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From YouTube: May 25, 2017 Committee of the Whole
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Minneapolis Committee of the Whole Meeting
A
But
excuse
me
good
morning
and
I
am
calling
to
order.
What
is
a
special
meeting
of
the
committee
the
whole
just
by
that
I
mean
that
it
is
at
a
different
time
than
we
often
have,
and
my
name
is
Elizabeth
Glidden
I
am
the
chair
of
this
committee.
I'm
joined
today
by
my
colleagues,
council,
member
Reich,
yang
Quincy
for
Sami
and
Goodman
and
I
do
believe.
Others
will
join
us
shortly.
We
have
one
discussion
item
today.
A
We
have
a
substantial
presentation
so
just
as
a
note
to
my
colleagues
I'm
going
to
ask
that
we
allow
this
Rivera
van
der
Meyde
to
do
her
full
presentation
and
then
we
will
have
substantial
time
for
questions
as
we're
able
and
we've
also
been
joined
now
by
council
members,
Cano
and
bender
so
with
without
anything
further
mr.
Baier
of
animate.
Thank.
B
You
very
much
chair
Glidden,
council
members.
My
name
is
Mario
Rivera
van
der
Meyde
I'm,
the
deputy
city
coordinator
for
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
but
really
come
to
you
as
a
representative
today
of
a
group
of
staff
that
came
together
from
multiple
departments
to
talk
about
the
subject
of
minimum
wage
in
October
of
October
5th
I
believe
of
this
year.
B
You
asked
us
to
come
forward
and
directed
us
to
create
an
engagement
plan,
and
we
did
so
in
October
about
how
we
were
going
to
engage
community,
how
we
were
going
to
go
about
looking
at
other
jurisdictions,
who
had
done
an
increase
in
minimum
wage
policies
throughout
the
nation
and
come
back
with
recommendations
on
a
minimum
wage
policy,
and
that
is
why
we're
here
today
so
I'll
start
with
what
we
heard.
We
did
go
out
and
engage.
We
did
a
variety
of
listening
sessions.
We
did
16
in
total,
we
reached
over
500
some
individuals.
B
We
also
released
a
survey
in
multiple
language
and
got
over
1,700
responses,
which
we
thought
was
extraordinary
in
terms
of
engagement
and
the
passion
that
people,
both
workers
and
businesses
alike,
have
around
the
issue.
We
also
received
over
a
hundred
written
comments
and
letters
either
directly
to
the
minimum
wage
email
or
through
your
offices
that
came
to
us
as
well
that
we
included
as
part
of
the
public
record.
B
What
we
heard,
as
is
no
surprise
to
many,
is
a
wide
range
of
opinions,
and
we
want
to
try
to
honor
some
of
those
opinions
here.
We
heard
on
one
side
of
the
equation
that
really
this
is
city
overreach,
that
when
you
think
about
a
municipal
wage
policy
that
it
goes
beyond
what
city
and
municipality
should
do,
but
it
really
should
be
a
statewide
solution
and
that
government
should
not
be
in
the
business
of
telling
businesses
how
to
run
their
businesses.
B
On
the
other
side
of
the
equation,
we
heard
from
voices
who
say
that
affordability
is
one
of
the
top
concerns
about
living
in
Minneapolis.
They
cannot
afford
housing,
they
cannot
afford
transportation,
transit
and
child
care,
and
health
care
are
just
too
difficult
in
the
current
wage
scenario.
There
have
also
been
arguments
that,
where
cities
have
acted,
states
have
followed,
and
while
many
people
and
I
would
say
most,
including
those
in
our
workers,
agree
that
a
statewide
solution
is
preferable.
B
B
In
particular,
we've
heard
a
lot
from
the
restaurant
industry
and,
through
this
presentation,
you'll
hear
us
bring
that
perspective
forward,
because
if
we
thought
it
was
a
very
vocal
and
poignant
voice,
as
we
turned
our
attention
to,
how
do
we
recommend
a
policy?
But
we
heard
a
lot
from
the
restaurant
industry
in
particular
that
they
do
get
the
inequities
between
front
of
the
house
and
back
of
the
house
and
are
trying
to
find
a
way
to
solve
that
gap
without
at
the
same
time
causing
detriment
to
their
own
business.
B
B
But
we
wanted
to
let
you
know
before
we
heard
from
in
that
in
the
survey
demographics
as
we
think
about
the
types
of
industries
and
the
types
of
workers
that
responded
to
the
survey,
we
give
a
breakdown,
but
we
note
at
a
high
level,
77%
identified
themselves
as
employees
or
employee
advocates,
and
only
14%
represented
themselves
as
employers
or
businesses
9%
represented
themselves.
As
others
and
a
lot
of
those
folks
were
kind
of
in
the
educational
arena,
some
highlights
about
what
we
heard
from
the
survey
are
a
variety
of
things.
B
B
How
would
you
feel
about
a
city,
municipal
policy
and
21
stated
they
were
just
simply
in
favor
of
a
municipal
minimum
wage
policy
at
all
of
the
409
respondents
that
answered
this
particular
question.
73%
saw
that
the
policy
should
be
phased
with
a
period
of
over
at
least
two
years
or
more.
There
was
some
feedback
which
was
and
again
we'll
talk
a
lot
of
more
about
tipped
workers
as
we
continue
to
move
forward.
B
Sixty-Three
percent
strongly
were
strongly
in
favor,
somewhat
in
favor
of
an
increase
to
the
current
minimum
wage,
although
that
again
was
not
necessarily
tied
to
a
particular
number,
and
we
note
that
as
those
responding
to
how
an
increase
in
minimum
wage
would
impact
their
business
forty
eight
percent,
they
would
have
to
decrease
their
workforce.
Twenty
nine
percent,
it
would
not
impact
their
workforce
at
all.
Eighteen
were
unsure,
and
five
percent
said
that
it
would
increase.
It
would
result
an
increase
in
their
workforce.
B
We
also
were
fortunate
enough
to
receive
some
business
surveys
from
third-party
or
independent
business
associations.
The
Southwest
Business
Council,
the
Lake
Street
Council,
and
the
Minnesota
Restaurant
Association
were
kind
enough
to
give
us
their
summary
responses
and
they
did
their
own
projections
as
we
look
at
those
and
we
offer
those
because
they
are
part
of
the
record.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
we
honor
the
voices
that
they
heard
as
well.
We
see
mostly
across
the
board
for
the
first
two
Southwest
Business
Council
and
Lake
Street
Council
tremendous
concern
and
a
perception
of
negativity.
B
If
this
were
to
move
forward,
a
municipal
wage
increase
were
to
move
forward.
We
know
the
61
percent
from
the
Southwest
Business
Council
said
it
raise,
would
be
very
negative
to
their
businesses.
We
know
and
the
lake
street
council
of
the
13
respondents,
92
percent,
stated
that
a
minimum
wage
increase
would
cause
them
to
decrease
their
workforce.
The
Minnesota
Restaurant
Association
also
did
a
survey.
B
I
think
by
and
large
we
saw
residents
want
a
city
that
they
can
have
a
quality
life
that
lets
them
care
for
their
families
to
be
healthy,
to
live
in
safe
housing
and
to
pursue
whatever
they
define
as
personal
growth.
We
want
a
thriving
business
community.
We
are
known
to
be
a
vibrant
and
busy
business
community
here
in
Minneapolis,
and
there
was
overwhelming
consent
that
we
want
that
to
continue.
There
was
overwhelming
agreement
that
national
or
state
policymaking
would
be
a
better
approach,
but
also
heard
very
strongly
that
have
seen
in
other
jurisdictions.
B
This
is
an
area
where
cities
can
lead
the
way
and
impact
larger
federal
I
mean
not
federal,
but
larger
county
or
state
policy
making.
Is
that
moves
forward?
We
also
want
to
honor
the
fact
that
businesses
overwhelmingly
voiced
concern,
and
that
doesn't
mean
that
businesses
are
against
a
minimum
wage
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
don't
get
this
as
an
issue
of
businesses
against
workers.
B
As
regulations
like
these
move
forward,
there
was
a
great
quote
from
somebody
in
our
workplace
advisory
group
that
really
spoke
to
the
fact
that
businesses
should
not
be
the
folks
who
bear
the
burden
of
all
this
regulation
in
terms
of
increased
cost,
and
she
mentioned
the
notion
of
communal
issues
require
a
communal
response
and
that
resonated
with
our
work
group
as
we
stopped
that
forward.
So
it's
a
thread
that
we
maintained
what
we
did
our
work.
B
B
About
71
thousand
would
be
affected
by
an
increase
to
$15
per
hour,
and
if
you
break
that
down
in
demographics,
what
that
really
means
is
that
those
increases
are
going
to
most
impact
low-wage
workers
and,
in
particular,
low
wage
workers
of
color,
and
so
that
is
something
that,
as
we
looked
about,
we
kind
of
kept
that
in
the
back
of
our
mind
as
well
as
we
think
about
some
of
the
other
studies
that
we
saw
in
the
Wilkins
study
and
I
should
have
mentioned.
That
behind
me
stands
a
group
of
individuals
who
worked
on
this.
B
So
as
you
post
questions,
if
there
are
any
individual
questions
about
the
study
and
so
forth,
there
is
staff
here
and
perhaps
answer
them
in
more
detail
than
I.
Can
we
look
at
a
simulated
results
of
what
the
Wilkins
study
said,
and
certainly
there
were
gaps
that
left
us
at
the
end
of
that
study
wanting
to
know
more
but
from
the
initial
outlay.
It
shows
us.
There
are
certain
industries
that
would
be
impacted
by
a
minimum
wage,
more
than
others,
retail
restaurants
and
health
in
particular,
or
non
Hospital.
B
Health
I
should
clarify
in
particular,
were
the
ones
that
would
be
most
impacted
by
a
wage
and
as
they
did
a
simulated
model
out
to
the
time
at
which
15
and/or
12
would
be
implemented
and
I
think
the
date
that
they
chose
was
2021
at
the
time.
What
their
simulated
model
results
that,
at
a
at
a
high
end
of
total
employment
losses
that
the
restaurant
industry
would
perhaps
bear
the
longer
the
biggest
brunt
of
that
at
minus
3.30.
B
5%
I
was
reminded
by
staff
that,
at
the
height
of
our
recession,
just
to
put
it
in
time
and
place
the
the
we
lost
more
than
4.5
percent
of
our
employment.
So
that
puts
a
little
context
on
what
that
would
look
like
at
the
upper
end,
and
so
does
total
employee
earnings
that
the
same
restaurant
industry
showed
both
the
lower
and
the
upper
end
of
that
with
a
20
up
to
28
percent
increase
there.
