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Description
Minneapolis Economic Development & Regulatory Services Committee Meeting
A
Good
afternoon
welcome
to
the
regularly
scheduled
meeting
of
the
economic
development
and
regulatory
Services
Committee
for
today,
which
is
March
5th
I've,
been
burned
by
councilmembers,
Fletcher,
Allison
and
Cunningham,
which
is
a
quorum
of
our
committee.
The
first
item
of
business
today
will
be
to
delete
item
five
from
the
agenda.
This
was
a
quasi-judicial
hearing
for
a
lack
of
payment
due
to
the
state
of
Minnesota,
but
that
payment
has
been
made
so
I'm
gonna
move
to
delete
item
five
from
the
agenda,
all
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye.
Any
opposed
that
item
is
approved.
A
Are
there
any
items
on
the
consent
agenda?
Anyone
would
like
to
pull
for
discussion,
seeing
none
I'll
move
the
consent
agenda,
all
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye
any
opposed
those
items
are
approved.
Then
we'll
move
on
to
our
public
hearing
agenda
stating
starting
with
item
number
1
Ms
Roberts.
Thank.
B
C
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Our
committee
members.
My
name
is
muhammad
ismael
I'm,
the
lead
licensed
inspector
assigned
v
prison
I'm
presenting
today
and
we'll
an
application
from
if
I've
mispronounced,
I
asked
for
business
or
for
the
licensee,
the
prior
recall,
LLC
and
I
didn't
know
the
history
of
the
work.
The
meaning
of
the
word
until
Jeff
explains
to
me
now.
I
know
what
behind
about
that
names
during
business
as
the
protocol
pub
located
at
25,
East
26th
Street
in
wharton,
the
space
was
formerly
occupied
by
geese.
C
The
fermentation
bar
the
applicant
is
requesting
on
all
sell.
Liquor
will
send
a
sells,
limited
entertainment,
the
business
have
indoor
ceilings
for
46
and
there
is
no
outdoor
patio.
The
proposed
hours
are
Tuesday
through
Thursday
4:00
p.m.
until
11
p.m.
Friday,
4:00
p.m.
from
midnight
Saturday
11
a.m.
until
midnight
and
Sunday
until
10:00
p.m.
on
February,
18th
and
odd
notices
were
sent
in
to
residents
and
property
owners
within
a
six
hundred
feet
of
the
premises.
All
multi-unit
buildings
were
posted
notices
were
also
sent
to
to
the
wheeler
Alliance
and
councilmember
van
der.
C
We
have
received
the
two
responses:
one
from
mullion
Alliance,
a
neighbor
Association
in
support
for
the
business
and
other
response
is
concerned
with
parking.
They
are
no
complaints.
3-1-1
calls
police
report
that
related
to
the
new
license
and
they
do
not
have
any
operating
conditions
on
their
application
licenses
and
consumer
services.
Division
recommends
approval
of
an
ounce,
a
liquor
with
sunday
sells
limited
entertainments
for
prior
culpa.
Thank
you
are.
A
There
any
questions
for
staff
on
item
number
one
I'll
note
that
this
is
our
new
way
of
doing
public
hearings
for
license
applications
where
the
actual
lead
inspector
will
be
giving
the
report.
So
it
might
look
different
to
members
of
the
committee
or
members
of
the
public.
I
think
this
is
a
good
way
to
help
with
leadership
development
and
make
sure
that
the
people
who
are
doing
the
work
actually
also
get
the
opportunity
to
give
the
report.
A
So
thank
you
for
being
here
today
signal
questions
we'll
open
the
public
hearing
on
item
number,
one,
which
is
an
on
sale,
liquor
with
Sunday
sales
for
the
prodigal
pub.
Is
there
anyone
here
to
speak
to
this
issue?
Please
step
forward,
say
date,
your
name
whether
you
want
to
or
not
step
forward
and
tell
us
what
you're
doing
and
please
state
your
name
and
address.
D
My
name
is
Jeff
Calmette,
oh
and
my
wife
and
I
are
she's,
actually
gonna,
be
the
owner,
but
she's
a
professor
at
Normandale,
Community
College
in
Tuesday
and
Thursdays
and
has
class
today,
so
she
sends
her.
Apologies
I've
been
the
pastor
in
Whittier
for
the
last
32
years.
Hence
the
name
prodigal
pub
and,
first
of
all,
let
me
say
this
guy's
been
very
kind
and
very
helpful
in
this
process.
D
So
thank
you
Mohammed
and
the
dream
is
simply
to
continue
in
a
new
way,
building
community
and
friendship
in
Whittier
through
this
time
through
drink
food
and
good
conversation.
My
heritage
is
wales,
welsh
and
england,
english.
So,
in
that,
in
the
great
tradition
of
the
public
house,
we
hope
to
create
a
neighborhood
pub
and
appreciate
your
blessing.
Thank.
D
A
F
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
councilmembers.
My
name
is
Lisa
shmeller
and
I'm.
The
licensing
inspector
for
the
city
of
Minneapolis
I'm,
presenting
an
application
for
Venn
Brewing,
Company
LLC,
doing
businesses
Venn
Brewing
Company,
located
at
35
50
East
46th,
Street,
Suite
140
in
Ward
12.
