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From YouTube: September 28, 2017 Intergovernmental Relations Committee
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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
I'm,
going
today
by
council
members,
Frey
Council,
President,
Johnson
and
council
member
amber
Johnson.
My
name
is
Elizabeth
Glidden
I'm,
the
chair
of
this
committee
and
together
we
are
a
quorum
of
the
committee.
We
have
one
item
on
our
agenda
for
today
it's
a
discussion
item
and
it
is
an
update
to
our
federal
legislative
agenda
or
federal
agenda.
I
guess
is
probably
what
should
say
and
so
I
will
turn
I
think
to
mister
Ranieri
to
tsf
and
speakers.
A
B
You,
madam
chair,
my
name,
is
Jane
Ranieri
I'm,
director
of
government
relations
for
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
Today
we
will
reviewing
starting
a
discussion
of
our
federal
agenda.
We
do
that
every
couple
years
this
year
it's
been
a
challenge.
Many
of
the
changing
policies
of
the
current
administration.
We
work.
The
process
we
follow.
Toes
we
gave
sat
down
with
all
the
state
city
departments,
went
over
what
we
did
in
2015
and
asked
them
to
review
and
comment
back
to
us
on
2017.
B
A
B
C
The
document
is
fairly
long
and
so
I'll
just
be
highlighting
some
either
new
or
significant
items
within
the
agenda,
but
we're
happy
to
stand
for
any
questions
as
they
come
up
for
each
of
the
slides.
There'll
be
a
page
number.
So
if
you
want
to
follow
along,
the
first
issue
is
healthcare.
The
administration
has
tried
numerous
times
over
the
past
year
to
repeal
and
replace
the
Affordable
Care
Act,
also
known
as
Obamacare
they've
been
unsuccessful
so
far,
and
there
is
hope
that
there
can
be
a
bipartisan
solution
moving
forward.
C
D
You
me
I'm
chairing
mr.
Abney
and
I
apologize
for
interrupting
and
I
thought
of
this
after
we
had
our
meeting
and
I
remember
when
congressman
Ellison
was
in
talking
about
this
teenage
pregnancy,
teen
pregnancy,
prevention
dollars
that
were
at
risk
from
the
federal
government
and
I
think
we
might
want
to
call
that
out
in
our
narrative.
Just
because
that's
been
a
huge
success
and
we
want
to
see
it
cool.
Thank
you
great.
A
And
I
might
note
that
there
may
be
some
things
that
we
discuss
in
the
committee
and
especially
if
they're
in
background
I
don't
know
if
we
need
a
formal
motion
on
it
and
we'll
just
kind
of
take
notes
of
that,
and
if
there
is
a
need,
then
I'll
bring
a
slightly
updated
version
to
the
full
council
meeting.
If
there's
something
more
significant
that
we
need
to
vote
on,
we
can
do
that.
If
it's
an.
C
Okay,
immigration
reform
is
next.
As
you
know,
the
administration
has
been
active
in
attempting
to
block
or
repeal
recent
immigration
reforms.
Most
recently
daca,
the
city
of
Minneapolis
supports
comprehensive
immigration
reform
that
would
provide
a
road
map
for
permanent
citizenship
for
approximately
11
million
undocumented
immigrants.
C
C
Next
up
is
the
resettlement
of
refugees
similar
to
immigration
reform.
We
support
continued
resettlement
of
refugees
and
opposed
efforts
to
limit
these
programs
vetting,
as
it
exists
now
currently
takes
between
18
and
24
months
and
is
extremely
rigorous
as
a
city
that's
been
enriched
thanks
to
the
presence
of
our
refugee
residents.
We
oppose
efforts
to
unduly
slow
or
stop
resettlement,
especially
when
based
on
unconstitutional
metrics,
like
religion,
ethnicity
or
national
origin.
C
Substance
abuse
and
the
mental
health
treatment
for
mental
health
disorders
is
something
that's
was
similar
to
what
we
had
in
the
2015
version
of
the
agenda.
