>> EVENING AND WELCOME TO THIS REGULAR MEETING OF T BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND TAXATION FOR DECEMBER 10, 2025. MY NAME IS STEVE BRANDT, I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE BET. BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING, I'D LIKE THE CLERK TO REPEAT A REMINDER TO PEOPLE WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS
MEETING. >> BEFORE WE BEGIN, I WANT TO OFFER A FRIENDLY REMINDER TO ALL MEMBERS, STAFF, AND THE PUBLIC THAT THESE MEETINGS ARE BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THESE BROADCASTS INCLUDEREAL-TIME CAPTIONING AS A FURTHER METHOD
TO INCREASE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR PROCEEDINGS TO THE COMMUNITY. THEREFORE, ALL SPEAKERS NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THE RATE OF THEIR SPEECH SO THAT OUR CAPTIONERS CAN FULLY CAPTURE AND TRANSCRIBE ALL COMMENTS FOR THE BROADCAST. WE ASK ALL SPEAKERS TO MODERATE THE SPEED AND CLARITY OF THEIR COMMENTS.
>> ALL RIGHT. I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL SO WE CAN VERIFY THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. >> MEMBER FREY. >> HERE. >> ABENE. >> PRESENT. >> PAYNE. >> PRESENT. >> CHUGHTAI IS ABSENT.ICE
PRESIDENT PREE-STINSON IS ABSENT. PRESIDENT BRANDT. >> PRESENT. >> THERE ARE FOUR MEMBERS PRESE >> ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT WE ONLY HAVE A QUORUM TODAY FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES. WHEN COMMISSIONER ABENE NEEDS TO MEET
AT A CONFLICTING PARK BOARD MEETING. UNDERSTANDABLY SHE NEEDS TO BE THERE AS THE PRESIDENT. I'LL NOW OFFER AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT WE MEET TODAY ON T LAND OF THE DAKOTA AND OJIBWE. AND WILL NOW PROCEED TO OUR AGENDA. A COPY OF WHICH
WAS POSTED FOR PUBLIC ACCESS ON THE CITY'S LIMS AVAILABLE AT LIMS.MINNEAPOLISMN.GOV BOARD MEMBERS, THE AGENDA IS BEFORE US. CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT
THE AGENDA? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A PROPER MOTION BEFORE US. ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT AND THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. NEXT IS THE ACCEPTANCE
OF MINUTES FROM NOVEMBER 12, 2025. MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. >> SECOND. >> ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> THOSE OPPOSED NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT AND THE MINUTES ARE
ACCEPTED. ITEM 4 IS THE ACCEPTANCE OF PUBLIC COMMENT. THE CLERK INFORMED ME WE DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY ATTENDING TODAY TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT. SO WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA. I'M GOING TO DEPART FROM THE PUBLISHED AGENDA AND
TAKE UP FIRST A MUST DO ANDHAT IS THE ADOPTION OF THE 2025 BUDGET AND TAX LEVY. WHICH IS BEFORE YOU. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> POINT OF INFORMATION. YOU SAID 2025 LEVY.
>> EXCUSE ME. 2026. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ABENE. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE TIME TO DISCUSS THIS BUT CIRCUMSTANCE DO NOT ALLOW IT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE AYE. >> AYE. >> OPPOSED? OKAY. THE MOTION IS
PASSED. WE NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 7, WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED BY -- LET'S SEE, BOND PROCEEDS REALLOCATION RESOLUTION. WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED BRIEFLY BY THE
FINANCE STAFF. MR. -- >> GOOD AFTERNOON, PRESIDENT BRANDT AND COMMISSIONERS. I'M DAVE WHEELER. WE JUST HAVE ONE
ITEM TODAY. IT'S A CONCURRING TO ACTION TAKEN IN NOVEMBER. THIS RELATES TO THE ANNUAL PROJECT CLOSE OUTS BY PUBLIC WORKS. INCLUDED IN YOUR MEETING PACKETS AND DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN IS A TABLE OF THE PROJECT REALLOCATIONS AND PROJECTS TO BE
CLOSED OUT AND THEIR VARIOUS AMOUNTS. THIS IS AN ANNUAL EXERCISE PUBLIC WORKS DOES WHEN PROJECTS ARE TAKEN ABOUT AS FAR AS THEY CAN GO. THERE'S N OTHER WORK TO BE DONE OR COSTS TO BE SPENT, EXPENSES TO BE PAID. THESE PROJECTS ARE CLOSED OUT.
