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From YouTube: May 26, 2017 Minneapolis City Council
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Minneapolis City Council Meeting
A
Good
morning
and
welcome
to
this
regularly
scheduled
meeting
in
the
Minneapolis
City
Council
I
apologize
for
the
delay.
We've
got
some
important
business,
we're
just
trying
to
finish
things
up
before
we
again.
My
name
is
Barbara
Johnson
I
am
a
city
council
president,
and
before
we
do
our
council
meetings,
we
frequently
have
the
opportunity
to
recognize
important
events
that
are
going
on
or
people
in
our
community
and
this
morning,
we're
going
to
follow
up
on
a
resolution
that
we
passed
I.
A
B
Thank
you
very
much:
Madam
President
I'm
John
Quincy,
Minneapolis,
City
Council
member
for
the
11th
Ward
and
I'm
delighted
to
be
authoring.
This
resolution,
our
annual
declaration
of
June
as
2017,
lesbian,
gay,
bisexual
and
transgender
Pride
Month.
So
but
before
I,
do
that
I
wondered
if
I
could
ask
my
colleagues
to
come
down
I
think
they
know
where
the
order
they're
supposed
to
stand
in
it
should
make
sense
when
it
happens.
Of
course,
there's
people
that
have
gone.
B
Right
I'm
going
to
present
this
resolution
to
you
guys,
dot,
Amy
and
then
I'll
read
the
resolution
and
invite
you
to
make
some
remarks
and
we
should
be
all
good
I'm.
Look
at
everybody's
purpling
out
he's
going
prints;
okay,
whereas
he
apps
Quincy's
idea.
Whereas
Minneapolis
was
the
first
city
of
the
state
of
Minnesota,
prohibit
discrimination
on
the
basis
of
sexual
orientation,
gender
identity
and
expression.
A
position
subsequently
adopted
by
numerous
Minnesota
cities
and
the
state
itself.
B
Our
legislative
delegation,
numerous
advocacy
organizations,
has
long
advocated
for
the
2014
passage
of
the
safe
in
support
of
Minnesota
Schools
Act,
providing
a
clear
definition
of
bullying,
listing
nineteen
categories
of
students,
often
singled
out
for
bullying
and
a
creation
of
a
school
Climate,
Center
and
council,
to
provide
up-to-date,
anti-bullying
research
to
school
districts,
school
districts
and
focuses
on
bullying
prevention.
Whereas
the
city
of
Minneapolis
is
transgender
issues.
B
Workgroup
was
established
in
2014
and
has
hosted
the
annual
Minneapolis
trans
equity
summit
since
then,
and
to
support
and
continue
to
raise
awareness
of
the
social,
legal,
health,
employment
and
other
issues
critical
for
the
transgender
community.
Whereas
in
February
of
2017,
this
council
approved
the
creation
of
the
transgender
equity
council
and
was
intended
to
serve
as
an
advisory
board
to
the
city,
Minneapolis
Park
and
Recreation
Board
on
matters
of
importance
to
the
transgender
community,
whereas
Minneapolis
has
a
thriving
lesbian,
gay
bi
check
the
bisexual
and
transgender
community
sustaining
and
stained
by.
B
So
many
welcoming
organizations,
places
of
worship,
businesses,
neighborhoods
schools,
events
and
more
and
whereas
Minneapolis
is
benefited
from
the
service
and
talents
of
numerous
LGBTQ
elected
officials
on
the
City
Council,
the
Park
and
Recreation
Board,
the
board
of
estimate
and
Taxation
and
in
both
the
Minnesota
House
and
Senate,
as
well
as
countless
appointed
officials,
city
employees
and
whereas
Minneapolis
annually
plays
host
to
the
Twin
Cities
LGBT
Pride
celebration.
The
city's
largest
outdoor
festival,
in
which
Loring
Park
is
transformed
into
a
forum
for
celebrating
LGBT
Pride
and
those
including
allies
who
work
for
it.
B
Now,
therefore,
it
be
it
resolved
by
the
City
Councilman
city
of
Minneapolis
that
June
2017
is
hereby
declared
lesbian,
gay,
bisexual
and
transgender
Pride
Month
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis
and
that
residents
visitors
are
encouraged
to
participate
in
the
numerous
activities.
Celebrating
LGBT
Pride
Month
in
the
city
and
in
the
ongoing
work
of
leading
Minnesota
towards
full
LGBT
equality,
be
it
further
resolved
at
the
35w
bridge,
be
lighted
in
red
orange,
yellow,
get
it
we're
all
playing
along
green,
blue
and
purple
on
June,
23rd
and
24th
of
2017
graduations.
Thank
you.
B
D
Thanks
so
much
President,
Johnson,
councilmember
Quincy
and
the
entire
council
for
playing
along
today.
Thank
you,
as
mentioned,
2017
marks.
Actually
the
45th
anniversary
of
Twin
Cities
pride,
starting
as
a
protest
march
in
1972
hood
city's
project
has
evolved
into
both
the
largest
are
both
the
premier
LGBTQ
event.
In
the
largest
event
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
We
totally
appreciate
the
support
of
the
city
and
look
forward
to
this
year's
events.
