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From YouTube: April 24, 2018 Ways & Means Committee
Description
Minneapolis Ways & Means Committee Meeting
A
Good
afternoon,
everyone
I
call
this
regularly
scheduled
meeting
of
the
Ways
and
Means
Committee
to
order
I'm,
councilmember,
Abdul
or
Simon
I'm.
The
chair
of
the
committee
and
with
me
today
are
councilmembers
Johnson,
Fletcher,
Alma,
Sano
and
Jenkins,
and
let
the
record
reflect
that
we
have
a
quorum
and
are
able
to
consider
city
business
first,
let's
dispense
with
the
consent
item
and
we
have
a
large
consent
item
on
our
Scott
reading
them.
The
first
item
is
a
legal
settlement.
Steven
melt
doll
versus
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
A
A
The
sixth
item
is
a
contract
with
life
tech
services
for
emergency
medical
services
at
the
Minneapolis
Convention
Center.
The
seventh
item
is
a
contract
amendment
with
life
tech,
emergency
medical
services
at
the
Minneapolis
Convention
server.
The
eighth
item
is
a
contract
amendment
with
amendment
with
the
center
for
energy
and
environment
for
building
benchmarking
and
disclosure
services.
The
ninth
item
is
an
acquisition
of
two-six
two-nine,
University,
Avenue
Northeast
for
the
east
side,
storage
and
maintenance
facility
project.
A
The
tenth
item
is
a
license
agreement
with
Sue
line
railroad
company
for
monitoring
well
at
265
on
University
Avenue
Northeast.
The
11th
item
is
a
lease
at
Minneapolis
impound
lot
for
State
Highway.
Patrol.
Vehicle
storage.
12
item
is
a
contract
amendment
with
the
Minneapolis
downtown
Council
for
downtown
activation
services.
The
13th
item
is
a
contract
amendment
with
Goldberg
bonding
for
leased
space
in
the
Gerry
half
Memorial
Park
in
wrapped.
The
14th
item
is
a
contract
amendment
with
the
backbone
Enterprises
Inc
information
I
tea
audit
services.
A
A
He
seat32
Ward,
11,
KT,
hat
C,
28,
Ward,
8
and
pooi
nudge
me
seat,
29,
Ward,
9
and
I
would
also
like
to
add
to
confirming
the
mayor:
appointments
of
Jocelyn
beard,
seat
33
world
for
for
a
two-year
term,
beginning
January,
1st
2017
and
ending
December
31st
2018
to
fill
the
unexpired
term
of
Emily
swamp.
So
that
takes
care
of
item
number
16
item
number
17
is
the
first
core
of
2018
donation
report.
Item
number
18
is
a
contract
with
Regents
of
the
University
of
Minnesota
for
traffic
management
services
at
TCF,
Bank
Stadium.
A
Item
number
19
is
a
gift
acceptance
from
an
annoys
emergency
services,
management
association
for
travel,
related
expenses
to
the
I.e
SMA
training
summit.
Item
number
20
is
a
gift
acceptance
from
the
center
for
policing
equity
for
travel,
related
cost
to
a
2018
science
of
Justice
conference
item
number
21.
It's
a
gift.
Acceptance
from
the
I
offer
it's
Institute
for
peace,
a
reconciliation,
Minneapolis
Police,
Department
travel,
related
costs
to
the
national
seminar
for
law
enforcement
on
civil
and
human
rights
item
number
22
is
a
mini
Minnesota
GI,
Bill,
on-the-job,
training,
apprenticeship
program,
employer
payments.
A
Item
number
23
is
a
quote
for
total
containment
vessel
item
number
24
is
a
contract
with
the
downtown
Improvement
District
for
the
2018
million
Minneapolis
downtown
Improvement
District
summer
police
and
police
reserve
program.
Item
number
25
is
a
contract
with
SMG
for
law
enforcement
services
in
the
neighborhoods
adjacent
to
the
us
stadium
at
large-scale
events.
A
Item
number
26
is
a
contract
with
the
SMG
for
Minneapolis
Police
SWAT
officers
to
provide
extra
security
during
large-scale
events
at
the
US
Bank
Stadium
item
number
27
is
a
contract
with
SMG
for
bomb
detection
and
911
dispatch
services
at
the
US
Bank
Stadium
item
number
28
is
a
grant
from
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Public
Safety
for
hazardous
materials,
emergency
preparedness,
computer
equipment
and
simulation
software
I,
don't
number
29
as
a
grant
from
the
minneapolis
foundation
in
support
of
the
emergency
medical
services
pathway.
Academy.
A
Item
number
30
is
a
2018
national
forensics
sciences
improvement
grant
from
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Public
Safety
for
the
Minneapolis.
The
police
department,
crime
lab
I.
Remember
31
is
a
contract
with
twins,
Ball
Park
LLC
for
bomb
detection
at
Target
Field
item
number
32
is
a
master
contract
amendment
with
Topman
Pillsbury,
United
communities,
Northpoint
health
and
wellness
center
Inc
and
the
Family
Partnership
for
continued
Health
and
Human
Services
programs.
Item
number
33
is
a
grant
from
the
US
Department
of
Housing
and
Urban
Development
for
lead,
elimination
and
healthy
home
services.
A
Item
number
34
is
an
application
for
environmental
grant.
Funding
in
the
spring
2018
brownfield
ground
ground
item
number
35
is
a
business
continuity
and
disaster
recovery.
It
audit
I
the
36,
is
a
bid
for
the
old
Basset
Creek
sediment
removal
project
item
number
37:
it's
a
bid
for
emergency
and
non-emergency
more
up
services
for
Sookie
for
securing
vacant
and
open
buildings.
I
know
number
38
the
bid
for
grey
black
colored
glass.
A
aggregate
Idol
number
39
is
a
bid
for
Minneapolis
parking
surveillance
project.
