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From YouTube: September 12, 2018 Board of Estimate and Taxation
Description
Minneapolis Board of Estimate and Taxation Meeting
A
A
Right
motion
so
today
we're
here
to
take
public
input
on
the
maximum
property
tax
levy
for
Pei
2019.
These
would
be
the
taxes
that
people
would
be
paying
next
year
and
so
to
that
end,
I'm
going
to
open
the
public
hearing.
If
you
would
like
to
speak
to
the
board,
we
have
a
sign-up
sheet.
We
have
a
sign-up
sheet
right
here.
A
If
there's
anyone
who
still
wants
to
sign
up
there's
still
a
sheet.
Thank
you
and
folks
have
one
minute
to
speak.
Please
when
you
come
up
give
us
your
name
and
your
address.
I'm,
going
to
start
with
Patrice
Howard
and
on
deck
will
be
say:
dia,
Omar
and
I
apologize.
If
I
have
mangled
your
name,
I
apologize.
B
Hi,
my
name
is
Patrice.
Our
address
is
33
27,
Emerson,
Avenue,
North,
Minneapolis,
five,
five,
four
one
two
good
evening:
cheering
council
members,
my
name
is
Patrice
Howard
I'm,
representing
Brooklyn
Center
Community
Schools,
as
the
director
of
community
schools
in
engagement
and
again
I'm.
Also
a
resident
of
Minneapolis
Brooklyn
Center
Community
Schools
is
the
first
full
service
community
school
school
district
with
over
100
programs
and
partnerships
that
respond
to
the
needs
of
the
whole
child,
but
hoping
to
reduce
barriers
to
learning.
B
We
began
implementation
of
this
model
in
2009
and
have
produced
positive
results
ever
since,
including
increased
graduation
rates.
On-Site
access
to
mental
health
and
medical
supports
family
engagement
practices
such
as
increased
food
support
for
families
and
leadership
opportunities,
as
well
as
enrichment
programs
for
all
youth
by
welcoming
community
members
as
partners
in
school
involvement
in
decision
making.
We
are
better
able
to
reduce
access
to
barriers
by
responded
to
the
achievement
and
opportunity
gaps
through
co-located
and
coordinated
coordinated
service
of
delivery
and
supports.
B
As
that's
a
that
excuse
me
coordinated
services
of
delivery
that
supports
student
success.
This
is
a
proven
model
of
success
with
over
five
years
of
decade
and
I've
had
the
opportunity
to
work
with
this
model
for
five
excuse
me
for
eight
years
and
I've,
with
witnessed
the
accomplishments
I've,
also
provided
and
willing
to
continue
to
provide
technical
assistance
to
community
organizations
as
well
as
school
districts.
Thank
you
to
the
city
of
math
Minneapolis
for
considering
this
model
and
thank
you
to
all
of
the
full
service
community
school
supporters.
Thank.
A
You
sorry
mangle
it
again:
I
apologize
man
on
deck
I
have
jose
kavi
our.
C
C
Also,
we
have
a
lot
of
students
who
have
emotional
and
behavioral
issues,
and
often
we
started
out
to
find
tried
resources
for
them
full
service
community
schools
to
give
us
a
chance
to
eat,
to
encourage
parents
to
partner
with
us
and
for
us
to
listen
to
them
because
they
are
the
ones
who
know
their
kids
the
best.
We
will
also
help
students
to
succeed
in
school.
It
will
be
good
for
everyone
in
our
school
and
our
community
I
appreciate
the
work
being
done
in
this
issue
and
I
hope.
The
board
supports
the
levy.
A
Just
to
be
clarifying
for
folks,
we
are
here
today
to
talk
about
the
city
levy
with
the
school
board
levy
is
a
separate
ludie
done
by
the
school
board.
That
is
separate
from
the
city
of
Minneapolis
levy.
We
are
happy
to
hear
from
everybody,
but
just
understand
we
will
not
be
voting
on
the
school
board
levy.
We
will
only
be
voting
for
a
levy
that
funds
police
officers
and
firefighters
and
traffic
lights,
and
things
like
that,
so
I
have
Hosea
Villar
again
I
apologize.
D
My
name
is
Hassan
Riga
I'm,
the
education
justice
organizer
for
navigate
Minnesota,
but
I'm
here
today,
not
just
as
an
organizer
or
an
educator
I'm
here
today,
also
as
an
alumni
and
a
person
who
used
to
attend
Minneapolis
pro
school
since
the
age
of
five
I
currently
have
students
attending
MPs
schools,
family
members
and
I
myself
used
to
be
an
educational
support
professional
for
MPS.
That
being
said,
I
know
too
well
the
reality
of
having
underfunded
and
underserved
schools
as
a
city
and
as
a
state.
D
We
have
the
responsibility
to
ensure
that
our
youth
and
kids
have
an
equal
opportunity
to
learn
and
succeed,
but
we
have
not
been
doing
that
and
we
ever
had
the
opportunity
to
change
things,
but
have
not
done
so.
In
the
past
20
years
that
I
have
known
MPs
course.
Our
schools
continue
to
be
underfunded
and
under
service,
our
kids
continue
to
be
marginalized
and
many
disparities
continue
to
exist.
D
A
You
thank
you
Shawn
Layden,
and
on
deck
mr.
French,
all.
E
Right,
Shawn,
Layden,
25:52,
Garfield,
Avenue,
South
apartment
102,
Minneapolis
18
year
Minneapolis
resident,
live
in
Whittier
I'm
here
to
support
the
5.7%
Park
Board
levy,
request
in
one
of
maybe
shed
a
little
context
on
what
we've
heard
so
far.
With
the
support
of
this
levy,
we
can
build
on
the
existing
partnerships
that
exist
between
the
parks
and
schools,
and
one
thing
that
partnership
represents
is
coming
together
at
shared
parks
and
school
sites.