The
city
supports
increased
funding
for
preventative
treatment
for
substance,
abuse
and
mental
health
disorders.
The
city
also
supports
research
and
funding
to
combat
the
opioid
epidemic.
That's
facing
the
nation.
C
C
C
The
youth
violence
and
portion
indicates
support
for
designating
youth
violence
as
a
national
priority
and
as
a
preventable
public
health
issue.
Again
focusing
on
prevention
is
the
most
effective
model
here
and
utilizing
community
community
oriented
policing
to
address
the
issue
is
the
is
what
the
city
supports.
C
New
to
our
agenda
is
a
position
on
the
federal
minimum
wage.
The
city
passed
municipal,
minimum
wage
recognizing
it
is
imperative
for
our
residents.
The
federal
government
has
an
address
minimum
wage
since
2008
and
with
rising
prices
impacting
low-income
residents
most
significantly
raising
and
standardizing
the
minimum
wage
to
at
least
$15
an
hour
is
important.
C
Most
of
the
inclusive
employment
and
non-discrimination
in
the
workplace
is
similar
again
to
2015.
The
city
supports
legislation
that
bars
employment,
discrimination
on
the
basis
of
sexual
orientation
or
gender
identity,
and
supports
putting
the
President
Obama's
2014
executive
order
into
law.
Additionally,
the
city
opposes
efforts
to
ban
transgender
servicemembers
from
the
United
States
military.
C
C
C
Unfortunately,
with
the
new
administration
comes
new
threats
to
the
openness
of
the
Internet,
the
city
supports
robust
net
neutrality,
rules
which
ensure
the
residents
have
access
to
all
content
of
the
Internet,
regardless
of
their
source.
The
city
also
supports
privacy
and
consumer
protections
on
the
Internet
to
safeguard
our
residents.
C
Local
Public
Safety
is
put
in
peril
when
officers
are
required
to
act
as
immigration
enforcement
agents,
and
this
puts
all
residents
at
risk.
We
also
support
federal
funding
for
police
training.
Interest
include
including
de-escalation,
mental
health
training
and
community
policing
needs,
and
we
look
to
the
federal
government
to
be
a
partner
in
addressing
issues
that
have
plagued
our
Police
Department,
as
well
as
those
across
the
country.
C
C
C
The
city
like
many
across
the
nation
is
facing
a
housing
crisis.
We
support,
protecting
and
enhancing
the
federal
tax
code
provisions
related
to
low-income
housing,
tax
credits
and
tax
exempt
bonds.
Additionally,
we
support
providing
increased
funding
for
public
housing,
capital
improvements
and
the
development
of
new
public
housing
units.
C
The
city
supports
federal
infrastructure
funding
and
recognizes
the
critical
role
that
funding
plays
in
attracting
private
investment
and
that
robust
federal
investment
must
be
included
in
any
infrastructure
package.
The
city
opposes
some
of
the
proposed
shifts
in
the
financial
burden
to
municipal
jurisdictions.
The
city.
D
C
With
the
2020
census
coming
up,
the
city
supports
adequately
funding
the
2020
census
and
ensure
that
it's
completed
an
accurate
account
of
the
nation's
population.
The
city
also
utilizes
the
American
Community
Survey
significantly
with
our
many
of
our
programs,
and
so
the
city
supports
continued
funding
of
the
American
Community
Survey.
C
The
city
supports
the
use
of
science
and
decision
making
and
supports
fully
funding
agencies
whose
role
it
is
to
oversee
and
protect
the
environment
and
knowing
that
climate
change
is
a
worsening
crisis
for
the
state
and
for
our
world.
We
support
honoring
the
Paris
climate
Accord
and
support
funding,
clean
energy
resources.
