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From YouTube: August 24, 2017 Intergovernmental Relations
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Minneapolis Intergovernmental Relations Committee Meeting
A
Good
afternoon,
everyone,
my
name,
is
Elizabeth
a
Glidden
and
I'm
gonna.
Welcome
you
to
our
intergovernmental
relations
committee
a
regularly
scheduled
medium.
The
chair
of
this
committee
and
I'm
joined
today
by
council
members
were
Sami
Frei
and
Andrew
Johnson,
and
we
are
a
quorum
of
the
committee.
A
We
have
two
discussion
items
on
our
agenda
for
today
and
I
think
I'm
just
going
to
flip
those
items
because
we
have
with
us
today
our
congressman
for
the
for
the
fifth
District
keith
Ellison
is
here
we're
so
pleased
to
see
you
and
we're
excited
to
hear
what
you
have
to
share
so
welcome
representative
Ellison.
Well,.
B
Madam
chair,
thank
you
and
thank
you
to
all
the
members
for
being
here
certainly
appreciate
the
tremendous
work.
The
Minneapolis
City,
Council
and
I
just
like
to
always
note
that
local
government
is
the
closest
unit
of
government
to
the
people,
and
so
we're
grateful
to
you
for
the
work
that
you
do
and
want
to
say
a
special
thanks
to
everyone
here
on
the
committee.
Actually
Council
number
one
saw
me
and
I
would
get
a
panel
just
the
other
day.
B
Together
we
were
right
there
in
the
community,
senator
at
Brian
Coyle,
and
we
had
a
community
where
we've
been
doing
the
civics
101
forums.
We
want
to
work
with
all
of
our
council
members
to
do
them,
but
this
one
we
had
a
city
council,
the
county
official.
We
had
Peter
McLaughlin
that
we
had
representative
Ilhan
Omar
and
then
myself.
So
we
had
State
City,
Federal
County
and
we
just
talked
to
the
folks
about
what
we
all
do
and
how
we
do
it
together
and
just
one.
B
Thank
you
personally,
council
member
for
being
there
for
your
excellent
comments
and
I
want
to
invite
all
of
the
members
assembled
to
to
join
with
us
in
doing
this,
because,
as
you
know,
we
all
do
everything
we
just
work
on
different
parts
of
it.
So
I
work
on
immigration.
Well,
you
work
on
immigration.
You
certainly
work
with
immigrants.
We
work
on
war
and
peace,
but
you
work
with
veterans
every
day.
We
all
work
together
to
serve
the
constituent.
B
So
this
is
what
the
civics
101
is
doing
in
perhaps
President
Johnson
we
can
do
one
or
the
other
council
member
Johnson.
We
can
do
one
together.
You
all
gave
me
a
list
of
items
that
you
thought
we
should
address.
So
we
did
some
preparation
to
talk
to
on
these
issues.
So
I'll
just
go
through
a
presentation
quickly,
and
then
we
can
have
some
dialogue.
First,
the
only
issue
of
immigration.
Let
me
share
with
you
that
of
all
the
constituent
issues
that
come
before
my
office,
House
immigration,
Social,
Security,
VA
benefits
the
whole
ring.
B
We
get
a
lot
of
them,
you
get
a
lot
of
them.
Immigration
is
the
number
one
issue,
and
if
we
cut
the
cake,
if
we
cut
that
number
in
half,
it
would
still
be
the
biggest
immigration
is
the
broken
part
of
the
system
that
generates
the
most
constituent
questions.
So
the
Department
of
Homeland
Security
removed
much
of
the
discretion
of
how
the
Immigration
and
Customs
Enforcement
ice
Deportes
people.
We
have
heard
many
sad
stories
from
people
who
owned
businesses
and
are
even
married
to
u.s.
citizens
about
being
being
deported.
In
the
past.
B
It
was
people
who
were
facing
some
sort
of
a
criminal
justice
issue
that
could
end
up
having
them
deported.
Nowadays,
we've
even
seen
people
who
have
actually
called
the
police
for
service
and
ended
up
getting
put
into
the
criminal
justice
system
and,
of
course,
the
one
story
that
hit
the
news
was
somebody
who
was
on
our
metro
system
got
asked
about
their
status
and
that
person
ended
up
getting
into
the
system.
So
this
things
have
changed.
B
In
the
first
few
months
of
2016,
we
have
seen
a
hundred
to
fifty
percent
increase
in
arrests
for
those
who
have
not
come
in
in
a
crime
for
ice
related
manner.
On
the
issue
of
sanctuary
city
separation
ordinances,
however,
you
you
phrase
it
I'm
alarmed
by
the
efforts
of
the
Trump
administration
to
condition
funding
on
facilitating
ice
enforcement.
I
have
signed
a
letter
and
will
be
in
an
ambiguous
ly,
opposing
any
conditionality
during
bag
turn
burn
Jagr
money
on
cooperation
with
ice
I
think
that
I
says
it's
work
to
do.
B
The
city
has
its
work
to
do.
The
county
has
its
work
to
do
and
each
should
be
allowed
to
do
it
without
interference
from
the
federal
government.
I
also
have
written
a
letter
to
Hennepin
County
sheriff
Stanek
to
ask
for
clarification
on
his
policy
when
he
contacts
us
for
individuals
in
in
detention
and
can
expect
to
be
following
up
on
that
on
the
issue
of
health
care.
