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From YouTube: March 26, 2019 Ways & Means Committee
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Minneapolis Ways & Means Committee Meeting
A
Good
afternoon
I'll
call
this
regular
scheduled
meeting
of
the
Ways
and
Means
Committee
to
order
I'm
the
chair
of
the
committee
Abdul
or
Sami,
and
we
are
joined
by
councilmembers
Cunningham
Johnson
Fletcher
Palmisano
and
Vice
President
Johnson
there.
We
are
a
quorum
of
the
committee
and
can
therefore
conduct
our
business
today.
Today
on
the
consent
agenda,
we
have
30
items
for
committee's
consideration
and
I
read
the
30
items.
Item
number
one:
it's
a
contract
with
green
Minneapolis
for
operation,
maintenance
and
programming
of
P
V
Plaza.
A
Item
number:
two
is
a
transfer
of
operation,
maintenance,
programming
of
downtown
East
Commons
to
Minneapolis
Park
and
Recreation
Board
Island
number
three
is
a
contract
amendment
with
Morken
constructions,
Inc
for
conventions
and
a
kitchen
and
ductwork
replacement
project.
I,
don't
know
before
is
a
contract
amendment
with
Dennis
Construction
Company
LLC
for
structural
steel
installation
modification
for
public
service
building
project.
A
Item
number:
five
is
a
contract
amendment
with
the
June
steel
company
for
the
additional
structural
steel
material
supplier
for
public
service
building
project.
Our
number
six
is
a
contract
amendment
with
cognizant
construction
services,
Inc
for
concrete
superstructure,
changes
for
the
public
service
building.
Our
number
seven
is
a
contract
amendment
with
spec
7
group
LLC
for
additional
waterproofing
for
public
service
building
project.
Item
number.
Eight
is
a
contract
amendment
with
carat
companies
for
scope
of
work,
changes
for
public
service
building
project
item
number:
nine
is
a
capital,
any
long-range
improvement
committee.
A
Appointments
I,
don't
number
ten
is
an
internal
loans
in
lieu
of
issuing
refunding
bonds
for
the
Milwaukee
Depot
development,
Humboldt,
Greenway
development,
Westside,
milling
development
and
general
obligation
refunding
bonds.
I,
don't
number
eleven
is
an
appointed
position
in
the
police
department
and
it
is
the
chief
of
staff
of
the
MPD
item.
Number
12
is
the
2019
politically
appointed
employee
salary
schedule.
Item
number
13
is
a
2019
non-represented
employees,
salary
schedule.
A
Item
number
14
is
a
collective
bargaining
agreement
and
listen
for
the
firefighters
union
unit
2019
through
to
2021
IRA
number
15
is
a
lot
of
collective
bargaining
agreement
and
this
is
for
the
electrical
technicians
unit
2019
through
to
2021
Idol
number
16
is
a
grant
application
to
the
United
States
economic
development
administration
for
economic
recovery
assistance
for
the
minneapolis
promise
zone.
Item
number
17
is
a
local
government
amicus
brief
in
the
state
of
california,
at
our
vs.
Alex
and
as
our
second
at
our
and
item
number
18
is
Crystal.
A
I,
don't
number
21
is
a
contract
amendment
with
short
Elliott
Hendrickson
Inc
for
sanitary
and
storm
man,
home
inspection
change,
orders.
Item
number
22
is
a
contract
with
IPT
LLC
for
a
critical
parking
permit
management
system
item
23
is
Washington
Avenue
streetscape
project,
Hennepin
Avenue
to
5th
Avenue
South
assessment
reduction.
A
Item
number
24
is
a
capital
project
closeout
and
appropriation
and
revenue
adjustment
within
the
city's
capital
project
and
enterprise
funds.
Item
number
25
is
a
bid
for
gate
valve
vault,
repair
and
replacement
item
number
26
is
a
bid
for
installation
of
large
that
large
diameter
cured
in
place
pipe
iron
number
27
is
a
bid
for
North
Loop
pedestrian
improvement
project
item
number
28
is
a
bid
for
cleaning
and
coding
of
thickness
tanks.
Higher
number
29
is
a
bid
for
University
of
Minnesota
project
bike
way.
Project
item
number
30
is
a
gift.
A
B
Right
Thank
You
mr.
chair
I
just
wanted
to
speak
briefly
to
items
12
and
13
to
be
able
to
clarify
for
the
record
as
well
as
our
staffs.
This
is
not
the
re.
