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A
There
a
second
we
have
a
proper
motion
before
us.
Is
there
any
discussion,
any
discussion
seeing
none
all
those
in
favor
say:
aye
aye,
those
opposed,
say,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it
and
the
agenda
is
adopted.
We
move
to
the
acceptance
of
minutes.
May
I.
Please
have
a
motion
to
accept
the
minutes.
Is
there
a
second?
We
have
a
proper
motion
before
us.
Is
there
any
discussion,
any
discussion
seeing
none,
those
in
favor
say
aye,
aye,
aye,
any
opposed,
say,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it
and
the
minutes
are
accepted
as
presented.
A
Next,
we
move
to
item
four
on
the
agenda,
which
is
the
scheduled
public
hearing
to
receive
public
comments
on
the
property
tax
levies
proposed
in
the
mayor's
2024
recommended
budget
and
I
will
now
open
the
public
hearing.
The
clerk
informs
me
that
we
have
seven
people
who
have
signed
up
to
speak
today.
Each
of
you
will
be
allowed
a
maximum
of
two
minutes
to
offer.
A
Your
comments
and
I
would
also
like
to
acknowledge
that
we
received
three
comments
that
came
in
via
email
from
resident,
Kamar,
yokanan,
Lisa,
Boyd
and
Ann
Winkler
Maury
I
won't
read
them,
but
I
want
to
acknowledge
that
they
did
submit
comments.
Our
first
speaker
is
Maddie
Henderson
from
the
fifth
award.
D
Evening
to
the
council,
thank
you
for
having
us
and
I
would
like
to
extend
my
sincere
thanks
for
the
5
million
that
was
awarded
to
public
housing.
But
forgive
me
I
must
say
it's
not
enough,
so
we're
we
still
have
those
problems
and
more
so,
if
we
could
somewhere
down
the
line,
see
fit
to
add
a
little
more,
we
would
highly
appreciate
it
and
again
my
heartfeld
thanks
for
the
5
million.
E
Good
afternoon
my
name
is
Shirley
Brown,
as
you
said,
and
I'm
here,
to
speak
in
favor
of
reinstating
the
tax
levy
for
public
housing.
E
It's
gratifying
to
see,
support
from
BET
leadership,
mayor
Frye
and
the
city
council
for
finally
taking
this
important
step.
I
also
want
to
thank
the
Minneapolis
housing
advisory
committee
members,
who
voted
unanimously
in
support
of
reinstating
the
mpha
tax
levy.
E
Sorry
I
live
at
a
one
of
the
smaller
public
housing
buildings
in
North,
Northeast
Minneapolis,
it's
a
beautiful
area
in
walking
distance
to
four
different
parks
and
we
love
our
building
and
our
community,
but
in
the
recent
year
or
so,
we've
had
an
increase
in
car
break-ins,
stolen
vehicle
Vehicles.
Out
of
our
parking
lot,
catalytic
converters
stolen
cards
being
left
in
our
parking
lot
and
so
we're
we're
not
feeling
safe.
E
E
A
Thank
you.
Next,
we
have
Paul
Arlen
from
the
fourth
ward.
F
You
for
having
me
good
afternoon,
everyone
I,
live
in
Hamilton
Manor
and
have
and
and
have
so
lived
for
going
on
nine
years
recently.
Well.
First
of
all,
I
would
like
to
thank
everyone
who
was
instrumental
in
bringing
the
tax
levy
this
far,
the
city
council
for
its
unanimous
support
the
leadership
of
the
board
of
estimate
of
Taxation
and
mayor
Frey
for
for.
G
F
Five
million
dollar
allotment.
You
know
it's
very
much
appreciated
recently
in
Hamilton
Manor,
we
we
had
our
plumbing
completely
renovated,
which
is
excellent.
However,
we
still
have
ongoing
problems.
The
elevators,
the
the
three
elevators
of
the
building,
are
all
frequently
break
down.
People
get
stuck
in
the
elevators,
sometimes
people
using
the
service
elevator
to
either
move
in
or
out
of
the
building
can
not
do
so.
If
something
like
that
happens,
so
we
need
more
funding,
as
do
of
course,
many
of
the
other
42
sites
in
Minneapolis.
F
So
I
I
would
like
to
extend
the
hope
that
you
would
can
continue
to
consider
creating.
F
H
Welcome
honorable
mayor
president
Council
and
City
Council
Members
good
evening,
I'm
here
internet,
my
name
is
Ronald
Jenkins
and
I'm.
I
am
a
member
and
advocate
of
Minneapolis
high-rise
Council,
as
well
as
the
member
advocate
of
the
resident
Advisory
Board
governed
by
mhrc
and
mhpm
mpha
I'm,
here
to
name
the
speak
to
each
council
member
on
behalf
of
the
diverse
residence
population
that
live
in
Minneapolis
public
housing,
as
well
as
to
encourage
a
yes
vote
for
the
meal
living
tax.
The
reason
why
I
believe
and
think
it
is
necessary
to
vote
Yes
or
as
follows.
H
Minneapolis
housing
stock
includes
public
housing
as
a
city.
Asset
safety
and
maintenance
of
Minneapolis
housing
is
important
to
the
success
health
happiness
on
the
residents
who
live
in
public
housing
as
winners
to
the
City
of
Minneapolis.
The
city,
as
well
as
msrc
mpha,
continues
to
be
promoters
of
the
long-term
retention
of
housing,
including
public
housing.
H
Winners
as
well
as
population
of
people
that
live
in
public
housing
include
seniors,
lgbtq,
plus
senior
single
adults,
veterans,
ex-offenders,
chronically
ill,
fixed
income,
seniors
victims
of
human
trafficking,
non-traditional
families,
unaccompanied
Youth
and
Young
adults,
families
with
children
and
other
human
beings.
This
place
new
to
domestic
violence,
stable
and
safe
housing
is
needed
as
the
city
continues
to
grow
and
strengthen
the
mhr
mph
Grant
from
the
U.S
Department
of
Housing
and
Urban
Development
has
not
been
enough
to
sustain
and
address
the
much
needed
repairs.
H
Okay,
yeah:
it's
not
has
not
been
enough
to
sustain
and
address
the
repairs
and
improvements
in
public
housing
such
as
Windows
Replacements
and
exterior
vacate
repairs,
Plumbing
replacement
structure,
repairs,
maintenance,
electrical
switches
from
gear
and
generator
replacement
window
replacement,
remote
replacement,
elevator
modernization,
property
enhancement
and
apartment
floor
placement.
H
Climate
change
is
a
having
a
significant
impact
on
public
housing
residents
and
it
is,
and
it
must
be
considered
in
the
overall
human
cost
to
Residents
who
have
currently
this
year
experience
the
increase
in
temperature
and
heat
as
well
as
now
and
finally,
there
must
be
a
continuation
of
the
quality
of
Life
Equity
action
and
promotion
of
the
health,
lifestyle
and
well-being
of
the
residents
who
live
in
public
housing.
Insurance
residents
need
your
support
in
passing
the
immune
living
tax.
So
please
vote
yes.
Thank
you.
I
I'm
I
leave
15
15
Park
Avenue,
South
I'm,
the
president
of
that
building
residence,
Council
officer
I'm,
also
a
vice
president
for
Minneapolis
representative
council
I'm,
also
in
MPH
board
member,
and
the
reason
that
I'm
here
was
to
to
approve
the
levy
because
seniors
that
I
leave.
They
need
a
lot
of
fixing
problems
such
as
air
quality
in
the
building
maintenance
and
security.
I
If
I
take
security,
it's
very
important
because
they
have
seen
the
parking
lots,
no
lights,
most
of
them
is
dark.
Trash
shoot
house
is
not
good.
You
know,
because
the
buildings
all
singers
believe
they
are
disabled
people
who
have
wheelchair
and
everything
so
I
appreciate
approving
some
of
that
tax
leave
and
I'm
I'm
asking
you
to
finish
the
rest
of
the
money.
Please
because
we
need
them.
Thank
you
very
much.
B
J
Here,
thank
you.
My
name
is
John
stummy,
full
disclosure,
I
work
for
the
public,
housing,
high-rise
tenant
organization
and,
as
part
of
my
work,
I've
been
proud
to
support
resident
leaders
in
calling
for
the
restoration
of
the
public
housing
tax
levy
and
I'm.
Also
a
Minneapolis,
homeowner
and
I'm
here
to
tell
you
that
I
am
happy
to
pay
a
little
extra
in
my
property
taxes
to
support
housing
for
those
with
the
greatest
need.
J
Every
day
in
this
city
we
see
what
should
be
shocking
reminders
of
the
housing
crisis
in
this
city
and
the
historical
and
present
day
disregard
for
the
well-being
of
folks
who
are
disproportionately
by
far
black
indigenous
and
people
of
color.
You
have
the
opportunity
to
help
right
these
wrongs
by
supporting
the
preservation
of
existing
housing
and
the
expansion
of
new
housing.
I
applaud
and
admire
city
leaders
who
are
passionate
about
this
work.
We
all
should
be
I
personally
urge
you
to
restore
the
tax
levy
at
the
full
amount
allowed.
Why
not
do
the
most?
K
I
know
foreign
good
afternoon:
I'm
Barb,
Harris
I
also
work
for
the
tenant
organization,
I'm
reading
Mary
McGovern's
statement.
She
wasn't
able
to
join
us
on
time.
Thank
you.
So
she
would
say
if
she
were
here
good
evening,
I'm
Mary
McGovern,
president
of
the
Minneapolis
high-rise
representative
council.
We
represent
over
5
000
residents
living
in
the
cities,
42
public
housing
high-rises
over
70
percent
of
us
are
elderly
and
disabled.
K
These
include
replacement
of
Plumbing
electrical
systems,
elevators
and
ventilation
systems,
the
need
for
air
conditioning
in
all
high-rises
and
the
modernization
of
our
Apartments.
The
high-rise
organization
has
been
fighting
for
years
for
the
city
to
restore
a
public
housing
tax
levy,
which
we
view
as
a
stable
and
ongoing
funding
source
to
address
mpha,
Capital
and
other
needs.
K
K
We
will
be
looking
to
you
to
increase
the
amount
in
the
future,
as
the
needs
will
only
continue
to
grow.
Resident
leaders
will
continue
to
advocate
for
funding
support
from
the
city
and
from
all
level
levels
of
government
until
public
housing
residents
are
treated
with
the
level
of
respect
and
concern
that
all
people
deserve.
L
Hello
hi,
my
name
is
Jeremy
winter
I
am
from
the
ninth
ward,
I
strongly
believe
in
public
housing
as
a
solution
to
the
housing
crisis
are
in,
its
current
state
are
country's
public
housing
system
is
drastically
underfunded,
which
is
a
terrible
shame.
Considering
the
extreme
housing
crisis
we
are
currently
undergoing
I.
Don't
think
this
is
going
to
get
any
better
and
unless
we
start
making
funding
changes
now
it
will
continue
to
get
worse.
I
see
people
around
me
in
my
social
circles
trying
to
come
up
with
all
of
these
ideas.
L
A
Thank
you
is
there
anyone
else
all
right,
well,
we'd
like
to
thank
you
all
for
sharing
your
voices
with
us
and
appreciate
you
taking
the
time
to
be
here
and
those
that
wrote
in
their
comments.
A
So
seeing
that
there's
no
additional
people
I
will
close
the
public
hearing
at
our
next
meeting
on
September
20th.
The
board
will
take
action
to
fix
the
maximum
certified
tax
lebies
for
property
taxes
payable
in
2024.
That
meeting
will
be
held
at
the
regular
time
of
4
pm
on
the
20th
just
so
that
everybody
is
aware
of
that,
and
we
will
move
on
to
our
new
business
item.
Five
on
the
agenda
is
a
bond
transmittal
memo
regarding
Bond
requests
to
the
board
of
estimate
taxation.
This
is
a
receive
and
file
item.
A
Are
there
any
questions,
or
would
anyone
like
to
discuss
all
right?
Seeing
none
I
will
ask
the
clerk
to
receive
and
file
that
item
item.
Six
and
seven
are
resolutions
asking
the
board
to
concur
with
the
reallocation
of
excess
Bond
proceeds.
I
will
welcome
Ellen
hoppy,
who
is
our
director
of
banking,
Investments
and
debt,
to
give
us
a
presentation
on
these
items
good
evening,
and
thank
you
for
being
here.
M
M
Items
five,
six
and
seven
on
the
agenda.
I
tried
to
kind
of
consolidate.
All
this
clerk's
office
has
done
a
lot
of
work
with
the
various
Bond
resolutions,
so
it
was
great
to
work
with
their
Source
material.
So
we
have
two
resolutions
that
we
have
before
you.
Looking
for
your
approval
in
the
column
I
have
over
here
with
my
balls,
I'm
kind
of
waving.
It
says
past
these
are
status
of
bond
proceeds
where
we're
looking
for
a
resolution,
one
for
73
000,
one
for
three
hundred
thousand.
M
M
We
also
have
another
column
here
and
the
city
approves
of
various
Appropriations
and
bonding
for
capital
projects,
but
we
haven't
bonded
for
some
of
that
stuff.
Yet
so
what
you
have
here
in
this
column
that
says
future?
