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From YouTube: September 18, 2018 Ways & Means Committee
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Minneapolis Ways & Means Committee Meeting
A
Good
afternoon,
everyone
thank
you
for
coming
to
this
regularly
scheduled
Ways
and
Means
Committee
I'm
councilman
Abdul
Hassam,
a
chair
of
the
chameleon
with
me
today,
our
council
members,
Cunningham
Johnson
and
Palmisano,
and
we
have
a
quorum
and
therefore
we
can
conduct
the
business
of
the
committee.
Today
we
have
26
items
on
the
agenda
on
the
consent
agenda
for
consideration
and
I
will
read
out
the
consent.
Agenda.
A
Item
number
and
I
will
be
pulling
out
item
number
22
for
discussion,
but
here's
the
consent
agenda
item
number
one
is
a
contract
amendment
with
questions
and
solutions,
Engineering
Inc
for
additional
consulting
services
for
the
Public
Service
building
project.
Item
number:
two
is
a
contract
amendment
with
technology
management
corporation
for
additional
information
technology
and
audio-visual
consulting
services
for
the
new
public
service
building.
Item
number:
three:
is
a
contract
amendment
with
ice
Builders
Inc
for
change,
orders
and
contract
closeout
regarding
the
Target
Center
ice
replacement
project.
A
Item
number:
four
is
a
bid
for
the
Minneapolis
Convention
Center
terrazzo
floor
update
project
Idol
number
five
is
a
bid
for
the
Minneapolis
Convention
Center
stream
room
steam
room
cooling
equipment
renovation
project.
Our
number
six
is
a
bid
for
the
Minneapolis
Convention
Center,
Reading
Room
and
ballroom
wall.
Scone
replacement
project.
Item
number.
Seven
is
a
bid
for
the
Target
Center
for
protection
Anker
project
adder
number
eight
is
a
bid
for
the
telecommunications,
PBX
equipment
and
maintenance
item
number.
A
Nine
is
a
gift
acceptance
for
city
staff,
travel
expenses
to
the
International
Association
of
transportation,
regular
regulatory
regulators,
annual
conference
I,
don't
number
ten
is
a
real
estate
transactions
with
the
Metropolitan
Council
for
the
Southwest
light
rail
project.
Item
number
11
is
a
contract
amendment
with
Patrick
born
for
professional
planning
and
coordination
services.
I,
don't
number
twelve
is
a
contract
with
SMG
for
us
back
stadium
traffic
control
services,
I,
don't
number!
Thirteen
is
a
grant
from
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Health
for
the
soda
expecting
and
parenting
student
program
pattern.
A
Number
14
is
a
contract
with
coastal
realty
information
Inc
for
access
to
real
estate
information
database,
either
number
15.
It's
a
collect
collective
bargaining
agreement
to
Teamsters
Convention
Center
janitors
unit
item
number.
16
is
another
collective
bargaining
agreement
with
machinists
unit
2018
through
2021
item
number.
17
is
an
appointment
position
in
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department.
The
position
is
a
director
of
public
information.
Ira
number
18
is
a
contract
amendment
with
sierra
cedar
inc
to
extend
the
peoplesoft
module
implementation
item.
A
Number
19
is
a
contract
with
terminal
4
inc
to
provide
and
implement
a
web
content
management
systems
at
number.
20
is
a
gift
acceptance
for
use
of
space
facilities
at
Metropolitan,
State
University
for
the
urban
Scholars
Program
item
number
21
is
a
grant
acceptance
from
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Employment
and
economic
development.
The
metropolitan
councils
tax
base,
revitalization
account
and
Hennepin
County's
environmental
response
fund
for
the
spring
2018
brownfield
grant
round.
A
Item
number
22
is
a
2017
annual
tax,
increment
financing
disclosure
statement
either
number
23
is
a
contract
amendment
with
Sheehy
construction
company
to
complete
condenser
upgrade
in
ramp's
a
and
C
item
number
24
is
a
contract
term
notice
and
amendment
with
Minnesota.
The
form
of
transportation
for
ABC
ramp
management
and
number
25
is
a
bid
for
revised
signal
system.
Storm
sewer
pedestrians
curb
ramp
improvements,
and
our
final
item
is
a
receiving
file.
B
Yes,
sir
Thank
You
mr.
chair
I,
don't
need
to
pull
anything
for
discussion,
but
I
did
just
want
to
make
a
brief
comment
on
item
number.
Eight
I
was
a
little
uncomfortable,
noting
that
we
were
accepting
the
sole
bid
for
a
contract.
