nokomis.