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A
Good
afternoon
welcome
to
the
regularly
scheduled
meeting
of
the
business
housing,
zoning
and
inspections
committee
for
today,
which
is
May,
2nd
I,
am
joined
by
a
quorum
of
the
committee
that
includes
council
members,
Chavez,
rainville
and
chugtai,
and
we
do
expect
council
member
Ellison
shortly
I'm
going
to
first
start
with
the
consent
agenda.
As
always,
this
is
item
number
eight,
which
are
the
liquor
license
approvals
and
item
nine,
which
are
the
liquor
license.
Renewals
I
will
note
that
there
are
71
renewals
coming
forward
today.
Item
number
10
are
the
Gambling
License
approvals.
A
11
is
a
legislative
directive
with
regard
to
studying
the
minimum
compensation
rate
for
TNC
companies.
Item
12
is
setting
a
public
hearing
for
May
16th
for
the
project
at
4,
15.
royalston,
Avenue
North
item
13
is
setting
a
public
hearing
also
for
the
16th
on
the
moratorium
and
high
impact
industrial
uses.
Item
number
14
is
an
alley
vacation
at
2840,
Chicago
Avenue
15
is
a
rezoning
at
465
Gerard
Terrace
item
16
is
a
rezoning
at
137,
46th
Street
West
item
number
17
is
a
rezoning
at
2426
Inglewood.
A
Are
there
any
items
on
the
consent
agenda?
Anyone
would
like
to
pull
for
discussion
or
question
amongst
the
committee
seeing
none
I'll
move
to
approve
the
consent
agenda,
all
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye
aye
any
opposed.
Those
items
are
approved.
We'll
now
move
to
the
public
hearing
portion
of
our
agenda,
which
is
items
one
through
seven
starting
with
item
number
one
Mr
Cervantes
is
here
to
present
that
item.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
Today,
sir.
B
Thank
you,
chair
Goodman
and
committee
members,
I'm
licensed
inspector
Max,
Cervantes
licenses
and
consumer
services
I'm
presenting
an
application
today
from
peralima
owned
by
528
Washington
Avenue
North
LLC.
The
business
address
is
514
Washington,
Avenue,
North,
Suite
103,
located
in
ward
3..
The
applicant
is
requesting
an
on
sale,
liquor,
no
live
entertainment
and
Sunday
sales
license.
B
Their
hours
of
operation
will
be
10,
30
a.m
to
9
9
o'clock
P.M
daily
and
we'll
have
47
seats
indoors.
On
April
11th
public
hearing
notices
were
sent
to
Property
Owners
within
450
feet
of
the
premises.
Notices
were
also
sent
to
the
north
loop
neighborhood
association,
their
warehouse,
District,
Business,
Association
and
councilmember
rainville.
We
have
received
no
comments
from
the
community.
A
C
C
C
The
plan
is
to
also
follow
a
fast
casual
model,
so
very
much
a
sit
down
or
takeaway
option.
Of
course,
alcohol
will
only
be
a
sit-down
option
and
we
will
not
have
a
patio
or
anything
so
it
will
stay
within
the
four
walls.
C
It
is
going
to
be
pre-mixed
margaritas,
so
there
won't
be
the
ability
to
pour
from
bottles
and
make
mixed
drinks,
and
there
won't
be
any
other
alcohol
on
the
premise
besides
the
tequila
that
will
be
premixed
by
management,
so
that
is
kind
of
how
we
plan
to
utilize
the
liquor
license
and
please
let
me
know
if
you
have
any
questions.
Thank.
C
A
D
Thank
you
Miss
Miss,
for
coming
down
today
and
thank
you
for
investing
in
the
City
of
Minneapolis
I.
Wish
you
the
best
of
luck
and
I'd
like
to
make
a
motion
of
food.
I'm
item
number
one.
Please
item.
A
Number
one
has
been
moved
for
approval
for
their
comments
or
questions,
seeing
none
all
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye
any
opposed.
That
item
is
approved.
Thank
you
for
coming
down.
We'll
move
on
to
item
number
two,
which
is
the
Nicollet
Event
Center
at
2616,
Nicollet
Avenue,
Mr
Olson,
is
here
welcome.
E
E
E
The
hours
of
operation
will
be
Monday
through
Thursday
from
6
00
a.m,
to
1
a.m
and
Friday
and
Saturday
from
6
a.m.
Until
3,
A.M
notices
were
sent
to
Property
Owners
within
300
feet
of
the
premises,
as
well
as
the
Whittier
neighborhood
association
organization.
Excuse
me
the
Whittier
Elias
Business
Association
and
council
member.
E
We
have
received
two
concerns
from
the
business
Community,
citing
limited
parking
on
site
at
the
rental
Hall
property.
The
applicant
has
met
with
one
of
these
businesses
to
discuss
this
issue,
because
this
business
is
not
open.
There
have
been
no
police
calls
or
311
calls
associated
with
this
business
and
therefore
the
licensing
consumers
division
recommends
approval
of
the
rental
Hall
license
and
an
extended
hours
license.
This
concludes
my
presentation.
I
will
stand
for
any
comments
or
questions
thanks.
A
F
You
so
my
name
is
Gus.
Parkers
I
represent
krishna's
Greek
restaurant
at
2632,
Nicollet
after
receiving
the
notice
for
public
here
here
and
I,
reached
out
to
inspector
Olson
to
gather
information.
What
I
found
alarmed
me,
a
rental
holder
with
accommodate
weddings
and
other
social
events
during
Prime
restaurant
hours,
would
be
considered
for
that
address
two
doors
up
from
my
parking
lot
with
zero
parking
requirements.
F
F
I
do
not
relish
being
forced
to
be
the
bad
guy
on
by
towing
cars;
on
the
contrary,
a
Christians
we
think
of
ourselves
as
the
good
guys,
the
good
neighbors
who
feed
the
people
who
maintain
a
clean
property
who
beautify
the
Avenue
with
our
outdoor
plantings,
who
donated
to
area
non-profits
and
who
have
cultivated
excellent
relationships
with
our
customers
over
the
35
years
that
we
have
been
in
that
spot.
Okay,
we
also
we
are
the
people
who
were
fairly
instrumental
in
cleaning
up
the
boulevard
from
a
prostitution
and
drug
dealers.
F
My
car
was
shot
up
by
drug
dealers
when
they
realize
where
the
pressure
was
coming
from
okay,
but
we
persisted
and
eventually
with
the
help
of
local
authorities,
we
prevailed
so
and
we're
proud
to
have
been
a
big
part
of
turning
a
rundown
segment
of
Nicollet
Avenue,
one
that
had
atrophied
after
the
Kmart
was
put
on
there
into
a
thriving
ethnic
food
center
called
Eat
Street
I'm.
F
Here
to
tell
you
that
the
no
parking
requirements,
the
policy
is
grossly
unfair
to
businesses
like
ours,
who
own
have
invested
in
real
estate
on
the
Avenue
and
and
own
parking
lots.
Okay,
the
bottom
line
is
this:
we
cannot
survive,
never
mind
Thrive
without
the
support
of
the
customers
who
drive
to
come
to
Christos,
okay,
and
they
come
from
all
over.
Please
consider
the
follow.
We
employ
35
workers,
most
of
most
of
them
from
the
neighborhood
we
pay
68
000
in
property
taxes
on
our
property.
F
Okay,
I've
made
a
tremendous
effort
and
and
I
reached
out
to
Mr
EC.
Finally,
who
connected
council
member
shaktai
was
kind
enough
to
join
us.
We
walked
to
space,
we
looked
at
the
parking
situations
and
we
have
any
number
of
concerns
now.
I'll
list
them
for
you
here
before
I
before
I
sit.
A
F
G
You
a
few
minutes.
Thank
you
so
much.
My
name
is
Gina
Christ
I'm
from
the
Black
Forest
Inn
on
26th
and
Nicollet.
Our
parking
lot
is
directly
across
the
street
from
The
Event
Center,
where
this
application
was
submitted.
G
Gus
walked
I'm
a
little
confused
because
Gus
walked
the
space
yesterday
with
the
inspector
and
they
found
that
the
building
had
five
parking
spots
behind
it
directly
behind
the
Event
Center.
The
application
says
30
spots
so
I'm
here
to
clarify
that
the
Black
Forest
Inn
does
not
have
an
agreement
with
the
applicant
I
do
not
know
where
the
25
other
spots
are,
but
I
do
know.
They
are
not
our
parking
lot
directly
across
the
street
from
theirs.
G
So
I'm
concerned
about
an
application
that
lists
parking
spots
that
they
do
not
have,
and
there
seems
to
be
some
question
about
that
right.
Now.
We're
also
deeply
concerned
about
creating
adversarial
relationships
as
Gus
stay,
aided
with
our
neighbors
on
each
Street
as
it
stands
right
now.
We
do
not
tow
out
of
the
Black
Forest
Inn
parking
lot
and
we
would
support
any
business
and
do
support
the
businesses
across
the
street
that
have
guests
that
arrive
and
leave
in
short
periods
of
time.
The
hair
styling
Place
lose
sandwich.
G
You
know
where,
once
we
start
Towing,
we
cannot
pick
and
choose
who
we
tow
and-
and
that
is
cannot
be
overstated-
the
degree
to
which
I'm
happy
to
come
here
and
stand
and
say
this
over
and
over
and
over
again
for
for
any
business
on
8th
Street,
because
we
we
do
want
to
thrive,
and
we
want
to
be
in
in
good
relationship
with
her
customers
and
with
their
neighbors.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
time.
Thank.
A
Okay,
Mr
Olsen,
maybe
you
could
explain,
come
back
up
and
perhaps
you
could
explain,
did
you
ask
the
applicant
to
be
here
I.
E
Did
I
believe
there's
a
conflict,
I
think
he's
working
his
day
job
today,
so
I
don't
know
he
was
definitely
invited.
He
said.
A
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
and
I
guess
I
could
ask
the
City
attorney
as
well.
I
Thank
you
very
much.
Madam
chair,
Mr,
Olson
I've
got
just
a
couple
of
questions
for
you.
I
want
to
start
by
thanking
you
for
working
really
closely
with
our
office
with
the
applicant
and
Mr
purpose
on
over
the
last
few
days
on
addressing
some
of
these
concerns.
You've
been
very,
very
wonderful
to
work
with.
Thank
you
for
all
that.
You
do
just
a
couple
of
quick
questions
for
you.
I
Do
you
know
what
the
or
can
you
share
with
us?
What
the
maximum
capacity
for
that
the
rental
Hall
is.
E
I
Awesome
excellent,
so
I
know,
that's
that's
a
question.
That's
come
up
a
couple
of
times
just
today
and
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
really
really
clear
about
what
the
maximum
occupancy
limit
is
and
then
do
you
know.
I
I
know
this.
The
the
building
that
we're
talking
about
on
26
and
Nicolette
has
a
parking
lot
behind
it
and
I'm
wondering
do
we
know
at
all
how
many
part,
what
the
capacity
of
that
parking
lot
is
in
an
objective
way.
E
We
don't
and
the
lot
is
unstriped
at
this
time
so
again,
I,
don't
I,
don't
know
what
that
is.
It
doesn't
appear
to
be
in
use
at
this
time
because
this
property
is
vacant.
I
Got
it
okay,
yeah
I
also,
you
know,
had
a
chance
to
talk
with
the
with
the
applicant.
Just
yesterday
and
I
know
it
was
his
intention
to
be
here
and
I.
I
just
got
a
response
from
him
when
I
didn't
see
him
in
the
chambers
that
got
held
up
with
with
work
and
isn't
able
to
make
it
right
now.
So,
thank
you.
That's
that's!
All
I
have
for
you
to
you,
know,
Gus
and
and
Gina.
Thank
you
very
much
for
coming
in
and
and
sharing
your
comments.
I
I
had
a
chance
to
read
some
of
the
written
comments
that
were
submitted
as
well.
As
you
know,
we
are
legally
required
to
to
to
Grant
permits
that
meet
the
requirements
that
we
have,
and
this
is
a
permit
that
meets
all
of
those
requirements,
but
I
am
sensitive
to
concerns
that
that
you
brought
up
and
shared
with
the
Whittier
Alliance
and
our
office
I
certainly
want
all
businesses
on
Nicolette
to
be
successful,
especially
as
we
look
to
the
next
couple
of
years
with
us.
I
You
know:
reopening
Nicolette
at
the
Kmart
site
and
I
had
a
chance
to
meet
with
you
and
Mr
Mahmoud.
Ise
who's
the
applicant
just
yesterday
morning
and
I
I
believe
you
brought
up
this
the
same
concerns
we
talked
about
in
this
public
format.
I
Right
now
with
the
parking
requirements
and
concerns
about
you
know
the
number
of
guests
that
are
coming
in
and
how
that's
going
to
impact
parking
and
potentially
having
guests
for
the
rental
hall
Hall
using
your
privately
owned
parking
lot
or
the
privately
owned
parking
lot
at
black
forest,
and
you
know
that's
something:
I
can
I
can
appreciate.
I
I've
had
a
chance
to
walk
through
with
you
and
then
on
Friday.
Before
that,
the
the
rental
Hall
it
looks
like
a
construction
site
right
now,
but
see
the
amount
of
space.
That's
in
there.
Look
at
the
parking
lot
behind.
I
I
am
excited
about
the
agreement
that
we
were
able
to
get
to
with
the
with
the
applicant
yesterday
with
Mr
Isa
yesterday,
which
included
six
different
things.
I
think
that
go
towards
addressing
the
parking
concerns
with
both
Christos
and
black
forest,
including
making
sure
that
the
parking
lot
is
fixed
and
re-striped
as
quickly
as
possible.
I
Postage
of
of
signs
at
the
front
door
of
the
Event
Center
that
that
Point
visitors
to
the
parking
lot
in
the
back
and
adds
something
about
making
sure
that
that
people
know
that,
if
they're
parking
in
a
private
lot
that
they're
at
risk
of
being
towed
and
that
they
should
only
use
the
private
parking
lot
for
the
event
center
behind
the
building
or
use
public
on-street
parking
and
making
sure
that
that
sign
at
the
front
of
the
building
is
posted
both
in
English
and
in
Somali
posting
a
sign
behind
the
building.
I
At
the
parking
lot.
That
reads,
you
know
Nicollet
Event,
Center
Parking
only
and
that
parking
in
other
privately
owned
parking
lots
could
result
in
Towing
and
that,
if
the
lot
is
full
visitors
should
use
public
on-street
parking.