D
We
applaud
the
creation
of
the
transgender
equity
council
and
look
forward
to
working
with
the
city
on
future
endeavors,
leading
to
full
equality
for
the
LGBT
community
in
our
city,
Twin
Cities
pride
is
leading
the
Equality
March
on
June
11th
in
the
city
of
st.
Paul,
ok,
and
we
invite
all
of
you
to
participate
in
this
important
equality
statement.
Thank
you
for
your
support
of
Twin
Cities
Pride
and
the
entire
LGBTQ
community.
A
G
A
A
A
J
A
E
J
K
A
E
You,
madam
president,
the
community
development
regulatory
services
committee
is
bringing
forward
18
items
for
approval
this
morning.
Items
1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
&
8
are
all
land
sales
I'll
note
all
of
them
on
the
north
side
and
almost
all
for
home
ownership
item
number
9
is
a
bond.
Reissuance
10
is
preserving
affordable
home
ownership
at
the
wellington.
Condominiums
11
are
the
regular
liquor
business
and
gambling
license
applications.
12
is
a
business
license
settlement
conditions.
13
is
an
application
for
you
that
works
competitive
grant
process.
E
14
is
our
labor
reentry
program
grant
partnership
application
item.
15
is
a
project
authorization
analysis
for
a
housing,
Improvement
Districts
for
the
condos
at
Blaisdell,
2500
Blaisdell
item
16
is
a
Tod
grant
application
item.
17
are
our
affordable
housing,
trust
fund,
RFP
and
item
18?
Is
the
license
settlement
conference
recommendation
for
Cir
DEQ's
with
that
I'll
move
all
items
1
through
18
for
approval
this
morning.
A
H
Item
17
is
the
affordable
housing.
Trust
fund
request
for
proposals
and
I
wanted
to
make
some
remarks
on
one
piece
of
that
which
was
directing
staff
to
return
to
the
committee
in
early
June,
with
a
proposal
to
consider
additional
gap
funding
for
projects
that
are
currently
pipeline
as
a
result
of
federal
tax,
credit
market
issues,
and
so
I
wanted
to
say
thank
you
to
the
committee
for
bringing
that
forward.
I
actually
want
to
say
special.
Thank
you
to
come
from
a
FRA
that
I
understand.
He
was
really
raising
this
issue.
H
Some
of
the
projects
that
right
now
need
some
assistance
in
moving
forward
include
Great,
River
Landing
and
a
project
in
my
ward,
which
has
been
in
the
works
for
some
time,
which
is
a
affordable
housing
project
for
Sebastian,
II,
Senior
Center,
so
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
committee.
This
is
an
important
issue
to
confront
and
we
need
to
consider
what's
the
best
use
of
public
dollars
and
how
they
support
these
projects
and
what's
the
right
amount
of
subsidy.
H
I
also
wanted
to
just
comment
on
some
of
the
changes
that
were
made
to
the
affordable
housing
trust
fund
request
for
proposals,
because
they
are
significant
and
important
changes.
One
of
the
items
is
to
extend
the
period
of
the
loan
term
requiring
affordability
to
30
years
previously.
This
was
a
15
year
commitment.
So
again,
you
know
I've
now
been
on
a
council
almost
twelve
years.
H
You
see
how
quickly
that
period
of
15
years
passes
and
if
we
are
putting
subsidy
into
public
projects,
we
need
to
understand
how
we're
getting
a
commitment
that
really
matches
the
subsidy.
There
are
other
things
in
here
that
are
new
cost
containment
measures.
For
these
projects,
those
are
also
really
important
and
significant.
So
thank
you
to
the
committee
led
by
come
from
every
government.
Who's
worked
on
these
issues
for
a
very
long
time,
but
all
the
committee
members
were
working
on
both
this
proposal,
which
makes
significant
changes
at
an
important
time
in
our
cities.
K
You,
madam
president,
council
vice
president
Glynn
I,
think
hit
the
nail
on
the
head
with
respect
to
these
affordable
housing
dollars.
I
want
to
thank
councilmember
Goodman,
as
well
as
staff
for
making
some
of
these
changes,
and
we
know
that
we're
losing
affordable
housing
right
now
and
a
big
part
of
that
is
when
we
give
a
subsidy
out.
It
goes
comes
along
with
the
requirement
that
it
remain
affordable
for
a
certain
number
of
years,
and
usually
that's
fifteen
or
twenty,
but
in
after
that
fifteen
or
twenty
is
up.
K
The
properties
can
be
flipped
back
to
market
rate
and
we're
on
this
revolving
treadmill
of
losing
affordable
housing,
while
we're
just
trying
to
keep
up-
and
we
are
most
definitely
falling
behind
you
know
and
simultaneously
in
terms
of
the
funding
we're
losing
these
four
percent.
Nine
percent
low
income
tax
credits
from
the
state,
or
at
least
that's
the
proposal-
that's
out
there
we're
losing
CDBG
Community
Development,
Block
Grant,
funding
from
the
federal
government
and
the
city
is
going
to
have
to
step
up
now.
K
A
J
J
A
H
A
L
You,
madam
president,
today
we
have
three
items
for
approval.