That's
referring
to
Future,
Bond
sale
are
the
ones
that
you
have
worked
with
here
for
receive
and
file,
and
the
various
dollar
amounts
in
thousands
of
dollars
are
listed
here.
So
it's
427
000
just
going
straight
down
the
list.
M
If
I
can
get
that
to
work.
The
third
and
fourth
tier
there.
Those
are
reallocations
where
it's
not
a
new
Bond,
a
new
item
per
se.
It
has
been
somewhere
in
City
authorizations
in
the
past
the
other
item.
The
second
tier
here
is
a
new
authorization
and
that's
for
500
000
again
these
things
that
are
future
bonding,
good
chance.
Those
show
up
in
next
year,
so
a
bond
issue
when
we
sell
that.
M
So
this
is
what
we
have
before
us
and
before
there
is
a
vote
on
this
I'd
like
to
mention
I,
also
have
a
what
I'm
done
here.
A
summary
of
yesterday's
Bond
sale
of
with
the
members
of
the
board
would
like
that.
A
N
A
N
It's
no
reflection
on
Mr,
hoppy
or
his
work
reflects
a
long
history
with
the
18th
bike
gap,
which
was
first
proposed
by
Public
Works
in
2018
for
2022
implementation,
and
it
was
delayed
in
2022
to
2023,
I,
believe
implementation,
and
in
this
year's
Capital
process
it
was
delayed
until
2028,
so
in
other
words
we're
moving
backwards
faster
than
we're
moving
forwards
on
this
project,
the
original
proposed
cost
was
601.
Excuse
me,
605,
000
and
I
think
the
latest
figure
I
saw
is
up
in
the
865
000
area.
N
I
will
acknowledge
that
this
involves
trying
to
secure
an
easement
on
Railroad
property
and
click
has
supported
this
project
consistently
over
the
last
probably
now
five
years,
including
this
year,
and
it's
harder
to
work
with
railroads,
as
many
of
us
in
this
room
know.
But
it's
not
impossible.
N
I
think
it's
a
consensus
of
those
who
have
supported
this
project
done
quick
that
Public
Works
just
hasn't
taken
it
seriously
enough
and
put
the
necessary
Firepower
to
bear
on
these
discussions
with
the
railroad
and
the
park
board
has
shown
in
connecting
the
26th
Avenue
Overlook
with
Ole
Olson
park
near
the
Riverview
site,
that
it
is
possible
to
talk
to
the
railroad
and
negotiate
over
an
easement,
even
though
it's
not
necessarily
concluded
yet
so.
For
those
reasons,
I'll
be
voting
no
on
this
particular
reallocation.
A
N
I
think
the
reallocation
isn't
handled
in
total
in
item
six.
That's
the
one
that
reallocates
the
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
I,
think
the
other
reallocations
are
covered
by
other
agenda
items
if
I'm
correct,
Mr
Hoppy,
that's.
A
N
M
President
priest
incident
of
Vice
President
Brandt,
that's
correct
again:
there's
lots
of
lots
of
activity
going
on
with
this,
but
I
lined
it
up
here
so
that
your
bet
items
five
and
seven
kind
of
together,
one
was
for
the
receiving
file.
Another
was
for
the
the
73
000,
so
I
believe
was.
N
A
O
Well,
thank
you,
presidents
and
I.
Guess:
I
I
have
a
question,
so
you
know
my
experience
on
as
a
member
of
a
governing
body
is
fairly
limited,
but
at
the
park
board,
which
is
what
the
board
that
I
sit
on
primarily,
we
would
have
a
for
this
type
of
decision.
We
would
have
some
indication
from
the
staff
that
work
in
public
works
or
something
like
that.
Why
why
something's
not
going
forward
and
so
the
monies
that
were
set
aside
for
it
or
or
picked
up
for
it,
are
being
redirected.
M
President
priest
Stinson
a
board
member
ebony
I,
don't
have
specifics,
you're
correct
it
usually
is
at
the
individual
Department
level
that
works
on
the
individual
projects,
so
I'm,
typically
bringing
the
bond
reallocations
and
tying
it
back
to
the
bond
issue.
M
As
far
as
that
body
of
knowledge
goes
and
generalization
their
surplus
funds,
which
are
for
IRS
reasons,
we
want
to
use
some
place
in
a
project,
otherwise
move
it
over
to
Debt
Service,
and
so
we
wind
up
our
staff
in
these
individual
departments,
have
lined
up
alternate
places
where
the
bond
proceeds
could
be
used.
Okay.
O
So
so
I'm
I
guess
I'm
inclined,
you
know
the
park
board
was
invoked
and
I
sure
appreciate
that
member
Brandt,
but
I
I
think
I'm
inclined
to
say
that
I
think
the
staff
that
works
on
these
projects
has
a
good
indication
of
how
to
be
more
Nimble
with
the
funds
and
right
now
what
can
be
done
with
them?
That
would
be
my
understanding.
O
The
only
concern
I
have
is
that
it's
going
from
something
very
specific
to
just
a
generic
program,
so
that
lacks
some
transparency
for
the
citizens,
money
that
was
allocated
in
a
very
transparent
way.
A
specific
dollar
amount
to
a
specific
project
is
now
going
to
a
program
area.
But
that's
those
are
my
questions.
Thank
you.
P
Thank
you,
man,
I'm
sure,
I'm,
not
fully
briefed
on
every
single
Last
Detail
of
this
project.
However,
I
do
know
that
Public
Works
has
been
heavily
involved,
both
with
the
project,
as
well
as
the
advocacy
to
the
railroad
itself.
I
I
won't
share
details
here,
but
there
is
some
progress
being
made.
The
lack
of
a
final
resolution
is
not
a
lack
of
seriousness
or
effort.
P
It's
simply
the
fact
that
the
railroad
has
the
unilateral
authority
to
just
say
no,
given
that
it's
the
property
that
they
themselves
own
and
so
I
I,
don't
think
it's
any
lack
of
seriousness
or
any
lack
of
effort
they
they
have
been
working
on
this.
We
just
aren't
there
yet,
and
the
deprivation
of
funds
doesn't
get
us
closer
to
the
goal.
Given
that
the
funds
are
to
fund
the
project,
that
I
think
we're
all
for.
N
Mayor
Frye,
my
understanding
is
that
there
has
been
fruitful
discussion
between
the
railroad
and
the
park
board
on
the
extension
between
26th
Avenue
and
the
early
Olson
site.
But
I
have
not
heard.
M
N
People
who
are
involved
in
this
issue,
through
click
and
click,
approved
a
comment
this
year
expressing
its
disappointment
in
the
delay
here
that
Public
Works
has
made
progress
on
the
18th
Trail
Gap.
A
Mr
happy
just
for
clarification
before
we
move
to
a
vote,
so
it's
not
that
the
project
isn't
moving
forward.
It's
just
that
in
the
current
state
that
it's
in
and
these
negotiations
with
the
railroad.
The
project
literally
can't
move
forward.
So
I
just
want
to
be
clear.
Is
it
that
this
project
isn't
happening
at
all,
or
is
it
just
delayed
to
a
further
date?
So
it's
not
being
defunded
this?
The
money
needs
to
be
moved
to
something
else,
because
the
project
isn't
able
to
move
forward
am
I
understanding
that
correctly.
M
A
A
A
N
A
Resolution
is
approved
next
is
item
8
on
the
agenda,
which
is
receiving
an
overview
of
the
mayor's
2024
recommended
budget.
Now
welcome
budget
director
Jane
disenza.
M
Who
members
of
the
board
investment
taxation-
we
I
come
here
many
times
related
to
bond
stuff,
and
that's
yesterday
was
the
the
big
party
so
to
speak,
we
sold
around
150
million
of
various
purpose,
General
obligation,
bonds
to
fund
all
these
different
projects.
We
bring
before
you
what
we
call
the
true
interest
rate
on
the
bonds
was
3.77
percent.
M
It
was
well
received
in
the
marketplace.
We
had
a
total
of
10
bidders,
that's
impressive
it.
It
was
nice
that
we
got
our
AAA
from
both
rating
agencies,
that
we
use
standard,
pores
and
most
recently
Fitch.
So
while
we
do
really
well
in
the
marketplace
as
a
triple
A
or
more
or
less
a
triple
A,
now
we
are
officially
AAA.
I
have
just
a
couple
quick
charts
for
reference.
The
green
line
on
the
top
here
shows
the
various
taxable
excuse
me:
tax
exempt
Municipal
curve.
M
The
green
line
is
the
current
environment
and
the
aqua
or
blue
line
below
was
a
year
ago.
Last
year.
We,
it
cost
us
about
an
extra
half
a
percent
to
sell
bonds.
So
this
chart
is
kind
of
saying
the
same
thing
that
interested
rates
have
climbed.
We
all
know
that,
but
that's
what
it
looks
like
on
the
on
a
curve
in
this
this
particular
chart
back
here
in
2009,
the
red
line
were
20-year
bonds
and
the
blue
line
or
a
one-year
Bond.
So
there's
a
very
widespread.
M
You
usually
think
of
what
we
call
the
yield
curve
upward
slope
in
so
that
the
further
out
you're
dealing
with
money,
it
costs
more
and
that's
typically
the
case
in
the
current
environment.
On
the
far
right,
you
see
that
the
interest
rates
for
20
years
and
one
year
are
very
close,
and
most
of
that
has
to
do
with
the
Federal
Reserve
Bank
increasing
interest
rates
on
the
short
end
throughout
the
financial
market.
M
A
Q
President
Preston
members
of
the
board,
thanks
for
having
me
Jane
disenza
from
finance
and
Property
Services
I'm,
serving
as
the
interim
budget
manager
and
I'm
here
today,
to
give
you
a
presentation
of
the
mayor's
2024
recommended
budget.
I
gave
a
similar
presentation
to
the
city
council
on
Monday,
and
this
is
meant
to
serve
as
a
transmission
of
the
information
and
also
a
kickoff
of
two
months
of
budget
presentations
to
the
council
from
each
department
leader,
so
I'm,
hoping
to
just
provide
you
with
some
contexts
and
themes.
Q
So
our
agenda
today
is
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
budget
book
we'll
get
into
this.
Some
specifics
on
this
budget.
The
spending
and
revenue
overviews,
as
well
as
some
accomplishments
and
challenges
that
are
impacting
the
framework
and
then
I
always
like
to
do
a
little
bit
of
a
demonstration
of
the
transparency
portal,
as
that's
a
really
important
tool
for
all
of
your
constituents
and
then
briefly
just
touch
on
the
markup
process.
Q
So
we
are
continuing
to
use
a
fully
online
interactive
budget
book,
which
is
something
we
switched
to
in
2022
and
we're
pretty
proud
of
it.
Rather
than
that
static
PDF.
That
was
700
Pages.
We
have
a
version
that
allows
readers
to
participate
in
the
data.
You
can
click
into
all
the
tables
and
refine
the
filters
to
investigate
your
own
questions.
So
I
will,
after
this
slide,
take
a
second
and
show
everyone
how
to
navigate
some
of
those
some
of
those
items
in
the
book.
Q
Our
goal
is
always
to
make
the
budget
information
as
transparent
as
possible,
and
so
we
try
to
anticipate
a
lot
of
the
frequently
asked
questions
in
the
overview
section
and
that's
definitely
a
great
place
to
start
as
you're
digging
in
banks
are
certainly
due
to
all
of
our
partners
across
the
city.
The
budget
book
is
a
tremendous
effort
for
for
our
team,
but
also
for
every
every
Department
who
has
to
do
a
lot
of
analysis
in
order
to
accomplish
each
budget
book
page.
So
thanks
to
them
for
that.
Q
Okay,
so
the
budget
book
section
so
just
to
orient
folks
to
places
that
they
can
look
for
whatever
they're
interested
in
the
financial
overview
is
the
best
place
to
start
there's
a
budget
and
brief,
which
is
a
real
summary
of
a
summary
there's,
more
Folsom
City
spending
and
revenue
Pages
as
well.
That
give
you
an
indication
as
the
key
trends
and
how
we
got
to
some
of
our
numbers.
Q
We've
also
started
listing
out
the
new
Investments
By
Priority.
So
if
you
wanted
to
see
what
this
budget
means
for
affordable
housing,
you
can
go
to
that
page
and
get
a
sense
of
of
the
overall
increase
to
the
budget.
For
that
topic
area.
Q
The
financial
policies
are
what
guide
the
work
largely
of
the
finance
and
Property
Services
Department.
We
have
no
changes
proposed
from
what
we
presented
to
council
earlier
this
year.
We
expect
to
do
a
more
in-depth
review
audit
of
those
in
our
departments
for
the
next
biennial
budget,
but
these
are
reviewed
annually.
The
rating
agencies
take
a
look
at
these,
as
well
as
the
state
auditor
and
they
conform
to
the
industry
practices.
The
gfoa
and
accounting
principles.
Q
Our
Capital
section,
which
my
colleague
Adam
puts
together,
is
the
six-year
Capital
infrastructure
plan,
so
mostly
that
touches
on
the
Park
Board,
the
MBC
Public
Works
Property
Services
has
a
great
deal
of
information
there
and
then
the
schedules
which
are
are
really
what
the
city
council
votes
on
in
December
has
the
more
technical
information
on
our
cash
balances
by
fund
expenses.
