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From YouTube: February 13, 2019 Intergovernmental Relations Committee
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Minneapolis Intergovernmental Relations Committee Meeting
A
Relations
Committee
for
Wednesday
February,
13th
2019,
my
name
is
Andrea
Jenkins
I
am
the
vice
chair
of
this
committee.
Joe
Johnson
is
unable
to
attend
today's
meeting
with
me
at
the
Dyess
today,
our
council
president
bender
councilmember,
Schrader
and
worse
ami.
Let
the
record
reflect
that
we
do
have
a
quorum
and
committee.
We
have
two
items
on
our
agenda
today
which
we
will
begin
with
consent
item
number
one
which
is
referring
to
staff.
A
A
Is
there
any
discussion
seeing
none
all
those
in
favor
say
aye,
all
those
opposed,
say,
nay.
That
item
carries
our
second
item
on
our
agenda
is
our
regular
update
regarding
federal
state
and
local
legislative
actions
that
could
impact
the
city.
I
would
invite
mr.
Jane
Ranieri
from
our
intergovernmental
relations
department
to
give
us
that
update.
B
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
members.
My
name
is
Jean
Ranieri
I'm,
director
by
grf
intergovernmental
relations
for
the
city.
This
report
will
basically
on
the
legislative,
what's
happening
at
the
Minnesota,
Legislature
I
think
there's
some
key
dates.
The
legislature
has
started
started
on
January
8th
they've
been
an
awful
lot
of
overview
hearings.
Some
bills
been
heard
lots
of
presentations
and
we
will
start
seeing
more
activity
after
next
Tuesday
and
when,
when
the
governor's
budget
proposal
is
submitted.
B
Once
we
see
now
the
exact
number
and
do
some
computer
runs,
the
revenue
forecasts
are
becoming
due
in
February
and
March.
So
sometime
at
the
end
of
February,
beginning
of
March,
we'll
see
a
revenue
forecast
and
everyone
is
holding
their
breath
because
they're
not
sure
if
it's
going
to
be
the
same
as
it
was
in
December
or
down
or
a
little
up.
B
But
there
is
a
lot
of
concern
and
a
lot
of
people
are
concerned
that
it
may
be
a
little
less
than
what
it
was
and
a
lot
of
the
money
also
was
one
time
so
it'll
be
an
interesting
February
March
end
of
March
end
of
February,
beginning
of
March
season.
One
side
is
out
because
then
I
don't
have
a
big
impact
on
how
the
budget
goes
and
how
targets
are
made
by
both
the
House
and
the
Senate.
B
The
first
committee
deadline
means
you
need
to
have
a
bill
out
of
at
least
one
policy
committee
by
March.
15Th
is
both
in
the
house
in
the
Senate
so
to
get
policy
bills
moving.
You
need
to
get
them
out
of
one
committee
by
the
15th.
You
have
to
have
met
all
committees
in
both
bodies
by
the
29th
of
March.
So
this
is
about
two
weeks
sooner
than
most
deadlines,
and
then
the
next
deadline
is
the
third
that
would
be
having
all
Appropriations
Committee
bills
out
of
committee
by
April
12th.
B
This
does
not
apply
the
tax
committee,
which
has
its
own
schedule,
and
then
there
are
come
some
new
deadlines
put
forth
this
year
by
the
leadership.
May
1st
they'd
like
to
have
all
bills,
all
major
finance
bills
passed
by
their
House
and
Senate,
there's
never
been
really
a
deadline.
This
is
I,
think
more
of
a
goal:
Espoo
aspirational
to
have
their
bills
out
by
May
1st
and
then
by
May
6th.
B
Frankly,
on
all
my
years
of
serving
another
Capitol
I've
never
seen
attend
a
we
get
early
sub
button,
we'll
see
we
hope
and
next
issue.
Let's
quickly
go
over
some
of
the
items
that
we've
been
working
on
and
then
we
have
adopted
as
a
city.
We
talked
about
local
government
aid.
We
also
have
in
our
agenda
this
year
the
lodging
tax
we'd
like
to
see
the
lodging
tax
right
now.
B
As
you're
aware,
we
have
a
cap
of
13%
on
that
and
if
it's
goes
higher
because
of
the
tax
increase
by
a
city
or
the
county,
our
lodging
tax
goes
down
we're.
Having
a
hearing
tomorrow
and
the
tax
committee,
we
had
that
bill
last
year,
approved
by
the
by
the
legislature
and
sent
to
the
governor's
by
the
omnibus
bill.
It
was
a
repeal.
