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From YouTube: June 24, 2020 Board of Estimate & Taxation
Description
Minneapolis Board of Estimate and Taxation Meeting
https://lims.minneapolismn.gov/
A
Good
afternoon
welcome
to
this
live
broadcast
of
our
virtual
meeting.
This
meeting
includes
the
remote
participation
of
members
of
authorized
under
Minnesota
statutes,
section
13
d,
dot,
o
one
due
to
the
declared
but
local
health
pandemic.
For
the
record.
My
name
is
carol
becker
and
the
president
of
the
board
of
estimate
taxation.
I
will
not
call
this
meeting
to
order
and
ask
the
clerk
to
call
the
roll
so
that
we
may
verify
the
presence
of
a
quorum.
A
The
record
reflect
through
the
quorum.
We
will
now
proceed
to
our
agenda,
a
copy
which
is
posted
for
public
access.
The
city's
legislative
information
management
system,
which
is
available
at
limbs
that
mpls
take
it
back
limbs
that
minneapolis
MN
gov
for
all
voting
roll
call
will
be
used.
So
the
first
item
on
the
agenda
is
the
adoption
of
the
agenda,
so.
C
A
D
A
A
A
C
A
A
A
A
E
President
Becker
and
members
of
the
committee,
thank
you
so
much
for
scheduling
this
so
that
I
can
present
some
information
about
our
work
in
Public.
Works
I'm
always
pleased
to
present
our
progress
on
our
capital
and
we
don't
often
have
an
opportunity
outside
of
a
budget
conversation,
an
issue
that
we're
experiencing
to
just
talk
about
our
work.
E
A
E
E
As
you
know,
general
fund
is
a
good
portion
or
internal
services,
most
of
that
is
in
fleet
we've,
a
few
other
smaller
internal
services,
special
revenues,
just
assessments
that
come
in
and
today's
presentation
is
primarily
on
our
enterprise
and
capital
funds
and
really
focuses
on
our
capital
work,
and
today's
presentation
is
also
focused
on
questions
that
you
submitted
through
Alan,
who
then
passed
them
to
me,
so
I
could
be
as
responsive
as
I
could
be.
You
can
go
to
the
next
slide.
E
The
first
item
that
I'm
going
to
cover
is
a
progress
report
on
our
20-year
streets
funding
plan.
As
you
know,
this
was
adopted
about
four
years
ago,
three
and
half
years
ago
to
provide
an
additional
20
million
dollars
a
year
for
the
next
20
years
to
take
care
of
our
infrastructure
and
go
to
the
next
slide.
E
We
showed
this
to
you
at
a
meeting
last
year
to
demonstrate
how
we
have
planned
ahead
for
that,
taking
into
taking
into
account
the
black
line,
which
is
the
funding
that
we
used
to
have
or
base
funding,
adding
it
adding
to
that
the
20-year
streets
funding
money
that
was
new
to
a
total
amount
of
investment
in
our
streets.
For
the
projected
future,
you
can
see
that
this
was
last
year's.
This
is
not
this
year's.
This
was
last
year's
and
you
can
see
that
we're
either
right
on
or
over
programmed.
E
Finally,
at
a
point
where
we
have
some
a
good
majority
of
projects
for
27
and
2018
that
are
closed
out,
so
we
can
take
a
look
and
here's
what
we
found
and
we
broke
it
out
by
programs
which
is
like
paving
concrete
work,
things
that
happen
all
over
the
city
and
then
projects
which
are
discrete
capital
projects,
I'll
just
sort
of
cut
to
the
chase
and
say
that
for
2017
we
were
under
by
about
four
million
dollars.
What
we
thought
we
would
be
for
2018
1.7.
So
exactly
this
is
exactly
what
I
thought.
E
I
was
gonna,
see
that
it
was
gonna.
Take
us
some
time
to
ramp
up.
We
had.
We
had
said
that
from
the
start
that
it
was
gonna.
Take
us
some
time
to
ramp
up
I
believe
we
are
well
ramped
up
now
and
that's
reflected
in
the
2018
numbers.
The
2019
numbers
are
not
accurate
enough
to
really
put
a
lot
of
stock
in
because
it
is
only
the
programs
and
not
yet
the
projects.