Q
Revenues
transfers
between
funds,
as
well
as
the
Staffing
picture,
so
I'm
going
to
navigate
quickly
to
the
budget
book
just
to
give
folks
in
the
audience
a
chance
to
see
how
to
access
this
themselves.
So
in
the
city's
website,
Minneapolis
mn.gov
budget,
you
can
you
can
see
a
lot
of
information
about
the
budget.
What
I've
been
referencing
is
this
2024
mayor's
recommended
budget,
which
you
can
click
into
and
then
down
below
is
a
table
of
contents.
So
what
we
just
talked
about
was
this
financial
overview.
Q
Q
Financial
policies
are
below
and
then
to
reflect
the
government
structure.
We've
split
out
the
the
council
departments
and
the
Mayors,
the
more
executive
branch
departments
are
shown
in
the
middle.
We
have
the
capital
budget
over
here.
You
can
see
it
split
out
by
subject
area.
Q
So
if
you
want
to
know
about
sidewalks
in
your
neighborhood,
that's
you
can
just
click
right
in
there
and
see
if
your
sidewalk
is
in
the
capital
plan
and
then
the
schedules
so
the
city
to
show
folks
what
the
department
Pages
look
like
clicking
into
the
city
auditor
page.
So
there's
basic
summary
information
of
the
finances
in
a
graphic
form
as
well
as
in
a
table,
and
then
it
goes
into
a
lot
of
more
detail
about
their
Core
Business
lines.
Q
Their
programs
with
an
org
chart
Mission
goals
their
services,
how
they
assess
the
racial
Equity
impacts
of
those
services
that
repeats
for
each
program
area,
and
then
you
get
a
good
deal
of
detail
about
any
new
Investments
that
the
mayor
is
recommending.
So
there
are
there's
also
a
small
section
at
the
base,
which
indicates
any
internal
transfers
or
reclassifications
of
positions.
So
thank
you
for
indulging
me
in
that.
Q
Okay,
so
moving
on
to
some
accomplishments
in
this
in
this
budget.
So
this
is
our
first
supplemental
year
of
this
two-year
budget
structure
that
we've
moved
towards.
So
the
Practical
benefit
of
this
for
departments
is
that
they
have
another
full
year
to
plan.
So
there
were
some
new
proposals
that
Council
was
able
to
consider
last
year,
but
they're
due
to
start
in
January
of
2024,
so
they've
got
a
whole
year
to
work
with
HR
to
get
a
job
position
created
and
posted
and
hired
and
the
like.
So
it's
it's
been
really
helpful.
Q
Just
organizationally
in
that
way,
it
also
is
is
worth
noting
and
I'll
say
this
a
few
more
times,
but
we
are
maintaining
the
same
property
tax
levy
amount
that
was
planned
for
in
the
biennial
budget.
Our
sales
tax
revenues
have
been
performing
well,
we
hit.
We
nearly
hit
pre-pandemic
levels
in
2022,
which
was
well
ahead
of
our
forecasts
and
we're
continuing
to
see
growth.
We
have
a
positive
outlook
for
2024
there.
Q
Q
The
budget
team
and
finance
broadly
will
be
working
closely
with
departments
over
the
next
several
months
to
understand.
You
know
what
we
need
to
do
to
get
spending
moving
on
any
projects
that
haven't
been,
and
you
know,
potentially
reallocating
as
needed,
but
we
are
committed
to
spending
all
of
the
dollars
that
we
received
and
then,
as
Mr
hobby
just
said.
Upgraded
Bond
ratings
are
are
really
exciting
for
finance
and
Property
Services.
Q
It's
a
good
validation
of
our
financial
management
policies
as
a
city
and
our
ability
to
withstand
any
any
Financial
storms,
and
also
it
has
an
impact
on
on
what
we
can
do
in
our
Capital
program,
and
so
it
does
we're
down
to
the
benefit
of
residents
as
well.
Q
Not
unique
to
Minneapolis,
but
we
do
still
see
a
tight
labor
market.
Our
vacancy
rates
have
closed
quite
a
bit,
but
it's
it's
still
an
issue
at
the
city.
Vacancy
rates
mean
less
Personnel
spending,
of
course,
but
also
less
people
in
place
to
spend
other
types
of
dollars.
So,
in
addition
to
slow
spending,
you
might
have
some
overextended
staff
and
that's
something
that
we're
just
continuing
to
work
through.
Q
Q
C
Thank
you,
chair,
preseason
and
interim
director,
I'm
just
curious.
You
said
we're
committed
to
spending
all
of
our
Opera
dollars.
Do
you
mean
we
have
a
dream
of
spending
all
our
money
or
we,
those
dollars,
are
committed
to
specific
projects.
Q
C
N
Is
there
it's
good
to
know
that
it's
all
been
allocated,
but
is
there
a
deadline
for
the
spending
to
be
achieved
by.
Q
finances
in
the
midst
of
of
creating
internal
memo,
so
that
we
can
circulate
all
that
information
to
departments
so
that
they're
well
aware
of
all
those
deadlines.
So.
N
That
is
a
a
internal
deadline,
not
a
federally
imposed
deadline.
Q
President
vice
president
Brandt
I
ll-versed
in
all
of
the
treasury
rules,
I
think
there
is
some
limitation
after
2024
and
our
ability
to
reassign
dollars.
So
if
we
were
to
have
a
vacancy
at
that
rate,
we
would
then
have
to
turn
the
money
back.
P
Briefly,
first,
a
big
thank
you
to
Jane
and
Adam
and
their
whole
team.
They
really
stepped
up
in
incredible
fashion,
especially
over
over
this
last
year,
to
to
fill
some
vacancies
that
we
had
to
be
able
to
produce
this
budget
at
all
and
that's
in
addition
to
all
of
the
other,
really
incredible
work.
P
They're
doing
they
managed
to
upgrade
the
bond
rating
to
AAA
status,
which
is
a
huge
achievement
for
our
city,
one
that
really
should
be
applauded
and
so
Jane
to
send
a
thank
you
so
much
to
you
and
your
team.
You
did
just
a
tremendous
job
and
as
far
as
the
ability
to
get
some
of
these
funds
out
the
door
to
the
council
president's
point,
she's
right,
they
have
been
allocated,
they
have
been
committed.
It
really
is
just
a
matter
of
making
sure
that
we're
doing
the
necessary
compliance
before
the
money
goes
out.
P
So
if,
if,
if
there
are
certain
standards
that
that
have
to
be
met
before
the
money
goes
out
the
door
to
these
different
entities
and
if
those
entities
don't
meet
the
standards,
then
we
obviously
have
the
ability
to
recommit
those
dollars
elsewhere.
I
think
at
least
to
some
of
the
dollars
that
is
going
to
be
inevitable.
P
That'll
happen
in
every
single
City
around
the
country,
but
in
hours
I'll
tell
you.
We
got
the
money
out
the
door
faster
than
most
any
other
city
that
I'm
aware
of,
and
that's
allowed
us
to
then
recycle
the
money
a
second
time
through
if
it
hasn't
worked
the
first,
if
that
makes
sense,.
Q
So
carrying
on
with
the
spending,
so
this
is
an
8.3
percent
increase
from
what
was
adopted
in
2023
and
that
total
excludes
all
of
our
interfund
transfers
in
the
city's
independent
boards
as
well,
and-
and
we
are
still
able
to
accomplish
this
with
that
plan-
6.2
percent
Levy.
Q
Q
So
in
may
we
talked
to
you
about
how
we
create
the
current
service
level,
with
looking
at
the
Personnel
budgets,
the
internal
service
charges,
so
things
like
I.T
and
Fleet,
the
cost
of
doing
business
in
those
areas,
as
well
as
the
non-personal
base,
and
that's
what
comprises
the
current
service
level
budget
for
the
mayor's
recommended
budget,
we're
looking
at
the
current
service
level,
plus
any
new
budget
proposals.
So
that's
where
we're
at
right
now
the
current
service
level
is
part
of
our
financial
policies.
So
that's
just
the
starting
point
for
this.
Q
Q
Q
We've
also
been
doing
a
lot
of
job
studies
as
a
city,
so
hourly
rates
for
some
positions
have
increased
and
in
some
cases,
by
quite
a
lot,
and
it's
also
worth
noting
that
for
smaller
departments,
even
just
a
change
in
your
benefits,
election
from
a
single
Insurance
to
family
can
have
a
massive
impact
on
the
amount
of
budget
that
a
department
needs
so
we're
seeing
comparing
the
2024
CSL
to
the
23
CSL
5.7
percent
growth
and
compared
to
the
2024
dollar
amount
that
we
brought
before
Council
in
December
of
2022.
Q
There's
about
a
2.3
percent
increase
in
that
Personnel
amount.
The
other
part
of
the
current
service
level
that
grows
are
those
internal
services,
and
that
is
really
due
to
inflation,
just
the
cost
of
doing
business.
This
is
also
where
Actuarial
reports
come
into
play
about.
You
know,
settlement
estimates
and
then
just
general
maintenance.
Adjustments,
like
you
know,
different
office
spaces
coming
online
that
perhaps
cost
more
to
operate.
Q
This
budget
has
48.4
million
dollars
in
new
Investments
across
all
the
funds.
If
you
just
look
at
the
general
fund,
it's
about
44.7
million.
We
asked
all
departments
to
provide
us
some
analysis
as
they
were
requesting
these
dollars,
so
they
were
instructed
to
tie
each
proposal
to
City
priorities.
So
we
looked
at
the
mayor's
priorities
as
well
as
the
council's
s-sweep
goals.
Q
They
were
asked
to
give
an
analysis
of
the
racial
Equity
impact
of
those
dollars
and
then
in
anticipated
performance
results
so
again
for
just
a
primer
on
all
the
different
priority
areas.
I
would
recommend
folks
using
that
Financial
overview
priorities,
page
to
get
a
to
get
a
glimpse
of
that,
and
then,
of
course,
the
department
Pages
for
more
detail.
Q
You
can
see
on
the
pie
chart
that
a
lot
of
the
expense
51
of
that
expense
is
going
to
contractual
Services,
which
is
a
very
broad
category.
It
can
mean
things
like
hiring
Consultants.
It
can
also
mean
you
know,
contracts
that
we
might
have
with
non-profits
or
Construction
Services,
so
the
next
biggest
category
is
Personnel
on
there.
Q
And
relatedly
wanted
to
talk
a
bit
since
this
is
a
large
portion
of
our
budget,
the
Staffing
information.
So
in
the
schedule,
five
is
where
we
list
out
each
Department's
authorized
ftes.
So
you
can
see
a
year-to-year
comparison.
We've
also
added
some
information,
so
you
can
see
the
breakdown
by
departments,
general
fund
and
special
Revenue
funds.
So
there's
clearly
some
growth
here,
so
we're
increasing
from
4174
ftes
in
the
23
budget
to
four
thousand
three
hundred
and
thirty
seven
ftes
in
the
24
recommended
budget.
Q
So
as
far
as
cost,
that
is
a
increase
from
485
million
to
528
million
that
doesn't
include
arpa
positions
or
other
temporary
roles,
but
yeah.
So
most
of
these
FTE
increases
can
be
explained
via
the
budget
proposals
which
we've
talked
about.
There's
also
a
mechanism
for
departments
to
offset
Personnel
increases
by
reducing
their
non-personal
budget,
and
they
do
that
via
a
memo
to
our
Chief
Financial
Officer.
Q
So
if
anybody
wants
to
tune
in
to
all
the
department
briefings,
this
fall
over
September
and
October
departments
will
be
prepared
to
speak
to
all
of
these
Personnel
changes
at
that
time.
And,
of
course,
you
can
read
the
budget
book
for
more
so
moving
on
to
revenue.
This
is
a
1.8
billion
dollar
Revenue
budget.
Q
58
million
of
that
is
use
of
fund
balance
so
dollars
that
we've
accumulated
over
the
years
and
the
rest
of
it
is
new
money
flowing
in,
so
that
would
be
property
taxes,
charges
for
sales
and
services
and
intergovernmental
revenues.
You
can
see
on
this
chart
two
years
of
actual
revenues
and
two
years
of
budget
revenues.
So
in
2021
and
2022
you
can
sort
of
see
the
impact
of
federal
aid
for
cares
and
arpa,
and
we
are
weaning
ourselves
off
that
so
that
we're
we're
done
with
arpa
by
the
end
of
2024.
Q
Moving
on
to
the
property
tax
levy,
so,
as
I
said,
this
is
6.2
percent.
Levy
increase
that
Garners
about
28
million
dollars
of
additional
Revenue
in
2024.
Q
6.2
percent
increase
does
not
mean
that
everybody's
property
tax
statement
will
increase
6.2
percent.
It
depends
on
the
composition
of
the
commercial
and
residential
markets
and
our
city
assessing
department
works
throughout
the
year
to
figure
out
all
those
calculations.
Q
It
is
an
estimate
at
this
stage,
but
it
has
a
lot
of
really
good
information
about
the
the
calculations
and
how
they
impact
broadly
the
city.