Recital
is
a
gift
acceptance
after
travel
related
costs
from
the
wide
route;
12
national
security.
Complex
second
item
is
a
contract
amendment
with
SMG
for
Minneapolis
PD
to
provide
bicycle
police
in
the
neighborhood
adjacent,
a
US,
Bank
Stadium,
and
the
third
item
is
a
contract
amendment
which
Sogeti
USA
LLC
for
workforce
director
software
supports
and
I
will
move
all
three
items
for
approval
council.
A
M
H
M
Thank
you,
madam
chair
there's
20
items
for
approval
today
from
transportation
and
Public
Works.
The
first
is
the
pen
Oliver
concrete,
Street
rehab
program.
The
second
is
a
Memorandum
of
Understanding
with
Mississippi
watershed
management.
Organizations,
three
is
about
mattress
collection
in
our
recycling
agreement
or
is
a
MnDOT
partnership.
M
Item
number
five
works
on
our
open,
selects
our
open
streets
for
the
next
couple
of
years.
Item
number:
six:
is
a
water
purchase
agreement
with
the
city
of
Bloomington.
Item
number:
seven
is
a
bridge
project,
a
contract
amendment.
The
next
two
items
are
about
Northern
Lights,
Express,
a
strength
powers
agreement
in
an
environmental
assessment.
M
There
are
three
assessment:
adjustments
for
water
service
lines,
the
Nicollet
Mall
reconstruction
project
and
fourth
Street
southeast
there's
a
vacated
alley
fail
to
Minneapolis
Public
Schools,
there's
the
26th
Street
East
and
20th
Street
protected
bikeways
variance,
request
from
MSA
standards,
there's
61st
Street
from
Glendale
to
Nicollet
Street
reconstruction
layout
approval.
There
are
then
several
three
bids
for
various
parking
ramps,
communications
and
storm
sewer
projects.
M
A
A
A
B
Thank
you,
madam
president,
ways
and
means
bring
forward
12
items
for
your
consideration.
This
morning.
The
first
item
I'm
going
to
amend
the
committee's
report
and
ask
for
a
postponement
of
one
cycle
at
Council
on
that
item.
Number
one
item
number
two:
is
the
legal
settlement
with
Christopher
dagger
item
number:
three
is
a
contract
amendment
with
messenger
construction
at
the
Minneapolis
Convention
Center
and
four
is
the
gift
acceptance
and
donations
under
$15,000
for
April
of
17:5
is
acquisition
of
condemnation
of
two
properties
for
Eastside
storage
and
maintenance
facility
item
number.
Six?
B
Is
the
employee
life
and
disability
insurance
and
leave
management,
administration,
RFP
and
number
seven
is
the
contractor
men
with
autumn
on
for
practice
manager
software
support
maintenance.
We
also
have
a
contract
amendment
with
sierra
cedar
for
peoplesoft
module
implementation
item.
Number.
Nine
is
the
2017
housing
opportunities
person
with
AIDS
request
for
proposals.
Number
10
is
the
2017,
an
eighteen
non-represented
employees,
salary
schedule.
We
also
have
the
politically
appointed
salary
schedule
as
item
11
item
number
12.
A
G
G
Our
conditional
use
permit
item
number
two
is
approving
a
rezoning
at
Minnehaha
crossing
from
C
1
to
C
3s
and
retaining
the
pedestrian
oriented
overlay
district
item
number
3
is
approving
an
application
for
a
comprehensive
plan.
Amendment
that
would
allow
for
development
at
Malcolm
yards
and
item
number
4
is
an
alley
vacation
for
the
project
at
4:19,
Washington,
Avenue,
North
and
I
will
move
items
one
through
four
Madam
President
I
would
just
make
a
brief
comment
on
item
number
three
at
Lenin.
G
You,
madam
president,
this
item
is
the
first
step
to
allows
for
rezoning
for
development
within
the
southeast
Minneapolis
industrial
employment
district.
We
had
a
very
long
discussion
about
this
at
the
Planning
Commission,
so
I
just
wanted
to
acknowledge
that
and
also
say
that
any
proposal
for
development
here
would
have
to
come
back
through
for
the
rezoning
and
all
of
the
land
use
applications
that
would
be
related
to
a
development.
G
A
H
A
Hives
that
report
us
about
that.
Next,
we
have
the
notice
of
ordinance
introductions.
The
first
is
an
item.
Councilmember
Goodman
gives
notice
of
intent
to
introduce
it
at
the
next
regular
meeting.
The
City
Council,
the
subject
matter
of
northerns
mending
the
code
relating
to
housing
to
add
provisions
requiring
advance
notice
of
sale
of
multi,
multiple
family
rental
dwellings.
That
notice
was
given
councilman
Goodman.
E
I'll
also
note:
this
is
the
first
step
of
many
requiring
advance
notice
to
the
sale
of
naturally
occurring
affordable
housing
projects
to
the
city,
but
then
also
digging
into
the
notice
that
would
be
given
to
tenants
when
that
happens,
and
what
the
regulations
would
be
surrounding
that
I
have
had
an
opportunity
to
talk
to
councilmember
bender
about
it
as
well,
so
we're
making
this
introduction
today
with
the
goal
of
trying
to
get
this
work.
