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From YouTube: September 9, 2020 Board of Estimate & Taxation
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B
Good
afternoon
welcome
to
this
live
broadcast
of
our
virtual
meeting.
This
meeting
includes
the
remote
participation
of
members
as
authorized
under
minnesota
statutes,
section
13d
o21,
due
to
the
declared
local
health
pandemic.
For
the
record,
my
name
is
carol
becker.
I
am
president
of
the
board
of
estimate
taxation.
I
will
now
call
this
meeting
to
order
and
ask
the
clerk
to
call
the
roll,
so
we
may
verify
the
presence
of
a
quorum.
A
C
A
C
A
C
D
B
That
the
record
reflective
quorum.
We
will
now
proceed
to
our
agenda,
a
copy
of
which
was
posted
for
public
access
to
the
city's
legislative
information
management
system,
which
is
available
at
lamslims.minneapolismn.gov.
For
all
voting.
We
will
use
roll
call
because
we
are
remote.
The
first
thing
we
need
to
do
is
adopt
the
agenda
board
members.
The
agenda
for
days
meeting
is
before
us.
Can
I
have
a
motion
adopted
in
the
second.
A
B
B
And
do
we
want
to
go
back
and
make
sure
that
the
two
members
that
were
not
recorded
here
are
now
recorded
as
here?
Do
we
need
to
do
anything
on
that.
B
Correct.
Thank
you.
Acceptance
of
the
minutes
is
the
next
item.
It's
a
meeting
from
august
26th.
Do
I
have
a
motion
and
a
second.
A
E
C
A
B
D
D
As
you're
aware,
2020
is
no
typical
year
due
to
the
economic
constraints
caused
by
the
pandemic
pandemic
and
associated
public
health
response
city
staff.
The
mayor
and
council
spent
much
of
this
year
rewriting
the
city's
2020
budget
because
of
the
way
that
we
budget,
where
in
one
year's
base,
is
defined
by
the
prior
year's
service
levels,
the
work
of
rewriting
the
2020
budget
has
impacted
our
normal
timelines
and
processes
surrounding
the
development
of
our
2021
budget.
D
That
said,
as
you're
also
aware,
the
mayor
delivered
a
budget
address
and
framework,
as
required
by
the
city
charter
on
august.
14Th
I'll
be
walking
you
through
that
framework
today,
with
emphasis
on
the
general
fund
and
property
tax
levies
and
impacts,
and
I'm
happy
to
take
questions
at
any
time
at
the
highest
level.
The
story
surrounding
the
2021
budget
is
really
the
way
we
fund.
Our
work
is
changing.
D
D
F
In
terms
of
jump
in
real
quick,
madam
chair,
good,
sorry
for
apologies
for
not
putting
my
name
in
the
queue
I
felt
like
this
was
the
applicable
time.
So,
as
mr
intermel
just
mentioned,
fully
50
of
the
budget
would
be
garnered
through
property
taxes.
F
Normally
we're
looking
at
about
55
percent
of
the
budget
being
garnered
from
non-property
tax
sources,
so
that
would
leave
45
percent
garner
from
property
taxes
and,
as
he
may
be,
showing
fairly
shortly
that
those
losses
to
the
tune
of
like
35
million
dollars
were
a
big
part
of
the
driver
of
of
the
decisions
that
were
being
made
so
normally
on
an
annual
basis.
We'll
see
about
a
one
percent
increase
in
non-property
tax
revenues,
which
would
equate
to,
I
think,
three
million
dollars.
F
Whereas
this
year
we
saw
a
32.5
million
decrease
in
non-property
tax
revenues,
and
it
was
that
35
million
offset
that
we
that
35
million
figure
that
we
then
needed
to
offset
by
the
way.
If
we
did
nothing,
it
would
have
resulted
in
around
a
14
property
tax
hike,
which
was
something
that
was
simply
untenable
for
property
taxpayers
that
are
already
hit
quite
hard
by
the
by
the
economic
downturn.
F
Apologies,
mr
intermittent!
I
just
wanted
to
add
that
that
bit
of
context.
D
Not
not
at
all
mr
mayor
and
I
now
know
what
it
feels
like
for
for
school
teachers
to
be
proud
of
their
students,
so
very
well
put
so
I
would
moving
on
to
this
next
slide.
Current
service
level,
expenses
and
transfers
out
in
2021
would
have
cost
roughly
525
million
dollars
and
that
compares
to
revenue
availability
with
had
the
levy
been
flat
of
about
484
million
dollars.
D
As
the
mayor
just
mentioned,
his
he
is
recommending
expenses
and
transfers
be
trimmed
from
that
525
million
dollar
level
down
to
498.5
million
and
that
the
the
total
general
fund
revenues
include
a
5.75
percent
levy,
increase
to
come
in
at
500
and
1.6
million
dollars,
and
so
there's,
as
you
see
on
the
screen,
there's
a
slight
difference
between
the
recommended
expenses
and
transfers
of
498.5
million
and
the
revenues
coming
in
at
501.6
million
that
2
million
difference
relates
to
needing
to
levy
more
than
than
we
need,
because
we
know
that
in
economic
recessions,
such
as
the
one
we
entered
earlier,
this
spring
bring
with
them
lower
property
tax
collection
rates.
D
In
addition
to
that,
as
the
mayor
detailed
in
his
budget
address
on
august
14th,
additional
investments
are
needed
in
the
area
of
public
safety,
economic
inclusion
and
affordable
housing
and,
in
addition
to
those
many
investments
over
the
past,
several
years
have
been
made
on
what
we
refer
to
as
a
one-time
basis.
So
utilizing
that
fund
balance
that
I
had
mentioned
previously.
D
Those
one-time
investments
have
been
made
on
a
recurring
basis
and
a
couple
of
examples
of
that
are
support
for
community-based
services
for
seniors
to
help
ensure
older
minneapolitans
are
able
to
age
in
place
for
as
long
as
they
choose
or
support
for
our
city's
annual
trans
equity
summit.
These
these
one-time
items
have
been
funded
year
after
year
and
so
shift
the
mayor's
accommodating
that
shift
recommending
a
budget
that
will
bring
with
it
the
stabilization
of
these
programs
that
the
community
has
grown
to
depend
on
and
expect
funding
for
from
year
to
year.
D
D
So
again,
this
year
has
brought
with
it
much
change,
particularly
for
the
city's
capital
budget
process.
Earlier
this
year,
the
council
changed
the
city's
capital
improvement
planning
ordinance
to
require
a
six-year
program
rather
than
the
five-year
program.
That's
been
required
in
the
past,
and
this
allows
for
the
public,
through
the
capital
long-range
improvement
committee,
to
bring
more
influence
to
bear
on
prioritizing
the
parks
and
streets
funding
guaranteed
by
the
20-year
funding
deal
forged
in
2016.
D
really
once
a
project
enters
year.
Four
of
the
plan,
city
staff
and
park
staff
begin
to
work
on
planning
and
design
of
those
projects,
which
means
you
know
once
things
get
into
year.