I
That
sign
should
also
be
posted,
both
in
English
and
in
Somali,
a
sign
in
the
building,
reminding
visitors
that
their
car
should
only
be
parked
in
the
event
Center's
parking
lot
and
that
if
their
car
is
parked
in
a
different
private
lot,
that
it
needs
to
be
moved,
making
an
announcement
at
every
event.
I
That's
held
reminding
guests
that
that
they
need
to
make
sure
they're
parked
their
car
is
parked
in
the
correct
locations
and
that
every
lease
that
they
sign
with
a
vendor
has
to
include
specific
information
and
details
about
where
visitors
are
expected
to
park,
how
directions
to
how
they
access
the
parking
lot,
since
it
is
behind
the
building.
I
I
think
these
are
these.
Six
commitments
are
an
important
part
of
mitigating
mitigating
the
concerns
that
that
you've
brought
up.
I
H
I
And
is
it
possible
for
for
us
to
work
with
you
over
the
next
week
so
that
by
the
time
we
get
to
Council
next
week
that
we
have
this
formally
in
writing
of.
H
I
Excellent,
thank
you.
So
my
goal
here
is
to
make
sure
that
we
take
these
agreements
which
are
all
built
to
protect
everyone
involved
and
make
sure
that
we
are
all
being
neighbors
to
each
other.
I
really
hear
both
of
you
when
you're
saying
you
don't
want
to
have
to
be
the
bad
guys.
You
don't
want
to
have
to
have
other
people's
cars
towed.
That
reflects
poorly
on
your
business
and
you
don't
want
to
harm
yourself
or
be
a
bad
neighbor.
I
I
also
want
your
new
neighbor
to
be
a
good
neighbor
to
you
and
make
sure
that
you
are
all
existing
in
harmony
with
one
another,
especially
again
looking
ahead
to
the
reopening
of
of
Nicolette
at
Kmart,
so
I
I'm,
very
happy
to
work
with
with
business
licensing
and
our
city
attorney's
office,
to
take
these
conditions,
formalize
them
and
attach
them
as
conditions
to
the
business
license,
which
means
that
these
are
conditions
that
are
then
enforced
by
the
city.
And
so
should
you
have
problems
with
this
down
the
road?
I
J
A
Had
the
Good
Fortune
to
talk
to
council
member
Chuck
Tai
in
advance
of
this
meeting
and
I'm
really
happy
that
she
has
went
out
and
met
with
people
in
person
and
essentially
did
staff's
work
to
try
to
figure
out
how
to
address
some
of
these
concerns
and
I,
give
you
kudos
for
doing
that.
I
think
that
was
really
great
work
on
your
part
and
I
believe
the
rest
of
us
will
follow
your
lead
and
thank
you
for
putting
some
conditions
on
the
license.
A
I
appreciate
that
you're,
going
to
work
with
our
legal
staff
and
I
would
urge
you
to
get
back
to
the
restaurant
tours,
who
are
here
today,
so
that
they
see
that
this
is
in
writing
and
that
that
the
city
will
be
looking
to
make
sure
that
the
applicant
abides.
The
last
thing
I
would
say
about
this
is
the
rule
the
ordinance
some
people
will
call
it
the
law
is
that
parking
is
not
required.
That
is
not
something
we
can
change
in
committee.
A
That's
just
a
fact
that
we
have
to
work
with
so
council
member
chugs
ties
attempts
to
try
to
rein
this
in
a
little
bit,
make
it
easier
for
everyone
or,
above
and
beyond
what
would
normally
happen
and
I'm
super
appreciative
of
it,
and
that
is
leadership
and
I
really
appreciate
your
involvement
in
this
and
very
much
support
your
motion
further
comments.
You
can
use
speaker
management
or
put
your.
D
Thank
you,
ma'am
sure
I
just
want
to
Echo
the
sediments
from
the
chair.
Councilmember
you've
really
done
a
lot
of
work
on
this
I
feel
there
are
protections
for
the
businesses,
but
it's
very
wise
to
put
these
conditions
on
the
license,
so
they
are
enforceable
ocean
bad
things
happen.
Thank
you
and
I'll
be
voting
for
this.
K
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
committee
members.
I
am
lead
licensed
inspector
Christina,
steester
of
licenses
and
consumer
services
and
presenting
an
application
from
the
Luminaire
owned
by
the
Luminaire
LLC
business
address
is
770
9th
Street
Southeast
in
ward
3.
The
applicant
is
requesting
a
rental
Hall
license.
The
hours
of
operation
will
be
during
private
events
only
when
booked
Thursday
and
Sunday
between
the
hours
of
4
pm
and
10
p.m.
Friday
and
Saturday
between
the
hours
of
4
pm
and
11
pm.
K
The
facility
can
handle
up
to
275
seated
guests
on
April
10th
6th
public
hearing
notices
were
sent
to
Property
Owners
within
300
feet
of
the
premises.
Notification
was
also
sent
to
Marcy
Holmes,
neighborhood
association,
the
Southeast
Business
Association
and
council
member
rainville.
We
have
received
no
comments
from
the
community.
The
Luminaire
is
held
within
a
renovated
building.
That
is
approximately
1200
square
feet.
It
does
have
its
own
parking
lot
since
their
business
has
not
opened,
there
have
been
no
311
or
police
calls
for
service.
There
are
no
operating
conditions
or
any
other
issues.
K
A
You
so
much
for
your
report,
we'll
see
if
there
are
any
questions
from
members
of
the
committee
seeing
none.
Thank
you
so
much
for
being
here
today,
we'll
open
up
the
public
hearing
and
item
number
three,
which
is
a
rental
Hall
license
at
770,
9th
Street
Southeast.
Is
there
anyone
here
to
speak
to
this
issue?
L
We
are
owners
of
carbon
kitchen
and
Market
gaster
truck
food
truck
and
also
the
Luminaire.
So
we've
been
working
on
the
project
for
about
a
year
and
a
half,
it's
actually
12
000
square
feet.
We
do
have
dedicated
parking
attached
to
the
building,
as
well
as
two
overflow
lots
that
we
have
95,
that's
included
in
the
rental
and
then
space
in
in
adjacent
lot
that
we
can
rent.
In
addition
to
that,
if
we
do
need
it
so
yeah.
A
A
C
J
A
L
Absolutely
so,
we've
been
catering
for
about
14
years
with
our
food
truck
and
just
doing
other
other
catering
events
as
well.
So
we
actually
wanted
to
do
this.
For
six
years,
we've
been
looking
all
over
the
Twin
Cities
and,
like
I,
said,
the
space
came
up
about
a
year
and
a
half
ago,
and
we
just
just
basically
fell
in
love
with
it.
It's
Unique,
it's
large.
It's
got
its
private
like
a
little
Courtyard
and
for
us
you
know
we.
L
We
love
the
servicing
of
weddings
and
just
kind
of
throwing
those
higher
quality
events
we're
also
a
sustainable
venue,
so
we're
focusing
in
on
zero
waste
practices
and
just
yeah
looking
to
do
weddings
and
and
fundraisers,
and
all
sorts
of
other
fun
birthday
parties
and
events.
So.
N
A
D
A
Three
has
been
moved
for
approval,
further
comments
or
questions
sing,
not
all
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye,
and
he
opposed.
That
item
is
approved.
We'll
move
on
to
item
number
four
little
T's
17
26th,
Street
East.
This
is
an
expansion
of
premise
and
a
Sidewalk
Cafe
license
that
Miss
lingo
will
be
presenting.
P
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
chair
Goodman
and
committee
members,
I'm
Amy,
lingo
manager
for
business
licensing
I'm,
presenting
an
application
from
little
tease,
Little
Tijuana
owned
by
TBD
restaurants
LLC.
This
business
is
located
at
17,
East,
26th
Street
in
Ward
10..
The
applicant
is
requesting
a
permanent
expansion
of
premises
and
a
Sidewalk
Cafe.
There
will
be
10
seats
on
the
sidewalk.
Cafe.
Proposed
hours
are
Sunday
to
Thursday
4
pm
to
10
p.m.
P
Saturday
and
Friday
and
Saturday
4
pm
to
11
pm
on
April
10th
88
notices
were
sent
to
Property
Owners
within
300
feet
of
the
premises
and
notices
were
also
sent
to
Whittier
Alliance
neighborhood
organization
and
council
member
Chuck
Tai.
We
received
one
response
from
the
community
which
supports
the
Sidewalk
Cafe
license.
P
A
Stand
for
any
questions.
Thank
you,
Miss
lingo.
Are
there
any
questions
for
staff?
Seeing
none
I
appreciate
your
report
and
we
are
going
to
open
the
public
hearing
on
item
number
four
little
tease
is
there
anyone
here
to
speak
to
this
issue?
Welcome
sir,
please
state
your
name
and
address
for
the
record
I'm.
A
M
M
You
know
we
just
want
to
be
good
neighbors
kind
of
created
that
place
for
the
community
and
for
our
employees,
and
we
plan
to
be
around
for
a
long
time
doing
good
things.
Fantastic.
A
I
Thank
you
both
for
coming
in
today,
I
had
the
pleasure
of
coming
to
little
teas
and
spending
a
little
bit
of
time
with
the
owners,
seeing
what
they're
doing
with
the
space
Little
Tijuana
used
to
be
one
of
the
most
beloved
places
on
26th
and
I'm
really
really
excited
about
the
ways
in
which
the
two
of
you
have
the
two
of
you
have
kept
the
the
things
that
that
our
community
really
loved
about
about
the
The
Establishment
in
the
in
the
few
months
that
you've
been
open,
I
think
now
it's
been
a
few
months.
I
This
become
you
know
a
neighborhood
establishment.
Again,
people
really
love
being
there.
So
I'm
excited
for
you
to
have
some
more
space
this
summer
and
be
able
to
make
sure
that
that
that
folks,
in
the
neighborhood
that
are
coming
to
little
tease,
can
can
enjoy
the
space.
With
that,
I
would
like
to
move
approval
of
this.
A
Q
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
committee
members.
My
name
is
Lisa
schmeller
I'm
licensed
inspector
with
licenses
and
consumer
services
I'm
presenting
an
application
for
extended
hours
from
charbel
petroleum
company
doing
businesses
Arco
Riverside,
stop
located
at
2517
Riverside
Avenue
in
Ward
12..
The
business
currently
has
several
licenses:
gasoline
Filling
Station
grocery
tobacco,
3-2
beer
off
sale
and
extended
hours.
Q
The
business
currently
has
extended
hours
to
be
open
until
12
a.m
and
gas
pumps
available
24
hours,
if
approved,
the
business
doors,
will
continue
to
close
at
12
a.m,
but
will
provide
a
24-hour
service
window
for
customers.
The
cast
pumps
will
also
continue
to
be
available.
24
hours
on
April
11th,
16
public
hearing
notices
were
sent
to
the
property
owners
within
300
feet
of
the
premises.
Q
Noses
were
also
sent
to
West
Bank
Business
Association,
Cedar,
Riverside,
Community,
Council
and
Council
memberly
council
member
wandley.
We
received
zero
responses
from
the
public.
A
review
of
311
calls
and
police
calls
found
no
significant
issues
concerning
the
business
at
this
time
licensed
and
consumer
services
recommends
approval
of
extended
hours.
A
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
reports.
I'll
see
if
there
are
any
questions
for
staff
on
this
item.
Seeing
none
thank
you
and
we'll
open
the
public
hearing
on
item
number
five,
which
is
an
extended
hours
license
for
Arco
Riverside,
stop
at
2517
Riverside
Avenue.
Is
there
anyone
here
to
speak
to
this
issue?
S
A
T
The
city
thanks
thank
you,
chair
Goodman,
in
the
the
rest
of
the
biz
committee,
I'm
Jamie,
Rado
I'm,
a
senior
project
coordinator
coordinator
with
the
residential
Finance
team
at
cped
today
we'll
be
presenting
information
on
the
Northrop
King
residential
project,
which
is
located
at
1500
Jackson
Street
northeast
in
the
Logan
Park
neighborhood
in
Ward
one.
This
project
has
been
before
the
committee
of
number
a
number
of
times,
including
in
2020
and
2021.
T
The
council
approved
affordable
housing,
trust
fund
loans
and
the
amount
of
1.2
1.92
million
dollars
in
total,
as
well
as
for
seeking
support
for
pass-through
grants
from
the
city's
grant.
Funding
Partners
before
you
today
is
a
request
to
authorize
the
issuance
of
up
to
31
million
dollars
in
housing
revenue
bonds.
On
behalf
of
the
project
before
describing
this
request
for
bonds,
I'll
provide
you
with
provide
the
committee
with
a
brief
overview
of
the
project.
T
The
Northrop
King
residential
project
is
a
mixed-use
project
located
in
the
historic
13
building
Northrop
King
complex,
the
complex
has
received
Federal
historic
designation,
which
qualifies
it
for
a
receipt
of
state
and
federal
tax
credit,
historic
tax
credits.
This
project
will
convert
three
of
the
complexes
buildings
into
84
units
of
affordable
housing
and
80
and
8
120
square
feet
of
art,
art
business
focused
commercial
space.
T
Finally,
through
the
implementation
of
this
project,
the
developer
is
leveraging
significant
on-site
improvements
at
the
Northrop
King
complex
through
Metropolitan
Council,
Hennepin,
County
and
Mississippi
watershed
management
organization
grants.
These
grants
are
supporting
improved
stormwater
management,
Landscaping,
enhanced
public
realm
improvements,
Community
Gathering
spaces
and
a
playground
for
those
who
live
there.
T
Primary
financing
of
the
project
includes
housing,
revenue,
bonds,
four
percent,
tax
credits,
historic
tax
credits,
the
affordable
housing,
trust
fund,
partner
agency
grants
and
a
large
Capital
contribution
from
Art
Space
artspace
is
working
with
Raymond
James
on
its
affordable
housing
and
tax
credit,
syndication
Capital
One
on
their
construction
loan
in
Cedar,
Rapids,
Bank
and
Trust
on
its
first
mortgage
total
project
cost
for
the
Mixed
use
project
are
approximately
6
or
60.1
million
dollars,
as
described
earlier.
The
developer
has
applied
to
the
city
for
up
to
31
million
dollars
and
tax-exempt
and
tax-exempt
housing
revenue
bonds.
