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From YouTube: January 11, 2016 Ways & Means
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Minneapolis Ways & Means Committee Meeting
A
Good
afternoon,
everyone
happy
2016,
happy
New
Year
to
everybody
is.
This
is
the
first
meeting
of
the
year
for
the
Ways
and
Means
Committee
I'm
John
Quincy,
the
chair
and
I'm
joined
by
councilmember
johnson
council
vice-president
glidden
got
two
members
on
asano,
Yang
and
I.
Think
councilmember
bender
will
be
here
in
just
a
moment
there.
She
is
so
we
we're,
obviously
the
full
committee
and
can
begin
our
our
work
for
the
year.
There
are
33
items
on
the
printed
agenda.
32
of
those
items
will
be
on
consent.
A
Then
we
have
a
the
first
up
of
the
item
on
the
agenda
is
the
public
hearing,
and
this
is
a
public
hearing
on
the
ethics
code,
ordinance
and
I.
Think
we'll
take
that
up
first,
because
there's
another
item
that
I'd
like
to
walk
on
with
the
committee's
indulgence
from
an
item
from
the
City
Attorney's
Office,
so
we'll
we'll
take
that
item
up
after
we
get
to
the
public
hearing.
So
if
we
could
begin
that,
this
is
a
epics
code,
ordinance
amendment
and
Susan
Trammell.
B
Good
afternoon,
chair
quince,
new
members
of
the
council
committee,
I'm
Susan
Trammell,
the
city's
ethics
officer
and
I'm,
bringing
forward
to
you
today
proposed
amendments,
as
recommended
by
the
ethical
practices
board
in
its
2014
annual
report
that
was
presented
to
you
last
fall.
The
majority
of
the
ordinance
changes
are
just
updates
and
changes
to
comply
with
changes
in
state
law
and
for
the
most
part,
there
is
not
much
expansion
of
the
ethics
code.
There
are
a
few
minor
changes
that
do
expand
the
code.
For
example,
in
section
15
point
40
conflicts
of
interest.
B
It
was
changed
to
use
the
word
household,
which
more
reflects
the
idea
that
a
person
could
have
a
financial
interest
not
due
to
their
spouse
or
domestic
partner,
but
some
other
adult
living
in
the
house,
and
so
that
that's
a
broader
term
that
will
now
be
used.
It
also
complies
with
best
practices,
as
evidenced
in,
for
example,
City
ethics
or
which
has
a
model
epics
code,
and
that
us
ethics
officers
frequently
consult
with.
B
We
made
changes
to
outside
employment
to
fill
a
gap
in
which
department
heads
are
also
required
to
fill
out
these
forms,
but
the
prior
ordinances
only
had
them
approved
by
department
heads
so
now
the
department
heads
if
they
have
outside
employment
would
go
to
their
appointing
Authority
and
bring
their
outside
employment
form
there.
We
also
exempted
both
election
judges
and
stagehands
from
outside
employment
provisions
due
to
the
type
of
work
that
they
do
in
the
fact
that
they
have
probably
many
at
least
one,
if
not
more
other,
outside
employments.
B
We
change
statement
of
economic
interest
only
to
comply
with
state
law.
We
change
city,
property
and
resources
and
political
activity,
sections
to
reflect
that
funds
and
resources
are
included
as
city
property
and
that
you
may
not
use
city
facilities,
property
funds,
resources,
personnel,
the
logo,
the
city
seal
or
any
other
city
resource
for
political
activity
purposes.
B
There
are
some
changes
made
to
the
ethical
practices
board,
such
that
we
wanted
to
clarify
that
we
have
a
number
of
citizens
who
serve
on
one
board
and
they
want
to
also
serve
on
the
Ethics
Board,
and
this
would
allow
them
to
do
so
upon
resigning
from
the
board
they're
currently
serving
on,
whereas
city
employees
and
elected
officials
would
have
a
five
year
wait
time
before
they
could
serve.
In
addition,
they
defined
the
word
employee
to
not
include
an
election
judge
for
purposes
of
serving
on
the
ethical
practices
board.
A
Me
are
there
any
questions
for
staff
on
this
item,
not
seeing
any.
Thank
you
very
much.
Miss
Tramell
and
I
also
want
to
take
the
opportunity
to
thank
the
epic
practice
board
for
their
work
in
putting
this
together
and
bringing
this
ideas
forward
after
that
way.
Thank
you.
As
this
is
a
public
hearing
I'd
like
to
open
the
public
hearing.
A
Yeah.
Are
there
any?
Is
there
anyone
to
speak
on
this
item?