Four,
they
need
to
stay
on
schedule
until
they
are
completed
so
by
adding
a
sixth
year.
Click
is
now
able
to
shift
funding
as
priorities
of
the
community
shift
in
those
planning
years
and
ultimately
recommend
a
better
product
to
the
mayoring
council
because
of
the
many
curveballs
thrown
at
the
city
this
year.
D
D
The
framework
listed
on
this
slide
was
included
in
the
documentation
released
on
august
14th,
and,
I
think
of
of
note.
This
framework
does
include
full
funding
of
the
that
20-year.
The
planned
amounts
included
in
the
20-year
parks
and
streets
deal
next
slide,
please
so
again,
as
mentioned,
the
mayor's
recommending
a
total
increase
to
city
levies,
inclusive
of
the
independent
boards
of
5.75,
the
general
fund
levy
increases
by
8.44
to
support
the
sp,
the
spending
discussed
a
few
moments
ago.
D
In
addition
to
that,
the
mayor's,
including
room
for
the
park
boards
requested
levy
increase
of
1.18,
which
ms
weissman
will
be
discussing
in
detail
later
in
this
meeting.
The
debt
levy
is
increasing
in
accordance
with
planned
levels
included
in
the
five-year
financial
direction,
and
also
to
accommodate
a
slight
increase
associated
with
some
actions
taken
by
the
mayor
and
council
earlier
this
year
to
resolve
some
of
our
2020
budget
challenges.
D
D
By
our
former
cfo
now
city
coordinator,
mark
ruff
to
stabilize
our
funding
of
the
closed
pensions
now
merged
with
the
para
system,
the
nbc
levy
decreases
by
roughly
2
million,
as
the
city
will
utilize
accumulated
fund
balances
that
are
under
the
custody
of
the
mbc
right
now
to
pay
for
much
of
our
rent
in
city
hall
next
year,
and
in
addition
to
that,
the
mayor
is
recommending
the
reinstatement
of
a
levy
for
this
board
as
a
similar
approach,
the
one
I
just
described
with
the
mbc
was
utilized
in
2020,
with
the
bet,
as
it
drew
on
its
own
reserves
to
fund
its
operations.
D
The
last
two
levies
shown
on
this
slide
remain
constant
to
support
our
obligations
to
the
teachers,
retirement
association
and
for
re
repayment
of
debts
associated
with
the
library
referendum
and
the
new
building
project.
So
the
library
debt
will
be
retired
by
mid-year
next
year,
at
which
point
the
remaining
funds
will
be
used
to
support
the
new
building
project
and
beginning
in
2022.
D
D
As
I've
said
many
times
already
this
afternoon,
this
year
is
not
a
normal
year,
and
that
is
probably
no
more
true
than
with
respect
to
property
tax
impacts,
though
the
mayor's
recommending
the
city
increase,
the
total
amount
of
property
taxes
levied
by
5.75,
the
overwhelming
majority
of
parcels
will
see
their
individual
city
taxes
decrease
next
year.
D
Second,
and
really
this
is
the
biggest
impact
to
the
the
property
tax
feels
like
factor
this
year,
is
the
expiration
of
the
consolidated
tif
district
that
tiff
district
goes
offline
at
the
end
of
this
year.
D
So
next
year,
the
full
33
million
dollars
of
tax
capacity
captured
in
that
district
comes
back
into
the
general
pool,
and
so
you
know,
as
the
size
of
the
pie
grows
the
size
of
each
individual
slice
shrinks
and
third,
whereas
in
the
past
few
years
we've
been
sending
more
and
more
of
our
tax
base
to
our
metro
partners.
Other
jurisdictions
in
the
the
metro
area,
we've
been
sending
more
and
more
of
our
tax
base
in
in
the
past
several
years.
D
Through
that
fiscal
disparities
pool
this
year,
our
distribution
back
from
the
pool
grew
faster
than
our
contribution
to
it,
and
so
that
means
on
net.
We
get
to
keep
a
greater
percentage
of
our
tax
capacity,
which
reduces
the
burden
on
our
property
tax
rate
in
the
next
slide.
Please
so
this
chart-
and
I
apologize
it's
a
little
tough
to
see
on
the
screen.
D
D
Each
year
we
highlight
the
impacts
to
the
median
valued
homesteaded
home,
which
is
the
second
category
there
this
year,
that
home
is
valued
at
two
hundred
and
eighty
one
thousand
five
hundred
dollars
and
its
value
grew
by
about
two
percent
from
last
year.
D
D
So,
although
taxes
are
going
down
for
most
individuals
or
most
most
parcels,
they
are
still
a
burden
for
many
in
our
community
and
again
this
year.
I
encourage
all
of
you
to
reach
out
through
various
channels,
to
your
constituents
to
encourage
them
to
participate
in
the
state's
property
tax
refund
programs.
D
D
D
B
Do
I
have
anybody
who
has
any
questions
anyone
have
discussion
mayor?
Do
you
want
to
make
any
comments.
F
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Most
of
the
comments
that
I
made
wanted
to
make
we
previously
made.
What
I
will
say
is
that,
as
you
know,
these
times
are
very
much
unprecedented
and
we
wanted
to
make
sure
to
get
that
levy
amount
as
low
as
possible.
Retain
the
necessary
core
public
services
that
the
city
does
day
in
day
out,
make
sure
that
we're
not
adding
unnecessary
burden
on
to
our
taxpayers
and
account
for
a
real
massive
shortfall.
F
As
I've
mentioned
in
previous
meetings,
the
monies
that
we
get
from
these
non-property
tax
sources
just
aren't
coming
in
like
they
did
before,
and
we
needed
to
we
needed
to
make
the
necessary
cuts,
but
also
I've
asked
department
heads
to
go
through
a
full-on
reorganization,
so
recognizing
that
some
of
the
positions
that
are
going
temporarily
unfilled
may
need
to
be
shifted
in
some
form
to
account
for
new
work.
That
needs
to
be
done,
and
and
and
perhaps
new
programs
and
new
initiatives
that
need
to
come
forward
to
replace
the
older
ones.
F
B
B
So
one
of
the
I
guess
the
major
question
is,
is
that
we
don't
have
details
on
where
the
budget
cuts
are
and
those
aren't
going
to
be
available
until
you
said
the
23rd
the
day
that
we
have
to
adopt
the
maximum
levy.
So
we
won't
know
the
impact
on
the
police
department.
We
won't
know
the
impact
on
other
departments
until
that
day.
D
So,
president
becker,
I
think
the
the
date
23rd
is
the
absolute
latest
date
we
would
have
the
budget
book
published.
Our
goal
is
to
get
it
done
in
advance
of
that
date.
Recognizing
the
importance
of
the
need
for
the
detail.
F
Yeah
and
and
madam
chair,
that
is
what
we
plan
to
do,
to
have
it
and
available
well
in
advance.
