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Description
Minneapolis Health, Environment & Community Engagement Committee Meeting
A
Good
afternoon,
I'll
call
to
order
the
engagement
committee,
I'm
cam
board
and
chair
of
the
committee
and
I'm
joined
today
by
councilmembers
fry
bender,
Andrew,
Johnson
and
Elizabeth
glib
or
a
quorum
of
the
committee,
and
we
can
do
our
business.
We
have
six
items
on
our
agenda
today
to
consent
items
and
then
for
discussion
items.
So
we
should
have
a
reasonably
busy
90
minutes
or
so
I'll
first
move
the
consent
items
forward
for
approval
of
any
committee.
Member
wants
to
pull
something
off,
go
right
ahead.
Just
let
me
know.
A
First,
one
is
approving
a
correction
to
the
terms
of
the
dates
for
the
appointment
of
Greymon
Boyle
to
the
public
health
advisory
committee.
This
term
would
begin
January,
1,
2017
and
end
December,
31
2017,
and
the
second
item
is
authorizing
acceptance
of
a
twenty
thousand
dollar
grant
from
the
National
Marrow
Donor
Program.
A
Seeing
no
discussion
on
any
of
those
I
will
move
both
those
items
forward
for
approval,
please
say
aye
and
opposed,
say
no
carries
then
we'll
move
on
to
our
discussion
items.
The
first
one
is
a
homegrown
Minneapolis
food
council
report
on
the
Milan
urban
food
policy
pact
and
a
little
presentation
and
there's
a
resolution
on
the
agenda
that
would
be
designating
or
firming
that
the
city
would
would
join
that
agreement.
Welcome.
B
B
Here
our
leadership
has
also
been
widely
recognized
around
the
country
and
I
think
we
are
a
member
of
a
group
of
cities
who,
in
partnership,
have
an
opportunity
to
do
something
together
to
continue
that
leadership
and
our
recognition
thereof.
As
you
know,
the
hunger
Minneapolis
is
a
city
community
partnership.
We
have
a
food
council
that
is
a
result
of
that
as
well
as
initially
back
in
2009,
there
were
a
large
set
of
recommendations
brought
forward
to
the
City
Council
from
the
food
councils
or
from
the
homegrown
Minneapolis
process.
B
This
pact
was
launched
in
2015
and
at
its
initial
signing,
there
were
about
40
cities.
Signing
on
and
now
that
number
has
grown
to
be
over
150
and
we
hope
to
be
one
of
those
cities
that
make
that
list
even
longer.
For
a
few
reasons,
this
is
a
voluntary
pact
which
has
a
framework
for
action
that
includes
all
the
categories
of
the
homegrown
Minneapolis
initiative.
Our
initiative
includes
growing
processing,
distributing
eating
and
composting,
which
are
all
present
here,
as
well
as
a
category
on
governance
and
a
category
on
social
and
economic
equity.
B
So
it
takes
and
expands
the
work
that
we
have
already
identified
even
farther
and
provides
many
voluntary
actions
that
are
pathways
for
more
progress
in
the
food
system.
There
are
a
number
of
commitments
again.
This
is
a
voluntary
pact
and
framework
which
provides
a
both
a
community
of
pure
cities
that
we
could
together
review
our
progress
with,
as
well
as
to
look
at
some
specific
measurements
within
those
pathways
of
action.
B
That
could
help
us
to
specifically
both
adopt
some
actions
within
each
category,
as
well
as
some
related
targets
and
benchmarks
that
could
help
us
as
a
city
to
have
enduring
measurements
for
our
food
system,
progress
which
today
we
have,
but
one
through
the
community
indicators,
healthy
food
access
measurement.
So
this
opportunity
would
allow
us,
with
our
peer
cities,
to
affirm
our
food
system
commitment
in
the
previous
actions
that
we
have
taken.
B
With
with
all
that
said
again,
this
is
a
very
brief
overview,
so
I
understand
if
there
might
be
any
specific
questions
about
the
framework,
the
metrics.
It
is
a
real,
nearly
seamless
fit
with
the
homegrown
Minneapolis
framework
and
recommendations
that
already
exist,
and
so,
when
discussed
at
the
food
council
meeting,
it
felt
like
a
real
opportunity
for
us
to
again
affirm
what
we're
doing
and
to
look
at
our
continued
work
going
forward.
B
A
You
very
much
I,
don't
see
any
questions
right
now.
I
was
at
the
food
council
when
we
discussed
this
as
well,
and
it
seemed
to
be
the
consensus
of
the
group
that
what
there
wasn't
any
risk
to
getting
involved
in
this.