You
know
done
in
the
next
six
months
range.
So
just
one
note
that
council.
H
I
E
G
Thank
you,
madam
president.
I
just
want
to
thank
every
good
roofer
bringing
this
forward.
We
had
a
very
profile
situation
in
my
ward
and
but
it's
one
of
many
where
property
has
changed
hands
and
then
rents
have
gone
up
significantly,
and
this
is
one
piece
of
many
solutions
that
we're
all
talking
about
and
thinking
about.
We've
also
been
working
with
the
chair,
the
city,
chair
and
council
vice
president
and
others
to
plan
for
a
study
session
in
July.
G
So,
as
you
can
get
more
of
a
public
discussion
going
of
all
of
the
work
that
our
staff
and
all
the
various
council
members
are
doing
around
this
issue
of
rising
rents
and
displacement
in
our
city.
So
this
is
one
of
the
many
sets
then
again
very
thankful
to
councilmember
Goodman
for
taking
the
lead
on
this
of
the
chair
of
the
committee
that
the
work
will
go
through.
E
You
venture
I
just
wanted
the
more
fully
respond
to
councilmember
Cano.
It's
the
notice
of
intent
is
essentially
to
give
preservation
minded
buyers
the
opportunity
to
come
in.
So
it's
not
a
requirement
of
a
right
of
first
refusal.
It's
a
notice
to
the
city
so
that
we
can
reach
out
to
preservation
minded
buyers,
along
with
the
funding
that
we
have
set
aside
and
encourage
them
to
buy
these
properties.
So
it
is
essentially
giving
us
an
opportunity
to
intervene.
That's
one
piece
of
it.
E
The
second
piece
is
giving
us
an
opportunity
to
intervene
on
behalf
of
tenants
to
make
sure
that
they
know
what
is
going
to
happen
when
a
building
is
sold.
So
it's
not
the
traditional
right
of
first
refusal,
type
of
thing.
It's
a
little
bit
more
nuanced.
That
gives
us
notice
to
give
us
the
opportunity
to
find
a
friendly
buyer.
A
Further
discussion
on
the
item
that
notice
is
given,
and
next
week,
Notice
of
Intent
by
councilmember
Goodman
councilmember
right
to
introduce,
at
the
next
meeting
of
the
City
Council
the
subject
matter
of
an
ordinance
amending
the
code
relating
to
liquor
and
beer
amending
various
provisions
relating
to
temporary
license
licenses
for
events.
That
notice
is
given.
A
Next,
we
have
councilmember
FRA,
giving
notice
of
intent
to
introduce
at
the
next
meeting
of
the
City
Council
the
subject
matter
of
an
ordinance
amending
the
code
relating
to
short-term
rentals
maintenance
code
amending
and
adding
provisions
related
to
the
regulation
of
short-term
rentals.
That
notice
is
given.
They
also
have
councilmember
cry,
giving
notice
of
intent
to
introduce
at
the
next
meeting
of
the
City
Council
the
subject
matter
of
an
ordinance
amending
the
code
relating
to
again
license
and
business
regulations,
short
term
rental
service
provider,
adding
a
new
chapter
that
notice
is
given.
A
A
Next,
we
have
a
was
amended
on
the
agenda.
Councilmember
Gordon
and
ender
give
notice
of
intent
to
introduce
at
the
next
meeting
of
the
City
Council
the
subject
matter
of
ordinance
amending
the
code
relating
to
tobacco,
amending
regulations
to
the
sale
relating
to
the
sale
of
tobacco.
That
notice
is
given
under
the
introduction
and
referral
calendar.
A
We
have
the
municipal
wage
ordinance
and
that
is
a
motion
by
councilmember
Glidden
to
introduce
the
subject
matter
of
an
ordinance
amending
the
code
relating
to
administration,
workplace
regulations
for
first
reading
and
referral
to
the
committee
of
the
whole
for
public
hearing
that
we
held
June
22nd
at
2017
at
3:30
p.m.
adding
a
new
article
for
entitled
municipal
minimum
wage
and
unanimous
consent
is
required
for
that.
Councilmember
Clinton.
H
K
H
Conversation
but
I
just
wanted
to
note.
This
is
one
where
my
belief
is.
There
are
several
council
members
who
have
done
significant
work
already
on
minimum
wage
who
will
want
to
be
co-authors
and
because
of
our
open
meetings
process.
We're
asking
council
members
to
contact
the
court
to
ensure
their
names
are
properly
on
as
co-authors
of
the
of
the
ordinance
I
know.
Several
others
have
several
have
already
done.
So
thank.
A
You
that
motion
requires
a
unanimous
consent
this
morning,
so
any
further
discussion,
seeing
none
all
in
approval,
say
aye
aye
opposed
that
carries
next.
We
have
under
resolutions
honorary
resolution
for
Timothy
dial,
who
is
retiring.
We
had
a
lovely
ceremony
for
him
and
fun
ceremony.
Any
discussion
on
that
resolution,
seeing
none
all
in
approval,
say:
aye
aye
opposed.