The
current
license
is
enough:
sell
malt
liquor,
growler
on
sale,
Tap
Room
would
Sunday
sales
with
limited
entertainment
applicant
is
requesting
a
permanent
expansion
of
premises
to
expand
its
current
licensed
outdoor
patio
located
on
private
property.
Then
Brewing
Company
has
been
operating
at
this
location
since
October
2017.
F
There
are
no
changes
in
the
hours
of
operation.
It's
Monday
4
p.m.
to
10
p.m.
Tuesday
through
Thursday
3
p.m.
to
11
p.m.
Saturday
12
to
in
Sunday
12
to
9
p.m.
it
Curtin
Lee
has
an
outdoor
seating
for
50
and
this
expansion
will
add
an
additional
48
seats
on
the
southwest
corner
of
the
private
patio
on
February
11th
2019
public
hearing
notices
were
sent
to
residents
and
property
owners
within
600
feet
of
the
premises.
Notices
were
sent
to
the
Standish
Erickson
Neighborhood
Association
west
of
rail
Business
Association
and
councilmember
Andrew
Johnson.
F
We
have
received
six
responses
from
the
public
hearing
notices
three
in
support
and
three
would
concerns
about
parking
noise,
rude
behavior
vehicle
and
pedestrian
traffic.
A
review
of
3-1-1
calls
and
police
calls
found
no
significant
issues
concerning
the
business.
At
this
time.
I
recommend
approval
of
a
permanent
expansion
of
premises
for
Venn
Brewing
Company
are.
A
There
any
questions
for
mr.
Mellor
on
item
number
two
seeing
none.
Thank
you
for
being
here
today,
we'll
open
the
public
hearing
on
item
number
two,
which
is
an
expansion
of
premise
for
ven
brewing.
Is
there
anyone
here
to
speak
to
this
issue?
Please
step
forward
state
your
name
and
address
for
the
record.
G
Hi,
madam
chair
and
council,
my
name
is
Connie
Cisco,
as
my
husband
Kyle
Cisco,
we
are
the
owners
of
n
bring
company.
We've
been
before
you
a
few
times
before,
and
we're
happy
to
be
back.
As
lisa
has
stated
all
the
facts.
We
are
hoping
to
expand
our
patio
in
the
last
year,
since
the
opening
we've
had
a
really
great
reception
from
the
local
community,
just
as
within
a
few
miles
of
us
and
really
are
building
a
neighborhood
place
for
people
to
gather,
we
have
noticed
with
our
existing
patio.
G
A
A
C
You,
madam
chair
committee,
members,
the
applicant,
is
malice
in
doing
business
as
Tercel
located
at
22
21
West
58th
Street
in
water
team.
Turcica
only
has
on
sale,
liquor
with
strong
beer,
no
life
entertainment,
they
have
been
operating
this
location
since
2013
they
are
requesting
license
upgrade
for
on
sell
liquor
would
send
a
sells,
no
life
entertainment,
they
have
been.
They
have
endorsed
earrings
for
49
and
outdoor
20
on
a
private
patio,
and
there
is
no
change
in
their
current
hours
of
operations.
C
On
February
18th
notices
were
sent
to
the
residents
and
property
owners
within
a
six
hundred
feet
of
the
premises
notice,
not
so
also
send
it
to
Fulton
and
lay
nearest
Lyndhurst
neighbor
associations,
Southwest
Minneapolis,
Business,
Association
and
councilmember
Palmisano.
We
have
received
five
responses,
all
which
support
the
license
upgrade.
There
is
no
3-1-1
calls
or
police
calls
that
has
any
issue
with
their
upgrade
and
and
there's
no
any
operating
conditions
in
their
license.
License
and
consumer
services.
Division
recommends
approval
on
our
own
sell
liquor
with
sunday
sells
no
life,
entertainment
for
terror
self.
A
You
for
your
report
is
there
any
questions
for
staff
on
this
report,
seeing
none
we'll
open
the
public
hearing
on
item
number
three,
which
is
on
sale,
liquor
with
Sunday
sales
for
tears,
Oh
at
22,
21,
West,
50th
Street.
Now
thank
councilmember
Palmisano
for
being
here
today.
Is
there
anyone
here
to
speak
to
this
issue?
Please
step
forward
state
your
name
and
address
for
the
record.
I
Are
the
owners
and
operators
of
Broder's
restaurants
that
includes
tears?
Oh
at
2221,
West
50th
Street
I'd
like
to
take
this
opportunity
to
thank
the
City
Council
and
everybody
involved
from
the
city
and
the
assistance
and
support
that
was
shown
in
the
passage
of
the
ballot
initiative
in
November
we
Molly
Broder,
along
with
some
other
business
owners,
worked
tirelessly
as
well
as
myself
to
help
support
that.
I
So
thank
you
and
I'd
also
like
to
thank
Minneapolis
licensing
for
being
and
just
an
absolute
asset
to
small
business
in
this
city,
and
we
have
we
have
great
fortune
to
operate
in
this
city.
We
look
forward
to
looking
to
add
an
immoral
program
to
our
existing
restaurant
at
Terra's.
Oh,
we
love
focusing
on
Italian
inspired
cuisine
at
a
very
high
level
as
well
as
Italian
wine,
but
in
Italy.
