City of Minneapolis, MN 2016 Minneapolis City Council and Committee Meetings, 7 Nov 2016

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From YouTube: November 7, 2016 Transportation & Public Works

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Minneapolis Transportation & Public Works Committee Meeting

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Morning, I.

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Will call this regularly scheduled meeting the transportation public works committee to order this day, November 7, 2016, I'm, councilman, righty I'll be cheering today's committee and joined by my colleagues on the committee, including Kozma, yang, Lydon, Palmisano, vendor and Gordon. We are full committee and we'll proceed with today's agenda, of which we have 13 items. I will go through the consent items any committee member can pull them for further consideration. Item three: is the Anderson School pedestrian crossing bikeway project layout approval and grant acceptance a series of actions to move forward with that I?

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Don't force the funding agreement with the Mississippi watershed manager, organization for south east watershed modeling project that great work continues a citywide basis, I, don't five as a Southwest light rail transit project, subordinate funding agreement number one, and that is to allow for the Metropolitan Council, to reimburse the city for not to exceed amount of 50,000 for and 16 for costs incurred for design, services for the water treatment and distribution service, division pertaining to the relocation of that water main structure.

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In conjunction with that project item 6 of the 49th avenue north and queen avenue north bridges over shingle creek project, it's a contract amendment with pci roads, item, seven, northern lights, express joint powers, agreement amendment and it's to continue to be a part of that group. Adam eight of the sanitary sewer cleaning contract amendment with sewer services incorporated item nine- is the 2016 levy of various public works department, special assessments item 10 is a uniform assessment rates. Establishing 2017 rates and 11 is the 2016 traffic zones, restrictions and controls item.

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12 is the bid for parking intercom assistance project? That's accepting a little bit for that work, and I will just committee member wish to pull any items. Not I will move all items as submitted all in favor, say aye. I am sendi name. Those items carry I'm actually going to go to the item 13, which is a discussion item, and I will make a motion to postpone that item. One cycle for the conversation call tomorrow yang.

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Thank You mr. chair for making that motion I am going to speak in favor of that and there was just a lot of activity over. Let's say last few days with regard to that issue, and you know, I'm pimping gonna actually came into my office. To give me a briefing, and you know it wasn't necessarily a full briefing on the whole I guess from 10th Aldridge. You know the briefing actually was from pretty much all bridge.

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All the way down to Xerxes were at to the end of the border, and you know that wasn't the only consideration but I the other consideration, which is that staff had recommended that we just postpone it for one cycle until I support that and it's were I'm sneaking around. So thank you. Mrs. here comes.

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From vendor Thank.

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You mr. chair I'll, just note I think it's great to postpone this a cycle. If there's a lot going on in this one particular corridor with plan transit as well as a bike way and some questions about what kind of like way. That is so just note that it's really great that we're talking about what kind of bike way here and look forward to the discussions, and thanks to councilmember yang for kind of leading on postponing that in this area. For.

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The conversation with that all in favor, say aye, I sent a name that item is postponed, will now go to our public hearings, of which we have to good morning. Director good.

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Morning, mr. chair and members of the committee, brett jelly will make the presentation.

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Morning, mr. chair and committee members, my name is Brett jelly I'm, the director of business administration, Public Works. The purpose of these public hearings are to hear testimony on the proposed non-governmental tax of proposed assessments on non governmental tax-exempt parcels for both street lighting industry maintenance. These will be payable. 2017 assessments, Minneapolis has been assessing non-governmental tax-exempt parcels for streetlight operations and Street maintenance services.

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Since nineteen seventy-four, the rate is determined for both assessments by dividing the budget for street light operations and street maintenance by all accessible square footage in the city, which ties the assessment rate to actual cost.

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Today's public hearing is for the payable 2017 assessments, which uses the same rate as last year, so the only properties that receive notices for these two public hearings are parcels that went from taxable to tax exempt or changed in size and if they got smaller than their assessments went down, so they did not receive notices, but any property that grew in size received a notice.

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One thing to note: Hennepin County continues to go through a process where they're converting to a coordinate geometry system of measurement for properties and, as they've been working their way through the city that has changed parcels slightly and in some cases, made them a little bit bigger, which then leads to a slightly larger assessment and then notice for this hearing, although in many cases it's a very small increase, there are 1324 eligible properties in the city, and notices were mailed to 123 for the street maintenance 111 for street lighting.

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This is comparable to last year for the street maintenance assessment. The median or middle value assessment for these parcels is 198 dollars a year, in the mean, or average is 422 dollars a year for street lighting, those average values or forty dollars a year for the middle value and eighty five dollars a year for the average assessment, the total assessments for street maintenance for payable 2017 is 550 9226 dollars and for street lighting is 111 991 thousand dollars I'm happy to answer any questions are.

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There any questions / the presentation- and this is presentation for both items, but we are open to hearing separately no questions for the presentation. Thank you so I'll open the first hearing, which is the non-governmental tax-exempt parcel street light eration fee 2017 assessments we do have someone signed in. We will start in order Wesley noses I. Please come forward state your name and address for the record.

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Come on Wesley Moses number person, harbor mr. ministries and Justin, we have received a notice, but they know what is about. So that's why I'm here to find out what the process and what's going on and go for new. Oh, very.

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Good, thank you. Any cow, so I confer more deeply with staff they're here at your disposal. Thank you. Further discussion on that item. Seeing none I will close public hearing number one committee members any further discussion. If not, I will move passage resolution adopting those assessments as described for item one all in favor, say: aye sent a name I'll now open item 2, which is a similar conversation this time for the assessments for the street maintenance anyone signed in.

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No anyone wish to come forward, seeing none I will close the public hearing move adoption of that resolution as well all in favor, say aye dissent, a name that carries and we have dispensed with today's business and we are adjourned. Thank you.