This
bid
that
we
only
had
one
bidder
and
it
turns
out
that
there
are
market
circumstances
where,
with
the
particular
kind
of
phone
technology
that
we've
selected
there's
only
one
there's
a
little
bit
of
an
exclusive
deal
for
the
certification
around
this
phone
system.
B
I
think
that
that
probably
points
to
a
need
to
relook
at
that
in
the
future.
I,
don't
think
that
the
city
should
necessarily
be
getting
into
contracts
with
companies
that
will
only
make
one
vendor
available
to
us
for
service.
So
I
think
when
this
contract
is
up,
it's
going
to
be
worth
asking
that
question
about
what
kind
of
diversity
of
potential
service
providers
are
available
on
the
technologies
that
we
select
moving
forward,
but
I'm
comfortable
moving
it
forward
for
today,
all.
A
C
D
A
D
E
B
B
Think
it's
worth
providing
context
that
the
City
Council
did
authorize
the
City
Attorney's
office
to
pursue
legal
damages.
These
costs
derive
from
a
system
that
was
built
that
didn't
work
properly
and
so
we're
paying
additional
to
get
to
a
system
that
works.
So
that's
in
progress.
We're
not
able
to
comment
a
lot
about
it,
but
I
wanted
to
assure
the
public
that
were
not
ignoring
the
additional
costs
that
were
incurring
because
of
the
system
didn't
work
properly.
A
Thank
you
very
much
Council
Fletcher,
who
brought
up
two
important
items
to
look
at
anybody
else
any
any.
My
colleagues,
okay,
since
there
is
no
further
discussion,
make
a
motion
to
approve
all
the
26
consent
items
all
the
items
except
for
item
22,
all
those
in
favor
say:
aye
aye,
those
against
that
has
been
approved.
D
I'm
Andrea
Larsen,
director
of
strategic
management
in
the
coordinators
office,
I
apologize,
Maria,
Rivera
van
der
Meyde,
our
city
coordinator
plan
to
be
here
but
had
a
family
emergency,
so
wasn't
able
to
be
here
today.
I'll
do
my
best
to
give
an
overview
and
answer.
Questions
do
know
that
the
coordinators
office
is
a
neutral
holder
of
the
contract.
So
there
are
several
other
folks
that
have
done
work
on
this
and
may
step
up
to
answer
questions.
D
As
you
know,
this
came
before
you
as
a
result
of
the
civil
rights
report
on
Hennepin,
County's,
ketamine
usage
and
MPD's
interaction.
In
those
circumstances,
the
mayor's
office
and
MPD
stated
that
they
wanted
to
have
an
objective
party,
look
at
MPD's
interaction
with
Hennepin
County
EMS,
and
this
study
was
also
a
recommended
action
of
the
sole
rights
report.
The
purpose
of
the
contract
is
to
look
between
2015
and
2018.
At
all
instances.
D
The
word
ketamine
was
used
in
reports
and
whether
or
not
police
conduct
relating
to
that
was
appropriate
to
look
at
policies,
training
and
procedures
to
see.
If
we
need
to
shore
up
anything
related
to
how
we
interact
with
Hennepin
County
EMS
and
to
deliver
a
report
with
their
findings,
we
expect
to
have
a
report
by
or
before
the
end
of
the
year
and
I'm
ready
to
stand
for
questions.
I.
Thank.
G
F
Counsel,
mr.
chair
councilman,
Bert
Cunningham,
yes,
the
initial
interaction
with
King
and
Spalding
was
for
them
to
assess
the
the
scope
of
the
end
to
conduct
an
initial
assessment
at
the
end
to
assess
the
scope
with
the
information
ultimately
providing
us
with
the
cost
to
do
the
full
investigation
and
that
initial
engagement
was
authorized
in
an
amount
up
to
fifty
thousand
dollars,
and
so
they
have
already
occurred
incurred
time,
potentially
in
an
amount
up
to
that
amount.
G
Thank
you
for
that,
if
I
may
I
have
to
so,
this
is
just
speaking
in
general,
but
I
just
wanted
to
just
voice
my
concerns
that
to
see
such
an
expensive
contract
and
we're
still
not
talking
about
victims
and
we're
still
not
talking
about
supporting
the
victims,
who
many
of
whom
almost
died,
being
opted
into
a
prod
research
project
without
their
consent.
So
I
have
some
concerns
about
that,
and
I
also
think.
G
What
what
I
really
seen
is
that
we
haven't
talked
about
this
issue
as
a
full
package.