We
also
see
health
with
about
a
14
percent
increase
as
that
moves
forward.
B
We
also
looked
at
other
jurisdictions
and
I
know
for
one
I
have
sent
you
multiple
emails
about
a
big
spreadsheet
that
we
have
come
to
kind
of
live
by
as
we
move
forward
and
one
of
the
things
while
not
binding.
We
found
that
a
look
at
other
jurisdictions
is
useful
to
really
kind
of
putting
ourselves
in
context
for
what's
happening
on
the
national
platform
at
a
high
level
and
both
and
this
matrix
was
also
part
of
the
appendices.
B
So
it
is
a
public
document
and
posted,
but
with
a
high
level
we
found
that
of
the
51
jurisdictions
we
saw
they
had
a
range
of
their
maximums
with
most
of
them
trending
towards
15.
At
the
moment,
there
are
12
that
went
between
10
and
12
dollars
and
11
jurisdictions
that
went
from
12
and
just
under
$15.
Does
that
move
forward?
Flagstaff
was
the
only
anomaly
to
the
15
they
had
gone
to.
B
They
went
from
6
to
8
years
beyond
or
as
a
total,
so
it
was
one
or
two
extra
years
beyond
what
their
original
target
date
was.
The
issue
of
tips
and
again
we'll
talk
about
this
in
more
detail,
was
as
divided
as
perhaps
some
of
the
conversations
we
had
in
community.
Frankly,
some
of
the
conversations
we
had
in
our
work,
whether
or
not
to
include
tips
as
part
of
wages
we
saw
40
24
jurisdictions,
said
yes,
27
said
no,
so
it's
pretty
divided
and
pretty
evenly
divided
at
that
about
what
that
looks.
B
Like
we
looked
at
carve-out
for
business
size
and
again,
the
majority
of
jurisdictions
did
not
do
a
special
carve
out
for
business
size.
13
of
them
did,
although
nine
of
those
were
really
extended
implementation
period,
so
not
true
carve
outs
where
they
truly
exempted
people.
There
are
only
four
jurisdictions
that
did
that
and
finally,
we
looked
at
carve
out
for
youth
as
well
and
20.
This
was
also
similar
to
tips.
B
This
was
another
pretty
divided
one
where
we
had
26%
included
a
carve
out
for
youth,
although
ten
of
those
had
an
extended
time
period
and
there'll
be
more
detail
on
that,
twenty-five
of
them
did
not.
We
have
a
little
reminder
there,
not
that
anyone
on
this
diet
needs
a
reminder,
but
we
want
to
try
to
put
the
context
of
minimum
wage
in
place
until
we've
included
kind
of
a
memory
of
the
current
minimum
wage,
both
at
the
federal
level
and
at
the
and
at
the
minimum
at
the
Minnesota
state
level.
B
The
other
thing
we
learned
is
we
looked
at
other
jurisdictions
and
I
won't
go
through
every
one
of
these,
but
we
wanted
to
say
part
of
the
difficulty
that
we
had
and
you'll
hear
this
again
in
the
studies
is
that
most
jurisdictions
had
not
had
not
really
implemented
them.
As
we
looked
at
the
dates
of
implementation
on
when
they
start,
it
really
has
been
16
started
just
last
year.
B
We
turned
our
attention
to
our
economy
because
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
had,
as
we
looked
at
this
work,
that
we
not
only
looked
at
what
the
plight
of
current
workforce
was,
but
we
also
looked
at
our
regional
economy
a
bit
and
so
we've
got
some
breakdowns
of
what
that
looks.
Like
28%
of
people
of
color
are
working
in
the
healthcare
industry.
This
pie,
chart
kind
of
has
a
distribution
by
Minneapolis
jobs,
and
you
can
see
where
the
largest
and
we
try
to
put
those
out
where
the
largest
chunks
of
folks
are
employed.
B
At
11
percent
of
people
are
working
in
education
of
people
of
color
are
working
in
education.
9%
of
all
people
of
color,
working
under
Minneapolis
are
in
food
service
or
accommodation,
and
7%
of
all
people
of
color
working
in
Minneapolis
are
in
the
administrative
support
which
falls
within
that
professional
and
business
services.
Those
are
some
of
the
crossover
areas
that
we
saw
in
the
Wilkins
report.
That
would
be
most
impacted
by
an
increase
in
minimum
wage.
B
We
wanted
to
take
a
deeper
dive
as
we
looked
at
some
of
those
industries.
So
certainly
we
heard
a
lot
in
our
listening
sessions
about
and
again
the
restaurant
industry
comes
comes
first
and
foremost
as
we
think
about
what
that
looks
like,
and
in
particular,
we
heard
about
what
average
wage
is
and
what
the
average
wage
for
waiters
and
servers
are
in
the
industry.
B
But
as
you
can
see,
this
goes
across
the
board
on
by
number
of
employees.
What
does
that
look
like
how
many
employers,
how
many
employees
and
what
the
average
wage
is?
We
did
the
same
for
non
hospital
healthcare.
We
certainly
heard
in
our
listening
sessions
some
concerns,
particularly
bout,
nursing
care
facilities
and
assisted
living
for
the
elderly.
That
certainly
came
up.
What
we
heard
was
a
bit
divided.
We
heard
so
folks
and
I
think
our
research
bears
this
out
say
that
we
actually
need
to
provide
our
caregivers
with
an
increase.
B
A
lot
of
the
caregivers
in
that
space
would
fall
underneath
a
minimum
wage
and
what
we
saw
were
some
average
around
$10,
and
so
that
would
still
fall
underneath
what
the
city
is
considering.
But
at
the
same
time
we
heard
that,
because
I'm
concerns
about
I,
get
reimbursed
by
Medicare
and
I,
don't
have
a
place
to
spend
those
cost
and
just
those
costs
on.
We
did
not
decide
ultimately
to
if
you
read
the
port
to
recommend
an
exemption
for
non
Hospital
healthcare.
We
did
not
see
it
in
other
jurisdictions.
B
We
believe
what
we
have
heard
in
the
research
is
that
many
of
our
care
facility
care
facilities
are
already
upping
their
minimum
wage
and
trying
to
recruit
a
higher
talent
pool.
But
it
is
again
an
area
that
we
note
and
that
will
be
wanting
to
look
at
in
annual
reviews
of
how
we
are
impacting
the
economy.
Moving
forward.
B
B
We
wanted
to
put
wages
in
terms
of
context
as
well
and
I
know
that
a
lot
of
this
is
dense
and
very
technical,
but
as
we
looked
at
sort
of
the
economy
and
what
it
looked
like
in
dollars
and
cents,
we
looked
at
the
poverty
thresholds
and
in
this
one
I've
got
thresholds
for
2017.
For
one
person
the
poverty
threshold
is
twelve
thousand
and
sixty
dollars.
B
If
we
looked
at
from
the
Wilkin
study,
one
person
making
780
an
hour,
they
would
earn
sixteen
thousand
two
hundred
and
twenty
four
thousand
dollars,
which
is
about
8%
of
our
workers.
In
many,
let's
make
that
threshold,
an
additional
31,000
less
than
$15
an
hour
would
really
continue
to
fall
within
that
threshold
above
the
federal
poverty
thresholds,
but
certainly
not
meeting
what
we
look
at
next
with
the
living
wage
in
Hennepin,
County
and
I'll
make
a
little
plug
that
as
we
close
out
I.
B
Think
staff
was
finishing
up
the
the
finishing
touches
on
this,
but
we
are
about
to
release
and
launch
a
tableau
and
interactive
format
that
you
can
look
at
the
deed
data.
You
can
look
at
a
whole
slew
of
data
that
our
CPEC
folks
in
particular,
really
gathered
and
amassed
and
be
able
to
play
a
jurisdiction
and
by
wage
level.
What
that
looks
like
it
will
be
a
public
facing
portal,
and
so
we
welcome
folks
to
take
a
look
at
that.
B
But
when
we
look
at
the
living
wage
calculator
for
deed,
we
look
at
what
that
looks
like
in
terms
of
a
single
person
that
would
equate
to
a
15
dot
25
an
hour
wage.
A
single
person
with
one
adult
would
bring
that
up
to
29.80
seven
cents
and
a
family
of
two
adults
and
that's
the
median
and
one
child.
That's
the
median
family
size
in
Hennepin
County
at
least,
was
deemed
at
three
that
living
wage
number
is
1980.
B
We
turn
to
some
topical
studies
to
try
to
get
some
insight
into
what
has
happened
in
other
communities
and
I
am
frustrated
to
share
with
you
that
it's
wildly
varied
and
frankly,
inconclusive
I
wish
I
had
something
better
to
say
on
that
ends,
but
the
reality
is
that
most
jurisdictions,
82%
of
the
jurisdictions,
had
only
implemented
a
change
in
wage
in
the
last
two
years.
That
means
it
just
hasn't
been
time
enough
to
study
the
impacts
of
what
a
minimum
wage
policy
is
really
going
to
do
to
them.
B
The
other
reality
is
that
economies
are
impacted
by
all
sorts
of
different.
There
is
no
single
one
factor
that
impacts
how
an
economy
is
going
to
do.
Minimum
wage
is
one
but,
as
we
saw
in
the
Seattle
study,
there
were
notes
in
that
study.
That
said,
we
saw
increase
in
wages
and
increase
in
employment,
but
frankly
we
could
have
seen
that
just
because
it
was
a
robust
economy.
We
do
not
know
that
it
is
causally
related
to
the
minimum
wage.
B
Mentioning
that
study,
I
think
I've
got
it
noted
there.
We
also
looked
at
a
study,
a
2011
study
that
really
looked
at
San
Francisco,
who
at
the
time,
has
just
gone
to
$8.50
an
hour
Santa,
Fe
and
DC.
The
end
results
again
there
they
were
looking
at
fast
food
and
food
services.
Retail
and
low-wage
establishments
showed
generally
that
minimum
wages
can
raise
the
earnings
of
low-wage
workers
with
little
discernible
impact
on
employment.
B
What
an
impact
could
be
not
on
what
the
intellectual
impact
is
so,
for
example,
San
Jose
in
Santa,
Clara,
California
and
Fresno
City,
and
the
New
York
City
study,
all
of
them,
which
were
done
by
now
said-
and
we're
very
honest
about
saying
this
is
before
we
really
know
what
full
implementation
means
and
so
they're,
just
not
as
helpful
as
one
would
like.
They're
great
to
think
about
what
modeling
could
be
and
might
be,
indicative
or
illustrative
per
se,
but
they're,
not
definitive
studies.
B
We
also
looked
at
a
growing
amount
of
research
that
linked
minimum
wage
or
a
minimum
wage
to
health
impacts
and
really
it's
the
issue
of
what
is
the
link
between
health
and
income
in
general,
health
and
poverty.
