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From YouTube: June 11, 2019 Transportation & Public Works Committee
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Minneapolis Transportation & Public Works Committee Meeting
https://lims.minneapolismn.gov/
A
I'll
call
this
meeting
to
order
it's
the
regularly
scheduled
meeting
of
the
transportation
Public
Works
Committee
this
day,
June
11th
2019,
I'm,
councilman,
Reich,
I
chair
the
committee
and
I'm
joined
by
my
colleagues,
councilmembers
Johnson,
Fletcher
and
Gordon.
We
are
a
quorum
and
we
will
proceed
with
today's
agenda,
which
has
18
items.
We
have
discussion,
public
hearings
and
consent.
I
will
go
through
consent.
Any
committee
member
can
pull
them
for
further
deliberation
at
their
will.
Item
3
on
consent
is
the
northern
spark
large
block
event
permit
from
June
14
to
15
item
4.
A
Is
the
stone
arch
bridge
festival,
large
block
event
from
June,
15th
or
16th
item
5?
Is
the
rock
the
garden
large
block
event
from
June
29th
item
6?
Is
the
snow
and
ice
removal
from
public
sidewalks
assessments
at
a
public
hearing
and
that
public
hearing
set
for
July
16th
item
7?
Is
a
sidewalk
prepared
construction
assessment
saying
that
public
hearing,
which
is
for
July
30th
item
8?
Is
the
Minneapolis
stormwater
management
program?
A
14
is
a
contract
with
Kim
langhorne
associates
for
engineering
design
services
for
the
Grand
Avenue
South
Street
reconstruction
project
15
is
the
access
easement
agreement
with
Metro
Green
Line
extension
for
the
southwest
LR
light
rail
project
item
16?
Is
the
Bicycle
Advisory
Committee
revisions
item
17?
Is
the
pedestrian
committee
appointments
those
people
are
listed
and
those
are
the
consent
items
that
anyone
wish
to
pull
them
for
consideration.
Altamira
Fletcher.
B
Thank
You
mr.
chair
I
I,
don't
need
to
pull
anything
for
discussion,
but
I
do
just
want
to
make
a
brief
comment
that
we
are
once
again
voting
on
event
permits
that
will
have
four
events
that
will
have
already
happened
by
the
time.
This
gets
to
Council
and
I've
sort
of
made
light
of
this
in
the
past,
but
I
actually
I'm,
not
feeling
like
making
light
of
it
at
this
point,
I
think
we're
getting
to
a
point
where
we
need
an
opportunity
to
respond
to
some
of
these
plans.
B
I
love
all
the
events
that
are
happening
there
mostly
happening
in
my
ward
and
they're
great,
and
sometimes
the
way
they
end
up
getting
blocked
out.
We've
ended
up
taking
sidewalks
and
bike
lanes
that
we
don't
need
to
be
taking
as
a
part
of
the
way
we
fence
things
off
or
the
way
we
design
these,
and
we
actually
need
a
little
bit
of
an
opportunity
to
respond
to
these
permits
in
a
way
that
could
actually
impact
the
event.
B
So
I
just
want
to
note
my
concern
about
the
timing
for
the
way
these
are
coming
through
and
I'm,
hoping
that
we
can
have
a
little
more
of
an
opportunity
to
intervene
as
these
events
are
getting
approved.
But
that
said,
I'm
happy
to
let
these
through.
If
we're
going
to
attend
both
of
them
and
I.
Think
they're
gonna
be
great.
A
Thank
you
for
those
comments.
I
think
your
points
well-taken.
It's
not
much
of
a
review
process.
If
there's
no
process
in
which
we
actually
review
something
so
point
well-taken
any
other
discussion
on
the
items
in
consent,
I
see
none,
I'll,
move
all
items
all
in
favor,
say:
aye
aye
dissent,
a
name.
Those
items
carry
with
the
comments
noted
by
councillor,
Fletcher
I,
don't
know
number
one
on
the
agenda
is
a
public
hearing
good
morning,
director
Hutchinson
good.
C
Morning
mr.
chair
members
of
the
committee,
Thank
You,
councilmember
Fletcher,
for
your
comments,
I
agree
and
we'll
work
harder
to
bring
these
forward
sooner
working
with
our
partners
who
we
can
bring
along,
hopefully
a
little
bit
faster
on
to
this
public
hearing
agenda.
Item
number
one:
this
is
our
2019
alley
renovation
program.
We
have
a
just
a
couple
of
ways
we
can
address
our
alleys.
This
is
specifically
for
alley
renovation.
This
is
the
project,
approval
and
assessment.
Additional
information
is
going
to
be
presented
by
Mike,
the
director
of
transportation,
maintenance
and
repair.
D
Thank
You
mr.
chair
again,
Mike
Kennedy,
I'm,
the
director
transportation,
maintenance
and
repair
for
Minneapolis
Public
Works,
we're
here
for
the
2019
alley
renovation
program
to
extend
the
operational
life
of
the
concrete
alleys
and
to
facilitate
look
at--look
lies
drainage.
The
Department
of
Public
Works
recommends
that
concrete
alleys
be
overlaid
with
asphalt.
If
an
alley
has
been
previously
resurfaced,
the
old
bituminous
material
will
be
removed
down
to
the
original
concrete
before
the
new
surface
is
placed.
