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Minneapolis Economic Development & Regulatory Services Committee Meeting
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A
Good
afternoon
welcome
to
the
regularly
scheduled
meeting
of
the
economic
development
and
regulatory
Services
Committee
for
today,
which
is
june
11th.
I
have
been
joined
by
my
colleagues
council,
member
fletcher,
ellison
Gordon
and
Cunningham,
which
is
a
quorum
of
the
committee.
We
have
a
consent
agenda
that
includes
item
10,
which
our
liquor
license
approvals,
an
item,
11
liquor,
license
renewals
item
12
or
the
gambling
license
renewals
item
13
as
a
license
settlement
conference.
A
B
A
We're
really
grateful
that
you're
willing
to
serve
in
this
capacity
and
very
impressed
that
you
took
the
time
to
come
down
here
today,
we'll
be
approving
your
appointment
shortly,
but
want
to
thank
you
for
your
service.
Thank
you
thank
you
for
being
here.
So
that
is
the
consent
agenda.
I
am
going
to
move
the
consent
agenda.
Unless
there
are
any
items,
anyone
would
like
to
pull
seeing
none
on
the
motion
to
approve
the
consent
agenda,
all
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye
any
opposed.
That
item
is
approved.
A
We
have
a
quasi-judicial
hearing
agenda
items,
8
&
9.
It
has
been
notified
to
the
city
that
the
on
sale
liquor
license
at
El,
Nuevo
rodeo
has
been
paid.
Therefore,
I'm
gonna
move
to
delete
that
item
from
the
agenda.
Are
there
further
comments
or
questions
on
that
item,
seeing
none
all
in
favor
of
removing
it
from
the
agenda
signify
by
saying
aye.
Any
opposed
that
item
is
approved
will
now
conduct
all
of
our
public
hearings,
starting
with
a
joint
public
hearing
of
the
M
CDA
operating
committee.
A
So
I
will
call
together
the
MCD
operating
committee
and
note
that
we
have
been
joined
by
commissioners,
Cano,
Fletcher,
Ellison,
Gordon
and
Cunningham
as
myself
as
chair,
which
is
a
quorum
of
the
committee.
Now
we
are
in
session
for
the
operating
committee
as
well
as
the
EDRs
committee
and
we'll
move
on
to
the
public
hearing
for
item
number
1.
C
You,
madam
chair,
madam
chair
members
of
the
committee
you
have
before
you
a
request
for
preliminary
and
final
approval
for
a
bank
qualified
bond
of
up
to
1.25
million
dollars
for
emerge,
Community
Development,
it's
a
nonprofit
that
works
on
skill,
building
employment
and
economic
opportunities
for
people.
The
funds
are
being
requested
for
a
subsidiary
emerge
enterprises,
which
is
also
a
non-profit
emerge.
Enterprises
operates
on
mattress
and
battery
recycling
facility
at
1179,
15th
Avenue
southeast.
Its
purpose
is
to
help
people
that
are
exiting
incarceration.
C
A
There
any
questions
for
staff
or
western
bank
item
number
one.
There
are
no
questions.
Thank
you
for
your
report
will
open
the
item
number
one,
which
is
a
public
hearing,
giving
preliminary
and
final
approval
authorizing
the
issuance
of
1.25
million
dollars
and
501c3
bank
exempt
they
qualified,
tax-exempt
revenue
bonds.
Is
there
anyone
here
to
speak
to
this
issue?
A
B
A
E
F
You,
madam
chair
and
committee
members,
my
name
is
Christina's
gesture
and
I'm,
a
LEED
licensed
inspector
assigned
to
liquor
establishments
in
1st
and
2nd
precincts
I'm
presenting
an
application
from
Moxie
Minneapolis
downtown
owned
by
grace,
downtown
LLC,
Moxie
Minneapolis
downtown
is
located
at
247,
Chicago,
Avenue
south
and
the
Third
Ward.
The
applicant
is
requesting
an
on
sell
liquor,
general
entertainment
with
Sunday
sales
license.
F
Their
hours
of
operation
are
Monday
through
Wednesday
12
p.m.
to
12
a.m.
Thursday
through
12
p.m.
to
2
a.m.
and
Sunday
12
p.m.
to
10
p.m.
they
have
outdoor
seating
for
a
hundred
and
twelve
patrons
and
twelve
patrons
outdoor.
An
outdoor
patio
on
Main
xxx
153
public
hearing
notices
were
sent
to
residents
and
property
owners
within
450
feet
of
the
premises.
Notices
were
also
sent
to
the
Downtown
East
neighborhood
organization,
the
East
town,
business
partnership
and
councilmember
Fletcher's
office.
We
have
received
one
comment
from
the
community
from
the
community
and
support
of
the
license.
A
You
misty,
sir,
thank
you
for
your
report
today.
Thank
you.
Have
any
questions
for
staff
Cigna.
Thank
you.
We'll
open
up
the
public
hearing
on
item
number
two,
which
is
an
on
sale,
liquor
license
with
Sunday
sales
for
Moxie
Minneapolis
downtown.
Is
there
anyone
here
to
speak
to
this
issue?
Please
step
forward
and
state
your
name
and
address
for
the
record
good.
G
Morning,
I'm
Alex
Francis,
vice
president
of
operations
for
graves
hospitality,
I
represent
the
management
company
that
will
be
taking
care
of
the
hotel.
Graves
has
been
around
since
the
70s
started.
Multiple
brands
manage
grave
6:01,
so
our
knowledge
is
quite
profound
and
lengthy.
In
this
area
we
have
developed
security
plans,
noise
plans,
management,
staffing
that
will
make
sure
this
is
a
smooth
and
beneficial
operation
for
the
neighborhood
I
heard
you
all
that
come
down
as
a
beautiful
hotel,
it's
a
beautiful
Lobby,
an
urban
retreat
is,
is
the
theme
of
it.
So
very
Minnesotan.
H
You
chairman
I'll
know
that
we
had
a
good
conversation
about
this
at
the
DNA
Land
Use
Committee
meeting
last
night,
including
a
lot
of
questions
about
some
concerns
about
the
overall
development
that
were
actually
way
outside
of
your
purview
or
the
purview
of
this
liquor
license.
So,
thanks
for
gracefully
handling
that
conversation
and
I'm
happy
to
move
approval,
approval.