A
I,
don't
know,
40
is
a
bid
for
Basset
Creek
mainstem
stabilization
project
item
number
40
is
40th
40
to
40th
Street
West,
resurfacing,
project
approval
and
assessment
item
number
42
is
Emerson
Avenue
north
street
resurfacing
project,
approval
and
assessment
item
number
43
is
a
24th
Street,
East
and
24th
streets,
west
street
resurfacing
project
and
approval
assessment.
I,
remember
no
44
is
in
Lindo
and
Whittier
South
residential
area
street
resurfacing
project
approval
and
assessment
item
number
45
is
a
bid
for
Hennepin
Avenue
South
Street
reconstruction
project.
A
Ira
number
46
is
a
bid
for
MSN
and
Freemont
bicycle
and
pedestrian
improvement.
Project.
Item
number
47
is
an
agreement
with
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Transportation
for
landscaping.
Improvements
at
the
Hennepin
in
their
split
to
done
with
the
tongue,
Moody
Boulevard
and
those
are
our
consent.
Items
and
I'll
make
a
motion
to
move
the
cars.
Any
discussion
Thank.
C
You
mr.
chair
I'd,
like
to
add
a
motion,
item
number
35,
and
it's
before
you.
It's
a
staff
direction
by
myself
and
you
to
ask
IT
to
work
to
issue
an
RFP
to
remediate
those
recent
internal
audit
findings.
I've
had
a
significant
amount
of
discussion
with
the
director
of
IT
and
and
with
our
finance
director
mica
in
turmoil
over
this
on
this
topic,
and
while
we
aren't
we'll
have
to
wait
till
the
RFP
comes
back
and
what
what
those
requirements
are
to
see
exactly
how
we
fund
it.
C
We
do
believe
that
this
needs
to
happen
this
year.
We
believe
that
in
a
third
party
to
come
and
do
a
business
impact,
analysis
would
take
on
the
average
of
four
to
six
months
and
we'd
like
to
get
moving
on
that
right
away.
So
I
ask
that
you
consider
this
to
be
added
to
item
number
35
as
an
additional
motion.
All.
A
Right,
thank
you
very
much
council
member
Paul
Masson
has
made
a
motion
to
amend
item
number
35
any
discussion
on
the
motion.
Any
discussion.
Okay,
on
that
motion
to
amend
item
number
35,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye
aye,
all
those
opposed.
No,
that
Adam
has
passed
and
now,
let's
make
less
discuss
the
motion
to
approve
our
full
consent
item,
including
the
amended
item
number
35.
Any
discussions,
councilman.
D
Thank
you,
chair,
I,
just
wanted
to
take
the
opportunity
to
thank
all
of
the
members
of
the
community
who
stepped
up
to
serve
on
the
Kliq.
We're
voting
to
approve
several
of
them
and
I
know
they've
already
met.
They
had
a
long
long
meeting
on
Saturday.
Many
of
them
were
live
tweeting
it
if
you
want
to
follow
a
hashtag,
see
LIC
and
it's
a
very
good
work
and
it's
it's
exciting
to
have
the
community
engaged
in
deciding
where
we
make
our
investments.
So
thank
you
for
your
service
and.
A
All
right,
I
think
thank
you
very
much.
Councilmember
Fletcher
any
other
discussions,
any
other
comments.
Okay,
seeing
none
see
no
further
comments.
All
those
in
approval
say
aye
aye,
all
those
opposed.
We
have
passed
our
consent
item.
Thank
you
very
much
to
everyone
and
now
we
have
our
discussion
item
and
we
have
a
full
discussion
item.
We
have
five
items
today:
items
number
48,
49
and
50
will
go
first.
We
have
a
joint
presentation
by
mr.
Milberg
and
mr.
Hanlon
I
believe
so.
Gentlemen.
Come
up.
Thank
you.
A
Item
number
48
is
a
community
solar,
Gardens
increasing
subscription
agreement
with
IPS,
solar,
Rena,
solar
and
us
solar
item.
Number
49
is
a
transfer
of
2018
funds
from
the
city
coordinators
office
to
the
health
department,
for
the
green
cost
share
program
and
item
number
50
is
a
transfer
of
2018
funds
from
the
community
planning
and
economic
development
to
the
Health
Department
for
the
green
initiatives.
Cost
sharing
program
so
go
ahead.
Mr.
Hooper.
E
What
you
see
in
this
chart,
each
horizontal
line
is
a
year
and
we
start
in
2018
and
basically
the
plan
is.
We
have
already
purchased
a
contract
for
renewable
connect,
energy
which
comes
from
wind
and
solar
sources
from
Xcel,
and
it's
directly
assigned
to
our
count
accounts
and
that
will
be
fulfilled
in
2018
at
the
contract
amount
of
17
point
8
million
kilowatt
hours.
The
areas
that
are
hatched
are
areas
that
I'll
be
coming
to
council
throughout
this
year.
To
ask
for
further
approval.
E
The
orange
area
is,
we
are
going
to
purchase
another
forty
four
zero
forty
million
kilowatt
hours
in
the
renewable
connect
program.
The
blue
area
of
the
chart
in
each
line
is
the
amount
of
solar
that
we
have
on
our
existing
seeded
buildings
and
the
green
is
the
amount
of
the
electricity
that
we
get
from
Xcel
over
the
grid.
But
as
of
2016,
twenty-five
percent
of
that
electricity
was
generated
from
wind,
solar,
biomass
or
hydro,
and
so
that's
also
renewable,
and
so
in
2017.
You
add
those
up
and
it
came
out
to
32
percent.
E
With
the
purchase
of
this
new
contract
with
rural
connect,
it
will
be
up
to
65
percent
this
year
and
you
can
see
it
increases
each
year.
The
length
of
the
total
bar
that
you
see
in
that
yellow
area
is
decreasing
each
year
as
we
go
about
our
yearly
conservation
measures,
the
largest
of
which
will
be
the
replacement
of
street
lights,
with
LED
lights
throughout
the
city.
