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From YouTube: January 5, 2017 Intergovernmental Relations
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Minneapolis Intergovernmental Relations Committee Meeting
A
Good
afternoon
I'm
calling
to
order
our
regularly
scheduled
meeting
of
the
intergovernmental
relations
committee
and
our
first
meeting
of
2017.
My
name
is
Elizabeth
glidden
I'm,
the
chair
of
this
committee
and
I'm
joined
today
by
council
members
fri
counts,
president
johnson
and
council
member
andrew
johnson.
We
are
a
quorum
of
the
committee
in
able
to
do
business.
We
have
three
items
on
our
agenda
for
today.
The
first
is
a
resolution
supporting
the
resettlement
of
Syrian
refugees
in
Minneapolis
and
the
state
of
Minnesota
and
I
didn't
know.
Mr.
A
A
All
right
and
yes-
and
so
thank
you
for
that-
this
had
come
forward
via
councilmember,
Gordon
and
I
know
that
he
had
worked
with
some
folks
from
Amnesty
International
to
identify
language
for
this
resolution
and
I
understand.
We
have
a
guest
here
today.
Why
don't
you
come
forward
and
you
can
introduce
yourself
and
maybe
make
a
some
brief
comment
on?
Why
you
think
this
resolution
is
important?
Yeah.
C
Okay,
thank
you.
Yes,
my
name
is
Aaron
tovel
and
I'm.
The
Minnesota
area
coordinator
for
MSC
international
to
the
volunteer
position,
I
kind
of
act
as
a
liaison
for
coordinators
throughout
Minnesota
with
AI
staff,
and
this
is
a
campaign.
Part
of
a
campaign-
is
actually
going
on
nationwide.
Other
cities
are
also
going
to
be
considering
in
a
vaccine.
C
So
so
that's
kind
of
the
main
thing,
also
in
light
of
trumps
recent
election
and
the
amount
of
anti-immigrant
anti-refugee
rhetoric,
that's
been
happening
nationwide.
This
is
also
a
chance
for
Minnesota
to
assert
its
values
and
it's
not
just
Amnesty
International.
We
have
several
organizations
that
have
signed
on
with
this
resolution
and
they're
included
in
the
resolution
itself
in
boldface.
C
C
D
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
committee
for
taking
this
up
and
also
thank
you
for
the
advocates
for
bringing
it
forward.
When
I
saw
st.
Paul
passing
this,
it
seemed
like
something
we
could
do.
It
is
symbolic
it
as
a
gesture,
but
I
also
think
it's
in
keeping
with
many
other
things.
We've
been
doing,
and
certainly
the
kind
of
city
we
want
to
be
44
people
Thank.
E
You,
madam
chair,
a
council
vice-president,
myself,
attended
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
dinner
last
night
in
the
governor
spoke,
and
he
talked
about
the
demographics
of
our
state
and
the
challenges
that
we
faced
with
finding
employees
for
for
our
communities
and
talked
about
being
welcoming
two
imprints
to
our
state
and
how
we
it
isn't
just
that,
it's
a
good,
a
gesture.
It's
a
necessity
and
I
thought
he
was
really
strong
in
his
remarks.
E
But
you
know
as
someone
who
grew
up
in
this
community
when
it
was
very,
very
white
and
what
somebody
said,
what
the
biggest
fights
used
to
be
again,
the
Norwegians
versus
the
Swedes
it
just
it's
so
different,
it's
so
different
now,
but
we
benefited
so
much
from
the
immigration
that
we've
had
in
our
in
our
state
and
it's
changed
us
very
much,
but
has
changes
for
the
better
and
and
so
I
I'm
happiest
worthless.
Today,
thank.
A
E
A
F
Afternoon,
madam
chair,
what
you
have
before
you
is
that
our
most
recent
update
to
the
city's
2017
legislative
agenda
and
policy
positions,
most
of
the
updates
that
you
see
today,
are
technical
in
nature.
Some
formatting
and
linguistic
changes.
For
the
sake
of
time,
I
did
just
want
to
highlight
and
spend
a
moment
to
point
out
one
particular
item
and
then
entertain
questions
from
the
committee
and,
if
you
look
under
the
section
entitled
Public
Safety
and
criminal
justice
reform,
you'll
see
a
new
statement.
F
I'm
gonna
read
it
for
the
record
for
those
who
are
watching
at
home.
The
city
supports
legislation
and
policies
that
reduce
the
collateral
consequences
for
low
in
for
low-level
driving
offenses,
which
have
disparate
impacts
on
low-income
residents,
and
people
of
color
policies
should
work
to
end
the
cycle
of
amassing
fines,
fees
and
state
surcharges
for
these
offenses.