There
carries
under
motions,
we
have
a
municipal
minimum
wage
ordinance
and
its
motion
at
this
time
by
constant
good
and
cano
Gordon
and
Bender,
with
the
staff
direction,
so
I
mean
turn
it
over
to
councilmember
glidden's.
A
H
You,
madam
chair
I,
will
go
over
what
is
in
the
motion.
If
I
might
also
have
some
latitude
to
maybe
give
a
little
bit
of
background,
and
then
my
guess
is,
there
will
be
discussion,
perhaps
several
portions
of
this.
So
this
is
the
motion
that
does
a
few
different
things.
First,
it
sets
a
schedule
of
public
meetings
related
to
consideration
of
a
municipal
minimum
wage
ordinance.
H
Just
for
for
council
members
in
the
public
to
know,
I
I
went
back
and
I
looked
at
the
framework
that
we
utilized
for
the
sick,
leave
ordinance
and
tried
to
do
something
similar
so
that
we've
had
a
good
amount
of
time
to
to
consider
language
and
give
notice
to
the
public
and
so
forth.
As
with
the
sick,
leave
ordinance.
H
I
will
assume
that
this
will
be
something
that
is
highly
covered
in
the
media,
which
you
know
quite
honestly
helps
in
getting
notice
to
the
public,
ensuring
that
people
are
following,
along
with
the
details
of
what
we're
discussing
in
our
public
meetings
in
the
sick
leave
ordinance.
We
had
about
a
month
where
we
fully
devoted
that
period
of
time
to
consideration
of
actual
ordinance
language,
and
so
we
will
set
a
meeting
on
Tuesday
June
6th
at
3
p.m.
H
H
and
continue
until
all
speakers
have
been
satisfied,
and
then
we
have
a
final
meeting
scheduled
to
date,
which
would
be
Wednesday
June
28th
for
the
purpose
of
reviewing
the
ordinance
and
likely
making
further
adjustments
and
amendments
to
that
ordinance
language
during
that
meeting
to
discuss
the
ordinance
again.
This
follows
pretty
closely
what
we
did
for
our
sick
leave
ordinance.
H
Next,
we
have
some
I
have
drafted
some
direction
to
be
given
to
our
staff
to
help
them
in
creating
a
minimum
wage
ordinance
which
they
will
then
create
to
us
and
I'll
say
that
some
items
are
very
clear
and
some
items
are
not
so
clear
and
I'll
just
note
that
we
have
not
had
a
full
opportunity
for
public
discussion.
The
council
members-
and
this
is
why
there
are
some
pieces
that
just
there
is
more
flexibility
in
my
guesses.
H
I'll
read
through
the
recommendations
and
I
will
note
that
they
very
closely
follow
the
recommendations
that
came
from
the
staff
report
and
again,
this
is
to
give
us
a
place
to
work
from,
and
we
will
then
be
able
to
get
further
comments
from
Council
members
on
how
they
might
want
to
adjust
those
elements.
They
are
a
consistent
with
state
law.
The
ordinance
shall
apply
to
anyone
who
works
in
Minneapolis
for
any
amount
of
time
be
setting
a
universal
wage
level
of
15
to
the
index.
H
To
inflation
after
the
initial
target
wage
is
met,
see
all
workers
are
subject
to
minimum
wage,
regardless
of
tips
consistent
with
state
policy
d.
A
training
wage
may
be
paid
to
youth
up
to
the
age
of
20
years
for
no
more
than
90
days
consistent
with
current
state
law,
II
a
tiered
phase-in
period
that
reaches
a
maximum
wage
of
15
years
after
the
ordinance
is
adopted
for
large
businesses
in
a
longer
period
for
small
businesses.
K
H
A
couple
comments
on
this
one
is
that
the
staff
report
did
not
identify
a
specific
wage
level,
so
this
or
this
staff
direction
does
do
that
and
identifies
15
as
being
the
level
within
which
we
are
asking
staff
to
target
the
the
minimum
wage.
The
other
item
I
just
want
to
call
out,
is
the
the
tiered
phase-in
period
again.
I
feel
like
this
is
the
one
that
just
council
members
will
will
have
the
most
input
and
desire
to
shape
this
more
the
as
it's
written
right
now.
H
There
is
a
lot
of
flexibility,
but
folks
may
say
this
is
not
enough
flexibility,
so
we'll
see
what
the
reaction
is
right
now.
This
does
not
identify
how
many
tears
this
does
not
yet
identify.
What
is
what
we
consider
large
versus
small.
All
of
those
are
very
important,
significant
questions,
and
so
we
will
be
asking
our
staff
to
assist
us.
They
have
already
done
a
significant
amount
of
work
to
look
at
what
has
happened
around
the
country.
H
Finally,
there
were
these
additional
staff
recommendations,
which
is
the
final
part
of
the
staff
direction
here,
and
they
include
a
funding,
a
regular
review
of
the
minimum
wage
ordinance,
including
an
annual
evaluation
of
the
impact
on
the
local
economy
and
an
examination
of
how
the
policy
implementation
specifically
impacts,
tax
receipts
wages
and
the
unemployment
rates
of
Minneapolis
workers.