Public
Works
recommends
this
year
that
seven
alleys
located
throughout
the
city
be
resurfaced.
D
The
project
cost
estimate
for
this
work
is
197
thousand
five
hundred
dollars.
The
2019
adopted
uniform
assessment
rate
will
be
used
for
the
portion
of
the
project
costs
being
assessed
conforming
to
the
current
city
policy,
of
using
uniform
assessment
rates
for
Street
construction
renovation
and
resurfacing
the
alley
renovation
uniform
assessment
rate
for
this
year
is
seven
cents
per
square
foot
of
land
area,
abutting
the
alley
to
be
improved.
The
rates
the
same
for
residential
and
non-residential
use
properties
and
their
provost
alley
renovation.
D
Special
assessments
were
determined
using
a
formula
that
combines
the
benefited
land
area
with
an
annually
established
uniform
assessment
rate.
This
formula
care
is
carefully
considered
and
applied
by
city
staff
and
is
intended
to
a
comfort
to
reflect
for
each
property
or
each
project
value
to
the
benefited
properties.
The
remaining
cost
not
covered
by
assessments
will
be
funded
by
net
debt
bonds.
D
So
today
it's
our
recommendation
that
we
pass
a
resolution
ordering
the
work
to
proceed
in
adopting
special
assessments
in
the
amount
of
sixty
eight
thousand
four
hundred,
seventy
five
dollars
and
twenty
four
cents
for
this
year's
program
and
passage
of
a
resolution
requesting
the
board
of
estimate
taxation
to
authorize
the
city's
issuance
and
sale
of
assessment
bonds
in
set
amount
for
the
program
this
year.
And
that's
my
presentation
for
the
moment
and
we
can
take
questions
at
thank.
A
You
can
any
questions
per
the
staff
presentation
seeing
none
I
will
open
the
public
hearing.
Anyone
signed
in
anyone
wish
to
come
forward
and
give
testimony
anyone
wish
to
come
forward
for
item
number
one
see
none
I
will
close
the
public
hearing
and
move
the
item
as
submitted
by
staff.
Any
further
discussion
see
none
all
in
favor,
say
aye
dissent,
a
name
that
carries,
and
we
can
now
go
to
item
number
two
Thank.
C
You
mr.
chair
members
of
the
committee
item
number
two
is
the
renewal
of
the
West
Broadway
Improvement
special
service
district.
This
is
going
to
be
presented
by
Andy
Carlson,
who
manages
all
of
our
special
service
district
and,
as
a
short
reminder,
this
is
one
of
two
self
manors
special
service
districts
in
the
city,
good.
E
E
By
way
of
a
little
background,
the
Minneapolis
Code
of
Ordinances
chapter
434
establishing
the
district
included
a
sunset
provision
stipulating
that
the
ordinance
would
expire
at
the
end
of
the
district's
fifth
year,
which
would
be
the
end
of
2019
unless
the
ordinance
is
renewed
by
filing
the
standards
and
procedures
set
forth
in
the
statute
for
28.
A
in
accordance
with
this
provision.
Petitions
from
property
owners
within
the
district
request,
a
renewal
of
the
district's
ordinance
sufficient
to
satisfy
the
requirements
described
in
statute
have
been
submitted
to
the
city.
E
We
have
received
a
letter
from
the
City
Attorney's
Office
certifying
certifying
that
the
property
owners
comply
with
requirements
of
Minnesota
statute.
The
petition
requirements
were
the
same
as
were
set
forth
when
the
district
was
created
back
in
2014.
A
motion
to
reduce
the
subject
matter
of
amandime
Minnesota,
I'm,
sorry,
Minneapolis,
Code
of
Ordinances
chapter
434
to
readapt
the
ordinance
to
renew
the
district
was
introduced
at
the
City
Council
on
April
19th
for
its
first
reading
and
referred
to
the
transportation
and
Public
Works
Committee.
E
In
addition
to
readapt
in
the
ordinance,
the
ordinance
is
proposed
to
amend
the
establishing
and
establishing
a
new
provision
for
the
sunset
provision
of
December
31st
2024
notice
of
the
public
hearing.
I
was
published
in
the
official
newspaper,
the
city
on
may
18th
and
June
4th
you
notice
of
public
hearing
was
also
mailed
on
May
23rd
to
all
property
owners
proposed
to
be
subject
to
the
district
service
charges.
Pursuant
to
Minnesota
statute.
428,
a
additional
procedures
will
be
required
upon
adoption
of
the
ordinance.
E
It
is
therefore
recommended
that
the
City
Council
amend
Minneapolis
Code
of
Ordinances
chapter
434
to
readapt
the
ordinance
and
renew
the
West
Broadway
Improvement
special
service
district
with
the
proposed
new
sunset
date
of
December
31st
2024.
Unless
the
ordinance
has
been
renewed.
That
completes
my
remarks.
We
do
have
some
members
from
the
public
to
speak
in
favor
of
of
the
district,
but
if
there's
any
questions
for
me,
I
will
stand
for
questions.
Could
we.
A
F
Thank
You
mr.
chairman
fellow
community
council
members,
my
name
is
Dean
rose,
I
am
a
property
owner
and
business
owner
on
West,
Broadway,
Avenue,
Broadway
flats
and
Broadway
liquor.
