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From YouTube: September 18, 2017 Ways & Means Committee
Description
Minneapolis Ways & Means Committee Meeting
A
B
Good
afternoon,
everyone
welcome
to
the
regularly
scheduled
meeting
of
Ways
and
Means
Committee
and
I'm
joined
by
committee
members
yang,
Palmisano
council
vice
president
Glidden
member
bender,
and
we're
a
quorum
of
the
Ways
and
Means
Committee
and
we'll
be
joined
by
other
council
members
in
the
next
15
minutes,
or
so
as
we
prepare
for
the
big
conversation
later,
which
will
be
the
overview
of
the
proposed
budget
for
2018.
But
before
that,
we're
going
to
see
if
we
can
get
through
some
ways
and
means
regular
items.
B
So
it's
a
rather
extensive
at
agenda
so
we'll
see
if
we
can
get
through
the
consent
agenda
quickly
and
then
we'll
move
to
the
r2
discussion
items.
The
first
two
items
on
the
consent
agenda
are
legal
settlements
as
well
as
I'm.
Sorry,
item
number
3
is
also
a
legal
settlement.
Item
number
4
is
a
acceptance
of
a
low
bid
for
the
Convention
Center
for
ballroom
lighting
replacement
project.
We
also
have
a
acceptance
of
a
low
bid
at
the
convention
center
for
dock
door
replacement
project.
B
B
Amendment
for
drivers
alert
for
administering
a
driver's
alert
program,
contract
for
questions
and
solutions,
engineering
for
commissioning
services
for
the
consolidated
office
building
project
item
13
is
a
grant
application
for
to
the
Metropolitan
Council
environmental
services
for
municipal
infiltration
in
flow
reduction
item
14
as
the
employment
settlement
agreement
with
fortunae
harto,
and
that
includes
the
payment
as
well
as
Cobra
benefits.
This
is
coming
for
promise
from
the
executive
committee
and
will
be
discussed
in
greater
detail
at
the
committee
of
the
whole
and/or.
B
The
council
meeting
on
Friday
item
number
14
or
15
is
the
contract
amendment
with
Riverview
window
Inc
for
lead
remediation
services.
Item
16
is
the
northern
metals
consent
decree
Advisory
Committee
that
establishes
that
special
advisory
committee
item
number
17
is
an
agreement
with
level
brand
LLC
for
public
service
announcement
production
and
placement
and
18
is
a
contract
amendment
for
a
municipal
building
for
installation
of
three
vaults
19
is
a
contract
with
HDR
for
corrosion
control
program
services.
We
also
have
a
contract
amendment
with
height
camp
for
cleaning
and
lining
of
cast-iron
water
mains.
B
21
is
a
Central
Avenue
18th
Avenue
Northeast
traffic
signal
upgrade
pedestrian
improvements.
Project
22
is
the
7th
Street
traffic
signals
and
pedestrian
improvement
project
item
number
23
is
fourth
Street
southeast
Street
reconstruction
project,
46th
Avenue,
South
Street
reconstruction
project
is
item
number
24
and
125
is
the
2017
alley.
Renovation
program
removes
one
of
the
alleys
from
that
program.
Item
number
26
is
Lynn
Lake
municipal
parking
lot.
B
Item
29
is
the
grant
from
the
state
of
Minnesota
4th
Judicial
District
Court
for
police
liaison,
DWI
defendant
monitoring
services.
The
final
item
on
the
consent
agenda
item
number
30
is
the
Minnesota
Board
of
firefighter
training
education,
training,
reimbursement
redistribution.
Are
there
any
questions
from
committee
members
on
items,
one
through
30,
not
seeing
any
all
those
in
favor
of
those
items
please
signify
by
saying
aye
opposed
those
items
all
carry
forward
for
the
councilman.
Our
final
two
items
are
discussion
items
and
what
I
think
we're
going
to
begin
with?
B
C
Quincy
councilmembers
happy
to
be
here
today
to
give
you
a
brief
update
on
participatory
budgeting
and
the
staff
directive
that
the
Council
adopted
on
December
7th
2016
as
part
of
the
budget
process.
So
we've
had
some
opportunities
to
learn
more
about
participatory
budgeting,
which
is
a
another
way
to
engage
the
public
in
the
process.
Just
a
little
bit
of
background
on
what
we
already
do.
The
city
has
several
opportunities
for
engagement.
We
have
three
budget
hearings.
State
law
requires
one,
so
we
have
two
more
than
state
law.
The
et
has
one
in
the
city.
C
D
C
Projects
may
also
have
participation,
participation,
persecute
me,
participation
on
various
items,
the
research
that
we've
done.
We
had
Maria
Hadden
from
the
participatory
budgeting
project,
come
to
give
us
some
information,
because
participatory
budgeting
means
different
things
to
different
groups.
That
was
a
larger
group.
We
then
decided
we
needed
to
work
with
a
smaller
group.
We
developed
a
staff,
exploratory
work
group
consisting
of
maria
riviera
van
der
Meyde
from
the
city
coordinators
office,
kasey,
kahne
from
the
city
clerk's
office,
david
rupa
door,
from
NCR
micah,
inter
mel
and
myself.
C
We
also
engaged
Jerry
Stephens
to
for
discussion
about
whether
recast
should
be
our
pilot
project
and
determined
that
for
timing
and
other
reasons,
it
was
not
a
good
fit
at
this
time.
We
also
met
with
communication
staff
because
of
part
of
this
is
getting
that
communication
out
to
the
public.
We
also
met
with
the
Engagement
design
team
as
part
of
the
process
and
reviewed
what
other
cities
do
for
participatory
budgeting.
C
We
looked
at
many
cities,
they're
about
7
of
the
50
largest
cities
in
the
United
States,
who
use
participatory
budgeting,
and
what
we've
learned
so
far
is
that
it
means
different
things
to
different
cities.
There
are
definitely
different
amounts
that
cities
apply
and
different
timeframes,
so
it
can
be
done
in
different
ways
in
various
cities,
from
engaging
the
public
to
present
projects
to
just
providing
input.
It's
very
labor
intensive.
It
takes
a
lot
of
time
both
to
design
and
designing
properly
is
critical
and
it
takes
a
lot
of
time
for
the
process.
C
Additionally,
usually
a
staff
person
is
added
to
see
the
process
through
the
design.
Timing
itself
generally
takes
3
to
6
months
in
the
process
generally
from
6
to
10
months,
and
what
we
felt
for
the
city
is
that
it
should
meet
both
the
city's
Community
Engagement
goals
in
the
city's
complex
budget
process
and
to
be
successful,
it
needs
to
be
supported
by
staff
and
elected
officials.
Therefore,
it's
very
important
that
we
design
it
properly
and
that
the
council
and
elected
officials
have
time
to
review
it
and
commit
to
that
process.
C
So,
based
on
on
those
pieces
that
we've
learned
plus
some
of
the
the
case,
studies
that
have
gone
through
well,
we
are
proposing,
is
that
we
develop
a
playbook
of
sorts
that
we
can
use
when
needed
when
it
would
benefit
the
process
to
have
more
participatory
budgeting.
This
would
provide
a
uniform,
consistent
process
with
no
expectations
on
both
sides.
Part
of
it
would
also
provide
some
transparency
and
integrity
which
are
critical
to
the
process.
C
So
again,
it
would
give
council
flexibility
and
allow
you
to
use
the
participatory
budgeting
process
when
it
would
fit
for
the
project
could
quickly
be
implemented
and
again
it
helps
to
manage
expectations
for
all
of
the
stakeholders.