We
don't
have
enough
projects
that
are
closed
out,
but
I
anticipate
will
be
about
spot-on.
E
Based
on
what
I'm
seeing
over
the
last
couple
years,
we
do
need
to
catch
up.
We
do
have
to
be
consistent
with
the
ordinance,
and
so
when
you
look
at
the
bars
as
you're
going
out
to
the
future,
we
have
significantly
over
program
in
some
some
of
the
years
so
that
we
can
balance
out
the
ramp-up
years
over
an
average
of
a
five-year
time
period
and
go
to
the
next
slide.
Please
so
just
some
reasons
why
the
costs
might
be
different.
E
The
programming
is
based
on
cost
estimates,
cost
estimates
are
done
very
early
in
a
project
bid.
Prices
vary
year
to
year,
certainly
in
sort
of
material
prices
which
affects
the
bid
prices.
There's
differences
in
quantities,
we've
change,
orders
or
labor
rates
fluctuate
as
well
sometimes
of
project
finances
shift.
The
assessments
sometimes
are
different
than
what
we
anticipated.
Sometimes
we
have
late
grant
funding
that
comes
in
that
offsets
and
very
often
there's
more
utility
work.
E
Then
we
ever
thought
could
happen
on
a
single
project
which
is
actually
generates
revenue
for
us
that
comes
in
and
offsets
the
project,
so
that
those
are
some
of
the
things
that
we
think
are
affecting
why
we
kind
of
were
low
in
the
beginning,
and
we've
got
our
eye
on
these
as
we
move
forward,
you
go
to
the
next
slide.
Please.
A
E
Will
president
Becker
and
absolutely
we're
gonna
we're
gonna
be
around
79?
That's
that's
where
we
want
to
be
for
a
really
good,
consistent
maintenance
versus
reconstruction
and
we're
on
track
for
that,
as
we
look
at
our
five-year
average
moving
moving
forward,
so
I
have
a
lot
of
confidence
in
this
program
that
our
pavement
condition
will
stay
and
just
forgetting
about
the
numbers.
What
we
want
to
do
is
keep
our
pavement
in
the
condition
where
we
don't
have
to
reconstruct
as
frequently
which
is
much
more
costly.
A.
E
E
So
I
was
asked
to
give
a
an
update
on
the
the
active
capital
projects,
and
that
would
be
impossible
in
the
time
that
we
have
so
I
thought.
Maybe
the
best
way
to
break
it
down
is
to
just
go
through
the
the
magnitude
of
our
program.
First
I'm
going
to
show
you
the
projects
that
started
in
2019
that
will
finish
in
2020,
so
start
a
construction
last
year
will
be
done
by
the
end
of
this
construction
season
and
I'll.
Just
let
you
absorb
what's
on
the
slide.
E
E
You
can
go
to
the
next
slide
and
finally,
we
have
two
major
projects
which
we
classifies
more
than
two
years:
10th
Avenue
Bridge
and
Hennepin
Avenue,
and
you
can
go
to
the
next
slide.
Cuz
we're
gonna
talk
about
these
just
a
little
bit
more.
The
10th
Avenue
Bridge
is
about
a
million
dollar
project
or
so
critical
transportation
element.
It
connects
the
two
largest
job
centers
in
the
state,
downtown
University
of
Minnesota.
It
has
about
10,000
vehicles
on
it,
which
gives
us
a
tremendous
amount
of
opportunity
to
make
it
a
bridge
that
works
for
everyone.
E
People
walking
people,
biking,
people
driving.
We
are
I
a
couple
weeks
ago
with
the
crew.
What
you
see
there
with
the
opening
openness
on
the
bridge
deck
is
pretty
much.
Real-Time
pictures-
that's
what's
happening
right
now.
On
that
project,
tremendous
project,
a
very
exciting
work
out
there
you
can
go
to
the
next
one
on
the
Hennepin
Avenue,
which
is
a
hard
to
miss
in
in
Minneapolis.
If
you're
downtown,
we
are
wrapping
up
a
lot
of
the
underground
utility
work
and
we'll
be
starting
on
the
street
work
soon.