Outlet
I
also
serve
on
the
board
of
directors
of
the
West
Broadway
Coalition
for
the
past
couple
of
decades,
I'm
here
today
to
ask
for
your
support
in
renewing
our
West
Broadway
Improvement
District
boundaries
and
ordinance
again,
I
think
over
the
past
five
years
we
have
seen
many
positive
benefits
from
this
Improvement
District.
That
is
all
self
managed
by
our
organization.
F
First
and
foremost,
the
thousands
of
pounds
of
trash
that
we
eliminate
every
year
off
of
the
streets,
I
think
is
one
of
the
most
important
benefits
of
this
organization.
The
holiday
lighting
that
we
put
up
adds
a
festive
tone
to
our
Avenue,
the
public
displays
of
art
and
public
benches
and
trash
cans
that
we
monitor
and
maintain
annually,
as
well
as
the
collaboration
of
public
and
private
partnerships.
I
think
has
served
our
area
very
well
over
the
past
five
years
and
I
ask
for
your
continued
support
for
another
five
years.
Thank
you
very
much.
A
Anyone
else
wish
to
come
forward
and
make
comment
and
I
wish
to
come
forward.
Seeing
none,
we'll
close
the
public
hearing
and
I
will
comment
that
this
has
just
been
I.
Think
one
of
the
great
success
stories
of
the
whole
system,
the
community
has
stepped
up
they've
taken
ownership
in
a
very
literal
sense,
and
the
results,
as
testified
today
are
spectacular
and
I
think
mr.
Karlson
has
commented
likewise
with
his
experience
in
professional
opinion
that
this
is
a
great
success
story
in
partnership.
A
C
G
G
G
It
increased
the
response,
but
it
got
us
to
connect
with
those
properties
that
weren't
compliant
more
quickly.
I'll
come
back
to
that
in
a
second,
but
so
we
started
back
in
2017
in
2018
we
completed
the
pedestrian
and
bicycle
winter
maintenance
study
we've
been
back
and
shared
a
variety
of
different
updates
on
that.
In
addition,
we
worked
very
closely
with
audit
coming
on
with
the
audit
department
and
3-1-1
in
order
to
review
the
process,
review
the
data
and
and
really
help
us
over
time.
G
G
So
education
was
one
of
the
key
activities
to
what
we
identified
in
the
winter
maintenance
study,
and
we
took
a
variety
of
different
approaches
with
a
lot
of
different
internal
and
external
partners.
Last
November,
a
citywide
letter
was
sent
from
director
Hutchison.
We
felt
it
was
really
important
to
maybe
reframe
the
reason
why
clearing
sidewalks
is
so
important,
make
sure
that
people
understood
what
they
were
responsible
for
and
if
they
weren't
doing
it.
G
As
we
rolled
through
the
season,
we
had
over
70
media
requests.
The
media
was
one
of
our
external
partners
that
really
helped
get
information
out
there.
Let
people
know
that
we
were
focusing
on
this.
Let
people
know
that
it
really
is
a
priority
for
the
city
and
everyone
to
have
clear
sidewalks
in
order
to
keep
people
moving
around
the
city,
a
variety
of
other
activities
that
we
did.
G
So,
in
addition
to
inspections,
I
just
want
to
be
really
clear
that
we
continue
to
do
our
reactive
work,
like
we
had
in
years
past.
So
when
people
observed
non-compliance,
they
could
still
call
3-1-1.
We
still
responded.
We
still
followed
up
with
that
process.
What
I'm
going
to
focus
on
today
is
really
our
proactive
pilot
inspection.
G
So
a
little
bit
about
the
methodology
we
divided
the
city
into
four
quadrants,
which
you
can
see
on
the
map
attached.
We
called
those
quadrants,
a
B,
C
and
D.
The
quadrants
were
already
existed
as
part
of
a
national
system
created
from
multi-agency
use.
The
quadrants
that
we
created
within
that
grid
pattern.
We
followed
primarily
freeways
the
river
kind
of
some
some
major
types
of
boundaries,
you'll
see
that
they're
not
equal,
and
we
approached
them
from
a
way
to
try
to
get
a
representation
of
the
data
across
all
of
the
across
the
city.
G
The
grids
that
you
see
highlighted
on
this
map
are
the
grids
that
were
randomly
selected,
so
we
used
a
random
number
generator
to
select
the
grids
to
go
out
and
collect
this
data
staff
were
able
to
inspect
over
35,000
properties
of
the
roughly
130
properties,
130,000
properties
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis
through
the
process.
One
of
the
things
that
we
valued
was
there
were
four
grids
that
were
randomly
selected
twice.
G
You
have
two
data
from
more
than
one
event
in
in
one
area:
it's
it's
valuable
as
you're
digging
into
that
and
I'll
share
that
results
later
so
just
a
little
bit
about
the
process,
so
we
blended
the
proactive
process
into
the
reactive
process.
We
didn't
want
to
recreate
the
wheel,
but
what
we
did
do
is
have
good
solid
data
when
we
were
starting-
and
this
is
where
it's
the
location
accuracy
were
confident
in
as
compared
to
the
reactive
piece.
G
So
the
rectangle
that
you
see
in
the
process
is
really
the
piece
that
we
added
coming
up
with
the
grid
and
the
methodology
training
staff.
