City of Minneapolis, MN 2018 Minneapolis City Council and Committee Meetings, 13 Jun 2018

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Minneapolis Committee of the Whole Meeting

A

I am going to call this meeting of the committee of the whole for Wednesday June 13th to order my name is Andrea Jenkins and I. Am the chair of this committee with me and the dais, our councilmembers Palmisano Johnson Goodman Ellison Schrader council president in there councilmember Cunningham and remember right.

A

Let the record reflect that we do have quorum, and so colleagues, the only business before us today is the receipt of reports from the standing committees on matters to be considered by the full council and our regular meeting this coming Friday and we will begin with the economic development and regulatory Services Committee chaired by councilmember Goodman. Thank.

B

You, madam vice president, the economic development and regulatory Services Committee is bringing forward 14 items. It looks like a lot of items because the new system is separating all sorts of interesting items, so I'm going to just point them out. It used to be all in one report, but now there are a bunch of things separated out for your perusal and enjoyment, especially so you can hear about the gambling licenses separate from the business licenses separate from the liquor licenses and the renewals separated from the new ones.

B

Let me assure you we take those all with one motion: we're not hearing them all individually. Item number one is a new business. Geek love cafe at Moon Palace books. Item number 2 is a expansion of premise for five guys at 55, 555, Nicollet Mall item six is broken clock brewing, which is an on sale and Sunday tack.

B

Room license all know, that's a cooperative brief, so it was really cool to hear about their model item number four: is an expansion for all swear on Minnehaha Boulevard on the 12th or item 5 is a license, revocation that they have since paid the license, so we had deleted it from the agenda, but now we're going to actually have to take a motion in committee and the full council on this to acknowledge it came to us and as being taken off the agenda item. Six are the business or the liquor license approvals item? Seven?

B

Are the business license approvals item 8th or the business license? Renewals item 9 or the gambling license approvals item 10 or the gambling license renewals. So, as you can see now, you'll have a sense of each individual license on the agenda item. 11 our license settlement conferences for aqua nightclub item, 12, 13, 14 and 15 are all rental licenses reinstated of former's or ballast Friends properties.

B

I will note that we had a presentation about this in committee and saw the review method and process that staff are going through in order to renew licenses for former Tsar ballasts and Friends properties, and these were four that we felt we could move forward. All of these tenants. No one will be evicted. The licenses will be renewed with a different owner. Hopefully, people will be able to stay in place with that. I am happy to answer questions about items 1 through 15.

A

Thank You councilmember Goodman. Are there any questions.

A

There any questions I do want to just let the record reflect that we have been joined by a council member for Sammy as well as council member Gordon, and our next committee report is from the enterprise committee chair by councilmember Palmisano. Thank.

C

You, madam vice president, there are six items for approval at Friday's, full council meeting. They come forward from the Enterprise Committee. The first three are IT contracts, their IT service related contracts, I am Number, one is with the solid waste information system. Item number two is for I t's service now pool I guess we are extending that service now capability to more departments.

C

In our city item number three is Cobra administration compliance assistance item number four is really interesting because we heard a short presentation met with university officials and are seeking authorization to negotiate a master contract with the University of Minnesota for all the things that we do with them and there'll be more to come when a contract comes before us in the fall to consider.

C

But that's a pretty big deal items number five and six are both staff directions related to a presentation we heard about data practices and number five is about finding a better single point of access for data practice requests and working together with our Police Department in new ways to make that happen and item number six is to take all of the different ways that we look to do: data transparency and other kinds of initiatives in our city and to bring that back as one in September a state of data report from that comes from the information governance policy committee, I'm happy to answer any questions.

A

Thank You, chair Palmisano, are there any questions? I actually have a question on number 4. The master contract with the University of Minnesota and I'm curious. Is that a master contract about new business or is it just a consolidation work that we currently do with the University.

C

Madam vice president, members of the committee, the contract would involve a consolidation of the many contracts that used to be dozens. Now, it's more like a dozen of ways. We have existing memoranda of understanding when we engage in work so both existing and new.

C

There are a lot of efficiencies that I think that we are excited that people around the city are eager to work on better, such as public works needs to go through processes to to access something on University of Minnesota property, but it's also to engage in new ways, new research and collaboration that then doesn't need to involve a separate contract. So it's a both/and thank.

A

You are there any other questions saying that we will now hear from the housing policy and development committee chair by councilmember Gordon. Thank.

D

You very much nice president, the housing policy development he's bringing forward six items for consideration. The first is authorizing agreements regarding our Housing lender participation, agreements for Minnesota housing, improvement, loan programs. Second, one is a resolution adopting all the documents necessary to move forward on our home improvement program, participation agreements. The third item is approving: affordable housing trust fund loan for the park, seven apartments- this is a reward. The fourth item is authorizing a request for proposals for our 2018 housing opportunities for persons with AIDS request for proposals.

D

The fifth item is approving our 2019 housing tax, credit program, qualified allocation plan and procedures and authorizing steps to proceed with an RFP for those and the sixth item is a staff direction. We received a report from the public housing authority, a presentation on their 2018 draft capital plan and we directed staff to come back and report to the committee in July with some more details about a unified participation plan.

D

That's in our ordinance and also to clarify what the authority and responsibilities the city Minneapolis has over the mph a happy to stand for questions on any of those.

A

Thank You, chair Gordon: are there any questions seeing none? We will next hear from the public health, environment, civil rights and engagement committee chaired by councilmember Cunningham.