B
Just
don't
make
it
four
o'clock
the
meeting,
because
I
would
like
to
take
a
look
at
it
because
it
does
have
a
big
impact
on
the
decision-making
process
and
I
think
that's
part
of
the
what
we
owe
to
the
public
so
and
I
completely
understand
how
unprecedented
this
is
and
how
hard
how
hard
this
is
to
do
in
a
normal
year
much
less
the
year
we're
in,
but
it
would
be
helpful
that
it
was
before
the
meeting.
So
people
had
time
to
look
at
it.
B
One
question
mr
intermel
fund
balances
and
cash
flow
question.
We've
substantially
drawn
down
our
fund
balances.
I
didn't
see
fund
balances
in
your
presentation,
but
are
we
planning
to
build
those
up
in
2021,
or
is
that
a
future?
A
future
thing
to
do.
D
So,
president
becker,
it's
a
good
question
and
one
I'm
likely
don't
have
a
fully
satisfying
answer
to
you
know
I
think
right
now
in
in
2020,
through
the
budget
revision
process,
it
was
a
priority
of
the
council
and
the
mayor
to
retain
as
much
cash.
You
know
not
not
lean
fully
into
our
general
fund
cash.
D
In
particular,
there
was
use
drawdown
of
about
half
of
the
available
cash
in
the
downtown
assets
fund,
as
well
as
significant
cash
in
the
parking
fund,
the
both
of
those
the
sources
for
those
funds,
so
local
taxes
with
respect
to
the
downtown
assets
fund
or
parking
revenues
with
respect
to
the
parking
fund.
Those
are
those
are
revenues
that
will
come
back.
D
You
know
quicker,
certainly
than
some
of
the
other
construction
permit
revenues
or
other
general
fund
non-property
tax
revenues
that
that
we
rely
on,
as
the
mayor
said.
So
as
those
come
back
quicker,
they
will
we.
We
are
building
financial
plans
to
rebuild
cash
balances
in
those
funds.
I
think
the
the
great
unknown
is
when,
when
do
we
get
back
to
normal
I'll,
throw
that
in
their
quotes-
and
you
know,
meaning
when
is
it
that
folks
return
to
downtown
offices
and
mass,
and
when
are
folks
able
to
attend
large
events?
D
And
you
know
our
you
know,
based
on
all
of
the
things
that
we
are
consuming
through
the
the
news
media.
Our
anticipation
is
that
that
will
happen
by
towards
the
end
of
the
third
quarter
next
year
and
start
to
to
do
that.
Buildback.
D
But
that's
that
is
that's
based
on
the
information
in
front
of
us
and
you
know
I'm
I'm.
Certainly.
I
think
that
we
will
need
to
be
prepared
to
respond
as
conditions
change.
B
One
of
my
concerns
is
that,
with
the
plunging
sales
tax
and
parking
revenues
that
we
have
debt
against
those
revenue
sources-
and
I
would
we're
going
to
be
talking
in
a
little
bit
on
direction
to
staff,
I
would
really
like
to
see
like
a
five-year
plan
on
how
we're
going
to
pay
the
debt,
especially
the
non-property
tax,
supported
debt.
B
So
I'm
wondering,
if
that's
going
to
cause
us
a
capital
problem
in
the
future
too,
and
you
know
I,
I
presume
you're,
going
to
have
a
five-year
projection
like
you
always
do
in
the
budget
materials,
but
I
am
going
to
be
asking
for
the
board
to
support
a
direction
to
staff
to
just
put
together
a
plan
to
show
me
make
me
feel
good
that
we're
not
going
to
default
on
our
debt,
not
that
I
think
we
are
we're
minnesotans,
we're
minneapolis.
We
pay
all
our
bills.
B
I
just
want
to
know
how
so
note
that
that
I've
got
that
concern.
B
D
D
You
know
those
delinquent
taxes
coming
in
in
subsequent
years,
and
so
we
we've
been
able
to
enjoy
that
100
collection
rate.
So,
as
I
mentioned,
we
we
are
assuming
98
next
year.
B
Have
we
have
to
remember,
where
has
the
second
payment
been
to
hennepin
county?
Yet
because
I'm
just
trying
to
know
are
we
short
on
our
collections
for
this
year.
D
So,
president
becker,
we
have
we've
received
our
first
half
payment.
We
have
not
received
the
second
half
payment
yet
and
won't
for
a
month
or
a
couple
months
yet
so
that
first
half
payment
did
come
in
very
well.
We
the
challenges
were
not.
D
We
don't
have
the
data
that
shows
how
many
folks
paid
their
full
taxes
in
that
first
half
payment,
and
so
we
in
the
2020
revised
budget
plan
that
we
put
together,
we
assumed
a
collection
rate
for
20
20
of
92
and
part
of
the
reason
we
anticipated
some
softening
was
because
we
weren't
sure
what
the
action
hennepin
county's
action
to
not
penalize
folks
for
late
payments.
D
We
weren't
sure
what
that
would
do
to
that
first
half
payment
and
it
turns
out
that
that
first
half
payment
came
in
stronger
than
we
anticipated,
and
our
hope
is
that
the
second
half
does
as
well,
which
would
only
serve
to
buttress
the
general
fund
cash
position
since
we've
gone
in
and
trimmed
the
the
budget
for
2020.
But
again,
that's
one
of
those
things
that
we
won't
know
until
later.
B
G
Yes,
I
put
my
name
in
the
chat
you
may
not
have
seen
it,
which
is
no
big
deal.
But
thanks
for
letting
me
interrupt.
I
just
want
to
make
a
quick
comment,
which
is:
we've
talked
a
lot
about
the
declining
revenues,
but
we
haven't
talked
in
this
context
about
the
increased
needs
in
our
community
and
the
juxtaposition
that
we're
experiencing
with
staff
morale
and
staff
workload
in
the
context
of
extraordinarily
increased
needs
in
our
city.
G
At
the
same
time
that
we
have
these
revenue
drops,
and
so
we
we
are,
I
think,
already
at
or
beyond
a
point
where
we
aren't
going
to
be
able
to
provide
the
same
services
with
with
fewer
staff
and
fewer
program
dollars,
and
we
also
have
very
high
needs
in
vulnerable
populations
related
to
the
chronovirus
pandemic
and
the
homelessness
crisis
and
the
economic
crisis
and
the
social
unrest
and
the
buildings
that
burn
down
and
need
to
be
rebuilt.
G
And
so
it's
the
challenge
before
all
of
us
to
figure
out
how
to
proceed
with
those
decisions.
G
So
I
know
that
you
know
this
body
will
decide
on
the
maximum
levy,
but-
and
I
think,
as
part
of
that
decision
needs
to
understand
way,
the
full
context
of
not
only
the
revenue
declines,
but
the
increased
needs
in
our
community
and
the
increased
pressure
on
staff
and
others
to
deliver
to
deliver
solutions
to
homelessness,
to
deliver
public
safety
solutions
to
rebuild
the
community
corridors
that
have
burned
down
to
make
clear
how
we're
going
to
ensure
that
those
scenarios
and
situations
don't
ever
happen
again
in
our
city.