It
was
vetoed
that
whole
bill
was
vetoed.
Well.
That
bill
did
was
allow
the
city
to
have
a
tap
of
rate.
B
Note
greater
than
eight
thirteen
point:
eight
seven,
five
percent,
which
it
allowed
us
to
go
back
to
three
percent
rate.
We
had
in
1986
the
homeowner
renter
tax
relief
division
hearings
to
have
been
some
hearings,
lots
of
discussions
about
renter's
credit
and
homestead
credit
I'm,
not
exactly
sure
where
they're
going,
but
we've
been
meeting
with
legislators,
there's
a
lot
of
interest
in
trying
to
had
some
dollars
and
maybe
expand
some
of
the
income
bracket.
So
more
people
could
qualify
and
maybe
get
some
more
money
at
the
lower
income
in
terms
of
tax.
B
Increment
financing
are
two
local.
Our
local
bill
for
the
upper
Harbor
has
been
introduced
and
it
is
awaiting
up
hearings
in
both
the
House
and
the
Senate,
and
the
PE
RA
administrative
bill
is
to
be
introduced
probably
next
week
and
that
will
have
some
implications,
not
some
serious
implications,
because
last
year
was
a
big
bill,
but
there
may
be
some
changes
to
some
of
the
contributions
we
make
to
the
state
to
PE
RA,
and
it
will
have
more
of
that.
It
probably
in
the
next
week
when
pers
board
meets
in
capital.
B
Investment
there's
been
a
usually
the
first
year
of
a
session
is
not
a
bonding
year,
but
tradition
is
often
broken.
So
there
there
is
a
report
done
by
the
MMB
saying
there
is
a
physical
capacity
to
do
a
bonding
bill.
If
we
want
it
to
and
then
we'll
see
the
Senate
has
not
met.
The
bonding
committee
has
not
had
a
hearing
yet
in
the
Senate,
but
in
the
house
they
have
had
lots
of
hearings.
Committee
members
were
assigned
homework
by
the
chair.
B
She
actually
gave
them
assignments
and
being
an
old
school
teacher
and
she
kept
them
to
tasks.
Some
people
thought
they
weren't
going
to
be
called
big
and
they
made
it
to
the
second
meeting
and
they
were
called.
We
were
asked
to
do
some
things,
so
we
also
had
do
some
homework
yeah
well.
Most
of
our
local
bills
will
be
introduced,
I
think
within
the
next
week
or
two
in
transportation.
C
B
B
Tomorrow,
they're
going
to
be
talking
about
climate
change
and
transportation
in
the
house,
particularly
the
electric
electrification,
electric
vehicles,
so
there'll
be
a
large
discussion
tomorrow.
I
think
some
of
our
staff
have
been
asked
to
be
there
to
talk.
Also
and
we'll
keep
you
posted
on
that.
This
will
be
representative
Hornstein
s
committee,
and
then
he
also
had
a
hearing
not
long
ago
about
distracted
driving
it
passed
out
of
his
committee.
It
is
now
in
public
safety
over
in
the
Senate.
B
It
is
on
the
floor
and
that
was,
he
I
think
we'll
see
a
distracted
driving
bill
this
year
in
terms
of
our
transit
and
funding
packages,
we'll
see
well
no
more
on
Tuesday
and
it's
a
little
too
early
to
make
any
projections.
But
there
is
a
big
concern
about
transit
here
in
the
metropolitan
area
and
how
do
we
best
fund
it?
Another
bill,
speed
limits
there
I
know
they
are.
We
were
interested
in
lowering
to
speak
limit
for
safety.
There
is
a
possibility
of
legislation,
it
would
be
introduced.
B
That
would
let
we
could
lower
speed
limits,
but
only
in
the
cities
of
the
first
class.
So
that
may
be
the
compromise
for
now
an
affordable
housing
lots
of
overviews.
There
is
a
specific
Housing
Committee
in
the
house.
It
is
chaired
by
representative
Alice
Houseman
from
st.
Paul.
They
have
had
presentations
from
homes
for
all,
and
they
did
have
a
hearing
this
morning
on
the
Builders
report.
Talking
about
the
impact
of
fees
and
fees
from
local
governments
on
the
price
of
housing.
B
I
was
surprised
by
the
presentations
talking
about
that
that
the
fees
were
just
one
part
of
the
whole
increase.
They
talked
about
land
cost,
labor,
lack
of
labor,
so
labor
costs
are
up
and,
of
course,
materials
and
it's
one
of
the
organizations
I
think
it
was
a
Twin
Cities
organization,
Twin
Cities,
building
Association
is
actually
building
for
me.
