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From YouTube: February 20, 2018 Ways & Means Committee
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Minneapolis Ways & Means Committee Meeting
A
Good
afternoon,
everyone
now
call
this
regularly
scheduled
meeting
of
the
Ways
and
Means
Committee
to
order
I'm
the
chair
of
the
committee
councilmember
osami
and
we
are
joined
by
councilmembers,
Fletcher,
Cunningham,
sorry,
Fletcher,
Johnson,
Palmisano
and
we're
a
quorum
of
the
committee
and
can
therefore
conduct
the
committee's
business.
Today
on
the
consent
agenda,
we
have
30
items
for
your
consideration
and
the
items
are
as
follows.
A
Item
number
8
is
a
contract
amendment
with
messenger
Construction
Company
Inc
for
contract,
closeout
of
the
god
shack
replacement
project.
Item
number
9
is
a
contract
with
life
tech
services,
emergency
medical
services
at
the
Minneapolis
Convention
Center
item
number
10
is
an
amendment
to
the
membership
agreement
with
Northside
Economic
Opportunity
network
for
shared
workspaces
at
one
0:07
was
West
Broadway
Avenue
item
number
11
is
a
contract
amendment
with
clever
designs
for
additional
analysis
and
design
work
on
the
impound
lot.
A
Item
number
19
is
a
gift
acceptance
of
exercise
equipment
from
any
time
fitness
to
the
Minneapolis
Fire
Department
item
number
20
is
a
contract
with
Hennepin
health
care
systems
to
be
the
sole
provider
of
emergency
medical
services.
Ems
training
programs
item
number
21
is
a
contract
with
Hennepin
Technical
College
for
training
of
police
cadets.
Item
number
22
is
a
contract
amendment
with
specialized
environmental
technologies
for
yard,
waste,
street-sweeping
and
organics
materials
processing
services.
A
Item
number
23
is
a
contract
amendment
with
Riverview
windows
Inc
for
lead
remediation
work
item
number
24
is
a
contract
amendment
with
Hennepin
County
for
cost-sharing
for
Minnesota
family
investment
program,
employment
and
training
services.
Item
number
25
is
a
contract
with
Northeast
metropolitan
School
District
number
nine
one
six
to
provide
youth
with
Accra
Dacian
for
step-up
internship
and
elective
summer
classes
either
number
26
is
agreements
with
Minnesota
Department
recitation
and
Minneapolis
Parks
and
Recreation
Board
Betrayal
sidewalk,
and
signal
constructions
on
industrial
Boulevard
at
I-35.
A
W
item
number
27
is
a
contract
amendment
with
valley,
paving
inc
for
water
main
offsets
item
number
28
is
to
2017
metropolitan
council
livable
communities,
demonstration
account
and
transit
oriented
development
and
grant
awards
item
number
20.
It's
acknowledgement
of
reception
receptivity
to
an
to
only
and
live
livable
communities,
act
funding
award
from
in
support
of
the
award
of
Metropolitan
Council
livable
communities,
local
housing
incentive
account
grant
funds
to
the
ppl
Greenbelt
homes,
new
construction
project
and
acceptance
of
elk
H
I.
A
A
grant
funds
for
other
projects
and
item
number
30
is
procedures
for
set
in
compensation
levels
for
the
mayor
and
city
council
members
and
referred
to
staff.
An
ordinance
amending
title
chapter
20
of
the
Minneapolis
coordinates
relating
to
administration
personnel
and
then
amending
articles
to
entitle
payrolls
by
adding
a
new
section
to
establish
procedures
for
setting
or
change
in
compensation
levels
for
the
mayor
and
city
council,
and
we
have
I
have
make
a
motion
to
move
all
those
items
and
we've
also
been
joined
by
councilmember
Cunningham.
A
B
You
mr.
chair,
that
was
quite
a
list
of
items.
There's
a
lot
going
on
there
and
part
of
the
reason
that
I
think
that's
okay
to
do
is
that
we
go
through
a
pretty
rigorous
procurement
process
that
looks
at
these.
So
when
we've
pressed
and
asked
for
details
in
an
agenda
setting
and
in
preparation
for
this
meeting,
I
think
we
found
that
these
are
in
general,
well
considered
items
I.
B
Think
I
did
get
some
questions
about
number
9
of
the
contract
with
life,
tech
services,
around
emergency
medical
services
and
a
question
about
why
we
didn't
have
a
public
agency
engaged
sort
of
bidding
on
that
work
and
I
in
the
end.
What
what
happened
as
we
pressed
on
it
is
that
we
found
that
there
was
an
appropriate
process,
followed
that
we
don't
want
to
interfere
with
in
this
case,
but
I
so
I
don't
want
to
pull
it
from
consent.
