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From YouTube: September 26, 2018 Board of Estimate & Taxation
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Minneapolis Board of Estimate & Taxation Meeting
A
A
B
A
A
D
B
Is
the
merit
August
15th
budget
request?
Okay,
I
believe
that
what
you're
referring
to
is
the
item,
the
part
where
the
drama
took
up
at
the
first
meeting
in
September,
which
was
subsequently
how
signed
by
the
mayor,
which,
with
regard
to
that
Park
and
Recreation
Board,
is
$100,000
higher
than
the
proposal
in
August,
which
is
what's
in
the
current.
So.
B
D
D
Comment
they
thank
you
jack.
President
Becker
I
would
like
to
amend
the
resolution
to
increase
the
park
board's
property
tax
levy
from
sixty
three
million,
eight
hundred
and
thirty,
five
thousand,
an
increase
of
five
point:
six
percent
to
sixty
three
sixty
three
million
nine
hundred
and
thirty,
five
thousand,
an
increase
of
one
hundred
thousand
dollars
or
percentage
increase
of
five
point.
Seven:
seven
percent.
E
E
I'll,
just
I
will
say
briefly
I'm
sure
that
every
mayor
feels
this
way,
but
there
was
quite
a
bit
of
work
that
went
into
this
budget
with
her
finance
staff.
Did
an
extraordinary
job
on
this.
Both
mica
and
Mark
ruff
were
invaluable,
as
was
the
rest
of
our
team
in
sorting
through
all
of
the
policy
micro
details,
and
you
know
the
the
goal
was
to
do
as
much
as
possible,
with
obviously
a
constrained
budgetary
process,
and
so
I
thought
obviously
I'm
proud
of
where
we
ended
up
and
I
do
encourage
my.
A
A
E
Me
sorry,
if
I
could
additionally
just
say
that
the
we
did
have
some
extensive
discussions
with
the
park
board
as
well,
and
it's
this.
We
want
this
to
be
a
collaborative
body
and
when
I
say
body,
that
is
both
the
city
that
is
B
et,
and
that
is
of
course,
the
park
board
as
well
and
we're
looking
forward
to
a
good
collaborative
relationship
for
many
years
to
come,
and
hopefully
this
gets
us
right
out
on
that
right
star.
Thank
you,
Thank
You,
mr.
president,
as
well,
I.
A
C
D
D
This
is
one
of
the
first
budgets
that
I'm
aware
of
in
park
board
history
in
the
development
in
our
modern
history
of
developing
budgets,
where
one
of
the
questions
out
of
the
gate
was
what
does
what
does
the
park
board
need
to
maintain
current
service
level,
and
we
presented
a
we
presented
a
number
and
presented
the
presented
our
case
to
the
to
the
mayor's
office
and
without
question.
The
mayor
supported
supported
that,
and
we
are
exceedingly
grateful
to
that
beyond
that.
D
D
I
know,
vice-president
wheeler,
you
weren't
at
the
mayor's
budget
address,
but
in
the
in
the
days
following
the
mayor's
office,
the
superintendent's
office
and
my
office
work
together
to
articulate
what
those
additional
funds
would
be,
and
we
came
to
a
number
of
100,000
that
superintendent
Merrill
will
be
releasing
in
her
budget
in
the
days
to
come,
which
will
be
as
of
right
now.
We're
identifying
increases
in
Youth,
Employment
programs
and
street
outreach
programs.
F
B
Mayor's
August
15th
total
levy
amount
was
349
thousand
eight
hundred
seventy-one
thousand
dollars.
This
incremental
pay
stick
VP,
349,
nine
hundred
seventy-one
thousand
dollars.
The
extra
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
tax
level
will
go
to
the
park
board,
Park
and
Recreation
levy
on
a
250
thousand
dollar
house.
The
impact
is
approximately
47
cents
on
their
tax
bill.
A
F
Thank
you,
madam
president.
I
do
want
to
make
some
comments
about
the
budget
and
the
levy
so
I
I
do
know
that
from
being
on
the
City
Council
last
year
that
our
last
term,
that
when
we
adopted
a
watershed,
partnership
and
agreement
with
the
park
board
to
invest
in
local
parks,
as
well
as
our
need
at
the
local
level
to
invest
in
our
deteriorating
and
deferred
maintenance
and
our
streets.
