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From YouTube: May 15, 2019 Intergovernmental Relations Committee
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Minneapolis Intergovernmental Relations Committee Meeting
https://lims.minneapolismn.gov/
A
Good
afternoon,
everyone
I'm
gonna
call
to
order
this
regularly
scheduled
meeting
of
the
intergovernmental
relations
committee,
I'm
Andrew
Johnson,
the
chair
of
the
committee
and
I'm
joined
today
by
a
quorum
of
our
committee,
members
committee,
members,
council,
member
or
Sami
Schrader
and
council
vice-president
and
this
committees
vice
chair,
councilmember
Jenkins,
and
we
have
before
us
today,
five
items
on
our
agenda,
the
first
for
our
consent
items.
We
have
a
contract
amendment
with
aggravator
Daniels,
consulting
for
federal
representation
services,
a
contract
amendment
with
Lockridge
Grindle
nowan
for
federal
relations,
representation
services.
A
We
have
a
change
in
the
appointments
to
the
MSP
noise,
Oversight
Committee
and
we
have
a
resolution
supporting
Medicare
for
all
acts
of
2019,
so
I
will
go
ahead
and
move
those
items.
I
also
want
to
note
the
council
member
Reich
is
away
on
City
business
today
at
the
Capitol,
and
so
we
appreciate
his
efforts
over
there
on
behalf
of
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
so
I've
gone
ahead
and
moved
all
those
items.
Any
discussion
from
committee
members
council
vice
president
Jenkins.
B
A
C
Thank
you
good
afternoon,
chair
Johnson
committee
members.
My
name
is
Allison
messy
and
the
government
relations
representative
with
our
intergovernmental
relations
department,
so
I'm
flying
solo
today,
as
my
colleagues
along
with
yours,
are
over
at
the
Capitol
working
hard.
These
final
days
of
the
legislative
session,
the
legislature
must
conclude
constitutionally
mandated
its
work
by
midnight,
Monday
May
20th.
C
At
this
time,
conference
committees
have
been
formed
which
allows
for
both
chambers
to
reconcile
their
omnibus
bill
bills
and
ideally
come
to
a
consensus
on
one
single
bill
that
will
then
need
to
be
approved
by
both
chambers
and
then
sent
to
the
governor's
governor's
desk.
As
of
the
last
hour,
budget
targets
have
still
not
been
agreed
upon
by
House
Senate
leadership
and
the
governor's
office.
C
Therefore,
it
has
been
challenging
this
past
week
and
a
half
for
conference
committees
to
approve
or
take
action
on
items
that
have
fiscal
impact,
so
any
appropriation
items
and
programs,
since
they
don't
know
their
budget
target,
they
haven't
been
able
to
take
actions
so
they've
been
reconciling
same
or
similar
items
between
both
bills
and
they've
been
having
short
meetings,
which
is
which
is
different
for
you.
This
time
of
year
usually
we're
in
a
bit
of
a
holding
pattern,
but
they're
still
meeting
daily
going
through
provisions
and
again,
as
I
said,
adopting
same
room
so
similar.
C
So
today,
I
will
go
over
the
status
of
the
key
items.
We
have
been
focusing
our
efforts
on
this
session.
Nothing
too
new
from
my
last
update,
but
things
are
moving
so
we'll
start
with
public
finance.
The
Omnibus
tax
bill
is
in
conference
committee.
Some
highlights
between
the
House
and
Senate
versions.
In
the
Senate.
There
is
not
an
LG
increase
on
the
house.
Has
a
30
million
dollar
@lg
increase,
which
mirrors
the
governor's
proposal
in
the
Senate
Pera
Aid
is
not
continued
and
in
the
house
it
is
continued.
C
Until
2047
in
the
Senate
the
state
levied
commercial
industrial
property
tax
levy
is
reduced
in
the
House
version.
It
is
frozen
in
Senate,
be
3%
charitable
game.
Modeling
tax
is
repealed
and
in
the
house
that
is
not
repealed
in
the
Senate.
There
is
upper
harbour,
TIF
modifications
and
are
not
those
are
not
included
in
the
House.
The
Senate
increases
our
lodging
tax
cap,
while
the
house
language
removes
the
cap
entirely
in
the
Senate.
There
is
a
proposal
to
reduce
the
rate
of
forty
properties
to
a
point
to
5%
and
in
the
house.
D
D
C
C
Next,
we
have
our
pension
items,
the
Minneapolis
Employees
Retirement
Fund,
the
Senate
cancels
out
the
state
six
million
dollar
annual
appropriation,
while
the
house
actually
increases
that
by
ten
million
to
16
million
total
annual,
which
was
the
original
agreement.
When
this,
when
this
was
made,
you
phased
retirement
option
is
included
in
the
omnibus
retirement
bill
and
the
Minneapolis
Police
and
Fire
contribution
is
also
included
in
the
Omnibus
omnibus
retirement
belt.