Like
director
Hutchison
said
this
is
a
multi
department
effort.
We
prioritized
this
work
and
we
had
a
great
team
that
came
together
and
I.
Think
really.
The
feedback
we
heard
from
them
was
enjoyed
doing
something
a
little
bit
different
enjoyed
being
able
to
work
on
something
that
is
so
valued
by
residents,
as
well
as
the
department
and
yourself
so,
but
so
with
this.
G
Since
these
inspections,
then
we
were
able
to
go
out
in
the
field,
collect
data
and
we're
now
able
to
use
that
data
to
review
and
analyze.
The
piece
that
didn't
change
was
the
sending
of
the
Notice
of
Violation,
the.
If
sidewalks,
aren't
clear
continuing
through
the
process
in
the
proactive
sidewalk
make
sure
we
were
taking
the
steps
in
order
to
get
the
sidewalks
cleared.
G
So
I'm
gonna
walk
through
the
proactive
sidewalk
piece,
so
the
pie
charts
that
you
see
in
front
of
you
represent
all
of
the
data
that
we
collected
from
the
seven
different
inspections
that
we
completed
this
year.
Like
I
said
earlier,
we
inspected
over
35,000
properties
prior
to
us
getting
out
there
and
doing
the
inspection
96
percent
were
cleared
and
that
that
takes
you
to
the
green
and
the
red.
The
red
represents
a
little
over
1,300
properties
that
were
in
violation
four
percent.
Through
the
process.
G
We
then
send
out
notice
of
violations,
and
what
you
can
see
is
about
58
percent
of
people
once
they
get
their
notice
of
violations
clear
their
sidewalk.
The
remaining
42
percent
I
also
want
to
just
be
really
clear
in
this
process,
so
in
the
proactive.
According
to
the
ordinance
there's
two
different
timelines
residential
properties
have
24
hours.
All
other
properties
have
four
hours.
We
did
not
create
a
proactive,
sidewalk
approach
to
look
at
the
four
hour.
We
just
did
the
24
hours
in
this.
With
this
year's
pilot.
B
Thank
You
charity,
so
I've
gotten
some
feedback.
When
comments
were
made,
that
sort
of
reported
on
data
like
that's,
really
skeptical
about
it,
so
I
guess
I'm
wondering
if
you
could
talk
a
little
more
about
what
compliant
means
and
if
you
have
any
theories
about
why
I
think
public
perception
generally
certainly
the
feedback
I've
gotten
from
my
constituents.
It
doesn't
align
with
the
notion
that
there
was
96
percent
compliance.
G
So
there's
a
couple
questions
there:
I'm
gonna
start
answering
them
mr.
chair
and
councilmember
Fletcher,
and
if
I
miss
one
feel
free
to
remind
me
so
a
little
bit
about
what
compliance
meant
is
we
trained
our
staff
to
go
out
and
look
at
sidewalks
and
have
a
passable
surface,
which
I
do
believe
is
sometimes
different
than
what
other
people's
expectations
are
and
I
also
want
to
just
say
that?
Well,
this
is
not
every
property
with
every
vent
event.
G
The
35,000
is
a
total
over
seven
events,
I'm
going
to
get
into
a
little
bit
more
detail
event
by
event,
but
I
do
think
that
there
is
sometimes
a
different
in
difference
in
expectation
and
understanding
and
I
will
really
point
that
out,
especially
as
the
season
went
on
this
year
with
the
rain
and
the
freezing
and
one's
ability
to
even
clear
the
sidewalk
as
things
thaw,
water
is
running
downhill.
What
do
you
do?
How
do
we
keep
that
past?
So.
C
C
H
Did
we
do
any
tracking
how
many
pedestrian
pathways
were
permanently
obstructed
because
of
that
one
property
owner
along
that
path?
I
mean
there
might
be
something
it
would
be
interesting
to
assess
how
much
of
our
winter
walkways
are
obstructed
and
we
can't
be
used
by
somebody
in
a
wheelchair,
just
even
if
it
is
just
a
few
properties
that
still
might
mean
that
we
actually
have
a
majority
or
40
percent
or
10
percent,
or
only
1%,
of
access
to
a
bus,
stop
blocked
or
something
like
that.
C
Mr.
chair
councillor
Gordon,
it's
a
great
question.
Leeson
I
talked
about
this
about
30
minutes
ago,
as
we
were
preparing
for
this
presentation
and
I
think
that,
at
the
end
of
the
presentation,
we
were
going
to
tell
you
about
some
next
steps,
and
one
of
them
is
what
do
we
do
with
repeat
with
repeat
offenders,
so
we're
already
starting
to
think
about
what
happens
now
that
we
can
see
who,
over
and
over
now
now
what
is
one
of
our
next
discussions?
Next
steps.
G
What's
interesting
is
this
snow
event
was
about
two
inches
of
snow
accumulation.
It
was
the
first
snow
event
of
the
season.
It
was
the
lowest
average
compliance
rate
of
89%
that
we
saw.
We
attribute
that
to
a
lot
of
people,
forgetting
their
shovels
or
not
getting
them
out
in
a
timely
manner.
Snow
blowers,
not
starting
just
kind
of
forgetting
about
the
whole
winter
routine.