I
A
J
K
Yourself,
thank
you,
madam
chair
and
committee
members.
My
name
is
Phil
Cotrell
and
then
Weiss
inspector
assigned
to
the
fourth
Precinct
and
presenting
an
application
from
buda
pills
brewing
on
by
dudepls
Investments
LLC
at
225
Thomas
Avenue
north,
which
is
located
in
Ward
5.
Their
current
license
is
an
on
sale,
liquor,
limited
entertainment
with
Sunday
sales
and
with
off
sale
malt
liquor.
K
The
applicant
is
requesting
a
permanent
expansion
of
premises
for
an
outdoor
patio
consisting
of
60
seats
on
private
property.
There'll
be
outdoor
speakers
on
the
patio
with
ambient
level
pre-recorded
music
ending
by
10:00
p.m.
each
evening.
There
will
be
no
change
in
the
hours
of
operation
which
are
between
noon
and
midnight
daily,
depending
on
the
time
of
year
on
May,
the
9th
2019
public
hearing
notices
were
sent
to
residents
and
property
owners
within
300
feet
of
the
premises.
K
K
A
There
any
questions
for
mr.
Cotterell
on
item
number
three,
seeing
none.
Thank
you
for
your
report,
we'll
open
the
public
hearing
on
item
number
three,
which
is
an
expansion
of
premise
for
oda
Pels
brewing!
Is
there
anyone
here
to
speak
to
this
issue?
Please
step
forward.
I
have
a
quick
question
for
you.
Yes,.
L
L
L
So
no
I
just
came
up
to
say
that
we're
very
excited
about
this
we've
spent
four
years
planning
it
working
through
numerous
agencies
to
be
able
to
do
something
we
think
is
very
special
by
able
to
have
outdoor
space
along
the
creek
and
continue
to
expand
our
business,
which
is
providing
jobs
on
the
north
side.
We
are
open
seven
days
a
week
currently
because
of
the
demand
and
the
activities
in
the
parks
drive
a
lot
of
traffic
towards
us
with
the
bike
routes
and
we're
very
excited
about.
L
Hopefully,
the
future
realignment
of
the
loose
line
trail
down
the
railroad
if
the
park
and
other
agencies
can
put
that
together
and
I
just
wanted
to
again
invite
you
there.
If
you
haven't
yet
been
there
to
come
and
see
our
operation
I.
Think
we've
built
something
very
special
in
a
part
of
town
that
a
lot
of
people
haven't
discovered
until
we
got
there
so
I'm
open
to
any
other
questions.
A
M
L
A
L
A
D
You,
madam
chair
again,
I,
did
want
to
just
make
a
note
first,
a
fact
that
the
location
of
pills
are
so
unique
because,
even
though
it
is
in
Ward
5
and
we're
happy
to
have
you
aboard
five,
it's
so
close
to
Ward,
7
and
might
even
be
you
know,
as
far
as
the
closest
residential
space
might
be
the
next
ward
over
so
happy
to
move
approval,
this
item
and
and
look
forward
to
food
Appeals
expanding
their
their
outdoor
patio.
So
thank
you.
I'm.
A
I
You,
madam
chair
committee,
members,
my
name
is
Mohammad
I
smile,
I'm,
the
lead
licensed
inspector
assigned
faith
pricing
I'm,
presenting
today
an
application
from
SPG
factories
LLC
during
the
business
as
Angie
located
at
1320
Westlake
Street
in
wharton.
The
applicant
is
requesting
and
also
liquor,
attendee
sells
with
general
entertainment.
This
space
was
formerly
occupied
by
cena
tavern.
I
I
notices
were
sent
to
residents
and
property
owners
within
600
feet
of
the
premises
all
multi-unit
buildings
were.
Posted
notices
were
also
sent
to
Lowry
Hill
East,
neighbor,
Association,
Upton,
Business,
Association
and
council
president
ELISA
bender.
We
have
received
not
one
comments
which
supports
the
license
for
the
new
license.
The
license
and
consumer
surface
diffusion
recommends.
Approval
of
an
ounce,
a
local
assembly,
sells
general
entertainment
four
inch.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
You
for
your
report.
Are
there
any
questions
for
mr.
small,
seeing
none
we'll
open
the
public
hearing
on
item
number
four,
which
is
an
aunt
a
liquor
license
with
Sunday
sales
for
ng
restaurants?
Is
there
anyone
here
to
speak
to
this
issue?
Please
step
forward
and
state
your
name
and
address
all
right.
Let's
see
we
have
a
few
will
take
you,
although
please
step
forward
state
your
neighborhood
address
for
the
record.
N
Jinsa
I'm
the
Managing
Partner
of
SPG
ventures.
We've
had
and
managed
multiple
bar
restaurants
around
Minneapolis
over
the
last
10
years,
Lindale
Tap,
House
hammer
and
sickle
Aloha.
Okay,
we're
really
excited
about
the
space
I,
don't
know
if
anyone
was
in
there
when
it
was
formerly
Sina,
but
it
is
a
beautiful
space
and
we're
really
excited
about
the
area.
I've
got
Dustin
house
here
as
well.
I'm.
O
A
P
J
P
Looking
at
a
1,400,
Laguna,
Avenue
South,
so
actually
about
a
basically
block
and
a
half
away
from
where
the
company
energy
is
looking
to
establish
another
bar
and
restaurant,
obviously
I
think
we're
all
aware
to
the
Uptown
area
as
being
kind
of
a
location.
An
area
for
young
people,
much
like
myself
or
angel
to
go
and
have
a
night
out
have
a
good
time
have
some
fun.
But
at
this
point,
we're
not
here
to
speak,
opposed
or
against
any
sort
of
liquor,
licensing
or
sales.
P
We're
all
definitely
a
fan
of
inviting
more
businesses
into
that
environment.
However,
we'd
like
to
use
this
as
an
opportunity
and
a
platform
to
express
our
concerns
about
the
potential
safety
concerns
and
the
human
risk
of
inviting
in
more
of
those
type
of
entertainment
environments
that
do
procure
heavy
amounts
of
liquor.
P
Think
just
as
recently
as
this
weekend,
there
was
a
drive-by
shooting
that
occurred
just
to
block
up
the
road
from
our
store
and
a
block
away
from
where
this
establishment
is
looking
to
take
hold,
which
is
a
very
beautiful
location.