C
A
And
this
I'm
not
sure
if
I've
seen
this
is
before
you
get
to
kind
of
them
the
money
part
I
guess
this
is
a
couple
places
in
here,
I
just
in
general,
I
think
that
we
can't
be
afraid
to
use
the
word
race
in
our
policy
priorities,
especially
if
that
is
really
kind
of
the
importance
of
some
of
the
underlying
work.
Is
that
what
we're
hearing
from
you
know
from
experts
working
on
this
issue?
A
A
Public
Safety
and
the
role
of
local
law
enforcement,
so
I
think
that's
a
really
particularly
important
one,
where
we're
doing
a
lot
of
important
reform
work
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis
to
train
our
officers.
I
mean
we're
really
investing
in
this,
but
this
is
also
something
where
the
federal
government
needs
to
know
that
they
it's
critical
for
them,
to
support
efforts
to
work
on
issues
of
addressing
bias
and
policing,
ensuring
that
we
have.
A
Trust
within
all
communities
where,
as
you
know
today,
trust
within
community
of
color-
is
that
a
is
plummeting.
You
know
so
kind
of
I
think
we
just
cannot
be
afraid
to
use
the
word
race
and
how
we're
trying
to
strategize
and
target
certain
initiatives
to
ensure
communities
of
color
are
well
served
by
our
public
services.
A
The
second
place
would
be
in
affordable
housing
and
workforce
housing
section
again,
and
most
of
this
policy
work
in
the
main
is
impacting
in
commutes
of
color,
and
so
we
have
to
be
able
to
use
words
that
indicate
what
we
really
are
saying
about
the
importance
of
the
work,
so
so
we'll
just
work
on
kind
of
interspersing
that
a
little
bit
I
wanted
to
call
that
out
and
that's
seeing
other
comments
from
Council
members
who
maybe
Jean,
would
you
like
mister
Ranieri?
Would
you
like
to
continue
with
the
federal
awards
too
many
others?
Yes,.
B
Madam
chair,
the
triopia
really
shows
what's
happening
with
third-world
relationships
physically
with
the
nation
of
cities
and
local
governments.
The
big
bump
in
2011
the
first
year
is
really
the
result
of
the
Recovery
Act
from
the
from
President
Obama's
administration
in
2009-2010.
Then
you
see
a
sort
of
steady
and
a
steady
than
a
drop
in
federal
funding
through
2016
and
that's
a
continued.
Many
of
those
are
continuations
of
continuing
resolutions.
B
We
haven't
had
a
budget
or
an
appropriations
process
approved
by
Congress
for
about
four
or
five
years,
so
you
see
and
we
were
projecting
for
the
future.
Is
these
funds
basically
to
stay
about
the
same
and
we
spending
most
of
our
time
when
it
comes
to
appropriations
defending
what
we
have,
because
there's
a
movement
to
move
away
from
funding
to
cities
and
more
in
the
defense,
so
lots
of
proposals
for
defense
and
not
less
for
non
discretionary
funding.
B
So
we
are
it's
many
of
the
documents
much
of
the
document
we're
talking
about
at
least
no
less
than
2017
in
terms
of
specific
things
that
are
being
talked
about
in
Washington.
One
is
the
whole
issue
of
the
infrastructure
package.
We
don't
know
exactly
what's
in
that
package,
we
do
have
some
recommendations
of
that
package.
Basically
include
public
federal
funding,
there's
been
some
discussion,
maybe
it'd
be
public
public,
meaning
local
and
state
and
private,
and
there
has
to
be
continuation
of
federal
when
the
other
issue
here
is
also
on
the
general
fund.
B
One
of
the
issues
here
is
there's
going
to
be
some
proposals
for
tax
reform.
Yesterday,
the
president
outlined
his
outline
for
tax
reform.
A
lot
of
it
deals
with
at
least
it's
public
right
now
is
an
individual
income
tax
corporate
income
tax
things
of
that
nature.
Little
discussion
about
some
of
the
exemptions,
particularly
the
exemption
for
tax
exempt
bonds.