The
excuse
me
the
evaluation
of
the
positions
to
be
able
to
see
if
the
salaries
are
correct,
for
the
amount
of
work
I
have
expressed.
I
expressed
concerns
about
our
staffs
being
underpaid
in
comparison
to
the
amount
of
work
that
they
have
to
do
and
asked
for
an
analysis
of
the
job
description
and
the
salary
step.
B
So
just
wanted
to
clarify
that
this
is
not
the
result
of
that.
This
is,
has
already
been
budgeted
and
is
already
a
part
of
the
process.
Thank
you
for
the
clarification
director
inter
mil
and
if
your
staffs
have
not
completed
that
analysis,
please
make
sure
that
they
do
so
that
we
can
make
sure
that
they're
paid
fairly
for
all
of
the
work
that
they
do.
Thank
you
all.
A
Right,
Thank,
You,
councilman
Cunningham,
so
that
wasn't
a
question
you.
You
got
answers
that
you're
looking
for
right,
yeah,
okay,
so
nothing
further
with
that
any
other
questions
or
queries
all
right
see.
None
I'll,
move
approval
of
all
those
items
when
I
said
agenda,
all
those
in
favor
say:
aye
aye,
those
opposed
say
no
or
these
items
are
approved
and
next.
A
Either
one
is
authorizing
a
loan
agreement
with
the
Association
for
black
economic
power
in
an
in
the
amount
of
four
hundred
ten
thousand
for
occupancy,
leasehold
improvements
and
equipment
forgivable
under
the
accomplishment
of
certain
goals,
and
the
second
item
is
authorizing
a
grant
Grima
through
the
association
for
black
economic
power
in
an
amount
up
to
90,000
for
the
provision
of
banking
services
and
financial
literacy,
education
for
our
Minneapolis
residents
and
I
have
a
number
of
speakers
and
I.
Think.
Oh
you
just
over
there
all
right,
so
we
have
Mike
intimal.
C
Chair
members
of
the
committee
for
the
record,
my
name
is
Micah
inter
Mel.
The
budget
director
and
I
am
a
lot
lighter
on
my
feet
than
I
appear
so
glad
to
be
joining
you
from
the
side
of
the
the
dais
today
and
I
really
am
excited
to
be
here.
This
is
the
culmination
well
not
the
culmination.
This
is
the
next
step
in
a
lot
of
good
work.
That's
been
happening
in
the
community
that
I'm
proud
to
have
been
a
very
small
part
of
here
at
the
city,
so
in
the
2019
budget.
C
That
was
that
you
all
adopted
at
the
end
of
last
year,
$500,000
was
included
one-time
to
continue
to
support
the
development
and
launch
of
village
financial
for
the
purpose
of
providing
banking
services
to
underserved
members
of
our
community
and
the
association
of
black
economic
power
will
be
here
to
speak
more
to
the
work
that
they've
done
and
plan
to
do
with
village.
I
just
intend
to
speak
to
the
the
technical
details
of
the
two
items
in
front
of
you.
C
So
the
the
first
item
is
an
economic
development
loan
forgivable
under
the
accomplishment
of
certain
criteria
which
are
listed
on
the
right-hand
of
the
slide
in
front
of
you,
and
so
briefly.
Those
are
first
and
foremost
open
a
brick-and-mortar
store
in
North
Minneapolis
in
2019
second,
to
provide
a
series
of
financial
literacy.
Education
opportunities
for
anyone
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
C
The
second
piece,
then,
of
the
$500,000
contribution
to
this
effort
is
a
economic
development
grant
award
of
ninety
thousand
dollars
and
that
will
be
used
for
operating
costs
associated
with
the
the
performance
benchmarks.
I
just
talked
about,
and
it
includes
you
know
things
like
staff
time
any
outside
professional
services
that
the
co-operative
may
need
to
contract
for,
as
well
as
promotion
and
marketing
consistent
with
the
constitutional
public
purpose
doctrine,
meaning
any
dollars
that
the
city
spends
must
be
to
effectuate
a
public
purpose.
C
D
We're
sorry
mr.
email,
this
when
your
earlier
slide
there
was
like
$55,000
for
hardware
and
I'm
wondering
about
software.
I
would
imagine
that
there
is
some
pretty
specific
software.
That's
required
for
financial
institutions.
The
security
of
that
software
is
that
included
in
this
package,
or
would
that
be
an
additional.
C
So
mr.
Sharon
council
vice
president,
so
it's
important
to
note
that
the
city
is
not
the
sole
funder
of
this
effort
and
there
are
a
number
of
other
community
partners
who
let
the
Association
speak
to
directly.