E
This
is
a
pretty
iconic
Street
and
we'll
have
a
lot
of
features
and
amenities,
there's
a
special
assessment
that
adds
to
the
elements
on
the
street
and
just
a
lot
of
excitement
about
this
project.
It
will
still
take
some
time
to
finish
this
out,
but
I
believe
this
is
a
project
we're
doing
it.
Right
is
better
than
doing
it
fast
and
you
go
to
the
next
one.
E
E
You
can
go
to
the
next
slide
and
you
can
go
to
the
next
one
because
we'll
go
through
each
one
of
these,
but,
along
with
the
10th
Avenue
Bridge,
we've
got
a
simultaneous
project,
which
is
the
water
main
best
method
for
reconstructing
the
water
main
instead
of
hanging
it
to
the
bottom
of
the
bridge.
Again,
which
was
done
in
the
19th
is
not
a
modern
solution.
It's
gonna
get
dropped
under
the
river.
We
are
boring
now
to
make
that
happen,
and
that
is
a
pretty
cool
feat
of
engineering
that
where,
where.
E
It's
a
large
team,
it's
a
lot
of
work
and
I.
Think
we're
gonna
be
really
proud
of
what
we
did
at
the
end
of
it.
So
it
is
much
more
secure,
we're
putting
in
a
larger
pipe
and
we're
looking
forward
to
when
this
is
complete
and
won't
be
complete
for
some
time.
The
boring
should
be
complete
in
the
next
few
months,
which
which
will
be
good.
You
can
go
to
the
next
slide.
A
quiet
project
we've
been
doing
is
upgrading
the
water
meters
in
every
residential
home
in
Minneapolis.
E
We
are
cycling
through
neighborhoods
of
the
city.
This
will
create
a
lot
of
improved
efficiency
in
meter
reading.
It
won't
be
a
human
person,
it
will
be
an
electronic
reader,
and
this
also
provides
the
ability
for
our
residents
to
track
their
own
usage,
which
is
something
we've
never
been
able
to
offer
before
this
will
take
about
it'll
take
another
few
years.
It's
a
seven-year
program
to
replace
and
upgrade
the
technology,
but
we're
a
few
years
into
that
already
I
can
go
to
the
next
one.
E
We
have
a
lot
of
electrical
service
rehabilitation.
We've
got
old
facilities
at
the
friendly
campus.
Have
you
ever
been
there
and
toured
it?
It's
beautiful,
but
it
is
old.
It
is
aging.
The
electrical
distribution
equipment
needs
a
complete
overhaul.
It's
a
sizeable
project
for
us
in
capital
dollars
and
worth
mentioning
we're
also
creating
the
connection
for
solar,
which
will
be
installed
at
the
Fridley
campus.
You
can.
E
E
This
helps
us
remove
this
the
critical
process
for
removing
organics,
which
comes
in
through
the
river,
and
it
helps
us
to
expand
our
storage
capacity,
and
it
also
helps
us
with
a
number
of
related
processes
like
how
we
treat
the
line
when
it
comes
out
of
this
Laker.
Very
technical
terms.
Don't
ask
me
about
that
in
a
question,
because
I
can't
go
any
deeper
than
that
and
we
can
move
to
the
next
one
before.
A
You
move
on
so,
if
I
could
just
ask,
is
we
did
the
micro
filtration
a
while
ago
to
be
able
to
do?
Cryptosporidium
is
I'm
understanding.
This
is
different
and
I.
Don't
need
a
big
because
I'm,
a
social
scientist,
so
I
don't
need
a
big
explanation
of
the
difference.
But
is
this
that
same
type
of
technology
or
justify
our
actually.
E
So
the
what
you're
referring
to
was
the
granulated
activated
carbon
test
that
was
done
on
the
friendly
site,
which
is
a
better
well
at
least
for
our
environment,
a
better,
more
efficient
way
to
filter
this
new
Fridley
filter
plant
project.
That's
on
this
slide
is
the
thing
that
does
that.
So
the
new
plant
includes
the
the
GAC
granulated
activated
carbon
process,
that's
included
in
this
project,
which
is
a
much
bigger
project
and
is
the
flagship
project
at
preadly.
This
is
63
million
dollars
of
clean,
safe
drinking
water.
E
A
E
That
I'm
president
Becker
I
checked
with
our
director
of
water
treatment
and
distribution.