FOR VARIOUS REASONS, CERTAIN PROJECTS DO HAVE BONDS PROCEEDS REMAINING IN THEIR ACCOUNTS. THOSE NEED TO BE REALLOCATED BEFORE THEY CAN BE CLOSED AND GO INTO ANOTHER PROJECT WHERE THOSE MONEYS CAN BE SPENT IN A TIMELY
MANNER. AMOUNTS TOTALING $1.46 MILLION. REALLOCATED TO THE PROJECTS BELOW. A SMALL PORTION GOING INTO THE DEBT SERVICE FUND. THAT'S ALL WE HAVE FOR TODAY. THIS WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER. AND I CAN STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU
MIGHT HAVE. IF IT'S ANY PROJECT-SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, I WILL LIKELY DEFER TO PUBLIC WORKS AND HAVE A CONFIDENT ANSWER FOR YOU. BUT I'M HAPPY TO SPEAK TO ANYTHING I CAN. THANKS. >> ALL RIGHT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO NOTE I'LL BE VOTING NAY ON THIS
MATTER. I HAVE AN OUTSTANDING QUESTION ON IT AND I HATE TO VOTE ON THINGS UNTIL I UNDERSTAND ALL THE RAMIFICATIONS. BUT I BELIEVE WE HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE HERE TO APPROVE IT. SO SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
OF APPROVING OUR CLOSE-OUT BOND PROCEEDINGS REALLOCATION RESOLUTION, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. >> AYE. >> OPPOSED. NAY. WE NOW MOVE TH MATTER IS ADOPTED. AND WE NEXT MOVE ON TO A VERY BRIEF
PRESENTATION ON ROUTINE MATTER INVOLVING THE ISSUANCE OF TAX EXEMPT GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR ASSESSMENT PROJECTS. MISTER, I'M WONDERING IF WE NEED TO HAVE A PRESENTATION, ALAN, OR WHETHER
THE MEMO SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. >> ALLEN HOPPE, MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THE CLERKS HAVE MEMO TO SUPPORT THAT. SO
TYPICALLY IT IS A RECEIVE AND FILE ITEM. >> CORRECT. THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. WITH NO OBJECTION, WE'LL RECEIVE AND FILE THIS ITEM. AND WE MOVE ON THEN TO A
RESOLUTION THAT WILL RECOGNIZE THE SERVICE OF COMMISSIONER PREE-STINSON WHO COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY. I WONDER IF THE CLERK WOULD MIND READING THAT
RESOLUTION. >> RESOLVED BY THE MINNEAPOLIS BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND TAXATION, HORING SAMANTHA PREE-STINSON FOR HER SERVICE AND DEDICATION
TO THE BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND TAXATION. WHEREAS SAMANTHA WAS RST ELECTED TO THE BOARD, BET, IN 2021. SERVING AS THE PRESIDENT FOR FIRST TWO YEARS AND VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE FINAL TWO YEARS. AND WHEREAS, SAMANTHA
MADE HISTORY BY BEING THE FIRST BLACK CHICANA ELECTED TO THE BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND TAXATION, AND WHEREAS SAMANTHA COMPASSIONATELY DREW FROM HER OWN LIFE EXPERIENCES AS A U.S. ARMY SERGEANT COMBAT MEDIC
VETERAN AND COMMUNITY LEADER TO SPEAK UP FOR THE VOICELESS, INCLUDING UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS, YOUTH, RESIDENTS OF HISTORICALLY RED-LINED AREAS. AND WHEREAS SAMANTHA WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN SUPPORTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CITY'S FIRST PUBLIC HOUSING