F
The
push
individuals
deeper
into
poverty
policies
should
instead
provide
opportunities
for
diversion
and
restitution
they
give
back
to
communities
through
service,
encourage
safe
and
legal
driving,
enhance
accountability
for
those
with
multiple
citations,
protect
due
process
rights
for
victims
of
unsafe
driving
and
allow
residents
continued
access
to
jobs
and
education.
Madam
chair,
the
genesis
of
this
particular
item
really
started
with
the
City
Attorney's
Office
and
we
think
the
city
attorney
and
Mary
Ellen
hang
in
the
city
attorney's
office
for
their
diligent
work
on
this
topic.
F
The
city
has,
for
the
last
eight
years,
managed
a
very
successful
driving
diversion
program
for
people
who
receive
citations
in
the
city
for
driving,
after
revocation
of
a
license,
driving
after
suspension
and
driving
without
proof
of
insurance.
These
tend
to
be
tickets,
that
just
a
mass
and
they
just
get
repeated
ticket
after
ticket
every
ticket,
and
it
really
was
a
revolving
door.
F
Sometimes
people
get
these
tickets
because
they
are
being
derelict
and
their
responsibilities
as
drivers
a
lot
of
the
time
they
get
them,
because
these
are
crimes
of
poverty
and
these
tickets
are
just
really
expensive
and
owners
to
pay.
So
the
City
Attorney's,
Office
and
other
cities
around
the
state
created
the
driving
diversion
program
that
allows
people
who
have
multiple
citations
to
have
their
license
reinstated.
Well,
they
attend
some
good
citizenship
classes,
some
financial
management,
good
driving
practices,
things
of
that
nature.
F
They
attend
classes
and
then
commit
to
a
payment
plan
to
pay
down
their
fines
and
fees
and
state
surcharges,
and
then
their
license
is
reinstated
as
long
as
they
are
in
good
standing
with
the
program.
The
program
has
been
tremendously
successful
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
there's
a
six
percent
recidivism
rate
for
participants
who
go
the
entire
distance
and
complete
the
program.
So
we
we
are
working
with
the
City
Attorney's
Office
to
extend
the
life
of
this
program.
F
It
was
originally
a
pilot
program,
so
in
state
statute
it
sunsets
every
few
years
and
after
about
eight
years,
it
is
clearly
not
a
pilot
project
anymore.
It
is
clearly
a
very
successful
project.
It's
in
about
two
dozen
other
local
units
of
government
cities
and
a
couple
counties
statewide
so
along
us
and
the
city
of
st.
Paul
and
other
partners
are
going
to
be
working
to
make
that
very
successful
program.
Permanent.
In
discussions
around
the
codification
of
that
program,
we
really
started
have
this
larger
global
discussion
around?
F
How
do
people
get
to
the
point
where
they
need
our
driver
diversion
program
in
the
first
place,
and
we
wanted
to
take
a
look
at
the
very
narrow
issue
of
people.
Just
have
amassed
these
fines
and
fees
over
and
over
and
over.
So
we
have
a
list
of
about
five
policies
that
we're
looking
at
and
won't
get
into
too
many
details
right
now
be
happy
to
to
meet
with
anyone
individually,
we're
still
working
on
them
and
finalizing
legislative
proposals,
but
we're
really
happy
to
be
working
with
our
partners
in
the
city
of
st.
F
Our
goal
is
to
have
our
residents
driving
safely
and
legally
and
for
our
residents,
who
are
the
victims
of
unsafe
driving
for
them
to
have
a
process
to
have
their
property
repaired
and
to
have
their
day
in
court
as
well,
and
to
really
strike
that
balance
that
if
someone
is
committing
these
violations
over
and
over
and
over
because
they're
caught
in
this
cycle
of
amassing
these
fines
and
fees,
and
these
really
are
in
fractions
of
poverty.
We
want
to
address
them
in
an
appropriate
way
and
stacking.
F
More
fines
and
fees
on
top
of
them
doesn't
really
accomplish
that.
And
if
someone
is
driving
irresponsibly
and
they're
being
derelict
and
their
responsibilities
to
address
them
appropriately,
do
not
have
every
tool
be
a
hammer
when
there
are
lots
of
different
nails.
So
with
that,
madam
chair
I'll
stand
for
questions.
A
E
E
Think
man,
chair
and
I
appreciate
me:
schlep,
miss
lashes
work
on
my
concerns
about
this
language
and
we
did
have
a
presentation
from
the
City
Attorney's
Office
book
this
program
and
the
success
they're
up,
but
I
think
it's
important
also
to
stress.
As
someone
who,
every
day
we
have
people
driving
irresponsibly
with
very
long
records
of
doing
the
very
same
thing
and.
E
Sometimes,
property
damage
to
homes,
to
fences
to
uninsured
or
cars,
cars
where
people
don't
carry
collision
insurance.
That
kind
of
problem
with
problem
drivers
is
exacerbated
in
low-income
communities
as
well.