T
T
all
of
their
Project
funding
is
committed
and
staff
is
recommending
approval
of
up
to
31
million
dollars
in
tax-exempt
housing
revenue
bonds.
With
that
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions,
the
committee
may
have.
A
I
will
see
if
there
are
any
questions
from
members
of
the
committee.
I,
don't
see
any
so
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
open
the
public
hearing
on
item
number
six
I
see
Mr
law
is
here.
Why
don't
you
come
forward?
If
you
have
anything
to
say
this?
Is
an
open
public
hearing
on
item
number
six?
Is
there
anyone
else
who'd
like
to
speak
to
the
issue
besides
Mr
law?
J
Don't
have
to
bend
over
I
will
be
brief.
I
just
thank
you
humbly
for
the
support
the
city
has
provided
Arts,
based
in
its
many
efforts
and
specifically
with
the
Redevelopment
of
the
Northrop
King
site.
We're
really
excited
about
it.
It
is
emerging
and
growing
and
thriving
artists
and
creative
community,
and
we
just
thank
you
very
much
for
the
support
and
for
this
consideration
today.
A
Thank
you
for
being
here,
Mr
law,
anyone
else
to
speak
to
this
issue.
Anyone
seeing
none
I
will
close
the
public
hearing
and
move
approval
myself.
This
is
a
major
effort
at
the
Northrop
King
complex,
it's
being
done
by
an
organization
that
is
nationally
renowned
but
located
here
in
the
City
of
Minneapolis.
This
is
an
organization
founded
in
Minneapolis
that
has
done
projects
in
Minnesota,
but
has
over
50
projects
all
over
the
country,
primarily
housing
working
artists.
A
Working
artists
have
been
the
target
of
gentrification
for
as
long
as
I
can
remember,
I'm
sure
one
on
the
committee
would
be
happy
to
tell
you
about
that
problem
and
artspace
was
formulated
as
an
organization
to
try
to
address
that
issue.
The
Northrop
King
complex
was
owned
by
our
old
friend
Jim
Stanton,
and
while
he
did
a
good
job
keeping
artists
in
the
complex,
he
underutilized
much
of
the
complex
many
of
the
buildings
and
did
not
invest
in
infrastructure.
A
This
transition
from
Stanton
to
Art
Space
has
been
a
Labor
of
Love
on
Art
spaces
part,
although
it
was
granted
to
them.
It
came
at
a
price
and
they
had
to
pay
for
it,
and
they
paid
dearly
to
be
able
to
take
on
this
project
and
bring
it
to
fruition.
The
fact
that
we
would
be
able
to
provide
the
final
financing
to
get
them
under
construction
is
something
we
as
a
city
should
be
really
proud
of.
A
In
fact,
it's
attracted
the
attention
of
congresswoman
Omar
and
others
at
the
federal
level
who
are
looking
to
see
how
they
can
be
more
helpful
in
supporting
the
mission
of
funding
artists
and
preventing
gentrification
in
the
city.
This
is
a
great
project.
We
should
be
thrilled
that
we
have
the
opportunity
to
participate
in
it
and
I
want
to
thank
our
staff
for
all
of
the
hard
work.
I
realize
that
our
bond
issuance
level-
this
is
probably
a
half
or
more
of
what
we
would
get
in
a
year.
A
So
it
means
that
our
whole
Finance
Housing
Finance
team,
really
had
to
figure
out
where
we
were
going
to
put
these
resources
and
and
this
project
Rose
to
the
top.
It's
something
to
be
very
proud
of
today
and
I
congratulate
our
friends
at
Art
Space,
as
well
as
our
housing
staff,
who
have
done
a
great
job
to
get
us
from
here
to
there
further
comments.
Councilmember
Ellison,
yeah.
R
Thank
you,
madam
chair
I
was
I'll,
keep
it
brief
and
just
wanted
to
say
just
wanted
to
thank
you
for
the
work
that
you're
doing
a
lot
of
artists
period,
but
also
a
lot
of
young
artists
of
color,
utilizing
that
Northrop
space
in
order
to
build
their
careers
and
and
go
and
take
off
and
and
I.
R
You
know,
philosophically
I,
don't
always
love
the
tools
that
the
federal
government
gives
us
for
affordable
housing,
but
income
averaging
is
one
of
those
things
that
I
think
is
is
is
a
is
a
tool
that
we're
seeing
that
allows
us
to
get
at
a
deeper
level
of
affordability
than
we've
been
able
to
in
the
past
is
so
really
great
to
see
that
you
guys
are
using
that
tool,
hopefully
leveraging
that
I,
don't
know
the
breakdown
off
top
my
head,
but
it's
good
to
see
you
guys
utilizing
that
so
support
the
chairs
motion
and
I
just
want
to
thank
you
again
for
this
investment
in
the
community.
A
Further
comments
or
questions
seeing
none
all
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye
aye
any
opposed.
That
item
is
approved.
Thank
you
all
on
the
housing
team,
I
know
you
have
one
more
so
we'll
move
on
to
item
number
seven
and
before
Arlene
comes
up
I
wanted
to
ask
Amy
if
she
would
say
a
few
words
in
anticipation
of
this
particular
situation.
U
U
A
Arlene
before
you
give
your
report
on
this
project,
I
just
wanted
to
commend
you
for
your
incredible
work
on
cavalry's
Project
adjacent
to
George,
Floyd
Square,
a
project
that
includes
41
units
at
30
percent
of
area,
median
income
and
the
rehabilitation
of
a
historic
church.
You
have
been
asked
to
lead
some
of
the
hardest
projects
in
the
city
that
are
also
some
of
the
most
needed.
You
have
gone
from
being
in
the
planning
department
to
being
a
senior
project
manager.
A
You
are
an
example
of
how
we
want
to
encourage
women
and
people
of
color
to
move
up
in
the
Enterprise,
learn
new
things
and
Lead
our
most
important
and
passionate
goals.
Building,
affordable
housing
I
am
devastated
that
you're
leaving
our
team,
but
I
know
that
the
work
that
you
have
done
and
every
time
you
go
by
one
of
these
buildings
that
you
have
worked
on.
You
will
know
that
you
did
something
to
make
a
huge
difference
in
the
lives
of
over
500
people
who
want
to
live
and
work
in
our
city.
A
Your
work
is
noticed
and
appreciated,
and
you
are
entitled
to
retire.
A
You
know
normally
we
say
what
can
we
do
to
get
you
to
stay
and
I'm
sure,
there's
at
least
one
or
two
more
projects
that
we
would
love
to?
Have
you
work
on
after
the
one
that
you
present
next
and
thank
you.
Your
your
work
here
for
our
city
on
behalf
of
our
residents,
has
made
a
gigantic
difference
and
you
will
be
missed
and
thank
you
for
being
here
to
present
this
report
as
well.
Thank
you
for
pointing
this
out.
Miss
Geisler.
V
V
V
The
project
will
include
14
units
with
housing,
support
subsidies,
seven
units
for
persons
with
disabilities
and
seven
units
per
persons
experiencing
homelessness.
The
support
of
housing
will
be
provided
by
Simpson
housing
and
seven
units
will
have
project-based
section,
8
vouchers
from
Minneapolis
public
housing
authority
and
the
remaining
42
units
will
have
rents
at
30
to
50
percent
area
of
median
income.
The
project
will
include
14,
Studios,
45,
one
bedrooms
and
four
two
bedroom
units.
The
total
development
cost
is
approximately
20
million
dollars.
V
The
first
three
actions
are
related
to
the
proposed
tax
increment
financing.
The
developer
requested
that
the
City
established
a
housing
tax,
increment
financing,
TIF
district
to
support
the
Project's
construction
with
an
expected
duration
of
26
years
pending
city
council
approval,
the
city
will
issue
a
pay-as-you-go
increment,
note,
Tiff
notes
in
the
amount
of
742
500.
V
they
attached,
Plymouth
Avenue
Apartments
tax
increment
financing
plan
provides
a
detail
of
the
breakdown
of
how
the
increment
will
be
distributed
and
used.
The
Plymouth
Avenue
Apartments
tax
increment
financing
plan
was
transmitted
for
the
required
45-day
review
to
Hennepin
County
Minneapolis
public
schools,
the
City
Planning
Commission
and
other
interested
parties
on
May
26
2023
public
comments
received
by
staff
are
attached
to
this
report.
To
date,
we
have
received
several
comments,
both
supporting
and
opposing
the
project.
V
V
V
The
housing
revenue
bonds
provide
access
to
four
percent
housing
tax
credits
allocated
by
the
City
of
Minneapolis
and
will
generate
approximately
seven
million
dollars
in
equity
as
a
source
of
funds
to
the
project.
The
bonds
will
be
issued
in
one
series.
The
table
in
the
report
will
show
you
the
allocation
of
the
bonds
The
Last
Action
in
the
report
is
regarding
the
affordable,
housing
trust
fund.
V
Like
many
other
City
Finance
projects,
Plymouth
Avenue
Apartments
has
been
challenged
with
cost
for
increases
due
to
interest
rates
and
also
increase
labor
and
material
costs.
When
approved.
This
contingency
award
will
be
added
to
the
original
amount
for
a
total
award
about
2.8
million
dollars.
With
these
contingency
pool
funds.
In
this
current
Tiff
and
bond
request,
the
project
will
be
fully
funded,
they
will
are
will
be
in
a
position
to
close
and
start
construction
in
June
James
Archer
with
Matrix
development
is
in
attendance
today.
A
V
A
In
case
there's
any
questions.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
so
much.
We
will
go
ahead
and
open
the
public
hearing
on
the
Plymouth
Avenue
Apartments
tax,
increment
financing
plan
and
housing
Revenue
Bond
issuance.
Is
there
anyone
here
to
speak
to
this
issue?
I
do
have
one
person
signed
up
Krista
Lucas
and
you
are
welcome
to
come
forward
and
speak
now
for
two
minutes
and
we'll
give
you
a
chance
to
get
up
there.
The
timer,
the
the
oh
okay,
I'm,
trying
to
keep
track
of
it
myself
after.
W
We
wanted
to
make
sure
that
committee
members
have
had
a
chance
to
review
the
petition
opposing
the
current
proposal
to
designate
2309
Plymouth
a
tiff
District,
which
collected
127
signatures.
If
you
haven't
had
a
chance
to
review
the
petition
we
offer
these
quotes
from
residents
who
signed
it
and
live
within
six
blocks
of
the
site
quote
one.
W
This
neighborhood
is
already
underserved
when
it
comes
to
enforcement
of
existing
statutes
and
current
laws
and
I
have
an
entire
list
of
realities
that
I
haven't
seen
addressed.
That
need
to
be,
for
example,
will
there
be
restrictions
on
pet
ownership,
the
affordable
housing
properties
at
both
2419
Plymouth
Avenue
North
and
the
homewoods
apartments?
1240
North
Thomas,
Avenue
and
1239
North,
Sheridan
Avenues
all
have
restrictions
in
place,
and
yet
animals
are
housed
at
those
properties.
Go
walk
around
those
properties.
W
There's
dog
feces,
literally
surrounding
both
of
these
complexes
and
no
enforcement
is
made
to
pick
it
up
and
that's
just
the
dog
feces.
It
doesn't
take
into
account
the
garbage
surrounding
these
properties.
This
is
partly
due
to
Street
activity
that
happens
just
off
of
the
property
with
the
residents
at
these
properties,
but
also
due
to
an
inadequate
plan
for
commercial
garbage
removal
at
these
places
and
no
support
nor
enforcement.
As
mentioned
from
the
city
resident
2.
W
one,
there
are
no
grocery
stores
for
Miles.
Only
food
shelves,
two,
this
area,
the
funeral
home
and
North
Point,
will
be
overrun
with
people
looking
for
parking
with
only
five
parking
spaces
and
63
units
of
low-income
housing.
Three,
the
fact
that
the
developer
is
lying
about
living
in
Willard,
hay
and
caring
about
the
effects
on
local
residents
needs
to
be
addressed
at
the
city
and
county
level.
It
is
an
insult
to
us
that
live
here.
A
W
A
Thank
you.
Is
there
anyone
else
here
to
speak
to
this
issue
again.
This
is
the
Tiff
plan
and
housing
revenue
bonds
issuance
for
affordable
housing
at
this
site.
Is
there
anyone
else
here
to
speak
to
this
issue?
Please
step
forward
and
state
your
name
and
address
for
the
record,
and
this
clerk
will
need
you
to
sign
in
also
after
you're
completed.
A
Clerk
will
also
need
you
to
sign
in
after
you're
done
speaking,
and
you
have
two
minutes,
sir.
Okay.
X
X
I
work
in
mental
health,
I've
taken
great
pains
to
avoid
getting
politically
involved
in
any
way
so
as
to
do
my
job
and
not
alienate
my
patients.
This
proposal
for
the
affordable
housing
development
on
2309
Plymouth
is
something
I
can't
avoid
at
anymore,
because
it's
a
matter
of
community
security
by
show
of
hands.
Does
anybody
know
how
much
the
salary
of
a
Minneapolis
city
council
member
is.
X
It's
over
a
hundred
thousand
dollars.
Which
is
far
more
than
the
Nationwide
median
of
about
twenty
one
thousand
dollars.
So
I
do
think
that
it's
fair
for
us
to
expect
a
high
standard
of
our
city
council,
a
city
council
member,
has
a
lot
of
jobs.
One
of
their
jobs
is
to
keep
us
safe
and
really
if
they
can't
do
that
job.
X
Councilman,
Ellison
I
ask
you,
as
our
leader
in
the
Fifth
Ward
and
as
one
of
us
in
the
community,
to
please
hear
us
when
we
tell
you
in
no
uncertain
terms.
We
do
not
want
this.
I
can
see
from
my
living
room
window.
Two,
affordable
housing
developments
already
there's
another
one
down
the
block
from
me
when
I
drive
further
east
down
Plymouth
into
near
North
I
see
a
community
with
many
affordable
housing
developments.
This
is
not
an
issue
of
I
heard
of
it.
This
is
not
an
issue
of
not
in
our
backyard.
X
So
we
know
also
that
these
developments
are
disproportionately
responsible
for
the
crime
and
the
safety
issues
in
the
area
everywhere.
Everything
from
the
littering
that
we
all
have
to
pick
up.
X
Okay,
well,
I
think
the
point
has
been
made.
I
came
here
last
minute
without
talking
points
prepared,
but
we're
concerned
we're
scared,
and
we
ask
you
to
please
hear
us
on
this.