I've
been
there
before
so
I,
of
course,
would
love
to
see
it
there,
but
I
would
encourage
you
all
to
to
look
at
the
very
issues
of
just
safety.
P
The
lack
of
police
presence
we
feel
like
has
been
present
in
that
neighbor
in
that
part
of
town,
the
lack
of
security
and
just
coming
up
with
a
game
plan
to
reinforce
these
safety
for
our
citizens
there,
as
well
as
the
people
who
work
there.
Obviously,
managing
a
paper
shop
wouldn't
expect
us
to
probably
step
up
and
have
anything
to
say
about,
sell
liquor
license
on
Sunday,
but
we
just
have
seen
the
type
of
individuals
and
characters
that
come
into
the
neighborhood
with
those
types
of
elements
there.
P
A
K
A
A
I
You,
madam
chair
committee,
members,
the
next
applicant,
is
from
our
applications
from
black
walnut
bakery
LLC
doing
business
as
black
walnut
peccary.
Looking
at
3157
had
been
avenue
in
wharton.
The
applicant
is
requesting
an
eye
on
sale
wine
with
strong
beer,
no
life
entertainment.
The
business
had
has
an
indoor
seating,
440
and
outdoor
patio
20
seats.
He
proposed
ours
for
this
new
business
is
7:00
a.m.
to
midnight
daily
for
the
interior
and
the
outdoor
patio.
Ours
will
be
7
a.m.
to
10:00
p.m.
I
daily
notices
were
sent
in
to
residents
and
property
owners
within
a
six
hundred
feet
of
the
premises.
Multi
all
motor
unit
buildings
were
posted.
Notices
were
also
sent
to
south
after
neighbor
association,
the
uptown
business
association
and
council
president
Lisa
Pender
will
receive
the
five
responses
which
all
supports
the
new
license.
The
licensing
consumer
service
services
division
recommends
approval
of
an
on
sale.
Wine
with
strong
appear
no
live
entertainment
for
black
walnut
bakery.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
You
for
your
report.
Are
there
any
questions
for
staff,
seeing
none
we'll
open
the
public
hearing
on
item
number
five,
which
is
black
walnut
bakery
and
on
sale.
Wine
and
strong
bear
license
with
no
live
entertainment.
Is
there
anyone
here
to
speak
to
this
issue?
Perhaps
we
should
have
that
Apple
can't
speak
first,
if
they're
here.
Q
Hi
I'm
Sarah,
Bachar,
I'm,
the
baker
and
owner
of
black
walnut
bakery.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
Today.
I
am
very
excited
for
my
bakery.
It's
been
probably
about
15
years
in
the
making
and
the
opportunity
is
here.
It's
actually
gonna
be
a
bakery
and
cafe.
We
posted
our
hours
till
midnight,
but
we
actually
will
probably
be
closed
by
8:00
p.m.
most
every
day
of
the
week.
Maybe
seven
it
just
depends
on
how
we
can,
but
I
am
one
owner
and
one
Baker
and
I'm
trying
to
put
all
these
pieces
together.
Q
A
E
We
are
uptown
people
and
we're
very
active
in
the
community
and
I
come
to
you
to
represent
the
residents
in
the
area
because
we
we
want
to
sleep
at
night
or
we
want
to
actually
do
some
of
our
own
stuff
we're
worried
about
outside
speakers
for
music.
That
could
be
disruptive.
So
that's
that's
what
we're
bringing
our
concern
to,
and
maybe
we
could
talk
about
what
what
that
might
look
like,
which
we
have.
B
E
E
A
E
A
I
A
A
Number
five
has
been
moved
for
approval,
further
comments
or
questions,
seeing
none
all
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye
all
right,
any
opposed.
That
item
is
approved.
Thank
you
all
for
being
here
today.
We'll
move
on
to
item
number
six,
which
is
the
tasting
room.
You
had
a
very
full
agenda
today.
Yes,.
I
Well,
thank
you,
madam
chair
committee.
Members.
The
next
application
is
from
JJ
LLC
doing
business
as
the
tasting
room
located
at
1434
western
1st
Street
in
wharton
testing
room
currently
has
an
on
sell,
liquor,
I'm,
sorry
on
sale,
one
was
stronger,
limited,
entertainment.
There.
One
license
was
just
approved
the
last
April
they
are
requesting
to
add
a
permanent
expansion
of
premises
for
the
sidewalk.
The
total
serum
for
the
sidewalk
cafe
will
be
19
seats.
I
There
will
be
no
life,
entertainment
or
or
or
an
outdoor
speakers
for
the
sidewalk,
the
design
plan
or
the
sidewalk
cafe
has
been
approved
by
the
city
of
Minneapolis
Public,
Works
transportation,
division,
the
hours
of
operation
stays
the
same.
You
know
this
is
a
public
hearing,
we're
sensitive
residents
and
property
owners
within
within
a
three
hundred
feet
of
the
premises
notice,
who
also
send
it
to
ease
the
kalamoon
community
organization.
Up
top
is
an
association
and
council
president
Felicia
bender.
We
have
not
received
any
responses.
I
A
You
for
your
report.
Are
there
any
questions
for
staff,
seeing
none
we'll
open
the
public
hearing
on
item
number
six
6,
which
is
the
tasting
room
and
expansion
premise
for
an
on
sale.
Wine
was
strong
beer
license
and
a
sidewalk
cafe.
Is
there
anyone
here
to
speak
to
this
issue?
Mr.
graves
welcome.
Thank.
T
You
very
much,
madam
chairman,
and
members
of
the
committee.
We're
here
today
excited
about
opening
a
very
nice
wine
bar
once
it
all
come
down
and
visit
us.
We
will
not
be
making
a
lot
of
noise.
In
fact,
most
of
our
patrons
might
even
be
living
in
the
building,
so
we're
gonna
be
very
sensitive
to
the
neighborhood,
we're
real
excited
about
in
Kim's
restaurant
next
door.
So
we
think
the
neighborhood
we're
really
excited
about
the
black
walnut.
It's
just
it's
a
fun
fun
neighborhood!
We're
excited
to
be
there
and
appreciate
your
support.
Thank.
