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A
Morning
my
name
is
Lenny
Palmisano
and
the
chair
of
the
Budget
Committee
I'll
call
to
order
this
regular
meeting
for
Friday
July
10th
before
we
proceed.
I'll
note
for
the
record
that
this
meeting
has
remote
participation
by
council
members
and
city
staff
pursuant
to
Minnesota
Open
Meeting
Law,
Section,
13
D
point
0
to
1
due
to
the
declared
state
of
local
public
health
emergency.
At
this
time,
I'll
ask
the
clerk
to
call
the
roll
to
verify
the
presence
of
a
quorum
of
council
members.
Mr.
Clerk.
D
F
H
A
Thank
You
colleagues,
we
have
one
item
today
and
that
is
an
analysis
from
our
budget
director
on
the
mayor's
proposed
2020
budget
revisions
which
we
received
yesterday
as
I
noted,
then
this
revised
budget
is
in
response
to
the
financial
challenges
that
face
our
city
in
the
face
of
multiple
emergencies.
Today's
presentation
is
intended
to
provide
us
with
a
fuller
understanding
of
where
those
targeted
reductions
are
planned
and
what
impact
we
anticipate.
A
Those
reductions
will
have
both
in
the
short
term
as
we
complete
the
current
year,
but
also
for
longer-term
projections,
as
we
anticipate
the
2021
fiscal
budget
and
beyond,
before
I
recognize
mr.
intrumental
for
the
staff
presentation
I'm
going
to
just
review
my
plan
for
conducting
this
meeting.
First
I'll
recognize
the
budget
director
for
his
presentation.
If
there
are
any
specific
issues
or
questions
council
members,
please
signal
me
using
the
chat
feature.
A
I
will
note
we're
joined
by
almost
all
of
our
department
heads
for
this
meeting,
so
they
are
all
on
standby
here
to
respond
to
questions
or
issues
that
might
be
raised.
Once
we've
completed
the
presentation,
I'll
open
the
floor
to
further
questions
or
concerns
from
Council
members.
Once
we've
concluded
all
questions
today,
we
can
review
the
remaining
time
line
for
this
budget
process.
Mr.
intrumental
also
has
it
in
his
presentation
and
then
close
today's
meeting
are
there
any
initial
questions
before
we
start
from
my
colleagues.
A
J
Good
morning
and
thank
you,
chair,
Palmisano
council,
president
bender
vice
president
Jenkins
and
members
of
the
committee,
as
you
know,
I'm
mica,
intrumental,
the
city's
budget
director
and
it's
my
pleasure
to
join
you
today.
We
have
the
next
slide.
Please
I
want
to
start
by
reminding
the
committee
of
where
we
are
how
we
got
here
and
where
we're
going,
our
approach
to
responding
to
the
financial
challenges
presented
by
the
sudden
onset
of
the
kovat
19
pandemic
and
the
economic
recession
we
now
find
ourselves
in
has
been
intentionally
methodical
and
measured.
J
In
March,
we
took
stock
of
our
position.
We
surveyed
a
new
and
unfamiliar
terrain
in
which
general
mobility
plummeted.
70%
in
the
metro
area,
severely
slowing
the
economic
faucet
that
fills
in
great
many
revenue
pools
with
clear
eyes.
We
recognize
the
city
to
be
existing
in
a
new
revenue
reality
under
which
we
would
need
to
reduce
our
budget
by
a
hundred
and
fifty
six
million
dollars
or
about
10%.
J
Policymakers
took
quick
action,
implementing
a
series
of
cost
containment
measures
to
help
staff
help
stave
off
deep
austerity.
Later
this
year,
the
mayor
and
council
leadership
decided
to
implement
administrative
cuts.
First,
intact,
more
deliberatively,
while
still
quickly
on
the
more
complex
policy
choices
involved
in
solving
the
total
problem.
Last
month,
this
council
acted
to
implement
the
first
phase
of
budget
reductions
and,
just
yesterday
the
mayor
delivered
remarks
on
his
recommended
approach
to
phase
2
of
our
budget
revision.
J
As
I
mentioned
last
month,
staff
will
continue
to
monitor
actual
revenues
as
those
data
become
available
and
will
also
keep
an
eye
towards
leading
economic
indicators
I'm
confident
in
the
strength
behind
the
assumptions
we've
used
to
estimate
the
impacts
to
revenues
and
the
savings
generated
through
each
can
cost
containment
strategy,
but
I
won't
be
shy
about
coming
back
and
letting
you
know
if
we
need
to
adjust
course
next
slide.
Please.
J
With
this
slide,
but
it's
worth
repeating
for
you
and
the
public,
the
scope
of
our
total
problem
in
2020
has
an
anticipated
revenue
shortfall
of
156
million
dollars
as
compared
to
our
2020
adopted
budget.
The
book
of
that
shortfall
comes
in
the
city's
general
and
downtown
assets,
funds
with
the
largest
decline
hitting
our
local
option
sales
taxes
where
we
had
budgeted,
39
or
93
excuse
me
million
dollars
of
local
tax
revenues
for
the
year.
We
now
only
expect
to
collect
38
million
dollars.
J
Those
taxes
are
collected
in
the
downtown
assets
funds
and
over
32
million
dollars
were
budgeted
for
transfer
to
the
general
funds
because
of
the
severity
of
the
decline
in
that
revenue
source,
we
must
reduce
our
transfer
from
the
downtown
assets
fund
to
the
general
fund
by
22
million
dollars
and
last
month,
phase
one
actions
netted
58
million
dollars
in
cost
containments,
so
the
remaining
shortfall
to
be
solved
through
the
conversation
of
the
next
few
weeks
is
roughly
98
million
dollars
next
slide.
Please.
J
The
first
strategy
included
in
this
proposal
is
to
convert
twelve
point:
three
million
dollars
of
planned
capital
expenditures
in
the
2020
budget
to
be
debt
supported
rather
than
cash
supported.
That
is,
we
would
issue
additional
debt
rather
than
using
cash
for
specific
capital
projects
in
the
general
fund
and
the
parking
fund.
The
general
fund
projects
are
primarily
related
to
the
20-year
parks
and
streets
plan,
as
well
as
a
comparatively
small
investment
in
planning
and
pre
design
work
associated
with
the
new
first
Precinct
in
the
parking
fund.
J
The
projects
are
the
new
impound
lot
and
replacement
of
parking
meter
pay
stations.
This
is
one
of
the
few
approaches
through
phase
one
or
phase
two
that
we
can
take
to
solve
for
a
portion
of
our
shortfall
that
will
not
impact
the
delivery
of
our
plan
programming.
This
is
about
how
we
pay
for
the
work.
It's
not
about
forgoing
the
work.
However,
it's
not
without
trade-off.
The
policy
considerations
associated
with
this
strategy
include
questions
such
as.
J
Are
we
okay
with
taking
on
additional
costs
in
order
to
execute
the
same
service
level,
as
borrowing
brings
with
it
interest
payments
down
the
road,
as
well
as
the
transactional
cost
of
debt
issuance?
And
of
course,
we
cannot
borrow
today
without
expecting
to
repay
that
debt
tomorrow.
So
it's
important
to
recognize
that
in
taking
on
these
debts,
we're
limiting
the
amount
of
work
that
can
be
bought
with
tomorrow's
dollars,
as
some
portion
will
need
to
be
used
to
pay
for
today's
expenses.
K
You
very
much
and
I'm
just
curious
about
the
parks
and
streets
capital
project
plan.
Are
we
deferring
the
timeline
on
any
of
those
projects
and,
if
so,
how
much
and
what
ones
are
we
deciding
that
we
need
to
keep
on
track
or
will
we
be
spending
that
12.3
on
a
little
bit
of
just
some
more
details
around
that
because
seems
like
one
of
our
choices
would
be
just
to
defer
those
improvements
for
future
years.
J
Thank
You
chair
Palmisano
and
council
member
Gordon.
We
we
are
not
deferring
any
of
the
the
planned
capital
expenditure
related
to
parks
and
streets
this
year
when,
at
the
at
the
time
that
the
pandemic
and
financial
situation
changed,
we
had
already
engaged
in
contracts
and
started
down
the
road
of
that
work,
and
so
this
does
not
impact
the
the
timing
of
any
of
this
year's
planned
projects
associated
with
parks
and
streets.
K
E
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Mr.
Antrim,
oh
I'm,
curious
I
have
a
couple
of
questions.
The
first
is
what
are
the
consequences
for
increasing
our
debt
to
our
credit
rating
as
a
city,
and
then
the
second
question
that
I
have
is:
what
are
the
consequences
for
us
choosing
to
not
issue
more
debt
in
order
to
cover
these
costs.
J
So
sheriff
Ohm's
law
and
councilmember
Cunningham
I
do
not
believe
that
there
would
be
a
direct
impact
on
the
city's
credit
rating
to
take
on
this
amount
of
debt.
It's
a
relatively
a
small
amount
of
debt
in
comparison
to
our
total
portfolio
and
their
general
budget.
Certainly
if
mr.
rough
or
miss
Johnson,
who
are
on
the
call
would
like
to
chime
in,
they
are
welcome
to
to
answer
your
second
question.
E
The
what
are
the
consequences
of
not
as
you
personally
in
this
particular
path,
yep.
J
So,
thank
you
I.
It's
unfortunate
that
I
forgot
that
question,
because
it
was
such
a
good
one
and
it's
well
time
so
the
the
consequence
of
not
engaging
in
any
one
of
these
measures
means
the
others
need
to
be
relied
on
to
a
heavier
extent,
and
so
in
total.
The
mayor
has
proposed
a
set
of
a
path
to
solve,
for
a
98
million
dollar
shortfall
remaining
shortfall
and,
to
the
extent
we
don't
engage
in
any
one
of
the
strategies.
We
need
to
pick
up
that
slack
in
another
one.
J
So
if
we
don't
issue
debt
for
capital,
then
later
on,
I'll
be
talking
about
reducing
operating
programs
or
leaning
heavier
into
our
use
of
cash
or
leaning,
leaning,
heavier
into
payroll
savings
measures
such
as
furloughs
budgetary
leave
or
layoffs.
So
if
we
were
to
do
less
here,
that
would
mean
doing
more
of
one
of
those
leaning
harder
into
one
of
those
strategies.
A
J
A
L
You
Pamela,
Sano
and
direct
from
interval.
Actually,
my
question
is
mainly
a
continuation
of
councilmember
Cunningham's.
Just
what
are
the
long-term
effects
and-
and
it
sounds
it-
you
answered
it
for
this.
This
slide,
but
I
think
going
forward.
One
of
the
big
questions
I
have
is
just
how
this
is
going
to
impact
our
2021,
2022
and
2023
budgets.
How
this
is
gonna
impact
our
levy.
L
It
sounds
like
for
this:
just
switching
over
from
cash
and
debt
will
not
have
as
big
a
effect,
but
I'm
assuming
some
of
the
other
ones
will
so
just
be
helpful
to
know
when
we're
gonna
be
taking
a
bigger
levy
hit
or
something
or
a
proposed
bigger
levy
hit,
because
I
think
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we're
balancing
that
alright
and
I
I
do
what
I'm
trying
to
avoid
is
making
a
decision.
Now,
that's
gonna
really
hurt
us
later,
and
it's
I
know
it's
hard
to
predict
in
the
next
couple
years.
J
A
Thank
you,
I
know.
We
had
gone
through
some
of
these
in
our
initial
conversations
with
council
leadership
in
the
mayor's
office,
and
these
are
important
questions
to
get
out
in
the
public
realm
in
terms
of
how
we're
being
careful
about
about
those
concerns.
Quite
frankly,
council
president
fender
thank.
I
You,
madam
chair,
and,
as
you
reflected
I've,
been
asking
a
lot
of
these
kinds
of
questions
in
our
budget
meetings
about
financial
sustainability.
I
wondered
if,
because
so
many
questions
are
in
this
vein,
if
you
could
take
a
step
back
director
interval
and
talk
about
what
assumptions
you're,
making
our
projections
around
how
long
the
budget
is
expected
to
shift
in
terms
of
revenue
decreases
because
of
the
pandemic
and
the
economic
recession
that
we're
in
and
then
how
it
relates
to
these
decisions.
J
Thank
You,
chair,
Palmisano
and
council
president
bender
a
it's.
It's
a
good
question
to
ask:
I
have
an
unsatisfying
answer,
which
is
you
know,
largely
we
don't
know
and
there's
conflicting
thought
and
I
think
as
with
many
things
related
to
the
pandemic.
There
was
much
discussion
at
the
at
the
beginning
back
in
in
March
and
then
that's
trailed
off,
but
back
in
March
there
was
a
lot
of
conversation
about
a
u-shaped
recovery
or
a
v-shaped
recovery,
meaning
we'll
we.
J
We
know
that
on
the
front
end,
there's
a
sharp
drop
to
the
economic
activity
and
then
are
we
going
to
be
in
a
recession
for
a
long
time
or
are
we
going
to
rebound
quickly
so
a
long
time
would
be
more
of
a
u-shaped
trough
and
and
a
long
recession
with
a
quicker
recovery
similar
to
what
we
saw
in
the
in
the
Great
Recession.
Or
are
we
in
a
place
where
the
the
economic
fundamentals,
meaning
the
the
strength
of
the
financial
services
industry?
J
So
that
came
out
in
May.
Typically,
they
they
do.
Economic
forecasts
in
February
in
November
that
may
forecast
showed
a
Nike,
swoosh
type
recovery,
and
so
we
do
expect.
You
know,
following
that
guidance
that
we
will
recover
in
the
two
to
three
year
time
period,
with
sort
of
a
quicker
recovery
at
the
beginning
and
a
longer
tail
to
the
end,
not
not
a
five
year
recovery
but
I
think
there
is
a
large
caveat
there
that
we,
we
simply
don't
know.
We
don't
have
a
crystal
ball
to
help
us
see
the
future
on
this.
J
But
that's
where
you
know,
as
those
slide
shows
there,
is
that
policy
consideration.
Do
we
do
we
go
with
a
shorter
payback
so
that
we
we
can
move
past
the
measure
that
needed
to
be
taken
today
to
solve
this
problem
or
do
a
structure
a
longer
payback
so
that
we
can
engage
in
other
activities
that
that
are
needed
to
support
the
the
city
and
its
residents
and
businesses,
as
they
too
are
both
impacted
by
and
key
components
of
the
the
general
economic
recovery.
