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From YouTube: October 27, 2016 Intergovernmental Relations
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Minneapolis Intergovernmental Relations Committee Meeting
A
Good
afternoon
my
name
is
Elizabeth.
Glidden
I
am
the
chair
of
the
intergovernmental
relations
committee,
and
this
is
our
regularly
scheduled
meeting.
I
am
joined
today
by
council.
Members
were
Sami
fry
and
Cano,
and
we
are
a
quorum
of
the
committee.
We
have
three
items
on
the
agenda
for
today,
they're
all
listed
as
discussion
items
and
we
will
just
take
them
one
by
one.
The
first
is
an
update
to
our
2016
legislative
policy
positions.
This
was
an
item
that
we
saw
last
cycle
as
well.
A
It's
essentially
a
clean
up
of
what
is
our
very
long
list
of
adopted
policy
positions
that
has
been
that
grows
and
changes
every
year
as
we
go
through
this
process
and
miss
Bergman
is
here
to
give
us
the
overview
on
where
we
have
at
this
document,
and
then
we
hope
to
adapt
this.
So
we
have
kind
of
a
cleaner
slate
to
work
from,
as
we
then
review
new
proposals.
Yes,.
B
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
council
members.
Sasha
Bergman
with
the
IGR
department
before
you
of
the
chair,
it
said,
is
a
document
that
we've
discussed
in
this
committee
in
the
last
cycle
and
then
in
I
think
previous
cycles,
with
updates
on
how
the
process
was
going.
This
is
just
a
broad
update
of
all
of
the
policy
positions
that
have
been
in
our
policy
document
for
a
number
of
years
and
I
wanted
to
thank
the
committee
members
for
your
help
and
employee
lists.
B
Something
that
we
would
want
in
that
in
that
space
we
brought
in
the
statement
a
little
further
just
to
speak
to
the
city's
goal,
to
advance
equity
in
sort
of
a
holistic
way.
If
there
are
any
questions
happy
to
answer
those.
Otherwise,
the
second
update
is
on
page
11.
Under
the
general
city
livability
section,
we
did
get
some
additional
input
from
council
members
and
thought
we'd
recommend
to
delete
the
position
opposing
alcohol
and
grocery
stores
or
wine
in
grocery
stores.
B
This
is
a
bill
that
had
been
discussed
many
years
ago
at
the
legislature,
but
we
haven't
seen
any
action
on
it
in
some
time
and
and
don't
don't
think
that
it
will
be
coming
up
again
any
time
in
the
future,
so
we
recommend
deleting
it
other
than
that
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions
about
the
updates.
If.
A
A
This
is
sort
of
the
not-so-fun
work,
but
important
work
to
make
sure
that
we
really
are
carefully
reviewing
what
has
sometimes
collected
over
time
and
make
sure
that
we
clean
that
up,
freshen
it
and
make
sure
it
accurately
reflects
where
the
city
of
Minneapolis
is
today
with
our
policy
positions,
so
I'm
not
seeing
any
questions
from
Council
members.
So
with
that,
let's
go
ahead
and
vote
on
the
motion
to
approve
I'll
own
favor.
Please
say
aye
aye
opposed
and
we
now
have
an
updated
policy
positions
document.
Thank
you,
miss
Bergman.
Thank
you.
A
Now
we
have
our
item
number
two,
which
is
every
year.
We
go
through
a
significant
process
to
evaluate
ideas,
legislative
proposals
that
may
come
from
policymakers,
but
many
of
which
come
from
staff
who
are
working
in
certain
subject
areas
and
are
able
to
see
that
interplay
with
the
city's
need
to
take
a
position
on
state
policy
ideas.
And
this
is
our
day
to
hear
more
in
depth
about
our
new
proposals.
Miss.