But
there
was
potential
to
have
some
great
benefits
because
of
all
the
other
cities
that
are
involved
and
also
because
of
the
metrics
that
we
could
use
then
to
compare
ourselves
to
other
cities
throughout
the
world
and
other
possibilities
for
creating
greater
synergy.
So
I'm
happy
to
move
this
forward.
A
C
Gordon
other
council
committee
members,
I'm
Brian
Milberg
energy
manager
for
the
city
of
Minneapolis
three
months
ago,
I
got
the
assignment
from
this
committee
and
the
council
to
look
at
ways
that
the
city
could
transition
to
100%
renewable
electricity.
Hopefully
by
the
year
2022
I'm
here
I've
submitted
a
report
with
the
RCA
paperwork
and
I
just
like
to
go
through
a
couple
of
the
highlights
of
that
report.
C
So
basically,
there
are
four
parts
to
the
plan.
The
first
part
is
to
reduce
our
total
energy
consumption
from
101
million
kilowatt
hours
a
year
to
85
million
kilowatt
hours
till
watt
hours
a
year.
I
reported
on
this
about
a
month
ago
to
the
committee
and
the
ways
that
we
can
do
that
and
I'll
go
over
those
in
just
a
minute.
C
The
third
way
to
try
to
reach
this
goal
is
to
actually
install
as
much
solar
that
we
own
outright
on
our
buildings
and
any
city
land,
and
these
three
items
will
cost
money
obviously,
and
to
offset
these
extra
costs.
The
fourth
tier
of
this
plan
is
to
continue
to
subscribe
to
community
solar
Gardens,
where
we
actually
save
energy.
Excuse
me,
we
actually
save
money
on
our
electricity
bill
and
we'll
use
that
to
offset
the
extra
costs
of
these
choices.
C
So,
as
I
stated
before
in
my
earlier
presentation,
basically,
there
are
three
main
areas:
we're
looking
at
to
reduce
our
electricity
usage
in
the
city
and
its
operations.
The
first,
of
course,
is
that
any
new
buildings
that
we
produce
and
any
remodeling
that
we
do
any
of
our
existing
buildings
would
always
go
with
the
most
efficient
appliances:
HVAC
equipment,
building
envelope
insulation,
all
of
those
things,
and
that
will
probably
reduce
our
energy
from
electricity
by
two
to
five
percent
over
the
next
five
years.
C
C
Excel
has
put
forward
a
plan
over
the
next
five
years
to
replace
all
of
their
street
lighting
with
LEDs,
which
will
reduce
the
electricity
usage
by
sixty
percent
in
those
lights,
and
we
do
count
that
electricity
towards
our
greenhouse
gas.
So
we
would
count
those
reductions
as
well
as
the
city
in
the
lights
that
we
own.
We
have
our
own
program,
although
it's
going
at
a
slower
pace
at
this
point,
but
we
are
replacing
those
with
LED
lamps
as
well.
C
Between
these
three
items,
we
should
be
able
to
get
today
85
million
kilowatt
hours
a
year,
so
back
to
the
first
option
now
is
we
have
to
find
electricity
where
we
own
the
renewable
energy
credit
or
recs.
So
initially
we
have
chosen
to
buy
into
the
Renewable
connect
program
through
Xcel
Energy,
which
is
where
they
have
a
specified
wind
farm
where
the
rural
energy
credits
are
accruing
to
us.
C
Instead
of
Xcel,
we
pay
about
eight
tenths
of
one
cent
per
kilowatt
hour
for
this
right
now,
we've
signed
up
for
seventeen
point,
eight
million
kilowatt
hours
already
and
we
are
with
Xcel
petitioning
the
Public
Utilities
Commission
to
amend
the
tariff
so
that
we
could
take
an
additional
50
million
kilowatt
hours.
The
first
17.8
we
signed
a
10-year
contract
I'm,
proposing
on
the
second
set
of
50
million.
C
C
To
do
this
in
the
plan
which
I'll
show
you,
we
feel
that
there
are
other
opportunities
in
the
marketplace
that
are
coming
to
the
fore
where
we
could
get
renewable
energy
credits
from
new
resources
in
the
state
by
2022
at
a
much
lower
cost
than
the
Renewable
Connect
program.
So
this
is
part
of
the
reason
why
this
next
large
bolus
of
renewable
connect,
we're
talking
about
just
taking
a
five-year
contract.
C
The
second
option
is,
we
said
in
the
first
slide,
was
to
add
more
solar.
While
we
have
nine
solar,
arrays
spread
well
amongst
many
of
our
buildings,
there's
actually
only
one
where
the
renewable
energy
credits
are
accruing
to
the
city,
it's
on
top
of
the
Royals
and
maintenance
facility.
