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From YouTube: January 11, 2017 Committee of the Whole
Description
Minneapolis Committee of the Whole Meeting
A
Good
morning,
I
am
calling
to
order
our
first
Committee
of
the
Whole
meeting
of
the
year.
This
is
our
regularly
scheduled
meeting
of
the
committee
of
the
whole
and
my
name
is
Elizabeth
glidden
I'm,
the
chair
of
this
committee
and
I'm
joined
today
by
council
members,
connell
reich
bender,
andrew
johnson,
fry
and
Palmisano,
and
we
are
a
quorum
of
the
committee
today.
A
We
have
two
public
hearings
and
one
consent.
Item
and
I
am
actually
going
to
go
ahead
and
move
the
consent
item,
which
is
item
number
three.
This
is
regarding
an
information
governance
ordinance.
It
will.
The
action
will
be
referring
to
the
city
clerk,
an
ordinance
amending
title
2
of
the
Minneapolis
code
of
ordinances
relating
to
administration.
Adding
a
new
chapter
41
relating
to
information.
Governance
is
my
understanding.
The
clerk
is
working
with
team,
including
some
other
department
leads,
and
we
will
see
that
coming
forward
later
this
year.
A
So
all
an
approval
of
referring
this
to
the
clerk,
please
say
aye,
aye
opposed
and
that
item
is-
is
approved
and
set.
So
now
we
are
turning
to
the
two
public
hearings
that
we
have
set
for
today.
The
first
is
a
proposed
charter,
amendment
relating
to
the
use
of
premiums
received
in
a
bond
sale,
and
I
am
not
one
hundred
percent
certain
is
mr.
osborne.
Are
you
leading
off
our
presentation?
I
am
I,
don't
know
that
I
got
the
information
on
who
was
doing
it.
I.
B
C
Madame
chair
members
of
the
committee
mark
excuse
me
mark
rough,
the
chief
financial
officer
for
the
city,
this
a
charter
amendment
I,
would
put
into
the
broader
bucket
of
conformance
with
industry,
standards
and
marketplace
for
competitive
on
municipal
bond
issues.
A
bond
premium
is
the
subject
of
this
discussion
on
this
public
hearing.
Just
a
little
background
for
the
council.
You
know,
as
you
know,
financial
markets
are
becoming
more
diverse.
The
types
of
bond
buyers
that
are
out
there
that
purchase
the
city
of
Minneapolis
are
a
variety
of
folks.
C
There
are
individuals,
their
corporations,
their
banks,
in
some
cases,
even
now,
life
insurance
companies
on
and
an
example
of
this
complexity
is
not
just
at
the
bond
market.
But
when
you
go
get
a
home
mortgage,
you
get
lots
of
options.
You
know
that
mortgage
company
or
bank
may
give
you
the
option
of
of
not
putting
any
money
down
they
may
be
able
to.
If
you
have
enough
appraised
value
just
to
wrap
all
the
fees
into
that,
you
may
be
able
to
pay
points.
You
know
your
term.
C
All
of
those
things
are
flexible
these
days
and
in
the
same
way,
most
municipalities
are
trying
to
give
flexibility
to
bond
buyers,
to
try
to
attract
a
broader,
broader
base,
with
very
low
interest
rates
and
because
of
the
way
federal
tax
law
works
and
because
of
because
of
the
way
those
tax
laws
affect
tax
exempt
interest,
which
is
the
majority
of
the
debt
that
we
sell.
Many
bond
buyers
will
pay
a
premium,
and
so
what
this
means
is
we
get
more
money
than
the
power
amount
of
the
bonds?
Okay.
C
This
is
a
relatively
new
phenomenon
over
the
last
10
to
15
years,
and
when
we
get
premium
bids,
we
have
a
third-party
financial
advisor
who
calculates
the
lowest
cost
for
us,
a
true
interest
cost,
which
is
an
industry
standard
as
well.
This
premium
could
be
a
very
large
dollar
amount.
So
if
we
have
a
hundred
million
dollar
bond
issue,
we
could
have
get
a
premium
of
easily
10
to
15
million
dollars
and
so
I
think
this
charter.