Anyone
anyone
not
seeing
any
I'll
close
the
public
hearing
and
move
approval
of
the
amendments
to
the
ethical
practices,
ordinance.
Any
further
comments,
questions
from
Council
members,
not
seeing
any
all
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying,
aye
and
opposed
that
item
carries.
Thank
you
very
much
and
before
we
take
up
the
balance
of
the
printed
agenda,
I
wondered
if
we
could
hear
from
miss
Siegel
who
is
bringing
forward
a
recommended
for
council
action
here.
A
C
C
The
Vikings
are
contributing
an
additional
2
million
dollars
to
improvements
at
the
commons,
which
is
that
one
in
two-thirds
of
blocks.
That's
part
of
this
Downtown
East
development
and
we'd,
like
permission
of
the
council
for
the
city,
to
accept
that
gift
and
to
authorize
staff
to
enter
into
an
amended
charitable
pledge.
Agreement
with
the
Vikings
is
the
is
the
item
good.
D
C
Chairman
Quincy
and
councilmember
glidden
a
good
question
when
the
Vikings
contributed
the
initial
million
dollars
that
the
city
entered
into
the
original
charitable
pledge
agreement
back
in
2014,
the
the
in
the
there
was
an
obligation
which
was
set
out
a
lot
of
other
agreements.
The
development
downtown
ease
development
agreements
to
complete
the
what's
called
the
basic
park,
and
so
that
won't
change
that
will
remain
in
this
charitable
pledge
agreement.
But
there
are
no
obligations
beyond
just
delivery
of
the
one
in
two
thirds
blocks
that
Ryan
construction
is
already
obligated
to
provide.
C
C
A
C
The
it
was
a
request
of
the
Vikings
that
the
funds
come
directly
to
the
city
since
they
already
had
this
charitable
pledge
agreement
for
this
first
million
dollars
and
that
came
in
well
before
green
Minneapolis
was
formed.
So
I
think
it's
to
conform
largely
to
an
agreement
that
they
already
had.
That.
A
I
just
wanted
that
clarified
for
everybody
out
there.
This
is
not
the
Vikings
giving
us
too
many
dollars,
but
this
is
something
for
this
intended
purpose
and
then
the
other
question
is:
why
is
it
coming
up
now?
Why
is
this
attack
time-sensitive
issue?
I
just
want
to
make
sure
we're
all
understanding
why
it's
coming
to
us
today.
C
The
Vikings
have
agreed
that
the
half
of
this
1
million
dollars
will
be
paid
to
the
city
by
january
fifteenth
and
since
that
was
already
an
item
that
they
had
agreed
to,
and
since
we
need
to,
if,
if
additional
enhancements
of
our
to
be
accomplished
to
the
park,
which
I
think
is
everybody's
desire,
timing
is
of
the
essence.
So
that's
that's
the
reason
why
thank.
E
You
mr.
chair
misty,
that
seventeen
to
twenty
three
percent
of
the
donation
is
to
be
reserved
for
operating
expenses
and
so
I
I'm,
imagining
that
that
would
be
to
sort
of
put
together
a
fund
that
would
be
the
initial
operating
expenses.
But
we
know
that
this
will
likely
be
a
very
expensive
ongoing
operations,
commitment
and
so
I
just
want
to
make
sure
this
doesn't
preclude
any
future
discussions
about
how
we
might
raise
the
funds
that
we
need
for
operating.
E
C
Chair
Quincy
and
council
member
bender,
an
excellent
question
and
one
that
we
are
working
hard
to
solve
a
green
Minneapolis
in
their
fundraising
for
the
commons
in
their
pledge
agreements,
they
have
designated
that
17
to
it.
They've
allowed
a
range
of
seventeen
to
twenty
three
percent
of
all
contributions
that
they
get
for.
The
commons
will
be
set
aside
to
fund
operating
expenses.
So
this
is
to
make
this
consistent
with
that
to
make
sure
that
there
is
money
set
aside
from
private
sources
to
help
fund
the
operations.
So
it's
a
good
thing
to
help
figure.
A
Thank
you
any
other
questions.
Comments
from
Council
members,
not
seeing
any
I'll
move,
move
approval
of
this
item
as
presented
by
staff
today,
all
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
opposed,
and
that
item
carries.
Thank
you
very
much.
Now
we
have
the
balance
of
the
agenda
before
us
here.
The
first
item
is
a
settlement
with
a
lawsuit
with
that
chi
thao,
that's
from
the
City
Attorney's
Office.
A
The
convention
center
brings
forward
the
contract
amendment
with
messenger
construction
for
contract
closeout
on
Convention,
Convention,
Center,
railing
enhancement,
project,
finance
and
property
services
brings
forward
an
item
number
or
on
your
agenda.