The
community,
that's
being
engaged,
will
know
what
their
role
is
and
what
they
can
expect
on
the
backend.
C
At
that
point,
we
could
then
come
up
with
a
pilot
project
for
2018
and
use
that
to
refine
our
process,
as
the
council
determines
whether
or
not
this
becomes
I'm
an
annual
process
we're
more
than
an
annual
process,
and
it
is
used
for
individual
projects
along
the
way.
So
again,
we
as
staff
are
going
to
go
back
and
work
with
Maria
Hadden
of
the
participatory
budgeting
process
developed
to
develop
a
playbook,
essentially
a
guideline
of
of
all
of
the
the
parts
of
the
process
and
bring
that
back
to
you
for
approval
in
December.
B
A
Thanks
mr.
chair
I
just
wanted
to
say
thank
you
to
our
staff
for
this
report
and,
for
you
know,
take
taking
a
time
I
think
to
try
to
have
a
good
process
reaching
out
to
policymakers,
as
well
as
engaging
affected
staff,
because
in
the
end
this
is
a
big
fundamental
change
in
terms
of
thinking,
and
so
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
have
a
good
process
that
can
be
supported
for
moving
forward.
So,
while
I
think
in
some
ways,
personally
being
a
fan
of
those,
they
have
some
anxiousness
I'd
like
to
see
it
applied.
A
I
also
know
that
making
sure
we
do
it
right
will
be
a
better
course
to
making
sure
that
it's
something
that
can
be
embraced
and
supported
and
hopefully
have
a
sustainable
place
within
our
budgeting
process.
So
I
just
want
to
say,
I,
think
you're
doing
a
good
job.
I
do
think
that
the
contract
will
help
flush
this
out
in
a
way,
that's
kind
of
hard
to
see
right
now
with
what
a
process
might
look
like,
and
so
thank
you
for
leaving
the
work.
You're.
E
You
know
is
that
typical
for
council
members
to
change
what
comes
out
of
a
participatory
budgeting
process
or
how
do
cities
manage
to
have
a
process
that
ends
where
everyone
feels
confident
that
the
process
reflected
community
desires?
We
all
know
that
our
communities
that
we
represent
and,
of
course
across
the
city,
or
they
first
and
have
a
lot
of
perspectives.
E
So
how
do
you,
it
seems
like
sort
of
the
biggest
fundamental
challenge
in
participatory
budgeting
is
how
do
you
ensure
that
you've
set
up
a
process
that
everyone
feels
confident
in
and
feels
like
if
they're
going
to
take
the
time
to
volunteer
or
participate
as
a
citizen
or
vote
that
they
feel
like
their
voice?
Is
heard
at
the
end
and.
C
Con's
member
bender
accounts
committee
members
you're
absolutely
right.
That
is
critical,
because
this
could
do
more
harm
than
good.
If
you
don't
follow
through
with
that
process,
that's
why
taking
the
time
to
design
the
participatory
budgeting
process.
Upfront
is
critical
so
that
everyone
does
understand
those
expectations
that
the
elected
officials
go
in,
knowing
that
this
is
what
the
guidelines
are
and
that
they
are
all
in
favor
of
adhering
to
those.
C
So
it's
critical
and
we
will
to
address
that
as
we
design
the
process
to
make
sure
that
council
members
who
have
concerns
can
speak
to
those,
and
we
have
transparency
and
I
really
are
careful
about
setting
those
expectations
so
that
the
council
feels
comfortable
that
the
means
we've
gotten
to
at
the
end
will
allow
them
to
follow
through.
So
if
it's
a
voting
process
and
you're
going
to
commit
to
that
or
if
it's
just
input,
we
need
to
design
something
that
makes
you
comfortable
that
you
can
follow
through
with
that
commitment.
B
Thank
you
very
much
appreciate
that
I
guess
that
we
should
take
an
action
on
this.
This
is
a
receiving
file
that
report
on
the
staff
direction
on
participatory
budgeting,
so
all
those
in
favor
of
that
receiving
file,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
opposed
that
moves
forward.
Thank
you.
So
much
I
also
neglected
to
mention,
as
we
began,
we've
been
joined
by
councilmember
Johnson,
a
member
of
the
this
committee.
We've
also
have
the
presence
of
councilmembers
cano,
Goodman
and
Reich
right.
I
think
you
guys
are
probably
here
for
this
next
discussion
item.
B
F
F
These
are
big
decisions
that
are
being
made
over
the
next
several
months,
and
we
see
this
opportunity
of
a
presentation
to
take
especially
your
questions,
to
make
sure
that
if
we
can't
answer
them
today
that
we
carefully
research
them
pass
them
along
to
the
department
so
that
when
they
make
their
presentations
they're
clear
about
what
all
the
expectations
and
details
are,
I
really
do
want
to
just
at
this
time.
Also
thank
our
staff
who
works
hard
all
year
long
on
the
budget,
particularly
when
I
highlight
the
gentleman
to
your
left,
who's
mica,
inner.
D
F
Is
our
budget
director
who
has
been
in
place
for
less
than
five
months
so
when
you
think
about
learning
the
city's
budget
and
in
just
a
period
of
a
few
months,
I
think
mica
has
exceeded
all
of
our
expectations
and
has
just
done
a
wonderful
job.
So
I'm
grateful
he's,
joined
us
from
the
state
of
Minnesota.
Also,
certainly
Laurie
Johnson
is
our
CFO,
who
just
you
spoke
with.
F
I
was
also
critical,
and
then
our
budget
team
who
works
with
mica
and
also
with
Mike
Abe
one,
was
our
capital
budget
director
and
then
also
the
the
click
committee,
which
puts
a
great
number
of
hours.
One
of
the
I
think
the
mayor
likes
to
refer
to
one
of
the
hardest-working
advisory
committees
we
have
in
the
city.
In
terms
of
all
of
you,
appointing
those
members
of
the
committee
and
I
know,
you
know
how
seriously
they
take
that
that
role,
but
certainly
just
Geoffrey
and
Jean,
are
in
in
the
audience.
F
Brad
Hinault
is
not
here
from
our
budget
team,
but
you
have
a
good
group
of
people
working
in
the
budget,
along
with
all
the
people
within
each
department
who
carefully
tracked
the
but
didn't
prepare
all
those
presentations.
So
I
just
want
to
say,
as
a
still
a
relatively
new
person
to
the
city
less
than
two
years,
just
very
high
quality
people
that
we
have
working
with
the
city
with
you
and
your
staff.
So
thank
you
for
that
property
tax
levy.
F
As
we've
councils
aware,
there
are
several
categories
of
the
property
tax
levy,
we're
gonna
start
talking
about
the
general
fund
and
because
that's
where
the
most
of
the
property
tax
levy
goes
but
included
in
the
city's
tax
levy.
Is
the
park
board's
general
levy
as
well
as
the
tree
levy?
We
as
a
city
also
have
the
bond
redemption
fund,
which
essentially
is
our
debt
service
payments
and
remember
that
we
issue
debt
for
not
just
us
but
for
the
park
board
as
well.
F
So
there
are
part,
certainly
Park
Board
projects
that
are
supported
with
that
with
that
money
on
the
proven
improvement
levy
being
money
dedicated
to
some
primarily
public
works
projects,
but
because
of
the
20-year
streets
plan,
there's
been
less
need
for
that.
We've
also
been
able
to
work
closely
with
public
works
to
and
certain
a
chair.
Reich
has
been
involved
with
on
tpw
refining,
our
capital
budgeting
process
and
our
accounting.