A
Thank
you,
mister
inner
mill
for
that
explanation.
If
I
might
add
one
piece
of
this
that
my
colleagues
will
recognize
as
part
of
this
process,
all
of
these
are
projections
right
and,
as
time
moves
on,
we
get
a
little
bit
more.
Certain
in
the
era
are
able
to
calibrate
those
projections.
A
little
bit
more
precisely.
You'll.
A
Remember
that
at
the
beginning,
when
we
thought
we'd
be
taking
on
this
exercise
in
June,
the
amount
of
money
that
we
were
going
to
try
to
cut
from
the
city's
budget
was
a
hundred
and
sixty
five
million
dollars
a
month
later.
Those
same
projections,
one
month
more
certain
in
terms
of
Kovan
related
costs,
really
was
more
like
156
million
dollars,
which
is
the
exercise
that
we're
in
now
councilmember
Goodman.
M
So
I
think
it's
important
to
note
that
we
should
be
cutting
where
we
can
cut
not
shifting
where
we
can
shift.
So
that
gets
me
to
my
question.
Why
are
we
even
doing
these
things?
I
understand
within
the
parking
fund?
Part
of
the
planning
is
for
the
impound
lot
and
the
impound
lot
is.
You
know.
100
years
old
and
people
are
waiting
in
a
double-wide
trailer
in
the
freezing
cold
with
no
heating.
Our
employees
are
working
in
terrible
situations
and
we're
about
to
let
contracts.
M
Okay,
that
makes
sense
to
me,
but,
like
this
parks
and
streets
deal
I'm
not
going
to
get
into
what
I
think
about
what's
happening
with
the
park
system
right
now,
but,
needless
to
say,
I
don't
think
we
should
be
shut.
Putting
extra
money
into
that
line
item
with
the
risk
that
we're
going
to
have
to
increase
property
taxes,
so
I'm
wondering
specifically
under
the
parks
and
roads
detail.
Where
are
we
at
with?
Are
they
ready
to
let
contracts
on
specific
road
projects
and
specific
capital
improvements
in
parks?
M
Right
now
that
we
have
to
do
this
or
why?
Wouldn't
we
almost
unwind
that
entire
deal,
which
would
put
15
million
plus
more
into
the
city's
coffers?
And
we
can
figure
out,
for
example,
how
to
deal
with
unsheltered,
homeless
people
and
parks
with
that
15
million
dollars?
So
there's
a
little
bit
of
power,
there's
a
little
bit
of
policy,
but
overall
I'm
just
wondering
why
we're
even
considering
doing
all
of
these
things
and
if
the
answer
is
well
we're
halfway
through
the
year-
and
we
have
to
finish
these
but
we'll
go
after
it
next
year.
M
That
would
make
me
feel
better,
but
I
don't
really
see
very
many
reductions.
This
entire
thing
is
like
all
about
shifting
things.
Even
an
affordable
housing,
I
don't
want
to
cut
out
of
affordable
housing
or
taking
4
million
from
the
Joint
Board
or
moving
it
to
cover
the
6
million
were
so
we're,
not
cutting
anything
so
I'm
just
interested
in
what
the
strategy
is.
M
Is
it
kind
of
defer,
because
I
just
heard
you
say
that
council,
member
or
bender
we're
looking
at
a
two
to
three
year
recovery,
so
maybe
for
two
to
three
years
we
shouldn't
be
doing
any
capital
projects
that
we
don't
put
pressure
on
property
taxpayers.
That
is
my
main
and
license
holders
I'm
all
in
favor
of
not
we
shouldn't
be
charging
for
licenses
from
businesses
that
aren't
opened
come
downtown.
You
can
see
no
one's
open
talk
to
anyone
in
restaurants,
they're
unemployed.
J
So
chair,
Palmisano
and
councilmember
Goodman
I
think
that
there
are
a
substantial
amount
of
cuts,
both
in
phase
one
and
phase,
one
which
the
council
has
already
adopted
and
phase
two,
as
proposed
by
the
mayor.
Yesterday,
the
the
58
million
dollars
of
cuts
and
in
phase
one
were
were
truly
reductions
from
the
budget,
I
think
as
a
sudden
in
my
prepared
remarks
a
few
minutes
ago.
J
But
I
think
that
it's
the
this
plan
in
total
is
is
making
some
hard
choices
and,
and
there
are
additional
hard
choices
that
can
be
made
as
well
with
respect
to
parks
and
streets.
Specifically,
yes,
I
think
it's
fair
to
characterize
it
that
we
are
we're
doing
we're
continuing
this
year,
because
the
the
work
has
been
programmed
and
is
happening.
You
know
as
we
speak
and-
and
there
is
the
opportunity
to
revisit
the
question
entirely
for
2021
and
beyond.
J
N
Good
morning,
chair,
Palmisano,
councilmember,
Goodman
and
councilmembers
I'll
speak
generally
to
the
general
fund
portion
of
it.
In
that
very
often,
we
have
projects
that
take
more
than
a
year
and
we
have
numerous
projects
that
started
last
year
and
continued
into
this
year.
We
also
have
projects
that
began
really
mobilizing
even
prior
to
kovat.
That
would
be
considered
underway,
and
these
are
projects
that
we
do
need
to
finish
in
2020.
We
don't
like
to
leave.
You
know,
pulse
and
projects
have
done
for
our
community.
N
So
it's
important
that
we
finish
our
2020
program
as
planned
to
reduce
a
pretty
widespread
community
impact,
so
that
is
for
2020.
Our
thinking
will
likely
be
very
different
for
2021
and
I.
Think
that
director,
inter
mill,
is
showing
you
that
we're
securing
the
2020
program
and
not
suggesting
that
this
be
the
strategy
for
2021.
We
are
all
thinking
about
2021
in
a
different
way
for
the
parking
fund,
councilmember,
Goodman,
you're,
absolutely
right.
The
impound
lot
very
much
under
way
very
much
needed.
N
We
found
ourselves
three
years
ago
in
a
very,
very
secure
position
with
the
parking
fund
and
made
a
decision
to
pay
cash
for
the
impound
lot
and
for
the
parking
meter
project
that
we
knew
was
coming.
That
actually
was
a
good
thing,
because
we
had
an
opportunity
for
2020
to
come
back
and
reverse
that
decision
in
bond
for
it,
which
we
could
have
done
a
few
years
ago,
and
we
decided
to
do
now
in
order
to
be
able
to
move
forward
with
those
two
projects
there
they
are
necessary.
One
is
the
impound
lot.
J
The
next
strategy
included
in
this
proposal
is
to
reduce
one-time
programming
by
twenty
three
point:
six
million
dollars
across
all
funds.
Understandably,
this
will
be
one
of
the
more
difficult
conversations
as
the
mayor
highlighted
yesterday.
This
will
cut
directly
at
some
of
the
most
visible
work
of
the
city.
As
you'll
recall,
one
of
the
phase,
1
cost
containment
measures,
cut,
base,
funded
contracting
or
ongoing
programming
by
15%.
This
strategy
cuts,
with
one
exception,
one-time
investments
as
the
slide
says
in
city
operations,
professional
services
contracts
and
in
capital
expenses,
though
I
can't
speak
to
the.
J
Why
of
a
given
decision?
I
can
tell
you
that,
when
taking
on
this
strategy,
the
mayor
and
his
team
focused
on
three
areas
they
first
looked
to.
Where
have
the
general
conditions
changed
enough
between
last
December?
And
today,
where
a
given
change
item
may
no
longer
be
the
best
investment
the
city
can
make.
Second,
they
looked
at
where
the
dollars
are
still
available,
where
are
dollars
still
available,
meaning
what's
left
yet
uncommitted
or
unspent
more
bluntly,
we
can't
save
money,
that's
already
been
spent.
So
let's
look
at
what's
available.
J
Third,
they
considered,
where
staff
time
is
currently
so
heavily
focused
on
pandemic
response.
That
dollars
simply
cannot
be
deployed
for
the
intended
purpose.
I
believe
I've
said
this
before
to
each
of
you
and
I'll
say
it
again.
Today,
it's
not
possible
to
reduce
our
plan
spending
by
10%
without
reducing
the
work
those
dollars
were
intended
to
buy.
With
that
in
mind,
I
suggest
that
some
of
the
primary
policy
considerations
here
are
you
know.
With
these
cuts,
can
we
still
advance
our
goals?
J
Can
we
do
less,
but
still
move
in
the
right
direction,
or
at
least
not
lose
ground,
and
perhaps
most
importantly,
are
we
still
living
our
truth?
Do
our
expenditures
still
aligned
with
our
values,
most
notably
the
commitment
of
this
body,
the
mayor
and
every
department,
to
work
to
advance
racial
equity
at
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
in
our
work
and
for
the
advancement
of
all
who
live,
work
and
recreate
here?
J
I
You
know
I
have
again
like
another
structural
question
about
our
budget,
which
is
that
usually
we
use
ongoing
revenue
for
ongoing
expenses.
So
an
ongoing
expense
is
the
salary
for
a
full-time
employee
which
we
assume
will
be
employed
by
the
city
unless
future
policymakers
choose
to
shift
the
budget
and
we
typically
use
ongoing
revenue
sources
for
those
ongoing
costs.
I
But
this
budget
cut
proposal
is
using
one-time
expenses,
one
one-time
cuts
either
cuts
in
one-time
expenses
or
cash
to
fill
those
ongoing
costs,
and
it's
another
way
of
asking
the
question
the
kinds
of
questions
you
were
getting
on.
The
last
slide,
which
is:
is
this
really
a
sustainable
way
to
prepare
for
our
budget
and
for
this
year?
And
then
the
next
several
years
to
come?
I'll
also
add
that
my
understanding
is
that
the
pose
levy
to
maintain
current
service
levels
after
these
cuts
would
be
14%
for
the
2021
budget
and
and
so
I
again.
J
Chair
Palmisano
and
council
member
bender,
it's
it's
a
good
question
too.
A
smart
question.
I
think
that
that's.
That
is
absolutely
the
the
choice
that
needs
to
be
made.
I
do
think
that
it's
making
ongoing
cuts,
mid-year
is
more
challenging
than
it
may
appear
on
its
face,
and
what
I
mean
by
that
is
particularly
when
we
look
at
our
largest
ongoing
expense,
which
is
our
our
staff,
cost
or
payroll
expense
layoffs.
J
Don't
save
dollar-for-dollar
in
the
immediate
we
are
reimbursing
employer,
which,
essentially,
in
plain
speak,
is
that
we
we
self
insure
for
unemployment
insurance
and
so
it.
If,
then,
when
we
lay
off
staff,
we
are
responsible
for
paying
those
unemployment,
insurance
costs,
and
so
the
layoff
net
savings
down
the
road
and
gets
to
some
of
that
structural
balance
that
you
speak
to,
but
it
in
order
to
achieve
the
level
of
savings
that
are
required
to
solve
the
immediate
problem.
J
We
would
have
to
go
very
deep
in
order
just
in
order
to
balance
in
this
year
and
so
I
I
think
it's
it's
certainly
a
choice.
The
the
mayor
was
clear
and
said
multiple
times.
His
primary
goal
was
to
avoid
massive
layoffs
in
2020.
If,
if
the
council
wants
to
take
a
slightly
different
approach
and
wants
to
focus
more
on
those
ongoing
cuts,
whether
they
be
this
staffing
or
programming,
that's
that
is
certainly
an
option
in
front
of
you
over
the
next.
J
E
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
This
is
a
high
level
question
and
I'm
sure
that
will
we
will
get
into
more
specifics,
but
I
just
have
she
asks.
Where
did
so?
You
know
you
talk
about
the
three
themes.
Conditions
changed.
What
money
is
still
available,
staff
time
related
to
the
pandemic
response,
so
one
of
the
concerns
that
I
have
is
that
a
consideration
explicitly
is
not
racial
equity.
You
know
how
does
so
from
a
high
level
perspective.
E
How
did
the
strategic
and
racial
equity
action
plan
get
incorporated
into
this
decision-making
process,
since
that's
our
main
lens
for
analysis,
as
well
as
the
racial
equity
impact
analysis
like
how?
How
was
that
incorporated
into
it,
because
I'm
just
very
concerned
that
this
is
not
explicitly
named
as
we're
talking
about
the
cuts.
L
E
J
J
The
listing
of
adjustments
that
you'll
see
in
the
coming
slides
are
not
exhaustive
of
all
of
the
one
time
change
items
in
the
2020
budget
and
there
are
one
time
change
items
that
are
left
untouched
and
so
those
aren't
discussed
in
the
coming
slides.
What
I've?
What
I've
shared
with
you
here
are
exclusively
the
cuts
proposed
by
the
mayor.
So
first
in
the
City
Clerk's
office,
the
mayor
recommends
reducing
the
Lim's
phase.
Three
change
item
by
$50,000.
J
This
general
fund
change
item
supports
the
continued
development
of
the
city's
legislative
information
management
system
or
limbs
specifically
to
extend
the
system's
functionality
to
include
the
city's
three
planning
and
quasi
judicial
bodies.
City
Court,
Casey,
Carl
and
I
are
here
to
answer
questions
on
this
recommendation.
J
In
the
city
coordinators
office,
the
mayor
recommends
adjustments
to
six
items
that
come
to
a
net
reduction
in
spending
of
one
hundred
and
twenty
five
thousand
dollars.
The
first
reduction
is
to
the
creative
city
challenge
and
entry
level
projects
supporting
emerging
public
artists.
This
item
would
be
reduced
by
seventy
thousand
dollars
in
the
general
fund.
The
second
reduction
is
to
enterprise
engagement.
This
is
a
pool
of
funds
available
to
all
departments
to
advance
equitable
engagement
by
leveraging
the
right
communications
tools
to
engage,
diverse
communities.
J
This
item
would
be
reduced
by
twenty
thousand
dollars
in
the
general
fund.
The
third
reduction
is
to
partnerships,
specifically
the
doors
open
event
which
will
not
be
occurring
in
2020
due
to
the
pandemic.
This
item
would
be
reduced
by
ten
thousand
dollars
in
the
general
fund.