B
Everyone
knows
now
that
there
were
a
number
of
big
moves
to
try
to
repeal
the
Patient
Protection
and
Affordable
Care
Act.
Ultimately,
the
effort
did
not
succeed.
As
you
know,
the
Senate
bill
was
called
the
better
care
reconciliation
act
and
it
did
not
receive
the
votes
to
move
forward,
but
it
could
return,
and
so
we're
staying
vigilant
on
that.
B
According
to
the
Congressional
Budget
Office,
which
is
a
nonpartisan
Budget
Office
that
does
analysis,
22
million
Americans
would
lose
coverage
by
2026
and
15
million,
and
2018
alone
would
have
lost
coverage,
and
we've
done
a
lot
of
work
in
Minnesota
to
get
our
on
rate
of
uncovered
very
low.
Actually
we're
a
national
leader,
but
part
of
it
is
because
of
the
Affordable
Care
Act,
and
so
we
it
would
not
benefit
us.
The
cording
to
the
Urban
Institute,
four
hundred
and
seventeen
thousand
Minnesotans
would
lose
coverage.
Increasing
the
uninsured
rate
by
a
hundred
and
six
percent.
B
Medicaid
cuts
would
total
in
the
range
of
seven
hundred
and
seventy
two
billion
dollars
and
as
I'd
like
to
just
point
out
to
you,
I'm
sure
you,
where
Medicaid
is
the
largest
funding
source
for
nursing
homes,
long-term
care,
so
a
lot
of
our
seniors
would
be
very
negatively
impacted.
Earlier
today,
I
was
a
clear
housing
that
housing
for
people
who
are
battling
HIV,
and
they
depended
quite
heavily
on
on
that.
So
this
is.
This
is
something
this
is
like
an
existential
threat
to
our
healthcare
delivery
system
and
we're
treating
it
as
such.
B
Now,
on
the
issue
of
housing,
I'll
tell
you.
This
housing
is
probably
my
top
priority
issue
but
I'll.
Let
me
share
with
you
this
president
Trump
offered
a
budget
already
this
year
in
his
budget
proposal,
which
is
not
law,
but
it
proposes
to
eliminate
the
Community
Development
Block
Grant,
a
program
which
you
all
use
quite
extensively
in
the
city:
low
income,
low
income,
Home
Energy,
Assistance,
Program
LIHEAP,
which
you
know
is
very
important
for
seniors
off
without
LIHEAP,
it's
a
choice
between
food
and
heat,
and
this
is
something
that
no
one
should
have
to
make.
B
That
decision
about
section
for
Community,
Development
and
affordable
housing
and
community
development.
Financial
institution
CBF
is
our
financial
institutions.
You
know
most
of
the
financial
institutions
that
do
lend
and
some
of
our
most
heavily
impacted
communities
are
CDFIs,
and
so
these
organizations
that
really
lend
where
others
won't
would
be
greatly
negatively
impacted.
B
Thank
you
all
for
the
great
research
you
did
through
the
innovation
team,
which
did
a
report
evictions
in
Minneapolis,
while
the
news
is
sobering,
at
least
we
know
usually
have
the
numbers.
This
is
critically
important
and
I
think
that
you
cannot
fix
a
problem
until
you
face
that
problem
and
so
to
know
how
extensive
the
eviction
situation
is
is
the
first
step
to
trying
to
fix
it.
Let
me
tell
you:
Minneapolis
is
by
no
means
alone.
B
There
was
a
book
written
called
evicted
by
matthew,
desmond,
who
will
be
here
on
october,
22nd,
which
it
delves
into
this
issue
in
milwaukee,
and
so
I
just
mentioned
that
we're
not
by
ourselves
we're,
certainly
not
the
only
ones
who
have
this
problem,
but
we
do
have
it.
And
so
it's
an
issue
that
I'm
quite
concerned
about.
I
did
a
community
forum
on
evictions.
I've
convened
some
community
meetings
under
fiction's
one
yesterday
and
I
want
to
think
representative
from
the
city
for
being
present.
B
The
idea
is
not
to
try
to
blame
the
landlord's,
but
to
try
to
get
everybody
around
the
table
to
figure
out
how
we
reduce
evictions.
You
reduce
evictions,
you're
gonna,
have
more
school
stability
and
have
gonna
improve
your
health
outcomes,
and
the
evictions
actually
cost
quite
a
bit
of
money,
and
so
we're
looking
at
ideas
on
how
we
might
go
forward
and
I
certainly
will
share
them
with
you
when
I
tabulate
the
list.
But,
as
you
know,
the
report
found
a
disproportionate
impact
in
low-income
and
minority
neighborhoods
about
25%
of
all.
B
As
you
know,
if
somebody
gets
an
unlawful
detainer
on
their
record,
it
makes
it
that
much
harder
for
them
to
get
a
place
to
stay
and
when
they
do
get
one,
it's
usually
higher
cost
lower
quality.
And
yet,
in
our
conversations
with
landlords
are
like
look,
you
know
we
have
a
right
to
rent.
We
don't
necessarily
want
any
big
people,
but
what
are
the
alternatives?
So
I
think
it's
better
to
get
into
a
constructive
conversation,
and
we
believe
that
that
is
the
right
direction.
B
I'll
say
one
of
the
report.
One
of
the
stats
that
we
found
in
this
study
was
over
the
last
three
years
nearly
half
of
the
renter
households
in
North
Minneapolis
experienced
an
eviction
filing
that's
a
lot.
So
we
had
an
evictions
forum
recently
and
we
began
an
evictions.