There
was
a
study
to
determine
both
the
feasibility
and
effectiveness
of
it.
That
was
done
a
long
time
ago,
and
the
study
did
not
recommend
moving
forward
with
it
instead
finding
other
ways
to
safeguard
the
water
supply,
and
so
we
have
not
moved
forward
with
that.
E
One
of
the
ways
that
we
have
high
confidence
in
our
water
supply
is
that
we
actually
have
two
different
types
of
filtration
that
hand
that
manage
different
types
of
issues
that
you
might
see
in
water,
so
treadley
has
one
and
Columbia
Heights
is
completely
different,
so
we
do
have
a
level
of
protection
with
those
two
different
filtration
processes.
Thank
you,
I'm,
here
to
the
next
slide.
Please.
E
A
specific
question
was:
how
old
is
our
system
and
do
we
see
issues
with
it,
and
the
answer
is
our
system
underground
of
pipes
that
carry
sanitary
and
storm
water,
but
primarily
sanitary
is
very
old
sanitary,
especially
which
is
the
blue
bar
over
a
hundred
years
old,
almost
50
percent.
Almost
half
of
our
system
is
over
100
years
old.
E
On
the
scatterplot,
that
is
red
is
in
our
analysis
as
something
that
needs
immediate
replacement
for
good
asset
management.
So
we
look
at
the
likelihood
of
something
failing
of
by
failing
and
the
consequences
of
that
failure
and
the
higher
you
are
on
both
of
those
scales,
the
more
we
have
to
invest
and
invest
quickly.
E
E
E
E
So
one
way
we're
doing
that.
This
there's
here's
a
few
pictures
here.
This
one
is
a
22nd
and
Monroe
Street
outside
of
Edison
High
School,
and
then
this
other
one
on
the
right
is
the
installation.
It
was
called
a
filtration
chamber.
We
both
want
to
capture
and
clean
the
water
before
it
hits
the
system
the
one
on
the
Left
captures
and
cleans
it.
The
one
on
the
right
is
a
more
of
an
underground
filter
out
the
debris
that
we
don't
want
to
in
the
stormwater
both
are
included
in
our
in
our
regular
capital
work.
E
E
Our
capital
program
really
has
to
respond
to
climate
and
I,
showed
you
some
things
that
we
have
built
to
do
that,
but
we
also
need
to
do
larger
scale
and
longer-term
modeling
of
where
we
have
the
greatest
issues
we
did
over
the
past
year,
a
pretty
significant
effort
to
model
using
with
under
partnerships
with
the
Mississippi
watershed
management
organization
and
and
mwm.
Oh
and
the
Minnehaha
watershed
I'm
gonna,
get
it
wrong
with
our
partners
to
a
model
where
we
have
the
biggest
problem.
So
we
know
where
to
make
the
investments.
E
Mean
that
we
don't
experience
problems
in
other
areas,
but
we
do
it's
such
a
such
a
big
issue
to
address,
but
you
need
to
know
where
to
focus.
So
this
is
exciting
work.
We
have
right
now,
five
million
dollars
a
year
that
was
approved
in
last
year's
budget
to
continue
this
modeling
work
and
continue
to
focus
our
efforts
where
it's
needed
most
I
believe
it
is
my
last
slide
you
can
go
to
the
next
one
just
in
case.
E
That
must
be
it.
That's
a
lot
of
capital
information
all
at
once.
It's
my
pleasure
to
provide
you
with
it
and,
as
I
said,
we
don't
often
get
a
chance
to
just
talk
about
our
work
outside
of
you
know,
either
a
crisis
or
a
budget
proposal.
So
I
really
appreciate
that
opportunity
and
I
will
stand
for
any
questions.
A
D
You
president
Becker
and
thank
you
Hutchison
for
that's
presentation.
Incredibly
instructive
and
helpful
I
had
a
couple
of
questions,
and
maybe
they
can
be
answered,
maybe
not
I'm
wondering
if
public
works
on
that
last
piece
I'm
going
to
just
spoke
about
it
is
if
public
works
is
working
with
NPR
beyond
just
work
on
managing
large
rain
events
and
particularly
interested
in
how
we
are
or
if
we
are
quantifying
where
storm
water
storage
is
happening.