Amaro
is
a
wonderful
addition
to
Emil
and
we
look
forward
to
doing
that
along
with
some
specialty
cocktails.
A
You
great
thank
you
for
your
testimony
and
Molly.
Thank
you
for
all
the
work
you've
done
over
the
years
to
help
get
restaurants
with
liquor
licenses.
First
wine
and
beer,
and
now
liquor
out
into
the
community.
It's
been
a
real
pleasure
to
be
able
to
see
your
leadership
in
our
community.
So
thank
you
very
much.
Thank
you.
Is
there
anyone
else
here
to
speak
to
this
issue,
anyone
anyone
seeing
none!
Well
close
the
public
hearing
council
member
Cunningham,
I.
A
Number
three
has
been
moved
for
approval,
further
comments
or
questions,
seeing
none
all
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye
any
opposed.
That
item
is
approved.
We'll
then
move
on
to
our
last
public
hearing
item,
which
is
item
number
for
mr.
fussy.
Oh
I,
see
oh
yeah,
great
I,
wasn't
sure
who
was
presenting
this.
K
Good
afternoon,
chair
Goodman,
a
committee
members
I'm
Nikki
Moreno
from
regulatory
services
I'm
here
today
to
talk
about
a
amendment
to
Chapter
244,
adding
some
language
to
the
definitions,
they're
having
to
do
with
rental
license
revocations
and
who
holds
interests
in
licenses
and
once
a
license
has
been
revoked.
Just
clarifying
some
of
the
language
around.
You
know
future
interests
that
they
may
have
in
a
license.
There's
sort
of
three
categories
here
that
we're
trying
to
get
at
future
interest
and
reversionary
interest.
So
that
would
be,
for
example,
like
a
contract
for
Eid.
K
K
So
if
you
were
to
be
a
property
management
company
and
you
would
have
a
rental
license
revoked,
we
would
also
find
that
as
being
related
to
interest-
and
this
is
just
clarification-
we
don't
feel
that
this
changes
the
meaning
of
the
ordinance
at
all.
We
just
thought
it
would
be
good
to
to
include
a
little
bit
more
detail
about
what
it
is
that
we
were
getting
at
so
I'd
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions
that
you
may
have
are.
A
There
any
questions
for
mr.
McGraw
no
on
this
item,
I'm
the
author,
I,
don't
have
any
questions
and
everyone
else
seems
to
understand
it.
It's
fairly
basic
I'll,
open
the
public
hearing,
then
on
item
number
four,
which
is
essentially
clarifying
the
interest
in
one
rental
licenses
or
provisional
licenses
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
Is
there
anyone
here
to
speak
to
this
issue?
H
Just
going
to
say
that
I
appreciate
your
work
in
putting
this
together,
councillor
and
I
think
it's
really
important
that
as
we're,
you
know
as
a
as
a
city
and
as
a
body
moving
forward
in
making
sure
that
everything's
on
the
up-and-up,
with
our
with
properties
in
the
city,
I
think,
is
a
step
in
the
right
direction.
So
thank
you.
Thank.
A
You
for
their
comments,
questions
seeing
none
all
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye
aye
any
opposed.
That
item
is
approved.
Thank
you
mr.
McCree.
Now
we'll
then
move
on
to
our
to
discussion
items
starting
with
item
number
10,
which
councilmember
Allison
and
I
put
on
a
discussion
item
just
so
that
mr.
Carroll
could
give
this
presentation
well.
A
L
We
were
successful,
I'll
accept
that,
on
behalf
of
my
seat,
pet
colleagues,
it
takes
the
village
to
raise
twelve
million
dollars,
which
we
did
this
year
in
grant.
Funding
and
lots
of
people
are
involved
in
that
lots
of
individual
city
project
coordinators,
see
pet
management,
development,
finance
staff,
City
Attorney's,
Irene,
Casper
and
many
others,
but
we
did
have
a
successful
year.
I
am
Kevin
Carroll
from
the
business
development
division
before.
A
L
All
right
so
on
the
agenda.
Today
we
have
17
new
grant
awards
from
the
fall
2018
round.
The
applications
were
submitted
on
November
1.
The
total
amount
of
grant
funding
provided
was
6.4
million
dollars.
The
grants
ranged
from
a
low
of
sixty
thousand
five
hundred
to
a
high
of
a
little
over.
A
million
I
went
to
one
project
13
of
the
14
projects
that
we
submit
a
grant
applications
for
got
summer,
all
the
funding
they
were
seeking
in
terms
of
the
amount
of
funding
that
we
sought
and
the
amount
that
we
were
actually
awarded.
L
This
is
a
routine
matter,
I'm
here
twice
a
year
to
talk
about
this,
it's
routine,
but
it's
still
fun,
I
think,
and
it's
not
routine
in
the
sense
that
this
was
a
year
in
which
we
set
the
new
record
for
the
total
amount
of
grant
funding
awarded
to
Minneapolis
projects
in
the
single
year.
The
total
was
a
little
over
12.5
million.
L
The
old
record
was
eight
point,
eight
million,
so
we
beat
it
by
about
42
percent
and
the
reason
we
did
that,
as
you
know
there
to
grant
rounds
per
year
for
six
of
the
last
seven
years.