That's
the
rebid
acceptance
for
Hiawatha
HVAC
equipment,
installation
5,
is
a
bid.
Acceptance
for
fire
station
number,
14,
hvac
equipment,
replacement,
project
and
number
six
is
the
architectural
and
engineering
design
services
for
twenty
seventh
avenue.
Northeast
storage
and
maintenance
facility
project
human
resources.
Department
brings
forward
item
number
seven.
It's
the
minneapolis
defined
contribution
retirement
plan.
A
Information
technology
department
brings
forward
three
items.
The
first
is
a
contract
termination
with
ardent
technologies
for
the
solid
waste
information
systems,
support
and
maintenance
item.
Nine
is
a
gift
acceptance
for
IT
for
a
February
2016
conference
registration
item
number
10
is
the
contract
for
secure
onet
LLC
for
surveillance
network
services.
A
Community
planning
in
our
community
development
and
regulatory
services
committee
brings
forward
a
number
of
items
from
their
last
cycle.
This
is
the
lake
and
nicollet
redevelopment
plan.
Item
number
11
items
of
12
is
the
second
Avenue
North
Van
White
Memorial
Boulevard
redevelopment
plan.
13
is
an
emergency
and
non-emergency
boarding
contract
amendment
with
Castro
John
Inc
health
environment.
Community
engagement
committee
brings
forward
an
item.
A
number
of
items
here
related
to
food
and
drug
administration.
Regulatory
standards
program
is
accepting
it
several
grants
from
USDA
also
the
lead
and
healthy
homes
outreach.
A
This
is
a
contract
extension
with
clear
core
us,
a
cost-share
funding
agreements.
This
delegates,
Authority
for
the
to
the
commissioner
of
health,
to
enter
into
cost,
share
funding
agreements
for
green
business
cost
sharing
program
the
Healthy
Living
Program.
This
is
consulting
services.
Agreement
authorizes
an
agreement
with
ellingson
health,
consulting
the
public
safety,
civil
rights
and
emergency
management
committee
brings
forward
the
community
engagement
coordinator,
grant
acceptance
from
the
Joyce
foundation,
so
national
or
2016
National
Forensic
Sciences
improvement.
Grant
acceptance
from
Minnesota
Department
of
Public
Safety
item
number
20.
Is
the
police
bike
cops
for
kids
program?
A
This
is
a
grant
awards
from
serisi
connellan,
LLP
and
Edward
Phillips
family
foundation
for
a
amazing
cool.
Looking
bike
cops
for
kids
up
ban
purchase
the
adult
DWI
court.
Grant
acceptance
for
the
Fourth
Judicial
Court
in
Hennepin
County
met,
corrects
City
Council
action
of
last
year
reflect
a
grant
award
in
the
correct
amount.
A
The
forensic
interview
services
contract
amendment
with
corner
house
interagency
child
abuse,
evaluation
and
training
center
item
number
23
is
the
bomb
disposal
unit
joint
powers,
revenue
agreement
with
the
state
of
Minnesota
Homeland
Security,
the
transportation
of
Public
Works
Committee
brings
forward
a
number
of
items.
Number
24
is
the
storm
pump
station
rehab
an
up
gain
upgrade
project
the
east
downtown
pedestrian
realm
improvements.
This
is
the
block
75
agreement.
I,
remember:
26.
Is
the
waste
disposal
services
a
contract
with
Hennepin
County
27?
Is
the
nicollet
central,
modern,
streetcar
project?
A
This
is
the
master
funding
agreement
item
number
28,
the
Burnham
bridge
over
the
Cedar
Lake
channel
project
item
number
29
is
IPS
contract
amendment
for
single
spaced
parking
meters
item
30
is
the
bid
for
construction
for
concrete,
sidewalks,
curb
and
curb,
and
gutter
alleys
and
drive
approaches.
This
is
a
low
bid
with
concrete
idea.
A
Item
31
is
the
accepting
low
bid
with
landmark
structures
for
a
fridley
filter,
backwash
supply
tank
project.
Then
item
32
is
the
accepting
the
single
bid
for
dresser
trap
rock
for
the
bid
on
the
riprap
materials.
That's
really
fun
to
say,
and
the
final
item
is
the
bid
for
Washington
marquette
sanitary
sewer,
rehab
project,
any
questions
or
comments
on
those
items.
I'll
move
those
items
not
seeing
any
all
those
in
favor
of
the
consent
agenda,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
and
that
those
items
are
moved
forward.
So
thank
you
very
much.