There
are
two
recent
studies
that
our
commissioner
of
health,
who
is
part
of
our
workgroup,
pointed
us
to
one
that
really
looked
at
the
mortality:
the
premature
mortality
rates
of
New,
York,
City
residents,
fifteen
dollar
increase
and
concluded
that
results
were
positive
and
enough
to
say
that
there
are
links
between
premature
mortality
and
low
life
expectancy
and
poverty.
B
Our
Minneapolis
department
of
health
actually
did
an
income
and
health
brief
on
this.
In
December
of
last
year,
it's
also
included
in
the
appendices
to
the
report,
and
really
there
should
be
no
surprise
that
they
speak.
A
lot
about
the
predictors
of
health
status
are
the
factors
that
are
known
of
social
determinants
of
health,
and
that
includes
income
as
part
of
those
social
determinants
about,
in
speaking,
about
poverty
and
poverty,
concentrated
amongst
people
of
color
children,
people
of
lower
educational
attainment
and
female-headed
households.
B
B
So,
in
summary,
we
saw
that
an
increase
in
minimum
wage
will
likely
impact
many
of
our
low-wage
workers,
particularly
our
low-wage
workers
of
color,
that
we
see
that
our
peer
cities
and
tropical
studies,
our
illustrious
but
perhaps
not
conclusive.
We
offer
them
as
benchmarks.
We
offer
them
as
hopefully
learning
lessons
as
we
move
forward,
but
obviously
we
would
have
to
think
whatever
policy
looks
like
for
Minneapolis.
B
We
know
that
businesses,
particularly
restaurants,
have
expressed
great
concern
about
moving
forward
with
a
municipal
minimum
wage
policy
and
have
really
urged
us
to
think
about
particular
considerations
that
would
make
implementation
easier
and
then,
finally,
we
steal
a
quote
from
one
of
our
workgroup
members
who
I
think
really
put
it
best.
It
says
well
understanding
that
adopting
a
municipal
wage
policy
will
result
in
spreading
additional
cost
to
lawyers
and
customers.
B
We
talked
a
little
bit
about
scope
and
we
sort
of
broke
this
down
into
employees
and
employers
for
employees.
We
thought
we
would
model
and
you'll
hear
this
woven
into
some
of
our
other
recommendations
that
we
would
model
what
the
state
does.
We
heard
constantly
that
administrative
simplicity
is
preferred
in
our
application
and
our
recommendation,
particularly
for
businesses
we
move
forward.
So
we
recommend
that
employee
be
anyone
who
works
in
Minneapolis.
B
B
We
note
that
there
has
been
some
clarifying
languages
and
we
point
to
Oregon
and
that
matrix
that
had
some
clarifying
language
that
said
that
talked
about
when
an
employee
performs
over
50%
of
their
work
in
a
pay
period,
at
the
importance
that
the
employers
permanent
fixed
address,
the
pay
rate
is
based
on
that
location.
In
the
case
of
employees
who
make
deliveries
and
so
forth,
their
pays
is
based
there.
So
we
offer
that
simply
as
guidance
and
say
that
we're
happy
to
work
with
the
City
Attorney's
office
as
they
determine
what
an
employer
looks
like.
B
We
also
note
that
another
approach
that
you
could
take
in
terms
of
employer
is
to
follow
what
the
State
Department
already
already
defines
as
employer.
There
is
a
whole
slew
of
exemptions
that
include
or
excludes.
I
should
say
folks
like
bona
fide
executive
and
administrative,
professional
staff,
casual
babysitters
seafarers
of
all
things,
a
lot
of
agro
workers,
folks
that
are
nuns,
monks
and
volunteers
that
are
part
of
religious
organizations.
There
are
a
variety
independent
contractor,
taxicab
drivers,
there's
a
variety
of
exemptions
in
the
state
code
and
that's
another
approach
to
take.
B
If
you
want
it
to
be
consistent
with
the
state,
we
talked
a
lot
about
what
number?
What
is
the
number
became?
Not
the
not
the
largest
trigger
point
for
our
conversations,
but
certainly
one
that
we
talk
a
lot
about
and
I
want
to.
I
want
to
put
this
in
context
in
terms
of
our
recommendation.
We
certainly
heard
15
talked
about
a
lot
and
we
credit
a
lot.
B
The
advocates
primarily
starting
with
15
now,
which
is
a
national
movement
that
came
to
Minneapolis
and
spoke
a
lot
about
the
numerical
value
of
15
pathways
to
15,
subsequently
took
that
number
two
and
owned
it
in
a
different
way.
But
every
time
we
went
to
a
listening
session
and
we
try
to
correct
people
that
we
didn't
know
what
a
number
would
listen
time.
15
came
up
over
and
over
again
so
well,
we
don't
like
to
necessarily
say
it's
the
de
facto
standard.
It
certainly
became
the
number
that
most
people
spoke
about.
B
We
also
note
that
it
follows
the
trends
national
trends
all
across
the
nation
are
going
towards
a
15,
but
we
wanted
to
take
a
deeper
dive
and
really
look
at
what
does
that
mean
in
that
tool
that
I
mentioned
that
is
about
to
be
launched
soon,
we
give
you
a
set
of
15
and
what
that
looks
like
15
in
San.
Francisco
looks
like
what
in
Minneapolis
15
and/or
then
looks
like
what
in
Minneapolis,
and
so
we
invite
you
to
take
a
look
at
what
that
is.
B
We
also
provided
we
looked
at
several
other
mechanisms
determining
a
number
one
of
those
was
looking
at
our
Pierre
City
index.
Greater
MSP
has
a
series
of
Pierre
cities
that
they
routinely
look
at
when
comparing
Minneapolis
to
other
jurisdictions
for
a
whole
variety
of
other
actions,
and
when
we
looked
at
our
Pierre
city
across
the
board,
we
saw
that
the
average
of
those
peer
cities
was
$12
and
49,
which
really
aligns
well
with
our
closest
Midwest
neighbor
Chicago,
which
opted
not
to
go
to
15,
but
rather
than
$13
as
their
minimum
wage.
B
We
looked
at
looking
at
the
median
of
what
that
looks
like
and
so,
as
we
think
about
a
median
metropolitan
wage,
we
took
the
current
median
wage
level
of
20
dollars
and
76
cents
and
calculated
it
out
with
an
inflator.
We
then
took
55%
and
how
we
arrived
at
55%
is
that
there
are
studies
that
say
that,
once
you
start
getting
beyond
55
or
60
percent
of
a
median
wage,
then
you
may
see
more
impacts
on
the
business
community
than
not.
B
So
we
opted
to
look
at
what
55
means
for
the
median
and
that
number
yields
a
$12
and
85
cents.
We
also
in
the
vein
of
looking
at
different
ways
to
look
at
this
and
knowing
that
there
is
no
right
number
necessarily.
We
look.
We
thought
of
looking
at
living
wage
and
we
thought
of
the
living
wage
for
typical
sized
household
and
that
in
Minnesota
is
three
people.
Two
adults
and
one
child
is
1980,
and
if
we
looked
at
a
way
to
think
about
how
do
we
put
some
of
the
burden
on
businesses?
B
Obviously
who
are
employing
and
are
in
charge
of
paying
wages,
but
not
all
of
it?
And
we
just
used
a
percentage
and
said
seventy
five
percent.
Those
two
businesses,
25
percent-
is
not
acknowledging
that
none
of
the
median
that
none
of
the
minimum
wages
we
saw
in
any
jurisdiction
attempted
to
achieve
living
wage
status.
B
We
saw
that
very
clearly
and
very
deliberately
mentioned
in
the
Chicago
report,
but
as
we
looked
at
that
75
25
percent
split,
we
get
a
current
living
wage
for
or
a
minimum
wage
number
of
1485
that
75
25,
you
could
think
about
it,
70/30
be
8020,
but
we
wanted
to
offer
up
that.
There
are
different
approaches
to
arrive
at
a
number
cultivate
Li.
Our
recommendation
is
that
we
use
our
peer
region
index
or
a
range
between
our
peer
region
index
up
to
and
no
more
than
what
the
national
trends
have
asserted.
B
That
is
a
policy
decision
for
you
to
make,
but
we
offer
up
a
range
between
12,
49
and
$15
for
any
wage
level
selected.
We
also
recommend
that
there
is
employs
an
approach,
and
that
really
speaks
to
how
do
we
ease
the
administrative
burdens,
the
economic
burdens
on
businesses
as
they
get
here,
and
so,
as
we
look
at
our
next
topic,
which
is
how
do
we
do
with
your
phase-in?
B
There
were
a
couple
exceptions
that
instead
of
small
business,
that
you'd
use,
one
use,
nonprofits
and
I
believe
four
of
them
use
tipped
versus
non
tipped
as
a
break
as
well
that
we
go
at
a
tiered
phase
and
for
no
less
than
four
years,
which
is
where
the
majority
of
jurisdictions
landed
with
a
longer
phase-in
period
for
smaller
businesses,
we
had
10
jurisdictions
that
extended
implementation
timelines
up
to
six
to
eight
years
for
specific
groups
or
industries
and
again
those
were
primarily
for
tipped
versus
non
tip.
Small
businesses
versus
large
nonprofits
and
youth
workers.
B
There
were
50
ere
were
several
jurisdictions
of
the
15.
That
did
this
multi-phase
approach.
We
had
three
of
them
that
did
a
three-tiered
phase
system,
so
we
saw
New
York,
Seattle
and
Oregon
that
allowed
for
three
different
stages
of
phasing.
We
saw
seven
in
California
that
included
just
that
to
phase
in
for
smaller
businesses
and
and
six
that
allowed
one
for
non
tipped
at
use
and
nonprofits.
We
note
again
that,
in
our
survey,
73%
of
respondents
prefer
to
phase
in
at
least
two
years,
so
our
recommendation
coincides
with
up.
B
This
is
the
hardest.
I
would
say
issue
that
we
dealt
with
and
I'm
going
to
be
very
candid
and
on
to
say
that
we,
as
the
staff
team
struggled
with
this
question
I
believe
we
only
came
to
a
determination
on
where
we
go
to
land
just
within
the
last
week
or
two
as
we
move
for
it,
because
there
is
no
right
answer
to
whether
or
not
you
include
tipped
wages
or
thank
you
or
not,
into
a
calculation
of
minimum
wage.
B
We
note
to
again
that
27
or
53
percent
of
the
jurisdictions
that
we
saw
had
decided
to
opt
not
to
include
tips
as
part
of
their
wages
and
while
a
slight
majority,
it
is
still
pretty
evenly
split.
So
it
was
our
hardest
issue.