F
I'll
comment
briefly
as
well.
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
and
thank
you
council
president
I'll
note
that
the
presentation
provided
is
predominantly
based
based
on
the
cuts
that
are
taking
place
right
now.
One
of
the
big
priorities
that
we
put
forward
was
making
sure
that
we
can
retain
our
extraordinary
city
staff
and
pushing
back
on
some
of
the
layoffs
which
I
know
I
talked
with
you
about.
F
Council
president
and
additionally,
in
addition
to
that,
what
we'll
see
as
part
of
this
budget
are
investments
that
are
being
made
specifically
targeted
for
our
most
vulnerable
populations.
Those
who
are
experiencing
homelessness,
our
recovery
and
so
those
pieces
will
definitely
be
in
the
budget
as
it's
presented
as
well.
To
your
point,
and
I
I
hear
you
and
agree.
G
F
You're
totally
right,
you're,
totally
right
and
yeah.
There
obviously
are
impacts
when
you
have
the
budget
shortfalls
that
we're
seeing
right
now
and
so
we're
trying
to
use
the
limited
resources
that
we
have
to
help
those
that
are
most
in
need,
and
but
yes,
there
are
definitely
impacts.
You're
right.
B
I
think
the
difficulty
is,
how
do
you
tax
the
poor
to
help
the
poor
that
that
the
money
that
you're
trying
to
raise
is
from
the
same
people
who
have
to
pay
it,
and
so
you
know,
there's
no
free
lunch
in
government
any
other
discussion,
any
other
discussion
all
right.
Seeing
none.
Thank
you,
mr
intermil.
I
want
to
go
to
the
next
item.
The
park
board.
H
Yes,
thank
you.
Thank
you
absolutely
making
sure
my
microphone
was
on,
so
I
apologize
making
sure
it's
on.
So
thank
you,
president
back
here
and
thank
you
vice
president
wheeler
and
and
the
board.
So
it's
it's
a
real
pleasure
to
be
here
today
and
again,
it's
great
to
see
all
your
faces
and
in
a
world
of
zoom
it's.
It's
always
good
to
see
faces
so
great
to
see
you
all
and
and
good
afternoon,
and
and
thank
you
for
your
time.
H
So
what
I'll
be
doing
this
afternoon
is
presenting
really
around
three
topics
at
the
board
that
the
mtrb
will
present
three
topics:
they'll
be
around
the
2020
covet
19
budget
update
they'll,
be
around
the
2019
npp
20
annual
report
and
the
2020
mpp
20
covid19
update
and
then
the
last
will
be
the
2021
nprb
maximum
tax
levy
request
and
the
2021
budget
projections
michael
schroeder,
the
assistant
superintendent
of
planning,
of
course,
julie,
weissman.
Our
finance
director
will
present
and
will
be
assisting
me
with
the
presentation
going
forward.
H
There
is
a
lot
of
information
and
we'll
keep
the
presentation,
of
course,
as
brief
as
possible
to
allow
for
time
and
questions.
So
with
that
to
give
us
more
time,
I
will
turn
this
over
to
julie,
director
of
finance,
julie,
weissman,
to
start
the
presentation
and
to
walk
through
our
presentation.
So
thank
you.
I
I
I
For
our
general
fund,
similar
to
the
city
of
minneapolis,
we
are
projecting
a
slight
decrease
in
property
tax
collections
due
to
the
impact
of
unemployment.
That
is
impacting
our
homeowners
at
this
point
and
property
taxpayers
at
this
point,
but
the
largest
decrease
that
we
are
experiencing
due
to
co-bid
is
in
the
areas
of
fees,
fines
and
other
revenues.
As
our
recreation
centers
have
been
closed,
events
have
been
canceled,
rec
centers
have
are
transitioning
to
scheduled
programs
and
virtual
programs.
I
We
are
starting
to
see
some
federal
and
state
relief
coming
to
the
park
board,
both
for
the
encampments
and
for
our
recreation
programs,
but
also
we
are
appreciative
of
the
mayor
and
city
staff,
who
include
the
park
board
as
a
sub-recipient
of
the
city's
federal,
cares
act
dollars
and
we
believe
we
have
qualifying
expenses
that
will
qualify
for
that
commitment
of
cares,
act,
funding
on
the
expenditure
side.
Again
we
have
done.
We
have
put
in
cost
savings
wherever
possible,
similar
to
the
city
in
wages
and
fringe.
I
We
do
have
a
significant
provisional
workforce
with
our
recreation.
Centers
closed
and
events
not
happening,
there
was
a
lot
of
seasonal
hiring.
That
was
not
done
in
2020
that
provided
a
lot
of
this
savings.
We
also
have
full-time
employees
who
have
provided
budgetary
leave.
We
have
wage
in
wage
freeze
for
our
appointed
and
non-represented
staff,
and
we
have
some
furlough
days
that
some
of
our
unions
are
being
negotiated
and
approving
for
our
wages
and
fringe
savings.
Other
expenses
we
have
a
phone.
We
also
have
a
hiring
freeze
for
wages
infringe
in
the
other
expense
area.
I
We
have
a
spending
freeze
and
we
also
have
savings
that
are
being
experience
due
to
the
closure
of
our
buildings
and
encapsulations
of
our
programs
and
events.
So
we're
looking
at
approximately
a
1.5
million
dollar
deficit.
We
have
an
available
fund
balance
of
4.7
million,
so
it
will
dip
into
our
fund
reserves,
but
we
with
the
ability
to
receive
the
federal
and
state
relief.
I
Moving
forward
next
slide,
please,
on
our
enterprise
fund
side
due
to
coved,
we
are
actually
experiencing
much
different
things.
Based
on
the
activity,
that's
happening
in
our
enterprise
fund,
as
many
people
know
and
have
heard.
Golf
is
booming
for
an
industry
right
now
being
able
to
social
distance
be
able
to
get
out
on
the
golf
course
we
are
experiencing
increases
in
rounds
of
about
27
our
parking
revenues.
We
are
still
experiencing
a
good
amount
of
parking
revenues,
they're
down
30
percent.
I
Most
of
that
30
percent
decrease
is
due
to
the
closures
of
the
university
of
minnesota
and
our
paid
parking
around
that
corridor
and
then,
of
course,
the
downtown
parking
and
our
parking
that's
along
west
river
road,
that's
where
the
most
of
those
decreases
are
and
then
other
revenues
in
our
enterprise
fund
are
what
is
being
hardest
hit
and
again,
that's
our
use
and
event
permitting
our
concessionaires.
I
A
I
So
in
our
enterprise
fund
we
are
looking
at
a
1.1
million
dollar
deficit
by
the
end
of
this
year
and
available
fund
balance
of
4.5.
I
I
This
is
our
historic
agreement
with
the
city
of
minneapolis.
We
have
two
ordinances
that
cover
the
operations
of
the
neighbor
20-year
neighborhood
park
plan
and
part
of
that
ordinance
requires
this
annual
reporting
the
advance
the
slide.