D
F
So
that
there
is
more
accuracy
in
all
of
those
numbers,
not
that
not
that
we
don't
haven't
been
accurate
in
the
past,
but
really
just
there's
less
margin
for
error
is
probably
a
better
way
to
put
it.
Pension
lobbies
are
stable.
These
are
our
clothes,
clothes
pension
funds
and
we'll
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
that
board
of
estimate
and
Taxation
is
up
by
10,000.
So
that's
one
of
the
separate
boards
that
we
include
in
our
levy,
the
MBC
is
really
our
amount
of
payments
toward
use
of
this
historic
city
building.
F
Teachers
Retirement
is
a
years
ago
legislative
compromise
where
the
city
still
contributes
to
teachers,
even
though
the
city
hasn't
been
involved
in
education
for
decades
some,
and
that
number
continues
for
a
number
of
years
and
then
the
library
referendum
debt
service,
which
I'll
talk
about
why
that
number
is
going
up
later
on
in
the
presentation.
So
you
can
see
overall,
though,
all
of
those
levies
together,
5.5
percent
increase
our
seventeen
million
dollars
in
total
numbers.
F
We
step
back
from
the
levy
and
say:
where
do
all
of
our
revenues
come
by
or
come
from
over?
At
this
one
point:
four
million
billion
dollar
one
point:
four
billion
dollar
budget:
you
can
see
their
property
taxes
on
the
far
left.
The
green
number
about
19%
of
the
total
city
budget
comes
from
property
taxes.
The
vast
majority
comes
from
charges
for
services
and
that's
primarily
our
enterprise
funds.
F
It's
our
utilities,
sewer
water
stormwater,
it's
our
parking
on
some
other
charges
for
services,
but
certainly
that
39
percent
the
largest
source
of
revenues,
just
a
reminder
in
terms
of
federal
government
budget
next
year,
two
percent,
thirty
three
million
dollars
so
I
know
earlier
earlier
this
year.
There
were
concerns
about
how
much
federal
grants
would
be
continuing,
but
has
been,
and
continues
to
be,
a
pretty
small
part
of
that
budget.
We
haven't
adjusted
that
dramatically
downward
because
of
any
actions.
This
year,
it's
been
fairly
constant
from
year
to
year.
Other.
D
F
Just
major
functions
here
you
can
see
Public
Works
again
because
of
this
being
overall
budget,
not
just
general
fund,
Public,
Works
being
the
the
department
that
oversees
those
utilities.
We
also
have
fleet
that
serves
the
the
city
under
Public
Works.
So
that's
our
largest
department
in
terms
of
expenditures,
police,
also
at
13%.
You
can
see
the
park
board
is
not
included
and
it's
at
the
top
excludes.
The
independent
boards
certainly
want
to
commend
the
park
board.
F
But
certainly
the
park
board
is
a
large
part
of
the
city
of
operations
overall,
within
that
independently
elected
structure,
so
changes
from
last
year,
overall
6.2
percent
increased
by
eighty
two
point:
five
million
dollars
again,
that's
all
Enterprise
Fund
special
revenue
funds
and
the
city's
general
fund.
Just
if
we
look
at
the
general
fund
alone,
it's
thirty
four
point:
three
million
dollars
about
half
of
that
or
change
items
down
below
on
the
change
items.
Remember
within
the
city's
budget.
F
We
have
these
ongoing
expenses,
which
are
essentially
expenses
that
become
more
embedded
year
to
year
and
have
tails,
which
sometimes
refer
to
them
as
where,
as
one-time
items
are
those
that
are
just
expected
to
be
undertaken
one
year,
maybe
some
of
those
may
be
renewed,
but
they
tend
to
either
be
pilot
programs.
They
tend
to
be
capital
expenditures,
so
they
don't
commit
the
city
long
term
to
those
budgetary
expenses.
Out
of
that
eleven
point:
nine
million
three
point:
four
that
are
the
general
fund
or
reimbursements
in
the
host
committee.
F
So
that's
a
part
of
our
expenditure
budget,
but
also
just
knowing
that
there's
also
revenues
to
offset
many
of
those
expenses
and
what
I
mean
the
host
committee
I'm,
referring
to
the
Superbowl
event
in
February
of
2018,
so
I
back
to
the
general
fund
about
fifteen
million
dollars
is
just
current
service
level,
growth
or
inflation
on
our
budget,
and
then
two
million
dollars
is
fund
balance
for
cars.
That's
our
capital
asset
request
system,
primarily
for
equipment
and
technology
improvements.
F
Employment
is
projected
to
go
up
by
40.
Just
under
41
in
the
budget
book
is
a
breakdown
by
department
as
to
what
those
changes
on
employment
are,
but
you
can
see
from
the
employment
we
again
are
excluding
the
park
board
out
of
this
particular
chart,
but
we
are
getting
back
to
the
levels
of
the
pre-recession.
F
Some
of
the
hiring
certainly
is
directly
related
to
our
capital
improvements,
especially
the
20-year
parts
and
streets
where
the
Public
Works
is
hiring
more
people.
That's
both
for
not
just
streets,
but
also
for
utilities,
as
we
continue
to
fix
the
especially
sanitary
sewer
infrastructure
and
also
water
mains,
as
we
move
through
those
Street
reconstruction.
F
Just
a
reminder
for
those
not
familiar
with
how
city
budgets
work
when
I
use
these
terms
that
have
thrown
around
general
fund
as
the
main
operations
of
basic
city
services
that
rely
on
outside
revenues
to
support
them.
Enterprise
funds
tend
to
be
in
the
in
the
larger
governmental
accounting
system,
self-supporting
they're,
more
like
business
units,
so
we
charge
for
for
all
of
these
different
enterprise
funds
and
have
expenses.
Then
a
debt
service
paid
only
from
those
revenues,
special
revenue
funds
tend
to
be
things
that
are
not
as
much
basic
services
but
certainly
important.
F
You
important
services
and
an
activities
within
the
city's
budget.
So
the
Convention
Center
is
a
long-standing
special
revenue
fund.
It
generates
some
revenue,
but
it
is
not
a
self-supporting
enterprise.
Target
Center
would
fall
into
that
category
as
well.
Internal
service
funds
I'm
not
going
to
spend
a
lot
of
time
on,
but
the
council
is
aware
that
we
essentially
create
our
own
services
within
the
city
and
allocate
those
almost
like
internal
business
units,
and
then
we
will
discuss
capital
at
the
end
of
this
presentation.
F
F
That
was
for
the
17
budget
and
then
a
small
amount
for
the
for
the
Public
Works
Department
related
to
streets
and
then
that
much
of
the
capital
was
gonna
be
funded
by
ongoing
levy
increases
rather
than
just
take
that
increase
all
in
one
year
over
approximately
15
year
period,
and
so
0.7
percent
of
the
5.5
percent
levy,
so
is
related
to
that
parks
and
streets
agreement.
Other
words,
if
we
didn't
have
the
parks
and
streets,
the
levy
increase
would
be
4.8%.
F
The
mayor
has
highlighted
a
number
of
themes.
I
just
want
to
break
out
the
fact
that
in
our
budget
we
tend
not
to
aggregate
the
budget
document
by
themes
we
tend
to
aggregate
it
by
departments,
and
so
in
this
presentation
are
just
some
of
the
highlights
of
that.
Of
that
theme,
broken
down
by
departments
and
I
won't
read
all
of
these,
but
certainly
you
can
see
that
Public
Safety
means
a
number
of
things
within
the
city
within
at
least
five
different,
if
not
more,
but
for
this
budget.
F
Five
different
Department
increases
in
budgetary
expenditures
within
the
theme
of
addressing
climate
change.