This
is
one
where
I'm
not
clear
today
whether
this
is
something
that
we
want
some
reference
to
in
the
ordinance
or
not.
H
We
need
further
discussion
with
our
staff
and
then
finally
identifying
ways
to
support
businesses
and
smaller
businesses.
In
particular,
we
had
a
little
bit
of
an
update
from
ms
rivera
van
der
Meyde
at
Arkham,
a
the
whole
meeting
and
are
anticipating
a
more
fulsome
report
on
that
coming
forth,
and
that's
one
to
two
months
as
I
understand.
So
that's
a
bit
of
explanation
on
this
and
looks
like
we
have
a
whole
lineup
of
council
members
ready
to
speak
or
ask
questions.
Councilmember,
Tom's,
President
Johnson
see
so.
A
J
You
very
much
and
I
really
appreciate
all
the
thought
and
effort
that
went
into
the
staff
direction,
I,
think
you
or
you
or
we
or
everyone
who's
worked
on.
It
has
come
up
with
something
that
is
very
close
and
very
workable.
I
would
like
to
make
an
amendment
to
it
is
you
should
have
this
before
you
assume
we're
passing
it
out.
So
I
would
move
to
amend,
item
2
e
to
delete
the
five
years
and
replace
it
with
four
years
so
that
it
would
read
a
tiered
patient
period.
It
reaches
a
maximum
wage
of
$15.
J
J
I
noticed
the
last
a
fraction
says
I
like
that.
The
ordinance
is
adopted,
so
we
can
stick
with
that
language
if
we
want,
if
I
get
a
second.
Maybe
I
can
speak
to
that.
Second,
all
right,
I
think
he's
got
I'll
just
speak
to
briefly,
and
maybe
others
want
to
as
well,
but
I
think
we
first
started
talking
about
$15
as
a
minimum.
Wage
must
have
been
about
four
or
five
years
ago
and
I
think
the
number
15
resonated
with
people
because
it
seemed
like
that
was
a
living
wage.
J
But
what
we
learned
yesterday
is
that
actually
right
now,
15
25
is
a
living
wage
for
a
single
person.
So
then
we
the
longer
we
wait
the
harder
it's
going
to
be
for
people
to
get
closer
to
that
living
wage
that
we
want
to
get
I
also
know
the
staff
report
in
the
staff
recommendation.
They
they
said
that
we
should,
at.
J
It
in
over
four
years
and
I
think
we
should
start
from
that
position
and
we
should
go
for
the
four-year
adoption.
Even
if
we
do
that
in
four
years,
when
people
are
making
$15
an
hour
that
won't
be
a
living
wage
because
the
cost
of
living
is
going
to
keep
going.
I
also
have
deep
concerns
that
we
aren't
targeting
it
to.
When
we
catch
the
living
wage,
then
we
could
go
on
a
cost
of
living.
I,
think
that
should
be
our
goal,
but
I
understand
that's
a
lot
to
ask
for
right
now.
J
A
A
A
J
E
M
M
F
L
M
F
F
B
K
You,
madam
president,
I
think
I
just
explained
it
so
I'm
adding
two
pieces,
one
I'm,
adding
an
ER
to
the
end
of
small,
it's
smaller
businesses
and
then
adding
following
the
comma,
with
consideration
for
up
to
three
tiers
of
business
size.
It's
which
staff
can
consider
as
clearly
we
need
to
work
out
the
details
on
what
exactly
that
phase
in
is
for
the
smaller
businesses
and
businesses
and
specifically
what
the
business
sizes
are,
but
I
think
it's
important
to
to
allow
that
flexibility.
K
A
G
You,
madam
chair
I,
just
wanted
to
note
that
you
know
I
think
what
we're
doing
today
is
trying
to
get
to
a
starting
point
to
allow
staff
to
bring
us
a
proposal
that
then,
has
all
of
these
important
details
around
the
seizing,
which
is
a
complex
issue.
So
what
are
the
potential
cut
off
sizes
of
big
and
small
businesses?
Do
we
have
two
tiers
or
three
tiers?
What
is
the
pace
at
which
things
are
phased?
G
We
actually
had
quite
a
lot
of
trouble
recruiting
businesses
to
participate
at
the
table,
those
that
have
been
there,
you
know,
have
communicated
specific,
but
sometimes
differing
things
both
to
staff
and
to
council
members
and
again
just
want
to
emphasize
how
much
we
appreciate
that
time,
especially
the
small
businesses
where
owners
are
coming.
You
know
in
the
middle
of
the
day,
where
they're
working
their
own
shifts,
and
so,
if
you
don't
see
the
specific
thing
that
you've
asked
for
here
in
today's
motions,
I
think
that's
still
just
as
the
starting
point.
G
We
still
have
a
long
period
of
discussion
here,
including
a
public
hearing
to
get
to
these
final
details
and
I.
Think
all
of
these
specifics
are
really
going
to
matter
in
terms
of
how
is
it
affecting
workers
and
business
is
so
that's
that
that's
a
kind
of
a
long
way
of
saying,
I
think
again.
Today's
starting
point
think
any.
J
So
I
appreciate
this.
This
amendment
and
I'll
support
it.