The
fourth
reductionists
of
partnerships
specifically
could
joog
a
4-h
club
focused
on
enriching
the
lives
of
Somali
American
youth.
This
item
would
be
reduced
by
twenty
thousand
dollars
in
the
general
fund.
The
fifth
reductionist
of
the
promise
zone
for
contract
work
on
economic
development,
the
north
minneapolis
promise
zone.
J
J
K
Thank
you
very
much
sure
promise.
I
know
I,
guess
my
question.
It
has
to
do
well.
I
know
my
question
has
to
do
with
the
renter's
legal
support
and
the
way
it
was
sounding.
This
was
$400,000
that
wouldn't
be
too
had
been
spent
on
anything
else,
but
just
fell
out
of
the
air
from
the
federal
government
and
I
believe
we
did
have
a
discussion
about
how
we
were
going
to
use
these
resources,
and
the
council
already
made
a
commitment
to
put
them
towards
some
uses.
A
O
Did
madam
chair,
this
is
mark
ruff,
the
city
coordinator,
councilmember
Gordon.
If
I
understand
your
question
correctly,
you
know
what
director
inter
mil
is
referring
to
is
we're.
Not
reducing
expenditures
were
just
changing
the
source
of
the
expenditures
from
the
general
fund
to
additional
federal
funds
that
we
received
as
a
result
of
a
different
part
of
the
cares,
Act
funding
that
came
directly
to
the
city,
and
that
was
both
CDBG
and
ESG
money.
O
You
have
taken
action
on
a
revised
plan
for
how
to
spend
that
money,
but
there
has
been
additional
monies
that
would
be
receiving
that
you
will
be
will
be
also
than
taking
additional
action
on
how
to
spend
that
money,
and
so
there
is
that
is
in
a
process.
But
we,
a
recommendation,
is
to
replace
general
fund
money
with
this
federal
money.
K
A
A
P
Hi
Andrea
Brennan
interim
director
of
C
ped
I,
can
just
add
that
we
are
working
on
an
action
to
bring
forward
to
the
City
Council.
Using
the
federal
cares
act
funds
through
the
CDBG
additional
funding
allocation.
We
are
working
on
a
council
action
to
bring
forward
to
you,
hopefully
in
the
next
cycle
that
would
both
replace
these
funds,
as
well
as
requests
additional
funding
for
legal
services.
P
J
Yeah
madam
chair
I
also
appreciate
it,
and
this
strikes
me
is
a
good
time
to
add
just
my
my
thanks
and
recognition
of
every
department
engaging
in
this
effort
departments
have
not
only
been
going
above
and
beyond
in
working
to
respond
to
the
pandemic
and
to
respond
to
the
civil
unrest,
but
they've
also
taken
on
additional
work
to
respond
to
this,
the
financial
emergency.
We
find
ourselves
in
so
again
one
of
those
things
that
I
often
take
for
granted,
but
I'm.
Never
never
shy
to
to
highlight
yeah.
A
I
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
You
know
I
just
wanted
to
note
that
this
question
that
we
talked
about
a
little
bit
yesterday
and
director
inter
Mellon
you
followed
up
about
which
is
I,
had
asked
for
some
more
information
and
erased
equity
analysis
to
the
15%
contract
cuts
that
we
approved
as
part
of
the
phase
1,
more
administrative
approach
and
I
do
just
want
to
acknowledge
that
this.
I
These
one-time
cuts
are
coming
from
one-time
expenses
that
were
approved
in
last
year's
budget
and
so
in
both
of
those
areas
in
the
contract
cuts
as
well
as
in
these
one-time
cuts.
I
do
think
it
is
very
worth
us
taking
the
time
to
dig
in
and
understand
if
there
are
other
types
of
work
happening
or
other
ongoing
expenses
or
programs
that
may
be
a
lower
priority
than
some
of
these
investments
that
are
very
clearly
related
to
our
shared
priorities
of
race
equity.
So
you
know
and
I
think
the
two
are
related
again.
I
A
lot
of
the
reality.
Work
that
we
are
doing
is
investing
in
community
organizations.
So
I
know
that
we
are
on
tight
timeline,
but
I
just
did
want
to
note
that
I
think
it
is
100%
appropriate
and
important
for
council
members
to
dig
in
to
those
details
and
just
really
make
sure
that
the
cuts
are
in
the
areas
that
make
the
most
sense
related
to
our
priorities.
As
well
as
understand.
I
You
know
where
else
within
our
departments,
budgets
may
be
a
lower
priority
and,
of
course,
that's
work
that
will
have
to
happen
ongoing
for
the
2020
one
budget
and
likely
for
many
years
after
but
I,
don't
think
people
should
feel
discouraged
or
like
they
shouldn't
be
asking
detailed
questions
about
some
of
these
community
investments.
I.
J
Chair
and
council
president
I
wholeheartedly
agree
an
update
on
the
specific
request
for
additional
information
related
to
the
15%
cut.
Yesterday
immediately,
following
the
mayor's
remarks,
my
my
team
did
reach
back
out.
Any
departments
we've
not
yet
heard
from,
and
our
goal
is
to
get
you
that
information
on
on
Monday
next
week.
I
J
At
the
convention
center
and
Target
Center,
the
mayor
recommends
reductions
of
11
point
in
dollar
in
capital
expenses,
so
these
these
are
some
of
those
expenditures
that
are
being
postponed
and
and
foregone
in
in
the
2020
year.
So
the
first
recommendation
is
to
postpone
ten
point:
two
million
dollars
of
interior
remodeling
and
important,
but
non-critical
equipment
and
infrastructure
projects
at
the
convention
center.
K
Thank
you,
I,
just
think
that
it
might
be
beneficial
for
us
to
have
a
little
more
background.
Information
about
it.
I
will
have
to
say
when
we
look
at
the
Convention
Center
that
hasn't
been
used
and
the
Target
Center,
and
we
see
that
there's
a
willingness
to
release
this
much
money
into
those
improvements
which
I
guess
is
incredibly
helpful,
but
then
we're
seeing
that
we're
still
spending
1314.
It
looks
like
actually
over
fourteen
million
on
the
improvements.
Is
this
really
the
right
time
for
us
to
be
spending
fourteen
million
dollars
on
this
one?
K
There
are
other
critical
needs.
It's
fine!
If
somebody
wants
to
make
the
case
briefly
here
about
how
they
came
up
with
these
figures,
but
it
also
might
really
be
helpful
for
us
to
understand-
and
it
might
be
in
our
judgment,
that
we
don't
necessarily
need
these
upgraded
speakers
and
sound
system
or
whatever
they
are,
or
the
better
lighting
or
new
chairs
right
now,
when
we're
looking
at
you
know,
property
tax
increases
and
cutting
services
and
other
more
critical
areas
there
that
impact
the
health
of
our
residents.
K
A
J
A
L
You
sure
Palmisano
I,
yesterday
the
the
mayor
talked
about
like
not
the
that
it
was.
You
know
physically
smarter
to
not
shut
down
the
Convention
Center
and
not
do
what
I,
what
I'm,
what
I'm
hearing
from
constituents
frankly,
you
know
is
that
you
know
nothing's
happening
at
the
convention
center.
Why
are
we
still
funding
that
so
I
think
it
would
be
really
helpful,
I
think
for
the
public
to
hear
more
of
you
know
what
what
that
entails
and
why
it
makes
you
know
in
theory,
more
sense
to
keep
it
open
right
now.
A
Q
Q
As
director
Hutchison
said
for
Public
Works,
we
have
the
same
challenges
that
our
projects
take
more
than
a
year,
and
so
those
projects
are
under
contract
for
the
most
part
and
underway,
and
so
they
are
difficult
to
stop
in
in
a
halfway
nature
as
it
as
regard
to
why
the
convention
center
is
open
or
closed
going
forward.
We
do
have
contractual
obligations
to
host
events
if
we
are
allowed
to
host
the
events.
Q
The
challenge
that
we
have
right
now
is
we
don't
know
when
we
will
be
able
to
host
events
again,
and
so
it
is
difficult
for
us
from
a
contractual
standpoint
to
cancel
events
for
the
rest
of
the
year,
because
some
of
those
events
want
to
happen,
and
so
we
don't
have
the
legal
right
to
cancel
those
until
our
building
is
not
available
and
without
knowing
when
we
will
be
available
again.
That
puts
us
in
this
very
difficult
place.
Q
Going
forward,
so
that's
why
we
are
staying
at
the
ready
to.
We
are
starting
to
host
actually
next
week
some
events
that
are
under
two
hundred
and
fifty
people.
Obviously
that's
those
are
not
events
that
generally
a
building
as
large
as
we
are,
would
want
to
host
on
a
regular
basis,
but
we
are
starting
to
do
that
in
response
to
those
needs.
A
Q
Chair
Palmisano,
councilmember
garden,
so
again,
these
cuts
that
we
are
proposing
are
for
one
of
the
capital
improvements.
So
again,
many
of
the
expenses
that
the
six
point-
eight
million
dollars-
are
expenses
that
were
actually
engaged
in
and
closing
out,
and
so
we
have
contracts
with
the
different
construction
companies
and
and
others
to
complete
those.
And
so
we
have
stopped
all
future
projects
at
this
point.
Other
expenses
for
the
Target
Center
really
tied
to
debt
payment
that
we
have.
Q
K
Sorry
about
that
thanks.
This
is
all
helpful
information.
I
will
just
note
that
when
it's
ten
million
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
that's
an
awfully
round
number
and
when
it's
1
million
dollars,
that's
an
awfully
round
number
and
why
couldn't
it
be
1
million
five
hundred
and
or
1
million
$55,000?
If
we
wanted
to
recover
some
other
thing
that
we're
cutting
when
we're
looking
at
this,
so
some
kind
of
itemized
list
might
be
helpful.
K
I
understand
that
we
do
have
contracts
that
are
out
there
and
all
those
things,
but
I
suspect
these
numbers
weren't
necessarily
based
on
every
cent
that
was,
it
was
going
to
be
spent
and
sent
out
there.
So
I'd
like
to
better
understand
what
flexibility
there
might
still
be
left
in
these
numbers
as
we're
making
such
significant
commitments
of
investments
in
potential
buildings
that
we
own
in
control.
So
if
we
could
prevent
some
kind
of
layoffs
or
some
other
things,
I
think
we
should
still
explore
that.
K
J
J
So,
moving
to
the
next
slide,
please
unity,
planning
and
economic
development.
The
mayor
recommends
adjustments
to
ten
items
that
come
to
a
net
reduction
in
spending
of
two
million
and
sixty-five
thousand
dollars
the
first
reductionist
to
the
affordable
housing
trust
fund,
through
which
gap
financing
is
provided
for
the
production
and
preservation
of
affordable
rental
housing.
This
item
would
be
reduced
by
$225,000
in
the
general
fund.
I
do
want
to
note
the
original
amount
shown
on
the
slide
in
front
of
you
speaks
only
to
the
general
fund.
Money
is
going
to
the
trust
fund
in
2020.
J
Additional
nine
million
dollars
of
appropriation
from
other
funds
remains
in
the
2020
budget.
The
second
adjustment
is
an
increase
to
the
commercial
property
Development
Fund.
So
again,
this
is
an
increase,
and
this
increases
the
availability
of
patient
capital
available
to
be
lent
on
favorable
terms
to
commercial
development
projects
located
in
economically
challenged
areas.
This
item
would
be
increased
by
two
hundred
and
sixty
thousand
dollars.
The
third
adjustment
is
to
the
co-operative
technical
assistance
program
or
C.
J
Top
funds
have
been
designated
to
be
deployed
in
conjunction
with
cooperative
public
market
for
the
Africa
village
project
and
the
Cedar
Riverside
neighborhood
I
understand
funds
will
not
be
needed
this
year.
The
item
would
be
reduced
by
fifty
thousand
dollars
in
the
general
fund.
The
fourth
adjustment
is
to
the
coop
and
employee
owner
Opportunity
Fund.
This
is
a
new
program
set
to
launch
in
2020
to
help
convert
traditional
businesses
to
employee
ownership
opportunities.
This
item
would
be
reduced
by
one
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
the
general
fund.
J
The
fifth
reduction
is
to
Minneapolis
homes,
a
homeownership
program
which
received
much
discussion
at
yesterday's
Pogo
meeting.
The
item
would
be
reduced
by
seven
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
in
the
general
fund,
but
I
understand
from
interim
chief
HUD
director
Andrea
Brennan
that
one
outcome
of
the
consolidation
of
home
ownership
programs
discussed
at
yesterday's
Pogo
is
the
ability
to
share
resources
between
existing
programs
and
should
not
negatively
impact
this
programming.
J
The
sixth
adjustment
is
to
funding
that
exists
for
the
preservation
of
naturally
occurring
affordable
housing.
This
item
will
be
reduced
by
one
point:
four
or
five
million
dollar
dollars
in
the
general
fund
and
$1,000,000
of
that
reduction
will
be
replenished
with
a
return
of
unused
funds
from
the
Minneapolis
st.
Paul
Housing
Finance
Board
next
slide.
Please
reduction
is
to
pay
day
lending
refinancing,
which
provided
funds
for
contract
to
contract
with
an
entity
or
entities
to
provide
no
interest.
No
fee
refinance
loan
loans
for
persons
with
payday
lending
loans.
J
This
item
would
be
reduced
by
$75,000
in
the
general
fund.
Viii
adjustment
is
to
stable
home,
stable
schools,
the
city's
partnership
with
the
Minneapolis
public
housing
agency
and
the
public
schools
to
provide
housing
stability
for
school
children
and
their
families.
This
item
will
be
reduced
by
3
million
dollars
in
the
general
fund.
All
3
million
dollars
of
that
reduction
will
be
replenished
with
the
return
of
unused
funds
from
the
Minneapolis
st.
Paul
Housing
Finance
Board
yielding
no
net
change
to
this
item.
J
The
ninth
adjustment
is
to
village
financial,
a
2019
change
item
that
was
rolled
into
2020
for
the
purpose
of
developing
a
black-owned
credit
union.
This
item
would
be
reduced
by
$500,000
in
the
general
fund,
but
notably
a
little
over.
Half
of
this
reduction
is
that
260
that
is
being
used
to
support
the
increase
to
the
commercial
property.
Development
Fund,
the
260
thousand
dollars
I
had
just
referenced.