E
And
so
what
we're
looking
at
is
a
increase
in
youth
funding
for
the
park
board
to
enter
into
that
partnership
around
the
model
that
we're
talking
about
and
what's
important
about,
that
is
our
kids
in
Minneapolis
come
and
they
get
off
the
bus
at
a
school
and
then
after
school
they
go
right
next
door
into
their
Park
and
we
should
be
looking
at.
How
do
we
work
together
to
make
sure
we're
coordinating
services
across
entities?
E
F
How
you
guys
doing
today,
my
name
is
Londo
French
I
am
a
Minneapolis
Park
Commissioner,
but
I
am
also
a
longtime
employee
of
Minneapolis
Public,
Schools
and
I've
worked
in
the
parks
for
almost
20
years
as
well.
When
I
ran
for
office.
I
talked
about
how
our
parks,
at
our
backyards
of
our
neighborhoods
and
I,
think
that
gave
me
a
lot
more
than
just
our
backyards.
That
can
be
our
meeting
centers.
That
can
be
places
where
we
will.
F
Maybe
we
can
have
a
laundry
service
at
these
places
to
make
it
more
conducive
for
kids,
who
are
having
our
time
in
the
educational
process
do
better
so
I'm
asking
for
you
guys
to
support
the
5.7%
for
the
park
board
is
asking
and
I
want
to
thank
Jacob
Frye
for
his
leadership
in
this
issue,
and
thank
you
guys
for
listening
to
what
we
have
to
say.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
G
Thank
you.
My
name
is
Justin
Killian
and
I
live
at
it's
a
team,
Portland
Avenue
South,
but
I'm.
Also
here
today,
as
a
representative
of
the
86,000
educators
that
education
Minnesota
represents
across
the
state
of
Minnesota.
That
includes
the
wonderful
teachers
and
paraprofessionals
here
in
Minneapolis,
Public,
Schools
I
work
in
the
policy
department
at
education
Minnesota
and
a
few
years
back,
we
released
an
important
paper
about
how
successful
community
schools
can
be
for
a
neighborhood
or
for
a
community
that
is
struggling
and
and
though,
for
those
reasons
we
continue
to
support
this
model.
G
One
thing
I
wanted
to
bring
to
your
attention
is
I
know
that
you
pointed
out
that
you
said
that
we're
not
here
to
vote
on
the
school
board
levy,
but
what
we're
trying
to
do
is
build
coalitions
where
we're
connecting
communities
with
schools,
because
schools
are
vital
parts
of
our
community
and
2018.
This
year
there
was
a
social
science
study
released,
in
which
Green
said:
poverty,
housing
and
healthcare
are
things
that
greatly
affect
the
way
our
students
learn,
and
we
can't
expect
schools
to
fix
this
all
on
their
own.
G
We
have
to
do
things
to
bring
partnerships
to
them.
Much
like
the
partnerships
we
see
in
places
around
the
state,
including
our
neighbors,
over
in
st.
Paul,
who
are
doing
some
interesting
things
with
the
st.
Paul
park
system
and
their
Dayton
Bluff
site
I'm
not
going
to
bore
you
with
many
more
statistics,
but
I
will
leave
you
with
one,
which
is
that,
for
every
dollar
invested
in
a
full-service
community
school,
a
community
will
seek
10
to
14
dollars
in
productive
revenue
for
that
area.
So
I
highly
encourage
you
to
to
support
the
levy.
Thank.
A
H
John
Elko
Gil
I
live
at
1910,
First,
Avenue,
South,
President,
Becker
and
members
of
the
board.
Thank
you
for
having
me
today,
I'm
here,
to
speak
in
support
of
the
5.7
percent
levy,
request
for
the
Park
Board.
In
a
time
when
the
state
and
federal
leadership
is
not
coming
through
for
investing
in
our
young
people,
it's
really
time
for
our
city
and
our
local
government
to
step
up
and
I
must
say
that
I
am
very
happy
that
the
mayor
has
indicated
his
interest
in
providing
a
down
payment
on
investment
in
youth
services.
H
A
You
so
much
August
Ana,
macchiato,
Mikado
and
then
the
last
person
have
on
my
list
is
Greg
sweet
and
if
there's
anybody
else
who
would
like
to
speak,
please
come
up
and
sign
up
because
my
second
to
last
person,
oh.
I
Thank
you.
My
name
is
Ayana
soil
Machado
I
tried,
ok,
good
I
am
a
resident
of
st.
Paul,
so
I'm
here
as
an
ally
for
kind
of
accounting
in
Minneapolis,
Public,
Schools
I'm,
a
community
organizer
activists,
artists
and
a
mother
who
was
committed
to
education
for
liberation.
I
am
also
the
coordinator
of
achievement,
plus
at
Johnson
at
Johnny
Johnson
Elementary,
which
is
a
full
service
community
school,
a
model
which
I
firmly
believe
supports
the
social,
emotional,
mental
and
physical
health
and
well-being
of
our
students
and
community
of
the
east
side
of
st.
Paul.
I
More
districts
should
absolutely
consider
a
full-service
community
school
approach
as
a
way
to
offer
a
holistic
approach
in
our
communities.
So
I
absolutely
thank
you
for
a
long
way
that
I'm
here
to
speak
on
behalf
of
a
full-service
community
model
and
believe
that
this
model
definitely
can
lead
towards
education
from
the
liberation
approaches
and
building
a
holistic
approach
for
not
only
the
students
and
families
in
the
school,
but
also
for
the
community
at
large.
Thank
you
thank.
J
I'm
here
today
to
support
to
speak
in
support
of
the
levy
and
so
Craig
sweet,
thirty-one
5246,
Avenue,
South
I
am
a
resident,
but
I
am
also
a
coordinator
in
st.