So,
just
to
show
folks,
the
screenshot
I
think
the
thing
that's
beneficial.
Many
things
are
beneficial,
but
I,
particularly
like
the
map
that
shows
the
impact
by
the
wards.
Q
Q
So
for
the
median
Minneapolis
home
they
saw
a
4.1
percent
increase
in
value
from
2022
into
2023,
so
that
means
that
their
property
taxes
will
be
about
1952
1952
next
year,
and
this
is
sort
of
how
it
breaks
down
amongst
the
various
City
departments
and
independent
boards,
so
for
Standalone
entities.
The
police
department
is
often
at
the
top
of
this
list
and
Then
followed
by
parks
and
capital
and
Debt
Service.
Q
The
new
addition
here
is
the
Minneapolis
public
housing
authority,
so
that
ongoing
Levy
is
reflected
in
this
amount.
Now.
Q
Okay,
this
is
the
levy
table
which
shows
us
how
we
get
to
that
6.2
percent
total.
So
the
general
fund
is
growing
by
5.5
percent
in
the
Park
Board
you're,
seeing
the
impact
of
last
year's
increased
funding
to
to
add
youth
services
and
Staffing,
and
this
plan
also
shows
that
increase
for
the
negotiated
Parkway
Paving
that
the
city
worked
with
in
prb
to
finalize
the
next
couple
lines
are
related
to
bond
Redemption
permanent
Improvement.
Q
This
is
part
of
the
Dutton
Investments
teamwork,
they've
done
a
great
job,
paying
down
our
debts
and
earning
interest,
and
so
we're
seeing
that
benefit
in
these
lines,
and
this
is
also
where
a
lot
of
the
capital
program
funding
comes
from.
The
next
couple
lines
are
related
to
pensions
and
retirements.
Q
Q
So
another
Revenue
Source
the
sales
taxes.
We
are
forecasting
net
sales
tax
revenue
of
80
million
dollars
in
2024,
so
that
would
be
gross
revenue
of
100
million.
You
can
see
certainly
an
increase
over
the
past
couple
of
years
here.
This
is
also
including
a
year
of
an
8.7
million
transfer
for
the
stadium
relief
that
the
legislature
agreed
to
in
the
spring.
We
keep
an
eye
on
revenues
and
reforcast
at
least
once
a
year
to
get
especially
as
recovering
from
the
pandemic.
So
we
try
our
best
to
understand
how
the
various
sectors
are
reacting.
N
N
The
various
sales
taxes
I
spent
a
very
frustrating
more
than
an
hour
this
morning,
trying
to
answer
a
very
simple
question,
which
was
what
was
the
total
take
back
in
2019
and
how
close
is
2024
to
hitting
that
Mark
and
I
found
that
I
could
look
at
projections
going
forward
and
I
found
that
I
could
find
fourth
quarter
financial
status
reports
going
back
to
I,
think
2022
or
2021,
but
and
I
could
find
adopted
budgets,
but
I
couldn't
find
actual
numbers
for
2019
and
for
the,
and
so
it
was
very
difficult
to
answer
that
question
much
more
difficult
than
it
should
have
been
either
I
use
the
the
budget
tool
that
you
outlined
earlier
and
that
gave
me
projections
going
forward,
But,
Not,
Looking,
Backward
and
I
think
for
something
like
pandemic
recovery.
N
C
N
Understand
that
you
have
been
very
busy
producing
this
budget
and
now
answering
questions
about
it,
but
if
you
can
get
your
quarterly
Financial
reports,
current
online
I
think
there's
only
about
two
years
of
them
and
I
think
the
last
one
was
maybe
in
2022.
That
would
be
a
help.
Thank
you.
Q
President
of
Houston,
vice
president
Brandt,
thank
you
for
the
the
comment.
I,
don't
have
the
exact
numbers
off
the
top
of
my
head,
but
I
do
know
that
when
my
colleague
Ben
was
in
front
of
you
in
may
we
we
talked
a
lot
about
the
revenue
recovery
and
we
did
hit.
We
very
nearly
hit
pre-pandemic
levels
in
2022
and
so
I.
Think.
Our
hope
is
that
we
get
there
this
year,
but
we
can
definitely
get
you
a
more
refined
comment
on
that.
Q
Okay,
local
government
Aid:
this
is
a
large
Revenue
source
for
the
city
and
it's
an
unrestricted
one.
So
this
flows
into
the
general
fund
and
and
supports
the
city's
operations
you're.
Seeing
two
bars
here,
because
the
city
Shares
are
LGA
with
the
park
board
as
well
as
the
municipal
building
commission.
So
the
left-hand
side
represents
the
total
amount
and
then
the
right
hand
side.
Q
The
orange
column
is
minneapolis's
share
of
that,
so
we're
increasing
from
65.6
million
in
2023
to
71.7
million
in
2024
and
that's
a
result
of
the
state
legislature
taking
action
there
yeah
the
legislature
also
approved
Public
Safety
Aid
of
19
million
dollars.
One
time
this
is
currently
shown
in
the
Human
Resources
budget
page
and
that's
because
it's
likely
to
be
used
for
retention
and
hiring
initiatives
in
the
public
safety
space.
Q
So
we're
going
to
be
continuing
to
work
on
that
with
labor
relations.
Additional
sales
tax
revenue
was
approved.
There's
a
metro
area
sales
tax,
that's
likely
to
net
about
6.2
million
for
the
city
in
2024,
that's
for
a
partial
year,
so
we
anticipate
that
that
will
grow
in
future
years
and
that
will
all
go
to
support,
affordable
housing
efforts
in
the
city.
Q
Franchise
fees
are
increasing
to
support
the
climate
Legacy
initiative,
which
is
a
10
million
dollar
initiative
to
address
climate
change
at
the
local
level,
and
for
more
on
that
I
would
invite
folks
to
listen
in
when
the
health
department
and
Public
Works
do
their
presentations
later
on
in
this
and
in
the
fall
and
then
finally,
just
want
to
note
that
we,
we
did
add
this
grant
section
to
the
budget
book.
Q
All
right
and
planning
for
a
settlement
agreement,
so
the
city
council
did
get
a
full
presentation
on
the
settlement
agreement
Monday
afternoon.
So
I
invite
folks
to
look
back
at
that.
If
they're
interested,
we,
we
do
have
a
signed
agreement
with
the
mdhr
that
the
council
agreed
to
Resource,
and
so
this
budget
does
add,
funding
for
the
police
department,
the
attorney's
office,
civil
rights
and
I.T
that
amount
between
all
of
them
totals
7.6
million
dollars
in
2024..
Q
Q
You
might
hear
us
refer
to
it
as
the
reserve
and
the
the
idea
here
is
to
take
care
of
expenditures
that
are
required
by
the
settlement
agreement,
but
are
only
going
to
be
relevant
for
the
duration
of
the
settlement
agreement
or
to
address
sort
of
one-time
emergent
needs
an
example
of
an
expense
that
might
be
covered
here
is
the
independent
evaluator
that
we're
required
to
pay
for
that's
something
that
the
city
will
not
need
after
the
conclusion
of
the
settlement
agreement.
Q
Q
N
Just
said,
I
just
want
to
be
sure
you
obviously
are
expecting
greater
costs
from
the
Department
of
Justice
consent.
Decree
you've
budgeted
four
of
those
as
best
you
can.
At
this
point,
you
don't
know
until
you
is
fully
negotiated,
whether
that
will
be
sufficient
and
so
you've
essentially
got
a
contingency
set
aside
for
that
or
that
another.
So.
Q
President
presents
and
vice
president
Brandt
so
we're
in
the
unique
position
of
having
the
mdhr
settlement
agreement
defined
and
we
are
still
waiting
for
the
doj
consent
decree,
so
you're
right.
We
do
have
a
cushion
built
into
that
Reserve
amount
so
that
we
can.
If
we
were
to
get
the
doj
specifics
in
the
middle
of
next
year,
we
would
have
some
resources
available
to
address
those.
The
mdhr
agreement
certainly
has
some
tight
timelines,
so
I
would
anticipate
doj
would
as
well.
N
Q
So
relatedly
just
wanted
to
highlight
the
transparency
portal
once
more.
So
this
is
where
all
the
reports
that
drive
the
budget
book
are
hosted
on
our
City's
Financial
transparency
site,
which
you
can
get
to
from
the
city
website,
or
you
can
just
Google
Minneapolis
transparency
and
you'll
get
there.
So
I
often
field
questions
about
MPD
over
time.
So
that's
just
the
example
that
I
put
on
this
slide.
So
if
one
wanted
to
investigate
a
question
like
that,
you
could
open
up
our
transparency
portal.
It's
a
little
daunting.
Q
The
number
of
reports
that
are
on
there
so
I
just
searched
for
the
2024
mayor's
recommended
financials
by
Department
report
and
then
from
there.
You
can
scroll
down
and
further
refine
the
filters
to
get
at
the
specifics
of
what
you're
looking
at.
So
it's
a
useful
tool
and
it's
one
that
you
can
easily
share
with
your
friends
and
neighbors,
so
you
can
just
copy
and
paste
the
URL
and
and
send
it
in
an
email.
There's
also
a
share
button
on
the
screen
that
lets
you
download
all
that
information
as
well.
Q
Okay
and
markup,
this
is
really
more
relevant
for
the
for
the
city
council
portion
of
the
budget,
but
the
budget
team
works
as
an
information
Hub
throughout
the
year.
So
we
continue
to
do
that
during
the
council
phase.
Q
We've
shared
our
budget
proposal
form
that
departments
had
to
submit
to
council
members,
so
that
will
guide
the
development
of
their
amendments
and
we
will
all
work
together
to
answer
any
Financial
questions
or
questions
about
impact
of
any
amendments
throughout
the
process
and
budget
chirakovsky
has
shared
all
of
the
detailed
markup
information
with
the
council.
I
think
I'll
simply
say
that
we're
looking
forward
to
public
hearings,
starting
on
October,
25th
and
I,
will
conclude
there.
A
N
N
The
increases
are
higher
than
they
were
in
the
budget
that
was
adopted.
The
finance
five-year
Financial
Direction
portion
of
the
budget
that
was
adopted
last
December,
for
example,
25
goes
from
5.8
to
6.2.
20
six
goes
from
5.2
to
5.8
and
that's
fairly
consistent.
Although
the
increases
are
smaller
in
the
out
years,
can
you
talk
a
little
bit
about
macro
factors
driving
that
I
mean
we
know
we.
We
certainly
see
the
pressure
on
this
year's
budget,
we're
accommodating,
presumably
some
portion
of
the
public
housing
Levy
and
that's
a
good
thing.
Q
President
priest
Dunson
vice
president
Brandt
good
eye.
We
did
increase
out
year
expectations
as
a
finance
department.
We
need
to
present
a
five-year
Financial
direction
that
keeps
our
fund
balance
above
our
minimum
policy,
so
we
have
a
17
minimum
to
hold
in
reserves,
and
so
as
we're
considering
throughout
the
summer,
which
Investments
we're
going
to
add
to
the
budget,
that's
something
that
we
pay
attention
to
as
well.
I
I
believe
the
far
out
years
that
were
adopted
that
were
considered
in
the
last
adopted
budget
were
something
like
a
3.8
percent,
Levy
and
I.
N
And
if
I
could
piggyback
on
that
President
priest,
Stinson
I
wanted
to
ask
I
had
a
question
I'm
having
a
Mitch
McConnell
moment,
I'll
come
back
to
that.
A
All
right
so
seeing
that
there
is
no
further
discussion,
I'll
direct
the
clerk
to
receive
and
file
this
presentation
item
10
on
the
agenda
is
receiving
a
presentation
of
the
Minneapolis
public
housing
from
the
Minneapolis
public
housing
authority
and
I'll
welcome
executive
director,
Abdi
warsami.
H
A
Looks
like
I
got
a
case
of
the
humans
all
right.
So
let's
backtrack
that
item
number
nine
on
our
agenda.
We
are
receiving
a
presentation
from
the
Minneapolis
Park
and
Recreation
board
budget
and
Levy
and
I
welcome
our
partners
from
The
Parks,
Board
yeah.
R
R
That
does
the
very
hard
work
of
working
through
a
lot
of
the
challenges
that
we
face
in
the
park
system
and
the
things
that
we
need
and
I
would
be
forever
and,
of
course,
invite
up
a
director
of
Wiseman
here
shortly
and
Paul
Rosen
and
all
the
staff
who
worked
hard
and
to
also
acknowledge
a
really
wonderful
board.
That
has
been
incredibly
supportive
and
very
engaged
and
I
just
want
to
make
sure
I
acknowledge
that
I
also
like
to
acknowledge
before
I
try
to
support
director
Weissman.
R
S
S
Www.Minneapolisparks.Org
backslash
budget,
so
as
a
semi-autonomous
body
in
the
City
of
Minneapolis,
we
have
a
slightly
different
budget
calendar
and
budget
process
that
our
board
and
our
superintendent
has
put
in
place.
So
the
presentation
for
you
today
is
regarding
our
maximum
property
tax
levy,
request
and
we'll
also
go
over
our
financial
projections.
The
superintendent
will
present
his
recommended
budget
to
the
Minneapolis
Park
board
on
October
18th.