The
tenth
and
final
reduction
in
C
ped
is
to
the
4
d
program.
This
is
the
one
base
funded
program
being
reduced
through
the
overall
strategy.
J
I
understand
that
program
objectives
can
be
met
while
still
returning
the
hundred
and
seventy-five
thousand
dollars
of
the
two
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollar
base
allocation
for
this
item.
The
this
item
would
then,
indeed
be
reduced
by
a
hundred
and
seventy-five
thousand
dollars
in
the
general
fund.
Interim
C
pet
director,
Andrea,
Brennan
and
I
are
here
to
answer
any
questions
on
this
set
of
recommendations.
L
You,
chair
Palmisano,
there's
a
question
for
interim
director
of
Brennan.
If
I
could
get
just
a
little
more
detail
about
the
four
million
dollar
reduction
to
the
the
Joint
Finance
Board
kind
of
what
services,
though
we
won't
see
and
why
it
was
seemed,
you
know
I'm
just
kind
of
the
justification
for
taking
four
million
they're.
P
Sure
Andrea
Brennan
interim
chief
head
director,
madam
chair,
come
to
members
Raider.
The
joint
board
was
set
up
in
the
1980s.
It
is
a
joint
board
with
the
city
of
st.
Paul
and
back
then
it
was
set
up
to
as
basically
a
financing
tool
to
be
able
to
issue
bonds
for
housing
activities
back
in
the
80s
and
the
90s
Minneapolis
and
st.
Paul
did
a
fair
amount
of
this
bond
issuance
primarily
for
single-family
mortgage
programs.
P
For
things
like
the
low-income
housing
tax,
credit
program,
which
again
is,
is
administered
jointly
through
this
joint
board
for
Minneapolis
and
st.
Paul.
So
there
are
sort
of
operational
cost
that
that
are
paid
from
funds
of
the
Joint
Board.
There
is
a
need
to
have
some
balance
and
this
cost
of
issuance
fund,
but
the
the
amount
that's
currently
there.
It's
far
exceeds
the
amount
that
that
is
needed
for
those
operational
purposes.
P
So,
as
this
staff
did
some
analysis
and
determined
that
the
amount
that
could
be
given
to
the
to
the
city
for
this
purpose
is
four
million
dollars,
but
there
isn't.
We
do
not
anticipate
that
there
will
be
anything
that
happens
through
the
joint
board
that
that
will
not
be
able
to
occur
as
a
result
of
this
I.
L
Think
you
just
think
quick
kind
of
follow-up
comment.
I
think
it'd
be
helpful.
To
know
just
like
is
for
millions
quite
a
substantial
amount
of
money
when
how
much
is
kind
of
built
up
over
the
years
I
mean
the
fact
that
if
it's
we're
just
paying
for
operational
costs
right
now,
but
then
there's
a
fund
balance.
That's
that's
other
money
that
could
have
been
used
on
on
more
affordable
housing
or
some
of
these
other
programs.
I'm,
certainly
happy
that
the
four
million
dollars
is
able
to
go
to
do
some
of
the
great
program.
I
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
dr.
Brennan
I
wondered
if
you
could
speak
more
to
the
four-day
program.
It
seems
like
the
confluence
of
economic
hardship
plus
need
for
affordable
housing
plus
potential
levy
increases
would
make
it
a
great
time
to
invest
in
the
tax
incentives
to
preserve
affordable
housing.
But
is
there
anything
I'm
missing,
and
can
you
talk
more
about
that
reduction.
P
Sure,
madam
chair
council,
president
bender
the
that
this
was
actually
a
very
easy
reduction
to
make,
because
the
4d
program
has
is
completed
for
2020.
We
received
applications.
We
we
had
I
think
about
five
hundred
units
applied
for
the
2020
program
and
we
have
advanced
those
and
the
overall
budget
for
the
4d
program
was
two
hundred
and
fifty
thousand.
We
needed
seventy-five
thousand
of
that
two
hundred
fifty
thousand
in
order
to
approve
the
five
hundred
units
that
were
approved.
So
this
has
really
excess
funds
that
are
not
needed
for
the
program.
P
J
M
Thank
You
Madame,
chair
back
to
the
joint
board,
question
and
I
have
been
the
chair
of
the
joint
board
for
four
years
and
I've
served
with
councilmembers,
Gordon
and
Ellison
on
the
joint
board.
I
want
to
note
that
st.
Paul
has
taken
their
excess
revenue
out
of
the
joint
board
in
a
way
that
we
have
not.
So
we
have
had
a
fund
balance
over
time
and
we
have
not
touched
it,
and
now
we're
gonna
do
what
st.
M
Paul
did,
which
was
use
that,
for
other
reasons,
we're
actually
having
a
meeting
of
the
joint
board
to
discuss
this
I
think
next
week,
if
not
the
week
after.
So
this
seems
to
be
administrative
from
st.
Paul
side,
since
this
is
something
they
have
done
with
their
share
of
the
excess
revenue.
It's
just
not
something
that
we
had
ever
contemplated
that
in
an
emergency
now
we're
contemplating
it
and
I'll.
Note
the
council,
member
Gordon
and
Allison
have
been
at
all
the
meetings
and
will
be
at
that
meeting
as
well.
G
J
Certainly
sure
Palmisano
and
council
vice-president
Jenkins,
the
the
full
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
allocated
for
village
financial,
is,
is
being
recommended
to
be
eliminated.
However,
two
hundred-
and
sixty
thousand
of
that,
then,
is
being.
That
is
the
the
increase
that
you
see
on
the
previous
slide
to
the
to
the
commercial
property.
E
So
it's
one
of
the
things
that
happened
with
the
2020
budget
was
that
there
was
five
hundred
thousand
that
was
already
that
had
been
proposed.
I
had
expressed
concerns
about
that
and
then
I
even
reassured
that
it's
okay,
we're
rolling
over
five
hundred
thousand
from
last
year
that
hasn't
been
spent,
and
so
now
we're
talking
about
cutting
that
I
understand.
If
village
financial
specifically
is
not
ready
for
that,
for
whatever
the
requirements
were
to
be
able
to
spend
the
dollars.
E
This
is
about
black
economic
power
specifically,
and
so
I
just
have
some
concerns
about
the
lack
of
investing
directly
into
black
LED
black
serving
organizations
that
focus
on
wealth
building
like
there
are
ways
for
us
to
continue,
potentially
investing
that
half
a
million
dollars
into
specifically
building
black
economic
power.
That
is
a
concern
that
I
have
that
feels
like.
It
is
not
in
alignment
with
our
values
of
closing
racial
disparities
that
disproportionately
impact
black
folks.
E
So
it's
like
village
financial
was,
or
is
a
project
that
we
kind
of
put
up
on
this
pedestal
as
like,
the
that
that
represented
us
as
a
city.
Investing
in
black
II
can
power,
but
the
underlying
purpose
was
to
do
that.
The
positive
outcome
from
that
investment
would
be
a
black
LED
black
serving
credit
union,
but
the
underlying
intention
was
building
black
economic
power
and
wealth.
That
now
I
know
that
we
as
a
city
could
not
say
this.
E
That
law
and
expectation,
but
there
are
more
direct
ways
that
we
would
be
able
to
continue
to
invest
directly
in
community-based
organizations
that
are
doing
this
work
that
are
black,
led
black
serving
so
I.
Just
this
particular
cut
I'm
I
mean
I'm
glad
to
see
that
it's
going
to
the
commercial
property
Development
Fund.
E
You
know,
I
think
that
that
is
a
really
critical
program
in
work,
for
we
have
like
next
to
no
commercial
real
estate,
and
we
really
need
that
if
we're
going
to
be
helping
black
and
brown
business
owners
or
entrepreneurs
to
be
able
to
have
brick-and-mortar
spaces
so
again,
I
don't
want
to
undermine
that
impact.
I
just
don't
feel
great
about
the
proposal
to
remove
money
that
we're
making
a
cut
specifically
around
building
black
economic
power,
even
if
that's
specifically
not
going
to
village
financial.
E
That
doesn't
feel
like
that
aligns
with
our
values
and
what
we
have
committed
to
as
a
city.
So
I
just
want
to
name
that,
specifically
that
you
know
that
money
could
be
reallocated
in
other
ways.
I
know
that
we're
looking
for
cuts
right
now,
but
some
of
that
money
was
reallocated.
So
you
know,
if
we're
looking
at,
how
do
we
fully
aligned
with
our
values
that
that
particular
component
does
not
feel
like
that's
aligned
with
our
with
our
values?
So
I
just
wanted
to
to
name
that
in
in
this
space.
I
Thank
you,
madam
chair
I,
wanted
to
ask
dresser
running
about
the
reduction
in
funding
for
preservation
of
affordable
housing
and
I
know
that
it's
been
a
bit
challenging
to
get
that
money
spent
because
of
our
challenges
of
competing
in
the
real
estate
market
with
private
investors,
but
also
just
wanted
to
hear
more
about
the
status
of
that
program.
Related
to
these
cuts
and
I
also
recall
that
maybe
even
last
term
I
think
we
we
did
set
aside
a
portion
of
our
financial
investment
portfolio
for
the
use
of
preservation
of
affordable
housing.
I
P
Sure,
madam
madam
chair,
council
president,
the
the
proposed
cuts
to
the
Noah
preservation
programs
would,
you
know,
potentially
reduce
some
ability
to
acquire
and
preserve
Noah
property.
The
challenge
I
think
that
you
named
is
that
we
don't
have
a
lot
of
control
over
when
those
opportunities
come.
We
certainly
are
out
looking
for
them
very
proactively,
but
you
know
it
takes
a
takes:
a
willing,
seller
and
and
a
lot
of
circumstances
to
fall
in
line
and
for
for
those
to
be
viable
potential
acquisitions.
So
the.
P
That
we,
we
have,
we've
had
Noah
preservation
programs.
Now,
for
three
years,
and
and
as
of
still
early
this
year,
we
were
carrying
forward
balances
and
now
with
some
really
important
preservation
acquisitions
by
nonprofit
partners
and
and
the
Land
Bank
Twin
Cities.
We
we
don't
have
any
balances
from
previous
years.
However,
you
know
when
looking
at
where
you
know
we're
funds
potentially
could
be
cut.
P
So
we
we
do
expect
that
that
activity
will
continue
and
that
we
will
be
able
to
respond
to
opportunities,
and
you
know
we
all-
we've
also
learned
through
the
Noah
preservation
work
that
it's
really
important
to
be
flexible
and
nimble.
So
if
we
are
presented
with
an
opportunity
to
preserve
Noah
property,
we've,
we've
heard
a
very
strong
interest
on
the
part
of
the
City
Council
that
that
is
a
priority.
P
So
staff
would
have
the
ability
to
move
forward
and
request
that
council
consider
some
reallocation
of
resources
at
that
time,
so
that
we
can
accommodate
that
kind
of
opportunity
if
it
does
arise.
I
I
The
first
right
of
refusal-
I'm
not
using
the
right
word
for
that
ordinance,
but
the
you
know
the
requirement
to
offer
building
sale
drunk
leads
to
the
tenants
that
would,
of
course
require
financial
resources
opportunity
to
purchase.
Thank
you,
custom
over
Gordon,
and
you
know,
I
have
son
of
our
Noah
preservation.
Funds
is
one
tool
that
could
help
take
advantage
of
that
policy
change
and
create
investment.
For
you
know,
cooperative
housing,
like
like
you
did
with
the
corn
code
five
buildings
in
the
future.
J
Thank
You
chair
Palmisano.
If
we
can
advance
two
slides
great
in
finance
and
property
services,
the
mayor
recommends
reducing
the
asset
management
strategy
by
one
hundred
and
forty
five
thousand
dollars.
This
general
fund
change
item
lays
the
groundwork
to
build
a
system
that
incorporates
data
from
all
major
city
asset
categories,
think
about
vehicles,
buildings,
roads,
etc
into
one
format
to
aid
in
budget
prioritization,
financial
reporting
and
risk
management.
E
Thank
you
just
very
quickly
if
we
could
go
back
to
the
last
slide,
so
this
is
I
think
for
most
folks,
like
a
pretty
dry
line
item,
but
but
I
do
just
want
to
be
able
to
pause
and
say
quickly
that
this
is
actually
a
really
critical
moon.
If
we
are
going
to
leverage
all
of
our
assets
as
a
city
between
the
land
that
we
own,
the
the
as
was
mentioned,
the
the
fleet
like
we
have
a
lot
of
assets
that
we
are
not
he
into
consideration
in
a
thoughtful
organized
way.
E
This
is
a
common
issue
across
cities.
I've
done
a
lot
of
work
in
research
around
public.
The
public
wealth
of
cities-
and
this
is
kind
of
this-
is
something
that
is
recommended
as
a
fundamental
starting
place
to
really
leverage
our
publicly
owned
assets
as
a
way
to
be
able
to
build
public
wealth
rather
than
having
to
continuously
rely
on
just
property
taxes,
for
example,
as
a
revenue
stream.
E
E
J
Sher
Palmisano,
it's
if
you're,
okay
with
me,
responding
I,
do
appreciate
councilmember
Cunningham
raising
the
issue.
This
is
actually
a
change
item
that
lives
specifically
in
my
division
budget
and
on
this
Chasen
change
item
I
can
give
a
little
bit
more
detail,
which
is
to
say
first
the
the
reason
it's
being
reduced
by
a
hundred
and
forty
five
thousand
dollars,
rather
than
one
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
is
because
five
thousand
dollars
was
spent.
J
Robert
Harrison,
our
principal
budget,
analyst
and
I
went
out
to
Washington
DC
to
learn
from
our
our
counterparts
out
there
about
this.
This
particular
topic
that
they
have
done
a
lot
of
leading
work
in
and
so
that
knowledge
is
not
lost,
though
the
the
dollars
are
being
reduced
here
and
on
top
of
that
just
yesterday
evening,
I
had
met
with
our
chief
information
officer
fadis
a
deal,
and
we
we
talked
about
restarting
this
project
from
a
staff
team
perspective.
J
So
thanks
thanks
for
allowing
me
that
indulgence,
we
can
go
to
the
next
slide
in
the
apartment.
The
mayor
recommends
adjustments
to
five
change
items
that
come
to
a
reduction
of
spending
of
a
hundred
and
sixty
six
thousand
two
hundred
fifty
dollars.