B
I
did
want
to
thank
the
policy
liaison
team
who
put
in
a
lot
of
work
over
the
summer
and
fall
generating
some
of
these
ideas
meeting
to
discuss
them
and
let
them
and
the
possibly,
as
one
team
actually
heard
more
than
a
dozen
proposals
this
this
round
and
as
you
can
see,
there's
only
seven
being
presented
today
just
want
to
speak
a
little
bit
to
the
ones
that
didn't
move
forward.
Some
of
them
were
once
they
brought
them
forward
to
colleagues
and
I
got
input
from
other
staff
and
other
departments.
B
They
realize
that
there
might
be
another
way
to
approach
the
issue
that
doesn't
require
legislative
action
or
kind
of
hearing
hearing
the
thoughts
and
rent
reactions
of
their
colleagues,
and,
in
my
mind
this.
That's
exactly
how
this
process
is
designed
to
work,
to
have
folks
bring
their
different
ideas
forward
and
hear
from
colleagues
and
get
different
perspectives,
and
maybe
even
strengthen
the
approach
that
they're
planning
to
take
to
resolve
an
issue.
B
B
C
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
We
have
a
couple
of
proposals:
we're
going
to
talk
through
a
real
quickly.
The
first
deals
with
the
criminal
state
court
surcharge
and
between
2003
and
2009
of
this
surcharge
increased
from
third
five
dollars
up
to
75
dollars,
and
it
applies
to
every
criminal
defendant,
convicted
of
any
crime
or
petty
misdemeanor.
So
any
a
traffic
ticket
you
get
there's
a
$75
surcharge
added
on
now
and
as
part
of
our
ongoing
work
around
fines
fees
and
driving
related
offenses.
C
This
seemed
like
a
something
that
fits
well
with
the
city's
general
legislative
agenda
and
the
city's
goals.
So,
for
example,
the
example
here
is
a
twenty-dollar
jaywalking
ticket
$75
court
charge,
so
you
own
$95,
$50,
speeding
ticket
is
a
typical
speeding,
ticket
plus
$75
for
the
surcharge
in
and
it's
125
dollars.
C
This
has
obviously
a
disproportionate
impact
on
people
of
low
income
and
also
since
there
are
more
people
of
color
who
tend
to
be
a
low-income,
a
disproportionate
impact
on
people
of
color
in
our
community.
So
our
proposal
is
fairly
simple,
is
to
amend
the
state
law
to
grant
towards
the
discretion
to
reduce
or
waive
the
surcharge
in
the
surcharge.
Initially,
I
think
it
was
proposed.
Melissa
is
a
way
to
help
fund
the
courts
of
under
Governor
Pawlenty,
but
it's
money
that
largely
just
goes
into
the
general
fund
now.
C
D
So
our
second
proposal
is
around
our
Geographic
restrictions
as
part
of
criminal
sentences,
especially
on
our
repeat
offenders.
We
had
been
using
Geographic
restrictions
or
geo
maps,
as
we
call
them
as
a
condition
of
their
probation.
We
sought
this
only
for
offenders
that
repeatedly
committed
crimes
in
a
certain
specific
area
on
the
courts,
have
discretion
to
make
this
part
of
their
sentence
about
what.
D
Would
prohibit
that
offender
from
being
in
that
specific
geographic
area,
and
we
found
that
it
actually
helps
some
of
our
offenders
because
it
kept
them
out
of
the
areas
where
they
were
getting
into
trouble
and
away
from
people
that
were
bad
influences
and
it
had
a
positive
effect
on
a
lot
of
the
neighborhoods.
This
is
just
an
example
of
one
of
our
geographic
restriction
maps
that
we
have
in
the
3rd
precinct.
D
You
can
see
it's
just
a
small
area
in
the
3rd
precinct
around
franklin
avenue,
and
so
that's
just
to
show
you
what
one
looks
like
in
2014
and
2015.
There
was
a
court
decision
out
of
the
Court
of
Appeals
and
then
affirmed
by
the
Minnesota
Supreme
Court
that
basically
held
that
prosecutors.