S
So
we
will
not
be
going
through
actual
budget
book
information
this
evening,
so
our
board
on
September
6th,
passed
resolution,
2023
161,
requesting
of
the
board
of
estimate
and
Taxation
to
issue
to
set
the
maximum
property
tax
levy
for
the
park
board
at
82.6
million
dollars.
It's
a
5.35
percent
increase
and
at
a
glance.
The
first
item
is
that
you
may
recall
from
last
year
we
increased
our
property
tax
requests
due
to
local
government
Aid
reductions
that
we
experienced
in
2023,
and
we
said
at
that
time.
S
S
So
just
as
the
interim
director
for
the
city
has
talked
about,
there
are
pressures
with
a
wage
and
contract
negotiations.
We
also
are
experiencing
some
fee
increases
and
then,
like
every
other
organization,
inflationary
increases.
We
also
have
the
youth
investment
that
is
being
phased
in
through
property
taxes,
and
it
will
reach
2.6
million
dollars
in
the
year
2027.
S
S
S
So
our
general
fund
2024
to
2028
projections
for
property
taxes,
property
taxes
make
up
78
percent
of
our
general
fund
budget.
So
if
you
think
about
all
the
services
that
we
provide
for
free
and
the
Open
Access
to
our
Parks,
we
are
more
more
heavily
reliant
on
property
taxes
for
our
general
fund
operations
and
then
local
government
Aid
is
nine
percent.
S
You'll,
see
the
full-time
wages
and
Fringe
increase
part-time
wages
and
Fringe
increase
as
we
keep
Pace
with
the
minimum
wage
requirements
as
well
again
as
the
contracts
elements,
we
have
a
built-in
increase
for
other
expenditures.
Again,
that
is
inflation
for
our
out
years.
We
are
showing
property
tax
increases
between
5.35
for
next
year
and
then
going
down
slightly
until
2028.
S
And
then
I
want
to
point
out
you'll
see
that
there
is
a
deficit
in
2025
and
2026.
That
is
due
to
the
arpa
funding.
So
the
park
board
was
allocated
arpa
dollars
for
our
youth
investment,
and
that
is
phasing
out
as
property.
Taxes
are
increasing.
But,
as
you
heard
from
the
interim
director
for
the
city
that
is
due
to
expire
on
December,
31st
2024
and
our
260
thousand
dollar
allocation
goes
through
2027..
S
So
we
will
have
an
estimated
gap
for
both
of
those
years
that
we
will
be
working
with
our
board,
as
well
as
with
the
city
to
hopefully
solve
for
those
problems,
because
our
youth
investment
is
Staffing.
So
we
have
those
staff
on
board
and
we
will
want
to
make
sure
that
there's
no
Gap
in
in
the
funding
of
those
positions.
S
So
why
is
our
our
ears
slightly
higher
than
what
the
city
is
or
what
the
mayor
projected
in
their
financial
projections?
S
We
include
system
Equity
investment
and
we
have
started
to
build
that
into
our
five-year
projections
so
that
we
maintain
current
service
levels
for
system
and
expansion
or
increased
usership.
So
the
three
big
ones
that
are
coming
online
between
2025
and
2028
are
Graco
Park,
upper
Harbor,
Terminal
and
then
North
Commons
park
and
they'll
be
cost
implications
for
activating
those
sites
and
at
North
Commons
park.
There's
an
expansion
of
services
that
will
be
provided
there,
depending
on
which
design
is
ultimately
approved
for
construction.
S
These
are
estimates
and
when
we
get
into
our
current
year,
we
we
refine
those
estimates.
S
So
our
20-year
neighborhood
park
plan,
this
is
funded
through
the
net
debt
bonds
or
other
city
funding
sources.
So
we
have
a
concurrent
ordinances
that
govern
this
funding
source
and
it
allows
the
city
flexibility
and
how
they
fund
this
on
an
annual
basis.
So
you
will
note
in
2024
that
that
or
it's
not
on
this
slide,
I
apologize.
It's
in
the
bonding
for
Parkways,
so
the
board
and
City
so
you'll
see
that
we
have
a
guaranteed
minimum
amount
through
2026..
S
The
Borden
City
will
need
to
begin
negotiations
in
2025
to
set
the
guaranteed
minimum
annual
amount
for
years
27
through
31.,
and
we
need
to
do
this
according
to
the
ordinance
by
December,
15th
of
2025,
and
so
at
this
point
after
2026.
That
amount
remains
flat
until
we
have
those
negotiations
and
decisions.
S
A
A
T
Thank
you,
president
Christensen,
and
vice
president
Brandt,
as
well
as
board
members
I,
actually
just
can't
believe
that
I'm
here
and
the
reason
why
I
say
that
is
to
present
our
Parkway
plan.
We
started
working
on
this
last
year
and
I
swear.
I
did
not
think
that
we
would
be
able
to
be
presenting
to
you
a
budget
with
this
item
in
it
I'm
so
grateful
to
the
mayor
that
he
sees
the
critical
need
for
this
I'm
grateful,
of
course
too
by
fellow,
my
colleagues
and
everything,
and
particularly
commissioner
Urbane.
T
This
is
a
real
critical
need,
but
that's
what
this
board
is
about.
They
understand
these
critical
needs
as
superintendent
Bangor
states
that
this
is
a
legacy
moment
for
us,
and
I
also
want
to
comment,
even
though
it's
not
something
that
you'll
be
voting
on,
but
also
our
storm
water
is
something
that
is
also
just
basic
and
critical,
and
the
fact
that
that's
coming
to
flourishing
I'm
just
so
grateful.
Thank
you
all
for
your
service.
S
President
priest
Stinson
and
vice
president
Brandt,
so
on
part
of
the
parkway
Paving,
you
will
see
an
escalation
in
the
amount
to
be
allocated
to
Parkway
Paving
and
it
progressively
increase
increases
until
it
reaches
almost
2.8
million
dollars.
S
What
I
wanted
to
point
out
is
that
the
city
that
this
these
dollars
are
funded
through
the
city
of
Minneapolis
and
they
have
flexibility
in
how
they
fund
each
annual
CIP,
whether
they
use
bonding
or
they
use
general
fund
dollars,
and
in
this
implication
in
this
chart.
It
shows
in
2024
that
there's
a
transfer
from
the
city
general
fund
to
fund
our
program
in
2024.
S
So
the
informational
item
is
again
on
our
storm
water.
We
have
worked
closely
with
the
mayor's
office
and
City
staff
and
our
board,
and
we
have.
S
S
This
schedule
is
not
quite
online,
yet
it's
in
the
pending
edit
phase,
but
it
shows
the
park
board
being
reflected
in
2023
at
26
Cents
that
pays
for
about
eight
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
monitoring
and
education
that
the
stormwater
fee
has
been
paying
annually
to
us
in
2024.
You
will
see
an
increase
to
42
cents,
and
that
is
due
to
this
negotiation
between
the
park
board
and
the
city.
S
It
provides
an
additional
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
the
park
board
to
begin
storm
water
management,
and
we
are
working
with
the
city
to
co-lead
a
mapping
of
our
infrastructure
so
that
we
know
what
is
owned
by
us
and
what
is
owned
by
the
city.
What
will
be
managed
by
us?
What
is
managed
by
the
city?
So
we
are.
We
are
looking
forward
to
doing
that
process.
S
So
the
next
steps
for
the
parkway
Paving,
as
well
as
the
storm
water
utility
fee,
is
that
we
are
working
on
concurrent
ordinances
that
will
govern
govern
these
two
programs
and
it'll
be
similar
to
the
npp-20
co-current
ordinances.
For
those
of
you
that
are
familiar
with
that
and
those
are
again
in
the
Drafting
and
editing
phase
and
we
hope
to
have
both
concurrent
ordinances
passed
by
both
the
park
board
and
the
city
council
by
the
end
of
this
year.
N
I
know
that
the
two
million
that
you
will
eventually
get
to
for
Parkways
was
not
what
you
had
hoped
for,
but
I
understand
that
the
mayor
had
the
difficulty
of
trying
to
fit
major
new
requests
from
mpha
and
the
park
board
into
a
budget
at
the
same
percentage
as
it
was
in
last
year's
five-year,
Financial
Direction
on
top
of
dealing
with
the
consent.
N
Decree
I
happened
to
be
out
at
the
day
mccoska
yesterday
and
ran
into
the
chairs
of
the
to
legislative,
Transportation,
Commissioners,
Senator,
Dibble
and
representative
hornstein,
and
catered
them
about
being
out
on
an
infrastructure,
inspection
tour,
but
afterwards
I
wondered
if,
as
a
way
of
augmenting
what
the
mayor
is
proposing
to
spend
over
the
next
few
years,
has
the
park
board
ever
considered
a
request
to
the
state
for
matching
bonding
funds
for
Parkways
ordinarily.
That
would
be
a
local
responsibility,
but
I
have
seen
so
many
pieces
in
the
state.
Bonding
package
reflect
very
local
responsibilities.
T
T
You
answer
that
we
did
meet
with
commissioner
Bennett
and
I
met
with
Senator,
Dibble
and
representative
Ornstein
and
to
quote
Scott,
he
said
we're
orphans
and
he
really
truly
was
trying
so
hard
to
put
in
his
Transportation
bill
that
everybody
would
be
benefiting
so
I'm
sure
it
is
something
that
he
will
be
looking
at.
You
know
next
year
in
the
legislature
in
the
session.
So
just
for
you
to
know,
we
already
are
going
to
be
working
cooperatively
with
the
city
if
any
opportunity
is
possible.
P
Madam
just
chair
just
briefly
on.
Thank
you,
Mr
Brandon,
that
it
by
the
way
is,
is
an
item
that
the
city
and
well
specifically
I
as
mayor,
would
strongly
support
in
advocating
to
the
state
to
get
some
of
those
assistance.
Just
wanted
to
be
on
record
saying
that.
N
Didn't
quite
his
Wiseman
I
didn't
quite
follow
the
line
in
the
property
tax
levy
request
at
a
glance
that
has
the
subtraction
of
449
000.
I
assumed.
That
was
because
the
local
government
Aid
package
didn't
pass
the
22
session
as
anticipated.
Are
you
saying
that
the
city
was
held
you
harmless?
No.
S
S
Otherwise,
there
would
have
been
service
level
reductions
that
we
would
have
needed
to
be
made,
and
when
we
made
that
presentation
to
our
board
and
to
the
BET
last
year,
we
said
that
if
local
government
Aid
was
increased
in
the
next
legislative
session,
that
we
would
back
that
amount
out.
So
this
is
reflecting
the
backing
of
that
amount
out
of
our
property
taxes.
Thank.
N
You
for
refreshing
my
memory
on
that
the
line
on
youth
investment
continues,
the
increases
that
I
think
started.
I
said
last
year
or
the
year
before.
Are
you
putting
arpa
aside?
Are
you
on
track
to
finance
the
sort
of
long-range
Vision
that
the
superintendent
outlined
in
his
presentation
a
year
or
two
ago.
S
President
priestinson
and
Vice
President
Brandt.
Yes,
we
have
22
new
positions
that
are
out
in
our
system,
providing
free,
direct
programming
and
access
to
our
youth
in
the
City
of
Minneapolis
and
the
Gap
that
I
reflected
there's
several
ways
that
we
could
potentially
close
those
gaps
once
arpa
leaves.
If
the
park
board
has
general
fund
fund
balance
in
excess
of
our
financial
requirements,
we
could
put
one-time
dollars
to
fill
that
Gap.
If
we're
unable
to
do
so.
S
Potentially
we
might
come
back
to
this
body
and
ask
for
instead
of
getting
to
the
2.6
million
in
2027,
we
might
ask
this
body
to
get
us
to
the
2.6
million
in
2025,
but
we
we
are
we're,
hoping
and
strongly
working
towards,
hopefully,
solving
part
of
that
problem
or
some
of
that
problem.
In
other
ways,.
N
Yes,
this
sort
of
reflects
the
knowns,
but
over
the
years
I've
seen
the
park
board,
bring
forward
a
series
of
sort
of
special
Levy
requests:
the
ash
Levy,
for
example,
that
lasted
for
I,
think
about
eight
years,
the
use
investment
Levy
and
now
the
parkway
request,
all
of
which
are
I,
think
valid,
asks
but
I'm
wondering
if,
over
this
time
frame,
you
see
any
things
like
that
they're
likely
to
produce
a
levy
increase
other
than
perhaps
yeah
offsetting
arpa
for
the
Youth
for
the
for
the
Youth
investment.
S
Brand,
how
I'll
answer
that
question
is
the
tree.
Levy
was
for
a
specific
issue.
We
had
emerald
ash
borer
that
entered
our
city
and
we
are
in
charge
of
all
of
the
public
trees
in
the
entire
city
of
Minneapolis,
and
so
we
had
to
deal
with
the
removal
and
replanting
of
new
trees
for
the
Public
Public
trees
in
our
system,
so
that
was
kind
of
a
separate
kind
of
special
project
type
where
it
had
a
start
and
a
stop.
S
The
youth
investment
and
the
parkway
requests
we
hope
are
ongoing.