A
A
I
You,
madam
chair
committee,
members,
the
next
application
is
from
Fred
and
pickle
LLC
doing
business
at
Fred
and
pickle
located
at
40,
135
West,
Lake,
Harriet
Parkway
in
were
13
per
and
pickle
currently
has
an
unsual
wine
with
a
strong,
clear,
non-life
entertainment.
They
have
been
in
this
location
since
2012.
They
are
requesting
to
add
a
permanent
expansion
of
premises
for
an
outdoor
area.
Prayer
and
pickle
has
been
granted
approval
by
the
Minneapolis
Park
Police
to
expand
their
food
and
perfer
surface
to
area
include
seating
areas
by
the
Harriet
ban.
I
Shell,
the
hours
of
operation
will
stay,
the
same
notices
were
sent
to
residents
and
property
owners
within
a
300
feet
of
the
premises.
Notices
were
also
sent
to
East
very--it
neighbor,
Association,
Southwest,
Business,
Association
and
councilmember
Paula
Zahn.
We
have
not
received
responses.
A
review
of
three
one,
one
calls
and
police
calls
found
in
a
significant
issue
concerning
this
establish
and
licensed,
and
Consumer
Services
Division
recommended
approval
of
permitted
expansion
of
premises
for
a
prayer
and
vehicle.
Thank
you
thank.
A
S
Hi
afternoon
my
name
is
Anne
Sexton
I'm
with
bread
and
pickle
I
just
wanted
to
add
that
we're
also
very
excited
and
I
think
the
neighborhood
is
excited
as
well
to
have
a
glass
of
wine
in
front
of
the
van
shell.
In
addition
to
what
Mohamed
just
said,
we
have
hired
additional
staff
to
be
our
pickle
patrol
and
they
will
monitor
the
expanded
area
to
make
sure
nothing's
going
out.
That's
beer
and
wine
and
nothing
that's
coming
in
that
would
be
alcohol
we've
also
printed
new
signage.
S
A
A
Number
seven
has
been
moved
for
approval,
further
comments
or
questions,
seeing
none
all
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye
any
opposed.
That
item
is
approved.
Our
final
public
hearing
is
item
number
8,
which
is
a
quasi-judicial
public
hearing.
This
is
an
issue
regarding
the
sale
of
liquor
with
Sunday
sales
in
the
general
entertainment
license,
revocation
at
Addis
Ababa
Ethiopian
restaurant.
A
Before
we
begin
I
should
note
this
is
a
quasi-judicial
license
hearing,
for
which
this
committee
is
limited
by
law,
to
hearing
arguments
from
the
parties
to
the
matter
consisting
in
the
city's
regulatory
staff
and
the
license
holder
or
the
license
holders
representative.
This
committee
is
prohibited
from
receiving
any
further
evidence
or
additional
testimony.
The
parties
are
required
to
limit
their
comments
to
arguments
specifically
addressing
the
evidence
or
testimony
introduced
before
the
administrative
hearing
officer
who
previously
conducted
a
full
evidentiary
hearing
on
this
matter.
The
parties
may
not
offer
in
the
committee.
A
They
may
not
consider
any
newer
additional
evidence
that
is,
or
not
already
part
of
the
record
developed
by
the
evidentiary
hearing.
The
committee
has
been
provided
with
the
record
of
the
matter,
including
the
report
and
recommendations
of
the
administrative
hearing
officer.
I
will
note
this
is
a
question
of
taxes
paid
to
the
state
correct.
Madam.
U
R
U
Sorry
this
is
a
bit
of
a
unique
matter.
There
wasn't
an
underlying
evidentiary
hearing
that
took
place,
but
it
is
very
strictly
limited,
as
you
mentioned,
to
the
question
of
outstanding
delinquencies
actually
owed
to
the
city
not
to
the
state,
and
they
are
far
as
miss
Roberts
will
get
into
I
believe
mostly
outstanding
administrative
citations
that
have
gone
past.
There
are
people
period,
and
so
the
the
limited
question
is
simply
whether
those
delinquencies
exist
and
whether
they've
been
paid
I.
Think
mr.
U
Roberts
may
mention
there
are
a
number
of
other
issues
that
are
associated
with
this
business,
but
regulatory
staff
and
licensing
staff
can
and
will
deal
with
those
separately
and
we,
you
are
therefore
quite
limited
in
your
determination
here
today,
but
you
believe
the
license
applicant
is
and
is
here
and
may
address
this
matter
as
well,
but
Miss
Roberts
is
also
prepared
to
address
the
matter.
Thank.
V
You,
madam
chair
I'm,
Linda
Roberts
assistant
manager
of
business
licensing
and
I'm
here
to
prepare
on
this
agenda
item
for
a
D
about
Ethiopian,
restaurant
and
bar
located
at
27,
13,
East,
Lake
Street.
Sorry
I
missed
some
of
your
presentation,
because
I
was
talking
to
the
licensee
that
this
is
our
first
opportunity
to
speak
to
him
because
he's
been
non-responsive.
But
the
issue
before
you
is
for
a
revocation
of,
as
attorney
Joel
fussy,
two
sons
and
unpaid
citations
that
are
due
to
us
and
to
the
health
department.
V
The
specific
ordinance
that
we
cited
for
the
revocation
is
Minneapolis
code,
250,
915
and
360
140.
That
requires
all
financial
claims
be
paid
before
licenses
are
granted
and/or
renewed.
The
citations
were
issued
on
April
3rd
for
$200
ticket
per
indoor
smoking
on
April
7th.
There
was
a
ticket
of
$200
issued
for
criminal
acts
on
alcohol
premises.
On
April
7
there
was
a
$500
issued
ticket
issued
for
operating
outside
of
the
hours
as
they
were,
operating
until
3:15
with
alcohol,
when
police
were
called
to
a
fight
to
the
establishment
and.
V
It
was
in
July
of
this
last
year
that
a
rien
spec
ssin
fee
was
paid
or
issued
to
them
from
the
health
department
for
failure
to
allow
an
inspection
at
an
establishment.
These
all
have
been
noticed
to
the
business
and
through
u.s.
mail,
all
the
tickets,
and
we
sent
a
notice
that
said
that
we
were
going
forward
with
revocation
on
May
14th.
We
sent
that
to
them
through
u.s.
mail,
and
this
hearing
process
was
sent
to
them
on
May
22nd
through
certified
mail.
V
Date
they
have
not
paid
I
did
just
talk
to
the
licensee.
They
have
an
interest
in
pain.