It
generates
about
110,000
kilowatt
hours
a
year
and
we've
started
now
to
begin
looking
at
all
the
roofs
on
all
of
the
city-owned
structures
to
see
which
could
support
solar
and
which
seemed
to
make
sense
economically.
C
We
also
are
talking
about
possibly
siting
the
solar
on
land
at
the
water
treatment
sites
on
their
underground
reservoirs.
We're
looking
at
starting
an
engineering
study
to
make
sure
the
reservoirs
can
take
that
extra
weight
and
between
all
of
this
we
feel
that
it's
possible
by
2022.
We
could
generate
eight
million
kilowatt
hours
a
year
with
our
own
solar
arrays,
and
this
would
actually
reduce
our
electricity
cost
by
five
hundred
and
six
hundred
thousand
dollars
a
year.
However,
the
array
are
a
capital
expense
of
ten
to
twelve
million
dollars.
C
We
don't
have
a
funding
source
for
those
at
this
time,
but
it's
an
option
that
I
think
the
council
should
consider
and
then,
lastly,
to
try
and
pay
for
all
of
this
we'll
be
using
the
community
solar
Gardens.
So
in
2016
the
city
told
me
go
out
and
get
12
million
kilowatt
hours
of
electricity
and
community
solar
Gardens
we've
signed
up
so
far
for
seven
and
a
half
million
we
just
started
receiving
some
this
month
and
that
will
roll
out
in
the
first
quarter.
C
C
The
council
gave
me
authorization
for
12
million,
so
that
means
I
still
have
four
and
a
half
million.
We
haven't
purchased
at
this
time,
so
I'm
proposing
that
we
go
out
and
find
that
electricity
as
well,
and
that
would
raise
that
savings
to
one
hundred
and
fifty
to
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
a
year.
Now
we
could
also
go
out
for
savings
even
much
greater
than
that.
We
could,
in
theory,
subscribe
to
solar
Gardens
for
our
entire
electricity
load,
all
85
million
kilowatt
hours
as
a
cost-saving
measure.
C
So
what
I'm
proposing,
although
nothing
has
been
written
in
stone?
Of
course,
this
will
be
a
council
action.
A
direction
for
our
staff
is
that
we've
already
started
purchasing
the
seventeen
point,
eight
million
kilowatt
hours
from
renewable
connect.
If
the
PUC
approves.
We
would
recommend
that
the
council
then
that
we
take
the
additional
fifty
million,
which
would
get
us
a
67
point
eight,
and
then
we
have
one
small
purchase
of
outside
renewable
energy
credits
on
the
open
marketplace
that
will
offset
the
small
portion
of
the
convention
center.
C
That
comes
from
their
solar
array,
which,
unfortunately,
the
renewable
energy
credits
from
that
array
go
to
Xcel
Energy
because
of
the
funding
mechanism
that
built
that
array.
But
if
we
did
this
it'd
be
about
four
thousand
dollars
a
year
and
then
the
Convention
Center
could
claim
they
are
100%
powered
by
renewable
electricity.
C
$4,000
a
year
additional
to
what
they're
paying
now
I
would
like
to
see
it
from
our
staff.
We
feel
that
it
would
be
beneficial
to
accelerate
the
pace
that
with
which
we're
replacing
our
LED
streetlights
we've
done
about
a
thousand
over
the
last
two
years
we
have
close
to
eleven
thousand
ago,
so
we
would,
it
would
be
a
capital
expense,
and
then
we
would
start
the
engineering
studies
which
don't
cost
too
much,
probably
for
less
than
ten
thousand
dollars.
C
A
Stop
for
a
second
on
that
slide,
it
seems
like
a
couple
of
those
items
had
budget
considerations,
maybe
more
than
a
couple
and
I'm
curious.
If,
if
there
is
money
in
the
2018
budget,
that's
proposed
to
cover
any
of
these
I
understand
that
there
is
for
the
increase
in
renewable
kinetic
purchases,
I
believe,
but
I'm,
not
sure
about
the
four
thousand
dollars
in
recs
from
the
convention
center.
That
certainly
seems
like
a
small
enough
amount
that
it
might
be
in
their
own
budget
at
the
convention
center.
C
Well,
it's
not
in
their
budget
I'm
still
discussing
it
with
Jeff
Johnson,
the
director
of
the
convention
center,
but
the
last
two
items
about
the
extra
solar
Gardens
and
the
increasing
the
rate
of
installation
of
LED
lights.
That
is
not
in
the
budget.