G
G
In
January,
our
events
started
getting
larger
and
this
one
was
an
event
greater
than
five
inches.
When
there
were
five
inches
of
snow
it,
it
did
in
some
places.
In
some
ways
we
heard
create
challenges
between
plowing
and
sidewalk
shoveling,
especially
in
areas
where
there
is
not
a
Boulevard
and
that
space
has
to
be
shared.
Councilmember
Palmisano.
I
G
I
G
Back
to
here,
and
so
the
map
in
the
bottom
right,
the
little
grey
boxes
are
grid
and
the
darker
black
purple
lines
are
the
quadrants,
and
so
what
we
found
interesting
is
maybe
all
of
the
grids
that
we
inspected
in,
for
example,
quadrant
a
sometimes
we
had
low
compliance.
Sometimes
we
had
high
compliance,
so
we
didn't
see
any.
G
G
J
G
G
More
corner
lots
were
cleared
by
the
contractor
than
other
lots
and
to
your
point
it
might
be
that
it
is
a
little
more
difficult.
It
is
more
challenging.
They
have
more
feet
of
sidewalk
right
now.
I,
don't
have
a
whole
lot
more
information
on
that
other
than
our
numbers
may
be
aligned
with
what
used
to
be
what
you
observed.
Yeah.
G
Mr.
chair
council,
member
Johnson,
you're
absolutely
correct.
Let's
just
say
the
entire
length
of
the
block
is
cleared,
but
you
get
to
the
end
of
the
block
and
you
can't
get
over
that
pile
of
snow.
It
still
makes
that
block
impassable,
and
so
it
was
a
challenging
winter
for
us,
as
well
from
a
roadway,
plowing
perspective
and
a
partnership
with
the
residents
of
Minneapolis.
G
G
We
anticipate
those
numbers
will
go
up
just
simply
because
we're
inspecting
more
properties,
we're
making
more
connections
with
residents
and
business
owners,
and
we
also
are
going
to
need
to
likely
increase
the
capacity
for
a
contractor
that
is
going
to
clear
the
sidewalks
because,
again
making
the
assumptions
that
we
saw
today
we're
going
to
have
more
properties
that
need
to
be
cleared.
And
again,
our
goal
is
to
get
properties
cleared
as
quickly
as
possible
to
make
the
city
passable.
G
I've
already
started
having
conversations
with
NCR
and
3-1-1,
because
we
still
really
feel
like.
There
are
a
number
of
property
owners
that
do
not
have
the
capacity
to
clear
their
sidewalks
and
we
need
to
build
that
resource
up,
and
we
need
to
do
that
in
advance
of
the
winter
season,
so
that
those
resources
are
ready
to
hit
the
ground
running
come
the
first
snow
event.
G
We
feel
that's
very,
very
important
to
again
make
sure
that
there
are
resources
available
along
with
that.
We
need
to
improve
the
data
collection
along
the
way.
One
of
the
things
that
we
found
out
as
we
observed
we,
we
we,
the
city,
received
466,
calls
for
snow
removal
help
and
you
can
see
kind
of
how
that
was
distributed
throughout
the
year
and
you
can
see
we
really
hit
a
peak
in
February
when
we
had
nine
different
snow
events.
But
what
we
don't
have
is
where
those
people
are
calling
from.
G
So
one
of
the
challenges
is
many
of
the
resources
that
are
willing
to
help
people
clear
sidewalks
are
focused
on
certain
parts
of
the
city
in
close
proximity
to
where
those
organizations
are.
We
don't
know
if
we
have
the
organizations
lined
up
in
the
right
place,
and
so
we
also
need
to
collect
better
data
from
where
people
are
needing
help
in
order
to
build
that
capacity
in
the
right
location,
council.
J
Member
Johnson
Thank
You
mr.
chair
and
I'm
gonna
have
a
lot
of
seniors
in
my
ward,
and
so
I
was
actually
surprised
how
little
we
heard
about
the
pretty
quick
reaching
of
capacity
for
a
lot
of
these
services
and
I
think
sometimes
it's
not
necessarily
a
popular
message
when
people
call
but
to
say
look,
these
resources
are
really
a
last
resort.
I
mean
hopefully
they're
talking
to
family
they're,
talking
to
friends,
they're
talking
to
neighbors
they're.
If
they
have
the
capacity
pay
or
service,
we
had
those
conversations
and
not
in
office.
J
I,
remember
one
of
them,
for
instance,
where
he
said
the
gentleman
called
and
said
he
wasn't
physically
able
to
clear,
sidewalk
and
so
I
said
well,
do
you
have
any
family
that
can
help,
and
he
said
no
I,
don't
have
any
family.
I
said
what
about
friends
he
says:
I,
don't
have
any
friends.
I
said
what
about
neighbors.
He
said
all
my
neighbors
hate
me
and
so
I
said
so.
You're
telling
me
you're
not
able
to
pay
for
having
this
idle
unclear
said.
J
G
A
H
I
think
one
of
the
things
that
we
maybe
did
with
our
inspections,
this
winter
was
people,
looked
at
their
budgets
and
said:
I'm
just
gonna
go
ahead
and
hire
somebody
to
do
mine
this
winter
and
keep
it
clear
because
I
can
afford
it.