They
are
having
financial
trouble.
I
think
that
they're
here,
if
you
want
to
speak
to
them,
they're
going
I,
did
say
that
I
would
like
to
talk
to
them
about
the
details
of
the
fees
that
are
due
and
the
ramifications
of
of
them,
but
they
have
not
paid
and
paid
any
of
these
financial
obligations
and
to
date
they
have
not
renewed
their
license,
so
their
license
will
be
delinquent,
come
soon.
V
A
W
A
X
No
I'm,
just
speaking
this
right
now,
my
name
is
Nancy
he's
the
only
applicant
he's
aware
of
it
and
after
we
spoke
with
Miss
Roberts
we
are,
he
is
an
isn't.
His
intent
is
to
pay
it.
We
just
fell
on
some
hard
times
at
the
bill
at
the
at
his
place.
I
mean
he
hasn't
been
open
many
days,
but
his
intention
is
to
pay
it.
If
we're
able
to
have
time
we
spoke
with
Miss
Robertson.
X
You
know
whatever
issues
that
they're
having
we
do
want
to
sit
there
and
talk
to
them
to
rectify
it,
because
you
know
this
is
a
family-owned
business.
They
do.
They
do
want
to
continue
to
do
business
and
there
are
other
options.
If
he
doesn't
continue
to
do
the
full
liquor
license.
There
may
be
an
option
and
he
would
like
to
me
but
utilities
have
his
restaurant
open
as
well.
So
you
know
he
does
apologize.
We,
you
know
we
didn't
come
to
the
first
meeting
before
it
got
brought
to
the
council.
X
A
U
W
I
think
the
appropriate
thing
to
do
is
to
move
forward
with
the
verification
at
this
time.
I
think
there's
lots
of
discussions
that
could
occur
and
it's
very
possible
that
they
could
come
back
and
reapply
later
for
another
license
to
operate
a
restaurant
there
if
they
feel
like
they
can
so
just
because
we're
revoking
this
license
doesn't
mean
that
you
can't
do
anything
at
the
property
ever,
but
I
think
it's
clear
that
that's
the
action
that
this
committee
should
take
at
this
time,
so
I'm
going
to
move
that
forward.
Okay,.
D
V
D
A
I
do
want
to
note
that
we
seem
to
have
glossed
over
the
fact
that
they
refused
an
inspection,
we're
in
violation
of
the
license,
as
it
pertains
to
a
number
of
issues,
and
there
probably
will
be
action
on
some
of
these
other
issues.
Should
they
pay.
So
this
is
something
that
has
to
be
discussed
with
the
applicant
and
thought
through
pretty
clearly,
because
should
they
pay
they're
still
facing
what
four
or
five
different
being
open
past
their
hours,
refusing
a
health
inspection.
A
V
You,
madam
chair,
to
clarify
some
of
your
statements
that
we
did
talk
to
the
licensee
now
and
I
made
a
connection
with
the
small
business
team
with
as
oh
that
the
ramifications
of
paying
for
alcohol
violations
mean
that
that
gives
us
cause
for
revocation
later
so.
I
think
that,
as
a
council,
member
Gordon
was
saying
that
there's
opportunities,
maybe
of
withdrawing
the
license
downgrading
to
a
restaurant.
Those
might
be
good
things
for
the
applicant
to
consider,
and
those
were
things
that
we
briefly
talked
about
in
the
hall
as
they
were
here.
Okay,.
W
Well,
I
just
wanted
to
echo
that
I
didn't
want
to
leave
the
impression
that
just
paying
the
fines
would
satisfy
everybody,
because
there
are
larger
concerns
and
issues,
but
obviously,
if
the
fines
are
paid,
that
will
give
a
pause
for
people
to
reflect
on
what
happens,
and
it
gives
the
opportunity
for
the
council
to
do
something.
But
I
didn't
want
to
get
the
impression
that
we
be
thinking.
Everything
was
totally
fine
because
there
are
some
of
these
other
circumstances
going
on
Thank.
A
You
councilman
further
comments
or
questions
on
the
motion
to
approve
the
staff
recommendation,
all
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye
any
opposed.
That
item
is
approved,
which
brings
us
to
our
last
remaining
item
on
the
agenda,
which
is
the
2019
health
inspection
study.
Mike
I
do
want
to
note
half
the
people
on
the
committee
have
already
heard
this,
so
I
would
urge
you
to
be
relatively
brief.
We
do
not
intend
to
take
any
action
from
the
report
today.
M
Y
I
will
try
to
give
the
quick
version
of
this
presentation,
since
the
full
version
was
given
yesterday
and
feel
free
to
scoot
me
along
if
I
need
to
go
faster,
it'll
go
faster
as
I
can
I
do
want
to
say
that
the
study
was
prompted
by
three
basic
in
related
concerns.
The
potential
for
over-regulation
of
many
of
businesses
in
Minneapolis
concerns
about
the
right
size
of
Minneapolis,
environmental
health
and
the
gap
between
expenses
and
revenues
that
are
attributable
to
em
eh,
also
known
as
recovery
ratios,
and
so
our
intent.
Y
What
the
study
was
to
help
inform
councils
a
sermon
about
whether
to
increase,
decrease
or
maintain
the
level
of
health
regulatory
activity
that
occurs
in
Minneapolis
the
methodology
that
we
used.
You
can
read
about
in
the
report.
But
basically,
we
reviewed
a
bunch
of
documents,
including
federal
guidelines,
state
statutes,
local
ordinances.
We
talked
to
all
kinds
of
people,
we
included
nine
other
jurisdictions
in
the
study
that
included
st.
Paul
st.
Y
cloud,
Bloomington
Richfield,
Brooklyn,
Park,
Hennepin,
County,
Multnomah,
County,
Portland,
King,
County,
Seattle
Denver
in
Kansas
City,
and,
as
you
do
oftentimes,
we
found
out
that
it
was
a
complex
issue
and
even
though
this
was
one
of
my
favorite
slides
of
all
time,
I'm
not
going
to
go
into
it
up
for
the
sake
of
brevity.
But
our
hope
is
that
study
would
provide
the
kind
of
information
that
would
help
you
identify
solutions
that
get
at
the
core
underneath
the
iceberg
and
not
just
be
reactive
to
the
problems
that
are
on
the
surface.