Please
reconsider
your
decision
to
vote
in
support
of
this
and
please
find
other
ways
to
support
low-income
vulnerable
members
of
our
community,
which
we're
happy
to
do,
but
in
other
ways.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
A
A
R
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
so
I
definitely
want
to
appreciate
all
my
neighbors
who
signed
the
petition
and
the
folks
who
came
in
to
give
testimony
today.
I
do
feel
a
little
challenged
by
the
idea
that
the
gun
violence-
that's
plaguing
our
city,
that
is
certainly
in
North
Minneapolis.
We
carry
a
significant
burden
of
that.
I
am
challenged
by
the
idea
and
I
actually
want
to
say
offended
by
the
idea
that
you
would
think
that
your
neighbors,
who
maybe
make
less
money
than
you
or
I,
are
responsible
purely
responsible
for
that.
R
When
you
look
at
your
window
and
you
see
affordable
housing
within
I
shot
of
you,
what
you're
seeing
is
safety.
What
you're
seeing
is
people
secure
in
their
housing
that
creates
safe
environments?
What
you're
asking
me
to
do
here
is
deny
somebody
shelter,
because
they
make
less
money
and
I'm
not
going
to
do
that.
R
I
do
think
that
there
are
plenty
of
legitimate
concerns
from
the
neighbors
I've
heard
them
I
plan
to
have
follow-up
conversations
with
the
developer
about
how
we
can
make
sure
that
folks
are
at
peace
with
you
know
the
residents
who
are
going
to
be
their
new
neighbors
I've
also
heard
some
idea
that
whenever
you
build
an
affordable
housing
complex
that
it's
people
from
outside
the
community
who
come
in
as
your
council
member
I
cannot
look
at
the
housing
needs
of
people
in
Ward,
5
and
think
there's
enough,
affordable
housing.
R
Here
we
don't
need
any
more
I
can't
do
that
that
doesn't
mesh
with
reality,
so
I
didn't
plan
to
give
that
little
talk.
Real
quick
but
I
do
want
to
say
that
that
doesn't
mean
that
that
those
other
issues
that
are
not
pertinent
to
this
affordable
housing
aren't
priorities.
For
me.
They
absolutely
are
gun.
Violence
absolutely
is,
but
it
does
mean
that
I'm
going
to
move
to
approve
this
Tiff
district
and
make
sure
that
our
neighbors
have
affordable
places
to
live
in
our
community.
So
thank
you.
A
Further
comments
or
questions
I
want
to
add
to
what
councilmember
Ellison
has
just
said
from
where
I
sit.
More
people
means
more
population
to
bring
in
groceries.
More
people
means
more
eyes
on
the
street
to
bring
in
more
safety
and,
ultimately,
when
we
have
such
a
challenge
with
affordable
housing
in
the
city.
A
project
like
this
one
on
a
major
commercial
Corridor
not
far
from
where
I
live,
actually
kind
of
down
the
street
makes
a
lot
of
sense.
A
R
R
They
had
to
give
you
another
tough
one,
but
thank
you
for
the
work
that
you're
doing
and
and
I
appreciate
the
amount
of
due
diligence
that
you've
put
into
this
and
and
it's
a
part
stat
when
staff
does,
that
kind
of
due
diligence
and
and
and
you
give
your
recommendation,
it's
a
part
of
how
we
can
be
confident
in
what
we're
voting
on
here
as
a
council.
So
thank
you.
A
So
the
motion
in
front
of
us
is
to
approve
the
Tiff
District
to
pass
the
pay,
as
you
go
note,
and
to
authorize
preliminary
and
final
approval
of
the
bond
issuance,
as
well
as
a
contingency
pool
financing
fund
for
this
project,
all
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye
aye
any
opposed.
That
item
is
approved.
We'll
now
move
on
to
this
discussion
agenda,
which
means
the
public
hearing
portion
of
our
meeting
is
concluded.
A
We
will
start
with
item
number
18,
which
is
I,
think
ready
to
go,
but
I
will
defer
to
staff
to
give
their
feedback
about
that.
So
this
is
no
low,
Kitchen
and
Bar
basement
bar.
Is
there
any
staff
here
on
this
issue?
Otherwise,
we'll
rely
on
council
member
rainville,
council
membraneville
is
getting
in
line.
D
Thank
you,
madam
chair
I,
want
to
move
approval
of
this
I'm
very
grateful
to
Nolo
for
having
met
with
the
neighborhood
group
and
also
met
with
our
Police
Department
for
their
safety
plan.
So
I
asked
them
to
do
that
last
cycle
and
they
have
and
I'm
very
grateful
and
I
move
approval
of
item
number
18.
item.
A
18
has
been
moved
for
approval
thanks
staff
and
council
member
moranville
for
working
this
out
so
eloquently
all
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye
any
opposed.
That
item
is
approved,
we'll
now
move
on
to
a
presentation.
That
is
a
long
time
coming
by
Miss
perel
on
the
former
Kmart
that
we're
now
going
to
be
calling
the
new
Nicollet
project
so
for
an
update
on
the
new
Nicollet
project.
We
I
will
call
on
Rebecca,
perrell
and
I.
A
Think
because
it
looks
like
we've
received
quite
a
long,
PowerPoint
we'd
asked
to
hold
questions
until
the
end.
If
that's
okay
with
committee-
yes,
that's,
okay,.
Y
N
Y
Thank
you
for
having
us
how
the
record
do
I
have
to
look
up
there.
Y
Technology-
okay,
great,
oh,
no
Eric
that
didn't
work
there.
We
go
look
at
this
okay,
so
here
we
are
and
I
thought.
I
would
just
first
remind
everyone
not
that
most
folks
in
the
room
or
watching
at
home
need
reminding.
But
this
is
the
former
Kmart
site
and
we're
calling
it
the
former
Kmart
new
Nicollet
project
area.
Y
Everything
outlined
in
pink
here
is
owned
by
the
City
of
Minneapolis,
and
then
you'll
see
it's
The
Greenway
on
the
North
Lake
Street
to
the
South
First
Avenue
on
the
East
and
westel
Avenue
on
the
west,
and
what
at
one
point
was
a
Nicollet
Avenue
stretching
through
the
site
and
currently
is
blocked
by
a
Kmart
building
in
a
large
parking
lot,
but
Public
Works
will
be
engaged
in
moving
forward
with
new
plans
for
new
in
the
future.
Y
Today,
what
we're
going
to
do
is
we're
going
to
quickly
walk
through
a
little
bit
of
the
site
history,
the
city's
involvement
in
the
site
over
the
decades
I'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
preparation
that
staff
did
in
order
to
prepare
for
phase
for
engagement
and
then
Kelsey
will
take
over
and
talk
about
both
the
first
phase
of
Engagement
that
was
completed
as
well
as
the
next
step
working
in
our
way
into
phase
two
of
Engagement.
Y
One
of
the
first
things
we
did
was
as
staff
was
work
towards
having
a
site
a
story
map
on
the
webpage
on
the
city's
website,
and
it's
a
history.
That's
both
full
of
pictures
and
images
and
interactive
maps,
as
well
as
little
Snippets
of
history
that
talk
about
the
site.
Y
It,
of
course,
does
start
with
acknowledging
that
the
Dakota
and
anishinabi
people
have
lived
along
the
Mississippi
River
and
the
area
that
we
know
as
Minneapolis
today
for
over
12
000
years,
and
that's
an
important
history
that
we
remember
as
we
begin
and
continue
our
work.
It
also
talks
about
how
the
railway
came
through.
Y
Staying
afloat,
so
a
lot
did
shutter
their
doors
and
by
the
time
we
got
to
the
70s,
there
were
still
some
operating
businesses
there,
but
the
the
city
at
the
time
decided
that
it
would
really
be
a
location
where
clearing
the
entire
site
and
clearing
the
entire
part
of
this
intersection.
North
of
Lake
Street,
would
be
an
opportunity
for
new
Urban
Redevelopment,
and
the
image
on
the
right
shows
what
planners
at
the
time
published
as
a
new
plan
for
urban
Redevelopment
at
this
intersection.
Y
So
you'll
see
the
Lake,
Street
and
Nicollet,
and
lots
of
small
new
locations
for
shops,
Etc
and
some
Park
spaces
and
trees,
and
some
parking
as
well,
and
so
there
was
an
idea
and
place.
But
what
ended
up
happening
after
the
city
purchased
the
property
and
demolished
the
businesses
that
were
still
standing.
Y
The
only
developer
that
seemed
to
present
itself
at
the
time
was
Kmart
which,
and
they
required
a
large
surface
parking
lot
in
the
front
and
a
building
at
the
back
and
closing
the
street.
And
so
that
is
how
we
landed
with
what
we
have
today
and
a
short
Kmart
opened
in
1978
short
20
years
later
in
1998,
the
city
council
formed
what
it
was
called.
The
Nicollet
Lake
task
force
with
really
an
aim
to
reopen
Nicollet.
Y
So
it
didn't
take
a
very
long
time
before
elected
officials
realized
that
this
would
have
been.
The
area
is
better
served
with
connectivity
and
Nicollet.
Connecting
back
to
the
Nicolet
Avenue
to
the
north
of
the
greenway
in
2015,
I
was
happy
to
be
a
part
of
purchasing
the
grocery
store
for
5.275
million
and
we'd
purchased,
the
least
fee
estate
of
the
Kmart
property
in
2017
for
8
million
and
then
later
in
2020.
Y
So
that's
a
little
bit
of
History
we
prior
to
starting
with
the
phase
one
engagement.
We
decided.
We
really
needed
to
do
some
strong
preparation
for
that,
and
that's
why
you
see
Kelsey
and
I
here
together
both
from
public
works
and
cped.
Y
It's
really
been
a
very
collaborative
effort,
so
we
have
a
core
team
of
folks
that
are
working
on
this
project,
both
from
the
preparation
phase
and
throughout
the
engagement
that
we're
working
through
that's
Public,
Works
and
cped,
our
Communications
departments,
neighborhood
and
community
relations
and
our
city,
attorney's
office
and
I'm
sure
there's
some
others
out
there
as
well.
But
those
are
the
primary
folks
that
have
been
working
with
us
in
November
of
21.
Y
We
did
come
to
council
and
also
do
a
presentation
and
Council
adopted
two
different
documents
for
us,
one
being
a
project
expectations
document
that
I'll
talk
about
briefly,
as
well
as
a
public
engagement
framework
to
get
us
started
on
the
project.
In
the
project
expectations.
We
had
five
draft
goals
that
the
city
staff
and
the
core
team
decided.
Y
We,
as
we
were
looking
at
City,
adopted
policies
and
city
ordinances,
that
these
were
the
five
main
topics
that
we
believed
would
be
the
good
goals
for
the
area
as
a
way
to
get
us
started,
so
reconnecting
people
and
places
building,
safe,
Equitable
and
sustainable
Transportation
networks.
Building
for
who
is
there
today
live
workshop
and
play
here
so
offering
lots
of
different
opportunities
and
safe
and
healthy
communities
in
the
project
expectations
document
we
found
I
believe
it's
15
different,
adopted
City
policies
and
plans.
So
these
are
things
like
our
complete
streets
policy.
Y
Small
area
plans,
the
comprehensive
plan,
Vision,
zero
initiative,
climate
action
plan,
our
s
reap
strategic
and
racial
Equity
action
plan,
as
well
as
our
unified
housing
policy
and
transportation
action
plan,
and
all
of
these
things
we
categorize
into
11
different
topics.
As
you
see
on
the
screen,
we
talked
about
what
we
already
know
from
those
policies
and
how
they
will
apply
to
this
site,
as
well
as
examples
of
things
that
we're
still
going
to
need
to
decide
and
those
points
where
we
still
need
to
make.
Future
decisions
are
really
where
we
want
to
focus.
Y
Our
community
engagement
moving
forward
and
the
public
engagement
framework
was
a
way
for
us
to
be
able
to
initiate
an
RFP
for
selecting
Consultants
to
work
on
phase
one
engagement,
and
so
it
the
engagement
framework,
really
set
a
foundation
for
how
staff
and
the
Consultants
could
work
together
and
outlining
how
we
will
be
asking
the
public
and
key
stakeholders
to
play
a
role
in
the
engagement.
And
so
that
is
the
time
when
I
pass
it
off
to
Kelsey
and
she's.
Going
to
take
over
with
phase
one
engagement.
Great.
N
We
went
on
three
cultural
radio
shows
to
broadcast
and
promote
the
the
project
itself
and
host
it
or
participate
in
21
different
engagement
events,
including
an
open
house
for
focus
groups.
Several
stakeholder
group
meetings
with
larger
groups
of
similar
folks
in
the
community
Community
meetings
at
each
of
those
Community
organizations
and
did
two
different
door.
Knocking
campaigns
to
get
the
word
out
on
the
street.
One
of
these
was
focused
on
residential
properties
and
one
was
focused
on
businesses.
We
also
were
present
at
many
tabling
event.
N
Many
events
tabling
throughout
the
community
we
sent
over
2500
mailers
to
businesses
and
residents
in
the
focus
area
which
is
outlined
in
Blue
on
the
map.
There
we
made
over
200
connections
with
businesses
and
we
had
an
online
survey
and
then
also
gov
delivery
and
a
project
email
to
send
out
information.
N
Foreign
events
we
collected
over
1700
comments
at
our
in-person
events
and
through
our
project's
email.
We
categorized
these
into
nine
main
themes.
You
can
see
that
the
themes
on
the
right,
the
the
ones
that
we
receive
the
most
comments
on
were
about
Transportation
about
public
space,
about
housing
and
Commercial
activity.
We
also
received
a
number
of
comments
that
were
outside
of
our
project
scope
and
wanted
to
highlight
some
of
those
pieces.
N
That's
our
part
of
our
online
survey.
We
put
it
out
in
five
different
languages:
English
somalis,
Spanish,
Vietnamese
and
hmong
it
was
available
online,
but
also
in
paper
copies.
We
received
over
10
000
responses
to
that
survey
about
a
quarter
of
those
were
from
folks
that
lived
in
the
neighborhood.
So
we
want
to
highlight
those
and
the
rest
were
from
outside.
N
We
asked
folks
to
reflect
on
their
top
three
goals
for
the
Project,
based
on
those
draft
goals.