Do
not
have
the
authority
to
impose
a
separate
criminal
contempt
charge
for
a
violation
of
the
Geographic
restrictions.
The
way
we
had
used
them
is
if
a
person
was
given
a
geomap,
they
would
sign
it.
D
It
would
be
a
court
order
and
they
would
be
told
to
stay
out
of
that
area.
If
they
go
into
the
area
and
our
caught,
they
were
told.
This
would
be
a
contempt
of
court
charge
and
a
separate
criminal
offense,
there's
a
very
effective
tool
for
enforcing
those
violations
and
and
ensuring
compliance.
The
Minnesota
Supreme
Court
basically
held
that
that
the
criminal
contempt
statute
does
not
allow
for
that
separate
charge.
It's
not
a
specific
delineated
exception
to
criminal
contempt
and
therefore
we
had
to
stop
prosecuting
for
that
separate
charge.
D
We
still
do
use
the
maps,
but
unfortunately,
with
this
recent
court
decision
there
are
a
lot
less
effective
because
it's
much
much
harder
to
enforce
them
as
a
regular
probation
violation,
and
so
they
virtually
become
somewhat
ineffective.
So
our
proposal
is
to
amend
that
specific
criminal
contempt
statute
to
allow
us
to
continue
to
charge
a
separate
criminal
contempt
charge
for
a
by
a
willful
violation
of
the
geographic
restriction
map.
F
F
F
We
set
the
draft
proposal
up
for
Hennepin
County
in
Ramsey
counties.
It
could
be
extended
to
the
seven-county
metro
area
if
so
chosen.
If
this
statute
is
approved
or
still
local
approvals
required
by
the
Minneapolis
City
Council
and
the
proposed
time
frame
is
the
friday
saturday,
sunday
of
the
Super
Bowl
weekend.
F
The
statute
itself
is
worded
similar
to
the
past
two
that
we've
done
and
again.
This
is
a
draft
we
can
modify
the
days
and
we
can
also
once
this
approved
we
can.
The
City
Council
can
customize
Geographic
restrictions
in
the
first
case
for
the
Republican
National
Convention
we
restricted
at
the
downtown
only
we
could
do
that,
we've
restricted
by
zoning
districts,
etc.
E
A
H
Good
afternoon,
madam
chair
and
committee
members,
my
name
is
Patti
bowler
with
the
Minneapolis
health
department,
and
my
proposal
is
to
really
strengthen
the
youth,
tobacco
prevention
and
control
part
of
our
legislative
agenda
or
policy
platforms,
and
what
I'm
going
to
briefly
talk
about
our
support
items
that
the
tobacco
prevention
items
are
included
in
the
Minnesotans
for
a
smoke-free
generations,
a
legislative
platform,
and
you
can
see
the
organizations
that
are
part
of
this
coalition.
It's
a
40-member
coalition,
really
working
on
decreasing
tobacco
use
in
the
state.
H
Just
a
couple
of
points
about
youth
tobacco
use
in
its
impact
about
eighty-five
percent
of
smokers
start
smoking
when
they're
18
years
old,
and
the
group
that
is
probably
the
group
that
that
has
the
largest
increase
in
smoking
are
18
to
24
year
olds
and
even
though
cigarette
smoking
is
at
a
low
time,
is
at
a
all-time
low.
In
Minnesota,
there
are
large
disparities,
so
youth
tobacco
use
is
really
a
health
equity
issue.
H
H
Just
a
couple
again
kind
of
a
health
equity
point
here
is
that
african-american
smokers
smoke
menthol
cigarettes
more
than
any
other
population,
and
also
menthol
cigarette
use
is
on
the
rise
of
high
school
smokers
and
then,
lastly,
tobacco
use
cost
the
state
a
lot
of
money.
So
it's
about
2.5
billion
in
excess
healthcare
expenses,
which
represents
about
fifty
dollars
per
person.