Please,
I'm
now
going
to
turn
it
over
to
michael
schmidt,
michael
schroeder,
who
is
the
assistant
superintendent
for
planning
to
talk
through
the
capital
improvement
program.
J
Thank
you,
director,
wiseman
and,
as
julie,
did
I'll,
try
and
move
through
this
quickly,
but
we'll
stand
for
questions
if
we
move
too
fast,
the
capital
improvement
program,
the
city
that
the
park
board
uses
is
a
ten
and
a
half
million
dollar
program.
J
Eight
million
dollars
that
is
coming
from
the
npp
20
funding
and
the
chart
on
the
right
essentially
shows
how
that
ten
and
a
half
million
dollars
is
separated
between
capital
improvements
that
are
shown
in
blue
and
rehabilitation
projects,
as
they're
shown
in
the
green,
we
adopt
a
six-year
capital
improvement
program
and
the
capital
improvements
are
based
on
an
equity
ordinance,
that's
included
in
the
mpp
20
annual
report.
J
What's
important
about
this
is
we
are
still
in
a
process
where
we
are
honoring
projects
that
were
in
the
cip
before
mpp
20.,
and
so
you
you'll
note
the
third
bullet
point
on
on
the
left.
Actually,
the
fifth
bullet
point
is
that
we're
honoring
those
those
projects
through
2021
and
beginning
in
2022.
J
We
have
a
capital
improvement
program,
that's
based
entirely
on
the
equity
program.
What,
when
we
look
at
the
parks
that
were
being
improved?
If
we
list
the
160
some
neighborhood
parks
through
2024,
as
we've
programmed
so
far,
we
will
have
made
improvements
through
part
number
44,
essentially
starting
with
those
parts
that
demonstrated
the
greatest
equity
need,
could
have
the
next
slide.
J
Please,
the
20
of
the
the
rehabilitation
program
really
focuses
on
how
we
can
enhance
park
safety,
make
improvements
to
existing
assets,
essentially
those
assets
that
where
we
would
have
a
one-for-one
improvement,
there's
a
significant
amount
of
the
rehabilitation
program
that
deals
with
a
very
large
88
transition
plan.
We've
had
significant
work
done
on
areas
where
there
have
been
critical
failures.
J
J
We
have
a
process
for
identifying
these
that
they're,
really
based
on
the
prioritized
need
essentially
essentially
looking
at
their
at
the
asset
condition
and
then
trying
to
work
it
into
a
program.
Have
the
next
slide
please?
J
This
is
the
list
of
of
categories.
J
There
are
eight
different
categories
that
we
use
in
for
rehabilitation
and
in
2018
as
we
go
through
this
list,
you
can
see
that
we
have
completed
the
the
the
projects
that
the
notation
that
100
percent-
nearly
4
million
dollars
of
capital
about
rehabilitation
projects
were
completed
in
the
before
2018.
J
Some
of
these
pro
projects
lag
a
little
bit
because
we
do
some
amount
of
of
engagement,
even
around
rehabilitation,
so
they
they
lag
slightly
and
you'll
see
that
as
we
move
into
the
next
slide,
showing
2019,
we
have
some
projects
like
roofs,
where
we
had
significant
areas
of
deficits
that
we've
had
to
carry
those
projects
over
two
years,
because
the
cost
of
the
roofing
projects
has
been
so
high
and
in
this
chart
we
also
show
park
lighting
as
a
little
bit
behind,
because
it
took
us
a
little
longer
to
do
a
complete
assessment
of
the
park
lighting
program.
J
When
we
get
to
the
2020
on
the
next
slide.
You'll
see
this
was
actually
a
report
that
I
believe
was
accomplished
when
we
produced
the
mvp
20
annual
report
in
march
and
you'll
see
that
we're
we
have
in
march.
J
We
have
barely
started
on
this,
so
you
see
that
the
budget
allocations
across
these
categories
is
zero,
but
we've
actually
made
significant
investments
across
all
of
these
categories,
in
particular
across
roofs
and
the
the
buildings
and
recreation
centers
where
we
have
made
improvements
in
ada
facilities
across
the
across
our
recreation
centers,
and
we
have
the
next
slide.
J
Please,
the
capital
investments
are
those
ones
where
we
do
a
wholesale
revision
or
update
to
a
facility
rebuilding
a
waiting
pool
or
a
program
or
a
playground
which
are
the
two
most
often
invested
in
facilities
that
we
have,
and
these
are
based
on
the
equity
ordinance,
where
we
evaluate
score
and
rank
the
neighborhoods
based
on
their
conditions
and
the
investment
that
we've
made
in
parts.
And
then
we
allocate
the
fundings
based
on
the
the
rankings
of
those
of
parks,
so
that
we
have
new
parks
coming
into
the
program
every
year.
J
As
investments
are
made,
can
we
go
to
the
next
slide,
please
so
similar
to
the
2018
rehabilitation
program?
When
we
look
at
2018
in
the
capital
program,
we
have
significant
work
that
we've
completed
to
the
to
the
amount
of
a
little
over
4.3
million
dollars.
J
There's
some
work
that's
lagging
behind,
and
this
is
more
the
result
of
us
completing
what
we
call
service
area
master
plans.
We
didn't
want
to
make
an
improvement
in
the
park
before
we
had
a
an
opportunity
to
assess
an
entire
region
of
the
city.
So
in
this
case,
if
you
look
at
like
perkins
hill
level
square
and
jordan
park
there,
we
are
catching
up
with
those
improvements.
Now
that
the
north
service
area
master
plan
has
been
created,
then
we
go
to
the
next
slide.
J
Where
we
talk
about
the
2019,
the
our
process
for
making
capital
improvements
is
focus
on
significant
engagement
to
the
members
of
the
community.
The
first
year
project
is
in
the
cip.
We
do
a
significant
amount
of
engagement.
It
takes
us
a
a
fair
part
of
the
year.
To
do
that,
then
we
move
into
the
design
and
engineering
and
it's
in
the
second
and
sometimes
early
third
year
when
we
actually
start
to
implement
so
on
the
2019.
J
We
were
still
in
the
process
of
doing
engagement.
We
actually
we
hadn't,
actually
started
the
implementation
yet,
but
when
we
get
to
this
point
for
2021
this
column,
under
percent
budget
allocated
will
be
nearly
100
and
as
we
move
through
and
hopefully
adopt
the
southwest
service
area
master
plan,
all
the
projects
will
be
moving
through
at
a
at
a
greater
speed.
J
2019
we
made
about
3.3
million
dollars
of
the
of
the
capital
improvements
for
the
dollars
allocated
about
half
of
it,
but
we
we
are
working
on
every
project
that
you
see
listed
on
this
on
this
slide.
J
J
J
The
kovit
19
pandemic
has
limited
our
ability
to
fully
engage
the
communities
the
way
we
wanted
to
so
mid-year.