The
the
project
staff
had
developed
in
November
2021,
the
top
priorities
from
people
for
the
goals
for
the
project
were
reconnecting,
Nicola,
Avenue,
making
sure
that
we're,
including
safe,
safe
and
healthy
public
spaces
that
we're
focusing
on
pedestrian
safety
access
and
comfort
and
also
including
anti-displacement
strategies.
There's
a
lot
of
interest
in
the
other
strategies
and
goals
as
well,
so
I
want
to
call
that
out.
N
In
addition,
we
asked
people
what
kind
of
experiences
would
help
them
enjoy
the
site
and
use
the
site
and
come
to
the
area
more.
The
top
thing
that
people
were
looking
for
was
more
Greening.
They
wanted
trees,
Landscaping
a
little
softer
environment
than
the
concrete.
That's
out
there
today,
I'm
also
a
large
interest,
especially
from
people
who
lived
in
the
neighborhood
for
finding
places
for
their
day-to-day
needs.
Things
like
groceries,
low-income
types
or
sorry,
low
cost,
goods
and
services.
N
N
We
grouped
the
comments
from
both
the
survey
and
the
events
into
six
different
themes
which
we're
calling
our
themes
of
our
desired
outcomes.
N
They
are
similar
to
those
categories
that
we
showed
earlier
about
transportation
and
community
space.
They
are
connecting
people
to
places
culturally
relevant
Community
spaces,
housing,
affordability
and
wealth,
Building,
Wealth,
building
business
opportunities
and
success,
space
for
community
services
and
designing
for
inclusivity,
safety
and
sustainability,
and
then
of
those
into
those
six
themes.
There
are
23
total
desire
outcomes
that
describe
what
the
community
is.
Looking
for,
what
we
heard
through
engagement
and
what
kinds
of
things
the
site
and
the
street
could
serve
could
have
to
serve
them
best.
N
There's
just
a
couple
examples
on
this
slide
of
some
of
those
those
desired
outcomes
on
things
like
prioritizing
people,
walking,
rolling
and
biking
and
supporting
Transit
service.
That's
both
planned
and
existing.
Creating
spaces
for
people
to
gather
and
socialize
outside
home
or
work,
making
sure
that
there's
a
mix
of
housing
choices
that
bring
people
together
from
various
walks
of
life,
including
affordable,
grocery
stores
and
culturally
relevant
establishments
to
support
the
communities
that
live
there
today
and
more
trees
in
Greening
came
up
again
and
again.
N
That's
our
phase,
one
we're
moving
into
our
phase
two
of
Engagement,
which
is
categorized
or
is,
is
highlighted
by
the
new
layout
plan
and
public
space
framework
phase.
Two
will
be
informed
by
our
phase.
One
work
that
we
did,
and
that
includes
working
with
the
stakeholders
that
we
heard
from
and
inviting
new
stakeholders
to
share
their
input
in
during
phase
two
we'll
be
looking
at
expanding
on
some
of
the
topics
that
we
heard
about
in
phase
one.
So
we
can
dig
more
into
the
details
there
and
then
really.
N
N
In
the
former
Kmart
new
neglect
public
engagement
framework
that
Rebecca
referenced,
there's
three
steps
described
for
this
phase
two.
It
follows
similar
to
the
phase
one
where
we'll
have
a
preparations
stage
engage
step
where
we
enter
into
the
community
and
look
for
feedback
and
share
ideas,
and
then
a
recommendation
phase
where
we
come
back
to
this
Council
to
bring
those
those
two
products,
the
public
space
framework
and
the
Nicola
Avenue
layout
plan.
The
public
space
framework
is
meant
to
identify
opportunities
for
that
public
space
potential
Greening
on
the
site,
potential
public
art.
N
The
Avenue
layout
plan
will
be
like
our
similar,
like
our
typical
layout
plans,
where
we
show
the
use
of
the
street
the
different
modes
and
the
different
ways
that
the
space
is
divided
for
that
new
Street.
So
the
the
the
map
on
the
right
shows
the
green
is
larger.
The
public
space
framework,
where
that
would
be
focused
and
the
Orange
is
the
Nicolette
Avenue
layout
plan,
including
the
bridge
over
the
greenway
and
the
ramp
connection
that
that's
there
today
and
there'll,
be
some
overlap
as
we
work
through
those
pieces
over
the
next
many
months.
N
A
That
is
great,
I.
Think
one
of
the
things
that
hit
me
the
most
was
that
there's
a
lot
of
alignment
between
what
the
city's
overall
priorities
would
be:
affordable,
housing,
Transportation
connections,
more
green
space,
more
open
space
and
residents
and
non-residents
who
responded
to
the
survey
also,
so
it
seems
like
our
wants
and
dreams
are
all
very
similar
and
that
might
make
it
slightly
easier.
A
I
realize
that
you
know
once
you
get
into
the
specifics,
that
might
be
a
different
story,
but
I
thought
it
was
really
good
to
see
that
the
goals
for
the
project
and
the
experiences
to
improve
on
have
a
lot
of
commonality
amongst
them,
we'll
see
if
anyone
else
has
comments
or
questions.
That
was
the
point
of
this.
So
anyone,
no
okay,
thank
you
so
much
for
bringing
the
report
forward
and
then
we'll
look
forward
to
hearing
what
happens
next.
I
believe
that
this
is
just
going
to
be
a
receiving
file.
A
It
is
yes
and
so
I
will.
Thank
you
very
much
and
move
to
receive
and
file
item
number
19.,
all
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye
any
opposed
that
is
received
and
filed.
Now
we'll
move
on
to
our
last
item
of
the
day,
which
is
to
try
to
complete
the
staff
presentation
questions
on
rent
stabilization
I
know
we
have
a
number
of
Staff
people
here
for
this
item.
A
If
he
couldn't
walk
through
next
steps,
because
there
are
people
in
the
audience
wondering
what's
going
on
and
I
think
it
would
be
fair
to
have
them
hear
what
the
next
steps
would
be
and
then
are
there
other
members
of
the
committee
that
have
questions
they'd
like
to
ask
at
this
time?
Maybe
it
won't
take
an
hour.
Do
you
have
some,
sir
okay?
A
Why
don't
you
go
ahead?
Joey.
Z
We
thank
you
chair,
Goodman
and
council
members.
As
the
chair
stated,
we
were
staff
presented
our
analysis
of
two
potential
rent
stabilization
Frameworks
at
the
April
18th
Biz
committee
meeting.
We
received
a
number
of
questions
in
writing
and
there
were
a
couple
that
we
identified
as
well
from
that
meeting
that
we
wanted
to
provide
a
more
complete
response
to
in
writing.
So
that's
before
you,
but
staff
are
going
to
present
those
those
responses
here
all
begin
and
then
pass
it
over
to
colleague,
Matthew
Hendricks.
Z
Z
The
staff
said
that
they
conducted
extensive
Outreach,
including
specific
Outreach,
to
potential
vendors,
but
we
didn't
have
a
specific
list
available
at
that
time,
who
specifically
was
contacted
by
staff
or
the
mayor's
office
to
complete
this
analysis.
So
the
response
here
is
that,
upon
review
of
the
economic
analysis,
components
requested
by
the
council
and
the
resolution
staff
determined
that
an
external
consultant
would
be
needed
to
fully
respond
to
those
deliverables,
staff,
developed
a
scope
of
services
and
a
request
for
proposals
in
RFP,
coordinated
with
the
city
procurement
staff
to
initiate
the
solicitation
process.
Z
The
RFP
was
first
released
and
circulated
to
participants
in
the
city's
target
market
program,
which
aims
to
expand
opportunities
for
historically
underutilized
small
businesses.
The
city
did
not
receive
any
proposals
through
this
solicitation,
then
the
RFP
was
released
publicly,
allowing
any
entity
to
submit
a
proposal.
Z
The
RFP
was
also
sent
to
Wilder
research,
the
Federal
Reserve
Bank
of
Minneapolis
and
Daedalus
advisory
services.
Daedalus
responded
with
questions
about
the
opportunity
which
staff
answered.
However,
as
I'll
go
into
more
detail
here
momentarily
they
ultimately
declined
to
submit
a
proposal
and
provided
a
letter
explaining
their
their
reasoning.
Z
The
city
did
not
receive
any
proposals
through
this
public
RFP
process.
After
the
deadline
passed,
staff
reached
out
to
a
few
other
entities
that
might
have
relevant
experience
or
expertise
to
offer
to
the
project
staff,
contacted
and
sent
the
scope
of
services
to
these
economic
and
real
estate.
Consulting
firms,
Bae
tischler,
Bice,
rclco,
applied
real
estate
analysis,
Inc
or
area
's,
and
Ernst
and
Young
staff
had
substantive
conversations
with
a
number
of
these
firms
But.
Ultimately,
none
of
them
agreed
to
partner
with
the
city
for
this
work.
Z
Z
So
the
resolution,
as
we've
said,
requested
economic
analysis
of
how
a
rent
stabilization
policy
would
impact
the
Minneapolis
housing
market.
Broadly
staff
sought
an
external
consultant
as
we
discussed
to
assist,
but
because
of
both
the
lack
of
sufficient
data
to
inform
and
the
complexity
of
building
an
econometric
model
that
could
identify
causal
connections
between
a
policy
and
specific
Market
impacts.
These
would
include
development
of
new
units,
vacancy
rates,
rent
amounts,
preservation,
Investments
and
the
conversion
of
rental
to
ownership.
Z
One
of
the
several
firms
consulted
on
this
potential
project
responded
that
quote:
given
how
many
economic
and
financial
models
we
build.
We're
skeptical
that
good,
comparable
data
can
be
found
that
would
allow
any
model
to
be
built.
That
accurately
reflects
the
changes
in
key
variables,
such
as
how
new
development
would
be
impacted
by
Any
Given
change
in
rent
levels.
Z
The
quote
continues:
building
a
model
that
changes
development
that
that
changes,
development
potential
as
rant
levels
change
is
easy
building,
one
that
is
accurate
and
defensible
is
anything
but
especially
in
a
rising
interest
rate
environment
and
alongside
High
General
inflation
levels.
So
the
letter
that
that
quote
is
from
is
attached
to
the
document
posted
in
lens
and,
at
this
point,
I'll
pass
it
over
to
Matthew.
AA
Good
afternoon,
chair
Goodman
council
members,
I'm
Matthew
Hendricks
I'm,
a
manager
in
the
city's
development
finance
division,
I
apologize
I'm
getting
over
a
cold
I'm
at
the
stage
where
I
feel
pretty
darn
good,
but
don't
quite
sound
like
it
yet
so
happy
to
be
speaking
here
so
I'm
going
to
go
through
the
next
several
questions.
AA
From
reading
the
cura
reports,
there's
a
section
devoted
to
their
engagement
with
30
development
interests
in
the
Minneapolis
Market.
It
sounded
like
City
staff,
also
engaged
with
specific
developers
and
real
estate
interests.
Who
specifically
did
staff
engage
with
what
questions
were
asked?
What
answers
did
they
receive
and
where
was
that
documented?
AA
AA
The
current
staff
report
builds
upon
the
cura
report
by
conversing,
with
a
smaller
group
of
local
market
experts
due
to
time
constraints
at
a
different
point
in
time.
The
more
recent
conversations
were
less
hypothetical
in
the
sense
that
they
were
based
on
actual
experiences
in
the
marketplace.
Since
the
adoption
of
the
Saint
Paul
rent
stabilization
policy,
also,
the
more
recent
conversations
were
focused
on
two
specific
policy
Frameworks,
as
opposed
to
making
predictions
about
development
in
the
local
market.
AA
Similar
to
Cura,
we
coded
the
different
interviewees
based
on
their
participation
in
the
market,
and
so
some
interviewees
are
coded
in
more
than
one
category,
so
we
interviewed
17
people
and
they
break
down
as
follows.
So
seven
were
owners
or
landlords,
nine
were
developers
of
market
rate
and
affordable
housing.
One
was
a
non-profit
developer.
AA
AA
The
discussions
varied
by
the
interviewees
experience
and
role
in
the
market
representative
topics
covered
included.
How
would
framework
5
impact
your
decisions,
focusing
both
on
existing
portfolio
and
new
development
activity?
Howard
framework
7
impact
your
decisions
again,
focusing
on
both
existing
portfolio
and
new
development
activity.
What
policy
specifics
are
most
important
to
you.
AA
AA
AA
The
messages
we
heard
from
industry
professionals
were
largely
consistent
with
the
concerns
identified
in
the
cura
summary
of
responses.
The
main
differences
related
to
now
having
the
specificity
of
two
Frameworks
to
assess
current
interviewees,
expressed
that
the
differences
between
framework,
5
and
framework
7
are
meaningful.
AA
In
general
framework,
5
was
identified
as
unworkable
with
many
pointing
to
the
immediate
revisions
made
to
the
original
Saint
Paul
policy,
which
generally
resembled
framework
5..
The
following
elements
of
framework
7
were
identified
as
essential
exempting
new
construction,
including
vacancy
d
control
and
indexing
allowable
rents
to
the
Consumer
Price
Index.
AA
Inclusion
of
these
elements
May
prevent
Capital
investors
from
avoiding
Minneapolis
entirely.
However,
even
framework
7
is
still
sufficient
to
deter
many
investors,
who
have
the
option
of
investing
in
markets
with
no
rent
restrictions
at
all.
The
interview
responses
were
represented
in
our
report
in
the
form
of
projected
ranges
of
impact.
AA
AA
AA
The
next
question,
I'll
quote
verbatim
of
the
seven
academic
studies
used
to
inform
the
staff
analysis.
Only
one
is
peer-reviewed.
The
second
study
cited
is
from
the
D.C
policy.
Center,
their
board
can
fairly
be
described
as
a
landlord
think
tank
with
overwhelming
representation
of
real
estate,
finance
and
Chamber
of
Commerce
interests
who
historically
have
opposed
rent
stabilization
policies
around
the
country,
including
funding
opposition
to
ballot
question
3
in
Minneapolis.
AA
AA
The
remaining
two
resources
noted
in
the
report
and
presentation
were
selected
due
to
relevancy.
The
diamond
at
all.
2019
study
was
widely
referenced
throughout
the
resources
reviewed
by
City
staff
and
the
Ahern
and
giacaletti
study
was
selected
because
it
looks
at
Saint
Paul
in
the
Saint
Paul
study.
We
agree
that
there's
not
a
long
time
frame
of
observation
available,
because
the
Saint
Paul
rent
stabilization
policy
passed
very
recently
nevertheless,
because
of
its
proximity
to
Minneapolis.