Other
people
might
have
a
harder
time
getting
that
money
set
aside
and
doing
that.
H
Then
there
might
be
role
where
we
could
somehow
facilitate
or
even
come
share
property
tax
dollars
or
use
a
utility
bill,
but
even
help
people
cover
the
costs
of
that
and
I
think
there
might
be
people
who
opt
into
that
service
more
people
than
we
might
imagine
and
they'd
say
sure,
put
it
on
my
utility
bill.
I'm
gonna
get
that
service,
and
then
we
don't
even
necessarily
have
to
send
out
our
folks
to
do
the
shoveling,
because
we
have
some
contractors.
H
So
we
could
experiment
and
look
at
that
and
even
try
it
in
a
portion
of
the
city
and
we
might
find
that
2%
or
whatever
those
corner
Lots.
It's
not
a
bigger
problem.
I
also
think.
If
that
we're
successful,
we
could
maybe
get
to
the
point
where
we'd
say:
once
we
have
a
contractor
go
out
two
times
we're
gonna
require
you
to
join
this
program
or
take
advantage
of
this
service
or
whatever
it
is.
H
That's
a
far
cry
from
what
they
do
in
Bloomington.
I
just
want
you
to
know,
but
it's
a
little
bit
of
a
step
towards
taking
some
more
responsibility
to
make
sure
that
everybody
can
get
around
in
our
challenging
winter.
So
that's
just
an
idea
that
I
want
to
put
out
there
to
think
about,
and
even
if
it's
a
limited
area,
maybe
we
could
find
the
place
where
there
aren't
volunteer
groups.
H
I
do
know
that
we
M
referred
people
to
some
groups
who
didn't
really
have
the
cassadee
to
necessarily
match
them
up
with
a
bunch
of
shuffler,
so
their
volunteer
groups
and
they
want
to
help
them
if
there's
healthy
seniors.
If
groups
in
my
whim
or
two
that
do
a
lot
of
work
and
they'll
try
to
find
somebody
who
might
shovel
and
a
rake
but
I
don't
know
so
that
Sun
it's
it's
a
it's
a
thought.
H
C
C
We
have
been
thinking
of
ways
we
could
be
doing
more
and
where
we
would
prioritize
those
resources
and
it
keeps
coming
back
to
the
corners.
It
keeps
coming
back
to
the
corners
as
being
the
probably
the
toughest
issue
to
solve
to
keep
things
passable.
So
while
there
are
a
whole
list
of
really
great
ideas
out
there,
if
we
have
to
pick
one
we're
gonna
pick
many
of
them,
but
those
that
may
involve
additional
resources,
we
want
to
start
with
the
area
that
we
think
will
make
the
most
difference
and
right
now.
C
Our
current
line
of
thinking
is
that
corners
need
our
need.
Our
help,
everybody
everybody
I
think
out.
There
is
feeling
like
the
corners
need
the
help.
I
do
completely
agree
that
we
need
to
try
and
expand
the
resources
for
those
that
need
assistance.
Shoveling.
We
were
taken
by
surprise
by
how
quickly
things
were
full
and,
quite
honestly,
I
think
they
have
been
full
from
last
year
and
we
just
didn't
understand
the
limited
nature
of
the
resources.
C
I
You,
mr.
chair,
your
conclusions
might
suggest
that
we
do
more
proactive
inspections
or
you're
nodding
your
head.
Yes,
I'm.
Less
sure
of
that.
I
think
that
what
we've
seen
in
compliance
rate,
I,
guess
I'll
ask-
has
it
been
mapped
to
when
we've
had
3
1
1
calls
on
a
property
like
if
we've
issued
notice
to
a
property
and
they've
remediated
it
do
we
find
that
they
don't
come
into
violation
again,
more
likely,
so
that
could
be
done
through
through
the
app
through
3
1
1
online
by
by
members
of
the
general
public
as
well.
I
G
I
What
I'm
saying
is
it's
clear
through
some
of
this
and
even
in
our
own
experiences
up
here,
that
there
are
repeat
violators
and
that's
not
going
to
get
better,
no
matter
how
many
letters
we
send
and
then
there
are
kind
of
that.
It
looks
like
about.
Half
of
them,
then
came
into
compliance
right
and
then
maybe
didn't
violate
again.
G
Mr.
chair
councilmember
Palmisano,
we
only
have
four
quadrants
and
a
small
subset
of
properties
that
we
can
analyze
that
one
of
the
things
we
found
interesting
is
there
were
only
four
that
were
repeat
offenders,
but
we
still
had
more
than
that
that
were
in
violation
the
second
time,
and
so
that's
partially.
G
Why
we
feel
adding
addition
are
doubling
I,
guess:
I'll,
say
our
Proactive
sidewalk
work
next
year
to
help
us
continue
to
get
that
data,
to
maybe
I'll,
say,
try
to
pinpoint
those
that
are
regularly
repeating
violations,
and
just
that
know
that
the
conversation
has
gone
well.
Snow
and
ice
is
in
the
winter.
Are
there
other
violations
that
might
be
comparable
in
other
seasons?
G
That
might
not
be
Public
Works
responsibilities
like
lack
of
mowing
or
things
like
that,
and
are
those
properties
matching
up
all
year,
and
should
we
take
a
broader
city
approach
on
those
types
of
things?