Working
group
and
the
city
has
very
very
generously
participated,
offering
ideas
on
what
we
could
do
again.
B
There
is
an
adversarial
system
that
goes
on
in
housing
court.
We
don't
need
to
replicate
it,
we're
looking
for
answers
for
tennis
and
for
landlords
and
for
everybody
on
the
issue
of
transit
on
the
issue
of
transit.
This
again
is
another
high
priority
for
me
personally.
Housing
and
transit
are
kind
of
like
go
together,
I'm
very
happy
that
both
the
Southwest
light
rail,
transit
and
Bottineau
are
making
progress.
B
The
Trump
budget
would
cut
New
Starts
transit
funding
by
43%,
which
would
be
devastating,
but,
as
is
true
for
other
parts
of
the
budget,
now
there's
a
bipartisan
pushback
on
these
kind
of
cuts.
The
Trump
budget
would
also
propose
to
stop
any
funding
of
projects
without
existing
full
front.
Full
funding
grant
agreements,
but
so
far
congress
has
not
agreed
and
I
actually
anticipate
we
will
not
agree.
It's
just
too
much
pain
on
both
sides
of
the
aisle
for
us
to
agree
to
that.
B
Now,
on
the
issue
of
southwest
light,
rail
10
million
was
allocated
in
this
year's
federal
budget.
It's
kind
of
a
placeholder.
You
know
the
federal
government
is
obligated
to
fund
half
that
project
I'm
pleased.
The
project
is
now
ready
to
submit
a
federal
funding.
Agreement
and
I
could
tell
you
that
I
have
directed
my
staff
to
throw
everything
we
have
into
making
sure
this
progress,
project
works
and
I
want
to.
You
know.
B
Yes,
you
probably
are
well
aware,
but
I'll
just
note
for
for
now,
negotiations
with
the
railroads,
including
BNSF
I,
understand
that
there
are
they've
made
good
progress
and
people
are
hopeful
that
we
will
have
these
agreements
straightened
out.
You
know
I'm,
knocking
on
wood
right
here.
Also
Bottineau
engineering
is
on
track
and
I'm
pushing
to
have
it
included
in
next
year's
budget.
Bottineau
is
a
top
priority.
I
want
everyone
who
lives
in
the
Northwest
corridor,
the
city
to
know
that
we're
gonna
be
fighting
for
Bottineau.
B
As
you
know,
the
5th
district
extends
into
Brooklyn
Center
as
well,
so
we
represent
them
and
we,
we
are
absolutely
dedicated
about
know
and
I've,
been
working
closely
with
Commissioner
Oh
Pat
on
this
issue
and
we're
fully
committed.
I
will
say
this:
if
there
was
a
setback
with
regard
to
Southwest
I,
don't
think
that
would
improve
our
chances
in
partner.
We
need
to
have
both
the
count
and
cumulative
as
opposed
to
separate
and
independent.
B
So
we
need
to,
we
went
on
one
we
went
on
both
we
lose
on
one
we
might
lose
on
both
last
night,
I
held
a
forum
to
highlight
the
rise
of
voter
suppression,
efforts
across
the
country
and
150
people.
There
Minnesotans
are
very
concerned
about
the
right
to
vote.
Minneapolis
is
a
true
leader
on
Elections.
Thank
you
all
for
setting
up
places
where
people
can
vote
all
around
this
city.
B
B
When
we
get
back
in
in
September,
I
think
one
of
the
first,
the
top
issues
is
going
to
be
corporate
tax
reform,
Congress
and
and
the
Trump
administration
have
said
that
they
want
to
do
it
this
year,
we'll
see
they're,
considering
reducing
individual
deductions
as
well
as
a
corporate
tax
rate.
We
have
to
stay
in
touch
on
this
issue.
We
will.
My
office's
is
wants
to
engage
with
the
city
to
talk
about
how
these,
how
corporate
tax
reform
may
impact
the
city
Minneapolis
certainly
want
to
be.
In
that
conversation.
B
I
can
assure
you
this
I
do
not
consider
taxes
to
be
some
sort
of
a
bad
thing.
I
think
they
are
the
price
we
pay
for
living
in
a
civilized
society
and
I
don't
want
to
tax
anybody
any
more
than
is
necessary,
but
I
do
not,
but
I
definitely
believe
we
need
to
fund
the
government,
and
some
people
say
smaller
government,
lower
taxes,
I
say
no,
that
just
really
means
starve
government
and
cut
services,
and
what
I'm
hearing
for
the
citizens
is
that
clean
water,
clean
air
research
and
basic
medical
research?
B
All
these
you
know,
investments
in
arts
and
education
are
important
and
we're
gonna
continue
to
defend
them.
Let
me
also
mention
the
Environmental
Protection
Agency.
The
Trump
administration's
budget
proposal
would
cut
it
by
31%.
We
had
a
remarkably
well
attended
community
meeting
last
week
on
this
issue
in
North
Minneapolis,
with
standing
room.
Only
Scott
Pruett,
who
was
the
EPA
Administrator,
is
actively
trying
to
undermine
the
agency,
which
could
harm
state
and
local
partners
that
rely
on
EPA
funding,
including
the
Minnesota
Pollution
Control
Agency
and
again
our
forum
was
packed
and
people
are
quite
concerned.
