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From YouTube: May 12, 2022 Budget Committee
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C
B
A
Let
the
record
reflect
that
we
have
a
quorum
colleagues,
we
have
one
item
today
and
that
is
to
receive
public
comments
on
mayor
fry's
proposed
amendments
to
the
2022
budget
relating
to
funding
under
the
american
rescue
plan
act.
Before
I
open
up
the
public
hearing,
I
will
ask
adam
blom
from
our
budget
office
to
frame
tonight's
public
hearing
by
giving
a
short
introductory
presentation.
D
So
the
american
rescue
plan
act
was
passed
in
march
2021
to
respond
to
the
negative
impacts
of
the
culvert
19
pandemic
and
minneapolis
receives
an
allocation
of
271
million
dollars
of
american
rescue
plan
act.
Funding
eligible
uses
for
the
american
rescue
plan
funding
include
containing
the
kova
19
pandemic
and
addressing
other
public
health
needs.
Addressing
economic
hardships,
including
supporting
businesses,
small
businesses
and
individuals,
providing
public
services
to
the
extent
of
lost
revenue,
providing
premium
pay
to
essential
workers
and
investing
in
vital
infrastructure.
D
Of
the
271
million
dollars
minneapolis
is
receiving.
The
mayor's
recommendations
include
43
million
dollars
to
be
allocated
as
part
of
phase
2..
To
date,
the
city
has
a
plan
to
allocate
119
million
dollars
of
lost
revenue
through
2024
and
budgeted
109
million
dollars
for
various
programs
of
the
109
million
dollars
budgeted
for
programs,
10
million
has
been
spent
and
another
10
million
has
been
encumbered.
D
And
just
as
a
reminder,
the
mayor's
recommendations
were
provided
in
late
april
and
we
had
two
days
of
project
presentations
for
by
departments
last
week,
we're
of
course,
at
a
public
hearing
tonight,
and
then
amendments
are
due
on
monday
at
five
o'clock
to
the
budget
director
and
the
budget
budget
committee.
Chair
then
on
wednesday
may
18th
is
a
markup
meeting
for
any
proposed
amendments
with
a
backup
date
of
friday
may
20th
to
handle
any
unfinished
business,
and
then
two
weeks
from
now
on
thursday
may
26th
will
be
adoption
at
the
city
council
meeting.
A
Thank
you,
mr
blaum,
for
that
presentation.
Any
questions
from
my
colleagues
on
not
seeing
any.
We
will
now
proceed
to
the
public
hearing,
so
thank
you
so
much.
I
appreciate
it.
We
will
be
accepting
comments
tonight
from
speakers
in
the
order
that
they
were
registered.
We
have
four
speakers
who
are
pre-registered
online,
so
we
will
begin
with
those
speakers
after
we
have
completed
those
sign-ups
we'll
proceed
to
those
who
have
registered
tonight.
A
A
A
E
We
know
that
you
only
just
got
final
guidance
in
january.
We
know
that
there
were
some
elements
in
phase
one
that
turned
out
not
to
be
kosher
in
terms
of
use
of
arpa
money.
We
know
that
city
staff
has
been
very
creative
in
trying
to
solve
some
of
those
puzzles
like
the
commercial
property
development
fund.
E
We
also
know
that
there
are
areas
that
we
still
need.
Some
investments
in
and
arpa
may
not
be
the
source
for
that.
I
do
want
to
point
out
that
you
had
very
ambitious
goals
in
phase
one
for
cultural
district
district
activation.
There
was
a
lot
of
elements
in
there.
Btap
services
really
outstanding
concepts
and
sort
of
showcases
what
the
city
can
do
for
businesses
for
retail
businesses
by
pac
entrepreneurs.
E
We've
got
to
find
a
way
to
lift
up
those
elements,
particularly
those
that
maybe
could
not
use
arpa
dollars.
I
had
the
pleasure
of
this
morning
going
to
the
mcknight
groundbreak
coalition,
launch
and
hearing
mayor
frye's
comments,
one
of
the
themes
that
he
sounded
was
ownership
and
not
just
ownership
for
affordable
housing,
but
also
for
businesses
for
enable
to
buy
properties
and
to
invest
in
the
communities.
We've
got
to
find
a
way
to
do
that
and
I
think
my
time
just
ended.
So
thank
you.
You
can
read
our
comments
and
we're
available.
A
Thank
you,
mr
adams,
appreciate
you
being
here
tonight.
Next
up
we
have
tom
evers.
F
Great
thank
you,
madam
chair
mayor,
frye,
council
members.
Thank
you
so
much
for
allowing
me
to
speak.