E
E
E
E
We
decided
that
to
consider
what
was
in
our
municipal
operations
would
be
just
the
buildings
and
processes
that
we
have
actual
day-to-day
control
over,
and
so
we
separated
out
the
Target,
Center
and
all
of
the
parking
ramps
since
those
are
run
by
outside
management
companies.
And
so
you
see
that
this
first
chart
shows
us
getting
to
that
100%
by
the
end
of
2021.
E
If
the
council
decides
that
they
wish
to
include
those
two
items
that
I
mentioned,
we're
not
in
the
first
chart
the
parking
ramps
and
the
Target
Center
that
increases
our
overall
electrical
consumption
by
31
million
kilowatt
hours
a
year.
This
chart
just
shows
the
same
amount
of
solar
garden
subscriptions
and,
as
you
can
see,
we
would
not
meet
our
goal
by
2023,
and
so
further
action
would
need
to
be
taken
at
this
time,
I'm
proposing
that
we
shoot
for
the
older
definition
of
what
our
municipal
operations
are
and
then,
as
we
reach
that
hundred
percent.
D
D
You
know
I'm
I'm,
supportive
in
terms
of
our
short-term
20:22
goal
that
we've
set
in
continuing
to
measure
as
we
have
been
and
then
also
I
would
maybe
add
a
staff
direction
too,
as
were
negotiating
new
contracts
as
we're
renewing
contracts
with
the
operators
of
the
ramps
in
the
Target
Center
that
we
include
renewable
goals
in
those
contract
negotiations,
as
one
of
the
criteria
that
we're
looking
for
in
those
operators
would
would
that
be
a
better
approach
than
trying
to
trying
to
calculate
totals
for
venues
that
we
don't
have.
Control
of
that.
E
E
The
one
advantage
of
setting
aside
the
ramps
and
Target
Center
for
now
and
trying
to
include
them
later,
for
example,
in
2023,
is
when
we
do
go
out
to
replace
this
forty
million
kilowatt
hour
Renewable
Connect
contract.
We
would
probably
go
out
for
a
much
larger
contract
with
a
possibly
a
new
wind
farm
or
a
new
solar
farm
to
add
more
resources
to
the
system,
and
at
that
time
we
could
easily
pick
up
the
Target
Center
and
the
ramps
either
way
I'm
fine
with
that
staff
recommendation.
Okay,
thank
you.
A
B
Thank
you.
Sorry,
mister
Milberg
I
apologize
if
I
miss
it
but
I
know
you
indicated
that
there
are
three
RP
or
three
respondents.
Can
you
identify
who
those
respondents
are
and
when
is
that
process
going
to
be
selected?
I'm.
E
So
we
at
the
end
of
2017,
we
put
out
an
RFP
requesting
the
four
and
a
half
million
kilowatt-hours
that
were
not
filled
out
of
our
original
12
million.
We
received
three
respondents.
We
went
through
the
entire
financial
analysis.
The
first
firm
is
innovative
power
systems,
a
local
loan
company.
The
second
is
rene
sola,
which
is
a
california
company,
but
does
have
a
local
office,
and
the
third
is
united
states,
solar
or
US
solar,
which
also
has
a
local
office.
It
is
a
national
firm.
E
It
turned
out
that
financially,
all
three
of
those
proposers
met
our
financial
goals
of
saving
money
over
time,
and
each
of
them
proposed
enough
power
that
we
could
get
to
the
20
million
kilowatt
hours,
and
so
I
felt
that
to
fit
with
this
plan
of
trying
to
cover
our
non
renewable
electricity
from
the
grid.
With
the
solar
garden
subscriptions,
we
would
increase.
The
amount
of
20
million
will
save
anywhere
from
300,000
to
500,000
a
year
from
those
three
Gardens.
E
Know
that
innovative
power
systems
will
be
I'm,
assuming
that
US,
solar
and
Renee
solar
will
hire
a
local
electrical
contractor,
but
we
don't
have
control
over
those
contracts,
since
we
don't
have
any
actual
payments
upfront
we're
not
paying
for
the
construction.
So
that
was
not
a
requirement
of
the.
They
are
certainly
required
to
meet
prevailing
wage
and
those
types
of
items,
but
there
are
no
minority
set
asides
and,
as
such,
okay.
F
F
So
this
first
slide
here
is
Brian
is
talking
about
how
we're
walking
the
talk
when
it
comes
to
our
own
energy.
Here
at
the
city
this
year
we
started
a
green
business.
Solar
cost
share
program.
It's
an
incentive
program
to
help
drive
installation
of
solar
on
rooftops
around
the
city,
real
installations
that
are
going
on
around
the
city
in
the
number
of
programs
that
I've
rolled
out
here
at
the
city,
I,
don't
think
I've
had
the
kind
of
response
that
we
had
for
for
this
program.
F
Usually
it
involves
going
out
and
doing
outreach
with
business
organizations
with
community
organizations
and
as
soon
as
we
came
out
with
this
program
we
received
my
phone
is
ringing
off
the
hook
and
responding
to
people
in
developers
and
businesses
in
people
wanting
to
put
solar
on
their
rooftops.
So
this
graph
right
here
represents
some
of
that.
F
So
it's
34
different
businesses
and
these
are
I-
have
a
full
list
here
of
all
the
businesses,
if
you
like
to
see
them,
but
these
are
some
examples:
urban
ventures,
Saint
Peter's,
Lutheran,
Church,
Phillips
garden,
North,
Loop
campus
as
a
charter
school
I'm,
gonna
butcher,
this
name
Tuffy,
Islamic,
Center,
Ethiopian,
Orthodox,
Church,
the
Fulton
brewery,
electric
machinery,
company
gotta
name,
a
challah,
restaurant
and
mother
earth.
It's
a
it's,
a
cross-section
of
small
businesses,
industry,
community
organizations,
schools
that
are
putting
these
projects
on
and
and
I.