LEVY ENSURING SUSTAINED FUNDING FOR MAINTENANCE, SAFETY UPGRADES AND REPAIRING UNSAFE CONDITIONS. AND WHEREAS SAMANTHA WORKED TO STRENGTHEN INTERNAL PROCESSES TO ENSURE THAT THE BOARD WAS MORE ACCESSIBLE AND INCLUSIVE TO THE PUBLIC IMPLEMENTING CLOSED
CAPTIONING AND BROADCASTING AND OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT FOR EACH MEETING. AND WHEREAS THE WORK DONE BY SAMANTHA TO EXPAND ACCESSIBILITY AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION LED TO NOT ONLY THE HIGHEST TURNOUT TO A BET
MEETING EVER, BUT ALSO THE RECORD NUMBER OF PUBLIC COMMENTS. AND WHEREAS SAMANTHA LED ON THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY'S FIRST EVER CAPITAL AUDIT DESEGREGATED BY WARD PROVIDING
CLEAR DATA FOR ACCOUNTABITY. AND WHEREAS HER YEARS OF DEDICATION TO LIBERATION AND SUSTAINABILITY IN MANY FORMS HAVE LED TO PERMANENT IMPACT. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND TAXATION OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS THAT THE BOARD
HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES AND COMMENDS HER EXTRAORDINARY WORK AND SERVICE AND EXPRESSES DEEP GRATITUDE FOR THE MANY WAYS SHE HAS BETTERED THE CITY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. >> MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOP >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A PROPER MOTION BEFORE US. IS THERE ANY
DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER ABENE. >> YES, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BRANDT. I JUST WANT TO SAY IT'S BEEN A PLEASUR TO GET TO KNOW VICE PRESIDENT PREE-STINSON AND TO SERVE WITH HER. SHE I THINK DID SOME GREAT THINGS HERE THAT ARE LISTED IN THIS RESOLUTION
THAT REALLY DID ADVANCE THE TRANSPARENCY OF THIS WORK. AND REALLY DID SOME GREAT ADVOCACY. I ALWAYSPPRECIATED HER PERSPECTIVE. AND SHE SHOULD BE PROUD OF HER SERVICE. YUP. THANK YOU. >> OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD
THAT AS SOMEBODY WHO IS ELECTED WITH COMMISSIONER PREE-STINSON, WE BARELY MET DURING THE CAMPAIGN BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. AND WE SAT DOWN ABOUT A MONTH AFTER OUR ELECTION OVER IN COMMISSIONER PAYNE'S WARD AND
HAD A DELIGHTFUL CONVERSATION. WE HAD, I THINK, DIFFERING IMPRESSIONS OF WHERE WE WERE COMING FROM. AND WE FOUND A LOT OF COMMON GROUND. AND I PARTICULARLY RELIED ON HER KNOWLEDGE OF CITY HALL IN
PARTICULAR TO EASE THE HIRING OF OUR STAFFER AND HER ACCOMMODATION AT CITY HALL. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE GROUNDBREAKING WORK THAT SHE DID THAT IS NOTED IN THE RESOLUTION. AND I WANT TO INVITE ANYBODY WHOSE IN THE ROOM TODAY
TO JOIN US. I BELIEVE THERE'S A CAKE BACK BEHIND THE DAIS SOMEWHERE THAT WILL BE ENJOYED AFTER WE HAVE TO ADJOURN. AND ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MAYOR
FREY. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. WE GENERALLY SAY THESE WORDS HOPING THAT THE PERSON THA IS RECEIVING THEM IS ABLE TO HEAR THEM. AND SO TO SAMANTHA, TO OUR COMMISSIONER PREE-STINSON, JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. PUBLIC SERVICE AIN'T EASY. YOU STEP UP.