B
It
is
important
to
understand
that,
while
this
opioid
addiction
problem
is
facing
everyone,
people
of
all
backgrounds
it
it
is
hurting
rural
communities
very
cutely
and
Native
American
communities
die
of
opioid
overdoses
at
a
rate
five
times
higher
than
white
Minnesotans.
So
this
is
something
that
we
all
have
to
take
very,
very
seriously
the
census.
B
We
have
to
start
our
conversation
about
how
we're
going
to
collaborate
on
getting
everyone
counted
right
away.
This
is
essential.
My
office
will
be
fully
dedicated
to
making
sure
everybody
is
engaged
in
the
count.
The
2020
census
is
under
attack,
they're,
trying
to
cut
census,
funding
and
I
recently
joined
with
other
members
of
Congress,
including
Carol,
Maloney
and
others,
urging
the
Department
of
Commerce,
which
oversees
the
sentence
census
to
find
a
new
head
of
the
census
and
demand
that
Congress
fully
fund
the
2020
census.
The
census
is
how
we
ensure
democracy
is
fully
representative.
B
It
also
informs
research,
public
health,
emergency
planning
and
funding
formulas
now
also
I
want
to
make
make
note
that
I
am
thrilled
about
how
the
the
city's
zero
waste
efforts
are
going.
I
want
to
commend
you
on
that.
I
actually
have
a
piece
of
federal
legislation
entitled
the
zero
waste
development
and
expansion
act
in
Congress
next
week,
I'm
speaking
to
the
National
recycling
conference
when
they
come
to
Minneapolis
about
this
piece
of
legislation.
Minneapolis
is
a
leader
in
the
area
of
zero
waste.
It's
just
important
to
mention.
B
We
burn
a
lot
of
valuable
stuff
in
in
the
in
the
hurt
that
much
of
that
waste
could
be
diverted
and
put
back
into
productive
use,
and
much
of
the
ash
has
to
go
into
a
landfill
anyway.
So,
but
it's
not
the
choice
hasn't
burn
it
or
landfill
it.
It's
got
to
be
led
field
in
any
case,
in
a
more
concentrated
toxic
form.
I
might
add.
B
If
we
divert
the
paper,
the
plastic,
the
glass
and
all
that
stuff,
we
can
actually
put
more
people
to
work
and
preserve
our
world,
and,
let
me
just
my
final
point
is:
is
that
in
2016
Minnesota
was
hit
and
with
an
all-time
low
for
teen
pregnancy
dropping
by
69%
since
1980?
This
is
something
to
be
proud
of.
I
know
you
specialize
in
solving
people's
problems,
but
this
is
something
we
should
lift
up
and
celebrate
its
incredible
achievement
and
yet,
at
the
same
time,
going
back
to
the
Trump
budget.
B
Congressional
Republicans
are
threatening
to
defund
teen
pregnancy
prevention
programs
in
favor
of
abstinence,
only
education,
we
need
your
stories,
we
need
your
methodology.
We
need
to
tell
why
the
Minneapolis
method
works
so
that
other
people
can
benefit
from
it,
and
so
that's
my
report
for
you
today.
I'll
also
mention
one
other
proposal
that
I
would
like
you
to
be
very
on
the
alert
about,
and
that
is
a
piece
of
legislation
that
would
is
entitled
the
concealed
carry
reciprocity.
Act,
you
might
say
well
what
is
that?
B
Well,
what
it
says
is
that
if
you
are
from
a
state
that
allows
you
to
carry
loaded
firearms,
then
other
states
have
to
recognize
and
give
Full
Faith
and
Credit
to
that
other
states.
State
law.
If
this
law
passes
safe
cities
like
Minneapolis
well,
relatively,
we
all
know
the
dangers.
Are
there?
No
doubt
I
don't
want
to
minimize,
but
we
all
know
that
relatively
safer
places
will
face
new
dangers
because
people
from
relatively
more
dangerous
places
where
there's
more
gun
availability
will
be
able
to
just
carry
em
straight
across
straight
a
lot
of
state
lines.
B
So
this
is
something
I'm
quite
concerned
about
something
I
want
to
alert
you
to,
and
you
may
ask
well,
what's
the
chance,
that's
going
to
pass
I'd,
say
40
60,
so
definitely
worth
being
concerned
about.
So
that's
my
presentation
and
I'm
prepared
to
take
notes
based
on
your
questions
and
concerns
and
again
just
want
to
say
thank
you
for
the
tremendous
work
that
you
do
every
day
for
our
citizens
and
want
to
collaborate
with
you
in
the
future
on
all
the
projects.
As
I
said
before,
we
all
work
on
everything.
B
C
You,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
congressman
Ellison
for
the
updates.
I
had
a
question
specifically
about
this
concept
of
restore
the
gorge
and
locking
down
number
one
being
potentially
removed.
We
had
community
conversations
on
the
the
whole
variety
of
partners
and
there
was
an
absolutely
huge
turnout
of
community
members
interested
in
this
idea.
I
know
it
would
be
across
jurisdiction
issue
and
that
there's
a
lot
of
interest
in
st.
Paul
and
that
it
has
a
lot
of
environmental
benefits,
recreational
and
economic
benefits
as
well.
C
It's
not
without
its
challenges,
certainly
I
think
the
rowers
are
interested
in
a
seat
at
the
table,
and
we
also
have
to
look
at
that
hydroelectric
plants
by
the
Ford
site
and
if
there's
some
way
to
offset
that
amount
of
electricity
being
generated
through
certain
certainly
glad
is
sustainable.
But
I'm
curious
from
your
standpoint.