We
have
been
averaging
between
eight
point
four
and
eight
point:
eight
million
a
year,
so
we've
had
like
two
four
million
dollar
rounds
or
five
million
and
a
three
million.
This
year
we
had
two
rounds
that
were
over
six
million,
so
we
had
two
good
rounds.
L
So
all
the
planets
sort
of
aligned
now
we're
very
happy
about
that
and
I'm
personally
happy
because
I
started
doing
this
work
in
early
2007
and
I
thought
at
the
time
would
be
nice
to
stay
here
long
enough
to
get
to
the
point
where
if
I
was
involved
in
getting
a
hundred
million
dollars
worth
of
grant
funding,
and
we
crossed
that
threshold
with
this
round.
So
we're
now
at
about
a
hundred
and
one
million.
So
I'm
feeling
happy
about
that.
For.
L
A
Mr.
Carroll
I
have
just
a
question
for
you.
We
sat
here
last
year,
kind
of
debating
with
you
and
everyone
else
changing
our
strategy
to
only
allow
grant
applications
for
various
funds
if
they
had
affordable
housing
in
them
or
they
were
living
wage
plus
job
creation,
and
there
was
a
concern
that
we
weren't
going
to
get
enough
applications.
Then
there
was
a
concern
that
we
wouldn't
be
awarded
enough
money.
Yet
it
looks
like
we've
met
a
record.
How
do
you
explain
that?
Well.
L
The
the
number
of
applications
we
get
and
the
amount
that
we
seek
goes
up
and
down
kind
of
based
on
economic
conditions.
I
think
the
fact
that
we
got
twelve
million
dollars
this
year
was
primarily
a
reputable
to
just
a
lot
of
demand
and
a
lot
of
good
projects,
and
we
we
work
with
the
applicants
to
sort
of
tailor
and
fine-tune
the
applications
to
make
them
as
competitive
as
possible.
L
I've
heard
anecdotal
evidence
that
occasionally,
a
project
that
would
have
otherwise
sought
grant
funding
for
an
entirely
market
rate
project
chose
not
to
pursue
it.
I'm,
not
aware
of
any
of
those
projects
not
proceeding
or
failing,
because
of
that
we're
continuing
to
sort
of
gather,
anecdotal
evidence.
As
you
know,
in
the
last
round
there
were
four
projects
that
sought
waivers
from
the
affordability
requirements
we
granted
two
waivers
denied.
L
My
understanding
is
that
the
two
that
were
denied
waivers
are
still
moving
forward.
I
mean
people
often
find
a
way
to
make
these
things
work.
They
have
to
kind
of
look
at
the
budget.
Again,
you
know
ground
field.
Funding
is
important
to
lots
of
projects.
It's
critical
to
some
but
I
think
it
was
a
good
decision,
and
in
this
round
we
had
a
number
of
projects
that
did
create
affordable
units
calhoun
towers.
Their
current
phase
has
25
affordable
units.
Checkerboard
is
going
to
have
at
least
a
hundred
units.
L
They've
talked
about
increasing
the
number
of
units
in
that
project
recently
and
you're,
going
to
see
that
when
I
come
back
in
a
month
or
two
for
the
spring
round,
they
were
originally
going
to
build
200
units
now
they're
talking
about
500,
so
the
number
of
affordable
units
is
going
to
go
up
proportionately
Gateway
northeast
has
75
units
Portland
and
Washington
has
90
units,
so
affordable
housing
is
being
built
and
it's
being
built
with
the
assistance
of
brown
for
grant
funding.
In
many
cases
it's.
A
Great
so
I
mean
the
long
and
short
of
it
is
we're
slowly
encouraging
people
to
put
affordable
housing
and
if
they
want
to
apply
for
these
grants,
they're
going
to
have
to.
But
it's
not
really
stopping
us
from
getting
projects
funded.
That
we
think
are
a
priority
and
we
have
granted
some
waivers.
It's.
J
I
L
A
Seeing
none
thank
you
so
much
for
your
report.
I'll,
move
approval
of
the
staff
recommendation
in
item
10,
one
two,
three,
four:
five
and
six,
which
is
a
sec,
actually
accepting
grants
from
various
other
entities
for
the
projects
that
we
have
listed
in
the
paperwork.
We
have
all
in
favor
of
the
chairs
motion
signify
by
saying
aye
any
opposed.
That
item
is
approved.
Mr.
Carroll.
Thank
you
very
much
very.
M
Good
afternoon,
chair,
Goodman,
council
members,
I'm
Kim,
Keller
interim
director
of
regulatory
services
and
I'm
very
excited
to
be
here
today
to
talk
with
you
about
the
renter
first
policy
I'm
joined
in
doing
so
by
a
number
of
partners
that
I'd
like
to
recognize
as
well.
Home
line
is
here
representative
from
urban
home
works,
mPHA,
the
family,
housing
fund,
the
pohlad
foundation
and
colino
sonidos
legal
aid,
MHA
volunteer
lawyers,
network
and
fakeri
baker.
Daniels
have
all
taken
time
to
be
here
today
there
may
be
another
who
I
have
missed
in
here.
M
M
The
render
first
policy
is
intended
to
clearly
articulate
the
department
and
the
city's
approach
to
rental
housing,
committing
to
safety,
stability,
health
and
dignity
of
people
who
rent
their
homes.