You
know
we
plan
to
have
those
be
ongoing
and
again
we
are
looking
at
other
sources
for
Parkway,
but
just
to
kind
of
add
to
what
what
president
Forney
was
talking
about
through
Metropolitan
Council.
S
S
Our
Parkways
are
really
thorough,
thorough
fairs
throughout
our
entire
city,
and
so
we
have
to
look
for
other
options
for
funding
that
Parkway
Improvement.
N
Thank
you
that
was
very
educational.
I
also
wanted
to.
G
N
What
I'm,
sorry
that
one
thing
going
from
26,
Cents
to
42
cents
on
the
stormwater
fee?
Again,
not
what
you
were
hoping
for,
but
it's
an
increase
that'll
allow
you
to
do
mapping
of
what's
yours
and
what's
the
cities
and
who's
going
to
maintain?
What
do
you
anticipate
then,
when
that
is
completed,
and
you
have
obviously
an
expert
on
your
on
your
board
in
that
area?
Coming
back
and
asking
for
additional
funding
for
that
particular
item,
as
you
have
a
better
handle
on
your
needs.
O
O
The
other
important
part
of
this
is
that,
as
director
Wiseman
mentioned,
where
we're
working
on
concurrent
ordinances
with
the
city
and
the
ordinance
will
sort
of
capture
the
idea
that
will
be
seeking
not
a
dollar
amount
as
much
as
a
level
of
service
kind
of
a
pavement,
condition,
amount
or
pavement
condition
level,
and
so
the
other
thing
to
know
is
that
the
city
is
actually
already
in
the
process
of
reviewing
the
data
that
they've
been
collecting
over
the
years
on
the
condition
of
the
Parkways
and
has
I
think
procured
a
consultant
to
actually
do
that
evaluation.
O
O
It
could
be
more
so
I
think
I
just
want
to
make
that
point,
and
then
the
other
thing
I
really
wanted
to
highlight
to
my
colleagues
is
what
the
Parks
Board.
What
the
park
board
calls
system,
Equity
system,
Equity,
Investments
and
I-
think
that's
a
really
interesting
concept,
because
one
you
know
we're
we're
an
organization
in
the
city:
that's
actually
growing
our
portfolio
and
we're
growing
our
portfolio
based
on
the
growth
of
the
city
and
demand
for
that
infrastructure.
O
It's
built
in
with
Parkland
dedication
work
so,
as
we
add
more
residents,
we're
adding
more
Park
capacity
and
we're
adding
more
improvements,
and
so
we
can
look
out
and
say:
oh
in
three
years,
we're
going
to
need
more
staff
to
mow
more
grass
or
do
more
programming
in
these
locations
coming
online
and
I.
O
Think
that's
a
really
very
strategic,
really
important
thing
that
the
park
board
is
doing,
because
we
need
to
grow
that
Park
system
to
support
our
increased
population
and
so
working
with
the
city
on
that
is
critical
and
understanding
that
I
think
understanding
that
I
think
is
really
important.
So
that's
what
I
want
to
say
thanks.
A
I
just
want
to
make
a
statement
quick
before
I
call
on
you
vice
president
Brent.
That
I
just
want
to
say
how
much
I
appreciate
the
dedication
of
funding
to
our
youth,
which
also
means
to
our
families
I.
It
can't
be
said
enough
that
youth
are
the
greatest
investment
that
we
have
they're
going
to
be
caring
for
us
and
I
think
we
know
that
there
isn't.
A
There
is
no
shortage
of
issues
that
we're
having
with
our
youth
within
community,
and
so
we
need
to
be
making
those
Investments
and
making
that
commitment
to
our
futures.
It's
their
future,
and
it's
also
our
Collective
future.
So
I
just
want
to
say
how
much
I
appreciate
the
work
that
you
all
have
put
into
that
and
the
advocacy
and
just
know
that
you
definitely
have
a
champion
in
me
and
I
just
really
really
appreciate
that
dedication
and
focus
it's
critical.
N
In
response
to
what
commissioner
Benny
mentioned,
I
just
want
to
urge
the
park
system
to
not
slap
lipstick
on
a
pig
when
it
comes
to
Parkway
repairs,
I'm
realized
with
2
million
it's
it's
very
difficult
to
do
anything
more
than
a
million
overlay,
but
a
million
overlay
doesn't
really
cure
the
Deep
systemic
issues
that
you
have
in
your
PD
soils
around
the
lakes
and,
as
any
cyclist
will
tell
you,
the
the
PCI
is
a
is
a
measure
of
surface
essentially
writability
and
I
urge
you
to
do
deep
investigations
which,
even
if
you
can't
address
them
initially
with
the
financing
you
have
might
bolster
your
case
for
State
help.
O
Bennett
and
I'm
sorry
I
can't
help,
but
to
comment
on
that.
That's
an
excellent
point.
Vice
president
Brent
and
I
and
I
think
that
that's
actually
also
something
that's
in
the
concurrent
ordinance
that
the
the
two
organizations,
the
city
and
the
park
board,
are
going
to
work
together
on
actually
a
long
range
Capital
plan
for
reconstructing
the
Parkways,
because
the
average
age
of
the
Parkways
is
about
as
old
as
I
am
and
isn't
holding
isn't
going
to
hold
up
forever.
So
we
need
a
strategy
there
and
I
absolutely
agree.
O
A
U
U
So
thank
you
with
me
today
are
the
my
colleagues
from
the
Housing
Authority
Laura
daikum
are
planning
and
development
director
and
Tim
DeRose
our
CFO
and
we'll
be
presenting
the
5
million
annual
Levy
budget
and
Five-Year
Plan
of
the
housing
authority
and
I
want
to
thank
first
of
all
the
mayor
and
his
team
for
the
work
that
they've
done
and
and
the
back
end
work.
U
It
wasn't
easy
to
get
to
where
we
are
today,
but
we
are
very
supportive
of
the
5
million
I
think
it's
it's
the
largest
investment
that
the
City
of
Minneapolis
has
made
historically
with
regards
to
Minneapolis
public
housing
authority
and
I've
said
this
many
times
before.
We
would
like
to
be
treated
like
our
wonderful
Park,
Board
and
Recreation.
We
are
a
key
City
infrastructure
and
we
house
five
percent
of
the
City's
population
and
I'll
start
off
by
saying
you're,
all
aware
of
the
challenges
that
we're
facing
and
the
historic
disinvestment
from
the
federal
government.
U
U
That's
the
reason
that
we've
been
asking
and
advocating
for
the
reinstatement
of
the
housing
Levy.
The
agency
has
developed
a
one-year
budget
and
a
five-year
Capital
plan
to
maximize
the
5
million
year
housing
Levy.
These
plans
were
developed
through
the
lens
of
the
agency's
Strategic
plan
and
prepared
with
the
careful
consideration
and
feedback
of
mpha's
greatest
Champions,
which
is
our
residence
and
I
would
like
to
thank
our
residents
for
showing
up
today
and
for
championing
this,
and
without
them
we
wouldn't
be
here
today.
U
So
thank
you
to
all
the
Minneapolis
public
housing
residents
for
coming
here.
The
fact
that
you're,
the
only
ones
who
showed
up
is
also
Testament
to
the
the
work
that
you've
done,
and
you
continue
to
do
so.
Thank
you
very
much
and
what
I'm
going
to
do
is
I'm
going
to
hand
it
over
to
Laura
dikema
to
kind
of
go
over
our
plan.
V
Thank
you
director
or
Sami,
and
thank
you,
presidents,
pre
Stinson
and
vice
president
brand
and
all
board
members
here
today
for
giving
us
this
opportunity.
V
So
I'm
going
to
be
going
over
the
details.
The
annual
details
of
our
budget
proposal,
our
proposed
uses
of
the
five
million
dollars
annually
so
I
will
start
with
2024.
V
Our
first
project
is
a
high-rise
preservation
and
new
unit
production
project.
This
would
be
a
comprehensive
rehab
of
a
1960s
era,
high-rise
that
houses
over
100
public
housing
residents.
The
scope
of
work
anticipated
would
be,
of
course,
to
address
the
capital,
backlog
and
future
Capital
needs
of
the
property,
so
updating
all
of
the
systems
all
of
the
building
envelope
kitchen
and
bath
rehab,
but
also
to
address
property
enhancements.
V
We
also
anticipate
being
able
to
produce
25
to
30
new
units
at
this
site,
and
it
would
use
it
would
leverage
other
tools
and
financing
tools,
including
HUD
conversion
tools,
the
rental
assistance
demonstration
program,
which
would
allow
us
to
bring
project-based
vouchers
into
the
property,
four
percent
bonds
and
low-income
housing,
tax
credits
and
debt
and
equity,
and
this
is
financing
that
would
also
position
the
property
for
long-term
sustainability.
For
those
of
you
that
are
familiar
with
our
Elliott
twins
project,
our
first
rad
conversion
and
property
that
was
financed
with
lightec.
V
This
would
be
very
similar
to
that
and
I
think
Mary
McGovern
who
has
now
joined
us
could
test
be
a
testimony
to
what
we're
able
to
do
with
at
that
property.
With
these
tools
we're
projecting
a
total
development
cost
of
40
to
50
million,
and
this
would
close
in
2025.
Our
budget
does
include
funding
for
this,
both
in
2024
and
2025..
V
The
next
two
projects,
I'll
discuss,
are
scattered
site,
infill
demonstration
projects,
so
our
first
one
is
replacing
a
long-term
vacant.
High
needs
1920s
home
in
South
Minneapolis.
This
would
be
replaced
with
a
three
unit.
Development
there'd
be
at
least
one
larger
bedroom
unit,
as
well
as
at
least
one
accessible
unit.
We
lack
accessible
units
and
our
family
housing
stocks.
V
So
this
would
give
us
an
opportunity
to
add
at
least
one
accessible
units
and
the
second
one
would
be
a
replacing
a
home
that
was
recently
lost
to
a
fire
or
severely
damaged
with
a
fire
with
a
duplex
replacing
a
single
family
so
overall
preserving
two
units
but
adding
three
additional
units,
and
we
we
consider
these
demonstration
projects
because
we
would
utilize
Hud's
Fair
cloth
to
rad
program
at
these
sites
and
for
for
some
of
you
on
the
board.
I
know
you're
familiar
with
what
Fair
cloth
means,
but
I'll
quickly
try
to
explain
this.
V
For
those
of
you
who
are
not
familiar
so
many
years
ago,
HUD
put
together
a
kind
of
a
complex
formula
that
that
produce
the
the
maximum
number
of
units
that
a
Housing
Authority
could
operate
and
receive
subsidy
for
changes
in
our
housing
stock
over
the
years
have
having
now
allowed
us
to
or
does
have
we
have
a
current
fair
cloth
authority
of
nearly
1
thousand
units.
So
that's
the
number
of
units
public
housing
units
that
we
could
potentially
create
I'm,
not
sure
exactly
why
it's
called
Fair
cloth.
You'd
have
to
ask
HUD
about
that.
V
But
we
do
have
that
opportunity
and
HUD
recognizing
that
the
public
housing
platform
has
complications.
It
doesn't
provide
long-term
capital
funding
to
make
sure
that
the
units
are
maintained
over
time,
which
is
also
why
they've
created
the
rad
program
that
allows
you
to
switch
from
the
public
housing
platform.
The
public
housing
subsidy
to
the
more
stable
section
8..
They
have
come
up
with
a
program
program
called
Faircloth
to
rad,
so
the
Housing
Authority
builds
the
home
as
a
public
housing
unit.
V
It's
a
public
housing
unit
for
a
day,
but
then
we
immediately
convert
the
subsidy
to
section
8.,
and
so,
while
this
program
has
been
around
for
a
few
years,
it's
it's
been.
It's
proven
challenging
and
complex,
and
not
a
lot
of
housing
authorities
have
been
able
to
utilize
it
or
been
successful
with
it.
Hud
recently
has
come
out
with
some
different
rules
around
this.
That
is
making
it
a
little
bit
less
complex
to
use.
V
So
we
want
to
try
this
at
these
two
sites
as
a
pilot
to
see
how
we
can
put
this
Fair
cloth
authority
to
work
both
with
our
own
developments
but
potentially
partnering
with
other
developers.
In
the
community
to
produce
more
housing
units
across
Minneapolis,
so
we
have
750
thousand
dollars
in
the
budget
for
the
three
three
unit
property
and
500
000
for
the
for
the
duplex
property.
V
You
also
heard
today
about
Capital
Investments
that
are
needed
in
our
high-rises,
particularly
elevators
were
discussed
here
today,
so
we
have
1.25
million
in
our
budget
for
2024
for
comprehensive
elevator
modernization,
and
this
would
be
replacing
all
of
the
machines
and
controls
and
traveling
cables,
but
also
bringing
up
the
cabs
to
current
accessibility
requirements,
as
well
as
code
requirements.
V
Foreign,
this
again
would
be
the
second
year
of
funding
for
a
high-rise
preservation
and
production
project,
as
well
as
capital
dollars,
2.5
million
to
address
again,
you
heard
today
the
need
to
address
ventilation
and
cooling
within
our
high-rises.
All
of
our
high
rises
were
built
without
central
air
conditioning.
We
have,
since
in
the
1980s
added
cooling,
to
our
first
floor,
particularly
in
our
community
rooms.