I,
don't
think
we
have
enough
data
yet
to
to
get
there
and
we're
continuing
to
work
on
our
partnerships
with
other
departments
to
to
get
that
information
to
inform
a
possibly
different
process.
C
Mr.
cherry
councilmember,
Palmisano
I
would
add
to
that
the
reason
we
started
doing
the
proactive
inspection
is
because
we
want
to
do
it
with
accuracy
and
I
I'm
really
happy
to
have
the
3-1-1
data
that
we
do
know,
because
we
can
work
better
together
and
improving
the
accuracy
and
one
of
the
ways
to
improve
accuracy
is
to
visually
inspect
so
I
I
think
this
is
improving
our
processes
when
we
have
an
inaccurate
Notice
of
Violation
we're
not
some
we're
actually
just
making
any
problem,
we're
not
solving
a
problem
on
the
ground.
C
I
You
I
appreciate
that
when
we
are
able
to
show
that
we
have
ninety-six
percent
compliance
rate,
it
makes
me
feel
that
may
be
proactive
inspections.
Didn't
have
the
impact
that
we
all
thought
it
would
appear
because
we're
using
a
lot
of
resources
to
get
ninety-six
percent
compliance
rate,
something
that
we
spoke
about
yesterday
in
the
Audit,
Committee
and
I
know
this
isn't
the
bulk
of
your
presentation,
but
it
is
how
you
set
up.
I
The
conversation
was
about
the
discrepancy
in
data
when
a
member
of
the
public
or
when
a
caller
calls
3
1
1
to
report
a
violation
from
where
they're
at,
but
especially
the
mobile
app
the
SeeClickFix
app.
If
you
have
not
been
on
it,
lately
feels
kind
of
outdated
and
in
fact,
in
yesterday's
Audit
Committee,
we
found
that
there
were
GIS
errors
in
there
and
that
must
also
impact
all
kinds
of
things
that
go
beyond
snow
and
ice
clearing.
But
things
like
mowing
potholes
other
kinds
of
remediation
efforts.
I
You
know
I,
we
talk
about
collecting
better
data,
I
think
that
maybe
if
we
were
investing
more
in
the
3-1-1
and
the
mobile
app
and
how
the
public
can
report
something
that
gets
specific
enough
to
get
an
accurate
address
out
of
it,
we
could
do
a
lot
better
with
how
we're
all
managing
one
another
on
this
social
contract,
of
keeping
our
sidewalks
clear,
so
I
guess
I'm
curious.
Could
you
help
us?
Would
you
be?
Do
you
think
it's
appropriate
to
lead
a
cross-functional
workgroup,
because
this
is
an
enterprise
issue?
It
goes
beyond
public
works.
C
Mr.
chairman,
Berg
Palmisano,
for
their
discussion
is
most
definitely
appropriate.
I
would
look
first,
I
T.
The
depth
of
the
problem
lies
somewhere
in
an
IT
system
that
we
not
fully
understand,
but
I
would
be
fully
in
support
of
participating
in
such
a
workgroup.
I
think
that
the
data
issues
were
something
that
we
were
feeling
but
didn't
have
any
way
to
say.
We
think
this
is
happening,
and
so
I
think
we
are
all
all
of
us
involved
in
this
really
grateful
to
have
the
review
and
the
information.
C
J
You
so
much
for
this
effort.
I
think
it's
been
highly
valued
by
residents.
I've
talked
to
so
many
people
who
are
really
grateful.
This
was
happening
this
year.
I
also
want
to
call
out
the
impressive
outreach
I've
not
seen
as
much
media
coverage
around
any
other
issue,
as
I
can
think
of
that,
as
I
have
seen
what
this
I
actually
think.
That
would
probably
have
a
positive
influence
effect
on
the
overall
rate
of
clearing,
but
I'll
disagrees,
my
colleague
on
the
96
percent
piece,
because
I
appreciate
what
you
said
at
well.
J
96
percent
sounds
impressive
as
a
number.
If
it's
equally
distributed
across
the
city,
that
would
mean
basically
every
single
block
would
be
impassable
in
our
city.
I
also
really
appreciate
councilmember
Fletcher's
point
about
his
experience
and
what
he
heard
from
constituents
as
well,
because
I
agree
with
that
too.
I
share
that
skepticism
around
these
numbers.
I
remember
when
this
first
was
starting
up
and
I
got
pretty
eager
about
it,
but
because
in
the
past
it
seemed
like
it
was
pointless
to
call
3-1-1,
because
there
were
so
many
violations,
so
well.
J
I
was
out
on
a
walk
earlier.
This
winter
I
started
I
recalled
three
on
one
and
I
started
reporting
the
addresses
and
that
I
saw
where
people
had
not
shoveled
and
literally
I
could
not
report
them
fast
enough
to
301,
and
so
I
was
trying
to
type
down
the
addresses,
as
I
was
walking
by
them,
while
talking
to
the
agent
and
finally,
my
hands
got
cold
enough.
That
I
gave
up,
and
by
my
experience,
probably
a
typical
block
had
at
least
two
to
three
violations.
J
Some
blocks
would
have
five
to
seven
violations,
and
so
it
seemed
pretty
excessive.
I
would
say
if
we
can
have
three
on
three
one.