We
do
have
a
number
of
activities
within
the
coordinators
office
and
related
to
franchise
fees,
which
I'll
be
touching
on
in
a
minute
and
also
the
health
department
which
is
responsible
for
this
energy
benchmarking
program
and
through
our
green
business
program
as
well.
Affordable
housing
is
primarily
within
our
si
pad
our
Community
Planning
and
Economic
Development
Department.
F
D
You
mr.
chair,
mr.
mr.
rough
on
the
previous
slide,
it
talks
about
the
enterprise
emphasis
on
public
safety.
It
talks
about
the
eight
additional
Community
Safety
liaisons,
so
I've
heard
of
them
referred
to
in
two
different
ways,
and
they
may
be
the
same
thing
but
just
referenced
in
a
different
dynamic.
It
did
I've
heard
Community
Safety,
liaisons
I've
also
heard
crime
prevention
specialists
or
we're
talking
about
the
same
thing
here.
F
E
You
mr.
chair
I
just
want
to
clarify
it.
So
when
I
met
with
the
chief
earlier,
it
was
last
week
he
actually
made
a
very
clear
distinction
between
community,
so
safety
liaisons
and
the
existing
program
of
crime
prevention
specialists.
So
I
just
wanted
to
clarify
that.
That's
what
you
just
said
that
they're
two
separate
programs,
your.
E
F
Chair
I
I,
know,
I
appreciate
the
chief
needs
when
I
say
the
same
I
see
in
the
context
of
this
budget
and
these
number
of
people
that
are
being
increased.
The
terms
have
been
used,
interchangeably
inappropriately
so,
okay,
so
the
term
that
should
be
used
as
Community
Safety
liaisons,
which
is
a
you
know,
which
is
different
from
crime
dimension
specialists
and
what
the
chief
as
I
understand.
The
discussions
in
the
chief
is
asking
for.
Are
these
eight
community
liate
those
safety
liaisons?
B
G
G
F
Certainly,
this
budget
has
components
for
that.
Those
programs
as
well
an
area
of
this
transparency
and
data
practices,
certainly
the
clerk's
office,
where
it's
predominantly
where
those
live,
but
certainly,
as
we
talk
about
a
new
office
building
for
this
city,
it's
not
just
about
public
transparency,
but
it's
also
data
practices.
How
do
we
have
information
more
readily
available
when
we
get
these
requests
in?
Another
component
of
excuse
me,
mr.
rough
customer.
H
From
last
from
the
last
budget
that
we
approved
and
discussed
you
know,
one
was
with
the
Health
Department
and
I
know
that
it
was
slated
to
be
an
ongoing
component,
and
then
there
was
another
piece
with
the
City
Attorney's
Office,
so
I'm
just
curious
about
why
that's
not
highlighted
here
and
what
are
the
what's?
What's
going
on
with
that
sure.
F
Mr.
chair
comes
member
Cano.
There
is
a
slide
later
on
that
will
describe
more
fully
some
of
the
public
safety
components,
but
both
of
those
programs
that
you've
mentioned
are
in
a
proposed
budget,
I
think
for
us
this.
There
was
no
intention
of
excluding
it
other
than
we
tried
to
take
some
of
the
larger
dollar
amounts
that
were
highlighted
within
this
budget.
But
if
we
haven't
answered
your
question
at
the
very
end,
then
certainly
mr.
mo-mo
will
get
you
details
on
what
those
program
funding
ARS
amongst
our
within
those
departments.
Thank.
H
B
Think
that
it's
fair
to
say
mr.
ruff,
that
the
which
you're
offering
here
and
highlights
his
substantive
changes
or
enhancements
to
the
budget
if
they're
ongoing
projects
that
from
four
previous
budgets
they'd
appear
under
what
we'd
consider
continuing
service
levels
which
are
funded
within
the
budget.
Is
that
correct?
Mr.
chair.
H
Maybe
it's
not
about
clarifying
anything
for
me.
It's
the
fact
that
I
want
it
prioritized
and
codified
publicly
on
this
line,
because
commercial
sexual
exploitation
is
one
of
the
single
most
difficult
challenges
when
it
comes
to
crime
and
safety
issues
in
the
Ninth,
Ward,
I'm,
not
sure,
what's
happening
in
other
Ward's
with
that
issue.
I
know
that
a
lot
of
folks
are
anticipating
an
increased
activity
of
sex
trafficking
because
of
the
Super
Bowl.
H
F
It
implementation
certainly
is
an
issue
that,
as
an
enterprise-wide
issue,
we
are
going
through
rapid
change
in
our
society
about
how
we
interface
with
software
and
hardware,
and
our
IT
department
does
a
great
job
on
keeping
the
citizens
data
safe
on
all
of
the
implementation
of
a
wide
variety
of
projects,
but
you've
heard
of
some
difficulties
with
the
Elms
project.
There's
some
funding
to
help
smooth
through
some
of
those
hurdles,
there's
also
some
funding
for
our
department,
as
we
move
through
our
own
systems
of
financial
and
HR
implementation,
but
largely
to
is
I.
F
Cost-Containment
and
strategic
cuts
are
certainly
an
element
as
well,
and,
and
we
have
high
growth
of
expenditures
which,
in
the
mayor's
recommended
budget
is
cut
back
on
both
IT
and
fleet,
in
other
words,
are,
is
great,
much
greater
requests
than
resources
for
for
our
internal
service,
which
affects
our
tax
levy
and
there's
also
been
just
under
a
million
dollars
of
cuts.
Two
to
six
different
departments
as
well
last
thing
I
want
to
just
highlight.
Is
the
council
is
aware
that
we
are
moving
in
2018
to
medical
self
insurance?
F
D
F
We
have
one
FTE
for
there
as
well,
so
we
look
at
the
general
fund
overall,
the
changes
that
occur
are
highlighted
in
17
to
18
and
then
a
percentage
change,
just
one
thing
I
want
to
mention
is
we
are
not
doing
away
with
the
sales
tax.
Someone
may
look
at
this
chart
and
say:
why
are
we
going
from
80
2.3
million
dollars
in
revenue.
D
F
Zero,
it's
a
part
of
the
discussion
that
started
with
this
council
back
in
December
on
a
staff
direction
on
his
down.
Downtown
assets
was
an
idea
that
we
would
shift
the
receipt
of
those
sales
and
entertainment
taxes
to
a
special
revenue
fund
and
that
will
be
within
a
new
downtown
asset
special
revenue
fund,
and
then
money
will
come
back
in
a
more
predictable
basis
to
the
general
fund.
And
so,
if
you
look
at
transfers
in,
you
can
see
that's
going
up
substantially.
So
thirty
point.
F
D
F
Years
on
building
permits
continuing,
we
don't
see
huge
growth,
in
fact,
from
16
to
17,
we've
seen
a
little
leveling
on
that
on
that
resource
as
well,
and
then
certainly,
fines
and
forfeits
is
a
number,
as
that
is
not
keeping
up
with
inflation
as
well,
so
general
fund
overall
in
terms
of
those
revenue
sources,
just
a
different
way.
Graphically
of
looking
at
that
same
information
and
then
highlight
in
terms
of
where
our
budget
is
a
portion
when
we
think
about
globe
more
globally
categorizing
those
revenues
you
can
see.
F
The
gray
in
the
middle
is
the
tax
levy.
The
property
taxes
is,
and
in
this
particular
year,
39%
of
the
city's
general
fund
and
then
the
smaller
dollar
amount
that
we're
talking
about
not
the
overall
one
point:
four
billion
dollar
budget
LGA
is
local
government
aid,
which
is
up
again
slightly,
but
still
a
much
smaller
version
than
2002,
which
is
the
bar
on
the
far
left
and
there's
nothing
magical
other
than
of
2002
other
than
it
was
before.