If
you
expect
that
the
Army
Corps
of
Engineers
will
be
moving
forward
with
the
disposition
study
and
if
you
have
any
other
thoughts
or
comments
on
some
of
those
challenges,
you
know.
B
I
think
at
this
point
this
is
at
a
discussion
stage
and
you're
right
people
are
talking
about
it
quite
a
bit.
I
want
to
get
more
community
input
and
really
get
to
the
point
where
you
know
we
can
get
they
a
groundswell
but
I
think
it's
an
issue
worth
studying.
There
are
pluses
and
minuses
to
it.
How
will
it
affect
the
paddlers
that
are
out
there
now
and
I
mean
really
I
mean
this
part
of
the
Minneapolis
part
of
the
Mississippi
River
is
going
through
a
new
life.
B
Let
me
add:
this
too:
I
still
remain
hopeful
and
optimistic
about
building
some
a
cap
over
94,
so
that
people
in
North
Minneapolis
can
more
easily
and
readily
access.
The
Mississippi,
River
I
know
that
myself
and
President
Johnson
have
talked
about
this
in
the
past
and
you
know
as
we're
talking
about
the
river.
C
C
E
D
So
I
think
to
me
that
that
is
just
vital
in
it's
vital,
for
it
affects
so
many
other
systems
than
to,
and
so
anyway,
I
just
I
wanted
to
say
thank
you
for
for
saying
that,
because
I
I
just
think
we
you
know
it
would
be
it's
a
difficult
thing
to
measure.
But
when
you
look
at
you
know,
what's
the
cost
of
keeping
a
child
in
newborn
intensive
care
for
a
day
you
know
versus
providing
some
contraceptives
is
just
it's
insane.
D
B
Given
your
background
in
the
health
care
field-
and
you
you
know,
this
stuff
is
as
well
as
anyone
and
look.
You
know
we're
gonna,
spend
it
on
the
front
end
or
on
the
back
end.
I
think
it
makes
sense
that,
but,
but
you
know,
we've
got
to
lift
up
this
this
story.
This
is
a
good
news
story.
Absolutely.
D
B
A
I
had
a
question,
and
maybe
those
there's
no
answer
other
than
just
kind
of
reading.
What's
in
the
news
about
your
understanding
of
the
process,
that's
being
utilized
for
appointing
US,
Attorney
and
also,
of
course,
I've
been
kind
of
following
the
process
on
appointing
federal
judges
and
I
didn't
know.
If
you
any
thought
you
wanted
to
share
on
what's
happening
around
both
of
those
important
processes,
yeah.
B
B
I
did
hear
that
the
US
attorney
issue
was
going
to
be
resolved
in
the
near
term,
but
I
didn't
get
a
lot
of
details
on
it
and
I'll
make
sure
that
I
share
information
with
you,
as
you
know,
that's
more
of
a
Senate
prerogative
than
a
house
one
and
so
we'll
we'll
stay
in
touch
with
you
on
it.
But
there
are
any
number
of
appointments
that
I
still
left
unfilled.
Okay,.
A
F
A
B
B
But,
as
you
know,
during
the
Obama
administration,
HUD
did
a
study
on
all
the
public
housing
in
the
United
States
and
came
up
with
a
twenty
eight
billion
dollar
price
tag,
to
bring
everything
up
to
maintenance
and
even
during
the
the
the
the
big
big
push
that
we
did
early
in
the
Obama
administration,
the
the
stimulus
bill.
We
did
four
billion,
that's
what
we
did
at
our
high
watermark.
B
So
that's
when
proposals
came
up
that
I,
never
thought
were
great
proposals,
but
you
know
you
got
to
make
do
to
allow
public
housing
authorities
to
give
a
mortgage
and
assign
rents
to
a
renter.
To
then
use
the
money
to
do
do
repairs
if
they
could
pledge
the
rents,
and
this
went
through
various
names,
rental
assistance
project.
There's
various
names
people
got
concerned
because,
like
oh
wait,
a
minute,
if
you
default
then
are
we
going
to
lose
the
public
asset?
B
B
There
has
not
been
any
default
so
far,
and
a
number
of
housing
unit
authorities
report
good
outcomes,
many
applicants,
a
Paul,
are
regarded
as
some
of
the
best
housing
authorities
in
the
country
when
it
comes
to
public
housing.
I
know
I,
you
know
in
in
you
know,
a
profit
is
honored
everywhere,
but
in
their
own
home
right.
So
I'm
not
saying
that
there
are
plenty
of
legitimate
issues
that
could
be
raised,
but
I'm
saying
comparing
nationally.
B
B
In
fact,
I've
issued
another
letter
of
inquiry
because
we
just
want
to
talk
directly
to
the
secretary
about
housing
and
if
we
can
get
some
commitment
to
come
here,
we'll
we'll
make
sure
that
he
comes
to
an
accessible
part
of
the
city
to
make
sure
that
citizens
can
can
hear
his
words
and
ask
him
some
questions.
Okay,.
G
B
G
B
Would
say
it's
unlikely
the
past
in
its
current
format
but
councilmember.
You
know
you've
been
in
bargaining
situations
when
somebody
quotes
a
ridiculous
price
that
they
know
you're
not
gonna
pay,
but
then,
if
you
can
get
him
to
come
down
from
that,
even
if
you're
paying
more
than
you
think
you
should
pay,
you
feel
like
you've
gotten
somewhere
because
they
came
down.