E

Thank you, madam vice president, the public health environment, civil rights and engagement committee will be bringing forward two items for consideration at Friday's council meeting. The first is a nuisance. Orders ordinance passage of an ordinance amending Title three chapter 47 of the Minneapolis Code of Ordinances relating to air pollution and environmental protection. An additional public comment has been added to the record and email to to my colleagues. This work is actually just codifying the work that the Health Department, the environmental staff and the Health Department already do so.

E

This is just codifying that, and the second are the second is agreements with Xcel Energy to purchase renewable electricity through their renewable connect program. I also want to share with my colleagues that we had two presentations at the at the committee, which the first is about the family and early childhood efforts, and so they they covered the work that they do around pregnant and parenting families, with an emphasis on reaching low-income at-risk families through programs, community partnerships and policy change, and also we had a presentation from the Minneapolis workplace, Advisory Committee.

E

They brought in their progress report and recommendations. They brought recommendations on engaging in creating collaborative dialogue between the business community, our worker community and the city, so I highly recommend my colleagues check out the video from that to be able to learn about the work that's happening and the recommendations from a very active advisory committee I'm happy to answer any questions. Thank.

A

You councilman Cunningham. Are there any questions you know questioners will next move to the Transportation and Public Works Committee by councilmember right I? Thank.

F

You, madam vice president community for words, 11 items for council consideration, item 1 as the Bicycle Advisory Committee appointments item. 2 is the Minneapolis stormwater management program. Annual report item 3 is the 34th Avenue South Street reconstruction project items 4 or 5 and 6 are authorizing contracts to support activities of the department item. 7 is the acquisition of pipeline easement for the location of an existing city.

F

Water main and 8 is grant application through the 2018 metropolitan council regional solicitation program for federal transportation funds and items 9 10 11 are all accepting bids for activities of the department. Madam vice president will stand for questions. Thank.

A

You tear right. Are there any questions scene we'll move to our next community report, which is the Ways and Means Committee chaired by councilmember or Sami? Thank.

G

You, madam chair, we have six items to report to the full council. The first item is a contract. Amendment would even ink for the under way for the under freeway impound. Lot. Item number two is a contract amendment with northern lines contracting for the east side, storage and maintenance facility. The demolition project item number three is a bid for a Minneapolis Convention Center kitchen ductwork replacement item number four is a bid for high each equipment. Item number five is a legal settlement.

G

Kristine Johnson item number: six is a transfer of 2018 funds from the city coordinators office to the community planning and economic development department for a workforce. Development assessment for the renewable electricity sector and I'll be happy to ask any questions.

A

Thank You chair asami, are there any questions, seeing no questions, we will move to the zoning and planning committee report by councilmember Schrader. Thank.

H

You, madam chair, oh the zoning and planning committee will bring forward three items on Friday. The first is approving an amendment to the city's comprehensive plan to amend the future land use map for properties located at 1,000, North, third and 1001 North Washington Avenue North. The second is a rezoning for the property at 25th, 25:35, Holdrege, Avenue south, and the final one is a rezoning for 1,000 and third LLC in bulk storage at 1,000, 1,000 North. Third Street I'll stand for any questions. Thank.

A

You councilmember straighter. Are there any questions? Seeing no questions. We will now hear from the audit committee chair by Councilman apanasana.

C

Thank you, madam vice president, there's nothing that we need to forward from the audit committee this cycle. We did have our regular meeting on Monday unless the city clerk, that's looking at me, has other ideas, but I did want to highlight that we have a new director of internal audit after a lengthy six-month search that involved the out-of-state candidates and several rounds of interviews with a lot of the leadership here in City, Hall and collaboration with my colleagues I'm proud to announce that miss ginger.

C

Big me is our new head of internal audit and she'll, be starting in a couple of weeks. So I look forward to taking her around to meet all of you and she does thanks. Thank.

A

You, the chair, Palmisano, are there any questions all right well, seeing that there are no other committee reports and that completes our business for this afternoon, oh I'm, sorry come on recording yep.

D

Well, this I just wanted to UM ask a little bit about the meet minneapolis audit report. Is that gonna be forwarded to the council or go through the Ways and Means Committee at all? We're gonna III, see on in our in our book that that came before the audit committee.

D

They took that report and I've been hearing a little bit in the press about that and I'm just curious if there is a way that that's going to formally interact with the council, are we just going to take that information and study the report as we're preparing for the budget process.

C

Madam vice president, members of the committee, councilmember Gordon, is correct in that the main new business item for audit committee was the meet minneapolis audit has received a lot of attention.

C

Whilst the audit committee simply receives and orders published those reports, it would be up to anybody here if you wish to bring a staff direction forward to do further something else with it that audit work effort is complete right now, so I have had conversations with people from minneapolis as as late as this morning in terms of learning what their next steps are and what they've been doing since that time so this week and what they plan to do to help remediate.

C

Those findings I'm happy to speak with you more about them, but there is no formal action for the council to take, because audit committee has already prove that report.

D

Okay, we can talk outside of this, to which I want to understand more about it and what our connection as I leave there. The contract goes through the Convention Center that flows through the coordinators office, so there might be an opportunity for one or more committee to actually look into it a little bit if.

C

I may, madam, vice president, we we did have a conversation about it during the results Minneapolis meeting this morning.

A

Are there any other questions.

A

With that that completes our business for this afternoon and with no further business to come before us, this meeting is adjourned. Thank you. Everyone.