I
think
it
just
says
we're
going
to
consider
up
to
three
tiers,
so
I
think
that
indicates
we're
not
interested
in
four
or
five
six
or
seven
I'm,
so
one
two
or
three
and
the
way
it
was
wide
open
before.
Maybe
there
was
an
assumption.
There'd
only
be
one
tier,
but
I
think
this
kind
of
puts
us
in
a
certain
direction,
and
we
know
we
have
some
micro
businesses
that
are
concerned.
J
A
G
You,
madam
chair
I,
just
wanted
to
take
a
moment
to
reflect
on
the
significance
of
today's
sort
of
next
phase
of
beginning
the
final
process
of
passing
a
$15
minimum
wage
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
and
when
we
started
this
a
few
years
ago,
it
was
workers
who
led
the
way,
and
so
we
are
so
thankful
for
all
of
the
time
and
effort
that
folks
who
are
working
with
our
working
community
in
Minneapolis
have
taken
on
this
I.
Think.
G
Sometimes
we
forget
when
we
look
out
in
the
room
that,
behind
all
of
you,
are
70,000
low-wage
workers
who
will
benefit
from
a
$15
minimum
wage
increase,
including
a
woman
that
I
met
with
the
other
day
when
she
was
in
danger
of
being
evicted
from
her
apartment.
And
you
know
that
brought
her
to
City
Hall
for
the
first
time
and
she
hasn't
been
able
to
come
here
to
meet
with
council
members
about
raising
the
wage.
G
But
this
law,
when
we
passed
it,
will
have
a
direct
impact
on
her
ability
to
pay
rent
to
send
her
daughter
to
college
who
will
be
starting
at
the
University
of
Minnesota
in
the
fall.
You
know
and
she's
right
now,
looking
for
a
second
job
to
help
pay
for
all
of
her
bills,
as
well
as
her
daughter's
future
and
when
I
told
her
that
we
were
getting
ready
to
raise
the
wage
to
$15
an
hour.
G
It
made
her
really
happy
and
that's
who
you
are
all
here,
representing
tens
and
tens
of
thousands
of
workers
standing
behind
you.
Today
we
are
working
to
raise
the
floor
for
workplace
standards
in
our
city.
Our
economy
has
changed.
We
talked
about
this
a
lot
when
we
were
talking
about,
earn,
safe
and
sick
time
and
start
scheduling.
Tens
of
thousands
of
workers
of
Minneapolis
are
working,
multiple
low-wage
part-time
jobs
and
cannot
make
ends
meet
and
that's
what
today
is
about.
That's.
G
Why
we're
raising
the
minimum
wage
in
Minneapolis,
even
with
all
the
risks
we
think
we're
taking.
You
know
we
may
risk
a
slight
decline
in
job
growth
in
our
city.
We
are
hearing
from
our
business
community
that
we're
putting
stress,
especially
on
our
small
and
local
businesses,
but
the
risk
of
allowing
people
to
live
in
poverty
in
our
city
is
too
great,
not
to
act,
and
that's
why
I
have
been
so
supportive
of
us.
Taking
the
steps
to
raise
the
wage
in
the
city.
I
also
want
to
reflect
on
the
ways
that
cities
are
leading.
G
G
It's
it's
debate.
It's
listening
to
our
constituents.
It's
compromising,
but
I'm
really
proud
of
the
way
that
the
Minneapolis
City
Council
has
been
able
to
work
together
with
each
other
and
them
err
on
this
important
issue
to
bring
this
over
the
finish
line.
Hopefully,
here
in
the
next
month,
councillor
McConnell.
I
So
it's
been
wonderful
to
see
all
that
energy
I
acknowledge
all
the
hard
work
and
the
sacrifice
that
many
of
you
have
put
on
the
table
and
have
pushed
back
against
every
single
challenge
that
we
have
faced
together
both
on
this
Dyess
on
the
streets
in
those
companies
on
those
strike
lines
every
day.
So
I'm
really
happy
to
be
able
to
cast
my
vote
today.
This
is
an
ordinance
that
I
have
been
waiting
to
put
my
name
on
and
and
I
can't
wait
to
see
what
we
do
next.
So
thank
you
for
being
here.
H
H
We
have
elected
officials
that
are
following
the
lead
of
community,
which
has
shown
through
gathering
signatures
on
a
petition
through
opinion
polls
through
rallies
and
all
sorts
of
efforts
over
years
and
years
and
years
that
this
is
something
the
public
is
demanding,
but
it's
not
just
a
Minneapolis
I
mean
this
is
what's
happening
nationally.
Is
that
these
efforts
to
find
ways
to
raise
the
wage,
whether
it's
at
the
city
level
or
at
the
state
level,
are
wildly
popular?
H
Wage
stagnation
is
real
and
it
has
a
real
cop,
I
think
kind
of
back
to.
Whenever
was
some
of
the
first
times
that
I
had
partnered
with
a
tool
and
some
of
their
organizing
efforts
to
learn
more
about
the
experiences
of
those
workers
and
the
stories
they
were
telling
were
not
even
about
wage
stagnation,
it
was
about
wages
decreasing.