Now
the
solar
Gardens
shouldn't
take
any
money
out
of
the
budget.
If
we
do
it
correctly,
because
we'll
save
money
not
spend
money,
so
the.
A
Two
that
are
really
are
striking
that
are
missing
is
increased,
accelerating
installation
of
LED
and
also
the
engineering
gas
studies
for
the
new
solar
on
land
and
building.
Yes,
I
think
those
engineering
studies
will
be
really
important
because
we
talk
about
different
places
where
we
should
put
put
it
and
we
don't
really
understand
the
cost,
but
we
seem
to
think
that
we
would
be
able
to
borrow
on
that
or
we'll
be
able
to
provide
funding
for
it.
C
A
C
C
C
This,
of
course,
has
to
be
vetted
through
our
legal
department.
This
is
something
that's
never
been
done
in
Minnesota.
We
think
it
is
legal,
but
of
course,
we'll
have
to
make
sure
all
the
details
are
worked
out,
but
that's
one
type
of
an
option
that
we're
thinking
of
and
we
think
there
could
be
others
as
the
market
grows.
I
just
want
to
say,
there's
nothing
wrong
with
the
Renewable
connect.
It
is
a
wind
source
right
here
in
the
state.
It's
just
that
the
price
is
significant.
A
C
C
C
D
C
I'm,
showing
here
is
a
slight
build-out
in
2018
19.
So
right
now
we're
only
at
a
hundred
and
ten
thousand
I.
Look
at
my
the
actual
report
by
2019.
We
would
be
about
five
times
that
half
a
million
the
plan
there
is
on
either
the
new
buildings
we're
producing
at
the
Hiawatha
site,
or
perhaps
the
east
side,
storage
ours
at
27th
and
University.
C
All
of
these
buildings
are
being
built,
solar
ready,
and
so
that
would
get
us
to
the
half
a
million
fairly
quickly
and
then,
after
that
we
would
have
to
start
using
land
options
that
have
been
talked
about
our
at
the
water
treatment
plant.
Several
people
have
come
to
us,
even
solar
garden.
People
said:
can
we
take
some
of
that
land
by
your
current
impound
lot
and
turn
that
into
a
solar
garden?
A
C
Luckily,
I
don't
deal
with
the
budgetary
issues
in
my
department,
so
I
don't
know
whether
we
have
the
money
for
the
engineering
studies
at
this
time
or
not.
I
feel
that
we
could
next
year,
based
on
my
history
here
at
the
city,
I'm
sure
we
could
find
some
money
to
do
it.
But
the
the
big
item
is
the
LED
streetlights
we're
talking
several
million
dollars
to
accelerate
that
each
year
I
mean
it's
not
cheap,
and
that
would
be
another
budget
and
that's
obviously.
A
Not
in
my
area,
so
one
of
the
other
action
steps
you
had
in
your
report
was
examine
the
feasibility
of
a
third
party
wind
farm
development
with
the
recs
assigned
to
the
city.
It
was
the
big
blue
bar
that
we
also
saw
in
the
grass,
and
that
is
we
could
direct
you
to
do
that
on
your
own.
At
this
point,
you
could
keep
examining
that
I
think
that's
a
very
exciting
possibility.
I.
C
A
A
It's
that
clear
to
everybody
any
discussion
on
that
staff
direction
and
at
the
same
time,
why
don't
we
vote
to
receive
and
file
the
report?
Seeing
no
questions,
all
those
in
favor
say:
aye,
any
posts
say
no
motion
carries
then
this
is
very
exciting.
I
can't
wait
to
be
around
to
see
it
all
happened,
appreciate
all
the
work
you've
done
on
it.
A
E
Chair
garden
and
committee
members
good
afternoon,
I'm
David
rhew
beador,
director
of
the
neighborhood
and
community
relations
department
with
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
They
also
serve
as
the
city's
Americans
with
Disabilities
Act
title
2
coordinator.
As
you
may
recall,
in
2016
the
city
adopted
a
new
AEA
action
plan
and,
as
part
of
that
plan
we
would
said
we
said
we
would
come
back
to
the
council
on
an
annual
basis
to
update
you
on
the
status
and
the
work
that's
been
undertaken
today.
E
F
Good
afternoon
Gordon
many
members
quickly
today,
I
will
be
going
over
the
legal
requirements
of
the
ATA
for
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
What
the
88
action
plan
is,
as
well
as
our
current
a
infrastructure
and
then
accomplishments
this
last
year,
Americans
with
Disabilities
Act
is
a
civil
rights
law
that
prohibits
discrimination
on
the
basis
of
disability.