It
also
directs
the
department's
attention
to
property
owners
who
are
non-compliant
or
who
maintain
their
properties
in
disrepair.
The
product
the
policy
works
on
both
a
systems
level
with
programs,
procedures
and
resource
allocation,
as
well
as
on
a
human
level
recognizing
the
importance
of
these
individual
interactions.
M
M
These
racially
restrictive
policies
and
others
denied
and
divested
people
of
color
from
wealth
creation,
opportunities
for
wealth
creation,
leaving
these
groups
more
vulnerable
to
market
conditions
like
rising
rents
and
low
vacancy
rates,
and
responding
to
these
realities
has
been
an
important
part
of
adopted
city
policy,
including
our
2040
comprehensive
plan
and
the
unified
housing
policy.
This
is
a
directional
shift
that
is
also
being
seen
across
in
cities
across
the
country
as
they
to
adopt
policy
that
protects
and
prioritizes
renters.
M
The
policy
is
rooted
in
the
work
of
regulatory
services,
but
renters
interact
with
and
receive
support
from
many
other
city
departments,
and
they
too
have
contributed
to
this
policy.
The
impactful
feedback
from
cpad
City,
Attorney's,
Office
coordinators
office,
health
department,
NCR,
Police,
Public,
Works,
finance
and
civil
rights,
as
well
as
external
stakeholder
groups,
and
policy
makers
provided
Direction
context
and
identified
gaps
within
the
dress,
and
all
of
this
leadership
has
been
and
will
continue
to
be,
instrumental
as
we
implement.
M
At
its
core
I
talk
about
the
renter
first
policy
as
establishing
a
system
of
early
intervention
and
safety
nets
through
the
policy,
we
look
to
do
a
few
main
things.
We
want
to
recognize
both
rental
housing
and
renters
as
community
assets,
and
we
want
to
treat
them
as
such.
We
want
to
ensure
that
strong
enforcement
protocols
for
non-compliant
owners
are
present
and
that
we
have
an
environment
that
is
attractive
to
responsible
ownership,
and
we
want
to
strategically
develop
partnerships
both
inside
and
outside
of
the
city.
M
Implementation
of
the
policy
is
multifaceted
and
will
change
over
time.
The
activities
themselves
will
adapt
over
time.
I've
pulled
forward
a
few
implementation
strategies
that
I
just
wanted
to
expand
upon.
So
as
we
use
strategically
deployed
apartment
resources,
we
have
a
number
of
initial
actions,
including
programmatic
work,
such
as
our
use
of
tenant
remedies,
actions
and
conditions
and
rental
properties,
both
of
which
we
use
to
hold
a
non-compliant
property
owners
accountable.
It
also
includes
strategically
focusing
our
inspections.
M
All
of
these
things
to
better
understand
how
the
components
impact
the
renter
experience
during
the
inspection
process,
an
included
workshop
that
brought
together
renters
inspectors
and
administrative
staff
to
deepen
the
understanding
of
their
experience
by
looking
at
power
dynamics,
implicit
bias,
stress,
reactions,
lenses
that
we
all
take
into
account
as
we
make
decisions
and
assess
situations,
and
he
did
it
all
through
artistic
practices.
This
was
a
deep
work
and
we
are
exploring
ways
to
continue
it.
Secondly,
our
tenant
navigator
role
is
currently
held
by
three
employees
assigned
to
work
specifically
with
renters.
M
They
work
to
make
sure
that
renters
are
part
of
the
inspection
process
by
making
sure
they
have
information
about
what
is
happening
and
why
it's
happening.
They
explain
city
processes,
especially
these
very
intricate,
complicated
ones
and
complicated
situations,
and
we
continue
to
assess
additional
possibilities
for
this
role.
M
We
also
have
a
focus
on
culturally
appropriate
outreach
in
coordination
with
communications,
we're
creating
videos
like
our
recent,
what
to
expect
during
an
inspection
which
was
written
from
a
renter
perspective
and
produced
in
multiple
languages
and
we're
reaching
out
to
renters
and
explaining
what's
happening
with
their
housing,
whether
it's
through
direct
mailings
or
in
coordination
with
advocacy
groups
or
through
our
tenant
navigators.
The
last
example
I
want
to
provide
as
a
study
that's
being
conducted
in
partnership
with
the
family
housing
fund,
which
will
include
an
assessment
of
current
licensing
framework.
M
E
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
Miss
Keller.
This
is
really
well
timed
because
we
just
had
in
Ward
3
a
really
a
pretty
intense
set
of
events
and
a
really
important
community
meeting
where
I
got
to
see
this
sort
of
in
action
in
a
way
that
was
really
powerful.
So
I
just
wanted
to
share
how
much
we're
seeing
the
connection
between
community
safety
and
quality
housing
and
how
much
if
the
quality
of
housing
deteriorates
or
the
management
of
the
building
deteriorates.
E
That
leaves
us
vulnerable
to
public
safety
issues
and
other
kinds
of
things,
and
so
the
entire
neighborhood
saw
the
need.
As
we
were
talking
about
solutions.
You
know
when
you
talk
about
public
safety,
I
was
expecting
people
to
really
lean
on
MPD
for
solutions
or
Lena.