F
F
Between
the
municipal
operations,
obviously
the
contracts
that
that
Brian
was
talking
about
that's
a
lot
of
aggressive
work
that
we're
doing
here
at
the
city.
This
is
the
first
year
of
the
solar
incentives
and
between
the
two
different
approaches.
Right
now,
we're
we're
saving
enough
carbon
reducing
enough
carbon,
because
sometimes
these
carbon
numbers
it's
hard
to
equate
to
what
is
that?
What
does
that
really
mean
in
terms
of
everyday
thing,
so
it's
equivalent
to
taking
about
six
thousand
cars
off
the
road
in
terms
of
co2
emissions
and
over
three
million
gallons
of
gasoline?
F
And
so
this
is
an
example
of
how
these
funds
and
the
work
that
we're
doing
and
walking
the
talk
and
then
also
driving
community
solar
out
in
out
in
our
in
our
neighborhoods.
There's
also
involved
in
that
six
hundred
fourteen
thousand
dollars
from
the
coordinators
office
from
the
with
the
Clean
Energy
Partnership
work.
There's
also
work
going
into
energy
efficiency
in
multi-family
housing
and
then
also
energy
efficiency
in
healthy
homes.
F
G
You
good
afternoon,
members
of
the
committee
we
are
requesting
a
one-time
transfer
of
funds
from
sea
bed
to
the
Health
Department
for
the
green
initiatives,
cost
share
program
in
2009,
the
Department
of
Energy,
granted
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
seven
hundred
and
eighty
thousand
dollars
to
be
used
towards
small
business,
loan
programs
and
incentives
for
energy
efficiency
improvements,
and
since
that
time
it's
been,
we've
spent
five
hundred
twenty-five
thousand
dollars
of
those
funds.
Three
hundred
thousand
has
come
back
to
the
city
already,
but
it's
been
difficult
to
expend
the
funds
further.
G
H
G
A
D
Thank
You
mr.
chair
I
just
want
to
say
how
excited
I
am
that
we're
walking
the
walk,
I
think
it's
very
important
that
we
passed
resolutions
that
identify
a
vision
and
even
more
important
that
we
actually
act
on
that
vision
and
start
building
out
the
capacity
so
I'm
very
excited
about
the
work
that
city
staff
are
doing
to
actually
move
us
forward
towards
having
more
solar
capacity.
D
D
I'll
move
item,
49
authorizing
a
one-time
transfer
of
six
hundred
and
fourteen
thousand
dollars
from
the
city
coordinators,
2018
budget
to
the
Health
Department,
and
move
a
resolution,
transferring
funds
to
the
Health,
Department
and
I'll
move
item
50
authorizing
the
one-time
transfer
of
three
hundred
thousand
from
seedbed
to
the
Health
Department
passing
a
resolution
approving
the
one-time
transfer
of
funds.
Alright,.
A
Thank
you
very
much
council
member
Fletcher
has
moved
items
48,
49
and
50.
All
those
in
favor
say
aye
aye.
Those
opposed
items
have
been
approved.
Thank
you
very
much
and
now
we
have
item
number
51,
2018
local
board
of
Appeal
and
Equalization
passage
of
resolution.
Amending
resolution.
2018
are
0
9
1
extending
the
meeting
dates
throughout
May
to
accommodate
the
high
number
of
Appeals
filed
for
review
this
year,
and
we
have
our
City
Assessor
mr.
Patrick
Todd.
To
do
this
presentation
to
us
welcomes.
I
I
I
So
we've
actually
asked
for
the
Department
of
Revenue
for
an
extension
and
they've
granted
us
the
extension
and
we're
we're
coming
back
to
the
City
Council
to
ask
for
an
extension
as
well
May
31st.
So
the
question
was
asked:
why
the
extent
why
the
extension
we've
always
to
be
honest,
we've
always
done
it
within
20
days.
Well,
things
are
changing
and
things
are
changing
and
rather
rapidly.
I
Why
are
we
here
we're
here?
Because
the
real
estate
market
is
changing
quite
a
bit,
I
think
I'm,
I'm
gonna,
say
there's
five
basic
reasons.
Why
we're
by
this
trend?
Is
why
we're
in
this
trend
today,
and
why
we
think
the
trend
is
going
to
continue.
One
is
just
the
real
estate
market
in
and
of
itself,
it's
not
going
to
be
the
tax
base,
composition,
thirds,
education
and
access
for
the
social
media
in
the
last
one
is
taxes.
So
these
are
the
white
reasons
why
more
and
more
people
are
appealing
today.
I
If
we
just
take
a
look
at
the
last
four
years,
you'll
see
that
they
really
the
Minneapolis
market
has
been
a
very
robust.
We
have
a
lot
of
people
moving
in.
We
have
a
lot
of
people
that
want
to
stay.
We
have
a
very
low
number
of
properties
for
sale
as
far
as
inventory,
that's
available
so
based
on
supply
and
demand
year
over
year.
I
People
are
paying
more
because
that's
what
it's
going
to
take
in
order
to
move
into
Minneapolis,
we
don't
have
enough
people
moving
out,
so
people
are
willing
to
pay
more
to
move
in.
So
when
you
see
a
year
every
year
at
8
percent,
a
10
percent,
a
10
percent,
a
10
percent,
it's
kind
of
shocking
to
property
owners
when
they
start
seeing
their
values
that
are
going
up
like
that
I
think
they.
I
For
the
most
part,
people
enjoy
the
equity
that
they're
building
and,
in
fact,
I
think
for
the
most
part,
there's
very
few
neighborhoods
that
have
not
made
it
through
the
recession
and
values
have
come
back
fully.
So
and
in
fact,
when
we're
taking
a
look
at
from
last
year
this
year,
the
overall
aggregate
change
further,
our
residential
tax
base
was
10,
but
we
saw
some
areas
going
from
12
to
15
so
and
it
some
areas.