Originally
people
said
on
the
off
chance
that
we
got
a
premium
25
years
ago.
C
You
know
somehow
make
their
bid
look
better
by
giving
more
money
up
front,
and
we
didn't
have
the
computer
programs
at
that
time
to
instantaneously
calculate
who
was
the
best
bid,
and
so
there
was
some
question
about.
Was
this
really
the
best
overall
situation
for
the
city?
Now
that's
become
much
more
standardized
across
the
marketplace.
As
I
said,
we
have
that
third
party
who,
who
calculates
that,
for
us.
D
C
This
getting
extra
money
and
having
put
into
the
debt
service
fund
causes
us
complications.
Okay,
so
we
could
reduce
the
size
of
the
issue,
but
we
still
have
some
starter
restrictions
on
how
we
use
that
money
and
we
could
increase
the
first
payment.
But
then
we
lose
money
by
having
a
bunch
of
money
and
a
debt
service
fund
that
we're
paying
interest
on
that
really
not
as
earning
as
much
interest
on,
and
so
the
question
was
is
why
don't
we
just
tell
the
market
not
to
give
us
a
premium
which
we
have
been
doing?
C
Actually,
the
problem
is
we
lose
bidders
okay
and
we
have
less
bidders.
We
have
potentially
higher
interest
rates
and
it's
not
in
the
best
interest
of
the
taxpayers
and
the
rate
payers
for
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
As
I
said,
this
is
a
conformance
to
what
is
more
industry
standards.
Many
of
you
know
that
I
used
to
work
for
a
consulting
company
that
did
this
every
day.
We
did
about
350
bond
issues
a
year
for
on
different
cities,
counties
and
school
districts
in
the
Midwest
area,
and
we
had
these
discussions
on
a
regular
basis
with
clients.
C
C
The
reason
is
so
it's
a
relatively
new
phenomenon
to
is
we
used
to
calculate
assessment
rates,
the
rates
that
individuals
would
pay
on
their
special
assessments
off
of
the
coupon
rate,
all
right
off
of
a
rate
that
was
a
little
higher
on
the
on
the
back
end
in
exchange
for
some
more
money
up
front
and
a
premium
bid,
and
so
we
didn't
like
premium
because
it
made
people
who
are
paying
special
assessments,
higher
interest
rates.
That
was
changed
the
last
couple
of
years.
I'm
even
may
remember.
C
We
tie
that
now
to
Treasury
rates,
so
it's
not
off
of
the
last
bond
sale
of
the
city,
its
assessment
rates,
as
special
assessments
are
paid
off
as
off
of
actually
a
US
Treasury
benchmark,
okay,
and
so
that's
the
reason
for
bringing
it
forward
now.
We
just
think
generally,
it's
going
to
be
a
better
thing
overall
for
the
city
and
we
still
have
the
flexibility
if
we
think
we
need
to
restrict
premiums
in
certain
situations,
but
by
and
large
we
are
one
of
the
last
jurisdictions
that
have
left
this
in
either
in
the
charter.
C
A
A
Issues
relating
to
how
we
move
this
forward
because
to
approve
it
at
a
full
council
meeting
requires
a
13
council
members
to
vote
in
approval
of
this
item
a
second
we
have
a
public
hearing
on
the
sick
and
say
save
time
and
extended
Employment
programs
ordinance.
This
is
an
amendment
to
our
recent
ordinance
pass
relating
to
sick
and
safe
time
and
Miss
corbel.
Mr.
Walsh
we're
going
to
get
a
little
bit
of
a
presentation
on
this.
So.
E
Geralyn
members
of
the
committee,
my
name,
is
Brian
Walsh
I'm,
a
supervisor
of
the
labor
standards
enforcement
division
in
Minneapolis
department
of
civil
rights.
The
amendment
before
you
today
exempts
from
application
of
the
sick
and
save
time
ordinance
a
very
particular
employment
relationship,
and
that
is
one
involving
participants
in
the
state
of
Minnesota,
extended
employment
program
that
that
program
assists
individuals
with
severe
disabilities
in
obtaining
and
retaining
employment.
It
allows
employers
participating
in
that
program
to
provide
as
few
as
five
six
days
per
year.