F
F
This
last
year,
as
director
drew
boudoir
has
mentioned,
we,
the
council
had
got
that
the
2016
ad
a
action
plan.
This
was
a
enterprise-wide
initiative
and
many
of
our
partners
are
here
from
property
services,
Public,
Works,
IT
and
communications.
This
was
an
effort
to
create
a
comprehensive
policy
document
with
identified
strategies
to
remove
physical
communications
and
policy
barriers
for
participation
and
conclusion
of
people
with
disabilities.
The
primary
components
of
the
plan
is
what
the
city's
titled
288
infrastructure
is
to
meet
the
compliance
pieces.
F
That's
applied
by
the
Department
of
Justice,
as
well
as
the
enterprise
policies,
procedures
and
strategies
for
inclusion
of
people
with
disabilities.
The
most
important
part
of
the
plan
is
actually
a
timetable
and
prior
to
prioritized
list
of
how
we're
going
to
remediate
any
deficiencies,
as
well
as
physical
modifications
and
program
enhancements.
F
Let's
mention
in
the
last
slide.
This
is
our
enterprise
wide
effort.
This
is
what
the
slide
depicts
is
our
turn
or
current
title
to
infrastructure.
Under
the
neighborhood
and
community
relations
department
were
primarily
responsible
for
title
2
compliance.
The
rectory
Obrador
is
the
city's
title.
2
coordinator.
We
support
the
Minneapolis
adviser
community
and
people
with
disabilities
as
well
provide
technical
assistance
and
consul
to
city
departments.
F
This
last
year,
property
services
and
public
works
also
did
a
devaluation
of
our
physical
inventory.
Property
Services
is
responsible
for
any
modifications
and
improvements
through
our
city
facilities
and
leased
bases
spaces,
as
well
as
Public
Works.
As
responsible
for
physical
access
of
our
public
right
of
ways
which
includes
streets,
curb
ramps,
sidewalks
pedestrian
signals,
as
well
as
traffic
signals.
F
So,
as
mention
NCR
is
responsible
for
title
to
carnation
coordination
and
compliance,
one
of
the
primary
strategies
that
we've
done
is
review
and
modify
city
procedures
and
protocols.
One
of
the
first
things
that
we
addressed
was
access
to
decision-making
processes
under
the
engagement
design
team.
They
put
accessibility
planning
at
the
forefront
of
engagement
activities
that
the
city
undergoes
one
of
them
is
providing
interpreting
services
to
large
public
hearings
and
meetings
such
as
our
sick
and
save
time,
police
body
cameras,
as
well
as
minimum
wage.
F
This
last
year,
we've
also
addressed
32
grievances
and
under
our
current
ad
8
system,
this
is
important
ship
with
our
301
department,
as
well
as
civil
rights
and
we're
currently
developing
the
ad.
A
technical
assistance
program
for
neighborhood
organizations
that
we're
planning
to
roll
that
out
next
year
in
2018.
F
F
F
Technology
has
greatly
benefited
the
disability
community
and
the
city's
online
presence
is
an
integral
part
of
our
information
system
in
2017,
the
IT
department
coordinated
a
dual
effort
to
one
make
progress
and
fix
current
issues
with
our
website
content
management
system
and,
at
the
same
time,
start
a
process
to
implement
a
new
system.
During
this
time
they
also
trained
our
web
city's
web
content
users
group
to
analyze
web
pages
for
accessibility
issues
and
how
to
create
accessible,
PDFs
and
content.
F
It
selected
a
vendor
named
clockwork
to
manage
what
they
call
that
website
project,
and
this
is
really
the
coordination
of
the
process
of
implementing
a
new
content
management
system.
They
will
be
writing
the
RFP,
selecting
the
vendor,
as
well
as
seeing
the
implementation
process
through
during
this
process.
They'll
be
doing
usability
and
accessibility
testing
to
make
sure
that
this
project
is
accessible
to
not
only
people
with
disabilities,
but
everyone,
a
large
goal
of
their
the
project,
is
to
implement
a
system
capable
of
identifying
and
addressing
the
accessibility
issues
in
the
forefront.
F
As
mentioned
property
services
last
year
are
two
years
ago,
did
an
evaluation
of
our
city
owned
and
leased
facilities.
They
created,
what's
known
as
an
ad
a
transition
plan
which
identifies
and
prioritizes
physical
issues
and
modifications
this
last
year
they
finish
their
phase.
One
component,
which
saw
over
600
improvements
in
upgrades
to
our
city
facilities,
450
signage
upgrades
to
17
facilities,
striping
a
signage
at
police,
precincts
and
service
modes
on
going
restroom
accessory
modifications,
installation
of
door
operating
buttons
buttons
at
the
ultra
facility
restrooms,
as
well
as
modifying
precincts
tooth
locker
room.