V
So
residents
do
have
a
place
to
go
to
on
those
hot
summer
days,
but
HUD
still
views
air
conditioning
as
a
luxury
item,
and
so
we
do
have
to
charge
residents
for
window
air
conditioners
anytime.
They
have
them,
and
so
we
want
to
look
at
a
different
approach
to
how
we
can
address
Cooling
in
our
high
rises
working
around
some
of
those
complications.
So
this
would
provide
funding
for
that.
We
currently
actually
have
a
study
underway
to
look
at
the
options
that
we
have,
as
well
as
the
cost
of
those
options.
V
In
2026,
we
would
be
looking
at
another
scattered
site,
infill
project.
This
is
very
similar
to
our
family,
housing,
Expansion,
Project,
that
we
have
currently
underway,
where
we're
densifying
sites
across
the
city
and
replacing
single-family
homes
and
duplexes
with
multi-unit
buildings,
and
so
this
would
be
a
five
site,
30
unit
scattered
site,
Redevelopment
project
and
non-acp
50
areas.
It
redevelops
seven
current
units
and
replaces
them
with
a
total
of
30
units.
This
again
would
be
leveraged
with
project-based
vouchers
and
we
are
anticipating
a
nine
percent
Bonds
in
light
tech
and
debt
to
also
help
Finance.
V
V
We
also
have
some
elevator
and
modernization
again
funded
in
2026,
as
well
as
high-rise
window
replacement.
A
lot
of
our
windows
are
older
and
not
energy
efficient,
they're
drafty.
So
this
would
be
replacing
those
windows
with
low
E
glass.
There
would
be
more
energy
efficient
and
meet
a
current
code,
which
includes
fall
protection.
Safety
features.
V
V
This
is
our
single
most
the
greatest
opportunity
that
mpha
has
to
both
preserve
and
add
units
in
an
area
of
opportunity
in
our
city,
so
this
would
preserve
a
184
units
and
potentially
add
more
the
the
funds
that
we've
set
aside,
both
in
27
and
28,
for
this
project
are
for
very
early
engagement
activities.
We
know
this
project
has
a
long
Runway.
We
want
to
hear
before
we
form
any
sort
of
vision
around
this.
What
our
residents
want
to
see
at
this
property,
it
would
also
include
engaging
the
surrounding
neighborhood.
V
And
finally,
in
2028
we
would
be
doing
a
second
scattered
site,
infill
project
very
similar
scale,
to
what
I
mentioned
for
the
2026
budget.
So
this
again
would
be
a
five
site,
30
unit
infill
project
again
in
non-acp
50
areas.
It
would
redevelop
eight
existing
units
and
replace
those
eight
with
a
total
of
30..
Again,
we
would
anticipate
using
nine
percent
Bonds
in
latex
and
again
here's
another
property
or
another
project.
V
I
should
say
that
we
could
potentially
utilize
Faircloth
to
rad
again
additional
funding
for
Glendale
pre-development
activities,
as
well
as
additional
projects
to
address
those
Capital
Investments
same
Capital
Investments.
That
I've
mentioned
before
the
the
high-rise,
ventilation
and
cooling
elevator
modernization
and
window
replacement.
U
Thank
you
very
much
Laura
the
agency.
The
agency
is
seeking
the
Minneapolis
Board
of
estimate.
Taxation
is
approval
of
the
mayor's
recommended
5
million
housing
tax
levy
for
2024,
in
line
with
mayor
Fry's
proposal,
subject
to
approval
by
the
Minneapolis
city
council,
a
5
million
housing
Levy
would
cost
the
medium
Minneapolis
homeowner
around
21
a
year
over
a
five-year
period,
a
fully
funded
Levy
would
deliver
mpha
at
least
25
million
dollars
in
new
direct
funding.
U
So
everything
Laura
talked
about
is
on
top
of
what
we
do
every
year
with
the
capital
funding
that
we
get
from
HUD.
This
new
funding
would
enable
the
agency
to
address
current
and
upcoming
Capital
needs,
create
leverage
opportunities
for
additional
public
and
private
resources,
pave
the
way
for
long-term
preservation
of
at
least
500
units
and
also
support
the
potential
creation
of
100
new
deeply
affordable
homes,
and
that
means
you
know
life-changing
opportunity
for
many
families
on
our
waiting
list.
U
Secondary
objectives.
Mpha
would
also
like
to
accomplish
with
the
proposed
Levy
is
to
create
new
accessible
units
for
our
folks
with
disabilities.
In-Store
energy,
efficient,
green
Energy
Technologies
create
new
housing
for
homeless
and
unsheltered.
Members
of
our
community,
millions
of
dollars
in
contracted
work
would
flow
to
minority
and
women-owned
businesses
as
Section
3,
low-income
vendors,
but,
most
importantly,
thousands
of
current
and
future
mpha
residents
stand
to
benefit
from
the
proposed
activities
funded
by
a
housing
Levy
in
2024
and
Beyond.
So
we
stand
for
questions.
A
I
just
want
to
thank
everyone
for
being
able
to
get
on
board
and
get
on
the
same
page.
I,
don't
think
it's
a
secret
that
I've
been
a
huge
advocate
for
this
Levy
and
finally
making
it
happen,
and
I
am
quite
pleased
and
thankful
to
all
of
my
colleagues
that
have
worked
on
this
and
I
would
also
be.
A
It
was
just
a
few
short
weeks
ago
that
I
was
honored
with
a
bunch
of
other
black
women
for
our
black
girl
magic,
so
I
would
be
remissed
if
I
did
not
name
my
other
colleagues
that
have
been
pushing
behind
this,
which
is
representative
Padre,
as
well
as
council
member
wansley
for
being
part
of
the
big
push.
A
Thank
you
to
the
mayor
for
coming
to
this
decision
of
funding
the
levy
specifically
and
not
putting
it
in
the
budget
and
I
think
it
just
shows
what
we
can
do
when
we
all
work
collab
collaboratively
and
we
listen
to
the
residents
our
elders.
They
might
not
be
our
mothers
or
our
grandparents
or
or
fathers,
but
they
they
are
some
ones
and
I
I
can't
name
enough.
How
critically
important
it
is
to
make
sure
that
we
are
making
these
Investments
and
doing
our
part
I've
never
suggested.
A
Nor
would
I
know
that
the
levy
is
the
ultimate
solution,
but
it
is
definitely
part
of
the
solution
and
I'm
quite
proud
of
the
collective
work
of
the
residents
of
the
council,
our
our
my
colleagues
here
and
other
members
of
the
community
that
understand
why
this
is
important.
I've
mentioned
before
that
I
was
raised
in
public
housing
in
California.
My
father
still
lives
in
public
housing
in
California,
and
so
there's
there
is
a
direct
reason.
A
Why
I'm
that
much
more
passionate
about
this
issue,
because
I
know
what
it's
like
when
you're
living
in
substandard
conditions,
and
it's
it's
unacceptable,
so
I'm
I'm
quite
pleased
today
and
it
warms
my
heart
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
continuing
the
conversation
about
future
Investments
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
your
work
and
your
dedication.
N
I
just
want
to
take
a
moment
to
mark
this
as
a
historic
day,
I
mean
that
the
mayor
has
come
forward
and
reactivated
the
the
public
housing
Levy
I
know
it's
not
everything
that
is
needed,
but
when
you're
trying
to
fit
a
budget
into
certain
parameters,
I
think
it's
a
reasonable
first
start,
and
there
are
future
budgets
and
you'll
have
another
bite
at
the
Apple
I.
Don't
think
anybody
who's
been
in
public
housing
as
I
have
over
the
last
20
years
can
dispute
the
need
for
modernization.
N
N
How
much
of
the
5
million
in
the
levy
is
an
increase
over
the
base
that
mpha
was
already
getting
from
the
general
fund.
All
five.
Thank
you.
Mayor,
Frye
and
I
also
want
to
commend
president
priest
Stinson
for
her
leadership
on
this
issue.
She
certainly
has
been
a
persuasive
voice
director
warsami.
Do
you
anticipate
that
you
will
be
seeking
the
full
amount
that
has
been
outlined
by
your
board
in
future
budget
years?
The
12
million.
U
I
mean
I
want
to
answer.
The
question
you
posed
before,
which
is
this
is:
is
4
million
on
top
of
the
one
one
million
ongoing
that
we
would
get
we
that
we
used
to
get,
and
we
only
got
that
one
million
ongoing
couple
of
years
ago
with
the
with
the
help
of
the
mayor.
So
it
is
unprecedented.
The
amount
of
money
we've
received
and
I
will
leave
it
to
our.
U
You
know
our
staff
to
to
see
what
kind
of
requests
we'll
make
in
the
future,
so
I
don't
want
to
get
into
hypotheticals,
but
I
want
to
say
that
I'm
very
supportive.
We
are
very
supportive
and
we're
very
appreciative
of
this
because
it's
it
is
a
transformative
moment,
and
this
is
ongoing
money
as
well
and
it
is
on
the
levy.
U
So
you
know
it's
like
you
said
it's
a
historic
moment
and
now
one
thing
that
I
want
to
mention
is
that
mpha
brings
a
lot
of
federal
dollars
into
the
City
of
Minneapolis
through
the
programs
that
we
serve
and
we
serve
around
26
000
people.
U
You
know
any
given
night
have
a
roof
over
their
heads
because
of
the
work
that
we
do
so,
while
this
is
a
large
amount
in
in
comparison
for
what
we
got
from
the
city,
it's
only
around
three
percent
of
our
total
budget,
but
it
is
transformative
and
we're
very
appreciative,
and
we
thank
the
mayor,
the
council
president
council
member
Koski,
which
I
think
are
you
the
chair
of
the
of
the
of
the
park
board
member
Benny.
So
thank
you
very
much.
So
we
really
appreciative
of
all
the
workers.
U
P
I
can
comment
briefly.
This
investment
is
is
historic.
When
we
first
started
the
year,
we
made
a
commitment
to
dramatically
increase
funding
on
an
ongoing
basis
for
public
housing
that
wasn't
something
that
was
ever
in
dispute.
To
be
clear,
we
were
moved
making
the
movements
from
the
very
beginning.
We
just
can't
it
would
be
irresponsible
to
commit
to
a
specific
dollar
figure
before
you
know
the
other
items
within
the
budget
itself,
public
housing
and
deeply
affordable
housing
is
something
that's
at
the
core
of
my
belief
system.
P
I
believe
that
it
is
a
foundational
element
from
which
people
can
rise,
and
public
housing,
specifically
within
the
stock
of
affordable,
has
been
neglected.
For
at
this
point,
Generations
since
I
was
born,
the
the
federal
government
presidents,
both
Democrat
and
Republican,
have
defunded
or
underfunded
public
housing
drastically
leaving
cities.
To
pick
up
the
check,
and
to
this
point
largely
we
haven't
I
heard
some
people
say
we
need
to
restore
the
maximum
Levy
to
be
clear.
We
never
had
the
maximum
Levy.
P
This
is
the
most
by
far
that
we've
ever
funded
public
housing,
many
times
more.
P
As
far
as
I'm
aware
than
we've
that
we've
done
before
it's
worth
it,
our
residents
will
benefit
the
thousands
of
residents
that
we
have
in
public
housing
need
it
and,
by
the
way
the
I
can't
remember,
the
exact
figure,
seven
thousand
or
so
people
that
are
on
the
waiting
list
will
also
benefit,
and
so
I
want
to
thank
the
mpha
team
for
really
working
with
us
on
this
one
director,
warsami
and
then
Laura
daikuma
and
the
whole
team
over
there.
P
I
want
to
thank
my
budget
team
as
well,
both
internally
in
my
office
Andrea,
in
a
way
who
is
I
believe
watching
right
now,
Peter,
ebnet
and
and
our
whole
team,
through
in
finance
that
have
done
such
an
amazing
job
and
I
also
want
to
emphasize
one
they
need
more
funding.
This
is
not
like
the
end
of
the
road
and
I'm
calling
on
others
to
step
up.
P
P
The
federal
government
needs
to
step
up.
Also
again,
it's
been
underfunded
and
neglected
for
Generations.
It
causes
all
sorts
of
deferred
maintenance
and
that
deferred
maintenance
doesn't
go
away
it
compounds,
and
so,
if
we
want
to
keep
people
in
habitable
conditions,
one
and
if
we
want
to
increase
the
stock
and
the
number
of
units
that
can
give
people
homes,
it
costs
money.
A
lot
of
people
says:
well,
it's
not
something
you
can
just
throw
money
more
money
at
well.
P
Actually,
this
is
something
that
benefits
for
money
and
it
can't
just
be
the
city.
That's
stepping
up.
We
will
step
up,
we
are
doing
our
part
and
this
this
is
a
exemplary
of
that,
but
we
need
to
go
further.
I'll
also
note
that
a
lot
of
the
really
good
work
that
was
highlighted
through
this
Fair
cloth
work,
which
we
need
to
do
more
of
the
the
scattered
site
work,
would
not
be
possible
without
the
2040
plan.