E
That
would
application
of
the
second
save
time
ordinance
would
require
requires
employers
to
provide
up
to
six
or
a
minimum
of
six
days
per
year
for
full-time
employees.
We
want
to
avoid
any
disincentives
for
employers
to
participate
in
the
extended
employment
program.
That
is
the
purpose
of
the
amendment.
A
F
You,
madam
vice
president,
there
are
a
number
of
items
on
our
agenda
22
in
total,
so
I'll
note
that
items
one
through
six,
our
land
sales
items,
78
are
licensed
actions,
item
number,
nine
or
the
regular
liquor
business
gambling
license
applications,
as
is
item
10
and
11
item
12
is
extending
the
option
agreement
with
United
properties
for
the
nicollet
hotel
redevelopment
block.
13
is
a
change
in
the
workforce
council
name.
14
is
a
quitclaim
deed
with
Hennepin
County
for
the
lake
street
and
streetscape
project
and
reconstruction.
F
15
is
an
issue
having
to
do
with
our
revenue
bonds.
16.
Our
modifications
in
the
term
sheet
for
the
redevelopment
project
at
800,
Washington
17,
is
the
agreement
to
finally
move
forward
with
the
min
Doc's
project.
A
team
is
the
upper
harbour
terminal
redevelopment
master
team
selection.
19
is
a
bond
issuance
with
OA
TI.
The
final
bond
issuance
there
item
20
is
a
contract
with
Hennepin
County
on
FF
21
is
a
bit
low
bid
and
22
are
the
infill
housing
work
group
recommendations.
F
A
D
You,
madam
chair,
the
health
environment
community
engagement
committee,
will
be
bringing
forward
nine
items
for
consideration.
The
first
is
appointments
to
a
public
health
advisory
committee.
The
second
is
direction
to
staff
to
develop
a
variance
to
allow
dogs
and
some
of
our
business
establishments.
The
third
is
an
amendment
to
an
agreement
with
the
center
for
energy
in
the
environment
to
continue
doing
work
on
our
building
benchmarking
and
disclosure
services,
and
the
fourth
is,
and
just
an
amendment,
to
an
agreement
with
Omega
to
continue
online
diabetes,
education
services.
D
The
fifth
is
authorizing
the
middle
of
a
grant
to
the
Department
of
Housing
and
Urban
Development.
It's
a
significant
grant
application
3.5
million
to
provide
a
LED
remediation,
healthy
home
services.
The
sixth
item
is
accepting
a
federal
grant
from
the
wilder
Research
Center
not
to
participate
in
a
study
and
intervention
strategies
and
school-based
clinics.
D
The
seventh
is
accepting
federal
funding
from
the
Department
of
Health
Minnesota
Department
of
Health
for
public
health
nurse
home
visiting,
and
the
eighth
is
authorizing
an
agreement
with
public
utility
I
mean
sorry
Pillsbury
United
communities
to
provide
sexual
health
services
for
young
men
and
the
ninth
is
staff.
Direction
directing
staff
to
request
additional
funds
that
support
sexual
health
services
for
young
people.
A
Any
questions
I'm
not
seen
any
right
now.
Next,
we
have
a
intergovernmental
relations
committee
and
there
we
have
two
items.
One
is
a
resolution
which
I'll
note:
customer
Gordon
is
the
chief
author
of
supporting
resettlement
of
Syrian
refugees
in
Minneapolis
and
the
state
of
Minnesota,
and
the
second
was
approving
some
additional
updates
to
our
2017
legislative
agenda
and
will
stand
for
questions
not
seeing
any
next.
We
have
transportation
and
public
works
with
councilman
right.
Thank.
G
You,
madam
vice
president,
we
have
13
items
that
will
fork
for
full
consideration
to
council
on
Friday
item.
One
is
a
series
of
actions
for
advisory
board
appointments,
the
locations
and
people
are
listed
for
each
special
service
district
item.
Two
and
three
are
moving
forward
with
reconstruction
projects.
G
Item
11
is
a
downtown
east
commons,
2017
operation
and
that's
an
agreement
with
green
minneapolis
for
the
amount
listed
a
pass.