B
Moving
forward,
so
I
appreciate
the
work
that
everybody
is
put
into.
Putting
these
contracts
together
and
sort
of
making
the
city
operate
and
I'm
happy
to
vote
in
favor
of
the
consent
agenda.
I
just
wanted
to
name
that
that's
an
area
of
work
that
I
think
would
be
appropriate
for
this
committee
moving
forward.
Thank
you.
Thank.
C
You
mr.
chair
I,
just
wanted
to
follow
up
with
that
were
procurement
will
be
coming
to
the
peace
committee
before
the
Peace
Committee
to
do
an
overview
of
the
work
that
they
do,
and
so
we
will
be
digging
more
into
that
in
March.
So
I'll
be
sure
to
get
that
out
to
you
about
when
we
will
be
covering
that
there's
some
great
questions
I'll
pass
along.
Thank.
A
You
very
much
council
member
Cunningham,
any
other
discussion,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye
aye,
those
opposed
the
items
have
been
approved
and
we
have
one
discussion.
Item
item
number
31,
which
is
2018
capital,
long-range
improvement
committee
click
scheduled
rating
guidelines
and
recommended
net
dead
bond
resource
levels
and
I
have
staff
to
discuss
it.
Thank
you.
D
Good
afternoon,
chair
or
Sami
and
council
members,
my
name
is
Michael
a
Blaine
and
I
am
the
director
of
investments,
capital
and
debt
management
for
the
city
and
I
also
serve
as
the
executive
secretary
of
the
Kliq
Committee,
which
is
the
citizen
appointed
committee
that
we'll
be
spending
a
lot
of
time.
Reviewing
capital
proposals.
I
have
with
me
today,
Geoff
strand,
who
is
the
chair
of
the
Kliq
Committee.
So
at
some
point,
I'm
invite
him
up
and
have
him
really
talk
to
you
in
depth
more
about
the
Kliq
process
itself.
D
But
the
action
before
you
today
is
basically
to
kick
off
the
capital
budget
process.
As
I
speak
to
you
today,
there
are
people
in
departments
and
over
at
the
park
board
working
capital
project
proposals
that
will
be
submitted
to
me
actually
and
later
to
the
Kliq
committee
that
those
are
due
on
April
3rd,
so
they're
working
on
those
diligently
as
we
speak
and
basically
they
get
their
information
from
you
know
reviewing
the
needs
of
a
city
infrastructure
that
needs
repair,
etc
and
they're,
preparing
cost
estimates
and
and
gathering
information
to
fill
out.
D
The
forms
that
are
then
the
capital
budget
requests
that
are
submitted
to
the
Kliq
committee,
so
the
other
thing
that
I
wanted
to
spend
a
little
time
with
you
today
is
talking
about
the
net
dead
bond
resources
that
are
made
available.
Those
are
kind
of
one
of
the
primary
sources
of
funds
for
the
capital
program.
They
are
supported
by
property
tax
dollars
and
they
are
probably
the
primary
source
of
money
that
the
Kliq
members
consider
in
making
their
recommendation
regarding
limited,
limited
resources
to
do
more
work
than
we
can
afford
in
any
given
year.
D
So
that's
part
of
what
the
click
process
does
is
determine
which
ones
to
move
forward
with
in
a
recommendation
to
the
mayor
and
city
council.
So
I'll
have
Jeff
talk
about
the
whole
click
process
and
then
the
click
rating
guidelines
is
an
attachment
to
your
request
for
council
action
that
basically
spells
out
how
the
Kliq
members
go
about
their
ratings
process.
D
The
factors
that
they
consider
and
there's
points
that,
if
you
go
through
that
document,
it's
nine
pages
long
and
it
describes
the
kinds
of
things
they
look
at
when
they're
reviewing
each
of
the
proposals
and
how
they
go
about
assigning
points
for
different
categories
of
things
that
they
see
in
here
and
get
gain
information
from
the
presenters
at
etc.
So,
ultimately,
the
thing
I
need
you
to
consider
today
is
to
approve
this
process.
D
A
D
So
that's
the
tax
levy
that
gets
passed
to
pay
for
this
kind
of
debt
over
time,
and
then
these
bonds
are
the
primary
source
of
funding
that
is
then
used
to
pay,
for
you
know:
roads
and
bridges
and
bike
trails
and
traffic
signals
and
and
all
the
sort
of
general
infrastructure
that
the
city
utilizes
to
provide
services
that
it
helps
pay.
For.
D
You
know:
police
stations,
fire
stations,
just
a
lot
of
things
that
are
not
paid
for
with
other
revenues
like
the
enterprise
funds,
where
we
actually
assess
fees
for
services
and
for
use
of
water,
etc.