This
year,
we
we
discussed
with
the
park
board's
executive
team
and
moved
to
the
board
of
commissioners
an
idea
of
focusing
more
on
rehabilitation
projects
where
it
is
more
the
one-for-one
rehabilitation
or
repair
of
a
park
asset,
and
when
we
do
that,
we
end
up
with
a
lesser
amount
of
community
engagement
because
we're
not
making
the
wholesale
changes.
J
So
so
it
shifted
the
amount
of
dollars
that
we're
putting
into
rehab
projects
in
2020.
We
were
doing
more
rehabilitation
and
a
lesser
amount
of
capital
projects
this
year,
and
we
will
be
catching
up
with
that,
starting
in
2021..
J
There's
a
there's
a
lot
of
bullet
points
kind
of
on
the
y
side
of
this,
but
it
allowed
us
to
keep
making
improvements
to
parks
and
and
not
a
back
off
on
our
commitment
to
engage
in
the
community
as
we
made
significant
changes
on
the
parks
and
their
neighborhoods,
and
if
we
go
to
the
next
slide,
I
believe
I
turn
it
back
over
to
director
weissman
or
I
should
maybe
ask
if
there
are
questions
about
the
npp
20
before
I
do
that
director
president
becker.
I
Okay,
all
right
so
the
minneapolis
park
and
recreation
board
has
adopted
a
resolution
requesting
the
board
of
estimate
and
taxation
set
them
up.
Maximum
property
tax
levy
increase
for
the
park
board
at
70.3
million
dollars,
a
1.18
percent
increase.
You
have
a
copy
of
the
resolution
in
your
packet
that
formally
requests
this.
So
this
year
the
park
board
and
the
mayor's
recommended
budget
are
in
agreement
with
the
dollar
amount
of
the
maximum
property
tax
levy.
Request
for
the
park
board
next
slide,
please.
I
So
when
you
look
at
our
general
fund
budget
so
similar
to
the
city's
budget
and
the
mayor,
but
historically
the
park
board's
annual
budget,
the
superintendent's
recommended
budget
is
produced
and
provided
to
our
board
on
in
october
of
each
year
and
this
year
it's
scheduled
for
october
21st.
I
So
what
I
have
for
you
today
is
a
more
of
a
high
level
budget
projection
to
show
the
impact
of
the
1.18
property
tax
levy
increase
to
the
general
fund.
So
we
have
two
levies,
the
general
fund
and
the
tree
preservation
reforestation
fund.
What
I'm
focusing
on
today
is
the
general
fund.
The
pre-preservation
reforestation
fund
2021
is
the
last
year
of
an
eight-year
program
for
removal
and
replacement
of
emerald
ash
borer
trees
within
public
lands,
and
that
will
be
completed
in
2021.
I
So
what's
important
with
the
property
tax
levy
increase
that
is
recommended
for
the
park
board
at
this
point
is
that
it's
a
eight
hundred
and
twenty
thousand
dollar
increase
that
eight
hundred
and
twenty
thousand
dollar
increase
is
directly
related
to
the
commons.
So
the
commons
park
has
been
litigated
for
several
years.
I
As
everyone
is
aware,
in
2020,
the
minnesota
supreme
court
ruled
that
the
park
or
the
city
could
not
operate
the
commons
and
the
operations
of
the
commons
needed
to
transfer,
along
with
the
ownership
of
the
land
to
the
minneapolis
park
board.
So
the
820
thousand
dollar
increase
shifts
a
city
transfer
that
we
were
that
we
received
in
2020
for
the
commons
and
puts
that
up
into
property
taxes.
I
So
in
essence,
we
have
a
zero
percent
property
tax
levy
increase
because
we
have
this
reduction
of
the
commons
transfer
as
well
as
a
reduction
in
local
government
aid.
So
the
impact
to
our
operations
is
the
zero
percent.
I
So
what
that
means
for
us
with
when
I'm
calling
a
recession
budget
as
well
as
a
covid
impact
budget,
the
we
were
we
had
estimated
or
the
the
mayor
had
in
in
his
estimate
a
four
percent
property
tax
levy
increase
for
the
park
board.
We
had
estimated
a
need
for
6.3
percent
in
our
initial
projections,
so
we
are
not
by
this
maximum
tax
levy.
I
We
are
not
receiving
a
current
service
level
budget,
so
this
first
column
the
3.7
million
dollars
reflects
reductions
in
our
budget
that
we
will
need
to
make
that
are
based
on
the
economic
recession
and
and
these
will
be
more
permanent
type
service
level
reductions,
and
then
we
also
are
being
impacted
by
covid.
I
I
Going
into
this
budget
cycle
next
slide,
please
our
board
adopted
a
2021
budget
framework,
and
this
budget
framework
is
really
driving
how
we
are
going
to
be
making
our
decisions
in
our
budget
cycle.
So
the
first
ones
are
kind
of
confirming
our
commitment
to
the
strategic
directions
and
performance
goals
that
were
adopted
by
our
board.
I
When
we
are
looking
working
through
this
budget
process,
we
are
also
considering
economic
equity
and
the
implications
of
our
actions
and
decisions
on
the
most
vulnerable
of
our
community
and
we're
supporting
employee
engagement
to
ensure
that
employees
voices
are
heard
and
considered
during
this
budget
process,
and
that
we
remain
committed
to
the
20-year
neighborhood
park
plan
and
believe
that
investing
in
our
neighborhood
parks
are
are
in
our
of
utmost
importance
during
during
this
time,
especially,
and
then
I
will
turn
it
over
to
superintendent
bangora
to
talk
through
the
final.
The
final
bullet.
E
Julie
did
I
say
superintendent
if
I
could
step
in
quick
quickly.
I
just
wanted
to
speak
to
to
the
strategic
directions
here
and
I
happy
to
hand
it
over
to
the
superintendent
to
wrap
it
up,
but,
of
course,
to
underline
just
similar
to
the
city.
The
board
is
really
going
to
be
faced
here
with
the
superintendent's
budgets,
with
some
significant
service
level
reductions.
E
That's
just
the
reality
of
of
what
we're
facing
right
now
and
they're
going
to
be
some
some
tough
decisions
on
on
that
front,
I
feel
confident
with
the
guiding
strategic
directions
for
the
board
in
general
and
with
the
directions
on
our
budget
framework
that
will
will
lead
to
something
that
is
really
focused
on
on
that
high
priority
of
continuing
our
investment
in
young
people.
E
Continuing
our
investment
in
our
most
vulnerable
populations
in
in
making
sure
that
everybody
can
use
parks
and
that
they're
strong
this
next
year,
but
but
certainly
there
will
be
impacts
in
in
in
service
levels
across
the
board.
So
just
want
to
highlight
that
fact
and
I'll
turn
it
over.
The
superintendent.
B
Hold
on
one
second
guys,
mr
fry,
you
wanted
to
speak.
Thank.
B
Okay,
can
I
just
ask
one
quick
question:
miss
weisman
before
we
go
on
what
is
the
reserved
amount
in
your
fund,
balance
for
in
your
general
fund?
There's
a
there's,
a
difference
between
available
fund
balance
and
not
what
is
that's
that
difference?