Paul
in
a
full
service
community
school.
So
achievement
plus
is
a
program,
a
collaboration
between
the
Amherst
H
Wilder
foundation,
for
whom
I
work
and
st.
Paul
public
schools
and
we
operate
in
three
schools
there
in
st.
Paul
and
this
model
has
worked.
J
We
have
existed
for
over
20
years
there
and
we
have
seen
good
neighborhood
collaboration
and
we're
all
about
partnerships
about
bringing
and
pulling
people
together,
having
neighborhood
organizations
working
towards
the
betterment
of
all
of
our
students,
families
in
the
broader
community
and
one
of
our
sites.
Dayton's
Bluff,
is
actually
physically
attached
to
a
safe,
called
parts,
indirect
location,
so
there's
great
collaboration
and
communication
that
happens
between
the
site
and
the
school
on
a
daily
basis,
but
particularly
if
we
think
about
out-of-school
time
so
days
when
the
school
is
closed.
J
The
park,
you
know
the
rec
center
is
open
when
summer
is
on
and
school
is
out
the
park
and
the
rec
center
is
open.
So
it
is
a
great
way
for
our
kids
to
always
just
know
that
they're
going
to
one
destination
and
that
they
have
their
needs
met,
so
I
certainly
encourage
you
to
support
the
levy,
and
thank
you
for
your
time.
Thank.
A
K
M
President
Becker
members
of
the
board
I'm
mark
rough
from
the
city's
chief
financial
officer,
I'm,
going
to
quickly
walk
through
the
mayor's
recommended
budget
and
just
want
to
make
sure
that
it's
clear
that
this
is
what
was
in
the
mayor's
presentation.
There
will
be
some
differences
in
percentages
for
Park
Board
than
what
it
has
been
adopted
as
I
understand
it
by
the
park
board
itself.
So
I
will
primarily
focus
then
on
the
city,
expenditures
and
happy
to
answer
any
questions
either
along
the
way
or
at
the
end.
I
know
that
mr.
M
animal,
our
budget
director,
who
does
a
great
job,
has
had
two
presentations
in
front
of
our
City
Council
already,
and
so
there's
a
there's,
a
substantial
public
record,
and
if
anyone
is
interested
in
more
information,
certainly
can
go
to
our
website
and
on
the
budget
website
can
find
copies
of
this
document,
as
well
as
on
the
city's
website.
The
YouTube
channel
for
the
city
that
has
the
budget
presentations
I'm
gonna
focus
primarily
on
what
has
changed.
M
We
all
know
that
we
can
play
with
percentages
and
make
percentages,
look
better
or
worse,
and
one
of
the
tough
parts
about
budgets
is.
We
have
both
operating
and
capital
right,
so
money
that
we
spend
once
and
then
money
that
is
really
more
ongoing,
and
so
this
budget,
excluding
independent
boards
and
again
this
excludes
the
park
board
in
these
calculations,
is
in
terms
of
the
spending
numbers
and
I'm
going
to
give,
as
well
as
excluding
other
smaller
boards
that
the
city
is
involved
with
is
a
budget
of
1.5
five
billion
dollars.
M
We
write
try
to
break
it
down
more
in
terms
of
the
general
fund
so
that
what
I
gave
you
was
the
overall
larger
city
budget
that
includes
sewer
water
or
what
we
call
enterprise
funds
that
includes
the
convention,
centered
Target
Center,
which
we
call
special
revenue,
funds
and
other
associated
funds.
That's
the
overall
city
budget,
our
general
fund
or
our
basic
city
services
that
is
growing
by
five
point:
six
percent.
So
how
does
that
break
down
in
terms
of
that
percentage
increase?
M
Well,
the
dark
blue
is
just
the
regular
what
we
would
just
call
inflation
on
current
service
levels
or
what
we
did
yesterday
continuing
till
tomorrow.
That's
three
point:
five
percent
of
that
increase.
The
20-year
street
plan
has
a
annual
increase
built
into
over
the
next
several
years
of
2.6
to
0.7.
So
that
is
the
gray
area
of
the
city's
contribution
to
the
capital
for
the
parks
and
the
streets,
and
then
1.3
percent
are
the
mayor's
additional
items
that
are
to
be
spent
in
overall
mister.
M
It
is
new
legislation,
thank
you
for
asking.
So,
as
you
may
have
heard,
the
governor
sign,
there
was
not
much
that
was
passed
out
of
legislature
this
year,
but
one
thing
that
did
come
together
was
an
agreement
for
both
state
and
local
pension
funding
for
employees
in
particular,
affecting
our
Police
and
Fire
pension,
and
so
there
is
both
an
employee
and
an
employer
additional
contribution
to
make
those
funds
more
solvent
over
the
next
few
decades.
So
these
are
not
our
close
pension
funds.
M
M
The
other
funds
I
mentioned
the
increases-
are
listed
here
again
capital
projects
because
of
some
exceptional
projects
that
we
have
going
on.
Otherwise,
it's
pretty
much
business.
As
usual,
the
enterprise
funds
show
a
little
higher
blip.
We
are
its
continuing
to
invest
in
our
water
treatment
facilities
up
in
Fridley
and
Columbia
Heights.
Those
are
also
once-in-a-generation
income
improvements.
M
M
M
Two
eight
percent
increase,
a
good
chunk
of
that
is
because
of
as
you
saw,
the
spending
did
not
increase
by
six
point,
two
eight
percent,
so
the
levy
has
to
go
up
more
because
there
are
other
revenue
sources,
specifically
local
government
aid
and
prime
primarily
are
flat
or
a
very
or
less
than
inflation
increases.
So
there
is
a
slight
increase
in
some
of
the
other
revenues
we
have
raised,
building
permits
and
some
licenses.