The
first
reduction
is
to
funding
available
to
implement
three
of
the
sixteen
items
listed
in
the
fast
track
initiative
action
plan.
This
item
would
be
reduced
by
fifty
thousand
dollars
in
the
general
fund.
The
second
reduction
is
to
funds
appropriated
to
hire
temporary
health
inspectors.
J
This
item
would
be
reduced
by
fifty
thousand
fifty
five
thousand
dollars
in
the
general
fund.
The
third
reduction
is
to
healthy
living
and
low-income
housing,
which
allows
for
expanded
contracts
with
housing
partners
for
public
health
awareness
and
comprehensive
wellness
in
public
housing.
This
item
would
be
reduced
by
twenty
five
thousand
dollars
in
the
general
fund.
The
fourth
reduction
is
to
youth
Coordinating
Board,
which
is
appropriated
funds
through
the
Health
Department.
Specifically,
these
funds
are
related
to
contracting
available
to
help
develop
children
savings
accounts.
J
This
item
would
be
reduced
by
six
thousand
two
hundred
and
fifty
dollars
in
the
general
fund.
The
fifth
reduction
is
also
to
the
youth
Coordinating
Board,
specifically
related
to
part-time
youth
workers
in
the
Cedar
Riverside
and
Seward
neighborhoods.
This
item
would
be
reduced
by
thirty
thousand
dollars
in
the
general
fund.
Commissioner
of
health
Gretchen,
music
camps
and
I
are
here
to
answer
questions
on
these
recommendations.
E
Thank
you
sorry
to
be
talking
so
much.
This
is
a
obviously
a
particular
area
of
area
of
importance
for
me
and
and
my
community
that
I
represent
so
I.
First
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we
name
for
the
record
that
fast
track
is
specifically
focused
on
reducing
and
treating
HIV
that
wasn't
that
wasn't
named
so
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
folks
understand.
This
is
a
cut
to
HIV
related
funding
that
you
know.
I
just
feel
like
these.
E
That's
our
that
we're
talking
about
cutting,
and
this
is
on
top
of
the
public
safety
goal
being
that
we
want
young
people
to
be
connected
to
positive
youth
development,
programming
and
so
like
that,
runs
directly
in
the
face,
something
that
disproportionately
impacts.
Somali
youth,
in
particular
that
we
are
cutting
that
this
is
a
small
amount
of
money
on
the
grand
scheme
of
things.
E
But
yet
it
has
such
a
big
impact,
and
so
I
am
deeply
concerned,
particularly
that
we're
making
this
cut
without
a
ward,
six
councilmember
to
be
able
to
say,
like
I'm,
not
like
I'm,
not
okay,
with
this
money
being
cut,
because
it's
desperately
needed
as
a
youth
advocates.
I
feel
a
moral
responsibility
to
say
that
it
is
not
okay
to
cut
this
money.
Given
our
commitment
to
racial
equity,
our
public
safety
goal
being
directly
specifically
focused
on
young
people.
E
Those
two
things
together
should
not
allow
$30,000
of
a
meager
$50,000
in
the
first
place,
because
I
mean
the
fact
that
they
have
a
part
time
there
they're
more
than
part-time,
but
getting
paid
for
part
time.
I
could
pull
apart.
The
inequity
like
how
it's
racially
and
equitable
to
be
making
these
cuts
and
the
other
areas,
but
I
particularly
feel
strongly
about
the
youth
workers
funding
being
cut.
A
Appreciate
that
council
member,
if
director
interval,
wants
to
respond,
he
can
I
do
want
to
flag
the
part-time
youth
workers
as
something
that
we
talked
a
lot
about
in
our
discussions
between
leadership
in
the
mayor's
office.
I
I
believe
and
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong
these
part-time
youth
workers
weren't
youth
themselves.
This
isn't
like
a
summer
employment
kind
of
program,
but
we
also
had
partnerships
money
in
Cedar,
River
Site
for
youth,
including
sixty
to
eighty
thousand
in
kajouji
youth
programming
and
additional
funding
for
both
the
Cedar
Riverside
partnership
and
the
Riverside
Opportunity
Center.
A
That
are
all
doing
very
similar
work
here,
but
it
was
flagged
as
a
concern
for
the
reasons
that
you
mentioned
by
myself
and
councilmember
Jenkins
mister
inner
mill.
Is
there
anything
you
wanted
to
mention
specific
to
the
comments
from
councilmember
Cunningham
I
see
we
have
several
more
council
members
in
queue.
Okay,
then
it
councilmember
Fletcher.
D
Thank
You,
chair
Palmisano,
councilmember
Cunningham,
already
said
everything
I
was
going
to
say
and
more
other
than
just
just
to
note
that
this
was
something
that
council,
member
or
Sami
advocated
for
and
I'm
I
felt
compelled
to
sort
of
speak
up
for
it.
Given
the
vacancy
in
that
seat,
I
think
it's
important
that
we,
you
know,
support
work
that
we've
been
getting
some
positive
feedback
on
and-
and
this
feels
like
an
item
where
we
probably
just
need
to
look
for
the
money
elsewhere
in
the
budget.
On
this
one
sure.
K
Thank
you,
yeah
I
I've
concerns
about
most
of
this
and
seeing
that
it's
only
166
thousand
dollars,
I'm
wondering
why
we're
spending
so
many
millions
on
some
other
things
that
won't
have
direct
impacts
on
the
health
and
safety
of
our
residents
like
these
things
do,
and
some
of
them
I
was
very
intimately
involved
in
the
temporary
health
inspectors
has
has
been
something
that's
been
recommended
for
years
and
we
keep
pushing
that
off
as
a
one-time
funding
and
so
I
think.
K
Somehow
it's
become
a
really
big
target,
even
though
what
we
really
need
is
the
ongoing
health
inspectors,
so
that
we
can
address
lead
poisoning
in
the
homes
of
our
city,
and
we
can
get
way
upstream
on
some
of
these
problems
that
were
we're.
Dealing
with
I
really
appreciate
comments
made
about
the
youth
workers.
I
represent,
see
Riverside
and
Seward,
as
well
as
Ward
six,
who
will
hopefully
soon
have
a
representative
there
for
them.
That
was
something
that
we
worked
hard
on.
K
We
did
it
for
one
year:
I
had
an
opportunity
to
participate
in
an
evaluation
and
talk
with
the
outreach
workers
themselves
and
hear
about
how
many
people
that
helped
get
into
opioid
treatment
and
and
help
and
save
and
link
up
with
jobs
and
in
partnership
with
local
businesses.
So
it's
critically
important
need
so
I'll
be
I,
will
admit,
I,
don't
know
as
much
about
the
fast-track
item
without
a
little
more
explanation
on
here,
but
I'll
be
looking
into
that
as
well
and
I'm
happy
to
work
with
others
on
ways.
K
G
G
Significant
health
concern
a
virus
that
has
been
impacting
people
for
many
years,
like
the
coronavirus,
which
I
believe
we
will
be
dealing
with
for
many
many
years
to
come
as
well,
and
also
just
as
you
mentioned.
Madam
chair,
that
you
know
we
had
no
long
discussions
about
these
worker
cuts
in
our
initial
budget
conversations.
I
do
think
there
was
some
concern
around.
G
Will
these
youth
programs
be
functioning
this
summer,
given
the
coronavirus,
so
I
I
think
there
are
some
some
concern
and
and
I'm
not
sure
where
the
where
that
programming
is
I
do
know
that
most
summer
activity
has
been
either
canceled
and
or
postponed
this
summer
for
for
young
people,
which
is
really
important
in
it,
but
very
challenging
in
this
environment
that
we're
in.
But
if
there's
ways
that
we
can
restore,
this
I
would
be
interested
in
supporting
that
as
well.
A
Thank
you.
I
want
to
direct
colleagues
a
little
bit
to
the
chat.
Our
director
did
get
some
clarification
from
the
mayor's
office
that
there's
there's
grant
funds
being
used
for
the
fast-track
separate
from
these
general
fund
monies.
So
it
seems
that
this
is
not
a
cut
to
the
program,
but
rather
just
a
program
reduction
to
the
general
fund
that
is
being
supplemented
from
somewhere
else
and
I.
Wonder
if
there
are
others
like
that
in
this
list
as
well.
I
I
know
that
our
commissioner
of
health
is
ready
to
speak
to
these
I'll
also
share
I.
A
Don't
remember
every
part
of
our
conversation
about
the
part-time
youth
workers
in
Cedar,
Riverside
and
Seward,
but
it
seemed
to
me
I
do
recall
that
that
program
itself
was
making
some
fundamental
different
changes
due
to
coronavirus,
like
the
council.
Vice
president,
said
director,
music
can't
could
I
call
on
you
now
to
offer
some
clarification
here.
F
I
believe
that
went
in
to
the
2020
budget,
and
so
we
have
prior
to
knowing
about
this
cut.
We
have
been
in
conversations
with
clinics
really.
What
we're
trying
to
do
is
create
more
model
practices
on
HIV
screening
and
services
for
clinics
that
serve
communities
that
are
underserved
with
testing
and
treatment
for
HIV,
and
we
have
agreements
from
clinics
to
move
forward.
But
we
have
not
executed
those
contracts
yet,
and
so
that's
why
it
appears
that
the
money
is
not
expended
and
it
isn't
it
isn't
committed
yet.
A
A
From
the
general
fund
No,
so
we're
making
that
adjustment,
but
our
understanding
and
our
conversation
prior
was
that
some
grant
money
was
able
to
be
used
for
that
fast-track
program
instead
and
I'm
curious.
Actually,
councilmember
Cunningham
is
curious.
If
the
amount
then
being
used
from
grant
monies
is
$50,000
or
if
it's
a
different
number.
F
Madam
chair
I
will
have
to
get
you
the
fine
detail
and
I
will
do
that,
but
I
believe
that
our
proposal
into
the
2020
budget
already
took
into
account
that
we
were
applying
for
the
grant,
and
so
this
is
a
combination
with
the
grant
dollars
to
create
the
whole
program.
But
I
will
provide
more
more
information
about
that.
I
see
I'm
getting
text
messages
right
now
we
received
20,000
dollars
in
grants.
F
F
R
R
George
Floyd
is
as
well
as
the
leading
a
community
process,
that's
transparent
and
inclusive
about
what
we're
gonna
do
with
the
third
Precinct
that
specific
site
and
property,
and
perhaps
other
other
areas
in
North
Minneapolis
that
were
impacted
as
well.
So
I
did
reach
out
already
to
staff
into
our
council,
vice
president
to
see
if
we
can
get
some
help
on
that
conversation.
R
I
just
wanted
to
address
the
could
joog
issue
a
little
bit
because
I
didn't
do
this.
When
the
vote
came
up
in
the
last
cycle,
I
appreciate
people's
concerns
for
the
community
in
the
Cedar
Riverside
neighborhoods
and
I've
as
Public
Safety
Chair
did
get
a
chance
to
meet
with
many
of
the
Somali
mothers
who
were
leading
a
lot
of
on-the-ground
efforts
to
provide
supports
to
the
young
Somali
folks,
who
are
really
struggling
with
some
of
the
chemical
dependency
issues
and
gun
violence.
R
R
But
but
I,
don't
think
we
should
do
it
by
single-handedly.
Picking
out
one
group
that
has
been
specifically
politically
involved
in
our
in
our
community
and
saying
you
know,
we're
gonna
award
this
group,
this
money
with
no
set
of
outcomes,
and
certainly
no
public
process
to
compete
for
those
dollars
like
we
do
with
everything
else
that
we
do
so
I'll.
R
Responding
here
and
providing
information
I
would
I
would
want
to
know
a
little
bit
more
about
the
children's
savings
accounts
and
I.
Don't
know
if
staff
are
here
now
to
talk
about
that
and
I
don't
want
to
take
a
super
long
time,
because
I
can
certainly
get
my
answers
offline,
but
I'm
curious.
If
the
children's
savings
account
work,
is
it
a
study
kind
of
where
is
that
work
at?
Are
we
paying
a
consultant?
Are
we
actually
paying
young
people
to
sort
of
do
the
the
groundwork?
R
A
Thank
you,
I'm
gonna,
move
on
to
council
member
Ellison,
but
ask
kind
of
openly
if
and
a
group
is
here
from
these
coordinating
board,
because
she's
most
heavily
involved
in
it
or
if
there
is
someone
else
that
might
be
able
to
step
in
to
go
back
to
council
member
economist
question
I
think
that
I'll
just
take
a
little
while
to
figure
out
who's
the
best
person
to
answer
those.
But
it's
important
to
get
those
answered,
ideally
here
in
public
today,
so
council,
member
Ellison
and
then
we'll
go
back
to
council
member
Kondo.
A
S
You,
madam
chair,
I,
really
just
want
to
reiterate
a
few
things
that
a
lot
of
my
colleagues
have
already
said.
One
is
that
this,
you
know
I
I'm,
concerned
about
this
overall
cut
because,
as
we
kind
of
go
through
and
and
try
to
make
these
hard
decisions,
there's
a
lot
of
you
know,
there's
a
lot
of
things
that
I've
seen
so
far
that
have
been
hard
to
stomach.
I,
think
counsel,
Mercado
just
mentioned
one
of
them
that
pertains
to
the
arts.
S
You
know,
but
I
understand
that
we
have
to
make
hard
cuts
and
so
I've
sort
of
sort
of
just
been
slowly
trying
to
accept
some
of
the
some
of
the
things
and
wrap
my
mind
around
some
of
them.
But
but
this
particular
cut
to
you
know
to
fast-track
programming
to
the
part-time
youth
workers
in
particular.
Has
me
concerned,
especially
when
I'm
looking
at
you
know
the
the
millions
of
dollars
that
we
were
putting
in
in
one
of
the
previous
slides
to
Target
Center
and
the
Convention
Center.
Are
you
know?
S
Can
we
not
find
you
know
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
within
that
more
to
cut,
as
opposed
to
cutting
this
amount
here,
I
want
to
in
the
chat?
It's
been
mentioned
that
the
that
the
the
grant
money
that
was
going
to
was
going
to
be
in
addition
to
this
on
for
the
fast-track
program
was
going
to
be
in
addition
to
this.