I
We
only
saw
five
but
statistically
speaking,
Minneapolis
has
been
growing
at
a
rate
of
about
10
percent
every
year
when
we
start
talking
about
the
number
of
Appeals.
If
you
take
a
look
at
what
is
our
tax
base,
it's
60
percent
of
our
tax
basis
is
residential
property.
So
when
something
happens,
when
values
are
gonna
go
up,
it
doesn't
take
much
to
change
our
real
estate
market,
for
people
do
really
for
those
numbers.
I
For
maybe
on
Appeals,
when
we
were
talking
400
year
or
500
year
to
get
to
1,400
year,
which
is
what
we're
at
right
now
a
lot
of
us
just
because
the
numbers
are
sure
numbers
of
residents
for
properties
in
Minneapolis
can
change
that
number.
The
number
of
Appeals
rather
dramatically,
so
we
have
60
percent
residential,
we
have
20
percent
or
just
under
20
percent
commercial
in
seventeen
percent
apartment
and
I
can
show
you
that
when
we
get
to
the
actual
number
of
appeals
by
property
type,
that
really
is
reflecting
the
makeup
of
Minneapolis.
I
So
we
have
twelve
hundred
and
forty
five.
The
blue
area
is
residential
appeals,
so
we
have
twelve
hundred
and
forty
five
residential
appeals.
We
have
eighty
five
that
our
apartment
appeals
in
fifty
six
commercial
appeals.
So
again,
it's
fairly
representative
of
the
makeup
of
Minneapolis
and
that's
why
I
use
kind
of
the
composition
is
pretty
similar
to
what?
What
is
what
Minneapolis
has.
I
So
when
we
started
the
local
board
of
Appeal
in
equalization,
we
sent
out
130
evaluation
notices
and
then
we
start
feeling
receiving
phone
calls
from
happy
taxpayers.
We
received
just
short
of
3100
phone
calls
from
taxpayers
that
are
interested
with
questions
about
their
property
day.
How
do
we
arrive
at
our
property
value?
How
do
you
appeal
out
of
those
just
under
3100?
I
We
did
send
out
thirteen
hundred
and
eighty
six
actual
applications,
and
then
we
had
twelve
hundred
and
twenty
six
that
are
open
and
are
requiring
some
board
action
at
this
point
and
we're
down
to
one
hundred
and
twenty
seven
that
are
late
and
either
later
cancelled
and
are
going
to
the
Hennepin
County
for
their
county
board.
So
we've
made
a
really
good
effort
to
make
sure
that
everybody
that
applied
are
appealed
either
on-time
or
late.
Have
some
avenue
of
appeal.
I
I
When
we
talk
about
why
we're
getting
more
of
Appeals
I
think
we're
doing
a
great
job
on
education
and
training
any
time
I'm
out
in
the
neighborhood
anytime,
my
staff
are
out
of
the
neighborhood
where
I
was
talking
about
the
appeals
process,
we're
talking
about
how
we
value
property,
but
we
know
we're
never
going
to
be
a
hundred
percent
right
on
every
property,
but
so
we
need
to
hear
from
them
and
I
think
that
that
message
is
starting
to
resonate.
We
always
talked
whenever
I
talk
to
the
media.
I
I
always
tell
them
that
the
appeals
process
is
there
for
us
to
fix
properties
that
we're
not
we're
not
getting
right
the
first
time,
and
so
we
also
pushed
the
application
out
on
the
website,
so
people
could
just
download
the
application,
fill
it
out
and
email
it
back
in,
and
this
was
very
successful.
You
just
take
a
look
at
where
we
used
to
be
just
a
paper
application
process
to
now
online
application.
It
just
skyrocketed
and
I
can
tell
you
from
looking
at
when
these
emails
were
coming
in
it'd
be
twelve
o'clock.
I
One
o'clock
in
the
morning
to
look
like
you
know:
people
it's
a
far
more
convenient
people
can
be
working
during
the
days
or
evenings
and
not
have
had
the
opportunity
to
get
an
application.
Now
when
they
get
home
to
get
the
application
they
can
get
it
taken
care
of
and
get
it
to
us
so
I
think
we're
getting
more
because
we're
more
accessible,
we're
making
the
tools
more
available
and
I
think
that's
a
good
thing,
because
that
means
that
we're
gonna
get
more
of
these
values
correct.
I
This
is
a
date,
a
timeline
that
shows
why
we
somewhat
didn't
think
that
we
were.
We
had
actually
thought
this
is
gonna,
be
a
fairly
normalized
assessment
for
about
the
first
week
or
so
week
and
a
half
we
were
having
20s
30s.
This
is
very,
very
typical,
but
then,
literally
three
days
before
we
received
about
60%
of
our
appeals
and
on
the
very
last
day
we
received
444
Appeals,
our
fax
machine
emails.
I
Phones
were
ringing
off
the
hook
on
the
very
last
day
of
Friday
at
4:30,
and
then
since
then,
we've
also
still
continued
to
take
board
cases
that
were
just
going
to
be
late
and
then,
when
the
board
convened
on
their
first
date,
I
don't
remember,
it
was
the
17th
of
April,
they
did
meet,
they
convened
and
they
closed
the
the
they
closed.
The
application
deadline
so
that
no
more
there's
no
additional
applicants
that
will
accept
late.
B
Thank
You,
Tommy
and
I'm
just
really
quite
amused
it
or
getting
all
of
these
applications
at
1,
&,
2,
&,
3
o'clock
in
the
morning
and
you're
keeping
our
property
owners
awake
at
night.
It's
quite
stunning,
and
the
increase
in
applications
is
really
overwhelming.
You
know
it
is
interesting
how
I
was
interested
in
your
previous
slide,
showing
commercial
properties
versus
residential
properties
and
I?