A
lot
of
work
on
pensions
this
year.
C
Housing
which
is
been
rolled
into
the
Agriculture
Committee
as
well
Senate
had
an
agriculture
Housing
Committee,
whereas
the
house
had
a
separate
Housing
Committee.
The
Senate
budget
target
for
housing
is
$0
over
the
base
funding
and
the
health
includes
a
twenty
six
million
dollar
over
base
increase,
which
mirrors
the
governor's
recommendation.
C
The
Senate
policy
provisions
that
are
not
in
the
House
bill
would
include
that
equal
distribution
of
mhf,
a
financing
through
their
programs
between
metro
and
Greater,
Minnesota
mhf,
a
priority
to
communities
with
lower
infrastructure
costs,
manufacturing
homes
as
eligible
use
of
MHSA
program
funds,
and
then
changing
the
challenge
program
requirement
and
to
receive
funds.
You
need
to
have
a
local
business
who
write
a
letter
to
your
HRA,
who
then
will
send
it
to
Ma
Chafee
to
state
that
there's
a
housing
need
for
their
employees,
so.
D
Just
could
you
go
a
little
bit
deeper
on
like
what?
What
does
the
focus
on
manufactured
housing
mean
I.
D
So
I'd
just
be
interested
in
kind
of
how
much
that
is,
for
cooperatives
to
kind
of
take
over
or
do
on
there,
the
property
and
all
it's
a
big
deal
and
I
think
it
hopefully
goes
without
saying
the
pushback
on
sell
out
of
the
Senate
proposals.
The
parity
between
Minneapolis
and
Greater
Minnesota,
when
the
need
is
very
different
in
the
population
is
very
different,
seems
ridiculous
policy
not
based
on
fact
and
also
I,
think.
D
But
you
look
forward
to
hearing
a
little
bit
more
about
what
their
focus
is
on
manufactured
housing,
while
I'm
I'm
supportive
of
that
I
think
that
the
reality
is
they've
got
three
manufactured
housing
producers
outside
in
Greater
Minnesota,
where
those
funds
are
going
to
go.
I
want
to
make
sure
that
that's
parity
between
where
the
need
is
I.
C
Hear
you
and
right
now
there's
not
two
parity
in
the
proposed
language.
Housing
continued.
C
House
some
of
the
policy
provisions
that
are
in
the
House
bill,
but
not
included
in
the
Senate
bill,
are
a
new
lead,
safe
housing
program
which
would
be
very
beneficial
to
the
work
that
our
Health
Department
does
already.
It
has
landlord
and
tenant
eviction,
expungement
and
public
access
to
filings
language.
That
would
limit
that
to
hopefully
help
those
who
have
had
evictions
on
their
records,
expunged
them
easier.
C
Landlord,
tenant
notice
provisions
are
strengthened
and
mhf
a
there's,
a
proposal
to
have
image
if
they
include
a
30-year
affordability,
covenant
on
rental
housing
projects
that
receive
MHSA
financing,
more
funds,
and
then
there
is
a
proposal
to
strike
the
low-income
housing
tax
credit
provision.
That
was
an
acted
last
session
that
would
it
took
away
the
per
unit
cap
on
M
HFA's,
low-income
housing,
tax
credit
eligibility,
so
both
House
and
Senate
bills
contain
Minnesota
bond
allocation.
C
C
Next
is
public
public
safety
which
I'm
nervous
bill
is
in
conference,
and
it
includes
the
houses
committee
Judiciary,
Committee
work.
The
House
bill
includes
several
policy
provisions
that
are
not
in
the
Senate
bill.
Those
are
gun
safety
measures
which
were
actually
debated
yesterday
and
did
not
pass
the
restoration
of
the
right
to
vote,
which
has
yet
to
be
taken
up.
C
C
Both
bills
include
provisions
for
solar
for
schools,
program
and
community
solar
Gardens.
We've
been
working
extensively
on
that
all
session
with
the
authors
of
those
provisions
and
the
Senate
includes
preemption
of
local
ordinances
regarding
minimum
wage,
which
would
impact
the
city's
minimum
wage
ordinance,
paid
and
unpaid
leave
and
benefits
in
terms
of
employment.
So
our
second
save
time
ordinance
would
also
be
impacted
by
the
Senate's
proposed
language.
It
includes
a
green
roof
advisory
task
force
and
electric
vehicle
charging
station
revolving
loan
program.
That
municipalities
would
be
eligible
for
the
house.
C
D
C
C
C
This
the
House
bill
requires
net
neutrality
for
ISPs,
which
hasn't
been
discussed
in
conference
committee.
Yet
there's
the
new
community
prosperity
grant
program,
a
new
metropolitan
job
training
grants,
program,
paid
family
and
medical
leave,
earned
sick
and
safe
time
and
wage
theft.
Protections
which
there
are
actually
are
wage
stuff
protections
in
the
Senate
bill.