Those
are
paid
for
by
enterprise
revenues,
but
then
this
other
stuff
or
police
fire
general
things
that
everybody
uses
here
as
a
resident
they're
taxed
for
that
through
this
bond
redemption
levy,
and
that
levy
is
then
used
to
pay
for
these
bonds,
which
we
call
net
debt
bonds,
which
then
go
into
the
capital
budget
process
as
a
resource.
D
D
E
You
chair
were
Sami
and
council
members
and
first
I'll
apologize
I'm
still
having
some
visual
acuity
issues
with
my
left
eye,
so
I'm
not
squinting
for
any
reason
other
than
that
I
sigh
tissue,
that's
remaining
from
retina
surgery,
thanks
for
the
opportunity
to
briefly
address
the
council
committee
today,
so
the
capital
long
range
improvements
committee,
I
believe,
was
established
as
late
as
the
mid
1950s.
So
it's
been
a
city
advisory
body
to
the
mayor
and
council
for
many
many
decades.
E
The
Kliq
committee
consists
of
33
members,
two
per
council
Ward
and
seven
appointed
by
the
mayor,
I'm
pleased
to
work
with
a
very
diverse
group
of
residents
and
I'm
sorry
and
Jeff
strand
Ward
for
resident
5,100,
Thomas
North.
So
the
Kliq
executive
committee
actually
has
six
members
and
as
50%
either
members
of
communities
of
color
or
LGBTQ
identified
persons.
The
33
member
body
meets
for
a
two-year
period
between
appointments.
E
It
is
as
quick
as
known
as
a
very
time-intensive
City
advisory
body
and
so
I
and
others
do
our
best
to
make
this
a
very
welcoming
committee
for
all
residents,
regardless
of
their
backgrounds.
But
it
tends
to
be
a
very
diverse
group
in
a
very
dedicated
group,
so
the
meetings
for
this
year's
schedule
are
anticipated
to
begin
April
3rd
and
run
through
June
26,
typically
weekly
bi-weekly
meetings
of
an
hour
and
a
half
to
two
hour
duration
to
come
up
with
the
body
of
work.
E
That
is
the
Kliq
report,
which
contains
both
written
comments
from
the
transportation
in
human
development
task
force's,
as
well
as
a
rating
for
all
of
the
projects.
All
the
capital
budget
requests
based
on
that
rating
schema
that
mr.
Allen
alluded
to
and
that
clique
guidelines
are
our
believe
before
your
committee
today.
E
The
I
want
to
highlight
a
couple
of
things
that
were
innovations
in
the
past
couple
of
years
after
the
previous
chair,
retired
and
I
was
elected
chair
by
my
colleagues
that
we
have
for
two
years
now
had
click
public
input
sessions,
north
and
south
to
invite
additional
neighbourhood
and
community
comment
and
input
on
the
capital
budget,
request
and
process.
In
addition,
there's
a
formal
joint
public
hearing
with
the
Planning
Commission
that
is
scheduled
annually.
E
Minneapolis
MN
gov
under
the
finance
department,
one
can
go
back
to
the
Year
2005
for
the
click
reports,
as
well
as
the
capital
budget
requests,
so
I
think
the
process
is
is
quite
transparent
and
I.
Believe
the
committee
members
are
united
to
make
sure
that
it
is
inclusive
of
all
the
residents
and
lastly,
in
terms
of
we
did
have
an
opportunity
to
meet
with
the
promised
own
equity
subcommittee
with
Julian
Larssen
last
October
reviewed
equity
concerns
with
her,
and
also
the
recent
articles
in
the
Keira
newsletter
and
the
st.
Paul
study
on
capital
equity.
F
F
It
I
think
that
limits
the
amount
of
individuals
who
can
participate,
and
frankly,
it's
been
something
that
when
I've
talked
with
my
prospective
clique
appointees,
it's
a
conversation
that
comes
up
is
the
difficulty
around
scheduling
and
how
it's
a
very
exclusive
scheduling
constraint,
that's
created.
So
mr.
strand
is
wondering,
if
there's
been
any
discussion
by
the
committee
itself
on
that
issue,
have
they
thought
about
switching
to
evenings
or
a
schedule
that
would
be
more
accommodating
for
individuals
of
a
broader
range
across
the
city?
I
guess.
E
E
Learning
of
the
council
members
concerns
and
in
point
of
fact,
the
committee
members
who
are
currently
appointed
when
we
surveyed
the
members
it
turned
out
that
the
bulk
of
the
people
found
the
existing
schedule
more
conducive
and
convenient
to
their
respective
schedules.
So
personally,
I
have
no
issue
with
evening
meetings.