F
But
when
we
made
an
800
million
dollar
budget
commitment
that
we
knew,
we
were
going
to
need
to
pay
for
that
commitment
and
a
lot
of
work
went
into
bringing
that
through
our
respective
bodies
and
a
lot
of
detail,
and
there
was
some
other
was
a
lot
push
back
to
that.
Frankly,
there
was
a
lot
of
urgency
to
that
decision.
F
I
will
say
that
I
can't
speak
for
the
mayor
and
what
will
be
proposed
in
the
future,
but
this
is
probably
on
the
lower
end
of
the
levy
increases
that
we
will
see
to
have
to
pay
for
that
unless
there
are
significant
cuts-
and
there
are
a
lot
of
requests
now
daily
at
City
Hall
for
us
to
invest
significant
amounts
of
money
in
more
things.
So
there
is
a
lot
of
pressure
on
our
local
tax
base
to
pay
for
increasing
things
and
I.
F
Think
a
number
of
us
were
just
beginning
the
process
at
the
City
Council
to
have
budget
presentations
from
each
of
our
departments.
We
have
a
couple
of
things
happening.
We
just
finished
a
series
of
meetings
related
to
our
emergency
response
to
the
encampment
that
is
at
on
Hiawatha
Avenue,
and
we
have
not
committed
any
resources
to
that.
F
But
we
are
talking
about
committing
city
resources
to
that
new
use
which
could
come
out
of
affordable
housing
dollars
or
could
come
out
of
other
sources
that
have
not
been
identified
and
I
say
all
of
that,
because
I
think
we
make
a
decision
here
about.
You
know
the
maximum
the
pie
within
we
were
working,
and
we
know
that
the
decisions
that
we
make
in
our
respective
bodies
affect
this
decision
and
then
vice
versa,
and
so
I
am
supportive
of
I
was
supportive
of
the
mayor's
proposed
levy.
F
So
all
that
said,
I'm
happy
to
support
Commissioner
of
boran's
motion
with
an
eye
toward
the
long
term
and
the
sustainability
of
our
shared
partnership,
and
that
this
investment
will
work
best.
If
we
continue
to
work
together
for
the
park
born
in
the
city
and
the
school
board
to
better
serve
our
youth.
C
Work,
the
YMCA
for
many
years,
I've
worked
with
kids.
I
know
how
important
that
is
that
to
be
great
programs,
we've
got
great
facilities,
we've
got
good
schools,
we've
got
great
nonprofits
in
our
community
they're
doing
tremendous
things
with
youth,
I
think
a
very
thoughtful
and
carefully
crafted
plan
is
needed,
and
it
feels
to
me
a
little
bit
like.
Some
of
this
is
a
little
bit
last
minute
and
I'm
not
opposed
to
starting
it.
But
I
am
concerned
about
the
the
levy
increase
across
the
board.
C
C
The
next
year
we
dropped
it
to
five
percent.
Then
we
actually
went
below
the
levy
to
about
a
half
a
percent
in
2013
the
next
election.
We
were
at
one
point:
seven
percent
president
Becker
and
I
went
into
proposed.
We
have
a
levy
decrease
that
next
year,
which
we
did.
We
had
a
1%
decrease
in
14,
which
is
almost
like
a
record.
C
C
Every
time
we
push
things
up,
it's
going
to
go
up
even
more
next
year
that
next
year's
proposed
increase,
which
is
six
point.
Zero
five
percent
will
be
based
on
the
increase
of
this
year
and
the
one
that's
seven
point,
four
percent
or
so
the
following
year
and
that's
just
for
the
city
portion
stuff
will
be
based
on
the
previous
year.
So
there's
going
to
be
some
acceleration
in
property
taxes.
On
top
of
that,
we
all
saw
the
article
on
utilities
and
what
utilities
are
costing
people
and
how
that
has
increased
again.
C
I
think
it's
fine
for
many
of
us,
but
there
are
a
lot
of
people
in
this
community
that
are
being
put
in
a
very
awkward
position
and
in
the
work
I
do
where
I
I
sell
clothing
to
people.
They
find
out
that
I
work
on
the
board
of
estimate,
taxation
and
they
say:
oh
you're,
the
one
who's
increasing
my
property
taxes
and
I
say
part
of
your
property
taxes.
Cuz.