How
much
is
the
city
storing
on
their
space?
How
much
is
the
park
board?
E
Becker
and
member
cowgirl
and
I
really
appreciate
that
question,
because
it
gives
me
an
opportunity
highlight
the
really
close
partnership
we
have
with
the
Minneapolis
Park
and
Recreation
Board
our
staffs
work
together,
pretty
seamlessly
on
this
and
many
other
things
that
we
do
together.
We
are
working
with
you
quite
a
bit
on
flood
mitigation.
I'll.
E
Just
give
you
one
example
where
we're
attempting
to
reconstruct
worth
Parkway
and
we're
discovering,
together
with
your
team,
that
we
have
a
lot
of
water
that
moves
through
the
park
property
underneath
to
the
roadway
and
together
we
have
to
find
a
solution
here,
so
that
we
can
build
a
road
that
lasts.
That's
just
one
example,
but
I
know
that
where
we
are,
we
have
a
very
tight
connection
with
the
team
between
Stephanie,
Johnson
or
director
of
surface
water
and
sewer
and
with.
E
D
E
President
Becker
and
remember
Cowgill,
there
are
more
than
two
I.
Don't
know
the
exact
number
it's
something
I
could
provide
back
to
you.
I
can
give
you
a
few
other
examples.
We
have
one
that
is
in
Northeast
that
is
pretty
near
to
Edison
school.
We
have
one
that
we
have
just
constructed,
also
in
Northeast,
but
at
the
edge
of
the
city
near
near
the
border
with
it
would
be
Falcon
Columbia,
Heights.
D
E
D
F
D
Doing
what
with
retaining
stormwater
and
what
I
see
is
that
more
and
more
the
city
with
with
the
innovative
BMPs
around
stormwater
retention
is,
is
investing
in
that
in
a
significant
way,
which
is
helping
a
big
concern
for
the
park
board,
which
is
our
water
quality?
You
know
again
this
issue
with
so
appreciate
the
the
the
other
question
that
I
had
I
it's
way
back
at
the
beginning,
but
I
was
looking
at
that
great
wraparound.
E
Back
remember:
Cal:
it's
a
two-year
cycle
for
congestion
mitigation,
air
quality
and
chapped
and
STP
grants.
Surface
transportation.
Translational
turns
CMAC.
That
is
probably
the
reason
that
it's
not
showing
as
but
I
would
need
to
look
into
the
details
of
that,
but
likely
it's
a
two-year
cycle
for
application
and
award.
E
D
D
Okay,
two
final,
quick
questions.
One
is
maybe
just
something
that
I
would
be
intrigued
about
and
maybe
that
I
could
maybe
get
come
back
with
and
maybe
I
could
get
this
from
my
staff
as
well.
I
wonder:
is
there
an
evaluation
of
combined
enterprise
projects
just
across
all
kind
of
public
works,
including
park
board?
If
that
data
is
available
or
if
we
could
figure
that
that
out,
I
would
just
being
intrigued
to
see
that
that
number
that
impact
and
then
the
other
is
just
curious
about
coveted
construction
cost
savings.
D
Have
we
found
that
that's
significant
that
in
some
way
it
kind
of
balances
out,
because
you
know
some
projects?
Are
they
get
delayed
or
or
what
have
you
dude
is
some
of
the
covert
impacts
of
maybe
engagement
or
or
or
how
quickly
a
project
can
be
done,
but
you
have
something
like
kind
of
an
avenue
that
is
going
a
lot
more
quickly
because
there's
no
traffic
mm-hmm,
we
found
anything
yet
or
is
it
too
early
to
tell.
E
President
Becker
and
member
Cowgill.
What
we're
finding
is
that
we're
able
to
stay
on
schedule
with
our
work
program
for
2020.
It
took
a
tremendous
amount
of
work
to
make
a
safe
workplace
for
our
employees,
but
we
did
that
as
safe
as
we.
We
could
make
it
and
continued
with
our
construction
program.
It's
important
that
we
deliver
what
we
say:
we're
gonna
deliver
and
that
also
that
we
protect
our
workers
and
I.
Think
we
found
a
way
to
do
both
for
2020
I.