S
Fifty
thousand,
so
I
just
wanted
to
make
that
clear,
and
then
I
also
wanted
to
make
just
to
say
that,
even
though
youth
workers
are
often
not
the
youth
themselves,
youth
workers
are
a
lot
of
their
effectiveness.
Has
everything
to
do
with
their
credibility
with
youth
they're,
often
young
themselves,
they're
often
underpaid
as
it
is,
and
in
regardless
of
whether
youth
programming
in
certain
areas
is
going
to
happen
or
not.
A
Thank
you
if
to
just
clarify
one
of
the
concerns
brought
up
when
we
spoke
about
these
part-time
youth
workers
in
Cedar,
Riverside
and
Stewart
in
the
meetings
about
the
budget.
One
of
the
specific
concerns
brought
up
by
council
vice
president
Jenkins
was
that
this
would
reduce
money
going
into
the
pockets
of
young
people,
and
that
was
where
my
comment
about
that
had
come
from.
Was
all
council
member
Gordon
I?
A
K
I'm
happy
to
share
my
understanding.
Those
funds
that
are
in
the
budget
were
to
be
used
for
research
and
were
spent
on
hiring
consultant
to
work
with
st.
Paul
and
also
the
state
legislature
and
financial
industries
to
kind
of
get
set
up
the
program
and
I'm
suspecting
that
the
40
3750
have
already
been
spent.
And
that's
why
that's
the
revised
amount.
A
A
K
The
Health
Commissioner
can
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong,
but
I
mentioned
the
health
inspectors
having
to
do
with
lead
inspections,
and
now
that
I'm
thinking
about
it
and
recalling
the
budget
decisions,
this
is
really
for
our
food
and
lodging
inspectors
that
we
needed
more
of
so
I'll.
Just
note
that
and
I'm
assuming
that
that
is
also
still
there.
Although
the
health
commissioner
could
also
weigh
in
it's
also
possible
that,
with
the
lack
of
operating
restaurants,
things
have
changed
dramatically
and
I'm.
Just
not
aware
of
that.
Yeah.
F
Thank
You
councillor
Gordon
and
chair
Palmisano.
Yes,
the
position
is
for
the
health
inspectors
and
yes,
life
has
changed
quite
a
bit
with
kovat
19,
which
caused
us
to
not
fill
positions
during
the
first
part
of
this
year,
and
so
that's
why
we
have
not
expended
that
that
amount
and
with
the
hiring
freeze.
That
was
an
additional
complication.
F
J
Absolutely
sure
Panasonic
in
the
human
resources
department,
the
mayor,
recommends
reducing
the
human
capital
management
system
replacement
project
by
2.25
million
dollars.
This
general
fund
change
item
provides
funding
to
replace
the
city's
core
IT
system
for
human
resources
and
payroll
activities.
J
Hr,
finance
and
IT
are
working
together
to
identify
a
broader
solution
and
do
not
require
these
funds.
At
this
time.
Chief
human
resources
officer,
patience,
Ferguson
chief
information
officer,
potties
a
deal
and
from
chief
finance
officer,
Lori,
Johnson
and
I
are
here
to
answer
questions
on
this
recommendation.
J
Seeing
none
we'll
go
to
the
next
slide:
yeah,
great
and
neighborhood,
and
community
relations.
The
mayor
recommends
reducing
the
office
of
immigrant
and
refugee
affairs
partnership
agreement
increased
by
twenty
five
thousand
dollars.
This
general
fund
change
item
provides
funding
in
addition
to
seventy-five
thousand
dollars
of
base
funding
available
to
contract
for
immigrant
legal
services,
director
of
neighborhood
and
community
relations.
David,
Rubidoux
and
I
are
here
to
answer
any
questions
on
this
recommendation.
E
Ahead,
sorry,
it
was
that
that
was
a
quick
one,
so
I
was
trying
to
type
real
fast,
so
I
just
wanted
to
ask
the
logic
for
this
particular
cut
again
like
this
is
a
cut
to
a
particularly
vulnerable
population
in
our
city.
So
I
just
was
hoping
to
be
able
to
get
a
better
understanding
of
logic
of
like
why
this
particular
area
of
NCR
was
what
was
decided
to
for
the
cut
to
be
done.
There.
J
So
share
Palmisano
and
councilmember
Cunningham
I
I
think
that
in
the
general
fund,
so
to
an
earlier
I
come
and
I
had
made
that
there
there's
a
lot
of
activity
that
does
not
show
up
on
these
slides,
neighborhood
and
Community.
Relations
is
predominantly
funded
through
a
special
revenue
funds
in
in
the
2020
budget,
which
would
be
the
last
year
that
that's
the
case,
and
so
this
this
is
one
of
a
few
change
items
in
the
general
fund.
That
was
sort
of
part
of
the
consideration.
B
Share
problems
I
know
if
I
could
weigh
in
a
little
bit
on
this
as
well
right,
a
little
more
contacts
sure
director
oubli.
Do
I
welcome
all
right.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Everybody
David
Robert,
our
director
of
the
neighborhood
and
community
relations
department
and
a
chair,
Palmisano
and
council
members,
councilmember
Cunningham,
that's
a
great
question.
As
director
and
rimmel
stated,
we
have
a
limited
amount
of
general
fund
in
general
in
order
to
help
offset
the
budget
changes.
B
The
one
thing
I
did
want
to
really
kind
of
emphasize
here
is
that
office
of
immigrant
and
refugee
Affairs
received
$75,000
I'm,
going
to
support
immigrant
refugee
work
in
the
city
that
is
not
affected
by
this,
and
so
with
this
one
time
increase.
What
we
were
looking
at
was
to
add
another
partner
organization
to
help
us
in
2020
on
a
one-time
basis,
so
I
just
wanted
to
let
you
know
that
we
still
would
be
able
to
continue
the
same
service
level
as
in
2019.
E
A
C
J
Next
slide,
please:
the
police
department,
the
mayor,
recommends
reducing
the
automated
pond
system
and
workforce
director
system
replacement
project
by
$50,000.
This
general
fund
change
item
provides
funding
to
replace
to
proprietary
IT
systems
operated
by
the
police
department
and
transitions.
Those
two
systems
both
are
pond
tracking
system
and
our
scheduling
system
for
the
MPD
transitions
both
of
those
operations
on
two
commercially
supported
platforms,
I
believe
chief
Arredondo,
is
with
us
as
well
as
our
CIO
Fadi
Patil.
To
answer
any
questions.
J
Do
sure
so,
moving
to
the
next
slide
in
the
Public
Works
Department,
the
mayor
recommends
adjustments
to
two
items
that
come
to
a
reduction
in
spending
of
three
million
and
forty
two
thousand
dollars.
First
reduction
is
to
the
advanced
mobility
change
item,
specifically
reducing
funds
available
for
mobility
hubs
by
forty
two
thousand
dollars
in
the
general
fund,
the
second
reductionist
to
the
parking
ramp
capital
program.
This
would
reduce
spending
by
three
million
dollars
in
the
parking
fund
by
postponing
non-critical
non
life.
J
J
Next
slide,
please
last
but
certainly
not
least
in
regulatory
services.
The
mayor
recommends
reducing
the
tenant
navigator
change
item
by
$30,000.
This
general
fund
change
item
provides
funding
the
purchase
of
vehicle
for
a
new
tenant
navigator
position,
which
has
not
been
hired
and
will
not
be
hired
during
the
hiring
freeze
regulatory
services.
Director,
Kim,
Keller
and
I
are
here
to
answer
questions
on
this
recommendation.
J
L
E
Surprised
I
was
trying
to
hold
back
to
see
if
anybody
else
said
anything
so
I
was
just
curious,
so
we
have
a
very
large
amount
of
officers
that
are
finally
permanent
disability
due
to
PTSD.
Now
that
that
is
available
for
them
to
do.
How
will
that
so
we
are
going
to
continue
paying
officers
that
are
no
longer
working.
How
will
that
impact
our
budget
not
only
this
year,
but
moving
forward.
A
A
I
A
Yeah,
so
without
going
in
to
great
detail
on
this
I'll
just
say
what
this
is.
This
is
a
known
issue.
It's
been
one
that
we've
been
working
for
two
years
since
that
law
was
passed
to
try
and
work
to
mitigate
in
part
because
of
this
last
law.
There
was
another
one
in
2013
that
is
challenging,
but
this
is
difficult
for
cities
like
ours.
A
It's
actually,
it's
also
absolutely
devastating
for
smaller
cities
that
end
up
with
these
kinds
of
workers
comp
claims,
so
the
League
of
Minnesota
cities
is
also
quite
involved
in
this
work
and
in
this
effort-
and
we
do
lobby
at
the
state
legislature
knowing
that
we
need
to
do
something
about
it.
So
when
we
think
about
things
to
try
and
partner
with
legislators
on
I,
don't
know
that
when
this
was
passed
in
2018
that
that
legislators
really
understood
how
this
would
get
applied
and
there's
some
precedent
set
through
court
cases
about
how
it's
getting
applied.
A
So
this
is
a
long-term
concern.
It's
one
that
you've
heard
perhaps
very
recently
in
the
media,
but
that's
because
of
outside
information
that,
at
this
point
is
fairly
more
like
rumors,
where
people
have
said
200
people
from
our
Police
Department
are
doing
this,
but
in
the
last
30
days
we've
only
gotten
in
17
claims
for
workers,
comp
there's
another
avenue
to
this
type
of
disability
through
para
directly,
and
there
is
no
obligation
to
tell
the
city
when
that
process
starts.
So
there
might
be
more
in
that
category.
But
we
just
don't
know
right
now.
J
So
if
we
can
move
to
the
next
slide,
so
the
third
strategy
included
in
the
proposal
is
a
reduction
of
4.3
million
dollars
across
all
funds
in
the
city's
payroll.
I'll
note
that
this
4.3
million
dollars
in
payroll
savings
does
not
reflect
the
full
payroll
savings
in
in
the
across
phases,
one
in
Phase
two,
rather
it's
in
addition
to
many
phase.
One
items
such
as
the
hiring
freeze,
the
wage
freeze
as
well
as
voluntary
budgetary
leave
that
has
been
solicited
over
the
last
several
weeks.
J
Excuse
me:
voluntary
budgetary
leave.
That's
been
going
on
at
the
convention
center
since
the
spring,
as
their
operations
were
swiftly
answer
really
curtailed.
As
this
executive
director
Jeff
Johnson
mentioned
earlier,
this
additional
reduction
will
be
achieved
via
a
combination
of
mandatory
furloughs,
voluntary
budgetary
leave
and
limited
layoffs
for
city
employees.
Plans
are
still
being
developed
about
the
specific
particulars
of
reaching
the
four
point:
three
million
dollar
targeted
reduction.
J
Policy
considerations
include
questions
about
what
is
most
appropriate.
What
is
the
most
appropriate
distribution
of
shared
sacrifice
versus
targeted
reduction
enforce,
as
well
as
who
participates
in
the
shared
sacrifice
and
to
what
extent
I've
had
extensive
conversations
with
many
of
you
and
the
mayor's
office
and
I
know
that
everyone
is
interested
in
minimizing
the
impact
of
the
city's
financial
strain
on
employees
to
the
greatest
extent
possible,
and
that
is
why
it's
appropriate
that
this
was
the
last
letter
pulled
I'll,
pause
here
and
answer
any
questions
you
may
have.
A
Did
you
just
want
to
remind
people
of
what
you
had
said
earlier
that
to
some
extent
in
in
doing
a
revision
to
just
this
year's
budget
layoffs
because
of
how
we
pay
for
their
unemployment
insurance
doesn't
really
get
us
much
of
a
payroll
reduction
for
this
particular
exercise.
It
is
something
we
may
need
to
consider
in
the
future
and
I'm
still
not
seeing
anyone
in
queue,
so
I
would
say
I
think
we
talked
about
this
prior
I
will
give
the
last
word
to
council
president
bender.
I
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Similarly,
was
noting
that
dynamic,
although
certainly
with
layoffs.
The
time
at
which
this
clock
starts
for
those
salary
savings
is
a
significant
piece.
If
we're
looking
at
our
budget
over
the
next
number
of
years.
I
do
think
that
we
need
to
take
a
strategic
approach
to
staffing
across
our
departments
and
I've,
encouraged
by
the
commitments
that
I
have
heard
directly
from
our
department
heads
about
maintaining
diversity
and
guarding
against
the
impacts
of
reductions
on
recent
years,
headway
into
diapering,
diversifying
our
workforce
as
structure
internal
said.
You
know.
I
A
lot
of
these
decisions
are
rest
upon
negotiations
with
the
bargaining
units.
I
know
we're
all
committed
to
equal
treatment
of
all
of
our
city.
Employees
I
mean
some
employees
receive
paid
overtime
and
others
are
just
expected
to
work
more
hours
for
their
same
salary,
and
you
know
I
think
we
have
a
significant
document
in
problem
with
gender
and
racial
diversity
in
our
workforce
and
I.
Think
anecdotally.
I
A
lot
of
the
folks
who
are
carrying
those
extra
hours,
unpaid,
are
likely
women
and
people
of
color
in
our
workforce
and
so
I
think
making
sure
our
values
show
up.
In
these
decisions
about
staffing
are
really
important
and
I'm
encouraged
by
what
I'm
hearing
from
department
heads
about
their
shared
commitment
to
those
goals.
You
know,
I
do
think
it's
going
to
take
a
department
by
department
approach
to
look
at
again.
I
I
would
say
a
three
to
five
year
time
horizon
at
minimum
to
understand
what
different
tools
we
have
and
when
the
cuts
would
result
in
potentially
more
costs
versus
cost
savings,
and
so,
for
example,
using
early
retirements
as
an
incentive
to
support
workers.
Who've
worked
versity
for
a
long
time,
but
also
to
maintain
the
diversity
of
our
workforce
with
newer.
I
Hires
is
a
strategy
that,
in
the
short
term,
may
cost
a
bit
more
money,
but
in
the
long
term,
may
save
ax
both
in
total
costs,
as
well,
as
you
know,
protect
our
core
values
and
protect
those
employees
who
are
newer
to
our
city
enterprise.
You
know
I'm
a
bit
concerned
again
at
this
sort
of
philosophical
differences.