F
The
state
started
making
significant
cuts
in
local
government
aid,
so
just
a
snapshot
of
how
we've
changed
structurally
for
revenues
for
the
general
fund
over
a
15
year
period.
So
with
that
mr.
chair
I
like
to
just
move
into
discussion
about
these
franchise
fees,
because
it
has
been
a
topic
of
conversation
and
there's
confusion
that
even
we
have
internally
about
what
a
franchise
fee
is,
and
so
I
just
take
a
few
minutes
to
review
that
the
city
has
an
18
budget.
F
D
F
Is
not
proposed
to
be
changed
from
17
to
18.
The
primary
changes
are
within
the
Excel
electricity
bill
and
the
centerpoint
gas
bill.
These
are
fees
that
are
collected
by
these
utilities.
The
city
does
charge
on
the
basis
of
a
percentage
of
the
bill,
essentially
as
percentage
of
the
gross
revenues
of
the
utility.
It
is
pursuant
to
a
franchise
fee
agreement
and
I
norden's
and
so
make
changes.
F
So
if
we
had
a
full
year
in
2018,
that
would
this
point
five
percent
rate
increase
that
has
been
has
been
proposed
would
be
2.9
million
dollars,
but
in
the
2018
budget
we
were
not
sure
that
we
would
actually
get
through
the
implementation
period
in
time
for
January
1,
and
so
we
took
roughly
three-quarters
of
that
amount,
and
so
2.2
million
dollars
is
what
is
in
the
18.
But
there
will
be
another
increase
of
17
700,000
in
in
2019
budget.
F
If
it
were
brought
forth,
it
was
endorsed
by
the
Clean
Energy
Partnership
and
those
not
familiar
with
that
organization.
It
is
a
cooperative
effort
with
the
city,
the
and
the
two
large
utilities
that
were
mentioned.
There
is
a
board
that
meets
quarterly.
There
is
also
a
Advisory
Committee
that
will
talk
a
little
bit
about
as
well
who
helps,
along
with
staff
from
each
of
the
utilities
in
the
city.
There
are
different.
F
The
classes
for
this
fee,
so
residential
has
a
different
rate
currently
at
four
and
a
half
percent
of
the
total
bill,
commercial
is
higher
industrial
lower,
but
each
of
those
classes,
as
proposed,
would
get
a
point.
Five
percent
rate
increase.
So
again,
it's
more
like
a
sales
tax.
It's
not
a
not
like
the
levy.
F
Where
we're
talking
about
five
point:
five
percent
increase:
it
is
a
rate
change
which
has
a
different
percentage
increase
change,
depending
on
what
type
of
class
that
that
resides
within
that
Clean
Energy
Partnership,
Advisory
Board
did
put
together
a
document,
and
there
these
figures
come
from
that
particular
document.
You
can
see
what
they've
demonstrated
as
a
typical
residential,
commercial
and
industrial.
At
that
point,
five
percent
means
to
a
a
monthly.
C
F
And
then,
in
terms
of
the
total
bill,
then,
after
the
increase,
what
that
amount
is
for
each
of
those
classes
and
some
selected
cities.
That
was
a
part
of
a
survey
that
was
done
by
the
and
the
advisory
group
shows
for
residential.
Only
how
we
compare
to
some
of
our
neighbor.
This
is
not
comprehensive
list.
There
are
dozens
and
dozens
of
cities,
Iraq
cross
the
state
of
Minnesota
that
actually
implemented
franchise
fees.
Many
of
them
charge
a
flat
amount
per
month
as
opposed
to
a
percentage,
but
this
is
an
average
of
those
comparable
cities.
F
G
F
Fund
I
would
say
that
franchise
fees
are
only
allowed
because
of
state
law.
Allow
a
state
law
allowing
cities
to
charge
this
and
part
of
the
original
idea
behind
franchise
fees
was
to
number
one
utilities
not
having
to
pay
for
a
number
of
fees
that
otherwise
would
pay
for
so,
for
example,
I
think
on
our
on
it's
a
part
of
utilities
replacing
some
of
their
infrastructure.
F
They
don't
pay
the
typical
kind
of
permit
fees
and
lanius
fees
that
we
see,
and
so
there
is
a
somewhat
of
a
quid
pro
quo
in
this,
but
it
is
not
measurable.
In
other
words,
it
is
not
every
dollar
we
increase
the
franchise
fee
has
to
be
related
to
right-of-way
improvement
or
such
the
state
law
gives
flexibility
in
the
cities
and
the
amount
of
franchise
fees
that
are
charged
and-
and
it
is
really
according
to
a
franchise
agreement
in
terms
of
how
the
process
is
of
the
increase,
occurs.
Mr.
G
Chair
so
it's
kind
of
semantics,
I
mean
we
could
have
just
taken
a
portion
of
the
franchise
fee
that
we
were
currently
charging
and
put
that
towards
clean
energy
initiatives,
but
that
goes
to
the
general
fund.
So
it
has
to
compete
with
everything
else.
So
the
idea
is
to
raise
the
fee
but
real
and
to
dedicate
that
to
clean
energy
work,
even
though
we
had
the
ability
to
designate
any
of
the
franchise
fee
in
the
past
towards
clean
energy
work.
So
it's
really
just
a
question
of
semantics.
F
Mr.
chair
councilmember
Goodman,
yes,
any
revenue
source
that
I
think
the
city
has
done.
A
nice
he's
coming
again
again,
rent
on
a
newer
basis
when
we
don't
have
a
state
or
federal
rule.
Restricting
our
revenues.
We
as
a
city
have
maintained
flexibility
for
our
revenue
sources,
so
we
do
not
tie
them
to
specific
expenditures,
whether
their
property
taxes,
franchise
fees,
sales
tax
does
have
some
state
requirements
but
they're
again
fairly
loose
in
terms
of
how
we
use
the
sales
taxes
so
that
that
is
true.
C
F
F
D
F
And
in
this
particular
category,
the
city
of
Coordinator,
as
was
mentioned,
we
have
a
substantial
part
of
the
clean
energy
partnership
expenditures
within
the
coordinators
office.
I
just
want
to
highlight
the
fact
that
the
mayor's
budget
does
not
detail
the
use
of
all
of
those
increases,
so
it
is
up
to
the
clean
energy
partnership
to
up
you
know,
just
under
a
million
dollars
in
terms
of
how
we
would
use
that
money
in
terms
of
either
existing
programs
or
new
programs.
F
So
there
is
some
unallocated
part
of
that
that
I
think
the
mayor
was
intentional
about
not
associating
with
this
increase
in
the
franchise
fees.
There
are
also
some
here
that
were
one
time
that
are
being
brought
to
an
ongoing
basis
code.
For
example,
I'll
talk
about
that
190,000
of
enterprise
sustainability
activities,
which
is
again,
was
a
one-time
but
now
ongoing
because
of
more
ongoing
resource.
B
F
One
thing
that
I
will
mention
has
it
bears
some
discussion,
which
is
the
middle
of
this
page
125,000,
specifically
with
greater
MSP.
As
we
know
in
last
year's
budget,
that
was
a
reduction
to
their
commitment
to
this
regional
economic
development
group.
The
mayor
has
introduced
an
increase
back
closer
to
the
levels
that
were
supported
previously.
F
So
with
that,
mr.
chair,
if
there's
no
other
specific
questions
that
council
members
want
to
highlight
just
a
allocation
of
the
real
description
of
the
cuts
and
the
reallocations,
the
last
bullet
point
here
in
terms
of
the
public
works
traffic
and
parking
services.