If
you
have
a
thousand-dollar
deductible
on
your
insurance,
your
homeowners
insurance
and
somebody
takes
your
fence
out
you're
out
a
thousand
dollars,
so
I
think
the
imports
of
restitution,
the
importance
of
people
who
have
ignored
or
not
tried
to
you
know,
use
our
use
the
system
that's
in
place.
E
A
B
Gerry
also
ask
my
staff
to
help
to
the
legislature
opened
up
tuesday.
Everyone
was
sworn
in.
There
is
one
vacancy
in
the
house
because
of
the
vacation
of
a
seat
and
that
seat
will
be
filled
by
a
special
election.
Next
month
the
governor
has
introduced
two
major
pieces
of
his
policies.
Yesterday,
I
outlined
a
bonding
bill,
and
today
he
outlined
a
tax
bill,
delaying
there's,
not
legislative
language,
on
either
bill.
However,
there
are
pretty
good
summaries
in
the
tack
in
the
bonding
bill.
B
He
wants
to
spend
about
1.5
billion
dollars,
oh
and
in
that
there
is
funding
for
the
emergency
operations
in
training
facility.
2.5
million
net
bill
will
be
introduced
in
led
by
Senator
jisuk
in
the
other
bill
is,
is
money
for
the
lake
street
and
I
35w
Transit
Project,
it's
a
joint
project
with
Hennepin
County
and
there's
25
million
dollars
proposed
in
his
budget.
For
there
there
there
are
other
projects
out
in
the
city,
for
example,
there's
some
money
in
the
Metropolitan
Council
for
the
park
board
for
the
park
board
for
regional
parks.
B
There's
also
some
funding
for
some
state
project
improvements
on
some
of
the
highways
and
bridges
that
are
owned
by
MnDOT
in
our
city.
We'll
get
you
details
on
that
and
also
there's
some
improvements
to
the
University
of
Minnesota
Minneapolis
campus
and
the
in
the
bonding
bill.
There's
also
a
70
million
dollars
for
bridge
bonding.
That
is
an
increase
over
prior
years,
but
it's
about
20
million
dollars
less
than
what
was
in
the
final
bill.
That
was
a
night
of
proof
in
2016.
B
Ok,
so
there's
also
money
for
housing.
I,
remember
right,
there's
a
appropriation
bonds
for
housing
projects,
also
money
for
public
housing
and
then
there's
an
additional
some
funding
that
was
approved
in
prior
years
and
now
being
proposed
to
be
authorized
to
be
appropriated
this
year,
so
about
over
a
hundred
million
dollars
for
housing.
B
So
I'm
sure
that's
on
the
bonding
bill
on
the
tax
bill.
There's
a
30
million
dollar
increase
in
local
government
aid
that
is
very
similar
to
what
it
was
in
2016
and
many
of
the
things
the
governor's
proposing
in
the
tax
bill
we've
seen
in
prior
years
and
the
bills
should
be
introduced.
Hopefully,
sometime
next
week,
additional
bills
today
was
the
first
day
bills
were
introduced.
There
was
about
29
or
30
in
the
Senate
and
about
70
in
the
house.
B
Some
of
those
bills
deal
with
many
of
those
bills
deal
with
taxes,
the
first
bills
house
by
one
and
Senate
file,
one
deal
with
Mincher
and
health
care
crisis
and
I
think
there
was
a
bill
this
morning
in
the
house,
Tax
Committee,
where
they
conform
federal
conformity
was
approved.
It's
my
understanding,
you're
going
to
try
and
pass
it
today
on
the
House
floor,
so
it
lots
of
activity
in
both
the
House
and
the
Senate.
We
will
see
more
committee
action
starting
next
week.
The
Senate
did
not
have
any
committee
meetings.
B
This
week
the
house
had
few.
There
was
one
today
on
civil
law
and
where
they
talked
about
that
the
interlock
for
DWI,
and
then
there
is
another
committee
on
transportation,
I,
think
meeting
now
and
then
taxes
met
this
morning,
but
will
expect
more
to
come
in
the
next
couple
couple
days.
So
that's
what's
happening.
Basically,
at
the
Capitol
in
Washington,
again,
big
emphasis
seems
to
be
on
health
care
and
then
waiting
to
see
what
the
president-elect
will
be
doing
in
the
next.
After
his
inaugural,
we
are
putting
together.
B
B
A
Questions:
okay,
I
am
not
seeing
any
questions
from
committee
members,
so
thank
you
very
much.
I
know
that
we're
starting
a
large
round
of
activity
and
lots
of
expectations
for
how
we're
keeping
aware
and
engaged
on
a
lot
of
topics
and
things
that
we
don't
yet
know
what
may
be
initiated.
So
thank
you
very
much
to
you
and
the
entire
team
and
I
believe
with
that.
We
have
concluded
with
our
business.
For
today
we
ordered.