Y
One
of
the
key
findings
that
we
had
was,
or
the
overall
key
finding
I
mean
the
thing
that
I
really
hope
that
you
would
take
away
is
that
Minneapolis
environmental
health
inspection
levels
really
are
on
par
with
other
jurisdictions.
There's
a
lot
of
different
ways
to
that.
We
arrived
at
that
one
of
them
had
to
do
with
how
the
frequency
of
routine
inspections
that
mah
conducts
for
businesses
and
they
do
the
minimum
frequency
of
routine
inspections
that
are
allowed
by
the
state,
which
is
every
12
months
for
high-risk
facilities.
Y
Every
18
months
for
medium
risk
in
20
month,
24
months
for
low-risk
facilities,
most
jurisdictions
in
Minnesota
follow
this
same
frequency
pattern.
But
some
do
you
inspect
more
and
there
are
national
cities
and
such
as
Seattle
Denver
in
Kansas
City,
who
all
inspect
more
often,
in
fact,
Kansas
City
inspects
their
high-risk
facilities
four
times
a
year,
not
just
one
time
of
year.
Another
way
to
gauge
the
mah
is
on
par
is
with
the
frequency
of
rien
spec
ssin.
Y
So
how
often
does
an
inspection
yield
the
result
where
an
inspector
felt
like
they
needed
to
go
back
to
a
facility
within
a
short
period
of
time
and
in
Minneapolis
rien
spec
shion's
happen
about
30
percent.
Thirty,
six
percent
of
the
time
during
an
hour
deemed
needed
36
percent
of
the
time
after
an
inspection
and
for
most
jurisdictions,
is
a
little
bit
higher
than
that
has
39
percent
staffing
levels.
Y
M
EHS
staffing
levels
are
on
par
with
other
jurisdictions.
The
numbers
fell
off
of
this
graph,
but
the
high
level
of
Kansas
City,
as
they
had
753
inspections
per
inspector.
That
happened
in
2018
the
low
level,
which
is
a
combination
of
Minnesota
Department
of
Agriculture
and
Minnesota
Department
of
Health,
who
inspects
st.
Paul,
had
162
inspections
per
inspector
Minneapolis
was
at
311
inspections
per
inspector
for
an
inspector
which
is
a
bit
less
than
the
average
of
390,
but
you
can
see
more
than
most
local
jurisdictions.
Y
There
are
other
ways
that
we
tried
to
gauge.
You
know
is
this
reasonable
body
of
work
basically
relevant
to
other
jurisdictions
and,
and
they
are
in
the
report,
but
those
are
a
couple
of
the
high-level
ones
that
really
give
a
snapshot
of
you
know
at
a
30,000
foot
level,
what
Minneapolis
does
is
pretty
much
on
par
with
other
jurisdictions,
both
locally
and
across
the
country.
There
were
a
couple
places
where
Minneapolis
is
an
outlier
in
terms
of
regulatory
activity.
One
of
them
is
that
Minneapolis.
Y
Let's
see
it
has
to
do
with
the
number
of
violations
that
are
called
per
inspection,
and
so
when
an
inspector
finds
something
out
of
compliance
during
an
inspection,
they
cite
it
as
a
violation
and
included
on
the
respect.
Inspection
report,
which
is
known
as
calling
a
violation
inspectors,
can
call
either
critical
or
non-critical
violations,
depending
on
the
threat
level
of
the
violation.
That's
in
question
and
Minneapolis
called
the
most
violations
in
2018
compared
to
other
jurisdictions
in
the
study
and
also
called
the
highest
percentage
of
non
critical
violations.
Y
Yep,
yes,
there's
another
key.
Finding
that
illustrates
how
Minneapolis
is
an
outlier
is
in
the
amount
of
time
it
takes
to
complete
an
inspection
report
after
inspection
is
done.
This
really
stood
out
to
us,
so
on
average
it
takes
about
as
long
to
input
data
as
it
does
to
complete
in
an
inspection
which
is
about
90
minutes
for
each,
and
there
are
others
who
do
all
of
it
and
90,
and
so,
while
most
jurisdictions
have
named
data
entry
and
efficiency
as
a
problem
that
they
want
to
work
on.
Y
All
the
major
metro
areas
have
a
more
efficient
system
and
we
looked
into
it,
and
you
know
the
problem
is
clearly
not
that
the
inspectors
are
slow,
typer,
x'
or,
if
they're
twiddling
their
thumbs,
or
something
like
that.
But
there's
really
a
mismatch
between
how
the
elms
enterprise
data
system
is
configured
and
the
data
requirements
that
are
needed
for
to
do
the
public
health
tracking
and
so
it
ends.
Y
The
end
result
is
that
it's
very
hard
to
use
data
to
drive,
learning
and
innovation
for
health
inspections
in
Minneapolis
because
of
this
in
congruence
and
what
this
I
guess.
The
thing
I
want
to
point
out
again
from
a
big
picture
level
is
that
this
is
a
place
where
you
have
a
larger
municipal
structure.
That's
affecting
health
regulatory
practices
in
a
significant
way
and
another
way
that
this
plays
out
is
in
business
licensing
structure.
Y
So
our
key
finding
on
business
licensing
fees,
the
fee
schedule
is
that
it's
longer
more
detailed,
less
integrated
and
less
user-friendly
than
many
other
jurisdictions
and
one
interviewee
who's
been
who's,
had
spent
her
whole
career
in
this
area
so
that
she
can't
figure
it
out
at
all.
That's
just
confusing
to
her,
and
so
there's
a
long
section
and
the
report
that
details
this
issue,
but
basically
it
makes
everyone's
job
harder
to
have
a
fee
schedule.
That's
set
up
this
way.
Y
Both
businesses
in
the
city
and
city
staff
and
like
with
data
tracking
most
jurisdictions
have
identified
this
as
a
problem
and
also
like
with
data
tracking.
Many
of
the
other
jurisdictions
are
farther
along
than
Minneapolis
is
so
far
and
adjusting
this
one,
a
potential
consequence
for
health
regulations,
is
that
this
long
and
confusing
fee
structure
would
appear
to
potentially
feed
the
perception
that
the
health
department
is
overly
complicated
and
comes
with
many
separate
fees,
all
of
which
make
it
harder
to
do.
Y
Business
and
I
want
to
say
it
was
worth
noting
and
a
little
bit
surprising
when
the
small
business
team
interviewed
several
businesses
for
this
study.