So
are
we
really
gonna
see
a
14
percent
cut
to
HUD
and
a
31
percent
cut
to
EPA?
Probably
not.
B
Are
we
really
gonna
see
the
Appalachian
Regional
Council
zeroed
out,
probably
not
probably
not
gonna,
see
the
the
Community
Development
Block
Grant
zeroed
out,
but
you
will
see
cuts
and
when
we
see
those
cuts,
I
hope
that
we
don't
think
that.
Oh
look,
you
know
it
could
have
been
worse
because
the
truth
is
I.
B
Remember
somebody
saying
to
me
earlier
in
my
political
career
if
they
want,
if
you
won't,
take
it
one
low
for
the
time
to
speed
it
to
you
one
slice
at
a
time
you
look
up
a
year
later
and
you
you
ate
half
a
loaf
and
another
another
loaf.
It's
coming,
but
it's
all
in
slices,
so
it's
important
to
push
back
on
this
and
it's
important
for
leaders
such
as
us
to
really
kind
of
lift
the
sites
of
people
and
say:
look
you
know
we.
B
The
government
does
have
a
responsibility
to
make
sure
that
the
certain
needs
of
American
people
are
met.
Housing,
health
care,
good
transportation,
medical
research.
These
things
are
critical
and
they
are
worthy
of
our
tax
expenditure,
and
so
we've
got
a
we've,
got
a
trumpet
it
you
know
and
because
it
the
fight
is
on.
B
Think
we
have
a
shot
down,
Paul
Ryan
is
saying
he
doesn't
want
to
do,
is
shut
down
related
to
the
shutdown
is
the
is
the
is
the
debt
ceiling,
and
you
know
Treasury
secretary,
minutiae
and
saying
we're
not
going
to
crack
the
debt
ceiling.
Although
I
tell
you,
this
council
member
we've
already
passed
the
threshold
where
we
should
have
increased
the
debt
ceiling.
Now,
the
Secretary
of
Treasury
is
engaging
what
they
call
extraordinary
measures.
B
What
that
means
is
just
like
any
household
might
wait
pay
in
the
light
bill
in
order
to
pay
another
bill
and
kind
of
just
managing
the
bills.
Is
you
don't
have
enough
money
for
all
of
them
at
the
same
time?
That
is
literally
what
the
federal
government
is
doing
right
now,
but
what
I
would
say
is
that
we
it's
not
that
we
don't
have
enough
money
in
America
to
meet
our
expenses.
B
A
So
congressman
Ellison
I,
don't
see
it
a
question.
So
that's
actually
maybe
a
good
just
question
to
end
on.
For
you
from
the
perspective
of
the
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
is
you
know
we
like
many
others?
That
is
our
size
and
we
contract
with
folks
to
help
us
Lobby
our
interests.
At
the
federal
level,
we've
participated
in
the
National
League
of
Cities,
which
I
think
you
know
just
being
on
their
email
list.
A
They
are
more
engaged
now
than
frankly,
I've
ever
seen
them
be
and
ensuring
that
the
interest
of
cities
are
getting
to
the
ears
of
members
of
Congress,
activating
bipartisan
concerns
from
city
leaders,
mayors
and
council
members
around
the
budget
and
its
impact
on
cities,
and
our
ability
to
you
know
just
represent
our
constituents
and
serve
them.
The
best
that
we
can.
You
know
so
you
know.
Are
there
things
I
know
that
my
colleagues
are
doing
many
individual
things
to
engage
with
residents
and
ensure
that
they
understand
what's
happening.
A
You
know,
but
are
there
things
that
you
wish
that
we
would
do
more
of
or
differently
or
to
respond
in
part
to
a
new
environment?
So
you
know
I
feel
like
we
have
a
very
good
partnership
with
you
with
your
office.
We
love
working
with
your
district
director
Jamie
long
congratulate
you
on
your
new
chief
of
staff,
Donna
Cassatt.
A
B
I,
first
of
all,
I
think
that
the
partnership
was
working
and
I
think
that
the
city
is
responding
very
well.
But
where
can
we
improve?
One
I
think
if
you
all
can
help
continue
to
send
me
stories
about
successes.
Just
talking
about
how
teen
pregnancy
is
a
problem
that
the
city
is
taking
on
together
in
partnership
at
the
county
and
together
we've
made
meaningful
difference
in
the
lives
of
people.
You
go
to
somebody
who
can
deny
a
pregnancy
from
the
age
of
16
to
22.
B
You,
probably
you
could
probably
tack
on
literally
thousands
of
dollars
in
earning
capacity
of
that
person,
together
with
a
high
school
diploma
and
a
whole
bunch
of
other
stuff.
That
is
a
big
deal,
that
the
county
has
a
program
called
Hennepin
health
or
these
Medicaid
dollars
to
help
house
people
who
are
chronic
users
of
ER
services.
That
has
saved
a
lot
of
money,
but
it
also
did
something
really
interesting.
B
You
have
because
of
the
medical
surveillance
that
some
of
these
chronically
homeless
and
frequent
users
of
the
ER
I've
sat
with
them
and
they've
said
things
to
me.
Like
my
family's
talking
to
me
now,
I'm
taking
my
anti-psychotic
medication
regularly,
so
I
don't
live
under
a
bridge.
I
got
a
place
to
live
and
I'm
rekindling
relationships
with
loved
ones,
whereas
before
they
just
didn't
know
how
to
deal
with
my
schizophrenia,
I
mean
people.