I
Us
through
the
chair
comes
member
jenkins
as
far
as
the
overall
tax
rate
that
the
we're
talking
about
that
is
set
at
the
legislature,
so
they'll
legislature
sets
one
and
a
half
percent
for
the
first
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
on
a
commercial
and
then
it's
two
percent
after
that,
or
they
set
the
homestead
classification
rates
and
so
really
don't
have
any
input
into
the
overall
tax
burden
rate
that
a
property
owners
are
setting
so
yep.
Let
me
keep
going
here
so
this
is
an
interesting
slide.
So
what
this
slide
will
tell
you?
I
The
blue
bars
are
the
nominal
value,
that's
currently
under
appeal
through
the
local
boards
by
word,
and
then
the
the
green
bar
line
bar
is
actually
the
number
of
Appeals.
So
if
you
look
at
councilmember
Fletcher's
at
Ward
number
three,
he
has
very
few,
but
he
has
not
that
many
appeals,
but
a
significant
amount
of
value
currently
under
appeal.
Then
we
look
at
councilman
Palmisano,
Sparta
13.
She
has
a
significant
amount
of
Appeals
and
a
significant
amount
of
value.
I
So
it's
really
quite
interesting
to
see
as
we're
tracking-
and
this
is
a
heat
map
that
shows
where
our
appeals
are
coming
from
and
I
wish.
I
could
blow
this
up
larger,
but
it
it
really
does
resonate
a
lot
around
councilmember
Paul
Masson
owes
award,
but
there's
a
lot
of
value
and
that's
we've
seen
a
significant
amount
of
increases
in
sales
and
resales
of
property
in
that
Ward.
So
it
does
pretty
much
match
what
we're
finding
in
our
you
know
in
our
office,
as
well
as
what
we're
finding
with
the
Minnesota
Association
of
Realtors.
I
This
is
the
next
item
that
we
think
is
really
driving
Appeals
and
it's
really
the
social
media
in
the
digital
access.
So
we
have
organizations
like
Zillow
and
Trulia
and
red
fin
that
are
out
there
saying
here's
what
your
property's
worth
because
they're
grabbing
you
know:
Minneapolis
data
Hennepin,
County
data,
their
own
national
organization,
that
that
acquires
this
data
uses
their
own
analysis
and
then
it
spits
out
values
and
and
uses
that
to
drive
buyers
that
work
their
webs
and
as
well
as
selling
advertising.
I
For
what
other
services,
but
so
when
we
have
many
other
organizations
that
are
arriving
at
a
residential
value,
it
is
informing
the
taxpayers,
which
is
always
a
good
thing,
whether
that's
there's
a
level
of
accuracy.
We
think
that
our
analysis
is
much
higher,
because
we
really
get
down
to
a
lot
of
the
elements
of
quality
and
condition,
and
we
have
a
better.
We
feel
we
have
a
better
handle
on
where
market
areas
are
changing,
rather
than
maybe
these
larger
institutions,
but
what
it
does
is
it
gets
the
conversation
going.
I
But
people
are
very
active
and
they're
there
talking
to
each
other,
not
only
across
the
street
but
within
the
same
community,
and
so
the
more
informed
the
taxpayers
are,
the
more
likely
that
they're
gonna
take
action
and
that's
again,
I'm
not
saying
that's
a
bad
thing,
I'm
just
saying
that
that's
probably
the
new
world
for
the
assessor's
office
that
we
have
to
be
on
top
of
our
game.
We
have
to
really
know
everything
going
on,
because
we're
going
to
be
held
accountable
and
information
is
very
easily
accessible,
then
last
but
not
least,
and
I.
I
We
really
can't
look
at
the
tax
burden,
be
just
your
values,
your
value,
your
value,
what
you
can
sell
for
it,
regardless
of
what
the
taxes
are.
We
just
have
to
make
sure
if
we
have
your
value
correct,
but
nonetheless
we
know
very
much
that
there's
many
I
don't
know
what
percentage
it'd
be
interesting
to
survey
every
one
of
the
3,200
that
we
talked
with,
but
I'm
sure
it's
kind
of
one
of
those
obvious
elements.
I
I
I
We
can't
continue
to
try
to
schedule
these
things
as
we
get
closer
and
closer
to
our
deadlines,
but
every
property
owner
knowing
because
they
called
us
or
they
email
us
to
ask
for
it.
An
opportunity
to
have
a
review,
you
know
has
been
called,
will
be
Huff
call
twice
and
email
twice.
We
figured
that's,
you
know
if
they
call
back
and
we're
exchanging,
then
that's
a
different
story,
but
these
would
be
two
calls
with
no
callback
to
emails
with
no
emails,
we're
done.
I
We
have
to
move
on
because
of
the
volume
that
we
have
for
commercial.
It's
six
commercial
properties,
six
files
per
person,
it's
about
thirty,
eight
million
dollars
per
appraiser
on
the
commercial
and
we're
at
forty
seven
million
dollars
per
appraiser.
Currently
under
appeal,
so
we've
got
some
staggering
numbers
when
we
come
to
those
properties
under
appeal
and
with
that
I
can
stand
for
questions.
C
You
mr.
chair
mr.
Todd,
thank
you
so
much
you
and
your
staff
for
handling
all
of
the
appeals
coming
from
across
the
city
and
also
from
Southwest
Minneapolis
and
professionally
I.
Think
I
spoke
with
you
three
separate
times
between
4:00
and
4:30,
on
Friday,
the
13th
and,
and
you
were
there
and
ready
and
willing
to
talk
to
any
constituent
who
had
any
last
minute.
C
Questions
and
I
appreciate
that
a
question
that
I
have
goes
back
to
slide:
10
a--,
a
heat
map
of
sorts,
and
it
looks
like
there's
a
huge
red
mark
and
a
certain
in
really
a
specific
neighborhood
and
our
ward.
And
so
can
you
tell
me
what
is
the
approach
and
how
you
go
back
and
look
at
all
of
these
properties
and
this
flood
of
Appeals
from
all
from
this
specific
neighborhood
reject
is
Lyndhurst
and
secondly,
as
I
know,
your
staff
were
purged
iya
graphic
in
their
in
their
areas.