I
Our
approach
to
how
we
interact
with
our
with
our
bargaining
units
and
again
the
underlying
dynamics
that
some
of
our
workforces
paid
over
time
and
some
is
not,
and
so
obviously
that,
as
a
comment,
I
am
also
a
little
concerned.
That
I
mean
if
those
department
by
department
conversations
are
happening,
I'm
not
involved
in
them
and
I,
don't
know
if
council
members
are
so
I
I
think
again
having
those
strategic
conversations
with
departments
about
the
overall
staffing
of
cash
feels
really
important.
I
J
So
the
finals
energy
used
to
close
the
gap
is
to
deploy
cash
reserves.
This
is
not
a
reduction
in
expenses.
Rather,
it's
a
strategic
approach
to
balancing
our
budget,
while
preserving
our
service
levels
to
the
greatest
extent
possible.
The
city
maintains
cash
reserves
for
many
reasons,
and
those
include
to
provide
shelter
from
a
rainy
day.
That
day
is
here
the
mayor's
recommending
using
57
point
5
million
dollars
of
cash
across
all
funds,
which
represents
roughly
a
third
of
the
cash
available
associated
with
funds
experiencing
revenue
losses.
J
Specifically,
the
mayor
is
recommending
the
use
of
8
million
out
of
a
total
of
40
million
dollars
available
in
the
general
fund,
30
2.5
million
dollars
of
57
million
dollars
available
in
the
downtown
assets
fund.
13
point
1
million
of
thirteen
point:
eight
million
dollars
available
in
the
parking
fund,
3.2
million
of
fifty
eight
point,
nine
million
dollars
available
in
the
utilities,
funds
and
seven
hundred
thousand
of
eleven
million
dollars
available
in
other
funds
when
determining
if
and
how
to
deploy
cash
to
solve
the
problem.
J
It's
important
to
recognize,
first
and
foremost
that
each
dollar
can
only
be
used
once
as
I
said.
It's
raining
today,
but,
as
the
mayor
reminded
us
yesterday,
and
certainly
as
the
council
president
has
iterated
many
times
today,
we
don't
know
how
long
the
flood
will
last
it's
a
delicate
balance
when
determining
how
much
to
use
today
and
how
much
to
save
for
tomorrow,
but
finance
staff
is
comfortable
with
the
varying
levels
of
cash
deployment
in
the
various
funds.
J
I've
just
described,
I
believe
the
156
million
dollar
revenue
loss
estimate
that
we're
solving
for
is
reasonable,
but
admittedly
the
assumptions
behind
it
do
lean
conservative,
and
so
that
is
to
say
any
error
to
the
positive.
If
things
turn
out
a
little
bit
better
than
we
expect
that
will
shrink
the
use
of
cash
listed
on
this
slide
and
put
the
city
in
a
better
position
to
ride
out
the
storm
tomorrow.
I'll
pause
at
this
point.
To
answer
any
questions
you
may
have.
A
D
A
D
So
I
I
just
wanted
to
kind
of
check
director
animal
I
know
that
there
are
levels
of
cash
that
we
need
to
maintain
in
order
to
maintain
our
bond
ratings,
etc.
Are
we
sort
of
spending
down
to
the
minimum
that
we
need
before
we
start
having
that
kind
of
an
impact?
Do
we
think
that
the
spending
that
is
proposed
here
might
actually
start
having
that
kind
of
an
impact,
and
we
might
see
our
bond
rating
shift
so
I
guess
I'm?
J
Certainly,
madam
chair
and
councilmember
Fletcher,
the
to
the
to
the
point
about
the
minimum
required
to
unbalances
contemplated
in
our
financial
policies
and
the
rating
agencies
may
look
to
the
the
balances
that
I
mentioned,
for
instance,
the
forty
million
dollars
in
the
general
fund.
Those
are
the
the
available
when
I
went
to
speak
to
availability.
That
assumes
that
we
want
to
continue
to
maintain
the
minimums,
so
we
would
still
be
maintaining
our
minimums,
as
required
by
financial
policies,
with
with
specific
reference
to
the
downtown
assets
fund.
J
Yes,
it
is
an
aggressive
use
of
cash
and,
as
executive
director
Johnson
mentioned
earlier.
The
the
challenge
that
we
have
with
the
Convention
Center,
which
operates
out
of
the
downtown
assets
fund,
is
that
we
we
are
obligated
to
host
events
for
which
we
have
contracted
as
soon
as
we're
able
to
and
so
be
because
we
don't
know
exactly
when
the
the
governor
will
turn
the
dial
on
the
events
hosted
indoors.
J
We
do
when
we
do
need
to
maintain
a
ready
position
and
so
that
that
is
what
is
contemplated
in
this
approach,
the
in
terms
of
future
years.
We
we
are
looking
at
scenarios
and
and
doing
our
best
thinking
and
our
best
planning
for
how
we
can
continue
to
maintain
operations
in
the
fund
and
continue
to
to
deploy
local
taxes
to
support
the
the
general
fund,
to
the
extent
that
they're
able
to
under
state
statute,
which
then
helps
alleviate
pressure
on
property
taxes.
J
Getting
back
to
some
of
the
the
initial
concerns
that
councilmember
Goodman
mentioned,
while
all
maintaining
an
eye
towards
both
meeting
our
financial
policies
and
the
obligations
there,
as
well
as
the
debt
obligations
that
we
we
have
taken
out
to
finance
the
construction
and
improvements
of
these
facilities,
and
so
it
it
is
complex.
This
is
a
an
aggressive
use
of
cash,
but
I,
don't
think
it's
an
inappropriate
use
of
cash
and
and,
as
I
said,
finance
staff
are
comfortable
with
this
recommendation.
J
A
J
Next
slide,
please,
so
we
have
finally
made
it
to
the
summary
slide
and
I
hope
that
this
helps
to
illustrate
how
the
98
million
dollar
solution
we've
just
walked,
through
feathers
out
to
the
various
funds
to
cover
anticipated
shortfalls.
With
the
adoption
of
this
recommendation,
including
any
fully
balanced
amendments,
you
as
a
council
find
necessary,
the
city
will
have
solved
for
its
pandemic.
Associated
revenue.
J
Ahead
great
so,
finally,
I
wanted
to
share
a
visual
calendar
of
the
events
of
the
next
two
weeks.
This
committee
is
scheduled
to
meet
and
hold
a
public
hearing
on
the
mayor's
recommendations.
Next
Tuesday
July
14th
at
6:05
p.m.
you
will
then
convene
at
9:30
a.m.
one
week
from
today
to
mark
up
the
mayor's
recommendation
in
a
response
to
that
hearing.
A
final
public
hearing
will
be
held
through
this
committee
at
10:00
a.m.
J
A
Thank
you
if
we
could
leave
this
slide
up,
I
think
it's
really
helpful.
Also
I
would
add
for
my
colleagues
that
we
ask
that
you
would
get
any
amendments
that
you're
thinking
about,
even
if
they're
not
fully
complete
but
just
to
help
us
with
this
consolidated
timeline
and
get
any
amendments
or
changes
that
you're
looking
to
get
in
by
Wednesday
the
15th
to
our
Budget
Office,
so
that
we
can
try
to
make
things
go
as
smoothly
as
possible
in
the
shortened
time
frame.
I
do
see
a
number
of
people
in
queue,
starting
with
councilmember
Goodman.
A
M
A
Believe
it's
wrong
on
this
calendar
on
this
slide
from
the
budget
director.
The
Budget
Committee
markup
is
scheduled
for
1
p.m.
next
Friday
councilmember
Goodman,
you're,
correct,
there's
a
9:30
a.m.
council
meeting
on
that
Friday
in
it
1.
We
will
have
what
might
be
a
short
break,
but
then
we
will
start
for
markup
at
1:00
p.m.
that
day.
A
D
You
so,
as
we
think
about
this
budget
calendar
really
today
kicks
off
the
council's
phase
of
this
interim
budget
process
and
I.
Think,
as
we
think,
sort
of
big
picture
about
what
was
just
presented.
I
think
we
see
a
lot
of
very
difficult
problem
solved.
I.
Think
that
there's
a
lot
that
you
know
needed
a
response
in
very
unfavorable
circumstances
and
that
we
got
so
I
want
to
thank
the
mayor's
office
and
the
finance
and
budget
staff
for
all
of
the
work
on
this
I.
D
D
The
conversation
around
transforming
public
safety
that
we've
started
and
that
we've
moved
a
resolution
on
and
now
and
that
we've
begun
to
take
action
on
as
a
council
is
something
that
is
not
reflected
as
much
in
this
version
of
the
proposal
at
this
time
as
I
hope
that
it
will
be
by
the
time
we
get
to
adoption
on
the
24th
and
so
towards
that
I
want
to
offer
a
couple
of
staff
directions
and
I.
Actually
submitted
sent
this
around
to
department
heads
and
to
council,
as
as
one
single
staff
direction.
D
Think
we
want
a
signal
to
the
entire
enterprise
that
we
are
on
an
action
posture,
and
so
what
we're
asking
for
is
essentially
what
we're
doing
as
leaders
is
asking
for
feedback
from
all
of
the
departments
to
say
how
can
you
participate
in
public
safety
strategies
that
help
us
in
this
process
of
transforming
public
safety?
And
we
want
to
set
a
couple
of
deadlines
for
that
feedback
to
come
back
so
that
were
able
to
actually
consider
that
feedback
as
a
part
of
our
budget
process?
D
Now,
I
want
to
be
really
clear
that
we're
not
trying
to
create
a
crisis
for
Department
staff,
we're
already
working
extremely
hard
on
a
number
of
extremely
important
things.
But
what
we
are
doing
is
asking
that
the
conversations
that
are
already
in
progress
conversations
are
having,
amongst
yourselves
conversations,
you've
already
been
having
with
the
9-1-1
workgroup
conversations
you're
already
having
with
the
mayor's
office.
Conversations
that
you
wish
we
were
having,
but
that
we
haven't
found
a
context
for
now
is
the
time
to
bring
them
forward.
D
And
if
you
have
something
that
is
in
an
idea
phase
that
needs
to
get
to
a
more
fully
fleshed
out
concept.
Now's
a
great
time
to
take
that
next
step.
If
you've
got
something,
that's
a
fairly
fully
fleshed
out
concept
and
it's
time
to
take
it
to
a
pilot
now's
the
time
to
start
proposing
that
we
move
it
to
that
next
step.
D
But
what
we
know
about
the
way
city
government
works
is
that
if
we
don't
actually
start
taking
steps,
then
every
time
we
get
to
the
next
decision
point
when
we
find
selves
back
here
in
December.
If
we
haven't
moved
anything
forward,
we're
gonna
find
ourselves
having
the
same
conversation
in
December
that
we
could
be
having
right
now
and
so
I
think
it's
important
I'm
not
asking
anybody
to
go
research
and
develop
an
entirely
new
approach
by
July.
D
22Nd
I
want
to
make
sure
that's
really
clear
and
I'm
not
asking
anybody
to
duplicate
efforts
that
are
already
in
progress
with
the
mayor's
office
or
the
coordinators
office
or
anywhere
else
in
the
city
Enterprise.
But
I
am
asking
you
to
come
forward
with
your
best
ideas
to
come
forward
with
the
expertise
of
your
department,
to
really
think
about
the
ways
that
we
can
meet
the
public
safety
needs
of
all
of
our
residents
and
to
do
that
on
two
timelines.
D
The
other
direction
which
I'm
separating
out
is
to
really
put
into
action
the
things
that
the
9-1-1
workgroup
has
already
said
are
actionable
right.
We
received
the
report
yesterday
that
specifically
said
that
report
only
calls
about
theft
are
something
that
could
be
transitioned
now
that
that's
implementable.
D
They
feel
like
that's
something
we
can
act
on
and
that
in
general
report,
only
9-1-1
calls
and
and
emotionally
disturbed
person
calls
that
deserve
a
different
kind
of
mental
health
response
or
something
that
they've
identified
as
something
that
we
could
create
an
alternative
response
for
and
that
we
should
be
putting
into
action.
The
reason
I'm
separating
this
out
is
because
they
should
come
with
a
fiscal
note
and
so
I'm
going
to
make
a
different
motion
about
them.
But
what
I
thought
would
be
helpful
would
be
to
discuss
them
both
together
and
then
I'll.
A
Thank
you,
I
have
to
say
I,
certainly
appreciate
that
it
is
important
that
even
staff
directions
that
come
through
this
budget
process.
This
short
revised
budget
process
have
fiscal
notes
and
councilmember
Fletcher
has
generously
offered
to
make
sure
that
that's
done
and
taken
care
of
before
things
come
forward,
and
we
need
to
expect
that
as
a
discipline
that
we
all
have
on
this
committee,
councilmember
Goodman.
M
Thank
you,
madam
chair
I.
Maybe
I
just
don't
understand
this,
so
I'm
willing
to
accept
I,
don't
understand
this,
but
essentially
within
12
days.
You
want
cpad
to
tell
you
how
they're
not
going
to
do
housing
and
they're
going
to
do
public
safety
instead,
I
mean
I'm
confused.
Is
it
every
department
in
the
city
or
just
the
ones
that
work
on
public
safety
and
how
are
they
supposed
to
do
anything
in
12
days.
D
Okay,
that's
great!
So
the
idea
and
I'm
glad
you
asked
that
because
I
think
that
might
be
the
misconception
that
might
cause
people
some
anxiety.
If,
if
that's
what
they
think,
what
I,
what
I
actually
think
is
so
so
C
peds
a
great
example
right,
C
pet
does
interact
with
Public
Safety
in
the
course
of
their
business.
D
Licensing,
work
and
they're
actually
probably
are
some
small
ways
that
business
licensing
could
think
about
and
probably
has
already
been
thinking
about,
participating
in
the
overall
public
safety
function
in
ways
that
I
mean
I've
had
discussions
with
them
about
a
couple
of
versions
of
that,
and
we've
been
involved
in
a
fairly
extensive
process
around
downtown
nightlife
and
sort
of
thinking
about
how
that
works
and
what
role
business
licensing
plays,
and
so
if
they
already
have
an
idea
in
process.
This
is
where
I'm
saying
I
want
them
to
bring
it
forward.
D
If
they're
saying,
if
we
had
one
more
person
or
if
we
had
a
little
bit
more
resource
over
here
to
develop
this
idea,
there's
a
piece
of
work
that
we
could
take
on
that.