Who
else
is
engaged,
but
those
types
of
costs
would
would
be
supported
through
other
contributions.
A
E
Great
our
work
began
in
a
community
room
on
West
Broadway
on
the
north
side,
with
close
to
200
community
members
coming
together
to
discuss
how
economic
activism
can
move
the
dial
of
inequity
in
the
black
community.
The
result
from
that
democratic
process
was
to
prioritize
the
establishment
of
a
black
LED
financial
institution.
E
With
help
from
the
generals
Phillips
Family
Foundation,
we
established
the
Association
for
black
economic
power
and
in
February
of
2017
we
began
the
work
establishing
village
financial
cooperative.
Our
Executive
Committee
pictured
here
launched
several
community
events
rallied
community
support
and
helped
maintain
the
grassroots
initiative
of
our
work.
E
After
less
than
18
months
of
community
engagement
and
organizing
village
boasted
over
1600
pledged
deposits
equaling
over
four
point:
two
five
million
dollars
of
deposits
and
submitted
our
credit
union
charter
application
to
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Commerce
and
record
time.
By
the
end
of
2018,
we
had
an
approved
Charter
application.
E
The
history
of
black
cooperative
economics
runs
long
and
deep
in
the
black
community
of
Minnesota
and
was
the
bedrock
for
thriving
black,
a
cooperative
community
that
we
now
know
as
Rondo
establishing
institutions
for
and
by
those
facing,
the
consequences
of
market
failure
and
institutional
racism
is
not
a
new
concept.
It
is
a
tried-and-true
strategy
that
has
work
to
shift
inequity
in
the
past,
which
is
why
we
believe
it
is
working
today.
E
Even
in
the
short
time
of
our
work,
we've
established
a
small
dollar
consumer
loan
fund,
the
donate
the
new
day
loan
and
from
July
to
November.
We
had
twenty
loans
out
at
a
100
percent
repayment
rate.
Our
pledge
members
are
ready
and
committed
to
contributing
to
equitable
cooperative
economics
that
builds
prosperity
and
our
community.
E
As
you
know,
credit
unions
are
important
vehicles
and
creating
and
maintaining
equitable
communities,
while
banks
prey
on
vulnerable
communities
like
Northside
or
ignore
them
all
together.
A
credit
union
circulates
wealth
is
controlled
by
its
member
owners
and
can
be
people
and
mission
driven,
not
driven
by
profit.
E
The
impact
of
this
work
is
real
and
tangible.
We
are
encouraged
by
our
mayor
and
city
council.
Who've
decided
with
us
that
the
time
for
admiring
the
problems
of
racial
inequity
is
over
in
the
time
for
taking
action
is
now
we're
inspired
by
our
community,
who
didn't
wait
for
someone
to
save
them,
but
came
together
with
a
powerful
strategy
to
insulate
and
create
prosperity
for
themselves.
E
We're
honored
to
hold
this
historical
work,
and
thank
you
for
your
commitment
to
supporting
it,
I'd
like
to
think
the
wonderful
city
staff
who
have
guided
us
through
this
process,
mark
ruff
and
Myka
Myka
inter
Mill,
and
their
teams,
as
well
as
Sean
Pierce
from
the
office
of
mayor
Frey
and
I'm,
happy
to
answer
any
lingering
questions
that
might
be
on
the
diet.
Thank.
D
E
D
E
Get
them
to
you
as
far
as
the
difference
between
the
hardware
in
the
software
you're,
absolutely
right.
There's
a
lot
of
software.
It's
called
a
core
processor
that
actually
runs
the
inner
workings
of
the
credit
union.
The
challenge
that
we
faced
was
making
sure
that
the
tangible
elements
of
running
that
software
was
available
to
us.
So
there's
a
lot
of
initial
hardware,
cost
and
upfront
cost
in
establishing
and
onboarding
and
integrating
that
core
processor
system
that
we
have
to
have
in
place.
So
that
includes
things
like
an
ATM.
E
As
you
may
know,
our
credit
union
will
not
be
a
cash
credit
union.
We
decided
to
go
cashless,
so
the
ATM
is
gonna,
be
really
important
so
that
our
members
come
in
and
make
financial
transactions
they
have
access
to
an
ATM
to
get
access
to
cash
if
they
need
it,
as
well
as
things
like
registers
for
taking
in
checks
and
things
like
that,
check
readers,
etc.