Data
from
Saint
Paul
is
instructive.
AA
Answering
to
the
next
question,
quoting
it
verbatim.
A
lot
of
conclusions
about
the
impact
on
new
construction
are
based
on
the
impact
in
Saint
Paul.
The
decline
in
development
permits
began
four
to
six
months
prior
to
the
2021
election.
When
rent
stabilization
was
implemented,
including
two
months
prior
to
the
rent
stabilization
ballot
initiative.
AA
Development
permits
also
began
bouncing
back
prior
to
the
policy
being
amended
by
the
Saint
Paul
City
Council.
What
other
market
conditions
were
considered
in
assessing
the
impact
on
development
in
Saint
Paul?
Why
was
rent
stabilization
assigned
as
the
cause
of
decline
in
development
permits?
How
did
staff
reach
conclusions
about
the
decline
in
permitted
new
construction?
AA
The
pace
of
construction
picked
up
about
16
percent
in
Minneapolis
or
500
units
last
year,
compared
with
the
year
before
in
Saint,
Paul
developers
pulled
permits
for
2043
units
in
that
category
in
2021,
compared
with
1072
units
last
year,
which
is
several
hundred
units
below
the
city's
five-year
average
and
about
on
par
with
the
city's
nine-year
average
year
over
year.
That's
nearly
a
50
percent
decrease
in
construction
activity.
End
of
quote
it's
true
that
development
decisions
are
Guided
by
a
wide
range
of
variables.
AA
We
learned
that
for
Saint,
Paul's
largest
Redevelopment
site
Highland
Bridge,
the
rent
stabilization
policy
caused
their
Capital
Partners
to
disengage
from
the
market
rate
rental
projects,
bringing
them
to
a
halt.
If
not
for
the
rent
stabilization
policy,
approximately
400
rental
units
would
have
begun.
Construction
in
2022
and
2023
with
another
400
apartments.
AA
Excuse
me
with
another
400
apartments,
starting
in
the
next
two
years.
These
buildings
are
now
all
on
hold.
Tax.
Increment
from
these
projects
was
designated
to
enhance
the
affordability
in
the
subsidized
apartments
on
the
site,
deepening
the
affordability
from
50
Ami
rents
to
30
Ami
rents,
because
the
market
rate
projects
are
not
advancing.
The
improved
affordability
in
the
subsidized
housing
is
no
longer
assured.
AA
AA
That's
a
policy
Choice
Minneapolis
could
account
for,
like
the
limitations,
Minneapolis
has
placed
on
short-term
rental
conversions
in
New
York,
City
deregulation
policies
like
units
becoming
exempt
from
rent
control
or
stabilization
policies.
After
reaching
two
thousand
five
hundred
dollars
per
month,
impact
existing
units
being
taken
off
the
market.
AA
Our
estimates
regarding
new
production
are
based
on
a
combination
of
studies,
local
stakeholder
input,
observations
of
Saint,
Paul
projects
and
Decades
of
Staff
experience
in
real
estate
development
and
finance
among
local
stakeholders
who
are
committed
to
continuing
development
in
Minneapolis.
There
was
concern
that
a
rent
stabilization
policy
would
reduce
the
number
of
projects
they
could
finance
and
slow
down
their
process
for
completing
projects.
AA
Some
of
the
developers
we
interviewed,
who
previously
developed
in
Minneapolis,
had
no
current
projects
in
the
city
and
have
also
pulled
out
or
avoided
other
markets
with
rent
stabilization
because
of
the
challenges
involved
again,
quoting
the
Saint
Paul
Pioneer
Press
reporting
on
April
23
2023
quote
The
Slowdown
is
real,
said:
St
Paul,
council
member
Chris
Tolbert,
who
shares
the
city's
Housing
and
Redevelopment
Authority
quote
I.
Think
St
Paul
has
got
some
work
to
do
to
regain
our
momentum
for
the
last
question,
I'll
turn
it
back
over
to
Joey.
Z
Thanks
Matthew
and
chair
and
council
members,
I
meant
to
mention
earlier
just
wanted
to
clarify
that.
The
reason
why
we're
being
really
methodical
in
reading
through
these
responses
is
because
this
has
been
a
collaborative
interdepartmental
effort
with
lots
of
Staff
working
on
different
pieces
of
this.
So
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
give
the
most
accurate
response
here
in
this
public
venue
today.
The
final
question
that
I'll
address
briefly
here
is
at
the
April
18th
Biz
meeting.
Z
We
were
asked
about
a
comparison
between
the
Frameworks
that
the
Minneapolis
work
group
put
together
and
the
as
compared
to
the
policy
in
St
Paul,
so
attached
to
the
document
in
limbs
is
a
chart
going
through
the
differences
and
there's
a
lot
on
this
on
this
slide,
but
just
wanted
to
really
briefly
walk
through.
So
the
first
two
columns
show
the
key
components
of
the
two
Frameworks.
Z
Just
as
a
reminder
is
that
framework
five
recommended
that
no
specific
exemptions
based
on
property
type,
but
did
recommend
an
exceptions
for
Capital
Improvements
framework.
Seven,
on
the
other
hand,
did
recommend
it
exempting
subsidized
housing
and
new
construction
for
30
years
along
with
owner
occupied
housing.
There
are
also
some
differences
in
recommendations
around
compliance
and
supplemental
policies.
Z
Z
That
policy,
which
was
effective,
beginning
May,
1st
2022
through
the
end
of
2022,
featured
a
fixed
rent
increase
cap
of
three
percent,
an
allowance
for
a
deviation
for
a
property
owner
to
receive
a
reasonable
overturn
on
their
investment
and
around
compliance.
There's
there's
notice
about
how
how
self-certification,
mostly
for
increases
from
three
to
eight
percent
and
staff
oversight
for
a
larger
increase
than
that.
The
final
column
on
the
right
is,
is
the
currently
effective
policy
in
St
Paul.
So
this
was
amended
by
the
council
in
September
of
2022.
Z
Then
those
changes
went
into
effect
at
the
beginning
of
this
year.
So
the
currently
effective
policy
in
St
Paul,
the
rent
increase
caps,
stayed
the
same
three
percent
but
did
allow
for
vacancy
d
control,
as
described
in
the
section
below
the
Paul.
The
other
new
key
features
that
the
currently
effective
policy
does
exempt
new
construction
from
the
policy
on
a
rolling
basis
for
20
years
and
allows
Property
Owners
to
self-certify
and
increase
to
get
that
reasonable
return
on
investment.
A
Great,
thank
you
so
I'll
just
check
in
with
my
colleagues
and
see
if
they're
we're
going
to
have
Mr
Carl
speak
about
process
next,
because
I
feel
like
it's
important
to
lay
out.
What's
going
to
happen
next
and
I
just
wanted
to
see.
If
anyone
else
had
questions
just
to
manage
time,
Beth
did
you
have
some
questions
and
do
you
also
have
questions
so
should
we
take
Mr
Carl
next
Before?
We
or
do
you
want
us
to
take
your
questions
next
Mr
Carl
since
you're
down
there?
A
Why
don't
you
come
up
and
give
the
public
and
everybody
else
a
chance
to
hear
kind
of
what
the
next
steps
will
be.
AB
Thank
you,
Madam,
chair
and
to
the
committee
I
appreciate
this
opportunity
and
we'll
be
as
brief
as
I
can,
but
appreciate
that
this
is
the
first
conversation
publicly
we've
had
in
terms
of
process,
so
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
put
that
out
there
for
the
community
to
understand,
as
we
go
forward
with
this.
This
is
first
and
foremost,
I'll,
say
a
unique
process.
The
city
has
never
done
this
before
when
we
have
referred
matters
to
the
voters
in
the
past,
they
have
been
amendments
to
our
city.
AB
Charter
that
follow
a
very
specific
path
in
Minneapolis
over
the
years
has
gotten
very
good
at
how
we
handle
Charter
amendments.
That
is
not
what
this
process
is.
This
is
typically
done
by
the
council
through
its
legislative
Authority.
This
is
a
legislative
act.
It
would
normally
be
done
by
an
ordinance.
However,
the
statute
which
governs
this
procedure,
Minnesota
statutes
sections.
AB
471.996
requires
that
the
actual
policy
be
referred
to
voters
for
approval,
so
this
is
a
bit
different
and,
as
I
said
least
in
terms
of
my
research,
and
certainly
can
defer
to
those
who've
been
here
longer
has
not
been
done
before
in
the
City
of
Minneapolis.
So
we
are
in
some
uncharted
waters
in
that
regard.
As
you
know,
in
2021
the
question
of
whether
or
not
the
City
of
Minneapolis
should
have
authority
to
enact
a
policy
on
rent
stabilization
was
referred
to
the
electorate
and
that
question
about
question
number
three
was
approved
by
the
voters.
AB
It
was
then
codified
as
Charter
amendment
number
185,
and
it
became
legally
effective
on
December
3rd
2021..
What
that
ballot
question
did
was
give
to
the
city
the
authority
to
consider
a
policy
but
not
to
enact
the
policy
to
consider
it,
but
to
enact
a
policy,
you
must
refer
the
policy
back
to
the
voters
and
the
voters
must
approve
it.
AB
The
council
then
put
together
a
housing
rent
stabilization
work
Group,
which
met
during
the
better
part
of
2022
and
into
the
early
part
of
2023,
studying
this
issue
and
ultimately
presenting
two
separate
recommendations
that
the
staff
has
spent
the
last
committee
meeting
and
this
committee
meeting
digesting
and
analyzing
for
you.
The
process
now
in
terms
of
what
happens
next
is
whether
or
not
city
council
can
concur
or
reach
agreement
on
the
framework
for
a
policy
and
to
refer
that
policy
to
the
electorate
for
their
consideration.
AB
The
way
that
would
normally
work
is
that
a
policy
is
done
by
an
ordinance.
It's
a
legislative
enactment
by
the
body
once
there
are
a
a
seven
at
least
seven
members
of
the
body
who
reach
concurrence
on
the
framework
for
that
policy.
That
can
then
be
referred
to
the
attorneys.
The
attorneys
then
will
use
that
direction
from
the
body
in
order
to
frame
up
an
ordinance
that
ordinance
would
flow
through
the
normal
process
that
we
are
familiar
with
subject
to
a
public
hearing,
subject
to
refinement,
Perfection,
Amendment
and
ultimately,
a
vote
by
this
body.
AB
However,
because
it's
a
ballot
question
that
ordinance
then
is
going
to
be
accompanied
by
a
separate
act.
That's
related.
A
resolution
state
law
says
that
when
we
refer
questions
to
the
voters,
the
actual
language
that
shows
up
on
the
ballot,
no,
not
the
actual
policy,
the
language
that
people
would
see
has
to
be
set
by
a
resolution
of
this
body.
So
a
separate
but
related
action.
A
resolution
setting
forward
the
ballot
language
has
to
also
be
adopted
by
this
body.
Both
an
ordinance
and
a
resolution
under
our
Charter
require
a
minimum
of
seven
affirmative
votes.
AB
The
fixed
membership
of
the
body,
seven
affirmative
votes
for
passage
once
those
acts
are
approved
by
this
body
with
seven
or
more
votes.
They're,
subject
to
consideration
by
the
mayor.
The
mayor
has
five
days
under
the
charter,
not
including
Sundays,
in
which
to
consider
an
act.
The
mayor
has
three
options,
as
he
always
has
on
any
action
of
the
city
council.
The
mayor
can
approve
what
the
council
has
submitted
and
authenticate
that
by
signature
and
return
it
to
us
in
that
instance,
the
process
moves
forward,
and
the
question
is
referred
to
the
voters.
AB
The
mayor
can
take
no
action
within
those
five
days
and
return
those
actions
to
the
city
clerk's
office,
in
which
case
they're
deemed
approved,
and
they
go
forward
to
the
voters
or,
as
we
know,
the
mayor
can
veto
the
council's
action.
In
that
case,
the
ACT
returns
to
the
next
regular
council
meeting
meeting
the
full
body
and
the
council
if
it
can
achieve
a
two-thirds
majority
of
the
entire
membership,
meaning
at
least
nine
affirmative
votes
can
choose
to
override
a
mayoral
veto.
AB
If
a
veto
is
put
in
place
by
the
mayor,
and
if
the
council
can
achieve
that,
two-thirds
super
majority
vote
to
overturn
the
mayor's
veto.
Then
the
question
could
be
referred
to
the
voters.
The
ultimate
timeline
here,
notwithstanding
the
council's
legislative
process
and
how
much
time
that
may
consume
is
also
set
by
Statute
and
under
Minnesota
statutes,
205.16
subdivisions
four
and
five.
AB
The
city
clerk
must
transmit
to
both
the
county
auditor
and
to
the
Secretary
of
State
any
ballot
questions
to
be
referred
to
voters
at
a
general
election,
no
less
than
74
days
prior
to
the
date
of
the
general
election.
Given
our
general
election
this
year
in
November
for
the
74-day
period
means
that
the
deadline
by
which
all
action
must
be
completed
this
year
is
Friday
August
25th.
AB
So
by
close
of
day
on
Friday
August
25th,
the
council
will
have
needed
to
take
all
actions
in
order
to
take
action
on
an
ordinance
to
pass
an
ordinance
to
pass
a
resolution
to
reconsider
an
email
veto.
If
there
is
to
be
such
I
will
note
that,
based
on
the
council's
current
calendar,
the
last
regular
scheduled
meeting
of
the
full
city
council
prior
to
that
statutory
deadline
is
Thursday.
August
17th.
AB
Once
the
council
has
completed
all
of
that
work
and
assuming
that
a
ballot
question
is
ready
to
refer
to
voters
this
year,
it
would
go
to
the
ballot
in
November
and
then
based
on
the
outcome
of
those
voting
on
the
question.
A
majority
voting
in
the
affirmative.
The
question
would
be
approved.
There
would
need
to
be
careful
consideration.
I
would
caution
by
the
body,
as
it
crafts
an
ordinance
in
terms
of
effective
date,
absent
an
effective
date
in
the
ordinance
I
think
the
presumption
would
be
that
the
ordinance
would
become
effective
within
30
days.