My
name
is
tom
evers,
I'm
the
executive
director
with
the
minneapolis
parks
foundation,
and
I'm
just
here
to
speak
on
behalf
of
two
items.
There's
many
within
this
proposal
that
we
support
and
there's
many
needs
across
the
city,
but
two
we
want
to
underscore
as
important
appreciate
the
mayor,
adding
them
to
the
list
or
including
them
in
the
first
is
the
the
the
funds,
the
three
million
included
from
north
commons
park.
F
This
is
we've
seen
our
neighborhood
parks
really
get
hit
and
also
provide
the
need,
the
solutions
for
our
community
in
this
time
there's
a
big
idea:
that's
community
driven
and
this
funding
really
helps
support
a
big
idea
that
the
city
needs
to
support
youth
programming
and
athletics.
F
So
we
fully
support
that
and
thank
the
mayor
for
including
that
that's
a
there's,
a
big
community
driven
we're
seeing
funds
come
from
all
sectors
of
the
government
that
are
going
to
be
needed
for
that
and
secondly,
we
want
to
underscore
and
support
the
million
dollar
supported
funding
that
is
included
for
the
tree
canopy.
The
green
minneapolis
climate
resiliency
initiative,
we
know
that
archery
canopy
is
incredibly
important
for
the
health
of
the
city.
F
We
saw
that
during
covet
and
beyond
how
important
it
is
to
have
a
healthy
tree
tree
system,
a
tree
canopy,
and
this
is
funding
that
really
helps
to
get
that
done
as
well,
and
so
these
two
pieces
we
support,
thank
the
mayor
for
including
ask
that
each
of
you
support
us
well
and
look
forward
to
seeing
it
in
place.
Thank
you.
G
Thank
you,
madam
chair
mayor
committee,
members
saw
several
of
you
at
some
pathology
last
night.
I'm
glad
everybody
got
home
safely,
it's
like
a
movie
with
all
the
phones
going
off.
At
the
same
time,
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
comment
on
the
mayor's
arpa
recommendations.
I
agree
with
ross
adams.
G
So
I
sent
you
some
additional
information
and
beyond
what
the
staff
presented
last
week
and
I'll
just
make
a
couple
of
points.
Bring
bringing
the
downtown
economy
back
to
life
is
the
top
priority
for
our
organization,
and
I
think
you
heard
from
the
budget
director.
The
stakes
are
really
high
there
for
all
of
us
in
terms
of
restoring
lost
revenue
from
sales
and
entertainment,
hospitality,
taxes,
parking
revenues
and
stabilizing
office
and
hotel
occupancy
to
uphold
property
values,
and
this
funding
is
one
way
in
which
we
do
our
part
to
achieve
that
really
important
goal.
G
G
In
this
area,
we
work
with
small
businesses
and
community
organizations
from
across
the
city
as
suppliers,
vendors
contractors,
participants
in
downtown
events
and
ensuring
that
that's
true
is
always
one
of
our
top
priorities
in
planning
the
various
events,
and
we
also
work
with
the
park
board
and
neighborhood
organizations
and
a
wide
variety
of
of
partners
and
then
my
final
point.
This
recommended
a
recommended
amount
will
be
used
over
three
years,
so
400
000
a
year
which
has
been
the
historical
amount
that
the
city
has
provided
through
this
partnership.
A
Thank
you
for
your
comments.
Next,
we
have
david
wilson.
H
H
Green
minneapolis
is
a
non-profit
that
was
founded
in
2014
and
green
minneapolis
has
partnered
with
the
city
and
the
park
board
successfully
on
other
projects,
and
I'm
the
board.
Chair
of
green
minneapolis,
green
minneapolis
submitted
the
arpa
funding
request
to
the
city,
because
our
concerns
regarding
how
climate
change
is
going
to
make
living
in
urban
areas
like
minneapolis
more
difficult,
especially
for
the
most
disadvantaged
residents
in
our
community,
based
on
the
review
that
green
minneapolis
has
done
both
of
national
research
and
science
regarding
the
best
ways
to
make
cities
more
resilient.
H
Most
people
still
think
about
trees
as
nice
to
have,
but
we
know
through
our
research
that
trees
are
much
more
important,
particularly
in
urban
environments
and,
besides
sequestering
an
awful
lot
of
carbon
estimated
to
be
15
of
the
carbon
sequestered
in
north
america's
by
urban
trees.
They
also
capture
significant
amounts
of
storm
water
that
don't
flow
into
our
lakes
and
rivers.
H
H
H
Maintenance
and
expansion
of
the
tree
canopy
needs
to
be
funded
as
an
essential
component
of
urban
infrastructure
that
keeps
our
city
livable
and
economically
vibrant.