Don't
anticipate
any
any
impacts
related
to
kovin.
E
A
C
Okay,
well,
thank
you
very
much
Robin.
Thank
you
for
that
presentation.
I
remember
when
we
met
in
a
downstairs
place
last
year,
and
and
you
did,
you
did
a
really
good
job
and
brought
a
lot
of
stuff
and
I
went
through
all
your
stuff
ahead
of
time.
I
found
it
found
it
really
engaging
couple
things
that
jump
out
of
me.
One
is
that
I
live
on
Bryant
Avenue
south,
and
you
know
it's
funny
how
we
live
places
and
we
pay
attention
to.
C
What's
going
on,
we
were
supposed
to
have
our
Street,
which
is
a
miserable
chain,
because
we
have
we
have
it's
a
huge
bus,
it's
a
huge
bike,
it's
a
very
narrow
street
and
it
hasn't
been
repaired
in
ages.
It
was
supposed
to
be
done
in
2020.
According
to
the
original
plan,
and
now
it
looks
like
it's
gonna
be
23
or
24
before
we're
done,
I'm
delighted,
it's
happening,
I
got
the
stuff
on
it,
but
it
seems
to
me
like
we're
pushing
out
a
lot
of
stuff
in
it.
C
E
President
Becker
and
board
member
wheeler
I
I
was
aware
of
what
was
happening
with
Brian.
It
was
pushed
out,
but
then
it
was
pulled
back
forward.
So
that's
a
that's
next
year
project.
No,
we
know
that
there
was
a
lot
of
concern
and
we
have
pulled
it
forward.
It's
not
uncommon
for
us
to
have
to
modify
our
capital
program.
E
Think
it's
a
it's
a
once
in
a
while.
That's
good,
it's
a
once
in
a
while,
given
the
quantity
of
the
projects
that
we
have,
that
I
showed
on
the
and
when
I
showed
those
three
slides
with
all
the
projects
that
doesn't
include
the
sub
projects
of
the
paving
program.
I
mean
there's,
there's
even
more
so
given
the
quantity
of
that
capital
list
in
those
projects,
I
would
say
it's.
It
doesn't
happen
very
frequently.
Okay,.
C
Thank
you
that
you
made
a
guy
used
to
be
the
chair
of
the
Finance
Committee
city.
Duluth
I
was
a
city
council,
member
and
I
used
to
handle
the
budget
and
look
at
all
that
stuff
and
I
paid
close
attention
to
it
used
me.
You
made
a
comment
about
the
fact
that
you
know
sometimes
labor
rates,
change
and
and
materials
change
and,
and
you
kept
talking,
have
you
ever
seen,
prices
go
down
or
do
they
always
they
always
go
up
resident.
C
C
C
One
last
one
last
question:
I'll
try
to
do
this
very
very
quickly.
Thank
you
for
your
patience.
I
certainly
appreciate
that
sanitary
sewers
and
storm
sewers.
That
was
a
huge
issue
in
Duluth
because
of
all
the
waterfall
and
Lake
Superior,
and
wanting
to
protect
the
lake
flank
kind
of
stuff
and
so
I'm
well
aware
of
the
difference
and
separating
about
of
doing
all
that,
do
they
cost
about
the
same
to
do
as
sanitary
and
storm?
Are
they
and
are
they
similar
in
cost
per
mile.
C
E
The
deepest
it's
the
deepest
of
the
infrastructure-
and
it
is
the
oldest
of
the
infrastructure
and
I-
know
that
sometimes
and
councilmember.
Fletcher
knows
this
too
that
sometimes,
when
we
are
doing
these
repairs
were
literally
sucking
old
bricks
out
of
the
bottom
of
the
of
the
pipe
and
that's
difficult,
laborious,
loud,
time-consuming
work
and
those
are
the
kinds
of
things
that
would
drive
that
would
drive
pasta.
E
A
Other
board
members
have
questions
of
important
members.
Have
questions
I
would
like
to
say,
as
somebody
who
did
work
on
the
financing
for
the
street
project
and
was
very
concerned
about
the
the
downward
slope
of
our
paving
condition
index.
It's
really
gratifying
to
see
things
start
to
be
happen
happening
with
us.