Please.
I
Sure,
president
becker
and
members
of
the
board,
so
our
financial
management
policies
state
that
we
need
to
maintain
a
five
fund
balance
of
five
percent
of
our
operating
budget
as
a
fund
balance
and
the
fund
balance
is
really
an
emergency
reserve
that
is
utilized
for
storms
and
obviously
this
pandemic
is
an
emergency
emergency
type.
So
as
similar
to
the
city,
we
are
dipping
into
our
reserves.
I
E
President
becker,
we
we
could
have
the
superintendent
kind
of
wrap
up
the
presentation.
I
appreciate
it.
H
Yep
yep,
thank
you,
president
becker,
and
just
the
last
thing
that
I
would
say,
and
I'll
try
to
be
brief
here
is
that
you
know
the
board
recognizes
that
you
know
the
programs
and
services
levels
with
corresponding
staffing
models
will
need
to
be
redefined
to
accommodate
the
pandemic
and
economic
conditions.
As
stated
in
an
f
in
this
statement.
H
We
understand
that
this
is
going
to
be
extremely
difficult
budget
cycle,
for
we
know
both
the
city
np
and
for
mprb,
as
president
colgail
just
stated
briefly
in
his
remarks
before
I
just
did
my
remarks
here.
We
are
also
utilizing
this
budget
framework
to
provide
the
context
by
which
impacts
and
service
levels
changes
will
be
recommended.
H
What
we're
clear
about
is
we're
gonna
be
protecting
our
assets
is
gonna,
be
our
priority
and
when
I
say
assets
we're
talking
about
holding
our
mission
to
provide
beautiful
spaces
and
dynamic
programs
for
all
the
people
to
enjoy,
and
in
particular
our
youth,
and
we
are
committed
to
that.
We
anticipate
reductions
and
services
across
all
divisions
in
2021
and
we're
going
through
that
difficult
discussion
now,
as
president
bender
said
earlier,
that
there
is
no
question
that
there
will
be
impacts
and
we
anticipate
those
reductions
and
services.
H
We
also
anticipate
redefining
services,
and
that
means
that
sometimes
at
this
point
there's
a
recalibration
and
a
restructuring,
a
re
looking
at
our
organization,
and
we
have
to
really
redefine
what
those
services
will
be
and
providing
those
services
to
our
community
across
all
lines.
Whether
it's
we
know,
we've
protected
our
assets
for
sure
and
do
the
very
basics
to
protect
those
assets.
H
But
obviously,
as
we
look
at
our
youth,
we
are
committed
to
that
and
a
very
strong
commitment
to
youth,
because
we
understand
that
adults
have
choices,
but
our
youth
come
to
our
parks
and
they
walk
to
our
parks
and
we
have
to
make
sure
we
we
meet
those
needs-
and
I
am
committed
to
that-
and
the
board
is
committed
to
that-
and
we're
also
looking
at
really
looking
at
community
support
and
safety
services
and
levels
which
we're
working
through
and,
of
course,
youth
programs
and
services.
H
So
I'll
be
presenting
to
the
nprbs
my
budget
recommendations
for
2021
to
the
park
board
on
october
21st
2020,
and
at
this
point
I
just
like
to
say
thank
you
for
this
opportunity
to
present
to
the
bet
to
all
of
you
and,
of
course
we
are
available
for
any
questions
at
this
time
again.
Thank
you
for
the
time.
B
G
F
Thanks,
madam
president,
I'll
be
brief.
I
wanted
to
just
note
that
we
do
in
fact
have
an
agreement
between
the
the
park
board
and
and
the
city
and
as
far
as
the
the
levy
increases
go,
and
I
want
to
give
a
big
thank
you
to
superintendent
al
bangora
to
president
cogill.
They
were
staunch
advocates
for
the
service
that
the
park
board
provides,
and
they
were
also
fully
recognizing.
F
The
realities
that
we're
presently
living
in
and
the
constraints
and
confines
of
you
know
decreased
revenues
that
we're
seeing,
and
so
you
know
it
was.
It
was
a
very
collaborative
effort.
I
think
communication
was
excellent
and
I
just
want
to
very
publicly
say
how
much
I
appreciate
them
and
their
work
throughout
this
very
difficult
process
in
service,
but
but
all
all
in
service
of
the
constituents.
G
Thanks,
madam
chair,
I
appreciate
your
question
earlier
about
the
fund
balance
and
I
think
that's
been
a
question.
We've
had
kind
of
ongoing
over
the
years.
G
I
do
think
of
a
five-year
or
a
more
detailed
kind
of
projected
spending
plan
would
be
helpful,
especially
in
the
context
of
just
the
multiple
competing
needs
that
we
have
as
a
community,
and
I
was
on
the
city
council,
along
with
mayor
frye
and
the
two
elected
bt
members
were
in
office
when
we
approved
the
the
parks
and
streets
funding
capital
funding,
commitment
which
I
stand
behind
and,
I
think,
is
a
priority
for
the
city.
G
We've
all
been
grappling
with
the
issue
of
homeless
encampments
in
our
parks
and
public
spaces,
and
I
think
you
know,
there's
been
a
lot
of
sort
of
demands
on
and
and
requests
of
the
city
to
spend
more
money
on
shelter
and
housing.
So
I
do
just
want
to
note
that
if
we
were
to
spend
more
money
on
shelter
and
housing,
we
would
have
to
find
the
money
somewhere.
So
it
would
mean
levy,
increases
or
cuts
to
other
funding.
G
You
know
our
main
funding
investments
are
police,
fire
public
works
capital
investments.
So
you
know,
I
think,
in
order
to
maintain
this
prioritization
of
capital
funding
for
parks.
We
need
to
understand
how
that
fits
into
the
bigger
picture
of
all
the
priorities
that
are
facing
our
community,
and
I
know
that
park
board
has
been
you
know,
stepping
up
and
struggling
with
the
issue
of
encampments
in
the
parks.
G
So
I
just
I
don't
want
us
to
like
drag
us
down
a
black
hole
of
this
issue
that
we've
been
talking
about
together
for
many
months,
and
you
know
I
think
again.
The
park
board
has
been
balancing,
so
many
things
related
to
the
issues
around
homelessness
and
working
to
be
very
compassionate
and
supportive
of
our
neighbors.
G
Experiencing
homelessness,
as
well
as
to
you
know,
maintain
the
functioning
of
our
parks
at
a
time
when
our
community
is
in
need
of
recreational
spaces
and
our
children
are
in
need
of
support
and
programming,
but
I
guess
not
to
believe
it.
I
just
do
kind
of
want
to
reflect
that,
if,
if
there
are
going
to
be
demands
and
requests
to
the
city
to
increase
funding
for
other
things
like
homelessness
and
housing,
again
that
that
money
has
to
come
from
somewhere
and
the
choices
are
increasing
property
taxes
or
cutting
other.
B
There
you
are,
I
apologize,
mr
coco.
E
Thank
you,
president
becker.
I
just
want
to
address
a
couple
of
items
here.