P
So
we
have
a
2040
plan
that
we've
moved
forward
with,
to
allow
conversion
from
single
family
to
duplex
or
to
Triplex
and
in
some
other
corridors
allowed
that
stock
to
go
from
one
or
two
units
to
eight
units
that
increases
the
number
of
units
that
we
have
for
Minneapolis
public
housing
While
most,
if
not
all,
of
the
big
wins
are
already
in
the
system-
I
I
hope
so
they're
grandfathered
in
we
just
recently
had
a
court
decision
that
is
disastrous,
hugely
problematic
and
really
nonsensical.
P
P
And
so
if
we
care
about
not
concentrating
all
people
of
lower
incomes
in
one
area
of
the
city,
then
we
have
to
be
able
to
have
affordable
housing
and
public
housing
in
non
already
low-income
areas
and
I.
This
is
a
big
deal.
We
need
a
solution
to
it
to
be
clear
on
the
2040
plan.
P
We
are
appealing
we're
fighting
this
one
hard
and
we're
not
going
to
give
in
we're
not
quitting,
because
this
matters
to
a
whole
lot
of
people
and
push
pushes
back
on
100
years
worth
of
intentional
segregation
in
the
city
and
I'll
add
that
we
also
do
need
some
help.
Stepping
up
to
I
mean
if
this.
P
If
this
remains
in
place,
the
way
it
is
and
it
shouldn't,
but
we
need
help
then
to
change
the
law,
and
so
this
is
going
to
require
Collective
effort
here,
and
we
all
need
to
be
focusing
on
the
goal,
noting
that
this
will
not
be
possible
without
the
changes
that
were
made.
It
would
not
be
possible,
wouldn't
be
allowed
so
again,
I
want
to
thank
everybody
for
it.
I
want
to
thank
the
Minneapolis
public
housing
residents
for
their
work,
for
their
advocacy
and
for
their
their
their
commitment
to
this
city.
P
C
Thank
you,
chair,
pre
Stinson.
If,
if
we
were
in
church,
I
would
say
Amen
to
your
comments,
mayor,
Frye
and
and
I
do
want
to
just
publicly
thank
mayor,
Frye
and
president
mursami
for
coming
up
with
this
historic
negotiation
compromise,
which
is
a
dirty
word
in
American
politics
and
and
seemingly
a
dirty
word
and
Minneapolis
Politics
as
well.
C
But
that's
how
we
move
things
forward
and
so
I
I
want
to
offer
my
my
thanks
to
the
both
of
you,
but
to
all
of
the
entities
that
have
stepped
forward
to
push
for
this
change
and
and
I'll
just
State.
You
know:
I
I
worked
feverishly
with
president
morsami
when
he
was
a
city
council
member
to
improve
conditions
at
mpha,
and
we
were
able
to
move
through
the
rad
program
which
resulted
in
the
two
beautifully
rehabilitated.
Elliott
twins,
as
they
are
known,
as
and
and
even
added
new
units
of
housing.
C
I
do
want
to
speak
to
the
issue
that
the
mayor
brought
up
around
the
2040
plan.
This
is
the
the
Court
ruling
is
one
of
the
most
egregious
rulings
that
I
have
witnessed
in
okay-
maybe
not
in
that
longer
time,
because
our
Supreme
Court
has
been
pretty
egregious
as
well.
However,
you
know
I
think
the
challenge
that
we
have
in
our
society
and
certainly
in
this
city,
is
a
lot
of
people
want
to
focus
on
equality.
C
Equity
helps
the
most
marginalized
people
and
then,
when
we
come
up
to
a
place
where
everybody
is
equal,
then
we
can
have
equality
minded
policy
Solutions,
where
everybody
will
benefit
at
the
same
time.
But
if
we
only
focus
on
equality,
guess
what
the
people
who
live
in
public
housing
will
continue
to
struggle
and
live
in
public
housing.
The
people
who
are
low
income
in
our
communities
will
continue
to
be
low
income,
and
we
will
never
achieve
the
equity
that
we
all
say
we
desire.
C
The
2040
plan
allows
us
to
have
more
opportunities
for
more
housing.
That
is
what
is
going
to
solve.
Our
housing
crisis
is
more
housing.
It's
not
rent
control,
though
that
can
be
a
part
of
the
strategy.
C
But.
Ultimately,
more
housing
has
to
be
a
part
of
that
strategy
as
well,
and
so
this
historic
investment
today,
this
ongoing
and
I
know
we
heard
from
our
residents
in
public
housing
and
I
deeply
appreciate
their
advocacy
and
commitment
to
coming
forward.
You
know,
and
and
the
appreciation
that
was
mentioned
about
the
five
million
dollars,
but
that's
five
million
dollars
ongoing.
C
That
is
not
a
one-time
investment
like
the
state
has
offered
it's
ongoing
and
I
put
myself
in
queue
prior
to
the
mayor
to
call
on
all
of
our
other
partners,
governmental
Partners,
to
step
up
particularly
HUD.
This.
This
is
federal
housing,
but
certainly
the
state
needs
to
be
involved.
The
county
needs
to
be
involved.
C
Our
philanthropic
Community
needs
to
be
involved
in
this
work
and
these
efforts-
and
so
you
know
we
at
the
city-
have
made
this
commitment
and
I
hope
and
pray
and
I
will
be
working
hard
to
make
sure
that
we
can
increase
these
funding
as
we
continue
to
move
forward
and
and
realize
opportunities
to
be
able
to
do
that.
But
we.
G
C
Have
support
and
investment
from
our
other
partners
as
well.
So
while
we
celebrate
today,
as
many
of
our
residents
have
testified
today,
we
need
more
and
and
that's
the
work
that
we
have
to
do
moving
forward.
So
those
are
my
comments
and
I.
Commend
you
guys
on
the
work
that
you
are
doing.
Public
housing
is
affordable
housing
and
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we
preserve
that
into
perpetuity.
Thank
you.
N
Thank
you,
director
rosami,
even
though
I
support
this
Levy
I
have
just
some
questions
about
the
details.
To
help
me
understand
a
little
better,
not
trying
to
move
into
the
area
of
determining
how
you
best
spend
your
money,
but.
J
N
You
you
know,
when
you
vote
for
a
levy,
you
want
to
make
sure
you
understand
the
applications,
the
high-rise
preservation
in
new
unit
production.
Is
that
going
to
be
occurring
within
the
current
building
envelope,
in
other
words
through
unit
conversions,
or
will
you
use
a
portion
of
the
sites
that
you
have
to
add
housing
there.
V
President
Bruce
Denson
vice
president
Brandt.
We
believe
we
have
opportunities
potentially
to
do
both,
but
most
likely
how
we're
able
to
to
add
a
considerable
amount
of
units
typically
is
outside
of
the
existing
building
footprint.
How
we
were
able
to
accomplish
this
at
the
Elliott
twins
was
by
building
a
community
building
that
moved
offices
and
all
of
the
general
Community
amenities
into
that,
and
then
we
were
able
to
repurpose
the
first
floors
which
house
those
Services
before
and
add
units
within
the
existing
Tower.
V
N
And
it
sounds
like
your
scattered
site
units
are
essentially
intensifying
the
number
of
units
on
sites
you
already
own
and,
for
various
reasons,
are
in
need
of
replacement
and
I
wanted
to
ask
you
about
the,
for
example,
the
three
unit
one
has
an
850
000
per
unit
total
development
cost,
whereas
the
two
unit
is
only
five
hundred
thousand.
We
normally
think
that
more
units,
the
lower
the
cost,
can
you
address
that.
V
You
know
we
never
there's
different
conditions
in
the
soils
and
things
like
that,
but
also
we're
just
seeing
higher
construction
pricing
and
the
demolition
costs
associated
with
the
existing
homes
would
be
different
too.
Just
because
of
the
makeup
of
those
homes.
N
And
I
noticed
that
in
addressing
the
high-rise
preservation
that
your
it
appears
as
though
you're
saving
the
larger
buildings
125
to
150
residents
for
the
out
years
and
starting
with
ones
that
are
just
a
little
bit
over
a
hundred.
N
V
Yeah
president
priest
and
Son
vice
president
Brandt
for
next
year,
we
are
actually
actively
doing
two
due
diligence
at
two
different
sites.
Right
now
to
narrow
down
which
option
we
believe
is
best
to
move
forward.
Both
of
those
sites
have
over
100
units.
One
of
them
actually
has
closer
to
200..
So
it's
really
about
the
opportunity
that
we
best
see
in
front
of
us
there's
some
varying
factors
there
and
yes,
we
would
be
looking
at
a
you
know,
a
site
we
haven't
quite
pinpointed.
V
What
that
site
would
be,
there's
a
lot
of
factors
that
we
have
to
consider
before
making
a
selection
to
advance
a
project.
So
that's
kind
of
a
generic
number
that
we're
holding
right
now,
because
a
lot
can
change
even
from
day
to
day,
let
alone
two
to
three
years
from
now.
Okay,
so
there's
no
particular
reason
why
we're
you
know
advancing
one
over
the
other
and
those
those
figures
could
certainly
change.
N
I
see
you've
allowed
yourselves
a
long
lead
time
for
Glendale,
which
is
probably
very
prudent,
considering
the
history
of
attempts
to
make
that
project
go
it's
a
tough
nut
to
crack
because
of
some
of
the
politics
with
a
small
P
question.
N
V
President
Christensen
vice
president
Brandt
I
think
we've
already
been
doing
a
lot
of
that
groundwork
already
by
demonstrating
that
we
keep
our
promises
to
our
residents
like
we
did
at
Elliott
Twins
and
like
we
did
at
family
housing,
or
we
are
doing
with
family
housing
expansion.
We're
not
privatizing
we're
not
displacing
residents.
If
they
do
have
to
move
off
site,
they
are
welcome.
They
are
offered
the
right
to
return.
Their
rent
has
stayed
the
same.
V
So
all
of
the
fears
that
have
come
with
rad
and
using
those
tools,
we've
shown
that
those
are
not
true
and
that
we
are
keeping
our
promises.
So
what
I
will
say
is
that
that's
the
kind
of
groundwork
that
we've
been
working
very
hard
on
to
show
our
residents
and
demonstrate
that
this
is
this
is
what
we're
going
to
deliver
and
so
I
would
say.
First
and
foremost,
that's
what
we're
doing
differently,
but
also
we
will
approach
resident
engagement
much
differently
than
last
time.
There's
new
players
at
the
table.
We
have.
V
We
have
a
very
different
approach
to
how
we
engage
with
our
residents.
We've
done
it
significantly
at
the
Elliott
twins,
as
well
as
our
family,
housing,
Expansion
Project,
and
we
are
going
to
start
really
early,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
we're
going
to
start
obvious,
talked
about
going
and
have
coffee
and
door
knocking
with
those
residents
and
doing
some
very
early
visioning
with
them.
So
that
is,
that
is
how
we
will
be
approaching.
This
differently
sounds.
A
C
You
I
I
won't
believe
it
is
very
long,
but
I
do
just
want
to
know.
I
do
get
a
number
of
comments
and
concerns
and
complaints
from
public
housing
residents
that
they
sometimes
don't
get
the
information
in
accessible
languages.
So,
to
the
extent
that
you
can
help,
people
understand
the
issues
and
concerns
that
are
going
on
as
you
communicate
with
residents.
C
V
President
Christensen
board
member
Jenkins-
yes,
we
do,
we
do
have
lots
of
translation,
I
actually
have
people
on
my
team
or
a
relocation
coordinator
is
bilingual
and
he
works
a
lot
directly
with
all
of
our
residents.
But
I
will
say
too
that
some
of
the
tools
that
we
use
are
very
complex
and
very
difficult
to
explain
to
our
residents,
and
so
we
do
try
our
best
to
explain
them
in
very
simple
terms,
but
that
is,
it
is
something
that's
hard
for
us
to
do,
but
we
always
do
provide
translation
services
at
all
of
our
meetings.
A
A
A
Spanish,
for
example,
there's
usually
20
more
words
involved
so
the
time
to
comprehend
and
to
be
able
to
interpret
it
means
that
the
meetings
are
slower
and
that
you
might
have
to
break
down
your
meetings
more
so
I
just
want
to
speak
on
that
and
I
want
to
say
that
your
presentation
is
representative
of
what
we,
what
we
can
do
together
that
we
can't
do
apart.
Everybody
spoke
to
that,
but
I
just
want
to
additionally
name
that
it
is
going
to
take
us
all.
A
We
all
know
we
have
different
politics
and
the
way
that
we
move
about
our
communities
and
engage
people,
but
we
can't
use
that
as
an
excuse
to
ice
anyone
out
so
I.
Just
want
to
make
this
a
call
to
action
to
my
colleagues
and
other
colleagues
that
aren't
here
that
we
must
work
together.
This
is
not
about
us.
This
isn't
about
votes.
A
This
isn't
about
political
theater.
This
is
about
real
people
who
are
living
in
conditions
that,
even
with
this,
is
a
very
long-term
plan
and
still
is
not
enough.
So
I,
just
I
can't
emphasize
that
enough,
and
just
know
that
again,
I
am
a
partner
and
I
expect
to
be
called
upon
for
anything
that
has
to
do
with
this
in
any
way
that
I
can
help
and
I'm
sure.
My
colleagues
feel
the
same
with
that.