One
of
the
reasons
that
it
was
so
difficult
is
that
there's
no
single
there's
no
consensus
on
the
issue.
We
appreciate
the
Minnesota
Restaurant
Association
survey
that
gave
us
some
insights
into
what
they
did.
B
The
problem
we
found
with
that
is
that,
with
over
830
restaurants,
cafes
and
bars
in
the
area
that
really
represents
only
10%
of
the
businesses
and
because
we
didn't
know
the
survey
methodology,
we
don't
know
if
that
took
into
account
all
the
gamma
of
the
different
levels,
the
different
types
of
high
end
low
end,
restaurant
and
restaurants.
In
the
city,
we
saw
the
Bureau
of
Labor
Statistics
that
looked
at
data
spanning
over
three
years,
so
as
opposed
to
a
one
month.
One
month
snapshot.
B
We
looked
at
the
BLS
and
they
looked
at
three
years
from
November
20
2012
to
have
May
of
2015
the
results.
There
show
a
state
median
wage
of
898
and
an
average
wage
for
servers
of
1029.
But
again
there
we
found
some
issues
because
that
that
number,
that
average
really
takes
into
account
all
the
restaurants
in
the
Minneapolis,
st.
Paul
and
Bloomington
area,
not
just
those
in
Minneapolis
until
there's
a
difference
there
in
terms
of
what
the
potential
it
could
be.
B
There
were
calculations
done
from
the
restaurant
Opportunity
Center,
based
on
that
BLS
statistic
that
looked
at
the
2015
US
Census
Bureau
data
for
food
preparation
and
serving
related
occupations.
They
estimated
a
$12
an
hour
for
media
for
Minneapolis
as
a
medium.
So
one
of
the
difficulties
in
coming
to
how
we
found
how
we
came
to
this
issue
was
the
fact
that
we
couldn't
really
pinpoint
what
average
looks
like
from
Minneapolis
in
the
restaurant
industry,
and
we
want
to
really
acknowledge
here
that
our
restaurant
industry
is
vibrant.
B
They,
they
were
very
vocal
and
very
generous
those
that
commented
and
shared
their
information
in
their
data
with
us
about
what
this
would
look
like
and
what
their
costs
were.
The
problem
we
had
is
in
the
aggregate
they
are
perhaps
again
illustrative,
but
not
representative,
the
entire
world
of
cafes
and
bars,
and
restaurants
throughout
the
city,
because
we
just
simply
have
all
sorts
of
different
wage
levels
and
tip
levels.
Quite
frankly,
the
other
consideration
that
we
found
as
a
difficulty
in
trying
to
think
about
wages
is
that
wages
really
vary.
B
That
was
an
October
snapshot
for
the
Restaurant
Association,
but
really
they
vary,
whether
it's
a
summer
when
a
patio
is
open
or
winter,
when
perhaps
things
are
a
little
slower,
they
vary
from
shift
to
shift.
So
a
lunch
hour
shift
may
look
very
differently
than
somebody
who's
working
a
dinner
hour
in
the
middle
of
summer.
B
Ultimately,
we
took
again
another
look
at
studies
and
there
was
one
study
that
stood
out
in
our
minds,
which
was
a
study
that
had
been
commissioned
in
2014
by
the
Obama
White
House.
The
National
Council
of
Economic
Advisers
really
looked
at
the
issue
of
tipped
employees
and
in
particular,
made
a
compelling
case
about
abolishing
the
multi,
tiered
tip
system
in
the
nation
in
part,
arguing
that
it
would
do
benefit
to
women
workers
across
the
nation.
B
But
really
talking
a
lot
about
how
difficult
it
was
to
enforce
how
uneven
enforcement
was
and
how
an
issue
about
wage
theft
was
there
I
say
these
words,
not
in
any
shape
or
form,
allege
or
allude
in
any
way
that
we
that
we
are
concerned
about
our
current
Minneapolis
restaurant
industry
engaging
in
wage
theft.
Again,
we
heard
great
voices
and
want
to
honor
the
voices
that
we
heard
from
the
western
industry.
B
But
it
is
not
the
same
for
all
employees
and
an
employee
who
is
working
for
someone
who
is
calculating
their
tips,
and
they
have
a
disagreement
with.
They
would
have
to
then
go.
The
onus
would
fall
to
them
to
make
sure
that
they're
getting
the
wages
that
they
deserve.
They
would
have
to
file
a
complaint
with
the
employer.
They
might
have
to
go
to
civil
rights,
which
we'll
talk
about
in
a
minute
or
and
file
a
complaint
to
get
that
wage
back
calculated
into
there
as
part
of
their
property.
B
That
honor
particularly
really
kind
of
compelled
us
to
start
looking
at
this
issue
in
a
very
different
way,
and
ultimately,
we
sort
of
fell
down
on
the
fact
that
in
1984,
which
I
know
was
some
years
ago,
but
not
so
much
in
the
recent
past,
the
state
itself
decided
to
not
be
achew
tiered
wage
system.
The
state
in
1984
decided
that
it
wanted
to
be
a
state
that
really
stood
for
one
wage,
and
so
it
would
seem
to
us
that
we
should
honor
that
approach
and
that
we
again
not.
B
We
could
lean
in
either
way,
but
we
just
decided
that,
at
the
end
of
the
day
that
was
the
best
approach
to
move
forward.
We
note
I
had
mentioned
a
staff
that
I
had
found
some
legislative
history
and
I
found
a
report
from
1984
Wilda.
Then
accounting
director
for
the
Department
of
Labor
and
Industry,
said
in
1984
that
he
was
for
the
bill,
saying
that
tip
credit
causes.
Confusion
for
employers
and
employees
is
difficult
to
enforce
and
expensive
for
the
state
to
administer.
B
Our
next
recommendation
deals
with
youth
workers.
Again
this
is
pretty
split
around
jurisdictions,
pretty
50/50.
We
note
that
the
Minneapolis
youth
labor
force
is
any
resident,
16
or
19
years
old,
working
or
looking
for
work
about
22,000
youth
workers.
The
estimated
unemployment
rate
for
this
demographic
is
a
bit
higher
at
27%
and
businesses.
We
looked
at
and
we
heard
in
our
listening
sessions.
B
Businesses
brought
up
a
training
wage
as
something
that
they
were
very
interested
in,
noting
that
for
youth
workers
in
particular,
especially
those
seasonal
workers
in
the
summertime
that
there
is
a
time
and
an
expense
just
to
get
people
trained
on
the
job.
For
us
as
we
looked
at
it,
we
also
looked
at
the
state
and
the
state
guidelines.
Similarly
has
a
training
wage
for
anyone
under
20
years
old
for
their
first
90
days
of
employment.
We
opted
to
recommend
that
to
follow
those
guidelines
in
part,
because
I
think
we
think
it's.
B
We
concur
that
there
should
be
some
learning
curve
to
a
new
job.
Does
that
move
forward
for
our
young
people
and
we
want
to
make
sure
they
get
into
the
workforce?
But
at
some
point
someone
who
is
supporting
their
family,
we
heard
for
some
people
that
this
is
costing
money
for
young
kids.
We
heard
from
a
lot
of
others
that
know
that
this
is
part
of
their
families,
contribution
and
their
income,
and
so
someone
who
is
18,
who
is
contributing
the
family,
should
not
be
penalized
by
virtue
of
their
age
from
somebody
who
is
21.
B
I'll
say
that
work
are
undecided
on
how
to
so.
I
am
not
exactly
quite
sure
how
to
help
you
think
about
small
or
large
businesses
other
than
to
say
the
state
has
a
definition
that
breaks
small
and
large
based
on
revenue.
Anyone
under
a
$500,000
or
$500,000
in
revenue
is
considered
a
small
business.
We
heard
in
our
listening
sessions
that
that
may
not
be
the
best
approach.
We
don't
have
access
to
revenue
data.
It
is
kind
of
hard
to
get
into
payroll
data
and
see
what
that
is.
B
Sorry,
Arizona
and
st.
Louis.
The
rest
really
looked
at
it
in
terms
of
business
size
was
defined
by
number
of
employees.
As
we
looked
at
that
we
saw
many
of
our
jurisdictions
if
they
did
it
at
all,
they
had
differently
buried
all
over
the
map.
Seattle
had
an
exemption
for
small.
Their
definition
was
small,
with
500
employees
or
less
Emeryville
had
a
definition
of
55
employees
or
less
and
Pasadena,
and
perhaps
another
one
in
California
talked
about
25
employees
or
less.
B
We
note,
too,
that
there
could
be
exemptions
for
micro
businesses,
and
that
may
be
something
that
you
consider
for
our
support.
When
we
studied
the
six
and
save
time
ordinance,
we
looked
at
making
a
special
accommodation
for
our
small
and
micro
businesses
and
that
ended
up
being
at
five
employees
or
less
our
are
still
having
to
pay
sick
I
mean
is
still
having
to
offer
sick
leave
but
unpaid,
and
so
that's
another
way
to
look
at
it.
B
So
we
have
some
supplemental
recommendations
as
we
move
forward,
one
that
would
recommend
housing
enforcement
with
civil
rights
departments
and
I'm
sure
that
they
will
thank
us
for
this
recommendation
later,
but
they
already
enforce
page
60
and
SiC
and
other
wage
laws,
so
it
seems
natural
to
go
ahead
and
house
enforcement
there.
We
also
want
to
say
that
we
strongly
urge
you
to
consider,
including
an
evaluation,
a
yearly
evaluation.
We
heard
a
lot
and
again,
a
lot
of
this
is
speculative
as
to
what
the
impact
of
our
economy
be.
B
What
will
the
impact
to
our
restaurant
world
be?
What
will
the
impact
on
our
small
businesses
be?
We
hear
that
we
certainly
don't
want
to
say
recommendations
that
we
heard
it
and
discounted
it.
We
absolutely
hear
that,
and
as
a
way
to
address
it,
we
recommend
a
yearly
review
of
what
the
impact
is
on
the
local
economy.
We
saw
many
jurisdictions
that
included
a
review
that
looked
at
sales
and
tax
receipts
that
looked
at
unemployment
rates.
We
saw
larger
jurisdictions
that
really
looked
at
the
regional
economy
as
a
whole,
perhaps
by
industry.
B
How
do
we
support
small
businesses
in
an
environment
where
regulation
continues
to
either
happen
or
need
happen,
because
it
can't
always
be
a
choice
so
with
that
family
I
want
to
say
just
to
thank
you
and
primarily
to
the
voices
that
we
heard
I
don't
discount.
My
colleagues
who
are
here
and
I
really
think
the
folks
that
were
on
the
work
team
that
really
helpful
this
together.
But
we
could
not
have
done
this.