It's
not
just
us.
It's
schools,
it's
the
county,
it's
you
know,
but
they
say:
I
I
can't
live
in
Minneapolis
any
longer.
C
My
taxes
are
fourteen
thousand
dollars.
A
year
now
and
when
I
started,
they
were
about
four
thousand
dollars
a
year
and
when
my
kids
graduate
from
school,
I'm,
gonna
move
to
Richfield
well
rich
fields,
nice
community,
but
I'm
concerned
that
the
acceleration
that's
coming
about
because
of
this
is
going
to
put
us
on
a
very
difficult
slope.
We've
been
very
lucky
that
there's
been
tremendous
growth
in
new
people
moving
in
and
new
businesses.
All
kinds
of
things
happening
that
are
there
helping
to
drive
our
economic
engine.
C
I
think
that's
fabulous,
but
I
am
concerned
that
that
we
are
getting
to
the
point
where
it's
going
to
become
very,
very
complicated
for
us
and
so
I
I
I,
don't
favor
any
I,
don't
favor
any
larger
increase
and
then
a
5%
this
year.
I
would
love
it
to
be
more
I
I!
Think
it's
dangerous
to
do
that,
and
so
I
will
not
be
supporting
the
the
mayor's
motion
and
it's
not
because
I
don't
believe
in
a
lot
of
the
stuff
that
wants
to
be
done.
It's
because
good
governance.
C
A
E
Thank
you,
madam
chair
I
will
just
say
briefly
that
first
I
do
appreciate
Commissioner
wheelers
concern
and
commitments
to
the
fiscal
realities
that
residents
in
Minneapolis
face
in
terms
of
their
property
tax
increases.
I
also
wanted
to
note
that
you
know
we.
When
we
do
budgets,
we
have
projections
that
in
many
cases
go
out
several
years.
The
vast
majority
of
each
budget
is
already
baked
in.
So
yes,
you
can
do
significant
pieces
in
some
instances
around
the
edges,
but
this
year
the
anticipated
increase
was
five
point.
E
Six
five
I
believe
and
that's
pretty
much
exactly
what
we
ended
up
on.
There
were
some
unexpected
savings
that
we
had
received
through
our
city,
organized
health
insurance
plan
and,
and
there
were
some
additional
costs
as
well,
but
at
the
end
of
the
day
we
ended
up
where,
where
was
originally
expected,.
A
Thank
you,
I
will
not
be
supporting
this
either.
I
am
a
parent
and
I
get
this,
but
it's
like
to
have
a
kid
and
it's
damn
hard
to
afford
him.
I
was,
and
taxes
are
getting
really
high.
A
Under
this
scenario,
20%
of
the
city
is
going
to
see
a
10%
increase
or
more
in
their
taxes
and
that's
not
including
the
school
board
referendum.
That's
coming
up
and
I
looked
at
that
five
years
and
we're
looking
at
a
7%
and
the
there's
a
9%
in
the
out-years
and
I.
Don't
know
how
we
maintain
an
affordable
city
under
those
kind
of
numbers,
I
think
housing,
affordability
is
so
important,
but
the
higher
the
taxes
go,
the
harder
it
is
to
live
in
the
city.
I
did
fight
to
maintain
our
our
neighborhood
parks.
A
A
I
couldn't
find
a
higher
number
of
FTE
on
staff
than
that,
then
what
we
have
this
year
and
we're
just
growing,
bigger
and
bigger
and
bigger
at
some
point
we
have
to
admit
we
can't
do
everything
and
we
can't
fix
everything
and
we
can't
X
be
expected
to
fund
everything.
So
I
will
not
be
supporting
the
mayor's
recommendation
on
this
any
further
discussion.
Mr.
Frank.
E
It's
often
difficult
to
decipher
what
exactly
a
5.65
or
a
3%
or
an
8%
levy,
increase
means,
and
the
reality
is,
is
that
it
depends.
It
depends
on
a
number
of
different
factors,
first
of
which
is
in
order
to
capture
the
increased
revenues
generated
by
a
parcel
that
did
not
previously
have
a
building
on
it.