I
was
frankly
when
we
heard
the
report
back
from
them.
I
was
ready
to
hear
a
long
laundry
list
of
problems.
You
know
things
that
they
didn't
like,
and
there
was
actually
quite
people
were
appreciative
and
said:
wow
they're,
not
scary.
Y
We
thought
they
would
be
city
inspectors
would
be
scary,
they
would
be
unhelpful,
they'd
be
trying
to
like
you
know
reprimand
us,
but
actually
they
have
a
very
education
approach
and
they
provide
lots
of
resources
and
stuff
that
we
find
helpful.
So
I
thought
that
was
worth
noting
and
there's
some
cases
where
mah
seems
to
be
trying
to
go
the
extra
mile
to
help
businesses
such
as
with
short-term
events.
A
Y
Y
Sure
great,
so
one
thing
we've
found
is
that
that
may
be
an
unintended
consequence
of
using
short
term
event
permits
a
sort
of
a
pro-business
workaround
to
certain
restrictions,
and
so,
for
instance,
we
enough
the
place
that
are
the
instance.
That's
most
familiar
to
me
is
if
business
wants
to
grill
outside
and
they
want
to
do
that
on
a
regular
basis.
They
would
need
some
sort
of
a
short-term
event
application
process
for
each
one
of
those
and
that's
a
workaround
from
having
to
build
like
an
outdoor
facility.
Y
Basically,
and
so
it
can
really
increase
the
the
incidence
of
those.
Let's
see,
a
final
way
that
I
want
to
point
out
where
Minneapolis
is
somewhat
of
an
outlier
is
has
at
the
plan
review
process,
and
so
the
plan
review
process
required
many
city
departments
to
review
plans
and
also
includes
the
state.
Y
An
electrical
plan
review
and
the
plan
review
process
is
often
considered
burdensome
to
business
owners
because
it
involves
navigating
the
requirements
of
all
these
different
departments
who
don't
always
communicate
or
coordinate
well,
and
so
the
frustration
is
amplified
because
unapproved
plan
review
can
halt
business
activity
or
keep
a
place
from
being
able
to
open
up,
and
so
in
the
report
we
list
a
few
things
that
we
think
the
city
can
do
to.
Overall,
the
streamlined
the
plan
review
process
I'll
skip
over
my
gratuitous
revisiting
of
the
iceberg
and
get
right
into
the
recommendations
slide.
Y
So
this
is
just
a
sampling
of
the
recommendations
that
are
in
the
reports.
This
isn't
meant
to
replace
your
eating
of
the
full
slate
of
recommendations,
but
top-level
the
study
finds
that
maintaining
most
of
the
Minneapolis
environmental
health
practices
would
be
in
congruence
with
other
jurisdictions,
improving
the
licensing
and
fee
structure.
Addressing
that
this
in
congruence
between
the
way
that
Elms
is
configured
and
health
regulation
data
and
changing
how
these
sort
of
pain,
points
of
short-term
inspections
of
plan
review
happens.
We
think
there
are
things
that
you
all
could
do
to
streamline
those.
Y
So
the
question
of
whether
to
increase,
decrease
or
maintain
the
level
of
health
regulatory
activity
that
occurs.
It
seems
to
us
that
if
it
were
to
decrease
it
now,
you
would
end
up
with
an
already
stretched
inspection
crew
feeling
somewhat
overwhelmed
to
accomplish
what
is
a
standard
body
of
work
compared
to
other
jurisdictions.
But
if
these
process
improvements
or
others
like
it
are
made
to
increase
efficiency,
that
would
give
you
more
options
over
time.
So
one
option
could
be
to
reduce
staffing.
One
would
be
to
increase
outreach
to
immigrant
business
owners.
Y
One
would
be
to
do
more.
Regulatory
activity
like
Kansas,
City
Seattle
in
Denver,
do
and
a
fourth
would
be
to
just
position
yourself
for
unknown
new
requirements.
For
instance,
if
Minnesota
becomes
part
of
the
cannabis
economy
that
would
introduce
new
regulatory
requirements,
that
would
theoretically
need
more
staffing.
So,
with
that
I'll
do
my
best
to
Stanford
questions.
Thank
you.
A
Okay,
so
one
thing
I
heard
from
the
members
of
the
committee
that
serve
on
the
public
health
committee
is
that
there
was
a
long
conversation
yesterday
with
regard
to
and
the
health
regulation
inconsistencies
where
I
can
take
that
up
here,
because
they've
already
had
a
conversation
about
that.
I
I
do
think,
though,
because
we
have
zou
and
the
small
business
team
we're
in
a
really
unique
position
to
have
them
use
their
learned
experience
they're
working
with
small
businesses
to
attack
some
of
these
regulatory
pain
points,
because.
A
E
A
R
A
V
Y
A
R
R
B
A
Be
to
accept
this
report
and
ask
staff
to
make
a
determination
based
on
their
professional
experience
of
what
would
be
the
next
steps
from
reg
services.
Point
of
view.
I'll
just
speak
for
myself.
Anyone
else
can
jump
in
addressing
the
regulatory
pain
points
in
conjunction
with
the
small
business
team
seems
to
be
the
way
to
get
the
greatest
change
mm-hm
to
solve
some
of
the
other
problems,
but.
B
A
Certainly
open
to
anything,
anyone
wants
to
do
I'm,
also
very
sensitive
to
not
putting
a
ton
more
work
on
our
already
busy
staff
by
just
letting
them
move
forward
in
their
process
to
determine
what
happens
next,
rather
than
put
together
a
bunch
of
timelines
with
a
bunch
of
deliverables
based
on
what
we
no
I
attempted
to
read
the
port
this
morning.
It's
you
know,
I
stopped
at
page
28,
there's
something
like
that,
it's
even
more
than
that,
so
I
haven't
absorbed
it
and
I'm
known
for
reading
things.
A
W
Basically,
agree
I
think
it's
valuable
to
read
the
report,
though
I
really
appreciate
it
and
the
recommendations
and
all
the
recommendations
weren't
even
talked
about
today.
There
are
some
that
clearly
following
the
purview
of
one
department.
In
fact,
I
think
the
short-term
recommendations
are
all
about
health
inspections.