H
So
the
four
pieces
to
this
proposal,
the
first
one
is
to
raise
the
price
of
the
age
of
purchase
to
age,
21
and,
as
I
mentioned,
this
would
really
impact
youth
smoking.
In
that
twenty
two
percent
of
the
smokers
in
the
state
are
the
18
to
24
year
olds.
That's
the
highest
smoking
rate
of
any
age
group,
a
number
of
cities
and
counties
and
states
actually
have
passed
this
policy
Hawaii
California
in
about
195
season
counties
and
we've
seen.
There's
just
been
some
studies
in
Massachusetts
about
the
impact,
the
public
health
impact
and
we've
seen.
H
Youth
initiation
rates
drop
and
also
smoking
rates
drop
overall,
and
the
next
one
is
to
restrict
the
sale
of
flavored
products,
especially
menthol,
and
again.
This
is
a
health
equity
issue
in
that
the
use
of
menthol
cigarettes
is
substantially
higher
compared
to
white
populations,
amount
among
communities
of
color
and
adolescent
african-american
and
adolescent
Latino
smokers.
This
policy
would
also
take
many
cigarettes
out
of
gas
stations
and
corner
stores.
H
C
H
Two
proposals
also
relate
to
youth
tobacco
prevention
and
we'd
like
to
see
tobacco
prices
maintained
or
increased,
and
there's
a
high
price
sensitivity
to
the
purchase
of
tobacco's
and
tobacco,
and
many
different
kind
of
sources
make
up
the
tobacco
price,
including
excise
taxes
and
sales
taxes
the
tobacco-free
fee.
We
don't
like
to
see
these
these
sources
of
funding
stay
high
and
then,
lastly,
we
would
like
to
see
an
increase
in
funding
for
comprehensive
tobacco
control
programs.
H
So
we
do
spend
money
in
the
state
of
a
soda
for
tobacco
control,
but
it's
at
about
forty
percent
of
what
the
CDC
would
recommend
and
we
do
know
that
the
industry,
the
tobacco
industry
spends
about
150,
6.3
million
on
tobacco
advertising
and
marketing,
and
the
state
spends
about
21
million.
So
there's
a
big
disparity
there.
So
those
are
my
proposals.
I'd
stand
for
questions
not.
G
So
what
is
what
is
the
city's
role,
because
this
is
clearly
an
issue
that
spans
beyond
the
city's
jurisdiction?
Well,
the
city,
together
with
the
park
board,
has
a
storm
sewer
permit.
That
requires
us
to
track
and
report
how
much
chloride
we're
using
to
protect
the
traveling
public.
We
are
also
beholden
to
a
total
maximum
daily
load
or
essentially
a
restoration
plan.
Salt
diet
that
the
rest
of
the
metro
area
is
also
required
to
implement.
That
requires
us
to
think
about
ways
to
reduce
salt
use.
G
I
would
also
argue
that
this
proposal
lines
up
well
with
the
city's
goals
of
maximizing
health
and
safety
and
vitality,
and
in
June,
when
we
had
a
discussion
about
the
city
results
measure
for
healthy
lakes,
rivers
and
streams.
There
was
a
wide
discussion
at
the
staff
level,
the
leadership
level
of
the
elected
officials
and
as
well
as
the
stakeholders
asking
for
the
city
to
do
more
on
this
issue.
G
So
partly
in
response
to
that
meeting,
and
partly
in
response
to
the
fact
that
we
we
recognize
that
we
have
responsibilities
under
our
Clean
Water
Act
stormwater
permit.
We
are
advocating
for
state
funding
for
research
on
new
technologies
and
alternatives,
to
chloride
containing
de-icing
chemicals
and
for
sustained
funding
to
promote
road
salt
application,
training
for
both
public
and
private
applicators.
G
Currently,
the
city
applicators
in
all
of
our
city
contractors
are
required
to
attend
certification
training,
but
there's
no
incentive
or
requirement
for
private
applicators
or
commercial
applicators
that
aren't
working
for
municipalities
to
attend
the
training
which
is
currently
free.