F
Another
part
of
their
accomplishments
is
actually
updating
the
ramp
at
our
community
service
building
for
the
elections
department.
This
was
done
in
partnership
with
our
City
Clerk's
office,
as
well
as
the
Advisory
Committee
on
people
with
disabilities.
They've
also
completed
restroom
upgrades
there's,
fire
stations
for
8
and
15
they've
removed
an
entrance
barrier
at
fire
station
20
and
then
again
they
renovated
the
odd
the
object
locker
room
to
be
more
accessible.
F
In
2012,
public
works
created
a
transition
plan
and
a
large
part
of
that
plan
is
to
identify
deficiencies
and
physical
access
barriers
that
are
Perdition
ramps.
Since
that
time,
they've
been
fixing
and
modifying
Perdition
ramps
across
the
city.
This
year
they
completed
326
renovations
for
pedestrian
ramps.
150
additional
ramps
were
expected
to
be
completed
by
the
end
of
this
year.
F
Public
works
will
be
undergoing
a
update
to
their
transition
plan
in
2018
and
2019.
They
selected
a
vendor
to
work
with
them
in
identifying
areas
to
improve
their
plan.
One
of
the
plan
updates
includes
reviewing
their
programs
policies,
procedures
and
training,
as
well
as
identifying
criteria
for
for
prioritizing
and
timetabling
for
improvements,
as
well
as
an
updated
implementation
plan.
E
Chair
Gordon
and
committee
members,
so
in
conclusion,
as
the
city's
a
title
2
ad,
a
title,
2
coordinator
I'm,
happy
to
report
that
we
are
have
made
substantial
progress
on
our
Americans
with
Disabilities
Act
action
plan.
We
have
identified
deficiencies
and
barriers
to
the
federal
requirements
and
then
only
have
a
plan
to
address
them,
but
we
have
made
substantial
progress
on
its
implementation.
We
have
also
continued
efforts
in
place
to
ensure
that
city
program,
services
and
activities
are
accessible.
E
Coming
up
in
2018,
we
have
identified
some
initial
work
on
captioning
of
city
council
meetings
and
informational
videos.
It's
planned
for
2018
and
2019,
although
this
was
not
included
in
the
proposed
2018
budget
that
you
are
now
considering.
We
believe
that
we
can
begin
some
of
this
work
in
2018
with
existing
resources.
However,
I
do
want
to
make
sure
that
we
know
that,
in
order
to
stay
consistent
with
our
plan
and
to
meet
federal
requirements,
that
ongoing
budget
support
will
definitely
be
needed
by
2019
to
reach
the
level
of
service
we've
identified
in
the
plan.
E
One
final
note
before
I
close
is
that
we
have
reviewed
the
current
plan
and
the
status
of
the
plan
within
minneapolis
Advisory
Committee
on
people
with
disabilities,
Nick
presented
to
them
I
believe
about
a
week
ago,
actually
over
the
last
couple
months
to
review
the
status
and
then
also
the
work
that's
planned
for
coming
up
in
2018.
They
wanted.
They
were
planning
on
being
here
today,
but
they
were
unable
to
attend.
E
A
Thank
you
very
much,
I
wonder
if
you
could
just
be
more
specific
about
what
will
actually
get
captioned
in
2018.
So
will
the
council
meetings
be
live
caption
when
they're
broadcast?
Well?
How
soon
will
that
start?
Well,
committee
meetings
be
well
planning.
Other
televised
meetings
that
we
have
chair.
E
Garden
and
committee
members,
basically,
what
we
identified
in
2018
and
a
plan
is
that
we
would
begin
captioning
of
our
informational
video
videos
that
the
city
puts
out,
as
well
as
having
staff
support.
We
need
a
part
time
staff
person
to
really
kind
of
coordinate
that
were
getting
it
underway,
so
they
have
their
vendor
services.
E
The
idea
would
be
in
2019,
according
to
our
plan,
that
we
would
actually
caption
city
council
meetings
in
addition
to
that
in
2018,
it
was
identified
that
a
graphic
designer
would
be
part
of
being
added
to
the
communications
department
in
order
to
help
web
content
and
also
graphics,
work.
That's
been
done
by
the
city
to
be
a
TA
accessible
based
on
what's
proposed
in
the
budget
right
now.
The
the
graphic
design
piece
is
basically
off
the
table.
E
Knowing
that
we'll
also
need
to
come
back
to
the
council
in
2019,
with
an
ongoing
budget
on
peace.