For
our
residents,
just
like
our
transit
systems
are
funded
or
our
water
management
systems
and
planting
and
maintaining
more
trees
across
the
city
of
minneapolis
also
gives
us
the
opportunity
to
generate
more
jobs.
Green
minneapolis
urges
you
to
support
the
mayor's
recommendation.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
thanks
for
being
here
tonight.
Next
we
have
lee
samuelson.
I
Yeah,
chair
koski
members
of
the
committee
lee
samuelson,
from
ward
12
and
with
the
minneapolis-based
energy
democracy,
non-profit
community
power.
So
this
year
I've
dedicated
a
good
deal
of
focus
to
advancing
the
people's
climate
and
equity
plan,
and
I
sat
in
on
a
couple
of
the
budget
hearings
last
week
so
that
I
could
see
which
items
were
covered
in
the
phase
2
arpa
plan
and
for
the
first
point
on
the
second
page
that
refers
to
a
city-wide
residential
upgrade
program.
Starting
with
the
green
zones.
I
I
The
plan
is,
it's
great
to
see
the
recommended
one
million
dollars
for
the
park
boards
more
trees,
please
program,
as
well
as
the
twenty
thousand
dollars
for
recommended
for
black
business
week,
which
fills
a
good
role
in
with
the
entrepreneurship
and
small
business
support
and
in
the
early
days
of
the
minneapolis
clean
energy
partnership
led
street
lights
was
one
of
the
greatest
accomplishments.
I
I
hadn't
heard
heard
it
seen
being
discussed
in
recent
meetings,
but
just
be
aware,
I've
noticed
that
constituents
have
noted
the
street
lights
installed
by
excel,
have
a
different
quality
of
light
than
the
ones
installed
by
the
city
and
get
lit
minneapolis.
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
mr
samuelson,
for
being
here
it's
nice
to
see
you
in
person.
I
appreciate
you
being
here
too.
Next
we
have
sylvia
martinez.
Thank.
I
J
Hello
good
evening,
chair
koski,
mayor
frye,
members
of
the
committee,
my
name
is
sylvia
and
I'm
a
member
of
satool.
J
K
J
J
And
now
I
receive
so
many
workers
at
the
tool
that
come
and
telling
us
experiences
of
their
own
injustices
and
their
own
jobs,
and
a
lot
of
them
are
all
of
them,
work
in
minneapolis
and
are
either
residents
of
the
city
or
they
just
work
in
the
city.
They
come
to
us
with
a
lot
of
fear
without
knowing
what
to
do
and
with
our
help,
that
fear
is,
you
know,
loses
out
of
their
eyes
and
they
want
to
take
action
especially
to
confront
these
situations.
J
That's
why
it's
so
important
for
the
city
to
put
resources
to
for
co-enforcement
for
partner
organizations,
including
the
tool
so
that
we
can
educate
the
workers
about
their
rights
and
also
help
them
report.
Any
types
of
injustices
too.
Without
this
work,
a
lot
of
immigrant
workers
and
also
workers
of
color
would
stay
without
this
type
of
information
and
support,
and
also
not
knowing
their
rights
when
it
comes
to
confronting
horrible
bosses.
K
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
being
here.
I
appreciate
it
so
that
completes
the
list
of
registered
speakers.
Is
there
anyone
else
here
tonight
that
has
not
signed
up
and
would
like
to
address
the
committee.
A
A
Oh
okay,
sorry
that
helps
move
our
community
forward.
I'll
repeat
that
those
who
wish
to
add
their
comments
to
the
public
record
but
who
did
not
register
to
speak
tonight,
may
send
their
comments
by
email
to
councilcomment
minneapolismn.gov.
C
A
Thank
you.
Customer
chavez
appreciate
that
so
before
joining
a
joining
tonight's
meeting,
I'll
take
this
opportunity
to
review
the
remaining
timeline.
I
know
this
was
said
earlier
and
not
that
long
ago,
but
our
next
meeting
is
scheduled
for
wednesday
may
18th
at
10
a.m.
At
that
point,
we
will
consider
amendments
to
the
mayor's
proposals
and,
if
needed,
we
will
continue
that
work
at
a
second
markup
session.
That's
scheduled
for
friday
may
20th
also
at
10
am
and
then,
after
that
the
committee
has.
A
After
the
committee
has
considered
amendments,
the
amended
package
will
be
forwarded
to
the
full
city
council
with
anticipated
final
actions
scheduled
at
our
regular
meeting
on
thursday
may
26
at
9
30
a.m.
Are
there
any
other
additional
questions
or
final
comments
from
my
colleagues.
A
Not
seeing
any
and
if
there's
no
objection,
I
will
adjourn
this
meeting
have
a
good
night.