A
resolution
accepting
the
charitable
gifts
from
green
minneapolis
for
the
operations
construction,
the
downtown
east
commons
item
12-
is
the
bid
for
the
lyndale
safe
routes
to
school
project.
That's
a
little
bit.
I'm
13
is
also
a
little
bit
for
the
columbia
heights
filtration
plant
I'll
stand
for
questions,
madam
vice
president.
Thank.
A
A
Item
number
five
is
reduction
of
an
assessment
for
a
particular
property
relating
to
reconstruction
of
26
avenue.
North
item
number:
six
is
appointments
to
the
capital
long-range
Improvement
Committee.
Item
number:
seven
is
a
lease
with
the
Walker
Art
Center
for
equipment
storage
at
Vineland
ramp
I'm.
A
number
eight
is
acquisition
of
real
estate
from
Hennepin
County
for
the
East
Side
storage
and
maintenance
facility
project.
I.
A
Remember
9
is
a
bid
accepting
a
single
bed
that
was
received
for
a
city,
traffic
and
maintenance
facility,
paint,
tumblr
project
and
finally,
item
number
10
was
another
legal
settlement
and
I
am
not
seeing
questions
on
that
list.
Finally,
we
have
the
zoning
and
planning
report
from
with
folks
to
one
we
have
a
zoning
and
planning
report
with
councilmember
bender.
Thank.
H
You,
madam
chair,
we
have
six
items
from
Johnny
and
planning
item
number.
One
is
approving
appointments
to
our
heritage
preservation.
Commission
item
number:
two
is
a
vacation
at
1203
washington
avenue
self
item
number
three
is
a
rezoning
at
861,
Hennepin
Avenue
East
I'll.
Note
that
the
there's
a
technical
change
revision
in
the
ordinance
that
was
brought
forward
by
staff
I'm
item
number
four
is
approving
an
application
for
a
rezoning
for
26
and
lyndale
avenue.
South
item
number:
five
is
the
local
historic,
landmark
designation
of
the
pilgrim
rest
baptist
church
and
item
number.
H
A
I
You,
madam
chair,
this
is
the
only
item
we
are
forwarding
for
your
consideration
on
friday
from
audit
committee.
Is
the
reappointment
of
scott
Neal
referring
this
to
City
Council,
because
it
is
our
city
council's
citizen
appointment.
This
would
be
for
a
three-year
term,
beginning
January,
first
and
ending
December
31st
of
2019
I
also
wanted
to
use
this
opportunity
to
note
that
at
last
week's
organizational
meeting,
the
Minneapolis
Park
and
Rec
board
has
appointed
Liz
Wilensky
now
to
serve
on
this
audit
committee.
So
we're
excited
about
her
participation.
A
Think
council,
president,
has
also
been
part
of
reviewing
this
late
and
I.
Think
she
or
I
would
be
happy
to
go
and
talk
to
colleagues
to
make
sure
you've
received
it.
Civil
rights,
I
think
would
also
be
available
for
that.
Our
hope,
if
we,
unless
we
hear
an
objection
from
colleagues,
is
that
we
might
be
able
to
move
this
forward
on
Friday.
A
The
second
item
I
wanted
to
mention
was
that
we
had
originally
intended
to
vote
on
our
proposed
charter
amendment
this
friday
at
the
council
meeting
and,
as
I
noted
remember,
Quincy
will
not
be
available
for
this
meeting
and
we
do
need
13
council
members
to
vote
on
this.
So
we
have
two
options
that
we
are
exploring.
The
first
is
whether
we
might
be
able
to
set
a
special
council
meeting
sometime
within
the
next
two
weeks.
A
I'll
just
note
for
colleagues
we're
expecting
another
council
member
to
likely
be
out
at
our
next
council
meeting,
which
would
be
the
what
is
it
the
27th
of
January,
so
we're
seeking.
We
would
either
seek
a
special,
a
council
meeting
for
the
purpose
of
considering
and
voting
on
this
charter
amendment,
or
we
would
move
this.
Our
last
opportunity
I
think
to
vote
on.
This
would
be
the
following
cycle,
which
is
februari
10th.