The
$245,000
is
not
a
cut
to
expenditures
in
terms
of
personnel.
I
know
that
council
member
Reich's
committee
has
worked
hard
at
the
LED
replacement
process
for
our
streetlights
and
we
are
beginning
to
see
the
savings
associated
with
lower
utility
costs
for
those
streetlights
and
so
in.
F
The
mayor's
proposed
budget
is
a
reallocation
of
those
expenses,
because
they're
just
no
longer
needed
within
the
Public
Works
Department,
due
to
that
energy
efficiency
improvement,
which
will
also
continue
in
the
future.
So
with
that
mr.
chair
I'm
just
going
to
quickly
move
on
to
property
taxes,
because,
as
I
said,
the
general
fund
is
the
one
that
drives
the
majority
of
the
property
taxes
and-
and
people
are,
you
know,
always
curious
about.
F
What's
the
impact
on
me
as
a
resident
within
the
city,
just
a
different
form
of
the
graph
you
saw
earlier
in
terms
of
where
does
the
levy
go?
To
certainly
in
the
park
board
being
at
just
under
20%
is
a
substantial
part
of
the
city's
loving
few
highlights
here.
One
is
the
the
stability
of
our
closed
pension
fund,
at
least
for
two
years.
The
legislature
didn't
keep
our
pension
aid
constant.
F
It
is
forecasted
to
go
down
in
the
next
biennium,
but
it
had
been
forecasted
to
go
down
on
the
previous
biennium
and
so
we're
optimistic
and
and
we'll
be
working
hard
with
mr.
an
area
and
the
IGR
area
to
to
continue
the
demonstrate
the
need
of
what
that
state
aid
does
for
us
and
helping
to
reduce
property
taxes.
F
Library,
debt
service
I
mentioned
earlier
that
that
number
is
going
up
by
a
million
dollars.
That
is
the
result
of
the
fact
that
we
do
have
this
library
aid
that
the
state
has
paid
us
now
for
one
year,
we'll
be
receiving
a
second
check
in
November
that
was
due
to
legislation
a
few
years
ago.
That
gave
us
additional
resources.
We
are
not
having
more
necessarily
higher
debts
or
an
increasing
debt
service.
What
the
state
legislation
was
set
up
as
that
aid
is
a
matching
amounts.
F
B
That
the
previous
slide,
could
you
go
back
just
to
quick
I
just
want
to
point
out.
That's
the
property
tax
levy
and
that
kind
of
reflects
some
of
the
changes
we
saw
earlier
in
in
the
decade
with
local
government
aid
reductions.
We
have
had
to
make
up
a
significant
portion
on
the
on
the
property
tax
levy.
History
of
that,
rather
than
having
that
state
aid
program
fully
performing
a.
F
F
This
is
the
same
chart
that
was
in
the
mayor's
letter
from
2004
August
15th
of
2017
for
the
18
budget
tax
impacts
by
different
types
of
property.
You
can
see
in
this
particular
grouping
under
apartment
and
commercial.
We
showed,
even
though
previously
we
showed
the
apartments
going
up
overall
by
almost
fifteen
percent
in
value.
F
Six
percent
of
that
is
new
construction,
so
this
is
just
trying
to
demonstrate
if
you
are
living
in
an
apartment
and
if
you
were
on
average
one
of
those
apartments
which
nobody
is
the
average,
but
if
you
were
theoretically
the
average
and
you
went
up
by
nine
percent.
This
is
what
it
does
for
your
property
tax
bill.
If
you
are
apartment.
F
Overall,
the
market
value
of
the
city-
it
again
depends
on
how
you
type
talk
about
market
value,
but
we're
just
close
to
ten
percent.
Overall
market
value
increases
new
construction
again
because
we
have
such
a
big
tax
base.
People
think
we
see
all
these
cranes
going
up,
and
so
my
taxes
should
go
down
rather
than
go
up
right.
F
That's
a
logical
conclusion,
except
for
the
fact
that
our
tax
base
is
so
large
that
even
which
this
year
is
just
under
750
million
of
new
value
added
to
our
tax
base,
because
we
have
almost
45
billion
dollars
of
tax
base,
that's
less
than
a
two
percent
impact,
and
so
certainly
it
will
help
alleviate
property
taxes,
but
it
does
not
prevent
increases
in
property
taxes.
There's
certainly
other
factors
that,
on
this
chart
that
we
talked
about
earlier.
F
Why
would
you
wonder
why
or
lower
value
homes
going
up
at
a
rate
faster
than
higher
value
homes
in
terms
of
shouldn't
everything
be
linear?
While
we
have
the
state
program
called
the
market
value
exclusion?
So
because
you
have
a
homestead
piece
of
property,
you
pay
less
property
taxes
than
somebody
who's
non
homestead,
but,
as
your
value
increases,
you
lose
the
benefit
of
some
of
that
market
value
exclusion.
What
just
the
reason
that
people's
lower
value
homes
are
accelerating
and
a
percentage
higher
than
than
the
higher
valued
homes.
F
Other
factors
that
we've
talked
about
previously:
fiscal
disparities
in
tax
increment,
in
terms
of
some
of
that
growth
going
to
other
places
than
just
the
general
fund.
Overall,
what
we
see
is
15
percent.
Approximately
again
the
number
is
a
little.
These
are
all
preliminary
numbers.
We
haven't
even
received
final
values
from
the
county.
Yet
to
give
you
a
hundred
percent
accuracy
number,
but
just
right.
Around
15
percent
of
residential
property
is
not
gonna,
see
a
tax
increase
and
that's
largely
because
those
properties
are
not
gonna,
see
value
increases.
The
two
are
directly
related.
Mr.
B
G
F
The
numbers
that
I
want
to
highlight
here
is
for
our
analysis,
is
we
exclude
parcels
that
are
under
30,000
in
value?
Okay?
So
if
you,
you
know,
have
a
condominium
and
you
have
a
garage,
that's
a
separate
tax
parcel
which
is
very
common,
we're
excluding
those
and
then
we
are
also
excluding
any
anybody
who
has
new
construction,
because
that
skews
your
one
year
to
a
next
comparison.
F
G
F
Mr.
chair
I'm,
following
what
has
been
more
tradition
in
terms
of
how
these
numbers
are
presented,
but
certainly
we
would
accept
any
other
version
of
those
numbers
in
this
chart
on
the
next
page.
May
it
give
you
a
better
sense
of
not
just
black
and
white,
but
the
range
of
the
property
tax
changes
that
will
occur
so
again.
It's
related
to
value
increases.
F
So
I
I
would
say
that
one
of
the
downfalls
of
the
sampling
is,
if
you
do
have
that
condominium
building
and
you
have
a
lower
value
unit
and
your
garage
is
worth
thirty
thousand
dollars
and
that
doesn't
change
in
value.
Then
it
skews
some
of
this
upwards,
but
in
the
same
case
it
might
skew
it
downwards,
but
those
it's
that's,
a
fairly
small
range
of
people
who
have
accessory
parcels,
in
other
words,
there's
a
number
of
people
who
have
a
residential
property.
They
have
two
or
three
parcels
they're
paying
on
mr.
G
F
Mr.
chair
councilmember,
Goodman
Knight,
there's
not
a
direct,
relate
mean
most
apartment
dwellers,
don't
have
a
triple
net
lease
I
mean
they.
Don't
they
don't
pay
their
property
taxes
directly,
so
their
taxes
are
embedded
in
their
rents
and
so
how
a
property
owner
chooses,
even
if
I
own
a
duplex
to
change.