C
I
It
could
be
you
know,
and
you
know
we
know
that
by
the
time
we've
gone
from
3,200
down
to
a
smaller
number,
that
the
ones
that
we're
looking
at
are
the
ones
that
are
most
likely
incorrect.
But
we've
done
sales
sales
ratio.
Analysis.
We've
done
that
deep
dive,
we've
looked
at
all
the
sales
for
that
general
vicinity
or
that
general
area,
and
we
know
that
our
sales
ratios
on
the
aggregate
are
still
between
that.
Ninety
and
a
hundred
and
five
and
our
targets
always
about
95
96.
I
So
we
know
that,
statistically
speaking,
we
are
more
right
than
than
not
so,
but
there
might
be
price
ranges
or
price
points.
You
know
and
that's
something
that
I've
had
a
number
of
discussions
with
with
real
estate
agents,
and
they
were
saying
that
800
to
a
million
and
up
it's
just
a
slow,
slow
market
and
the
values
could
be.
I
We
had
the
cornutus
realtor
they've,
been
putting
money
into
these
buildings
and
they're,
not
getting
a
penny
of
that
improvement
back
out,
and
so
we
did
do
a
deep
dive
into
that
and
we
said
well,
let's
take
a
look
at
all
the
sales
over
a
million
dollars
and
we
sold
her
floated
him
up
by
geographical
area.
That's
a
surprise
er!
I
No,
this
real
estate
agent
was
telling
me
and
as
we
did,
I
pulled
out
23
sales
I
had
found
five
that
were
well
over
assessed
and
where
it's
at
130
or
140
percent
and
those
we
wanted
to
hear
from
that
that
property
owner
and
these
are
you
know
these
are
properties
that
were
assessed
at
maybe
two
point
five
and
you
know
they
sold
for
one
point,
seven
or
one
point:
five.
We
want
to
hear
from
those
property
owners,
but
I
had
I
had
19
that
we
were
still
between
85
and
95.
I
So
statistically,
when
I
sent
this
information
to
the
agent
I
said,
statistically
from
a
mass
appraisal,
we're
still
rock-solid
on
how
our
values
look.
Can
you
find
some
that
are
really
too
high
yep,
but
guess
what
we
have?
The
appeals
process-
and
this
individual
said
these
people
in
this
value.
This
price
point
they're,
not
gonna,
call
they
don't
have
the
time
they're
people
of
their
the
CEOs
or
just
they
just
want
you
to
get
the
bail
you're
right
and
I
said.
We
can't
do
that.
I
I
mean
if
we
had
the
ability,
we
would
have
done
it
right.
The
first
time.
There's
something
in
our
model
is
not
tracking
that
value
correctly
and
until
we
can
walk
through
it,
riah
measure
it
making
sure
our
building
characteristic
correct.
Those
values
are
still
going
to
be
struggling
because
if
it
valued
at
wrong
this
year,
it
would
be
valuing
that
are
wrong
again
next
year,
unless
something
changes,
but
the
remaining
which
was
well
over,
probably
80%
Riverrock
saw
it
on
every
one
of
those
days.
I
We
were
still
like
again,
but
ninety
six,
eighty
five
to
ninety
six
on
the
majority
'm,
so
I
felt
pretty
good
so
when
we
did
a
deep
dive,
statistically
or
rock-solid
on
on
those
and
then
the
last
question.
As
far
as
how
do
we
handle
the
resources,
we
do
look
at
who's,
doing
Northeast,
Minneapolis
and
who
was
in
North,
Minneapolis
and
and
all
my
stuff
are
I,
wouldn't
say
interchangeable,
because
obviously
knowing
your
neighborhoods
really
really
well
helps
but
they're
all
license
and
most
people
have
been
selling
or
appraising
their
entire
life.
I
So
we
feel
really
comfortable
to
pull
them
from
other
areas
and
really
we'll
have
five
people
I,
think
Linhart
or
limbo
in
Lyndhurst.
Lyndhurst
is
a
very
popular
number
of
Appeals
based
on
us
and
I
can
absolutely
I.
Think
I
actually
did
send
out
some
information
of
where
the
peels
were
coming
from
and
I've
done.
I'm
gonna
send
that
out
again,
I
can
do
that,
but
no
we're
pulling
people
from
other
areas.
B
I
I
B
Yeah
I
would
really
encourage
it,
particularly
given
the
spike
in
appeals.
I
mean
it
seems,
like
people
are
really
deeply
concerned
and
I
think
if
people
have
a
a
broader
understanding
of
how
these
valuations
are
created,
they
may
have
a
little
more
acceptance
of
them.
At
least
they'll
have
more
knowledge
and
awareness
of
what's
going
on
so
I
would
I
would
strongly
urged
that
we
we
do
those
in
I
think
schools
can
be
a
good
location
to
consider
right.
I
B
I
D
Were
very
helpful,
so
I
appreciate
that
mr.
Todd
I
think
the
meeting
in
a
couple
of
buildings
where
we
had
where
we
would
have
had
a
heat
map
if
we
hadn't
gone
and
talked
there's
some
specific
people,
I
think
we're
very,
very
helpful.
So
I
appreciate
you
coming
with
me
to
talk
to
some
more
three
constituents.
D
I
guess:
I'm
curious.
If,
when
you
look
at
this
heat
map,
does
this
correspond
to
where
value
increases
were
the
highest?
Is
there
a
relationship
between
where
people
are
objecting
to
their
valuations
and
where
we're
actually
seeing
the
market
be
really
hot,
and
does
that
mean
that
values
didn't
go
up
in
Ward,
4
and
5
and
1,
because
that
wasn't
necessarily
my
understanding
of
the
market?
I
I
don't
have
that
data
I
that
overlaying
value
increases
with
calls
is
something
that
we
could
I
could
go
back
to
my
staff.