We
could
not
have
put
forward
recommendations
if
we
had
not
heard
from
the
many.
Many
many
community
voices,
businesses
and
workers
alike.
B
B
One
of
the
things
that
we
heard
are
there
other
opportunities
to
think
about
startups
and
entrepreneurs
as
we
move
forward,
and
so
maybe
those
are
ideas
that
we
can
kind
of
consider
as
we
support
small
businesses
on
perhaps
thinking
about
ways
to
make
life
easier
for
them
as
they
move
forward.
But
we
could
not
have
done
this
without
the
many
many
community
voices
that
we
heard
and
we
thank
them
for
enriching.
The
contents
of
our
study
with
that.
I
will
stop
speaking
and
stand.
C
A
Assisted
and
putting
it
together
and
I
know,
there
are
a
lot
of
documents
and
spreadsheets
and
collections
of
the
background
materials
that
you
review.
That
will
be
available
to
the
public
to
also
peruse
so
I.
Thank
you
for
that.
I
want
to
note
that
we're
joined
by
quite
a
few
people
here,
and
so
thank
you
all
for
for
being
here.
There's
I
think
one
seat
over
here.
If
anyone
is
looking
for
an
additional
seat
and
maybe
one
over
there
I
see
that
we
are
joined
by
many
from
our
workplace.
A
We've
also
been
joined
by
mayor
Hodges,
councilmember,
Palmisano,
Council,
President,
Johnson,
I'll,
note,
council,
member
Gordon
was
here
as
soon
as
he
could
be
after
a
planned
commitment
and
then
councilmember
Andrew
Johnson
is
here:
do
he
has
a
surgery
that
he
planned
surgery
that
he
has
had
otherwise
I
know
that
he
is
paying
close
attention
to
this
presentation.
We
are
using
the
speaker
management
to
handle
questions
and
we
do
have
a
lineup
of
council
members
who
have
questions
or
comments
and
we'll
start
with
councilmember
Gordon.
D
Thank
You
council
vice-president
talk
about
three
questions
right
now
to
start
with,
I
guess
you
talked,
but
before
I
have
asked
my
questions
as
eager
as
I
am
I
just
want
to
know
my
gratitude
for
the
staff
report.
I
have
to
say
that
as
a
policymaker
trying
to
grapple
with
this
decision,
the
way
that
it
was
written
was
clear
was
readable
was
understandable.
The
way
that
it
was
organized
was
incredibly
helpful.
D
The
fact
that
you
broke
down
into
the
policy
decisions
presented
various
options
under
each
of
those
decisions,
and
then
a
recommendation
is
really
helpful
so
to
you
and
the
team-
and
we
already
acknowledged
the
team
who
helped
write
this
well.
I'm
Eddie
well
go
ahead
and
give
us
a
wave,
but
thank
you
so
much
I
know
some
of
you
aren't
waving
and
you
helped
with
this.
Thank
you
very
much,
but
it
it
was
really
helpful
and
it
was
incredible
and
I
imagine.
D
It
was
a
lot
of
work
yeah,
but
this
document,
why
is
going
to
make
it
much
easier
and
maybe
less
work,
hopefully
for
the
council
and
others
and
I,
really
encourage
the
general
public
to
take
the
time
to
look
at
it
as
well?
I
think
it
and
all
the
supporting
documentation
is
just
wonderful.
Now
to
couple
to
a
couple
questions:
three.
You
talked
a
little
bit
about
how
there
really
wasn't
much
research
and
it
was
hard
to
get
research
on
what
impacts.
D
This
would
really
have
I'm
just
wondering
if
you
looked
back
at
all
at
what
has
happened
historically,
when
minimum
wage
was
raised,
because
it's
not
really
a
new
thing.
In
fact,
you've
talked
about
1984
when
we
did
it
in
Minnesota
and
it
maybe
would
be
a
new
thing
for
a
city
to
do
it
or
region
in
Minnesota,
but
the
state
has
done
it
and
they've
done
it
differently
than
neighboring
states,
and
it
seems
to
me
just
thinking
back
it
didn't
have
these
rippling
negative
impacts
on
our
economy.
D
B
Glidden
councillor
Gordon,
we
did
look
at
it
generally
and
I,
and
not
only
just
what
happens
here
in
Minnesota,
but
we
looked
at
another.
There
are
some
studies
that
date
back
there's
a
lot
of
studies
on
the
issue
of
minimum
wage
as
some
of
our
CPAP
folks
Kinsella,
but
we
did
look
back
and
some
of
the
same
arguments
that
we're
having
today
about.
Oh,
this
is
going
to
make
businesses
move
and
we're
going
to
suffer
from
it
that
we
certainly
in
looking
back
that,
did
not
happen
that
economies
continued
they
move
forward.
B
D
Great
I
just
think
it's
an
important
point
to
make.
I
was
also
curious,
a
little
bit
about
how
we
define
an
employee,
and
can
you
just
remind
me
how
we
do
it
for
our
safe
and
sick
time,
and
is
there
a
reason
why
we
couldn't
just
make
it
consistent
because
from
a
policy
perspective
it
seems
like
if
we
have
one
working
definition,
it
would
really
be
easy
for
on
both
the
city
and
enforcing
something,
and
also
for
businesses
and
others
to
comply
to
have
the
same
consistency
share.
B
Glidden
councilmember
Gordon.
If
memory
serves-
and
now
it
seems
like
that
was
so
long
ago
and
just
years
ago,
but
say
it
was
a
difference
and
we
chose
to
go
a
different
route
for
paid
sick
in
part
to
be
consistent
to
your
point
with
state
law
on
minimum
wage.
It's
a
bit
different
minimum
wage
is
about
rewarding
people
in
compensating
people
for
the
actual
amount
worked
where
a
sick
time
is
a
benefit
that
accrues
over
time.
So
there
was
an
80-hour
limit.
B
You
had
that
have
worked
in
the
city
for
a
certain
amount
of
time
you
had
to
have
accrued
it.
You
could
accrue
it
within
a
certain
amount
of
time
and
then
earn
the
benefit
of
using
it.
After
so
it
wasn't
quite
apples.
So
that's
why
we
didn't
use
that
comparator.
We've
decided
instead
to
compare
to
the
state
on
minimum
wage.
Okay,.
D
I
appreciate
that
and
I
guess
it
is.
Maybe
we
will
need
something
slightly
nuanced
and
different.
My
other
issue
has
to
do
with
picking
the
minimum
wage
and
what
it
should
be.
I
actually
think
what
would
be
most
beneficial
is
a
living
wage
of
some
kind.
I
noticed
in
the
report
where
you
focus
on
nineteen
eight
eighty,
but
in
the
presentation
at
least
we
learned
it
for
a
single
person
will
be
fifteen.
Twenty
five,
so
I
think
that
would
really
be
key
I'm
a
little
bit
curious
about.
D
If
we
have
any
way
of
predicting
what
the
living
wage
might
be
in
2020.
Is
there
a
trajectory?
Are
we
making
some
assumptions
because
I,
rather
than
chasing
after
the
living
wage
forever,
it
would
be
nice
to
actually
get
there
and
think
that
we
can
do
that,
the
assumption
being
that
if
people
are
paid
a
living
wage,
then
there's
going
to
be
less
subsidy
coming
to
help,
support
them
and
provide
affordable
housing
and
other
benefits
too.
D
B
Councillor
Gorn,
we
did
look
at
living
wage
to
your
last
point.
I'll
say
that
there
are
also
studies
that
suggest
that
the
better
wages
are
in
a
particular
jurisdiction,
the
less
reliant
on
public
assistance.
People
are
as
well
and
that
there
are
ways
for
municipalities
and
states
to
save
money
on
public
assistance
dollars
as
that
move
forward.
So
your
argument
certainly
may.
B
So
as
we
looked
at
living
wage,
we
want
to
make
two
points
about
that
eh-eh
that
we
were
not
as
many
other
jurisdictions
did,
trying
to
reach
that
we
thought
that
burden
might
be
a
little
too
much
for
businesses
to
bear
and
certainly
something
we
can
look
at.
We
did
look
at
the
inflator
we
used
was
from
CBO,
which
I
think
is
a
two
point
four
inflator
over
time.
I
don't
have
that
with
me
now,
but
we
can
certainly
get
that
to
you.
Well.
B
D
E
You
comes
from
comes
from
a
Glidden
first
of
all,
Denari
I.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
this
presentation
that
you
were
just
dispeller
and
I
was
tweeting
about
how
good
you
were
and
I
appreciate
all
the
hard
work
that
staffs
have
put
into
this
and
the
face
that
we
all
have
as
a
city
to
raise
the
wage
and
support
our
working
families,
also
to
the
all
the
groups
and
organizations
who
have
worked
so
hard
over
the
last
three
to
four
years,
to
ensure
that
the
city
continues
to
to
do
good
for
our
communities.
E
So
I
have
three
questions
and
I'll
just
kind
of
lay
them
out,
and
you
can
feel
free
to
address
them
in
whatever
order
you
you
wish.
So
one
is
just
generally
that
the
timeline
that
you
see
for
this
moving
forward.
You
know
the
council.
When
would
we
take
up
this
issue
as
an
actual
ordinance
and
and
sort
of?
What
are
you
thinking
about?
What
will
happen
next
after
this
presentation
and
I
want
that
more
for
public
education
purposes,
so
that
people
here
in
the
room
can
better
understand
how
we're
going
to
advance
this
discussion?
E
The
second
one
was
about
ideas
that
the
staff
might
have
had
regarding
the
the
ways
to
capture
the
impacts
of
the
wage
through
this
annual
of
raising
the
wage.
Through
this
annual
report
or
annual
sort
of
tracking
system
that
you
mentioned
earlier,
I
mean
I'd,
be
curious
to
hear
what
some
of
the
preliminary
conversations
have
been
from
staff
members
about.
How
do
we
capture
the
benefits
of
this
raise
in
the
wage?
You
know,
in
addition
to
all
the
other
things
that
were
mentioned
in
your
bullet
point,
and
then.
E
A
Counselor
McConnell
before
we
turn
to
misery,
bear
of
animate
I
thought.
I
would
step
in
to
answer
a
little
bit
of
your
first
question
because
really
that's
a
question
that
is
for
us,
the
policy
makers.
We
make
that
decision
to
decide
on
next
steps.
The
staff
wouldn't
do
that,
and
so
I
will
say-
and
I
can
say
more
about
this
later
because
I'm
in
your
question
time.
But
my
intention
would
be
that
this
is
now
the
appropriate
time
to
move
more
into
the.
A
A
E
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
for
chiming
in
I,
know
that
yesterday,
Maria
and
I
talked
about
the
timeline,
so
I
thought
it
would
be
appropriate
for
her
to
address
it.