I
do
want
to
acknowledge
that.
C
So
transportation
I'm
also
in
conference
committee.
The
Senate
proposal
is
a
three
hundred
and
thirty
five
million
dollar
base
increase.
That's
not
using
any
new
streams
of
revenue,
just
existing
general
fund
dollars
and
the
house
proposal
includes
a
nine
hundred
and
seventy
seven
million
dollar
base.
Crease
based
increase,
and
the
house
proposal
includes
a
couple
new
revenue
generating
taxes
like
the
gas
tax,
the
metro
area,
sales
tax,
a
fee
increase
on
electric
vehicles,
as
well
as
a
small
increase
on
tab
licenses
and
taps.
C
So
some
of
the
Senate
provisions
that
are
not
in
the
house
that
we
are
closely
watching
the
Senate
maintains
Metro
mobilities
budget
in
the
Met
Council's
operating
budget.
The
house
recommends
removing
that
out
of
the
Met
Council
and
having
it
operate
kind
of
as
its
as
its
own
line
item,
which
would
greatly
assist
in
my
council
over
the
next
couple
years.
The
Senate
prohibits
trunk
highway
funds
to
be
spent
on
bicycle
infrastructure
and
actually
several
provisions
that
that
would
make
it
very
difficult
for
the
state
to
fund
any
bicycle
infrastructure.
C
The
Senate
also
proposes
to
transfer
the
stone
arch
bridge
to
the
sort
of
city
of
Minneapolis
by
July,
1st
2019
and
the
house.
Provisions
that
are
not
in
the
Senate
include
a
the
gas
tax
which
has
gotten
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
media.
The
half
a
percent
0.5%
transportation,
stability
failed
and
youth
tax,
which
is
the
metro
area.
Sales,
tax
and
half
of
that
revenue
would
be
allocated
to
the
Met.
Council
and
half
would
be
allocated
to
the
transportation
Advisory
Board,
which
would
have
it,
which.
C
C
The
House
bill
also
includes
driver's
licenses
for
all
which
would
allow
the
state
to
approve
driver's
license,
regardless
of
immigrant
immigration
status
or
citizenship
status,
and
then
it
also
includes
our
driver's
license
suspension
and
revocation
Reform
language
that
we
also
have
in
the
public
safety.
Omnibus.
C
Both
bills
include
language.
The
Senate
version
would
prohibit
local
units
of
government
from
putting
in
a
bike
lane
if
it
were
to
move
or
disrupt
an
existing
disability
parking
space
and
the
house.
Language,
which
was
amended
on
the
floor,
requires
local
units
of
government
to
engage
and
work
with
the
affected
resident,
who
would
have
their
space
affected
by
putting
in
a
bike
lane?
C
C
Compromise
this
on
the
horizon,
so
I
just
wanted
to
flag
it
for
you,
but
not
to
be
too
concerned
about
it.
Our
speed
limits
bill
the
language
that
would
allow
cities
of
the
first
class
to
reduce
speed
limits
on
residential
and
possibly
arterial
roads
and
is
in
the
Senate.
The
house
has
similar
but
different
language
that
would
apply
to
all
cities
and
it
would
be
just
on
residential
streets.
So
that's
something
that
they
need
to
work
out
in
conference
that
they
have
not
gotten
to
yet.
C
C
My
conversation
has
really
been
focused
around
the
child
care
assistance
program,
while
not
directly
a
city
program,
we've
been
I
know
it
affects
a
lot
of
our
residents,
so
we've
been
keeping
an
eye
on
that.
A
lot
of
conversation
around
prescription,
drug
price
regulating
and
one
care,
which
is
the
walls
administration
proposal
to
have
a
public
option.
C
Some
of
the
house
provisions
and
the
Senate
I'm
sorry
house,
provisions
that
are
not
in
the
Senate,
our
medical
assistance
coverage
for
enhanced
asthma
services
or
have
very
high
priority
for
our
public
for
our
Health
Department
I
provide
our
tax
sunset,
repeal,
which
again
that
brings
in
about
nine
hundred
and
twenty
two
million
dollars
of
funding
every
year
that
goes
out
to
fund
and
medical
assistance
to
local
public
or
ship
work
that
the
city
gets
a
lot
of
firm.
So
we
definitely
want
to
see
that
sunset,
not
sunset
repealed.
The
house
includes
tobacco
21.
C
Last,
the
Senate
provisions
that
are
not
in
the
house
include
a
new
shelter
linked
mental
health
grant
program,
modifications
to
the
statewide
health
improvement
program
which,
again
is
run
out
of
our
our
health
department,
receives
receives
funding
from
and
it
establishes
a
sale
of
certain
cannabinoid
products.
Work
group
there's
a
lot
of
language
throughout
Bill's
right
now
on
hemp
and
cannabinoid
products,
nothing
definitive
as
far
as
regulation,
but
at
least
starting
the
conversation.