We
are
also
earning
more
interest
because
the
Federal
Reserve
has
increased
interest
rates
and
that
helps
our
short-term
investments.
M
Here's
some
more
specifics
again,
certainly
details
in
mr.
inter
Mills
presentations
on
what
each
of
these
things
are,
but
the
themes
within
the
mayor's
recommended
budget
art.
Certainly
he
he
and
the
council
have
a
significant
emphasis
on
affordable
housing
and
that
can
take
many
forms
that
are
listed
here:
public
safety.
Obviously
another
area
of
Deacons
concern
as
well
as
growth
highlight,
especially
the
five
fire
personnel.
M
We
are
continuing
to
see
increased
medical
calls
with
a
fire
department
is
working
to
respond,
is
diligently
possible
and
we
are
increasing
in
population
and
with
the
increase
in
population,
there
are
increases
in
investments
that
are
necessary,
other
emphasis
in
terms
of
economic
inclusion
and
equity
within
our
core
functions,
and
also
the
pair
of
payments
that
we
just
mentioned
park
board.
I
will
skip
over
and
talk
specifically
about
bond
redemption.
M
So,
in
addition
to
the
transfers
from
our
general
fund,
we
also
have
some
increases
in
our
bond
Redemption,
which
is
essentially
our
principal
and
interest
payments
or
our
debt
payments
for
the
debt
that
we
issue
and
the
increases
in
the
bond
redemption
are
directly
related
to
the
20-year
parks
and
streets
agreement.
In
addition
to
current
employees,
we
also
have
what
are
called
close
pension
funds.
M
Those
are
where
we
had
those
have
been
closed,
meaning
there
are
no
new
employees,
in
fact,
I
think
all
all
the,
if
not
all,
but
all
about
one
or
these
close
pension
funds
are
no
longer
current
employees.
These
people
are
all
retired.
There
was
legislation
approximately
seven
to
eight
years
ago
that
many
of
you
have
been
around
the
city
are
familiar
with.
We
continue
to
levy
to
make
payments
to
para,
to
supplement
costs
of
benefits
for
those
close
pension
funds.
Those
payments
go
through
2031.
M
There
is
a
projection
right
now
in
the
state
budget
forecast
of
a
reduction
in
aid
that
we
are
currently
and
the
park
board
isn't
currently
and
the
school
board.
Is
it
currently
enjoying
for
a
certain
set
of
employees
that
are
not
police
and
fire,
but
Ardmore
general
employees
and
that's
commonly
referred
to
as
Murph,
and
so
we
are
increasing
the
levy
to
anticipation
of
that
aid
cut.
We
do
have
some
cash
that
we
will
be
able
to
offset.
M
M
That's
adversarial,
certainly
have
a
great
partnership
with
the
county
on
this
building
and
and
and
we
make
rent
payments
essentially
for
this,
for
this
building,
I
have
to
choose
my
vocabulary's
very
carefully
in
today's
world,
a
different
term
funding
for
your
body
that
board
of
estimate,
taxation
and
and
staff,
as
well
as
expenses
for
this,
for
this
operation
is
included
in
a
separate
levy
and
then
another
legacy
we
call
them.
Pension
contribution
is
the
city
through
a
legislative
action,
contributes
to
the
Teachers
Retirement
Association.
M
This
is
the
same
dollar
amount
that
has
been
for
several
years
and
will
continue
for
several
more
years
and
then
the
last
dollar
amount
is
an
additional
bond
redemption
or
bond
debt
service
payment
that
is
currently
being
used
to
pay
the
debt
associated
with
the
libraries
from
a
referendum
that
was
passed
a
number
of
years
ago,
even
though
the
county
operates.
The
libraries
part
of
the
deal
with
the
merger
was
for
the
city
to
continue
loving
to
pay
that
debt.
M
As
that
debt
rolls
off,
we
will
be
incurring
new
debt
to
pay
for
the
new
office
building
downtown
we've
walked
through
some
of
the
changes
here,
certainly
more
details
on
one-time
spending
so
I.
Given
you
some
ongoing
spending
dollars,
but
the
one-time,
meaning
that
just
for
2019-
and
there
is
no-
there
are
no
tails
at
this
point
in
time.
I
will
highlight
again
economic
inclusion.
Mayor
has
mentioned
in
his
speech
about
village
trust,
financial
cooperative,
there's
a
$500,000
investment
for
the
first
black
owned
credit
union.
M
That's
that
a
number
of
people
in
the
community
are
working
hard
towards
opening
in
2019
and
and
there's
one
time
of
five
hundred
thousand
for
that.
Endeavor
also
major
investments
in
climate
and
energy
program,
as
we
move
towards
our
reduction
in
greenhouse
gas
emissions,
as
well
as
the
goal
set
by
the
City
Council
for
100%
renewable
energy
by
2022
and
then
much
of
the
affordable
housing
funding
is
coming
out
of
tax
increment
financing,
which
is
a
special
revenue
fund
of
15
point.
1
million
dollars,
contribution
to
that
amount,
property
tax
impacts,
I
know
mr.
M
quali
who's
very
well-qualified.
On
property
taxes
has
independently
created
some
property
tax
impacts.
We
also
distributed
property
tax
impacts
to
our
city,
council
members,
and
so
we're
going
to
share
with
you
some
basic
overview
of
that.
We
tend
to
parse
out
the
data
a
little
differently
than
maybe
mr.
M
quality,
and
so,
if
you
see
some
of
those
differences,
certainly
ask
us
questions,
but
Jeana
Powell
from
our
Budget
Office
does
a
great
job
of
running
through
these
numbers
and
actually
has
a
database
of
every
parcel
in
the
city
and
works
through
changes
on
on
some
of
this
data.
What
I
will
call
refinement
is
that
will
highlight
as
we
go
through
here's
a
history
of
the
city's
property
tax
levy.