My
rent
for
my
tenant
in
one
particular
year
is
the
decision
of
that
individual,
not
of
the
city
being
directly
and
indirectly.
We
certainly
that's.
F
F
Mr.
chair
comes
from
everybody
mr.
Johnson,
every
Quincy
councilmember
Goodman.
If
the
request
is
to
create
a
chart
of
value
changes
similar
this
for
rental
property
across
the
city,
we
will
work
with
the
city
of
Assessor
and
attempt
to
provide
that
information
to
you.
If
that's
what
I
understand
your
request?
I.
G
Think
it
would
be
interesting
to
see,
especially
for
properties
valued
under
10
million.
This
seems
to
be
the
sweet
spot
of
this
naturally
occurring
portable
housing
and
buildings
that
are
worth
a
hundred
million
I'm,
not
so
worried
about,
but
I
am
more
because
that
tends
to
be
more
luxury
apartments,
but
these
naturally
occurring
smaller
buildings
that
have
a
value
that
are
less
clearly.
G
B
E
C
D
E
Kind
of
curious
how
accurate
the
sample
is,
and
then
you
know,
of
course,
all
of
us,
especially
as
people
get
their
bills
and
look
more
deeply
into
them,
get
a
lot
of
questions
about.
You
know
how
the
taxes
are
fluctuating
and
in
the
past,
I've
been
able
to
work
with
the
assessor's
office
to
get
more
details
about
things
that
impact.
My
ward
of
course,
every
year
I've
asked
about
renters,
because
80%
of
my
ward
are
renters,
so
that's
been
an
ongoing
conversation
that
many
of
us
have
had
over
the
years.
So
I
guess.
F
I
think
number
one.
Mr.
chair,
councilmember
bender,
we
will
have,
we
are
finishing
up,
and
hopefully,
when
we
get
some
of
the
details
from
the
county,
we
will
have
Ward
by
Ward
breakdowns
of
value
changes
for
for
each
of
the
councilmembers,
so
that
will
be
information
that
will
be
shortly
forthcoming.
Second
of
all,
within
the
definition
of
residential
here
are
duplexes
triplexes.
F
So
again
in
renters
are
included
in
this
chart.
It
is
not
just
single
family,
homestead
properties,
and
there
are
to
answer
your
questions.
130
you
1217
residential
parcels,
so
the
sample
size
is
the
vast
majority
of
those
parcels,
just
a
10%
sampling,
or
something
like
that.
So
I
think
this
is
largely
reflective
of
that
market.
F
So
apartments
are
a
separate
class
and
tend
to
be
four
or
more
units
in
one
parcel,
which
is
the
definition
at
least
for
property
taxes
again,
not
necessarily
related
to
the
zoning
code,
but
for
property
taxes,
an
apartment
is
for
more
units
in
one
parcels,
so
I
think
that's
where
councilmember
Goodman
was
talking
about
under
10
million
those
tend
to
be
not
then
the
several
hundred
unit
buildings
that
are
being
built.
It's
more
of
the
30
50
unit
buildings
that
are
have
been
around
since
the
1950s,
40s
or
60s.
F
Thank
you
for
the
clarification
enterprise
funds
I'm
going
to
quickly
walk
through
this.
Unless
there
are
some
issues
that
you
want
to
highlight.
One
is
parking
important
part
of
our
enterprise.
It
does
make
transfers
out
to
the
general
fund
to
help
support
both
general
fund
activities
and
also
the
Target
Center.
F
Those
are
largely
say,
the
same
slight
increase
for
the
target
center
transfer
out,
but
again
continuing
on
capital
improvements
for
this
particular
enterprise,
as
well
as
one
of
the
higher
debt
service
levels
within
our
city
as
well,
and
so
we
are
working
hard
to
pay
down
as
quickly
as
possible.
The
debt
service
relating
to
the
parking
funds,
but
overall
healthy
I,
think
compared
to
especially
what
has
happened
in
the
past
for
the
utilities
and
those
monthly
utility
bills
that
are
put.
D
Saw
councilmember
fry,
thank
you,
Thank
You,
mr.
chair,
on
the
previous
slide,
the
parking
fees
that
were
presently
getting
I
know
we
I
know
we
put
several
of
our
spaces
in
line
with
the
market
rate
for
the
area,
especially
on
event
days
lately,
is
that
approximately
7
million
increased
due
to
that
or
is
it?
Is
it
an
increased
use
more
spaces
being
filled?
Do
we
have?
We
know
in.
F
F
Comes
member
I
think
you
I
would
say
my
understanding
from
John
Burgess
ensured
that
we
can
follow
up
with
him
and
make
sure
he
answers
this
in
the
presentation.
Is
that
what
drives
revenue
here
really
are?
Is
the
are
the
parking
meters
not
that
that's.
F
A
highlight
of
own
personal
experience
when
I
went
to
a
Minnesota,
knighted
soccer
game
recently
near
the
U
of
M
and
the
parking
private
parking
lots
were
charging
$15
and
I
went
to
one
of
the
meters,
because
I
want
to
support
the
city
right,
so
I
parked
in
the
meter
and
they
charged
me
$14
and
I
50
cents,
so
that's
event
parking
that
they
clearly
are
because
of
their
system
are
able
to
keep
up
with
what
what
the
current
competition
is,
and
so
that
is
certainly
driving.
Increased
revenues
and
I
would
say.
F
B
F
Chair
you're,
absolutely
right
and
if
you
recall,
a
recognition
of
that
was
in
17
budge
that
there
was
a
substantial
increase.
If
I
remember
three
million
dollars
of
that
general
fund
transfer,
it
was
either
two
and
a
half
or
three
million
dollars.
It
used
to
be
four
or
four
and
a
half
million
dollars
it
was
up,
went
up
to
seven.
But
again
those
debt
service
pressures
on
the
parking
fund
are
real,
and
so
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
don't
put
them
in
a
precarious
situation.
F
The
increase
is
here:
I
just
want
to
highlight
one
of
the
things
in
terms
of
9%
increases
on
the
surface
water
and
storm
water
and
sanitary
sewer.
Sanitary
sewer
is
remember.
Much
of
those
expenditures
are
driven
by
the
Met
Council
rather
than
the
city
itself,
and
the
Met
Council
has
been
increasing
expenditures-
surface
water
in
terms
of
storm
water.
We
have
some
major
capital
improvements
associated
with
that
particular
fund,
but
overall
I'm
gonna
show
you
a
chart.
D
F
The
filtration
replacement
is
an
active
area
for
the
city
right
now.
Sanitary
sewer
rates
forecasted
as
well
and
the
Met
Council
has
been
better
about
helping
us
on
sanitary
sewer
forecasting
as
well.
So
I
think
these
incorporate
at
least
three
of
the
years
incorporate
anticipated
increases
with
Met
Council
stormwater.
It's
a
smaller
dollar
amount,
but
the
rate
increases
are
not
matching
what
the
percentage
expenditure
increases
are
and
again
that's
because
our
capital
expenditures
tend
to
be
more
episodic.
The
rate
helps
even
those
increases
out
so
for
what
most
people
care
about,
which
is.
F
C
F
Target
Center
just
want
to
highlight
that.
Certainly
compliments
to
our
partners
with
the
Timberwolves,
and
so
they
Jeff
Johnson,
the
Convention
Center.
That
project
has
stayed
on
budget
and
the
Timberwolves
stepped
up
with
some
additional
funding.