So
she
had
the
floor.
Her
I
just
want
to
be
clear
that
you
know
I
understand
that
the
voting
in
the
process
lays
in
our
hands,
and
that
is
our
proper
role,
but
I
didn't
think
it
was
that
a
line
to
ask
you
to
sort
of
project
what
you
thought
the
timeline
would
be
so
thanks,
councilmember
Glidden
salmon,
the
other
two
questions
chairs.
B
Wooden
comes
from
econo
to
the
other
questions
that
were
on
your
list,
a
couple
of
things:
I'll
start
with
a
youth
wage
first,
because,
that's
frankly,
pretty
straightforward,
we
chose
20
because
that's
what
state
law
requires,
and
so
we
certainly
looked
at
other
jurisdictions,
and
some
of
them
vary
between
15
and
16
and
18.
But
we
thought
again
where
we
have
a
state
law
that
it's
pretty
straightforward
and
even
there
is
a
youth
training
wage
under
state
law.
B
That's
anyone
under
18,
but
the
training
wage
in
particular
that
goes
away
after
90
days
of
employment
goes
to
20.
So
we
thought
that
was
just
a
simpler
way
to
approach
it.
Your
other
idea,
your
other
question
about
ideas
that
we've
had
I'll
say
that
we're
at
the
preliminary
stages
and
I'm
going
to
speak
to
a
working
team
member
just
to
see
if
he
has
any
additional
things.
The
Peter
evident
has
been
part
of
our
team.
B
He's
been
talking
to
the
University
of
Washington
and
we've
had
some
preliminary
discussions
on
the
kinds
of
studies
that
they
have
put
out.
They
have
now
put
out
three
studies
since
implementation
on
different
aspects
of
it.
Frankly,
some
of
the
things
that
we're
learning
about
and
we're
just
starting
this
process
is
some
of
their
lessons
learned
and
some
of
the
things
that
they
would
do
differently.
B
So
we
hope
that
this
is
a
recommendation
that
is
forwarded
to
give
you
a
little
bit
more
guidance
about
what
that
looks
like,
because
we
do
think
that,
in
addition
to
the
traditional
things
that
we've
seen
in
other
jurisdictions,
which
is
about
growth,
sales
and
tax
and
unemployment
rates,
but
there
is
kind
of
a
larger
question
about
business
retention
and
how
many
startups
have
happened
and
retained,
and
some
of
that
is
just
information
that
we
gather
anyway
in
the
economic
development
world.
But
we
want
to
be
able
to
see
if
there
are
any
corollaries.
B
What
has
been
the
impact
of
our
the
voice
that
we
heard
the
most
in
our
business
community,
which
has
been
the
restaurant
voice?
Are
we
seeing
any
impact
to
our
restaurant
community
as
that
moves
forward
or
to
our
non
Hospital
healthcare
sectors
as
that
moves
forward?
So
we
would
probably,
if
this
were
to
move
forward,
have
a
stronger,
a
longer
list
of
comprehensive
details
of
different
ways
to
look
at
that
as
well.
Unless
you,
too
has
additional
thing.
F
Thanks,
thank
you
manager.
You
know
I'm
again,
thank
you.
Staff
great
great
report,
just
so-so
full
of
information,
everybody
that
worked
on
this.
Thank
you.
We
have
such
great
staff
in
this
video
and
thank
you
to
the
community
that
participated
in
this
I.
Just
have
a
couple
things
and
I
just
want
to
kind
of
flag
and
I
was
sort
of
stunned
by
the
percentage
of
you
know.
F
We
hear
a
lot
and
a
lot
of
the
discussion
has
gone
around
restaurant
and
food
workers,
and
you
know
hard
hard
job,
but
also
a
really
hard
hard
job.
Is
this
non
Hospital
healthcare
20%
of
the
people
involved
in
people
of
color
are
employed
in
the
non
Hospital
health
care
and
I
am
concerned
about
because
the
cost
for
those
facilities
are
or
the
revenue
for
those
facilities
is
set
by
an
organization
federal
government
state
government
that
that
we're
not
in
control
of
obviously
that.
F
If,
if
we
look
at
the
challenge
that
that
would
present
for
those
institutions,
the
thing
that
I
see
is
that
it
will
increase
the
workload
on
the
people
that
are
the
caregivers.
Because
you
know
in
the
restaurant
industry,
you
charge
your
consumer
more
to
make
up
that
difference
and
in
its
discretionary
people
can
eat
in
restaurants
if
they,
if
they
want
to
a
tightness
in
this
particular
industry,
is
of
great
concern
to
me
so
I
just
want
to
put
that
out.
F
There
I
certainly
support
people
in
again
in
this
non
hospital
healthcare
having
increased
wages
because,
like
restaurant
workers,
they
have
really
really
tough
jobs.
So
but
I
just
think
we
have
to
think
about
what
it
means
to
the
actual
workload
for
those
people.
The
other
thing
that
I
want
to
put
out
there
and
I-
you
know
you
and
I
have
missed
endermite.
F
But
that
also
means
that
if
the
public
costs
go
down,
people
are
receiving
less
money
from
the
public,
and
so
it's
sort
of
like
a
philosophical
thing,
I
think
you
know
and
where
it
is,
the
onus
come
from
that
come
from
the
employer,
or
does
it
come
from
the
public
and
I?
Don't
think
that
makes
a
lot
of
difference
to
the
person
whose
income
is
determined
by
you
know
what
their
childcare
subsidy
is.
F
There
and
I
know
that
that's
a
hard
calculation
to
make
and
people
qualify
for
these
public
programs
yearly
by
going
in
and
showing
what
their
income
is,
but
it
is
going
to
make
a
difference
to
people
if
wages
go
up,
so
I
just
want
to
make
that
make
that
clear
and
again
it's
a
philosophical
discussion
about
what
who's,
whose
best
to
pay-
and
perhaps
it
is
the
person
that's
employing
them
rather
than
the
public.
But
it's
a
definite
thing.
That's
out
there.
So
thank
you.
G
You,
madam
vice
chair,
I,
know
others
have
thanked
staff,
but
I
don't
think
we
can
thank
enough
at
this
point
in
areia,
a
David
Frank
you're,
really
entire
team
have
done
an
extraordinary
job.
This
has
been
not
just
like
a
recent
things
has
been
really
over
the
course
of
two
years
from
you
know,
an
initial
introduction
of
the
concept
to
the
end.
G
You
know
implementing
a
study
to
the
RFP
process
to
accepting
the
study
to
a
ballot
initiative
which
was
turned
down
to
immediately
moving
forward
with
the
staff
direction
and
saying
you
know
we
are
going
to
do
this
in
a
to
uplift
workers
and
we're
going
to
do
so
in
a
reasonable
and
very
thoughtful
manner,
and
I'm
really
excited
to
ultimately
see
this
moving
forward.
Now
and
when
you
see,
statistics
like
71,000,
workers
in
minneapolis
are
going
to
be
impacted
by
this.
It's
it
is
a.
G
It
is
a
proposal
that
is
worth
doing,
there's
not
many
initiatives
that
we
push
forward
at
the
city
that
impacts
seventy
one
thousand
people.
You
know
when
you
put
up
one
affordable,
housing
development.
Maybe
it
impacts
a
few
hundred
when
you
allocate
ten
or
twenty
thousand
dollars
to
a
certain
nonprofit.
You
know
it's
certainly
that
helps
as
well,
but
seventy
one
thousand
people
I
mean
this
is
a
massive.
G
G
B
We
can
follow
up
with
a
chair,
Glidden
councilmember
friend.
We
can
follow
up
with
a
layout
of
what
living
wage.
The
question
was
really
about
living
wage
and
how
do
we
get
to
if
we
project
out
into
2021,
for
example?
What
does
that
look
like?
We
noted
that
deed
had
a
living
wage
of
19,
something
80,
and
so,
as
we
looked
out,
my
colleagues
gave
me
a
rough
estimation
that
the
median
not
the
average
but
the
median
wage
within
twenty
twenty-one
is
expected
to
be
23:37.
But
what
we'll
do
is
we'll
project
it
out.
The.
G
B
B
E
F
G
B
Me
this
goes
to
what
we
have
in
the
spreadsheet
about
the
median
wage,
so
this
is
just
per
person,
so
the
median
wage,
the
median
Metro
wage
in
Minneapolis
right
now,
is
twenty.
Seventy
six,
the
median
wage
in
2023
is
expected
to
be
23:37.
We
do
not
have
numbers
on
the
living
wage,
but
we
will
project
that
out
and
sentence
you,
okay,.
B
G
A
single
adult,
no
kids
is
fifteen
twenty-five,
exactly
actually
higher
than
even
for
one
adult
still
fifteen
dollars
an
alive
single
in
child
2987,
two
adults
in
a
kid
1980
and
okay,
I
now
I
understand
what
you're
saying
with
with
median
versus
living.
You
know
another.
Another
important
concept
is
what
as
we're
looking
at,
is
we're
looking
at
a
single
individual
going
up
to
right
now
it's
at
1525.
G
You
know,
however,
many
years
down
the
line
after
implementation,
obviously
even
for
a
single
individual,
it's
going
to
be
substantially
higher
and
a
statistic
that
I
heard
just
the
other
day,
actually
from
a
councilmember
vendor
is
lose
forty.
Three
percent
of
our
entire
city
is
living
single
they're
living
alone,
and
it's
a
pretty
staggering
statistic.
So,
when
you
look
at
how
that
would
impact,
I
think
it
would
be
I
do
believe
it
would
be
substantial
and
so
I'm
just
proud.
We're
at
this
place
right
now.
G
I
think
this
is
is
a
is
a
great
moment
when
I
do
think
we
as
a
council
and
as
the
city
can
come
together
and
I,
think
we
can
pass
both
an
ordinance.
Ultimately,
that
will
uplift
workers
as
well
as
accounting
for
some
of
the
small
local
business
concerns.
We
could
do
this
thoughtfully
effectively
and
ultimately
draft
a
policy
that
really
works.
C
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
thanks
again
for
all
of
the
work
that
went
into
this
I
wanted
to
talk
a
bit
about
the
youth
wage
issue.
I
think
part
of
the
context
of
this,
for
me,
is
that
I
have
been
able
to
serve
on
the
board
of
heading
home,
have
been
along
with
councilman,
Quincy,
Amir
Hodges
and
a
number
of
the
county
commissioners,
and
we
put
a
lot
of
resources
as
an
effort
in
Minnesota
and
in
the
county
in
Minneapolis
to
addressing
homelessness.