Will
that
continue
we're
we're
urging
and
recommending
continuation
of
those,
for
example,
in
our
own
City?
B
Our
capital
improvement
program
relies
on
the
issuance
of
tax-exempt
bonds
to
be
used
for
our
improvements,
and
if
that
ability
goes
away,
we're
not
certain
what
the
rates
would
be
because
at
the
same
time
becomes
less
advantageous
to
invest
in
those
kinds
of
bonds.
What
does
happen
to
that
market?
There's
all
of
a
sudden
in
what
the
rates
go
up.
That's
a
major
issue
for
us.
B
We
here
in
Minnesota
we're
seeing
that
Amazon
and
others
are
now
locating
in
our
state
and
they
are
paying
their
sales
tax.
However,
there
are
other
companies
who
are
not
located
in
our
state
who
aren't
and
that
issue
is
in
front
of
Congress.
It
may
wind
up
in
an
omnibus
bill.
I,
don't
know
there
has
been
bipartisan
supply,
partisan
support,
but
it
has
not
been
passed.
So
that's
another
meeting
now.
What
does
that
mean
for
Minnesota?
B
A
couple
years
ago,
the
Commissioner
of
Revenue
thought
it
could
be
a
couple
hundred
million
dollars
a
year
additional
revenue,
but
that
was
before
Amazon
located
in
our
state.
Madam
chair
recommendations
are
basically
a
continuation
of
funding,
we'd
like
to
see
more
funds,
go
to
an
federal
non-discretionary
and
rather
than
defense,
and
also
taking
care
of
some
of
the
tax
exemptions.
We
have.
We
can
say
it
from
our
questions
so.
A
I'm
looking
at
a
lot
in
the
agenda-
and
something
might
be
just
my
eyes-
are
not
going
to
this,
but
I-
don't
see
a
clear
section
where
we
talk
about
the
importance
of
maintaining
funding
for
Community
Development
Block
Grants,
and
so
we
really
need
a
very
clear
statement
of
that.
Again,
it
might
be
balls
are
not
going
to
it,
but
I
would
think
it
should
go
in
the
section
where
we
start
talking
about
appropriations.
D
B
E
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
councilmember
Sasha
Bergman
with
the
idea
Department
as
I
understand
it.
That
was
not
in
our
previous
federal
agenda
and
it's
not
in
this
version,
certainly
something
that
council
could
entertain.
Adding
if
you
were
interested
in
it.
I
do
have
some
information
from
not
in
front
of
me,
but
I
could
I
could
get
it
to
you
from
I.
Think
it's
I
want
to
say
it's
the
National
League
of
Cities,
but
it
talks
about
how
different
states
are
or
all
the
states
are
impacted
by
the
deductibility
of
states
and
local
taxes.
D
D
A
E
A
Is
there
anything
more
mister,
Ranieri
or
mister
Abnett?
I
just
want
to
make
sure
we've
heard
all
you'd
like
us
to
hear.
I
I
think
that
means
no
backing
away.
So
we
have
in
front
of
us
the
federal
agenda
for
2017
I'll,
go
ahead
and
move
it
and
see.
If
anybody
would
like
to
discuss
any
portions
of
it.
A
Anyone
anyone
say
big,
thank
you
to
staff.
I,
know
Peter
Abnett,
put
in
tremendous
amount
of
work,
but
also
supported
by
kind
of
a
broad
array
of
staff
members
who
do
a
lot
of
work
on
the
federal
pieces,
whether
it's
work,
managing
the
grants
or
monitoring
different
funds
that
come
into
the
city
or
just
generally
trying
to
stay
on
top
of
what
has
seemed
like
just
pounding
of
information
and
trying
to
suss
out
what
is
sort
of
preliminary
I.
A
Don't
know
what
you
call
it
feeling
out
of
what
may
be
a
reaction
to
a
proposal
that
actually
isn't
yet
a
proposal
compared
with
you
know
what
may
be
the
current
administration's
actual
budget
put
on
paper
and
moving
through
the
process,
and
things
like
that.