E
You
need
to
increase
the
tax
levy,
so
you
know,
there's
there's
a
parcel,
for
instance,
and
in
the
third
Ward
that
presently
generates
somewhere
in
the
range
of
35
or
40
thousand
dollars
in
tax
revenue,
but
with
a
building
on
it
might
generate
2.5
million
dollars
in
tax
revenue
to
receive
to
recognize
that
additional
revenue
that
is
coming
into
the
city,
you
need
to
increase
the
levy.
Does
that
mean
that
everybody
is
suddenly
paying
that
2.5
million
dollars
more?
No,
it
doesn't.
D
E
Property
taxes,
whereas
if
your
home
value
increases
by
ten
percent,
which
many
did
you
will
see
about
an
eighty
dollar
increase
in
your
property
taxes,
so
again
value
stays
the
same
properties.
Taxes
for
your
individual
property
will
drop
value
increases
by
ten
percent
you'll
see
about
an
eighty
dollar
increase
in
the
amount
that
you
you
pay,
so
those
are
just
just
provides
some
specifics
as
to
what
this
actually
looks
like
practically
and
I
think
that's
necessary,
and
so
again
thank
you
for
the
comments.
F
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
You
know
I
just
wanted
to
say
my
appreciation
for
the
comments
that
were
voiced
by
or
directly
elected
the
et
members,
and
you
know
I
wanted
to
note
that
this
is,
of
course,
the
maximum
levy
and
the
City
Council
can
reduce
it.
That
did
happen
in
2015
when
a
majority
of
the
City
Council
voted
to
reduce
at
two
point.
One
percent
levy
increase
significantly
lower
than
this
one,
of
course,
and
so
we
do.
You
know
that
does
kind
of
affect
future
budgets.
F
So
I
think
the
thing
I
take
to
heart
and
agree
with
is
that
at
some
point,
if
we
continue
to
increase
spending
in
some
areas,
I
do
think
we
are
reaching
a
point
or
have
reached
one
where
we
need
to
really
take
a
careful
look
at
our
overall
spending
and
I
know.
But
previous
budgets
have
have
included
significant
cuts
and
that's
how
these
some
of
these
other
lower
numbers
were
reached.
F
Our
public
works
department
had
a
three
hundred
thousand
dollar
cut
last
year,
even
our
IG,
our
department
had
the
small
cut
last
year
to
help
offset
some
of
the
new
spending,
and
this
is
not
to
anyone.
In
particular.
This
is
just
us,
as
a
collective
number
of
elected
officials,
doing
our
best
to
run
the
city
that
you
know.
The
demands
are
increasing,
as
the
federal
government
does.
A
state
government
in
particular
are
walking
away
from
our
constituents.
F
I
know
other
cities
across
the
country
are
looking
at
these
issues
too,
but
we
don't
have
a
lot
of
options
and
we
often
have
to
go
to
the
state
for
permission
for
those
alternative
sources,
and
so
I
think
that
overall,
you
know,
I
think
our
values
are
very
aligned
and
we
are
working
together
to
try
to
invest
the
resources
where,
along
with
those
values,
but
also
with
an
eye
toward
not
making
problems
worse
as
we
as
we
seek
to
solve
them.
So
thank
you
for
the
time.
F
A
Fry
so
yeah
I
appreciate
how
hard
this
job
is.
I
have
done
a
mayor's
budget
in
the
past.
It
is
extremely
difficult
and
in
fact
just
to
let
you
know
when
I,
when
I
worked
for
a
previous
mayor,
we
had
a
sign
when
I
would
show
up
to
talk
to
her
about
the
budget.
It
was
because
she
would
then
run
away
sometimes
because
she
didn't
want
to
talk
about
it,
because
it
was
so
hard.
So
I
appreciate
how
difficult
it
is.
I
have.
C
A
brief
final
word
and
I
really
appreciate
the
fact
that
council
president
bender
said
the
you
know:
the
council
has
the
ultimate
authority
in
the
past.
It
has
reduced
it
and
that's
my
hope.
I
don't
expect
that
my
notion
of
five
percent
is
going
to
going
to
win
here,
but
I
hope
that
when
it
comes
to
the
right
time
that
that's
somewhere,
where
we
end
up
at
and
that's
why
I'm
raising
this
today,
because
I
think
the
the
priorities
in
the
budget
are
excellent.
I
I,
don't
disagree
with
that.
C
B
C
B
B
A
B
It
was
just
an
informational
item
with
regards
the
upcoming
bond
sale,
which
will
take
place
in
October.