So
I
can't
say
for
sure
right
now,
exactly
what's
going
to
roll
out
in
2018
other
than
we're
going
to
do
a
further
assessment
about
what
the
actual
costs
are
going
to
be
of
a
pretty
good
idea.
What
those
are,
what
we
want
to
get
some
you're
doing
our
fee
to
get
that
underway
and
then
based
on
existing
resources,
including
staff
and
money.
What
we're
able
to
move
forward
with
so.
E
Gordon
great
question:
we're
figuring
this
out
as
we
go
so
I
will
say,
because
we
what
the
budget,
so
what
we're
doing
with
the
RFP
is
to
get
information
about
the
cost
of
the
video
captioning,
as
well
as
the
council
meetings.
Once
we
get
that
information,
and
we
will
then
make
a
further
assessment
about
what
we
can
move
forward
with
next
year
in
it
may
be,
it
may
be
a
mix
of
that
it
may
be
one
of
those
it
may
be.
E
A
Maybe
the
full
package,
if
somebody's
interested
in
I'll
call
the
full
package
of
being
whenever
we
broadcast
we'll
have
some
captioning
would
be
I
think
what
what
our
goal
should
be
and
what
we
called
out
for
in
our
action
plan
that
we've
submitted
and
approved
was
that
we'd
work
towards.
So
that
would
be
that's
fantastic,
it'll,
be
good
to
see
what
those
costs
might
be.
E
If
I
may,
just
in
addition
to
the
information
I
talked
about
with
the
people
with
disabilities
committee
in
that
we'll
be
having
a
discussion
with
them
about
what
is
the
priority
for
the
community,
if
we
were
to
roll
this
out
in
a
limited
fashion
next
year,
what
pieces
of
information
would
be
the
most
important
to
begin
with,
and
we
can
help
work
with
the
community
to
help
prioritize
that
as
well.
I
do
want
to
reiterate
us
that,
as
a
title
2
coordinator
for
the
city,
we
will
need
to
address
us
in
2019.
A
D
A
A
F
F
F
The
plan
was
adopted
by
the
council
in
2015
on
which
was
an
update
of
a
2004
plan
as
well,
and
it's
a
policy
document
that
is
meant
for
city
staff
to
effectively
communicate
with
their
non
to
limited
english-speaking
residents.
It
has
our
protocols,
as
well
as
guidance
on
how
to
provide
access
to
our
city,
programs
and
services
in
multiple
languages,
and
the
plan
outlines
the
current
city,
the
city's
current
language
services,
that's
managed
by
NCR,
and
these
services
includes
notices,
phone
interpreting,
in-person
interpreting,
as
well
as
translation
services.
F
The
plan
identifies
seven
primary
languages
for
Minneapolis
Spanish,
Hmong,
Somali,
Amharic,
Brittany's,
Lao
and
aroma,
and
these
populations
are
calculated
calculated
by
using
school
data
and
the
city's
total
population.
I
also
want
to
note
that,
under
the
plan
we
do
say
that
if
the
language
is
not
a
primary
primary
language,
we
still
have
to
provide
services
in
that
language.
F
Upon
request,
since
the
adoption
of
the
language
access
plan,
we
have
done
a
lot
of
great
work
and
gone
through
a
lot
of
great
accomplishments,
the
first
of
which,
which
isn't
was
in
2015
when
we
work
with
3-1-1,
to
enhance
our
language
lines,
301
included
our
Hmong
Somali,
slash
lines
as
pre
dial
options
to
that
kala
tree
system,
which
also
saw
a
significant
increase
in
usage
of
those
particular
lines.
In
2016
we
refresh
our
language
services,
vendor
pool.
We
actually
did
an
RFP
to
contract
with
local
vendors
that
understood
the
community
dialects
and
linguistic
styles.
F
Here
locally,
we
also
acquired
new
interpreting
equipment
which
actually
increased
the
capacity
and
the
language
in
terms
of
how
many
people
who
could
serve
on-site
for
in-person
interpreting,
as
well
as
the
languages
that
we
could
support
for
those
particular
meetings
as
well
as
public
hearings.
And
then
we
reviewed
and
create
a
new
language
services
protocol
and
support
for
public
hearings
as
well.
It
20.
F
In
2017
we
launched
what
we
call
our
language
services
portal,
which
streamline
the
request
process
for
interpreting
and
translation
services,
and
this
allows
us
to
actually
track
these
requests
and
services
much
better.
And
then
we
continue
to
support
public
hearings
and
meetings
in
multiple
languages.
So.