It's
been
a
little
bit
piecemeal
and
with
this
particular
contract,
it's
focusing
rightly
so
on
MPD,
but
in
a
lot
of
ways
the
the
work
of
the
Civil
Rights
Department,
already
identified
that
there
was
a
missing
policy.
That
said,
that
officers
cannot
verbally
command
medical
professionals
to
engage
in
particular
medical
needs,
and
then
mayor,
Frye
and
chief
Arredondo
immediately
enacted
said
policy
in
the
police
department
and
then
the
office
of
police
conduct.
G
Reviews
study
also
recommended
for
us,
as
city
leaders,
to
consider
next
steps
with
the
county,
and
so
I.
Don't
see
that
reflected
here
in
the
project,
scoped
and
scope,
and
so
in
in
that
I
have
some
concerns
that
this
is
addressing
a
symptom
rather
than
the
root
cause
of
this
violation
and
so
the
beyond.
Just
this
particular
contract
I
support
the
contract
because
it
is
helpful
to
have
an
outside
party
when
we
have
this.
G
Many
jurisdictions
involved
in
particular,
I
have
shared
that
I
have
some
concerns,
that
this
undermines
our
civil
rights
Department
and
the
trustworthiness
and
the
objectivity
of
them
of
the
work
that
they
do.
They
were
mandated
to
do
this
work
by
by
ordinance
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we're
talking
about
all
of
it
together
and
I
will
be
working
with
colleagues
I'm
committed
to
working
with
colleagues
so
that
we
can
get
some
justice
for
our
residents,
and
so
it's
something
like
this
doesn't
happen
again.
G
C
D
Mr.
chair,
confident
with
Jenkins,
we
do,
the
scope
of
the
contract
is
to
look
at
the
last
three
years,
2015
to
2018
any
time
the
word
ketamine
has
been
used
in
reporting
and
whether
or
not
police
conduct
relating
to
that
situation
was
appropriate
and
then
to
look
at
policies,
training
and
procedures
to
see
if
we
need
to
make
any
changes
to
ensure
that
we
are
acting
appropriately
with
EMS
in
situations
particularly
ketamine
are
being
used,
and
so
I
think.
A
part
of
that.
D
E
B
You
mr.
chair
I,
don't
want
to
put
you
on
the
spot.
I
know
you're
kind
of
pinch-hitting
today
for
our
coordinator,
but
I'm
curious.
Are
there
areas
of
the
scope
of
this
report
that
exceed
the
scope
of
the
report
that
was
already
generated
out
of
our
Civil
Rights
Department?
Are
we
getting
additional
work
or
are
they
just
checking
the
work
of
the
report
that
we've
already
received.
D
Mr.
chair
Meister
Fletcher,
my
understanding
is
that
it
is
additional
work
on
top
of
what
Opie
CR
has
already
reported
on
I
welcome
anyone
here
who
is
more
involved
with
the
scope
to
jump
in
yeah.
That's
something!
I
can
look
into
and
and
get
more
information
for
you,
but
my
understanding
is
that
it
is
to
go
beyond
the
original
report.
H
You
mr.
chair
I
echo
some
of
the
concerns
raised
and
I
think
from
my
standpoint,
I'm
trying
to
conceptualize
what
this
will
do.
Besides
give
us,
it
seems
more
like
it's
kind
of
just
a
reviewer
double-checking
the
findings
that
we've
already
had
and
I
mean.
We've
had
policy
change
as
a
result
of
this,
and
it
seems
like
a
lot
of
money
for
just
that
double
check.
Is
there
something
I'm
missing
related
to
that
and
I
guess?
I
have
a
question
for
mr.
E
Mr.
chair
councilman
Brooke
Johnson,
so
you
are
correct
that
MPD
based
on
current
projections
may
go
over
budget
and
this
was
not
included
in
their
original
budgeting.
So
then
we
would
be
looking
to
use
contingency
funds
to
offset
any
overage
from
the
police
department,
just
as
we
would
any
other
department
that
makeover
in
the
general
fund.
H
D
Sure
Sammy,
council,
member
Johnson,
as
I,
said
I,
think
my
understanding
is
that
this
is
intended
to
go
deeper
than
the
initial
report
and
also
to
provide
an
independent
review
and
independent
recommendations,
and
so
from
what
I
know.
At
the
time
this
was
negotiated,
there
was
an
urgency
to
move
this
forward.
I
know
the
attorney's
office
I
had
reached
out
to
several
organizations.