E
D
E
I'm
glad
you
mentioned
Lanka
John,
so
every
credit
union
is
bound
by
a
field
of
membership.
It's
either
affinity
based.
It
could
be
members
of
a
church,
it
can
be
Association,
it
could
be
in
wings
case
the
profession,
so
those
who
work
in
the
airline
or
flight
industry
for
our
application
because
of
the
fact
we
had
access
to
other
black
leaders
who
have
established
by
credit
unions
before
we
knew
that
having
a
geographic
field
of
membership
would
be
the
most
appropriate
in
the
past.
E
What
has
been
really
detrimental
to
black
cooperatives
is
having
a
very
small
geographic
field
of
membership,
because,
as
you
go
through
the
process,
you
want
to
see
continual
growth.
Even
though
we're
not
profit
focused
where
people
focus
do,
we
still
have
to
make
sure
that
in
the
industry
we
have
the
ability
to
grow,
and
so
by
having
a
geographical
field
of
membership
that
is
Hennepin
and
Ramsey
County.
We
give
ourselves
plenty
of
space
to
support
not
only
than
the
mission
of
investing
in
Northside
but
bringing
the
broader
community
together
to
make
that
investment
as
well.
E
E
D
E
B
B
That
happened
used
against
our
community
for
generations,
and
so
as
a
as
a
black
person,
myself
I
just
feel
really
moved
by
being
able
to
be
here
in
this
seat
of
power
and
being
able
to
support
you
and
your
team's
work
in
this
way
to
be
able
to
say
black
economic
power
and
that
to
not
be
controversial
like
this,
because
we
all
have
laid
the
groundwork
for
us
to
be
able
to
do
that.
So
thank
you,
because
you're
shifting
the
energy
and
the
focus
within
these
halls
of
power.
B
That
is
just
so
powerful.
So
thank
you
for
bucking.
What
capitalism
says
we're
supposed
to
do
right,
make
a
big
profit
and
consolidate
the
wealth,
but
instead
this
is
about
true
equitable
wealth
building.
So
the
model
even
itself
like
for
you
to
put
that
flag
in
the
ground
and
say
we're
going
to
be
bucking
it
this
way.
This
is
how
we're
gonna
organize
it
and
then
to
see
it
actually
happening.
It's
like
yes,
it's
so
powerful
to
be
seeing
this
operationalized.
B
So
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
for
your
leadership
for
your
team's
leadership
and
bringing
this
to
life,
because
you
know
there's
lots
of
haters
who
are
like.
Oh
that's,
a
big
fish
Montano
and
she
said.
Actually
that
was
record
time.
You're
welcome,
so
so
I
just
wanted
to
take
some
moment
sometimes
just
to
love
on.
B
F
G
You
mr.
chair
and
I
just
want
to
echo
the
similar
sentiments,
I
just
love,
this
I
think
it's
so
great
I
can't
wait
to
open
an
account
myself
and
I
believe
I,
hope
and
I
believe
you
will
inspire
other
organizations
that
are
community
focused
as
well
to
really
help
take
our
future
in
there
on
hands
here
and
make
the
world
a
better
place
through
these
member-driven
cooperative
models.
So
thank
you
and
we
just
love
this
and
wish
you
all
the
most
success
possible.
Thank.
E
A
Thank
you
very
much.
You
know
what
it
is
spire
and
story.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
the
hard
work
you've
done,
shoutout
to
Sam
as
well,
who
used
to
work
here
to
you.
So
I'll
come
back
and
you
know
this
is
a
very
inspiring
story.
I'm
reminded
of
an
old
communist
leader
in
China,
who
said
to
get
rich
is
glorious.
Now
a
lot
of
people
get
rich
of
this
project,
especially
for
our
communities,
and
you
know
thanks
to
our
staff,
for
the
work
that
they've
done
on
this
project
and
wonderful
presentation.
A
Very
supportive
I
think
it's
one
of
the
best
discussion
programs
we've
had
on
our
discussion.
Presentations
we've
had
on
our
committee,
because
we
talked
a
lot
of
a
lot
about
reducing
inequality
and
I.
Think
this
is
one
of
the
best
ways
we
are
absolutely
Society
for
good
or
bad,
and
you
have
to
participate
in
it
in
the
economics
of
our
society.
So
I
think
this
is
a
step
in
the
right
direction
and
I
hope
many
other
projects
worthwhile
comes
out
of
the
the
you
know:
the
black
economic
association
for
black
economic
power.
Thank
you.