So
I
know
that
takes
a
tremendous
amount
of
work
to
try
to
do
that,
and
while
we
have
federal
lobbyists,
they're
not
there
for
every
single
little
question
we
may
have
to
be
blunt.
A
What
are
the
things
that
we
feel
are
actual
proposals
that
we
need
to
be
clear
on
our
opposition
for
support
for
versus
the
things
that
are
part
of
our
proactive
agenda?
We
want
to
what
we
want
the
world
to
be
like
so
again,
thank
you
for
doing
a
lot
of
that
work
to
create
this
document
in
a
good
roadmap.
A
E
Thank
you
again,
madam
chair
Sacha
Bergman
with
the
IGR
Department
just
wanted
to
provide
a
brief
update
on
the
goings-on
of
the
legislature
in
the
governor
I.
Think,
maybe
the
last
time
we
updated,
you
might
have
been
in
June
when
there
was
some
back-and-forth.
The
the
governor
had
signed
all
of
the
bills
but
had
objected
to
some
provisions
in
the
tax
bill
that
he
had
signed.
The
legislature
had
put
a
provision
in
the
state
government
finance
bills
who
unfund
the
Department
of
Revenue.
E
If
the
tax
bill
was
not
signed,
and
then
the
governor
line-item
veto,
the
legislators
funding
where
that
ended
up
I
think
our
last
update
was
probably
that
the
legislature
took
the
governor
to
court
on
that
matter
and
said
that
he
he
doesn't
have
the
right
to
constitution
or
a
constitutional
right
to
unfund
a
co-equal
branch
of
government.
The
the
governor,
though,
does
have
the
ability
to
line-item
veto
funding
appropriations.
That's
part
of
his
constitutional
abilities,
so
the
Ramsey
County
Court
sided
with
the
legislature.
E
The
governor
approve
are
appealed
to
the
Supreme
Court
of
the
state
and
they
ruled
that
the
governor
does
have
the
ability
to
line-item
funding
and
their
funding,
but
ordered
the
two
parties
to
mediation
to
work
out
their
differences.
There
was
to
my
day
and
a
half
of
mediation,
I
believe
at
the
end
of
last
week,
and
then
the
mediator
said
that
the
two
parties
were
at
an
impasse
so
still
unclear
exactly
what
the
next
steps
are.
E
We've
learned
that
the
legislature
evidently
has
enough
funding
to
get
it
through
February
I
believe,
which
is
when
the
regular
session
will
start
February,
20th
and
I'm,
not
sure.
If
the
court,
the
Supreme
Court,
will
have
any
further
action
at
this
point,
I
know
by
September
30th,
which
is
in
two
days
I
believe
the
two
parties
were
supposed
to
come
back
to
the
court
and-
and
you
know,
share
the
status
of
their
mediation,
which
we
now
know
is
at
an
impasse
so
more
to
come.
E
But
just
a
quick
update
that
of
the
goings-on
in
the
last
couple
of
months
and
then
also
just
a
note
on
our
internal
legislative
agenda
process.
We
have
solicited
ideas
from
our
departments
through
our
policy
liaison
team.
Those
proposals
continue
to
move
forward
next
week,
the
possibly
as
on
team,
will
meet
and
make
some
of
their
recommendations
based
on
their
proposals,
and
we
will
be
reaching
out
to
each
of
your
office's
to
make
sure
you're
briefed
on
what
those
proposals
are
and
anticipate.
E
There
will
be
at
least
a
couple
presentations
to
the
IGR
committee
of
those
presentations,
either
at
the
October,
12th
or
twenty-sixth
meeting,
and
then
from
there
hope
to
have
a
updated
legislative
policy
position
document
going
into
2018,
as
well
as
a
shorter
2018
legislative
agenda
and
again
we'll
be
reaching
out
to
you.
But
if
you
have
any
questions,
I'm
happy
to
answer
those.