There
are
not
very
many
that
provide
this
service
specifically,
and
this
was
the
only
vendor
that
worked
within
the
time
frame
for
us
to
get
this
completed.
I.
G
D
H
D
A
You
any
other
comments.
Yeah,
you
know,
I
had
a
little
comment
as
well.
You
know,
given
the
concerns
of
the
city
heard
from
community
about
and
how
much
this
was
played
out
in
the
media
and
the
concerns
that
you
know
our
residents
had
I
think
it
was
very
important
to
have
a
neutral,
independent
body.
A
You
know
welfare
and
well-being
is
important
and
that
police
officers
are
not
medically
trained
individuals
who
can
direct
what
type
of
treatment
somebody
should
get
so
I
think
we
need
to
look
at
it
and
it's
important
to
go
beyond
just
our
department
to
to
make
sure
that
we
give
confidence
to
our
residents.
So
that's
my
thoughts
on
that.
Any
further
discussion.
A
A
All
right,
thank
you
that
that
item
passes
and
thank
you
for
my
colleagues
now
we
have
the
final
item,
which
is
item
22
for
our
discussion
and
item
22,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
was
the
2017
annual
tanks,
increment
finance
and
disclosure
statement,
and
we
have
Mr
mike
mark
winkle
hague
and
our
CFO
Mach
ruff.
To
do
the
presentation
go
ahead.
Okay,.
I
Good
afternoon
mr.
chair
council
members
I'm
mark
Winkle
Hague,
the
director
of
the
development
finance
division
in
the
finance
department.
As
many
of
you
already
know,
all
municipalities
and
authorities
in
the
state
of
Minnesota
must
annual
report
on
their
use
of
tax,
increment
financing.
So,
for
the
year
ending
December
31st
2017
finance
staff
submitted
94
shift
reports
to
the
state
auditor's
office.
90
of
those
were
for
individual
TIF
districts
and
for
them
were
for
pool
debt.
I
Additionally,
the
attached
2017
annual
disclosure
statement-
that's
attached
to
your
our
CA,
is
being
forwarded
to
the
City
Council
as
a
receive
and
file
item,
and
it
was
sent
to
the
county
board,
the
county
auditor
and
the
state
auditor's
office,
as
well
as
being
published
in
finance
and
commerce.
Last
month.
If
you
scroll
down
to
this
report,
there's
a
lot
of
numbers
in
it,
but
I
think
I'll
just
mention
a
few
items
that
did
sort
of
jump
out.
I
So
you
can
see
in
the
left
column
there's
the
90
tip
districts
that
we
had
to
report
on
in
alphabetical
order.
I
should
note
that
of
the
90,
only
67
are
active
and
if
I
active
I
mean
they're
actually
generating
increments
every
year.
The
other
23
districts
have
been
terminated,
but
they
still
have
some
money,
so
we
still
have
to
report
on
them,
so
any
any
tip
district
that
has
a
zero.
In
that
fourth
column,
captured
net
tax
capacity.
That's
been
terminated
or
decertified.
I
If
you
look
in
the
sixth
column,
over
tax
increment
received
you'll
see
that
there's
a
variety
of
numbers
there,
so
it
what
that
indicates
is
there
are
a
lot
of
different
sized
dip
districts,
but
the
bulk
them
probably
80.
85
percent
of
them
are
small
and
by
small
I
mean
they
have
one
parcel
one
building.
I
They
generate
less
than
a
million
dollars
per
year
and
there's
about
ten
of
them
that
are
sort
of
medium-sized,
which
would
be
four
or
five
six
parcels,
three
four
five
buildings
and
then
there's
one
exceptionally
large
one,
which
is
the
one
I'm
just
going
to
highlight
here
briefly.
So
that's
the
consolidated
district.
I
If
you
skim
down
the
report
about
a
third
of
the
way
down
on
the
first
page,
you're
going
to
see
a
district,
that
sort
of
stands
out
from
all
the
others
and
if
you
scan
over
to
the
fourth
column,
the
captured
neck
tax
capacity,
you'll
see
the
number
twenty
six
million
nine
hundred
and
fifty
six
thousand.
That's
the
amount
of
tax
capacity.
I
That's
captured
in
this
extremely
large
tip
district,
and
it
equates
to
about
two
well
over
two
billion
dollars
in
market
value
and
so
that
that
particular
TIF
district
has
well
over
four
thousand
parcels
in
it
and
it
is
larger
than
all
the
other
sixty-six
active
districts
combined.