One
add
to
the
app
the
functionality
of
being
able
to
report
sidewalk
violations
and
be
able
to
take
a
picture
and
report
them.
I
think
that
would
be
huge,
because
that's
actually,
the
reason
why
I
called
through
online
is
because
you
could
not
do
that
through
the
app
which
seems,
like
you
know,
a
pretty
big
missed
opportunity
from
a
operational
standpoint.
J
I'm
really
excited
that
your
proposal
is
to
double
the
number
of
inspections.
I
would
actually
be
interested
in
knowing
how
much
from
a
budgetary
standpoint
it
would
take
to
get
to
city
wide
and
even
potentially,
being
able
to
inspect
city
wide
after
every
large
event.
I
think
would
be
helpful
to
have
that
context
of
how
much
we
could
roll
this
out
and
then
at
the
councilmember.
Palmisano
nose.
J
Finally,
I'm
curious:
how
do
we
move
forward
these
next
steps?
What
are
the
budgetary
impacts?
Do
you
need
a
staff
direction
from
us,
I
see
that
we
just
have
receive
and
file
on
this,
but
I
know.
Last
year
we
were
able
to
get
some
budgetary
resources
for
this.
Is
there
a
greater
need
for
that,
and
then
is
there
an
engagement
as
well
as
partners
like
housing
inspections
and
such
to
help
with
this
effort.
C
Mr.
chair
council,
member
Johnson
questions
about
resources,
three
categories,
first,
category
is:
what
can
we
do
with
the
resources
we
have
and
that
is
increased
inspections
and
that's
a
result
of
last
year's
budget
when
we
were
successful
in
adding
position
for
inspections
right
away
inspection,
so
that
really
helped.
J
Right,
thank
you.
I
really
appreciate
all
the
work
on
this
and
again
think
about
the
human
side
of
things.
Beyond
this
I
mean
my
wife
would
when
she
worked
for
HCMC
and
she
oversaw
clinics,
essentially
at
HCMC,
they
would
have
a
daily
conference
call
in
the
winter
where
each
clinic
would
talk
about
in
the
morning.
Any
sort
of
issues
ever
happened
that
were
happening.
J
B
Councilmember
Gordon's
push
to
keep
thinking
creatively
about
this
and
keep
thinking
about
how
to
bring
more.
You
know,
resources
to
this
I
I
want
to
add
one
area
where
I
know
for
a
fact
there
was
not
96
percent
compliance,
which
is
construction
sites
and
I'm
going
to
draw
another
Division
of
Public,
Works,
I.
Think
into
the
conversation
in
places
where
we
require
alternative
sidewalks
to
be
provided
with
jersey
barriers
going
around
temporary
obstructions.
The
space
between
jersey
barriers
was
a
snow
catch
basin
and
I
mean
they
were.
B
They
were
not
passable
fairly
consistently
across
neighborhoods
across
construction
companies.
They're
I
would
say:
that's
just
something
that
it's
clear,
that
we
don't
enforce
them,
that
those
temporary
sidewalks
become
impassable.
So
I
don't
know
if
there
are
steps
that
we
can
take
to
change
the
expectations
with
people
who
are
applying
for
obstruction
permits,
but
that's
definitely
an
area
where
in
downtown
and
in
Northeast
many
of
the
blocks
that
became
impassable.
That
was
why
they
became
impassable.
I
Thank
you
going
back
to
what
my
colleague,
council
member
Johnson,
said.
One
of
the
ways
that
I
think
that
we
can
invest
in
better
accuracy
is
that
the
3-1-1
contract
is
up
with
the
mobile
application
this
year.
So
I
think
it's
really
timely
that
we
figure
out
what
would
be
needed
to
improve
other
people's
reporting
of
this
and
then
beyond
that
it
will
make
sense
to
be
able
to
identify
and
I
think
we
can.
I
So
I
suggest
that
we
asked
Public
Works
to
participate
in
a
cross-functional
work
group
to
discuss
issues
with
geographic
information,
data
quality
between
various
databases
used
across
the
city
and
identify
solutions
that
will
increase
data
quality
in
an
actionable
way
within
Public
Works
efforts,
and
to
report
back
to
us
by
November
that
I
get
that
that's
somewhat
dependent
on
who's.
Leading
this
workgroup,
but
I
do
think.
It's
important
I
think
that
as
council
member
Johnson
mentioned,
we
should
be
really
deliberate
about
what
we're
asking
for,
instead
of
just
small
resources.
I
What
we're
starting
to
see
is
that
something
like
this
is
maybe
the
tip
of
the
iceberg,
but
there's
a
lot
more
underneath
could
really
get
at
the
root
of
the
problem
or
enable
the
public
to
help
each
other
better
in
a
way
that
isn't
about
adding
more
city
resources
to
things
like
inspections.
So
I
would
ask
my
colleagues
to
consider
that
and
if
it's
appropriate
I'd
like
to
move
that
as
a
motion,
let's.
A
A
This
as
we
try
to
get
deeper
into
that
which
will
get
those
results.
So
I
will
move
the
receiving
file
as
amended
with
the
staff
direction
from
kalmar
Palmisano
and
read
upon
by
with
councilor
this
committee,
all
in
favor
say
aye
all
right,
the
scenting
name
that
carries
and
thank
you.
We
are
adjourned.