We
did
the
parts
and
it's
easier
to
go
around
and
go
there's
a
big
part.
It's
less
exciting
to
drive
around
and
go
wow
there's
a
new
street
or
a
new.
A
You
know
water
main,
but
it's
really
exciting
to
see
change
finally
happen
and
that
this
is
gonna
have
an
impact
in
the
city
and
I
just
want
to
I'm
just
really
pleased
about
that
and
I
get
the
ramp
up
and
how
much
more
you
have
to
manage.
But
I'm
really
glad
you
have
the
money
and
things
are
gonna
be
better.
So
I
want
to
thank
you
for
that.
A
The
only
other
question
I
had
and
this
again
David
asked
his
personal
one.
A
Hennepin
County
was
doing
work
on
sinkholes
is:
are
you
guys
participating
in
any
of
that?
I've
got
one
on
the
street
and
Public
Works
just
keeps
filling
the
hole
which
magically
dirt
is
going
somewhere
under
the
ground
and
I.
Don't
know
where.
But
are
you
guys
working
on
that?
A
Okay,
I
just
thought:
I'd
ask
cuz
you,
people
keep.
You
know
every
year
just
come
and
fill
the
hole
up
again,
which
I
appreciate,
but
it's
the
streets
kind
of
starting
to
go
like
this,
but
I
thought
I'd
ask
Oh
once
again
anyone
else
anyone
else
who
has
any
questions
going
once
going
twice.
Okay,
thank
you
very
much.
We
really
appreciate
your
time.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
coming
anything.
F
A
A
G
Thank
You
president
Becker
and
members,
so
in
the
interest
of
time
and
out
of
respect
for
the
city
of
Minneapolis
members
of
the
board,
who
have
received
this
information
many
times
in
many
venues
in
the
case
of
the
mayor
was
the
creator
of
this
information.
I'll
provide
a
brief
overview
of
the
city's
financial
situation
for
2020
and
then
stands
for
questions,
so
the
city
faces
three
separate
but
interconnected
financial
challenges.
First,
we
have
a
sudden
deep
revenue
loss
related
to
the
pandemic
and
associated
recession.
G
Second,
we
have
unanticipated
expenses
related
to
the
pandemic
response
and
third,
we
have
unanticipated
expenses
related
to
the
recent
civil
unrest
and
the
need
to
rebuild
large
parts
of
the
city
in
the
local
economy.
Phase.
One
is
the
first
of
two
phases
intended
to
respond
to
the
first
challenge,
the
sudden
in
deep
revenue
loss
and
in
total
on
that
score,
the
the
city
is
looking
at
a
shortfall
of
156
million
dollars
in
2020.
G
If
staff
could
advance
to
slide
9,
which
includes
a
summary
table,
I
can
just
talk
briefly
through
there.
We
yep
right
there
perfect,
so
phase
1
really
focuses
on
the
administrative
implementation
of
actions
already
announced
or
adopted
by
the
mayor
and
the
City
Council.
So
the
the
first
action
is
a
hiring
freeze
which
you
can
see
in
total
across
all
funds
saves
about
23
million
dollars
in
the
2020
budget.
The
second
is
a
partial
wage
freeze
so
for
politically
appointed
appointed
officials
and
non-represented
employees.
G
The
is
a
full
wage
freeze
for
our
bargaining
unit
employees,
it's
a
partial
freeze,
depending
on
the
the
various
labor
unit
that
an
individual
may
belong
to,
but
in
total
that
that
wage
freeze
saves
6.1
million
dollars
across
all
funds.
The
third
item
here
we,
the
mayor,
has
recommended
delaying
or
deferring
several
large
IT
system
purchases,
as
well
as
in
collaboration
with
director
Hutchison
and
the
fleet
Services
Division
of
Public
Works.
There
are
a
number
of
vehicles
that
were
slated
to
be
replaced
in
2020
that
will
not
be
replaced
this
year.
G
Those
two
items
together
save
about
6.1
million
dollars
across
all
funds.
Excuse
me
10
point
1
million
dollars
across
all
funds.
In
addition,
there
is
some
non-essential
discretionary
spending
related
to
travel
or
postage
or
training
that
saves
about
2.9
million
dollars
in
all
funds
and
then
the
final
item
here
is
a
15%
reduction
to
professional
services
contracts
across
the
enterprise
saving
about
sixteen
point,
two
million
dollars.