C
But
we
and
we've
made
progress
on
family
homelessness
it's
down,
but
we
have
a
lot
of
factors
that
are
putting
more
pressure
on
families
like
rising
rents
and
a
very
low
rental
vacancy
rate.
So
part
of
my
concern
is
that
I
know
and
I
wasn't
able
to
find
the
exact
statistics,
but
I
know
that
a
lot
of
our
families
in
shelter
are
young
parents,
many
of
whom
may
be
under
the
age
of
20.
C
And
so
my
overall
concern
is
that
we
not
make
assumptions
about
why
people
are
working
and
what
you
know
why
they
need
a
living
wage
or
one
that's
approaching
more
of
a
living
wage.
Could
you
talk
more
about
this
overall
issue
of
youth
workers
and
how
you
landed
on
this
recommendation?
That's
focused
specifically
on
a
training
wage
and
more
about
what
that
is
and
how
we
would
define
a
training
wage
versus
a
regular
job.
Sharon.
B
Councilmember
bender
and
we
acknowledge,
just
as
you
said,
that
we
don't
want
to
make
assumptions
on
why
people
work
and
whether
or
not
they're
contributing
to
their
household
income,
because
we've
found
a
lot
of
that
is
the
case.
The
reason
we
ended
up
going
with
the
training
wage
versus
the
state
youth
wage
is
in
part
because
of
that,
because
the
recognition
that
perhaps
it's
youth,
that
primarily
are
the
first
entrance
into
the
workforce,
but
currently
sometimes
it's
first-time
job
seekers.
But
there
is
a
training
period.
B
B
But
we
really
want
to
be
thoughtful
and
to
be
more
in
parity
with
the
state
about
thinking
about
the
cost
of
a
business
to
train
young
people
as
they
start
into
the
workforce
and
what
that
looks
like,
but
again,
some
limited
in
time
and
space
so
that
it
is
only
90
days
for
an
adjustment
period.
And
then
they
too
should
be
able
to
get
a
dollar
for
every
hour
work
or
whatever
the
minimum
equivalent
is.
They
should
be
compensated
fairly
for
the
amount
of
work
they
put
in
I.
C
Think
that's
helpful
I
just
I
do
want
to
learn
more
about
this
and
part
of
my
concern.
I
don't
want
again.
Youth
are
working
for
the
reasons
I'm
needing
income,
for
whatever
reason
are
stuck
in
these
training
programs
or
somehow
able
to
get
up
to
the
wage
that
they
need
to
earn
to
meet
their
these
are
bills.
Maybe
so
thank
you.
A
B
Glenn,
thanks
for
asking
I
mean
I,
think
we,
the
other
big
project
that
we've
been
working
on.
Some
of
the
very
same
people
on
this
working
have
been
working
on,
is
in
fact
the
supports
of
small
businesses.
We
had
been,
it
had
been
offered
by
councilmember
Andrew
Johnson,
and
we
have
been
waiting
for
him
to
return
a
bit
to
update
and
see
when
we
brought
a
more
formal
update
to
council.
But
I
can
say
that
we've
advanced
this
work
in
a
variety
of
ways.
There
were
two
staff
directions
that
came
out
of
last
year's
budget.
B
One
was
the
creation
of
a
small
business
team
in
part,
funded
by
an
additional
position
from
cpad,
another
position
that
had
been
reallocated
from
the
city
coordinators
office
and
another
position
from
funding
dollars
and
communications,
and
so
all
together,
that
team
was
aimed
at
figuring
out
how
to
kind
of
really
be
that
customer
service
and
the
the
topic
of
navigator
was
kind
of
the
word
that
we
use
there.
Although
we
have
in
talking
to
Advisory
Group,
which
is
also
a
recommendation
that
came
out
of
the
second
portion
of
those
staff
directions.
B
It's
clear
to
us
that
we
want
to
think
of
it
even
more
broadly
than
just
a
navigator.
A
navigator
could
be
a
case
manager,
but
could
also
be
someone
who
kind
of
really
does
more
and
is
become
kind
of
the
Advocate,
the
Ombudsman,
the
the
the
touch
point
to
the
city,
and
so
we're
continuing
to
think
about
what
that
looks
like.
B
But
in
the
meantime
we
have
detailed
several
people,
someone
from
our
I-team
someone
that
the
mayor's
office
was
gracious
enough
to
let
us
steal
and
bring
into
our
group
and
an
additional
third
position
that
has
been
posted.
As
that
team
continues
to
move
forward,
they
have
in
fact
started
working
with
community
and
business
members.
There
has
been
a
I
team.
B
The
innovation
team
has
been
working
on
a
series
of
projects,
they're
mayoral
challenge
this
year
is
immigrant
minority
businesses
and
as
part
of
that,
they
too
had
a
community
member
work,
group
or
focus
group,
and
so
we've
now
merged
the
two.
If
you
will
the
advisory
group
that
the
small
business
team
had
initially
started
talking
to
as
well
as
members
of
the
small
business
community
that
had
been
working
with
the
innovation
team
to
really
help
us
think
through
what
are
the
need
and
I'll
say
that
some
of
the
early
work
yields
some
really
exciting.
B
Learnings
we've
done
customer
journey
maps.
We
started
with
the
restaurant
industry,
in
fact,
because
we've
decided
that's
where
the
biggest
pain
point
is
for
our
business
communities.
We
hear
more
and
more
that
somebody
who
needs
to
have
a
liquor
license
or
open
a
cafe
and
have
type
of
variety
of
inspectors
that
that
just
is
a
lot
to
traverse,
and
so
we've
done
that
from
that
we've
actually
had
two
or
three
industries
come
forward
and
say
we'd
like
to
do
the
same
thing
for
that
so
anyway.
B
There's
a
lot
of
work
going
on
in
that,
in
terms
of
the
tangible
I'll
say
that
one
of
the
things
that
that
workgroup
to
the
second
staff
direction,
which
is
there's
a
lot
of
people
in
the
city
working
on
small
business
issues.
There's
the
business
made
simple
initiative
and
a
group
working
on
that
certainly
see
pet,
even
within
its
own
divisions,
has
been
constantly
working
on
improvement.
B
But
we
heard
that
we
can't
wait
for
that
future
that
we
need
something
now,
and
so
the
innovation
team,
along
with
several
of
C
ped
staff,
have
been
working
on
a
kind
of
a
bridge
portal
that
we
hope
to
launch
in
June
or
July
of
this
year,
so
we're
very
close
to
launching
something
that
really
simplifies
and
puts
together
resources
for
the
business
community
in
a
single
place.
The
other
thing-
and
we
have
been
testing
that
out
with
some
of
our
advisory
members.
B
The
other
thing
that's
really
exciting,
and
we
took
a
page
from
New
York
and
San
Francisco,
and
the
National
League
of
Cities
has
actually
done
a
big
report
in
2014
about
big
ideas
for
small
businesses
and
one
of
the
things
we
saw
there
was
this
concept
of
starter
guides.
It's
we
have
a
lot
of
information
out
there.
It
is
not
easy
to
digest.
B
It,
certainly
is
not
certainly
it
in
different
languages
of
people
for
whom
people
English
is
not
the
first
language,
so
we're
doing
these
more
visual,
easy
to
access
starter
guides
by
industry,
so
that
really
speaks
to
people
on
how
to
if
you
want
to
start
a
business.
These
are
the
steps
you
need
to
take.
If
you
want
to
grow
your
business,
these
is
steps
you
need
to
take.
There
is
another
group-
and
this
is
also
again
si
pads.
They
have
an
economic
development,
fellowship
and
David
feel
free
to
step
at
any
time.
I'm.
F
B
Miss
labeling,
something
they
are
part
of
an
economic
development
fellowship
and
in
conjunction
with
the
innovation
team.
Our
have
been
looking
at
ways
to
do
to
better
bring
capital,
which
is
one
of
the
things
that
we
heard
a
lot
in
our
listening
sessions.
How
do
we
get
more
capital
to
the
people
that
need
them
at
the
right
time?
It's
really
important
to
try
to
do
that.
How
do
we
make
sure
that
we
are
looking
at
some
of
the
ways
in
which
we
have
vacant
spaces
and
that
people
know
how
to
access
them?
B
We've
got
another
series
of
recommendations
that
should
come
forward
that
we
and
we
haven't
landed
on
them.
Yet
that
certainly
is
looking
at
cross-training
and
increased
customer
service
training,
because
one
of
the
biggest
things
we
hear
is
that
we
hear
the
immediate,
no
and
nobody's
really
helping
us
get.
Yes,
I
think
it's
a
misnomer
or
a
misguided
thing,
because
there
are
a
lot
of
really
dedicated
staff
in
the
city
that
actually
really
are
trying
to
be
navigators,
as
we
heard
from
most
recently
from
business
license.
B
We
certainly
heard
this
from
people
in
the
development
review
counter.
They
already
consider
themselves
navigator,
so
it's
our
job
to
kind
of
help.
People
be
consistent
in
that
message
and
make
sure
that
they
all
provide
a
very
welcoming
environment.
We
also
been
thinking
about
a
use
of
an
appointment
or
a
pre
development
reviews
for
people
to
make
it
easier
and
faster
as
they
come
in.
B
Other
ideas
have
come
about
creating
an
express
lane
at
the
MD
our
counter,
so
that
if
you're
just
paying
a
permit,
you
don't
have
to
stand
in
the
back
of
the
line
for
people
for
whom
transactions
are
much
longer.
So
there's
a
series
of
things
that
we're
trying
to
do
as
we
move
that
forward
and
we
hope
to
be
coming
to
you
in
the
next
month
or
two
with
a
full
set
of
recommendations.
B
A
And
thank
you
for
that.
I
know.
I
can
tell
from
your
answer.
There
is
a
lot
going
on
and
in
part,
I
asked
is
because
one
of
your
recommendations
is
staff
recommends
that
the
city
continue
to
find
ways
to
support
businesses
and
smaller
businesses
in
particular,
and
it
sounds
like
there
is
kind
of
a
full
plate
of
things
that
will
have
a
more
concise
update
on
coming
up
in
fairly
soon
and
I.
A
A
I
thought
there
was
some
good
background
and
just
a
little
bit
more
of
the
research
that
says
why
raise
the
wage
in
the
first
place,
it's
sort
of
one
of
those
questions
that
I
think
in
some
ways
feels
so
fundamental.
Maybe
we
sometimes
don't
talk
about
it
enough
what
happens
or
what
are
those
benefits
in
our
community
and
I
know?
You
mentioned
the
health
impact
reports,
but
there's
also
research
that
is
out
there
about
other
impacts
that
have
been
studied
over
time,
including
reducing
employee
turnover
and
increasing
the
purchasing
power.