But
there
is
no
plan
to
hold
it
long
term
because
there
isn't
funding
at
the
state
level
to
continue
that.
G
So
this
would
help
with
that,
as
well
as
asking
for
additional
research
to
think
about
ways
that
we
can
minimize
use
of
chlorides
or
alternatives
or
alternative
pavement
methods
to
to
think
about
minimizing
impacts
to
water
quality.
So
we
have
partners
both
in
our
local
watershed
groups,
our
neighborhood
associations,
as
well
as
at
the
state
level.
Governor
Mark
Dayton,
has
declared
this
the
year
of
water
and
is
calling
for
action
not
only
on
chloride
but
other
pollutants
and
I.
G
A
E
Good
afternoon,
madam
chair
council
members,
my
name
is
Dave
fervour,
Holton
I'm,
the
director
of
solid
waste
and
recycling
for
the
city.
I'm
here
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
organized
collection,
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
issue
in
our
role,
so
we
we
are
an
organized
collection
city
and
we
have
been
since
1971
and
for
the
past
10
years
last
25
years
cycles,
we've
actually
put
out
RFPs
and
gone
through
the
organized
collection
process
to
maintain
the
organized
collection
system
that
we
have,
and
why
do
we
do
it?
E
Reason
I'm
here
is
because
this
past
legislative
cycle
there
was
a
bill
introduced
in
the
house
that
looked
to
place
a
moratorium
for
five
years
and
the
authority
of
local
governments
to
organize
solid
waste
collection
that
would
have
been
amended
of
Minnesota
statute
115a.
So
we're
here
primed
primarily
to
oppose
that
and
and
support
our
method
of
organized
collection.
So
what
are
we
proposing
to
support
local
control
to
establish
or
modify
organized
waste
collection
services?
E
Other
interests
to
stakeholders
similar
to
us
would
be
other
cities
who
are
interested
in
either
head
having
already
established
organized
collection
or
are
going
to
pursue
it
in
the
future,
and
then
industry
groups
that
are
looking
for
lower
costs.
Less
emissions
more
safety
than
other
interested
stakeholders
include
the
state
of
mpca,
which
we
were
work
with,
and
the
solid
waste
management,
Coordinating,
Board
and
I
guess
a
little
bit
of
why
why
we
support
organized
collection
is.
E
Typically,
we
keep
our
expenses
down,
we
have
less
trucks
out
there,
it's
safer,
less
world
where
less
emissions
and
I
think
as
opposed
open
collection.
Where
you
have
your
choice,
there's
we've
got
the
consistency
and
cost
and
level
of
service
that
we
provide
amongst
the
city
here,
or
it's
not
really
the
case
in
open
collection.
So
with
it,
that's
my
my
proposal
and
I'm
here
to
answer
any
questions
you
might
have
thank.
A
You
thank
you.
Question
I
had
was
just
as
the
you
may,
not
I,
don't
know.
If
you
know
this,
it
might
be
our
staff
on
whether
the
League
of
Minnesota
cities
took
a
position
on
us.
I
couldn't
remember
if
they
did
looks
like
they
probably
did,
which
is
helpful.
I
know
they
have
another
position
on
local
control
issues
which
is
kind
of
the
backbone
of
this
bed,
and
then
so.
This
is
really
just
allowing
us
to
get
involved.
Should
we
need
to
kind
of
play
some
defense
another?
A
In
other
words,
and-
and
I
will
say
over
the
years,
there's
been
some
in
my
mind,
unusual
proposals
around
organized
collection.
It's
amazing
because
our
residents,
of
course
love
organized
collection,
it's
one
of
our
top-rated
services
and
be
curious
to
know
for
cities.
You
don't
have
organized
collection,
how
their
garbage
service
ends
up
being
rated,
probably
not
evaluated,
since
it's
not
a
city
service,
but
I'll
have
a
guess
so
anyway.