M
Overall
again,
that's
including
all
of
the
previously
mentioned
levies,
not
just
general
fund,
but
all
of
the
property
tax
levies
also
impacted.
As
we
know,
the
property
tax
system
is
not
necessarily
always
fair
and
in
some
ways
in
some
ways,
it's
good
to
have
a
balance
of
different
types
of
property,
because
economic
conditions
change,
but
certainly
apartments
have
seen
increases
I
know.
M
The
council
president
highlighted
this
in
a
meeting
earlier
about
the
impact
on
renters
because
of
apartment
increases
overall
residential
property
and
just
remember
the
definition
of
an
apartment
is
four
or
more
units,
and
one
building
and
a
residential
could
include
a
rental
property.
That
may
be
a
single-family
home
or
it
could
be
a
duplex
or
triplex
or
a
quad,
and
then
commercial
and
industrial
industrial.
It's
not
a
very
significant
part
of
our
tax
base,
but
certainly
has
been
growing
as
demand
for
four
buildings
close
to
the
core
continues
to
increase
and.
M
I
think,
overall
we
highlight
for
the
city
I.
Think
commercial
probably
follows
the
trend.
We
see
a
Oh
less
than
probably
about
a
percent
and
a
half
of
the
growth
is
new
construction.
The
vast
majority
are,
our
increase
is
related
to
inflation
on
existing
buildings.
I
think
we
have
seen
because
of
what
was
sure.
N
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Madam
president,
I
just
wanted
to
highlight
a
piece
of
what
we
talked
about
earlier
today
in
the
budget
presentation
at
Council,
which
is
that,
in
addition
to
all
the
other
factors,
the
way
that
our
Assessors
office
is
assessing
property
for
residential
apartment
buildings
or
rental
properties
has
two
factors.
One
is
that
all
render
properties
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis
pay
a
higher
tax
rate
than
owner
occupied
buildings
of
every
type.
N
So
a
renter
occupied
single-family
home
pays
a
higher
tax
rate
than
an
owner
occupied,
single-family,
home
and
everything
up
beyond
that,
and
then
the
second
piece
is
that
the
way
that
our
Assessors
office
is
assessing
the
value
of
existing
apartment
buildings
is
based
on
building
sales.
So,
when
new
construction
occurs
in
a
neighborhood
and
the
rents
in
that
building
are
higher
than
or
the
you
know,
the
assessed
value
of
the
properties
are
higher
because
their
new
construction
with
much
higher
rent.
N
It
is
almost
certainly
driving
up
the
assessed
value
of
the
existing
apartment
buildings
in
those
neighborhoods
and
those
are
actually
precisely
the
buildings
that
we
are
trying
to
preserve
through
our
many
attempts
to
preserve
naturally-occurring,
affordable
housing,
and
so
we
talked
about
that
a
bit
today
earlier.
There
are
state
laws
that
impact
how
we
do
our
assessments.
N
There
are
standard
practices
within
the
assessment
world
and
I
think
our
Assessors
office
is
well-regarded
for
the
methodologies
they
use
and
I'm,
not
suggesting
that
they're
doing
anything
wrong,
but
I
think
it's
a
piece,
a
place
to
examine
where
you
know.
These
trends
may
be
at
odds
with
our
overall
goal
as
a
city
of
stabilizing
housing
and
ensuring
that
renters
are,
we
will
able
to
stay
in
their
housing.
So
we
talked
about
that
a
bit
earlier.
That
was
some
other
context
and.
M
I
think
the
comps
parts
and
the
highlights
a
fact
that
is
also
true
for
the
commercial
which
is
Minneapolis.
Actually,
when
you
look
around
the
metro
area,
commercial
values
have
tended
to
stay
pretty
flat.
There
are
certainly
exceptions
to
that.
Edina
and
and
maybe
Woodberry,
but
other
places
have
stayed
pretty
flat,
but
the
city
minneapolis
commercial
values,
have
increased
because
of
the
sales,
because
large
and
small
buildings
are
selling
at
very
good
rates
because
they
are
able
to
get
the
rents
and
because
they
are
in
a
highly
desirable
area,
and
we
have
that
same
impact.
L
L
The
long
term
change
of
residential
property
taxes
have
gone
up
very
considerably,
whereas
commercial
and
others
have
gone
down.
If
you
look
at
the
last
20
years,
and
so
there's
a
much
larger
burden,
property
taxes
for
residents
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
then
there
used
to
be
and
I
think
we
lose
track
of
the
fact
that
it
has
changed
very
dramatically
as
LGA
went
down
and
some
other
kinds
of
things,
and
so
anytime
we
realize
people
are
paying
much
much
more
in
their
property.
L
Taxes
and
I
talked
to
people
regularly
where
I
work,
who
say
they
love
Minneapolis,
but
they
can't
stay
here
anymore,
because
their
house,
their
property
taxes,
went
from
6,000
to
$14,000
in
the
last
10
years.
They
literally
say
when
are
my
son
or
daughter
graduate
from
high
school
we're
out
of
here,
we'll
go
to
Richfield
we're
gonna
go
to
somewhere
else
and
I.
L
Don't
think
that
a
lot
of
people
have
that
long-term
perspective
to
understand
that
there
have
been
dramatic
increases
in
property
taxes,
and
so
we
need
to
be
sure
that
when
we
do
things
we
do
it
in
a
way.
That
is,
is
really
fair
to
people.
We
don't
want
to
have
flight
out
of
our
city,
and
yet
we
want
people
to
make
good
contributions,
because
we
offer
more
in
Minneapolis
and
I
can
think
of
any
other
place
in
the
state
of
Minnesota.