A
I
think
that's
the
biggest
one
we
think
out
in
terms
of
what
an
individual
is
able
to
do,
and
then
what
is
the
peace
of
mind
and
health
benefits?
I
think
that
then
come
from
that
I.
Don't
know.
If
there's
anything
more,
you
wanted
to
say
on
that,
but
I
just
I
feel
like
it
was
in
the
full
report.
It
wasn't
so
much
in
the
summary
and
I
know
you
had
a
lot
in
the
summary,
but
it's
something
I
feel
is
a
fundamental
issue.
We
need
to
be
able
to
continue
talking
about.
A
A
Wonder
maybe,
if
I'll
ask
you
to
speak
a
little
bit
to
that,
because
you
made
this
comment
at
the
beginning
about
it's
challenging
to
think
of
who
bears
the
cost
in
terms
of
when
you
are
finally
taking
steps
to
increase
the
wage,
but
I
think
what
we've
been
seeing
is
that
workers
have
been
bearing
this
cost
for
many
years
and
that's
seen
in
living
conditions
in
these
charge.
That
shows
the
stagnation
and
then
what
are
people's
everyday
ability
to
survive
in
this
world.
Essentially
treutlen.
B
Thank
you.
Certainly,
we
noted
a
lot
of
things
in
the
report
that
we
have
not
had
an
opportunity
to
really
explore
in
depth,
but
we
note
that
the
stagnation
in
wages
is
one
of
the
reasons
that
propelled
us
to
come
forward.
We
also
see
the
landscape
right
now,
both
on
a
federal
level
on
a
state
level.
B
We
don't
believe
that
the
minimum
wage
is
going
to
change
anytime
soon,
and
that
is
another
reason
that
propels
us
and
compelled
us
to
say
that
where
states
can
exercise
their
leadership
to
change
the
dynamics,
this
is
a
good
place
to
do
so.
We
ourselves
and
I,
don't
have
the
exact
number,
but
I
know
that
we
did
a
calculation
just
using
the
inflator
of
I
believe
the
CBO's
2.4
percent.
B
We
looked
a
lot
of
the
restaurant
industry
in
particular,
although
we
certainly
looked
at
others,
but
in
some
of
the
studies
that
modelled
and
that
looked
beyond
that,
they
noted
that
the
turnover
rate
and
productivity
of
their
employers
increased
that
the
amounts
that
most
people
and
again
these
are
studies.
So
we
haven't
quantified
that
in
Minneapolis,
but
that
people
who
are
making
more
are
spending
more
in
communities
and
are
certainly
able
to
then
become
consumers
in
a
different
way
than
they
are
than
they
would
otherwise
normally
be.
A
All
right,
I'm,
sorry
I've
got
another
one
here
so
so
this
was
it
and
there's
been
a
several
questions
from
my
colleagues
about
different
measures
that
you're
looking
at
the
living
wage.
This
medium
wage
thing
and
I
just
was
curious.
If
there
were
others
that
you
looked
at,
because
there
are
other
ways
that
I
see
calculated
to
look
at,
you
know
like
essentially
tell
the
story
of
how
far
does
this
money
take
you
and
your
ability
to
make
your
basic
needs
and
one
that
I've
seen
frequently
and
I?
A
B
Certainly
think
the
cost
in
the
index
to
affordable
housing
was
something
that
we
looked
at
a
lot,
but
in
our
conversations
and
one
of
the
things
that
drove
us
to
living
wage
was
really
spurred
by
community
voice.
Community
voice
really
mostly
spoke
not
just
about
housing,
but
they
spoke
about
child
care.
They
spoke
about
transit.
B
They
spoke
a
lot
about
the
existing
inequities
and
the
ability
to
try
to
make
to
live
and
make
a
home
for
their
family
in
Minneapolis
and
that
spread
across
a
variety
of
indicators,
not
just
housing,
and
so
we
certainly
could
use
the
cost
of
helps
the
house
burden
cops
as
an
equation
and,
if
you're
interested,
we
can
send
that
to
you,
but
we
chose
to
do
broadly
a
living
wage.
That
really
speaks
to
the
variety
of
issues
that
we
heard
by
community.
A
I
am
not
seeing
other
councilmembers
in
queue
with
other
questions
right
now,
I
did
want
to
reiterate
kind
of
what
I
did
I
say
a
little
bit
already
in
response.
The
council
marcado's
question
is
that
my
intention
is
that
we
would
be
able
to
start
our
formal
part
of
the
process
by
introducing
an
ordinance
and
I.
A
My
guess
is
that
several
councilmembers
may
want
to
have
a
role
in
helping
with
that
and
I'd
invite
you
to
let
the
clerk
know
if
you'd,
like
your
name,
to
be
part
of
that,
and
that
will
essentially
kick
off
our
public
part
of
the
process.
It's
been
helpful
to
hear
my
colleagues
comments,
because
I
guess
my
intention
would
be
that
these
recommendations
in
this
report
are
very
good,
grounding
for
an
ordinance
and
will
help
us,
at
least
in
my
view,
move
forward.
C
D
Opportunity
to
sit
down,
I
know
there,
but
I
appreciate
kind
of
teeing
this
up,
based
on
the
staff
recommendations,
so
I
appreciate
the
council
vice-president
for
doing
this,
I'm
assuming
and
I'm,
going
to
suggest
that
we
make
sure
that
we
get
this
introduced
at
our
next
council
meeting
so
that
we
can
proceed
with
drafting
the
language
and
I'm
certainly
like
to
participate
in
being
involved
in
drafting
the
language.
I
think
that
policy
parameter
is
kind
of
defined
in
the
staff
report.
D
We'll
kind
of
highlight
those
areas
that
we
need
to
fine-tune
and
we
need
to
discuss
and
narrow
in
on
and
I
also
think.
It
will
be
really
important
that
we
are
very
public
about
the
opportunities
for
a
public
comment
so
that
as
soon
as
we
have
those
dates
identified
that
we
get
them
out
there
I
think
there's
I
mean
we
do
subject
introduction.
They
will
get
referred
to
a
committee.
D
I
just
wanted
to
say
that,
from
my
experience,
you
can
make
an
enormous
difference
and
the
value
of
thinking,
thinking
and
actually
earning
what
you
need
to
survive
is
very,
very
different
and
give
somebody
and
their
family
a
different
sense
of
pride,
a
different
sense
of
value,
a
different
sense
of
freedom
with
what
they
do
with
their
earnings.
Then,
when
those
benefits
come
as
some
kind
of
subsidy
from
the
government.
A
All
right,
thank
you
and
just
double
checking.
If
anyone
else
had
requested
a
comment.
I
am
I'm
not
seeing
anyone.
So
with
that
I'm
going
to
move
to
receive
and
file
this
staff
report
on
favor,
please
say:
aye
aye
opposed
this
is
a
Committee
of
the
Whole
meeting.
So
I'm
going
to
ask
my
colleagues
if
we
can
have
reef
reports
from
your
committee,
so
we're
aware
of
the
significant
action
items.
First
is
Community
Development
and
regulatory
services
with
councilmember
Goodman.
Thank.
H
You
very
much
sure
there
are
18
items
on
the
CDRs
committee
agenda
for
approval
tomorrow.
I'll
just
note:
the
very
large
number
of
land
sales,
including
eight
land
sales,
nine,
is
a
bond
refunding
issue.
Ten
is
a
fairly
significant
item.
Also
it's
the
Wellington
condominium,
housing,
improvement
area
and
there's
another
housing
improvement
area
on
this
agenda.
Coming
forward
for
staff
recommendation
to
look
into
that
item.
11
are
the
regular
licenses.
H
12
is
the
business
license
conditions
the
rest
of
the
items
are
partnerships
with
regard
to
other
units
of
government
that
we're
either
receiving
our
accepting
grant.
From
with
that
I'm
happy,
oh
I
guess
I
should
point
out
item
18
is
the
punishment
for
suruc,
okay,
I
guess
that'd
be
considered
notable
to
some
next.
A
D
You,
madam
vice
president,
the
health
environment
and
Community
Engagement
committees,
just
bringing
three
things
forward.
One
is
a
ordinance
amendment
to
our
amplified,
sound
equipment,
ordinance
and
that
went
forward
without
recommendation,
because
there
was
some
confusion
in
it
and
I'm,
so
they'll
probably
be
a
substitute
with
that
added
language
coming
forward
that
the
author's
been
working
on
with
staff.
Second
items
just
to
grant
acceptance,
and
the
third
is
probably
the
most
significant
item
which
accepting
$600,000
related
to
the
consent
decree
between
northern
metals,
the
state
of
Minnesota
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
D
I
I
You,
madam
chair,
the
committee,
will
be
14
20
items
for
council
consideration.
All
items
are
activity
typical
activities
of
the
department,
though
I
will
highlight,
of
we
did
a
significant
conversation
around
commercial
waste
study
and
looking
at
different
options
to
meet
our
goals
around
diversion
and
waste
reduction,
and
then
item
20
was
a
passage
of
resolution
declaring
the
week
of
May
21st
2017,
the
National
Public
Works
week,
and
the
resolution
has
many
statements.
I
think
we
would
all
agree
in
terms
of
the
services
that
are
provided
by
that
department
and
all
the
employees.
J
You,
madam
chair,
there
are
12
items
for
consideration
tomorrow
at
the
council
meeting
and
from
which
means
we'll
have
they're
all
fairly
routine
items.
So
I
won't
judge
went
in
a
great
detail,
gift
acceptances,
a
couple
of
RFPs,
a
number
of
contract.
Amendments
of
note.
I
would
draw
people's
attention
to
items
10,
11
and
12
as
we're
coming
up
with
new
and
pop
non-represented
employees,
salary
schedules
and
politically
appointed
salary
schedules
and
the
creation
of
a
new
position
in
the
human
resources
department.
C
You,
madam
chair,
we
have
four
items.
One
is
denying
an
appeal
for
a
building
at
4:19,
Washington
Avenue.
North
second,
is
a
rezoning
for
the
Minnehaha
crossing
project.
Third
is
a
comprehensive
plan
amendment
regarding
Malcolm
Yards
and
the
fourth
is
a
small
alley.
Vacation
for
the
item
number
one
project.
I
Like
to
make
comment,
it
was
on
a
consent
item,
but
it
should
be
notably
significant
so
that
changed
the
Comprehensive
Plan
though
I
know.
The
intention
is
very
consistent
with
a
lot
of
city
goals
as
we
move
to
any
sort
of
actual
zoning
changes.
I
think
we
have
to
be
mindful
that
that
intent
is
is
consistent
with
the
result,
so
I
just
wanted
to
point
that
out,
just
because
they're,
very
significant
and
staff
did
have
very
strong
language
and
their
disagreement
with
with
the
approval.