Other
committees,
however,
we
did,
we
did
survey
the
membership
and
found
that
the
current
schedule
was
most
conducive
to
those
members
currently
appointed.
So.
F
F
Specifically,
so
I
already
had
to
rule
out
people,
it
didn't
have
that
luxury
of
being
able
to
get
off
for
several
days
in
a
week
for
a
couple
hours
over
lunch
and
being
able
to
be
downtown,
let
alone,
if
you
don't
work,
downtown
I
mean
you're,
adding
in
usually
an
extra
depending
on
where
you
work
up
to
half
an
hour
each
way,
probably
if
you're
considering
attending,
and
so
it
is.
It
is
very
burdensome.
I
think
schedule
wise
and
something
I
want
to
point
out
and
I
hope
something
like
colleagues
think
about
as
well.
F
D
Council
member
Johnson
one
of
the
things
that
came
up
when
we
had
that
discussion
with
the
various
clique
members
about
where
to
where
to
meet
and
what
time
to
meet
is
the
need
to
be
centrally
located
where
public
transportation
comes.
So
if
we
were
going
to,
you
know
locate
in
one
corner
of
the
city
in
an
evening
meeting,
and
there
was
no
public
transportation
to
get
to
that
meeting.
It
might
be
convenient
for
a
couple
members
who
live
in
that
general
jurisdiction,
but
it
would
be
really
difficult
for
people
from
across
town
to
get
there.
D
So
that's
that
sort
of
became
one
thing
about
why
City
Hall
works.
Well,
because
we
have
the
Train
that
comes
right
to
our
doorstep
and
the
whole
metro.
Transit
system
basically
comes
from
all
neighborhoods
and
comes
downtown
so
that
that
ended
up
being
one
of
the
various
important
factors
in
why
these
meetings
are
held
here
at
City
Hall.
D
And
then
we
also
have
a
lot
of
people
like
Jeff
and
others
who
work
downtown
and,
from
their
perspective,
being
able
to
take
off
work
during
a
lunch
hour,
and
you
know
basically
get
their
supervisors
permission
to
have
an
extended
lunch
and
meet
and
make
these
meetings.
You
know
some
of
those
folks
said
if
it
was,
you
know,
at
six
o'clock
at
night.
You
know
I've
got
obligations
with
my
family.
I
wouldn't
be
able
to
come
to
those
meetings
and
if
it
was
across
town
and
I
didn't
have
a
bus
to
get
there.
D
D
You
know
we've
tried
to
do
a
few
things
to
try
and
help
get
more
public
participation,
but,
like
Jeff
said
you
know,
when
we
pulled
the
click
members,
they
really
felt
ultimately
that
City
Hall
was
was
still
the
best
choice
and
these
meetings
that
start
at
noon
were
able
to
be
attended
by
the
most
people.
So
we
really
did
try.
We
did
a
full
fledge
effort
with
with
folks
to
try
and
get
their
their
input
in.
F
E
E
D
F
Thank
you
appreciate
that
commitment,
I
appreciate
the
explanation.
I
certainly
have
no
grievance
with
having
a
centrally
located
downtown
I
know,
there's
other
locations
as
well
that
we
could
take
advantage
of
after
our
access,
but
even
if
it
requires
changing
the
cadence
or
duration
of
individual
meetings
and
length
of
schedule
or
other
potential
adjustments
just
to
make
it
more
Cybil,
more
equitable
I
think
that
would
be
certainly
appreciate
it
because
right
now,
I
as
an
appointee
feel
like
and
I'm
happy
with
my
appointees.
F
So
they
shouldn't
read
into
this
and
any
which
way,
because
I've
got
some
great
people
on
there,
but
as
an
appointee.
Certainly
that's
probably
my
number
one
consideration
talking
with
people
is
hey
by
the
way.
Are
you
in
a
really
fortunate
position
that
you
can
take
off
a
couple
hours
in
a
row
during
a
busy
work
week,
and
are
you
already
working
downtown
and
most
likely
some
corporate
job
right?
Those
kind
of
situations,
but
then
certainly
that,
in
other
regards
limits?
The
perspectives
on
the
committee
so
appreciate.
C
You
mr.
chair
I
just
wanted
to
name
and
congratulate
the
50%
diversity
on
on
the
committee.
I
know
that
that
again
it's
a
very
time-intensive
committee
and
and
there's
a
large
responsibility
that
goes
with
it
and
so
having
had
50%
diversity.
I
just
wanted
to
commend
that,
and
also
you
have
a
special
thanks
to
mr.
strand
whom
I
am
very
proud
represents
here,
because
he,
as
somebody
that
I
know,
has
worked
very
hard
on
this
committee.
And
so
congratulations
on
being
the
chair
and
I
look
forward
to
seeing
your
leadership.