You
know,
and
more
and
more
as
we
heard
what
people
were
experiencing,
they
were
looking
at.
Oh
my
gosh.
What
can
we
do
in
these
buildings?
What
can
we
do
to
make
tenants
feel
like
they
can
report
problems
and
get
responses?
E
What
can
we
do
to
resolve
some
of
these
issues
and
I?
Just
you
know,
I
wouldn't
really
commend
your
staff.
Robert
sayers
who's
here
did
a
really
terrific
job
in
that
meeting,
but
I
think
it
made.
Everybody
feel
like
having
MPD
in
rec
services
and
everybody
working
together
and
really
listening
to
people
whence
such
a
long
way
towards
making
people
feel
like
we
can
come
together
and
build
community
and
work
together
and
so
I
think
this
tenant
focus
is
very,
very
important
and
is
really
having
a
positive
impact
in
our
community.
So
thank
you.
Councilmember.
J
J
M
Through
the
chair,
councilman
R
Cunningham,
the
communications
that
we
and
the
outreach
that
we're
doing
is
guided
by
a
member
of
our
team,
Rose
Lindsey,
who
has
a
background
in
in
both
communications
and
engagement.
She
comes
to
us
from
C
ped
we're
also
working
collectively
with
communications
and
with
NCR.
So
the
outreach
can
involve
making
sure
that
that
the
notices
that
are
put
up
or
the
information
that
we're
sending
out
is
translated
and
translated
in
a
way
that
culture
that
makes
sense,
but
the
translation
actually
makes
sense.
It's
not
just
a
word-for-word.
M
It
also
means
going
and
attending
meetings
and
being
present
with
people
working
with
partners.
Key
partners,
like
ingenious
Unidos,
who
are
doing
the
big
job
of
organizing
and
of
making
sure
that
that
renters
perspective
is,
is
brought
forward
and
working
with
them.
It's
an
internal
strategy
and
an
external
strategy
as
well
great.
J
J
And
so
and
then
you
know
thinking
about
Hmong
folks
and
like
what
specifically
are
barriers
for
them
to
be
able
to
connect
with
the
resources
to
help
make
sure
that
they're
protected
and
that
they're
live
healthy,
safe
and
dignified
spaces.
So
just
wanted
to
to
name
that
and
what
I've
been
seeing
and
what
I've
been
hearing
and
making
sure
we're
incorporating
that
and
thinking
about
that
as
well.
When
we
talk
about
culture,
so
thank
you,
council.
N
Thank
you
and
I
appreciate
this
coming
forward
and
I
think
councilmember
Allison
bender
for
leading
on
this
setting
this
kind
of
policy
framework
to
kind
of
T
us
up
for
some
work
coming
in
the
future.
I
also
really
appreciate
that
you
were
recognizing
that
well,
regulatory
services
is
standing
up
there,
these
their
policies
to
overbill
through
many
different
departments
and
non
practices
and
protocols,
and
including
health
and
cpad,
and
finance
and
property
Services
and
Public
Works
and
civil
rights
and
neighborhood
community
relations.
N
So
I
am
think
it's
important
that
we
foreshadow
that
really
what
we're
trying
to
do
is
set
the
stage
here
for
some
changes
in
practice
and
in
policies.
I
want
to
just
highlight
that
the
housing
policy
and
development
committee
is
ready
to
engage
in
these.
We
have
a
part
of
our
work
plan,
and
agenda
is
already
looking
at
what
we
can
help
do
to
develop
better
policies.
There's
also.
We
now
have
our
new
housing
Advisory
Committee,
that
I'm
sure
is
renamed
just
and
eager
to
get
involved
and
engaged
in
this
head.
N
The
first
meeting
and
it's
a
fantastic
group
of
people
and
so
I'm,
looking
forward
to
seeing
what
kind
of
policy
recommendations
that
might
come
forward
from
this
work
in
this
effort
and
where
we
can
go
with
those.
It
certainly
is
something
I
think
that
is
a
concern
of
of
many
and
I
represent.
The
second
Ward,
which
includes
all
the
area
of
well,
includes
all
the
campuses
of
the
University
of
Minnesota
and
almost
all
the
area
directly
across
the
street
from
the
campus,
but
not
quite
and
there's,
certainly
a
very
unique
rental
population.
N
But
they
also
have
second
thoughts
and
worries
about
dealing
with
the
city
too,
and,
and
so
we
end
up
seeing
you
know
tenants
and
landlords,
both
are
afraid
or
there's
sort
of
a
culture,
a
history
of
being
afraid
to
enter
into
any
kind
of
work
with
the
city,
because
there
might
be
some
consequences
that
they
didn't
want.
So
I
think
this
I
just
want
to
acknowledge.
There
were
a
few
key
bullet
points
in
here
about
reaching
out
and
supporting
those
landlords
and
helping
them
do
a
better
job.
N
I
think
a
lot
of
times,
we've
gotten
ourselves
in
trouble
where
we
weren't
helping
keep
the
housing
safe
enough,
and
it
got
to
the
point
where
nobody
could
live
there
anymore
and
that's
not
the
long-term
goal
that
we
want
and
in
order
to
get
safe
and
better
housing
working
with
the
landlords
and
the
renters
is
going
to
be
key
to
doing
them.