L
M
M
Typically
for
evaluations
of
property
for
tax
purposes,
it
tends
to
lag
two
or
three
years
behind
the
beginning
of
a
recession,
and
so
you
can
see
that
at
the
low
point
was
2012-2013,
and
now
we
have
seen
substantial
increases
and
for
single-family
homes
as
well
and
again,
there's
no
not
these
are
not
equal
increases.
Every
neighborhood
sees
differences
in
those
increases
and
the
overall
median
is
a
10%
increase.
Mr.
A
M
M
We've
talked
a
little
bit
about
the
market.
Value
increases
I
would
just
continue.
The
board
is
aware
of
the
fiscal
disparities
program.
I
won't
go
into
detail,
but
that
continues
to
also
then
impact
city
tax
base,
because
we
are
sending
more
of
our
commercial
tax
base
to
the
metro
area
for
this
program
that
has
existed
for
over
40
years
and
then
also
you
will
see
in
numbers
that
lower
valued
taxes
for
homestead
properties
tend
to
go
up
faster
than
higher
value
and
that's
a
function
of
a
state
program.
M
I
think
it's
important
to
mention
that
the
council
has
very
little
control,
as
the
council
president
mentioned
about
how
we
value
property
and
how
we
distribute
taxes,
it
is
a
formula
set
by
the
state,
and
so
this
is
one
of
the
areas
where
the
benefit
of
having
a
homesteaded
property
is
you
do
pay
less
than
a
non
homestead
to
property?
The
difficulty
is:
is
that
as
your
value
increases,
those
market
value,
benefits
that
are
in
the
state
program
are
not
indexed,
and
so
you
will
see
a
higher
increase
for
lower
valued
homes.
M
This
is
what
was
in
the
mayor's
recommended
budget
breakdown,
or
was
just
generic
overview
of
different
types
of
properties
at
different
levels.
We
chose
the
apartment
and
commercial.
Those
are
medians,
so
you
can
still
see
that
apartments.
The
median
value
is
667
thousand
dollars
in
the
in
the
city.
That's
still
up
rather
lower
number.
When
we
think
of
very
large
apartment
buildings,
we
doe
have
a
great
number
of
smaller
apartment
buildings
in
the
city,
and
the
same
is
true
for
commercial
use.
M
We've
excluded
those
out
of
that.
So
when
I
talk
about
refining
the
data,
so
in
closing
just
a
reminder,
we
mentioned
this
every
time
we
can
that
mr.
wheeler
mentioned
about
the
impact
of
property
taxes.
The
state
is
sympathetic
to
that
increasing
burden
of
property
taxes
and
for
a
long
time
has
had
funding.
That
is
a
refund.
It
is
not
necessarily
to
help
you
write
or
pay
for
your
property
taxes
in
real
time,
but
you
can
get
a
refund
months
later
for
both
renters
and
homeowners.
M
If
you
type
in
your
search
engine,
just
Department
of
Revenue
property
tax
refund,
you
will
see
this
website
pop
up
or
there
are
paper
copies
or
anyplace.
You
can
get
tax
forms
that
you
can
apply
for
this
and,
as
I've
mentioned
before,
I
every
year
help
my
mother
who's
on
a
fixed
income
and
still
owns
her
own
townhome
to
get
meaningful
money.
It's
not
tens
of
dollars,
it's
hundreds
of
dollars
that
can
come
back
and
against
on
the
scale
of
your
income
in
the
value
of
your
property.
M
O
One
of
the
great
things
about
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
of
course,
is
its
number
one
park
system.
It's
been
rated
that
way
for
the
past
six
years,
formerly
by
the
Trust
for
Public
Land,
but
even
before
that
we
have
a
long
history
in
this
city
for
incredible
parks.
I
think
it
started
back
in
1883
when
the
park
work
was
created
and
the
people
of
the
city
of
Minneapolis
determined
that
they
were
wanted
to
invest
in
Park
laya,
and
that
has
continued
throughout
the
years
of
our
investment
in
the
neighborhood
park
system.
O
O
So
our
2019
maximum
tax
levy
request
basically
is
a
request
that
maintains
the
park
board's
current
service
level,
but
it
also
provides
for
small
increases
for
youth
programming
and
services.
One
of
the
things
when
I
came
back
as
interim
superintendent
that
I
kept
hearing
from
legislators
from
council
members
and
others
is
what
are
you
doing
for
youth?
O
We've
got
to
have
more
programs
for
you
and
what
we
have
discovered
is
that
and
we'll
go
into
it
more
in
depth
in
the
presentation
is
that
we
have
kind
of
been
over
the
years
just
investing
and
our
young
people
eventually
showing
in
some
of
the
issues
that
we
have
in
our
cities.
So
we
think
we
need
to
begin
the
process
of
reinvesting
in
in
our
youth,
and
so
that
will
be
part
of
our
presentation
today.
O
P
Good
afternoon
president
Becker
and
members
of
the
BT
I'm
Julie
Weisman
I'm,
the
finance
director
of
the
Minneapolis
Park
and
Recreation
Board.
Our
presentation
is
going
to
be
a
little
bit
different
than
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
The
superintendent
presents
her
recommended
budget
to
our
board
on
October
the
17th,
because
we
are
so
intertwined
with
the
city
of
Minneapolis
and
the
B
et.
We
do
not
present
a
recommended
budget
until
we
have
the
information
from
the
city
and
as
well
as
the
B
et.
P
So
for
our
general
fund
property
taxes
have
increased
an
average
of
4.1
percent
annually
over
the
past
10
years
and
you'll
see
in
2012
and
2014.
Our
general
fund
levy
was
0%
and
then,
when
the
tree
for
station
levy
came
in
in
2014
and
the
neighborhood
20-year
neighborhood
park
plan
was
implemented
in
2017
are
where
we
have
some
of
our
bigger
increases.
P
Local
government
aid
for
the
park
board
is
the
same
as
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
We
saw
large
decreases
in
local
government
aid
during
the
economic
downturn.