G
I
think
the
only
fund
that
is
is
below
the
the
requirements
is
the
sanitary
sewer
and
we,
you
know,
there's
there's
a
financial
plan
in
place
to
build
the
the
cash
in
that
fund.
So
it's
extremely
helpful
to
have
cash
on
hand
right
now,
but
we
do
want
to
be
mindful
of
not
over
relying
on
the
use
of
that
cash.
Given
the
uncertainty
inherent
in
the
pandemic
emergency
and
we
don't,
we
just
simply
don't
know
how
long
the
emergency
will
last
we
don't
know
how
to
Levin
flow.
G
We
do
know
that
cash
is
our
safety
valve
and
when
things
get
really
tough,
that
is
something
we
can
turn
to
to
be
able
to
continue
to
maintain
our
operations.
So
we
in
the
finance
and
property
services
are
mindful
of
that
and
advising
the
mayor
and
council
as
such
that
you
know
we
just
want
to
be
very
careful
in
terms
of
how
we
use
those
reserves.
A
G
President
Becker,
it's
a
good
question
going
into
our
planning.
We
started
with
an
assumption
of
a
92%
collection
rates,
and
much
of
that
is
related
to
just
general
recessionary
pressures,
always
reduce
the
in
your
collection
rate.
Some
of
that
is
property
taxes
that
are
delinquent
and
may
be
paid
in
a
later
year.
Some
of
it
is
may
be
actual
losses
on
the
books
that
has
folks
challenged
their
valuations.
G
Also,
we
weren't
sure
what
the
impact
of
the
decision
by
Hennepin
County
to
abate
certain
fees
if
folks
paid
their
their
property
taxes
late,
we
didn't
know
what
the
impact
of
that
would
be
right.
Now
we're
seeing
a
collection
rate
of
about
94%,
so
it's
better
than
what
we
had
anticipated.
But
again
we're
not
sure
we
haven't
seen
the
the
parcel
by
parcel
data,
so
it
may,
by
the
time
we
get
to
your
end.
A
Second
question
on
the
downtown
assets:
I
presume
that
is
the
sales
tax
primarily
and
then
the
Convention
Center
and
then
the
Target
Center,
all
of
which
must
be
ailing
quite
substantially
the
the
Viking
Stadium.
It
is
that
first,
the
state's
problem,
or
is
that
our
problem
or
is
that
not
in
the
2020
numbers
yet
so.
G
President
Becker
on
the
on
the
downtown
assets
fund
you're,
absolutely
right.
The
the
biggest
shortfall
is
in
impact
to
that
fund
is
the
reduction
in
sales
tax
revenues
that
we
are
receiving
and
so
on
on
average
on
a
typical
workday-
and
this
is
as
of
2017,
the
city
imports
over
well
over
a
hundred
thousand
the
number
off
the
top
of
my
head
is
about
a
hundred
and
thirty
thousand
people.
Those
people
come
to
town,
they
they
buy
salads
downtown
for
lunch
and
and
associated
with
that
they
pay
sales
tax.
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Since
that's
not
happening
largely
right
now,
those
taxes
are
down.
Likewise,
our
Convention
Center
is
not
able
to
host
events
right
now,
so
their
revenues
are
down.
The
Target
Center
is
a
contractual
payments,
so
the
the
the
events
not
happening
there
right
now
has
an
impact
on
our
taxes,
but
not
on
our
direct
payment
from
the
vendor.
Who
manages
the
Target
Center,
but
all
of
those
all
of
the
economic
activity
is
depressed
right
now.
The
stadium
does
not
come
into
play
in
the
city's
financial
picture
until
next
year.
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A
G
A
G
A
A
C
C
Staff
to
take
a
look
at
there
was
sort
of
a
delayed.
It
was
a
time
issue
with
regard
to
two
of
the
projects
that
were,
we
were
approving
and
there
is
a
very
easy
fix
to
that,
and
I
would
request
that
we
just
ask
to
have
two
to
accomplish
that
and
make
it
happen
and
and
I
don't
think
it's
gonna
be
a
complicated
thing
at
all.