We
think
we
could
actually
do
in
a
way
that
that
adds
some
value
to
the
enterprise
I
want
them
to
bring
it
forward
now,
if
they
don't
have
that,
if,
if
that's,
not
something
that
exists
and
I
would
guess
that
there
are
several
departments
that
are
scratching
their
head
saying,
what
are
you
talking
about?
I,
don't
have
anything
like
that.
D
D
D
That
I
know
has
generated
a
discussion
among
the
whole
enterprise
and
that
there
are
people
who
have
ideas
and
I
think
it's
good
leadership
for
us
to
ask
what
are
those
ideas
and
what
can
we
put
into
action
and
if
it
doesn't
generate
a
whole
lot
in
12
days,
I'm
not
going
to
be
terribly
surprised
or
or
offended
by
that
and
I'm
I'm,
not
asking
people
to
drop
their
core
services
work
in
order
to
do
this,
I
think
this
is
something
but
we're
gonna
identify
fairly
quickly
where
there's
work-in-progress
that
can
be
developed.
Madam.
M
Chair,
yes,
thank
you,
okay,
that's
a
good!
That's
why
I
honestly
asked
I
didn't
and
I
did
reach
out
to
you
yesterday
to
it's
my
own
fault
for
not
getting
on
top
of
this,
but
I'm
working
on
a
hundred
other
things
like
everyone
else.
If
this
is
just
asking
people
to
come
forward
with
their
ideas,
and
many
people
have
probably
had
conversations
about
their
ideas
that
makes
sense
to
me
what
I
don't
want
it
to
do
is
put
pressure
on
staff
who
are
already
really
pressured
and
feeling
the
same
trauma
over
everything.
M
Now
it's
just
everything
and
furloughs
and
budget
reductions,
I,
don't
want
them
to
feel
like
the
council
is
saying
to
them.
You
have
to
come
up
with
something
or
you're
going
to
be
punished
or
we're
going
to
take
away
an
FTE
in
order
to
do
what
we
want.
If
it's
really
an
open
call
for
ideas
within
the
enterprise,
I
support
that
and
and
I
know,
I
trust.
You
so
I
believe
that
that's
what
you're
trying
to
do,
I
just
don't
want
to
put
pressure
on
staff.
You
know
when
we
have
this
issue.
M
It's
epad
new
leadership
and
I'm,
just
very
worried
about
where
our
staff
are
coming
from,
especially
when
we're
not
all
together,
which
is
also
another
issue
so
I'll.
Take
you
at
your
word
is
that
we're
not
going
to
punish
those
that
don't
come
up
with
something
I,
don't
want
people
to
have
to
be
thinking.
They
have
to
come
up
with
something
because
we're
pressuring
them
to
do
so,
but
if
there
are
good
ideas,
absolutely
let's
hear
them.
Thank
you
very
much
for
answering
my
question.
M
I
So,
for
example,
you
know
I
know
there
are
already
connections
between
the
youth,
violence,
intervention
work
and
the
housing
staff
who
are
working
on
housing
people,
but
really
deepening
those
connections
and
making
sure
that
the
right
resources
that
our
city
already
has
in
place
are
being
deployed
for
those
strategies,
and
we've
talked
about
that
for
years.
But
I
I
really
love
the
idea
of
inviting
our
staff
to
step
up
with
creativity,
I'm
sure
that
folks
are
already
thinking
about
it
and
and
I
think.
H
You,
madam
chair
and
I,
appreciate
both
of
these
staff
directions
and
I
support
them.
I
just
wanted
to
speak
to
item
number
two
and
I.
Don't
think
what
I'm
about
to
say
is
in
conflict
at
all,
with
staff
direction.
Number
two
and
I'm
guessing
the
author
and
probably
agree
with
me,
but
when
it
comes
to
transitioning,
these
report
calls
over
to
301
I.
H
Do
hope
that
that
is
a
midterm
solution
and
that
in
the
long
term,
we're
looking
at
responses
that
can
be
more
effective
at
helping
prevent
crime
and
do
crime
prevention
work
as
well
and
I.
Think
that's
part
of
our
effort
of
having
a
really
a
robust
community
dialogue
about
the
best
ways
to
respond
in
developing
our
plans
in
that
way.
So
I
do
think
it
makes
sense
to
transition
those
calls
over
as
soon
as
possible
to
three
and
one
but
I
do
hope.
H
A
Thank
You
councilmember
Fletcher.
Could
you
just
help
to
share
with
us
both
nine
eleven
and
three
two
one
one
reside
within
the
city
coordinators
office
and
Canoe
health?
Just
for
the
public
to
help
people
understand
what
this
change
would
would
provide,
or
rather
how
involved
3-1-1
has
been
in
these
discussions
about
their
ability
to
assume
this
amount
of
work,
because
my
understanding
of
3
1
1
s
is
the
public's
from
media
is
just
how
overwhelmed
that.
All
of
that
department
has
been.
D
Yeah
and
I
think
that's.
Why
we're
you
know
asking
for
a
progress
report
and
I.
This
was
developed
in
coordination
with
the
coordinators
office,
specifically
to
make
sure
that
we
were
looking
at
this
in
a
way
that
was
sort
of
thoughtful
about
the
transitions
in
progress,
because
obviously
3
1
1
is
undergoing
a
bit
of
a
transition
and
expectations
both
because
they're
all
working
from
home
right
now
and
they're.
D
Getting
a
different
kind
of
questions
and
there's
actually
kind
of
a
lot
going
on
in
the
three-on-one
department
in
the
response
to
the
various
crises
were
experiencing,
and
also
we
have
a
vision
around
the
public
service
center
and
a
different
kind
of
you
know
as
the
as
the
new
building
opens.
I
think
some
new,
more
comprehensive
response
approaches
and
so
I
think
that
there's
a.
D
S
I
don't
have
attended
just
wanted,
I
just
wanted
to
sort.
Of
course,
my
support
for
the
staff
directions.
I
think
that
you
know
for
a
number
of
reasons.
Not
I
one
thing
I
want
to
say
to
council.
For
goodness,
point
is
I
appreciate
that
we
don't
want
to
overburden
staff
and
I
absolutely
support
that
and
I'm
glad
that
we
were
able
to
get
some
clarification
from
councillor
Fletcher
on
that.
S
But
I
also
think
that
not
just
for
the
for
the
stake
of
sake
of
staff,
but
for
the
sake
of
folks
out
in
the
public,
there
are
things
and
that
we
don't
do
very
well
with
regards
to
safety.
I
think
about
the
example
that
Templar
Fletcher
brought
up
in
terms
of
sort
of
like
that's
after
the
fact
and
I
hear
from
constituents
to
say,
I,
don't
actually
know
what
happens
with
that
report.
I
understand
that
I'm
not
gonna
get
my
stuff
back,
but
what
does
happen?
S
Thinking
about
how
safety,
Public,
Safety,
has
really
kind
of
been
relegated
as
I
will
not
believe
in
in
a
single
department,
and
this
may
be
offers
an
opportunity
for
that
component
to
be
shared
a
little
bit,
even
though
it
should,
you
know,
ultimately
be
the
main
responsibility
of
of
a
single
department.
So
that's
all
I
wanted
to
say.
Thank
you
guys.
O
Madam
chair,
just
one
comment,
which
is
this
proposed:
staff
direction
has
not
been
reviewed
by
through
and
one,
and
so
while
there
were
conversations
with
parts
of
the
coordinator,
staff
I
can't
guarantee
that
these
timeframes
can
be
met
and
I
did
express
that
comes
member
Fletcher
yesterday
after
he
released
this
document,
so
we
always
endeavor
to
try
to
provide
better
service
to
our
residents
and
our
businesses,
and
we
will
continue
in
the
spirit
of
this
kind
of
work.
But
I
don't
want
to
give
the
impression
that
this
is
an
easily
doable
project.
D
Sure
and
all
certainly
say,
I
recognize
that
this
is
going
to
be
hard
for
anybody,
who's
taking
on
a
new
line
of
work
and
I.
I
do
think
it's
the
intention
of
this
direction
to
signal
that
we
are
going
to
be
asking
the
enterprise
to
do
hard
things.
Our
constituents
are
asking
us
to
do
hard
things
and
we've
undertaken
an
extremely
ambitious
project
of
transforming
public
safety,
and
so
we
are
I
think
in
a
place
where,
where
something
is
possible
but
hard,
something
is
challenging
to
think
about
on
a
timeline.
D
D
A
Thank
You
councilmember
Fletcher
has
moved
both
of
these
items.
Is
there
any
other
discussion
from
my
colleagues?
I
will
add
that
I
in
response
to
what
the
coordinator
mentioned
I
do
hope
that
we
can
work
in
this
spirit.
A
12-day
timeline
is
something
that
we
need
to
be
careful
about,
given
the
current
the
current
ways
that
all
of
our
staff
are
strapped
here.
A
I
I
know
that
in
conversation
with
Andrea
Larson
over
the
past
few
days,
who
has
done
a
lot
to
lead
this
work
that
she's
she's
comfortable
with
this
and
feels
like
we're
ready
to
make
this
step?
That's
what
encourages
me
to
be
supportive
of
this
today.
I
also
want
to
mention
the
ongoing
and
involved
work
of
our
mayor's
office.
In
this,
we
can't,
as
a
city
council,
be
doing
things
really
separately
here
from
the
mayor's
office,
as
it
pertains
to
really
important
work
on
reorganizing
our
city.
A
I
mean
this
goes
way
beyond
just
traditional
ways
of
doing
business.
This
is
fully
about
retooling,
so
much
of
our
city,
and
it's
really
important
work.
So
I
know
that,
in
effect,
conversations
with
councilmember
Fletcher
and
the
mayor's
office
about
how
we
work
on
together
and
do
this
heavy
lift
together.
So
I
am
also
supportive
of
this
motion.
Is
there
anybody
else
that
wants
to
make
comments,
seeing
none
I
believe
Clerk?
You
need
to
call
the
roll.
G
G
G
I
Thank
you,
madam
chair
I,
just
want
to
take
one
final
comment
about
the
sort
of
overall
strategy
of
this
proposal,
and
what
to
acknowledge
of
the
mayor
set
up
three
meetings
with
myself:
council
vice
president
Jenkins
and
councillor
Palmisano
to
receive
feedback.
I
asked
a
lot
of
the
same
questions
in
those
meetings
and
talked
about
my
concern
over
using
cash
and
one-time
cuts
for
ongoing
expenses.
I
It
did
result
in
a
change
to
the
proposal
which
I,
appreciated
and
I
know
that
the
mayor's
office
also
sent
out
a
lot
of
the
detailed
information
to
council
offices
and
made
themselves
available
to
answer.
Questions
and
I
know
that
we
appreciate
all
of
that
accessibility
and
transparency,
because
we're
working
together
to
make
decisions
on
a
quick
timeline
to
really
do
the
best
for
our
residents
in
our
budget
I
do
want
to
say
that
it's
a
little
challenging
for
council
members
to
create
a
completely
alternative,
structured
proposal.
I
And
so
you
know
I
think
we'll
do
our
best
to
talk
with
you
know,
department
staff,
as
I
know,
many
of
us
have
been
doing
about
some
of
those
short
and
long
term
staffing
questions.
There
are
also
many
negotiations
happening
through
the
coordinators
office
with
our
bargaining
units,
which
you
know
limit
in
some
ways
our
flexibility
to
make
changes.
So
I
remain
concerned
about
the
structural
questions
of
this
approach
to
budgeting,
particularly
as
it
pertains
to
the
levies
not
just
next
year,
but
particularly
the
year
after,
which
will
come
after
the
next
election.
I
So
this
is
the
last
couple
of
budget
decisions
that
come
before
the
next
election
and
then
the
will
be
on
next
election
I.
Certainly
don't
want
to
punt,
you
know
large
levy
increases
or
deep
cuts
to
that
final
budget
year
of
this
term,
just
in
a
spirit
of
transparency
for
our
constituents
and
the
public,
so
I
know
I
will
and
I'm
sure
others
will
continue
to
ask
questions
about
the
five-year
financial
projection.
I
know
we'll
see
a
budget
proposal
in
August,
but
that
will
be
after
we've
made
these
decisions.
A
Thank
you
seeing
those
no
one
else
in
queue.
If
there's
no
objection,
I
will
direct
the
clerk
to
please
receive
and
file
this
report,
which
is
the
analysis
of
our
Budget
Committee,
with
that
we've
completed
this
business
before
us,
but
before
adjournment,
I
need
to
just
make
sure
we
review
the
remaining
timeline
in
which
we'll
work
to
complete
this
revision.
It's
just
especially
it
can
be
important
for
the
community.
That's
watching.
A
First
I
want
to
echo
council
president
benders
comments
that
we're
working
at
a
very
rapid
pace
in
order
to
minimize
the
address
of
this
continued
loss
of
revenue,
which
day-by-day
creates
a
bigger
gap
for
us
to
fill
community
needs,
are
at
an
all-time
high
in
terms
of
next
steps
and
participation.
I
want
to
remind
the
public
that
this
committee
has
two
scheduled
public
hearings
on
this,
and
the
first
is
set
for
next
Tuesday
July
14th,
beginning
at
6:05
p.m.
as
with
all
our
meetings.
A
These
public
hearings
are
going
to
be
conducted
virtually
using
our
online
platform
like
this
meeting
information.
How
to
how
to
participate
is
available
on
our
website
or
for
those
who
need
other
information
or
need
assistance.
Please
contact
the
clerk's
office
during
regular
business
hours
Monday
through
Friday
8:00
to
4:30
p.m.
their
number
is
six
one.
Two,
six
seven,
three,
two
two
one
six.
The
budget
committee
will
conduct
a
markup
session
with
initial
amendments
from
council
members
on
Friday
July
17th,
the
beginning
at
1:00
p.m.
is
this
corrected
slideshows.
Thank
you.
A
We
expect
to
bring
forward
a
final
budget
proposal
to
the
full
City
Council
as
part
of
our
adjourned
meeting
scheduled
for
Friday
July
24th
at
9:30
a.m.
this
entire
calendar
is
also
published
on
our
city's
website.
With
that,
we've
concluded
all
business
to
come
before
the
committee
today
and
without
objection
we
stand
adjourned.
Thank
you
for
your
time.