So
if
you
scan
a
little
bit
farther
over
to
the
right,
you'll
see
that
the
first-year
increment
was
2011
in
the
last
year
of
increment
will
be
2020
because
it
has
to
be
decertified
at
the
end
of
that
year.
I
And
at
that
point
this
you
know
you'll
still
have
a
lot
of
TIF
districts,
but
we're
reporting
on,
but
the
totals
will
go
down
to
less
than
half
of
what
you're.
Seeing
now
what
I'd
like
to
do
now,
then,
oh
I
should
mention
by
the
way,
if
you
have
any
questions
on
any
of
these
individual
tip
districts
that
are
in
your
ward
or
you're,
just
curious
about
just
send
me
an
email.
We
can
give
you
details
on
each
of
those.
I
Then
what
I
thought
I'd
do
as
long
as
they
had
an
opportunity
here
is
just
I,
grabbed
three
slides
from
a
presentation
to
try
to
give
you
a
quick
and
general
overview
of
where
the
tax
increment
financing
program
has
gone
in
the
last
10
or
15
years
here
in
Minneapolis.
So
you
can
see.
The
number
of
active
TIF
districts
was
at
its
largest
in
2008
when
we
had
a
hundred
and
one
of
them,
and
currently
we
have
67.
I
So
there's
been
a
34%
reduction
in
the
last
ten
years,
and
that
is
due
to
the
fact
that
all
of
these
old,
zip
districts
that
were
established
back
in
the
70s
and
the
80s
and
early
90s
have
reached
their
maximum
duration
and
have
been
decertified
or
that
last
10
year
period.
So
you
can
see
in
the
lower
part
of
that
slide,
these
certifications
that
have
happened
in
the
last
12
years
from
oh
6
to
2017.
I
We
do
certified
55
districts,
so
they
Ollie
like
I,
say
all
the
old
70s
80s
and
early
90s
districts
are
gone
now
and
during
that
same
time
period
we've
established
24
new
ones.
So
that's
about
two
year
of
those
24
19
have
been
for
rental
housing
projects
that
have
had
some
level
of
affordability
in
them
and
then
five
other
ones
have
been
for
commercial
or
some
other
type
of
properties.
So
the
bulk
of
the
districts
we've
been
establishing
the
last
1012
years
have
been
for
rental
housing
projects.
I
I,
don't
know
if
you
can
read
the
numbers
on
that
chart,
but
this
is
you
can
get
a
flavor
for
where
things
have
gone
since
2002,
so
you
can
see
a
steady
increase
of
about
four
districts
a
year,
all
the
way
up
to
20
our
2008.
That's
when
all
of
these
certifications
started
happening,
and
at
that
point
it's
just
been
sort
of
a
general
downward
slope.
I
Then
the
last
light
here
is
just
for
kind
of
background.
This
is
a
statistic
that
got
a
lot
of
attention
in
the
early
2000s
and
that's
the
percent
of
Minneapolis
Minneapolis
tax
base,
that's
in
tip
districts,
so
you
can
see
from
2002
to
2008
or
nine.
It
was
relatively
constant
at
14
and
a
half
or
fifteen
and
a
half
percent,
and
that
received
a
lot
of
discussion
about
whether
that
was
too
high,
too
low
or
whatever.
I
But
then,
once
we
started
these
certifying
districts,
we
sort
of
dropped,
it's
considerably
lower
and
there's
a
couple
up
and
down
years.
That's
when
the
consolidate
it's
a
TIF
district
was
brought
into
being,
but
if
we
sort
of
settled
in
at
about
seven
and
a
half
percent,
that
will
continue
for
a
couple
more
years
to
the
till
that
big,
consolidated,
TIF
district
is
decertified
and
then
will
drop
down,
probably
below
four.
I
At
that
point,
that's
you
know,
relatively
speaking,
historically
very
low
for
us,
it
puts
us
in
the
lower
section
of
if
we
compare
ourselves
to
comparable
cities
in
the
metro
area.
So
that's
probably
why
this
particular
statistic
hasn't
received.
A
lot
of
discussion
recently,
but
with
that
mr.
chair
I'd,
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions
with
mr.
ruff
is
here
to
to
assist
as
well.
Oh
thank.
A
You
very
much
any
questions.
Michael
I
think
everybody's
find
TIF
districts.
Okay,
so
I
make
motion
to
receive
a
power
I'll
make
a
motion
to
approve
the
item.
Item
number
22,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye
those
against!
Thank
you
very
much
and
we
have
completed
our
work
today
and
therefore
we
are
returned.
Thank
you.