So
I
appreciate
this
and
I
just
want
to
say
I'm
all
in
for
helping
and
I
look
forward
to
where
we
go
with
Nick
steps.
H
You,
chair
Goodman,
my
interest
in
this
policy
goes
kind
of
a
long
way
when
I
looked
at
the
hearing
tenant
voices
project,
it's
pretty
cool,
because
I
know
that
Monica
window-seat
is
the
artist
who
engaged
in
that
project
and
then
sort
of
got
things
rolling
in
the
department
and
about
that
year,
creative
City
making
when
Monica
Way
started.
It
was
actually
the
same
year
that
I
that
I
started
as
an
artist
in
creative
city
making
different
department,
but
trying
to
do
similar
things,
I,
don't
think
I
was
as
as
successful
as
Monica
way.
H
Obviously
you
know.
Regulatory
services
is
really
and
leaned
into
that
collaboration,
and
so
this
policy
I
really
see
as
as
an
affirmation
of
the
work
that
regulatory
services
has
sort
of
been
doing
on
its
own
in
a
lot
of
ways
and
a
way
to
again,
as
some
of
my
colleagues
have
said,
really
pivot
towards
towards
the
city's
priorities.
H
We
got
the
chance.
Just
you
know,
folks,
taking
my
colleagues
in
the
public.
We
counsel
number
vendor
and
I
got
the
chance
to
go
talk
to
some
of
the
folks
at
regulatory
services,
as
you
would
expect
a
saloon
full
of
subject
matter,
experts
and
highly
professional
folks
that
we
work
with
and
one
one
one
woman
stood
up
and
said.
You
know:
hey
we're
all
for
heading
in
this
direction.
You
know
we're
already
sort
of
headed
in
this
direction,
but
being
a
hammer
sort
of
it
brought
in
money.
H
It
did
you
know,
kind
of
listed
off
the
certain
things
of
like
being
a
hammer,
although
it
did
not,
it
didn't
make
tenants.
It
instilled
a
lot
of
fear
with
tenants,
not
sure
you
know
if
they
were
going
to
be
helped
by
regulatory
services
are
displaced
by
regulatory
services
and
and
that
the
work
of
doing
that
kind
of
culture
shift
and
meeting
the
city's
goals
is
a
lot
harder.
It's
not
necessarily
sort
of
action
to
money.
H
It's
not
an
eject
the
box
as
the
direction
that
we're
going
and
so
I
really
want
to
commend
regulatory
services.
The
department
for
leaning
into
this
work
and
being
willing
to
not
do
what's
easy,
but
do
what's,
but
as
a
department
do
what's
right.
Bye-Bye
attendance
as
well
and
I
think
that
in
some
cases
you
know
that
that
that
fear
of
dealing
with
the
city
that
a
lot
of
folks
are
represented,
Ward
5,
a
lot
of
folks.
You
know
know
about
mark
good
con.
In
that
whole
situation.
H
Their
fears
about
what
it
means
for
regulatory
services
to
come
in
can
sometimes
get
affirmed
when,
when
the
landlord
we
punish
the
landlord
rightfully
so
as
we
should.
But
then
the
person
who
ends
up
being
on
the
hardest
end
of
that
punishment
for
the
landlord
ends
up
being
the
tenant,
and
so
I
think
that
this
is
also
a
way
for
us
to
not
only
lean
into
the
work
that
a
lot
of
folks
at
in
regulatory
services
are
already
leaning
into,
but
really
solidify
it,
as
as
the
city's
position
to
reorient
ourselves
towards
protecting
renters.
H
O
You,
madam
chair,
and
thanks
for
letting
me
speak
I'm
not
on
the
committee,
but
wanted
to
be
here
today.
I,
actually
think
that
this
kind
of
change,
where
we're
looking
deep
into
our
values
and
our
systems
as
a
city,
is
some
of
the
most
transformative
work
that
we
get
to
be
a
part
of
as
staff
and
policy
makers,
and
though
this
is
a
simple
three
page
document.
O
When
I
first
took
office
five
years
ago,
when
we
talked
about
renters,
there
was
often
an
either
explicit
or
implicit
value
about
people
who
rent
their
homes
that
they
aren't
invested
in
community,
or
that
there
was
some
has
something
wrong
with
talking
about
the
unique
ways
that
are
increasingly
challenging
housing
market
affects
renters,
but
I
think
we
are
at
the
point
where
we're
ready
to
say
is
the
city.
You
know
whether
you
rent
or
you
own,
your
home.
O
Renting
is
a
community
asset
that
we
have
a
public
responsibility
to
ensure
is
well
maintained,
and
so,
when
we
went
and
spoke
with
the
90
or
so
staff
at
rec
services,
the
other
day,
we
talked
about
this
policy
as
an
invitation
to
staff
for
out
there
everyday
on
the
streets
of
our
city,
to
help
us
do
better
and
to
really
think
about
every
single
interaction
they
have
if
they
want
to
as
a
way
to
help
inform
us
moving
forward,
you
know:
are
we
targeting
our
resources
appropriately?
Do
we
have
the
right
resources
in
this
department?