Look
at
me
and
I
and
told
me
that
now
that's
something
that
will
that'll
that'll
wake
you
up.
B
B
It
makes
a
big
difference
and
I
will
go
to
the
House
floor
and
talk
about
it
on
c-span
and
everywhere
else.
I
think
that
we've
got
all
we've
all,
including
me,
have
got
to
become
better
messengers
about
what
we
do.
We
can
no
longer
take
for
granted
that
people
understand
the
importance
of
responsive
government,
because
sometimes
you
can
benefit
from
something
so
long.
You
just
assume
it's
always
gonna,
be
there
and
I'm
telling
people
do
not
assume.
It's
always
going
to
be
there.
B
There
are
people
who
would
love
to
take
it,
and
so
that's
one
message.
The
other
thing
is
that
everything
you're
doing
to
make
sure
that
people
have
greater
access
to
the
ballot.
Please
continue
to
do
that.
I
know
that
you
all
have
done
some
great
things
on
that
front.
I
personally
want
to
thank
you
for
it,
but
there
might
be
more
things
to
be
done.
There
might
be
earlier.
You
know
times
to
open
up
new
stations
or
people
can
go
and
vote
earlier.
We
cannot
afford
you
know.
B
Minnesota
has
the
highest
turnout
in
the
country,
seventy-five
percent,
still
that
25
percent
too
so
can
we
hit
80.
Let's
see
what
we
can
do,
I
think
all
of
us
have
to
figure
out
what
to
do.
We
got
a
great
Secretary
of
State.
We
also
got
a
great
Minneapolis
and
put
those
things
together.
Put
our
heads
together.
We
can,
we
can
go
higher
so
with
those
two
things.
I
just
want
to
say.
Thank
you
to
you,
madam
chair.
Thank
you
to
all
the
council
members
and
let's
stay
in
touch
and
have
a
great
day
all.
A
E
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
councilmembers,
pretty
cool
to
get
to
follow,
congressman
Ellison,
but
I,
don't
know
that
this
will
be
as
as
enthralling.
But
we
aren't
here
to
talk
about
adding
a
new
potential
item
to
the
city's
2017,
then
leading
into
2018
policy
positions
for
our
state
legislative
agenda
and
policy
positions,
and
we
have
a
short
presentation
here
today.
It's
gonna
be
offered
by
Robin
Hutchinson,
our
Director
of
Public
Works.
E
The
genesis
of
this
is
that
you
see
a
bit
of
background
on
the
RCA
is
that
by
default,
Minnesota
speed
limits
are
set
by
state
statute
and
there
are
very
few
limited
circumstances
where,
for
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
for
example,
in
our
statutory
designation,
they're,
very
limited
situations
where
that
speed
limit
can
be
modified
and
30
miles
an
hour.
Is
the
statutory
speed
limit
for
in
district,
which
would
include
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
E
F
We
have
close
to
a
thousand
locals
miles
of
local
streets
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
This
is
a
huge
impact
if
we
do
have
the
control,
if
we
do
have
the
ability
to
set
the
speed
limits,
these
are
roads
that
serve
residential
areas,
our
local
economy,
green
spaces,
health
services,
above
all,
they
serve
people
and
people's
needs.
We've
lost
that
a
little
bit
in
our
industry
in
setting
speed
limits
at
85th
percentile.
F
That
is
largely
why
it's
30
miles
an
hour
de-facto
and
what
we
would
really
like
to
do
in
having
control
over
speed
limits
is
make
it
safer.
We
have
been
working
on
a
number
of
things
to
make
it
safer
for
all
people
traveling
on
our
roadways
and
speed
is
one
of
the
most
determinant
factors.
The
relationship
between
speed
and
injury
is
very
strong
and
I'm
going
to
talk
you
through
some
of
the
evidence
of
that
some
of
the
research
of
that
and
give
you
a
couple
visuals
to
highlight,
highlight
my
points.
F
We
would
like
the
ability
to
set
our
own
speed
limits
so
that
we
can
lower
them.
If
we
can
lower
them,
we
will
be
able
to
reduce
fatalities
and
injuries
for
people
on
our
streets,
so
the
relationship
is
very
strong
at
lower
speeds.
It's
really
about
distance
and
your
ability
to
see
what
is
on
the
sides
of
the
streets
at
10
to
15
miles
an
hour,
stopping
distance
and
crash
versus
low,
because
your
peripheral
vision
remains
very
high,
move
to
20
to
25
miles
an
hour.
F
F
F
Our
ability
to
control
local
speed
limits
in
an
effort
to
reduce
the
speed
limits
so
that
we
can
eliminate
death.
An
injury
is
very
important
to
us
as
a
city,
because
it
supports
our
overall
quality
of
life,
and
so
many
of
the
goals
that
we
have
primarily
people
feeling
safe
and
secure
to
move
around
their
city,
so
I'm
very
supportive
and
very
grateful
to
the
IGR
team
who
have
drafted
the
recommendation
to
you.
I
can
stand
for
any
questions
or
turn
it
back
to
Melissa
any
of
the
technical
items.
If
you'd
like
to
ask.
D
Think
a
manager,
yeah
I,
fully
support
this
effort.
I
have
to
say
that
as
I
you
know
meet
my
meet
with
my
constituents.
The
most
frequent
complaint
that
I
get
honestly
truly.
Is
people
speeding,
you
know
on
residential
streets
and
it
just
drives
people
crazy.