The
local
government
aid
has
started
to
trend
upward,
but
it
is
not
anywhere
near
the
amounts
that
we
received
in
the
past
and
then
our
general
fund.
Other
revenues
are
license
fees,
grants
and
our
fines
and
our
service
fees
and
other
revenues.
P
P
Over
the
past
10
years,
we
have
increased
about
3.9
percent
annually
and
if
you
look
at
our
operating
and
expenditures
between
2009
to
2018,
the
pieces
of
the
pie
are
very
similar,
but
we
have
less
employees,
but
we
have
also
improved
our
investments,
just
as
the
city
has
with
their
internal
service
funds.
There
was
a
lot
of
disinvestment
in
in
in
both
mobile
equipment
and
our
information
technology
services.
So
expenses
in
those
areas
have
increased
over
time,
as
we
have
right
sides,
those
those
programs.
P
A
O
A
C
P
A
Q
M
C
M
P
So,
on
the
city
side,
on
the
city
update
side,
they
talked
about
the
Murph,
the
Murph
legislation
changes.
The
impact
to
the
park
board
is
the
general
fund.
Impact
is
a
levy
through
the
city's
levy
for
their
pension
levy.
We
are
responsible
for
our
enterprise
fund
and
our
internal
service
funds,
so
those
two
funds
get
impacted
where
the
city
charges
us
to
pay
them
back
for
the
amount
that
they
pay
the
into
the
state.
P
P
Also
have
impacts
from
the
city
when
the
city
passes
ordinances
for
the
minimum
wage
and
the
safe
and
sick
time.
That
also
has
impacts
to
the
park
board.
As
we
have
many
as
a
seasonal
of
a
seasonal
operation,
we
have
many
part-time
staff
who
fall
in
that,
so
you
can
see
over
the
phased
in
approach
for
the
minimum
wage.
Our
general
fund
is
being
impacted
by
adjust
over
$2,000,000,
so
we
have
built
that
into
our
projections
and
we
have
built
that
in
to
our
maximum
property
tax
levy
request.
P
P
We
also
have
the
tree
preservation
and
reforestation
levy,
that
is
an
eight
year
program
that
was
implemented
to
deal
with
emerald,
ash
borer
and
the
removal
of
the
public
s
trees
so
now
private
ash
trees,
the
public
ash
trees,
so
the
street
trees
and
also
the
park
board
trees.
We
also
actually
are
involved
in
removal
of
private
property,
emerald
ash,
borer
ash
trees,
but
that's
through
the
special
assessment
process
and
through
our
forestry
inspection
process,.
C
A
P
Also
have
before
you
of
the
park
boards
2018
to
2023,
Capital,
Improvement,
Program
and
matrix.
So
this,
of
course,
is
the
MPP
$20,
along
with
the
dollars
that
we
had
prior
to
NPP
20,
and
then
we
also
show
the
regional
funding
sources
and
how
those
split
out
between
capital,
investments
and
rehab
and
I
do
have
a
note
down
at
the
bottom
for
MPP
224
the
park
board's
capital
side.
We
are
going
to
be
going
through
a
negotiation
with
the
city
once
every
five
years
to
determine
the
inflationary
factor
for
the
next
five
years.
L
O
I've
been
around
long
enough
to
know
that
this
isn't
the
first
time
we
recognized
the
importance
of
agency
cooperation
between
the
Minneapolis,
Park
and
Recreation
Board
and
the
school
board
that
we
both
were
the
two
major
agencies
who
serve
youth
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
and
so
it
makes
sense
in
terms
of
really
making
the
best
use
of
our
of
our
property
tax
dollars
that
we
both
have
to
benefit
citizens
and,
in
particular,
to
benefit
our
children.
So
this
wraparound
school
concept
is
something
that
we
welcomed.
O
We
begun
conversation
with
the
with
the
school
board
and
we
really
believe
that
this
is
the
beginning
of
again
sort
of
rillette
dancing.
O
They've
all
been
down
funding
youth
activities
for
a
variety
of
reasons,
they've
been
other
things
that
I
think
they've
moved
on
to
that
disinvestment,
I
think
is
showing
up
in
our
streets
is
showing
up
in
what's
happening
with
our
young
people
across
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
and
so
as
we
as
I
said
earlier,
as
we've
talked
with
other
elected
officials,
other
branches
of
government,
this
area
that
they
feel
is
an
important
area
for
parks
around
youth
they've
been
asking
you.
What
are
you
doing?
What's
going
what's
happening
with
the
youth?
O
It
now
has
they
have
three
that
serve
full-time
in
certain
centers,
but
the
other
10
people
do
double
duty
and
they
have
two
centers
that
they
are
supposed
to
work
with.
So
we
really
need
to
focus
on
how
do
we
get
back
that
investment
in
our
youth
and
really
make
the
difference
in
our
city?
So
how
would
this
we
are
grateful
for
MPP
20?
We
are
very
grateful
for
that
reinvestment
of
dollars.
That
I
know
you
all
worked
very
very
hard
to
make
it
happen
and
it
was
really
needed.
O
O
O
We
know
that
people
who
are
are
here
coming
here,
who
may
be
an
immigrant
one
of
the
things
that
they're
asking
for
us
for
also
is
programming
so
that
we
can
connect
with
their
children
who
have
a
lot
of
challenges
being
in
the
new
environment
and
making
the
right
connections.
So
we
hope
that
you
will
support
our
our
request
for
a
small
investment,
the
mayor's
request
for
150,000
for
wraparound
schools
and
our
additional
request
for
100,000
to
really
begin
the
process
of
reinvesting
in
our
youth,
okay,
Julie.
P
L
There
actually
are
a
lot
of
nonprofits
out
there
that
are
doing
some,
absolutely
amazing
work
and
the
more
partnerships
we
build
and
the
more
connections
we
build
throughout
the
community.