What
to
do
about
the
non-critical
issues,
maybe
I'm
streamlining
note-taking
or
something
like
that
and
I.
Think
those
are
things
that
health
department's
already
willing
and
eager
to
go
forward
on.
I.
W
Think
the
discussion
and
the
Public
Health
Committee
about
Elms
and
the
software
was
really
me
going
on
a
rant,
so
I'm
not
sure
how
much
we
had
a
deep
discussion
about
it,
but
we
I've
heard
a
lot
about
how
Elms
wouldn't
work
and
we
kept
saying.
Oh,
this
is
just
the
first
year
we'll
fix
the
tweak.
This
is
just
a
second
here.
We're
gonna
get
this
refined,
so
it's
discouraging
to
find
hope
that
we're
still
there,
but
that's,
of
course,
is
interdepartmental
because
then
we
have
IT
and
they're
gonna
have
to
work
on
that.
W
This
planned
development
review
process.
It's
kind
of
a
new
thing
to
hear
it's
created
so
many
problems,
and
that
will
be
interesting
to
see
how
we
deal
with
that,
because
that's
a
very
intim
coordinator
office
or
business
team
people
to
get
creative
around
that.
But
that's
interesting
too
so
I
think
it'd
make.
W
It
makes
sense
that
staff
should
review
these
and
they
should
come
back
on
what
recommendations
they
think
they
could
follow
up
on
and
how
they
should
do
that
I'm
a
little
nervous
about
not
giving
more
direction
in
a
timeline
but
I'm
replacing
that
with
this
speech.
So
I
be
all
of
us
up
here
that
we're
gonna
hear
about
this
pretty
soon.
H
Thank
You
chair
Goodman
I'll
just
note
that
this
I'm
interested
to
see
if
I
am
in
a
committee
meeting
this
cycle
that
doesn't
identify
some
significant
way
that
IT
is
holding
back
to
the
operations
of
the
things
that
we're
trying
to
do
so
in
Public
Works.
Today
we
did
give
a
staff
Direction
around
improving
some
of
the
GIS
data
for
three
on
one
reporting
related
to
snow
removal.
H
If
you
need
similar
support
in
public
health
to
sort
of
get
everybody
working
together
and
solving
some
of
the
technical
problems
that
are
holding
us
back
certainly
do
come
to
us
for
that
I'm
not
going
to
do
it
today
on
the
fly,
but
I
do
want
to
make
sure
that
Elms
is
not
a
barrier
to
us
being
able
to
do
efficient
work.
Thank
you.
So.
A
I'm
glad
that
council
member
Gordon
said
what
he
did
about
alms
I
would
have
probably
been
on
that
bandwagon
too.
In
all
my
years
here,
I've
never
heard
anything
positive
about
it,
and
so
but
I'm,
it's
beyond
my
paygrade,
to
understand
how
it
works.
I
do
think
it's
not
good
that
inspect.
It
seems
like
the
inspectors
are
being
blamed
for
the
amount
of
time
it
takes
to
fill
out
a
report
and
then
there's
this
feeling
that
they're
not
doing
a
good
job
when
really
there's
something
standing
in
the
way.
A
So
it
is
enough
that
has
to
be
cracked,
and
maybe
it's
something
for
the
enterprise
committee
to
discuss.
You
know
toss
something
accounts,
Myra,
promise.
I
know
she
will
jump
on
it.
So
that
might
be
something
I
do
want
to
note,
though,
that
it's
been
my
experience
that
the
small
business
team
cpad
business
development
business
licensing
want
to
get
to.
Yes,.
R
A
Whole
thing
is
about
helping
businesses
succeed
and
there's
been
a
real
focus
on
small
businesses,
I,
very
much
trust
that
our
professional
staff
can
their
job,
and
if
we
have
a
policy
decision,
we
need
to
figure
out.
We
should
do
that,
but
this
is
an
update
on
our
policy
of
making
sure
that
people
of
all
ages,
religions,
races
and
our
community
can
succeed
in
business,
and
then
it
moves
on
to
our
staff
to
figure
out
what
that
means
and
how
that
works,
and
so
I
feel
really
good
about
the
work.
A
That's
happened
and
I
think
the
team
that's
working
on.
It
is
really
great
I.
Also
don't
love
the
idea
of
blaming
staff.
When
we
hear
from
the
public,
we
should
have
to
figure
out
what
the
problem
is
in
terms
of
them
doing
them
job
their
jobs
and
figure
out
what
we
can
do
to
support
that
council
member
Gordon
I
just.
W
Wanted
to
make
one
more
comment:
how
great
it
is
to
hear
that
we
talk
to
small
businesses
and
they
actually
came
back
saying
that
our
inspectors
were
helpful.
They
weren't
scary.
They
were
educational
and
problem.
Solving
I
think
that
actually
represents
a
pretty
significant
culture
shift
from
10
years
ago,
and
it's
pretty
significant
and
that
something
I
think
that's
been
policy
wide.
W
We've
been
trying
to
do
and
say:
well
how
can
we
support
some
of
these
folks
and
help
everybody
be
more
successful
and
I
just
think
it
was
it's
affirming
to
hear
that
coming
back
from
an
outside
consultant
and
also
from
from
up
here
and
so
I
wanted
to
acknowledge
that
so.
A
And
for
the
work
on
this
report,
as
well
as
a
strong
thank
you
to
all
of
our
staff
across
all
the
different
departments.
I
know
the
director
of
health
gotcha,
music
Kansas
here
that
our
CPD
executive
director
David
Frank,
is
here
as
well,
and
so
it's
important
that
you
guys
have
heard
seen
the
report
and
heard
the
conversation
and
participated.
I'm
gonna,
move
to
receive
and
file
the
findings
and
recommendations
of
the
health
and
perspectives
study
mica.
A
Thank
you
very
much
for
all
of
your
work,
all
in
favor
of
the
receive
and
file
signify
by
saying
aye,
and
he
opposed
that
is
approved,
and
then
I
just
want
to
clarify
that
the
appointment
of
the
director
of
regulatory
services
will
involve
setting
a
public
hearing
for
June
25th.
So
I
want
to
just
make
sure
since
Irene
wasn't
positive,
that
we
vote
to
set
that
public
hearing
all
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye
hi,
and
he
opposed
that
public
hearing
has
been
set,
seeing
no
further
business
before
us.
We
are
adjourned.