Having
said
that,
this
will
have
very
little
effect.
We
don't
work
with
the
police
department
to
actually
give
tickets
to
people,
and
we
have.
The
police
department
has
disbanded
their
Traffic,
Unit
and
I'd
be
interested
to
see
before
we
go
over
to
the
legislature.
C
You,
madam
chair
and
I,
just
wanted
to
echo
that
sentiment
too.
Around
enforcement.
It's
a
huge
issue
in
my
ward
as
well.
We
have
lots
of
speeding
lots
of
failure
to
stop
at
stop
signs.
It's
a
huge
issue
and
we've
even
had
on
one
day
we
were
having
selective
enforcement
out
at
one
of
our
problem.
Stop
sign
areas.
In
the
afternoon,
selective
enforcement
was
going
out
there
in
the
morning
a
pregnant
woman
was
hit
by
a
car
that
decided
not
to
stop
at
the
stop
sign.
C
Fortunately
she's,
okay
and
her
baby's
okay
as
well,
but
this
is
just
a
constant
issue
and
I
think
one
of
the
problems
is
and
I
brought
this
up
to
residences.
I
cannot
remember
the
last
time
I
have
personally
seen
somebody
pulled
over
within
city
limits,
for
speeding,
and
so
part
of
it
is
a
lack
of
enforcement.
I
think
makes
people
not
appreciate
the
speed
limit
as
much
as
they
might
otherwise,
if
they
did
see
some
visibility
of
enforcement
and
look
over
to
st.
C
Paul
and
what
they're
doing
and
they
actually
have
media
campaigns
over
there
and
I
understand
you're,
not
the
police
department,
so
I'm,
just
speaking
out
loud
here
and
I,
appreciate
that,
but
over
in
st.
Paul
I
know,
for
instance,
they
do
a
big
campaign
around
crosswalk
safety.
So
that's
something
I
would
like
to
see
here
and
have
communicators
weld
our
MPD
leadership,
and
hopefully
we
can
have
some
of
that
happening.
Madam.
F
Chair
if
I
might
respond
very
briefly,
I've
convened
a
multidisciplinary
team
to
address
safety
on
our
streets,
and
it
includes
a
member
of
the
police
department.
We
meet
monthly
and
we
have
been
talking
about
our
need
to
coordinate.
We've
also
been
talking
about
our
need
for
media
and
campaigning.
We've
also
been
talking
about
design
strategies,
as
well
as
the
health
benefits.
So
I
would
be
happy
to
bring
this
back
to
that
multidisciplinary
team
so
that
we
can
talk
about
it
with
our
PD
Thank.
C
A
D
You
I'm
sure
in
I,
guess
you
know
one
of
the
things
we
have
these
speedwagon's
that
we
put
out
at
times
and
some
of
them,
if
I'm,
if
memory
serves
me
right,
can
actually
give
you
a
report
as
to
how
many
times
or
what
the
average
speed
is,
and
you
know
we've
done
that
testing
on
our
roads,
obvious,
obviously
to
where
we
look
at
the
posted
speeds
and
how
often
people
violate
them
and
that
kind
of
thing
I'd
be
interested.
You
know
and
again
as
part
of
the
overall
look
at
this.
D
G
Thank
you,
I
just
wanted
to
ask
I
get
a
lot
of
complaints,
especially
around
Franklin
Avenue.
It's
a
county
road
as
well.
So
is
there
coordination
with
the
county
in
terms
of
this
reducing
speed
and,
and
also
you
know,
I
would
like
to
commend
both
my
colleagues
President
Johnson
and
council
member
Johnson.
With
regards
to
more
you
know,
enforcement
I
don't
see
that
happening
as
well
as
well
as
education
as
well
the
importance
of
making
sure
that
we
reduce
speed
but
around
you
know
the
large
therapist
Hennepin
County.
F
A
Yeah
so
I'm
glad
to
hear
that
my
colleagues
are
all
very
interested
in
this
topic.
This
hasn't
yet
come
to
the
transportation
Public
Works
Committee,
even
though
there
have
been
members
of
that
committee,
including
myself
and
councilmember
Reich,
who
chairs
it,
but
in
other
council
members
as
well,
who
have
been
part
of
kind
of
an
initial
meeting
that
included
many
internal
city
stakeholders
to
kind
of
say.
How
can
we
move
forward
on
some
efforts
that
would
better
protect
pedestrians,
I
think
that's
kind
of
maybe
the
better
way
to
say
it.
The
city
of
st.
A
Paul,
miss
Hutchinson
and
I
met
with
council
president
stark
and
Kathy
Lantry.
The
public
works
director
there
some
months
ago
just
to
to
talk
in
a
very
high-level
way
about
our
similar
interests,
including
whether
we
could
get
some
local
approval
or
approval
from
the
state
that
would
allow
us
to
better
consider
these
residential
speed
limit
and
we
think
it
is
something
that
there
is
interest
from
communities
around
the
state
and
we
need
this
change
in
our
policies.
A
That
really
allow
us
to
kind
of
be
part
of
those
discussions
and
advocate
this
as
a
position
and
Tennessee
is
this
the
year
to
move
this
forward
at
the
legislature
or
kind
of
how
that
strategy
continues
to
move
forward.
So
this
is
really
just
the
start
of
that.
I
will
say
just
even
kind
of
hearing
the
variety
of
comments
from
Council
members
I
mean
it
just
speaks
to.
This
is
a
really
big
effort.