O
But
that's
part
of
our
part
of
this
deal
is
to
make
sure
that,
when
we're
asking
departments
to
do
more
and
do
things
differently
that
we're
investing
both
in
the
employees
who've
been
here
for
a
really
long
time
who
know
you
know
who
have
that
knowledge
and
that
expertise
that
Cathar
Ellison
talked
about,
but
also
like
understanding
where
we
think
this
department
is
going
in
five
years
and
how
we
need
to
resource
it.
Well
and
I.
Also
think
of
this
as
a
description
for
our
new
leadership.
O
We
are,
we've
been
really
grateful
interim
director
Keller
for
your
leadership.
You
have
embraced
this
moment,
you
know
sometimes
interim
directors
might
come
in
and
just
try
to
keep
the
lights
on,
but
you
are
really
showing
extraordinary
leadership
and
helping
us
connect
with
employees
and
help
figure
out
where
the
department
is
going.
But
I
think
this
is
a
good
description
for
what
we
are
looking
for
in
our
next
regulatory
services.
O
It's
really
meaningful
to
have
you
here
today
for
this
home
line
and
a
colino
Slee
Gallade
family
housing
fund
pohlad
the
leadership
that
you
are
showing
in
the
community,
we're
hearing
you
and
I
mean
this
is
really
the
result
of
conversations
that
we've
had
over
many
years.
Where
folks,
who
work
directly
with
renters,
are
telling
us
look,
we
can
pass
ordinances.
O
We
can
do
all
these
things,
but
you
need
to
get
your
city
functions
right
first,
so
we
heard
you-
and
this
is
our
one
step
toward
making
sure
every
time
we're
in
a
building
every
time
we're
looking
our
policies
every
time,
we're
looking
our
budgets
that
we
are
doing
so
with
that
over
arching
value
of
making
sure
that
renters
in
our
city
are
and
safe,
dignified,
stable
and
healthy
housing.
Thanks.
O
A
I
want
to
thank
you,
Kim
for
being
here
today
and
for
giving
this
presentation
and
to
all
of
the
people
who
have
been
doing
the
real
work
on
the
ground
to
help
tenants.
That's
really
what
it's
all
about
in
the
end
is
any
one
person
that
we
can
help
have
a
better
experience
with
where
they
live
in
their
housing
is
a
good
day's
work
and
so
to
have
a
large
number
of
advocates
who
have
worked
with
a
large
number
of
people
to
help
make
their
housing
better
is
a
blessing
to
the
city.
I.
A
Think
council,
president
bender
summed
it
up
just
this
year.
In
just
this
council,
we
have
worked
through
our
section
8
ordinance,
we've
passed,
advance
notice,
we've
passed
a
tenant
protections,
but
the
most
important
thing
we
can
do
is
figure
out
how
we,
as
an
enterprise,
work
with
advocates
and
renters
to
ensure
that
they
have
safe,
safe
and
stable
housing.
We
should
point
the
fingers
at
ourselves
and
try
to
figure
out
what
has
not
worked
right
in
the
past
and
how
we
can
make
that
work
better.
A
Ultimately,
I
think
everybody
on
the
panel
and
everyone
on
the
council
really
believes
in
the
work
that
we're
doing
and
believes
in
affordable
housing.
But
the
truth
of
the
matter
is
the
housing
stock
that
we
have
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis
is
a
public
asset
and
resource.
It
might
be
owned
by
the
private
sector
and
I
thank
the
private
sector
for
coming
to
the
table.
A
But
ultimately,
in
this
day
and
age,
where
we
are
in
2019,
housing
is
a
public
resource,
the
alternative
to
not
having
that
public
resource
is
sleeping
outside,
and
so,
while
it
might
be
owned
differently
than
government
owning
things.
It
is
the
utmost
in
things
that
people
need
in
order
to
be
stable
in
their
lives,
and
we
need
to
view
housing
as
the
public
resource
that
it
is
I
really
like
the
way
that
this
has
been
framed.
A
All
residents
who
rent
their
homes
will
live
and
safe
at
dignified,
stable
and
healthy
housing,
because
I
feel,
like
renters,
become
a
bad
word
and
I
feel
like
some
people
feel
like
they
have
something
to
be
ashamed
of
because
they
rent
their
home
instead
of
owning
and
I.
Think
we
as
leaders
need
to
help
change
that
dynamic.
It
doesn't
matter
how
you
come
to
live
where
you
do.
A
You
live
where
you
do
when
you
live
in
our
city
and
as
leaders
of
the
city
I
think
it's
really
important
for
us
to
value
that
housing
and
people
generally
and
ensure
that
all
of
the
housing
in
the
city,
whether
you
rent
it
or
own,
it
is
safe,
dignified,
stable
and
healthy
for
the
people
who
live
in
our
city,
so
I'm
impressed
with
this
work,
because
it's
a
policy
that
says
little
and
means
a
lot.
It's
not
an
ordinance
change
or
we
can
say
hey.
A
We
did
that
now,
other
people
are
going
to
go
out
and
do
something
we're
going
to
say.
We
did
this
because
the
hundreds
of
us
that
work
in
the
enterprise
together
need
to
get
onto
the
same
path
for
the
benefit
of
the
people
that
we
represent.
So
I'm
really
excited
about
this
work
because
I
think
it's
truly
meaningful
when
we
point
the
finger
at
ourselves
and
determine
what
we
can
do
in
order
to
move
the
entire
community
forward.