The
healthier
community
is
going
to
be
I,
don't
have
any
more
to
say
than
that,
but
I
really
believe
it
I
lived
it
I
was
a
YMCA
camp
counselor
for
years,
it's
great
stuff
anyway
enough.
Just.
O
K
L
K
There's
nothing,
the
City
Council
the
park
board
or
the
board
of
estimate
can
do
with
what
I
would
term
the
unequal
distribution
of
tax
burden.
That's
the
complete
function
of
state
statutes
and
that
and
a
regardless
of
the
level
of
overall
taxes.
The
unequal
distribution
of
the
burdens
is
going
to
be
there.
K
The
late
this
fall
after
the
truth.
In
taxation
statements
come
out,
I'll
be
able
to
get
a
map
from
the
county
that
shows
bolsa,
that
county
ER
and
also
a
city
map
that
shows
my
property
taxes
increases
within
neighborhoods
and
things
of
that
that'll
be
a
mid
November,
late
November
and
that's
based
on
a
truth
in
taxation
data.
K
This
page
shows
that
for
taxes
payable
in
2019
is
based
on
the
values
January
2nd
on
2018.
So
this
is
the
lag
there,
and
this
shows
the
median
value
home
and
going
up
approximately
10.2
percent,
and
this
is
just
what
I
call
the
city
taxes
per
se.
It
doesn't
include
the
tre
levy
and
the
reason
this
page
doesn't
include
the
tre
levy
is
when
the
TNT
statements
go
out
or
in
the
tax
statements
call
the
truth.
K
Teachers
retirement
associations
was
termed
a
special
levy,
so
it
falls
down
in
the
bottom
of
the
tax
statement
on
rather
than
under
the
city
line,
and
you
can
see
also
that
the
homestead
exclusion
or
market
value
exclusion,
which
is
a
benefit
to
homes,
basically
from
80,000
it
phases
out
approximately
four
hundred
thirteen
thousand
or
so,
but
just
because
tax,
your
value
is
going
up.
Your
market
value
exclusions
is
decreasing,
so
there's
a
bigger
impact
there.
So
you
can
see
that
the
value
went
up.
Ten
point
two
percent,
but
on
the
homestead
exclusion
went
down.
K
12
percent,
you
notice
to
your
taxable
market
value,
went
up
approximately
twelve
percent
and
what
I
call
just
the
city
taxes?
This
is
homestead
of
property
or
go
up
7.1%
now.
The
second
page
has
the
tre
levy
in
it,
and
this
is
the
number
you
will
see
in
the
budget
book
down
in
the
lower
right
hand,
corner
it
says
1
million
or
one
thousand
three
hundred
and
eighty-seven
dollars
and
that's
approximately
a
7
percent,
seven
point:
one
percent
increase
that
includes
the
tre
levy,
and
this
is
the
page
that
corresponds
to
the
budget
book
page.
K
The
other
thing
about
the
homestead
clusion
is,
it
doesn't
apply
the
non
homestead
of
property,
so
the
third
page
is
an
eye
on
homesteaded
property,
and
you
can
see,
the
rate
of
change
is
less
than
our
homestead
property.
Now
their
taxes
are
more
1462
compared
to
1378,
but
the
rate
of
change
is
5.4
percent
compared
to
7.1
percent,
so
the
rate
of
changes
on
non
homestead
of
property
is
less
than
on
homesteaded
property.
K
Also,
the
classification
rate
set
by
the
state.
Once
you
had
five
hundred
thousand
the
class,
the
rate
percent,
the
classification
rate
goes
up
so
the
further
you
are
over
500,000,
the
bigger
impact
you
have.
Obviously,
okay.
The
second
handle
is
a
slightly
different
sample.
I'll,
then,
what
the
budget
office
uses
and
what
I
use
is
basically
home
set
of
properties
that
haven't
had
improvement
or
permits
drawn
like
in
the
last
four
years,
because
one
would
expect,
if
you
had
a
permit
drawn
for
you,
know,
remodeling,
your
value
would
increase.
K
So
if
your
taxes
increased,
some
of
it
obviously
is
related
to
the
improvement
increase.
So
what
I
wasn't
looking
at
from
year
to
year?
Basically,
it's
just
property
that
hasn't
had
improvements
in
the
last
four
years
for
permit.
So
it's
all
market
value
and
tax
burden
driven
and
the
first
page
shows
you
the
estimated
market
value
changes
and,
what's
just
a
starting
point
for
taxing.
K
The
largest
category
is
basically
zero.
Three
percent
approximately
70
to
100
parcels,
that's
about
14
percent
of
the
sample
or
52,000
parcels,
three
to
five
percent
of
all.
Nine
thousand
parcels,
and
then
you
know,
five
and
a
half
five
to
seven
and
a
half
8,200
parcels
15%,
and
so
these
tax
burdens
are
driven
not
only
by
the
value
changes
driven
by
the
classification
rates
set
by
the
state
which
the
city's
held
hostage
to.
Basically
so
I
just
wanted
you
to
understand
that.
K
Know
a
little
bit
more
detect
when
that
people
get
to
ten
key
statement
in
November
they'll,
look
at
the
tax
rate
changes
and,
if
I
own,
a
million
value
house,
my
tax
rate
changes
is
going
to
be
higher
than
someone
else.
Has
the
median
value
house
doesn't
live
there?
It
isn't
you
know
not
and
that
what
they
end
up
paying
more,
but
my
greater
change
is
and
that's
what
generates
all
the
response
when
we
come
to
December
and
you'll,
so
much
more
highly
class
or
a
number
of
people
here
testifying.
A
K
A
Tuned
any
other
business
before
the
board
any
other
business.
Any
other
business
welcome
to
adjourn
so.