But
we're
all
excited
to
see
that
renovated
facility
opened
in
October
this
year
will
be
the
first
year
of
the
debt
service
associated
with
that,
and
that
again
will
be
a
part
of
this
downtown
assets
fund
of
5.7
million
dollars
and
that
acquisition
the
original
debt.
F
That
will
be
soon
ending
does
not
come
out
of
the
sales
tax
revenues
that
comes
out
of
the
consolidated
TIF
district
councils.
Aware
of
that,
but
it's
also
helpful
to
remind
people.
Convention
Center
dollars
are
largely
you
know.
Good
extrav
anew
increases,
certainly
the
Convention
Center
will
benefit
from
the
Super
Bowl
in
2018.
F
We
have
that
continued
debt
service
on
the
Convention
Center
through
2020,
and
then
you
recall
that
we
shift
in
2021
to
repaying
the
state
and
start
paying
debt
service
on
the
US
Bank
Stadium.
There
is
also
change
items
associated
with
major
events
both
made
Minneapolis
and
the
Convention
Center
that
are
highlighted
as
well.
F
F
And
then,
as
I
mentioned,
we
have
some
cost
containment
just
to
keep
the
increases
on
those
two
particularly
necessary
functions
of
intergovernmental
service
fund,
which
is
I
T
and
then
the
fleet
fund.
So,
lastly,
capital
you
can
see
that
the
debt
service
obligations
that
I
mentioned
earlier
I
will
highlight
that
within
this
capital
budget
is
not
the
downtown
office
building,
as
we've
discussed
with
the
council.
F
Previously,
we
don't
have
the
exact
size
and
costs
of
that
building,
that'll
be
known
later
this
year
and
a
better
scope
when
we
come
back
to
you
in
December
we're
not
issuing
net
debt
bonds.
So
it's
not
really
part
of
the
click
process,
but
we
are
gonna
capitalize.
Those
revenues-
I'm
sorry
capitalize
those
expenses
associated
with
the
project,
as
we
start
to
award
bids
in
2018.
F
Assuming
that
the
council
wants
to
move
forward
this,
this
fall
and
we
will
issue
bonds
and
have
debt
service
paid
when
those
library
bonds
I
mentioned
earlier,
and
when
we
get
out
of
those
other
buildings
that
are
saving
us
Lisa
and
operating
constant
expenses
that
are
in
today's
budget.
So
we'll
be
back
to
you
in
December
on
that
particular
issue.
F
This
is
overall
from
the
recommended
capital
budget,
the
change
from
seventeen
to
eighteen
and
total
funding,
which
includes
our
portion
of
this
particular
building
the
MBC.
Some
major
projects
with
funding
in
2018
are
highlighted
here.
You
will
hear
more
about
that
from
mr.
Abel
and
in
the
public
works
department.
I'm
sure
this
chart
contains
a
five-year
forecast
in
terms
of
the
expenses
and
can
see.
F
Obviously,
Public
Works
is
the
vast
majority
of
those
capital
expenses
and
then
Public
Works
is
broken
down
by
different
categories,
certainly
streets,
being
the
single
largest
expense
out
of
that
capital,
budget,
storm
sewers
and
water
being
second,
but
certainly
the
pedestrian
improvements
I
mentioned
is
a
while.
A
small
amount
is
increased
from
17
and
18.
The.
D
F
But
the
Nicollet
Avenue
bridge
over
the
creek
is
certainly
a
longer-term
concern
for
the
city.
Debt
service,
as
I
said,
has
been
falling.
As
we
see
the
20-year
streets
and
parks
plan
come
forward
and
some
of
these
other
capital
improvements.
You
will
start
to
see
that
debt
service
I'm
sorry
the
outstanding
amount
of
debt,
not
not
necessarily
the
debt
service,
but
the
amount
outstanding
amount
of
debt
which
had
been
as
high
as
a
billion.
F
Almost
a
billion
three
is
down
to
under
eight
hundred
million
dollars
when
the
last
thing
is
just
our
capital
assets
request
system.
So
we
have
this
competitive
process
where
there
is
a
limited
amount
of
dollars
available,
but
important
dollars
for
those,
especially
those
smaller
departments
who
don't
have
the
ability
to
absorb
IT
or
small
equipment
needs.
F
Lastly,
just
a
five-year
financial
direction:
it's
always
important
to
look
head-on
in
2021,
as
that
consolidated
TIF
district
goes
away.
We
anticipate
a
larger
increase
in
the
levy
that
was
part
of
the
20-year
streets
and
parks
increase,
I'm,
sorry,
streets
and
parks
agreement,
so
that
particular
year
is
gonna,
see
a
higher
than
normal
property
tax
levy
increase.
But
these
are
the
these
are
the
dollars
that
are
continuing
with
in
the
five-year
financial
forecast.
Here's
the
schedule,
mr.
chair,
that
I
think.
F
Certainly
your
staff
has
been
updating,
but
just
want
to
highlight
the
BT
public
hearing
on
the
27
that
was
continued
and
the
final
approval
of
the
maximum
levy
and
also
I,
know
miss
mr.
chair.
You
want
to
probably
highlight
our
new
website
that
has
been
put
forth
by
our
city
clerk
and
with
cooperation
with
our
department
and
the
IT,
and
all
of
the
information
is
detailed
out
on
that
website,
as
well.
Yeah.
B
Thank
you
very
much.
Mr.
ruff,
for
the
overview.
I
would
indeed
like
to
point
out.
I
thought
it
was
a
terrific,
a
website.
That's
made
it
much
easier
to
navigate
for
the
public
to
understand
the
budgeting
process.
The
budgeting
basics
frequently
asked
questions.
That
website
is
available
at
budget
dot,
Minneapolis
MN
gov,
and
it
was
a
terrific
undertaking
by
a
number
of
departments,
but
it's
certainly
finance
department,
city,
clerk's
office,
communications,
I
IT
did
a
terrific
job
of
putting
that
up
very
quickly.
That
includes
the
full
budget
as
well
as
presentations
and
under
that.
B
The
budget
process
has
the
special
call-out
for
the
calendar
of
the
of
the
events,
and
it
does
start
with
our
budget
hearing
scheduled
and
that
that's
available
online,
but
the
first
one
it
actually
is
on
October
3rd
at
9:30
in
this
chamber,
and
before
that,
as
mr.
ruff
noted
the
board
of
estimate
taxation,
who
has
the
responsibility
for
setting
the
maximum
levy
amount
and
that
the
public
hearing
from
the
first
meeting
was
continued
to
the
September
27th,
where
we
will
be
passing
the
final
maximum
levy
for
the
for
the
budget
process.
B
So
those
are
the
highlights
on
on
the
process
going
forward
as
well
as
the
resources
available
to
us
all.
I
would
encourage
members
if
you'd
like
to
have
specific
questions
raised
as
part
of
the
department
public
hearing
process.
Please
include
mr.
intermodal
or
mr.
ruff
miss
Johnson
on
how
we
can
best
address
those
needs.
We'd
like
that.
Those
conversations
to
be
as
robust
as
possible,
we'd
like
to
talk
about
revenues
as
well
as
the
expenditures
focusing
in
on
the
changes
and
some
as
well
as
the
staffing.
B
So
thank
you
very
much
for
the
overview
if
there
any
other
questions
on
the
process
on
the
content
or
how
and
or
how
to
get
some
more
information,
not
seeing
any
now.
So.
Thank
you
very
much
I'd
like
to
take
an
action
on
this.
Normally
it
would
be
just
a
receive
and
file
and
a
thank
you
for
your
presentation,
but
this
we're
gonna
have
a
special
action
for
the
committee
to
refer
it
to
the
budget
committee.
The
sub
Budget
Committee
for
further
consideration.