YOU PUT YOUR NAME ON A BALLOT. YOU DO THINGS THAT ARE HARD FOR THE BETTERMENTF THE CITY. YOU REPRESENTED AND EMBODIED THAT VERY IMPORTANT WORK SO THANK YOU. >> COMMISSIONER PAYNE. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BRANDT. YEAH, I FIRST GOT TO KNOW COMMISSIONER PREE-STINSON I
THINK WHEN SHE WAS WORKING IN FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER CUNNINGHAM'S OFFICE. THE THING THAT I REFLECT ON IN KNOWING HER IS HER COMMITMENT TO SERVICE IS NEVER BOUND BY ANY ROLE OR ANY
INSTITUTION. SHE IS JUST SO DOGGED IN HER COMMITMENT TO JUST THE CAUSE. AND I KNOW THAT SHE'S GOING TO FIND WAYS OF BRINGING THAT COMMITMENT INTO OTHER VENUES AS WELL. SO WE'LL MISS HER. >> OKAY. SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, CLERK WILL CALL THE
ROLL ON THE RESOLUTION. >> MEMBER FREY. >> AYE. >> ABENE. >> AYE. >> PAYNE. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT BRANDT. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE FOUR AYES. >> OKAY. WE HAVE SKIPPED OVER
THE QUARTER THREE REPORT FROM THE COMPTROLLER. I WONDERED IF HE MIGHT GET SHORT DRIFT TODAY BOTH TODAY AND NEXT WEEK. I
WOULD -- DO I NEED TO MAKE A FORMAL MOTION ON THIS, CLERK? DO I NEED TO CONTINUE THIS TO OUR NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING? DOES THAT REQUIRE A MOTION? >> SINCE IT'S CURRENTLY ON THE AGENDA, AND WE STILL HAVE QUORUM, YOU WOULD NEED AN
APPROVAL OF T BOARD TO CONTINUE IT TO A FORWARD MEETING. >> AY. THROUGH A RESOLUTION OR A MOTION? >> JUST A MOTION. >> MAY I HAVEUCH A MOTION PLEASE, SO WE'RE NOT DISCUSSING A QUARTER'S WORTH OF WORK IN FIVE MINUTES. >> I WOULD LIKE A MOTION TO
DELAY THIS OVER TO NEXT MEETING. >> CONTINUE TO THE MEETING. >> CONTINUE TO THE NEXT MEETING. >> ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. >> AYE. >> OPPOSED? OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR AGEA EXCEPT FOR THE ANNOUNCEMENTS. AND I
JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I AM DISAPPOINTED IN THIS BOARD'S ABILITY TO MOUNT A QUORUM FOR ITS REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETINGS. BOTH THIS WEEK AND NEXT WEEK, AND PREVIOUSLY. I THINK THIS YEAR WE HAD AN ISSUE WITH IT. AND I THINK THAT I
WOULD LIKE TO SEE CONSIDERATION OF A CHARTER AMENDMENT THAT WOULD ALLOW AT LEAST THE VERY ELECTED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD TO APPOINT A -- TO DESIGNATE A DESIGNEE AT TIMES WHEN THEIR
OTHER DUTIES KEEP THEM AWAY. FOR EXAMPLE, THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE, OR THE BUDGET CHAIR OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WORKS WELL FROM THE PARK BOARD'S STANDPOINT. COMMISSIONER ABENE HAS A CONFLICTING PARK BOARD
MEETING AND SHE HAS TO BE THERE AS THE PRESIDENT. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT THIS IS HAPPENING TOO OFTEN. AND I DON'T THINK THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS SHOULD BE PUT OFF BECAUSE OF CIRCUMSTANCES LIKE THIS. AND ANYBODY WANTS TO ADD TO THAT, FINE. OTHERWISE, WE CAN DISCUSS
IT AT A LATER DATE. >> AND I'LL JUST -- MAY I? >> ABSOLUTELY. >> I'LL JUST SAY I PUT A LOT OF EFFORT INTO MAKING SURE THERE WERE NO CONFLICTS ON THE CALENDARS THIS YEAR. AND REALLY, WE HAVEN'T HAD CONFLICTS ON THE PARK BOARD THIS YEAR EXCEPT FOR THIS ONE NIGHT. SO AND IT'S -- I
NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT'S A REGULAR BET NIGHT. BY CHARTER. IT'S NOT A PARK BOARD NIGHT. SO I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. >> OKAY. WE UNDERSTAND. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? OKAY. SEEING NO FURTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS, I WILL GO MAKE MY APOLOGIES TO
GEORGE HARGROVE. ANDE WILL STAND ADJOURNED.