We
can
do
and
I
could
probably
provide
it
to
you
and
the
council
members,
but
I
I'm
sure
there's
a
correlation
there,
but
I've
not
looked
at
any
data
to
really
verify
that.
A
A
H
A
Right
Thank
You
mr.
Hodges,
and
let
me
read
out
the
final
item
item
52
is
2017.
Fourth
quarter
city
financial
report.
I
will
be
receiving
a
file
in
the
quarterly
update
on
the
fiscal
status
of
the
city,
including
a
report
on
the
city's
cash
and
investment
position
and
highlighting
key
aspects
of
the
financial
condition
of
the
city.
As
of
December
31st
2017
welcome,
miss
Hodges.
J
J
Okay,
so
this
is
the
financial
status
report.
As
of
the
fourth
quarter
of
2017,
just
for
clarification.
These
are
unaudited
numbers
we're
currently
going
through
our
annual
financial
audit,
and
those
would
be
ready
in
the
next
couple
of
months
here.
However,
these
numbers
would
be,
you
know,
we're
not
expecting
any
significant
changes
between
what.
J
J
So
this
is
the
police
fire
city
coordinator
functions
all
the
all
the
administrator
type
functions
of
the
city
per
year
in
2017,
the
fund
balance
was
117
point
1
million.
That
was
a
nine
point.
Six
million
increase
over
the
2016
ending
fund
balance
of
one
hundred
seven
point:
five
million,
so
we
are
again
continuing
to
meet
that
17
percent
minimum
fund
balance
requirement,
which
was
80
1.7
million
at
the
end
of
fourth
quarter.
J
The
original
budget
did
include
a
five
point:
five
million
dollar
use
of
fund
balance,
however,
revenues
exceeded
budget.
By
thirteen
point,
eight
million
expenditures
were
under
budget
by
18.9
million
and
as
a
result,
we
had
that
growth
in
fund
balance,
rather
than
the
use
of
fund
balance
and
just
to
quick
note,
sir,
we
did
roll
17
point,
six
million
dollars
from
2016
and
17,
and
then
we
rolled
an
additional
twenty
point.
Four
from
17
to
18.
J
Some
charts
grass
here
because
we
have
to
have
numbers
the
major
revenues
by
category
we've:
got
property
taxes,
local
taxes,
state
aides
and
others
again.
In
total,
we
were
over
budget
on
revenue
by
thirteen
point,
eight
million
some
highlights
there
would
be
that
property
taxes
came
in
2.7
million
over
budget
state
aids
by
1.1
million,
and
then
a
combination
of
other
sources
of
revenue
came
in
by
nine
point:
five
million
those
sources
include
service
charges
licenses
and
permits
fines,
informants
fines
and
forfeits
and
investment
income.
All
above
expectations.
J
And
then
again,
the
general
fund
major
expense
categories.
These
are
separated
out
by
major
departments,
so
we
can
see
police
fire,
Public,
Works
and
so
on.
Again
in
total,
the
general
fund
was
eighteen
point:
nine
million
dollars
under
budget
for
2017.
A
couple
of
highlights.
The
police
department
did
end
up
approximately
five
point:
two
million
dollars
over
budget,
but
that
was
related
to
the
settlement
of
that
multi-year
contract.
J
Fire
also
ended
up
slightly
over
budget
at
one
point:
one:
nine
over
those
are
related
to
fleet
costs,
as
well
as
employee
health,
insurance
costs.
And
finally,
the
elections
and
clerk
area
were
over
slightly
due
to
the
citywide
elections
and
the
really
high
voter
turnout
that
we
saw
it
just
kind
of
drove
up
cost
they're.
J
As
a
way
of
an
example,
the
the
special
revenue
funds
of
the
city
are
listed
there,
so
Convention
Center,
Target,
Center
or
some
portion
of
the
police
department,
some
portion
of
regulatory
services,
all
of
our
grant
funds
of
federal,
as
well
as
local
and
state
grants,
and
then
some
operations
of
CPD
are
considered
special
revenue
funds
in
total.
The
fund
balance
of
these.
J
And
we
have
another
set
of
funds
here:
the
internal
service
funds,
so,
as
it
says,
these
are
used
to
account
for
the
goods
and
services
provided
internally
to
other
City
departments
and
funds.
We've
got
a
total
of
six
internal
service
funds
at
the
city
and
they're
listed
there
and
again
in
aggregate
their
total
in
that
position
a
year
and
was
one
hundred
and
seventy
nine
point
three
million
dollars
which
again
just
a
slight
decrease
over
the
2016
year-end
net
position.
J
And
then,
finally,
we've
got
the
enterprise
funds
of
the
city,
so
these
are
used
to
account
for
the
operations
of
the
funds
that
sell
goods
and
services
to
external
customers.
So
these
are
primarily
the
utility
operations,
so
sewer
water,
stormwater,
solid
waste.
And
here
again
the
total
net
position
at
year-end
is
nine
hundred.
Eighty
two
point:
eight
million,
which
is
a
forty
nine.
Nine
dollar
increase
over
the
2016
year
in
position.
J
So
while
the
net
position
was
significant,
the
actual
cash
balances,
maybe
more
of
a
relevant
measure,
of
how
the
funds
are
doing,
and
we
can
see
that
we
have
130
7.5
million
in
cash
in
the
enterprise
funds
and
then
just
a
final
note
there
that
there
is
significant
ongoing
infrastructure
and
capital
needs
which
will
require
the
use
of
that
cash,
as
well
as
a
balanced
approach
to
borrowing.
As
we
go
forward
for
those
project
needs.
A
You
very
much
mr.
Hodges
any
questions.
My
colleagues
well
sergeant
I
know.
Thank
you
very
much
and
I
make
a
motion
to
receive
and
file
the
2017
fourth-quarter
city
financial
report,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye,
those
opposed
say
no
well
that
passes
and
having
concluded
the
business
on
our
agenda
for
today
we
are
adjourned.
Thank
you
very
much.