F
Over
the
years,
we've
seen
in
a
500%
increase
in
terms
of
our
expenditures
on
contracted
language
services
and
the--,
or
manages
a
majority
in
the
city's
language
contracts
and
what
we
saw
was
in
2016,
an
expansion
of
expenditure
of
one
hundred
three
thousand
dollars
for
this
year.
We're
expected
to
over
go
over
that
of
expenditure
at
one
hundred
eighteen
thousand
dollars.
Really
quick
I
would
like
to
show
our
dashboard,
which
also
includes
other
statistics
on
our
language
services.
F
So
this
last
year,
as
you
may
see,
we
provided
over
20
different
services
and
over
28
I'm.
Sorry,
we
provide
services
in
23
different
languages,
geordie,
which
are
our
primary
services,
such
as
languages
such
as
Somali,
Spanish,
Hmong
and
Oromo,
and
we
do
provide
services
for
this
last
year
in
other
languages
such
as
Arabic
Farsi,
French,
Korean,
Italian,
Russian,
to
name
a
few.
F
So
for
2018
we
will
be
bringing
back
the
language
access
plan
for
an
update,
which
will
include
a
bilingual
premium
pay
policy
that
Human
Resources
is
currently
working
on,
as
well
as
continued
evaluation
of
our
city
operations
and
interactions
with
non
limited
english-speaking
residents
and
then,
as
part
of
our
accomplishments.
We
will
also
be.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
I
I
just
have
one
question
and
I
think
this
comes
up
from
time
to
time.
Whether
or
not
we're
better
off
contracting
for
services
are
actually
hiring
some
full
time
right
now,
and
it
seems
like
as
we're
spending
more
and
more
contracting
for
the
services.
We
might
hit
a
point
where
we'd
say:
oh,
it
might
be
more
valuable
for
us
to
have
somebody
who's,
just
spending
more
full
time,
services
helping
the
city
out.
Are
we
tracking
that
or
we
comparing
it?
F
Gordon
of
committee
members,
that's
that
question
is
actually
being
answered
by
Human
Resources
right
now,
they're
actually
working
on
it.
The
bilingual
premium
pay
policy
is
exploring
compensation
for
staff
to
utilize
their
secondary
language
as
part
of
their
rolls,
and
then
a
part
of
that
policy
is
actually
a
testing
component
to
make
sure
that
they
are
able
to
effectively
communicate
and
interpret
between
English
and
their
native
language
in
their
line
of
work
as
well.
F
A
But
that
also
seems
more
that's,
so
somebody
has
gets
paid
a
premium
for
some
additional
skills
to
the
regular
assignments
and
the
regular
role
and
I'm
not
sure
if
there
would
ever
be
a
point
where
we
could
just
have
someone
on
staff
if
we
were
doing
so
much
translation
in
Spanish,
for
example,
it
looks
like
it's
the
most
there's
like
okay,
where
we
could
easily
save
a
little
money
if
we
just
paid
somebody
or
not.
So
that's
kind
of
that.
E
Sure,
Gordon
and
committee
members
again
David,
Rubin
or
director
of
neighborhood
and
community
relations
department.
That's
a
very
interesting
and
valid
question
to
be
asking
I,
don't
think
we're
there.
Yet
as
far
as
our
demand
of
this
service,
but
at
some
point
we
may
very
well
be
and
we'll
continue
to
assess
as
we
as
we
move
along
one
of
the
advantages
of
having
the
vendor
contracted
services,
it's
very
flexible.
We
can
have
multiple
events
going
on
at
the
same
time
and
having
multiple
translators
and,
in
essence,
available
and
I.
E
Don't
see
the
need
for
that
ever
changing,
but
also
by
building
capacity
for
those
ongoing
kind
of
staffing
roles
that
if
staff
were
to
be
located
that
spoke
various
languages
and
that
we're
online
or
you
basically
on-call
interpreters
for
the
city.
You
know
there's
a
clearly
an
advantage
to
that,
but
I
do
see
we'll
still
need
to
have
some
vendor
services
just
because
oftentimes
we
have
multiple
events
going
on
at
the
same
time
and
so
I
think
it's
a
little
bit
of
both
I.
E
A
That
and
that
make
some
sense,
especially
when
you
consider
that
the
40-hour
workweek
someone
might
be
hired
for
a
lot
of
the
translating
services
might
be
needed
in
the
evenings
or
off
hours
and
those
kinds
of
things
so
something
to
think
about,
though
I
don't
see
any
other
questions
or
comments.
Thank
you
so
much.
Thank
you.
I
I'd
like
to
move
to
receive
and
file.
This
report
did
I,
actually
move
to
receive
and
file
the
other
report.