First,
I
just
want
to
again
thank
the
mayor.
I
do
believe
it
was
a
collaborative
effort
in
a
difficult
year
greatly
appreciate
the
recommended
levy
increase
and
we
did
pass
that
at
the
board
level,
acknowledging
just
the
unique
circumstances
of
this
year,
but
also
the
the
increased
need
that
that
the
park
has
to
address
some
additional
space
that
we
now
are
in
control.
J
E
With
the
commons,
so
it's
greatly
appreciated
and
I'm
confident
that
our
board
will
be
able
to
work
through
the
various
balancing
of
confluence
needs,
while
also
having
a
lower
amount
of
funds
to
to
address
those
needs,
and
certainly,
first
and
foremost,
in
many
folks.
Minds
is
the
issue
of
encampments
throughout
the
city
and
notably
in
the
park
system.
E
I
I
feel
with
the
the
board's
action
in
mid-july
that
a
very
thoughtful
approach
to
addressing
these
large
encampments
has
has
helped
us
move
forward,
and
I
thank
the
the
city
for
being
a
collaborative
partner
in
in
helping
our
staff
work
through
that
and
can't
thank
our
staff
enough
for
the
tireless
work
that
they've
done
to
really
implement
that
resolution
in
in
a
full
way.
E
And
we
are
we're
still
working
through
some
of
that.
But
we
have
significantly
addressed
the
encampments
in
an
unprecedented
year
and
we'll
be
continuing.
J
E
That
in
the
coming
months,
as
it
as
it
gets
colder
and
certainly
looking
to
the
the
next
year,
we
want
to
make
sure
that
our
priorities
as
we
try
to
right
size
from
a
a
year
with
a
confluence
of
challenges
that
have
often
centered
or
been
adjacent
to
parks
that
we
right
size
back
to
the
major
goal
of
this
board.
Certainly
in
the
last
three
years
of
of
investing
in
young
people
and
investing
in
our
most
vulnerable
and
we
haven't
lost
sight
of
that.
E
And
if
anything,
the
the
changes
in
in
budget
are
going
to
sharpen
our
pencils
and
sharpen
our
focus
towards
that
goal.
And
we
look
forward
to
the
superintendent's
budget
report
and
and
continuing
to
keep
all
the
team
members
appraised
of
that
process
and
please
do
do
not
hesitate
to
reach
out
with
questions
or
concerns
as
we
as
we
move
through
this
process.
Here
at
the
end
of
the
year,.
A
Yes
gosh:
this
is
the
11th
time
I've
gotten
to
do
this
as
being
elected
three
times
to
the
board
investment
taxation,
and
I
think
it's
the
most
demanding
time
of
all
the
years
that
we've
sort
of
confronted
and
dealt
with,
and
what
I
want
to
say
is.
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
all
the
participants
who
are
working
so
hard
to
deal
with
such
a
difficult
financial
challenge
from
from
the
mayor's
office
to
the
the
park
board,
superintendent,
to
the
to
the
staff
to
the
finance
people.
A
All
people
been
working
really
hard
to
sharpen
pencils
and
to
do
the
kind
of
work
we
need
to
do
in
a
very
challenging
time
at
a
time
we've
never
been
through
before-
and
I
just
all
I
want
to
say
is
I
I've
been
through
some
of
these
things
before
and
they
haven't
been
quite
as
pleasant
as
this
and
I
it's
unpleasant
time,
but
people
are
treating
each
other
with
respect
and
working
through
it.
Well
and
it's
it's
wonderful
to
see
that.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you,
mr
will
does
anyone
else
have
anything
to
say?
Does
anyone
else
want
to
speak?
If
not,
then
I
would
like
to
say
a
couple
things
here,
real
quick.
I
do
agree
with
mr
wheeler.
I
really
appreciate
everybody
working
together.
I
appreciate
especially
the
park
board
working
with
the
mayor's
office
to
come
up
with
something
I
don't
know
is
painful,
but
is
realistic.
B
I
want
to
thank
mr
fry
for
a
difficult
job.
I
understand
how
hard
this
is.
It
is
unprecedented
and
the
spot
that
you're
in
having
to
make
these
decisions,
I
know,
is
really
really
hard.
I
would
just
also
note
that
I
am
somebody
who
has
experienced
unemployment
recently.
B
I
am
someone.
Who's
doesn't
have
a
lot
of
extra
money.
So
I
appreciate
that
the
mayor
has
recommended
no
increase
for
the
homeowners
and
you
know
I
see
that
the
way
the
numbers
come
out
there
are
increases
on
the
renter's
side,
but
all
this
money
comes
out
of
somebody's
pocket
and
every
time
we
take
it,
it
means
somebody's
life
is
diminished
and
what
they
can
do.
So
I
appreciate
how
thoughtful
you've
been
on
that
and
I
very
much
look
forward
to
the
details
that
will
be
coming
in
the
future.
H
President
becker
I'd
just
like
to
say
one
thing,
also
just
in
sort
of
the
same
tone
is
that
I
was
very
grateful
to
be
working
with
the
mayor
in
in
this
discussion
and
I'm
just
grateful
for
the
work
that
you
know
the
open
communication,
how
we
were
talking
even
since
last
year,
all
the
way
through
and
I'm
grateful
for
that
and
grateful
for
the
work
to
get
here
and
also
to
the
president
of
our
board,
president
coghill
for
really
the
ease
in
working
through
this
also
with
him
and
with
our
president
of
our
board,
and
it
was
difficult.
H
But
I
think
that
the
relationship
and
the
communication-
and
I
think,
was
really
positive,
and
I'm
very
grateful
for
that.
So
thank
you
mayor
and
thank
you,
president
coghill.
B
Anyone
else
want
to
make
a
comment
once
going
twice
all
right
without
objection.
The
report,
both
from
the
park
board
and
from
the
city's
finance
department,
will
be
received
and
filed.
Thank
you
to
all
the
staff
and
the
countless
number
of
hours
from
micah,
intermail
and
and
julie
weissman.
I
know
you
guys
work
really
hard
on
this.
Thank
you
so
much
to
the
staff.
B
Moving
on
to
announcements,
I
did
mention
that
I
was
going
to
request
a
report
on
debt,
our
ability
to
pay
back
our
debt,
all
of
it
all
of
it,
because
if,
if
sales,
tax
or
parking
revenues
falter,
that
will
fall
back
to
property
tax,
so
I
do
have
on
here
under
announcements,
a
direction
to
staff
to
put
together
a
report
regarding
our
revenues
to
pay
back
city
debts.
A
B
All
right
having
a
proper
motion
before
us,
can
the
court
call
the
role.
C
A
B
All
right
is
there
any
other
items
to
come
before
the
board,
any
other
items
all
right
with
that
we've
concluded
all
the
business,
come
before
the
board
and
note
that
we're
joining
today's
meeting
to
next
wednesday
september
16th
in
order
to
take
public
comment
related
to
the
setting
of
the
maximum
property
tax
levies
in
2021.