AB
Clearly,
the
City
of
Minneapolis
is
not
prepared
within
a
month
to
do
all
of
the
work
necessary
to
prepare
to
staff,
to
Resource
to
budget
for
what
the
rent
stabilization
policy
May
anticipate,
and
so
that
consideration
would
also
need
to
be
considered,
as
you
consult
with
your
attorneys
in
the
drafting
of
an
ordinance,
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
present
that
and
happy
to
stand
for
any
questions
on
process.
If
there
are
any.
A
A
AB
The
process
normally
would
there's
a
formal
process
and
then
an
informal
process
to
get
us
there.
The
informal
process
is
that
we
need
to
find
some
consensus
amongst
the
majority
of
the
body
that
consensus
that
informs
the
attorneys.
What
to
draft
the
the
formal
process,
of
course,
is
a
notice
of
intent
to
introduce
that
is
made
at
any
regular
meeting
the
full
body
and
that
notice
to
introduce
then
Begins.
AB
The
the
council's
legislative
process,
I
think
on
behalf
of
staff,
I
would
say
for
us
to
begin
that
process
of
bringing
forward
any
sort
of
an
outline
and
actual
draft
of
a
policy.
We
would
need
to
make
sure
that
there
are
at
least
seven
council
members
who
are
in
alignment
on
what
those
Provisions
may
be.
The
elements
of
a
policy
might
be
okay,.
A
So,
but
I
also
just
want
to
kind
of
describe
that
today's
action
is
a
receiving
file
and
those
of
us
that
are
not
enthusiastic
voting
for
a
receiving
file
isn't
a
vote.
It's
a
vote
to
take
the
information
from
staff
and
it's
up
to
those
that
are
wanting
to
move
forward
to
move
through
the
council
process
and
there
will
be
a
public
hearing.
Is
that
correct?
Yes,.
AB
Madam
chair,
as
you
said,
today's
action
is
to
receive
the
the
feedback,
recommendations,
report
and
comments
from
staff
once
that
process
begins
officially
after
notice
and
as
we
go
through
the
regular
steps
of
the
legislative
process.
There
is,
of
course,
an
opportunity
for
a
formal
public
hearing,
and
people
can
engage
that
process
at
that
point.
I.
A
AB
Would
also
Madam
chair
I
should
have
mentioned
this
state
law
requires
and
and
for
fairness
on
all
sides
of
an
issue.
We
don't
just
have
a
general
public
comment
period
at
meetings.
We
would
give
notice
of
that.
The
notice
would
be
given
when
the
agenda
is
published,
there's
at
least
a
three-day
provision
in
advance
so
that
all
sides
can
prepare
can
get
their
themselves
and
Advocates
ready
to
come
forward
and
participate
in
that
public
hearing
process.
R
Thank
you,
Mr
Carl,
I,
wanted
to
just
I,
think
I
know
the
answer
to
most
of
these
questions,
but
just
wanted
to
get
your
your
reaction.
With
the
passage
of
question
three
with
question.
Three
we
gave
ourselves
we
gave
the
council
gave
itself
Authority
the
vote.
People
gave
the
council
the
authority
to
pursue
this
policy,
but
there's
nothing
in
that
in
within
question
three.
That
said
that
this
policy
had
to
be
pursued,
pursued,
sort
of
within
the
consecutive
year
right.
This
now
is
just
an
authority
that
the
council
has.
R
We
could
theoretically
pursue
this
policy
in
a
year.
Should
there
not
be
enough
support?
You
know
a
threshold
of
seven
to
pursue
this
policy.
AB
Is
that
correct,
councilmember,
Ellison,
you're,
correct
the
authority
given
by
the
people
was
that
you
may
consider
a
policy.
There
is
no
timeline,
and
if
it's
not
this
year
or
the
next
year,
five
years,
ten
years,
that
Authority
remains
in
place
until
it's
changed
by
either
the
council
or
vote
of
the
people.
Great.
R
Thank
you
and
and
I
had
one
more
question
on
this
portion
of
the
policy,
but
it
kind
of
escapes
me
right
now:
I
did
have
not
so
much
questions,
but
I
did
sort
of
have
some
reactions.
I
feel
like
mostly
in
the
last
in
the
last
couple
of
weeks.
R
I've
had
some
opportunity
to
you
know,
have
the
conversations
that
I
need
to
have
in
terms
of
you
know
the
questions
I
had
on
the
day
where
we
got
the
presentation,
so
I
feel
like
a
lot
of
those
questions
are
are
resolved,
but
I
did
want
to
talk
a
lot
a
little
bit
about
the
council's
policy
making
process
because
it
did
occur
to
me
as
we
were
getting
the
presentation
that
there's
always
been
a
certain
element.
R
I
feel
like
you,
you've
noted
this
of
informality
to
how
we
create
policy,
how
we
create
ordinances
in
the
city.
Council.
That's
always
existed,
but
there
have
been
some
norms
and
I've
noticed
that
those
Norms
have
been
largely
absent
in
this
process,
usually
even
as
we've
gotten
policy
recommendations
from
external
boards.
You
know,
authors
of
those
legislations
would
work
with
relevant
staff
to
figure
out
what
would
be
presented
to
the
public.
Then
we'd
have
a
public
hearing
and
those
kinds
of
things
in
that
time.
R
That
sort
of
informal
time,
there's
time
to
mitigate
unintended
consequences
of
a
potential
policy.
I
know
that
myself
and
attorney
Nielsen
were
able
to
work
and
staff
were
able
to
work
on
limited,
look
back
and
a
number
of
other
things
that
we
kept
running
into
problems
that
we
had
to
mitigate,
because
we
thought
that
there
was
a
solution
there
as
well,
but
there
were
also
some
problems
that
we
had
to
mitigate
along
the
way
those
problems
draft
one
of
that
right.
R
That
sort
of
had
that
was
at
its
rawest,
wasn't
presented
to
the
council
and
and
and
presented
this
policy.
Was
it
kind
of
felt
like
we've,
had
two
versions
of
the
policy
at
from
my
vantage
point
as
a
council
member
at
their
draft
one
and
and
so
I,
just
sort
of
noticed
that
that
was
that's
kind
of
how
things
played
out
and
it
does
feel
like
it
has
put.
R
You
know,
folks,
on
either
side
of
this
issue
sort
of
in
a
in
a
weird
place
when
it
comes
to
advocating
for
this
issue,
because
there
are
now
presumed
conclusions
about
the
policy
without
that
without
that
sort
of
informal
due
diligence,
there's
not
really
a
question
in
there,
but
that
was
sort
of
an
observation
that
I
had
and
I.
R
Don't
know
if
that
reflects
sort
of
your
observation
of
some
of
the
Norms
that
we've
taken
to
create
policy,
but
it
does
feel
like,
despite
you
know,
nothing
being
written
down
that
that
some
Norms
weren't
followed
in
this
process
so
far.
AB
Madam
chair,
if
I
I
might
to
councilor
Ellison
I'm
I
may
differ
with
you
in
some
regard.
This
body,
with
the
mayor
appointed
a
group
of
individuals
representing
a
diverse
perspective
of
stakeholders
across
the
community
to
give
their
input
to
you.
They
came
up
with
two
recommendations.
We
have
yet
as
a
city
Enterprise
to
even
put
pen
to
paper
to
come
up
with
the
outline
of
a
draft
So.
When
you
say
this,
we
we
have
a
draft
before
us.
We
do
not.
AB
We
have
a
report
from
a
group
you
all
put
together
to
give
you
advice.
They
gave
you
two
different
recommendations
at
this
point
in
the
process.
I
agree
with
you.
There
is
the
formal
and
informal,
and
one
of
the
things
you've
heard
me
say
many
many
times
all
of
you
have
heard
is
that
when
we
move
away
from
our
rules
and
our
structures,
we
tend
to
have
the
train
come
off
the
tracks,
and
then
it
takes
a
lot
of
effort
to
put
the
train
back
on
the
tracks.
AB
The
the
point
now
is
for
the
body
at
least
the
majority
of
the
body
to
to
tell
staff.
We
we
like
these
elements
and
these
provisions,
and
then
that
starts
that
drafting
process.
That
does
not,
however,
once
that
consensus,
the
body
gives
staff
Direction,
prevent
staff
and
council
members
from
from
doing
that
sort
of
Hands-On.
What
what
next
and
what
Provisions
do?
We
need
to
tweak
so
I
think
that
what
I
would
offer
in
response
is
we
haven't
even
begun.
AB
R
Thank
you,
I
think,
that's
a
great
way
to
sort
of
summarize
it
and
I
think
it's
probably
reflected
some
of
my
individual
sort
of
confusion
about
how
this
has
been
going.
I
know
that
the
council's
sort
of
taken
the
action
to
to
get
us
here
so
I'm,
not
not
blaming
anyone
or
thinking
that
there
was
an
ulterior
motive
here,
but
as
we
were
getting
the
presentation,
both
our
private
presentations
and
the
public
one,
it
just
occurred
to
me.
R
Something
seemed
a
little
out
of
Step
here
and
to
that
end,
I
I
think
that
it's
it's
it's
important
that
the
that
the
public
realize
that
the
analysis
that
we've
gotten
is
an
analysis
of
two
specific
Frameworks
and
and
and
I
think
that
staff
has
worked
in
good
faith
to
create
that
analysis.
I,
don't
have
a
criticism
of
that
particular
analysis.
R
I,
do
think
that
there's
I
do
think
that
there
are
a
lot
of
people
in
the
community
both
with
expertise
but
also
Advocates,
without
expertise
but
lived
experience
who
who
are
advocating
for
this
policy
and
as
a
policy
maker,
as
somebody
who
represents
a
ward
who
would
greatly
benefit
from
from
rents,
not
increasing
exponentially
I.
Think
that
that
really
matters
I
think
also
just
for
the
sake
of
the
public.
R
Again,
not
necessarily
a
question
I
think
it's
really
important
to
say
for
me
to
for
me
to
sort
of
voice,
an
observation
which
is
that
you
know
we
heard
in
the
presentation
a
lot
of
how
a
potential
rent
control
policy
could
generate
gentrification,
but
we're
also
seeing
folks
who
have
expertise
in
gentrification
still
advocating
on
some
level
for
a
version
of
this
policy,
and
so
that
is
something
that
I'm
I.
Think
that
you
know
for
folks
who
are
wondering
all
right.
We
got
this
presentation.
We
got
this
information,
you
know.
R
Obviously
it's
all
bad.
Why
is
the
council
still
having
this
discussion?
Well,
that's
why
the
framework
the
analysis
was
complete,
completed
but
narrow
in
its
scope,
and
also
we
have
people
in
our
communities
with
expertise
who
I
think
really
believe
in
a
version
of
this
policy,
and
so
I
don't
have
too
many
questions.
I
really
do
appreciate.
Stat
I
really
appreciate
the
work
group.
I
will
say
that
there
was
a.
There
was
a
part
of
me
that
I
wanted
to
apologize
to
the
work
group.
I
think
that
you
know
they
presented
two
policies.
R
I
think
you
know,
while
the
the
due
diligence
on
those
two
policies
were
important
and
valuable,
the
general
places
where
they
landed
on
the
spectrum
of
what
kind
of
rent
control
people
would
want
is
kind
of
what
we
assumed
at
the
beginning
of
the
year
and
so
I
think
that
that
you
know
I
hope
folks,
don't
feel
like
their
advice
was
sort
of
not
heated,
or
you
know
that
their
time
was
wasted
because
I
think
a
lot
of
people
put
a
lot
of
effort
into
into
being
there.
R
You
know
for
now
I
think
that
that's
my
analysis.
Those
are
my
comments.
R
I've
hit
my
seven
minutes,
so
there
you
go,
I,
wasn't
even
looking
at
the
timer
so
right
on
time.
Thank
you
to
Madam,
chair
and
I'll
turn
it
over
to
my
colleagues.
A
D
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and,
first
of
all,
I
have
to
thank
the
staff
for
all
this
and
all
the
different
departments
and
I
see
director
Brennan
out
there.
So
thank
you
for
your
leadership
and
all
this.
It's
appreciated.
I
do
have
just
a
couple
more
more
questions.
We
all
share
the
the
goal
of
safe,
affordable
housing
in
the
past
councils
have
put
some
policies
in
place.
Could
you
maybe
talk?
D
Oh
somebody
talk
about
the
current
strategies
that
we
have
for
affordable
housing,
especially
inclusionary
zoning,
which
I'm
really
curious
about
and
I
do
have
one
more
question
after
that.
AC
Good
afternoon
I'll
Freeport
housing
director
for
the
City
of
Minneapolis
through
the
Department
of
community
plan
and
economic
development
through
the
chair,
councilmember
rainville.
There
are
we're
in
the
process
of
completing
our
way
home
report,
our
annual
housing
strategies
report
and
hopefully,
by
the
next
base
committee,
we'll
be
bringing
forth
a
presentation.
AC
But
in
that
report
it
highlights
seven
key
strategies
and
I'll
just
go
over
them
for
the
purposes
of
this
and
then
give
you
a
sneak
preview
on
what
you'll
see
when
we
present
increase
housing,
Supply
diversity
and
affordability
in
all
neighborhoods
produce,
more
affordable
rental
housing
and
preserve
subsidized,
affordable
rental
housing
for
30
years
or
more
Reserve,
unsubsidized,
naturally
occurring
house.
AC
Affordable,
housing
improve
and
sustain
access
to
home
ownership,
especially
among
low-income
black
indigenous
people
of
color
residence
support,
renters,
prevent
and
end
homelessness
and
maximize
potential
of
publicly
owned
land
to
meet
City
housing
goals,
as
it
relates
to
the
report
itself.
Some
of
the
things
that
you
would
see
and
I
I'm
going
to
highlight
a
few
things
that
are
key
to
the
discussions
that
we're
having
right
now
in
2022.
For
instance,
the
city
closed
on
the
financing
of
919
new,
affordable
rental
units.
AC
This
is
a
historic
high
for
the
city,
the
previous
three
years
we
averaged
634
units
per
per
year
between
2019
and
2021,
also
a
historic
High.
That's
compared
to
322
units
of
affordable
housing
between
2011
and
2018..
After
two
of
the
919
units
closed
in
2022,
264
of
those
units
were
unaffordable
to
households
at
30
Emi.
That's
about
35,
000
dollars
for
a
family
of
four
and
in
context,
a
mother
and
three
kids
that
mother
making
16
an
hour
working
full-time.
AC
That's
nearly
six
and
a
half
times
the
number
of
30
percent
units
completed
in
the
previous
2011
through
2018..