Thank
you
very
much.
We
I
agree.
This
is
really
part
in
issue.
Okay,.
B
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
against
ash
bergen
with
the
IG
our
department,
and
just
to
follow
up
on
that.
Last
of
the
question
about
the
League
of
Minnesota
cities.
When
we
went
through
the
policy
committee
process
at
the
League
this
past
summer,
I
did
look
at
that
policy
to
see
if
it
seemed
like
it
would
support
this
position
consistent
with
this.
B
In
reaction
to
that
bill,
they
did
testify
against
the
bill
last
year
and
so
I
think
we
were
covered
in
that
in
that
regard,
the
last
I
don't
look
much
like
assistant
chief
Tyner
I'm,
a
little
shorter
than
he
is
that
I'll
try
to
do
them.
Justice
today
and
present
his
proposal
about
military
leave,
reimbursement
for
public
the
employees,
Minnesota
statute,
192,
dot,
26
subdivision
one
requires
local
governments
to
pay
public.
B
Excuse
me:
pay
any
employees
15
days
of
compensation
per
year
for
military
leave
and,
in
addition
to
those
costs,
additional
costs
related
to
overtime
can
also
occur
to
fill
those
temporary
vacancies,
especially
in
positions
like
public
safety,
where
they
really
aren't.
You
know
they're
not
able
to
absorb
those
vacancies.
They
really
do
need
to
continue
to
provide
for
the
health,
safety
and
well-being
of
residents,
while
supporting
their
their
personnel
that
are
also
members
of
the
military.
B
So
the
proposal
from
the
fire
department,
which
the
police
department
would
also
be
supportive
of,
is
to
support
state
funding,
including
reimbursement
of
costs,
incurred
related
to
compensation
for
leave
in
overtime
costs
for
public
safety
employees.
This
is
something
that
has
been
around
at
the
legislature,
the
last
two
biennium
last
biennium.
It
was
introduced
by
representative
Greg,
David's
Republican
from
southeastern
Minnesota
and
Senator
sandy
Pappas
from
st.
Paul,
and
it
was
really
led
by
I
believe
them
in
Minnesota
Professional
Firefighters
Association.
B
So
we
would
not
be
taking
a
leading
role
on
this
if
it
is
adopted,
but
would
be
supportive
of
it
and
I
know
that
there
are
other
cities
that
have
expressed
support
of
this
policy
or
this
proposal
through
letters
in
the
past
legislative
sessions,
and
then
this
the
League
of
Minnesota
cities,
is
considering
adoption
of
a
policy
that
would
support
this
as
well
by
the
board.
As
you
know,
madam
chair
later
on,
this
fall.
There
are
any
questions
about
that.
B
Then,
just
really
quick,
madam
chair,
wanted
to
talk
about
next
steps.
I
think
our
anticipated
next
steps
would
be
to
take
the
document
that
you
adopted
in
the
last
motion,
adopting
the
changes
to
the
2016
policy
positions
and
adopting
a
new
version
of
that
it
would
not
be
knew.
It
would
be
that
version
plus
any
additional
new
policies
for
27
teens.
That
would
be
the
2017
policy
position,
adoption
hopefully
at
the
November
igr
committee
meeting
and
then
in
December.
The
IGR
committee
meeting
I
can't
recall
the
date
offhand.
B
A
Right
well,
thank
you
to
all
the
presenters.
I
know,
there's
a
few
of
you
that
are
still
here.
So
we
really
appreciate
a
lack
of
questions
doesn't
mean
that
we're
not
interested.
It
means
we
feel
like
we're
very
well
briefed
and
I.
Think
maybe
you're
happy
to
hear
there
aren't
any
questions
about.
Why
is
that
in
front
of
us,
so
I
think
we
feel
well
prepared
with
that
I'm
going
to
move
to
receive
and
file
the
presentation,
so
I'll
approval,
please
say:
aye
aye
opposed
and
we
have
one
last
item.