So
this
is
the
reality
that
is
happening
in
many
industries,
and
it
is
a
pressure
that
is
finding
its
way
to
really
harm
working
people.
H
There's
impact
to
raising
the
wage
I
just
feel
as
well.
I
want
to
acknowledge
that
there's
impacts
to
workers
if
it
doesn't
happen-
or
it
doesn't
happen
fast
enough
and
there
are
impacts
to
business
if
we
are
not
careful
and
how
we
work
and
partner
and
make
sure
that
we
are
listening
to
what
are
some
of
those
impacts
and
that
we
are
stepping
carefully.
H
They
expect
us
to
both
have
reasoned
and
respectful
debate,
but
in
the
end,
to
come
up
with
a
product
and
in
pass
laws
that
benefit
our
economy
and
and
benefit
the
people
in
our
city.
And
that's
what
I
think
we're
marching
towards
I
want
to
thank
again.
Everyone
who's,
helped
us
get
to
this
space.
I'll
just
remind
us.
K
You,
madam
president,
this
conversation
started
a
couple
years
ago:
it's
moved
through
several
phases,
from
staff
directions,
to
studies,
to
RFPs,
to
a
ballot
initiative
and
now
I
think
we're
moving
forward
to
do
this
thoughtfully
reasonably
and
functionally,
and
you
know,
as
is
noted
in
the
staff
direction,
we
are
going
to
be
accounting
for
small
and
local
businesses.
We
are
going
to
be
accounting
for
possibly
even
mid-sized
businesses
as
well.
You
know
this
is
not.
This
is
not
an
all-or-nothing
approach.
K
G
C
Thank
you
very
much,
madam
president,
and
thank
you
everybody
who
is
here
today
and
for
letting
me
speak
in
your
meeting.
I
won't
be
voting
today,
of
course,
but
I
am
grateful
to
be
part
of
the
conversation.
I
am
grateful
to
all
the
folks
who
are
here
all
the
folks
who
came
to
the
listening
sessions,
everybody
who
has
spoken
up
and
out
over
time
about
what
they
believe,
what
they
think
and
what
they
prefer
and
as
the
city
moves
forward
on
an
increase
in
the
minimum
wage.
There
have
been
three
main
levers
at
issue.
C
One
is
what
is
the
amount
of
the
minimum
wage
increase
and
there
there
came
to
be
some
clear
consensus
around
15.
One
is
whether
or
not
tipped
workers
would
be
included,
and
there
came
to
be
some
consensus
about
one
fair
wage
and
the
final
lever.
That
is,
you
know.
One
of
the
big
levers
that
we
have
is
how
long
is
the
runway
to
the
build
up
for
until
15
and
I?
Think
there's
been
discussion
here
today,
as
councilmember
bender
pointed
out
that
conversation
is
not
over
I.
C
A
I
A
Continued
on
and
under
new
business
we
have
the
2017
State
of
the
City
address
and
it's
the
motion
to
receive
and
file
the
2017
State
of
the
City
address
by
Mayor
Hodges.
It's
been
moved
to
zero
seconds
struggle.
All
in
approval,
say
aye
aye
opposed
there
carries
next.
We
have
announcements
and
I'm
going
to
make
the
first
announcement
before
a
lot
of
people
leaves
actually
we're
going
to
have
a
we're
going
to
have
a
Belle
concert.
Today.
A
Our
city
Belle's,
which
are
we
have
15
bells
in
the
their
bells
that
can
play
music
they're,
going
to
play
for
one
hour
today
from
12
noon,
to
one
o'clock
to
honor
the
100th
anniversary
of
the
birth
of
President,
John,
F
Kennedy,
and
so
it
is
going
to
be
a
patriotic
concert
as
well
as
some
popular
music.
So
I'd
encourage
people.
They
can
be
heard.
You
know
all
through
the
downtown.
It's
really
very
lovely
and
our
bills
are
a
wonderful
asset
to
our
City
Hall.
A
B
You,
madam
chair
I,
just
wanted
to
alert
folks
of
a
of
another
event
this
weekend
on
behalf
of
councilmember
Reich
I
wanted
to
invite
people
to
participate
in
our
national
gun
violence.
Awareness
Day
we've
declared
June
2nd
to
be
that
day
last
month,
and
we
just
wanted
to
note
that,
as
we
know,
gun
violence
kills
more
than
90
Americans
a
day
and
then
here's
hundreds
more
and
that's
why
June
2nd
is
national
gun,
violence,
Awareness
Day.
B
We
renewed
our
commitment
to
reduce
gun
violence
and
pledged
to
do
a
weekend
to
keep
firearms
out
of
the
wrong
hands
so
that
event
to
celebrate
that
event
is
on
Saturday
June
3rd.
It
begins
at
1:00
p.m.
and
so
we
invite
folks
to
enjoin
Everytown
for
gun
safety
and
moms
demand
action,
as
well
as
other
community
partners
for
gun
violence
prevention
awareness
day
that
will
be
at
Columbia
Park
Northeast
Minneapolis
invite
people
to
wear
orange
for
that
day.
So
I'm
not
going
to
orchestrate
fashion
anymore
this
week,
except
for
wearing
orange
on
June
3rd.
Any.