We've
also
made
some
headways
on
on
the
home
ownership
front
and
through
our
programs
between
2018
and
2022,
we've
assisted
5,
000
households
move
into
homeownership.
Seventy
percent
of
those
families
were
bypoc
and
the
average
income
for
those
families
were
50
of
the
area
of
billion
income.
We
also
preserved
2500
units
of
a
naturally
occurring,
affordable
housing.
AC
Those
things
are
are
critical
to
some
of
the
discussions
that
we're
having
here,
specifically
as
it
relates
to
your
question
around
inclusionary
zoning,
the
sense
since
we
we
adopted
the
inclusionary
zoning
policy.
There
are
23
projects
that
have
permitted
totaling
3898
total
dwelling
units,
189
of
those
units
were
affordable
at
sixty
percent
or
below,
and
and
187
of
them
were
were
affordable
student
bedrooms.
AC
We
also
had
developers
pay
an
elohi
of
6.8
million
dollars
and
all
of
those
resources
would
go
to
support
the
affordable
housing
trust
fund.
I
want
to
also
add
that
we
to
move
forward
with
the
adoption
of
a
inclusionary
zoning
policy.
There
will
be
a
need
for
us
to
go
back
and
just
an
analyze,
the
the
feasibility
or
the
viability
of
that
of
that
tool
against
whatever
is
adapted
by
this
by
this
body,
so
I
I.
Those
are
the
questions.
I
mean
responses
that
I
have.
AC
Yeah,
so
at
the
time
when,
when
the
policy
was
enacted,
we
had
we
viewed
it
from
a
lens
where
we
had
lower
interest
rates,
the
market,
the
construction
cost,
where
were
not
as
high
as
it
is
today,
the
labor
costs
weren't
as
high
as
it
is
today.
So
there
will
be
a
need
for
us
to
for
us
to
do
that.
We
are.
AC
We
are
planning
on
doing
that
anyway,
with
regards
to
since
the
the
program
has
been
in
or
the
policy
has
been
in
place,
so
we
will
be
coming
back
in
in
2024
to
give
you
an
update.
Thank.
D
You
and
I
have
one
last
question.
So
could
someone
on
staff
explain
I
know
the
last
Council
passed
very
many
strong
renter
protection
policies
and
if
someone
could
outline
those
renter
protection
policies
and.
AC
I
had
hear
from
Rec
Services
coming
in.
Thank
you.
AD
Hi
Kira
hessbergen,
deputy
director
and
operations,
and
engagement
and
Regulatory
Services
chair
Goodman,
councilmember
rainville.
Thank
you
very
much
for
that
question
regulatory
services
and
looking
at
the
renter
first
housing
policy
as
an
academic
host
of
different
programs.
So
I'll
go
through
those
sort
of
policies
to
talk
to
you
about
what
those
are.
The
first
is
the
advanced
notice
of
sale
until
that
focuses
on
building
owners,
who
have
properties
naturally
occurring
affordable
housing
properties
to
provide
notice
of
sale
I'm
in
advance.
AD
So
that
way
their
renters
know
they
must
notify
the
residents
and
give
them
that
ability.
Excuse
me
about
the
ability
to
know
about
the
building
sale.
The
second
is
looking
at
inclusive
screening
criteria
and
security
deposits,
so
that
basically
sets
limits
on
what
they
can
use
when
they
look
at
that
background
check
and
then
also
what
you
can
cap
or
what
you
can
require
for
a
security
deposit,
there's
also
a
rental
relocation
assistance.
So,
in
the
case
of
a
rental
license
being
revoked,
denied
or
canceled,
the
property
owner
has
a
responsibility
to
provide
relocation.
AD
Assistance
equals
to
three
months
of
rent,
and
that
applies
in
situations
where
the
renter
is
forced
to
vacate
due
to
conditions
that
were
within
the
property
owner
property
managers,
control
and
there's
also
eviction
protections.
And
so
that
means
then
that
the
property
owner
must
provide
14
days
written
notice
about
the
eviction.
So
they
have
that
time,
Time
Event,
renergy
disclosure.
What
that
looks
at
is
it
requires
Property
Owners
to
disclose
energy
use
at
the
time
of
rent.
AD
So
as
those
living
in
the
property
are
really
thinking
about
their
budgets,
what
they
might
think
that
could
be
so
that
can
factor
into
their
decision
and
then
the
right
to
council
is
one
of
the
last
ones
which
ensures
that
low-income
renters
have
the
ability,
if
their
income
is
less
than
200
percent,
of
the
federal
the
poverty
line
to
have
Council.
I
Sounds
good.
Thank
you.
Madam
chair
I
wanted
to
just
start
with
a
quick
follow-up
to
the
staff,
responds
to
question
number
three
I
really
really
appreciate
the
thoughtfulness
that
staff
put
into
this
I
think
Matthew.
You
presented
on
this
one
I
like
looking
through
looking
through
the
the
representative
topics
that
were
that
were
covered
in
interviewing
those,
the
those
about
their
experiences
and
the
role
of
the
market
owners,
landlords
developers.
I
The
list
that's
shared
here,
I
see
a
really
thoughtful
list
of
questions
and
I
I'm,
very,
very
impressed
by
how
open-ended
these
questions
were
to
allow
to
allow
those
who
are
being
interviewed
to
actually
share
their
experience.
I
I
often
find
that
when
we
conduct
Community
engagement
as
an
Enterprise,
we
we
offer
binaries
to
people,
and
we
don't
ask
open-ended
questions
that
allow
for
for,
like
for
such
a
thoughtful
response
from
from
folks,
so
I'm
wondering
if
we,
if,
if
the
city
has
any
plans
to
do
a
similar
type
of
Engagement
with
with
tenants
in
our
city,
who
would
also
be
very
deeply
impacted
by
such
a
policy
to
ask
them
similar
questions
about
their
opinions
on
framework
five
and
framework.
I
Seven
and
components
of
the
policy
that
are
critical
for
them,
foreign.
O
For
that
question,
that
was
not
our
charge
for
this
exercise,
so
what
we
were,
what
staff
was
asked
to
do
is
basically
a
fiscal
analysis
of
the
very
specific
Frameworks
that
came
out
of
the
rent
stabilization
work
group.
O
So,
as
councilmember
Ellison
pointed
out
earlier,
our
scope
of
work
was
very
limited,
so
it
did
not
include
the
the
resolution
that
the
city
council
adopted,
creating
the
rent
stabilization
work
group
did
include
tenant
interests
in
in
network
group
as
you
as
you
well
know,
but
there
was
no
further
charge
to
do
any
direct
engagement
with
with
renters
as
part
of
the
the
work
that
was
identified
in
the
in
the
resolution.
O
So
if,
if
the
council
wants
to
move
forward
with
a
specific
rent,
stabilization
policy,
that
would
be
you
know,
in
addition
to
the
required
like
hearing
that
would
be
required
as
part
of
the
ordinance
process
that
city
clerk
Carl
laid
out
earlier.
That
would
be
up
to
the
discretion
of
the
council.
What
kind
of
a
process
you
wanted
to
pursue
in
developing
that
policy
and
what
kind
of
Engagement
you
wanted
to
do.
I
Sounds
good.
Thank
you.
You
know.
I
I
wanted
to
just
a
couple
base
a
couple
of
conclusions
that
I
wanted
to
share
here,
based
on
the
the
two
presentations
that
we've
now
had
from
staff
in
a
couple
of
weeks
to
really
digest
this
report.
I
I
think
that
it's
it's
just
really
important
for
us
as
policy
makers,
but
then
also
for
the
public
when
we
are
what
like,
when
we
are
receiving
this
presentation
from
staff
reading
the
report
from
staff,
it
is
easy
to
reach
the
conclusion
that
everything
in
the
report
is
fact
and
I.
Think
I
remember
when
Miss
Dobson
presented
last
time.
I
She
might
have
talked
about
this,
but
these
are
just
your
best
guesses,
based
on
the
information
that
you
that
that
is
that
you
found
to
be
relevant
at
this
time.
Right
and
I
was
reminded
of
this.
I
As
I
was
reading
the
the
letter
from
the
from
the
company,
we
asked
to
to
complete
the
economic
analysis,
RFP
and,
and
they
even
tell
us,
you
know,
building
a
model
that
that
changes,
development
potential
as
rent
levels
change
is
easy,
but
building
one
that
is
accurate
and
defensible
is,
is
anything
but
and
so
just
reminding
ourselves
and
and
each
other
that
these
are
just
our
best
guesses,
your
best
guesses.
At
this
time.
These
are
not
fact.
This
is
not
defensible
by
by
subject
matter.
I
Experts
and
I
think
I
think
that's
all
I've
got
for
now.
I'm
gonna.
A
O
Brennan
sure
thank
you,
madam
chair
and
councilmember
chug
Tai,
with
all
due
respect.
I
would
not
characterize
the
report
that
staff
did
as
a
guess
and
I
I
I
mean
we
obviously
believe
with
our
Collective
expertise,
which
is
extensive
and
spans
Decades
of
financing,
developing
housing,
affordable
housing
of
creating
implementing
the
policy
framework
that
supports
the
production,
the
record
historic
record
of
production
of
not
just
affordable
housing,
but
market
rate
housing
in
our
city.
O
This
is
staff
that
has
been
working
on
developing
and
implementing
these
policies
that
has
been
extremely
effective
in
in
advancing
the
city's
goals
around
producing
more
housing
of
all
kinds,
as
well
as
producing
record
levels
of
affordable
housing
staff.
Absolutely
maintain
in
this
report
that
are
we
meeting
the
needs,
absolutely
not
not
by
a
long
shot,
and
so
we
also
understand
the
tension
here
about
needing.
O
You
know
what
what
are
those
additional
Investments?
What
are
those
additional
policies
that
we
can
do
to
address
the
the
issue
that
has
been
identified,
which
is
that
too
many
individuals
too
many
families
in
our
city
are
paying
more
than
they
can
afford
for
rent
or
aren't
able
to
even
Access
housing?
O
And
that
is
a
problem
that
we
we
discussed
in
our
report
and
we
identify
what
we
consider
to
be
much
more
targeted
and
effective
solutions
to
addressing
those
needs
in
in
lieu
of
of
a
rent,
stabilization
policy,
so
I
just
I
wanted
to
you
know:
do
we?
Can
we
factually
say
that
we
have?
You
know
uncontested
proof
that
what
we
say
what
we
strongly
believe
will
happen
based
on
our
experience
to
the
housing
market
with
the
rent
stabilization
in
policy.
No,
but,
conversely,
there
is
no
there.
O
There's
there's,
no
proof
that
what
we're
saying
is
likely
to
happen
will
not
happen
either.
So
I
just
I,
think
it's
an
important
distinction
and
I
guess
I,
just
don't
I,
don't
think
our
staff
team
would
necessarily
agree
that
the
with
the
characterization
of
the
report
being
a
guess.
S
Left
sure
good
man,
I
did
have
a
statement.
I
just
want
to
make
some
clarifications
that
were
not
two
recommendations.
The
group
came
out
with
one
recommendation
that
received
the
majority
of
the
vote.
The
goal
post
just
happened
to
move
as
it
became
clear
that
the
work
group
was
going
to
recommend
a
strong
rent
civilization
policy
that
would
serve
the
communities
that
are
burdened
by
rentcreases
in
the
City
of
Minneapolis.
I.
S
I
represent
the
most
racially
diverse
world
in
the
entire
city
of
Minneapolis.
My
consider
transported
with
70
70,
yes
on
question
three,
to
enact
this
policy
to
to
authorize
the
city
council
to
our
enact
policy,
and
this
doesn't
even
include
the
residents
that
can't
vote
in
my
district,
which
is
a
big
majority
of
it,
undocumented
folks
that
believe
that
rent
control
will
support
them
and
not
allow
them
to
go
homeless.
S
If
you
knock
on
doors,
if
you
hear
from
communion
Timbers
and
do
community
engagement,
you
will
hear
about
the
families
that
are
being
impacted
by
the
rising
cost
of
rent
people
that
have
to
choose
between
food
for
their
family
or
roof
over
their
head
college.
Students
have
to
pay
for
their
expensive
tuition
along
with
housing.
The
working
mother
that
is
single,
that
has
to
balance
three
jobs
and
still
cannot
afford
rents
and
the
families
that
have
to
make
sacrifice
to
barely
get
by.
S
S
The
answer
to
this
is
that
the
gbi
will
increase
or
support
our
community
members
in
this
moment,
because
we
know
that
it
would
only
be
for
a
pilot
that
will
be
for
a
limited
amount
of
people
in
the
city,
while
the
others
are
going
to
be
left
to
starve
and
be
left
homeless
or
be
able
to
have
to
make
sacrifices
and
I'll
just
say
this.
This
isn't
about
framework
five
or
framework.
Seven.
It's
that
residents
across
Minneapolis
gave
us
a
trust
and
power
to
move
on
to
policy.
S
I
looked
at
the
data
and
saw
the
areas
in
Minneapolis
with
more
communities
of
colors
and
immigrants
that
voted
in
favor
of
establishing
this
policy.
Let's
look
at
North
Side
Ward
4
voted
in
favor
Ward
5
59
voted
in
favor
Ward,
six
79
important
in
favor
Ward
8
61
warden
in
favor,
Ward
9,
my
ward
70
voted
in
favor
and
let's
look
at
the
majority
renter
community
in
Ward,
10
66
voted
in
favor
I
believe
in
a
city
that
cares
about
renters
as
much
as
it
cares
about
corporate
developers.
E
S
Thank
you,
I
guess.
My
point
is
I
want
to
figure
out
how
much
it's
going
to
cost
to
scale
up
gbi
and
the
stable
homes
and
stable
schools
program
to
make
sure
that
every
Community
member
that
is
struggling
by
the
rent
hikes
in
this
city
are
going
to
be
protected
and
served
because
if
that's
a
recommendation,
we're
going
to
establish
in
the
city,
let's
do
it
now
and
let's
protect
these
families.
But
until
then
we
need
to
next
song
rent
control.
Now.
A
Members
of
the
councils
again
I
especially
want
to
thank
council
members,
Ellison
and
chagtai,
who
submitted
written
questions
and
deferred
questions
to
others
at
the
last
meeting.
I
want
to
thank
all
the
staff
professional
staff
who
worked
on
the
project
and
put
so
much
time
into
it,
seeing
no
further
business
before
us
and
without
objection
I'm
going
to
declare
the
meeting
adjourned.