Some
task
force
of
not
only
builders
and
developers
but
cut
and
contractors
and
local
governments
to
try
and
come
up
with
innovative
ways
to
lower
the
cost
of
housing.
B
They
estimate
that
the
average
cost
for
a
new
home
in
the
Twin
Cities
area
is
four
hundred
and
seventy
thousand
dollars
which
lot
of
folks
can't
afford,
but
an
existing
home
is
around
275.
So
is
there
a
way
to
close
the
gap
for
new
construction?
Is
it
more
density?
Is
it
new
building
materials?
How
do
we
do
this?
How
do
we
smaller
homes,
so
the
builders
who
are
trying
to
find
a
way
to
understand
that
the
market
may
be
getting
away
from
them
if
the
entry
price
is
now
to
about
475?
B
Also,
there
was
a
bill.
It
was
House
Senate
file,
125,
authored
by
representative
Dietrich,
that
made
some
requirements
to
leases,
specifying
dates
allowing
for
people
to
make
notice
when
are
going
to
leave
and
and
that
bill
is
now
on
the
floor
of
the
Senate,
and
it
should
be
heard
in
the
house
soon.
I
think
it'll
be
more
that
in
the
whole
area
of
rental
leasing
in
the
next.
C
B
Madam
chair
I
think
we
expect
more
of
these
to
come
to
in
the
next
couple
weeks,
and
public
safety
there'll
be
more
as
we
get.
We
hope
to
add
to
this
spreadsheet
in
the
next
couple
weeks.
Every
time
we
meet
well
add
add
to
this
fines
and
fees.
Bill
I
know
miss
miss
leche
is
working
on
this
one
would
be
to
try
and
reduce
the
state
surcharge.
That
is
now.
B
If
you
get
a
ticket,
it's
a
$75,
it
could
be
a
$75
State
surcharge
on
top
of
the
ticket
and
we're
trying
to
have
that
waived
when
a
person
can't
really
afford
to
do
that,
and
also
possibly
finding
ways
for
judges
to
find
different
ways
to
waive
that
75
hour
surcharge.
That
goes
right
into
the
state
general
fund.
So
that's
going
to
be
an
issue
with
the
state.
B
The
other
one
is
to
allow
people
to
buy,
to
reinstate
their
license
for
not
having
their
parking,
technarchy
tickets
or
other
kinds
of
traffic
fines,
and
so
they
won't
lose
their
won't
lose
their
license.
They
could
get
a
reinstatement
fee,
reinstate
ticket
and
pay
off
their
fines.
That's
something
we
passed
last
year
got
into
the
omnibus
bill
and
it
was
veto.
So
hopefully
we
back
in
the
omnibus
bill
this
year.
A
B
A
B
You,
you
know,
don't
make
make
your
fees
your
the
license
can
be
suspended
or
revoked,
and
then
you
have
to
pay
money
to
pay
to
get
them
revoked
and
the
suspension
taken
away.
But
the
surcharge
was
issued.
But
the
surcharges
came
about
I,
think
in
about
two
thousand
seven
or
eight,
when
we
were
having
the
crisis
of
financial
crisis
at
the
state,
and
it
was
one
way
to
help
with
the
general
fund,
particularly
with
some
of
the
public
safety
issues
and
I.
B
Some
policies
that
we've
been
that
are
in
our
agenda
that
we're
working
on
there's
driver's
license
for
all.
We
expect
the
bill
to
be
introduced
on
Thursday
in
the
house.
The
author
is
the
majority
leader
representative
Winkler.
We
are
working
to
try
and
find
a
author
in
the
majority
party
in
the
Senate
and
to
date
we're
still
working
on
it.
The
restoration
to
vote
for
persons
convicted
of
a
felony
representative,
Dean
spill
was
heard
today
in
his
subcommittee
and
passed
out
and
the
bill.
B
It
will
probably
be
heard
in
the
Senate
and
it
was
I,
think,
was
afforded
to
vote
in
the
house
renewable
energy
goals.
That
was
a
house
file
700.
That
was
heard
last
week
in
the
Energy
Committee,
it's
authored
by
representative
Jamie
long,
and
there
is
about
50
different
testifiers
bill.
What
we
hold,
though,
that
was
held
over,
so
it
could
wind
up
in
the
omnibus
energy
bill
and
we
don't
see
any
activity
in
the
Senate
on
that
bill,
though
I'm
sure
that
ends.
My
report
and
I'll
stand
for
any
questions.
Thank.